#so I'd like to delve into that thx

[johnslittlespoon]

Hello, gorgeous!

First of all, thank you for the joy of reading the first chapter of Tough And Sweet (Like You And Me).

I just have one question: Will future chapters show us Gale’s POV as well? Personally, I’d love to see young, shy Bucky through the eyes of an older Gale.

HIII sweetest human!! <3 no thank YOU for reading omg and for the kind words plsss :')) and for giving me an excuse to talk ab this LOL. tldr: future chapters no, future parts/drabbles yes!!

i was actually so indecisive about this when i started plotting the fic because while i enjoy reading fics with alternating povs just as much as fics without them, i've never written one with them and i wasn't sure if i'd enjoy/be good at switching mindsets like that!

i ultimately decided to stick to john's pov for that reason, but also because i thought as the reader, having to see things through his eyes and only being able to guess about gale the way john does would be more intriguing, especially with john's view of the world/interactions warped and/or rose–tinted by youth, inexperience, emotional dysregulation, etc.

BUT sooo much of what i have written in my drafting doc is from gale's pov because i love picturing this bucky through his eyes too, it's just such a fresh and new dynamic for me to explore as someone who primarily writes mota–verse buckbucky, and what we see from john's pov is so different from how gale sees things of course lol.

like it drives me insane thinking about how this poor man was literally just living his peaceful life, fine with being solo, going through the routine every day of work and then bike club and then home, and suddenly he's got this golden retriever of a boy attached to him like a magnet, and he's being kept on his toes dealing with the bundle of energy, and each day is now unpredictable and as exciting as it is stressful and he has no one to blame but himself lol. and the way we don't get to see the self–restraint he has to have and the struggle to be responsible and do what's 'right' while also dealing with his own feelings, because john isn't aware that's going on inside gale's head!

i could go on and on about his side of things aughghgh so i think eventually i'll end up doing a pretty lengthy oneshot sorta thing of certain events in the actual fic through gale's eyes (kinda what i plan on doing with yadiym for john's pov) bc goddd i have so many thoughts about how all of this would be playing out from his perspective!!! if not a oneshot, then drabbles like this one i hope.

if i had the time and if it wouldn't be boring to read i would honestly just rewrite the whole fic from gale's pov once it's done because with every scene i write, i'm like ooo i wanna dive into his pov and talk about what he's thinking and seeing so BAD but i can't bc we're in john's head </3 i just love analyzing john through his eyes and ik i've yapped ab this so much in past posts but gale does see so much of his younger self in him, that's why he has a lot of patience and takes a liking to him so fast, even if he doesn't realize that right away. :')

at the very least i definitely want to write pwp oneshots/drabbles set in the TAS universe from gale's pov so i can gush over describing how pretty and sweet and mouthy john is LOL i'm sure i'll add the fic itself to a series like with my dog–coded fic so that i can build on the au with oneshots once it's done >:-)

this is such a longwinded response (what else is new!) but you poked the bubble in my brain that's been agonizing over wanting to delve into gale's pov so <3 this is much more rambling than your question warranted but thx JSDKG

[halfblood-fiend]

Remembering - Star Trek: Discovery

Rating: Teen and Up

Words: 998

Warnings: obsessive love and a somewhat controversial relationship

Mirror Gabriel Lorca intervenes on Fate's behalf and reflects upon his feelings for Michael Burnham when they meet again for the first time.

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Finally.

Gabriel Lorca's months of searching were finally--finally--over. This opportunity that had presented itself seemed just too good to pass up.

His ship, the Discovery, had been waiting here in the middle of Federation space for some time. They were monitoring the electric storm raging below them, something mildly important for Lieutenant Stamets' work on the spore drive, when Opportunity came knocking. Here they were, here he was, conveniently in the path between her and a dilithium mining facility that exclusively employed convicts, when he was informed that the storm below them just so happened to be infested with a highly volatile form of electrical pest. Species GS54, Commander Saru had said, as he advised they keep their distance. For Lorca, it was as though a bolt of lightning had hit him. Fate was intervening now, the pieces he was waiting for fallen right into his lap. Lorca knew exactly what he had to do next.

"I'll be in my ready room. Saru, you have the bridge."

"Aye, sir."

