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pastthevaulteddoors · 4 years ago

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My brain fogs usually end with me babbling.

This morning @delicatelygloriousphoenix allowed me to babble to them about a thought I had.

And then... It just kept going.

I’m still tired. Here’s a cut version of that conversation.

I had a thought before bed last night 'cause I'm finishing up the extras to SVSSS.

What if someone was reborn into Mo Dao Zu Shi and had to save everyone?

What if Jiang Cheng was the person they were born into? I can't remember the scene properly from the novel, but right before WWX interrupts the summit meeting on Koi/Carp tower, drinks LWJ's booze and accuses Jin Zixun of his labor camp is when this person becomes the new Jiang Cheng. He himself interrupts WWX's rant that nearly falls into a fight and demands that he/Lotus Pier are allowed to keep the rest of the Wens because they burned the place to the ground and therefore have a right to them to rebuild the place.

The argument is quick, and JC is like "I'm taking them" and drags WWX out in surprise. But he turns to LWJ and is like "You comin'?" so of course LWJ comes when he's actually invited to do so. They run off to the camp. JC tries to hurry to get there before Wen Ning is stabbed. They do get there earlier than in the show/novel, but WN is already stabbed (but not dead).

They drag the Wens and an unconscious WN out of the camp. WWX doesn’t go nuts because WN isn’t dead yet and JC is there to lay down some tsundere harshness in his stead.

They have to stop at a village before they get there where Wen Qing can work on her brother and the Wens can rest. JC buys them all rando threadbare robes so they don't stand out as Wens anymore.

Lan Xichen shows up at some point to see if he can't... not so much help as his position won't allow him to take sides on this, but there to 'check on his brother.’ When he gets there, he’s pushed to the inn room where he sees JC focused at WN’s side. He’s giving him spiritual energy while WQ rests nearby. That's LXC’s first little spark of "Ah, JC is nicer than he first appears."

The Wens are supposed to be 'laborers' to help rebuild Lotus Pier, but JC's really just wanting to make sure that WWX isn't forced off to Burial Mounds and becomes an icon of hatred like the show/novel. And he doesn't have to remove him from the sect entirely.

However, he tells a distracted WWX that he obviously has ideas with his new powers and gives him leave to seclude himself to practice/create/invent but in a safe environment. Jiang Yanli is happy that her brothers are not alone yet able to pursue their separate interests/areas of need.

LXC suggests Gusu taking the Wens as well as 'laborers' since Cloud Recesses was also burned down by the Wens. In reality, they have more safe space for the Wens, it's harder to ambush the 'labor camp' when it's on a mountain peak.

This is where the ALIVE yet healing Wen Ning and Wen Qing ask the Lans to take care of A-Yuan as they are not in the best situation to take care of a child at their camp. This is where LWJ and the frequently visiting WWX basically adopt him.

I mean, if the Wens aren't in danger, WWX has no reason to go back to the burial mounds so of course he’d come to check up on the Wens a lot. Which just means hanging out with A-Yuan and the bunnies often. If LWJ happens to be there with him all the time... well... who’s to say what that means?!

Meanwhile, JC is trying to handle his sect with only a bit of help from WWX here and there, although Wen Qing shows up a lot, as does LXC as a gesture of goodwill and to help the young new sect leader.

JC enjoys being a leader and the System provided him with knowledge and ability to train his new sect. He used to be a salaryman when he was alive, this is far more exciting and much more stimulating.

JC is pretty oblivious that both WQ and LXC are absently crushing on this confident and warmly grumpy JC. He just thinks they like visiting him to talk sect leader stuff or night hunt or... maybe he even thinks they’re his friends.

BUT JC knows his mission is not done, as the System keeps reminding him.

He needs to make sure Jin Guangyao doesn't marry his sister but he can't break OOC or share his knowledge of knowing that JGY and Qin Su are siblings... so he subtly courts Qin Su instead to basically cock block JGY.

Which surprises all but whatever. JC has changed since becoming sect leader, or so they say (really, JC is a different person entirely but ya know).

JC is okay with it, saying Qin Su is a decent woman and pretty enough. He'd be okay if they'd end up marrying, although he's very aware that JGY might try to murder him for taking the girl he likes but he's got his defenses up.

The courting goes on for awhile and JC keeps blocking JGY’s advances where he can but doesn’t go further with his own.

A few years later, JC hosts a birthday party of four year old Jin Ling, with little Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi, Ouyang Zizhen among others... so it's a mini sect leader party, too. All of this without going OOC, he's still a grumpy sect leader but he's less feared (like, in the novel, JC was a friggen murderer! He tortured and killed anyone he thought was using WWX's methods or was his incarnation!). People actually seem to like him!

Late night at the party WWX, JC, LWJ, and LXC were hanging out. They suggest going on a boat together because a lot of lanterns were going to be let off in the lakes for JL’s birthday.

JC 'accidentally' spills tea on LXC's robes so he has to excuse himself to change. The others wait by the boat and JC is like "Oop, I changed my mind. I'm going to do something else" and kicks the boat off with LWJ and WWX in it and walks away. He chills in a pavilion a little bit later, watching the lanterns on the water and a few boats out there when LXC comes back. He doesn't even ask when happened and joins him, watching the boat that their brothers are in. LXC and JC haven't talked about it, but they both low key ship LWJ and WWX so they're of agreement.

This event triggers the Wangxian relationship quest. JC is pretty happy that they don’t have to wait 13-16 years before they get to enjoy each other’s company.

And that's when JC himself starts to admire LXC. Not that he hadn't before, they had become friends of sorts from both rebuilding their sects, passing advice to each other, and generally get to complain to each other as young sect leaders. JC kept distance though, knowing LXC’s sworn brothers are his confidants but now and again LXC even lets on a bit of that drama (realizing how much NMJ and JGY are at odds) when JC mentions "they just gotta fuck and get it out of their system"

But yeah, it's during that conversation that JC is like "LXC is actually really attractive and fun to talk to..." crush style.

Then a new mission starts! JC has to team up with LXC to get JGY and NMJ together. All the while JC is loosely courting Qin Su still. Wen Qing has since moved on with her affections (WQ is fast realizing that everyone is gay and instead goes to make out with Mianmian because yes lesbians!).

So LXC realizes that he likes JC but doesn't think he'd be interested because of Qin Su and Wen Qing.

Meanwhile, JC is like "The author said the only gay couple in this novel was WWX and LWJ but!!!?!?!?!??!?!? everyone is gay!?”

At WWX and LWJ's wedding, LXC and JC spy on JGY and NMJ who end up kissing behind a tree. They're tipsy but success! JC gives LXC a high five which amuses LXC because 'wtf is a high five? that's so cute, what a grumpy dork'

JC outright stops courting Qin Su then, which pisses off her sect, that is in close ties with the Jins, which turn their anger towards the Jiang sect. So JC has to fight with the Jins in a political battle, and his sister is preggers with her third kid so she can't help much.

But it's finally JGY that stands up to his father to stop bulling smaller sects. No hard feelings for stealing Qin Su then dumping her, apparently.

It's about this time when Mo Xuanyu shows up and is like "you're my daddy" Lady Jin already hates her husband's illegitimate children but now she's furious, especially after her friend tells her that Jin Guangshan raped her and Qin Su is ALSO an illegitimate child (another reason JGY decides he doesn’t hate JC for cock blocking him).

All this combined, Jin Guangshan is shamed off his throne. Jin ZiXuan takes up a lead and JGY (now renamed Jin Ziyao as is the proper generational name) decides he's happy with not being an asshole (since he's getting good dickings with his boyfriend NMJ and Lady Jin has finally stopped bullying him) and decides that he'd be content, even happy, being his brother's advisor rather than dethroning him for sect leadership.

But of course there's gotta be drama. Shi Su and Jin Zixun are not the smartest of people but they've teamed up with Xue Yang who has a bit of the Iron. Together, they start to plot against the sects to overrule them, because they're dumb idiots with a semblance of power.

That's about as far as my brain went when I fell asleep and then this morning when the brain fog focused on that instead of on work while I was waking up.

Just something about 13 years later, JC and LXC are pretty close but not lovers yet, when something-something adventure and JC and LXC become a thing in a similar manner that WWX and LWJ did in the novel. RANDOM CONFESSION TIME that other people have to point out to them!

The following is related conversation but I don’t want to put my friend’s part so... it’s disjointed. Sorry not sorry I’m tired.

Continued conversation about wangxian being together:

because JC already knew they'd be together from the show/novel, and LXC shipped them, so they teamed up to get them to confess

That's what I meant when JC forced them onto a romantic boat ride together.

They weren't parted from the Wen fight stuff so instead of fighting at Nightless City, they had time to realize their feelings and not die instead of confess. ;p

Conversation... conversation...

So for so long JC doesn't know he's into guys (LXC in particular, kinda like SQQ in SVSSS) but just like JC in the novel, he gets himself blacklisted from the matchmakers. Meanwhile, this whole time his very close friend, LXC (they're really close now since JGY and NMJ are a couple so he doesn't like to third wheel it and instead spend his time with JC) things that JC is straight and lowkey crushes on him for 13-16 years before WWX and LWJ have to spell it out to them.

but Lan have a-yuan as adopted heir

He'd (JC) probably ask Jinli if one of her kids could be heir

What if Jin Zixun tries to take the sect leader throne or something. He'd be next in line if jin Zixuan didn't die and JGY didn't step up.

#wangxian #xicheng #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #svsss #scumbag villain self saving system

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heartscfvalor · 4 years ago

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Introducing: Dehari Tabris

Coyote came and spoke to me he says "Get used to your destiny" Every moment is a mystery to me Getting pretty good at listening

Dehari Tabris is the daughter of Adaia and Cyrion, two city elves of an Alienage in Denerim, and their only child. As a youngest, Adaia managed to train her daughter in martial arts and rogue training in order to prepare her for anything that life threw her way, due to the world being so hostile towards elves in general, because Adaia was captured by humans and eventually killed. Cyrion took to raising Dehari to the best of his abilities, alongside extended family with her cousins, Soris and Shianni, the latter of whom had moved in with Cyrion and Dehari after her mother died of a plague when the two girls were extremely small.

Despite her rogue training and her distrust of humans, Dehari lived a rather happy live in the Alienage. Money was scarce, though Cyrion was able to get jobs that allowed him to keep his small family more afloat than the rest, and Dehari tended to work with the children to allow their parents to work too. When she was a teenager, Cyrion started looking for a match for an arranged marriage for his daughter, and Dehari let her head fill with daydreams about her future with a husband who would treat her well and give her the family she dreamed to have.

Cyrion was able to find a match for Dehari named Nelaros, a blacksmith elf from the Alienage in Highever. Described as kind, handsome and good with his hands, he was a wonderful match for Dehari, who was excited for their future wedding day. At nineteen, the wedding day was brought up early one day when Nelaros and Valora, Soris’ match made by the Alienage’s elder, arrived earlier than expected, and Cyrion, having heard that Duncan, the Grey Warden, had come looking for recruits, sped things along in hopes of saving Dehari from Duncan’s recruitment by marrying her off as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, what should have been a happy wedding day -- especially when Dehari saw how absolutely handsome Nelaros was when they finally met, and his general kindness as he promised to do what he could to keep her happy -- turned into a nightmare. The arl’s son, Vaughan, crashed the celebration, first to declare he was looking for “beautiful women” to accompany him back to the palace for a “party” he was throwing, but Shianni crashed a vase into his head in a reckless move to get him to leave, only to make the man return in a rage. He kidnapped Shianni, Valora, and Dehari, including several other elven women, and he had them dragged back to the palace kicking and screaming. One of the women, unfortunately, ends up dead from this encounter, her throat slit when the guards come to force the women to Vaughan’s quarters, before they were taken, leaving Dehari as the last one.

Thankfully, Soris and Nelaros broke into the palace via a servant’s tunnel to try and free the women, giving Dehari a weapon to fight back against the guards. Nelaros died trying to protect her, and Dehari, mourning his loss, took the wedding ring he had intended to give her during their wedding from his pocket, sliding it onto her finger and continuing the bloodbath with Soris at her side to save the other women. When they finally reached Vaughan’s quarters, Shianni had just been raped by Vaughan and his friends, who tried to bribe Dehari into leaving the palace. Undeterred and filled with rage, Dehari instead killed all three of the men, before helping Soris take Shianni and the rest of the women home.

When the city guards came looking for the “murderers” responsible for the blood covering the palace, Dehari took full responsibility, and Duncan conscripted her into the Grey Wardens to save her from arrest. She was given time to say goodbye to her family before she left, swearing to do everything she could possible to destroy this Blight and find a way back home.

Dehari continues to hold onto her more romantic and daydream like personality, whilst juggling the responsibilities as a Grey Warden after Duncan’s death. She tries to see the good in people, though the harsh realities of the Blight and everything around them did not deter her. Her favored romances are with Alistair or Zevran, though it depends on who manages to woo her first.

#regarding;; dehari #introducing;; dehari #musings;; dehari #visage;; dehari

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chicagocityfclanspromoblog · 4 years ago

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Kudzai Rinker→ Gugu Mbatha-Raw → Warlock

→ Basic Information

Age: 1349

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Powers: Biokinesis

Birthday: Nov 12th

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Religion: Luciferianism

Mark: Rinker

Generation: 1st

→ Her Personality

Kudzai is fierce, mature, and resilient, with an endless capacity for hatred. Kudzai is a strong independent woman who has been hurt countless times. She has been beaten by those she thought loved her, has had her heart stomped on, and made sacrifices for many who were undersevering. This turned her into the closed off, emotionally guarded and secretive person she is today. Kudzai is not easily offended, however, when she is, she hides it well. She will always be straight no matter how long she has known the person she’s addressing. She communicates honestly and openly. It’s because she knows what she wants and she is done with wasting her time. In fact, she’s ready to handle any conflict if it arises. She just won’t let anyone push her around, undermine her or treat her like a doormat.

→ Her Personal Facts

Occupation: General Surgeon/Biokinesis Specialist

Scars: Multiple. Mostly unseen/underneath clothing. (Specifics Are Up To Player)

Tattoos: Kudzai used lasers to remove an old slave tattoo from her arm.

Two Likes: Wine/Beer Tasting and Law TV Shows

Two Dislikes: Children and Halloween

Two Fears: Commitments/Intimate Relationships and Self Injections

Two Hobbies: Continuous Learning and Making/Selling Salves

Three Positive Traits: Persuasive, Responsible, Diligent

Three Negative Traits: Workaholic, Verbose, Hypercritical

→ Her Connections

Parent Names:

Georgina Laclysis (Morther): Kudzia was taken from her mother and sold at a young age. She tried looking for her mother but found no trace of her.

Sibling Names:

Unknown/None

Children Names:

Lee Cyto Rinker Jr (Son): Kudzai’s oldest son who is 1018 years old. Kudzai has a strained relationship with her eldest due to how similar he is to his father. A wild telekinetic, Lee makes foolish decisions and Kudzai thinks it is pure dumb luck he is not 6 feet under like his father.

Cristae Zephyr Rinker (Daughter): Kudzai’s oldest daughter who is 980 years old and the reason why she refuses to train anyone under her mark. She has made many of the same mistakes Kudzai has and is a strong source of frustration for her. They are just too much alike.

Krebs Jay Rinker (Son): Kudzai’s middle son who is 364 years old. He is Kudzai and James Thomas’ son. Kerbs is Kudzai’s least favorite child but she could not bring herself to get rid of him in her womb. Kerbs grew to be like his grandfather.

Hondria Edison Rinker (Daughter): Kudzai’s youngest daughter who is 119 years old. She is a talented Projector and was trained by her father, Minsky. She and her mother often fight about Jamie and she left Chicago for New York to train in her advanced away from her parents.

Jamie Edison Rinker (Son): Kudzai’s youngest son who was 17 when he died. He was Kudzai’s pride and joy, and she thought he had the potential to be the best Rinker yet. Unfortunately he inherited his father’s powers and randomly died in his sleep. Minsky and Kudzai were devastated equally and separated soon after.

Romantic Connections:

Lee Rinker (Ex-Husband): They were married under the stars in her wild teen years. Lee, a warlock, died during a freak training accident with his mentor. Leaving Kudzai behind with their first born son and daughter, Lee Jr and Cristae.

James Thomas (Revenge Lay): James was the only son of the slave owner that beat and raped Kudzai daughter. She stole him away, made him fall in love with her, took his virginity and then killed him. The Thomas family was shamed, neighbors believing that James ran off with a slave girl. Months later Kudzai found out she was carrying his child.

Roman Cleirigh (Unwanted Attraction): Roman is asexual but Kudzai has tried more than once to get the insane Cleirigh into her bed.

Mu’ba (Ex-Boyfriend): He was a strong and handsome man that Kudzai met in passing. Mu’ba found a way to weaken her powers. Causing their fun loving relationship to take a turn for the worst. It took Kudzai over 34 years to break away from the abusive relationship. It took another 135 years for Kudzai to kill Mu’ba, all within his lineage and associates that knew what he was doing to her..

Minsky Edison (Husband/Separated): Kudzai was smitten when Minsky chose to pursue her romantically. She held out because of the notion that Neuromancers die randomly and the dark cloud of her past relationships. However, he eventually won her over and Kudzai finally found true love and settled down. When their son Jamie passed away, nearly 60 years ago, it put a strain on their relationship and they eventually separated. Since then Minsky and Kudzai have been off and on again; they are currently on again and planning to rekindle their marriage for good this time. Kudzai knows Minsky is it for her but needs to heal on her own.

