#rosebud film

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FLEETWOOD MAC — Rumours Photoshoot (Rosebud Film 1977) ☽ [stevie gifs] ☽

[thewildbelladonna]

“What you did was You saved my life I won't forget it"

Happy birthday, my ethereal witch queen 🌙♥

☾ Stephanie Lynn Nicks - May 26th, 1948 ☽

[cannibalspicnic]

The Menu (2022) dir. Mark Mylod Citizen Kane (1941) dir. Orson Welles

[shortmeteor]

Reality and Herzog

The new Herzog doc is good, but very conventional. It leaves me wanting more. And I will just comment on one small, but crucial, idea: truth & art.

Words like reality, truth, fact and meaning often get mixed up. Do you mean what is real or what is true? What is the difference? Well, how do you define the words? How do I? A fact can be true, meaning correct (accurate, measurable), but not truth. Reality is a collection, a constellation, of facts, maybe? Truth is not measurable.

This is pertinent today for two reasons: People wanting their art to be good, productive, moral, and true. The inane idea that “If an author writes about something bad, they are promoting it” and so on. Black and white worldview of true or false, mixed up into notions of truth and fiction - such plastic, vague, abstract concepts. Maybe true or false can be an either-or-proposition (even if few things in the world we live in can be categorized with such blunt instruments). But truth and fiction are not that kind of a pairing. They are not opposites. I’m not really sure what they are.

In the end, the movie presents the image of a waterfall that was fundamental to Herzog as a child, and throughout his life. He says he doesn’t want to know where the water comes from. This is how the movie leaves us, with an image at the heart of this creative person's life symbolizing force and vitality that must be protected from explanation. The meaning of the image is a lack of explanation. It has meaning by not being explained, but that is at the same time an explanation. It is the way art can show us a symbol for something that does not exist. A symbol of lack, so that we can deal with it. 

There is a risk to this of “rosebudding” it. A risk of mistaking this lack of meaning for the meaning, reducing Herzog to this one singular explanation. As if this were the key to Herzog, and we now understand him, and have some privileged access to his work. This is where I think it necessary to separate truth from true, meaning from reality. And maybe we can think of art and fiction as ways to negotiate these separations?          

[skelly-words]

Witch's Garden Part 2

A couple ppl asked for this, so I made it real quick bc i'm not finished with anything else yet. This au was already cursed but now it's worse.

Go read Part 1 if you haven't already <3

tags- smut, tentacles/vines, ovi->hatching, aphrodisiac so non-con too? the witch is futa

wc- 1.2k

No minors, 18+ ONLY

The eggs kept warm in your pussy hatch several days before The Witch even remembers you're stuck in the rosehip bush. She needs shears to get you out. Even then, some of the vines encircling you have grown too strong and she doesn't bother cutting them. It's not worth the effort to totally free you, so she trims just enough to check your pulse and pry your trembling legs apart.

You whine as she stops you from rubbing your thighs together. Her eyes feel hot. You know she's staring at you even though you can't see it. Each egg has hatched into a thin tentacle, ending in a pulsing rosebud. The seedlings stretched and thickened, growing unnaturally fast. She could see your poor pussy could barely take it.

The plant doesn't have to feed you its sugary nectar so forcefully anymore. You slurp it off a dripping blossom whenever your mind gets a little too clear. It hangs above your lips, waiting for you to loll your tongue out and suck it off again. You're looking up but can't see the ceiling of the greenhouse through the vegetation. The Witch hasn't cut the vines milking your tits either, conveniently letting them continue to pinch and suck at your stiff nipples.

She lifts your hips up to prop you up on her thighs. It's difficult for you to make proper words, but you moan and buck weakly until she touches you. Her finger gently circles your slick entrance and loops up to your clit in a lazy figure-eight. The muscles in your cunt spasms and your thighs try to clamp shut on her hand, but her shoulders keep you spread open.

She settles her thumb on your clit, swirling around the button. Her other hand begins to pull out one of the tentacles. The first of many. It doesn't come free easily. The vine squirms in her grip in an attempt to rip free from her fingers.

You groan as the bloom slips out of you and she tosses it onto your stomach. It leaves stickiness in its wake, wriggling down your abdomen to latch its petals onto your clit. Her fingers dip back into your pussy to ease out the next seedling. Your mouth hangs open in a gasp as the pulsing vine massages your walls. The bud feeding you nectar takes advantage and shoves past your lips. You don't resist or complain, glad that it muffles all your whining.

The second vine winds itself around the others. It's firmly stuck inside you, using the knot of the other twisting tentacles as an anchor. You can feel them shift and rub on your insides. One of the buds still inside you is gently suctioned to your g-spot and it's making you see stars. The witch's grip tightens and she sits back on her heels to get the thing out. You're so wet. Pussy drooling down to gloss your puckered hole.

