#s13 round 2

[guess-that-ship]

S13: Badly Describe Your Ship Round 2

Gay and gayer

Characterized by homoerotic tension that alternates between violent, softly devoted, and absolutely hilarious depending on the situation. Dumbass 1 cradles dumbass 2’s face in his hands as dumbass 2 is dying and promises he won’t let him die with the most emotion the audience has ever seen on his face and then risks his life to save him but it’s totally platonic of course. It was also totally platonic when one of them tried to kiss the other. Obviously.

I want to impress you/You already impressed me

Your everyday sapphic opposite attract with A being a sad wreck filled with guilt and self hate who thinks she needs to lie to be loved and B being a super lady driven 60% by love and passion, 30% by passion-induged rage and 10% by lesbianism. A thinks B is so cool and strong and nice so she is way too out her league, except that B already thinks A is super cool, not for what she does or she is (what A is lying about) but for who she is and how passionate she is (and she is extremely stupid about it) and wants her to get better.

[south-park-polls]

South Park Song Tournament

Wendy's Audition Song - Something You Can Do With Your Finger (S4 E8)

Minorities at my Water Park - Pee (S13 E14)

[master-missysversion]

'Episode 1' tournament: Losers Round!

We have an uneven number of episodes for round 2 so I'm doing another short round and the winner will advance into Round 2

I've opened the poll for a week but i'm going to take the winner after 3 days. The winner will be announced on July 30th and Round 2 will begin

Edit: I realise 7a and 7b's titles are the wrong way around but i cant change it now :')

[found--family]

i finally finished Bridgewater season 2!

(i know i'm way behind but i was listening on my drive to and from work but then i lost my job and suddenly listening at home felt weird but i binged the last handful of eps this long weekend so now i wanna share some thoughts..) 

best finale bits: 

- realising francine was spn alumn/battlestar galactica's tricia helfer (wish I'd realised this sooner bc i think i would've enjoyed her character more) 

- jeremy becoming an unexpected father to a time travelling kid he spent the whole season vocally not giving a shit about (serious s13!grieving!dean vibes here) 

- the setup for season 3! would love to get some pov from folks in the fae realm! 

best s2 bits: 

- aside from misha, soni has been my fave thing about this series (his voice acting is So Good) and this season we got more vippin and more of him interacting with other characters! 

- learning more about jeremy: he visited fairyland as a kid! he was a teen wiccan! he just wants a friend! he's happy without a partner and kids! (the phonecall to his british colleague was a fave scene) 

- peyton! wish we'd gotten more of her, hope she returns next season. 

- more hillary! she's not in it much but we got a few long scenes with her and it was great to hear her flex her voice acting chops. 

- tudyk! i was sceptical at first (i'd really been looking forward to fillion) but he was stellar. his distinct voice is perfect for voice acting and his vocal control and timing was really superb. his and misha's scenes were a highlight but there were also a few delightful and emotional scenes with other characters (including a makeover!) 

- MONSTERS. one of the huge draws of this podcast for me was the supernatural element. this season had a bunch of different creatures appear and there were mentions of way more that had me googling and learning so much (yay fic fodder!) 

a few s2 cons (imho): 

- this season is a lot compared to season 1. more characters, more plot, more at stake. it was hard to keep up with what was going on specifically with all the fae stuff. i had to relisten to numerous scenes multiple times to grasp what was happening.

- it kinda feels like season 1 was written not knowing how everything would play out bc all the fae stuff feels shoehorned into the relevant parts of the s1 narrative. they make it work but some explanations seemed like a bit of a stretch. 

- as much as i love her on-screen, i didn't really enjoy helfer in this. i don't know whether it's because i found her character annoying from the jump or if it was her vocal style being a little too overdramatic and on the nose (that could've been a director's decision in which case it makes sense, but i really didn't enjoy her personality as the legend tripper or her almost comical portrayal as fae) 

- the finale was a lot of exposition, and it got very convoluted with different characters wanting to sacrifice themselves over each other, and the whole fae deal thing was still unclear and confusing despite being explained. tbh i was bored for most of it. 

- the first 19 minutes of the finale was an uninterrupted convo between jeremy and francine. that's too long, it's half the damn episode. and francine was doing most of the talking (almost monologuing) and since she's the badguy of the season it felt like a poor choice (or maybe that's just my bias for not liking her portrayal?) 

- anne and thomas going through the portal made total sense and I'm glad that's what happened bc thomas was sick and anne had missed her life BUT that made all the arguments over who should go that much more pointless. the arguments felt like filler, going round in circles with people ignoring each other's sound reasoning. 

- there were quite a few noticeable editing mistakes this season: chopped dialogue poorly stitched together, misspoken words, and dead air that did nothing to set the tone but instead felt like they hadn't bothered fixing. 

closing thoughts: 

i preferred the mystery of season 1. this season was a lot of focus on the how's and why's of all the monster and fae stuff with character studies crammed between, whereas season 1 was more concise in the investigation and character focus and there was always room to wonder what was going on (i preferred that) but there was also room for the narrative to breathe; season 2 is crowded. it's a lot of fast dialogue and info dumping, a lot of characters - some interesting, some annoying, a few pointless. I'd listen again for clarity and enjoyment of particular scenes and dynamics, but more often than not i found myself confused, left with more questions than answers, and therefore not being able to enjoy the journey. there were definite high points, including the many monster cameos, but it lost that eery feel that season 1 did so well; this season felt like multiple genres rolled into one with all of them fighting for dominance - horror, fantasy, drama, mystery - whereas season 1 melded themes and genres effortlessly. season 2 also didn't have the emotional chords that season 1 played so beautifully (I'm looking at you, emotional jeremy realising his whole life was a lie) the finale should've been a tear-jerker, it wasn't. 

it's always hard to follow the success of a first season, especially when the second decides to explain all the mysteries season 1 set up - and given how season 1 ended there was a lot that needed explaining. unfortunately (for me) the story felt caught up in the details and yet it explained things without explaining things leaving me wanting for clarity that never came. often it didn't bother setting the tone (or an intriguing tone) and more characters meant less misha which is always disheartening. 

i'm looking forward to season 3 with papa!jeremy(?) and fae realm content (I'd love more fae) i just hope they can recapture the thematic feel of season 1 (it can be a different vibe but it has to permeate the narrative) and refocus on our main folk (jeremy, vippin, anne, thomas, olivia) instead of introducing too many new characters and elements that will steal more scene time. 

[2dkapsddr]

July 3rd, 2021 - SDVX EG, IIDX 28, DDR A20 PLUS, WACCA Lily R, PIU XX

SDVX EXCEED GEAR ARRIVES AT ROUND 1 !!!!! i am so excited about this information!!! (not really)

so to commemorate the release, i decided to begin this scorepost with SOUND VOLTEX instead of DDR!!! get fucked hahahajhjajajaja

alas, however, i'm still not very good at the game, though i did get relatively low non-critical counts on the charts that i did try!!!

immediately after that, i went to go play IIDX and DDR for the rest of the session. and i got some pretty good clears out of it !!! (except for AO-Infinity lol)

now, onto DDR!! again, it's mostly just upscores, but they are some BIG ones indeed

on the WACCA side: redid Class VII to get a better score, and i upgraded my old 1 life clear to a silver clear!!! (50%+ life remaining)

and (almost) finally; i played a teensy bit of pump and finally confirmed whether or not i cleared Pine Nut S13!!! (i still dunno, but i DID get it this time 2 days later)

i also got Xuxa S14!!!! the silly pato song

BONUS: EXCLUSIVE DDR A20 PLUS E-AMUSE SCREENSHOTS

i forgot these when i made my account on twitter, but i'm not forgetting them this time!!! three DDR scores that i sent to the e-amuse app were hiding in July 5 instead of 3, so i'm grouping them in here while i still remember!! they're nothing fancy, but i still think i should include them here since i still wanna cover as much as i can)

[becauseofthebowties]

Here I am with a huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in my 6k follower milestone & 10-year tumblrversary celebration!!! I was once again blown away by all your incredible creations, and so grateful that so many of you chose to share your talent and creativity with the fandom during this event, you’re all AMAZING!!! 💖💖💖

This round-up post lists all the wonderful creations that were posted for this event, so please check them all out and support your local content creators by reblogging them if you haven’t already! You can also find all of these in my #bowties6k tag on my blog if that’s easier.

🎀 Day 1: cowboys // joy // pink

tombstone destiel gifset by @chrrispine regarding dean gifset by @winchestergifs pink s13 destiel gifset by @heartcastiel pink destiel + ‘heaven can wait’ edit by @savingpeople-huntingthings pink spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind pink happy tfw2.0 gifset by @seasononesam pink cowboy garth gifset by @xofemeraldstars pink tombstone destiel + ‘cowboy like me’ gifset by @bebecas pink castiel gifset by @castheology pink dean + cowboys ‘john wayne’ amv by @carveredlund pink happy cowboys destiel art by @haloedmoon pink kissing cowboys destiel art by @faithlesshunter pink cowboy dean ‘stripper’ eurovisionatural art by @solarcas pink tombstone destiel gifset by me

🎀 Day 2: broadwaynatural // angels // blue

blue castiel + angelic tropes gifset by @lengthofropes blue destiel + ‘ten minutes ago’ (cinderella) gifset by @greatcometcas winchesters + ‘wait for it’ (hamilton) edit by @accountantcas castiel + ‘i wanna be your slave’ gifset by @angelfishofthelord ‘that’s not my name: castiel edition’ gifset by @chrrispine destiel + ‘touch me’ (spring awakening) gifset by @winchestergifs dean + ‘without you’ (rent) gifset by @bebecas blue spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind dean + ‘soldier & rose’ (ghost quartet) gifset by @seasononesam blue angel cas + ‘the way back’ (jekyll & hyde) edit by @lunacastiel blue angels gifset by @xofemeraldstars blue castiel holy terror gifset by @castheology 'angels are watching over you...‘ destiel art by @abidraws destiel + ‘til him’ (the producers) gifset by @agentplant s4 destiel (cas pov) + ‘defying gravity’ (wicked) gifset by me

🎀 Day 3: siblings // home // green

green max & alicia banes gifset by @greatcometcas sam & dean swan song gifset by @winchestergifs green spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind green sam & dean gifset by @seasononesam green cas & gabriel gifset by @xofemeraldstars sam & dean edit by @lunacastiel green 1901!cas gifset by @castheology sam & dean + rock, paper, scissors gifset by me

