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[punksonthestage]

I ah... thought we couldn't ride pokemon in Galar? Isn't that why we have the... words ahm... Corviknight le panier? -🎀

[lizziebennet]

Hi Aurora okay first tysm for your blog It's so lovely to have another person so passionate about my fave things (i.e hp and period dramas) Anyway, i recently read the HP series (again) and found myself feeling SO MUCH. I genuinely teared up at so many different touching parts and I was just wondering what are your favorite most heart-wrenching/emotional parts from the books? I realize this is a lengthy quesition so feel free to never answer this or take a year.

ye S SS i love being passionate ab things and sharing that passion w my followers!!!!! i love yall esp when u ask me questions like this where i get to talk ab my fave things everrrrrrrrr (ps thank u so much for letting me take forever to answer this ur so cute to say that ilysm)

ok so literally i will cry my way thru the entire series when i reread bc harry potter has so much emotional weight for me and so many memories that go along with it. but i decided to limit myself to just 10 bc otherwise id be sitting here typing all day. so w/o further ado: 

AURORA’S TOP 10 MOST TEARFUL HARRY POTTER MOMENTS: 

((in no particular order)) 

HARRY READS LILY’S LETTER IN DH: listen harry doesnt actually spend a lot of the books angsting over the fact that he doesnt have parents but in moments like this u remember he IS AN ORPHAN AND IT GETS ME SO HARD. fuk like just picturing harry crouched on the floor of sirius’s bedroom reading that letter… rereading it… crying… wow.gif!!!!! the line that makes me cry eveRY TIME is “She had made her g’s the same way he did : he searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave glimpsed from behind a veil.“ LIKE RIP RIP RIP ABORT ABORT ABORT ITS TOO SAD!!!!!

THE LOST PROPHECY IN OOTP: JESSESCREAMING.JPEG!!!!!!!!!!!! listen ,,, i talk ab this chapter so much on my blog. it is my #1 favorite moment in my #1 favorite harry potter book which is my #1 favorite series of all time. SO ITS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. harry’s reaction to sirius’s death… his anger at dumbledore… his grief… his discovery of his fate… its beautiful writing and its so painful but so amazing to read. LIKE!!!!! MY BABY!!! HE’S LOST SO MANY PEOPLE!!!!!!!! MY SWEET SUMMER CHILD!!!!!!!!!! “I DON’T CARE!“ Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. “I’VE HAD ENOUGH, I’VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!” “You do care,” said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”” LIKE LITERALLY WHEN I GET TO THIS POINT I HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK BC IM CRYING SO MUCH I CANT MAKE OUT THE WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!! also fun story: one time i was listening to ootp on audiobook while on vacation and we were in the car waiting to taxi on to a ferry boat and we were listening to this chapter when the ferry guy came by to take our tickets and i had like TEARS STREAMING DOWN MY FACE and jim dale is yelling as harry in the background…. the guy was like ‘is this bitch ok??’ lmaOOOOo 

HARRY AND THE MIRROR OF ERISED IN SS:  this is another one of those moments where you remember that harry is an orphan and its /so/ painful. thinking about this teeny 11 year old baby harry sneaking out every night just to sit in front of this mirror so he can see his parents………my darling baby sweetheart i love him So Much. it just makes me so sad like hes /so young/ AND HE JUST WANTS TO SEE HIS PARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHH!! it also gives way to one of my all time favorite hp quotes: “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” 

HARRY STOPS SIRIUS AND LUPIN FROM KILLING PETER IN POA: me reading this part is literally ISAYTHATSMYBABYANDIMREALLYPROUD.GIF!!!!!! like!! my boy!! he finds out this man literally caused the death of his parents and he MAKES THE GROWN ASS ADULTS SPARE HIS LIFE… LIKE… he literally acts twice his age and is so mature and is just…….so amazing. it shows such strength and wisdom and it makes me SO PROUD. the way he references james also makes me cry because you see the relationship harry has with james even though he’s literally never met him and its so beautiful. i love harry so much. 

