#the way she hurt gill by causing his kidnapping | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

donnetellotheturtle · 9 months ago

Text

Siren

Chapter 6

Varian didn’t like that Hugo was so quiet. He had his suspicions on what Hugo was. He only wondered why he wouldn’t just tell him.

“….Im not an idiot, you know.” Varian said after a couple long hours of silence. Hed figured Hugo would break it eventually, but the blonde didn’t, leaving Varian to be the adult and broach the topic.

Hugo looked at him. “I never said you were.”

“Youre a siren.”

Hugos face paled. He didn’t say anything though, so Varian continued.

“The late night trips back on the sundrop…You smell like the sea. Not in a bad way…I actually really like it…your blood is silver. And when you’ve been out of the water for too long, you were about to die.”

Hugo bit his lip. The sick feeling was starting to settle in again.

“I have a lot of questions…”

“Don’t expect me to answer.”

Varian sighed. “Youre still not going to open up to me.”

Hugo glared. “Oh sorry you figured out what I am and you expect me to suddenly be an open book? Hell no hairstripe.”

Varians baby blue eyes bore into Hugos. Hugo looked away before the guilt started eating at him more.

“Hugo. My mom was a mermaid.”

Hugo turned.

Varian smiled a little. “I guess you noticed that my singing voice wasn’t exactly…normal.”

Hugo was speechless. He didn’t know how to react to this information.

“So do you have-“

“The tail? No.” Varian chuckled. “No gills either. But besides the singing, I can hold my breath for a long time. Though I think that comes from my dad teaching me not from my mom…”

“Can you swim?”

“why do you think im a sailor?”

Hugo took a deep breath. “….what was her name?”

“Ulla.”

“Ulla?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“…..That was the name of my moms research partner. She disappeared a while ago.”

“Huh.” Varian chuckled. “Small world.”

Hugo curled up, starting to feel worse. “Shit…”

“Hugo, you need to tell me how you called for help. And what they’re going to do when they get here.”

“…I…I don’t know exactly. But they’re going to bring down the ship after rescuing us.”

“So theyre all going to drown?”

“Is that a problem?”

Varian hesitated. Hugo raised an eyebrow. “Goggles, they kidnapped us and are going to force us to kill ourselves trying to shut down this thing on Motonui. Plus with what they’ve done to you in the past, I’ve half a mind to do it myself.”

“Aw…you do care.”

Hugo playfully punched his arm. “it’s only cause you’re half siren.”

“Nah I think you started caring way before that…I saw that look when I gave you your glasses.”

Hugo blushed. “I um…”

“I care about you too.”

Hugos face went bright red, before he hacked out a cough. When he pulled it away, silver blood was on his hand. That…that was not a good sign.

“We need to get you into the water.”

“I-If we could just hold out…Donella and Cyrus should be here soon…hopefully.” Hugo coughed more. His chest hurt.

“We don’t know when they’re going to get here. We need a solution now.”

“I could…I could try to sing?” Hugo shrugged.

Ruddiger made a chirping sound. Like an alert. There was a crash up top. Then yelling. It was like they were being attacked but it didn’t indicate that there was another ship. In fact it sounded like just one person. Then it went silent for a moment.

The door opened. Varian looked up and to his absolute relief, his aunt was there.

“Adira!”

“it’s time for a jailbreak!” she sliced the lock open, then bent down to Hugo, who raised an eyebrow at her. “oh kid doesn’t look too good.”

“Hes sick! He needs sea water quickly.”

Adira made a face that Varian couldn’t figure out. Then she looked up at Varian. “Grab Ruddiger and let’s go.”

Hugo tried to get out of Adiras grip as she lifted him bridal style. It made his stomach churn.

“How did you know-“

“Who do you think sent him? Come on, freckles.”

Varian followed his aunt up top. Everyone, including Andrew, were unconscious.

“Holy shit Adira.” Varian mumbled.

“I didn’t even touch them. Come on. Before they wake up.”

Adira casually walked with Varian to the makeshift bridge she had on her own boat. Varian let out a sigh of relief at being away from Andrew, then frowned at seeing Hugo, who was hacking up a metaphorical lung.

Adira removed the bridge and casted off, getting as far away as they could as quickly as they could.

“Adira, he needs sea water. Right now or he’s going to die.”

Adira looked down at the blonde. “Right. I’ll take care of him. You go get changed.”

“But I want-“

Adira just gave Varian a look. Varian pulled back. “…please be careful with him.”

“Don’t leave me alone with this crazy lady!” Hugo tried to wiggle out of Adiras grip but it was like steel.

“Ill be right back.” Varian chuckled. “and she won’t hurt you. Right Adira?” he looked up at his aunt.

“Of course…We’re just gonna have a talk.”

“A talk or a talk?”

Adira shrugged. “We’ll see where it takes us.”

“Adira!” Varian glared.

“Fine. A normal talk.”

Varian nodded, satisfied, and walked below deck, Ruddiger on his shoulders. He had his own room there. Adira put down Hugo, then locked the door behind her nephew, just in case. She didn’t want him seeing what she was going to do.

Hugo was splashed with sweet sweet ocean water. He took the deepest breath that he had in days. His stomach settled. It felt like he could breathe again. It took a few coughs but his throat eventually came back to normal.

But when he opened his eyes, She had a sword pointed at his throat. God this job sucked.

“Okay Siren.” She said simply. “Start talking.”

Hugo grimaced.

Varian was relieved to finally be in safety. Still, on this ship…it was like walking into a memory.

He remembered the last time he was on this ship. 14 and grieving over a father who wasn’t dead but not able to be with him anymore. This was the last spot he had seen him up and moving and talking and truly alive. Not just a meat sack unable to talk to him.

Varian took a deep breath, going into his room and taking off his clothes, changing into one’s that Adira had set out for him. He went over to the water basin and cleaned his face hair and hands. The rest of his body could wait for later.

He looked in the mirror. When did he start looking so much like his dad?

Ruddiger sat on Varians old bed, and made a sound to get Varians attention. The boy looked over to him. “So Adira sent you huh?”

He just nuzzled Varians hand as he sat down the bed next to the raccoon. Varian chuckled. Then noticed a cheese platter on his bedside table. He smiled and shared them with Ruddinger.

He was worried about Hugo, sure, but he also knew he could trust his aunt to take care of him and make sure he was safe.

So for now, he let himself relax. He let himself settle into his childhood bed.

Not far from Hugo and Adira, a large wave appeared. Hugo immediately knew.

“Cyrus.”

Adira stopped, looking at the pirate ship in the distance that was swallowed up by the monstrous wave. For a moment, Adira thought it was coming for them. Then it calmed as if it never happened.

Adira put her sword away as there was a large splash and Cyrus was on the ship, over Hugo, grabbing his face.

“Ow, ow Cyrus! Stop it!”

Cyrus, a large man soaked in sea water, wearing armor as if he’d been ready for a fight, was examining Hugos face.

“They didn’t hurt you anymore than you needed right?” He asked.

Hugo chuckled, and then threw his arms around Cyrus. Cyrus breathed a sigh of relief. “You dumbass don’t ever scare me like that again.

“Cyrus.” Adira said simply.

Cyrus turned, then smiled. “Adira. It’s been a while.”

“Ten years.”

Hugo let go of the bigger man as he stood. “…you two know each other?”

Adira nodded. “the only reason he didn’t drown this boat too. Good work by the way.”

Cyrus chuckled. “Just taking care of this one.” He ruffled Hugos hair, who grumbled in response. “He sent me a blood message.”

“my conch shell is back on the sundrop.” Hugo muttered. Adira relaxed a bit.

“I apologize for my previous behavior.” She sheathed her sword. “But since you’re Cyrus’ son…you get a pass. For now.”

Hugo blushed. “I’m not his…”

Cyrus just looked at him. Hugo smiled a bit.

She came over and unlocked the door, opening it only to find Varian tumbling out. She didn’t look surprised. “Hey freckles.”

Varian chuckled. “Hey Adira…what’s going on?”

“Your boyfriend here is with an old friend of mine.”

“Hes not my boyfriend!’” Varian and Hugo yelled at the same time, both of their faces going red.

Cyrus and Adira looked at each other, and chuckled.

Cyrus then looked at Hugo. “You look sick. Come on, let’s get you into the water.”

“….can we talk about the mission?”

Cyrus nodded. “Donellas not far. We can talk about it with her.”

Varian frowned softly, looking down. Hugo saw him and smiled. “I’ll be back in a bit, sweetcheeks.”

Varian blushed hard. “Hugo!”

Hugo winked, and he and Cyrus jumped into the water.

Adira looked at Varian. “God you’re just like your dad.”

Varian cocked his head to the side. “What do you mean?”

“Both of you fell in love with sirens.”

Varian blushed deeply. “I’m not in love with him! He’s my friend!”

Adira ruffled her nephews hair. “Yeah. That’s what your dad said too.”

< >

Read this on A03!

#hugo vat7k #varian and the seven kingdoms #tangled varian #varigo #varian #vat7k #vat7k fic #vat7k au #cyrus vat7k #chapter 6 #siren #tts adira #adira

11 notes · View notes

ryder616 · 2 years ago

Text

Basic Tumblr etiquette: you don't post character hate or negativity in the character's main tag, you tag it as "anti *character".

Now, point by point:

1) During the time he was hallucinating as the Doctor, Fitz had the team hostage at gunpoint, Mack was shot, and he inflicted a torturous, non-consensual and highly dangerous "surgery" on Daisy. When he came to himself again, he agreed with his nazi alter ego and kept going. Then he insisted he didn't regret it, demanded Daisy's trust after he had just betrayed it so egregiously and insisted that he had had no choice, after he had violently taken away hers. Getting mad at the superpowered equivalent of an angry shove seems like the definition of missing the forest for the tree.

People were hurt and Fitz was unapologetic about it. That's why he was locked-up, he presented a danger - the Doctor is a monster - and the characters, who don't watch the show, had no guarantees that it wouldn't happen again. Daisy was following Coulson's playbook, almost to the letter. When she returned from Hive, ostensibly free from the mind control, she was still locked-up for everyone's safety.

As for providing mental care: SHIELD was in shambles (again), with little to no resources (2 eps earlier Coulson had sold his collectibles to finance FS wedding) and they were fugitives, wanted for terrorism, trying to stay ahead of law-enforcement and Hydra both, while dealing with an impeding apocalypse and related troubles. They would have needed someone they already knew, fully trusted and vetted, and of course extremely competent. Another Andrew, basically. May only married the one.

2) Deke didn't follow Daisy's order to retreat to the Zephyr and got shot as a consequence of it. Him getting mad at her for pointing it out is the issue, not the other way around. He was completely out of line. Moreover, the last thing Daisy wants or needs is someone being hurt "for her". That's a big trigger he was (unknowingly) pulling.

3) Coulson denied Daisy's wish to be left in the future to nip the world's breaking in the bud, so I don't know if he can really complain all that much about his wishes not being respected, they're kinda in the same boat there. YoYo didn't tell either May or Daisy about her future self's warning until almost the very end, and by then they had Robin's prediction that Coulson "put the pieces together", aka Coulson was going to be key to the solution. Which, one might assume under the circumstances, he couldn't be if he was kidnapped by the baddies or dead.

4) It's not about the killing. It's about killing as the first and only option. None of those examples really qualify, and in fact both Dr. Hall's and Donnie Gill's unfortunate ends are the opposite of how YoYo handled the situation (which is fine: she is in different circumstances, barely physically recovered from massive trauma and facing the person that caused it. Ideally, she simply should not have been in that position)

5) Ruby had never been/was never going to be the Destroyer of Worlds. It's a fair assumption on YoYo's part but the audience should know better. The true consequence of killing Ruby is destroying the tentative alliance with Hale, which resulted in Hale informing the Confederacy of the Lighthouse's location and the Remorath's invasion, leading to Talbot infusing himself with gravitonium and thus becoming the actual Destroyer of Worlds. None of which YoYo could be reasonably expected to anticipate, but that is part of the issue, it was an impulsive call, colored by her personal experience with Ruby. On the plus side, she might very well have saved Daisy's and Hale's lives, as Ruby was unstable, they might not have been able to calm her down and Daisy was determined not to use her powers to subdue her. She had asked May to come back, however, which indicates that she was aware of the risk and trying to cover her bases as much as she could.

6) Mack criticizes using violence as the first and only recourse. He has obviously no problem defending himself and protecting others with deadly force when he sees no alternative. The two things are not antithetical.

7&8) Coulson gave Daisy the lead. She was, in fact, very much Simmons's boss and the boss of every other SHIELD agent until she handed the directorship to Mack in the finale, by which point Mack outranked her but probably no one else (S6 seems to point that way). What you are seeing is someone who has no patience left for people who had been constantly disregarding her authority while also blaming her when things went wrong as a result of them doing what they wanted.

Seems to me like you're only angry at Daisy and Mack, not "everyone".

Agents Of Shield Season 5 RANT

Ok i really liked this season. Especially when they are in space. But when they get back home and Daisy starts being a BITCH I get really angry

-Fitz has a psychotic break. A psychic split. And instead of getting him the proper mental care he needs, Daisy and others call him a supervillain and lock him up in a cell and BLAST HIM INTO A WALL!

-Gets mad at Deke for trying to help her

-denies Coulson’s wishes to let him die and prioritizes his life over millions in the future.

-“We don’t do that here” (regarding Yoyo killing Ruby) Donny Gill, Those guys protecting GH serum, Franklin Hall, Gordon, NEED I SAY MORE!? Like i get the no kill policy but at least stick to it

-ALSO IF YOYO DIDNT KILL RUBY THE WORLD WOULD’VE SPILT LIKE AN EGG SO YA KNOW I’M ON HER SIDE

-Mack being an asshole to everyone especially Yoyo and Fitz about Ruby’s death AS IF HE DOESN’T HAVE A SHOTGUN AXE? A WEAPON THAT CAN ONLY BE USED TO KILL!

-“This is top priority”-Daisy, To simmons. EXCUSE ME!? YOU ARE NOT HER BOSS! Also, she manipulates her words to make it seem like if simmons’ respects coulson’s wishes, She’s a bad person.

-acts like yoyo’s crazy as if she didnt just come back from digging up her mom’s remains

In conclusion: Everyone in this season angered me.

#agents of shield #5b #aos season 5 #anti leo fitz #elena rodriguez critical #aos meta

35 notes · View notes

kaorimiyazonotl · 3 years ago

Text

Spring and Death

I sought to seek the truth about this topic and each piece of evidence given only connects to what’s been proven and what’s obvious. Since this is greek mythology, it is a very twisted story. I picked this love story because it has been told in various ways by many different people. Everyone has heard of the Goddess Persephone(Kore) and Hades. It is beautiful yet very confusing to understand the full 100% of their story. But since I picked theirs I’ve had to take my time and look a little deeper. Persephone or Kore, the daughter of Demeter the goddess of the harvest, grain, and fertility, is the goddess of many things; spring, nature, harvest, and fertility like her mother. Hades, “the Unseen '' god of the Underworld, brother of Zeus, Poseidon, and many other gods and goddesses who are related to him. Key question to ask; What is the truth? I can tell you my version and someone can tell you theirs, but in the end the choice depends on you. In the original context, there are two sides of a story and then there's the third person who knows it all, who can give you all the answers to your questions. But this is my view from beginning to the end the way I see it and what I think of it all.

