#what a wild world I can't wait to join full time instead of dealing with this bullshit

[quiltcas]

save me dadstiel save me

[hildagirl99]

The wrath of Winter

Part 5

They all go out and before them stood the chief of the Ojibwa tribe. Tall, skinny with a crown of white feathers.

"Hau, Wakicuza." said Lorelei, lowering her head in respect.

He responds with a nod.

"Uhg great chef!" said Bill, raising his hand.

"Taku? (* What?) Wasicu (* white man) weird." said the chief, narrowing his eyes.

Lorelei nudges Bill.

"Do you want to lynch us or what? Say the same thing as me!"

"Sorry, um ... Hau, Wakicuza, are you okay?"

"Alkoun Na ... you came back." said the chief, smiling.

"Ya, but my name is Lorelei, great Wakicuza."

"Lo-re-lei? Mmmh… Alkoun Na, better."

"Okay, hehe…"

"Why did you pass through our territory?" he asks.

"We have to go to town for my ... for Penny, wife Peta! Because she's having a baby."

"I see…"

"Um ... why did you save us?" she asks.

"You love that Wakayaja Waniyetu freezes you and your pale faces friends?"

"Waka ... what?"

"Wakayaja Waniyetu means the winter child! It is he who is the winter season." said Aiyanna, next to her.

"Has he been causing the cold for months?" Lorelei asks.

"Ya ... because he got mad at white men. That's why he attacked you."

Lorelei feels uncomfortable.

"But ... what have we done?"

"Oh, neither you nor your white friends hurt. But the other white men."

"One of yours has kidnapped Wakayaja Bloketu (* the summer child)! Wakayaja Waniyetu will lead the Wasicu to eternal winter!" said the chief in a loud voice.

Lorelei and Bill look at each other. They were asking the same question.

"But how do we stop this?"

"No choice but to sacrifice wife Peta to Wakayaja Waniyetu, to appease her anger."

This sentence freezes Lorelei and Bill's blood. Do they sacrifice Penny to quell the wrath of a season?

"Wait wait wait? Are you going to kill her? But she is pregnant! Bunch of madmen! You will have to beat me over the body!" Said Bill.

"Calm down, pale face! You will pass first, if you wish! At the full moon!"

"Huh? But ..."

"Shut up! My brothers! Watch him before the sacrifice!"

Some Indians lead him far from Lorelei, under another teepee.

"Wakicuza! Wait! He's a friend! He, Penny and I had nothing to do with the summer kidnapping! There is bound to be a solution other than death!"

The chief looks at her attentively and turns his back on her.

"You know death, you will be spared." he says.

"Huh? But why not kill us all? I'm a pale face too!"

"You are sacred in the tribe, courageous, fearless, divinity, respectful of the kingdom of the dead."

"I am not a goddess ... you cannot kill them, they are innocent, Wakicuza, please ..."

The chef took a deep breath. But without response. Lorelei stands before him.

"Let me find those who kidnapped Wakayaja Bloketu."

"Would you do that?"

"Give me a deadline, the full moon is in two days, I will bring back the summer and punish the thugs."

"And if you fail, sacrifice will happen."

"I'm just asking you to treat them well in the meantime, especially wife Peta."

"Ya Alkoun Na. Deal?" he said, spitting on the ground.

Lorelei does not hesitate, she does the same.

"And we will treat wife Peta well in the meantime."

"As for the pale face, treat him well too but have a little authority over it, it is a bit ... crazy, but it is nice."

"Ya, Alkoun Na. But beware anyway! He has a thunderbolt on him."

"Don't worry, it is used only rarely." she said as she returned to the camp.

She comes back to the tipi where Bill was taken.

"Lorelei… tell me it's a joke! They won't sacrifice us! Huh?"

"I made arrangements with him and you will have to accept this deal too."

"What deal?"

"I told them that I will find the thugs who kidnapped the summer child, if in two days I fail, they will make the sacrifice, you and Penny. In the meantime they will take care of you two."

"What ?! But you're completely crazy! Would you dare sacrifice your loved ones if you fail? Have you thought about Penny and the baby? Have you thought about me ?!" said Bill, hysterical.

"They believe in me to bring back summer, they think I am a god. I prefer to go alone."

"Alone ... selfish as usual ... and what am I going to say to Penny? She'll be even more stressed!"

"Bill… believe me, it's better for you to watch Penny. And you won't tell her anything."

"Is that it ... to wait quietly for someone to execute us?"

