#she loves him a lot 🥺 and she was devastated when he died

[mymelodyisme]

I’m gonna draw Critter’s brother when I have the chance. I like to think he didn’t actually die and dons a rat mask cause his call sign was Ratón 🐭

[brokenlovesong]

THE DAN SODAPOP ANALYSIS I MENTIONED AND FINALLY GOT TO:

So as I have not shut up about, I saw Dan as sodapop on Thursday and I HAVE THOUGHTS.

First off, his soda feels the least easy going if that makes sense. Like every smile is a front. Yes he has fun with the greasers and during ggah he seems like every other easy going soda (side note the way he looked at two-bit during his verse???? He WANTED two-bit). But you see how hard he works to keep up those walls during the scene right before great expectations.

That scene for me was the first one that really separated Dan soda from the others. He seemed actually tired and you can see how hard he’s trying not to crack when pony asks him about Sandy. There’s a pause before he says “I do?” Like he’s shocked. Because he’s worked so hard to seem fine, to pretend she doesn’t exist.

His energy shifts after Sandy is brought up. He’s suddenly more aware of the cracks in his facade and he’s gotta work extra hard to make sure pony doesn’t notice anymore.

Moving on to runs in the family reprise. He is the most confrontational and active Sodapop in this scene in my opinion. When they first start going at each other, you see him frustrated and something I love is how he kept looking back at Johnny almost as if being like “you guys are fighting in front of him and you know how inappropriate and insensitive that is.” Im pretty sure he even apologized to Johnny at one point.

But when he inserts himself between pony and darry at the table, it feels very intentional. Because he doesn’t just sit. He is actively trying to keep pony calm and reassure him that darry doesn’t mean what he’s saying. And bro when he jumps up to block darry, hes not just putting himself between the two. He was actively holding darry back and even when they weren’t physically fighting, he was like squaring up with darry, daring him to try some shit. And he was ANGRY about the fighting. His face was so intense. Way more so than any other soda.

Not only that, he was yelling at pony too once pony stood up. He kept pointing at the chair and like demanding pony sit, getting very obviously frustrated when pony wouldn’t. I LOVE this detail because it shows how soda doesn’t just see the fighting as one sided. He’s not just trying to get darry to stop fighting, he’s going at both sides trying to get them to calm down.

During run run brother, that anger he had is THERE man. Specifically on the line “sooner or later you’ll learn” he’s right up in darry’s face yelling at him, angerly pointing at the ground.

Changing the topic a bit I talked a lot about how intense his soda is and how hard he works to try and stop the fighting. But it’s because he really loves both his brothers and man you see that so much during throwing in the towel. The song is easily one of my favorites and dude the way he sang. He did SOOO many opt ups which really made the song seem so hopeful because at the end of the day that is who soda is. He works hard to stop his brothers from fighting because he knows they love each other and can be a family again. Also he fully on bear hugs darry at the end. Like drops to his knees and buried his face in Darry’s chest🥺

God during Johnny’s death, he had me BROKEN. (Yeah as you can see I spent half the show watching him and I have NO regrets because that man is so in the scene whether he has lines or not) He was so fucking broken, it was devastating. When he went to pony, you could see him begging pony to say something or do anything and then he pulled pony to his chest and was rocking back and forth sobbing it was so heartbreaking.

Also side note but I wanted to mention how he’s the only soda who really plays up the injuries from the rumble. Like after Johnny dies and dally pushes him away (which he fell to the floor for) he like limps over to pony and held his side while walking. Just something I found interesting.

The last thing I’m gonna mention in this very long ramble is the way he reacts to the end bit where darry is telling pony he has to go to school. When darry is on the floor and pony is yelling at him to shut up, soda starts trying to interrupt them even before he jumps down to break up the fight. He starts shouting “hey hey hey” and then repeats please multiple times before begging them to stop fighting. And god it’s devastating. Because he has no anger left. He’s just hysterical sobbing. Specifically the line “and that’s worse than being dead” is often an angry one for soda. But because dan soda shows his anger instead of trying to keep it at bay during other scenes, he is more just broken in this one. He’s yelling and crying and it’s so sad.

It’s such a good reminder that soda lost two of his friends, too. Something interesting in the book is that pony at first doesn’t even like dally. Dally is Johnny’s friend. Soda is the first one to have a conversation with him in both the book and movie because while we don’t see much of it, I do think soda really cared about both of them. You see that so much through Dan’s acting choices in the ritf reprise scene where he’s constantly interacting with Johnny and right after Johnny’s death when he’s the first one to try and comfort dally, even though dally won’t let him.

Soda is someone who loves so intensely and cares deeply about the people in his life.

Dan Berry is such an incredible actor and I need to give him his flowers because I’ve seen him in every role he covers now and while is Darry is my favorite, his sodapop is really where I got to see how good of an actor he really is. He’s such an active member in every scene he’s in because while soda may not have many lines in a lot of scenes, he’s always in the scene if that makes sense. He’s constantly reacting and making choices that fit his character so well. He really brought sodapop to life for me.

[obsidianpen]

Uh- Would you mind sharing with us, mere Harmony fans, the paragraph you wrote?🥺 please 🥺 pretty please 😭🙏🙏🙏

oh it was kind of a huge mess, something like - Ron dies in the final battle, Harry is so upset and blames himself so when the war is over he just vanishes, nothing but maybe a cryptic note saying not to look for him. So hermione is devastated because she just lost them both basically. She looks for him but he can’t be found and ignores every attempt at being contacted. years pass and everyone has to move on; Ginny falls in love with someone else, the Weasleys are broken but persevere. Hermione has thrown herself wholly into her work - which I feel like would be something that straddles the line between the magical and muggle world. Maybe she starts a program in the ministry to educate young muggleborn kids before they go to Hogwarts so they aren’t totally lost and confused about everything the way she and Harry were. So she thinks about Harry a lot. It takes a very long time for her to recover even a little from him leaving.

until you know, he shows back up in some kind of dramatic Harry Potter fashion. And hermione is actually livid so she avoids him, so he has to track her down, and whatever that reunion would look like would also be be very dramatic and emotional because she’d be so mad at him and say things like ‘I never left your side no matter how hard things got’ and Harry feels like an asshole but you know he was grieving and so I guess this story is super angsty and not at all my style and that’s why I don’t share it before 😅

[xtabithanala]

loved the new chapter 🫶

i was wondering if you had any headcanons about festus & persephone in district 13?

Thank you so much 🥺♥️

And I do! <3

• Persephone was a mess when she and Festus arrived in D13 due to four of their children not making it out of the Capitol in time. For the first few days, she barely ate or slept until Boggs promised her to try and get them to D13 too

• Despite being worried himself, Festus tried to appear strong for Persephone

• Festus thought Haymitch was very likeable

• Persephone found distraction in interacting with Prim. She especially loved Buttercup and wondered if she could adopt a cat when returning to the Captiol

• Persephone was very popular among District 13's citizens. Everyone loved her sunny personality

• Persephone eventually met Finnick. She was scared about him hating her but, for some reason, Finnick showed a lot of empathy. Persephone reminded him of Mags in looks and personality and when he found out she was a mentor to Mags' brother, he had lots of conversations with her and began warming up to the Capitol refugees

• Festus and Persephone didn't do propaganda as such either. They spoke about their time as mentors but didn't want to be in front of a camera

• Persephone was devasted when Finnick and Prim died. So devasted that Festus struggled to calm her down

[setsunasknife]

I’ve seen the rumor that Sasuke may not make it through the next arc of Boruto, which to me is heartbreaking in so many ways. Now��please take this with a grain of salt because I may be a bit off because I have not seen every piece of media surrounding Naruto/Boruto.

1. Sasuke, I personally, hasn’t gotten a chance to live his life FOR HIM. He has constantly been fighting for others, either it be for revenge or for the village. Yes, he’s married with a beautiful daughter but I don’t believe he’s known much peace in his life. Yes, he’s honored his village and was a respectable shinobi in the end. He’s helped inspire change in the village. That’s great, but I would imagine a piece of him has regrets for not being there to raise Sarada along side Sakura.

