#the RLS universe hell yeah

[sarafangirlart]

Treasure Planet is a banger movie with cool world building but did you guys know that Treasure Planet was based on a book called Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson? He also wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as other novels like Kidnapped.

I’m bringing this up bc now I’m imagining an animated adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the same universe as Treasure Planet but with a cosmic horror twist.

[imabeautifulbutterfly]

MIMIIII I’m alive and I had to say CONGRATULATIONS on 700 followers!! So deserved and I’m so happy I get to be apart of that journey. As for my quote (which is from a book):

“So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you.”

(can you do it with either Hunter Star Wars bad batch ofc and MY FAV GIRL KAMBE or just fem reader?? 🥺🥺)

@avathebestx awwww I'm so glad to receive a request from you. I am sorry for the delay, RL got in the way unfortunately. But I hope you enjoy this very fluff filled, romantic fic. Such a great line.

Also thank you for requesting Kambe, it felt lovely writing about The Reunion crew again. The story will be coming back.

Love oo,

Peace

Warnings: brief mention of Tech's death, brief mention of Tech's 'surveillance', I think that's it, if I miss anything please let me know.

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Kambe couldn’t help laugh as she watched Hunter trying to braid Omega’s hair. It had been almost five years since they all finally settled on Pabu. It was still hard to accept that Tech was gone. She was glad to have Crosshair back, to know Wrecker was safe, and Echo was out fighting for his clone brothers, even though she wished she could’ve heard from him more often, yet … it wasn’t the same. 

Crosshair had been right when he said ‘Clone Force 99 died with Tech,’ it really did. 

Her mind focused back on Omega and Hunter as she saw the look on Omega’s face asking for help.

“Hunter, love, what the hell are you doing? It’s braiding hair, not untangling the wires of the Marauder.” 

She walked over and tapped his thigh, getting him to move over so she could sit beside him.

“It’s not my fault these hairstyles are so intricate.”

“Explain to me, how Wrecker, with his big hands and fingers, is able to do a fishtail braid, and you can’t even do a simple French braid?”

“Wrecker deals with explosives, love, he’s used to the fine touch. Not to mention him and Lurwa have three girls, he’s used to braiding.”

“Mmhmm”

She giggled as she gently undid the mess that was Omega’s hair and brushed it lightly, “Megs, you want the French braid?”

“Yeah, but two, one on each side.”

“Okay.” Kambe chuckled as she grabbed the comb and the hair ties. She poked Hunter in the ribs, “Okay, pay attention.”

“I’m paying attention, it’s my fingers that don’t work.”

“You’re a trained fighter, a soldier, a sergeant. You can’t handle precision work?”

“I can handle you” he smirked, wiggling his eyebrows.

“Um, excuse me, child present” Omega raised her hand to remind them, as she sat in between Kambe’s legs.

“Okay.” Kambe chuckled as she grabbed the comb, “First split the hair down the middle so it’s even.”

Hunter nodded, “I did that.”

“Then tie up the side you’re not using,” she slipped a hair clip to the one side.

“Didn’t do that.”

“Then you start from the very top and take three strands, keeping them separate.” She showed Hunter with her hands. “Then you cross one over and slide it under, cross the other over and slide it under. See?” She started braiding Omega’s hair, adding more hair to the strands as she moved down, “Don’t pick up a lot when you’re adding to the diminishing strands. Good rule of thumb, one row for one strand.”

“Ohhh. Okay, I think I see where I was going wrong.”

“Wanna try?”

“On the other side.”

Kambe finished braiding the one side, moving over for Hunter to give a go. It took him a few false starts but when he finished it wasn’t half bad. “Good job, love” she leaned over and pressed a kiss to his cheek. 

Omega gently touched both sides, “How does it look?” She turned and asked Kambe, she’d been feeling nervous all day, and now that her hair was finished, the reality of her situation hit her. 

“You look beautiful Megs, and I’m sure your date will like it too.” Omega blushed at Kambe’s teasing, and stood, she was wearing the new shirt Phee had bought her, and the new boots Crosshair got her. Kambe’s smile grew as she looked at the teenager before her, she was no longer the little girl that clung to her side during her time on Kamino. “You look beautiful Omega. And very spiffy.”

“Spiffy?”

“It means stylish.”

Omega nodded, smiling, “I like it, spiffy.” She took in a deep breath brushing away her butterflies, “Alright. I’ll be back by lights out.”

“You better, or Hunter is going to come looking for you.” Kambe stood, and kissed her forehead, hugging her, knowing she didn’t have to worry about Omega getting hurt. “Have fun, but not too much fun.”

“What’s too much fun?”

“You’ll know.” Hunter stated as he stood, hugging her, “You have your knife?”

“Yeah” she hugged him back. 

Kambe and Hunter watched as Omega headed out the door, she turned to Hunter, “Ever thought we’d get to a point in our lives where we would see her go on a date?”

“No.” He ran his hand over his face, “I miss Tech, if he was here, he would’ve connected to all the cameras on Pabu and followed them on their date.”

She arched her eyebrow, “Wait …” she took a moment as an idea clicked in her head, “When you and I …” she motioned between the two of them. “… would go on our dates, on Kamino, did Tech follow us via the cameras?”

Hunter blushed and looked away, clearing his throat and moving out of Kambe’s arm’s reach, Kambe’s eyes widened, “WHAT!”

“It was only two maybe three times” Hunter clarified.

“Hold up … did  he …” she closed her eyes trying hard to fight the laughter that wanted to erupt. “Did he see,” she cleared her throat, “the time we got … carried away in … my office?”

Hunter’s face went beat red, as he moved away and towards the kitchen, washing dishes and putting away the dry ones.

“Hunter.”

“He swore he turned it off and deleted the recording.”

“Oh. My. God.” Kambe’s face dropped out of sheer embarrassment before she covered her face and started laughing. “Oh god, no wonder he couldn’t look at me for a week afterwards.”

He chuckled as he thought back to that week, “Yeah …” he dried his hands and turned to look at her, “he said that moment changed his perception of you.”

“And you didn’t think this was something I may have wanted to know?” She crossed her arms.

He laid the towel on the counter walking over to her as he wrapped her in his arms, pulling her closer, “Myri, would you have wanted to know that Tech saw more than you probably wanted anyone to see?”

She shook her head and laughed, “Well at least I’m not as much of a mess as when we first met.”

Hunter huffed out a laugh, “Thank the force for that.”

“Why do you love me?”

“Seriously? You mean beside the fact you’re beautiful, intelligent, smart, incredible in every way possible.”

Kambe smirked, “Yeah besides that.”

Hunter let out a sigh, “Well I guess,I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. Think about it, of all the med stations, of all the medics in the galaxy, you were assigned to Kamino. And out of all the days you split between the lab and the med bay, I just happened to walk in when you were the only one on duty. If that was the universe conspiring for us to be together, I don’t know what is.”

“Cheeky” she grinned leaning in.

“Always for you,” he closed the distance and kissed her, a kiss that reminded them of everything they knew to be true of each other. They were meant to be, and nothing could ever separate them from each other. 

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[mikasa-imadebiscults]

The Show’s Over..

(A/N- IT’S MY ULTIMATE REVEAL @oneginn and @isas-bathbombs, I AM THE ⚔️ ANON. For real though, I had fun sending those asks to y’all)

RL! Cassandra Dimitrescu x FEM! Reader

(Warning: Angst, swearing, implied NSFW but no details, betrayal, fighting, blood, and death)

Now playing: “Love is Gone” by SLANDER

Cassandra Dimitrescu, the middle sibling of the three sisters, the famous resident playgirl of Miranda’s All Girls University. Never thought she would find true love, let alone someone actually loving her for who she is. She accepted the fact that no one could love her for her, but that all changed when you came along.

You were special, you never went after her fame or wealth. You loved her, or at least that’s what Cassandra always thought. The thing is..before you started dating her she slept with your best friend and played her. Leaving your dear best friend heartbroken.

You still remember that night. The night where your best friend called you frantically over the phone sobbing, explaining everything. The sound of the sorrowful voice on the other line infuriated you. You couldn’t even fathom how anyone could hurt someone like that, and just for the hell of it?

That same exact night, you silently decided that you will get vengeance for your best friend’s shattered heart. As many different ideas of sweet revenge went through your mind, you came up with your plan. You were going to get close to Cassandra and get into a relationship with her, then when she’s in her most vulnerable moment rip the “sweet” relationship away from her.

....

Today marks the five month anniversary of you and Cassandra’s relationship and y’all spent the day together, of course the day ended with you two having sex and afterwards sleeping in each other’s arms. Though usually Cassandra doesn’t sleep because of her reoccurring nightmares, so she just watches you sleep while smiling to herself thinking of how lucky she is.

She was so comfortable though, even more comfortable than usual. So consequently sleep consumed her, it only took a couple minutes until the dreadful nightmares appeared again.

Ever since she started dating you the nightmares have been about the same topics; you using her for money and fame or you suddenly abandoning her. Cassandra never told you what those reoccurring nightmares were about, her pride is too strong. So usually she just suffered in silence, dealing with the sadness and insecurities alone.

But things were different this time. The current nightmare that consumed her was by far the worst she’s ever experienced. Her eyes shot open, she wanted to scream but couldn’t; the anxiety gripping at her throat and tensing up her muscles. Cassandra closed her eyes and tried to do some breathing techniques to relax herself, being mindful to not wake you up.

She opened her eyes slowly and saw a figure sitting on the edge of the bed. It was you. Cassandra’s heart races a tad bit more due to the startled feeling, which didn’t last for more than a few seconds. She sits up and goes next to you, grabbing your hand tightly.

“Nightmare?” You guessed, fighting a smile from forming and messing up your concerned facade.

“Yeah.” Cassandra responded, putting her head on your shoulder.

“I would ask if you’d like to talk about it but-”

“I do. I wanna talk about it, I can’t hold this in anymore.” She suddenly confessed, a few small tears forming in her eyes as she felt the weight of her held in emotions weighing down on her.

“Oh- that’s surprising, well, go ahead I’m all ears.” You said, wrapping your arm around her.

Cassandra breathes in for a moment, she hesitates to tell you but after feeling your hand squeeze her arm reassuringly that was enough for her to talk. “Y’know before I met you, everyone that I slept with wanted me for only my looks, fame, money, you name it. Like being rich and famous is cool and all but it’s so damn exhausting sometimes.” Cassandra voice wavered and cracked, a few tears falling from her eyes.

“Oh..” is all you can manage to say. Damn you didn’t expect to feel sorry for her. Did your best friend really use her? No it can’t be- was your caring best friend really like that? Suddenly the original intention of vengeance disappeared and conflicting feelings overwhelmed your brain.

A part of you felt bad for your best friend getting their heart broke..but did you really know them? The sudden disappearance of vengeance felt weird and confusing since you were so accustomed to the feeling by now.

Your complex thoughts were interrupted by a hand on your chest. “Let’s go on a date, it’s our five month anniversary after all.” Cassandra said as if nothing ever happened.

You blink twice as you looked at her in shocked, “Uhh- it’s technically the next day..it’s midnight.”

“And? I can still take you on dates whenever I want.” Cassandra declared, sitting up straight before getting up from the soft sheets of the bed. “So what do you say my dear?”

You chuckle lightly at Cassandra’s dramatic mannerisms, watching as she already started getting ready, “Sure since you already decided for me.”

“Oh you know you can’t say no to me.”

....

You arrived at the same coffee shop that you two usually go to. Not that you minded, you really don’t need anymore chaos to flood your thoughts. When you walked in Elena was there at the counter, looking at the both of you with her usual blank expression.

Cassandra waves at her before turning to you, “Go find us a seat pretty girl, I’ll order for us. You want your usual right?”

“Yeah the usual, I’ll be over there.” You pointed to the corner of the shop before walking there to have a seat. Looking around you noticed that there was no customers besides y’all, understandable considering how late it was. It was peaceful.

You see Cassandra from afar, talking and paying for the order before walking off to the restroom. You played with the sleeve of your (Cassandra’s) sweater while you waited. Just then you hear the sound of the door bell jingle, quietly signifying that someone has entered the shop. Looking up in curiosity you saw the one person that you didn’t want to see, at least not until you got your emotions all sorted out.

Unfortunately they saw you and walked over smiling, looking to start an unwanted conversation “Hey I didn’t expect you to be here at this hour, what’s up?”

“Uhh I wasn’t able to sleep so-” you lied, they nodded their head in acknowledgment before examining you for a second and their expression changed.

“Wh- why do you have Cassandra’s sweater on?”

There was an uncomfortable silence for a moment. A ironically loud silence. Clearing your throat, trying to think of some excuse. Two hands suddenly grabbed your shirt and yanked you outta your seat, now standing toe to toe against your best friend. They look at you with eyes filled with betrayal and rage.

“I see now, so this is the real you? A two-bit slut that would fuck anyone if given the opportunity.” They said with hostility in their voice.

At this point you had no choice but to tell the truth about the whole vengeance plan. As you open your mouth to speak you gasp at the sudden pain right on your lower stomach. The blood splattered on the floor, luckily the wound wasn’t deep enough to hit your organs but it sure as hell did some damage to your stomach fat protecting that vital organ.

Adrenaline course through your veins causing the pain to become no more, but you just stood in place due to the amount of shock you’re enduring. You step back just to fall and land on your back to the advantage of your now ex best friend.

Is this your demise? Is this really how you go out?

They get on top of you, holding the small metal knife to your throat so closely that you can feel the edge of the blade and the warmth of your blood on it.

“Wait..let me explain” You breathed out before continuing, “I originally dated Cass to break her heart and get vengeance for you but..she got me actually falling in love. I’m sorry my friend that I was selfish. I guess Karma’s a bitch huh.”

“Yeah..she’s a bitch.” They said before fatally stabbing you in the throat, the blade all the way inside.

Bittersweet memories of your relationship with Cassandra flooded your mind, you were suddenly so aware of your heart racing a tiny bit whenever you were around her, the subtle actions you did without even noticing. Cassandra really had you wrapped around her finger without you even realizing it. Wow, after everything how could you betray your own best friend like this? Maybe you were the bad guy after all.

