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fanficimagery · 3 years ago

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Dangerous Woman

You're a pretty popular singer/songwriter and you're finally back home in Mystic Falls. You reunite with family and friends, piss off an ex, and meet some new interesting people.

Words: 8.6K Author's Note: The songs in this imagine are taken from Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande. I could never take credit for their masterpieces. Haha. Enjoy!

Never in a million years did you think that singing covers of songs and posting them on the internet would land you a record deal. The music label who had shown interest in you just thought you had an amazing singing voice, so they hadn't counted on you being able to actually write your own music as well. So when they wanted you in New York just as you were on the verge of turning sixteen, it took a lot of legal documents being signed and assigning you a temporary legal guardian for you to be able to go. And in between writing and recording, you were homeschooled in order to keep up with your education.

You've been away from Mystic Falls for a little over a year now, making a music album and graduating a few months earlier than expected. Elena was still set to graduate and you were fortunate enough to be able to go home for a brief break and to see your sister walk the stage before you were to leave again.

You had wanted to surprise your brother and sister, so you texted your aunt Jenna for everyone's whereabouts. They were at Mystic Grill, of course, but Jenna was swamped with papers that needed grading and couldn't meet you there. So instead, you dropped by your childhood home to briefly visit with her before freshening up and heading for the Mystic Grill after making sure with Matt that your sister was still there.

Mystic Grill parking lot is nearly full, but you find a spot and then jog to the back entrance. You text Matt that you're there and moments later he's opening the back exit.

"Matt Donovan," you muse, grinning. "Well aren't you a sight for sore eyes."

"YN Gilbert." He grins back, opening his arms for a hug. "It's been too long."

As you pull back, you ask, "So what's going on? I noticed all the vehicles out front."

"Oh yeah. It's karaoke night. It's become quite the popular activity among the highschoolers and slightly older folk around here."

You perk up at that knowledge. "Karaoke, you say? What a perfect way to surprise 'lena and Jer. Anyone else here that I know?"

"Care and Bonnie are with Elena, and Jeremy's playing pool with Tyler and a few other friends." Your nose wrinkles and Matt chuckles, too polite to try and smooth things over between you and your ex. "Uh, the girls are there with some new friends of theirs as well. Not really good people, if you ask me, but the girls are friendly with them so we tolerate them."

"Oh yeah? And who are they?"

"Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson," Matt says. "The Mikaelson family rubbed a bunch of us the wrong way almost as soon as they got into town, but apparently the girls have forgiven them for what they've done. Fortunately three of them left to explore the world, but we can't quite get these last two to leave as well."

You chuckle. "Be nice, Matty. If 'lena, Bonnie and Caroline can look past whatever they've done, I'm sure you can as well."

He rubs the back of his neck, sighing. "It's not that easy, YN."

"Yeah, yeah." You push on his shoulder a bit, grinning. "Well enough about these supposed terrible men. I want to surprise everyone. Have any idea?"

"One," he slowly grins. "Are you up to karaoke your own song?"

"Always."

"Come on then. Tyler won't like this, but we only have one of your songs in our books."

You laugh. "Not to brag, but that particular song has become quite the anthem among the female population. I feel bad already."

"Do you?"

"Nah. Now let's go, Donovan. I wanna see my siblings."

Matt leads you inside, sneaking you around until you're standing on the side stage and listening to some unfortunate soul butcher one of the latest popular songs on the radio. Then when that person's turn is over, he takes the stage.

"Alright, Mystic Grill, how's it going tonight?" Several people drunkenly cheer and you can't help but laugh off to the side. "So normally I'd call up the next person, but I have a special treat for you guys tonight. A friend of mine, most of ours really, has come home. She was a giant pain in my ass, most of our asses really, and I'm pretty sure she set someone's cat's tail on fire. On accident, of course," he amends when there's a scandalized gasp from the crowd.

You can hear a bunch of squealing then, your sister and friends realizing you're home.

"So, Mystic Grill, please give it up for YN Gilbert!"

In the crowd, Elena, Bonnie and Caroline cheer and clap the loudest. Even Jeremy's whooping and hollering, expression ecstatic as his sister takes the stage.

"Sister?" Klaus muses, looking past Caroline and directly at Elena. "How did you hide that from us?"

Elena grins, shrugging. "She took a stage name when she left Mystic Falls, and Isobel and John were smart enough not to mention her when they realized you only knew of me."

"I can't believe she's home," Caroline gushes. "And right before graduation too."

The music starts and the crowd calms, the girls giggling at the song.

"Oh, Tyler's going to be pissed," Bonnie says.

Elijah, who'd been too busy staring at YN Gilbert, frowns as he glances at Miss Bennett. "And why would that be?"

"Because she wrote this song with him in mind." Elena smirks. "Just listen. You'll see."

YN steps up to the microphone and gently cradles the mic on it's stand as she sings, "You called me again, drunk in your Benz. Drivin' home under the influence." Several people wolf-whistle, Bonnie and Elena included.

Caroline turns to Klaus. "They were too young to be in a toxic relationship, but it happened. He wasn't too happy when she left him behind to go record her album, so they tried long distance but it just wasn't meant to be."

Intrigued, Klaus turns in his seat to see the temperamental werewolf glaring at YN on stage and gripping his pool cue in a white knuckled grip

"I don't relate to you. I don't relate to you, no. 'Cause I'd never treat me this shitty. You made me hate this city." She pulls the mic off the stand, walking to the edge of the stage as she pours her heart into the song. "And I don't talk shit about you on the internet. Never told anyone anything bad. 'Cause that shit's embarrassing, you were my everything. And all that you did was make me fucking sad."

It's Elijah and Klaus' turn to chuckle when it appears every female inside Mystic Grill screams the lyrics along with YN. They watch as her presence fills up the stage, the patrons of the establishment whooping and hollering by the time the song is over.

Elena is anxious to get to her sister, but she stays put while the locals have their go at her as she hops off stage. She signs a few napkins and takes several selfies, and it's Jeremy who gets to her first while wrapping her up in a hug that lifts her feet off the floor. They have a quick chat before he ruffles her hair and leaves to join his friends, and then YN is making her way towards Elena's table.

You laugh as your sister hurriedly gets up, making her way around the table and throwing her arms around your neck. "You're home! Why didn't you tell me? Does aunt Jenna know?"

"Of course she does. I stopped there before coming here." Elena is soon replaced by Bonnie and then Caroline, and you chuckle as you take a seat at their table. "So is anyone going to introduce me to the newbies?"

The better dressed of the two clears his throat and offers his hand over the table. "Elijah Mikaelson. It is a surprise and pleasure to meet you, Miss Gilbert."

"Oohh. Fancy," you muse. "It's nice to meet you as well, Elijah." Then turning to his companion, brother really, you say, "Which makes you Klaus. Hello." Klaus smirks as he shakes your hand. "So, what have I missed? Tell me everything."

