#ugh I am WEAK for Dad!Theron

[storyknitter]

20. things you said that i wasn’t meant to hear for your lovely Vassanna and Theron xD

This is ... tangentially Sanna/Theron fic, but I think you’ll forgive me. ;) It’s also a biiiit longer than minific, but again, I think you’ll let it slide.

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Odessen, 33-ish ATC

Vassanna shifted on the sofa with a sigh. Every joint in her body ached and, though she was exhausted, restful sleep danced just out of reach. She didn’t remember being in quite this much pain at the beginning when she was pregnant with Reesie, but—

“No need to start comparing the two before this little one is even born,” she told herself sternly, smothering the whine before it left her lips.

Rolling onto her side to face the back of the couch, she adjusted the pillow between her knees and closed her eyes. Perhaps some meditation would do; she was rapidly running out of quiet “alone time” while Theron and Amareesa did some quick shopping. She took one slow, deep breath, then a second, and then a third...

“Mama’s gonna be so ‘cited!”

The loud voice of her four-year-old startled Sanna out of the sleep she’d finally found as Theron hushed Reesie.

“Looks like Mama’s resting, sweetness. Let’s be a bit quieter, okay?”

“Okay!” Reesie answered in a stage whisper and Sanna found it difficult to keep the grin off her face. Thank goodness she wasn’t facing them! “Can we give her the new earrings now? They match her neckla—”

The rest of Amareesa’s words were muffled as Theron clapped a hand over her mouth. “Shhh,” he whispered gently. “They’re a surprise for her birthday this weekend, remember? And we don’t want to tell her before then, right?”

A muted “mmffmmm” from her daughter seemed to satisfy Theron. “All right. Let’s go upstairs and wrap this now.”

“Okay, Daddy! Can we give it to Mama at dinner? Puh-leeeze?”

Theron let out a snort. “This weekend, Reesie.”

A heavy, dramatic sigh followed them upstairs. “But the weekend’s so far away, Daddy.”

[chubbyooo]

Blurred Lines Chapter 14 - A Trail

hey hey more fic because writing mood took me and i must capitalise

Kavaraa learns of Kormels research and considers her options

Kavaraa opened the tea cupboard “what kind of tea do you want?”. The cupboard was full of about 50 jars with small labels on each arranged alphabetically.

“uh Chamomile if you have it” Kormel sat down at the table and began getting out notes and what looked like artifacts.  “If i have it” Kavaraa chuckled to herself as she reached into the Chamomile jar, there were only a few teabags left in the bottom of the jar; everyone picks Chamomile Kavaraa thought to herself wistfully, that or normal boring tea. Most the other jars were full or almost full except vanilla walnut, that was Kavaraas favourite, she picked out one of those for herself. She began boiling the water and turned to Kormel “so where are you from Kormel?” she said with a smile leaning on the counter

“wha- uh i thought you wanted to hear about my research” Kormel looked flustered to be asked about himself, Kavaraa recalled how Jedi felt about holding on to their time before the order, she didn’t exactly agree with them on the matter.

“well yeah but i also would like to know about you, you seem very conscious of the jedis need to learn and I like that” Kormel went red almost immediately 

“oh- uh well um thanks I-I am from Ta-Tatooine my uh da-dad worked at one of th-the cantinas and i helped around the house” Kavaraa had guessed a desert planet, the hair and dusty look were a big clue “ I well uh it wasn’t the best cantina and my uh dad got” he paused for a long time “sh-shot I th-think a deal went bad or something i dunno the details” oh no that’s awful Kavaraa moved round the table and put her hand on his shoulder

“i’m so sorry that happened to you i can’t imagine what that must’ve been like” Kavaraa was doing her best to sympathise but having never known her parents she was finding it difficult

“it’s um it’s uh ok it was a lo-long time ago after that I was on the street until a Jedi sensed my gifts, yo-you know the usual story” Kavaraa remembered when Master Yuon visited House Thul all those years ago, it had changed her entire world she was sure luckly she had taken Rheelis shift.

As she drifted off into nostalgia she heard the chirping of an Orobird meaning her kettle had finished boiling. This broke her out of her trance, she headed over to the kettle and poured out two cups of tea. She sat down opposite Kormel “so, tell me about this research” she sipped her tea letting the familiar taste of vanilla hit her tastebuds. 

“ok so after i finished with your teachings I looked for similar teachings and found word of some small amount of information in a holocron about a very old Jedi master who disappeared suddenly years and years ago” Kavaraa began furiously scribbling down notes as Kormel talked, she was completely entranced with what he was saying “they had a brief mention of the idea of not cutting yourself entirely from you emotions, i thought it wasn’t exactly the same but good enough” Kormel was speaking quite quickly which surprised Kavaraa given his previous tone, this made it difficult for her to keep up “so i looked into this Jedis history and biography he seemed fascinated with the idea of exploration of unknown planets and places, i was worried i was getting off track but i noticed there was a planet commonly referenced throughout his work” Kavaraas eyes flashed with realisation

“that was the planet we were on with the temple” this was so exciting a trail of maybe ancient knowledge or maybe a new planet discovery with new species, maybe new force techniques.