Platonic Connections:

Sid Velanica (Great Something Grandson): Kudzai hated Sid when they first met. It took decades before she saw his talents and was able to detach him from his mark. Sid is clever and has a good heart, despite being descended from her children. Kudzai neither approves or disapproves of Sid’s relationship with Sada.

Cassia Trelawny (Mentee): Kudzai had originally thought Cassia was from her family line. Cassia fought to prove that while she does not know her parents she was not from the Rinker lineage. Kudzai does not know exactly why she accepted Cassia as her mentee. Kudzai saw something in Cassia that she could not put her hands on. They have a strong mentor and mentee relationship but nothing more.

Tristan Lawton (Mentee): In all her years Kudzai has never met someone with such passion for magic and the willing ability to use it but is an absolute disaster at it; Tristan has the drive but he does not have the telent. Her hands are full and tied with him. She is too afraid for mankind and the entire universe to let him train under anyone else. She believes they are slowly making progress.

Sada Warren (Ex-Mentee): Sada and Kudzai have a surprising relationship. Kudzai is certain it started around the same time she lost her son, Jamie. Sada will never replace her boy but she means more to Kudzai then most of her children. Kudzai neither approves or disapproves of Sada’s relationship with Sid.

Ronan Cleirigh (Council Member): Ronan believes Kudzai purposely goes against him on Council decisions. Kuzai is constantly competing with him.

Jace Cicero (Council Member): Jace and Kudzai are both very closed off and relaxed compared to others their age and who are on the local Council. This makes being friends easy. They are both able to leave Council business in the Council Room and continue about their day without taking it out on others.

Rhiannon Draga (Council Member): Rhiannon, Minsky, and Kudzai are all close friends outside of the Council. Rhiannon and her husband, Vladimir would often join Minsky and Kudzai for couples night. Rhiannon was a big comfort when Jamie died and helped Kudzai through her grieving process.

Kaylor Genesis (Best Friend): Kaylor is one of the other older females in Chicago beside Rhiannon and Kudzai. They have formed an unlikely friendship due to their strikingly different personalities. Kaylor has the ability to bring out the best in Kudzai and Kudzai’s happiest memories are usually shared with Kaylor.

Clarisse ‘Clara’ Fields (Associate): Clara is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has nothing to say to her besides pleasantries.

Chris Bialar (Associate): Chris is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They recently started speaking about a possible supernatural schooling system.

Ellis Watts (Associate): Ellis is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and only share pleasantries. Kudzai knew Ellis’ father and felt the same.

Juliette Willott (Associate): Juliette is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has no respect or patience in regards to her.

Percy McCormick III (Associate): Percy is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has nothing to say to him besides pleasantries.

Isaac Baker (Associate): is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. Kudzai has been unsure about Isaac as of lately, especially after he took Deucalion into his pack.

Scorpius Getta (Associate): Getta is the vampire clan master. She finds him annoying and scheming but productive and a better clan master then the previous one. He is easier to work with than the animal shifters but She will never admit it.

Sirius Cobic (Associate): Sirius is the human shifter leader and chief of police. They are the closest out of the clan leaders and council members. She considers him a friend on her good days and they coordinate magical coverups together

Emmett Wilhelm (Acquaintance): Emmett is the liaison for magical users and they have a basic understanding. She wants him to join the Council as a Wilhelm.

Hostile Connections:

Nick Hamelin (Associate): Nick is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. Kudzai knew Nick back when he was rumored to be the Pied Piper. She heard how much he has grown but she would never let her guard down around him, his brother, his mate or his pack.

Deucalion Thornton (Hate): Kudzai’s hatred for Duke also extends to his twin brother, Aries. They both were menace to the warlock society. Duke has recently tried to break a curse that could have exposed the entire supernatural community.

Pets:

None

→ History (paragraph(s) on background) → The Present (paragraph(s) on how the character connects to the plot)

→ Available Gif Hunts (we do not own these)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw [1][2][3]

#Gugu Mbatha Raw #Warlock rp #Witch rp #Magic RPG #Powers Rp

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reconditarmonia · 6 years ago

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Dear Rule 63 Author

(It’s finally happening! Thank you so much for signing up!)

I’m reconditarmonia here and on AO3 (and have been since LJ days, but my LJ is locked down and I only have a DW to see locked things). I have anon messaging off, but, er, I can answer any questions you might have about my requests in my mod capacity if you contact the exchange email ;)

Fullmetal Alchemist | History Boys | Pride and Prejudice | Robin Hood | Spinning Silver

General likes:

– Relationships that aren’t built on romance or attraction. They can be romantic or sexual as well, but my favorite ships are all ones where it would still be interesting or compelling if the romantic component never materialized.

– Loyalty kink! Trust, affectionate or loving use of titles, gestures of loyalty, replacing one's situational or ethical judgment with someone else's, risking oneself (physically or otherwise) for someone else, not doing so on their orders. Can be commander-subordinate or comrades-in-arms.

– Heists, or other stories where there’s a lot of planning and then we see how the plan goes.

– Femslash, complicated or intense relationships between women, and female-centric gen. Women doing “male” stuff (possibly while crossdressing).

– Stories whose emotional climax or resolution isn’t the sex scene, if there is one.

– Uniforms/costumes/clothing.

– Stories, history, and performance. What gets told and how, what doesn’t get told or written down, behavior in a society where everyone’s consuming media and aware of its tropes, how people create their personas and script their own lines.

General DNW: rape/dubcon, torture, other creative gore; unrequested AUs, including “same setting, different rules” AUs such as soulmates/soulbonds; PWP; food sex; embarrassment; focus on pregnancy; Christmas/Christian themes; focus on unrequested canon or non-canon ships.

A note: I'm generally fine with "/" ships where the fic doesn't contain a kiss, overt declaration of love, etc. I'll trust that you wrote it with shippy intent and don't expect you to force in something that wouldn't fit the story.

About Rule 63 Exchange specifically: I have no strong preference for character names, with a slight preference for sticking with their canon names; it's up to you whether you want to justify any resulting names that would be unusual for women or just gloss over it. As far as characters' personalities and gender expression are concerned, you can tell from my requests that part of what interests me in most of the characters I requested is the question of what they and/or their relationships would be like in a world where they grew up as women, but I tend to want to see them as similar to their canon selves, just female. I'm probably fine with unrequested characters also being swapped to female, but feel free to check if you're not sure; please don't swap any female characters to male.

For this exchange, I've requested only fanfiction and only Always a 63, and with the exception of FMA, have requested non-smut (for FMA both smut and non-smut are good).

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Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist

Ship(s): F!Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye, F!Roy Mustang/F!Maes Hughes, F!Roy Mustang & Riza Hawkeye & F!Maes Hughes, F!Roy Mustang & F!Maes Hughes

I only recently started watching FMA:Brotherhood and I love it a lot. My fannish interests run towards military contexts, loyalty kink, idealistic/noble characters, and ambitious/pragmatic characters, so I'd love to read more about any of these combinations of people trusting one another to be the best person to do the job, or to know what to do, and risking a lot on that - whether that's on campaign in the war, when trying to get Roy up the chain of command, during the conflict with the homunculi... (I'm not yet up to the bit where Roy tells Riza he trusts her to shoot him in the back if he steps off the path, but it's been mentioned to me and it is my JAM.)

(My requests are fairly unspecific because as I write this I'm only about a quarter of the way through the anime. DO NOT worry about avoiding spoilers in the fic; I'm getting through the canon and can't wait to read whatever you want to write. Although I should specifically say, feel free to either have Hughes continue to be alive or stick to canon in this regard.)

Smut Likes: clothing, sexual tension, breasts, oral sex, grinding, informal d/s elements, intensity

Fandom-Specific DNW: please avoid canon-typical loss of body parts. If writing Roy/Maes in a period when Maes would canonically be married to Gracia, please don’t kill her off or get into either infidelity angst or poly negotiation; an AU where they never married or the assumption of an open relationship are both fine.

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Fandom: History Boys

Ship(s): F!Stuart Dakin/F!Tom Irwin, F!Entire Class & F!Tom Irwin, F!Entire Class & F!Douglas Hector

I'm dying to know what the cultural touchstones would be if this plot were about lesbians instead of gay men. Auden, for instance, keeps coming up in the play - Hector loves him, Dakin and the other students bring him up to feel out Irwin - Housman, Bette Davis in Now Voyager...so what's acceptable and/or eccentric Culture for lesbians to cling to, or to signal (or flirt, or come-on) with? Who are the writers and the icons? During canon(/pre-, if applicable with Hector) or post-canon Oxbridge-slash-TV-historian life, it's all great. I, like most of the fandom, do like the idea that Dakin and Irwin do make it work at some point, post-canon.

Although I acknowledge that female versions of these characters feeling shut out of the historical and literary Canon is a valid place to go with the concept (I mean, that's Mrs. Lintott's speech), I'm more interested in following through on the way that the canon (little-c) characters relate historical or literary figures and events to their own lives - whether that's using more female figures, or finding things to seize on and relate to in the male figures of the Canon (in a fuck-you women-are-like-this-too way or a gay way rather than a Great-Men-are-universally-relatable way, I suppose).

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Fandom: Pride and Prejudice

Ship(s): Elizabeth Bennet/F!Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Bennet/F!Charles Bingley

I would love to see how the basic narrative of P&P, or scenes from it, could play out, with period setting and some level of period attitudes, if either (or both) of the two main men are women looking for a "companion" or being pursued as a "companion," rather than as a husband. (Yes, I've been watching Gentleman Jack, but I've wanted this sort of thing for longer than that.)

To be clear, period attitudes can be "meh" rather than wall-to-wall homophobia; I'd just prefer to explore the implications of this change rather than supposing that same-sex marriage is accepted and everything about the plot is the same. If Jane, the eldest daughter to marry off, isn't interested in a heterosexual marriage? If Elizabeth turns down Collins without any expectation that a more suitable man could exist? (Having characters be bi rather than lesbian works too, I'm just throwing out some examples.) The significance of dancing, when in a formal dance context you'd encounter another woman in the dance but wouldn't be able to have her as a partner? Jane and Bingley being adorable, or Elizabeth and Darcy coming to revise their initial ill opinions of each other in this new context? Are the men a hot ticket for the women of Hertfordshire in the same way if they're women instead?

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Fandom: Robin Hood (Traditional)

Ship(s): F!Robin Hood/F!Little John, F!Robin Hood & F!Merry Men, F!Robin Hood & Merry Men, F!Robin Hood & F!Little John, F!Robin Hood & Little John

Tell me about these people! A female outlaw commanding the loyalty of a mixed or male group -- or an all-female group of outlaws, how they live, what might have led them to choose that life. I'm also here for Robin Hood's relationship with her right-hand man/woman specifically, because I love loyalty kink -- people willing to go into danger for one another, the leader knowing how best to use her right hand's skills and strengths, what elements of formality might appear in, well, a very ad-hoc group. (And f!Little John would probably be hot.) If you're writing the Little John pairings, feel free to make the Merry Men either their canon versions or female versions.

I'd totally be into any of the f!characters crossdressing as men vis-à-vis the world at large, although if you go this route I'd rather have them not be in disguise to each other/to their own allies (so no Merry Men thinking they're being led by another man when it's crossdressing Robin, for instance - preferring masculine clothing/appearance even among friends is fine, though).

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Fandom: Spinning Silver

Ship(s): F!Staryk Lord/Miryem Mandelstam

I love Miryem, and I'm so interested in the ways that making the Staryk Lord a woman would change Miryem's entry into the Staryk world and the romance that eventually develops between them. Maybe same-sex marriage is common among the Staryk, and that's one of the customs that are new and unfamiliar to Miryem in this new world. Would this be a Miryem who had never imagined being attracted to a woman before but comes to fall for the Staryk Lady, or one who simply couldn't have imagined being able to marry one and have that be a normal life? (For values of "normal" that include ice lands and gold magic!) How does the fact of the marriage being same-sex affect Miryem's initial understanding of it as a business arrangement, or for that matter, affect her understanding of the offer of queenship as a marriage at all? What makes them fall for each other?

Canon Miryem wonders what her role as queen is, thinking that she'd know about managing a household and having children and sewing if she were married to a human lord - is it the same if she has a fairy wife instead of a fairy husband, more so because there's not even the hope of a gendered complementarian aspect to fall back on, less so because the Staryk Lady is there as an example of what a female monarch in the Staryk lands does? Does Miryem try to be more like her, or to find her own accounting-powers-and-personal-bonds niche?

It's so important to canon Miryem to have a Jewish wedding with the Staryk Lord - what would that look like here? What happens when she comes back to the human world not only the queen of a magic country, but married to a woman (and in love with her, depending on when you set it)?

#dear author letters #fma #jane austen #spinning silver #robin hood #the history boys

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kyratihuntress · 3 years ago

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Cr: @fossaed

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[ Aysla Abhaadur ]

•Aysla studied medicine, human psychology, biology, chemistry.

•She although she is well-mannered, she can give it to the face:)))

•As a child, almost raped by her own father.

•In one of her assignments, she was a cook at Pagan Min's palace.

•She left for America to study and live at the age of 18, because when she was 6 she went to school and in America she went to college.

𝓕𝓐𝓜𝓘𝓛𝓨.

{𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑}

Name: Amad Abhaadur.

DOB: 5 May 1964.

Age: 53.

Nationality: Kyrati.

Temporary location? : Singapore.

Profession: Tea factory worker.

Status: Alive.

Children(s): Irene Abhaadur, Aysla Abhaadur.

Ex-wife: Avani Abhaadur.

{𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑}

Name: Avani Abhaadur.

DOB: 9 February 1966.

Age: 47.

Nationality: Kyrati.

Profession: Seamstress.

Status: Alive.

Children: Irene Abhaadur, Aysla Abhaadur.

Ex-husband: Amad Abhaadur.

{𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑}

Name: Irene(Irenikaya) Abhaadur.

DOB: 3 February 1989.

Age: 26.

Nationality: Kyrati.

Profession: School teacher.

Status: Alive.

Parents: Amad Abhaadur, Avani Abhaadur.

Sister: Aysla Abhaadur.

Nephew: Lakshman Wang.

{𝐒𝐎𝐍}

Name: Lakshman Wang.

DOB: 27 January 2013.

Age: 7.(presently).

Nationality: Kyrati.

Eye: Brown.

Status: Alive.

Parents: Ayshla Abhaadur & Ren Rai.

Aunt: Irene Abhaadur.

Sisters/brothers: No.

{𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃}

Name: George Wang.

DOB: 15 December 1987.

Ex-girlfriend: Gerpa Abhader.

New girlfriend: Aysla Abhaadur.

Age: 29 (at the time of death).

Profession: Cargo supplier.

Kid(s): Lakshman Wang; no more.

Parents: Both are dead.

Older sister: Yuanida Wang (37).

Cause of death: Arteliria.

Parents Aisley and Irene met when he was 18 and she was 12,Avani was a seamstress and her husband was a worker in a tea factory. They got married at such an early age (such is the custom); at the age of 19 Avani became pregnant and gave birth to her first daughter, at the age of 23 gave birth to her youngest daughter named Irene (this happened two days after the death of the daughter of Pagan and Ishwari).At first everything was fine, but after a while Amad changed completely and decided to join Pagan Min's army.Avani found out and decided to kill him, but did not do it for the sake of her daughters, she just divorced her husband.

In 2012 Amad leaves Kyrat leaving for another country, leaving his ex-wife with two daughters.When Avani's eldest daughter grew up, Avani herself fell ill with a serious heart disease, but the youngest daughter cured her.In 2010, Aysla met her boyfriend (they did not marry); in the summer of 2014, her boyfriend died under arterial disease then his son was a year.

Avani was Ishwari Ghale's best friend; Avani did not have any romantic sympathy for Pagan, he was very disgusted with her.When Ishwari left the country, Pagan came to Avani's house and wanted to kill her, but Aysla saved her ( that's when Aysla began to hate him.)

Amad hated Mohan and dreamed of killing him, thereby taking his place.Aisla is no less dangerous opponent, but she can "lead" the enemy in stoas.

#indie rp #ocs #fc4 rp

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silkygoldmilkweed · 7 years ago

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Wine, Inhibitions, drunky Lannisters, Sansa Stark and the Hound

So. I continue to convince myself firmly that alcohol, particularly red wine, is crucial to understanding WTF is the deal with Sansa and Sandor in King’s Landing.

I’ll go over some details herein, but suffice it to say, I think that one or, “worse,” both of them being wine-drunk does what it does with all horny drunk kids everywhere throughout history: disinhibits behavior. (I believe that Sansa’s “outreach” is also amplified by fear and in her dreams when she’s unconscious--unconscious is really Bran is showing us when his eyes go white--but let’s focus on wine herein.) In the specific circumstance of Sansa and Sandor in King’s Landing, with the added aspect of Sansa’s First Men blood and her constantly agitated fight-or-flight response and both of their drinking (him heavily and her infrequently but enough to have an effect), her ad hoc skinchanger connection to the Hound, Sandor Clegane, is strongly amplified.