Bonnie chokes on her drink and Elena's eyes twinkle as the table's occupants glance at one another warily. "You haven't missed much. Not really."

"No? Then where are your boy toys? Do I have to play nice?"

"Oh I think I quite like this Gilbert," Klaus drawls. "You may be my favorite Gilbert."

"Of course I am. I'm adorable." You flutter your eyelashes at him, laughing. "But in all seriousness, do I have to play nice with the Salvatores? I'm not their biggest fan."

Elena groans. "Just.. be nice. To their faces, at least."

Your sister pouts and you kick her lightly under the table. "I'll be nice to Stefan, but at the first sign of snark from Damon all bets are off."

Bonnie nudges her friend. "Come on, Elena. That's fair and you know it. Damon lives to rile up anyone and everyone."

"Fine."

"Right. Well can someone flag down Matty and order me a bacon cheeseburger and fries with a Coke? I need to visit the ladies room."

Bonnie is already flagging down your friend as you quickly vacate the table, heading towards the bathrooms in the back. There's a few people in front of you and you politely wait your turn, taking even more selfies with apparent fans before it's your turn in the bathroom. Then after washing and drying your hands, you exit the bathroom.

However, you don't get too far before a hand is wrapping around your bicep and yanking you back around. You roll your eyes when you meet the angry gaze of your ex-boyfriend. "What do you want, Tyler?"

"Do you think it's funny to sing that stupid song of yours here?"

"What?" You frown. "Matt asked me to sing a song and that was the only one of mine in the books. If you have a problem with it, take it up with management." You try to pull your arm free, but Tyler merely squeezes tighter. "Ow. Let me go, Ty. You're hurting me."

He steps closer to you, lowering his voice though the anger is blazing in his eyes. "You know everyone knows you wrote that song about me. I don't know where the hell you got off smearing me like that. Our relationship wasn't even that bad."

"Really?" You deadpan. "Well my family and our friends think otherwise. Now let me go."

"Listen-"

"I believe the young lady wishes you to remove your hand from her person." Elijah's voice sends shivers down your spine and you stiffen at the way Tyler's expression turns absolutely livid as he looks up over your head. "Remove your hand now before I do it for you."

Tyler sneers, but he smartly releases you. You stumble back, only to have Elijah's hands land gently on your shoulders. "Really, YN? You're chummy with a Mikaelson now?"

"I've only met them less than ten minutes ago, but in the time I've been introduced to them they've been nothing but kind. So if that makes me chummy with them, then yeah. They're a hell of a lot better company than you are."

He scoffs. "Mark my words, Gilbert. These assholes are going to get you killed."

"That's enough, Mr. Lockwood," Elijah says. Tyler glares one last time at you and Elijah, turning on his heel and making his way towards the exit. You sigh and Elijah walks around so that he's in front of you. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." You clear your throat to keep your voice from cracking. "I'm good. Thanks for stepping in."

Elijah smiles and leads you back to the table with the others. The girls are staring at you worriedly, but you wave them off with a chuckle. Bonnie tells you that Matt's working on your food and you try to get comfortable, but your arm is suddenly bothering you. So shimmying out of your jacket as best as you can, you stare down at the arm that's bothering you and frown at the bruise that's already forming there.

"Jesus!" Elena exclaims. "Did Tyler really have to grab you that hard?"

"Well it appears his anger didn't get any better," you say. "Thank God I dodged that bullet."

"He can have a tragic accident on his way home, love. Just say the word and I'll make a phone call."

Caroline gasps at Klaus' declaration and you laugh though Elijah, Bonnie and Elena suddenly look disturbed. "As much as I find that hilarious, you look like the kind of man who would follow through. So for now, we'll table the maiming until he does something that really pisses me off."

Klaus pouts. "Very well."

"So onto a lighter subject," Bonnie finally speaks up. "How long are you here for, YN?"

You look towards Bonnie, grinning. "If you're wondering whether or not I'll be here to see you walk across that graduation stage, I will." She wiggles in her seat happily. "I'm also here to relax and possibly write a couple new songs since my manager says my best songs are inspired from here."

The girls chuckle.

"Are you excited for your tour?" Elena then asks.

"Yes and no," you admit. "I'm excited to travel and see places, but I'm not too excited to be alone on that bus. I'd rather have a friend or two."

Matt chooses that moment to set down your food and drink, and you thank him before he takes his leave.

"We could always take a gap year," your sister suggests.

"And ruin Caroline's carefully concocted plans? I think not." You take your burger in both hands, taking a bite out of it and groaning as the taste explodes all over your taste buds. Then after swallowing and taking a sip of your Coke, you say, "Besides, it's not that long of a tour. I can be a big girl and deal with it."

The first weekend you're home, you spend all the time you can with your family and friends, and meet your aunt Jenna's boyfriend Ric. You meet Damon and Stefan Salvatore, and while Stefan is perfectly tolerable, it's Damon who rubs you the wrong way with his sleazy innuendos and constant flirtation with his brother's girlfriend.

Then Jenna goes back to work while everyone else goes back to school and you're left all on your own. You get yourself reacquainted with Mystic Falls, revisiting all your favorite haunts and shops. And now that you've been introduced to the Mikaelson brothers and Damon, it's like they're everywhere you always seem to find yourself to be. Klaus and Elijah are a delight to be around, whereas Damon always has you coming up with an excuse so you don't have to spend much time with him.

You get yourself a journal and attempt to write, but as you pace around your house you can't seem to find any inspiration. So instead, you grab up a few belongings and head over to Mystic Grill to pick up some food and a drink before heading over to park in the middle of town.

Some fresh air has always done you good, so you pick a picnic table under the shade of a tree and take a seat. Then with your chicken wrap in one hand and a pen in the other, you doodle and write and hope that inspiration will strike soon.

"Why is it that every time I happen upon you, Miss Gilbert, you have food in your hand?" You glance upward, smiling at Elijah as he stands there opposite you with one hand tucked into the pocket of his slacks.

Taking a rather vicious bite of your wrap, you huff a laugh and have to quickly set down your food and cover your mouth while you chew and laugh. Once you wash it down with some soda, you say, "Have you ever heard the saying 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach'?"

His lips twitch in amusement. "Yes. I believe I have."

"Mhm. Well the same can be said about a woman. Get a woman her favorite food and we'll be putty in your hands. For about an hour or so."

"Oh? And what food happens to be your favorite?"

"Chicken wings," you answer without missing a beat. "Boneless and with fries." You pop a fry into your mouth, humming and wiggling happily in your seat. "I love food."

"I can see that." He chuckles as he takes a seat across from you, looking at your opened journal. "Are you getting some writing in?"

"Trying." You shrug. "Nothing's really happened that would make for good music."

"And how important is it that you come up with new material?"

"Not important at all. My manager suggested I come up with one or two songs, but if I don't then it's fine. I wouldn't mind surprising what little fans I have with new content though."