🎀 Day 4: parallels // falling // purple

spn destiel // our flag means death parallels gifset by @chrrispine spn destiel // teen wolf parallel gifset by @winchestergifs purple spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind purple spn pilot john/mary // sam/jess parallel gifset by @seasononesam purple emmanuel!cas // regarding dean parallel gifset by @xofemeraldstars purple rowena // sam falling parallel gifset by @altarofrowena spn destiel // gilmore girls parallel gifset by @solarcas purple claire in ladies drink free gifset by @castheology purple destiel +’gold rush’ parallel gifset by @bebecas spn destiel // good omens parallel gifset by @agentplant spn // the boys parallels gifset by me

🎀 Day 5: favorite episode(s) // flowers // red

spn ‘blood’ amv by @savingpeople-huntingthings red destiel fimm gifset by @xofemeraldstars red spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind red fan fiction gifset by @seasononesam hunteri heroici gifset by @chrrispine cas i’m no angel + red flowers edit by @lunacastiel lazarus rising gifset by @heartcastiel regarding dean gifset by @altarofrowena red castiel heaven and hell art by @solarcas favorite episodes compilation gifset by @winchestergifs favorite episodes compilation gifset by @bebecas favorite episodes compilation gifset by me

🎀 Day 6: minor character(s) // grief // gold

billie/rowena funeralia edit by @ulfie-by-osmosis missouri moseley gifset by @youre-only-gay-once claire & jody wayward sisters gifset by @winchestergifs gold charlie gifset by @chrrispine gold spn gifset by @inacatastrophicmind special children gifset by @seasononesam ash gifset by @hailmaryfullofdeath gold castiel edit by @lunacastiel butch!claire art by @solarcas black creole benny art by @transbearbenny jody mills gifset by me

🎀 Mixed prompts

destiel + falling/grief/flowers + blue/gold/red art by @faithlesshunter

[artificialqueens]

On The Ground (Rosénali) - Moonshot

A/N: So… Guess who is back after a year of not writing fics? Yours truly! What can I say? Rosénali is that powerful of a ship. As always, I hope eveyone enjoys this fic. Feel free to let me know what you think… Who knows, there might be a follow up to this little fluff in the future! Little side note: this is a lesbian au where most of the s13/s12 girls appearing are cis-female, however Mik is still a trans man in the fic.

Summary: The diner girl!Denali x street singer!Rosé AU based on Blackpink’s Rosé’s solo music that nobody asked for!

ao3 link https://archiveofourown.org/works/30267687

Denali stared at the round clock above the entrance of the diner.

4:57 PM. 

Three more minutes until her shift was over.

Three more minutes until the girl who had been a fixed character in her dreams would come from around the corner, set up her guitar, greet the passersby before starting her set for the evening like she did every Wednesday.

“So, gorge, are you going to ask the champagne girl out today, or are you just going to keep on creepily staring at her from afar?”, her coworker, Kade - or as everyone called him, Mik - appeared next to her with an empty tray.

“Her name is Rosé, not champagne girl!”, Denali rebutted, “and also, for the record, I don’t just… stare. I just happen to like appreciating her set without bothering her! It’s not like she was flirting with me that one time”.

“Did I just hear our Nali denying her crush on that pink-haired singer, again?”, Olivia, who was busy running the cash register, chimed in.

“Girl, I think we should start betting against her and maybe we’ll make more money than what they can pay us here!”, Mik joked as he washed some of the dishes in the sink.

The black-haired girl rolled her eyes, ignoring her two best friends and focusing on the performer’s much-anticipated arrival.

Denali didn’t believe in love at first sight but after the first time Rosé and her guitar had shown up on the other side of the road from Tamisha’s Diner, she couldn’t think about anything else. 

There was just something about the other girl that had the Alaskan girl enamored.

The first - and so far only - time she had talked to Rosé was out of necessity as the other girl and who she assumed were her two best friends - the diner girls had dubbed them ‘Pastel Powerpuff girls’ - had decided to dine in just as Denali’s shift at the register had started.

“Hi! Did you enjoy our diner?”, the skater had put on her best smile, not quite able to meet the gaze of the taller girl as she typed out the receipt.

“Oh, sure, the skating gig is cute, the food’s great, and the service… isn’t too bad either,” Denali could see from the corner of her eye the smirk on the pink-haired girl.

“Rosie! Quit flirting with every cute girl that breathes and hurry up or Jan and I are leaving you here, the Uber is going to be here in 2 minutes!”, the blue-haired girl went on with the other girl in the friend group while ‘Rosie’ rolled her eyes at them.

“Sorry about Lagoona, she has the tact of an elephant on rollerskates,” the taller girl joked.

“O-Oh, no problem. So, your total is 20,04$, will you be paying in cash or card? Also, are you splitting the bill?”

“Since dumb and dumber over there already left, I’ll just pay everything with my card,” she replied taking out her purse and taking out her credit card, “here you go, angel”.

Denali tried her best not to blush at the sudden pet name, maintaining her on-the-clock persona as she brought out the card reader. She quickly finished up the operation and handed the pink-haired girl her card back with the receipt, “I just need a quick signature here and you’re free to go to your friends”.

‘Rosie’ scribbled down her signature - she learned her actual name was Rosé, classy yet slightly worrying - and left a tip for her. 

A 10$ tip for her.

“Gorge, she left you a 10$ tip, she was basically asking for your hand in marriage”, Mik reminded her, his eyes darting around the half-empty diner. 

He nodded his head to his left where Denali saw another one of her co-workers sharing a milkshake with her girlfriend, giggling like teenagers, “I’m just saying. If Utica managed to end up dating that self-proclaimed ebony enchantress over there, you got a chance with wine girl”, he ended with his trademark L.A vocal fry.

Denali knew Mik had a point, but as she was about to reply, she heard the familiar sound of a guitar starting a new song. Her eyes glanced back at the clock.

5:14 PM

Damn, she had missed the beginning of the set.

The Alaskan girl didn’t lose any more time as she clocked out, skates still on her feet as she zoomed out of the diner.

“Aaaaand she’s gone!”, Olivia commented, turning her head to Mik, “Do you think this time is the good one?”

“Well, if she doesn’t finally go after her, I might as well go after her myself!”

Denali reached the usual crowd that had already formed around Rosé, trying her best to blend in and not be seen by the singer while still getting a good view of the set.

“Well, aren’t you guys a lovely crowd!”, the pink-haired singer smiled as she got ready for the next song, “I’ve got one last song for today and this is going to be the first time I’ll be performing it, so, don’t hate it too much!”, she chuckled as she checked her guitar before turning her head back to the mic stand, “This is On The Ground, I’m Rosé and I hope you’ve enjoyed the set! Feel free to drop your tips in the guitar case!”

Denali couldn’t take her eyes off Rosé when she heard the guitar’s first chord paired with the honey-like vocals.

My life’s been magic seems fantastic

I used to have a hole

in the wall with a mattress

It’s funny when you want it

Suddenly you have it

You find out that your gold’s just plastic

The black-haired girl quickly pulled out her phone, opened her voice memo app, and hit record. She wanted to treasure the magic Rosé’s voice brought. 

What she failed to notice while she was so into the song was a pair of hazel eyes settling on her as the song reached its climax.

A couple of days later, Denali had just finished with her teaching job at the local ice rink when she spotted Olivia on the railings. 

“The suspicious lack of a certain pink-haired girl makes me think that you still haven’t asked her out” she heard the younger girl say as she skated her way to her.

“You’ll never let it go, won’t you, Liv?”

“Not when I see that you like her and, from what I’ve seen, she is at least interested in you. Mik tried to ask her out yesterday after your shift was over,” the other girl replied.

Denali furrowed her brows, “Wait, he was serious about asking her out? I thought he was just joking!”

“If you don’t act on your cute pink crush, you can’t expect everyone else to stop for you,” Olivia reasoned, “if it’s of any help, Mik did say that, and I quote ‘she didn’t want a piece of this fine ass’”, she finished, air quoting their co-worker.

“To be honest, the dude’s barely got an ass compared to me,” Denali muttered, but her best friend managed to catch it.

“Well, as Symone said, you do have a fat ass,” Olivia commented, causing both of them to laugh out loud.

She continued, “Point still stands though, you gotta do something or you might just end up regretting not doing anything about it”.

The dark-haired girl sighed, “I know, I’m just… scared to get hurt because she seems so cool and unreachable, and I’m just so… me?”, she confessed, resting her arms on the rails.

“Give it a chance, Nali,” Olivia replied, laying her hand on the skater’s arm and giving it a gentle squeeze, “And just in case, if she fucks you over, we’ll just unleash Kandy on her!”, she added, making Denali chuckle.

“Girl, if she knew you said that…”

“She would do absolutely nothing because she’s too busy chasing after that Joey guy”, she didn’t miss a beat with her reply, giving her a knowing look, “Almost forgot to ask, are you coming later to the club with the others?”

Denali shook her head, “No, sorry. I don’t feel like clubbing today, I’ll just skate a bit more and then go home to watch some Netflix”.

Olivia shrugged her shoulders, “You do you, girl. But think about what I said, okay?”

She gave her best friend a small smile, “Thanks, Liv. See you at work?”

The younger girl nodded and left Denali to her thought as she exited the room. The black-haired skater turned her head back to the rink, noticing that only a few people were left on the ice. 

She took a deep breath, putting her earbuds back in and looking through her phone to decide on what song to use for her last routine of the day. Her eyes fell on the voice memo app, immediately reminding herself of the recording she had taken just a few days prior. She hadn’t even listened to it since she had recorded it.

It wasn’t a clean recording, she could hear the sounds of the city and the people around her, but she closed her eyes and focused on Rosé’s voice, letting it guide her. 

The music fully took her over as she performed her usual stunts.

I’m way up in the clouds

And they say I’ve made it now

But I figured it out

Everything I need is on the ground

She found herself in the center of the rink, the bridge of the song was blasting in her ears. She smiled to herself as she started to spin, gradually picking up speed while Rosé’s high notes were all she could focus on.

Just drove by your house

So far from you now

But I figured it out

Everything I need is on the

Everything I need is on the ground

The recording stopped abruptly, she remembered how she had to bolt away, almost missing her bus home. 

Denali could hear her heavy breathing, suddenly aware again that she wasn’t alone. But she had made up her mind.

She was going to talk to Rosé the following Wednesday. 

That Wednesday the diner was busier than usual, giving Denali barely a moment to think, let alone realize she was missing Rosé’s set outside.

She glanced at the clock.

5:26 PM

Shit.

She turned her head and looked outside the diner’s big windows and saw that the pink-haired girl was starting to gather her things.

“Miss Iman just left, go to her! We’ll cover for you and we are not letting you get back in unless you got a date!”, Olivia said quietly enough for just her to hear.

Denali couldn’t help the grin spreading across her face. She grabbed some of the tips that she had made before she bolted outside, faintly hearing the cheering of her friends.

As she reached Rosé on the other side of the road, the singer’s back was facing her, she didn’t seem to have noticed Denali yet.