With ears ringing and your vision slowly beginning to fade into darkness, you see Cassandra standing over near the bloody scene with a sinister smile on her face, “The shows over, my love~”

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[luxshine]

Ok. So we start Stranger Things season 3

I write this as I watch, so basically, it's real time watching with me only in just one post.

And we start of course with the most idiotic team of scientists that has ever lived on a tv series. Because SERIOUSLY, what were they expecting, opening the door again? Carebears? Rainbow Brite? No, of course not. Death and destruction, that's it.

Also, I hope the general dies painfully. He has that look of a main villain that I usually hate so yeah, death. Pleas. Soon.

And OH! They're russians. So they're ANOTHER team of very stupid scientists, not OUR stupid scientists. Of course. The Eighties and the cold war and the Red Scare. So... HOW did they get a gate?

(And no, seriously, Scientists in fiction are always the stupidest smartest people around. I'd be more annoyed by it if it wasn't because in RL we have Scientists making cloned mammoth meatballs so... yeah)

Mike is still an idiot I see. But those kids are not JUST one year older. No way.

Also, someone get Hooper a parenting manual and a hobby. And get El some standarts. Mike is way below her level.

Good to see Lucas and Max are still going strong. And that Max is now part of the party.

AWWW... Steve's coworker knows the kids as "His Children". And he lets them in to Rated B movies that they SHOULD NOT be watching. SO sweet. And Will is SO in love with Mike it's painful. Really, Mike, Eleven, GET some standarts. There are much, much better boys than Mike out there.

Also, I had seen Steve in the Scoops Ahoy's outfit before (hard not to in Tumblr) but NOTHING prepared me to the actual thing in action. He looks SO ADORABLE.

I see the series is now cribbing Resident Evil 2's homework.

I like Robin. She takes none of Steve's crap.

SIgh... Will should NOT be seeing a zombie movie. And hey, the Mind Flayer is back. This is not going to be a good summer for poor Will.

Will, get some taste. Seriously, Mike is trash.

Oh, I see Nancy fixed her polycule issue with the DUMB solution of just having one boyfriend. Well, that leaves Steve free to be a good Single DAd. And good to see that Super Bob is still remembered.

Nancy is still the most selfish girlfriend in the universe I see. Jonathan should also get some taste. I can see that in general the Wheelers are trash people.

AWW, Dustin was away. I really hope his friends didn't forget him because if they did? I am writing the whole group off. YEs, even Max. You don't diss my fave boy.

WHO THE FUCK gave Dustin THAT Monkey Cymball toy? Like, seriously... WHO?! Because you know what toy is? That toy is the cover to Stephen King's Skeleton Crew's short story collection first edition and frigging scary as hell. I can't see monkeys with cymbals thanks to that short story and THAT one is... like the worst of them all.

And AWWW, they just wanted to surprise him. I love them and their friendship so much, even if Mike's an idiot.

WHO THE HELL gave Billy a job as a lifesaver? That man is NOT equipped to care for anyone except maybe his mullet. And he needs to die. Like now.

And it is REALLY creepy to see all the moms lusting after him. ESPECIALLY mrs. Wheeler. She like totally needs to get a life. I want all the Wheelers to move. The only one I don't hate is Mr. Wheeler and that's because he's a non entity.

Hooper's actor was getting ready for Red Guardian, right? His weight is fluctuating weirdly. Also, seriously, get Hopper a parenting manual, and while I agree that Mike is a terrible boyfriend, but he was a lot more sensible in seasons 1 and 2 than in this episode. Sure, he is now a single parent of a teenager, but he didn't use to be this... Alpha male toxic.

Ok, If Nancy goes postal on her coworkers, I won't blame her.

Mike is an idiot. I think we have established that.

DUSTIN HAS A GIRLFRIEND!!!! OMG, Someone tell Steve that his child is growing up.

I agree with Steve. The hat ruins the hair.

And I love Robin.

Ok. Joyce giving parenting lessons to Hooper should be sweet but... it is a bit cringy. Since... uhm. yeah. HARD second hand embarrassment for me here. Also, she has no daughters so... it's weird.

Plus... he TALKED to Eleven last season. Heart to heart talks. Sure, sometimes they ended up in screaming bouts, but they talked. HE knew how to do that!

Like, seriously, how hard would it be to say "I don't want you kissing with tongue under my roof, El, you still need to get a bit more socialized before jumping on a relationship!"? Hopper could do that.

And I see that the Joyce/Hopper ship is sailing.

Mike is an idiot. Will needs a better crush, and Dustin needs better friends. I mean, Lucas and Max ALSO are in a relationship, but they are not just dumping everyone just to go and suck face.

And we're still cribbing Resident Evil's notes. Oh, and Vermin, from Marvel. Anyone remembers Vermin? VERY gross villain. Also Parasite Eve. Cool.

Someone kill Bill, PLEASE.

Seriously, we lost BOB so we could see one of the GROSSEST examples of male gaze and bad flirting with a woman who could be his own mother?! And Is MARRIED! And said NO.

Oooh, trouble in paradise for Max and Lucas.

No, seriously... Dustin needs better friends. He just came back from a month away, is VERY excited about his new girlfriend and how many things he learned over said month. And none of them believe him or want to hear about that and... it's sad. Really sad.

He should've gone to Steve. Steve would've listened, be happy about him and give him a ride to the hill so he wouldn't have needed to take five hours to get there.

BOB!

I miss Bob.

Ok, seriously, the way the situation of Eleven with Mike around Hooper is being presented really doesn't work for me. He is a father, an adult, and he KNOWS what Mike is thinking because he WAS an hormonal teenager too. And he was the one who let El go to the dance last year. So this whole... I sleep listening to their radio romantic songs is... WEIRD.

ANY parent would go "hey, you can't have your door closed when your boyfriend is here" and it would be OK. Yes, Kiss and all, but open door because you guys are not ready for being parents yourself, you idiots.

Sigh. Hooper. I like your plan of killing Mike. But you are the adult, and the responsible one. So don't kill him. But yes. Mike SHOULD remember that he is dating the Sheriff's DAUGHTER.

Poor Dustin.

At least Will DOES want to hang around. But then, Will is the other single kid in the group and the one who will NOT get a girlfriend.

And of course now Dustin gets RUSSIAN radio. Kid, you need to stay with Steve. When you're with Steve you don't get in that much trouble. Or at least you have someone with a bat ready to defend you.

I NEED a reunion of Steve and Dustin. I mean, yes, the Russians opening the gate again is important and creepy and they shouldn't be doing it, but I REALLY need more Steve and LESS Bill and his creepy relationship with a married woman.

MRs. Wheeler... I don't like you. But seriously, going out with Billy is a mistake. BIG ONE. Don't do it.

Oh, hey. He FINALLY is going to Die. So happy about that. Pity that takes out the chance for Mrs. Wheeler to do the right thing, but I've wanting to see Billy die since, well, since he was mean to Steve. And his kids. So yeah, bye bye billy, you survived like 5 chapters too long for me.

Also, great horror reference at the end.

Strong beginning season 3. Even if you are mistreating my Dustin. Do better, or I will be sending Steve with a bat to your offices.

[magaprima]

I always feel that post-part 4, with Lilith having all her powers restored, and regaining her position as Queen of Hell (but with the added benefit of no Plague Kings to challenge her, and Lucifer banished and gone), that she would begin to do what Lucifer did and start bestowing powers, creating witches herself.

Now, obviously, she can’t do it in the same way Lucifer did as his power gifts came from his power as a celestial, but we do know Lilith can bestow powers as she restored all of Sabrina’s (but not, significantly, the extra powers Lucifer had given Sabrina as those were obviously celestial gifts). Lilith does have a spark of celestial energy in her that was used to bring her to life, so it stands to reason that a mixture of that, her powers as a witch, and her infernal powers as Queen of Hell would allow her to ‘create’ witches. Similarly, by the coven being gifted powers by Hecate, we know that canonically, witches can be granted powers in the CAOS universe by multiple deities and entities.

I imagine she would have a book to sign (The Dark Moon Book, mayhaps?) but it is more a register than a contract like it was with Lucifer, due to Lilith still vehemently being about free will (she did tell Sabrina ‘now you have both freedom and power, and may you never give up either of them again’ so witches having power without having to make a bargain of give up part of themselves is canonically important to Lilith). Signing the book would not mean the witches would have to offer servitude and obedience to Lilith, but it’s sort of expected that they would honour her (the way Zelda’s coven honours Hecate in return for her gifts), and as long as they are loyal to the ‘Craft’ so-to-speak, not turning their back on it, or using it to bind/compel/control other witches, then they keep their powers. Lilith asks for their respect, not their subservience.

And as each set of witches all seem to have different names within CAOS (Satanic Witches, Pagan Witches, etc), I love the idea of Lilith using one of my favourite RL Lilith terms, and calling her witches ‘Daughters of Lilith’.

So yeah, that’s one of my little post-part-4 headcanons.

[hitchell-mope]

(Third film. After “defying gravity”. Mal’s Id looks worried and is anxiously looking up at the sky when he notices the audience)

Id: oh. Hello. You’re back. Um. So yeah. The, uh, trip-quad-tych didn’t really work out. I uh. I need to find Mal. Outside the barrier. And um.

Ben’s Ego: it’s alright. I’ll take over. You look for Mal. It’ll fine. I promise.

Id: thank you

(He disappears in a puff of green smoke. Ego turns to the audience)

Ego: hello everyone. I’m Ben’s Ego. And I’ll be taking over the narration for the time being. Which means that the quadtych is back on. So without further ado. I present to you. The Aftermath

(The screen fades into royal blue smoke and reforms onto Dizzy and Celia trying to escape from Arendelle Palace)

Celia: read?

Dizzy: yeah

Celia: let’s go

(This is when “just a kid” happens. After the song.)

Celia: 🎶oh Anna. Kristoff🎶. Ya got visitors

Anna: ooooh. Who is it-holy shit. Kristoff you take her arms. I’ll take her legs

Celia: so what happened to make her pass out?

Ned: she saw Harry Hook get killed.

Celia: YEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!! WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP!!!!

Squeaky: YAAAAY!!!! UMA’S HERE!!!! Where’s Harry?

Dizzy: care to utter another “whoop”?

Celia: oh damn.

(In the sitting room)

Kristoff: how’d we wake her up?

Anna: I have smelling salts. The good kind. Not the road grit that Olaf smokes because he likes how it makes him feel floaty.

Celia: those won’t work your maj.

Anna: then what will?

Celia: this

(She slaps Uma around the face with all her might)

Uma (bolting awake): SHISH-KABOB TUNA!!!! What happened?

Celia (pulling Ned down to her level): can I tell? Oh please can I tell her?

Ned: no. You’ll enjoy it too much.

Celia: eh. When he’s right, he’s right.

Ned: Captain Facillier. There was an accident on the RLS Legacy.

Uma (ashen faced and near tears): I remember. Oh god it hapoened again!

Celia (her voice full of malice): only this time there’s nothing you can do to save him!

Anna: ok missy. I think it’s time for dinner.

Celia: I’ve seen your cooking so no it isn’t.

Ned: um. Your highnesses. It might be good for Uma if she’s around her peers for the time being.

Anna: okey-dokey. The twins have been begging for spaghetti and meatballs.

Dizzy: don’t blanche the meatballs. The boys are terrified of snow.

(Anna gives her a withering look)

Dizzy: sorry. Couldn’t resist.

Uma: why does this keep happening to me? Every time I think things are okay. It all goes to hell.

Celia: I’ve got an answer. The universe hates you.

Ned: Celia c’mon.

Celia: well it’s true. I mean. Think about it. Mal’s magic is more powerful than Uma’s. She can turn into a dragon. She’s won the heart of not only The Dashing King. But the hearts of his people as well. And he’s the only who can actually get kids off the island. Whereas Uma has nothing angry. Bad plans. And traumas from spending a year in a grotto with nothing but our mother and a barnaclised pirate for company. And the pirate just got killed in front of her. So yeah. The universe hates her.

Uma: THAT DOES IT!!!!

(She launches herself at Celia who easily flips her off and sends her shadows at her)

Celia: do you really think you’re fooling anyone with that getup? I have shadow magic. You have sea witch. Deal with it. Embrace it. Use it. Or the both of them will kill you.

(She releases Uma from the shadows)

Uma: I hate you!

Celia: I’m okay with that. I’ve got Mal. She actually looked out for me when didn’t.

Uma: only under threat from our father.

Celia: or maybe, just maybe, she’s a good person who isn’t obsessed with a ten year old grudge

Uma: I’m over that.

Celia: are you? Are you really? Because what you just said really would imply otherwise. Let’s just, use the cards, shall we?

Uma: oh god here we go

(Celia splays put the tarot cards. This is when “I’m just a kid” happens. After the song)

Uma: you’re a cow you know they don’t you?

Celia: hm. Yeah. Doesn’t bother me though

(She sits down on the couch and starts scrolling through her phone)

Ned: I’m sure Celia didn’t mean it.

Uma: huh. The hell she didn’t. We’re not like Ben and Gil. We don’t get on. We’re more like Mal and Evie.

Ned: albeit further apart in age.

Uma: true.

Ned: but, um, think of it this way. You’re safe for now. And once you’ve recuperated. Maybe you can, I dunno, rejoin the fight. If you want. Like. Every cloud has a silver lining. Maybe when your heads clearer you can find yours.

Uma: true. True. Very, very true.

(She constructs a wet bar out of thin air)

Uma: could you pour? Only these things hate me.

Ned: um. Sure

Uma: thanks. But you know, there’s a slight flaw in your logic

Ned: yeah? What’s that

(This is when “fuck a silver lining” happens. After the song)

Uma: thanks for the drink.

Celia: yeah. You’ll let people serve you booze. You’ll let them take the blame. But god forbid you let them help you. You’d much rather do everything on your own. Never mind anyone else.

Uma: I am on my own. I’ve always been on my own. It’s always been just me.

Celia: and Gil. And the crew. And Ben. And dad. And me. And Mal. And Carlos. And-

Uma: ENOUGH!!!! YOU DON’T KNOW ME!!!! YOU NEVER DID!!!! Leave me alone. Just. Just fuck off. And leave me the fuck alone.