"Well in that case, come along with me. I'm meeting Niklaus a few towns over and I'm sure his tall tales shall inspire something."

"Tall tales? Why Mr. Mikaelson, you speak as if I don't know about all things that go bump in the night and your part in the creation of some of these things."

Elijah goes quiet and the way he's now looking at you makes you feel as if maybe you shouldn't have told him. "Elena told you," he realizes.

"Of course she did. She's my twin." You grin at his still dumbfounded expression. "Elijah, who do you think it was that convinced Elena it was in her best interest to come to an agreement with Klaus? As much as she's in love with Stefan, she doesn't want to be a vampire. She wants all the human experiences and I convinced her that the only way she would have all that is if she had someone very powerful protecting her."

"And you would have that protector be my brother?"

You shrug. "Why not? He needs her blood to make his hybrids and she's easily capable of donating a blood bag every other month. And besides, it pissed off Damon so it was a win-win in my eyes."

"And what of your thoughts on me and my family?"

"You guys had a messy beginning and I'm kinda mad I missed all the drama, but I'm also glad I was out of harm's way before Elena had that talk with Klaus." Elijah doesn't look convinced at your ease with such a secret. "I harbor no ill thoughts towards you and yours. If I did, I'd be bitchy with you like I am with Damon. Honest."

"Who all knows that you know?"

"My family and now Caroline, Bonnie and you. We can let Klaus know that I know so he may speak freely around me, but can we please keep Damon and Stefan in the dark? It's quite fun to see them struggle with censoring their words around me."

"I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive of you knowing about our misdeeds since we've stepped foot in Mystic Falls," Elijah says. He slowly starts to smile then. "But now I find myself quite relieved that you know."

"Mhm. Now how long do you think we can trick your brother before he realizes I know you're all a bunch of bloodsucking fiends?"

His smile drops. "Charming, Miss Gilbert. Very charming."

"I try." You flutter your eyelashes, chuckling as you finish off the last of your food.

Much to your surprise, you find yourself spending more and more time with Elijah. Your family doesn't think much of it since they don't really know, but on more than one occasion aunt Jenna has caught you having lunch with the original vampire.

And the one day they do finally realize just how often you speak with Elijah is when you and your family are brainstorming dinner ideas, and someone rings your doorbell. You answer it and are surprised to see it's a food delivery. Confused, you tell the delivery boy no one at the house had ordered, but he only chuckled and told you there was a note inside. You thank the boy as you take the bags and he tells you not to bother with a tip because he's already been generously paid. Then when you walk back into the kitchen, you set the bags down and slap away Jeremy's hands when he smells the food and reaches for a bag.

The note inside reads: I recall a conversation of ours where you said this was your favorite. I found it impolite to just buy you dinner, so I bought enough for your aunt and siblings as well. I hope you find it quite appetizing. - xx Elijah.

Elena and Jeremy had been absolutely gobsmacked, but they didn't deter you from pursuing the friendship, and aunt Jenna was just amused by the whole situation you found yourself in. And then after texting Elijah to thank him for dinner, you also asked him why he was suddenly sending you food. You had a feeling he had a favor to ask and you were proven right when he invited you to some museum opening that Klaus was eager to go to. Elijah was eager to go too, but he wasn't too eager to listen to his brother blather on about the history they already lived through.

So that's where tonight found you, attending a museum opening on the arms of Elijah and Klaus, but spending most of the night off to the side with just Elijah as he gave you your own history lesson.

When Elijah pulls up to your house later that night, you smile sleepily as he uses his vampire speed for the first time in front of you in order to open your door. He offers you a hand to help you stand up from the passenger seat and then tucks your hand into the crook of his arm as he leads you up the sidewalk and then the porch in front of your house.

"Thank you for accompanying me tonight, Miss Gilbert. I had a wonderful time."

"No. Thank you," you tell him as you turn so you're facing one another, letting your hand fall from his arm. "I absolutely loved hearing the stories from your past. And how many times do I need to tell you? Call me YN."

"YN." Elijah bows his head just a bit as he says your name, lips twitching. "I know we spent all day together, but do you have any plans for tomorrow?"

"I do." You frown before your nose wrinkles. "My producer secured some time in a music booth and I will start recording tomorrow."

His eyebrows raise a little in surprise. "You've found some inspiration?"

"Mhm." You nervously chuckle. "It's a total different vibe than what I'm used to, but-"

"I'm sure it'll be lovely," Elijah's quick to assure you. You can't help but smile at him, this man having absolutely wrecked you for any future romance with anybody else in just the one month you've known him. He grins, no doubt picking up on a semblance of your thoughts and then chuckles when you blush and avert your gaze. "Well since you'll be busy, call me when you're free. We'll grab dinner."

"You spoil me, Mr. Mikaelson." You huff a laugh, shaking your head in amusement. "Be careful or a girl could get used to this treatment."

"Maybe a girl should." His words make you freeze and your eyes subtly widen, and he has the audacity to chuckle. He reaches for your hand then, raising it up to his lips and your breathing ceases altogether. "Until next time," he murmurs before pressing a kiss to your knuckles and then dropping your hand.

Elijah turns and takes his leave, and you watch him the entire time up until he's driving off. You sigh longingly, a stupid grin taking shape as you bite back a squeal. Then turning around, you enter your home and stop short at the sight of Jenna smiling like a loon at you.

"Tell. Me. Everything."

"What? There's nothing to tell."

"Really?" Jenna's right eyebrow raises as she smirks at you. "That blush says otherwise."

You scowl at your aunt and she laughs, and you lighten up a bit as you brush past her. "He's a thousand year old vampire, Jenna. He's not interested in some seventeen year old girl."

"Yeah? Well the amount of times I've caught you two out and about together says otherwise as well," she says. "If he wasn't interested in some seventeen year old girl, then why spend all this time with you and getting you your favorite foods?"

You open your mouth to retort, but promptly shut it a moment later as you stop on the stairs. Huh. Aunt Jenna does have a point. But the longer you think about it, the more it just doesn't make sense. Elijah is a very handsome man and you're just- you're you. "He spends time with me because he's a nice man," you end up telling her as you turn around to look down at her. "And he's in need of some company who isn't his brother or isn't afraid of him for what he's done in the past."

"If you say so," she singsongs. "I want to be the maid of honor at your wedding. I'm going to give the best I told you so speech."

You snort, shaking your head. "I'm going to shower and then to bed. Wanna grab some breakfast before I head out for the day?"

"Of course. Goodnight."

"Night."

The day of your eighteenth birthday arrives and you couldn't be more ecstatic. Jenna was more than happy to host a get-together there at the house, but Klaus took it upon himself to throw the party at his mansion. So instead, you spent the morning with Elena, Jeremy, Jenna and Ric to have a birthday breakfast and lunch before going shopping with the girls for a bit of pre-party fun.

