#sand duo i fucking love you so much

[thestarfishinjootsoffice]

Old writing especially on Bo's and then Vincent's part. I realised that I was writing as if their s/o showcased their strength during later on into their relationship in the first three slashers, apologies.

A/n: I am no longer writing for Hannibal or any hannibal characters as I myself have forgotten my own perspective of them.

Slashers x reader who's stronger than them but doesn't look like it!

Warnings: blood and death on the ghostface duos part, very slight mentions of nsfw. But mostly fluff.

Slashers in this: Bo sinclair, Vincent sinclair and Thomas Hewitt, Michael Myers, Billy Loomis and Stu Macher (poly)

Relationship: romantic!!

Bo

It clawed at his ego, he's a pretty mean bastard and you know it 🫵.

He first thought of you as the most fragile and weakest person ever (and cutest), I mean, could you even lift a pot half filled with water?

Undoubtedly he used this assumption to 'help you' or more so at times tease you. He loves seeing your reactions and most definitely not because you're so small and kind to him, pfff of course not.

He just absolutely loves lifting you up and over his shoulder and he's definitely an ass guy. He loves ogling and smacking your ass but he won't get to that level until many many months later on. But he's still going to stare.

“Oh Bo, I think there's a rabbit under the truck!” You exclaimed to Bo as you noticed something white and moving below.

"An animal? *sighs* hold on, I'll get rid of that p-" He suddenly loses his ability to formulate words as he witnesses you lift the goddamn fuckin truck with one arm, and indeed there was a rabbit underneath.

“*gasp* it's so cute!” Bo cannot believe what he just saw. Damn, he gotta stop smoking so much it's messing with his brain. He's just staring at you as you pet the timid rabbit with your 'scrawny' arm.

He must admit he does fantasize about you lifting him up and shit, or topping him in bed. Whatever he's feeling that day, and he would rather swallow sand than ever admit that last part.... But y'know if you're up for it-

His cocky and prideful attitude seemingly making an apparent change, he would hold a cup or item you need above your head with a shit eating grin watching you get frustrated with him. Or when he would make jabs about you being too weak to lift three chairs at a time and would offer to help you. (So he could walk beside you.) But now... He still fucking makes jabs at you being weak, just to fuck with you even though he knows it's far from the truth. He loves making you seem like the little helpless princess and him being the asshole shining knight in armor.

You wouldn't mind tho would you? It's a win-win, you get to spend more time with your boyfriend and he gets to spend time with his girlfriend.

Vincent

So gentle and caring with you. He's gentle and caring with whoever he is with but your size just makes him think one wrong move and he's accidentally breaking your arm. And cause of this he can't help but be a worry wart at times and way too protective. Not budging even if you reassure him you're perfectly capable of doing something that requires strength.

During one of the dark evenings you walk with your lover in the forest, the side of the forest where there isn't roadkill so that you can breathe without torturing your nostrils. And finding some fire wood to spend the next dark hours star gazing and ranting to him while the sound of the fire crinkling and burning the wood serves as a nice background music.

Every step you take you hear the crunch of the dead leaves get crushed under your foot, both of you holding your flashlights. You have the warm and slightly calloused hand of your Vincent holding yours affectionately as his thumb brushes against the back of your hand and knuckles, gently tracing over and feeling the ridges and bumps.

You notice some fallen bark and shine your flashlight on it. "Vinny, look there's some firewood over there!" You exclaimed and shined your flashlight elsewhere, looking around more until you had shined it directly on a tree right in front of you that was occupied by a scary looking arachnid, its front limbs moving in a sluggish and relaxed fashion.

You let out a startled yelp and out of instinct your fist went to swing at the spider who somehow successfully managed to not get hit in the nick of time. This also startled your boyfriend who looked worriedly at you, his eyes scanned over to see that you were.. Fine! But the tree you punched wasn't. It has a big dent in it while the flesh of wood was cracked and damaged severely around the impact along with many splinters.

"I'm so sorry Vincent! There was a spider and I got scared!"

He almost let out a breath of relief knowing it wasn't anything serious but he can't get his eyes and mind off the injured tree. Did you... seriously do that? He gently took your hand and examined it, it seemed perfectly fine except for redness, light bleeding and a couple splinters on your knuckles.

He slowly raised one of his hands, pointing towards the punched tree. 'Did you do that?' Is what's probably going through his head. You chuckled sheepishly and nodded in confirmation. He sighed. For now, he'll worry about your fist.

Does this interaction change how he treats you?... Kind of. He isn't too pushy as he was since he now knows how capable you are of handling yourself but there's still that feeling in him, something that gnaws at his inner core for him to help you. He wants to feel useful and to serve you in any way he can, so...please let him dote over you still..? (Of course you will, you can't say no to him.)

If you want to pick him up he'll entertain you, though he'll be extremely flustered and giddy about it. He likes this way more than he should (in his opinion). How comical is it? He's a large 6'1 grown man being carried princess style by his tiny s/o. Despite all this, he still hopes you need him as much as he needs you.

Thomas

Trust me when I saw it really took Thomas by surprise. He's a really big guy and you say this little thing is stronger than him? Oh please, humor him after dinner.

He's a busy man with a lot on his plate, and you seemingly looking like the most harmless person in the world doesn't help, he constantly feels like he has to tend to you and supervise you from a certain officer.

Will usually not allow you to help him when he's working, it depends. He feels guilty letting yourself get caught up with all this but if you insist he'll gladly accept the extra hand with honest gratitude. But generally- 'Back away honey, you might get dirty.' Is what he wishes he could say.

In his eyes you're a saint, an angel. Made perfectly to fit in the space between his thighs he's sitting down and there's no flaw in the way his large hands cups your cheeks with those pretty eyes of yours staring into his – no room for mistake or complain. You're adorable.

The first time he allowed you to help him you admire your handsome behemoth of a lover chopping wood. Appreciating the rolled up sleeved that gave you a good view of his arms, his muscles flexing as he brought the axe down – after he was done with the first small batch of logs you hurried to grab the others.

Tommy watched with amusement and adoration before shifting his weight to help you but stopped as you started walking towards him five logs resting effortlessly in your arms. It didn't even seem to faze you as if it was just you were only a bunch of baby ducks.

Tommy watched in silence as you laid them out on the table, still kind of processing it before nodding his head in gratitude and resuming to chopping them up. He'll bring this up later, maybe. For now he'll focus on getting his work done and spending more with you, and your soft words.

He doesn't really care if you're stronger than him or not, as long as you love him and don't try to run away it's all good. If you want he'll stop trying to do everything for you even though he knows you don't need any assistance – he's so used to working around the house he feels restless not doing anything at all.

If you want to carry him, do it. He's all yours but please do it in private he won't be able to handle the embarrassment if his family sees it. And although he prefers to be the dom he doesn't mind it if you wanna take charge every once in a while and throw him around.

Plus, it creates something pleasantly warm in his stomach.

Michael.

He thinks he's going insane. (He already has.)

He's Michael Myers, the most ruthless killer Illinois has ever seen for the past decades. And you're saying this small creature that he's inhabited has greater strength than him... Yeah, no.

And then he sees you picking up three bodies out of the house with your bare hands while cleaning up the evidence of his the murder he left, quietly observing you. He won't admit it but it kind of irks him. He's supposed to be the one with power in this relationship and quite frankly he doesn't know the true extent to your power.

He warms up to it eventually – although it's more of he doesn't give a fuck anymore. You're not completely weak and helpless? Great, he doesn't have to worry about you as much. Key word: as much. He still does worry a lot when you're out for long hours – he's not worried you're injured or in danger (not anymore) but more as in you're not leaving him, right? Or ratting him out to the police?

