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Family Jewels [One Shot]

[Family Jewels - Archimedes Solo] [Content / Trigger Warning: School bullying, violence, prejudice views, possible inaccurate descriptions of the Wizarding World, lengthy read]

"Remember, Archie… be kind," his mother said gently, cupping her son's cheeks with both hands as she regarded him. Her son is 11-years-old, ready to leave for Hogwarts. "Mama… I'm scared… I've heard things about the houses, especially Slytherin! Would you hate me if I ended up in Slytherin?" The child asked, none the wiser that there was more to the students than just their house factions. His mother only smiles, patting down his black hair and dusting off his robes. "There's nothing to be scared of, my little healing…" she cooed. "I won't hate you for your house allocations… Each house has its own uniqueness to it and you can fit in wherever you like! The sorting hat takes account of your desires, my love…" Archimedes pouts, blinking in his confusion.

The woman crouched down to his level, holding his arms as she gazed at him with love and warmth. "The Slytherin's may get a bad rep but there is some good in that house.. it's a matter of perspective, and your father is a kind soul who was sorted into Slytherin.. or did you forget?~" she teased, tickling his sides to get a rise out of the boy who giggled at this. Senior Black joined his wife and child in a playful jest. Archimedes watched his parents with amazement and pride. Then they watched as Archimedes boarded the train of Platform 9 and ¾, with hopes the young boy would flourish among his peers and find his chosen kin.

Archimedes Black is the only known descendent that did not inherit the Noble House Black fortune for his parents were disowned by theirs upon discovery of their support in Muggle's Rights. In his childhood, he was constantly reminded to chastity and humility by his parents that despite his "pure blood" and family name, he is of equal standing to others who didn't quite share the same purity. He was taught to give alms to the less fortunate, he wore his young heart on his sleeves and he cried when his first pet rabbit passed on. Archimedes was raised differently than what most pure-blooded wizards normally raise their children. "You don't owe people anything and they don't owe you. but it is always good to be kind and graceful to everyone…" his mother spoke gently, patiently entertaining young Archie's whys and what’s as she tended to the mending of worn clothes.

The boy did treat everyone with grace and kindness though he wasn't shown the same sentiment all the time, children were as rude as pecking birds when you annoy them. The first years had rudely called out his family's legacy upon hearing the name he bore, and betted one another if Archimedes would follow in his great-grandfather's footsteps. Would he be sorted into Slytherin just like Regulus Black? Or Gryffindor like Sirius Black? "He'll be in Hufflepuff with the way he is! Soft and weak! Unlike a Black!" One of the leering students of a Noble House said, earning chuckles from his peers. Would that be so wrong? Archimedes had too much doubt in his mind as the sorting hat was placed over his head, obstructing his view of the Great Hall. It gave him some semblance of relief for the privacy to shed a few tears for his bruised heart, he heard the whisper of the hat and the prodding around his mind. It pointed out the legacy of the Black Family and Archimedes had to resist chucking the enchanted apparel aside and run back home.

"I don't care what my past says! I just want to prove to everyone I can be smart, brave and kind!" He thought and it was there that the Sorting Hat placed him in Slytherin. One may think that Archimedes would be able to relax now that he was sorted but even in his house, some were wary of him while others tried to find a reason to befriend him though most of which came only for his title. During his first day of class, Archimedes hardly took part as he was too caught up with the whispers and the gruelling doubts swirling in his mind that by lunch, he hid himself in the Boy's bathroom.

The poor boy had been curled up in the left most stall, furthest from the door, stifling his sobs. He did not know why his kindness was met with scorn, why his family's alliance and title brought more misfortune than he was told. The little boy cried and cried well into his third class, barely retaining any strength to return to his last class of the day. The first letter he wrote back to his parents was to beg them to take him back, to withdraw from the school for Archimedes couldn't face such hatred directed at him. It dampened his spirits and shattered his self-confidence, questioning his existence even. Though his parents were worried, they convinced him to give it a few months, then to a year. His experience did not lighten in the slightest, in fact it got worse with the jeers and the shoving when teacher's weren't looking. Even the walls of the Boy's bathroom wasn't safe for Archimedes when his bullies found him sobbing in one of the stalls where they took pleasure in tormenting the boy for his sorrow. "What a Cry-baby!" Exclaimed the bigger Slytherin who was flanked by two taller, leaner boys that cornered Archimedes.

"Leave me alone!" Archimedes exclaimed, hating the way his voice trembled: thick with sorrow; high with tension. It only made the Slytherin laugh, "he dares to order me around, whiny little Archimedes? You're not a Black Noblemen at all! You're a cheat!" The big boy sneered, nodding towards his minions and they started to grab hold of Archimedes who gasped in shock and struggled against their vice grip. "Let me show you what happens when a peasant like you dares to order me around," the big Slytherin took out his wand from the pocket of his robes, ready to point it at Archimedes’ chest. The poor boy bucked and pushed against his housemates, panic seized him as he heard the beginnings of an Unforgivable Curse being uttered.

"Expelliarmus!" A voice exclaimed, the wand that was directed at Archie flew from the owner's hands and clattered away under the sink. The boys turned as another Slytherin steps into view, his breath coming in hard pants as if he had been running throughout the castle but he managed a steady hand on his wand and steadier feet on the ground. "Need I remind the lot of you that it is forbidden to use Unforgivable Curses within school premises?" It took Archimedes awhile to recognise the newcomer: a seventh year Slytherin, Agustus Douglass, he is known to be lazy in everything but his work. He came from a smaller but noble wizarding family with friends from across houses. Though within Slytherin he is known not to be crossed or disobeyed, he was one of the reasons each young student discards the impressionable aristocratic ways on which they were raised in their family. His efforts at reforming Slytherin to a better light restored bits of the House's shattering reputation though not enough to leave out the viciously daring students who think themselves righteous enough to determine who is of purebloods.

"It will earn you a ticket to Azkaban and a front row seat to the Dementor's kiss!" His words were sharp, causing the boys to flinch in fear. Azkaban is a highly secured wizarding prison and still maintains its reputation of being the worst future any young evil-doing witches or wizards could have. That implication was enough to scare the bullies into submission and Agustus brought the group to the House Master's office where they would recount what had happened. How distress Archimedes felt after his second year at Hogwarts, the experience he had so far. The teachers at the school were worried but not worried enough to call the poor boy's parents. In the end, Archimedes became someone Agustus had to take care of, and while the older of the two Slytherin's did not mind this responsibility, Archimedes felt burdensome.

Agustus knew this of course by how much Archimedes would smile and reassure that he is fine, through tear stained cheeks and other harmless repercussions of a jinx spell. He knew that the young Slytherin had suffered too much, but had been too afraid to write to his parents. So, he decided to introduce Archimedes to his friends: six very different Hogwarts students from different houses. It first began as a nightly field trip to the Room of Requirement where the group would lounge in a comfortably decorated common room the castle had churned off of their desire. There was Justin Kingsley, a year older than Archie, and a Ravenclaw Seeker. Tiberius and Julius who are in their fifth years, both are Hufflepuffs and play Quidditch, both having a knack for pranks and games as much as the Weasley twins. Stefan, Tiberius's brother, who has graduated but decidedly visits his friends in their usual hideout. Raymond and Henry were of the same year (sixth year) and Ravenclaw and Gryffindor respectively. Archimedes spent nights with them, playing wizards chess, doing their homework and practicing charms. Then it was lunch at the Great Halls together, or invites to Quidditch practice. Stefan is obviously absent from them.

This gave Archimedes solace and a small sense of belonging in the school. His friendship blossomed with the seven older boys though he is closest to Justin both in friendship and age. They would often compete in who outperforms the other in classes but Justin always excels even in Quidditch where Archimedes drew the line. With his association to the seven boys, Archimedes had little encounter with his bullies as if being with the group had encased him in a safe magical bubble, though it meant that he became reliant on the friends who looked after him. So when Agustus finally graduated, the safety bubble grew a little smaller that it brushed away from him in the Slytherin Common Rooms. Being in the Dungeons had brought an instinctive, habitual fear in the poor boy who had grown used to the safety bubble of his friends until his fourth year. It was the shrinking bubble that attracted trouble to Archimedes like shark to blood. Even when he has learned a few defensive spells from classes and from Agustus, his bravery falters far too soon with troubling encounters. Terror follows him consistently through the school’s halls, evasive in nature when it comes to the presences of Professors, his body always aches with hidden bruises and aftermath of jinxes. His luck ran out when he had met trouble in the form of three Slytherins blocking his path to the Courtyard en route to Hagrid’s Hut.

Trouble had him shoved against the tree, kicked him on his stomach and lifted him several inches from the ground. Was it a test to see if he had the strength to fight, or cower in fear and weakness? The leader of the troublesome group stepped forward, twisting his wand as if to inflict a shallow cut across Archie’s throat, the poor boy screamed in pain as a thin red line split the skin of his neck. He could barely hear an exclamation as three figures rushed over, one had his wand out and disarming Trouble, effectively cutting the enchantment tying Archimedes upside-down in the air. He landed hard on the ground and his neck stings where his skin broke. When he lifted his head to see who had intervened, he was surprised to see twin Gryffindors and a tall Ravenclaw. The one who had brandished his wand at the Slytherin troubles is a Gryffindor – thin framed glasses framed his angular face, his glare was as sharp as knives despite his small stature, in comparison to the two taller boys flanked on either side of him. “I thought housemates weren’t supposed to go against each other?” the middle one spoke, sarcasm poisoned his otherwise innocent question.

“What’s it to you, Gryffindork?” The leader of the Slytherin pack stepped forward despite the wand being levelled at his chest. “Come to be the gallant hero of the day with your two morons?”

