#those flasks go hard tbh

[shiftythrifting]

bisexual wine mom glass, christian almond mom wood block thing?? (looks like it might open but it doesn’t it was solid), TWO christian flask sets, THREE wedding favor shot glasses (which i did get one of) - all found in goodwill in ohio

[koukouture]

Roland x Qiu HCs bc I’m completely normal about them (SFW)

Roland lights Qiu’s cigs with his fire powers bc he knows Qiu finds it hard to grip his lighter properly with his prosthetic arms

Qiu brings Roland food from Babylonia sometimes. Even if he doesn’t need it, Qiu likes to chat over a meal. Even if that meal is some frozen macaroni and cheese they cooked with Roland’s fire powers, it’s still a meal.

On that last one, Qiu brings alchohol. Nothing much, just beer cans or his flask. Roland appreciates it greatly though

Sometimes if Babylonia is passing over, Roland will call Qiu. No, Qiu doesn’t know how he does it but Roland just does. They’re short because Babylonia will eventually detect their call but somehow they can talk to each other like that. (Inspired by those recent calls from CN that a friend translated)

All of this is while they’re “friends with benefits” btw. Yeah, they don’t even know they like each other yet.

Roland isn’t really Qiu’s type so he doesn’t know why he likes him so much.

Qiu likes older guys, but Roland reasons that he’s technically at least fifty years older than Qiu (“That doesn’t count, you said you where nineteen when you underwent surgery”)

Qiu laughs at Roland’s dark jokes. This is the point where Roland is like “Huh, wow maybe I like him” and tbh can you blame him? Having someone laugh at your jokes is simply true love

They slow dance while singing old Golden age songs together. Qiu is usually a little shy and quietly hums along, but occasionally he does sing.

Roland likes Qiu’s voice. A lot.

They explore abandoned places together, and they take stuff with them. Mostly they explore abandoned malls or markets, and sometimes they even play around on abandoned playgrounds.

They probably don’t tell each other about their pasts for a long time. Qiu has no past to speak of, and Roland just doesn’t want to talk about it

Roland does tell Qiu that he was an actor during the golden age though. (“Movie star actor or local illegal Hamilton production actor?” “You know Hamilton?”)

Here are some more domestic/if PGR gets a happy ending ones (tbh, this is the only way they’ll ever get together, if PGR gets a happy ending and they both make it out alive)

They like to take naps together. Old habits die hard and Roland’s sleep schedule is ass so he takes a few naps throughout the day and Qiu usually joins him

Flowers. Roland is extra as hell and knows flower language so he tries to grow flowers

If that doesn’t work/while he’s waiting for them to grow, Roland takes up origami to give Qiu origami flowers

Speaking of which, Qiu is really good at origami and teaches Roland most of it.

For this reason, Roland has a jar full of tiny paper stars courtesy of his boyfriend

They adopt a cat. Or maybe two. Point is, Qiu likes small animals and Roland (though begrudgingly at first) goes along with it.

Kisses. So many of them.

Roland likes it kiss the little scar on Qiu’s cheek and Qiu likes going for his lips.

Also pda. Qiu doesn’t really care but it makes Roland happy because he’s a possessive one.

[tvrningout-archived]

Give me anything with Kaigaku and Nicolette!! His thoughts on her in general. His possible fear of her death. The evolution of their relationship through affectionate touch. Him feeding on her. ANYTHING

@violetueur | ask me about my muses!

while i prepare to go off about these two, pls look at kai's lil fangs! they're very cute and he's very cute and i think we all need to acknowledge this for a sec

i'm so sure that at the beginning of their friendship, kaigaku thought nicolette was annoying bc he's him and unfortunately can't stand very many people asdfg but now traits he found annoying he admires -- like her persistence ( which translates into her refusal to give up on someone even if they've given her plenty reason to drop them like a sack of potatoes ) and how hard it is to properly deter her.

now kaigaku thinks she's annoying but in an endearing way <3 does he get all embarrassed and prickly when she wants to be verbally/physically affectionate to push his buttons? yup, but he can't say he 100% hates it! does he get mad when she endangers herself for his sake? yep, but just bc he doesn't want her to get hurt vs. feeling like she thinks he can't take care of himself!

listen i just love thinking about how far they must've come since day one of knowing each other :' )))

btw if nicolette dies, kaigaku will 100% blame himself for not being there, not being strong enough, etc. he won't care what the circumstances are -- in some way, it's gonna be his fault in his head. i don't think it's something he allows himself to think of while idle ( or at least tries not to ), but it's definitely something he worries about every time they get into a serious fight. he's always got half a mind to tell her to run away.

ALSO the infinity castle arc...... they better go into that fortress together and nicolette better be prepared to have kaigaku be on edge bc he's so so scared what might happen to her ;;;; like for the first time in a long while, whatever fear he might feel for his own life is just! not even there bc he's too busy worrying over her!

as for the affectionate touch AHHH alright i'm just soft thinking about it bc kai isn't very physically affectionate, but the fact that nico is changes that a lil! kai can't bring himself to be casually affectionate even as time goes on bc he feels so awkward, unnatural compared to nicolette; he always initiates touch bc of some larger reason, such as grounding nico after an intense fight or seeking comfort when his mistakes start to plague his mind. in those moments, he doesn't second guess it. he lays his head on her shoulder, grabs her hand, etc. and it just feels right :' )

that's another thing to note -- he always goes for small touches vs. going for a hug, and i think that's just bc he's not naturally affectionate physically, so he goes for more subtle gestures.

you know i always let myself forget that nicolette lets kaigaku feed on her to control his hunger and every time i remember i scream bc kai must feel so icky and guilty about it for the longest time : ((( especially bc at the beginning, he surely loses himself at least once, probably when he's pushed himself for too long without eating, and he gets furious with himself for hurting/almost hurting her.

i imagine that at some point, kaigaku requests that they get bottles or flasks or something bc he doesn't want to feed from nico directly if there's even a chance he could lose control. he just wants her to be safe ;;;;;

tbh i think about how nicolette is kind of the one person keeping kaigaku going and helping him grow in our lil au and how i dunno how he'd handle her death. like he came back to the corps bc she fought for him. she's the one who accepts him despite everything, who cares for him when he feels so alone, so what happens if he loses her?

on a lighter note, pls imagine kai growling inside his box bc nicolette said something he dislikes and the person she's talking to goes " what's that?? " and she says " oh it's just my cat! he gets grumpy if i don't give him attention <3 " and kai is just very silently fuming asdfgh

[highlifeboat]

I don't have all of those emojis on my phone, so... all of them. Whoever you want lmao

Y'know what, I'mma give my boy Salvatore Moreau some love. Cause I don't talk about him a lot but he's one of my top 5 characters.

🏳️‍🌈lgbt+ headcanon

Straight cis man, but definitely asexual. Very supportive of his siblings/nieces in general.

💌fluffy headcanon

Moreau loves all of his family members, and tries really hard to find stuff to give them as gifts. Unfortunately, Daniela is really the only one who will keep anything he gives.

💔angsty headcanon

Miranda hates Moreau specifically because he was such a massive failure of an experiment. He tries so hard to do right and impress her, he literally created the Lycans as a way to get praise, but everytime she looks at him she’s reminded that he’s probably the worst thing to come out of her lab and she cannot physically bring herself to recognize his accomplishments

As hard as he might try, and as much as he might love and adore his “mother”, he’s never going to impress her or earn that praise that Heisenberg or Alcina get. Whether he knows that or not isn’t stopping him from trying, though. 

🧸 hurt/comfort headcanon

He’s painfully lonely. Like, to a point any kind of physical touch would probably put him to tears. But his movies make him feel a little less alone. It’s the main reason he likes RomComs.  He enjoys the feel-goodness of a movie. It makes him feel less alone.

Even if he is just sitting in some dreary room by himself with a wheel of cheese(?). He’s content.

🪀silly headcanon

Boy talks to fish. I don’t think they ever talk back to him (because they can’t) but he makes up conversations with them and other wildlife in the reservoir. (He then sometimes eats them but we won’t talk about that)

💤sleep headcanon

I’m pretty sure it was an anon that mentioned this a while ago, but when Moreau snores he croaks like a frog. Which is adorable, but incredibly annoying for anyone who has to sleep next to/around him.

✨a ship i like with this character

Do… Do people actually ship Moreau with anyone? I don’t think I know any ships with him tbh.

🔪a ship i Don't like with this character

I mean… the pseudo incest ships, if he’s even part of those.

🎃something i think they're afraid of

Dolls. Like, Moreau loves Donna as his baby sister and everything, but can’t stand her dolls. He’s mildly okay with Angie (Even though she yells at him all the time), but that's mostly because he literally has to tolerate her if he wants to speak with Donna.

📦overall feelings about them

I love Moreau a lot and I want to be his friend so badly. Like I would suffer through romcoms for this man. I don't know why. He just seems kinda sad and lonely.

📢favorite thing about them in canon

I love his mutated design. I know he’s a gross fish monster, and his thing is just Alcina’s dragon with extra back eyeballs, but goddamn it’s a great design for him imo. Though I don’t get the random tentacles.

🧨least favorite thing about them in canon

I don’t think there’s anything I really dislike about him, honestly. Except the random vomiting on everything I guess. And his lack of screen time.

💬favorite line they've said

"I'll make you proud, Mother. Watch me!" (Or literally any line that highlights his mommy issues. Which is most of them)

🔔unpopular opinion

The Moreau fight felt very unnecessary and Ethan’s an asshole for causing it. If it was a case of “He cut you off after you tried sneaking away with the flask” I might feel a little different, but Ethan literally grabbed the flask and WAITED to taunt Moreau. Just take the flask and go, my dude, what the fuck are you doing taunting this poor guy? Like I get they took his daughter and Capcom needed all the Lord’s dead for reasons but like… come on. (Donna’s death is also in this boat.)

🔊a song that reminds me of them

Fish In a Birdcage (by Fish in a Birdcage) feels like a very Moreau song.

📝misc thoughts/headcanons (you can specify something not on this list or i can say whatever comes to mind first!)

Moreau deserves more love, honestly. I understand he isn’t an attractive dude or has as much character development as Heisenberg, but he seems like he’d be a nice guy to hang out with. And Ethan just kinda bullies him which doesn’t feel fair.

[hellonoblesky]

School got me worn out so here's my team dynamic HCs

It's Kaeya, Xingqiu, Diluc, and Ayaka atm hngjfhgdjfg

Kaeya

This man is so tired, Archons please let him rest

Has to pick up his week's paperwork from Jean every Monday when we go to Mondstadt to buy food supplies and stuff before fighting Andrius, gets to work on it while Diluc and the Andrius team go at it

Actually is the person who keeps the whole party safe, has pulled Xingqiu away from ledges while he's reading more times than he can count, makes sure everyone has food at all times, and keeps the schedule in line

Has a flask of Death After Noon that he keeps on him, has to actively keep it away from Xingqiu because the kid's curious

He is so tired he is the reason the party only gets up to leave at like noon because he sleeps in

Thinks he's good enough at hiding his anxiety that no one else has noticed

He is not, they've all noticed him shaking visibly at high speeds in 90-degree weather and the kids will do their best to avoid fraying his nerves on a bad day

Very kind to Xingqiu and Ayaka, kinda like a cool uncle? Buys them things even though they can afford it

Kinda lets the kids do what they want and chat while he keeps them safe and the whole party on their way

Absolute tank, balances his skillset out so he can manage most threats alone, no one has to get hurt, they can just travel, it's fine it's fine

Pretends to casually bring up stuff the kids want to do (after meticulously making sure the party would be in the right place at the right time)

"Xingqiu, we have time to kill, care to show us to the Wanwen Bookhouse? We can see if they have the next issue in that book series you're always reading! :)"

"Ayaka, you wanted to try some Liyuen cuisine, didn't you? We have a dear friend who just so happens to be a chef at Wanmin Restaurant! And since we're in Liyue anyway, we should swing by, shouldn't we?"

