#pissed for monty's legacy

[bookishjules]

working so hard to hold back screams and tears rn.. fuck you wb

[cressthebest]

Crimson Rivers thoughts pt. 46

chapter 70:

1. “And now the furniture is covered in dust, the books haven't been touched, the flowers are dead, the food has spoiled, and all the little pieces of himself from before feel foreign to him, like they're from a complete stranger.”

why did i blindly hope that crimson rivers couldn’t get more sad??

2. “Regulus couldn't have imagined it, then. Barty dying. Being dead. He was safe, aged out from reapings, and he would have made it if the war hadn't taken him.”

i want to gnaw on something. this is driving me crazy. i need to go eat dirt oh my god

3. every time i briefly forget about evan in this fic, his name is name dropped like a fucking bomb from the sky and i literally want to break a window

4. “And then there's Sirius, who barely knows what to do with his own pain, struggling to balance it, like he's not allowed to have it, feeling like an imposter for simply daring to grieve a man who wasn't his father as a father, as if that man didn't love him as a son.” the monty and sirius bond are still making me cry, actually

5. “I know I will be dead long before you read this,”

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

once again, had to voice memo my freind

6. welcome back to another round of lily vs the fridge

7. mary: you love dorcas

lily: NOOO!!! only you babes 😘

mary: fucking dumbass

8. idk how to explain it, but i’m glad that mary and lily (and dorcas and marlene) had such complex relationships. they weren’t just the badass lesbians who had it all together and had a perfect relationship that scoffed at the silly boys. they love just as hard and fumble just as hard. their relationships are far from perfect and are very messy. i love it

9. “His dad watched these flowers bloom.

His dad never saw them die.”

*eye twitch*

10. maybe i shouldn’t blame dorcas, but i’m kinda pissed at her for not showing up to marlene’s funeral

11. “Barty got a funeral, too. Regulus planned that one, and you could tell, because it was done so delicately.”

screaming crying throwing up

what if i never spoke again? as like some sort of stupid protest? as like a statement to show how upset i am over bartys death? huh?? what would you do then bizzarestars????? huh?????????

12. “Vanity got honored as a war hero in the Hallow, a statue raised in her honor on the castle grounds, replacing Riddle's legacy.” i’m actually losing my mind. i want to shovel grass in my mouth and chew stained glass. idk or drink a latte or something

13. bro i’m so mad that sirius was 100% right about how james wouldn’t grieve around him, always wanting to take care of sirius, which is why he has to leave. i’m so mad. i’m so mad. this is gonna hurt

14. “”Fucking hell, James, we're still in love, so calm down. It's—it's not an actual breakup, you know."” -sirius

😭😭😭 they’re such soulmates omg

15. oh god it hurt more than i thought. james thought sirius was about to break the news about remus leaving. not sirius leaving. james never once considered that sirius would leave

16. SNSKDNJSNSMSKSM THEYRE KISSING YAY OMG JEGULUS KISSS OMGGG AFTER LITERALLY TWO MONTHS THEYRE KISSING AGAIN

chapter 71:

1. “[Regulus] is such a sweet boy, and yes, yes, [Effie] has seen him murder, but that matters very little to her, overall” me talking about my favorite characters 🥰

2. wolfstar

currently wanting to gnaw through concrete and plywood over them

3. “Remus also calls Lily every day. They're more discreet about it, not practically confessing their love and trying to make out through the screen the way James and Sirius do”

remus: this is my boyfreind sirius, and that’s my boyfreind’s boyfreind, james ♥️

4. remus thinking of sirius as a helicopter parent towards regulus has me in fucking tears omg that’s so funny

5. “That's the first time they have sex after the war, when Remus tells Sirius how he made Riddle pay for all that he'd done.”

idk, but that’s not the sentence i was expecting

6. 😭😭😭 remus realizing that lyall never liked any of his ex boyfreinds, and the fact that he approves of sirius, the murderer, is laughable

7. jealous sirius kissing remus within an inch of his life 😭😭😭

8. “It's no secret that Sirius likes the hickies, but it's not just him; the truth is, the only thing Remus likes more than getting to put them there is getting to see them there.”

uhhh um uhhhhh hot

9. 👀 they getting nasty

10. james being a teacher >>>>>>>>>>>

11. what are sirius and regulus gonna get up to?

12. it’s heartbreaking that lily and mary have to raise bingley. on one hand, it’s domestic and it’s their little family. on the other hand, they never should have had to do this. lily cooks and tucks him into bed and raises him. but she’s not his mom. and mary raises bingley. but she’s not his mom. and it’s so scary to navigate this

13. THE BAGELS

14. james’ knife kink >>>>>>>>>

15. omg i’m a blubbering mess. they have a home together!!!

16. hello!???? they’re dancing together????? in their home?????? what if i burst into tears?????

17. AWWWWW JAMES PROPOSED AGAIN

18. please please please please tell me we get a marriage chapter

[thesockghost]

Yeah I honestly don’t get how people don’t see both sides of the argument, and only focus on why nexus is in the right.

Cuz on the one hand, yeah, nexus was really overworked and went into a downward spiral because solar died and everyone was making him feel pressured to bring solar back even if they weren’t trying to.

On the other hand, it’s nexus’s fault that he didn’t tell his family about his stress when he knew that they’d always be there for him.

And on one hand, sun literally electrocuted his brother which definitely didn’t help with his already declining mental state. and then Monty came later to try to bring the old moon back, essentially confirming in nexus’s mind that everyone around him thinks of him as nothing but an easily replaceable tool used for nothing but a replacement for a madman he’s been told to despise, and the occasional handyman to keep things running.

And on the other hand, in order to get to there: he verbally abused his sister whom she has trusted enough to tell him her secrets and insecurities, And then promptly used them against her just cuz he was a little pissed off. And also told them various times that he was going to kill somebody (even if very well deserved, still fucked up) to bring their dead brother back, who would most definitely not be pleased to be alive again if he knew what moon did to get him back. (Also unrelated, but the whole comment on how if him and Monty were dating, he would have broken his heart even more was just a really low blow to both us and Monty lol)

And just to give my 2 cents on why nexus is doing this: as he so often likes to bring up, when he woke up, he didn’t know or remember anything. He didn’t know who he was, he didn’t know where he was, but he was dropped right in the middle of a life full of sins that he didn’t do, but must make up for.

He was seen as nothing but a madman who had lost his memory, not a different person. His whole life was nothing but a role he was forced into, where he never got to know who he was, because “who he was” was shoved into his face before he could even question it.

Even one of the things sun has said about him, just confirms what I think:

“I liked this one better.”

Not “I liked him better.”

“I liked this one better.”

He doesn’t see him as a different person.

He just sees him as a different version of moon.

And no matter how many times he says “I’m not him” or “I’m better then him” or even changes his name to escape moons legacy, he will never escape the role he’s designed to play.

But on the other hand:

Why would they think of him as a different person? He looks the same, he acts almost exactly the same, he even has the same name. If they didn’t know better, I don’t think they’d be able to tell the difference if they didn’t know that the original was dead! “Oh he says he’s different? Haha! Sure he is….sure………”

So yeah, both of them are in the wrong. One is just doing big things intentionally, and the other is doing little things that went/goes miles in the long run, unintentionally.

Nether of them are good, but they both have reasons for doing them (even if ONE of those sides is doing things that take it way too far- *cough cough* nexus *cough cough*)

i have so many thoughts about this show but id probably be killed for going against wut ppl (aka hardcore moon/nexus fans) think

[ts-2020-olympics]

EPISODE 1 - “My Legs Were Not Qwoperating” - Kathy (Part 2)

no. jk here.

So, it’s morning. I look around at our camp, and see everyone is at work. Karen is painting their flag and using safety scissors to cut out Monty’s head, Kevin is chanting to himself in the corner, Stoner’s been asleep so we buried him in the sand up to his neck and then sculpted a sand castle around him. Tommy is just trying to make eye contact with anyone he can and so I’m...avoiding that. I’d say we are solid but that’s probably not the truth, and so that kind of stinks. I’m hoping the newbies really fuck up, and I know that’s harsh but...that’s showbiz, babe!! Speaking of newbies I still haven’t talked to a few of them.  Emma like zoomed away the first day and I’ve given up on talking to her. Hope she goes first. That’s all I got for now, going to eat breakfast I will continue this rant later.

my truth is that i haven’t played an org game in so long i forgot i was playing and then remembered an hour ago and tried to do this wack qwop game hsksksj! my legs were not qwoperating 

I see there's an arena going on! I might go there first if the rest of the team is okay with it - gives me a chance to scope things out and get a feel for the area. I'm excited!

WE WON THE FUCKING CHALLEEEENGE AAAAA NOT ONLY DID WE WIN BUT WE KILLT IT WE SCORED 12 AND EVERYONE ELSE GOT LIKE 8 AND 5 OHMYGOOOD IM NOT GONNA BE FIRST OUT YALL IM SHAKING I CANT BELIEVE GSJDKDVDSNDBWSKHSD okAy okay so thank god bc my tribe has like no drama so our vote would’ve been really difficult and that gives me more time to think about my possible advantage and the possible bonds here. 

so while I am safe I still have to game a little bit and talk to the people I’ve been talking with who are going to tribal like Sammy and Jordan, funny enough who are on the same tribe.... maybe I can get them to protect each other..... hm

Well we lost because of technicalities, I choose to blame that. This tribe is apparently extremely quiet to each other, so the fact that I messaged everyone hello this morning, nearly 48 hours after the start, I am SOMEHOW one of the best social players here. Challenges are generally my strength, we got last in QWOP, so backup is social game in a social ORG. I can be in some danger here, but I think I have a TRusuT sclusTER to keep myself here. As is necessary. I don't care who goes, I have a preference, but I don't really want to set a goal right now. Flexibility is key.

