#the og open grave

[sevs-corner]

Masterlist + Taglist!

Links to all my works so far:

>> CoD:

~~Tf 141: Mafia AU!

OG Idea behind the AU

Main Story Chapters:

-Chapter 1: The Rain Falls but They Fell Harder

-Chapter 1: Epilogue

-Chapter 2: Jobless? More like Job-Bless

-Chapter 2: Epilogue

-Chapter 3: Home Not-So-Sweet Home

-Chapter 3: Epilogue

-Chapter 4: Its Happy Hour for Them, Not For You

-Chapter 4: Epilogue (WIP)

Assorted One-Shots/Imagines/Short Fic Ideas:

-Small Gift Giving: Price, Ghost, Soap, Gaz

-Another day at the Bakery w/: Graves, Alejandro

-First Date + Gift w/: Price

-Idea: Soap/ You sing the "Masochism Tango" together!

-Random HCs of the Charas: Food + Drink Preferences!

-First Date + Gifts w/: Ghost

-Them doing the small things for You: Gaz, Ghost, Graves, Alejandro, Rudy, Soap, Price, Konig, Horangi

-They take you out for a picnic for being overworked: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price

-They watch you get drunk and sing: Price, Alejandro, Rudy

-Nursing their Hangovers: Price, Ghost, Gaz, Soap

-They notice you opening up to them: Price, Ghost, Gaz, Soap

Taglist! <3

@ astreaaaaaa6 | @ accidental-obsessionist | @ sunshineistoofuckingbright | @ sleepisfortheweakpooh

~~One-Shots/ Other AUs

-Singing a Christmas Song duet w/: Graves

-Tf 141: Actor AU!: Ghost, Soap, Alejandro, Rudy, Price, Gaz, Alex, Farah, Graves

-HC's for Roach if he were in the current CoD: MW

-HC's if Roach was in CoD MW (2019~2023) Campaign

-Tf 141: Superpower/Superhuman AU!: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price, Roach, Alex

-Tf 141: Navy/ Airforce AU!: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price

-Tf 141 as Savy Playboy Navy boys: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price

-Love at First Sight w/: Price

-Tf 141: Soulmate-Reincarnation AU Idea

-cont idea + part 2 👆by: @ persephone-kore-law

-bridging thoughts on 👆

-Graves as your partner (*yaps)

-Drag Racer! Soap and his Tf 141 crew

-Tf 141 as Demi god

-Tf 141: Transformers AU (Age of Extinction)

-Tf 141 and their s/o having auditory sensory issues

-Tf 141: Soulmate-Reincarnation AU- first impressions (yaps*)

-Your Conspiracy on Tf 141's Lavender Marriage (an inspired idea to @ beloveds-embrace's Lavender Marriage AU )

-Tf 141 as Cursed Dragon Princes

Army! Tf 141 vs Navy! Reader

-Challenge 1: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy (WIP)

Tf 141 and Their Marriage Problems With You (Mini Series | Angst to Comfort)

-Price | Ghost

Tf 141: as Highschool Jock Tropes: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price [18+ MDNI !! TW: NSFW Themes | Toxicity | Unhealthy r/s] {Inspo Playlist: Currently Updating}

- How the toxic relationship would be like with them

-Promposal Edition!

> Asks:

(Jock! Price First Impressions)

(Giving Simon a Mixtape)

(Simon and You as a Goth Rocker)

(Tf 141's POV of Your and Simon relationship)

Taglist! <3

@ cod-z

CoD x (Soldier) Reader: Retired Comfy AU (Everyone lives under 1 roof + Everything is platonic and has silly plot points)

-Part 1: How did it happen?: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price

-Part 2: Moving into the house: Soap, Ghost, Gaz, Price

Tf 141: Betrayal AU! (Follows the main campaign plot)

-OG Idea on the premise

-How the betrayal goes (+rant on plot of MW3)

-How the poly relationship between the four exists in MW2-3 (yaps*)

Tf 141: On the Run AU (Based off @/bluegiragi Tf 141 Monster AU) TW: 18+ | MDNI

-OG Idea on the premise

-First Meeting w/: Soap

-You realize you chose to be stuck with them

[thekissofaphrodite]

SOMEONE REQUESTED THIS I CANT HELP TO MAKE IT!! IT'S SO SWEET!!

(I accidentally added the OG post on Queue and can't get it out, but thankfully, I took a picture of it)

Voiceless

Luke Castellan X Daughter of Apollo!Reader

Summary: The only thing that Luke Castellan loves in this world is his girlfriend and her angelic voice.

Warnings: Kissing, Cursing, Kinda toxic relationship??!

Author's Note: Hello guys! Another request for the day, I'm typing this on my phone since I forgot my laptop, Oh well, please forgive me for any grammatical mistakes and typos! My keyboard hates me 😍

——

The Camp Fire singalong ended an hour ago, but that didn't stop You and Luke, He had his head on your lap, breathing in and out as you ran your hands through his soft curls. The bonfire had little to no embers, but it still kept you two warm.

"Can you sing for me?" Luke whispered, His Hazel eyes met your brown ones. Apollo's children were always the lead singers from singalongs, Especially you, You had an angelic voice and campers liked it, so did Luke.

Not caring that your throat was a little sore, You nodded and started singing.

Boys, workin' on empty

Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?

I just think about my baby

I'm so full of love I could barely eat

There's nothing sweeter than my baby

I'd never want once from the cherry tree

'Cause my baby's sweet as can be

She give me toothaches just from kissin' me

Flashback

Luke sat in the mess hall, His palm gingerly nursing the side of his cheeks, He had a rough day, Apparently, a new armour that like commissioned from one of the children in the hephaestus cabin still wasn't ready, and he wasn't able to use it. But it was Capture the Flag day, so he used his old and cranky armour, which displeased him.

You noticed from afar, Your halfsiblings chatting loudly, So you had enough, Grabbing your tray, you walked towards Luke, sitting on an empty Hermes table (Since his halfsiblings left, It's better to leave than to mess with an angry luke), The Hermes boy barely touched his food, he was rather poking it.

"Hey" He was greeted with your soft, melodic voice from behind, His mood changed from annoyed to cheerful. His eyes softening as he watched you sit beside him.

"Hm, how's your day?" He hummed whilst brushing a strand of hair away from your face, tucking it behind your ear.

"I should be the one asking you that—" Then, He felt something touch his lips, It was your fork, with a slice of blueberry pie, He tasted some of the cream, He tried to fight the urge to open his mouth since he didn't feel like eating.

"C'mon, it's bad if you don't eat, You don't wanna end up in the infirmary with one of my halfsiblings ranting about your presence." He looked at your eyes, there was a glint of hope that he'll actually take a bite.

He can't resist your eyes, Those eyes with much hope looking at him.

So he did, He opened his mouth and let the flavours sink In.

He did eat that night, with you feeding him like a baby.

—

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

Flashback

Luke was injured, You don't know how or why. He just appeared infront of the Apollo cabin, There was a deep gash in his forearm, One of the archers from your cabin accidentally shot him an arrow, You assumed that He and Chris were probably not paying attention while they walked pass by the archery area.

"I got you something." He breathed, waiting for your reaction.

But still, He managed to appear in front of you, despite your protests that he must be brought to the infirmary, He kept a brave face, holding a messily made bouquet of flowers.