The first Gryffindor was unfazed, his stance stable as if preparing for a duel. “It is one thing to be brave and another to be a moron.. Yet here you stand without your wand in sight.. I’m guessing you're the latter of the two,” the boy said and Archimedes would have laughed if it was any other moment. The Slytherin bully bristled but it was true, his wand had once again slipped from his grasp when the Gryffindor had counteracted with a defensive charm. The remaining two Slytherins whipped out their wands though they looked uncertain as they realised the three newcomers had their wands at the ready. They knew their odds were two to three, unless their leader knew spells without a wand, it wouldn’t be a fair match. “You won’t hear the end of this! The next time I see you I’ll–” the Slytherin bully pointed at the boy in the middle but the second Gryffindor stepped up, lifting his wand higher. “You’ll what?” His voice is low yet unnervingly smooth. “You can’t make threats handicapped, can you?” His words grew sweet, but it tasted bitter to the group of snakes, frustratingly outmatched, the group turned tail and ran but not without kicking dirt in Archie’s direction, who had found the strength to stand up. He had picked up the fallen wand, thinking of returning it to the owner, despite the whole ordeal. “Are you okay?” a voice asked and when he lifted his gaze, he found three young boys staring at him with concern.

Archimedes smiled and nodded, “fine…” voice hoarse with excessive use, he cleared his throat. “How did you know what happened here?” he could help but ask, he was grateful for their help but the Slytherins had taken him to a secluded corner, where students or teacher wouldn’t even begin to look. The middle one jerks his head to the second Gryffindor, “you have Thaddeus here to thank… someone’s pet Owl had flown over with such urgency that we had to follow…” Archimedes had a moment to look at Thaddeus up close, and he was very beautiful: his silver hair parted in the centre, allowing full view to his almond shaped eyes. Thaddeus smiled and Archie briefly thought he had seen a similar smile of a crescent moon. “I’m basically a magical creatures expert!” Thaddeus mused proudly. “A magizoologist…” corrected the Raven. “Aspiring magizoologist!” Thaddeus corrected the Raven’s correction. “That’s Matthäus…” the Gryffindor continued, gaining Matthäus’s attention who gave a sheepish smile, his gaze quickly averting to the ground and Archie felt the slight awkwardness of the tall Raven before his attention drew back to the middle one. “I’m Eurus…” said the shorter male, slipping his wand up in the sleeves of his robes, Archie guessed he had a wand holster strapped on his arm.

“Aren’t you Archimedes Black?” Matthäus questioned softly, now all the attention is pinned onto the Slytherin boy who bowed his head as if the mere mention of his full name had brought some type of reverence. “Just Archie would be fine…” he definitely didn’t like the sound of his family name and Eurus could see it in the tension of his shoulders and the grimace on his lips. “Nice to meet ya, Archie!” It was Thaddeus who stepped up and offered a hand to shake, beaming from ear to ear. Archimedes stared at the hand outstretched for a solid minute before he quickly took to shaking the boy’s hands, nervous laughter spreading through the quartet. “We’re about to get lunch at the Great Hall, come with us!” Thaddeus was quick to offer; the obvious social butterfly of their group. “Are you sure?” Archimedes seemed shocked by it, watching as the boys nodded in agreement, beckoning the Slytherin with them back into the castle. Archimedes smiled and followed the three puppies to the Great Hall. Perhaps now, he found a safer bubble.

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vishwal12santosh · 2 months

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seasideretreat · 11 months

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Things

In life, the things we see are good are not good at all; in fact they are random. But in the great expanse of life, things may happen anyway, that occur to us at random times: this is constant combat.

I have seen many good things happen to many good people. I like good people. Good people are generally preoccupied in humdrum affairs. That is fair enough. We live in a difficult world, and few people really know what is going on, and what is the case; that's why we tend to summon all available resources to pinpoint the precise location where people are stuck in difficult predicaments that can thereby become understood. This is the flow of life. Everything flows, as Heraclitus said. Wisdom can support us in difficult times; in fact, wisdom is the only thing that is going to get us to regain control. This is a theme in those Shaolin advertisements that we see on our apps. I like those commercials, because I kind of believe in it. I am sure you can be content when you follow a Zen-Chinese trajectory into the magnificence of self-control, or self-mastery as they call it; but I also understand that it is probably all marketing, and there isn't really that much to gain; we see, that the best thing in life is probably still asceticism, that is to say something that we can do to regain control. I believe, that simple acts of sloth or repetition can create great effectiveness in the flow of life, that is constantly reliant on simple things to happen; in fact we really need to do something and ordinary activity doesn't really help us overcome the many obstacles that the world throws in our path. Constancy, the quality of training the mind to be in control, is a great boon.

Do we really know how to say something? Some people have stated that we live in language, but that not true. Language is a tool, and our relationship to it is like to a tool. Obviously, we can use language to structure our world, but I think we will find that it will not really change anything. Language, where it is used philosophically, cannot contribute to our warmth in life.

Logic demands that we say what we really mean. So I state that in general I believe that people say things - in an increasingly confused state - to hurt us. It is quite an astounding feat. When we just do normal things, we will still be hurt by people, and they have this look on their face of amazement or displeasure, or they raise their eyebrows or open their mouths in amazement, like they never seen a body before and it really pisses me off. I practice to say things all the time, but it really is no art. I mean, the art of writing is simple, but the art of speaking is rather silly - because the thing is that we are constantly stuck in this unaware state where language doesn't exist, or we forget about language, we forget to pick it up. This is where I see the importance of the signality. We all know reality, but we don't really understand signality. Signality is the division of beings in space. They don't mean anything, and yet they can be signaled. But it is of no concern. I believe in a ludicrous effigy of redaction that can sometimes amaze me, but the flow of simple events keeps putting me off at times, and I am just dreaming all the time. You know, today I was playing piano for a while, and I must say writing is no different than playing piano, only the instrument is different. Of course, writing is harder because the words require processing, but we ought not be confused by this, because music is hard as well, and we can only write music when we are very much ready to write, ready to compose; and by the way, this "piece" is also a composition, and I am quite proud of it even though it doesn't really amount to anything in the entire totality of the universe, but we can be proud of something for its sheer size and inventiveness; and I have learned much today.

You know, I sometimes said that my English is better than my Dutch. I don't know if that is true. Sometimes I say things in English and it just seems very cumbersome. Nevertheless, I understand English is the world language, and we really can't do without it. I practice Mandarin on Duolingo but I am not even sure if I want to learn it. English is well-suited as an international language, considering how it has interpreted the Latin vocabulary, and now really impresses people, all right, with its lack of affectation. I personally really like the British way of speaking English, although I think American sounds really good as well. Still, we can't deny there's something especially aristocratic about British English, although that is seemingly on the way out, although they certainly did their best to preserve the English of the empire. I mean, everything is about style. English is the language of empire, you say, but I say it is simply the language of business. America is the land of business, and it really is American English that is the reason English is doing so well communicatively, whereas the fact it was once spoken in the British Empire has really only survived in the corners of the world where people still try to behave classy. I don't really care, I accept English.

Socrates said: there is only one evil, ignorance. This is one of the best quotes every said, although it rings with the Platonic lack of pithiness. Still, this quote has merit. As always with Socrates, it seems to teach us that people really aren't to be despised, no matter what the odds; and it is this kind of universalized, back-to-basics reasoning that inspired the schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism. People ought to know that what makes us better than others is just a matter of training and, indeed, "wisdom", rather than any particular quality. Why fight each other? Things are real, and when we undertake actions we automatically discover how pleasant it is to help each other. Indeed, it often seems we are just veering through life with no qualms, but that is not the sizeable situation in our heart of hearts. Worries can easily overtake you; we need to be prepared for the worst kind of situations; moreover we need to understand. I don't feel particularly good right now. I just want to write something nice before I continue watching the episode of The Big Bang Theory, a show I don't particurlarly admire, but that's enjoying enough to watch; and I've got this whole silly philosophy about how a day should be lived; and I never have anything to say in public. But I suppose today I learned, or rather, embraced that it is possible to say something worth listening to, or worth reading, without knowing too much, but it did help me that I had a philosophy, you see I was just so eminently confused all the time. I think my favorite book right now is The Catcher in the Rye and it really fills me with happiness to think that I can live up to the ideal sketched in the book, and I am something of an idealist. I want to say nice things; you know, right now I can't think of why my life would have to be hard, but I just know that there are so many situations in which you just can barely keep up with the changes of things, you know, there are so many disasters waiting everywhere, and when vexations come the only thing you can do is pace around the room, and frankly it just seems there isn't that much to talk about with everyone, you know, even when they're dying. A girl I met in Taiwan said that we use words to look into each other. I am not sure if I can subscribe to that statement, but it's probably true.

#heraclitus #constancy #shaolin

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bbeerbrand · 2 years

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websiteintoapp · 2 years

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idonthaveanyurlideas · 4 years

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Bad Kids Social Media 2: The Sophomore Year Edition

because i have no self restraint, part one is HERE

Sophomore Year Spoilers Beware

So yeah things got freaky during spring break.

The Seven Maidens were moderating the finale livestream chat. Just think twitch stream, but everyone has jumped in to the season finale without knowing anything about the show except for a couple compilation clips and the random photos of kalina that melted down the internet for a couple days

No one knows what the heck happened because it was from the point of view of Riz’s tie so a bunch of stuff wasn’t even seen on the stream, video essays are made trying to dissect and understand what happened, the Bad Kids explain NOTHING when they get back

A million memes are made of kalina’s death cause that’s one of the most stable and clear parts of the whole VOD since riz was doing his whole dramatic pose and one-liner before shooting

They will randomly reference things that happened (shrimp party, leviathan, how much fallinel sucks, chungledown bim, etc) but with no context so the internet is left to piece it together like increasingly sleep-deprived conspiracy theorists

Previous conspiracy theories end up overlapping so people decide Gorgug was the elven oracle the whole time since they’re 75% sure the elven oracle is SOMEONE in the group and someone calls Gorgug the greatest wizard of the age in a fantasy instagram live video or something. Gorgug visibly not being an elf does not stop them.

Thanks to all the nonsense their popularity skyrockets. Riz even gets to the double digits on his follower count.