Elena, Bonnie and Caroline know that you have a surprise for everyone, but they don't know what it is. You're anxious, yet excited at the same time, and you decide to surprise your friends even more by dressing like they've never seen you dress before. So when you get home, you pre-snack with your family and friends before you decide to shower and then take over Jeremy's bedroom to get ready.

You pair a black sheer lace crop cami top with a pair of faux-leather, high rise shorts and a pair of ankle booties that give you another four inches. Your eye make-up is a little more smokier than usual and your lipstick a deep maroon color, and you leave your hair in loose waves framing your face. You're checking your reflection in the mirror, moving a strand of hair here and there, and you feel like you're missing something. Your outfit looks good, but as you head over to Jeremy's closet to rummage through his shirts, you grin as you find a dark red plaid flannel. You quickly take it and wrap the sleeves around your waist, tying them in a knot and then looking at your reflection once more.

It's perfect. You're ready.

Mentally preparing yourself, you give yourself a moment before leaving Jeremy's room.

"Are you girls ready? I'm ready to go!" You say as you enter Elena's room. All three females who'd been in the midst of adding some last minute jewelry to their outfits freeze and look you up and down in surprise. "What?" You ask when they don't say anything.

"Where the hell have you been hiding this bod?" Caroline breaks the silence.

"And who are you trying to impress with it?" Bonnie wonders, slowly smirking.

You roll your eyes, chuckling. "It's a special occasion. I wanted to do something different."

"Well keep doing it because you are hot!" Caroline says. "Like seriously hot. We all knew you were pretty, but this? This is-"

"You're definitely getting laid tonight."

"Okay!" Elena laughs, smacking both her friends on the arms. "Leave her alone. YN is stepping out of her comfort zone for once and you're not helping matters."

"It's fine," you assure your sister, "but can you please hurry up? I have a surprise for all three of you in the car."

At hearing there's a surprise for them, the girls hurry to finish getting ready. But then Jenna stops all of you as you're coming down the stairs and has you and Elena pose for some pictures. There are cupcakes she has for you with a single candle in each one and she takes video as you and Elena blow out the flame. Jeremy's already gone, and Jenna tells you that she and Ric will be there later.

It's dark out by the time you and the girls all pile into your vehicle.

"Okay. What's our surprise?" Caroline asks as soon as all the doors are shut.

"So, um, you know how I was supposed to write a new song if inspiration struck?"

"Yeah."

"Well.. it struck. It struck hard," you say. Gathering up your phone, you plug it in and scroll to the finished song that the producer had sent to you just yesterday. "And I want you three to hear part of it first and give me your honest truth about it."

"Why? What's so different about this song that it apparently has you squirming?" Elena asks.

"Let's just say it's different. A lot different than what I've put out so far."

Before anyone else can say anything, you hit play. The music starts and you hide your face in the palms of your hands at how sultry it sounds.

Caroline squeals. "Did you write a sex song?" You groan. "You did! Oh my god."

"Caroline, shut up. I need to hear this," Bonnie says.

You let the song play up until after the first chorus and then stop it. The car is quiet.. and then the squealing starts.

"Your range! Oh my god."

"Who the hell inspired that song?"

You glance at your sister and you bite the inside of your cheek when you see her knowing grin. "Has he heard it?"

"He? There's a he?" Caroline perks up. "Spill it right now, young lady!"

"First off, it's just a crush," you say. "I can't help what comes out once I've been inspired. And secondly, thoughts?"

"Uh," you sister huffs, "amazing! I obviously knew you could sing, but this? This was so good!"

"It's definitely different, but it's a good different. I hope whoever inspired this song inspires more because it's hot!"

"You need to make that available online because I need to download it asap," Caroline says.

You chuckle. "The fans will hear it first while on tour and it'll be available afterward. But.. I am singing the song tonight at the party." The girls cheer. "Klaus is the only one who knows because I got him to compel the guests to not record when I sing."

Elena starts to smile. "Has Klaus heard the song?"

"No. If he had heard it beforehand, he'd never let me live it down."

"Never let you live it down?" Caroline frowns. "Why would- oh my god! Elijah? You wrote that song about Elijah?!"

Bonnie's eyes widen and you groan some more, and Elena takes it upon herself to fill them in the live-action slowburn between you and the Original. There's lots of squealing, teasing and laughter, but when it dies down some you take the moment to finally start driving.

When you get to the Mikaelson mansion, you groan at all the vehicles already lining the driveway. Apparently Klaus didn't get the memo that you wanted a small party.

"Caroline, I'm going to kill your boyfriend."

"He's not my boyfriend, YN. He's just- he's Klaus."

"Well it looks like your Klaus or whatever invited the whole goddamn town." You frown. "How the hell am I supposed to have fun when Tyler's glaring at me the entire time?"

"Tyler's still giving you trouble?" Elena asks.

"He pretty much leaves me be, but if he sees me out with Elijah or Klaus he turns into a wrathful prick."

"Typical," Caroline huffs.

"Well whatever," Bonnie says. "Tonight is your and Elena's night. If he starts trouble, I'm flinging his ass out of the party and putting up a barrier so he can't go back in."

Feeling a little bit better about the situation, you park and lock up your vehicle as soon as everyone's out. Bonnie and Caroline walk ahead, arm in arm, and you do the same with Elena. The music is already thumping and though you're excited, you're kind of dreading singing your song now.

As soon as you enter the house, you keep walking because the party is in the backyard. And when you get back there, you're surprised at the crowd that's already dancing under twinkling lights that've been strung up. There's a makeshift dance floor that's been put together atop the lawn and a DJ doing his utmost to keep the crowd going.

Almost immediately Caroline and Bonnie disappear into the crowd, and Stefan steals your sister away after wishing you a happy birthday. You wave at a few friends, accepting hugs and cheek kisses as you walk around looking for a familiar face that you're happy to spend some time with.

Surprisingly, it's Klaus you find first.

"Went a little overboard, don't you think?" You muse as you sidle up to him.

Klaus turns to you, smirk forming as his eyebrows raise in surprise. "Well, well. Don't you look-"

"Don't. Just don't." He chuckles and you shake your head, grinning.

"I like it. And I think my brother will like it too."

"Who said I care about what your brother thinks?"

"It's all in your heartbeat, love. Always gets a little faster when you're with him." You manage to hold it together for a few seconds before your shoulders sag. Klaus slings an arm around your shoulders and tucks you into his side. "I don't know why you're so worried. He's trying for you too." He points at something in the distance and you follow to where he wants you to look.

It takes you a second to realize who you're looking at and your eyes widen at what you see. The usually prim and proper Elijah Mikaelson is now in a plain dark tee with its sleeves pushed up to his elbows and dark washed jeans. There are a gaggle of girls who can't seem to keep their eyes off of him, and even one brave individual who attempts to speak with him.

"Who gave him the right?!" You quietly seethe. Klaus shakes with suppressed laughter and you absentmindedly swat at him. "Normally he looks like a snack in those suits of his, but right now he's looking like a goddamn full course meal!"

