#phil's trophy travels

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Taking a break from writing striped hat so I can ramble about fae AU's again they're one of my fav things ever.

Tags: DSBI, dark Techno, dark Phil, dark Kristin, mentioned Kristin, kidnapping, impersonation, usual fae stuff tbh, its like 600 words of me rambling about fic ideas below the cut, read more if thats your jam.

Idk if I've mentioned it before but I've been toying with the concept that fae take the face of the first human they've tricked and then it slowly morphs into something thats more their own.

This isn't rooted in any actual folklore as far as I'm aware but I like the vibe it adds. It adds another layer of terror to every interaction with them. Each time you come across a fae, you're looking into the eyes of their first victim.

Maybe they tweak it a bit here and there so they can lure other humans better but I like to think it stays mostly the same. It also adds another layer to things from the fae's perspective as well.

A fae close to their family might deliberately pick out and push a human into a deal if they think it'll make them look similar to their other families faces.

It can also add a layer where fae bloodlines might literally just prey upon entire human families purely for aesthetics. The worst part is a human might not even know that thats the case, they might just chalk it up to a generational curse or bad luck.

Something like this wouldn't apply to four seasons since they werent born fae and thus already had their faces but that wouldn't apply to Phil. The dude they see could genuinely just be the face of some unlucky traveller centuries ago.

These faces could also be used as lures for other humans who might've known the tricked person before. All the fae has to do is look a little scuffed up and beg for help in a hidden circle and they've got a steady supply of victims.

It also means that if any of the humans they steal do get out somehow, the people they knew might turn away from them and assume a fae is tricking them.

I know I'm rambling but its such a tasty plot device.

But anyway I wanna try it eventually. I have one fleshed out fic in my head where fae!Wil tries to trick human!Techno but kinda messes up the order that you're meant to do things.

Fae take the face after as a trophy of sorts, he took it before making any deals to try and be more relatable to him since they're both kids.

Human!Techno is, of course, a very well adjusted prince and naturally decides that this fae is his twin and that he has to have him. So with the help of years of training against fae, he's able to trick Wilbur and steal him.

The rest of the fic is Wil being terrified because the yoink has been reversed but even after he reveals the fact that he's a fae Kristin and Phil have already decided to keep him. No running for him :)

But I have another in mind where twinsduo end up taking the faces of two princes in a kingdom but then get mistaken for actually being them.

Maybe the princes were playing in the forest before getting yoinked but either way a royal guard comes and just drags them back to the castle.

They can't really do much about it since they're super young fae and there's a lot of iron around but things only get worse when the antarctic empire invades and takes them hostage, still thinking that they're the actual princes.

Originally they were just gonna bide their time until they can go back into the woods again but now they're being kept as hostage and Phils getting more and more interested in how odd they keep acting.

Obviously it ends in them getting surprise adopted but I'm not sure how to get from point A to B yet so more brainrot will be scheduled for when I work it out.

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Critics Choice Awards 2024: Oppenheimer Triumphs - Full List of Winners

Critics Choice Awards 2024: Oppenheimer Triumphs

The Critics Choice Awards 2024 unfolded in Los Angeles, delivering a significant triumph for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. The ceremony, held on Sunday (Monday in India), showcased outstanding achievements in the world of entertainment.

Winners Revealed

The winners were revealed, spanning various categories and recognizing exceptional talent. From Meryl Streep securing the Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series for Only Murders In The Building to Robert Downey Jr. taking home the trophy as Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer, here is the full list of winners for the Critics Choice Awards 2024. Full List of Winners:

Best Picture

WINNER: Oppenheimer - American Fiction - Barbie - The Color Purple - The Holdovers - Killers of the Flower Moon - Maestro - Past Lives - Poor Things - Saltburn

Best Actress

WINNER: Emma Stone, Poor Things - Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon - Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall - Greta Lee, Past Lives - Carey Mulligan, Maestro - Margot Robbie, Barbie Best Actor WINNER: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers - Bradley Cooper, Maestro - Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon - Colman Domingo, Rustin - Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer - Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Director

WINNER: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer - Bradley Cooper, Maestro - Greta Gerwig, Barbie - Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things - Alexander Payne, The Holdovers - Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER: Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer - Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction - Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon - Ryan Gosling, Barbie - Charles Melton, May December - Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers - Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer - Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple - America Ferrera, Barbie - Jodie Foster, Nyad - Julianne Moore, May December

Best Supporting Actor in a drama series

WINNER: Billy Crudup, The Morning Show - Khalid Abdalla, The Crown - Ron Cephas Jones, Truth Be Told - Matthew MacFadyen, Succession - Ke Huy Quan, Loki - Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat

Best Supporting Actress in a drama series

WINNER: Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown - Nicole Beharie, The Morning Show - Sophia Di Martino, Loki - Celia Rose Gooding, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Karen Pittman, The Morning Show - Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets

Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series

WINNER: Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building - Paulina Alexis, Reservation Dogs - Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Janelle James, Abbott Elementary - Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary - Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Best Supporting Actor in a comedy series

WINNER: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear - Phil Dunster, Ted Lasso - Harrison Ford, Shrinking - Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows - James Marsden, Jury Duty - Henry Winkler, Barry

Best Supporting Actor in a limited series or movie made for television

WINNER: Jonathan Bailey, Fellow Travelers - Taylor Kitsch, Painkiller - Jesse Plemons, Love & Death - Lewis Pullman, Lessons in Chemistry - Liev Schreiber, A Small Light - Justin Theroux, White House Plumbers

Best Supporting Actress in a limited series or movie made for television

WINNER: Maria Bello, Beef - Billie Boullet, A Small Light - Willa Fitzgerald, The Fall of the House of Usher - Aja Naomi King, Lessons in Chemistry - Mary McDonnell, The Fall of the House of Usher - Camila Morrone, Daisy Jones & the Six

Best Actor in a limited series or movie made for television

WINNER: Steven Yeun, Beef - Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers - Tom Holland, The Crowded Room - David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves - Tony Shalhoub, Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie - Kiefer Sutherland, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Best Actress in a limited series or movie made for television

WINNER: Ali Wong, Beef - Kaitlyn Dever, No One Will Save You - Carla Gugino, The Fall of the House of Usher - Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry - Bel Powley, A Small Light - Sydney Sweeney, Reality - Juno Temple, Fargo

Best Original Song

WINNER: I’m Just Ken, Barbie - Dance the Night, Barbie - Peaches, The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Road to Freedom, Rustin - This Wish, Wish - What Was I Made For, Barbie

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer - Matthew Libatique, Maestro - Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie - Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon - Robbie Ryan, Poor Things - Linus Sandgren, Saltburn

Best Production Design

WINNER: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Barbie - Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx, Saltburn - Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Oppenheimer - Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Killers of the Flower Moon - James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things - Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran, Asteroid City

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach - Air, Alex Convery - The Holdovers, David Hemingson - Maestro, Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer - May December, Samy Burch - Past Lives, Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Kelly Fremon Craig - All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh - American Fiction, Cord Jefferson - Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese, Eric Roth - Poor Things, Tony McNamara - Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan

Best Score

WINNER: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer - Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things - Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow - Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon - Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Barbie

Best Editing

WINNER: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer - William Goldenberg, Air - Nick Houy, Barbie - Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things - Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon - Michelle Tesoro, Maestro

Best Visual Effects

WINNER: Oppenheimer - The Creator - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One - Poor Things - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Costume Design

WINNER: Jacqueline Durran, Barbie - Lindy Hemming, Wonka - Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple - Holly Waddington, Poor Things - Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon - Janty Yates, David Crossman, Napoleon

Best Hair and Makeup

WINNER: Barbie - The Color Purple - Maestro - Oppenheimer - Poor Things - Priscilla

Best Comedy

WINNER: Barbie - American Fiction - Bottoms - The Holdovers - No Hard Feelings - Poor Things

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER: Oppenheimer - Air - Barbie - The Color Purple - The Holdovers - Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Animated Feature

WINNER: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - The Boy and the Heron - Elemental - Nimona - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Wish

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall - Godzilla Minus One - Perfect Days - Society of the Snow - The Taste of Things - The Zone of Interest

Best Drama Series

WINNER: Succession - The Crown - The Diplomat - The Last of Us - Loki - The Morning Show - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Best Actress in a comedy series

WINNER: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear - Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary - Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere - Devery Jacobs, Reservation Dogs - Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

Best Actor in a comedy series

WINNER: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear - Bill Hader, Barry - Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building - Kayvan Novak, What We Do in the Shadows - Drew Tarver, The Other Two - D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Reservation Dogs

Best Movie Made for Television

WINNER: Quiz Lady - The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - Finestkind - Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie - No One Will Save You - Reality

Best Animated Series

WINNER: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off - Bluey - Bob’s Burgers - Harley Quinn - Star Trek: Lower Decks - Young Love

Best Foreign Language Series

WINNER: Lupin - Bargain - The Glory - The Good Mothers - The Interpreter of Silence - Mask Girl - Moving

Best Comedy Special

WINNER: John Mulaney: Baby J - Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool - Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits - John Early: Now More Than Ever - Trevor Noah: Where Was I - Wanda Sykes – I’m an Entertainer

Best Talk Show

WINNER: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - The Graham Norton Show - Jimmy Kimmel Live! - The Kelly Clarkson Show - Late Night with Seth Meyers - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Best Actress in a drama series

WINNER: Sarah Snook, Succession - Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show - Aunjanue Ellis, Justified: City Primeval - Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us - Keri Russell, The Diplomat - Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

Best Actor in a drama series

WINNER: Kieran Culkin, Succession - Tom Hiddleston, Loki - Timothy Olyphant, Justified: City Primeval - Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us - Ramón Rodríguez, Will Trent - Jeremy Strong, Succession

Best Comedy Series

WINNER: The Bear - Abbott Elementary - Barry - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Poker Face - Reservation Dogs - Shrinking - What We Do in the Shadows

Best Limited Series

WINNER: Beef - Daisy Jones & the Six - Fargo - Fellow Travelers - Lessons in Chemistry - Love & Death - A Murder at the End of the World - A Small Light Read the full article

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Memories of Professor Carr - by Jeff Hansen

New Post has been published on https://www.ajjf.org/memories-of-professor-carr-by-jeff-hansen/

Memories of Professor Carr - by Jeff Hansen

I met Professor Jane Carr in 1997.

