#tbc i HATE this bit i have always hated it

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... what steve did for that one taskmaster task ... was also a psychoville skit in 2010 ...

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mary boleyn fanvid set to the bolter.

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⋆ ★ Kyra Cooney Cross ★⋆

Missed You More | 2.4k It's your first camp back after your ACL injury, but you best friend Kyra's acting strange

 ↳ Favourite Pest | 3k You finally find out what's caused Kyra to act so weird

Friend of a Friend Charli introduces you and Kyra, and the two of you end up getting along a bit too well [aiming to post it around late August]

Forget About it After avoiding her for as long as possible you have to play against the girl who broke your heart so many years ago. [aiming to post it around late August]

-> ⋆ Kyra and Sunny Series ⋆

•.¸¸☆Sam Kerr☆¸¸.•

6ft 5 | 0.9k You're filming a tiktok and Sam wants everyone to know your hers.

 ↳ 5ft 8 After signing a contract extension with Chelsea, you can't help teasing Sam over a lie she tells in a video

✧ ✦ ✧ Caitlin Foord ✧ ✦ ✧

Caitlin x child!reader series (coming soon)

Squirt You're meeting the Arsenal girls for the first time

Popular You find yourself the center of attention when all the girls are fighting to be your favourite

But you're my mumma? Caitlin starts spending more time with Katie and less time with you

•♬✧Leah Williamson✧♬•

Enchanted | 1.6k You write a song about England's captain after meeting her briefly at an event not expecting her to share your feelings

 ↳ You are in Love After back and forth messaging and a few dates you and Leah begin to go more public with your relationship causing the fans to go wild [posting date tbc]

Waldosia | 2.8k a condition in which you keep scanning faces in a crowd looking for a specific person who would have no reason to be there, as if your brain is checking to see whether they're still in your life, subconsciously patting its emotional pockets before it leaves for the day.

Maybe in Another Life | 3.3k You hadn't seen Leah since you'd broken up three years ago and now when you see her again you being to regret ever letting her go

Buffet (18+) | 1.1k Leah can't resist an all you eat meal, especially when your the main course.

baby fever | 1.6k you'd always heard your friends talk about how much they wanted kids but had never felt the same until now.

Crossing Loyalties Leah's a red, you're a blue and you 'hate' each other. Well at least that's what the fans think.

⋆ ★ Katie McCabe ★⋆

Take a chance on me | 1.6k With the help of a karaoke machine and a good song, Katie finally confesses her feelings for you

Snapchat Katie accidentally leaks your relationship on snapchat with all the fans [posting date tbc]

St Patrick's Day You're first time meeting Katie's family is on Saint Patricks day and it's a bit overwhelming [posting date tbc]

∘₊✧ Lionesses ✧₊∘

Winners are Grinners You've just won your first major tournament with your country (teen reader) [posting date tbc]

•.¸¸☆ Matildas ☆¸¸.•

No 1 trio It's a fight to see who the better trio is - Macca, Alanna and Caitlin or You, Mini and Kyra [posting date tbc]

Little Menaces You and your best friend Harper Gorry are bored and decide to annoy all your aunties. (part of the Caitlin Foord x child!reader series) [posting date tbc]

⋆ ★ Alexia Putellas ★⋆

Odio Amarte | 1.6k All of your Barca teammates think you and Alexia need to get together, but the two of you are 'enemies'.

First Camp It's all to much for you on your first ever Spain camp (teen reader) [posting date tbc]

La Reina You finally shoot your shot with the queen of Spain [posting date tbc]

✧ ✦ ✧ Niamh Charles ✧ ✦ ✧

I wanna ruin our friendship Niamh wants more than anything to tell you how she feels but she's to scared to lose her best friend [posting date tbc]

Let's tell the world you and Niamh decide it's finally time to go public with your relationship [posting date tbc]

•♬✧ CWFC ✧♬•

We made it After battling injuries, sicknesses and mental health problems for years, you finally made it all the way to the final day

•.¸¸☆AWFC☆¸¸.•

Go away (platonic) You and Kyra are always up to no good, but one day it gets all to much for your Arsenal teammates.

Scare Cam Kyra sets up a scare cam and it doesn't go to plan

✧ ✦ ✧ Lucy Bronze ✧ ✦ ✧

Don't be sorry | 3.1k the matildas lose to england in the semi final of the world cup and you take the blame

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since squirrelflight isn't sparkpelts mom, or brambleclaws mate, whats the context (i think squirrelflights hope) where sparkpelt calls her a mouseheart for sticking up for brambleclaw

I think a lot of people forget that the context in the book was not great to begin with, since we collectively remember it from Moonkitti's video where she's making a point that Sparkpelt is acknowedging Bramblestar's mistreatment. It's part of her argument, demonstrating that even cats WITHIN the Clan can see that Bramble is treating his wife poorly.

But people who haven't read the book (or haven't in a while and half-remember it) construct context backwards from that, and think it was Sparkpelt trying to tell her mom to stop getting pushed around. It's not.

The context was; Sparkpelt wants Bramblestar to nonsensically start a war with ShadowClan because she thinks they poisoned Larksong.

She's not thinking straight because she's stressed. She's blaming ShadowClan because they'd previously poisoned SkyClan, and believes the motive is that they're angry with Bramblestar for trying to keep the peace. Yelling at her mother is supposed to be an example of irrationally lashing out.

It's also, probably, another opportunity for the writers to torment Squilf tbh. Sparkpelt screams at her that she's being a coward for defending the things Squilf had to BEG Bramblestar to do, so that Bramblestar can step in and tut-tut her with, "don't call your mom a mouseheart when ACTUALLY she's a bitch." Then he turns around to cry that his whole family hates him and he's actually the saddest little ducky in the kiddie pool. Lmaoo

So anyway. Squirrelflight's Horror.

Yep, Sparkpelt's no longer Squirrelflight's daughter; these two are Apprentice and Mentor.

And, yep, Squirrelflight broke it off with Bramblestar after OotS. They never get back together; Sparkpelt's mother is Jessy. But, in the very beginning of this book... she starts to feel bad for him, a tiny bit of the love they had re-sparks, and they're courting again.

Not "mates," but the equivalent of dating.