He tries his best to find something Diluc wouldn't mind doing too! Usually, Diluc turns him down but Kaeya has scored on occasion!

"C'mon Diluc, you can't have lost all your taste for reading, right? I hear Inazuma has some interesting books nowadays, what with all the isolation..."

Basically, he just tries his best and is so tired please let him rest

Diluc

This man is angry all the time but he doesn't mean to be. He's just unnerved because he's basically back to hunting Fatui in other nations. He just isn't alone this time and the Fatui aren't the focus

He's so annoyed that they don't leave until Kaeya wakes up, actively in denial about the fact that he himself wakes up only an hour earlier and everyone else is waiting for much longer

Runs right into danger all the time please someone tell this man to calm down he is the reason they need so much food

Does and takes a whole lot of damage at the same time and it stresses Kaeya out so much

Was not Pleased to find out he'd be stuck traveling with Kaeya, puts up with it because he can't bring himself to turn down the Traveler's request. Because in his eyes they're just a kid trying to find their family and he really can't turn down their plea for help in

Gets along surprisingly well with Xingqiu, they both enjoy reading, and often recommend books to each other! Diluc has no idea Xingqiu wrote Legend of a Sword, but the only reason for that is that he literally forgot the book name

"Hmm... in Mondstadt we have this book, The Fox and the Dandelion Sea? For a traditional Mondstadt fairytale, it does remind me of Inazuma, funnily enough. There are versions of the book that are watered down for younger children, but if you have the time I'd recommend the full novelization."

"Tales From the Waves? No, I haven't read that. Is it good?" ... "A novelization of an old ship captain's life? That does sound interesting... I'll pick up a copy when I can"

Gets along well with Ayaka as well, they both appreciate the arts and such so they talk about that

"In Mondstadt we don't have nearly as many festivals as they do in Inazuma... but when we do they're quite the occasion, and very dear to people's hearts. There would be rioting in the streets if the Windblume Festival was postponed..."

"Oh Mond has its fair share of dance traditions, but they fell to be a staple of the Lawrence rule, so not many traditional dances remain... although if you wish to learn more about them you could ask Kaeya to introduce you to the Knight's Recconacance Captain. She doesn't like me very much"

Is the one person who actually doesn't realize that Kaeya is anxious All The Time, literally could watch him shake uncontrollably as Venti walks by and think it was his Vision acting up, he has all the pieces to put the puzzle together but has lost interest in it

Xingqiu

Top ten reasons the party gets sidetracked, number one: Xingqiu finding a book and getting so into it that he doesn't notice people

Actually besties with Ayaka he thinks she's really cool!

Top ten reasons why Kaeya actually gets to sleep as long as he does, number one: Xingqiu jumping up and yanking Diluc's hair when he tries to wake him up

"You're 22 you can go get breakfast by yourself, my leige"

Infodumps about his books to the whole party while they're eating dinner regardless of if they're listening or not (they are, they always are)

Pulls out relevant trivia out of nowhere?? Like they'll be stuck in some ruins and Xingqiu just

"Hey, you know this specific style of ruins are known to be built with metal hatches that always lead to escape routes :)"

Or like

"Oh yeah, the coloration in the animals is different here because the plants in Inazuma so often have purple and blue pigmentation, and Inazuma is so naturally isolated, that the animals adapted to get their pigments partially from the foliage!"

And no one knows how or why he knows this much but he Does??

Also, knows everyone's favorite bird for some reason and talks about them, why? Idk I think he'd like birds!!

"A peacock? Oh, I've never even seen one of those! I hear they're lovely, but a little noisy. Sometimes we get feathers imported for design reference at the Feyun Commerce Guild though!"

"Umbertail Falcon, right? Ohh I hear they can be very loyal, right? Ahh, so that's why yours flys down to check in on you? That's lovely! Owls? Oh yeah, those are cool birds, you know their feathers are fanned out just right so they're entirely silent while flying!"

"Herons? Oh yeah, that's what your title is, right? Graceful... I think they're more stealthy, very good at waiting to strike. That's how they hunt, you know? Just being patient and stealthy, then striking. That's also why they're so graceful standing there all the time!"

Bummed that he's the only person in the party without a bird as his constellation tbh, but he's alright with it because he's got books!!

Mentioned Albedo and Kaeya almost choked on his food, Xingqiu thought this was hilarious

Routinely plays pranks on Diluc and occasionally manages to pull a deez joke on Kaeya, leaves Ayaka alone with the pranks though because he knows she's new to all of this

Ayaka

Oh this poor girl, Lumine just dropped her off with Mondstadt's most dysfunctional siblings and a kid who reads at the speed of light and said have fun

Really gets along well with Xingqiu!! Having someone with a somewhat similar background is definitely a relief, especially because Kaeya and Diluc intimidate her, what with them arguing most of the time they interact

She recognizes the anxiety in Kaeya (because she also has it) so she's a little more comfortable approaching him because of that

She's happy to talk about Inazuma's ruins and is fascinated by Kaeya bringing up similar ruins in Mondstadt and Liyue

She really appreciates him remembering what she's interested in and making time in the day for it!

Diluc on the other hand?? She has... some idea how to talk to him? But?? He is either aggressive or glaring off into the distance at all times, and she's been around long enough to know that he doesn't mean to be like that but it's still unnerving to her

However, she Can talk to him! She is still a little confused because he constantly sounds so grumpy, but she's realized that he's actually really good at listening, and is absolutely willing to talk about Mondstadt traditions! Because she does really like to learn about other nations

Plus, she can go to Xingqiu to answer most of her questions!

"Xingqiu, I- I hope this isn't an odd question, but ah... how exactly do you get used to Kaeya and Diluc? I don't think I've quite figured it out yet..?"

"So in Liyue... the Merchant stalls are on the docks? Like Ritou but it's all on the docks? Interesting..."

"You're the second born of the Feyun Commerce Guild? Oh! Forgive me, I thought you were the eldest, my brother handles most international relations..."

It was really hard for her to adjust to the team, just because of how ragtag it is most of the time, but she's got it by now!

She actually kind of likes the scrappy chaos! She hasn't completely gotten used to it all but she finds it like kind of a break from having to uphold her image at all times

Top five Ayaka quotes and who she said them to:

"They fight a wolf ghost every week...?? Are they ok??" (To Kaeya, about the Andrius team)

"So this is Morax's old... dragon friend...??" (To Xingqiu)

"Wait, you do this every week?" (To Diluc, about the domains)

"Oh!! Oh it is spicy!!!" (To Xingqiu, about Xiangling's cooking)

"Ah... OH! Yes um I uh- *gay hand flip* ?? Is that right??" (Xingqiu was talking about Chongyun)

Also the party went to Dragonspine and Ayaka was actually really interested in Durin because she didn't know that other nations also had odd giant dragon skeletons

[mollyscribbles]

Owl House rewatch thoughts

* Hard to say from what little we see of her, but I think Luz' mom might have been less worried about her daughter reading fantasy and more about the "multiple incidents of bringing uncontained live animals and explosives to school" thing.

* If Eda considers Luz' Azura book as being only useful as kindling, it means she's not inclined to view human books as something she can make snails on.  Considering how unique her portal to the human realm is treated, where did Amity get her Azura books?  I've seen people suggest the author travels between realms, but if that were the case, Amity would've been able to get the latest volume from a local store rather than needing to borrow Luz' copy.

* Suggestions for other species that escaped from the Boiling Isles: the platypus and peacock mantis shrimp.

* "Weak nerd arms" ok really identifying with Luz here.

* Really love this take on Chosen One stories.  Because yes, there is an appeal in being told you're special, you're unique in the best possible way, but ultimately this is a story about people who aren't "special" so much as outcasts who do their best with the situation they're in.  Which is something that a lot more people can aspire to be.

* The fact that this was a set scheme(as the multiple fake maps would indicate) rather than a trap specifically designed for Luz indicates that even people who've spent their lives on the Boiling Isles would be drawn to the idea of being a magical chosen one. I bet Amity's not the only one to have an interest in fantasy literature around here.

* Oh wow Amity's first appearance outside the credits is . . . something.  It's easy to forget just how far she grew in one season.

* Eda's not a *bad* teacher, so much as she has yet to learn that teaching requires expanding on a concept you introduce and explaining your reasoning.  "Here is what you can learn from tasting snow" instead of just "here, taste these different kinds of snow"

* Hm.  For someone who despairs at the concept of the school teaching blind obedience, her teaching style kinda relies on it.  Bit of a hypocrite there, Eda.

* Gonna be honest, the first time I watched this and King mentioned Eda sneaking a drink of elixir, I thought it was going to turn out to be a magic-looking flask.

* It seems slightly odd that King's apparently known Eda for a while but didn't have any idea of the curse.  Maybe she was just REALLY good about keeping up with her elixirs pre-series.

* Really like the metaphor for a chronic illness that's kept under control by medication.

* If the Emperor's Coven provides access to all forms of magic, you'd think others aspiring for a spot would be permitted a multi-track education at Hexside.  That might be why none of them seem to be that impressive at magic when they're supposed to be the "best of the best" -- even if they have *access* to all forms of magic, they've only had training in one specific field during the bulk of their education.

* lbr, Lilith's cheating was worse because at least Eda told Luz what she was doing.

* You'd think Willow and Gus might have caught on that Luz didn't have permission for them to come over when she told them to hide from Eda.

* It's nice that Eda realizes raising a kid with a "screw the rules" mindset will result in a kid who breaks her rules sometimes.  Cleaning up the mess she caused is really the correct punishment for Luz; directly dealing with the consequences of her actions but otherwise considering it a lesson learned.

* Reading to kids in the library is an A+ way to shift Amity from "Jerk" to "Jerk with a heart of gold" territory.

* Prediction: At some point, Luz will return to the human world (probably only briefly but Eda won't know at the time) and Eda will come across the "Coping with empty nest syndrome" book Luz got her from the library.  She'll cry.  King will cry.  Hooty will cry.  Every viewer will cry.

* Pretty sure that, given what the world is like, if any of them ended up questioned about their actions during the body swap episode, they could just say "Oh yeah I was body swapped that day. What'd I get up to?" and everyone would consider this a perfectly logical explanation for them acting out-of-character.

* HC that Hexside is fully aware some illusion-track students skip class by having an illusion of themselves attend in their place, but they figure a student maintaining a decent replica of themselves for the duration of the class period requires enough effort to count as a form of class participation, so they just let everyone think they're getting away with it.

* Gus and Willow are really ride-or-die friends.  Always nice to have.

* Probably some of the mystery appeal will be gone from the Human Appreciation Society once a legit human is just attending classes on a regular basis; being able to get definitive answers to questions rather than spending your time speculating would cut back on the draw.