(Uma storms off)

Celia (smiling at Ned): wait right her.

(Her expression darkens and she storms off after Uma. This is when “me against the world” happens. After the song. The hallucination ends just as Ned runs in and pulls Uma’s hands away from Celia)

Celia: you. BITCH!

Uma: wazzit. Whahappened?

Celia: you tried to kill me. Why? Why would you try to kill me? Why?

Uma: you? You weren’t there. It was. It was Ursula.

Celia: what?

Uma: you disappeared and she took your place. She goaded me. I had to kill her. Or she woulda killed me.

Celia: WHAT?!?!

Ned: you hallucinated? Didn’t you?

Celia: she hallucinated? Oh that’s fine. She hallucinated. That makes everything alright. Oh wait. NO IT FUCKING DOESN’T!!!! You need to stop this!

Uma: stop? Stop what?

Celia: THIS! STOP DOING THIS! Stop resorting to violence when you feel trapped or pissed off or impatient.

Uma: I do not do that!

Celia: really? Let’s see now. Kidnapping Ben. Hypnotising Ben. Tying Mal to a tree and trying to burn her alive. Confronting our mother. Trying to seduce Doug. All of this and more all because you couldn’t wait, didn’t want to wait, got mad or misjudged your own abilities. You don’t let the people who want to help you help you. And that is why you lost a year with Harry.

(Uma slaps Celia around the face. To which Celia just laughs)

Celia: we’re finally getting somewhere. You lose Uma. That’s all you ever do. Wait outside and lose. And you keep the goddamn door shut so no one can ever get in. Not to help you. Not to yell at you. Nothing. Not a single damn thing.

Uma: you don’t know me. You don’t know a single damn thing about.

Celia: then tell me.

(This is when “waving through a window” happens. After the song. Ned pulls Celia back and turns her so she faces him)

Ned: was that really necessary?

Celia (Cheshire Cat smile oh her face): yep.

Ned: really?

Celia: yes.

Ned: why?

Celia: because, O Prince, a painful epiphany is the perfect path to punt my prick of a sister out of the funk she’s in.

Ned:....you ran out of P sounds didn’t you?

Celia:....yes. Now let’s go find her. There’s another thing you need to know about

(In one of the guest rooms. Uma’s sitting at the foot of the, breathing heavily and trying desperately to calm herself down)

Celia: 🎶knock knock knock🎶

Uma: go. Away. Celia.

Ned: hey.

Uma: okay. You. You can stay. Just get her out of my face before I kill her.

Celia: oh don’t you want Neddy to know what you did in Halloweentown?

(Uma blanches and rounds on her sister)

Uma: Ned does not need to know that

Celia: why? Because you’ve got a big old crush on him that can be seen from Pluto?

Uma (unconvincingly): n-no. I don’t know what you’re talking about

Celia: oh please. We’re in a fairytale sis. And you’ve met a handsome prince. Do the math

Ned: awwww. Thank you Celia. That was really nice of you.

Celia: eh. You’re handsome to Uma. To me you’ve just got a very symmetrical face.

Ned: still. It’s the first time you’ve said something nice to anyone since this morning. So it counts. 🎶You’re a good person🎶. So HAH!

Celia (chuckling to herself): whatever. Ahem. Anyway. You need to tell him what happened in Halloweentown.

Ned: oh god. What happened in Halloweentown? Did you get hurt?

Uma (reluctantly): not physically. Oh god what the hell. Okay look. When Doug and I went to the ruins of halloweentown to find and collect the Cromwell Gift. I made a....critical error in judgement. Some might say I committed a grievous act of stupidity.

Celia (having enough of Uma’s evasiveness): oh for fucks sake. She tried to seduce Doug even though he’s with Evie. Now was that really so hard?

(Uma just glares at her sister, silently seething)

Ned: ahhhh

Uma: there were. Extenuating factors

Celia: really? Care to expand on that?

Uma: yes. Gladly.

(This is when “one little slip” happens. After the song. Ned turns to Celia)

Ned: go down to dinner.

Celia: what? Why? I’m not hungry.

Ned (his eyes glowing brightest electric teal): go down. To dinner.

Celia: ah. Yes. Okay. Buh bye.

(She disappears in a puff of fuchsia smoke. Ned turns to Uma)

Ned: hey. Um. Can we talk?

Uma: if you want to Rivers. It ain’t my house.

Ned (chuckling): good joke.

Uma: what joke?

Ned: oh. Uh. Nothing.

Uma: ah.

Ned: anyway. Um. Your sister is a bit of a piece of work

Uma: heheh. Yeah.

Ned: I do think she has somewhat of a point

Uma: oh god not you too.

(She walks out to the balcony swiftly followed by Ned)

Ned: now, now, hear me out. I’ve shadowed my dad for years. I know when someone’s worried whether they have isn’t real so they start pushing it away in case in blows up in their face.

Uma (uncertainly): okay....

Ned: it’s not your. God knows it’s not anyone’s fault. You just. Don’t want to be hurt again

Uma: yeah. Probably. I just. I don’t want to screw this up. You know? What Ben’s done for me. I kidnapped him. I hypnotised him. I tried to kill Mal. And he knighted me. Made me his bodyguard. I don’t want to disappoint him. Oh god that sounds pathetic.

Ned: no. No it doesn’t. It sounds human.

Uma: oh Christ that’s even worse.

(Ned chuckles again)

Uma: why do you do that?

Ned: do what?

Uma: laugh when I make those shel loathing comments. If I didn’t know any better I’d think that you like me.

Ned: I do like you. In fact. I like you. In the way that you allegedly like me. Like Ben likes Mal. And Gil likes Lonnie. And Elsa likes chocolate fountains.

Uma (realising what he’s saying): oh.

Ned: can I....can I say something?

Uma (squeaking slightly): mhmm.

(This is when “don’t let go” happens. After the song. Uma let’s go of Ned’s hand)

Uma: I think....I think you should go get something to eat now. It’s been hours. You must be hungry.

Ned (really not wanting to leave Uma but knowing she wants to be alone for now): o-okay

(He teleports away in a puff of teal smoke. Once he’s gone. Uma wrenches a massive chunk stone off of the balcony railing and throws it back into the bedroom where it obliterates a vanity mirror. Uma then screams and collapses to her knees, sobbing her eyes out. In the dining room. Anna’s just noticed Ned taking a gander at the buffet table)

Anna: take whatever you like. There’s plenty to go around. There’s only Elsa, Kristoff and me here usually, but Jacques always cooks for like, 100 armies, so there’s always yacht loads left over.

Ned: thanks.

(He piles his plate high with ziti, roast beef and assorted veg)

Dizzy: you know. There’s an ice cream station too. All chocolate

Anna: yeah....some might say my sister and I have a chocolate. But I prefer to think that we’re innovators.

Kristoff: who have a chocolate addiction

Anna: yep.

Celia: so, uh, how’s your chat with my sister go?

Ned: none of your business.

Celia: she kicked you out didn’t she?

Anna: you know what. I might go up and see if Uma wants anything from the Buffett. It’s getting late. It’s been a long day for her. She must be feeling hungry by now.

Celia: 🎶she’ll kick you out🎶

Anna (jovially): I’m used to having does slammed in my face.

Kristoff: that’s not something to be proud of honey.

Anna (conceding his point): yeah, I know

(She heads up stairs. Ned starts eating but gets distracted by Squeaky and Squirmy doodling on napkins)

Ned: whatcha doing guys?

Squeaky: drawing.

Ned: cars? Food? Intricate landscapes?

Squirmy: grown up stuff.

Ned: like what?

Dizzy: I think that’s an inside out cat.

Celia: nah. Looks more like Popeye to me.

Smee twins: no it’s not

Ned: you’re right boys. It’s a tv isn’t it?

Squeaky: maaaaybe....

Squirmy: I’m drawing trees

Squeaky (adorably outraged): you aren’t supposed to tell him!!!!

Squirmy: 🎶sorry🎶

Squeaky: that’s okay.

Dizzy: ohhhh. You’re drawing what you wanna do when you grow up

Smee twins: YAAAAY!!!! YOU GOT IT!!!!

Dizzy: do I get a prize?

Squeaky: no.

Dizzy: oh man.

Ned: you two got plans for when you get older?

Celia: eh. Bits and pieces.

Dizzy: mostly lazing around

Ned: of course.

Squeaky: wanna hear it?

Ned: go for it kiddo.

(This is when “when I grow up” happens. After the song. Uma still doesn’t look at Anna)

Uma: it’s not that I don’t appreciate the whole “concerned adult” routine and everting. But I’m really not in the mood for a pep talk right now

Anna: sorry. Buffets open 24/7 if you want something to eat. Just thought you should know.

(Anna gets up to leave but Uma stops her)

Uma: did you ever make a mistake that you wish had never happened?

Anna: mhmm

Uma: what was it?

Anna: years ago. I got engaged

Uma: Hans Westerguard. I know that He bragged about to anyone in his line of sight.

Anna: oh jeez. Anyway. It’s not the engagement itself that I regret, per se, although that was pretty damn stupid of me, it’s what I did to my sister afterwards. I shouldn’t have pushed to talk to me when she wasn’t ready. And I shouldn’t have assumed she was in control of the class three kill storm that followed.

Uma: oh. But it worked out in the end right?

Anna: if it hadn’t then I wouldn’t be here right now then would I?

Uma: good point

Anna: I know you’re probably sick of hearing this so I’ll try to be diplomatic about it. You’re upset about you boyfriend aren’t you?

Uma:....yeah....except he uh. Wasn’t. My boyfriend. Just my first mate.

Anna: ohhhh. But he liked you yeah?

Uma: that is the common belief among everyone yeah

Anna: and you liked him?

Uma: mhmm. Yeah.

Anna: aaaannnndddd you never told him that did you....?

(Uma shakes her head sadly)

Anna: I see. You know. Sometimes. It takes disappointment to realise what you really want. Comprende?

Uma: heh?

Anna: oh. Um. Do you understand what I’m saying?

Uma: ohhhh. Yeah. Mhmm. Yeah.

Anna: sorry for going all Mom on you by the way. My sons in college and my daughters with her cousin in the Congo Basin. I’ve got all this pent up “momisms” I need to get out.

Uma: the snowlem is in the Congo?

Anna: he has his own personal flurry. It keeps him alive.

Uma: makes complete sense(.)

Anna: don’t it just?

Uma: yeah(.)

Anna: anyway. What you’re feeling isn’t bad. You just gotta, I dunno, remember the good as well as the bad

Uma: how? There wasn’t much good. Our last real conversation was months ago when I called him a liar after he told me Hades was his mother.

Anna: hades is his mother-oh yeah. Gods are fluid. I always forget that part. Anyway. There’s gotta be some good parts. But there’s gotta be bad parts as well. It’s how me work works. If you remember him. He’s not really gone.

Uma: but he is gone. How can you make the memory of someone last when they’re gone?

Anna: that. Is an excellent question. Let’s see now....

(This is when “how does a memory last forever” happens. After the song. Anna looks at Uma sympathetically)

Anna: I really hope that answered your question. And I am so sorry if it didn’t. But that was rhetorical best way I could answer it.

Uma: is it true about memories? What you said about memories? That you need bad and good in equal measure?

Anna: I always thought so, yes.

Uma: what if you don’t have any good memories?

Anna: what makes you say that?

Uma: every time something good happens to me, especially in the last few months, something happens, or I do something ridiculously stupid, and it’s ruined.

Anna: oh now that can’t be true

Uma: it is. It really is....whoever you are.

Anna: oh. Anna. My names Anna. Anna Bjorgman. Third in line for the throne of Arendelle.

Uma: third? Behind who?

Anna: Olaf and Mal.

Uma: Mal’s behind the snowlem?

Anna (cheerfully): mhmm

Uma: Jesus Christ

Anna: well. My family name is Bernson. But I took Kristoff’s name when we got married. It just felt right, you know?

Uma: no....

Anna: oh. Moving swiftly onward. What makes you think you’ve not got any good memories? Everybody has some.

Uma (getting off of the bed): yeah, well, not me. I don’t think nature or destiny or fate or whatever runs this shit sphere wants me to have good memories

Anna: I don’t believe that Uma. I don’t believe that for a second.

Uma: why not? We can’t all be like you. Get your memories safely taken by your in laws and given back at a later date.

Anna: it wasn’t that simple Uma.

Uma: oh? Not simple? I’ll tell you what’s not simple. Trying your damndest to get out of a horrible situation you’re in but misjudge so completely that you make everything worse for yourself and your friends. Being forgiven for essentially committing treason twice by who is possibly the most big hearted king in the universe then betraying him by trying to burn his fiancé alive because you were stupid enough to believe a doctored recording. Still getting forgiven and then being knighted. But you try to seduce the kings best friend. Who is also your immediate boss. Watching the one boy who was with you throughout everything be murdered in front of you but you can’t do anything because his father had you bolted to the ships wheel. Does that sound simple to you Mrs Bjorgman? Does any of that sound SIMPLE TO YOU?!?!

Anna: now that you mention it, no. But there’s gotta be some good in between all of that. I mean think about it. You’ve got a new home. Your the left hand of the king. It’s not all bad

Uma: new home. Hah. It’s not my home. Not like it’s Mal’s new home at least. I’m just a girl from the island Anna. I mean. By all means, you can go visit Auradon if you want to, Mal’s your niece, I can’t stop you. But don’t expect me to give you a guided. It’s not my home. I don’t have one.

Anna: oh, now I know that’s not true.

Uma: yes! Yes it is.

(This is when “beautiful ghosts” happens. After the song. Uma catches sight of someone at the balcony door)

Uma: oh my god.

Anna: what is it? What’s wrong.

Uma: you need to go

Anna: what? Why?

Uma: NOW!

Anna: right. Sorry. Bye!

(She hurries out of the room. Once she’s gone. Uma shuts and bolts the door with magic then turns to the figure)

Uma: what are you doing here? And why are you dressed like THAT?!?!