I'm literally PISSED. I'm fuming right now, like wtf? OK so I haven't confessed anything yet because my tribe has been SO quiet. I've honestly talked a lot more to some of the people from ONE WORLD than I have from some of the people from my own tribe... and I'm not crazy okay? It's NOT my fault. I put in effort with these people... But some of these people are just DRY! Drier than the Sahara Desert! Drier than my chappy ass lips! They can't hold a conversation, and that's obnoxious. I'm not going to respond to you if your message has literally nothing in it worth responding to, that's why most of my messages will either have a follow-up question, or something actually of substance to comment on/reply to... YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK AND MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT DIALOGUE!!!!!!! But NOOOOOOO, my tribe decides to not speak... MOVING ON! The only people I've had good conversations with really are Juls and Em, and lo and behold, Em does lit rally nothing in this challenge, which sucks because I'm afraid that may put a target on her back. But I'm not sure, I definitely will vote with her and I think Juls will too. I'll move onto that later but I wanna talk about why I'm fucking LIVID RIGHT NOW. I literally made SO many suggestions on how we could tweak who does what in this challenge, or what we do on certain parts. Now I'm going to admit a TINY bit of fault here, in that I didn't say my suggestions on the tribe flag. There are some things I think we could've done to make it better, but I love Juls, and everyone had already told her it was great, so I didn't wanna make her feel that I didn't like it or was over criticizing. So I didn't say anything. That was my bad. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, LUV? I said We should guess lower than 610... Now granted my even 600 guess still would've been too low to win, BUT AT LEAST IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OVERBOARD! HMPPHH!!!!! Or maybe we could've compromised on 605 if people hadnt IGNORED ME!!!! IDK!??!?!?! Further than that, I asked for different tweaking on the chant and nobody gave any suggestions. I'm not saying we would've won or anything had I taken the lead or that I was doing everything the right way,  obviously I wasn't since my chant got 3rd, but what I'm saying is once it became obvious the challenge was going to be about group participation and suggestion, our tribe needed to unify. Everyone in the tribe needed to have a clearer vision and talk to eachother and actually put in the EFFORT that this stuff requires. Which I'm admitting my own error, in not doing that with the flag. But our tribe was just so quiet and silent before now, which sent me down a paranoid spiral, that I was super fucking worried about my place in the tribe or where things were heading. Now I realize I'm in a good position on the tribe for sure, it's just that our tribe is STRUGGLING. ON THE (Mr.) BRIGHTSIDE!!! We lost by a tiebreaker guess, and only by 4 points.... and I'm pretty close with Juls, and it seems like a target will probably fall pretty easily onto Billy. He had the worst QWOP score, described himself as arrogant in his own intro, and just seems.. critical of others. He gives off a strange vibe. If it's not him, I'm pretty sure it'd end up being Jacob or Em. I feel that me and Juls are safe which is all that I can hope for on a tribe this freaking tiny, I instantly connected with Juls over our love of anime, the fact her name is the same as Euphoria Jules, and other stuff. As far as One World goes, I honestly keep forgetting it exists. I haven't reached out to too many of the others but have talked back to those who talk to me and it's been generally decent. I get along well with other Jacob, the not pie one. Caeleb I already know from before this and so I feel like we'd def work together, and I get good vibes from a lot of these people like Eve, Nicole, Ben, etc. Honestly I'm just so frustrated right now because things have been quiet and nervous and I'm PARANOID, and my tribe was so close to winning but fucked it up over minor things we could've tweaked had we just tried a little harder and communicated a little more. ugh, this SUCKS. now my first legacy in Tumblr Survivor is a mediocre chant (i honestly really like it and i put a LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT OKAY....) and a trip to tribal council *Sobs* Here's hoping things take a positive turn from here...? It could always be the Bronze before my Gold! ~Hamfisted olympics metaphor~

Love my tribe a lot! However, i still feel on the outside somewhat tho.... Idk this is a lot for me I just hope we win until a swap or whatever its called ahh

Alright, Darcy back here with yet another confessional!   Here is a little update since I last posted confessional, mainly the biggest difference is now I have an ally formed with Ben.   At least, I made a deal with Ben yesterday proposing just the generic looking after one another ordeal, then going to give it some time and maybe question Beck about forming an alliance, since I've been connecting with her even more past bit, but don't want to go too fast and end up asking half my tribe right away to work with me, as I don't want to be seen as playing hard out the gate and make myself a target.   Meanwhile, I decided to give the Olympic Village searching a shot, but alas was no luck in the cafeteria cabinets, so will just have to try my luck again in the future rounds.   Thinking of searching either the South or North end of Village next round, but we shall see.   Anyways, I'm glad my tribe won Immunity, so don't have to go to tribal this round, and this Olympic Arena twist sounds great, essentially one person from each tribe goes to the Arena, I believe for the immune tribes just 1 person is selected to go to the Arena, and for the losing tribes, the two voted out go to arena, where the winner of the voted out people come back in the game, and loser is out of the game for good.   Think I read that all right, but maybe won't hurt to give it another read to double check.   For now though, I shall go, so will see you all with my next confessional.

Fuck having to go to tribal first. I don’t like having to send someone home when I don’t even really know who I’m playing with yet. 

Seems like Billy pulling the "I don't want to make any moves" to me was surprisingly bullshit. Who would've thunk. I think everyone is fine with voting out Billy here, I didn't really want to initially, but yeah, uh no. I could be in danger, but if everyone is honest here, I should be fine. Fingers crossed. "I'm either going to be first boot or win" - Pia Miranda

So, the first tribal is in a bit and we were almost sent there but managed to pull through in the tiebreaker! I hope that opens some of my tribemates eyes (lets be real, just Stoner who hasn’t been doing much of anything!) Being in One World but none of the newbies talking to me is still wild to me, half of them still haven’t even accepted my contact request. Yet they’re plenty active in the chat, so what gives? Anyway, I hope it’s just that they are intimidated by the very fact that I am beauty, and grace, and Miss United States. I hope we can win the next round, hopefully first or second place so we don’t have a close call again. We are trying to get Chris to go to the Arena so he can get us that 20% but he hasn’t answered so...what gives? On the alliance front I’m good with Kevin and Karen tribewise , the bigger picture is Kevin, Jacob and Sammy want to align and then we will have a bigger alliance that includes Beck, Juls and Eve. Eventually I might wanna break off and align with Jules and Eve, but having bigger targets around is essential. Anyway that’s all I got for now. I should start making video confessionals AS THINGS ARE HAPPENING. Ya know? Anyway toodles for now see ya next round. OH, and I’m hoping Jules and Jacob are safe this tribal :( love them and hope we can work together going forward. 

Hiiii, arena results are about to come in so I'm just gonna drop a quickie confessional before that happens. I don't honestly remember how much I talked about the strategy and gameplay that was going on, so I'll give you a quick rebriefing of that. I'm really close with Juls. Em I like, but I want more out of her. Jacob is quiet, but inoffensive. Billy, I actually like him, but there are certain things about him that just.. Rub me (and others) a strange way and that's why we voted him out because certain things he did just didn't quite gel with the rest of the team. If he does return from the arena though, it's possibly I may vouch for him over Jacob because Jacob... HE JUST NEEDS TO TALK!!! But idk. One world still SUCKS and is dragging me through the MUD because nobody wants to do cross-tribe talking me included but that gets me paranoid as FUCK, luv. About the live tribal, it was fun! My camera angle was awkward and I was soo nervous though, but I think I was still able to hold it together relatively well, act normal, and give semi-decent answers. Will definitely be improving my live tribal performance for next time so I can be a bad ass bitch on call, it's GOING to happen... dskfdsf. I love Emma on call/video sooooo much, But on text she's kind of dry. Maybe I need to ask her if I can call her sometime, but I haven't done a call for a game like this in a looong time. I'm a bit nervous about that. But yeah. I'm looking forward to the game... The first tribal just makes everything real, and you realize, oh shit, we're playing Survivor. And I forgot how thrilling it was to play in a live, video environment like that, it just grips you and it feels so much more intense than when wiki results are just posted in chat and you don't have to deal with physically seeing the person you're voting out, talking to them with your actual voice, etc. All that stuff just makes the experience that much more realistic and it's so intense and fun. I'm ready to get this game on (Btw fuck the arena twist)

hey guys im really loving this game so far... keep up the good work!

i didn’t appreciate the attitude billy gave me whenever i tried to help the team out but! i’m willing to get over it because he is a nice guy. i feel fairly comfortable with my team and i’m just hoping we can avoid another tribal! 

Hello! I can not believe I'm back for a 6th time on Tumblr Survivor this is so crazy! Especially for an Olympic season because I vowed to myself that I would never do a season again that was more than 20 people after being in Japan. Now that I'm back I'm ready to play, I haven't really came into this season with a strategy but if I did it would have changed because this is a One World season and now with the arena twist I'm sweating. One World makes the season super social (probably one of my least favorite twists) it's very easy for this season to let pre-mades and majorities take over just like that and let underdogs like me in this season to get taken out especially taken out early. So I have been social not only with me but a few people on different tribes but not too much. I don't want to seem like I'm playing too hard but I wanna build relationships before swaps happen so that people choose to ally with me (A WINNER) over a newbie or a returnee who hasn't won because I already have a big target on my back. With how the tribe divisions are it gives the newbies the biggest advantage with 15 newbies compared to 5 winners and 5 non-winner returnees, which isn't bad in a Fan vs. Favorite season because the ratio is even with returnees and newbies. However, now that I'm in the minority and also labeled a WINNER, I have to do damage control to lower my target but most importantly integrate with other people which is hard because I'm not the best social player and I know that's my weakness but I still have to attempt. In terms of my own tribe I'm closest to Kevin, when I talk to him we have a good conversation I probably already irritate him but I think out of everyone I can put my trust in him the most compared to everyone else. I think having one good ally is how I want to approach this season due to the arena twist I don't want to come across as running the tribe especially the winners tribe incase we do go to tribal because if I vote in the majority and that person stays they are immune and will be mad and spill the beans about the tribe, and I want that person to be the least mad at me so the focus is not on me. So having overall good vibes and 1 strong connection is a good strategy for the long term game. It might put me at risk for being voted out in the short term but I want to play the long-term game. Preferably if it is up to me I'd want Nicole to be the next closest to Kevin and myself without myself having to make an official deal with Nicole so I'm not seen as the ringleader. Kevin says he wants Stoner to be the first one voted out on our tribe but honestly I rather it be Karen. Stoner has the reputation keeps his target bigger than the rest and I think Karen has the better chance of flipping on the winners and succeeding than Stoner does. So my target is Karen if we do lose. I also believe that there may be an alliance with Nicole, Kevin, and Karen which I hope is not an actual alliance because that's bad news for me. I hope we don't go to tribal because I don't wanna go to a tribal with only 5 people. Wish me luck!

Whew it has been one round and i've fucked up so much its not even funny. its a little funny. anyways i start this game on a tribe of 5, i allign with connor who ive never played a game with and find some similar common ground, and with jacob who seems chill. we lose the first challenge sucks and all hell breaks loose, long story short fuck sammy. I'm trying to work my way back in caeleb and jacobs good graces. its gonna be a rocky road, but its one i've driven before

[antiquecompass]

Things I Forgot I Wrote But Found In My Files While Looking For Something Else:

This samstevebucky OT3 Urban Fantasy au that @lavenders-bi asked for during, what I’m guessing, was a prompt meme thing:

The 107th Precinct usually got its fair share of odd calls during the first truly hot nights of the year—something about summer in the city making magic go fucking haywire—but this was getting ridiculous.

"All I wanted was a nice night out with my vowed-partners," Bucky Barnes said as he pulled off his jacket and threw it in the back of Jim Morita’s squad car. “There was going to be cake, damn it. It’s supposed to be my night off.”  He waved to Sam and Steve from the street and tried not to count just how many date nights had been interrupted by his job.

