#there werent be bank robberies

[crow-ooc]

while YOU were sleeping I was busy studying the FUCKING STOCK MARKET

[psychhound]

ttrpgs in the classroom (part 3)

back with another ttrpg class update!! this post has been Delayed for a while due to grad school craziness but finally sitting down to type it. another one we DID NOT PLAY (my students were so upset) but read as a piece of art and had a discussion on in class

the game:

for our discussion we read what little the flames leave us by @sprintingowl

it's a game about loss and sacrifice where you embark on a doomed quest and lose parts of yourself along the way. the way this is represented in the game? whenever you push the narrative in the way that you want to, you have to set your character sheet on fire, burning away things like bonds with allies and what you're most proud of

the goal:

introducing multiplayer games, continuing our discussion of genre expectations, pushing the assumptions of the medium's restrictions, generating story ideas within a predesigned framework

the methods:

the students all read the game before class, then wrote a short discussion board post, and then came in ready for a class discussion

the discussion board post asked students to write 200-300 words while considering these questions:

How did it make you feel reading through the game?

How did this game challenge your concept of what a game is?

What do you think the experience of playing this would be like?

How do you think the game's mechanics would affect the tone of gameplay and the story?

What sort of stories do you imagine would work best with the mechanics of this system?

How did your opinion of the game grow or change when you looked at the character sheet?

What do you think the game must feel like from the characters' perspectives?

the results:

the discussion went well after i got the students to stop arguing with me about getting to take a field trip off campus to go play!! next time i'm gonna have to be Really specific that we Aren't playing this game before i assign it as a reading

everyone had very interesting things to say about how this challenged their ideas of a game and why. most of the students werent familiar with ttrpgs at all at the beginning of this class, so some of them were really interested in the rules-lite collaborative narrative aspect of it, and others were really interested in fire as a mechanic, and how that represents loss in game

most of the students thought that in-game, it would feel very tragic and high stakes to the characters, though i did have one who thought the characters may be very apathetic and checked out if they were willing to risk all of this for the goal in the first place

we talked about what stories the students would tell with this system, and we had a good mix of answers! the two that stood out to me the most were "murder house", where the goal youre willing to lose everything for is to merely survive the house, and the second which was "a princess leaving the castle", which we discussed was still very much about loss, but in a different way than the other answers of "bank robbery" and "wild west" that we got from a lot of other students

the first header of "it was a pleasure to burn" was also pointed out by a student, and we discussed the parallels with fahrenheit 451, and how the characters in the book lost more and more when they tried to grasp at autonomy and freedom from the ruling power of the story

overall super successful discussion day and i would absolutely assign this game again!! (with a huge disclaimer that we ARENT PLAYING IN CLASS SO I DONT GET SUED)

our first big essay is due on friday so i should hopefully be back with more soon!

[blackinquisitors]

right so this is very rough. some of these numbers are from the end totals on missions, some are from wikis. some numbers have had the changed rounded down or omitted. also the page I looked at originally must have been wrong bc the wiki isnt actually too far off from this final number. BUT ANYWAY. what arthur writes down in his journal is actually about 2/3k off. he doesnt include any of the companion robberies nor homestead robberies he can do on his own. here, ive omitted the debt collecting bc theres reference of that money feeding the camp, so it goes into camp funds. (it doesnt make sense for money from robberies to go into camp funds however)

Arthur can collect something like 18 gold bars + the gold ingot from the german family. if the game made sense he would hand half of that over to the gang ($9150) bringing the total gang savings up to $53,988.50. you can get roughly 10K from all the cigarette cards. gang half -> $58,988. hunting requests -> $59,143. exotics -> $59,518. not including all the stranger missions/loot/encounters that give arthur more money

what was my whole point with this? I dont know. I am eternally angry with how red deads money works and dutchs constant begging for money when the gang is doing pretty phenomenal. that final number from the our best selves mission is worth $1.6 million. the number if arthur shared his collectible cash ($59,518) would be $2.16 million today. and the money they had before the saint denis bank robbery ($19,553.50) is worth $711K today. so they werent hurting for money in the slightest.

I don't think dutch was thinking rationally about any of the money that they earned. I think he wrote off blackwater as a whole but couldn't let go of that money ($150,000 or $5.4million today) so all of red dead 2 was just a scramble to get that specific number back. because realistically they could have left america as soon as dutch got the idea to in shady belle. his robbing of the us govt and blowing up bridges and all of that nonsense was moreso revenge for hosea and for making dutch feel like a fool. he had to get the last laugh, and for him, that meant making off with the same amount, if not more money than the blackwater robbery without even stepping foot in the town again. icarus for sure for sure

[ashthemadwriter-archived]

Hi there Ash! How have you been? Hope you have a great summer too! Can you do prompt #7 under the SFW section with Atsushi Nakajima please? It would be hilarious having a flirty reader say that to him too! Much thanks if you do love! 🐯 💕

Wanna make out? (Ft.Atsushi)

Fandom:Bungou Stray Dogs

Pairings:Atsushi X reader

Genre:Humor,Fluff,SFW

Format:One Shot

Warnings:None,the reader is flirty and is also Nineteen years old

Word Count:0.6K

A/n:bro theres so many Atsushi stans on my blog lmao.i mean i thought he was an underrated character and not really popular! guess i was wrong hehe

My 100 follower event!

"Did you see their faces when the robbery happened?"

You nodded your head to the side,while observing the white-haired boy in front of you who was interrogating you about the incident that happened in the bank you were working at. you could tell that he was really nervous,because of the way he held the papers in his hand so carefully as he knitted his eyebrows.He was trying to be professional,or maybe he really was; but today did not seem to be his day and you seemed to be fully aware of that.

"do you remember the time,then?" he asked politely,holding his pen in his right hand so tenaciously like his life depended on it. you smiled at him.

How Cute

"I think it was around 8-9pm.i dont remember clearly tho...how old are you by the way?" "huh!? oh...im eighteen,why do you ask?"

you sure were enjoying yourself,watching the charming guy losing his cool just by this simple question of yours,as a hint of blush spreaded on his face. "oh,really? youre a year younger than me!"

"i guess,if youre nineteen..."

the poor boy was definitely given a hard time by you,even though you werent even giving it your all.a shy guy who's only eighteen and has saved Yokohama for countless times,huh?

