#scout cant tell if hes being sarcastic or not

[jevilowo]

Heheh.

Based off my friend deciding he looked like a Murgatroyd

[wiihtigo]

Your g1->es starbee is so funnie and awesome In your mind how do uou think they got together in g1. Is it pre war. Cross faction romance. I want to go to the world of your transformers fanon

thank youuu^_^ the ES starbee 89 parter is somthn actually cooked up with my friend shayan so i cant took full credit for the vision. but i can take. half credit:)

basically they get together DURING THE WAR for some cross faction drama cuz theyre STUPID theyre so STUPID

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so they start this romeo and juliet sort of relationship where they keep having to meet in secret to hang out

we didnt dwell too much on how this actually came to be bcuz we were thinking of this as like a real episode script for a 3 parter that would never exist and was thinking their g1 relationship would only be shown in flashbacks while it was already well underway BUT in the back of my mind i always thought it was something like: starscream makes the odd offhanded battleground sarcastic sort of flirty comment at bee and bee is like "??" and internally is like Wow thats crazy i never noticed before that starscream isnt just a huge ugly disgusting hideous mean ugly shambling beast, hes all that but also....interested in me?

i think what draws bee to starscream is that hes treated basically as the baby of the autobots, but going along with my favorite bee characterizations (g1 and the g1 mini novel story 'Joyride' where he kidnaps some delinquents and reenacts Christine and is overall really delightfully evil, ES and idw) hes kind of a jackass sometimes and not just the "sweet little bumblebee, friend to all" that everyone sees him as. I think bee finds his relationship with starscream gratifying because its rebellious and forbidden and also starscream treats him so differently from all the autobots. I also think he gets some sick pleasure from feeling morally superior to him and being able to tease and banter with him and having it always be ok no matter how far he goes because its STARSCREAM its impossible to feel sorry for him.

as for what starscream gets out of it: a scheme. clearly. LOL! I think when they first met up it was just out of curiosity and he planned to kidnap him maybe but for some reason didnt. so they kept seeing each other....and starscream was like "ok this is fine, if i build up trust with this scout maybe i can SEDUCE HIM TO OUR SIDE or take him in him as a hostage and get some brownie points w megs or take him apart and use him as scrap metal or SOMETHING"

i think a point of tension in all their little meetups is them simultaneously thinking "hes so easy to manipulate/I CAN CHANGE HIM"

I think starscream tries to pull a "i was born with glass bones and paper skin" on bee every so often but bee is too smart to fall for it lol. (basically what he did to hashtag in ES- he never learns!) but every once in a while during their talks theres..a tiiiiiny glimmer of honesty...something deeper inside past the lies and fakeass traumadumping that keeps bringing bumblebee back for more....

every time bee broaches the topic of joining the autobots it gets shot down and everytime starscream mentions him joining them bee is like "Are you out of your ever loving mind"

eventually things fall apart, as lazerbeak follows starscream out on one of their secret dates and soundwave confronts him at their spot threatens to snitch. Star is like "Wait i was just using him this entire time i actually dont feel anything for him at all but im sooo close to getting him to trust me enough that i can put on a convincing 'i wanna join the autobots' gambit pleeease dont tell megatron"............and then (dramatic sting) bumblebee was there the whole time...and heard the whole thing...........he givse ss a chance ....starscream digs his heels in and is like gah soundwave you just wasted months of work and soundwave is like ok lets just capture him. (lowkey he knows they were serious abt eachother and is using this as a way to make him choose between this bug or the decepticons) so starscream attacks bee and they capture him and in typical g1 fashion the autobots save him before 20 minutes are up but at that point all trust is LOST starbee is OVER theyre BROKEN UP AND STARSCREAM AND BUMBLEBEE HATE EACH OTHER NOW!!!!!!!!! (i think before optimus and crew showed up to the brig to bust him out starscream tried to come and talk to him when no one was looking but they got into a fight and starscream got genuinely angry that bee didnt believe this couldve TOTALLYYY BEEN AN INTENTIONAL GAMBIT...YOU SHOULDVE TRUSTED ME, so he digs his heels in even deeper and is like ITS TRUE I HATE YOU STUPID AUTOBRAT)

the war goes on. fast forward a million years. and they still havent talked extendedly since then. LOL

theres like a million things that happen in the ES portion but i feel like this ask response is long enough and also its not relevant to what you asked

[gloryy-vs]

Aunt Flo

|| someone requested this. also had NO idea what the fuck to title this. PLEASE LEAVE SUGGESTIONS I CANT KEEP IT LIKE THIS 😭😭

characters: recom!quaritch x human!reader

ratings: soft, KINDA lewd?, reader is implied to be female, fluffy, quaritch still a dick

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You were doubled over, being dragged along by your mate. He seemed to have no regard for you how slow you were or your continuous groans of pain. “Quaritch can we…I just need a second.” You said, forcing your wrist out of his grasp.

“We don’t got all day, sweetheart. What the matter with ya?” He said, his eyes watching your frame intently. His frame towered over you and those piercing eyes bore into you.

You were embarrassed to admit, especially in front of the other recoms who had their attention on you. Your eyes fluttered downwards, side eyeing the surrounding Avatars. Quaritch took notice and straightened. “You all keep it moving. Get what you need and get ready to roll.” He said with dominance ringing in each word.

You rubbed at your stomach, brows still furrowing. “My period, it came today..I don’t think I can go..” You said timidly, worried he’d scold you like he occasionally would. Quaritch’s ears slicked back, and he squatted down to your height. “You girls and your problems..” He said annoyingly, but you knew he just wanted to be difficult. “You wanna call it quits and have me take you back to base?” You just nodded, irritated with yourself for having to make your mate bring you all the way back. In your defense he did drag you out when you were trying to tel him not to. He was too busy ordering everyone around.

“Cmon girl, let’s get you back home.” Quaritch said, scooping up your small frame in his arms. Your hand stayed on your stomach, smushing your face into his chest out of frustration with your own body. “Hurt that bad?” He said, putting pep in his step to make it back quickly. He had another scouting mission and didn’t want to hold everyone up, but you were also one of his top priorities. “Mm, it feels like someone’s ripping my intestines out.” Your entire body tensed as you felt more waves of pain flow through your abdomen, and he set you back down into the tent on your shared hammock. Without his avatar occupying it, it was rather large for just you. He pushed away other scientists and recoms impatiently, ordering them not to interrupt you or go inside your tent until he came back.

He placed you down, looking at you from above in a slight concern. “You think you’ll do without some meds? We have some painkillers. Might be a lot for that little body but we can always half it.” Quaritch said, it wasn’t common that he showed such genuine worry or concern, but it was the first time he’d seen you in such detailed pain. You nodded anxiously, holding a hand out for him to plop the small pill into. He got the memo, rustling through a compartment before taking out a pill bottle. He read the directions carefully first, tail swaying back and forth. It was like he forgot all about his scouting mission, his full focus was on you. You loved it.

He snapped a pill in half, ignoring your hand and heading towards you already. The tall male leaned down, propping your head up with his left hand and forcing your jaw open to place the pill into your mouth. The most you could do was have your eyes follow his movements as he reached for his water bottle, pressing it to your lips and nudging his head forwards to tell you to drink. Taking a few sips you moved your hand to push the water away, dapping at your lips to remove the lingering liquid. “You babying me now?” You said sarcastically.

“If you don’t want me to care, I don’t have to princess.” He said sternly, his eyes never leaving yours. His rage hand patted your head, rubbing your scalp softly. “We all good now, baby? I gotta go but you better keep that ass here. Or else we’ll have bigger problems tonight.” He said with the biggest grin you’ve ever seen on him before he gave you a kiss. You couldn’t tell if he was being serious or just joking.

“We can’t do tha- and he’s gone.” You said in a defeated tone, annoyed with how he tended to always leave right as you’d talk back. You didn’t blame him, he had a job as a recom and it wasn’t your place to stop him. Not that you could anyways.

[richardsphere]

Leverage Log: The Cross My Heart Job

Before i get into the Cross my heart job quick summary of the plot i skipped logging: There's a guy who was watching the company they heisted in the Nigerian Job, who saw the fallout of the Nigerian Job when they conned Dunevich (or however it is spelled)

He's been tracking them, and mirroring Hardisons market shorting.

This is our season antagonist (presumably), he's affable and doesnt actually seem evil? Like yeah he's a stockbroker and all but he's betting on the team and entirely right to say that, from a market-perspective. The teams acts are merely correcting false market forces. Like i get Nate hating him, but also he's an interesting reflection of our protagonists. The best kind of vulture. Also there was a carnaval and a "buried alive" episode. I liked the carnaval episode (we need more marks with somewhat sympathetic motivations) and the reunion in the Grave Danger Job was heartwarming

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Now onto our actual episode: Oh, they stole a donor heart... that is a hell of a way to get yourself on Nate's Shitlist. Guess its time for a seasonal reminder that Sam existed. (that might read as sarcastic, it isnt. its a statement of fact not a statement of value)

Always love when series gets "Jessica Fletcher syndrome" (that being, even on our day off we find a case), Nate walks into the airport and instantly spots the enemy plot.

Also love when series pull an Eventide Island, seeing our established badasses forced to rely on their bare essentials. Because after a certain level of "Hardison has at multiple points claimed he owns satellites and everyone in our cast has enough money they can fly to Ecuador as a distraction" it starts to sound less like "our heroes are badass" and more "our heroes kit is badass". (im gonna be honest, im a bit worried about the future of the show on that point, what with Parker2000 having been invented, that is very much the sort of thing that preludes into a jumped shark. Nothing against the cute little frog-bot design wise, its the narrative purpose that is worrying.)

"if we're naked we steal clothes" Great line, 10/10.

Love the swift efficiency with which they buyout the seafood restaurant. And the way Nate instantly recognizes the name of our antagonist. The reminder that their shitlist is a mile long, they study these people months in advance and that this guy was under the radar because he was dying already.

Also nice to see the show point out something that isnt always obvious about its premise. The show tends to present it as "innocent victim approaches Team Leverage at Nate's Bar and tells them about the Crime", but its actually "Team leverage scouts out rich people, does their research, identifies key victims and interviews the victims as part of the research" When someone shows up at Fords Bar at the beginning of an episode, its because Ford called them there. So having Ford say "i've been scouting Dean Chesney for a while, he's just low priority cause this problem will probably solve itself..." is nice.

Ironic that the only reason Dean Chesney is this desperate is cause he's too dying to get on the donor list. Which is also the only reason Nate hasn't taken him down months ago.

"God helps those who help themselves" followed by "And I help those who cant" with a final "God help you if anything happens..." and a climactic "I didnt kill you, God killed you"... Lovely combo of lines that are both amazingly dramatic and a nice reminder that this guy almost became a priest. Whichever writer came up with that deserves a raise. 11/10. Havent seen enough of his religious background in a while.