"Oh Luke..." You threw yourself onto his arms, making him stumble a little, He chuckled.

"Now let's get you into the infirmary!"

—

Boys, when my baby found me

I was three days on a drunken sin

I woke with her walls around me

Nothin' in her room but an empty crib

And I was burnin' up a fever

I didn't care much how long I lived

But I swear I thought I dreamed her

She never asked me once about the wrong I did

Flashback

"Luke? Luke!" The dark-haired boy jolted awake, His eyes meeting the stormy skies whilst the raindrops hit his face.

"Hey baby," He groaned, His orange CHB shirt stained with mud, He slept on it after all. Then you remembered... The party in the Dionysus might have gotten a little wild...

"Luke, you smell like— Booze." You tried not to gagged at his scent, But he just brushed it off, Tumbling as he tried to got up.

"Let's get you inside, Some of my halfsiblings are away, so it's fine taking a fellow camper" You muttered while giving all your strength to carry him. You felt kinda embarrassed, Luke, Your boyfriend had carried you multiple times effortlessly, but now, you can't even take steps.

After what felt like an internity, you reached your bunk and flopped luke on it, His eyes sleepily drifting off again, but this time, your face was the one he's dreaming about.

—

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

Flashback

Luke was now in the infirmary, sitting lazily on a stool while your half siblings rushed to get medical supplies to heal him.

"Y'know, this is just a small scratch baby, you're making this a big deal." You turned your head to his direction so fast, you could've sworn you almost gave yourself a whiplash.

"Luke, Your forearm is literally dripping with blood, caused by an arrow. AN ARROW!" You bellowed, Everyone in the infirmary looked at you like a lunatic, some patients even muttering curses at you for interrupting their sleep.

"Still, I got you flowers, didn't I?" His grin made you melt, but the sight of his injury made you frown.

But you can't be mad at his handsome face.

"Yes yes, You did I love you for that, now Where's Ella? We need to give you an injection"

"INJECTION?"

—

My babe would never fret none

About what my hands and my body done

If the Lord don't forgive me

I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me

When I was kissing on my baby

And she put her love down soft and sweet

In the low lamplight I was free

Heaven and hell were words to me

Flashback

" I can't believe you'll do that!" You screamed, tears streaming down your face. Your red dress, once nicely ironed, was now crumpled. It wasn't even midnight, and you two were fighting again. Over a boy.

"Because that pathetic excuse of a bastard deserved it!" He Yelled, His voice booming inside your cabin.

"He's just having a normal conversation with me! you're the one who's deranged!" You cried, Luke couldn't stand the sight of you crying, so he kissed you, it wasn't a passionate one, it was a possessive one, with his strong arms gripping your wrists, pinning you into the wall.

you pulled away for a second, His lips still near yours.

"I hate you" You whispered, His lips touched yours again, smudging your lipstick.

"Show me how much you hate me"

You could've sworn you saw him smirk before kissing you roughly again.

—

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

Flashback

"I'm sorry baby, please let me in" Luke whispered as he peaked through the small crack on your door.

"You can't come and go as you please," you said, your voice cracking, You tried not to cry, You love him , but you can't just keep supporting him after all the things he'd done.

Now, he was carrying a duffle bag, full of stolen artefacts from the Gods. You were God fearing. That's when you realize it when your father, Apollo, had punished your mother, blinding her using his powerful Ray of sunlight.

"You'd do this for me, honey.." He whispered desperately, but you just shook your head.

"I'm sorry..."

"No no no! Y/n! Y/N!" He screamed as he watched you walk away.

—

When my time comes around

Lay me gently in the cold, dark earth

No grave can hold my body down

I'll crawl home to her

Flashback

You sat in the edge of your bed, still sobbing silently, Your halfsiblings gave you pathetic and sorry looks, but none of their pity could make you the same.

The God you admired the most, Your own father had taken your voice as a punishment, or that's what oracle said. Apparently, you had offended him by your blasphemous acts using his sacred song. Now you were voiceless.

"Baby?" Luke's voice greeted you.

You looked up at him, Your eyes glistening with tear as you ran into his arms sobbing violently.

"Shh...I know sweetheart.." He rubbed his hands behind your back, Kissing your temple at the same time.

As the dark haired boy comforted you, He smirked secretly, You were so easy to manipulate, with your doe eyes and your sweet smile, As you slowly fell asleep in Luke's arms, A rose necklace sat inside his pocket, Ever so beautiful, with your own voice trapped inside it.

A/N: HEY, GUYS! So this is a request! I used the 'Work Song' by Hozier, Every lyrics has an indication of the reader and Luke's past, I kinda wanna give them a toxic relationship, so....🫢🫢 I do hope you liked this!!

I apologise once again for any grammatical errors since my keyboard hates me ❤️

[justice-bringer]

Open starter: funeral

(Ooc: for for context for this it's based in the future after Rikki dies)

*Nemesis stood over the grave. It did not seem right. How could mortals have such short lives? It seemed so unfair, Rikki was another in the graveyard of her mortal lovers, but was far from the least of them. When you finally walked by and saw her still staring down at it you grew a bit concerned*

Tags: @urbestestwindgod @ancientones @og-aaaaaaaaaa @moros-doom

[tsams-and-co-memes]

TSAMS Solar Canon Info

UPDATED - 11/10/24

Solar's likes:

Cats

Hanging out with Lunar and Earth

Being helpful

Project Zomboid (a game)

Designing things

Solar's dislikes:

Hunter x Hunter

Black coffee

Mixing his sodas with different things

Rooms. Unlike most people, he prefers to sleep/charge out in the open (<- maybe retconned? He sleeps in what used to be Moon's room now)

Boss Baby

Naruto

Dragon Ball Z

Doing anything with the portal

Eclipse

Bloodmoon

Physical contact (before death, he was never a huge fan of it)

Pokémon

Sweets (he doesn't care for them all that much)

Miscellaneous:

Solar is both a mechanic and a technician in the daycare

He has no qualms against threatening people and he’s capable of killing, but he prefers to be peaceful and nonviolent. He doesn't kill unless it's in an act of self defense

He may have the same birthday as OG Eclipse (June 1st) <- his actual birthday is February 2nd

He's dabbled with a bit of everything, except for grave digging and sewing (<- retcon on the sewing bit, apparently he's good at it now. Could be a new skill he picked up since the list of skills was first made)

He actually hates the name Eclipse, and has canonically chosen to start going by Solar

He's the one who carved the statues that are in the fixed gift shop

The list of skills he has would include (but is not limited to): mechanics, carpentry, engineering, painting, and roofing

Solar has canonically decided to start working as a theater attendant

Solar’s rays don’t move as much as Sun’s

Solar installed a plasma cannon into his arm

He seems to like getting people back for pranks and teasing when they least expect it

Solar practically lives off of coffee

Solar thinks humans are weird

Solar and Earth met up to crochet things together

Solar did a lot of his tech work in the basement of the theater (before he died)

Solar once built an oversized hamster wheel and ran on it to try generating power for the daycare. He only ended up generating enough power for one room (back in his original dimension. I'm assuming that "one room" was a party room)

Solar doesn't have a gender preference for partners. He would date someone of either gender (possibly bi or pan, but it's unconfirmed)

Solar sleeps with his crocheted snake

In the first body that Solar had to himself (after he first separated from his Sun), his power button was on his eyeball

[tippenfunkaport]

Today Variety (see above) had an article naming Heidi Schreck as the new writer for the live action She-Ra series at Amazon that was announced back in Sept 2021 and, after seeing dozens of terrible takes and people who are fans of the Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2017) freaking out, let's talk about this, shall we?

