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[welcometoteyvat]

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[sunderwight]

SVSSS AU where Shen Yuan transmigrates as usual, except it's to find that his system is freaking out because it's been several years since Luo Binghe was supposed to show up at the sect trials to start his plot but so far there's been no sign of the protagonist, the Protagonist Halo Features aren't working correctly, and there's another transmigrator who arrived earlier, somehow hacked into the system, and erased its ability to track or punish him before disappearing into parts unknown (it was Airplane).

So Shen Yuan, now Shen Qingqiu, reasons that anyone who was trying to interfere with the plotline had either rescued or killed Luo Binghe while he was still young. Hoping for the former (but braced for the latter) he uses what scant knowledge the novel provided about Luo Binghe's origins, plus his new skills and some of the sect resources available, to track down Luo Binghe.

Turns out, in this version of events, some "random benefactor" showed up and gave Luo Binghe's mother some life-saving medicine. So she didn't die. But her health remained poor and Binghe never left her side, instead doing as much of her work as he was able to. So teenaged Binghe is basically a seemingly average, run-of-the-mill servant.

Shen Qingqiu is like "well this is pretty easy to fix actually" and approaches Luo Binghe as a wise immortal master type, says he sees Binghe's potential, and offers to take him on as a disciple. Luo Binghe is thrilled and kind of gobsmacked, but won't abandon his mother. Not a problem! Shen Qingqiu figured he wouldn't, so he offers to make arrangements to have Mama Luo comfortably set up in one of the villages at the base of the mountain. Sure, having her be alive and letting Binghe visit and write to her would be a deviation from the usual tragic backstory, but not a huge one! Shen Qingqiu is ready to mark this problem solved (and start dealing with all the other problems it creates for him) but the system is weirdly unsatisfied.

Turns out that even though Shen Qingqiu has found Luo Binghe (and a few discreet tests confirm that he has some sort of seal in place, and what are the odds of some other random orphan found on the Luo river, raised by a kindly-but-ill laundress, and named "Luo Binghe" exists in the same region?), the system still can't detect the Protagonist Halo Feature. The stupid glitching thing can't recognize the protagonist without it, so it keeps insisting that Shen Qingqiu locate him, even when he's kneeling right there and performing the tea ceremony for his initiation!

It's really annoying!

Especially since this means that the system won't actually safeguard Luo Binghe from harm. Which means it's up to Shen Qingqiu to make sure that his little white lotus disciple lives long enough to become the ruler of everything. This is easier said than done! Between the skinner demon side quest, and the demonic invasion, and various other side missions to build up the protagonist's potential, Luo Binghe is constantly getting into trouble and Shen Qingqiu keeps getting poisoned or injured trying to drag him back out of it in one piece!

Matters come to a head at the Immortal Alliance Conference (as they so often do). Shen Qingqiu is not planning to yeet Binghe, of course. Like this there's no guarantee of survival, and the system isn't even demanding it of him (because it still doesn't recognize the protagonist), but it seems to be demanding they turn up for the event anyway. Shen Qingqiu is a nervous wreck and fighting the urge to hover, because as expected, there is still a demonic invasion. Except this time Mobei Jun is there, and so is a mysterious cloaked figure who seems to be searching for something.

As soon as Shen Qingqiu claps eyes on the figure, the system chimes happily.

Protagonist Halo successfully located!

Turns out, part of Airplane's hacks involved stealing the halo and reassigning it to himself. Except that means that narrative destiny still wants him to hit certain plot beats, so he's been busily conquering the demonic realms -- in MBJ's name of course -- and mostly doing the bare minimum to satisfy the requirements while evading the system's efforts to regain contact. But now he's gotta go get Xin Mo somehow, except the minute Shen Qingqiu spots him so does the system.

The system, which immediately reassigns Airplane as the protagonist, and orders Shen Qingqiu to throw him into the Endless Abyss.

Which is like, better this rando than Binghe, so okay, but Mobei Jun is not cooperating plus the mysterious hooded stranger also seems pretty resistant to the idea (Airplane is NOT a heavenly demon, Protagonist Halo or no he's still actually a relatively squishy human cultivator, and he does not want to go into the hell pit), and between one thing and another Airplane manages to fall int the Abyss with Luo Binghe.

Not ideal. Which is to say, Shen Qingqiu is emotionally devastated and almost convinced that Luo Binghe has died for real and that Mysterious Halo Thief is going to come out somehow in a few years and chop off all his limbs, and Mobei Jun is extremely distressed because the man he intends to marry just fell into the Endless Abyss, and that seems like a difficult thing to somehow Evil Vizier your way out of.

The other peak lords arrive to keep Mobei Jun from killing Shen Qingqiu, and so everyone just kind of despairingly returns to their separate corners of the universe to wait and see what will happen.

Meanwhile, down in the Endless Abyss, Luo Binghe has unlocked his heavenly demon blood and is now constantly trying to kill Airplane. But thanks to the transferred protagonist halo it just doesn't work. The system interferes and creates a last-minute unlikely survival route for Airplane every time. They eventually reach an impasse where Airplane can't die but only Luo Binghe is strong enough to actually fight most of the creatures in the Abyss, and all this "fighting" between the two of them (generous description) keeps attracting big monsters.

So, Airplane offers a deal. He knows things about this place. Including how to get out. If Luo Binghe helps him fend off the monsters, then he'll help Luo Binghe survive and escape as well. He even offers to help him get away from Shen Qingqiu and make a place for himself in the demon realms! Luo Binghe tries to kill him again for that, so he drops that line of attempted bribery really quick and switches tactics. He knows more things! Things about Shen Qingqiu's past! Secrets he'll share if Luo Binghe helps him!

Is this the start of a beautiful new friendship?

No.

Turns out Luo Binghe and Airplane have exactly the correct combination of shared traits and differences to find one another mostly intolerable. But not intolerable to the point of not being able to manage teeth-clenched teamwork. By the time they get out of the Endless Abyss, Luo Binghe never wants to hear about cup noodles or tax collection or Mobei Jun's tits ever again, and Airplane feels much the same about anything at all to do with Shen Qingqiu (and either Shen Qingqiu is a fellow transmigrator now or else Luo Binghe has inserted a shockingly vivid delusion over the scum villain he wrote). But they're both alive and in joint custody of an evil sword.

Unfortunately, due to the bickering and the complexities of Shang Qinghua's sketchy memory for his own plots, it takes them even longer to get out of the Abyss than it took PIDW Luo Binghe to manage on his own.

And, uh. Well.

They don't find things in great shape, considering how they left them...

[mareastrorum]

This took a while to write up. Here’s something about Dune and Villanueve’s adaptation. I felt I really needed to chew on it before posting.

This is by no means a full thesis, just putting down some thoughts on Chani and Paul. I’m trying to minimize my use of story-specific terminology so that people who aren’t as familiar with that can still follow along.