Do not ever attempt to pick him up or anything even remotely close to that unless you want a glare from those void, soul-less eye sockets of his mask Or if you want a love tap on the head and cheek. If you give him enough guilty smiles and let go of him he'll let you off the hook. if not, bear the consequences. (They don't even do anything anyways, lmao)

He feels so incredibly annoyed when you start treating him like a child, telling him to go sit down or lie down in bed after he pulled a few all nighters and the fact you successfully manage to pull him back into bed: God dammit, why the hell are you even so strong and you're so small!? Grumpily he does stay put but only if you're with him too.

A man feared by hundreds, if not thousands because of the sheer power and mercilessness he leaves in trails of every step he takes in public... And then there's you, you're half his size and you have more control over him than he'd like. He'd never kill you though, not intentionally, but that will also most likely not happen.

Speaking of killing, don't think he won't murder someone if they attempt to hurt you and gets their ass kicked by you anyways. You attack, he lands the finishing blow. Don't protest, he won't listen.

Billy n' Stu

They're both pretty lean so you can believe it, if not for your given figure. They both adore it, so who cares? Billy and Stu will, eventually.

It was in the heat of the moment, you tell yourself but you remember in vivid detail the day where you saw the bloody escaping victim running towards you – adrenaline pumping in your veins, your mind immediately went into fight mode and swung a fist at their skull. You remember the sickening crunch as blood slowly pooled from their fractured cranium when they lifelessly fell down to the floor.

They first helped you with the lingering guilt first before Stu started annoying you.

''Can you punch me like that next but with a bit less-''

"No!"

Alright, no worries but now he's asking you to lift him up to reach things that he does not need help on. Maybe even just carry him and run around the house. (Don't be fooled, he just wants to be carried around like a child again.) Fluttering his eyelids at you and holding up a jar of pickles. 'Y/n, I can't get this to open!' Yes he can.

Billy, although tries to act neutral but can't help but let his thoughts wander. 'Wow... Strong girl... Can choke me...' He thinks to himself as he watches you and Stu. Not as if he'd ever admit that. He pretends he's disinterested in getting in your arms - no, he just doesn't wanna embarrass himself. But if you persist he'll begrudgingly agree. He indeed liked it.

Stu obviously takes a positive reaction, he loves getting dominated. You can take that however you like. Billy on the other hand feels conflicted, if he's not stronger than you then how will he stop you if you try to leave them or plan to rat them out? Assuming this is during the beginning of your relationship. But overtime the more he takes a good look at your face those thoughts will slowly drown away, there's no way you would, right?

The slashers will probably swoon if you agree to help them place the bodies where they want them to, like hanging them in the trees or something.

Billy keeps it more lowkey. Preferring to keep you in his lap and rest his chin on top of your head. Stu takes your strength to his advantage. When he gets drunk he'll whine and ask you to carry him to bed, and take his socks off. Annoying fuck but you love him either way. And Billy too.

[nonuify]

ᝰ.ᐟ — SVT ⟢ dates with them

› sfw is included ┆ fluff — requested ꩜.

CHOI SEUNGCHEOL ;

now we all now cheolie loves spoiling you so so much !!, so I think he will take you to a fancy restaurant dinner.

he does all the classics he will give you a breathtaking bouquet of flowers with a shiny beautiful set of jewelry that he will probably fuck you later lols.

+ he’s heavy in pda while one a date either he has to hold your hand or waist, or even gripping your thigh, he thinks its a must that everyone knows you are taken by him.

YOON JEONGHAN ;

hannie loves nightwalks with you it’s his favorite time to go on a date with you, occasionally stopping at a lovely cafe to talk about everything with his favorite person.

deep conversations would submerge as the night goes by with you two, nothing seems better then having company with the person you trust the most, pouring your heart out in whatever conversation comes by.

+ he holds your hand to show a sign of affection for you, or the occasional “i love yous” throughout the date, or anything that you’d find romantic he will do it just to make you happy.

HONG JISOO ;

beach dates. that’s it. he’s so surfer boyfriend !!

having a lil picnic on the sand, talking to each other about anything that pops up, with sometimes wine glasses if your really feeling it, then going swimming & surfing with him, obvi most of the time you’ll be oogling your gorgeous boyfriend when he’s surfing.

+ takes you on dinner or lunch with an amazing view of the sea, he would hold your hand caressing it on the way of walking towards the restaurant.

WEN JUNHUI ;

cat café’s, yall are both cat lovers isn’t this already heaven??

having cats in your laps, all smiley & laughing with each other, enjoying the company of each other & your furry friends!!, taking pictures of each other & you admiring how cute & adorable your boyfriend is.

+ jun would be sulky if you pay attention to cats more than him, good luck for making it up to him by cuddling & kisses.

KWON SOONYOUNG ;

you & soonyoung would have a lil dance practice with each other, with you being one of seventeens choreographer it’s almost a perfect date for you both.

with him getting frustrated by not getting the move & you calmly telling him not to worry, the hyper bf & calm gf duo what’s more?, you guys then would sit in a corner eating takeout food & laying on each-other.

+ he needs kisses when he does the move right or he will sulk away, beware of the sulky tiger!!

JEON WONWOO ;

duh isn’t it obvious? sitting in home playing video games with each-other then cuddling till you sleep.

of course you have to sit on his lap while playing, he needs his fav person holding him in whatever way possible!, you would neck kisses from him here & there, & when you win the big prize is making out with the one only wonwoo.

+ when you guys finish, you build a cozy fort where you both cuddle & talk about anything to each other sometimes you guys would sleep almost instantly, with the loving warmth of each other.

LEE JIHOON ;

dinner dates at home where you guys make the food!!, uji comes home tired from work all he needs is a relaxing time with his lover.

i in-vision you & him making pizza dough, splattering the flour on each other while having the time of your lives, then him snaking his hand around your waist when you go to the furnace to cook up the side dishes & giving you the sweetest kisses.

+ when your both done with the food, your too lazy to clean it up so it’s just you & him going to bed not having worries till tomorrow, cuddling & warming up each other while watching a movie ( you both know, you won’t watch the movie ifykwim ;) ).

LEE SEOKMIN ;

oh totally little picnics in a park or a garden have you seen his insta pics?, my man is always with nature !!.

setting up the prettiest view in the park where you guys can just relax & be comfortable with each other & do whatever crosses your mind like playing games, talking or even just staring at the pretty scenery while enjoying each others company.

+ i think you & seokmin would go to a karaoke bar when night sets to party the night away with each other, singing your hearts out, mostly you admiring his beautiful voice.

KIM MINGYU ;

I don’t know why but he will take you to Paris to do whatever you’d like too, what’s important is you with him.

in the city of love where you explore every restaurant, café, museum & streets with your own love, & yall know mingyu is gonna pull some romantic strings here & there making a reservation at the classiest restaurant where you both can see the Eiffel Tower & enjoy yourselves.

+ I think mingyu will do that cheesy flowers on bed thing when you guys go to your hotel & of course some bottles of wine will be there, chilling on the bed with him till eventually yk…

XU MINGHAO ;

he will take you to a museum to admire the beauties of the arts infront of you when you know he’s the real beauty here.

going to each exhibit and him explaining how the painting is & how each and different elements of it was added while you sit there staring at the handsome figure infront of you, & you just stop & start smiling like an idiot questioning how lucky you are to have him.

+ I think you guys would do also a painting session with each other splattering it on each other laughing & you covering minghao with hundreds of kisses giving him a prize for his work.

