#projecting onto Damon

[deltapng]

On May 23, 2023, I posted my first video onto YouTube. As the one year anniversary of my channel grows closer and closer, I’ve decided to remake the video and so I proudly present: Therefore You and Me, a Project Eden’s Garden animatic!

Disclaimer: While I do not actively ship Damon and Wolfgang anymore, I don’t mind the ship. This video is just a tribute to the original animatic I made a year ago.

[shrimpbat]

Who's your favorite oc from each of your stories and why?

Aaa man that's a hard answer :') I love all my characters dearly and I put everything I can into writing them, this should be tricky! I'll include one or more, probably not more than three but again all of them mean a lot to me individually! (I have a lot of stories sorry in advance)

Insanity's Universe - Bonnie and Carly. I relate to these two the most out of the main cast, I've inserted a lot of myself onto them. Bonnie's anxiety is a direct projection of my own and Carly's cling to childhood also stems from me! I also just really love cats.

Royal Macabres - Callie, Briar and Niratap. Callie is my favorite here just because of her sarcasm, which is something I have in private lol. Her comebacks are great especially to Damon and Junior. Briar is similar to Bonnie in which she has a reserved and quiet personality and is usually forced to overcome that. Niratap's just my goofy 'villain' guy. I love my goofy shadow villain guy.

Websurferz - Vista. This is hard since I included my favorite computer elements into all of them. But I do love Vista, she's a silly little epic face girl who loves her gf and adoptive computer daughter.

Freakshow - Nikki and the three sisters. Nikki is basically the "you gotta fit into the social norms" character, which is something I've had pressured onto me way too fucking much, so I dearly love her. Violet is me and I am Violet, Pixie is just a little silly thing....in a little silly world. Lizzy is Lizzy. I love my three clown babies.

Extraterrestrials - Nora and Pri. Need I say more about how these two are basically each other's driving motivation and they're special to me and I want to hold them in my hands and-- but rly Nora is the curiousity I've had about space and Pri is the fear of the unknown I have about space. Fatima's a close third just because of her ability to have the best dry wit in the whole Space Camp.

Shroom's Dream - Shroom and Jangle. Shroom is my childhood innocence and wonder and she's got the same level of caution as I do, ofc I love her! Jangle is a tiny brain-matter clown how could I not love them.

Food Animals - Pepper. Now yes Pepper is just a food mascot that makes cameos in my other stories but he's a silly dog in a mean world I love him to bits.

Daisy Belle - Daisy Belle. Illusion bunny daughter who doesn't frown.

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

i hate the argument that elena is worse than katherine because while they both strung the brothers along, katherine never denied it. like please shut the fuck up. elena was 17, seventeen, when she met stefan and damon. they were one and a half centuries old. she did not string them along, they're creepy fucks who projected their love for katherine onto a teenage girl and literally ruined her life over it. get out of my fucking house.

[strangelysamantha]

survival instincts ❀

damon salvatore x bonnie bennett.

warnings: swearing, bourbon consumption, that's about it :)

words: 2,227.

summary: bonnie and damon make it work after being abandoned on a never-ending repetitive loop. while tensions rise, a soft spot forms. damon’s wiggled his way into bonnie’s grasp and the two of them struggle to resist.

request? nope! but requests are open.

a/n: literally thought about this while watching season 6 recently. definitely will be writing for damon more. i actually have a few requests i’ve started for him. i just wanted to finally finish this project before moving onto those. please like and reblog if you enjoyed. possibly a steamy part two if you guys like where this one went. :)

my masterlist

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damon stands in front of the stove, bonnie sitting at the table concentrating on the crossword. she was really puzzled, to say the least. he brings her a plate of pancakes, cute, whipped cream fangs to top it off. he sets it gracefully in front of her. she looks up from her activity, looking up to him. damon’s raven black hair, his chiseled jaw line, his sharp teeth. it was hard for bonnie to concentrate. two whole months stuck in a time warp with her frenemy took a lot of time to adjust too. damon really wiggled his way into her soft side. “thank you for the pancakes,” she says lightly. she used to complain, a repetitive breakfast for a repetitive year. but something clicked. the fact that she had hope. being with damon wasn’t half as bad, and the two of them were motivated to make it back home to friends.

friends. bonnie thought about elena. how hard she must be coping. she then started to fill with nerves. if elena had any idea of the type of feelings that bonnie shared with damon. how much shit she’d have to take in order to get any respect from elena back. but she wasn’t here. and there was a chance bonnie may never even see her again. bonnie couldn't help the fantasies in the back of her mind. being completely abandoned in the middle of nowhere gave her a lot of time to think. and damon was easy on the eyes, so that didn’t help. like when he’d first wake up, shirtless with bed head. he’d greet her a good morning, rushing to the kitchen to do his endless loop of listening to music and making breakfast.

this morning however, things were different. there was tension between the two. he silently made eggs, instead of pancakes. bonnie took note of this immediately, joining him in the kitchen. “eggs?” she questioned. damon looked up at her, sourly ushering out a “morning.” he returned his attention back to the stove. bonnie sighed, taking a seat at the dining room table. “what’s going on?” she questions him; annoyance laced in her voice. he rolls his eyes, tired of bonnie bennett. stuck in his own personal hell, nothing to do, no way out, nothing. his hope was dismal, practically non-existent. however, this could have been said three weeks ago. usually, he’d attempt to hold it back, thinking it was unfair to take it out on bonnie. today however, that’s all he could blame. if he hadn’t held bonnie’s hand he wouldn’t be in hell. he probably would have found peace. but no. he’s trapped, alone, with a bennett witch who he was very aware hated his guts.

nothing could get any worse than that? right? wrong, see on this very morning, damon woke up after having a rather interesting dream. one that miraculously starred bonnie. her hands against his chest, her lips on his. she stared at him with adoring eyes and it left him with this new emotion. guilt mixed with excitement. he couldn’t hold himself together, every free second he thought he had peace, ended with his brain replaying the dream.

he distracted himself by cooking something new, try to make it feel different then all those other days, make it a good day. he cracked open the eggs, avoiding bonnie so he didn’t have to say the morning routine. if he were to look at her that suddenly after those thoughts, he was worried he wouldn’t be able to contain himself. he struggled with the idea; he knew it was probably just an invasive thought. he still loved elena. elena is his other half, whether they’re separated just by a ripple in time. they’ll find a way back to each other. that was his hope. not hope, motivation.