Disclaimer that I do not have any insider knowledge of this project specifically, this is just my educated perspective from my experience with IP and TV.

First and foremost, I will believe this project is actually happening when it is showing on my TV and not a moment sooner. Let's just say that.

Now assuming it IS happening, here's what you should understand...

IP is usually use it or lose it. If Dreamworks wants to keep the rights to make She-Ra content, they very likely must have something in active development or risk listing it. If Netflix isn't willing to make more of the animated series right now, then the Amazon deal is all they have or give She-Ra up entirely. 

If you're an SPOP (2017) fan, you're in favor of Dreamworks retaining the license over losing it because, so long as they have it, the door is always open for more of our SPOP in one way or another. This reboot doesn't negate the possibility of a continuation of the animated version or vice versa. (Fans of frequently rebooted properties like TMNT and MLP would be happy to tell you about how there's been content for multiple gens at the same time.) It's not like the new version erases the old. If anything, a reboot often makes it more likely you get content of a past gen because of renewed interest in the property as a whole.

"But what if it's sexist trash!" The biggest fear people had about this reboot was that it would be some male gaze disaster made to please the worst kind of people who hate all kinds of diversity. Obviously, we'll see what we get, but the fact that they specifically got a feminist playwright as the writer is a big thing should alleviate some of that fear.

"But will it be gay????" I've seen lots of freaking out that Adora's going to kill Catra and marry a man on her grave and other equally unlikely fears. And the fact is: We don't know if it will be gay! With this writer, the gay door certainly isn't closed, but that doesn't mean it's open either. But honestly the real question you should be asking is: will it be explicitly gay? Because the rainbow homo-eroticism is baked right into She-Ra OG so even if we don't get an explicit same-sex kiss on screen... it's likely still gonna be pretty gay.

Even a bad or infuriating reboot will revitalize the fandom and bring new fans to SPOP (2017) AND increase the chances of continuation. Say the new show is terrible. Say they annoy everyone by giving Catra and Adora a supercorp queerbaiting thing and then never make it canon or make Catra and Hordak in love and everyone is mad. (Which I feel obligated to point out is *extremely* unlikely as this is literally still Dreamworks' show. They are the same people that gave you the gay. They are keenly aware of what their audience wants so, even if they are reluctant to make it canon, at the least they are probably going to tease it.) But even in the worst case scenario of the straightest possible version of She-Ra, what are people going to do if the new show pisses them off? Turn back to She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, create more fanworks, interact with what's already there, keep the fandom alive for everyone. You want that!

"Well SPOP (2017) was perfect and they should never be allowed to make another version of She-Ra again unless it's just like the thing we just got!" Wow, where have I heard something like that before? Oh yeah, that's exactly what the nightmare chuds said about Netflix's She-Ra and if they had gotten their way, we wouldn't have had this show we love. So maybe take a nice deep breath, chill tf out and look at that fact that there is no reason yet to see this announcement as anything other than a good thing for both this new reboot and the animated version's future.

[notyoucat]

If you have any lore drop about this dc crossover, I'm all hear 👀

Ah well first off, I'm not great with words, so apologies if this doesn't make sense, but I'll try my best! I think in pictures not in words, if that makes sense???

I wanted this au to be kind of a mix of both universes:

Soap well the initial idea I've had for him was that he used to be part of Konni (manipulated by Makarov basically). Their relationship would be kind of similar to Joker and Harley. He would leave him eventually and meet Ghost shortly after still not sure if I like this idea tho

Initially Gaz didn't like him very much. He thought he was really annoying, now they are best friends even though Gaz will deny it lol. Sometimes he tries to join Gaz on his heists but those tend to end too...explosively

I really like that og Soap draws in his journal, so I tried to implement it into this au - he likes to leave some sort of graffiti or street art at the scenes of his crimes like Jinx from Arcane lol

He has pet hyenas - the one he is petting in the last picture is called Roach :))

Ghost well for him I think his backstory would be very similar to his in game one (being betrayed, buried alive,etc.) except he would come out of the grave a bit wrong basically his Poison Ivy look. After that he would kind of drift aimlessly doing his best to avoid people, especially his family.

Until he meets Johnny :))

His design was honestly the hardest to make since Ivy is a character that shows a lot of skin and Ghost is well not that lol. Mushrooms are a big part of his design because of the inherent connection with rot and death - dead things getting new life through death insert the "you cannot kill me in any way that matters" post lol. He can grow different things than just fungus, mostly carnivorous plants.

Gaz in this is most like his DC counterpart I guess. Basically "steals from the rich gives to the poor" type of character. He likes to feed the street cats and knows them all by names. He dislikes Soaps hyenas.

Also I've seen someone asking who Price would be and honestly I'm not really sure yet but I'm open to suggestions

So um yeah I'm going to cut it here because it's getting too long. Hope at least some of this makes sense haha ^^

[mysterious-mass-hysteria]

INTRO POST !!

hii I'm Ray and I'm 15! bday is April 3rd

pronouns are she/her + I'm agender and unlabeled!

DM's are always open !! (plus I need more friends)

DNI: None!! I don't care if you are "problematic." If I disagree with a view of yours I block freely

Fave media: Futurama, Who's Lila?, Black Ops, Modern Warfare (OG and reboot), Dexter, Red Dead Redemption, Fight Club, The Outsiders, Skins, Thirteen, Sally Face, Silent Hill 2, Resident evil (2,3,4,7), Rec (1,2) Beastars, Alice in Borderland

TCC faves: Pekka-Eric Auvinen, Dylan Klebold, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Dylann Roof, Kip Kinkel, Jodi Arias

Music faves: My Bloody Valentine, Domo Genesis, Crystal Castles, Sublime, La Dispute, Michael Cera Palin, KMFDM, Molchat Doma, Pierce The Veil, Mike Sherm, ГРУППА ХМУРЫЙ, J.Cole, Radiohead, I Shalt Become, Nargaroth, Old Graves, Lana Del Rey, She Wants Revenge, DADAROMA, The Front Bottoms

[mdhwrites]

I have another authorial ask. Whenever I offer a critique on how serious Luz' behavior in the principal's office was and how much trouble she was actually in, stans dismiss it by claiming that was all done for comedic effect. That it was basically slapstick and not to be taken seriously.

From an author's standpoint how does one determine if an incident depicted in a story is to be taken seriously or dismissed as a comedic exaggeration? In an age of school shootings and the fear students and parents have of them how could anyone consider a scene of children running through the halls of a school screaming in terror be taken as comedy. How many times has the actual news shown children fleeing a school building surrounded by police cars? Remember how media was affected by 9/11? How do you tell your readers when incidents depicted in your stories are to be taken seriously or are to be dismissed as comedy? In your opinion do you view Luz' visit to the principal's office and the behavior that brought her there as something to be taken seriously or was intended as comedy?