...Much to the chagrin of Squirrelflight's children, as all three of them have disavowed Bramblestar. Fallenleaf and Jayfeather awkwardly try not to get involved, and Lionblaze probably ends up in a argument with her as he tries to forcefully warn her about what a stupid choice she's making. They both dig their heels in because they are a lot alike, and Lionblaze's explosive confrontation only made the situation worse.

And tertiary effects: Toadstep takes his mate's side, but his mother Daisy (Squilf's best friend) and sister Rosepetal, (Squilf's first apprentice), choose to support Squirrelflight in whatever she does. Squilf's grandchild Hollylark and her apprentice, Sparkpelt, are... cautiously optimistic.

Sparkpelt's relationship with her dad has always been extremely strained. She wants to love him... but she's been involved in his little "tests" before. Squilf was always the one who PROTECTED her from them, an emotional rock during the storm that was her adolescence. Squilf knows what she's doing. She's aware of what she's getting into. She wants her dad to be happy. She knows he hasn't been happy since Jessy left him.

They All Know This. Yes?

So... she should be glad, right? That the people she loves are going to make each other happy? Maybe this will... you know... fix him. And her kits can be born into a happy world where their grandfather isn't so... frustrating.

Or, maybe she can just, HOPE, y'know? Maybe things can be okay after all? Just once?

Hollylark meanwhile is like, "Sure babe it's all gonna be fine! Nothing terrible is going to happen, hahahahahahahaha" as xey purchase 14 fire extinguishers, an insurance plan, and consult the Clerics on the best god to pray to. Alderheart solemnly tells xem that if there was a god who could help, he would have worshiped them long ago.

Leafpool sighs, "at least try goldenflower."

Squirrelflight's Horror's purpose is to set up the events of TBC. Bramblestar's controversial choices here, getting his entire Clan wrapped up in an abusive game he's going to play with his ex-wife/sort-of girlfriend, and ultimately leading his Clan into a controversial battle that gets Leafpool killed, is why no one caught that he was replaced by a cruel impostor.

But most of all, it's about Squirrelflight. It's her going on trial to defend Fire Alone as an ideology in the modern era, it's setting up how her worst enemy will kill to hurt her but how her allies support her, and it's her finally rejecting any love she has left lingering for someone who has proven that he can't treat her well, so that she can focus on all the people who do.

Her heart WILL lead her to make some rash, destructive choices, but nothing she's ever done out of compassion will be something she apologizes for.

SO the change of context around Hollylark's poisoning and death.

For one, Hollylark is now something more interesting. Xey are a Nature Spirit, one of the new entities in BB that I'm still solidifying the rules for.

Other examples of Nature Spirits: Brokenstar, Star Flower.

They're quite rare, and typically born of bits of nature that were beloved for generations before being destroyed.

Hollylark was born because one of xeir moms had a magic misfire. So xey're extremely weak compared to those two.

Fallenleaf has no idea yet how exactly she did this... or, even, how far her own powers extend.

Over the course of this story, Fallen is also having a tiny realization of her own that she can't stay in ThunderClan. She's a God, now, with Sol trapped inside her chest.

Bramblestar WILL be trying to drag her into the conflict, and she has to stand firm and argue that her powers can't be used for politics... or...

this part she does not say, knowing that saying it out loud would only make Squilf double down like Lionblaze's big fight with her did,

Or for Bramblestar's stupid drama.

Of her siblings, she's carrying the least pain about Bramblestar's treatment. She dropped the secret, and then vanished into an adventure that took her from this life for a thousand moons.

Everything still feels very far away, in a sense. Like she's still a distance away from the Hollyleaf that she once was.

So... Bramblestar feels small. This all feels small. Petty.

Beneath her.

So, whatever happens to Hollylark... it feels like a cold rainstorm. If she'd felt somewhat numb and dazed before, reality HITS her.

She couldn't SAVE her child. She has NO IDEA what her powers really are, or their limits.

This causes Fallenleaf and her mate, Cinderheart, to leave the Clans in search of those answers. To find out what Fallenleaf's role, as the new God of Autumn, should be.

But that's Cinderheart's Travels. One of the BB books that doesn't have an equivalent canon book lmao.

And back on Hollylark.

My current thought is that Sparkpelt should end up a LOT sicker from the prey-poisoning, while Hollylark is the one who's less affected by it.

In my head, Hollylark through this SE is in a sort of role where xey're not giving a ton of xeir own opinions, clearly just trying to support Sparkpelt and the kits. Xey're unbelievably stressed out, but xeir response under pressure is to fawn.

So the context of Sparkpelt snapping at Squirrelflight would be that she's physically sick. She's tired, terrified for herself, her kits, and in her state, she's taking it out on Squilf.

Instead of blaming ShadowClan, though, I'm thinking it would be more relevant for Sparkpelt to be angry that Squilf is "Making Bramblestar so upset."

If she's going to be making accusations that are emotional and don't make any sense, Squilf should be noticing that Sparkpelt is being sucked right back into being the self-conscious, terrified child she used to be. Before she had a mentor to rely on.

She hates that Squirrelflight is "upsetting" Bramblestar, blaming her for his actions, in a way that she used to do to herself when she was young.

And at first, Squilf is going to ACCEPT that, and APOLOGIZE... until something happens in front of her to make her realize that if she did that, she would be saying that the toxic impulses she had to train OUT of Sparkpaw were "correct."

A recognition of herself through Sparkpelt before her. And a realization that, no matter what happens, she NEEDS to be there for Sparkpelt because she still needs someone in her corner.

I'm still working out the non-Trial parts of Squirrelflight's Horror, so this is still getting shuffled around. But next,

Bramblestar barges in to "defend" Squilf.

What I like about the original context is the way that Bramble takes a fight between Squilf and Spark and makes it all about himself. I think it's intriguing and telling that he takes the opportunity to guilt trip Squilf again.

And what I'd like to do with the idea in the context of BB, is have Bramble try to force himself into this very personal moment like he's both a hero of Squilf AND hurting sooo very much to do it. Like it was a favor he was doing her, to cut through his immense pain at being undermined and betrayed, to "stand by her side."

And Squirrelflight sees this and feels sickened.

How could she EVER apologize to Sparkpelt for making Bramblestar upset, when he's so callous he'll BARGE in to "save her" from his sick daughter?