 “Gabe’s grandkid is in a school play so he’s unreachable. Monty had to use the Middle Way to pop back to England for some family curse business. Jacques is upstate translating for a loup-garrou, and you’re the one who forbade me and Dugan from working together. It’s on you, oh illustrious leader,” Morita said.

  Bucky knew he shouldn’t have taken that promotion. Pros outweighing the cons bullshit. He was burning the list the next time Sam suggested one. He spared one last look to the restaurant before slipping into the passenger seat.

  <i>Be careful</i>, Steve sent down their communication link.

  <i>Or I’ll tell Natasha to kick your ass and stand back and laugh</i>, Sam added.

  <i>Love you too</i>, Bucky sent before muting the link. He worked better in the field when it was just a background hum.

  "Just one goddamned night of peace, quiet, and decent food," he said as he pressed his metal fist into the dashboard. "But do I get that? Biggest fucking nope ever. I’ve now got to politely encourage a friggin’ swamp monster away from a fire hydrant before the sprites descend like a swarm of mosquitoes to devour it and the power lines for half the city."

  "You seem a little wound-up there, Barnes," Morita said. “Let me cool you down.” He sent a quick shot of ice-cold flame at Bucky’s exposed arms.

  Bucky gave him the finger, ignoring the fact that it just made Morita laugh harder.

  "It’s not like Sam or Steve are going to leave you for missing another dinner,” he said. “Steve’s known how you operate for the better part of a century now, and Wilson’s caught on quicker than anyone else I’ve seen. If they wanted someone with decent hours, they should’ve dated a banker. It’s what they get for being stupid enough to vow themselves to you. I was pushing for Gabe to complete their triumvirate."

  "You’re getting close to being kicked off the Christmas Card list, buddy, and you know how much Steve’s artwork goes for.” He gave the siren on the dash a quick electric jumpstart. “Drive, Morita. We got to pick up the rookies before Cthulhu comes looking for one of its babies.”

  "Didn’t the messenger update you? Swamp monster slid back down the sewer grate towards home," Morita said.

  Bucky rolled his eyes. “Fuck. What’s really wrong then?”

  Morita howled.

  Fucking wolves. Bucky clenched his metal fist. It’s not like he’d already given an actual limb to this job or anything because of the fucking wolves. He hated wolves.

  “I’ll promise not to let you lose the other arm this time,” Morita teased.

  “Just drive,” Bucky ordered.

  <center>**********</center>

  "Really?" Kate Bishop asked as she sorted through her quiver of enchanted arrows. "You could’ve told me I needed the Deterrent Spell arrows before we got out here, Barnes."

  "I’m sorry, I thought your mentor would’ve told you to be prepared for everything," Bucky said as he ducked behind a dumpster. The only good thing about urban warfare was the hiding places.

  "He’s obsessed with Boomerang Spells," Kate said.

  "What?" Bucky asked. He laid his flesh hand on the ground and pulled from the electricity running through the streets below. He sent it out towards the crowd as a warning shot. Fucking bystanders were still trying to get too damn close to wolf fight. He knew technically a Conduit such as himself wasn’t supposed to aim for the non-magical human targets, but fuck ‘em all if they weren’t smart enough to run in the other goddamned direction.

  "Boomerang," Kate said. She hopped up on the dumpster and prepared to take shot.

  “Is that a boomerang one?” he asked.

  “Nope,” Kate said.

  "Then what are you throwing at ‘em?" he asked.

  "I call this one <i>Sleepytime Tea</i>," she said.

  “Hold,” a familiar voice yelled at them.

  Bucky turned to find his other lost little rookie running up to them.

  "I thought we only had winter wolves here," Eli Bradley said as he slid to a stop beside them. He had his grandfather’s shield strapped to his back. It was probably the most powerful weapon among the three of them due to its age and legacy.

  Bucky was only a little jealous he still had to make do with borrowed shield spells and he was a fucking sergeant.

  "You’re late," Bucky said.

  Eli shrugged. “You were the one who told me take those nighttime classes. There was traffic, Sarge. Some pegasus decided the freeway was a good place to take a nap. Agent Carter gave me a note if you want to see it.”

  Bucky waved him off. He’d let it go. <i>This time</i>.

  "So what’s going on?" Eli asked.

  "Turf war," Kate guessed. She took a breath and let loose her arrows. They hit their targets and both wolves went down without any more of a fight.

  "Huh, well how about that," Eli said. “Didn’t even need me here.”

  Bucky held up his hand. “If either one of you make a comment on how not difficult that was, I will send you both to the Itemization Squad for a month.”

  He liked to think their salutes were genuine and not the least bit sarcastic, but he’d trained them both so he knew better.

  <center>**********</center>

  Six in the morning was the time for waking up, not coming home after a supposed night off, and Bucky Barnes was monumentally pissed off. Not quite as bad as I-Lost-My-Arm-For-Your-Cause-And-All-I-Got-Was-An-Enchanted-Metal-Limb pissed off, but pretty damn frustrated.

  He smelled like shit. Actual shit. Northeastern Troll excrement to be exact for the discerning. He just <i>had</i> to help a group of fauns cross the one bridge left in the area that still had a troll under it. That was at midnight. After a small battle requiring Eli’s shield, Kate, her personal mentor Clint, and both of their Boomerang Arrows, and Morita’s ability to make the earth actually move, he was finally home. Still ready to slam an inanimate object down to the lowest depths of hell via an electrical charge, but home at least and at last.

  He was supposed to have the more settled life now. That’s <i>why</i> he took the promotion and the leadership position. The most dangerous thing that he was supposed to battle these days was paperwork. He’d taken all those steps for the quiet life: house in the ‘burbs, officially a year-and-a-day’ed signed-sealed-and-delivered to a schoolteacher (who was really a retired Winged Guardian, but Sam liked to keep that knowledge quiet. Never knew when he’d need to fly again and surprise was the most important part to those with hidden wings) and an artist (who was actually a wizard, but Steve liked to keep that quiet because there were only so many times someone could ask him for a love potion before he’d lose his temper and get into the sort of epic ranting that actually turned molehills into mountains. He was so much happier making his weird-ass wizard dreams into artwork). He had a flock of birds (Sam’s), a dog (Steve’s), a mortgage, and a car payment. He should not have to stand outside at six in the morning and hose himself down after stripping and setting his own trash can on fire because there was no saving his clothes.

  And those where his <i>nice</i> slacks too. They were the expensive khakis Mrs. Rogers bought him for his birthday. They were as classy as Bucky got outside of uniform, and he loved those fucking things. The last time he wore those were for their anniversary dinner, and he quite liked just what wearing those pants had gotten him.

  "Wow. You actually smell like shit," Sam said from the garage. He was dressed for work and Bucky wanted to maybe cry because he’d missed his chance already to mess up that pressed shirt and tie. He loved when his guys were halfway between professional-looking and artfully rumpled courtesy of Bucky’s ministrations.

  The day officially sucked and he hadn’t even slept yet.

  "Please tell me there’s coffee," he said as he turned the hose off himself and on to the small fire.

  "There is, but I don’t know if Steve’s going to let you near his precious coffee pot when you smell like actual shit. Jesus fuck, Bucky, what happened last night?"

  "Everything," Bucky said. He was not pouting because he did <i>not</i> pout, even when Sam damn near ran past him.

  "Weakling!" Bucky yelled at him.

  Sam blew him a kiss from his car before backing out of the driveway.

  <center>**********</center>

  A century ago Bucky fell in love with little Steve Rogers because he was noble and fearless and selfless. They’d had a lot of asshole instructors at their training school, many who only thought strength meant brawn and not spirit; that somehow innate power could be measured by height and muscles and not be sheer potential. They were the type of teachers who had should have never been allowed to help form the minds or opinions of the young, poor, and vulnerable. The kids who attended the school went there because they had no choice; they either lacked parents, guardians, mentors, sponsors, or their families were too poor to afford anything else.

   Bucky and Steve fell in that last group. Steve’s mother refused to charge for her healing spells outside of her official hospital job, refusing to make their family rich off the suffering of people who couldn’t afford traditional medical care. She’d instilled her son with that same set of values and a backbone of steel, even if no one really knew just how gifted Steve was back then.

  Bucky went to the institute because he was he eldest and figured his younger siblings deserved better. They all showed signs of telekinesis and manipulating matter. Bucky just knew how to talk himself into and out of everything. Sure, he had started a few accidental fires with his mind, but that was country wizarding stuff. Everyone could basically do that. The institute seemed a good place to hone his less than honorable skills though. He had dirt gathered on all the instructors just in case. He learned to walk in the paths of the shadows, and didn’t realize until years later that sometimes the shadows were following <i>him</i>.

  Back then though, he was just a smart kid with a smarter mouth and little patience for authoritative bullshit who fell in love when he saw a scrawny twelve-year-old throw himself in front of an instructor’s punishment spell to protect an even younger kid. The kid’s only crime was not performing in a way the instructor wanted, but fucking seriously that’s what you got when you tried to make someone who’s power existed in <i>creation</i> try to bring down a wall.

  The move to protect someone else was enough to earn Bucky’s respect and admiration. The fact that the spell bounced off both of the kids, hit the instructor back by a power of threefold, and brought down the wall? That was pretty much it for James Buchanan Barnes.

  Steve was honest-to-god noble. Bucky decided it then and only had it reaffirmed in the subsequent years. Fuck the royal magical and wizarding blood lines; Steve was as good as it got. Sam was probably the second-to-best person Bucky knew, and certainly was the actual voice of reason between the three of them. The fact that they both still stayed with Bucky, and his ability to court trouble in places where no trouble should exist, was kind of a miracle.

  The Steve standing before him now though looked constipated by his own guilt.

  “You’re going to shit an actual brickhouse if you don’t unclench,” Bucky said.

[anniemar]

Vikings 5x06

Thoughts. 

The Adventures of Bjorn Ironside: Okay. I want to know what the fucking point was to Bjorn Ironside and Halfdan Sidepart gallivanting in the mediterranean, riding camels, being terrible body guards, sleeping with concubines, one of which definitely surprised Halfdan … ATE A DUDE. No. No seriously. THEY ATE A DUDE. And then went through all that shit about Kassia, WHAT WAS HER POINT AGAIN? DID SHE HAVE ONE? Was she just “Mysterious-Woman-Who-Makes-No-Sense-Thrown-Into-the-Show-Vikings-#32″ … and then just when the Mediterranean Bros were about to lose their heads A SANDSTORM MAGICALLY APPEARS and they’re like WHELP LET’S GET OUTTA HERE IT’S BEEN REAL Y’ALL. I swear I thought i was supposed to be watching a Monty Python sketch or something and not Vikings when they were running away on those damn camels. I could almost hear the “derp derp derpity do” in the background. Vikings on camels, y’all! Never expect the Spanish inquisition, but ALWAYS expect a random sand storm to save your ass at just the right second. And somehow know where the fuck they are going. Vikings in the desert. With their sidekick Sinric who happens to understand every language ever uttered. I bet if they sailed to the Americas, Sinric would somehow know how to speak to all of the native tribes. 