I LOVE this ask because it is one of the biggest examples of how TOH wants its cake and to eat it too and how that nukes the whole thing. The short answer to this is: Framing. Of course, how to frame something is incredibly complicated so let's get into this.

"You walk into a room and there are three people there. Two are sitting in chairs and the last is a clown."

This would be a neutral framing to entering a pretty shitty birthday party. You can glean additional details by things like how few people there are but it is for the most part very functional. Let's shift it though.

"You can hear the sounds of laughter behind the door. Katy Perry's Friday Night is blaring through the distorted speaker of a phone that has been dropped one too many times and suddenly it stops dead and you hear the shuffling of feet and the slamming of chairs. You open the door a crack, your excitement bubbling up as you see Bozo the Clown standing there, his long, red nose deflating as he says, "Aw shucks, looks like you got me! Who wants to pick the next song?"

This has a more excited, anticipatory framing. It builds in energy as the various elements come together until finally revealing the scene properly. Any potential tension is ended with a giggle as you realize the kids are just playing musical chairs with the clown they've hired. Still not a great birthday party but it has fun, mirth and a warmth to it. One more shift though.

"You hear the stomping of feet and the distorted sounds of a withering speaker, its beats dying midway through each vomited note. The sound is a raucous choir of disharmony, not following the beat, rhythm or flow. It is frantic, scared and in a panic. Then, the music cuts out, leaving you with only the screeching of wood against metal. Then silence. You open the door a crack, shaking in your boots as you peer in. The bulb above is half burnt out, casting everything in thick shadows. Two kids sit in chairs, their heads back and their dead eyes staring at the ceiling as they raggedly gasp for air. Above them, large, red hair casts shadows upon a face as pale as death. His smile is so wide it must be unnatural. His nose, long and pointed is so red that it must only be blood that covers it. He looms over the children, hands flexing as he says, low and gravely, "Aw shucks, looks like you got me. Who wants to pick the next song?"

And there you have horror. The facts of the matter between these three have not changed. None of the details are any different. However, which details to focus on, which to include and which to not, HAVE changed. That creates a frame within which to view the information. So, how does this apply to Luz's montage with the principle?

Well, the OG framing is that of a silly girl doing silly things. We might see some people gasp or cover their mouths but it mostly just focuses squarely on Luz. We also don't see much harm and what harm we see is silly. This is why Luz is the one covered in spiders and not treating it like a big deal, or why the boy who runs with a snake in his hair has a snake in his hair. That's silly and couple with the Azura bit right before creates a vibe on unreality. It makes a tone that supports going a little bit far with a joke to get a bigger laugh out of the audience. Amphibia does this sort of stuff CONSTANTLY. Most cartoons do in fact. It's how you get these episodic plots that in reality would be reprehensible but in fiction are fun. After all, no one is really commenting that Luz might be wrong or might have gone too far. The base level problem is that she didn't do her assignment correctly and was maybe a little too creative.

"You had it good!"

And in one sentence, the frame shatters. Right before the shortening took effect, so that excuse is out the window, we got Yesterday's Lie. An episode essentially about reframing Luz's actions and asking whether or not they were okay. Was she actually right to run from home when she has a loving mom who supports her this thoroughly? Did she have to go so far for attention when others in her town are just as weird as her, like Masha's gang? Are Luz's claims to being misunderstood and rejected when someone not of this world can find more friends than her?

You are bluntly told to go back and re-evaluate episode one... And a framing of unreality doesn't work with that. They joke about Amity almost killing Luz. Amphibia brushes off stuff like Hop Pop's mind control stint. This is because treating these moments seriously breaks their framing because you are replacing it with the exact opposite. These plots are meant to be fun after all and what you take seriously is the lesson learned, not the conflict that taught the lesson. Well... Now you need to pay attention to the conflict.

And what is it? Luz first disrupts a practice session by belittling someone else's accomplishment and people wanting to give her praise to then show off and try to make herself the focus of attention with her own trick. Then she ruins a play performance, MONTHS of work, by going off script and clearly doing things that weren't cleared by her director and fellow cast members, causing them to react in aghast horror. Finally, she releases what appear to be HUNDREDS of spiders in a public school. Worse yet, outside of the montage, she has brought lives snakes with no way to control them into a public school, without permission, and straight up broken the law by bringing FIREWORKS, and them bundled together like a BOMB, to school. Taking that seriously results in WHAT THE FLYING FUCK YOU ATTENTION HOG LITTLE BITCH! What is wrong with you!? Do you genuinely not think about anyone or anything else other than how awesome something is going to make you appear?

And that shifts the framing of a lot of her other actions. Her wanting to go on a quest? Yep, that's just now who she is instead of her being misguided. Her wanting to get with Amity because she wants to fulfill a narrative trope that will make her more special? Sounds about right rather than a cute flair. Her CONSTANTLY fucking things up for other people before going "Shit, right, this has consequences," and then having to go fix them? Sounds like what she's been doing for at least a year. Even going forward, her lying just looks like more of a way for her to look better. So people praise her and let her do whatever she wants instead of actually having to care about other people and admit she was wrong. Ever.

But the show doesn't understand this is what they've done. They thought this was just a dramatic touch for a mid season finale and the framing of Luz hasn't changed at all. That she is still the purely good protagonist that lives in an unreal framing. This is how you get the incredibly tone deaf, hypocritical fact that the Titan condemns Belos for having a hero complex... Before then Luz comes back to life in a big hero moment and berates herself for not having a good one liner. You know, like someone with a hero complex might. Someone who might, I dunno, fully embrace their fictional hero's identity by mimicking almost exactly a speech from them but now with zero pretense of seeing themselves as the hero of the story. Because, I mean, she's just a silly little girl, isn't she?

No. No show. You fucked this. You fucked this ROYAL, especially as it doubled down on trying to treat Luz more seriously and like she potentially wasn't beyond reproach. That she didn't just make mistakes but genuinely needed to change, even as the show refused to commit to having her learn literally anything.

She starts the show as an attention seeking, lying, selfish bitch and she ends the show that way. You just would have never seen her like that had the show not antagonized you to do so. If it hadn't purposefully framed the question right in your face. See you next tale.

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I do find it interesting that you (the asker) like to go "By your authorial opinion". I don't mind it but I actually try not to very often go "As a professional writer!" I might bring up my own works but just as examples. I am self published though and even if I were traditionally published, PLENTY of bad writers still become professionals. As such, my job as a writer really does not inform whether you (the reader) should or should not listen to me. That is much more dependent on if I seem to make sense and make compelling arguments that make you interested in hearing more. That is my opinion at least. It's also probably part of how I stay from being as bad as some other author/analysts out there.

I have a public Discord for any and all who want to join!

I also have an Amazon page for all of my original works in various forms of character focused romances from cute, teenage romance to erotica series of my past. I have an Ao3 for my fanfiction projects as well if that catches your fancy instead. If you want to hang out with me, I stream from time to time and love to chat with chat.

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And a Kofi if you like what I do and want to help out with the fact that disability doesn’t pay much.

[fleeglefazbeagle]

I made a poster for my Walten Files AU that centers around the holiday special antagonists today.

Yes, I based it off that concept poster for Shin Godzilla.

Here's the lore summarized the best way I can(trigger warning for murder, burning and mental breakdowns):

Basically, it involves the holiday special characters (Boozoo's Ghosts and The Mysterious House).