Something he MOCKED her for, once, before she chose him over Ashfur?

She's not fully ready to FINALLY purge herself of Bramble, no, but it's one of the last steps. Apologizing to Sparkpelt seemed like the correct thing to do... until Bramblestar reminded her where their guilt comes from.

MOSTLY, I'm unsure of how to resolve this scene. I know I don't want Squilf to stand up for Sparkpelt yet though.

And I want that to bug her. She was such a swirling whirlwind of guilt, shock, and offense, that she did nothing. Caught between too many emotions, she froze.

So Bramble could either storm off like he does in-canon, OR, have Hollylark finally push in to tell them that they need to leave and cut it early.

At some point, perhaps as an ending to this scene or later, I do want Hollylark to express frustration at the way Bramblestar is changing Squirrelflight, and how she just stood back right there

Xey're wise enough to realize it's not Squilf DOING it, but can't help but feel a crushing disappointment that she's THIS old, THIS wise, been through SO MUCH because of this guy...

"I LOVE you, but it's not just about you either. Can't you see how he's finding aaaaall these ways to drag everyone in, just because he wants to get at you?"

And especially Sparkpelt. She needs all of her allies right now, most of all the very mentor who taught her she didn't deserve to feel the way her dad often makes her.

But Squilf did not push back for her. It was only one moment... but it was an important one. And she lapsed.

She can't let that happen ever again.

As for Hollylark, I know that I need to kill them before the end of this book. Like canon, xey're gone before Squilf has her trial. My current thought is that xey sacrifice themself in some way in order to save Sparkpelt's life, perhaps deciding to "take their pain onto myself" and dying in her place.

And that's the context, so far. I've got the Trial pretty solidly mapped out, but the reworked politics and interpersonal stuff are still a WIP. I know the beginning and the end, but the middle's still loose!

[decodedlvr]

the band-aid to my wounds

Older!Eddie Munson x naive!Fem reader - eventual twins Steve Harrington x reader x Kurt Kunckle series| pt 1 | pt 2 | pt 3 … TBC

Summary: After stumbling into an old barn after being stranded by your freshly new ex boyfriend, you wake up strangely in a room..that isn't yours..

warnings: talks of cheating, abuse, angst, slight stockholm syndrome at a glance, anxiety, childhood trauma, parent problems; daddy issues, eventual smut, cursing, drinking, smoking, perviness, slight dub-con, miscommunications, blood mention

word count: idk? 1k?

June 12th, 1988 the roads were closed off.

I have no idea why im still together with this asshole, why am i so stupid? oh because id do anything for people to love and not leave me. Looking at him now..hands beating the steering wheel, veins popping through his temples..not to mention his breath. Ashton my oh so loving, narcissist, no good boyfriend. We've been together for 6 years, basically high school sweethearts. Went from flirty glaces, to lab partners, to collage students with an alcohol addiction. Mainly his addiction...he got me started on it.

Ashton basically took me in with his fatherly like protectiveness when we first got together. He was walking me to my front door after a bowling date he asked me out to my sophomore year, of course i said yes.; until the front door opened. Uh oh, dads home; Bill. The moment the door opened i watched my father tackle Ashton to the ground without so much as a reason screaming words like "get off my property, boys like you should be dead in a gutter, ill kill you"...

Lets just say that date night was a bit too eventful for my liking.

My dad always had a problem with Ashton because he went to highschool with his father. Ashtons dad was a bully back in the day, made my dads life a living hell.. took everything away from him. the girl, the looks, the job..

Dave, Ashtons father, was caught making out with Shannon, my dads ex lover but also first love. Dave knew he had the upper hand when it came to getting the things he wanted. Hell, Shannon seduced him into it. Shannon was only with my dad for the money. Got knocked up but gave him the baby and ran away to be with his dad. As you can see I am that baby now today.

I made a promise to Ashton after sneaking him to my bedroom window that same night cleaning his wounds; that it was me and him against the world. He knew about me and my parents relationship. How my step-mother only has good things to say about me in a room full of people, but how she degrades me behind closed doors. How my dads drinking problem gave him alcohol poisoning, twice' and about his anger problems. You'd think being in a household that is always loud would help you shape up to loud sounds in the future. Boy was that theory proven wrong.

anytime someone yells or raises their tone, you're immediately in fight or flight response. tense..anxious. You hate going to basketball games just for that reason. Its uncomfortable.. and he knew that, but apparently in this moment, he didn't give a fuck-

"Did you hear me??" Ashton says impatiently. "No im sorry, i cant hear when you mumble.." you reply

you also hated when people uttered things under their breath.

dad does that shit.

"Don't be smart with me y/n, ill leave you right here,right now in the middle of the fucking road

"Yeah whatever Ashton, just stop talking to me and drive" feeling the breaks pull forward and in a flash he was out of the drivers seat, and already pulling you out of the passenger-

"WHAT THE FUCK" i yell- what the fuck are you doing Ashton?”

“Shut up!” he smacks me. Your eyes widen in more shock than fear over anything. “Did you j-just hit me?” i ask with a scratched voice--

“I told you more than once not to back talk me didnt i?”

“i didn’t.. it was once and i stopped ashton”-

-“You’ve done it all goddamn night, accusing me of cheating, clinging onto me when i ran into Tommy, i told you to give me some fucking space --i interrupt him.

“YOU did cheat on me you asshole!! That bitch was fucking bragging about it in the bathroom”—

“Do you really think after what 4 years-“6 actually“ i say pissing him off further. he looks at you angrily

He sighs. “Do you really think after years of being together, i would do that to you?” he say looking down at the ground sadly; making you instatly regret your words

“..no-no of course not i just thou”-

-“You thought wrong! he snaps-I would never do that to you baby..y/n?” he says letting go of the grip on my arms, caressing my cheek-“..I know you get a little confused sometimes, its okay come here” he says pulling you into a deep hug

“..im sorry ash”-

“shh” he coos.

“I really thought—what the fuck is that?” you shove him away

“Y-you piece of shit!!” you pull around back collar piece of his shirt up to his face; showing him the peach colored lipstick stain

“Are you fucking serious Ashton?” his eyes widen and stomach drops when he sees the prominent evidence of his past events—

“B-baby look-“

“No! fuck you were done!”