Persephone or Kore? What’s her real name first of all? In the three articles and one book I skimmed through, Kore was her nickname meaning “maiden” and Persephone was her real name meaning “bringer of destruction” or “chaos bringer” or in webtoon “Bringer of Death''. In another book and a comment from one of the videos I watched it was the opposite, Kore to believe was her real name given at birth and Persephone was the name given in punishment from Zeus. In the article “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld'' by the Greeka website, I read “She was...called Kore…” In another article, Greek Mythology; “Hades and Persephone'' by Greek Myths it said, “They conceived a beautiful goddess named Persephone..” In the last article I read, the “Myth of Hades and Persephone'' by Greek Myths&Greek Mythology they put “...Persephone played..” and in Stephen Fry’s book Mythos, “Demeter had a daughter Persephone..”(page 138). But in a book called The Great Goddesses; Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill ``Kore...”(page 161) was her name. Later on “Hestia goes into the Underworld, to reason with Kore who now calls herself Persephone ''(page 163). Then there’s someone who commenced from the Persephone video and said that “...... Kore '' was the birth name. Also if you read webtoon’s comic Lore Olympus, Hades here and there calls her Kore but mostly calls her Persephone. It's confusing enough and there's a 10% chance with the whole name thing to be true or not because each source says otherwise. Kore; a birth or nickname? Persephone; a birth or punishment name? Persephone sounds more like her real name because I believe most people use that name rather than Kore being either her real name or nickname. Again still very confusing and I feel like there’s more missing. After all, this is Greek Mythology and it’s a long process to go over if you want to know the truth, however finding the “truth” will be done my way and how I see this roller coaster. In the next chapter we discover how Persephone ends up in the Underworld.

First things first when Persephone gets kidnapped in six different or connecting versions, Hades either arrives or appears out of the ground in a black chariot with black horses and Demeter was either present or not, all the sources I’ve read/watched say she stopped doing her duties down on earth with the mortals to find her daughter. A little side note from the “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld” article, “Demeter was very protective, keeping her naive to the ways of the world and dressing her like a child, even though she grew into a woman.” Meaning that that explains why Demeter had such rage when her daughter went missing. In the beginning, before the kidnapping happened though Hades asked either Zeus or Demeter for Persephone’s hand in marriage or he didn't ask at all and winged the whole thing. First off from the “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld” article Hades “... asked Demeter to marry her daughter.” Or from two different articles Greek Mythology; "Hades and Persephone" and the “Myth of Hades and Persephone” Hades “..confided his secret in his brother Zeus”(“The Myth of Hades and Persephone”). Zeus then “.. gave his consent to the marriage.”(Greek Mythology; “Hades and Persephone”). Next how the kidnapping began, from the comment section of the Persephone video, they put it as Zeus told Hades to kidnap her and they were going to use the Narcissus flower to do it. However in the book Mythos, “From out of the opening there thundered a great chariot”(pg 138). Speaking while Perspehone was out chasing butterflies in the meadow, it was Hades opportunity to strike. An interesting detail I found out on the Persephone video was Persephone found an entrance to the Underworld and Hades didn’t expect her to show up. Another detail in one article says that she was with the sea nymphs and Cyane was the only one who tried to stop Hades. In Nikita Gill's book The Great Goddesses, Persephone tries to explain to Demeter that the first time she touched a pomegranate shrub “...Instead of it bursting to full red fruit, it wilted and mottled under my fingers..”(page 167). This explains the difference between the Persephone I read about in all the other sources and this kind of Persephone who possesses great powers. The number one thing that made connections to all the sources was Demeter's actions and emotions, she was described as an overprotective, scared, worried mother. But it’s the most common emotion for a mother to have though. Demeter's emotions were for a reason, her daughter was kidnapped, she was very protective of Persephone because Demeter feared that she would suffer the same fate explaining why she was so overprotective and why she wanted her to remain a virgin. But Demeter's emotions are an example of any mother's, it was the fear that caused Demeter to be so emotional and frightened. As for the whole “kidnapping”, I think it was just a misunderstanding, Hades didn’t know what to do or how to talk to her. Like I’ve said and what the articles, books, and videos have mentioned; Hades was very dedicated to the Underworld and was more focused on his realm than screwing around with his brothers. So it makes sense for the articles to write it as a Kidnapping because some of the articles mention how Hades got Persephone without letting Demeter know or anyone. It makes sense too if he did ask Zeus for “advice” since he was an “expert” and it was his only option anyway. But Hades fell in love with Persephone at first sight and loved her dearly too. From what I’ve read, it looks to me that Hades never meant to hurt Persephone; he just didn’t know how to express his feelings and he’s never seen such a goddess-like Persephone. Things could’ve been done differently if Hades didn’t ask Zeus and Hades just had the confidence to tell Persephone his feelings. Then writers wouldn’t have taken it as a “kidnapping” and just a misunderstanding. SO, what we know so far on this journey is much more than what I’ve expected. There’s the marriage, the “kidnapping”, Demeter’s emotions, and Hades' misunderstood feelings, all were an accident and all’s emotions are relatable. However, we've only taken a stroll on Demeter and Hades's roller coasters. There is still much to discover. What exactly was the daughter of fertility and harvest emotions down in the Underworld?

Anyone who’s been kidnapped would’ve done the fight-or-flight situation, scream or freeze, be confused, sad, and scared for their life. Persephone did not scream, I believe she didn’t have time to scream because everything had happened so fast and the world changed from light to dark in a split second. “Down in the Underworld, Persephone was distraught…”(Greek Mythology; “Hades and Persephone) they say and while Demeter was doing earth damage, Zeus had to stop the situation before it escalated. Zeus “...promised Demeter to restore Persephone to her if it can be proven that the maiden stays with Hades against her will”(“Persephone, Queen of the Underworld”). In The Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill, Persephone was herself and she tries to explain to her mother that Hades “fell in love with the part of me that no one else could, promised me a land where I could be queen and not another version of you..”(page 167). This prompts about Persephone’s powers, the kind of love she received while being with Hades, and how she was just a girl trying to fulfill her mother’s wishes by not truly being the person she wants to be. But so, aside from that, Mythos by Stephen Fry, explains the odd feeling towards both God and Goddesses feelings in the Underworld. So by Zeus's order, he sent Hermes down to the Underworld to get Persephone back, Hades refuses and so “The next day Hades knocked on the door of Persephone’s chamber...Hades..loved her with all his heart, and..he was sure that he could not let her go.”(pg 140) Since it would be odd for a “kidnapper” to treat their “prisoner” with such respect and courtesy it seems that Hades was different compared to his brothers so they say. But the book Mythos continues to give out one more piece of information, a sign to show that Persephone cares for Hades, that he could detect “a small flicker of returned love’(page 140). Strange as it seems for Persephone to give returned love to the person that “kidnapped” her I think regardless of what evidence has just said and what’s been spoken Persephone’s time spent in the Underworld were shown differently. However, Hades gave Persephone space, he could understand the fact that she missed her mother and so he was kind enough to be patient with her, he treated her with kindness, compassion, and respect. Hades was the only person who treated her like an actual Goddess, he took his time though went at a steady pace with her, but he did so much for her, built beautiful gardens, gave her gifts, most of all he allowed her to be her true self as Queen of the Underworld, ruling alongside with Hades, having their thrones next to each other to show equal ruling. Throughout a small encounter from one another, the feeling of Persephone to me shows that despite missing her mother she didn’t show any sight of regret or discomfort while being with Hades. Something tells me that at the beginning she was unsure and unaware if this person was bad, but as she saw what Hades had done for her she didn’t take it for granted but deep down I think she loved it, just wasn’t sure until the end, which came to show for her that Hades wasn’t a bad person. In the end, Persephone began to love this new world around her and accept this person’s gratitude for treating her so kindly even though he captured her unexpectedly. Hades though, his thoughts and feelings during that time don’t need an explanation, I think he was hoping that even though he was in the wrong at the beginning, he’d hoped to be forgiven. Also, he wasn’t asking much from Persephone, simply just asking to be called a friend to her.

Thus the Pomegranate comes into play for this twisted love story. First things first, how did Persephone receive the pomegranate? By choice? A Gift? Persuasion? Hunger? Or tricked? It is said that Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds connecting her to the Underworld and because of that it created The Eternal Cycle of Nature’s Rebirth and Death. In the Hades and Persephone video, it says that Hades gave the pomegranate to Persephone as a parting gift because she was leaving the Underworld and he was terrified that she wouldn’t come back. In the articles, Persephone “had been persuaded to eat four seeds of a pomegranate”(“The Myth of Hades and Persephone”) or Hades “tricked his reluctant bride...to eat...a few seeds from the Pomegranate” (“Persephone, Queen of the Underworld ''). In another scenario from the “Hades and Persephone” article, they say “Persephone went into the Underworld’s garden and was offered a pomegranate from the gardener...that morning Persephone was so hungry..and ate six seeds”. From a books point of view, Hades asked Persephone to “share some pomegranate seeds..to show there is no ill-feeling”(Mythos, by Stephen Fry, pg 140). Meaning that there’s no hostility towards Hades if Persephone was comfortable around him. Being persuaded is one thing but being tricked is another. Persuasion works on anyone depending on what you use it for, tricking someone though isn’t the best route either especially when you’re trying to get them to do what you want. But common sense would say that people have their view about what might’ve happened. I just don’t believe that Hades was that cruel to trick Persephone, from what the evidence and notes I’ve pulled I find that hard to believe it’s true. If Persephone knew the risks of eating such food from a realm that was completely the opposite of hers, she wouldn't have taken it, but since she was starving she had no choice but to accept. The possibilities for Hades and Persephone’s actions all have a meaningful reason to do so. Hades actions were mostly done by fear. As for Persephone she only ate the fruit because she hadn’t eaten. In the end no matter how the pomegranate came into play before or after Persephone still ate the fruit connecting her to the Underworld.

Part 1

Before we begin I’d like to say that this will be put into two parts;Part one will be about how the decision was made and who made it. Part two will be explaining what the Eternal Cycle is and how it connects to Persephone. So as we all know the story told has been put onto the table into different puzzle pieces and each piece has either connected or disconnected to finding the truth. Thus giving the impression to many theories and questions about Persephone's feelings in the Underworld, Hades's feelings towards Persephone, and how great of an impact the pomegranate has played into this story. But what I liked to figure out is how this whole stay between Demeter and Hades happened? How long was Persephone allowed to stay in the Underworld and with her mother? And who made the decision? In a gathering, according to the “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld '' article “Persephone was asked where she would like to live, she answered she wanted to live with her husband.” And so “...Zeus decided that Persephone would spend half months with her husband in the Underworld and half months with her mother on Olympus.” In a different type of gathering it says that when Hades showed up in the throne room of Olympus, he held a partially eaten pomegranate that Persephone had eaten, then Zeus ruled “that she will spend six months of each year in the Underworld and six months tending the mortal’s fields with her mother”(“Hades and Persephone'' article). In another article, it is told that Hades and Zeus came up with a plan and that stated Persephone was going to stay with Hades and Demeter for six months of the year. Before leaving though Hades had Persephone eat four pomegranate seeds and “Persephone was to..return to the Underworld for four months of the year...But..allowed to spend the remaining two-thirds of the year with Demeter'' (''The Myth of Hades and Persephone” article). From the Persephone video someone had commented that when Zeus had heard Persephone ate “fruit of the dead, connecting her to the Underworld forever, he “grounded” Persephone by staying with her mother for six months and the rest with her husband”. But in The Great Goddesses by Nikita Gill, she describes Persephone as the decision-maker, stepping in telling Demeter that “... you gave birth to a girl who knows her mind. He didn’t snatch me and take me to hell. I went there because I wanted a queendom destined to be mine”(page 168). Then lastly, when Hermes came back the next day to get Persephone again, Hades told Hermes “she has tasted six pomegranate seeds so she must come back to me for six months of every year”(Mythos by Stephen Fry, page 141). Zeus, Hades, and Persephone. One of them decided how long Persephone was gonna stay in the Underworld and on earth. The majority of the votes said six months each year, but they were said from Zeus and Hades. Persephone, on the other, had stepped in two times calling the shots. Persephone was given a choice which she chose to live in theUnderworld because that happened to give her happiness and what Hades provided her. Everything else though, the two-thirds, four months, and half months don’t make sense at all and I don't think that connects to the big picture. But I’d like to point out Persephone’s decision-making shows strength, maturity, and growth as a Goddess and also that she is capable of making her own decisions and not being treated like a child. Whoever made the decision only comes across to what it represents and how it relapses to the change of the seasons.

Part 2

Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, the four seasons of the twelve months that bring us the change yearly all around. Whoever made the decision left everyone in a disagreement with Zeus or Hades or Persephone’s final word. Even though Demeter wasn’t proud and neither was Hades, it had to be done so things can go back to “normal” for everyone. In previous paragraphs I and many other articles have stated/pointed out that the eaten pomegranate seeds represent The Eternal Cycle of Nature’s Rebirth and Death. Since Demeter was the goddess of producing grain and vegetation she technically controlled the seasons because when Persephone was with her during the spring and summer life was in full bloom meaning rebirth and when Persephone was away Demeter left life to rot and die because she missed her thus meaning death on autumn and winter. Keep in mind Demeter is the one that made this all happen. “According to the ancient Greeks……. this myth was created to explain the change of the seasons”(Article; “Persephone, Queen of the Underworld”). “Each time she left, Demeter mourned and all vegetation died..each time Persephone returned, the earth warmed and became fertile...This is how the Greeks explained the earth's seasons”(“Hades and Persephone” article). In Mythos, Stephen Fry states Demeter’s distress and jubilation for her daughter, it was the way the seasons came about due to Demeter's emotions. She was the one who started the cycle because she always mourned whenever Persephone had to return to the Underworld and always rejoiced whenever Persephone came back to her. The meaning of all this goes back to Demeter. I can’t be upset or disappointed that Demeter was the one who changed the seasons; she had every right to be happy and sad when Persephone was and wasn’t around. Demeter technically didn’t get to have a say during the whole decision making and as things couldn’t get crazier her time with Persephone was cut short. So how does The Eternal Cycle of Nature’s Rebirth and Death relate to the myth? It's because it has something to do with Demeter and her emotions about everything relating to her Daughter.