They basically came from an obscure restaurant/playhouse called "Prezzy's Wonderland"(Willy's Wonderland reference, lol).

The animatronics are:

Mortality(originally named Prezzy)

Jolly the Sheep

Sad the Clown

Pumpkin Rabbit

Witch Sheep(full name Willow the Witch Sheep)

TVA

Jonkler(this is just a placeholder name I recently made for Halloween Billy, so please don't get used to it just in case).

The animatronics, like in my FNAF AU, are sentient(think Security Breach) and have their own individual personalities. The restaurant is acknowledged by Jack Walten and Felix Kranken and even liked by them.

It was somewhat well known, so it had its reoccurring customers but the owners didn't mind. Two particular reoccurring customers were Lily Anderson and her mother Gloria, Lily often brought a plush bunny named Daisy (keep this in mind).

Things were going quite well until one day, on Lily's 12th birthday when she and Gloria were about to head home(it was kinda late and they were the last to leave), a man named Richard Winston murdered the both of them outside. Prezzy heard the commotion and rushed over to the door to unlock it but it was stuck and by the time he finally managed to get out to see what was happening, it was too late, Lily and Gloria were murdered and the man was running away from the scene.

This broke Prezzy mentally and emotionally, causing him to have a breakdown, a nightguard came out and saw the scene, also scared and decided to call the owners, the police and an ambulance.

They investigated the footage and saw the murderer and are willing to try and find him whilst Prezzy was just sitting down on the stage in silence whilst gently holding Daisy(the plushie) and meanwhile, the other animatronics tried to comfort him.

Two weeks have passed and Prezzy wasn't really doing well(grief is a real bitch), often mumbling to himself, standing by himself in darkness all the while holding the plushie in his hand. At some points, he'd either act manic under pressure or just sit there listening to random music boxes(mostly Lily's favorite song which was "Daisy Bell").

One night when it was around midnight, Pumpkin Rabbit was wondering around when he heard a strange noise in Parts and Service, he wandered in curiously when the door shut and barricaded behind him, startling him. The same man(Richard) from the incident from two weeks ago approached Pumpkin and then he set the rabbit ablaze. Pumpkin Rabbit was freaking out, gasping for air and straight up afraid whilst the man stood there and watched with a sinister grin. Willow heard the commotion and rushed over to Parts and Service and tried to open the door, calling out to Pumpkin, clearly fearing for him and eventually, she managed to open the door and when she saw the scene, she screamed in horror, grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the flames.

She sat on the floor and held Pumpkin whose face was now melted(he's alive though, don't worry) and looked up at the man with horror and disgust.

The next day came and the employees were shocked and what made matters worse was that they ran out of the materials for Pumpkin's face and couldn't afford it but a employee made a mask(think of the one Pumpkin Rabbit had in the OG vid) and gave it to him but it just wasn't the same.

Pumpkin Rabbit had breathing problems and pyrophobia as a result of the incident. One day, the place was shut down which devastated folks especially since one of the owners who was the creator of the characters(in universe) was gravely ill and then died days later.

This left the employees unemployed and the animatronics pretty much have to live in the now abandoned restaurant. The incident with the fire and the creator's death was the final straw for Prezzy, these incidents made him go mad and hungry for revenge.

Three months have passed since the place closed, the animatronics end up gaining supernatural abilities(I'll think of an origin for that).

Prezzy decided to change his name to Mortality(he's still ok with being referred to as Prezzy from time to time).

As far as that plushie, Daisy is concerned, she's possessed by the spirits of Lily and Gloria(think of Rocket with Ed and Molly).

Lily's older cousin, James, who was also an employee at the restaurant, heard about the news and he was pissed and also vows revenge.

That's pretty much what I have so far.

(Boy, that was a long one.)

If you have any questions at all, don't be hesitant to pop into my asks about the AU.

[brotherwtf]

this one's for the OGs but do y'all remember my Notebook au? bringing that one back from the grave with a little drabble

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It felt like no time had passed since John had last seen Gale.

After that summer, that faithful summer, John had seen Gale once. When he had seen him in Milwaukee with his beautiful wife on his arm, John thought that that was the end of Gale Cleven.

But now here he was, looking and acting like no time had passed since he had ripped John's heart from his chest.

John had insisted that he take him on the water, Lake Michigan looked so pretty this time of year, and while Gale was hesitant he still acquiesced. He had his arms crossed, looking with a slightly sour expression across the serene lake waters. John could tell he was biting something back, he just didn't know what.

It was then that it started to pour, great bucket fulls of water being dumped onto them and the boat. Even when Gale helped John bring the boat in, he looked like he was chewing on some words.

He's tying up the boat with Gale halfway down the dock when he finally turns around towards John.

"You know you could have at least written me. Let me know you were okay after all of these years. I didn't want this to happen," Gale says, shoulders tensing with anger.

John pauses in tying the boat, looks up at Gale with a bewildered expression. What could he mean?

"It wasn't over for me. I still loved you, John," Gale says and he's saying it like he's confessing to a murder.

John stands on the other side of the dock, watching Gale pant from moving the boat, watching the rain soak him through.

"I waited for you, for seven years, and now it's too late, John. I've got Marge, a lovely house. All because you didn't write me,"

John inches closer until he's a foot from Gale. He can see the way his eyelashes clump together, how blue his eyes looked in the rain, and by God John felt like a teenager again.

"Write to you? I did write to you, Gale. Every goddamn day for a whole goddamn year." John whispers, barely audible over the sound of the rain.

Gale pauses, mouth opening and shutting instantly, trying to come up with something to say.

"You... you wrote to me?" Gale balks.

John nods, lips pressed in a thin line. He can see the effects of the war of Gale's face, he's lost some of his youth, but he's still the most beautiful thing he's ever seen.

"It wasn't over, it still isn't over," John pleads and runs to close the distance between them, hoisting Gale by his thighs into his arms.

He doesn't care about the weather or if anyone sees, all he cares about is that Gale is here with him. He has a hand pressed on John's face and curled into his hair, holding him in place so he can slip his tongue into his mouth, breathing heavily against him.

John kisses Gale until their faces are slick with rain and spit, groans and breathy sounds getting louder as they hold each other. It feels euphoric, being pressed so close to Gale after all of these years, after everything that he had been through without him. If he had known Gale would be waiting for him on the other side, he would have killed every kraut in his path to be back with him.

But Gales here now, and that makes everything seem like it was worth something. AndJohn would do it all again if it meant to have Gales lips back on his.

[ninjagirlstar5]

Akane, beyond the grave: *steals her ex-friend's ultimate talent*

Jokes aside, the wheel chose Sora to be the Ultimate Merchant, so that's fun! Designing her outfit was interesting since I know Akane would take her role as a merchant seriously, but since Sora is (supposedly) an amnesiac, she would not have the memories that would influence her personality and decision-making, let alone her tastes in fashion. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I approached this design not by thinking on what Akane would wear, but rather what Sora would cobble together upon waking up the first time and what peaked her interest as an Ultimate Merchant.

