#the strongest beast ;; klaus

[biblenewsprophecy]

[savagevillain]

Allowing Katerina the grace of unconsciousness had not been a kindness, only a convenience to make everything so smoother. His brother speaking of it only serves to make him more suspicious, eyes narrowing until resembling slits as his calculation ticks away in his mind. Is Elijah attempting to appeal to him in some way, to transform Klaus' actions to be one of mercy? The joke is on his brother if he believes he holds any sort of mercy ( Mercy is for the weak, Niklaus ). But the pointed remark that follows wipes away that sentiment. Oh no, Elijah is not pretending this has not occurred as it has. Ah, give it a decade or two and his big brother will sweep it under the rug as always, always in the name of peace in the family; a pathetic unity that does not exist.

It hardly matters to him, now. He's stronger than he's ever been, the strongest creature in the world ( stronger than the monster who hunts him ). If his family cannot accept him, it doesn't matter to him now, or so he tells himself. He doesn't need their approval, nor their permission, to be who he is, whatever that is. Even so, there's a smidge of satisfaction in the sincere congratulations; however Elijah may have disapproved of his methods, he trusts that he is ( marginally ) content that the chase for his own redemption is over. Elijah's aid to their parents pinning him to that cross rests between them still, however unspoken.

In spite of that, it seems his brother is determined to be on his bad side, never a pleasant place for anyone. ❛ Why should I waste my time digging up a body I know is not there? ❜ The words are a growl, deeper than he's ever been capable; the beast is free now, hungering for. ❛ I would have trusted you at least ensured that the doppelganger was disposed of properly, Elijah. ❜ He points a finger at his brother, the façade of a dagger that can so easily be brandished. A few dangerous steps forward. ❛ She was a means to an end — and you were unbearably foolish to get attached to the pretty face. ❜ She was not Tatia.  ❛ Where is she? Who did you grant the duty that you were too weak to endure? ❜

        elijah grimaced at his brother’s choice of words. 'splatter her across the alter'… niklaus was once again very direct in his description of scenery and didn’t even bother to gloss over something. in fact, katerina's neck looked like she had been mauled – it was a horrible sight and one he won't forget (it was something that looked so fundamentally wrong and he felt incredibly guilty as if it has been his fault).

        "perhaps there's no way to die in dignity but at least there's a way to rest in dignity." and with a little pause, elijah added: "i am relieved that you have granted her the mercy of not witnessing her death." he's tempted to say that he's grateful that katerina didn't die screaming in agony and instead was unconscious during the sacrifice but he decided against it. katerina had followed them so trusting and in good faith to bulgaria, had been excited and yet somehow nervous about returning home – even if the real reason for her nervousness remained unknown to elijah. she seemed to have entirely bought niklaus' cruel game despite having had doubts in between.

        once niklaus was completely dressed, elijah turned around to face him, an eyebrow raised in question. it never sat right with him that niklaus pretended to love her. it was needlessly cruel to play with her like that especially because elijah knew katerina was a romantic person at heart and desired true love. "i doubt you feel remorse canceling the countless preparations you set up in order to fool her." no more wedding preparations that won't happen, no flowers, no more witnessing his brother's (successful) attempts of wooing her.

        elijah stepped closer and laid his hand on niklaus' shoulder. "you're finally free. free from the curse and free from the doppelgänger we all searched for the past couple of centuries. i think a congratulation is in order." elijah's lips lifted into a smile that was a genuine one. his debt to his brother – which he had imposed on himself – was paid. in addition, katerina will no longer be a concern, their fates are no longer interwoven.

        then, however, niklaus' mood suddenly seemed to shift and elijah let his hand drop from his brother's shoulder, a bit horrified by his deposition. "please don't tell me you intend to dig her up." not only was it extremely morbid, it would also reveal the untold lie. elijah never confirmed she was actually in the grave that's supposed to be hers.

        "if you ask me if i personally threw her in that hole, no, i didn’t." once again, his words are carefully chosen, because he implied that someone else could have done it. "i dug and prepared everything, made sure they were deep enough so no one could easily reveal what happened here. but don’t expect me to throw her into this hole myself and shovel earth over her."

        none of his words was a lie and to be frank, he isn't sure if he could have done it, even if he was sure that she was dead. she deserved more than a nameless grave in a secluded clearing. || @savagevillain

[l-r-christian]

Title: 'Beauty and her beast' part five

Warnings: Angst, Protective!Elijah, Fluff, Hope being the hero, Klaus being Klaus, Elijah is done with everyone's shit

Pairing: Elijah Mikaelson x Human!Reader, Past!Haylijah

Tag list: @casedoina @cleverzonkwombatsludge @bywie @koreofkore @slytherinlyn16 @ziayamikaelson @teenagedirtbag087 @jesslanza @champomiel

A/N: I had done a lot writing this part, I started and couldn't stop so this one is pretty long

Part one - part two - part three - part four - part six

Icelandic translation:

Litli prinsinn minn, pabbi er hér - My little prince, father is here

Fyrirgefou mér, Elía - Forgive me, Elijah

Ég get ekki, Klaus - I can not Klaus

Drottning mín, pao er öruggt - My Queen, it is safe

Ástin - My darling

Svo sætt barn. Faoir elskar pig - Such a cute baby. Father loves you

Elskan - My love

Hope, Lizzie and Josie were packing, getting things ready to do a spell after spending so much time looking though all the grimoires and books in Freya's room. Declan stopped by raising an eyebrow seeing the girls whispering while packing, the human had been trying to get to know Hope but the tri-brid made it hard for him.

"What are you girls up too?"

"School project." Was all Hope said before leaving with the twins as Declan sighed watching the girls leave wishing Hope would just give him a chance. Hope knew her father and Freya would be upset with what she was about to do but she wanted her uncle even if it meant channeling two of the strongest witches.

Elijah walked down a hallway carrying a sleeping Emilio with Marcel following behind as they were meeting with what was left of the Strix. Elijah no longer trusted Klaus as the vampires were surprised to see their Sire walk in with a baby in his arms. Elijah handed Emilio off to Marcel then took a look at what was left of his Sired line buttoning his suit jacket. Marcel knew he should stop Elijah but he knew how Elijah felt and was very willing to help with whatever the Original needed.

"You all must be wondering why I would call you here. As it stands you are without two of your leaders, one of which I dropped in the ocean. I am bringing the Strix back as protection for my son, Emilio, your little Prince and I know you wish for Klaus Mikaelson to pay. I am here to help with just that."

The Strix looked at one another whispering wondering why their Sired was going against his brother. But if Elijah Mikaelson needed them, then who were they to disagree.

"We are going to channel your crazy great aunt and grandmother?" Lizzie asked as they walked to where both Esther and Dahlia was killed.

"They are the only connection to magic we have. They have the power we need to do the spell." Hope says as they linked hands ready to chant. Both Dahlia and Esther were surprised to see Hope and the twins.

"We need your help."

Klaus was angry when he learned Elijah brought the Strix together and got the witches magic they could channel as now the Nine covens were more willing to help Elijah than Klaus. Declan walked into the Abattoir looking for Hayley as early that morning Elijah stopped by the bar wanting to meet Declan.

"Ah Declan. What brings you by?"

"Hayley's ex showed up at the bar giving me this." Declan says handing a note to Klaus watching the hybrid glare before leaving a confused human behind.

Elijah smiled watching Emilio fall asleep in his baby swing as the vampire did his work when his study was slammed open showing an angry Klaus as a panicked vampire followed after her heels clicking against the hard wood.

"I'm sorry my Lord but he just came barreling in."

"It is fine Eliza. Have Edward and Andrew on stand by." Elijah tells the female vampire as his eyes looked down at Emilio who was still sleeping unbother by Klaus. The hybrid growled glaring at Elijah slamming the note on his older brother's desk.

"You daggered Rebekah. Where is she?"

"I did and I will not tell you." Elijah said leaning back in his chair calmly looking at Klaus.

"How dare you."

"I only daggered Rebekah to keep her out of the way. Out of my love for her and for Marcel, so I daggered her." Elijah said calmly as Klaus's eyes darken growling lowly leaning forward.

"I will not stand for this 'Lijah. Once I find Rebekah, I will dagger you for as long as I see fit. Poor Emilio will lose ano...." It happened in a blink of an eye as Elijah pinned Klaus to a wall by his thoat.

"Touch a hair on my son's head Klaus. I will give you a reason to fear me, you took my soul link. Do not give me more of a reason to kill you." Elijah said lowly making a shiver run down Klaus's back as Elijah let go of Klaus's thoat hearing Emilio letting out a cry.

"Shhh litli prinsinn minn, pabbi er hér." Elijah cooed softly lifting Emilio up who stopped crying hearing the soothing Icelandic words fall from Elijah's lips. Klaus was surprised as he hadn't heard Elijah speak Icelandic in so long. Klaus watched seeing how soft Elijah had became holding his son.

"Fyrirgefou mér, Elía."

"Èg get ekkí, Klaus."

Hope, Lizzie and Josie stood with a sheet over some bones in the middle of their little circle as Dahila and stood by allowing the witches to channel their magic. The wind picked up as they began chanting as the Ancestors added to the magic, the lit candles burned brighter as the girl's chanting got louder the magic was strong as there was a burst of it.

"Did it work?" Lizzie asked her voice shaky as Josie moved down next to her while they stared at the sheet and Hope frowned believing it didn't work. There was a loud gasp of air making the girl's look at the sheet seeing Y/N sit up panicking as she looked at around. There was a buzz of magic in the air as Lizzie and Josie moved to help the older woman.

"You did it little one but there is a price."

"What is it?" Hope asked Dahila worried as all Hope wanted was for her uncle to return home and to have his love back.

"She'll have to give up her human life. To re-link them as the Ancestors want the soul link re-lit, Elijah will have to turn her and it has to be his blood that does it." Esther answered as Hope looked to her future aunt knowing her uncle wouldn't care as long as he had the love of his life back.

"I am sure uncle 'Lijah would have no problem with it."

Hayley noticed Hope and the twins were hiding something as the three were whispering about big romantic surprises and Elijah which confused the hybrid. Hayley knew how angry Elijah was as the Strix were back and Rebekah being daggered and hid away so the idea of him seeing someone upsetted her as she was still holding out that Elijah would fall back in love with her.

"Hope, honey what are you three up to?"

"Don't worry about it mom." Hope said dragging Lizzie and Josie away to Vincent's place and Hayley frowned heading for Klaus and Freya hoping they knew what Hope was up to.

"So Elijah has to turn me or I'll die again?" Y/N asked Vincent as the girls helped her get ready to see Elijah again which made her excited and nervous to see her son.

"Yes but you won't be full vampire just linked to Elijah. He has to die in order for you to die, this is going to be a true and pure soul link." Vincent tells Y/N as there was a knock and the girls quickly hid as Vincent open the door letting Elijah in.

"What was so important?"

"This." Vincent says leading Elijah to the livingroom where Y/N stood dressed in white makeup done naturally hair down as she smiled at Elijah who was in shock before rushing to her. Y/N squealed as Elijah lifted her up burying his face in her neck taking in her scent before letting out a sob falling to his knees burying his face into her abdomen.

"Shhh Eli, I'm here. It's okay." Y/N says cupping Elijah's face close to tears watching him stand up cupping her cheek his forehead against hers smiling when she kissed his nose.

"I never felt such pain before when I lost you."

"I am here now thanks to Hope." Y/N tells Elijah as he pulled away surprised and looking to see Hope and the twins pulling the three into a hug.

"Always surprising me, little ones."