* I love all the details they include on this show -- a lot of other shows would just stick in scribbles while panning past pictures instead of writing out all of Eda's incident reports.

* The pallisman is a neat concept; sort of like a mix of a wand and a familiar, a magical control that will have opinions of its own.

* Given Bat Queen apparently has enough of, um, a biological aspect to have kids, I wonder if that means Owlbert is capable of laying eggs.  Or having eggs with another owl/pallisman if the male pronouns are anything to go by.

* I mean even Phineas and Ferb didn't question Perry laying an egg when he uses male pronouns so could go either way in terms of what Disney would allow.

* Reading the book fair signs, it looks like sci-fi is a popular genre in the Boiling Isles.  Makes sense, since what we'd consider Fantasy would be more contemporary/urban fantasy to them.

* Getting the vibe that someone on staff had a less-than-amicable experience co-writing with a friend to inspire this one. And/or experience with shitty contracts.

* The Hexside requirements also required knowledge of basic runes, but given Luz apparently had no issue with that I'm guessing she just picked those up offscreen.

* "I've seen worse" is the ideal admissions response tbh.  Like . . . she pulled off the required spells and the headmaster has seen decades of students' awkward first attempts.  It probably counts as a good day when no one's admissions test resulted in needing to bring in someone from the Construction Track to repair the building.

* It's very reminiscent of D&D that the majority of the cast has the response of "This is clearly a trap.  Let's check it out!"

* You'd think that carnival fortune tellers wouldn't have the same appeal in a world where it's something you study at school.  Unless it's viewed the same way as those "magic" shows they have sometimes where the tricks all involve chemical reactions.

* Kinda surprised a school that teaches kids fire spells doesn't have some kind of fire suppression system in place.

* Hrm.  Guessing the mind guardian went back and undid their own damage offscreen; otherwise they'd have had to go re-do the repairs before leaving.

* Good they had the wifi and charging cable coming through the portal to explain why Luz' phone still has service and the battery's not long dead.

* Luz, how have you survived this long with your instinct for pushing buttons.  The same as the rest of humanity in a world full of buttons, I suppose.

* Probably if they thought about it, the best criteria for picking Grom royalty would be less who's the most skilled at magic and more who has the most low-key fears. . . . nvm, having a Stay-Puft incident would cause them to reasonably scrap that approach.  Maybe appointing someone who obsesses over grades would have better odds of producing a relatively-simple-to-combat exam paper.

* I'm thinking the letters are written by Eda, who doesn't intend anything sinister by it so much as being the type to cover her bases when pulling off a scam and realizing Luz' mother would need some evidence to indicate her daughter was safely at camp.

* The band-aids clearly have some healing spell built-in, considering they've been used to heal inanimate objects.

* someone on the writing staff has a long-standing rant about Quidditch they've been holding back on.

* I know that normally the humor in the cut from "she's finally growing up." to Luz planning the heist would be that she's doing something that sensible adults would consider to be a bad idea, but if Eda saw her just then she'd wipe away a tear of pride and go "Her first self-planned heist! They grow up so fast!"

* Eda's the one who talks about cheating at stuff, but Lilith has a habit of playing *dirty*.

* I would like to say I appreciate them going with a more serious credit sequence because it was disconcerting with Star Vs when a dark ending was followed by "I THINK EARTH'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE"

* Lilith may have made a 30-years-late attempt to redeem herself, but I really don't trust her.  I don't quite want her dead, but she DID spend decades trying to force her sister to join the Emperor's Coven as a prerequisite for curing her curse.

[justanotherfluffreader]

Haikyuu!! Team captains as roommates

I’ll probably do a part 2 bc I know I left some out

Daichi Sawamura

-Very calm (is domestic a better word?)

-Won't mind if you borrow his stuff without asking, but you should probably return whatever it is before he notices

-One time you forgot to give his volleyball jacket back

-He found out right before a game

-Cue the angry Daichi face from the commercial break skits

-Super chill, will pretty much let you do whatever 

-But that changed once you were at a party and Rich someone set the host’s house on fire

-Tries to keep the place clean, and you help out too

-His room passes the s a k u s a c l e a n c h e c k

-Sometimes you’ll have cleaning sessions that would take less time if you two didn’t play music and sing along for some songs as you cleaned

-Will be veerryyy protective if you need help or are being bothered

-Cue the angry Daichi face again

Tetsuro Kuroo

-An absolute dork

-Can and will tape random science jokes on the walls

-His room is probably really messy

-He thinks he’s trying to stay clean but he really isn’t 

-A huge fan of roommate bonding activities- when they go in his favor

-One of those people who say that Monopoly is a game of luck if they lose, but a strategy game that shows how smart they are if they win

-Tbh me too sometimes lol

-I fell like Kuroo would really like P!ATD

-Please don’t ask why because irdk lol

-One time, he got mad bc of school and decided to blast music as loudly as possible

-So you’re just sitting on the couch, watching anime or smthg

-And all of a sudden, you hear

-“I CHIME IN WITH A HAVEN’T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF

-CLOSING A G*DD*MN DOOR NO ITS MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KINDS OF THINGS

-WITH A SENSE OF POISE AND RATIONALITY”

-*deep breath*

-“KUROO TURN YOUR MUSIC DOWN”

Koutarou Bokuto

-This boi is absolutely W I L D

-A somewhat crazy roommate

-But not "insane" crazy, more like the "fun" type of crazy

-But still understands that sometimes you want your personal space or just want to be alone

-Did that first part make sense? Irdk

-A n y w h a y s

-I think he’d try to keep his room clean, and at first it really is

-But then he kinda forgets about when he reminded himself to clean sooo

-It’s pretty messy now

-He makes sure you two always do something fun together each week

-Whether you're watching a movie, playing a game together, or even just sitting together and talking, there's always something you do as "roommate bonding time"

-Once "roommate bonding time" was him teaching you how to play volleyball (if you already know how, then it was practice)

-He ended up accidentally spiking a ball into your face

-y i k e s

Toru Oikawa

-Can and will either be overdramatic or get into petty fights over the tiniest things

"Y/N DID YOU USE MY MOISTURIZER LAST NIGHT" again, i really dont know

-"Yeah sorry lol"

-"wHAT GET BACK OVER HERE"

-Sometimes he'll share his stuff, bUT only if it’s a special day or if he’s in a good mood

-I feel like Oikawa would really try so hard to make his room aesthetically pleasing

-Would probably be a VSCO at some point, and there are still fairy lights hanging up and possibly a whole freaking collection of Hydro Flasks

-Not super into roommate activities, but it somewhat depends on what you’re doing

-One time accidentally called you his S/O but the Iwa called him out on it

-”Oh, yeah! Here’s a funny story about my S/O-”

-”Trashykawa, stop lying. Y/N’s your roommate, not your S/O.”

-cue sadkawa

Yuuji Terushima

-If Bokuto is Neutral Wild, Terushima is C H A O T I C  W I L D.

-Will steal your stuff, and only gives it back if you notice

-Which is how you managed to recover your favorite hoodie

-”It’s not stealing, it’s called forcefully borrowing it, Y/N! Look, I was planning on returning it. Okay?”

-His room would be pretty clean!

-I’m probably thinking this bc he’s a class 7 student and idk why I thought that

-A N Y W H A Y S

-Will include you in a bunch of his tiktoks, no matter the genre

-And his fans think you’re his S/O 

[purplesurveys]

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survey by xflirtykaosx

Alphabetti Spaghetti (2/3)

F o r e v e r - y o u r s - F

Do you fancy any celebrities? If so, who? KIM TAEHYUUUUUUNGGGGGGGGG

Do you watch any FBI shows? Which ones? No.

Have you ever been to a festival? Which one? I don’t think so.

Do you have a fireplace in your house? Hell no. Just the idea of having a fireplace considering where I live and the general climate we have all year makes me nauseous haha.

Do you have a hot flask? I’m not so sure what you mean but if you’re referring to tumblers like Hydro Flask that keep drinks hot/cold for a really long time then yeah, I have one.

What decade were you four in? 2000s.

Do you like the TV show Friends? I love it. I haven’t watched an episode in a while, but it’s always a go-to for me whenever I feel really really really down.

Do you like the feeling of cat fur? Sure, it’s pleasant. Same with dog fur.

Go girl, go; G

Do you have a back garden? Not really a garden but we do have a sort of backyard; basically some space behind the house. 

Do you have a gentle touch? Idk...depends on what I’m holding or touching, I guess? Like I would obviously hold an infant as gently and gingerly as possible, but I wouldn’t pay as much attention if I’m holding something ordinary like my phone.

Do you like girly programmes like Gossip Girl? LOL at girly. Who says Gossip Girl and literally any other show out there has to be for a certain audience?

Do you ever use gloves? Only when I order from Frankie’s since they provide gloves with their meals.

Do you prefer gold or silver? Silver.

Are you a greedy person? What makes you greedy? A little bit, when it comes to food hahaha. I don’t like sharing and I get angry if someone eats a portion I already called dibs on.

Have you ever seen a gypsy? No.

Hold on honey, I'm here. - H

Do you have any bad habits? What? I pick at my nails - either set - when I get tense. I also tend to get a liiiiitle bit reckless with my money, if I do choose to spend. I’m pretty self-disciplined for the most part, but I let that go as soon as I give myself the green light lol. Exhibit A would be me spending a total of nearly P7,000 just this week alone on BTS merch...

Do you know anyone called Helen? I don’t think so. My dad has a cousin named Helena, though.

Have you ever watched a documentary about Hitler? Not directly related to him, but I remember watching Night Will Fall in high school.

Do you put hm in a lot of your survey answers? Not a lot. Occasionally, though.

When was the last time you went to hospital? What was it for? May last year. Blood and urine tests.

Do you like HP (Harry Potter)? Who's your favourite character? I didn’t grow up with it, but it’s not as if I’m a passionate anti. It’s just not my cup of tea, even after trying to read the books.

Do you spell it honey or hunny? I never spell it as hunny unless I’m saying it sarcastically or playfully with friends.

Are you afraid of this Swine Flu Hype? That’s gone now, right? We’re dealing with something else entirely.

In the end we all die broken. - I

Have you ever been to Ibiza? Nopes.

Do you take ice in your soda/fizzy drinks? I don’t really have a preference as I don’t regularly consume fizzy drinks anyway, as long as it’s not lukewarm.

Who do you think is a complete idiot? Anyone supporting the government at this point is a good runner-up.

Do you often wonder what if? Sometimes. But I also find it a waste of time, so I don’t dwell on them.

Have you ever seen an Igloo? I haven’t.

Do you get ill often? No, almost never.

Do you ever imagine you were not human? What did you imagine you were? No, this has never come to mind.

Do you like sexual innuendos? If it’s not too trashy, sure.

What is your IQ? Idk, I’ve never had it checked.

Do people often call you irrational? I’ve never been called this before, at least not to my face.

Do you think the name Isis is pretty? ...Welp, not anymore.

Do you get itchy eyeballs? That never happens. Is that even possible?

Do you know what ix stands for in roman numerals? 9.

Just breathe baby, breathe. - J

Have you ever been in jail? I have a very vague memory of visiting a prison with my parents before, but I no longer remember why I was there.

Do you like JD (Jack Daniels)? Nahhhhhh. Had a tiny sip of it once, found it absolutely nasty.

Do you get jealous easily? Not anymore.

