#vee’s starter call

[tangerinetalks]

▿𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 ☎️▵

[❗️]𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 ! 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 ?

[❗️]📲 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 !

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𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 vee’𝘴 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 ! 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 heart 𝘰𝘳 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭/𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 !

𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘊𝘜 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪’𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘶’𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 !

𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 + 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪’𝘮 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 — 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 laws 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜.

𝘪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘤’𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵/𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 ! 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 !

𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 ! 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 !

𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 sheet 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ! 𝘪’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 !

𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 ! ✰

[baskalis]

remade tags drop

[mothvalentino]

@cup-0fp0isonx liked for redemption verse starter

It was his first night out after leaving the Vees, after abandoning everything that had once been his afterlife in Hell. No more soul contracts, no more sex work, no fancy penthouse to retreat to, and significantly weaker powers. If Valentino were to tell a past version of himself about this decision, he would've called himself crazy.

And yet, the moth felt freer than he had in years, the next stage of his metamorphosis unfolding by increments as he adjusted to the changes. Starting new took time, and without the financial support of Voxtek, Val had to rely on his own savings. Which were by no means little but finite nonetheless.

Still, old habits didn't die easy, and so he found himself in one of his favorite sex clubs, eager to indulge and find distractions. Which came in the form of several drinks and smoke, inducing a high that brought him to the dancefloor, only to bump into one of his former employees.

ཐིཋྀ "Holy shit.", Val blurted when he turned around, staring into a familiar pair of magenta eyes.

[teddie-bear420]

I think it’s time to share my insane vaggie season 2 predictions

So for starters, vaggies name starts with a v right? So does velvet’s!! So I’m thinking that through a series of events vaggie will become an antagonist and end up working (and maybe dating :0!!) for velvet after they kill Vox and Valentino of course.

And in order for that to happen, chaggie needs to break up ;-;

I know it’s cruel but they get back together in season 3 !!

How did we get here? For starters velvet wants to kill the other two vees and take control of their souls! But she needs muscle and brains to do that successfully, seeing how she is the youngest vee. She sees potential in vaggie before and after learning she’s an angel…

Velvet has a lot of beef with Charlie for some reason we don’t know yet but she hates the princess of hell. So Velvet is always hitting on vaggie in front of Charlie to piss her off, vaggie gets super flustered cuz she’s not used to very positive attention from another hot woman.

But some where in season one(in my twisted world) velvet gets vaggie alone and offers her a job, she has Ulterior motivessure but it’s a genuine offer that will always be available. Vaggie is surprised by this and her opinion on velvet gets a little more positive.

After the fight with lute, vaggie spirals with guilt and breaks up with Charlie thinking it’s for the best (she’s dumb). So she calls velvet up and asks if the job is still available, velvet is ecstatic. She moves vaggie into her penthouse and gives her a full makeover it’s so cute!!!

[fanofstuffthesequel]

Understand My AU In 5 Minutes

Part 1- Guardian Angel AU

TW’s:

Drug use, drug addiction, sex work, SA, mentions of alcohol use/addiction, suicide, assasination, murder and family abuse.

So basically, in this universe’s Heaven, there are angels called “Guardian Angels”, both heaven born and winners can apply to the job. Their duty is to rehabilitate and save people who are tend to oof themselves, are hurting themselves or are addicts.

Lucifer is a winner in this, he died with his family (His parents, twin brother and little sister) when he was 14 and they went to Heaven.

Lucifer wanted to make people’s lives better so he applied for this job.

Ona day, at a “To Be Saved” list, he saw his childhood friend, Adam. And chose him.

Speaking of Adam… Let me tell you why he wants to oof himself…

For starters, he had an abusive relationship with someone named Steve. He was 15, Steve was 17. The relationship caused Adam to fall in depression.

His step mother, Sera didn’t want to find a doctor to help him (because he was just being dramatic and should get up and be a man), but his step sister Emily insisted. So he did went to a doctor. They gave him a medicine to help. (Probably Xanax)

Oh and he had to take Vicodin at one point too.

When he finally moved on from Steve, he found another partner, Eve. Their relationship was going well until…

Eve got pregnant when they were both 18.

Thier parents forced them to get married and without knowing what else to do, the young couple moved to another state with their twin boys Cain and Abel. They opened their small farm there and Adam thought he could finally live happily.

But Cain killing Abel ruined his life. They were 14. Cain went to juvie for 4 years.