"I wanted you to be happy....to come home."

Elijah had brought Y/N home after dinner with his nieces, Elijah tucked a stran of hair behind Y/N's ear before biting into his wrist holding up to her mouth. Y/N looked at Elijah and drank from him then things got dark as he caught Y/N taking her to the bedroom as there was a flow of magic their soul link re-tieing them.

"Elijah?" Y/N whimpered as Elijah moving over Y/N needing to feel her again as she reached up cupping his face pulling him down to kiss him as soon there was a blur of skin on skin with low moans and groans filling the air.

The Nine covens felt the out pour of magic and Freya was still having trouble trying to find Rebekah. Hayley came in with Klaus both looking troubled and Freya was about to ask what was wrong when she felt the out pour of magic.

"Hope is hiding something and the witches seem over joy about something."

"Elijah some how re-linked his soul link." Freya whispered making Klaus growl lowly as he left for Elijah while Hayley frowned still upset that Hope hiding something.

"I love him already." Y/N said softly holding Emilio as she sat in a rocking chair a little sore as Elijah had been a little too rough but he showered her with affection the next morning.

"And I love you both." Elijah says kissing Y/N's neck as she fed Emilio who's little hand was wrapped around his mother's finger as she held a bottle. There was a crash and Elijah stood protectively infront of Y/N and Emilio seeing Klaus come into the room mouth bloody from fighting a few Strix.

"You brought her back. I am surprised Elijah, you have been on set on betraying our family for this so call little family of yours."

"I betrayed no one Klaus. I suggest you leave, I have became more comfortable with my beast." Elijah said lowly eyes dark trained on Klaus as Y/N held Emilio close hearing Elijah growled lowly when Klaus stepped forward.

"Really Elijah? All because of her and her son? What of our family?"

"As always Klaus, you destroyed our family when you killed my soul link." Elijah said glaring at Klaus making sure Y/N stayed behind him as Elijah was making sure she stayed safe. It happen in a blur Elijah had thrown Klaus out of the room and the sound of growling and crashing reached Y/N's ears as she moved to close the bedroom door locking it.

"Drottning mín, pao er öruggt." Elijah's smooth tone reached Y/N's ears as Y/N breathed a sigh of relief. Y/N gasped when she locked the door opening it to see Elijah, his suit was torn and there was blood and bruises that was healing. Elijah smiled kissing his soul link's head then his son's having Y/N follow him to the bedroom.

"Settle in bed with Emilio, I need to clean up."

"Okay.....are you sure about this?" Y/N asked as suddenly Elijah was infront of her cleaned and wearing only pajama pants as he cupped her cheek smiling gently.

"I am. You are the most important thing to me now, both you and Emilio are my world and if Klaus can not see that then he is no brother of mine." Elijah whispered looking at Y/N and kissed Emilio's head again as the boy whined settling against his mother.

"Okay Eli. I love you."

"And I love you, ástin."

Finn and Kol were surprised to see Y/N alive as Elijah explained what happen and much like Elijah agreed to keep it from Klaus, that Hope and the twins brought the woman back. The Strix stood by and more alert learning from Elijah what happen the other night and Y/N gotten use to her new found shadows.

"How dare you go behind me and do this Hope!"

"You murdered uncle 'Lijah's soul link! I wanted him to come home!" Hope screamed back at her father as Freya and Hayley stood by worried along with Caroline. A vampire had told Klaus what Hope had done and of course Klaus was angry that his littlest wolf would do such a thing.

"That woman is not family Hope! She will never be family."

"Oh like how I was. Because you accepted me so easily?!" Hope said making Klaus freeze along with Hayley as both agreed that Hope would never learn of what happen before her birth.

"Who told you?"

"Uncle 'Lijah. He told me everything because I wanted to know and unlike you, he didn't lie to me. If uncle 'Lijah can't come home then I'll go live with him!" Hope shouted hitting Klaus in the heart making it shatter and Klaus moved to stop his daughter.

"You will not." Klaus growled only to stop when it suddenly got cold and the wind picked up as Hope's eyes were dark.

"I don't think you understand that I don't have to listen to you if I don't want to." Hope said coldly leaving to pack a bag as Hayley frown moving to try and reason with her daughter as Freya comfort Klaus. Klaus's worst fear was coming true his daughter was turning away from him and it was Elijah's fault.

Elijah was surprised to see his nieces on his door step and let the girls in as he wasn't surprised that Lizzie and Josie followed Hope since the three were always together.

"Do I dare ask?"

"Dad won't accept aunt Y/N so I left." Hope said as Elijah's heart warmed hearing Hope call Y/N aunt then looked at the twins with a raised eyebrow.

"Mom agrees with step-father so me and Lizzie followed Hope as it isn't fair to you uncle Elijah." Josie says pulling a chuckle from the older Mikaelson.

"You girls shouldn't place yourselves in our mess."

"Uncle 'Lijah, you fought for me and we wanted to fight for you."

"Spoken like a true Mikaelson, my little witches." Elijah said his heart over flowing with love for his nieces as he hugged them getting giggles from them.

"Let's get you girls settled."

Caroline was angry as her daughters followed Hope which shouldn't have been surprising. Stefan pointed out to his wife and husband that this wouldn't have happen if Klaus didn't have Freya undo Elijah's soul link which got the vampire in the dog house.

"My brother has gone too far."

Or maybe Elijah didn't and you are being an ass." Kol's voice reached his older siblings and Hayley's ears as they turned to see Kol leaning against the door frame smirking. Kol had been bonding with Y/N and his nephew, helping the human get use to her new found super senses while Davina was checking on the soul link.

"What do you want Kol? You chose to go against our family."

"Getting a few of Hope's things and I hadn't Nik. Look I get it you are upset with Elijah for picking his soul link but isn't a little unfair for you to make Elijah leave her after all we have our own soul links."

"Elijah was happy with Hayley until those witches open his red door and that woman came along." Freya said angry as Kol sighed knowing they'll hate it but he has to tell them the truth. Kol looked at Hayley seeing her glare at him the looked back at his siblings.

"No Elijah wasn't. I am sure there was a time Elijah loved Hayley but when we all found our own soul links. Freya with Keelin, Nik, you got Forbes and Salvatore, Rebekah and Marcel. I have Davina and Finn finding his soul link in that little therapist. So tell me would you be happy with knowing your siblings had what you didn't?"

"Then he should have waited for her. Hayley is his love not this human!" Klaus said as Kol rolled his eyes annoyed.

"Nik for fuck sake! Elijah thought he was broken. His soul link cut off by that damn red door of his, hiding his true nature! Our brother had suffered in silence because Elijah always put us first. You say Elijah is the best of us and when he finally has a chance to be happy, truly happy....you take it away."

"Kol..."

"No Freya. You don't know how much Nik has took from us while the rest of us lashed back. Elijah took it, yes Elijah would get angry yet he always put his faith in him and I never understood why because Nik never deserved it."

"Svo sætt barn. Faoir elskar pig." Elijah says bouncing Emilio who stood in his father's lap as Y/N was in bed feeling tired and feeling a bit sick. It worried Elijah so he called Vincent while Finn helped, Elijah looked seeing Hayley step into his office with Eliza showing her in.

"Never heard you speak Icelandic before." Hayley said breaking the ice as Elijah held Emilio close as the boy felt the need to cling to his father.

"Emilio finds it soothing so I speak it when I can." Elijah says watching Hayley closely as Emilio began to fall asleep going limp in his father's arms much like his mother when Elijah would hold her. Hayley chewed on her lip scared of the answer to the question she was going to ask.

"Were you ever happy when we were together?"

"At the beginning yes but seeing how my siblings were happy with their soul links. I gave up and just settled for you. I apologize for the pain I cause you, Hayley but being with Y/N....I can't explain it." Elijah answered when Vincent came in surprised to see the hybrid but looked to Elijah who raised an eyebrow seeing the smirk on the witch's face.

"It seems Emilio won't be the only baby in your life."

"She is pregnant?" Hayley asked shocked looking at Elijah who smiled while Vincent left to check on Y/N. Hayley chewed her bottom lip feeling guilty seeing how happy he was.

"It seems so."

"How are the girls?"

""Good. They are smart, powerful witches. Hope takes after you." Elijah tells Hayley standing holding Emilio close stepping out of his office and Hayley following stopping when Elijah paused.

"Elijah when will you undagger Rebekah?"

"I never did daggered her." Elijah said walking as Hayley stood in shock quickly following Elijah as he hand Emilio to Finn who was heading to check in on Y/N. Hayley followed Elijah down to a nice room fit for Rebekah taste who sat in a chair glaring at Elijah.

"Are you going to finally let me out?"

"No, this little war Klaus has thrown has yet to stop." Elijah answered Rebekah as Hayley was surprised still. Elijah had Marcel bring Rebekah down to the bedroom and lied to Klaus about daggering their sister.

"So having another bastared with that harlot?"

"Rebekah, please don't be rude." Elijah said lowly warning his sister as Hayley watched Elijah open a window to let the cool breeze in. Rebekah huffed angry still with Elijah when Eliza came down.

"Sir? Klaus is here to speak with you."

"I'll be there in a moment. It seems Klaus might be ready for peace talks."

[salvador-daley]

Chained ⛓ NEW CHAPTER

A Klaus Hargreeves murder mystery

A/N: I’m still chipping away at this one! I think there are about 10-12 chapters left, so the end is in sight! Thank you to everyone who has stayed with it - your support means so much to me. I know I’m crap at replying to comments, but I need you to know that I’ve read each and every one a million times and I appreciate every word of encouragement. Your comments keep the writer’s block beast at bay! 😘😘

CW: It’s a murder mystery, so there’s gunsta be murder stuff. Read the tags, ficfans.

Snippet from Chapter 25: Dumpster

They’ve been searching the scene of the accident for about an hour now with no luck. Klaus is struggling to give up the search, even though he knows it’s futile, but Ben gave up long ago. If the phone fell out of his pocket, it was probably stolen. And if it wasn’t, it was probably run over by a truck or a passing car in the hours after the crash.

Still, it’s Klaus’ only lifeline - his only proof that Tilda was having an affair with Gary and that she had the strongest motive to kill him. He can’t give up that easily.

“Klaus, it’s not here. This is stupid,” says Ben, drawing the syllables out into a frustrated groan.

“If you’re not going to help, can you at least shut up?”

Klaus scrambles over the side of a nearby dumpster and sticks the top half of his body inside. It smells like death. Rotting fish and decomposing filth. He tears into one of the bags and gags on the intensifying odour.

“Klaus? Is that you?”

That’s not Ben. That’s a female voice. Familiar and gentle, punctuated with a probing inflection at the end. The way she says his name sends a familiar tingle through the base of his skull.

“Sarah?” He jumps down from the dumpster. She looks as perfectly put-together as always: a long wool coat in a dangerously light grey, her silky blonde bob reflecting the last of the late afternoon light, knee-high leather boots that look as difficult to walk in as they look expensive. Klaus looks down at his My Little Pony t-shirt, now grubby from the dumpster, and attempts to dust himself off. “What are you doing here?”

