#the last two scenes killed meeee~~~

[ryoun]

brewing love: how the truce ended

[ewanmitchellcrumbs]

Ange dearest, here for my post-show thoughts; this really is the literal first thing I do after every episode. Kinda like last week I'll try to start with some positives:

Aemond looked cunty asf

Sowing the seeds of Alys and Aemond, I really am just dying to see this

Jeyne Arryn sighting

The performances were amazing as usual, but particularly the grief from Lord Corlys, I really felt for him, honestly

Baela, that's it.

Now for my not necessarily negative but other thoughts-

Daemon. Daemon. Daemon. Fucking his mother? Eating her out? Um....what??????? Sir.....SIR- also side not she kinda hot but NOT THE POINT UM WHAT. Also, what are they doing to Daddy Uncle, talking about Rhaenyra can't succeed- where is the loyalty that I've been yearning for, URGH

The Helaena and Aemond scene was literally a fragment pls- that wasn't even a full conversation. I suppose it was profound in a way, yes, but still. Also am I the only one hearing a child laughing before he turned to see Helaena? Is that some of his guilt over Jaehaerys? Idk, just thoughts

The lack of balance between showing the greens and blacks was blatant in this episode, it felt like for every thirty minutes on Dragonstone we got 2 minutes in King's Landing.

Lastly, what the FUCK is Aemond doing to Aegon in the trailer. Please, Please, Please, tell me that's him feeling a sliver of remorse, and that he's not going to try and KILL HIM FUCKING JEEZ MAN

That last part of Aegon wheezing, 'Mummy' just broke my heart.

Let's hope that that scene of Alicent and Cole means an official Alicole breakup, yes I'm still annoyed by how much we were waterboarded with them in the first two episodes.

Overall, despite the general grievances that we've reiterated from the beginning, I enjoyed the episode, I giggled every time Aemond came on screen and I screamed when Daemon fucked his mom- because frankly, if we don't just focus on the things we enjoy, we'll end up storming HBO and demanding Ryan Condal's head.

Look forward to your thoughts too <3

-🦋 anon

I live for your weekly thought dumps! What am I going to do without them once season two ends?! :( Here are mine:

This, to me, felt like a filler episode. We have a shorter season this season, THERE ISN'T ROOM FOR THAT. I just felt like nothing noteworthy really happened? I thought Aemond becoming Prince Regent would be made a bigger deal of, but once again it's overshadowed by Alicent's negative reaction to it. Uuuggghhhh.

I adore Alys, I cannot get enough of her, and I squealed and kicked my feet at the hint of Alysmond. Give them to meeee. I am chomping at the bit for season three.

We have had two episodes of Daemon tripping off his nut though, so I am over it at this point, we didn't need a third. ADVANCE THE PLOT. I feel like it's character assassination from the writers that they are pitting Daemon against Rhaenyra - another effort to villainise him and make his character two dimensional. This could not be further from Daemon in the book, it's sad to see.

The hallucination of him fucking his mother was wild. I get that it's meant to symbolise his desire to be loved by a woman who holds power over him (i.e. he feels spurned by his queen, Rhaenyra), but it was weird! That being said, I enjoyed the visuals because Daemon is insanely hot.

I would, however, have gladly swapped that hallucination for a more meaningful interaction between Helaena and Aemond, because what the hell was that? The first time they have spoken the entire series and it's five fucking words from Helaena that Aemond doesn't even respond to?!?!

I loved Corlys, Baela and Jace in this episode. Jace and Baela's on screen interactions are always great to watch, they have such natural chemistry, and Corlys being angry with Rhaenyra felt very realistic.

Once more, I am left feeling as though Team Green is being given the shitty end of the stick, while Team Black are stealing the spotlight. I don't like having to flesh out the characters through guess work, SHOW ME SOME DEVELOPMENT.

Wondering if we will get Aemond in the Conqueror's crown at any point this season?

I don't think Aemond is doing anything sinister to Aegon in the trailer for episode six, but I do think it's been deliberately cut to appear that way. When he initially arrives at the foot of the bed, and looks at Aegon, you can see in his face that he feels awful about the state he's in. There is guilt lurking beneath the surface, I know there is!!

[nightofthelivingmeme]

Started First Class, y'all

Wait but I kind of love JLaw's Raven? She's adorable

But knowing how it ends up I do not enjoy the flirting with Hank because he's everything to meeee

But nbd those feet are a little freaky it's okay because I l o v e him.

How many goddamn mutations does Emma have?

This is giving me back my Kevin Bacon boner sorry everyone.

Fucking Erik interupting this weird little romance; and also kick starting a love triangle that's going to fall apart violently?

"What an adorable lab rat you make." How flirty.

The fucking hair I'm cdfbafaf and how worried Erik is when Cerebro starts.

This fucking gathering montage is killing me. And then there's goddamn Logan <3

this stupid little team bonding is fucking wonderful and WHOOPS party time. And more importantly, what the fuck is Hank doing

that leg pat was intimacy sorry I don't make the rules. The bending of the barbed wire was a. Frightening choice

Not only am I sad that my sweet lil mutant team is being ogled but I really don't love the choice of horrific attack and murder :(

Not here to hurt you, just to completely traumatize you. Angel took no hesitation in just noping the fuck out.

Goddamn they just offed Darwin almost as fast as they found him; and he looked so SAD and I am S A D

Honestly, I'm with Dadneto on the avengersing

"The law applies to humans." Every gen of Stryker is a fucking d o u c h e b a g

I love Raven and Charles' dynamic as kids, I just-

He loves his sister so much

I have to say I am very impressed by the careful enfolding of historical events into superhero lore.

Bruh, just kiss already. Turns out I'm definitely down for Cherik lol

I fucking adore McAvoy's Charles, he really encompasses psychotically loving teacher.

Banshee's chicken squawk just gave me a coughing fit

Alex you fucking odfjsdojgsor. anpxdkfidfg Erik has such a good point and I'm really struggling don't make me like you sir and all the Hank content got me blushing like an idiot and I am officially a full Nicholas Hoult girl.

but also "Say nothing." is a mood, I too keep talking sweet McCoy.

This cast has just a really incredible capability in their emotional range and ow, my heart.

I see Shaw has replaced his plaything. and I mean I truly love Zoe Kravitz so like I kinda get it?

Wowowow okay thank you Dr. Hank "Foot, meet mouth" McCoy that was fucking mean. "You're beautiful now." Boy, you saying you don't like her in her neutral state?

The entire night before cuba is just a lover's tragedy all over this damn house, then?

I L O V E my favorite blue man, but fabulously this scene really was truy the perfection of Jekyll & Hyde.

stop making me love these two fucking hot messes goddamn; but also like yeah real Raven is hot as fuck.

I am so glad they improved beast's full design throughout this movie series because love him, this first one is a little rough.

I just want to squeeze Banshee's little cheeks.

We know that silly helmet is goofy looking; I think Kevin Bacon is by far the silliest looking in the helmet.

Even my cat paused to watch the submarine lift.

The screaming while crashing is not funny. Not at all; and yet every single time that happens in the series I start wheezing.

Wow got very invested in this conflict; but also not me shouting repeatedly "Erik the helmet is metal. Erik the helmet is METAL."

Okay, that's a way to do it.

I don't agree with blatant murder BUT I really do feel it was the only way for that man not to use his absorbed nuclear power.

And many a year ago I might have said this was a dramatization of how unkind and cruel humanity can be but I live in the fucking United States in the year 2025 and yeah, my government would absolutely attack the people who stopped a nuclear war. I hate it here.

THIS. ROMEO AND JULIET TRAGEDY. It's breaking my HEART.

Unrelated, the last half of this movie Michael Fassbender's accent is really coming out and it is such a satisfying sound. I am soothed by the timbre. The timbre as well that can make the name "Magneto" sound cool?

The I can't feel my legs really hurt my insides. And also the fact that he wiped Moira's mind because he's afraid for her and also fuck you mr. "No Place for a woman."

[lettingtimepass]

In honor of 6 years of Infinity War and 5 years of Endgame, it's time....

It's FINALLY time for my back-to-back rewatch. I did some digging and I haven't watched Infinity War since May 2021, and I haven't watched Endgame since DECEMBER 2019. WHAT THE HELL???

So, yeah watch this space!!

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Infinity War Rewatch

Gawd, I don't know if the beginning it going to hurt more or less knowing what happens to Loki....

They did Heimdall so dirty idc

MY BABYGIRL 😭😭😭 (OG Loki)

Loki saying "We have a hulk" means so much to meeee 😭

"IF I MIGHT INTERJECT" BITCH YOU MIGHT HAVE LIVED!!!

The fact that Thor's last words to Loki were "You really are the worst, Brother" probably haunted Thor for so long, and that HURTS.

I will say one of the best things to come out of the Loki series is that all the theories we had about Loki faking his death and actually being alive were actually validated! Yes, Sacred Timeline Loki died, but there was a version that tricked Thanos and lived.

Tony said "no more surprises" to Pepper and then he was in space for weeks/months (can't remember exactly) and came back nearly dead - You get why he fucked off for 5 years.

THE STANNER HUG, PEOPLE DIED.

Tony and Cap "we're not on speaking terms" but he apparently carried the flip phone everywhere for two years? 🥲

STAN LEE 😭😭 We miss you sir.

I wonder if Chris Pratt's downfall actually started with Peter Quill screwing up everything in this movie 😭🤣

I will say, I really enjoy that at least the beginning of IW has a lot of comic relief. I feel like Endgame was more serious overall.

Man I can't remember, how did any of the Asgardians survive Thanos' attack?

BEARDED CAP - THE SEXIEST A MAN HAS EVER LOOKED!!

NATASHA ROMANOFF I LOVE YOU!

"There's an Ant-Man and a Spider-Man?" I love you Bruce.

The couple parallels? Stange+Stark and Thor+Quill with battling egos, Quill+Gamora and Wanda+Vision both trying to self-sacrifice with the other not wanting to give them up.

Chris H truly gave such a great performance as heartbroken Thor 🥺

"Does it have a name?" "Stormbreaker." "It's a bit much."

"Kick names, take ass."

The gasp when Red Skull came back!!

Cap says we're going "home" but Sam implies that they haven't been to Wakanda. For Cap, "home" meant Bucky 🥺

"SEMI-STABLE 100 YEAR OLD MAN" Buckkyyy

There's definitely something sweet about Bruce being in the Hulk Buster!

"It'll kill you." "Only if I die!" "Yes, that's what... killing you means...." NEVER NOT FUNNY

I mean, Strombreaker being made out of fucking Groot is pretty badass.

THOR'S ENTRANCE!!! BITCH HE LIVED!!!!

"She's not alone." I don't care if it's cringe, I love a girl power moment!! It shows how far we've come!! There no longer just has to be one girl superhero!!