The black-haired girl took a deep breath, just like she had done on the ice rink, and let the tips fall into the still open guitar case.

The noise of falling change was what made Rosé turn around, a surprised look on her face as she registered Denali’s face.

“Denali?”

Gosh, she could hear the other girl say her name all day.

Wait.

“How do you know my name?”, Denali asked slightly confused.

Rosé didn’t reply but simply pointed at the waitress’s chest.

Oh, right. The nameplate on her uniform.

“That and also I tend to remember a pretty face when I see one,” she added, now her attention fully on the shorter girl.

“Oh, yeah, right”, she fidgeted awkwardly, not knowing where to look, “Uhm, I just wanted to say that you have a really beautiful voice. You can consider me your first fan when you make it big”.

Rosé smiled at her and Denali couldn’t help but notice how beautiful of a smile she had. 

The singer turned back to her stuff, shuffling things around and leaving the brunette to her thoughts. She wanted to ask the taller girl out but felt all her courage leave her body.

Way to go, Nali.

“Well, Uhm, I think I should-”, she started but she was stopped by the pink-haired girl, who had finished packing everything up.

“Here, this is for you”.

It was a jewel case cd, a picture of Rosé in a very 80s inspired attire on the cover with pink marker writing across the front.

‘To Denali

My first (and hopefully not last) fan

     Rosé xo’    

  It was signed with a small rose doodle next to Rosé’s name and, much to Denali’s surprise, a phone number along with the phrase ‘put it to good use’.

She looked up to find the other girl staring at her, her guitar case strapped on her back. She gave her a wink and started walking towards the subway.

Denali stood there for what felt like forever as she watched Rosé disappear in between the crowd of people roaming the streets. 

She looked back down at the cd, committing the number to memory. She turned around to look at the back, her eyes were drawn to the tracklist. 

She smiled when she saw On The Ground. 

Finally, she didn’t have to listen to a shitty phone recording to enjoy it. 

“Wait, what? You had recorded it all secretly and shady, mama?”

Rosé’s laugh filled the room as Denali tried to hide her face on the other girl��s bare chest.

“You’re an ass! I just wanted to use it for one of my skating routines”, she muttered, causing her girlfriend to laugh even harder.

“I find it cute that I’m not even famous and my music has already been pirated!” she commented, “I’m already halfway there to stardom, baby girl,” she added, kissing the top of Denali’s head.

The shorter girl groaned as she hid the increasing blush on her cheeks, rolling her body so that she was on top of the pink-haired girl.

“Well, miss Rosé, is it pirating if it was for personal pleasure only?”, Denali teased, running her hands upwards on the naked skin, slowly lowering herself until her face was inches away from her girlfriend’s.

She felt Rosé’s hands take a firm hold of her behind, “Oh angel, I’ll show you personal pleasure,” the singer replied, eliminating the little space left between their lips as Denali brought her hands to cup the older girl’s face.

Rethinking about those lyrics Rosé had written months prior, Denali knew she was right, she did have everything she needed on the ground.

It was to be right there with Rosé.

[triffysells]

KHDDD Riku Plush Crochet Pattern

The second entry in my KH character plushie series, Riku KingdomHearts!! (again) (but this time he’s sleepy)

This pattern and the resulting doll was my entry to March Caprice 2021!!

The main parts of this pattern are inspired by SirPurlGrey’s free bunny pattern, found here! This pattern would have been SO impossible without the solid base his work provides, so check him out if you like the style!

MATERIALS:

- crochet hook (I use a F5 3.75mm)

- tapestry needle

- worsted/size 4 yarn (blue, black, skintone, silver, white, yellow, teal recommended) though larger yarn means larger Riku (I use mostly Caron Simply Soft yarn because it’s very soft, but it tends toward a light 4 weight)

- stuffing/polyfill

SKILL LEVEL: intermediate, but I doubt skill level has ever stopped a Riku stan

GLOSSARY:

ch = chain

slst = slip stitch

sc = single crochet

hdc = half double crochet

dc = double crochet

tc = treble crochet

inc = increase (two of the most recent crochet into a single stitch)

dec = decrease (one of the most recent crochet in two stitches, only pulling through after both)

d3c = threecrease (one of the most recent crochet in three stitches, only pulling through after both)

“front of chain” = the V-shaped loops

“back of chain” = the single loop not a part of the V-shape

isc = in the second chain from the hook

HEAD in hair (A) and skin (B) color

 note: your hairline may vary based on the gauge of your stitches - feel free to freeform where you change colors, it doesn’t make THAT big a difference

1. A 6sc on magic ring  (6)

2. A 6inc  (12)

3. A (sc, inc) x 6  (18)

4. A (2sc, inc) x 6  (24)

5. A (3sc, inc) x 6  (30)

6-7. A 10sc, B 9sc, A 11sc  (30)

8. A 8sc, 2inc, B 9sc, A sc, 2inc, 8sc  (34)

9. A 12sc, B 10sc, A 12sc  (34)

10. A 12sc, B 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 3sc, A 12sc  (36)

11. A 12sc, B 12sc, A 12sc  (36)

12. A (4sc, dec) x 2, B 4sc, 2dec, 4sc, A (dec, 4sc) x 2  (30)

13. A (3sc, dec) x 2, B 3sc, 2dec, 3sc, dec, A 3sc, dec, 3sc  (24)

14. A (2sc, dec) x 2, B (2sc, dec) x 2, sc, A sc, dec, 2sc, dec  (18)

15. B (sc, dec) x 6  (12)

 slst to finish off, leave a long tail for sewing

BODY in light blue (A), black (B), white (C), and yellow (D)

  For neat color transitions, slst and finish off at the end of Round 7 and every round after

1. A 6sc on magic ring  (6)

2. A 6inc  (12)

3. A (sc, inc) x 6  (18)

4. A (2sc, inc) x 6  (24)

5-6. A sc around  (24)

7. A (4sc, dec) x 4  (20)

8. B (8sc, dec) x 2  (18)

9. (C 7sc, D 2sc) x 2  (18)

10. (C 7sc, D dec) x 2  (16)

11. (C sc, dec, 2sc, dec, D sc) x 2  (12)

 slst and finish off

ARMS (make two) in skin (A) and wristband (B) color

1. A 6sc on magic ring  (6)

2. A (sc, inc) x 3  (9)

3. A sc around, slst and finish off  (9)

4. B dec, 7sc  (8)

5. B slst around, slst and finish off  (8)

6. A sc around  (8)

7. A (2sc, dec) x 2  (6)

 slst to finish off, leave a long tail for sewing

LEGS (make two) in black (A), yellow (B), white (C), and light blue (D)

1. A 6sc on magic ring  (6)

2. A 6inc  (12)

3. A sc, (sc, 2hdc) in next st, (2hdc, sc) in next st, sc 

  this round is left intentionally incomplete, to shape the shoe

 slst and finish off

4. In back loops only, B 2sc, 2dec, 5sc, dec, 3sc, slst and finish off  (13)

5. C 7sc, (d3c) x 2  (9)

6. C 7slst, dec  (8)

7. C sc around, slst and finish off  (8)

8. D sc around  (8)

 slst to finish off, leave a long tail for sewing

HAIR (top) in hair color

1. ch4. Into the back of the chain, 2sc and inc. Turn, into the front, 2sc and inc.  (9)    You should now have an oval. The inc from the back of the chain and first sc into the front are effectively into the same stitch, with the yarn tail pulled under in between them to keep it neat and out of the way.

2. Skip one stitch, (inc, 2sc, inc) x 2  (12)

3. (inc, 3sc, inc, sc) x 2  (16)

4. (sc, inc, 4sc, inc, sc) x 2  (20)

5. (2sc, inc, 5sc, inc, sc) x 2  (24)

6. (3sc, inc, 6sc, inc, sc) x 2  (28)

 Now We’re Into The Spikes Oh No

S1. 3sc, ch9, into the front of the chain isc 2sc, 3hdc, 3dc, then slst onto main hair

S2. sc, ch5, into the back of the chain isc hdc, dc, 2inc, on main hair skip one then slst

S3. Turn the hair over, then onto S2 sc, sc into the closer loop, ch2, turn the hair back rightside, isc sc, then into the already made portion of S3 hdc, dc, slst onto main hair

S4. Turn the hair over, then onto S3 sc, sc into the closer loop, ch3, turn the hair back rightside, isc sc, hdc, dc, inc, on main hair skip one then slst

S5. ch4, into the front of the chain isc sc, hdc, dc, slst onto main hair

S6. ch6, into the front of the chain isc 2sc, 2hdc, dc, slst onto main hair

S7. sc, ch9, into the back of the chain isc 2sc, 3hdc, 3dc, slst onto main hair

S8. sc, ch6, into the front of the chain isc sc, 2hdc, 2dc, slst onto main hair

S9. sc, ch7, into the back of the chain isc sc, 2hdc, 3dc, on main hair skip one then slst

S10. Turn the hair over, then onto S9 4sc, sc into the closer loop, ch1, 2sc into the already made portion of S10, 3hdc, slst onto main hair

S11. sc, ch7, into the front of the chain isc sc, hdc, 4dc, slst onto main hair

S12. sc, ch7, into the back of the chain isc sc, hdc, 4dc, slst onto main hair

S13. sc, ch6, into the front of the chain isc sc, 4hdc, slst onto main hair

S14. Turn the hair over, then onto S13 3sc, sc into the closer loop, ch2, isc sc, 2hdc, dc, inc, on main hair skip one then slst

S15. sc, ch6, into the back of the chain isc sc, 2hdc, 2dc, slst onto main hair and finish off

 Sew together S11 and S12 to make one U shaped spike!

HAIR (bottom) in hair color

1. ch13, isc sc12

2-4. ch1, sc11

S1. ch4, into the front of the chain isc sc, hdc, dc, on main hair skip one then slst

S2. slst, ch5, into the back of the chain isc 2sc, 2hdc, slst onto main hair

S3. ch6, into the back of the chain isc hdc, 2dc, 2tc, on main hair skip two then slst

S4. ch5, into the front of the chain isc 2sc, 2hdc, slst onto main hair

S5. slst, ch4, into the back of the chain isc sc, hdc, dc, on main hair skip one then slst

 ch1, cut, and pull to finish off

ASSEMBLY

I don’t imagine there’s a wrong way to sew parts on, so beginners can relax - as long as it’s attached it’s probably fine??? Just don’t tie any knots until you’re sure you’ve placed the part correctly!! (I know this from experience…) Note that you can add the face details before stuffing so that you can reach the other side to tie any knots better, but I prefer to add the face after so I can use the hair as a guide.

Body: Stuff and attach the head and body! They should have the same number of stitches at their openings, so they can be attached evenly. You can sew partially then finish stuffing if you find you’re having trouble keeping the stuffing in. Make sure the face side of the head matches one of the white sides of the body, not the yellow!