BOO SEUNGKWAN ;

oh we know you guys are going to a lovely concert where you dance the night away with yourselves.

taking several videos & photos with him while singing your hearts out & dancing & giggling like the perfect couple you are then at the end where your favorite song played you guys hug welcoming each others embrace.

+ I think seungkwan would go to heaven while the melody would play through his ears while also watching you thinking how the song reminds him of you so much then pulling you into a really passionate kiss.

CHWE HANSOL ;

wether it’s at home or a whole ass cinema you didn’t care as long if it’s a movie with hansol you’d be happy.

cuddling & warming up with each other as the movie goes on, feeling his heart beating whilst laying your head on his chest then smiling warmly as you began to cherish every moment with him then him kissing your forehead & feeling him smile while doing so.

+ you & vernon would sleep in the middle of it idk why it’s just so you guys lol, but always cuddling while sleeping never forget that you guys would cling onto one another till the next day.

LEE CHAN ;

corny yes but I think chan is such a sucker for taking you out to carnivals & such.

I think you guys would do the photos where you take silly pictures with each other to cherish those memories & try winning some teddy bears for you guys to stash in your apartment soon.

+ oh chan is soooo clingy the whole date holding your hand or waist or whatever but at the end of the day he needs to hold you in some kind of way, also I think he’ll just buy a balloon for you there so when he gets lost he can see you from the balloon lol.

! 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ thank you for reading >ᴗ< !! hehe new setup kind of.

[silvers-not-home]

rewatching double life right now but through jimmys pov and just realized how violently ill rancher duo makes me /aff

like there's no way there's a duo THIS healthy in this series. the whole fucking point of the life series is betrayal and deception and blah blah blah all that jazz but rancher duo never did any of that. they always told eachother their plans, ideas, schemes, where they were going. and even if they didn't cough cough jimmy going into the deep dark cough cough he still came clean and told tango anyways. we have someone who's death is such a staple in the fandom/series that it's become a whole thing and someone who's death you go "oh yeahhh i forgot about that one, how'd he die again?"

they're both so ignored and the fact that they pay so much attention to eachother literally makes me sick to my stomach /hj /aff

like i don't know much about flower husbands but like. i know it probably wasn't.. the healthiest of any of the ships so take my words with a grain of sand here. jimmy was practically invisible to scott no hate love him to death but c!scott IS on my hit list and tango is just so blatantly ignored by the watchers and other members sometimes i literally forget he's there and when i do my autism shoots up like a firework.

jimmy is mocked in a /lh way but we're talking abt their c!versions so that might not be as lighthearted as you think c!jimmy sorry bud so much to the point no one takes him seriously and tango is so forgotten that no one takes him seriously. though they might not be taken seriously when they're together they're still known throughout the server. jimmy has what tango doesn't: patience and less impulsive thinking. and tango has what jimmy doesn't: rage and more tactical thinking.

while tango is going absolutely apeshit over the ranch burning down and everyone is basically taunting him, making him even more upset as if either of them need that jimmy is the one to hold tango back. he doesn't want him rushing in not because they share health and trying to keep himself safe desert duo im looking at you, you toxic bastards /aff but because he genuinely CARES about him. because when they go after scar and grian they want to be prepared and logical about their attacks. he'll still listen and follow through with tangos plan but not when they don't have one, he was so excited to bring the warden to grian and scar because he genuinely believed that they would get revenge the safe way (as safe as you can get anyways)

and when the plan backfired he didn't get mad or upset at tango. he helped him through it with the knowledge they could both die just by one small slip up but damnit if he's gonna take them out he's standing tall next to him.

they never got mad at eachother. not when the plans backfired or when jimmy died and lost all his stuff and had to travel across the whole server just to not get his stuff back or when jimmy went into the deep dark, putting them both in danger or when tango got them both killed in the FIRST EPISODE, activating his curse again (i know it wasn't technically jimmy that died but he still lost a life so i'm counting it anyways shut up)

because grian would've been pissed (talking about character versions still stick with me here) at scar if the roles were swapped, probably would've kept him at their base for the whole damn season actually. but jimmy listened to tango, obviously he was upset but never at tango. he just wanted to know what lead up to that and from that they made a plan.

the difference between team rancher and desert duo is when scars falling grian yells out for him, not because he cares about scars safety but because he cares about his safety.

meanwhile when tangos falling jimmy jumps after him while screaming his name, making sure that if he's going to die it's tangos name staining his tongue and without the selfish intent of keeping himself safe.

because when grain looks into scars eyes he only sees himself. meanwhile when jimmy looks into tangos eyes he sees tango looking back.

[finalfrontierpublishing]

So it's been a while since i posted any books - mostly because i've been hiding my progress like a little sneak.

I just finished this bind last night of The Desert Storm by @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning, or really it's volume 1 out of like ??? 15, maybe. Please take whatever i say with a pinch of salt (I have had 0 sleep for more than 24 hours, and that tends to make me a little very sleep-deprivation drunk a.k.a. unhinged). Okay, on to thoughts! The Desert Storm was foisted onto me by @celestial-sphere-press who told me under no uncertain terms that I WOULD FUCKING LOVE THIS SHIT. Well, I did. This more than 1 million word epic about Ben Fuckin' Kenobi is pretty much god-tier fanfiction. It reads like a goddamn novel. I can never think of canon again without thinking that this good shit should be canon. I read it and then consumed half of it within a week, and I have zero regrets. @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning, i absolutely love you and love your writing. It is the best thing since sliced bread. It is better than sliced bread.

I also had the benefit of @celestial-sphere-press saying, hey would you want to use the typeset? MY GOD, i am grateful. I love this fic, i would have typeset it if it hadn't been typeset but Des did such a beautiful job that i am absolutely in awe and thankful that she and the author allowed others to use it. Look at it - it's so beautiful. I only had to think hey, i just gotta design the cover and et cetera and so the book happened.

Please also check out @celestial-sphere-press 's amazing post here and here, who is the only person i know who's started and is almost complete in fanbinding this epic, and is also making an author a copy of the entire series.

Some stats, if you will.

96215 words || 380 pages

Title font: Ghaomiec

I took some inspiration from starblight bindery's lovely desert scape as well as this amazing cover of Dune which i own. I love that the landscape emanates Dune vibes while being oh so Tattooine - just sand and heat, relentless loneliness and melancholy. This fic centres around Obi-Wan Infinite Sadness Kenobi so it needed SAD VIBES TM, which i tried to deliver in desolate landscape form.

Also thank the heavens for Renegade members, who in a masterful stroke of Group Buy Saves Money, managed to source extra-out-of-production colours of Colibri and help a fair number of us get really cool limited edition versions of bookcloth. I am now a proud owner of a lorge stash of Duo and Colibri of which i am now sitting on like a shifty dragon with a hoarding problem. Good luck getting your bookcloth now, Folio Society, ha ha (gloating)! This particular bookcloth is Colibri Copper which has been wholly stashed for The Desert Storm series. I am leaning on transitioning to Malachite for Rise and Fall when I get to it.

The front cover design was done with a stock image and converted to a PNG, which i then fiddled with and did some HTV magic with. It was remarkably easier to weed than expected. I tried something new and ironed the design on the naked bookcloth first before gluing it to the boards, which was a new challenge in making sure everything was aligned.

Endpapers are marbled endpapers (Renato Crepaldi) which I got from Hollanders, which perfectly fit the colour scheme of the bind. The only hiccup was as I was cutting, I realized the sheet was running in the opposite direction of his usual papers and half the size, and only yielded 3 A5 size endpapers and so my heart went noooooooooo. oh well. i guess i will use it for quartos.

