#patricia heck

[aucoba]

Starting s7 of supernatural and watching Dean fix the Impala and saying "I should do this professionally" makes me think he and Mercy Thomson would have some great conversations

[harryhxck]

Undercover Heart || Masterlist

Axl Heck x Female!OC

Summary:

❝Who is this?❞

❝Axl Heck.❞

❝He's kind of cute.❞

❝Well, he's your next assignment.❞

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Rose Everett has always been known as a purposeful high school student, excelling in academics. Axl Heck, on the other hand, is the easygoing popular guy, seemingly without a care in the world. The two teenagers clash in every aspect of school life. But what nobody knows is that Rose is an undercover spy, assigned to protect Axl from a threat. Despite her solid exterior, she finds herself drawn to Axl in unexpected ways as she spends more time with him. As they navigate the complications of high school life, Rose and Axl must confront their growing feelings for each other, all while keeping Rose's true identity hidden from everyone, including Axl himself. Will their bitterness turn into something more, or will the secrets she keeps tear them apart?

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Prologue

[sheaabuttaababyy]

My heart belongs to u - RR

Higher ground by Stevie wonder was playing loudly in Joe’s limo as him and his mom were on their way to a hall for her surprise birthday party. His mom Patricia currently thought her and her son were just going for a nice dinner. Little did she know.

Arriving he got out the car before going to his moms side Helping her out, leading her to the building.

Making his mother walk first she was about to question why it was so dark but was startled when the lights turned on. "Supriseeeee!" Her eyes watered seeing all her loved ones.

"I knew you had something planned you sneaky bastard, you were acting so weird" she said smacking her sons arm before pulling him into a hug. "You know i suck at keeping secrets. Happy birthday mom I love you" giving her a kiss on the cheek he let her go so she could greet everyone else.

It’s been 40 minutes into the party and Joe was laughing it up with Josh , Jon and Trinity. "Hey Uce I was gonna ask did you invite sis?" Jon asked making it go kinda quiet between the four of them. "Uh yeah I sent her an invite but she never got back to me back or anything. So I don’t think she’s coming" he drank all the whiskey in his cup not caring that his throat burned.

"I’m gonna go grab another drink, I’ll be back" he announced walking away as it was still kinda awkward. "Jon what the heck. Why did u ask that look now he’s upset" Trinity said smacking Jon slightly as he took a sip of his drink giving his wife a side eye.

Joe sat at the bar staring at his phone. He was reading their old messages. God did he miss her. If maybe he just tried harder to fight for her. Make more time for her. They would be married by now. but no now he was here thinking about the day his fiancé left him.

"Morning boo boo" Destiny said playfully walking to Joe who was in their kitchen drinking coffee. "Morning baby I made your coffee" leaning down he kissed her before pulling away.

She jumped up sitting on the counter before grabbing her coffee, Joe quickly going to stand in between her legs making her giggle.

"You ready for today" she smiled up at him as he held a confused face "What’s today?" Her smile quickly turned into a frown "we’re going cake testing…for our wedding cake" Destiny spoke with a "duh tone"

Joe drank the last bit of his coffee, putting it in the sink "Oh right I completely forgot. Yeah today won’t work out we’re gonna have to reschedule"

"The fuck you mean reschedule. I’m not rescheduling a cake testing for the fourth time Joe" jumping off the counter she dumped the rest of her coffee, not wanting to drink it anymore.

"Well your gonna have to cause I can’t even go" crossing his arms he leaned his back against the counter staring at his fiancé"

She shook her head in disbelief chuckling under her breath "Seems like you can’t go to anything, unless it involves your fucking work"

"Excuse me?"

"Oh you heard me nigga. Excuse me my ass" walking upstairs Joe followed her. "No I wanna know what you mean by that. Destiny your being so fucking dramatic right now"

Halting she turned around "Joe you haven’t been involved of any of the wedding planning. I’ve done everything so far. Everytime we have to go see our wedding planner I always end up going alone. It’s not my wedding Joe. It’s our wedding. Picking out the floweres, the venue, the setting gosh everything! I did alone. So I’m sorry if I’m being dramatic cause I want my fucking soon to be husband there for at least one thing"

"Okay okay I’ll be there baby just calm down. Okay" pecking her lips her wrapped his arms around her making her lean into his chest, his chin resting on top of her head.

"Okay I do quickly have to meet up with hunter. But I promise you it’ll be quick just send me the address and I’ll be there" pecking her lips again making her pout.

"You promise?" Nodding his head he gave her another kiss before leaving.

Joe was 1 hour into the meeting and there was still so much to go over. He cringed as he typed up a message to send to Destiny telling her he couldn’t make it to the cake testing.

It’s been 4 hours since he texted Des that he couldn’t make it but she never called or texted back. He tried calling her when he was driving home but she never answered so he decided to wait till he got to their house.

Opening the front door he noticed all the lights were off and the eerie silence. Usually Destiny’s music was playing or something but nothing, just silence. "Destiny. Baby where are you?" Going past the kitchen he noticed her ring there along with a note.

"No No no no no, please tell me I’m fucking dreaming . Please god" his eyes burned with tears as he slowly picked up the note.

Dear Joe,

I tried I really did, but you didn’t at that was the problem. I want to be with you, I want to marry you, I want to have children with you, but how can we do that when your always leaving me in the dust? How are you ready for marriage when you can barley be a fiancé? I’ve known you for 15 years, dated you for 10 and been your fiancé for 2. I guess that’s ending now. I love you Joe always have and always will and I wish things would have gone differently

- love Destiny

He didn’t even realize that he was crying until a few tears hit the paper. Quickly digging into his phone he called her number but it went straight into voicemail.