"Fuck," she grunts and finally, the vine pops free. "I should've pulled these weeds earlier."

You can feel her cock beneath her robes, twitching in frustration against your lower back. It throbs when you arch your spine to grind on it, hoping to tempt her into taking it out. A deep groan crawls from her throat as her hips rut weakly. She barely moves, but you can feel as the girthy outline of her dick drags between your asscheeks.

The newly freed vine twirls itself around her wrist. It stays, cuffing her arm as she yanks on another. The blossom on your clitty suckles and tugs until it's swollen. It gives a couple throbs of warning then you're cumming. Cream drips out of you as your cunt spurts juice down your legs. The vine loudly squelches when it comes loose. Your gaping hole flutters as the sensitive edges squeeze nothing.

You're given a couple seconds to catch your breath. She tentatively swipes the rosebud through your slit. A translucent film of your slick coats the head as she guides it down. The thing thrashes in her grip, fighting to dive back into your sloppy pussy. She tosses it aside and resumes her task.

She pulls over a dozen of those slippery vines out. The discarded seedlings take turns sucking your clit or putting hickeys on your skin. A couple of them wander a bit low and nose at your fluttering asshole. You're already lubed up for the eager buds. They slip in easily once their syrup starts to ooze down your skin. You grind on her cock the whole time. All your mess has soaked through the layers of her robes.

There are only a few vines left inside you, tucked so deep in your cunny that her fingers can't reach. She shoves her middle finger as deep as it can go and tries to coax one out. None of the tendrils take the bait, staying tightly coiled against your cervix.

You can feel them in your guts, rearranging as she presses a palm into the flesh of your tummy. That's all it takes for you to cum, adding more glaze to your inner thighs. She drags a finger through the middle to give it a try. And you taste sickeningly sweet. Laced with the same aphrodisiac that the rosehips keep pumping into you.

It makes her unfold the front of her robes and rub her palm over her flushed tip. She's so close to the edge, leaking a river of pre-cum from her cockhead. Her bottom lip is tucked under her incisors to keep her moans in. She quickly lines up her fat tip and thrusts in. Your pussy is greedy, taking every aching inch as she pushes her hips flush to the backs of your thighs.

Her cock barely pulls out before she's bullying it deeper into your oversensitive pussy. The vines still stuck curl tightly around her dick. They spiral to form thick ridges up the length. One of the tendrils winds higher, slipping out of you, and chokes her heavy balls. Her angry cock rams into you over and over as the tightness keeps her from cumming. If she were to pull out now, the starter plants would be successfully removed, but there's not much she can think about besides getting off. The tentacles must be intent on torturing her. They stroke her swollen shaft as she pounds into you, but never let a drop of cum spill out.

"Please, please, please." You hear The Witch whine, words slurring together as her thrusts get rushed and sloppy. She's desperate for her release.

Your legs start to go numb from being thrown around her shoulders for so long. She doesn't let up, using you until the vine that's edging her decides to loosen. Her cock pulses inside you before bursting.

Warm sticky semen pours into you, squeezed from her spurting tip as her hips snap forward. The vines finish milking her dry, filling you up with her own seed. She refuses to pull her dick out, plugging her cum inside with the fat knot of vines cinched around her base.

She keeps you like that for what feels like hours. Your cunt weakly clenching around her the whole time. She'd beaten it into a puffy mess and your short orgasms shoot through you like electric shocks. Two small blooms still plug your ass, butt staying stuffed even as she starts to twist and ease her cock out. Her opalescent spend comes out in gushes each time your muscles tens. The new propogations have all been removed and she lets them play with your pussy and tits some more as she clears the remaining vines.

A/N- masterlist if you want more of my work <3

[afloweroutofstone]

Donald Trump in 2002 discussing his favorite film, "Citizen Kane," and nearly experiencing his first ever moment of introspection:

[Donald Trump]: The wealth, the sorrow, the unhappiness, the happiness; just struck lots of different notes. "Citizen Kane" was really about accumulation, and, at the end of the accumulation, you see what happens, and it’s not necessarily all positive. Not positive. I think you learn in "Kane" that, maybe, wealth isn't everything, because he had the wealth but he didn't have the happiness. The table getting larger and larger and larger, with he and his wife getting further and further apart as he got wealthier and wealthier... perhaps, I can understand that. The relationship that he had was not a good one for him. And probably not a great one for her, although there were benefits for her. But in the end, she was certainly not a happy camper. In real life, I believe that wealth does in fact isolate you from other people. It's a protective mechanism. You have you guard up much more so than you would if you didn't have wealth. There was a great rise in "Citizen Kane," and there was a modest fall. The fall wasn't a financial fall, the fall was a personal fall. But it was a fall nevertheless. So you had the highs and you had the lows. A lot of people don't really understand the significance of [the word "Rosebud" in the film "Citizen Kane"], I'm not sure if anybody understands the significance, but I think the significance is bringing a lonely, rather sad figure back into his childhood... [Errol Morris]: Now, if you could give Charles Foster Kane advice, what would you say to him? [Donald Trump]: Get yourself a different woman.

