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[reivenesque]

Shadowhunters + Crazy Ex-Girlfriend song titles.

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[tiresomespaceplant]

Hello! :D I'm Reiven, or just Rei (any pronouns). I draw and make them dance sometimes. I love making fanart for the things I like at the moment, as well as trying my hand at original content!

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[kmkzgirls]

BRAND NEW REIVEN EVREN REI HYSTERICHUMANOID WEBSITE THEME !!!! I WORKED ON ALL THE SETTINGS N STUFF FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND ITS VERY INTERACTIVE THANKS TO THE THEME PLEASE PLAY AROUND W IT

[purplesurveys]

753

Are you more optimistic or pessimistic? It depends on the task or situation, and how likely it is to get better. I’m rather realistic and choose whether to be positive or negative only after I weigh the pros and cons. Are you comfortable with your weight? Yeah, I’m happy with it. I do sometimes wonder why I get to maintain my weight no matter how much I eat though. How often do you listen to Classic Rock? Never? It’s not really my genre of choice in any context. What about country? Even more never, if that’s even possible haha. Do you know anyone inside and out? That’s a very grand feat to reach and I'm not really comfortable claiming that this is how I am with anyone. I do know for a fact that there are still some things I’m only learning now about my girlfriend and I know her the best out of all the people I know.

Do you have days where all you feel like doing is dancing? Not at all, I hate dancing. Have you learned anything depressing lately? Yes. I talked about it in a survey last night and I don’t feel like going over it again because I’m actually doing a little better now. Is anyone in your family sick? For some reason I’m getting bad coughs every night, but other than that no one is seriously sick. Do you worry a lot, or are you pretty much carefree? Hahahaha the first one. I’m worrying right now; I’m just answering this survey to distract myself. Do you have a lot of freckles? Nope, that’s not a common feature here. Have you ever thought someone was really interesting, but when you got to know them you realized they weren't anything special? Back when Reiven and I were applying for our org, he stood out in our batch since he was hilarious and would make everyone crack up no matter what he said or did. I found him interesting because of that; once I got to know him more he turned out a liiiiiittle bit annoying and also difficult to work with since he would never accept edits and corrections on his works and he’d always stand by his writing errors. Are you very up-front about things or do you "beat around the bush"? Upfront. Everyone who knows me in real life knows I hate nothing more than people who beat around the bush. What kind of camera do you have? I don’t have a legit camera anymore after I gave my old DSLR to my sister, but these days I just use my iPhone’s camera to take photos since its quality is very good anyway. Was today good or bad, or has it just started? It was meh. And the meh-ness is starting to get to me already, ugh. What is something you know you shouldn't do, but do anyways? Stay up criminally late. I think that and my nightly coffees are the source of my bad headaches so I’m trying to sleep earlier these nights. Last night I was in bed my midnight and I gotta say, it was heaven lol. Do you know anyone who doesn't listen to music? Like, no songs at all? That’s so weird; no I haven’t. I can’t imagine anyone never encountering music ever. Tell me the initials of the person you can't get off your mind. ADHM, only because they’re my thesis partner and I feel bad for not having touched the thesis we’re both working on for quite some time now. I did work on it yesterday for the first time in weeks so I’m really proud of myself, but there’s always a part of me thinking it’s never enough. Ever broke something really expensive? Yeah I’ve broken all the phones my parents have ever bought me, which is why they always take forever to buy me new ones, i.e. they’re always hesitant because they know I have a knack for breaking them lol. My current iPhone 8 has stayed with me the longest so far and it’s still going strong though. What is the most amount of money you have ever lost? Probably the ₱700 in the wallet that got stolen from me five years ago. Do you trust a lot of people, or very few? I do trust a lot of people but I like keeping my circle small. Is photography one of your interests? Not anymore. It just used to be. Do you know your neighbors very well? I don’t know them at all. We’re not a very close community haha. I’ll smile at a neighbor when I walk my dog, but other than that I don’t know any of their names or who has which kid. Have you ever hurt yourself just to get attention? [trigger warning] No. When I do it it’s because I loathe myself, and I proceed to cover it up with long sleeves precisely so that it doesn’t get any attention. Has anyone ever called you conceited? Probably my mom at some point. Has anyone ever called you heartless? Again, probably my mom at some point. Do you tell people what you think? Only when it’s necessary and called for. Sometimes it’s simply unnecessary to say every single thought that occurs, like for small stuff like not digging someone’s shoes or if I find their car too hot. Someone says, "I don't judge people." Do you really believe them? No. I think we all judge people initially, it’s just a matter of if we let that judgment linger or not. Do you write ever write poetry just to get your feelings out? No. Poetry has never been my outlet. Who were you last really mad at? My mom, for having been a petty little kid for the last two days. Do you miss anyone? Yeah absolutely. What is a sad song that you like? I have a Spotify playlist literally called ‘sad hours’ and it’s for all my sad songs hah. Here are some of them:

Misguided Ghosts - Paramore

I Forget Where We Were - Ben Howard

I Saw You In A Dream - The Japanese House

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

Cherry Wine - Hozier

Last person you talked on the phone to? Gabie. How many bones have you broken? Zero. It’s one of my biggest fears so I’ve always been very careful lol. Are you active? I would have been if the semester went uninterrupted and I got to have PE twice a week, but I’m not these days. Last person to get on your nerves? My mom, but also tbh just the weather overall. Are you one of those people who never stops fidgeting? Only when I’m nervous. Otherwise I can stay pretty still. Do you love the Hillshire Farm commercials? (Go meat!) I’m not familiar with them.

Oops, are you a vegetarian? Nope. Are you in any pain right now? Yeah a bit. Even though I stopped drinking coffee I still feel a mild headache coming, but I’m chalking that up to how humid it is right now. My current posture is also not the best and I’m starting to feel it on my lower back. Last time you drank water? Two hours ago, over dinner. Last thing you ate? I had white rice and calamari. Who's house did you visit last? Gabie’s.

[tomminowrites]

I've been a MacGyver fan since it came out, but only recently discovered the amazing world of fan fiction via an accidental google result and now I have a Tumblr too...Help... I absolutely love your story "Restraints+Leverage" and I was wondering if you could recommend some other writers and fics? There's SO MUCH fan fiction for this show and it's kind of an embarrassment of riches! (I'm kind of looking for stories where Mac is hurt, and Murdoc is an added bonus...I know, I'm strange...)

ah…. yes…. anyone who likes stories like that…. is truly… a weirdo 😅👀👀

IM SO GLAD YOURE HERE!! what a lucky google to get you to the right place, you’re in good company now ^^ Embarrassment of riches such a good phrase for it! There’s a ton of talented writers and creators, whump or otherwise. That makes recc lists really damn hard tho. 

To narrow it down, i’ve grabbed a few fics for you that specifically feature Murdoc and that I often see overlooked on recc lists. And uh. Murdoc is his own content warning lmao. Check tags!!

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1) Check out katikat on ao3 ( @katishideout). My favs include…

Whatever I Want (I Get) - Mac makes a deal with Murdoc for information.

Since I’m Already Here - Murdoc stumbles upon a captured Mac and Jack

Selling It - To keep cover, Mac is forced to pretend Murdoc is his lover

2) also check out JustAnotherWriter on ao3 ( @thethistlegirl​), who I often refer to as my personal Murdoc lol. My favorite Murdoc fic from her is 

Fangs+Bloodlust - vampire!AU where Mac is taken captive and manipulated / tortured / tormented / all that good stuff.

Little Games also has some super fun Mac and Jack torture (… dont look at me with your judging eyes THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS)

3) A Celebration to Die For by reiven

Instead of going after Cage in s1, Murdoc pays Mac a visit. The gunshot wound stays, though.

4) Burns + Murdoc by bowties_scarves_and_plaid

After Mac burns his hands saving Jack from the crematorium, Murdoc sees his chance to kidnap the significantly handicapped agent. 12,000 words of torment. I love it.

5) Rat Trap by @medicbaymax​

Murdoc needs Mac dead, and he goes about it in the most high-tension, dramatic way possible of course. Fantastic medical whump that doesn’t have too much direct Murdoc, but absolutely needs to be on this list.

6) Family don’t end in blood by @wolfypuppypiles​

Mac’s father was never the one leaving him clues. A double whammy of emotional and physical whump, Murdoc playing with his favorite toy.

[reivenge]

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[officialthiamlibrary]

Currently sinking deeper into Finals territory? Treat your eyes (and your breaks) with this minimal distraction list of thiam fanfiction and music to get you through the coming weeks.

All stories are completed works with less than 10,000 words, perfect for a quick break.

Music comes in the form of playlist, so you can throw one on while you work, think about Thiam, and exercise that brain, Einstein.

If a story cured your studying hives, please take a few seconds to let the writers know! Other eligible stories/music we’ll be added periodically. And, if you know any other options, let us know in the replies.  

Fiction (25)

All The Things You Could’ve Said by Tabbytabbytabby

When Theo and Liam have their first fight as a couple Theo goes to Derek, who gives him some advice before convincing him to talk to Liam.

Gorgeous by I_heart_thiam

Liam is out to the pack, and he’s never looked more gorgeous to Theo.

Mistletoe Kisses by RebelWithHeartofGold

Liam wants Theo to have a great christmas

Under Your Spell by ExtraSteps

Liam is struck by a witches spell. Now he is completely unable to lie, compelled to say anything that pops into his head. Theo is around and more than willing to listen.