He grabs me closer, “No we fucking arent- ive gave you everything! he starts shouting making you flinch

P-please stop yelling at me! you plea tears rolling down your face

“Just—here” he opens the car door “just get back in and ill explain on the way”—

“No.” you shove past him running and crying

“Y/N come back here!. its too dark—

“ i dont care leave me alone!”

“Y/n theres crazy people out here..!”

you stop in your tracks, turning back to say- “You’re the crazy person!”

he laughs. “Oh im crazy? Ill show you fuckin crazy”—he says marching over to the drivers side of the car starting it back up—mumbling ill show you a fucking crazy person babe—and he spees off

you cant believe he actually just left you.. standing here.

“ASSHOLE!” you shout regulardess if hes still there or not, turning back around to walk down the cold empty road

are you fuckig kidding me?

wow he fooled me

how didnt i see this before

did he love me?

he says he does

then why did he leave me..

fucking jerk!!

The long 7 mile walk with a head full of shitty thoughts walk you to a sun burnt orange barn.

you're exhausted. your hearts broken. your feet hurt. its too dark to keep walking

"I mean i could crash here right?" you say already walking towards the musky building

hay bells, chickens, tools. looks already owned

you dont care you just need a place to rest you head for a bit.

stinks in here. muttering to yourself, opening and shutting the barn door behind you.

perfect you say spotting an old rocking chair..and yard sale signs?

does somebody live here?

you're too exhausted to think any more tonight

this'll do. taking your jacket off to use as a prop pillow, climbing into the chair almost immediately drifting off.

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whats that smell? smells like bacon?

bacon? your eyes are still shut but you can sense a different environment around you. Fluttering your eyes open.. a clock? pictures? what?-jumping up at the sound of a shoe

"WHO ARE YOU?" your already in flight or fight mode

"Whoa whoa its okay, im the owner of the barn i found you in”.

is he lying?

"YOU'RE LYING!" you look around in a panic

"Sweetheart if i was lying, how come i specifically found you in my rocking chair, you must of been tired, i got my buddy who also runs the farm to scoop you up and bring you to our guest bedroom, couldn't just leave a woman out in the open like that.. especially at night"

your stomach knots when he calls you sweetheart.

okay maybe he harmless, just very kindly harmless?

"Here" he throws his arm out, "I'm Eddie, Eddie Munson."

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[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Do you have any plans for Alderheart? I always thought Alderheart was a boring pov in AVoS, and I kinda wished that they kept his anxiety, and have another WAYY less ableist reason for why he became a healer.

Okay. So I don't wanna do a page for him JUST yet, mainly because AVOS is under so much construction, but I do have some general ideas I can bounce off as things stand.

1. Alderheart is NOT a main point of view. He technically is at the beginning as a bit of a fake out. His POV in canon is a slog to get through anyways, and I personally think it should have always been Sparkpelt.

2. He has anxiety, and he does keep it. He isn't just "worried" often, he constantly feels like everything is going to go wrong, his mind often wanders when he is supposed to focus, he's irritable and tense, and while he wants to be perfect, he also... Isn't doing a lot to help himself. He projects towards Sparkpelt out of jealousy. He never means to, he's just... He's a lot like his dad.

3. The thing about him becoming a Medicine Cat is Squilf going up to her son and gently speaking with him about struggling with his training. She suggests him to be a Medic, proposing cool things he can do. He can make friends in other Clans easier, he can go wherever he wants in their territory at any time, he will be able to visit the Moonpool whenever he wants, and he'll get to work with Aunty Leafpool! She knows he is hating his training, and she doesn't wanna see her son struggling like that. He takes it to heart pretty badly, but he gives it a try when his dad says he doesn't have to stick with it if he doesn't want to.

4. But... He REALLY likes being a Medicine Cat. Sure, it's scary at first, but between Leafpool being supportive and Jayfeather having proper development in the arc to become a better person, the position is enjoyable. It helps that he sees the power that the position offers. He has more influence than his 'perfect' sister will.

5. He is proper mates with Velvet, and still sees her after she goes home. He does it under the guise of herb gathering, and often times WILL bring back herbs, including Velvet Thyme, a very valuable herb.

6. He is still exiled during TBC, and in the end, decides he is done with Clan life. He goes to live with Velvet and Hattie. He recovers, takes his mental health seriously, and improves his outlook. He becomes a better person, and visits Sparkpelt in secret later on to tell her he is sorry.

Please note, I... Really don't like canon!Alderheart. I don't think he is very nice and I really dislike the way the narrative bends other characters to make him correct. I know he is one of Kate Cary's favorites, and the way she treats male characters she likes gets on my nerves, and while I am redoing some male characters to be better, I... Just don't want to with Alderheart.

Embracing his flaws makes him interesting to me. He says kind things, but if you don't validate him often enough, he will try and pull out the same crap Bramblestar does with others. He gets jealous, feels like others are trying to show him up, or replace him. He is loving and patient, but he often projects his insecurities on/towards others and can get wrapped up in a slightly frail ego, an inferiority-superiority complex. He won't take criticism because he needs to be right. He wants to be better than Sparkpelt and Dandeliontuft, not getting/seeing that they're struggling too. He LOVES them, but he's a bit emotionally short-sighted.

He's a good guy, but he needs to work on himself, which is difficult with his father around. When it's just Velvet and Hattie, he does a lot of self-reflection.

[vinziel]

Experiment #251 Bruce/Spruce x Lab Experiment!Male Reader

Part 1

Part 2

A/N: It'll be like Bruce meeting Lab Experiment reader. ALSO IMPORTANTLY. This will be future Bruce, the Bruce we see in vacay Island. EXPECT!!!! Him and Brandy obviously aren't married and don't have children. Though they are still business partners. This will contain two parts.

"Lab Experiment #251" is what you heard when your cell door opened, seeing the troll in white scientists like clothes, you look up, the man was holding a syringe and all you could think was "Not another one" these syringes contained chemicals that made you have VERY vivid dreams, like life-like. Whatever you felt in that dream, you actually felt, like it really happened to you, and you hated that. You didn't really know what they wanted to accomplish with this but every time they inject you with the syringe the dreams grow more life-like, you were one of the only experiments to scream at night due to the dreams, worst part, the chemical made you unable to wake up from the dreams but, good thing your cell was sound proof. As they inject you with the syringe your eyes glow slightly before returning, as you take deep breaths, all you wished was to escape this hell hole. After injecting you with the syringe the scientist gave you some food. It was hard to reach the chains in your arms and neck but you got it at least, and able to eat.