Very very few skinchangers can do humans, and from what we know it takes tremendous natural talent or great practice or both. Sansa must have some of the first, because she has none of the second. I think the reason Sandor’s consciousness doesn’t outright reject her or go instantly mad or just die, is because (a) he wants/likes/loves her duh (b) his consciousness is that of a fully formed powerful adult male, whereas hers is a confused but also ultimately very good, very kind and very gentle young girl. His consciousness doesn’t perceive it as an attack, as such. I imagine that your mental-emotional soul in this world might be not unlike an immune system: it’s highly evolved to distinguish between like and unlike, friend and stranger. For whatever reason, presumably that the big Hound has unwholesome feelings for the pretty little dire wolf, Sandor’s consciousness does not attack Sansa’s as an invading pathogen, but rather allows her to colonize his mind rather elaborately. She’s a virus, but the genetic material she’s transmitting into his cells is a beneficial mutation. And I suspect that it might be a two-way exchange, but TBD.

ANYWAY WINE:

“Is Joffrey going to kill Sansa’s brother?” “He might.”

In ep 2x03 “What Is Dead Can Never Die,” Sansa drinks her way through dinner with Cersei and the kids because it’s all lies and next-level imprisonment and abuse etc. She’s wearing a blue dress with a dragonfly necklace.

Awful deleted #SanSan scene? Same dress. She’s crying, just as she should be after Cersei said Joff was going to kill Robb and Sansa would “do her duty.”

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She was just thinking about how she’s going to have to fuck Joff. And well, well, well, look who manifests in her hallway: the Hound, and his number one concern? How Joffrey “will be having you soon” and just for good measure, this is where they were going to emphasize that he’s a dog (DOGS ARE THE EASIEST ANIMALS TO WARG, GUYS) and the reason he calls her Little Bird is...because she’s trapped in a cage? IDK IDK they didn’t do so good with the name explanation, but whatever, we know it’s, above all, because he loves her and because she’s his bird.

SUFFICE IT TO SAY, I think he shows up here with the particular concern about Joff’s forthcoming rape of Sansa, because she was drunk and he probably was too, and everything she was afraid of when drunk went straight into his mind.

The barrier is thin between them to start with, but when she’s drunk she doesn’t withhold and she sends him everything she is feeling. He probably drinks extra when she’s “transmitting” to him, just to try to get the extra voice out of his head. I mean, that sounds like a reasonable plan for self-medication if you ask me.

Their next three interactions are all mostly sober (throne room cloaking, bread riots, “dog doesn’t need courage to chase off rats,”) but I will repeat that the music that plays during the rape rescue sequence in the tunnel is the same music that plays in season one when unconscious Bran is attacked by the cutthroat and Summer appears from nowhere to kill him and save Cat. I think, yes, the Hound’s a basically good guy who cares about her wants to save her, but also she’s screaming in fear in his head and he knows exactly what’s happening and saving her is going to help him as much as her because if he doesn’t stop it, he’ll experience all of her suffering in his head anyway.

“Well done, Clegane.” “I didn’t do it for you.”

And then after that, she dreams of the Bread Riot attack the night before she gets her first period, and lo and behold, who shows up? Sandor Clegane, who is either there on behalf of Cersei, or was summoned to Sansa’s chamber by the overwhelming feeling that she was mortal peril, because when she’s unconscious she can’t even begin to control broadcasting her fears and he has the only satellite receiver tuned to the Sansa Channel.

Which brings us to “Blackwater,” and Cersei’s drunk ass pouring cup after cup after cup of red wine for Sansa, who has no tolerance for alcohol whatsoever, while scaring the shit out of her about the outcome of the war, rape generally and the horrifying truth about her forthcoming marriage to Joffrey in particular.

Sandor begins the night of the battle already sauced. “Oh, there’s women in the ground. Put some there myself.” I’ve never understood this scene and it’s always bothered me as “off” in some way that I can’t put my finger on, but one interpretation is that they are illustrating the transition between Sandor early in the battle, who gives zero fucks about anyone, women and children included, to Sandor after a long of night of fire, drinking, killing, and above all, feeling a little girl’s fears about everything, transitioning to being like “Hey you wanna get out of here? We could go somewhere quiet, maybe have a coffee or something?”

Look, enter “the King,” a cunt who names his sword, and the Warrior personified, who ends the night covered in blood because he’s single-handedly fighting Joff’s war for him. Sansa knows what’s up.

ANYWAY, this whole scene is a riot. We see Joff for the sniveling empty talker that he is, and Sansa is at her very sassiest. She’s starts out pretty strong and so does Sandor.

But anyway, I think the whole point of this scene in the throne room and the Hound’s presence therein is so we compare the Hound and Joffrey side-by-side, again. Because why? Because it’s love triangle ripped right out of the pages of the most romantic/tragic love story in Westerosi history: the legend of Queen Naerys, her horrible brother-husband King Aegon the Unworthy and her other brother, the great and honorable and self-sacrificing Aemon the Dragonknight. See also Gwenivere, Arthur and Lancelot, but eh.

“Your king rides forth to battle.” LOL. I bet Sandor was dying inside.

DRINK 1 feat. SER ILYN, who executed Ned Stark and has frightened Sansa from the first. What’s he doing here? “He’s here to defend us...guards we pay. Should the city fall, they’ll be the first ones out of the doors.” Sansa’s internally monologue would be: Gosh I sure which I had someone on my side who’s even stronger than Ser Ilyn and would fight for me without being paid. Or maybe it would be I wonder if paid guard Sandor Clegane would leave King’s Landing if the city fell. Maybe I could leave too? (I know we have Sansa’s inner monologue of this scene in the books, but books and show are different beasts.)

“Here. Sit. Drink...no, not like that. Drink girl.”

DRINK 2 feat. “Tears aren’t a woman’s only weapon. The best one’s between your legs. Learn to use it. Drink...if the city falls, these fine women should be in for a bit of a rape. Half of them will have bastards in their bellies come the morning.”

She’s just plain frightened.

And then the line that I think is the direct reason she refuses Sandor’s offer of rescue in favor of waiting for Stannis. “When a man’s blood is up, anything with tits looks good. A precious thing like you will look very, very good. A slice of cake just waiting to be eaten.” (Well, this and Shae literally saying, “Stannis won’t hurt you.”)

Meanwhile, the Hound is out at the war, cutting people in two (literally) and generally fighting like the beast that he is and then shortly thereafter having a total nervous breakdown because (a) fire, (b) Sansa’s fucking his head.

What’s the cure? "Fuck the water, bring me wine.” Wine, I think, just serves to make him even more emo and less able to deny his feelings for Sansa and their inexplicable connection.

“Dog, I command you to go out there and fight!” Sandor, totally defeated already, would be having this sort of internal monologue: “But why? So you can stay king and start raping my soulmate, your prisoner whose father you already killed for no reason?

“Fuck the Kingsguard.” (they’re mean to Sansa)

“Fuck the city.” (the people of this city were mean to Sansa)

“Fuck the King.” (mean to Sansa and not good enough for her anyway)

This part, where she stands a little taller and says, “You won’t hurt me.” She is 100 percent inside his head at that moment, reading his feelings as easily you read these words right here.

BUT WAIT, there’s more. I think this scene is a little bit about the writers, at least, tipping that there’s something we need to know about Sansa and alcohol, and maybe skinchanging or enchanting men, too? Maybe she’s even starting to intuit that inebriated men are even more susceptible to her than usual?

“Ale?” “I’ll have some.” “Do you like the taste?” “I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Why do men love it so much?” “It gives some men courage.” “Does it give you courage?” (5x02, “The House of Black and White”)

And then here. She’s drinking and he’s drinking AND there’s the touching. She convinces him to fight for Winterfell. He does not want to, but she convinces him. I’m not saying that this is magic because the dire wolf and wolf-dragon connection is very likely just normal human kinship, but it might be, at least in part.

IN CONCLUSION, IF SANSA AND SANDOR ARE NEAR EACH OTHER AND DRINKING IN SEASON 8, WATCH OUT.

#skinchanger sansa #Sansan #sansa x sandor #sansa stark x sandor clegane

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dweemeister · 7 years ago

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Braveheart (1995)

The summer of 1995 provided moviegoing audiences with a third Die Hard movie, Casper, batnipples, Disney’s problematic Pocahontas, Apollo 13, Waterworld, and one of the most understanding children’s films of all time in Babe. That is a busy summer to say the least. Amid that clutter, one of the most successful movies of that period could not possibly have been made now, let alone find the audience it did twenty-three years ago. Released by Paramount in North America and 20th Century Fox internationally, that film is Mel Gibson’s Braveheart, a thirteenth-century war epic about Scottish knight William Wallace (played by Gibson) taking arms against King Edward I of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Braveheart was Gibson’s second directorial work after more than a decade as a figurehead for 1980s Australian cinema and presence in the Lethal Weapon series. This is a visually striking, technically accomplished film rife with homophobia, misogyny, and historical howlers that continues to sharply polarize viewers about its cinematic merits. Through the fires of these controversies, the extremely violent Braveheart has bludgeoned its way to becoming an iconic fixture of 1990s Hollywood.

It is 1280 in Scotland. As a child, William Wallace survives King Edward “Longshanks” (Patrick McGoohan) invasion of Scotland. Following Scottish defeat, Wallace is taken on a European journey by his uncle Argyle (Brian Cox). Years later, Wallace (Gibson as an adult; James Robinson as a child) will return to his village and marry childhood friend Murron MacClannough (Catherine McCormack as an adult; Mhari Calvey as a child). But Longshanks has granted his English nobles in Scotland right of the first night, and Wallace’s successful attempt to save Murron from rape eventually ends in her execution. Enraged, Wallace – assisted by his fellow villagers – massacres the English forces sent to his hometown and drives the remaining English military from Scotland. Longshanks will not take military defeat without response, ordering Prince Edward (Peter Hanly) to quash the rebellion. War and royal intrigue breaks out, leading to Edward’s wife, Isabella of France (Sophie Marceau), being sent to negotiate with Wallace and the two falling for each other far too quickly.

With that plot in mind, viewers should understand that the only historically accurate aspects of Braveheart are the names of the historical figures involved and place names – really, that’s it. The Scots wear kilts, despite the fact kilts would not be invented for another several hundred years. If one wants to understand the First Scottish War for Independence and the history surrounding this era, read a book instead. Screenwriter Randall Wallace admitted that his script was based less on history than on the epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, written by Blind Harry in the fifteenth century.

In its medieval swordplay, Braveheart has more to do with Spartacus (1960) than anything in a 1930s-40s 20th Century Fox or Warner Bros. swashbuckler. The film’s enormous battle scenes – shot in Ireland with over 1,500 members of the Irish Army Reserve participating on both sides of this cinematic conflict – are excellent collaborations in deploying men on foot and horseback smashing into each other on a grassy plain with a frantic camera attempting to make sense of the scrum. The use of 200-pound mechanical horses running on nitrogen cylinders even fooled an animal welfare organization that decided to investigate the film because of the effect’s realism. When not indulging in ill-advised slow-motion, these battles, perhaps too frequently placed into the film to the point they becoming fatiguing, are spectacular in their choreography. The collaborative effort between Gibson, cinematographer John Toll (1994′s Legends of the Fall, 1998′s The Thin Red Line), editor Steven Rosenblum (1989′s Glory, Legends of the Fall) and second unit crew members contributes to a blood-soaked, crashing symphony of mangled limbs and human brutality that no other film depicting medieval warfare has since equaled – especially the Battle of Stirling Bridge, which is horrifying in its impact despite the absence of the crucial, eponymous bridge. Many films since Braveheart portraying contemporary war likewise pale in comparison.

Braveheart would be a disastrous film without John Toll’s cinematography, whether in action sequences or peaceful moments. The use of natural lighting and the on-location shooting in Ireland and Scotland appeals to Toll’s strengths for exterior shots, lending Braveheart a near-mythical angle amid large landscape shots blessed with eerie cloud covers and looming, verdant mountains. Toll makes Scotland a place of dreams – especially in the blue of twilight when the sun’s reds have retreated westward, welcoming the cool and comfort of the evening. This suits the film, as Gibson is not filming a historical drama. No computerized flourishes or too many swooping helicopter-aided vistas pry the viewer from the film. Toll’s camera for these landscapes and shots of the village (reportedly built by the production crew to Toll’s specifications) remain still or are gently heightened or lowered by crane shots. Close-ups are mercifully spare, reserved almost entirely for violent scenes.

The word “freedom” is tossed around with such promiscuity and depthlessness that Braveheart’s 178 minutes cannot be justified. Wallace’s screenplay touches lightly on the era’s politics, Wallace’s love life, and the ideas why Scotland should be independent from England. Political philosophy this is not. Look elsewhere for films of military leaders with a wracked conscience, psychologically impacted by the slaughter they have initiated. Instead, we are presented with anachronistic dialogue like this:

WILLIAM WALLACE: Before we let you leave, your commander must cross that field, present himself before this army, put his head between his legs, and kiss his own arse.

Sure, dude. If possible, maybe that commander might have a future as a contortionist.

Braveheart presents William Wallace as a man on a revenge-fueled mission who will consider all possible means to liberate his people – he has an irreverent sense of humor that makes given scenes a tonal mishmash. Wallace’s romantic interludes with Murron and Isabella? Gibson, McCormack, and Marceau, respectively, are all unconvincing – despite an enormous assist from Toll in these passionate scenes.

Casual homophobia is directed toward Prince Edward (later King Edward II), the son of Edward Longshanks (Edward I; who was a bellicose monarch, but becomes a cartoonish archetype in this film). Prince Edward is depicted as effeminate and gay, and his lover Philip (Stephen Billington) is killed by defenestration. The film further compounds this depiction by associating the Prince’s homosexuality to his ineffectual character – Longshanks constantly chastises his son’s lack of masculinity and Princess Isabella also disapproves of her husband for those qualities. This is not to say homophobia did not exist in the late thirteenth century, but that Gibson and Wallace are doubling down on the Prince, making him a punchline puppet of a leader because of who he is. Aggressive masculinity and sexual expressions inundate the battle scenes, too – swinging swords should be interpreted as one might think.

Women have almost zero agency in Braveheart, as they are depicted as sexual vessels to remain pure and chaste while the men fraternize and fornicate all they wish. Wallace’s campaign of violence begins not because the English lords have invoked right of the first night (prima noctis) for other women, but because prima noctis has been invoked for Murron (whose sexual faithfulness is idealized after her death in a pair of visions Wallace – who, by sleeping with Isabella, does not return that same faith – has). One of the few topics that women speak of throughout the film is sexual interest/satisfaction or lack thereof – Isabella’s only purpose in the film is to bang Wallace so that she can deliver an inflammatory piece of news to Longshanks on his deathbed.

Other than Toll, another craftsperson showcases their mastery in this film. That master is composer James Horner (Glory, 1997′s Titanic). 1995 proved to be a career year for Horner, having composed the scores for Apollo 13, Balto, and Casper. His second-best score of the year behind Apollo 13, Braveheart’s score is mostly devoid of the wanking masculinity described above, combining cultural elements that might seem inappropriate for a film about Scottish warriors – given the use of Japanese woodwinds in Legends of the Fall (a generational epic drama about a Montana ranching family), Horner’s instrumental appropriation knows no bounds, for good and ill. Along with the requisite bagpipes (rather than the Great Highland bagpipes that are generally associated to be “bagpipes”, Horner utilizes Uilleann pipes – Irish in origin, Uilleann pipes are softer and considered to produce a less harsh sound than Great Highland Bagpipes), this heavily orchestral score also benefits from a boys’ choir reminiscent of Casper, Horner’s affinity for Irish music, and quena (an Andean flute) for “The Secret Wedding”.

Three major motifs exist in Horner’s score: for Wallace, Murron, and Isabella. Wallace’s motif is first in the main title through the Uilleann pipes and will be the most-repeated theme in the film, fragmented up by percussion in the battle scenes, and often accompanied by strings in melodic unison (most heroically at 6:05 in “Freedom/The Execution Bannockburn”). Murron’s motif assumes melodramatic, (and very quickly afterwards) tragic connotations upon its most memorable appearance on quena in “The Secret Wedding”, chorally reprised at 3:10 in the “End Credits”. Dominating the final third of the film is Isabella’s motif, best outlined in “For the Love of a Princess” by the entire orchestra, and containing echoes of “The Ludlows” from Legends of the Fall. Credit the London Symphony Orchestra for providing a gorgeous recording, even if Horner’s score to Braveheart is not the most musically interesting effort of his career.

Producers Bruce Davey (Gibson’s longtime producer) and Alan Ladd, Jr. (son of legendary Paramount contracted actor Alan Ladd) navigated numerous obstacles at 20th Century Fox and Paramount to complete the film. This enormous, nearly three-hour production of a time period unfamiliar to North American moviegoers could not be produced at this scope today. A 2018 Braveheart would require even more major studios from various nations to finance the project, as epic films have all but disappeared from the multiplex because of their forbidding costs and lack of action star/superhero connections. Gibson’s ambition is staggering here. Yet Braveheart is let down by Gibson’s hypermasculinity and homophobia – reflective of his troublesome political dimensions.

The film’s cultural importance when it was released is unquestionable, but it remains to be seen how time will treat Gibson’s directorial breakout work. By being released in the mid-1990s, it is among the last Hollywood epic films largely untouched by excessive CGI – the effects are gruesome because they are practical. Though the characterizations are simplistic, Braveheart is an effective character piece for many, if not for this writer. Caught between the praises of fanboys of a certain demographic and those who loathe Gibson and/or Braveheart, I can neither adulate nor dismiss this movie outright. Bring on the insults on my manhood, but say it with a Scottish accent, would you kindly?

My rating: 6.5/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. Half-points are always rounded down. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found here.