Sending the subspace signal to the holding facility where Michael Burnham had been sent after her court-martial was an easy thing. Trivial, really. The Federation's "top secret" codes were simple ones to crack, nothing--mere child's play--compared to the complexity and intricacy among the Terran Empire. He was sloppier than he should have been in his haste, but he knew no one would trace the message back to him. No one would even think to.

Lorca practically laughed as he typed out his transmission:

Emergency, priority one. Piezoelectric incident in mining facility, Tellum. Much of mine destroyed. Fifty dead. Dilithium production integral for continuation of Klingon War and must not cease. Send able-bodied replacements immediately.

The message felt so familiar under his fingers that for a moment Lorca nearly believed he'd never left the Empire at all. He would never forget that it was by a stroke of luck, yet another string of fate, that he arrived in this place in the middle of wartime. He might not have been able to convince the people of the Federation that he was this Universe's counterpart had they not been so desperate for soldiers with the stomach for battle. And Lorca had plenty of that. Here, now, his Terran ruthlessness was praised and landed him precisely where he wanted to be: as captain of the U.S.S. Discovery with Paul Stamets and his spore drive under his watchful eye. That he was given license to appropriate anything he needed to further the war effort, was a nice perk. And one he would take full advantage of now. The prize today was the last piece in his grand cosmic puzzle, and his only ticket home.

No matter which way he looked at it, Lorca knew that this Michael Burnham would never be his Michael. Not really. Oh, she would probably look identical. She'd be just as powerful, just as fiercely beautiful, and maybe she'd even have some of the same traits: that scheming vitality, that fiery passion, her stubbornness, her drive, but she wouldn't be his Michael. In the end, it shouldn't have mattered how similar or not similar they were, he would need to keep his distance all the same. Lorca needed to hide any and all attachment to his past life. Michael Burnham was simply part of the plot; a means to an end, nothing more. To forget this would mean his undoing.

But even the best-laid plans had uncalculated variables. When Lorca turned around, when he saw her standing there, alive and well, before his desk as the room slowly eased into light...

His breath caught in his throat. He felt as though he'd been kicked in the chest, stomach pummeled until he was within an inch of his life. The shock was worse than any Agonizer.

It was all he could do to stop himself from grabbing her shoulders, from kissing her, from shaking her. Remember me? I didn't mean to love you! I didn't mean to let you die, but now we have a second chance!

She's not yours, he repeated to himself, vehemently--violently. But still... still his heart ached for Michael. Still, he saw her in his mind's eye gasping and unwinding beneath him, or restraining his arms from above him--he was never picky about which. Her's was a fire of unadulterated passion Lorca had no hope--or intention-- of putting out.

Even as he spoke to her, his heart cried for hers. He searched this Michael for any sign, any inkling, that she knew how closely intertwined their fates had been before. Recognize me, Michael! I'm here for you now. Remember me! His heart begged her in a sickening show of weakness the real Michael Burnham would have sneered at. For a moment, Lorca couldn't help himself.

But there was never any recognition.

The woman before him was not his Michael.

She was ruined. Resigned. Her eyes were lifeless, missing the fire that always made her her. In this universe, she carried the weight of the war on her shoulders and didn't relish in it. All this self-pity, over one measly mutiny, over a few thousand casualties...

She didn't recognize him. And suddenly, Lorca was disgusted with her.

She was nothing.

Michael back talked his orders (which he expected from her), some chicken-shitted excuse about wanting to serve out her sentence (which he did not expect from her), but Lorca knew better. If there was one trait he would bet his life that was the same, it was her curiosity. Once she realized what was going on aboard this ship--once he showed her--she would stay. Michael was another tie, another thread attaching him to the life he'd accidentally left.

And with no small amount of luck and a dash of fate, Lorca would return, destroy Emperor Georgeou, and rule the Terran Empire himself. Perhaps even with Michael at my side, after all, he thought, willing or not.

[scrumptiousfirenerdeggs]

1. stan twt was raging about it

2. i was immediately intrigued and drawn to it?? it's fascinating and leaves so much to be discovered, so you're always on the edge of your seat

3. either rayla or amaya; they're each their own which makes settling on one a tough task, but they're my babies; and to be fair i see myself more in rayla and/or callum, whilst amaya is more of a tender motherly figure for me

4. viren? duh. or kasef, practically any blinded self-centered hot-headed ones

5. "she's not my friend, she's my prisoner"

6. i myself got convinced into it and then later convinced two of my friends!