Thor my golden boy, you were so close 😭😭😭

HERE IT COMES...... I'll never forget the gasps in the theater when everyone started dusting....

And now after watching GOTG3 it's so much worse that Groot goes in front of Rocket 😭

Tony and Nebula being the last survivors was inspired.

Me: What was the post credit scene again? Ohhhh yeahhhh, the Captain Marvel teaser! Of course.

And thats Infinity War! I'll be back tomorrow for Endgame! 🖤🖤

Endgame Rewatch

CLINT I MISSED YOU!!!

Lila could have been the next Hawkeye if she hadn't been dusted 🥲

Tony and Nebula 😭😭😭

Tony working with Nebula to save them mirroring Tony building Iron Man in the cave to save himself 😭

Steve Rodgers: From "language" to "son of a bitch" MY BOY HAS GROWN

GAY JOE RUSSO!!

Don't get me started on bringing back Peggy DON'T GET ME STARTED 😤

And DON'T get me started on the symbolism of Nat's hair!! In each movie, she has perfectly intentional hair. Except now that they've lost their mission, he lets her hair grow out. She can't let go of the blonde. The blonde that reminds her what they're fighting for. Of her failure, but also for the last time she saw everyone. The last time things were normal.

The rat being the savior of the universe!

Dad Tony 😭 I'm kinda surprised Morgan hasn't made another appearance yet. Maybe when she's a bit older...

Time Heist!!!

Remember when I was afraid that them traveling in time would mess up the timeline and make it so Morgan wasn't born? God that would've been rough.

I love that now the kids love Hulk though 🥹 "Dab!" He deserves this!!

Man, Pepper and Tony really love each other so much 🥺 Peper knew Tony might not make it back. But she also knew Tony wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't try.

Oh no, how did I forget about Bruce and Rocket going to get Thor? 😭

The Russos were so sick for making Thor's trauma a joke. However I kinda understand why they did it because otherwise it would have been WAY too dark.

The amount of regret Clint must have felt after Nat died and he realized he could have spent the last five years with her and chose not to.

Scott being the only one invested in Thor's story 😭

The elevator scene!!! "Hail Hydra" everyone was GAGGED!!!

There goes my baby girl to meet the love of his life 🥹 (Loki stealing the cube)

Thor's smile when he gets Mjnolnir 🥹 "I'm still worthy." Yes you are ❤️

"Make love, not war!" ✌️

Ugh, the double Nebula thing is really annoying. I guess they had to do it to get Thanos in the mix but ehhh.

THE OG BIG THREE!!! And Thor's transformation with Mjnolnir and Stormbreaker! So badass!

When Strange signals ☝️ to Tony, is he saying Carol was their one chance to win, or was he just telling Tony, this is it?

The fact that Peter basically became an Avenger and then lost Tony in one day 😭

The fact that Chadwick was sick when they were filming these movies kills me 😥

Happy taking care of Morgan 😭😭

I still love that they brought Harley back 🥹

Bucky knew Steve wasn't gonna come back. He knew he was gonna choose Peggy over him 💔

"No, I don't think I will" - I wonder if they knew this line would become a meme hahaha

So, did past Steve and Peggy have kids? This feels like it could be a potential plot point.

MY FAVORITE END CREDITS!! I still tear up every time 🥺 The Original 6 just mean so much to me 😭

Also I noticed for Tom Hiddleston's clip they chose Prince Loki in his golden horns, not villain Loki. That's a nice touch. 💚

And there ends an era. Are there things that annoyed me? Yes, but overall I still feel like it was a solid ending for Tony and Cap (and Natasha but we got the Black Widow movie after).

[fondofeveryprickle]

Omg Ju!! You’re watching Between Us???? Yessssssss!!! Please feel free to scream at me as you watch it! Let’s scream together!!! 😭😭.

Between Saturdays’ Gap the Series and Sundays’ Between Us, my weekend is fully booked and entertaining as fuck!! The same used to be for Thursday, but Love in the Air has ended, which is making me sad as well 😢.

I am Noria!!!!! ❤️ ❤️

Well, I just started it today, and I don't have time to watch the other two until tomorrow evening.

But I am already in love, absolutely in love with WinTeam.

AND WHAT WAS THAT LAST SCENE???? Consent King is the name right???

That was hot and sexy and also sweet. So yeah, I am in love already.

I haven't started GAP yet, I want to have at least two episodes before I get hooked. But the gifsets are killing meeee

I will scream on your dms when I finish watching all the episodes that have aired, get ready

[imjustwritingg]

well I hope you know I am currently crying with tears down my face clouding my vision…

That chapter was fucking beautiful like that’s it. Use me?? USE MEEEE?? My jaw fucking dropped like AHHHHHHH. The way they get eachother is something so special to me.

I hope you know how cruel you are and how much happiness and pain I just went through in the past 15 minutes bc of these two idiots. “She’s scared of him. He scared her”. That’s it, that’s when I cried. He grew so much and then it all fell apart and what hurt the most is the way he knew he hurt her and then she just pushed away- Blondie didn’t deserve that, and the fact that he knew that made the entire chapter insanely pure and amazing. Like the emotion and the writing put into that angst scene all credits to you that was insane and it felt so real. The way she pushed away when he walked towards her too the way he held her and apologized. Not to mention the car scene. She knew they needed space and she spoke up. She went home alone after all this time together. That was all unnecessary like why?? Why hurt us…. It’s to painful I am already mentally unstable. The way she thought he was gonna hit her is when I lost it. The fact that we both know he would never but he completely snapped and it was all unsure after that is painful. The way he wants to protect her from everything but deep down he’s just hurting her more. I’m sad.

A kid is involved now??? Tbh I know it’s not his his (well I’m not gonna assume anything bc this whole fic has been insane and I don’t know what to think anymore) but imagine him and Blondie raising a little kid. **insert sobbing noises**

I’m so excited for next week tbh I really wanna know why this b is back like stay away. You are causing too much drama like bye- UHHHHHH…. IM SO FRUSTRATED RNNN U MADE MY BABIES SAD AND HURT. I CANT BELIEVE IT LIKE THEY ARE NOT OKAY RN AND THEY WERE JUST ON CLOUD NINE A CHAPTER AGO ISH.

Long story short I’m hurt in case u didn’t catch on. But you absolutely killed this chapter. Like I’m so proud of how far this story has come for you and how well it’s doing. You deserve it all. I felt that this chapter is relatable for people in some ways and that’s what makes it special. You just write so well and beautifully. It makes wanna cry some more for you bc you earned it and we are so proud of you!! Tysm for everything you do for this fandom. I feel like I say the same things in these anon asks but tysm. 🤍🤍

I forgot to reply to this on Wednesday, but holy hell Anon?? 😱😱 I know I caused chaos, but this ask had me GRINNING LIKE AN IDIOT!! Thank you so much for reading and for loving NBTLYG the way you do!!

So much angst and painful moments and as much as it hurt, it’s quite necessary. Funny story though, that “use me” line and that whole shower scene was actually a last minute addition to the chapter. I wrote it Monday night because I couldn’t stop thinking about it or seeing Hailey’s sad face in my mind. I really am such a psychopath sometimes. 😅

Jay and Hailey have both reached their breaking points and Camilla’s craziness is certainly driving a wedge between them. The pain is so real right now and it’s definitely gonna get worse before it gets better, but there will also be the happiest ending once Camilla is taken care of. I just can’t tell you how long that will take. 🥴

I cannot wait for you to see what’s happening in the next chapter and how everything unfolds even further. It’s gonna be a wild ride for a while for sure, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. I promise it won’t be sad forever though.

Thank you again for the yelling and for the love and for reading!! I really am so grateful for the support all of you show me for this fic and I’ll never stop gushing about it pal!! 💜

[chiliiscereal]

chosen last: part three

The people asked and so they shall receive

https://chiliiscereal.tumblr.com/post/650808822043115520/chosen-last

https://chiliiscereal.tumblr.com/post/651201066386554880/chosen-last-part-two

Summary: a boy takes notice of reader for the first time and Donnie is worried that he’s bad news. Little do both of them know, he’s right

Warning: mentions of attempted rape

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You felt so much better about yourself when your birthday was over. It was honestly one of the best you’d ever had. Better than the ones your friends planned anyway. You still went, but it was nothing like the party that the turtles threw. You didn’t think it could get any better.

Until, that is, something happened that almost made you change your mind.

You friend put a picture of you and her, together, up on Snapchat.

And... for the first time in your life... a guy took notice of you.

It wasn’t much. It was just “who’s that? Low key cute. Whats their snap?”

That happened to your friends.

Never to you.

Even more surprising, your friend gave him your snap.

Eric.

Eric was his name.

And he also went to your school!

You were incredibly nervous about this. Every single time a boy took interest in you it never seemed to be what your thought it was.

Last time a boy took interest in you it was ACTUALLY so they could get with your friend. That, my friends, was two years ago. Your friends blasted through boys like there was no tomorrow. But you? You’d never had someone interested in you like that.

Until now.

You talked to him and... honestly... you felt like there was something there.

He asked a lot about you and just seemed like the one, you know? You both shared the same interest in shows! You both enjoyed the same music!

Whenever he responded to you, you just couldn’t help but feel elated.

You would fall back on your bed and stare at the ceiling, feeling like this was a scene from a movie.

He didn’t wait for twenty minutes to respond to you.

He acknowledged every single thing you said.

And when he met up with you after school...

Wow.

Just wow.

He was incredibly handsome and polite.

He even held doors open for you!

You found yourself meeting up with him again and again.

It made you feel so... important.

Unfortunately, the turtles didn’t feel the same way.

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“Who ya talkin’ to?” Leo leaned closer to look over your shoulder from his spot beside you on the couch.

It was movie night with the boys and April.

You brought you phone to your chest to obscure his view. “Hey hey hey back off!” You playfully shoved him away. “Just a friend.”

Mikey gave you a shit eating grin when he noticed the smile slipping onto your face. “Just a friend huh?” He pulled himself off the floor and reached for your phone. “Let me see let me see!”

You held it away from him to. “Woah this is my phone! Get away!”

A metal claw snatched it from your hand, retracting back to Donnie.

“And is this ‘friend’ a boy or a girl?” He opened your phone. “Ugh, what’s your password?”

You leapt off the couch and tried to grab your device back. “Does it matter?”

Donnie tapped away at the buttons, using his metal claws from his battle shell to keep you away. “No, it doesn’t matter unless it’s a BOY.” You phone buzzed slightly as it opened to your home screen. “Aha, I am in!”

Mikey and Leo both crawled over to their soft shelled brother to observe from behind him.

“Donnie, give it back.” You ordered, looking to April for help. She just shrugged and continued watching with a smirk. “Guys, come on! It’s not a big deal!”