"so...what did the thieves steal?" Atsushi Fixated his harmonic purple-yellow eyes on you as he attempted to bring the professional mood back to the place,but how could you even focus on the robbery when you were the target of his steady gaze?

"i...im not sure.i mean the place was crowded and people were all freaking out,trying to find somewhere safe to hide; so we couldnt really do anything in the crowd.but i heard from my co-workers that some of the ingot golds went missing afterwards.the robbers really thought it all through,cause all of the cameras were down at the time of the robbery.they didnt even leave a single foot-print behind"

"yes,we figured that much out...well,thats it then.thank you for your collaboration.is there anything else you'd like to add?"

now that the work was done,it was time to have some fun.

"yup.wanna make out?" "yes! wait no-i mean- what?"

he did not put so much effort on keeping his cool so you'll say something like that and bounce him off.

"Oh C'mon now pretty boy! theres no need to get shy about it! C'mere, promise ill be gentle with ya" you leaned toward him with a mischevious smile on your face as he crouched himself in the corner of the couch,literally tooking a shelter. "b-but i havent kissed anyone before! i...i dont know how to do it!"

"guess ill be your tutor then"

It was mean to say,but you were having the best time of your life,making the innocent boy flustered and all red.he looked like a huge tomato at that moment,so it was only fare to call him "Adorable"

"but we-we dont even know each other! do people always start their relationships like this?"

you blew your cover up by bursting out into laughter when you saw his frightened expression.teasing this guy was a peace of cake,but not falling for him was a tough knot to crack.Seriously! how could he be this adorable?

"Relax,i was just kidding" you said,changing your distance with him back to the way it was. "unless you want it too...then i was one hundred percent serious"

even he was expecting himself to panic like he did before,but you both found yourselves in surprise when you saw him actually considering it.you were preparing yourself for a Giant "Hell No",but this move of his got your hopes up.

"maybe...we could go on a date first?"

and was there any more satisfying response than that?

"Sounds like a plan"

ok i really like this one cause its better than all of my works on tumblr, and i hope you guys feel the same way. reblogs are appreciated as always,but please keep the tags :)

[bitchapalooza]

Debating weather or not I should make magicians with REAL magic or magicians with FAKE magic a thing amongst the clowns or not. Its hardly relavent from what Ive planned so far but making the clowns among one of the stronger territories seems so funny to me.

Strongest being plant life because. Plants. They cant manipulate shit but they can expand their people and therefore make an army fairly easily if they werent werent an island and extremely sensitive to environmental waste/damage. Because of cowboys' refusal to update themselves to modern technology, Internet being the biggie, they are considered the weakest but ksbsjs they can gut you, my dude. There are dangerous outlaws for a reason and its not just bank robberies. They do in fact use knives on the daily, they don't just use spitballs or slingshots. I just don't wanna learn how to draw guns but I CAN draw knives so,,,

[ramen540k]

“Terrorism”: Inequities of Association

Sai Hudspeth

S5126293

Media Production

Level 4 Terrorism has many different yet similar definitions and as such is not wholly defined legally in many areas (Al Jazeera, 2014). Due to the lack of consistent definition, terrorism has often been assosiated with foreign forces, especially post-9/11. A series of attacks were committed by a terrorist organisation known as “Al-Qaeda” on September 11th, 2001 (Bergen, 2020). These attacks went down in history as the single largest act of terrorism in history being live broadcasted all over the world and leaving a lasting fear in the hearts of American Citizens. Since, and to a lesser degree prior to, the attacks of 9/11 the world has experienced a heightened sense of Islamophobia. With heightened fear and a common enemy, an anti muslim rhetoric was adopted in the media and soon after, the “War on Terror” (Bergen, 2020). Even though it has been almost a decade since the the 9/11 attacks, anti muslim sentiments continue to grow while acts of terror committed by white supremacy groups are utterly disregarded, and racial equality organisations are labeled as domestic terrorist organisations (Al Jazeera, 2010).

Post 9/11 showed a 90% increase from 1,171 to 2,227 deployments by federal tactical teams between 2005 and 2014 based on research done by the Congressional Research Service (Grabianowski, 2007). It was SWAT’s initial purpose to be a higher powered response to increases in bank robberies in Philadelphia but later was expanded to cover a range of high risk situations including; hostage situations, search warrants, anti terrorism, and riot control (Grabianowski, 2007). As previously shown in the CRS research, SWAT’s expansion has put in place a large amount of high powered forces across the usa, accounting for around 1,200 teams in total countrywide (Federal Tactical Teams, 2015). It is important to note this as the way the USA and other countries’ media defines terrorism may warrant use of high powered forces on unwarranted situations. By observing race politics, the media’s rhetoric, and the ethics behind the use of the word “terrorism”, we are able to discern when the word “terrorism” should be used.

The war on terror was not confined to the USA, a major defining contributor to islamaphobia were a series of bombings in London that shook the foundation of “British Liberality”. Known as 7/7 these attacks on July 7th, 2005 launched the UK into severe paranoia just as 9/11 had in the USA (Sky News, 2014). Due to two proliferators of this act of terror being under surveillance for two years prior to 7/7, the public was in serious unrest over the lack of decisive action taken by the British Intelligence Service, which many thought could have prevented two of the attacks (Sky News, 2014). In addition to the lack of action, and the fact that the bombers were born and raised in Leeds, UK further instigated anti-immigrant/muslim ideologies of the British public (Al Jazeera, 2014).

As stated in The impact of counter-terrorism measures on Muslim communities, a study done by the research department of Durham University, “There is a danger that Muslims in contemporary Britain may become the new suspect community. Policymakers and operatives are grappling with the old dilemma: it is an inescapable fact that the majority of those suspected of terrorist activities are Muslim, and that counter-terrorism measures are likely to target Muslims.” (Choudhury and Fenwick, 2011) With the rise of hostility the freshness of a home grown attack provided space for people to vocalise and bring physical attacks against both immigrants and muslims alike due to fear. As a caller on LBC said “The population of the third world widens by 5% every year...there are 23000 people among us who are plotting to kill our families” (Ferrari, 2018) referring to people of interest to the British Intelligence Service, representing both the concern for the public's safety and the connotation between people of interest and islamic terrorists. By piggybacking off this fear legislation was pushed by both the USA and UK in an attempt to prevent future acts of terror. This however led to more frequent stop and searches of racial/religious minorities as well as higher levels of police presence in the USA and the UK.