7. "i promise i will return your heart to you"

8. pick any one with viren in it, especially ones where he's lowkey coercing claudia and soren his way

9. i want to be fighting a sunfire elf with sexual tension slowly building between us

10. i'm keenly interested in star magic, as it's said to "draw on the vast and timeless power of the cosmos, and involves divination, cosmic vision, and seeing into the 'beyond'." and that ma'am is what my fantasies practically consist of

however i did get the ocean primal source in several quizes and i stand by it

11. it's conventionally said to be viren but after s4, it's clear that the true mastermind is aaravos

12. lotor and aaravos should bone

13. hurt/comfort, cuddling/snuggling

14. supremely well done? god tiers. they're holding the show on their backs and that's on periodt

15. also extremely well played out, but my recent favourite has got to be soren (if he's considered an adult and not a wanky teenager) after the turn his arc took in the latest season

16. i can't think of any? maybe the jerkface dance but it doesnt make me cringe per se, im in awe of my dumb child

17. human rayla scenes

18. maybe nyx scenes? i expected more involvment/clever but meaningful cunning from her, rather they almost felt like fillers when her character clearly has the potential for more

19. claudia being the next one to finally break free of her father's chains

more of aaravos, his backstory, and startouch elves in general

more canon janaya and tinkaan. please

20. soren! i didn't hate him so to speak, but i definitely grew more fond of him the more the show delved into his arc and betterment

21. viren? i wanted to hate him less as a villian but i'll never forgive what he's done to his own kin

22. sarai, amaya, bait, ezran, callum, rayla, aanya, gren, ethari, runaan, opeli, janai, zym,-

23. after the news of what the showrunner is up to in the workplace i'll abstain from asking for anything, considering what we already got was meddled with and baited

24. https://sseunbean.tumblr.com/post/178132665882/im-still-thinking-about-that-end-credit-with-tiny

it's one of my favourite arts!!

25. i watched it in both french and english so i can't really pick one that stood out

26. bait

27. aaravos

28. kasef? bitch is impulsive af

29. bait.

30. judge for yourself

31. i mean, they're handy for privacy?

32. but detachable

33. callum!! him and would share the same brain cell and lame ass jokes!!

34. i'd like to think ethari and/or runaan

35. ZYM

36. no idea!

37. "that moon song" by gregory alan isakov

38. carranam from the throne of glass universe! it's a bond between two fae (elves in this case) that allows them to share magic and communicate in a near telepathic manner

39. and what in seven hells can stop them?

40. yes. obliterate aaron. thx bye.

The Dragon Prince questions

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how did you find the show?

first impression of the world and characters

favorite character

least favorite character

favorite trope/running joke

have you convinced anyone to watch the show or were you the one who was convinced by friends to do it?

scene that made you choke up or cry

scene that angered you a lot

a moment where you went “god i wish that were me”

what primal magic did you like, and what primal magic did you get on the official quiz? are they different?

who do you think is the Big Bad of the show?

unpopular opinion?

trope or cliche that you absolutely love

what do you think of the arc for the child characters? (ezran, aanya, rayla etc)

what do you think of the arc for the adult characters? (viren, amaya, aaravos, etc)

scene that makes you cringe every time

scene that makes you laugh every time

scene that you wished was done better

what you’re looking forward to see more of in the next seasons

character you started off hating and eventually learned to like

character you still hate

character you would kill everyone in the room and then yourself for

what representation would you like to see on the show in the future? (lgbt, disabilities, race, spiritual beliefs, veganism, etc)

link to an art/ cosplay / fanfic that you absolutely love

who has the best voice?

who has the best fashion sense?

who has the best hair?

who has the worst attitude?

who has the fanciest facial hair?

what is your favorite screenshot of the show? why do you like it so much?

do you believe in locks?

if you could have elf horns, what shape do you want them to have?

of the child characters, who would you get along with the most?

of the adult characters, who would you get along with the most?

of the non-human characters, who would you get along with the most?

what do you think the primal magic cube opens?

song that gives you TDP feels

is there a character or concept from another show that fits well in the dragon prince universe?

do you think elves can play musical instruments with only 4 fingers?

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