Raph pulled himself off the floor and placed his hands on his hips. “Alright, jokes over; give the phone back.”

Donnie groaned. “Come on! I’m so close to figuring out who y/n’s talking to!”

Raph gave him a stern look. “Now. It’s private and obviously Y/n doesn’t want you looking through it.”

Donnie, Mikey, and Leo all gave him giant puppy eyes.

Raph simply held out his hand.

Donnie sighed. “Fine. Here.”

You sighed as well but in relief.

Raph took it from him, glancing down at your phone. To your dismay, it was open up to messages. “Eric Sherrin?” He asked in confusion.

“AHA!” Donnie shouted in triumph. “A name is all I need!” He began typing in the device on his wrist.

“Raph!” You accused angrily.

Ugh what were you gonna do now??

You’d never hear the end of this.

“Hey! Raph’s on your side! I didn’t know he could find out with just a name!” He held up his hands in defense.

“Eric?” April asked as she swiped through her phone. “Does he go to our school?”

You glared at Donnie before you decided whether or not to share that.

He shrugged. “Hey, I already have his social media up and every piece of information I could find. Whether or not you say will change nothing.”

“Fine.” You growled. “Yes, he goes to our school. He’s a mutual friend with my other friends.”

April raised a brow. “And that’s supposed to make me feel better.”

You shrugged. “Maybe.”

“Well it doesn’t.”

April was dead set on despising your friends. You knew she had good reason but you didn’t need it brought up now.

Leo took the computer that Donnie had sent all the information to, scrolling through Eric’s social media. “Wow, there are a lot of pictures of him holding fish.” He snorted. “Does he think that’s gonna impress people or something?”

“I’ve never understood the appeal.” Donnie shook his head. “So what? You killed an animal good for you.”

“I think it’s about killing a BIG animal.” Leo squinted at the screen. “There’s also lots of pictures of him with other girls.”

“Guys can you just stop?” You placed your hands on your hips. “It’s sweet that you’re trying to make sure he’s not some idiot but you’re invading his privacy-!”

“Woah, look what I found in his records from the school.” Donnie waved his brothers closer.

Even Raph and April did so.

“He harassed at girl at school?” Mikey repeated as he read the screen. “Really?”

“Yeah no this guy’s bad news.” Donnie shook his head in disappointment. “Y/n, give me your phone. I’ll block him for you.” He even reached his hand out expectantly.

You held your phone closer. “No, that’s just a rumor that spread at school.”

The boys stopped what they were doing.

“You knew?” Leo narrowed his eyes. “And you’re still interested?”

“He told me that the teachers didn’t believe him.” You responded as you crossed your arms. “Some girl made it up cause she didn’t like him.”

“You can’t take that risk.” Raph crossed his arms.

“Raph, I thought you were in my side!” You protested.

“That was before Raph found out that the guy harassed someone.” He defended. “Come on, you know this can’t end good.”

Your stomach burned with anger.

Anger that they felt they could order you around like that.

That they wouldn’t even let you figure it out yourself.

That this might end just like every other romantic interest would.

“Why won’t you just let me handle this myself?” You stuffed your hands in your pockets and flopped back down in the couch.

Mikey crawled into the spot next to you, wrapping his arms around you. “You’re one of our best friends! We don’t want anything to happen to you!” He gave you wide innocent eyes as if that would erase your anger.

Well... it did.

Curse him and his adorable eyes.

You rolled your eyes and hugged him back. “I know. I just want to figure this out myself.” You gave Donnie a hard glare as your rested your chin on Mikey’s shoulder.

“Fine.” He closed all the tabs on his computer grudgingly. “But I know this is just gonna end in heartbreak.”

“What a vote of confidence.” Leo snorted and plopped down in the spot next to you.

He smirked when you ignored him, still hugging Mikey.

“Hey, come on, you know you can’t stay mad at this face.” He leaned against you dramatically. “I’m the face man! You can’t resist me!” He pulled you away from Mikey and draped his arm over your shoulder. “You know you love me.”

You turned your head away from him, more playful now than spiteful.

“Come onnnnn...” he smirked. “You love meeee...”

You shoved him off the couch with a laugh. “I’m still thinking that over.”

Raph quickly took Leo’s seat as his younger brother rubbed the spot he’d landed on.

“No hard feelings?” Raph rested his arm on the couch behind you as he started the movie back up.

“Fine. No hard feelings.”

Leo moved so he was sitting on the floor and leaning against your legs.

You couldn’t stay mad at them. Well, except Donnie. You could very well stay mad at Donnie.

And it seemed that Donnie could stay mad at you as well. He left the room with all his tech, grumbling something under his breath.

“I already know how this is gonna end.” He grumbled.

“Love you to, Donnie.” You muttered, sinking into the couch.

Whatever.

He’d get over it soon enough.

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Donnie didn’t get over it.

Whenever you came over to hang out he brought it up again casually. Well, as casually as Donnie could be, which wasn’t very casual at all.

“Ugh, this game sucks!” Mikey shouted at the tv once.

“Not as much as Eric What’s-his-face’s record.” He’d commented, giving you a glance out of the corner of his eye.

Or even:

“Ugh you can’t trust those pop up ads.” Raph told Leo when his phone had downloaded a virus after he clicked an ad.

“Just like how you can’t trust Eric.” He’d ran into the room to spit that out.

If Raph ever asked how things were going with Eric, Donnie either magically appeared next to him with a hopeful look or disappear with a groan.

You and Eric weren’t even together.

But... you hoped you would be soon.

He invited you to a party that Friday! And he’d specified that he’s invited you as his date.

Your friends were excited, surprisingly. They wanted to help you find an outfit and everything.

Finally, you felt like things were going right.

Why couldn’t Donnie just be happy for you?

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“Why won’t you come?” You begged April as she flopped down onto your bed.

“You’ve got Eric and all of your other friends.” She waved you off. “Besides, you know I hate parties.” She sat up slightly. “And Eric gives me the heebie jeebies.”

You rolled your eyes and held out a dress. “Yeah, yeah. Fine, I won’t make you.”

April touched the fabric of the dress with a frown. “Is this what your friends picked out for you? I thought you didn’t like dresses?”

You shrugged. “They said Eric would like it and that it looked good on me.”

April fully sat up now. “But you’re gonna be so uncomfortable in that!”

“I mean, it’s supposed to be pretty, not comfy, right?” You shrugged, slipping it on over your head. “Does it look good?” You gave her a small twirl.

“Of course it’s pretty... but its a little... much.” She shook her head. “Does Eric really deserve to see you in that?”

The last bit was playful but still...

“I think so.” You say down beside her. “I’m just so incredibly nervous and I don’t know if this is a bad idea.”

You felt exposed.

But, you also trusted that the people at the party could be trusted with that.

April draped her arm over your shoulder. “Well you look stunning.”

You smiled back at her. “Thanks.”

“Alright, girl, your party’s in twenty minutes. Ready to head out?” She jabbed her thumb in the direction of the door.

You stood up and smoothed out the dress. “Ready.”

———

You stood in front of the house nervously. You could hear the music and see the lights and people dancing. You just didn’t know if you actually were ready.

“You look hot, y/n.” Your friend told you, glancing at one of your other friends. “He’s gonna love it.”

You didn’t really love it, but if he liked it then so would you.

“Hope so.” You muttered, checking your phone.

Donnie sent you a simple text:

Don’t trust Eric and keep pepper spray on hand.

Wow, such confidence.

You ignored it and stuffed your phone in the dress pocket. You didn’t need that. You needed all the confidence you could muster.

“Wow.” A voice said from behind you, causing you to jump.

There was Eric, dressed nicely and with a charming smile on his face.

“You look hot.” He grinned.

Your stomach fluttered. “Oh, thank... thank you!”! You smoothed it out nervously.

You didn’t know if your stomach felt this way out of nerves or out of feelings for him. You really couldn’t tell.

He placed his hand over your hip and pulled you to his side. “Well Let’s head on in! Can’t wait to show you off.”

Your stomach jumped. “Well, I just wanted to wait a little,” he opened the door and dragged you in, “oh okay!”

Your friends and Eric were at your side the whole time.

You still felt as if you were on display while you and your group were dancing.

You still felt like the dress was too short when you and Eric sat down on the couch.

You felt like he was staring at you when you noticed the couples in the room kissing and making out.

“You wanna head upstairs?” He asked as he took your hand.

Your heart jumped. “No, no I’m good. Really.”

“Come on.” He nodded his head in the direction of the stairs. “It’ll be fun!”

You shook your head. “No I don’t want to go upstairs.”

He looked disappointed but you stayed confident with your choice. You didn’t want that and you weren’t ready.

He recovered quickly and dropped your hand. “Alright! I’m just gonna go talk to a friend real quick, I’ll be back.”

You sighed in relief when you realized he wouldn’t push it on you.

He got up and you pulled out your phone, trying to decide if you wanted to text Donnie back.

You settled on typing:

Yeah yeah whatever.

You saw he read it but he didn’t respond.

What was with him?

Why couldn’t he just be happy?

You glanced up, noticing Eric talking to one of your friends. You noticed him glance back at you and then back at your friend. She handed him something and he left to go to the kitchen.

You went back to your phone, waiting to see if Donnie would respond.

You just wanted your friend back.

Why couldn’t he just... ugh no you had to stop asking that. He was being too judgemental and untrusting.

There was nothing untrustworthy about Eric.

He was just being crazy...

You glanced up again, noticing Eric at the drink table. Whatever it was your friend had given him, he was slipping it in his drink.

You looked closer.

It was some sort of... powder?

When he turned back around you immediately acted like you hadn’t been watching.

He made his way to you and sat down, a drink in each hand. “I thought you looked a little thirsty, so I got you a soda!”

He handed you the red cup enthusiastically.

No, he couldn’t be trying to spike your drink. He wouldn’t do that.

But he was looking at you so expectantly.

“Oh, thank you!” You swirled the soda suspiciously. “I’m pretty sure I’m allergic to corn syrup so... sorry.” You set the drink back down.

Again, he looked disappointed. Maybe even a little mad.

“Hey, We’re gonna go upstairs and play a game!” Your friend shouted from across the room. “Wanna join?”

“What game?” You asked, feeling incredibly nervous.

“Truth or dare!” She giggled. “You’ll love it!”

Eric jumped on that idea expectantly. “Come on lets go!”

“I don’t really...”

He pulled you up before you could even finish.

You wanted to stay where people could see you!

But... you WERE gonna be with your friends...

“Alright, Fine.” You settled. “I’ll go.”

“Awesome!”

You and your group headed up and down the hallway.

Your friend opened the door for you and let you in first. Eric followed closely behind you.

It was a bedroom. A very dark bedroom.

“Hey, We’re gonna head down to the bathroom and freshen up first.” One of your friends smirked. “You two have fun!”