“exactly so i looked up the planet and found among many weequay folk tales one that spoke of a temple that would show the way to knowledge and enlightenment” ooooooo this was amazing this was exactly what Kavaraa was trying to find, knowledge and enlightenment

“so you think the jedi left this path for others to find?” Kavaraa was trying to contain the excitement in her voice and act like a responsible jedi, it was hard.

“i’m not sure if they wanted it to be found easily they covered their tracks pretty well but whenI was in the temple i found this trapped inside the vault” he gestured to a weird puzzle box he had gotten out earlier. Kormel suddenly retreated back slumping and avoiding eye contact “thats uh wh-where I used th-the dark side to uh get it out” aw Kormel, Kavaraa felt so bad for him she had definitely been in that sort of difficult situation before, the call of the dark side is hard to resist.

She put her hand on his shoulder “hey don’t worry about it puzzles can be real frustrating sometimes” he looked down further

“I-I just I thought i nearly had it I was so close and then it all reset on me ugh” he looked up as he finished “sorry I shouldn’t get so frustrated” Kormel didn’t seem like the most confident person Kavaraa helped he could help him stop doubting himself

“hey it’s ok to be a little mad remember what i said” he looked up with a weak smile

“yeah i guess” he sipped his tea quietly for a second

“hey so what’s the puzzle box do” Kavaraa was itching to know 

“i don’t know i couldn’t open it and you interrupted me while i was still trying” he held it curiously “you’re like a super strong jedi maybe you can open it” Kavaraa went a little bit turquoise

“i’m uh not super strong but i’ll try” Kavaraa took the puzzle box and placed it in front of her, she closed her eyes and focused solely on the wooden puzzle box sitting in front of her. She let her excitement and guilt leave her mind only focussing on the grooves of the puzzle boxes mechanism, once she had a clear understanding of the boxes intricacies she began to move the pieces and then suddenly she heard a click. She opened her eyes quickly “what happened is it open” she said looking around, Kormel was looking at her wide eyed did she do something weird?

“y-y-yo-you opened it in like two seconds” what that’s crazy she thought but then she glanced at her tea, steam was still rising from the top wow she really did do it in two seconds, not too shabby. 

“wow uh cool lets see whats inside” she said with a smile trying to hide her surprise, gotta look like a professional together Jedi. She looked to see what was inside and saw a small hologram device and as she picked it up it shot to life illuminting the room with a starmap of wildspace and futher. Kavaraa let out an excited squeal “it’s a map, it’s a map, it’s a map!!!” Kormel seemed equally as excited his hands and arms were shaking in an erratic fashion.

“look, look , LOOK there that planet is illuminated” Kormel was pointing to a planet on the edge of the map at the edge of what looked like the unknown regions

“i’ll check to see it’s info online” Kavaraa quickly brought up a holopad and compared the starmap to the galactic map “Iiiiiiiii don’t see this on this map” as far as she could tell there was no record of this planet on file, even better a secret planet this trail was so fascinating. “we gotta go there right now”

“right now I-I thought you were sending me back to the temple?” Kormel said surprised

“what no i need you here you have all the knowledge also i need to help you train” Kavaraa said this without really thinking

“wait d-d-d-do-does that mean you are accepting me as a padawan?” Kormel looked like he was about to explode with glee, Kavaraa was only just comprehending what she said and realised she had to give him an answer, she didn’t want to upset him or look like she just blurted something out

“uhhhhhh yeah sure you can be my new padawan but there’s no time to lose we have to go there now” Kavaraa was practically jumping with excitement

“go where now” a voice said from behind them, Kavaraa stumbled around to see Theron standing in the doorway with a tired look on his face

“uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” this was going to be difficult to explain...

[youremyonlyhope]

The Red Woman

Yeah I can’t imagine waiting a year after that last episode.

Ok. Did HBO and/or Amazon change their font and design for the rating and warnings... or is it just this season that’s different? I went back and checked  other episodes and it seems to just be this season since the old seasons are still the same.

Ugh... why remind me of Countrycide’s existence? I want to pretend he doesn’t exist. Kit’s name is in the opening credits... that’s a complete spoiler. People watching live who actually read the names must have been like “...SO JON’S ALIVE THEN????”

Oh wait... I meant to say this like 2 seasons ago but didn’t... that Brotherhood dude who revived that guy... is that the way Jon comes back? Is that the one thing the Red Woman will be good for?