As we move further and further from 911 and 7/7, the definition of terrorism has been used more loosely used and not allocated to some blataint acts of terror. In the USA, there is no “...statute that applies to domestic ideology inspired extremisms...” (Former Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mary Mccord) and as they are not associated with foriegn terrorist organisations they cannot be charged with terrorist crimes (ITV News, 2019). This effectively omits one of the most prolific terrorist ideologies in the USA, white supremacy. A combined disregard for white domestic terrorism combined with hightened conservative media spokes people, tentions have risen contributing further to the race rift as well as provide a normalised culture around white terrorism. Conservative news outlets took up the call to action, during Obama’s presidency, spreading defamatory statements such as “This president I think has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep seeded hatred for white people…” (Fox and Friends) and commentary on the economic depression that was “caused by immigrants” further hightening both conservative and white supremacist ideologies (Al Jazeera, 2010).

With the onslaught of antiterrorism rhetoric, and a widening race gap, the USA would face its biggest turning point yet with the inauguration of Trump in 2016. Following his inauguration, incidents in Charlottesville known as “Unite the Right” in 2017 where the largest white supremacy gathering occured, resulting in an act of terror in which a white supremacist drove their car through an anti fascist protest killing one and injuring 20 others (PBS, 2019). Thus, the birth of media’s buzz word “antifa” would become interchangable with terrorism. After this act of terror, Trump would take to live broadcast and condemn “this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence, on many sides…” (PBS, 2019). Following this press conference, the former leader of the KKK tweeted saying he was grateful for Trump to “condemn the leftist terrorists in antifa and Black Lives Matter.” (PBS, 2019) sparing national outrage and further social unrest. Simultaneously with acts of terrorism against minorities, combined with more acts of police brutality caught on video and distributed throgh various media outlets, the single party and democratically fascist government consciously decided to negate any mention of the word “terrorism” in association with white supremacy.

With continued social unrest the ethicality of the use of the word “terrorism” in mass media, is an important conscideration to take. If a country is not willing to define domestic acts of terror as “terrorism” yet uses the word to amplify their own political views as Trump has done by attempting to label antifa (an ideology not an organisation) and BLM as terrorists on national news (France 24 News, 2020). As we take into account the current and past events that led to the condition both the USA and UK are in, associating “terrorism” with minorities and immigrants must be reconscidered when part of the rising threat of terrorism is contributed to by white supremacy as preducated by National Police Chief’s Council lead for counter terrorism policing, Neil Basu in a Channel 4 Interview. In this interview, Basu says 7 of the 22 plots foiled since 2017 have been in association with white supremacy. The only effective way to deal with this and other racial and religious biases, is to elect people into power who provide fair and equal ideas for the betterment of our global society. In doing so, we will be able to provide a clear definition for terrorism and an equal understanding that the treat of terror can not solely be attributed to minorities or immigrants without running into ethical issues as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has stated in her question to the FBI over the double standard that goes into labeling organisations and people as terrorists (Guardian News, 2019). When a topic such as terrorism is spoken about on mass media outlets, we must understand our words have consequences legally, socially, and ethically. Using words such as terrorism in connotation with minorities can have long lasting affects on the legislation of a country, and the ability for the general public to coexist in a multicultural society.

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[transvioletbaudelaire]

mia’s slippery slope thots

brianna @knight-of-vfd asked for my grim grotto thoughts and that reminded me i didnt post my slippery slope thoughts. spoilers but this is mostly incomprehensible anyway

part 1 (9/10)

- You had me at “teleplay by daniel handler”

- kit is sporty and i love her

- the caravan sequence thanks

- violet & klaus arguing? emotional? do you really want to face our parents without sunny? THANKS

- “we’re at a crossroads” “it’s more of a fork”

- what the fuck is up with klaus’s hair

- auntie brucie daniel handler said womens rights

- violet “no we aren’t the baudelaires” baudelaire vs klaus “we werent EXPELLED” baudelaire pick your fighter

- kitana turnbull is a lot

- sunny and fernald :/

- “absinthe” ok flannery culp okay!

- i only watch network television

- violet..... if one of our parents is still alive. which one............do you think it is.. that really ouched me louis hynes oscar when

- dylan kingwells voice cant decide what pitch to be i guess

- “hasn’t anything terrible happened to you?” “we would rather not share” OUCH

- esme gigi ge

- “the quagmires? That was a long time ago”

- When lemony made it sound like he was gonna bring up the little snicket lad during the spider bit they had me in the 1st half ngl!

- the scene transitions in this ep are jane the virgin level

- it was always going to break my heart but mother? father? Really broke my heart

- I really like vi and klaus’ dynamic in this its siblingish and organic in a balance older episodes havent struck- violet elbowing him to wake up or them sharing a look during the climb. And also maintaining violets big sister protector role like the way klaus asked her who she thought survived or her wanting to go after Sunny to make good on her promise

- the balance of scenes and characters was really right in this one too even with the added C plot of kit. would have LIKED more V and K but it didnt feel like there was too much of the others. Couldve done without the freaks they felt like an afterthought but they were funny enough

- Very good but points off for the dragonfly part and the bank robbery

part 2 (10/10)

- the cinematics of the quigley backstory

- the green smokkkkkke

- violet and klaus “sharing wordless glances but having entire conversations” baudelaire

- young olaf? young olaf?

- The fact i took 1 look at young olaf and instantly pitied him? nph Emmy WHEN

- Who’s L Snicket?

- the book on female pirates ok daniel “we are pirates” handler okay!!!

- the lemony narrating over violet inventing bit :/

- pistachios for everyone

- None of this is dylan kingwells fault but i just am so indifferent to quigley and always have been like I just.... dont care

- this WHOLE bit with sunny and violet is... a lot. overwhelming

- The emotional stakes at this point are so raised and without sunny to diffuse it theres a buildup of tension between violet and klaus where theyre increasingly frightened and frustrated and about to take it out on each other.... One of these coming episodes one of them will snap! mark my words one of them will snap!

- KLAUS “the kid detective thing is cute”

- KLAUS and the spyglass....... Feelings

- Its Not Fire.. It’s Fashion

- the hostile hospital music over esme hunting them down in the hq oh???????