“Wait, no-!”

They were already gone and the door was shut.

Eric had gotten you upstairs.

Alone.

————-

Donnie sighed, trying hard to focus on his work. “Why can’t y/n just listen to me.” He groaned to himself. “I’m just trying to help! How does that make me the bad guy?”

He continued wiring his latest invention, frustrated at how he kept messing up.

“It’s not gonna end well.” He growled. “It’s gonna end in heartbreak and I’m gonna have to pick up the pieces.”

“If y/n even trusts you with that.” Leo added from behind him, causing him to jump.

“Nardo, how long have you been standing there?” He glowered at him. “I’m busy.”

Leo held up his hands in surrender. “A while. Anyway, you’re just pushing y/n away.”

“But y/n isn’t listening to me!” He protested, dropping his tool. “I’m right!”

“Maybe, but you’re also being a jerk.” He shrugged. “Maybe she’ll get her heart broken but you could at least be there for support.”

“Oh no no no I’m not supporting that relationship.” He shook his head vigorously and picked up his screwdriver.

“Not the relationship, egghead.” Leo rolled his eyes. “Our friend?”

“Oh.” Donnie tapped the table in thought. “Yeah, I guess I shouldn’t have left y/n on read...”

“...And maybe go apologize?” Leo prompted.

“No she’s at a party.” He glanced around his phone, checking your location again. “Actually...” he leaned closer to stare at his screen, “y/n’s not at the party any more.”

“Perfect!” Leo clasped his hands together. “Go apologize!”

“It can’t wait?”

“Go!”

———-

You sat on the rooftop, clutching your jacket to your body and watching the city.

How could you have been so stupid.

How could have let something like that happen.

It was incredibly cold on the rooftop but you didn’t want to move. You didn’t want to go home. You CERTAINLY didn’t want to go to the lair either.

You just wanted to watch the city and pretend everything was okay again.

Why did you have to get your hopes up.

No one ever took interest in you like that unless they wanted something from you.

“Scoff, there you are!” Said the last person you wanted to talk to. “I thought you were in the building and spent about an hour searching for you.”

“Tracking device?” You asked, not even looking at him.

“Yep.” Donnie confirmed. “Now, might I inquire why you’re out here?” He glanced at his watch. “And not at your party?”

You stayed quiet.

“Something happen with Eric?”

You gave him nothing.

“I knew it!” He jumped up and cheered. “I was right! I was RIGHT! Ha!”

His every word made you feel colder and more embarrassed.

“I knew from the start! I knew he was untrustworthy!” He continued. “Eat that!”

Finally, he calmed down enough to sit next to you.

“Now, tell me, what did he do?” He leaned close expectantly. “Did he cheat? Did he kiss a girl? Did he try to get with one of your friends? Did he-?”

“He tried to rape me.” You spat out, bringing your knees to your chest.

Well I’m out of room XD

Part four up soon!

[ankhisms]

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 20 for meeee you know what ive seen

1. how did you get into toku

WELL i had vaguely known about toku for a while and had unknowingly seen many screenshots of scenes from toku shows throughout the years which i thought were fun but i didnt know they were from toku shows and then low and behold in 2021 my lovely friend @pleuvoire started posting about watching kamen rider and i was like alright i should check this out. and now here we are.

4. thoughts on what youre currently watching/watched most recently

last night i started gobusters which is so fun!!! i really liked the first episode :) also have been watching gokaiger which i love those silly little pirates, ive been watching showa kamen riders like the og 71 and amazon which ive been really enjoying as well. right now as far as heisei riders go the main ones im focusing on watching have been blade and faiz, and of course im watching geats and donbros as they air which are both fun in their own ways. right now im a little frustrated with inoue being inoue as far as his writing goes with donbros but ive still enjoyed the show overall and like the characters a lot

5. favorite main hero

THIS IS SO HARDDDD my immediate first answer is shoutarou & philip and eiji because theyre my first two kamen rider shows and they will always be very special to me and my best friends forever but i also really love shinji a lot hes a character that really stays in my mind and stands out yknow.. also am really loving takumi so far i know hes gonna rip my heart out when i finally get to the full reveal of whatever the fuck is going on with him

6. favorite secondary

ALSO VERY HARD TO CHOOSE i love meteor ryuusei is my favorite grumpy space boy but i also love both gotou and date as birth the dream husband team.. does tezuka count as a secondary because tezuka my beloved forever. and of course yuuto our dear friend yuuto

7. favorite villain

(im restraining myself from saying ankh because hes not technically a villain) the grongi and the greed are probably my favorite antagonist groups in all the toku ive watched so far theyre both so interesting and i would say fun but well. the grongi arent exactly fun yyfbfnfmg also i love the monsters in showa riders that ive seen theyre so creative and i love seeing the costumes

EDIT I FORGOT 11 OOPSIE 11. favorite henshin gimmick

this one is hard to choose as well but im always going to love akiko running to catch philip when he passes out or when she has to do that for shoutarou too it always kills me gnmh but also ITSSSS SPACE TIME for fourze is such a fun one and so is meteors :)

12. weirdest thing youve ever seen

like in fan content or in shows. i feel like ive seen a surprisingly small amount of really weird fan content honestly? which like thank fucking god. but anyway im willing to bet money that whenever i watch changerion thatll be the weirdest thing ive seen

20. what you should watch next

YOU WANT TO WATCH TOQGER SOOOOO BAD PSPSPSPSPSPSPS

[magnus-the-maqnificent]

Asdfghjjkklllllllhhkkl the way I don't remember the last time I didn't do that while watching a movie 😭😂😭😂😭😂

DUDE MALEC RUINED US FOR GOOD I'M AFRAID THERE'S NO COMING BACK

AND WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT IT AHHHHHHH

also, how do you project malec into them, like, you remember the ask you sent Dani about what she thinks malec would do? What do YOU think?

Do you agree with her? 🥺🥺

(I haven't seen FD partly because I don't really watch anime, I can never really understand what's happening there so I don't watch them 💀💀 but I've read your views on it and now I don't know if I want to beg you to write an FD malec au (with a happy ending of course 🤨😂) or run away from it as fast as possible 😭😭😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️)

Kskskskks I didn’t think anyone would pay attention to my FD rants I’m 🙈🙈🙈

And smsmsjsjka yes everytime I watch a movie or a show or something I’m just like “okay this one’s Alec and this one’s Magnus”. Every single damn time. I have no regrets 😎

Okay soooo I actually first watched like the first ten episodes of Future Diary several years ago (I think in like 2018?) so when I wrote smniyb, their dynamic and characterisation was heavily influenced by that of the two main characters. So obviously Alec is Yuno Gasai (cause Dark Alec supremacy)

And Magnus is Yukiteru (Yuki) Amano

(He looks more like Alec. I know. I KNOW.)((It doesn’t really show in this gif, but yes, his eyes are blue))

Back then I stopped at the tenth episode cause I couldn’t really understand what was going on 💀 but now when I watched it it was much more clearer and i could understand everything better and didn’t get bored lol. And then I got to the end and these bitches KILLED MEEEE.

Okay, Dark Alec and FD!Malec aside, yeeeeaaaaahhhhh I mostly agree with her. By the end they’d both be arguing about who’s gonna die and at the end one will pull some shit and kill themselves (mostly Magnus) and the other is alive and becomes God (mostly Alec). In FD, Yuki suggests that they both commit suicide and let the world end, but I can’t see either Magnus or Alec suggesting that. They’d both want the other to live on. Yuno however is… complicated but basically by the end she wants Yuki to live on and become God and let her die and that’s pretty much what happens. :’)

So yeah. I basically agree with Dani. Except I don’t think Alec will think kill himself (not that he’ll have the choice anyway, since he’ll probably already have become God before he can even think of it), but that he will end up like Yuki does at the end of Future Diary - letting the world die anyway and just… being depressed in limbo:

(HE LOOKS EVEN MORE LIKE ALEC IN THIS ENDING SCENE ITS FUCKING BREAKING MY HEART SKSKSKSK)

These are all the screenshots of the scene tumblr will let me post but hopefully you get the idea :’)

Unlesssss he goes full Yuno Gasai 👀 which is exactly what would happen in a hypothetical future diary malec au. Which… I’m low-key considering writing but I also want to run away from it 😂��😂 also FD does have a happy ending! Kinda. The last scene of the last episode is what I just posted above lol, but there’s a post credits scene that hints at a happy ending, AND there’s an extra episode called Future Diary: Redial which shows the happy ending and how it happens.

Ksksksk this post got longer than I expected and that’s without infodumping about some major plot twists and just… Yuno Gasai in general. (I love that girl. I seriously fucking love her.) 😭😭😭 Kay imma go now also THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ALL MY RAMBLINGS ILY 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[blindedguilt-archived]

Drakengard Direct Translations - Leonard and the Faerie

//Finally got to do those translations! It took forever to figure out the Kanji in the video because of it’s shitty quality but I pulled through ;w; it took listening to the faerie at .5 speed and full volume, trying to identify radicals and either putting it through my dictionary or doodling a rough sketch of it on Google Translate, and a lot of squinting and repeating. Please, please read this I beg of you . i tried so hard

English for comparison: Leonard: What evil have I done? My brothers butchered, our home put to flame. And where was I? Faerie: Hmmm? What’s this, what’s this? You betrayed your brothers? Your sorry, pitiful little brothers, dead on the ground? Ahahahahaha! What fun! What fun! Ahaha, ahahahahaha! Ee-yuck, what a painful sight! Look, look, lookity-look! What was the last thing they saw, I wonder?  Leonard: No, I cannot... I cannot bear to think of it-! Faerie: Haha! Makes you sick? Humans are pathetic! Pathetic! Dirty, smelly... Might as well just die. Hey, that’s it- Kill yourself! Go on, finish it off, useless human! Leonard: But, I... Faerie: Ahahaha, you’re scared? Dying is good! You don’t want to die? REALLY? Oh, what a bore! Seriously! Finish yourself off. Oh- Hold on! Of course! Let’s make a pact! Leonard: What do you... Mean...? Faerie: You don’t get it? Hell-ooo? Is that skull as hollow as a helmet? Hmph! You and me! Together forever! Ohohohoho! Loser, loser! But seriously, let’s do it. A pact! Pleeease. Pleeeease! ~Cue scene~ 

And here is the directly translated Japanese version I did myself. It’s a bit stiff to keep up for accuracy:

Leonard: I am a disgusting person. My littler brothers killed, the house is burned down... And I was behind in the forest without knowing...

