#someone better come get their meemaw

[sunofpandora]

I think if ur to complain about all the smut, just write non smut urself lol

Is this the same anon that called me a bitch that moans and complains about smut fics and how if I don’t like it I should just read something else?

If you are, welcome back babygirl we missed you.

Fun fact! I actually do write non-smut.

I’ve written about 6 fics that do not contain smut.

Actually, I’m writing a series that follows the theme of love without heavy focus on sexual relations, and smut that’s written in a way which focuses on intimacy and not kinks.

Listen honeybee, I know it’s hard being bored, and you feel like you have nothing better to do but come and bother me about about the fact that you read nothing but sex fics, but there’s a whole big world out there of writers who are writing actual stories with a plot. And guess what? They can have smut in them! And guess what?

That’s not a problem!

the amount of shit I’m taking from anons like you right now is getting too he a bit much.

I am not telling anyone not too write smut. I’m saying the amount of ‘porn without plot’ and heavy amount sexual content we have here is a bit unappealing.

And so are you, if I’m gonna be honest.

Baby I know when you roll your eyes too much and still don’t see a brain back there, you feel the need to take it out on others. But I have a brain. I have a degree. And I have a wide vocabulary and I can use it how I want. So if I want to voice my opinion? I can.

Please, go bother someone else.

[brandogenius]

katie x controversially young gf?🙏

hehehehe first katie post!!!! THE CROWD CHEERED

‼️RPF‼️

HC - katie x controversially young gf!

- has no shame in buying you stuff

- “you want this? of course honey”

- “i was told by jo i’m your sugar mommy”

- has no shame in spamming her ig stories with you / documenting your day out at the theme park

- say reader is a college student. katie picking her up from uni like “hi sweetie. have a good day?”

- “you give off soccer mom vibes”

- katie packs readers lunch before uni / makes sure to send them money on apple pay for lunch “so you can treat yourself baby”

- if she’s not working at the studio / on tour, she’ll come meet you for lunch! either at a nice cafe yall didn’t try yet or the one you both go to all the time

- reader giving katie like a small gift every monthly anniversary and katie has them displayed proudly in her room (say a card or polaroid or crystal etc)

- katie’s lockscreen is both of you on your first date :(

- she was a bit worried in the beginning just from the age gap (7 years 31&25)

- knowing you were comfortable it made her relax

- you were the one go initiate the contact. katie would only hold your hand at first but after kissing her first she letting katie know ‘this is fine’ she started to relax and get more comfortable

- staying up in bed, katie is reading a book on her lap and you’re studying for your upcoming exam. katie making sure you get to bed on time

- “you know what’s weird?” katie puts down the book, shifting her glasses onto her nose. “what?” you replied, lifting your head up from your notes. “i was graduated from highschool and you were still in middle school” (you better correct me if that’s wrong idfk american schools)

- going as katie’s +1 to shows, meetinf jo and naomi and both of them ‘take you under their wing’

- “we got you. consider us your guard dogs. we just protect the younglings” “is that even a word?” “it is now”

- always being teased by jo and naomi “you guys should get going. meemaw needs to sleep don’t you grandma??”

- reader who is someone who never really learned how to do makeup so you watch katie do it in the bathroom and she’s like “want me to do your makeup?”

- “you’re so pretty, sitting here patiently while i do your makeup honey

[junowritings]

WELL SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM can I get 'hey… no tears, alright? this isn’t goodbye.' for Epel? thanks girl nfgdhlk

HELL YEAH YOU CAN. I'm in a particularly angsty mood so this was perfect timing lmao.

I think way too much about how everyone would react to MC going home so this thing practically wrote itself.

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You’re leaving.

You’ve been in this world for so long that it’s almost impossible for Epel to remember a time when you weren’t there. You, that stubborn prefect who got dragged into everyone else’s problems, who butted heads with the world’s strongest mages with no magic of your own like it was nothing, and always managed to bounce back stronger than before. After all of these months of memories made, of friendships formed and bonds tested, Epel couldn’t see a Twisted wonderland without you in it. You’d become such an integral part of his life and everyone else’s whose hearts you’ve embedded with your presence. 

Yet just like that, you were leaving. And not a single one of those hearts could stop you.

There’s an eerie quiet in the hall, nothing like it had been just minutes ago when cries and sobs and shouts of protest and well wishes had echoed from the walls once occupied by all you’d come to love at the college. Some had left willingly, unable to bear the thought of being there when you inevitably departed. Others had to be strong armed to the door, still so convinced that this was all a trick and you were going to stay even though the tears that streaked their faces proved that they knew better.

It was just the two of you now. He watches you reach a tentative hand towards your saving grace home, fingers sliding carefully over the intricate framing like it’ll shatter beneath your touch. The mirror’s surface ripples in response, and for a second Epel’s so convinced that it’ll somehow drag you in that he has to fight the urge to drag you away from it. 

You must have noticed someone had stayed behind. Epel watches you pause in tracing the frame, looking back over your shoulder to find him glued to a spot across the room just a few steps away. You muster up a smile, one that on any other day would make his heart shoot up to his throat and his pulse race. But today he’s no fool - that smile doesn’t reach your eyes for a second.

“Epel-“

“No.” He cuts you off, knowing what you’re about to say. “I ain’t leaving.”

The corners of your eyes crinkle, as though you’d expected his answer. He should hope you would - you knew him better than that. That smile softens into something more genuine, and you extend a hand towards him. “I know.” You mutter. C’mere.” 

The heels of his shoes drag across the polished floor, each footfall feeling more final than the last as he comes to stand by your side. From across the room it was easier to stave off reality, to suspend belief for a little while longer; but now the mirror looms, and it feels like if you so much as take a step it’ll swallow you whole and he’ll lose you for good. He glances at you from the corner of his eye, frustration settling like poison in the pit of his stomach watching you appraise the portal with such a wistful gaze, as though it’s finally dawned on you that you’ve found your ticket home, to your old life. 

A life without him.

Epel doesn’t want to understand why you want to go back, but he does. You had a life before twisted wonderland, before him; friends and loved ones who were no doubt tearing their world apart trying to find you and fearing the worst. He knows if he were in your shoes he couldn’t just leave his family behind if they were just a mirror away - god, what was he gonna tell his meemaw when you were gone? His whole damn village loved you to pieces. That world was waiting for you now, in the shimmering mass that lit up your silhouette as though welcoming you home; it would be selfish to get in the way.

But Epel wants to be selfish; he wants to be angry. Angry that you’re leaving everyone behind. Angry that that lousy headmaster actually kept his stupid promise. 

Angry that he’s not enough to make you stay.

He wants to break that damn mirror. Wants to smash it into pieces with his bare hands if it means you’ll stay. But he won’t - you’d never forgive him, and he’d sooner leave with your love than survive with your hatred. So he clenches his fists, nails digging into shaking palms until they almost match the burning he feels behind his eyes. He bites the inside of his cheek until he tastes metal, but even that’s not enough to stem the tears that blur his vision and carve wet streaks into his face

Fuck, he can’t stop it-

Something touches him and Epel almost rips his head away like he’s been burned until he feels your hand cup his cheek. You tilt his head and he’s inclined to follow until you’re face to face and then he hears it. You laugh. You’re laughing. That goddamn noise that makes his heart rate spike and his face feel warmer. Epel opens his mouth to snap and demand to know if his misery is so funny to you. His jaw slams shut just as quickly when your fingers smooth over the thick tears collecting on his lashes, brushing them away before sliding a soothing hand through his hair. No doubt it’s to try and tame the mess he’s made of it, but sevens you must read him like a book because that simple gesture drains the fight out of him in seconds as you speak.

“Hey… no tears, alright? this isn’t goodbye.”

His face scrunches up, both at the frustrated tears he just can’t get to stop and at the watery smile you try to soothe him with. That laugh he’s learned to love so much is broken up into stuttered hiccups as you fight back your own sobs.

“Ha! Wh-Why’re you tellin’ me that when you’re blubberin’ yer’self?” Epel chokes out between sniffles, unable to resist making a jab. His hands fly up to chase the tears rolling down your cheeks with his thumbs, and your eyes flutter closed as you duck your head with a strained chuckle, resting your forehead against his.

The laughter simmers and moments pass, the only sound being the mutually shed tears and Epel’s deep breaths as he tries and fails to pull himself back together. He doesn’t know how long it’s been and he doesn’t care. He wants this to last as long as possible, because he knows what happens when it ends.

“I’ll come back.” You whisper into the space between you like it’s a fact. “And I swear you better be waiting for me when I do Epel Felmier or I’ll never forgive you.”