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[thealmightyemprex]

Top 10 Faerie Tale Theatre episodes

I love this silly anthology series .Created by Shelley Duvall ,this 27 episode series adapts classic fairy tales ,some serious but often with a tongue and cheek sense of humor .They are also jam packed with celebritiesand even a few big name directors . Now I am going to talk about my 10 favorites,but keep in mind this is just my oppinion

10.Princess and the Pea

This is basicallly a romantic comedy in Fairy Tale disguise.I was reallly impressed by the performances and chemistry between Liza Minnelli and Tom Conti , and loved Beatric Straight (Who I know mainly for Poltergeist ) in a comedic role

9.The Pied Piper of Hamlin

Directed by Nicholas Meyer (Known to me for directing Time After Time and Star Trek's 2 and 6 ) ,this is possibly the darkest episode in the series .Eric Idle plays against type as the titular Piper ,delivering a honestly unsettling performance

8. Cinderella

Iwont lie this one has some filler....But the humor and performances make it for me .Jennifer Beals is a perfect Cinderella , MAtthew Broderick is a charming prince ,Eve Arden is great passive aggressive Stepmother , and Jean Stapleton might be the best Fairy Godmother I have ever seen (So much southern aunt energy ) .Night my favorite adaptation of Cinderella but its a good one

7.Hansel and Gretel

While Pied Piper is the darkest episode this is a cloase second and easily the scariest ,due to an effectively terrifying duel performance by Joan Collins as the abusive stepmother and as the child eating witch

6. Rip Van Winkle

I have seen some call this one of the weakest episodes ,but I love this one .It has a perfect performance by Harry Dean Stanton as Rip (Like this is perfectly casted ).It is also directed by Francis Ford Coppola (Yes,THAT Coppola ) ,and the purposeful artificiality and theatricality in this episode REALLY reminds me of his adaptation of Dracula .Coppolas stylistic direction reallly make this one of my favorites

5.Sleeping Beauty

A rather comedic take on the classic fairy tale and with one of the strongest casts in the show ,including Christopher Reeve PERFECTLY cast as the Prince ,the always magnificent Bernadette Peters as the titular role ,Beverly D'Angelo hamming it up as the Evil Fairy ,George Dzundra as a humorus narrator,and the always reliable Rene Auberjonois is quite comical as the king .(Also fun duel casting with Peters as a not so nice Princess and Reeves as a not so nice prince )

4.Little Red Riding Hood

An expansion of the classic Fairy Tale that reallly works .It's got a sense of humor , Mary Steenburgen is a great Little Red , I love its atmosphere ,but the best part of this episode is Malcolm McDowell as the Wolf .It is such a fun performance from him I HAVE to reccomend this episode

3 .Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp

First episode I ever saw and still one of my favorites .Directed by Tim Burton ,you can reallly feel his influence on this episode (Especiallly in the Cave scene and in all the Sultans wacky contraptions ) .IT als has two strong performances by two Sci Fi veterens ,Leonard Nimoy as the evil Magician and James Earl Jones not only providing narration ,but playing TWO Genies,the subdued Genie of the Ring and the bombastic and comically menacing Genie of the Lamp (In fact the Genie of the Lamp is one of my favorite performances by Jones ) .....Not how I expected a Star Trek and Star Wars crossover to go but its a good one :D

2.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Just a solid adaptation,one of the best I have seen of Snow White .Solid performances (Particularly by Tony Cox and Vincent Price ) and hands down the BEST Villain in the series ,with Vanessa Redgrave being legitmately menacing as the Queen

1.The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers

Yeah the title is way too long but this episode is great .It is a legitimately funny horror comedy (And I LOVE Horror Comedy ) with a MAGNIFICENT CAST ,With the great Peter Mcnicol as the lead ,the fantastic Christopher Lee as the antagonist ,narrated by the phenominal Vincent Price ,and with supporting performances by Dana Hill , David Warner ,Jeff Corey and FRANK ZAPPA of all people. This episode is so much fun I had to make it number one

Honorbule Mentions

Beauty and the Beast (Susan Sarrandon,Klaus Kinski ,and Anjelica Huston )

Thumbelina (CArrie Fisher,William Katt and Burgess Meredith )

Three Little Pigs (Billy Chrystal ,Fred Willard,Stephen Furst and Jeff Goldblum )

Repunzel (Shelley Duvall ,Jeff Bridges ,Gina Rowlands and Roddy McDowell )

The Emperors New Clothes (Dick Shawn, Art Carney and Alan Arkin )

@ariel-seagull-wings @princesssarisa @metropolitan-mutant-of-ark @filmcityworld1 @sunlit-music @marquisedemasque

[angelicamerlinbarnes]

TUA DISNEY AUs: Snow White (Pt. VII)

(please understand that by AU, I mean they share an incredibly small amount of things in common with the original source material which I barely remember BUT the “story” takes place in the setting of the film) (not to be misleading or anything :p)

(BEWARE: abuse?, curses (like the magicky kind not the R-rated movie kind), attempted murder, etc.)

(If you can handle watching Umbrella Academy, this will be fine for you.)

(Snow White) Lila hates her mother. Like, hates her. But as much as she’s fantasized about killing her, she can’t. Not quite yet. Because Lila doesn’t want her throne unless she can have Eudora by her side - and Eudora thinks killing people is wrong. Ugh, such a prude.

(Prince Florian) Eudora visits Lila every day in the garden. Their love affair is torrid and exciting, and Eudora has half a mind to ask Lila to run away with her. But she would, and the people here would be left desolate under the queen’s rule. Eudora can’t have that.

(Evil Queen) The Handler just wants her bitch of a daughter to die. Lila can’t be the purest evil on the earth, that’s the Handler! She’s the most evil! And the most beautiful, if she may say so herself. But no matter. She’ll just curse Lila away somehow - after all, she did that to the seven royal children of her late husband Reginald (ugh) and his beautiful wife Grace (even ugh-er), and nobody’s even noticed they’re gone. (Okay, fine, yes, it’s because of memory magic.) So sending Lila off with the same sort of goodbye really shouldn’t be too hard.

(Seven Dwarves) The Hargreeves are known as the “children of all” in legend. Luther, the strongest of all; Diego, the bravest of all; Allison, the cleverest of all; Klaus, the fairest of all; Five, the coldest of all; Ben, the kindest of all; and Vanya, the calmest of all. They were known to be extraordinarily talented when they were royal, and have not lost those powers, but have been cursed to live in the woods alone, banished by the Handler. She cursed them to lose their most precious traits: Luther is suddenly weak and frail, Diego is scared of goddamn everything, Allison is dumb as a post, Klaus is the ugliest damn thing you’ve ever seen, Five is so easily hurt by words none of them speak around him, Ben is cruel and vicious, and Vanya panics almost once every hour. They live in misery, but at least they live together.

(Huntsman) Hazel let the Hargreeves siblings go. He lets Lila go too. He’s got a wife waiting for him in the woods - a lovely baker named Agnes. She helps take care of the Hargreeves children with a little help from Hazel and Cha-Cha, Hazel’s partner.

The day Lila shows up, cursed to always tell the truth since she’s always been such a good liar, the Hargreeves start to find themselves in perilous situations. Cha-Cha keeps trying to kill Five and Klaus for some dumb reason. Diego fights constantly with Lila and Eudora, who’s come to the woods to try and break Lila’s curse and banishment. Vanya injures herself outside one day and is taken in by a herbalist Sissy, who’s exceedingly kind and yet terrified of the beast Carl who lives in the cave nearby and comes for Sissy’s son Harlan every night. Allison meets Ray, the chief leader of the wood nymphs, and becomes torn between him and Luther. Finally, Ben is struck down as a martyr in the kingdom’s revolution, but his curse breaks with his death and he is once again the kind brother they all knew before (with the help of Klaus’ powers, of course).

In the end, Vanya stays in the woods with Sissy, and Luther and Allison stay in the woods with Ray. Lila realizes she doesn’t want to be queen and marries Eudora in an extravagant wedding made for a princess, then books it with her new wife to be a pirate near the newly discovered isles. Diego becomes king in her place and finally marries Klaus, who takes great delight out of arranging all the parties and balls as “queen”. Five holes up in the castle and learns all kinds of magic, both light and dark, in the pursuit of knowledge and protecting his siblings. Ben wanders the castle with Klaus and goes down to the dungeons once a week to make fun of the Handler in her rusty shackles and dirty night dress. Life is good.

[ao3feed-jily]

World of Magecraft

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by horus1251

Summary: After living a life of mediocrity and Manipulation Harry Dies but Death bans Harry Potter to Limbo. Now Harry must deal with an afterlife tailor to see his faults. If he succeeds he would be given a gift the dead has always desired. Another chance at Life. Time Travel. Alternate dimension.

Words: 1788, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics), Shadowhunters (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

Characters: Harry Potter, Charlus Potter, Fleamont Potter, James Potter, Dorea Potter, Klaus Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Elijah Mikaelson, Finn Mikaelson, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, John Constantine, Angel, Buffy Summers, Miley Greengrass, Amelia Bones, Isabella Dante, OFC, Arthur Weasley, Frank Longbottom, Narcissa Malfoy, Tom Riddle, Lucius Malfoy, Jefferson Thomason, Seamus Lancaster, Stefan Salvatore, Caroline Forbes, Willow, Spike, Giles, Merlin ( Harry Potters), 12 Gods, 12 Titans

Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter/ Narcissa Black/ Amelia Bones/ Marlene McKinnon/ Miley Greengrass/ Isabella Dante/, Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Severus Snape, Alice Longbottom/Frank Longbottom, Charlus Potter / Dorea Potter

Additional Tags: Earth 1 is destroyed, Evil Albus Dumbledore, Helpful Goblins, Pureblood Harry Potter, Harry gets reborn before James Potter, Harry is reborn as the First born 4 years before James, In this world Magic and Blood decides what lines you can claim, Lily Potter was a squib Born, Lord of 4 Houses, Albus has too much political power to be removed from power, Can be limited, Chief Warlock power not defined, Harry defines them, Evil Voldemort, Tom Riddle is Not Voldemort, Voldemort is Tom Riddle's Twin, Gringotts is a nation, Dumbledore has Demons and Monsters working for him as does Voldemort, Sirius Black was a Shadowhunters, Shadowhunters are hunters and Assassins, They kill Monsters and Demons, Shadowhunters are an order with power equal to ICW, ICW has the power to build armies, ICW can interfere with any Ministry, Can order trials, Remove and Change Ministries law, And Promote and Demote Houses up to Most Ancient and Most Noble, Honorable and Grand Houses are above them, Only House Pendragon is a higher house, They are Most Royal houses, Aiblon is the British Empire at their strongest, Albus Dumbledore made a deal with hell, James Potter was a bully, Severus Snape was a bully, Bitter Severus Snape, Gringotts has power equal to ICW, In terms of Houses, Money, Wills and Inheritence, Gringotts has an army, Gringotts offer 20 services beside Vault keeping, Account Managing, Cursebreaking, Healing, Forging, Harry has to start magical, Mafia- like Group, Dark Lord Harry Potter, James Potter was whipped, Lily didn't trust Dumbledore, Left a trunk, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Tom Riddle and the Potters were friends, Narcissa is a slut, Harem, Minvera is Dumbledore's Bitch, Filtus Flitwick is good man, completely non canon, Both want power, But Gods want to bring Peace, Order and Justice to the world by, Guiding, Titans Corruption, Death, Slavery, Hell, By Conquering, They gain power through worlds, Earth is the center, Conquering it sends shockwaves of power to winner, The Gods of different religions are actually one god, Zeus is Jupiter, Odin - Freeform, Etc the God of Sky, Thunder - Freeform, Justice, Order, Wisdom, Honor, Poseidon is Thor, Njord - Freeform, Neptune, etc - Freeform, God of Seas, flood - Freeform, Droughts, Horses, Storms, Earthquakes, Hades - Freeform, God of Judgement, Richness, Thanatos is Death, God of Death, and Guiding Dead, Athena is Minvera, Goddess of War, craft, Ares is the god of Chaos Warfare and Rage, Aphrodite is Goddess of Love, Marriage, Lust, Beauty - Freeform, sexually, she is also Hera wife of Zeus, Demeter - freeform, Goddess of Earth and Nature, Hermes God of Trade, Messengers, thieves, and Speed, apollo - Freeform, god of light, Sun and Archery, The others are the same, This universe was formed by Order and Chaos, From 10 verses destroyed, When a verse dies it leaves energy, Called Void energy, Assassin Creed type order, Shadowhunters is the creed

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[ao3feed-snape]

World of Magecraft

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/3B3H9uN

by horus1251

Summary: After living a life of mediocrity and Manipulation Harry Dies but Death bans Harry Potter to Limbo. Now Harry must deal with an afterlife tailor to see his faults. If he succeeds he would be given a gift the dead has always desired. Another chance at Life. Time Travel. Alternate dimension.