HARRY AFTER SECTUMSEMPER-ING MALFOY IN HBP: this is literally the opposite of that last one where im so proud of harry this is def… not one of his best moments lol. he rly rly fucks up and his guilt is so raw and it makes me so emotional because i feel SO bad for him. its def an important harry moment in the books because it shows his flaws and the consequences of his rage, but it also shows how GOOD he is because he feels so bad about what happens and like willingly takes his punishment even though it means that he cant play in the quidditch match. he really like… atones and even tho its rough to read i def love that its a part of the series bc its a really like watershed moment for harry and i think it really reminds him of the wizard he wants to be. this part also leads to i think a more satisfying harry/ginny first kiss bc ginny defends harry and then him not going to the game leads to “several sunlit days” AKA ONE OF MY FAVE HP MOMENTS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

HARRY AND HERMIONE VISIT JAMES AND LILY’S GRAVE IN DH: “But they were not living, thought Harry: They were gone. The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents’ moldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing.And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off or pretending? He let them fall, his lips pressed hard together, looking down at the thick snow hiding from his eyes the place where the last of Lily and James lay, bones now, surely, or dust, not knowing or caring that their living son stood so near, his heart still beating, alive because of their sacrifice and close to wishing, at this moment, that he was sleeping under the snow with them.”  THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT I HAVE TO STOP READING BC IM CRYING SO MUCH I CANT MAKE OUT THE WORDS ANYMORE. I CRIED TYPING THIS. IM SO SAD. 

THE FOREST AGAIN IN DH: hoo boy. hoooooo boy this is a Big One. this one is really…. wow. just. wow. [deep breath]. there is So Much in this chapter that makes me cry where do i even START. harry realizing that he has to die and ACCEPTING IT BRAVELY LIKE THE HERO HE IS. “Why had he never appreciate what a miracle he was,  brain and nerve and bounding heart?” im crying….. hes so good. HARRY NEARLY STOPPING WHEN HE SEES GINNY and ginny’s crying and comforting some girl and im crying too. JAMES. SIRIUS. LILY. REMUS. WHEN HARRY ASKS IF IT HURTS TO DIE LIKE LITEARLLY I HAVE TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND GET UP  AND WLAK AROUND THE ROOM BECAUSE I GET SO EMOTIONAL LIKE. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! when harry sees harry and screams at him ……………… rip in pieces me!!!!!!!! ALSO ONE OF HIS LAST THOUGHTS BEFORE THE AVADA KEDAVRA IS OF GINNY AND KISSING HER……….. [GUNSHOTS] [SCREAMING]

BELLATRIX TORTURES HERMIONE IN DH: fuk this scene is no joke scary like it took harry potter to another level of real darkness. hermione being tortured was so chilling like beautiufl amazing smart snarky hermione it was so painful to read like my heart rate goes up when i read it bc im worried for my girl :/ and ron is sHAKING and like screaming and literally throwing himself at the walls to try to get to her and its SO upsetting like. they are still CHILDREN like theyre all so young and they dont deserve this like. hearing her plead and stuff … its just…. too much. these are my CHILDREN i have to PROTECT them. 

HARRY DIGS DOBBYS GRAVE IN DH: this is another one of those harry moments where i just want to give him a huge hug. like he insists on digging dobby’s grave by hand which is just ..... [gets choked up] its fine. and his thoughts while he dig make me so sad. he so /tired/. hes so frustrated with dumbledore and he the hallows and the horcruxes and he feels responsible for what happened. and ron coming out and helping him dig silently makes me so happy and its one of those times u really see how much rons friendship means to harry. and harry comes out of this like ... older and more mature? his wisdom and knowledge is rly apparent when he talks with griphook and olivander right after this like. he knows what hes going to do. hes made his choice. hes not going to race voldemort for the wand. i love him so much for that choice. hes such a grown man in this part like accepting responsibility, taking care of hermione and everyone like getting things in order. i love him. 

MRS WEALSEY HUGS HARRY IN THE HOSPITAL WING IN GOF: “’It wasn’t your fault, Harry,’ Mrs. Weasley whispered. ‘I told him to take the cup with me,’ said Harry. Now the burning feeling was in his throat too. He wished Ron would look away. Mrs. Weasley set the potion down on the bedside cabinet, bent down, and put her arms around Harry. He had no memory of ever being hugged like this, as though by a mother. The full weight of everything he had seen that night seemed to fall in upon him as Mrs. Weasley held him to her. His mothers face, his father’s voice, the sight of Cedric, dead on the ground all started spinning in his head until he could hardly bear it, until he was screwing up his face against the howl of misery fighting to get out of him.” HARRY POTTER DESERVES MORE HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he feels so guilty about cedric and god bless mrs weasley for telling him it wasnt his fault because it WASNT!!! he did so amazing in the graveyard like.. .he saw voldemort return and he fought him and he survived and he saw his paretns and hE TOOK CEDRICS BODY BACK SO IT COULD BE WITH HIS FAMILY!!!!!!!! HE TOOK IT BACK FOR THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  i would die a thousand deaths if it meant that harry didnt have to experience this pain!!!!

whew so there we go!!!!! the bottom line is obviously that i love the harry potter series more than anything and specifically i love the boy harry potter so so SO much and his suffering is agonizing to read and he didnt deserve any of it!!! i can litearlly think of SO many more heartbreaking moments in the series but here are just a handful. happy birthday to harry!!! 