Adaine still doesn’t get any social media. One day she gets on Fig’s accounts to do an ‘Ask Me Anything’ and just blatantly lies to every single question.

They pretty much all act like spring break was just a normal holiday, and their feeds go back to normal songs, flower pictures and musings about ice cream that it had been before.

Fabian’s Fantasy Youtube channel now includes dance tutorials. Riz still includes all the outtakes where he faceplants on the ground and tangles himself up in his sheet.

Kristen tries to get Cassandra’s name out there via the internet by just sharing selfies of her and an actual goddex just hanging out together. A lot of people don’t believe it until she follows up with videos of Cassandra performing various miracles

Vlog Series: Me and my new Goddex: Remaking a Religion and pranking my friends! (NOT Clickbait)

Fig helps Ayda set up some fantasy social media, she finds it fascinating. Doesn’t use it a lot but when she does she likes every single post Fig or one of the others have made, leaves comments on a lot of them, and makes massive threads about spells and other things she’s been researching recently, and lots of pictures of Gaf

Gorgug gets contacted by like, engineers and scientists about the satellite and how he got his crystal to work out in the middle of nowhere and accidentally wins the equivalent to a Nobel prize for it.

His acceptance speech is him thanking every friend and family member he can think of and then being like “i just wanted to talk to my girlfriend” [cue applause]

Aelwyn had social media but it went inactive like a year ago so people straight up thought she was dead, which she finds funny after a few weeks of therapy. Has a different story for why she disappeared every time she’s asked

Ragh and Tracker post pictures of their trip to Fallinel. 95% of their captions are dunking on elves

#fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20 #the bad kids #social media headcanons #their followers are constantly confused but its great content

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clanwarrior-tumbly · 2 years

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Might be a bit dark but.

Helob with a cannibal reader, like. Reader constantly buys the followers to eat (As helob advertises) and they hook up or something

Fucked up and evil moment bonding basically.

Aw yeah evil couple

.....

“You must hunger muchly..have this one on the house.” Helob licked his lips, a devious grin on his face as you looked upon the poor follower ensnared in his webs. Like a prize on display.

They were a bison--quite the rare species for you to come across--with face paint that indicated they were once part of a cult. Either they got lost within Silk Cradle or dissented.

Either way, they were perfect.

You smiled at Helob’s generosity and agreed to take them off his hands, leading them home after untangling them from the web. The whole way back, they thanked you constantly for saving their life, convinced that you had a kind heart.

But that’s merely the impression you gave off.

A simple ruse to gain their trust.

After arriving to your camp, the bison took notice of all the bone decorations strewn around and suddenly felt very uneasy. And they shivered slightly as the wind picked up, though they saw you starting a fire and walked over, sitting down in the grass.

As the flames flickered to life, they put their hands out and sighed in content. “Ah..such a nice fire.” They hummed, looking to see you gathering bowls and utensils. “I-I’m sorry to say..I don’t have much to offer. Only my company.”

“That’s quite alright.” You answered dryly, which made them blink in confusion.

“So um..what’s for dinner?”

“Oh nothing really...just roast beef.”

The bison could see a mischievous glint in your eyes as you looked directly at them, though they just laughed nervously, assuming you were only joking around. They had to tread carefully lest you send them back to that dreadful spider.

“O-Oh! Haha..good one. Do you need help preparing it?”

“Of course. You’ll be of great help.” A rather forced smile graced your face. “Just hold still.”

“....wait wha-?!”

Yet they were too late to process what you truly meant as you suddenly tackled them to the ground and slashed their throat open with your knife. Your grin widened as the blood spilled down their chest like a waterfall, painting your palms a sticky crimson color.

You stared down at the choking follower, who weakly tried to push you off of them. “My dear friend Helob would’ve eaten you alive..but I don’t like hearing my meals scream.”

Their eyes only widened in horror, but they struggled less and less...until they finally ceased all movements--their face left in a perpetual state of lifeless shock.

Delighted, you started to gather their blood into a bowl, licking your lips hungrily.

It made such a delicious broth. You couldn’t let a single drop go to waste.

..........

The next morning, you woke up feeling well-rested and nourished. And you exited your hut to see the sunrise. ‘That was some good minced follower meat.’ You chuckled to yourself, wondering what you should do today.

But then you noticed a little black spider scuttling towards you. You would’ve made a small morsel out of it...had you not noticed the note it seemed to carry.

‘They’re usually thieves but..this one is giving me something?’ You realized only Helob could command the spiders to do such things. So you took the note and sat down on a nearby stone, unfolding it to read it.

It turns out he was inviting you to his shop deep within Silk Cradle for breakfast.

Huh, what a generous fellow. You couldn’t refuse this offer.

You smiled and pocketed the note, gathering your things before heading there.

Although a dangerous region, you were no stranger to Shamura’s realm and knew how to sneak around its inhabitants unnoticed.

As appetizing as some of them look--especially the cultists--they usually had poison on them somehow, and you weren’t going to waste your energy trying to separate the two. Besides, the bugs that weren’t poisonous had very little nutritional value.

Only the flesh of followers could satisfy your cravings.

Eventually, you found the shop, seeing many more followers tethered to posts, wrapped in webs as they squirmed and cried. Some look famished, others sickly, and a few in their elder years, praying that they’ll pass on naturally before becoming Helob’s dinner.

In the midst, you saw the spider himself alone at a table, nibbling on a bone. But you also noticed a plate of cooked meat at the other end, along with an empty chair.

“Sorry I took too long.” You chuckled, knowing his impatience.

Helob perked up, his smile bright. “Good morning, [y/n]! Come sit and enjoy this meal. No charge for my most devoted customer.”

You eagerly sat at the table, digging into the meat. All the while, he watched you, his three eyes fixated on how you savored every piece of flesh. Every stringy tendon. You left nothing behind.

“Is there something on my face?” Sensing his gaze, you glanced up at him. “Helob?”

Blinking, he looked tense for a few seconds as he realized he was caught. He coughed nervously, failing to hide the light blush dusting his cheeks. “A-Ah, actually yes..just a little blood. Allow me to remove it.”

You were confused by what he meant, though you assumed he had a napkin and leaned forward, closing your eyes.

What you didn’t expect was to feel a kiss on your lips, and a tongue licking your cheek clean of the blood.

It all happened so fast you didn’t have time to process it as he quickly sat back down, while you stared at him dumbfounded. “Wh-Wh..What was that...?” Your face burned.

Suddenly Helob seemed rather shy as he rubbed his hands together, before he bravely looked up at you. “I’ve never met anyone like you before. We have so much in common..I feel a connection between us. Forgive me for the stares. You just look so...divine with blood all over your face.”

“..I..it’s okay.” You smiled sweetly at him, feeling your heart throb at the surprising--but welcomed--gesture of affection. “I feel the same way. Ever since I started buying from you. So is this why you summoned me here?”

He just nodded. “Do you..accept?”

“Absolutely...as long as I get future meals on the house.”

“Oh, that can be arranged..but only if you let me get a better taste next time~” He winked, making you even more flustered than before.

It seems you two are more than just business partners now. But you couldn’t be happier.

#clanask #anonymous #cult of the lamb x reader #cotl x reader #cotl helob #tw death #tw cannibalism

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moondoposting · 2 years

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do you have any good places to start reading the mk comics?

yes!

MOON KNIGHT (2016) #1-14

what people are talking about when they mention the "lemire run". first issue looks like this:

features:

amazing art

inventive storytelling and story concept

analysis of marc spector as a character

exploration of his jewish upbringing, mental health, and origin as moon knight

the inspiration for many of the show's aesthetics and set pieces

not gonna say much more, just go read it

it’s very much a coming together of a lot of moon knight characters from across the comics, but it’s still very enjoyable without prior knowledge. you can quickly pick up on the characters and their dynamics, but if you’re at all confused just look them up :) the main ones are gena, crowley, marlene, and frenchie.

that’d be my main starter recommendation, but here are some other great ones! (under the cut because this got very long):

MOON KNIGHT (2014)

it’s like a series of shorter, contained stories. they’re really fun and have some great art!

this run is often referred to by the first author's surname (ie. ellis), but be aware that this writer is a real POS so it would be best to avoid calling it that. upon recommendation ive starting to refer to it as the "shalvey run" or just "2014", cause it actually involves a lot more than just 1 artist.

they’re collected into 3 volumes that look like this:

features:

accessible, largely self contained stories!

fast paced - sometimes brutal - action

the origin of mr knight!

marc khonshu divorce arc

marc living in an abandoned hotel with a bunch of ghosts cause he’s a loser he pushed all his friends away

this one story that’s told almost entirely through camera/phone footage. it’s really cool when you see it

MOON COPTER

MOON KNIGHT (2021)

the mackay run. it does reference some things that happened in previous comics, but honestly all you need to know is that khonshu tried to take over the world and got put in jail for it. also marc technically has a kid. but it barely comes up. the first issue looks like this:

features:

the midnight mission, moon knight’s open door hero service/church of khonshu

more analysis of marc spector et al.