Endbands are my favourite - silk in 3 colours in the french doublecore style (as i was binding this i did not have the mental capacity to handle the difficulty of 4 strands). the truth is i usually only can do 4 when I have higher brain function and am willing to spend 80% of my time unraveling it from getting tangled.

I also forgot to mention I had mild fuck-ups, I got glue on the front endpaper which I had to hastily remove with wet cloth, and the back square is preposterously bad but I'm ignoring it for now.

Anyway, i've actually managed to complete a few other binds which have not been mentioned here as they've all been gifts/ surprises or event books in some form. I am SO EXCITED, also because I am travelling in the latter half of July to San Diego and L.A. and I get to meet some bookbinding friends in the flesh. Renegade is fucking amazing y'all. I am ready to embrace these crazy lads who have enabled me for the last 1 year, even when i'm the solitary (1) weirdo from my country of origin in the server. Also... potentially bookbinding trip early next year??? I am enthused.

[http-finnick]

𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐫

finnick odair x fem!reader

summary:|soulmate!au|as you meet up with a new group under Johanna's request, you start to notice the blink of color when you are alone with Finnick.

request: hellooo!! your fics are so so good i always love reading them! can you do an imagine of a soulmate au of finnick and reader where they see in black and white and they see in colour once they meet each other? you can choose where, whether it’s during the games or out of it!

trip. drag. cough. these were your repeating motions as you gag on the thick blood. black. it's all you see, dripping down your throat and sliding in your eyes. you can't hear, see, smell, breathe it's choking you.

the vines weren't tripping you anymore as it felt like gravel was poking your swimsuit, you tripped face-first into the new environment and panicked at the sudden splash you caused.

water. not from a pond or lake. seawater. you smiled like a fool and knew your teeth were black. diving your face into the water to clear it from your body as you swished and gurgled the blood off you

yelling. that's the first thing you hear once your eardrums are scraped out, you use the seawater for your eyes and push the stinging to the side as you are able to see the gray arena once more

"Lay off her?" Johanna's voice strained, assuming shes talking to katniss. you wanted to roll your eyes, don't tell me we went through all that for nothing now.

you threw your head back and closed your eyes. taking in your first real breath before sitting up and walking towards a spinning Wiress

you hear a slap but brush it off as you received one from Johanna earlier after telling her to 'fuck off'

you grabbed wiress by the hand and gently guided her into the water, sitting her down as you hear a splashing sound and noticed someones dunking Johanna into the seawater as she slurs out insults, you chuckle before scooping water up and brushing Wiress's hair

hearing the sand drag your eyes snapped to the side and noticed beetee being dragged by the famous duo, katniss, and peeta. you looked back at wiress when she started her chant again.

"Tick tock..Tick tock, Tick tock" you bit your lip at her babbling as you start to be slightly grateful your ears were plugged during the journey to the beach.

right. why are we here? you'd assume it'd be for the water to clean ourselves but it's been the goal before the blood was pouring down. Johanna obviously knew these people so maybe there's an alliance going on? that wouldn't last long.

snapping out of your thoughts and looking back at wiress you decided she was clean enough and led her out of the water.

you heard people talking and glanced over at a recovering beetee, you heard Johanna and a male voice talking in a bushed off area next to you. you placed wiress down and made your way towards them to be stopped by katniss with a glimmering grey object in her hand

you looked at her confused, she told you it was a spile while mindlessly waving to the trees saying to use it there.

you couldn't help but twist the spile between your fingertips just to see it glisten. pupils dilating as you saw the sparkle and grinned. you've always been attracted to shiny objects for the fact you only see black and white. you even have a collection at home of objects like these. this spile was gorgeous.

before you knew it you were at the tree, grabbing a nearby rock you positioned the spile into place before realizing you were missing an important piece in all this

"shit"

"looking for this?"

you flinched up as you heard a man's voice behind you. you gripped the rock you had tighter, afraid that your daydreaming left you in a daze, and that you didn't really check your surroundings too much.

"relax, I'm not gonna kill you. look, I have that shell and everything" he said, arrogantly.

you spun around to see that it was none other than Finnick Odair. he's holding the vibrant shell you needed to fill with water, you stared up at him to see his tanned skin and wavy blonde hair

wait

what.

the shell from his hands dropped as you grip the spile tighter. you can see color

and it looks like he can too.

you looked around the jungle as the harsh colors filled your senses. it's overwhelmingly beautiful.

it takes you a second to understand what this means, Finnick is your soulmate

you don't even know the man!

you looked back at him as he still stares into the jungle in awe.

you know that you need to keep your distance from him. the games are still on and you need to get out of here alive. you cannot, under no circumstances, get to know Finnick Odair.

he looks back at you and a smile meets his face, his perfect teeth shine at you and you realize you still love shiny things

and Finnick Odair is one shiny, gorgeous man, and he'd do very nicely in your collection.

fuck.

an: ahhh hii guys! I hope you enjoyed this <33 It was fun writing soulmate au, ((I actually had to look it up lmaoo)) so I hope I did it justice!! thank you so much for reading and saying all those nice things my love <3333 ilysm <333333

[ice-lice-and-2-many-dice]

I love Desert Duo because both of them are so fucked up in ways that only the other can handle.

Scar is careless with his own life, he doesn’t understand where the boundaries lie and puts his own impulsive wishes above others. But also he’s so selfless, he’s a stupid goofy dude with a silver tongue and a heart of gold. He will scam the shoes off your feet then offer to carry you home instead. He’s emotionless yet filled with so much more love than can possibly be shared. His word can mean life or death on the few times he actually stays true to it.

And Grian? He’s loyal until his final breath and doesn’t understand why others aren’t the same. To him, people are either enemies or those he would die for. He’s happy to lay down his own life to help an ally but has no remorse in the brutal killing of those he things are against him. He may not be the best charmer but he’s smart and conniving enough to lure a fish from water and then watching it drown. The moment he loses trust in someone they are at the top of his kill list, past be damned. He’s bossy as fuck and will happily go behind your back if you don’t follow his instructions. Or honestly, he’ll do it anyway. But also, he builds homes in the sand, gathers supplies and food not only for himself. Grian is the definition of All or Nothing, in the best and worst ways.

Neither are healthy, but somehow, in some fucked up universe, they make it work. Grian scoffs and gathers food for Scar as he works on gathering allies with nothing but a salesman’s smile and maybe a few threats. Grian kills Scar and swears his life in exchange, and Scar takes the reins with a gentle grasp. Grian watches him fall and doesn’t shy away from blood red eyes, because before he even sees them, he spots the pale hands holding flowers of guilt.

Because Lilacs means a first love, but they also represent the cycle of rebirth.

Because Poppies mean a hopeful future, but they also symbolize death.