Eve blamed Adam for this, saying she did not wanted to see his stupid face ever again. And they got a divorce, with Eve taking almost all the properties they had, leaving Adam with Cain’s custody and a few other things. She sold them and moved to another country.

Sera disowned and refused to help Adam once she heard about this. His sister was in a different country, so it was easier for Sera to tell lies about what Adam actually did. Emily believes her brother deserved it.

Sera’s excuse? Adam was basically a murderer himself. He should’ve raised his kids better and be a father, this was all his fault.

Again, without knowing what to do, again in depression, Adam moved to a small apartment. But he couldn’t pay the rent, and was going to be thrown to the streets until a “superhero” came and “saved his ass”

His step cousin, Alastor. Who wants him out of the picture so he could get a step closer to inheriting Sera’s properties once she dies.

He offered Adam a place to stay, one of his apartments. Saying he won’t have to pay the rent until he is stable again. Adam couldn’t be more thankful. He begin working at a supermarket.

Of course Alastor has other plans.

He brought Adam Vicodin and Xanax, saying they’d help ease his pain. They did, for a while, but he became addicted, which was exactly what Alastor wanted so he could have him under his control. He began sending his friends, The Vees to bring him drugs.

Speaking of da Vees, they will add another to Adam’s addiction pile. Let’s break it down.

The supermarket fired him, saying they couldn’t have an addict as their employee. Adam was left desperate again. His rent was unrealistically high and so were the prize of his drugs. Nowhere else hired him or kept him longer than a month, he didn’t knew what to do again. Until the Vees, more specifically Vel and Val came up with an idea for him.

Selling pictures… Of himself. I think you can get what that means…

He did it and got many positive comments telling him he was beautiful, sexy and all that. No one else called him these, it gave him happiness for a small while. Then he would begin feeling dirty and hate himself for doing it, until he would crave that happiness and go again.

Slowly, depression and anxiety mixed with a little agoraphobia clinged to him and never left. People around him all thought he was dangerous, especially to children, thanks to Susan, who spread rumors about him. Speaking of children, he is seen as a monster amongst them, they run away from him whenever they see him.

He became some sort of a hermit, never leaving his house for anything other than going to the liquor store, always ordering stuff.

Alastor visits him once every three months to make sure he stays in this state. With abusing and manipulating him psychologically and verbally.

He’s not the only one who pays a visit.

His step mother, Sera, who managed to gain Cain’s custody and keep him away from Adam, also comes once a year. And her visits are five times more brutal than Alastor’s.

With a life like this, he was obviously in the list.

Now back to Lucifer.

He disguised himself as a human and became Adam’s neighbor. He began bringing him food but Adam didn’t open the door, so he left them and Adam took them. Until one day he finally opened the door and implied to Lucifer that he didn’t want to see him.

So Lucifer began leaving food with notes, inviting him to dinner at his place. One day Adam went there, only because he wanted this man to leave him alone.

They slowly became closer and closer, with Lucifer helping him with his depression and anxiety, becoming his friend and slowly making his life better.

And the angel broke the biggest rule they had:

Don’t fall in love or start a relationship with a human.

But he didn’t care. One day, after another one of Al’s visits, Adam cried in his arms, saying he didn’t want to love anymore because he always fucked it up and called himself a fucking up machine.

Lucifer kissed him and confessed to him that night. They started a relationship, the best one Adam had. But…

Lucifer’s ex, a heaven born angel and an exorcist, Lilith noticed their forbidden love.

Lucifer and Lilith broke up because their relationship simply didn’t work. Both happy it ended. Or so Lucifer thought.

Lilith was furious that Lucifer took a filthy, mentally ill human as his partner while she was there. So she reported this to the authorities.

They told Lucifer that he'd have his status as a guardian angel taken away if he didn't leave the human in 3 days, and as much as Lucifer thought it was worth it, he didn't want to risk anything more.

So one night, he told Adam they were breaking up, but couldn't bring himself to just continue the act when he saw how devastated he was. So he explained to Adam how he was an angel sent to save him and how they'd be back together if Adam waited. It saddened Adam, but he thought it could be worse like him finding someone else or anything.

So, the next day, to make sure he wouldn't go to someone else, he proposed to him making the angel wish he hadn't of died before.

He had to go back to Heaven regardless.

Now he was forced to stay in Heaven until the human died, which was going to take 5 years, and he was also forced to watch him from there. He could only go if his life was in danger in that 5 years.

Lilith mocked him by saying that stupid fucker was going to end up in Hell anyway.

But little did she knew Adam was worth Heaven now thanks to Lucifer. He was going to reunite with his lover in five years but…

He died two years after Lucifer left instead.