[kjtamuser]

The Bride of the Water God Episode 3 Recap

Yoon So Ah (Shin Se Kyung) watcher her patient, Bong Yeol, loaded in an ambulance that drives away. She’s uncomfortable with the emotion she let loose with Lord Habaek (Nam Joo Hyuk). She asks if he lives at the blow-up castle. He confirms this. She asks if he lives alone. Lord Habaek says he lost his servant, Nam Soo Ri but won’t explain how. So Ah is uncomfortable with his living conditions but she won’t offer to help him personally. Lord Habaek tells her to leave. She starts to leave then he applies guilt because of his support of her moments ago. Then he waves an imperious hand and tells her to go. When she starts to leave she hear thoughts about how ungracious she is. She looks around but no one is there.

Unable to sleep with the odd happenings, she explains to another doctor that she has a patient that can hear flowers, insects, fruits, and water. Her doctor friend, Jo Yeom Mi,  (who is rock climbing) believes that the accusation of ingratitude could be the trigger. Yeom Mi wonders if the patient is feeling guilty that she didn’t help someone in need. Yeom Mi suggests that the patient is a giving person who has suppressed this tendency and feels guilt for not being true to herself.

Soo Ri looks at the phone and asks Lord Habaek to confirm he saw the sea on the device. Lord Habaek confirms it. Soo Ri believes that Lady Moo Ra, a goddess, would not go somewhere casually.  Soo Ri calls her name into the phone. Lord Habaek scoffs. A young boy tells Lord Habaek to give him back his cell phone. The boy can’t believe an adult doesn’t have his own cell phone. He asks the boy where to get one.

At the cell phone store, the choices are overwhelming. They get a pitch from the salesman who provides applications for them to fill out. Of course, without money, it is hopeless.

Soo Ri is just about to leave for his part time job when Lord Habaek’s stomach growls in hunger. Soo Ri gives him rice cakes and scampers to his part time job.  Lord Habaek wants to throw the rice cakes into the river, but can’t. He breaks down and eats rice cakes and drinks water.

Soo Ri offers him a clean shirt.

So Ah wakes from another sleepless night.

Lord Habaek munches food and hides the back when a homeless man stares at him eating.

So Ah finds Lord Habaek by the river. She starts to hear the voices. She begins by apologizing for not being sensitive to his issues. When she stumbles Lord Habaek steadies her. He declares that he can’t get her out of his head. She thinking he’s hitting on her but that is dispelled when he calls her so ignorant he can’t get over it. She starts to leave but knows she can’t. So Ah offers to get him professional help, but he’s not interested. He points out that he’s the only person that implicitly believes and trusts her. He stares into her eyes. So Ah mutters to contact her when he wants professional help. She tells herself she tried as she starts to walk away. Lord Habaek warns that rejecting him will have consequences. She stares at him.

Back at the clinic, So Ah continues to lie that she’s okay. But she can’t stop hearing the plant voices. Nurse Yoo Sang Yoo asks why she’s acting odd lately. He tells her to sleep and get her act together.

Alone in the office she walks to the plants who have gone quiet. She wonders if she’s crazy. She recalls Lord Habaek’s warning. Unnerved she calls her doctor friend who peppers her with questions about Lord Habaek.  So Ah shares the kinds of things that have been happening. She can’t believe what she’s saying and hangs up. Sang Yoo calls to let her know Bong Yeol has a Thursday appointment and Park Sung Chul has requested a meeting. Then he enumerates the bad news; her diamond ring has not been found, the bank increased her loan rate, fixing the wiper has increased her insurance, and the landlord is not demanding a higher security deposit. When Sang Yoo suggest she rub shoulder with rich people at a fund raiser, So Ah storms away.