WHAT’S THAT, 8-BALL? I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE INDUSTRIAL CAR SHREDDER!

the origin of hunter’s moon, another servant of khonshu!

mr knight sleeping in a sarcophagus like a vampire

MOON KNIGHT (2016) #188-200

the bemis run. it's numbered strangely because marvel changed the way they number their issues, but this follows directly after lemire. the first issue looks like this:

i…. hmm.. i have mixed feelings about this run. it has some really really fun stuff involving the other alters, but i kind of despise bemis’s writing. he loves to constantly refer to marc as “crazy” and in general seems to write with less love than the previous lemire stuff, if that makes sense? so i recommend it with the caveat that it has some uhhh cringe moments

features:

fun (and not so fun) system shenanigans

they have a kid??? more news at 8

origin of another avatar, this time of ra!

jake being fucking unhinged (sometimes derogatory)

the origin of the system's DID (specifically #194 if you just wanna read that, it’s pretty stand-alone tbh. content warning for discussions of the holocaust and nazism)

i honestly might just make a master post of fun system moments so people don’t have to read bemis LMAO

FINAL NOTES

there are a lot of things that are different from the show to comics but the main ones are:

steven grant is a playboy billionaire film producer, not a soft spoken gift shop-ist

marc is as aware of jake as he is of steven and vice versa. jake is also general not more violent than marc is, but is a bit rougher around the edges.

mr. knight =/= steven grant and moon knight =/= marc spector. it depends on the writer, but generally they are separate personas/alters and are almost always not tied to a single alter

while the DID rep in the show has its flaws, it is far more considerate than the majority of comic runs. outside of lemire and mackay, writers have not done the best to respectfully examine marc's mental illness so please be aware of that

other than that, have fun with it! these comics are great and i hope you enjoy them

#i hope this helps!#ik it’s a lot of info so if it’s overwhelming just start with lemire #it’s where i started and i came out ok lol #a bit confusing but nothing a good google search can’t sort out #moon knight #comic recs #asks #long post

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It’s heeeeere! Another summasalt, this time with nearly twice the length of the first one!

(Turns out that not having caffeine doesn’t help me talk any slower.)

Script below:

Anonymous asked:

Thoughts on Rocketear?

Can you Rocketear the newest episode apart with your salt, my beloved Salt Queen?

Penny for your thoughts on Rocketear?

Aw, anon! You can have that for free! I'm a generous goddess.

"Rocketear" begins with Chat Noir and Carapace - just Carapace, really - holding back a pack of what I presume to be the physical manifestation of the writing staff's age, or at least a representation of how behind the times the writing seems.

Just as the dinosaurs break through Shellter. Ladybug shows up with the scientist who revived the dinosaurs in the first place and said scientist uses a whistle to calm the dinosaurs down. There's also a line from Bob Roth about putting the dinosaurs in a theme park to make money and I know what it's referencing but it's so incredibly random that it doesn't really come off as a proper joke.

Carapace was notably sad right after battle, but insisted that he was fine when Ladybug asked. Rena, sporting a... - I would like to say "new design" but it's a recolor in every sense of the word - is hiding behind part of a building and smiles after the heroes before walking off. Ladybug takes Nino's miraculous back but sees that he's still upset and asks him again what's wrong. Nino asks where Alya was and Ladybug claims that she only needed Carapace for the job, which cheers him up but only until Ladybug is already gone.

Mm, I guess Nino and Adrien relate in heroism not being enough for them unless they have their respective love interest to flirt with.

Also, I know this is an obvious set-up, but the show can't tell me that Ladybug just always brought Nino and Alya whenever she needed one of them. Season 3 required her to go to Master Fu to get the miraculouses, and unless she already knew that Nino and Alya would be in the same location - which, okay, the show does basically shove the two of them together whenever Nino is onscreen, fair, if two characters are in a relationship in this show then it's weird for them to NOT be with that person - but it just seems like a gamble, not to mention proof to Shadow Moth that the two are close if Ladybug constantly brings both of them.

Anyway, Ladybug goes into the sewer and asks Rena if she's seen any sign of Shadow Moth or his traps. Rena didn't see anything and they de-transform. Marinette is about to leave when she thinks of something, but Alya assumes it's about her new look, which was apparently not voluntary on her part and the suit automatically adapted to Alya's new role as Rena Furtive, which she has now named it as.

Marinette reminds her that this is supposed to be a secret and that they agreed that the fox has no owner. When Alya is evasive about whether she told Nino that she won't be Rena anymore, Marinette stresses that everyone needs to believe that Alya won't be using a miraculous anymore so that she can remain an undercover spy.

What's the point in changing the look if you're not going to show yourself anyway? I mean, insurance, I guess, but still.

Alya, exasperated, parrots what Marinette has apparently told her before: that she helps Ladybug with Mirage in case Shadow Moth tries to follow her so Rena can follow him instead. Marinette stresses the situation again and Alya tries to get Marinette to agree on her telling Nino that she's Rena Furtive, but Marinette refuses.

At Marinette's house, Alya talks further and explains that she doesn't know if she can lie to Nino since they don't keep any secrets--Alya, babe, you kept Rena Rouge from him and didn't tell him that you knew he was Carapace until Ladybug was forced to give you your miraculouses at the same time. I don't wanna hear it.

Marinette states that it's too late for that and also not technically a lie, but Alya gets upset and says that Nino will never trust her again if he finds out that she kept something from him. Marinette brings up how she had to keep secrets from Alya too, but they're interrupted by Tom appearing and wanting to play games with them. Marinette makes an excuse about homework that she's repeated many times, as Tom comments that the teachers give her too much. After Tom is kicked out - hang on, lemme just... - Marinette uses the moment to show Alya that she's lied to her family a lot and hasn't played games with her father in months. She states that there's no other option as they have to protect their identities, and Alya agrees to talk to Nino.

In Alya's room - I just presume at this point that Nino's house doesn't exist and Chris is an illusion - Alya tells Nino that they need to talk, but stammers and states that it's hard to talk about. Nino thinks that she wants to break up with him, but Alya assures that she loves him. She finally gets to the cover story that Rena herself made up in "Sentibubbler" and Nino understands, sad that she won't be around anymore but agreeing if it's what Ladybug thinks is best.

Is it weird that Nino respects Ladybug's wishes more than Alya does?

Nino hugs her and is confused by why Alya was nervous to tell him, as she can tell him anything and nothing will change their relationship. Alya feels guilty and hugs back, murmuring about how they don't have any secrets; that's not what Nino said, but sure, push this plot to its already predictable conclusion. I mean, I thought it was vaguely sweet that Nino switched to seriousness immediately when Alya said that she wanted to talk, but how am I supposed to be invested in this couple when their dynamic boils down to "STRONG, INDEPENDANT WOMAN who wears the pants in the relationship because her boyfriend is portrayed as a wimpy coward"? Like, the show constantly dragged Nino down to make Alya look "powerful" by comparison, and then when it comes to characters like Marinette, we get a girl who works very well outside of her relationship with her endgame love interest.

It's the fakest form of "girl power," dragging guys down to raise girls up or actually making a strong girl character but having her love interest be a weakness that creates flaws in her that weren't there originally and having that love interest be who she's "destined for."

I'm rambling, sorry.

In class, Marinette assures Alya that she did the right thing and Alya agrees. As they're leaving school, Marinette talks about how their "night walks" start soon, and Alya non-subtly talks about how Rena Furtive will be on the lookout while Ladybug and Chat Noir patrol. She stops, however, as gets excited about some pictures she took of herself as Rena Furtive, which has a lot of details that Marinette hasn't seen. I don't know whether to groan at what I just heard or remind everyone that Rena Furtive is literally just a recolor and therefore this is the writers patting themselves on the back for this design, so let's just move on.

Alya then shows Marinette her phone--AUGH, MY EYES--and suggests making a poll on her Ladyblog so people can vote for their favorite Rena design. Marinette has to stress again that Rena Furtive is supposed to be a spy and thus invisible, which Alya admits that she forgot about.

Okay, I've been holding off on talking about this, but now seems like the best time to bring it up. Alya has been a trash friend as well as a trash confidant, and her role as Rena Rouge boiled down to, "it was convenient for her to be the fox at the time it was needed." She's not particularly stealthy like one would expect of a fox, and she was easily one of the worst candidates to be told Marinette's big secret. I'll get more into this later, but I have to stress that Alya has treated Marinette no differently since learning of Marinette's identity and has already gone against Marinette's orders once before at the time of this episode airing. Episodes are constantly torn between validating their decision to have Marinette tell Alya, having Marinette be worried about the decision while the show considers her to be ridiculous for it, and then having Alya either consider or make choices that clearly don't gel well with what's good for her role. Much like Marinette, she lacks a sense of self-control and--wow, a female character who's impulsive, never seen that stereotype before.

Point being, "Sentibubbler" stressed over and over that Alya was the right choice and deserved to be both the permanent fox and the understudy for guardian, but then we have "Rocketear" here where Alya is making basic emotionally-driven errors that I'm not even remotely sympathetic to when Marinette has gone through so much worse over the course of three+ seasons.

*sigh*

Alya laments that it's hard to find new content for the Ladyblog - ah, yes, tell me more about your struggles, Alya - but figures that at least she can post stuff about Chat Noir instead of--I don't know--making fake Ladybug theories to lead people off Marinette's trail. Marinette says that it's a great idea, though Alya still doesn't look too happy. The scene then rewinds to a little bit to show a different point of view, this time with Adrien and Nino. Wait, this feels familiar, wasn't there another episode that did something like--ohhhh no, this is going to hurt.

After saying good-bye to Adrien - something I wish I could do every time he's mentioned or on-screen - Nino catches the bit of conversation where Alya talks about the Ladyblog. Nino talks as if Marinette isn't there and asks Alya out to the movies because Marinette is chopped liver and this is about Alya and how sad she is, guys.

Wow, she's turning into Adrien faster and faster.

Alya hesitates, but Marinette assures her that there's still time. Alya excitedly runs off with Nino and they watch what I presume are previews given the narrator, featuring recycled footage from the Ladybug PV. Nino is upset because Rena is mentioned but not Carapace, and the preview features Rena telling Chat Noir to forget Ladybug because it's Chat and Rena herself who are trulu made for each other.

I don't know what's funnier; the complete lack of self-awareness or the suggestion that a biracial couple would exist in this show outside of a special that gives them maybe a minute of screentime and acts more like suggestive canon anyway. I think I might've been too generous with that line about dinosaurs.

Nino is offended by the preview and Alya brushes off his comments, stating that it's just a cartoon and it's made to entertain people, though Nino himself is certainly not entertained. Can't say I entirely blame him considering that Alya doesn't really try to say anything substantial or even agree with him. No cuddling or reassuring kisses, she just gets slightly sad and turns to her phone for a bit.