Do you tell a lot of jokes? Yeah. I like making people laugh, so I drop jokes whenever I can whether I’m in a formal or informal setting.

Do you finish school/college in June? When I was in college, my school year ended every May. Before that, the academic calendar ended every March.  

Kiss me, kill me, thrill me. - K

Do you know a girl called Karla? Yeah, one of the managers at work is a Karla but I don’t work with her. I also went to grade/high school with a girl named Karla; she was my friend for a while as well, but we grew apart over the years.

Did you watch Kenan and Kel? Nope.

Do you prefer kisses or hugs? Depends on the person, I guess. But in the context of being in a relationship, I do love being kissed.

Do you like Korn? I don’t listen to them.

Do you like watching films with Kung Fu in them? Not in particular.

Lessons learnt the hard way are the best I've ever had. - L

Do you like Lady Gaga? She’s okay. I’m not super crazy about her but I tend to like all the stuff she puts out.

When was the last time you had lemonade? Wow, it’s definitely been a while. Maybe a year or so ago? I don’t get to have it a lot; usually only when it’s offered at hotels or resorts when I go on vacation.

Do you ever lie to save your own skin? Sometimes, but I never let the lie be too big just in case it bites me back in the ass one day.

Do you think llamas are cute? Sure.

Do you use Lol a lot? Yes.

Do you think you are lucky or unlucky? Neither.

Melody in my heartstrings. - M

Do you like Mac and Cheese? Loooooove mac and cheese, especially truffle mac and cheese.

Do you ever eat at McDonald’s? What's your usual? Not very often tbh, but I do like McDonald’s. I don’t eat it frequently enough to have a usual order; I get whatever I feel like having at a given moment. And since we’re here, I’m gonna be plugging the BTS Meal, in stores 5/26! HAHAHA

Do you like Medieval games like 7elda? You mean The Legend of Zelda? I do love that franchise, but I don’t like the medieval genre as a whole; I just happened to grow up with the Zelda series and Nintendo as a whole, so I’ve taken a liking to it. 

What's on your mind right now? That it’s Monday again tomorrow. I feel like I’m starting to get burnout :/ I’ve definitely noticed I haven’t been being 100% at work lately...but it could also be because the weather is crappy hot again, which makes it a lot harder to work and keep focused.

Is money in your opinion, the root of all evil? It’s part of it.

Do you like Mr and Mrs the show? I’m not familiar with it.

Do you read murder mystery books? Which ones? No.

Do you find Mystical stuff fascinating? Not really.

Nobody loves me, what a change. - N

Do you know the name of your local shopkeeper? We don’t have those here.

Have you ever been called nerdy? I’m sure I’ve been.

Are you you truly a nice person? I hope that’s what people see and think.

Do you overuse nouns in your sentences? I like using adjectives, for one; but I don’t exactly know how you can overuse nouns hahaha.

Do you know anyone personally who is a nurse? Yes, I have several relatives who are in nursing.

Only you - it always has been. - O

Do you obey authority or deliberately disobey it? Obey for the most part.

Is there anything in your room that is an Octagon? What is it? I don’t think so.

What odor can you smell in the room you're in now? The neutral scent my aircon is blowing out.

Do you get offended easily? I think sensitive would be a more fitting word.

Have you ever been to Ohio? No.

Do you ever say Oi? Sure, but not frequently.

Do you spell it OK or okay? I use both; I don’t have a preference. What I avoid is ‘K,’ though.

Are you older than the number day you were born on? Yes.

Have you ever watched the film the Omen? I haven’t.

Name one thing you always have taken for granted? The basic things, I guess, like breathing.

Have you ever had an operation? On what? Never.

Do you like things in a set order or doesn't it matter? As much as possible I do want things to be organized, yeah. I get restless if I see a very messy spreadsheet or Powerpoint, for instance.

Do you have a habit of overreacting? I was a lot more...theatrical in my reactions before haha. Not so much these days; I’ve toned down a lot.

Do you think Owls are nice? Sure.

Do you know what an Oxymoron is? Yup.

Have you ever tried Oyster? Yessssssss I love them and now you’re making me crave them :(

[readbythestarlight]

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Nord by Nordwest huh

The fact that Taliesin can keep a straight face during all this, while Liam and Travis and Matt are losing it

"Cyber abacus"

ASHLEY NOT YOU TOO xD

I love how they play the "Taliesin is an ancient Fae being" even when he’s being a super hacker

I need some of Ashley’s colorful jackets

[[MORE]]

Oooo can she poof them to Vokodo’s lair?

Oh maybe not no

C: "I would love to see a door open into a tree"

Cad: "well most doors used to be trees"

Oh my god Jester wants to put the dragon turtle against Vokodo alskslskak

God I love her

Listen listen what if y’all polymorph the dragon turtle into something small, get him inside, and have him fight Vokodo

Y’all are coming up with so many crazy clever plans

Did y’all forget about the spell booby trap bombs tho those were cool too

I was gonna say, they might not all want to leave at all

And some might want their ships so that’s true

I feel like if they’re not careful Vilya is going to be fairly unimpressed with them and their disregard for people’s possible livelihoods, especially after the situation against the ghost guys

Like, brining the Dragonturtle in to fight Vokodo is cool, bringing him in to destroy ships to (hopefully) lure Vokodo out is bad, especially because there’s no guarantee it’ll even work

Idk I just feel like this is a fun but irresponsible plan

Suddenly the Dragonturtle sounds like Orli xD

See the only problem with half the M9 being in love with Jester is that they indulge her ideas sometimes even when they’re not the best

B: "does Vokodo even care about the ships?" THANK you Beau why didn’t you ask that before Jester told the turtle where they are

I don’t think Vokodo cares so much about sentimental value. If that were the case Nott’s flask, Cad’s shield would have been worth more to him. And he would have insisted on Beau’s bracers.

Jester: makes a cake feast

Me, immediately: "I want a feast

I want a bean feast

Cream buns and doughnuts

And fruitcake with no nuts

So good you could go nuts"

Jester is much nicer than Veruka but that verse fits so well

Pancakes hell yeah

"It’s been so long since I had a pancake"

Vilya is a woman after my own heart

I scanned Sam’s QR code he’s such a nerd

Aw Jester sweetie

J, crying: "I am not sad"

Baby girl

"What if it were just you and him? Like the old days?"

"I don’t think that’s a bad thing."

Jester, honey </3

Someone hug her!!

I’m glad she’s telling them the truth about the Traveler knowing about Vokodo

Listening to her make excuses for him is hard

I can’t believe Jester’s story is almost actually about her literally getting out of a cult

TravelerCon

Traveler.... Con...

"Also if he hurts you I’ll kill him" Beau xD

It’s "everybody loves Jester" hour

Y: "I’ve never had pancakes before this is amazing this is like my new favorite thing"

F: "you haven’t touched your bugs much"

Y: "that’s because I’m eating all the pancakes"

Beau didn’t Dairon kick your ass last time y’all squared off?

Wait

WHY

The everloving fuck

Didn’t they have Vilya tree-door them off the island for the night so they’d be safe and then just tree-door them back in the morning??

Oh?

Yasha dream?

Gasp!

Feather!

AYO STORMLORD WASSUP ITS BEEN A WHILE MY DUDE

Come on Yasha come on Yasha you can do it you can do it!!

"Do not run for yourself. Overcome what falters. And rise stronger."

REACH IT BABY GIRL YES

oh frick

"I will look up at it and I will just say... ‘I do not want this fear anymore’, and I will stand there and sit for it to hit me"

Baby giiiiiiirl

"Of broken chain link, tethered and tangled beneath you"

I! AM! CRYING!

"Show me you can be reborn"

"....Okay."

Wings wings wings?

"Like flowers blossoming" oh my god I’m weeping

YASHAAAAA

Full, angelic <3

No

Don’t go back, baby girl.

Fuck I was afraid he was going to say it was Zuala

My heart

"I crouch down, and I put my hand out—"

"I have to go."

And she leaps UP

oh god I’m cry

"I’m proud of you"

"Don’t let me be a shackle"

*sobbbbbbb*

I’m an emotional wreck rn

Have them a false sense of security there for a sec Matt Lol

Oh, it’s Caleb’s turn...

Instead of wasting the spell tight away they should have tried to explain it to him and see if that helped first

Okay but they were all tied together so like how did they take it away and hide it

I hope they get a LOT of treasure to make up for all this lost diamond/residuum dust

Stop wasting messages! Just leave him alone!

I’m glad tbh I just don’t think this was a good idea

Please just go fight him y’all are just making it more complicated at this point

I really hope they didn’t just destroy someone’s only way to get out

Like obviously it’s important to save everyone first but I hope they find ways to make sure they don’t just send someone home with no way to support themselves

Also I cannot believe this works

Like why would he care about the ships??

Y’all are gonna have blown up ships and gotten the town destroyed probably

Here we go

See IF they successfully drew him up they’d have missed this map

And now really all they’ve done is pissed him off in advance

Poor Yasha. Somebody get her something to boost her wisdom

Wisdom saves galore

Wait why did polymorph bounce off??

Also where did the plan of “bombard him with banishment” go

Ooo clever Veth!

Ooooo nice! ASTRAL DREADNAUGHT WOOOOOO

Lightning in water, would that be bad?

Oh my god did they banish her???

Wtf

So Vokodo must have some feat that allows him to deflect spells when he makes the save

This feat is the WORST

Yayyyy Yasha!

Okay so banishment is NOT working

Everyone like “Liam are you gonna bring Beau back??”

Wait

He’s gone

But he’s got their stuff??

Caleb’s necklace of protection?? Veth’s flask? Yasha’s other sword?

Being!

Him!

Back!

Okay wait this is gonna be bad isn’t it

WHAT

OMG

THE BEST NAT1

Holy SHIT?!

Daaaaaamn GO CALEB

that’s amazing holy shit

Now get that treasure!

Damn that was intense

I’m so glad they brought Vokodo back to just destroy him

L: “Ooo like the ring girl?”

T: “SHUT! UP! There is no association to that!”

I hope they can at least find Caleb’s ring

Will the island be back to normal-ish?

Probably not?

Anyway I’m glad they just went down and fought him because that was amazing

Oh fuck y’all so listen he was being persued by a city? And the tower was probably part of the city. And Matt said that tower looked similar to the ruins outside Roshanna (Gordranus?)

You know, the one destroyed during the calamity?