- esme in the hq oh????

- Do you really want to do the same thing as count olaf?????????????????????

- the violin when the henchpeople leave and olaf and esme’s fur hats and Anna karenina and the snow. How russian of them

- You can really tell louis hynes is a theatre actor because he doesnt do well in quiet subtle scenes but when the drama amps up it lets him get away from the fast flat stylized acting in asoue and he’s able to stage act in the big and loud way youre taught to stage act and he shines! He just shines!

- sad violet doesnt have that knife :/

- how could you do that to her

- how could you do that to her

- how could you do that to her

- i cant believe quigley and the baudelaires were separated not by the raging force of mother nature and a raging wall of water but because quigley the man the myth the legend just wasnt looking where he was going. F in the chat for quigley

- the poem!!!!!!! Text overlayed on the visuals i love it thats how i wouldve done it too

- Oo i like these little instances showing how close lemony is following behind them like when he picks up the glove and later the map. thats how they’re building up to that thing in penultimate peril i guess which is! Smart!

- “We couldnt get sara canning to be jacquelyn in season 3 so we’ll just make lots of jokes about how kit is replacing her function within the narrative”

- This was spectacular really really excellent what a smashing job that was

[wanna1things]

Mafia AU! Park Woojin

yall i love park woojin

Genre;; kinda fluff + friends to lovers AGAIN WHAT IS IT WITH ME AND THIS and angsty themes?? + mafia AU

Warnings;;  yes there’s def some violence here

Pairing;; Park Woojin x reader

Requested;; yes by anon here and also here

Summary;; You’re reunited with your old best friend in the strangest of ways….

Style;; bullet point

Word Count;; 2204

Others in the series;; Daniel | Jihoon | Minhyun | Seongwoo

masterlist • request rules • request something

me? posting before midnight? interesting...

you never forgot park woojin

you two were neighbours ever since you were born, you were best friends from the very start

you were literally inseparable even in school

woojin once cried so hard they had to call his parents in because he wasn't put in the same class as you so he had to change class HDKKF

but really,, you two were more like the same person than anything else

you'd spend all of your time together, always going to each other's houses and sleeping over I mean you were neighbours

when woojin got a trampoline you were there almost every day to play on it

and when you got a game console he was always over at yours to play on it

but one day he disappeared suddenly with no word said to you

it was the middle of high school, you two had stopped being in the same classes all the time and although you each had your own group of friends you two were ,,, the closest

still spending most of your time together and doing homework together for the classes you shared

but then woojin missed a day of school

and then another

and another

until it was a whole week

you immediately thought the worst, that he was sick

so after you got home from school that day you ran straight to his house only to see a 'for sale' sign in the yard and the house completely empty

when you got back to your house you asked your parents about it and they just mumbled something about the mafia

and just like that you never saw him again

you got on with your life, but it was difficult

you hadn't got a friend to say everything to anymore

nobody as close to you

and it made you feel very,, alone

and if what your parents had said about the mafia was true then

for all you know woojin could be a gangster or worse, dead

you'd just never know now

but you poured yourself into your work

you studied as hard as possible, partially because it was a distraction but also because something in you made you think that maybe, just maybe, if you did well woojin would be proud of you

wherever he was, that is

and you really did do well

you went to one of the top colleges in the country with a high gpa

but even though you'd succeeded it didn't feel right

you didn't have woojin there to celebrate with you

you didn't have woojin going to college with you

it was... different

but you got on with it

you found a small apartment in the suburbs to live in while you attended uni, and although it was kind of cramped it was homey and also very cheap

your friends at college said it was ,, in a kind of dodgy area,,, but you ignored them because well

you'd never seen anything bad happened and your neighbours were a crazy cat lady and a photographer how dodgy could it be???

that was until you were walking home one day, later than usual

you'd been doing work in the library for an essay that was due in a few weeks time

when you came across something odd - dodgy

3 men stood with their guns pointed towards another man on his own, with his own gun

all the men had your backs to you but

one of them seemed familiar

you approached further, making sure they didn't notice you because haha you didn't want to be shot

he... reminded you of someone

or was he the someone he was reminding you of?

wait

it's?

"Woojin?"

it was only a whisper but

the man closest to you, turned around, his gun pointing to the floor

and as he looked you in the eye you knew

it was definitely woojin

as much as you wanted to run to him and hug him for 2991934 hours to make up for the years you'd missed together

there was a dangerous situation

just as one of the other men tutted and turned to woojin

the person they were all facing ran away into the night

the tallest man fired in the mans disappearing shadow before walking off, followed by the other man

"Woojin? Are you coming with us?"

"I'm just going to stay here for a bit. See if he comes back."

the tallest hummed in approval before turning to walk away

"You shouldn't have lost focus."

as soon as they were out of sight woojin ran over to you and hugged you tighter than you've ever been hugged before

"I've missed you so much, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

you smiled into his shoulder and took a deep breath

"It's okay, as long as you're okay it's all okay."

he pulled back from the hug and looked at your face properly, lit up by the streetlights

"You've gotten prettier, I'm sure!"

you rolled your eyes at him and smacked his shoulder

"Shut up, if anything you've got... handsome.... er???"

he laughed at your attempt at a compliment and stepped back

"It's dark, do you want to come to mine? I live nearby!"

and he did

he lived closer to your college than you did which made you jealous,,, but his apartment was also way bigger than yours with 2 bedrooms which made you even moRE JEALOUS

he went to make you some tea and when he returned you two sat on the sofa, watching tv

to be honest,, neither of you were focused on the tv,, more on how good it felt to be back together again

"I really missed you woojin, I thought you were dead."

you sighed and breathed slowly, your chest heavy

"I wouldn't die on you, you know that."

his tone was serious but he looked at you next to him with a smile

and you felt your heart jump a bit

it hasn't been long since you last saw him but you were sure he'd gotten even more handsome

in fact he was really,,, good looking ,,,

he explained that when he left it wasn't really,,, his fault

his dad was Kang Daniel's dad's, the head of the mafia, old friend, and he'd called in a favour which meant he needed woojin's dad's help

and the area you lived in wasn't really ideal,,,

so woojin moved away and then with all that happened

he managed to get involved in the mafia himself

but he wasn't really heavily involved

not as much as his friends minhyun and jihoon, who were with him earlier

minhyun was higher up,, and jihoon was as good as a trained assassin who watched over newbies like a hawk in case they tried to stray

but woojin wasn't nearly as involved as them

he just did small jobs, jobs that didn't need a lot of work or violence because although he was good with a gun they said he had ""too much of a heart""

and he was totally fine with that,,, he didn't really want to go around doing bank robberies or hits

before long you got talking about yourself, your uni life

when you mentioned your grades you noticed the proud look on woojins face and it made it all worth it

because not only did you make him proud but the grades brought you here where you saw him again

when you mentioned where you live you noticed woojin started to look like he was

,,, in thought ,,,

and he suddenly spoke up before you'd even finished your sentence

"Do you want to live with me? I'm closer and you don't have to pay me rent!"