One day there was an outbreak of Lab Experiment #105 who was notorious for escaping, escaped again, but this time she accidentally dropped the key to the chains and door into your cell, you don't know how she got this but you were thankful it got to you, and it slid closed to you enough for you to reach it and hide it before anyone noticed. You acted like normal the rest of the day, until when it was lights off it was your time to shine, unlike some of the other experiments you were a bit more attentive, and you knew the soldiers take 30 minute breaks to sleep every hour during the night shift and you were going to use this to your advantage. With the key you slowly opened the chains and the doors, crawling quietly to your escape, successfully passing the guards, running to the forest, fast, you finally escaped, but now you didn't know where to go, you were very sleepy but you didn't want to sleep yet, the syringe made you able to sleep easily, so you were fighting to stay awake to be able to run far enough from the Laboratory.

After running for hours non-end your body gives up, and you fall to the ground, and you start the dream, the dreams always have unique ways of torturing you, and you wonder what it's gonna be this time. You looked around and saw you were strapped to a machine, and then you saw a claw from those claw machines, your eyes widen as you scream when your chest and stomach get ripped apart, reveling your organs, as the claw started to take them one by one, and you felt every pain of this, you cried, sometimes the claw would drop the organ and restart. After the dreams over you wake up, breathing heavily, you look around and you aren't in the forest now, you saw you were in a room? The room was empty, the bed was comfy, and you just laid back down, taking deep breaths. Then a man came inside, he was a troll like you, a bit round, not meant to insult the man of course, he had giant purple hair and was only wearing an opened polo that was beach-styled "Hello, how are you feeling?" The man asked, a bit worried but happy your awake "W-who are you? Where am I?" You asked curiously, confused and a bit scared, yawning "Well I'm Bruce, and you're in one of my guest rooms" Bruce answered, smiling, you nod

(TBC)

[one-abuse-survivor]

tbc, i'm not trying to justify abuse. if this comes off like that, just delete this pls so i don't trigger other folks but. how can i justify judging my abuser by all their abusive actions towards me and others when i don't judge everyone else for the shitty things they've done all the time?

how is it okay for me to go "ok i don't want anything to do with you bc of xyz you've done over the years" when i wouldn't want ppl looking at me and constantly going "oh it's fucked up so many times over the years, what a loser" or some shit.

like. is that me holding them to a standard i shouldn't? its not like i bring up different shit they've done all the time, even if it bothers me, but i'd hate it if someone was constantly judging me for shit i've messed up on [though, tbc, i have not abused anyone] throughout my life. is it different bc i've apologized n changed wherever and whenever i could in situations that i fucked up and they haven't? or is that me making excuses for holding them to a higher standard i don't do to everyone else?

sorry if this doesn't make sense. im just feeling a bit conflicted rn. - mc

Hey there ❤️ I understand what you mean, don't worry.

I think there's a difference between judging someone and not wanting them in your life.

When you judge someone for the bad things they've done, that can serve a purpose. For example, it can help you understand where you draw the line on what things you think are okay to do. It can help you reflect on which things you would want someone to apologise for. But judging a person can also be unfair—like if, for example, you judge someone solely based off of something wrong they did many years ago, or like if you keep a list of how many times a person has made a mistake so you can hold it against them. That is, indeed, holding someone to an unfair standard by demanding moral perfection from them.

Deciding you don't want anything to do with another person serves a different purpose. Sometimes it's about maintaining a social image, or about clashing personalities. But, in the case of abuse, it's about keeping yourself safe from a person who has hurt you, or who you know could hurt you because they've already hurt someone else. It's about prioritising your safety and well-being by setting and enforcing boundaries.

You can do both things at once (judge someone for being an abuser, and cut someone out for being an abuser), but they're not the same thing. And I do think "I don't want people to judge me for my past mistakes" and "I don't want this abusive person in my life" can absolutely coexist.

Ultimately, you always have a right to decide who you do and don't want to have in your life, for any reason. Yes, there are people out there who only want to surround themselves with people who they deem have perfectly clean moral slates. Personally, I wouldn't give my time of day to those people. But there is plenty of middle ground between that, and giving an infinite amount of chances to an abuser on the off chance you might be unfair to them if you don't.

You don't have to justify wanting to cut someone out of your life. It's your right. They'll get other chances at relationships where they'll be able to prove they've changed, if they indeed have. You don't have to be the one to give them that chance. It's your right to prioritise your own boundaries, safety, and peace of mind.

I hope that helps. Sending a virtual hug ❤️

[swampgallows]

I've been following you for a few days. I don't know if it's a good idea to talk to you by asking questions, but I did it anyway. I feel that most people on the Internet don't have a good opinion of Garrosh (it's true that he did a lot of bad things in the later plot), but these people have gradually evolved into attacking you 100% if you say something good about Garrosh. They even send some vulgar meme expressions to attack this poor guy 😢. So do these people really understand the shaping of Garrosh's character? Maybe they only know the later version of Garrosh's blackening to curse him as a complete villain, or maybe they just want to curse this character for the sake of cursing? I really can't accept this kind of thing. If they really haven't understood Garrosh enough and come to attack him, then I think they are completely lacking in connotation, either stupid or bad. I just started playing World of Warcraft recently and immediately fell in love with Garrosh. Now I'm trying to learn about Garrosh from the TBC version and through some veteran players' stories. I learned that this character was messed up by internal struggles among the screenwriters. He was essentially supposed to be a positive and heroic character, not the big villain who collapsed later. But there are always people who don't want to analyze the core of this character, but simply attack him from the worst version. I feel very uncomfortable 😭 and this kind of misunderstanding is particularly serious on Twitter. I'm very sad 😢 and sometimes I'm even influenced by this kind of misunderstanding and have self-doubt. I really can't stand it. They say Garrosh is a tumor, but I feel that they are the real tumors and even more toxic than tumors. Oh...I really feel sorry for Garrosh 😢 and hope to eliminate this misunderstanding 😭。

first i want to say that anyone is welcome to talk to me in my askbox, that's why i have it open and have anonymous on! i can be a bit caustic in my interactions with online strangers however, and that's my fault. i am sorry if i had ever made you feel like you couldn't talk to me; it is one of my major weaknesses. I am trying to get better at reining in my emotions, but i do have a hard time with it.