Because:

Emily was returning to visit, and Adam wanted to have a word with her, Lucifer’s love and care had brought back his courage.

But Sera, afraid Emily wouldnturn against her, spread the word that she is a horrible person and her reputation would be fucked up, hired a hitman to kill Adam. And sadly, succeeded.

Lucifer was supposed to prevent this, but Lilith laughed at his face and refused to remove the handcuffs that kept him in Heaven. She instead forced him to watch Adam’s death.

But surprise Lilith he’s seeing those gates.

Lucifer was the first angel to greet him.

Happy ending. I hope I covered everything y’all.

[vievieveda]

busy | open starter

The tavern was packed and two of her employees had failed to show up for their shift. Which led to a somewhat frazzled Vee, even if she didn't show it outside of having a shorter temper and less patience than usual. The human was winding through the main room, dropping off refills and picking up glasses and food remnants. One blessing for the day - at least Cookie showed up. That man's job was the only one Veda couldn't do herself.

"Callaghan! Sit down before you fall down," she called out loud enough to be heard over the crowd as she slipped past table after table. "Oakenfold! I swear on all of Withermore that if you put one more scorch mark on my table, you'll be tied to it until it fades. Vallance! Grab her ass again and I'll personally provide her a cleaver to cut off your hand."

Vee made it behind the bar, handling the dirty mugs as she visually checked in with those seated before her. There was one that hadn't been there her last circuit, wiping her hands on an already dirty rag before approaching with one eyebrow raised.

"Oh, don't give me that look. Someone's got to keep them in line to keep this place from devolving into a warzone. What can I get you? In case you haven't noticed, we're short staffed tonight. So you can fuck right off if you want anything that doesn't come from a bottle or a barrel."

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FANKIDS: Tonito, Dimas, Eden, Lucero, Marica, Pitaya, Vanemma, Vugguch

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None At This Time

PROMO - The Vees

PROMO - Valentino

[hazbinned]

Plotted starter for @televisionrotsyourbrain ! / R.A.M Verse

'Come on down to Lu Lu World for the new and improved—' Click. 'Velvette's Love Potion!' Click. 'Call 555-555-555 if YOU want to be—" Click. 'But, father! I don't love him! He is not himself anym—' Click.

It was unhealthy. This much television couldn't possibly be good for anyone, and yet it still felt like it wasn't enough. It was never enough. Nothing was.

No amount of drugs, sex, smoking, mindless dancing, television, alcohol, partying until he wanted to throw up, music, television, time with Velvette, power, excessive shopping, television, violence, television, pain, or emotional eating... or television... could come anywhere close to filling the void left by Vox's death and rebirth.

Vox hadn't... died. Physically speaking, he was very much alive and well, as far as being a sinner in Hell went. On every other level, though? Vox was gone.

He'd been gone.

For over seven years.

What was left in Vox's place was the shell of the man he had been before; a shell of the real Vox. It was like he had been replaced by a complete stranger-- someone a lot more troubled and a lot more docile, lacking that clever wit and charm that had been so loved. Lacking, with that, were his memories.

Valentino couldn't stand it. He'd been pushed to the brink and overboard by everything he'd witnessed. Things were tense. It was almost worse not thinking about it than it was to think about it. He didn't know what to do with himself. He'd tried every possible avenue imaginable to make himself feel better, including spending the night with other TV-demons and pretending they were Vox, but nothing worked.

No amount of anything... worked.

It was easier to sit on the sofa in the Vees' main room and waste away, lights off, mindlessly flipping through TV stations. Ever since he'd caught sight of Vox's silhouette that one time, he'd been loathe to move. Velvette was half convinced that Val had been hallucinating it, but Valentino was adamant that what he had seen was real. His one goal for the past however-many months was to find him again.

To catch him.

To lure him out.

It was something Velvette had brushed off as yet another facet of Valentino's downward mental spiral, and he'd begun to believe her. Maybe it had been a hallucination. He'd been tripping, probably.

... Or so he'd thought.

When he skipped to the next station, he dropped the remote and his cigarette, lurching forward in his seat with more energy than he'd demonstrated in weeks.

"Vox-- V.!"

Vox's first initial, because the former Media Overlord had a habit of not remembering his name... and with swapping it out for his name from life. Val wasn't certain whether or not he'd be doing that now, but... he didn't care.

He made haste to bend toward the table, and smacked the 'on' button on the Vees' old party switch-- the one that turned all the flashing lights and crazy music on. They'd used it a lot, back before the incident. It was collecting dust now, but it... didn't matter.