Finesse by DaSmiley99

He never thought he would see Theo in a suit at Lydia's Christmas party.

The banshee proposed to host a party at her place and they had to dress up properly for the occasion. Yeah, she obligated everyone to wear their best suits and dresses.

...

Theo straight up looked like a Sex God.

The McCall Home for Wayward Youngsters (and other Supernatural Creatures) by Reiven

Melissa McCall was a mother. The fact that only one of her kids came from her womb didn't matter, they were all her children in her mind.

Birthday Surprise by MsKristinamay

Prompt: Theo and Liam secretly dating. The pack doing a b-day surprise to Liam bursting in his room screaming “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” just to find him and Theo wrapped together in the sheets, hugging. Liam would wake up like FUCK but Theo would just kiss him on the cheek, ignoring the pack, and would whisper happy b-day little wolf in his ear. (Idea by: igotlostinslashland on tumblr)

Ms. Jackson, if you’re nasty by Tuwalli

Liam manages to get Theo to move into his house with the help of his mother, his attraction to the Chimera is obvious; especially when he catches him dancing.

It’s Strange, but I Don’t Need Space From You by Ithinkwehaveanemergency

A canonically possible intermission between Pressure Test and Triggers.

Theo gets sent to the McCall's on a supply run. Liam goes with. The UST becomes too much for Liam, so he gives in. Just that once. Just to relieve the pressure. (Inspired by a tumblr thread, kind of.)

Monster by Onlymissbarnes

Where Liam’s parents find out about his werewolf side and Theo is there to pick up the pieces.

You Can’t Avoid Your Problems by LovelyLittleGrim

Liam's been avoiding Theo. Theo wants to know why.

Peppermint by ExtraSteps

Liam discovers that Theo really, really likes peppermint candy canes.

Claustrophobia by mikaminato

“Things are going to be ok.” Theo said, more to himself than to the beta. He was trying his best not to show the fear he was feeling, not only for the fact they were stuck in the elevator – in the dark – but mainly because he was afraid Liam might lose the little control he had left. “I’m here by your side and I won’t let anything happen to you, little wolf. Do you hear me?” [Theo/Liam]

Write On Me by holmesofgold

Liam lives in a black and white world, where people have soulmates and no one is able to see the colors until the day you look into your soulmate's eyes for the first time. He thought that this couldn't get any weirder, until the day he discovered that his connection with his soulmate was so strong that they could literally feel what the other felt and communicate through their own bodies.

"What's your name?" The boy wrote in his arm, curious, not quite understanding how it worked. The answer came a few minutes later, written in an asymmetrical handwriting. "Theo Raeken."

Heat by RaeAnnisapancake

Liam's in heat and Scott isn't there to help him. Luckily he finds Theo who is more than happy to help him.

Thanksgiving Feelings by SupernaturalIdijit16

Months after defeating the Anuk-ite Liam Dunbar is stuck facing another problem. This time its not a fight with supernatural creatures or hunters, its a battle with himself. Liam deals with the struggles of his more than friends feelings for Theo while also facing Thanksgiving dinner with the whole pack being invited. What could go wrong?

It’s the little things that make you fall in love by Root (Fyki)

Liam stopped, suddenly unable to do anything that wasn't thinking about the fact that Theo, Theo, had just invited him to go to a museum. Because Ii was a thing spending hours talking about history and listening to Liam talking passionately about stuff that Theo probably didn't even know, but it was a completely different thing to invite him to go to an exhibit of Greek and Roman history, knowing that it was the best way to reach Liam's heart. Not that Theo didn't already reached it, obviously, but that wasn't the point. Because the way Theo had talked, the way he had acted, with the slight doubt in his voice, it had felt so much like the way you ask someone out that Liam was completely taken aback.

Calm down, Liam, of course he didn't mean it like that, he told himself, and his stomach tied in a painful grip.

The Boy is Mine by Ithinkwehaveanemergency

Thanks to Lacrosse Boosters coming up with the ridiculous idea to have a Bachelor Auction to raise money, Liam is up for sale. There's only one person he wants to bid on him, but he's just too stubborn to ask.

Or, listening to old school Brandy and Monica leads to adorable cliche one-shots.

you will be mine (resolution) by zayneyelashes

"He wakes up at the Hale house.

He doesn't need much time to realize it. It's the same ceiling that he'd stare at when there was too much to think and feel and do. It's the same couch where he kissed Derek again, only that time was different. That time Derek actually kissed him back; his hands held onto his neck and hair like there was a chance Stiles might disappear.

He wouldn't. He didn't."

(or the one where Derek comes back)

Decisions by AJP_37

When Liam Dunbar makes a decision- you better consider that decision made. Even when the decision is to have sex with Theo.