Limbs: Stuff and sew the arms and legs onto the torso; make sure the legs are positioned well to keep Riku sitting up rather than tilting to the front or back!

Hair: Godspeed. The hair is tough to assemble - first sew on the bottom hair (flat piece) on the back of Riku’s head, ensuring the little bottom spikes are positioned to your liking near the back of the head. Then use his bangs and the spikes that frame his face to position the top hair. Sew down whatever spikes you feel are pointing outward too much! You can use the hair colored yarn, or a same-color thread. Just a few knots here or there will secure it well enough.

DETAILS

Face: For the eyes, you can use yarn, thread, or sew on felt or buttons! I embroider with some teal thread, but you could creatively swap for yellow or Dream Eater pink! For the mouth, you can use a little bit of black thread or fray apart some black yarn. You can also add some eyebrows with hair color yarn if you want an expression like angry or sad.

Shoelaces: Riku has his shoelaces wrapped around his shoes! You can mimic this by taking a 12in piece of black yarn and wrapping it around his ankle a few times before tying a bow on top. A longer piece of yarn will allow for more wraps around.

Collar: His big dumb popped collar! You can use black yarn to ch16, isc inc, 13sc, inc, leave a long tail to sew it around his neck

Sigil: Riku is literally a Dream Eater! He turned into one! Wild! Love that for him. You can cut a little Dream Eater sigil out of felt or another fabric and sew it on! With my Rikus, it needs to be about 1/2 inch tall - very small and hard to cut! You could also try to embroider one on with yarn or thread.

Wings: I LOVE designs for Dream Eater Riku that take Rising Wing and his association to Komory Bats to a whole new level. If you also are a being of taste, consider adding some wings to your Riku!

That’s it!! You’ve finished your very own plush Riku doll! He is small and squeezable and snzzzzzz...

If you have any questions about any part of this pattern, you can contact me on my twitter!

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[missjanjie]

the s13 sit down to play some ice breaker games like 2 truths and a lie and by the time they get through a couple rounds everyone is staring at utica and denali in shock at the things they say so casually

utica and denali have been through so much and haven’t even hit thirty

[guess-that-ship]

S13: Badly Describe Your Ship Round 2

Mindfulness

Anxious physic girl meets insecure ex-gang member boy. Both of them fall in love with each other in a diverse school while they try to stop multiple harmful events from occurring in life.

Summer School and Illness

Two chronically ill kids meet and form a bond over OCs when their teacher forces them to make a whole-ass-videogame for the school festival

[south-park-polls]

South Park Song Tournament: Round 2!

[make sure to follow @votemattrey for more south park related polls!]

Thank you all so much for the engagement you've shown with round one of my tournament! Round 2 will begin tomorrow!

The songs still in the tournament are as follows:

South Park Theme Song

I'm Gonna Make Love to You, Woman - Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (S1 E1)

The Lonely Jew on Christmas - Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo (S1 E9)

Chocolate Salty Balls - Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls (S2 E9)

Underpants Gnomes Work Song - Gnomes (S2 E17)

I Hate You Guys - Jakovasaurs (S3 E4)

Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

Carol of the Bells - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

Christmas Time in Hell - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

Merry Fucking Christmas - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

O Holy Night - Mr Hankey's Christmas Classics (S3 E15)

Fingerbang - Something You Can Do With Your Finger (S4 E8)

Wendy's Audition Song - Something You Can Do With Your Finger (S4 E8)

It's Butters! - Butters' Very Own Episode (S5 E14)

Montage - Asspen (S6 E2)

Sea People and Me - The Simpsons Already Did It (S6 E7)

The Ballad of Lemmiwinks - The Death Camp of Tolerance (S6 E14)

Bleeding Heart Rock Protest Song vs. Pro War Country Song - I'm a Little Bit Country (S7 E4)

Taco Flavoured Kisses - Fat Butt and Pancake Head (S7 E5)

Faith + 1 Album - Christian Rock Hard (S7 E9)

Casa Bonita - Casa Bonita (S7 E11)

French Canada - It's Christmas in Canada (S7 E15)

Let's Fighting Love - Good Times with Weapons (S8 E1)

My Robot Friend - AWESOM-O (S8 E5)

I've Got Some Apples - Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset (S8 E12)

Make It Right - The Death of Eric Cartman (S9 E6)

Love Lost Long Ago - Follow That Egg! (S9 E10)

We Can Live Together - Ginger Kids (S9 E11)

I am the Dawg - Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy (S10 E10)

California Loves the Homeless - Night of the Living Homeless (S11 E7)

Imagination Song - Imaginationland (S11 E10-12)

Canada on Strike - Canada on Strike (S12 E4)

Super Fun Time - Super Fun Time (S12 E7)

You Gotta Do What You Wanna Do - Elementary School Musical

Gay Fish - Fishsticks (S13 E5)

Poker Face - Whale Whores (S13 E11)

Minorities at my Water Park - Pee (S13 E14)

You and Cthulhu - Mysterion Rises (S14 E12)

Work Mexican Work - The Last of the Meheecans (S15 E9)

I'm Not the Poorest Kid in School - The Poor Kid (S15 E4)

Make Bullying Kill Itself - Butterballs (S16 E5)

Jackin' it in San Diego - Butterballs (S16 E5)

I Swear - Cartman Finds Love (S16 E7)

Princess Kenny Theme - A Song of Ass and Fire (S17 E8)

My Bitch Ain't No Hobbit - The Hobbit (S17 E10)

Push (Feeling Good on a Wednesday) - The Cissy (S18 E3)

The Tale of Craig's Mom's Bush - The Magic Bush (S18 E5)

The Yelper Special (Boogers and Cum) - You're Not Yelping (S19 E4)

The Ballad of Tweek and Craig - Tweek x Craig (S19 E6)

Put It Down - Put It Down (S21 E2)

I Love You Social Distancing - The Pandemic Special

Mountain Town - South Park: Biggger, Longer & Uncut

Uncle Fucka - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

It's Easy Mmkay - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Kyle's Mom's a Bitch - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

What Would Brian Boitano Do - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Up There - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

La Resistance - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

I Can Change - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

I'm Super - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

We Missed You Randy - South Park: The Streaming Wars

I Got Cred, Bitches - South Park (Not Suitable For Children)

[romansrace]

WHAT IF: The Season 13 queens competed in Season 3′s challenges

As I raised in my previous post, in retrospect I feel that one of the weakest aspects of season 13 was not simply that the queens were less talented than in the previous year; but more so that the challenges of season 13 - that leaned heavily towards dance and performance - did not suit this cast, and especially not the members of the cast favoured by production, who leaned more towards fashion and acting at the top of their skillset.

So this series is going to put the queens of season 13 through their paces in some other past seasons of the show, with a few modifications to bring up the style of those seasons towards the modern format.

All make sense? Then let’s hit it, below the cut:

Season 3 kicked off with the Gone with the Window design challenge, calling for the queens to make gowns from curtains. All queens entered together with no split premiere. Immediately this nixes the bad blood in the group from the Porkchop twist and will see the queens building more natural rivalries based on location, taste and reputation. As it’s a design challenge with unconventional materials, I see Utica, Gottmik and Denali doing best in this challenge. Kahmora will do well but her timing will drag her down, while Rose is likely to have questionable taste level. Symone and Lala Ri will struggle, but, like season 9, this will be a challenge with winner and highs, but no other placements or elimination. Mik and Utica lipsync for the win to “The Right Stuff” and I see Utica winning.

E1 DESIGN WIN Utica TOP2 Mik HIGH Denali NO ELIMINATION

The second episode is the Queens in Space acting challenge, which the queens will complete in teams. For ease of prediction, I’ve assumed the teams will take roughly their season 13 splits - logically, Tina, Gottmik and Kandy will have bonded, as well as Symone, Lala and Olivia, making a 6. In the other team, Kahmora and Denali go back a long way, and Rose and Denali would have hit it off. I don’t see Elliott or Utica making a splash with the winners’ circle, while Tamisha will be avoiding Lala and Joey Jay Kandy, so the ex-Porckchops will be the 7 this time. I see Kandy and Symone stealing the show as the two-headed alien and leading their team to the win. Meanwhile in the other team, we know Denali and Kahmora struggled in the first acting challenge, as did Elliott. For drama’s sake, a B2 of friends Denali and Kahmora is guaranteed, and we know how that goes from season 13 - Kahmora sashays away following the performance of “Bad Romance”.

E2 Acting (Space) WIN Kandy + Symone HIGH winners team from s13 LOW Elliott B2 Denali + Kahmora OUT Kahmora

Episode 3 is the Fitness Video challenge, where the queens have to do a fitness routine with comedy elements. Knowing Ru’s sense of humour, there’s no doubt in my mind that Kandy Muse wins this challenge. Highs will go to Rose and Denali for energetic routines. I see Tamisha and Gottmik struggling most in this challenge and lipsyncing in the B2, and I see production keeping Gottmik. The lipsync song this time is “Don’t Leave Me This Way” and the drama of Kandy winning and her best friend being in the B2 would be irresistible.

E3 Fitness WIN Kandy HIGH Denali + Rose B2 Mik + Tamisha OUT Tamisha

Episode 4 is the News Show acting-improv challenge. I think Olivia Lux has the right kind of bright, bubbly character to excel at and win this challenge, while Rose and Symone would also be funny. From past performance, Elliott, Utica and Lala Ri would struggle with this challenge, and Joey Jay would have been flagging for several episodes now. I see a Lala and Joey B2 with Lala eviscerating Joey to “Meet Me in the Ladies Room”.

E4 News Show WIN Olivia HIGH Symone + Rose B2 Joey + Lala OUT Joey

Snatch Game goes pretty much as it did in OG S13, with Mik winning and Utica knocking out Elliott in the B2, while Denali and Rose place High.

E5 Snatch Game WIN Mik HIGH Denali + Rose B2 Utica OUT Elliott

Episode 6 is the cake-and-clothes design challenge. Once again I see Utica winning this challenge with something incredibly creative, while Olivia, Mik and Denali place High. Symone and Lala will fall apart this challenge and be the bottom 2. The lipsync - “Knock on Wood” would be legendary, but I don’t see the show saving Lala over Symone and so she sashays away in 9th place.

E6 Cake design WIN Utica HIGH Olivia, Mik + Denali LOW Tina B2 Symone + Lala OUT Lala

Episode 7 is the Standup challenge. I think Rose wins this one to save Kandy having three wins by midseason. Kandy and Mik will place High. The bottom two will be Utica and Olivia who both originally fell apart in this challenge. Symone will do badly too but having just saved her they will want to avoid her placing B2 again straight away. This lipsync is “MacArthur Park” and I see Ru calling this the double shantay of the season.

