#theyre so done with Luke now a days

[pain-is-too-tired]

Arranged marriage au

Apollo being forced to marry off his son to the new prince of Olympus to keep Kronos from attacking his kingdom.

He originally wasn't gonna do it, but Lee ensured his father that he'd be alright. Even if they weren't all too happy about it either they didn't want their people hurt.

Prince Luke still trying to get use to his new role, but also it kind of going to his head. He's bit unsure when he's arrange to marry another Prince from the kingdom of Hyperborea, but when he meets Lee he falls for him hard.

Lee,however, despite agreeing to the arrangement,it's not at all happy. He knows enough about how Kronos and Luke got their roles and so they're already coming into the marriage with a lot of mistrust for Luke.

However, he becomes absolutely attached to Luke's younger siblings. Especially given how much he misses his own. Luke often finds him with Chris or the Stolls, helping them out with something or just hanging out.

Overall,Lee continues to be as rebellious i he can get away with. Luke knows he should be annoyed but it only makes him fall for Lee harder hdhdg

Problem is, he absolutely unaware of any of the hyperborean customs. And Kronos isn't exactly keen on appreciating other kingdoms customs. He hardly respects Olympus' customs when he took over. So Luke is having an even harder time bonding with a home sick Lee.

Wasn't until he complained to Annabeth and Chris about how hard it was to bond with Lee that both were like-

"Have you tried getting to know what he likes? Or about their home?"

"Oh. Uh. No...I hadn't."

"... maybe you should try."

Also. Luke's the only one who actually fine with his predicament in that castle. His brothers and Annabeth are regrettably along for the ride. So Lee definitely was a breath of fresh air. They're all making best of a sucky situation.

I'm not sure if I wanna go a fully human route, or a fantasy route with this au... y'all know I'm a sucker for sunfae Lee fdgdf and Sunfae prince Lee and human prince Luke really calling to me for this au ngl hdgsf

Either way. Lee always going big brother mode no matter where they're at my beloved. You can't take the big brother out of him.

[linberlyy]

Also team Black actors share the same misconception and misunderstanding that many team black fans do that there is no love or loyalty within Team Green, when most of Rhaenyra’s team abandoned her in the end and they don’t even like and trust one another as it is currently. They aren’t supporting Rhaenyra because they believe in her. Theyre all supporting her because the position they’re in, there is no other choice or they personally want something- Daemon to be King, for his blood to eventually sit the Iron throne. Corlys, very much the same reason. He wants his name attached to a King. Rhaenys while throwing this accusation at Alicent, follows her husband’s lead far more than Alicent followed Viserys. Plus their Granddaughters are Daemon’s daughters and are now betrothed to Rhaenyra’s sons. They weren’t even betrothed because Rhaenyra considered them great candidates for her sons, but because she needs to use their legitimacy to bolster her own sons. She tried it with Helaena. Not to mention, Rhaena has lost her claim to Driftmark with the death of Luke, the deal with Rhaenys/Corlys was so weak and fickle that it broke within 3-4 days. Corlys distrusts and resents Rhaenyra more after Rhaenys dies fighting for her. Rhaenyra eventually calls for the heads of her most innocent and loyal supporters and one by one they abandon her too.

While team Green, despite their dysfunction were loyal to each other to the very end. Everything that Alicent has done since she was a teenager has been out of fear for and for the safety of her children. She is their only parent, their only source of attention, affection and discipline. She tells Aegon that he’s no son of hers, then 48 hours later- as futile as it is, she stands in front of a Dragon to protect him, he tries to pull her back with him and she removes his hand to push him further behind her but then there’s an understanding that they’re going to die together. Aegon doesn’t want it but he takes the throne anyway because he understands that his rulership will be the only thing that protects the people he loves. In the trailer you can see that the murder of Jaehaerys not only destroys Helaena but Alicent too. It also forces Aegon to mature, take more of a leadership role and actually fight to show that he’s “as fearsome as any of them”. Aemond talks shit about Aemond and wishes he was the firstborn son but ultimately he fights for Aegon until his dying day. Alicole are meant to contrast Daemyra with many seeing Daemyra as superior but Daemon has put his hands on Rhaenyra. Grows angry and resentful of her, takes a new little girl as lover, abandons Rhaenyra and doesn’t answer her call to be beside her when she needs him the most. While Criston is killed trying to make his way back to Kingslanding to save Alicent and Helaena. Daeron also dies trying to make his way back to KL to liberate his mother and sister. Otto isn’t shit, but even after being removed as hand, he stays loyal to Aegon. Aegon wanted to build giant statues of his brothers in their memory. He has it written into Law that Alicent and Helaena were the only Queens during the dance era, a law that still stands in Westeros and one Rhaenyra’s sons and other direct descendants didn’t bother to change. He marries his daughter to Aegon III to ensure that she’s Queen after he dies and she is known to history as Queen Jaehaera Targaryen even if it was brief.

If this isn’t love and loyalty, then I don’t know what is. There were no defectors on Team Green.

Even the commoners stayed loyal. Part of the reason they revolt against Rhaenyra and storm the Dragonpit is because of what happened to Helaena’s boys and Helaena herself and because of Brothel Queens even if it’s not clear whether it was a rumor or true. The people still loved Helaena and Alicent. While on Dragonstone, where Rhaenyra ruled for years. A broken and Dragonless (at first) Aegon goes and turns these people against Rhaenyra.

The phrase said by actress Raena about the fact that there is no love in the green family sounds quite comical. Because the character she plays received absolutely no love from, for example, Daemon. Yes, there were some scenes in the cut script where Daemon hugged his daughters after Laena died, but we're looking at the final script and that wasn't there. In the same episode, Raena complains to her mom that Daemon doesn't pay attention to her because she doesn't have a dragon, and in the next episode, Daemon marries Rhaenyra shortly after Laena's funeral. And the children were clearly not happy (and tb stans, please don’t make me think that they were simply frozen then. Their faces really showed a lack of understanding of what was happening). And the actress calls it love? Seriously? Is there love in the black family? Show it to me.

Now I'll be interested to see how Corlys reacts to his wife's death and whether he will tell Rhaenyra that it was her fault. Just wondering. Or will he stick his tongue up his ass again and say nothing? Will support the black team for no reason simply BECAUSE?

(no hate towards the actors) but most of them say real nonsense, their arguments are like “tb are good, tg are evil, there’s no need to choose, our family loves each other and hates them.” This is so funny. Okay, let the tbs kiss their ass, this video was edited for them.

[authoroftwwm]

AAAAAAAAAAAAA BRO I NEED IT

tl;dr is that Professor layton helped w trauma, listed is the journey through the games and future hype for PLWoS

So, I recently got into professor layton (a year ago, to be specific) and I must say, It has helped me SO FUCKIN MUCH WITH SO MUCH TRAUMA--

I have schizoeffective disorder. I have severe PTSD from years of mental and physical abuse from my parents. I have ADHD and may also be autistic, getting tested at 25 years is difficult.