WELL YOU WERENT ABOUT TO SAY NO

something in your mind was thinking about,,, living with a mafia member would be dangerous,,, but he was low down so you assumed it would be totally okay

also he claimed that you ‘might be recognised by that guy!!!’ and it was protection lmao nice one

and so you moved in together

it was ;; real fun being together all the time again

it was exactly like nothing had change

you'd order takeout like every night and just eat it and watch tv

I mean of course you'd do your work for college too but

it was like the 2+ years without him never happened

but there was one difference

somewhere in your heart, feelings were starting to grow for woojin

not bad ones lol

LOVE

he had gotten so handsome,,, and so caring ,,, and the way he looked at you sometimes gave you butterflies

but he was in the mafia...????!!!!!

that ain't safe

one day you were home earlier than usual, one of your classes were cancelled

when you heard woojin come in,, accompanied by who you assumed were minhyun and jihoon

of course you realised you pROBABLY HAD TO SHUT UP AND NOT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW YOU EXISTED

so you went and hid out in the bathroom

as you hid,,, you could hear some of their talking

they were just talking about Daniel,,,, really ,,, and his cool penthouse suite in the hq and how jealous they were of it lmAO

as you got bored of their conversing you looked to the side and noticed

boy had literally used up all of the toilet paper

completely forgetting about keeping quiet you sighed loudly and mumbled "every damn time"

uh oh

bad idea

them mafia guys got MAD good hearing

"What the hell was that??"

"It sounded like a person..."

"Uh.... it's the ghost that haunts this apartment??"

nice lie woojin

"It sounded like it came from the bathroom, I'm going to check-"

before anyone could barge in on you, you stepped out from the bathroom and were greeted by the shocked faces of ,,, minhyun and jihoon,,, and woojin facepalming

"Really y/n? You couldn't keep quiet?"

"Why is there a GIRL in your bathroom? I thought you lived alone"

the taller, older one - you guessed he must be minhyun- seemed more shocked and confused than angry

but as for jihoon...

"She isn't one of us. Who is she?"

"She's my friend from before, she goes to uni nearby so she lives in the spare bedroom is that so bad?"

minhyun shrugged and wandered off back to the living room but jihoon looked at you suspiciously

"You know what you're getting her involved in?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

and then jihoon was gone too

and I guess that was how you met woojins friends

straight away minhyun started to come over every evening to teach you some self defence

nothing with a gun,,, because that's too much for someone who isn't even part of the mafia,,, but just how to protect yourself from attacks just in case

and every time you'd successfully do something, woojin would have that proud look on his face again

which gave you butterflies

before long you were pretty much perfect at defending yourself

if someone even tapped your shoulder,,, you could have them on the floor in 0.2 seconds

even minhyun was impressed by how quickly you caught on

and so your self defence classes finished

in celebration of your completion, you text woojin as soon as minhyun left to ask him what takeout he wanted

he responded quickly with

"Pizza! I'll be back soon!!!"

and so you got to ordering it

it came quickly, before woojin even got home

and so you went to unpack it, leaving the front door unlocked so woojin could get in easily

as you started to unpack the pizza you heard a faint knock at the door

assuming it was woojin, you shouted to him that the door was unlocked, he could come straight in

you heard the squeak of the door opening and closing, still not turning around from the pizza

and that was when you felt it

a cold knife was pressed against your neck from behind, a gloved hand pressing it close to your throat

before you even had time to process the situation your training had kicked in

you couldn't do much in the way of beating the guy up, but you managed to disarm him and chuck his knife out of the window

as you stood face to face with him, your own kitchen knife in your hand the door swung open and there was woojin

you looked over at him and noticed the complete shock as he pulled the gun from his pocket and the intruder backed away

"Get out!!! Do you hear me?? Get out of here!!"

he waved the gun in the direction of the door and within  seconds the intruder was gone

an odd silence fell in the apartment, with the only noise being the wind through the open door

Woojin looked up at you, a strange look in his eyes

"Woojin-"

he walked straight up to you, holding your face in his hands for a few seconds saying nothing at all

and then his lips were on yours

all you could think about was how much you loved him,, not even what had just happened

he pulled back slightly, resting his forehead against yours

"I really need to stop letting the one I love get hurt."

aha i love writing these

[lepidopteragirl]

ummtwirls my hair bats my eyelashes. this post now has three notes so i guess..... if u guys want to hear about it soooo bad i guess i can tell u. i guesss.....

okay so au where vigilantes. and there r uh fucking time boy and duckling, who were partners (and maybe more, tho they try to keep that strictly professional in the public eye, esp with it not really being safe for either of them to drop their secret identities to the other quite yet) until now, where over the past few weeks they've been going thru a messy breakup

meanwhile, host of the late show or smth, karl jacobs, is preparing to host the owner of one of the biggest up and coming casinos in the city. (one time boy himself is meaning to investigate pretty soon himself. he probably should have started a while ago. it just doesnt feel the same alone.) show time they walk on, karls trying to get a hold on himself as the cameras start rolling, out comes quackity from las nevadas, and karl, well hes smitten. after the cameras cut, karl asks for his number, and a bit shyly, quackity accepts. so they're going on little dates and both of them are trying to tell themself it really isnt a rebound, they werent even together!! while at the same time they've got their superhero duties.

after a few weeks they're going out on a few little dates and its cute, they're cute, and quackity shyly invites karl to a special grand opening of his casino or smth, and hes all shy and vulnerable and whatever they're cute, and karls excited etc.

unfortunately, on the very same night, some big crime thing happens and he has to go take care of it. its just a little bank robbery tho, so he can take care of it and still make it on time!! hes a hero hes karl jacobs hes got a brand new cute boyfriend hes incredible!! except he cant quite. its just a little more complex than he thouhgt it was, and now hes trapped etc, at least until duckling, calling in for the same crime, and then they're trapped together, sulking. and they sulk and they sulk and duckling sighs and slides down the wall and unlatching his mask slightly, hes hopeless and sad whatever, but karls spunky!! so he refuses to leave and eventually he admits he has a fucking date, okay?! sorry you dont im over u etc and quackity lets the rest of his mask off like oh yeah? then they have a nice little heart to heart and defeat the bad guys with the power of true love and friendship etc

thinking about my honq superhero au again i miss her she was so goofysilly

[leaughrilke]

super-sensate-seestras replied to your post

“Who do u think the superbabies will date?? :D (also since stella looks...”