Words: 1788, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Constantine: The Hellblazer (Comics), Shadowhunters (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

Characters: Harry Potter, Charlus Potter, Fleamont Potter, James Potter, Dorea Potter, Klaus Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Elijah Mikaelson, Finn Mikaelson, Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, John Constantine, Angel, Buffy Summers, Miley Greengrass, Amelia Bones, Isabella Dante, OFC, Arthur Weasley, Frank Longbottom, Narcissa Malfoy, Tom Riddle, Lucius Malfoy, Jefferson Thomason, Seamus Lancaster, Stefan Salvatore, Caroline Forbes, Willow, Spike, Giles, Merlin ( Harry Potters), 12 Gods, 12 Titans

Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter/ Narcissa Black/ Amelia Bones/ Marlene McKinnon/ Miley Greengrass/ Isabella Dante/, Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Severus Snape, Alice Longbottom/Frank Longbottom, Charlus Potter / Dorea Potter

Additional Tags: Earth 1 is destroyed, Evil Albus Dumbledore, Helpful Goblins, Pureblood Harry Potter, Harry gets reborn before James Potter, Harry is reborn as the First born 4 years before James, In this world Magic and Blood decides what lines you can claim, Lily Potter was a squib Born, Lord of 4 Houses, Albus has too much political power to be removed from power, Can be limited, Chief Warlock power not defined, Harry defines them, Evil Voldemort, Tom Riddle is Not Voldemort, Voldemort is Tom Riddle's Twin, Gringotts is a nation, Dumbledore has Demons and Monsters working for him as does Voldemort, Sirius Black was a Shadowhunters, Shadowhunters are hunters and Assassins, They kill Monsters and Demons, Shadowhunters are an order with power equal to ICW, ICW has the power to build armies, ICW can interfere with any Ministry, Can order trials, Remove and Change Ministries law, And Promote and Demote Houses up to Most Ancient and Most Noble, Honorable and Grand Houses are above them, Only House Pendragon is a higher house, They are Most Royal houses, Aiblon is the British Empire at their strongest, Albus Dumbledore made a deal with hell, James Potter was a bully, Severus Snape was a bully, Bitter Severus Snape, Gringotts has power equal to ICW, In terms of Houses, Money, Wills and Inheritence, Gringotts has an army, Gringotts offer 20 services beside Vault keeping, Account Managing, Cursebreaking, Healing, Forging, Harry has to start magical, Mafia- like Group, Dark Lord Harry Potter, James Potter was whipped, Lily didn't trust Dumbledore, Left a trunk, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Tom Riddle and the Potters were friends, Narcissa is a slut, Harem, Minvera is Dumbledore's Bitch, Filtus Flitwick is good man, completely non canon, Both want power, But Gods want to bring Peace, Order and Justice to the world by, Guiding, Titans Corruption, Death, Slavery, Hell, By Conquering, They gain power through worlds, Earth is the center, Conquering it sends shockwaves of power to winner, The Gods of different religions are actually one god, Zeus is Jupiter, Odin - Freeform, Etc the God of Sky, Thunder - Freeform, Justice, Order, Wisdom, Honor, Poseidon is Thor, Njord - Freeform, Neptune, etc - Freeform, God of Seas, flood - Freeform, Droughts, Horses, Storms, Earthquakes, Hades - Freeform, God of Judgement, Richness, Thanatos is Death, God of Death, and Guiding Dead, Athena is Minvera, Goddess of War, craft, Ares is the god of Chaos Warfare and Rage, Aphrodite is Goddess of Love, Marriage, Lust, Beauty - Freeform, sexually, she is also Hera wife of Zeus, Demeter - freeform, Goddess of Earth and Nature, Hermes God of Trade, Messengers, thieves, and Speed, apollo - Freeform, god of light, Sun and Archery, The others are the same, This universe was formed by Order and Chaos, From 10 verses destroyed, When a verse dies it leaves energy, Called Void energy, Assassin Creed type order, Shadowhunters is the creed

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[galvanizedfriend]

Klaroline Fic Rec Month

The event I made up for myself.

So this month, since I have no more fanfictions of my own to write, I decided I would take a little time to appreciate the amazing works of KC writers. I realize it’s going to be a challenge and I really hope I have the time to complete this, but I promise all the fics I rec here are awesome and worth your time! 

(let’s pretend I didn’t completely forget about this yesterday because I bribed you all with a bunch of drabble reblogs.)

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KLAROLINE FANFIC REC MONTH - DAY THIRTEEN: A Clash of Lightning Bolts by coveredinthecolors

Or @itsnotacrimetoloveyou

Summary:   Caroline lives in a tower. Her parents locked her up in there, told her it would be safer for her this way. You see, Caroline caught the attention of a monster. There's a hungry beast hunting for her. They call him the Hybrid. He's the one who haunts everyone's nightmares. And you probably think she should be scared, don't you? That she should wish he would never find her. But the thing is... She knows him as Klaus. The man who showed up in her dreams for countless nights and held her close. Who whispered the most beautiful things in her ear, who made her so many promises. The man she is in love with.

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Why you should read it: As far as I can remember, this was probably one of the first stories I read by @itsnotacrimetoloveyou. I hadn't been involved with fandom for long when this was published, was still trying to figure out what was what and who was who, and I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with her writing. A Clash of Lightning Bolts is a work of art, my friends.

This revisits and at the same time subverts the classic fairy tale type of story. It nods to Beauty and the Beast, and the old princess in a tower stories, with a dash of the big bad wolf thrown in there, and it manages to build so beautifully on top of these old, well-known tropes. Her writing style just SHINES here, I don't think I have a better word for it. It's truly, truly beautiful. It's evocative and ethereal and it gives this such a mood. It somehow manages to perfectly set us, the readers, within the atmosphere of a fairy tale - albeit a darker one, with rough edges and pointy fangs. Luiza has an amazing way with atmospheres and world building - it's thoughtful and deep, and it provokes feelings, and this is probably one of the best things I ever read from her (which says a lot, considering I love everything she writes!). It has a soul, if that makes any sense, pulls you right into it.

I remember that one of the things I loved the most about this when I first read it was her Klaus voice. I hadn't read THAT many fics back then and I always felt that it was so hard to write Klaus, to really be able to hear his voice in those inner thoughts and lines of dialogue, even incredibly well written and gripping stories sometimes failed to capture Klaus’ personality well, but this is never a problem here, folks! Her Klaus is INCREDIBLE. He's dangerous and unpredictable and paranoid and possessive, and his love is not easy or soft. It's full of thorns and selfish, and as much as he wants Caroline to be happy and, most importantly, to want him back, he also can't help his own nature. And ugh!!! How unapologetic he is about everything - both himself, his actions and the things he's done in the past, things that obviously leave Caroline SHOOKETH, it’s so IC! It truly is amazing to see all these many sides of him being perfectly woven into the narrative by his inner thinking. Klaus is such a complex character and I feel this story captures that just right.

And then there's also Caroline, who's a complete subversion of the damsel in distress, because OF COURSE she would be. Caroline's scared of Klaus, but also tempted by him. She's heard terrible things all her life, but she also has this awful resentment towards the people who locked her up in a tower, and the fact that Klaus is the one to give her her freedom makes her very confused, but so very grateful and willing to offer him the benefit of the doubt in a manner that is almost a daring or a in-your-face response to the people who stole away her life (and the epilogue!! AHHHHh! Her transformation!). She's not perfect and she's not the strongest of people in the general sense of the word, which is understandable considering the things she's been through and the kind of doubt that's eaten away at her for so long, but she's resourceful, she's fierce and she's blossoming throughout this story. Her essence is there from the beginning and the way she changes as she learns to trust her own guts and feelings matches perfectly what I think was Caroline’s journey in TVD. The initial power imbalance between herself and Klaus tips the scales here and there but the end result is so, so, so satisfying!

Anyway. I love this story, that’s obvious, and I think you all should read it as well! It's beautiful, it's creative, it's so very thoughtful and it has Klaus and Caroline at their best in this amazing AU world. Go leave Luiza a comment cause she SO deserves it!

[akrepisworld]

Novel Review: Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru by Bisu

[27.09.20]

TITLE: Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru / Tensei Oujo / The Reincarnated Princess Strikes Down Flags Today as Well

AUTHOR: Bisu

GENRE: Shoujo, Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

TYPE: Web Novel (JP)

STATUS: Ongoing

SYNOPSIS:

    I was reborn as a princess in the world an otome game with memories of my previous life.

    Wait, what? I’m the Heroine’s love rival? You’re kidding! I have no intention of falling in love with any of those pathetic guys, because the one I like is a support character, the Commander of the Royal Knights.

    Except the Heroine, after being reincarnated in this shitty game where the support characters are way better than the love interests, is threatening to bring down my own life with flags, and I am determined to strike them down.

MY REVIEW:

Rosemarie, "Rose" or "Marie" (whatever you want to call her) retains the memories from her previous life and is reincarnated in the world of a shitty game as the Heroine’s rival.

She has two objectives: destroy the flags and obtaining happiness alongside Leonhard. Destroying flags and continuously avoiding a chaotic future has yielded a situation quite different from the game’s. Although she tries to do everything by herself because she can't tell the whole truth, I think it would be better to relay a little more on others. And also it would be perfect if she has a little more confidence in herself.

    I cried when Rosemarie confessed (unintentionally) her true feelings. I honestly love all of the male characters here, but in terms of romance I feel like Leonhard is the only answer?

    She knows what she wants, and she wants it so badly, but she knows that it won’t happen. As her monologue's readers, what can we do? Support her in her doomed first love? Or not? Will she persevere and win his affection? Who knows. Maybe, maybe not. Read it if you want to know more!

MAJOR CHARACTERS:

Rosemarie von Wervard:

-the Main Character;

-the First Princess of Nebel Kingdom;

-the daughter of the second queen;

-Game setup: Heroine’s Love Rival, 16 years old.)

Christof von Wervard:

-Rosemarie’s older brother;

-the First Prince of Nebel Kingdom;

-the son of the late queen, who died as soon as she gave birth to him;

-Game setup: Support character, critically affects story in the Johan Route.

Johan von Wervard:

-Rosemarie’s younger brother;

-the Second Prince of Nebel Kingdom;

-the son of the second queen;

-Game setup: Love Interest/Siscon.

Georg zu Eigel:

-only son of a Margrave;

-Rosemarie’s fiancé candidate;

-Game setup: Love Interest/Narcissist.

Julius zu Eigel:

-younger brother of Head of House Eigel;

-Georg’s uncle;

-an excellent trader in the process of spreading his network throughout the continent;

-Game setup: Support character, critically affects story in the Georg Route.