When I started Professor Layton, I decided to play in release order--"I want to experience what long time fans experienced." I felt it would be more genuine. So, I downloaded an emulator (yeah i know, bad Vero) and started to play. I wrote down my reactions to each game after i beat them:

PLCB: THIS MAN GOT CHASED BY A FERRIS WHEEL!!!! THATS COOL AF! It was a really fun game, cool story with neat puzzles tHaT wErE hArD aF (i was kind of nonchalant about the games, just getting into them)

PLPB: ayo he got a box OH WAIT HE DED--i enjoyed the gameplay and watching the bad guy be the bad guy. interesting sequel, hopefully luke stays with the professor a long time lol (I jinxed it lol, also felt a bit more connected to Luke as a character and his admiration for Hershel)

(I took a long break after this one due to college lol but now i just play after my homework is done)

PLLF: I didnt write anything after this one. i just sat in silence for about a week, and I didnt eat for a few days. This was when my foster dad died, and i felt strangely as if i had healed a lot. After that week. I guess I just kinda took the time to process the loss of someone who i consider my true father. It was at this point I realized that playing the games had helped. I also didnt mentally process that luke left the professor lol until i watched someones playthrough of the last part of the game again

PLSC: BRO ITS LUKE AGAIN BUT HES YOUNGER AND HAS TRUST ISSUES WTF ITS MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE except luke didnt go through massive trauma (unless you count the ghost stuff and the witch stuff and the house stuff as trauma) yeah i like it very good

PLMM: RANDALL IS WAY TOO FUCKIN HOT FOR MY LIKING I JUST NNNNNGGGUHHUHUHUH also SIBLING BINDING WOOOOOOOOOOO

I am currently playing through Azran Legacy, and I must say it lives up to the hype. Havent reached the ending tho so im trying to not run into spoilers. also I know descole is sycamore im not dumb THEY LITERALLY LOOK ALIKE AND THE BUTLER IS THE SAME WTF if theyre not the same person im gonna spazzzzzzzz

All in all, I plan on figuring out how to a b s o r b all the content from the spin offs (in order to do this i also want to play all the phoenix wright games, wish me luck lol) and will eventually get the Katrielle game.

I have a lot to do in preparation for New World of Steam! I hope im able to do it in time, and also that its just as good as the previous games. I know Quizknock will do a good job, its just whether i will enjoy it or not.

Thank you for reading, sorry for the long post; i have no potatoes to offer but nevertheless have a good day~!

-Vero

[axelsagewrites]

Mini Update/Status

Okay so thats modern HCs done for the green siblings. Going to move onto Jace and Luke next I think unless yous want the adults first (Daemon, Rhaneyra, Alicent etc). Theyre just general HCs right now but also coming up with some dating/smutty head cannons for the future.

Beric Dondarian oneshot is going to be up in the next day or two. Idk why I struggled writing it to start with but I know where I'm going now.

I am going on holiday tomorrow though so might/probably post less but I'll still be doing headcannons/drabbles though. And ofc I'm always open to requests.

Aemond Lemon Cake series will be after the Dondarian one shot so there will be another part or two in the coming week.

But yeah I think thats all let me kno if yous want anything else specifically or ideas or stuff

<3

[corens-relisten]

MAG 63 The End of the Tunnel

Statement of Erin Gallagher-Nelson, regarding an urban exploration trip beneath St Paul’s Church West Hackney. Statement given 26th march, 2014

well, until he got eaten by the darkness. LMAO I LOVE HOW NONCHALANT HE IS ABT IT

so he just breaks in (cool) but not without making fun of how little valuables they have

the shadow there OMG love it and the paranoia, the arguing, the ignoring it and denying it haha

the statement giver just continues describing how cool the place it, how the composition was great like nice but not the time dear TT

pff not him seeing the shadows, more and nore, 2 or 3 sometimes, and just was like. this is fine (:

AAAAA THE THIRD SET OF BREATHING !!!

It was far more dreadful than the others because of how familiar it was – though I had never heard it in such a manner before. It was Luke’s voice, and it was screaming in agony.

AAAAA ×2

and the camera flash oh my !! love this statement its so AAAAAAAA

ofc it was build by fucking robert smirke

jon sounds so done with this. like. so over it he just cannot and tbh? go off. "and now a violent, murderous dark." lmao TT

supplemental:

TT just trying to break into Gertrudes computer

HIII MELANIE (: HELLOO HI (:

aww theyre friends (: "i noticed that you werent updating anymore" awwee

hihi theyre nice (:

spoilers

i am going fucking INSANE AAAAAAA melanie noticing that sasha isnt right ;-; that theres a "new" girl ;-;

anyway this is the dark TT

spoilers done

and have a nice day!

[softforluke]

Very embarrassing... like if wanna chant ..ask for a good song (even tho i just say dont ask) ..there is a setlist that they made that theyre happy about they wont get out the way to play you a song that you think is funny ..🧍🏻‍♀️

And the other day they played pizza i was like wow thats fun untill i saw there was a sign that said play pizza or we chant for hbg like 💀💀💀

right !!! it's so annoying that people try to change the setlist constantly. this shit has been going on for so long now lmao they've addressed it multiple times too like ? it's so embarrassing. i always cringe when fans start singing songs like hbg or dont stop or pizza for the lols, it's not funny. they did that outside the venue of one of my shows and 5sos literally shut the windows it was so funny. luke popped his head out and waved but calum shut the window so fucking quick (as he should). they're just sooo done with it. also i didn't see that pizza sign wow? makes sense though. i know they played it one or two times before this tour but its different than with hbg imo

[scummy-writes]

[CHAPTER 23]

Bites my fist. Theres a letter with this chapter.

-> starts off with flashback type story about bloodstained rose day.

Jesus.

Gilbert gets there and is mad. Talks to himself about how he could have done this much more 'neatly' for 'him'. Stomps on a soilder, hes pissed . The soilders with him are pale and sick. Women, children, and elderly are mixed in with bodies of soilders in the village.

What a fuckin story to have after present day gil just helped two kids.

They ref a boy in this that lost a sister, im assuming its luke. I didnt realize that it was due to 'brutal amusement' from soilders, i just thought. Hm. I thought that due to fires and maybe some old type of explosive, that they were a random uncaring casualty and not an intentional one by specific soilders.

-> roderic was with him that day

-> gilbert tells soilders to take the two that killed lukes sister and never to let them see the sun again.

-> gilbert orders for luke to be taken back since hes still breathing. Decides he wants to see the emperor. Apparently the emperor wanted to use Hope as a supply place during the war.

-> gilbert sees bodies near him, faces of terror. He ends up closing their eyes, mad about the messy bloodshed. This was the final straw for him, says the surpreme leader is going to lead to their downfall, and he cant accept that as he has his own plans.

-> tells roderic that "if i havent appeared at the rendezvous point by nightfall, then thats the time... and the rest is up to you."

-> back to present day.

-> pouts because she was zoned out and he got super close to her, and when she comes back ahe startles and pulls back. Says theyre on a date so its normal to be that close.