bonnie stared at damon; waiting for a response. his hair was disheveled worse than usual, his movements off, it didn’t take a genius to know something was up. “hello?” her voice cracked him back into reality, his head turning to face her head on. “nothing, just slept wrong or something.” she tsks, but ultimately decide it’s best to drop it. he brings her a plate of scrambled eggs and some sausage. “we need to go to the store.” he states firmly. she glanced up at him. “okay. thank you for breakfast.” her kind words tugged at his heart; even the slightest change of tone was evoking the unresolved feelings inside of him. “no worries. i’ll go get ready.” he turns to his bedroom; changing into clothes and taking a deep breath. how many more days could he wake up just to sit around until bedtime. he quickly wrote out a grocery list, meeting bonnie downstairs. she had finished her breakfast, being left to sit alone at the dining room table. she felt stunned by the abrupt silence that overwhelmed her. for a moment she felt relief, but the more she thought about it, the fact damon was by her side was quite comforting. if she was here alone, she wasn’t sure she’d have the strength to keep looking forward to the next day.

they tread to the store, usually they would be chattier but today they lost any idea of a subject. the silence was comfortable, but it didn’t ease bonnie’s nerves. she knew something was up with damon, and while she knew he still held a grudge, she still wanted to ease his mind. at the store, damon pulls out the grocery list. his eyes rake over the little notebook paper. he was indecisive on where to even start, bonnie lingered over his hand, taking the paper from him. “we’ll just start at the top.” she reads from the list, “soup,” she firmly holds the shopping cart, heading the cans. damon hesitantly follows after her, one by one they pick up their groceries.

“you know, even in this abandoned place i still kinda feel bad just to walk out the store without paying.” damon breaks the ice, bonnie’s relived by his humor, “usually i gotta compel them first.” she grins “oh no we better run.” she quickly heads back to the house, “i bet i can beat ya!” she laughs, damon chuckles, “i think you must have forgot.” he picks her up and he vamp speeds them back to the house. bonnie’s hands hold firmly around his neck, her legs wrapped around his torso, while he carries all the bags of groceries. bonnie jumps down from damon, adrenaline pumping, “i’ve never done that before! that was crazy! you can do that whenever you want!?” damon has now set the groceries on the kitchen counter. “yeah, but i don’t like to show off.” he smirks flashing his sparkly teeth. bonnie’s stomach flips at the sight, containing it, she groans, “yes you do.” he shakes his head nonchalantly, “no i’m really good at playing it cool.”

whether it was the adrenaline rush of going super speed through town, or her heart racing from being so close to damon, something fueled bonnie, she steps forward, crashing her lips onto him. he immediately melts under her touch, kissing her as he slides his arms around her lower back. his heart is stammering, his brain completely empty as he soaks up all of bonnie. her lips soft and sweet, her hands needlessly touched his body. the adrenaline from doing something you know is wrong, yet having no desire to put an end to it was all damon felt. any thought of elena was out the window.

damon attempts to deepen the kiss, still tiptoeing around it to ensure he doesn’t cross the line. bonnie slips her tongue inside his mouth. he hesitates but pulls away. the lack of contact leaves bonnie distraught, worried he was about to say he regretted it. “as much as i'd love to continue this, we need to put the groceries away first.” he takes the milk out of the bag, “don’t want them to soil or anything like that,” his arm lingers on her back so he can smoothly walk by her. he puts the milk into the fridge. her breathing was staggered, but she helps puts the groceries away. the feeling of damon’s lips against her was a feeling she’d never thought she’d crave let alone miss.

bonnie heads upstairs, her head spinning, her thighs squeezing together slightly. her mind couldn’t stop replaying the steamy shared kiss. she changed into more comfortable clothes, ones she had grabbed from her house. at first, she wanted to just stay there. however she tried it once, the silence was deafening, and she kept looking over her shoulder worried something bad was out to get her. the clock hadn’t even turned 12 before she knocks on the salvatore residence. damon, shirtless, not expecting company opens the door. “well, what a surprise,” he smiles. “was there a monster under your bed?” damon chuckles to himself at his teasing. “i can’t stay at mine. it’s too scary.” she scratches the back of her neck awkwardly. “can i crash here with you?” bonnie frowned. “sure. you can take stefan’s room. or any room other than mine.” he got out of the way, welcoming her in.

while they were sure they were completely alone, damon never forgot to lock all the doors and windows up every night. with a new sense of purpose, he often got by with the idea that he was the protector. he had to make sure nothing happened to bonnie.

damon was sitting in the living room, one of stefan’s diaries in hand. another way to pass time was to dig up the diaries left from him. they were amusing to damon. he sipped some bourbon before turning the page. bonnie made her way downstairs, she pours herself a glass of bourbon before joining damon on the couch. he sighs, “my brother is such a prude.” he shakes his head, “no fun at all.” bonnie grins at this, “what’s the journal saying now?” she crosses her legs leaning back.

he sighs, “just talking about how much of a shitty brother i am.” damon’s eyes pool with sadness. he was a regretful man. he did a lot of stuff that he wasn’t proud of. he let the darker parts of himself win. “i mean i get it. i was a dick.” bonnie sips the bourbon again. “hey. siblings fight all the time. you guys have it harder because you are vampires.” he nods at her words.

silence settles between them. bonnie’s mind was racing. there was a lot she wanted to confess but she didn’t know where they stood. “look damon,” she starts, damon glances up giving her his full attention. “i know we’re not in the best position, but i’m glad you’re here. i don’t know how i'd do this if i was the only one here.” her words comfort him. “thank you. i’m glad im here with you. wherever your grams took us. it’s better here than the alternative.” his words comfort her as well. together they had a firm understanding of the importance of each other.

“about earlier,” bonnie starts, consumed by fear she’s talking really fast, "i dont know what that was. you're with elena. i shouldn't have acted on my feelings-" damon shushes her gently, “it’s okay, no need to get worked up. come here.” damon sets the journal down, he leans back on the couch; he softly pats the spot by him. bonnie scoots over and leans into his side. they lay together, her hands immediately find his chest. his arm wrapped around her shoulder. he hums softly. “you keep me sane. if it wasn’t for you, i don’t know if i'd still be around.” damon admits. the idea of being stranded alone here had him sobbing into his pillow at night. he wouldn’t be able to handle being all alone. her head nuzzles into his shoulder. “i agree.” she softly mutters. the fireplace is crackling, the darkness from the solar eclipse appears through the windows.

bonnie’s sighs in relief, glad she didn’t have to embarrass herself with an explanation for her earlier actions. damon’s eyes shut, his body relaxing into bonnie’s touch. this is the first human contact he’s had since being on the other side. it was sweet, soft, gentle. the two laid embraced with each other for an hour, bonnie’s bourbon swiftly kicked in, the ease she felt from damon’s touch, relaxed her. it caused her to doze off.

damon lays awake. his mind rushing with thoughts. he so badly wanted to save bonnie. to get her out of this world. bonnie didn’t deserve this after life. she saved all of his friends; his brother; elena. bonnie out of everyone deserved her life the most. she died protecting mystic falls, then she died again protecting her friends. she’s lost practically all her family. the thought was nauseating damon. he couldn’t sit around being helpless. he now resented all those times they fought. his heart ached at the memories of him being a dick to her, just because he was mad at the situation. he never once put himself in bonnie’s shoes. now that he had he felt sorry for her. he felt like if there’s anything he would do before his time to go, he’d make sure bonnie made it out of here alive.