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Oh to be Stevie Nicks twirling onstage in 1977 (Rosebud Film 1977) ☽ [stevie gifs] ☽

[thewildbelladonna]

🌹 CHRISTINE MCVIE || 12/07/1943–30/11/2022 🌹

[medievalandfantasymelee]

THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE

FIRST ROUND: 60th Tilt

Prince Jingim, Marco Polo (2014) VS. Madmartigan, Willow (1988)

Propaganda

Prince Jingim, Marco Polo (2014) Portrayed by: Remy Hii Defeated Opponents: - Ragnar Lothbrok [Travis Fimmel], Vikings (2013-2020)

No Text Propaganda Submitted

Madmartigan, Willow (1988) Portrayed by: Val Kilmer Defeated Opponents: - Podrick Payne [Daniel Portman], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

“Is he the greatest swordsman who ever lived? YES! Is he good at taking care of babies? Not really, but he will protect her with his life! Is it very hot, a huge romantic when he's been smacked in the face with fairy dust, and kind of a dork? YEP. Amazing, showstopping, totally rocks a pink dress.”

Additional Propaganda Under the Cut

Additional Propaganda

For Prince Jingim:

For Madmartigan:

“When I was 13 and home sick I watched this film on repeat every day for a week. I wasn't even that clear yet on what a crush was, but boy did I have a crush on Madmartigan.”

"He kicks ass with a sword AND takes care of a baby! What's hotter than that? He's the king of cynical sass AND recites love poetry. And he just has the prettiest face and those perfect rosebud lips. Peak Val Kilmer."

[taymamartins]

Elle Fanning wears the Abigail dress in Pink Rosebuds at Cannes Film Festival (♡)

[doublism]

movies in 2033:

Ride: A "Yesterday" Story - the fourth installment in the "yesterday" franchise, this musical comedy tells the story of a young woman who emerges from a coma to find that she is the only person in the world who remembers lana del rey. this lighthearted flick is jam-packed with 2010s nostalgia for the older crowd but promises fun for the whole family!

The Lego Godfather - starring chris pratt as the voice of don corleone

Rosebud - A24's latest release is a refreshing, feminist reimagining of citizen kane that breathes new life into orson welles' classic film.

The Irishman: A Virtual Reality Experience - in honor of martin scorsese's 90th birthday, netflix is bringing the magic of the irishman back to theaters in a new and exciting way. for a limited time only, this immersive experience will allow fans to "paint houses" with de niro, serve jail time with pacino, and more, all at their local multiplex.

[goosita]

𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚢𝚜

𝚊 𝚃𝚘𝚙 𝙶𝚞𝚗//𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝙰𝚄

“𝚈𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎’𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘��’𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜.”

Coriolanus Snow x fem!Reader

Lieutenant Coriolanus Snow (callsign: Snake) is one of the top pilots at District 12’s Naval Air Station. Son of the infamous Capt. Crassus “Rosebud” Snow and a highly decorated pilot in both training and combat missions, he will do whatever it takes to earn his place at the Capitol’s elite Fighter Weapons School and follow in his father’s footsteps. Only the nation’s best and brightest naval aviators are invited to attend, and Lt. Snow is going to be one of them.

When Lt. Snow’s WSO, Lt. Sejanus “Baby” Plinth, is injured in a training exercise, you are called in to replace him as Snow’s backseater. Your job is to operate the weapons systems of the aircraft and control the radars used for communications in the air. The only problem is that you can’t stand the cocky pilot. He’s impulsive, he has a bad habit of leaving his wingman, he doesn’t play by the rules. You’re careful, calculated. The safety of your crew and the safety of your aircraft always come first. For the sake of your duty to Panem, you two will just have to find a way to work together and get along.

aviation term index

playlist

moodboards

prologue

part one

part two (coming soon!)

(masterlist format ib: @floralcyanide)

(some quotes taken directly from Top Gun (dir. Tony Scott, 1986) i do not own the film or script.)

[simphoraa]

Sweet & Sour Legacy Challenge - Sims 3

Created by Simphora & Gabrielle-kl 

Hey guys! Surprise, surprise. Me and Gabby did a little something.. we created a Sims 3 challenge! Woot-woot! This is our very first time creating a challenge together. We had such a blast. I’d like say this challenge is fun and unique. We put our FOOT into making this because us Sims 3 simmers are in desperate need of more challenges. Also, feel free to check out Gabby’s amazing challenge called, Not Your Average Legacy Challenge. 