Second, I apologize because as a newer WoW player, this may all be a bit overwhelming to you.

The situation with Garrosh is complicated because yes, it is true that his story was changed partway through, but yes, it's also true that Garrosh's "worst version" is his canon, or "true in WoW" version of himself. He has zero regret or remorse for his actions, and his fictional villainy has inspired violence and hatred in real life (mass shooting trigger warning at this link).

Garrosh is characterized as a fascist—by both fans and by Blizzard themselves—and many people have drawn parallels to real world hateful, racist leaders like Trump and Hitler. Also, the Blizzard (ex-)employee most responsible for Garrosh from the very beginning is Alex Afrasiabi ("Garrosh was my guy"), who is one of the main perpetrators of the sexual harassment and discrimination mentioned in the recent Blizzard lawsuit. As a result, Garrosh as a fictional character and Garrosh as a representation of real-life hatred and violence across history and behind the scenes at Blizzard bleed together, which is why so many fans (appropriately) have such a strong negative response to him. Many fans also played through the years of Garrosh's character shift and felt betrayed for ever having believed in him, or they started playing later in his story and know him only as the incredibly evil character that he is. That impact may be lost on a newer player; although that culture shock is one of the reasons I became so fixated on Garrosh.

Therefore, many people are right to be wary of die-hard Garrosh fans (or "Garrosh apologists") who say things like "Garrosh did nothing wrong". The "[x] did nothing wrong" meme is originally "Hitler did nothing wrong", after all, and there are many people who believe Garrosh truly "did nothing wrong" despite the canon itself saying otherwise (again) (and again). It's also why I try to make it abundantly clear that I may like Garrosh as a character, but my love for him is only as a fictional character. It's fine to be a fan of the character and wish he turned out differently; the game itself acknowledges his wasted potential. But it's also important to know why people dislike him and may react strongly, although that does not give them any excuse or right to be cruel to you.

Oof. I really ought to make a video essay about all my complicated Garrosh feelings one day, lol. Anon, I am always happy to talk about Garrosh any time and at great length, so you are free to send as many asks as you like :)

[everybody-loves-purdy]

Tigerheartstar is one of my least favorite cats in the series. I really dislike cats like Rainflower, Thistleclaw, Oakstar, and also Sparkpelt ( of her being low-key emotionally abusive towards her son over his name change in Sky and also being bigoted towards SkyClan and Twigpaw in AVOS and facing no consequences for it) but if there is any character that I hate w/ a burning passion it would def be Tigerheart. I reread some of OOTS last year and while I found his and Dovewing’s relationship cute when I was a kid, it REALLY came across as grooming on his end upon rereading as an adult. It’s gross and I just despise the fact that he was the one out of his siblings to live bc I just adored Flametail and Dawnpelt, and he’s just,,, an asshole? I also found it weird as hell how while he was meeting with Dovewing he was also trying to flirt with Ivypool while training in the Dark Forest calling her his favorite of the sisters, what a creep. I can’t blame Ivypool for being so angry that Dovewing would leave ThunderClan for him, he’s not a good guy in the slightest but he keeps getting rewarded for his shitty behavior. Also I hate that ppl make it out like he was a great father to Shadowsight in TBC, he really wasn’t: it was DOVEWING AND PUDDLESHINE who were there to support Shadow 99% of the time, not Tiger. Also his behavior now is really not surprising, considering the way he acted in his super edition towards the church cats (trying to force them to be more like the clans, being judgemental, etc) and also I’m still salty that we didn’t get Tawnystar. In all honesty Blackstar should’ve made Tawnypelt deputy instead of Rowanclaw in OOTS

I personally do like Sparkpelt and I’m really hoping that bit in Sky was a one of ooc Erin moment (since it was for Finchlight definitely).

But yeah onto Tigerfart as I like to call him.

Ikr his relationship with Dove is so creepy? I’ve said before but that relationship really skewed what I thought was normal, and I actually had a warrior cats OC who started dating an adult cat when she was 6 moons old and that was just very cool and romantic to my 12/13 year old brain directly because of TigerDove, they were based off them. That scene when Tigerheart confesses that he loves Dovepaw is just so creepy and gross, especially when you factor in he was a warrior while she was still a kit, these two were never for one second apprentices at the same time, he’s always been an adult in all the time he knew her and told her that he was in love with her while she was still an apprentice, after asking her to meet him somewhere in the middle of the night in secret.

Out of all the cats StarClan had to literally bring back to life, why did it have to be him? Tawnypelt still had a claim to leadership at that point she should have been leader.

What he’s doing now is 100% in character and I wish more people saw it that way. He’s so much more interesting when you embrace his consistent shittiness throughout the years. And one day I hope the narrative actually punishes him for it. He got nothing for encouraging and leading the Sisters invasion, nothing. And I hate that.

[dojae-huh]

No taeil at all for the highnotes? Even the adlib is by doyoung. Not to mention the bridge only have 2 ppl in it which are bizarre for nct. They always have 3-4 ppl for the bridge. The line distribution for ayyo is a bit confusing. Doyoung did great in his parts but i always don’t feel so good when he is in the spotlight too much in group songs which happens only recently with 2baddies and ayyo. He’s gonna get more hates for sure and it’s not helping that its kenzie. Tbc

I dont mind that he’s favored by kenzie but kenzie’s gotta be fair if it’s a group work no? I dread so much these days when there’s updates for Do work cuz he’ll def get hates no matter what. So i at least donwan him to attract too much in groupwork. Also i can’t wrap my head around the ‘line’ culture in korea. Kyu-line, kenzie-line, yoo young jin-line, that person line, this person line. Isn’t it just favoritism but they openly advertise to ppl in the industry. Tbc

If it’s just same yr line like 97 lines than it’s fine because there’s not much power involved there. It’s just casual friendship. But when it involved seniors, main producers which the head of the line has a lot of power for the followers career, ain’t it just blatant favoritism? Idt koreans think it this way tho cuz it’s normalize in almost every intitution. In companies, you have lines as well. In university you have lines for the professors. It’s just out there in the open.