Joe snapped into reality when he felt someone shaking his shoulder. Looking up he saw his cousin Dwayne who gave him a sad smile before sitting next to him.

"Hey man you okay?" Nodding his head Joe took another sip of his drink. "I don’t know man… I ju- I just miss her I wish she was here right now. She should be here right now. Her and my mom were so close too" Sighing he took another gulp of his drink.

Dwayne opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by hearing Patricia screaming joyfully. Both men looked over seeing her run over to Destiny who just walked in holding a gift bag with a big smile on her face as she hugged Joe’s mom.

He quickly stood up as his body was in shock. Destiny was here right now In the same room as him. After not seeing her for 2 months. She looked good a little too good. "Gah Damn" looking to his left he saw Dwayne staring at her biting his lip.

I mean he couldn’t blame him Destiny looked gorgeous he loved the blonde hair on her. "Aye you need to chill out biting your damn lip so hard it’s about to bleed.

Dwayne released his lip before looking at his cousin. "Hey my bad man, but you deny that your fian- I mean ex fiancé looks damn good" turning his head back to him Joe glared at Dwayne.

"You know I think ima ju-"

"Yeah go. Please go"

Dwayne left as joes focus went back to Destiny who was now talking to Trinity, Josh and Jon. Needing the liquid courage Joe tossed back the rest of his drink before walking over to them.

Destiny’s smile slowly faded when she saw him walk towards them as everyone else at the table went quiet just looking between the two. The tension was so thick you could’ve cut it with a knife.

The two were just staring at each other before Des smiled at him speaking up. "Heyyy Joe, how are you buddy!?" Everyone around the table visibly cringed including herself.

Joe put on the same smile matching her energy "I’m doing greatttt how are you, sister!?" His smiled quickly faded as his face went blank again. Josh let out a small laugh making everyone look at him as he tried to cover it with a cough.

"Don’t be like that Joe" Destiny said drinking some of her wine. "Be like what? It’s not like I’m seeing my fiancé for the first time in 2 months after she left me right?"

"Ex fiancé" she corrected making his jaw tick. No way she really just did that he thought. "That’s how you really gonna act. After seeing me for the first time in 2 months, your gonna act all nonchalant Des. Really?"

Destiny gulped seeing his eyes full with hurt. She was also hurt, but she tried to cover it up the best she could. "What do you want me to say Joe?"

"I want you to talk to me on why you just left m-" he was cut off by the DJ before he could finish what he was saying making him groan in annoyance.

"Can everyone please make their way to the main floor so we can sing mama here a happy birthdayyyyy"

Destiny quickly walked away as Joe slowly walked his way to the floor. "Hey man it’s okay you guys need to go talk alone after" Josh said squeezing his cousins shoulder.

"She can barley look at me. I understand she’s upset but I feel like we need to have a real conversation"

"And y’all will"

Everyone gathered around Patrica and sang happy birthday before she blew out the candles as sounds of claps and cheers filled the air.

Destiny threw her head back laughing dancing a little as Trinity and Savelina (Aka Nia Jax) were having a dance off, Temperature by Sean Paul blaring through the speakers.

A few songs later a familiar beat hit Destiny’s ears as she immediately recognized the beat of her and Joe's favourite song My heart belongs to U by Jodeci.

She felt a hand at the small of her back, turning around she saw him standing there with him palm out requesting a dance. "Can i please have a dance with you"

Destiny was gonna say no but was to weak to as she was feeling too many emotions hit her. Putting her hand in Joe's as he led her to the middle of the dance floor where some other couples were dancing.

He wrapped his arms around her waist as she did the same wrapping hers around his broad shoulders as. Destiny looked up seeing Joe‘s eyes already on her as they swayed back n forth to the music.

You can have my love

You're the girl of my life

Am I all you're dreamin' of

Yes, you're my desire

They continued looking into each other’s the lyrics of the song hitting them harder than ever as all of their memories together were rushing through their heads.

Their conversations before bed, them cooking together, the family cookouts, the sex. Their Love. Just everything was hitting them.

Whatever you want

Whatever you need

My heart belongs to you

Feeling overwhelmed she stepped back before walking away ignoring Joe calling her name as she wiped her tears. "Destiny"

She continued walking seeing a door that led to a balcony. Opening it she stepped out letting the cool air slap her in the face.

Putting her hands on the railing she looked into the view as she heard the door open and shut behind here. "Destiny" his deep stern voice hit hear ears making her turn around.

"Please baby just let me talk you don’t have to say anything. Just listen" walking up to her he grabbed her hands placing a kiss on them as her lip quivered, eyes burning from the tears she was holding.

"I’m sorry. I’m so so sorry, I should’ve put more focus into our relationship, I let work take all my time that I pushed back all of our own personal time to the side, and I’m sorry for that. I understand now how my choices affected you and our wedding plans. I was so focused on my work that I neglected the most important part of my life—you. I took for granted the love we shared and the commitment we made to one another. I can’t express enough how sorry I am for not putting you first. Destiny, I want you to know that I still love you deeply. Every day without you has felt incomplete, and I’ve come to understand just how lost I am without you by my side. I want to make things right. I want to show you that I can be the partner you deserve, one who prioritizes our love over anything else. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and allow me to take this chance to win you back. You mean everything to me, and I would do anything to have you in my life again. I love you so much baby and my heart always has and always will belong to you.