I was allowed to train with her by my sensei. He told me to call her and ask for permission to come to class as I was a new green belt. I was traveling to Redding as a salesperson for fire protection materials and wanted somewhere to train. I arrived late afternoon and called the RJA and left a message as class was later that evening. Prof. retuned my call and said I was more than welcome to come and join in.

When I came through the door the first thing I noticed was how big the mat was. There was enough room to roll and fall anywhere you wanted. Over the course of the years of my travels there I did. I met her students. Black belts Scott and Peter, and also Randy and Phil. Professor Scott Redden is only 1 of 2 DZR people I have met on jobsites doing their job while I did mine. I also met Professor Fuchs and Professor Merrill through her and my visits to RJA. Cool right?

When Prof. stepped on the mat her presence was profound indeed. We did Yawara and Nage that first night. After class we talked about my sensei and myself. She always made me feel at home there after that class. This was the start of my longtime correspondences with her. We talked about massage and I went to her and her daughter for that. She had me over to her house one day and she worked on me. That really made my sensei jealous as he had never been there. I liked that.

I continued going to Redding once a month off and on for as many years as I could while my job sent me that way. I even did a freestyle tournament in 1999 and finished 3 rd place. I was not able to receive trophies as my sensei did not allow us to. She had snow globes made and told me it would be fine if I received that. She also told me if my sensei had a problem with that to call her. He never did.

The thing I will always hold dear to my heart is the love she shared with all her students and even some for her non students. She was the essence of Aloha…it was all around her and her students. I was having trouble getting past my green belt rank. I told her how hard my sensei was on me and how frustrated I was. She looked me in the eye and said, “Jeff if you can stick it out and endure his teaching style then you will surely learn some magic along the way.” From the time I met her she regarded me as a friend and someone she wanted to check in with and find out if everything was okay. She guided me at times I needed guiding. Always with a kind and understanding heart. I am glad I listened.

One night at class she told a story about Professor Estes and carrying a mat to the gym as they waited. How he was whistling and carrying the mat as the doors seem to open on their own without him touching them. All the fond memories of hot summer nights listening to Hootie and Blues Travelers going down 5 or 99 on the way home. She came to our school with Professor Hager one time for AJJF black belt exams. She was herself gracious, kind and strong. She was always available by email or phone.

I went to Redding in July 2021 to visit, we talked on the new mat (she was so proud of it) and I met Mister her companion. I last touched her on the mat doing Kappo and had conversations with her at the 2021 Brown Belt camp in Chico. I am glad I made an effort to go and see her then. I will not forget that day. She will be missed but never forgotten by those of us whom she touched in many ways. Let us all keep her spirit alive by sharing stories and her name. I loved her as a person and a teacher. She will always be with me in my heart and mind.

  Aloha Prof. we will see you again someday. Jeff Hansen

[satansaidmyturnintheh3llscape]

Everything Right/Wrong with Ninjago “Legacy of the Green Ninja” E2: Pirates Vs. Ninja

Disclaimers: Show owned by LEGO. This is not a professional review/critique - it’s mainly intended for comedy.

- Intro ✅

- Soto writes in his journal vertically ❌

- Actual dr*nk pirate in a kids show ❌

- “… the fabled Island of Darkness.” Foreshadowing ✅

- First 2 minutes of a kids show depicts a pirate crew dying violently at sea… maybe this is why they were allowed to show the dr*nk guy ❌

- “Woah, grasshopper!” Grasshopper ✅

- “How about some target practice? On Kai!” If Kai’s the target, then why is Cole wearing the bowl on his head? ❌

- Wait is someone actually allowing Ultra Dragon to perch on their roof, or is Nya sitting him here without the building owner’s consent? ❌

- “Like a magic portal?” Was that another voice swap?!? Godd*mmit, I thought we left these in season 1! ❌

- “Keep up with him you slithering idiots!” They don’t slither - they have legs! ❌

- I know why Garmadon can’t hurt Ultra, but give me one reason as to why Ultra can’t just turn around and blow the ship up ❌

- “This crew sounds like they knew how to fly a ship!” They gave the wheel to the dude with no eyes ❌

- “Welcome to Grand Sensei Dareth’s Mojo Dojo.” No. ❌

- Look, Dareth gets better in later seasons. I enjoy him in Crystalized and Prime Empire and stuff, but early Dareth? I wanna snap his spine like a KitKat.

- ^ How does Dareth untangled himself from those bead things that easily without them getting tangled into each other? Maybe Dareth is really the master of beads… or balls? ⬇️

- ^ yeah, that adds up

- “How many trophies do you have?” 30 something-year old man makes fun of an 8 year old for literally no reason ❌

- “… Lord Garmadon destroyed the Devourer.” I’m only gonna mention this briefly since I’ll go into more detail during season 8 but Garmadon never would’ve been able to do sh*t against the Devourer had it not been for the ninja trapping it. ❌

- ^ I’m living for the hand gestures Kai makes during this scene ✅

- “It only has the power to create!” Or it only works when you say “I wish.” You didn’t say that with Ultra, but you did say it with the pirates. Look, all I’m saying is Garmadon comes to this conclusion a bit too quickly ❌

- Taking a villain that’s bent on destruction and equipping him with a weapon that can’t destroy anything but can only create stuff is a genuinely interesting concept. Personally, I just wish it was done better than it was, because it had a lot of potential that I felt wasn’t really lived up to. ❌

- “But instead of 10 boards, how about 50?” End me now please ❌

- Also, Jeffy and Phil are literally just Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Usually, I’d win this like I do with most references but this is a sin because f*ck JK R*wling ❌

- “I don’t like the kid coming along.” The kid ✅

- “Please, please, please? I’ll be super good!” He’s just a little guy :( ✅

- The ninja think it’d be too dangerous to take Lloyd with them, so they decide to leave him alone on a public bus that could travel anywhere around the city? ❌

- “Pajama man!” PAJAMA MAN ✅

- “Dang it, Dareth!” A slightly more PG version of what I would say

- Did they actually have the money to pay for these costumes or did they legit steal them? ❌

- Jay literally looks Kai up and down and says “wow.” Bisexual Jay canon? ✅

- “We have to save him.” “We can’t get close enough without blowing our cover!” Kai thinks their cover is more important than Dareth. I mean, I agree, but still ❌

- “who here wants to see him go splat?” ME!

- “Who here wants to see him live!” *confused pirate noises* ✅

- Also, neither Jay nor Kai speak up when Jay says that. Again, I agree, but these guys are supposed to be the heroes! ❌

- Where are Zane and Cole throughout the entire plank scene? ❌

- “More pajama men?” “Where? I can’t see!” Are jokes about blind people forgetting they’re blind similar to when bilingual characters “forget to switch” which language they’re speaking in? ❌

- “Ninja vs pirates… who will win?” I still think that the fact that we didn’t get a definitive answer to this question is the soul reason for why Skybound was made. I’m gonna let you all decide if that’s a sin or win.

- Since when does Zane use smoke bombs? ❌

- Okay who put a gum ball machine on the Bounty and why???? ❌

- “Jay!” Okay, but I’m with Jay on this one. If y’all are gonna be dumb enough to actually fall a victim to this gum ball thing I think you deserve the face the consequences ❌

- Lloyd just completely took Zane out I’m- ✅

- Kai puts Lloyd upside down in a BARREL because surely that’s safe /s ❌

- “I just did Spinjitzu for the first time!” Why does this line delivery remind me of the dialogue from Dora the Explorer? ❌

- I know we established that Lloyd can harness all four elements of creation, but this energy ball/green power thing really did just come out of nowhere, didn’t it? ❌

- “Your powers are too uncontrollable!” Cole wants to warn Lloyd so bad that he astral projects his voice through Kai to do so ❌

- Annndddd Nya just tore the sail ❌

- “You’re getting stronger son, but you’ll never be strong enough to defeat me! Give up, before it’s too late!” Well this dynamic seems a little… different compared to the last time we saw it? ❌

- Also, shouldn’t Lloyd be getting punished for this? He was told not to come because it’s dangerous (and it is) and he ignored them and went anyway. He seriously could’ve gotten killed! I’m not saying he needs to be grounded for life or anything but the ninja should explain to him why he shouldn’t have come. ❌

- I’m sorry I love the way they’re all staring affectionately at Lloyd. Like, he’s their little brother and they love him and ahhhh ✅

Sentence: Dareth

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Number Seven | PART 1

Jack Grealish

Part 2 | Part 3

Jack was surprised to see her in the crowd wearing an England shirt number seven. Let’s just say their relationship was... Complicated.

Inspired by that video of Jack and Phil. This piece is dedicated to @jackgrealishbrummiesuperstar who wondered who Jack was looking at and @daikiry19 who attempted on lip reading😆 (Thank you for the ideas!) And definitely for all Jack’s girls out there!

She was there. She was up there in the stands, wearing an England home shirt.

No. Not just an ordinary England home shirt, but one with a number seven written on the front. Jack was the number seven. He needed to focus on her shirt to make sure that he saw the right thing and after a few seconds he could confirm that she was indeed wearing a Grealish shirt.

Jack's lips twitched upright very slightly and that was when Phil came closer to him, snatching his attention by saying, "We are really going to the final, bro."

Jack immediately turned his attention away from her and looked back at his little brother who was smiling from ear to ear, clearly still high on adrenaline because they had just won over Denmark that sent England to the Euro's final.

"Did we really do it? This feels mental," Phil said again as he put his hand on Jack's shoulder.

"Yeah, of course we did, listen to those cheers, man," Jack finally responded as he quickly looked around. All the fans were still buzzing, some were clapping, some were cheering, and some hadn't stopped singing Sweet Caroline. Jack stole a glance again towards her and felt his heart jump a little bit when he saw her staring at him.

"Who are you looking at?" Phil furrowed his eyebrows, realising that Jack was spacing out and looking out somewhere.

"No one."

"Yeah? Doesn't feel real, does it?" Phil suddenly pulled him into a hug and Jack wasn't sure why. Maybe just because he was extremely overjoyed and Jack understood that because he also still couldn't wrap it around his head, the fact that they were really going to the final.

"My missus is here. She's here," Jack mumbled. He didn't know who he was saying that to, Phil or himself. He didn't even know why he said that she was his missus when she was certainly not. But he didn't think Phil caught what he said because the man continued to say something about winning it all and lifting a trophy, which he didn't pay any attention to because his head was full of thoughts of her.

To be honest, Jack had no idea she was there.