Leonhard von Olsen:

-"Black Lion";

-the strongest swordsman in the whole kingdom;

-later becomes Commander of the Royal Knights;

-Johan and Christof’s sword instructor;

-a caring, handsome guy;

-Game setup: Support character, critically affects story in the Klaus Route.

Klaus von Belmar:

-a member of the Royal Knights;

-Rosemarie’s guard knight;

-the second son to an earl;

one of the top five most powerful guys in the royal knights.

-he may seem like a dog, but his true nature is that of a wolf;

-Game setup: Love Interest/Masochist.

Lutz Eilenberg:

-Palace Wizard apprentice;

-a genius of water-attribute magic;

-Game setup: Love Interest/Necrophiliac.

Theo Eilenberg:

-Palace Wizard apprentice;

-a user of fire-attribute magic;

-Game setup: Support character, critically affects story in the Lutz Route.

Randolf von Werfald:

-His Majesty the King, the current ruler of Nebel;

-Rosemarie's father.

Michael von Diebold:

-second son of a Viscount;

-apprentice priest of the Great Temple;

-Palace Wizard apprentice;

-a user of earth-attribute magic (healing magic);

-Game setup: Love Interest/Dark Lord.

Bianka von Diebold:

-eldest child of House Diebold, Michael’s older sister;

-Game setup: Support character, critically affects story in the Michael Route.

Wolf K. Lucca:

-next chieftain of the Kua Clan (the miracle clan);

-chooses Rosemarie as his master.

Crowe:

-assassin;

-Randolf's "bird";

-Game setup: the last Love Interest/gay. 

FAVORITE QUOTES:

"I don’t have a hobby of keeping grown men as my pets!" (Rosemarie)

"To think I’d ever be asked to treat you with rudeness…you really are a genius of messing with me.” (Leonhard)

"That’s right, this way we can kidnap him, and persuade him along the way!" (Rosemarie)

"If you honestly think apologizing will grant you pardon, you are gravely mistaken." (Randolf)

"Even if his master is the only one he cannot bring himself to bite, he is actually a beast who cannot be tamed." (Leonhard)

[klarosims]

Klaus Niklaus

KCAUweek2019 for @klaroline-events

Day Five: Different Time Period

Summary: Caroline is sent back to the past and meets Klaus before all the supernatural, blood, and death.

 "Klaus... " she says almost like a question because standing in front of her was definitely Klaus Mikaelson but with long hair, sunburnt skin, and a beating human heart. 

 This Klaus was looking at her in great confusion. "It's Niklaus," he whispers hesitantly. 

 Niklaus? Caroline furiously shouts in her head. 

 "Niklaus!" a voice booms behind them and for the first time in all her life, she sees Klaus stiffen in fear, with eyes wide open and mouth gaping. "Where the hell are you, boy?"

There's no doubt in Caroline's mind who that was. Mikael rushes through the woods and is upon them in an instant. "What are you doing, boy? Where is the deer?" It was then that Caroline realizes her mistake. 

She woke up in the middle of this unfamiliar forest with a pang of hunger like no other. The first thing her senses picked up was a dear drowning in its own blood. She quickly made her way to it and drank it dry. 

She was so absorbed with satisfying her hunger that she didn't hear the gentle footsteps that have made their way over to her. When a twig snapped, she whipped her head around, baring her fangs and exposing her hungry yellow eyes along with the protruding veins beneath them. She saw him take out his knife out of pure instinct but his hands were trembling and his wide blue eyes shifting around the sight of her. Niklaus. 

 Mikael finally sees the dear lying lifeless on the forest floor and then notices the blonde girl on the floor. His face crumples and he glares while pointing at Caroline's clothes. "What the hell is this? Another hunter?" He turns to Niklaus and snaps at him, "You let another hunter steal our dinner?" 

 "N-no I-" Niklaus stuttering is another thing Caroline never thought she'd see even in a million lifetimes. But from the way he was backing up inch by inch, she couldn't feel smug or sly but only sympathy. 

 "Speak up, boy!" 

 "I'm not stealing it!" Caroline interrupts, making both men turn to her. She swallows hard and stands, "Your son was only teaching me how to bleed the dear and clean it." They stare at her for a moment before Mikael takes a step forward with his arms crossed. "I'm a fairly new hunter and I saw your son and asked him to teach me," Mikael continues to stare down at her and she steals a quick glance at Niklaus for help. Niklaus is staring with wide eyes and gives her a subtle shake of the head. "So that... I may survive the winter?" 

 Caroline almost wants to smack herself. She started out well but finishes so poorly. She wasn't sure if Mikael was going to buy it because his son didn't seem to. 

 Mikael moves forward and both Caroline and Nikaus flinch but he quickly takes the deer and lifts it to inspect. He gives a grunt before throwing it over his shoulder. He turns to Niklaus. "Make sure the girl makes it back to the village." 

***

Caroline has been stuck in the past for a week now and all she has done is hunt with Mikael, Niklaus, Elijah, and Finn. She was lucky that Mikael believed her but having to hunt down their dinner every other day was draining her. It was one thing to drain blood out of an animal, but to cut their throats, tear through their flesh, and clean out their organs, that was something Caroline couldn't stomach. 

She kneels near the stream, finally getting a chance to get away from Mikael and his strict helicopter parenting. She splashes the cool water in her face and lets the droplets sit on her skin. 

 "For someone who drinks blood from a living creature, I never expected you to be unaccustomed to the sight of slaughter." 

 Niklaus is behind her and Caroline groans. Since they met this Klaus has been following her closeby and stealing glances of her every movement. She often finds him staring at her mouth whenever she's smiling or laughing.

 "I don't need to kill when I feed." 

 Niklaus hums in response but keeps his distance. He has been fascinated by her all this time but was always wary. "Is that true for every vampire?" 

 Caroline snaps her attention to him and glares at him because of the irony. "You're one to talk. You--" 

 "Again, Caroline," he replies. "I am not that Klaus you keep mentioning to me. I could never kill another soul." 

 Caroline purses her lips and bites the inside of her cheek. She hates how the tables have turned, how she's the most dangerous supernatural creature in Mystic Falls while Klaus is... Is... still innocent. She sighs then. "I always thought it would be easier if you weren't so... cruel." 

 "What would be easier?" 

 Caroline bites her lips and wonders what to say, "Life? Our life back in my time? But now... " she stands then making Niklaus take a step back. "Now you're!" she pauses in irritation, "You're even backing away from me like I'm the predator." 

"You are," he replies without hesitation. Caroline hungs her head low. "Was I-- Does this Klaus not inch away from you or any sign of danger?" 

 Caroline laughs, "No, he doesnt. He--" she looks ahead deep in the forest, "He loves being a vampire. The power. The heightened senses. The immortality. The... freedom." 

 She gets it. She finally understands how stubborn she had been to what Klaus has been telling her whole vampire life. He was setting her free and letting her embrace who she is because she knows being a vampire is a better part of herself. Her new self. 

 Niklaus looks at her as she ponders in silence. He takes a tentative step forward and lightly touches her shoulder. He tries not to flinch and keeps eye contact with her. "Tell me more about you, about being a vampire." 

 Caroline smiles. "Oh boy, where do I start," she jokes and it earns her a small chuckle from Niklaus. "Imagine walking anywhere and knowing that almost nothing can hurt you--you're the strongest person in the room." 

 "Almost nothing?" 

 Caroline shifts her head to side, "Yeah.. Almost. You-- Our Klaus-- I mean future Klaus. He... Can kill anyone and anything. So technically he's the strongest person anywhere he walks into." 

 Niklaus looks at her for a moment before tucking a stray hair behind her ear, "I would never hurt anyone. I would never hurt you. " 

 And that holds true until today or what was Caroline's present. She leans against his palm and finds her lips quivering. She misses her home. Even the idea of her more homicidal Klaus was something she misses. 

 Before she could start planning a trip to New Orleans, Niklaus, the Klaus in front of her, takes back his hand and harshly rubs his face as he groans. "This is so frustrating-- I, I would never do any of the things you've told me, but--" he stares at the ground as if speaking to them, "600 years is a long time..." Carolines watches him and she almost flinches when he looks up, "and you," he gasps, "You've fallen for this man-- this beast! That I turn into..." 

 Caroline frowns at him. "You... He is not all bad. Klaus.. He was a villain, yes, but never to me. Never to his family and definitely not to his daughter." 

 Niklaus scoffs. "Yes, this daughter who will go through too many hardships because of my own doing!" he's yelling desperately now, as if begging for his destiny to be rewritten and it breaks Caroline'sheart that she told him. 

 "Klaus--" Caroline suddenly screams in pain. Flashes of memories break through her vision and she's seeing things she's never seen before like Elena's funeral and her father's 54th birthday. She screams even louder as memories are slowly stripped from her mind. 

 Stefan 

Damon 

Rebekah 

Enzo 

Alaric 

Lizzie 

Josie 

And Klaus. 

 "What's happening, Caroline? Speak to me." Niklaus is kneeling down beside her, trying to find any sort of wound. She feels her gums ache where her fangs are supposed to be. She can feel them retreating. 

 She makes eye contact with Niklaus and suddenly it all makes sense. With her last vampire strength, she grabs his temples and stares into his eyes. 

 Betrayal crosses Niklaus' face as he realizes what's to come. 

 "Forget everything I told you. Forget I ever existed." 

***

 Caroline blacks out and when she awakens, her body feels like it had been dead for centuries. The first thing she hears is the saxophone filling the buzzing street just beyond her enclosure. The next thing she hears is a door opening and then a hand is caressing her cheek. 

 "Caroline... " 

 She opened her eyes and found herself crying at the sight of him, her Klaus. She rushes up and hugs him with all the little strength she has. Klaus takes a moment before gripping her tightly.  He buries his head in the crook of her neck. 

"I could never forget you, Caroline. But if being cruel and heartless is what it took to meet you and be with you like this today, it was well worth it, love." 

 Caroline's lips quiver at the idea that all the torture, the mayhem, the vengeance, and death that Klaus walked was a necessary pavement for-- whatever it was that they have now. But she hugs him tighter as she sobs because being with her Klaus today was the happiest she has been in the last 30 years of her vampiric life.

[strange-stark]

Pick your top 10 OTPs without reading the questions.

thanks for tagging me @watsonmoony ♡

im not putting em like in order, i like some of em equally.

1. pepperony (mcu)

2. adlock (sherlock)

3. valki (mcu)

4. grindeldore (fantastic beasts)

5. ironstrange (mcu)

6. newtina (fantastic beasts)

7. innefable husbands (good omens)

8. wolfstar (harry potter)

9. delena (tvd)

10. klave (umbrella academy)

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

well, i shipped em since they first appeared in the first movie. they r so adorable.

2. Have you ever read a fanfic about 2?

oh yes, on wattpad :D.

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr screen saver?

i don't think so, but i do hv a shirt bout it jsjsj.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break up today, what would your reaction be?

i don't rlly know how 2 answer this, on the show they don't say they're dating (they r, they did hv a date).

5. Why is 1 so important?

omg cuz they r the cutest n i luv em both whn they r appart n more whn they r 2gether.

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

@ the beggining, no one could tell... but it ended as a pretty serious ship.

7. Out of all the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

i think they're all rlly cute ships, but my fav r pepperony, adlock, valki, grindeldore, inefable husbands n klave.

8. Out of all your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

pepperony, grindeldore, delena n innefable husbands.

9. How many times have you read/watched the 10’s fandom?

well, i've seen the umbrella academy three times, i luv klave so much (i luv klaus, who doesn't).