Epel can’t help but grin at how childish that sounds coming from you, and the hands on your face give a squeeze till your cheeks are rosy and you playfully swat him away.

“You better come back. Grim’ll kill you otherwise.” 

You don’t doubt it for a second. Though with how easily Grim is swayed by food you’re sure you could earn his forgiveness if you were a little late. Epel clings to the last moments of normalcy with you until it slips through his fingers and reality returns. His face drops, creasing his brow as he sticks you with a resigned expression. He won’t beg you to stay, though the words burn in the back of his throat; instead he demands something else.

“Promise me yer comin’ back.” Epel knows better, but he says it anyway because he needs to hear it.

You can’t promise that. Neither of you know if you’ll even be able to return once you pass through that mirror. But he can pretend; he’s gotten damn good at it too. 

The fondness in your expression makes his heart twist and his throat feel tight, but he doesn’t tear his gaze from you for a second as you lean into his touch, covering his hand with your own and tilting your head to brush your lips against him. A small kiss is pressed into his palm, and it takes everything in him not to yank you towards him, to never let you go as he feels the words whispered against his skin.

“Wait for me, Epel.”

And then you’re gone. The mirror surges, the surface disturbed by your departure, and Epel’s hands are left grasping at the air where you’d once been. 

You never get to hear the curses he screams into the empty hall. Never get to see the marks he leaves on his knuckles as a fist slams into the wall beside your mirror. Never get to see the hand he cradles close to his chest, chasing your lingering warmth long after it’s faded from his fingertips.

The mirror’s surface stills, and the only thing left in its reflection is the anguish of the boy you left behind.

[invisibleraven]

Keeping Spirits Bright

Day 12: Alone + Sweet Tarts <=AO3

When Carrie was young, one of her favourite movies was Home Alone. For one, Kevin was cute to her at that age, so it wasn’t a hardship to watch him and his antics over and over again. The other reason is that she wants the events of the movie to happen to her. Not her house being invaded by burglars-they have a crack security team for a reason, and she doesn’t think she has what it takes to toss paint cans at someone’s head. No, she wants the ending, where the family comes home, appreciates the lonely child and they have an amazing holiday together. 

Carrie wanted that more than anything. 

She loved her life-the lavish house, the top of the line toys and clothes, anything she could ever want, all she had to do is ask. But it all comes at a cost-her dad’s fame means he’s away a lot; on tour, on writing retreats, networking, recording, there never seems to be any end to it. Thus, Trevor Wilson doesn’t really have time for his kid. Though Carrie knows that he didn’t have much choice in her even being here, as her mother literally abandoned her at the doorstep and disappeared. 

Now she knows her dad loves her-he’s given her a great life, and always is nice to her, giving her lots of affection whenever he’s around. It’s just…he’s barely ever around. And Carrie misses him-especially around the holidays when it seems all the parties and appearances take precedence over her. She doesn’t really remember the last time her dad was there to decorate the tree, put up the parol , or watch her open gifts. There’s lots of staff around, and they’re all nice, but they’re not, you know, her dad . 

She gets used to it though-there’s nothing else to do. But soon the holidays don’t mean much any more, just another day where she feels alone, abandone, and overlooked. She barely glances at the perfectly trimmed tree or pile of immaculately wrapped gifts underneath it. To her they are nothing but apologies and bribes instead of heartfelt reminders of her value. 

She puts on her best smile for her friends though-going out caroling, doing Secret Santa (she got Luke and gifts him some Rush memorabilia that almost makes him faint. Alex got her and gifted her a really nice basket from Lush, along with a gift card so she can get any products he might have missed). But it still hurts knowing that at the end of the day, they’re going home to loving families and she’s going home to a big empty mansion. 

So Carrie volunteers to stay behind and clean up-and so does Reggie. 

“Not in a hurry to go home for Christmas?” she asked. 

“Oh, we did Channukah last week,” Reggie replied. “Plus my folks are better in-smaller servings. What about you? I bet you and your dad have amazing plans.” 

“My dad’s in Tibet. Or maybe Maui? He never really lets me know,” Carrie replied. “He’s there with half the Grammy nominees from last year, and I probably won’t see him again until January.” 

“What?’ Reggie asked, clearly shaken. “You mean you’re spending Christmas alone?” 

Carrie shrugged. “I’m used to it.” 

“Unacceptable!” Reggie declared. “Look, Julie invited me to spend the holidays with her family, I’m sure one more wouldn’t be an imposition. God, you know she would have invited you herself if she’d known.” 

“I don’t want pity.” 

Reggie hummed. “That’s fair. Well then, how about you and me spend the time together? No pity, because I am going to take advantage of your mansion and you get company-quid pro quo.” 

Carrie giggled at that. “Fine, but just so you know, all the snacks in my house are vegan.” 

Reggie screwed up his face at that. “Okay well that means we’re going to the grocery store first., I’m cool if you don’t wanna eat meat-Willie has shown me the good impossible branded stuff. But you can’t have Christmas without eggs, butter, and milk.” 

“What, are we going to make cookies?” Carrie asked. “Because I’m not much of a baker.” 

“Neither am I, but I have a few of MeeMaw’s easier recipes we could try,” Reggie replied. “And I am positive none of them call for flaxseed oil or aquafaba.” 

So, later that day, laden down with supplies, snacks, and a bag full of surprises, Reggie came over. He whistled at the house-though to Carrie, it was just where she lived, it had never really felt like a home. But at least the staff had done well with the holiday decor this year. 

“Okay, plan of attack; cookies, crafts, movies, then gifts,” Reggie declared. 

“Crafts?” 

Reggie pulled out a pile of stuff. “Well I figure we can go real old school and make some stupid ornaments for your very expensive tree. Maybe a popcorn string, though we’ll probably eat that during the movie.” 

Carrie laughed. “What, are we six?” 

Reggie shrugged. “Sounds like you never got to be six. So sure, let’s get into our jammies, make cookies, scribble a bunch and watch your favourite holiday movie. Unless it’s Gremlins because that shit still gives me nightmares.” 

“I like Home Alone,” Carrie admitted. 

“Oh yeah!” Reggie exclaimed. “I haven’t seen that movie in years! Let’s do this! Maybe if we have time we can even do Home Alone 2, but none of the rest-they all suck.” 

Carrie shook her head, but before she knew it, she was in her ridiculous reindeer onesie, making simple sugar cookies next to Reggie who was wearing a full set of Grinch pyjamas, grinning madly as they tried to figure out the high tech mixer and what in the world folding in ingredients meant. 

But later, as she and Reggie snuggled watching Kevin run away from his basement, she knew that this was how the holidays were supposed to feel. Full of sugar and warmth, feeling loved by the people with you. A clumsily wrapped gift bearing her name under the tree-even though Carrie protested, saying Reggie doing this was present enough. 

“Well that’s nice but you can’t unwrap me!” he stated, then gave her an eyebrow waggle. “Well… maybe you can.” 

She hit him with a pillow at that-and maybe they missed most of the movie due to the pillow fight, but Carrie didn’t mind-this year she wasn’t Kevin. And if Reggie had anything to say about, she never would be again.

[countrymusiclover]

22 - Drinking Games

Part 23

The Texas Tire Family

Author note - short chapter compared to my others for this story. So if you all have any ideas send them below in the comments. It would be a great help to me....regardless I hope you enjoy the update

Tags just ask - @supernaturalgirl31 @bvbwestfall @bubble-blu @patriciaplictisita @liesanddreams @bethanymccauley

The kids were running through the back yard Georgie, Amy, Sheldon and I were all sitting around the picnic table while baby Leonard was sleeping inside our bedroom. Coming outside I handed Georgie a beer, sending a smirk to the others sitting a case of six down on the table. “Have you guys ever played Never have I ever as a drinking game?”

“Penny had us play that with her and Leonard. I won the game.” Sheldon said with his hands in his lap.

Amy corrected him, handing him a beer after grabbing one herself. “You revealed something about their finances which wasn’t supposed to be in the game. So don’t do that again and we’ll have fun.”

“Okay fine.” He agreed.

Popping the lid off the beer bottle I had I leaned back in my lawn chair remembering the rules so we could get started. “Alright so the rules are this. If you’ve done the thing that someone says you drink. And if you haven’t you don’t have to. We’ll just go around in a circle so Sheldon, you and Arm are guests so you’re first.”

“Hmm never have I ever snuck out of the house and gone to a party.” Sheldon shifted his gaze toward me and my husband while we both took a drink.