[socra-time]

Naruto Episode Comments, Ep. 41-50

Ep 41:

-puppetry has gotta be one of my favorite ninja techniques so far ngl

-also Kankuro gives me bitchy theater kid vibes ngl. We stan

-again, Sakura has a far more compelling relationship with Ino than she does with fuckass Sasuke

-…goddamnit do I ship Sakura and Ino

-the way Gai says Kakashi’s name is so funny to me, he’s like “kaKAshi”

Ep 42:

-I think it’s funny that Lee just drifted over to hang out with Kakashi and Naruto

-ngl Ino losing her hold on Sakura was COMPLETE bullshit, Ino absolutely should have won that match

-ngl I’m really annoyed by the results of this match

-but anyways Gai and Lee cheering for Tenten was wholesome. Team Gai supremacy

Ep 43:

-okay Temari’s voice isn’t as bad as I initially thought it was

-rip Tenten, I get that they have to set up the threat of the Sand Siblings but Tenten deserved a little more of a fair fight rather than just being fodder for Temari to take down

-but also holy shit Temari’s takedown was fucking brutal

-Lee I fucking love you

-I also kinda love Ino now

-Naruto istg you better not beat up Kiba’s dog

Ep 44:

-not the first time I’ve noticed them but I like Kiba’s fangs

-I don’t really like Kiba’s voice

-if I was Naruto I would have forfeited the match immediately, I’m not gonna fucking fight a puppy

-ah yes the greatest jutsu of all, Furry jutsu

-Naruto kinda wasted his shot by biting Kiba while disguised as Akamaru, he should have tried to do more damage and punch Kiba in the face or something

-I love how everyone was commenting on how Naruto’s jutsu usage was more impressive than they thought and meanwhile Neji’s just like “I can’t believe he bit his opponent”

-why isn’t everyone just taking food pills during this exam if they’re so useful

-Kiba honey I hate to break it to you but you are not, in fact, the main character of Naruto

-respectfully both Naruto and Kiba should never be Hokage, it should OBVIOUSLY be Lee

Ep 45:

-NOOOO AKAMARU BBY

-I’m not gonna lie I don’t really believe Naruto has the chakra control and intelligence at this point in the series to pull off the trick he does with the double transformation jutsu

-I find it both amusing and annoying that Kiba (and also Shikamaru and Choji) calls Naruto “kid”. Like y’all are the same age lmao

- yeah no same as Ino, Kiba kindaaaa should have won. I’m more okay with this outcome than the Ino-Sakura result because Naruto’s the MC so he’s obviously going to win, but that fart was utter bullshit

-also I get that Kiba probably would have wrecked the clones with his human drill shit but why didn’t Naruto just try spamming shadow clones from the beginning

Ep 46:

-Team 8’s dynamic intrigues me. I want to see more of them

-why was ANYONE surprised that Hinata and Neji are related. Like were their eyes not a dead fucking giveaway???

-Kurenai is so mother

-anyways fuck Hinata’s dad

-between this match and the Sakura-Ino match, why did no one tell Naruto to not interrupt the matches

-okay so this confirms that Team 8 is the Konoha team that I would LEAST want to fight, purely because my options are (a) getting my chakra devoured by a swarm of bugs, (b) getting mauled by the human equivalent of Drill Run, or (c) suffering organ failure. Yeah no I’d rather get punched or stabbed by the other teams, thank you very much

Ep 47:

-with his level of precision and the Byakugan, Neji should quit the whole ninja thing and go be a doctor

-oh Naruto you sweet oblivious child

-I am absolutely not sold on Naruto and Hinata as a ship yet btw

-ngl if I was the proctor I would have yelled at Naruto to shut up and stop interrupting the matches

-Lee and Gai continue to be the best duo in this entire fucking show

Ep 48:

-I’ve heard that Gaara vs Lee is amazing, so I’m going in with high expectations

-Gaara is so fucking small next to his siblings

-Lee is so goddamn cute. I love my son

-you know you’re terrifying when SHINO is afraid of you

-Lee is so happy that he gets to go apeshit lmao

-the moment when the leg weights drop was amazing

-also it’s the first time we see Gaara look surprised and off-guard, which really hammers home just how insane Lee is

-I’ve seen it before but the effect of Gaara’s face cracking is so cool

-also it’s funny that Kankuro has fully just joined the Konoha peanut gallery for this match

Ep 49:

-welp Gaara’s gone completely off the rails

-Lee is officially my favorite character rn and it’s not even close

-if Lee can only do taijutsu, how did he pass the academy test and become a genin? I mean maybe it was a Naruto type of situation where other shit happened, but he wouldn’t have been able to pass the test normally, right?

-Leeeeee my silly badass son I love you so much. Peak character of all time

-again, the way Gai says “kaKAshi” cracks me up

-so like is Gai not gonna get in trouble with the ninja government for teaching Lee forbidden jutsus? Like Lee is very blatantly using the Primary Lotus and Hidden Lotus in a government-run exam and it’s pretty obvious who would have taught him those

Ep 50:

-holy shit Lee is fully just going Super Saiyan

-even Neji is shook by Lee lmao

-NOOOO LEE

-Gai stepping in and the background music and noises cutting out was such a good moment

-Gai is legit Lee’s dad and I’m so here for it

-Lee has Naruto solidly beaten for the title of “most tenacious motherfucker in the show”

-that moment with Gai hugging Lee’s unconscious body was so good, my heartttttt 😭

-the medic telling Gai that Lee will never fight again would be much more heartbreaking if I didn’t know that he’s literally fine later on

-the strings instrumental that plays after Lee’s defeat is so good

[juststarlo]

so I kinda wanted to talk about how I felt about the whole thing with biter soot, this is prob gonna be me just ranting to the void so feel free to ignore

ok first of all i don’t support the Brighton biter like, at all.

I haven’t really talked about it because alot of what I would want to say has probably been said by someone else In a smarter way, obviously if you haven’t already, go listen to his actual victims talk about their experiences,

ok here we go:

I guess I kinda just feel betrayed? Lied to? He was one of my role models, I thought he was so cool and funny, all for him to turn around and for it all to just be a lie. Now I look back at 2022 and 2023 and I realize he didn’t just stream as little as he did because he was a busy guy or something, no, he had us all wrapped around his finger he would only ever stream when he needed a quick buck, and we all flocked to his streams and we made tik toks with clips from the streams and in between the streams we would beg him to come back and do another stream.

And now we found out that we were just numbers to him, we weren’t people who looked up to him and thought he was the coolest, we were just wallets to him.

Now we found out that he was a two faced, liar! He always put on the mask of being a cool funny guy on camera only to turn around and be an abusive dick-wad! To alot of people! Shuble might have been the only one to come out about it but I’d be willing to bet that alot more people have story’s about him.

hell! He admitted on stream that he threw an apple full speed at Technoblades arm where he had just had surgery! Why the hell did we all just ignore how much of a red flag that was!

and it fucking sucks! I loved sbi and crime boys content, I read Sbi fanfics every night before I went to bed for two fucking years straight! I would watch so.many. twins duo, crime boys and sand duo compilations on tik tok!

I know alot of people (me included) used making/consuming fan content of sbi to keep the memory of Technoblade alive, and now it all just feels so…tainted.

I guess all this to say: I don’t miss him or who he was, I miss who we all thought he was

[twstfanblog]

Tell us about TWST!Jasmine

I'm so happy you wanna know about Jasmine!Twist

The name is the last thing I always do when making OCs, so he's still unnamed but I've already crafted most of his character.

Jasmine!Twist is the crowned prince of the Scalding Sands royalty and Kalim's cousin. He's also a lesson in restraint for me because I could have thrown caution to the wind and just made him fully weird like what almost happened to Neige.

Jasmine!Twist and Kalim are related via brothers from nearly a dozen generations ago, but simply saying cousins is easier. Jasmine!Twist adores his little cousin and lowkey infantilizes him which Kalim has only started to realize after Jamil's overblot since he was trying to be more independent. He is the icon of royal behavior in kind of the worst way as he does look down on those who aren't at least noble; he doesn't understand how Kalim can be friends with people 'below his status.'