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

innefable husbands.

11. How many times, if ever, has 6 broken up?

none, they hardly started :/.

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

wolfstar. i mean, they clearly hv an advantage.

13. Did 7 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

yes, during the entire show... :/

14. Is 4 still together?

wE HV 2 W8 2 THE 3RD MOVIE OF FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 FIND OUT.

15. Is 10 canon?

it was! n let's hope in the 2nd season it still is. >:(

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

...idk wht 2 say...

(grindeldore or delena maybe?)

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 5’s ship?

well... tony's married n stephen is kinda in something w dr palmer so...

i prefer their real partners on the movies (pepper n dr palmer), but i luv this ship 2.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

all of em :)

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 3’s tumblr page?

not rlly.

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she’d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

probably ironstrange. though i like this ship, i said b4 i prefer their actual partners. tony n stephen r my fav mcu characters, but i luv pepperony n i like dr strange's movie n stuff the way it is. like, w dr palmer.

[amazingmsme]

A Loyal Companion Part 5

Trigger Warning: This chapter has minor depictions of animal abuse. Nothing too graphic, but enough for me to mention it. If you wish to skip these parts they are marked between this * symbol. Other than that, there are no warnings for this chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Jasper had died pretty young. He was only 35(in dog years) before his life came to its end. He had lived with a small family while he was still a puppy and grew under their care. His favorite human was the young girl, Maddie. The two of them did just about everything together. They'd play fetch and tug of war, and run around outside until the sun went down. They'd spent many hours sitting out by the sandbox on nice summer days, and taking dips in the pool to cool off. His name was Lance then.

Then they all packed up their things to go and loaded Jasper in the back of the pickup. Jasper loved car rides, especially when the wind blows through his fur. Suddenly a deer jumped in front of them, and they swerved off the road, tumbling over. Jasper was thrown from the truck, rolling down the steep hill hidden through trees. Everything was confusing and he didn't know where his people were, but it was getting dark, and he needed to find shelter. He found a rock outcropping and curled underneath for shelter that night.

He traveled back up in search of his family, but no one remained. He lingered at the spot where Maddie's scent was strongest, and chose to stay there. He stayed their all day until night fell upon him once again. The next morning, he knew he needed to find water and food. He walked along the road until he found a gas station and started rooting around the trash. He found half a corndog and a donut. As he ate, a man slowly approached him. He offered him some jerky which Jasper gladly took. 

"You look thirsty," he said and grabbed a plastic bowl from the trash and poured some water in it. He gratefully lapped it up, and the man took his collar off, inspecting it. Good! That meant he could take him home! * He coaxed Jasper into his car, and they began their long journey. Jasper was excited, and moved about the cabin.

"Fuckin' sit still!" the man yelled and shoved him into the backseat over the center console. Jasper landed on his back at an awkwardly twisted angle and cried out. He ignored him and Jasper sat in the seat as far away as he could. He curled in on himself to try and appear smaller. This man was not like his family, and he had a feeling he wouldn't see them again.

He was right. He brought him to his house, if it could even be called that. It was a shabby little shack near the edge of town. Everything was falling apart; it was a miracle it was even still standing.

"Let's see what you can do, mutt," he said and drug him by the heavy chain he had placed around his neck. Jasper tried to resist, but that earned him a harsh slap across the face, and Jasper lashed out to defend himself. He bit his hand hard. He cried out and held the bleeding appendage, swearing as he kicked him in the stomach. Jasper whined and backed up.

"I think you're gonna do nicely. Earn me some cash," he said to himself with a sickeningly evil smile.

Twice a week he would drag Jasper to go fight. When he won he would get small treats like a raw steak, but if he lost, he'd only endure more abuse atop whatever injuries he might've received in the dog fight. This continued for a few years before that final fight. That last fateful night.

He had already endured three fights, and Rick was pushing for another. It was hard for Jasper to stand, and he was so, so tired. He didn't want to fight anymore. Still, he was pushed into the ring, where a man stood with a large Doberman and Rottweiler pulling at their restraints. But Jasper had made a name for himself around here. He was fierce, and his size was enough to evoke fear just by looking at him. He had a constant sneer and fire in his eyes. He always pulled through. He was The Beast. That's why the opponent had challenged Rick that he should take on two dogs for double the money. Greed consumed him and he agreed. Everyone placed their bets.

But now, that spark in his eyes was dim. His large intimidating stance was curled inward, as he was trying to protect his already injured body. The fight started, and they both lunged at once. Jasper went on autopilot and pounced at the Rottweiler, biting his face repeatedly. But the other dog rammed him in the side, sending him tumbling to the floor. He tried to scramble to his feet, yet they were on him in an instant. Powerful jaws clamped on his throat and tore through the flesh, and just like that, it was over. Everything was gone, and Jasper woke to find himself in a large field. * It was quiet. Peaceful. It reminded him of when he would go to the park with his family and fly kites. He wanted nothing more than to run through the stretching expanse of gray grass with his girl by his side. In the distance, he thought he could see her. He ran until he reached her, but stopped just short. This wasn't his little girl. Something about her was off. He could sense her otherworldly power, and stayed back.

"I know you won't understand this too well, but you're not finished yet. I'm afraid I can't send you back in your body though, it's too late for that. You have no place here yet, you need to go back," she pointed back in the direction he came. And so he started trotting back, until the gray field and sky melted into the city. The pavement was wet beneath his paws, and he walked far away from everyone on the street. No one paid attention to him, and when one snuck up on him from behind, he phased right through him.

He roamed the streets day in and day out for years. When you're dead, you don't have to worry about the necessities of food and water, even if it's a nice luxury. He would try to eat whatever he could, but it was a 50/50 chance on whether he could actually eat it or if it would phase through when he took a bite. Jasper wondered aimlessly throughout the town, stopping for shelter when he needed.

He didn't like the rain. It was cold when it would pass through him, leaving him chilled to the core. His fur would mat down to his body causing him to shiver. He hated this life, but there was no other option. He closed his eyes and longed for the days when he would curl up next to his girl by the fireplace. That was a lifetime ago.

When he saw three men walking down the street, he thought nothing of it. Underneath the bench was one of his favorite places to be, and he hardly left the spot anymore. He had no reason to, and therefore, no incentive to leave. His ears perked up when the scrawnier of the bunch stopped in front of the bench. He curled into a tighter ball when the man crouched down to look under the bench.

Jasper knew he was dead. Death just feels different than life. You breathe when you're alive, but now his chest just carried out with the familiar motion. He didn't need to eat or drink, even though food would be nice. And people couldn't see you. Only, this strange man crouched on the sidewalk was looking right at him. Jasper could tell from the look in his eyes: he could see him. Actually see him instead of seeing through him. He reached a hand out to him and Jasper bared his teeth, a low growl escaping his throat, only the man wasn't deterred.

"This is not the time to stop and smell the roses, c'mon!" the man in front called.

He turned around and placed a finger to his lips, "Shh! You'll scare him!" The other man got impatient and left, leaving the other two with him. Then Jasper realized that the other one was dead like him. And he was talking to the dead man.

"So you're a ghost, huh? Well lucky for you I can see ghosts. I can touch them too. I bet you miss getting pet." He did. He really did. But the last man he had followed home had beat him until he became a monster. For years he fought in that ring, scarring and killing other dogs who were frightened and only wanted to live, just like him. Of course he was hesitant.

But he could tell this man was different. His eyes shown with a gentle kindness that he hadn't seen in years. The same kind of eyes Maddie had. With a little more coaxing, he inched himself closer, slowly working his way out from underneath his bench for the first time in weeks. He stretched out to his full height, towering over the scrawny human who looked up at him in awe. The ghost man took a step back, and Jasper didn't blame him. He couldn't see himself, but he knew his body was covered in scars and marks. But it wasn't the worst reaction he's gotten, just one of genuine shock.

Though one eye had been blinded in life, after he died he regained his sight, even if it was cloudier than the other eye. His limp had also gotten better, but was still present, yet it didn't cause him any pain.

The two men took him in, taking him to a store before going back to their home. It was one of the biggest houses Jasper had ever seen, and he knew he would have a fun time getting to explore it.

He was less than excited when they tried to give him a bath. By now he had learned their names: Klaus and Ben. They were both able to touch him, and he was grateful for the affection, but now he wished they couldn't. He focused all his energy on staying put, but they eventually got him in the tub and scrubbed off all the grime. He had to admit, it felt good to be clean again.

He should've expected that a house this big would hold more people, but he was still overwhelmed when faced with the rest of the family. He recognized Diego as the one who had left when Klaus found him, but the rest were completely foreign. At first he was terrified, then only a little skittish. Five seemed to be in a constant sour mood and would say things that evoked a reaction from the siblings, and Jasper always hated the racket and at times he wanted to bite him to get him to stop, just stop! But Jasper knew that was wrong, not that he could bite him anyway. It was the result of years of abuse and brainwashing. He was once a sweet and loving dog, and he wanted to be that again. Allison was kind but stern and kept them all in line. Vanya was his favorite aside from Klaus and Ben. She was soft spoken and gentle, and a nice contrast from his old life. She looked like Maddie, and he wanted nothing more than to curl up in her side and have her stroke through his fur. Diego was scarier. He usually had a stern look on his face, and bad anger issues. Jasper wasn't stupid, he knew what knives looked like, and this guy had a lot. He had seen him use them, and no matter which way he threw, they always hit the target. Luther was huge, and had a nasty superiority complex that he was trying hard to fix. That didn't mean he did a good job, and it was clear he had done something that caused tension among their family. Out of all of them, Diego and Luther were his least favorite. They reminded him too much of the men who would scream and bet on him in fights, the ones who'd strike him and force him into the ring. But Klaus seemed to trust them despite their flaws, and Jasper trusted his judgement. And so, he put up with it, and eventually they grew on him.  He did his best to hold back, even when they all fought and yelled and got overexcited.

He's slipped up a few times, but hey no one's perfect. They can't see or feel him, so who cares if he lashed out at Luther? He stepped on him while he was sleeping! And he knows he was in the wrong for trying to nip Allison when she accidentally dropped those pans that phased through his body. And he was sorry for trying to attack Diego when he was playing with Klaus. But in his defense, he thought the man was genuinely hurting him, if he were to believe his owner's words of protest. But all of that was in the past, and he knew better now. None of them meant them any harm.

Still, it made him upset when they would pick on or try to discredit Klaus. All he had kept hearing was how they thought he was lying about finding him. Clearly he's telling the truth, but there's no way for them to know for sure. Vanya believed him. Of course she did, that's why Jasper liked her. And he hoped that in time, he could learn to like the rest too.

And he did.

[anothercolourmagines]

As D&D Classes and Races

This is pretty much the result of me binge-watching outsidexbox’s D&D sessions which if you haven’t yet checked out, do it immediately. Trust me you won’t regret it. :)

The context here is that the Reader is the DM, with the characters picking their classes and races and forming several groups. This was quite enjoyable to write so I might add more information in future, if you guys find it interesting as well.

Allen Jones: Barbarian, Half-Orc. His method of picking a character is rather simple: find the biggest, strongest and most intimidating combination he can play as and pick that. The choice is quite a good one and he has a lot of fun with the rage feature as well, but it often ends up with him employing a ‘shoot first, ask questions later’ sort of tactic which puts him at odds with Oliver and Matt. Definitely the type to ask for preferential treatement, but doesn’t do much except whine when he is categorically denied. 