Destiny let out the sob that was trapped in her throat taking in everything that he just said. She took a deep breath, feeling a weight lift off her shoulders. "Joe, I appreciate your apology and I know it took a lot to admit where you were wrong, and I can see you truly mean it and care." She paused for a moment thinking about how she felt for those two months without him. "I miss you so so much and my love for you never left. I know work can take over sometimes, and I understand we all make mistakes. I forgive you and I want to give us another chance.

Nodding his head he smiled at her he put his hands on her hips pulling her into him. "I promise to do better" leaning his forehead against hers.

"I love you Destiny" he whispered. A smile broke across her face "I love you too, Joseph"

Closing the distance between them their lips met in a passionate kiss. The kiss was filled with love, forgiveness and hope.

Pulling apart they both had big smiles on their faces making them both let out a laugh. "Oh before I forget" digging in his pocket he pulled out Destiny’s engagement ring slipping it on her finger.

"Why is it in your pocket? He lightly scratched the back of his head slightly embarrassed. "I took your ring with me everywhere cause it brought me some kind of comfort"

"Awww baby you missed me that much" she teased pecking his lips as he tried to hold back his smile. "Yeah yeah whatever, let’s go back inside" he spoke giving her another long kiss.

That was a little different from how I usually write so I hope you still enjoy it. Sorry if there is any errors

Should I do a part two with smut i lowkey think they need some nasty makeup sex ngl.

Let me know

[parttimesarah]

One thing you need to know about me is that I will for the 5000th time rewatch the 1980 Shakespeare in the Park filmed performance of The Pirates of Penzance, starring Kevin Kline, Patricia Rutledge, Linda Ronstadt, and Rex Smith and I will gif the heck out of it…

[dreamerwitches]

i geniuinely wonder why charlotte is more cartoony compared to the other witches, at first i assumed it’s because she became a witch so young but then i remembered albertine exists and she’s probably younger and also she’s not as cartoony compared to her

Are you asking about the art style or general design?

If you're asking why she's animated in a regular style instead of say, the inu curry puppet style. I'd say it was to make the scene work best? Maybe that animation worked best for that amount of movement. You can definitely see comparing say, Patricia to Oktavia (animation vs puppet) that movement is allowed far easier with regular animation. Oktavia is great but a bit stilted (which suits, and no, im not saying puppet animation is bad. It works perfectly for pmmm)

In general design, eh, I just think some witches are like that. She is relatively simple compared to Albertine or Walpurgis but so is Elsa Maria, heck, so is Uhrmann (its a dog with a big mane :P ). I wouldn't be surprised if it did link to how young she was or maybe how long she was a magical girl. Or maybe it has something to do with the girl's psyche. Elsa Maria is pure black, that surely means something. So Charlotte being cartoony may link to Nagisa (I'm sure you could link something I just cant be bothered to go through her entire story right now :P)

It's an interesting point to ask about, thanks!

[non-cannon]

I have had a very bad no good amazingly angsty idea. With also some comedy mixed in for flavor.

So, you know how Nina can see dead ghosts, and how her parents are dead? Yeah, you know where I'm going with this.

A while back I read a one-shot that was basically this, but it pretty much was just Nina already knew her parents were dead because they came to say good bye after they died, but this isn't my idea.

The general theory of ghosts is that they exist because they died with unfinished business. I'd say that Nina's parents died with a lot of unfinished business, namely raising their daughter. So after they die, they stick around haunting their daughter. Now, they didn't know that Nina was psychic or the chosen one or any thing like that when they died. So they are rather surprised that she can see them when no one else can.

Nina, for her part takes a while to accept that her parents are dead when her gran tries to tell her. "Like what do you mean they're not coming home? I can see them, they're right here."

Eventually Nina stops saying that they're there. This has more to do with her parents urging her to lie about it. To which baby Nina is like "I thought you guys said lying was bad." To which her parents insist this is a "good lie", and therefor fine, while also have a crisis about "what are we teaching our daughter."

After a couple of years, Nina does eventually come to terms with the fact that her parents are dead, and these are their ghosts, and no one else can see them. Also much to her parents' dismay, they successfully turn her into a half decent liar. And whenever they try to get mad at her for lying a "bad lie", she throws it in their faces that they're the ones who taught her to lie, and they have no good response.

At some point Nina realizes that ghosts aren't supposed to be real, and that people who claim to see them are generally considered crazy or frauds, and she starts to worry that she might be crazy/imagining her dead parents as a way to cope with their loss. Her parents try to reassure her, but the fact that no one else has never seen them doesn't help.

At least no one else has ever seen them until Nina goes to Anubis and meets Sarah. When Sarah does her first "Sometimes I see their faces in the mirror, but I know they're not there." She points to Nina's parents and adds "I can see yours, too."

This is the first time anyone else has ever acknowledged her parents' presence, and it shakes Nina. Admittedly the fact that Sarah is often less than lucid makes it less comforting than in could be, but it's something.

When Nina first meets Rufus, in the bike tunnel/shed, after Patricia takes him from the hospital, he sees them behind her. But after several decades of being the osirian, he's learned to hide being able to see ghosts, and beside a quick startle, he gives no other indication that he saw them, so Nina never learns that he sees them too.

The person who finally confirms their existence, is, of all people, Senkhara. Who address them directly when they try to defend Nina against her. This goes about as well as Victor Sr.'s attempt to explain the mask to Nina. He's also able to see her parents.