-> tells her that he thought he told her that she needs to try harder if shes going to lie to him (about what she zoned out about)

-> tucks cane under her chin, makes her look, she asks if hed kill anyone and he just smiles.

Henrgg

-> obsidianites are just as cherry as folks in Rhodolite

-> weirdly the "only lovers do that" in regards to closeness is the +4/+4??

-> kissed her because she zoned out. She focuses on how she didnt realize he's so into kissing.

-> wonders about how shes never seen a woman near gilbert, aside from the women soilders.

-> she uh. Does not understand there hasnt been another woman because he loves her so much, huh.

-> buys several baked sweets with dried fruit in them. Curious on if thats how a lot of sweets are, dried froots.

-> feeds her sweets, said they smelled good, but wont eat any himself because he's full. Mc realizes this is another sign that hes close to dying very soon.

Says its reckless for her to want him to keep living even though she doesnt know what evil he has planned.

-> date goal was to find a gem that suits her, so he can shape it for her and have it be something she can keep with her forever. He wanted to leave something fun behind in this final days.

[Punches wall punches wall punches wall]

-> luuuuke do we finally get the luke is an awful fucking spy reveal.

-> gilbert explains it was a coincidence that he managed to rescue a kid who was actually a hidden prince. She doubts it, feels bad after she realizes how he is with kids now, and knows it had to be a coincidence........

-> they point blank talk about their plans to use guns to start a civil war badically, in front of her. Gilberts being blunt by showing her what his plan is, so she can uhhh hate him and let him die. Yup. After taking her on a date and spoiling her a bit.

Realistically. He probably wanted one last semi-normal date before he dived into this stuff so she would accept hom dying.

-> gave guns without bullets to several countries

-> tells her final judgement is seeing if she can repair the two countries by her ideals.

-> tells her she could save Rhodolite if she kills him here and now.

Thats where the chapter ends, what a fucking cunt.

The letter states the obsidian town they went to is actually a city that is bigger than the small town she is from

Im going to beat him to death after reading this letter.

DRAMATIC END - GILBERT ROUTE SPOILERS POST

Like the other notes (here), I am continuing my thoughts/notes on Gilbert's route. This post will focus on the dramatic end + premiums. His povs will be a separate post.

I'll be reblogging this post each chapter or so with personal thoughts and general screaming under a cut. I'll be having it in a format with the chapter numbered, and then a cut directly after where I'll be yelling. I already know some major spoilers with gilberts route, so if you have not finished his route yet, be wary.

I'll be using the tags 'Scum Simps' and 'scum plays gil route' for those of you who want to filter it out. Thank u!

[actualbird]

peanut is luke's ESA (emotional support animal)

wc: 797

so in main story 5.3, i remember mc saying something about peanut in her internal monolog. something along the lines of like "peanut is a very well trained bird and it's not usually a species of bird one would get as a pet. was peanut given to luke by the NSB?" and i was like probably not! i really doubt that even the most well trained of birds can do very much in the missions that luke has shown himself to have taken (aka missions that expose him to DEADLY GAS THAT KILLED ALL HIS TEAMMATES AND NEARLY KILLED HIM) so for a long while, i figured luke just got peanut as a pet himself

but then today i was like. HM. NOPE. ACTUALLY, THE NSB COULDVE GIVEN PEANUT TO LUKE. just not for investigation purposes, but for luke's shitass mental health

the NSB gives Agent Raven a pet bird as an ESA, an emotional support animal

i know theres a lot of memes about this, the classic "sir, thats my emotional support fictional character" and i do love those memes. but also ESAs are very very helpful in terms of aiding the recovery/treatment of people with mental illness. it's not a cure all and definitely not something that all people will find helpful, of course, but for many, it can really frigging help (TRUST ME, i used to work for an animal assisted therapy health service, ive seen how much of a difference it can make for a lot of people okay).

ESAs have a lot of benefits like lessening anxiety and/or depression (and thus lessening physical symptoms of those things), providing companionship to lessen loneliness (which can exacerbate many mental illnesses), and in general just create this relationship of clear and mutual love which is great all around.

another thing that makes ESAs great is the fact that theyre domesticated animals and thus, they need to be taken of.

enter luke pearce.

hes great. hes awesome. hes smart as hell and skilled in combat and has probably killed people in the past and we just dont have a canon number for his body count. hes also got SUCH A TERRIBLY LOWLY VIEW OF HIMSELF that has been present even before he acquired his terminal illness. and to make all that worse, aside from aaron, luke is alone. he's away from mc and is probably already thinking of not returning because his job is violent and he needs to be violent and he cant let her see him like that.

luke doesnt see much value in himself and has little attachments. what happens when a guy like that ends up having to go on dangerous missions?

you get somebody who gets the job done and gets it done well but does it in a manner that pays no heed to his own safety. im pretty damn sure luke was getting a new stab wound like, every other month.

aaron is so stressed. HES SO STRESSED!!! and while aaron is a surgeon, he can definitely see that luke's mental state is gonna run his physical state into the ground. aaron has tried to get luke into therapy but luke always refused and when the NSB made it a requirement, luke was the MOST UNCOOPERATIVE MFER EVER. luke clams up when anybody tries to get him to confront the self destructive aspects of his personality!! hes always on guard!!!

but then one day aaron sees luke happily playing with some stray cats.

and aaron has a eureka moment.

he calls up some therapists, he pitches his case to NSB higher ups about how giving agent raven an ESA will absolutely totally help him stop being 1 inch from death after missions, and the NSB greenlights it because god they cannot lose agent raven since hes really frigging good

enter Peanut the Myna bird, the NSB sponsored ESA for the world's most depressed secret agent

luke, for the first week, is so so pissed at aaron for this. but then by the next week, hes stopped giving aaron the silent treatment. by the third week, luke is sending aaron pictures of peanut like, every frigging hour

and the change is noticeable. it's not perfect but...

luke takes care of himself more and is more careful not to get into as many life threatening injuries because now he has a little chirpy bird he needs to look after, something that relies on him and needs his care and also ensures he isnt alone, something that he loves and loves him needs him to come home

in short

luke: i am your best agent but i hold myself at such a low value that im basically suicidal in every mission

nsb: not allowed. heres a bird

luke: I WOULD DIE FOR THIS BIRD

nsb: ...try again

luke: I.....WOULD LIVE FOR THIS BIRD

aaron, from the sidelines: //THUMBS UP!!!!!!!