So much has happened and there’s not much to say other than this is the second to last paragraph. Before I continue though, I’d like to point out that this part would’ve been about Persephone’s feelings, but it didn’t feel right to just write about her feelings, there was so much other detail to put on here that I knew it wouldn’t be enough. In this chapter of the myth, Persephone starts to enjoy her time with Hades and slowly starts to fall in love with him. But it’s not just about Persephone, it’s Hades as well and what every moment they spend together represents and the emotions they feel together. I can’t complain about these pieces of evidence I give, other than if Demeter is mentioned here then that’s something. According to this from Mythos, it seemed that Persephone “....grew to love her time below as much as her time above. For six months she was no prisoner in Hades, but the contented Queen of the Underworld..”(page 142). And from the comment section on the Hades and Persephone video, they pointed out that “she saw sides to Hades that no one else had seen before and she began to fall in love with him.” Then in The Great Goddesses story, it is told what happens in the throne room. “Persephone sits by Hades’s side, on a throne made of skulls intertwined with black roses. He looks over and takes her hand, interlaces it with his and kisses it, his usually cold eyes warm”(page 177). After that, once all the deeds are done “they will go to their island for long walks surrounded by new dogs Hades has rescued while Persephone has been away and he will introduce them all by name to her. She will smile and pet them all..because she understands his love for dogs so well. They are loyal in a way their own Olympian family has never been to them, a way for them to know truly unconditional love widely and well”(pages 177-178). Also, one last piece of evidence to give as “punishment” I guess written in Great Goddesses would be Demeter’s “..uncompromising love is....why Persephone will never have children. She couldn’t bear to love someone like this”(page 176). Behind it all this shows actual love the two gods and goddesses have for each other despite what their Olympian family have to say. I don’t know what love is other than what I see and what people say. But I do think that this is beyond beautiful and touching to see Persephone smiling as Hades introduces the new dogs and beautiful to see that Hades changed as well and that Hades was able to open up to Persephone. It doesn’t matter how you put it, I think this whole thing connects to how Persephone began to fall in love with Hades in the first place. It’s just very upsetting that Demeter took so long to accept her daughter and Husband. Furthermore, I’m disappointed that Demeter was not able to obtain Persephone as she is by not letting her have children because of her reasons. To me that’s cruel, everyone is different, we are born into a world where no one is perfect, yet we all go through the same hell. People, friends, and family have to learn that there are some things that make us who we are and we shouldn’t be judged by that. In conclusion, Persephone was able to find happiness after going through hell.

Finally, we’re down to the last paragraph/my review. First things first, there’s good and bad. Second, there is no “true” answer. And thirdly, this is just my view and what I believe. I’ll be dividing this into sections; Demeter, Zeus, Hades, and Persephone. First is Demeter, the mother who smothered her child and left her in a dark hole surrounded by a mother’s demands and wishes. I’ve said it now at least nine times that Demeter was scared and wanted to protect her child. Well, protection doesn’t last long and you can’t keep a person “locked” away forever. How else was Persephone or any child supposed to grow and experience things if they don’t leave? I know, you know, we know this world is chaotic, dangerous, and full of all kinds of bad things around us. I think Persephone was old enough to know right from wrong. I’m theorizing that Demeter was hoping Persephone could accomplish some of the things that Demeter couldn’t have done when she was her age and if it isn't obvious enough Demeter was the one pushing Persephone farther away. Next, is Zeus, I’m assuming he only wanted Demeter to put an end to her tantrum because it was affecting the mortals, the earth and she would cause all humanity to disappear. So notwithstanding Hades and Demeter's request, Zeus only did what would please himself only to restore the balance of the world. Moving forward the decision had to be made and Zeus was a part of making it, he just left everyone unhappy in the end. Then there’s Hades, I know, and you probably already know too that he’s WAY different compared to his brother and maybe everyone else. There isn’t a whole lot to say other than he cherished Persephone more than what any Gods and Goddesses could imagine. I still think that Hades never meant to ‘kidnap” Persephone, everything was just put into false words and misunderstandings. Hades never kept Persephone hostage or a prisoner, he was patient, kind, gentle, and very respectful towards her. After giving out evidence from all kinds of sources and people, I believe that Hades' part of the story somehow connects to the “truth” about what could or might potentially be the myth. Hades may have rushed things in the beginning but he went at a steady and comfortable pace with Persephone along the way. Lastly, Persephone, a goddess who experienced so much already for a goddess such as her age, her emotions were all over the place but even that remains a mystery. I full-heartedly believe that Persephone did hold some kind of different powers from Nikita Gill’s book. It speaks as though she was different compared to all the original sources. There are two sides to Persephone; her being a strong woman and her being a helpless child. In the beginning, Persephone was confused as hell. In a fight or flight situation, she froze, that's probably why she didn’t scream. But Hades was the only one who saw right through all her pain and misery trying to be “perfect” for her mother. My belief about Persephone is a trapped child wanting to escape for freedom and Hades helped Persephone become the goddess she was meant to be, Queen of the Underworld alongside Hades as King. In the end, Persephone changed greatly, Hades helped and was different just like her, Demeter was controlling but she had her reasons, and Zeus was just being Zeus as always. However, there is still much to this like people thought the pomegranate that Persephone ate made her fall in love with Hades (I disagree strongly) or any other part of the story that I missed. There is still a mystery to this Greek Mythology, we may never find it, people find their own truth, and there is no right or wrong answer. What I believe though is this piece that I created.

#greek mythology #hades and persephone #webtoon #late update #romance #differences #i write too much

11 notes · View notes

faulty-writes · 4 years ago

Note

I read the pirate ask, I didn’t know I needed a pirate au in my life until you posted it!!! Can I request the same boys + Dabi’s reaction to learning their beloved mermaid escaped but then after a while she decides to comes back cause she loves them? Thank you! (P.s Absolutely love you and your stuff)

[ Thank you, I appreciate that you like my work so much. Let’s see what dear old faulty-writes can do. ]

Previous Pirate!AU here.

Tomura Shigaraki

He should have expected this, no one ever wanted to stay with a ruthless Captain. Okay, maybe he didn’t treat you the best. But damn it, he gave you a room. He let you sleep with him in his bed, he had fought off some pathetic pirates that tried to kidnap you from his ship. What more did you want? Frankly Captain Shigaraki thought you were being ungrateful, despite the fact it hurt without your presence on the ship. Not that he would admit it.

Still, he had taken his foul mood out on his crew members. “All hands hoay!” he screamed and tapped his foot impatiently, everyone on the ship knew better than to keep the Captain waiting. But, even they knew the Captain was pissed off without you around, he had even hung a few of his lesser-known crew members for talking back to him.

Weeks had passed since your escape and though Shigaraki wouldn’t admit it, he missed you. “Why should I miss that wench!? Ungrateful ...I should have tied a hempen halter myself and ...” he growled, clearly frustrated as he sat on his bed. Teeth pressing together and his anger boiling, he suddenly shot up. Ready to go hang another crew member when the sound of something caught his ears. He stopped a moment, his eyes widened as he recognized the melody and quickly ran up to the deck. It was night time and the stars were shimmering in the sky and the boat was gently rocking to the rhythm of the sea.

He looked around before spotting a hand on the edge of his boat. He quickly ran over, though he was surprised to see you climbing up the side of his boat. He reached down and pulled you up. “So ...ye’ve come back have ye?” he questioned before growling. “Why is that?” you smiled in response. “Ye love me something awful, huh?” he said before huffing, “Well ...ye’re still mine. Try and escape again and I swear I’ll ...” his words came to a stop when you wrapped your arms around him. Making his body stiffen in response, though he denied he didn’t want it. His heart still raced knowing that you came back to him.

Shinsou Hitoshi

Despite his promotion due to your capture, he couldn’t help but feel some guilt. During your time on the ship, he had visited you in the holding cell. Offered you food and on occasion he’d take a nap with you. It wasn’t the most stable relationship, but he did notice he happened to smile whenever he was near you. But, part of him was suspicious that someone else had helped you escape as there was no other way you could have gotten out of the holding cell.

But still, he tried to carry on like nothing bothered him. But those that knew him a little more than the rest had noticed his change in behavior. Though he normally appeared uninterested in anything. There was a certain light in his eye that was gone and it left with you. Shinsou was sighing more than usual and often stayed up at night, writing letters to you and a few pieces of poetry.

He had begun to sit in his dinghy at night, it was securely tied to the ship so he had no fear he’d be swept out to sea. He would wait until it was quiet and the rest of the crew was asleep. Then he’d sit and look at the moon and stars, notebook in hand as he used a candle for light. One night in particular his heart was aching and he sighed, feeling no motivation to write. “Where are ye ...I miss having ye around,” he muttered before he felt his boat tip over.

He gasped and the next thing he knew, he was underwater, and hands grabbed onto his waist. He kicked and tried to pry them off before he saw your face come into view, your hair floating all around and your gills pulsing. He was in disbelief and you reached up to cup his cheek before pulling him to the surface. He coughed and glared at you. “Is that how ye greet me when ye finally decide to return?” he questioned as you swam closer to him and wrapped your arms around his torso. Nuzzling your head against his shoulder and an odd purring sound echoed from your throat. Shinsou let out a sigh, “Aye, Aye ...I love ye too. Now can we get back on the ship?” he questioned flatly, annoyed that his notebook was now ruined.

Bakugou Katsuki

He knew he hadn’t treated you the nicest when he tied you up and forced you onto the ship. But damn, he had tried to make up for it. He’d give you cuddles and press soft kisses to your gills. Wasn’t that enough to make you want to stay? Obviously not because sometime during the night you managed to escape, jump off the ship and disappear and it left Bakugou in a sour mood.

A few months had passed and Bakugou was wreaking havoc on the ship, screaming and terrifying his crew members to the point where some of them had even jumped off the side. “Damn it all!” he growled, ready to pull his hair out. “Uh, Captain Bakugou ...don’t ye think ye should calm down and-” Denki tried to reason with him before receiving Bakugou’s glare in return. “Hey ...uh, what’s that?” Kirishima as he lowered the telescope and pointed to a nearby set of rocks. “Is that ...” the redhead questioned before Bakugou snatched the telescope and looked through it, his heart skipping a beat.

“That ...that’s me mermaid!” he snapped, “What the hell!?” He ground his teeth together, “Batten down the hatches and get the fishing net, ye dumbasses!” he ordered as the ship slowly navigated toward the rocks where you sat. Bakugou’s nails dug into the railing of the ship as he stared down at you, and watched as you waved your webbed hand at him. “I SAID HURRY YE LANDLUBEBRS!” he snapped and Kirishima and Denki came stumbling out with the net. “Here ye go, Captain BakuBro.” Kirishima said and Bakugou snatched the net from him. “Don’t call me that!” he growled.

He looked down at you once more before tossing the net, making sure it was around you before his crew hoisted you up. “Were ye just waiting for me there?!” he snapped at you, but you only smiled from behind the net. Your webbed-hands clinging to it. He growled and stepped closer, looking you in the eye. “How long have ye been planning this!?” he demanded, stepping even closer as his nose brushed against yours. You chuckled and reached through the net to grab his shirt, pulling him forward. He gasped when he felt your cold moist lips touch his, all in all. You knew you could never leave your Captain, for even if he treated you wrongfully. You loved him.

Izuku Midoriya

He didn’t know what he had done wrong, everything seemed fine. Even if you were technically his captive, the fact that you decided to disappear after he had tried to return you back to the sea only to have you refuse was strange. Why did you leave? He treated you well, in fact he loved you and he had told you so. Maybe that was why you ran away, were you afraid of his love?

The thought weighed down on his heart so much that he had lost some of his motivation and decided to dock in a nearby town. His crew members were happy to finally be on land, despite their love for the sea. Even they needed a break sometimes. But Midoriya spent a majority of the time standing on the dock near his ship. His eyes scanning the water for you day and night, he just wanted to see you one last time. Was that too much to ask?

After a month of waiting for you, as much as he hated to give up. He needed to get back to the sea, on the night before he left. He once more stood on the dock, looking out on the sea. “I thought she loved me, aye ...but who would ever want to be associated with a Captain?” he questioned, his shoulders slumping before he turned to walk back to the hotel. But then he heard a splashing sound and paused, what was that? He slowly turned to look over the dock and gasped when he saw you sitting on the rocks, he noticed something was in your hands but he didn’t pay it much thought.

“Y/n!” he called and you smiled up at him before motioning him over with your webbed finger. He felt his heart skip a beat before he jumped off the dock, even though he landed awkwardly on the rocks, he stumbled his way to you and smiled. “Y-Ye, did ye come back for me?” he questioned and nearly felt like crying when you nodded and extended your hands out. He blinked and noticed you were holding a small treasure box. “Is this for me?” he questioned before taking it. “Thank ye,” he said as he opened it, his eyes widening when he saw the small number of gold coins inside. He smiled and pulled you in for a hug, “I knew ye loved me too.” he said as a single tear ran down his cheek.

Dabi

Dabi was more or less, a pirate without a ship. In fact, he preferred to burn them to the ground. He had been accused and charged with arson in various towns and was a wanted man across the seas. He usually changed his identity every now and again and as of late, he had scored himself a boat and though he was associated with Captain Shigaraki, he often went off on his own. That’s how he happened to meet you.

Unfortunately, like many things in his life. Whenever he got a moment of bliss, it usually blew up in his face. So, he shouldn’t have been surprised when he woke up one day to find you gone. “Guess it was just another dream blown up in smoke,” he muttered before trying to go about his life, but he found himself missing your company. Given it had only been a couple days since you left, still he missed the soft touch of your hair and the smoothness of your skin compared to his.

He knew there was little chance you’d find him or he’d find you. Despite the emotions that he felt inside his heart when he thought of you, he continued with his dirty work. Believing that burning a ship down might make him feel better. The sound of those screams that echoed from the now-dead pirates was amusing and it did make him laugh. But as he watched the ship burn into ash and the belongings of the various pirates that once occupied that ship float across the surface of the water, he couldn’t help but groan. Maybe this would be more fun if you were around. He shook his head before turning his back, ready to set sail once more when he heard a gentle splash.

“Hm?” he turned with a suspicious glance in his eye and watched as various items where pulled underneath the water, “What the fuck is happening now ...” he muttered, ready to set up another explosive fire bottle before he watched something shimmer. He paused in disbelief as he watched you emerge from underneath the rubble of broken boards and dead bodies. “So ye decided to come back did ye,” he said, acting as though he didn’t care as you sawm over to his boat and attempted to climb inside. “Well ...least ye have some common sense,” he muttered, though he tried to ignore the fluttering in his heart before turning to you. “I’m glad ye’re back,” he said before leaning over to hug you. The lonely pirate wasn’t so lonely anymore.

#Anonymous #midoriya x reader #shinsou x reader #bakugou x reader #shigaraki x reader #bnha requests #bnha x multicharacter

141 notes · View notes

sonicringbond · 4 years ago

Text

Sonic Ring Bond: The Journey - Scene 49

Well, now, believe it or not, but there are only three more weeks/episodes left of season 1 of The Journey. There will be several big changes coming once Season 2 gets underway so I’ll have a lot of work to o getting ready behind the scenes, but hopefully it is worth it. Anyway, let me stop babbling and let you dive into...

“It’s so good!” Rosy swooned and held a hand to her face and held up the soft serve ice cream cone she had. “I love festivals! And this one is such a big party! Ooh~! Why couldn’t we enjoy this one without having to crash it Sonic?”

“We’ll just have to blame our purple friend,” Sonic remarked, though there was little humor in his mood.

~I feel really bad for Sonic. He doesn’t usually let anything get him down, but Claymore the Purple really hurt his pride when we met him. That and he kidnapped Tails, Mighty, and Draw. I don’t know what happened to Mote, but I hope they’re with Draw still. It’s a shame they can’t enjoy the festival either. Tee-hee! Maybe I shouldn’t be letting myself have so much fun either.