Amy tapped her glass thinking of something. “Never have I ever been arrested.”

Sheldon and Georgie both took a drink where Amy sent me a shocked look where I knew I’d have to explain. “It happened when I was pregnant with Aurora. Cause Georgie and I were working really hard to get money but it wasn’t as much as we have now. Their meemaw and him went to the Mexican border to buy cheap cigarettes to sell. While they were making money in the illegal gambling room.”

“But we had a great idea to hide it inside the back of the laundry mat. That’s how I was making money while Y/n was working at the sporting goods store.” Georgie shrugged his shoulders simply adding onto what I said.

Amy smiled towards Sheldon. “I can’t believe you got arrested like your brother. I never thought you would be the one to ever get arrested.”

Shaking my head I remembered that Sheldon made a police officer arrest him for jaywalking across the street. Glancing over my shoulder I saw that the girls and Montana were playing hide and seek with the trees and the playset we had bought them. “Okay, my turn. Never have I ever pushed all the buttons in the elevator at once.”

“Amy..I can’t believe you.” I gasped faking dramatically when she took a drink.

Georgie raised his beer up smirking in my direction when he said the words. “Never have I ever rocked my significant other's world.”

“Georgie!” I squealed covering my face with my hands blushing as red as I possibly could not expect him to come right out of the gate with that when it was his turn.

Sheldon went again. “Never have I ever thrown a baseball at someone.”

“Urgh sometimes I wish you didn’t remember everything.” I grumbled taking a long sip of my drink wishing I didn’t let my anger get the better of me when we were young teenagers.

Hitting my freehand on the table I smirked at Sheldon. “Never have I ever thought college kids were using my dorm room to study while they were really having sex.”

“That is uncalled for Y/n.” Sheldon glared while taking a drink.

Amy turned her attention toward Sheldon, smiling as she took her turn in our game. “Never have I ever lost my virginity to my current partner.” She took a drink shortly afterwards.

Georgie and I clinked our beer bottles together before we downed some more beer, not minding that she put that into the game. Throwing my head back I couldn’t not laugh in pure shock and awe when Sheldon had to take a drink too. “That’s so crazy that we have that in common with each other.”

Evelyn came running over to us ending our current game tugging at my shirt sleeve where I heard her stomach growling. “Mommy, I’m hungry”

“Can we have pizza?” Montana asked with Aurora standing at his side.

Georgie nodded in agreement while he went to throw away the empty box of beer in the trash can we had outside when we would grill outside and have brisket. “Sure we can. What do you all want?”

“No veggies, dad.” Aurora scoffs, crossing her arms over her chest.

He nodded, running his hand through her hair making it a slightly knotted mess like his hair normally was sometimes. “Spoken like a true child and Texan. That’s my baby girl.”

Our little family headed back into the house waiting for the pizza to come here. Montana wanted to play candy land so we set the board game up at the kitchen table. Getting up from the chair I paid for the pizza sitting on the edge of the table so we could still play the game. “Alright kids don’t eat the whole thing since uncle Sheldon and aunt Amy are eating too.”

“Have you had spaghetti and hot dogs before?” Sheldon asked, biting into his piece of pizza. “My mother would make it all the time when I was your age.”

Montana asked, confused. “Spaghetti and hot dogs?”

Sheldon rolled his eyes slightly annoyed. “Oh my, how could you not tell them about it.”

“This is Texan Sheldon. We eat meat and watch football.” Geoegie takes a big bite out of his piece while I had already finished my piece of pizza.

Amy glanced down the table at our kids changing the subject altogether instead focusing on the kids. “So what do you all want to be when you grow up?”

“I want to be like daddy.” Evelyn responded by tearing her pizza into bits with her hands.

Aurora hit her hands on the table grinning brightly. “I want to be an actress.”

“If you want pointers I would say go to Penny on what not to do. Will Wheaton is the way to go for good advice.” Sheldon added onto my eldest daughter’s dream.

Montana throws his hands up pretending he had a lasso in his hands at the same time dancing around in front of us. “I wanna be a cowboy.”

“Those all sound like fun.” Amy grinned at me and Georgie while we both knew that these kids would do whatever they put their minds to. Georgie reached underneath the table intertwining my hand with his kissing me on the forehead knowing that we just hooked neither of our girls or son got someone pregnant like we did.

Comments really appreciated ❤️

[naddpod-encounter-tourney]

Reborn:

for this, I wanted to shoutout the impeccable propaganda from last round by @stone-stars, which is as follows:

the wrestling match (3 identical rolls)

hardwon being a mama’s boy: “in some ways you’re so like your father, and in some ways you’re so much better” “i think those are the ways that i’m like you, mama.”

the reincarnation ritual (almost rolling a gnome, and then half-elf hardwon)

“if i was gonna come back as anything, i’m proud to come back as half of you”

“this is how i see myself, you know? i’ve always been half elf, ever since i met you.”

the dwarven daddy hot tub (the kingshammer accepting hardwon)

beverly buying a comic about being a cleric for erlin (bonus: the comic is about brunhilde, emily’s cleric)

beverly reuniting with his mom and the return of erlin, egwene, gunther, and red

beverly telling erlin about his kiss with terran in zone of truth

“i’m not mad at you, dude. it’s the end of the world.”

lucanus reveal / him and meemaw yelling at each other

moonshine kicking down the door and yelling ‘hey mom and dad’

scoutmaster denny returns (and gets tackled by hardwon)(and later turned into a boot by moonshine)

the escalation of the war against thiala and revelations as to what’s been happening on the prime material plane

moonshine and lucanus’ first conversation

lucanus revealing he likes being razzed

“someone who felt they could never have a child��� is holding their child”

“i didn’t want to need you, dad, but now that you’re here… it’s kind of nice”

wizard tournament setup

nana kindleaf return

martha toegold reveals she knows what happened to bev sr

“everything will be alright if you do what needs to be done”

beverly finds the book on how to defeat devils

“your father has given you a strategy guide on how to beat him” “i have to look away so that the tears don’t ruin the pages.”

also, honorable mention to the fact that the first half of this episode was almost lost forever. the wrestling match and hardwon's reincarnate were almost going to be lost forever and re-played. shoutout to emily axford for preserving some of the most magical dnd moments through pure determination and internet forum diving. in the words of jake hurwitz: "we saw the face of god that night."

Trial by Scale:

for this, I think @chompe-diem's tags on a previous poll are incredible propaganda:

[blogger360ncislarules]

Before Young Sheldon‘s Georgie and Mandy tie the knot, they’ll have to find a place to live.

Now that Meemaw’s house has been decimated by a tornado, Georgie, his future bride and their newborn daughter CeeCee are living in Sheldon’s bedroom — and they’re already feeling a bit cramped. Alas, they’ve got no place else to go — that is, except for Jim and Audrey’s house. 

Midway through Thursday’s final season premiere, Georgie relays an offer from his future in-laws for he, Mandy and the baby to come live with them — an offer that Mandy squashes like a bug. “She’s pretty adamant that she would never do it,” executive producer Steve Holland tells TVLine. “Although, six or seven people in one house, with one bathroom, can start to wear thin after a while.

Below, the EP weighs in on other premiere developments, including Missy’s dramatic transformation and Meemaw’s worst nightmare come true. 

TVLINE | Missy makes good on her promise to George Sr. to do better, and keeps the house in order in Mary’s absence. How long will this transformation last? I mean, she’s still a 13-year-old girl. We talked about this a lot going into the [final] season because she had some trouble last season. Where we landed was that after the tornado and that big moment with Dad, it felt like she had turned a little bit of a corner. Especially with Meemaw’s house being destroyed and Mary being away, this was her chance to step up. It was also fun for us to write Missy in a different shade, and to let Raegan [Revord] play a side of Missy that she hadn’t gotten to do before. But in the second episode, she starts to realize that being Mom isn’t quite as fun as it seemed at first.

TVLINE | Connie will have to foot the bill if she wants to rebuild her house. Where does she even begin? How does someone come back from this? It was a way for us to mix things up and say, “She could just rebuild and be back in that house, but what’s the fun in that? If we can smush everyone into one house, or smoosh everyone into a couple of locations and mix things up, that’ll be fun for us.” It also gave us [new] things for Meemaw. You’ll see this season that this is not her only setback. As she becomes more reckless in her attempts to get back what she lost, she invites more trouble into her life.