[thedeathdeelers]

okay also a juke AU i didn’t think i needed but now i do?

luke is a radio host, probably does the late night show, the graveyard shift maybe

and sometimes he does these little jam sessions where people can call in and they just...have a jam session lmao

julie’s still grieving the loss of her mom, her musical soulmate, and she usually finds herself awake during the late hours. she turns on the radio one night and stumbles upon luke’s channel. she enjoys it, feels a strange little spark inside of her that’s been dormant for so long when he starts jamming along to a song. so she starts tuning in every few nights, listening to him talk about random shit, listen to the passion that emanates from him whenever he starts talking about music, listen to him sing and the pure joy she can tell he’s feeling when he’s having a jam session with a total stranger over the phone

one day, maybe it’s been a particularly hard day for her, she decides to call in. and at first she regrets it immediately when he picks up and she can’t get her voice to work. but eventually he just starts talking and coaxes her into a light conversation. he asks if she wants to jam but she’s just not ready yet. so they just have a chat and that’s that.

this continues on for a few nights, a few weeks, until one day she gets the courage to sing. and luke is absolutely floored. julie stops singing because it’s suddenly too quiet from his end, and she’s worried she’s done it wrong she hasn’t sung in so long what if she’s forgotten how to do it??? so she starts apologising and luke scrambles to get the words out of his mouth to tell her that she literally has the voice of an angel and she should never apologise and he’s star struck

and ya. they continue in this fashion until luke finds a way to ask her if they can meet. they do. theyre already in love. soulmates.

ps: there’s a whole city of insomniacs and graveyard shifters that are shipping them so hard

the end

[calumthoodshands]

this SPECIFIC cake era

oof hi c thanks for the baby cake!! lemme see what i can conjure up here okkkkkkkkkkkkk

just a side note the magazine really makes me laugh. is that walmart harry styles on the cover? anyway. do you see these boys. they are small and theyre still in school.

they didnt know each other too well. sure, they had a few classes together, but that was about it, luke sticked to his friends and calum to his. luke didn't know much about him apart from the fact that he played soccer fairly well, which was exactly why he was so surprised when calum offers him tutoring after luke MAJORLY failed his math exam. calum catches his disappointed face, and somehow he feels really sorry for that blond kid, so he walks up to him and just asks. luke is really suspicious about it, bc he doesnt really... trust calum. like. he played soccer. he was always wearing shirts with too long sleeves and vans. he was so quiet. not that luke wasnt quiet too, he was, but more in a shy way. calum was always quiet and gentle with everything he did. but luke couldnt afford failing another exams. his parents would let him feel that he was a fucking failure, and they werent even together anymore. maybe that was lukes mistake too. but calum actually did a really good job. he always let him come over, and luke was glad he didnt have to show calum the shitty appartment he lived in with his dad. thing is, studying with calum actually started to be fun. so much that they hung out even after they were done for the day. so much luke gave in when calum asked him to come to a game when all his friends cancelled on him, even if soccer is fucking boring. it was a nice escape, luke could relax for once. he dismissed all the comments his friend michael made about how he cant seem to do without calum now suddenly. and what if? they were having a great time. luke aced his next exam, and he was so exited he hugged calum tightly, because it felt natural, and right. luke didnt need tutoring after that anymore. he did need calums friendship, though, and when summer started to settle in and they finally had time to chill out, calum took it upon him to teach luke the soccer basics, which he only endured bc he liked calum a tiny bit. teeny tiny. when they tripped over each other while playing though and tumbled to the floor laughing, legs a tangled mess, holding onto each other for grip, and find themselves close enough for a quick kiss, luke stops complaining with a grin. maybe soccer wasnt so bad.

New ask game!

[iveofficiallygonemad]

Happy @luxyweek yall! Here r some headcannon based off of Classical Music

-aight so there are some orchestras where they'll play the soundtrack for a movie projected on screen live

- au where luka and xy both work as part of this orchestra, luka as a cello player and xy as the tech guy working w the lights and effects and stuff

- they started off on the wrong foot cuz xy was like "why dyou look like a rocker if ur gunna play orchestra" and luka was like "why dyou look like ur in a boy band if ur gunna be behind the scenes"

- so yeah theyre coworkers who sometimes jab at each other

- but then

- this years movie is star wars

- and luka manages to hear xy talk passionately abt it and explain a buncha his theories for the next episode complete with vreew vreew lightsaber noises

- that week during lunch break a large group of people decide that this Friday everyone who has a lightsaber is gunna bring it

- Luka has two: a purple and a cyan one

- xy brings his entire collection, he's got one in every color and even some of the double sided lightsabers

- so they end up battling it out

- they make eye contact

- its very gay

- xy does a buncha twirls n baddass stuff and lukas faster on his hits

- whenever one of them lands a hit on the other they stop using that limb, like in the game ninja

- long story short after luka got xys leg (hes hopping on one foot) he ends up falling on luka

- for the brief second xy is laying on lukas chest hes like, this is nice but no its not hes Luka

- anyways back to their kind of rivalry, one day xys being an airhead and lukas like, how hard is doing sound and lighting anywayz 🙄

- so xys like plenty hard and shows him all the equipment and gives detailed explanation and lukas like wait this is cool actually

- and then he's like I guess I coukd show u some basic cello stuff so we're even and xys hella excited bcuz music (even if he doesn't play it in this au) is hella neat!

- so he sits and holds the cello and lukas like, aight imma teach u part of the opening theme and xys like !!!!!

- so luka has xy hold his hand at approximately the distance the stickers are when you're first starting out so he's ready for the beginning note. After a lil bit he can do the very start of the opening! Hes very excited about it

- so yeah! Xy decides to go home n learn how to read sheet music, and prints it out and under each note writes down how many fingers hes gotta use

- so the next week he hesitantly asks luka if he can pluck on his cello during their break and lukas like sure?

- so xy pulls out his marked out sheet music and tries to play thru the song. As he gets to the harder parts he goes slower so the tempos off but its definitely Star Wars and when he's done he just grins at luka like :D how was that!

- and lukas kinda suprised/impressed yeah u wouldn't be half bad it u took some lessons and xys like ohoho maybe I will, then ull have some competition >:3

- except rather than it being a jab its more teasing/joking and they realize they are now friends!!

- oh yeah they also bond over Luke being gay and xy tells luka that he was his fave character as a kid xuz he made the death star go KABLAM! When Luka was a kid he liked han solo best but purely because he drove the millennium falcon and little luka loved pretending the Liberty was actually a space ship

[galactichoneybee92]

The Problem With Spinning Out and Zero Chill

Okay so spoilers. All the spoilers. Go into this at your own risk because every possible spoiler for both shows. Also: I will be speaking about these two shows with the assumption that readers have seen both and as such, will not need a summary of either. Okay, still here? Cool. 

I have no big hot take, just some observations that I would like to put out into the universe in regards to Netflix’s two most recent ice skating shows. Because I have a lot of thoughts, and also one big question for anyone who can maybe help me? 

For starters, Spinning Out and Zero Chill are both Netflix originals that premiered around approximately the same time, both of which feature figure skating as a backdrop for a lot of interpersonal drama surrounding the characters. It’s wonderful, because while I’m not very invested in sports I adore figure skating- It’s beautiful and fun to watch even if you don’t know a lot of the technical aspects or the names of the moves. However, for centering around the same sport the two shows are very different. Also, Spinning Out has already been confirmed to have been cancelled after the first season, while the future of Zero Chill is still up in the air.

In regards to personal preference, I liked Spinning Out a lot more than Zero Chill. It had a love story for me to invest myself in, as well as some messy, dramatic family dynamics, and overall the show was a lot more mature. I suspect that this may have actually been to the show’s detriment but that’s for later. In contrast, I found Zero Chill to be fluffy to the point of an ABC Family special. 