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if you made it this far hi!!! i’m already working on a part two and it’ll definitely be spicy haha. the dreams don’t leave damon alone, and that’ll only egg him on more. his feeling for bonnie will intensify now that he has the urge to protect her. like and reblog if you enjoyed! it helps me know what content you guys like from me :) <3

[d3l1ghtful-d3sp41r]

Ok so, I've noticed that in a lot of Project Eden's Garden official art, Kai and Damon have been next to each other a lot.

Here, Kai and Damon are next to each other

In here, their gingerbread cookies are right next to each other

In this official art, the heart box is the same color as Kai's hair. Not only that, but there are butterflies around the image, you know who has a butterfly emblem on their shirt? Kai. Plus butterflies are a common theme for him in general

Sitting next to each other, pretty fruity

This one is very pushing it, not only are they next to each other, but the ultimate matchmaker is holding a mistletoe above them. Coincidence? I think NOT.

Also, I scrolled through Project Eden's Garden twitter, and they've retweeted a suspicious amount of Kaimon art. They occasionally retweet other ship art, but there's like way more kaimon retweeted art than any other ship.

Something is going to happen between them, I'm calling it.

To add onto this, 3 of the official artists, including the lead artist ship kaimon, so that's pretty neat

[klonnieshippersclub]

How would Elena and Caroline react to Klaus and Bonnie? Bonnie’s their bestfriend.

Negative at first. This isn’t an anti-Elena or Caroline moment at all. I do think they'd warm up to Klonnie in their own way. Let me explain.

Elena’s arc is about grief, keeping those close to her and finding a way to be happy again after lost. So, in return Elena grows attached to people that essentially wouldn't leave like vampires or Bonnie. I'm going off S1-2 was the strongest that Bonnie and Elena were. They shared secrets with each other, texted every day, did cheerleading, sleepovers, and viewed each other as sisters. Elena wanted Bonnie to be close with Stefan because they both were important to her. When Elena is upset, she goes to Bonnie for comforting. When Bonnie is hurting Elena wants to be there for her. The writing doesn't allow that though. Elena certainly doesn't like being cut off from Bonnie or finding out she's hurt. Elena loved that Beremy was a thing. It kept Bonnie close and her brother happy. Now include everything that goes on in S1-3. My point is Elena is very dependent on Bonnie.

Caroline's issues with Elena were insecurities and projection but even then, when DE became a thing, she didn't mind frequently bashing their relationship as she saw fit. Keeping Elena informed on who she was dating context does matter because the series ignores how Damon treated her. But with that in mind, she'd do the same about Klaus just venting about how terrible he is and how much of a problem he creates for everyone. The series doesn't consider Bonnie someone Caroline has to be jealous of for obvious reasons but if Bonnie was being given a great amount of attention, I do think those patterns could repeat with Bonnie. In general, Caroline does exist in her own world but still depends on or expects Bonnie to be there. We've seen Caroline venting to Bonnie often.

Klonnie would be a lowkey thing for a while. Bonnie would feel conflicted in her feelings and trust for Klaus, she wouldn't take him seriously while keeping up the mentality that she has to be there for everyone. Klaus have to do way more than giving her gifts to win her over. Bonnie wouldn't try to make Klaus suddenly like her friends either. She wouldn't allow a relationship to persist if he's harming them. Klaus would be so determined on making Bonnie believe him. Adding in Klaus will claim he doesn't care if Bonnie bonds with his family but he's lying. She'd get closet to Kol and Rebekah in the meantime since they wouldn't go tell the MF about Klonnie imo. Bonnie would want to confide in her friends about her relationship as it grows. When it all does come out, I do think Elena would only once mention Jenna's death in an argument out of being hurt that Bonnie kept this secret for so long. Or not knowing where their friendship stands if Bonnie continues to be separated from her since she's been holding onto that secret relationship for who knows how long. Same, for Care completely I do think she'd slip up and imply once why would Klaus take an interest in Bonnie, that he's using her for magic or how it all is some bad idea. Which would be all fears Bonnie has had and wanted to share more than anything else, but I do believe once Elena and Caroline see how happy Bonnie is and lets her confide in them about her relationship, they would love that Bonnie is happy that's all that would matter to them. If she was happy, and getting the love back she was given then they're okay. Would they like Klaus for her? Nah, and certainly not going to enjoy getting used to not being so dependent on Bonnie cause Klaus would break that up.

To sum it all up they'd be negative and very critical at first still wouldn't like Klaus for Bonnie long-term. They may say the wrong things initially but they'd both apologize talk out why they said or feared things with Bonnie being with him. Most of the hurt would be not understanding why Bonnie didn't come to them about Klaus. Then they'd go interrogate Klaus demanding he'd treat her right. I can see Carolena stalking Klonnie on their dates just to see how this relationship was going. Bonnie would just have to catch her bestfriends up at a sleepover that's all.

Hope this helps!

-Rikki

[splatooshy]

tiny little excerpt from my next chapter of ‘I Think I’ve Seen This Film Before’ by splatooshy on ao3.

reads as stage directions / an observation of the scene, rather than an actual narrative / novel-type of thing.

Six year-old Stefan, clad in just his nightshirt and nightcap, creeps down the hall towards Damon’s bedroom, where he opens the door with an ominous creak.

“Damon?” Little Stefan whispers, hovering in the doorway. When he receives no reply, he takes a few steps inside.

“Daaaaaay──monnnnn.” He approaches the bed, where all that can be seen of his brother is a mop of dark curls poking out from the white bedcovers. His next whisper is a harsh one, as he leans over his brother’s sleeping form.

“Damon!”

“Mmn… grhnn,” Damon mumbles as he begins to rouse. “‘T’s ‘t?”

“Damon, wake up!”

Damon moves to bury his face further into the sheets. “G’way St’fy. ‘M sl’p’n.”

Stefan doesn’t back down. “And I can’t sleep,” he hisses, “I had a scary dream. So let me in or— or…I’ll tell Father.”

“Th’s’tup’d. F’th’r w’ldn c’r.” But still, Damon shuffles around to make room for the boy.

Stefan drops the subject with a gleeful hum, and crawls right across Damon’s body onto the other side, eliciting pained grunts from the teenager. “Mng-rngh-AH—! Stefan! Gentle!” Damon chastises, but the younger boy just hums and continues to make himself comfortable, wriggling around and climbing all over his brother, who just wants to go back to sleep.

Stefan settles down quickly enough, squished against a (finally) sleeping Damon’s back, arm wrapped around him, and for a moment, all is quiet. Until—

“Argh! Stefan!” Damon hisses, trying to throw his brother off. “Keep your cold feet to yourself!”