Hardison pretending to be a trans person because Elliot could only steal a female ID. Great improv on the characters part.

Old man dying with a snowglobe, nice little reference. Citizen Kane.

I also apreciate the subtlety in this episodes placement within the season. They deliberately placed it after the previous episode because they knew that some members of the audience might feel that Nate should've taken the deal (even more resources to track down even more crooks in exchange for a 24 hour window).

So the writers put the "you have two hours or the boy dies of not having a donor heart" job imediatly after that offer to emphasize that, when dealing with human lives 24 hours is a lot.

[merminns]

No regrets

Erwin Smith x Reader

❧ Request: Hii may i request...Erwin angst...when (S3 spoiler) Erwin march toward the 🐒 with the other soldier, instead of him tht went, it was the reader. Reader just cant make the humanity lost their commander so when he is distracting (idk something happened) reader just take their horse n march with the soldiers, (then do ur magic DETAILS like ur erwin stories✨✨) n levi also decide not to save us like in the s3....shshsh i know this lame :33

❧ Content/Warnings: platonic levi x reader, season 3 spoilers, angst, mentions of injuries and blood, reader dies in the end 

❧ Word count: 3k

❧ Notes: this is a repost from my old blog

Going back to shiganshina after all of these years was a huge deal. Especially after the glorious send-off you were given by the citizens of Wall Rose. You came back to reclaim Wall Maria after six long years, you’re taking back your land and defeating the titans that filled your hearts with terror, cause that’s what heroes do.

But in reality, it didn’t really feel that way to you. Instead of being the hero who’s facing their fear, you feel like a terrified child living in a nightmare.

You expected a fight with the titans, of course, you did. Taking back your land won’t come without a fight, without losses. And it’s not your first time facing titans.

You’ve been fighting them for years now, getting rid of them one after the other alongside your friends. Your records are filled with a decent number of kills and you are proud of it.

But this… this is different, you’ve never been in this situation before. You fought titans and you watched them kill your comrades in the worst ways imaginable, but never in your various years within the survey corps did you ever imagine that these monsters would show this tactical intelligence.

It made the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Titans are a nightmare on their own, with intelligence like that you’re surely done for.

When you came to shiganshina you expected a fight against the armored and the colossal, even the beast titan, but not a tactical war with pure titans that follow command, and most certainly not rocks killing your most skilled comrades and caging you against the wall.

Despite your fear, you felt a sarcastic chuckle slip past your lips. You’ve lived for years with nightmares of being eaten, and now you’re dying in a titan game of baseball, how pathetic.

Your eyes drifted to Erwin and Levi who were having a private conversation nearby as you tried to calm the panicking recruits. Erwin… your commander, your love, the man who never knew how to back down. He's not in the best physical state, but he just had to come along. He had to be here even though he knew he won't be able to fight.

Despite the fear eating at your heart, you kept your composure, that’s the least you owed your commander. After the recruits calmed down, you made your way to where Erwin and Levi stood. Their conversation halted as you stood in front of them, their eyes holding something unreadable in their depth.

"I'm hoping these looks mean you came up with a plan… " You spoke, your voice coming with the quiver you never hoped to show.

A moment of silence passed, a look shared between Erwin and Levi… if this meant anything then you weren’t about to hear good news. There was tension in the air as Erwin explained his plan to you. It was then that you understood the look in their eyes, you think a similar one can be seen in your eyes now.

It finally dawned on you that this is the end. There is no way out of this war alive. Erwin's plan had a single meaning; if you keep standing where you are, you'll be flattened by the rocks thrown at you by the beast, and if you fight back, you die. You'll have to give your lives so Levi could deal with the Beast Titan.

You always knew this day would come. A war with the titans can’t end without casualties. The survey corps numbers were always changing. These are all facts, but you had hoped it wouldn’t be like this.

The fear was eating at your insides, it’s impossible to face titans without it, but you knew ever since your very first day with the corps that you’ll have to be ready to give your life. You were ready to accept it… that is, until Erwin spoke up again.

"We'd have to ask these young people to give up their lives. You'd need the skills of a first-rate con man to come up with a reason that convincing, so I doubt any of them would charge forward unless I was leading the way."

His words are like a slap back to reality, it wasn’t just your life you were giving. All of your remaining comrades will have to give theirs too, including the commander. The survey corps are going to be wiped out in a crazy move of mass suicide. But it wasn’t only your lives that would have to be given, and all it took was one look in Erwin’s eyes to know where this was going.

"Which would mean I'd be the first to die, " Erwin said and you held your breath waiting for his next words "without ever learning… what was in that basement."

You knew it, you knew this was coming but it still hurt. Amid this chaos, you managed to forget the reason why Erwin insisted to be here in the first place.

'Oh, Erwin, if only you weren't so stubborn' The words were dancing on the tip of your tongue but you couldn’t speak.

Of course, Erwin has dreams, he’s just as much of a human as everyone here. While most of the corps were fighting for freedom or revenge, Erwin was fighting for the truth, for evidence that his father’s death meant something.

The look of shock on Levi’s face came nowhere close to the pain you felt. You joined the scouts for a purpose, too. Your dream was freedom, you hoped to be free of the confinement and the terror that the existence of the titans brought. But, now that you think about it, you did get a taste of freedom.

You were free from the confinement of the walls on your horse, feeling the air rushing through your hair and over your skin every time you went out on an expedition.

You were free of terror every time you raised your swords to cut through the nape of a titan’s neck. Every time you brought a titan down you had a taste of the freedom you were chasing.

And the people who fought for revenge, didn’t they get that too? They killed titans, they felt the satisfaction of getting rid of the enemy who hurt them and their loved ones.

The only dream that was never given a chance was Erwin’s. How unfair could the world be to take away the only chance from the man who helped give almost every soldier in the scouts a taste of their dreams? No… he can’t die, not yet.  

You let Erwin give his speech. That’s one thing that no one else can do. Erwin is the only one who can convince the recruits, crying out in fear, to stand tall and fight back as they take their last breaths of the air filled with the smell of dust and death.

As Erwin and the recruits were absorbed in their final thoughts and the speech, you slightly pulled on Levi’s sleeve pulling him back several steps.

The first step of your plan came into action as you answered Levi’s questioning look with a whisper “I want you to distract him.”

“What?” Levi asked, the confusion only growing on his face.

“I want you to distract Erwin. He is giving his speech, I’ll lead the recruits to their death,” you say, your whole being pleading that Levi would agree to help you. He has to, this won’t work out without his help.

“But—”

“Levi, please. The scouts still need him, you know that!” you pause glancing back at Erwin to make sure he’s not listening “When it’s time to move, I want you to pull him aside, tell him it’s something important. It’ll only take a few seconds, then you can carry out your part of the plan and kill the beast.”

“And how do you plan to stop Erwin from following you?”

“I’ll take any extra horses with me, he won’t be able to help you kill the beast and his odm gear won’t do much for him to follow after me,” you held your breath, your eyes pleading. This has to work “Please! Just do me this final favor.”

A moment passed as Levi glanced at Erwin then back to you, his expression unreadable. It was obvious your sacrifice isn’t just for the sake of the corps. “...Fine, but you’ll have to be quick”

“I’ll do my best… Thank you, Levi” the smile that spread across your face was blinding. It held so much gratitude, a final thank you combined with a goodbye.

It didn’t take long for Erwin’s words to give everyone back their composure. You helped everyone fall in line as fast as possible. You are running out of time. The houses around you are almost flattened. You have to move forward, this has to work. You can’t fail this, it has to be meaningful, for you, for the recruits who’ll pay their lives with you, for the whole of humanity… and most importantly, for Erwin.

Everyone is on their horses but it’s not time to move yet. You let your eyes meet Levi’s for one last time giving him a slight nod, signaling for him that you’re ready as you settled on your horse.

Levi stopped Erwin from riding his horse beside you, telling him there’s something important that he has to know first and pulling him aside. He walked Erwin as far from you and the recruits as possible without making it seem suspicious.

Erwin followed urgently after Levi not even allowing you one last look at his face. But that was ok, you didn’t need to see his face, it was already burned to the back of your eyelids.

It all took a few seconds, once you saw Levi and Erwin start talking you took hold of Erwin’s horse and started screaming encouragements for the recruits to charge as you rushed forward. Erwin’s shock had him freeze for a couple of seconds and that was enough for you.

You charged forward with the recruits right after you. Levi waited for a few more seconds to make sure Erwin wouldn’t follow after you. When he was sure you were far enough he took off towards his target, leaving Erwin standing there alone his eyes wide in shock.

Your screams of encouragement were so loud, louder than Erwin ever heard them. They were loud enough that even though you were too far away for him to follow he could still hear your voice filled with determination.

You didn’t look back, there was no reason to. This is the right decision, this plan will work and Erwin will lead what’s left of the scouts to victory. Your life is a small price to pay, it’s nothing compared to the rest of the lives that were already lost.

You can see the beast drawing his hand back, getting ready to shower you with the next round of crushed boulders. Your yelling never stopped even though your throat was running sore from all the screaming.

You didn’t stop when the flares were shot, not when the rocks started showering the frontline lead by you. You didn’t stop when the rocks started growing larger in your vision, you hardly even saw them. All you could see was the future, a bright one without the titans and the fear and the pain. You could see the past, the best and the worst of it. All the memories that you shared with every single one of your comrades.

You kept yelling for everyone to rush forward as tears ran down your face. It’s going to be ok, you had all you ever needed. It was time for you to follow through the same path your fallen comrades walked.

Your screams were cut short when the first rock hit you, sharp pain running through your whole body and the world started spinning as you fell off your horse. The tears still filling your eyes helped blind you, sharp whistles filling your ears and the ever-growing pain flowing through you in waves.

You could hear screams of the fallen around you, hidden behind the ringing in your ears. You could feel the air rushing across your skin as the soldiers rushed past you on their horses. Your mind was as paralyzed with pain as your body.

You just laid on the ground, your tear-filled eyes directed to the blue of the sky but the world has lost its color. It went on forever until you were numb, you have lost all feeling, the only thing you can hear is the sound of your heart growing faint as the blood pooled around your body.

You let your eyelids cover your eyes like curtains, your mind swimming somewhere between consciousness and an endless void. You could hardly feel a thing.

It almost felt like falling asleep, your grasp on reality slipping away. But through the back of your mind, the tiny part that was still conscious could feel your body being moved by someone and a rapid rush of air running across your skin.

It gave a jolt to your brain as if something is trying to pull you back to reality but you were too weak. All you wanted was some rest, you just wanted to sleep.

It was a shock to everyone that you’re still alive. You were in bad shape after losing so much blood. Your breath was faint, but it was there and it was enough for you to be revived by the injection. Armin’s state was worse, the fact he was still breathing was a complete miracle, his whole burned away.