Also Eddie, when he first arrives, just points at them and goes, "Who the heck are they?" And the rest of the house is confused, and Nina is frozen in between going "You can see them?!" and the denial, as her parents have taught her for most of her life.

[fff777]

finally watched baekhyun on the kstar next door

baeksoo :3 baekhyun said that if kyungsoo had fun then jonathan did a really good job :P

side note, baekhyun looks really thin ToT

baekhyun said flirting comes naturally to him...is he the prototype for jaemin lol...

jonathan about to nuke this man

lol baekhyun saying he acts confident but then afterwards feels anxious about it

baekhyun: I'M A BABY OKAY!?!?!?!?

jonathan reading baekhyun's bubbles but in his cutesy way lol

baekhyun: actually, i'm really manly baekhyun: look at how manly i sit *manspreads* well i always say, the prettier the boy, the wider they manspread

baekhyun exo medley <3

baekhyun on his continued quest to look manly

jonathan dancing to growl! :3

now that i think about it, he's met three exos. before his episode with kyungsoo, he'd also done a show with patricia that had minseok as a guest.

was baekhyun really the first idol to record stuff before he went into enlistment? well he certainly did record a lot though, he recorded years' worth of stuff.

interesting...so he knows about the controversy. not that i was super in on it but i get that there are concerns about earning when you're supposed to be a government employee.

baekhyun: yes...i am the alpha male

baekhyun inadvertently sticking out his collarbones because he's trying to hide his shoulders lol

what the HECK X'D i'm sorry baekhyun but i cannot cast you in MY action movie

baekhyun about the fans lmao. he's saying how they're so polite when they're addressing him or talking where they know he'll see, but so much more casual when he's not around lmfaoo. that's how it is my guy!!

baekhyun modelled a uniform that jonathan wore?

oh my god....they're actually gonna talk about itttttt. and baekhyun's taking it in stride. he knows what this show is about.

baekhyun: i play cops and robbers with the sasaeng fans jonathan: wut

wait...so baekhyun moved to a place that he heard had good security and the fans still got through....how is he talking about this so calmly omg

LMAO baekhyun calling the sasaeng's friends the avengers ToT like how is he making light of this omfgggg baekhyun you're crazy

even jonathan is noting how baekhyun seems chill about it probably because he's seen it a lot by now and baekhyun's like yeah...it happens a lot. everyone say thank you baekhyun for overcoming the horrors.

jonathan: what is the baekhyun possession license? baekhyun:

bro is uncomfortably knowledgeable about the fan culture lmaoooo like he truly understands us delulus

jonathan reading idols' bubbles will never not be funny. even if they're only slightly cringey, he'll always read them in a way that makes you super embarrassed lol.

aw the doctor roleplay that jonathan wanted baekhyun to do was for unfair <3

performing rendez-vous

lmaoooo jonathan being like "ok i see, he told me to shut the fuck up"

you know it's easy to forget that baekhyun is actually ceo byun

i knew this was going to be fun so i waited until i was in a good mood to watch it. i love how baekhyun who is normally the troublemaker let himself be teased by jonathan :P

[paxesoterica]

As obnoxious as Bandai are being about Suletta's and Miorine's marital status, there's some small consolement to me that at least they're too greedy and cowardly to go back and do a 4kids-style edit on the show (and will most likely wait until queer marriage in Japan is less 'controversial' and then promote the heck out of Witch from Mercury)...and then I had a terrible, terrible vision which I'm now compelled to afflict on all of you.

"Sally Mercury is mostly your typical teenage girl - except for the fact that she grew up on the planet Mercury (the planet closest to the sun)! Sadly, she had no friends her age, and her only family was her mom, Patricia, a robot suit scientist, and a robot suit named Ariel, which Sally adopted as her 'older sister'.

Life was lonely for Sally, until one day her mom saved enough money to send Sally and Ariel to the Star Tree School of Science, where youngsters her age studied the business of robot suits...in space!

Sally is super-excited, with a whole list of things to do, and not even a rude meeting with the school's richest mean girl, Marian Rembrandt (descended from the famous Dutch painter), can upset her. But when she sees Marian getting bullied by one of the school's three princes, Gary Jeter, Sally knows she has to do the right thing, and sticks up for her. But somehow, this ends up in a robot suit laser tag match against Gary, which Sally easily wins - only to learn that she's now contracted to be business partners with Marian, and help her manage her family business when they graduate! Now Sally and Marian have to get to know each other, handle robot suit laser tag challenges from the other two princes, Alan Carrie and Shaun Sullivan, convince the school that Sally's not cheating at robot suit laser tag, *and* do all their schoolwork!

Even worse, unknown to both Sally and Marian, in the background their parents are secret rivals! Years ago, Sally's mom, Patricia, worked at the Van Buren Institute (named in honor of our 8th president) to fix a strange curse that was placed on Goodman robot suits, which would cause them to banish their pilots (and anyone nearby) into Dataspace. Marian's dad, Dale, only wanted to make Patricia look bad, but his actions caused an accident that trapped most of the Van Buren scientists in Dataspace! Left with only her daughter, Patricia has wanted to get even for years, and Sally's robot suit laser tag matches may finally give her the chance...