#Braveheart #Mel Gibson #Sophie Marceau #Angus Macfadyen #Patrick McGoohan #Catherine McCormack #Brendan Gleeson #Peter Hanly #James Robinson #Mhairi Calvey #Andrew Weir #Randall Wallace #John Toll #Steven Rosenbaum #James Horner #Alan Ladd Jr.#Bruce Davey #TCM #My Movie Odyssey

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noctispostmortem-blog · 7 years ago

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Personal Information:

NAME: Shiori Nishimora NICKNAME[S]: Shi, She-devil, Shi-devil DATE OF BIRTH: December 11th 1951 AGE: 66 GENDER: Female (She / Her) SPECIES: Changed Vampire SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, Japanese, and French SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Demisexual / Demiromantic RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married to Kaito Nishimora

General Information:

HAIR COLOR: Black EYE COLOR: Brown HEIGHT: 5′5 TATTOOS: None SIBLING[S]: Kazumi and Masahiro (Two brothers who are both vampires) PARENT[S]: Ryouta and Utano Akiyama (Both deceased) CHILDREN: None LIKE[S]: Coffee, reading, quiet places, coffee and yes, more coffee DISLIKE[S]: Most men. Well, most people in general.

Misc. Information:

FACECLAIM: Sakurako Kujou VOICECLAIM: Elena Coates (she starts at 1:20) IRLCLAIM: TBD

Bio: (Trigger warning; placed under a read more for content)

Shiori is the wife of Kaito Nishimora though their marriage is nothing but a sham. They were forced to marry for the sake of keeping the ties between the clans and one of the most powerful families in Japan strong. This had a very bad effect on Shiori and brought out a darkness that had been lurking just under the surface because of her very tragic childhood. Once they were married, she was never the same. She never smiled, she barely talked. She mostly stuck to herself and locked herself in her bedroom, which she and Kaito did not share.

Upon turning 18, directly on her birthday, she was changed into the vampire she is today for the sake of marrying Kaito and they were married three months later. This is the reason that not only does she hate everyone within the clans but she hates vampires in general including herself. She would have rather died than become what she is. At some point, Kaito had ended up cheating on her, even if their marriage wasn't good, they were still married and Shiori felt betrayed anyway by it. After several arguments, her making several threats, they came to an agreement to live their life however they wish to so long as they kept things quiet.

Now she basically just travels, everywhere and anywhere that she feels like it to avoid going home as much as she can. Her past is very dark when it comes to her family and men, it's full of multiple triggers so she holds quite a grudge against most people in general. She doesn't take well to flirting, typically she will make an attempt at shutting it down before the one ever really started but if they pressed on, there is likely to be quite a bit of property damage as well as bodily harm to the one trying to flirt with her. And never get in the way of her and her coffee.

Now, Shiori can come off as very polite and sweet but that is, in fact, nothing more than an act. She was raised to be on her best behavior, to speak when only spoken to and such very old school things. But some of those teachings are so engraved within her that first meetings, as long as they didn't involve flirting or messing with her coffee, she tends to be rather polite. How things go from there, really depends on the situation but the closer she gets to someone, the more they will see just how truly dark and damaged she is. She's sassy, sarcastic, and she can be a real bitch sometimes. But she also has this maternal side to her that she tries to keep hidden. She's also dressed in the most expensive and classiest clothes she can find, elegance is something that she feels in necessary. Good luck trying to get close to her for anything really, but even more so when it comes to romantic or sexual relationships.

TRIGGER WARNING: MANY MANY TRIGGERS MENTIONED! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU ARE TRIGGERED BY RAPE, MOLESTATION, CHILD ABUSE, PEDOPHILIA, VIOLENCE AND MORE.

From the young age of 8, her father would loan her out to his business associates for large sums of money. The only rule was that they could do whatever they wanted with her so long as they left no marks and there was no penetration because her father believed that he wouldn't be able to marry her off into another prominent family if she wasn't 'pure'. This continued for years and then when she turned 14, she was loaned out to one particular man who changed everything. He beat her, molested then even raped her. She was almost killed because of how badly he had beat her but she had managed to escape, knocking him over the head with a very large vase and running off. When the police showed up first, they arrested the man but one cop, in particular, took care of her.

This cop rode with her in the ambulance to the hospital, visited her every day until she was completely healed, kept in touch with her for years after and made sure that the man responsible was punished to the furthest extent possible. This man, for how much he cared for her, watched out for her and protected her, had been her first love and thus making one of the few people she still has respect for being those of law enforcement. That was her first and only love. This dark past is why she has never once had sexual relations that were consensual, why she had only dated once and that was with Kaito. But even when they were 'dating' she had never kissed him. The first and only time she ever kissed her husband was on their wedding day. Other than that, the most she's ever done was hold hands. So again, I shall repeat that not only does she not handle flirting well, the likelihood of her falling in love, getting into a relationship or having any sort of intimate moments with anyone is almost impossible. There are a few instances where someone has broken through, but even then, so far they are nothing more than friends and even then, she isn't really willing to admit that she considers them friends.

If you have read her dark history and have been affected negatively by it, do not complain to me about it. I gave fair warning, you chose to read it. But, I do welcome anyone who wishes to talk about it, just so long as you're not upset because of the past she has and how you don't like it.

#{her heart cries with a thousand silent wishes || shiori canon verse}#{she wears a thousand faces all to hide her own || shiori's musings}#|| shiori's visage ||#|| shiori's aesthetics ||#|| shiori's musings ||#{Letters of Inquiry || Addressed to Shiori}#|| shiori's dossier ||

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chicagocityofclans · 5 years ago

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Kudzai Rinker→ Gugu Mbatha-Raw → Warlock

→ Basic Information

Age: 1349

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Straight

Powers: Biokinesis

Birthday: Nov 12th

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Religion: Luciferianism

Mark: Rinker

Generation: 1st

→ Her Personality

→ Her Personal Facts

Occupation: General Surgeon/Biokinesis Specialist

Scars: Multiple. Mostly unseen/underneath clothing. (Specifics Are Up To Player)

Tattoos: Kudzai used lasers to remove an old slave tattoo from her arm.

Two Likes: Wine/Beer Tasting and Law TV Shows

Two Dislikes: Children and Halloween

Two Fears: Commitments/Intimate Relationships and Self Injections

Two Hobbies: Continuous Learning and Making/Selling Salves

Three Positive Traits: Persuasive, Responsible, Diligent

Three Negative Traits: Workaholic, Verbose, Hypercritical

→ Her Connections

Parent Names:

Georgina Laclysis (Morther): Kudzia was taken from her mother and sold at a young age. She tried looking for her mother but found no trace of her.

Sibling Names:

Unknown/None

Children Names:

Lee Cyto Rinker Jr (Son): Kudzai's oldest son who is 1018 years old. Kudzai has a strained relationship with her eldest due to how similar he is to his father. A wild telekinetic, Lee makes foolish decisions and Kudzai thinks it is pure dumb luck he is not 6 feet under like his father.

Cristae Zephyr Rinker (Daughter): Kudzai's oldest daughter who is 980 years old and the reason why she refuses to train anyone under her mark. She has made many of the same mistakes Kudzai has and is a strong source of frustration for her. They are just too much alike.

Krebs Jay Rinker (Son): Kudzai's middle son who is 364 years old. He is Kudzai and James Thomas' son. Kerbs is Kudzai's least favorite child but she could not bring herself to get rid of him in her womb. Kerbs grew to be like his grandfather.

Hondria Edison Rinker (Daughter): Kudzai's youngest daughter who is 119 years old. She is a talented Projector and was trained by her father, Minsky. She and her mother often fight about Jamie and she left Chicago for New York to train in her advanced away from her parents.

Jamie Edison Rinker (Son): Kudzai's youngest son who was 17 when he died. He was Kudzai’s pride and joy, and she thought he had the potential to be the best Rinker yet. Unfortunately he inherited his father’s powers and randomly died in his sleep. Minsky and Kudzai were devastated equally and separated soon after.

Romantic Connections:

Roman Cleirigh (Unwanted Attraction): Roman is asexual but Kudzai has tried more than once to get the insane Cleirigh into her bed.

Platonic Connections:

Ronan Cleirigh (Council Member): Ronan believes Kudzai purposely goes against him on Council decisions. Kuzai is constantly competing with him.

Clarisse ‘Clara’ Fields (Associate): Clara is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has nothing to say to her besides pleasantries.

Chris Bialar (Associate): Chris is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They recently started speaking about a possible supernatural schooling system.

Ellis Watts (Associate): Ellis is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and only share pleasantries. Kudzai knew Ellis' father and felt the same.

Juliette Willott (Associate): Juliette is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has no respect or patience in regards to her.

Percy McCormick III (Associate): Percy is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. They rarely talk and Kudzai has nothing to say to him besides pleasantries.

Isaac Baker (Associate): is a part of the Animal Shifter Council. Kudzai has been unsure about Isaac as of lately, especially after he took Deucalion into his pack.

Emmett Wilhelm (Acquaintance): Emmett is the liaison for magical users and they have a basic understanding. She wants him to join the Council as a Wilhelm.

Hostile Connections:

Deucalion Thornton (Hate): Kudzai's hatred for Duke also extends to his twin brother, Aries. They both were menace to the warlock society. Duke has recently tried to break a curse that could have exposed the entire supernatural community.

Pets:

None

History

Unlike most warlocks in the 1000-2000 years old range, Kudzai has retained a great deal about her early life. Her mother, Georgina, had her while in exile. Georgina was exiled and deemed nefarious because she believed had slept with the devil and was carrying his spawn. Their mother-daughter relationship was rough at times because Georgina had never let Kudzai forget she was a demon spawn but they both loved each other and depended on one another. Besides her shaking hands, Kudzai and Georgina had not seen any other proof of Kudzai being a demon spawn until Kudzai was about four years old. Kudzai was playing with a street dog which eventually bit her. Crying and in pain, Kudzai had covered the bleeding dog bite and ran home. However, once she reached the house, Kudzai noticed the pain, and the bite was gone. She had nothing to show her mother beside the blood that was still covering her hand and arm.

At the age of 10, Kudzai was taken from her mother and sold to the Head Chieftain of a nearby village. She was trained and forced to become the Chieftain son’s concubine. Kudzai endured abuse at the hands of the Chieftain son, his father, mother, siblings, and his wife. It took a few years but Kudzai was able to sneak away once she had proven to be broken and loyal. They become lax with her, therefore, Kudzai was able to free herself and the other concubines. Kudzai found herself hungry and alone when she stumbled across an older lady. She was hurt and Kudzai felt a strong sense to help her. Kudzai knew she was special, having helped the other concubines before, she reached out and healed her. It was the best decision of Kudzai’s life. The lady was named Mana and she was a witch. She sparked Kudzai's interest and taught her about the supernatural world. Mana educated Kudzai on what it meant to be a magic-user. Mana taught her both magical and human means of medicine.

That is how she met her first husband, Lee Rinker. Lee came in injured from practicing a curse gone wrong. They fell in love while Kudzai healed him and were married within a few months. Lee called her a ‘fellow hell-raiser to travel with for eternity’ as a part of their vows. He was her love and protector. They traveled to Africa and the Middle East, living as most wild warlock teens. They made love, smoked, and drank themselves into bliss. They learned magic together under Mana’s watchful eyes or at least when she wasn’t sending them away because of their scandalous ways. Lee had never told Kudzai about his family and kept his mark hidden from her but he always talked about having a big family once they were ready.

When starting on their Advanced magic, Lee and Kudzai left Mana to look for other mentors and sources of guidance for Lee’s curse craftsmanship. Given his personality and his status as a male, Lee always found mentors far easier than Kudzai. He never let her down, teaching her what he learned and finding ways to incorporate it into her own powers; especially when it came to controlling the emotional aspect of their powers. It was while they were living and training in Egypt that Kudzai gave birth to their first child, Lee jr. Lee was a proud father and was over the moon that Junior shared his powers and his love for curses. Things were no different when they had their second child, Cristae. She, like Junior, had Lee wrapped around her little fingers. It felt like the end of the world when Lee’s mentor brought his dead body home on the eve of Cristae's fourth birthday. No amount of healing and begging the Gods brought back her love. With a broken heart and enough tears to form an ocean, Kudzai focused on her children and powers.

Kudzai and her children's powers were no match for the slave trade. She was grateful that she was able to stay with Junior and Cristae since no one knew they were connected. Kudzai and Cristae worked as maids while Junior worked in the fields. It was in their masters' house that Cristae was violated and Kudzai plotted her revenge. It was the first time since Lee that Kudzai felt unprotected with a burning red hot rage within her. Killing James Thomas would have been a mercy and Kudzai wanted his family to suffer. She had heard about other slave owners being ridiculed or losing status because of mulatto’s babies. She knew that would be the best fitting reaction for her masters' only son. When Kudzai gave birth to Krebs, the Thomas family was shamed, neighbors believing that James ran off with and impregnated a slave girl but Kudzai had already killed James.

After escaping the Thomas farm, Kudzai, and Krebs, Junior and Cristae went their separate ways. Mu’ba found Kudzai in hiding with Krebs. He was a charmer and seemed willing to care for a child that wasn’t his. Kudzai was dead wrong. On his good days, Mu’ba would only beat her and Krebs within an inch of their lives. She is sure this is where Krebs' hatred and similarities to the Thomas family stemmed from. Making an escape and torturing him is still one of the top five favorite moments of her life. She fed him to his own pigs and sold the pigs for money that brought her and Krebs land. On that land, she practiced and became a known biokinetic healer.

When she heard about an open spot on the council in the newly founded Chicago, Kudzai leaped at the opportunity. It was a chance to start fresh and have a blank slate. There she found a community to thrive in. She was highly respected among her peers, and found fast friends in Rhiannon and eventually Jace. And then there was Minsky. The attraction was magnetic from the moment they met. He was arrogant, cocky of his abilities, but never cruel or violent. He could stand up to her opinions and respected her as an equal. They had a long, lively courtship that lasted 10 years before they married. Their marriage was a breath of fresh air and Kudzai finally had a place where she belonged. Minsky and Kudzai were both skittish around the topic of children. Minsky yearned for them but had always worried about abandoning his child, while Kudzai deemed her first three children's parenting fails. Eventually, they both took the leap together and had Hondria at the turn of the century. She was a projector and the light of her father’s life. While Hondria and Kudzai frequently butted heads, she saw her potential and was happy. A few decades later, she and Minsky tried again for a child. Jamie was born and in him, she finally found the one child with who she felt an instant connection. Maybe it was because he was so well behaved, or because he reminded her so much of Minsky. All Kudzai knew was that he was her special one.

Kudzai and Minsky waited eagerly for his powers to show, but once they did, concern filled them. He was a Neuromancer like his father. They tried to keep a positive attitude, but the ticking time bomb felt like it was always hovering over them. Kudzai forged on, however, pouring all of her attention into her son, blatantly ignoring Hondria. Their relationship turned colder, however, Kudzai didn’t care much. It was in his 17th year that Kudzai’s greatest nightmare occurred. She went to wake her son in the morning and found him still. She rushed over and shook him and tried to jump-start his heart but he was past saving. Minsky and Hondria found her hours later, still hovering over his body. Minsky was finally able to pull her away. They tried everything, and even Ronan could not bring him back. It was at this moment that they realized what had happened. Jamie, despite his father being alive for over a millennia, passed away from his power. Kudzai was distraught and angry at everyone; Minsky for cursing him with his power, Hondria for acting callously about his death, all of her previous children for being the ones who survived, herself for not being able to save him. She could not contain her rage and in her grief ended things with Minsky. Minsky and Hondria moved out and she was all alone. It was during this painful time that Kudzai began pouring everything into her work. She focused on her mentees and began looking into various studies by fellow warlocks to help with the hand tremors that plagued Biokinetics. She maintained her steady work with the council, despite the awkwardness and hurt between her and Minsky.

Present

Kudzai is primarily focused on her work. She is a general surgeon and was just offered the position of Chief of Surgery at the hospital. It took ten years to get back to her old position when she moved into a new hospital and she feels like she’s earned it. Another major focus in her life has been with her mentees. Cassia is following in her footsteps and despite not being emotionally close with the younger woman, she is proud of her actions in and outside of the hospital. She is incredibly competent and is working on finding a cure for the trembling of their hands. Tristan is much more of a project, and she isn’t quite sure she believes that he is a biokinetic. Kudzai believes Tristan wants to help people, but he’s a danger to himself and others. Because of this, he has become a puzzle that she wants to figure out.

On a personal level, Kudzai is working on her mental health and subsequently her relationship with Minsky. They have been on and off for years, falling into one another’s beds and then running at the first sign of a real relationship. After decades of being miserable and heartbroken over Jamie, Kudzai wants to start again. She has taken to seeing Nathan Cleirigh as her therapist and is working on those issues that have caused her so much pain. She and Minsky have also started marriage counseling to try and resolve the hurt feelings between them. Kudzai genuinely wants her marriage to work and is trying, for the first time, to be truly open with herself and those around her.

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butweareafamily · 5 years ago

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rules - I bolded the most important bits in case you can't read long text

hello everyone, this is a mutuals only and canon divergent side-blog that will likely only follow back a few people because it’s created to fix things I didn’t like in canon and/or try other canon divergent plots that didn’t happen. It’s important you read the rules because there are characters I don’t interact with (due to how I think Emma would realistically react to some things outside of a tvshow and its limitations) and some changes in Emma’s feelings. Also because of triggers, because Emma has been abused in many ways.