Through your clouded consciousness, you could register voices and movement around your body that laid motionless close to Armin’s. It took everything in you to open your eyes, to try to make out the words being yelled back and forth around you.

Through your blurry vision, you could make out the outline of a face so close to yours, peering down at you. You couldn’t see clearly but you knew it was Erwin. Your hearing wasn’t fully registered but you could make out a few words, things like ‘Armin’, ‘Injection’, ‘need’, and your name.

Your foggy mind could barely understand what was going on, but questions started to fill up the part of your consciousness still present.

Were you dying? The last thing you remember is sharp pain rushing through you in waves, but it seems more like a distant memory.

Was Armin dying? If there are mentions of Levi’s injection then this surely is the case.

A few seconds passed when a new figure appeared in your limited line of vision looking down at you over Erwin’s shoulder. Both of them shifted around until the short figure disappeared again, leaving you with Erwin.

Erwin’s voice was so close to your ears, faint whispers about how it’s going to be alright falling past his lips. You felt a huge hand wrap gently around your forearm, followed by a sharp object touching your arm. The injection!

“No,” The barely audible whisper that left you halted Erwin’s actions as his eyes shot to your face “Did we win?”

It felt like too much time has passed before you heard Erwin’s reply “Yes, it’s over”

You were using up too much of your energy to fight back the fog filling your mind. Just a few seconds more, a few more and you’ll allow yourself some rest.

“Save… Armin” your voice was growing weaker, breaths growing shorter.

It broke Erwin’s heart. He was once again being selfish, everyone else chose to save you because you had more experience. To them, you were more valuable to the scouts, with the exception of Armin’s friends who couldn’t accept the fact of him dying.

And Erwin? He wasn’t much different. He wanted to save you because he needed to. He needed to scold you for the stupid move you pulled. He needed to tell you that he would’ve preferred dying by your side than be faced with your death. He needed you to live.

You didn’t understand, he can’t let you die. There was no time for him to explain how valuable you are to the scouts, how valuable you are to him.

He was about to ignore what you said, bring the syringe back to your arm again but with the almost non-existent strength you had, you pulled away.

“Armin” you whispered again, weakly. Your strength wasn’t enough for you to pull back completely, just slightly shift your arm away from the sharp needle, but it was enough to send your message across.

Erwin understood. You were never as selfish as him. You always made the decisions that would benefit the ones you care about most. Erwin took a shaky breath, the composure he usually kept was there for everyone’s eyes, but he wasn’t as composed on the inside.

Armin is a valuable soldier. He is an essential part of the scouts and you understood that. He should be the one to live. And Erwin knew this fight would make no difference if he couldn’t throw everything he had away.

He was ready to throw his dreams and his life away, but you chose for him. You decided he’d keep his life and dreams but in exchange, he’d have to give you up.

After injecting Armin and pulling your weak body away, Erwin stayed by your side. He kept his one hand placed on your heart, waiting for the faint beating to completely stop. And it would have lasted longer if you hadn’t used up so much energy.

To your weak mind, this was the right decision. Armin would do more change for the scouts, for humanity than you ever could. You had no regrets, you’ve got everything you ever asked for.

You allowed your eyes to rest again, let the energy leave your body. And with the last few seconds your breath was there, you could register one whisper. I love you.

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[hopeless-starry-kingdom]

you broke me first | Peter Parker

Summary: You have to remind Peter it was his fault you were broken up

read part 1 and 2 here !

song: you broke me first by Tate McRae 

a/n: happy valentines day!! hope everyone’s day was good and here is the last part of this mini series :))))

Maybe you don't like talking too much about yourself

But you shoulda told me that your were thinking ‘bout someone else

“If you guys are going to make out can you at least do it somewhere else. I’m eating.” MJ put her book back to her eye level as you and Harry pulled away from each other. You blushed and Harry smirked before throwing an arm over your shoulder.

“C’mon, MJ. Don’t be such a cockblock.” You slapped Harry on his arm and he laughed. “If you want I can set you up with one of my friends.”

MJ put her book down and pretended to think about the offer. “A rich daddy’s boy with two functional brain cells, who’s also a fuckboy. I’ll pass” She smiled sarcastically at Harry and he chuckled.

“Have I ever mentioned I like your friends?” You giggled at him and shook your head. MJ flipped him off and you had to bite back your laugh.

“Stop patronizing her.” You tried to be stern but the smirk on Harry’s face paired with MJ lips twitching up didn’t help your case. “Yes madame.”

Or your phones been off for a couple months, so you’re callin’ me now

He leaned down and pressed his lips to yours before turning back to eat his lunch. You smile was big as you stared at him but something caught your attention. From behind him you saw Peter, Gwen, and Ned walking. Gwen had her arm wrapped around Peter’s arm. Ned was talking to Gwen about something and Peter was already staring at you. You gave him a small smile and a head nod before turning back to your small group.

“Hey, did Mr. Harrington ever say when the essay was due?”

“I cant keep going. My brain is fried.” You groaned as you flopped down on MJ’s bed and rested your arms over your eyes to block the light from coming in.

“Yeah, i’m pretty burnt too. You hungry? I can order some pizza.”

“Please?” You begged and sat up as MJ was looking for the number on her phone your phone buzzed with a message. It was Harry.

Can you come over tomorrow? I wanna spend time with you <3

You bit your lip go hide to hide the smile that was threatening to come through. Harry was always so sweet with you. He had a cocky front that he showed everyone else, sometimes with you as well. But you knew deep down he was a teddy bear. Texts like this showed that. And even though Harry explained to you that his father never showed him love, and continues not to, he doesn’t see a reason not to show love.

But I ran out of every reason

“Hey, can you please stop sexting Harry? I’m trying to hang out with you.” A pillow collided with your face and you gasped.

“MJ! I’m not sexting Harry. He wants to know if I can hang out tomorrow. It’s sweet.” You quickly responded back to his text and told him you could.

“You two are disgustingly cute. It makes me sick. And tell him to stop hogging you, I feel like he’s always with you. Does he not know he has to share?” You threw your head back and laughed at her.

“So now i’m an object of sharing? Nice to know.” You laughed and soon MJ was joining in with you.

Took a while, I was in denial when I first heard

That you moved on quicker than I coulda ever, you know that hurt

“I’m happy for you, Y/N. I know the whole thing with Peter had you in a funk..” You looked down at your hands and nodded. You still thought about Peter often. Soley because you had him in some of your classes and you constantly saw him around school. But you never thought of him like you used to. You stopped loving the way his smile reached his eyes and lit up the whole room. You stopped loving his curls. You stopped loving his unconditional kindness.

It was over now, officially. You weren’t hurting anymore and it felt so amazing to say it. The storm had passed and had taken Peter Parker with it. You were happy now with Harry. So extremely happy. You didn’t actually think it was possible but after giving the relationship a chance, you couldn’t believe how happy you were with Harry.

You never wanted to depend your happiness on soley being in a relationship. You were better than that. But you were finding you were happy by yourself and with Harry. It was the best middle ground. You thought you had to depend on Peter or a relationship to be content. And it definitely wasn’t true.

“I’m just glad that it’s all over with. And Peter was an asshole to you.” You both laughed at her statement.

“Yeah, i’m glad it’s over too.” She smiled at you before tapping a button on her phone.

“Hi, I’d like to place an order for delivery.”

Swear, for awhile, I would stare at my phone just to see your name

Gwen Stacy gasped as she read the note that fell out of her locker. It was the fourth one this week. And she couldn’t count how many she got over all. Apparently she was a dirty two-faced snake. She preached girl supporting girls but to everyone else she stole someone’s boyfriend which didn’t exactly sit right with the girls of the school. Gwen didn’t mean for it to happen and she tried explaining it to some of the girls in her art class but they just rolled their eyes at her.

“Another one? Let me see.” Peter grabbed the note and read over it before tearing to to shreds.

“Yes, another one Peter. In fact the fourth one this week. And maybe if i’m lucky i’ll get one tomorrow and see what else the girls have to say about me in the girls restroom. I can’t keep doing this Peter.” Gwen slammed her locker and held her head in her hands.

“Ok, well i’ll go talk to Mr. Harrington. Or even the principal. I’ll tell them that it’s been getting out of hand and—”

“No, Peter. That’s not what I mean. I mean I can’t do this. Us.” Gwen crossed her arms over her chest and refused to look at Peter because she knew if she did she’d melt.

“W-what? Gwen, what do mean?”

“Peter I cant keep living like this! People hate me all because you broke Y/N’s heart. And I can’t blame them either becuase you left her for me, you broke the poor girl. I’d hate me too.”

“They’ll get over it! It’s none of their buisness.” He reached over and tried to grab the girls hands but she instantly pulled away.

“Peter, I really like you. I do. But with college applications coming up and school’s scouting, I can’t risk letting this affect me getting into NYU. I don’t have the time for petty school drama.”

“Gwen, cmon. Please, I really like you too. I can figure something out.” He pleaded. He couldn’t let Gwen go, not after everything that happened with you.

“I’m sorry, Pete. I really am.” She leaned up and kissed his cheek before smiling sadly at him. She turned with her books in her hand and walked away.

Peter groaned and kicked the locker next to him. It created a dent and some people began to whisper and point. He sighed before walking to his first class.

‘Did you hear what happened????’

You furrowed yourself brows at MJ’s text. You quickly looked up and seen your teacher pointing to the board and explaining today’s lesson. You placed your phone in your lap as you typed back a response.

‘Hear what? Did Flash trip and fall into the trash again?’

You looked up again and pretended to take notes and waited for her to text back. Once you felt your phone buzz your eyes nearly bulged out of your head

‘No! Though that would make my day— Gwen broke up with Peter! Some junior over heard it from their locker and started to spread it. That’ll show him!’

You gulped as you put your phone away and stared ahead. Peter no longer had Gwen. Peter no longer had the girl he left you for. She ended it with him. You had a mix of emotions. For one you wanted to rub your relationship in his face. He left you for someone and now they broke up with him.

You couldn’t believe how much it back fired on him. You wanted to laugh in his face and call him a huge idiot. You wouldn’t ever dare think of leaving him. He got his karma.

But you also felt a little sad for him. Gwen broke up with him. You couldn’t imagine how upset and sad he was feeling. But you couldn’t shake the feeling of it being his fault. Becuase maybe it was.

The rest of the week was filled with gossip about Peter being dumped by Gwen. The girls said he deserved it but also thought it didn’t excuse Gwen either. She noticed she still got stared in the hall but the whispers stopped and so did the writing in the restroom. It was a start.