They had met a couple of times for the past month to talk and Jack had been making his intention clear, but she hadn't really given him a green light. She said that she needed time to think and that it would be best for them to wait until the Euro is over. Then the Euro took over and all Jack could do was to keep their communication going by texts and random short calls once in a few days.

They had met a couple of times for the past month to talk and Jack had been making his intention clear, but she hadn't really given him a green light. She said that she needed time to think and that it would be best for them to wait until the Euro is over. Then the Euro took over and all Jack could do was to keep their communication going by texts and random short calls once in a few days.

Jack wasn't sure if he was really making any progress, he wasn't sure if they were going in the direction he was hoping for. She was just very hard to read and he was desperate to figure out whether she had developed more good feelings towards him. Unfortunately he had to wait for at least another week. What made it worse was that he missed her more than anything. He wanted to invite her to the semi-final before, but he was too scared of taking the wrong step. She also said that work had been crazy for her so he really didn't want to disturb her.

It was a huge surprise for him that she was there without him even asking, that she really went to all the trouble traveling from Birmingham to London for him. What was more surprising was the fact that she had worn the number seven shirt. It had to mean something, right? At least Jack hoped so.

Jack wanted to give her a call as soon as possible. He had dialed her number before he even closed his hotel door, closing it with his foot before he impatiently discarded his shoes in front of the mirror on his way to the bed. He sat on the bed, his heart gradually beating faster while he listened to the never ending ringing tone. He was considering hanging up and waiting for another ten minutes, thinking that maybe she was still busy doing something else, but then a little hello came from the other side of the phone.

So familiar, so sweet, and it literally made his heart stop for a second.

"Hi. Where are you?" Jack said. He sounded more eager than he meant to.

"Just arrived at the hotel. Oh, my feet are killing me. I'm with Henry and Alicia, by the way. We went together and we're going to catch a train back home in the afternoon," she said, immediately reporting to Jack about her plans. It had become a habit for them lately, since their busy schedules usually only let them update each other with what they had been doing. Her voice sounded awfully hoarse, definitely because of all the screaming she did, which made him imagine an image of her cheering for him when he got subbed on.

"Where are you?" she asked him back.

"Yeah, just got back to our hotel too. Listen, I don't want to hold you for too long because I know you're tired. I just— I just want to say thank you for coming."

"You're welcome," she replied. By her voice, he knew she was smiling. "I wasn't sure I could make it but my meetings tomorrow got cancelled, so I asked Henry if he still had any tickets left and luckily he had one."

Freaking Henry. Worst friend ever. He didn't even say a word about her tagging along. Jack was the one who gave him some tickets.

"I really didn't know you were coming. Could've played better if I knew you were there watching. Why didn't you tell me?"

She giggled. "Wanted to give you a little surprise. Hey, you did your best. Congratulations for reaching the final. You're making history, Jack."

"Thank you." A smile grew on Jack's face, his heart getting even warmer from hearing her compliments. Another reason to be proud of himself tonight. "And you wore my shirt," Jack said, diverting the topic. The image of her standing up there on the stands wearing a number seven shirt was still so vivid on his mind and it was still driving him crazy.

"Of course I did. I've got to show who I was there for."

And Jack swore his heart just exploded right there.

He jumped to his feet, violently ran his hand through his hair before yanking it as he tried so hard not to scream. He fell silent, completely losing all his words. He swore she had never been this blunt before with everything she had said. She had never blatantly said something that would sound like a green light.

Jack's friends were there together at the match, he invited plenty of them. Some of them knew she had something going on with him, some of them didn't even know who she was. And it was driving him crazy, the fact that she wanted to show people she was there for him. This was definitely a green light, right?

"Jack?" Her voice brought Jack back to Earth. "Are you there?"

"Yeah, yeah," he quickly answered. "Just wondering, does this mean I can take you on a date when I get back?"

It was her turn to fall silent and Jack the passing seconds felt like minutes and hours for Jack. He bit his thumb, impatiently waiting for the answer. He silently cursed at himself, thinking that it was a complete mistake to ask her the question. She clearly told him that she needed time to think and wait until after the Euro and he just put her on the spot now.

But he felt the biggest release when he heard her voice again.

"Yes. Yes, you can," she finally answered.

Jack threw the biggest air punch, mouthing the most passionate "YES!!! YES!!!", and quickly tried to compose himself. He hoped she didn't hear any of that, he just couldn't contain his excitement. He sat himself down on the bed again, his hand gripping at the edge of the bed for support.

"Thank you. And thanks again for coming... Wish I could've played more," Jack said, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"Not your fault. You've always done great. Hopefully you'll start in the final, yeah?"

"Hopefully. Will you be there?"

She giggled happily. "I would be crazy if I didn't come to England's match in a final. Besides, I have to show my support to player number seven."

Jack felt his heart explode once again and was left speechless. Getting the national team into a major tournament final and getting back the girl he was in love with at the same time? This was definitely one of the best nights of his life.

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i just realized that my 2 other pieces of jack was also him being in a complicated relationship (and one of them was also him on the phone) so maybe i need to stop writing about that🥲

here if you want to check it out: do you see it? & maybe

My Masterlist🤍

[inkyinsects]

Dream SMP Head canon:

Ranboo has many enderman friends and gets invited to events like weddings and hangouts (they just collect grass and flowers) and other members of the smp just see Ranboo occasionally surrounded by endermen.

Karl can not only time travel but also slow down time in short intervals. A bit like really really fast reflexes or reactions.

Tommy sometimes gives people electric shocks when too close because of the thunderbolt.

After Ranboo showed Niki his infinite cake they had bake-offs to improve his caking skills.

When Techno gave Phil his totem of undying he actually crafted it into a neckless so Phil could wear it at all times.

Phil keeps a sketch book of places he’s visited through his immortal travels like ruined temples and night sky’s of stars long dead.

Ranboo’s previous memorie books before the SMP where written in the end language before they learnt English.

Fundy can super jump foxes like foxes and sometimes will just leap into piles of snow or leaves whenever he can.

Michael has small trinkets and trophy’s form when Tommy would babysit them and take them on adventures.

After being betrayed by everyone Fundy prefers passive mobs and has befriended many animals like foxes, birds and fish. (A trait from his mother a ‘forest spirit’)

Wherever Ghostbur goes there’s the lingering smell of gunpowder.

Erets eyes glow in the dark under his sunglasses.

Michael follows Ranboo around while holding onto their tail.

Puffy used to have different colours in her hair but then dyed it back to white, then she wanted to dye it again but couldn’t decide so Tommy and Tubbo just dyed her hair all the colours.

Quackity only has one wing.

When Techno couldn’t sleep or had a nightmare as a child the voices would keep him company and sing lullaby’s.

When waking through door ways Ranboo has to hold their crown because it’s fallen off their head too many times.

When Sapnap is angry he leaves a trail of smoking marks wherever he walks.

Bads physical appearance has grown more demon like due to the egg...

Sharper teeth and horns

His claws are longer

He has less control of his tail

Veins are seen around his eyes and arms

Increased height

Tubbo’s hair covers his eyes because he try’s to hide his scar form the festival.

Ranboo can’t look in mirrors due to his enderman side. (A bit like deer in headlights)

Techno has different hair styles for different occasions.

In his casino Quackity installed small details to remind him of Karl and Sapnap, like a spiral on the sealing and multiple fire places.

Whenever Tommy is stressed he would pet Henry but after when he was with Techno he would spend time his dogs. Now he plays with the end of Ranboos tail. Always seeking a form of comfort in one way or another.

Michael enjoys being carried around :

On Ranboos shoulders

Tubbo giving him piggy backs

Tommy holding him above his head and pretending he can fly (Ranboo does not like this one)

Whenever Techno is grumpy or grouchy Phil says he acts like a librarian

The council guard Ranboos mine and stop anyone other than Ranboo entering.

[dairy-farmer]

okay random idea but-

Janet as a notorious gold digger, she hangs around rich people events and lets guys hit it raw, she's the original baby trapper in Gotham

and maybe Bruce is a mix of drunk and depressed but he knows he has to keep his cover (or could also be pre-batman!) so he just... indulges when a hot lady is luring him to a side room

and maybe it even happens a few times! Bruce doesn't even need to bother learning her name, he just catches a glimpse and knows the deal

idk if Bruce or Janet will disappear first but either way, by the time Dick is Robin, Janet has dyed her hair (trying to escape her reputation?) and settled down with Jack while Bruce is busy redefining his life, etc

this is really all leading up to Tim as Bruces bio kid eventually taking his mother's place as Bruce's party slut

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay but say jack dies early, unexpectedly. janet traveled alongside jack both as a partner and as a trophy wife which she was happy to do because she got to see more of the world than she ever would stuck in gotham.

jack gets sick or maybe has a surprise stroke or heart attack. he IS old...er. much older than janet. she's in her mid 30s while jack was in his early 50s. quite the age gap but she didn't mind (especially given how he'd showered her with lavish gifts and made her promises he always followed through on.)

janet is sad. of course she is. her once upon a time sugar daddy and husband was now being flown home to gotham in a casket.

and things are...complicated. financial wise.

jack didn't leave a will. sure janet was his wife and normally everything that was his was now hers but jack wasn't even cold in the ground before every half cousin, distant aunt, or childhood friend were all crawling out of the woodwork claiming jack had left them this or that.

a lot of the money gets drained just paying the legal fees. janet's safety net is holding on by thin ropes because she was never in charge of the finances! this was never her job!!

jack was kind to her, cared for her. more than any man ever had before.

she's battling with the grief of his death plus now being in charge of a large estate plus now being the only parent left to a young child.

janet knows she's not capable of managing the company or the family properties. she wasn't a corporate executive like jack so she puts her trust in drake industrie's CEO. phil marin.

that trust is misplaced. a few months later and the IRS arrests phil and several other executives. they seize assets and freeze nearly every account janet has.

she's lucky. lucky that the news is far more preoccupied with something going on about the batman than to care about yet another corrupt gotham business.

janet protests. she knows jack wasn't dirty. every dime he earned was earned honestly. but it seemed he put his faith in the wrong man as well because phil marin was nothing but a no good rat who laundered money for the mob in his free time.

janet would likely never recover those millions of dollars. not unless she could account for every single sale and prove it was earned legally.

janet is desperate. she knows she won't have enough money to support her lifestyle or that of her child.

a decade ago it wouldn't have been a problem. a decade ago janet could've gotten into any major event and gotten what she needed from anyone who was there.