The Sweet & Sour Legacy Challenge is a six generation legacy challenge inspired by fruits. These fruits have a sweet and sour aesthetic for each generation. For example, the sweet fruit generations are compassionate and up-beat. Meanwhile, there’s a little twist with the sour fruit generations because it’s more pessimistic and chaotic. All-in-all, if you're a simmer that is looking for a fruit themed and drama fulfilled legacy challenge, this is a challenge for you!

If you’re interested in doing this challenge, please feel free to tag us: @simphoraa @gabrielle-kl​ or #sweet&sourlegacy. We would love to see your progress and gameplay!

R U L E S:

You must follow each generation in chronological order. 

It is recommend that you use all of the provided traits.

If you do not have a certain Sims 3 expansion pack that is related to the traits, careers, or goals, you can make adjustments.

The aesthetic color/colours for each generation is optional.

Before moving on to the next generation, you must complete all of the required goals.

DO NOT use any money cheat codes (ex: motherload, kaching, or rosebud).

Generation #1 - Watermelon: One in a Melon

You like to see yourself as the main character, and you think that everyone that comes in contact with you thinks so too.

Everyone absolutely loves you! Or do they? As unique as you are, you want to be a famous actor or actress. Soon enough Hollywood would be signing your name on everything! You find yourself chilling with A-list celebrities and even date a few. You have everything you could ever want! No one can ruin this for you, except maybe yourself.

Get started: Live in a small starter house or apartment. Purchase your basic necessities to survive, and progressively buy more necessities once you start earning some simoleons. Good luck!

Starting simoleons - §1,200

Traits - Charismatic, Dramatic, Snob, Star Quality, and Workaholic

Career - Film

Lifetime Wish - Superstar Actor

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Become a five-star celebrity

Ruin your reputation 2 times, make your life a little scandalous! (ex: get publicly disgraced)

Master the Charismatic skill

Reach level 10 in the Film Career (choose the actor branch)

Have 2 close friends

Host a meet & greet once a week (ex: sign autographs and take pictures with fans)

Fall in love with one of your fans

Have as many kids as you want

Generation #2 - Lemon: When life gives you lemons.. you have to deal with some sour sh*t!

Sigh! Your childhood was already enough as it was with being a nepotistic child, but now there’s even more shenanigans.

Apart from hiding in your parents' shadows and not being the main focus when it comes to the paparazzi. You carry a nice and sweet persona on the outside. Those who were fortunate enough to have a conversation with you say your personality is like, “stuffing their mouths with a bunch of sour candy”, but you didn’t hear that from me. Just know, it’s okay to loosen up a bit. You do not always need to leave a bitter taste in one’s mouth.

In the course of time, you finally meet someone and insert yourself into their life. Love makes you do some silly things. You want to help them with their unlawful issues because you think that you can help them figure things out and get their life back on track. Realistically speaking, you would never think of laying your eyes on someone with a completely different personality than yours and a terrible outlook on life. Oh boy! You're in for a nice treat.

Traits - Bookworm, Grumpy, Hopeless Romantic, No sense of humor, and Perceptive

Career - Journalism or Private Investigator

Lifetime Wish - Star News Anchor or Pervasive Private Eye

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Get romantically involved with a criminal  

Be disliked by a few sims. Having “friends” isn’t your thing because people disappoint you

Master the Writing or Logic skill

Reach level 5 in the Journalism or Private Investigator Career, and then quit or get fired

Have 1 failed marriage

Have only 1 child

Have a bad relationship with your child

Find a hobby or skill, and make a source of income out of it

Have a rebound relationship with someone

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Hmm, it looks like you have found love again. Are you genuinely happy this time? You may be a little traumatized from the last relationship. Just remember, everyone isn’t the same. This rebound relationship could be turning into something really serious. There may even be wedding bells in your future. Do you want to give marriage a second chance or stay in the “dating” stage?

Generation #3 - Strawberry: You’re the sweetest pick of the patch!

Everyone loves you, at least this time. Nobody is actually lying. Good job! Everyone finds you to be the sweetest sim in the patch. And, trust me, you will most definitely take full advantage of all this attention. You mainly use it for a good cause. You love power, but not in an evil kind of way. You want to use that power to help those in need.

You attend University in hopes of being the future president of the free world and eventually start raising a happy family that is way better than how your current family dynamic is right now. I don’t really know anything, but deep down you want to be better than your parents because you have a weird feeling that they were doing some shady things before you were born.

Traits - Friendly, Family-Oriented, Good, Irresistible, and Schmoozer

Career - Political

Lifetime Wish - Leader of the Free World

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Fix your relationship with your parent

Maintain A’s in school and even aim to become an honor/honour roll student (child-teen)

In high school, join the debate club

Enroll into University and major in Communications

Host a rant/protest once a week

Donate to a charity once in a while

Join a Social Group (Nerd, Rebel, or Jock)

Throw a party every weekend in Sims University

Earn the Communications degree

Reach level 10 in the Political Career

Be a good role model as a parent and a faithful spouse

Have about 2-4 kids

Retire from the Political Career once an elder

Generation #4 - Green Apple: One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch..