They scoffed at Peter and made sure to give him a dirty look. Peter wasn’t feeling too good either. He couldn’t belive he lost you and Gwen. Ned tried to reasure him that it wasn’t meant to be. All Peter did was smile and nod. And then he saw you smiling and laughing with Harry. Living your best life and he felt jealous and angry. Jealous and angry that you were happy without him. And jealous and angry that Harry was the one to kiss you and give you hugs from behind.

That should be me.

He hated himself for thinking that. He broke up with you. He left you. So why was he thinking about you like he had in the past? It dawned on him for the next few days that letting you go was a mistake. He didn’t actually like Gwen, he liked the idea of her. The popular, girl next door version of Gwen Stacy is what he liked. Sure, Gwen was funny and nice and smart but so were you. And much more in his opinion.

He was an idiot who let you go because he liked the idea of someone. He chose that over loving you.

“The blood drive took way longer than I thought.” You pressed your phone against your ear with your shoulder as you began to enter your locker combination.

“Well saving lives isn’t a two second process miss Y/L/N.” You rolled your eyes at Harry being sarcastic.

“I can’t believe your missing school to attend one of your dads meeting in the Upper East Side.” Harry chuckled and shrugged.

“What can I say? I’m a buisness man too.” Harry’s father glared at him as they walked in the halls of the conference room. He knew that was his way of telling Harry to get off the phone.

“Hey, babe. I have to go, the meetings starting soon. I’ll see you tomorrow. Stay safe.”

“Bye, Harry. See you.” You smiled as you hung up the phone and pocketed your phone. You were excused for two of your class periods and now had to be at your next one as the bell rang. You quickly grabbed the books you needed and slammed the locker shut. You gasped in surprise when you seen who was behind the locker.

“Peter? Um, what are you doing?” You looked around anxiously to see if any other students noticed you and the curly haired boy standing within a few feet of each other. They had.

“H-how are you?”

“I’m good? Do you need something? I have physics next and—”

“Your teacher will kill you if you’re late.” He chuckled as he nervously twiddled his fingers. You didn’t laugh though. “How-How’s being able to drive now? I bet it feels like you have a ton of freedom.”

“Peter, i’m sorry if this sounds rude but what do you want? You’ve made it pretty clear these past few months you don’t want anything to do with me. So what do you need? Is this about you being you-know-who?” You whispered the last part to make sure no one heard. “I promise I won’t tell Harry or anyone else.”

“No! It’s not that it’s... Okay I know this might sound so crazy and insane but please, just hear me out.” He had his puppy dog eyes on and you couldn’t ever resist them. What was a few minutes?

“You have like two minutes before I have to go.” You glanced at your phone for the time.

“Okay, sweet. First off I want to say how sorry I am for the way I treated you, Y/N. It was so shitty and I just tossed you to the side. I will never be able to forgive myself for that but I was hoping... maybe you can?”

You smiled at the boy once you realized what he was doing. He was giving you a formal apology. Though it was long over due you knew you couldn’t hold a grudge against him. You just weren’t that person. And you were finally over Peter. It was all working out.

“Of course, I can forgive you, Peter. Thank you for apologizing. It does mean a lot. Well i’ll see you around?” Peter’s brows furrowed before quickly shaking his head.

“Wait that’s not all.” Your looked at him quizzically and urged him to continue. “I was wondering I-if you’d like to give us, me and you, another try. At dating, of course.” He smiled at you and suddenly you were no longer smiling. You took a step back as you stared at him in disbelief.

How dare he? How dare he break your heart and then come running back to you the moment Gwen breaks up with him. You were his second choice and that hurt. And to top it off, you were with Harry, happily.

“How dare you, Peter Parker?” Peter gulped as he recognized the anger and disappointment in your tone.

“Becuase shit isn’t going your way, you think this is okay?” You voice was now raised and now suddenly everyone in the hall turned to face you two.

“Y/N, please. Just let me explain—”

“Now suddenly you’re asking for me back? Could you tell me where’d you get the nerve?” You spit and Peter didn’t think he’d ever seen you so mad.

“I made a huge mistake. I miss you. I miss us.” He tried pleading but you scoffed

“You can say you miss all that we had but I don’t really care how bad you’re hurting, Peter. Not when you broke me first.”

There were tears in your eyes and your heart was heavy. How could he do this to you? You were over him now and then he comes and pull this stunt. You were also very angry.

“Y/N, please. I—”

“I don’t want to heart it, Parker! Leave me alone! I mean it, Peter. Don’t talk to me anymore, don’t look at me in the halls or in our classes. Don’t even think about me. It’s over Peter. Find your dignity while you’re at it.” You spat and purposely pushed his shoulder roughly with yours.

You tried to ignore the whispers as you started to speed walk to the nearest restroom, your class long forgotten.

You tried to hold in your sob as your thoughts began to eat you alive. But you couldn’t hold back as it pried its way to the surface. You didn’t care about if the floor was dirty as you slid down to hug your knees. All you could think was screw Peter Parker. This wasn’t the Peter you knew. Peter would never publicly humiliate you and turn you into a joke. But he did.

What did you think would happen?

I’ll never let you have it

What did you think would happen?

You had to remind yourself that he in fact did do those things. You were a game to Peter, it seemed. His second choice. And it hurt, you hate to admit that it hurt.

“Y/N.” MJ walked into the bathroom and sighed when she saw you on the floor.

“I-Is the whole sch-school talking ab-about me?” You hiccuped and she placed a hand on your knee and gently rubbed her hand back and forth.

“The only thing they’re saying is how Peter’s a jackass and you don’t deserve that.” You sighed and nodded and tried to brush your tears away.

“I just can’t believe he would d-do this to me. It’s like i’m a jo-joke.” You sniffled and MJ scoffed. “He’s such a dick. Once I get my hands on him—”

“No, MJ. It’s fine. I gave him a piece of my mind already.” You smiled weakly at her and she helped you off the floor. She shook her head with a scowl and then snorted.

“What?”

“Once Harry hears about his little stunt, Peter is done for.”

Your eyes widened as you thought about Harry. He tolerated Peter because of you and once he hears what happened, you have a good idea what he’d do.

“My god, I have to call him. But he’s in a stupid high class professional meeting.” You whipped out your phone and went to his contact. You couldn’t call him but you thought a text should be enough until you see him later.

‘Don’t freak out...Peter asked me out again

BUT!!!! I obviously said no and handled to situation!

So when you come to school tomorrow and hear about the drama pls don’t pummel Peters face in ??? <3’

“Hm. That should hold him off. Let’s skip class and go watch the cheerleaders fall from their pyramid.” You tried to keep a straight face but ended up laughing.

“Yeah, i’m down for that.” MJ smiled at you and started to walk out of the bathroom.

You sighed and thought about if Peter was hurting right now. But then you shook your head.

But I don’t really care how bad it hurts

When you broke me first

He broke you first and now he had to deal with the aftermath, not you.

[eremika-forever12]

Eremika Fanfic: Remember Me!?

(Previous Chapters)

Chapter - 1

Chapter - 2

Chapter: 3

Eli peeps through the door of his house which was kept slightly ajar...

He scans around the house with his big green eyes trying to spot someone particular...

The house looks almost empty while Eli hears whistle coming from kitchen side...

His Mom must be up there cooking something....Eli sighs in relief thinking he wont be needing to face her at the moment.

Just when his breath got caught as he feels two hand on his shoulder from the back....

Eli hears the sarcastic tone from back “ Woww....Eli....Whom are you searching?”

Eli swiftly turns around as he jumps back letting the door open completely while being already inside the house....

Eli grins nervously as he stares at the person standing infront of him now “ Errm....Nothing...I Just....Hahaha(nervous laughter)....You Scared Me Mom”

Mikasa raising her one brow as she stands while folding her hands “ Oh Really! Eli is scared....of ME? I See....Thats really something astonishing....”

Mikasa lets out a cuckle while watching Eli staring at her widely still confused on something....

Eli giggles awkwardly- Ah Very Funny Mom! Errmmm I go & change my clothes....

Eli quickly turns around & was about to leave when Mikasa calls him out “ Wait....Ermmm did you come home a bit early today?”

Eli stiffens as he started shaking a bit but controls as he says hesitantly “ No...ermmm...The school....I...actually....our class ended early today...nothing else mom...I better go change my clothes”

Before Mikasa could reply Eli ran upstairs to his room....

While Mikasa kept on wondering all confused “ Why does it feel like...Eli is being tensed or worried due to something!”

As soon as the thought strikes her...Mikasa ‘s protective instinct immediately activated...as Mikasa frowns “ Is he hiding something from me!”

**********

Eli closes the door behind him quickly as he starts to take deep breaths. He gulps hard as he started to feel all nervous....he never really lies to his mom & has always been honest with her.

But today....he had to lie....or else his mom would be super upset with him knowing he didnt attend school today instead ran away even bit far due to his over flowing emotions! And he hates to make his mom upset....if his mom gets to know the truth not only she will be upset, she will be mad at him too for running away like this....!

Eli could feel himself shaking slightly as he slides down the door and sits on floor...

What's happening to him! Why was he feeling scared all of sudden!

All of sudden flashes of those pair of deep green eyes came to his mind...

Eli gasps....that man....he followed him all the way....to give him his water bottle! But How come he didnt notice him back then in that barren destructed area....

Eli remembers that silhouette hovering over him from behind....Was that...that guy?

But....he didnt saw anyone there! Eli could feel a gush of fear running through his veins...

He never felt this much scared in his life....it wasnt only fear....but it is something else which is haunting....him!

Was he scared of those two men who almost bullied him & he was about to hit them back! No....he has started fight & opposed many....but he never felt such ever! He isnt afraid of anyone....

Eli tries to calm his breathing to make his mind stable....

If he keeps on shaking like this & be nervous all time....his mom would surely caught his lie perfectly!

Nor that he ever escaped by telling lies to her....he didnt even lie much....due to his mom's super active nervous system! She surely detects his made up stuffs so he in the end just stopped making them up....Eli bets already that his mom must have already identified something....

Lost in the thoughts Eli suddenly freaks out as he hears a loud knock on the door of his room...

“ Eli....Have you change your uniform yet? Come down honey....I have cooked your favourite dish today!”

Eli starts panicking as he quickly push himself to the door so that Mikasa cant open the door & come in.

Hearing a thud against the door concerns Mikasa as she asks “ Eli....Hey! Is everything alright? Should I come in?”

Eli freaks out as he says hurriedly “Noooo....I....I am fine Mom! Just err....I am coming...”

Mikasa with doubtful voice- Err....Well...Okay I am waiting....Hurry! The food will be cold...

Saying this Mikasa hesitantly leaves from there while Eli pushes his ears against the door as he hears his mom's foot steps fading away making him believe that she actually left!

Eli sighs in relief....he better acts all normal infront of his mom Now....or else she will really be mad at him!