~Tower Point, it’s not just a small community like I’ve mostly seen in the lands under Yolk, it’s one of the largest cities I’ve ever seen. Its name comes from all the large towers, but it’s crazy! From the cobbled roads there isn’t anywhere to go but the towers. It’s like being walled in with a spiderweb roof of bridges up above. And there are vendors and food stalls everywhere. Bands are playing in the streets and over a radio system that you can hear everywhere in the city. And the sky is full of confetti too! It’s just one massive celebration. But Sonic and I can’t enjoy it, well not as much as I’d like too. We have to face Claymore and rescue our friends. It’s such a waste of a good party too.~

“Stay sharp kid. We’ve got company coming.”

~Well, maybe not a total waste, tee-hee~♥

~As Sonic and I made our way deeper and deeper into the maze of towers and bridges, more and more autogolems started showing up. There were a lot that just looked like suits of armor built on clockwork skeletons, but there were also helmets with wings in the sky, and even more of the helmets with spider legs that were with Claymore when he attacked us. But none of them were going to get me! I could outrun them if I really tried, and Sonic could bash them to bits super easy! But Sonic did one better. Eeee! He held my hand to discourage them from coming after me! Ooh~! It’s so romantic~♥~

Enthralled as Rosy was by Sonic making sure she didn’t get separated in the crowds, Rosy couldn’t help but taunt one autogolem, a Squire Legs as it stared at her with glowing yellow eyes from its black knight helmet. If it could have developed an exasperated bead of sweat, it would have as Rosy pulled down her eye lid and stuck her tongue out at it. As her free hand was being held by Sonic, she managed to get ice cream in her eye and yelped out in surprise.

“Your rascally antics are going to make this harder than it needs to be,” Sonic warned her before pulling her into a bridal carry.

“Eep! S-Sonic!”

“You seem to be enjoying yourself, but I think it’s time we take things up to my pace.”

Not wasting a moment longer, or bothering to explain to Rosy, Sonic suddenly speed off and right up the sides of a tower. His speed assured most people wouldn’t get a good look at the cause of the commotion and bouncing from tower to tower and bridge to bridge, it was impossible for the average person to keep up with Sonic. He wasn’t just bouncing about aimlessly either. Though such maneuvers would have easily confused the autogolems trying to watch him and Rosy, his destination was a massive clearing in the forest of towers.

The city of Tower Point was not just home to seemingly countless towers and spires, but it was also the home of the Ring decrying religious group known as the Preservers. As such, most of the architecture looked as though it was fashioned after gothic style cathedrals merged with a steam work pipe system. There were several actual cathedrals mixed into the forest of towers, from their bases and peaks alongside observatories nigh everywhere, to even underground and within some of the larger towers. There was one cathedral though that was a series of towers itself, with the largest in the entire city at its center. It was that complex and the only massively open plaza in the city that Sonic aimed for.

To call the plaza massive however, was an understatement. It was several miles wide and several more long. Canals and parks littered the venue, and the most massive of crowds Rosy had ever seen gathered in it for the Banquet of Claymore the Purple. A celebration in open defiance of Yoluku, the small planet hanging in the above watching the festivities from below the permanent red lightning bolt that arced across the sky from horizon to horizon.

Asides from the main tower itself, the best view of the plaza was from any one of the plethora of airships that filled the skies above. Leaping between several and putting the best distance he could between himself and any and all flightless autogolems, Sonic eventually set Rosy down on the deck of a tadpole shaped one of a coral red hue.

“Sorry, about coming aboard uninvited,” Sonic laughed off his intrusion and offered a wave to the people on the deck of the vessel. A deck that looked familiar to Rosy as it ran back from the main body to the tail of the vessel under and above several propellers and sails.

“Hey, Sonic, isn’t this…” Rosy started, but the variety of people on the deck were all wearing badges with a wrench super imposed over a gear wheel, the symbol of the Engineers. “Uh-oh…”

The sweat drop that ran down Rosy’s cheek and her nervous smile told Sonic something other than what his nose did. As it wasn’t itching, or hinting at a coming sneeze, he was sure they were fine, but put a comforting hand on Rosy’s shoulder anyway. “No sweat kid. A bunch of mechanics aren’t going to be much of a threat to me.”

“We could still push you off,” one of the people on the deck warned and stood up, before stumbling back as Sonic was in their face.

“You really, think so? You’d have to catch me first. And I don’t think you, or you, or…”

Faster than anyone outside of Rosy, who was laughing at the display, could follow, Sonic introduced everyone on the deck to his speed. But even with his speed there were things that could surprise him.

“…or you, or–?!”

“Sonic!”

It was not Rosy who called out Sonic’s name, but the young fox girl who did was nonetheless familiar to both hedgehogs.

“Zooey!” Sonic asked in surprise. “What are–”

Sonic never finished the question. Zooey, not prepared for Sonic was even less prepared for Rosy, who tackled her in a crazy mixture of a bear hug and full-on nuzzling session. “ZOOEY!! It’s really you! I can’t believe it! I’ve been trying to catch up with you forever!”

“I thought I made it easy enough to follow me,” the yellow fox in the red dress stated her efforts to be found, and Sonic could only offer her a shrug and an awkward smile.

“What can we say, these lands are a mess. Great for adventuring and running, not so much for meeting up. But what brought you to this big party, Zooey?”

-|-

“I see,” Zooey sighed. “So, it was Mr. Gill who caused us so much trouble. And if I understand, you’re relying on him to cause even more now.”

“Not quite,” Sonic corrected Zooey as he leaned over the deck railing and looked at the plaza below. “I’m actually going to be the one causing trouble. Think I can use my plane to do it?”

“I’ve been using it and Tails’ X-Tornado for my races you know, Sonic. But I suppose it is yours.”

“You’re a real pal Zooey. Shame I can’t leave Amy with you though.”

“It’s Rosy!” Rosy corrected Sonic and earned a laugh from him. In response she puffed up her cheeks. “Ooh~! I don’t mind you using my real name Sonic, really! But we’re on an adventure! I’d rather go by Rosy while adventuring!”

“You’re enough of a rascal without calling yourself one,” Sonic teased Rosy and made her puff her cheeks up even more. He could have easily toyed with her all day, but he knew he didn’t have that type of time and turned his attention back to Zooey. “So, think you can have the Tornado ready to launch before Sir Buckethead makes his grand entrance?”

“It won’t be a problem at all,” Zooey sighed and earned a questioning look from Sonic and Rosy both. Their questioning eyes on her, Zooey forced a smile and explained herself. “It’s just, well… We finally meet back up and everyone is in this awful mess. I can’t believe Tails got captured too.”

“What can I say Zooey, Sir Buckethead is more trouble than he’s worth. But you leave the rescue operation to me and Rosy, and Gill and Blister too. Though, be ready to run, things might get dicey.”

Scene 49 · CLEARED Party Crashing, to be continued

-----

ZOOEY!!

XD Yes, Zooey is back just as we reach the end. I can’t say how involved she’ll be at this point as I only have more scenes to work with, and as of the time I wrote this, this was the only scene I had written. Can you believe it’s the 10th of March or later while you’re reading this, yet when I wrote this it was February 3rd? It’s amazing stuff.

For now though though, I’ll leave everyone waiting for Scene 50! What a milestone! I hope everyone is as excited as am =D

-----

Special Thanks to Cutegirlmayra Story by @JoshTarwater/SonicFanJ Inspiring Song – Cheers! – Tomomichi Takeoka – Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack

Fair Use Disclaimer

Sonic the Hedgehog and all affiliated characters and logos are the express property and Copyright© of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS used without permission under Title 17 U.S.C Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 in which allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. “Fair use” is use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be considered copyright infringement. The Sonic Ring Bond: The Journey alternate universe (AU) consumer written work of fiction is a non-profit transformative work primarily for personal use and can and will be taken down without warning or prior notice at the request of the copyright holder(s) should it not be recognized under “fair use”.

*Sonic Ring Bond logo created by DEE Art – twitter.com/daryliscute.

Sonic Ring Bond AU and Sonic Ring Bond: The Journey are the creation of Joshua David Tarwater/ynymbus/sonicfanj/@Joshtarwater and is to be, including all contents herein considered for all legal purposes the property of the Sonic the Hedgehog intellectual property (IP) and copyright owners, SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS. All story contributors via prompt, suggestion, written scene, art, and all and every other contribution acknowledge that all contributed material is forfeit for legal purposes to SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS upon official request from SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS.

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic fan fiction #sonic au #sonic au series #sonic ring bond #the journey #classic amy #amy rose #rosy the rascal #au amy #amy redesign #zooey

3 notes · View notes

diagnosed-by-doyle · 5 years ago

Text

The Love-struck Aristocrat

This is the 1,000 word fic won by @briars7. It turned out a bit longer than expected. I hope you enjoy it, and thank you again for supporting my writing!❤

~~~~~

Genre: Angst, comfort

Pairing: Arthur x reader

Warnings: kidnapping, mention of character death

Word Count: 1,497

~~~~~

You and Arthur decided to go into town one evening for a date. There was a lovely cafe near the center of the city that he had been excited to take you to. It wasn’t very often that you were able to spend time with each other outside of the mansion, so you were just as excited as he was.