My name is Ele and I’m 30+, pronouns she/her, super friendly but chronically ill. I follow back from butwearefamilymain. If I follow you with my other main blog thecharmingknightemma you are not required to follow it back. I may follow you with that Emma and not this one because I’m extra selective about the plots I want to explore with Emma Swan but can see things happening with my au one.

If we are mutuals and you want to specify the season/context/verse when you send a meme or reply to something, I welcome it. If you don’t, I’ll pick randomly.

I’m primarily interested in roleplaying with her parents, son, and especially her husband, but I’m open to other friends too, au ships and so on; at the moment I’m not confident enough to write crossovers but I’m open to do that in the future when I have fully developed this canon divergent Emma. Here to plot for Elsa or Anna or other people to become best friends with her through the seasons. I like prolonging seasons as needed to give everyone time to grow and develop, especially the first half of season 3 by ‘trapping’ Pan for real and having him escape and curse everyone only later. Opens and memes and starter calls are always open, no expiration date, and if you worry about me considering you too pushy: if you request something from my wishlist I’ll be super happy, I’m a rper who loves when people read her stuff.

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Now here’s where the more controversial positions I have come into play, and while I don’t mean to offend anyone and I do rp with these characters in other au Emma blogs and respect the fact that you like them, I don’t want to do it here where Emma won’t be friendly due to what happens in canon: I will not write threads with Regina, Gold (after season 3) and Neal in this blog. An exception can be made for interactions with Gold: since her feelings depend on what the others have done in the past and present, if you write an au version of him that didn’t do anything to harm Emma&co. starting in season 4 (basically if he doesn’t rip Killian’s heart out/tries to kill Emma in 4a, and everything after that), Emma has no particular problems with him.

She will never consider or call Regina a friend, but she will try to keep things civil between them for the sake of everyone in town, even if sometimes she has to bite her tongue (while not accepting any criticism over rescuing Marian and not being okay with being scolded for her ‘stupidity’ or having her loved ones insulted). With Neal she was more forceful about not wanting to date him and realized that she only loved her idealized memory of him, not the man he is now and that she doesn’t know.

If for any reason we decide Neal is alive in the background, they are simply co-parenting and he comes over to pick Henry up, she’s polite, but they don’t spend time together as friends because it hurts.

If you love one of those three canon characters or have a multi and write some of them too we can just avoid the subject, just let me know or otherwise her negative comments about canon events might happen. Also I’m sorry but the only child of Emma I’ll write with is Henry, not because I don’t love the idea of Hope but because I have too many ideas of how she’d raise her and other children, I find it too godmod-y from both sides.

Also, Emma’s relationship with Belle depends on whether she’s supportive of her husband/ex husband unless we write an au, regardless of whether she and Killian are friends.

Other divergences: unless we plot a different name she’s not happy about her baby brother being named after Neal for several reasons; she will call him ‘baby bro’ and ‘little brother’ and any other possible variation of petnames. To be clear she wouldn’t be happy about another sibling being called Killian either, even if Killian had stayed dead. Just no.

I ignore the idea that Emma being good comes from her parents taking away the ‘evil potential’ for several reasons, including logic,��but I’m okay with the ‘author’ having made her parents believe it/having written their actions and thoughts to force the story in that direction. I am also okay with Emma ‘reverting’ to hiding things from people in season 6 whether she’s called out for it or not, since a couple of years with a family (and more tragedies during these years) will not undo a lifetime of trauma but people have a right to get frustrated. For every step forward, if she feels rejected or betrayed she’ll take ten back. Very interested in au Dark Swan plots, you can find examples here X.

It’s not necessary for you to read more details, you can guess some plot changes because for example she would tell Regina she can’t enslave a man and put him in a mirror as she pleases, but I’ll still write them in case you want/need to know more: they’ll be in the about page.

Just keep in mind that Emma is an incredibly traumatized woman who never had a ‘normal’ life, and before turning 28 believed to have never been loved and to always have been maliciously betrayed if she tried to hope it would work, with plenty abuse in her past (including literal physical and emotional abuse in her childhood as I state in the triggers section): a few months of having a family while also living through more tragedies certainly didn’t fix all of it nor taught her how to be perfectly functional and nice and reasonable at all times. She always tried to do her best and she has good instincts, and many wounds will heal but scars will stay.

here the other standard rules:

-nobody here should get stressed out about replies. They happen when we can write and feel like it, if you need to drop a thread do it, be slow, give priority to what your mood tells you. I’m here for both of us to have fun, or we stop and do something else, that’s all.

-nsfw is tagged and under read more if it happens.

-I try to tag everything but if you have special triggers do tell me. One exception is threads that involve a ship. I can’t tag every single thread with a Killian ‘captain swan’ especially if the other mun hasn’t given the okay for a ship, and by then it’d be quicker for you to just block the other rper name anyway.

-triggers (to be read even if not all bolded so you don’t get surprised later): I don’t want to write rape or toxic relationships between our muses, in the backstory is fine (and canon, for many). No miscarriage. Please tag your gore images, daddy kink and nsfw in general or I can’t follow back. In this blog there will be talk of child abuse (Emma being the victim), abuse in general (especially since she will interact with abuse victims), PTSD, violence. Specifically, Emma was physically abused by some guardians, emotionally neglected or abused by others, and while for several reasons I don’t write her as a victim of sexual abuse, for some time she was canonically a homeless child and was aware she was at great risk of it, likely had to run to protect herself more than once. However she felt used by Neal for years, when it seemed that he had just been a conman, until finding him in Manhattan (and it helped a lot, though it doesn’t erase that for years she thought that was the truth), and she is NOT comfortable thinking about the romantic and sexual aspects of her relationship with Walsh, who turned out to be manipulating her and lying the entire time about everything, and was ready to kill her as well.

-I can ship lots of things: Wooden Swan, Gremma and Mad Swan too? Even Frankenswan in more au ways and ScarletSwan, and crossover ships and others, but they require lots of plotting. Captain Swan is still OTP though and the default. If we are writing together and you sorta see a ship, this is your permission to ask. I don’t forceship, ever.

-I adore Mary Margaret and David, if Emma is ever a bit unfair to them in threads or they made mistakes it can be solved in universe, you don’t have to worry about me disliking them. If anything this blog is also so that they can have a better and deeper relationship.

-very okay with aus, other ways the show could have gone, other ways for her and Killian to fall in love, threads where one of her parents got to raise her, different ships, stronger friendships, and so on.

-I don’t want to hurt anyone, if I’m ever accidentally rude or hurt your feelings you can totally tell me! I’ll be happy to fix things and clear anything up if language barriers are what led to the misunderstanding. Just don’t be passive aggressive. Every time someone has told me ‘Ele, explain to me this thing because I’m feeling upset’ I ran to fix it, and it’s usually just a misunderstanding. Every time someone is passive-aggressive they stop existing for me.

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too-many-kpop-hubands · 5 years ago

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30 Day Fandom Challenge

Welcome to day 6 Ladies and Gentlemen. As always I am gonna tag the amazingly talented @domsberto and then head back over into the world of the spooky and supernatural for this next one.

Day 6- True Blood

1) Favorite Character: Lafayette Reynolds

Reason: Lafayette was freaking hilarious and a badass boss bitch. He had the funniest lines in the show and was savage at times. He was a very flamboyant character and I adore those types of characters. He trusted only a few people but was loyal as hell to the select few he let in his circle. When he actually had lover he was faithful and devoted to them, even in death in the case of Jesus. He had his demons but he handled them with grace and a sense of humor, not to mention lots of alcohol and weed. He was a medium which was pretty cool but it also lead to some disastrous situations (like stealing babies and killing the love of his life). I adore his relationship with his cousin, Tara, that borders more on that of siblings than cousins. He has no tolerance for ignorance or bullying, as seen when he put a table full of rednecks in their place for their gay slurs, and he backs up what he says. He is fully capable of handling himself in a fight and is just an all around amazing person.

Rest in Peace Nelsan Ellis! You are missed still to this day! ❤❤❤

2) Most Relatable Character: Hoyt Fortenberry

Reason: Hoyt reminds me alot of Matt from Vampire Diaries, honestly. He is sweet and kind-hearted and according to Sookie, who can read minds, his thoughts are consistently kind and open compared to everyone else around her. He is also remarkably progressive toward vampires and other social outcasts. This is in stark contrast to his mother, Maxine, who was extremely prejudiced and judgmental of most people, humans and vampires alike. His lack of experience with, and high respect for, women makes him extremely shy around them. Unlike his best friend Jason Stackhouse, he has no desire for frivolous hook-ups, and remains a virgin until he meets and falls in love with the vampire Jessica Hamby. Whem we first meet Hoyt in the first season, he is bossed around by his mother, but begins to assert his independence as the show progressed. Throughout the series, his character development shifts from happy-go-lucky to a much more serious and emotional young man. I can relate to Hoyt because I tend to he shy around men and women I am attracted to because despite having been married for the past 13 years, I didn't really have much experience before I met my husband and I was really self conscious. I also get what it's like to have an overbearing mother and having to eventually put my foot down with her. Hoyt is also one of the most genuine and "normal" of all the characters in the show. This is why he is the most relatable.

3) Most Underrated Character: Godric

Reason: Godric was only alive for one season and the fans grew to love him so much that after his suicide on the show, they wrote him into the show in later seasons as hallucinations and dreams that Eric, Sookie and sometimes Nora had. He is one of my favorite characters, quite possibly tied with Lafayette honestly. During his time on the show, Godric (who happens to be the maker of Eric Northman) was the Sheriff of the Dallas vampires and one of the oldest living vampires to date. He was a badass, as seen when he saves Sookie when she was almost raped and when he comes in to put an end to the fighting between vampires and the Fellowship of the sun. He was ruthless and a very capable leader, putting people in their place when need be (as seen when he banished Lorena from Dallas for causing trouble). He once lived by a moral code of "There is no right or wrong, only survival or death.", seeing humans as disposable and caring very little for human life. Humans were a means to an end until he grew older and began to relate more to humans. He came to realize that the human race's fear and hatred of vampires was well founded, and that he had contributed to it. He evolved over time and his wisdom and compassion grew. He is perhaps the best-natured vampire seen on the show.

He cared deeply for his progenies, Eric and Nora, and he was one of the few people who could turn Eric into an emotional mess (as seen when Godric decided to end his life). Godric was compassionate and kind but if you crossed him, he could snap your neck without even blinking or thinking twice. He was such an underrated character but I adored him so much.

4 & 5) Most Overrated Character & Least Favorite Character: Sookie Stackhouse

Reason: So Sookie is the main character and honestly she annoys the hell out of me. She acts like your stereotypical trailer trash, you know the type. The kind of girl that gives us Southern girls a bad name? Yes that type. She had every guy in the show that wasn't gay or family chomping at the bit to try to get in her pants. She constantly found herself knee deep in trouble at every turn, "Must be a Thursday." to quote her. She toys with the boys who fall in love with her unintentionally and honestly she isn't the most attractive on the show to warrant so many male suitors. For a fairy with special powers, she has no idea what she is doing half the time and like Elena in Vampire Diaries, she often makes things worse and ends up having to be saved by someone who knows what they are doing. She is overrated and my least favorite character in the series, despite being the main character. While she has a few good qualities and some decent scenes sometimes, I really can't stand her.

Pam made a comment once that stands out “I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name! F*ck Sookie!”

6) Favorite Canon Pairing: Hoyt Fortenberry & Jessica Hamby [Close 2nd Honorable Mention- Lafayette Reynolds & Jesus Velasquez]

Reason: Jessica and Hoyt were perfect for each other plain and simple. They both lost their virginity to each other (granted since Jessica was a virgin when she turned she never truly loses her virginity because her hymen keeps growing back) and had a sweet and loving relationship. When they ended things and she slept with his best friend, Jason, Hoyt was so distraught that he asked Jessica to glamor him into forgetting they had ever met and fallen in love before leaving town. They found their way back to each other in the final season and fell in love all over again as if they had never fallen apart to begin with and eventually got married before Jessica's maker, Bill, died. They had a beautiful and pure love that surpassed even memory wipes and I love them so much together.

7) Favorite Non-Canon Pairing: Eric Northman & Pamela "Pam" Swynford de Beaufont

Reason: While Pam tended to lean more toward women most of the time it was implied time and time again that she and Eric had a romantic or sexual history together prior to him turning her into a vampire. The chemistry between Eric and Pam is amazing and goes well beyond that of the typical sire/progeny bond. They loved each other on a deep level, one could possibly consider the love that Eric and Pam had for each other agape which is the highest form of love that surpasses traditional romantic and sexual feelings toward a person. They had an unbreakable bond and even when Eric released her as his progeny, Pam still stayed at Eric's side no matter what the cost. I wish that they could have been a romantic couple in the canon universe but sadly that never happened. Their love for one another still lives on in the hearts of us fans to this day.

8) Least Favorite Pairing: Sookie Stackhouse & Bill Compton

Reason: Besides the fact that I really can't stand Sookie, I loathed Sookie and Bill as a couple on the show. They were back and forth so much with their relationship that it made my head spin half the time and when they actually stayed together, the relationship itself was pretty boring compared to some of the other relationships on the show. Sookie could never make up her mind on exactly who it was she wanted to be with and that left her juggling Bill, Eric, Sam and Alcide before ending up with a faceless and nameless man by the end of the show. They had their good moments, don't get me wrong, that made me actually like them but then one of them would do or say something stupid and I would go back to loathing the ship as a whole. Though I will admit it was both heartbreaking and poetic when Sookie ended Bill's suffering in the end. I still feel like there are better couples on the show.

I will admit though that outside of the show I think Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have a beautiful marriage and beautiful children so my opinion doesn't reflect on the actors personally but rather their characters on the show.

9) Favorote Part/Moment: The Aids Burger Incident AKA Lafayette Vs The Ignorant Rednecks

Reason: This scene is my favorite scene because first of all Lafayette was a savage and proved that he will not tolerate ignorance from anyone. He put the rednecks in their place when one of them sent back their food because they refused to eat it because "The burger might have Aids.", directly referencing Lafayette who was cooking that night who is openly gay. In that scene he took the burger back out to the customers and confronted them for their gay slur in one of the most epic manners possibly before shoving the "Aids Burger" in the man's face. He proved that he could handle himself in a fight when he kicked his friends' asses before delivering a final quip of "Tip Your Waitress" before walking away like the boss ass bitch he was, fist bumping and impressed Jason Stackhouse on his way back to the kitchen to finish his job. Lafayette was amazing in this scene and I have to give the late Nelsan Ellis credit for such an epic performance. I post a video of this once a year during Pride Month to show one of the most epic scenes of an openly gay man standing up for himself and fellow gay men against ignorant bigots. It was amazing. I will post the video directly following this post.

10) Least Favorite Part/Moment: The Entire F***ed up Billith Situation [Honorable Mentions: Godric's suicide- it was sad as hell but hauntingly beautiful, The Witches induce Amnesia on Eric, Marnie Possesses Lafayette and makes him kill the love of his life Jesus, Tommy Dies to Save Sam]

Reason: My least favorite part was when Bill merged with the mother of all vampires, Lilith, to become this super powerful and equally psychotic vampire deemed "Billith". The entire situation was just stupid and you could tell that during that season the writers ran out of ideas for what to add into the show. It was far-fetched and pretty OP and that's why I consider this one of the worst parts of True Blood.

Back at you soon with today's post since I'm behind by a day.

#fandom challenge

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trinityvixen · 8 years ago

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Whatever happened to “show don’t tell”?

Spoilers for season seven of Game of Thrones!

When I think of the scenes I liked best in season six of Game of Thrones, the one thing they have in common is silence. The absence of dialogue and other noises allowed what wasn’t said to come to the forefront. The music carried some scenes, like the montage of people getting ready for the trial in the season six finale. In others, like Jon’s resurrection, the use of an otherwise mundane sound—breathing—to emphasize just how miraculous (and awful) Jon’s return to life following his murder was. Sometimes, there are no words for an emotion, and you have to trust actors to convey emotion. Season six gave that up in spades. Melisandre’s depression and loss of faith. Jon’s confrontation with the abject horror of his own murder. Sansa and Jon’s joy at their reunion. Theon’s insecurity as he returned to the Iron Islands. The best actor on the show, Lena Headey, letting her face crumple from height of joy and relief to the depths of despair in one glorious shot. Then, of course, the ultimate reveal of the show—Jon Snow’s true parentage—is told in a vision that transitions to Jon’s face. It’s good, but compared to the other scenes, perhaps a little on-the-nose.

Now imagine how much more so it would be if Bran had been speaking over it—“My father lied all his life to protect his sister’s child who is my supposed half-brother.” You don’t have to imagine it: the season seven finale did it. Any time there could have just been emotion, or acting to convey it, we got explanation instead. As a friend of mine put it, “so was that whole episode just a really long explanation for people who haven't been keeping up?” Exposition dumps haven’t been this heavy-handed since season one, when Littlefinger explained the world to Ned and Sansa Stark as a way of explaining it to us, the viewers.