With every show I watch, I reach a point where I’m like “I wish we could go back to Season 1.” Not even because lots of shows decrease in quality after the first seasons, it’s because in Season 1 they’re always happier. In Merlin it’s towards the middle of season 4 when I long for the innocence of Season 1. Torchwood it was Children of Earth when I long for how the whole team was alive and whole and together in season 1. For Supernatural, it’s around season 5 when I wish we could go back to monster of the week episodes. For Gilmore Girls, it’s when Rory goes away to college and the episodes don’t completely surround sweet storybook Stars Hallow anymore. For How I Met Your Mother, it’s Lily’s pregnancy because the group actually starts to grow up and grow apart after Marvin’s birth. That’s it for examples coming to mind. For Game of Thrones? It’s right now. Watching this opening. I suddenly remembered how in the first few episodes everyone was alive and mostly innocent. And now everyone’s either dead or completely changed from what they’ve gone through. Specifically, seeing the animation of the Wall reminded me of the mystery the Wall used to have. And now the Wall is just pain.

Is that Ghost howling? That breaks my heart. Oh no my poor Edd no don’t cry. Literally, I’ve called Countrycide “Countrycide” for so long that I forgot his name is actually Thorne. So Edd was like “Thorne did this” and I was like who in the world is Thorne-OH he means Countrycide. “But I never once disobeyed an order.” I feel like Jon shouldn’t have to order you to not kill him. Note to all future Lord Commanders: after you get your title, order everyone to NOT kill you. “This is good meat. Feed it to the hounds.” WOW RAMSAY SUCKS MORE THAN I THOUGHT HE DID. I did not like Myranda but she doesn’t deserve to have her corpse fed to dogs. Wait. I’ve seen this image of Sansa hugging Theon. I didn’t realize it was Theon because the shot was from behind him. I literally saw the image like... 2 days ago. And I saw it accompanied with something along the lines of “This is the first hug with true caring behind it that Sansa has had in so long.” but here I was thinking that this hug happened later on in the show. Well that’s a slight relief that it’s now and not like the end of Season 7 or something. But still, I was literally JUST spoiled for it a few days ago. I’m annoyed. Also, my poor Sansa. She’s so starved for true affection. THEON NO. NO. Oh god how are they getting out of this. MY GIRL BRIENNE. MY LOVE. SHE’S HERE! FINALLY. Finally. Brienne gets to protect Sansa. The one thing I like about Cersei is how much she loves her children, so this sucks. She doesn’t deserve this. OH NO ELLARIA KILLED DORAN. NO. NOT DOCTOR BASHIR. NO. “And weak men will never rule Dorne again.” Ok I like that idea if it means women get to rule. But I don’t like Doran dying. Oh poor Tystane. Painting his fiance’s eye stones. Also, the eye stones are still creepy to me. That spear coming out of his face was traumatizing. This Dothraki next to the Khal looks VERY familiar... Ugh googled him and recognized nothing he’s been in, and then I saw that he’s in 3 episodes so Dany’s probably stuck here for 3 episodes. I like how after all that arguing, once he said “Seeing a woman naked is among the 5 greatest things in life” the other Dothraki nodded.

I stopped watching the show for like 10 minutes because my dad left the TV on James Cordon and he was doing some sort of revue of rom-coms with Seth Rogan and Charlize Theron. Basically his 22 Musicals in 12 minutes but with rom-coms instead. Very funny. It distracted me. BACK TO GAME OF THRONES.

Ok this Khal is reasonable. I hate that he respects her as Khal Drogo’s widow over her just being a human being... but at least she’s safe. Oh but he always wants her to be brought to where the other Khal widows go so... that’s not as nice. Arya, my girl, what’s happened to you... i feel so bad for Davos that he has to rely on the Red Woman now. Ok. Sometimes I feel like all this nudity is completely unneeded. What is the point? I am very aware that a majority of the nudity in this show is for the male gaze, but at least they attempt to justify it with sex scenes or brothels or whatever. But the Red Woman de-robing in front of the mirror feels pointless to me. Wait what... wait... wait... her reflection... is white and blond... huh.... WHAT THE FUCK.

OK. SHE’S ACTUALLY SUPER OLD.

Ok fine. That time the nudity wasn’t pointless. I get what they were going for.  But there are many other examples. I just picked a bad time to call it out. Give it like 2 more episodes, I’ll find another example.

Welp. I read the trivia and apparently people theorized that she was super old for a while. I did not. Or at least I don’t remember thinking of it. I just thought she was a general fraud most of the time (minus the shadow baby that I am still traumatized by). I guess her magic truly is super legit, but she can’t see the future.

My question is, was that scene supposed to show us that she’s giving up and getting ready to just die? Or is this just what she does at night before bed? Or is she just doing this to remind herself of her true self after all the chaos that’s been happening, but she’s gonna get up in the morning and change back to looking young?

BASICALLY. I’m worried that if she wants to die, then she can’t help Davos and revive Jon. All those seasons of me complaining about her most of the time... god they need her help.