but a decade ago she was in her twenties. a decade ago her body was tighter, slimmer, better.

she's aged past her prime. even though jack would always tell her about how gorgeous she was she knew he'd only married her because she'd been the only woman who understood any of his archeological rambings. her degree certainly helped in that aspect, lord knew it never did in anything else.

tim's private school tuition fees have increased since the previous year. he's going to need a new set of uniforms for the school year plus the cost of dorming there.

janet can't afford a private driver anymore, nor a gardner, or a housekeeper.

janet certainly can't drive him, she's never even had a license before.

that's when she recalls who their neighbor is. she's never given him a second thought. not after jack proposed to her the night they met.

she knows who bruce wayne is, knows the kind of man he is.

most importantly. she knows what he likes.

tight little bodies and soft little tits that peeked out the top of a sweet heart neckline dress.

he liked fucking pussies raw and he liked cumming deep inside moaning girls without any regard for the conseqeunces.

janet looks at tim sometimes. she looks as his dark hair and blue eyes. she thanked her lucky stars that she'd started going through a 'black is back' phase when she met jack. ever since then she'd taken to periodically dying her blonde roots.

jack had blue eyes and janet had black hair. together they could've plausibly created their sweet timmy.

her tim who was just as small-statured and cute as she'd been. he definitely took after her all soft jaws and big eyes with long lashes.

janet's suddenly empty bank account is not public knowledge. what is is her husbands recent death given the influx of general sympathy cards she gets in the mail as well as flowers arriving weeks too late.

gotham high society has weekly parties for whatever reason.

bruce wayne is spotted in at least half of those.

if janet had any other option she wouldn't be doing this. but every other man she'd been with before jack were either very much married or uninterested in someone like tim.

but bruce wayne is a freak if the rumors of him with his kids are believed.

tim alone should be scratching that itch he must have inside him.

so janet moves forward with it.

she spends their limited funds on new clothing for tim. tight strappy dresses that hugged the soft slop of his body and cupped his little tits beautifully.

she tutored him in things bruce would like.

she was surprised to learn that her tim had something of an...interest in bruce.

she'd call it a crush but the look in his eye was far too devoted to be the fleeting feelings of a young boy.

janet sprays her perfume on tim's slim neck, rubbing it in just the right spot where bruce would buried his nose as he bottomed out inside her son.

maybe janet is a sick woman. disgusting for knowingly setting her child up to seduce and become the toy of the man who is likely his biological father.

maybe janet's ambition from her youth poisoned something in her. made her the kind of person who would do this without a second thought.

then months of tim attending nightly parties pass and tim returns to her one night, makeup streaked and half stumbling. bruce wayne is going to be covering tim's tuition the coming school year, he's heard about how janet is going through some financial issues. he'd also be more than happy to drive tim to school every morning! he'd be more than happy to in fact!

janet notices dried white stains on tim's shirts and pants when she does laundry. she notices that tim has taken to wearing the skirt version of the uniform when school starts up again. she watches him bend down to tie his shoelaces one morning and sees how he's not wearing any underwear.

bruce wayne is fond of timothy drake is the thing that spreads through the circles. they're often seen together at the parties after all.

janet finds out that some out-of-state branches of drake industries are still churning away and need her signature on a few things.

tim tells bruce and he instantly messages janet, volunteering to take tim for the week. after all tim is a good kid. well-behaved and sweet. bruce would be honored to take him off her hands.

some part of janet should be horrified. it should be disgusted and sickened and desperate to chase this man away from her child.

but then she looks down at the email with a hotel booking made for her, a first-class flight ticket, and a number of activities she could do that would keep her out of gotham for longer than a few weeks.

nobody would understand if she said anything.

they wouldn't get it.

because ethics don't matter when you're just trying to survive.

[bio-nerds-corner]

philza minecraft adopts two dragons, beats imperialism, and overcomes his fear of vore a novella (WORLDBUILDING)

have some assorted worldbuilding and stuff expanded upon that i couldnt figure out how to add organically to the story :>

Prior to the Sponsunk-Heart accords that solidified relations between the countries and protected humans, the relationship that dragons had with them was far more overtly predatory. Esempea as a country was founded on desperately trying to stem the flow of lost citizens and food to the endless hunger of invading dragons.

The population per square mile in most of Jeag is incredibly low, with exceptions in larger cities and along coasts. This along with the fact that roads don’t have any need to be maintained means that to most humans, the entire country is an untamed wilderness and the dragons living there  similarly monstrous.

One of the longest standing beliefs in dragons about humans is one that has saved many traveler’s lives - taking in a human who is traveling through your lands as a welcoming host could give you curious trinkets and mechanisms that are too fine to be crafted by dragon claws. Enough grateful clockmakers and tinkerers travelled through Jeag to enforce the belief that simply having humans around increased the likelihood of getting rare delicate gifts.

Prime is a travelers-merchant god that arose as a result of this same phenomenon. One of the only maintained roads in Jeag is the Prime blessed Path, and it marks a straight shot from the border through many of the larger commercial centers in Jeag, including the Heart. Prime as a god is invoked less formally these days, though most Esempi who live on the border or travel within Jeag land still keep a trinket or two on their person as a talisman 

The friendly relations between humans and dragons have been around for maybe 4 human generations and 2 dragon ones. The ‘good ol days’ of looting without much regard for those stolen from are a lot fresher in the minds of the older Jeag elite

Esempea (Es-em-PAY) and The Esempi (Esem-PEE) are interchangeable as the nation name, though the latter is used for descriptions. 

Phil doesn’t have any bad leg, he’s got a balance disorder, likely caused by some childhood ear infection or something. Causes him to constantly feel that swaying feeling you get after coming off of a boat, and makes him uncertain about his walking as a result. I didn’t put as much research as I really should’ve into this I’m sorry :( it just wasn’t that big of a deal in the larger story beyond it being reduced in intensity while flying and being stored, since Techno’s wingbeats counteracted the swaying feeling

Storing is done for young dragonets that are unable to or only just began to fly. While Techno wouldn’t know it, storing larger things will gradually stretch it further, in order to accommodate the growth of the dragonet. Maybe one day he’ll be able to comfortably carry both Phil and Wilbur :)

Because of its strong association with hatchlings, storing items of significant enough weight will instinctively give dragons a strong protective desire that can bleed over some unhelpful patronization and infantilization of suitably sized humans along with it. A rather unfortunate amount of spur of the moment relationships between humans and dragons lead to the dragons, unknowingly or not, treating the human like some sort of hatchling-pet. As you can see Phil is pretty desperately determined not to be one of those ‘trophy-humans’

One of Wilbur’s pastimes in the capital would be to try and coax these feelings from random dragons, get them cooing over him and wanting to bring him home, before up and vanishing on them and watching them grow distressed and disappointed. Awww poor nobledragon, did your new little hatchling-pet have too much brains to sit through this bullshit? What a shaame. He didn’t make many friends. 

Tommy will definitely try to convince Wilbur to let him attempt storing before he’s big enough. Imagine an owlet choking on a mouse when picturing what happened next. A lot of desperate head flailing and regrets.

The Antarctic incident isn’t touched upon much in the fic beyond it being 1) bad, 2) got techno in jail for life and 3) went against Jeag entirely. I didn’t ever really hash it out (more fun to imagine it from the bits and pieces don’t you think ;P)  but basically, a younger Techno was a part of a force stationed far south who encountered another group of dragons, a pirate party. His job was to apprehend or kill these pirates who were disrupting southern trade, NOT decide to recruit them in his own plans to unify all of the southern reaches as a competing power with Jeag. Quackity was there for the Saint Malo Trials equivalent. it’s a little funny I played out the Antarctic Empire while completely excluding two major players (Phil and Wilbur) but eh what can ya do. Anyways he was tried with treason and was like 5 years into his lifetime sentence when Dream got him out. 

Sponsunk -> Spawn chunk. Jeag -> Jean, the ‘name’ of the ender dragon. Everything else is pretty easy to guess ;P

please for the love of god prime if you want to know more about this world just ask ;P i have spent so long in this headspace making this fic i would love to talk about it <3

[what-if-nct]

hello today's reminder is that i strongly with wanting to see Doyoung play a trophy wife but i agree with you more, i really wanna see him play a very fucked up character. like. just twisted. morally grey is probably the best we'll get, but i wanna see him being evil behind that pretty face so i feel weird going back to his idol self for a bit. idk if you've watched it but shinee Minho did a movie called Derailed in which he played a pretty fucked up character who ends up doing a lot of questionable stuff, including kidnapping a little girl, trying to save his girlfriend from prostitution and… yeah. i need to see more of that kinda stuff. from both of them. please and thank you.

Hihi, Yes!!!! Have him play a character that makes it hard for you to look him in the eyes. Honestly I have to remind myself Sydney Sweeney isn't Cassie. Make more idols villains! They can be a little evil as a treat. It adds a little spice. Doyoung would honestly be such a great villain. like if Yuta can be in a gang I think Doyoung should be a serial killer. Look at Yixing who wants to be a dinosaur or killer, a well rounded actor. And oh I didnt but it sounds interesting. I did recently watch a movie about the dark side of prostitution and sex work. It was a little triggering since I use to do sex work, just cam stuff and being overall in bad situations. And it was a movie that absolutely broke me. But I totally want to check out Minho's movie. Also another genre I like is weird indie\lifetime movies, cause I always find the oddest movies. There was a movie called Thumbsucker I watched in middle school. It was about a 17 year old boy who still sucks his thumb, he gets put on Ritalin to help the thumbsucking but it causes him to absolutely spiral so he resorts to smoking pot instead and side plot his dad thinks his mom is having an affair with an actor at the rehab center she works at. Another one Normal Adolescent Behaviour Ricky Ullman from Phil of the future and Amber Tamblyn from sisterhood of the traveling pants are in it. But it's about a group of friends who get together every Saturday night and have sex with each other but it's full of secrets and their not really suppose to go outside of the group cause once someone gave them all crabs. They were in high school and I watched that in middle school....I think I know why I am the way I am. But I'd love to see more idols in weird dark shit, I need to see the range. I hope Doyoung gets to play a serial killer one day.

[hacked-by-jake]

Ummm so i have an idea

Pairing:jake×phil×richy

i want them to fight...i mean i like them to get jealous of mc.you can chose the words

We love youu❤️

A/n: Hi dear, I honestly have a little concern that I got your request a little wrong but I hope you like it as it is. It’s more of a discussion between arrogant men with too much testosterone and power. Just like teenager haha. Oh and a poor Dan.