What if

What iiiiiif

I mean it’s just a theory but what if

[botls]

seeing hadestown 9/29/19 - part two

under the cut is my take on act two of hadestown after seeing it. i didnt really do a play by play of what’s happening in every scene so this is kind of assuming that you have some previous knowledge of the show and focuses on on the cast and the little things they were doing. part 1 here. meeting the cast. meeting tlt cast. if you have more questions or are curious about anything else PLEASE come and ask me in my inbox or messages i could talk about this show for the rest of my life

our lady of the underground:

the workers weren’t there - it was just persephone and hermes which was really cool

not sure if that was a new thing or a temp thing or something i was supposed to know but yeah i thought the workers were usually there

amber is obviously captivating in this song

she comes in arm and arm with hermes and then she like tries kissing him and he makes a disgusted face at her and walks away so she chases him while shimmying

she gives him her flask and he gives her her bouquet from the beginning in return and he smells the flask and violently leans back with a disgusted face it was so funny

i forgot what she did that made me laugh but when she said “you want stars?” i remember laughing so loud at something she did rip i think it might have just been the way she said it paired with throwing her arms up but i sadly don’t remember

way down(reprise):

when eurydice said “hi i’m eurydice” eva’s mic cut out just for that one line so then when she was like “doesn’t anybody hear me?” her mic was back on i was like lmfao no, nobody CAN hear you it was such perfect timing tbh

at one point she tries to get to the fates at the front and she tries shoving past some workers and they move out of her way in like. slow motion it’s sad

when she tries to go back the workers are forming a line that blocks her

flowers:

legitimately the saddest thing to ever happen to me ever in my whole life ever

i was very sad

very sad

eva’s voice was so soft and beautiful

the “choreo” was so impactful but simple but also super coordinated you could tell it was all very purposeful

what she does with her hands during the “i remember someone” part is so sad and soft but hard to put into words

you could tell that her crying was just eva genuinely sobbing

the workers are all laying on the stage/platform behind her while she sings and they look like they’re sleeping/resting

come home with me reprise:

THE SOFTEST EVERRRRRR

reeve hauls ass through the aisle like i was trying to look for him but he seriously came out of nowhere and bounded down the aisle so fast

i squealed when orpheus picked up eurydice and spun her i knew it was coming but it was too tender and soft for my heart to handle

when she’s like “you heard” the way he said “no” was so matter of fact and he smiled like such a little shit and everyone laughed

their hugs uwu they hug so much

when he spins her around please 🥺

papers:

it was perfectly done

when he said “i’m not going back alone” he stepped forward towards hades and the when he said “i came to take her home” he pointed at eurydice and it turned into a grab hug

he is so sad at the end omfg

during the instrumental is when his cuts and dirt really become obvious bc it seems like the workers are targeting those spots

at one point orpheus is up on the center platform stairs and he throws himself off and timothy catches him like a one man crowd surf situation it was actually funny if it was heartbreaking

nothing changes:

it really seemed like orpheus was going to give up

he was clutching an imaginary injury on his side and breathing so heavily and he seriously looked defeated

i knew what was going to happen and i was still like PLEASEEE don’t give up bb

if it’s true:

magic

pure magic

the vocals had me crying

orpheus is so defeated at the beginning and eurydice is on the work line but she isn’t doing anything but just as she starts working again at a slow pace the other workers start singing and she looks around in amazement

persephone is on the side the whole time watching in awe and disbelief

when the workers really start standing and getting into it eurydice is the last to join them because she literally is in shock and can’t believe it

the workers slowly left the line and were facing the audience and breaking the mold

when they’re all really singing eurydice seriously just can’t believe it she smiles so wide at the audience and covers her hand with her mouth

how long:

not to be repetitive but excellent choreo once again

it’s relatively simple but impactful

i don’t have too much to say bc it was obviously fantastic vocally but if you’ve seen the london boot there wasn’t anything they were really doing much differently (not in a bad way like. they were Great)

chant reprise:

when they come back up singing “if it’s true” they look like a little group of kids scheming to steal cookies or something lmao

when eurydice has to go back to work orpheus holds her hand until the last second uwus

the hades/persephone/orpheus/eurydice placement was perfect and very similar to london if you’ve seen the boot

hard to describe but very well planned

orphydice sounded SO GOOD during during their solo “could i change the way it is?” and they were staring at each other my hearttt

the light. you know the light. it was so fucking bright. i haven’t seen properly since.

everyone on stage was covering their eyes except orpheus who did it like three minutes late

epic 3:

orpheus was So Nervous

after hades says “oh it’s about me” he jumps back from the mic and turns terrified to hermes who ofc just says his classic “go on”

right from “he was like me: a man in love with a woman” he stares at eurydice for pretty much the rest of the song until the spinny lifty part it’s so soft

hades was so betrayed when the workers started singing

and he was furious when he was caught in the middle with orpheus

eva’s placement during this song is very nice. she spends a lot of it behind orpheus during the turning part and it kind of looks like she’s standing behind him as support

the dance is everything you want it to be

so soft and persephone is so fucking excited to be dancing like you can’t just tell she is JUMPING out of her skin excited

eurydice and orpheus keep looking at each other like they can’t believe it’s happening

promises:

when eurydice says “we’ll just go back the way you came” she points back at the aisle he came from originally but it’s kind of funny lmao bc it’s just people there but they both stare like it’s this magical destination

when she says “look at him—he can’t say no” she runs right up to hades and points in his face but he’s too caught up in persephone to even realize

they are so soft like. their little touches give me Life

eurydice sings to the workers and grabs all of their hands while she sings “i don’t know where this road will end, but i’ll walk it with you hand in hand” and it is so very sweet and soft

and when orpheus is on his knees and says “will you let me walk with you” and she turns around and says “i do” the workers all put their hands on their hearts and look at each other like a group of stereotypical teenage girls watching their friend and her bf lmao

word to the wise:

the second hades says “i don’t know” persephone goes from having been hugging him for the past ten minutes to hurling herself to the other side of the stage in two seconds flat

the fates are essentially making fun of orpheus in their gestures and faces and pointing but he’s hugging eurydice who was had her back to the audience but was shaking her head and then you see him nodding and reassuring her

his kiss the riot:

usually not my cup of tea tbh i mostly skip it bc i only enjoy some parts of it mainly the instrumentals but live changed that so much

it was so dramatic and it looked like hades and hermes were having a bro on bro chat

but seriously patrick page had me captivated he did phenomenal

wait for me reprise:

if you aren’t the wait for me reprise don’t talk to me

when hermes says that hades said they could go orphydice is literally already on the other side of the stage trying to leave before he even gets the next line out

when hermes tells them the conditions eurydice steps forward to stare up/at the audience and orpheus stays on the side staring at hermes in the center

when hermes says “do you trust each other?” eurydice still keeps staring but orpheus nods furiously and then he says “do you trust yourselves” and they turn to each other and say “we do”

orphydice is standing next to each other and staring at the audience for the beginning both with very emotional looking faces (although it was getting hard to see through my tears ahsgsjsks)

orphydice is standing in the middle holding hands and then hades and persephone each step forward and grab hands too with the guys and girls each on one side in a fantastic parallel and then all of a sudden when orpheus and eurydice drop hands persephone and hades still hold hands but they switch around so quick so that persephone is next to orpheus and hades is next to eurydice and it was disgustingly symbolic and gutting for me

hades and orpheus shake hands and eurydice and i shook our heads no at the same time

the vocals. the vocals guys.

after watching that youtube video of eva’s part in the song that’s on a loop for over an hour more times than i can count seeing it live was ethereal for me

i couldn’t believe it

i was crying so much but i was also fucking smiling because i was in such awe

when eva jumps so does reeve

eva noblezada is the only person that has rights tbh

doubt comes in:

so we all been knew about the lighting in this song is the most excellent ever

there are a lot of times where not even the audience sees eurydice or you see moving in the darkness but you don’t know if it’s eurydice or a fate or a worker

the drums are much louder and more prominent than in the soundtrack so the steady pounding is MUCH more intense and jarring

when the fates are taunting orpheus he puts his hands over his ears and is super tense and as eurydice sings her first verse he slowly takes them off his ears and relaxes

after her second verse he takes his hands off his ears but stays tense. that’s when i knew i was done for.

for the second half of the song there aren’t as many parts where eurydice is shadowed - making it clear to viewers that she’s there but not to orpheus

at one part in the beginning when she’s right behind him orpheus turns to the audience and eurydice JUMPS back so he won’t see her big ouch

the second i saw the steps light up i was like fuck this i cant

when orpheus comes off the platform to kneel next to the sinking stage him and eurydice fall to their knees at the same time so right when he gets to her she falls faster

the look of agony on her face stepped on my heart and spit in my face

right after there was a lot of whispering and i heard one person in the section next to me whisper “i can’t fucking believe this. i cant do this today”

road to hell 2:

look up pain in the dictionary and it’s this

i was sobbing the whole time

we all know how it goes with this one

after hermes said “to know how it ends and still begin to sing it again - as if it might turn out this time” someone in the theater was like “mmmm mmHHHMMM” like in a “preach” way

when eurydice came out again with her candle and flower the theater was Shook i felt it

i just kept crying and shaking my head no tbh this whole day is a blur but this part specifically is a fever dream

amber and eva’s parts in this song gave birth to me and they were even more majestic live

eva’s voice is the first wonder of the world i swear

we raise our cups:

it’s called Sadness luv

but amber and eva sounded great

everyone looked sad and somber except reeve who was so smiley and proud lmao

when they were passing out the cups andre didn’t get one at first and he put out his arms like “hello????”

it really was gorgeous live everyone’s voices sounded lovely it was just so so so so so so so so sad

and then it was over and i was like Wut The Fuc

[crashofworlds]

Someone on the RDR discord I’m in suggested that Bill/Kieran could be a thing and I can’t stop thinking about it tbh.

Like, of all of them, Bill’s fanatic loyalty to Dutch would likely drive him to hate that skinny probably-an-O’Driscoll kid the most, right? Hate him and maybe plot to get rid of him on Dutch’s behalf, refusing to trust him, assuming he’s going to turn on them at any minute and show his true colors (Bill knew men like that in his army days, men who talked fine but when your back was turned they were on you like coyotes).

So he’s surprised when Kieran stays with the gang, surprised but still not trusting, so maybe he follows him around a little, makes sure he always knows where he is. Sleeps near him at night. Sits near him at meals. Rides out with him when he goes fishing, even though Bill hates fishing and considers it a waste of time (hunting is quicker and at least you get the satisfaction of shooting something).

(cut because this got long - also spoilers for the late game and, uh, nsfw? possibly?)

And Kieran is keen to show anyone he can that he’s willing to be a member of the gang properly, and though he’s heard stories of Bill’s wildness he doesn’t know him really, so he’s not as wary as he should be and he starts talking. Sharing stories. Asking Bill about himself and listens, honestly, to the answers, in a way that Bill hasn’t experienced in a long time (it’s clear most of them in the gang don’t think much of Bill and avoid him wherever possible, and they think he doesn’t notice -- not that he cares).

So Bill finds himself opening up a little, in his way. On a long nighttime ride back from a stagecoach robbery he tells Kieran about his army days -- the horrors and the glories, maybe expanding on his own heroics a little. And Kieran asks him why he was discharged, and Bill goes from nothing to raging in half a second and asks him how the hell he knows about that, was he going through his papers? Was he lookin’ at things he has no business lookin’ in, like a goddamn sneak? And Kieran stammers out that Uncle told him about it one night, and Bill hauls his horse to a stop and swings down from the saddle to grab Kieran down from his mount, dragging him down so he scuffs and scrambles in the dusty grass, cursing and yelling about Kieran being a no-good O’Driscoll spy and how he should kill him and leave him right here. And Kieran grabs his wrists and begs for Bill to let him go, that he ain’t going to tell anyone, that it’s ok because he knows what it’s like, he knows, he’s got the same secret, see, it’s been eating him up inside --

And Bill stops dead with his hands in Kieran’s shirt front and says, what the hell do you mean?

And Kieran slowly gathers his feet under him and says, I got the same secret sir, I know what it’s like, to be.. to want..

Bill drops him and steps away, wiping the back of his mouth with his wrist. Says he doesn’t know what the hell Kieran is talking about.