The only thing that mattered was getting a word in before Vox disappeared again.

Valentino rushed toward the TV and dropped to his knees, all four hands pressed against the screen. Pink-stained teeth gnawed at his lip; pupilless eyes of the same color bore anxiety lines and deep, dark circles.

But they were wide. Excited. Scared.

Desperate.

"S— Stay!" he spluttered, "Can you hear me? It's... it's me." Would Vox recognize him? Probably not. But... "We... have to talk. I have to talk to you."

[hcllishsins]

closed starter > ft. @hazbinned ( alastor ! )

vox had been doing a lot of avoiding recently . especially when it came to meetings that were called for the overlords . he should be the one to attend , of course , being the self proclaimed brains of the vee ' s . but .. he could not stand to be in a room with him . the radio demon . vox was still pissed that he just kept coming back . how fucking difficult was it to kill ONE guy ? unfortunately for the television demon , there were no more excuses . both of the other vee ' s were unable to attend . so .. he would have to suck it up . it ' d be the first time that he ' d actually seen alastor in the flesh in seven years . fury boiled at the mere thought . vox slid through the network , until he reached the cctv in the board room . he was the first to arrive . of course he was . so , he decided to make himself comfortable , at the head of the table no less ..

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

Remember that one Jon chapter in ACOK in which he wargs into Ghost for the first time and encounters a manifestation of Bran as a weirwood?

When he closed his eyes, he dreamed of direwolves [..]

Jon?

The call came from behind him, softer than a whisper, but strong too. Can a shout be silent? He turned his head, searching for his brother, for a glimpse of a lean grey shape moving beneath the trees, but there was nothing, only...

A weirwood.

It seemed to sprout from solid rock, its pale roots twisting up from a myriad of fissures and hairline cracks. The tree was slender compared to other weirwoods he had seen, no more than a sapling, yet it was growing as he watched, its limbs thickening as they reached for the sky. Wary, he circled the smooth white trunk until he came to the face. Red eyes looked at him. Fierce eyes they were, yet glad to see him. The weirwood had his brother's face. Had his brother always had three eyes?

Not always, came the silent shout. Not before the crow.

He sniffed at the bark, smelled wolf and tree and boy, but behind that there were other scents, the rich brown smell of warm earth and the hard grey smell of stone and something else, something terrible. Death, he knew. He was smelling death. He cringed back, his hair bristling, and bared his fangs.

Don't be afraid, I like it in the dark. No one can see you, but you can see them. But first you have to open your eyes. See? Like this. And the tree reached down and touched him.

- Jon VII, ACOK

I’ve always wondered about this but passage because the whole thing is so strange and a bit confusing.

So Bran reaches out and touches Ghost - we’re not sure where but I always just assumed between the eyes because he tells Jon that he must open his eyes and see.

People say that this was Bran awakening Jon’s warging powers but I’m not so sure. For starters, I think Jon was the first or the stark kids to warg; or at the very least, he was the first one to bond with his direwolf.

“Can’t you hear it?” Bran could hear the wind in the trees, the clatter of their hooves on the ironwood planks, the whimpering of his hungry pup, but Jon was listening to something else. “There,” Jon said. He swung his horse around and galloped back across the bridge. They watched him dismount where the direwolf lay dead in the snow, watched him kneel. A moment later he was riding back to them, smiling.

- Bran I, AGOT

Plus, Jon is already warging into Ghost at the time of the encounter so it can’t be that. If that’s not the case then, what does this mean? What is Bran doing if he’s not triggering Jon’s already active warging powers?

There’s also something else that is quite confusing. So Bran touches Ghost and the scene changes.

And suddenly he was back in the mountains, his paws sunk deep in a drift of snow as he stood upon the edge of a great precipice. Before him the Skirling Pass opened up into airy emptiness, and a long vee-shaped valley lay spread beneath him like a quilt, awash in all the colors of an autumn afternoon.

- Jon VII, ACOK

I’m not too sure about what just happened here. Are we meant to believe that Ghost is physically transported to the mountains? Or is Ghost experiencing the world on two planes: one physical and one metaphysical? Ghost’s real body remains at the weirwood tree but his consciousness is transported to a different place? But then this conscious has a corporeal form? I don’t get it….