E7 Standup WIN Rose HIGH Kandy + Gottmik B2 Olivia + Utica DOUBLE SHANTAY

Episode 8 is the Patriotic Message episode. I see Symone acing this challenge and grabbing her second win, especially after two episodes of placing in the B3. In season 3 this episode had four highs and four lows which I will maintain here, with Olivia, Kandy and Denali placing High and Rose, Gottmik, Tina and Utica being the bottom 4. I see Utica and Tina doing the worst. This time, Tina eliminates Utica in the B2 as it is now her third B2 and Tina’s first.

E8 Patriotism WIN Symone HIGH Denali, Olivia + Kandy LOW Rose + Gottmik B2 Tina + Utica OUT Utica

Episode 9 is the Singing Performance challenge. Rose is a shoe-in to win this while singers Tina, Kandy and Olivia will place High. I see Symone placing Low and Denali and Gottmik - who I don’t think are singers, correct me if I’m wrong - falling into the B2. Symone could also B2 if Denali can sing. In either case, Gottmik is eliminated here in her second LSFYL.

E9 Singing performance WIN Rose HIGH Kandy, Olivia + Tina LOW Symone B2 Denali + Gottmik OUT Gottmik

Episode 10 is the season’s first Ball, the Hair Ball. As this is a modern Drag Race season now, only the last look will be constructed by the queens in the werkroom. I see Denali doing well here and placing High, along with Olivia and Symone who will showcase their natural hair and cultural pride. Symone might also throw in some Ru references with her looks. I see Olivia Lux gaining her second win here. The bottom 3 will be Rose - who I think might have questionable taste level at this stage of the competition, Kandy and Tina. Kandy and Tina lipsync to “Even Angels” and Tina is now eliminated.

E10 Hair Ball WIN Olivia HIGH Denali + Symone LOW Rose B2 Kandy + Tina OUT Tina

Episode 11 is the makeover. In season 3, the queens made over straight jock guys into drag sisters. I see Symone winning this challenge, as she did in the original season 13. Kandy Muse and Denali are High - Denali I see being able to bond with her jock. She also may place High by default because she won’t do as badly as Olivia and Rose who are a clear B2. We know how this lipsync goes, and Olivia eliminates Rose in 5th place.

E11 Makeover WIN Symone HIGH Kandy + Denali B2 Olivia + Rose OUT Rose

Episode 12 is the Money Ball, this season’s top 4 episode. Denali and Olivia are the best designers remaining, and I see Denali finally getting this win in the final episode with more interesting silhouettes than the other girls. Ru announces a three-way lipsync between the other queens, but then announces them all Safe proceeding to the Final. (Despite Symone probably doing atrociously in the design challenge!)

E12 Money Ball WIN Denali All others lipsync and all 4 pronounced SAFE

Finally we have the finale episode with these track records:

E13 Rumix/Finale Track records Olivia 2 WIN, 2 B2 Kandy 2 WIN, 1 B2 Denali 1 WIN, 2 B2 Symone 3 WIN, 1 B2

Assuming a lipsync for the crown format, I see Symone beating either Kandy or Olivia in round 1, and Denali beating the other. Then, in the top 2 lipsync, a song will be chosen in which Symone can beat Denali - probably a power ballad the likes of Shackles, which originally knocked her out in season 13. Symone with the most wins and least B2s also has the best track record.

However, this season shows the queens’ strengths much better. Symone is much less dominant, with only three wins and two Highs, tempered by a B2 and two Lows. Denali has two B2s but also a record 7 Highs. Olivia makes it into top 4 with a much better track record of four Highs accompanying her two wins. And Kandy has two wins along with four Highs and only one B2 placement. Utica also netted two wins before being eliminated, while Gottmik was able to win a lipsync and demonstrate versatility. I think that this season might have been a better storyline, too! ~Roman

[halfbreeddege]

Ninjago Season 13 thoughts

Thoughts below cut so no one gets spoiled.

-God I'm so happy to see Cole finally got a season. A GOOD one at that too. Seriously, the action in this season was almost non stop and the final battle between the last two episodes and the camera angles. 10/10!!

-It's not that I don't like Lloyd, but it is SO refreshing to not see him being the center of attention for once in a long time.

-Don’t know why but found it funny the cutouts Vania has of the ninja have the faces on the actual minifigs. Oh....they’re probably still in her room too.....

-Also, are we gonna get the full version of S13's Weekend Whip??

-Now that we've seen Lou and Lilly, can we see Ed and Edna again too? How about some Ray & Maya?

-Dude, we should have known who the Skull Sorcerer was this whole time just by looking at the minifig. If you look at the king in the show and then look at the minifig without the mask, you'll see they both have the same marking on the forehead.

-How many times did the ninja get captured this season?? Were they trying to got for a record.

-So is anyone else curious who this buyer of vengestone is that's mentioned in ep. 7????

-Ep. 8, sorry Vania, can't bro bro goo goo out of this one.

-Now we know two people from Metalonia. Now I kinda want to see the ninja go there.

-I actually kinda like Vania as a character. Not really a big fan of her being Cole's love interest but as a character she's pretty cool. In the end, it's not ever confirmed they’re lovers, just buddies. They’ve probably friend each other on Facebook. Check out each other’s Instragram.

-We need more Chompy, 'nuff said.

-I actually kind of liked the animu episode this season. Now if we can just get a Monkie Kid grade animu episode, that would be swell.

-It wasn't until we were like 2/3 of the way through this season until everyone finally donned their 'hero' armor. The armor looked a lot cooler in the show though. I also guess this explains why some of the ninja wore silver while the others wore gold.

-Blundar - so is your hair spiky or not???

-WHY didn't we see the rest of the Vania vs Hailmar fight???? Like were they "Oh hey, the cameras stopped rolling. We cool now? Yeah, lets go get a slurpy and then meet up with the others."

-Was it ever mentioned what happened to the queen of Shintaro?

-King Vangelis, dude, you are just scum >:( Poor Vania and Skylor have something in common now. Lloyd can relate too.

-I miss Cole's scythe and hammer but the dual blades were cool too.

-We need Upply minifigs!

-Studio DHX's quality seems to be slowly getting better. Still not up to  Wil film's but look how long it took them to get to season 8 - 10 quality. The colors don't seem as washed out. Now if only we can give back everyone's proper facial markings and give Ninjago season an overhaul, I'll be happy.

-I know a lot of people don't seem to like him, but I was actually kind of happy to see Ol' Wu back in action. Even got to see him spinjitsu the first time in a while.

-The fire stone mech, welp that Cole & Kai duo was a damn lie. Just like the Kai & Nya forbidden spinjitsu minifigs or the Cole & Nya avatars. What's the next lie going to be in the next round of sets?

-Cole, why’d you leave the mech behind??

-Dude, Dareth wasn't seen or mentioned once in this season.

-Clutch was mentioned about 3 times but was never seen. Garmadon didn't make any kind of appearance either but was only mentioned. Guys, please make a quick pit stop back to the monastery and pick up Pixal!!! T_T I wonder how the chicken will make an appearance next season.

what are your guys’ thoughts??

[grumpy-zane]

((Had a ninjago fan season idea that takes place after s13 and semi centers around Kai ninjago. This seasons theme: Vacation gone wrong! I have segmented it into episodes for convenience. I uh, may or may not dedicate some time to drawing content for this thing, so I apologize in advance. ((also it is. a long post.

Episode 1 - Answering machine going off and its’ Ronins voice over the machine: 'Looks like I’m gonna run late.. ugh this whole thing is falling apart isn't it. But we'll make it work. I got you a ferry to take you there, one of the cruise ships. It was the least I could do for now... I'll meet you there, I promise.'     >Cuts to Dareth on the boat, taking him and the rest of the people to ‘Aves Isle’.    >While everyone is getting off, Dareth helps a naga lady with carrying some of her stuff because Dareth ninjago.    >Naga ladys' name is 'Olive', she is a semi native. She starts talking about the islands' history. 'there used to be a temple but we don't know what happened to it, but it sunk into the ground.    >two investigate the area because Dareth has time to wait on Ronin.    >Upon finding whats’ left of the area and entering, the atmosphere changes and inflicts a weird curse or whatever.    >Dareth starts getting progressively more pushy Episode 2 - After s13 Wu wants to do more adventures so the bounty is just flying wherever the wind takes it I guess w/e {{Also realized I didn’t write much for Wu this entire rest of the story so I am assuming he’s having a grand ol’ time being on vacation}}    >wow it is night time, the bounty is flying in    >The crew ask where they are and Zane starts to go on his normal informative spiel before getting cut off.    >Oh there’s a thing on the radar. What the heck is that thing flying towards us OH GOD THAT’S A BIG ANGRY DRAGON    >Bounty has two smaller 'runner' boats? I guess? marketing. Two of the ninja hop on those and fly off.    >Zane and Jay distract the dragon so the bounty can safely land but it turns out there are two dragons and Jay gets taken down first. Yay soft landing.    >Bounty makes it safely over the fences that are on the island    >Zane gets taken out.    >Cuts back to Dareth and Olive still rooting around. activates something and wow a lava fountain. the ground is glowing in weird markings!    >Dareth snaps at Olive and she wells up and runs away and Dareth snaps out of it temporarily like 'oh crud why did I do that I didn't mean to be so bossy' and goes after her    >Olive gets overtaken and now: pointy.    >Dareth tries to stop her but she jumps into the portal lava whatever? hole?? not sure.    >He, of course, jumps in after.    >Fire Dareth.    >Random golden-looking platform chained to the bottom of the hole they are in. ominous voice: hey how about you get these locks free and we'll rebuild the temple? nice.    >Temple platform rises    >Zane gets tossed into an area? park? fenced in something or another??    >oh hi Jay    >oh community service sorting trash from recyclables? can do.

Episode 3 - The remaining ninja visit the two who are in 'time out' before deciding to have a look around the island.    >They take a nice walk down the beach Cole reminisces about the time Kai was extremely afraid of water    >Kai frowns as a laugh track is played. Claims he has gotten better at it but screams when Nya splashes him.    >Zane and Jay are done with service and its like 'okay how about we try to get out again?’    >Zane suggests doing it in the broad daylight since the dragons went out at night and may be nocturnal    >they try    >they get taken out again    >another round of community service    >sees another aircraft fall out of the sky    >guard: wow more property damage.    >sundown. lloyd notices that something strange is happening with some of the residents randomly getting more nippy and then not. strange. (Ninja get into an arguments with the locals or whatever)    >Stop by community service area    >Jay is now frustrated    >rest recuperate at where they parked the bounty    >Nya: well nothing is really going on here we can probably leave once the two are done breaking the law     >Ronin shows up to the area and is greeted sourly by Jay ninjago

Episode 4 - The ninja are ready to leave when they notice a weird ominous structure that wasn't there before.    >Crew investigate    >oh its hot. you can go in, Kai ninjago    >kai enters    >oh frick fire dareth    >kai ninjago, walking out and is krispy: there is a problem.    >three get out of service    >ronin asks if the little runner ships are 'truly' important    >hekcin steals their engine or whatever    >regroup at the bouty    >Kai: hey uhh, Dareth is peeved haha, I don't get it though he and I hang out every now and then.    >Ronin, internally: oh god he's really mad I didn't follow plans to a T-    >the ninja exchange awkward glances of guilt    >decide it'd be best to talk to him tomorrow, or try to. Also, more people are randomly getting upsetti, Jay is still frustrated.