Of course, massive spoilers below.

For those that have only seen Villanueve’s films, they are an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the first book in a series. You’ll find an incredible number of critiques and reviews of them online, as well as other adaptations. All of the adaptations have cut at least one part of the main plot, for varying reasons. Note that I said main plot. Cutting side plots is absolutely expected given that the first book is a behemoth, but each adaptation also cut part of the actual main plot line. That isn’t something unique to Villanueve’s films.

Some book background: Dune is a very thoughtful exploration of imperialism and ecology, particularly how certain patterns are reflections of each other. Most of the story takes place on Arrakis, a desert planet and sole source of melange, colloquially called “spice.” Spice is a mind-enhancing drug that is necessary for navigators to manage intergalactic travel at high speed—so it is the backbone of the intergalactic empire that plants aristocratic families on the desert planet of Arrakis to harvest the spice, which of course involves the oppression of the native Fremen that see the worms as religiously sacred. The atrisocrats use varying combinations of violence, diplomacy, and religion to oppose the Fremen at the same time that they appropriate Fremen knowledge of how to survive the incredibly harsh clime of Arrakis.

The key problem is that Arrakis as a habitat cannot change without endangering the sand worms that provide the spice. Terraforming to shrink the deserts where they live puts them in danger because water (the rarest resource on Arrakis) is fatal to the worms. Liet-Kynes (an ecologist from the Empire and half-blooded Fremen) persuaded Fremen leaders that it would be possible to terraform the planet gradually over dozens of generations and eventually create pockets of safe and habitable land for the Fremen without taking too much from the sand worms. The Atreides family learned this from Liet-Kynes before he died, and Paul eventually sets this plan in motion when he becomes Emperor. That plan was what won over the Fremen to his side. He had an actual plot to get them what they wanted, a path to become Emperor so he would have the power needed to make it happen, and intent to do this in a way to safeguard Fremen culture in the face of imperial exploitation by making the Fremen the dominant culture of the Empire. At least, that’s the story he sold them and himself.

Dune Part 1 did not have that facet. Liet-Kynes did not teach that to Paul and Jessica before dying. In fact, Liet-Kynes’s most lampshading scene of dying in the desert while despondently hoping that the Fremen would “beware of heroes” was cut entirely from the film. Now, that is a small deviation, and I can understand that Villanueve would have cut it for his style anyway. He doesn’t like telling—he favors showing in film. That is perfectly fair. Having a character lay out “this is my plan” and telling the audience blatantly “Paul is a hero and that is not a good thing” just wasn’t going to happen anyway, regardless of whether it was part of the plot. So when Part 1 came out, I didn’t take that as a decision to deviate from the actual plot of the book. I figured Villanueve would introduce these things otherwise, and it would make sense to come from Stilgar or another Fremen leader. Not that big a deal.

(Note: I’m not getting into a lot of the other omissions, such as the missing scenes, Gurney’s paranoia that Jessica had betrayed the Atreides, Paul’s mentat training, Jamis’s funeral, etc. I could literally write a book about everything that was left out, and honestly, it’s just more reason to read Dune.)

For Part 2, the biggest difference in is that Chani is a true believer in the prophecies that Paul is the Lisan al-Gaib, the messiah that would lead the Fremen to paradise. In the film, Chani is not merely a skeptic—she is a nonbeliever. As a result of this change, rather than support Paul, bear his first child, and agree to become his concubine (eventually bearing the twins that feature in the next two books), Chani of the films instead does not have his first son, disputes Paul’s claims, and leaves on her own rather than support his war. Additionally, although it’s not facially relevant, Chani is also the daughter of Liet-Kynes, the Imperial ecologist, and so is a mixed blood Fremen (though she is accepted without issue by the Fremen). Instead, in the film, Chani has no connection to Liet-Kynes.

This is a drastic change in plot. I genuinely do not know how that will be remedied so that Chani will bear the twins that eventually rule the universe and lead the empire down the prophecied Golden Path in later books.

Why is that a big deal?

To start, there is a significant change in symbols used between the book and film in this respect. I cannot overstate the importance of Chani as a symbol in Dune. In the books, Chani is a stand in for the Fremen and their culture, particularly that culture in current day. She is the daughter of Liet-Kynes because the current Fremen cultural goal is to bring about that dream of a terraformed Arrakis where they do not need to live so desperately. That is inseparable from the effects of the Empire; her father is an ecologist because that is the Imperial influence that the Fremen were willing to accept and integrate into their own lives. Paul genuinely loves Chani, is protective of her, wants her to thrive, and eventually wants to become the person of the prophecy she believes in. He wants to be the hero she expects of him, without losing his identity as her partner.

However, Chani does not represent all Fremen. Stilgar, Chani’s uncle, represented the old guard of Fremen that rigidly held to their old laws and ways of living. Paul and Jessica were not given any leniency; they had to prove themselves to become Fremen, and his support was clearly conditional upon that. As a result, to gain the Fremen’s respect and move them towards their common goals, Paul and Jessica assimilated into the Fremen culture, and then Paul systematically destroyed his rivals—which is the Freman way—taking the remainder under his banner to fight the Harkonnen. Paul finally broke from that tradition when he chose to let Stilgar live, convincing the old guard that it was better to cut down their enemies rather than each other for deviating from tradition. Chani stood by Paul the entire way, learning how fight Harkonnen from both Paul and Jessica, learned to use the Voice from Jessica, and became Paul’s most staunch supporter and connection to all other Fremen. Every aspect of Chani’s identity and her choices feed into the narrative that the Fremen had expectations of Paul, he willingly rose to the challenge, and they loved each other fiercely.

But near the end of the first book, Paul sent Chani and their firstborn son to a hopefully safe location that was then attacked by the Harkonnen. Paul did not know if either had survived at the time it was reported. Rather than rush to find them, Paul struggled with the decision and ultimately continued the fight against the Harkonnen. This was to tell the reader that Paul’s love didn’t save them, that he was not going to save the Fremen, and he was going to continue his bloodshed. This had already happened, and was going to happen again. Luckily, Chani survived, they mourn their son, and she agrees to be his concubine so that he could marry Princess Irulan and become Emperor. Everyone knew at that moment that Paul had no love for the princess and the marriage was purely political. Princess Irulan resented this until the end of the next book, when she reveals that she also came to love Paul, and she was jealous of Chani. But Paul did not love Irulan the way he loved Chani. It’s again a reflection that Paul truly loved the Fremen culture and saw the Empire only as a means to an end: achieving the Fremen’s goal of creating paradise on Arrakis. Dune ends with that affirmation.