He barks out a laugh then and it surprisingly catches his brother's attention. You freeze when Elijah meets your gaze head on and then you nervously wave at him. He smiles before saying something to the girl who's trying to gain his attention and then steps past her to make his way towards you.

"And that's my cue to go."

Your head snaps up and you try to grip onto Klaus' shirt, but he easily pulls out of your grasp. "You're a dead man, Klaus. I'm telling Caroline you're an asshole!" But he merely laughs at you before winking, turning around to disappear into the crowd.

"Do I want to know what Niklaus has done this time?" You straighten up at Elijah's voice and paste on a smile. You manage to hold it for three seconds before you laugh and shake your head, Elijah then chuckling along with you. However, his gaze drops as he looks you up and down, and you curse your heartbeat for speeding up. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you." You blush. Then wrangling your feelings together, you say, "And you look- very handsome. I don't think I've ever seen you out of a suit."

"Well even though I am the oldest here at your party, I didn't want to look the part of a chaperone. I wanted to.. blend in, I suppose."

You look him up and down, subtly gulping. "Well this look is definitely working for you. Kudos, Mr. Mikaelson, for looking like a snack."

"A snack?" He muses. "Not a full course meal?"

You freeze as your gaze snaps up to meet his own and you find him smiling. Your face flames and he chuckles. "You, uh, you heard that, did you?"

"I did."

"And Klaus knew you could hear me, didn't he?"

"He did." Your eyes widen as you're about to curse his brother, but his next words stop you in your tracks. "And he wasn't wrong. About me trying for you too."

"W-What?"

Elijah merely smirks, producing a wrapped present from his back pocket. You stare at it until he tells you to take it and open it, and you're pleasantly surprised at the blue moon locket inside. As you lift the silver chain and smile fondly at it, he takes it from your hand and has you turn around so he can put it around you. The locket settles right above your cleavage and you touch the pendant as a fond smile forms.

You turn to face Elijah, a thank you on the tip of your tongue, but he brushing your hair behind your right ear has your voice completely abandoning you. He smirks as you blush yet again. "Happy birthday, Miss Gilbert." He then leans in and you hold your breath as he kisses your cheek. "Now go have fun. We'll speak later."

Elijah turns and walks away, a certain swagger in his step that has you staring a little longer than necessary. Then once he's out of sight, you walk around in a daze until you spot Klaus and Damon having a conversation that looks as if he's slowly riling up the Salvatore vampire.

Walking towards them, you grab Damon's drink from his hand and down it in one swig. You grimace at the burning and then hand him the empty glass while addressing Klaus. "Your brother is a goddamn tease. I'm gonna climb him like a tree."

Klaus snorts inelegantly, leaving Damon an opening. "Like hell you are."

Your gaze slides to Damon's put out expression. "And why not? I mean it's not like he's going to seduce me, fuck me, feed off of me and then compel me," you say a little too innocently. "That's a Damon Salvatore special, isn't it?"

Damon rears back in shock. "Caroline told you?"

"No. Elena did," you say. "She's kept me up to date with everything almost as soon as it happened. And you, Damon, are not my favorite person so if I were you, I'd tread carefully."

His shock morphs into disbelief. "And the Mikaelson's are? You don't know what they've done, YN."

"Quite the opposite, Damon. If Elena hadn't told me everything, then Klaus and Elijah sure did. I'm quite impressed by everything they've seen and done."

"And you're just okay with it?"

"Well yeah. After that little hiccup with Elena's sacrifice, who do you think it was that convinced her to talk to Klaus and come to an agreement?" Damon shakes his head as if he can't believe what he's hearing. "My sister refuses to become a vampire, Damon, and I'll be damned if I let you or your brother turn her without her consent. So what if she has to donate one bag of blood every other month? At least she now has Original protection so she can live a happy, human life."

"You're unbelievable."

You shrug, expression stony. "I'm just looking out for my twin. Jeopardize her standing with the Mikaelson's and I'll stake you myself." Then smiling, you look at Klaus and wiggle your eyebrows. "Give me about an hour or so to blow off some steam and then it's my time to shine. The girls already know and have already heard part of the song."

"And?"

"I'm either gonna die of embarrassment or end the night as one happy girl."

Klaus laughs as you then take his drink, walking off to finally enjoy your party.

You hadn't planned on letting Damon know you knew all about the supernatural, but there was no going back now. The cheerful atmosphere of the party is infectious and you can't help but join in as you slide between a couple of your classmates. The music has you swaying and grinding, and you down the drink in hand before passing off the glass to someone else.

You don't know how long you've been dancing when Caroline finds you, hurrying you inside and into a bathroom. She tells you, you need to freshen up if you plan to seduce Elijah and then proceeds to wet a hand towel and wipe you down. You're laughing the entire time, but Caroline really knows what she's doing and makes you feel like you aren't a sweaty mess. Then when her job is done and you find yourself outside once more, Elena and Bonnie are waiting for you.

"Is it too late to be compelled?" You ask.

"Yep." Both Elena and Bonnie hook their arms with yours.

"No time like the present to get over that stage fright," Bonnie says.

"I don't have stage fright," you mumble. "I have Elijah fright."

"Relax." Elena squeezes your arm. "You're freaking out for nothing."

"Maybe."

As you make your way to the DJ's booth, Klaus is there to greet you with a microphone. Smirking, he hands it over. "Is this something I'm going to want to record?"

"Only if it doesn't end up on the internet. This is a brand new song that isn't supposed to be unveiled until I'm on tour," you say.

"Excellent. I just need something to send to Kol and Rebekah. They're going to be upset they missed this."

You chuckle. "Mhm. Let's just hope this is something actually worth capturing on video first." Klaus leans over and mentions something to the DJ, and the music lowers. Mumblings of confusion start to erupt because the entertainment has suddenly gone away and your sister nudges you forward. Raising the microphone to your mouth, you say, "Hey, guys. So, uh, I know birthday parties are all about guests giving presents, but I thought I'd give you all a little something instead."

Several people whoop and cheer, and you smile as Jenna and Ric push themselves to the front of the crowd. They're not the only familiar faces though because you spot Jeremy, Tyler, Matt, Stefan and a clearly annoyed Damon dotted all along the front lines.

"I was instructed to write a new song or two and I'm happy to say I've actually written one. But- But!" You say a little louder as the crowd gets excited. "It's new and I'm not supposed to be singing this, so if you aren't my sister or my aunt or my best of friends, then please do not record this. I can't afford to have this song hit the internet before I'm ready to release it worldwide."

The crowd seems to murmur their agreement, Klaus' compulsion no doubt kicking in and making them not go for their phones. As a last minute decision, you have everyone step back some off the dance floor. You have your friends bring in some chairs, placing them in front of the crowd and then take a single chair for yourself as you face them. Then spotting Elijah, a wicked idea comes to mind.

Suddenly feeling very bold, you smirk across the dance floor at him. "Elijah," you purr into the microphone, "why don't you come up here and take a seat?"