Do you have a name or can I call you mine? by laheysmythes

“You look like trash, may I take you out?” Liam blurted out mostly in annoyance and it gained a laugh from Theo.

“Was that an insult or a pickup line?” Theo asked, still amusedly smiling.

“Both?” Liam shrugged

Or in which Liam tries to get Theo to go on a date with him by using the worst pickup lines he could think of.

In The Night by TVTime

It’s the middle of the night and Liam just wants to go to the bathroom, but Theo is being insanely overprotective. Fluff and non-explicit sexy times ensue.

Best Friend, Hold Me Tight by holmesofgold

Theo Raeken and Liam Dunbar are and have always been best friends. But best friends shouldn't look at each other like that.

Day 4 of the Thiam Week 2017: Friends to Lovers. (yes, one month later)

Mine by Albus_Yawn

Liam comes home smelling like some other werewolf and Theo can't stand it.

Music (10)

Here are several Thiam Playlists found on Spotify and Playmoss.

Airplanes (Thiam) Playlist by Marie Christin R.

Paradise by breaker_of_reality

thiam | theo raekn & liam dubar by Taegen F.

Thiam by Meronilayla

THIAM by Melly B.

Thiam by signemaria03

Thiam by Raennisapancake

Thiam by Minna P

Make Me Burn - Thiam by Seija M.

i lay down this armour; thiam by eliestarr

There are MANY more where those came from. Here are search pages for Spotify and 8Tracks. (Note - that 8Tracks now limits the number of mixes/songs you can play without a premium subscription. You will also have to sign in to Spotify to view the search page, but you will not have to sign in to listen to the playlists.)

Good luck on your last few weeks! We are all sending you every bit of luck, patience, and focus cause you got this. ;P

Over and out.

[jyrs-kuur]

Vicos and Niroe!!

thank you for asking!!!! 💖💖💖

Full Name: Vicos Laigan Toren Boreras BenoutinanGender and Sexuality: tbd, either male or a demiboy, and biPronouns: he/himEthnicity/Species: athingeBirthplace and Birthdate: Doreia, Aaniedelain, 3 hiquete, sodee, 7972Guilty Pleasures: being a prostitute (it’s a profession in his country, and he does it bc he needs sex and it’s a nice way to earn money as well so why not)Phobias: his abuserWhat They Would Be Famous For: being a prostitute and a ruler at the same timeWhat They Would Get Arrested For: murdering his abuserOC You Ship Them With: Kúura, Draien or ReivenOC Most Likely To Murder Them: his abuserFavorite Movie/Book Genre: satire?Least Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: cliffhangersTalents and/or Powers: athi is currently under control and the specific powers are tbd, but Vicos is specialized in electricity thingsWhy Someone Might Love Them: he’s physically very affectionate casually (hugs and casually touches ppl a lot), good-looking, very considerate abt the feelings and well-being of the people he Cares about, and always tries to make right the things he did wrongWhy Someone Might Hate Them: he’s tad arrogant and sometimes speaks about power as if it’s something you shouldn’t like (or an annoyance), and frankly doesn’t have a perspective about money, and he often speaks/acts before he thinksHow They Change: to be decided later… but let’s just say he’s going to become less superstitious and start understanding also ppl who aren’t nobilityWhy You Love Them: it’s so refreshing to write a hotheaded character, who definitely isn’t boring and has had depth from the start of the book i’m writing now. He’s also one of the ocs @bitsynoya​ has to take away from me and keep him safe somewhere bc of the things that are going to happen… ohhh boi

Full Name: NiroeGender and Sexuality: female, lesbianPronouns: she/herEthnicity/Species: riade (she has wings)Birthplace and Birthdate: Midenas, 7790-somethingGuilty Pleasures: pretending she can talk but is just ignoring someonePhobias: men who are not riades, thunderWhat They Would Be Famous For: creating a click-language to communicate with her sight-impaired friendWhat They Would Get Arrested For: murder (but lbr she’d never get caught)OC You Ship Them With: Frela, Nangien (kinda), Asheden, ReivenOC Most Likely To Murder Them: someone who believes they can gain something by killing her/taking her feathers/etcFavorite Movie/Book Genre: historicalLeast Favorite Movie/Book Cliche: deus ex machinaTalents and/or Powers: tbd, but controls fire somehowWhy Someone Might Love Them: when she’s not mourning a loved one’s death she’s really enthusiastic about things, she’s always kind to people, is dependable, honest, and really patientWhy Someone Might Hate Them: she has murdered people, isn’t that patient with people who deliberately ignore/abuse her inability to speak, it’s v easy for her to get her friends do stupid/inappropriate/dangerous/rebellious things. Also it’d be really easy for her to badmouth ppl who don’t understand the sign language, and some might think she does that a lot (but it’s just the person who translates what she says and sometimes Niroe is too busy/tired to correct them)…How They Change: tbd since i haven’t even developed her character so much that i’d be able to guess how the events i know nothing about (like, neither the events or what part she plays in them, if she’s there at all) might affect herWhy You Love Them: there is no reason for me not to love a character with wings. I love that Niroe is both a voice of reason and the one who urges ppl to do stupid stuff. And i love how despite being unable to speak she actually talks a Lot.