In the film, that is no longer the case. Chani was not a symbol of Fremen support because she set out alone. Most of the Fremen supported Paul. She didn’t believe in Paul or the prophecies when most did. She didn’t have his firstborn and it remains to be seen if the twins will exist. Rather than Paul making a decision that shows he will destroy the Fremen culture, Chani makes a decision to reject him. This changes the dynamics involved in the story, and I genuinely don’t know if it will be handled well.

The next books continue the story years after Paul becomes Emperor. In Dune: Messiah, Paul wrestles with the duties of Emperor while attempting to preserve the Fremen culture (to keep Chani and their unborn children alive) and fulfilling his roles as prophet and leader. At the same time, he is beset by assassination, rebellion, and usurpation attempts. At the end of Messiah, Chani dies while birthing twins, the worms are beginning to die off, Paul loses hope in his plan, and then he walks off into the desert expecting to die because he does not want to become the Emperor he foresees necessary to continue this plan. He realized he has changed the Fremen forever, not for the better, and he thinks the best thing he can do is exile himself. Paul didn’t save anyone he cared about, and when faced with the decision to try to salvage the future in front of him, he walked away. Paul is a failure. The point is that he fails in the book titled Messiah.

The books were an ongoing warning that no matter your good intentions, no matter the support and love and resources involved, to introduce an outsider whose power depends upon a limited resource into the place of origin will eventually destroy any other aspects of it, even if that power was intended to preserve. Whether it’s imperialistic appropriation of a culture and its religion, or terraforming to change land optimal for a religiously and economically significant animal into something comfortable for another species, the thing you love will die.

You cannot save a habitat by introducing an invasive species. You cannot save a unique species by destroying its habitat. You cannot save a culture by using it to conquer others. You cannot appropriate a culture and keep it just like it was before you commandeered it. You will wind up with something else, and eventually the only remnants of the thing you loved will be memories reenacted by people so separated from the original that they won’t even know or care why they’re doing it (as shown in Messiah and God Emperor).

The entire point of the Dune series is that “white saviors” don’t actually exist. They’re “heroes” until time reveals that they’re not. They are merely conquerors with the delusion that they are saving the thing they sacrificed in order to attain power.

Chani’s rejection in Dune Part 2 erodes that. Someone who didn’t read the book is going to wonder, “what if she had stayed and persuaded him?” “What if Chani was the Lisan al-Gaib?” “What if an actual Freman had taken over the Empire instead of Paul?” Then the audience thinks, ah, of course, Paul made mistakes and that’s why he’s going to fail. If only he hadn’t been so blinded by ambition, everything would have been fine. If only he hadn’t needed to be the leader, if he had let Stilgar do it, if he had let Chani do it, etc. In other words, if the white savior had just done it the right way, it would have worked.

But that isn’t the point of Dune. To become the leader of an Empire requires that level of ambition. Stilgar submitted to Paul because he saw that Paul’s ability to engage with both the common folk and the extremists among the Fremen was absolutely necessary to defeat the Harkonnen, and Stilgar chose that over any other priority. Chani supported Paul because she loved him and genuinely believed he would lead her people to better times, because all she knew was desperation and oppression. There was ruthless calculation and devotional love in equal measure, but the cost of success as a hero seeking to lead an empire is that the thing you loved will die. The Fremen had already changed into the bloodthirsty, fanatical army before Paul ever saw the Emperor face to face. Paul’s son died and Chani went missing because Herbert was telling us that the future Paul and Chani both wanted was already dead before he laid siege to Arrakeen, before he became Emperor, before he started a war to solidify the Freman’s domination of humankind. The reason that everything in Dune eventually works in Paul’s favor is because even with perfect conditions, he failed. There is no world in which he would have succeeded.

You can’t eat a cake and have it too. Empires eat. Heroes, no matter how much love they have in their hearts, no matter who they fight for, no matter how much their supporters/victims wanted it too, cannot use an empire to save anything. The very nature of imperial power is to consume. Love doesn’t make a “white savior” any less imperialistic than a tyrant bent on conquest.

Is the next film going to get us to that point? I don’t think it will. I think it’s going to be yet another adaptation trying to tell a different message because Herbert’s message isn’t very palatable to a mass audience. We don’t want to hear that love doesn’t win in this circumstance. It’s a horrifying message, but it’s one that’s true when telling the story of imperial and ecological exploitation of cultures and rare resources.

That isn’t to say that the films wouldn’t be a good story on their own. It’s just not the story of the books, and I’m one of those people that actually likes the books.

There’s a lot of ways Chani’s new story could go, and I’m watching it like I’m observing someone setting up a dare devil leap. Villanueve is an incredibly skilled storyteller, but this is something no one’s done before, a lot of things can go wrong, and if he doesn’t stick the landing, it’s gonna be pretty gross no matter how the crash happens. I want him to succeed. I’m still gonna watch the next film. I’m just well aware that this is probably going to end in a watered down, generic “Paul failed because he wasn’t Fremen” sentiment rather than “Empires rely upon exploitation and destruction, at the expense of everything else.”

It’s still fucking amazing eye candy, and I’ll probably watch it again.

[lassieposting]

So a few days ago in the darkolai discord someone mentioned a headcanon of Aleksander thwarting assassination attempts on Nikolai, which I *love* and have a lot of feelings about in general

But it's also just occurred to me

While Pyotr and Vasily live, there's...not really much point in offing Niko? In the case of Ravka's political rivals, there are a lot of arguments for *keeping Nikolai alive*.

Pyotr is useless, but he's an established, long-serving king and the behind-the-scenes power structure is secure with him on the throne. The identities of his primary allies, the ones actually running and defending Ravka, are common knowledge.

If Pyotr is removed, and Vasily takes the throne, there will be a brief period of unrest. But Vasily has been groomed all his life for rulership. He's probably well acquainted with his father's advisors - enough so that they'll either step in to guide him if he's promising, or go over his head and behind his back to keep the status quo running if he's like his father. Either way, a brief window of opportunity, but ultimately not a huge deal.

But if both the reigning king and the heir were killed, that utterly destabilises the country. Niko is young, inexperienced, allegedly a bastard, would presumably be grief-stricken, and has supposedly spent a decent chunk of his adult life abroad in Kerch. It would be safe to assume that while he's been at war or studying, out of sight and out of mind, he's missed out on the opportunity to curry favour with the real powers in Ravka and gain wealthy, influential friends at court. He'd have to fight for support, for recognition, for his right to the throne. If he rubs one of Pyotr's advisors with real sway up the wrong way and they refuse to support him - if someone like the Darkling stands up and says he's not fit to rule, Ravka ends up in complete disarray, possibly a civil war, and ripe for the taking - with or without Niko as a puppet king.

So. The two people with the most to gain from icing Nikolai?

Pyotr and Vasily

Pyotr knows or suspects that Niko isn't his, but he took him in and raised him as his own anyway. He didn't have to do that. He could easily have denied Niko and sent Tatiana off to a nunnery in disgrace, then sired a spare on a second wife or a mistress if he wanted. So perhaps he's less likely to go to the trouble of an attempt on Nikolai's life? Especially this late in the game - offing him as a helpless child would've been far more prudent.