Elena and Jenna grin at one another, Bonnie gapes, and Caroline's hands come up to cover her mouth as she squeals. Damon, Stefan, Matt and Tyler all tense, but you only have eyes for Elijah who narrows his eyes at you but whose lips twitch in amusement.

As Elijah walks across the dance floor, you turn the chair so that when he sits the whole crowd will see his side profile. He stops just in front of you before turning and taking his seat. "What are you up to, Miss Gilbert?" He asks as he looks up at you.

You wink. "Just sit there and enjoy the show because this is only happening once." Then looking up, you inhale and exhale deeply to calm your nerves. At the forefront of the crowd sits Elena, Jenna, Klaus, Caroline and Bonnie. The rest of the boys stand behind them or to their sides, eagerly awaiting just what you have in store for them. "So this new song is.. different," you tell the crowd. "You all got to listen and jam out along to my teenage angst, and now you get to hear something from me that's a lot more grown up than what I'm used to."

Bonnie wolf-whistles and Klaus readies his phone to record the performance. You chuckle and then look towards the DJ, giving him the signal to start the music.

The beat starts and Jenna's eyes widen, she snapping her attention to Elena. "Yep. I know," Elena says, grinning. "But just listen. It gets a whole lot sexier."

YN walks her fingers along Elijah's shoulders, letting a completely different persona take over for the duration of the song. "Don't need permission. Made my decision to test my limits. 'Cause it's my business, God as my witness, start what I finished."

Jeremy leans down between his aunt and sister. "Uh, did either of you know YN could sing like this?"

"Nope." Both answer.

"And we're all okay with her apparently seducing a Mikaelson?"

"Yep."

He shrugs. "Okay then."

YN's left hand stops on Elijah's left shoulder before she slides it down his chest. "All that you got, skin to skin, oh my God. Don't ya stop, boy." She quickly walks around, throwing her leg over his lap and straddling his thighs. Her free hand immediately goes to the back of his head, grasping his short hair and pulling his head back as she leans in close. "Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman. Somethin' 'bout, something' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't. Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout.."

"His hands are gripping YN's hips awfully tight." Ric grimaces.

"Sexy bruises." Caroline waves him off. "Leave it alone." She whistles as her friend practically gives the Original vampire a lap dance in front of a crowd of people.

"I am definitely not letting Elijah live this down," Klaus says as he continues to record.

YN sings some more, dancing around Elijah or sitting on his lap when there's a growl from behind them. Klaus tenses as he sees Tyler take a step forward in his peripheral vision, but surprisingly the Bennett witch is the one who speaks up.

"One more step, Tyler, and you will regret it." The wolf freezes and glances down at his friend in shock. "YN made her decision a long time ago. It's time for you to move on."

"Are you seriously okay with her pursuing whatever this is with Elijah knowing what he is?"

Bonnie raises an eyebrow at him. "YN knows very well what Elijah is. In fact, she knows what we all are. You included."

His expression slackens and Klaus goes back to enjoying the performance. Though he's plenty happy with what he has with Caroline, he has to admit that the Gilbert girl has a set of pipes on her.

By the time you finish singing, you're sitting in Elijah's lap with one hand gripped in his shirt. You're panting a little heavily- one because you're a little out of breath and two because adrenaline is still coursing through your veins- and you freeze in place as Elijah's hands grasp the sides of your face to pull you into a heat searing kiss.

The crowd erupts and you smile against his mouth before tilting your head to let him deepen the kiss. But ever the proper gentleman, Elijah ends the kiss with a chaste peck to your lips. "To be continued," he murmurs, sending a shiver down your spine. He smirks since he actually feels it.

"Mhm. Yeah. Sure."

"You still have to cut your cake."

"Pft. Cake? I don't need cake."

Elijah's lips twitch. "My brother is still recording."

His words bring you up short and clear away the haze that had settled over your mind. You tense in his lap before turning to find his brother in the crowd. "Niklaus Mikaelson, you better stop recording right this instant."

Your girls all laugh as Klaus pouts and lowers his phone. "Take all my fun."

You stick around Mystic Falls long enough to see Elena, Caroline and Bonnie walk the stage, splitting the time between your family and friends, and Elijah. You even get to meet Kol and Rebekah who rushed back to Mystic Falls in order to meet you after Klaus sent them the video from your birthday. Kol was a little flirt, but finally took the hint you would never be interested after Elijah pinned him to the wall and threatened him with some mystical dagger. And Rebekah was just happy to see her usually poised brother let loose a little.

You had wanted to help the girls move into their shared dorm at Whitmore College, but your time was cut short and you needed to get ready yourself. You knew leaving your family and friends was going to be hard, but you hadn't counted on becoming so attached to Elijah so quickly.

"Do not fret," Elijah says as you stand outside the bus, hands gently holding both sides of your neck with his thumbs pressed under your chin to have you looking upward. "I'll drive out to a few of your concerts when I'm able to."

"Yeah, yeah. So you've said."

He grins. "Go say goodbye to your family. There's a surprise waiting for you on the bus."

You're eager to see what surprise he has in store for you, but he's right. You need one last goodbye with your family. So you walk towards where your family and friends wait, rolling your eyes at their smirks and wiggling eyebrows. Aunt Jenna is the only one who cries, but Ric's there to comfort her and assure her that you're a smart kid and would stay out of trouble. Elena, Jeremy, Bonnie and Caroline all hug you, wishing you a fun and successful tour.

"Well it's been fun, but I think I should get going," you say.

Suddenly the bus door swings open and Rebekah Mikaelson stands there. "It's about bloody time! Come on then. Let's get going."

You gape at the blonde Original and then turn towards an amused Elijah. "My surprise is your sister?"

"Yes. She finds that she quite likes our music and I find that I don't like you being all on your lonesome."

You purse your lips at him, grinning a moment later. "Well it could be worse. My chaperone could be Kol."

"He wanted to come," Rebekah muses, "but Elijah and I forbade it. However, I wouldn't be surprised if he purchases tickets for every concert just to be a nuisance."

You laugh. "That's fine. But are you sure you want to come with? I'm sure it'll be quite boring while on the bus, not to mention the rather cramped sleeping quarters."

"Positive. Besides, I've always wanted a sister." Your eyes widen and Rebekah laughs as Elijah pinches the bridge of his nose. "Now come on. We've got to get on the road so I can tell you everything embarrassing that's ever happened to Elijah."