Episode 5 - jay still has a bad attitude. lloyd is also starting to get upset. Cole tries to diffuse the situation but it causes the two to point their noses up at each other in silent anger. great.    >Kai enters in the temple again, which is even more built than it was before.   >Dareth being snarky   >kai apologizes and tells him he wasn't aware of it, and that he thought the two were good friends, reminding him of the times they hung out outside of mission things.   >Dareth calms down a bit   >finds a reason to be mad again.   >Ronin shows up   >'ronin?'   >''Told you I'd meet you here, what didn't you believe me? not really much of a vacation. How about we get some fresh air?"   >Dareth approaches   >oh no he's really hot.   >cheek caress with the robotic arm. gae.   >two head out. Room is no longer unbearably hot. good!   >squad enters in. goes into one of the inner chambers   >oh look the towns people overtaken by rage are building. nice.   >oh no jay and lloyd are fighting again.   >grabs attention of workers.   >the ninja get their butts handed to themselves, and lose Jay and lloyd in the process. nice   >cuts to Ronin and Dareth walking on the beach.   >Ronin smooth talking, normal Ronin behvior   >Flames and whatever fade from Dareth and he snaps out of it completely and immediately starts pouring out how he feels bad about being rude to Olive and whatever the bad guy is and what the plans of the temple are.   >Ronin: maybe we should tell the ninja. I don't want us to get involved anymore.

Episode 6 - Ronin informs the ninja of what's up.   >Nya: oh no we gotta stop this !   >Dareth: I want to help.   >Ronin: no we are on vacation we shouldn't have to; leave it up to them.   >Dareth: no I started this, this is my fault, I have to make it up to Olive and everyone <:(   >Ronin: :/   >Zane: we should focus on. not making the locals angry because that seems to draw them towards the temple.   >Ninja proceed to do good deeds, while part of them break off to do research   >learn about the bad guy dunn dun dunn!

episode 7 - Kai ninjago somehow is the one keeping the most level head out of everyone here and things get tense again. is it potentially out of character? Well he's mad that lloyd and jay are overtaken but he's doing a good job at self control.   >cuts to lloyd and Jay   >lloyd: this is dumb! why are we helping!? We're supposed to be stopping this!   >Jay: we're helping because YOU dragged us into this with your plan!   >argue. great   >bad guy laughing or whatever, oh the voice has a physical form that's manifesting from the heat of the temple. 'Good, soon I will be reborn and reclaim the island!'   >Olive inform him that Dareth has broken the spell   >bad guy furious and confused but is also like 'whatever we have a lot more important things to worry about'   >Nya and Zane are stepping on each others' toes.   >ronin and Dareth relay what they learned.   >kai sitting in the bounty looking disheveled   >'Human pinata makes the kids happy'. Horrifying.   >story about how the bad guy was dispersed after 'other beings' landed on the island and taught he locals the importance of peace and not war or whatever. It was probably some Oni and dragons chillin.   >Cole: oh! I mean we have two 'other beings' and those are the dragons, but they seem really angry and territorial   >Kai: maybe they want something and just haven't gotten it? ((Id have to mention one of the festivals known as the 'laughing dragon' festival or whatever but it's fallen into obscurity due to the dragons not being happy. Mention that sometime during episode 3))   >investigation time part 3.   >learn that there's a fruit that the dragons like, but the recipee was lost on how to make the disk for them   >well gang, time to get cooking! thank goodness Zane is on our-   >just kidding Zane and Nya are gone now because they got too angry at each other and went to 'get space' but they're probably at the temple now.

Episode 8 - Gotta do the cookin by the book!   >the ingredients are gathered.   >Dareth insists that they used a very speicific brand of exctact.   >Cole has no idea how to cook well   >Kai starts putting things together.   >Cole: when did you learn to cook?   >Kai: Well I had to take care of my sister buutt.. I dunno I think being the master of fire, cooking comes easy. ;)   >Cole: if there's any way I can help just let me know.   >kai: oh, yeah, bust open those things.   >Cole literally smashes open the fruit sending bits everywhere   >good ol happy comedic moment.   >first try   >Cole: . looks. uh. strange.   >Ronin: I am afraid to taste it.   >Dareth: oh I'm sure it can’t be- -face scrunch-   >Kai: <:)   >Dareth: well... I swallowed it.. at least..   >cuts to temple again   >bad guy is like 'we need more people how come everyone stopped coming?? someone needs to go out and start beating people up >:('   >Olive reports that the ninja were gathering ingredients for something or another   >Bad guy is like 'okay send some people there and stop them'

episode 9 - after the 5th attempt it's much more palatable so they make a larger batch and stick it in a boat all fancied up and now have to deliver it   >oh god angry people   >why are they looking at us hhh   >fite   >Kai: we legit cannot let any of this spill otherwise I'm going to scream.   >only way to get it away from the people is to go by ocean   >Ronin: we'll do what we can but you gotta do this kai. You're tough.   >kai: ahaha I still don't like water but!   >boat on water   >gets to the part outside of the gate   >oddly silent.   >kai proceeds to put it on the beach and starts calling out for the dragons and starts making noise or whatever. "im gonna kick your sand! haha! what are you going to do about it??'   >Dragons emerge, ready to fight   >sees the offering. Kai: it's okay it's okay, this is for you.   >backs away from the boat   >lets the dragons have it.   >the smaller one is curious about him and approaches him after   >good ol’ kai dragon interaction. yay confidence!

Episode 10 - wow I sure do hate this sorting plant by now, thinks Ronin ninjago.   >tossed in the sorting plant Cole: this isn't too bad. Dareth: yeah I thought we were going to be burned by the stake, haha! Ronin: oh you'll hate it soon enough.   >Dareth and cole exchange glances. Cole: oh I know, how about we do a song, get a beat going? I'm sure kai has things under control! Dareth: good idea! Keep the spirits high, huh?   >Olive informs that the offering made it out into the ocean   >bad guy says 'no fear the ocean probably will swallow it', both unaware that kai was on the boat.   >temple is nearing completion.   >the angry ninja attempt yet again, to try to make a plan to stop him.   >everyone has a different idea   >they don't work together and go do their own plans.   >lloyd tries to go after him directly   >jay attempts to use his powers to get the workers to stop and go after him   >nya yells at jay   >Zane attempts to take out Olive, with mild success, kicks her out of the temple.   >olive decides to visit in on the captives   >glares at Dareth   >Dareth proceeds to apologize profusely   >Olive is stunned and snaps out of it, sorta. moment of clarity   >apologizes for stopping their plan about the dragons. gives more detail about the situation inside the temple before getting ready to head back.   >ronin. heckin. kidnaps her w/e He wants answers, and also doesn't want her relaying the information she gathered back to the bad guy. Dareth: oh my GOD did you KILL her?? Ronin: :B no messengers.

Episode 11 - The dragons fly overhead and do their little dance and show and yaay, the people are happy!   >people working on the temple stop and notice in awe and decide to go outside to have a look.   >bad guy takes notice and a n g r y, number of the workers stop and go enjoy the show. Some even going to their work areas and getting snacks and things like a festival. Bad guy: where is my messenger?! How did this happen?! steppin out. that's it, I'll deal with this personally.   >bad guy stands on his temple top whatever. Starts blasting fire balls.   >kai ninjago shooting fireballs back to deflect Locals: wow firework show!   >even more stop their progress.   >lloyd notices   >the rest of the ninja notice. lloyd: woah kai ninjago..! Nya: I don't know how long he can last doing that.. Zane: the power comes from the temple.. Jay: so we have to sink the temple!   >sink time   >as the temple starts to submerge again the fire balls become weaker   >bad guy adverts his attention to the ninja and decide to try to take them out   >Kai ninjago shows up and they have a fire bending battle not ripped from avatar at all Jay: kai you gotta get outta there the temple is collapsing! Kai: I will give me a minute!   >This is sparta kicks the dude into the portal thingy lava(?) and gets the heck outta there before everything falls in again.   >yaay, we won!   >mini celebration that's more like we gotta recover

Episode 12 - partially filler episode? w/e   >actual festival held   >good ol relaxing for real this time.   >Dareth: that was fun!   >Ronin: so much for a vacation, seems like trouble is always following you around.   >Dareth: thank god I have you to protect me from it all, huh?   >Ronin: wow gay   >Dareth: also why did you run late?   >Ronin: weeeeeell... that's a long story. B) I'll tell you on the flight back.   >Olive: how did you find the recipe for the thing?   >kai: I didn't I just... I mean, Well, when you have flare like me you tend to know how to make a good dish B)   >Cole: he guessed and messed up 5 times.   >Olive: oh-    >kai: >:( c o l e   >the ninja can actually leave now   >FFIV victory fanfare

[amwritingmeta]

14x15: It’s So Pretty and Pink

So in S13 I was mildly obsessed with this pattern, because I started seeing it everywhere, especially around Dean and Cas not just in S13, but throughout the series, where pink or hot pink or red and a shade of blue accompanies some of their more illuminating, turning point type of exchanges. 

Of course, it’s not all the time, not in every single scene (though technically Cas is tied to blue quite literally since he wears the color around his neck and Dean is tied to red even through dialogue when he, in 13x16, stated that red is his color) but there was enough for it to peak my interest, especially when I was informed of the poncho moment and the ripple effect it sent through fandom when 10x05 first aired. *readying our ponchos for the purple*

Here’s the thing: pink for feminine and blue for masculine and purple for the moment when they finally come together in harmony is just as viable an interpretation and one I couldn’t help but make, aside from the lovely Destiel-related possibilities here, because the feminine/masculine thread has always been so strong throughout the series.

(to me Dean and Cas can’t be together before they’ve reached a point of internal balance) (so these two interpretations of the red/blue balancing act creating a gorgeous purple, to my mind, pretty much go hand in hand)

Look it, a band of pink and a band of blue with a band of purple in the middle is what?

The bisexual flag. *so pretty*

To me, when I first noticed the pattern, the color purple in the visual narrative began to signify balance between the pink and the blue. Or, as it also sometimes occurs, the red and the blue. 