But. Vasily - at least in the show - is never anything less than openly cruel to Niko. He can't stand him, to the point that he brings up Niko's dubious paternity, amidst other insults, in his speech at Niko's engagement dinner, after trying to poach his fiancée. Vasily doesn't trust his brother as far as he can throw him, doesn't agree with his ideas for Ravka, and knows damn well Nikolai is a threat - charming, better educated, served as active duty military, beloved by the common folk. He, more than anyone else, stands to benefit from Niko's mysterious death - apparently in the books he even tried to poison Niko once already. With Niko gone, there's no one - at least, no other bastard half-brothers with the resources and the connections - to threaten his claim to the throne.

And strategy is Aleksander's job. He'd know that.

Just. Aleksander quietly taking steps to safeguard the one Lantsov who might actually deserve the throne against assassins sent by Nikolai's own brother.

Aleksander pulling some strings to get the prince's indolent palace guards, chosen by Pyotr, replaced by a couple of top-notch oprichniki - on Aleksander's personal payroll - in royal guard uniforms.

Aleksander using the spy network he's built up over his century-and-change as General Kirigan, juggling agents to try to balance keeping ahead of any plots against Nikolai and staying informed about the Fjerdan and Shu strategies at the front.

Aleksander murmuring stay with me tonight after they've spent an evening together, and letting Niko fall asleep in his arms, so that when the assassin slips into Nikolai's room in the dead of night, all they'll find is Ivan and Fedyor lying in wait for them.

Aleksander having to decide whether or not to warn Nikolai that he suspects Vasily is the assassin's employer.

Aleksander weighing up the longterm implications of his choices - depending how much of his own influence he wants to lend to keeping the second prince alive, he could be seen to be throwing his support behind a coup, making an enemy of the current and future kings, and risking everything he's built in the process.

Aleksander gritting his teeth and doing it anyway, because he's lost everyone he's ever cared for and he's not losing Nikolai too, not yet, not like that.

[nebulouscoffee]

Hey! I'm really sorry that life has been so rough lately, I'm keeping you in my thoughts 🙏 here are some things I'd love to hear your thoughts about, & feel free to make it as long & detailed as you want! 1/your favourite piece of Bajoran worldbuilding (from the show or from a fic you've read or from your own headcanons - you decide!); 2/your favourite type of alien clothing on any star trek (or single favourite alien outfit) & why you like it; 3/what your concept for Ben & Kasidy's child is: who they are, who they grow up to be, etc.; & finally, 4/your opinions about the clock Ben builds in "Dramatis personae". Here you go! Take care <3

... this is so incredibly sweet, thank you😭😭 I really truly appreciate it, as well as all of these Very interesting questions❤️❤️

Ahhh it's hard to pick, I love so much about Bajoran worldbuilding! First of all the non-linearity of their religion is SO COOL & mind-blowing to think about, & I really love the way it- by its very nature- allows you to re-contextualise so much of the show's lore. Like- is Joseph Sisko written into ancient Bajoran prophecies thanks to his non-linear affair with a Prophet?? Do those prophecies inform or influence traditional archetypes of love in Bajoran culture?? Did Kira grow up learning about an archetype of corporeal love based entirely on Joseph Sisko, the father of an alien man who would decades later become her boss??? I don't know!! But I can write fic about it!!! (And then not post it!!!🙈😂) I do headcanon that dominant Bajoran cultures all have strong archetypical figures, it just makes sense to me given their caste system & that "three brothers" story Kira tells Ben & just how much emphasis they as people place on roles and duty and their place in the world (and on their world). I also love the recurring theme that they greatly value (and like, listen to) their planet. They talk about Bajor like it's a living organism, one big ecosystem they are all a part of, and whenever there are floods, famines, earthquakes, etc, they pay attention, as if its a bug in the immune system- such an interesting contrast to Cardassia, where they plundered their own resources & then came for others. There's this whole collective spiritual (rather than strictly political or social) connectivity that I find very fascinating- something about Kira thinking of herself as simply an empty "vessel" to the powers that safeguard her planet & connect her to her fellow Bajorans. It makes me wonder about their large diaspora, & the sort of pain Bajorans like Ro may carry around over that forced separation. Oh, and that they have Fire Caves. Like those Fire Caves were really just hanging around the whole time huh. Also that Proper hasperat is apparently supposed to be made with a brine so strong your eyes water. So that's five things!

2. Garak's Watermelon Suit.

3.

Lol jk. Garak does have some fire 'fits tho (that red and black tunic with the embroidery? A Look🙌) Anyway,

2. I also think Lenara's purple formal dress was really pretty! And most of Quark's outfits are killer tbh. The detail!

Kira's dress from 'Fascination' was fun- and I like both Winn Adami costumes a lot, the vedek robes with the opera house hat & also the golden kai robes. Again, there's a lot of cool details (esp with that elliptical Bajoran symbol & patterned fabric which the 90s quality completely nukes.) Oh, and speaking of hats- all of Guinan's hats are iconic, and Jadzia's Klingon wedding dress was pretty cool too. Basically I am terrible at choosing things; I just now remembered Spock's Goth Chic robe from TMP and that reminded me SNW has been doing some really cool things with T'Pring's wardrobe-

3. The siskasidy baby!!! I have named this baby so many different things in post-canon fics lol, everything from Jennifer to Sarah to Jadzia ("Jazzy", or "Jazz" for short- I think this is my favourite, given how Avery Brooks seems to be irl about jazz.) I don't think I have any real headcanons about who they grow up to be (I'd love to hear any ideas you may have!) but I did come to terms with Ben missing out on their first year(s?) by imagining he sort of spiritually shares consciousness with several Bajorans over that time period (very much consensually, like this is an experience that allows these Bajorans to walk with the Prophets for a time & also enriches Ben's- and the Prophets'- understanding of Bajoran life) and these Bajorans befriend Kasidy & look out for her and the baby <3

4. Lmaooo I have SO many feelings about this clock. Like WHY did he build a CLOCK. *frantic strings across conspiracy board* I know, I know, the writers were probably just going for something random at the time, it was, at heart, a goofysilly s1 episode that easily could've been on TNG or VOY- but it really does become sort of mind-blowing when you consider it in the grander scheme of Ben's arc. Plus- they kept it in his office throughout the series!! They put it in JAKE'S HOME in the alternate 'Visitor' timeline!! I do think that episode implies their weird behaviours also came from somewhere within them (that's how I like to explain Kira Your-taste-in-men-frightens-me Nerys flirting with Weird Aliens Odo & Dax anyway😂), so I like to think Ben just has this deep ponderance of time & temporality just like. Sitting within him somewhere. The clock was actually from an ancient Gamma Quadrant civilisation whose memories possessed them all, but I still feel like that last shot where Ben sets off the timepiece he (for some reason) built from scratch and lets it tick was Symbolic somehow. Like- this man is part-Prophet!! He was conceived non-linearly his birth was arranged he was always meant to discover the Celestial Temple aka the path to- you guessed it- the Gamma Quadrant!! Something something Events Set In Motion

[tmdoorsusa]

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Little excerpt from Chapter 2. There aren’t any huge changes to this chapter from previous drafts - just dialogue and other tweaks, a little bit of extra foreshadowing when Kaya is remembering her childhood adventures in a scene after this.