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tom holland

insomnia - reader can’t get to sleep; tom finds out why

driving in the rain - fluffy dinner date and rainy drive back home

workouts and warmth - when all tom wants is some after-workout cuddles

from across the living room - announcing your engagement to your families

the one - you want to move out and get your own place as a couple, but tom doesn’t. nikki talks to him.

anything for the twins - tom massages reader’s boobies during her period

moms, makeouts, and mishaps - nikki walks in during your makeout sesh

simple acts of intimacy - a fluffy 3.1k words worth of blurbs

silver surprises - the reader surprises tom at a premiere

twenty questions - questions ensue after tom & reader get stuck in an elevator

my gut - spinoff of twenty questions with claustrophobic!reader (tw/ anxiety + attacks)

stealth mode - tom & reader scaring each other

unicorns vs pegasuses - tom shuts the reader up by kissing them

a good story - tom meets reader at a meet & greet — friendships blossom to lovers

deal breaker - tom wants kids, but the reader does not

his lap - reader asks for help in overcoming an insecurity; tom misreads the situation

pool day - pool day w/ tom + the boys

hot - the reader picks a certain song that reminds her of tom - the boys go wild

grounded by rocks - tom talks about you in an interview for cherry

your hands - when all he wants is a simple head massage

late flights - in which tom takes too much time with the fans

nobody wanted to - where only one person makes it out alive

way more than 50 - the hollands trick the reader into thinking they did something they weren’t supposed to

why [ pt ii ] - sweet cupcakes, and a not so sweet breakup

what looks suspicious - nikki doesn’t exactly approve of tom dating the reader

something sweet - reader drops off small gifts while tom’s on set

he remembers - when tom finds the letter

missed you - reuniting w/tom after four long months

soft gangsta - tom tries to dress edgy; the reader is unconvinced

the shoe game - reader & tom play the shoe game at their wedding

too much - when the reader has a rough time with work, tom comforts them

losing grip [ pt ii ] - a losing battle between the reader and a hereditary disease causes heartbreak

your captain america - protective!tom holland of young reader (age gap)

sexy genius - reader is a fan of (and meets) jake gyllenhaal

teddy bear cuddles - tom wears an oversized hoodie

nonsense - the boys think the reader is meddling with tom’s work

circles before yourself - rule #2 - osterfield!reader gets caught with tom

seventeen times - when the reader is having a hard time in lock down, tom tries to help (TW // depression)

pixie dust hair - tom assures insecure!reader that the pixie haircut looks good <3

a few more months - reader passes out during a run; tw // excessive exercising

tiktok au’s

body ody ody - tom gets a little jealous over a few social media comments

sweats in the supermarket - getting tom hard when he wears sweats

put your records on - trying not to kiss each other first

mood killer - saying dirty things into tom’s ear

say it back - pranking tom by not saying ily back to him

two different ways - tom choking the reader to get two different reactions

brutal - doing the “did you mean to post this?” trend on tom

worst thirty minutes of my life - playing a drinking game with tom to see who gives into cuddles first

my girl’s cuddles - crawling into tom’s lap

even - buying hot leggings & taping tom’s reaction

goofball - a silly way to reveal reader’s pregnancy to tom

end the debate - “i found out why my boobs are small” trend

slam the car door - doing the car door prank on tom

water bottle wars - the boys ask you and tom questions about each other. wrong answers result in sprayed water

get you back real good - you & the boys prank tom after watching a scary movie

peachy - sighing / moaning in front of tom playing video games to get his reaction

my princess - tom does a tiktok where he guesses all your answers to everyday questions

dad!tom

needles and needs - when scarlet has to get shots, you realize she may not be the only one that needs comforting

all my girls - scarlet meets her baby sister for the first time (dad!tom)

everything i love about u - tom is afraid baby red might hate him for leaving home too much

a little extra help - stepdad!tom being the best dad to your daughter

through the tears - pregnant!reader goes into labour, and baby holland meets the family

first feed - tom watches you breastfeed for the first time

warmth from the love - baby holland’s first Christmas

first words - baby holland speaks for the first time

breaking the internet - when your pregnancy announcement crashes multiple apps/websites (pregnant!reader)

breaking the internet... again - when baby holland breaks the internet

boyfriends and brunch - when jade brings home her boyfriend (aged!up)

big sister + how are babies made - telling scarlet about the baby on the way (pregnant!reader)

too many kids - the reader’s dad has some commentary about the twins

mumma’s girl - tom gets jealous when scarlet isn’t a daddy’s girl

angels - a little skin to skin time with his best girl

family man - after a nasty breakup, tom finds out you had his child

cheesy uncles - telling paddy he’s going to be an uncle

ag!reader (more to come !!)

y’all really get nasty - tom and the fans discuss ag!reader’s songs

my favorite things - ag!reader performs in front of the mcu cast at the grammy’s

34 + 35 - the boys react to reader’s new song(s)

34 + 35 remix - the boys reacting to the remix

his remedy - the boys react to positions deluxe

neglected - AG!reader breaks up w tom because of their job; tom searches for answers

low-key wants him - reader talks about how much nonna (+ her fam) loves tom

see u soon - reader interacts with tom while on stage for the swt

a few spilled secrets - AG!reader performs on jimmy fallon’s show.. tom and her confess a few secrets

for the first time - when the reader breaks down crying while singing about her ex, tom is there to comfort her

dance with me, rain on me - reader has a hard time on set, tom to the rescue

every tomorrow - the first album release night after your breakup

here we go again - introducing tom (+ the boys) to your celebrity friends

condoms or safety nets - the boys react to AG!reader’s song “safety net”

we’re not engaged - AG!reader announcing to the world why they no longer have a fiance... (fluffy)

the late late show - AG!reader & tom do spill your guts or fill your guts

pain from pleasure - dad!tom goes through a birth simulator — controlled by the reader

never have i ever - tom & the reader play a game on the late late show

fluffy hair - ag!reader has a zoom interview with zach sang. tom makes an appearance

fighting off the haters - ag!reader and older!tom holland (age gap) attend an award show after going public

run your hands thru my hair - tom reacts to ag!reader’s song “my hair”

stick to acting - tom tries to make a beat for ag!reader

practically twins - reader meets sebastian & anthony at comic con

damn lucky - black!reader wears her hair naturally during an interview

what a piece - reader talks about tom related songs & tattoos

flip it - tom talks about reader in an interview

at the door - older!reader & tom fight off haters

a headcannon of ag!reader being a marvel cast member

a headcannon of tom & the reader attending the avengers endgame premiere

styles!reader (more to come !!)

bathroom kisses - makeout sessions with tom and styles!reader in the bathroom

yeah, he is - tom holland x styles!reader meet the styles family; protective older brother harry makes an appearance

unparalleled love - older brother harry styles makes a speech at reader’s wedding

grilled - date night for tom & styles!reader is a bit difficult with two kids; older brother!harry to the rescue

baby showers and brothers - dad!tom & styles!reader are going to be parents

potential boyfriend - tom has a crush on the reader when they first meet

ts!reader (more to come!!)