Faerie: Hm? Oi oi, what happened? Over there? You abandoned your younger brothers? Oooh, you left your miserable younger brothers behind! Ahahahahaha! That’s too bad*(*This comes from “Oki dokutto” which is used to say “My condolences”. It is obviously sarcastic here.)! It gets worse and worse! First prize for you! Ewww, goodness! This is was a lot of damage, huh?* (*The words “Hade” and “yarareta” were used which basically says more directly “Holy shit, these kids had it fucking ROUGH” which if you see the amount of arrows stuck in their bodies, yeah.)  Oi oi, look at it. This is a pitiful sight! I wonder what they saw in the last moments of their lives?

Leonard: I do not want to think about it! I cannot think about it! (*Lit. I do not want to/cannot see it)

Faerie: Ahahahaha! Does it make you feel bad? What useless things humans are! No good at all! Filthy (*This could also mean filthy as in the corrupt sense), smelly... Won’t you just kill yourself? That’s right! Die! Please, throw away your life! No good, no good, no good, no good! Disgusting! Yes! Decide!

Leonard: I....

Faerie: Ahahahaha! Are you scared? Die! You don’t want to die? Really! This chitchat is really annoying! Kill yourself quickly!! .... Wait! If it suits you-  We can make a little pact? 

Leonard: What... Does that mean?