Do you remember those? Shows like Switched at Birth or Secret Life of the American Teenager, that tried to tackle big mature topics while keeping things family friendly? Do you remember how the writing was usually pretty sub par and the drama all seemed super contrived because there was only so much they could actually do within their given boundaries, so they made a much bigger deal out of small issues than they deserved? Yeah. Zero Chill felt like that. For example, the “hazing” from the hockey team was to...put balloons in his locker? And that was a...major diss? Worth getting super pissed? Idk. It’s just that, without the confines of being family-friendly day time programing, I have come to expect more from Netflix original programming. 

Alternatively, Spinning Out may have veered too far into the dark and gritty spectrum. If I had to guess where it failed, I would say that it introduced A LOT of drama, all within the first season and at times felt, overwrought. I think Spinning Out could have done with slowing down and taking a breath. Draw things out. Have the mother slowly escalate her abuse, stop and start with her medication, stretch out the love triangle between Kat, Justin, and Marcus. When I first started watching I thought that maybe Marcus would be Kat’s Luke Danes. Like throughout the show she dates other people, but eventually she realizes that she loves him and they end up together but...nope. The show established pretty early on that we were not going to have an epic, interracial friends to lovers romance. And I loved the enemies to lovers romance we got between her a Justin (Though I really think it should have taken longer. I liked that they hooked up before and that he was kinda low key pining but stretch it out. Sloooooooow buuuuuuuurn. Make it goooood. I want to feel the pining.) but it did feel like the cop out answer. And then they immediately introduce a black female character because apparently in the year 2021 we still have shows with exactly 2 black characters that are there to date each other. Like fuck, even South Park has made fun of that trope, it’s time to move past it. 

Secondly I think that it’s super out of character for Kat to ever go off her medicine, even if it is to help her skating. It’s the same way I felt when they introduced Ian’s mental Illness in Shameless. Like, maybe it’s a thing that people do and if you’ve known people that act this was in these scenarios than sure, maybe I’m wrong. But it just feels like they go to so much effort to show the effect that their parent’s mental illness has on them and their life when left untreated, they establish the characters as grown up too quickly, forced to mature due to their parent’s poor choices, and then just decide to have them follow in their mother’s footsteps when the plot demands more drama. I hated that as a choice for Ian and I hated it for Kat. Partly because I feel like it’s very out of character and cop-out writing, and also because I feel like if they had to do it at all it should have been later on in the series. 

One advantage that Zero Chill had for me over Spinning Out is that at least the characters were consistent. In this case I’m speaking mostly about Kayla, but also some of the others. Sure, I found Kayla’s impulsivity annoying instead of charming like I feel was the intent, but I liked her friendship with Skye arguably more than Kat’s friendship with Jenn. Mostly because Skye was pretty chill throughout the entirely of the show while Jenn would go from hot to cold and back. Do I think it’s stupid that Kayla and Skyle’s big storyline was “I want to skate with my BFF but regulations don’t allow it?” Yes. You’ve already established that Kayla doesnt care about competitions. The only time she ever did was because she wanted to skate with her OTHER BFF. So like....just skate now? You have Skye’s mom’s approval at this point, it doesn’t have to go anywhere. But at least the two seemed to genuinely be friends. Kat and Jenn started off with potential but then turned fairly toxic. Kat was never that supportive of Jenn, always wrapped up in her own stuff and Jenn just got crazy at the end there. I understand her being upset about Justin but then she learns that Kat is bipolar, you think theyre cool, and then she immediately throws that back in Kat’s face at the first inconvenient moment. 

Can I just say though, how much more interested I was when I thought the secret figure skater was someone on Mac’s hockey team? I was trying to guess which boy it secretly was and I thought that there would be a subplot about her trying to convince him to figure skate with her, but he would feel pressured by his parents to play hockey instead. And that would work as a foil to Ava, who wanted to play hockey but was instead forced to figure skate. And there would be an eventual romance because what can I say, I’m here for the romance. But no...it was Skye and then there was just that subplot about Mac wanting to date his sister’s only friend. And like, when I was trying to guess who it was I thought it might be Bear and that would be her romantic interest but....no. Bear just, also likes Skye. 

Also, is it some unwritten rule that for every white girl figure skater with brown hair, there must be an Asian best friend? This isnt a complaint, just an observation. 

And clearly I don’t ONLY have complaints. I thought that both shows ahd a promising premise, and I loved the relationship on Spinning Out. When Zero Chill actually bothered with real issues instead of contrived nothing issues, I think it did it pretty well. I liked the friendships and family dynamic better in Zero Chill, but wished that it would have been a little more mature like Spinning Out. I liked that the characters in Spinning Out were mostly adults and that it had a more adult tone, but I wish that they had dialed the melodrama back just a bit. What I really want, I supposed, is a combination of the two shows which leads nicely into my question for you all: 

I remember browsing Netflix months ago and seeing a figure skating show advertised, however it wasn’t either of these shows. It feels like these two shows were once one, and then got split up into two because I am completely unable to find the show I originally saw a commercial for. 

In that original ad there was a brother and sister, one who played hockey and one who figure skated. But the hockey brother was jealous of the sister because he felt like their parents prioritized her figure skating. So one day, before a big performance of hers, he met her right before the performance and yelled at her about how unfair everything was and it shook her up and when she went out on the ice she wasn’t focused. She slipped and fell, split her head open on the ice, and her confidence was shaken. 

But like...that wasn’t either of these shows so what the hell was it??? Were they once one? Was there some other show that hasn’t been released yet? Did I see it in a dream???? 

[dysfunctionalnerd]

I was wondering ... how would Randall react to Evil! Layton? or Monocle! Layton(by the way your drawings are amazing!)

ahhh thank u so much!! that means so much to me ;u; oh my GOSH MONACLE LAYTON!!! i havent thought about him organically in too long sksksks

well so ok if i had to make layton evil at any point in time, the way id do it would be after unwound future. it would be about 2 years after he found randall, but in this scenario he never worked up the courage to call randall or go back and visit after he left Monte D'or so abrubtly, which means losing that friendship was already weighing on his heart. so then after UF, losing claire and luke in the span of the same week... its too much for him. Crying in his room one night, he says "so this is it then? am i destined to always lose the people i love? i will simply never love again." and he snaps. he gets cold and distant, doesnt allow the kindness of others to reach him. all he wants now is vengance, and this man has been wronged by soooooo many people.