2. Sasuke is such a remarkable and noteworthy character that I imagine losing him will be a shock to a decades old fandom. And I’m not saying it doesn’t make narrative sense or that it doesn’t bring something to his development but he is such a staple that his death would feel a little bit like a stab to my childhood.

3. Naruto, that’s his best friend. Naruto fought for YEARS to get his friend back. They fought constantly for this rivalry of who was stronger. And while they pick on each other, I think the loss would hit Naruto very hard. They’ve been rivals for a loooong time. They were team 7, they worked together and bickered since they were children. Plus, I imagine Naruto would feel some sort of responsibility and guilt. I’m going to include Boruto in here too, but I’m gonna be completely honest I don’t know a whole ton about their relationship beyond being his student. Which again, I imagine would tear Boruto apart like it did when Juraiya passed away for Naruto.

4. Kakashi, you can’t tell me he wouldn’t be devastated. Kakashi saw so much of himself in Sasuke and trained him hard to be better. I imagine a loss of any student would absolutely break him. They’re all part of his little team 7, he had the pleasure of seeing them grow into strong shinobi and loving parents. I think it would also hurt Kakashi a lot because it would remind him of when Sasuke left before, and how much it hurt Naruto and Sakura.

5. Sarada 🥺, sweet Sarada who adores her awkward and powerful father. She lost 10 years of with him due to his duties to the Leaf village. I could imagine that his death would also activate that Uchiha rage within her. Personally, I feel I would be resentful as well, even if he was honored for his work. She lost out on a relationship to her father for a long time and then when he’s able to be present again, he dies. That’s Sasuke’s duty to change the leaf village, I understand that. But, at the end of the day, that’s still Sarada’s father and so heartbreaking.

6. Sakura, dear dear Sakura 😭, I can’t even imagine how Sakura would feel. I know she’d try to stay strong for Sarada, but god the heartbreak she would feel. No matter what happens, I personally feel they would never be given enough time. A lifetime doesn’t take away the time lost before. Sakura has loved him her entire life, at varying levels and meanings yes, but she ALWAYS wanted what was best for him. She loved him through thick and thin, she loved him even when she really shouldn’t have. She understood him more than anyone else, she could understand him without words. Sakura has lost him so many times that I think this final time might break her. I could see her sitting there waiting for him to come back, he always comes back, I think she’d wait the rest of her life. I don’t think there is another for Sakura. I think she’d throw herself into her work and do the absolute best she can to raise their daughter. She would honor his memory, but god would she be heartbroken.

[floencepugh]

Hi, I saw that you reblogged a post about the daisy jones and the six miniseries coming out. I am soooooo excited for it! March can’t come fast enough and I will subscribe to Amazon prime video just to see the show! Anyway, I just finished the book today and it was soooo good! However, (spoiler alert) I was so shocked and devastated that Camila died at the end! I did not expect HER to be the one to go first! I didn’t expect the band members, especially billy and daisy to outlive her! I really shipped billy and camila so hard, even though he has not been the best husband and messed up a lot in their early days. They had such a beautiful relationship and marriage besides all the messed up shit billy did while she was pregnant with their first child. And I love how he wrote all these songs about her (which I hope to hear when the show comes out). Like that was so sweet of him. And I love how Camila was such a good friend to the other band members besides her husband, especially Karen and Daisy. I also love how she was still so nice to daisy even when she was also in love with billy and tried to steal him away from her! Also, I related to Camila the most out of all the women as I read the book. I feel like she and I would be very similar to each other. Like she and I went through similar hardships in life and she had some personality characteristics that are similar to mine. Ugh. Sorry for the long ask but I really liked Camila and she and Billy deserved to grow old together and live a long and happy life together. And Billy already lost too many important people to him before such as his dad walking out on him, having Teddy die and then his mother too later on. He didn’t deserve to watch the love of his life die too. 😭💔 Like I mentioned before I was expecting Billy, Daisy, and/or the other band members to have died before the documentary was finished instead of Camila.

i mean it wholeheartedly when i say this show will be my joker. i such high hopes for it and so far i’m loving everything they have put out about the show. ugh my girl camila 🥺 agree with everything you’ve said. and yes! his SONGS!!! if i remember correctly i think phoebe bridgers had a hand in creating the music, so no doubt it will be beautiful. can’t wait for march!

[f1-disaster-bi]

Hello!!!!! I’m in love with how you gave Charles to Max as someone while he recovers like Lando has Daniel, it’s so🥺 can you share some headcanons on how they got together and how Max opened up to Charles about becoming sober as well!! I need more about them two in this au please❤️

Thank you!!! I'm a little in love with this side pairing for this au!

Max and Charles in this au have a long history together. Bits of it were hinted at when Daniel teases Max about Charles being his first in chapter 7 when Max was a teenager, and he was.

Max and Charles had a bit of a 'right person, wrong timing' moment when they were younger. They flirted, they kissed, they were each other's first every things but then Max was heading into F1, he was leaving Charles behind and things fell apart. Max become focused on achieving his dream by his fathers terms, trying to be the perfect son and racer and that meant cutting out Charles.

So things fell apart.

Then Charles is in F1 with him but the distance is too big. Max is playing straight with a girl who is also gay and trying to run down time until she's graduated college and doesn't need her parents support. Max is also juggling what he believes is love for Daniel who is trying to help him get away from his dad. So Max ignores Charles, lets a rivarly build until he finds himself drawn to him again and they have a few almost moments but Max already broke Charles's heart once, and Charles is wiling to be friendly but not that way

And Max understands, he does, and he takes being friends. Meanwhile he's using alcohol and going out as a way to cope with the pressure and the abuse from his dad and the lonliness that he thinks will never end. He is so focused on racing that his addiction doesn't get to the stage of Landos where he drinks everyday, but more often than not, Max is drinking.

After Dan gets the call about Lando and Max learns everything, he is spiralling. He's blaming himself because he told Lando to drink it all away, and now Lando is in hospital and he could have died. He would have died if something hadn't happened to change his mind, and Max is in a downward spiral of shame and guilt, realising his own relationship to alcohol is toxic and he has a "that could be me" moment and Charles arrives in the middle of that. Arrives to Max, devastated and looking broken, just going "It's my fault"

Charles just holds him that night. They talk a lot about Lando, about addiction and unhealthy coping, and Max whispers that he thinks he might need help and Charles tells him he'll be there for him every step, same way they'll be there for Lando

So by the time Lando and Max are hitting a year sober, Max and Charles aren't a thing, but they're on their way to being one. Charles is the only other person besides Lando and Dan that know he is sober, and he and Charles just need to take that final step but Max knows he needs a bit more time to unlearn the things his father taught him before he can try again with Charles

[bedknees]

I've seen a few people read Viktor as having no romantic interest in Sky due to his rejection of her and that that extends to him having no interest in relationships. Granted, I've discussed this before but I wanted to make a few concise points regarding this:

Its incredibly clear by the way he was animated, and the way the scene was framed, as a child and the way he keeps watching her reactions that he wants her to join him. I mean:

The animators spent a LOT of time on episodes; there are no shortage of small details and microexpressions. And this kid is literally screaming internally: "Please be my friend." Instead, she joins her other friends once called. I am NOT blaming her, just saying. This could have easily shut Viktor off from trying to form something more with her.

He has been disabled his entire life. Even someone like Sky, who DID love him, initially did not befriend him. Whether it's shyness, peer pressure, or a mix is not clear. But, it unfortunately still stands. Point is, Viktor never had friends and was rejected constantly in his formative years. Even if he wanted a relationship, it would be hard for him to make any moves due to past trauma. Constant rejection in childhood really messes up not only your social drive as an adult, but additionally you learn to not even consider yourself an option for such things.