TVLINE | Mary doesn’t have any idea what to do with herself. Sheldon’s preoccupied, and she isn’t needed back home. Will this continue to weigh on her? It’s an interesting thread for her. Because you’re right, at first she wants to come back home — Mary likes to be involved and be the one who’s there [in times of crisis] — and being separated from that is hard for her, and it’s coupled with the fact that Sheldon is older now, and he’s at this university where he doesn’t really need her. She’s sort of having to figure out where her place is, and that threads throughout the season, even when she comes back, because Missy has stepped up. It’s not that she’s unhappy that the house isn’t falling apart, but she steps back into this world where she’s not as needed as she thought she would be. Obviously, she’s still needed — she’s the mom of the house — but in her mind, she’s feeling a little displaced.

[fallenraffe]

Diamon Fire by Ilona Andrews

<b>2.5 stars</b>

the prologue >>>

<b><u>things I liked:</u></b>

× the prologue of Nevada meeting Connor's mom for the first time (I was ready to throw hands when we didn't get to see it at the end of book 3, so this made up for that) - that alone would be an easy 4*, its just the rest of it that dragged this down

× seeing a lil more of Connor and the rest of House Baylor, my beloveds

× meeting poison girl - Rune? - who I'm pretty sure is gonna have a thing with Burn (hell yeah)

× getting to see Rogan's extended fam, even if most of them were terrible and I totally understand why he likes to avoid a large chunk of them

× Rogan & Nevada's wedding (even if we only got crumbs)

× wrapping up the Kelly situation - it was v quickly done and not at all the way I had hoped to see it play out, but at least we got some resolution, which I was v much missing at the end of wildfire

honestly, all of the above would have me considering a 3 or 4* rating, but sadly there's more, so

<b><u>things I did not like:</u></b>

× Catalina 💀

× nah but fr, i was not a fan of her POV at all, soz

× some of her thoughts / descriptions of Nevada really didn't sit right with me (particularly when she was thinking about how Nevada kept firing the wedding planners and then the whole boque issue, let the girl have some blue flowers if that's what she wants god damn) - idk they just rubbed me the wrong way & she came off p disrespectful to me at times & i so not condone the Nevada slander✋

× (i've seen ppl say Rogan & Nevada get some p unfortunate character assassination in catalina's books, and reading this i can believe it💀)

× (also been considering soldiering thru the catalina trilogy in large for the Rogan&Nevada crumbs, but I just read a review that said they went for the R&N crumbs too, but there was barely any..)

× I get that she's only 18 and having insecurities is tots legit an all, i.. just.. really didn't vibe with her thoughts & issues and it all came off as v bottom ya - no thx

× tbf I love House Baylor and would've loved to read about p much everyone in that fam, except for Catalina, she was OK as a side character, but I didn't really care for her, gimme Arabella, Burn, Leon, hell I'd even be down for meemaw Frida (badass that she is) and Penelope's stories, that fam is full of awesome characters and instead we get saddled with wet noodle Catalina😭🤧

× don't even get me started on her powers💀 she now apparently has wings and sings... cool cool cool <s>not</s>🙄, but nooo that's not enough, turns out she can basically do the same thing as Nevada & their "evil" meemaw, but in a nice, non intrusive, humane way, where they don't feel violated, in fact!! they won't even remember, if she doesn't want them to!! <b>meet the new & improved Nevada 2.0</b> it now comes with a bunch of insecurities too!! - hard pass

× i saw someone describe C+A as the angsty ya version of Rogan & Nevada (but worse, sm worse lmao) and if this book is any indication, I'm inclined to believe its true

i wish this was written in Nevada's POV and more focused on Rogan & Nevada (its their damn wedding after all), but I get why I.A. would use this as an opportunity to segway into Catalina's trilogy - it makes sense, doesn't mean I have to like it🤷🏻‍♀️

at least we got some resolutions I was missing at the end of Wildfire & it was worth the read for that prologue and the crumbs of Rogan, Nevada and the rest of House Baylor

(I really love Rogan&Nevada, and I really wanna see more of them, there's also a lot of side characters I'd be interested in seeing more of, but if that means having to suffer thru 3 more books of Catalina's POV + some of the other stuff I read about.. I think I might be better off cherishing the memories of the first 3 books, at least for the time being, and if we actually get around to Arabella's trilogy I might have to reconsider..)

(audiobook

first 44% on 2x, the rest on 2.8x

I think that speaks for itself)

(the narrators were good)

(PS.: was doing audio - obvi - so idk how the guys name was written and I don't claim to know how it was supposed to be pronounced, but they are Spanish, right, so whenever i heard CHavier I kept thinking wtfff isn't it supposed to be Javier pronounced as Havier? or is it some secret other name I wasn't aware of🤔 honestly CHavier sounded so bad I'm having a hard time believing they weren't just mispronouncing Javier💀)

[innytoes]

Don't know of I am too late but for the AU headcanons a Greater Polyphantoms Polycule fairytale AU?

-Julie, in a bid to help her mother and because she is the Main Character, falls through a magical book into a fairytale world, and now she must find her way back to even be able to see her mother (or any of her family) at all.

-Flynn, because she is genre savvy, jumps in right after her girlfriend because she knows Julie will get caught up in SHENANIGANS.

-Which she immediately does. Flynn isn't even through the magic portal all the way yet when she sees Julie talk to a Wolf. As in Big Bad. She threatens to pepperspray him but he bursts into tears, pulling down his red cape to cover his tail.

-He says he was just trying to bring some things to his sick Meemaw when he got distracted and strayed off the path and got bitten by a big bad wolf, and now he's too scared to go home and he still needs to give MeeMaw her things, but what if she doesn't recognise him.

-Flynn of course, rolls her eyes and is like: Just put your hood up so she can't see your fluffy ears and tuck in your tail, wear a face mask so she can't see what big teeth you have, and ring the doorbell and stand six feet back. Tell her you're social distancing.

-Of course Flynn has an extra face mask, she made them herself, it's got a cool galaxy print on it.

-Now that Meemaw has her food and medicine, Reggie is so grateful he pledges to help them on their Quest. Flynn shrugs because at least he's a local who can help them get around.

-Also he's really cute and he makes happy puppy noises when you scratch him behind the ears. And he's nice to curl up with at night in front of the fire.

-Along the way they meet Carrie, a girl who went to the ball to have a good time as someone other than herself, lost her glass slipper, and now she can't wear her signature colour anymore because the damn prince keeps trying to find the girl in pink with the fancy shoes.

"The shoes were awful for dancing in, but they did look good."

-Carrie is obsessed with Julie's sneakers. They trade her for them, and she makes them some clothes that means they fit in better.

-Flynn is all: Girl you are rocking that corset. Julie is embarrassed, especially when she sees both Carrie and Reggie go pink in agreement.

-Next they find a beautiful blonde prince in a glass coffin. Carrie reads the sign and tells them about how the prince ate a poison apple and fell into a coma and they're hoping his true love can kiss him awake, and that for 5 silver, you can try, please inquire inside.

-Flynn is like: Oh hell no that is a CONSENT VIOLATION and breaks the glass coffin, gives the poor boy the heimlich. He coughs up the apple, is very freaked out, and is like: please get me the hell away from here.

-His name is Alex and he ran away into the woods because his evil king and queen parents wanted him to marry a girl and he does not want to. So they keep trying to murder him to makes sure he doesn't come back to claim the throne. He doesn't want the throne. He wants a boyfriend and a nice little cottage with a cozy fireplace and maybe a cat, or a dog.

-For now he gets a Reggie instead which is kind of the same thing.

-They break into a tower to crash for the night, find a cute boy Alex is instantly in love with, rescue him, help him cut his hair to a nice manageable mid-back length, and take him with them.

-Do they nearly lose Alex, Willie, and Reggie to an evil witch with a house made of candy? Yes they do.

-Julie is like: STOP. TAKING. FOOD. FROM. STRANGERS. Alex, I thought you of all people would know better!

-Carrie: I mean the witch is dead now, help me chop up her damn sofa so we have provisions to last us a while.

-They do not stay at the witch's house though because it's technically an active crime scene. So they're out late at night wandering the woods when they find Luke. Who fell through a magic portal of his own in the 90s and thought it was rad as fuck at first, but then he realised he's not AGING and what do you mean it's been 25 years???? So they take him with him as well to see if they can get him home.

-Right before they find the magic portal back, Carrie's prince finds them and she grabs Flynn's pepperspray to keep him away and he's like: I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOUR SHOE BACK THEY LOOK EXPENSIVE also I'm not the real prince, I'm the kitchen boy who looks weirdly like the prince, we switched places and he fucked off and people are starting to catch on I'm not him because I don't know court etiquette please take me with you before they behead me.