In Sora's OG design, she was just wearing a regular school uniform, and in Teruya's designs, they were either a school uniform he personally designed himself, so he was doing self-promotion by physically wearing his own product, or just a regular suit underneath a very iconic coat with a hat, scarf and goggles which were all mementos of people he held dear. Both are good designs in their own right, although Sora's was definitely the simplest and perhaps uninteresting between the two of them. And considering that a part of being a merchant is making an impression on your customers and fellow businesspeople, Ultimate Merchant Sora can't look too simple to the point that she just blends in with a crowd. So I decided to go with an outfit that's similar in it's simplicity like her uniform but leaning a bit more towards a business-like vibe. So now she has a button-up, a shorter skirt, replaced her ascot with a tie, gave her a jacket to help her stick out more, and made her socks shorter along with some transparent tights underneath. While Akane is pretty professional in her design (when not in Despair), Sora comes off as someone who's much more casual in personality, hence why her button-up has it's collar popped open a bit and is untucked, her tie is a bit loose, and her original mary janes were replaced with sneakers. I also gave her skirt and jacket her matching criss-cross plaid pattern as not only was it an iconic part of her OG design, but I think Sora would choose this pattern to stand out thanks to her instinct as the Ultimate Merchant. Her hair went through some minor changes as I wanted to reference my Akane redesign's bang hairstyle a bit by giving Sora a similar style, just with a straighter style as Akane's hair is a bit more...floofier, to say the least. I also moved Sora's ponytail over her shoulder cause I wanted it to be more visible and as I mentioned in my Kiyoka redesign, making a low ponytail visible in a front-facing sprite like this one can get lost behind the body. I think it looks kinda nice like this. I stuck to her black, white, and red color palette and thus, we are done with Sora.

Next up is Kokoro!

Considering Sora is supposed to be Akane (but not really) in original canon, Sora's "backstory" might as well be her past up to the DRA events, but one that she had completely forgotten due to her amnesia. Since I mentioned not going with the Neo World Program setting for the killing game back in my Swap Talent Yoruko post, I'm gonna approach this as if Sora really was Akane and not just an algorithm put together to protect Yuki and attached to Akane's brain (or however this game described it on how Sora can be familiar with the DRA events but not know them).

Honestly, the most that would change from this is that Akane was supposed to die at the end of the DRA events but when her body inherited Divine Luck, she ended up surviving instead. But due to her injuries and being underwater for so long, even the Divine Luck couldn't keep her memories intact, so when she woke up in a hospital, she literally didn't know who she was and could only think of "Sora" as a name. So, unable to remember who she really is and the horrible things she's done, Sora kinda just...goes off to do her own thing as she searches for answers on who she is. In the process, she realizes that she has a distinct talent in business, and she uses them to buy and sell products to try and help others during the Tragedy. Which she's able to do very well...with a bit of luck. (I always considered that Divine Luck isn't the most active when the user isn't consciously aware that they have it. It's how DRA!Yuki had Divine Luck the whole time but people still died/bad things still happened because he just wasn't aware that he has a literal deus ex machina that is Divine Luck, and the only times it became active in his subconscious was when he was involved in a game reliant on luck or willed for a scenario so badly that it just happened, like with what happened with Kinjo in Chapter 5. Same with Sora in canon and it's basically the same here.) So Sora starts making headway with her reputation, with some people even calling her the "Ultimate Merchant" although she laughs it off since she doesn't have any papers to prove she was ever an Ultimate (she was). Mikado finds out about this, curiously looks into it since "Hey, wasn't there an Ultimate Merchant in the Proto-Killing Game?", and, after a lot of digging, he figures out that Sora is most likely Akane who managed to survive her fate from DRA, most likely due to her own luck. But of course, he never figured out that she has THE Divine Luck, he just assumed that either her Fortune pulled through for her or Utsuro blessed her a second time to save her life before dying. Either way, he needed an extra player since his class only had fourteen students, and who would be better than the accomplice to the mastermind herself? And oooh, how convenient, she also has amnesia so she can't blab about how strangely similar these events are in her previous killing game (although to say everything goes according to Mikado's plan would be a lie). So he snatches her up and does some convenient memory science alterations with the help of Void, more on that in future posts, to make her believe that this is her first time waking up and is a part of their class in this strange killing game when really, none of them had met her until now.

And to make matters worse, it's through this killing game that Sora finally starts to find out who she is and what her past was. And OH boy, would that hit her like a fucking truck to find out that she was a Despair and even got most of her real classmates and friends killed for the sake of her Master Utsuro. Since she has no memories of when she was Akane Taira, the dissonance between her past self and her current self is VERY strong and she's riddled with a huge sense of guilt and shame. Even to the very end, she never fully remembers her past, but she does take responsibility for her past actions even if she'll never forgive herself as Akane Taira.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Guys guys birdcage blue and yellow by Yaelokre is so Vast coded

analyzation below:

Bird cage blue and yellow Candles warm and windows bare Tracing upturned smiles of portraits Drawn to disappear

Vast within the Avicane- the "portraits drawn to disappear" can refer to Kalia. An important family, but one that can make others and some of their own disappear. Candles warm and windows bare = the coldness of the Cadere family, the only warmth from the candles they light.

Flowers never talk They never want, they never need

"Flowers" being the children of the Cadere family. Never speak up or against, don't ask questions, don't ask why. In a cradle gilded They are left to rot yet never bleed Can refer to Kalia's death, or the rotting of any empathy within Vast, the death of the person he could've been from the start- the person he's now becoming.

Eyes of silver, mirror, mirror - Vast's own cold eyes staring back at the husk he's become Thread on wood and steel - The blood that Vast has shed Keep what can be kept And heave to see which one will kneel - Vast luring people to their deaths- which one will yield first? Her sanity, or her prey?

I've been told to wait But why should there be silence Dawning pretty laces Avicane talking to Vast, his brain revolting Weaving capes of gold And framing muffled faces "Muffled faces" the people Vast has killed- the people the avicane has killed I can be different I can't be puppeted! Vast realizing he can be independent- that he doesn't want to be a puppet anymore. Garden evergreen Was what I thought that I would see Vast believing everything would be better now, just to face the scars and consequences (both physical and mental) of what they were Branches meet my steps Their kisses open up ravines Vast still leaning into her past patterns, hiding things, thinking certain ways, falling prey to Vee Fences frozen in a dance They've yet to perform Vast frozen during the obelisk scene when Armor and Rune show up, frozen in what could've been them being dragged back home (if PMV then this would include Vee's death) I leave the house and the Baroness Buried in before This one is more either Vast leaving the Avicane behind, but more Vast leaving the Avicane behind for good, burying Vee with a barely marked grave. No turning back now, he's all in on leaving.

Finndu mig í framtíðinni (Find me in the future) Finding who he wants to be in the future, the person she truly shall become

(Malayang maya) (Malayo-layo) x4 --- (Fly sparrow, fly far) Running from the Avicane- (also could be a reference to Armor in this section)

Rödd eins og bjalla Heldur okkur öruggum Frá framtíðinni (Voice like a bell saves us from the future)

Voice like a bell = The voices of those around him, encouraging her to heal and be better

(Malayang maya) (Malayo-layo) x3

Flying far from his tattered past

[monstrous-femme]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers! Spread the self-love 💞

From newest to oldest, and unfortunately leaving out many stories I adore but that aren't as sophisticated writing-wise because I've grown as a writer since then.

like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird Stranger Things | Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham/Nancy Wheeler | 87k

In 1993, Nancy falls asleep on Barb's grave and wakes up in 1985. From there, she finds herself completely unstuck in time. It's also a love story.