Soo Ri’s part time job is pedaling guests around the river. He spots a gold covered building and tells Lord Habaek it is real gold.  Lord Habaek chides him for thinking a building was made of gold. Lord Habaek’s stomach growls. He is adamant that soon his powers will return and they’ll have all the gold they want. Lord Habaek thanks Soo Ri for his devotion. He stares at the electronic billboard with the video of Lady Moo Ra. When he tells Soo Ri about the image, another video is playing.

So Ah struggles up the hill to the hotel with the fancy fundraiser. She sits down to adjust her shoes. CEO Hoo Ye spots her and offers her a ride. She declines. He drives away! LOL! At the hotel, she can’t believe her bad luck. She recalls Lord Habaek’s warning. Assistant Min tells him that So Ah probably wanted the ride. Hoo Ye doesn’t believe it, So Ah is straightforward. Ha!

Lord Habaek and Soo Ri go to So Ah’s work but the office is closed. They overhear Sang Yoo say that So Ah is at a fancy hotel.

So Ah runs into Ji Won and two other acquaintances. She hears the bouquet of flowers start talking. As they walk into the fundraiser together they describe the big money donor who helps entrepreneurs. Of course, it’s Hoo Ye. So Ah starts pounding champagne and complaining about Hoo Ye. He walks up to them. So Ah’s friends are surprised he knows So Ah. He explains their previous encounters.

Embarrassed, So Ah walks away. Hoo Ye follows. So Ah blurts out that she needs money but wouldn’t ask for it. She apologizes claiming she’s a bit tipsy. Shin Ja Ya arrives to fanfare. So Ah cringes and tells Hoo Ye she needs to avoid someone so she’ll be going. But Shin Ja Ya catches her and immediately insults her. Hoo Ye overhears. The flowers repeat Ja Ya’s words distracting So Ah. But Ja Ya continues to push her. Irked So Ah retaliates with her own insult. As So Ah turns to leave, Ja Ya ups the ante and asks if her father ever returned. Ja Ya describes how kind to the homeless So Ah’s father was, but in a derisive way. Ja Ya skewers So Ah when she says So Ah’s father put stranger’s happiness above that of his family. So Ah almost hits Ja Ya but grabs the flowers and flings them to the floor instead. So Ah picks up the flowers and turns to leave. Ja Ya grabs her blouse and rips it. So Ah calls Ja Ya an attention whore. So Ah turns and leaves. Ja Ya starts after her but Hoo Ye stand in front of her. Ja Ya brushes him off and darts around him.

Outside the hotel So Ah walks dejectedly. Ja Ya runs after her but Lord Habaek blocks her and does not allow her to dart around him. So Ah turns and sees this. Lord Habaek tells Ja Ya that he knows an unpleasant woman with the name Shim. Ja Ya tries to push Lord Habaek but he’s like stone. Lord Habaek asks why Ja Ya is harassing his woman. Ja Ya can’t believe what she heard. Lord Habaek declares that So Ah is his woman. Ja Ya strides away when others recognize her. Lord Habaek walks to So Ah. She asks how he got there. She cries and admits she’s hearing things. He sees her torn shirt and puts his jacket around her. He calls a taxi for her. As Hoo Ye drives past, he sees So Ah get into the taxi.

During the taxi ride, So Ah doesn’t say much. She flashes back running in anger, not at her father who left her and her mother, but to turn the pain into strength.  She stops on the bridge. The pain overwhelms her.  She decides to let her father go. When present day So Ah passes the bridge, she imagines herself all those years ago. Lord Habaek sees her pain. So Ah looks away to hide her tears.

I haven’t said anything yet but we are at the mid-way point, so I’ll mention I’m enjoying this episode because the emotion content is richer. So Ah’s internal fortitude is astonishing. I’d be a babbling idiot if I were her. Lord Habaek’s aide as swoon worthy. Even though he’s not doing it to be romantic, because at this point he views So Ah as his servant and under his protection, it is the balm she needs and action I love.

Back at the blow-up castle, Lord Habaek can’t believe it when So Ah tries to leave. He says she treats him like “dine and dash”. Ha!

So Ah buys Lord Habaek a cell phone. Soo Ri promises his part-time job will cover the usage costs.