WTF am I watching? I AM SO CONFUSED. 

Usually with a lot of “prestige dramas” (is that even what this is?) I can be somewhat confident that things will probably come together in the end. I have no such faith in this show. 

Somewhere in Norway: And let’s not get me started on Astrid, as others have already eloquently tackled this subject, except to say that it was the absolute shittiest of writing. The shittiest. Shittier than any of the shittiest fanfic of your worst fucking nightmares. It was also lazy as fuck. HOW MANY SHOWS have we been made to watch where a woman seemingly cheats on their husband/person she loves and is then “punished” with rape. HOW MANY SHOWS. Jeez yo, I never thought Hirst was a particularly great writer but I never thought he was just that classless. To resort to something so tacky as to take on that disgusting trope. 

Usually when he pulls something vulgar for shock value I can at least say … well, I have not seen that outside of a damn soap opera! It made no sense, but at least I didn’t see it coming! 

For instance, Bjorn Ironside fucks his mother’s lover against a wall? During a human sacrifice? 

I mean … I wasn’t a fan, it made no sense to me, but I didn’t see that coming … so, WELL DONE. 

That’s how low the bar is set here, folks. 

For awhile now I’ve kinda thought that Hirst was a bit of a shitty writer who has somehow been blessed to work with a few directors/producers/art directors/actors that have been able to take the piles of crappy dialogue and somehow turn it all into something watchable, entertaining, and at times seriously captivating. Travis Fimmel. the entire cast of Elizabeth, JRM, and now AHA. 

But fuck, that only goes so far for so long. 

OKAY MOVING ON. 

#teamlagertha: Margrethe, gurl, your tongue’s about to get cut out and I’m not gonna feel sorry for you. Also, my new girl Aud somehow became my favorite character in the history of this show in less than 2 minutes, for showing such insight, for knowing a greater purpose, for fuck, even HAVING a purpose … aaaaaaand she’ll probably be dead by next episode. 

#teamivar: GODDAMN IT if I wasn’t determined to hate this entire episode but Ivar had to be all “I am jealous of you, I want to be like you, I want to be whole … HERE’S MY VULNERABILITY ON A SILVER PLATTER HEAHMUND.” Ugh. That sound you heard was my heart shattering into a million pieces. A few pieces for Ivar, even a few for Heahmund, and the other hundreds of thousands of pieces was because their dynamic is gonna make me keep tuning into this fucking show. 

I mean, I ended this episode yelling at the TV “DAMN HEAHMUND BE CRAZY AS IVAR … FUCK DAMMIT I’M TUNING IN NEXT WEEK.” 

Also, does Heahmund have a valyrian steel sword? I mean … Damascus steel. Yep. Yep, Heahmund and his magical sword. I wonder if it will shatter Lagertha’s sword of the king when they do battle. Hence, shattering Ragnar’s legacy and their whole world. Cementing the Seer’s prophecy both literally and figuratively. 

If that happens I’mma be pissed the hell off. 

Spanglo-Saxons: Alfred sets off on a vision quest. Seriously, if you’re a man on this show, you’re guaranteed at least one vision quest. The ladies? Nope, no vision quests for the ladies. They don’t need to find themselves, they’re already patient and calculating by nature, because childbirth (THANK YOU AUD). 

FUCK. WHAT IS THIS SHOW. 

Meanwhile in Floki-land: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Seriously if those Vikings leave Floki on Ass-guard and then suddenly end up at the RAGNARSSON BOWL, only to swoop in to save the day at the last minute I’m gonna be pissed. I’m gonna be like YOU CAN’T PULL A GANDALF AND ROHIRRUM at the end of Two Towers, or THE NIGHTS OF THE VALE EX MACHINA at the end of the battle of the bastards. JUST NO. NOOPPPPPE 

[rwdestuffs]

Yeah, no. You were hiding behind Monty’s name. You can’t say “When you insult Miles and Kerry’s abilities as writers, you’re insulting Monty…” and then turn around and say that there are writing flaws. You literally just said that we can’t insult the writing because that’s an insult to Monty. Putting a time limit on when we’re allowed to criticize the writing is honestly egregious as it basically says “You will be insulting this dead man’s legacy if you insult his work to until this point.”

At no point in this paragraph that you wrote OP, do you at all say that it’s okay to point out the flaws in the writing. Such as the piss-poor way they handled racism. You literally said that we have to wait until Volume 9 is over for us to be “allowed” to criticize their writing. News flash: Monty was an animator. He wasn’t a writer. He made fight scenes, and then Miles and Kerry had to write what led up to that.

You come off as a rabid stan with this sort of behavior. If anything, your reply has proven that not only are you hiding behind a dead man’s name to deflect criticism, but you are putting him on a pedestal. Monty was a person, like the rest of us. To act as if every decision he made is flawless is more of an insult to his legacy than critiquing the show he worked on. To act as if anything is perfect is an insult to that very thing or person than critiquing them.

Most of the people in the rwde tag don’t critique the show because we hate it. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. We critique it because we want it to be better. We want people to look back on this series and say “That was a good show.”

We don’t want them to look back on it and say “These guys parroted the conservative rhetoric for wanting ‘peace‘ over actual justice for minorities? What the fuck? What a shitshow.” We don’t want them to say something like “These guys had a grand total of zero network execs that would have told them to not make their main characters enter a same-sex relationship overt until the late game of the show, and they expected praise when other shows had to fight censorship? These guys profited off of baiting the LGBT+ community. What a bunch of assholes.”

Nobody in the rwde tag that’s sane and is actually a critic is using the “Monty wouldn’t have wanted this” rhetoric. If anything, this worship of the show and Monty is honestly troubling. I don’t know Monty, but I do know people. Real people. And I know that they wouldn’t like being put on a pedestal like this. So, and pardon me using this card, I highly doubt that Monty would appreciate you using his name to deflect criticism like this.

If the guys over at DEATH BATTLE can handle criticism when it’s also often paired with death threats (and at one point, a call to commit suicide), then Miles and Kerry should be able to handle it when it’s paired with minor insults.

This worship culture that you have created is why there’s a separate tag for criticism in the first place. It’s also why people are so afraid of posting here. This idea that we’re not allowed to criticize until a certain point is the problem. I’ll admit that people using the “Monty wouldn’t have wanted this” card is also a problem, but last I checked, Monty also wanted to have Raven fight team JNPR back in volume 3, and Miles and Kerry said “no.” He also had to fight really hard to keep that Raven scene at the end of Volume 2. We don’t know what Monty would have wanted. I don’t know, and you don’t know. But I’m pretty sure that he wouldn’t have wanted a time limit on when we’re allowed to criticize the show for its flaws. Because having a time limit like that is basically trying to hide the flaws of the show and act like they aren’t there.

You said it yourself, “When you insult Miles and Kerry’s abilities as writers, you’re insulting Monty, who hand-picked them to work beside him, and who have worked tirelessly to continue his legacy.“ Miles and Kerry have to work to continue Monty’s legacy. But acting as if he’s flawless is a bigger insult to Monty than any negative thing that can be said about the show.

You acting as if you never said things that you clearly said is proof enough that this worship culture around Monty is just a means to defend Miles and Kerry. You don’t want to admit that Monty had flaws, so you hide behind the fact that he’s a dead man and that they are simply “continuing his legacy” as you so put it. Like I said: The writers of guys like Spider-Man and Superman are just continuing the legacy of the people who originally made them, so get to defending those decisions that were made for those characters.

I’m done here. You clearly don’t want to hear criticism. You just want to hear praise.

A small reminder that Monty mapped out Volumes 1-9 and the finale of RWBY, and all Miles and Kerry have been doing is following it, filling in the small gaps.

When you play the Monty card, (claiming this isn't what Monty wanted, etc.), you're actually insulting Monty.

When you insult Miles and Kerry's abilities as writers, you're insulting Monty, who hand-picked them to work beside him, and who have worked tirelessly to continue his legacy.

If you want to TRULY judge their writing, wait until Volume 9 is over. After that, Miles and Kerry will be taking the reigns, following only a rough outline, up until the finale anyway, since that's been planned out already.

Just watch what you say next time you feel like calling Miles and Kerry incompetent writers, or you claim that Monty would be disappointed with what RWBY has become.

Or better yet, just don't fucking do it.

[together-forevermore-blog]

Re-watch Wednesday: My Favorite “The 100″ Episodes - “We Are Grounders - Part One”

Disclaimer: Since this is part of a re-watch that I’m doing between Season 4 and Season 5 of The 100, my comments will reflect that and range from reprimanding, praising, and laughing with/at characters to picking apart a line/scene. References will be made to later episodes so SPOILERS are plentiful. (Unless life gets too crazy, there will usually be 2 re-watches a week until the Season 5 premiere)

The 100: 1x12 – We Are Grounders – Part One (aka the “hard questions” episode)

Why it’s a favorite: -  It’s one of those episodes where things come together (which is good since it’s part of the season finale). Lessons have been learned and with gained knowledge there are tough decisions to make, both on the ground and on the Ark. And it showcases one of my favorite pairings in the show: Murphy and Bellamy.

Before I jump into it, for me, there is a big jump that just occurred. I went from re-watching 1x08 – Day Trip to this, the first part of the Season One finale. So let me wrap my brain around this for a moment.

Diana (the bitch that she was. I’m so glad I get to say was) caused the Ark to almost die. Check.

Murphy’s back at camp because the Grounders planted him there to infect the delinquents. Check.

Anya and other Grounders are pissed because rockets launched in the air harmed Grounder villages and because Raven and Jasper blew up a bridge. Check.

Clarke and Finn were kidnapped by Grounders and it looked like after Clarke was unable to save a Grounder girl, they took Finn away to be killed. Check.

Everybody got all that? K, let’s continue with another great episode: We Are Grounders – Part One.

The Ark, still spinning and sustaining life. One might be able to convince themselves that everything is hunky-dory. Until Jaha paints a bleak picture. “The hard and simple fact is that in 51 hours, life on the Ark will no longer be possible.” Dude. Reminds me of a line from one of the Father of the Bride movies. “Bummerman, he delivers.”

“I choose to find consolation in one remarkable truth. The surviving members of the 100 have proven themselves more resilient than we could’ve ever imagined. Our legacy will go on, and for that. . .I am not only grateful. . .but I am proud.” Here’s why that’s faulty logic Jaha:

The remaining 100 are about to be attacked by a shitload of Grounders. Unless they figure something out, there may not be very many left to carry on your “legacy.”