Even with all this, if Viktor still had any interest in Sky at this point (I'll get to that below), even if she was more persistent in her advances and made her intentions crystal clear, it would not work at that point of the story. Viktor may not know WHEN he will die at this point, but he is coughing up blood and has deteriorated in health SIGNIFICANTLY between the first and second Act. He knows things aren't looking good for him. He is not an idiot and knows his body. (His "How much time do I have?" is asked with an almost annoyed exasperation rather than a tearful devastation) With the pain and sickness he is absolutely experiencing, and coupled with a childhood shaped by rejection and indifference, Viktor would not even consider entertaining a relationship even if he wanted to. So much to do, so little time.

Going back to how much time the Arcane animators put into every detail, this:

...is not the reaction of a man that is simply upset that his assistant died by his (unintentional!!) hands. The faces he makes are in reaction to her writing and that speaks volumes. These:

he go 🥺🥺🥺🥺

...are the faces of a broken man that DID reciprocate her feelings, but was too sick, too shaped by past experiences, and just in too deep with his desire to keep himself alive to entertain or even realize her advances. These are the looks of longing and regret and of the horrible realization that there could have been something more but now, well, its too late. (#BringSkyBackThruHexcoreMagic2k23)

And this extends to every type of relationship, whether it be platonic or romantic. Sure, Adults tend to be more forgiving than kids regarding disability, but it is inevitable that Viktor is still seen as invisible by the majority of his peers, due to this and extending to the fact that he is from the Undercity. At this point, everything I have outlined more than illustrates why his only friend seems to be Jayce. He never rejected him, never judged him. Saw him as equal and did not hesitate to be his partner. In my mind, Viktor didn't even intend to have anything more than a professional relationship with Jayce (even though he truly did want to be his friend and arguably more). Jayce just Golden Retrievered his way into his space and over time, Viktor had no choice but to let his guard down a bit.

Aaaand, this can extend to the arguable subtext with Jayce and explain not only why he did not get jealous over his relationship with Mel, but why despite shit like:

...Viktor never actually makes any attempts to pursue something more. He has him as a friend, so why potentially ruin the most real and human connection he has ever had and burden it with extra baggage? He was beat over the head with the fact that he wasn't desirable as he grew up, so there's nothing for him to be jealous about because how could he be an option of interest beyond friendship in the first place? (EDIT: Don't take this as I mean he hates himself or something. Viktor is not a self-loathing character. He just understands his place [a misguided take shaped by life experiences, but still!] and keeps it that way.)

And plus, he has his research, he has science! That has never rejected him or (emotionally [until the Sky thing 😔]) hurt him.

With all of this factored in, why would he even try? 😪

[cosmicfelines]

Have I told you about my sapphic demon OCs because I want to talk to you about my precious demon lesbians 💕 that I have been designing for a few years now

They're the cutest and they love each other so much 🥺

Sadly they don't have names, that's the one thing that I struggle the most with my OCs I have so many of them but they don't have names 😞😔

Also I my headcanon is that demons have no notion of kisses so they express their love through nuzzling, headbutting and forehead touching 🥺, they're also shapeshifters so ALL designs are canon

I call this Au the Older sister!au

The one on the left (which I'm inclined to name Byeol?? Byole??? Kareivis??? Karys? Bellator???????? Help how do you name stuff???????) She/they came to be as plot bunny from the Devil May Cry franchise, I really like the designs of some the demons but world building wise...., The idea was that Sparta could have had another child with another demon before Mundus Invasion... That he abandoned when he betrayed him, separated the two realms from interacting and stayed on Earth, so yeah she has some daddy and abandonment issues but she's from the line of Sparda everyone has daddy and abandonment issues :' D

The initial idea was that she is kinda salty that Dante and Vergil exist and that they were given the Rebellion and Yamato when they were supposed to be hers. And that her papa Sparda left her dad Stolas (yeah she has two dads demons are sexless and genderless) when she was still in her early teens without saying anything or communicating for thousands of years just to go and mate with a human woman (and any other humans before her) wed her and have children with her essentially replacing her and dad!!!..... Yeah I realized that is kind of like Thor Ragnarok with Hela, Thor and Loki but that's kind of the point when I thought about it

Here are her dads

They had a nice marriage and relationship but trying to raise a child during Mundus war and reign put a lot of pressure on them, they barely where allowed to see each other or their daughter, said daughter was being trained to be a soldier alongside other young demon teens by Mundus orders, ethical debates on what should they do about humanity being massacred vs not wanting to suffer Mundus wrath, they were very stressed and it all came to a head when Sparda sealed the realms, Stolas... was devastated to say the least but he put his all in raising his daughter correctly and reassuring her that ''he did loved her so very much'' and ''no, he was not leaving her'', the aftermath of Sparda's actions fell on them and it got to the point where in present times she is known as 'Stolas' daughter' and their relation to Sparda is only truly known to those who were around at that time and only spread to the newer generations in whispers, guaranteeing that no one in the human realm even knew Sparda had children before his rebellion for talking about is considered taboo, but that would be a story for another time

She and Stolas had to go through a lot of issues that they mostly resolved over the centuries, until the whole marrying Eva and having the twins unearthed and reopened old wounds and doubts and problems, and then Sparda died which left them feeling empty and hollow...

So she decides to get them back and also inform her little brothers and nephew that she exists, chaos and shenanigans ensue.

How much drama all of this causes is still being decided part of me wants a smooth reunion but as someone on Twitter told me "It would not be the Sparda family without family drama" and I kind of agree, maybe she kind of doesn't like them being half human or maybe even just humans as a whole for "stealing" her papa.

Either way once everything settles down and they sit down and talk (because she is the only Sparda that went to therapy and has all the brain cells... most of the time) she lives with them for a while and introduces to them both her dad and her wife/girlfriend

Alternative/beta design of le wife, she was the one on the right in the first picture (Kígyó??? Veleni??? Mereg??? Jari??? Madhagyo????) Goes by she/they as well, very supportive of her gf and willing to live in the human realm so she can get to know her brothers better and be by her side, those two have a whole love story and I already have domestic ideas when they decide to live in the human realm.

Other drawings I have made of them, one of their young-ish designs and general body shape

If this gets attention and/or some asks come I will elaborate on the finer points of this AU

[wlwfav]

im about to be so annoying. thoughts on ep 0 vol 4 below the cut

AUUGGHH i love their friendship so much they’re so 🥹🥹🥹🥹 shin is really growing on me i love him so much!!!

baby boy. baby

the way he clings to gray is so cute didjsidjdhdjei 🥺

i love this trio’s dynamic… i hope we get to see more of them interacting because they’re so funny together for no reason

DEBORAH FROST!!! i already love her. she’s so disrespectful and kind of reminds me of zack in how she’s like. cheerfully rude in a physical way. if that makes sense.

like yeah put your feet on gray’s table!!!!! show him who’s boss!!!

theyre really cute here ;__;

overall i really liked this volume! it was fun and gave us a lot of lore, especially about gray who i’ve been curious about for so long… it was also super fun seeing all the original floormasters work together to kill the grave robber 🫠 i hope we get to see more of them in action before shin kicks the bucket 😫

speaking of shin i love him a lot. his friendship with eddie is so… Good… i love how they bond over “art”. shin is so interesting too like SIIIIIGH i’m gonna be so devastated when he dies i know it

[depressedtransguy]

MORE ABOUT MY OCS!!!!!