[reivenesque]

Maryse Lightwood moodboard Red is the color of fire and blood, as such it is associated with strength, power and determination in the same breath as passion, desire, and love. Dark red is associated with willpower, rage, leadership, malice and wrath, as well as the feeling of longing and courage.

[reivenesque]

Moodboard

Tagged by the super lovely and amazing @sfjessii and my idol @drakamena

Pretty sure I didn’t do this 100 percent right and as usual I went waaaay overboard being all fancy and shit.

Tagging the usual suspects (if you haven’t done it/if you want of course) surprise, surprise @imyourliquor-youremypoison @glitterandlightwood @aliciaanne14 @shadowknight1224 @sharona1x2 @hikaru9 @stupidlittlenemo @lukehemmingssmile

[reivenesque]

Happy 27th Birthday, Dominic Sherwood. The Jace we needed and the Jace we deserved.

Inspired by and also dedicated to @drakamena for this amazing headcanon (x) and for all the fics she’s tirelessly blessed us with for so long.

(xx)

[reivenesque]

As I prepare myself to finally post this Jay fic, I might as well just get my two-cents out about the two Chicago PD episodes (considering I posted about Fire and complained about Med).

Overall it was just kind of meh. Neither episodes were terrible nor exceptionally memorable. Fire had a great character introduction for Alberto’s character and I really enjoyed the scene between him, Casey, Severide and Chief Boden at the end. As for Med if you’ve been on my blog the last two days you know my thoughts on that mess so I’ll just leave it at that.

Episode one had a decent amount of Jay (but not enough), I accidentally got spoiled for the murderer’s identity so that wasn’t much of a surprise. I remain absolutely uninterested in Ruzek’s drama and I honestly don’t miss Antonio at all.  It didn’t have enough Hailey or scenes between Hailey and Jay which is sad.

Episode two was forgettable at best. 

I really have nothing much to say about PD this week so instead I made this very important episode rating system instead.

For Chicago PD episode one and two;

[reivenesque]

drakamena replied to your photoset: Happy 27th Birthday, Dominic Sherwood. The Jace we...

THIS IS SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL ♥_♥

Thank you :) Originally I was going to do the eye thing for a Parabatai set/something for your Wing-fic. But I decided to just do a simple one and save those ideas for next time.

[reivenesque]

A Family We Chose For Ourselves CH4

Chapter 4: Kollektiv (2957 words)

“Remember your guru’s words, Eva. Where there’s a house in the heart there’s another heart—”

“Shut up, guru!” Everyone yells simultaneously.

“You need to stop murdering that proverb, Eskild. Jesus Fucking Christ.” Eva doesn’t think she’s ever heard Linn raise her voice before. But there’s obviously a first time for everything.

“So you and Chris, huh?”

After the initial shock of what happened finally begins wearing off, Eva can finally think straight and like herself again, she’s beginning to find this question particularly grating.

She’s standing in the corner of the room, facing the monotonous white wall for some inexplicable reason, not like there was a plant or an awful painting in sight to blame her distraction on. Maybe she wasn’t as completely back herself as she thought.

It’s one of the Penetrator guys loitering around that approached her. A handful of them had left about half an hour ago and the rest were nonchalantly strewn across the room in various positions. Her own set of friends were scattered around, a few of the guys were conversing with a couple of the Penetrator guys and Noora was messaging someone (most likely William) while seemingly lost in her own little world. Isak and Even were huddled together a decent ways away from the nearest group of people, Even looked slightly unnerved but Isak was holding his hand and speaking in low whispers into his ear. Eskild was engaged in a far too animated conversation with one random Penetrator member who looked confused about whether to feel disturbed or slightly turned on, or disturbed that he was slightly turned on. Magnus, Vilde and the others were huddled together in the opposite corner while Sana surveyed the surrounding with an unnerving poker faced glare.

“Yes, me and Chris,” she says, almost like a challenge as she turns to look at him in the end, daring him to say one misogynistic word.

“Oh,” he says which was not what Eva was expecting at all. “That’s great. He really likes you, you know. I can tell.” He adds, and on a scale of one to ten on the list of what Eva absolutely did not expect to hear, that was about a twelve.

“Oh,” she says eloquently in return.