I would love to hear more about Stella and Beth's relationship drama cause I absolutely love all of these breakdowns about the superbabies

WELL FRIEND there’s other drama too but this is the Major drama that hinders their relationship for a long time

so stella know she has a crush on beth, has been like aggressively ignoring said crush and tryin to Live Her Life and its been a year since stella came out, came to terms and she’s just started her nighttime shenanigans as a vigilante, just started trying to help the way kara does, the way maia does and its going ok???  until she.  you know.  gets stabbed (LIGHTLY STABBED) and is like hmmm i feel as though i should reassess maybe

and then beth’s back in national city after graduating early with like three bachelors (xenobiology, nanotechnology, and engineering) and at least one masters and a corresponding doctorate (in something sciencey, listen im barely an english major), working at l-corp bc she’s a Documented Genius and stella wants to step up her vigilante game, especially since she recently was lightly stabbed and doesnt rlly want that to happen again, and beth’s always been rlly calm and steady, very logical and she keeps all of maia’s secrets, so stella approaches her a little reluctantly to see if she’s willing to help and beth gives her this long, searching look and finally agrees, designs and builds her a new suit with a shitton of gadgets, is the main reason stella starts getting called mechagirl by the press but only helps with stella’s promise that beth can then help with actual missions bc like??  beth cares about her a lot too, doesnt want to see her die ya know??

and it’s weird??  bc now she’s friends with beth in her own right???  works alongside her a lot and beth serves as her tech person, finds her jobs she can do that supergirl or birdy (maia’s superhero alter ego) haven’t gotten to yet and national city gains a new superhero pretty much bc of beth.  and then its a late night of saving ppl and stella comes back to her apartment/headquarters and beth’s still there, wrapping up some end of night reports (she insists on keeping detailed logs in order to avoid any issues with the cops later on) and she’s ordered stella’s favorite takeout, put it in the oven to warm for her and stella’s so grateful and also pretty tired??  rlly tired and beth basically lives with her and sometimes the proximity blurs lines in stella’s mind and so she just leans down to kiss beth, murmurs thank you sleepily and goes into her room to change.  and beth’s just sitting there??  like oh my god, the girl i’ve been in love with for months just kissed me and she doesn’t even realize it but then stella REALIZES IT and runs back out like shit im so sorry beth, that was so inappropriate of me but beths like??  wait do you not like me and stella’s like WAIT DO YOU LIKE ME???? 

surprise!!  this is how stella finds out beth’s an alien and also how beth finds out stella’s an alien lmao.  like.  beth’s species has mental shields, similar to martians??  so stella’s never been able to read her or see in her mind but she never rlly tried to or even questioned it??  or even noticed bc she’s rlly empathetic anyway, reads body language rlly well, so she’s never known that beth likes her the way stella likes beth

like, later in their relationship, stella suddenly can read beth??  like rlly well and she’s like um what the hell and beth’s like oh, yeah, i stopped putting up the block and stella’s just like starry eyed like holy shit you trust me that much???  

beth’s like uh yeah but dont let it go to your head you nerd

but are they smart abt this and admit their v deep feelings for one another then??  no.  they just hookup and then keep hooking up, pretending like nothings changed, pretending like theyre not basically living together or doing all the shit Couples do but just refusing to tell anyone or acknowledge it at all.  and it’s ok for a while??  its solid

but then stella’s suit malfunctions, gives her a nasty burn down her side and she begs beth to not tell anyone that she’s in the hospital, that she’s been hurt and beth’s like shit, stella, i can’t keep doing this bc they’re working with a budget of about eleven dollars, a starburst, and stella’s bus pass, building with shit from the scrap yard and old electronics from secondhand stores and beth wants stella to just tell her family she’s the new vigilante bc then they’d have access to better resources, then beth wouldn’t be so scared every time stella runs out to go save a family from a burning car or stop a bank robbery, but stella refuses, knows that it would be a battle to be accepted like this.  

its a fight they’ve had for months before and then stella’s armor fucks up and beth just calls it.  tells her that she comes clean or beth won’t help her keep almost dying, so stella tells her that she doesn’t need her and beth moves all her shit out of stella’s apartment and its all rlly quiet, subdued and its so fucking sad

she takes the job offer she has at wayne security in charm city (wink wink) and doesnt tell stella, stella finds out when she goes over to her moms and finds beth there, with maia and her moms and finn, all laughing and grinning and maia tells her that beth is getting her own department at wayne security, that she’s moving on friday and stella fakes a smile, congratulates beth before she leaves and that’s the end of it, she never sees beth again

but then stella wrecks her motorcycle.  i think i mentioned once that stella is a little bit of an adrenaline junkie??  well she’s a huge adrenaline junkie and she was testing the limits of her newly redesigned bike, pushing it past 90, 120, 150 and then she just??  loses control of the motorcycle.  it just spins out and stella tries to stop it, turns into the spin and pumps the brakes which slows it down enough that she doesnt just fucking die, but not so much that she’s not close to dying

beth is still her emergency contact.  so beth gets the call, middle of the night, that stella danvers was in a wreck, is on the way to the hospital and that she should get here as soon as possible.  but beth is a ten hour drive away and can’t possibly know that she’d get there soon enough, be there if....if it came down to stella not being alone.  and.  well.  its not her place, never was.  so she calls lena, tells her the emts called the last number stella called bc its so much easier that way, kinder to everyone she thinks

she still drives through the night to national city.  gets there just a little after maia does, her eyes red and puffy from sobbing on the freeway, hands shaking a little.  thank god no one asks why she’s there or why she’s this panicked, bc she’d probably tell them and she knows that’s the last thing stella would want (or, well.  she thinks that at least).  maia just sobs out that beth is the best friend for coming, holds onto her in this desperate, damp sort of hug and beth just stays quiet

beth doesnt stay after she finds out stella woke up, is going to be okay.  she can’t right??  she shouldnt be here in the first place right??