After the movie, Nino is cheered back up again until he catches Alya on her phone once more. He offers to take her home, but she's distracted, and he comments that what she showed to Marinette looked pretty nice; I don't know because they didn't show it. Nino asks what it was and Alya evades the question, stating that her battery is running out. Nino is suspicious, but spots Andre's ice cream cart and the two head over there. Andre calls them his favorite couple and asks what they want, but Alya sees Ladybug gesturing for her and has to run off, giving Nino a cheek kiss as she goes which feels like too little too late at this point.

Nino catches some conveniently-placed kids arguing over who Chat Noir loves, but they settle on the fact that girls in general love Chat Noir. Nino is then seen at the Seine watching the Ladyblog's latest video, where Alya is talking up how amazing Chat Noir is. I hate to stop every five seconds to complain - okay, actually I don't - but I presume this video must've been made after the movie since Nino seems like the type who would actively follow his girlfriend's blog, yet not only is this video perfectly set up to echo the kids and the movie preview, but Alya - despite apparently caring about her boyfriend soooo much that she kept trying to convince Marinette to bend the rules - didn't even try to warn Nino or text him so he doesn't take it too seriously. It's like "Sentibubbler" with the conflicting messages about identity rules; Alya cares about her boyfriend but both isn't thinking about how he'll take the things she says and apparently doesn't know him well enough to realize that he wouldn't be mad over her keeping a secret that she was told to keep. I already talked about how they play up Nino to be the emotionally weaker one of the relationship, but then they don't have Alya try to cover or make up for that. She's been acting very much not like Alya - you know, the one who in "Sapotis" practically bragged about how great she'd be at covering for Ladybug - with her stutters and weak excuses, so I can't completely blame Nino for being upset after everything that's happened when he sees the writers projecting onto Alya as she talks about how Chat Noir is brave and funny and cute and showing all these images of him as well. I don't agree with all of his actions, but--oh yeah, speaking of which--

Nino calls Adrien and is talking to him about how Alya must be in love with someone else. Adrien dismisses the idea, as Alya and Nino are together basically all the time, and asks who she could possibly be in love with. When Nino suggests that it's Chat Noir, Adrien laughs and jokes about it being Fang instead. Nino points out the video but Adrien did see it but is overall unphased and convinced that it means nothing. Nino says that he'll find proof and hangs up, but Adrien is certain he'll find nothing. Plagg comments that Nino will find someone because Plagg's charisma has definitely contaminated Adrien.

Ugh.

Adrien expresses concern that he put on the cat's charm too much and accidentally made Alya fall for him, and decides to visit Alya as Chat Noir to be sure.

Meanwhile, we get a reference to film noirs as Nino narrates. That's the second blatant reference this episode and now I feel like they wrote this script while doing a movie marathon.

Chat Noir arrives at Alya's house and Trixx hides before Alya opens the curtains to reveal her surprise guest. Nino is nearby watching the scene with his phone as Alya wonders aloud if something's wrong. Chat assures that everything's fine, but brings up the video she posted. He insists that it made him happy, but points out that she's been following him and Ladybug since the beginning and that they know each other much better due to everything that's happened. He has some conveniently-worded dialog as he starts to say that he hopes something's just an illusion and Alya gets worried that he's about to bring up Rena. Chat continues and clarifies that he wonders if she started to feel something for him, though adds that he understands because just look at him.

UGGGGH.

Chat clarifies by making a heart with his hands, which Nino sees. Alya laughs at this gesture and states that she has a boyfriend, doing the same heart gesture and suggesting that her love for Nino is even more than that. Chat Noir apologizes - hm, I didn't know he had the capacity to do that - and hugs Alya, saying that he was just confused.

An absolutely unnecessary hug for two people who, at least in terms of their current selves, have had very little screentime together, but this is also the show where making eye contact basically means your friends and it's all just to push the plot along so Nino inteprets that Alya is in love with Chat Noir, so whatever I guess.

Alya states that Nino is far more irresistable than Chat, then adds that she doesn't even know his secret identity, and she'd never fall in love with someone she doesn't know. Nino then runs away upset and the scene cuts away to the next day where--

Wait, wait, wait, hang on a second. Two things right off the bat there.

First off, we're just gonna sidle past that "wouldn't fall in love with someone you don't know the identity of" while ignoring the existence of the love square? Not even Chat thinking about how he doesn't know Ladybug's identity and trying to excuse that he doesn't have to? This guy is that certain of their relationship?

Secondly, Nino is practically sobbing and Shadow Moth doesn't take this as his opportunity? Same guy who akumatized Mr. Pigeon 72 times and has akumatized Gigantitan more than once? What is this pacing???

But--alright, so Adrien comes into school and sees Nino, still dressed up in his detective gear, which gets ignored completely as Adrien goes to tell him about Chat Noir and Alya. Because the show doesn't know how Adrien would convey this within reason, Nino interrupts him, taking him down into the lower part of the school where he has a desk and chairs set up. Adrien goes to ask when Nino had time to do this, but Nino slams his hand on the desk to cut him off. Nino presents the evidence he took and they go back and forth, likewise with Adrien turning off the background music while Nino turns it back on. Adrien insists that it's a misunderstanding, but pleads innocent when Nino asks how he knows. Adrien states that Alya is just a superhero fan and that she and Chat Noir have nothing in common.

Again, the complete lack of self-awareness is astonishing.

Adrien repeats what Alya said about secret identities and how she wouldn't fall for someone she doesn't know - they're really ignoring this, aren't they? - and continues hitting Nino's soft spots about how unlikely it is until Nino decides to tell Adrien something he's not supposed to.

He tells Adrien, not only that Alya is Rena Rouge, but that he's Carapace. Adrien goes through a range of emotions beyond sAD for once, shocked at the fact that they know each other's identities. Nino states that they don't keep secrets from each other, except now Alya is with Chat Noir. Adrien still doesn't understand and brings up how secret identities have to be protected, or else Nino wouldn't have told him because Ladybug wouldn't agree to it.

Oh, here we go. So that's why they waited.

Nino states that it was Ladybug herself who gave them their miraculouses at the same time; not giving the reason why, of course, nor pointing out that they're temporary heroes so there's understandably some leeway. Adrien is having a moment, but manages to bring the subject back to Alya and Chat Noir, who he still doesn't think are a thing. Nino argues that it's because Adrien doesn't know Chat Noir, but he does because he's Carapace and knows how Chat Noir acts. He says that it's all flowers and confessions when Ladybug appears, but he gets rejected because Ladybug thinks that he's annoying, and she's right. He adds that Chat flirts with Rena Rouge and that's all that needs to happen, with Chat stepping in on the first mission Carapace lost in. Nino laments the loss of the love of his life and wishes to shut Chat Noir up forever; we all do, Nino, we all do. Shadow Moth finally steps in with - oh, less than eight minutes left in the episode, yikes - and Nino is akumatized into Rocketear.

Rocketear rejects Adrien's pleas to stop, insisting that Chat Noir is who he's after, not Adrien, and Adrien transforms in sad fashion despite Plagg's reminder of who Rocketear is after. Alya, meanwhile, is in the art club with Marinette - wait, since when was Alya in the art club - telling Marinette about how Chat Noir thought she was into him due to the video, which Marinette groans at. There's an earthquake and they peek outside to see Rocketear firing his tears at Chat Noir, shouting that he stole Alya from him. Chat Noir tries to tell him otherwise, but Rocketear won't listen.

Alya groans at Nino doing this, then she and Marinette set off to find a place to transform. They conveniently go to the same place Adrien and Nino were, so they see the desk that Nino had set up.

Genuine question, how seriously does this episode want me to take itself, because now when I recount all the unnecessary love square drama in my head - because you know that's where this is going - I'm going to have to think, "Nino, dressed in a detective outfit, ripped off his fake mustache and told Adrien both his and Rena's identities, and also that Ladybug was totally cool with it and thinks that Chat Noir is annoying."

Gettin' two completely different vibes here. The episode clearly wants to be important but it doesn't take itself seriously either, which it totally could while including enough jokes to keep things light. Instead, I'm just left scratching my head and wondering what tone they're going for.

Marinette finds Nino's phone on the desk - I'm calling continuity error on that one because he at no point put it on the desk, at least not on-screen - and she questions Alya on the video she sees. Alya insists that nothing happened, apparently completely unphased by her boyfriend having spied on her, and says that he wouldn't have misunderstood if he'd heard the actual conversation.

The two transform and Ladybug immediately uses Lucky Charm, receiving a projector. Ladybug is clueless and Rena Furtive suggests creating an imaginary movie like Nino. Ladybug gets an idea, remembering Alya's earlier comments, and Rena confirms that she remembers every word of it.

Aaaaand, just like that, all of the tension has been completely sucked away. You know, "Backwarder" was a trash episode, but at least when Ladybug was showing every step of her plan, she didn't tell us what it was.

Meanwhile, Rocketear and Chat Noir are still arguing--I started zoning out at hearing the same thing over and over again at this point, so I just presume they were fighting over who does stuff behind their love interest's backs better; I don't think they came to an agreement but they're both losers anyway.

Chat Noir says that he'll prove his innocence, tossing his baton aside to show him giving up, but Rocketear points out that it proves nothing and strikes Chat Noir with his tears.

Our endgame love interest, everyone. Straight As yet about as smart as a sack of bricks, and that at least won't flirt with anyone non-consensually.

Chat Noir makes a point that he doesn't want to hurt Rocketear, and Shadow Moth tells Rocketear to take his miraculous before finishing him. Chat Noir can only weakly tell him not to before Ladybug snags Rocketear's wrist and diverts the shot. Ladybug explains to Rocketear about the projector and how it'll let him hear the audio of the recording he took. She adds that she doesn't know what Chat said, but she trusts him.

Marinette, I'm sorry, I feel so bad for you.

Ladybug turns on the projector and Rocketear relaxes at actually hearing what was going on. Rena then de-transforms and hurries out to meet with Rocketear, hugging him as Rocketear apologizes for doubting her. Alya also kinda sorta apologizes in a way I don't understand and Rocketear then breaks his akumatization, very casually, all on his own.