"She won't stay alone! You stay with her! That's all!"

Bill is silent, looking contemptuously at Lorelei.

"Tell me you won't fail ..."

"You trust me ?" she asks.

"Of course…"

"I'll do anything to get you out of there."

"I would have done better to be frozen, instead of ending up in the hands of the Indians."

"Bill ... don't take it like this, please."

He leaves the teepee, annoyed.

"Are you angry?" asks Aiyanna, before him.

"No, I'm super happy to hear that I am being sacrificed ..." said Bill with a forced smile.

"I heard everything ... the sacrifice will not be."

"Huh?"

"Alkoun Na is not going to fail, I am against that, it's a horrible sacrifice."

"So much the better! I'm sorry she abandons us!"

"You can speak correctly with me, don't be bloza (*idiot) Are you mad at Alkoun Na?" Aiyanna asks insistently.

"Leave me alone… I'm going to see Penny." he said as he left.

The young Indian girl follows him to the tipi where Penny still seemed to be in pain.

"Penny… is everything all right?"

"Her work has started." said the shaman next to her.

"Huh? She lost the waters?"

"Baby moves a lot! Lots of contractions."

"Gnnnh ... it's getting common." said Penny, reaching out.

"At 8 months? It's a bit early. Don't worry, I'm here."

"And Lorelei? Where is she?"

"She's chatting with the chef ..." said Bill, not wanting to stress her out.

"Why are you lying?" said Aiyanna.

"I told you to leave me alone! Go back to your tom-tom and leave me alone! Shit!" writes Bill.

Aiyanna felt hurt, she went out crying.

"But what's wrong with you?" asks Penny.

"I ..." Bill regrets his words. He went too far.

"I hope you're going to apologize and right away."

"I was planning to do it ..." he ran out and soon found her.

"Eh! You! Uh ... you! Excuse me, I ... I got a little carried away." he said arriving breathless.

"I don't want your apologies." she said, fleeing from her gaze.

"No, sincerely ... I am ..."

"You, Wasicu (*pale face/ white man)! Don't come near!" says a man who appears as a sudden shadow.

A fairly tall, heavy-bodied Indian steps in front of him, crossing his arms.

"Huh ... I can't compete. Look, buddy, we're not going to fight, I just want to talk to the girl behind you."

"Don't come near Mitaka ki (* my little sister)!" he said, still looking threatening.

"Okay, okay, I'm going ..." said Bill, stepping back.

"Wasicu ape niye?" (*white man hit you?) asks the Indian to Aiyanna.

"Hiya (*no) ... Just nervous Wasicu… need to be alone. Pilamaye Ciye (*thank you big brother)."

After dark, the Indians invite Bill and Lorelei to eat. Lorelei went from time to time to the teepee where Penny was still resting there.

"Can't you get up?" she asks.

"No ... my legs hurt, I'm not talking to you about my stomach, I feel like it's going to happen." replies Penny.

"I will stay with you tonight, tomorrow I will leave."

"Huh? Leave? Why?"

"I'll explain everything to you…"

After 5 minutes of explanation, Penny held her breath.

"Lorelei… I want you to be careful. Tracing a child should be easy, but escaping the kidnappers is risky."

"Don't worry Penny, I'll hurry. Bill will look after you." said Lorelei, kissing her hand.

However, she didn't tell her about the sacrifice, she didn't want to worry her any more. Outside, Bill was away from the tribe on a rock, he wanted to isolate himself. Aiyanna watched him from a distance, having pity on him, she took a few pieces of meat and joined him.

"You are hungry ... so take talo (*meat)" she said, keeping her distance.

Bill does not react, blowing smoke from his cigar and says:

"I'm not hungry…"

She approaches him, putting down the plate and grabbing the cigar.

"Not good for your lungs ..." she said, throwing it away.

"Shouldn't I have been away from you? After all, we are two different species." said Bill, turning his back on her.

"Do you think us, Indians, are savages?"

"No… just a little not civilized enough."

"You are very closed to the Indian world. You have the same vision as other white men, but you don't think what you say ... I feel that you, very different." she said approaching.

"We shouldn't have met." said Bill, still turned around.

"Do you think I'm wild?" she asks.

He discreetly turns around and looks at her.

"No ... no. Just ... you ..."

"Different from you?"

"No… you and me… we are the same but raised differently, perhaps."

She smiles and takes his hand, sticking it on hers, on the 4 fingers.

"See? Do you see any differences?"