Novel-length time travel fic about grief, recursive, Sisyphean vibes, also I think the longest fic I've written in any fandom.

In Her Hips, There's Revolution Stranger Things | Eddie Munson & Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler | 70.5K

Finally, she's able to get the number in right. The ring is sharp against her ear. Pick the fuck up, she thinks, and someone must be listening, because the ringing stops "All right, Harrington, what's on this week's nightmare menu? And don't tell me the one about drowning in your pool again, man, we all know that's rich kid--" "It's Nancy." A long pause, then a laugh. "Wheeler? To what do I owe this late-night honor?" "I, um." Nancy's tongue feels stuck to the roof of her mouth, like bare skin on upholstery. "I was wondering if you've got a couch I can crash on?"

This fic exists because I read a punk!Steve fic and in it Nancy was not into the punk scene and I was like. But what if she was, though. Riot grrl Nancy? Riot grrl Nancy. Complete with Ronance and Nancy and Eddie as best friends. Described by readers as "Jane Austen with more alleyway head." One of my only fics to get an & pairing and not just a / pairing, because the friendship really is that central.

objects in the mirror (are closer than they appear) Stranger Things | Joyce Byers/Karen Wheeler | 5.3K

"Which do you think you're having?" she asks, pushing herself back to the land of the ordinary. "Lonnie wants a boy," Joyce says. "Your husband?" Joyce snorts. "If you can call him that." There's something nice about how that sounds, like the idea that just because you said your vows in front of God and your whole family doesn't mean you have to call the man your husband. Karen smiles. "You know what?" she says. "Give me a cigarette after all." The smile Joyce gives her back is like a secret between friends. "My kind of girl," she says, fishing into her purse, and when Karen takes the cigarette between her lips, Joyce lights it for her.

This fic was for Women's Wrongs day of Stranger Things Femslash week, and I was so proud of the strange fucked-up short story vibes I managed to get here. Joyce and Karen spousal murder 5ever.

pretty girls with bloodstained teeth The Magicians | Margo Hanson/Alice Quinn | 4k

“You’re angry,” Alice says. Margo opens her eye to see that the smile on Alice’s face matches the one in her voice. “And you’re right to be.” “If I’m angry, it’s because there’s a monster who seems to show up everywhere I go.” Alice lifts a finger and runs it along Margo’s cheek, leaving a trail of ice crystals down its path. “Oh, Margo,” she says, sugar in her voice. “You’ve never been as good a liar as you think you are.”

This was my OG monster!girls story, based on the idea that Alice stays a niffin and seduces Margo to the dark side. It was so fun to write that it actual inspired the original novel I wrote and currently have on submission.

Chimera The Magicians | Alice Quinn Character Study | 1k

She is part girl, part monster, and moving forward is a statistical improbability.

In defense of one of my favorite unlikeable female characters.

[codename-adler]

Can't blame Danielle when it's wymack we talk about.

Au vise do you think David ever was in situation where he had to explain someone why relationship with him is not in realm of possibility ? Do you think he would see a need for such conversation as his failure of setting boundaries in the first place ? Would he ask bee or Abby for advice if he needed one ?

Would Dan be happy when those feelings are addressed in therapy and she can apreciate platonic relationship with coach for what it is

I like digging into concepts

now that it seems the heat has died on that subject matter... i'll gladly and gratefully answer u my friend <3 thank you for getting it.

AU wise, i DEFINITELY 100% think Wymack has had to establish boundaries in his career as PSU Coach. oh how i would looooove to write the first time it happened. add it to the pile of wips.

i think... the overall sentiment of surprise he's slapped with when he has to face such a situation for the first time, is divided into many levels.

a) at some point, when you're collecting kids with parental issues coming out of their noses and asses, you gotta be ready for when some misplaced attachments occur. Wymack is def not ready, which is very very dumb of him. Abby saw it coming. Bee saw it coming. how did he not? big big oversight of him. now he's gotta deal with things wayyyy above his paygrade for that mistake. surprise mf! the care and tough love you provided your team has been misinterpreted by an unadjusted athlete! what did you expect david. really.

b) not to borrow too much from dbh's Hank Anderson, but i like to believe Wymack is partly surprised that one of his athletes is infatuated with him, because it's him we're talking about. he is not the same man who won over Kayleigh Day, is not as in shape and confident in his body, and despite the scarce hook-ups here and there over the years since her, Kayleigh herself was not much more than a fwb situationship herself. Wymack can't see past his family history and all his scars (mental and physical) when it comes to romantic relationships. so for a young thing to confess to him? good ol' Coach? gotta be a joke. he's not flattered at all, he's baffled. he is also very much concerned about his athlete beyond this unprofessional and inappropriate infatuation. like, wtf are your standards? let's address that. if it'd been, like, Abby, of course he'd get it. but him? yikes, man. (Bee screams into her pillow about this self-deprecating bs Wymack refuses to consult about. somebody worship this man, please! not you Greenberg tho. you get therapy for your daddy issues. it's never gonna happen.)

c) it worries Wymack very much that he did not see this developing, and it plants doubt in his ability to manage his team, his players, and provide them with what they need. it's not about setting boundaries and closing that door, because he didn't even know there was a door to close to begin with. it's about knowing that door exists and noticing it open. it really destabilizes him, to the point he's not sure he even knows his players anymore, if he's even capable of seeing through their bs, to the point where he doubts if he even should be Coach of such a complex and precarious team. surely someone out there is more qualified. surely someone out there is more well-adjusted and observant. i don't know which OG Foxes gets through to him, but i know it takes one of them, or more, to tell him that it's not about being qualified and parrying every issue before they even arise, but about wanting to be there, for them, wanting the best for them, and wanting to give them chances. surely you can give yourself that chance too, Coach? talks w/ Bee and Abby are def had, but ultimately it's the Palmetto Nines that get him though it.

about Dan now. bc i based myself on my own issues for her misplaced infatuation with Wymack, i'll once again base myself on lil 'ole me for how she copes with it: she is taking that one to the grave. she's able to fly under the radar of Bee's built-in bs detector. she's just glad she's not the only one to get those yucky feelings, that yes she does have issues but it's also normal, and well, by the time a newer Fox infatuates themself with Wymack, she is well over it and the case is closed. she even teases Wymack about the number of recruits who thirst over him over the years (once Wymack is able to treat as a joke too, like, years down the line and he hears other coaches having the same problem and the Foxes having a betting pool on who the next poor fool is. once Nicky overtly makes his objective appreciation known, and there are polls online. etc.)

[adiraofthetals]

Ok, so I will be making an EPIC x Discovery AU with Paul as Odysseus in my free time. But the song 38 aka Odysseus really sings Michael vibes as Odysseus and Leto as Telemachus. So minor edits to the OG Lyrics to fit that (Also I don't have names for the suitors so I just left them as they were). Cut down below cause its going to be long.