Another thing to note is that Ghost seems out off by Bran because he smells of death. We know that Bran is in the crypts of Winterfell when this is going down so that would explain why he smells that way. So is Ghost afraid of death? Is he afraid of the dark? How much of the metaphysical is Ghost able to sense? If memory serves me correct, Ghost was also scared at the Fist of the First men because he presumably smelled death there too. It might just be animal things or it might point to something deeper.

Anyway, Ghost shows some aversion to what’s going on but Bran then tells him not to be afraid of the dark. He must first embrace it. And this is when Bran reaches out and touches Jon to open his eyes.

Don’t be afraid, I like it in the dark. No one can see you, but you can see them. But first you have to open your eyes. See? Like this. And the tree reached down and touched him.

So this is all happening while Bran is experiencing a very physical journey to the underworld (an important part of a hero’s journey). So can this be taken as foreshadowing of something that will come to fruition when Jon has to go through his own brush with death? What will opening his eyes to “see” mean for Jon then? Is it similar to when Bran gets all those visions while he’s comatose in AGOT? Maybe this is what will happen to Jon. He will also get visions that remind him why life is worth living; and why life is worth fighting for.

While he’s in a coma, Bran sees past the curtain of light and peaks into the Heart of Winter. The three-eyed-crow tells him that this is why he must live, because winter is coming. Bran then wakes up and names his direwolf ‘Summer’ - as in opposition to Winter. I think it’s possible that we get something similar with Jon. He might have to see what death actually looks like and make the decision to live again so that he can bring about the spring.

And if Jon has to see beyond death, how does that relate to Ghost being, you know, a ‘ghost’? One who exists in the boundaries between life and death. So does he see the living and the dead because he is a part of both? Is this what is needed for Jon’s role as one who will defeat death once and for all? He has to see and conquer death so that new life (spring) can emerge? This could be another reason why Jon has to warg into Ghost after death.

This also brings forth questions of the innate power within Ghost. Namely, how he functions as a vessel of “seeing” and “watching”. To watch is a very prominent motif in Jon’s arc. He is someone who is constantly in the shadows, seeing and watching. He joins an order of men named the Night’s Watch. And even more poignant is that the NW’s primary purpose is to watch for winter - and winter means death. Ghost is a watcher and as one who exists in the boundaries between life and death. Let us remember that he is found with his eyes open when all the other direwolves have theirs closed….

His fur was white, where the rest of the litter was grey. His eyes were as red as the blood of the ragged man who had died that morning. Bran thought it curious that this pup alone would have opened his eyes while the others were still blind.

- Bran I, AGOT

When Arya meets the Ghost of Hight Heart, she compares her eyes to Jon’s direwolf. And the Ghost of High Heart seems to be operating on some kind of magic that might be of the First Men- and the old gods. And the Ghost of High Heart can see things.

Arya spied the small pale shape creeping behind the horses, thin white hair flying wild as she leaned upon a gnarled cane. The woman could not have been more than three feet tall. The firelight made her eyes gleam as red as the eyes of Jon's wolf. He was a ghost too.

- Arya VIII, ASOS

Not to mention, Ghost the albino direwolf has an obvious connection to Bloodraven. Bloodraven is powerful in the magic of the Old Gods and can also see things. Bloodraven, like Jon, is a watcher as he too joined the Night’s Watch and served as its Lord Commander.

His hair fell to his shoulders, long and white and straight, brushed forward so as to conceal his missing eye, the one that Bittersteel had plucked from him on the Redgrass Field. The eye that remained was very red. How many eyes has Bloodraven? A thousand eyes, and one.

- The Mystery Knight

It gets interesting when we consider the powers working within Ghost, and through him. The power of the Old Gods. See, Ghost is like a weirwood in wolf form. Literally.

And suddenly Ghost was back, stalking softly between two weirwoods. White fur and red eyes, Jon realized, disquieted. Like the trees …

- Jon VI, AGOT

And Jon thinks that Ghost belongs to the Old Gods.

Red eyes, Jon realized, but not like Melisandre’s. He had a weirwood’s eyes. Red eyes, red mouth, white fur. Blood and bone, like a heart tree. He belongs to the old gods, this one. And he alone of all the direwolves was white. Six pups they’d found in the late summer snows, him and Robb; five that were grey and black and brown, for the five Starks, and one white, as white as Snow.

- Jon XII, AGOT

Ghost’s red eyes are those of a greenseer. Again, one who sees beyond what others can.