**********

As Eli munches the bread & steak together....Mikasa keenly notices Eli is lost in some thoughts as he eats his lunch...

His little adorable face was reflecting worry & tension moreover Eli wasnt even looking at her all these while....it was like he was trying not to make an eye contact with Mikasa! And Mikasa well knows he does it when he tries to hide sommething...

Taking a bite from the bread , Mikasa from no where breaks the sillence “ Hiding something Eli?”

Eli stiffens as he looks up at His mother- Huh?

Mikasa boringly- You wanna spill the beans?

Eli stammers a bit but raises his voice- Huh? What...Wh...at are you talking about?

Mikasa shrugs as she stares at Eli with a suspicious look and replies all calm “ You know Eli....your face reflects everything! So....is everything okay? Like in school? You might share with me!”

Hearing the word school , Eli in his high pitch tone replies “ Damn Mom! Whats wrong with you? SINCE I HAVE COME HOME YOU JUST KEEP ON SUSPECTING ME AS IF I DID SOME KIND OF CRIME! I HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS!”

Saying so Eli runs upstairs shocking Mikasa as she calls him back from behind “ Eli Wait...What the hell is wrong with ya! Come down right now....”

Mikasa hears sound of closing the door with force from upstairs....she was hell confused with such behaviour!

She kept on staring upstairs wondering did she actually say something wrong this time! She was simply asking her son to open up and share his problems with her!

Mikasa calls again “ Eli! Eli! Are you hearing me? Come down!”

Getting no response from Eli....Mikasa sits back on the chair with a huff...

Mikasa feels empty all over inside....She isn't understanding what she have to do to make Eli understand that she only cares for his safety! After all these time she has only lost her close ones every now and then....And now she only have Eli!

She cant afford to loose him....now..

(Flashback) ( 5 Hours Back To Mikasa Armin Conversation )

Armin says hesitantly- Will you be able to forgive him even if he returns from his grave?

Mikasa being emotionless- I dont know what are you talking about...

Armin became suddenly furious- You know very well What I am talking about! Eren might be our friend but that doesn’t change the fact that he has killed so many people during the rumbling & before....This world wont forgive him....Neither me...even if he is dead...

Mikasa snaps at Armin- Really? Then this should also apply with Annie too? Doesnt it? She killed so many people too for whatever reason....if you can give her a second chance....no you not only gave second chance....you eventually fell in love with murderer Armin...then Why not Eren? He had reasons for his actions & you in the end accepted his actions & we all created an Aly with him....What happened now Armin?

Armin astonished- Oh Wooo Hold On! We allied with him cause we had no other options after what he did...even if it was good for the mankind....Does it really change truth? Will it change the viewpoint of people? And about Annie...I never forgave her for what she did to our people in scouts! And she knows it too .... we just settled an understanding between us...But here we are talking about Eren Yeager...He almost exterminated people around the island of paradis...he is known as humanity's enemy...no matter what we consider him as...this fact wont change...and this is the only danger for Eli ‘s life!

Mikasa remains mum and stares at the blonde’s blue eyes...

As he continues- Listen Mikasa you might think I hate Eren now or Something like that....But to be honest I cant hate him! For god sake he was my best friend but at same time he had done crimes which cant be ignored....honestly I feel...it is good that he is gone!

Mikasa gave a look at Armin which clearly was murderous but Armin continued inspite of that “ Cause my concern is Eli....I wonder how will he react when he will know his father's truth...I know you are not planning to tell him anytime soon but one day he will learn! One day people will learn his truth....And I am afraid for that day...And due to this I believe Eren is dead for good! Atleast as time will pass by...people will tend to get adjust with history while rumours of Eli being Eren's son will soon fade & Eli existence wont be a problem for them...but if Eren appears from nowhere in your life which wont be but incase if such a miracle happens...it wont be good for Eli!”

Mikasa doesnt say a word...just kept on staring at Armin....

Her eyes were blank & empty but he could notice the pain in them which she was trying to supress....his intention was not to hurt her...but he had to speak the fact so that she can start accepting it.

Realising Mikasa wont say anything....Armin decides to leave...

He turns around and was about to step toward the door when he halts and looks at Mikasa “ I have no business in telling what to do & what not! But I want to suggest you tell Eli the truth of his father before he comes to know from else where! And try to understand him Mikasa....dont lock him up in this house! It wont help but will only make him lonely....Handle him with care thats all I wanna say!”

(Flashback ends)

Mikasa sighs....thinking of what Armin said! She doesnt know what Armin said was right or wrong! She knows one thing...Armin was right about Eren's deeds...

He has killed people & that wont change...can she forgive him for that? She doesnt know...& she doesn't agree to Armin ‘s not able to forgive Eren behaviour!

She wont be judging Eren's behaviour unless she gets to know proper reason for hid actions....there were so many unspoken words between them...

He promised her he will return alive to her after everything is fixed....no matter what he promised this time he would come back to his home...thats Her!

She could feels her cheeks getting wet again....Mikasa wipes her tears off hurriedly as she tries to control her emotions....

She might not really care about his sins now , what matters to her that he should be alive....Armin cant be right about this...he cant be DEAD! EREN NEEDS TO COME BACK...

But right now she has to take care of someone else...she will make everything Alright for her little baby...

Mikasa gets up from the seat as she heads upstairs...

********

Gigantic monsters were running towards one direction....there were plenty of them...steam were coming from all sides...

Eli was laying on ground as he opens his eyes to the sound of rumbling....

He was in state of shock as he looks around.....

Those creepy monsters were all around him....as if like their prime aim is to hunt him down...

Eli starts screaming in fear as his eyes become blurry due to tears...

Eli cries out as he stands on his feet “ Mom....Mom....Save me! Mom....Help!”

He tries to look around for his mom but seems like he was all alone in that huge field....

Without wasting time he started running to opposite direction where he saw a gap to escape from those huge humanoids....

Eli was trying to run as fast as he could but those monsters were faster than him......all he could do was run & run & not look back....

He was breathing rapidly....his small legs were hurting....as he kept on running all he could see was death bodies all around him...they were scouts...

Eren's eyes widen as he could identify those uniforms on dead bodies ....it was same as uncle Armin ‘s.

He was scared now more....what happened here?! He didnt know and doesnt care....he needs to search his mother...

Eli cried out if fear as he kept running “ Mom.....Mom.....”

He turns back and was shocked to hell as he saw those monsters so close to him, one hand was trying to reach him as he doges his head from the clutch....of the monster...

All of a sudden Eli freaks out in fear as a monster body just falls infront of him....scaring the hell out of him as he starts wailing loudly....

But then he realises the Monster wasnt moving as blood spilled out from its neck and steam was coming out..

How did it die! But there is no time to wonder....as Eren found himself standing infront of a huge monster which was smiling at him....not exactly but its teeth and face were like it was smiling...it had a different body structure....

Eli couldn't move a bit...he completely froze at its spot...the gigantic hand was approaching towards him....his voice wasnt coming out....his tears just dried out as he felt completely frozen and in shock stage....

The hand was about to make a grip on him when he suddenly found himself being carried out by another monstrous hand as it took him far away from that smiling monster clutch but surprisingly the monstrous grip wasnt hard or rough...it held him delicately....Eli slowly looks around...to see who was this...

With fear & tears in his eyes he stares at it & he was just shocked to what he just saw...Eli finds out a human coming out from the nape of monster....

He couldnt clearly see the face but their eyes met as the monstrous hand brought him closer to him .....

The green eyes stared deeply into his as he speaks “ You Are Safe...”

Eli couldnt speak a word instead he was just staring back at his eyes....

The eyes.....spoke something different to him but before he could see his face....Eli finds himself falling from the monsters hand as some one cuts his hand off....

Eli screams out of his lungs but before any thing could happen....that same green eyed man held him this time by his own hand....and stopped him from falling as he was hanging in air...

He speaks “ Dont worry Eli...I wont let anything happen to you”

Everything started to vanish around while the little green eyed boy stared at the green eyed DEVIL...

And just then Eli started to realise something he has seen those pair of eyes before too....

“ Aaaaaa.....Wait......”

Eli wails out as he opens his eyes wide as he tries to hold something in air....

Hearing his loud scream....Mikasa opens her eyes quickly as she raises her head up from the bed....

Mikasa finds out Eli staring at the ceiling while his one hand was raised in the air making a fist....

Mikasa worried as she quickly gets up from ground and sits on Eli's bed besides him.

All this time Mikasa was siting near Eli's bed when she found Eli slept off after retorting her back...

The sun had already set....and the time was nearing to night....more likely past the evening...

All these while she was only staring at her child's face lovingly which resembled so much like Eren when he used to be sleeping....Eli looked so calm when his eyes were closed and he was in deep slumber....

Mikasa ran her hand through his black hair trying to not wake him up & let him sleep so that his anger subsides....during this she herself doesnt know when her eyes closed and she slept putting her head on his bed..

Her sleep just broke when she heard Eli ‘s loud scream out of fear....

Mikasa as she quickly pulled Eli out of bed and brought him close to her chest...

She noticed tears in corner of his eyes & cheeks completely wet...which implies he has been crying all these while...

Worry took place on Mikasa as she hugged him closely and asked softly “ Eli What happened baby? Did you have a bad dream?”

Eli clutches her gown in fear as he hugs her in return, only whispers absent minded “ That Man....I Saw....”

Mikasa could hear his blabbering...

She pulled his face back so that she could stare at him while breaking his trance....

Mikasa asks “ Sweet heart! You okay? What happened?”

And Just then Eli realises he was in his home near his mom....

Eli in his child like voice as tears fell “ Mumma...I...we... are at home!”

Mikasa rubbing of his tears “ Yes Eli we are at home....Did you have a bad dream?Why are you crying?”

Eli stares back at Mikasa with his wide eyes shocked....as realisation hits him upon...

Those eyes....he dreamt of those eyes....so many times....and today....

Wait he saw those eyes somewhere....flashes of that limping stranger face came on his mind at once....when he stared at him with his green eyes....

Eli freaks out “ That man....I saw that man....”

Mikasa confused “ What man are you talking about Eli?”

Eli looks at Mikasa shocked and realises he wont be telling his mother about that man he met today & that his eyes resembles to the man's eyes which oftenly comes in his dreams & everytime saves him from those monsters....but who is that man? How come he arrives in his dreams! And those monsters....

Eli hugs his mom out of fear as he starts crying.. water pouring down his eyes as he sniffs..

Mikasa was terrified “ Eli....What happened? Dont get scared....Mumma is here and everything will be fine!”

Eli stammers as he cries- mom...m...I saw those monsters again....

Mikasa stiffens a bit knowing well what he was talking about....

Eli continues as he cries “ They almost caught me but I ran and ran....I searched you mom but you werent there....I was all alone... I....was scared...”