[MICHAEL]

For twenty years, I've suffered every punishment and pain

From the wrath of gods and monsters to the screams of comrades slain

I come back and find my palace desecrated, sacked like Troy

Worst of all, I hear you dare to touch my love and hurt my boy

[MICHAEL, spoken]

I have had enough

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael, Michael

Michael, Mic—

[SUITOR #1]

In the heat of battle, at the edge of the unknown

[SUITOR #2]

Somewhere in the shadows lurks an agile, deadly foe

[SUITOR #3]

We have the advantage, we've the numbers and the might

[SUITOR #4, spoken]

No

[SUITOR #4]

You don't understand it, this woman plans for every fight

[An arrow is shot and a SUITOR screams]

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael, Michael

Michael, Michael

[SUITOR #5]

Where is she? Where is she?

[SUITOR #6]

Keep your head down, she's aimin' for the torches

[SUITOR #7]

Our weapons, they're missing!

[SUITOR #8]

She's using the darkness to hide her approaches

[SUITOR #9]

We're empty handed, up against an archer

Our only chance is to strike her in the darkness

[SUITOR #10]

We know these halls, the odds can be tilted

[Michael, spoken]

You don't think I know my own palace? I built it

[More SUITORS are killed, there is screaming and yelling]

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael, Michael

Michael, Michael

[EURYMACHUS]

Old queen, our leader is dead

You've destroyed the serpent's head

Now the rest of us are no longer a threat

Old queen, forgive us instead

So that no more blood is shed

Let's have open arms instead

[EURYMACHUS is shot]

[MICHAEL, spoken]

No

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael, Michael

Michael, Michael

[AMPHINOMUS]

Damn, she's more cunning than I assumed

While we were busy plotting

She hid our weapons inside this room

[MELANTHIUS]

I find it hard to believe that the sharpest of queens

Left her armory unlocked

[AMPHINOMUS]

So what?

Now that we have armed ourselves

Let's make the bastard rot

[MELANTHIUS]

Behind you!

[AMPHINOMUS is stabbed in the back]

[Instrumental Break]

[LETO]

Throw down those weapons

And I ensure you'll be spared

[MELANTHIUS]

After seeing what the queen will do to us

We wouldn't dare

[LETO]

I don't wanna hurt you

But trust me, I've come prepared

[MELANTHIUS]

Ha! Your very presence has doomed the queen, young prince

We don't fight fair

[LETO, spoken]

Stop

[MELANTHIUS]

Siblings, we got company and she's made a grave mistake

Left the weapons room unlocked, and now they're ours to take

Siblings, come and arm yourselves, there's a chance for us to win

We can still defeat the queen if we all attack the prince

[MELANTHIUS, SUITORS, LETO]

Where is he? Where is he?

Capture him, he's our greatest chance

Get off me, get off me

Fight 'til the prince can barely stand

Hold him down, hold him down

Make the queen obey our command

Hold him down, hold him down

'Cause if she won't, I'll break the kid's hands

[MELANTHIUS, spoken]

Got him

[MELANTHIUS is stabbed in the back]

[MELANTHIUS, spoken]

Me-mer—

[MICHAEL, spoken]

Mercy? Mercy?

[MICHAEL]

My mercy has long since drowned

It died to bring me home

And as long as you're around

My family's fate is left unknown

You plotted to kill my son

You planned to rape my husband

All of you are going to die

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael

[MICHAEL, spoken]

You've filled my heart with hate

All of you, who have done me wrong

This will be your fate!

[MICHAEL beheads MELANTHIUS. The remaining SUITORS scream in terror as MICHAEL kills them all]

[ENSEMBLE]

Michael

Michael

[summermoonshine]

Call Of Duty : MWIII - TRAITOR SOAP

Okay, HEAR ME OUT (actually there's no one to hear me out so i'm basically writing this for me myself and my own poor sad soul).

So. Since the release of the trailer, the theory about a traitor Soap has spread, mainly because during the MWIII trailer they used the colour red on the new skin.

[I'll pretend to ignore that the headphones and the keffiyeh are identical to those worn by Ghost - which would open up many other unfortunate scenarios (: the killing of Ghost by Soap who kept the headphones and keffiyeh in memory), see below:

but let's go on for now...]

What if it was more than just the colour red? Le'ts recall that Soap was originally - or maybe purposely - sent by General Shepherd to team up with Ghost, and we know that General Shepherd later teamed up with Graves. So it would make sense that Soap didn't check for Graves' dead body after the explosion in the tank, right? (I mean, they acted like buddies from day 0...)

Also, what if Soap's anger upon the discovery of Graves' betrayal (with his famous line: ''Graves whaTTTCHA FFUCK'') was caused because THEIR secret deal was failing? This would justify why the Shadows took the trouble to search far and wide for Soap on the streets (maybe they were afraid he would spill the tea? huh), despite Graves and all the others being afraid of Ghost (he was, c'mon, who wouldn't be).

Speaking of him, it is interesting to underline how, throughout the duration of the campaign, not only is there a true character development (Ghost went from being a lone wolf to being part of a team; a team that he himself stated and claimed as his - which means the world for a creepy lonely ass like him) but there are also his ''advice'' to guide us through. He, in fact, warns us about betrayals, trust, how ''people you know can hurt you the most'' and that ''you want to be (a) better (man) than me, Johnny''. This makes me wonder: what if Ghost had sensed Soap's betrayal right from the start (or maybe he already knew it, and for this reason his first exclamation is ''Fucking Hell'' when he sees Soap before wheeling up)? Let's remember that OG Ghost was killed by General Shepherd because he trusted him. Now Soap would be doing his same mistakes: What if Ghost's ''advices'' were small clues to try to put Soap back on the right track? Again: what if, finally, Ghost took off his balaclava in front of Los Vaqueros (here's a little note: let's remember what happened with Alejandro's safehouse: they didn't trust Soap. The only one who had the coordinates was Ghost), the TF141 and Soap (who shows a more than satisfied grin after seeing Ghost without it) because it's his (Ghost's) way to settle the accounts and even the things out forever? Ghost already died once, is it now Simon's turn? (actually, i don't believe Ghost will be the one to die this time - i'm in my delulu cloud, let me be).

Lastly, i'd like to pinpoint a thing or two about Price (speaking of deaths...). In the MWIII trailer we see this scene (he's just sleepy yeah right true?!):

but let's focus on his hands:

Which ones are they clinging to? Soap's? No: Gaz. Maybe, MAYBE, he was close to the truth and that was a hint for our lad to beware of something (or maybe, someone...)? Also, where's Ghost? Why did they split? SoapxGhost and PricexGaz were almost standard pairs for MWII.

And that's talking about ''pairs'', that here i stand with my last point: amongst the various interactions and banters between Soap and Ghost during the Alone Mission, there's an interesting question that Soap asks before Ghost gives his impressive quotes about trust (although he tries to divert the answers as much as possible and to be as evasive as possible on his ideas regarding the others - later revealed during the missions, such as the arrival of Price and Gaz and the news that Laswell is still on their side which leads Ghost to say that she's ''still as solid as a rock'': so he KNOWS who to ''trust'', but he refused to admit it to Soap by choice). Soap, on the other hand, does not. That's why he asks: ''What about Captain Price?'' (read: can I trust him?). One of the answer is: ''I trust the Captain'', the other one: ''I don't trust anyone right now, even Price". Maybe, and just MAYBE, they were just already showing us some nuances of Soap's character but we didn't notice it? At least... not yet?

(Credits for the pics and gif to: @sleepyconfusedpotato @mctvsh Please, give me the credits if ya repost it, 🌱)