"Huh… no." said Bill who felt himself blushing.

"You, me, the same."

He withdraws his hand, looking her in the eyes.

"I'm sorry for a while ago ... I don't know what to say when I got angry, I had quarreled with Lorelei and I ..." she puts a finger on his mouth.

"You forgave. You might be bloza but you'd be a funny cowboy."

"Hehe… it is true that I can be funny but I am not just any cowboy, I am a bandit."

"Thief? Showdown Bandit ?"

"Huh ... yes? How do you know this name?"

"You known for being a good lonely bandit who saves the poor by stealing a golden house?"

"Yes, It's bank, that's it."

"You good heart."

"Excuse me, but what is your name?"

"Aiyanna. How about you?" she said smiling

"You can just call me Bill." he said, smiling back.

"So eat talo, it's going to be cold." said the Indian, rising.

"Before leaving, who was the big guy with you?"

"Oh, Him Sukawaka Oha Ko!"

"Huh ... and that means?"

"Him my big brother! His name mean Fast Horse"

"I'm going to call him Suka, it's going to be fine."

"Hahaha! You funny! But why not love him on the other hand. He is very protective."

"Pfff I'm not afraid of that." said Bill with a wink.

"Join us after eating, sungmanitu (* coyotes) roam the night." she said as she left.

When he arrived, his brother was waiting for her.

"Where were you ?"

"I communicated with the ancestors." she says.

"Don't lie! You were with the white man!"

"Sukawaka… he's not who you think he is. He's Nice and funny!"

"Tricky and clever white man, you beware. Keep your distance from him."

"Stop being protective and suspicious."

"Ate (* father) wouldn't have died if he hadn't approached Wasicu. Me still responsible for you." said Suka, placing his hand on her little sister's shoulder, dragging her to the gathering.

To be continued...

Part 4 :

[sometimesrosy]

Hey Rosy I wrote this to@Abazethe100 too bc I wanna know your opinions,about those "spoilers"with Bellarke split up by the end of season he goes to space and Clarke stays and then five years later he comes back and has a kid with echo I can't, really what kind of soap opera is this nonesense? t100 is not that kind of show,how I said to Anna hope this is a joke,after 4seasons waiting and developing Bellarke,this season they are telling full romantic BC,if they do that a kid?i'm done,thank you

All this speculation is speculation, and speculation based on unconfirmed rumors and spoilers, not the show. But apparently, we’re all as a fandom putting this long range speculation (season 5? we’re on 4.02) over what is actually happening on our screen. How do you judge the writers for telling a story they haven’t told?

STOP.

How does everyone go from, “Octavia doesn’t want to go to space,” into five year Becho space babies?

I wouldn’t even speculate on the promo clips, and now we’re all taking this as truth sent down from on high.

I do literary analysis. I come at it from the story point of view.  Like a writer and reader and english teacher. I have come in here from day one, like, STICK TO THE TEXT ,STICK TO THE SHOW.

I want to talk about character development and narrative arcs and symbolism and allusions and how much better Bellamy and Clarke work together. Science fiction. I want to talk about how the story fits together and what it all means.

And instead I have to deal with this bullcrap that is not on the screen. And is out of context. Unconfirmed. Rumor. Gossip. 

Could they go to space? Obviously, they came from space. It fits the rules of this world. 

Could they do a 5 year jump. Obviously, they’ve done 3 months, why not 5 years. And that would age the characters up to closer to the actors ages.

Could they do Becho? Obviously. They’re echoing a story where there was a romance already. 

Could they separate Bellamy and Clarke? Obviously. They’ve already done it multiple times.

Could they pull a whammy on us and plot twist us into a different story? Obviously, they’ve already done it multiple times. 

Could they do any of this?

Sure. It’s fiction. They can do anything. 

Does that mean this is the story they’re telling and what will show up on our screen? No.

There are as many reasons why those plot twists do NOT make sense as there are reasons why they do. In some cases the cons far outweigh the pros. If you’re going to speculate, you need to consider the drawbacks to your theories, too.

All those spoilers are unconfirmed and out of context, although there is apparently no way to get away from the damned spoilers no matter how you try because someone is going to force them down your throat. 

So here’s how you handle bullshit. 

You remember this is a tv show. It doesn’t affect your real life. It’s pretend. What happens on this show is not a reflection of you or the meaning of life. They have full power to yank your story out from under you at any time. You think they’re telling one story, and they, being hollywood types, say, wow, I think I’m going for the dramatic twist NO ONE WILL BE EXPECTING THIS, and tear apart the story for the shock value. Has happened before. Can happen again. That’s what hollywood does. 