Stefan doesn’t budge, and just hums happily. “‘M l’rn’ng to share. Sharing is caring.” He burrows his face into Damon’s neck, and the screen dims.

[nabs-draws]

(I'm finally done with this image after a month...god bless my patience...)

Words cannot really describe what I feel for this band. Nor can a drawing express those feelings. Everything I might going to say sound super cheesy but if their music and all the interviews thought me one thing, than it is that it's okay to be myself. I mean…they do it too, right…and sometimes we are cheesy. Sometimes we are touched by media and sometimes we might not find the right words. I want to try it anyway.

Let me start with a quote from Adventure Time actually, because this quote pretty much describes my love for music in General. "Music is powerful, man. It speaks to a primal pit in our brains. It makes anyone go up and get their knees going" When I first listened to Blur consciously , something truely magically happened. I saw Damon, as he slowly sink into their music, paired with Grahams ability to paint with sound. Alex who infused his Groovy cool bass sounds into the song and Dave who brings in memoriable rhythms. All of this rounded up makes Blur of who they were and who they currently are. Their timeless. It's inspirational…it's just purely Magic.

It's that exact feeling that I tried to translate into my illustraton. The whole drawing process made me a little emotional too. I never felt this way for an illustration really but I went through all sorts of emotions…Maybe that's what I get from their music. I was a bit conflicted. Because while listening to their music, I was able to feel their love to one another and it felt like something…intimate. Something I maybe shouldn't put in an image. Or should I? Am I capable to translate that love without projecting mine onto them? It is a quite vulnerable process after all. In the end however, I decided to just go for it. My pen will lead the way. If I learned one thing from Graham's interviews it's "If you're scared, do it scared!" (especially since I'm a fellow person who deals with a lot of anxiety) and if there is something I learned from listening to countless of Damons Interviews it's "Follow your heart. Be vulnerable. It's fine. Use this emotion and begin to dream. Your heart will know what is right!" And as cheesy as my love for Blur is (no pun intended), I always think back of how they talk about their musical heroes too. Recently I was listening to an Interview between Elton John and Damon and how he wrote that song about Elton John when he was younger. Or Graham how he described sitting in the room, learning all those Songs he is into (and both of them got a fantastic taste in music. I currently gonna do a deepdive into both of their influences , to get a better understanding of them as musicians…while having no musical knowledge myself lmao)

And so I decided "If they gush about their favorite musicians, I can do it too. Maybe not in a musical way (because I would suck at it) but in my artsy kind of way. In my own way. It might be embarassing for me and I'm quite shy about my feelings, but that's what art is sometimes."

It was also by far one of the longest things I worked on. I really kneed a month into this image and tried to capture every essence to the best of my ability. I think the most difficult part was to styilize the guys in a way that it still has this typical "Nabs" touch to it, but that it still look like them. …Okay, enough talking from my side, I hope you enjoy the image lol!

[urapunk]

Was thinking about bruna and max, honestly if she had caught h before Gary did they could have been a actually decent couple LMAOOO (healthy? Maybe not but who is in bullsworth)

I dont know what to feel about them, but I dont know who would swoon more....

I feel like Max wouldnt really let it set in that he liked her until like, atleast 3 months of knowing her. He doesnt catch onto her hints, and he doesnt catch onto his own either.

Bruna had it from DAY ONE. she really thought that slobbering idiot was cute, but that soet of died down into a bit of a humbling situation. Seeing him being so.. Disgusting, at times, humbled her. She's more like a 50% love and a 50% hate yk?

Max started leaving gifts IN HER LOCKER. A locker with a LOCK on it. She'd find the (either picked, or broken lock) ontop of flowers, chocolates, or a poorly drawn sketch. She spent alot of money on locks at bullworth.

Bruna would just sort of buy stuff for him. If he wanted a beam cola or something sweet she'd buy it, ... But hesitantly. She doesnt want him messing up his headgear with sweets or whatever.

Max..... Does not know how to talk to girls. He left it to Bruna to initiate conversations before they started going on dates, because he just didnt know how.

Bruna would often have to protect him from jocks, telling Ted or Damon to buzz off or to go pick on one of the nerds instead of poor, but deserving little old max whitlocke.

Max WANTS to be attractive toward her... But feels he cant do so as he's shorter than her. She likes to flick his forehead or sometimes even lightly yoink on his hair.

He once got a little too open and bruna almost considered standing him up when their date came around, or just not going at all. He got a little bit too silly.

When the date DID come, she found herself hesitantly going, meeting him at the movie theater. She was nervous to see which movie he chose.

Max tried to be romantic, but eas a bit blocked at the fact that bruna recpiled a bit whenever he tried to put his hair on her shoulder or on her own hand.

After the theater was dinner, a nice little restaurant in old vale for them to eat and talk at. She loosened up a little after the movie, maybe because it was getting late but she was tired, but she was still totslly paranoid, glancing around to make sure none of her friends saw.

Max probably was the one that eent in for the kiss but was met with a nervous chuckle and just a kiss on the forehead. He went to the dorms and he sobbed to gary, who hadnt been influencing him just yet.

Bruna thought it wad cute after a few days, affirming that her red flag date could be a litttle green. She was willing to go in and chance it by now, but slowly.

Max began to leave even more gifts.. Scarier gifts.. They were a bit cute but.. Creepy too. It was a dead butterfly in a jar, positioned to still look alive. It had been preserved or taxidermied, if you can even taxidermy a butterfly.

Bruns thought it was sweet that it was a butterfly atleast. It was a pretty white one too, whivh she really liked. The red flags were always present though, she just.. Saw the pretty in it i guess?

When Valentine's rolled around and she had an art project, she stole a few supplies and she decided to make him a nice little yellow lily flower out of those bendy wires with the fuzz on them (pipecleaners i think?)

Max didnt think to get her anything for valentines day. His excuse? 'I'm not a good enough gift?'. She couldnt say he wasnt, but she was still upset.

this was a little weied to make, and i have no clue if the creator of max would be upset with it that i wrote this..

<3

[missfine]

Honestly it kinda sounds like Damon Hill is projecting his feelings about Michael Schumacher onto Max.

We have a wonderful solution for that Damon and it's called therapy.

[xoxsweetheart]

Chapter 34 gifs.

"Is that so?" Klaus sneers and raises a brow. He makes slow clicking sounds with his tongue, mocking and bored, as his eyes burn holes into Damon's face, "For Elena's sake, I'll give you one chance to leave now or—"

"Or you'll, what?" Damon spits, "Kill us all? Been there, done that, beat you all before. I'll take my chances, thanks. We're not leaving here without her. It's time Elena comes home."

Elena is so terribly nervous as she awaits Klaus' attack upon Damon.