“He’s a lucky guy,” Perpetrator Guy #3 adds and Eva decides that she really should find out his name.

Admittedly of all the times she’s found herself having this conversation tonight, this was arguably the sweetest outcome of them all. Who would have thought?

A commotion near the entrance draws her attention and the attention of pretty much everyone in the room.

The door swings open and in comes William, flanked by the Penetrator guys who had left earlier, strolling in like he owns the place and the souls of everyone in the room, which at the moment didn’t seem as farfetched at it sounded. William looked both pissed and distraught and guilty at the same time, like his mind couldn’t decide which emotion should take precedence. Considering the allegation that the Yakuza guys were involved, Eva couldn’t blame William for feeling guilty. Chris and the guys got beat up because William beat up someone first. They were looking for him while he was off wooing Noora on some hilltop with hot chocolate and serenading her with tales of his misspent youth (or so Noora said). Instead the guys paid the price. And now, Chris got attacked while he was off gallivanting in a foreign country wooing hot upper-class British ladies with tea and mini sandwiches (or so Chris said).

Noora approaches William without hesitation and pulls him into a hug when he gets close enough. William melts into Noora’s embrace and Eva looks away, feeling like the intimate moment wasn’t theirs to infringe on.

She doesn’t even know what time it is right now, a glance at the clock tells her it’s fucking late o’clock but no one’s come out to talk to them or tell them about Chris yet and the waiting feels like hell. Some of the guys look like they’re one sheep away from dozing off but forcing themselves to stay awake until they get news about their friend.

“Eva?”

She hears her name and it sounds weird rolling off this unfamiliar tongue. She turns around to face William and he looks terrible. His hair is dishevelled and his eyes are bloodshot from lack of sleep or crying or both. Not that she blames him. If she was in his position and Noora or Jonas or someone she cared about got hurt as a result of something she’d done, she’d be wrecked. But even if it wasn’t anything she did, the thought of Jonas hurt, the thought of Noora or Sana or Vilde or Chris or even Isak hurt was enough to bring tears to her eyes. She couldn’t even imagine what William was feeling. She heard from Noora that Chris was Williams best friend, he’d said so himself, and the more she paid attention to it after she found out, the more she noticed how close they really were, even going beyond Russ and Penetrator stuff. If William was there then Chris was always hanging around somewhere close and vice versa. When William decided not to leave for London—before he then decided to leave for London again—it was Chris he stayed with when he didn’t want to go back to his apartment.

Outside their barely-there relationship, Eva didn’t really know all that much about Chris, only what Noora had heard from William. In fact Eva felt like she knew William better than she knew Chris. Where were his parents? She’d been over at his place a couple of times but no one was ever around. He never talked about them; he never brought them up in conversation the way she did even though she barely saw her mom during the best of times. The name that was mostly brought up in conversation with Chris was William; William this, William that, William did this and said that and things like that. Eva had asked jokingly whether William was the third wheel in their relationship or was she. Chris had grinned one of his Cheshire cat grins and said with a shrug, “It’s just William,” like that should have explained everything. Perhaps in his mind it did.

A name calling for Christoffer Schistad from the door William had entered through brought all conversation topics to an abrupt halt. There was a doctor in dark green scrubs that seemed far too stained with splotches of brown to not make everyone’s heart simultaneously skip a beat. But right there he stood, calling for Chris, not at all prepared from the rush of teenagers hurrying towards him.

All it takes is a stern word from William to make them all quiet down and take an obedient step back.

The flustered doctor subconsciously wipes away the sweat on his forehead, trying not to show his relief when his eyes locks on William.

“Parents or family of Christoffer Schistad?” he asks again.

William’s answer is dismissive and unexpectedly cold. “His parents aren’t here. We’re his family.”

The doctor exhales loudly, running his hand once through his salt and pepper hair. “Christoffer—”

“His name is Chris,” William interrupts coolly.

“Well…okay—Chris,” the doctor says, bringing his hands up in front of him as if in submission before his tone turns sombre. “Your friend was brought in with a couple fractured ribs, a concussion and a myriad of bruises and lacerations. The immediate concern though was the stab wound to the lower abdomen. The concussion is mild and while not without its risks, it isn’t immediately life threating. He fractured three ribs; they’re painful and will undoubtedly cause him discomfort for some time but they’ll heal up well with time and rest. The remaining injures are just superficial, but the stab wound is much more severe and complicated. All things considered, he’s lucky that it didn’t hit any major organs or blood vessels, but it nicked a section of his intestines. We’ve gone in a fixed it and made sure there are no other undetected injuries. He did well in surgery and we’re monitoring him in recovery while he wakes up from the anaesthesia. The nurses will be taking him up to the ICU soon so we can keep a close eye on him for at least the next 12 to 24 hours. We need to discuss further treatment with his parents though.”