He also HATES Jamil. Jamil hasn't done a single thing right in Jasmine!Twist's eyes since the day he was born. Jamil is helpful to Kalim? How dare this servant take up so much of his cousin's time!? Jamil lets Kalim try his hand at being more independent? How dare his cousin's servant leave his post!? Jamil is just...standing there? GODS, HE HATES HIM SO MUCH!!! Jamil just kinda takes it because he knows Kalim is 100% on his side when it comes to his cousin and he has been since they were children. It is very much a jealousy thing because Kalim has picked Jamil every time if it was ever a choice and Jasmine!Twist can't even flex his royal power and dismiss the Viper family outright because the collective Asims would NEVER, they all adore the Viper family in their own ways.

The weird part that I am struggling to fight back is that fact Jasmine!Twist is...in love with Kalim? It's a trait that keeps sneaking in even though I keep trying to white it out on his character sheet. He doesn't act on it much thankfully because Kalim is...clearly confused and lowkey weirded out whenever he slips up and says something out of pocket.

All in all, he's kind of a dick to basically everyone but it's in that weird 'We can't hang out because you're not in my league and I can say that because I'm royalty'. So honestly, not a lot of people REALIZE how bad he is.

His one-sided beef with Jamil does get passed down to Kalim's adopted son Mozenrath and Jamil's first-born, JJ. Which is bad for Jasmine!Twist because these two are a fucking terror duo.

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

Ultimate Talent Development Plan - Chiaki Nanami Event Notes

Homosexual Behavior going on here Sonia

Chiaki basically takes one glance at Junko!Mukuro and goes "oh shit why do i hear boss music" and that's SO FUNNY

Huh a friendly rivalry with Kirigiri? I wasn't expecting that, I can ship it, glad to see the girls getting along

Wait what Hiyoko is attached to Hajime?! I was not expecting that!

Protags truly get everyone ever no one can resist his reserve course swag

Byakuya is so fucking done with this school it's hilarious

No matter the timeline Chiaki and Usami best siblings. Although the way the sprites are proportioned makes Usami seem so so tall and I think that's funny, what she so big for

Byakuya voice: Please get me away from the furries

of COURSE Chiaki likes the Monokubs, why am I not surprised.

Oh fuck yeah they got to play galaga

DAMMIT

I have... several questions that I do not want answered

Monokuma confirmed gamer moments

I love how just fucking casual everyone is about genocider in these modes and canon like yeah, here's genocider, she's killed like 24 people and may kill again, she just goes here casually, no we have not informed any authorities

Genocider is on wattpad and literally no one can convince me otherwise

THIS IS SO SAD

Hifumi is such an underrated character he's so funny look at him go

Chiaki my love

Hey what if I just started crying?

Dont worry Chiaki no one does

Komaeda voice: There will be no fucking heathens about hope on my watch

Chiaki said this to Junko and that's the real reason Junko killed her 100% definitely these are the facts the danganronpa company dont want you to know.

He wants a killing game sososososo badly, he wants a little despair, as a treat

Wait this duo gets a second event?!

Alright final results

UTDP Chiaki is very much the more sanded off Chiaki from DR3 as she lacks at lot of her original sass, however she's still incredibly earnest and heartwarming regardless.

She shows fondness for the Monokubs even if she seems kinda annoyed by Monokuma. Her and Kirigiri also get along rather well and have a bit of a friendly rivalry at times.

She's incredibly observant though, and was able to immediately detect that Mukuro even when hidden as Junko was someone with a lot of dangerous potential.

Beyond that though, she's mostly just the somewhat shy but kind student rep she was in the anime. A bit of a pity, hopefully we get to see a bit more personality in her DRS. Especially as she mostly interacted within her own class + Hajime.

Outside of Chiaki, we learn that Monokuma is in fact a Gamer like he claims at times, that Genocider does in fact spend a lot of time in fandom and likes dating sims. That everyone gets along with Chiaki beyond Monokuma and somewhat Togami. Also Tenko is still pretty clingy to Himiko much to Himiko's apathy.

[xplrvibes]

Thoughts on episode 2?

It was fine.

I just answered an ask where I kind of touched on the Cody and Satori thing, but it bares repeating - the more I see of that, the more I side eye the entire thing.

It's interesting, but I just...I don't know.

I will say that I find the Abigail ghost, whether real or made-up, to be the sweetest thing on earth with her little excited dances and her whole "yea, I'll protect you guys!" routine.

And, you know she's down to ride for these boys for life after she got hit with the full offensive of the Colby Brock Patented Charm™️, lol. "I know you're the protector of the house, I know you're the matriach, and we want to consider you that as well," with that intensely earnest stare right at where he thinks this ghost is standing.

Like, fuck yea, I will catch a paranormal grenade for you now, you are now my soul child for life.

The Estes Method is always fun, but it's less fun when you've now got TWO people who won't stop bombarding with the questions and the on-the-spot dot connecting. We need less of that. I would love for them to do the old school Ghost Hunters method of just doing this shit and then reviewing the footage later to connect the dots after the fact. I feel like it would be less chaotic and honestly, they'd probably see better results at the end of the day.

Couple of random things that I'll mention, but don't want to dive too deeply into:

Something is severely wrong with their core body temperatures if they can go out into the woods of Rhode Island in August and sleep bundled up like they're in Alaska in December.

The dancing on the grave thing - I feel like doing something like that is way more likely to get you cursed than looking at a factory manufactured reproduction of a doll, but what do I know (I'm sorry Robert, for speaking about your reproduction dolls without your permission).

The REM pod at the door of the library...honestly, I think even when they were standing way far away, it was picking them up. Colby closes the door, and it immediately ceased. I mean, come on.

It was cool that they caught the door opening on camera from two different angles. Getting it from one angle is one thing, but getting it from both sides of the door makes it so much more impactful. Multiple camera angles, boys. More of that.

Oh! The names in the sand thing. I can't believe they are still trying to push that as having been paranormal in nature. It pissed me off when they did this in the video from last year (for that review, feel free to browse my "snc video review" tag, I'm almost positive i talked about that one), but to bring it back and use the people who work in the house and their sort of sus knocking method to "confirm" that this was some lonely soldier ghost who wanted to get with Amanda? No. 0/10 right there.

To end these bullet points on a positive...the Josh shirt pulling thing was pretty cool.

So, the last 30 seconds of this video is not something I am going to discuss, because trust me when I say you guys do not want to hear my opinion on that. You won't like it, I won't like hearing about how you won't like it, and honestly, I don't even want to talk about it. Just know that it deflated my balloon, and let's leave it at that.

But, commenting on the 5 minutes before the last 30 seconds - if anyone ever comes in new to the snc world and asks for a summation of who snc are and how they function as a duo, I'm sending them the clip of Sam deciding to summon every the basement demon to the upstairs and Colby just giving him the most deadpan, "I'm gonna kill you when we get home" look and then popping out from behind a wall (when did he even get there) to start a "I told you not to do that!" argument with Sam right then and there. That was the most long-suffering married couple interaction I've seen them have in a long time.

And then Colby turned into a theater kid there for a few seconds, with that whole dramatic diatribe on the steps about the Perrons. That was...a choice he made, lol.

And then yea, the video ended right when Colby rolled under the table to sleep (cause that won't end with a concussion when you wake up in the middle of the night lol) and I left happy. Nothing happened after that. That's where the whole screen goes black.

I'm giving the video (minus the last 30 seconds that don't exist in my mind) a 6.9/10. It was fun at parts, there was some good evidence, I enjoyed it...but there were some things that didn't hit for me.

Anyway, reminder to all that the preceeding was MY OPINION, and MY OPINION IS NOT LAW.