so maia stays in national city to help stella in her recovery bc stella’s being stubborn and refuses to move back in with their moms, and maia figures most of her moping is to do with the fact she’s not allowed anywhere near her motorcycle anymore, but then she finds this one shirt that she knows is beth’s, knows beth has had since high school and its tucked under stella’s pillow and she puts it together pretty quickly.  the way they were friends and then all of a sudden they werent, the way beth came running back to nc the second stella got hurt, that weird pulse of anger, hurt she felt when stella found out beth was moving to charm city.  and like???  she doesnt know what to do with that information, she’s not sure what to feel or how to think about this so she just files it away for a later time, tucks the shirt back under stella’s pillow without saying anything

so eventually stella gets convinced to move back home, bc maia’s like hey.  i dont mind living with you and i dont mind helping you, but the neighbors are starting to think its weird that i carry you up the three flights of stairs to your apartment every day so finally stella moves home and maia comes with her bc they’re finally in a good place again??  they finally worked things out between them from when they were kids and maia’s not about to leave stella, not when stella’s like finally started seeing her as another Certified Safe Place.  so they’re back in their childhood bedrooms and then lena finds out about stella’s vigilantism.  mostly by accident??  stella’s still p much out of commission until her body’s at a 100 percent again but lena finds the mask and its a whole Thing between them, the first time stella’s ever really fought with lena and then by natural extension, kara finds out and then maia clues in and then the whole family has an opinion on it and stella’s just like MCFUCK OFF

and maia??  is like desperately scared for her sister, and she’s angry and she’s hurt that she didn’t tell her, didnt think that she would do anything to help her, but she also knows how isolated stella feels, how helpless she must be feeling, how stuck she is, so she calls beth

and when beth is beating around the bush with it, playing dumb like idk why you’d call me??  stella and i really aren’t that close, maia just calls her out on it like.  elizabeth, i know for a fact you were sleeping with my sister

oh

yeah, oh.  i have some words to share with you at a later date, but right now stella needs someone in her corner and that can’t be me 

and beth doesnt like.  doesnt even hesitate.  she drives her shitty beat up jetta the ten hours it takes to get from charm city to national city and gets a shitty hotel and is so, so nervous??  bc what if stella doesnt want her here??  what if she never wants to see beth again???  but then maia’s texting, saying that the house is empty if she wants to talk to stella and she does, she really does, like?  she didnt realize how big of a part of her life stella was until she was gone, until she had moved to a new city and met new people like she’s completely in love with stella, so she goes

stella opens the door and just stares for a second before she says that maia’s out for a while but beth just keeps looking at her and finally says it outright, says i’m here to see you, stella like its the most obvious thing in the world and stella’s so tired, she’s starting to close the door and she’s saying i dont need another lecture, i’ve had enough of those for a lifetime and beth lets her close it, knows her well enough to know she wont walk away from the door before beth does, so she calls through and says im not here to lecture you, stell.  i just.  i wanted to see you

the door opens

and its incredibly uncomfortable for a while, incredibly tense and when beth tries to ask her what’s going on, stella just hisses what, like you care?  and beth like??  normally would fire back with something, normally would let this blow up into a fight but she’s thought about it, she really has, and she knows that any time she can have with stella is better than no time at all.  that she’d rather take stella as she is, thrill seeking and too good for words and hard headed in the extreme, take the risks that come with her than have anything else.  so beth nods.  yeah.  i care.  i care a lot about you stella, and i shouldnt have forced you to make a decision like i did.  but its scary when the girl you love doesnt see the same value in her life that you do and it was terrifying watching you leave every night and not being sure if i would wake up to your face on the news

and stella’s like??  shit.  shIT, didn’t account for this at all.  but beth is very steady, is giving her this even-keeled look, keeping her eyes on stella but not forcing eye contact and she finally stands, gets ready to leave 

and she tells stella i love you.  and believe me when i say that transcends boundaries like platonic and romantic.  i love you, stella danvers, and i will always be here for you, in whatever way you want me to be and then she’s leaving 

and stella has a choice to make, two paths she can take and she stands a little unsteadily and grabs beth’s hand and pulls her back 

and she’s like im still pretty stupid, you’re aware of that, right?  and beth laughs, refutes the statement as she rests her forehead against stella’s.  you’re not stupid, stella, never stupid.  a little dense sometimes...  and stella laughs too before she admits, finally, i love you too, genius.  and i dont think i can keep doing this without you?  and she tries to backpedal, bc she’s worried she’s being manipulative or something but beth just shakes her head, says im going to kiss you now, ok?  and stella’s nodding fast, tears finally starting to fall when it all hits her and then they’re kissing for the first time in six months and theyre maybe still kissing when everyone comes home and maia groans bc like i texted you specifically so i could avoid seeing this ugh you guuuyyysssss

[darkgothamnights]

His demons (joker angst part one)