So Ah tells Lord Habaek he saw an electric sign. Lord Habaek explains that Moo Ra is a goddess. Lord Habaek notices that So Ah’s shoes are bothering her. He places her hand on his arm. The walk along the river. They stop to watch the electronic sign. So Ah muses that if Lord Habaek was a god, he could help her. He counters that he she helps him, he will help her. When he spots Moo Ra, So Ah stares in disbelief. She tells him that Moo Ra is called Hye Ra and is a representative of the country. So Ah doesn’t believe that Lord Habaek knows or will meet someone like Hye Ra. Lord Habaek calmly states that he is Hye Ra’s King. Lord Habaek states if So Ah takes him to where Hye Ra lives, he’ll consider her stint as his servant over.

The next morning So Ah can’t believe she drove Lord Habaek to where Hye Ra is. Lord Habaek tells her she was a dreadful servant but she will be rewarded by Moo Ra. When So Ah puts a hand on him as he exits, she asks if she can come too. Lord Habaek tells her that Moo Ra doesn’t like human women. He slams the door in her face. She moans that this isn’t Moo Ra’s house. She tells herself that Lord Habaek must face reality one day. She watches Lord Habaek stop, turn and smile at her. She starts to drive away but stops herself. She can’t believe she can’t leave him.

Hoo Ye passes by So Ah’s car and he sees her frustration. He knocks on the window startling her.

Inside the hotel, Lord Habaek tells himself the house is a nice one. He walks in the direction he senses Moo Ra will be.

Hoo Ye doesn’t think So Ah is sick or came to see him. So Ah snaps she wouldn’t come to see him. Calmly Lord Habaek accepts that they have no relationship. He asks why she’s sitting in her car in front of his hotel. So Ah struggles to ask if Hye Ra is at the hotel. Hoo Ye asks if she’s referring to the hotel’s spokeswoman.

Moo Ra is getting makeup applied for a shoot. She senses then sees Lord Habaek. He smiles and tells her it’s been too long. She doesn’t react.

So Ah can’t believe that Hye Ra is really at the hotel. She dashes away and into the hotel.

Lord Habaek can’t believe it when body guards won’t let him approach Moo Ra. She ignores his pleas. Lord Habaek can dispatch the body guards but is stuck when the bodyguards grab him in mass. So Ah arrives and stares. Assistant Min arrives. So Ah pleads with the bodyguard to let Lord Habaek go. Moo Ra turns her attention to So Ah. When a bodyguard pushes So Ah to the ground, Lord Habaek is furious. He warns the man not to touch his servant. He helps So Ah up.

Lord Habaek’s hands on So Ah seems to irritate Moo Ra and she walks towards Lord Habaek and So Ah. She stares at Lord Habaek’s hand on So Ah’s wrist. She slaps him. So Ah yells at Moo Ra for slapping Lord Habaek. Moo Ra asks who she is. So Ah positions herself between Moo Ra and Lord Habaek and declares that she is his guardian. HR assures So Ah that he deserved the slap. So Ah scoffs that Hye Ra is not a real goddess. She tells HR to take care of her mental health. She slaps a business card in HR’s hand and promises a celebrity discount. Ha! So Ah pulls Lord Habaek away.

She orders Lord Habaek into her car. Lord Habaek tells her that she interrupted. He declares that Moo Ra is a flower that will never age. Lord Habaek says they live in different worlds. She offers to have him meets a god. She calls Yeon Mi.

Assistant Min reports the disturbance has been taken care of. Hoo Ye asks if it was So Ah’s patient. The assistant confirms this and indicates he thinks the patient is the same man they saw at the hotel last night. Hoo Ye smiles at So Ah’s devotion to her patients.

Moo Ra orders quiet. Everyone leaves the set. She calls a Lord Bi Ryeon. He’s able ready to sky jump from a building. She yells that there’s no time for that, Lord Habaek is there. That gets his attention. He murmurs that the red water finally came. Lord Bi Ryeon says that Lord Habaek will find him. Moo Ra smirks that Lord Habaek lost the coordinates. That surprises him. Moo Ra says she kicked Lord Habaek out. She reminds him they both are accomplishes to the god stone. She hangs up. Moo Ra looks at So Ah’s business card. She seethes that Lord Habaek found a woman as soon as he arrived in this world.

Lord Bi Ryeon smiles and cheekily tells us the intrigue and suspense begins now, Lord Habaek has come.

Soo Ri, Lord Habaek, and So Ah stare at a tall building. Soo Ri doesn’t believe they’ll find a woman that knows a god in the building. Lord Habaek doesn’t believe it either. Soo Ri takes Lord Habaek aside wonder if another god is at play. He doesn’t understand why “my Moo Ra” was cold. Lord Habaek stares at him. So Ah calls to Lord Habaek to follow her.