Mikasa rubbing his back as she tries to calm him down as his voice was breaking her own heart “ Sssh Eli...Everything is fine....I am here now with you! Ssh you are safe!”

Eli whimpers “ Mom....why...t..those th...ings come in my dreams! And that man...”

Eli stops as he realises what he was spilling....but mikasa caught his word as she asks worriedly ” Which man?”

Eli taking deep breath as his cries subsided a bit “ Its...A....man everytime...rescues me”

He carefully said the truth without revealing much....

Mikasa remains silent for a while as she cuddles Eli and says while placing kiss over his hair “ See....In the end you are safe....thats what matters”

Eli curiously as he looks at his mom “ But those monsters....why do they always try to harm me? From many years....they only come in my dreams....do they really exist mom?”

Mikasa knows the feeling of seeing those monsters in dreams....she also experiences same thing but difference is she only sees Eren leaving her alone forever, disappearing into a group of titans....and never returning back...

But one thing she never understood why and how does Eli gets those dreams? He never got to know about titan existence not yet...he never experienced those fears which she and Eren did then how...

Eli calls her out breaking her thoughts “ Mom....”

Mikasa looks back at Eli and smiles “ No they dont....there is no such things which exist...its all in your head..dont worry nothing will harm you...I wont let anyone do that...”

Mikasa hugs her son as she pats his back while Eli remains lost in thoughts wondering how come those green eyes in his dreams matches with that limping stranger’s green eyes when such gigantic monsters dont even exist...

Does that mean that green eyed saviour is REAL?

P.S Okay I guess this chapter was bit boring but then it was necessary for the future chapters 😂 Anyways do like, comment and share.

[gasgiant]

this is embarrassing so im on anon but as someone who is also currently obsessed with tf2 despite never playing it. what are your opinions on those guys. i am very interested

NICE this is content i love to see!! Sorry if you dont see this post it’s probably been sitting in my inbox for a week, but i’ll tag it, so who knows?

This will mostly be about character in the comics, but I’ll throw in who i like to play as well

Scout: he gives off annoying little sibling energy. very entertaining and funny, he talks non-stop in the comics. his daddy issues go deep and it’s probably good that he doesn’t know HOW deep. Before most matches start i pick scout and run around the map, hitting as many people with the fish as I can. 6/10 cool boy

Pyro: baby. I do wish they had more of a personality besides “obsessed with fire and doesn’t live in reality”, but pyrovision is a very fun concept and makes this guy both loveable and TERRIFYING. Pyro is my second most played, because who doesn’t love not aiming and causing extreme carnage? 7/10 chaotic being

Soldier: OK HONESTLY? MY FAVORITE CHARACTER FROM THE COMICS. this poor, lead poisoned, brain dead, psychopath. only blood lust and patriotism consume the mind of this man, but there really isnt much space up there anyway. his stupidity and knack for pissing off literally anyone is fantastic. also, he ends up dating heavy’s sister zhanna and they have a FANTASTIC dynamic (ok, she actually might be my favorite but soldier is close). I don’t play him that much, but rocket jumping is hella fun. 10/10 GOOD HUSTLE, SOLDIER!

Demoman: Underappiciated and under utilized in fan content! I think he has one of the best origin stories. He’s realatively sane for TF2 mercs, and would probably be all the way there if it wasnt for his nasty drinking habit. There’s also a comic where a soldier and demoman on opposite teams become friends and that is such a good one. Valve definitely could have done better on having more characters who aren’t white, but im glad we at least got Tavish! I suck at demoman but i’m trying to play him more to get better. Kinda surprising since junkrat was my 2nd most played in overwatch. 8/10 "Oh, they're goin' ta have to glue you back together...IN HELL!"

Heavy: Due to his appearance in the telltale poker night game, this guy probably has the most complete characterization. Somewhere between a gentle giant and crazy russian, he’s a family man with a doctorate in russian literature and a strong attachment to Sascha, his favorite gun. He doesn’t say much, but he usually says the right thing. God bless him for putting up with the rest of the team, because if he didn’t, they’d all be goners. Heavy playstyle just isnt fun for me so i rarely pick him. 8/10 Legendary Comrade

Engineer: I feel like we hear the least about this dude’s personality in the comics. He’s a genius engineer in a family of genius engineers. His grandfather created a life extending machine (thats kinda important to the comics) that he later upgraded. Dude literally has 12 Phds. I enjoy his general laid-back texan demeanor. I feel like he’d be really fun at parties for some reason. I’ve been playing engineer way more recently and a lot of his voice lines are sarcastic and a bit goofy. 7/10 texas sized yee haw.

Sniper: someone give this man a fucking break. please. my god. the most mentally there of the team, doesn’t seem absorbed with killing, but does enjoy the challange and competition of sniping. has a bit of an identity crisis (in the form of his superman-esque origin story) which is quickly resolved. probably would be the most pleasant of these guys to meet in real life. i only play sniper on the 2 Fort map and I have never gotten a headshot. ever. 6/10 great shot, mate.

Medic: MY MAN LUDWIG! My favorite character before reading the comics. I’d say he’s a fucked up doctor, but thats only the half of it. He isnt even a doctor anymore (its hard to keep a medical license after removing someone’s entire skeleton). For a dude who stole all of his friend’s souls and literally outsmarted devil... he’s not THAT bad. I mean, sure he abandoned his team to fight against them just so he could commit more atrocities against nature. Sure, he only has an evil smile and demented laugh. But uh... he is... nice to his doves? Yeah ok nevermind I cant really defend this guy. Being a little evil is... kinda sexy though (look up medic cosmetic “The Burly Beast”). In game, my medigun is named “Press E To Send Me To Therapy”. E is the call for medic button. I am a medic main and I am so, so tired. 10/10 “ZHAT was doctor assisted homocide!”

Spy: french asshole. seems pretencious and unattached but he really isnt. actions speak louder than words spy, and even if you had to tell scout you were his father disguised as tom jones, at least you did it. if i play spy i get overly excited at backstabbing someone because i suck at it. 6/10 oui oui effle tower baguette i love making fun of the french

not sure if this is what you wanted anon but i had fun typing these! if you ever get steam, here’s a link to my profile https://s.team/p/kpv-bvtv/JPDMQRWV tf2 is basically the only game I play on steam so I’ll probably be doing that 😎

[goldstonegolem64]

Book1Hope Returns Chapters17  Family  By Goldstonegolem64

The hanger 

Keith and lance had scouted out the hanger

“So what’s the plan?” Keith asked

“Why are you asking me” Lance said

“I don't know I'm not the best at coming up with plans” Keith said 

“Alright then I say we get to that control room and close the door trapping the fighter along with the sentries he then we take out any Sentries in are way” Lance said with confidants

“That is a pretty good plan” Keith admitted surprised by lance tactical insight .it was just one more thing Keith add to a ever grow list of thing loved about lance.

In the tunnels 

in the tunnels hunk was make his way to the other prison it was heavy guard compared to the prison camp Jay when to but hunk didn't care he just had to save shay and the of balmeran

Back in the hanger’s control room 

A lone sentry was standing in front of the controls of the hanger door. a blade appeared above the sentry cut a circle around then the chunk of metal fell on to of the sentry reveling Keith and Lance. The two stared at the console . Keith was looking out for anymore guards were on their way but no one showed. Lance was trying to read the console but I was near impossible for lance to read it but he  would remember the symbol just in case he had to do this again and he would try to study the language late to help the other. As lance kept trying to read it. Keith just place his hand on the console’s hand print to his surprised the hanger doors closed 

“how did you do that “lance ask 

“No clue but lets me up with the other “Keith said

In front of the prison

Hunk had made it to the prison only to be meet by fire from the sentries but as they fire at him but most of the guards looked like they were fleeing/leaving the safty of his speeder hunk fired his Bayard cannon destroy the two sentry that were firing on him. It seemed to easy but hunk didn't have time to think about it. He grad a broken sentry arm and used it to open the prison door only to see more sentries fleeing and shay’s family that happily greet him but Shay wasn't there ,

“How dare you come back here. the moment you and your friend came back the galra took shay. We don't even know if she still alive a live” Yelled a very anger Rax Shay older brother 

“Ok but I made a promise and I'm not going to brake it Now where did the take shay?’Hunk asked

“they took her to the core” Rax said

over the comm” it dose seem like a lot of galra troops are moving to the central tunnels ”Allura said

“Its a trap that is hundred percent a trap” Jay said over the comms

“yes But we may have to spring it to safe her” Shiro said 

“ Alright Shiro your the boss” Jay said a little sarcastically

Bake in the hanger Lance and Keith Made shore that no one could use the control to open the Hanger again but destroy the console and the lock of the control room door. 

Deep in the tunnels Adam and pidge were making there way to the core riding on pidge’s speeder only getting off do to the tunnels getting smaller. As the two start to walk down the tunnel a conversation started between the two.

“Hey Adam”  

“Yes pidge”

“what do you think of Lance's and Keith's relationship” Pidge asked

“I find it interesting. Rivals turned lover its kinda like Shiro’s And my relationship in the first few years in the garrison actually. Why do you ask” Adam asked 

“I'm just curious” Pidge said

“ I guess the reason you asking is that you ether like Keith or lance. So which one is it” Adam ask 

Pidge was hesitated to say at first but she said it anyway” Its lance but that doesn't matter now that Keith asked him out all thanks to jay.The moment I finally find the courage to ask lance out Jay give Keith a speech and Keith just walked up to lance and asks him out. I mean I'm happy for both of them why wouldn't I be. it just I have a hard time telling other how I feel and Jay unintentionally made it hard for me.”Pidge said sadly 

Adam place his hand on her shoulder and said” it will only get hard from here if you don't tell him. But hey if you lucky he might say yes because if you remember Keith asked don't ask him out on a date he asked lance to train with him,  but you didn't hear that from me” Adam said 

“Aren’t you like Keith's dad or some thing why are you telling me this?” Pidge asked

“Yes but Keith needs a little push to get him out of his brooding stage in life and if he date lance or not it just might help him and jay, Allura, Shiro and I have a bet going on who lance end up with when the war end. Jay and Shiro Are betting on Keith Allure is betting on you and I'm betting on Both of you ending up with lance “Adam said with a smile on his face 

Pidge was confused by the new information. but the sound of foot steps coming there way put both of the on high alert. the duo raised their weapon and turned the corner the foot step were coming from only to see a group of kids playing. the kids were scared by the two stranger standing before then. But before Adam and Pidge could reassure the kids. the planet started to cry in pain causing the rocks to fall on to the kids .But before the rocks could hit the kids Pidge moved with lighting speed and grabbed the children out of harms way. Adam looked surprised by Pidge speed

“ how did you move that fast ?”Adam asked

letting the kids go on their way back to they families”That doesn't matter right now we have tell the other” hitting on her helmet comm”Everyone the balmera is get weaker  we need to be more careful when fighting”

That was easier said then done for lance and Keith because the two ran in to a group of Sentries. Hiding behind Mining structures Keith was about to run in the group but was stopped by lance 

“How are we going to get rid of those guys then  ?” Keith asked

“I will climb up this structure and distracted them then you cut them down alright” Said via hand signal 

Keith was confused by this by gave a thumbs up and let lance do what ever he was doing a wait for and opening. lance’s great distraction was to wave his arm’s in a noodle fashion and saying random words which worked to Keith surprised but took the opening lance made for him and cut down the sentries the two looked at each other proud of their team work.

