#poor Bree

[little-peril-stories]

Writing this AU is so ~weird~ because I'm writing the same story but it's so damn different but it's the same but it's different but it's

anyway you get the point

[tootalltech]

okay so like. lab rats: bionic island is not real, season 4 is the worst one, it's very disorganized, etc etc yes BUT. i think the angst potential of the bionic soldiers was very interesting and so under-explored.

bc like. what the hell happened with all these kids? krane basically just kidnapped them, wiped their memories, and implanted them with bionics, right? and then controlled all of them with the triton app. that's just crazy to me. bc it's like. none of these kids are like adam, bree, and chase at all when it comes down to it. they had actual families. they were not MADE to be bionic. there's a line that i keep thinking about from bob that's like "i keep asking them where they grew up, but they all just say, 'i don't know, i don't remember'!". that's so sad to me. they had families and lives that they just may never find their way back to.

and this all makes it even more depressing that they consider krane their father in bionic rebellion (sebastian especially). these are just random fucking kids. who maybe just got unlucky and were randomly picked by krane to be part of his army, or maybe were chosen for some particular reason (which is honestly kind of worse bc if any of them realized there was actually a reason, that just makes it feel more like it was somehow their fault even though it wasn't). but in the end none of these kids are related to each other, at all. they consider themselves to kind of be one big group of siblings now, but that's only because they were all put through the same trauma. and also. if they were chosen by krane for a reason. then what the fuck happened with characters like spin? or bob? they're both so young. why would krane have picked them? it gets more disturbing the more you think about it. they also are all probably not going by the names their parents gave them either. because they all got renamed to designations (S1, S2) and then renamed again when krane stopped controlling them.

and finally on the note of them not being made to be bionic the way adam, bree, and chase were: that is its own angst potential. i think the showrunners kind of forgot that they established that about the chips, that adam bree and chase can't even switch chips for a day without messing things up because they aren't built to handle each others chips. if that's really the case, then some random teenagers probably also can't handle being implanted with bionic chips? they should all be experiencing a lot more difficulties due to that. it would be fun for the difference between all of them and abc to be highlighted in a way that is not just "abc are old models" anyway. because given the actual lore of the show, no, they're probably NOT old, they're the only ones whose chips WORK PROPERLY ALL THE TIME. krane got his technology from douglas. he doesn't know how to do bionics himself, and he would not be able to make it work correctly with kids he pulled off the streets once douglas left. there's just no way.

okay thanks bionic soldiers rant over.

[hbhtasm]

Imagine you and your mom FIGHT

Then your mom DIES

And you get your memory STOLEN

Think about jumping off a CLIFF

Get hassled by your unfriendly neighborhood EMO

Witness the torture of a DEMON

Find out magic is REAL

Have to constantly deal with MISOGYNOIR

You and your best friend FIGHT

Get harassed by a BASIC WHITE BOY

Join a CULT

Find out your mother practiced MAGIC

Constantly get attacked by MONSTERS

Some guy repeatedly tries to MURDER YOU

And have to go through dangerous TRIALS

Your dad makes you go to THERAPY

You have to lie to EVERYONE

Feel like you have to deal with your grief ALONE

Just to find out your mom's death was just a regular ACCIDENT

Leave because you feel like this was all for NOTHING

Come back to say GOODBYE

Only to become your situationship's SQUIRE

And get attacked by a MOB

Hear the insidious shit that comes out of martin davis's MOUTH

Watch your best friend get TORTURED

Get almost killed by a DEMON

Find out you're a descendant of ARTHUR PENDRAGON

He calls you and out of a stone you pull EXCALIBUR

And the end of the world starts NOW

And you are the head and king of the awakened KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

[davenweenie]

Instead of making a derogatory ‘joke’ towards Chase in Avalanche, they could have literally came up with a different team name (I’m talking about the hustle, muscle and ‘find you an uscle’ joke) and I have an idea for literally anything else they could have said instead of making Chase feel like shit.