I hope you like it anyway and thank you for your request.

You're too cute! Love you too!❤️❤️

All three men are forced to sit together at a table. It’s Jessy’s birthday, and that means everyone has to spend time together, whether they want to or not, because you’re there, too. And none of them could bear to give the other the opportunity to impress you..

"Can you all stop staring at MC like that? That’s really creepy" Dan murmurs and looks disturbed between you and the men.

You and Jessy are cutting the cake in the kitchen right now, so you’re not notice any of this.

"MC is so beautiful" enthuses Richy.

"Dan’s right, don’t stare like that," Phil throws in and twists his eyes.

"Maybe you should look somewhere else and not we," Jake counters pejoratively.

"Why? MC and I will definitely get together soon. So, I can stare as much as I want," Phil shrugs.

Richy laughs amusingly, "You and MC? You don’t believe that yourself, do you?"

"Oh he does, just ridiculous," Jake throws in and takes a sip of his beer.

"Yes, but the hacker or the mechanic is clear," Jessy’s brother laughs bitterly.

"But the bar owner" the mechanic imitates him.

"I’ve got the best job of us, and I have my own bar," Phil says.

"Yes, and I have a workshop" Richy counters and looks confident.

"Yes, and I’m a fucking hacker."

"What’s so interesting about a hacker?" Richy looks disparagingly at the black-haired.

He laughs amused, "Is the question meant seriously? I’m a hacker. I travel a lot, always have other jobs with huge corporations. Oh and I’m making a hell of a lot of money, so how’s your car graveyard?"

"I doubt good," Phil intervenes and looks at Richy.

"Rogers Garage has been going well since the MC helped, MC is really an angel."

"MC helped you?" Jake and Phil ask at the same time. Immediately the two look at each other as if they wanted to kill the other with one look

"Didn’t you know about that? It was really amazing," the mechanic says.

"Argh! Guys!" Dan hisses annoyed, "Can you stop please? You are really annoying!"

He shouldn’t have done that.

At the same time all heads fly in his direction and a loud "no" is thrown towards him.

Dan raises his hands defensively, "At least you all agree."

"What’s this all about? I’m not gonna talk to you guys about MC anymore. MC belongs to me and you will understand this soon enough" Jake clarifies and gets immediately again protest from the others.

"I really don’t think MC even thinks about choose you," Phil hisses.

"I agree with him, MC will choose me, I am the nicest of us, I am the most uncomplicated and simple. With me there is little stress and a normal daily routine" argues the mechanic.

Both others laugh up.

"You’ll be too boring for MC, MC loves action and there’s always something going on in my bar"

"Your bar is boring too, a small town where everyone knows everyone, MC wants to see the world and experience things. MC can do that only with me." Jake pretends to wipe some dust off his shoulder.

"So if MC find out about this here, then you’re all out of the election! Stop being like kids and see MC as a trophy, "Jessy suddenly throws Jessy into the round and everyone looks scared to her.

Right after that, everyone looks for you and hopes that you haven’t noticed the fight.

"MC is still in the bathroom, so behave now" the redhead twists her eyes.

"But tell me best sister of the whole world, you as MC’s best friend surely know more about the current relationship status, right?" asks Phil hypocritically and immediately gets another angry look from his sister.

"Oh my God, you are impossible! I will say nothing at all! "And it’s none of your business," Jessy complains, putting the cake on the table.

"Hi, everything good?" you ask as you come out on the terrace perceiving the strange mood.

You will not get an answer to your question but immediately you will be hurled from all sides with asks.

"Hey MC, you can sit with me," Jake offers you right away.

"Yes MC, but you can also sit next to me, I would be very happy, I gave you extra space," Phil tries his luck.

"I’ve got enough room for you, too," a bright smile is on Richy’s lips.

"Um, thank you guys, but I think I’m sitting with Dan and Jessy," you say and have to stop giggling.

You’re not stupid, you know their quarrel about you, the others always tell you, but you don’t interfere.

Your heart beats only for one.

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Ask game requests provisionally closed.

[if-the-crown-fits]

⊑⟒⊬ ☊⍀⍜⍙⋏, ⍙⊑⏃⏁'⌇ ⌇⍜⋔⟒⏁⊑⟟⋏☌ ⊬⍜⎍'⍀⟒ ⌇⎍⌿⟒⍀ ⟟⋏⏁⟒⍀⟒⌇⏁⟒⎅ ⟟⋏?

Oh! I love learning about the different cultures in The End. There's the Enderians (usually referred to as 'endermen' by the Overworlders) but there's also the Shulks and the Elytrians! Collectively, they're known as the Voidfolk because they're, well, native to the Void!

Enderians are the largest population in the End, seperated into Mainland Enderians and City Enderians. While there are also Enderians who immigrate to the Overworld or the Nether, they usually assimilate to the culture of their new home so I won't be talking about them much. The most obvious difference between Enderians of various areas is the dialect of Ender they speak. It's different between Overworld, Nether, and even Mainland and City Enderians!

Mainland Enderians are super loyal to their queen, the Ender Dragon. They're connected by a sort of hivemind that lets them know if the queen is in pain or in danger. This hivemind even connects to Enderians who have since gone elsewhere, but the connection between the dragon and an Enderian's mind can be severed by ########## # #########. Enderians born outside of the End aren't really affected by the hivemind unless a pathway to the End has been opened. The only known effect on Enderians regardless of where they're born is the lack of a need for sleep! Besides the queen, there are also twelve princes, who are in charge of protecting the twelve towers that keep the queen alive. These towers are the only structures on the Mainland aside from the unbreakable nest that holds the queen's egg! It's speculated that the queen doesn't see the need for her people to sleep or build, since their only "job" is meant to be protecting her from harm.

City Enderians live in the End Cities, along with Shulks and (formerly) Elytrians. Interestingly, End Cities seem to be the primary home of Shulks, but Elytrians have always made their home elsewhere. City Enderians built their cities themselves a long time ago, away from the control of the queen. The number of free-minded City Enderians has been dwindling, as more and more of them answer the queen's call and join the hivemind. Historically, though, City Enderians have had a great relationship with the Elytrians, and imports from the Elytrian kingdom(s?) helped the Cities survive as long as they have. It was largely a mercantile society! Unfortunately, after more City Enderians started to join the hivemind, there was less need for trade and thus less interaction between Enderians and Elytrians until finally all interaction stopped. The only remaining evidence that Elytrians once existed in Enderian spaces are the wings left behind, presumably trophies taken after they were killed by one of the queen's newly inducted soldiers.

Much of Elytrian history is shrouded in mystery, since they largely kept to themselves after the loss of Enderian trade. We know more of Enderian history than Elytrian due to the accessibility of the Mainland and Cities by Overworlders as opposed to the hidden kingdom(s?) of the Elytrians. Very rarely, an Elytrian will come to the Overworld, but they never share much of Elytrian life. What little is known is that they live extraordinarily long lives, sometimes upwards of thousands of years. They have their own language, which from what I've read is quite vowel-heavy, and it's said to sound beautiful when sung. They travel long distances by airship, and are the only people able to pilot them properly. Elytrians seem to be the most advanced people in the End, and rival even Overworlders in their technologies. It's a shame they keep to themselves so much. We could learn a lot from them…. Phil wears a cloak a lot, but I've seen what's beneath it. I wonder if he'd tell Ranboo anything if he asked?

Finally, there's Shulks! They exist primarily in the End Cities, but a potential co-existence with Elytrians is up for debate! They're incredibly strong, and protect the Cities from intruders. The babies are the ones you'll find hiding away in their little boxes. Fully grown Shulks, however, have grown into their shell and treat it as built-in armor. Young or old, Shulks are able to spit a venom that inflicts damage and causes the target to float. The older the Shulk, the more potent the venom. They usually refuse to speak to outsiders, though there's been accounts from a few young Shulk as to why they stick around. According to said accounts, they're waiting for the City Enderians to be freed and the Elytrians to return. Until then, they'll stand guard over the Cities. This tradition has been passed down for several generations, and it's unclear if the Shulk truly believe the Enderians and Elytrians will return or if they're simply continuing the tradition for the sake of having a purpose.

That's. Definitely a lot more information than you asked for. Sorry ^-^"

[fitzverse]

SBI Foster AU Fic (Vent Fic)

I made this to vent about how I feel as a long-term foster kid in my current household. it’s based of SBI with Tommy as the foster kid cause I relate to his character to much-

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Trapped. That was how he’d describe how he felt right now. Sure he’d lived with them for his entire life, sure they cared for him, sure they’d raised him, but it never felt genuine anymore. 

Nowadays he felt stuck with them, like he had to live with them as his family, they’ve wasted 16 years on him anyways. Ever since they found him as a baby and took him in, the foster system made them his ‘family’.

If they were really his family, why did he feel stuck here? He’d lived in this tiny town in the middle-no-nowhere called the SMP for his entire life. Sure their were neighboring towns close-by and cities a couple of hours away, but it wasn’t enough for him anymore.

He felt mocked by the trees surrounding the town that made up the landscape, caged by the ‘exiting’ signs that he’d drive by when going to school, the ones his family would so absently turn-by to drive into the main part of town. He felt so stranded here. 

Sure he could leave, but he’d have to go alone or maybe with his fellow foster-kid Tubbo. But they’d have to walk hours to get to the nearest next-over town. Plus it’d be by the highway and the climate here wasn’t the kindest. That didn’t even take into account the various creeps who could see the two of them on the side of the road and take them both with ease.

Still that didn’t even seem bad as how stuck he felt here. It was the same thing every day. People, so many people, expecting things of him in school, sports, everything. He was a so-called gifted-child but that was fading now. He couldn’t seem to focus anymore, he’s lost all his motivation too. He was fading, but everyone still needed something from him.

That didn’t even cover how he feels he’ll never achieve to be what he really wants. He wants to be famous, he wants to be known by the world before he dies, he doesn’t want to die a nobody, so being stuck in this dead-end town crushed his hopes even more.

It was a vicious cycle now. What used to what he loved, he now despised. The sports he used to dominate, he could barely force himself to go. At the thought of going, he’d become so stressed. He couldn’t even describe how the panic attacks and anxiety felt like when his foster parent Philza would ask. It was that hard. 