Will Sally be able to convince the three princes to stop being bullies? Will she be able to break the Goodman curse and not become trapped in Dataspace herself? Will she figure out how to be true business partners with Marian, despite their differences and their parents' rivalry? And, perhaps most importantly, will she have enough time to still make friends and graduate?! Tune in every Sunday at 5 pm to follow Sally, Marian, their friends, and their amazing adventures in 'Robot Suit Goodman: The Girl from Mercury'!"

[eve-lullabye]

Where you don't want to pair up with a certain survivor

Based off IDV

(I kind of imagine the eels in there merform floating off the ground like Naiad)

You were chatting with Patricia when Kevin walked up to you.

"Hey, Doll, Sugar," he smiled flirtatuously. You were no stranger to Kevin's harmless flirting. It was his way of saying he cared about you. Of course, that didn't mean that all the girls appreciated it. "You got yourself a match comin' up, Sugar."

You were Sugar. "Oh? And who are my teammates, Kev?" You raised a brow while resting your chin on a propped hand.

"Pretty sure, 'twas Kurt, Andrew, an' Jade."

"Hold on," you straightened your back. "Jade?"

"Yes, ma'am," Kevin slid into the seat next to you.

"Well, I'm out then," you raised your hands. Patricia sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Not this again." She buried her face into her arms, slumping against the table.

"What! I don't like him. He gives me the creeps, and I find him unpredictable. Plus, who knows what kind of conniving plan he's concocting!"

Kevin drummed his fingers against his leg, "If you need, I can step in for ya, Sugar. Of course, we're makin' a switch."

"Please do," you grasped his hand with wide eyes. "I swear if the two of us were on a raft with enough rations for one, Jade would chuck me into the water."

"I'm rather offended you think lowly of me," a smooth and slimy voice called out beside you. You shrieked, turning to see Jade giving a closed-eye smile. Then he opened his eyes, and those heterochromatic eyes caught your attention. You admit it. You were a sucker for heterochromatic irises. There was something about them so beautiful, so captivating. "Shall we go?" Jade bared his sharp teeth. You looked one last time at Kevin with a desperate look. He just shrugged.

[~]

Of all the maps you hated Leo's Memory and it hated you. It always spawned you next to the hunter, and you would be out of the game in a couple of seconds. Vera had told you that you could move away from the hunter. Oh GEEZ, LIKE YOU HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE! If ONLY you know from which direction the hunter was in, you then could avoid it. The other reason for disliking this map was the fact that it was freezing.

Currently, you were hiding behind some boxes in hopes that the hunter who was not budging would move. You couldn't even look to see who or else you would be discovered. Around you shouts from your other teammates rang in your ears as they gave an update on the status. You had long ago told them that the hunter was near you. Now, your clothes were wet, your body - numb, and your patience wearing thin.

It was then you heard voices talking. One, you recognized as Jade; the other, you believed to be the hunter. Around your waist wrapped a coil of teal flesh, and you held your breath. It squeezed you tightly before two arms captured you. When you were dragged out of your hiding spot and released, you whirled around to be right in front of Jade who seemingly turned into a merman.

"Jade, what the heck?!" You brushed yourself off, taking a step back.

"I'm right here," he answered behind you. You stopped moving, slowly moving your gaze to look at the Jade-lookalike. You whipped your head to see Jade fully clothed and looking humanlike. Behind him stood Azul. You scowled suspiciously at Azul and the other Jade. "That is my twin, Floyd." Floyd smiled at you showing off those same sharp teeth that Jade had.

"I'm out of here," you threw up your hands and trudged off.

"Aaaawwwww, Shrimpy, don't you want to hang out," Floyd called out in a crooning tone.

"No! I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible before I get sick," you retorted. At the end of your sentence you sneezed. Great! You were getting sick.

"I'll see you later, brother," Jade spoke before following you. "I need to take care of my dear teammate."

"Dear my ass," you growled. Brushing off the collecting snowflakes from your hair. With long strides, the teal-haired survivor caught up to you and placed his blazer over your shoulders. You looked up in shock before looking away with pink cheeks, "Thanks." It was sweet in a way. Well, maybe that was your thinking since no one had ever done that for you.

"I expect compensation after this match," Jade smirked. You stopped in your tracks while the male continued forward. You were prepared to shove the blazer back into his arms when you thought better than to receive a lecture from Emily. Especially, since Jade would be there telling how you refused his "generosity". You sniffed the material which smelled like men's body wash and shampoo.

"Well, at least he thinks about hygiene." You heard the cipher pop.

"Smelling my clothes is unnecessary to find out if I keep my personal hygiene," Jade glanced at you with a raised brow teasing you while he decoded the gates. Caught red-handed.

[apileofpans]

Birthday audio/video gifts!

It is my hecking birthday this month, y’all! To celebrate I am giving away videos and audios from Phantom of the Opera that positively ruined me (AKA some of my faves) !

NOTE: the links will work until November 6th, 10 AM CEST! After that they won’t work anymore :) If any of the masters want me to remove their master, let me know and I will!

Everything, including cast info, is under the cut!