(The figure is Ned. Only. It’s not Ned. His dreadlocks are loose around his head and he’s wearing nothing but a Atlantean teal loincloth leaving the rest of him completely naked)

Ned: give it a minute. You’ll understand

Gil (stepping out from behind Ned, with cruelty in his voice): oh but she won’t though. She never does.

Uma (stepping back in horror as she realises): OH MY GOD!!!!

Gil: aw. You remember me. That’s nice

Ned: be kind.

Gil: why? She doesn’t have time for kindness. Her cousin is missing. That is the goal. Not her grief. Not her pain. She doesn’t matter. She never did.

Ned: silence.

Gil: we’re the same person. You prick. Just cause you say something doesn’t make it happen

Uma: okay. What the fuck is happening? And why are you dressed like that Ned?

Ned: I’m sorry. I should’ve explained. You see-

Gil: he wants you to be happy. I want you to get the job done. Even if it kills you.

Uma: you’re my Superego. Aren’t you?

Gil: congratulations(.) You’ve just won the solid gold kewpie doll(.)

Uma: then that means. You’re my Id. Right?

Ned: mhmm.

Uma: there’s one missing. Also. Why can’t you all be Ned? Ben and Mal get Mal and Ben. Why do I get Atlantean Tarzan and an erudite Legume that lives up to his fanes name in brutality?

Gil (smiling widely): and a dead pirate.

Ned: I was getting to that.

Gil: well you were taking too damn long. Say hello to the vegetable.

(Harry appears out of thin air. Only it’s not Harry. He’s dressed too tidily. He’s deathly pale. And his mouth is sewn shut)

Uma: what happened to him?

Gil: he. Is. Fading. Your connection to the pirate bastard was severed months ago. And then he died. So now your Ego, as well as being severely bruised, pardon the pun, is going to fade. To be replaced with either a nicer version of moi. Or a more conservatively dressed version of him

(He points to Ned)

Uma: how do I. What do I do?

Ned: let him go. Forgive yourself. And let him go.

Uma: I don’t know how.

Gil: for fucks sake. She has to have her hand held through fucking everything.

Ned: it’s okay. We can talk you through it.

(This is when “how to save a life” happens. After the song. Uma walks into the dining room)

Uma: my Id’s changed

Anna: oh? To who?

Uma (side eyeing Ned): um....n. Nobody of importance.

Anna (knowing EXACTLY who Uma’s talking about): ahhhh. How about us girls and, I dunno, talks?

Celia: nah. I’m good.

Anna (MomTM avoided activated): Celia. Please.

Celia: ugh. Fine.

(Once at the door to Anna’s parlour)

Anna: okay. Now. I have. A little. Um. Surprise for you Uma.

Uma: surprise how?

Anna: uhhhh. Familial.

Uma: familial?

Celia: oh for gods sake.

(She opens the door and walks right through)

Melody: hey dress thief.

Uma:....I’m outta here.

Anna: nonononono. Girl talk time.

Uma: I don’t do girl talk.

Anna: alright then. Family time.

Uma: we’re not family.

Melody: except we are though.

Uma: what?

Melody: my mother is your cousin. Your first cousin.

Ariel: it’s true Uma. My father was your mothers sister

Uma: what? No....

Ariel: it’s tr-

Celia: you know what? I’m just gonna speed us forward cause this could take a long time

(One quick fast forward later)

Ariel: so tell us about your new Id then.

Uma: it’s um. Ned Thatch.

Ariel: awwww. You’re in love

(Uma bursts out laughing)

Ariel: what did I say?

Celia: you expected her to accept her feelings right off the bat.

Ariel: ah.

Anna: right.

Melody: oh lord.

Uma: Harry’s gone. I have too much on my plate right now. I just. Don’t see why part of my subconscious chose to take his form.

Anna: I’m my sister’s Ego. She’s her own Id and Superego.

Celia: Ben is all three for Mal. You’ve sen them. You gotta admit. It makes sense.

Uma: I am not in love with Ned Thatch. I always get it wrong anyway.

Ariel: oh now honey. That can’t be true.

Uma: ooooh but it is. Nothing happened with Harry. I got it completely wrong with Doug. So it stands to reason that I am wrong this time as well.

(This is when “I won’t say I’m in love” happens)

[dammit-tazmuir]

More things to consider:

Tamsyn has said of the original roughdraft names (Cainabeth and Abella, which?? I'm not certain but I feel like would have switched which one had the -beth unless it was a misnomer? but I digress) were about as subtle as naming them "Goodtwin" and "Badtwin", and that wasn't even accurate. "It should be Badtwin and Lessbadtwin." Definitely not innocent baby and evil puppeteer.

And yeah, Corona is boobs and hair and talk and a hell of a sword hand, and only the last of those is a more recent development; she's always been the Face, the ideal Third Heir with the gleam of a jewel and a smile. Except her value as a House heir immediately tanks if she's not a necromancer, and while Ianthe doesn't want that role and is glad to have Corona play it, Corona does value that position (at least until everything goes to shit and her priorities are forced to shift).

All it would have ever taken was a single incident where Ianthe got pissed and petty enough to expose her and that'd be it. Even if the secret wasn't exposed publicly, bringing anyone new in on it would be hell to deal with, which is a hell of a lot of power over Corona.

And at the same time, while Ianthe doesn't want all that social graces bullshit and having to deal with people, she does want recognition. She likes praise, she likes when other people know she's better than them. Maybe having to share credit for half her power and a huge swath of her achievements with Corona for literally her entire life never bothered her, maybe her love for Corona overrode every bit of that potential resentment, but I really doubt it. Even if she was mostly okay with it, okay most of the time, you know there had to be times it ate at her.

And then you get fucking...

Like I'm sure she DOES think it's funny just because her sense of humor is pretty fucked, and especially after having had time to process, but thinking it's hilariously absurd and it stinging like hell aren't nearly mutually exclusive, are they? Imagine...

Like... We know no matter what, if they'd known it was an option, both the twins would have pulled a Paul in a heartbeat. Ianthe will do stuff she actively knows is really stupid because if pushed hard enough she's not willing to take risks when it comes to Corona, Corona felt rejected that Ianthe used Babs instead of her even when that fully just involved becoming a half-dead cannibal and when she thought Nona was a gestalt fusion said she envied her more than anyone in the world. Crown at this point seems actively scared of Ianthe, despite knowing she wouldn't harm her directly, yet conflicted by her relief when she realizes Palamades didn't kill her. No matter how fucked all the dynamics are in every which way, or how much they hate what the other's presence does to them, they can't hate each other, not even if they wanted to.

But even with all that, IMAGINE. For the first time in 10,000 years-- over twice as long ago as the building of the Pyramids of Giza, to put that in more RL perspective-- the literal God of your universe has reached out with a chance for mortals to ascend, to become his immortal personal soldiers and companions, and you do it. You do it before anyone else with less tools and information at your disposal. You become a demigod and practically an adoptive child to your Lord and Creator Resurrector. You even have to deal with learning how much he's Some Guy and put up with his abysmal jokes.

And your people barely even care because they're too busy missing your hot sister, who frankly you miss infinitely more than they do, but you still have a sense of pride in your accomplishment despite your fear and grief, so what the hell is their excuse? They didn't even know her like you did, and unlike them, YOU'RE holding out hope she's not even dead. Hell, is your civilization not filled with necromancers? Calling spirits isn't exactly your House's forte but surely someone could pick up something if she was dead, surely they'd give half a shit enough to try to confirm before shutting down society to mourn, but no, they're too busy doing that when she's not even dead to even care that you're a God Exalted Lyctor.

IDK MAN but I'm pretty sure Corona had some serious sway I'm just saying, lmao

The Tridentarii Power Shift System

Lately, I've thought a lot about the Tridentarii power dynamic. And I've come to some interesting results. My main point I will explain below is: Corona is not a "Third House Twin puppet" and Ianthe is not her "puppeter". In fact there is no "twin in charge". But it's a little complicated to explain. While I could do it by presenting you my (very confusing) train of thought, I'll do it by first giving you the infos my subconscious apparently had when I started to think about it.

(Fun fact: your subconcious owns 80 % more information than your concious. That means that it's not even a bad idea to follow "your heart".)

To even think about their power dynamic we need to remind (or find out) their negotiating positions:

For Ianthe, it seems to be pretty easy. She has the ability to do necromancy and that's something that Corona needs of her. Maybe it's interesting that she doesn't seem to have interest in it, though.

It's something she needs, but she doesn't want to have it herself.

For Corona it's more complicated. She has no necromancy. But she does in fact have something Ianthe needs of her:

Ianthe doesn't want to be the Crown Princess. Being the Crown Princess is of course more than a title. It's about the whole social & representative aspect. It's therefore understandable that she doesn't want to do that - her social skills are terrible. But it means that Ianthe can't represent (herself and) the twin couple appropriatly and needs Corona to do that for her.

And that makes Corona's negotiating position way stronger than it seems like at first.

With that knowledge we can finally analyse the Challenging scene. Judith challenges the Sixth and Corona tries to offee Third help - and fails. And this moment is interesting:

As it's been pointed out before by others: Corona seems surprised about that. Ianthe contradicting her in public is no familar experience to her. She was expecting to get her way. Apparently, Ianthe wouldn't have questioned here before Canaan House.

And that shows us, that Corona has (had) not only pro forma, but in fact the control in public situations. It's not only for show that they tell each other they'd need each other. It was true before Canaan House. What we see confirmed in right the same scene:

Corona can take the lead over the talk and reprimand her. They dynamic is not "one evil twin in the shadows and in charge" but more a kind of power shift system. Corona takes the public shifts and Ianthe takes the shadow shifts.

Before Canaan House Ianthe would never have questioned Corona in public. The only reason why she can suddenly do it is, that she knows that she will ascend to Lyctorhood and therefore to the First House. She knows, that won't need a Third House Crown Princess there. The scene doesn't portray their usual power dynamic. It's a break point. The power dynamic shifts during Gideon the Ninth.

But it was different before.

[honourablejester]

On the topic of ‘fantasy settings you’d like to see more of’:

Subterranean settings. Very specifically, non-dystopian subterranean settings. So many times in fantasy, underground is for dead or evil things, and in science fiction it’s for grim, post-apocalyptic survival stories. And I get it, I do. There’s no light underground, or very little and mostly artificial, and the list of natural hazards in RL mining/caving/drilling is stupendous. For anyone with claustrophobia, fear of the dark, fear of drowning, fear of being unable to breathe, etc, etc, etc, below ground is basically fear central. I have several of those fears myself, so I absolutely get this. There’s a reason the land of the dead in a lot of mythologies was underground.

But. Fantasy. As in magic. As in wonder. And Jules Verne’s ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ was one of the first books I ever read out of the library. The idea of vast caverns and hollow earths, of great subterranean seas and cities and civilisations, really caught me.

There’s a lot you can do with a subterranean setting that is not darkness, slavery, death, blighted monsters crawling towards the surface, gateways into hell, etc. I know there are reasons for the associations. Underground is the realm of darkness, greed, suffocation. A lot of the big fantasy stories have tended towards a post-apocalyptic underground at best. Moria fell to the Balrog. The Deep Roads are where the Blight lives. The Underdark is aberration-and-slaver central. Dwarves, in particular, often seem to be a mid-apocalyptic race, clinging to their bastions of civilisation against the darkness, on the verge of being driven onto the surface. Below the surface, on any fantasy map, is where ‘Here Be Monsters’ tends to be written in huge, jagged letters. Because it’s hostile underground, RL or Fantasy. It always has been.

But. But the imagery you can have. Travelling down into the darkness to find wonders. Vast crystal caverns. Vertical civilisations, great cities built tier on tier around huge caves and shafts. Artificial suns. Bioluminescence. Giant fungal forests. Underground oceans. If you’ve ever watched those nature documentaries on extremophiles, the blind ghost fish with the lovely fins climbing lightless waterfalls. Pale, ethereal, sightless beings.

I have to say, even though it is post-apocalyptic, and the pale sightless beings were actually monsters in it, Blackreach in Skyrim at least had the awe and wonder down. This vast cavern full of majestic ruins, vast ghostly bioluminescent mushrooms, the golden glow of an artificial sun, the crystal chiming of nirnroot plants …

Underground can be a place of discovery. Wonder. Awe. Exploration. Community. Civilisation. I just would like to see some fantasy settings where that’s the bit that’s emphasised. Not the danger, not that everything down here is trying to kill you, not that living in darkness inherently makes you evil, not that the hell-portal is just down the incline there, but …

That there are wonders down here. There are living, thriving civilisations. There are beautiful, alien beings like nothing you’ve seen before. There are benign powers. There are ways to view things that are different: three-dimensional, sightless, lightless, but no less benign or valid.

Show me a dwarven city at the height of its power and prosperity, the roof of its cavern glowing in the light of its tiered suns. Show me ghostly spider people that act as the benign sages and weavers and oracles. Show me a subterranean Venice on the shores of a ghostly, lightless ocean, where bioluminescent mermaids come to trade. Show me a vast crystal cavern and the earth spirits that call it home. Show me the breath-takingly huge cavern sprawling outwards down an incline, an impossibly huge city carved tier on tier into its walls.

Show me the trade networks, gems and ores, yes, but also luminescent spider silks, strange crops grown under artificial suns, the million and one strange uses for fungus, two hundred different types of street food. Witch glass, magic, fertiliser (anyone who’s ever watched the David Attenborough cave documentary will remember the humungous mound of bat guano). Bioluminescent inks. Plant matter, bone, fossilised coal. A thriving trade in ornamental fungus for home decoration. Street stalls selling incredibly eldritch subterranean crustaceans onna stick. Street stalls offering the most delectable silicates for rock-eating species.

Show me life. Twenty six different species coming to trade hubs arranged at certain depths. Haggling. Universities. Water breathers. Methane breathers. Forty different variations on commercially available breathing charms and/or bubble helmets. A trade pidgin evolving using primarily sign languages, because the range of available vocal chords is a bit on the extreme side. Communication via light, or touch, or heat, or telepathy. There’s so many things you can do.