If that happens, then I take away my speculation that they are wrapping up the show in 5 seasons. Because that is the action of people who want to milk a show that never dies. Like SPN. (which is what I didn’t want.) Hollywood does this. 

So is it a possibility, yes. It is. 

But here are some other possibilities.

Fake spoiler. Maybe they’re trying to throw us off the track and leaking something that isn’t real. WHAT? THEY WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING THAT SHADY? oh really? They already have, haven’t they? It’s not likely that it’s an intentional fake spoiler, but then again who knows? A lot of the speculation is not likely either. 

Narratively, The 100 is full of failed plans. Full of them. They are all set for THIS plan to save their people. MOUNT WEATHER! THE EXODUS SHIP! PEACE TALKS! BUNKER! REBELLION! RUN TO THE SEA! JOIN DANTE’S PEOPLE AND EAT CHOCOLATE CAKE! RUN AWAY TO FIND THE CITY OF LIGHT! PEACE TALKS! THE COMMANDER WILL BE OUR ALLY! THE WARRIOR ARMY WILL SAVE THE DAY! JOIN THE COALITION! LIVE IN MOUNT WEATHER! LUNA WILL SAVE US! ROAN WILL SAVE US! ONTARI WILL TAKE THE FLAME! HYDRO-GENERATOR!

 None of these plans worked, they all failed, sometimes catastrophically. So space. Possibility. Possibly a failed plan also. Possibly only partially successful. Possibly part of another plot twist. Possibly part of a secondary storyline. We do generally get two storylines (or three) with two sets. The Ark and Dropship, Mount Weather and Camp Jaha, Arkadia and Polis. Goes along with that Yin Yang thing. 

Also possible. They go to space and continue with the narrative arc and story they’ve been telling all along and it isn’t as horrible as people are projecting, and they manage to pull it out and make it satisfying and fit the story and Clarke and Bellamy are still the salvation of their people. Even possible that they do separate them for 5 years and go back to the “two sides need to come together.” Yin Yang again. If 5 years happen off screen, it will be like the season 2 break magnified. The story will pick up again after 5 years. Seems weird to start all over again with a new post apocalypse, but they gave a new apocalypse, so maybe. You lose a lot of momentum that way, but that would be a narrative choice.

BUT WHAT IF THAT’S NOT WHAT YOU WANT!

Too bad.

It’s not your story.

We are along for the ride. We don’t steer the ship. Don’t get attached to the direction you think it’s going or you want it to go because that’s a story that you are telling in your head, not the story that is happening on the screen.

When I say I don’t want to speculate on what this means or what that means or where this is going, what I mean is that I DON’T KNOW. I’m putting together pieces of a puzzle to get a whole picture. But I’m using the pieces that are on the screen. The show as it is. 

I can’t take out of context pieces and understand where they go without the rest of the story, and because this show DOES throw us whammies and change everything sometimes, I want to wait to see what plot twists happen and how they set up the season before I start moving forward about what it all means.

I’m not trying to tell the story I want to hear (that’s for fan fiction,) I’m trying to figure out the story THEY are telling. And sometimes it’s hard to untangle your own fears and hopes from what is on the screen. I’m still trying to do that and I’m still trying to stick to the text, stick to the show. Rumors, spoilers, and MARIE are not text. 

BUT ALSO, this is a reminder DO NOT GET ATTACHED to one particular ending, one particular outcome, one particular ship, one particular meaning. 

The problem I’m seeing here is that all this rumor and gossip seems to TANK the way a lot of us have been reading the show. Outside of plot twists, we’re talking about what the show is saying, it’s main themes and seeming goals. But this is not necessarily so. This show is about apocalypse, so they always want to throw us into disaster tailspins. But that doesn’t mean that the main ideas are lost. 

I don’t particularly LIKE the Marie spoiler. I don’t particularly believe the script spoiler. I think the projections that people are making on it all are ridiculous, not because they couldn’t happen, but because they are being considered as near canon when they are only wild speculation. There is too much we don’t know, so WAIT. 

Chill the hell out. 

Watch the damn show.

Enjoy the characters and the plot twists. Pick up the REAL clues from the REAL show and go one step at a time, instead of leaping over the edge into void.

I don’t know the future. I don’t WANT to know the future. 

I just want to watch the show.