Plus having to live up to his two perfect brother Wilbur and Techno was impossible. They both were the stars pf their grade, both top of there years. Wilbur was a musical genius while Techno excelled in Language and Martial Arts. They both had a breaming amount of trophy's, medals, and other awards to show for their talent that put Tommy’s year’s old 1st and 2nd ribbons to shame. 

Why did he try anymore? Why did he stay? Why can he not leave? All of this and more would brim his mind in the late hours of the night when he’s lay awake while everyone else would be asleep. He’s stay up so he could finally be at peace, that seemed to b the only time of the day when no one expected anything of him, it was the only time he had to himself. 

Even in his room, or working homework, or even just watching tv he constantly get’s yelled at by his foster dad asking him what he was doing.

Privacy seemingly wasn’t a thing he got anymore as a result of all the things he used to do. Sure, he would sneak his foster dad’s old phone and use it at night when he wasn’t supposed to quite a few times but he’s already dealt with that. Same with that time he ran away at 12am and travel 6 hours to the next town over and almost froze to death, then phoned Philza to come pick him up at the local hotel at 5am in the morning. So what? 

The only reason he snuck the phone or ran away was because he felt so caged here. He didn’t have a phone, Phil installed a security system now, and he always had to tell Phil what he was up to. All of the things Phil would do to protect him cause he ‘cares about him’ just made him feel even more unsafe. It pushed his mental even lower than it is. It didn’t help that he’s scared to say anything to him now.

Sure he promised his worker, Puffy, he wouldn’t run off again, but now he doesn’t know if he can stick to that promise. Everyday seems to be pushing him to start a new life somewhere else with a new family. 

But that would mean he leaves everything he cares about here behind. His friends, his room, his belongings, all the things that don’t hurt him. 

What would happen once he leaves? Would he ever be able to come back? Would the family work out, or would they be worse and he have to move families again? Where would he move to? Could he ever come back to this foster family again? What if they didn’t let him leave? What if they made him stay?

It was all to much to think about. But it was all coming to much of a possible future reality. He even had a small backpack for if he even ran away again ready to go, and a in-the-works plan ready incase it came to it.

For now though, he’ll stay despite staying making him hurt. 

But one thing sticks with him as the thoughts to leave his foster-family get louder.

Would leaving make him hurt more?

[userlarri]

i wanted to get caught up on tag games so here we are 🙃

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tagged by @atlxsperalta, thank you ives! 💚

tag ten people you want to get to know better!

relationship status: all alone

favorite color: purple! also glitter

three favorite foods: pasta, orange chicken, burrito

song stuck in my head: you can’t hurry love by phil collins

last song i listened to: señorita by justin timberlake

last thing i googled: boy meets world season 3

time: 8:13pm

dream trip: fiji, bahamas, jamaica - anywhere beachy, i am not picky

anything i really want right now: a burrito lmao

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tagged by @bloomlauren, thank you leah! 💙

answer some questions then tag nine people you’d like to know better or catch up with

last song: believe by cher (it changed from JT a minute ago lol)

last film: scooby doo

currently reading: i’m about to start white fragility by robin diangelo! should be delivered thursday

currently watching: schitt’s creek, and shameless s10

currently craving: still a burrito 🌯

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tagged by @zelds-spellman, thank you ju! 💜

bold what applies to you:

APPEARANCE

i’m an i-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i wear makeup // i don’t smile often // i am (sorta) pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIPS

i am in a relationship // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long-distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i have met up with someone i met online

AESTHETIC

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colors // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season

MISCELLANEOUS

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i have at least one dog // i have at least one cat

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tagging some recent mutuals 💖 @archiesbetty @danjlevy @patrickrose-brewer @donniesdarko @pietros-maximcffs @charmed @adoreyou @katsmcnamaras @cantfightfatetoo

[piassportjacke]

tag games!

i was tagged by @andysambrg . thank you so much! <3

Rules: Post your first twenty songs in a playlist on shuffle okay, i know this says “a” playlist but since that would mean i’d end up with like two artists, i’m going to put several playlists on shuffle

sweet caroline by neil diamond (asdkglj great start)

cloudbusting by kate bush

never is a promise by fiona apple

periphery by fiona apple

pain is so close too pleasure by queen

roxanne by the police

cassiopeia by joanna newsom

bird balloons by lady lamb

the ballroom blitz by sweet

i want you to love me by fiona apple (see this is what i’m talking about and this is a mix of five playlists)

we didn’t start the fire by billy joel

in the air tonight by phil collins

message in a bottle by the police

tainted love by soft cell

rooftop by lady lamb

rack of his by fiona apple

‘81 by joanna newsom

all the while by buzzy lee

all my favorite songs by weezer

vena cava by lady lamb

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APPEARANCE

I’m an I-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of a person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing  // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo  // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i wear makeup // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how I look // I prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backward

HOBBIES & TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument  // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIPS

i am in a relationship // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long-distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETIC

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colors // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

MISC

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift  // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

i tag @damnsarge @meepmorpperaltiago @chocolatecupcakes @onaimebienchelou @amyscascadingtabs @arnies-bitch @katharinehcpburn and @jperalta (as always feel free to ignore this <3)

[atomic-taco-muffin]

The Lost Princess Chapter 21

Warnings: Angsty angst angst

Rating: SFW

Sora and the others boarded the gummi ship and flew around space. While they were flying, Sora thought about you and how you were holding up. 

“Well, we found the Navi-Gummi piece. Let’s go back to town,” Donald said, causing Sora to snap out of his thoughts. 

“Cid’ll install it on the ship once we bring it to him,” Goofy said. They returned to Traverse Town and traveled to the First District, where they found Pinocchio and Geppetto in a new house.

“Pinocchio?” Sora asked. 

“Hey, it’s Sora,” Pinocchio said. 

“Well, hello Sora!” Geppetto said. 

“How did you get here?” Sora asked. 

“A man named Leon helped us. He even got us this house to live in. I don’t know how I’ll ever repay his kindness. Say, I hear you three are fighting the Heartless. I thought I might be able to help you, so I made this,” Geppetto said as he handed Sora a gummi ship blueprint. 

“For us?” Sora asked. 

“But of course! Pinocchio and I can’t thank you enough! We’ll do anything we can to help you,” Geppetto said. 

“I’m being good, even without Jiminy’s help,” PInocchio said. The three of them left and spoke to Cid in the First District.

“Looks like you found the other one. Let me see it,” Cid said. Sora handed Cid the gummi block.

“Okay, wait here. I’ll get it installed right now,” he said. As they waited for Cid to modify their ship, Sora stared at the ground sadly.

“Sora!” Donald said. 

“Now, just remember what Donald said to ya: no frowning, no sad faces,” Goofy said. 

“How can you be so cheerful? There’s still no sign of (y/N) or your king. Aren’t you worried?” Sora said. 

“Aw, phooey.” 

“The king told us to go out and find the key bearer, and we found you. So as long as we stick together, it’ll all work out okay. Ya just gotta believe in yourself, that’s all.”

“Yeah but what about (Y/N)? What’s will happen to her?” 

“It’s just like Goofy said. You just gotta believe.” 

“Just believe…” Sora closed his eyes and heard two voices.

“I believe in you,” you and Kairi said at the same time. Sora found himself flying toward a great shining light, which enveloped everything. Slowly, a room began to fade in around him, filled with bookshelves and stained glass windows. He floated in the air, watching.

“Where am I?” he asked. He saw an old woman sitting on a chair under a long staircase. A young girl with red hair ran up to the woman, who smiled down at her.

“Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light. Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people’s hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared. But small fragments of light survived…in the hearts of children. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It’s the world we live in now. But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That’s why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open. And the true light will return. So, listen, child. Even in the deepest darkness, there will always be a light to guide you. Believe in the light, and the darkness will never defeat you. Your heart will shine with its power and push the darkness away. Do you understand, Kairi?” the old lady said. Sora blinked and the woman disappeared.

“Kairi!?” he asked. He scanned the room, seeing no one for a second. Blinking again, he was back floating in the air, seeing the 4 year-old Kairi, who looked around. He bent forward, trying to reach her, but she disappeared and he was thrown to baby you. He saw you with your father in castle being surrounded by his friends. He blinked again was thrown to 4 year old you. He saw you walking out of the castle in Scala ad Caelum, holding someone’s hand. He couldn’t see who it was but he could tell that you were happy. He blinked again and was back floating in the air and saw you meeting him and Riku. He suddenly heard someone whisper in his ear

Please...save my sister...

He was then thrown back into reality where Donald and Goofy looked at him worried. 

“Huh?” he asked, shocked. 

“What happened?” Goofy asked. 

“I-I don’t know...I think Kairi and (Y/N) called to me.” Cid walked back to the trio.

“I installed that navigation gummi. But, ya know? That place is crawling with Heartless. Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” he said. Sora looked at him confused. 

“Here, take this along,” Cid said. He gave them a gummi block. They left for the Olympus Coliseum and competed in the Hercules Cup. They reached the final match with Hercules.

“Show me what you’ve got!” Herc said. 

“Hercules, wait. Let’s go one-on-one!” Sora said. 

“Oh, brother. What a show-off,” Donald said. 

“What’re we gonna do?” Goofy asked. 

“Let him go alone, I guess.” 

“Good luck, Sora!” 

“I’m not gonna go easy on you!” Herc said. Sora fought and defeated Hercules, winning a trophy. Phil danced on the steps of the arena as Sora smiled at Donald and Goofy, holding the trophy in his hands. They returned to the Vestibule.

“Wow! And I didn’t even hold back!” Herc said.

“Now I finally know what you mean about strength of heart. Mine comes from Donald and Goofy,” Sora said.

“Come again?” Phil asked. 

“If we stick together, we’re unbeatable. Not even Hercules stands a chance.” Hercules smiled.

“With these guys beside me, I’m ready for anything!” Sora said. 

“But that’s not exactly what I—” Phil said. 

“Of course. Your friends give you strength. Isn’t that right, Phil? The three of you together make great heroes,” Herc said as he picked Phil up. He put Phil back down.

“And as a team, I’m sure you can overcome anything,” Herc said. Sora and Hercules slammed their hands together. Sora, Donald, and Goofy pushed the pedestal in the room over to reveal the Keyhole in the floor. Sora stood in front of it and held his Keyblade up. The blade glowed and the Keyhole was sealed. Sora talked to Hercules afterwards.