I propose to you: brawn, breeze and brain.

[brianakane]

Noone:

Absolutely noone:

Chapter 42 of Bloodmarked: 😭

[officiallanxichen]

okay I'm subscribed to the lotr newsletter now and today's entry has SO Much going on but the thing that stuck with me is the vivid image of aragorn just. hiding in a bush on the side of the road eavesdropping on the hobbits 😭 babygirl you are so ominous

[massiveladycat]

lowkey nick davis has been through SO much trauma

EIGHT YEARS OLD: • trained violently by his father • tried to run away with his mother • witnessed (or at least was aware of) his mother being mesmered to forget him TEN YEARS OLD: • forced to be oathed to selwyn kane • sel got more of lord davis's praise & attention (nick didn't) TWELVE YEARS OLD: • left the lodge EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, LEGENDBORN: • went back and accepted being the scion of arthur because he wanted to help bree • attacked by an uchel and hellhound • immediately after the trial for the pages, he is attacked by a hellsnake • sel was actively letting his bloodlust take over nick after nearly ambushing bree (william notes he literally had to fight sel's influence to heal nick, and nick's already stated he hates feeling like he wants to hurt bree) • gets forced to wield Excalibur, but bree wields it instead EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, BLOODMARKED: • nick gets kidnapped by his dad and his dad's kingsmage • max would've killed nick if his dad didn't take the blow, and nick beheads max • ran away because he was grieving and in shock • finds bree possessed by Arthur when he comes back • watches sel sacrifice his humanity • sees bree and sel literally teleport away

tracy deonn when i catch you tracy deonn. count ur fucking days

[a-lonely-dunedain]

4, 19, 32 for Elwar?

4. "how crafty/resourceful are they?"

I'd say she's pretty crafty! She is a burglar after all. She's really not that good in an all out fight, at least early on, so she developed her skills to avoid/get out of those situations, focusing more on distracting/disabling her opponent so she can slip away (because goodness knows her odds of overpowering them are low). She's really good at using the environment to her advantage, and she thinks she's good at throwing quips and witty banter in a fight (she's not).

I think she lacks a lot of experience in an all out fight because, despite her time as a Blackwold, she hasn't actually killed anyone yet. She likely would have, if not for Walt and Edd. Skunkwood wanted her to join the raid on Archet, but some way or another the two of them prevented that from happening (maybe by taking her place in the raid? not sure yet). They saw this kid getting caught up in some really dark business, and thought 'well, if no one else is gonna look out for her I guess we will', and I think she was part of what made them realize they didn't want to be caught up in all this either, and if there is another way for them to get by they'd better find it. If not for their sake, then for hers. Now if only they got the chance... Funny thing is, I don't think Elwar ever realized they were trying to protect her.

19. "are they quick to anger? what sets them off?"

Yeah I would say so. She's a deeply traumatized teen who just joined an expedition to fight orcs underground for months, I feel like her emotional regulation might not be in the best state. To put it lightly. A good way to set her off is to make her feels like she's being infantilized, as she very much thinks of herself as a full fledged adult, a dangerous hardened criminal who needs no protection, and hates being reminded that she is, in fact, just a teen who should not have been through any of that. She probably gets off to a rough start with Ciriondil because of this, because he 100% doesn't buy her 'fearsome ex-brigand' act.

32. "do they have any habits that aren't particularly self-destructive, just maybe odd?"

She has a habit of sleeping tucked into odd and seemingly uncomfortable places. Like wedged between storage crates, under a cart, or in a storage crate with the top ajar. The smaller the better. She also draws, but not in like a notebook or anything, when she's alone she'll doodle little figures (usually horses) in the dirt with her finger or a stick, and scuff them away when anyone comes by, not wanting to be seen doing something so 'childish'. They looked pretty crude at first, but she's actually gotten pretty good at it! a shame none of her work ever survives.