okay so marley is a certified genius, sherlock level. she has a photographic memory and a mind palace, thought it's small so she jokes that its a mind apartment. she only speaks if she has too, preferring to keep quiet in her books and her notes. she lives with her father in a run down two bedroom house. marley was homeschooled until she was 14, because she was accelerating at a pace faster than preschool teachers knew how to accommodate, so she mostly taught herself and her father helped anyway he could. at 14 tho, he wanted her to develop social skills. (she doesnt really talk to anyone in highschool so it doesnt really help her social skills)

next up is amara. amara has run away from almost every foster home that has housed her. she lived on the streets for a bit before finding her way to the town where marley lives (theres no name for it yet sorry) and she breaks into the school and 'enrolls' herself and just stays there overnight. she steals clothes from the lost and found and the locker rooms and takes full advantage of the free lunches and breakfasts. shes resourceful and street smart, but really clumsy, which isnt helpful when youre illegally staying in a school that you dont actually go to

emily is nates twin sister. shes on the cheer team with her three friends. shes snarky, protective of her loved ones, and competitive. both she and nate live alone, for the most part. their parents are never home, always away on business, so they have a big house all to themselves. emily loves going out to fancy places (using her parents money ofc, shes living that rich kid life) with her friends and just generally being chaotic. shes the only person that has managed to beat nate at mariokart

nate, twin sister of emily, is a geek. he loves video games, movies, comics, and is not a fan of other people. hes not doing well in school, finds it hard to focus (no im not projecting my school life onto nate why do you ask) anyways he gets a tutor, jamie who ill get to in a sec. eventually, nates grade goes up and he and jamie get food to celebrate and anyways they start dating and theyre gonna go to prom together, but nate and emily get into a really bad car accident and nate dies

jamie is a theater kid. he loves doing musicals especially. him and his two friends always try out together and hope to get leads. jamies one of those theater kids thats like super outgoing in theater but super quiet anywhere else. jamie came out as trans in eighth grade and since its a small town and everyone knows everyone, it was a big deal. his parents are super supportive and got him a binder and everything and got the school to change his name. he started tutoring nate in math and develops a crush which he doesnt do anything about bc respect and so when nate asks him out he gay panics tm and when nate dies hes devastated but they were only out to emily, emilys friends, and jamies friends so hes like sad but he cant tell why and anyways its heartbreaking

max is a jock. hes the top basketball player in the team. hes basically troy in hsm but like jockier. hes brash and tends to not think about consequences. he has a sort of god complex and is pretty selfish. post character development he starts using he/they pronouns and is more respectful of other people. flash from spiderman homecoming vibes

anyways that was a lot sorry i just have a lot of thoughts about them

akwjsjjrjrjrjjr I love them all so much🥺🥺

especially Nate AND THEN YOU KILLED HIM WTF /nm but >:((((

please feel free to talk about your feelings all the time I would love to hear everything /gen :DDDDDDDD

(also just to confirm so this is like in your own world and not in like another fandoms universe, right?)

[pinkfey]

jasmine may i please humbly request some thea & august facts? 🥺👉👈

yes my love ofc u are the sweetest!!!!!!!! and i'm so sorry i have no idea how long ago u sent this!! tumblr didn't notify me :((

okay here are the fax <3

first off, august joined the royal guard because his family is dirt poor 😔 they live on the outskirts of an industrial district rapidly being bought out by One Rich Guy aka Reaver. their sole means of income is their family business!! creating dyes!! hence the surname!! and it's hard to compete with capitalism. so as the eldest, august volunteered at only fifteen to be shipped off to join the guard for a hefty monthly stipend :[

but how did he go from trainee to Literal Bodyguard so young?? well,, the royal family was getting desperate. thea had run through six bodyguards who each quit within their first week of working with her. walter (thea's mentor/uncle-figure) propositioned that maybe someone her age would understand her better and be able to keep her under control !!

august did not keep her under control.

in fact he helped her sneak out of the castle the first day they met.

in his brain what else was he supposed to do?? let her go alone?? manhandle her?? absolutely not. he is a Gentleman™️

from that day they became absolute besties. rather thea appointed him her bestie. thea is lively, loves shenanigans!! and august was quite literally duty-bound to get swept up in them

which isn’t to say he did nothing for her. he looked out for her, scolded and teased her, grounded her in reality more than a few times. but he never ever tried to control her and that meant the world to thea. he’s the only guard she’s ever listened to and will ever listen to, thank u very much

thea pretty much adored august from the get go, like he was her little scrunkly, and while august was definitely endeared by her that day they snuck out, his undying devotion to her grew naturally. about half a year after they met, thea’s mother died, and i think right then is when they became inseparable 🤧

lots of little things bonded them over the years. coming up with pretentious names for colors, practicing ballroom dances, teaching thea’s dog dumb little tricks, reading terrible poetry together and coming up with their own equally terrible alliterative ballads (one of which earned her the nickname dovey 🕊)

august never quite let go of the propriety of everything despite how close they were. never fully dropped the “my lady” and the upright posture. and it kinda got worse once he realized he had feelings for her

when did he realize this?? when he stood guard as she snuck out one of her many boyfriends at the time and, as thanks, gave him a kiss on the cheek. italicized oh moment. ofc rumors had been spread about the two of them for years but he became very acutely aware of them after that

fortunately for him, he didn’t have to deal with his repressed feelings much longer!! thea’s brother, the king, had grown corrupt and thea had to flee the castle, but the king had summoned august for a private chat 😟 and he did not get to come with her :((

fast forward a year. thea has begun a revolution and seeks to overthrow her brother and take the throne. she and august find each other in the castle as she seizes it and they crash into a hug and they’re both so relieved. but august notices something changed. maybe it’s her gait or the slight glower in her eyes, but she’s different. no one else notices—no one else would—but he does

thea is crowned at only nineteen years old and is tasked with stopping a devastating darkness from overtaking the kingdom. everyone has faith she’ll be different than her brother was

then she starts breaking promises

starts raising taxes

executes her brother for speaking against her

she turns her back not only on the friends who put her on the throne, but the citizens of the kingdom as well, and reaver (the guy that is the reason behind the kingdom’s poverty??) becomes her advisor. that bright, bombastic princess is gone in place of a queen corrupting everything she stood for

and august is helpless

his best friend is burning herself to the ground to stop the darkness because she sees no other source of light and he can do nothing to help her. he’s never been in this position before. he can always help her

her former friends tell him he has to put an end to her madness, but he refuses. he can’t kill her, not even for the good of everyone he knows. he just keeps on believing she can change and she will change because if no one will have faith in her, he will—he always has !!!

strong “i can fix her” syndrome like this man cannot let her go 😭 AND IT IS DEVASTATING !!!!!!!!

u know how padmé was literally dying and still said “there’s still good in him obi wan”,,,,,,, that’s august. but he’s RIGHT

she employs august’s family, giving them their very own estate on the castle grounds, because she knows how they struggle. because even in her corruption she still loves him and wants what’s best for him ;-;

when she’s sleeping and her face is relaxed he can almost see her as she was. as his princess. his dovey. the dark circles and frazzled hair can’t conceal the girl he once knew, even when she now pushes him away at every turn

tbh this is kind of the extent of their story :(( thea saves her kingdom but loses nearly everything in the process. her friends. her father figure. her people. her peace

but august is still there

she comprehends how useless all her efforts were. “your worst sin is you have betrayed yourself for nothing” type beat. she realizes how far gone she was. how her ends did not justify the means. how there was another way to have done this all along

maybe she can never redeem herself but she knows that if august can still love her as he does, there’s hope for her yet :’)

[veetlegeuse]

when Chrissy dies, Crystal is the first one to show up at the Cunningham's doorstep to check up on Connie

Caspar makes Crystal pie and muffins and any other sweets when he's high, and since he is high a lot, Crystal is usually always decked out in baked goods

Connie can sense the tension between Crystal and Robin and she keeps trying to nudge them together

When Connie starts realizing she is not straight (trademarked) a couple of years after High School, Crystal is the first one she comes to to help her sort out her feelings

Teddy enters Maddox and Reggie into a baking competition as a joke but they wanna show him up and actually end up winning

Kippi, Ruby, and Mabel go into haunted houses all over the state after graduation just so Ruby can sus out the actual ghost situation and show up ghost hunters like "Yeah, there's nothing here, bud."