For his venom in his neck or his fanged sly smiles and golden evil eyes.

It doesn't come. No, what happens is so much worse

The truth.

"Elena is home," Klaus murmurs, close enough to Damon's face that it feels almost like a threat. A promise.

(It is).

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"Are you serious, Elena?" Damon spits, and closes the distance between them by a few steps, her heart quivering nervously with every inch that she loses in space, "You stopped me. You're protecting him! Why?"

"I am protective of him, Damon," She tells him without any true hesitation, "But I am also protective of you, them, everyone. I won't watch you all fight, got it?"

Before he is given the chance to argue, she rolls her eyes and approaches the only one in the room with any kind of civility left. "You all need to leave, Stefan. Take them and go."

.........................

"Leave her be!" Klaus growls, then she hears the familiar sound of vampire speed and a rumble in Damon's throat.

She has no idea what has transpired between them before now, though she suspects nothing good. She can't help but listen in still.

"You don't understand," Stefan says abruptly, "A lot has happened in Mystic Falls, Klaus."

"Enlighten me then, friend," Klaus takes a powerful and impatient step forward, ignoring the hand Rebekah has put on his shoulder to stop him, "Because as it stands, I am mere seconds from divesting you all of your hearts."

"There's a small army of Travelers on their way here," Stefan folds his arms, then meets Klaus' step, "With their leader."

......................

"God, 'Lena," Her eyes well up, and her tense face shatters when she grins, her cheeks now wet, "I.. I'm just happy to see you safe."

Elena's practically shaking as the distance between them is cleared and she's suddenly wrapped up in her arms, leaning into the crook of her neck and shedding several uncontrollable tears.

Elena holds her in response. "I am safe, Care," She reassures softly, her hand smoothing through the hair flowing down her back, "And... I'm happy."

Stark realisation hits them all then. Her intention, of course. It's time to let loose the small fact that—

"You're humanity," Damon's mutters under his breath, and it forces Elena too look at him sharply, through the blonde curls that circle her vision, "It's back."

..........................

She drops onto the sofa, twisting at her fingers whilst she thinks, "They hate me."

Klaus sighs, a barely there breath, before taking a seat opposite her on the coffee table. He takes her hand, without hesitation, curls his fingers around hers, "Would that be such a terrible thing?"

"Yes. I still care about them, Nik."

"For reasons unknown," There's that smile again, the smug one, that she often wishes to scold.

Despite herself, she laughs, "You're an ass."

"Perhaps," He leans in closer, his presence alone stifles the part of her that she thought she lost when she came here, but still, every now and then, creeps back in, "But you mustn't let your guilt sway you, Elena. This is your home, your place is with me- us, I mean."

......................

"Do you truly see it as that simple?" She asks of Klaus, whilst her fingers mindlessly stroke the lapels of his jacket, "That I shouldn't feel guilty because my switch was flipped?"

"Yes," He tells her, so matter-of-factly, as if it's ever that easy.

Elena sighs, and at the same time as wishing he could understand, she knows he never will. "It's not."

"I know, dear heart," He leans down to kiss her forehead, his lips hovering as he speaks, "We have much to discuss, Elena—"

"We do," She cuts him off, because she knows he's just dying to hear about the visions and her intentions now that her old life has caught up to her, and what it all means going forward... "Not now, but we will."

.........................

"To see a wolf about a ring," He stands from the sofa, hovers near her whilst he offers his hand.

Wow, she almost forgot about their schemes for a moment there, with everything else... She wipes the thoughts from her mind, focuses instead on his plan.

A wolf. A ring. It comes easy to her...

"Oh, someone from your line? Is it Cary?" A grin snaps on her lips, as she takes his hand and lets him pull her up. They don't let go, even as they walk towards the door, "It'll be good to meet him, since he didn't show up to church during the harvest."

[fragments-of-despair]

I know we’ll probably get confirmation on this later down the line, but I get the feeling that who everyone woke up with is going to play a significant role in Project: Eden’s Garden. Problem is, we don’t know for sure who everyone woke up with outside of a few instances. But I think we got some clues that can help us figure it out. 

So this is going to be my general guesses on who woke up with who. I’ll be basing this off of everyone’s interactions during introductions as well as my attempts to extrapolate based on what we know. 

Keep in mind, this is just my general guesses. Might end up being wrong. We’ll just have to wait and see. 

Spoilers ahead.

So first, let’s get the canon ones out of the way.  These are the only ones that we have 100% confirmed.

Damon & Eva - saw them wake up together

Grace & Wolfgang - confirmed by the two of them

Desmond & Jean - confirmed by Desmond

And that’s it for canon. That’s 6 out of the 16 done so far, made into three pairs. Looking good.

Now onto my speculations. I’ll provide my reasoning for each pair and why I think it they woke up together. 

Diana & Kai - Mostly based on their conversation. What little we got implied that they’d been discussing their talents together. Add on top of that the fact that their introductions are tied together, I think it’s safe to assume they were partnered together. 

Mark & Jett - Another case of introductions being paired together. We also have Jett continually trying to get Mark to open up, which would make sense if the two woke up together. There’s also the fact that Jett seems to continually stay close to Mark in a few instances, such as when they were on the train or after the trial. So I think it’s safe to assume they were paired up when they woke up. 

Toshiko & Ulysses - Toshiko confirmed that she woke up with a “frustrating boy” whose manners are lacking when we first meet her. The closest frustrating boys remaining at the time we’re in the courtyard are Mark (who is very closed off), Ulysses (doesn’t remember our names without writing them down in his book for later) and Kai (who is an influencer). I don’t include Desmond here because he confirmed he and Jean were paired up. Between the paired intros of Kai with Diana and Mark with Jett, that leaves Ulysses, who is all but confirmed based on our intro with him and Toshiko’s reaction to him needing to look through his book to even remember her name and treating her as a “mundane” part of his daily happenings. 

Cassidy & Eloise - This one might be controversial, but hear me out. I don’t think Cassidy is the type to run after someone who clearly ran away in the manner Eloise did. Add to that how she reacted when she “detected the rancid stench of a morally bankrupt billionaire”, I don’t think she and Wenona had a proper introduction yet. If they had, I don’t think Cassidy would miss the chance to pick a fight with Wenona. Add on top Ingrid’s sweet personality, I think Cassidy and her would have gotten along pretty well if they’d been paired, which would have lead to them having a joint introduction. So that just leaves Eloise, who ran away from her partner in a panic. 