Second, I have trouble believing that the guy who spent Seasons 2, 3, and 4 trying to survive at any cost is just giving up!! What the hell?! I know there’s a reason he changes his mind eventually but God! Watching this again reminds me of what a turn-around he had. Anyway, back to the episode.

Lady to Jaha - “What do we do now?” His face as he contemplates is just. . .some actors can say a thousand words with their face and Isaiah Washington is one of them. I may not like Jaha and I may not quite understand the quirkiness (I don’t mean this in a bad way at all) of Isaiah Washington, but I love how he has acted the part and I think it’s because of his acting that I still enjoy seeing Jaha in the story. He gets on my everlasting nerve and I want to scream through the TV at him but I’m glad he’s still with us.

And the ever poetic response that only Jaha can give: “Look inside. Find your peace.” And that might work for Jaha but for some people that would be misery to die that way. Some people want to enjoy their last moments, taking time to reflect on the past. But for others, they would rather spend their last moments fighting until the end. Knowing that they did everything they could before they’re defeated. And it’s a question we see both those on the Ark and the ground answer over and over again in the last two episodes of Season One: Do you give up or do you fight? I know which one I’d do. How about you?

Are you alright, Abby?” – Dude! You just told them you’re giving up and that they should prepare themselves for death. . .But no, yeah, she’s okay.

Kane – “Well, I can’t just do nothing. I need to find a solution” – See, Kane’s a fighter. Always has been and I’m guessing he always will.

Jaha – “I, however, will be spending my time with family and a bottle of 97-year-old scotch.” – Dude, you wanna share that bottle? How about we try to find solutions while sharing the bottle. . .No? K.

Back down on the ground and Bellamy’s pushing everyone to get ready to fight. We all know what camp he’s in, right? Quiter? Not usually Bellamy’s style to quit. He’s convinced everyone to prepare for battle. Even to the point of exhaustion.

Raven – “We can’t just abandon our people.” Another question posed in this episode: Do you risk many to save a few? Raven thinks so but Bellamy doesn’t hold to that philosophy and it and an accidental discharge of weapon leads him to give a speech about why they should be scared and why they need to be prepared for a Grounder attack. So what do you think? Are you with Raven and want to go save Clarke, Finn and Monty? Risk more lives and time that could help you prepare for the Grounder attack? Or are you with team Bellamy and think that the risk of saving a couple people isn’t worth it? Tough calls that everyone is having to make on the Ark and on the ground during this episode.

He gives an impassioned speech, but it’s pretty obvious by the look on their faces that Jasper and Raven don’t agree.

Tristan to Anya - “So this is who’s beating you?” It’s meant as an insult to both Anya and Clarke. Skaikru is so pitiful that it’s unbelievable that they’re beating Anya and her group. And as much as I want to give him the finger for Clarke, I still can’t argue with him. He’s right. They’re a group of teenagers who, up until that point, have given a group of Grounders a run for their money. Worth noting though, is that Skaikru has only had to deal with a “group” of Grounders. Our delinquent friends still aren’t fully aware of how big the collective army is. But I’m skipping ahead to Season 2. . .rewinding myself back to Season 1.

Phew! Thank goodness the signal fire kept Tristan from slicing through Clarke!

If I didn’t know who the big guy was behind the mask, I’d be really worried for Clarke. . ,

Jasper – “If it was you out there, you think Monty, Clarke, or Finn would hide behind these walls?” Damn good point, Jasper.

Bellamy - “No. They’d go after me. Then they’d be dead, too. I am doing what I think is right for the group.” You also have a point, Bellamy.

Jasper – “It’s funny, you didn’t think that way when Octavia went missing.” Ooo. . .that brings up another question. Are certain people worth saving more than others? Obviously Jasper believes Bellamy thinks so.

Oh, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy. . .I didn’t even realize that Myles was part of the group the group that tried to hang him. I’m guessing Murphy has a better memory of the event. But still, it’s hard to watch him take his revenge and while I liked the whole redemption thing he had going for him the previous couple of episodes, this seems more in character with who Murphy is at this point.

If you were going to pretend that you didn’t see Murphy suffocate a guy, Jasper, you might not want to stop halfway down the ladder and stare at him. Or at the gun on the nearby table. . .

Good try with the walkie-talkie though.

I don’t think I’ll ever tire of hearing Bellamy say or yell Murphy’s name. It’s their thing, right? Murphy does something stupid or says some smartass thing and Bellamy says/yells his name. A complicated relationship that’s about to get even more so.

The slowmo to real speed horse running is so cool. . .

Yay!! Finn’s alive!!! And Lincoln’s saved them both. Well, for a brief moment they were safe. Reaper caves don’t exactly sound pleasant though.

So we all know why Abby really wants to save the girl she’s operating on, right? And I feel so bad for her when she’s forced to face the reality that she has to let Clarke go.

You know, I was mad at Bellamy like Octavia was. Thinking he wasn’t doing anything to save Jasper from Murphy. Glad he proved me wrong.

Again, someone please find some bubble wrap for Jasper. Or at least a very thick blanket.

I don’t know about you, but being as close to flammable hydrazine as Jasper and Raven are under the dropship floor would make me nervous.

Murphy - “You got it all wrong, Bellamy. I don’t want you to say anything. I want you to feel what I felt, and then. . .then I want you to die.” This is the moment where I thought “Oh shit. I hope he doesn’t succeed.”

THE BATON To Be Opened On Earth – I hope that bottle of Scotch makes it down there some day. I really do. Maybe season 5.

Aww! Little Wells and Clarke!! So cute!!!

Little Wells – “Daddy, how does the Ark stay in space?” Jaha – “Good question. By keeping out of the Earth’s gravitational pull.” Little Clarke – “My daddy says it’s the thrusters.” And just like that we see a Jaha that’s happy to drink a 97-year-old bottle of scotch change to someone who wants to fight. Because he has hope of a way to survive. Star Wars and Abby got it right folks: hope is everything.

How wrong were they about Lincoln? They almost killed him five episodes ago and now he’s willing to sacrifice his life to draw away the Reapers so Clarke and Finn can warn everyone at their camp. Granted, part of the reason is to save Octavia, but even he admitted he didn’t think what his people were doing to Skaikru was right.

Have you ever played Dragon Age Inquisition? No? Well the main bad guy is named Corypheus and the Grounder guy who attacks Clarke and Finn reminds me of him. I think it’s his face. . .Anyway, there’s my random thought for this re-watch.

I get so wrapped up in watching Murphy and Bellamy that I forget to comment on it. I do wonder though if Murphy really thought that people would follow him if both Bellamy and Clarke were killed.  I mean, they remember what happened with Charlotte so I don’t think they would blindly follow him. I don’t think it would matter if he had a gun either. Someone would put an end to his delusion of ruling over everyone.

 You’re going to really wish you hadn’t shot at the floor, Murphy. Not now and not in the near future, but later you will.

Oh man! Bellamy was almost free from the noose! I always root for him but Murphy’s too quick to let that happen.

I love how Jasper’s the first one through the door once it opens and then rushes over to help Bellamy.

And then he’s talking to Raven like nothing’s wrong because he doesn’t know. . .

Then Bellamy’s yelling Murphy’s name again. Things are back to normal.

I didn’t comment on Finn beating the Reaper in the cave (probably because I was too distracted with it looking like the bad guy in Dragon Age), but it’s worth mentioning. Especially since he tries to wash the blood off his hands once they’re outside. It goes against his nature to hurt someone like that. He’s the one always pushing for peace, but this was one time where talking wouldn’t have worked. As Clarke puts it: “You did what you had to do. We all have.”

And now they finally start to have the honest conversation that these two should’ve had the second Raven landed on Earth (or at least soon after). He loves her. He broke her heart.

Damnit, Murphy! Your blast interrupted an important conversation! But kudos for figuring out a way to survive, once again.

“We’re going after Clarke, Finn and Monty. You and Raven were right. We don’t abandon our own.” Damn straight, Bellamy!! Glad you’ve finally come around.

 . . .The Jasper and Bellamy hug. He’s so grateful to Bellamy and I don’t want to say anything that would take away from this moment. It’s a good one and I tear up every time.

Long way from Whatever the hell you want.” – It sure is, Jasper.

Woohoo! Finn and Clarke are back! But we’re still missing Monty. And has no one noticed that Raven hasn’t come back out from under the dropship?

That look from Octavia when Bellamy says “You expect us to trust a Grounder?” Woo! Fire might come out of her eyes.

Bellamy (The Heart) “This is our home now. We built this from nothing with our bare hands! Our dead are buried behind that wall in this ground! Our ground! The Grounders think they can take that away. They think that because we came from the sky, we don’t belong here. But they’re yet to realize one very important fact: We are on the ground now, and that means we are Grounders!”

Clarke (The Head) “Bellamy’s right. If we leave, we may never find a place as safe as this. And God knows, in this world, we could be faced with something even worse tomorrow. But that doesn’t change the simple fact that if we stay here, we will die tonight. So pack your things. Just take what you can carry, now.”

There’s Raven! Wish someone would’ve looked for her so she didn’t have to walk all that way hurt.

“Crowds make bad decisions. Just ask Murphy.” – A lesson hard-learned but Bellamy’s learned it. “Leaders do what they think is right.”

And I don’t doubt that Clarke thinks she’s right. But we find out that she isn’t in the next episode.

Wait, Sinclair has a wife? I never caught that before. But I could see how he’d like to be with her instead of running possible life saving scenarios with Kane.

“From where I stand, we have two options—die in space or probably die trying to get to the ground.” So dramatic Jaha, but also so very right. And welcome to the fighters!!

“Sinclair, please tell us what would happen if we used the thrusters that keep the Ark in orbit to propel us into the atmosphere instead.” Genius, Jaha!

Sinclair “The Ark would break apart, first into its original twelve stations, then further as the violence intensified. 95% of the structures would explode on the way down.” Man, Sinclair knows his stuff! Jaha - “Think you’re smart enough to pinpoint the 5% that wouldn’t?” I think he is!

“What do you say, Abby? You ready to see your daughter again?” Hell yes she is!!!

Unlike the show, I will not continue on to the second part of We Are Grounders. I would be happy to re-watch and comment on all episodes, but there’s only so much time between now and the Season Five premiere. Eventually I might get to all of them. But until then, this is where I say goodbye to Season One. Up next: 2x01 – The 48 and 2x03 – Reapercussions.

Thanks for reading!

[team-crtq]

Shane’s letter, and why this blog doesn’t take it as a valid source of RT’s inner-workings

“Why the hell are you bring this up again? Wasn’t this done and over with a little over a year ago?” I would say yes, but it would seem some people didn’t get the memo. I’ve seen a few too many people who use Shane’s letter for justification for hating certain people who work on the show. Under the break I’m going to do my best to explain why this letter isn’t exactly the best source to use on this matter.