Faerie: Ah? Don’t you know? Hell-ooo! Is that head just for decoration? Aha! From now on, you and I(*Interesting to note the faerie refers to itself using “Ore”, the masculine term, here) will join hands! We’ll never be separated for the rest of your life! Ahahahaaaha! Loser! Seriously though, please! Please make a pact with meeee!

~~~~

And there you have it. It’s mostly the same (Aside from being straightfoward as HELL), though the two main differences is that Leonard mentions being in the woods in the Japanese version, and that the faerie in the English one seems to care less about his major fuck up as much as “lol get a load of this loser”. The Japanese version of the faerie is more like “OOOH You fucked up BIG time lmaoooo”. It also uses more “feminine” valley-girl type slang (”Majide” and “Dasse”), but refers to itself using masculine pronouns! A neat little tidbit! It also seems to be a bit more sarcastic and just... Fucking awful. I don’t think the English faerie made as much fun of his situation as the Japanese one did lmaoAnyways I spent an eternity on this (About three hours spread over the course of two days, most dedicated to identifying Kanji) so uh,,,, pls like this post. and i dont even mean hitting the like button (though that would be cool too) just,,, think it’s interesting or something lmao duhfjdghjIf anyone wants any scenes/dialogue translated, let me know and I’ll see what I can do! ^^

[gailynovelry]

7+10 for the end of year questions <3 (I always need to know how music interacts with people's writing, it's a thing for meeee)

7 got answered in a previous ask just now, but thanks! <3

10. which character(s) turned out differently from what you had planned? how so?

Oh jeez. Definitely Jayreth, this background-side-character Knight's Apprentice in Heralds of Rhimn. He got maybe one or two scenes in Winter Herald, and I wasn't sure where I was going to take him in Ember Warrior, but it wasn't here!

By "here" I mean

(SPOILERS)

shown to be conflict-averse and potentially able to question the regime he's been indoctrinating into supporting his whole life, shown to have some relationships beyond what little Atevia is able to see, but then sent off into the war. Ostensibly, Atevia has made sure that he got shuttled into a quiet conflict-free zone that will keep him safe.

It does not keep him safe.

Like. Hkghdkhgf. I have been wanting to talk about this for a few weeks, so I'm just gonna drop a big chunk of text here;

Water splashed. Through the leaves, Crislie spied a young man in armor washed his face in the river, his trembling movements producing that irritating armor clink.

“—they send me here all by myself, not even with Tesie, how did they expect me to—?”

Rage seared in Crislie’s blood as she understood what she was hearing. Not a conversation, but the ramblings of a lone deserter, one who had left Gadlin undefended as soon as his clay feet could carry him away. And even though she was one of the invaders — how dare him! How dare he abandon them!

She let out a soft warning growl as she crept out of the underbrush, forcing him to face what he’d fled. Daughi and Lind growled with her.

The knight’s eyes widened as he turned around. His hand went to his spear, but not nearly as fast as she went for his throat, the soft and unprotected gap just between his chin and the collar of his chestplate. It was instinct now. When she came back to herself again, the knight laid face-down in the river. Crimson bled downstream. Tadpoles and minnow shoals parted around the bloody current, hovering in a state of curiosity they would soon forget.

Crislie’s anger drifted with them.

She huffed and shook water off of her muzzle. “Do you think I knew him?” she croaked past her bared teeth.

Gildhe kneeled beside the body, rifling through his belt pouches. “Doubt it,” they whispered. “This guy’s got House Havinia’s crest on his stuff. He’s gotta be from Talimour.” “Still. It could’ve been somebody I knew.”

The irony here is that Crislie does not know this one-off goon, but we as the audience will recognize the last name Havinia and the "Tesie" he's talking about (Photesie, another apprentice who wants to marry him) and realize that Crislie has killed a sympathetic named character.

Another irony; this is Crislie's hometown that she's being made to invade, but that's a tangent for another time.

So yeah! Jayreth! Haha!

[plaidbooks]

Hi! Can I just say that I love your writing, thank you for satisfying my daily dose of Sonny Carisi💚💚💚 If you're still taking requests, could you do: 21) “What do you mean she’s my new partner? She tried to kill me last week!” “Sounds like a you problem.” 11) “You’re insane,” “You love me,” “Not right now I don’t.” 78) “Okay so I love you. Don’t let it go to your head”

Bickering

A/N: Hey Anon <3 This got broken up into 3 different scenes, so I hope it all makes sense! But, I adore goofy Sonny so ding dang much! Also, could you imagine Sonny jogging? I cannot. Though, while coming up with his jogging attire, Sonny in short shorts floated through my mind. Try and get that image out of your head. I hope you enjoy <3

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How the fuck did Sonny let Amanda talk him into this? She had him convinced that women liked guys who went jogging. But god did he hate it. He was sweaty and gross, his un-gelled hair hanging limply in his face, completely out of his comfort zone in a dark grey muscle tank, and matching basketball shorts. His knees hurt, his feet were sore, and his side was starting to cramp. His lungs burned and he woke up way too early for this shit. This was not how he wanted to spend his days off, and he was definitely not doing it in the mornings before work, no matter how Amanda pressured him.

Sonny finished a trail in the park, sweat dripping down his face. He turned onto the sidewalk, jogging through the suburbs of NYC. If he could just push through until he made it home, then he could call it a job well done, and then never do it again.

He was down in the bike lane, leaving the sidewalk open to the public, who were walking like normal people. As he went around a parked car, though, there was a shout from behind him.

“Look out!”

Sonny’s instincts took over, and he dodged to the left, out into the street. An incoming car honked as it swerved around him, a woman on a bike passing by his right side where he was moments before by the parked car.

“Watch where you’re going!” you yelled, losing control of your bike, leaping off before you crashed into the parked car. “What the hell’s your problem? The bike lane is for bikes.”

Sonny got out of the middle of the road, coming to stand near you. “I was letting the general public use the sidewalk,” he explained defensively.

You rolled your eyes. “Yeah, whatever,” you replied, getting back on your bike and riding away. Sonny shook his head, continuing on his shitty run, even more disenchanted than before.

 ****************

Sonny finished his weekend by staying at home, relaxing, and more importantly, not jogging. Happily dressed in his work suit, Sonny made his way into the precinct, a bag of zeppoles in one hand, a coffee in the other.

“I brought breakfast,” he announced to his coworkers, dropping the bag on his desk.

Amanda grinned at him. “I hope you brought extra—we got fresh meat.” Sonny only had enough time to quirk an eyebrow at her before Olivia came out of her office, a new detective trailing behind her. His eyes narrowed as they connected with yours.

“Oh no, not her,” he muttered under his breath.

Amanda glanced at him, but Olivia cleared her throat, gaining everyone’s attention. She introduced you, telling them that you had just transferred into Manhattan, and ending with, “she’ll be partnering with you today, Carisi.”

Sonny spurted, “what do you mean she’s my new partner? She tried to kill me!” There was a moment of silence as everyone looked between you too, confused.

“Me?” you asked, incredulous. “You were the one that tried to make me crash my bike!”

Sonny scoffed. “I wasn’t trying to do anything to you! You were the one that—”

“Enough you two!” Olivia said, her voice cutting through Sonny’s voice. She gave Sonny a hard look. “You’re going to get over this, and you’re going to be taking her under your wing, got it, Carisi?”

He sighed, defeated. “Sure thing, Lieu.” Olivia nodded, heading back to her office, leaving you standing there, glaring daggers at Sonny. Amanda was giving Sonny a smirk, her eyes lit up playfully, and he murmured under his breath, “she did try to kill me….”

“Sounds like a you problem,” Amanda replied, chuckling, and he glared at her.

 *******************

It had been about a month since you and Sonny had been partnered, and your relationship was about the same, i.e., driving each other up the wall. Somehow, though, you both managed to work well together, even if you argued constantly.

You were tailing a perp through a crowded street. Sonny had split from you, trying to head the perp off. You could see him in the crowd ahead of you, looking like, well, a cop. The only thing was, this meant the perp also saw him, and drew the same conclusions. He turned around, eyes latching to yours, then took off in the other direction, heading for the park across the street.

“Freeze, NYPD!” Sonny yelled, your voice echoing after his as you both took off after him. The perp had a head start, tearing down the stairs. Sonny, with his long legs, easily outpaced you. But even so, he was only halfway down the stairs by the time the prep had cleared them, making it to the grass. Unwilling to be outdone by Sonny, you made up your mind. Putting one foot on the banister of the stairs, you leapt over it, your body weightless as you flew through the air, arms outstretched. You heard Sonny’s shout as you collided with the prep’s back, both of you slamming to the hard ground. You grunted as you landed, pain shooting through your body.

Sonny made it down the rest of the stairs as you pushed yourself to your knees, taking the cuffs out of your back pocket. The perp was groaning on the ground, not resisting as you cuffed him.

“You’re under arrest,” you muttered, just as Sonny made it to you.

“What the hell was that? He chastised you, his hands on his hips.

You glared at him. “It was me catching our perp.”

“No; it was you being stupid. What if you seriously injured yourself?” Sonny asked.

You pulled yourself to your feet, and Sonny grabbed the perp, dragging him to upright. “I don’t live in ‘what ifs,’ Carisi. I live in ‘I’m a badass’.” You grinned at him, and he rolled his eyes.

“You’re insane,” he shook his head, leading the perp back up the stairs.

You followed, still smiling smugly at him. “You love me.”

“Not right now I don’t.”

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As much as you hated to admit it, Sonny was right—your methods were a little on the…dangerous side. So, you tried to scale it back…tried to. But Sonny brought out the wild side of you; you weren’t sure why you felt the need to show off in front of him. Maybe it was because it made you laugh when his accent got thicker when he was distressed or upset. Maybe it was because he had the most colorful insults you’ve ever heard. Or maybe you just loved riling him up. Either way, you realized you needed to take some precautions if you were unable to stop yourself from trying to one-up him. Which is why you started wearing a vest under your shirt, barely visible, only if you really looked.

“What do we got, Son?” you asked, crouching behind the low wall.

Sonny was in front of you, barely peering around the wall. “I see…our perp with our bait…. But someone’s walking by…and they got a kid?”

“What?!” This was supposed to be a simple bait and bust; your bait gets the perp to sell him drugs, and you and Sonny take ‘em down. But in the rush to set this up before the perp had a chance to flee the city, Sonny didn’t have a vest on, while you did. As such, you wanted to take the lead on this, but Sonny stubbornly refused.

Sonny’s eyes went wide as the perp sussed out that this was bait; he pulled out a gun, turning towards the woman and child who were innocently walking by. “He’s got a gun!” Sonny reported. He made a move to go around the wall, to try and protect the civilians, but you were quicker. Shoving Sonny back against the wall, you pushed past him, making it between the perp and his targets just before he pulled the trigger.

The bullet hit your stomach, and you grunted as you doubled over. Sonny reacted on instinct, firing his own gun, hitting the perp once in the chest.

“[Y/N]!” Sonny yelled as he booked it to you. “Shit, are you okay?” Tears were instantly in his eyes as you groaned in pain. “Don’t you die on me, dammit,” he murmured. “I…I care about you too much….”

You glanced up at him, grimacing in pain. “W-what?”

Sonny averted his gaze nervously. “Look, I know we bicker, but I…I really like you, okay? Maybe even love—”

“Carisi, I’m wearing a vest, dude. I’m not, like, dying,” you murmured, your cheeks burning at his deathbed confession.

His eyes went wide, a blush high on his cheeks. “O-oh…” he trailed off.

Pulling yourself to your feet, you checked on the woman and her child, who were thankfully fine. Then, you lifted your shirt, undoing your vest to examine the bruise already forming on your stomach. “So, uh, wanna talk about it?” you asked, glancing up at Sonny as you pulled your shirt back down.

His face was still red, his eyes anywhere but yours. “Not really.”

You grinned at him. “Aww, come on, Detective Carisi. You said you looovvveedddd meeee~!”

“I only said that cause I thought you were dyin’,” Sonny replied, huffing.

“Don’t be like that. You know you love me,” you teased.

Sonny let out a frustrated sigh. “Okay, so I love you. Don’t let it go to your head,” he grunted, moving towards the perp’s body. He pulled out his phone to call Liv, let her know about the shooting.

You smirked after him, but as you watched his back on the phone, your heart fluttered in your chest. So, maybe you had a thing for him, too…. You’d tell him one day, but for now, it was more fun teasing him.

[got-to-love-a-badboy]

DADDYS GIRL

pairing - Dacre Montgomery x Reader

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You woke up to your father calling you, "Y/N!! Get your butt up, I need to leave in 15 minutes!", groaning you rolled yourself out of the bed and stumbled over to the suitcase that held your things in, as you hadn't got around to hanging them up when you arrived lastnight.

You worked in LA at an interior design firm, life in LA was everything you dreamed it would be, but you did miss your father, it was always just you and him since your mom passed away when you was 11, 14 years later you still needed your father more than you would ever let him know.

He didn't like the idea of you moving from New York to LA on your own, but two years after you moved away, your father got a job in Atlanta, he had been cast as chief Jim Hopper on the tv show Stranger Things.

You couldn't be any more proud of your father, he hadn't done much acting since you left and you felt kind of guilty, but when he told you the news of the role you couldn't believe it, This is what he needed. The two of you FaceTimed everyday and he always told you the gossip on set, but FaceTime wasn't enough, so this week you took the week off of work and spent the week at your fathers apartment with him.

Today he was taking you on set with him, you was excited to see what the new set would be like and to see the cast from last season, especially Nat and Joe, the three of you became really close friends during season 1.

You had persuaded your father to let you bring your designs to set with you so you could carry on working on them while he was busy.

You eventually came downstairs wearing a little pleated skirt, knee boots and a jumper. "Finally! What have you been... oh I see what's taken you so long, you look beautiful honey, but we need to leave, it's set not the met gala", you laughed at your father trying to be funny. Your father was on a call most of the car ride so you took the opportunity to text Nat.