Matt Williams: Ranger, Half-Elf. He didn’t really understand the concept at first and initially wanted to play a Half-Orc Barbarian as well until Allen called him an uncreative asshole. After having the classes and races explained to him again he decides to go with Ranger, and at Oliver’s suggestion be a Half-Elf. Allen makes fun of him for picking it at first until he finds out the Ranger can have beast companions at higher levels. 

Oliver Kirkland: Druid, Halfling. Since he’s always eager to have everyone together and getting along he jumps at the idea of playing a tabletop rpg (despite not being entirely sure what the term implies). Since he’s rather taken with gardening he decides on his character rather easily and picks the race relatively easy as well thinking it sounds fun. He is often the one that suggests the party look for the most peaceful solution and, just like in real life, often has to mediate Allen’s and Matt’s arguments. 

Louis Bonnefoy: Warlock, Tiefling. Originally, he had no interest at all in trying the game but after Oliver convinced him (with the promise of booze) he decided to give it a go. He claims that he doesn’t care what class he plays so at Oliver’s suggestion he goes for the warlock, but picks the race on his own. He generally goes along with whoever proposes the easiest solution to the problem they face, regardless of whether it is moral or immoral. 

Viktor Braginsky: Wizard, Human. Much like Louis, he also had to be dragged into doing this by someone else. In this case it was Anya who suggested it would be a great way for the siblings to spent time together and do something fun as well. He generally prefers talking out the problem with their foes, which often clashes with Katya’s playing style leading to some very chaotic sessions.

Zao Wang: Rogue, Elf. He insists on playing a cool and suave character, akin to the roguish elven assassin of Dragon Age: Origins and is quite dedicated to playing his role well. Unfortunately, he is liberal with his stats which causes him to have horrible Dexterity but fantastic Charisma and Constitution. He also wanted to implement the Beilschimdts’ idea of in-game relatives and asked Kuro to have his character related to his but was dissatisfied by the result.     

Luciano Vargas: Paladin, Human. He finds the whole concept childish and informs everyone else at the table of his opinions, but still goes through with it. It is mostly because Kuro implied he was so bad at it that even Lutz could beat him at it. He does not seem to understand that the game doesn’t employ a tranditional competitive system of one winner and insists on having the ‘best’ class in the game. He finds the description of Paladin attractive, but falls short on acting the role as the embodiment of justice and righteousness that the class is usually associated with as he prefers to use cunning and deception.

Lutz Beilschmidt: Fighter, Dragonborn. Truth be told, he doesn’t really understand everything that’s going on but is just enthusiastic to be there and play. He is not really interested in the flashy classes that use magic or ones that use stealth since he feels that would be too much of a hassle. However, he is absolutely adamant on having a dragonborn character since he thinks it would be awesome. He also insists on him and Klaus being brothers in game. 

Kuro Honda: Rogue, Gnome. He was originally planning on making a tiefling or dragonborn character, but after hearing Zao’s suggestion at having their characters be related he decided to indluge him. Unfortunately for Zao, that meant that his character was now basically a gnome-sized Kuro who excelled in stealth and was very good at predicting plot points and twists. However, he does not inform the others of theories and often manages to exploit them for his own amusement.   

Flavio Vargas: Sorcerer, Half-Elf. The large number of classes made it hard for him to pick just one, but he ultimately settled on something magic orientated since he thought it would be cool to play a flashy class. He also wanted to be an elf originally but found it would be too reduntive since Roland already picked one (also it would be too annoying since Roland would insist on the two roleplaying their characters correctly). He definitely tries to charm his way out of conflicts, but is dismayed by his bad luck as his attempts almost never end up being successful. Another one who also tries to ask for preferential treatement and acts quite shocked when he doesn’t receive it.

Klaus Beilschmidt: Wizard, Dragonborn. He had originally planned on being either a gnome or halfling, but Lutz insisted on the two of them roleplaying characters who are brothers so he decided to change races to accomodate him. It does lead to some amusing moments due to the contrast between Klaus’s naturally timid personality and the rather intimidating appearance of a dragonborn. 

Roland Edelstein: Bard, Elf. His character is basically a self-insert no matter how you look at it as he decided from the get-go that it had to be an artist and extremely handsome as well. He does get into roleplaying rather quickly though, but many feel that he’s having too much fun playing a haughty elf. He also probably chooses a character name that is pretty much just a variation of his real name (ex. Rolan, Lorand or Orlando).

Julia Héderváry: Monk, Dwarf. Her picks are something of a surprise to both Flavio and Roland, who expected her to go for a Bard or something akin to this. She does prove to be rather adept at playing a monk and takes full advantage of her feats and features as well. She ends up being the unofficial leader of the party, as though Roland insists that he is the boss, it’s quite clear to everyone else that she’s in fact the one that has the most authority in the group. 

Katya Braginskya: Warlock, Tiefling. Another one who had no interest in D&D prior to Anya asking her to join in, mentioning that she could find it fun. She did not really care to look through the classes and races to make her choice and just picks at random from the choices presented to her. She does end up quite invested in her character especially when she learns that she can blast her opponents with magic.

Anastasia Arlovskaya: Cleric, Halfling. Definitely the most excited out of her siblings to play the game and does a lot of meticulous reading on classes and races. She finds Cleric to resonate the most with her and is quite happy with playing the group’s healer, though she can be sometimes overzealous in making sure everyone is healed. She was rather taken to the idea of having Viktor’s, Katya’s and her character be siblings in the game as well and was quite shocked to see that they picked different races, despite her outright stating what her race would be. She is appeased somewhat by Katya pointing out that they could be half-siblings or adopted, just like in real life.

[unicorn-bentacles]

Ok I don't know for sure if this is what you mean by horrance gore but what do you think about: Ben losing control of his powers and Klaus trying to reach for him and calm him down despite the tentacles hurting him in the process or Klaus helping Ben clean himself up after a very bloody mission.

I chose the latter one and I hope you don’t mind that I accidently made it sad.

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Near midnight Klaus stumbled through a window from the fire escape and fell in a heap onto the floor. Mind fogged over with a mixture of cheap vodka and nameless drugs he somehow picked himself off the ground and wandered towards his bedroom. Klaus’s feet dragged across the linoleum tiles and with every step he listed to one side until the tip of his boot caught on the floor and sent him flying into the nearby wall. His face planted against plaster with a bang loud enough for Klaus to hope to fucking hell it hadn’t woken anyone up, he didn’t need to get into any more trouble as it is. One-handed Klaus pushed himself away from the wall and used it for support. He kept his palm flat against it and relied on it to guide him back to his room.

Klaus sensed something off and for the life of him couldn’t remember why the house seemed so empty and still. He’d knocked against Diego’s room and out of all of them he slept the lightest, Number Two should’ve at least shouted and that unnerved Klaus. A thick fog had taken root inside his mind and made it impossible for Klaus to remember exactly why he’d left the house to get so intoxicated he could barely stand. Whatever the reason, it didn’t matter. His heart felt light and freed Klaus of the ghosts who usually pursued him.

Almost at his door, Klaus paused as he heard weeping drift into the hallway from somewhere close by. A familiar grief-stricken siren song which beckoned Klaus to follow it into the bathroom a few feet away. Propped against the wall, he listened intently to the mournful lullaby for several minutes, and a solitary tear rolled down his cheek as it went on and on. Unable to resist the melody any longer Klaus responded to the call and staggered towards the ajar door of the shared bathroom.

Through the gap, he peered inside and discovered the source of the crying. Knees tucked underneath his chin Ben sat in the bathtub with his back to the taps, his gaze firmly planted downwards. Beads of water slid down Ben’s naked skin and glistened in the blue tinted light like fish’s scales. Granting Ben the illusion of an ocean nymph stranded on the shore and longing for the sea. The sight took away Klaus’s breath at the sheer otherworldly beauty in front of him, he yearned to freeze the moment and live forever in it. Heart beating a steady tattoo against his ribcage and bewitched Klaus entirely on impulse pushed the door wider and snuck into the cramped bathroom.

Fully inside, Klaus closed the door behind him by leaning his back against the wood. It shut with a soft click, and he wished for the thousandth time their Father would trust them with a lock. Klaus wanted another layer of security to protect Ben’s small slice of tranquillity he’d built for himself. Lost within his mind the intrusion went unnoticed by Ben, his gaze firmly focused on the bottom of the bathtub. Near the door Klaus lingered, hesitant to bridge the short space to the porcelain dingy Ben had taken refuge in. He wanted to wipe away the tears falling down Ben’s cheeks but was unsure if he was welcome to do so.

The tiled floor stretched in front of Klaus as he took the first step forwards. Time seemed to slow as he used all his strength to traverse the distance from the door to Ben. As he got closer, Klaus saw in more and more detail the pitiful state his brother was in. Congealed blood plastered a clump of hair to the side of Ben’s head, and a smear of something almost black stained the back of his neck. Both missed by his frantic attempt to wash away the taint from whatever mission he’d gone on. Streams of rust tinged water and tears flowed from his hairline and gathered at the tip of his nose, a drop swelled and fell downwards.

Finally, at his destination, he towered over the pure white tub and noticed the puddle of slurry Ben sat in the centre of. Made of a mixture of slimy pieces of human flesh and massive waterlogged blood clots, it was thick enough to block the drain and leave a centimetre of standing water at the bottom. Klaus wrinkled his nose at the salty almost metallic smell of the gore yet stayed where he was. Immune to it from years of helping Ben clean himself after missions when he needed to release the Horror and stain his hands further with death and destruction.

Klaus sat on the cold edge of the bath and with two fingers lightly tapped his brother’s forearm to alert him of his presence, taken aback slightly by the freezing temperature of Ben’s skin. The weeping stopped immediately as Ben snapped his head up and looked wildly around before his vision focused on Klaus. The rims of his eyes were raw red from crying, bloodshot and filled with a darkness that unsettled Klaus. Covered in goosebumps Ben’s skin appeared grey and lifeless in the dull light, a response probably to the cool air inside the room. Enchanted by his inhuman beauty Klaus couldn’t figure out why Ben unnerved him, he put it down to his current state of both being high as a fucking kite and drunk off his ass.

Reluctant to speak aloud and break the spell of silence blanketing the room Klaus gestured for Ben to shuffle forwards. Ben understood and gripped the sides of the bath, he pulled himself to the other end and left huge streaks of blood in his wake. Klaus got back onto his feet and went to the space freed up by Ben, he twisted both taps and watched as the water changed colour as it hit the slurry coating the bottom and struggled to drain away. Klaus bent over and forced the crimson goop through the holes of the drain, indifferent to the leftovers of Ben’s killings coating his hands as he went about his task.

The last substantial evidence of Ben’s forced bloodshed vanished down the black hole of the drain and left behind only patches as a memorial of the pain he’d inflicted on the world. Klaus placed his hands under the stream of water and rinsed away the red staining his palms. He fiddled with the taps for a moment before he found the right temperature and placed the plug into the drain. Klaus stood back upright, and his eyes fell onto the curve of Ben’s spine. Below the skin, something pushed outwards and squirmed, the fathomless beast from another universe restless inside their shared body. The greatest burden rested on Ben’s shoulders by nature of his gift, and he endured it better than Klaus ever could his own. Ben was the strongest among them, and while Klaus could talk to the dead, his brother had become the embodiment of death, and it had taken its toll on his fragile psyche.

Faced with the melancholic stoop of Ben’s shoulders within touching distance, Klaus was forced to confront a truth he’d hidden from. He no longer understood Ben, not like he used to. At some point over the last few years, a vast sea had grown between them, and Klaus had no idea how to cross the ever widening space. The two of them had taken such divergent paths in dealing with their trauma. Ben wholly disconnected from the world and drowned himself in wave after wave of pain he never spoke aloud to atone for sins he’d committed by the directions of their Father. Klaus had thrown himself into the realm of the living, numbing himself with drugs to quiet the inescapable ghosts surrounding him and to hide from his own shame at abandoning Ben for those brief moments of respite.