-So they take Nick back home with them as well and they all live happily ever after. Rose is cured, Reggie is human again, Willie is safe from the evil warlock who locked him up, Luke gets reunited with his mom, and Ray is like: ... okay so... we're gonna need a lot of bunk beds?

[dulcewrites]

The corpose bride au coming soon? 👀 What you wrote was really sweet but tragic!

I was just thinking about how can I make them (fmo reader and Aemond) tragic but with a twist. The possibility of her marry someone other than Aemond has came up (Aegon in particular). But like how better off, as a woman in the realm (one with money but nonetheless a woman), would she truly be. Alicent is basically a case study of you can be in the “best” position in the realm and still go through insanely horrible shit (tw for mentions of pregnancy problems)

- reader still goes to court with her family BUT her and Helaena do not become close. They are cordial but nowhere near how they are in fmo. Then reader is not pseudo intergrated into the family pre marriage. There is no Helaena dropping hints that it would be great to have reader as a sister

- her parents set their sights on somewhere else. A house that can bring something to the table (This has me thinking, like yeah reader’s kids being targs and having dragons is a big deal for their house but outside of that… Aemond is a second son. Reader wouldn’t be getting anything else outside of her kid’s possibly having dragons)

- she gets married off to some old Grafton lord. She’s his third wife by this point. He’s clearly not a good man but he’s loaded and so far has only had girls between his first two marriages.

- things are ok at first. Reader isn’t miserable which she considers a win (poor thing the bar is so low). It’s not until her first miscarriage that things start to get bad. The stress of carrying to term is putting too much stress on her body

- by three years in she’s had three pregnancies but only one baby born. Her little girl. She’s of course happy bc she feels like she’s built her own little family even if her husband sucks. But her husband wants a boy, and despite the signs that reader’s body can’t do it. She gets pregnant again. Y’all can probably guess what happens next

- much like the first ep of hotd, she goes into labor, something goes wrong and her husband essentially sacrifices her for a boy. So now her baby girl and boy are raised by a loser father (shoutout to rhaenyra)

- now onto Aemond. He’s unmarried, still a loner loser (affectionately tho). Viserys dies, and Otto sends him off to storm’s end to secure more allies and a wife. We know what happens lmao. It’s so hard being a one eyed sexy dragon riding Prince with manic tendencies 🙏🏽

- nervous to face his family after what happened, he takes a detour. Ends up taking a turn instead back home towards the Crownlands. gives Vhagar a stern talking to (in meemaw’s head she’s like ‘but visenya I helped you???’). He begins to wander a bit into the woods of some place he clearly doesn’t recognize.

- Aemond had a sapphire ring. As nervous tick, he plays with it. While he drops it, he’s going over his head all things he could say his mom to make things better. “I love you, I’m sorry this happened” etc. Now our reader ever the romantic, and maybe a bit delusional, hears that and is like well ok 🤓😍 thinking this is all for her!

- reader takes him away, we will pull from the movie and say she takes him to the land of the dead. Aemond is like nah babes you’re hot for a dead girl BUT I can’t marry you.. I’m like.. living. Reader is like that can be changed, if you stay down here long enough. Or if you stab yourself or something (now this triggers him considering recent events💀)

- they end up talking about how they ended up there. Aemond reveals he never meant for the luke thing to happened. Like yeah he hates the kid and probably always will but that was NOT how that was supposed to go down. I think he’d super broken up about how he once again gonna painted as the bad guy.. when HE was the one that lost his eye. He probably talks about how much couldve been avoided with a better father. Reader talks about her marriage (Aemond feels extra bad bc she’s giving him the Alicent sad eyes plus her story (being married off young and maritally raped) is giving his mother)

- for a moment, Aemond thinks maybe being dead and her husband wouldn’t be so bad. He even wonders how his life would’ve been if he noticed her while she was at court 👀

- she realizes that Aemond is someone’s kid. What good is her taking him from his mom and family who need him. reader agrees to help him get to where he needs to go, if he makes it so she can see her kids one last time. Aemond is like “I’ll do you one better” he’s already gonna be considered a kinslayer.. what’s one more body at this point.

- in the end, Aemond goes back home. The only person who ends knowing about what really happened with Luke is reader. Things go about the way they do in the dance.. I like to think Aemond and her meet up in the afterword after the battle above the god’s eye (let’s pretend Aemond didn’t kill a bunch of people and they are going to the same place 🙏🏽). Probably further bond on leaving their kids behind :((((

[sheldoney]

💚Are they prone to jealousy? & ⚔️ Are they protective of their partner? & 📺 Do they share information about their relationships freely with friends and family?

💚Are they prone to jealousy?

Yes. Sheldon does get jealous but that comes from issues with his childhood and growing up in an abusive household and also being bullied by his peers. All those are factors which have kind of shaped his personality today. He has some very aesthetically attractive women he his involved with but deep down he doesn't feel he deserves them. He tries not to let that get the best of him but when other men who are deemed good looking in our society, built, tan, tall, muscular strike up conversations with his partneres (moreso than Sheldon) he does feel jealous and insecure at times. But he doesn't show it. Sometimes he explodes but it's never public and he is not abusive. He shows the green eyed monster in other ways by making rude comments or being sarcastic toward his partner. But he is quick to forgive and make up. Little by little he is getting better at this.

⚔️ Are they protective of their partner?

Sheldon doesn't have much to show in the way of muscular definition but he can hold his own if someone to provoke a fight. He reads up on the human body and knows pressure points. He is very protective of his partners and a gentleman so he would stand up for them in a heartbeat. He has done this quite a few times even with women who were not his partners, just the Texan in him born and bred coming out to play. His MeeMaw taught him well.

📺 Do they share information about their relationships freely with friends and family?

He only tells his MeeMaw in confidential when they snail mail each other. She is the only one he trusts with his secrets. The guys hound Sheldon and try to get into his business but he always is quick to shut that down with some rude comment or tell them they are idiots.

[fel-mi-er]

[ × ] 17 and 28

17. A memory of something they regret

Ninth graders had lunch at this hour, but Epel usually skipped. If not avoiding the cafeteria altogether, he would eat as quickly as possible, or take his food to go, sneaking away as soon as possible (sometimes he could even get a hall pass beforehand). He just hated being stared at... if he stayed in the cafeteria, even though he usually sat alone, he would often glance up at people staring at him.

He knew he was weird. Some people liked to look at him, but he wasn't what anybody expected, or what anyone wanted to deal with. He was the kid that wasn't from around here, that lived too far away to go visit, that couldn't hang out after school. He didn't ride the bus with anyone, and he couldn't relate to a lot of what people wanted to talk about, like popular media and celebrities, or even nerdy things like videogames and anime. He couldn't join any sports teams because of his availability, or any clubs for that matter. He just didn't fit in anywhere.

He probably hadn't made his reputation any better by getting into fights with people, but he'd much rather be known as someone not to mess with than someone that's an easy target. 'Careful what you say to that farmer kid' was better than 'That little farmer boy is so cute when he's mad'. Still, people continued to mess with him, probably because he gave them the reactions they were looking for... he wasn't shy about giving anyone a fight, especially since he had been on a winning streak latley.

It's not like everyone was mean to him, or that he didn't have a few acquaintances, but he wasn't close to anyone there. He was distant, at best, with his classmates.

That's why he really should have seen it coming.

He had gotten a note in his locker that someone wanted to meet him during lunch. He wasn't sure what it was about, but if someone wanted to fight, he wasn't gonna turn them down. And it's not like he had anything better to do, anyways.

As he turned the corner of their meeting place, he saw a guy standing alone with his hands in his pockets. He assumed he was who called him there.

"I'm here" he said, approaching him.

The guy turned around with a smile. "Ah, good! I'm glad you came." he looked down at Epel as he stood in front of him. "You see... aha, this is sort of embarrassing. But I guess I'll just say it. I like you, Epel."

Epel's eyes widened. Then narrowed.

What did he mean by that?

"Issit... embarrassin ta like me?" his brow furrowed. Honestly, why was he called all the way out here (the back of the school) just to hear that someone liked him. If he wanted to be friends in secret he could forget it, he wasn't going to hang around anyone that was ashamed to be seen with him.

"Ah, no, no! I guess I wasn't clear enough. I'm just embarrassed because I'm not good with things like this. I mean I like you... like that."

The confusion must have been evident on Epel's face. 'Like that'... the implication seemed like... boyfriend and girlfriend type liking? But Epel was a guy. He knew that, right?

"Imma boy." he responded flatly.

"I know! Ah, don't you like guys?" the other boy tilted his head. "I heard that you did. Am I wrong?"