The only person still living with him is flora at this point. at first she lets things slide. things like seeing hersh withdraw into his study for too long, or drink too late into the night. but then she notices he stays in his room for days at a time, clearly working on something, but he gets so rude when asked about what. shes always met with answers like "its none of your concern" or "dont ask questions you're not prepared to hear the answer to", until one day she really puts her foot down. Demands to know whats going on. Shes so worried. But hershel screams at her to go away. an ugly, terrible yelling nobody deserves. and its so cold she just,, runs away crying. she cant think of anybody to reach out for help. she doesnt know anybody, she was never allowed to go out and make friends.

until she remembers the stories luke told her about the man they saved in Monte D'or, and she remembers how softly hershel would smile the precious few times he mentioned he name randall.

so she pulls up a phone book and looks up a Randall Ascot. Its not hard considering he owns an entire fucking town. shes crying and scared and alone, and when randall picks up the phone, he is of course concerned. hes never met this girl, but nobody should by crying this much, and then his heart breaks when he realizes its hershel who did this. He was always hurt by how hershel never said goodbye, and never called again to rekindle their friendship. at first he doesn't want to come over, but flora begs him.

"please, randall, you have to help. I know i hardly know you but... nobody else can reach him, i just know it".

so he grabs the nearest train. tells flora take take it easy at a bougie hotel for a night while he makes the trip over, pays for everything ofc. the two meet up. randall falls in love with this girl in .5 seconds (yknow in that "ive only met this girl for 10 minutes but if anything were to happen to her id kill everyone in this room and then myself" kind of way). They decide to just go to hershels flat and knock. he doesnt answer. they knock again. nothing. randall gets worried. he breaks down the door, shouts for hershel. Nobodys there. the place is empty. they enter hershels study to make sure, but what they find horrifies them. a GIANT charlie kelly style board with a bunch of pictures of different people, mostly people connected to bill hawks, and red lines connecting them stand before the two, and they both know in their gut its a hit list of some kind.

so they run to parliment or whatever building it is those goverment people all stay in, hoping its not too late, hope maybe their suspicions arent true. Theyre horrified when they reach the front steps and theres no guards or anything. sirens are blaring. they run down the halls. injured soldier's and police are telling them to turn back, its not worth it, this man is unstoppable.

"please dont let it be hershel, please dont let it be hershel."

flora stops when they reach the big door. she looks up at randall, crying. "im sorry... but i cant go in. i dont want to face him like this."

randall hugs her, reassures her. tells her its ok to wait by the entrance, that everything will be ok.

Flora rushes off, and randall takes a deep breath. He opens the door where bill hawks office is supposed to be. Randalls heart sinks. in the big chair is hershel, a sword covered in red, and tied to chains too close to the fire place is a beat up bill hawks.

hershel greets him coldly, like strangers.

"ah hello there. im sorry, but the prime minister cannot assist you today. please come back later."

"hershel, what are you doing??? that sword.... have you??"

"killed someone? no..." he hops off his chair and points his sword to bill hawks, far too close to the neck. "no not yet. but if youd like, you can join me for the first one."

Randall picks up a pipe or something close to him. "i cant let you do this hershel... i know youre better than this."

"ah, but you see, thats the thing." his blade lightly touches bills neck. "i could be, but then... whats the point?" then he scoffs, and pulls his sword away, pointing it towards randall in a battle stance. "never mind, you could never understand."

and he charges. AND THE EPIC SWORD FIGHT BETWEEN HERSHEL AND RANDALL THAT WE WERE ROBBED OF COMENCES! Randall, between parrys, is in total disbelief. "Hershel, stop it! i know how youre feeling, but this isnt the solution! youre tired, and scared, and unbelievably hurt. youre in so much pain... this isn't going to end that pain!"

clink, parry

"you couldnt possibly know what im feeling. ive lost everyone. but its no matter."

for a moment it looks like hershel is about to pin randall down, but he swoops away at the last minute.

"No, please hershel, you cant think like that!! youre not alone!! not anymore!! You didnt give up on the masked gentleman... let me return the favor!"

hershel gasps at this, and hesitates. its enough for randall to knock hershels sword out of his hands, and pin him to the ground. Hershel is afraid, his eyes are wide.

"r-randall, stop it!! leave me alone!"

"no!" randall throws the pipe he fought with aside. "not until you make things right!" he starts crying, his tears spill on hershels shirt. "not until i get my best friend back..."

hershel can't take it anymore. He screams, and starts crying uncontrollably. that ugly crying you reserve for your worst moments, and randall softens his grip on hersh, changes it so hes hugging his friend. And hershel just cries and cries and cries.

"i... i just dont want to live like this anymore..." he sobs.

"hershel.... oh hershel, im so, so sorry."

and they continue to cry. eventually randall asks what happened, how it got to this. hershel explains the events of the last few years. how luke left. how bill hawks sent men to beat him to an inch of his life 8 years ago, so really this is just him returning the favor. they talk it out.

"hershel... you owe flora an apology"

and hershel starts crying even more. "oh no, how could i do this to her?? im a monster..."

"nonsense! shes just worried about you, we all just want you to be ok. give her time, you two will be ok."

so slowly, randall convinces hershel to take his hand and walk out before some real irreverasble damage is done. they dont untie bill tho :) hershel comes face to face with flora at the entrance. starts stuttering some words, but jever gets around to saying anything bc flora hugs hershel so tightly, and cries into his chest. "professor i was so worried..."

"i.... im so sorry...."

and thats it!! the police dont do anything bc i dont believe in them, hawks eventually gets voted out. they all go home and randall decides to stay with hershel until he find a therapist. then decides to stay with him until he starts smiling again, then because i mean whos gonna help out with flora?? and then bc honestly hershel, this place is a mess! and then,,,,, well,,,,,, yknow,, 👀👀

[anna-pixie]

Hi! I saw that you were taking requests from people and I found it on the kylo ren x reader tag. I was wondering if you could do something where the reader and kylo ren/ben solo are training at Luke's Jedi temple. Theyre friends. Its that night at the temple where it burns down and he joins Snoke. I kinda want there to be a small argument between the reader and him where its either the reader joins him or he has to kill her. Thanks!

sorry this took me soooo long i’ve been stuck in a writing rut :(

so this kind of took a dark turn but uhm... here we go

request: I was wondering if you could do something where the reader and kylo ren/ben solo are training at Luke's Jedi temple. Theyre friends. Its that night at the temple where it burns down and he joins Snoke. I kinda want there to be a small argument between the reader and him where its either the reader joins him or he has to kill her.

pairing: ben solo/ kylo ren x reader

warnings: violence

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“Ben!” You giggle, your breath shortening as you dodge another one of his swings, “You’re going to kill me with that one day, I swear.” You sigh as he deactivates his saber, grinning at you teasingly. 

“But how would I live without you?” He pouts jokingly, waiting until you turn around to slide his arms around your waist, resting his chin on your head, the large height difference very obvious. 

“Shut up.” You can’t help the blush that rushes onto your face, trying to play things off by acting annoyed. 

“You would die of boredom if I stopped talking.” You roll your eyes at his remark, releasing yourself from his grasp as he groans.

“C’mon, Master Luke said we only had 20 minutes to get back.” 

“Do we have to? He hates me.”

“He doesn’t hate you Ben, you’re just difficult.” You reason with him as you fall into step, walking back towards the temple where Luke is about to start your next class. 

“If I’m so difficult then why are you friends with me? Hm? Hm?” Ben pokes your side annoyingly and you can’t help but laugh. Oh, you adore him. 