And Kieran straightens up and carefully goes over to Bill, like he’s approaching a wounded beast that he’s not sure is going to turn and bury its claws in his belly. Gently, puts a hand on his shoulder.

Says, we don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want. But I ain’t going to tell your secret, sir, any more than I would my own.

And Bill turns around slowly, breathing hard and nostrils flared, confusion on his face like a bear trying to work out if he’s being hunted. Trying to figure out what angle the kid is driving, what he’s trying to do. He’s not used to someone giving him something he hasn’t already demanded, or taken by force.

Bill squints at him and growls, you really mean that?

The reply: really I do, sir.

And Bill steps in close to him. Says, I should still kill ya.

Kieran sort of takes a breath. Says, are you going to?

And Bill grunts, like he's considering it. Then says, nah.

Kieran relaxes a little. He runs his hand through his hair. Says, that's good, 'cause I wasn't looking to di --

He doesn't finish what he's saying because Bill has sort of lurched forward and is kissing him on the mouth. It's awkward and sloppy because it's been years since Bill kissed anyone, but Kieran moans against his lips like a swooning girl anyway. And then they're both fumbling and pawing at each other, racing to get off their outer layer of clothes, and Bill half-marches Kieran over to a stand of trees and pulls his britches down and presses him up against a trunk of one of them and they fuck like that, clumsy and painful and exhilarating in the feel of being touched at all.

Then afterwards, they sit together and share from Bill's hip flask, and Bill has one arm around Kieran's shoulders, almost like he's afraid Kieran will turn and run away. And in a quiet and broken voice he tells Kieran about the first man he ever loved, maybe the only man he ever loved more than Dutch at least, the man he would have gone to the ends of the Earth for. The man who volunteered himself up for prison when they were both caught in Bill's tent, on the condition that Bill's sentence would be reduced. The man who, as far as Bill knows, died alone in that prison, likely wondering if it was worth it.

Kieran doesn't offer him comfort because they both know how little words like that can help wounds that deep. Instead he sits and listens, and after a while they resume their journey back to the camp and the world that's waiting for them.

And maybe that's how it goes for a while. Maybe Bill's watching over Kieran takes on a faintly protective air, though he never opens up emotionally as much as he did that first time, but they reach a kind of an understanding. There isn't precisely any trust, but a mutual need that the other can fulfill, or perhaps Kieran making payment in kind for being allowed to stay in the gang, or Bill trying to make some kind of apology. Either way it usually means Kieran on his knees or standing with his trousers around his ankles, gasping and spilling his seed onto the ground as Bill huffs endearments in his ear.

Bill's treatment of Kieran in camp doesn't change, more due to the fact that Bill can't change the habits of a lifetime than any kind of planned deception. Their encounters elsewhere remain separate, like they're happening to different people. Neither of them expresses the desire to change that.

As the gang's luck begins to worsen, after that bad business in Rhodes and Arthur getting taken, Bill becomes more and more distracted, until it’s been a while since he’s seen Kieran in camp at all. And once he realises, after asking around, that nobody has seen him, he gets drunker than he has done for a while, taking himself out to a shitty backwater saloon and driving himself towards oblivion with gritted teeth because it's easier than admitting he's been deceived. And he’s sure, so sure, that Kieran has betrayed them all, that he was right all along not to trust him fully, that he should have done for him when he had the chance, that he was a fool for hoping --

And then the horse comes riding in to Shady Belle with Kieran’s body on his back, his head gone, those hands that Bill knows so well gone stiff and lifeless as twigs.

And after the gunsmoke has cleared, they bury him in a wide field where birds chase each other over the meadow flowers. 

Bill hangs back beneath the trees and doesn’t approach the grave. Instead he watches for a while, then turns away, thinking that at least there’s one less person in the world that will end up leaving him behind. 

Maybe it’s better that way.

[deceitxingenue-archive]

◣ F I V E   T H I N G S ! ◥

fill in the categories with 5 things that your character can be identified by. repost, do not reblog !!

TAGGED BY.  @armazeilor and I took way too long to do it, yikes. I’m pretty sure I did it on my old blog, but THAT GOT DELETED (it’ll have been a year since I got deleted on the 25th of May and I’M STILL SALTY) TAGGING.  @crowleiii (You could maybe do it for Ephi as well?) and anyone who sees it, tbh? You’re reading this? You’re tagged.

✖   I. EMOTIONS / FEELINGS.

01.  Loneliness. ( There’s a gap you can’t quite fill, a gaping void in your chest. It’s agonizing. ) 02.  Lust. ( It’s a desperate craving for contact, longing to feel loved, if only for a little while. ) 03.  Amusement. ( All the world’s a game to you - sit back and watch your bridges burn ) 04.  Melancholy. ( Why are you sad this time? You can’t quite remember... ) 05.  Curiosity. ( Curiosity killed the cat, they chide. You smile “And satisfaction brought it back”. )

✖   II. GREETINGS.

01.  She’s silent as a ghost in her approach - you never stood a chance. Soft lips against the back of your neck, sharp fangs grazing just lightly enough to not break skin. She purrs - “Did you miss me?”  02.  Did you tell her you would be here? You’re not sure, but she doesn’t seem surprised to see you, giving you one of those secretive smiles as she crosses the street. Latching on to your arm without bothering to ask permission, like it’s the most natural thing in the world. 03.  You don’t know how she got there, but she’s curled up on your couch when you come in, buried in a book. Turns out vampires can enter a home without needing permission. Pop culture left you woefully unprepared for this shit.   04.  She’s scared. Blood too dark to be human smeared on her clothes, her skin, bruises marring pale flesh, but her smile is bright when she sees you, pressing herself close against your side as if you hold some kind of safety (you can’t protect her from herself and her mistakes, but it’s fine to pretend).  05.  Laughter. You can’t tell where it’s coming from, and no matter how hard you look, you can’t find her. Until you feel a featherlight tap on your shoulder, making you jump. She’s there when you turn around - she’s still laughing, though there’s no malice in it, mere a childlike joy - she surprised you, didn’t she?

✖   III. COLORS.

01.  silver as her hair, shining under the moonlight. 02.   pink as pale as cherry blossom. 03.  red as the blood smeared on her face, as the colour of her eyes as she hisses a warning. 04.  purple as her eyes, a pale shade of violet. 05.  white as snow - they say it represents purity.

✖   IV. SCENTS.

01.  Dust and paper, from too many nights spent reading until the sun breaks over the horizon. 02. Some floral shampoo, the scent faint as she brushes past you. Roses, perhaps?  03.  Bubblegum. She chews it when she needs to focus - it’s not uncommon to find her puzzling over some problem or another, absentmindedly blowing bubbles in gum that has long since lost all flavour. 04.  What perfume she uses changes often - currently, a cloud of vanilla scent follows her wherever she goes.  05.  Underneath it all, so faint it’s barely there, is a coppery tang. You don’t want to know what it is, though you have your suspicions. 

✖   VI. OBJECTS.

01.  Books. If there’s a system, or any kind of rhyme or reason to how their organised on the shelves, you can’t work it out. 02.  A set of lockpicks, rarely seen, quickly stashed away where none can see - like a dirty secret. So that’s how she keeps getting inside.  03.  A pink ribbon holds her hair out of her eyes, but often it comes loose to find itself being used as a bookmark, left somewhere to be picked up when she needs it - Ah. She’s lost it, again? 04.  A thermos flask, brimming with red liquid. Are you sure you want to investigate? 05.  The case is dusty, but the violin inside seems well cared for, even if it has the feel of something rarely used. It was hidden away in the corner like a shameful secret. She won’t be happy if she catches you with it...

✖   VII. VICES / BAD HABITS.

01.  Selfishness. She will do whatever it takes to ensure she gets out of whatever mess she’s caused now unscathed, no matter who she has to throw under the bus. 02.  Thoughtlessness. Other’s boundaries will go unnoticed, she’s too focused on what she wants, to bother thinking of others. 03.  Vanity, She’s beautiful, but unfortunately she knows it, and that can be almost unbearable. 04.  Shamelessness. There’s no act too low for her - the only time she feels ashamed is at the knowledge she’s made a mistake - let her guard down when she shouldn’t have, or made herself look a fool. 05.  Distrusting. She doesn’t know how to put her faith in another person, too scared of what could go wrong to think of what may go right (And she’s so, terribly lonely for it).

✖   VIII. BODY LANGUAGE.

01.  Her head tilts to the side in an unconscious, birdlike, gesture as she puzzles out some problem. The gears turning in her brain are practically visible behind those pale purple eyes, and they light up as she comes to a conclusion.  02.  She’s uncomfortable, averting her gaze and shrinking back a little - she’s small, she’s weak, please don’t notice her - one hand goes to her neck without her even realizing, scratching against those old (and not so old) scars from bites. They don’t hurt anymore, but the memory is still painfully fresh. 03.  Smile a bit too sweet and innocent, and were they fangs you just saw? Something about this girl seems off.  04.  Some movement catches her attention, someone makes a fist or simply moves too fast, and she flinches, recoiling back with a flicker of red to her eyes. She’s more damaged than she wants you to realize. 05.  She’s more than half asleep, head on your shoulder, and as you move she whines softly, one hand reaching for your sleeve. Eyes stay firmly shut as she mumbles something. Stay close. 

✖   IX. AESTHETICS.

01.  There’s a girl out in the snow, dressed for a summery picnic, though she doesn’t seem to mind the cold, looking up at the stars like they hold the secrets of the universe. 02.  A glimpse of too-sharp teeth in an otherwise soft smile. 03.  Dried flowers used as bookmarks in ancient books of poetry. 04.  There are notebooks upon notebooks filled with her observations all in the same neat cursive, going back centuries - millenia, even. They all seem to blend into one. How does she keep them all straight? 05.  Someone’s singing out in the dead of night, a voice like what one could imagine an angel’s to be like... It can’t help to go out, can it?

✖   X. SONGS.

01.  —  x. 02.  —  x. 03.  —  x. 04.  —  x. 05.  —  x.

[trepiditys-blog]

        — — — -          𝐉𝐎𝐘𝐂𝐄     ,     𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘     𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐀         .          twenty     -     four    ,     hunter     .     do     no     harm     ,     take     no     shit     ,     drink     nothing     but     jack     daniels     out     of     your     grandma’s     hip     flask     .     babe     with     the     power     .     bitch     ,     but     make     it     grungy     fashion     .

𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃     𝐎𝐍𝐄     .                  STATISTICS     .

full     name     .          cherry     valentina     joyce     .

nicknames  .          cher     .

age     .          twenty     -     four     .

date     of     birth   .         february     ninth     .

place     of     birth  .          covington     ,     georgia     .

species     .          human     .

gender     .        cisgender     female     .     she/her     pronouns   .

sexuality  .          panromantic     ,   pansexual     .

𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃     𝐓𝐖𝐎     .                  BIOGRAPHY     .

cherry     valentina     joyce     comes     from     a     very     long     line     of     hunters     who     have     made     their     name     in     covington     .     the     joyce     lineage     runs     back     to     salem     ,     after     whose     infamous     witch     trials     prompted     a     move     to     covington     .     they’re     a     legacy     family     in     town     ,     and     cherry     knows     that     .     she     has     the     entire     weight     of     the     family     legacy     on     her     shoulders     ,     so     that’s     cool     .

the     joyce     family     have     refined     their     hunting     strategies     over     time     ,     and     their     theory     is     as     such          :          if     a     supernatural     creature     isn’t     causing     explicit     ,     intent     harm     then     there’s     no     reason     to     hunt     .     however     ,     when     intentional     harm     is     caused     ,     hunting     becomes     a     necessity     .     they’ve     settled     into     a     pattern     of     coexistence     with     their     supernatural     counterparts     ,     and     consider     it     an     honour     to     defend     both     their     fellow     humans     and     other     innocent     creatures     .

so          !          cherry     grows     up     with     the     knowledge     that     she’s     going     to     become     a     hunter     the     minute     she     turns     seventeen     ,     and     it     lingers     on     her     mind     .     she’s     homeschooled     ,     for     the     most     part          ;          her     parents     see     public     school     as     a     waste     of     time     ,     and     it’s     merely     based     off     the     fact     that     they     were     homeschooled     as     hunters     .     her     education     is     an     eclectic     mix     of     rudimentary     ,     normal     education     and     things     she’ll     need     to     know     on     the     job     .     she’s     perfectly     happy     with     it     ,     though     ,     and     she’s     proud     to     be     a     hunter     -     in     -     training     .

like     her     parents     and     those     before     her     ,     she     settles     into     coexistence     .     she’s     fundamentally     skeptical     of     any     and     all     supernatural     creatures     around     her     ,     but     doesn’t     go     out     of     her     way     to     hunt     unless     there’s     good     reason     .

cherry     starts     working     at     seventeen     ,     both     as     a     hunter     and     as     a     clerk     at     her     family’s     bookstore     that     they’ve     owned     for     decades     .     she     prefers     hunting     ,     but     she     finds     comfort     in     working     at     the     bookshop     as     well     .

she’s     eighteen     when     she     kills     her     first     creature     ,     a     wayward     demon     who     was     feeding     off     humans     and     animals     .     she     doesn’t     think     twice     .

cherry     looks     up     to     her     grandma     a     lot     .     her     grandma     ,     valentina     joyce     ,     taught     her     everything     there     is     to     know     about     how     to     hunt     efficiently     .     valentina     taught     her     how     to     shoot     a     handgun     ,     a     shotgun     and     a     bow     and     arrow     .     she’s     inherited     a     lot     from     her     grandma     ,     including     a     hip     flask     that     she     keeps     filled     with     one     of     two     things          :          jack     daniels     or     holy     water     .     

honestly     ,     cherry’s     a     grumpy     bitch     .     she’s     predispositioned     to     see     the     worst     in     people     ,     to     shut     them     out     and     to     use     mocking     sarcasm     as     a     defense     mechanism     .     sometimes     ,     she     can     stop     to     catch     herself     but     most     of     the     time     ,     she     doesn’t     bother     .

she     has     two     bluetick     coonhounds     ,     both     of     whom     she     adores     and     treats     with     the     utmost     respect     ,     luxury     and     love     .     they’re     named     athena     and     artemis     after     the     greek     goddesses     ,     and     cherry     loves     those     dogs     more     than     she     loves     herself     .

wears     a     lot     of     red     .     if     she’s     not     in     red     ,     she’s     in     varying     shades     of     brown     ,     black     and     grey     .     she’s     very     much     a     leather     jacket     and     practical     boots     kinda     girl     ,     tbh     .     basically     ,     the     exact     opposite     of     whatever     cheryl     blossom     wears     .

it’s     black     coffee     or     hard     liquor     ,     there’s     nothing     in     between     .

fuck     man     idk     i     love     this     c*nt

[uldren-sov]

Because I'm very partial and have a niche for Ziost sith, I'd love to read about some Ziost shenanigans, namely a teen El being a brat.

So much of Ziost to me is the old money vs new money even if Ziost is tech olderohhhhhh my god i was actually thinking about some Lucy and El hijinks tbh lol but just the one will be good for a quick ficlet

16-17, aka, right-before-korriban-kicks-the-crap-out-of-you-age is peak sith brat time tbh. Add that with El’s actual anger issues and it’s a good time.

warning: if you squint there’s some hints at drug use

She really couldn’t call it a homecoming since, she didn’t exactly have a home here anymore. But, in seeing the snow-streaked sidewalks, the light-outlined towers, the who’s-who of the Empire - as far as she was concerned - this was as close to home as she was going to get. She sniffed hard and wiped the pad of her thumb over her nose, as she lazed against the window of this luxurious speeder, watching the people below become more of a crowd, watching those buildings drip more and more with lights and brilliant neon art in the form of advertisements and skilled architectural design. She should have left the drab and sameness of Kaas City way before this, she doubted her “legal guardian” even noticed she was gone and as the sun set over the massive snowy mountains, knowing the people were going to be just as vibrant and varied as lights that would paint the city aglow, she couldn’t be bothered to care about them, or the big fight she had with her adopted older sister Zhaire, for a second longer.

It may not be a homecoming but the prodigal daughter had finally returned.

The best part about exile, well, “exile”, was that whenever you go anywhere, you’re the person they talk about afterwards. She’s back? Does her father know? Did she get smuggled in? Is she here to kill her father? All those kinds of fun little rumors. And for a couple of hours she can forget about how much she hates Kaas City, hates the rules, hates the people, hates how much it hates her back. 

Whatever. At least here was way more fun.

It wasn’t hard to find people who missed her, sure it’s been some years but whatever gave people the excuse to have a good time they’d take it. Or at least, that’s how she remembered it.

The bones of the Empire were still there in Ziost, the formal culture, the courtly intrigue, the merit and echelons of society; but from the bones grew a similar body, not quite the same and certainly not here in New Adasta. The new gateway to the Empire, the booming, growing, city rich with modern wealth and a rare mix of culture. To a point. No one in the club might have been an alien, but there were definitely some waiting outside in the line she cut.

Linked arm in arm with a small group of: “oh, I remember you“s and “it’s so great you’re back”s, she finally could just shake off what felt like all her troubles and everything holding her back back in Dromund Kaas. The half-remembered faces, the tip-of-my-tongue familiarity of the people were good company, it almost felt like friendship through all the alcohol, music, and haze.

Stepping back out into the cold hours later was shock enough alone for a giddy laugh to bubble out of her. It was weird not to be used to the chill anymore. Maybe she was a bit drunk, and a bit more than that. At least she had the presence of mind to pull her jacket tighter around her and enough to keep her footing as her new friend collapsed against her. More than a friend. Sorta. Friendship got blurry when the girl smothered her laughter with her lips and she already had her hand up the girl’s skirt. Tomorrow she could think about her betrothed, now it was way better to think about kissing … Alana? Alissa? Alena? Aria? Something like that. She was way prettier too.

“Hey let’s take this to your place,” Ariana said, pulling away with a grin and started leading her with her hand up the street. The rest of the small group of fellow young “socialites” - she guessed Zhaire would call them - quickly fell into line, passing a etched flask of Emperor-knows-what between them which Elora snatched quickly and took a drink even quicker.

“Yeah. Like a big welcome home,” the boy that then took the flask from her said. She looked between them slowly at that, stopping dead on the sidewalk.

They all stopped with her. Well, they sure knew the pecking order at least.

“Yeah?” she fished through her pocket for a thin metal case. It rattled softly in part, muffled by paper within as she drew it out, buying herself some time in how she was going to approach this. She hoped she wasn’t right and she was just being paranoid. “Well I’m staying at a place down the street…”

It was one thing to be seen out with a notorious daughter of some powerful family. It was another to be close enough to be invited into their house-come-stronghold, especially when her parent was as renown as he was. Maybe they could even say they met the enigmatic and fucking horrible Elio Makiir, her father. She ducked her head low to save lighting a tip of a smoke from the bitter, chilling, wind that suddenly howled through the street.

“Well, that like, totally defeats the purpose then, right? It’s a welcome home party not a welcome hotel party,” Adina, the girl she just finished kissing said. She froze, if only for a second, before a hot burst of anger tore through her chest and she flicked the lit smoke at them, flame still burning and all.

“Fuck off! Find yourselves another fucking meal ticket!” She all but bared her teeth as she shouted. She made half a turn before a hand was on her shoulder. She whirled, grabbing by the wrist and twisting hard until a different boy was down on a knee and a yelp of pain from him turned into a scream as she felt bone pop in her palm.

“Touch me again and I break your fucking arms!” Her voice broke with the shriek. That same white-hot anger made her hand shake, some pull inside her finding a sick satisfaction in his pain and their fear, especially as they all skittered away from her like vermin, back to their club.

It was the hours between late night and early morning where time moved slower and faster, the sun didn’t yet break the mountaintops and the moon had nestled down in their peaks. Besides a few shadowy beings, shambling along in their own drunken or exhausted reverie, Elora found herself alone amidst the snow flurries and neon lights, panting hard in the effort to stomp out her anger’s flames. She felt hollow, rightly burned from the inside out with the illusion of what her memories of New Adasta was scattered across the ground.

The wind picked up and blew the illusion, her anger, and the snow flurries away as her sigh was similarly swallowed up.

Minutes later and perching on a guard rail at the edge of a chasm that led to the lower levels, Elora wrote a couple messages.

“Hey, I’m in town. Have any time for a friendly face?” She sent to a friend in the Tal Sivron’s.

"You can say ‘I told you so’ but only this once.” She sent to a sister back in Kaas City. It was as close to a “sorry” as Zhaire was ever gonna get.

[ofmontys]

“ —  and if you’re just tuning in now, you’ve made it just in time for our ‘ sleep with me ’ segment. nightfall has sufficiently fueled my ego and i’m reared and ready to go, compiling a playlist curated to get one lucky, hand-picked bastard in bed with me. tonight’s submission comes from camila, age 18 2/3, from two towns over. ” rustling paper. a delighted scoff. “ tonight, as per camila’s request, i’ll be attempting to seduce vincent van gogh.  vince, this is acid ghost’s ‘ the artist’s high ’, also known as what i hope i can be for you. ”

or, alternatively :   yo yo, my dudes! the name’s linc (19/est/she&her) and you just witnessed an excerpt from bez holmes’s  radio show quite appropriately named, ‘ fuckin’ hell ! ’  that airs weekdays and sundays from 7pm to 8am! 

i am absolutely stoked out of my mind to write with all of y’all! beneath the read more you’ll find a very unapologetically messy introduction to my strange son, killian beelzebub holmes !

* TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET & CISMALE / / here we’ve got KILLIAN BEELZEBUB HOLMES , the TWENTY-ONE year old LOCAL RADIO HOST. with a reputation for being + SLY, + ANOMALOUS, - OSSIFIED, and - RECKLESS, it’s surprising we haven’t heard more about him. BEZ has been around faulk hollow for TEN YEARS, but they ain’t leaving anytime soon. you hear ME AND MICHAEL by MGMT? that means you’ll see ‘em soon. 