“Phil wasn’t happy that I lost to you. Said I was getting soft. You beat me last time, but next time won’t be so easy,” Herc said. They left the Olympus Coliseum and traveled to the next world. They disembarked on a tiled platform in the middle of a raging waterfall. Strangely, the waterfalls seemed to be going upward. Goofy pointed further ahead, past the waterfalls.

“Gawrsh, look at that!” Goofy said. 

“I know this place…” Sora said. They walked closer and gazed up at Hollow Bastion, a ruined castle, twisted by the darkness inhabiting the world for so long.

“Hmm, that’s strange,” Goofy said.

“I wonder why… I feel this warmth inside, right here,” Sora said as he placed his hands over his chest. 

“Aw, you’re just hungry,” Donald said.

“Hey, I’m serious!” A loud roar erupted from further ahead, startling them.

“Let’s go!” Sora said. They traveled along the crystalline platforms toward the origin of the sound. Above on a platform with a stone arch, Riku was confronting a figure in a violet cloak. From the hairy claws and tail protruding from the bottom of the cloak, it was undeniably animal.

“No vessel, no help from the Heartless… So tell me, how’d you get here?” Riku said. The beast stood on its hind legs as a human, and it gazed upon Riku with the same resolution as human eyes would, but the rest of its body, from its horns to its fangs to its claws, screamed otherwise. It began to speak, its voice low and rough.

“ I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!” he said.

“Take her, if you can!” Riku challenged. The beast roared and leaped up at Riku. It swiped at him with its sharp claws, but Riku flipped backward, dodging the attack completely. The beast’s cloak settled to his side as Riku landed on his feet. With lightning speed, Riku charged forward at the beast. Sora arrived in time to see the beast fall to the ground with a stinging growl.

“Stop!” he said. Riku looked over at the three of them standing in front of the beast and smirked confidently.

“So, you finally made it. About time. I’ve been waiting for you. We’ve always been rivals, haven’t we? You’ve always pushed me as I’ve always pushed you,” he said. 

“Riku…” Sora said. 

“But it all ends here. There can’t be two Keyblade masters.” 

“What are you talking about?” 

“Let the Keyblade choose…” Riku held a hand to his chest. 

“…its true master,” he said. He extended his hand out toward the Keyblade, which began to shake violently in Sora’s grasp. Sora grabbed the blade with two hands as it started to pull itself toward Riku. The Keyblade flashed out of Sora’s hands….

“Huh?” Sora and Goofy asked.

“What?” Donald asked. …and reappeared in Riku’s. He stared up at it, smiling darkly.

“Maleficent was right. You don’t have what it takes to save Kairi and (Y/N),” he said. He turned his gaze skyward.

“It’s up to me. Only the Keyblade master and a spirit can open the secret door…” he said. He held the blade up high.

“…and change the world,” he said. 

“But that’s impossible. How did this happen? I’m the one who fought my way here with the Keyblade!” Sora said. Riku looked at his Keyblade again.

“You were just the delivery boy,” he said. He dispelled the blade and pulled out a wooden sword.

“Sorry, your part’s over now. Here, go play hero with this,” he said. He tossed the sword to Sora, which landed on the stone platform with a clunk. Sora fell to his hands and knees in defeat as Riku left. Donald and Goofy watched him leave.

“Goofy. Let’s go. We have to remember our mission,” Donald said.

“Oh! Well, I know the king told us to follow the key and all… But…” Goofy said. He gazed back toward Sora giving a sad grumble. Donald stopped.

“Sora, sorry,” he said. 

“No you’re not. If you were sorry then you would’ve helped me search for (Y/N) and clues about her. But all you cared about was your stupid king!” Sora said. Donald ignored him and they continued after Riku. Sora didn’t move, feeling the cold stone beneath his fingers and the spray of the water on his clothes. He was nearly deaf to the low growl and thumping footsteps behind him. He looked up, seeing the beast walk past him. He watched as it fell to the ground again with a moan. Sora got up and ran to his side.

“Hey, don’t move. You’re hurt,” he said. the beast looked over at Sora, who noticed his intensely human eyes.

“Why… Why did you…you come here? I came to fight for Belle,” he said. He looked up at the castle and stood up again. He started slowly walking ahead.

“And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won’t leave without her. That’s why I’m here,” he said. Sora turned around, staring at the wooden sword on the ground. He picked it up and walked back to the Beast’s side.

“Me too. I’m not gonna give up now. I came here to find two girls that are very important to me,” he said. They made their way up to the furthest platform and gazed at Hollow Bastion. Mysterious gases swirled from pipes protruding from the castle. The center of its towers displayed a large Heartless emblem, shattered from the inside, the gears clearly visible from the platform. Mechanical cranes were built into all sides of the castle, though are largely rusted and overgrown, as if the innards of the castle themselves came alive and rooted themselves deeply across its façade. The rest of the world below had become a barren crystalline wasteland and darkness waited at every corner. A switch activated and a pink light appeared at the castle. A magical line appeared toward them, bringing a metal platform with it, rigged to the line with electric sparks. Sora and the Beast walked onto the elevator, which took them up to Hollow Bastion. Finding the castle gates locked, they descended into the watery underbelly of the fortress, finding the access switch in the confusing maze of the dungeons. They released the switch, and the gears in the wall began to spin and they heard the sound of a door opening. Heading back to the castle gates, they entered the main Hall. Meanwhile in the Grand Hall, Jasmine, Alice, and the other princesses of heart are encased in crystal chambers on the sides of the room under the effects of a sleeping curse while you were still tied up in the center, fading in and out of consciousness. Maleficent walked over an ornate carpet bearing the Heartless insignia toward a large open room, each footfall echoing in the vacant hall. Kairi’s body rested in a dark capsule in the center of the room next to you. Maleficent’s fingers curled around her staff as she passed the capsule and ascended the stairs. She whirled around to face the princesses of heart and you.

“O purest of hearts and spirit of light! Reveal to me the Keyhole!” she said. She raised her arms fervently. You screamed in agony as you felt you power being forced to do this spell. The hearts of the six maidens lining the walls glowed in unison and beams of pink light shined out from them. The six met at a point in the air over you and Kairi’s body, pointing a trail of sparkles to a great heart in the room beyond. Maleficent watched, and smiled. Meanwhile, Sora and Beast arrived in the Entrance Hall, seeing no one.

“Be on your guard. They’re close, I can feel it. Are you ready for them?” Beast said. Sora moved forward as Beast gasped

“Belle?” he asked. He whirled around, seeing the faint shape of a woman in a golden dress in the dark doorway. It erupted into a cloud of darkness, where a Shadow Heartless appeared. The Beast shook, rage and frustration flowing within him. He gave out a great roar and charged after the Heartless, the door closing in on him, separating him from Sora. The sound echoed in Sora’s ears.

“Quit while you can,” Riku said. Sora turned, seeing Riku with Donald and Goofy.

“No. Not without Kairi and (Y/N),” he said. 

“The darkness will destroy you,” Riku said. Tendrils of darkness erupted around Riku and his clothes took on a darker quality. He clenched his fists, feeling the dark powers inside his heart, and glared at who he used to call a friend.

“You’re wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can’t touch my heart,” Sora said. He held a hand over his chest.

“My heart will stay with my friends. It’ll never die!” he said. 

“Really… Well, we’ll just see about that!” Riku said. He thrusted his hand forward, releasing a dark fireball aimed straight at Sora’s heart. The energy coursed through his hand, causing the air to ripple, his hair whipping across his face. Sora was paralyzed as it drew near him and he closed his eyes, hearing a crash.

“Sora ain’t gonna go anywhere!” Goofy said. Sora opened his eyes, seeing Goofy standing in front of him with his shield out. The energy, upon contact with the shield, had fizzled into the air around him.

“You’d betray your king?” Riku asked.

“Not on your life! But I’m not gonna betray Sora, either, or (Y/N), ‘cause he’s become one of my best buddies after all we’ve been through together!” he said. He turned to look at Sora, giving him a thumbs up.

“See ya later, Donald. Could ya tell the king I’m really sorry?” Goofy waved. 

“Hold on, Goofy! We’ll tell him together,” Donald said. He ran over to the two of them and looked up at Sora.

“Well, you know… All for one and one for all,” he said. 

“I guess you’re stuck with us, Sora,” Goofy said. 

“Thanks a lot… Donald, Goofy,” Sora said as he looked towards the ground.

“How will you fight without a weapon?” Riku asked. Sora looked back up at him.

“I know now I don’t need the Keyblade. I’ve got a better weapon. My heart,” Sora said. Riku scoffed.

“Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?” he asked. 

“All though my heart may be weak, it’s not alone. It’s grown with each new experience, and it’s found a home with all the friends I’ve made. I’ve become a part of their heart just as they’ve become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then…if they don’t forget me…then our hearts will be one,” Sora said. He then took out the wooden sword. 

“I don’t need a weapon. My friends are my power!” he said. The Keyblade flashed in Riku’s hand, much to his surprise. It disappeared and he stared at his hand, gasping in total astonishment. The Keyblade reappeared in Sora’s hands, and he stared down at Riku, who took out Soul Eater, his winged sword. Riku rushed forward attacking Sora in a flourish of hits. Sora dodged sideways and spun around, sliding back toward Riku and striking with his Keyblade. He reeled back, landing on his right foot. Bending his knee, he pushed off and jumped into the air over Goofy. Riku landed back on the floor and struck through Donald, knocking him out. He sent all his frustration into his sword as he slashed at Sora, who held his Keyblade in two hands, blocking Riku’s blows. Seeing a free opportunity, he bashed Riku in the side with the blade, sending him flying backward toward the fountain in the center of the room.

“No… Not yet…” Riku said. He bent over, breathing heavily. The darkness around his clothes faded and he ran away in disgrace. Beast entered the room behind them.

“So, your heart won this battle,” he said. Sora nodded and they continued through the castle. In the Castle Chapel, Riku ran over the cold stone floor out of breath.

“Why? It was mine,” he said. 

“Know this,” someone said. He stopped at the sound of the voice, caught his breath and turned around.

“The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade,” the person said. Riku saw a cloaked figure emerging from the darkness covered in an unearthly glow.

“What? You’re saying my heart’s weaker than his?” Riku asked. Riku glared at the figure in defiance.

“For that instant, it was,” the figure said. Riku’s eyes widen and he shook his head, staring at the floor.