“I happen to like a challenge.” He laughs at your remark, it comes out as more of a cackle as it tends to do when he finds something especially funny. 

You enter the temple in high spirits as you begin the next lesson with Master Luke. You’re so focused on perfecting what he teaches, you don’t notice the nervous glances he frequents towards Ben. Kriff, if you had just been paying more attention that day, maybe you would’ve noticed. Maybe you could have stopped the events of that night. 

*******

You sit in the ruins of the jedi temple, pushing a piece of rock back and foot with your toe. You have sat here every night since that night. It has been a couple of weeks now, and you haven’t seen Ben since. According to Luke, he caused the destruction and left to join General Snoke on the dark side of the force. You don’t believe him. Ben wouldn’t do that. Not your Ben. 

*******

It’s a few months later when you finally see Ben again. Or, should you say Kylo Ren? You are on your knees, chained in the prison of a First Order vessel, Poe Dameron passed out next to you. You didn’t know what to expect when the masked man entered the room, grilling you for the location of your resistance base with that strange modulated voice. He must know you’re a Jedi, because he doesn’t bother trying to probe your mind. He knows he won’t find anything. 

Your whole world stops then, when he removes the mask slowly. Ben Solo. Your best friend, the love of your life, your captor. 

“Ben?” Your voice is soft, you can’t seem to grasp that he is standing in front of you, serving the First Order no less. 

“Supreme Leader Ren.”

“Ben.” You repeat, unwilling to call him by his new alias. 

“Don’t call me that!” You watch with wide eyes as he activates his new saber, his face lit by a sinister red glow as he screams, hitting the wall with the saber over and over again. The wall sparks as he calms down, breathing heavily with an occasional grunt. 

You’re distracted as you feel Poe shift next to you, coming to with a groan as he attempts to prop himself up. He looks up, eyes bleary as he tries to assess the situation. Bit late for that. 

“Y/N…” He attempts to speak but Ben grumbles, giving him a swift blow to the head with his deactivated saber that knocks him unconscious once more. Two stormtroopers enter the room, not saying anything as they drag Poe’s body out, leaving you alone with this creature that looks like the boy you once loved. 

“What are you going to do to me?” 

“I’m going to liberate you.” His voice shakes with intensity and he kneels to be on your level, still towering over you slightly due to his height. 

“What do you mean?” You’re confused. He knows how much power you have, it makes more sense for him to kill you straight away. 

“I’m not going to kill you.” You sigh, of course he can hear your thoughts, “Not unless you resist me.”

You laugh, a mean cackle that sounds foreign coming from you, “I would rather die than ever betray the resistance. How could you, Ben?”

“YOU BETRAYED ME FIRST!” He screams, his voice cracking as he thinks back to the events of the night. He takes you by surprise when he falls down, his head resting on your thighs as he lets out a pained groan. You can feel the sadness radiating off him, hitting you in waves. Your brows furrow and tears prick your eyes as you thread your hands into his long hair. 

Whenever he used to get upset, he’d always feel better after you played with his hair. You know that Ben is still in there, you can feel it, maybe you can try and appeal to him. 

“Ben…” You start, your voice soft as you try to flood your mind with good memories of the two of you, knowing that he is looking. You try to move your hands as much as you can to cup his face, which is hard considering you’re slightly restrained. You pull his face up so he is looking at you and you smile weakly, your thumb brushing his jawline oh so gently. 

“I’m not Ben anymore, Y/N.”

You shake your head, unwilling to accept this new development, “You’ll always be my Ben.” A tear falls down your cheek messily, but you can’t wipe it away since your hands are preoccupied. It travels down your face and falls onto Ben’s own cheek, causing him to reach up and touch it himself. 

“Emotions…” He starts, scoffing as he rips his head from your hands, “What are they good for? Love. Trust. I trusted Luke, and look what happened.”

“What are you talking about?” Kylo laughs evilly at your cluelessness, getting up and striding over to the opposite side of the room. 

“Of course he kept it a secret. What a coward. That night that the temple burnt down, your precious Master Skywalker tried to kill me in my sleep.”

Your eyes widen as Ben reveals the events of that night, there had always been a mystery surrounding it, but you never would’ve thought something like that had happened. You go to speak, but are swiftly cut off as Ben continues his rant. 

“I woke up, I could feel that something was wrong, and all I could see was green. I didn’t think I’d turn to find my Master inches away from ending my life. He was supposed to protect me, help me. The resistance is a joke, looking up to that… that murderer.” He spits the last word, taking a deep breath as he takes one last look at you over his shoulder. 

You watch silently as he puts his mask back on, the Ben you once knew disappearing behind a sheet of dark metal. 

“You have an hour to decide. You join me or you die.” He hisses through the mask, his voice unrecognisable, and he leaves suddenly, the door sliding shut after him and leaving you alone with your thoughts. 

You think of the first time you ever met Ben. 

You awkwardly stumbled your way through the crowd, nerves fluttering through your belly as you look around at all the other young Jedi you would soon be training with. Your eyes widen as you accidentally step on the foot of someone standing beside you, and you rush to apologise. 

“Oh, goodness, I’m so sorry.” You look up, surprised by the kind smiling eyes looking down at you. 

“Don’t worry about it, it’s crowded in here.”

“Tell me about it.” You chuckle nervously, eyes darting around the room once more. The tall, long haired boy nudges you lightly to gain your attention again. 

“Hey, don’t be nervous. Stick with me, okay? Skywalker’s my uncle, I’ve got your back. I’m Ben.”

Your eyes widen, slightly awestruck as you realise who is standing in front of you, “Ben Solo?”

“The one and only,” He chuckles, running a hand through his dark hair, “what’s your name?”

“Y/N Y/L/N.”

If only you knew then where you would end up now, would you have ever even considered being friends with the man who would eventually kill you?

******

Poe sits in the dark room, his head in his hands as Finn places a hand on his back. They raise their heads when they hear footsteps, Poe’s lip trembling slightly as Leia steps into the room. She approaches the two men with a kind smile, quietly asking Finn for a moment alone with Poe. 

She takes a seat on the bench next to him as Finn excuses himself. 

“There was nothing you could have done, Poe.” She speaks softly, placing a warm hand over Poe’s shaking ones, “The influence of the light was too much for him to handle, he would have done anything to get rid of it.”

“I was in the room next to her, General.” Poe breathes out, running his free hand over his face as his mind flashes back to the gut wrenching way you screamed Ben’s name before his saber pierced your heart. 

“There was nothing you could have done. You can’t blame yourself for this, it’s not what they would have wanted.” She strokes his hair lightly, reminding him that they would be late for the memorial service. “We lost two good people, Poe. The rest of this fight is in their honor. Han Solo and Y/N Y/L/N did not die in vain.”

[honeyedlashton]

Ok buckle in babies, we’re making a ship list. (Part 1)

(I don’t know why I’m making this other than the idea gave me dopamine and I like gay shit.)