The crux of the matter was they were two sides of the same coin, united in pain by the curse bestowed on them by some cruel unknown deity. Ben cared too much for the humanity he saved on a regular basis and who still rejected him as a person, the public saw him as a monster, and it destroyed him inside. His gift something to be feared and avoided. Klaus’s power, on the other hand, forced him to see the worst in people, he knew far too well the disturbing acts normal humans did to each other and wanted no part in helping. He hated how they treated Ben, and if he had the chance would burn the entire world just to bring his brother a moment of peace.

As the bath slowly filled Klaus left the bathtub to busy himself with searching the cabinet underneath the sink for the bubble bath, Allison hid in there. He found it stashed behind a bottle of half empty bleach and stood back up to grab the hand towel hanging on a metal loop fixed into the wall. He returned to the bath and added the thick syrupy liquid into the water, with one hand Klaus swirled the shimmery bubble bath around until it dissolved. The soothing smell of lavender floated out of the water and hid the sharp tang of blood, changing the sombre aura of the room into something relaxing.

Klaus settled on the lip of the tub facing Ben and dipped the towel into the water, damped it. He pulled it out to wipe the missed bits of grime off Ben’s face and stopped when a hand shot from the water, it wrapped itself around Klaus’s wrist and held tight enough to bruise. Slowly Ben’s eyes met his own and Klaus watched as the mist cleared within them, wordlessly his brother pleaded for him to come closer and anchor him back to reality.Ben rarely allowed people to touch him, the issues with his own self-image impacted every factor in his existence. He distrusted everyone in fear that if they came in contact with him, they would end up dead. Ben starved himself of affection out of duty to protect people and had become trapped as an observer of his own life. Forever on the sidelines, Ben wished to be apart of the world and knew he never could be. The knowledge fueled his conviction of being sub-human and drove him to hide away, yet the more he disengaged, the less human Ben thought he was. A feedback loop that fed off itself and Klaus had no way of stopping.

So to have Ben reach out to Klaus was a massive thing, the simple act showed he wanted the affection his brother gave out so easily. He desperately needed Klaus to remind him of his own humanity with the feel of someone else’s skin against his own. A request Klaus could never refuse.

Ben released his grip around Klaus’s wrist and shoved his hand below the water again. Hastily Klaus peeled off his crop top and pulled it over his head while at the same time he shimmied out of his trousers and underwear. He loosely balled up his clothes and threw them in the general direction of the laundry basket. Klaus stepped into the bath space in front of Ben as his brother slid backwards to give him extra room. He slowly submerged himself into the warm water until he sat knee to knee with Ben.

A tangle of arms and legs it took sever awkward moments for Ben and Klaus to manoeuvre themselves into a comfortable position. Chest to chest Ben curled around his brother’s torso and felt extremely cold against Klaus’s warm skin. Head against Klaus’s ribcage Ben seemed to hold onto his brother like a life raft. The contact a beacon of light which guided Ben back from wherever his mind had wandered off too. Dark hair tickled Klaus’s nose with the scent of blood and salt water, a mixture representing Ben perfectly and calmed his strained nerves.

The comforting weight on Klaus’s chest and the steady sound of running water created a wave of drowsiness to crash over him. For the first time in months, Klaus felt safe and loved, though distantly he knew something was wrong and he couldn’t pinpoint why. Klaus banished the thought to the back of his mind and instead rubbed soothing circles in Ben’s back. He savoured the soft feel of his brother’s skin under his fingertips and closed his eyes. Their contact wasn’t sexual in any capacity, it was just an act of loved filled intimacy neither of them received normally. A showing of devotion if their Father ever found out about would end with both of them punished harshly. Klaus dozed off, and as he did so, a sense of immeasurable loss bloomed deep inside his heart. An emotion he couldn’t find the source of it filled him with a nameless dread.

Within the darkness of almost consciousness, Klaus felt someone press their cold lips against his own, soft and unpractised it was one of the most kisses he’d ever received. Filled with overwhelming grief, Klaus chased it as it ended and opened his eyes.

The room empty Klaus was alone.

He sat bolt upright and caused a surge of sweet smelling water to crash over the lip of the tub and flood the floor. Every sign of Ben inside the bathroom had vanished. The reality hit Klaus like a stone as he remembered the truth. Ben had died months ago. The last few hours were merely a memory he recreated in guilt and fueled by drugs. He dropped his face into his hands as the dam in Klaus’s heart burst as he began to sob. His cries echoed in the darkened bathroom as he grieved for a love lost forever beneath the black waves of death.

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Are you Cool Enough to Join the Umbrella Academy? (Season 1, no spoiler review.

Have you heard the one about the astronaut, the talking monkey and the violinist? Last week Netflix released it’s newest superhero offering, “The Umbrella Academy,” originally an indie comic written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance fame. Published by Dark Horse Comics, this is one of the first adaptions from an independent publisher, untethered to the Marvel or DC cinematic universe. Publishers aside The Umbrella Academy has enough unique style and story element to attract anyone suffering from SHFF (SuperHero Film Fatigue.) The story revolves around a family of six siblings, born across the globe to mothers who weren’t pregnant the day before, who all possess certain super human talents. Brought together by a careless billionaire scientist who wanted to build an army of super children, the now estranged siblings have to come together once again when their dear old dad kicks the bucket. As family secrets are revealed, tensions between the group become palpable, as they struggle to deal with past traumas, while trying to come together to save the world from a deadly fate. For the most part the six siblings are all very unique, from both each other and a lot of the other types of heroes you’d see from the Big Two studio. There’s Luther (Tom Hopper), an astronaut with super human strength. Alison (Emmy Raver-Lapman) is a glamorous movie star, who has built her life using her power to persuade others to do what she wants. Diego is an expert knife thrower who still moonlights as a vigilante. Klaus (Robert Sheehan), the family’s black sheep, is a drug addict who can talk to dead people. Vanya (Ellen Page) is the only sibling with no evident superpowers and is told by her father often and at length that she is nothing special. Number 5 is a time and space traveller who disappeared when the group were little, and he reappears in the present, looking just like the 13 year old who disappeared decades earlier. There was a seventh sibling, Ben (Justin H. Min) who died mysteriously while 5 was absent, and is now a ghost who can only talk to Klaus. He was the strongest, able to conjure ancient beasts from his skin to smash up bad guys. The central plot revolves around an upcoming apocalypse prophesized by five to happen in one week. Sometimes this main plot point becomes a little thin in early episodes as the siblings are distracted with their own troubles, and a clear way forward isn’t really established until mid way through. The second half pushes forward hard and fast as the apocalypse approaches, and relationships begin to splinter. While the first few episodes lack clear purpose they act as a good six origin stories, which help the season feel like both a beginning, there’s enough action and intent to make it a possible stand alone if there are no more seasons. As superpowers go the group have a pretty stacked deck. In a team there are usually a few cool powers and a few trained assassins, or a super genius. The members of the Academy however are all strong, powers honed by their strict father to be the perfect weapons. Super strength isn’t anything new but Luther makes up for it with a super ego and a super sense of self-importance. Diego is the Hawkeye of the group power wise personally if I had siblings who could conjure the dead or teleport, throwing knives would seem pretty lame. Each sibling carries on their own side story, the outlines how their powers have in some way or another ruined their lives. Obviously Ben had it the worst because he, well, died but most of the others have highly compelling stories. Alison used her powers on too many wrong people, leaving her personal life in shambles. Klaus, so haunted and terrorised by the dead, had to take up drugs to drown out the noise. Number 5 was ripped away from his family and spent, let’s just say, a lengthy amount of time trying to get back, and is now being hunted down by time cops Cha-Cha (Mary J Blige) and Hazel (Cameron Britton.) Diego and Luther however lack any sort of story worth getting teary over. Perpetual man children who never grew out of wanting to be the hero, they spend much of the season bickering, swinging their metaphorical dicks around and generally not helping the situation. While David Casteñeda does an admirable job of injecting Diego with some much needed heart, Luther’s character falls flat in almost every category. You almost want to root against him the way he mistreats people and feels sorry for himself. (Fake looking muscles and a weird sub-plot with incestuous undertones don’t help at all. Technicalities or no, the uncomfortable relationship between Luther and Allison is creepy and makes both characters slightly off-putting. While Aidan Gallagher plays Number five with a perfect mix of teenage snark and a world weariness that comes only after you’ve seen some shit, it’s Page and Sheehan who carry much of the seasons emotional heavy lifting. Sheehan, known mainly for his roll as the scene stealing Nathan from the show Misfits, once again steals the show as Klaus. Kooky yet troubled, hilarious yet haunted, the actor is mesmerising as he stumbles, high usually, through life. Without knowing his full backstory you can tell, through glances or certain lines, that this character is deeply disturbed, and not just a token junkie. He also is one half of the most touching, if not woefully under-developed, relationships toward the end of the series as Number 5’s time hopping shenanigans start to affect his siblings. Ellen Page, (think Juno) as Vanya is the character most grounded in reality, having grown up “normal” Page is perfect as a tired, shunted sister, the perfect person to stand in the middle of some of the seasons juicer plot points. Having written a book about her mistreatment as a child, Vanya is alienated from the rest of the family, is while sometimes morose also very raw. Page wearily moves through scenes with characters that are far whackier, but still holds her own. When the main story focuses, and Vanya takes centre stage, her inner turmoil and fractured relationships make for some of the seasons most gripping scenes. The world in which the siblings live is bleak, grimy and wild. Most scenes take place in run down diners or hotels, or in the decaying facades of the family mansion, with just enough colour and intrigue to keep the show from becoming depressing or drab. During flashback scenes the group, as children, wear matching school uniform in a kooky, Tim Burton like house. There are scenes on the moon, in glamorous Hollywood events, and gnarly apocalyptic wastelands that keep the settings fresh. The influence of comic writer Gerard Way comes through in the children’s uniforms, the matching black umbrellas and the architecture of the mansion, you can sometimes see how the comic was created by the same man who sang the Black Parade. Costuming does an excellent job chiselling out the identities of the siblings. The glamorous Allison in her red carpet dresses, the unassuming Vanya in her drab denims, and he badass Diego who wears all black. However, Klaus beats them all, as in every scene he’s wearing a new whacky ensemble, perfectly matching feminine and masculine, none of the pieces like skirts, flowy jackets or crop tops seemingly go together, but it works. Cha-Cha and Hazel steal their costumes straight out of Fortnite, the contrast between their cop uniforms and their giant animal head helmets is hilarious and unsettling. While the plot sometimes stretches a little thin between characters, The Umbrella Academy succeeds in breaking the traditional superhero tropes by imbuing the characters with more depth, personality beyond gruff tortured crusaders, and individual styles that both ground them, and elevate them so that they remain sympathetic. Not out as actual heroes since their teens, their humanity makes every fight or drama more climactic. As the apocalypse comes closer and the tension builds, it’s never actually certain that the siblings will actually win against whatever or whoever causes the apocalypse. The future of the show, whether it will get renewed or not, and the future of the world may remain uncertain it’s definitely worth exploring the futures of each of these characters. How will they and their powers grow? Will we ever find out how Luther got to the moon? Why was their dad such a dick? Watch this new season and you will definitely want to find out. Also their butler is a talking monkey named Pogo.