Teddy and Maddox take care of a kitten together after finding her abandoned in a drainage pipe

Dot adorns everyone's graduation caps with special personalized things

AHHH sorry it took me so long to get to this but thots under the cut !!!

crystal and connie

crystal is almost there immediately after the news comes out (with a casserole in hand bc her mom said there was no way she was going empty-handed) (like if connie wasn’t so devastated she’d for sure be like, ‘how did this get made so fast?’)

she’s also team eddie because she knows him through connie and knows that guy is not capable of murder, what a ridiculous thought

crystal and caspar

crystal has a raging sweet tooth and caspar is her sweets dealer.

she keeps all his goodies in a little pouch in her cheer bag

“what? it’s fuel.”

when she’s too in her head she will go over to caspar’s and bake with him because it helps her get her mind off of things

connie is captain of the s.s. crystin

normally crystal is the first person to bring up going to get ice cream

but after connie sees the way crystal looks at robin she’s always the first one to say, “hey, we should go to scoops ahoy today”

crystal doesn’t realize what she’s doing at first but after connie conveniently has to leave, crystal catches on

connie is the one to tell crystal she should try to rekindle their ‘friendship’

crystal realizing she’s so obvious and being scared that people will catch on and connie calming her down and letting her know that nothing is ever going to change between them

connie’s ‘tis i moment

crystal finding comfort in the fact that she’s not the only one

crystal actually crying because connie trusted her enough to tell her bc she’s a freakin’ sap

lots and lots of sweets while they talk it all out

baking competition

honestly? maddox kind of hustles teddy. he’s not proud of it. but teddy started it by entering them in the competition.

reggie does not hustle teddy. he’s a fucking mess in a kitchen. however, maddox and reggie meet in secret to ‘train’ to beat teddy.

reggie really spends most of the competition talking smack while maddox does all of the work but reggie did crack the eggs and only got one shell in the mix :)

maddox gives teddy the prize in the end because baking is his thing.

GHOUL’S TRIP

honestly mabel doesn’t care about ghosts but she’s just happy to be there with her gals

really she spends a lot of the time texting reggie and teddy ominous messages and pictures to scare them

“OoOoOo i hope i don’t get possessed by this ghoooost”

mabel would love watching ruby in her element

eventually mabel gets into it and starts sleuthing but ends up disappointed when they don’t find anything

kitty in the storm drain

maddox calls him his son

kitty play dates with mabel’s cat spunki! who was also rescued from under a house by reggie

maddox lets teddy pick the name

the three of them snuggled up together on the couch i— 🥺

trips to the vet together because neither of them want to go alone

both of their arms just covered in little scratches but they don’t care

graduation caps

mabel’s says her name in barbie font !!! with the quote, ‘be who you wanna be’

maddox’s is the sheet music for rainbow connection from the muppets 🥺

maddox lowkey tears up when he sees it and gives dot a bone-crushing hug

he apologizes for twenty minutes afterward

[ninjaslegos]

Hi! When you have the time, could you please do a story where the reader is Cole's younger sister and Kai's girlfriend, but she dies taking a knife for her brother. I really love your writing, and I've had this idea in my head for a while, but I'm certain you can write it better than what I have planned. Thank you so much! :)

Aww, that's so sweet of you! I'll try my best! 🥺 my poor ninja....I’ll work on this when I am extra angsty so it’ll hit harder. ALSO I set this before season 5 so like....if you want a part two with Reader being a ghost... 👀 I can get you some.

She/her reader!

Three Broken Hearts

Where everyone was supposed to come out of this fight alive, so why didn’t you?

You were Cole’s baby sister. He taught you everything you knew. Your mom got sick after having you, but he didn’t blame you at all for her death. Instead, he spent his time looking after you since his father barely paid attention to you. He swore to be the best older brother that anyone’s ever seen. He took you with him when he was sent to Marty Oppenheimer’s School for Gifted Youth, and you were the reason he got kicked out. It turns out he wasn’t allowed to sneak you in with him. Not that he cared, he hated the place anyway.

Instead, the two of you went travelling. You would camp out together, living off the land best two teens could. Well, a teen and a tween. You were three and a half years younger than him. So when you eventually got sick, naturally, he began to panic. As he went mountain climbing one day, an old man sat atop it and offered him a place to stay. He declined at first, knowing not to trust strangers, but he realized if he didn’t take the help, you would just get worse. So he went back to your temporary cave home to carry you and your belongings to the monastery.

He learned the man’s name was Wu, and he wanted Cole to train to become a ninja. He was a little bit interested, and settled down in the monastery nicely, while Wu helped you out with your strange illness. It turned out you had a parasite from eating bad meat, and Wu flushed it out using heat. He kept your body close to fire, and gave you hot tea to drink. You got better within a few weeks, and soon you were back to your usual self.

Life was peaceful here, even though he had to learn to share the space with Wu and one, two, wait, now three other ninja and someone else’s sister. At least you and Nya got along, but Cole had his eyes on Kai, who suspiciously hung around you a lot. He was a hothead who acted and spoke before he thought, and easily got himself into trouble, while you were a sweetheart who was soft spoken and always tried to be kind to everyone. Surely, Kai was undeserving of you.

Speaking of your kindness, you started to spend a lot of time with Zane, who was dubbed ‘the weird one’ by the others. Soon, the two of you were friends, so Cole was devastated when the monastery burned down. He searched among the ashes, and became livid when he couldn’t find your body anywhere. He snapped, yelling at everyone, crying for his baby sister, and threatening Zane. He nearly got kicked off the team. Instead of feeling hurt by what Cole said, Zane was quick to point out that his dragon was missing, and Cole felt a glimmer of hope.

He didn’t see you again for two weeks when Ed and Edna showed up to meet Jay. They explained that they ‘brought the cutest girl’ with them, and Cole cried at the sight of you getting out of their car. He never wanted to lose you again. As time went on, you ended up befriending young Lloyd, and when he was revealed to be the Green Ninja, Wu suggested the two of you could start training together.

Dressed in pale yellow, you became the Dandelion ninja. You named it yourself. Jay called you the piss ninja, but Cole shut that one down real quick. You soon learned of your light powers, and quickly put them to use. You could create shields, platforms, and weapons out of your element, and Cole couldn't be prouder of you.

At one point, you and Kai started to date. He didn't know when this happened, but it had to have been during the time when he and Jay were arguing over Nya, as that was when he was too distracted to notice it. This didn't blow over well with him, but instead of arguing with you, he had a 'light talk' with Kai and watched the two of you from a distance. Sure, you were 17 by now, and Kai just turned 19, but he didn't like it.

As the months passed, though, he came to accept it. Especially since you needed both guys' support when your best friend died fighting The Overlord. Everyone blamed themselves for Zane's death, even you. It tore the team apart, no matter how much you and Lloyd tried to keep them all together. First Jay left, hating Cole and you for some reason, which only served to piss him off even more. Sure, you and Jay weren't exactly friends, but he didn't have to be a jerk to you about something Cole did. Nya left shortly after, taking Kai with her. Kai wanted to take you with him, but Cole refused to let you leave with such a quitter.

Unfortunately, Cole left in the end as well, meaning all that was left of Wu's students were you and Lloyd. You sobbed when he did, reminding him that he promised not to leave you again, but he insisted he couldn't stay here like this. He lost not only Zane, but his friends and team. There wasn't anything left for him here, and he tried to convince you to leave with him, but you wouldn't budge. Well, neither would he; he could play stubborn, too.

It wasn't until Lloyd warned everyone that you went missing, that everyone got together again at Chen's Noodle House. Even Jay. They agreed to start being a team of ninja again to get you back, until they were distracted by a fight, leading them to an alley where they found out Zane was alive as well.

"Zane was her best friend, she must've heard about this and tried to look for him on her own..." Lloyd sadly concluded.

"Well, we have no choice. That's my sister, and my teammate. Whether you guys are coming with me or not, I'm looking for them." Cole frowned.

Kai stepped forward, "I'm coming with you."

"Me too." Lloyd nodded.

They all looked expectantly at Jay, who chuckled nervously. "(Y/N) does deserve an apology from me..." He sheepishly admits. "And I miss seeing Zane around."