[bafflement]

Deaged Oz AU - Clover Gets The Braincell

"I know I messed up." Clover sighed, looking rather woebegone. "But I've been on all the worst missions for months now. The General told me to look after the kid, surely kids should be in school?"

"Tip isn't your normal child, Clover. You've known him more than long enough to have worked that out, surely?" Harriet sounded amused, eyes sparkling. But then, she'd known exactly who Tip was for awhile now. It was still rather surprising that Clover didn't, but then it WAS Clover.

"Children should be with other children. A school might keep him out of trouble." Clover wasn't whining, he really wasn't. At least that's what he told himself.

"Tip is a target, Clover, a massive one. There are people who would snatch him from a school... or destroy it... in a second. Really think about that for a second. You've told me he's familiar, just think about the why of that?"

Clover's eyes widened as he thought about Tip. About how he looked, how he acted... and the cane he used. He looked like a Schnee, yes, but he'd felt familiar for more than just that.

Harriet cackled as he started to swear. At least he got there in the end? Although he might have something of a point if she thought about it. Not that the kid should be in a primary school, but being around people more his physical age might help.

And there was always Titan Academy. The primary Hunters Academy of Atlas would certainly be far better protected that any primary school could ever hope to be.

[melia-vibes]

I forgot to add this to Selwyn's analysis but can we talk about the scene in Volition where he creates fireworks with his magic? That is the first time in his life that he cast something just because. I- he's 18. He's been so programmed to be a soldier that he never got to be a child and see what he can do besides forge weapons and armor. Imagine that for a moment. If you were a kid with magic you would found a way to use your magic outside of weaponry. Sel never did, he believes in the order so much that he never strayed from them even as a child. And we wonder why he snaps on Bree when she questions the order. That's all he's ever known.

[wenamedthedogkylo]

spoiler free I just need a moment because I'm obsessed with this tiny champagne glass like why

why is it so tiny, I know like yadda yadda rich people and their thing about having stuff that's unnecessary and also inconvenient so Of Course Miles would have tiny ass champagne glasses but I'm going to lose my mind I cannot believe this is something that exists whY IS IT SO TINY WHO TF WANTS MICRO CHAMPAGNE WHY ARE RICH PEOPLE LIKE THIS

[tabl3]

when two of your brothers are blind

[buffskeleton]

bree van de kamp 🤝 alicent hightower insane redheads trying to get a good grade in being a wife and mother

[asura-zoro]

[feltferal]

I just like the lion motif better for jasper

[brianakane]

Selwyn "no one needs as much therapy as I do" Kane

"You called me a monster once." "Maybe you were right. It looks like I can from one."

~ Legendborn, page 363

"An unreadable expression crossed Sel's face. An emotion that could become words if given the chance, but he presses his lips into a line, burying it. "I should go""

~ Bloodmarked, page 57

"Sel's standards for his own behaviour are terribly high, it's true-and they come at a terrible cost. I can't help but think of Sel's self-recrimination. His acceptance of Erebus's charges of negligence."

~ Bloodmarked, page 208

"Only a monster could look at you and want to destroy you, Bree."

~ Bloodmarked, page 368

"I turn back to see him standing there, the fallen angel I know, more demon than ever. Not from how he appears, but by what he's done."

~ Bloodmarked, page 370

""Yes you are!" The muscles work in his jaw. His eyes shine-he blinks it away. "You are. You just have to hold on a little longer, Bree. For me-""

~ Bloodmarked, page 405

"Then, it clicks: Sel didn't caution Nick about trusting him to protect me. He cautioned Nick about trusting him with me. Because Sel doesn't trust himself with me, either."

~ Bloodmarked, page 464

"There. You understand now. You can see how, for any merlin-even a weak one-raised as a human among humans, the greatest punishment would be to cast us out of the order's service. Force us to witness our own regression. To strip a merlin powerful enough to earn the title of kingsmags of that same title would mean taking them away from their charge. Cutting them off from the immense connective power of that Oath. It's a penalty so severe that it's never been done before"

~ Legendborn, page 342