“road work ahead? uh, yeah, i sure hope it does!” ( alternatively: bez holmes, a roadmap. )

so bez is… kind of a nutcase. he’s just… he’s that guy in the bar who seems so desirable. voice like warmed honey, a smile that could kill – but dear lord, don’t get close to him. he’s fucked in the head. and unless you’re prepared for that, friendships/relationships with him can get... pretty darn overwhelming.

he’s a host at the local radio station, so he curates the music and talks through little segments throughout the day. well, i should say night -- because the show he’s known for occurs weekdays and sunday nights from 7pm - 8am. weird hours. weird guy. so it all clicks right into place! people tune in for the music ( a lot of indie eclectic vibes ) but also his personality. bez tends to veer off-script a lot, which both aggravates and amuses his superiors. he’s basically the only reason the tiny radio station is still alive & kickin’, so what are they gonna do to him, huh? fire him and take the whole station down with that bullshit move? not likely. so bez’ll keep doing and saying whatever the hell he wants on air, thank you very much.

can he get... a mfing... cinnamon raisin waffle???  dude’s friggin’ obsessed. don’t mess with his waffles, man. waffles don’t play.

has a knack for stumbling into stupid situations. y’know how there’s two kinds of people in this world? the kinds that act upon the universe and the kinds the universe acts upon? bez is that guy in textbook math probelms who has 42 apples for no apparent reason. he’s the dude in on top of spaghetti all covered with cheese whose poor meatball fuckin’ rolled out the door. things happen to bez holmes no matter how much he might try to convince you otherwise. his whole life is just a string of varied ( and usually nonchalant/unbothered/troublingly chill ) reactions to crazy shit.

case in point:  why did the holmes family move to faulk hollow? well. their old house had like... a freakin’ meltdown. yes, the house. it swallowed their dog. and their mom. casual... house-y things. but when people ask, bez and his father like to say they just wanted to “ see the sights ”. and apparently faulk hollow was one of those.

[ tw: death, murder mentions ]   basically, faulk hollow offered a place for them to disappear, since the disappearance of bez’s mother couldn’t exactly be explained to and/or believed by police. bez’s father is wanted for her murder. so they friggin’ skrrt skrrted out of iowa and plopped down here, under the radar. “holmes” is an adopted last name.

so bez has been here since his 11th birthday! honestly, he probably earned a reputation pretty quick for being that kid who’d, like, “hey buddy!” at all the insects on the playground.  “ do you believe in magic? ” was often his best icebreaker.

so... fun fact. he accidentally inherited his dead dentist’s vintage jukebox. yes, i know how that sounds, and it’s exactly that. but dear lord, that thing has just been infinitely fucking with him since the day it showed up on his doorstep three months ago. more about that later!

an example of a normal occurrence in bez’s life: “hey. so, uh… i know we just met, and maybe this is moving fast? but i saw this keychain in walgreens and it made me think of you. so… yeah. here. tell anyone i did anything nice for you and you’re dead to me tho.”

he seems smart. he seems so cunning, you guys. like, holy shit, he makes these deep ass statements on the air and curates music that makes people feel things. but don’t be fooled. he’ll drive wearing shades at 10pm just to look cool, all while bumping 80′s glam rock from his blue ‘67 impala. he’ll do that cliché head bop at stoplights, encourage other drivers to join in.

don’t call him killian!! killian who?? his parents gave him “beelzebub” as a middle name to be funny and fuck with his mother’s father, who was a pastor. what they didn’t bank on was four-year-old bez insisting on being called by it – you can guess how well that went over with his teachers and his peers. so to appease them, he accepted the nickname “bez” and has gone mainly by that ever since. most people probably don’t know his true first name, since he goes by “bez” on the air. but close friends and trusted individuals might occasionally call him “kill” or something to that effect.

pets are not bez’s thing. every houseplant he’s had has died. succulents wilt in his presence too, and he thinks maybe at this point, it’s a running joke among plantkind because his birth name has the worldkill in it. still, even with his track record, he has a fish named nigel. nigel dislikes affection and bez. they engage in staredowns and silent mental warfare. bez often “forgets” to feed nigel or change the water in his tank, but that fish just will not die. nigel’s probably just truckin’ on to spite him.

aggressively writes the wrong date for like… 8 months following new year’s. so he finally gets it right for the final ¼, and then the cycle begins again. additionally, cannot keep the days of the week straight. he’s started a multi-song alarm campaign in an attempt to rectify this situation. bez’ll report his findings in a week. if he remembers.

one time he got pulled over for speeding back from the radio station at 7 in the morning, and you know what he did? he freakin’ offered the cop some hard shit from his flask and some of his opened bag of funions. so the two of them got tastefully buzzed in bez’s car and talked about the kardashians for two hours. and it was through that very conversation that bez learned he’d been doing a very shit job of keeping up with them.

scared of birds. yes. those things? with the wings? terrified. how dare they occupy space above his head. how dare they swoop and swerve all around. no. his neighbor in iowa had a parakeet. maybe that bird finally went missing one day, while they were on vacation. maybe it escaped. to like, the afterlife. maybe bez helped. maybe.

he’s really bad at like … taking care of himself? funions, candy, and takeout forever.  what do you mean raisin bran crunch isn’t a wholesome, well-rounded meal? you mean you’re not supposed to pour the entire carafe of syrup on your waffles every time? someone… pls fix that.

hella prone to bullshit! like… did you know aliens are real? yeah. really. hey did you check your horoscope today? what zodiac sign are you? he’ll pretend to know what zodiac he is like: hey, uh… listen .. . if your zodiac is asparagus don’t even bother being my friend… i’m a caprisun & it’s just not gonna work out. sorry.

memorizes commercial jingles. will sing them to prove points.

“what the fuck’s a kanye” - bez holmes, 2k18

“a mug shot? i don’t even drink coffee.” ( alternatively: more pointless headcanons because apparently i think this is necessary. )

don’t be fooled by the title of this section. he drinks coffee. a lot of coffee. with a lot of sugar added to it. could probably kill a horse, tbh. he’s not sorry.

his signature half-smirk drives folks mad. he also has a collection of faithful listeners who like to call in and tell him how soothing his voice is.

lowkey writes his own music? lowkey was in a band called ashes when he was 13; it lasted about 6 seconds. lowkey has a few things recorded on his laptop? but he’ll never actually do anything with ‘em.

owns an unironic walkman! enjoys it immensely! i know!

catch him in the local 24 hour diner spending his life savings on cinnamon raisin waffles and dimes for the jukeboxes! because LMAO, he’s not using the old one at his place!!!

convinced said old, stupid, 1947 jukebox in his apartment lays host to goblins. that thing shakes and quakes at odd hours. it’ll play shitty pop music that isn’t even in the dumb catalogue. sometimes it lights up when he trips over his own feet or accidentally burns his microwave popcorn. the fuckin’ thing is possessed and it’s mocking him. so, naturally, what is there to do but appease the tiny beings inside it?? he makes biweekly sacrifices to it – mainly consisting of snack foods, candies, a casual sprinkling of his own blood. y’know. casual.

super into space? honestly would love to grab sushi with an alien sometime?

uh…  he’s convinced everyone he sleeps with kind of mysteriously dies exactly 53 hours after. maybe that was inspired by like... two isolated incidents. but you can see how this is… kind of a problem, for a guy who likes to sleep around from time to time. is he a murderer? uhm, no, not exactly – but he’s grown kind of immune to the guilt at this point. he stalks obituaries a couple days after his one-night-stands, just to check. so far, it hasn’t been a 100% consistent thing, but... he’s worried. he’ll still leave the bar with you tho. ;)

he’s trying out this whole new thing of like�� not going all the way? trying to save lives? but it’s really difficult and he’s losing resolve. he also can’t exactly tell his buddies, “ stop introducing me to your hot friends; if i fuck them, they’re dead. ” that probably wouldn’t go over well. he’s got enough crazy on his plate trying to appease the damn goblins.

consistently blindsided by genuinely liking other people? so if he’s into you... he’s gonna look awestruck and baffled like 99% of the time your face is within a 1-mile radius.

he’s always running his hands through his hair, which just adds to his #indiegrungeaesthetic, if i’m honest.

“girl, you’re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal!” (alternatively: wanted plots.)

childhood neighbor / best friend.   i would love to have a person ( or several )  who knew him growing up (from age 11 on), and kind of got to bear witness to how strange he’s become? maybe even be weirdos together? i dunno, let’s talk. we

past relationships.   i imagine he’s had his fair share of flings in the past. he’s made many mistakes for sure. let’s uncover them.

close friends.   #squadgoals. but really, though. i’d love for bez to have a tightknit group of 3-4 people who he just clicks with. they wreak havoc, but it’s all in good fun.

enemies.    i would love to have an enemies plot that’s actually hilarious? like one tiny thing catapulted these two into a mutual, deep, to-the-bones kind of hatred. it’s irrational, but they’re so infuriated by one another’s presence that all they can do is think of stupid quips and glare from afar. i imagine their public interactions bring onlookers a lot of poorly stifled laughs, because it’s just like… they’re so obviously trying so hard to hate one another with absolutely zero grounds.

miscellaneous.  maybe they got his mail and returned it to his door, and it sparked the beginning of a beautiful friendship. maybe they met in the park when this person’s dog peed on bez’s shoe. maybe they’re a frequent listener to bez’s show and they bonded over that? or perhaps they both enjoy engaging in semi-friendly grocery store competitions to see who can get to the ripest apples the quickest? anything’s possible!

chris! is that a weed?!  smoke with him, my dudes!! or like, anything? my guy’s not shy about investing in “life enhancements”.

but yes come message me on here for plots or hmu for my discord! so hype!

[cabalt]

Naruto spoilers ahead! Just blind ranting

So I just finished a full read through of Naruto, and I really wanted to enjoy it. I loved Naruto as a teenager, and drifted off it not because I didn't like it, but people around me kinda peer pressured me into dropping a lot of anime/manga, so not reading all of it while it was weekly was nothing to do with quality.

Maybe it's because I did get so much more into other manga when I decided to start thinking for myself again and enjoying what I want to enjoy, but Naruto was... Just bad?

It has a lot of GREAT moments, but just that, moments, plot beats. The actual overarching story is super weak. Every villain has the exact same motivation and sure that's because they are basically all just Madara, but even those that go against him still have similar ideas.

The theme of history repeating itself could be interesting but it's not that situations keep recurring, it's literally all about the same two families that come from the same family clashing over and over.

Even all the bad stuff that happens to Obito and Sasuke were directly set in motion by Madara. Obito would never have been crushed and Rin wouldn't have died without his influence, which cheapens his motivation of "muh family" when he's the one hurting these families.

I also just can't get behind Naruto and Sasuke's friendship. Like, I get it. Naruto was always alone, and Sasuke was the first person his age to recognise him, but Naruto struggles to give Gaara a fucking handshake but will leap over all the crap Sasuke has done. AND GAARA ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT NARUTO WHEN IT FUCKING MATTERS! AND WHEN HE'S IN THE INFINITE TSUKUYOMI HIS DREAM IS NOT JUST THE HAPPY FAMILY BUT STILL BEINF FRIENDS WITH NARUTO! NARUTO IS HIS FIRST FRIEND GOD DAMN 😭

I'm not even going to get into the hard worker thing. Everyone brings up the "Rock Lee should be the MC! Naruto being Ninja Jesus breaks the message!" When the actual message isn't about hard work, but team work. It's why Kakashi does the bell training, and why every single hero shot has all their mates behind them and every single villain shot is them standing alone (or their one mate).

Basically, Kishimoto writing:

I don't even really know how to properly express why I think it's bad, just saying "it has basic themes" is very disingenuous, all I know is that almost the entire time I was reading, I was not enjoying it, even during the pre-timeskip parts that other Naruto dislikers say is the "good" part.

Kaguya also comes out of nowhere, and all the Madara master plan/ thousands of Zetsu stuff is just a poor man's Dwarf in the Flask TBH