I’m not saying it can’t be dark and dangerous. It is still underground. I’m not even saying it can’t be horrifying. I adore Sunless Sea, after all, a game where the entire premise is an underground victorian ocean full of eldritch everything. Just … maybe don’t make it unrelentingly grim? Have some life down there. Some wonder. Some intrigue. Some cheer.

So much of fantasy underground is apocalyptic, dystopian or evil. Maybe just throw something a bit more, you know, interesting down there once in a while? Something that is not a long endless grind for survival against unrelenting horror. Make it so that people live down here, and are happy, and not because they’re torturing people for funsies, but because this is where they live and they’re fond of it, proud of it, have made a good life from it. Have it be a place people might want to visit. Put some wonders down there. Some joys.

… Possibly I just want less grimdark, post-apocalyptic fantasy in general, really. But yeah.

More wondrous fantasy undergrounds, please!

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I was looking at my kudos email from AO3 this morning, feeling grateful (I do that every morning I get one, because people read and enjoyed my stuff and that’s amazing) and Birdie and I got to talking about how - in our experience at least - uniquely wonderful Witcher fandom (with an emphasis on Netflix fans) has been/become.

Like, this is a canon that has the original books, the video games that were not canon to the books even if most of the books were canon to it, and the netflix show which is a different take than either the books or the games. This fandom had the makings of so many awful takes on ship wars and books v. games v. netflix, etc etc. Fic on AO3 could’ve had the same sorts of metrics most fandoms I’ve been in had and have, where even the Biggest Deal fics have an absolutely TINY number of comments compared to hit count, where WIP fics that are on hold or haven’t updated in a while get bombarded with requests to update, questions about when an update will be, and kind of passive-aggressive “boy i sure look forward to when you update (it’s gonna be soon right?)”

And like, I’m sure those things exist out there, fandom’s a big place, I only see a fraction of it.

But I think, by and large, we are a softer fandom than we could’ve been. A kinder fandom. On the whole, any random person I run into seems to have a greater-than-average-for-fandoms-of-this-size chance to be genuinely lovely, even if we don’t really hit it off or have different interests within the fandom.

I think honestly the fact that the Netflix show’s fandom was really kicking into gear right as Covid started getting on people’s radar, and then shit started getting bad... I think that honestly led to us being generally on a large scale kinder to each other.

I have so many comments on my WIPs that haven’t been updated in... a year, in one case, and months in others. And not a single one of them is asking for an update, or trying to needle me into updating. You know what I have gotten? “Hey, I really enjoyed this! I hope RL is going better for you, or gets better soon!” (in response to my last update where I mentioned it kicking my ass)

And like.. yeah, there’s clearly hope for an update in that, but it doesn’t feel annoyed or pushy or anything. It felt like someone saying “hey, i was enjoying this, and you seemed to be too, and I know you wanted to get back to it, so I hope life lets you do that soon!” which is just...

and I know it’s not universal. I know people have gotten shitty comments. Hell, I’ve had a few. But like... compared to the genuine kindness in the majority of the comments i’ve seen? the fact that there are a LOT of comments compared to what I’ve seen in other fandoms? (like ‘oh that fic only has 5 comments’ but it’s only got like 600 hits? I’ve had fics get more hits with NO comments, and seen plenty in the same boat, in other fandoms. Not a single one.)

Just... idk. I love you guys. Y’all have - by and large - been a wonderful, welcoming, engaging, just plain FUN fandom to be in. I’m so glad I found you guys.

[kuekyuuq]

At this point, I see things regarding Supercorp this way...

(Mxaybe... in another universe... *sighs*)

My head-canon for the show:

Lena had a crush on Kara since day one and vice versa. She tried to deny it, deny herself the ‘luxury’ of personal attachment... but Kara was quite persistent, and cute, and sweet, and warm, and such a dork, and... yeah... Lena got confused when she developed similar feelings for Supergirl, and then her disagreements with Supergirl caused her to not-like her anymore, but still felt physically attracted to her - damnit. Since oblivious Kara did not respond properly to her flirts (and they both verbally friend-zoned each other), Lena resigned to gaze and long for her in secret, thinking Kara was straight. Neither her short and tragic re-encounter with Jack - an unresolved comfort from her own past - nor her sudden enemies-to-lovers thing with James (Kara's ex of all people) could quite quench her craving for Kara's closeness and warmth or her verbal tension-filled jab-throwing matches with Supergirl. After the reveal, Lena was more hurt over her 'friend' betraying her trust, keeping a secret from her (yes, that's a double-standard, Lena! ...girl's got deeply rooted issues) than 'Supergirl' using her alter-ego to take advantage of Lena (which, hands down, Kara actually did on some occasions - so, ironically that one would have been objectively valid, but, hey, feelz shape our perspectives). She went through her lashing-out phase, only to realize she can't live without Kara in her life. And really wants to do good. Yes, that too... ...and it only took her trying to brainwash the whole world (good intentions and the road to hell) and Lex back-stabbing her a couple of times, to see the light and join the good guys for good... to be more like Supergirl, in her own small way...? Y'all know what I mean ^_- She came crawling back, continues to try hard to prove herself worthy, longingly watching on every time Kara and Alex hug, desperate to keep her sunshine-impersonated in her life, whom she truly loves, despite how much she tried to convince herself she did not...

...

Meantime, Kara is an alien (yes, I bold that, bc, people tend to not think this through). From a totally different culture and all, having suffered great trauma and entering Earth's culture during her puberty/informative years. A Kryptonian who crushed for Humans (males - James, Adam - and apparently 4 other dudes she broke the noses of when kissing) and other aliens (Daxamite Mon-El) ...uh, and even couldn't stop herself admitting how she likes how nice Lucy (female Human) smells (the most prominent other time such a statement was made, was when everybody was swooning over Kal). Who only in her adulthood realized homosexuality was even a real option, outside of high-schoolers slurring at each other. (And I am not saying, Kara is gay, as in lesbian... she incidentally spoke true when she denied that in the pilot. Repeat after me: “Kara is an alien.” ..I’d call her pan, but am also aware, that the textbook definition doesn’t include ‘all species’... so.... there’s that.) Kara, who so desperately hard tried to fit in, she got absolutely used to others telling her what she's supposed to feel and think.

...who crushed hard for Lena at first sight (possibly, also star-struck). But both Clark and Alex, her most important people to look for help, guidance and reference, told her any Luthor was bad news.

There was Mon-El, whom she didn't even like, at first. When he lied told her he wasn't in love with her, she was utterly relieved. She was all “Oh, golly. That’s unexpected and awkward. What now?!” when he confessed to her, and tried (and failed) to let him down gently. (I am actually convinced, that Kara was more ego-hurt, that he moved on to Eve so quickly, and.. where she and James ended things once Lucy was out of the picture, Kara only started thinking/feeling differently about Mon-El when he was taken... just sayin’ I maybe spot a pattern there.) But, Alex told her, that she had a thing for Mon-El and that she should give him a shot... ...even when Lena got involved with Cadmus, and Kara found herself passionately defending the youngest Luthor against ALL her friends, when she could not explain her bone-deep trust in Lena but by "I can see it in her eyes" and other instinctually tainted expressions... Well, she and Mon-El made it work, they were actually a sweet couple when they weren't butting heads... Didn't stop Kara from having mixed feelings when Lena ran into her ex. And yes, Kara did mourn Mon-El. If only for the concept of what they had together, but I do think, she did feel love for him... Me thinks, Kara would be one of the people who simply can not separate physical and emotional. So by kissing and sleeping with him, stronger emotional attachments came to be. Not to invalidate them, but... personal history is important.

....long story short, Kara kept trying not to stand out. Lived and loved on the safe-side, hurt one too many times by circumstance. And yet kept feeling drawn to Lena, kept trusting her, kept wanting to reveal herself to her - despite what everybody else said. But, emotionally and 'culturally' on the safe side.

Kara friend-zoned herself.

The reveal happened and... Lena HURT her and Kara STILL kept her hope and trust up... and while towards the end of it, being incredibly hurt and worn out, she still let Lena back in. And within 24h decided that Lena came through enough times and Kara was ready to accept her apology...

And then Lex happend (again) and Phantom Zone...

Now...

[*] My head-canon for RL:

Katie is such a natural flirt, that even though the SG writers (after introducing both Lena and Mon-El to the show) have been told "no gay Supergirl" by the CW in 2017, Melissa just never knows what hit her...

Director: "CUUUT!" Melissa: "--...wait, what? I'm married. I mean... huh?" Melissa: "Wait! We have to redo that! We were told, not to-" Katie: "To what?" Melissa: "...uh, the Supercorp-thing... you know... the heart-eyes?" Katie: "What heart-eyes?" *raises an eyebrow the typical Katie-way* Melissa: "...the... um.... you..." Katie: "Wait, did you-..?" Melissa: "Me!? Oh, no. I am married!" Katie: "What has that to do-... Are you okay?" Melissa: "Yes!" Katie: "Okay, then." *Katie swaggers off stage & hi5s one of the writers on her way out* Melissa: "...darn it." *calls Chris* "Honey, I love you." Chris: "...it happened again?" Melissa: "..." *Chris starts laughing* Melissa: "...so not funny."

So, yeah, that's where I am at. Kara friend-zoned herself and Lena is totally mush for the Girl of Steel. ...and Katie is just being Katie :)

Also, I am currently 99% sure Supercorp will not be endgame. But I would be 100% pleased to be proven wrong.

[* In all seriousness, do not bash on the actors, please. They are just doing their jobs, have a life and family, real relationships and feelings. So, my above 're-enactment' is completely fictional, purely for light-hearted entertainment and not meant to do any harm or spread any hate or to be actually transcribed onto the actual, real people. We do not really know these people! They - and the writers, too - do bring characters to life that we invest in - for that they deserve our gratitude. My gut feeling (or shipper-heart feeling?) is, they are doing their best to sneak Supercorp in whenever they can - not to bait, but because they may actually not be allowed (yet..?) to make SC text but see the same chemistry we do. Have fun, but be respectful, please! We can disagree with the CW's executive decisions - although, we do not really know what’s going on bts - and express our dismay, but do not in all seriousness spread hate.]

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so i watched cobra kai all in two days and i have so many -

this show has so many cool and smart angles to it, but the same time.... its so stupid oh my god everyone is so dumb literally mr miyagi held all of the braincells in this whole universe 

like i am but at the same time i am not surprised it was made like this, bc in hindsight of course there were hordes of ppl simping over johnny lawrence ....  but it still amuses me that this is like... an Actual Official Thing

ok this will get long so cut it is

how much fun this cast has is super visible and i love it

i rly enjoy how the world was expanded ! i did grow up watching the karate kid movies, so watching how they progressed the world of the movies so organically was pretty cool. it rly feels like its the same universe

i fucking LOVE stories that are largely about a Thing. dancing ,skating, sports its just so thrilling to experience this all consuming relationship people can have with this type of activity? and martial arts are just that much more intense, so yeah, grown ass men kicking each other around at the lightest provocation and a war veteran caring so much abt teen karate is Ridiculous.... but i love it all because thats the intensity i find so thrilling

was kinda surprised with how much im missing mr. miyagi. first because, like everyone is so unhinged jesus christo, it just really throws into relief how much his character grounded the narrative of the movies. but also hes just a really great character

and on that note it rly Gets Me that the show itself aknowledges that and plays that into daniels angst and all the little ways they sorta weave myiagisms into the whole show........ im not getting emotional over this dumb karate dads show OK

related - i really miss hearing ‘daniel-san’ 🥺🥺

ACE DEGENERATE oh god oh no

they really went down the down and out johnny lawrence route huh. like i was always kinda bummed we see kreese choking him and then we never see him again in the movies, and while i love dumpster fire problematic trash himbo ck johnny, its like......................... actually really sad that his life turned out like this fjngn

everytime i hear ‘babes’ and ‘pussy’ i die a little inside. i know thats the point but i am a v cringe easy person, have mercy (ehe)

loved the way they are constantly drawing parallels between johnny and mr. myiagi of all people. hes the handy man of his building that has a bullied kid asking for help and eventually steps up to teach them karate, beats up a bunch of bullies for him, creates a friendship with said kid, estranged from family, drinks his sorrows away, surprisingly one of the least quick to anger characters (which says more about everyone else really but.... Well.), no schemes or ulterior motives hes just tryna vibe here.... oh and ofc magically heals miguel of is asthma apparently. the true disciple.. meanwhile daniel is his usual messy petty self even tho he wants to be mr myiagi so bad 

also interesting about that is how miguels character is a parallel of both johnny and daniel at the same time

overall the parallels in ck are done really well, drawing comparisons and also subverting them constantly. theyre well thought out

THE PARALELOGRAMS

fr tho, the angle being explicitly the cycle of trauma and its effects and how trumatized adults in turn traumatize kids, maliciously or not, is so interesting

but! on the flip side of that, it feels like the writers are getting in their own way @ letting the characters grow. especially this last season. theres only so many times you can do "johnny and daniel are getting along but 5mins later they are (literally) fighting over some dumbass random issue" or "johnny puts in 20% of effort with robby and then gives up" before it gets on your nerves yknow?

i see daniel no longer talks like macchio ingested 15 shots of espresso before every take and idk how to feel about that tbh

interesting tension in daniel, as in, in tkk mr miyagi was there and daniel was frankly, kind of a lil shit, this messy petty spitfire hot tempered sassy kid,(johnny lawrence voice: just... stop being so annoying) but now hes the adult, and he wants to be mr. miyagi... but hes just not, and never will be to his very core and it shakes him and in a way hes trying to find who he is now that he sees himself in a position to be a not! cobra kai figure. i kinda really like that 

plus how that relates to his cobra kai trauma. idk if the writers thought abt it Like That, i think so, but in any case, its interesting bc it seems like daniel has told everyone whod listen about johnny lawrence his Pretty Boy Karate Rival and high school and 84 cobra kai... But. no one seems to know what went on in 85 (or 86? idk) which was just so much worse

like ye og cobras were shitheads, but tkk iii is just two hours of daniel being emotionally and physically tortured. 