Hey! Guess who's on her way to set.... meeee!

No way! Today has totally moved up to being the best day ever! I can not wait for you to arrive! Iv just told Everyone and they are super excited! Gosh I missed you Y/N!

You laughed at her acting like it was you who was the celebrity and not her!. The car ride wasn't long at all, when you arrived on set the first thing you saw was Nat stood in the parking lot, with her full Nancy Wheeler costume going on!,

"Y/N!", she shouted as she ran towards the car, "Nat!", the two of you hugged for what felt like forever, "god I missed you girl! ...David she needs to move back here permanent!", she said to your father as she held onto your face, you laughed before looking at your father, who put his hand on Nat's shoulder before winking at you, "working on it kiddo".

You loved your father so much, but he never understood why you had to go and pursue your own career so far away from him, you loved your job, design and architecture had always been fascinating to you.

You, Nat and your father made your way through the set, everyone was greeting you and telling you they were glad to see you etc, as you made your way closer to the live set you had to keep quiet as they were shooting a scene. You could see from the distance that it was Joe who was filming, quietly you stood and watched the scene, his character was playing basket ball with a group of guys, but one in particular was all up in Joes face, 'he must be Steve's enemy" you thought.

As you kept watching the guy turned around and when you saw his face, his bright blue eyes and his insanely toned chest you could feel the butterflies in your stomach come alive, "that's Dacre, he's new, I can introduce you?" Nat said nudging you're side, you just covered your face and shook your head, she was always trying to hook you up with someone new, you were, as Nat put it, "too pretty to be alone".

After a few moments your father took you over near the cast trailers and food trailer, "I need to go see Matt, il be back soon grab a coffee and do your designs or what ever, I won't be long sweetie", with that he walked off.

You didn't need telling twice, so you sat down at the table and pulled out your laptop and design pad, put your earphones in and began touching up some of your designs, you must have been at it for at least 30 minutes when you felt a tap on your shoulder.

You take your earphones out and turn around to see Dacre, the guy who was shooting with Joe, you jumped a little in shock, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" He said politely, causing you to let out a nervous laugh, "oh no it's ok, I was totally in my own world", you pointed to the work you had been doing.

Looking at him you could feel the butterflies were back, you noticed he was looking behind you, you turned to see it was your laptop he was looking at, you turned back to him, he saw you looking and instantly stopped, "oh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to be nosey, it's just .... that is amazing .... I'm a real design freak", he began laughing, feeling embarrassed.

You couldn't believe it, you didn't often meet people your age that obsessed over design like you did, "what really! Finally someone to talk to!... come here let me show you something, tell me what you think", Dacre instantly sat next to you looking at the laptop.

Natalia and Joe walked into the food trailer talking to each-other, but when they saw the two of you talking they backed out.

As they were walking back to set they saw your father, "hey guys you seen Y/N around?", Nat looked at Joe, yet they both remained silent, "what?! Just tell me what's she doing?", he asked, Nat spoke up realising Joe wasn't going to!, "ok David don't freak ok, she's hanging out with Dacre in the food trailer, they are just looking at Y/N's work", he pinched the bridge of his nose with his finger tips, "it's a good job I like Dacre, this girl is going to kill me". The three of them laughed as your father walked off towards the trailer.

"This is amazing Y/N!, how you use the textures to make the colours pop is just mind blowing, it's so strange, this is the first time iv spoken to you but I feel like iv known you for years", Dacre said, still looking at the designs as he spoke, but turned to face you when he finished, "god your eyes are beautiful", you told him making him laugh, his hand finding yours on the table, his fingers began softly tracing over yours, "well if were doing complements where do I even begin with you, you're prefect", you smiled at him and began to blush, the two of you were interrupted by a voice in the background, "she gets it from her old man!", Dacres eyes shot behind him as he removed his hand from yours, you just shook your head at your father taking on the big bad dad role, "relax Dacre, I like you, plus it wouldn't stop Y/N even if I didn't, she never listens, hence why she's living in LA, right honey?".

You rolled your eyes at your father, "yeah, independent woman and all that dad", you looked back at Dacre smiling, "he forgets I'm 25 now, ...so, how about you take me out tonight Dacre? Who knows there may be more than one reason for me to stay in Atlanta a little while longer",  Dacre flashed you his signature smile, "you took the words out of my mouth beautiful", the pair of you were staring at each other, eyes full of lust and attraction, "3 years, I tried to convince her to stay! 3 years!, I give in, enjoy your night guys!".

The pair of you laughed as your father walked out, Dacres hand instantly finding yours again.

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I hope you enjoy it guys I had the idea about Y/N being David's daughter but  then I got so stuck on the meeting and chatting with Dacre part!

Please vote and comment!

Love my readers 🥰

[not-a-christmas-tree]

i watched the dallas theater company les mis and here are my observations part TWO

i recently watched a modern adaptation of les mis from 2014! i took hella notes bc les mis being set in modern day has a LOT MORE than you would think! i just posted my act one notes, so here are the ones from act two. enjoy! :D

ACT TWO

(Building The Barricade)

oh javert,,,you and your red beret-scarf combo

everyone shakes hands the same way?? they all like. half bro hug. young people ig 🤷‍♀️ 

oh on my own is gonna hurt me huh

éponine has her hands up when she goes to take the letter to cosette that’s an interesting take

jvj looks so done lmao “really bruh just give me the letter i’ll give it to cosette it’s FINE”

omg first time i’ve ever seen éponine not take the money after the letter!! that actually makes so much sense bc she doesn’t take marius’ money when he asks her to find cosette’s house either. that,,,yes that’s good

the modern era begs the question... why didn’t marius just ask for cosette’s number?? i’d assume it’s just a thing that jvj doesn’t allow her to have a phone bc The Cops, but. maybe marius and cosette are the straight version of cottagecore lesbians they just write letters for ~The Aesthetic~

(On My Own)

i was right on my own was gonna hurt me

first time i’ve ever seen an éponine disguise where she actually passes as a boy lmao 

FINALLY A VERSION OF OMO WHERE ITS NOT JUST FORLORN SELF-CARESSING THANK YOU

surprisingly i have less notes here that’s fun i thought i’d have more

(Javert at the Barricades)

WOAHHHHH THEY DID NOT SKIMP ON BARRICADE SET PIECES THAT SHIT IS COOOOOL

oh the barricade scenes are already hitting too hard 

cops are in riot gear cops. are in. riot gear.

oh the javert spy thing that also hits funny because obviously

gavroche is armed with a bat i love you son

FULL VERSION OF LITTLE PEOPLE AT THE BARRICADE AYEEEEE

(A Little Fall Of Rain)

wait hold on why is marius not,,,singing to éponine on “why have you come back here?” he’s like. scolding someone,,, huh??

oh enj goes to help marius with ép!! and he calls over who i assume would be joly i STAN

MARIUS CRIES AFTER ÉP DIES KILL MEEEE

(The First Attack)

i like how jvj does the second confrontation here. he looks less angry and more like,,,compassionate and that MAKES SENSE bc yk. he’s telling javert he’s wrong but he’s not doing it out of spite he’s doing it bc this guy NEEDS to know what he does as a cop and realize that being a cop isn’t just enforcing rules, and it never was just that. 

i do love the exasperated “gO” from jvj that’s kinda great ngl

(Drink With Me)

i’m very sad that there won’t be any exr from these boys

v e r y sad here

i do see grantaire looking PRETTY sad though

bold of y’all to assume that the modern day amis would all be straight

okay i can tell that grantaire really is going hard on the Existential Singing like,,,sure he’s just standing there but like. damn bro

SO THERE A R E LADIES ON THE BARRICADE WHY TF ARENT THEY FIGHTING

BETTER SEE SOME CHANGE THERE

i just realized that the cockades are buttons that is the BEST

(Bring Him Home)

jvj actually looks kinda happy in BHH and tbh i kinda like it?? it’s only on the “he’s like the son i might have known” line but i like it

oh those vowels oh boy they TALL

(The Final Battle)

enjolras is for some reason, still angry...why...why bro....

the staging for gavroche’s death is INTERESTING bc he’s reaching up at the sniper on the tower. hm. i dont hate it

OH SOMEONE ON THE BARRICADE IS RECORDING I THINK!!! GOOD ADDITION!!

i can’t imagine how many blood packs they went through 

oh enjolras’s death okay so. he’s in a like. No Man’s Land almost, and the riot cops come in after him. it’s an interesting take because it almost mirrors the scene in the book, except obvs grantaire isn’t here. they also have an added scene after he dies where cops are checking out and using radios that is. that is EERIE.

jvj walks over to enjolras’s body 🥺

HE ALSO FUCKIN S C R E A M S WHEN HE SEES MARIUS ON THE GROUND GODDAMN MAN O U C H

thenardier steals combeferre’s glasses wow thanks for that added pain

thenardier and jvj have a mini fight oh that’s kinda cool hm

(Javert’s Soliliquy)

javert opens his soliloquy with some SPICY SADNESS OH B O Y he sounds broken already!! start strong!!

emotions go broken - anger - confusion? - mAJOR confusion - hopelessness 

javert can FLY! no legit he’s on ropes

(Turning)

turning is. turning is almost a funeral. 

OH THEYRE N U N S !

nuns are visiting the barricade 🥺 

OH DAMN “what’s the use of praying if there’s nobody who hears?” THAT CERTAINLY HAS WEIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE N U N S

it has just occurred to me that people have been dead on the floor for like. a solid five minutes 

(Empty Chairs At Empty Tables)

“now my friends. are dead. and gone” he pauses like he’s realizing it just then oh OUCHIE

wait is marius,,,at the barricades? is he legit singing to his friends dead bodies? oh shit oh NO

OH N O OH NONONO THIS IS WORSE

THE BARRICADE BOYS RISE UP FROM THE FLOOR OH N O OUCH OUCH

they group up and salute him and wALK OFF NO OWWWW

*cosette and marius kiss* jvj: *COUGH COUGH*

marius and valjean’s lil conversation is interesting in the way valjean seems to ask marius “who am i?” rather than ask himself. he phrases it in a way that makes me think he’s like. quizzing marius lmao 

(The Wedding)

omg i think baby cosette and éponine are flower girls 🥺🥺

“go away thenardier” *madame mouths ‘dammit!’*

thenardier your boat shoes hurt me

madame: “get up! get up!” thenardier: “stop—STOP IT!” 

TWO GUYS ARE DANCING TOGETHER AND WAVE AT THENARDIER ON “this ones a queer, but what can you do”

yeah i think i found my new favorite thenardiers thank you dallas theater company

fantine sits on the bench when cosette comes by, cosette sits on bench next to her, and fantine tries to touch her but can’t 🥺

jvj just gave a hand-over-heart head nod to cosette but fantine gave it back i,,,ouch

ENJOLRAS AND GAVROCHE ARE WITH FANTINE AND ÉPONINE FOR JVJ’S DEATH

the chain gang is in the epilogue i repeat the cHAIN GANG IS IN THE EPILOGUE

the orchestra rests on the last “say do you hear the distant drums” and that was the coolest thing i’ve ever heard

that final harmony is MONEYYYY and i want to cry

OVERALL NOTES:

this javert has the most interesting interpretation because up until his FINAL SCENE he is the stone cold police officer, and he plays it SO WELL. like i have never been truly angry at a javert up until this guy, and whether that was because it was modern and resonates A LOT in 2020 or he just looks like a cop i want to punch, I DON’T KNOW but he plays it SO WELL and i love it so much!!

these thenardiers are the fucking BEST NGL they are the perfect mix of funny and cruel. madame t is also funny as HELL and i wish i had her talent lmao

i said it before but the police costumes in this show are. woosh. kudos to the costumer i took one look at those guys and was like “haha, no!.” vaguely related to that, i think this was the first time i nearly cried at Look Down like. the first song at the show, simply because of the convict getting the SHIT beat out of him on the floor. that hurt me and i hate that it is completely accurate to what happens in prisons today.

lovely ladies was,,,a LOT and tbh, i feel like it didn’t need to be. obviously it does show how horrible it is for sex workers, but that is why the music is there. the music and lyrics is there to tell what you don’t show visually. (though i do love the male prostitute lmao he took no shit)

i also said this before but the fact that there wasn’t bigger of a relationship between enjolras and grantaire kind of annoys me simply because they are revolutionaries in the present day. you can’t tell me that ALL OF THEM WERE STRAIGHT. with how many people i know now that identify under the queer and trans umbrella, and also how queer they are (to me) in the brick, the absence of any exr in a modern interpretation hurts a little.

in conclusion, this show was fucking FANTASTIC and even though i’m six years late, it still resonates hard given the time we live in today. i think i nearly screamed when i saw the cops in riot gear on the barricade because that is LITERALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. this just reminds me how timeless the story of les mis is because you had to change LITERALLY NOTHING from the story to make it make sense in the modern age, and that is really the lesson you should learn from les mis; these things happen everywhere, and they need to be fixed. 

thank you for listening to my rambling, i am sure i forgot something because there was just so damn much but i hope you enjoyed otherwise! not-a christmas-tree out! :)

[liliesoftherain]

My Hero Academia Main 3 Boys x Reader

Ch.14 Let’s Go, You Have a Match to Win

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A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for waiting patiently! Here’s the next part, yes MCs fight with Toko, and yes I still suck at fighting scenes so forgive meeee! I know this may be a little short as well, but I really wanted to get something out tonight and I’m tired, so I cut it a bit short. More to come soon though huns! Enjoy!

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Once the infirmary door closed, you all bid your goodbyes to Iida as he was to make his way to the arena, wanting to be prompt even if the arena was still getting fixed. You girls headed back to your seats when they both noticed you were quiet, not adding into their conversation. Uraraka glanced at Tsuyu, who tilted her head in response, before looking back at you.

“Ne, (y/n)? If you’re worried about Deku, I’m sure he’ll be fine with Recovery Girl to help! It’s scary yea, I’ll admit I’m pretty nervous… but I know he’ll definitely be okay!”

“Oh,” You looked up with mild surprise, “Ah, I mean, yea I’m worried but I know he’ll be fine. He’s a tough guy.”

“Then what are you thinking about, kero?”

“Well,” You sighed, “I guess I’m just a bit, uh, shaken up is all.”

“About your upcoming fight with Tokoyami?”