A portion of your walk was along the Seine, the very same river that you tossed a coin into so long ago. You stopped and stared at the water that shimmered under the light of the moon. You’d made that silly wish to be able to leave with a smile on your face. If someone would have told you that you’d still be living in the 19th century with Arthur by your side as the love of your life, you would have told them that they were crazy. Yet here you were, as happy as you could possibly be.

~~~~~

“_____? What’s wrong?” Arthur, who’s hand you had been holding, stopped as soon as you did. He followed your gaze to the river, and it finally clicked. “Fond memories?”

You gave him a simple nod. “Fate works in mysterious ways.” Your blank stare turned into a big grin. “And to think I actually wanted to leave!”

Your laughter was contagious. Your happiness and laughter were things that Arthur treasured. Seeing you enjoy yourself so much, he couldn’t help but begin to laugh right beside you. “Do you fancy throwing in a coin for old time’s sake?” Once you agreed to his proposition, he let go of your hand so he could fish a coin out of his pocket for you. “One ‘Leon for--”

When the writer looked back to where you had been standing, you were no longer there. His eyes darted around the area, looking for any sign of where you may have gone to, but it was pointless. You’d vanished without a trace.

Panic began to bubble up inside him. After all that time the two of you spent playing detective, he’d finally have to solve a real case, one he hoped would never become a case in the first place. He closed his eyes and ran his gloved fingers through his hair in an attempt to calm himself. After a few deep breaths, he opened his eyes again. Their vampiric glow of anger would have frightened even the strongest of men.

The man who’d taken what Arthur valued most would pay dearly for his crimes.

Meanwhile, you were quite terrified. You’d woken up in a strange place, and everything was dark save for the area immediately around you. You were completely tied up with cheap, itchy rope, making it impossible to move.

The echoes of approaching footsteps made you freeze. What vile, sick person would you see? They finally entered the light. You could tell from their clothing alone that they were an aristocrat.

“Oh good, you’re awake. I was beginning to think I’d used too much.”

“Who are you?”

The man seemed surprised by your question. He tilted his head to the side and wore a disappointed expression. “You don’t remember? I asked you to dance at the ball three months ago. I told you to call me Gilles. Although, you did reject my request.” He sighed after a moment. “No matter. We have the rest of our lives to engrave the memory of me into your mind.” He pulled you up so that you were on your knees. “I won’t be able to make arrangements for our departure until morning, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy ourselves now.”

He took your chin in his fingers, raising it to make you look him in his eyes. You could even see the insanity in the depths of them. You swallowed hard out of fear. “Let me go. There’s people looking for me.” Your voice was not as steady as you would have liked it to be. He was so close that you could smell his strong, expensive cologne. It was enough to make your nose burn.

“Ah yes. I took you from under the nose of that gentleman you were with. He’s most certainly looking for you. If he does manage to make it here before we leave, I’ll simply get rid of him.”

“What?!” You struggled to get away from him, but the ropes binding you made the effort pointless. “You can’t!”

His lips curled up into a sickening smile. “Oh, but I can. He’s the only person keeping you away from me, right?”

Tears formed at the corners of your eyes. The thought of never seeing Arthur again… This man might even try to kill him right in front of your eyes. “I-I won’t let you!”

Gilles chuckled in amusement. “Your determination is adorable.”

“It is, isn’t it? I quite admire that trait of hers.”

The aristocrat quickly reached behind him and pulled out a revolver that had been tucked into his belt. “You got here much more quickly than I expected.”

A familiar figure walked into the light. It was none other than Arthur Conan Doyle. “You’re wearing a rather strong scent. It left quite a trail.” Arthur turned to look at me, and his brows knit together in concern. “You’ve made her cry?”

“Yes. She looks quite beautiful with tears staining her cheeks. Don’t you think?” Gilles pulled your face in his direction. “Her tears sparkle like diamonds.”

“I have to disagree with you. ____ looks most beautiful with a smile on her face. You clearly don’t know her true beauty, so I’ll have you turn her over to me now.” Arthur took a couple steps toward you.

The man next to you, who was clearly insane, took that chance raise his gun and point it at Arthur. It was effective in making him stop his advance. “She deserves someone who knows how to hold onto her. Something you’re clearly incapable of. I’ll give you one chance. Leave now, and I’ll spare your life.”

“Did I forget to mention that the police have the building surrounded? You wouldn’t get very far.” You saw a hint of a smile on Arthur’s face. He knew he was going to win.

Gilles’ eyes narrowed. “You’re bluffing.”

“Am I?”

You could tell that Arthur wasn’t lying. Even if he could survive a gunshot, you didn’t want him to get shot. You needed to give him an opening. It would only be possible because you were on your knees. You had one shot at this.

“Tch, whatever. I suppose that means you’re decl--”

You threw your body against him, causing his gun to discharge away from the direction of Arthur.

The writer didn’t waste a second. He quickly approached the aristocrat and pulled the gun away from him before sliding it across the floor, far away from them. You watched as Arthur wrestled him to the floor.

The police, having heard the gunshot, rushed into the building. Gilles was apprehended under the charges of kidnapping and attempted murder. After you and Arthur were questioned by a policeman, he took you home.

He held you tightly the entirety of the coach ride home. He wanted to comfort you, but he was also afraid of losing you. He vowed to himself that he would always keep an eye on you outside of the mansion.

You held yourself together long enough for Arthur to get you up to your bedroom. Both of you kicked off your shoes then crawled onto the bed. He pulled you on top of him and began to stroke your back lovingly.

“You don’t have to hold back, ____. I know you’re not okay.”

That was enough to get the tears flowing again. You’d nearly lost Arthur. You’d almost been taken away from everyone here, never to be seen again. The relief you felt was overwhelming. You shook from the sobs as you cried into Arthur’s shoulder.

“Everything’s alright now, darling. No one can hurt you anymore. I’ve got you.” He held you just as lovingly as he always did as you let all your emotions out.

When you finally calmed down, he whispered quietly in your ear. “Hey, look at me.” You pushed yourself up just enough to be able to look him in the eyes. He wiped your cheeks dry then placed a kiss on both of your eyelids. “You never have to worry about something like that happening ever again, alright? I promise. I will always protect you with my life.”

“Don’t say things like that!” you whisper-shouted. “I don’t want to think about what life would be like without you!”

He smiled sadly. “Ah, I’m sorry, love. I wasn’t thinking. Just know that I will always keep you safe.” Arthur pressed a soft, gentle kiss to your trembling lips. “I’m sure you’re exhausted, so get some rest. I’ll be right here when you wake up.” He held you close to him all night, allowing both of you to sleep peacefully.

#that dude was an absolute yandere #ikemen vampire #ikevamp #ikevamp arthur #arthur conan doyle

119 notes · View notes

sunfrost23 · 6 years ago

Text

S. H. I. E. L. D. Sunday: AoS Season One Episodes 9-14 Reviews

Annnd we’re back once again at the start of a new week and it’s S. H. I. E. L. D. Sunday! WHOOP WHOOP! Today we’re reviewing the next four episodes of AoS, nine through twelve. When we last left our daring agents, they had just had a crazy run-in with some pagans and an Asgardian. But the very next morning, in a small town in Utah, a woman named Hannah Hutchins starts Magneto-ing as a result of harassment by the locals. See, she was the supervisor of the local particle accelerator, and the town blames her for an accident there which killed four men.

The team flies in from Dublin to perform the Index intake and assessment on Hannah (the Index is S. H. I. E. L. D.’s list of powered people), or, as Skye prefers to call it, the welcome wagon. Their efforts are interrupted by the still ticked-off locals, and the situation is only made worse when Hannah’s supposed telekinetic powers send a police car driving into the mob. To put an end to the tension, May tranquilizes Hannah and the team takes her on to the Bus.

The team is puzzled by the situation, since Hannah really seems like just the nicest person who would never use her uncontrollable abilities to hurt people. Skye is incessantly annoyed with May for pretty much the whole episode because of her lack of people skills, arguing that her methods just scare Hannah more and make the situation worse. Phil finally opens up about why May is called the Cavalry, revealing that years ago in Bahrain, they were trying to be the welcome wagon to a powered individual but it went horribly wrong. A bunch of agents and a little girl were taken hostage. May went in and neutralized the threat, but the girl died, and May was never the same.

Meanwhile, weird things are happening on the Bus, and the team eventually finds out that Hannah actually isn’t telekinetic. It turns out that one of the men thought to have died in the accident, Tobias Ford, isn’t dead; he’s just trapped between dimensions. He had a crush on Hannah and so he would purposely mess things up so that she would came to investigate and he could see her. One time he messed things up too badly, which led to the whole thing exploding, three of his co-workers dying, and him being trapped between dimensions.

All of those accidents that were happening were actually just him trying to protect Hannah from being harassed by the other people. He causes the Bus to lose power and they crash in a field, but May drags Hannah off the plane to lure Tobias away. They meet in a barn and May persuades him to let her go. He agrees and dissipates into nothingness. I actually don’t know if he’s dead…? He could be just trapped in that other dimension forever… which would be kind of sad…

I like this episode all right, it’s kind of another average one, but we start to learn a little bit more about May, which is cool. It also gets a little philosophical with Skye’s conversation with Hannah about God and His mercy. They actually get it kind of right, surprisingly? I don’t appreciate perpetuating the stereotype of evil nuns that run orphanages, but when Skye brings up how God is love and that He does forgive… that’s right. “That’s the version I like,” she says. That’s the only version!! Oh well, it’s still nice to see them get some of the truth.

Yeah, other than that everything’s pretty normal, the subplot with FitzSimmons trying to prank Skye and pretty much failing is funny, and… yeah. It’s good.

Next up is The Bridge, and in it we see the return of ya boi Mike Peterson from the first episode. Not surprisingly, this episode is connected to the Centipede program. This weird dude named Edison Po who cannot go ONE FREAKIN’ SECOND without shoving food in his face was broken out of prison by a bunch of soldiers juiced up the the Centipede serum. He’s a former Marine and acts as their organizer with Raina, so… that’s--that’s why they broke him out of prison. Anyway, the team eventually tracks down one of their facilities, a warehouse in California, but they’re too late. Po and Raina already split, but a few soldiers stayed behind to thwack anybody who showed up. Ward, May, and Mike manage to fight them off, and they discover that the soldiers have exploding camera eyes just like Akela Amador did.

Suddenly, Raina kidnaps Mike’s son Ace, and she meets with the team on a bridge to negotiate an exchange, hence the name. Everyone assumes that she wants Mike in exchange for Ace, but no no no, she actually wants Phil. *gasp* Of course, since Phil is a nice guy and he doesn’t want an innocent little boy to get hurt, he gives himself up.

Mike gives Ace to Skye and then immediately runs to rescue Coulson, but the bridge suddenly explodes, and Mike is caught right in it. Po and Raina escape with Coulson in a helicopter, informing him that they reason they captured him is because they want to know how he came back to life.

This is, like, the third episode that I feel like I forget about. I don’t really know why, since it’s, like, really important? Mike comes back and Coulson gets kidnapped, which leads directly into the next episode, and yeah. It’s another one that’s kind of average, but still not bad. I don’t think we’ve had a bad episode yet. It moves really quickly and it keeps you interested for the time you’re watching it, not to mention that crazy shocker-cliffhanger ending. Oh, and also Ace is adorable, so it’s all worth it.

The next episode is The Magical Place, and as you might guess from the title, in this episode we learn some more about the T. A. H. I. T. I. project. Since Coulson was kidnapped last episode, Victoria Hand is leading a task force to find him and hopefully destroy Centipede for good. Skye tries to hack into S. H. I. E. L. D.’s database to find information, but Hand is none too pleased about this and she kicks her off the Bus. Thinking on her feet, Skye employs an elaborate plan to pose as an agent and blackmail a corrupt businessman into helping her, since she can’t use any computers without them locking down. She traces Raina’s purchases and discovers where they’re keeping Coulson, then regroups with the rest of the team to go find him while Hand and all her agents go in the entirely wrong direction.

While all of this is going on, Phil is being held hostage in an abandoned town. Po interrogates him to try and uncover the secrets of his resurrection, since the Clairvoyant is veeeeerry interested in that. For all his vaunted “clairvoyance” he can’t see what happened, so Po uses a mind probe to try and see into Phil’s brain. His methods ultimately fail and the Clairvoyant kills him remotely with that same paralyzing technology from Iron Man.

Raina then takes over and uses her wicked manipulation skills to get Phil to willingly go into the machine. It awakens a bunch of traumatic memories and he starts screaming, “Please let me die!”

Right at this moment the whole gang shows up to rescue Phil and they arrest Raina. In gratitude for what she did to save him, Phil removes Skye’s bracelet, and he declares that their new mission is the track down the Clairvoyant. He also goes to see one of the doctors who worked on him, and discovers that he was dead for days before they figured out how to revive him. Since the experience was so painful, they replaced his memories with a beautiful island.

In the end tag, we see that *gasp* Mike is alive! But OH NO he’s missing half his leg and he has one of the eye cameras implanted in his head! AAAAAHHH

But seriously though, my heart just sank when I saw that for the first time. Poor Mike. He didn’t deserve what he got.

Overall I like this episode pretty well. I think the highlights are the time spent with Phil and Raina and it’s really cool getting to learn about the secrets of T. A. H. I. T. I. and all that. The other parts of the episode with Skye doing her thing is fine, but I don’t think it’s really the part of the episode that matters. It winds up being kind of forgettable in the end.

Episode Twelve is called Seeds, and it starts off with a couple cadets of the S. H. I. E. L. D. academy going swimming at night. Suddenly, the entire pool starts to freeze, and it looks like one of the kids, Seth Dormer, is going to be trapped, but he’s rescued at the last second by Donnie Gill. (who, for the record, was not originally with the swimming party. He was sitting in the corner like a loser.) Fearing that this may have been a murder attempt, Principle Anne Weaver contacts Fitz and Simmons to consult in the investigation, and Skye and Ward come along because… because of course they do.

Meanwhile, Coulson and May head off to Mexico to find former agent Richard Lumley, who may have information about Skye’s history. He reveals that he and several other agents were sent to China to retrieve an 0-8-4, which turned out to be the infant Skye. Her entire village had died protecting her from some kind of monster, and several of the agents were killed as well. She was finally hid inside the foster system to protect her, with protocol ensuring that she be moved around from house to house frequently.

Back at the Academy, FitzSimmons give a talk to try to encourage everyone to remain calm, but just as they’re doing so, Donnie is suddenly frozen in the same way the pool was. But, of course, Fitz and Jemma are there to save him, and so they do. Fitz tries to befriend Donnie to try and find out if anyone would target him, while the others go to collect intel from the other students.

Fitz, trying to be friendly, gives Donnie advice on his inventions, but then Ward discovers from one of the cadets that Donnie and Seth actually staged the freezing events to lure FitzSimmons there so that they could help them perfect their freezing device. Of course, he discovers this information too late to help Fitz (good job Ward) and the two boys, with parts supplied to them by Ian Quinn, successfully make a giant weather machine.

Quinn wants a demonstration before he seals the deal, and so they turn the machine on, causing a crazy superstorm to start around the machine. But since Quinn is a scumbag, he leaves the two gullible kids to deal with the problem themselves.

They fail in that regard, and lightning strikes the device, electrocuting both of them. Seth dies of cardiac arrest, but Donnie gets cryokinetic powers. He is incarcerated at the S. H. I. E. L. D. facility called The Sandbox and Coulson tells Skye what he learned about her past. She is understandably upset at first, but she finally says that she is comforted by the fact that S. H. I. E. L. D. has been protecting her her whole life.

In the little end tag thingy Phil calls Quinn to make threats, but Quinn is a smooth scumbag, and so he smugly replies, “The Clairvoyant says hello.” *gasp* What? It’s all connected? Woooowww

I feel like I always forget about this episode, but I’m not sure why, since it’s pretty good. It’s kind of different from anything else in the season and I like it. We learn a good chunk about Skye’s past, which is always nice, and Donnie Gill is a cool character. (pun 100% intended) There isn’t much to say and it isn’t spectacular, but it’s a solid episode.