“Those you call the children of the forest have eyes as golden as the sun, but once in a great while one is born amongst them with eyes as red as blood, or green as the moss on a tree in the heart of the forest. By these signs do the gods mark those they have chosen to receive the gift. The chosen ones are not robust, and their quick years upon the earth are few, for every song must have its balance. But once inside the wood they linger long indeed. A thousand eyes, a hundred skins, wisdom deep as the roots of ancient trees. Greenseers.”

- Bran III, ADWD

So does Ghost have the power of the old gods? Is he a vessel of the old gods? An emissary sent to aid Jon specifically? Ghost had red eyes that see, and Jon the watcher can tap into them to see as well. But what other power can Jon tap into, through Ghost’s red eyes that can see very far?

Direwolves, as we know from George R.R Martin, are magical creatures. But Ghost seems to be capable of much more than what is expected of a regular direwolf, even one bonded to a warg. I’m not just talking about his coloring but about certain ‘powers’ he seems to possess. For one, he is able to sense his siblings. He can sense whether they are alive or dead; he senses that Summer and Shaggy are alive, senses Nymeria is alive, senses Lady is dead, and also senses that Greywind is dead before Jon gets news of the Red Wedding.

There were five of them when there should have been six, and they were scattered, each apart from the others. He felt a deep ache of emptiness, a sense of incompleteness.

- Jon VII, ACOK

But that’s not all. There are instances of him going beyond just sensing his siblings. It’s almost like he can “see” them; not just “see” where they are but also “see” what they’re doing.

A wild rain lashed down upon his black brother as he tore at the flesh of an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat's long horn had raked him.

- Jon I, ADWD

His black brother was the closest, prowling over wet rocks and through dark holes in the ground. He had taken down a monstrous goat, a shaggy white goat as big as any elk with a long horn jutting from its brow, and he was gorging on its flesh, sharing the kill with his other half.

- Longer version from a deleted AFFC chapter; same scene as above but longer

In another place, his little sister lifted her head to sing to the moon, and a hundred small grey cousins broke off their hunt to sing with her. The hills were warmer where they were, and full of food. Many a night his sister’s pack gorged on the flesh of sheep and cows and horses, the prey of men, and sometimes even on the flesh of man himself.

- Jon I, ADWD

On the other side the wind was colder still, the wolf sensed. That was where his brother had gone, the grey brother who smelled of summer. With the cliff between them, he could not sense his brother, but sometimes when he padded down the long cold burrow under the ice and poked his nose through the hard black bars, he could feel him. The snow was falling where his brother was, covering all the woods in white. And there were hunters near, living men and dead men, and the ones who wore the shapes of men but smelled only of cold.

- Deleted Jon AFFC chapter

Is this what Bran awakened during the encounter with Jon? He awakened Ghost’s (and Jon’s) ability to “see” things like a weirwood can? And let’s remember that Bran was working through a weirwood…

Correct me if I’m wrong but ghost is the only direwolf that can do this, yes? Perhaps this is where Ghost being ‘a ghost’ comes into play. Because he can straddle the boundary between life and death, then that means he can see who is on either side (dead - Lady and Greywind, alive - Summer, Shaggy, Nymeria); it could also explain how he knows Summer is alive even though he cannot actually sense him. This could also explain why Summer is the only other direwolf able to sense which of his siblings is alive or dead; because Bran made a journey to the underworld, both figuratively and literally.

It’s quite speculative, but I think another reason for why Ghost can “see” his siblings is because they are in near death situations, or are in situations where death hangs in the air. Like when he “sees” Shaggy in Skaagos, Shaggy is wounded from his fight with the unicorn (and the unicorn is dead). In the last quote I posted above, Ghost can “see” the Others and Wights who surround Bloodraven’s cave and can identify that some are dead. Note that Ghost can also “see” the Others and even though they wear the shapes of men, Ghost can see that they aren’t really men because they smell of cold (and also bring death in their wake).

Jon isn’t anywhere near his siblings but he can see all these things through Ghost. Does this mean that Ghost is able to see beyond Jon’s physical constraints? Or that Jon, through Ghost, can cast his eyes far and see? But how far does that go? Is it just something to do with the pack? Or can it be extended to other people/places? After all, after the encounter with Bran, Ghost saw the wildling camp and that had nothing to do with his litter mates.

I just can’t wait to see how Jon’s resurrection plays out because this ability to see is something that could potentially be made stronger after Jon’s resurrection. Jon, like Bran, will have journeyed to the underworld and emerged from it. Perhaps the encounter with Bran was sowing the seeds for things Jon could do in the future. But there is still the question: does he need to warg into Ghost for this or can he do it on his own? If his bond with Ghost is multiplied exponentially after death such that they share a soul, does Ghost’s power transfer over to Jon? What are the constraints here?