“However, you can become stronger,” the figure said. The figure walked closer to Riku, the X on its chest nearly visible.

“You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger,” it said. 

“What should I do?” Riku asked. 

“It’s really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being become darkness itself.” Riku glowed with a green aura. He looked up at the figure, as it moved closer to him. Meanwhile, Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Beast ascended the castle. As they approached the Castle Chapel, Maleficent stood in the Grand Hall, gazing into the Dark Depths where the Keyhole laid in wait and you looking very weak. Riku, in his dark clothing, walked to join her. He spoke, his voice taking on an eerie quality.

“So, I see the path has emerged at last,” he said. 

“Yes. The Keyhole to the darkness. And it’s all thanks to the spirit,” she said. The great heart before them brimmed with energy.

“Unlock it and the Heartless will overrun this world,” Riku said. 

“What do I care? The darkness holds no power over me. Rather, I will use its power to rule all worlds,” Maleficent said. 

“Such confidence.” He held up his hand and a dark Keyblade appeared, the blade’s teeth forming the negative space of a heart. Maleficent gazed down at it, intrigued.

“Oh!” she said. The Keyblade failed to react in the Keyhole presence, much to Maleficent’s annoyance.

“Impossible! The princesses of heart and the spirit are all here! It must be her,” she said as she turned back, her eyes narrowed in irritation, settling on the body of Kairi, sleeping on the floor. They walked over to her and you.

“Without her heart, she will never be able to release her power,” Riku said. They heard a sound and looked in the direction of the Castle Chapel.

“The king’s fools are here. I’ll deal with them myself,” Maleficent said as she began to walk away. 

“You stay here and guard the princesses and the spirit,” she said. She gracefully exited as Riku watched her leave, a smirk appearing on his face as an unearthly glow surrounded him. Maleficent entered the chapel, coming face to face with Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Beast.

“I’m afraid you’re too late. Any moment now, the final Keyhole will be unsealed. This world will be plunged into darkness and you’ll lose your precious (Y/N). It is unstoppable,” she said. Her eyes flicker with her dark thoughts.

“We’ll stop it! After coming this far, there’s no way we’re gonna let that happen!” Sora said as he armed himself with the keyblade. She glowered at his impertinence, slamming her staff against the stone floor.

“You poor, simple fools. You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil?” she said. She raised her arms and the platform underneath her rose out of the ground. It hovered in the air out of their reach. She tapped her staff against it, and it sailed across the room. The top of her staff sparked with green fire and she lifted it into the air, cackling.

“Now you’ll know the meaning of fear! A bolt of lightning to strike them down!” she said. Violet lightning crackled on the ceiling, sending thunderbolts down on top of them. Donald sent a Gravira spell at the witch’s platform, causing it to crash to the floor. Maleficent recovered from the fall and they rushed in and attack her.

“No!” she said. She swiped at them with her staff, knocking Sora away.

“Meteors of heaven, unleash thy fury!” she said. Behind her, a swirling vortex appeared, and large meteors flew in towards them. The wind whipped through Sora’s hair as they attempted to dodge the unending shower of rocks. Goofy covered himself with his shield as Beast was struck down by a meteor. Donald jumped away, but was sideswiped by another. As the witch cackled evilly, Sora stood his ground, placing a hand over his heart.

“Give me strength!” he said. Sora spun the Keyblade in his hands, holding the blade upwards and turning it clockwise. The tip of the blade glowed and magic swirled down the shaft. As it reached the hilt, Tinker Bell emerged twirling in the air. She flew to Sora and touched his nose, healing him. He smiled as she twirls around him. Tink flew to Beast and healed him as Maleficent narrowed her eyes.

“Come out!” she said. Tinker Bell continued to heal the party as Heartless appeared in the room. Maleficent raised her platform again, knocking Sora and Goofy off, floating to the other end of the room. Sora took out the Heartless as Donald striked the platform with another Gravira spell. Sora slid toward Maleficent and attacked her.

“Away!” she said. A large bolt of lightning erupted from the ceiling, striking Sora at full force. He fell over, but Tinker Bell revived him and disappeared. Donald attacked the witch with various spells as Goofy protected him. Just as she was about to summon another meteor shower, Beast lunged at her, claws bared.

“No!” she said. She bent over, her breath coming short. A portal appeared behind her and she walked through it. In a hidden room of the castle, Maleficent clutched her chest, using her staff for balance. Her breath came in tight as a corridor of darkness appeared behind where she treaded. Riku stepped out of it, the dark Keyblade in hand.

“Do you need some help?” he asked. 

“Riku!” Sora said. Sora and company entered and Riku turned to face them.

“Is that--” Donald asked. 

“Yes. A Keyblade,” Riku said as he held the Keyblade up.

“But unlike yours, this Keyblade holds the power to unlock people’s hearts. Allow me to demonstrate… Behold!” Riku stabbed Maleficent in the chest with the Keyblade.

“Wha--” She asked. The witch’s chest flooded with darkness.

“Now, open your heart, surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!” Riku said. He released the Keyblade and retreated into a portal. Maleficent stood up straight, and quietly laughed to herself.

“This is it! This power!” she said. She glowed with a green aura, laughing.

“Darkness… The true darkness!” she said. She erupted in green flames, sending them billowing higher into the air, her dark shadow etched in its smoky tendrils as her form changed. She grew larger, her black cloak expanding outward and filling with green. From her back, large wings pushed outward splitting to her sides, knocking the green from her body into sparks. The black wings connected with gray translucent skin to a large black body, heavily muscled and scaled. The dragon reared back on its hind legs and slammed the ground, eyes and mouth a blazing yellow. Donald sent a Blizzara spell at the dragon, who brushed it off like nothing. Sora went after the head as Beast charged forward, his roars echoing off the stone walls.

“Step aside!” he said. His claws dug into the dragon’s flesh. The dragon screeched and spun, knocking them all back with her tail. The dragon’s mouth foamed with green flame and it spew fire from its mouth, setting the room ablaze. Goofy threw his shield at her, but it only enraged the monster further. Donald continued shooting Blizzara spells to try to dampen the fire, while Sora searched for a way over the flames. He whirled around, his eyes settling on the thick vines lining the walls and started climbing. The dragons screeched, Beast having made it angry enough. It reared back on its hind legs, conjuring fire at the base of its neck. The fireballs flew through the air towards Sora. Finding the highest point of the vines, Sora saw the fireballs coming at him. He sent a Blizzara spell, but it only took out half of them. Donald saw this and conjured an Aero spell around Sora, protecting him from the rest of the fire. As Beast distracted the dragon, Sora kicked off the wall spiraling towards the creature. He spins and his Keyblade missed the dragon but something went through the dragon, who thrashes in pain before crashing to the floor, sending ashes into the air. It was your dagger! You were able to get free of your binds and able to use you dagger. You still felt weak and ended up fainting but Beast caught you before you hit the ground. The thorny vines surrounding the room burst into green flame and disappeared as Maleficent left nothing but her torn cloak behind. Riku walked over it.

“How ironic. She was just another puppet after all,” he said. 

“What?” Donald asked. 

“The Heartless were using Maleficent from the beginning. She failed to notice the darkness in her heart eating away at her. A fitting end for such a fool.” He grounded his foot into the floor and the cloak disappeared. He backed away into a corridor of darkness. Sora found a summon gem and they returned to the Castle Chapel, where a hidden entrance appeared. They followed it to the Grand Hall, where they see the princesses encapsulated. They ran up the stairs to the main area in front of the great heart, where Kairi slept. A barrier prevented you, Beast and Goofy’s entry, to Donald’s surprise.

“Kairi!” Sora said as he rushed over and knelt beside her, lifting her into his arms.

“Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!” he said as he gently shook her.

“It’s no use,” Riku said. Sora looked up, seeing Riku sitting above the great heart.

“That girl has lost her heart. She cannot wake up,” he said. Sora set Kairi down softly, sensing the darkness in Riku’s voice.

“What? You… You’re not Riku,” he said. 

“The Keyhole cannot be completed so long as the last princess of heart and the spirit princess still sleeps,” Riku said. He dropped down off his seat, falling in front of the dark depths.

“The princess…? Kairi’s a princess? And so is (Y/N)?” Sora asked.

“Yes, and without their power, the Keyhole will remain incomplete. It is time they awakened. Although, it seems like (Y/N) has done that.” Sora looked at Beast and Goofy and saw you looking at him with very weak eyes.

“Sora...” you said. Sora clenched his teeth and looked back at Riku. 

“Whoever you are, let Riku go! Give him back his heart!” he said. 

“But first, you must give the princess back her heart,” Riku said. He pointed his Keyblade at Sora, who clutched his chest and fell to the floor, catching himself.

“Sora!” you and Donald said. 

“What’s—” Sora asked.

“Don’t you see yet?” Riku asked. He descended the stairs in their direction.

“The princess’s heart is responding. It has been there all along. Kairi’s heart rests within you!” he said. 

“Kairi… Kairi’s inside me?” Sora asked. He looked down at her body.

“I know all that there is to know,” Riku said. 

“Tell me. Who are you?” Sora asked. Riku smirked.

“It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness!” he said. 

To be continued...

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Tag Game

Tagged by @gaya-3 and @atlxsperalta, thank you both 💗

Post your first twenty songs in a playlist on shuffle

1. Change - Pale Wages

2. Polaroid - Imagine Dragons

3. Rebel Get By - General Fiasco

4. Self Care - Mac Miller

5. Alone - Phil Augusta Jackson

6. Don't Kill My Vibe - Sigrid

7. I'm In Love - Kygo (feat. James Vincent McMorrow)

8. The Steps - HAIM

9. Godspeed - Frank Ocean

10. Selfish - Future (feat. Rihanna)

11. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

12. All Night - Beyonce

13. The Bones - Maren Morris

14. CROWN - Chika

15. Almost - Sarah Close

16. Don't Take The Money - Bleachers

17. Garden - Meet Me @ The Altar

18. I Dare You - The XX

19. Ungodly Hour - Chloe x Halle

20. Love You For a Long Time - Maggie Rogers

APPEARANCE

I’m an I-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of a person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i wear makeup // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how I look // I prefer Nike to Adidas // i wear baseball hats backward

HOBBIES & TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIPS

i am in a relationship // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long-distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETIC

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colors // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

MISC

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

tagging - @lovejacobperalta and anyone else who sees this, if they want to ofc :)