like, the third movie is.............chaotic, to put it nicely, and many people ignore it, but the writers clearly didnt. daniels actions are, in a way, responding so much more to the events of tkk iii than to the first movie ie. johnny himself, AND. daniel doesnt rly seem to have dealt with that trauma? he never told sam? doesnt feel like hes ever told amanda? he doesnt even say terrys name out loud? freaks Out over kreese ? the way he reacts to robbys deceit? his FACE when he walks past the new "fear does not exist in this dojo" paint or kreeses photo? hmMm i sense Pain

his fashion tho........... disappointing. where are the flower shirts daniel huh we had one (1) shirt what a tragedy STOP WEARING SUITS ALL THE TIME . also the band ts/grunge bi are a look for johnny but part of me longs for the preppy lovable 80s bully chic johnny lawrence getups

weird that they never used that last moment of karate kid where johnny kinda... snaps out of his anger and hands daniel the trophy almost in tears. like “youre alright larusso, good match” “thanks a lot”  that being their last direct interection seems like itd be perfect fruit for cobra kai but... they just dont. weird. 

especially when, the FIRST SCENE they see each other, suposedly in 30+ years, the first thing to come out of daniels mouth is QUOTE "u still got those golden locks huh?" WHO SAYS SHIT LIKE THAT DANIEL FUCKING SAN 

also amandas immediate reaction "your pretty boy rival?" like. can we talk about the fact that daniel had to have imparted to his wife the very important information that his high school bully/karate rival was like Really Cute and Fucking Hot Actually

 the writers Knew exactly what they were doing and honestly.............. power to them

tkk director voice: and billy was just so cute  

also I was thinking that daniel sounded strangely fond in that first scene, and i wonder if he developed a weird affection for johnny on the grounds that of all of his Karate Rivals johnny was actually the only one who didn’t actively tried to literally kill him

i was actually delightedly surprised with how great the chemistry between them is, like from the get go i am Invested. their rl friendship totally bleeds through and its fantastic

. granted, idiots enemies to lovers friends is my Thing so i am biased  

johnny lawrence: i am down in the dumps, i fucked up my whole life and my sons probably, largely in light of the trauma that the father figure sensei and the philosophy of my karate inflicted on me and all my friends. u know what i should do, as a traumatized, unreliable mess of an adult? teach that same philosophy to some other kids! what could go wrong! 

but really i enjoy the setup of it. i kinda like that i watched it late because, season 1 was johnny setting himself up for failure in a way and it was exciting to watch it all go to shit sjfn

Like. his heart might be in the right place, but theres just.... not a way to teach something like ‘strike hard, no mercy’ and not have it fuck up a kid 

case and point: aisha, miguel and hawk become annoying as all hell over that bullshit in the end of s1, even before shit gets truly fucked up

billys subtle panicked eyes when he sees hawk and miguel fighting dirty in the all valley was SO GOOD especially in parallel with the panic that is so visible in his face in the movie when kreese tells bobby to injure daniel and in the sweep the leg scene 

seen people question wether kreese should have returned and i absolutely think he needed to. johnny needed to realize that cobra kais fundamentals are flawed, at the root, beyond kreese himself being a toxic piece of shit 

also who are we kidding? we are here to see the tkk characters play on new playgrounds!

i get what they're doing abt kreeses backstory, ( also. cobra kai. pq eles caem nas cobras djjs sorry) but did it need to take up that much time? feels like they couldve  done it in half the run time and developed some other stories better 

martin kove has such an evil eye. i love it

love that we get a good follow up to kreese breaks johnnys trophy and tries to CHOKE HIM in the parking lot, which happened in the movie and then....................... was never mentioned again

“the gang is all back together again” aaaa u piece of SHIT 

also. terry silver is definetely appearing ha ha ha PAIN i cant wait

seen ppl say kreese was too much of a cartoon villain like..........................oh......... sweetie........... u dont even Know

interested how johnny will fit into that bc kreese was simping rly hard for johnny here. like i did not expect him to be so adamant to have him with cobra kai ... under his control, sure, but he really wants johnny by his side despite already having control of the dojo and how will terry silver self appointed jon kreeses forever simp going to feel abt that? 

like bitchs dropping by every episode like ‘joooooohnny ..... come bacc to me joooonny......... this ur last warning! for real this time johnny! i wont say it again! watch me ! im leaving johnny! im rly leaving ! im dragging a chair” and johnny is just like. dont let the door hit ya bitch it was so funny pls

and on that subject oof, johnny! doesnt! Know! he doesnt get that side of daniels cobra kai trauma. and i kind of.............. cannot wait for ck 2021 johnny lawrence to meet terry silver like. what a shit show i need a front row seat and popcorn (imagine terry tries some greasy charm and johnny just roundhouse kicks him in the teeth bc he just doest Not Have the Patience for This. glorious)

feels like we, as a society, should acknowledge that cobra kai will never die................ bc their sense of design is just chefs kiss. their name is COBRA KAI. they have sexie sleeveless black gis. theyve sneks. colorful leather jackets with embroided naja insignia, the get ppl thru the aesthetics. evil geniuses

the flashback cuts : masterpiece behavior

the other takes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the differente angles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE CLOSE UP ON JOHNNYS FACE AT THE KICK 

that scene of daniel and johnny vibing to 80s music in the car. just. oh my god. the fan wish fullfilment. no thoughts head empty.

the new characters! theyre .... good. but. idk. i really like miguel (save for the annoying phase mid s1 - end s2) and amanda, who is a damn riot and has some functioning braincells, but everyone else is       

like dont get me wrong, i dont hate anyone,its not a jane and rafael from jtv situation,  and i am interested and invested in their arcs, but i wouldnt say i like   Like them, as in, personality wise 

like, sams grappling with ptsd was rly gutting and i enjoyed that plus her slight rage issues, 

which nicely parallel torys rage issues. torys background is all over the place tho so im pretty on the fence abt her so far

robby deserves better in every way, and i like how smart and cunning and surprisingly sweet he is

hawk............... is there i guess,

 demetri is annoying in the best way possible,

 carmen is sweet but. i just feel like her character is blunted to make the johnny relationship easier. like when shes furious with him after miguels injury but then forgives him like an episode later? and then convinces him to fight for the tournament bc she had a karate epiphany off screen even tho she was always against it? meh. feels like with the plot thiccening she was swallowed and now shes like a crutch for johnny mora than anything, which is disappointing.

aisha was cool and im kinda mad she wasnt in s3, especially bc a storyline with her tory and sam was like RIGHT THERE , but also... cant say i was super super fond of her... doesnt feel like we ever spent enough time on her

moon the bi icon, 

overall its a good cast but the main draw for me remains the og cast 

the tory/sam miguel/robby Thing. enjoy how theyre Narrative Foils and i like how their stories were so dramatically entangled but oh god give me a break with the teenage love square for the love of god. if u gonna put us through that at least have the decency to not make it so straight

and honestly some sam/tory        miguel/robby romantic tension would even make more sense. just saying! 

also im not sure how i feel abt the cobra kai: red miyagi do: blue theyre going with since some of daniels most iconic looks in tkk are also red. like it was a color they (johnny and him) sorta shared. i get it, opposite but complementary but idk... a little too fire nation and water tribe for me .

 and like the cobra kai kids are so funny abt it bc their outifts grow progressively more ridiculously coordinated. its like do they group chat every morning before leaving their houses? 

robby still sticks out like that tho. he went thru an athleisure/daniel san tsleeves phase and now hes back in the bandts grunge, but his color scheme doesnt fully blend with the other cobra kais. hmmmm.

LOVED LOVED LOVED both the okinawa episode and the cobra kais easy rider episode just such good good heart aching fun

bobby is an icon. he was in tkk and he is now ck hope appears more and more

 tommy is like the most iconic background character. all his lines, freaking gold then and now. sigh :( 

the framing in the okinawa trip was so good everything was so good

i stand by the fact that kumiko was the love interest daniel had the most chemistry with and shes is overall such a joy to watch, loved to see her again, idola, fashion icon

also tkk ii is good u guys are just mean

also really enjoyed chozens role in the episode, his evolution; i love that they introduced the pressure points (ty lee the blueprint) and! the honk + karate! cousins! absolutely iconic

when kumiko reads mr miyagis letters........ oh my god, my eyes FILLED with tears, it was so heart wrenching :(( tamlyns delivery was so emotional and lovely and its so obvious everyone involved in ck has so much love and respect for pat morita and mr miyagi as character, and i adore that it exists like this electric current through the show

when we were watching i told my sister i thought that ali would be miguels big shot surgeon and ngl i am so disappointed that didnt happen. hire me cobra kai writers

also the johnny ali daniel amanda chemistry? off the charts

AND the sassy retconning of daniel and alis breakup! LMAO ‘I HOPE U DIDNT TELL MR MIYAGI IT WAS MY FAULT’ HFDJJGNKFKSD

i am preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty sure back injuries dont work like that    but oke

daniel and johnny are so good together whenever, like they never actually help the kids or get shit done and end up fighting anyway but its just so much fun when theyre hanging

JOHNNY LAWRENCE AND DANIEL LARUSSO FIGHTING TOGETHER

daniels “plan” on how to get robby to juvie was so stupid. literally were u TRYING to make him hate you. dumbass

parents at those hearing rly brave for ppl that did not do ANYTHING as their kids got involved in a karate gang war until now

“bullshit i heard u were the real bully!” i mightve screeched

this s3 ending was SO DRAMATIC omg

everyone is such a MESS go to THERAPY u unhinged motherfckers

also im sorry but uh. a richass neighborhood in california doesnt have some type of neighborhood watch? the larussos rly dont have any security at all? neighbors wont hear the sound of a damn karate brawl happening next door??? also wasnt tory all like ooo i cant go to juvie, my mom yada yada yet shes always running around town getting into fights even at the rich girls house she was kicked out of school for fighting??   ?  ??    ??        ?                ?    ?          ??                  ?    ? girl??

stop destroying the larussos house, its so pretty :((((

sam finding her center looking at mr miyagis picture...  uwu maybe

robby yelling ‘U ARE WEAAK’@  johnny \as he is easily blocking him is like.... so funny and so sad to me. sweetheart. 

also i know it was meant as ‘oh johnny pushes him and HURTS HIM’ but it just looks like robby runs himself into the lockers and IM SO SORRY I FEEL SO BAD BUT IT WAS SO FUNNY 

i like that he and tory are the cobra kai kids now. we need ppl we care abt there to not revert to a good vs evil schtick, and this is the most engaging it could be... tho it hurts that these kids cant catch a break

ah yes "lets bet some real shit on the result of this teen karate tournament bc that is always a great idea" is BACK

so daniel saves johnny from kreese..... maybe johnny will save him from terry 🧐

and dojos unite ohohoho. lets SEE how that’ll work out 

miguels face of Despair when the ck defectors and the md kids are bickering like 'this is never gonna work' : gold

also. Johnny Lawrence is gonna learn some myiagi-do karate AHAAHSJAKDFH

 ive been waiting for this moment all my lifeeee oh lawrd 

final thoughts! there are def things i hope the writers will improve on the next season, but i am very excited for it either way AND i feel like it has made me enjoy the movies even more and that is a win for a reboot/sequel to me!!

[jace-skywalker]

20 questions

tagged in spirit by @vintagedean

1. What do you prefer to be called namewise? cris or cristina which ever prefer to call me is fine.

2. When is your birthday? dec 20th

3. Where do you live? usa

4. Three things you are doing right now? listening to a gaming podcast, editing my queue, and browsing the internet for stationary (gel pens are my jam).

5. Four fandoms that have peaked your interest? in spn hell, asoiaf (great artists in this fandom), star wars (on a break bc squeal trilogy broke my head and heart), and that all i can think of right now.

6. How has the pandemic been treating you? *smh* it has been rough. we haven’t lost any money, but my whole family got covid in november last year. i pray for my dad’s recovery every day. but i finally left my old job behind.

7. A song you can’t stop listening to right now? let her dance by bobby fuller four (look i don’t know why. i have been listening to it for four days now.)

8. Recommend a movie. zack synder's justice league if you love dc superheroes. idk. i rather talk to people about music. 

9. How old are you? thirty

10. School, university, occupation, other? working in a deli right now

11. Do you prefer heat or cold? cold weather because i hate the humidity in my state.

12. Name one fact others may not know about you. maybe if you haven’t been following me for long line:  i have an older sister who i ride or die for.

13. Are you shy? yeah. i’m autistic and i get really anxious around people all the time.

14. Preferred pronouns? she/her

15. Biggest pet peeves? people talking on the phone while i’m trying to take their order.

16. What is your favourite “dere” type? tsundere lol

17. Rate your life from 1-10. 6 right now bc of my mental health and my family general health issues.

18. What’s your main blog? @jupitertimes which is on hiatus i guess

19. List your sideblogs and what they’re used for. @holmesmoriarty is the one i’m using right now in general because i just wanted a fresh start.

20. Is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends? i can be really forgetful in talking to my friends in general. know that i think you are cool people. but i procrastinate too much and will prioritize rl over fandom life.

@jonnyconstantine hi erin you don’t have do this if you don’t want to.

[touchmycoat]

Hi Mido I don’t have much to say this time (maybe I’ll send another ask, I’m not very sure)! If you want you can disregard my previous asks 😅 I just finished the whole novel and I very much cried at the end hehe that’s it! Tho I’m still missing the extras but it’s almost 2am here so :PP

Ah and good morning for you! Have a nice day~

YAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS holy hell you slammed through that novel at the speed of light. sorry i wasn't faster about replying TTTTT rl's been running me ragged

BUT I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED OKAY OKAY. Tell me your thoughts on Hualian, all their back and forth and secret devotions and 800 years and 'oh were you talking shit about dianxia? no problem i'll just eviscerate you' and THE CAVE WITH THE STATUES AND THE GIANT MECHA BATTLE.

the fucking coffin kiss lakjdsnflaksjdf yeah the bingqiu energy, mxtx really has a thing for coffins doesn't she. i mean, mood. and do you like how they literally built the coffin themselves and was like "oh noooo it's too small, huh, guess we'll just have to embrace each other ever-so-tightly and take the opportunity to express our respective top/bottom/switch preferences what do you mean we could've just made it bigger that makes no sense"

and tell me your quanyin thoughts!! Yeah jesus christ i feel so bad for yin yu but i also adore quan yizhen with my whole heart, and like, mxtx took SUCH an interesting direction with them and they're honestly my favorite side story?