Video

US Tour - Dallas, April 6, 2006 Evening Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer, Kim Stengel, John Jellison, DC Anderson, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, John Whitney, Kate Wray https://ln5.sync.com/dl/b833dd740/gvnusjtv-a7wywsjy-98mvkiid-nsa6ksqp

Las Vegas Spectacular - August 8, 2008 (SunsetBlvd79) Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone, Geena Jeffries Mattox, John Leslie Wolfe, Lawson Skala, Tina Walsh, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Kelly Morgan https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f4b151790/79fc7xe8-emk99ug5-va2ndite-vrapb47x

Broadway - May 12, 2014 (inallyorufantasies, turnofthescorpion) Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays, Michele McConnell, Tim Jerome, Laird Mackintosh, Ellen Harvey, Christian Šebek https://ln5.sync.com/dl/9dbe75640/89h6694u-db6i4y53-ker76kab-xtm9qbj3

Boadway - May 20, 2003 Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia, Julie Schmidt (u/s), Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews , Marilyn Caskey, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Joelle Gates https://ln5.sync.com/dl/04cef73f0/watx9j5t-s2amh9zy-hmxqchav-2h2sf3ra

West End - August, 2018 Ben Lewis, Amy Manford, Jeremy Taylor https://ln5.sync.com/dl/8a1ae4700/ys5mbar9-yas2ewaq-rrnk4sye-wt5pgdtb

Trieste, Italy - July 15, 2023 (Filthybonnet) Ramin Karimloo, Amelia Milo, Bradley Jaden, Earl Carpenter, Ian Mowat, Anna Corvino, Gian Luca Pasolini, Alice Mistroni, Zoe Nochi https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f916fe200/6dw52cqj-usu7pimm-zbgk2gdg-9qixj3d4

Audios

Broadway - September 26, 1990 Steve Barton, Rebecca Luker, Gary Lindemenn (u/s), Marilyn Caskey, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Leila Martin https://ln5.sync.com/dl/21e8e2db0/wsqmti8i-4d4vukku-xs8fvh3y-85kjak3h

Broadway - May 10, 2003 Hugh Panaro, Lisa Vroman, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews (u/s), Marilyn Caskey, Joelle Gates, Larry Wayne Morbitt https://ln5.sync.com/dl/5640398d0/3d5axeix-ie6cpr3t-4j7fbew7-5q8mjcqq

Broadway - August 19, 2014 (Oogie Boogie) Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess, Jeremy Hays https://ln5.sync.com/dl/59b8c8720/hzpmzgq7-5hx5xqx9-4e6h4qt2-ynn5dmw6

Broadway - April 6, 2023 (phantomygoodness) Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Julia Udine (alt.), John Riddle, Nehal Joshi, Craig Bennett, Raquel Suarez Groen, Maree Johnson, Carlton Moe, Sara Etsy https://ln5.sync.com/dl/dfa420090/i2m495z9-zwdgyka9-r2k9njdn-tu9hwt9m

Las Vegas Spectacular - September 2, 2012 Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone, Joan Sobel, Lawson Skala, John Leslie Wolfe, Tina Walsh, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Brianne Kelly Morgan https://ln5.sync.com/dl/882621a90/2kz2ajn8-nkre4uhw-5y7vesm6-gmk3pv7v

West End- October 27, 2017 Ben Lewis, Amy Manford (alt), Jeremy Taylor, Una Reynolds (u/s), Siôn Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy, Paul Ettore Tabone, Lily Howes (u/s) https://ln5.sync.com/dl/d6fa41cb0/axfwkn8z-66dpfim8-7uekxefw-aahsqs8x

West End - September 1, 2018 Evening (Winschi) Ben Lewis, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor, Lara Martins, Siôn Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy, Paul Ettore Tabone, Georgia Ware https://ln5.sync.com/dl/99b982430/9dpb2hez-rex5y3nn-z9e963m3-wm57qfu2

West End - November 13, 2021 Evening (starprincess) Killian Donnelly, Lucy St Louis, Rhys Whitfield, Saori Oda, Tim Morgan, Adam Linstead, Francesca Ellis, Greg Castiglioni, Ellie Young https://ln5.sync.com/dl/fcffc67e0/7362xu65-tefiqt8x-9z3njksk-353iuqjk

West End -March 4, 2023 (verytheatricaltrades) Earl Carpenter (t/r), Holly-Anne Hull, Matt Blaker, Matt Harrop, Adam Linstead, Kelly Glyptis, Greg Castiglioni, Francesca Ellis, Ellie Young https://ln5.sync.com/dl/f142d9230/5ngjfdrx-fhjmc9wf-x2yhme8h-z4exy8cf

[denimbex1986]

'There’s something rather extraordinary at the core of the new Netflix miniseries RIPLEY, based upon the famed 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. It’s what drives antihero Thomas Ripley (Andrew Scott) to covet the lifestyle of the rich. It has less to do with any glamour and glitz, or even access to Italian villas, fine dining, and tailored clothing, and all to do with sheer relief. The relief that comes from never having to worry about money, the nagging to make more of it, or living the fear of losing it. When con artist Tom Ripley reaches his status of privilege and money, he achieves a zen-like calm, even if he’s achieved his goals via notorious means. It’s access, sure, to better living, finer accommodations, and designer clothes, but mostly it seems to be access to peace of mind that this thief has never known.

And that’s why filmmaker Steven Zaillian’s eight-episode miniseries is so strong. It strips away all the easy things for an audience to drool over in it and concentrates on motive. Why does Tom do what he does? The landscapes and fine wines are incidental. It’s what having money does to his headspace that is dramatized here with such cleverness.

The story remains the same from the book and previous filmed adaptations: Tom Ripley is asked by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf (Kenneth Lonergan) to convince his prodigal son Dickie (Johnny Flynn) to return to NYC from Italy. But Tom’s introduction to Dickie’s leisurely lifestyle in the coastal city of Atrani turns out to be catnip for his former college classmate.