Wenona & Ingrid - Wenona confirmed that she did wake up with someone, but that she herself was the one to walk away because “she was weird”. This confirms that she woke up with one of the girls and that said girl is somewhat “weird”. Given how normal Diana seems to be in comparison to the others and our prior confirmations, that leaves Eloise, Ingrid, and Cassidy as Wenona’s potential partners. I don’t think she woke up with Eloise, since Eloise confirmed that she ran away from her own partner, and Wenona left hers. It wouldn’t make sense if they were paired up based on how they separated from their pairing. And with everything I said about Cassidy prior, I think it’s safe to assume that Wenona and Cassidy didn’t wake up paired together (I really doubt they wouldn’t have been at each other’s throats if they had). As for Ingrid, she seems too motherly and caring to let someone like Eloise be if she was panicking and running away in fright (unless she’s the type to give someone space for a bit before checking on them, but even then, she probably would have brought it up in conversation or left on her own to look for Eloise based on talking to her). And if she woke up with Cassidy, I feel like they’d have gotten along and stuck together (tell me that a pro gamer like Cassidy wouldn’t be interested in talking to Ingrid about making replicas of weapons from games I dare you). Ingrid also falls into that “weird” zone rather comfortably, so I think it’s most likely that Wenona and Ingrid woke up together and split up rather amicably all things considered. 

And that’s 10 students into 5 pairs. 16 students total into 8 pairs. 

I have no idea if this will be 100% accurate, but it’s the pair up that makes the most sense to me. Who knows? Maybe I’m off a few. Only way to find out is to wait until the next chapter comes out. 

But yeah. Those are my theories on who I think woke up with who in the prologue. Let me know what your thoughts are. I’d love to hear everyone’s reasonings. 

[stellariders]

Outside of regular Stella/Stellaride content what do you hope to see from S13?

I want to see Ritter evolve. He's had some many moments where if given the right development & opportunity to shine he'd be an awesome leader. No I'm not saying he needs to be a LT in S13 but he's perceptive, smart, & with the right influence he can have a pivotal season.

I want Kylie on Truck 81 like yesterday. Love to see her & Stella's dynamic & just her in action period. When she was floating, she didn't have many moments to shine on truck. I'd like to see her get a save.

Cruz.... it's not lost on me how he was helping Severide with paperwork in the finale. I want to see Kelly working more with Cruz in that capacity

ohh boy i love this question and i just know this is going to be long!

i agree i want to see so much more from ritter in every way, professionally and personally! i want to see his boyfriend come back, i want to hear about his family and backstory, i want to seem him interact more with somone that isn’t herrmann or mouch. let him and damon and carver be friends. i want to see him organizing more events for the young firefighters retreat that we heard him and gallo do in season 9. maybe take on a mentorship with someone he meets at the academy. i just really want him to excel in season 13 and he deserves more screentime then he’s getting.

i want to see violet healing. i want to see her go to therapy and try to learn to love again. it’s obvious that she likes carver but she’s terrified to lose him and won’t let herself care about him more. i also want to see more of her with stella and lizzy. i love her friendship with both of them individually and i want to see them as a trio too. i also want to see her with kelly. if we’re going to have to watch firecop storylines again i’d love for kelly to take violet under his wing.but also, i want to see a personal relationship with them too. they are too big brother/ little sister coded for it to go to waste. also, more professional storylines from her.

i want to see damon and kelly bond like typical brothers. we’ve seen kelly be an amazing big brother to katie, who i want to see come back. i just hope kelly doesn’t project his thoughts about benny onto damon and blame him for whatever reason. it’s clear that damon still cares about kelly no matter what and he wants a relationship with him.

and speaking of kelly, im begging the writers to let him be at the firehouse more often and not play firecop every chance he gets. id love to see him interact with herrmann and cruz more. he needs friends. also, ive already said it before but i want to see more of him and violet.

i also want kylie on truck which i feel like is the natural direction to go in. my guess is once herrmann becomes chief and mouch becomes lieutenant, mouch goes to engine and kylie moves to truck. i guess my biggest question is when that would happen because herrmann isn’t even captain yet. so it feels like it’ll be awhile before she moves to truck 81. i just want to see more of her in general. i love her and stella’s relationship.

i don’t specifically know what i want to see from carver and cruz tbh. we already know cruz has leadership skills from when he was squad lieutenant. i think i want to see him teach at the academy more. that would be nice. i think from carver i want to see him figure things out with violet while also dealing with the trauma his brother put him through.

herrmann and mouch it’s obvious there storyline will revolve around them trying to move up. i kind of want to see kelly helping one or both of them study idk but i think that’d be nice. i want them to question kelly why he isnt taking the exam because i honestly want to know the answer to that.

[georgiapeach30513]

I'm going to counterpoint that American Psycho anon with Matt Damon's character in the Drive Away Dolls movie. I wouldn't say his role in this film (no spoilers but it is readable on the film's wiki) is particularly level with his current career. I mean he was just in Oppenheimer...lol. Can we also mention him appearing in the Dunkin commercial with Ben for the Super Bowl? But, he's Matt Damon. He can do what he wants.

Here's the thing: Actors will do the things they do because they want to or it's an opportunity or they were convinced for whatever reason. Or they just needed something on their resume. Or it could be a million other reasons.

We don't know for sure Chris is playing the Priest guy. It can be inferred because in the PR of the movie, he's listed as playing a cult leader and cult leaders are usually akin to religious leaders, and Priest Dean makes sense. However, these are simply context clues, like Jen has mentioned previously. You don't know what his entire role will be. I don't think having raunchy sex onscreen, if his character does do this, means it's downgrading his career. I think if anything it's meant to be comical, but maybe people should watch Drive Away Dolls and see what type of vibe Ethan and Tricia were going for. I think it'll be in the same realm in Honey Don't. But it could also be completely different. Who knows what's going on in that brain of Coen.

And I'm going to be dead honest...I recently tried to watch the Pam and Tommy show and I was extremely turned off by it and everyone involved. TBF, I think Seth Rogen and co are way too old to be doing something like a show about a sex tape....and the fact that they needed to put Tommy talking to his penis. To me....that was unnecessary and not something I would do if I was trying to be taken seriously. It somewhat worked for the Awards circuit, and the show and the cast got recognized. But if you asked me if on paper, a show focusing on a sextape that gets stolen of two famous people would garner Awards...I would have rolled my eyes. But you really never know. Until the finished product.

And...last controversial take. Everything Everywhere All at once. I am a huge Michelle Yeoh fan. But I did not enjoy this film. There was a butt plugs fight scene...(For anyone who hasn't seen it, well...yeah) Again, it worked out for the Academy and for viewers, but I couldn't take it seriously. But I don't hold it against the actors because this is something unexpected and out of pocket. For Michelle, I wouldn't have expected her at this point in her career to be doing a film like this but glad she did. Because it got her the Oscar. And the mainstream recognition she's deserved, in my opinion, for a very long time.

Again - I am not saying that Honey Don't is going to be some Oscar darling because I'm going to go ahead and say it's not. Lol. But it is coming from the brainchild of an auteur Oscar nominated/winning director whose made some very out of pocket and unique films in his career. I'd more like to ask Margaret Qualley what made her decide to sign onto a sequel before the first one even came out.