‘In an uncertain and ever changing world, one group safeguards and lights the way to the future. For decades our AI systems have guided investments across the globe and now with our partners at Stag Corp we’re looking to secure the future of our environment. The tower we are testing in Irongate contains billions of synthetic micro-organisms that feed on pollutants in our atmosphere and expel only harmless byproducts including oxygen and water. Soon this bio-technology will be deployed around the world and in time will pave the way for human conquest of worlds beyond.

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We are The Sun.’

The commercial ended with a dazzling display of dentistry, lens flare lingering as its surroundings faded into the gold clock or star of Meridiem. Kaya Cade flicked the TV to another channel and flipped one red pony tail over her shoulder, her nose and mouth crumpled as if some stranger had just themselves in her door then taken a big dump in front of her sofa. “Right,” she shook, “these numbnuts screw us over for decades using up resources without a care, but now they expect everyone to applaud them for fixing the mess they made? Won’t be long before they start claiming they own all oxygen and charge us all for breathing it. I tell ya,” she scornfully turned from the TV, hazel eyes locking on to a nearby spectator, “one of these days there’s gonna be revolution. There’ll riots, blood, guts, brains blown out and splattered all over their nice white yachts - we’ll see how the one per cent like it when its them in the red.” Leaning over the counter next to the till her T-Shirt bearing the logo B-Naturals, she sniffed, “anyway - what do you need?”

Facing Kaya a tiny girl in a cotton frock blinked back at her, needing a moment to gather herself and remember why she was here. “I-I,” she stammered, little hands holding a flute, “I’d like to buy this please.”

“Sure,” Kaya proceeded with scanning and running the transaction through the till while Neil, her supervisor, gawked. “What?”

He frowned at her from behind his little round sunglasses, “what is wrong with you?”

“Nothing wrong with me,” she tried scanning the tag hanging off the flute several times only for the machine to flash ‘error’. “It’s the damn system that’s broken.”

“It’s not so much what you say, but who you say it to. I mean she’s, what, nine?”

The girl corrected, “eight.”

“Well,” Kaya finished the sale manually, “you’re gonna to learn the harsh truths of this world sooner or later.”

Taking her flute and change the girl informed her, “you got issues, lady.”

“Yeah, well, when you’re old enough to have had all your dreams crushed and find yourself on the other side of a counter like this, you’ll have issues too.”

The girl wisely chose not to further engage, making hastily for the exit. Neil continued to glower at Kaya who pretended to be confused then remember, “oh flip yeah, I forgot. Hey!” She called after the girl, “we doing an offer on violin strings - fifty per cent off!”

The girl called back as she was pulling open the store door, “don’t play violin!”

“Well got any siblings? It’s a great murder weapon!” The girl was gone, leaving Kaya to sag behind the counter. “Rude.”

Neil exhaled slowly like a teacher whose patience was nearing its limit. He tapped, objects jingle and jangling on his hip. “See these?”

Kaya gasped in mock awe, “The Keys of Responsibility! I thought they only existed in legend… can I touch them?”

He slapped her wriggling fingers away, “if you want to be trusted with these one day you’re going to have to knuckle down and take this job seriously.”

“Was this supposed to be a motivational thing? Because you’re actually just depressing the hell out of me right now.”

As he’d been motivating her, the same door the girl exited opened again, a balding man with what was presumably his son entering. “Why don’t you go and be helpful for a change?” Neil suggested while Kaya drummed on the counter. “Snap to it, comrade. Go!”

Kaya guessed she was being kind of a jerk. She was hardly alone in the world being stuck in a job seemingly designed to suck employees of their joy and enthusiasm to feed some Eldritch God of Capitalism. She still loved music, and if she made it through the day maybe she’d get to enjoy it again. The only other skills she had were pretty much the reason karma was now tormenting her so. So she decided to bite her tongue, put on her best fake smile, and say, “can I help you, sir?”

The elder man was of stocky build and short - not much taller than the boy who Kaya estimated to be very early teens. The elder with little beads of sweat on his head turned to her with a toothy grin. “Thirteenth birthday,” he explained, “boy wants to learn electric guitar.”

“Say no more,” Kaya interrupted, keen on not hearing their biographies, “we have some packages for beginners over here.” Wasn’t long before she was giving a demonstration. For a few blissful seconds the vibrations and waves from the amp washed over, cleansing her, the troubles of the world seeming so very distant.

The others seemed appreciative of her melody. Too appreciative. Kaya heard clapping as she put the guitar back on the stand, and then… she must have imagined it, right? There was no way the father would have slapped her butt. Guys were often too confident they could get away with stuff without consequences, but not in front of his kid, right? Must have been her imagination, and now he was asking her something about lessons. Must have been her imagination.

Before she could question that again the boy started whining, “that’s the guitar Ethan’s got. I want a better one.”

Kaya blinked her way back to lucidity, recalling she was still in the store doing her actual job for once. “I mean, there’s nothing wrong with this guitar.”

“That’s the one I want.”

Kaya stuck her tongue into her cheek. The one the boy was pointing at was truly a nice guitar - mahogany, maple neck, custom pickups. She would have liked to buy it herself, but in her current situation it would be a long time before she could afford it. It was definitely not for this entitled brat. “That’s custom built - it’s for real pros. While you’re learning you want one of these.”

“No, I want that one.”

“Yeah, well I’m not going to sell you that one.”

The father peered at her, “I mean, I have the money so I’m not sure you really have a choice.”

“Right,” Kaya bit her lip, looking like a gerbil for a second while she tried to stifle her frustrated grin. “I see what’s going on here,” she went over, putting her hands on knees so she was face to face with the boy, “listen kid - it’s not about Ethan having a better guitar than you. It’s your personality girls find repulsive.”

“Hey, you can’t talk to him like that!”

Kaya spun up and around, taking the dad by the arm to lead away so she could whisper, “listen fella - I’m trying to do you a favor here. You really want to spend all that on something he’s just going to pluck at for a few days then give up when he doesn’t already sound like Hendrix?”

“Well, I guess when you put it like-“

The boy dared to ask, “who’s Hendrix?”

Shortly after, sirens wailed in the street around B-Naturals.