Warning: this involves self harm and self abuse, please read responsibly

Joker smiled as he watched his henchmen load up the truck for a robbery, this time was different though they werent robbing a bank they were robbing a business man. This man had recently betrayed joker so as the clown king of crime he had to set an example by teaching this ass a lesson, joker smiled wide when he thought of what was planned for today but his smile faded as he felt something was missing. With a snarl he shook that feeling knowing exactly what it was, the king was lonely and he needed a queen but he wasn't in the mood to play matchmaker he had hell to pay. "Boss everything is ready we leave on your signal" frost said to the green haired man who smiled at him, "tell the boys to wreck the place," frost looked concerned as he thought joker would have surely wanted to come with them. "But boss your-" joker interrupted his right hand man with a growl "you pain in the ass, fine we'll take the limo" he said grabbing his coat and throwing it on, he really wasn't in the mood but maybe breaking this guys legs would help him lighten up. Joker and frost got in the limo and drove with the rest of jokers squad to his ex-partner's office building, as joker watched his henchmen work he smiled watching all the fearful faces and glares of hate mixed with disgust. Gleefully he walked to the elevator taking it to the top floor to pay a visit to his once proud ally, once there joker walked down the hall and was about to open his office door when he heard a scream. He turned around to see a woman, probably his Secretary, standing there shaking in fear; joker smiled admiring her curves and how her dress hugged them just as tight as he wanted to. Putting a finger to his rose red lips he hushed her slowly walking closer "shhhh we wouldn't want to alert the press now would we", he purred licking his lips "now sweetheart tell daddy your name" joker watched her face change from a feeling of fear to disgust "what no you creep leave me alone" she said before throwing the papers she was holding at him and running to the fire escape and down the stairs. Joker growled punching the wall until his hand started to bleed, he snarled watching the blood flow before turning around to walking into the man's office. He burst through the door "look if you don't want your death to be slow and painful your going to speak fast and tell me what i want to know. understood" the man put his hands up and nodded "good, now where's the file for your sweet Secretary" he pointed to the filing cabinet "top draw her names-" joker interrupted the man tired of hearing his stupid whiny voice "shut the fuck up!" taking out his gun joker whacked him over the head with it making the man bleed and shake from fear. As joker stood there he read her file finding her full name her address her work history everything, a dark smile spread across his face but his happiness was interrupted by the man trying to speak again "didn't i tell you to shut your cock sucking mouth" joker said before emptying his gun into the mans head watching him bleed out all over his desk with a smile. Joker laughed as he walked out of the office and to the elevator "now its time to find my queen" he said with a smirk as he called for frost, "hey frosty theres a girl in the building its his Secretary she should be on her way down, don't let her leave" joker said with a wide grin that would put the devil to shame "i have plans to make her mine"

A/N: special thanks to tammy for inspiring this story @tur-nerd-tle-girl thanks princess 😘

[mynighttimenarrative-blog]

Day one

I just started driving for Uber about two days ago.  I was advised by some friends that I should right down my adventures.  For some reason adventures tend to find me, and I end up with some pretty amazing stories. I am sure that I am one of the millions and millions of people with cool stories. I will blend right in.  I dont know what information is visible, I tried to hide as much as I can.  I would not want some one to stumble accross this and have their feelings hurt.  So I kind of hope I blend in and wont be noticed.  For those who know me let me know what you can see and keep me a sceret, but you are free to share my blog of random stories.

Im still sitting here trying to decide how honest I want to be, especially because you, my reader,  do know or might know me in person.  I might shatter whatever illusion you might have of me.  Shame.  I guess Ill be honest.

I really hope that this story will trun out like “How I Met Your” Father and not like a show that might air on the ID channel, but as the title of this particular entry suggest this is only the beginning.

So Friday 17, 2017 around 9pm, I set out to my new side job.  Apprehensive about where the night would take me, I drove to the nearest Dollar Tree for doggie bags, tissues, and a basket.  I wanted to be prepared for the drunks I would be driving home.  

With in the first five minutes of going online I received my frist request to drive a lovely couple to the Northpark draft house.  They werent talkers but learned they were going to watch the new John Wick movie.  This was followed by another request followed by a phone call and my first cancellation.  I was finally becoming calm beind the wheel.  I dont know why I was so nervous.  This is coming from a current couch surfing host.  Five star rating I might add.

Next I got a request from a guy who was having a few drinks at this bar down my street.  A few months ago or maybe last year, I dont remember the exact time, this place was held up and the people robbed.  No one was hurt or injured, but it deterred from ever going there.  I have already been held up at knife point once when I worked at the Dairy Queen, that is located down a near by street from this bar.  Once was enough.  Did I mention I used to live alone at an apartment complex walking distance from that Dairy Queen, and still do?  Anyway I picked this guy up.  White, blue eyed, tall, slender, pretty cute, and around my age.  He smelled of alcohol and some cheap cologne.  He must have been pretty drunk, I asked him how the bar is and if he had heard about the robbery that had happened there.  He said yes and that he was actually supposed to be there that night.  He said that he knew they guys that did it.  I dont know if the guys who actually did the robbery were every caugh, but this guy said he knew them or at least who they were.  He told me that it wasn’t supposed to be a robbery.  He said that these guys were armed and that they were looking for someone, but since the person was not there they made it look like a robbery and took off.  He said that he was lucky not to be there.  I asked if he was the one those guys were looking for but he laughed and said no that he meant he was lucky he wasnt there because he has never believed in banks and usually carried a large sum of money on his person.  Then he confesses that he is currently carrying about two thousand dollars on him at the moment.  By this time we had arrived at his distination.  Before he gets out of my truck he asked me if I would like to have a drink with him. As cute as he is I politely declined his offer.  Mostly because I noticed he didnt bother to tip me, especially after he said he had money.  Cheap? I dont know but I really dislike paying for my own drinks.

The rest of the night was a blurr of faces.  Older women talking about men they met at the bar that night, ignoring me. Some, friendly tried to keep a conversation about the weather, kids, and pets.  Nothing too excitng.  Finally I picked up two couples in their forties.  Very drunk and very friendly.  Besides asking me how long I have been an uber driver and if I had kids, one of the men asked me that if with this uber driving I was allowed to stop driving when I wanted.  I said yes and his next question made everyone giggle.  He asked me that if it was requested of me to take a long drive or a long break if I would do it?  I giggled along with everyone when, I assume, his wife asked him “are you asking her to go back with us?”  Her laugher made me giggle more, I have been asked questions like this more often than you would think. He never got the chance to answer his wife because his phone rang, so I was saved, too  The rest of the dive was full of praise for how well prepared I was for driving drunk people home.  And the usual surprise of this being my first day.  When we arrived at their huge beautiful house they complemented my driving and my truck.  The man who asked me that bold question asked me to lower my window he handed me a small wad of bills. 

“I am too drunk, here. I dont know how much that is...”

“So I might get lucky with a Benjamin?”

He laughs and says maybe and starts to advise me about maybe carrying mace or a stun gun.  He said good looking girl like me needed some form of protection against all the drunk men I might encounter.  I told him that I would see about getting something and not to worry about me I would be fine. He stumbled away to join his friends in that amazing house.  Where I was more than sure that their party would continue behind those heavy wooden doors.  I went ofline for the night and I was disappointed to not find a single benjamin.