For reference, I’ve been looking over these two links here: [X] [X]

Basically this next little bit is a TL;DR version of those links.

“Cutting out Sheena”

RT can’t cut out someone who has never worked for them in the first place. Sure there is the claim that she helped Monty outside of the company, but that doesn’t change the fact that Sheena was never officially part of the RT team. And hiring her so soon after his death would make for a awkward moments in the workplace. To quote a reddit comment “Could you imagine working with the widow of your friend and creative director? ‘Oh, well my Monty would have wanted it this way’” It makes for a bad work environment no matter how you slice it.

I just leave this here because it will sum up the rest of my feelings on the matter.  “We don't know any specifics about how RT interacted with her after Monty's death, all we have for certain are 2 out of context quotes that may or may not be misremembered. If they were malicious to her, that's shitty. If they weren't, then whatever. We don't know, so we can't judge.”

Some the things Shane blamed on RT that was his fault to begin with

Shane seemed to want to blame RT for his failed marriage. When what happened by his own admittance was his wife kept begging him to come home and he wouldn’t do it. The fact that Shane seems to want to blame RT for this rather than look at his own actions should say everything.

He was adamant about doing things like Monty. However, the other animators couldn’t do it like them. And even Shane noted that Monty would try to set things up to make it easier for the other animators, it should tell you why changes were needed in the grand scheme of things. Shane again by his own admittance, said he wouldn’t adapt to the changes being made. This will cause problems in a production company because when you have ten people doing things one way and someone doing it another way, and that person is stalling the workflow, it’s a problem.  And guess what? Can’t get the job done in a timely manner, you are gone as an employee, it doesn't matter how good you are.

A smaller note, RT seemed to only let Monty do this sort of thing because, well, it was Monty. But there was a reason why “Get some sleep Monty,” became a meme within the community. You can’t expect others to adopt his work style. The fact that Shane tried, on top of his depression probably made the guy more...unhinged I guess would be the word for it.

Also good job there Shane! Because you couldn’t take a step back and think though your actions, again, you made yourself unhireable because of it. 

A few smaller points to make

It was pretty apparent that Shane had a massive obsession with keeping the “True vision” of RWBY alive. But there was probably a really good reason why Shane wasn’t part of the writing team.  Any writer will tell you that things get cut out in their writing due to either time constants, a lack of relevancy to the plot at that time, or just plain isn’t needed. Think about some of the plot points that he brings up, like the fact that Raven was supposed to attack JNPR at the fairgrounds. To me this would probably have been cool to see, but in the overall grand scheme of things would not have made any sense and would have bogged down the volume because of it. And be honest with yourselves here, how angry would you have been if Jaune was the one to unintentionally cause Pyrrha’s death? Because personally speaking I’m really fucking glad that they changed it from that. Rather than seeing it like that Shane takes this as a attack on Monty’s legacy.

Shane seems to act as that only he and Sheena were the only ones who knew what Monty wanted for the show. If that was the case, then why would Monty bother with working with Miles, Kerry, and Grey? You can’t expect me to believe that Monty would have wrote things up with them but wouldn’t tell them what the overall story was. (Maybe they had coffee and with him or something.)

I know this is going to sound mildly petty on my part, but Shane comes off as someone who was jealous that Monty wanted to befriend more people than just him. 

A mild side tangent here, but Shane’s “My pain is the only is the only one worth talking about,” shit absolutely drives me up the wall. Because let me tell you from experience if you let people do that, they will take advantage of you and they will treat you like shit because of it. Shane implies that RT only liked Monty because of “public relations” You want to know why this statement pisses me off so much? My uncle did this exact thing. His pain was the only one worth mentioning, the fact that everyone in my family lost someone didn’t matter.  It didn’t matter that my grandma had a seizure because she couldn’t handle it all at the funereal, no according to him she did it for attention. And that is only a drop in the bucket of the shit he pulled with my family. Do not let this man fool you that he and those he deems worthy are the only ones who get to be upset about Monty. 

Am I going to say RT was perfect on everything here? No, I would be a fool to say there were no actions RT couldn’t have taken to prevent this sort of thing. I’m not going to sit here and pretend that there may have been a possibility that they could have handled certain things better. However, I refuse to look at this letter as anything more than “I’m the only one who can morn the loss of someone. Anyone who doesn’t listen to me didn’t actually like Monty at all.” And I’ll be perfectly honest, anyone who uses this letter as a debate point will probably get discredited in my mind because of it.

-Tangerine

[knightofbalance-13]

Challenge Fucking Accepted

http://dudeblade.tumblr.com/post/161326946651/a-message

*Cracks Neck* You just crossed the line.

I just reread through this: Shane’s Letter. I don’t think the rwde tag should be so hard on the writers. After all, it’s not like they have notes that the original creator had on the series that would help them tell a story about the characters. It’s not like they have people who worked closely with the original creator that could help them out. It’s not like they have a very active fanbase that are willing to help them out by pointing out how they can improve on the story. They don’t have these things. So it’s REALLY OBVIOUS as to why they all come across as incompetent.

You wanna know something else? They are trying to carry on their friend’s legacy, his one chance to do what he wanted, the one thing he wanted to do his whole life. His friends are trying their damndest, beating themselves up whenever they fall, to make it the bets they can make it. And you people just punish them over and over and over again because the show isn’t exactly what you want. You even dig up his corpse to beat them with it over and over again.

Of course, the concept of that level of kindness must be foregin to you, terrorists, attackers, abusers, bullies. Especially you, Dudeblade. I trusted you and you betrayed me the second you had the chance. You have no fucking right to criticize ANYONE on being a friend.

Wanna know something else? Shane was, self admitted and fucking blatantly, DEPRESSED. You are using a depressed man and a dead man to attack people and justify your frankly awful and unforgivable behavior. You are fucking pissing me off.

In all seriousness though, to the person(s) who decided to boot Sheena and Shane off the RWBY development team:

And to you who think they can use this event to attack Rooster Teeth:

I hope you get fired.

Burn in hell.

I do not care what job or role you had in the development of RWBY, I just hope that you get fired.

I don’t give a single fuck who you are, what good you think you’ve done or how right you are: I will meet you in fucking Hell.

If you are a writer, I hope that every single one of your written ideas has to go through a tough screening via Sheena and Shane before it gets ‘approved’ or ‘trashed.’

If you write something, may it either be total shit (Like Dudeblade here) or never see the light of day, gone unappericated and forgotten.

If you are a director, I hope that all of your decisions get reversed by the people who were close to the original creator.

If you are ever put in charge of something: May everything go wrong. Every decision you make end up as “You get fucked.”

If you are a VA, I hope the character you voice gets killed in one of the most brutal ways imaginable.

If you ever voice anything: May you go mute and the last thing you ever say be something you will forever regret.

You, who decided to ignore Monty’s notes. You, who decided to ignore his widowed wife. You, who decided to ignore his friend.You, who decided to basically guilt-trip the critical part of the fandom for “hating on Monty’s legacy.”

You who use Shane’s depression for your own needs instead of helping him. You who decided that his friends who wept and cried at his death didn’t care about him. You who dig up his corpse and beat everyone with it while using the fandom as your shield.

I hope you get fired, and NEVER get a job in the entertainment business again.

I hope you leave no impact on this world so your filth will be forgotten and your sins lost to time

Sincerely, A fan who is starting to get fed up.

Sincerely, A REAL fan, one who gives a shit about the creators.

Someone justify the decision making in the CRWBY. I fucking dare you.

Shane was depressed and trying to become Monty (which, by the way, makes him the antithesis to Simon The Digger, the protagonist of Monty’s favorite anime.) and demanded that a system that only Monty made possible remain because he refused to move forward.

Sheena was the wife of a friend they lost someone who is pain and all they can think is “what if I could have helped him”, a constant reminder of who they lost with a lot of personal history between them.

Were they totally in the right? No, they weren’t. But you don’t care. You don’t care about Sheena. You don’t care about Shane. You don’t care about RT. You don’t care about the fans. You don’t care about RWBY. You don’t care about Monty. You only give two shits about yourself and what YOU want. And you’ve shown you’ll do anything in that pursuit.

Now get your shit out of my tag.

Get your shit out of my fandom.

Get your shit out of my life.

GET OUT.

Add on what you want:

@mageknight14 @tumblezwei @ula-star @rainbowloliofjustice @phoenix-theurge @takashi0

I am through with their shit.

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/this-funny-week-in-funny-tweets-august-17-2018/

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: August 17, 2018

By James Keast

Published Aug 17, 2018

A teacher intervention, some Harvard pretension, a dog interruption and mayonnaise disruption are all part of this funny week in funny tweets.   August 11

To the guy that stole my anti-depressants, I hope you’re happy now

— Matt (@mas6228) August 12, 2018

  August 12

first they came for gavin mcinnes and i said he’s right over there

— blaine capatch (@blainecapatch) August 12, 2018

*teacher sees students sharing a note*

Teacher: why don’t you read that out loud

Student: [reading note] Dear teacher, this is an intervention. Your methods of discipline via public humiliation are uninspired carbon copies of Hollywood tropes. We wrote this letter as a class…

— Omar Najam➡️🇵🇷⬅️ (@OmarNajam) August 12, 2018

met a bunch of guys from Harvard yesterday and I kept pretending like I never heard of that school just to piss them off…one of them legit turned red when I said, “Harvard? Is that like a local community college?” LMAOOOOOO

— v-ne$$a (@V_sugarbaby) August 12, 2018

  August 13

what is “the goat” https://t.co/H2GtTjljnH

— Brian Eno (@BrianEnoMusic) August 13, 2018

FOR REAL THOUGH IF MILLENNIALS HAD THE POWER TO KILL ENTIRE INDUSTRIES DO YOU REALLY THINK WE’D BE LIKE “LOL MAYONNAISE IS DONE BUT THE STUDENT LOAN INDUSTRY CAN STAY”

— NOT A WOLF (@SICKOFWOLVES) August 13, 2018

Lovely photo of my aunt and her partner of 12 years 🙂 pic.twitter.com/7A5HJJsa60

— Mr. To Damn Good (@FamousCeleb) August 13, 2018

I am always surprised and personally insulted when record stores don’t have chairs.

As if half of the patrons aren’t dragged there by someone else who, “just wants to take a quick look!”