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(seldom, but sometimes a few anons write at the same time, so it's better to mark parts with 1/3-3/3 or any other way that will allow me to identify the author without mistake. also, how come some anons can send lengthy posts without the need to break them? is it because you have accounts?)

One idol once said about charity and donations that whatever celebreties do, there will be netizens who will not like it. If an idol publicly talks about a donation, he is a pozer and did it only for the good image. If an idol does charity in secrecy, he is a bastard who doesn't care about the poor and those in need.

Doyoung will have antis regardless of number of lines in 127 songs or screentime in MVs. Antis will just talk about his jokes about his friends or him stealing OSTs from others. Please don't wish Doyoung to stay in the shadows in 127. He worked his ass off for the group and constantly upgrades his singing abilities, he earned all the spotlight. And his fans as well.

Doyoung always does adlibs.

I really liked the new roles for 127 neos in Ay-Yo. It is the first time I realy liked Johnny's part as well. I hope he finally gained confidence and SM producers figured out how to include him organically. Mark was singing, Tae was rapping in a new way, Taeil had Do's parts, Jae was the central piece, which is rare actually, Yuta's tone of voice was used well, Woo got a big part, and Hyuk got a small part (after years of songs highlighting him up, it was time to change the recipe).

Neos are parts of a group, it's a unit, not an assortment of soloists, they should get roles according to their abilities and to the structure of the song. SM also incorporates lore, so some members have to sing certain sentences.

Taeil's fans are happy because he got a lot of screentime, by the way. And he sings a lot, so I don't know what Kenzie favoritism you are talking about.

Accept a different culture, anon. Koreans grow up with competition. The marks of students are hung up on the wall in school after each test. Everyone knows who is the best student, and who is the runner up. Koreans need a group to belong to, they don't even eat alone (and can ask a foreigner in uni to sit with them at canteen to not stand out). The first thing Koreans do upon landing in a foreign country is finding a community. Be it a Korean culture club or a Korean Christian society. Koreans who came to my city to study music and knew no English or Russian gave free language and calligraphy lessons in the Korean centre just to be in a group and make connections.

Hyung-dongsaeng culture continue to be strong. Hyungs help dongsaengs. And SM is all about family and artists mingling and interacting. Demonstrating being a good hyung is as benefitial as becoming a dongsaeng.

Connections and favouritism work absolutely everywhere. You must bring letters of recommendation from known and respected names wherever you apply. And people in charge send letters to others asking if they know anyone for the position they'd like to fill.

But here is a thing, one doesn't get favoured unless there is something for the person in power. And seeing how Doyoung is not a talentless kid from an influental family to pay for his career, I don't understand the concern.

97-line has a BTS member. And a BTS member has a lot of power. SM is made of many people who can influence things, even LSM doesn't have the last word. Your logic doesn't work like that here.

[crossdressingdeath]

I read some posts here and on reddit and rewatched Quiz's confrontation with Cory, their tumble down the tunel, their walk in the snow. Shout out ot them bc I think they should be at least a little dead. With Cory I think they dislocated their shoulder at least two times, when Cory lifts them up by the hand and smashes them on the catapult, then when they Mulan their way out, they're falling down and smack their head on a beam and if I saw it right cushion their fall with both their hands. tbc

So dislocated shoulder, concussion, probably both wrists broken, I'm tossing cracked ribs for some flavor the guaranteed frostbite and then Quiz gets up fights some demons gets a power up hikes who knows how far and long to find the camp. Either the anchor gave them some great painkillers or healing abilities or they were always like that.

(Assuming these go together.)

Y'know I didn't even consider the damage Cory hauling Quiz up by the wrist like that would do. You're right, that would be... real bad for their shoulder. And having checked we don't actually see how they land (the cutscene cuts from Quiz falling down the shaft to them waking up at the bottom, and they're lying on their back), so whether they try to catch themself with their hands is unclear, but they definitely hit their head off the boards on the way down, and they get hit by the first bit of the avalanche, which would be a lot of force. Poor Quiz is definitely pretty badly hurt even before they start dragging themself across the Frostbacks in the dark during a snowstorm. Adrenaline would've taken care of some of that, but... yeah, Quiz is a stubborn bastard who refuses to die even when really they probably should. As much as I hate all the "Herald of Andraste" shit, there is a reason why people think Quiz surviving to the end of the game is a miracle! Although it continues to drive me nuts that only a couple of the companions bother to ask if Quiz is okay after IYHSB. I would've much preferred to walk around the Inquisition camp checking in with all the companions and having them make a bit of a fuss about Quiz nearly dying (again) over that song.

[fancymuffinparty]

Hello there! I am a multi shipper as well and a big fan of AoT. Im also a big fan of your work; the Summer Fling series is probs my favorite, I love the way you wrote the Bert/Ymir pairing; in all my years as a fan of AoT I've never actually met another BeruYumi fan! ^.^ we aren't a very big part of the fandom. Anywho, are you going to write more for them in the future? also, do you have any head canons regarding the two of them?

Hello hello!!!!!!

I'll be honest... I'm always a bit hesitant to talk about beruyumi because... it gets a lot of criticism. I dont even mind that its unpopular; small ships have never fazed me. But it's the backlash and hate it used to get that deterred me from being outspoken.

It used to be REALLY bad. Now, luckily, i've found that people in SnK are either pretty chill/tolerant or just dont care lmao. And then on the rare occasion, there's people like you and me that are like 'wait, i like this pairing, it's great!' and we vibe lol.

I wrote the SFS back in 2017, and although it was a mult-ship fic, the beruyumi in it is what probably turned off a few ppl from reading it :/ But it also revealed other fellow BY shippers and so that was well worth it!!! So thank you for taking the time to read that one! It will always hold a special place in my heart because it was like one of the first multi chapter fics i actually finished lol (even tho my writing style has changed A LOT since then and yikes!!)