People did say things like that about him, didn't they? Just because he looked feminine... He remembered going home and asking his meemaw what the F word meant, since he got called it a lot at school. She nearly fainted. That was in seventh grade.

He went to deny that he liked guys, but paused with his mouth open. Did he want to deny it? He had never really thought about how he felt about these things, honestly... it was easier to just ignore it, and he wasn't interested in dating anyone he had met anyways. But this guy knew he was a boy, and said he liked him anyways. Maybe he should be open to this opportunity?

"I... I dunno." He said honestly, shrugging. "I dunno who I like."

"Do you wanna find out?"

"What?" Epel looked up from the ground at him.

He smiled down at Epel, though his smile was... kind of off. "Do you wanna kiss me?"

Epel looked thoroughly shocked. Red began to tint his ears, and he broke eye contact. He really didn't know what to say right now.

The guy stepped closer. He lifted Epel's chin with a finger, then caressed his cheek with the same hand. "Come on."

Epel really wasn't thinking of anything at that moment. If you read his mind you would just hear static, and if you could see into his mind you would see a blank screen. Was this happening? Was he getting his first kiss? He wasn't prepared. But this guy told him that he liked him... maybe even wanted to even date him. Maybe...

He couldn't even breathe as the guy leaned in. Should he move? Did he want to stop?

He scrunched his eyes closed, heart beating fast, as their lips were about an inch away.

Laughter in his face.

His eyes snapped open. His stomach dropped.

The guy was laughing, laughing hard, and some people were laughing from behind the trees, too.

"I can't believe-- you actually thought--"

Epel was beyond ashamed.

"You were really gonna let me kiss you, I can't believe it!"

"I guess he isn't as scary as everyone thought. He looked really cute like that, did you see him blushing?"

"As if anyone would like a girly guy like that"

His stomach was doing backflips right now. His breathing quickened as he just stood there, tensed up, hot tears welling in his eyes.

"Look, look, isn't he crying?"

The guy that had given him a false confession raised his hand to wipe his tears. "Hey, don't cry. You look so cute that maybe I'll still let you kiss me, if--" he was on the ground before his hand could make contact again.

When Epel got home, he was disheveled and bloodstained, but only a small amount of the blood was his.

Epel was suspended after the guy and his friends went crying to the nurse, each of them sporting a bouquet of bruises by Epel, most of them bleeding too. Epel pointed out that they had been harassing him, but he wasn't keen on saying exactly what had happened, and the principal stated that they would not allow provocation to be responded to with violence. He should have controlled himself, he should have gotten a teacher, blah blah blah...

When he came back to school, people hadn't stopped looking at him. Some of them snickered at him behind their hands. Ninth grade was such a pain.

28. A memory that strains a relationship

The moonlight shone beautifully across the dark halls of Pomefiore. Epel would hope so, considering he had cleaned the windows between the two himself. He was dawdling, walking through these halls even though lights out was soon (if he hadn't missed the check already). Whatever. Vil was already mad at him anyways, and he wouldn't mind fighting again if yelling was off the table now.

He had been hanging out with Jinx, but Jinx had told him to go to his own room already, since curfew was soon. He didn't want to go back though. It's not like his roommates were bad people, but he didn't feel comfortable there-- he rarely felt comfortable anywhere these days. Jinx was probably the only reason he hadn't gone crazy, he thought idly... he couldn't even relax in his own room. This really wasn't the school life he had imagined.

The lounge light was still on. Were some students rebelling? He approached cautiously, not crossing the doorway, just trying to hear who was in there.

It was Rook's voice.

"Ah, but, Roi Du Poison, didn't the little pomette do spectacularly today?"

Epel scrunched up his face at the nickname.

"He managed." Vil spoke while going through some documents. "He would have done better if he had listened to me. Honestly, that child..."

"Is the spudling not in college now?" Rook smiled, not earnestly arguing. His tone was teasing.

"Well, he certainly acts like a child." Vil placed some papers down in a pile, organizing them in some way Epel didn't recognize. He looked tired.

Epel didn't know which he hated the idea of more. Vil seeing him as some stupid little kid, or as a project to be worked on.

He bit his lip, looking down in frustration. He didn't want to hear any more of this, turning on his heel to walk silently back to his room.

In the lounge, Rook looked at the doorway knowingly before returning his attention to Vil, whose back was towards the entrance. The smile never left his face.

Epel didn't hear Vil comment on how he had gotten stronger despite his tantrums, as he put them, nor did he hear how Vil was staying up working on training regimens that would better suit his dorm memebers. Instead, Epel went to bed with a bitter taste in his mouth, and dreamt only of being harrowingly small.

[squadron-of-damned]

I am just going to gently attach these from Lu, because someone went hogwild in the tags and we love that.

#holy fucking shit??? great gran frieda??? hanging whatever her sons have painted for her??? #boy oh BOY now i think i can give her a gold star sticker *slaps it on* maybe shes not much of a cunt as i thought initially i mean- #she still is but a little less of a cunt- like 00000.1 less of a cunt- little less cunty than the average cunt #little manny and friedrich reciting poems for mom and then playing the tuba and the violin(? man#you didnt mention her but auntie gris also doing her littlest effort with the harp like :0

#finally siegfried saying thst being 5 isnt old enough for a knife strangely reasonable and its coming from him so ig that is good #little marky and wolfgang making a picnic for mom nom nom nom eating away the little sandwiches and pastries like nom nom nom #i did forget for a minute manny's wife passed away so the thought of a little fran with a burked pancake at age 3 was like... man it hurt#little fran with a frying pan that's 2-3x her size or maybe she'd use the tiny ones that arent bigger than a plate to hold teacup

#also little thought like gandulf tinkering around with things and someone being like 'what u making for your mom' and he ansers w smth like #'i have 3' ans the person who asked is so fucking baffled LMAO little gandulf is... tinkering around with great grandpappy did #i feel that frieda would find it a bit irritating but oooh her getting a dust-collecting trinket from him like he is VERY proud#again biggest flex is that he named three important bits in this one thing after his moms and it got sent out to space!!!

#arnborg W for being part of a death metal band I didnt expect that from him- besides making little model airplanes#sounds like the dad who has a set of [insert interest] in the garage or basement like teent tiny figures#feeling a little sad for ilse and jörgun for not having a mom around BUT they can spend them with grannies!!! oh and little gretchen well#tbh most likely they would have a picnic or some shit- i want to imagine that they'd have a picnic or maybe they would just help around and#feel a little less lonely like... ugh i cannot word it entirely but anyway they spend a good day with meemaws and they bake!!!

#keks is the sort of child that would do something for mother's day regardless if edith said no like 'dad what're we doing for mother's day'#and markov would be like 'nothing and 1) call me father is is better and 2) edith isnt your mom'#but not in a malicious way but the sort of 'we got married for tax and insurance benefit and tbh idk if she'd be comfortable with it'#von karma fan family

no but genuine question... how do the von karmas celebrate mother's day, if they do at all? i'm assuming it was different for everyone. the mental image of a little manny making pancakes for his ma is very cute and little nikolle making up a card full of glitter and hearts for the best mom (and prosecutor) is heartwarming. just leave it to nikolle and phoenix (bigger phoenix?) and unicorn.

biggest flex is gandulf having three moms and his kids having three grannies, go webers!

Truth be told, I haven't thought about it much, so while I have been Stardewing some Valleys, I have been thinking about it. (It does help that I have recently added the Ridgeside Village mod and have been meeting the Amethynes. The butler is unfortunately not romanceable and neither is the grumpy scientist at the river, but oh well, my farmer is already married, we don't have to make this into a dating sim, just this once.)

I don't think Frieda got to know her mother much, so she didn't get to really celebrate Mother's Day... which is probably why it wasn't much of a thing for her.

Herman and Siegfried grew up attending a public school. A very good school, but still it brought up teachers having certain expectations about what is celebrated in families, and so they both had to make "Happy Mother's Day" card every year in their Crafts & Arts class. Mother Frieda thought the result a garbage and the boys did completely agree with her, but they still had to make them. So they made a tradition of ceremoniously throwing out the cards or paper flowers or whatever dust-collecting decoration the teacher had them make, and instead they were allowed to paint something with Frieda's oils or temperas or watercolors, and if it was good, Frieda hung it up in the gallery for a year and then replaced it with whatever they made next year. Siegfried was a disaster with paints, though, and since he quickly got out of the house to study abroad, his pictures had never quite made it.