So it was a deal. Along with Garmadon, the five of them board the ferry to Chen's Island, where they anxiously wait for their arrival. The aura is still tense and awkward, as they haven't seen each other in a few months, but Cole knows that when they find you and Zane again, everything will be back to normal. Honestly, he missed being a ninja with you.

As the terrifying days pass slowly, the ninja try to not only find the two of you, but also find a way off this island afterwards. It's not until Cole gives himself up in a fight against Jay that he finds you, and Zane, huddled up in a dungeon cell together. "Cole," you snap at him in a whispered tone, "what are you doing here?"

"Participating in Chen's tournament to get you and Zane out of here?" He asks in an amused tone.

"I can tell; dude, your powers are gone." You sigh, "I'm lucky, Chen doesn't know about my powers, so I'm waiting for the perfect time to escape with Zane and the other prisoners."

"How is...how is he doing?" Cole asks sadly, and you frown.

"He's alive, but he's not Zane right now. He doesn't remember much, and he's having horrible nightmares." He's not chained to the wall right now, so his head is in your lap as you play with his hair in an attempt to soothe him. "Poor guy, Pixal is next door trying to help, but she's been scrapped. She begged me not to tell Zane, as she doesn't want to dishearten him. I'm scared, I wish there was more I could do."

"You're doing the best you can." Cole reaches over and puts his hand on your shoulder. "You came all this way to save your friend, and even though you can't rescue him right now, you're still helping him with his sleep and keeping him company. Mom would be proud of you."

You weakly smile at him. "I wish she was here now, she'd know what to do."

"You know what to do, too." He assures you, and you nod. "I believe in you; we can make it out of this together, just hang in there."

Chen has deemed you too weak to work, so Cole makes his plans in the warehouse, then comes to you and relays what's happening to fill you in.

It takes a few days, and soon Jay, Kai, and Lloyd are captured, but it happens to be on the day you are planning to escape. With energetic yelling and loud drilling, you quite literally crash Chen's party. Kai reunites with you and kisses you hard. Cole doesn't quite like it, but you haven't seen each other in a long time, and Kai made it quite obvious that he missed you a lot.

The fighting is chaotic, and Cole loses you in the crowd a couple times. Suddenly, there is a scream. Your scream. Panicked, he rushes towards the sound as the fighting comes to an astonished stop. Eyes wide with awe, he watches as you unlock your True Potential. You had it coming for a while now, and he was glad he was there to see it happen. Your eyes were a shining pale yellow color, and beautiful, glowing wings protruded from your back, as you held Chen's staff in your hands, away from Kai. Why did he want it so bad?

It didn't matter anyway, as you spoke, "I am (Y/N) the master of light, and as such, all lights cast shadows. As the true guardian of balance, I must make sure that no one person holds all power." It was like there were multiple of you speaking at once, but as soon as you broke the staff, you collapsed as your glow faded away. Luckily Kai caught you before you hit the ground, and Cole made his way over to check up on you.

"Why wasn't I told of this?!" Clouse demanded from some of his nearby warriors, but they just shrugged and shook their heads. No one knew you had this power until now, except for the elemental masters.

"Retreat!" Chen shrieked, and everyone ran off.

A few worried masters gathered around to ask if you were alright, and Zane got close and put his hand on your head to soothe you, like you did to him in the dungeon. When your eyes snapped open, and you gasped and sat up, people began to cheer and pat you on the back, congratulating you for helping them win.

Everything was okay, until Shade looked around. "Where's Skylor?" Then it became quiet.

A few people looked around, as a few others scoffed about how they didn't need her, but you stood up for her. "She could've chosen to stay with her father, and help him and his followers become Anacondrai, but she decided that our collective friendship with her was worth more than her relationship with her father, and she threw that away for us!" Cole admired your kindness and bravery. You didn't mind standing up for her at all. "I didn't know her long, but I know that anyone who chooses to help others deserves the same. I'm looking for her, and if no one wants to come with me, then I'll go by myself."

Kai stepped up first, "then let's make this fast. The sooner we find her, the sooner we can end this against Chen. We know he won't stop trying to get his spell to work, so we don't really have a choice."

"I'm going, too." Cole nods. "I've left you behind too many times already. Besides, someone needs to keep you safe."

Zane, Lloyd, Jay, and soon everyone else is rallied behind you, and you split up into groups of three to find Skylor. The search isn't going so well, and people are starting to lose hope, but you stay persistent. It's not until Neuro receives a message that everyone becomes interested again, and he relays what Skylor told him. Chen was going to use her power instead, as she has absorbed everyone else's power and could complete the spell on her own.

You needed to be fast. Racing off with the other ninja, you track her down and try to rescue her from her father. Zane crashes and gets lost at one point, but he insists that no one stop for him. You promise to come looking for him afterwards and continue on.

You come across an abandoned city, and agree to split up into twos to keep going. Kai with Lloyd, Nya with Jay, and you with your brother to make the search easier.

It turns out you and Cole are the ones to find her, and try to get her to safety. It's harder than you realize when several of Chen's warriors show up to try and prevent it from happening. Too focused on what's happening on the ground, up in the sky, a net is fired at you and you are all captured.

In a strange crystal cave, Cole asks what's going on, as you are all separated from each other, and Chen is trying to get Skylor to touch you and copy your powers as well, even though they weren't part of the spell. However, you kept a shield around you, so you couldn't be touched, and you were just left in the net instead.

The transformation was hard to watch. Chen got what he wanted. He was now an unstoppable Anacondrai, and was going to take over Ninjago with his new army.

When you, Skylor, and Cole were rescued and regrouped with the others, everyone seemed to have lost hope. Everyone except you. You were like literal light sometimes, which was what they needed right now.

"We may have lost the battle, but we have not lost the war!" You declared. "Maybe they've become Anacondrai, and have impenetrable skin, but I have impenetrable shields. If it comes down to it...I will sacrifice myself to keep them locked away so they will never have to hurt anyone."

Cole's protest was instant. "No, you can't do that to yourself! You're not even an adult, (Y/N), please, we need you here with us, I need you, as my baby sister," he grabs you by the shoulders and shakes you a bit. "I won't let you do this!"

Kai agrees. "Cole's right. I need you, too, and you can't waste away your entire life just sitting there and guarding Chen's army forever. There has to be another way to defeat an Anacondrai."

"It's not like we can get off this island anyway. Ninjago's all the way out there and none of us are going to be able to cross the ocean, much less get there before he conquers it all." Griffin sighs sadly.

"I mean, I have a dragon, but none of you do, so it will have to be me and...(Y/N), since she's the only one with a plan to stop them..." Lloyd trails off, not liking this idea of self sacrifice either.

Zane steps forward, "that is not entirely true." He shows off his new ability, and summons a dragon of ice in front of him.

"Woah, how are you doing that?!" Jay asks, and Zane starts explaining to the group that he was able to unlock his dragon by facing his fears.

Cole thought about his biggest fear. Snakes? Death? No, it had to be something deeper than that. As he saw Kai kiss your cheek before making his dragon, Cole realized what it was. It was losing you. You were basically all that was left of his family, as neither of you talked to your father much anymore, and you reminded him so much of his mother. If you died, he didn't know what he would do. Nothing would be the same.

He breathed in deeply, letting go of his fear. You would be fine, he told himself, you had him to protect you, you had Kai and Zane, your boyfriend and best friend, and you had the rest of the team on your side. Besides, your power was literally making shields. Or at least that's what you used it for most. He had nothing to worry about. Nothing at all...

"No fair! You always get things before me!" He can hear your childish pouting behind him, and he laughs.

"You're the baby of the family, you'll always get it last." He teases. You still can't manage to make your dragon, so he offers you a ride on his. On the outside, anyone would perceive your inability to summon your dragon as inexperience, but Cole knew you better than that. You were too scared of your fear to overcome it, but what were you scared of? Staying behind and leaving everyone to defend Ninjago against the Anacondrai? He'd be scared of that, too. It's a big burden to carry.