A soft fuck echoes around the room after the doctor finishes speaking and the guys in the back start chattering among themselves. Eva doesn’t know what they’re saying but judging from their tone alone, it was obviously nothing good. She concentrated on William instead who’s still engaged in a conversation with the doctor.

“I’ll have his dad call the hospital to take care of the insurance stuff,” William says, but doesn’t address the doctors comment about the treatment. “I’ll deal with the rest. He’s going to be okay though, right?”

“Barring any unforeseen complications, your friend should be perfectly fine. He’s going to need to be on bed rest for a while and on limited activity for even longer. Also no drinking, drugs and partying would be the ideal,” the doctors tacks on the last bit as if he knows exactly who he’s dealing with.

Eva can’t move. She can’t breathe, she can’t think. She can only think of the words surgery and major organs and fractured ribs and concussion and imagining Chris on that operating table being cut open and cut into like some biology experiment. She imagines Chris unconscious. Chris bleeding out on the dark corner alone and in pain while Eva was warm and content in the apartment with her closest friends thinking the absolute worst about him. Did he feel like he was dying? Was he scared? He must have been. He must have called William, forgetting that his closest friend was thousands of kilometers away and being unable to ask for help when he answered. Was he conscious when Eva called dozens of times? When William called probably twice that many times? Did he feel alone and abandoned the entire time, or did he realize in the end that all his friends were out there looking for him, worried out of their mind?

Eva feels the warm tears trickle down the side of her cheek and a large hand coming to rest on her shoulder, squeezing it gently and glances over to see Even’s kind face smiling comfortingly back at her. “It’s going to be okay. He has his friends and the people who care about him here to support him,” Even says and Eva knows immediately that his words weren’t spoken lightly. His eyes spoke of experience and his own pain and fear and Eva manages a weak smile back at him. It seems to be enough because his smile is beaming.

“Eva.”

Another unfamiliar voice calls her name. At this point Eva was fairly certain that most voices calling her name would be unfamiliar voices considering that she only really knew two, maybe three, guys out of everyone in the room.

It’s no real surprise to find William walking up to her, he doesn’t look any better than when he stepped through the waiting room doors not even an hour ago. The dark circles and bags under his blood shot eyes were too prominent. His hair was tousled yet smooth like he’d been running his fingers nervously through them a thousand times. He walked into the hospital waiting room with nothing on him besides his phone and his wallet meaning that he must have dropped absolutely everything to rush to Chris’ side.

Eva felt like she was seeing William and the Penetrators properly for the very first time.

How many hours had it been since the party at Isak’s apartment, painting glittery paper mâché dildos and defiling classic Christmas songs with crude vulgarity—which was mostly Eskild. Or rather just Eskild. Was it that long ago that William was back in London doing god only knows what—not Noora, as Chris would argue, and her Chris was still suspiciously absent but without any real cause for concern. It feels like she’d spent all her energy worrying the night away and she realized that if it hadn’t been for the phone call from William, they would still be back at the apartment being merry and jolly, getting drunk and having fun and she’s be too pissed at Chris standing her up to even consider the possibility that he was somewhere out there in the elements, alone and bleeding to death on the cold unforgiving pavement.

An involuntary shiver runs through her spine at the thought.

But they weren’t back at the apartment partying. The Penetrators weren’t with their hook up girls at the dance party drinking themselves into the ground. William wasn’t back in London, thinking up excuses and dodging calls from Noora which was exactly what he spent his days doing according to her. Even Jonas who had every reason to hate both her and Chris was there, more so than that he’d actually ventured out into the cold with her to look for him because she was worried. Same with Isak and Even, the latter barely knew her and didn’t know Chris at all. None of her friends really knew anything about Chris. He was only that hot guy who makes out with Eva sometimes—Eskilds’ words—or Penetrator Chris or William’s fuckboy friend or the guy who got punched in the face by those Yakuza dudes while Noora was off seducing William thru the sexiness of her gigantic beige sweater and comfortable loafers—also Eskilds’ words. Hell, a glance around the room even showed Linn there. And as far as Eva knew Linn never left the apartment.

Sometimes Eva thinks her internal monologue gets in the way of her real life functionality because William’s standing right in front of her and she didn’t even remember him walking up.

“I talked to the doctor and he said one or two people can go see him for a bit.” Eva’s thinks William is waiting for some sort of response but she’s pretty sure she didn’t hear a question anywhere in there.

“O-kay?”

Eva sympathized with William having to deal with her at that moment, especially considering that he looked like crap and was probably feeling the emotional consistency of crap; it was his best friend there in the hospital. He has far too much patience dealing with people than anyone ever gave him credit for.

“Do you want to come with me?” he says, enunciating each word deliberately making sure she actually understood him this time.