Purple in the visual narrative became, to me, a signifier for something meant to bring about balance or, at the very least, something that would challenge the status quo. 

Purple is often linked to expositional characters, most starkly it has been linked to Amara, who arrives in a cloud of smoke with purple lightning, and who’s underlings often wear something purple.

Purple is also tied to Charlie and to Rowena, who have always been extreme mirrors of different sides to Dean, and used as fantastic exposition of his internal struggles, to varying extent and degree, of course.

There’s nothing in the show to actually confirm that this interpretation is right in any way, it’s simply a pattern I picked up on and ran with, and it’s interesting to me how often it occurs in moments related to truth or a character revealing their true nature or a monologue high-lighting a character’s inner truth (an inner truth that’s often hidden) (and these previous moments in the series have more often than not related themselves directly to Dean)

There’s a lot of pink in 14x15. 

Like, a lot, right? A lot a lot. 

And I just wanted to post a bit of wholesome appreciation for it, as well as touch on what I see as the possible significance of it, because in this episode I would say that all of it is tied to Cas, as if the narrative is trying to hit him over the head with what actually might save him from the Empty, rather than condemn him to an eternity of dreamless sleep, and his salvation is: happiness.

He’s keeping up the status quo because if he tries for more or dares to want more for himself, the possibility of happiness means that his Shadow aka the Empty will appear and snatch him away. 

I wrote a while back about how I believe that if Cas becomes human this could (and, way I see it, should) constitute the happiest moment for his individual arc, even if he’s not even aware of it himself, and it would mean that his Shadow comes up empty handed *oh pun* because only angels belong in the Empty. (meaning that symbolically only Cas’ identity confusion can trap him in this proverbial eternal sleep mode) 

Let’s dig -->

1. I Love You

Sunny, our narrative representative of kick-ass femininity, appears in pink, surrounded by the colour of warning, as green has a tendency to underline something amiss like a soft visual foreshadowing. 

In this scene we also get a distraught couple saying goodbye, Sunny wanting Conrad to save himself and not live his life trapped within a world of her father’s making, while Conrad doesn’t want to leave without her, but she asks him to, and so he goes. Unfortunately, trying to leave causes his head to explode.

I mean, the interpretation closest at hand here, when looking at the bookend moment, where Conrad’s death brings Sunny to finally confront her father (who’s a chip off the old toxic masculinity block, to say the least), is that Sunny, bound by her sense of duty to her father, sets love free, but loses it anyway, because the only way for her to save Conrad isn’t to send him away and bereave herself of love, but to confront and stand up to her father’s control, freeing herself.

Interestingly, if Conrad hadn’t listened to Sunny and instead chosen to stay, rather than run away at her insistence, he wouldn’t have died. *tut*

2. Caution: Wet Floor

Cas is framed by pink and blue in this shot, while the floor is covered with yellow cautionary signs since the floor is wet where Conrad’s blood has been mopped up. Telling us what? That unless Cas gets his act together soon, he may very well be headed down a slippery slope and end up like Conrad, who took someone else’s instructions, no matter that they came from the person he loved, above following his own heart and got his brain splattered all over the ceiling because of it. *ho hum*

3. Treat Yourself

A very gorgeous, red coat, blue gloves, purple cupcakes, pink cupcakes. I mean, I’m not saying it’s exactly all that, but it is what it is, right? :)

The clear correlations between Cas and Felix the Snake also start very early, where Cas is continuously shown or offered food to eat and declines it. I’ll talk a bit more about this in another meta because I have thoughts, but Cas isn’t eating the food he’s offered in the episode, or drinking anything on offer, for that matter, because he’s not human, and Felix isn’t eating because he’s sad, which in and of itself is an interesting tie, given an episode so concerned with what will make our characters happy.

4. Have You Had Your Milkshake Today?

*reds and pinks and blues and cherries!*

Now, let’s take note. Sam gets a very white milkshake, while Cas gets the pink one, handed to him by our narrative representative of exactly what Cas needs to connect to within himself - his emotions - and then we get the rather mind-blowing, head-exploding line from Sunny when she states Everyone loves milkshakes.

And her eyes land on Cas -->

Who understands he’s meant to love milkshakes, but has this tiny, major problem of just not craving food. At all. And he looks at the pink, cherried milkshake like so -->

--> as though he barely knows what to do with it. *you suck the straw Cas*

And then, of course, he grabs it and smiles awkwardly and says Delicious, all the while not tasting it, because he doesn’t feel any inclination to, and what’s so remarkable about it is the scene which follows close on the heels of this one, strengthening the echo that resounded the moment Sunny claimed that everyone loves milkshakes. 

Oh yes.

Everybody loves bacon.

Because what do we get with Jack and the non-eating Felix and the attempting to be helpful Dean?

We get -->

Kudos for the reaction-frown on Jack’s face that brings to mind a certain trench coated someone who does not eat anything.

Come on, Cas. You know you want to open yourself up and feel more, feel everything. 

Stop. Suppressing. What. You. Want. For. Yourself. 

Find some way to enjoy the damn milkshake! :P

(the cherry makes this milkshake feel wholly related to sex and popping the cherry and Dean’s classic Cherry Pie Dream Sequence and could be seen as an underlining for how Cas is suppressing anything even resembling desire at the moment) (but that’s if you wanna go there) (moving on)

4. Undercover Romance

*amazing house* Reminder: this is where Conrad stayed. 

If we look at Conrad as representative of Cas’ suppression and Cas’ compliance with his Shadow’s threats, Cas avoiding happiness out of fear for the looming consequences, which is reflected in how Conrad runs away from the situation rather than sticking it out and staying by Sunny’s side, then this house should scream pink. 

If Cas can’t a way to stop suppressing his inner kick-ass femininity and dare to be happy, he will die, even if it’s only figuratively. What’s life when it’s completely lacking happiness? He’s walking around like a damn zombie atm.

It’s like the narrative wants him to open his eyes already. 

Aw Cas.

Ah, yes, here comes the hat-wearer in a tan coat with his lady-love in pink, and red, and tan. This as foreshadowing for how Fitzmartin and Yockey really went all in with highlighting the idea of Cas in the visual narrative fitting seamlessly into this era, with his suit and trench coat, but more on that in another post.

The steamy love letter is written on pink paper, which Cas reads while holding another letter that’s hot pink and yet another one that’s purple while his blue tie adds the blue. Kinda neat! Also, that steamy love letter deserves a round of applause, because anything that puts words like that in Cas’ mouth should be lauded.

The fact that Cas reads it perfunctorily is also extremely telling. He’s not responding to it, he’s not embarrassed by it, it’s words on a piece of paper that he doesn’t relate himself to whatsoever.

Aw. Cas. 

6. Are You Hungry?

Pink earbuds and pink little flowers and a blue dress. 

Is Cas hungry for johnnycakes? (btw johnnycakes have a history dating back to the first settlers) (its food entirely to do with learning to survive in a new land) (if you wanna take it to extreme detail land) (and who doesn’t?)

Well, Cas really isn’t hungry for anything, is he? Because? He doesn’t eat. Because? He’s not human.

Sam gets to spend a moment in his happy place because he’s human. It’s all a lie, of course, but the truth of it is that only when Sam stops running away from himself can he actually find the internal balance that will grant him real happiness, and peace of mind. 

And this narrative message goes for all of them in this episode, including Dean and Jack. Saying you’re good or you’re fine means nothing if you’re lying to yourself as much as everyone else.

What intrigues me most about the threading of pink here, though, is how it ties itself to Sunny, because the ending is so definitive in how it states what’s been stated over and over on this show, especially since the beginning of S13: 

Toxic masculinity has to be defeated and, way I see it, it can only be defeated by the characters opening up to and embracing their internal femininity so that it can step up to the plate and finally kick imbalance in the ass. 

And as the external narrative is a reflection of the internal journeys, it follows that once the toxic masculinity/shadow-self has been integrated and the masculine/feminine has found internal balance, the external narrative will begin to take on that tone as well. (but, to my mind, not before)

We shall see. I loved this episode. It’s deeply rich in detail and coming off the back of 14x14 and the enormous turning point that episode gave us, I feel my head is mildly spinning with impressions. Kudos to these formidable writers and welcome to Meghan Fitzmartin. What an entrance!

[dean-you-assbutt-cas-loves-you]

jan 2019 fic recs

I'll just do it this way instead of reblogging the individual posts

[20 fics] 

1. Forehead Kisses by LokiNeedsHugs1031

Rating: Teen | Words :1140

Summary:

Dean loves on Cas with forehead kisses <3 that is all

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8252843

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pg-13, 1k, spn verse - s11, 2016

(fluff, hurt/comfort, bunker fic)

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2. The Only Exception by VampireInATrenchCoat

Rating :Explicit | Words :46781

Summary:

Dean swallowed drily again, feeling his tongue heavy and weird inside his mouth, but he still managed to say, “Seriously, Cas, I… I need this. I really do. And you’re the only one who can do it. You’re the only one I trust to do this.” The hunter’s voice sounded far too hoarse, still lacking the confidence he wished to convey, and he licked his lips, looking down, focusing his gaze on a particular spot on the sheets. He fiddled with a loose thread he found there, feeling that difficulty to sit still for too long making itself known once more. He cleared his throat, and tried again, “And this is the easiest way, too. It just solves everything. You can check the damage Michael did. You can try to dig up some memories, to see if I can remember how I got this scar. And you can make sure that… that he’s really gone.” His voice did fail this time, throat feeling dry and tight, and he swallowed again to try and fix that, but it did very little to help.

The slightest hint of a feeble, empty smile tugged the corner of Dean’s mouth upward, words coming out far too low and weak when he added, “Three birds, one stone, right?”

As if this really were that simple.

Set during 14x03, “The Scar

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16874949

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nc-17, 46k, spn verse - s14, 2018

(possessed!dean, bottom!dean, top!cas, pining!dean, fluff, angst, bunker fic)

warning: homophobia (implied), suicide (implied)

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3. Versus Series by Shrinkynatural

Rating: Teen (overall, maybe light Mature) | Words: 9396 (wip)

Summary (of part 1):

Immediately post 5x06. Small fic part where Jesse the anti-Christ’s mojo doesn’t wear off completely. Cas isn’t plastic anymore, but he’s still action figure-sized.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/52252

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m, 9k, spn verse - s5, 2013

(pre-slash, tiny!cas, fluff, humor, curses/spells)

warning: somnophilia, dub con (part 3)

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4. Dean Winchester is Not Afraid of Ghosts by Desirae

Rating : Explicit | Words: 48100

Summary:

When photographer Dean Winchester is not capturing momentous occasions like weddings and graduations with his Nikon, he is moonlighting as the cameraman for the South Shore Paranormal; a ghost hunting series on YouTube, headed by his brother Sam, and Sam’s best friend Gabriel.