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"It was two years back. I had tried to get away from it all many times before but this time... This time was different." Wisps of smoke blew past parted lips while the blue plains of Scotsman's regard held forward, foggy with tainted memory. "I had the resources. I had a plan. I though' I had found somebody I could trust." He sucked back another puff, savouring its bitter burn against the hollow of his throat in an attempt to bite down a leaden sneer. "Anyways, Ward got word, managed to hunt me down and drag me back clawin'. I put up a figh' until they eventually beat the figh' outta' me. Then, finally, in an attempt to hammer in the message tha' I'm marked as their fuckin' dog Ward got his men to hold me down, he took out his ligh'er, and well--" His shaded gaze drew to meet Vic's flaxen features. "The torture was excruciatin', but wha' really stung was the fact tha' no ma'er how close I get to the end they will always find a way to drag me back. So, it does'nae' ma'er wha' ye' do or wha' honeyed words ye' throw at me. I'm trapped, Vic."

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As Richard leans over him for his pack of cigarettes, his gaze is drawn once more to the faded scars littered across the sheathe of his skin. ❝—You never talk about them.❞ The words, though aimed at the visible, in a way encompass the invisible, too, with their implication.

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Betrayers...?

This is the first new piece I’ve done since I hurt my arm last week...turns out, using new drawing paper that’s 5x more difficult to make marks on will put 5x the strain on your wrist. Who knew?? ^^;;;

I’m still healing, to be honest...but having to go so long without drawing ANYTHING made me rethink a few of my ambitions-- like making SSS a comic, for one. It’s been 10 months since I first introduced the concept, and I just haven’t done enough relative to that time. At this point, it’s so old that a new idea is bound to overtake it in the coming months, so even if I wanted to get serious I wouldn’t have time to finish it anyway. :T

Like I said before, I enjoyed writing the script, and I’d still like to draw it all out someday. BUT, in case I cannot, I might as well treat it like a normal AU and draw pictures of all the fun stuff while there’s still time. The spoiler safeguards are coming off!

This was probably the biggest one; that Susie (and Mags) were gonna end up turning to the dark side. ^^ Kind of...it’s complicated. I’ve already explained that Star Paragon and his ilk aren’t so much ‘evil’ as they are apathetic, so if you can join their ranks and get them to trust you, you have free rein to do pretty much whatever you want with their resources.

In this respect, Mags is purely an opportunist: he has one (1) objective, he openly admits to using both the invaders and Susie to complete that objective, and once that’s done, he kinda disappears.

Susie, on the other hand, is very deeply entrenched in the plot, and takes the role of the Sentai’s main antagonist for a long time. She’s also a little mentally altered in this role, which is something she did to herself AND something her character development revolves around. I have a lot more to say and draw about her, so stay tuned~

Anyway...although I drew these two together, they rarely work together and don’t even like each other. ^^; Well, technically, part of Susie cares for Mags very deeply (stay tuned for that, too) but she is also the reason his glasses are broken now, so...yeah. :T I don’t want to say their relationship as villains is toxic or abusive per se...let’s just say it’s unhealthy and leave it at that. Now that I think about it though, if they were willing to fight together they’d be pretty OP as a team...maybe just once...

[driftward]

Title: FFXIV Write 2022 - 17. Novel Characters: Estinien Varlineau, Y'shtola Rhul, G'raha Tia, Zoissette Vauban Rating: Teen Summary: Estinien's never seen this bullshit before. Notes: None

It had been G'raha's idea.

Estinien and Zoissette had been going over the tactical capabilities and resources available to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. As a former member of the Knights Dragoon, she trusted his insight. In turn, he trusted her. He trusted all of them, he supposed, if he had to, and he certainly owed them much. The Krile woman was a menace, to be certain, but Alphinaud was as like unto another brother, and Zoissette had proven a fine leader, time and time again.

They had been discussing the differences in capabilities at their disposal when G'raha had interrupted their discussion with a question about, in his words, what would happen if might met magic. That Estinien was the group's foremost master of martial prowess was in little doubt, outside of those with Hydaelyn's blessing. And though many of the Scions boasted impressive pedigrees in magical capability, ultimately G'raha had decided that Y'shtola's combat prowess exceeded his own, and in fact, that of the rest of the group.

"It has long been an open question," G'raha had said thoughtfully, "As to which would best the other in a fair match on the battlefield. Whether a mage could hold their own without proper support, or if a soldier could prevail in the face of magical might. Given that, I wonder who betwixt our ser Estinien and Archon Y'shtola would prevail."

Estinien had shrugged at the time. "Impressive though her powers may be, I have faced dragons, who boast no minor magics of their own, as well as being powerful fighters in their own right. I would not wish to face her on the field, but were I to do so, I have little doubt as to the outcome."

Zoissette had merely raised her eyebrows at him from across the table, and he was surprised to hear a voice from behind him. "Care to put that to the test, Ser Estinien?" the woman in question had asked.

And so they had wound up here, in a training circle that was entirely too clean for Estinien's liking. He did not wish to imagine the difficulty that the staff would have in cleaning the stonework floor or how often it needed repaired. The training areas in Ishgard had been rather more practical, often just circles drawn on natural ground, with stone walls around the outside to protect those who would come to observe. He had been assured, however, that the Sharlayan arena was suited for the purpose they sought, and anyway, had been explicitly designed with protection magics and other safeguards to ensure that the combatants were at less risk of hurting each other.

His armor slid on, the final panels clicking into place with a flex of his fingers as he took his spot. On the far side of the field, he saw Y'shtola stride confidently to her position, and watched as she brought her staff to bear.

G'raha stood in the middle of the field. He looked a bit abashed at having been the cause of the dispute, but had gamely accepted his position of referee. Off to the side, Zoissette had elected to be an observer, and she leaned against a wall, arms crossed. When she noticed she had caught Estinien's gaze, she offered him a small smile and a shrug, and mouthed 'sorry' at him.

Well, no matter. This contest would be over quick enough, he was certain.

"Alright," said G'raha, raising a hand. "The arena is designed to keep you whole and hale as best it's able, while at the same time allowing you to bring your might to bear. Having said that, this is no blood sport, but a practice arena. Myself and ser Vauban shall be watching closely. If we think either combatant has sustained injuries beyond that of the arena to bear, we shall end the contest. Either fighter may yield at any time, simply take a knee and utter the word, and the wards shall fetter both of you until you quit the field or someone pulls you free. Likewise, either of us can trigger the wards at any time. This contest shall go until a fighter is clearly incapacitated in some manner. Are there any questions?"

"I am well familiar with the workings of this place and have no questions," said Y'shtola.

"Nothing from me," said Estinien, pulling his lance off his back with a flourish and brandishing it. "Let's get on with it."