— Sarah B. MacDonald (@smackdonna) August 13, 2018

Dang who radicalized McDonald’s pic.twitter.com/yXEAJEDjEl

— Mina (@maddc8) August 14, 2018

  August 14

This guy just unmatched me because he named some monty python cast member and I didn’t know who it was. So Michael Palin if you’re out there, please suck this boys dick because nobody else will

— Scorp:igbo 🌒 (@VanessaIfeoma) August 14, 2018

Give a man a fish & he eats for a day, but teach a man to fish & he’ll be like “um actually i know how to fish, i’ll show you” & you wish you had your old fish so you could throw it at him

— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) August 14, 2018

ME: My dog loves it when I work from home. DOG [to camera, opening beer]: Between you and me, it’s incredibly inconvenient. I had shit planned today.

— Elizabeth Hackett (@LizHackett) August 14, 2018

Our first meeting of Lego Club is not going well. pic.twitter.com/u9G01yqdwh

— A Mancino-Williams (@Manda_like_wine) August 14, 2018

  August 15

me: was it ultimate frisbee?

chris isaak: no

me: paintball?

chris isaak: no

me: … strip poker?

chris isaak: the song was about, like.. . tumultuous relationship stuff, my dude

me [disappointed]: oh.

— patch adams 3 spec script (@nordicshrew) August 16, 2018

friend: you heard about those Qanon conspiracies? me: it’s pronounced ‘keen-wah’

— ᵇᵃᵗʰᵗᵘᵇ (@egg_dog) August 16, 2018

Don Jr = Jr Mint Don Sr = Impeach Mint Eric = Disappoint Mint Melania = Non-Disclosure Agree Mint Ivanka = Orna Mint Jared = Indict Mint The Trump legacy = Embarrass Mint

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 15, 2018

jesus Sabina go easy. and yes pic.twitter.com/K95DCy82no

— Tanya Chen (@Tanya_Chen) August 15, 2018

“When I’m done, half of Toronto will still exist. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be. I hope they remember you.” pic.twitter.com/9POr2nwlPK

— Justin Kong (@JustinKongTO) August 15, 2018

[during sex] me: i want u to hurt me

him: you don’t have the things you want because you do nothing to work towards your goals

me: wait

him: your complete lack of motivation will leave you with a mediocre life filled with regret at best

me: stop

— 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐲 (@strawburberry) August 15, 2018

  August 16

If the Nazis weren’t socialists then how come Hitler owned all those Stereolab albums? Checkmate, leftists

— beloved comedy institution “the pixelated boat” (@pixelatedboat) August 16, 2018

I walk into a saloon and the piano player abruptly stops ME: Oh shit, I’m the bad guy?

— MehGyver (@AndrewNadeau0) August 16, 2018

Someone came into to the library where I work and asked me if we had a book about Pavlov’s dog and Schrödinger’s cat.

I said it rang a bell but I wasn’t sure if it was there or not.#NationalTellAJokeDay

— Jane, Local. #LetsNotLeave (@localnotail) August 16, 2018

  August 17

STUDIO EXEC: Get me a band that starts with “Smash” for the Shrek credits, pronto JUNIOR EXEC: Okay, sure, but can I ask wh— STUDIO EXEC: A BAND THAT STARTS WITH “SMASH” pic.twitter.com/nPGBBcE7IR

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) August 17, 2018

Source: http://exclaim.ca/comedy/article/this_funny_week_in_funny_tweets_august_17_2018

[tvtheorist]

Episode 4: Brother From Another Mother

MONTY is in his room and he is doing his magic on the keyboard with FREYA, FELICITY, FINN, RAVEN, BELLAMY, OCTAVIA, ANYA, and JACPER there. FELICITY is helping MONTY.

Suddenly COULSON and PIKE come into the room with campus police.

JASPER: Excuse me? What is this?

COULSON: We're here for your friends computer.

MONTY: You can't do that.

FINN: He has rights.

FELICITY: Yeah stop.

They are coming to confiscate MONTY'S computer and everyone is putting up a fight about it. They end up arresting MONTY, JASPER, and FINN as it gets really heated.

OCTAVIA: Stop it let them go! You have no right!

ANYA: Let them go!

PIKE: I suggest you all stop unless you want to be next.

They leave on that note with everyone else looking at the door pissed.

Flashback.

The selection committee, MONTY GREEN'S folder is slammed down onto the middle of the table by DR. MAY.

DR. MAY: MONTY GREEN is a 22 year old first generation Korean American student here at Cornell. He received his bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Environmental and Sustainability sciences. He is a current master's student here at Cornell in Evolutionary Biology and Atmospheric Science.

SINCLAIR: MONTY one of the more brilliant candidates we have in both computer sciences and in engineering.

PIKE: Yes he is brilliant but his skills are more dependent on the electrical grid. The type of community we are testing is one that would be without electricity.

DR. MAY: His skills may use the electrical grid now that we have one but trust me, Tycho's skills are not dependent on anything but himself.

COULSON: Shall we take it to a vote? Those in favor….

MAY and SINCLAIR'S hands shoot up followed by GRIFFIN, KANE, and finally BEAUREGARD. Again the decision is 5-3. MONTY'S folder gets added to the board next to the others selected.

Everyone left in the room, FELICITY, ANYA, OCTAVIA, RAVEN, BELLAMY, and FREYA. They are all looking at each other and it's clear they've been talking about what to do.

FREYA: What can we do?

RAVEN: They aren't going to do anything.

ANYA: We just saw them get arrested RAVEN.

FELICITY: Yeah by campus police. Those rent-a-cops can't do anything.

BELLAMY: I hate to agree with FREYA but really what can we do about it?

RAVEN: They kick them out we all quit.

Everyone is looking at her like she's insane except FELICITY

FELICITY: I agree.

Everyone is still skeptical.

RAVEN: Guys, we have to stick together. Besides, none of this would have happened if we didn't ask MONTY to hack into things for us. We have to stand together.

FELICITY: She's right. They won't let us all quit. They need us. Plus we have a right to know.

FREYA: We have a right to know. So does everyone else.

She has a creepy smile on her face. RAVEN was looking some type of way taking a stand with FELICITY by her side.

Inside COULSON'S office the three boys sit in front of COULSON'S desk. He is looking at them sternly. PIKE is standing by his side looking sternly at the boys too.

COULSON: So tell me…Why the sudden interest in my private email's MR. GREEN?

MONTY: I don't know maybe your wife hired me.

PIKE: Excuse you?

COULSON: Listen here young man you're in serious trouble. All three of you will get kicked out of this program.

FINN: going to make us disappear like the others?

COULSON: I have the power to do whatever I want.

Suddenly JASPER shakes his head and stands up going for the door. Everyone else in the room looks at him confused.

COULSON: MR. JORDAN where do you think you're going, I'm not done with you yet.

JASPER turns to look at him and PIKE.

JASPER: Yes. Yes you are. Because if you were really going to do anything you'd have already done it. Plus our friends know everything we do so if we disappear you really don't think they'll tell everyone what you've been up. You don't think they'll tell everyone about Operation Wild Fire?

JASPER opens the door and then looks to his friends who are shocked stunned by JASPER'S badassness.

JASPER: Come on guys. Let's go.

The two boys get up and leave with him. Out in the hallway FINN looks to him friend smiling.

FINN: When did you become a badass?

JASPER: I guess right now.

They continue on their way looking back once to see if they're being followed. They aren't.

Flashback.

It is the selection committee and KANE has just placed JASPER JORDAN'S file in the center of the table.

KANE: JASPER JORDAN. Twenty two years old. Received his bachelor's here at Cornell in Chemistry and in Chemical Biology with a minor in Sustainable Energy Systems. He is a current master's student studying Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

COULSON: Never.

KANE: I know he's a bit of a class clown but he knows his stuff.

PIKE: I have to admit that it does seem kind of pointless to have MR. GREEN and not MR. JORDAN.

The others nod in agreement.

COULSON: Fine.

JASPER'S file get's added next to MONTY'S on the yes board.

COULSON enters a room and sits down at a table, all the other faculty are already there.

COULSON : Okay, well, the buses will be in front of the dorm tomorrow night at 10pm, we're going to be taking them out to -

BEAUREGARD: Are you sure that's a good idea?

ABBY: Considering this sickness going around. I just told all of you just a week ago. I didn't tell you what is happening after they die. We shouldn't be sending them out there right now.

COULSON: We need them to focus. This is something that the government and the CDC are sorting out. We have to stay on schedule with the program, we don't need them to be thinking about this, plus out there in the woods with no one around for miles is better, they won't have to worry about this sickness.

KANE: But it's spreading at an alarming rate. There are reports of this infection in over a dozen states already. We've lost students who have returned home to look after loved ones who are sick. They won't have contact with anyone while they're out there.

BEAUREGARD: Not to mention, what if they do get the sickness, they will all be out there with limited resources.

PIKE: We'll have the drones. We'll be monitoring the students, plus they'll find the supplies for building a radio and then they'll be able to communicate with us whatever we can't see with the drones.

BEAUREGARD: I don't know. I just think that this isn't the best time for a practical.

COULSON: Well, the apocalypse doesn't always come at the right time either. They need to learn how to adapt.

BEAUREGARD: That's my point Tennyson, what if this turns into an apocalyptic event and we're sending them to their deaths.

NIA chuckles.

NIA: I think you're letting this program get the best of your mind, QUINLAN. Virus's like this spread all the time and everyone always makes a big deal about them and they turn out to be nothing.

ABBY: Yes, but did you not hear me. After they die from this virus, they come back, that is when they get violent, that is when they attack and bite, and the sickness goes on and on.

KANE: We heard you Inez, we just aren't buying it. That's literally something out of a horror film, come on. Maybe their heart rate just drops so low the monitors aren't picking it up. But the dead do not just get off a table and start eating people, I'm sorry. That's insane.

PIKE: Amen!

BEAUREGARD and ABBY just look at each other with concerned looks, it's clear they are on the unpopular side.

At the seminar the next day we see JASPER and MONTY there with FINN, FELICITY, FREYA, ANYA, RAVEN, BELLAMY, and OCTAVIA. When the teachers all come in they all stand up. COULSON beings to address everyone trying to ignore them.

COULSON: Welcome students to your fourth seminar.

He sees they are still standing He turns to them

COULSON: Will you all please sit down.

They don't.

COULSON: What is it?

They pass a computer to FREYA. FREYA looks at it and reads off it.

FREYA: …Operation WILD FIRE is becoming a success. I daresay the lowest populations will surely be wiped out before you know it.

COULSON: Stop this right now!

ANYA: (Louder now) Population control will no longer be a factor.

COULSON: This is nonsensical.

OCTAVIA: (Louder) The global economy will skyrocket. The IOP program will institute their plans and hope will be restored.

COULSON: I SAID STOP THIS NOW!

BELLAMY : Is this what we all signed up for?

FELICITY : The virus has a 100% mortality rate. It's already killed over 70 Cornell students and over 670,000 people worldwide.

RAVEN: When they die they are tossed into piles forgotten about as if they weren't even people.

FELICITY'S mother, DR. ABBY GRIFFIN is looking at her daughter feeling betrayed but FELICITY doesn't look like she feels guilty at all.