All right, now it’s catch-up time for last week. Behold, the next four episodes!

Kicking things off with the thirteenth episode, T. R. A. C. K. S., which I have to preface by saying, this is my favorite episode of Season One. Why? Well read on…

Everyone’s favorite dirtbag Ian Quinn has made a purchase from a company called Cybertek Industries, and a secret team of mercenaries has been hired to escort it through the Italian countryside. Guessing that the package is important, and wanting to apprehend Quinn after discovering that he’s allied with the Clairvoyant, Phil and the gang go undercover as normal passengers on the train transporting the package.

May goes in pursuit of the package, but the comms suddenly short out and Phil and Ward get kicked off the train and stunned by a dendrotoxin grenade. (dendrotoxin is what’s in the night-night guns. So… it’s makes you go to sleep.) May abandons the train to continue hunting down the package, but she is captured by the local police chief, who has been accepting bribes from Cybertek to make sure their shipments go through safely.

Back on the train, chaos happens and Jemma gets stunned by one of the same grenades that got Ward and Phil. Skye and Fitz stash her in a luggage carrier and get off the train, following the mercenaries to Quinn’s mansion. In the meantime, May escapes from the dirty police chief and kills him, regrouping with Ward and Phil, who recovered from their temporary stunned… ness. They get back on the train and find Simmons, who has also recovered.

Skye and Fitz have arrived at Quinn’s mansion, and Skye goes in alone, looking for the package in the basement. She instead finds Mike Peterson, and he has… uh, he’s looked better, you know what I’m saying? Quinn then shows up and reveals that the package is a bionic leg, which he attaches to Mike. He receives orders from the Clairvoyant and leaves, but Quinn, THE FILTHY LITTLE SCUM THAT HE IS, shoots Skye. In the stomach. Twice.

Coulson and the team arrive just in time, arresting Quinn and rushing Skye to the nearest S. H. I. E. L. D. medical facility. In the end tag, we learn that Mike’s leg was developed by Cybertek as part of Project Deathlok. And then all the comics fans lost their minds.

I seriously love this episode. I love whenever the team does more traditional spy stuff, like going undercover, and all of their fake roles are a treat to watch. It has an unconventional structure but I really like it, because I think it helps build the tension very effectively. We also get hilarious scenes like Fitz and Skye pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend and Ward utterly failing at using the holotable on the Bus, which may be the best part of the episode.

Of course, all of the comedy dies (quite literally) at the end, where the tension is crazy. It’s legitimately shocking when Quinn shoots Skye, and I remember how it just hurt my soul to watch it happen. It was all so well done, in my opinion, and I just… it’s great.

So yeah, obviously I have nothing but praise for this one, and it’s one of my all-time favorites.

In the next episode, T. A. H. I. T. I., the team is rushing Skye to the hospital. The doctor soon tells them that there’s nothing they can do, and it looks like all hope is lost--

Well, no, not all hope is lost, and Phil is determined to save her. He decides that if doctors brought him back from the dead, then they must be able to save Skye. As they’re flying to find one of these doctors, Phil discloses the nature of his resurrection to Fitz and Simmons, stating that whatever was used to heal his fatal wounds can be used to save their fellow teammate.

They’ve also got resident slimeball Ian Quinn aboard, and S. H. I. E. L. D. orders that Coulson deposit him at a facility, but Phil doesn’t want to waste time on silly things like orders, and so he keeps Quinn in custody. Since he, y’know, disobeyed a direct order, they are quickly boarded by agents John Garrett and Antoine Triplett, also known as Trip. They’ve been hunting Quinn for a while, but since Phil and Garrett are old pals, they agree to let Quinn stay on the Bus until they save Skye.

Garrett interrogates Quinn, who reveals that the Clairvoyant ordered him to shoot Skye, the goal being that Phil would be forced to find out how he was brought back from the dead. The Clairvoyant is obsessed with finding that out, although it’s curiously the one piece of information he doesn’t already know.

It turns out that their original destination was a dead end, but FitzSimmons dig through some files and discover an old World War II bunker called the Guest House, which appears to be connected to Phil’s resurrection. They fly there instead, but they don’t know the countersign to get in. Phil still doesn’t give a flip about anything and busts in anyway with Garrett, Ward, and Fitz, killing the guards. That’s morally questionable, but it backfired anyway because there’s a failsafe installed which is going to blow up the whole base.

Phil and Fitz find the drug that healed Phil’s fatal wounds, GH-325, and Fitz rushes it back the bus. Phil, however, decides he wants to wander around for a little while, and he just barely makes it out in time with Ward and Garrett. As they get back on the bus, Phil suddenly screams at Jemma to not give the drug to Skye, but it’s too late--she’s already injected into her.

Everything works out fine anyway, and Skye stabilizes and shows signs of recovery. May asks why Phil was being a freakin’ weirdo and shouting not to administer the life-saving drug, and he claims that he just didn’t want Skye to suffer like he did. That is a LIE, however, because the real reason is that while he was wandering around in the Guest House, he discovered the source of the drug: the corpse of a blue alien. (which is a Kree, by the way, but he doesn’t know that.)

In the end tag, a mysterious woman named Lorelai shows up and convinces a man to abandon his wife for her. Exciting.

Yeah, there’s a LOT going on in this episode, and it all goes pretty well. It’s pretty intense, and it continues to reveal more about the oh-so-mysterious T. A. H. I. T. I. project. I’d probably rank it higher than some of the earlier episodes of this season, but it’s not one of my personal favorites. There’s nothing wrong with it, it just doesn’t come to mind first when I think of stand-out episodes of Season One.

I didn’t review all of the episodes I was supposed to, but I’m tired and nobody’s reading this so why does it matter. I will get fully caught up next week. Good night.

#agents of s.h.i.e.l.d.#sunday #s. h. i. e. l. d. sunday #reviews #tv shows

1 note · View note

fii-nixx · 3 years ago

Text

Where the Oceans Meet

Chapter 3: Where the Past meets the Present.

The morning sun crested over the tree line, and seeped through the leaves. The warm light caressed the scenery, only to be broken by the groans of an Elven hunter who is now lying prone on the hard ground. “Now what did we learn today?” I laughed at his misfortune. “Don’t question you when you say you can handle yourself.” “Don’t question me period. Come on, you just learned this?” I leaned down over him, smiling. “Glad to see you’re in such a good mood now. I was getting tired of your moaning the whole trip.” I helped him up off the ground and grabbed our bags as he dusted himself off. “It’s always nice to get some of the frustrations of the road out in a healthy manner! I mean, it’s not like you’ll actually let me hurt you. You just didn’t know what you were getting yourself into.” Thendril laughed, “And that’s how you got the jump on me. You can’t say that you wouldn’t second guess your abilities, if you were in my position. You never had any formal training like I have, so how was I to know that you could kick my ass into the ground.” We laughed as we began our journey once again.

The road began to get clearer, and more traveled as we got deeper into the forest. After a few more minutes, we began to come across more and more travelers. Their clothes became more fine and more earth tones the closer to the citadel we traveled. Thendril silently pulled me closer, going so far as to wrap an arm around my shoulders as if he was comforting me or shielding me. Bending his face down to mine, he spoke. “Please don’t fight me right now. We have eyes on us. They are watching us closely.” He has gone into Hunter mode now, his quarry now being threatened. He started to walk us faster through the square, voices shouting behind us, heralding the Prince’s return home with his presumed bride. The sounds of the Elven language harkened in a song that was hypnotic almost like that of a siren’s.

Here he comes, back from war. The love he has beside him, beauty prevails on his line. Hail thine the Goddess bless, Thendril Starblessed, with his Elyia of the sea and sky. His life force strong as his heart beats undeterred, to make them two in Time’s eye.

“Fuck. Come on Illia, we must go.” He urges me through the doors as we enter what looks like a kitchen. “They don’t know how to keep their big mouths shut, I swear. Look at me. Look at me, Illia!” My eyes snap to his, wide and disoriented. “Oh what have they done to you?” His hand caresses my cheek as I lean into his touch. “I don’t know how I feel this way, Thendril. What did they do? What spell has been cast? I feel as I did before my sire betrayed me.” He sighs, running a hand over his face and through his hair. “It was a blessing from the priests. They’ve always assumed that I would become involved with a siren, like my father was alleged to be. That particular blessing would only have an effect on any with siren blood in them. To anyone else, it would just be random gibberish that sounds sweet.” “Why did they call me Elyia?” Thendril stops. “It means loved one, in my language. Usually reserved for family members, or close friends, or lovers. Why do you ask?” I shake myself out of this confusion, “That’s what your father called my mother in my dream.” The silence around us was deafening, as the reality of what was said bounced around our minds. While our senses were clouded by the effects of the blessing and the knowledge that was shared, we almost missed the soft clacking of heels on the stone floors, of them moving closer to us. In one fell swoop, Thendril pulled me behind him, shielding me further from the intruder. “So you have decided to return home, Brother. How unfortunate.” The stranger spoke with a scowl, disdain evident on their face. “Avaline. How have you been since I’ve been gone. I hope father hasn’t given you too much of a bad time, trying to have you fill in for my duties.” Thendril’s voice dripped with sarcasm, obviously he was not fond of his brother. “What are you doing here anyways, aren’t you supposed to be searching for that little inbreed of father’s? Wasn’t that the whole point of your little adventure? To find them, so father would love you again after all your mistakes, and not send you off to the Badlands.” This Avaline seems so full of hatred and anger. I couldn’t help but want to punch them in the face, which I would have done if Thendril didn’t have such a good hold on me. As if sensing my actions, his grip tightened. “If you must know brother, that was never the reason why I was sent, instead of you. Father knew that I could handle the situation delicately, unlike you and your kidnappings that almost tore the land apart. You had your chance and you blew it. Don’t take that hatred out on me.” He pushed past his brother, pulling me alongside him, still holding me in such a way that I was left clinging to him as we walked. “What was that all about?”, I asked after a while. “That, insignificant pill bug of a man, is my brother. Well, my half brother. He was my mother’s child before she married my father. It’s a long story.” He rushed through his words, as if to tell me not to push it. My mind rushed, as memories flashed behind my eyes of beautiful women dancing through halls of stone. My head ached, as though these memories were being ripped through the deep recesses of my mind. As if I was never meant to see them. Spotted vision of dark ambers and blinding crismon, cloud my every thought as Thendril rushed me through the citadel. The color of my cerulean irises drained to black, the wisps of hair not tied back under the hood floating as if held under water. High above the city, a storm brewed and lightning struck the many parapets around the city.

All of this went by Thendril’s notice. It was until the sounds of thunder rolled through the halls, and the winds picked up their speed enough to knock the hood off my head, that he finally noticed that something was amiss. As he turned toward me, he was left speechless. I could only imagine what exactly it was that he saw to leave him in such a state. “Illia, is everything alright? You look different?” I blinked, and just like that, it was as if nothing had happened. Color rushed back into my vision, my hair stopping its gravity defying attributes. “I-I don’t actually know. I wasn’t myself for a moment there. What happened? My head feels like it’s been split in two.” Thendril grabbed my face, not too gently I might add. He looked deep into my eyes, as if to see some sort of window that showed what was ailing me. Turning my head this way and that, even going so far as to tilt my head so he might see the back of my head to look for a bump. “You didn't hit your head and didn’t tell me did you?” His unexpected humor has me worried, as I had never heard him crack more than a scathing remark in my direction. “Are you sure that you’re okay Then? I’ve never seen you this worried over anything, not even when that crow stole the map.” I took his hands in mine, gently taking them off my face. I also took this moment to lightly butt heads with him, knocking him out of his reverie. “I apologize. I think you had some sort of episode, your eyes changed color, you could feel the magic in the air. It was quite electrifying.”

“Oh.” I glanced to the side. “Oh?” I shifted a little bit, in my position against the wall. “It happens sometimes, when I remember things from the past.” I refused to make eye contact, “I think it was another mom flashback. I think something bad happened here to her, something that made her want to leave in the end. I don’t think it was my sire that had her leave, I think them meeting here was an effect, not a cause. I don’t usually have these episodes while I’m awake, they normally happen when I’m sleeping. Sorry, I’m rambling, my head hurts so bad.” As I spoke, my voice got softer and softer, until eventually I grew silent as I lost consciousness.

The room I woke in was cold, colder than the bottom of the lakes I would swim in. Was it the room, or was it just myself that was cold, I wouldn’t know. It was then that I realized that I wasn’t in a room. I was in a fish tank, one that took up the entirety of the walls of the tower. I was floating lightly, at the bottom of this tank among the ferns and kelp that reminded me so much of my mother’s home. Glancing down, I noticed my fins were a much duller shade of my usual colors. The bright reds and greens, now a sickly grey. The only color that seemed to not be affected, was the black accents around the edges of my tail. I sigh, feeling the water fill my lungs and exit the gills on my throat. It’s been so long since I phased. I almost forgot that I could. Must have lost control again for it to be this bad. Slowly, I run my hands down my scales, wincing everytime I nick a loose one. I lost track of time as I went about cleaning my scales and putting order to my tail and fins once again. The color slowly returned as old and rotten scales were removed making way for the newer scales that were waiting to see the light.

“You need to take better care of yourself Elyia. You never used to let a scale get out of place let alone lose their shine as you have. I hope you don’t mind, I’ve taken the liberty of having you rest in your old room. It seems it’s been a while since you have transformed into your true form, dear. You should know how important it is for you to be in water at least a few times a century, lest you forget how to swim!” This new voice joked and scolded me, as if I was an old friend. In a way I guess I was. “Oh, I forgot how beautiful you were in your youth Elyia. The change of shape may hide your memories of us, and has given you new features, but I would know the feel of your magic anywhere.” Poking my head out from the kelp and other deep sea greenery, I saw who was addressing me for the first time. “Hello, you must forgive me, but my access to my mother’s memories is limited. Can you please remind me of who you are?” His silver-grey eyes lit up in remembrance, his now long grey hair fell over his face as he bowed. “Of course, my dear. You may have remembered me as Jay, but my given name is Aldere Jaynearys.” I grimaced at this. Jay laughed, “Yes, your mother hated it too. Thought it was too much of a mouthful to say behind closed doors, so she took it upon herself to give me a nickname. Much like I hear you’ve done for my son.” I hid my face with my hands, groaning. “Of course he would tell you that.” Once again, Jay laughed. “Don’t be too hard on my son. He only told me what he felt was necessary from his journey. And yes this included all of your whining, as well as the little episode you had that caused that storm we experienced. Before you worry, nobody was hurt from your little temper tantrum over the memories you saw.” I flipped over onto my back, wincing as I forgot the fins on my arms existed and caught them on the rocks around me. “When was the last time you were in that form Elyia? It seems as if you’ve forgotten what you have and don’t have.”

“That would be because I have forgotten. It’s been too long, I didn’t have half these spines the last time I shifted. In fact I think I missed some when I was freshening up. Is there someone who can help me get the scales on my back, it's very uncomfortable.” Jay thought for a moment. “Of course Elyia, you are after all a very important guest of mine. Your every need will be attended to for as long as you are with us. I will be certain to tell my son his attention is needed here. I am glad that you are back home where you belong, Illia, my promise to your mother is fulfilled.” With that, the lord brushed out of the room, deaf to my protests of having Thendril help with such an intimate area. Well kelp bits. That wasn’t what I was expecting at all.

0 notes

fanficimagery · 7 years ago

Text

#140 " This was fun— Lets do it again sometime!"

What to expect: Past infidelity mentioned and a family reunion!

Read below or read on FF.NET | AO3

Sam's sitting in the passenger seat of the Impala, a pocket flashlight in hand as he reads over a file of one Genim Stilinski. Dean had woken him in the middle of the night with no explanation other than telling him to get dressed and to pack his best FBI suit. Then it was only when they were on the road did Dean slip out the thick file from under his thigh and toss it into Sam's lap.