“ Now lets get to the core ”Lance said 

“Ok” Keith replied 

At the core

Hunk was running down the tunnel letting out a war cry . He entered core room to see Shay and no one else .Shay was just hanging from the ceiling. following hunk came Shiro next came Jay and Fitz ,then came Pidge and Adam and finally lance and Keith. Then the doors closed behind them. As the group was confused by what happened. Hunk was using his jetpack to catch Shay after he shot the chain been binding to the ceiling.

“you kept your promise” Shay said

“ Of course I would” Hunk said

“ok what is going on here” Lance asked

‘the Galra knew you were coming but I don't know how they came a cross the information” Shay said

“I thing they heard my promise to come back for you that might have tipped them off” Hunk said slightly blushing.

“ Well that makes sense seeing as you were yelling it as you and Coran were leaving the first time you were here”  Jay said while putting Fitz down scent the camp

“ Hey Jay why do you have a kid with you?” Shiro asked 

“oh this is Fitz He is now my rock son.” Jay replied 

“ok but why” Adam asked 

“We can talk about this later we need a way out right now” Jay said 

“My pilot we have incoming fighter . Val said through their bond 

“Ok guys I have some bad news we have “ Jay was intruded

“ Paladins we have incoming ” Allura said over the comms

“Hey you come save us with some weird teleporter or some thing on the castles?”  Lance asked

“ Sorry lance we cant were in some trouble are selves were taking heavy fire from the galra fighter” coran said 

“Paladins get back to your lions quickly ”Allura said angrily as she was being shaken by the fire from the fighters

“ Val Beauregard how are you two doing out there”  Jay said 

“Were find but we could use some help out here ” beau said 

“Great now were going to die down here and we will never get are parade” Lance said falling into a depressed state

“Great now were one man down” Jay said has he was trying to pull apart the door with his hands to no effected

“Why don't we ask the other balmerans for help” Fitz Asked 

“How do we do that ?”Pidge asked

“I will speak throw the balmera’ s core to the others “Shay said placing her hand on the Core.

“I don't think that will work”Keith said skeptical of this plan 

But then the balmera groaned and send the message that shay wanted to all balmerans to fight back and raise up agents the galra. Rax head the message an felt guilty for every thing he had done but was thankful that his sister was alive

“We have to help them”  He said 

“ we can’t  fight the galra” Shay’s father said

“But they have stripped are home of all of its crystals and they call us worthless” Rax said 

“But we are a peaceful people we have never fought before” 

‘I know we have fought but you said that without family we are nothing with shay being held captured and the paladins have scarified all they have to help us and are home so if there is any time to fight it is now” He said

backing the core 

“Paladin we have another problem they are taking the lions” Allura said right before freezing in fear of the massive warship ”we have a bigger problem a warship as appeared and if it hit us with the ion canon were are dead so please get to you lions”

As for Val and beau there were just to many fighter for them to hold off so the just tried to pull the attention of the warship on to they instead of the catle 

With this new information Jay started to pull at the door more as he did the red hew started to come back .For the rest of the group they watch as there friend started to grow in and his armor seemed to stretched with him. Jay tried his hardest to pier the doors open. But lance also received the message but was just staring a jay who was pulling the door a part but the door kept on trying to close making it hard for jay to rip it open. Shiro was talking to shay trying to understand how the balmera works.

Shay’s family had made there way to the door see  massive and smaller clawed hands trying to pull the door open only to see them slip back in to the room and several bents appeared .after that they pull there hand on the doo. the belmera knew what they wanted and smash the door open and saw a ten foot red lizard man standing there panting being check up on by a belmeran child who look in aw at the lizard man and then they saw shay safe and sound. Happy to see her family as well

“ ok now that the door is open how do we get to the surface fast enough to save the castle ”Keith asked

“I know a short cut to the surface let me show you” Rax said hugging his little sister

“ok  Fitz stay with shay and her family and wait till I get back ok “Jay said slowly changing back to normal

“ but I don't want to what if you don't come back ”Fitz countered 

“I will and Shay if I don't make it back please take care of him ”? Jay said

Shay nod 

“ Please come back “Fitz said hugging jay

“I will little man now keep this safe till I return Jay said take the amulet his mother gave him off his neck and put it on Fitz 

As the paladin made there way to there speeders they were ready for anything the galra had to throw at then

[mercenarypark]

heavy & spy!!!!

heavA: what I think realistically-heavy[when off the battlefield] has always tried to make himself smaller- not physically, but he keeps quiet and tries to stay out of the way; he prefers to watch from the sidelines and listen and go undetected. part of this is due to his time in the gulag teaching him to make himself unseen and unheard when he could, in order to avoid punishment; part of it is because he’s learned from experience that certain core aspects of his identity need to be hidden[like being gay and being Jewish] to avoid negative reactions, and staying out of the way is the easiest way to do that[on the battlefield is an entirely different story]B: what I think is fucking hilarious -he’s extremely sarcastic to ppl he dislikes, but he’s so blunt and quiet that people usually assume he’s being serious, meaning he can very subtly insult someone he dislikes[ex: the director from the “meet the director” comic] without them catching on [“Come ON, Mr. Weapons Guy, I did all this research into your family life and background, the least you can do is provide me a proper response for the cameras!” “Hm. Very good use of your time, yes? Cannot imagine you had more important work to do.”] C: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends-[disordered eating warn] i will take “the reason why heavy has so many food items and why he can share them with his teammates [or even enemies] is because of his time in the gulag, which made him Very aware of starvation- both his own and others- and he would often give the lion’s share of his rations to his mother and sisters, and other people trapped there who needed it more; that mindset never really left him, and even now he’ll panic a little when he realizes that someone he cares about hasnt eaten in a while, even sacrificing his own meals to keep them fed” to my grave because goddamn, if i cant make the sandvich a sad concept, then what am i good forD: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway-heavy and medic are big gay jews and in love with each other and their idea of a romantic date is tracking down n*zis in hiding and slaughtering them[make it happen valve god Damnit]—-

spyA: what I think realistically-spy is a dick. he’s a dick with some good qualities, and with potential to be less of an asshole if he actually tries. its that /potential/ that intrigues me, much more than his canon personality, or even what might’ve made him the way he is[IE an asshole]B: what I think is fucking hilarious -spy is almost constantly high. he vapes, smokes weed, he  steals medic’s kritzkrieg REGULARLY just to get high off of itC: what is heart-crushing and awful but fun to inflict on friends -spy is very aware of the fact that hes a coward for leaving scout’s ma[peg] and their unborn child, and he’s even more of a coward for not owning up to it. while he spent most of scout’s childhood watching from a distance and sending “anonymous” envelopes of money to Peg as some sort of atonement, thats very obviously not enough to excuse him. while @ the merc base he goes through a lot of character development in My Headcanons where he slowly turns into less of a douchebag and actually /tries/ to be an ok person, give peg the respect she deserved when they were younger, and eventually, tell scout the truth. [and then he gets his head batted in].D: what would never work with canon but the canon is shit so I believe it anyway -Spy is an ex-magician and ringmaster, back when he met peg and before he joined the spy/mercenary business. he still has a flair for the flamboyant and mysterious, and he still utilizes a few of his old tricks in his day-to-day work

[emmersdrawberry]

A Super Srs ‘Bye Bye Man’ Film Theory

So I know ya’ll thought I was being a sarcastic lil shit when I made that comment about ‘what if The Bye Bye Man was entirely in everyone’s head’ but this is legit a thing I’ve been thinking about since I saw that fucking movie so now you all get to go for the ride with me. 

My theory hinges on one base fact in the movie: No one started seeing The Bye Bye Man until the self-proclaimed psychic chick (I think her name was Kim? we’re going with Kim) did a cold reading on the main male protag Elliot. 

Up until the point that Kim did her ‘I am a real medium no seriously you guys’ song and dance, everything was relatively hunky dory (though with their own insecurities) and it was just three pals living in a shitty house, as three pals are wont to do. Only after Kim plants the seed of something malevolent in the house did Elliot, Sasha and John start becoming paranoid, aggressive, morose, and suspicious of each other. Even though by that point Elliot had already discovered the table with the writing and carvings in the drawer, he was totally fine until the seance. 

We’re suppose to believe at face value that Kim IS psychic because of the things she’s able to tell us about Elliot’s past. Even though John and Sasha swear up and down they didn’t tell Kim any of the information she was spewing about Elliot’s history, there’s never any evidence that they’re telling the truth and throughout the movie they’re shown to be unreliable in one way or the other. Elliot even questions whether or not they’re holding an affair behind his back, Elliot doesn’t trust them. He doesn’t ask Kim “How did you know that” or “Who told you”, he immediately turns to John and Sasha accusingly. Even if they ARE telling the truth, it wouldn’t be difficult for someone wanting to pass off being psychic as a party trick to google ‘Elliot Whatshiface’ and see what comes up. Since apparently his parents where in a big car accident (i guess?) leaving him orphaned that information would be easy to find. This is a shitty method that frauds use On The Regular for ‘cold readings’, including have a scout in the audience to relay back personal information about a mark.

It’s possible Kim overheard this information at some point, or was told the information by someone other than Sasha and John. Basically it’s not out of the realm of possibility for Kim to have heard this huge piece of information about Elliot one way or the other. Kim also pulls the ‘something something grandparent’ shtick that cold-readers have done for decades, it’s not actual evidence of her psychic ability it’s just a guessing game. If Elliot was orphaned it means he clearly had no next of kin meaning his extended family was dead. Elliot himself calls her out on being able to hear where he put the keys (in a METAL pot) and guessing the most likely place he’d have hidden them.

When Elliot still fails to buy into her psychic powers and questions her further she tries to calls it off, acting offended that he isn’t a believer. It’s here that the movie gives us her one supposedly indisputable piece of evidence that she’s a legit psychic; she starts reciting the scribbles Elliot saw on the bottom of the bedside table. But earlier in the evening when the party was still going on we see Sasha giving friends a tour of the upstairs, presumably including her new bedroom! There’s no reason to say that one of her friends, or Kim herself, saw the writing in the drawer. It wasn’t exactly hidden away or something, it was right there. It’s frankly more out of the realm of possibility that no one but Elliot opened the damn drawer. 