Basically I’m gonna be going through each ship and going through the realness, the type of relationship they have, whose top and whose bottom, and overall how much they hype each other (in interviews, on twitter, on live-streams. You name it.) Then I’ll be grading them on a scale of 1 to 10.

Now first a disclaimer: I’m making this ship list is based solely on my opinions, the evidence I’ve seen, and what the tarot cards have told me. And even though it’s fact in my mind doesn’t mean it’s fact for real. So honestly just enjoy them cause we’re in for a wild ride. Feelin good?

Good. Let’s go alphabetically shall we?

1) Cake

Cake is a great ship. I think it’s one of the more plausible ships in 5sos cause you better believe giggly baby boy Luke loves him some Calum. I think this relationship is actually just a booty call though. Like Luke and Calum are friends with benefits, I have no doubt about it.

Look at that.

So needless to say the top and the bottom are pretty obvious. Luke being a bottom, and Calum being the top. Take one good look at both of them together at /any age and tell me I’m wrong. Calum could beat the shit out of Luke anytime. It just helped when he got muscles.

Luke was trying to get dicked down in this live stream, and the one before that. Fr. Quarantine’s got this boy going crazy. And generally on twitter they’re flirty. And Calum Luke’s to roast Luke a LOT.

Final review of Cake: 7/10

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2) Cashton

An unbreakable bond. The best of friends. Two sides of the same chaotic coin. They’re as real as it comes. If Ashton does something, Calum’s there. You cannot separate them. And why would you want to?

Now I don’t think that Cashton fucks, let’s be completely honest. Who the hell would top? I feel like Calum is more likely to bottom than Ashton, but he’s not likely to bottom with Ashton. They’d fight over it. Physically. Full brawl beatdown. So no drunk hookups for them. But I feel like they probably do send porn to each other, smfh. They’re chaotic.

They hype each other up all the time. As best friends do. They wrote a fucking song about their friendship sober, and then another one drunk. Ashton has now been seen writing Calum fanfiction, it’s done. They’re inseparable. Name a more iconic duo.

Final review of Cashton 8/10

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3) Lashton

Ok I know. I’m a bit biased on this one... it is my handle, but, it’s my handle for good reason. I mean where should you even start with these two? I mean obviously they’re real. Obviously they’re real. If you choose an interview—any interview—and focus on either one of them, they’re likely looking at each other. Like they’re the kings of staring at each other when they shouldn’t be. Get a fuckin room already, damn.

You don’t have to watch him all the time buddy. He’s not gonna disappear. And not to mention everytime they’re beside each other, THEYRE

ALWAYS

TOUCHING.

Like there is so much more, this is just a basic search through commonly used gifs.

So I’ve seen a lot of discrepancies between who tops and who bottoms, and you can’t tell me that Luke could ever top Ashton. I’m sorry, but I’ve seen the outline of Luke’s dick in leather pants, and to think he tops anyone is a stretch. But Ashton? No. Ashton tops.

Maybe he was verse way back in the day? But after he got muscles and started wearing bandanas? The days of bottom!ash were done. I’m really sorry guys. I hate to do it to you. But Luke is a soft boy who likes being picked up, and Ashton likes caring for Luke too much to be his sub.

Speaking of care, Ashton could write a dissertation sized paper on how much he loves Luke. He would go on about it. And has. Numerous times. He always tries to boost Luke’s confidence, and sometimes roasts him as well. Tell me that’s not boyfriend moves right there. And it’s constant. Ashton is in love with Luke. And that’s the point.

Final review of Lashton: 10/10

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Ok that’s part 1. And I’m only breaking it up, cause there’s only 10 images per post. What a fuckin rip off. Anyway, part 2 soon and we’ll go into the three M’s cause Mikey deserves love and his own post.

[actualbird]

// spoilers for symphony of the night in bulk and also reactions

mc, girl, i REALLY think you should check on your childhood best friend who is ALSO a very skilled hacker who ALSO is a self sacrificial doofus. because uh. not only does he have the capability to do this. but also. THE WORRYING ON AND OFF DESIRE TO DO THIS.

thats a VERY interesting description of ur business place. ive been playing around with a fake-out makeout fic idea occurring in the abyss. something ala "oh no we were caught investigating secret codes in the hallway leading to the back exit!! QUICK, KISS ME!!! AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE EVERYBODY WHO SEES FEEL SO AWKWARD THEY CANT QUESTION US!!!!" cue passionate makeout both parties RIDICULOUSLY ENJOY to the point that they, for a moment, forget that theyre doing this as a ruse.

if that aint "dreams come true" well...

bar owner having witnessed the nxx investigation team in various permutations kissing each other stupid For The Case: ...is this...a thing for you guys? im not bothered but DO GET A ROOM...

(and yes, for those curious, this is a marluke fic idea. im on a mission here to populate the marluke ao3 tag one fic at a time)

marius' expression when he was saying this.....it was the I Don't Like This, This Is Sad And It's Hurting My Heart expression and i just....

1) it REALLY pulls at my heartstrings how BIG everybodys hearts are, in this team. theyre focused and can put emotions aside to get the job done but theyre all also so driven by human stories. they want to stop tragedies somehow all the time, and if the tragedy has already been written, theyre all willing to do whatever it takes to make sure it cant happen again. luke always says that mc hates bad endings. shes in good company though, in this team. all of them hate bad endings.

2) back to marius particularly just. uGH. this is my marluke brainworms jumping out but i am TAKING NOTE of how intensely upset marius is at the concept of a person willing to sacrifice themself for the benefit of other people. marius understands why types of people like this exist but i know in my HEART that he wants to make the world so that those people Dont Have To Be Like This.

what kind of world is so cruel that the best thing somebody can do is with their life is...leave it?

HONEST TO GOD, THIS MADE ME CRY. COME ON, TOT. WHY. WHY DO THIS TO ME??? not only did you throw medilla into my face but u tell me he created his AI with the same "purpose" because the life he lived was just so fucking goddamn lonely

im crying again, shut up, dont look at me, im very easy to bring to tears

//zak continues crying his eyeballs out

PLEASE and the fact that medilla had really really bad social anxiety. the world he loved was one he struggled to be a part of, one that existed in a manner that was hostile to him. so much of his actions were him at the sidelines doing good that nobody will ever ever know about.

the team promised both him and lilith that theyd witness the end of notro and centipede but god. GOD. i dunno, man! their story and dedication does live on in the minds and hearts of five people but it's breaking my heart,

these characters who lived their lives as a whisper because the world is too loud

and not many people are willing to listen

//zak CONTINUES CRYING HIS EYEBALLS OUT

ALL IN ALL: sotn event story was VERY GOOD. gameplay was fun as hell but i think Media Journalist is entitled to financial compensation for being our debate punching bag this entire time. but yes the story was WONDERFUL. pacing was nice since each day kept suspense going but also gave us enough that i felt satisfied with each chunk and jus the Overall Themes hit me hard like a brick to the face.

i have to eat breakfast now and think about all of this intensely and also yoink a BUNCH of story themes from this to season future writing contents