"So are you going to tell me why I'm reading a rather amusing report of some sixteen year old who stole a police van and pretend!kidnapped another high school teenager?" Sam asks. "What gives?"

Dean's hands tighten on the steering wheel, enough so that Sam actually hears it creak. "She's our baby sister."

Sam does a double take, flashing the light on his brother's face to see his jaw clench. "Excuse me? What did you just say?"

"Exactly what you heard. There's another living and breathing Winchester, Sammy."

"How is that even possible?" Sam wonders, shocked.

"Don't know. Cas didn't give me all the dirty details of Dad's past."

"I don't want the details about how she was conceived, jerk. I wanna know how we didn't know another Winchester was out there. The angels hunted our bloodline. Remember Adam? Why did they know about him, but not her?"

"Cas mentioned something about that." Dean shrugs. "Something about the town she was born in. It has some weird mojo around it. They weren't able to sense her until she left the town after graduation. Apparently she got accepted into the FBI program," he says and then promptly snorts. "Can you believe that? Our little sister is going to have a real badge."

Sam shakes his head, grinning faintly. "You're taking the news fairly well." Dean only grunts in response. "Are you sure posing as a government agent on a Federal Government Campus is a bright idea though?"

"We're not headed there. Cas and a few of his trusted brethren kept an eye on her, and apparently Genim slipped off angel radar so we're headed to Beacon Hills where the town is known to shield her. The only person we have to con is her father. The sheriff."

Sam can only sigh in response. Conning an officer of the law was always a tricky situation.

As Dean drove straight on through the night, Sam researched Beacon Hills via his phone. The little town had a lot of suspicious activity, something which Sam tells his brother about, and the two had been suddenly glad to be headed there. Because while they try to get the scoop on their apparent little sister, they can also check the town out for any activity that would need their attention.

The Winchesters had strolled up to the Stilinski household the following night, having parked around the corner before heading to the Sheriff's home. They donned their most impressive suits and picked out their FBI badges from a shoe box that had been in the trunk of their car. They were playing with fire given that Genim was enrolled into the FBI program and could possibly make a phone call to check their credentials if she really was the little terror her file said she was, but if this kid really was who the angels said she was.. well then they could easily explain things. Hopefully.

"You ready?" Sam asks, staring up at the average cookie-cutter home.

"As I'll ever be."

Both brothers exit the Impala, glancing up and down the darkened street. The Sheriff's SUV sits in the driveway, so Sam and Dean know at least that their little sister's father is home.

Sam rings the doorbell upon stepping foot on the porch and both brothers smooth down their jackets before reaching for their badges. A middle-aged man answers the door, studying the two of them while Dean immediately holds his badge up for the man to see.

"Sheriff Stilinski, I'm agent Walsh and this is my partner agent Grimes," he says while gesturing to Sam. "We'd like to ask you a few questions-"

"Son, just stop," Stilinski says, shaking his head and sighing. "I know who you are."

Sam stands a little straighter. "I'm sorry?"

Stilinski glances at Sam as he huffs a laugh. "Dean looks like your father." Both brothers tense, but Stilinski merely takes a step back and opens the door wider as an invitation. "Gotta admit though, boys, I expected you Winchesters a lot sooner. Come on in and have a seat. We'll talk then."

Sam and Dean hesitantly enter the home and Stilinski shuts the door behind them before leading them to the living room. Once all three are seated, Stilinski looks at the both of them. "Before you get started, I thought you should know my name is Noah. Not Sheriff or Mr. Stilinski. Got it?" The Winchesters nod. "Good. Now what do you boys know of Genim?"

"Er," Sam mutters. "Not much. We got our hands on a file and know her past is quite.. colorful."

Noah snorts. "That's one way of putting it. Stiles was never one to toe the line. She completely surpassed it."

"Stiles?" Dean asks, scoffing. "What the hell is a Stiles?"

"Stiles is your sister. After her mother passed away, she took it really hard. We both did, but Stiles more so than I. She doesn't like to be called Genim anymore."

"Noted," Dean grunts. "Now before we get further into.. Stiles' past, I want to know how the hell you knew about us? We for sure thought it was going to be a lot more complicated than this." Sam nods in agreement.

Noah sighs as he relaxes further in his seat. "Believe it or not, Claudia came clean about the one night stand she had with your father," he says. "I was angry, but we overcame it and I helped her through her pregnancy when your father John immediately gave up his rights to his future child." Sam and Dean shift uncomfortably in their seats. "After Stiles was born, I dug into John's past. When I saw he had two sons, I knew I had to tell Stiles about her two brothers as soon as she was old enough to understand."

"S-So she knows about us?" Sam asks, incredulous.

"Yep. There was a lot of anger and it took months to overcome, but she did. Then she asked about you two, I helped her dig into your files-"

"Our files?" Dean tenses in his seat. "Y-You've seen our files?"

"Mhm."

"And you're not- you're don't have any questions about what the police have said we've done?" This time it's Sam who asks, he sharing nervous glances with his brother.

"Honestly? I thought you boys were murdering psychopaths," Noah chuckles. "And after I read everything, I banned Stiles from ever looking into you and she agreed when I told her why. But then-" At this, Sam and Dean sit taller in their seats. "-then I found out the world wasn't as.. normal as us mere humans were led to believe."

"What do you mean by that?" Dean frowns.

"You know exactly what I mean," Noah tells him. "So anyway, I then revisited your boys' past with fresh eyes because something about it always seemed fishy to me, and can I just say I'm proud of what you boys do? I'm not proud of these fakes badges and suits," he says while gesturing them up and down, "but I'm proud of what you do for those who need the help other authority figures won't give them because they think they're crazy."

Sam's practically gaping. "How did you find out?"

"Well.." Noah trails off, sighing a little before laughing. "You boys have no idea just how alike you and Stiles actually are."

Noah goes on to tell Sam and Dean all about Stiles and the fact that her best friend since they were in diapers is an alpha werewolf. The boys immediately tried to protest about how dangerous it was to be close to a werewolf, but Noah patiently explained how the pack of Beacon Hills operated and their role in keeping the town safe. And by the end of his brief explanation, the two Winchesters were left to think about what they knew and they didn't know about the supernatural.

The Winchester boys are floored to learn about all the danger Stiles has thrown herself into and the fact that these misfit bunch of young adults were just kids when they were turned. They're amazed at everyone's story that Noah has for them and angry at all the times Stiles was hurt because of those she surrounds herself with, but Noah tells them that as much as he wanted to grab his baby girl and run.. he couldn't take the Pack Mom out of the McCall pack without causing major discord between them. Stiles is linked to the pack as if she were a supernatural creature herself and it's highly unlikely she'd ever leave them.

Noah's in the middle of telling them about how the whole town actually knows about supernatural creatures existing thanks to the Anuk-Ite who fueled everyone's fear and paranoia when the front door slams open. Noah, Sam and Dean are immediately on their feet, but Noah's shoulders drop when the voice calls out.

"Dad! Code wolfsbane. Derek's been hit."

A young woman staggers into the room, holding most of the weight of a rather decently muscled male who's clutching as his blood soaked shirt over his abdomen. Noah lunges forward to help his daughter carry the weight of the apparent 'Derek' who's looking a little green around the gills and they drop him on the newly vacated couch. Derek groans, hands clenching into fists as he arches off the couch in pain.

"Shit, shit, shit," Stiles curses. She glances at her dad, then at the two men behind her father and tenses. "Who are you?" She asks, moving to stand guard in front of the injured man.

"You, uh, you have blood on your face?" Sam says, gesturing to his own cheek to show her where it's at on her.

Stiles subtly pales as a look of brief horror changes her expression. She wipes it off slowly and anger quickly makes a reappearance. "What are you doing in my house?" She then asks. Derek snarls from behind her back and the two men whip out guns while trying to eye him around Stiles' stance.

Noah steps between the two groups. "Would you put those away!" He scolds Sam and Dean, and they slowly lower them. "Derek probably smelled the gun powder on you and that's why he snarled."

"They.. smell.. like.. hunters," he growls.

Noah sighs. "They are, but it's not what you think."

"Then why don't you tell us what is before Derek dies on our couch, Dad. Because seriously, what the hell!?" She glares at them and then at the guns they're still gripping down by their thighs.

Dean snorts and Sam elbows him, muttering a low, "Dude!"

"Stiles, meet Sam and Dean. Winchester. Boys, meet your little sister Stiles."

Stiles gapes as the two men then smirk at her, her eyes lighting up with excitement before Derek groans a little in pain and her attention is back on him once again. "Shit. Okay. Family reunion later, saving Derek's life right now."

Surprisingly it's Sam who steps forward. "What does he need?"

Derek glances at him and Sam gulps when he sees the man's eyes flare an eerie blue on and off. "Usually we'd need the exact strand of wolfsbane he was poisoned with to counteract what's in his blood right now, but we're fresh out of it all," Stiles answers. "Our only option right now is a blow torch, but we're fresh out of those as well."

"What do you need a blow torch for?" Sam asks.

"To burn out the wolfsbane in his wound."

Dean's eyes widen. "Awesome."

"We actually have one in our trunk," Sam says. When Stiles and Noah stare at him, he shrugs sheepishly. "What? It's better to have something and not need it, then not having something when you really need it."

"Whatever you say, Samuel," Stiles blurts. "Can you go get it? Derek was hit about thirty minutes ago which means the strand he was poisoned with is fast acting."

"Of course."

Dean tosses Sam the car keys and Sam takes off in a hurry.

As Stiles kneels by Derek's side to wipe the sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of her shirt, Noah asks, "What the hell happened?"

"Monroe happened," she says. "She came back for Scott again, but Derek took the bullet meant for him instead. There were too many hunters and flash grenades. We got separated."

Dean softly swears.

"Was anyone else hurt?" Noah asks, already pulling out his phone to inform the others that Stiles and Derek were with him.

"Lydia was grazed and Liam took an arrow to the back of his thigh. It wasn't poisoned though, so he healed right away."

"Good."

Sam rushes back inside, blow torch in hand. "Now what?"

"Now someone, who isn't me, is going to hold the flame of the blow torch to Derek's gunshot wound to literally burn out the poison. You'll know it's all out when he passes out."

"Dibs," Dean immediately calls out. Sam huffs while tossing his brother the small hand held torch and Dean happily ignites it. Noah grimaces, as does Stiles.

"It should go without saying that if I find you taking too much pleasure in doing this to my boyfriend," Stiles says, putting emphasis on the 'b' word as she stands and faces Dean, "then I'll deck you in the balls. Repeatedly."

"Boyfriend?" He asks, face scrunched. "Seriously?!"

"Seriously. Now hurry up and help my boyfriend. The sooner this is over, the sooner we can get the dirty details of each other's lives."

Dean grumbles as he steps forward and Stiles turns around before bending down to shoo away Derek's hands. She grimaces as she lifts the shirt sticking to his wound and gags right along with Dean when the infected wound is exposed.

"Aw gross, man. That is one gnarly infection." Stiles huffs at Dean as she shuffles over to allow him more room. Even though her strength is nothing compared to that of a werewolf's, Stiles still plants her hands on Derek's shoulders and presses down. "Well here goes nothing."

Dean puts the flame to Derek's wound and fights the urge to pull a weapon when the wolf snarls in rage. Sam joins Stiles in trying to keep Derek still and stares on in awe as the man's features shift in his discomfort. The fire doesn't actually burn Derek and there's a purple smoke that rises from where Dean has the fire pointed.

After what seems like several long minutes, but is actually only twenty or so seconds, Derek collapses back on the couch and passes out. Dean cuts off the blow torch and tosses it aside and Stiles slumps onto Derek's chest. After a few seconds, she pushes herself to feet and wobbles in place. She looks paler than before and glances at Sam and Dean, and flashes them two thumb's up with a shaky smile. "This was fun— Lets do it again sometime!"

Stiles promptly passes out and the three standing men watch on as she falls half on Derek and half on the floor. Sam and Dean can only gape, and it's Noah who laughs out loud. Walking between Sam and Dean, Noah claps them on the shoulders. "Welcome to the family, boys. Better get used to this craziness if you plan to stick around and know Stiles."

The two brothers glance at one another while Dean shrugs. "We've had crazier."

#blurred lines #supernatural #teen wolf #stiles stilinski #dean winchester #sam winchester #noah stilinski #derek hale #fem!stiles #female stiles stilinski #willa holland as stiles stilinski #fanficimagery

102 notes · View notes

empty-dream · 7 years ago

Text

Me watching Fate/Apocrypha ep 11

Atalanta the smug cat nee-san

“I’m not gonna hurt you. Not me, anyway.” Atalanta are you trying to be Kiritsugu 2.0?

Hurt? More like, NUKE.

Spartacus hulking out

Atalanta be like “You know what? One last touch and all is well and you’re ready to go!” then shoot just one arrow out of spite.

Atalanta: “It’s your problem now” Jeanne: “Wait what?” Atalanta: “Atalanta signing out. Bye. TTYL. Peace out, holy maiden whatever!”

Spartacus is basically the best worst masochist ever.

He’s like a damn cat getting distracted by whatever moving lights and goes pursuing it

Granted, it ain’t THE best fight in the whole series but I feel really disappointed Balmung vs Clarent Blood Arthur doesn’t get more screentime....

Sieg!Fried’s biceps O_O

Mordred: “HOW ARE YOU FUCKING ALIVE I BLASTED YOU WITH THE POWER OF DADDY ISSUES AND MY DADDY IS FUCKING STRONG AND SHITTY YOU ARE AN INSULT TO MY SHITTY DADDY”

Does Mordred love or hate her dad? Don’t waste any time deciding when the real answer is both and see it’s fucked up.

Discount Saber? Discount Saber??!! Are you fucking serious that’s a hilarious trash talk!

Another continuation of Bitchface Karna vs Uncle Vlad

Why is there a very strange sound effect like evil bubble sound effect when Vlad’s spearhead clash directly with Karna’s???

I get the feel like Karna vs Vlad is Fate/Apocrypha equivalent to Westley vs Inigo from The Princess Bride except haughtier and a tad bit crueler.

dID KARNA JUST SMILE A BIT?!!

Karna you should ask Artoria that ‘do it for love of your country or for king’s responsibility?’ she will have existential crisis.

Why should he be scared of fighting a whole country alone when he has a spear that can kill A GOD?

Vlad: “You have fallen... INTO MY TRAP!”

And then Karna stylishly becomes a pincushion. Stylishly, mind you.

Um I still don’t know if explaining your power to the enemy is a wise move Vlad..

Wow flying snake-like spears

Karna be like “I’m the son of sun God. Hot And Burns Everything.”

He looks like a kamen rider.

Vlad, cornered and excited: “Interesting”

Darnic be judging them so hard like “These stupid heroes with their stupid chivalry bravados”

Spartacus loves rebellion so much I want to give him a copy of Madoka Rebellion story

Did I tell you Spartacus is the best worst masochist ever?

Shakespeare is still at it again

Shakespeare: “Behold. A great fucked up thing created by me fucking things up”

Semiramis I know your noble phantasm is glorious af but not everyone have anti gravity giant ancient fortress

I’ve got a question: Why Spartacus looks way paler than his comrades? Not paler as in human skin, but you know, as in a fucking rock you see on the road.

Tbh I am not even fazed if Shakespeare turns out liking to get off at citing his own works.

“MY FIST IS LOVE. ACCEPT MY LOVE.” Holy shit this sounds like what an abusive person would say.

Spartacus I thought you were a masochist why are you turning into a sadist

Jeanne running be like “NOPE THANKS I’VE GOT PLENTY OF LOVE MYSELF”

Seriously he’s distracted by some bright light moving in the distance. What is he? A cat?

Geez Mordred do you hear what your own cakehole says? Are you pretty sure you just hate your dad?

HAHA SIEG!FRIED's CHEST IS GLOWING ON AND OFF THAT IS SOME ULTRAMAN SHIT

Wait but for as long as I remember everytime I watched Ultraman as a kid the hero always runs out of energy and that jewel goes “TING TONG TING TONG”

Sieg!Fried = Ultraman holy shit I just cracked the conspiracy theory

So Higashide’s original idea was to have Sieg!Fried glitters on the chest area but scrapped it and now it’s back and oN SCREEN

Spartacus is indeed the originator of Hit them when they gloat

No Mordred that’s a fucking terrible idea to slice him in half not everything is solved by slicing!

Wow I just realized Spartacus swallowed form facing off Mordred is a bit like Gilles swallowed form facing off Artoria back in Fate/Zero wow

Jeanne: “I didn’t face Vlad and his entire squad to get you out of this war for this”

Astolfo acts like the student who defends his friend when they cause huge fuck up and faces a raging teacher which is Jeanne

Well for a majority of time, Astolfo is kinda a child so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Um I don’t get why he’s saying that? If he was a Ruler? Fuck that even as a Rider he ain’t gonna leave Sieg. And sure as hell Jeanne won’t leave him too. Is Astolfo thinking Jeanne will leave Sieg? On what ground?? It ain’t really like Astolfo???