Yeah, just--casually, in a matter of seconds in fact. You know, it's really sad when people resisting akumatizations are more tense and emotionally compelling than them breaking them. This is twice in one season now and has zero impact considering that Nino's reason for being akumatized was already taken care of so he had no reason to stay akumatized anyway. Him breaking his own object to release the akuma would've at least been different, but instead it's just a repeat of what Alya went through with even less tension considering that Alya's wasn't even that good in the first place, relying on her relationship to Ladybug rather than who she knew to be her best friend.

Moving on, Ladybug captures the akuma and uses Miraculous Ladybug to bring everything back to normal. Shadow Moth monologues about how love and secrets don't go well together and he's sure that she has a lot and I'll talk about this later.

Ladybug hands over the magical charm, which Nino takes but insists that he won't need it, as he'll never let Shadow Moth use his love to manipulate him again. Plenty of other things to get akumatized over, but they gave the supposedly ace character a robot to help him stick out and also gave the supposedly aro character a miraculous back in season one to give her more importance. If characters aren't in love then they need something to ceompensate for it.

Nino apologizes to Chat Noir for being wrong and Chat Noir assures him that everyone has doubts, even him. He gets sad and Ladybug asks him what's wrong, but he insists that he's fine - officially throwing away his right to be upset at her later as far as I'm concerned - and they do their usual fist buuuuu--

...Really?

Everyone then splits up and Chat Noir sulks by himself instead of--you know, talking to Ladybug, or asking her anything, or making any sort of excuse for her because that would mean he actually has faith in her and understands that their partnership is different from temporary heroes, even if the excuse was as basic as her wanting to protect him more than the others because he would be that egotistical if they didn't want to stretch out this unnecessary drama.

Later on, Adrien is staring at a picture on the Ladyblog that might be a metaphor for the show considering how "in the foreground" Chat Noir and Rena are.

Adrien vents about Ladybug giving miraculouses to Alya and Nino, but Plagg states that she's the guardian. Adrien clarifies that he's referring to Alya and Nino knowing each other's identities, but Plagg doesn't see the issue. Adrien gets huffy and asks why the rule exists for LadyNoir but not Ninya, but Plagg again points out that she's the guardian, so she makes the rules, though obviously he uses cheese metaphors to convey it.

Okay, Plagg is only, like--half-right because he doesn't have all the information. If you don't mind me rambling for a bit, I'm on the fence here because, on one hand--yes, I agree that Marinette should be allowed to make her own rules, and I often do that in my writing because I think she should be permitted leeway in order to let herself be happy, but on the other hand, it's not technically her rule, as she had to let Alya and Nino in on their identities back in the Season 2 finale, so Fu was still around for a season. She wasn't even guardian yet!

Now, presumably so the fandom could blame Marinette if anything happened, Marinette never discussed this with Fu on-screen, so I can't say whether or not Fu knew, but I feel like he must've since Marinette had to have told him the heroes' identities off-screen, given "Party Crasher," and thus I imagine that Marinette would tell Fu everything that happened, which is consistent with what she does on-screen even if she'd keep things from him for a little while.

"Furious Fu" had also established that not even Master Fu followed rules completely, meaning that Marinette is in this awkward spot of mostly following what Fu taught her, which aren't all guardian rules anyway, and having to break the rules on occasion for various purposes. I can't say what Fu approved of and what he didn't, because episodes spend so much time on the love square that they forget about Marinette as a person and how she interacts with everyone else. From an emotional standpoint, I can't blame Marinette for not revoking the miraculouses of people whose identities get discovered because of her, as I imagine she feels guilty and it probably doesn't seem fair to force them into another miraculous or have them be entirely without one because of a mistake that she made, meaning that someone needs to be throwing a lot of red flags for Marinette to be through with them.

Though obviously, from the show's standpoint, it's just an excuse to not make new models, but I complained about that enough in "Sentibubbler" and this episode even went out of its way to design a detective model for Nino while spraypainting Alya's bodysuit in the same breath, so this is the world we live in.

Anyway, Marinette is essentially in this position where she still has Fu's rules hovering over her, but she's also trying to step out on her own and make her own decisions to varying degrees of success or failure depending on your point of view. Tikki--wait, no, bad idea--Su-Han then, could easily give input on these things, perhaps with Marinette discussing a modern day set of rules for someone her age and going back and forth with Su-Han on what the right choices to make are, finding something that's comfortable but within a realm of predictable control. Su-Han was okay with some rules being broken after seeing how Ladybug handled them and they could've easily made this episode about that instead, but instead, we get rules being set and then being broken on a writer's whim.

Which now brings us to the end of the episode, where Marinette is on the phone with Alya and apologizes for causing trouble between her and Nino. Alya tells her not to worry and she'll fix things - you know, those things that, to Marinette's knowledge, have already been fixed - and asks if Marinette trusts her. Marinette does, and Alya hangs up in order to face Nino.

Yeah, that feeling of dread in your stomach? That means you know how predictable the writing is and what's about to happen, good for you.

Alya explains that she has to tell Nino something and he's worried, this time trying to sheepishly break the tension. She explains that she's still Rena Rouge, much to Nino's shock, and adds that she's in hiding, which is why Ladybug didn't want her to tell anyone. Nino asks why she's telling him if she's not supposed to tell anyone - proving my point from a while back that he wouldn't have been upset had she kept it a secret - then asks if Ladybug agreed with it.

I want to give him a pat on the back for considering Ladybug, but he didn't even tell her when he had the chance that Adrien knows his identity now, so I'm just beaten down at this point.

Instead of answering the question directly, Alya says that she can't hide her identity from him because she loves him and they don't have secrets.

You know, like Nino telling Adrien about Rena's identity, or Alya saying specifically that she's a permanent holder, which I'm sure both of them will confess to since they said that they don't have--aaaaand the episode ends on happy triumphant music, okay.

I mean, I guess Alya at least didn't tell him that Marinette was Ladybug, but that is such a low bar and not even remotely worthy of congratulations when Alya told Nino the specific thing that Marinette told Alya not to tell; the thing that they had agreed on.

Nino wasn't upset anymore. He won't be getting akumatized either. Alya endured the supposed hardship of being a permanent fox holder for four episodes before breaking down and telling her boyfriend. Even her excuse doesn't hold any water because, again, they're both still technically keeping a secret, particularly Alya who knows Marinette's identity as Ladybug. The episode also apparently forgets that Alya and Marinette's friendship must not be as strong by her logic of telling Nino specifically everything, as Alya kept Rena Rouge a secret from Marinette for all of Season 3, but tells Nino about continuing to be Rena Rouge in Season 4. Boyfriends before BFFs without explicitly saying it, or to be more specific, whatever screws Marinette over the most, because that's what this comes down to, made worse by "Optigami" where Marinette told Alya that she'd tell her everything and I guess that doesn't go both ways.

"Sentibubbler" had Alya stress that no one would ever know. She promised Marinette and told Marinette to trust her, and the episode spent its entire running time talking her up and assuring Marinette that she was the right choice, even considering Marinette ridiculous for worrying when Alya had done something without Marinette's permission the episode right before it. Then, three episodes after "Sentibubbler," when Marinette is finally comfortable and trusts Alya completely, Alya betrays that trust. Nino betrayed that trust, knowing he wasn't supposed to do so but telling Adrien his and Rena's identity anyway, because he was losing an argument and needed to PROVE something.

Marinette gives them an inch and they take a mile. Marinette bent the rules so that they could continue to have the miraculous they'd started with and they disrespected her because it was hard for like a day.

And if this bites them back, it won't reflect poorly on them, it'll reflect poorly on Marinette.

It's not like Alya just overrode Marinette. She didn't go, "Hey, I'm telling Nino, I'm sorry," or tried her hardest to go back and forth with Marinette until they both agreed. No, she did what she told Marinette she wouldn't do without saying a word to her, because LOVE and SEEEECRETS.

And this only applies to her, of course, because don't think I didn't notice the parallels between this episode and "Truth," because WOW.

Episode begins with Marinette hoping for something and it blows up in her face? A date at the cinema that ends on a sour note? Plot-centric couple trying to get Andre's ice cream and the female with a secret needing to leave in a hurry? Boyfriend character getting akumatized over their girlfriend's secret? Boyfriend assumes/suggests that the girlfriend's secret involves Aaaaaadrien - or his alter-ego in "Rocketear"'s case - and the episode hints as much to him even though he's completely wrong? Akuma's colors are blue and black? THE BRIDGE?

But, ahhh, little difference, here and there, y'know, like how Marinette was forced to break up with her boyfriend while Alya got to keep hers, and Nino got to have long talks with Alya while Luka got little to nothing with Marinette.

Because do note that Alya, while trying to convince Marinette and talk to Nino about not keeping secrets, at no point suggests that Marinette deserves to be happy and deserves to have a boyfriend and that Marinette should be allowed to tell Luka her secret so they can get back together, so you have Alya here selfishly prioritizing her relationship with Nino while making no comment about Marinette's relationship, essentially asking Marinette to allow her what Marinette herself didn't have the luxury of, and Alya knows this because Marinette told her. It is both incredibly insensitive of Alya and incredibly insulting of the show to make so many parallels between this episode and "Truth" just to have everything crash down for Marinette because she's Marinette while everything goes well for Alya and Nino because they're not Marinette.

We've talked before about the formulas that are literally baked into the show, and one of those is how Marinette makes a mistake in every episode and has to learn from it. What that mistake is in this episode, I don't know, but considering that she apologizes for Alya and Nino's problems, I guess the show blames her for what they themselves had taught her.

Point being, there's a clear karma system in place, but it only applies to Marinette, and forcing her to mess up in every episode means that she is literally not allowed to be with Luka because had she been able to clear things up between them, he would've eagerly accepted her and they could've been happy. It'd be too difficult for her to mess up when Luka doesn't put mountains of pressure and expectations on her like everyone else. Factor that in with how she can be herself around him and it leads to situation that are too difficult for her to screw up in because her mistakes - more often than not - center around Adrien or her role as guardian.