At every turn this season, someone is Explaining How It Is to someone else. It’s why Sandor Clegane is the season’s most refreshing character because he just tells people to shut up and get on with it. Explaining How It Is doesn’t have to be boring if the conversation reveals character. In season one, Cersei and Robert Baratheon have an extraordinary exchange of words in which their mutual dislike of and disappointment in the other is the only bit of honesty we ever see between them. It’s unexpected for them—previously unable to speak without fighting—and it captures in one conversation what the years of their marriage have been like to lead them to this point. Cersei has another such amazing conversation with Tyrion—a man she hasn’t seen for two years and who until recently she thought responsible for the death of her son—in the season seven finale that is easily the highlight of the episode (and this in an episode where the Wall comes down because of a zombie dragon). Part of that must be attributed to Lena Headey being able to turn words into weapons, to inform more with the inflection of her voice than any dialogue could as to how Cersei is feeling in the moment. (It also helps that she is paired off with two actors of her caliber in those scenes.)

Explaining How It Is gets boring when it is solely for the audience because there are only seven episodes to get across the major reveal of the season, again having to do with Jon’s lineage. Quite apart from the ire for this development that book readers have (no book spoilers here), it’s pretty grating because it’s a cliché and it is communicated poorly and it requires a strange nonsensical reason for it to have been held back. Bran has sat on the information he has about Jon for an entire season. He could have told this sister, Sansa, to give her something use in her fight against Littlefinger; you could only have forgiven him for not doing so if he didn’t care about that struggle, but seeing as he helps her eventually convict the man of treason, that explanation makes no sense. Instead, the first person Bran tells is Sam. They don’t even get a moment for them to Explain How It Is to each other since Sam let Bran go beyond the Wall (the guilt Sam must have felt, letting his best friend’s crippled brother go off to near-certain death, the relief he feels seeing that decision hasn’t led to something horrible). It’s all about the elephant in the room—or, more accurately, the elephant on a boat currently having sex with his aunt. Bran Explains How It Is that Jon is actually the crown prince, not a royal or any other kind of bastard, but the boy who knows all apparently needs Sam to help him know that much. That beggars belief, again, as we must believe that Bran, having learned Jon is not his brother but his cousin, would, despite having all of space and time to gander at, not investigate further.*

Explaining How It Is is how Jon and Daenerys end up in bed together, too. These two are a fated couple, so the writing has been on the wall for a while about them boning (despite their familial relation). It makes a lot of sense, even. But just because something is Fated to Happen doesn’t mean we should just accept that that fate explains away lack of chemistry and lack of interaction. I call it the First Class failure. In X-Men: First Class, Charles Xavier is a prick, a man born to incredible privilege who tries to talk a victim of the Holocaust (Magneto) out of killing people who tried to kill him because “they were just following orders.” There is no coming back from that dick move, but the movie franchise still supports Xavier as “ the good guy” because that’s the role he is fated to play later.** The First Class failure is one in which a writer or writers feel they can be as narratively lazy as they like so long as the audience has a sense of where things are going already.

The internet loves to get into shipping wars, so a lot of people who don’t see Jon and Daenerys as a couple (especially, as seems to be argued by the show, a couple like his father and mother, that are in love) get dismissed as being disappointed at not getting their pairing of choice. Debate gets heated, the gifs proving that Jon and Daenerys make googly eyes at each other so they’re in love, QED, are circulated. Sticking strictly with the characters as we’ve known them up until now and the events of season 7 versus seasons 1 through 6, I argue that there is a lot of Explaining How It Is because there is no effort to show it naturally developing with a whopping dose of First Class failure thrown in.

Consider the characters first, specifically their respective romances to date and what those relationships have done to shape them as people. Daenerys was raped by her husband but came to love him. His people, his way of life, her marriage to those things as well as him is what first gave her the strength to be a queen. It gave her power and responsibility. She may not have initially chosen him, but she chooses those things. She gains the confidence that eventually overthrows slavery, unites her with several great houses from the land of her birth, and, of course, gives her the courage to birth dragons (and, by consequence, great magic) back into the world. Her romance with Daario is less world-shakingly terrifying, but it shapes her no less because it is a romance she chooses. Daenerys is setting about to break chains; taking Daario as a lover is about breaking the chain that says a woman belongs to a man. Part of that is privilege—it’s fine for a queen to take a lover, but the further down the hierarchy you go, the less likely that is to be permitted—but it’s an important character moment: Daenerys chooses for herself. That, in addition to the confidence built out of her previous relationship, is how the Dragon Queen comes to Westeros.

Jon’s romantic entanglements deal primarily with the chip he has on his shoulder about being a bastard. He is a virgin almost not by choice because he is terrified of being what everyone thinks all bastards are: lustful, sinful creatures. He not only doesn’t want to father bastards himself (because in his drama king mindset, it is the worst thing to be: a well-fed, educated man with an inconvenient last name), he has a somewhat understandable fear, given that he knows nothing of his mother, that any woman he desires could be related to him.*** Ygritte is therefore not only the first woman to aggressively pursue him, but she is the first woman he can guarantee will not be either related to him or caring about children with him. He is using her to establish his cover, and yes, he falls in love with her. It’s understandable that he does—he has no experience negotiating romantic relationships, much less as a spy, so he does best to deceive her by believing his own lie (and even then, she is aware he is not totally turned traitor for her). But damn if the lady still doesn’t have to work for it. Ygritte goes the full-body press on Jon, literally, as she finally takes his virginity by stripping naked and kissing him. She challenges him to prove his manhood, and Jon, who relies on his honor as a man to find any measure of respect for himself in a world that would deny it to him, accepts that challenge. That is something of a theme with Jon, both the women needing to throw themselves at him naked—Melisandre takes a similar tack—and the appeal to his honor being what decides whether he will won’t sleep with them. Melisandre fails in her seduction because Jon’s honor as Lord Commander and his mourning his love for Ygritte preclude his having sex with anyone. It takes losing both those things—stepping down as Lord Commander because of his murder and time passing for Ygritte’s memory to have less hold on him—for him to be in a position to find another person. Jon’s relationships have been fewer than Daenerys, but they removed the mystique and taint of sex for him enough that he can now focus on the bigger picture (the war against the undead). It’s almost cliché that the man has to get laid to be able to concentrate on real problems, but it does describe, more or less, how Jon matures due to his romantic relationships.****

So that is where they are before they meet in season seven. Season seven reduces them both to caricatures of themselves, sadly. Daenerys has always walked a fine line between doing justifiable violence and being a mad queen. She showed every promise of being able to compromise, to learn from advisors who reign in her worst instincts��Ser Barristan, Jorah, and then Tyrion. She was even willing to give away part of the lands she hoped to rule to Yara Greyjoy. This is a woman who knows something of compromise. And while it’s one thing to promise away the Iron Islands in return for alliance and security against raiders at sea and quite another to ignore another person claiming the largest swath of the lands she claims, it is still unjustifiably harsh of Daenerys to come down so fiercely on Jon Snow when they meet. It could have been the moment for her to learn more about the consequences of her family member’s behaviors again and to react to such news that the Targaryens weren’t all Mona Lisa Sapersteins (“I have never done anything wrong ever”) with compassion and understanding. Instead, she is reduced to Dragon Queen. The same thread will be picked up again later with her treatment of the Tarlys, although she is more in the right there to say that men who were actively opposing her on the battlefield and expressed an intention to do so again, are fair game for execution.****** All around her are people worried she has become unstable, and for good reason: she has suddenly been written as being unstable and unsympathetic.

For his part, Jon is wildly unable to find his footing as a king coming to treat with a queen. Part of that is due to Tyrion neglecting to mention Daenerys wanted him to swear fealty to her. But Jon has, for two episodes prior, spent a great deal of time succeeding better than one would have thought at being kingly, despite being challenged from a surprising corners (both Sansa and Lyanna Mormont tell him not to go to Dragonstone). He also managed to convince the Night’s Watch, back in the day, to let him bring Wildlings through the Wall. Yes, he was murdered, but he got it done first. He even got Aliser Thorne on side for beheading Janos Slynt. Point is, Jon is capable of defending himself as a leader. He has shed his insecurity about being a bastard and decided to be a king. For him, as soon as he meets Daenerys, that means behaving as stupidly as possible and reverting back to pre-Ygritte Jon, he of the moody silences and pouts. He never mentions dragonglass to her, the whole reason for his coming. Despite his experience with the incredulity of literally every person who has not seen a wight or White Walker, he somehow expects Daenerys to believe him about the army of the dead and to decide to fight against it. This despite, again, every person who hasn’t seen it whom he has tried to cajole into fighting (when he wasn’t in power to make them), having brushed him off. He is suddenly too embarrassed to use the fact of his own resurrection to prove that, just maybe, the dead don’t stay dead. The stupidity snowball avalanches from there, culminating in the worst atrocity committed against Jon’s intelligence in the entire show: the wight hunt.

So that is how the First Class problem happens. Daenerys is reduced to madness and Jon imbecility, but we should still want them to get together despite their characters being hollow images of their former glory. They’re end game, so the writers don’t have to make their romance convincing. Looks are exchanged that are meant to be significant, but we have seen both these characters look at lovers before and, well, these are not those looks. Enemies to lovers is a great trope, but with so little time to nudge that progression along, and with both of them engaged in battles away from the other, there is nothing to build out of any looks that might actually be significant. Worst crime of all: we come back to Explaining How It Is because both Davos and Tyrion are given leaden lines to say that their respective monarchs are obviously in love with the other. If you have to tell, you haven’t shown.

It does get better. Daenerys seeing the army of the dead and losing a dragon softens her character, and Jon realizing the height of his idiocy has harmed her badly is the first genuinely understanding, caring, and, yes, romantic, moment they share. The hand-holding bit, her curiosity about his unexplained scars, his guilt over killing what he learns is her child—that is the good shit right there. If the season had just two more episodes after it instead of one, I fully could have believed them to fall for one another. There just wasn’t time. The writers didn’t let the actors do the work and their dialogue didn’t get it done either. Anything that got built by episode six was premised on character assassination and the worst plot thread since they let Ramsay Bolton torture Theon for three seasons. The center could not hold.

Is it wrong to root for Jon/Daenerys or to find their dry humping set to the tune of Bran monologuing sexy? No. Naked people are frequently sexy. Indeed, the scene, divorced from the narration and the narrative that led to it, as has been populating tumblr since, can be sexy. The show should have done better by the fans who wanted to see it. I’m glad that some of them can still be happy with events. I feel the show failed them because it told them how things were to be instead of letting it just be.

*Then again, he doesn’t investigate anything further. He learns how the Night King was created, but he never looks to see how the last war against him, in which both men and the Children of the Forest fought together, to learn how they drove him back long enough for Bran the Builder to construct the Wall to keep him out. Seems like that information could be more useful than just occasionally checking in via warged ravens as to how close to said Wall the Night King was traveling.

**Xavier also ends the movie non-consensually erasing the mind of a woman so she cannot know about him or his school. It is framed as being done to protect her from interrogation. He literally mindwipes a woman “for her own good” without her consent. Rape culture, in the mutant world.

***It’s ironic, then, that his major fanfic and now canon pairings are all way more incestuous than him hooking up with Roz the plucky prostitute from the show.

****And possible his non-romantic ones, depending on how you read his post-resurrection scenes with people he clearly loves. Dolorous Edd is Jon’s friend, but they undoubtedly love each other, if Edd’s fury at his death and their relieved hug when Jon lives again are any indication. From there, it can get fuzzy with shipper lenses on. But yeah, Edd was Jon’s friend and the show has forgotten him, which is too bad. Then again, it has isolated Jon from people he loves for the entire season, partially, I think, to make his falling into love with Daenerys more believable.*****

*****It’s not that it couldn’t happen any other way, but if you’re alone, isolated from your loved ones, on a desperate quest no one takes seriously, and a frustrating, beautiful woman even gives you a slightest bit of help, well, romances have been built on less.

******Daenerys is not a mad queen for fighting with dragons on a battlefield. Honestly, compared to the gory horror of amputations, eviscerations, and impaling that went on at the Battle of the Bastards*******, what she does is almost merciful and has a lot less to clean up to prevent corpses from coming back.

*******Still don’t like the show title being the in-canon name for that battle.

#GoT7 #This is not about shipping #This is about storytelling

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cameoamalthea · 8 years ago

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Half-Dragons

In the DnD campaign my husband is running we are going to visit a village of half-dragons. In D&D a half-dragon is a cross between a dragon and some other unrelated creature. Also in D&D, certain types of dragons are evil.

One of our player characters was given a quest to get black dragon scales and green dragon scales. Rather than fighting one of those types of dragons our party is going to visit the half-dragon village, a commune in the Dark Forest where half-dragons outcast by society have formed a colony/retreat.

Black Dragons: The vile tempered and cruel of all evil dragons. They are sadistic, even preferring to eat sentient beings so they can enjoy their food suffering, and above all love cruelty and hurting others alongside ruin and misfortune.

Green Dragons: The most cunning and treacherous of all evil dragons. They are master manipulators who revel in corrupting people and/or hoarding them like possessions. They enjoy bending others to their will, betraying/tricking others, lying, manipulation, and eating elves.

So these sorts of dragons don’t seem like they would be very good parents or very good romantic partners so that begs a ‘how did that happen?’ For any green or black half dragon and the DM wasn’t sure, so I offered to come up with some back stories.

So if you like messed up back stories, here are our 3 Green Half-Dragons and 1 Black Half-Dragon and 1 White Half-Dragon

Corradinus (Corry) Bognár

Race: Black Half-Dragon, Half-Human

(Warning: This is very dark. TW rape, death, torture, attempted infanticide/child abuse)

Corry’s mother, Lady Ravenna, was the daughter of a powerful noblemen whose father, Count Bognar rebelled against his league lord, the Duke, who then laid seigue to his keep. The war was made worse by flooding, which led to failed harvests and famine. With his people starving, Count Bagnar was forced to surrender and the Duke set fire to keep to teach the Count a lesson about rebellion. The Count’s family, along with a few trusted servants fled, eventually turning to the treacherous swamp lands for refuge from the Duke’s men.

It was there the dragon found them.

Cory’s father, Mergandevinsander, was a black dragon who lived in the dreaded swamp lands which surrounded Count Bognar’s land. Like all black dragons he was evil and sadistic. When he came upon the refuges he killed them. Slowly.

Ravenna watched as her mother was swallowed alive and her nurse-maid half melted by the dragon’s acid breathe. All the while the dragon taunted her of the pain he had in store for her. She tried to bargain with him, promising it the wealth of her father’s keep (and hoping to lead it to the Duke’s forces where one foe might destroy the other at least). The dragon agreed, if only give her false hope. When they returned to the keep it was a ruin and there was nothing there of value. Ravenna saw her father’s head mounted above what was left of the gate and lost all will to live.

“Just kill me” said Ravenna.

“No”

Rather than allowing her to escape her pain Mergandevinsander transformed himself into the likeness of the Duke and raped the girl.

The dragon made the ruins his home, and was soon joined by a band of kobolds who served him there, and kept the girl as a toy for a time. When Ravenna became pregnant he kept her under watch and had his kobolds care for her. He wanted to see her face when the she saw the thing she gave birth too.

When she was closer to the end of her pregnancy he let her go. Let her wander pregnant and cursed, unable to seek help without any who helped her seeing the thing growing inside her.

When her baby was born Ravenna was so horrified at the sight of it she through it into a river. Miraculously, or perhaps due to his black dragon heritage, the baby survived and was found by a Priest of Ilmater.

Given that Ilmater is the god of compassion. The clergy dedicated themselves to providing healing and succor to all in need, whatever the cost to themselves, as they believed life was sacred and that suffering to preserve it was holy. Given that, the priest had pity, even for a child such as this.

With the baby was a scroll, a final letter from his mother asking his forgiveness for what she about to do and explaining the circumstances of his birth.

Corradinus was raised in a monastery as a cleric of Ilmater and later dedicated himself to learning combat so that he could defend the weak, specializing in non-lethal techniques and sparing his opponents pain where possible.

Class: One level of cleric, the rest Monk

Personality:

Although Black Dragons are knows for being the most evil-tempered and vile of all dragons, Dinus is perhaps the most sweet-tempered and kind of all half-dragons. He is generous, friendly and helpful. He is very devoted to his god Ilmater and tries to embody the tenant’s of his faith. He also enjoys the idea of being a dashing hero, favoring a rapier as his weapon and doing his best to be gallant and charming.

Appearance: Think Night-Crawler but black and with scales, and violet eyes

Blerta Song

Race: Half Green Dragon, Half-Gnome

(Warning: Weird Kinks, Sexual Harassment)

Her father, Hamnet Von Kinky-Gnome, had a lot of fetishes (possibly all of them). Being a gnome was fortunate because one of his major kinks was larger women. He also had a thing for scales. It was very fortunate Hamnet lived in a world where larger creatures and sentient creatures with scales existed.

Unfortunately, most creatures don’t enjoy being fetishized, especially not by creepy gnomes.

In many ways, that’s why, the green dragon Verthandantalynx was perfect for Hamnet. When the villagers of Trenahess, who worshipped the green dragon, offered Hamnet as a sacrifice to her, his response was:

“vore me mommy”

Verthandantalynx found this incredibly creepy and off putting, and asked:

“Seriously?What is wrong with you?”

Before clarifying that she wasn’t going to eat him if he was turned on by it (because that would be weird). He informed her that there wasn’t a thing she could do that wouldn’t turn him on.

He then proceeded to tell her how beautiful she was and how wonderful she was in every way. Her vanity, and green dragons are very vain creatures, eventually overcame her discomfort. Although there was no challenge in bending the gnome to her will, having a willing and adoring pet seemed like it could be fun for awhile…

She she laid a clutch of tiny (for her) eggs and sent Hamnet away because he shouldn’t be anywhere near children. Only one of the eggs hatched and from that egg was born a baby green half-dragon. She gave the baby to her followers to raise, and they named her Blerta.