Though I aspire to grin right after spitting arguments like he does

There is an entire concept deeper than the ocean at the words “I won’t let a hero like you to harm innocent people”

Tvtropes dubs Luminosite Eternelle as a child's “I block your everything” imagination but without the imagination part and that’s the best description I’ve ever seen about it

Oh look a deformed rogue servant facing off against another golden lady with golden weapon and golden light

Power of love vs Power of imagination

Sieg looking at Ruler tanking a nuke: ❤

Wow that’s some game breaker shield alright

I’d behave exactly like Astolfo if I was on that condition too

Back at Uncle Vlad commanding spike snakes to stab the literal hottie Bitchface Karna

Karna: GYOKAKU NO JUTSU!! Me: WRONG ANIME!!!

You ever seen that meme about everyone making crazy ass face when pulling gyokaku no jutsu but not the graceful Itachi? Yeah Karna is also fucking graceful too

Slicing fire with the tip of the sword. #justvladthings

Vlad is probably the only person who doesn’t like being saved by the bell

You want a Holy Grail? STEAL IT OF COURSE. FROM ABOVE. ALIEN STYLE. #justredfactionthing

Ain’t fighting the holy grail war if you steal it. -Shirou Kotomine at some point

Yeah this is not the only hardship you’ve faced in a century Darnic but is there even any hardship that resembles ‘ancient babylonian fortress kidnaps your holy grail a la UFO’??

PANIC! AT THE YGGDMILLENNIA

Eveybody’s busy but not Celenike she doesn’t give a flying fuck.

The only thing I like about Celenike is her hairstyle. That’s my daily hairstyle. First time I see it I be like oh cool a character with my hairstyle and then she turns out to be sadist pedo witch and I’m like NOPE

Wait a minute why are you not showing Caules :(( Is it because he isn’t a master anymore :((( ?? He’s still crying isn’t he???? :((((

Darnic: V E R Y A N G R Y M O D E

Jeanne: “I’m still angry. So after this I’ll lecture the fuck out of you.” Sieg: “Um okay. I’ll be waiting.” Jeanne: ❤

There is something really funny about Vlad, the de facto captain and royalty, running around a la spy on enemies lair.

Not shown: 5 minutes of Scooby Doo doors chase between Black Faction and the AKA Team

Karna: “I was rude before but since it’s not yet 10 minutes and we meet again, I don’t have to apologize, right?”

“I will make sure to impale you this time.” UMM VLAD

HAHA Avicebron holds that gem with the Sailor Moon pose I can’t unsee it

IN THE NAME OF GOLEM I WILL PUNISH YOU

Achilles: “WHAT did you just throw me?! You’re an Archer!” Chiron: “Boy, nowadays the class Archer means nothing about archery”

OOOO KARNA HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SOME SAVAGE BURNNNN funny that he’s polite about it and 99.99% sure he doesn’t even mean to burn

Hanging Garden of Babylon is just too op

I bet Darnic puts “Professional asskisser” as skill and/or job on his resume

Vlad: “Don’t make me use Legend of Dracula” Darnic: “dOn’T MaKE mE USe LeGeND oF dRaCUlA”

There is something a bit satisfying with Sieg’s command spells and that bright background and the title Eternal Radiance (obviously referring to Jeanne)

But I still wonder what is the essence of changing the title template like I know it means Sieg is finally Sieg!Fried. So what?

Gotta be honest: I love hearing that main battle soundtrack again. Absence in one/two episodes is enough.

I’ve always loved the idea of Luminosite Eternelle but the utilization is always so simple like I thought flag waving will be more involved

NEXT: Being Lancer is suffering indeed.

#hi i'm sorry i'm dead this week #fate apocrypha #random saying #fate apocomment

15 notes · View notes

greenscissors · 8 years ago

Text

Name chart

-this has been in my drafts for a while, so fuck it, I'm just gonna upload it. Its really just for me to keep track of who’s who.

Also, this was updated randomly for a while, though most of it I just dumped here today.

Will keep updating whenever.

Victor: Sad sad purple man. A curious, happy child, who turned into a sad, scared, timid child, who turned into a sad, timid man. His life has changed SO much for the better after meeting Wonder. He actually started going out. Thank you Wonder, you turned this hermit into less of a hermit. L.O.V.E.S pretty clothes. Wanted to learn how to sew at a young age, finally learned when he was around 20. Has had many years to practice. He’s around 110. Not sure exact age. Around 110. Past a little. Maybe he's 118?? Around. After his mother died, would constantly have nightmares and night terrors about it. Couldnt sleep. Eventually turned to not so great methods of getting to sleep once he got older. Has a fondness for butterflies. He likes their wings, they're pretty. Likes pretty things in general. A fan of tea. Its the only thing he can cook. Has started to get cooking sessions from Ilo. Loves Ilo. He loves Ilo. God does he love Ilo. Have I mentioned he loves Ilo? He does. A lot. Is planning a life together with his boyfriend, soon to be maybe husband?? (Ilo.) Is happier now because of that. Recently got his mom back, in a way. The tree she turned into is planted near his house now. Constantly visits her. Like everyday, if possible. Just talks to her. Would like to think she's listening. Taught himself French, English (writing, their language is spoken the same as English (CAUSE I WASNT ABOUT TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE NEW FUCKING LANGUAGE, FUCK THAT, FUCK YOU FOR THINKING I WOULD THATS TOO HARD I BARELY HAVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS OH MY GOD MY WORLDS BARREN AS HELL PLEASE HELP) but not written the same), ballroom dancing, sewing, and piano. Maybe other stuff? Is smart (he better be, he's had more than 100 years of life to learn stuff.) Soft spoken. Was a lot more sassy, and I need to bring that back, I've fallen into this awful pit of writing him WAY too timid, I need sassy Victor back I miss him. Was totally freaked out the first time he found Earth. Now has gills. (thanks Ilo) Helpful. Now he will not drown when he spends time with his fish boyfriend. Likes spicy food. His favorite fruit are cherries. Now has half a pair of matching earrings with Ilo. Like rings. It's very hard to draw. :/ Gay. Taken. (by Ilo)

Sage: Hound Wonder and Victor tamed in the Little Vic older Wonder AU

Rascal and Lifur: Two chitters Victor tamed in the LVOW AU

Ruler: Victor’s favorite fish that lives in the pond in the, you guessed it, the LVOW AU.

Raphael: “Pet shop” owner. Probably smokes. His voice sounds like it. Idk where he is now??? He MIGHT be alive??????? I hope he is he's garbage and I wanna use him. Loves to fuck with people. Good at mind games. Smirks way too much. My most anime character yet.

Sirin: Pronounced Seer-E-in. Hates Raphael with a burning passion. Black Market leader. Used to be shit, but now is less shit. Actually pretty nice. He’d punch someone for saying that though, he has a reputation to uphold. Loves Ari and would murder armies for him. If he ever gets his hand on a guitar or bass, would love to learn it. Trying to learn how to write English. Has not the best handwriting. Its not awful though, he used to have to write a lot. H A T E S paperwork. Likes his hair slicked back. Loves snakes, a snake from his world specifically, called the Spiked Bandit. Got it tattooed on his back. I have been told it looks like a tramp stamp. Oops. Snakes are his favorite, but he likes lizards too. Is not a fan of squishy animals. Got his name from shop keepers as he was growing up in the streets. Loves his name. Its a word in old Grey language. Means “snake”, “thief,” “trickster,” “lier.” God he was so proud of that name as a kid. Since he had to steal to get food, it would be a pretty good thing to literally be called thief I guess. Anyway, he was good at it. Got kidnapped at a very young age, and “used” at the black market. The old boss had taken a liking to him. It was not a good time. Once Sirin got a little older, he started to be able to use his magic, at the same time the black market decided he’d be good as an actual worker. As he trained for whatever common workers in the BM do, (I dunno, scale buildings and stuff. Learn the lay of the town, good spots to run, hide. Steal people. Sell drugs. Ect. Illegal stuff.) he would teach himself how to use his magic at night. Doesnt like fighting close. His magic usually manifests as chains, appropriate. Can change the density (?? how much they would hurt. Ex: getting hit by a pillow, vs, getting hurt by a chain.) how many they are (can make up to six at a time), how fast they can move, can suspend them for a few seconds, if they are spiked or not. He can also form spikes along his body. Is mostly a reflex, and he can accidentally hurt people with that. EXTREMELY scared of accidentally hurting Ari that way. Born High Winter day 15 probably. Was dumped in the trash shortly after being born. (his mom was young, she couldnt take care of him. shes dead. Dads still alive in a different town.) Used to have a tattoo marking him as “property” of the black market, PROMPTLY sliced that off once he killed the old boss and took his place. Actually, now that i think about it, his back is REALLY fucked up from that. Wow. Okay. Will update that when drawing him. Besides that mess, his back is littered with smaller scars, along with the edge of his shoulders, a bit around his neck, a little on his sides, and some around his hips. Will not allow people to see his back. If someone gets to see his back it means he really trusts them. Halfling, unknown to him until recently. I'm not really sure about his age yet. He could be like around 40, but maybe not, cause like, its more like he's in his 20s so maybe he's just in his 20′s idk. Is perpetually tired. Seems to always have some dark under his eyes. Would eat pure sugar if he could. He could. He has. One of the first things he did once he was no longer under the black market was buy a few cakes then ate cake until he threw up. ......Then started eating cake again. Skin is a light green, and a little rough if you rub it one direction. Sorta like shark skin, but less. Can see in the dark. Eyes glow when under stress, or extreme emotions. Once Typheous was killed (by him) he put Sena in charge. Checks up on her occasionally. Put an old abandoned building to use, made it free housing for some of his lower ranking workers, as well as the orphan kids around town. Would always bring food to them. Can't really do that anymore, he's never around. The building looks kinda like a warehouse/hotel?? Idk. No body really knows who started the house, only that it's a safe, if dingy and kinda cold, place to find shelter. It's dry at least. Sirin made sure no one knew who did it (reputation.) He has a small apartment there. Keeps his clothes in the cupboards. Not a lot of furniture in there really. Has a habit of going out in the cold without proper clothing. Sits and just thinks sometimes. Used to sometimes just sleep in a tree outside of town when it was warmer. Has anger problems. Still a little bit of an asshole, depending on who he's talking to. Has a burning hate for apples. Will still eat them though. Hates spicy food. Likes meat. Has had a hole punched through him by Seldom. Was briefly a doughnut. A person doughnut. Gosh this boy is just fulla injuries past and present. The hole situation is better now. Pansexual. Typheous: (Tie- fee- O ss) Used to be Sirin’s second in command. Meaning, Sirin loved to annoy the hell out of him. Used to be in charge of a lot of the stuff in the market. VERY homophobic. Was garbage, not the best kind. Was the “new leader” for a short time, as Sirin was stuck with Victor/Wonder/and Ilo. Poked around in stuff that was none of his business, was an asshole about it, and is dead now. Bye. he was straight. Very. Very. straight.

Cisor: (Si- sore) Raph’s hound. Aggressive. Was probably a cute puppy.

Ciro Niver: (Si- row Nigh- ver) Gilli and Lita’s little brother. A. Dor. A. BLE. Wonder did something to him, and I guess he has a little magic now??? Idk. Will clarify. Almost died cause Seldom’s an asshole. I think he's 6 at the moment. Somewhere around there. Pretty sure it's 6 though. Never met his dad. Loves fluffy animals the best. A rascal. Thinks his sister is loud. Would be the kid that says girls have cooties. His sister has cooties. He loves his sister. Hates when his mom makes soup with the gross green leafy stuff in it. Likes when they have meat. Likes the new house, but misses his old room. He shouldn't. He used to live in a tiny cold attic. His mom used to have to crouch when she went up there. And she's short. EVERYONE had to crouch when they went up there. Kinda misses the squeaky stairs. Straight, when he's older? And I guess now?? Does it work like that??? Idk he's 6. His greatest love is his toys at the moment.

Tide: Gilli’s boy friend. Has a smoking problem. Likes to never wear a shirt. That doesnt work too well in Winter. Gay.

Itella: (E- tell- la) Victor’s caretaker and guardian. Seldom killed her. Was totally cool, a complete badass. I miss her. Had a spider torso. Loved to wear low cut dresses with tons of ruffle at the bottom. Kinda mean, but for the best. Loved Victor. Super smart. Used to be an assistant/ partner with Nico. Kept lots of plants around in her house. Her house was a mess. Books and plants everywhere. Dusty in places. Never ate in front of Victor, didn't want to frighten him as a child. The habit stayed even when Victor was older. Asexual, aromantic.

Seldom: Victor’s father. Dick. Was banished from whatever the name of his people’s lands are called. I gotta name stuff. Conquest’s son. Blind in his lower eyes, and had his lowers arms removed when he was born. They didn't work. Straight.

Rune: Victor’s mother. Dead. Killed by her husband, Seldom. Very nice. Now a tree. Still very nice. Died Summer day 2???????? Same race as Rapheal, whatever that is. They turn into plants when they die, I still gotta develop them. Straight.

Nico: Reformer. Knows Tulli. Is someone close to Itella. Not sure of their relationship yet, besides partners in business, like, coworkers. They do science or something? Aromantic. Pansexual.

Riva Niver: Gilli's mom. Super sweet. Has a stutter. Extremely relived to have a new house, thank you Wonder. No longer has to worry about brittle stairs that Ciro woNT STOP RUNNING ON. Still sad about her husband’s death, but tries not to let her children see that. Loves her kids more than anything. Straight.

Sena: Silver. Girl left in charge of the black market in Sirin’s stead. Used to just work the shop they used to hide an entrance. Was understandably freaked out when she was just put in charge of the whole market. Many people would like her dead now. She's got a good bodyguard though. I hope she doesn't die, she's nice.

Lita Niver: Ciro/Gilli’s sister. An adorable miss. Best friends with Miki. Loves cute clothes, sweets, going out and getting drunk and hitting on cute guys. Wishes she had a boyfriend. Works at a cafe across the cafe Miki works at. Isn't treated so great there. :/ Is optimistic. Has a shitty apartment that she refuses to believe is shitty. Its shitty. its basically a closet. Very small. I love her. Straight

Ryko: Centipede man. Will wait days at a time for food. Could eat any animal really, but prefers the taste of people. Sadistic. An asshole. I love him. Has cool tattoos on his arms. They might not be tattoos and just markings. They're probably markings. He's a fucking centipede man who lives in the fucking jungle, WHO IS GONNA GIVE HIM TATTOOS?? They're markings. ????? I dont know What the fuck he is. Straight??? Maybe.

Serena: Purple haired man’s sister. A human. Getting married soon. A no-nonsense attitude. Straight.

Arrvin: Human. Serena’s brother. Has dyed purple hair. Has a pigeon named Randy. Sweetest guy he's so great. ;w; Wants to be an architect probably. He lives in an apartment. I dont know how he gets the money yet. He sure does have a job though. Maybe a few. Can make bomb ass waffles. Birds love him. Maybe he just always has birdseed in his pockets. Can birds smell that?? Asexual, panromantic.

Cena: Reformer who lives out in the jungle. Has a relationship of sorts with Ryko. Is blind, but good at getting around. Unlike the other Reformers, doesnt keep “helpers” around. Isn't lonely though. Prefers silence and tea. On rainy days, she likes to sit in her library near the window and just listen.

Ossis: Wolvos who lives up North. Friends of Felix, and Cole. A good good happy boy. Likes eyeshadow. Kinda tough to get where he lives, whenever he goes to a big enough town he's sure to pick some up.

Kai: Leader (?) of the Wolvos. Kinda hate loves Felix and Cole. Like, the kinda love where they’re just constantly exasperated with them. Lives up North, with the main tribe. I still really need to work on him.

Gilli Niver: (Gi- lee) Tide’s boyfriend. Lita and Ciro’s big brother. Very easy going. Owns a little shop with Tide. I think its a bakery?? Favorite season is Spring. A fan of bitter drinks paired with sweets. Used to do drugs. Bad, bad Gilli. Doesn't anymore. Hates Winter. Gay.

Miki: The coolest. Best friends with Lita. Speaks with a bit of an accent. Would kill to protect Lita. Probably knows how to properly hide a body. Buff as hell. She’s so fun to draw, I love her. Gay. Gosh she loves girls.

Felix: Wolvos. Adorable. A soft boy. Gets into trouble sometimes. Seems to know everyone. A person who would always have “"a pleasure to have in class” written on their report card. Prefers always being in semi wolf form. Likes running for miles when he's out of town, and is an actual wolf. Owns a stand with his brother. It's across from the fabric seller Victor always buys his fabrics from. Has heard a lot about Victor (everyone has, only bad rumors though), and would like to actually met the guy one day. Has a favorite scarf and likes to wear it. Dresses well. Bisexual.

Lokell Niver: Riva’s dead husband. Was a nice dude. Died in an accident.

Silis: Some guy Sirin's friends with. Owns a building company. Said company will work for the BM when hired, usually through Silis being paid in both money, and organs. He eats em. Looks bored half the time. Loves gold stuff. Trans. Is already done with someone's shit before he even meets em. Naga.

March: A cute goat (maybe fawn, idk yet not set in stone, I think he's a goat) guy. Can disguise his voice to sound like anything. Loves masks. Has a neat lil collection in his house. Prefers loose clothing. Likes reading. His magic takes the form of purple electricity. Trans. Unlike Tulli, Nico, ect, he can't really change how he looks (ex: Tulli can turn into a bird, “dyes” his hair, Nico’s a tree, ect) but makes up for it with the voice thing.

#The Tailor and co.#oc descriptions #name list #list #my ocs #world stuff

2 notes · View notes