"Very well then," said G'raha. He looked between the two fighters, and then he brought his hand down at the same time he ran for the edge of the field. "Begin."

Estinien was immediately in motion, which was well, as Y'shtola was quick to snap a boulder into existence and fling it at where he had been. He stayed on the ground at first, quickly closing the distance, and thrusting with his spear at her location. She was fast on her feet, quickly dodging backwards, and so it went between the two for some while, each one probing the other's defenses with carefully considered attacks.

Estinien measured himself. He knew his was a canny opponent, and he wished to be careful to not show his hand too soon. Rather than the methods of the Knights Dragoon, he stuck to the tactics of the more common lancers, keeping his stance wide and low through a variety of sweeps and thrusts. Likewise, Y'shtola was measuring herself, he could tell. He had to swat the occasional stone out of the air, or plant himself low to the ground to avoid a gust of razor wind, but otherwise, she was not yet pulling on those more dangerous elements of fire and lightning just yet.

She was fast, but he was faster. She was breathing hard, trying to avoid his attacks, but he felt like he was just getting started. He began to switch up his tactics, sending aetheric copies of his lance through the air at her, or throwing his entire body into snapping it at her, only to call it back with a whisper. The gaps between her movements and his attacks narrowed, until at last he managed to score a hit he thought was decisive. She cried out as his lance scored her leg, and he bellowed in triumph. He did not take long to press his advantage, immediately proceeding to rapidly try several stabs at her in succession, hoping to win a decisive victory.

She was not so easily stymied, however, and he felt the jolt of levin energy throughout his entire body as she at last switched to her more dangerous tools. Still, that was not enough to dissuade him, and he closed in with her once more, and at last allowing the dragon within him to awaken as he took to the sky.

Now he was in his element. His prey was wounded, and it was her blood on the floor, not his. He was not so foolish as to rush in, for he knew there were few things more dangerous than injured prey. Especially prey that normally thought of itself as predator. He snarled as he let the energy overtake him, however, and he rained spear blows down upon the firmament.

Y'shtola, despite her injury, was still light on her feet, the agile Miqo'te dancing in the metal rain he was attempting to pour down upon her. He dove down at last after his charges, and it was only intercession by a fireball from Y'shtola diverting his course that saved her from what would have been, though not lethal, a decidedly painful end to their contest. He lept up into the air once more quickly, and she harried him with levin bolts. He twisted and flew away from many of them, taking a hit, but ignoring it.

The dragon was not hurt so easily. Certainly not in a way that would matter.

He landed, and looked across the battlefield at his opponent. Blood flowed from her forehead and onto her face, and she was favoring one leg rather heavily. The other in his estimate would refuse to support her weight if she tested it. And she was holding a hand to her side. He lowered his nose to glower at her. Lightning still tickled in his veins, and he could still feel residual heat from the fireball of hers that had landed. He had scored more hits, but her fireballs had the potential to hit harder than many of his attacks, and had done so.

Well.

She was not the only one with puissant powers at her disposal.

"I tire of this contest!" he bellowed, holding his lance with both hands in front of him as he arched his back and screamed at the sky. "Nidhogg, to me!"

He kept into the air, and a serpentine form began to form around him, encircling him. He watched her on the ground bring her hands together, almost seeming to pray, but he knew the motion well, recognized the smell of the aether. She was going to attempt one of her powerful shield spells.

Well, it would avail her not. The dragon fire dive was more than up the challenge of piercing the veil of said shield, and the impact would be sure to take her out of the fight. He twisted in midair, and pointed his lance at her, as the energy of the dragon almost fully formed around him in the form of a sinewy aetheric serpent.

He focused, drawing in the energy he would need for his attack. He would wait for her shield to form, however, and then he would finish her.

Instead of throwing her hands out to the side as he expected, however, she threw her hand out towards him, palm facing him, and his world went white. At the same time, he felt the aether that had been flowing into him arrest itself, and he felt his jaw go slack as he felt as though he was no longer fighting from the air, but rather was suspended in it by strings that were no longer fully his to control.

She had placed the shield around him, rather than around herself. And she was somehow tapping into the aether around him to starve him of it and feed the shield instead.

"Huh," he said. "That's novel."

He could break out of it, of course, he only needed a moment, but as he looked down at her from his place up high, he saw her give him an exaggerated wink, and the hand she was holding up curled up into a fist, and then pointed a single finger down.

He slammed into the floor of the arena hard enough to see stars, and it took him several long moments to realize he was now gasping for breath. He was no stranger to long falls from tall heights, but this one had been rather more forceful and sudden than he was used to. And not at all under his control, at that. He looked around, and realised that he had left a crater from the force of his impact.

Well, no matter. The contest was not yet over. He would quickly find his way to his feet, and be upon the woman in mere mom-

He frowned as he noticed the area suddenly growing dark as a shadow fell upon him.

He looked up just in time to see the boulder coming down.

He was slammed into the ground again. Twice in as many moments. This time his head full swam, and then suddenly it was clear again.

He sat on top of the smooth, flat ground. The crater he had been in was gone, but the stoneworks that made up the floor were shimmering slightly as restorative magics worked. He felt pain and injury and weariness slip away from his bones as he got back up to his feet.

Across from him walking over was Y'shtola, and he saw that she too was restored, her hips swaying with her usual confident swagger, and her face no longer marred by blood and injury.

"That's match," declared G'raha, walking over to Estinien. From the other side, Zoissette approached as well, and she gave Estinien a wane smile.

Estinien for his part crossed his arms at Y'shtola as she approached. "I do not think that trick will work for you twice," he said. "But I must concede. Well played, Archon Y'shtola."

Y'shtola smiled up at him. "Whether it would work again is a matter of academic debate I think, ser Estinien. In either case, it worked the one time. But it was a good match, and I recognize your considerable strength and tactical acumen. I am ever glad to be your ally on the battlefield."

Estinien grunted, and then gave her a bow, which she returned with one of her own before turning to Zoissette. "I do hope you placed your bets accordingly."

Zoissette rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "You know I didn't. Conflict of interest."

"More's the pity."

"Perhaps we can try this contest again sometime," said Estinien. "I quite enjoy the challenge. And I think even if your little trick did work again, I would have needed only another moment to free myself of it."

"I of course encourage you to determine methods of countering my stratagems," said Y'shtola. "But do not think me so likely to grant you that moment you wish, when the time comes."

Estinien smirked. "No. Of course not."

"Well, then, glad to see the matter is settled," said G'raha, rubbing his arm and smiling sheepishly at the group. "But I'm hungry from just having watched you two. Perhaps the winner would be gracious enough to host us at the Last Stand this day?"

"That venue has an appropriate name this day, I think," said Y'shtola. "But I rather think the person whose idea this was should be the one to play host, wouldn't you agree, G'raha Tia?"