Still, this is a film about cons and crimes, not country splendor and that is why Zaillian shot his adaptation in black and white. He doesn’t want the camera lusting over sunny days, tanned torsos, and electric nightlife like director Anthony Minghella did with his lingering shots of such things in 1999’s THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. In Minghella’s film, everything was glamorous, especially bronzed playboy Dickie (Jude Law) and his leonine girlfriend Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow). It was easy to see why the impressionable and naïve Tom (Matt Damon) would become so mesmerized. Heck, Damon all but played the character as a kid in a candy store, wanting to gorge himself on everything associated with the one percent.

Not Scott. He plays Tom as a desperate criminal who wants the calm that comes with a fat wallet. And Johnny Flynn and Dakota Fanning, playing Dickie and Marge this go-round, are hardly worth putting on a pedestal. As directed by Zaillain, their rich characters are dead-eyed, soulless zombies. These two world travelers are not bright, nor personable, and far from gorgeous. What they are, are the type of entitled rich kids who sleepwalk through their lives of privilege, so used to daddy’s money that they aren’t impressed by it one iota.

And wow, is this couple lacking in any discernible talent. Dickie wants to be a painter but his work is simply awful, while would-be writer Marge’s poems and prose are wholly mediocre, as are the bland photographs she’s taken during her time in Atrani. Tom likes them less as people and more as aspirational figures; those who never have to scrape and claw to survive. These two dullards just sit around their homes all day with nary a worry. It’s a state of bliss that Tom would love to know. So much so, that he’ll kill to experience it.

The black and white cinematography is Zaillien’s way of showcasing how Ripley delineates his “have and have not” sensibilities. It’s also there to underline the miniseries noir-ish tendencies as once murder enters the frame, the remainder of the series becomes a cat-and-mouse game between Ripley and an intrepid Italian detective ((Maurizio Lombardi) on his trail. The black-and-white palate is also there to underline that this is essentially a dark comedy. It’s pretty funny watching Tom have to continue his life of labor once he starts killing people as it takes a ton of effort to dispose of bodies and keep track of his ever-mounting series of lies. The poor bastard was already huffing and puffing enough as it was simply following Dickie up and down the various staircases they encountered through the winding streets of the city, and now homicide is really making him put in the work!

At times, Scott’s performance recalls a jittery Anthony Perkins in his male ingenue days, but more often than not, his Tom is played close to the vest. Even when Dickie’s loutish friend Freddie (a scene-stealing Eliot Sumner) comes a calling, suspicious about why Dickie has disappeared, Scott’s Tom remains stone cold. And it’s darkly humorous how he returns a square, glass ashtray he weaponizes to its proper place on an end table. He adjusts it just so.

It’s always easy to vilify the rich, of course. and Hollywood has done it time and time again, from YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU in 1938 to SALTBURN this past Christmas. RIPLEY may be the third filmed adaptation of Highsmith’s classic book but I think it’s the best of all of them due to its slyly subtle nastiness and emphasis on Tom’s truest motive. Class warfare has rarely been as apparent as it is here, seen in black and white by both Tom and Zaillian’s camera.'

[harryhxck]

Undercover Heart || Prologue

Undercover Heart Masterlist

"Do you want cheese on your sandwich?"

Rose glanced over at Evan, awaiting a response. Instead, she heard the familiar rustle of pages as Evan buried himself deeper into his book. She sighed, turning to face him. Sure enough, he was lost in his own world, oblivious to her question.

"Blackwood," she called out, her patience waning. "Oh, for the love of—Blackwood! Could you put that book down for a minute?!"

Evan emitted an exasperated sigh, reluctantly lowering his book. He glanced over his shoulder at Rose, who leaned against the kitchen counter, clearly perturbed.

"Just so you know, I was reading something important."

"Yeah, like what?"

"If you're so interested, come take a look."

Rose rolled her eyes and approached Evan, who sat comfortably in his favorite chair. She peered over his shoulder, noticing that he wasn't reading a book but instead perusing a classified document. A picture of a young man with a bright smile and piercing blue eyes adorned the page.

"Who's this?" Rose inquired.

"Axl Heck."

"He's kind of cute."

"Well, he's your next assignment."

Rose scoffed and shook her head as she retreated to the kitchen. "I'm not getting involved in another mess like that."

"You act as if you have a choice," Evan retorted, setting the folder aside. Rising from his seat, he faced Rose. "It wasn't your fault, Rose. You need to—"

"Do you want cheese on your sandwich?" Rose interjected, focusing on the task at hand.

Evan sighed. "Yes, please."

As Rose reached for the cheese, she sensed Evan's presence behind her. She turned to face him, meeting his gaze. She could see the determination in his eyes, understanding that this assignment held significance for him.

"You have to do this case with me," Rose insisted, a faint smirk tugging at Evan's lips. "I'm not going through this alone. You're my partner, after all. If I go down, you go down with me."

"Fine by me," Evan agreed, taking a step back. "I've already done my homework on this one. We'll figure it out together."

"Deal. Just don't let me down, Blackwood."

Evan grinned. "Only if you promise not to do the same."

[loquaciousquark]

So, I've been absolutely blown away by your fanfiction skills lately. How on earth do you manage to churn out so many amazing stories? And they're not just quick scribbles, they're true works of art! I've been dabbling myself and it is a *struggle* to stay focused and see a story through to the end. How do you keep that laser focus going? Any tips for maintaining a consistent writing style start to finish? Your latest story has McKinley vibes. :) Your talent is truly awe-inspiring, thanks!