You just nodded your head with a grin, well, more of a grimace than anything. You were trying to remain positive, but in all reality you were still thinking about Todoroki. About his father and the past you could only ever hope to guess. About your mother and the past you could only ever hope to forget. 

You subconsciously touch the scar you had gotten on your arm from the U.S.J attack.

The only scarring you were proud to have.

You hadn’t thought about her in a long while, at least not active thoughts. Your dreams at night were more than enough, you hated thinking about it any more than that.

“Well don’t worry, Tokoyami may be strong but so are you! I believe in you!” Ochako punched the air, crying out in triumph. 

“Yea.” you tried to cheer along with her, hoping to push all negativity to the back of your mind.

Once you reached your seats, there were a flurry of questions asking about Midoriya. You let the girls answer them while you sat quietly in your seat, trying to focus on the battle ahead, trying to think of any strategy you could possibly try.

You sat in your spot for a few more moments before you couldn’t sit any longer, you were itching to move, to do something other than wallow. So even before the announcement of Iida’s battle, you were making your way away from the stands.

“(y/n)? Where are you going?” You glanced at Kirishima, who was giving you a confused look.

“I’m up next after Iida. Going to prepare, I suppose.” You looked away, choosing to stare at the ground instead of his eyes.

It was silent for a moment before he spoke up, worry laced in his tone.

“Oh well, good luck-”

“You don’t fucking need to be such a defeatist, you're overthinking shit.”

You glanced at Bakugou as he made his outburst, assuming he was talking about your fight with Tokoyami. Yet, the way his eyes stared intently into yours, you kind of wished he knew your pain and those words were for that alone. 

“Bakugou that’s-” Kirishima started till Bakugou glared at him.

“What? It’s true isn’t it.” 

You felt everyone staring at you because of the outburst and internally sighed, your walls were cracking slowly and you didn't need them knowing.

“He’s right, I am overthinking it. I’ll be fine. Thank you guys.” You gave a small smile before walking away.

Bakugou felt his eyes narrow at your departing figure, peeved that you were worried about your fight. He was taking a gamble, but if he were to guess, you would be the best person to go up against him, your quirk being the weakness of his. He wasn’t 100% percent certain, but based on the way he saw the bird flinch back from his explosion-along with the way his eyes widened in fear, he was certain it had something to do with the light. The sooner you figured that out, the better.

You heard the announcement for Iida’s battle commence as you walked through the hallways, it being quiet enough for you to stay in your thoughts. If that was a good thing however, you weren’t sure, all you knew is the last thing you needed right now was to do nothing.

The sound of footsteps made you glance up, to see someone turn the corner.

Scratch that, the last thing you needed was to see was Endeavor walking towards you. 

Your face morphed into one of distaste, along with your body tensing at the sight of the large man. He was large, not as big as AllMight but most definitely a force to be reckoned with. You had seen him on T.V. loads of times, but never in person. As soon as his cold blue eyes locked on you, you wanted nothing more than to rip him a new one.

“Ah, it’s you.” His voice was deep and rich, booming in the ways of demanding respect. 

Alas, you could not find a single one to give.

“Endeavor.” You spoke back, trying to walk around him till he held out a hand to stop you. 

You paused, a bit of fear pulsed through your body before you pushed it away. Now was not the time to feel scared, you needed to let him know-even if it wasn’t spoken-that you resented him as a hero, as a father.

“You’re Best Jeanist’s daughter. A strong quirk indeed, plenty you can do with it if you are training it correctly.”

“Thank you..” You responded cautiously, not knowing his motives for such a conversation.

“I see you must know my son well enough to be able to speak to him while he was in the midst of battle, he seemed to listen well.”

Ah, of course it was about Shoto and his quirk.

“Well enough to know his circumstance yes.” You glared up at his, hands clenched by your sides.

Endeavors stare was no easy feat to keep, it being the opposite of his quirk as chills threatened to run down your spin. 

“What you may or may not know is none of your concern. However, it seems beneficial to have you near him, I have seen the interactions between the both of you and I say it’s not a bad idea. The good thing to do here is to push Shoto to know that he will be stronger once he embraces his fire-”

“Whether or not he wants to use his fire is ‘none of my concern’, as it should be none of yours.”

“Excuse me.”

You sucked in a quirk breath, saying screw it to manners. This man is no father to be respected.

“Todoroki is his own person, one you can’t control like a damn puppet on a string. The sooner you realize that the better. Now if you’ll excuse me sir, I have a match to win.”

You stormed off, and you couldn’t tell if the noise in your ears was the crackling of the fire surrounding his body, or the deafening sound of your rising anger.

Once far away enough, you calmed down enough to groan out in frustration. You knew what you did was right, but at the same time you wish you would have kept your mouth shut. It probably wasn’t the best idea to upset the number two pro hero.

You heard the crowd cheering as you heard Midnight over the announcements, your heart beating fast at the news that Iida had already won.

“That fast huh?”

You headed towards the arena, passing by Iida as you did,

“Hey Iida, good job on the speedy win!” 

He grinned at you, marching up with an ecstatic look.

“Thank you! I hope your battle will be just as swift!”

“In my favor I hope.” You chuckle, rubbing the back of your head trying to calm the nerves that were forcing their way back up. 

“I believe you will do great, Hakamata!” He smiled at you, and you couldn’t help but smile back.

It was nice to see Iida being more relaxed.

“Thanks, maybe we’ll be battling for each other at the top huh?”

“One can only hope for the best!”

You laughed as did he before parting ways, walking out on the field.

Just like the first time, the crowd was loud and the area bright. Tokoyami was already there, heading to his side as you did to yours. 

“Now it’s time for our next match! This guy left you stunned as he finished his first battle quickly, Fumikage Tokoyami! Vs! The crowd favorite who has been killing it in these rounds, (y/n) Hakamata! A battle to remember, who will win, this dark knight or this light princess!?”

You could only stare at your opponent as he stared back, waiting for the match to start. You clenched and unclenched your hands, preparing for the inevitable as you lowered your body into a defensive position. You wanted him to think you were going to that role immediately, you wanted him to leave his defenses down.

“Let the next match, BEGIN!”

��Go, Dark Shadow!” 

You saw dark shadow rush you, so you quickly forced yourself towards him, your quirk giving you a boost. Jumping high into the air, you allowed the light to form almost what could be considered a pole from your hands, before hardening it and smacking down onto dark shadow. You heard a slight hiss coming from dark shadow as you sent more beams off at him, using the motion from the first hit to once again send you off in the air. The best thing was to take down Tokoyami at the source, that being himself. With how powerful his quirk is, and how little you know about any of his weaknesses, you needed to get this match over with quickly.

A prolonged battle could have too many unforeseen consequences.

“Grab her Dark Shadow!” 

You gasped out as you felt claws digging into the back of your jacket, spinning around just in time to encase your leg in hardened light before slamming onto him as hard as you could. Seeing Dark Shadows eyes close before he flinched away from the brightness caught you by surprise. He dropped you on the ground, and you quickly rolled away before bouncing up, sending off more beams to keep them at bay. Your jacket was torn so you tossed it off, the cool air hitting your sweaty skin felt nice. That top was way too suffocating for your tastes anyways.

Charging at you once more, you knew you had to try out whatever it was you saw. You played cat and mouse for a while, just like you had done with Mina, but this was way more difficult. Tokoyami must have been getting frantic, since he had Dark Shadow trying to slam into you every two seconds. Even though you saw a flinch every time your light was near Dark Shadow, it wasn’t enough to have him stop. 

Dark Shadow lunged and you went to dodge, but he had clipped your shoulder and you almost fell back, trying to right yourself out before another attack. You had slid back close to the edge and felt your heart pound as you knew Dark Shadow would smack into you before you had the chance to move.

“Full Body Light!” 

Your body heated up rapidly as you began to emit a bright light. This move was one you never really liked to use, you hated using this move because it brought back terrible reminders, but you understood you couldn’t dwell on the past if you wanted to succeed as your own hero. Like you had told Endeavor, you knew you needed to take your own advice, ‘the sooner you realize it, the better’.

Dark Shadow let out a cry before shrinking back, shielding his face away from the brightness you admitted. Full Body Light, while you weren’t able to run any faster, was almost the same as your light speed. You quickly rush at him, causing Tokoyami to stagger back and fall while Dark Shadow coward away. Your breathing was heavy as you towered over him, the only downside of this move was that you were unable to control the heat you let off and because of that the air around you was blistering. You pinned him down by his shirt, avoiding touching him directly because you didn’t want to burn him. You were trying to force yourself to tone the heat down, but you could tell it wasn’t working you noticed the singe marks forming on his uniform.

He kept his eyes shut tight as you were blinding him, the heat also causing heavy discomfort that he just wanted to be away from. He knew anyways that there was no way to continue fighting while you did this, so he grunted out in defeat.

“I give up.” 

“Tokoyami forfeits! Hakamata is the winner!” Midnight announced while pointing her whip at you.

You deactivated your quirk allowing Tokoyami to sit up. You were about to offer him your hand up when you realized you may still be too warm to touch him.

“S-sorry, I’d help you up but I don’t wanna burn you.”

“It’s alright, I understand. We did our utmost best and I congratulate you on your win.” He stood and bowed at you.

“WHAT A MATCH INDEED! Sorry folks, we didn’t know we were supposed to inform you to bring sunglasses! With that, Hakamata moves on to the next round!” 

You bowed back at Tokoyami as you both walked off the arena, you stopped right at the entrance, away from prying eyes and leaned against the wall. 

“Are you alright?” Tokoyami asked with concern.

You were shaking, sweat dripping off of you while your body sizzled and smoked at the contact. You waved a hand to dismiss your classmates' concern, grabbing the collar of your undershirt to fan your face. 

“Yeah.. It’s just hot.” 

“Is there anything I can-”

“(y/n)!”

You both turn to see Kirishima jogging over, waving a large bottle of water in the air.

“Thought you might need this! What a move, I’ve never seen that before,” He handed you the water before looking at Tokoyami, “Hey you did super well too, dude! It was a manly battle!”

“Thank you. Now that Hakamata is in good hands, I best be going.” He nodded at both of you before walking away.

You were chugging the water greedily, leaving a tiny bit at the bottom to splash along your face before crushing it once it was empty.

“Thank Eijiro, this is enough to get me by till I can get some more.” You smiled at his generosity.

“Of course! I remember how smoky you get when you pull moves like that-but that was really cool to see! Such a flashy move, literally! I had to close my eyes at how bright you were.”

You shyly rubbed the back of your head, an embarrassed chuckle leaving your lips.

“Sorry, I’m not really used to controlling it.”

“Don’t be! Just know, when we go up against each other that it will take a lot more than that to beat me!” He pointed a thumb towards his chest, a giant grin on his face.

You nodded in agreement.

“Looking forward to it, so you better give it your all, good luck!.”

“Always!”

You laughed along with him, until a gruff voice broke through. 

“Glad to see your focused on the match, shitty hair.”

Bakugou stood with his arms in his pockets, a scowl on his face at the sight of you two. You grinned and waved, ignoring the grumpy look.

“Hey Bakugou, good luck to you too. I should get going, I need more water anyways, my body is still too warm. I’ll be watching!” 

You smiled at them both before taking your leave, hearing Kirishima’s loud goodbyes and Bakugou’s huffs made you smile once more until you were out of sight. You stopped by one of the rooms to pick up a new uniform jacket, along with another water bottle before going back to the bleachers. 

You were pushing the feeling of excitement to the surface, and all of your negativity to the back of your mind. Thinking back to Eijiro’s words, you agreed; this was a good move. A great one in fact, one that you shouldn’t be scared to master. 

So, you were going to stop letting the fear control you, and hopefully you won't be afraid of her anymore. 

[shesnake]

my favourite hamlets (movies, recorded stage productions, live perfs):

andrew scott // almeida // 2017 // refreshing emphasis on mental illness/masculinity/obligations of grief.. hamlet isn’t sad his dad is dead bc he fucking hated his dad!! surprisingly very tender in that hamlet and ophelia read as two people in a relationship that deteriorates due to their separate mental illnesses.. VERY lesbian when you watch it no i can’t explain it

HAIDER (2014) dir. vishal bhardwaj // re-imagined as an indian crime drama set during the 1995 kashmir conflicts/disappearances.. a must watch!

maxine peake // manchester royal exchange // 2015 // i don’t remember much about it other than how gay i feel

ewan leslie // belvoir st sydney // 2014 // went to see this for hsc and it was so COOL the stage was all black right up until intermission when polonius is murdered and when we came back in for the last half everything was BRIGHT white and polonius was on the floor his (fake) blood spilling out and throughout the next acts people would step in the blood and track it across the floor, in particular i recall hamlet on a wheeled office chair skidding through the blood puddle and also ophelia traipsing around in a long veil spreading blood and flowers all over the ground

harriet gordon-anderson // sydney opera house // 2020 // was very lucky to win cheap tickets to catch this before quarantine it absolutely KILLED MEEEE the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy was delivered w hamlet facing ophelia on the opposite end of the stage as if she were speaking directly to her about wanting to die and ophelia is just SOBBING then ofc it turns to the nunnery confrontation and they draw closer until they’re holding each other and crying and hate everything they’re saying.. i was an absolute wreck for the rest of the day

david tennant // ?? // 2009 // very chaotic and probably the gayest i’ve seen hamlet and horatio

ophelia (2018) dir. claire mccarthy // listen this is a stupid movie but very pretty and VERY fun and the new motivations behind all those iconic scenes add such a unique dimension that separates it from previous iterations. the witch subplot is unnecessary but i appreciate the sympathy it has for gertrude..

ruth negga // gate theatre // 2018 // haven’t seen it but i know it fucks

this guy on youtube