Whatever happens, I think this will be at the very least, an interesting role for Chris.

You do bring up a great point with Matt Damon. I feel throughout most of his career Matt has been a very respected actor, and he’s still done some raunchy comedies. Dogma, anyone?

And we don’t know, and may never know why Chris chose this role. At the end of the day, he’s going to do what is best for him and his career. And we can continue to watch, or don’t. And that’s okay. Once upon a time I was a HUGE Elijah Wood fan. I still adore him, but I don’t check out every single project he does.

Okay, so as far as the talking penis in Pam and Tommy, that was literally taken from Tommy’s memoir. And unfortunately sometimes the shock value is what people do. And Seth Rogan is one that loves a good shocking moment. And those moments can cause buzz. Buzz is what makes people want to watch something. I work with a lot of people, from a lot of different walks of life. And one of my clients, has no idea who Sebastian is, but heard enough about P&T and decided to watch it. She now is a Sebastian fan.

I have yet to see Everything Everywhere All at Once, but @nancydrewwouldnever told me I need to check it out more than once 😂 I’m currently finishing up the Fall of the House of Usher, yes, I know I’m late. And look at what it earned Michelle! So good on her!

We don’t know what Honey, Don’t will entail. We aren’t even 100% sure if Priest Dean is Chris, I think it’s a great guess. But he will be doing a panel this Saturday, and I’m going out on a limb and predicting that he will mention his upcoming projects. He has a lot of work he can talk about this time.

And what we can say for certain, is with Honey, Don’t, Chris is stepping out of his comfort zone. He’s taking a risk. And this is what I and several other people have asked for ALL last year. So I am excited to see what his future holds.

[edge-oftheworld]

Apple Music interview

“[There’s an] eerily similar melancholy,” Luke Hemmings tells Apple Music, comparing his sophomore album, boy, to his 2021 debut, When Facing the Things We Turn Away From. “And that really propelled the emotion of boy and these seven songs. A lot of the stuff I write is very existential and trying to understand who I am and why I am. At this time, I was very disorientated and maybe a bit emotionally lost, even though life was moving forward in a really great way.”

The two albums were conceived and recorded in vastly different circumstances. His debut came together in isolation under the cloak of COVID lockdowns, while boy was written as he toured the world with 5 Seconds of Summer, the Sydney band the singer/guitarist co-founded as a 15-year-old in 2011. Still, the pair have much in common: turns out you can feel just as alone spending months traversing the globe as you can sitting in your house waiting for the world to open up.

Part of the reason for that disorientation was the dawning realisation that he was entering his late twenties, leading Hemmings to reflect deeply on his youth while considering a potential future as a father. “You want to be the most fully realised version of yourself before stepping into that sort of role, which is a work in progress,” he explains.

Taking inspiration from artists such as Damon Albarn, Beach House, LCD Soundsystem and Richard Ashcroft, boy exhibits a dreamlike quality, one that bathes in melancholy without ever sinking into depression—witness the way in which opener “I’m Still Your Boy” builds from a whispered acoustic beginning into a grandiose and uplifting climax; or the sad-happy mélange of synths and dance beats that propel “Close My Eyes”. Here, Hemmings takes Apple Music through boy, track by track.

“I’m Still Your Boy” “This song really encompasses the ache I wanted to get across and the growing pains it took to become a fully realised adult version of myself. It’s only until I started thinking of having children of my own that I began reflecting on the struggles I had myself as a teenager who grew up in the public eye. This song is about understanding my youth that was marred with trauma amidst beauty, whilst trying to become a good man. ‘I’m Still Your Boy’ walks on the high wire between boyhood and adulthood, looking both ways.”

“Shakes” “‘Shakes’ was written on a dreary evening in between long periods of travel and touring, so it easily came from an incredibly melancholy place. A feeling of yearning to be back home, of feeling lonely and emotionally desperate and depleted. There is a longing for love and self-acceptance in the lyrics, and I hope it to be a song that anyone listening [to] can find themselves in and attach their own story.”

“Benny” “This song is named after my brother, Ben, but in its entirety, it represents all of my loved ones and the guilt I feel being away from my family and living on the periphery of their world. It represents the mornings I wake up in a panic, anxious and worried that today will be the day I get bad news. News that would make my dreams of making music seem infantile and pointless. I’d do anything for the people I love.”

“Close My Eyes” “I wrote ‘Close My Eyes’ as I headed into my late twenties and felt an unavoidable wave of fear and anxiety towards the inevitable death of my youth. I found myself unable to sleep because every time I tried, it was as if a film of my life was projected onto the back of my eyelids—the mistakes, successes, everything that could have been and everything that was. I was sonically trying to tap into 2000s indie rock bands like LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture.”

“Garden Life” “I had the idea for ‘Garden Life’ when I couldn’t sleep in a hotel room somewhere in the world, sometime around 3am. The next morning, I went for a walk and wrote the lyrics on a park bench, watching life pass me by. It’s really just an existential love song to my happiest and safest place. The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realised that sometimes the most beautiful and visceral memories in life are not the most grand and obvious ones, they can be simple and powerful. It’s not always the fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Sometimes it’s a Friday night sitting on the couch listening to your favourite person laugh.”

“Close Enough to Feel You” “This song was inspired by sounds from Cocteau Twins and my bloody valentine, who I listened to heavily during the making of boy. The beauty in ‘Close Enough to Feel You’ is all in the details, both sonically and lyrically. Sometimes when you suffer a big emotional loss, something so mundane and otherwise unnoticed can become earth-shattering. A glimpse of a photo out of the corner of your eye, a stain on the carpet, an old sweater, sends you into the foetal position. This song is about the willingness and desire to live in that pain in order to feel close to who or what you lost, rather than moving on.”

“Promises” “‘Promises’ was the song written for the EP that finally made me feel like I was really onto something. It started with merely a drum beat, which I find ironic as I’m not a drummer. But I think maybe it’s that naïveté that led to this song being created. It’s about a time in my life when I saw the world through grey-coloured glasses. I was a pessimist, struggling with depression and my mental health, who fell in love and started to see colour for the first time.”

[away-ward]

your #ask and answered 264, wasnt this a bit simolar argument that you had with an anon a while ago about aydin and alex loving to act like victim, always be blaming everyone but themselves, and even when they had the opportunity to fight for things they want, they just left? Like when willemmy was given a second chance at blackchurch, they were alway running towards each other, but aydinalex kept on being two stupid bitches who are embarrassed of their past yet wanted to drag willemmy down with them? I think it's an anon post or a post with anon Z, where they said they reread nightfall and talked about something like emmy made her own path or something? I remember that because it describes willemmy and aydinalex so well.