As they exit the elevator they approach a glass structure on the empty floor. So Ah introduces Jo Yeom Mi. Lord Habaek and Yeom Mi stare at each other. Yeom Mi pulls So Ah aside and asks if he’s the man that pricked her conscience. So Ah doesn’t answer but instead says that Lord Habaek wants to meet a god. She asks Yeom Mi to help him. Yeom Mi whispers that Lord Habaek is a real god. That surprises So Ah.

Lord Habaek doesn’t understand how Yeom Mi doesn’t know the gods he knows. Lord Habaek declares “I am the god of water, and soon to be king of water country, and emperor of the gods. I am Habaek”.

While So Ah waits she gets a text from Sang Yoo. She tells him to schedule the patient for tomorrow. So Ah considers and realizes that Lord Habaek is from a different world. She tells herself to stop watching over Lord Habaek. She recalls their kiss. Yeom Mi calls her as she exits the building. She left? Where is Lord Habaek? She tells her to send Lord Habaek to a specialist she knows. She hangs up. So Ah can’t believe it.

So Ah finds Lord Habaek staring out the window. He asks if she’s messing with him. He asks if she believes him. He tells her to go. He releases her. So Ah turns and stops. Angrily she declares that she tried her best but his story was unbelievable. Lord Habaek tells her that she can believe him, if she chooses to. She remembers her father leaving them. She runs away. She runs into the stairwell. She wonders what’s important about the truth. A man grabs her and pulls her into the elevator.

Lord Habaek stares out the window.

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Soo Ri plays with the phone. He wonders what is happening upstairs. He sees someone on the roof. He calls Lord Habaek. He tells Lord Habaek that So Ah is fighting with a man on the roof. The man pushes So Ah over the edge. Lord Habaek sees her fall. He drops the phone. He runs through the window. He follows So Ah down. He grabs So Ah and wraps her in water. He lands on ground with So Ah safe in his arms. We hear the high priest intone “It’s fate. He saved this child’s life.” Lord Habaek tells a stunned So Ah that he’s a god.  LOVE IT!

My Thoughts

Great third episode. This series’ story is rich and dialog is verbose. All the words matter, all the details matter. This isn’t a fluff show. I loved the reveal that Moo Ra isn’t good. I loved the reveal that Lord Bi Ryeon is aligned with Moo Ra and that they messed with the stones. Recall Lord Habaek must bring 3 stones together to become the next emperor. I loved that Lord Habaek saved So Ah repeatedly (and as a child). I loved that So Ah put herself in front of Moo Ra. I loved Hoo Ye’s quirky way of communicating, the man has limited emotional intelligence.

Lord Habaek (Nam Joo Hyuk) proved he was a god when he saved So Ah. Joo Hyuk embodies Lord Habaek with stoic assurance of his station in life, but there’s something else that So Ah taps into, Joo Hyuk’s eyes let us know that Lord Habaek feels her pull. I’m a fan of Joo Hyuk’s portrayal of Lord Habaek. I’m a fan of Lord Habaek.

Yoon So Ah (Shin Se Kyung) was once again poster child for “had a bad day”. Her encounter with Ja Ya was uncomfortable. Ja Ya was a witch to her. Her encounter with Moo Ra proved she cares for Lord Habaek, not personally yet, but there is a tie between them. Watching So Ah struggling to reconcile her intellect with her emotional response to Lord Habaek has been fascinating. Wouldn’t you struggle if plants started talking to you and a man declared he was a god and you were his servant? So Ah’s internal fortitude is impressive.

The second song of the OST “Glass Bridge” by Savina & Drone is lovely:

The Bride of the Water God Episode 3 Recap The Bride of the Water God Episode 3 Recap Yoon So Ah (Shin Se Kyung) watcher her patient, Bong Yeol, loaded in an ambulance that drives away.

[fuckyeahwintershock]

Author Spotlight: Lara

We have another rec from @foreverdrunkatheart

I wanna rec ao3 user Lara (@agentpeggiecarter on tumblr) 

She writes wintershock so well. Her Darcy is spunky and funny and really relatable. The whole work is FUNNY AS HELL and it never fails to entertain me! Darcy’s like a lorelai (lorelei?) Gilmore with her pop culture references and coffee addiction, to Luke-ish bucky, with his deadpan humor and immense patience for her antics… AS LONG AS AQUA IS NOT PLAYED IN THE CAR

Traipsing across the room to the kitchen Darcy grabs a banana and then tries to turn the tap on. Nada. No water. Nothing. Not even brown water. Darcy twists it around in both directions, progressively more furious as her fear of not drinking coffee grows.