Despite his brother’s adamance, Dean Winchester does not believe in ghosts. And no one is going to change his mind. Certainly not a scam artist like Castiel Novak. Castiel is a self-proclaimed medium… and Gabriel’s brother. When a member of the SSP team has to leave the crew, Castiel is the replacement, much to Dean’s dismay. But the more they work together, the more Dean is drawn to Castiel, the man stirring up protective instincts usually only reserved for family.

What happens when Dean realizes that Castiel is not the fake he always thought he was, but instead, a generous soul that Dean is rapidly falling in love with?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13738557

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nc-17, 48k, au - paranormal, 2018

(photographer!dean, medium!cas, top!dean, bottom!cas, bottom!dean, top!cas, switching, possessed!cas, hurt!cas, fluff, humor, angst, hurt/comfort, enemies to friends to lovers)

warning: drug use (recreational)

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5. Fancy becoming a Winchester? by Seraph_Novak

Rating: Teen | Words: 2859

Summary:

They’ve only been together for a couple of months, but really it’s been years. Dean is finally ready to open up and take the next step, only he’s ridiculously nervous… Will he ever have the courage to ask Cas the ultimate question? Post-season 11 one shot. Minor spoilers for season 11 thus far.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5831473

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pg-13, 2k, spn verse - s11, 2016

(established, fluff, angst, bunker fic)

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6. For A Dream’s Sake by EllenOfOz

Rating: Explicit | Words: 28511

Summary:

Just four ingredients is all they need to reopen the rift. Archangel grace, the Seal of Solomon, blood of a most holy man, and a fruit from the tree of life.

Castiel returns from Syria with the fruit, saying that he killed some djinn and bargained with the rest. But just what bargain did Cas make with the djinni queen? What did he experience at her hands?

Heaven’s great leader of armies prides himself on his self-control, his steadfast courage under pressure. But when the djinni’s dream is everything he’s ever hoped for…

“Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For a dream’s sake.” -Christina Rossetti

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16545992

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nc-17, 25k, spn verse - s13, 2018

(hurt!cas, pining!cas, top!dean, bottom!cas, bottom!dean, top!cas, switching, fluff, angst, djinn dream, wing fic, bunker fic)

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7. Call It What You Want by allantwitty

Rating:Teen | Words: 6147

Summary:

Dean meets Cas on Black Friday, the only person he sees in a crowd of thousands. But Cas works in a chick store. Dean minds a little, until he doesn’t mind at all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12676953

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pg-13, 6k, au - retail, 2017

(waiter!dean, sales associate!cas, pining!dean, pining!cas, fluff)

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8. Shopping With The Divine by Wallothet

Rating: Not Rated | Words: 1776

Summary:

Remember when Cas went shopping for Dean? So does the shop assistant.

Dean marched along the sidewalk towards the entrance, “Okay, coffee, beer, pie, Sam’s rabbit food, beer, anything you want Cas?” Dean glanced up from the list on his phone, did a double take and spun round, “Cas?“

Cas had stopped in his tracks just a few feet from the Impala, realizing where Dean was headed. His face was gravely serious as he stared at the familiar building they were about to enter. Dean followed his gaze before looking back at Cas.

“Could we perhaps go somewhere else?”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/914604

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not rated, 1k, spn verse - s8, 2013

(established, fluff, humor, bunker fic)

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9. Birthday Blues by siennna

Rating: General | Words: 3231

Summary:

“This was it. This was truly the pinnacle of Dean’s depressing life; here he was, staring at his squishy stomach, stripped of both his clothes and pride, while Cas attempted to placate him like an insecure girlfriend.

‘Cas, we aren’t partners, that doesn’t apply to us.’

'But we are partners, Dean,’ Cas insisted. 'We work together.’

'Right—but the magazine was referring to a different kind of partner. I’m not your, uh, significant other.’

'I think you are significant, Dean.’

Dean’s face grew hot and he suddenly found himself wishing he had a shirt on. Or pants. Preferably both.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2446268

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g, 3k, spn verse, 2014

(fluff, humor)

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10. we gave love a chance by loversantiquities

Rating: Teen | Words: 5210

SUMMARY:

Storms feel different in Florida than they do in Kansas. At least, that’s what Castiel thinks, sitting in the porch swing of some stranger’s home. A day after reluctantly slaying a dying kelpie, Castiel, Dean and Sam hide out along the Florida coast until Castiel is well enough to return home, inadvertently giving Dean the beach trip he’s always wanted. And, in the process, something Castiel has dreamed about for a long, long while.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11612553

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pg-13, 5k, spn verse - s13, 2017

(fallen!cas, hurt!cas, fluff, hurt/comfort)

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11. Tattoo by NewToTheWaywardParty

Rating: Teen | Words: 3482

Summary:

Dean takes his prize and moves to retreat to his bedroom, shuffling towards the kitchen door. He jerks back, however, his robe’s belt caught on the kitchen drawer handle below the coffee maker. Dean yanks it back, irritated, and his robe falls open, draping off one shoulder.

That’s when Cas sees it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14351970

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pg-13, 3k, spn verse - s13, 2018

(angst, bunker fic)

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12. Hot, Cross Buns by lemonsorbae

Rating: General | Words: 3978

Summary:

Dean is a baker, Cas is cop. Cas wants Dean’s hot cross buns… or does he?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3179123

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g, 3k, au - bakery, 2015

(baker!dean, cop!cas, fluff)

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13. a place only you can go by iamthemagicks

Rating: Mature | Words: 25609

Summary:

Castiel Singer has been living with cardiomyopathy since he was fourteen. He lives with his adoptive parent and sister. While gearing up for graduation ( his sister and lifelong friend Sam), his heart starts to decline. He tries to work through the pain the best he can until his boyfriend, Dean ( a fledgling musician) returns home for a tour. But after an'episode’ that lands him in the hospital, Castiel and his family discover that he is in need of a transplant. Castiel has to step back and consider his relationship with Dean ( who sleeps with others man and women on tour and Castiel is aware) and the guilt of causing financial crisis to his family.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/539573

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m, 25k, au, 2012

(established, musician!dean, sick!cas, angst, friends to lovers)

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14. A Light for My Path by domesticadventures

Rating: Mature |Words: 25518

Summary:

She’s always had a make and a model, but it’s only after Castiel parks her in the bunker garage, Dean coming to lean irreverently against her side, that she has a name.

“When you were Castiel,” Dean says, “you were untouchable. Unknowable. A stranger. But now you’re Cas. You’re our friend. Our family. Not quite sure when one became the other, but the person who this car belongs to is definitely Cas. So maybe…we’ve been calling her the Continental, right? But that’s so formal. You know her now, so she needs a nickname. What if we called her Connie?”

“Connie,” Cas repeats, testing the feel of it. He hums to himself, sounding as pleased as she feels. “I like it.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8524075

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m, 25k, spn verse, 2016

(fallen!cas, hurt!cas, angst, fluff, hurt/comfort, road trip, smut, bunker fic)

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15. Clipped by Dancingdog

Rating: Mature | Words: 25638

Summary:

Officer Dean Winchester is enjoying a pleasant, relaxing night shift when he stumbles across a battered and bloodied body in a damp alleyway. Thinking the man dead, Dean stalks over to investigate but is taken off-guard when the man cries out. Upon closer inspection, the man has been drugged to the point of near-unconsciousness. Dean decides a trip to the doctor’s is in order; luckily, his brother is exactly that.

When Sam checks Castiel over though, both Winchesters are shocked by what they find. Not only that, but Castiel is apparently homeless and has no family or friends he can stay with. He’s confused by the most basic of every day tasks (are toothbrushes so difficult to understand?) and he says the strangest things that has Sam and Dean scratching their heads. Sam decides Castiel should stay with him for a while and whilst Dean is initially against his brother rooming with a complete stranger, he’s intrigued by the mysterious Castiel Novak. What is the man hiding?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13258956

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m, 25k, au, 2018

(cop!dean, hurt!cas, fluff, smut, hurt/comfort)

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16. The Case of the Curious Convention by Jdragon122

Rating: Mature | Words: 26189

Summary:

The apocalypse(s) has been long over and the Winchesters have reverted back to their normal hunting habits with their best friend and angel, Castiel. One particular case they find leads them straight to California and specifically, San Diego. Doing a small hunt while out by the sandy beaches doesn’t sound like a bad deal and so Team Free Will sets out to hunt, vacation, and have fun while doing it. Little do they know that they just happened to drive into town the weekend of Comic Con - and that their case might have something to do with it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10816860

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m, 26k, spn verse - s11/s12, 2017

(fluff, road trip, case fic)

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17. Sweet Masquerade by vipjuly

Rating: Explicit | Words: 9793

Summary:

Castiel deviates from his normal daily caffeine intake when his brother gets him a gift card to a new stand in town.

He’s used to the mom and pop shop down the road.

He is not used to his coffee being served with a side of nipple pasties

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16484393

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nc-17, 9k, au - coffee shop, 2018

(barista!dean, librarian!cas, bottom!dean, top!cas, fluff)

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18. Lay It On The Line by SeashellDestihell (Renegade verse)

Rating: Explicit (overall) | Words: 6876 (wip series)

Summary (for this part):

Dean and Castiel have been secretly married for months without getting the press involved, but one drunken night in a hotel leads to coming out in the most awkward way possible.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10533153

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nc-17, 6k, au - celebrity, 2017

(established, musician!dean, librarian!cas, top!dean, bottom!cas, secret relationship, marriage, fluff)

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19. Imagine Dragons Might be on to Something by Trista_zevkia

Rating: General | Words 4777

Summary:

The small town decides to sacrifice a virgin to the dragon, as you do. Dean’s out of running for the job, but Sam’s not.

Dean does not approve. Nor does the Dragon.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3174718

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g, 4k, spn verse/au, 2015

(hunter!dean, dragon!cas, creature!cas, fluff, humor, mates)

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20. Growing Pains by DarkHeartInTheSky

Rating: Teen | Words: 25509

Summary:

After a botched witch hunt, Cas ends up an infant; it’s strange to see their once all-powerful, indestructible friend so small, so helpless.

It’s even stranger to see Dean look at Cas like that–like he’s cradling the whole world in his arms.

Sam’s trying to track down the witch, or find a cure, to get Cas back. But it’s kind of difficult with all these intruding thoughts that never go away; the kind that make him step back and question everything he thought he knew of Dean and Cas’s relationship.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16437998

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pg-13, 25k, spn verse - s11/s12, 2018

(fallen!cas, cursed!cas, de-aged!cas, fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, bunker fic, case fic, kid fic, curses/spells)