[one-strugling-bean]

OFMD Random Commentary (Ep 2)

Ah yes the epítome of France: good bread

Why do I think BB will end up being either really shy or a huge himbo?

The crew's side-eye to Stede being earnestly into the story is marvelous

Oohhhh~~ the ghost of Badminton has come to haunt you, ohh~~

I love the way the scriber/quarter-master(?) was just like "oh ok then", fucking drops the journal on the ground, leaves

(it did hurt to see a book fall into sand tho)

Im gonna start calling Jim and his buddy the Sensible Duo. It fits them.

Let them check the gunpowder if they want to, it's their vacation

I hope the ghost of Badminton doesn't become annoying at some point, im enjoying him so far

Roach gave the prisoners a pee break, omg. He's already doing better than many companies out there

I should not find grown men playing with gunpowder as endearing as this show makes it seem

...whats a harpsichord?

Ohhh who are the newbies? I'm liking the all-black leather aesthetic of the main one

"Yer not ghosts, are ye?" I honestly love Buttons, he asks the right questions

Their cell is so pathetic-looking... They could probably break it...

Oluwande, Oluwande, Oluwande - he's important and he's one of the few sensible ones, I won't forget his name again

He's getting therapy! Good for him

Yeahhhhh leaving your family in the dead of night without a warning to lead a life of piracy and danger was probably not the best choice you could've gone for, ngl

(Assuming that's what happened)

((which yeah that's probably what happened, but i like doubting stuff))

"He's right, of course. Idiot." Idk why but that delivery killed me

You go Stede! I believe in you!

"I saw nothing! It's important you know how much I didn't see!" Hehe, that one was funny too

Diversions like this aren't done anymore. A shame really

"Sorry. You do. :/" I appreciate that hostage, he's been fairly civil thus far

I can't believe they actually pulled it off. Omg, they're almost competent :')

Izzy Hands is a great pirate name

Yayyy they kept the nice hostage!

"He's gonna get you all killed." Why does no one believe in Stede? Look what he just did! He recaptured his hostage! Without (too much) violence! He great

Aw, so Oluwande is in love. Nice

Yesss be a Gentleman Pirate!

Please tell me the scriber doesn't die... I liked his actor's deliveries...

Yessss finally meeting Black Beard!!

Conclusion of this episode? Gentleman Pirate does have a very nice ring to it, but I am afraid Stede's pirate life really won't last.

Very excited to finally get to see BB and Stede interact next ep!

[bonesandthebees]

*clears throat*

Anyway…

Things I liked about this chapter in no particular order:

The flashback with Niki and Quackity

Quakcity warning Wilbur about the bandits indirectly, doubles as foreshadowing and a hint that he’s behind it (though let’s be honest, it was probably Schlatt’s idea)

Oh and you should have seen my face when I realised [“Hand him over!”] I swear puzzle pieces have never snapped into place faster in my brain. I literally went “OH FUCK QAUACKITY WHAT DID YOU DO?”

Niki might think that Wilbur is lying again but I don’t have the mental energy to think about that right now for obvious reasons.

I cannot stress enough how much I’m here for this.

The l’manburg backstory. I was trying to put it together and analyse which character’s would be narrative parallels only the realise that it was literal based off of actually canon pogtopia and c!Wilbur and c!Tommy. I love it. Also made me think of Niki when she does not get the throne.

Wilbur saving Tommy’s life (twice? Attempted at least). Nothing says bonding like life or death situations.

Also at first I thought it might be something meant to be part of it or a plan by Phil and then the foreshadowing hit me like a truck.

Put Quackity and Schlatt on the most likely to be executed list right now. Not because I think Wilbur is smart enough to figure it out but because the person who was trailing him might.

Also, I love the consistent pov and the way you write it, but I would pay actual money to know how everyone reacts. I want my sand duo angst of Phil sending his son away against his will only to learn that might have killed him. I want to watch them turn the country upside down. I want to see Quackity in shambles because he might have killed his friends and the man he loves (? Is it mutual?) I want to see Niki’ reaction. But alas, we get Tommy and Wilbur in a SITUATION. Instead.

I do fully believe people will come looking for them, but now I’m worried we will get a chapter of snowstorm in the wilderness first.

Again I better get a sand duo hug after this is done. I need Wilbur to know that his dad loves him.

Also, at first I was like, “I wonder why Jack isn’t here?” Then the guards started getting sliced and I was like “oh that!s why.” Nobody gets plot armour in here. Jack’s cranckyness just saved his life.

Also, Tomys copying the way Wilbur eats his food tells us he looks up to him and trust his judgement. Maybe he did something right with his paranoia expenation.

Also, the consequences for this are going to be so good whether Wilbur figures out it was Quackity or not.

Anyway, I’m going to bed now. So good night! And a good day to you!!! What a great chapter I did not see that coming at all but I love it.

P.s. AO3 is being mean and Wouldn’t let me comment “BEE, WHAT THE FUCK!” but that genuinely was my first reaction.

-🌲

lol thank you, a lot of the flashback bit regarding wilbur and niki changed from what it was originally planned to be. I don't know how it happened but I got really into the flow of the scene and I'm very happy with how it turned out

HA the puzzle pieces falling into place about the bandits right at that moment. just "what's going on- OH"

I'm very glad you picked up on the l'manberg story not only being c!crime but also the parallels it could hold to rose!niki

life or death situations are the best for bonding!

don't be so sure we're only staying in wilbur's POV this time around spruce :)

LMAO yeah literally while I was writing about them leaving the palace in the morning I was like "shit wait I can't have jack here but I need to come up with an explanation for why he's not here" and jack's morning crankiness came about. he would've been killed so quickly by those bandits and I don't want this story to lose The Manifold so soon

wilbur and tommy eating their lunch is like that meme of miles morales and peter b parker in the first spiderverse movie you know the one

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Baby Boomer Classics: Surfin' Sixties 1985 Surf Rock / Surf Pop / Instrumental Surf

Folks, we've finally done it! We've reached the end of the California-based JCI label's Baby Boomer Classics series! And to close this whole thing out, we've got some sweet tunes from one of the best musical phenomena that the 60s ever had to offer: those good ol' surfin' vibes, which presently seem to go well with the absolutely brutal heat that much of the US is having to endure right now, and also serve as JCI's fond remembrance of all this stuff that was emanating from their own idyllically depicted home state 🏄🌞.

Now, essentially there were two different sounds that ended up comprising surf music altogether. You had your instrumental stuff that was pioneered by people like Dick Dale, and came with this wet sound and thick and twangy guitar tone; and then you had your vocal pop stuff, which had those uniquely patented and super dreamy Beach Boys group harmonies. And the two of these sounds combined ended up forming a whole California myth, centered around endlessly youthful, carefree, beach blonde summer fun.

And while this short crop of a dozen surf classics contains neither Dick Dale nor The Beach Boys on it—probably because the licensing costs proved to be too expensive—this still serves as a pretty good surf comp. The only thing is that with a lot of these things, if you've heard one, you've pretty much heard most of them, because you'll definitely find the bulk of these tracks on plenty of other general surf comps too.

But be that as it may, as the title suggests, we do have a bunch of surf classics on here, both of the instrumental rock and vocal pop variety. Duo Jan & Dean, who weren't always surf musicians themselves, but ended up becoming close with the Beach Boys and then became the country's second foremost surf pop act as a result, bookend this album with a pair of their biggest hits: "Ride the Wild Surf" to open, and then their signature, Brian Wilson co-penned and missed opportunity, "Surf City," to close. And we also, of course, have the iconic "Wipe Out" from The Surfaris on the instrumental side of things, and then for something a bit more unique and progressive on that same front, we have the plaintive "Lonely Surfer" from constant Phil Spector arranger Jack Nitzsche, which tries to capture the sonic essence of a towering tidal wave by adding a 'Wall of Sound' production style by way of dramatic strings.