When Skylor and Garmadon realized their bodies were slowly fading back to normal from their Anacondrai ones, everyone became hopeful again. It was brief, though, as they knew their next steps were to prevent the spell from becoming permanent, then stopping Chen for real. Once again, the group split up; the masters protecting various spots in Ninjago while the ninja team go after Pythor to see if he would know how to defeat fake Anacondrai, seeing as he was the real deal.

He explained to the ninja that there wasn't a way to defeat an Anacondrai, as like you said, there truly were no weaknesses. Cole wanted to sob; he wasn't ready for you to sacrifice yourself like this. There had to be something they could do, and luckily Zane and Garmadon were here, as they figured out Pythor made the spell permanent.

"So? I can just make a shield around him and they can't touch him. That's much easier to handle than the previous plan!" You grinned, but Pythor didn't like that idea at all.

"What?!" He shrieked, "you're just going to lock me up in a smaller prison? How fair is that?! They're the enemy, not me!"

So he escaped. It was an honest mistake, as Pythor was still as slippery as he ever was, but you felt down. Now it was Cole's turn to cheer you up again, as he reminded you it wasn't your fault, and that there was still time to figure something else out.

Wu congratulates you for discovering your True Potential, then assigns you your task of protecting Ninjago City. You were to create and sustain a huge dome over the entirety of the city, as it was one of the biggest ones out there, and was definitely a target. Cole and the others were sent out to track down and eliminate trucks that Chen sent out, but he didn't like that idea.

"Sensei, I don't mean to sound disrespectful, but this plan is awful. For one, I want to be by my sister, because this might be the last time I see her, and two, don't you think she's a little too young and inexperienced to suddenly create a large dome over the city? Sure she unlocked her True Potential, but just barely." He frowned.

"Wow, Cole," you smirked, "you don't think I'm tough enough? You're my brother, the strongest person in the world, and you don't think I can handle making a shield for a couple hours?"

He sighs and hugs you. "Of course I do, it's just...you're doing more than I could ever ask of you, and on top of that, if we don't win this, it means you could be separated from me, and from Kai, too."

"Yeah!" Said hothead adds as he approaches you, "you're my girlfriend, I don't want you to strain yourself." He kisses your cheek. "But you're strong, and I believe in you, and I love you."

"Aw," you hug him and give him a quick kiss, and Cole grimaces inwardly. He hates it when you're lovey-dovey in front of him. Something about you being his sister while Kai's his teammate...and you're both teammates as well... "I love you too, Kai." You then hug both boys tightly. "I'll be okay, you guys just get out there and fight hard!" They hug you back, then you all let go as they turn to leave. "When this is over, we can relax together again as ninja, and I can bake us all a nice cake."

"You mean me a nice cake." Cole teases, before he leaves and you go on your separate missions.

He's quick to locate the truck he was assigned to, and catches up to it within minutes. Once he gets close enough, Skylor calls in, telling everyone they were just a distraction, just as Cole crashes the truck. His fears are coming true, and he finds he can't make his dragon stay with him, or even summon it. It only served to make things worse as he realized he now had no way to get back to you.

Fortunately, he wasn't alone in his thoughts, as Neuro communicated with him, telling him to regroup to figure out another plan, but Cole was starting to lose hope as he headed for the Samurai X cave. Even worse, you were nowhere to be found. "Where's my sister?!" Cole demanded an answer from Wu, who shook his head sadly.

"I tried to stop her, but she fled to the villages to try and stop Chen's army on her own." He shakes his head. "I'm sorry Cole."

"What do you mean, you 'tried to stop her'?" Kai asked, "you're her Sensei, just order her to stay behind and fight with us instead of alone!" He snaps. He pushes past everyone to try and find you. "I'm going to get her."

"Kai, stop!" Wu thunks his staff against the ground. "It would be foolish of you to leave alone. She told me she would be at the Corridor of Elders if she couldn't hold them off, so that is where we shall go. It is the only place they can pass through now to get to Ninjago City, and if we don't stop them there, then all will be lost."

Kai and Cole exchanged glances, and silently agreed to wait. When they finally reached the Corridor of Elders, they were excited to see you again, waving your arms at them as you ran towards them.

Everyone cheered at the sight of you, except for Neuro. His eyes widened as he started shaking his head, "she's not happy to see us, she's in distress, and is trying to warn us of something."

Then they heard you. "They're here, They're here!" Your voice was hoarse from screaming so loud, but they could still understand what you were saying. "They're coming!"

You had taken out most of the vehicles, but the warriors were still left undamaged, so you had to flee. By the time you reached the ninja, you let yourself fall into Kai's arms as you caught your breath. You had been running as fast as their vehicles, which was hard on you. Cuts and scrapes covered your arms and legs, and your ninja gi was becoming tattered, yet you kept fighting.

"You should rest," Cole advised as Kai assisted you up to The Bounty, "you deserve it, we can handle it from here." You nodded to each other, before you disappeared on the deck. Kai dropped down next to him later, and everyone readied themselves for a fierce battle.

A couple minutes into it, Cole saw you on the battlefield again, wielding two shields as you use them to defend yourself, and the sharp edges become weapons. "What are you doing here? I told you to rest!"

"Yeah, well, if it weren't for me, you would've been stabbed back there!" You retorted, not looking up.

"What? How, when?"

"Yeesh, Cole, you're welcome?" You snort, pushing one warrior onto his back with a mighty heave before blocking a shot from another Anacondrai.

"Okay, fine, thank you." He dodges and hits one behind you, "well now we're one for one."

"Thank you." You giggle, then sigh, "I'm going to see if Zane or Kai need help, see you later."

And just like that, you were lost in the crowd. Everyone was getting worn out, but Cole had to keep fighting, for you. Because if he didn't, you would be stuck doing guard duty for life. That's all he needed to keep going. Sure, a portal opened over his head, but he couldn't focus on that right now. At least, not until the Anacondrai warriors started to float up towards it, carried away by strange snake spirits.

Did they...did they just win? Against another invincible army? I mean the stone army was invincible, but manageable. He listened to the cheers of the other masters and determined it must've been so. He celebrated as well, until he realized something. "(Y/N), where's my baby sister, (Y/N), where are you?!" He shouted out into the crowd, as they parted for him.

"Cole?" You sounded weak, as you coughed from behind him. "I'm tired..."

He was almost too scared to turn around, and once he did, he wished he didn't. Maybe he could've pretended you were just sick, or worn out from battling so hard. "(Y/N)!!" He screamed, running forward to catch you as you fell to your knees. Blood dribbled from your lips, and stained his clothes as you coughed it up over his back while he held you against him. In your back was a knife, but he knew better than to remove it. "Fuck - hey, hey, open your eyes," he lightly smacks your cheek as he holds your head in his palms. "Stay awake for me, please?"

You just chuckled lightly, as you tried to tell him how it happened. "I told - I told you I had your back."

Kai hovered over his shoulder, also wanting to hold you, but not wanting to take you away from Cole, so he just held one of your hands tightly in his. "Squeeze my hand, as hard as you can. I promise it won't hurt." You keep coughing as the blood from your heart seeps into your lungs, and fills them with fluid. Kai shakes his head at Cole, telling him how faint you were becoming.

"Cole, I miss mommy. I miss her." You gasped for breath as you choked. Zane came over to assist you medically, and Kai still didn't let go of your hand.

"Suck it up, you can miss mom another time." He insisted. Cole couldn't tell if he should be mad at you for letting go so easily, when you had so much left for you to do here, but at the same time, he knew deep down somewhere that it wasn't something that could be fixed.

The knife was removed, and Kai took his top off as he pressed the cloth to the wound as Zane instructed. "Keep coughing, (Y/N), maybe we can get the blood out." Kai whimpered, kissing your hand. Nya was off dialing for an ambulance, but it wasn't enough for Cole.

"Shit -" he turned to the others, "well do something, don't just stand there!" He snapped. "Be useful and fucking help me!" He was screaming at them, as he tried to fight back his sobs. He probably looked pathetic, blubbering over your dying body instead of trying to provide you comfort, but he so desperately wanted to believe you were going to be okay, that he denied himself allowance of grief. "It's okay, (Y/N), I can save you. I love you, I love you, stay with me."