You want to find love just like how your parents have it. You can’t seem to find someone that fits the description of your dream partner. All of your attempts seem to fall flat. Why? You’re not that bad of a person. You’re just exploring a bit. You may be a little picky, but everyone has their own personal preferences within a person. Right? Hmm.. maybe you're just picking the wrong kind of sims? Do not give up. Keep putting yourself out there until you find the one. Just do not get yourself caught up. They say the world is one tiny place..

Traits - Commitment Issues, Flirty, Over-emotional, Social Butterfly, and Unlucky

Career - Any self-employed career

Lifetime Wish - Heartbreaker

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Maintain a good relationship with your parents

Create an Online Dating Profile

Go out on a date every weekend

Have 10 failed relationships (get caught cheating or initiate a break-up)

Have an accidental baby from a hook-up

Avoid/Lose contact with some of your friends. You forgot about them. You’re too “caught up” in love

Start a Personal Blog

Post daily blogs about your life

Reach level 7 in Social Networking skill

Attempt to meet someone through the Sim Finder App

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Good news! It looks like you may have found the sim of your dreams through your blog. Out of all those fishes in the sea, it only took ten different sims to find them. Do you try to fix your reputation, and finally settle down or continue to be a.. heartbreaker?

Generation #5 - Blueberry: Life is very sweet, and you are naturally sweet

Being generous and compassionate is one thing, but doing it all the time, even to the sims that do not deserve it.. gets draining. You kept it pushing. Hey, even I am surprised you lasted this long. Everyone makes mistakes. Although, some people are just unforgivable. It turns out you're the type of sim that doesn’t hold others' mistakes against them forever because holding grudges is immature.

You’ve studied hard to be in a career that has long tiresome hours where you're barely at home, and if you think you got lucky in some extra lounge time – Oh! There goes your alarm, it’s time to clock in! Unfortunately, since you're never home, some things just seem to slip under the rug. Only so much can be slipping through the cracks for you to be completely oblivious. Hmm, I wonder how long this has been going on for? I could never trust someone again after that stunt. Could you?

Traits - Ambitious, Eco-Friendly, Friendly, Genius, and Loves the Outdoors

Career - Science

Lifetime Wish - Become a Creature-Robot Cross Breeder or Renaissance Sim

Aesthetic Color/Colour 

Goals:

Have your sim live the Eco-friendly lifestyle (ex: own a bicycle, eat organic food, recycle, etc)

Start a garden

Fish once a day

Catch/Collect 5 different uncommon or rare type of fishes

Master the Gardening, Handiness, and Fishing skill

Grow a plantsim or create a small farm (ex: raise chickens, cows, horses, etc) [PICK ONE]

Fall in love with one of your co-workers

Once married, make your Spouse have 2 affairs and you must stay with them

Try repairing your marriage with your spouse, but only if you catch them cheating

Generation #6 - Grapefruit: Don’t be such a sour puss!

Let’s be realistic here. You need to get your life together. I’m sorry. I know this is something you do not want to hear, but ya need to put a pep in your step and do something with yourself. Pronto!

You find it quite unfair how other sims around you get to go on fancy trips, have nice cars, live in mansions or high-rise buildings, and afford expensive meals. You wonder to yourself how one can achieve all these kind of lifestyles. Dangerous choices can lead to serious consequences, but it’ll never stop you. I would say you like to live your life on the edge. So, what if you leave a place with five different things that do not belong to you? Any who --- hey, wait a minute... since when did your neighbor/neighbour get such a nice car? Oh my god! Did they seriously leave their keys in the slot like that? Someone could just steal it. It is a really nice car though. I think I might take it for a little spin around the block.. Finders keepers, losers weepers!

Traits - Athletic, Childish, Hot-headed, Kleptomaniac, and Night-owl

Career - Criminal

Lifetime Wish - Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

Aesthetic Color/Colour

Goals:

Steal 3 items a day

Possess §50,000 worth of stolen items (do not sell anything)

Befriend your ALL of your neighbors/neighbours. No one knows what you do in your free time. You could get some valuable goodies from them, wink wink

Get arrested

Work out 3 times a week at the community Gym

Master the Athletic skill

Live in a house worth over §100,000

Scuffle with someone once a week

Adopt a child

C H O I C E:

This generation has a choice for you to make. These are choices that you could build off of and integrate into your storyline.

Uh-oh, there’s a new addition to the family. Now, you have a lot of responsibility on your hands. This is very important to you. Is this the perfect time to finally get your life together by quitting your job as a Criminal and find a new job? Or, remain a Criminal, but hide it? This has been your lifestyle for a while. Just remember that this could also make you look like a “bad parent” because children can be easily influenced.