Ahh, thank you so much! I'm sorry, I'm not sure how I missed this message until now!

The long version is here, just answered this morning. The short version is that finishing fics is something that drives a lot of satisfaction and joy for me--it's as much a part of the process as sitting down to write in the first place--so it's something I've made a personal priority when I write. Outside of two shorter pieces, I have clearly known the ending of every story I've written before it was started, and I take a lot of setup time with my extensive outlines before I ever begin to make sure that ending is achievable, internally consistent, and a logical conclusion for the characters. It's just something that matters a lot to me, so it's something I take a lot of time working towards!

The more practical answer is that I deliberately set aside time for projects and hobbies, whether that's writing, streaming, playing video games, whatever, and I have a lifestyle that lets me do these things relatively uninterrupted. It's been harder and harder to carve out this time as I've gotten older and more established in my career; and in some ways it's gotten simpler, too, mostly because I'm now just willing to say "no, I'm staying home that day" without guilt.

As far as style, I can't speak much to that except to say that if I have one, it's made of the things I love. Patricia McKillip was a formative influence, as were Megan Whalen Turner and Patricia Wrede and honestly Brian Jacques, and as I read their books I found things they did that resonated with me, whether that was plot structure, characterization, the way they structured dialogue, their language styles and word rhythms--even down to where they put line breaks in paragraphs. Heck, I have an incredibly vivid memory of reading Matthias striking the snake in Redwall for the first time in my elementary school library and getting chills, and looking back at the paragraph over and over trying to figure out what, mechanically, he'd done there to give me such an emotional reaction.

Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that the more you read and love, the more you'll find things you want to emulate and make your own. My parents read LOTR to me as a bedtime story for years, and I can trace back my deep love of elevated language and high fantasy and kings and princes right to there, and to McKillip and Turner and a little DWJ and yes, even some McKinley.

Style isn't something you create. If anything it's a mirror, showing the reflection of what you love. If you've ever loved any part of beautiful writing, whether that's JRRT or fanfiction, it can't help but come out in what you make. :)

[kithtaehyung]

How about the kiss that is yet to come? 😏

The one where he just had enough and kisses them in front of everyone, brother included, cause fuck it, he is theirs and there’s no way he not kissing them?

Or the one where they kiss after finally not needing to keep it a secret?

Now… hear me out:

The one right after he proposes

The one followed by: “you may kiss the bride”

The one they share after first meeting their first child

Ok! Bye!

WHAT IN THE HECK PATRICIA WHY????😩😩😩

I cannot speak about any of this lest I go absolutely off the rails because just thinking about any of these makes me wanna sob into my fists‼️

for national kiss day, which 3tan kiss do you really like?

[most-definitively-a-human]

Question for fellow sensory seeking autistic people who love music:

Does music have some very strange effects on your mind?

I CAN FEEL THIS HUMMING THROUGH MY MIND I HAVE LISTENED TO IT FOR OVER 70 MINUTES AND I HAVE ONLY LEARNED OF ITS EXISTENCE TODAY IT REACHES DIRECTLY INTO WHATEVER PROCESSES AUDIO IN MY BRAIN AND STRUMS IT LIKE A GUITAR

(Sorry for the all caps run on sentence. It conveys my feelings very succinctly and I'm too tired to convey it the non all caps run on sentence way.)

MUSIC HECK YEAH. Highly recommended you give it a listen if you like... How to describe it? Crisp and jaunty electronic? Long songs?

Does anyone else have similar experiences with music? Would love to know if you've found similar songs which also make your brain delightfully happy!

[stormsbourne]

One thing that kinda annoys me about the fandom wrt Edie and her supposed involvement in Tragedy of Duscur is that a lot of people use the "well she was just a kid" argument when trying to claim that she couldn't have been complicit in the tragedy, ignoring that this is a series that has child units and soldiers, heck Engage had Jean and Anna partaking in the war (granted they're optional but still). Edie was indoctrinated and tortured by the Agarthans at the age of 12 and made to be their Darth Vader and in order to aid her in her and their goal, they committed the tragedy. And she knows this but kept quiet about it.

they definitely made her complicit in it and I would argue that she feels WAY more responsible than she logically could have been at that age -- whenever dimitri specifically or other characters in general ask her about it or imply she was responsible she often doesn't even respond, even to say they're wrong. this, to me, says that she blames herself a lot for it and sees it as her failure that she couldn't tell it was a setup, especially given that the agarthans manipulated her mother and then killed her after the tragedy. part of this is probably that same needing her suffering to mean something, so she chooses to keep quiet until she can deal with the slithers on her own terms, but I think some part of her blames herself for it and sees it as her weight to bear for not finding a way to stop it.

I don't think it's logical to say she caused it, but she was a puppet in making it happen and she knows it, and as a result she considers herself responsible. but at the same time she can't explain to anyone what happened because she needs the slithers on her side until she can abolish the church! I don't know that edelgard can really be held responsible for it -- you're right that fire emblem doesn't shy away from child soldiers but in this case it seems more like the adults were the ones making shit happen and she was just encouraged in order to goad patricia/anselma into actually helping orchestrate the tragedy. but she can't explain this to anyone because she wants to use the slithers to her own ends. and, more than that, she does in some way see it as her own fault for not realizing she was being used as a pawn and stopping it.

and tbh, what kind of defense is "no I didn't do it, but my allies did, and I know about it, and I'm still working with them anyway but I'll stop and kill them all soon"?