So, not much of a unique surf comp here by any means, but because I really do love any opportunity I get to listen to this old stuff, this is by far one of my favorite dispatches from the Baby Boomer Classics series as a whole. I have absolutely *no* coordination or balance to be able to stand on a surfboard, and I also despise sand in my shoe and a hot, beating sun, but goddamn do I still fucking adore these vibes here 😍.

And that's it! No more Baby Boomer Classics from me for a very long time! Overall, this was a great budget comp series that never allowed itself to give into the temptation of deceitfully filling out their releases with dreadful re-recordings, which is what a lot of labels like JCI succumbed to. Every song they ever selected for one of these comps used its master recording, and that should be applauded. And with the whole series taken together, what you end up having is a good foundation of a bunch of quality music from the 50s through 70s, making for a quick and dirty way for an eclectic listener to build what beloved music critic Robert Christgau has referred to as a 'basic record library.'

And a new series like this one is on the way (crowd boos), but not quite yet (crowd cheers), but it's going to be a lot longer than this one (crowd boos), but when I'm done ramming through it you'll never have to hear from me about it ever again and I can then go on to explore other stuff! (crowd goes into delirium)

Highlights:

Jan & Dean - "Ride the Wild Surf" The Sunrays - "I Live for the Sun" The Marketts - "Out of Limits" The Rivieras - "California Sun" The Surfaris - "Wipe Out" Ronny & the Daytonas - "G.T.O." The Surfaris - "Surfer Joe" The Routers - "Let's Go (Pony)" Jack Nitzsche - "The Lonely Surfer" Jan & Dean - "Surf City"

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First Line Game

Rules: List the first lines of your last 10 published fics and see if there’s a pattern. Tagged by the wonderful @floating-in-the-blue

Jatp-oneshots – (last story posted here)

Go the fuck to sleep - (peterpatterlina, T) Julie was just drifting off to sleep when the voice directly behind her said, "What time is our session in the studio tomorrow?

A Day in the Life of a Ghost Bassist – (Rated T)

The alarm on the phone Ray gave him just last week went off under Reggie’s pillow and he pulled it out to silence it quickly before it could wake the others up.

Jukebox One-shots (last story posted here)

I heard you calling - (Juke, G) Julie dug her hands into the sand again and again as the light slowly faded from the sky.

Julie and Luke’s Book of Dares – (Juke, T)

The first few lines aren’t mine (they’re from the show) - It’s the most detestable time of year. The forced cheer, the frenzied crowds. The carolers that have had so much eggnog they’ve forgotten the words and of course the couples that are naïve enough to mistake holiday spirit for being in love.

This is me - Love was fleeting, love died.

Love the way you love me – (peterpatterlina, E)

She was dancing.

The Truth is Finally Breaking Through – (Juke, T)

“Julie this suitcase is way too big and what’s this other bag even for?” Luke pointed at the luggage Julie had just deposited beside the band’s new to them van.

Bad Boys get Spankings – (Juke, E)

Luke was just finishing up working on a new song in the home studio when his beautiful wife came in looking stunning.

Fireworks – (Rarrie, Willex, Juke, T)

“Hey guys, here’s the blanket you asked for.”

To Date or Not to Date, That is the Question (Teen Wolf, Rated T)

Melissa checked her hair and makeup in the mirror by the door one more time before opening it to see her date for the night.

An Unlikely Duo – (Carrie and Willie, T)

Willie was just pulling the lasagna out of the oven when he finally heard Carrie pulling into the garage.

This was fun but I'm terrible with patterns. All I know for sure is if it's not Julie's pov then most of the time it's her who is being spoken of or to for 7 out of 10.

No pressure tagging @jmrothwell @invisibleraven @bananakarenina @60sec400

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28. A Kiss in Parting —- moving to become full thread.

War. It was all out war and blood now, something Ricky had started, that many others had tried and failed because the pirate heart was far too strong. All of their raids, all of the injuries, all of the deaths would not be for wrought and in vain. Life had become more fucking painful than it usually was thanks to this pompous rich fuck at the Brits. Enough was enough.

The final battleground? Nassau. It was strategically placed, a harbor the Brits had wanted for years, a pure pirate fucking Democracy. These streets all pirates knew. From the fort with its canons on the shore that kept the British at bay, to its little secret rum running passageways. Nassau was a pirate haven and if they wanted war? The final battle would be here. The line in the sand was crossed in blood and toil, and they had simply had enough.

It had taken some doing to unite other pirates and crews together because they were so vastly different and their loyalties were split but it had been done. For weeks Ricky had laid siege to the port, trying ti starve out its pirate rats, but pirates were too stubborn to just die. The main fort and it’s canons helped destroy and hold off the floatilla of vessels as long as she could. But with so much bombardment, even to the crucial fort the British didn’t want to destroy? They had no choice. Pirates were dead, the ships had come ashore. Their enemies were unleashed. This was it.

Izzy was frankly terrified for Stede. All of his training couldn’t possibly prepare him for *this*. The injured.. the ones who were low on rations and starving.. the brutality. There was only so much he could protect his husband from. Yes, husband. It hadn’t been the ideal wedding and they damn sure intended to do it right when this was over.. but neither man was just going to die in the sand without saying vows. And Ed.. fucking Ed. Ed had given him away. Even Ed had picked up a sword again to fight, abandoning his inn by the sea. He had been there, he had passed Izzy to Stede happily. Hell, they might not do their vows again.. but perhaps just festivities as now there was no time for that.

He could hear the gunshots and explosions. He could bear the screams. And he could see the frightened look in Stede’s eyes. Stede wasn’t a coward, but training.. the raids.. and this? They were all so very different. He even looked frozen in place like a statue, and that was when a soldier ran up from behind Stede with his sword for the kill. Unfortunately for him, even with a wooden leg Izzy was faster. He was on Stede in an instant, running the man through as his body fell lifeless to the ground. Already Izzy was smeared with blood, his hair wet from sweat. He snatched his shoulders.

“ Bonnet? —Honey, honey look at me. I want you to.. — “

He was cut off by a loud barrage of canon fire. Oh they were truly breaching the shore, more of the main infantry getting closer. Ed was shouting frantically to the man that in the past few weeks had become a leader on this island. Pirates knew Izzy. They knew Ed.. hell Stede had even gained infamy. But they listened to the likes of the duo of Blackbeard. Ed and Izzy.

Ed was now shouting at him. “ Iz!! Iz!! We need you toward the battlements, we’re dropping like files up here!! “

He nodded abs turned back to a seemingly still dazed husband, sheathing his cutlass and reaching up, holding his hands to cup his beautiful face. “ Now you listen to me, yeah? Don’t go trying to be brave and doing something stupid. Okay? Down. You keep your fucking head down. Remember the plan, right? If they cross by ‘Ol Market Way, have Wee John light the fuses. “ They’d blow them to hell, give the others a bit better chance to fall back and regroup.

Ed screamed again and Izzy turned, spitting and shouting back. “ JUST GO! “ He turned back to his dearest, his beloved. “ You stay with the boys, you don’t fight unless you have to. Try to stay with them, all right? I love you.. I love you so much.. “ His eyes were watering because this may be the very last time they speak again. He had to go, but he crushed his lips and body against his. One last kiss, he thought as tears rolled down his cheek. You’re dying for him. You’re dying for them, but you’re saving him.