So the whole thing boils down to her legitimacy as a medium being highly questionable, everything she does CAN be explained away. Everything she says can be called into question surprisingly easily. Kim is also the first of the four of them to become violent, and after an extremely short span of time (i cant figure out the passage of time in this movie tbh so it FELT short). Kim decides very early what her goal will be and how to end the ‘cycle’, long before the three main characters ever start really getting into the thick of things. Elliot is painted as being the main target of The Bye Bye Man, so why was Kim (a relatively minor character that gets little build up) the first to break down and murder her roommate with the intention of killing Sasha, John, Elliot and then finally herself? 

My theory is that Kim, who probably legit believes she’s psychic but is just performing parlor tricks, created a group hysteria that preyed upon each of their own insecurities and manifested as some imaginary boogeyman character. Elliot already had suspicions that Sasha and John where cheating behind his back. John had been harboring feelings for Sasha that where so strong it led him to feel dirty for sleeping with another woman (and it’s even mentioned he can’t seem to settle down with one girl). Sasha just shuts the fuck down after she’s repeatedly confronted by a boyfriend who doesn’t try to hide his suspicions about her faithfulness and the unwelcome sexual/romantic attentions of her good friend she’s now stuck living with. Sasha doesn’t seem to hallucinate anything until the last like 10 minutes of the movie, she’s almost comatose for like 75% of it. It’s like the anxiety and hostility of her living situation is causing her to break down, and reasonably so! She’s caught in the crossfire of these two guy’s having breakdowns mostly centered around her. 

Group hysteria is a legitimate phenomena, the Salem Witch Trials are widely considered one of the most famous examples of it.  There’s a whole wikipedia page listing some of the most well documented/known cases that describes group hysteria as:

In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria (also known as collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior) is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear (memory acknowledgment)

This group hysteria is only cemented when Elliot discovers the murders and subsequent suicide that took place in the 70′s. For him this just confirms the truth behind his delusions as well as excusing his behavior and treatment of his friends. It’s also here that Elliot experiences his biggest hallucination/paranoia/vision, losing several hours of time when he was only aware of a few minutes going by and witnesses The Bye Bye following him. I suspect that Kim had done this research well before Elliot, as she came to the same conclusion the man in the opening 70′s sequence did and planned to follow his path. She likely did her own research well ahead of what the other three ever started doing.

Frankly I can’t find a good explanation behind the librarian. She didn’t seem to fit in at all other than to be a vaguely motherly support character that was awkwardly shoehorned in so we could get the shock value of her murdering her children. There was like two black people in the whole movie and one was an overweight mother figure that gets murdered SOOOO. 

As for Detective Shaw, I think Elliot had managed to hit a sore spot that left her a bit exposed. Elliot seems completely remorseful in his interrogation, and doesn’t try to spend his time defending himself so much as warning her away before bringing up her children as a way to get himself in her favor. “I am just trying to protect your kids” is basically what that whole conversation amounts to. Whether or not Shaw thinks Elliot is truly innocent, he’s gained her interest and put her defenses up by involving her children even if only through suggestion. The suggestion that he’s facing something bigger than she is and it’s he alone that’s saving her family. 

The most telling part of the movie was the final ‘show down’ with Elliot, John and Sasha in the house. Each apparently seeing a twisted vision of the others and trying to defend themselves from this. When Elliot see’s what he thinks is John attacking Sasha (again he has been suspicions of them the entire time, and seems to have placed most blame on John) he has no qualms against throwing himself at John and killing him in defense of Sasha, only when he see’s the reality of Sasha having been attacking John and he having murdered HER by mistake does he freak out. Leaving John bleeding out on the floor nearby doing basically well...nothing to help him. This is a reflection of Elliot’s previous hallucination that caused him to attack John and leave him restrained in the basement. Elliot has shown repeated disregard for John throughout the movie, and willingness to hurt him. 

At this point, and likely much earlier, Elliot had reached a point of violent hostility towards John for the perceived slight against him, and the confirmation John was lusting after Sasha whether anything had come to pass between the two or not. Elliot was SO READY to have a reason to attack John, which is why I believe the vision manifested as John attacking Sasha. All Elliot needed was the push to act out on his paranoia. By the end of the movie Elliot basically hates John, and killing him is the only way to rid Sasha and himself of the threat that she might leave him.

Kim planted the seed of something supernatural going on, leaving it to fester among the group. Elliot being the ‘leader’ and arguably most anxious (suspecting his girlfriend and friend to be cheating since very early on, and this theme is repeatedly reinforced including by Elliot’s own brother within the first half hour) lead the group hysteria from that point on basically dragging John and Sasha with him. John is shown to repeatedly attempt to ignore the visions he was having, dismissing them as being imaginary, and becoming angry with Elliot who kept trying to feed into the Bye Bye Man story. Sasha was left to withdraw and shut down in the face of her anxieties and the mounting hostility between her friend and boyfriend, both of whom where basically using her for Man Pain.

So in a way I guess the Bye Bye Man did exist, just not as a legitimate entity. The theory breakdown is this: 

Kim planted the seed of a boogeyman character (the Bye Bye Man) that manifested in a group hysteria. The three friends (John, Sasha, and Elliot) where already having problems with each other that just hadn’t been addressed and built up into hostility and paranoia between them the night of seance, the same night that Elliot’s brother points out Sasha and John dancing closely and remarks ‘good thing you aren’t a jealous man’, securing the idea in Elliot that something was going on. The Bye Bye Man wasn’t ever a real ghost he was just a boogeyman in their group hysteria and paranoia.

There’s a lot of dumb stuff I couldn’t reason into this theory and shit but man I’ve already thought way more about this movie than I ever wanted to.

[50funny]

Mage- 56: Following The Trail

Written By 50Funny

Part 1- Tracking

Bip floated in mid air with his eyes closed as he focused intently on the magical trail sprawling out in front of him. Alex and Liz walked down the streets a small distance behind him.

“So what do you really think is going on here? why would someone wanna kidnaped a bunch of kids with magical ability’s?” Asked Liz.

“ Don’t know, maybe there trying to build an army of Magic users to take over the world or something,” Alex replied in a semi sarcastic tone.

The par reached where Bip was hovering. He let out a thoughtful groan. He opened up his eyes and turned around to face the pair. He raised his rail to point down the street.

“Ahh… that way… I think,” Bip said.

“You think or you know?” Asked Alex.

“Don’t judge me, I’m still tired from last night and besides whoever this guy is he’s been all over the city so picking up the trail isn’t as easy as you’d think.”

“ Alright alright, no need to explain yourself. It’s just we’ve already been at this for a couple hours and been all around the city. Just doesn’t feel like we’re getting any closer.”

“Don’t worry, the trails getting pretty fresh now,” Bip said as he returned his gaze down the street. “We’re getting close now.”

Bip flew off down the street leading the group. Alex and Liz followed on behind looking around and keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. They had travelled all the way through the city and where now close to catching there first glimps of the lake that was its name sake. The scenery that had once been filled with residential buildings and various chain shops and resturants had been replaced by sparcly populated markets selling freshly caught fish, home grown produce and random home made nick nacks and do dads. The streets were sparcly populated save for the occasional fisherman or person wandering around aimlessly lost.

“This is a different side of the city,” said Liz.

“We’ve mostly been hanging around the residential and touristy area’s. when this town was first founded it’s main claim to fame was the fishing scene, the closer to the lake you get the older everything gets.” Alex replied.

Liz looked across at Alex, her eyebrows raised at his sudden wealth of knowledge. Alex looked back to Liz, meeting her gaze.

“Huh… whats with the weird look?”

“Well its just, how do you know so much about this places origins? history just doesn’t seem a bit to… brainy for somone like you.”

“What the hell you trying to say you think im dumb or something!” Alex yelled, before turning to looked of down the street thoughtfully. “I came here once with Harry and my Emily. He was always into a bit of history and kept going on and on with random facts about this place the entire time, guess some of the stuff he said just stuck with me.”

“Oh wow… I never knew you’d been here before, it must be nice coming back after all these years.”

Alex thought back on all the moments he had spent with his adopted father and all the lessons he had taught him.

“Yeah I guess you could say that, more then anything though,” Alex said before trailing off. He clenched his fist tightly as determination filled him. “It just makes me even more fired up to find out what happened to him.”

Liz looked at alex, his determination and drive inspiring her. Bip reached the end of the road and stoped for a moment before turning and fly off to the left. Liz and Alex soon reached the end of the road to be face with the steel lake itself. The silver waters flowed gently downstream almost being completely still. The sunlight glistened off of the water in just the right way to make it shine like freshly polished metal.

“Wow… this is… beautiful doesn’t even cover it. you don’t see something like this every day.”

“Yeah, unless you live here,” Alex replied.

“Over here,” came Bip’s voice from further down the street.

Liz and Alex turned to see Bip hovering by a large metal wall the way from the shore to the centre of the river blocking off an enormous area.

“what is this place?”

“I floated up over the wall, I think its some kind of shipping port. There’s a whole maze of shipping containers, must be at least a thousand total.”

Alex looked at the wall trying to find any breaks or places to sneak in to no avail. He turned his gaze to the buildings along the shore closest to the facility noticing a tall clock tower. He raised his hand to point to the tower.

“Lets head up there for a better look,” Alex said before walking off towards the tower before Liz and Bip followed.

Part 2- Scouting.

Liz climbed up the ladder, pulling herself up onto the rooftop. She looked forward to see Alex knealing down at the edge of the other side of the roof next to Bip. She walked across the roof and squatted down next to her companion. The group looked out over the wide open maze of shipping containers with many workers walking around between them going about their business.

“So this is where the guys hiding,” asked Liz.

“It has to be, from what I can tell all of the trails from around the city lead here,” Bip responded.

“Why would he be hiding out here?”

Alex rubbed his chin as he thought.

“He must be taking all the kids here and shipping them off somewhere else,” replied Alex.

Liz turned to look at Alex, a horrified expression appearing across her face.

“You… you’re not serious are you?”

“It’s horrible but it makes sense, the only question is why?” Bip butted in.

Liz returned her gaze to the docs bellow.

“We have to go save them now, where are they Bip?”

Bip closed his eyes and focused on the maze bellow.

“Don’t know, he’s been all over this place so the trail is near impossible to follow.”

“Damn it.”

“Don’t worry about it. If this really is this guys base of operations im sure he’ll be coming back here soon. All we need to do is wait here for him to show up again, then we can follow him to where the kids are being held, free them and defeat him all in one.”

Liz looked back out over the area bellow. She closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.

“Fine, I don’t like waiting around and leaving those kid in danger, but I guess it cant be helped.”

“Come on lets get settled in, who knows how long we’ll be waiting here for.”

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