Another question that greatly interests me is, if Ghost is the one who not just senses but sees his siblings, is this indicative of a special place he has among the pack? Is he the pack leader maybe? Or perhaps the pack protector?

They arrived, flushed and breathless, to find Jon seated on the sill, one leg drawn up languidly to his chin. He was watching the action, so absorbed that he seemed unaware of her approach until his white wolf moved to meet them. Nymeria stalked closer on wary feet. Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down.

[Jon] messed up her hair again and walked away from her, Ghost moving silently beside him. Nymeria started to follow too, then stopped and came back when she saw that Arya was not coming.

- Arya I, AGOT

Far off, he could hear his packmates calling to him, like to like. They were hunting too.

- Jon I, ADWD

He was no longer certain they were wrong. Every night Ghost prowled along the Wall, hunting for a way through, called by a brother he could not feel, a hunger he could not sate. And Jon ran with him, in the darkness of his dreams.

- Deleted Jon AFFC chapter

There’s obviously a weird power that’s active within Ghost that isn’t exhibited by the other direwolves. Not to mention his incredible intelligence which also isn’t seen in the other direwolves; the other direwolves are intelligent, but Ghost’s intelligence seems almost human.

A vast blue-white wall plugged one end of the vale, squeezing between the mountains as if it had shouldered them aside, and for a moment he thought he had dreamed himself back to Castle Black. Then he realized he was looking at a river of ice several thousand feet high. Under that glittering cold cliff was a great lake, its deep cobalt waters reflecting the snowcapped peaks that ringed it. There were men down in the valley, he saw now; many men, thousands, a huge host. Some were tearing great holes in the half-frozen ground, while others trained for war. He watched as a swarming mass of riders charged a shield wall, astride horses no larger than ants. The sound of their mock battle was a rustling of steel leaves, drifting faintly on the wind. Their encampment had no plan to it; he saw no ditches, no sharpened stakes, no neat rows of horse lines. Everywhere crude earthen shelters and hide tents sprouted haphazardly, like a pox on the face of the earth. He spied untidy mounds of hay, smelled goats and sheep, horses and pigs, dogs in great profusion. Tendrils of dark smoke rose from a thousand cookfires. This is no army, no more than it is a town. This is a whole people come together.

- Jon VII, ACOK

I get excited just thinking about how this could manifest with Jon as a commander of armies. He could very well become a commander who can see across enemy lines, can see their formations, who’s leading them, what sort of supplies they have, how big their numbers are, etc. It’s kind of a scary thing to have. Jon wouldn’t need to send so many scouts if he can just see things for himself. Plus it brings to mind Jon’s parallels with the Norse god Odin, who can see into all realms through his high seat Hlidskjalf.

One last thing to note, Bran says that Ghost was the only direwolf to have his eyes open when the wolf pups were found. This is obviously a nod to Jon being more mature than what is expected of him at the time, plus we must remember Maester Luwin asserting that bastard grow up faster than trueborns. But perhaps there is a magical explanation of that as well. It’s not just that Jon sees and understands the real threat from up north, but he can see on a metaphysical realm in a way that none of the others can.



[stories-of-the-multiverse]

((Starter for @the-first-woman ))

So, his first week moved fast. Though, that was just how Vox operated. The moment the princess welcomed him as a partner to the project, he got to work.

Hiring a construction crew to fix up and upgrade the rickety old hotel as much as possible without completely remodeling it, calling up the other Vees to help redecorate and refurnish it to be more up to date (and letting Velvette make a post about it), sending out help wanted ads and helping the gals hire new staff (for now the staff body was kept rather small due to the staggering number of vacancies), and now all that was left? Filming a commercial for this hotel. Easier said than done. Not the filming part, but, the actual advertising part.

How can he sell this delusional service in a way that makes people actually want to come here, satisfy the princess, and preserve his image? They were lucky to find two crazy enough fuckers to actually board this inevitably sinking ship.

Well, the only way he'll know for sure, is by doing.

A drone floating in front of him and the hotel, Vox took a breath.

Selling points; free food, shelter, and protection... With the catch that you had to cease your vices. The chance to get into Heaven... Theoretically. Not guaranteed. The alternative to the yearly Exterminations... Only if this bullshit pipedream turned out to work.

Fuck-! Okay! You can twist this into something worth a damn! You could sell an ice bucket to a freezing man, even without your hypnotic abilities-

It was when he was psyching himself up for this commercial when he noticed a tall figure walking on the pavement path towards the hotel. A very familiar one.