If you have made it to the end of this challenge, we want to thank you so much for participating and completing it. Let us know what you think as well!

[wrathofrats]

Kinktober day 1: cuckholding

Prompts by @kroas-adtam

Silent film stars stuck in talking cinema light

Read now or read on Ao3

Ivy/pebble/river/lake

Explicit, 2k, warnings for cuckholding, bondage, dubious consent, small threats, gills, and degradation.

“Come on sprout don’t be an attention whore, can’t we dote on sweet little Ivy for a bit?”

Ivys head fell back onto rivers shoulder, whimpering in time with each thrust as river continued to bounce him in his dick. He was flushed deep down his chest, a bright red blush that made him unable to look anyone in the eye.

“Oh Ivy, your little boyfriend is about to explode”

“Isn’t he gorgeous sprout?”

Ivy gave a loud whine, River spilling praises over his shoulder. He sat backwards on his cock, held tightly to his chest for pebble to see clearly.

Ivy really was pretty. Lithe and smooth all over, pale skin that River could suck dark marks into all day if he was allowed. Ivy was truly a gift of a little earth ghoul.

“My pretty little rosebud” river whispered just loud enough for pebble to hear into ivys neck. He was littered with bruises and bite marks, nipples a dark red and puffy, surely overly sensitive but River didn’t want to overwhelm the poor thing.

“I’ll fucking kill you-“ a hand shot over pebbles mouth before he could finish.

“That’s not very nice and you know it” lake said. He had been standing behind pebbles chair, in charge of keeping him tied down and quiet, even if the quiet part was easier said than done, “I’ll have to muzzle you if you don’t learn when it’s not your turn to speak”

“Come on sprout don’t be an attention whore, can’t we dote on sweet little Ivy for a bit?”

Ivys head fell back onto rivers shoulder, whimpering in time with each thrust as river continued to bounce him in his dick. He was flushed deep down his chest, a bright red blush that made him unable to look anyone in the eye.

“Oh Ivy, your little boyfriend is about to explode” River chuckled. If Ivy couldn’t open his eyes to watch then River was more than happy to describe every detail to him. Pebble strapped down and hard, lake holding his chin in place to watch Ivy come undone on rivers cock. Lakes hands roamed across pebbles body, groping at his thighs and chest in time with rivers movements.

“Ivy looks like he fucking belongs on rivers cock, don’t they just make such a pretty picture together? Think we should keep him all for ourselves” Lake purred, an arm held tightly across pebbles chest to keep him seated.

“I’ll make sure you belong in a morgue” pebble growled.

“Ah ah ah, I’d watch your tone. Wouldn’t want to have to muzzle you would I?”

Pebbles tail lashed angrily, teeth grit.

Ivy doesn't say a word, doesn’t protest, doesn’t claim pebble as his. Just keeps bouncing like he knows better than to talk back. His cock is bright and angry with pre running down the shaft, being held up solely by River, like a boneless doll.

Lake gives a low chuckle, nipping at pebbles ear. His hand falls into his lap so he can get a good handful of him through his jeans, just enough to tease him.

“Oh don’t be jealous, maybe we’ll be nice enough to let you touch our new toy once rivers done breaking him in”

Pebble let out a low growl, pitching into a high yelp when lake squeezes him tight through his pants. Palming him his jeans, half painful half just enough pleasure to keep him on edge, pebble would have clawed lakes hands to shreds if he didn’t know whatever punishment for that would be even worse if he wasn’t just sent back to the pits on the spot.

The thing that doesn’t help is that Ivy is absolutely out of his mind with the attention, loves each time he hears lake say he’s beautiful, that they should just claim him for themselves. It’s really not his fault he moans and blushes at such sweet praise.

River trailed a nail down ivys chest, digging in just enough to leave a raised red line in its wake.

“Didn’t know Ivy would be so easy pebble” River half mumbled to the corner of the room where he sat, half whispered in ivys ear.

His Ivy? Saying that his toy is easy? It’s almost impossible for pebble to control himself, hissing and baring his teeth at the two who couldn’t help but snicker a bit at his tied up state, being groped like he’s an afterthought.

“Don’t fucking listen to them, you’re mine.” Pebble commanded, “look at me”

It was a desperate attempt to get a grip back into Ivy. Just the vaguest hold onto Ivy to make the situation a tiny bit better.

Ivy tried to pick up his head but River had his hand on his chin before he could meet pebbles eyes. He turned his face back to his, luring him into a kiss that’s all tongue and poor Ivy is so fuzzy pebbles request entirely slips from his brain. It’s not his fault he needs to be good for River, needs to let him do whatever he wants.

“Oh baby, do what he says, look at him Ivy” River doesn’t let go of his chin, just turns it towards pebble in an act of almost mock kindness, “moan pretty, say his name”

“Fuck- pebble!” Ivy gasped as River thrusted up into him again, keeping Ivy bouncing up and down.