WELL OKAY NOBODY BEATS HE XUAN FOR ME. Like, the fucking TRAGEDY of him. The man who should've become a god gets everything stolen from him for literally no other reason than coincidence. Because he just HAPPENS to be born at the same time as SQX and have the same character in his name. Gets completely beaten down by life and still finds the strength while dying to become a Calamity, does the most hardcore undercover gig in the entire universe, finds the time to exact his revenge only for Hua Cheng's dearest Dianxia himself to throw every single wrench in his works and he can only scramble to work around Xie Lian ndjfnksjdnfk. And then at the end to exact the revenge he wanted. Fuck me up. Fuck! me! up!!!!!! he's so fucking hot!!!!!!!!!! HIS REALM IS WATER AND HE FUCKING TOOK EVERYTHING BACK FROM SWD!!!!!!!!!! ugh, goddamn, i love this guy.

and SQX!! good for him!!! like honestly, his strength of character really shined through at the end there!!!! That's what he chose, after all, when HX gave him the choice, and I really do think he can live a good life chilling out there with the beggar bunch. Putting him and SJ together would be such a fun plot experiment, wouldn't it—completely opposite trajectories of life, and completely different attitudes about the respective places they ended up at.

also SWD. Like, I fucking love this guy. I'm all in favor of him getting super murdered, but i really, really love him. He fucks. MXTX always goes ham with the side stories that share the same frequency as the main story, and SWD, like XL, is the guy who takes the third option. He decides his own fate and nobody else. Except, ofc, XL has a bottom line—and XL would've never been the same manner of god as SWD but he certainly came close to trampling over the lives of others to satisfy himself. Anyways, everything about SWD fucking slaps, his Water Tyrant nickname, when he says he makes choices about his life, not the gods...goddamn. The fact that he dies just makes me hornier for him.

snickers you're right, what's up with the da-ges losing their heads. The good thing about SWD though is that I don't think I could bring myself to write the decapitated skull-fucking of my dreams with NMJ, but I can certainly do it with SWD sjdfnkdsjfnksjdnfkjsdnkfsd

[calliecat93]

Star Trek Beyond. Since it looks like a fourth will will forever be stuck in Developmental Hell, this is currently the final part of the Kelvin Timeline. So far, haven’t been a fan. The Timeline has potential, but the character decisions must... fail. So dod Beyond manage to salvage anything?

In my opinion... yes. 100% yes. This film was great and I loved it~!!!

It DOES feel a little too late for me, but not too little. It’s still action heavy, but it’s still very good action. All the pros pf the first two films are still there. Effects, cinematography, acting, diversity in casting, and I failed to mention how all three have fantastic music. All of these continue to be highs, but the lows for me have been their lack of understanding the characters and TOS’ philosophy. This film had a new director and writers, which included Simon Pegg (Scotty) and while IDK how much into ST J.J. Abrams was (or I see conflicting accounts), it’s clear that the filmmakers this time DID understand and care for the original spur e material.

Kirk is FINALLY Kirk. There’s no womanizing. No cockiness, or at least not the same level as last time. He’s got the experience. He’s got the level-head. He’s got the strong will that made him such a great captain in TOS. It was good to place him during the Five Year Mission since that gives justification for his newfound maturity, though it means we don’t get to see it. But still, Kirk is so much more likable and competent. His crisis about his place as captain after going through the same thing over and over is a little out of place, it helps keep him differentiated from TOS Kirk while still honoring that incarnation and showing what was so great about him. They FINALLY got it right. Them also allowing him to reminisce about not getting to know his father also added so,e emotional depth that the first was lacking for his arc. It’s very much correction that may be too late, but is appreciated and finally I can call this man Captain James T. Kirk.

Spock and Bones are together for most of the film, and they’re both great! Spock was the one I was the most fine with and that continues here. Prime Spock’s death of course was sad, but with Nimoy’s passing it was inevitable and best not ignored. They used this to have Spock question his path and wanting to follow his predecessor and his legacy, which both in the films and in RL is VERY understandable. In the end, this isn’t Prime Spock. This Spock is his own being and needs to chart his own course. Which I’m glad that he decided to do in the end. Also t he ‘tracking device joke had me laughing SO hard XD Uhura relationships still unnecessary, but I’ve just accepted it at this point and it didn’t irk me the same way here as before.

Bones, compared to the last two films got it SO much better. He doesn’t really have an arc, but his character is allowed things to so. They pair him with Spock, allowing THAT dynamic to finally shine. While it’s not as emphasized as int he series, it feels like Bones is back in his proper place: the heart to Kirk’s body and Spock’s mind. He’s completely sympathetic to Spock’s loss and is supportive for Kirk, understanding how much his dad’s death and in turn his birthday affects him and being that emotional support that he needs. He is that emotional support that the two need and he is the one who keeps them alive, saving Spock’s life with his medical skill and limited resources. I still wish we had more but he didn’t feel left out and he feels like he freakin’ mattered.

Hell all the main crew felt like they mattered. Scotty got such great material and his friendship with Jaylah was really nice. Which I LOVE Jaylah BYW, a badass character who is smart, competent, and adorable without may unnecessary sexualization. Uhura was also a badass. I mean she ALWAYS has been but she got to kick ass here and was just fantastic. Chekov and Sulu were great as always, and of course it’s only appropriate to mention that this would be Anton Yelchin’s final performance as Chekov due to his passing. It’s sad especially because he was doing so well as the character and had so much ahead of him. But for the work he did in bringing this incarnation of Chekov alive, he did it beautifully and I thank him for it. The whole film felt like an ensemble piece, not just ‘Kirk and Spock and those other guys’ which even TOS was guilty of. I really love these characters and I enjoyed seeing them all be such a fantastic team.

The story is basic, but it didn’t need to be this complex piece about say... Starfleet turning into a military organization. Another major issue with the other two cause GDI just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD. Villain is fine enough for this film, though so far I feel like the films REALLY need to work on improving that part. But I also forgive it because they keep the focus on our heroes. This is a character driven film. The only real complaint is The Triumvirate still feels non-existent, but it IS greatly improved especially since we flesh out Spock and Bones’ dynamic. We now have the pieces and can imagine things for this incarnation and whenever the three were together, it just felt right. The three of them in the transporter room with Bones hating them all so much is PERFECT. It may not have been fully showcased, but they understood it. I don’t doubt that at all. The ending also had me smiling big and felt deserved. It marks that optimism for the future and for whatever awaits in the universe. Just as Star Trek was meant to mean.

So yeah, Beyond was a major improvement. This is what you get when you care less about getting those summer blockbuster box office numbers (IDK when this came out outside the year but still) and care about your characters and plot. What you get with people who care about the property you are rebooting, retaining the spirit but doing something new and more inclined to today’s values. I still like The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, and The Undiscovered Country more and still haven’t seen the TNG films, but this is a good film that deserves to stand along those three. It’s the best reboot film for sure. If we get a fourth film, I truly hope that they keep the same care that went into this one. You don’t need flashy effects and action or plot complexity for a good film, you just need good characters, a good story, and people who care for and know what they are doing. This one honored TOS while being it’s own thing, as any good reboot should, and I respect that greatly.

So for rankings... I’ll give 2009 a 2/5 for good cinema elements, but otherwise an only okay plot and the characterizations/relationship establishments being poor. Into Darkness is a 2.5/5 for being better in the latter case, but still not great and for trying to cash in on elements and developments of the past without putting int he work that made the, great then. Beyond? 4/5. It’s not the best ST film (though again gotta do TNG), but a marked improvement over the other two with characterization, plot, and just felt like something made bu fans for fans. May be too little, too late but I am still happy that it happened a d was so welcomed after how I felt about the other two. The Kelvin Timeline has potential and this showed it, but whether it’ll have the chance to continue it remains to be seen. But the fans have something that they can get creative with. I want it to continue to end on a better note and see these characters more, but if it ends here, it’s not a bad place at all.

[arofili]

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Smut4Smut Prompts

I didn’t intend to write an actual letter, I just wanted to paste my prompts into the description box for this exchange, but then I got long-winded (as usual) so here are the prompts that were too long for AO3 to handle! If the prompts did fit into the box they’re not going to be here, and I am not restating my DNWs/Likes/etc; that’s all readily available in my AO3 signup.

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Canon Russingon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

This is my “Russingon in canon” request, though if you’ve got a canon divergence AU, be my guest.

BDSM - A doms B into being nicer to/taking better care of themself: This just screams Russingon to me. Maedhros asking for Fingon to be cruel to him and Fingon using kindness as the greatest cruelty because Maedhros hates himself so much...

Character Bottoms Who Normally Tops, Character Tops Who Normally Bottoms, Role Reversal: I’m a sucker for role reversal, especially with these two. I lean toward Maedhros bottoming more often than not, but however you prefer their dynamic is completely fine.

Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked, Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Hears B Masturbating and Moaning A's Name: I think I’ve written both of these scenarios for these two but I would LOVE to read another take on them! Mutual pining in Valinor? :)

Characters mutually pining finally get together and have amazing sex, Filthy Sex With Feelings,: I just love this in general, and Russingon having filthy but extremely loving sex is my very favorite thing <3

Characters Experiment With Sexy New Ways To Use Detachable Body Parts: Maedhros’ prosthetic. Enough said.

Characters React To In-Universe Smut Written About Them: Listen, someone has GOT to have written some Russingon smut in-canon, that’s just statistically likely. The sillier and less accurate it is, the better, especially if it’s countered with them having the kind of sex they prefer in...protest? Or maybe trying out some of the dumb things, lol.

Cock Slut, Slut Praising: bottom!Maedhros tbh.

Crown kink, Fealty, Throne Sex: The “Fealty Kink” tag is literally half Silm fics, and half of those are Russingon fics. Add some more?

Dom/sub - not 24/7 but reflecting RL power roles: Very much related to the above. Liege/vassal kink? Yes please!

Domesticity - Sex In Bed Before Sleep: Just. Soft married Russingon. ;-;

Devotion: THEY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH AND WOULD (AND DO) DIE FOR EACH OTHER. AHHH.

First Time: I am SUCH a sucker for first times. Could be their first time together at all, or their first time doing a specific sexual act, or their first time in a certain situation (post-Angband, post-rebirth, etc...)

Getting Together: Another thing I really really love in almost any form, especially if there’s been mutual pining before this.

Fluff and Smut: Russingon just loving each other SO DAMN MUCH...bonus points if there’s some baby Gil-galad fluff involved before/after the sexytimes?

Hurt/Comfort Sex: Their lives are so depressing that there’s so many times this could apply. Right before Formenos? Right after the Darkening or the First Kinslaying? Post-Angband/Ice? Post-Bragollach? Or any other time things get angsty (aka all of canon)?

Magic - using telepathy to cause other person to orgasm: Soul bonds. Dom Fingon. Yes please.

Morning After (Incredible Sex the night before): Fluffy good times. Maybe after their first time, back in Valinor?

Mutual Masturbation With Intent to Watch Each Other in Lieu of First Time Sex: Another fic I have definitely written before but would LOVE to see again! This would make the most sense in a LaCE context, I think.

Mutual Pining: I’ve mentioned this a billion times already, you get the idea.

Praise Kink: Maedhros has a praise kink, that’s just canon. This can be fun and slightly embarrassing in Valinor...or really intensely emotional post Angband. Or post-rebirth...oof.

Pregnancy - Sex to Conceive Heir: Just where DID Gil-galad come from, hmmm? (Trans mpreg is wonderful; I’m not interested in cis mpreg. Either one of them could be trans, I enjoy both.)

Reunion Sex: They’re basically in an LDR in Beleriand, give me some Fingon visiting Himring or Maedhros visiting Dor-lómin and just how horny and desperate they are for each other after being separated for awhile.

Scar Worship: Finno post-Angband finding Mae’s scars Extremely Sexy?

Secret relationship between members of feuding families: This is literally just canon. Lean into the Romeo and Juliet style Valinor shenanigans!

Sex After Taking Revenge on Someone Who Wronged Their Partner: Husbands who murder orcs together and then fuck while still all nasty from battle :)))

Sex Toys - Character Fucks Themselves on a Dildo While Performing Oral Sex: I just think Mae giving Finno a blowjob and fucking himself at the same time would be really hot, okay?

Size - Size Difference: I do love bottom!Maedhros, but I also love size queen!Fingon, and I think they both really enjoy the size difference :))

thank god you're/we're alive sex: I bet this happened SO many times after battles in Beleriand. This could also apply to right after the Darkening, and would be just HEARTRENDING right after the First Kinslaying...

Soul Bond - Sharing Physical Pleasure Through Soul Bond: I am very fond of this trope! Also like. Them feeling how much they are loved through each other’s eyes. Ahhh. But also like, Mae getting off on how good he’s making Finno feel. Or vice versa.

Character A hurts Character B (at their request) during sex but Character A immediately regrets it, Character Thinks Rescue Has a Price Tag, Sex gets paused to deal with PTSD then maybe returned to, panic attack during sex: These are some angstier options! I would love a fluffy/happy story (or a hurt/comfort story) but if you wanted to go a bit darker route here’s some ideas. Just. Post-Angband Mae with no self worth and/or consent issues, Finno having a hard time dealing with Mae being masochistic, Mae flashing back to Angband...all of these are some really juicy ideas.

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Modern Russingon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

This is my “Modern AU Russingon” request - though if you see a tag here that you think could be applied to canon, that would be awesome too.

Trans Male Character: Lots of these tags would have at least one of them being trans, which I’m also super happy to see in canon-compliant fic, but I know for me it feels a bit easier to me to write about trans stuff when I don’t have to worry about terminology not fitting the setting, so I put them here.

Cunnilingus to relieve period cramps, PiV With Trans Male Character, Sex Toys - Character Fucks Themselves on a Dildo While Performing Oral Sex, Sex Toys - Giving a Blowjob to a Dildo or Strap-on, Sex Toys - Strap-On: Just all some very excellent stuff if you want to go the trans route. I imagine the strap game would be next level with these two.