G'raha's shoulders slumped in defeat, and Zoissette lightly patted him on the shoulder as she walked past him to the exit, walking alongside Y'shtola. Estinien walked alongside them, and they began to talk over the fight that had just transpired, while G'raha quickly ran behind them to keep up as they headed out.

[dontcallmecarrie]

outsider POV of this, because why not [heads up for minor profanity of the ‘fuck my life’ and ‘what the hell’ variety]:

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Later, Tony wouldn’t be able to pinpoint the moment things went to hell. 

All he knew was, one moment he and Bruce had been trying to use all the resources at their disposal to track down the Tesseract— and if he had to bully people into fucking off because the last thing they needed was yet another jackass looking at Bruce like he was some sort of threat instead of a science bro, well, it worked, and it wasn’t like he and Rogers would’ve gotten along anyway.

One moment, things had been going— okay, maybe not well, but at least they had things somewhat under control with Loki and his weird magic scepter in custody. 

...and then the entire Helicarrier shuddered for a moment. 

For the record? 

Tony’d designed it, if SHIELD followed his specs then he knew exactly what kind of tolerances they were dealing with, and so he didn’t have to know their manual to tell when several fail-safes were kicking, or what they were for. 

Funny thing is, the Helicarrier’s power sources weren’t supposed to be capable of fluctuations of the type to enact the ‘power surge’ protocols. Not that he hadn’t written them into the systems, Tony wasn’t that stupid, but.

A lightning strike— or ten, or twenty, for that matter, wouldn’t have triggered those safeguards.

“Something big just happened,” Tony interrupted whatever secretive yet overly-dramatic thing Fury had been about to say, and there must’ve been something in his voice because Rogers’ disdainful look sharpened into something approaching concern as he strode towards him. 

“How do you know?”

Before Tony could reply, however, the Helicarrier shuddered under their feet for a moment and suddenly, he knew—

As one, all eyes turned to the cameras monitoring Loki’s cell— only to see his figure honest-to-goodness wave up at them with an infuriating smirk, before vanishing in a wave of green and gold sparks. No changes in the sensors, no scans indicating anything had been tampered, this was something on an entirely new level, and...

Tony noticed those same sparks out of the corner of his eye, so was the only one who whipped around just in time to see Loki’s scepter disappear before his eyes. No warning, only the slightest change in readings from the hardware he’d just finished calibrating for this exact purpose— one moment, there, and the next, vanished into the ether and violating just about every law of physics known to man.

Just like that, Tony decided he hated magic.

A split second of absolute silence as the others noticed, and then pandemonium erupted.

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Tony had thought the Helicarrier had been a kicked hornets’ nest before, but it had nothing on the absolute frenzy of activity going on now. 

...quite a few of these agents seemed to be running on more Red Bull than medically advisable, and he was saying that as a man who’d once been the grad student making poor life choices at three in the morning, and now managed an entire department of people with similar priorities. He understood why, of course, but. It was a concern some of these guys didn’t seem to have picked up on, though Bruce at least gave the poor tech down the hall a sympathetic look as she sprinted past with a tablet and several folders in hand.

To add insult to injury, it seemed Loki had gone and hexed some poor grunts on his way out; there was no explaining why a petting zoo’s worth of animals were running amok in full uniform, otherwise.

And all the while, he and Bruce was slammed with requests they couldn’t deliver on because this is what happened when people heard ‘genius’— they went and got impossible expectations, got snippy when they didn’t magically get results within five minutes, and all in all Tony was starting to feel really tempted to bail on these guys because damn it, he was an engineer, not a magician... but if he did that, he’d be ditching Bruce, and the poor guy was too nice for his own good.

Choices, choices. 

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Two heads were better than one, and they had progress! 

Sure, it wasn’t much, but they were dealing with goddamn magic so you know what? SHIELD could deal, he and Bruce were getting results and turns out this phenomenon’s energy signature had been registered as happening elsewhere at the same time.

Preliminary findings weren’t promising, sure. But it was something concrete, and far less headache-inducing than the fifteen-second security video clip that showed two Lokis stealing a car. 

Thor had kindly pointed out his brother was an expert illusionist, but Tony was a firm adherent of Murphy’s law. So he and Bruce simply shared a look, and sighed as they sipped from their respective mugs. 

Rogers had blinked when the hot chocolate had come out, but Tony was not sharing, no way, not a chance in— oh, goddamn it, the man looked like a kicked puppy. 

Fine, he could have some. But only with one of those shitty paper cups SHIELD used in their mess, mugs were for friends. Really. Only because Bruce had stifled a laugh that one time when he’d seen them, though, okay? 

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Loki’s brainwashed goons showed up with zero recollection of anything they’d done since he mind-whammied them and all carrying traces of a different type of energy signature and man, this magic thing was just a pain in the ass, wasn’t it. 

Well. 

At least some of them had a decent sense of humor, Barton seemed to be his kind of people. Especially when Tony got a look at his quiver and had ideas, even if he didn’t have the time to do more than a few rough blueprints while the scanner finished processing.

.

So.

They finally had some breathing room, and most of their potential leads were a bust. 

Most of the sites with a similar energy signature to whatever had happened on the Helicarrier were random places around the world with no witnesses or cameras.

Except.

Seagate Penitentiary had apparently taken someone into custody— and just like that, they were back in business because SHIELD was very interested in getting answers for their questions and at this point, Tony wouldn’t deny being at least a bit curious, too. 

Even if he had no idea how the hell Justin Hammer of all people had gotten caught up in a mess as big as this.

[prisonhannibal]

i literally owe my therapist my life after like 3 instances of outright mistreatment and unethical behavior. my therapist now knew about this and she gained my trust back and anyways i love her and my advice to ur anon is find someone who shares ur values / culture and is genuinely kind w good vibes. my therapist now is at least somewhat versed in feminism and trans issues (im queer and a survivor so its Important!) enough to understand and help me navigate stuff. Dont be afraid to interview therapists over the phone b4 an appointment to see if they match you in values! also a good therapist is such an imp safeguard in care for someone with mental illness, i have a bit of a history of magical thoughts / maybe a short lived hypomanic episode triggered by severe stress and its a relief knowing someone has my back and wont traumatize me further in case it repeats itself.

yeah!! I’m so glad you had a good experience as well, the therapist really makes such a huge difference. I had a therapist who was a sweet older woman and she’s probably one of the people who made the biggest impact on my life, she went above and beyond what she really had to do for me, by finding me the resources I needed etc like when I got transferred to adult services she came with me to see the new therapist and then kept seeing me on a monthly basis (instead of weekly) for a while so I could adjust to the new therapist. and my current therapist is awful and when I describe her behavior people go “why are you being gaslit by your therapist” dhjfkfhfjfj thank god I’m stable and can deal with her and don’t really rely on therapy rn. the only reason I’m seeing her is so I don’t get kicked out of my program lmaooo