Vox knew it was inevitable to encounter Charlie's family for choosing to work with her. But he didn't expect it to be so soon. And certainly didn't expect it to be the parent that went off the grid seven years ago.

Holy shi-

Just as quickly as he was caught off guard, he straightened up, giving his award winning smile.

"Your majesty, what a pleasant surprise! No one has heard from you in ages!"

He willed the drone to rise out of her way as he continued, gesturing at the building behind him.

"Welcome to the Starize Hotel, Sinners' second chance to rise! How may I help you today?"

He paused, a thought occurring to him.

"Ah... I assume your business here is more... Family related?"

[mothvalentino]

@hellmxses redemption starter

For some reason, Val thought it would be easier to tell Velvette first. He contemplated calling her to break the news but then decided that he owed her more than that. She deserved to hear it face-to-face. And so the moth asked her to meet in a cafe outside the Vees' territory, choosing a neutral spot in case their conversation went south.

Already sitting in a secluded booth, Valentino warmed his upper hands on his cup of coffee, nervously eyeing the entrance until he saw Velvette approaching through the window. His gaze dropped to his steaming beverage, the courage to meet her eyes fleeing him.

ཐིཋྀ "Hey, Vel...", he greeted her, subdued but forcing himself to look at her as he continued to speak.

"... I'm leaving the Vees."

[gambling-bartender]

closed starter for @hclluvahctel

It had been 23 days since anyone at the hotel had heard from Angel Dust. He had gone out one day for work and just... hadn't come back afterwards.

Husk hadn't been able to sleep for days when he first disappeared. At first he just didn't leave the bar, desperate to be there when Angel got home. After the third night be crashed at the bar and ended up waking on the couch where he later found out charlie and vaggie had apparently worked together to move him.

After that he started going out, looking for Angel, he had gotten into an argument with Alastor about it but managed to get Charlie's support on it so the radio demon had backed down.

He had spent weeks searching the city, he had tried to get into the Vee's tower, even going so far as to fly around it to try to spy into the windows but hadn't caught sight of the spider inside or in his dressing room so he figured he must be elsewhere.

He had not expected to catch wind of Angel Dust being posted up on a street corner taking clients and when he first heard he was almost angry. No call, no nothing for weeks and he was just out on a street corner fucking working?

It didn't take long for him to track down the exact corner where Angel was, news spread quickly among the degenerates in hell. But that anger that had almost built up evaporated the second he saw Angel's eyes.

They were both black.

"Angel? Where have you been? What happened?"

[crownshattered]

|| Hello, my lovelies!! Here's a nice little starter call for very specific muses~ The purpose of this starter call is to give me something quick and dopamine-inducing when my brain needs a break from final assignments for the semester. Because of this, I have a very specific list of characters who have a lot of muse, so here you can request starters from them if you'd like!! You don't have to specify the muse this time, but I'd still appreciate it~

Like/comment on this post and I'll keep a list of the starters I owe!! I'll work on them whenever I need a break from studying!! Characters/verses that are included in this starter call are listed below (in no particular order)~

Faenethra (mostly normal bg3, but now that she has a HSR verse that's available too~)

Vee (i will give her other verses soon enough, but I'm a little too busy for that right now...)

HSR Lia (or any verse of Lia's tbh, but I have a lot of HSR thoughts for her XDD)

ATLA/Genshin/HSR Kira (same as before, happy to write anything for any Kira verse, but these three verses currently stand out~)

Suki

Rosalie (BSD or TWST~)

Reincarnated AU Koyuki

Focalors (though I still need to make her bio...)

Emily

Mipha (in any verse tbh)

Alanna (also any verse~)

Kristian (again, any verse!!)

Lyudmila

[isforever]

@veelentino  ╱  starter  call.

 “  valentino.  ”  her  tone  is  curt,  but  she  keeps  her  expression  neutral.  she  has  a  deep  disdain  for  all  of  the  self-proclaimed  ‘vees’  but  there's  something  about  him  that  she  especially  loathes.  the  overlord  stands  up,  moves  from  behind  her  desk.  “  i'd  have  been  more  prepared  if  i  knew  you  were  coming.  to  what  do  i  owe  this…  pleasure?  ”

[mxthbladed]

[[ guess who fucked up her knee again! *sticks out my leg with a brace on it* Vee did! oh well. I'll be put up for the weekend, so I'll be able to knock out replies. And maybe starters. Gotta put out a starter call. ]]