Friedrich and Manfred most likely had to deal with private tutors and as such their mother got to have a say about that. Therefore they had probably practiced a short poem of a noteworthy poet and showed off some musical skills. There probably were pancakes for breakfast as a celebration, but I don't think that Manfred actually got to cooking until he was an adult trying to live on his own. But once he was an adult and visited his mother, he definitely made pancakes for breakfast, Mother's Day or not, because he was happy to see her. (Herman probably never got pancakes made specifically for him. He was respected, he was obeyed, he was feared, but frankly both of his children had to reach the conclusion that they would have been better off without him, at least mentally.)

Wolfgang and Markov (and Siegfried) celebrated with their mother with a picnic outside. Once they were old enough to carry some responsibilities and be allowed with a sharp knife without supervision (here Siegfried disagreed that five was old enough, but he conceded that fine, sharp knives and going alone on public transport only once they start attending the elementary school), it meant that they prepared and planned the picnic and took care of mother's duties for the day. Hence Markov knowing how to do laundry and knowing that he absolutely hates it.

Helena, Leonore and very baby Franziska probably also got to celebrate with pancakes, the secret of the perfect von Karma pancakes passed down from Manfred to the eldest daughter and from thereto the younger ones. then Ms. von Karma was tragically lost to the world before Franziska was old enough to fold a frying pan without being outweighed and outbalanced by it, so she might have never actually learned how to make the perfect pancakes. It's not like Manfred kept his personal cooking notes in public access...

Gandulf, if he rememberes when Mother's Day is, gifts his mothers decorations that eh hand-made. As a young boy it was exactly that kind of dust-producing trinkets Frieda hated, but nowadays it's intricate engineering stuff, and actually last year he named after his mothers the three core segments of the space probe that was sent to monitor the moons of Neptune!

Nikolle (besides being taught the pancake secret) always pick a theater play or a concert, purchases the tickets from her allowance (and as she gets older, from her savings from her part-time jobs), and they attend as a family. One year she tried to have a teenage rebellion and picked out a death metal band only to find out later when Arnborg was "randomly" picked out of the crowd and pulled on stage that a) her dad can absolutely shred it, and much to the horror of both the ladies, b) said dad used to be a member of the band long long time before she was born, back when he was still attending the university. Since then Nikolle does a thorough background check on whatever she wants to attend.

Ilse, Jörgun and Gretchen do not celebrate Mother's Day on the accounts of their mother not living with them anymore. Ilse and Jörgun used to celebrate it by performing a dance number and taking over the kitchen, but that's pretty much it.

Not to speak for Vani regarding Keks, but if Edith got to have a say about Mother's Day, it was "Don't."

[grasslandgirl]

helloooooo I would LOVE to hear what your incomprehensible hardshine nonsense entails👀👀👀 there is a CRIMINAL lack of hardshine fic on ao3 tbhhhhhhh

i already answered this one here, but for YOU darling benny i am MORE than happy to offer an additional snippet. also i have sooososooo many thoughts 😳

Hardwon was dabbing paint on one of his few larger canvasses when someone knoked on the door to his studio. “Hardwon?” Moonshine called, and he could hear Pawpaw scratching gently where the bottom of the door met the jamb on the floor. “Can I come in really quick?”  “What? No, no, gimme a sec-” Hardwon said quickly, terrified that Moonshine was going to bust into his studio of his own accord, but apparently Lucanus and Beverly had finally gotten through to Moonshine about personal privacy, because she waited quietly and didn’t try to open the door. Hardwon scrambled, picking up the canvas he was working on and tilting it face-down against a wall and shoving the scattered pages into stacks and hiding them beneath cups and pallets and empty canvasses.  “Uh, hey,” Hardwon said, trying not to sound out of breath, as he poked his head out the door, trying to block the crack between the door and the jamb with his body so Moonshine couldn’t see in, “Whats up?” "Uh, well,” Moonshine tugged a hand through her hair as she hesitated, knocking a few tiny mushrooms loose that tumbled slowly to the floor. She smiled at him, a little nervous, a little sheepish. “Peepaw Luc’s birthday is comin’ up and I was- I dunno- I wanted to do somethin’, like, big because it’s the first birthday he’s had with, well, me? If that makes sense?”  “Yeah, I get that-” Hardwon shrugged as best as he could with his shoulders shoved between the door and the wall- “you remember how wild my mom went when we were in Shadowfell the first time.” “Yeah, well, Hardwon, I was wonderin’ if- and you don’t have to, I know your stuff is like, personal, and I don’t wanna make you do anythin’ you dont want to- but I was wonderin’ if you’d help me make something for Peepaw Luc? Like with paints and drawing and stuff? I wanted to do a big portrait thing of him and me and Meemaw and Pawpaw and you and Bev and maybe some of the other Crick folk, and maybe Mavrus and Erdan; and then have, like, the Grandma Tree in the background but it has all the lights from the streets of Gladeholm in it?” Moonshine laughed a little, “I dunno, you’re better at the whole art visualization thing than I am.” That, more than her asking for his help in the first place, threw Hardwon for a loop. That she thought so highly of him, despite only seeing a handful of his crude, old drawings- ones of Gemma that he’d carried like a lifeline until Frostwind, and buried like a coffin afterward. That Moonshine Cybin, fungal queen and water daughter, Titan of Bahumia that killed Thiala, thought he was better than her at anything, that she came to him to ask for help.  “Uh, sure,” Hardwon said, unthinking, and before he could spare a second to regret his decision, Moonshine was beaming at him like her namesake. How was he supposed to regret anything, with her smiling at him like that? “Really? Ugh, Hardwon, thank you I do not know what I’d do without you!” Moonshine leaned down to scoop Pawpaw up from where he was lounging at her feet, pressing a brief kiss to his forehead. “D’you hear that, Pawpaw? Hardwon’s gonna help me paint a family portrait. Who’d��a thought, last year,” Moonshine said, turning back to Hardwon, “I’d know who my daddy was, and have an artist help me make a family portrait for him?” Hardwon shrugged, but couldn’t keep Moonshine’s contagious smile off his face. “Who’d of thought last year, I’d have a family at all?"

but YEAH you're so right there are SOOO FEW hardshine fics in the tag <//3 the naddpod tag on ao3 in general is just. very thin 🤧 be the change you want to see in the world, i guess <3

send me the name of a wip off of this list and i'll reply with a snippet and/or my thoughts on it !!

[naddpod-encounter-tourney]

Reborn:

for this, I wanted to shoutout the impeccable propaganda from round 2 by @stone-stars, which is as follows:

the wrestling match (3 identical rolls)

hardwon being a mama’s boy: “in some ways you’re so like your father, and in some ways you’re so much better” “i think those are the ways that i’m like you, mama.”

the reincarnation ritual (almost rolling a gnome, and then half-elf hardwon)

“if i was gonna come back as anything, i’m proud to come back as half of you”

“this is how i see myself, you know? i’ve always been half elf, ever since i met you.”

the dwarven daddy hot tub (the kingshammer accepting hardwon)

beverly buying a comic about being a cleric for erlin (bonus: the comic is about brunhilde, emily’s cleric)

beverly reuniting with his mom and the return of erlin, egwene, gunther, and red

beverly telling erlin about his kiss with terran in zone of truth

“i’m not mad at you, dude. it’s the end of the world.”

lucanus reveal / him and meemaw yelling at each other

moonshine kicking down the door and yelling ‘hey mom and dad’

scoutmaster denny returns (and gets tackled by hardwon)(and later turned into a boot by moonshine)

the escalation of the war against thiala and revelations as to what’s been happening on the prime material plane

moonshine and lucanus’ first conversation

lucanus revealing he likes being razzed

“someone who felt they could never have a child… is holding their child”

“i didn’t want to need you, dad, but now that you’re here… it’s kind of nice”

wizard tournament setup

nana kindleaf return

martha toegold reveals she knows what happened to bev sr

“everything will be alright if you do what needs to be done”

beverly finds the book on how to defeat devils

“your father has given you a strategy guide on how to beat him” “i have to look away so that the tears don’t ruin the pages.”

also, honorable mention to the fact that the first half of this episode was almost lost forever. the wrestling match and hardwon's reincarnate were almost going to be lost forever and re-played. shoutout to emily axford for preserving some of the most magical dnd moments through pure determination and internet forum diving. in the words of jake hurwitz: "we saw the face of god that night."

I am personally going to add one more moment here: Balnor talks to Bev after the whole debacle with Erlin and has a touching Dad moment.

Your Own Personal Hell:

The Boobs fight off acid and Bastion in Gluttony, then fly out into a storm where they sink through to their own separate rings of hell.