And because another rule in the show is to bring up Adrien so they don't "lose him for too long," she can't avoid bringing him up either. If he's not in the plot, he has to be mentioned, leaving Marinette in a lose-lose situation that she'll never be free from.

So, let me just get this straight then:

The guy who spied on his girlfriend instead of talking to her about his assumptions gets to keep his girlfriend, not because he realized it was wrong regardless of whether he was correct or not, but because the situation had been cleared up for him, yet the guy who actively resisted his akumatization, saddened by his girlfriend's secrets but wanting her to share them when she was ready, gets broken up with and tossed to the wayside because he's not a rich blond boy who got a miraculous because he happened to be within the twenty meters of space where Fu was searching for new holders?

Meanwhile, the girlfriend who has gone against the wishes and insistence of her best friend - guardian of the miraculouses, by the way, so she calls the shots, something that Alya herself said in "Optigami" BEFORE GOING ON TO DO HER OWN THING IN THE SAME EPISODE AND BEING REWARDED FOR IT - is allowed to go against the wishes and insistence of her best friend again for the sake of "all love, no secrets" with her boyfriend and so she can have the happy ending she wants, yet the girl who was chosen for a miraculous without her consent, forced to screw up and talk about a random boy who doesn't even go out of his way to spend time with her, treated like absolute trash by writers who find humor in her misery, and is the only one to receive overly harsh and long-lasting consequences for her actions while also covering up and forgiving the actions of others within the episode where they do it...

doesn't get her happy ending, and won't ever get her happy ending. That thing Shadow Moth said about love and secrets not going well together? Yeah, only goes as far as the writers want it to, because both Nino and Alya still have secrets, and some of the ones they did tell each other were forced by someone else and kept until that very moment. This idea that people in love have to tell each other everything and that it makes a relationship stronger makes me immensely uncomfortable, and that lesson is also in "Guiltrip."

People should be allowed their secrets, and obviously there are exceptions for things that are being hidden with malicious intent, but being essentially forced to share everything or risk not having a "full and complete" relationship is stifling and sounds like it'd only cause stress.

This episode sucks. It furthers and confirms everything I've already thought about the show, Nino's screentime continues to be dependent on Adrien, Alya, or both, there are pointless references that completely take me out of the experience, and the utter betrayal from Alya and supposed message of the episode just reminds me that Marinette is inevitably going to be stuck with a guy who didn't even DO anything in this episode and is going to let himself stew instead of asking for any sort of clarifications from someone he apparently trusts so much.

So the takeaway is that Marinette's life is awful, she'll be forced to apologize for rules that she didn't even come up with herself, her best friend will walk all over her for the sake of her relationship with a guy - not even for the sake, really, they were going to be fine, it was more for HER personal comfort if anything - and the guy who actually makes Marinette happy and could've known her identity instead BECAUSE HE AT LEAST DIDN'T HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SPILLING HER SECRETS gets treated in the exact same way that she does; like nothing, just something to abuse unfairly.

What a waste of an episode.

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saiiboat · 3 years

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Hi Quackity lore stream enjoyers!! Do you like c!Slime and hear people talking about them and also something called the "SCU"? Do you want to know what that is?

The SCU (Slimecicle Cinematic Universe) is a series of youtube videos by Slimecicle that make up a non-linear story that follows the Council (Condifiction, GrizzlyPlays, BizlyChannel, and Slimecicle) on their journey to obtain godhood! It's mostly made up of modded Minecraft videos that way too much effort gets put into making.

Most of the fan culture surrounding the SCU is about trying to figure out which videos fit into the SCU, and if they do, when they take place. Its extremely confusing, a lot of fun, and comes with a really great (but mostly unhinged) community. Unfortunately there is no unanimous agreement on which timeline is correct, but undoubtably, the most important video to watch is The Hardest Minecraft Difficulty. If you want to watch more, here is my personal opinion on the timeline, which is constantly being changed and added to with new content!!

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the-iceni-bitch · 4 years

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I’m Going to Take Care of You

Pairing: Thor/Fem-Reader

Words: 3502

Summary: A fun night out with the Avengers makes you realize you want something more from you friendship with Thor.

Warnings: Explicit language, explicit sexual content, size kink adjacent, fluff, SMUT, 18+

A/N: Whoo, I managed to keep it under 4000 words this time y’all. I loved writing Thor though. He’s such a sweetheart and really treats our reader right! Please enjoy and message if you want to be added to my permanent tags list!

“I got shots, bitches!!”

You set your carefully balanced tray on the table in the middle of everyone and started distributing tiny glasses around, grinning around the table as you did so.

“Goddamn it, Y/N. You and Nat are trying to kill us” Clint groaned as he took his shot from you and looked at it like he was about to throw up.

“Suck it up Barton.” Tony scolded. “These girls are out drinking us and refuse to black out before they do. Knock it back.”

You made sure everyone got a glass before taking one for yourself and settling back on the couch.

Nat downed hers easily and gave you a knowing grin once the taste hit her tongue. Clint, Tony, and Sam tossed theirs back together and immediately started spluttering and coughing. Steve paused before bringing his glass to his lips when he saw their reaction.

“Son of a bitch, what the fuck is this?” Tony exclaimed, grabbing a glass of water and chugging it as Clint headed to the bathroom, looking like he was going to hurl. Nat clapped her hand against Sam’s back as he tried to get a hold of himself. Steve was just looking at his shot with abject horror.

“We’re in Oslo so I got us Aquavit!” You grinned at Tony as he stared at you murderously. “Oh, my god Rogers, suck it up and drink it, it’s not going to kill you.”

Steve gave a shrug and chugged it, sucking air through his teeth and wincing as he swallowed. “Jesus Christ.”

“I’ve told you a million times, Y/N, you’re the only one who can drink that shit.” Nat laughed at you as Sam waved her off, his coughing fit finally ending.

“You’re all just pussies. Where the fuck is Thor? He always appreciates new liquor.” You searched the club for that giant golden retriever of a man before you heard his deep voice behind you.

“Is that more liquor? Excellent!” he exclaimed as you turned yourself around to give him a grin and handed him the last shot. He threw it back without hesitation and gave an appreciative nod. “What is this delicious nectar? We should get a bottle.”

“Thank you, sweetie.” You said, giving the rest of the group an exasperated look as you headed over to the bar, and returned with a full bottle of the spicy liquor and two clean highball glasses. You poured yourself and Thor two hefty portions and sat beside him on the couch.

“You two are insane.” Tony said, shaking his head as you tossed your drinks back and poured two more. “How are you still standing, Y/N? You’ve had almost as much to drink as a literal god!”

You just laughed at him giddily. You were pretty drunk at this point, but there was no way you were going to let anyone outdrink you tonight, you wanted to let go.

You had just finished your fifth mission with the Avengers. You had been apprehensive when you first moved onto the compound six months ago. You of course already know Nat and Clint, but it was a tight knit group, and you sometimes felt like a spare tire.

You spent most of the first few weeks in the lab, working on your serums and formulas, doing calculations into the small hours of the morning. Tony did his best to engage you, but you both only had the most basic understandings of each other’s fields. You did develop a healthy respect for each other during that time though, and you started to feel more at home.

Nat had finally convinced you to join the rest of the team for a workout after you had been there for a month. You were concerned about losing yourself and accidentally injuring someone, but Nat almost shoved you onto the mat to square up against Steve. She sat there with a smirk as the group watched him chase you around the mat, growing more and more frustrated as you slid out of his reach over and over. When you accidentally threw him into the ceiling one handed, you were sure they were going to shut you out. But Thor started laughing hysterically as the rest of them started teasing Rogers, and just like that, you were one of the group.

Thor and you bonded the most for some reason. You made each other laugh constantly, and being able to complain about your crazy families with someone else was a relief. You’d often stay up late together watching stupid movies or drinking some new liquor or beer you had discovered. He had once mentioned that he missed the tasted of mead, and the next day you surprised him with several large bottles you had gotten from a friend who brewed it on his property upstate. Sometimes when you got drunk enough, he’d let you braid his hair in intricate styles, not feeling an ounce of embarrassment when Tony would give him shit the next morning.

You became sparring partners as he was the only member of the team who could actually get you in a hold, and that translated well to you partnering on missions.

This latest one had been a doozy, busting an arms dealing ring that was suspected of distributing old HYDRA equipment. It was a success overall but had been exhausting. Nat and you always did your best to come up with some sort of morale booster after a mission and you somehow had convinced the team that a night of clubbing in downtown Oslo would be just the thing.

“Aww shit, is this Ghostface Killah?” You asked the room as a new song started. “This is my song! Let’s dance!”

“Girl, you have the best taste in music.” Sam said as he followed you onto the dance floor while Nat tried to coax Steve and Tony to join you. Thor tossed back his drink and strode after you.

The Norse God was a surprisingly good dancer. He didn’t seem to have the hangups you noticed from most white guys about their movements.

“This is a good song!” He shouted at you over the music “It reminds me of ‘Krakemal’.”

You had no idea what he was talking about so you just grinned at him as you whipped your hair around and swung your hips, losing yourself in the music. You loved dancing.

The song ended too soon and Tony came to let everyone know that Clint had finally stopped vomiting and the group was going to head back to the safehouse. Thor threw you over his shoulder as you headed out the door, making you squeal as he gave your ass a playful slap, not putting you down until you were walking down the street. He grinned down at you and started telling you a story about a snake. You were staring at him, breathless and giddy from the alcohol and you laughed when his story reached its conclusion, suddenly realizing that you were going to sleep with him.

He walked forward to chat with Steve and Nat put her arm through yours to chat.

“Sooooo…” she said slyly. “What’s going on with you and Point Break?”

“Oh god, Nat. I’m pretty sure I’m going to let him fuck me tonight.”