“Sweet obedient boy” rivers hand came around ivys front to make a display of grabbing his cock. A small reward for listening.

He’s doing it wrong. That’s all pebble can think as he digs his nails into his palms is that River is touching Ivy wrong.

That’s not how Ivy likes it, not how pebbles toy likes to be touched and rewarded but Ivy, even still, gives a warbled little cry, not the right sound, not the sound he knows so well when he treats Ivy properly.

He can’t decide if he wants to be mad at the two water ghouls for their cruel trick, at Ivy for being play liked a fiddle or for himself for allowing them to touch his things.

“Calm down sprout, if you’re lucky and ask nicely, maybe later River will play with you too” lake teased him, a tone that’s purely mocking. He’s incapable of keeping his hands to himself. Lake continued to stroke pebble through his jeans while watching the little show in front of them. Small kisses trail up pebbles neck, adding a few bruising bite marks just for an added sting, a mixture of moaning and growling coming from every touch.

“Fucking bite me prick” pebble snapped. A harsh pressure blooms in the junction of his shoulder, driving a small yelp from the earth ghoul. Nothing too hard but enough for pebble to shut his mouth for a minute. Lake loves seeing pebble fight against the small grave of pleasure he tries to give him, try to stay mad even when he’s got his hand stroking his cock. Lake has always been a sadistic little thing as most water ghouls all, his suffering drives him mad.

He’s almost tempted to untie pebble just to see what he would do to them.

“I’m close- River please I can’t don’t make me cum-“ ivy almost wailed as he continued to rocket towards the edge with rivers hand on him. He doesn’t want to cum, he doesn’t want to cum on rivers cock, it’s not pebble. His body, his climax, his pleasure, all it was pebbles.

River is respectful, after all if someone had done this to his lake he doesn’t know if he would be able to stop himself from waterboarding them. He cuts it close, takes him all the way and pulls him back right before Ivy tips over.

“Shhh, good boy, did so well on my cock rosebud”

River gave ivy a second to come back to earth before pulling out of him. Lake left pebble tied to the chair to grab a washcloth, one last pointed bit of torture to watch River and lake wipe Ivy down and talk him out of his subspace. River followed every wipe with a small kiss, lake wrapping him up and redressing him.

Ivy was led over to a separate, cushier chair. Not like pebbles which was dragged from the dining room for the added benefit of being able to tie him to it.

“Oh lake what we will do with him” River looked towards pebble who was still breathing heavy, a large scowl on his face.

“Don’t think his nasty attitude will serve him well, we should at least try and calm him down”

Lake walked over towards pebbles chair, rubbing along the indents of where the rope had dug into his skin.

“He likes the pain too much, besides, don’t want to give him any more reasons to be angry”

The ropes were quickly slashed through with a claw, replaced by lakes hands holding his wrists to make sure he didn’t get another lash in.

“Play nice and I won’t gut you sprout”

It’s awful. Pebble would’ve preferred for them to keep him tied till he sobbed about it. They’re sickly sweet at the surface with the undertone of something dangerous while Ivy looks on towards the scene, waiting to see what they’ll do to pebble.

The pair of water ghouls are absolutely tooth rotting, pushing pebble against the headboard to slowly undress and worship every inch of skin they can. He tried to push their hands away from his body before lake flashed him a row of sharp water teeth along with more rope they had kept on the bedside table in case he got out of the first set. The rope burn was bad enough, he doesn’t need any extra.

“Lay there and take it pebble, let us give you a reward for being so good”

Pebble tried to lay back and not lift his head so he wouldn’t have to watch the two start to mouth towards his cock, sharing it between them.

He felt filthy

“Just fucking hurry up” pebble tried not to groan out. He didn’t want to give either of them any satisfaction of giving him pleasure even if his cock was about to leak against his skin as River sucked a mark directly into his hip. Lake kept pebbles legs apart so he wouldn’t squirm, thumbing at his hole as River continued to tease.

“Wanna take our time with you”

“Pretty little cock and you won’t even let us share it?”

Their eyes glowed in the low light, a sirens call that had pebble throwing his arm over his face.

“God I fucking hate water ghouls-“ pebble struggles as he gave a peek downwards. It was a sight he didn’t think he could handle, the two licking up his cock in tandem, acting like they’re just starving for it. River moved to kiss over his dick, trying to make out with lake over the shaft. Wet, drool running down to make a mess in the course hair at the base.

It’s truly torture to pebble. He rather be punished physically than have to stay still and watch this unfold. River could’ve pinned him to the bed and fucked him with no prep and pebble would’ve preferred that to whatever this is, and he’s damn sure River and lake knew that.

“Shit- just suck it properly you fucking fre-“ pebbles snark was cut off by a breathy moan when lake suckled on the tip, eating up every small sound that’s forced out of him.