Characters mutually pining finally get together and have amazing sex, Filthy Sex With Feelings, First Time, Fluff and Smut, Getting Together, Morning After (Incredible Sex the night before), Mutual Pining, Praise Kink, Size - Size Difference: I requested all these tags for the canon prompt too, this is just the same stuff but modern, where they get to be dorky about how much they’re in love, minus most of the angst.

Character with Low Self-Esteem has Self-Worth Affirmed Through Tender Sex: ...but not minus ALL the angst. Just. Mae having had bad experiences in previous relationships and Finno being extremely tender and loving to him, AHHHH.

Getting off on how much partner trusts them: And this could be the other side of the previous request - Mae is trusting Finno even after all the bad stuff he went through and that’s very sexy to him.

Good Boy/Good Girl Kink: This could apply in canon too but if you want to do the trans thing, it could also be a gender affirmation thing.

Impact - Friendly ass slap unexpectedly turns character on: Mae is mortified that he’s into spanking, Finno is delighted.

romantic sex: This didn’t fit into the previous request but YES PLEASE. Just. They love each other SO much.

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Russurgon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

OKAY wow I love this ship, it’s so incredibly fucked up and angsty, hell yeah. This is one request where you really don’t need to bother with anything fluffy or a happy-ish ending, just go full on angst mode, please! Basically, I just think it would be very fun and horrible if Mae seduced Turgon for political reasons post-Nírnaeth when they’re both grieving Fingon :)))))

Character Bottoms Who Normally Tops: I can see Turgon having a hangup about bottoming...which Mae is fine with but one day they get into a Very bad argument and Mae like, puts Turno in his place. (No non-con though. Dub-con would be okay here.)

Characters about to kill each other decide to fuck instead: Kinslaying averted by sex!

Dirty Talk - Character A Gets Off on B Relaying Their Sexual Exploits: Just. Mae growling in Turno’s ear all the filthy things he would do with Fingon and Turgon HATING it and especially hating how hot it is.

Enemies to enemies who fuck, Enemies With Benefits, Frenemies with Benefits, sex between enemies, Sex between rivals: Basically all the same thing. These guys do NOT like each other but they’re fucking anyway.

Fucked with the hilt of a weapon: Look idk man just. Turgon being really mean to Maedhros after a post-battle argument or something?

Grudging/Horrified One-Sided Attraction To Someone Who Annoys You Deeply: I think this would be funny if Turgon realized he was into Mae (honestly, at any point in time, not just post-Nirn?) and that maybe the reason he was so mad about Fingon dating Mae is because he was jealous...lmaooo

Hate Sex Turns Unexpectedly Tender: Like. A moment of understanding between them. That they both refuse to talk about after it happens.

lord/retainer, Political Alliance Confirmed with Sex, Political Debate as Foreplay, Sex as a Negotiation Tactic, Sex As Part Of Diplomatic Negotiations: POLITICAL SEX. It’s showing that they’re serious about this alliance...nothing else, just that...right?

sex as self harm, Sex as Unhealthy Coping Mechanism, Sex as Grief Processing: This could work for both of them but I think it especially works for Maedhros. He unlearned a lot of fucked up shit with Fingon after Angband, but now Fingon’s dead and it’s all coming crashing back down on him...and Turgon hates him so much that if he can tell, he doesn’t care.

A using B as replacement for C who is not present: This is exactly why Mae would fuck Fingon’s brother.

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Anairë/Fëanor/Fingolfin/Nerdanel Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

OKAY so I don’t like sibling incest EXCEPT for Fëanor/Fingolfin, pretty much, just because the love-hate stuff with them is SO juicy. But I also hate how most FëaNolo fics depict their relationships with their wives, so I would just love it if they were all a polycule or had a foursome or something that didn’t end up with Fëanor and Fingolfin leaving their wives.

Bisexuality: They’re all very hot and they’re all very into each other. Gender who?

Breeding Kink - as dirty talk without risk: Look Fëanor and Nerdanel had SEVEN kids, I think there was probably some kind of breeding kink there...Fëanor applying this to Fingolfin, though? That’s hot. Or maybe he’s dirty talking with Anairë while Fingolfin is Right There.....yesss. But again, no risk, because elf pregnancy is always very intentional.

Character A and Character B Mutually Pine For Each Other While They Fuck Other People Together: Fëanor and Fingolfin just absolutely refusing to acknowledge their feelings even when they’re having sex with each other’s wives.

Double Anal Penetration, Double Penetration - Vaginal and Anal, Double Vaginal Penetration: I just think it’s hot. You can mix up who’s penetrating who, give the ladies some strap-ons or mess around with gender, if you like.

First Time - Getting Pegged: Fëanorians get pegged, it is law, so probably not Fëanor’s first time but... Nerdanel pegging Fingolfin? Or Fëanor and Nerdanel showing Fingolfin and Anairë how it’s done? OR since let’s be real Fingolfin ALSO probably gets pegged regularly, Anairë and Nerdanel fucking each other while their husbands watch, and it’s their first time with another lady.

First Time Having Sex Postpartum: I imagine Nerdanel is unfazed by what pregnancy does to the body, but maybe Anairë isn’t, and her lovers all get together to show her how much they still love her after like, Argon is born?

Fucking Someone While Being Fucked By Someone Else: All the fun things you can do with multiple partners...

Grudging/Horrified One-Sided Attraction To Someone Who Annoys You Deeply: I must admit I missed the “one-sided” part of this when I picked this tag - but maybe they think it’s one-sided but it turns out that it’s not? Regardless, this is exactly how I see Fëanor and Fingolfin if they’re in a ship situation.

Sexy Shenanigans at a Masked Ball: Anonymity allowing a secret relationship to be slightly less secret!! Everyone is like “wow who is that tall fellow dancing with Prince Fëanáro?” or something like that!

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Taeglin Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

Now this is my rarepair that I completely understand why it’s a rarepair, but also like MATCHING CURSED SWORDS. I generally think of this ship in the context of a “Túrin goes to Gondolin with Tuor” AU, BUT it could also be a “Aredhel and Maeglin go to Himlad, and then follow Celegorm and Curufin to Nargothrond and stay after they get banished” AU, but that’s a bit more convoluted. Or you can have them meet each other on one of Maeglin’s journeys away from Gondolin, or whatever other take you’d like to explore.

Both parties are pining for someone else: Túrin missing Beleg? Or both of them being in love with Idril and upset about her choosing Tuor instead, lol.

In Captivity Together, Bad guys think they made them do it but they really just enabled them: Túrin gets captured alongside Maeglin...or maybe Maeglin gets captured earlier, at the same time Túrin is after Amon Rûdh? (In that case it would probably just be “Bad guys made them do it” without the qualifier because they haven’t had the chance to Pine.) Basically, they finally have an excuse to fuck, and it’s not ideal, but hey they’re gonna take it.

Realizing romantic feelings mid-sex: “Oh FUCK I actually like this guy. Shit. Goddamnit.”

Mating Cycles/In Heat: Maybe heats are an elf thing, and Túrin remembers how Beleg would get, so he knows how to help Maeglin...and it’s not like Maeglin was going to ask anybody for help, he was just planning on suffering through it (again?)...

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eta: an anon asked about smut likes and i was like oops i didn’t make that list so here’s some stuff i enjoy. otherwise just see the kink tags i requested

anal sex, vaginal sex, oral sex (basic but yknow)

fingering

frottage

very romantic sex (especially for russingon)

nonromantic sex (i like aro takes on characters)

trans characters whose gender is affirmed during sex

trans characters without much physical dysphoria

reunion sex

first times!!

hurt/comfort sex

political sex

fealty kink, liege/vassal dynamic

mutual masturbation

double penetration

russingon stumpfucking

dirty talk

healing from trauma through tender sex

dealing with trauma through rough sex

teasing, begging

dramatic miscommunications that get cleared up (such as mutual pining, very brief worries about consent, etc)

praise kink (especially for maedhros)

size kink (especially for fingon)

telepathy/osanwe

dom fingon/sub maedhros

hair kink

possessiveness but ONLY for russingon

sharing a bed

maedhros getting spanked......

role reversal, switching

[seven-oomen]

Hi, Ben!  Hope you had an overall good day, and that tomorrow’s a good one, too!  I see that Mo was looking particularly majestic today.  :D  Not enough to make that message make sense, but still.  (Perhaps Florida Man misunderstood the idea of looking for pussy?…)  (Sorry, that was terrible, but I’m tired and brain fuzzy rn. XD )

I’m absolutely loving all the previews for the cabin fic.  OMG, my body is ready.  XD  Oh no, he got coated in snow…will they have to perhaps CuDdLe FoR WaRmTh?…  Oh no, one of the chairs has to be used to prop the door…will someone perhaps have to SiT In SoMeOnE’s LaP?…  XD  I’m not sure precisely why you think you’re going to hell for this fic, but the majority of ideas I can come up with indicate that I’ll likely also be there riding shotgun on the way, so at least you’ll have company?…  I’ve been fighting off the urge to do a holiday Peter/Noah to fit in with my existing one-shots, or a DILF Club holiday fic where the entirety of the plot my brain can come up with is “and they snuggled in front of the tree”, because I’m trying to keep ahead in my other fic, but between the endless Christmas music at work and the fact that it’s finally consistently cold here, I don’t know if I’ll be able to hold out.  XD

I also love how everyone seems to have the thought that Noah had run-ins with Peter when he was still a deputy.  (I have some ideas for this in the dating fic if I can ever get the freaking scene that it would be relevant for.  XD )  And I agree with most of your ask meme stuff about them, too.  (I can’t do Noah/Natalie, though, because even though I KNOW it’s fiction, my brain just starts yelling “TOO CLOSE TO RL!  TOO CLOSE TO RL!”, and I can’t make it stop.)  And yes, omg, my kingdom for some adorable single dads fic for them!  I am reminded of one of my “probably not going to ever do anything with it” plot bunnies spawned by some comments on a car commercial Ian did a few years back, of all things, where Peter moves back home with his young daughter Malia (maybe also with Liam, because I feel he fits just as well/even better as the lost Hale child), who ends up befriending Stiles, which is how he meets widower Noah.  And then maybe they’ve started dating or maybe they’re still in the flirting stage when suddenly his ex, Chris (yes, THAT kind of ex), moves back to town with his daughter, newly divorced.  And now we’re in a Hallmark movie romcom where he has to decide which one he wants to take a chance with.  (Will he eventually realize that there’s an amazing third option?  Maybe after they get snowed in or otherwise trapped somewhere together.

On a related note, a concept:

Some random dude on the street:  Man, FUCK THE POLICE!

Peter and/or Chris (without thinking):  I’M TRYING!

The pack members also there at the time: …

Noah (nervous, confused, and flattered):  …uh, wut?…

Stiles:  …wait, what?…

Peter and/or Chris:  …fuck…

Noah (still vaguely nervous, very confused, yet deeply flattered):  …you know..that could probably be arranged…

Stiles:  …wait, WHAT???!!!…

Also, that post of Seb Stan from a few days back got me like “Jesus, fuck, I need him in a Luke Skywalker movie, like, yesterday."  And I’m glad you liked the truly random ass Avengers thing my brain came up with.  I literally have no idea where the thought came from, but I thought it was hilarious (and I knew you’d appreciate the shippy angle, because they are exactly those types of assholes.  XD )

I’m sure there were other thoughts I had, but work’s been busy enough lately that I’ve got semi-permanent cotton candy brain (sugar spider brain?) lately.  I hope you get some decent rest (I know that’s been an issue lately), and that tomorrow is a good day!  Best vibes for whatever you choose to work on, if anything!  Take care!  *Hugs to you both!*

Hey B, mo’s def being his usual majestic self. But yeah that def didn’t warrant that message. (And I will not share the thoughts of; he’s not getting my other p*ss* either) 

I feel like we’re just about as awful when it comes to these jokes tbh XD.

Oh no, Noah got wet and cold and his shirt is wet now and that will have to come off at some point.

Also, sad, but Peter is near fire and that gives him anxiety/is very triggering for him, he needs a distraction.

Oh no what ever will we do. 

I also made Chris trans in that fic. No particular reason, just because I could. I mean I have a few story things I want to get done in universe, but I could have done that in several ways and I just went- this one, Chris is trans is the road I will go on.

But yeah after 3K I’m finally starting to get to the smutty part and it’s glorious.

Permission to use this idea for the cabin fever universe (with credit)

On a related note, a concept:

Some random dude on the street:  Man, FUCK THE POLICE!

Peter and/or Chris (without thinking):  I’M TRYING!

The pack members also there at the time: …

Noah (nervous, confused, and flattered):  …uh, wut?…

Stiles:  …wait, what?…

Peter and/or Chris:  …fuck…

Noah (still vaguely nervous, very confused, yet deeply flattered):  …you know..that could probably be arranged…

Stiles:  …wait, WHAT???!!!…

Because that’s the funniest shit I’ve seen all day XD

Also, yes, this is a wonderful bunny and I hope this gets written someday <3

And yes, omg, my kingdom for some adorable single dads fic for them!  I am reminded of one of my “probably not going to ever do anything with it” plot bunnies spawned by some comments on a car commercial Ian did a few years back, of all things, where Peter moves back home with his young daughter Malia (maybe also with Liam, because I feel he fits just as well/even better as the lost Hale child), who ends up befriending Stiles, which is how he meets widower Noah.  And then maybe they’ve started dating or maybe they’re still in the flirting stage when suddenly his ex, Chris (yes, THAT kind of ex), moves back to town with his daughter, newly divorced.  And now we’re in a Hallmark movie romcom where he has to decide which one he wants to take a chance with.  (Will he eventually realize that there’s an amazing third option?  Maybe after they get snowed in or otherwise trapped somewhere together.

Malia and Liam as siblings is just pure chaos waiting to happen though, poor Peter XD

And I can’t really remember the other thing I wanted to say, but I just wanted to let you know that your messages have helped me a lot tonight and I love you my friend. <3 

Hope you’re doing okay too since I know you’re in a lot of stress too. Lots of hugs from and Mo <3