“Coffeeee.“ She whisper-moans. Squinting furiously she tries to evoke some sort of superpower that involves heat vision to unfreeze the tap.

He wakes up just as she’s decided that chewing Nestle can’t be all that bad. Her spoon is halfway to her mouth when Bucky begins moving.

"Everything is frozen,“ she says and inconspicuously drops the spoon, some things are just a little too humiliating for company. "And I’m not talking about the popular Disney movie merchandise being everywhere.“ And she means everywhere, it wouldn’t surprise her if Elsa chose to pop up in this cabin any moment now.

I was not kidding about the coffee addiction…

He blinks a few times.

"Coffee?”

“Oh now you’re catching on, young Padawan.”

“Young…what?“

"Padawan. It just means you’re catching onto my teachings,“ She plops down next to him and holds the coffee out to him. "There’s a spoon in there.“

(don’t worry, nobody eats the instant coffee)

I am lucky enough to be her beta and get to know exactly where her ongoing fic is heading, and I dont wanna spoil, but its gonna be good.

Honestly everything is funny like;

"Okay. You know what you’re doing.“ She says like it’s a mantra.

"Yes. I know what I’m doing.“ Which sounds about as convincing as Donald Trump saying anything. Ever.

"Okay, okay, okay.“ Another deep breath.

"Okay. Bye Janie.“ She ends the call before Jane decides to revoke that precarious trust.

"So,“ she says turning to the perpetually scowling Barnes, "red or blue?“

He ignores the question instead he holds out his one free hand.

"We need to destroy your phone.“

She clutches the phone to her chest, outraged. "What the fuck? No. This baby is untraceable. This baby is souped up to the max.“ An iPhone that got crossed with a Stark phone. Like a purebred dog. Not a pug though.

"We are on the run, doll,“ he reminds her. His hand shoots forward, and for a split second Darcy thinks she’s gonna meet her maker in the clothing department of the upstate New York Walmart. Except he reaches over her shoulder and rips down a piece of clothing from the rack behind her. A black hoodie, in her size. "No more Facebook.“ Well, he didn’t say no more pictures.

"Oh goodie,“ she says as he piles the hoodie into her loaded up arms. "We’ll match.“

"Just take it.“  

I was gonna send you some funny quotes from their scene at Wallmart, but I ended up almost sending the whole chapter, it’s GOLD. But she can also write the more serious themes, she just doesnt linger on them, which is good. Because her story is not an overly angsty story, but the serious breaks gives it a good pace and honestly, I feel like her darcy is the light Bucky needs.

A cold breeze-air-thing hits her and she can practically feel her lungs gear up to get pneumonia. Especially her sinuses are getting ready to empty themselves.  

After about five minutes Darcy feels Bucky’s shivering synchronize with hers.

When she turns to address it, make a joke, mouth already open she stops herself from saying anything because he’s starting to look a little pale. A little lost.

All that freezer talk had been fine apparently but actually being stuck in a cabin sized freezer? Not so funny.

Darcy wrestles for her words for a good minute, a rank feeling creeping in her stomach. Both from coffee-lessness and dread.

“Do you think maybe Sylvia Plath wasn’t crazy?” She says with a look to the inviting looking oven. Especially since it’s the exact opposite of a freezer.  

“Who?” He asks blinking to live. Cyborg activated, Darcy thinks hoping that this’ll bring them somewhat closer to some heat. The cold is really making her long for the absurdist sources of heat, like sticky, stuffy Subway station heating and the incredible insulation of sleeping bags.

“You know, she probably was just cold.”

“Again- who?”

“Twentieth century author put her head in the oven probably because she was cold.”

"Okay,“ he concedes, with a swift movement he drops the blanket from around his shoulders and gets up. Darcy admires him from her cocooned warmth and makes no move to get up too. "Let’s get going.“

She is honestly a great author and good friend and honsetly I know it might seem biased to send in one of these recs for my friend, but she deserves it!