You weren't responding, as your body shut down. Shit, did you even hear him? He couldn't see through the tears, no matter how many times he wiped them away. Zane had to pull you out of Cole's grasp so he could properly lay you down, and perform CPR. He lost it at the sound of your ribs cracking and breaking under the weight, and he shrieked.

"Stop it, stop it!" He pushed Zane hard, "you're making it worse, stop hurting her!"

"Dude, you stop!" Kai snapped back at him, "Zane and I have both been trying our hardest to save her, while you're just barking orders at everyone like a chicken with it's head cut off!"

He was right, but Cole couldn't face the truth just yet. He sniffled as he tried to justify his actions. He looked around at everyone, and couldn't take their stares. he just leaned down and buried his face into your stomach, trying to hold you best he could. Blood was everywhere, but he didn't care. Zane didn't care about Cole's feelings, and worked around him as he continued CPR. Kai tried to help by doing mouth to mouth, but coughed after inhaling some of your blood with an 'ew'.

Zane announced the news with a defeated tone. "I'm sorry, Cole, but there is no pulse. She's gone."

He felt dead, like something inside him snapped, or broke. The world felt too small, and his head started to spin while his heart started to burn. "Wh...what?" His voice was shaky, as he went pale immediately. "No...no, no, no..." Everything came crashing down as he started to openly sob for you. "(Y/N)!!" He wailed as he picked you off the ground and cradled you in his arms. You had the messiest death he'd ever seen, and he was too damn stupid to try to comfort you when you needed him the absolute most. "Come on, come on," he shook you lightly, as your head fell limply against his chest. This had to be a bad dream, or the worst prank ever. "Wake up, I need you, I need you." He sniffled next to your ear, "please stay with me."

His body felt numb, felt cold, felt dark and dead. "Tell mom I love her..." Without you to light it up, the world felt darker than he remembered. His greatest fear came true, and he would never be able to summon his dragon again.

[mirajanefairytailmage]

Rambling About a Show (05/11/2022)

⚠️SPOILER?!⚠️

So, I finished this drama last night. I didn't get a chance to post about it because I had gone out of town for the evening (after finishing the drama) and got home late. But here we go now. 🤣

I admit, I tried not to like Gwi. Because he's a villain and I'm not supposed to like the villain, according to most people. 🤣 What got to me was this look, towards the end.

This was after he had killed Choi Hye-ryung and Choi Chul-joong approached him. To me, he looks absolutely devastated about the fact that he killed her. Choi Chul-joong seems unbothered by that fact and it seems like that bothers Gwi. Which is slightly confusing to me because I thought he disliked all humans. Another moment of his that pulled at my heartstrings was, before his final moment he says 'it really is beautiful'. It's the way he accepts his death. Because what's the point of living without Choi Hye-ryung. The moments where he showed the slightest bit of humanity was what made me like him.

I admit I cried when Choi Hye-ryung was killed. The way she died in Crown Prince Lee Yoon's arms. 🥺 Yeah, I agree that Gwi realized that he possibly loved her a bit too late. I mention that because the scene in his underground palace where he's talking to her lifeless body. The way he yells at her to answer him. 😭 I cried, it was heartbreaking.

Ho-jin was another character that I began to adore. I love his personality. Even if he could be a bit hysterical at times. He's a sensitive person, to me that's a likable trait. The love he has for Kim Sung-yeol was what made me like him so much. Well, that was one of the traits that made me like him so much. I also enjoyed his interactions with Jo Yang-sun/Seo Jin. Oh, and the scene where he finds her binder and asks about it. 🤣 That was a bit comical.

Even though we didn't see a whole lot of Baek In-ho, I thought he was a pretty great character. His protective and straightforward attitude is what made him a likable character for me. I cried when he died. 😭

Anyhoo, enough about characters. I think the show was pretty great. There were some pretty comical moments mixed in with the drama, which I loved. I wanna say this is my second Vampire themed Korean drama that I had watched. The first one being The Sweet Blood. So much happens throughout this series, but I'd end up writing an entire novel just with my rambling. 🤣 I enjoyed this show. I believe that I've mentioned that I watched this show because of an edit on tiktok of Gwi piqued my interest. 🤣 Totally worth it, in my opinion.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

Drat. Wrote you a big long message about Anasazi and the Blessing Way and then Tumblr ate it. 🤦‍♀️

BUT. I’m finally ready to wail/flail over those episodes now.

I’ll be honest—I spent this long deciding whether I trusted Skinner or not. And it wasn’t until he sat in a pool of light and faced off against the cigarette smoking man (who stood in the dark) that I made up my mind (almost solely due to the lighting).

I may not trust him entirely, but I trust him more. Unfortunately, now I have to worry about him.

The part with Mulder’s dad was heartbreaking (and the way he stumbled in her door and into her arms after), but Scully’s sister killed me. I’m an older sister, and it just—I can’t even. 😢

This was an interesting contrast between how Scully and Mulder behave when they think the other’s dead. Mulder in Ascension got increasingly frantic and self-destructive. In these episodes, Scully went stoic and hid her pain.

But her face when he crashed in that door alskshakaki 😭

Also can I say how I loved that whole scene? With almost no context he found his two coworkers pointing guns at each other and instantly took her side with no question. It was like a default—he didn’t even do a double take.

Oh, and I loved the Native Americans. I’d be interested in knowing how actual Native Americans felt about their portrayal here? It seemed respectful, if slightly mystic, but I’m not really in a position to judge.

I had hoped Melissa would live like Mulder when we saw the same man come to pray over her, and that was just cruel of the showrunners to give us that hope and then take it away.

Anyway, yeah. And also ouch. These episodes. 😫

ahhh yeah, those eps are a lot.

I love Skinner actually shsjdnsksks, he's like an exasperated father at times 😂 i feel like everyone who watches the show kinda takes Deep Throat's "trust no one" from the s1 finale to heart bc I get pretty suspicious of pretty much everyone too lol. oh but that lighting thing... yeah I love that, it's so subtle but it really makes you think!!

aghhhhh yeah Mulder's dad... it hurts because you know they didn't have a very great relationship, but it hits Mulder so hard it's devastating. the way he immediately just falls into Scully's arms... 🥺

and MELISSA shsjdbsjsjsj ok listen I wasn't sure about her at first, but I actually ended up really loving her and I'm still so sad about what happened to her. she deserved so much better.

ok but yeah, the way they react when they think each other is lost to them — Mulder kinda loses it, he can't handle the loss; but Scully in turn kind of shuts down, like you said, and she starts to almost try to fill Mulder's space by doing the things she thinks he would do in a situation. (@fortes-fortuna-iogurtum we've talked about this in reference to LTAU!)

that scene when Mulder crashes in is so good hssjshsjsks, his FIRST instinct is not only to take Scully's side, but to immediately ask her if she's okay. her face when she sees him again is just... she thought he was dead and she would never see him again but here he is and like... idk Gurt got me thinking about what she calls "sacramental analysis" and when I think about that scene it hits me that you can basically *see* Scully suddenly realize this is an act of Grace, if that makes sense.

yeah I'm not in a position to really know, either, tbh. it didn't seem disrespectful at all to me — there are a couple of episodes where it's kinda :/ about representation of this kind of stuff, but I'm of the mind that you can't hold something from nearly 30 years ago to the same standard as today's media, so — but idk. I'd be curious to know as well, since that was such a major part of the story.

aah yeah, I really hoped Melissa would be okay and I'm still so sad she died. Mulder coming into the empty room at the end and Scully quietly and almost numbly telling him she didn't make it.... and she tries to pull away a little bit but then lets him hug her and it's just ajsksjdkdnddkdjjddkmddjd

uggjhjh yeah. just wait til you get to like... Pusher. that one's gonna get you i think, bc it did me. 😭