BELLAMY : Is this what we all signed up for? To be responsible for fixing the mess COULSON and the others professors have started? Is this really what we want our legacy to be? We thought all of you should know the truth and decide for yourselves.

The class is in a panic and speaking rapidly and loudly COULSON is stunned he doesn't know what to say or do but stand there and look dumb. BEAUREGARD sees this and decides to step up and speak to the students. He does a whistle to get their attention first.

BEAUREGARD: Thank you for informing ALL of us. Now that we are all informed it is up each and everyone one of you to decide what to do with the information. We can tell the school create a panic or we can work together to come up with a solution. A way to make all this better. A way to fix it. MR. BLAKE is right. You didn't sign up to clean up after us but unfortunately in an apocalypse you are cleaning up after someone's mess. This will be good practice.

The students all are in agreement with BEAUREGARD and FREYA even cracks a small smile.

In BEAUREGARD'S office, BEAUREGARD sits at his desk working when BELLAMY comes in.

BEAUREGARD: Ahh, MR. BLAKE. Sit

BELLAMY does.

BELLAMY: Why did you ask me here?

BEAUREGARD: Because it is evident that the students listen to you, look up to you.

BELLAMY looks confused.

BEAUREGARD: COULSON still wants the practical to continue as planned. Meaning that tonight at 10pm all of you will be bused hours away into the Catskill's and left to your own devices.

BELLAMY: Is this a joke? So much for trying to fix what has happened-

BEAUREGARD: I don't like it either…that's why I've asked you here.

BELLAMY is still confused. BEAUREGARD reaches into his desk drawer and pulls out something and places it on the desk in front of BELLAMY. It's a gun. BELLAMY is looking at it stunned.

BEAREGARD: Maybe it is a good thing they're all going out into the middle of no where. Maybe in thirty days this will all be over.

BELLAMY: Do you really believe that?

BEAUREGARD: I don't know what to believe anymore but I know I want to keep FREYA safe. I want to keep all of you safe. So I'm giving you this gun to protect her, to protect all of them. I know you two aren't friends but promise me. Promise me you'll keep her safe.

BELLAMY looks at the gun for a moment before taking it in his hands.

BELLAMY : Why me?

BEAUREGARD: I see something in you that I don't see in the others. Do you know how to use one?

BELLAMY nods slowly looking at the gun in his hands. He did just kill someone he thinks after all.

This scene opens with FREYA knocking on BEAUREGARD'S house door. He doesn't answer but she can tell he is home. She uses her key and enters, she sees her cat in a carrier and her pink hunting bow along with a bag of her things BEAUREGARD places down. FREYA is hurt, she doesn't understand what is going on. BEAUREGARD looks mortified to see her there.

FREYA: What is this? You call me over just to kick me out?

BEAUREGARD: No, it's not what it looks like.

FREYA: You know I actually thought you wanted to work on things. To work on us but I guess I was wrong. I came here to apologize for before but clearly that was a mistake.

She begins to grab her stuff but he grabs her arm and pulls her into a long kiss. She kisses back but once it's done she is looking at him confused with tears in her eyes that won't fall. He certainly has tears too and his are falling.

BEAUREGARD: Goodbye.

She takes her stuff angrily but confused too and she leaves.

FREYA shows back up at her dorm living room and RAVEN, JASPER, MONTY, FINN, ANYA, and FELICITY are there waiting for her. They see her come in with bags.

RAVEN: What is all that?

FREYA: My stuff. Packed and ready for me when I got there.

JASPER: So I'm guessing you didn't get any information out of him about our supposed practical?

FINN gives him an elbow.

FELICITY: Are you okay?

FREYA: Yeah. Fine. Whatever.

Suddenly MURPHY and BELLAMY come into the room. BELLAMY sees the cat inside it's carrier and so does MURPHY but what MURPHY doesn't see that BELLAMY does is FREYA wiping tears from her eyes.

MURPHY: What is that?

FREYA: A bow.

MURPHY : No, not that. THAT!

He's pointing to the cat. FREYA ignores him.

BELLAMY: What's going on?

FREYA: Nothing that concerns you.

Suddenly there is an alarm sound ringing through the halls and the power goes out. They look out the window and there are three large buses they see COULSON and the other staff standing outside

COULSON: You all have ten minutes to pack whatever you think you need. Your first practical starts tonight. Let's go.

Everyone looks at each other with terrified looks.

RAVEN: They can't seriously be sending them on their practical now!

BELLAMY: It might be for the best. Maybe all this bizarre stuff will have passed.

They all go to get their bags and ANYA goes up to FREYA.

ANYA: Are you really okay?

FREYA: No. BEAUREGARD and I are really broken up

ANYA: Are you sure he just didn't want you to be focused

FREYA: then why pack my cat?

ANYA looks sad for her friend and they go to get the rest of their things.

Everyone is getting onto the buses, OCTAVIA sits down next to RAVEN and they chat while everyone else is getting onto the bus and they are watching them.

OCTAVIA: Where do you think they're taking us?

RAVEN: I don't know, probably a state park or something, They're going to be watching our every move with drones, leaving us to our own devices for thirty days.

OCTAVIA: I bet we won't last ten.

RAVEN: You thinking Stanford prison experiment?

OCTAVIA nods. RAVEN smirks and looks around.

RAVEN: Who do you think will crack first?

OCTAVIA looks around at everyone as they are driving. She stares at her brother who is sitting next to MURPHY a little longer as if she is worried he'll be the first to snap.

Up where BELLAMY and MURPHY are sitting on the bus they are chatting.

MURPHY: This is going to be like a thirty day vacation where we get to do whatever we want.

BELLAMY: We can't.

MURPHY: Who says? Look I'm just saying someone has to be in charge

He raises his brow at BELLAMY

MURPHY: It's whatever you say boss. If you say whatever we want they people will follow. It's not fair they sent us out here. Not now. Not with everything that's going on.

BELLAMY: Why me?

MURPHY: People listen to you. Plus all the girls would do anything he said just because they want to get with him and now that you aren't with BROOKE anymore-

He sees the look BELLAMY is giving him.

MURPHY: I'm just saying.

He looks to the back of the bus and so does BELLAMY and they see STAVO and BROOKE canoodling.

MURPHY: Move on. They have.

BELLAMY turns back around thinking about MURPHY'S words.

Everyone begins to get off the buses at their campsite and we FINN with JASPER and MONTY and FELICITY. There is a platform built in the middle of the campsite so they can build a house or structure there. MONTY is looking over the camping gear

MONTY : We've only been given 25 tents. Theirs 100 of us.

JASPER : Correction. 92.

MONTY : Still. How are we supposed to all sleep?

FINN: We'll have to triple up until we can build a structure.

FELICITY: Well let's get the tents passed out because daylight will be here soon and we should get some sleep.

They do that.

We see BELLAMY setting up a tent for himself and STAVO comes over to try and talk to him.

BELLAMY : Go away STAVO.

STAVO: Come on man we've been best friends since sophomore year.

BELLAMY: Yeah well best friends don't sleep with each other's girlfriends. If you liked her you should have told me.

STAVO: Would you have really backed off?

BELLAMY: I can get with any chick I want, I would've let you have her. I don't need to be with anyone who isn't into, just me.

STAVO: You know she really cared about you.

BELLAMY: Yeah whatever. Sure looked like it.

There is a silence for a moment before BELLAMY spots two girls nearby.

BELLAMY: Hey. RACHAEL, CAMILLE? Since we have to triple up how about you two stay with me?

They nod and giggle before starting to walk over. BELLAMY looks over at STAVO.

BELLAMY: See. Like I said, any girl I want.

STAVO stalks off mad. BELLAMY just continues putting up the tent in front of the girls with a big smirk on his face.

ANYA and FREYA are putting up their tent with the help of BECK.

BECK: He probably just wants you to focus right now. I wouldn't worry about it. Anyone would be crazy to break up with you.

ANYA: Uh, do I have to remind you that you broke up with her sophomore year.

BECK: I did, but there were different circumstances then

FREYA catches his eyes and she looks guilty and he looks almost angry but just for a second and then BECK looks past FREYA and at BELLAMY.

BECK: It looks like someone else is newly single too.

FREYA and ANYA look over at BELLAMY who is flirting with the two girls and even has his shirt off now. He enters his tent with the two of them. FREYA still has the look of guilt on her face.

ANYA: What a pig.

They get back to putting their tent up.

The next morning FREYA is looking through her bag to see what BEAUREGARD packed for her she sees that he packed her some clothes, tarps, survival stuff also cat food which makes her laugh. She then finds a tablet. She looks at it curiously.

FREYA: What's this for?

She turns it on, and of course there is no Wi-Fi so it is essentially useless.

It is BECK who enters the tent.

BECK: Hey, uh, we're going to go through the supplies, want to give us a hand?

FREYA: Oh, yeah, I'll uh be right out.

She tosses the tablet to the side and leaves the tent to go help.

BELLAMY and the others are going through the supplies. RAVEN is there, along with NYSSA, BECK, ANYA, FELICITY, FINN, OCTAVIA, MURPHY, MILLER, and EMMA.

BELLAMY: They only left us enough food for week at most.

FELICITY: Well we're supposed to be here for thirty days I guess they want us to figure out what we're going to do for food. They've given us a little seed.

RAVEN: Will anything grow that fast?

FELICITY: Not really. We'll have to hunt, FREYA, good thing you got your bow.

FREYA: We should still plant, to be safe. You never know, they say thirty days but they could mean sixty.

FINN: Good point.

MURPHY: They left us building tools, but no materials.

NYSSA: You're the civil engineer, I thought that would be an obvious one, they want us to get our own materials.

JASPER comes up to them

JASPER: No electricity, no signals on our phones, nothing works.

ANYA: Now that's a true apocalypse.

FREYA looks curious, she is looking through the stuff.

FREYA: Do they think this is a game?

MILLER: Haven't you seen the drones flying around our heads. This is a game to them.

Everyone shares weird looks.

JASPER is working on something. It looks like a still. FINN comes up to him

FINN: Are you working on what I think you're working on?

JASPER: We'll be drinking within the week.

JASPER and FINN share a smile.

[knightofbalance-13]

You know, my first thought when hearing someone say that RT is “disgracing Monty’s legacy” about the direction of RWBY is: “Mind showing us where and when Monty imparted the secrets of the entire plotline of RWBY to you and not the two people who helped hi make the damn show.”

My second tought is: “If you think the writing is bad now then the writing of Volues 1 and 2 should have driven you off by now.”

My third and final thought is: “You’re just using Monty and the fans connection to him as a weapon to bash people you hate irrationally, aren’t you?”

Literally all that argument does is make me go from sarcastic to confused to beyond pissed: Stop using it. It never works in your favor.