“Are you sure? I mean his friends are—”

“I’m sure,” William says without hesitation. “I know he’d want you there.”

A warm feeling creeps up on Eva at his words and she just nods, not trusting herself with actual words.

She feels William’s strong arm circle her shoulders as he leads her towards the door where the doctor who was looking slightly more nervous than he did a minute ago was standing waiting.

“Tell Chris we’re all here for him,” of the Penetrator guys yells out from the crowd, eliciting a murmur of agreement from the rest. William nods but says nothing.

“We’ll be right here waiting for you okay?” A softer voice speaks, and Eva turns to look at Noora who’s giving her a look that’s half sympathetic and half assurance. Eva appreciates it more that she can articulate at the moment.

“Remember your guru’s words, Eva. Where there’s a house in the heart there’s another heart—”

“Shut up, guru!” Everyone yells simultaneously.

“You need to stop murdering that proverb, Eskild. Jesus Fucking Christ.” Eva doesn’t think she’s ever heard Linn raise her voice before. But there’s obviously a first time for everything.

She leaves the safety of the waiting room and the comforting presence of her friends and ventures out into the cold, unfeeling hallway of the hospital with William at her side, holding her close almost as if it was her presence being the comfort for him instead of the other way around. Eva doesn’t mind, it makes her feel less of a burden and less like everyone around is shouldering her emotional weight. She feels useful for the first time that night. She circles her own arm around Williams’ waist and it jerks him out of whatever thoughts were currently plaguing his mind. The fear in his gaze is palpable and the corner of his eyes is damp with suppressed tears. Looking at William at that moment, seeing the real William for the first time, Eva thinks she can see exactly what made Noora fall so hopelessly in love with this person.

“He’s going to be okay,” she hears herself say, echoing the words she’s been told too many times that night. She thinks that maybe no one has said those words to William yet, because he’s supposed to be the strong one, the one holding it together. His breath hitches and he quickly looks away. “What happened wasn’t your fault,” she adds and she sees the exact moment William relinquishes control and his face just crumbles. Eva stops them in their tracks and pulls William into a much needed hug. William reciprocates without hesitation, burying his face in her shoulder, his arms encircled around her waist holding onto her like a lifeline. Eva pretends not to notice the way his shoulders shake and the sound of hitched sobs as he cries softly into the crook of her neck.

She was okay with this, being the one offering comfort. With everyone else she understands their willingness to offer her comfort, because Chris means the most to her. But here, at this moment, in this empty hallway with its monotonous white walls, Eva is all too willing to offer William the comfort he needs because she knows that Chris means absolutely everything to him.

tbc.

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[reivenesque]

MacGyver + Colour Symbolism

I’ve noticed that MacGyver uses a lot of very reddish/yellowish tones in its episode lighting. Once in a while it’s layered over each other but often as an obvious focal undertone. However when they’re going for a cooler feeling, then the lighting is more on the neutral side and often there’s an obvious focus on one blue area which is usually something Mac is wearing or a prop that’s a striking blue.

It could just be my screen opacity, but that’s what I’ve come to notice the longer I spend time giffing MacGyver scenes.

For example, episode 2x15:

↓ Notice that besides the obvious blue on the tarp and Mac, the two horizontal lines in the background are yellow and orangy-red while the rest of the scene has just a neutral tone.

Episode 1x06:

↓ Yellow, however the small spot of red in the background and the reddish hues of the cabinets makes the contrast between the background and Mac in his blue shirt very noticeable.

↓ This is one of the scenes where the tones are somewhat layered. The scene itself seems red at first glance, but when you look closely you notice enough yellow to make you wonder whether the scene is actually yellow. But then I feel the focus point is on Riley’s red outfit which just pushes it across the line into red territory.

In the last cap you notice the difference of Mac and Jack’s skin tone in comparison to the first two caps and the way it progresses from Jack’s light blue shirt to Mac’s slightly more striking blue shirt to the blue spot behind the laptop in the foreground. Notice how Mac is wearing the same blue shirt in this episode, but there’s much less focus on it in the first cap than it is in the third one but it’s still a striking contrast to the yellow background which, again, really draws your eyes Mac in that scene.

I honestly just find it very aesthetically pleasing to the eyes. I noticed a while back that certain scenes were more enjoyable to gif than other but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why, and now I realized its because the blue is very pleasing to my eyes and my emotions.

As for the actual symbolism, I’m sure it’s supposed to mean something but I haven’t gotten that far in my analysis. I literally just noticed this like fifteen minutes ago.

[reivenesque]

He wasn't Theo, the evil chimera who everyone hated. He was Lester the wolf, friend to old lady Edith and Betsy the corgi, king of the sun rock and owner of a decent cave.

- Long Live Lester by @thiamfresh  (x)