The dragon instructed her worshippers to raise Blerta and make sure ‘she doesn’t turn out like her father.’ So she was raised to be the most proper and pure maiden possible, and as a teenager was given a Paladan who was a member of the order Beloved of Lurue. These followers of the unicorn goddess Lurue take a vow of chastity, and the villagers figured that joining an all female order of virgins sworn to forsake earthly bonds would keep Blerta from turning out like her father.

The Paladan, for her part, thought that adopting a tiny half-dragon girl sounded a lot better than being fed to much less tiny mother. As far as being captured by an evil dragon worshipping cult goes, adopting a teenage girl is not the worst outcome.

Upon learning that the girl’s name was Blerta Song, the Cleric’s unicorn companion, Silver, suggested dropping by the bard’s college to get the girl music lessons, because ‘can you imagine a Bard named Blerta Song?’

Class: Paladan/Bard

Personality: “Lurue teaches that life is there to be lived, and one should live it with zest and flair. Adventures and quests should be taken on a whim and life should be filled with good times and laughter.” Blerta enjoys singing with cute woodland creatures and writing songs about the forest. She is a bit vain, being raised as the sacred child of the dragon her village worshipped and can be bossy. She enjoys attention. However, the core of her religious devotion is goodness, kindness and chastity.

Appearance: Chibi green dragon monster-girl

Midori Takehiko

Race: Half-Green Dragon, Half-High Elf

(Warning: Discussion of Sexuality, strong language)

Midori’s mother was an elven princess named Aoi, who was offered as a sacrifice to the Green Dragon Claugiyliamatar. While green dragons generally enjoy eating elves, Claugiyliamatar was intrigued by Aoi’s fearlessness and cunning. She saw in her a useful servant and the two became fast friends.

In short, they were both cunning, manipulative bitches who likes the idea of power and freedom. Claugiyliamatar could transform a dragon into a human using magic and of all her kind was perhaps the most gifted at changing shape. She took Aoi as a lover, offering whatever form the elf princess preferred. Since Claugiyliamatar could shape shift, when Aoi suggested using a strap-on she simply altered anatomy. This led to a discussion about having children, which Aoi wanted as she liked the idea of having someone who would love her absolutely.

So Midori was born to an evil interspecies lesbian couple and raised to be a cunning princess.

Class: Rogue Assassin/Monk

Personality: Think Loki meets Azula

Appearance: Green Half-Dragon

Thanth Halen

(Half Green Dragon, Half-Human)

(Warning: None really, bad names and kidnapping I guess)

His father, Led Axle Halen, was a famous bard who toured across the land, beloved by all, and his music caught the attention of a Green dragon, Fll'Yissetat, who kidnapped him as her personal pet/music. She herself had once been held captive for a time and informed him that meant she ‘didn’t want to hear him complain about it.’ If he wanted for company, she could give it to him. Since he missed the company of his groupies, he agreed.

Their offspring, Thanth, inherited more human characteristics. He is incredibly muscular and handsome. He also inherited his father’s musical talent.

Class: Bard/Barbarian

Personality: Viking God of Rock

Appearance: Muscular man with long hair, muscular arms, green dragon wings and horns like a green dragon. He is very sexy.

Ed Snowflake

Race: Half White Dragon, Half Orc

No one is quite sure how this happened, as white dragons are feral, vicious and basically animals famed for being really stupid for a dragon. Ed offers no clue as to how his parents met because Ed doesn’t seem to be able to speak. Or at least, if he can speak, he probably doesn’t know very many words.

Class: Barbarian

Personality: Think Ed the Hyena from the Lion King meets the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Toons

Appearance: Imagine a white dragon crossed with an Orc.

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parasitic-psycho-filthy-creature · 8 years ago

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Character Information (1)

Creepypasta

- Name: Deathly Lust + - Human Name: Rebecca Marion Smith - Nicknames: Deathly

(Basics)

- Gender: Female - Sexuality: Heterosexual - Age: 19 - Birthday: March 17, 1998 - Zodiac Sign: Pisces - Nationality: Russian - Saying: “And suddenly, I wasn’t so afraid of the dark.”

(Relationships)

- Esther Cecilia Moore | Mother Esther is an American-Born woman who had conceived Rebecca when when she was twenty five. While dating in high-school, her significant other and his friends had driven out into the woods, only to abandon her as a 'prank'. Alone in the woods, The Slender Man had found her. He had almost killed her before discovering her significant beauty. Taking her back to the mansion, he kept a close eye on her and their relationship grew romantically. When he had discovered Esther was pregnant, he had things arranged so she had a home of her own to go back too, then abandoned her. Soon after, Esther had met Gerald and he helped her through the pregnancy of both Rebecca and Lacy. Esther and Gerald married when Rebecca when eleven and Lacy was three

- The Slenderman | Father + he Slenderman is an alleged paranormal figure purported to have been in existence for centuries, covering a large geographic area. Believers in the Slenderman tie his appearances in with many other legends around the world, including; Fear Dubh (or, The Dark Man) in Scotland, the Dutch Takkenmann (Branch Man), and the German legend of Der Großmann or Der Grosse Mann (the Tall Man).

- Gerald Matthews Smith | Stepfather Gerald had met Esther before Rebecca was born. She was shopping in a local grocery story, and according to him, she looked like a mess. He had helped her find and pay for baby supplies, and eventually he had asked her on a date, telling her he didn't care if she were pregnant or not, that he still found interest in her. And soon, their relationship budded and grew. Rebecca never found an interest to become friends with her step father but since he is Lacy's biological father, she is as attached to him as she is to Esther.

- Lacy Amelia Smith | Sister Lacy is an eleven-year-old girl who enjoys coloring and drawing. She loves watching cartoons, and unlike her older sister, never found an interest in anything dark and mysterious. She tends to cling and tends to act more child-like rather than acting her age.

- Lucifer Hellion | Cousin + Deathly and Lucifer were friends when the two were children. Her mother had befriended his mother coincidentally after Slenderman had left their lives. Sexual Offenderman was still with his mother after the time of his birth and, sensing something about the fetus in Esther's placenta, had encouraged his companion to continue being Esther's friend. Surprisingly, Sexual Offenderman had not raped Lucifer's mother, for she had fallen deeply in love with him such as the way Esther had loved The Slenderman. Aside from that, Lucifer and Deathly were close friends from birth to the time Sexual Offenderman, his father, had taken him back to Zalgo's mansion to live with him. Because she was so young, Deathly had forgotten about Lucifer as she grew up until Sexual Offenderman decided to come back into her life, reintroducing the two and giving them back that cousinly and friendly bond. Unfortunately for the two, romantic feelings had even budded after meeting again.

- Sexual Offenderman | Uncle + A rather tall being who had no face besides a wicked smile. He wore a trench coat, fedora, and long boots. This being had a very unique name; it being "Sexual Offenderman". Offenderman had a habit of giving roses to anybody who caught his interest, and if the rose was accepted then he would then take that person away and have his wicked way with them. Almost every night was filled with multiple people falling into his trap; but there were certain nights where he would spend the entire night, or next few nights, with the same person, it all depended on how much they caught his attention. The day Rebecca had been taken to the mansion by Jeff, Slenderman's brother's had coincidentally decided to come for a visit. That is when the two had finally met after so many years and she became the object of his desire. She had just never known that he was her biological uncle, though he knew all along. When she had found out about them being related, it was after she had gotten him to leave her alone.

- Trenderman | Uncle + Trenderman is the second youngest Slender, right above Splendorman and just below Slenderman. Trenderman's abilities are more in the fashion industry. He has a strong disliking for 'crocs'. His normal everyday wear is a brown sweater vest and brown jeans, or simply a light brown or black suit. He had met Rebecca after her first visit to Zalgo's mansion, and though he isn't too big of a fan on her clothing, he accepts her as his niece, telling her every so often that she's a 'joy to be around' and that they all often 'miss having her at the mansion'.

- Splendorman | Uncle + Splendorman is the youngest Slender brother, and he definitely enjoys spending time with his niece Rebecca. Most nights when she stays at Zalgo's mansion, he catches her up in her room, weeping or seemingly sad. He will sit with her, telling her that he is there for her, and he is always trying to cheer her up. Splendorman is the fun type; he enjoys making people smile and be happy. Offenderman doesn't like that anyone, especially family members, comes around Rebecca purely out of jealousy, but despite what he does to her, he enjoys seeing her happy as well, so he likes that Splendorman can make her smile.

(Love Interests)

- Jeff The Killer + Jeffery had met Rebecca after he was ordered by Slenderman to kill her. But for him, it was like love at first sight; he couldn't bring himself to kill her. So, against his orders, he brought Rebecca back to the mansion where their romance began to bloom.

- Ticci Toby + It had taken a while for the two to become friends, and another while for the two to realize they had more than friendship-like feelings for each other. But Rebecca still chose Jeff over him, causing Toby heartbreak.

- Lucifer Hellion + After them meeting once again after so many years, their friendly bond had grown into something more romantic. Though she went with the flow, his feelings were conflicted and split into two; "I love her, pull her close", and, "I lover her, but push her away". Lucifer had told her many times that because she was with Jeff and they had a son, he would never dream of taking her away from that because she was happy. He wants her for himself, but her happiness is more important to him than anything else.

(Physical Appearance)

- Hair: Black - Eyes: Black - Skin Tone: Pale - Height: 6 ft. - Weight: 95 lbs. - Rebecca's appearance is very simple. She likes to wear something flowy, but not baggy or too big. But it's either that, or something skin-tight. She does like showing skin. This young woman has jet-black hair and pale-white skin. Her eyes are as black as her hair and she is very slender. Her height is tall for women, stopping at 6" which is more of a height for males. Unlike her uncles and father, her fingernails are trimmed unless she bites them off; she'd rather have them short and jagged or smooth rather than long.

(Mind)

- Health: + Mind: ✦ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ + Physical: ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦

- Phobias/Fears: Autophobia

- Attitude(s): Aloof ; Affectionate

(Physical Strength)

- Strength: ✦ ✦ ✦ ✧ ✧ - Speed: ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ - Agility: ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✧

(Personality)

Personality: ✧ Playful ✧ Admirable ✧ Caring ✧ Fickle ✧ Libidinous Likes: ✧ Snow ✧ Sweets ✧ Blood ✧ Myths ✧ Stars Dislikes: ✧ Isolation ✧ Binds ✧ Bright Lights ✧ Bitterness ✧ Silence Hobbies: ✧ N/A Sense of Humor: ✧ Dark / Sexual Quirks: ✧ When focused, she can produce a sort of bubble of electricity around her body that can expand to a certain point ✧ [Along with the above quirk,] her body becomes shrouded in a light-black colored aura. The lightness/darkness depends on her state of mind ✧ Too forgiving ✧ Telepathy ✧ Mind reading - Favorite Song: Love Me Dead

(Biography)

From a very young age, Esther had to keep Rebecca almost a secret to the world. Her mother feared that she would be bullied or picked on for her unnaturally pigmented skin and eyes, so she and her husband Gerald home-schooled her until she reached the age appropriate for middle school. Though she could understand how to speak and write English, she had a small Russian accent until high school, where she had become accustomed to a more “American Voice”. Esther never spoke of Rebecca's father to anyone, even Gerald, so Gerald did not understand why Esther was so anxious to put her in middle school. But unlike what she thought, Rebecca's school years flew by in a breeze real easily and nicely. It was only upon reaching her freshman year did Rebecca start reading into the Creepypasta's and become fascinated with therm. Because of this, Esther had tried her best to keep her eldest daughter happy while they moved from place to place, ignoring wooded areas. But no matter where they lived, it seemed as though the woods called to Rebecca, and so there she would travel too. From the beginning, she had always had an interest in Jeff the Killer. Her mother had always told her that these 'creatures' were fictional characters, and Rebecca believed that until she had met Jeff the Killer himself. After meeting him, romance began to brew and bud at a quick pace. After discovering that The Slender Man was her father, she accepted him as so, but she never forgave him for abandoning her mother whether he needed to or not.

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surveys-at-your-service · 8 years ago

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Survey #53

“easy to be sleazy when you’ve got a filthy mind.”