Here’s what Lara had to say:

01. What about Wintershock as a pairing appeals to you?  

Honestly? I’ve always been a big sucker for the dog/cat person trope. I just enjoy big grump meets small happy (or big happy meets small grump -same diff). Bucky in this scenario, in my headcanon of course, is the big grumpy cat person while Darcy is the smaller (Not little, never little) dog person. The dynamic is unbeatable and gives me the tingles in my stomach area.

02. How did you first encounter the pairing?

I believe I found the pairing sometime in 2012, by chance, probably in the middle of the night while looking for stucky fanfics, yes I admit, I started it out with ot3 fics. I first started writing for darcyland on my flight to the us in 2014. It's been, save a few minor hiccups, a blast!

03. Do you have any specific Wintershock headcanons?

I wouldn't call them headcanons but I have a few ideas on how these two would get together and sadly it's gotten to the point where my no-good brain has decided any other way is unacceptable (sorry to all the au writers out there). They are certainly, to me, the friends to lovers type of people, friends with benefits? Not really, I don't see either Bucky or Darcy being really into that kind of arrangement, to me Bucky is a huge softie who doesn't get enough out of that arrangement. He's a commitment kinda guy and Darcy, while more open to it, just enjoys the unconditional cuddling of a person at night knowing they'll still be there in the morning. Bucky and darcy both have fun weak, soft spots for animals, if they were left to their own devices they'd surely end up on animal hoarders one day. Darcy has a healthy dose of respect for all kinds of dangerous situations but if something needs her special brand of help she's always the first to jump into the fray - at the expense of Bucky’s poor, geriatric heart. Also Bucky loves fresh pressed orange juice from Whole Foods.

04. Do you associate any particular songs with Wintershock? If so, which one? 

I associate a whole lot of music with them but for easy listening purposes, I will stick to one song: parentheses by the blow.

Give it a listen, it's a cool song that I've been listening to for years.

Or, if you're into charts, a bunch of Halsey songs also remind me of Bucky. Other than that I'm in the process of compiling a wintershock playlist. I would link that with my next chapter if anyone is interested.

05. What Wintershock fic by someone else would you recommend to others to read? What about this fic appeals to you?

Of course per the rules of extended nepotism I recommend my friends first. Gingerlocks is one of those people who you admire for their creativity alone but when you really get to know her and see just how dedicated and hardworking she is it’s hard to resist the charm of her works. But this space would be wasted if I just mentioned people who have already been mentioned millions of times. SHIELD1 is one of those people who continuously inspires me to be funnier and more heartfelt with each chapter they post. Another person to mention is SarcasticFina who has been a pillar to fandom for as long as I can remember, both in writing and on tumblr.  Recommending just one story from any of them would be blasphemous. There are all kinds of people who inspire me with their writing and yet don’t get enough credit for all the work and creativity they put into their stories. For me it's all about quality over quantity.

06. What kind of Wintershock story would you love to read that hasn’t been written yet by you or others?  

I’ve been saying this for years and it’s not strictly Wintershock but I would love to have a post run-from-hydra Winterfalconshieldshock fic that centers around the four of them living on a farm having the time of their lives, chickens included. OR (this is one that I am planning on writing/am already writing) Wintershock plus a child. And not just any run of the mill, birthed/adopted child, nay, a child so special, that you could confuse it with an arachnid. Yes I am talking about either Peter or Natasha. Arachnid-esque children plus Bucky and Darcy taking care of one of them. Love me some good de-aging.

07. Out of the Wintershock stories you’ve written, which is your favourite, and why?  

My favorite out of all the stories I have written are the ones I haven’t published yet (or worse won’t ever publish). But if I had to name one that is published it would certainly be my second installation for the Coffee Verse. Miracle on 48th Street (Ingenuity, plus courage, equals miracles). I love road trips. I love the never old on-the-run trope. And I enjoy writing Darcy as snarky as possible.

08. Quote a favourite extract from one of your stories. What is it that you like about it?

“Steal a car?” she whispers with a look to their taxi driver, who is blessedly distracted with God’s work by making rude gestures at pedestrians.

Why this short-ass snippet? Simple, two people quoted it back to me in the comment section of the chapter this was in and said they both lost it. All I want my fic to do, in this fandom, is to make me people laugh. So what better to quote than a passage that made people chuckled? I enjoy bringing joy. Especially in these dark times. I hope we as a fandom can continue doing that.

Thank you Lara!

As always, we’re looking for your recommendations for the spotlight, so if you think there’s an author who deserves it, you can submit here or here.