We can see will always running to emmy in blackchurch (even though he was alone or sometimes made alex tag along) and emmy too kept on running to will because she knew to fight for the only other thing or person she never fought or get to fight enough before because of her life (side note, recycled plot point again, alex was will's equal, but emmy is will's more, just like how the horsemen are michaels equal, but rika is his more. But again, pd's shit at execution), but aydinalex? They were always weak, always being near willemmy like fucking parasites. Even their wedding were decided by someone else. No fucking backbone at all, always waiting for someone else to get what they want. Cant believe theyre still together by 33/36 years old. Among the dn ships, i thought they were the first one to break up. They got no chemistry AT ALL. Aydin in blackchurch blaming will and manipulated emmy, alex putting emmy down and running away from her own problems and always tried to run to will because then she can hide. But by that time emmy appeared in front of will, so no way in hell there will be space for alex to project herself onto her mirror, will. Will would rather die than go back to his past that he was VERY EMBARRASSED ABOUT. That past that enabled him and who were the biggest part of that? Himself, damon and alex. But the text said alex's a viking? Sorry, aydin and alex got low standard fr.

Recycled story device, Sounds like damon when he said will was pure when will himself was no angel. And then was pissed because emmy looked down on them (which emmy was right to do so because even will agreed, alex was embarrassed with her actions, and even damon had to get better). Like i said, low standards. Alex calling emmy coward for not going after will, while she was squatting there in between willemmy like a dumbass, always busy being in everyone elses stories and bed? Like she couldve just gone to aydin, but for some prideful reason she didnt. Alex was a coward, and aydin was weak. They both destroyed themselves, kept on dragging everyone down with them, but love to paint themselves like theyre heroes of some sort in front of their friends. Emmy wasnt like this though, thank fucking god. Like imagine living like micah in a warzone and rory having to fight for justice for his murdered disabled twin sister only to find out their abuser alpha in blackchurch didnt even suffer as much as they did but liked to hurt them? Fuck off! I hate aydin fr.

like imagine being a homewrecker to someone's relationship, but still paint yourself as better? Only Alex palmer can pull off this narcissistic move fr. And rika's brain too is thick for believing her 100% and think she was innocent and pure. Only emmy called alex out, and when confronted with the ugly side of herself (because emmy made her felt like she touched the ground) she was being a bitch again. Fr, everyones fucking delusional here. Alexs delulu level is on par with Winter, Damon and Rika, no wonder they all get along. They all are just the kind that only wanna hear what they wanna hear. The type that cannot be advised yk. The annoying ones. I cant stand alex tbh, because what we get of her doesnt match the description of her, same with damon. In this aspect, damon admitted his faults, alex didnt. Both are delulu af. Anyway, i like your alex discourse but im so sick of looking at her name, nowadays, it made me not wanting to reread this series. Book 1, 2, 3, 3.5 were already a slog to get through, but god, with all this alex palmer bullshit, ughhhh. I'm trying to reread corrupt via audiobook but omg KO, i cannot for the life of me stand michaelrika in corrupt on a reread 🫠 ughhhhhh

I remember talking about it before – I think I may of gotten in some hot water with a few of the readers? But I could be thinking of another time. But I do think Alex and Aydin love the play the victim.

Like when willemmy was given a second chance at blackchurch, they were alway running towards each other,

I was actually just thinking this the other day. Even when other people were around, Will and Emmy were only really interested in engaging with each other. I realized, after Emmy appeared at Blackchurch, Will never touched another girl after that. And Emmy only ever wanted to deal with Will directedly. Of course, she’d go through the others and eventually developed a friendship with Micah and Rory, but most of the time, she was working towards Will and getting them out of there.

side note, recycled plot point again, alex was will's equal, but emmy is will's more, just like how the horsemen are michaels equal, but rika is his more. But again, pd's shit at execution

True. But I think this was supposed to be true for all of the girls. It’s hard to wrap my head around because I know that PD wants to elevate Alex because Rika is always so in awe of her, and Emmy can’t hate her because she’s…unhate-able or something? But she’s also no better than Will, who puts Emmy above himself. So…? I mean, two things can be true at once, but I don’t think that applies here. It’s weird.

They got no chemistry AT ALL.

Right?? I mean, we had to lose precious Willemmy time to a couple I didn’t care about and for all my complaining about that, we still didn’t really get to see what made Alex and Aydin, AlexAydin? They were only in half the book and yet I’m still confused as to why they’re supposed to matter. I didn’t see anything that made me swoon over them? They hardly interacted during a moment when they didn’t hate each other.

Will would rather die than go back to his past that he was VERY EMBARRASSED ABOUT.

This too. By the time Emmy and Alex were at Blackchurch, Will already hated who he had been and feared returning to that once he got back to Thunder Bay.

Himself, damon and alex. But the text said alex's a viking? Sorry, aydin and alex got low standard fr.

Side note: Alex wasn’t a Viking, but she was a siren? I mean, I know Aydin is trying to say she was strong and a warrior or something, but the way PD describes her ability to captivate people is more like a siren’s call.

Alex calling emmy coward for not going after will, while she was squatting there in between willemmy like a dumbass, always busy being in everyone elses stories and bed?

Absolutely. I couldn’t believe what I was reading when she was calling Emmy a coward. I was waiting for the “Pot, meet Kettle” bit because how blind do you have to be? Emmy was right to call them hypocrites.

 Emmy had a legit reason to want to avoid Will. Alex just didn’t want to be with a man who didn’t want her sleeping with other men, as if that’s not something most people want in relationships. Now, if she was someone who only wanted an open relationship, and he didn’t, that would be a reason not to pursue him. But that wasn’t the case, clearly.

only to find out their abuser alpha in blackchurch didnt even suffer as much as they did but liked to hurt them?

I never thought about what Micah and Rory would think of Aydin’s reasons for being in Blackchurch. I mean, Aydin didn’t grow up with the best parents, obviously, but his superiority complex would be hard to swallow when you realize it’s all because he wanted to marry a woman his father didn’t approve of.

because what we get of her doesnt match the description of her,

Yesss! Like, the concept of Alex is great. Seeing her on the page is so disappointing. Because she could have been great.

I really don’t think there’s anything else do be said about her. I don’t want to cross the line into hating on her just to hate on her. Like I said above and have said in other places, the concept of her is great. I’d much rather talk about ways she could have been improved, what we would have liked to see, than just complain about the same stuff over and over again.

Regarding your reread, I’ve never re-read the full series straight. I’m usually looking for something specific and end up reading portions or chucks. May I recommend reading in chronological order according to the flashbacks? It’s slightly easy with the timeline flashback, and it’s fun when Nightfall and Hideaway start to overlap. It really gives you insight into the characters as they go through that one night.

I didn’t like the audiobook narrators, so I can’t help you there.

Thank you for your message! I enjoyed reading your thoughts.

Hugs!

KO