Everytime pebble opens his mouth he’s met with on of them pulling off to whisper a bit of praise to calm him back down again. Good boy, learning so fast!

Lake grabbed River by the hair to finally push pebble dick far into his mouth instead of continuing to tease him.

Pebble immediately becomes sweet and docile once he can feel rivers gills flutter around his cock. They’re soft and silky, almost luxurious feeling against his sensitive skin and pebble almost can’t handle the sight of lake fucking rivers mouth, holding him down so his gills flex and constrict with a soft moan.

He can’t continue to be mad when his brain fizzles out over rivers mouth, over how River just lets himself be used. They’ve got him in the palm of their hands.

“Oh fuck- that’s it”

[poebrey]

Always figured this was the case since both Oyin and Emily were involved in other projects around the time of filming (Oyin was starring in Orah and Emily was directing Rosebud which she also wrote) but it’s nice to see it confirmed. One thing Discovery always seemed consistent with behind the scenes was leaving an open door for its actors.

[ghosts-to-reid]

Neo Gothic: The Bibliography

These are meanings/refernces made in Neo Gothic, for those who may not have delved into the genre asmuch as they'd like...

This post is in reference to my series 'Neo Gothic' and as such some definitions are written towards to context of the story, this isn't a fool proof guide to the gothic, only a guide for my readers.

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5

References are in order of their mention, starting with part 1. Some are my definitions, other are from the internet.

The Gothic: A literary genre that combines Romance and Horror, Characterized by horror, Mystery, and gloom. Solidified as a genre by Horace Walpole, author of The Castle of Otranto.

Dracula: 1897 Cult Gothic Novel about vampire Dracula, who haunts a group from London, trying to turn or kill them.

Lucy Westenra: Mina Harker's best friend in Dracula, She is fed on, then turned, and eventually killed by the group. She was considered promiscuous due to her many suitors. She is given blood transfusions, however we now know the science behind these transfusions are outdated. She is finally killed in her vampiric form by beheading and a stake through the heart.

Carmilla: 1872 Predesscor of Dracula, it follows an isolated young woman who befriends a woman who turns out to be the vampire who has been drinking from her breast for years...

Carmilla (Character): An ancient vampire, often interpretated as a lesbian. In the novel, her death is achived by finding her resting place (her tomb), beheading her, and driving a stake through her heart.

Ann Radcliffe: Gothic author, known as 'The Enchantress', she published many acclaimed gothic novels in her time, including The Mysteries of Udolpho, she also wrote many essays that were published after her dath that have become acclaimed for their insight.

Rosemary's Baby: 1968 horror film directed by Roman Polanski, following a woman who is being victimised by a satanic cult.

The Exorcist: 1973 film directed by William Friedkin, following a girl who is possesed by an ancient demon.

Creed (Barbra): Professor of Cinema Studies, wrote collection of essays named "Monsterous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanlysis"

Abjection: subjective horror, or someone's reaction to physically or emotionally disturbing subject matter

The Yellow Wallpaper: 1892 Novella by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, follows the descent into maddness of a victorian woman perscribed a "rest cure"

Dracula (character death): He is beheaded and stabbed through the heart, afterwards turning to dust.

The Castle of Otranto: 1764 novella by Horace Walpole, tricks reader into beleiving it is a true story of an ancient catholic family in italy, who are victim to spiritual haunting due to their transgressions.

Castle of Otranto Death: At the start of the novel, Manfred's (The villian) son is about to marry the virtuous Isabella, however in a tragic turn of events, he is crushed to death by a giant suit of armour, the helmet becoming stuck.

Frankenstein: 1818 Novella by Mary Shelley, follows Victor Frankenstein in his abjection after playing god, and bringing life to mixture of corpses.

Annabelle Lee (poem): explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious

Raven: Inspired by the poem, 'The Raven' by Edgar Allen Poe

Terror: Psychological fear, feeling like you're being watched/Thinking you heard noise.

Horror: The physcial reaction to fear, a scream, the unsettling shake when you're scared.

Sanguinary/Sanguination: involving or causing much bloodshed.

Sanguinary Rosebud: Reference to Angela Carter's short story "Lady in The House of Love"

Sublime: The state of all striking awe of the natural world.

Gothic Heroine: The gothic heroine is often characterised by her lack of agency or control in her situation. Often in a vulnerable position, she is often targeted by the immoral.

Naturalist: naturalism, in literature and the visual arts, late 19th- and early 20th-century movement that was inspired by adaptation of the principles and methods of natural science, especially the Darwinian view of nature, to literature and art.

Byron: Lord Byron was a romantic poet in the 19th century, well known for his sexual escapades.

Dr Bell: Bell was the last name used in the Pseudonmys that that Bronte sisters shared when publishing.

Dr. Purcell: one of sheridan Le Fanu's pseudonmys

Quarles: One of Edgar Allen Poe's pseudonmys