She laughed at that, tossing her head back. “Jesus Christ, it’s about time!”

You slapped her arm lightly and told her to shut up.

“You couldn’t have come to this realization a little earlier, Y/N? Now Tony’s going to win the bet!”

“Fuck, you perverts bet on when me and Thor would sleep together? Was anyone else in on this?”

“I mean, it was just me and Clint to start off then Tony found out and looped in the rest of team into it. He made a spreadsheet and everything. Rogers took some serious convincing. That big puppy thought it was ‘inappropriate and mean-spirited.’ Of course, then he walked in on one of your sparring sessions where you let yourself get pinned by that himbo a little longer than necessary and turned over his money with no problem.”

“Great. You guys are such good friends.” You said sarcastically.

“Not our fault you two idiots don’t have the emotional intelligence to just get to it. I’ve gotta tell the rest of the team to make sure you guys have some privacy.”

You hissed and tried to grab her as she scampered away to talk to Tony, who turned back and gave you a thumbs up and massive grin. You slapped your palm into your face and rubbed your thumb and forefinger into the ridges above your eyebrows.

“So, Natasha told me I should come back here and talk to you. She wouldn’t tell me what about and just laughed when I asked.” Thor had a look of slight confusion on his face as he rubbed the back of his neck with one hand, pulling the bottom edge of his shirt up enough to expose the top of his boxer briefs and give you a glimpse at his happy trail. You felt yourself clench and fought the urge to moan.

You arrived back at the safehouse then, and Tony and Natasha did their best to usher everyone upstairs discreetly. She gave you a wink as she followed behind Steve at the back of the group and disappeared from view.

“So, more drinks?” Thor clapped his hands and rubbed them together, heading into the kitchen as he shed his coat.

“God, yes!” You followed him, removing your own coat and tossing it onto the couch. You had no idea how to approach this without making things painfully awkward.

He found an opened bottle of mead and poured you each a glass, leaning back against the counter as he sipped at the sweet liquor.

You peered at him over the edge of your glass as you contemplated your next move. His plain white tee was just tight enough that you could see the shape of the muscles in his torso. His arms were crossed, making his thick arms flex deliciously. You wanted to take a bite out of his bicep. You moved your eyes back up to his face and found him staring back at you. Neither of you said anything as you gazed into each other’s eyes.

“Fuck it.” You said, tossing back the rest of your drink and setting the empty glass on the counter before you took three steps forward and pressed the front of you body into him, pulling his face down to yours and kissing him hungrily.

You felt his posture change as he set his own glass behind him before grabbing your hips and drawing you even closer to him. You felt his cock starting to harden through his jeans and you let out a moan. He growled softly into your mouth before bringing one hand up to the back of your neck and drawing you away from him briefly as he studied your face.

“How drunk are you, Y/N?” he asked, a look of concern on his face.

Your inebriation had faded on the walk home and that kiss had sobered you up considerably. “Just buzzed.” You told him, breathlessly.

“Good.”

He didn’t say anything else, just put a hand on your ass and lifted you to wrap your legs around him as kissed your neck, scraping his teeth along your collarbone.

“God, keep doing that.” You said, twisting your hands into the back of his tee as he dipped his tongue into the hollow of your throat.

He gave a low hum against your neck and you felt it resound in your core, a rush of arousal soaking your panties as you felt your cunt throb with desire.

“Not gonna make it to the couch.” He whispered into your neck, sucking softly and raising a small bruise.

“Fine.” You couldn’t focus on anything, his mouth was so good and felt like it was leaving a trail of fire wherever it met your skin.

He moved forward and lowered you onto the counter gently. He brought his mouth back up to yours and kissed you softly as he moved his hands from your hips to the buttons of your blouse. He started undoing them slowly, his thick fingers moving nimbly down the front of your torso. Once it was fully open, he slid the blouse down your shoulders and discarded it to the side.

He brought his large palms up to your breasts and kneaded them gently. You groaned into his mouth and drew him closer to you with your legs, forcing the hem of your skirt up around your waist. You ground yourself into the front of his jeans desperately.

His fingers found the clasp at the front of your bra and unhooked it as he brought his mouth down to your breasts. He pressed the flat of his tongue against one nipple before swirling his tongue around it and sucking on it softly, making you gasp.

“Fuck, just like that baby.” You scrabbled your fingers over his back as he mouthed at your breast and drew his shirt over his head. He broke his contact with your skin for just a moment to throw the tee somewhere else, then moved his attention to your other breast, laving his tongue over the nipple slowly and making your pussy clench so hard it was aching.

“Shit, Thor, I need you.” You whined at him, clenching your thighs around his hips, trying to get some sort of friction to relieve the tension you were feeling in your core.

“I need to make sure you’re ready for me, beautiful. Don’t you trust me?”

“Mmmmm, yes!” you gasped as one of his hands moved your panties aside and he brushed his fingers against your folds, making you twitch.

“Oh, good girl. I just want to make you feel good, sweetheart.” He swirled one finger through the arousal at your entrance before inserting it at a deliciously slow pace.

You clenched around him immediately, letting out a whimper as he started moving it in and out of you slowly, stretching you from the inside a little further each time before adding another finger.

Your breath hitched and you tried to buck your hips into him but his other hand moved to press against your abdomen, pinning you to the counter.

His face came back up to yours as his fingers flexed inside of you. He brushed a soft kiss against your lips as you swallowed a moan.

“I know pretty girl, but you’re going to be happy I’m taking my time in a few minutes.” His third finger slipped into you as he gave you another kiss before he moved his face between your legs.

You did your best to keep from screaming when his tongue found your clit and started drawing soft circles over the tiny bundle of nerves. He curved his fingers inside you and pressed them against your sweet spot before he stretched you even further by adding a fourth finger.

You bit your lip so hard you drew blood. His tongue had increased in pressure and speed while his fingers stretched you so good. When he started sucking you lost it. You let out a thin wail as your body went rigid with pleasure, releasing to make every muscle tremble. He kept his fingers fucking into you at a steady rhythm as you rode it out. He removed them once you had finished and you let out a groan at the feeling of emptiness.

He smiled up at you before giving your pussy a kiss and standing up, releasing his hold on your abdomen. “I think you’re ready now gorgeous.” He murmured around a grin.

You propped yourself up on your elbows to look at him as he drew your soaked panties down your legs and threw them to the side with the rest of your clothes. He then unzipped your skirt and added it to the pile before he moved his fingers to the fly of his jeans.

You felt your pussy clench as he drew the zipper down slowly and you stared at him through your lashes darkly. He bent over briefly to remove his pants and underwear and when he stood up, all the air rushed out of you as you understood his insistence on preparation.

He had the biggest cock you had ever seen. It was almost as thick as your wrist and quite a bit longer than the span of your hand. Your mouth filled with saliva as he gave it a few pumps and stepped closer to you, dragging it through your slick folds to coat it in your arousal.

“I’m going to go slow, love. You promise to let me know if it’s too much?”

You bit your lip as you nodded at him, not trusting the integrity of your vocal cords at the moment.

He bent forward over you and gave you a gentle kiss as he breached you with just his tip and you let out a sigh. He drew his hips back slowly before moving into you a little further. He continued this slow pace, pulling out just a bit and before breaching you further, waiting to feel you stretch and relax around him before he pushed into you more.

It seemed like forever before his hips were flush against yours and you were stretched around the whole length of him. You had never felt so deliciously full and you let out a low moan to let him know how good you felt.

“You’re doing so good baby.” He whispered to you and you couldn’t help giving him a wide grin that he returned. “I’m going to move, now, ok?”

“Fuck, yes please.” You whimpered as his hips started to move.

He kept his mouth on yours as he picked up the pace, exploring every inch of your mouth with his tongue. You tangled your hands into his hair and snapped your hips to meet his thrusts, the only sounds your soft moans, the slap of flesh on flesh, and the obscene wet sucking sounds your pussy was making as his cock thrust in and out of you.

You felt your pleasure starting to coil in your core and you cried softly into his mouth, urging him on as he moved one hand between the two of you to work your clit.

You came around him suddenly, every muscle in your body vibrating as the biggest orgasm you’d ever had ripped through you body. You had to bite down on his shoulder to keep from screaming, and he growled into your ear as his paced picked up even more.

He drew your knees up to your shoulders as he kept thrusting into you. The change in position was too much for your overworked clit and you came again immediately, tears leaking down your cheeks as you tried your best to be quiet.

He saw the tears and started to slow down, a look of concern written all over his face, until you hissed at him.

“Don’t you dare fucking stop.”

He gave you a grunt that may have been a laugh and rotated your legs to your right side, the twist in your spine arching you so your chest pressed up into his, the coarse hair dusting him rubbing against your sensitive nipples and making you whine.

You felt yourself building again and you dropped your head back against the counter, preparing yourself. Thor’s hips started to stutter as your final orgasm wracked you, and he released right behind you as you twitched and fluttered around him. He bent back down to kiss you, his long hair brushing against your chest.

You opened up to him and let his tongue run against yours gently as he slowly pulled out of you, leaving you with a soft ache between your legs.

“How you feeling sweetheart?” He asked you, one hand cupped against your cheek as he watched your face, wanting to be sure he hadn’t hurt you.

“God, that was amazing.” You grinned at him, groaning as you stretched underneath him, knowing you were going to be stiff and sore tomorrow.

He gave you a swift kiss before scooping you off the counter and wrapping you around his torso. You nuzzled yourself into his neck as he started to carry you upstairs.

“Let’s get you a bath, beautiful. Make sure you’ll be able to walk in the morning.”

You laughed softly against his skin. “Mmmm, baby you know just what I need.”

“Of course I do, Y/N.” He looked into your eyes, a serious expression on his face. “I’m going to take care of you.”

You couldn’t express how happy that made you so you just hummed against his shoulder as he kicked open the door to the bathroom. You didn’t even care that you had left your discarded clothes downstairs for poor Steve to find when he woke up for his morning run.

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