I do literally mean "fly out" as they get swept up by wind when they get out of the literal belly of the beast. Moonshine spends several spells to find Bev and try to save them before finally just allowing themselves to sink into the quicksand.

Ilsed talks in everyone's head about how they will be separated, and the gang decides to call him "Ms. Rosell".

Balnor fully goes missing.

Hardwon sees the dragon Wilhelm Bronzebeard and remembers the first time he held a Kingshammer.

Moonshine goes fully fungal, remembers meeting Pawpaw, and then loses him.

Bev comes face to face with his father, and remembers the first person he watched die. He then nearly takes his fathers hand before Moonshine tells him what a child has a duty to his father, but a hero has a duty to the world.

The actual time Jake says “You ruined my night, Brian.” It's earned.

I'd also like to highlight @theatricuddles' comments from last round, which can be found here

[ichayalovesyou]

Why Does God Need A Starship? (Live Reaction):

I always thought Sybok was cool and interesting and NOW I’m sure! You know it’s times like these that I’m grateful I kinda came back into the Star Trek fandom on my own, because I don’t have to deal with Opinions of older/louder Trekkies. This one kinda has a lukewarm reputation but I’m getting the vibe that I’ll genuinely enjoy it.

Yet again Bones is serving up some LOOKS damn! Look at these elder gays! Spock has rocket boots, amazing. “Because it’s there” and then falling off the goddamn mountain is such a James Tiberius Kirk thing to do 😂 “HI BONES!” These guys omfg. OH MY GOD SO WE DO SEE CAITIANS OUTSIDE THE CARTOONS?? Hell yeah! Also pole dancing to no music, is... weird. Lmao. Also okay I’m sorry Sybok is cool! Sybok is cool and interesting and I really like him! (Not morally obviously dude is shady as all fuck, but a cool dude nontheless!) Always fascinated by Cult Leader type villains, especially when they point out valid criticisms about the society from which they came (important distinction is that the CAUSE is not vilified, but the person and their means, something M****l has largely forgotten)

Awww I may ship Hikura, but Uhura & Scotty are also cute as hell!! Awwwwwww!!!! Old married couples can be so freaking cute. Chekov & Sulu are LOST ohhhh my god this is hilarious, these two idiots. Also can we talk about how Koenig’s eyebrows are slowly gaining sentience and Takei aged like fine wine? Lol. THE HOLY TRINITY OF ELDER GAYS ARE CAMPINGGGG! I’m- oh my god they’re so cute. “Marshmelon” this is cute as hell oh my god. They’re indulging and messing with Spock at the same time I’m dead! They’re singing ohh my god this gonna give me cavities with how sweet it is!!!

This Klingon dude is frickin ROCKING the eyeliner! Bruhhhh was the frickin spotlight necessary! Leave the gays alone SHHHH they’re SLEEPING!! Lmao. Yo I’ll be real this movie starts incredibly slowly but I seriously do not mind, it’s relaxing to not have to worry about missing important details if you look away for a second, it’s nice. WAIT? Does Jim’s shirt say GOT MILK?!!? Oh no, it says go climb a rock, oh thank god [“fatty milkers” flashbacks]

Seriously McCoy is just radiating so much old southern lady/gay energy in this movie and I love it so freaking much “if you ask me (and you haven’t) this is a horrible idea” he sounds like my North Carolina living Meemaw. Wow you can see Spock low-key taking psychic damage from seeing Sybok 😲 V’tosh Ka’tur of the highest order huh? Still disturbing that his government literally cast him out, that’s a red flag 😬. What happened with Sybok is probably a lot of why Spock was pressured to be as Vulcan as he was, I’m sure Sybok was a massive scandal/shame for Sarek, and knowing him, he’d end up making that his kids’ problem not his 🙄

Oh neat!! Chekov is in the in the captain’s chair. Oh this is the song they replaced Nichols’s voice for 😤 but also GIRL THAT WAS BADASS AND THAT SONG WAS A BOP! Quick question, wow these “alien” horses are somehow even worse than the unicorn dog (also it’s a desert planet, wouldn’t it be better to have, like, alien camels or something?) This dude’s Klingon is freakin impeccable btw! He’s really got the vibe down! Jim did you forget how fuckin bananas strong Vulcans are??? Sybok went like 😡☹️ when Spock pointed that laser rifle at him 😂😂😂 again even tho I know Scotty and Uhura are married but it’s scenes like getting held hostage right there where they radiate such POWER COUPLE energy GAWD! 🤩

Stay out of this Bones we’re having a lover’s quarrel! Jim is taking fucking psychic damage from this entire conversation lol. Okayyyy whatever Sybok is doing is definitely some kind of mind control type thing, that shit is creepy af no thank youuuuuu (spores anyone?). Oh my god Spock & Jim are so married lmao, that “I’m sorry” Vulcan kiss in the brig man Aw. (Oh man Magic’s of mega-tsu got devani mixed by that comment lame!) SCOTTYYYYYY!! YAS!

Yay rocket boot glomp! Lmfao! Sybok needs to brush up on his earth history Columbus did NOT figure out the world is round 🙄 Ah Scotty being like “listen, you’re not okay rn so I’m not really down for whatever you think you wanna do right now it can wait until you’re right in the head again” and they could’ve not done that and it would’ve been creepy (especially by today’s standards) but they didn’t! And that was awesome!

Bones being skeptical and has every right to be! He’s faced down would be gods and would-be messiahs before! Also I’ve seen people judge Bones for being the first to cave but Sybok totally did that shit to him without consent! He didn’t go back on his beliefs, Sybok forced him to! BONES PROTECTION SQUAD IS HERE AND ITS ME! Oh Bones, man, poor babeyyyy (fuck Sybok!) 😭😭😭 OH MY GOD BONESSSSSS Sybok leave him alone! Goddamnit! Leave him alone!

I think Jim can see Spock’s Sybok induced vision cuz they’re ✨Bonded✨ (it didn’t seem like they could see Bones’s, other than what Bones was doing). JIM KNOWS SO MUCH BETTER! ITS HOW HE BEAT THE SPORES ITS HIS CORE! I UNDERSTAND AND LOVE HIM FOR IT!!! Spock 😍😍😍 he’s like, you’re bullshit happiness pill doesn’t work on me cuz I am whole for the first time in my life, and I love my husband, and I already learned my lesson decades ago 💚🖖🏻💚 (who knew how important the character development from This Side of Paradise AND Return To Tommorow would be??? Hell yeah!)

I love Scotty so much 🥰 hardcore badass Hufflepuff from beginning to end! Also I hope Sybok appears in SNW that could be really really interesting if they do it right! ITS GOD (derogatory) REVERE HIM! Oh here comes that legendary question!! “What dies God need with a starship?” Red flag don’t call Jim a creature! Oh shit god has laxer eyes oh no lmao! Bones snaps out of whatever Sybok did to him when “God” hurts his friends and we LOVE HIM FOR ITTTT! Awww Spock & Sybok and be saaaaad, oh shit! Into the lightning to fight a mirror of yourself like Lazarus in that one episode!

OH SHIT THE KLINGONS ARE HERE! Oh damn Spock just swore a cuss the right way, at a Klingon General no less! General dude just went “caotain tell Kirk you are sorry!” LMAO! NOT IN FRONT OF THE KLINGONS 😂😂😂😍 KISS DAMNIT!! God this whole after scene is so good, maybe the god is the friends we made along the way. “I lost a brother once” you also lost SAM dummy, I know you were just telling Spock you love him but still. SHUT UP SPOCK IS PLAYING ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT ON HIS LYRE??

Okay, seriously, I unironically love this movie, it might be my favorite out of the ones I’ve seen so far actually. TMP felt like the movies getting their sea legs, but it was slow and messy, it wasn’t as thought provoking as it wanted to be (aside from Spock’s wonderful arc in that film). WoK & TSFS are amazing for drama and angst and Spirk content, but they weren’t really asking the big questions Star Trek is wonderful for. Then The Voyage Home is just plain silly and fun and wholesome. But this, this movie had depth! The whole premise is “what is god and is there is one?” I LOVE that as someone who has a very complicated relationship with spirituality. I also already loved the TOS episodes This Side of Paradise, Return To Tomorrow, The Omega Glory and The Way To Eden, and this movie had the best of those concepts! Sybok was such a fascinating antagonist/anti-hero and I hope we get to see him explored more on screen one day, even if it’s just through Discovery/SNW flashbacks. It may have started off slow and it’s not without its flaws but this felt like the Star Trekkiest TOS Star Trek movie so far!