#the worst prisoner

[emletish-fish]

New chapter is up! Huge shout out to all you wonderful reviewers who've been leaving such lovely comments! Original readers, people commenting on their re-reads and new readers - those messages were awesome! Those comments kept me thinking about this fic and determined to finish it for you guys. So thanks for the encouragement ☺️

[solmesia]

sex is nice and all but have you considered just laying there... holding your vampire lover... and talking about the first time you broke your oath...........

[chalkrub]

more svanhildr - trying new things, like a brave boy

[starrynightsxo]

"I wasn't sure if I wanted you or if I wanted you gone from my sight so that I would stop feeling as I did, which made me even more unkind. But when you were gone—truly gone beneath the waves—I hated myself as I never have before"

- Cardan Greenbriar, The Wicked King

[stardust948]

WE'RE SO BACK!!!

guys i still can't believe emletish updated the worst prisoner zutara nation we are so back

[anotherfandomtrash]

I needed to get this out of my system

[qqueenofhades]

May I present the best headline I've seen today:

Look, the Fulton County people have already said they plan to give him the full works: fingerprinting, mugshot, perp walk, releasing height/weight, etc, all the usual criminal treatment that he's managed to avoid so far. So yeah, he's gonna fucking HATE it, and if I don't see the mugshot everywhere on everything and made into all the memes you can think of, the internet will have failed me.

[imogearne]

imogen: *hitting on fearne* haha! fearne: *hitting on imogen* haha!

[correct-hermitcraft-quotes]

Skizz: Yeah, we can hear you, dude! I hear every word you're saying, I just think you're wrong.

[maalidoesart]

free him

[befuddled-calico-whump]

there were always other paths...

Vic got where he is today thanks to a series of choices. At any point, his life could've spun a different direction.

(description of each under the cut)

CIA (top left):

Despite being scouted for Black Kite as a teenager, this Vic never accepted his would-be mentor's offer, instead sticking with the CIA's recruiting program. Vic grew to be a top agent, and despite remaining a bit of a loner, he's kept satisfied by his accomplishments on the job. He's never been completely stripped of control in this timeline, and as a result has never seen a need to do the same to others, though he still enjoys power plays and getting the upper hand.

Hermit (top middle):

After the death of his mentor, this Vic chose to isolate himself instead of struggling to continue black ops work on his own. He took up residence in a remote cabin, and dedicated all his time to learning the land and building a home for himself from the ground up. He rarely has any interaction with other people, save for the handful of trips he makes to town every year for supplies. Vic prefers to bury painful memories in work and bushcraft studies over confronting them, and never plans on returning to society.

Rock Bottom (top right):

This Vic never met Tom Beck. After his mentor's death, he took any sketchy mercenary job he could get his hands on, and never stopped. The work he's been doing has taken a significant physical and mental toll on him, but he can't stop, and refuses to acknowledge he's punishing himself. He'll go days without eating or sleeping, and weeks without leaving his apartment if he's between jobs. Eventually it'll kill him. He just hopes it hurries up and gets it over with.

Prison (neg) (bottom left):

The wrong split second decision led to the arrest of both Vic and Sahota. It was almost immediately apparent who the more dangerous of the two was, with Vic attempting an escape as often as he could, leading to him being kept in solitary and heavily restrained the majority of the time. He's incredibly bitter and bloodthirsty here, feared by most of the other prisoners and despised by the guards (he's killed a few of them). He has nothing left to lose, and isn't out of fight yet, but it's only a matter of time.

Prison (pos) (bottom middle):

After leaving behind his seedy mercenary work for a job at Rotorworx, Vic struggled to settle into a "normal" job and routine. In this timeline, his cry for help wasn't ignored, and Tom Beck encouraged him to go to therapy. This helped Vic cope with his past, and also led to his voluntary confession and arrest. He's looking at a life sentence, but he doesn't mind as much as he thought he would.

Dead (bottom right):

Let's be real, Vic could've easily died a thousand different ways if things played out slightly different.

[emletish-fish]

YOU UPDATED THE WORST PRISONER????? OH THE SOUND I LET OUT WHEN I SAW THAT EMAIL!!! Ok off to read it now, I just had to come and yell (affectionately) on Tumblr. What a lovely surprise!!

Thank you! Thank you! I finally got a bit of time and the writing stars aligned 😄

[fauvester]

chains of love got a hold on me..

[royalarchivist]

QSMP: Therapy question: Any words for Mariana misclicking his child to death?

Foolish: OH! Wow, ok. I um... uh, yeah.

Mariana: Hey, hey! Why are you remembering that sht? Huh?! [In Spanish] What a sht question.

Foolish: Hey, hey– Listen, I don't know about you guys, but the day- the day um, a poor child got misclicked, I- I kinda thought it was a little funny! I dunno. Anyone else?

Mariana: [In Spanish] It's been a long time.

Ironmouse: Foolish thinks dead children are funny!

Foolish: No? Ok. Nope, that– shouldn't have spoke.

Quackity: I mean, it does. Well, it kinda is sometimes.

[casualavocados]

You look better this way. What way? Nothing. I couldn't get a hold of you for days. Did you work undercover in the school and help Zherui investigate?

KISEKI: DEAR TO ME Ep. 08

[shakespeareallanpoe]

*Damian, lounging on Nightwing's chair in the bat cave petting Titus*

Jamie over the intercom: "Damian! Some anti-demon cult intercepted Raven during patrol and they're going to kill her! A fight started up downtown and I'm requesting immediate backup stat!!"

Damian, internally: Those morons. She'll kick their asses real fast. Knock them down habibiti 🥰

Damian, out loud: "Tt. Lol."

- Later -

Jamie: "Raven, I called Damian for backup earlier tonight when you were in trouble and he snickered. I'm just telling you this as a friend but I don't think he really cares..."

Raven, washing blood off her hands: "I was in trouble? When?"