Now, in regards to your second question, YES! I have plans to write more for them in the future and in fact... currently, i am working on a new fic called Streamline! :) It's a modern AU, pro swimmers AU because i will always headcanon Bert and Ymir as athletic and as strong swimmers! Check it out, if you wish!! :D dude, i've been wanting to write it for like 5 years!!!)

oh lordy, i have SO many headcanons for these two! I could write a whole ass post about it 🤗 (that's tbc!! because i've already gone overboard with this post haha also, i need to warm up 💪)

anyway, thank you for this nice ask :) and for being a fellow BY shipper that appreciates this small but mighty ship!!! hope you have a nice day:)

[moltensmusings]

" v4 was slower paced and focused on character development after the Fall. The WF plot is one of getting co-opted into extremism that is extremely relevant to current day that on a racism side is lower grade , however was never a major thing in the first place; Adam's arc which most of the time people try to roll into the WF arc is fitting for a co-opter and abusive terrorist that Adam was always put forward as. Neither "got worse", just continued to be explored as they were before. The newer designs are fucking great, in particular v4+ Yang, all of Ruby's, Weiss's v7+, and Blake's v4-5 & even 6+ ones. With them embracing each character's true color vs. their surface level one that ties into character growth. 4-5 put together as parts of a singular story are fine with solid moments in them and awesome characters as well (Ilia, Raven, Klein in particular).

And just to be fully open: I'm someone that started the show at the launch in 2012 and never lost interest, even during v4 when Sun was being an asshole making me beat my head on a desk. I'm also someone that has loved 90% of the writing and especially the EVOLUTION in it becoming more mature and deeper from v1-3 that was shallow and immature in many ways. Oh and also just tbc I'm intentionally trying to be vague to not risk spoiling anything for you from later volumes. Especially a particular shining example of the difference in relationships that shows the maturing and growth SOOOOOOO much"

@crimsonxe, I hope you don't mind me responding this way it's just a bit easier for me than making multiple responses. I wanted to add your full response so anyone who reads it has context and I'm tagging you so you can see it.

So my issues with the handling of the white fang are something I've mentioned before in my rwde posts and I feel as though anyone who is critical of the handling of the faunus kind of have similar complaints. The issues started in early seasons and kind of snowballed as it went on. In general I feel the entire thing is badly handled and replacing it with a different plotline (I'd still keep velvet being bullied but have it be for classist reasons instead of racism for instance as one example) would make the story work better.

I felt like Blake having incredibly well known faunus parents came out of nowhere and should've at least been alluded to at some point if that's where they were going and overall her scenes and writing in season 4 were my least favorite portion of the season. I liked Blake before season 4 but season 4 made me dislike her and because of my dislike of a main character it made it harder for me to continue the show. I'm hoping that as I rewatch it my opinion of her will be different because I genuinely don't want to hate her as a character but I really didn't enjoy her writing when I first watched it.

In general I don't think the white fang plotline has ever really worked the way it needs to and often weighs down the story. I don't think faunus as a species shouldn't exist in rwby because I very much enjoy their inclusion, I just feel like there are ways they could've been worked in that didn't require fantasy racism.

My issue with the white fang is most clear with Adam's writing. I think having him be branded was a bad writing call. He's one of the only faunus with to face human brutality to that degree, and I feel like if they were using that plot point, he should've been a redeemable character. But with them making him the abusive ex of Blake who wanted to kill her and cut off Yang's arm that was never an option. The plot point in general leaves a bad taste in my mouth with how irl we have branding rooted in slavery. I don't mind the idea of him being a horrible person who wants the world to burn and them killing him off when there are no options left, but literally the branding is the one issue I have with it that kept me from continuing for so long.

For spoilers: there are things I genuinely have loved about the show in later seasons. I think it's great that we have a canon Sapphic couple, and that that couple are main characters (Korrasami fan here, so I'm always excited when it happens). I love they including more body types and having an older silver eyed huntress. I was listening in closely to the fandom last season when ruby had her arc and that arc alone is part of the reason I'm wanting to continue.

But there are several writing points from season 4 that made it hard for me to enjoy the show like I did up through season 3. I'm very glad you've been able to enjoy it, and I very much do agree with you that they've drastically improved in writing, which I also think has to do with more writers getting input. I adore early rwby and it's what makes me want to press on. But there are issues with how the writing has been handled, even in the seasons I enjoyed.

Mainly I made the first post to help people understand I don't hate Rwby. I've loved rwby since the red trailer dropped. I've just become more critical of it as I've gotten older. And when something you love disappoints you it hits a bit harder.

I do appreciate being able to have this respectful back and forth with you because it's very clear you love the show and I respect that. I just have a lot of complicated feelings for it.

So I know I've been critical of rwby mainly in recent posts but I figured I'd tell people what drew me into the show back when the trailers first dropped and kept me watching through season 3:

The weapons and how they transformed. You guys have no idea how excited I would get to see what each new character would fight with.

The fights themselves. I would legitimately just play them on repeat even without watching the episodes. Sun and penny vs Torchwick had me in a chokehold and still does. Gun chucks sent me into space.

The character designs. The way early seasons would stick to specific colors and work around those for characters, managing to make them unique for each character but also manageable to cosplay since Monty wanted it to be achievable. Fantastic. Loved that.

The world building. I don't care if it's been done before, basing characters off those from mythos and folklore is genuinely such a fun idea. And from there trying to find weapons to match their story. Not to mention how the Grimm work.

Team bonding. It didn't happen a whole lot but seeing the cast play off each other in fun friendship moments was always a highlight. Every time we got insight into their dynamics it was a good episode

Character introductions. Honestly in the first 3 seasons (which were the ones I rewatched dozens of times for reference) I can't think of a single character introduction that I don't remember. Each time we met someone it felt exciting. And the final moment of season 3 when we get the twist that our narrator is the main antagonist. I still get chill about it. Genuinely.

The battle of beacon. While I have said before I wanted a bit more time for characters, the stress of the battle of beacon was still there and so well handled. Season 3 (for me who hasn't seen later seasons) will always highlight rwby at its best.

The music. Even if I went for a time without watching rwby, that music was still something I'd return to regularly. I loved it.

Part of why I get so invested in the ideas of alternative ways rwby could be written is that even now I genuinely have so much love for the parts of rwby I was there for. The show can be so intensely fun and I don't think I can state enough how much influence it had on me as an artist and creator.

[sonknuxadow]

i cant remember if i ever said this or not buut im finally caught up on warrior cats :)