what's the last movie you watched on your own? i couldn't tell you. i don't watch movies on my own, it's boring. what about the last movie you watched with another person? chelsea and i had "gbf" on netflix, but we didn't really watch it. what about the last movie you saw at the cinema? was it good? colleen, chelsea, and i saw "trolls" for a buck. it was SOOOO cute. do you attend school, college, or uni? an art university, yeah. what do you study, wherever you study? digital photography. kisses on the cheek or the neck? cheek if you wanna be casual, but neck kisses if you want me to rip your fucking clothes off lmao. how do you earn your keep? i don't work. i'm ashamed of it, but i don't and can't work like a "normal" human being. i'm trying to find a job with my very limiting criteria, but it's not easy, at all. i doubt i'll ever have a proper job until i can be a freelance photographer. if you could speak three different languages fluently, what would they be? GERMAN, latin, and ummm... i mean i guess spanish, because it'd be most convenient to me. who do you usually text the most? my mom or my best friend colleen. shaved legs or shaved arms? legs. i don't shave my arms. fried, poached, boiled or scrambled eggs? i like scrambled and cheesy eggs. have you ever been surprised with breakfast in bed? no. it'd be nice at least once. have you always got good grades? from elementary all the way through high school, yeah. i'm struggling in college... list four things about your facial appearance: i have blue eyes, glasses, no freckles, and a piercing on the right side of my nose. list four things about your general appearance: i'm overweight because fuck heartbreak, i'm white, i have no ass, and i have large breasts. list four things you like about yourself: i'm passionate as fuck, i honestly think i have good morals, i'm loyal, and very understanding. list four things you dislike about yourself: i'd kill for one man, i'm jealous to the point of hatred, i overreact to literally everything, i can't socialize, you want me to go on? this quiz is pretty different to others, right? lmao you ruined it cats or dogs? while i personally find felines to be more interesting as animals, i prefer dogs as pets. are you hungry right now? no. my appetite pill is actually working. what do you think of couples who have entire albums just for them, with pictures of them just randomly at home, doing nothing that really requires a photo? lmao i was one of those people, i love it! document your story! it's beautiful! can you work the washing machine? ... no. embarrassing, right. idk what settings to put it on. do you like your photo being taken? NO. ��other people don't know how to flatter my face. do you like taking photos of yourself? i mean, i'm a photographer, so every now and again. next gig you're going to? who knows? i'd like to go to the carolina rebellion this year, BADLY, but money is such an issue in my family. favorite color? maroon, baby. when do you plan on moving out? when i'm with a significant other. i used to believe i could live on my own in an apartment or something, but no. depression would consume me entirely. is there someone in your life you wish you never met? of course there is. jabari, who tried raping my sister right in front of me, for one. dustin, ashley's ex, who did nothing but break her heart and abuse her. there are more. i personally don't believe everyone comes into one's life for a reason. who/what is your favorite cartoon character? i don't really know. i like garfield. and courage the cowardly dog. what do you think of your mother? she's very supportive, loving, funny, rational, and serves as my rock. i'd be lost as fuck if i didn't have my mom. just sometimes, she thinks she knows more than she does about me. your father? i love him so much and i live in constant regret about hating him for so many years. i wish i'd burned that letter i wrote him in opposition of actually sending that shit, because i wonder all the time if he still thinks about what i told him. he'd do anything for me, and i hope i can repay him for that one day. your siblings (if there are any)? tiffany: i don't know you, but i wish i did. misty: you're great, and i miss you. katie: you confuse me, but i still love you and hope you're okay. bobby: hey now, you're an all-star. seeing you with christian lights up my whole world. i hope i'm half the parent you are some day. ashley: we're too much alike in an odd way. you've been through so much, yet you've come so far as a person. i mean jesus christ, you're a radiologist! and to know you were once suicidal, that's so inspirational to me. you have a husband who loves you, even after, like me, believing you could never love another. you have two beautiful children who love you so much, but i wonder if they can ever love you like i do. nicole: i worry about you. you need to leave that damn boy, he's not good enough for you, and he is going to drag you down. you're too big and bold a person to be chained. i worry about your happiness quotient as long as he's around, but regardless, i know you're going to go pretty damn far. how many hours do you spend online a day? i don't really know, but i can't say i care too much. i don't get why people treat the internet like it's so horrible. like, let's think about it. most people, when they have nothing better to do, what do they do? they watch television. i sit on the computer instead. at least i'm engaging my brain. explain your current feelings for your last ex bf/gf: i'm entirely aware i'm more than in love with him, i'm obsessed with him. you ain't truly been in love until it gets that far, hunny. how do you feel about teen relationships? they're fine? they can lead to a forever relationship. who’s room of the opposite sex were you in last? when? uhhh. my dad's and his wife's when i was passing through to go take a shower. what are your views on homosexuals in general? they're just as human as a heterosexual, if not more open-minded as half the heterosexual populace has issue with them. do you and any of your friends have a "song?" ha ha ha, yeah. colleen and i say our "song" is that country piece called "friends" by ummm... blake shelton, i think? it's such a cutesy song, and when she first showed it to me, she said it made her think of us. i hate country, yet i still jam out with her every time we hear it. (: which is more important to you - friends or family? family. who says some friends can't be family? which is worse - smoking, drinking, or drugs? drugs. easily. allow me to also clarify, alcohol is a drug, so drinking is pretty equal? nicotine is a drug too, right? is there one person you would seriously kill if you could get away with it? um. only if i wouldn't feel guilty. which i would. what is the last scary movie that actually scared you? the only scary movie to ever scare me is "the rite." only because it played with an irrational fear of mine: being impregnated by satan or a demon in general. i'm afraid of pregnancy period, but the idea of it being the devil's child and it ripping out of your fucking stomach like can you not what are you listening to? "gospel" by panic! at the disco. i love his voice in this song so fucking much. them high notes in the chorus, tho. what is something you and your significant other do that may seem weird to others? i'm single. how long have you liked the person you like right now? five years how many shots can you take? i've never taken a shot before, and truly, i don't really want to. i mean i'm sure i will at some point, i just don't have the desire to because i hate the taste of alcohol, and shots are so concentrated. what's a fact about the last person you kissed? he just turned 23. do you think you're old? no, shame i feel it, though. are you a jealous person? in general? actually, no. i only get jealous when it comes to jason. when is the next time you will kiss someone? you tell me. has anybody ever accused you of doing drugs? i don't think so. do you have a passion for anything? meerkats!! photography!! silent hill and gaming in general!! rhett and link/gmm!! heavy metal!! are you a romantic person? i honestly think i am. what do you think of when i say "lumberjack?" lmao omg the first thing that came to mind was rhett singing and dancing to the song he made up on the high-heeled lumberjack challenge on gmm. how many children do you want? one-three. one if childbirth/pregnancy was way too much, two is most likely, three is a big maybe. do you like mexican food? nope. do you have a favorite author? not really. do you have an ex who still talks to you? do they want to be with you again? if juan even counts, yeah, we talk like what, less than even once a month. he's made it apparent he wants to be with me again, but pretty sure he's a player, so. do your legs get really itchy after shaving them? christ, yeah. my left leg got so itchy once after shaving that i have a large scar going up my shin from scratching it so badly. even putting lotion on didn't help. do you wear a ring on your finger? yeah, a ruby/garnet/whatever ring on my right ring finger. i just put it on permanently the other day. i got it for christmas. have you ever thought about getting your nose pierced? it is pierced. i've thought of taking it out in favor of getting the septum pierced though, but i changed my mind. have you kissed anyone with a tattoo before? no, but a guy with a tattoo has kissed me. which berry is your favorite? strawberries, definitely. have you ever tried to learn a foreign language? i took four semesters of german. would you rather swim in a lake or the ocean? lake. do you love seeing frost hanging off leaves in the winter? omg yaaass would you ever like to own a chandelier? hell yeah. i'm big on those creepy octopus chandeliers. when is the last time you went to a carnival? oh fuck me. last time i went to a carnival/festival one night was over a year ago with jason and dillon. i went on a ride i was terrified of (jason was a bit iffy too; he doesn't like heights), and dillon made a self-mutilation joke that nearly ruined the whole night. how many notebooks do you own? are they all filled? oh jeez. LOADS. i have a drawer filled with 'em... i wanna throw them out though. really old, embarrassing writings. have you ever lived on a university campus? no. what’s your favorite alcoholic beverage? mike's hard, i guess. not like i've tried many. when was the last time you saw a photo of your ex? long-ish time ago. i have a picture from our prom beside my bed, but it's buried beneath papers. so probably the last time i checked his facebook months ago. do you “binge-watch” tv shows? haven't done that since "sherlock" with jason. do you play any games on your phone? not anymore. i had pokemon go, but i had to get rid of it after i ran out of room on my phone, despite having deleted every other app but pinterest and my period tracker. not like it's really a fun game for rural players, anyway. you never have pokeballs because pokestops don't exist. have you ever shaved your face? no. i mean i've waxed my eyebrows and lip and plucked stray hairs on my chin, but never shaved it. what was the last vaccination you got? no idea. probably for an std, y'know, those shots you get as a teenager. how long does it usually take you to get over a break up? lmao been a year and a handfull of months, still not over it. do you get motion sickness? nope. do you often forget what you were just about to say? always. makes me feel stupid. how many blue-eyed people have you kissed? none. do you have a friend named holly? i knew a holly in elementary school, but she was never my friend. what are your parents' middle names? marie and john. does frequent use of swear words offend or upset you? not at all, because i don't believe in our definition of "profanity." who honestly gives a valid fuck about whether a word is "bad" or not. what makes a word "bad," anyway? however, i do believe in harmful words that i don't like hearing. like, calling someone a bitch, to me, is just as bad as calling someone a mean person. because they mean the same thing. what makes "bitch" worse? also, i hate derogatory terms to certain groups, like "the 'n' word" for black people. otherwise, "swear" all you want, i really don't care. when/where did you meet your first love? well, to be technical, facebook. i thought he was a jason i did know, so i accepted his friend request. thank god i did. he wanted to be my friend to begin with because he saw me in the hallway at school and, according to him, he thought immediately, "that girl's going to save me." he remembers exactly what I was wearing, everything. how he found my facebook, i guess i should probably wonder, lol. it's so funny, how he claims i was going to save him. and now i'm the one who needs him. funny shit. how many facebook friends do you have? uhhhh 126, i think? which one of your relatives are you most likely to argue/disagree with? MY GRANDMA HOLY FUCK have your parents met the person you're currently interested in? yes, they have. who was your first major crush? i'm not entirely sure. maybe this kid named dylan? do you still talk to that person? haven't in well over a decade. lmao wait, did i ever even talk to him? i just thought he was super cute. is there anything you need to do, that you're trying to avoid doing? yeah. i hate late homework. do you have any drinking cups with disney characters on them? we haven't for years. well, wait. we may still have some. will you be moving anytime soon? probably. we were supposed to get evicted because mom can't afford the rent, yet we're still here. but our landlord won't be merciful forever; mom still can't pay for it. have you ever written a book? perhaps you are writing one right now? never finished any... oh yeah! but one from when i was younger. favorite flavored milk shake? vanilla do you or your best friend play in a band? nah. can two living souls become one? figuratively, sure, literally, no. last song you listened to and what does it mean to you? i'm listening to "ready to go" by panic! at the disco. first time listening to it; i'm on a panic! streak. it just started, so no opinion yet. have you seen the entire harry potter series? no. jason and i watched a couple of the movies, but i could never get into it. have you ever been put to sleep for surgery? i actually don't know. i had tubes put in my ears as a baby, but i don't remember it at all. have you ever had a pregnancy scare? okay this is funny. despite never having sex, my anxiety made me believe by some miracle dry-humping had gotten me pregnant because i missed my period. like i was so panicked i was even talking about it with jason. god bless that man, i can only IMAGINE what he must've thought. when was the last time you went bowling? some months ago with colleen, bradley, and girt. are you expected to help fix thanksgiving dinner? no. have you ever lost anyone close to cancer? no, thank god. do you personally know anyone who is transgender? i don't think so. what’s your favorite flavor of potato chip? original is the shit. what’s your favorite type of juice? i really like mango. what was the hardest language you’ve ever tried to learn? dude, fuck latin. do you know anyone named amity? no, but that's a cool name! what do you think of people who always wear make-up? i really try not to have an opinion because that's really not my business at all, but i can't help but feel a bit sad. like... i dunno, i just think you should be more comfortable with your own skin instead of always feeling like you've gotta cover it. my older sister was like that for years, and it always made me sad, because she's so beautiful. she wouldn't go out without it or take pictures if she didn't have some on. is there a smell that gives you headaches? gasoline. what’s your least favorite thing about summer? everything? can i say everything??? have you ever wanted to vlog? not really. i lead a boring life and i am WAY too shy and awkward. do you have any of the guitar heroes/rock bands? plenty. original, ac/dc, metallica, green day, van halen, greatest hits, and i'm positive i'm missing some. have you ever worn flip flops in the snow? lmao yes. do you ever wonder what your ex or most recent “thing” is up to? of course i do. have you ever moved to a different state? nope. been in nc my whole life. have you ever been to germany? no, but i'd REALLY like to go! what decade do you think is the best musically? hm. '80s. have you ever written poetry or fiction? yup. some cringy stuff lmao. have you ever lived with your girlfriend/boyfriend? yes. we lived with another couple, who were our friends. how do you feel about your relationship status? it's boring and lonely. how many relationships have you been in? one legitimate one. one puppy-love. one misunderstanding that lasted less than a day. what’s something you do that really frustrates people who are closest to you? i can be VERY passive and submissive. like, ask me what i wanna do? "i don't care." wanna do this, brittany? "if you want to." is this fine for dinner, brittany? "sure, if you feel like making it." colleen HATES this about me. do you care what people think? sometimes. sometimes not at all. sometimes way too much. is there anyone in your life that knows right away something’s wrong with you? not anymore. jason was like that. it was supernatural. do you like the color yellow? no, actually. what was your favorite game when you were a child? the spyro games. when was the last time you had blood drawn? last time i was at the er for mental reasons. they always take your blood to ensure you're not on drugs. have you ever hated someone but felt pity for them at the same time? honestly? no. what eyeshadow color suits you best? black, baby. in regards to kissing, full on making-out or will a peck suffice? depends on where we are and how passionate we're feeling. are you a ke$ha fan? no. how short is too short for shorts/skirts? please at least keep your full ass covered. have you even swam in a lake? did you freak out about the germs, afterwards? i have, and not particularly. have you ever snuck-out to see a guy? nope. does your cell-phone take decent pictures? NO. i actually still have my old phone just to take my selfies lmao. have you ever sexted? it's my biggest regret. have you ever posed topless with a friend? i have not. do you shed hair everywhere you go? ha ha yeah. where do you part your hair? to the far left do you talk with your hands? absolutely. jason used to make fun of me for it, then he started to do it. do guy's adams apple's gross you out? no. lil' wayne, hopsin, kanye west, or kid cudi? i don't particularly like any of them, but there is a song by hopsin that makes me laugh. have you ever questioned your mental health? i'm not questioning it, i've accepted it. when you go to the beach, are you swimming, tanning, playing, or searching for shells? swimming and looking for shells! do you wash your hair every day? no, that's bad for you. do you have long eyelashes? my old english teacher stopped class just to point out they were once lmao.

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Years ago, when I was living in Central Europe, I got to know a group of men who were the kind a girl would notice. Young and charismatic, they came complete with the fascinating and swoon-worthy job of war photographer.These men were fun, courageous, and wild. They lived hard – drinking, drugging and bird-dogging every pretty female who would have them. On any given night, you could find them “shrooming” in the great outdoors, or at an underground club watching a live sex show. Maybe just hanging out and telling stories. About war zones, scars and executions.One of these men – let’s call him Eddie – told me about getting shrapnel imbedded in his scrotum when he was photographing an intense battle in the former Yugoslavia. This was during the civil war there, and it was an ugly, bloody time full of weaponized rape and genocide.After getting hit, Eddie was taken to a field hospital, where they removed one of his testicles without the benefit of anesthesia. Being smack in the middle of a hot war zone, there simply wasn’t any left. Wounded and dying soldiers lay all around Eddie as the doctor leaned over him, brandishing something that looked like a piece of wood.“Bite down on this,” he said. “This is really going to hurt.”Eddie passed out during the operation, as you can imagine any man would. When Eddie woke up, at least according to him, he propositioned a very sultry nurse, having sex with her right there in his hospital bed. Slavic boned, with wide sensual lips, and an ass to die for, she was just what the doctor ordered.There, fresh out of surgery, Eddie proved to himself that he was still functional, still a man.

Another one of these men – we’ll call him Andy – told me all about a photographer friend of his who had been killed by firing squad somewhere in the Middle East. I was aghast listening to his story. Being only about twenty-four at the time, I’d never met anyone outside of my own war-torn family, who had actually known someone who’d been executed.This was a person young enough to be my peer, and now, they were dead. No, not just dead, but put up against a wall and shot point-blank by a group of strange men. I wondered if he got a last request – a prayer or cigarette.“Why did they do it?” I asked Andy.Andy shrugged, his face a mask of irony. “They didn’t like him.”Andy was a bit of an anomaly among these guys. He was hugely talented and had spent years globe-trotting from war to war just like the rest of them. And he had a wry and irreverent sense of humor that lurked behind his every word – also like his cohorts. Andy was different from his friends in one crucial way, however: he was married and had two small children.He’d left the battlefield behind, and was making a nice living snapping portraits of prominent individuals and the like.This did not go over well with his war photographer friends, let me tell you.Andy was taunted pretty mercilessly for no longer going off at a moment’s notice and raising hell. For staying home and raising his kids instead, trying to be a faithful husband to his wife. It was hard for Andy, too. I could see it in his eyes and in the way he talked about his past adventures. He missed the excitement, the danger, the freedom – even if he did love his family.Not long ago, a mutual friend told me she’d heard Andy had left his wife and was now sailing around the world. I guess I wasn’t surprised, but I was sad for him. Andy had a good soul, he just seemed to struggle when it came to claiming it.Only a few months after I left both my ex-pat life and this motley crew of war photographers behind, I got to know another group of men. I had fallen in love with my husband, and one of his best friends was in the United States Marine Corps. At the time, my husband’s friend – who we’ll call Dave, because it’s his real name – was a colonel and lawyer. In the wake of 9/11, he left his growing law practice in the dust and went back to full-time soldiering. A born leader with the temperment of a philospher, Dave would go on to be commissioned a full-fledged general.Dave and his Marine buddies were fun, courageous and wild. They told stories about training and camaraderie, with the occassional tale about combat.I remember Dave confiding to me and my husband about two young men who’d been under his command. They’d been killed during an ambush and Dave was remembering them on one, gloomy Memorial Day a few years ago. He went into some detail about their lives and interests, who they’d loved. And he asked my husband to tell those young men’s stories to our children, so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. Dave told us all of this on the phone, but I could imagine his fierce blue eyes the whole time. Powerful, lived-in eyes that were full of humor, but took everything seriously. The eyes of a man with grave responsibilities.For his men, for whom he had sacrificed so much, and for his family, who had sacrificed so much for him.Not long before leaving on one of his tours, Dave and I found ourselves alone in my kitchen. We were drinking beer, casually, after my husband had washed his hands of us and gone to bed.We talked about how his wife had put her own concerns aside and taken on the full burden of family life, all the while not knowing whether he would return. The way Dave had to leave the people he loved most and enter a world of danger and few comforts. These weren’t voiced as complaints, but observations. He felt a reverence for the faith his loved ones had in him – the fact that they shared his values despite what they had to endure when he was gone.Dave, with those same blue eyes boring into mine – in person this time, alive with tenderness and emotion, unflinching – revealed to me how much he loved his wife.“She’s all that matters,” he told me, going so far as to describe the way she looked when she was sleeping.The way her hair lay against the pillow. The look of soft determination that marked her face, even at rest.As I’ve been endeavoring to write a truly compelling romantic male character over the past few years – I’ve been thinking back on the war photographers and marines, training my cold writer’s eye on them, a vision sharpened by years of steady surveillance. But I’ve engaged my heart, too – one warmed by half a lifetime of being a wife and mother.Both teams of men command our attention, making us want to follow their journeys, root for them. I’ve tried to understand what sets them apart and anticipate which man a woman would choose to be her lover and why. How a woman would assess these two groups of alpha males if she found herself having to choose between them.Manhood, for Dave and his friends, was defined by meaning, and meaning was attained through the exercise of duty and honor. Being husbands, fathers, friends, and in their case, soldiers was a thing of the highest order. They held within them a deeply personal form of power. A competence that stretched far beyond what they were capable of on a battlefield, or any other professional arena. You didn’t dare underestimated them.Andy and Eddie were charming, intelligent, funny and untamed. They were curious and had an unquenchable appetite for life. The sort of dangerous but captivating men you could find in any number of movies and novels. Full of bravado, fighting wars within themselves while they sought the wars outside. All of this hinted at an inner depth that might make a girl get out her shovel and dig until she found it…or didn’t. Yes, they were riveting in their own right.I believe they truly cared about the people and events they were capturing with their cameras, despite their sardonic posturing. And I often wondered if they felt a bit lost in the theater of war – like people once removed. Intermediaries who were putting their lives on the line to bring images of conflict to the rest of us sitting at home. Denied the fight, all the while being exposed to the same perils. Dressed in the blood and grime of war, but not the uniform.“Sometimes I can’t figure out what the hell we’re doing out there,” one of them once remarked.Maybe that’s why those war photographers lived so hard, playing up their bad boy romanticism. Occupying that middle ground is complex and befuddling. You might have the courage of a soldier, but not the motive. You’re both up close to and at an arms length from humanity at its most base and most noble. And unlike a soldier, you have no articulated directives that bind your heart and mind – Semper Fidelis, First to Fight, Uncommon Valor, The Few, The Proud.A man like that might be a bundle of ingredients that can’t seem to come together if he wasn’t careful.It occurred to me, as I thought back on how Dave had described his feelings – employing no irony and embracing, boldly, a deep sentimentality worthy of a Carpenters song – that clarity is an aphrodisiac few women can resist. It’s a Holy Grail for men all over, too, and some spend their entire lives in search of it.Clarity of purpose. That law dictated from the bowels of the conscience, and adhered to. That’s the difficult part. Most can hear the call, but not every one can figure out how to follow it without getting lost.But it is that very fidelity to intention that distinguishes men and boys. A husband from a boyfriend. The protagonist in any story from the rest. It is what makes a man whole, and a character transcend the story that’s been written for him.Love at First Write: Men in Love and War

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