trust me - tom & the reader defend her after nikki doesn’t approve

your london boy - tom & co. + the world reacts to��“london boy”

boy of my dreams - tom being proud of the reader for winning a grammy

rapper!tom

tom records your sounds during sex for his music (hc)

tom talks about you in an interview

concepts: one , two , three

professor!tom

my pretty girl - tom gets jealous when reader gets many valentines

other reader tropes

cherry - reader is a screenwriter for tom’s upcoming movie

no shouting - singer!reader needs some help after paparazzis are too much (based on a video of tom)

pregnancy belly - actress!reader has to wear a pregnancy belly for her role, and the boys tease tom about when it’ll be real

we march - actress!reader being a huge feminist

passions & pediatricians - pediatrician-to-be!reader meets tom

politics - reader’s granpa is joe biden (requested) and tom meets him

extra support - psychiatrist!reader helps tom on the set of cherry

you made it big - tom holland x actress!reader at the after party

partition - the boys react to famous!reader singing partition

senorita - singer!reader makes a music video with shawn, who’s tom’s new best friend

miniseries

boomerang: one , two , three , four [completed]

peter parker

making amends

➢ enemies to lovers ; college!peter x super soldier!reader ; 30k words ; sorta slow burn

cheeky guy, favorite thighs - college!peter doing a tik tok challenge — between the reader’s thighs [tik tok au]

a little nicer - doing the prank on peter (”you could’ve been a little nicer to me today”)

start searching - first make out sessions with our best boy :)

hidden hickeys - the avengers think innocence of peter, until they’re proven wrong

the team - part two of hidden hickeys; reader meets the avengers

all of you - late night talks about your future with peter :’)

like you wouldn’t believe - reader tells mj about her & peter’s awesome sex

slip from my hands - roommate!peter comforts the reader after a nightmare

i’d wait for her - college!peter parker needs to come to terms with you and your boyfriend

shut up and kiss me - soft make out sessions with peter :)

all the good things in the world, and i get you - insecure!reader needs a little reassuring

modern chivalry - peter being a gentleman on the subway

eggnog and mistletoe - peter helps you love the holidays

the force awakens? it sleeps - a little extra comfort & care from our favorite baby boyfriend

a prince - wonder woman!reader meets spider-man (& avengers) in a mission

steve rogers fics - peter finds you reading fanfiction abt steve rogers

fanboy!peter

fanboys and bracelets - fanboy!peter parker goes to famous!singer!reader’s meet and greet

fanboys and phone numbers - fanboy!peter parker continuation

showing around - fanboy!peter gets VIP access; some dancing ensues

stark!reader + avengers!reader

if you knew feelings - the avengers want you & peter to break up

sleeping - peter misinterprets a few important questions

the may to your ben - college!best friend!peter parker x stark!reader fluff

race ya - peter confesses his feelings for rogers!reader after a mission — on comms

frat bathrooms - stark!reader joins the avengers where she sees college!peter, the boy she slept with at a frat party

rainy days - reader doesn’t like rainy days, a certain wall-climber changes their mind

already got her - jealous!peter makes a public confession

flustered!peter

a nervous one - flustered!peter parker sees cheerleader!reader in her uniform

one day soon - flustered!peter parker x affectionate!reader

all better - flustered!peter parker does some lab flirting with reader

dad!peter + pregnant!reader

unplanned [ part ii ] - reader gets pregnant... breaks up with peter to avoid it all

burrito wraps - reader worries that baby parker might be cold

a name to remember - latine!reader & peter give their girl a special name

you’re magic - a certain wall crawler hears two heartbeats

sgt. bucky barnes

first cuddles - bucky asks to cuddle for the first time

harry holland

golden light, the love of my life - the boys tease harry —on a live video— for being whipped

it won’t f^cking open - harry lends a helping hand

how much i - those three magical words are exchanged for the first time

cuddly koala moments - time the reader just needed harry’s warmth

anything for hands - the reader cuts harry’s hair on instagram live

your other best friend - the reader is sam’s new friend, but harry thinks they like tom instead

you’re my anchor - harry has an anxiety attack, but the reader knows what to do

what’s his [ pt ii ] - when everything thinks the reader should date tom instead, harry snaps

whipped fries - harry brags about the reader winning the pub quiz for them

tell me, show me - the reader makes harry flustered by playing w/the strings from his sweatpants

keep your cool - tom setting u up with his brother // nikki being wary

ag!reader

you’re such a dream to me — ag!reader writes r.e.m. about harry

harry styles

intoxicating - soft bubbles baths with long haired!harry

frayed braids - reader braids long haired!harry’s hair

others:

harrison osterfield

not anymore - when harrison comes back from filming, he’s determed to win the reader’s heart

irreversible - when relationships fall apart, people fall apart. (infidelity)

circles before yourselves - rule #1 - harrison x osterfield!reader (sister) when brothers talk, bad things begin

think of her - harrison asks your family for their blessing [holland!sister]

steve harrington

together not never - steve discovers the reader is pregnant

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54 - An Unassuming Hero

Zira hadn't thought much of it when a couple from one of her first time parent support groups hadn't showed up for their meeting on Saturday afternoon. Most of the time, when someone was going to be late or absent, they made the effort to get in touch with Kiva, the clinic's receptionist and scheduler, to let her know; however, it was not so rare as to be surprising when someone failed to give notice that they wouldn't be there. More urgent situations did come up in people's lives, after all.

As a matter of fact, Zira had half-expected a more urgent situation to come up in her own life, based on how Sri was feeling on Saturday morning. Relying on her medical experience and also upon how well she knows him, she was certain that his labour was imminent. She wouldn't have been shocked if it'd begun that day. It hadn't, as things turned out, but she would've preferred to have exercised more caution nevertheless.

Despite Zira's insistence that he stay home and rest, Sri was determined to keep his arranged meeting with Kaji, the polychromatic boy who'd been adopted by another one of Zira's support group couples. Sri was fascinated by Kaji's story, to say the least, and no amount of pleading or cajoling on Zira's part could convince him that going out wasn't the best plan.

Now, she supposes she needn't have worried. Of course, she reminds herself, everything is much clearer in hindsight. She had no way of knowing how the day would unfold, and things could have gone off the proverbial rails in any number of ways.

Sri and Kaji’s initial meeting had gone much better than Zira imagined it might. Contrary to her concerns, Kaji was open and receptive toward Sri, and as for Sri, Zira is positive he was instantly smitten by the younger man. Kaji was all Sri could talk about on the way home.

Over several days following their introduction, Sri had thrown himself obsessively into research. He spent hours scouring the homeworld's network as well as Earth's internet for every scrap of information he could find about Ambassador Yina and anyone connected to Kaji's biological family. Determined not only to start the process of getting some sort of justice for Kaji but also to reunite him with his father and brothers, Sri even sent messages to a number of high-ranking officials on the homeworld. Zira might have thought this was bold of him, but since his mother is a magistrate of the planetary high court, it didn't seem as extraordinary as it might otherwise have been. He's undoubtedly acquainted with some of those people, through his mother, if only in passing.

He talked to his mother directly several times too, naturally. Zira isn't a particularly ardent fan of interstellar direct communication herself, unless it's through a portal, as she doesn't like the lag. Sri doesn't seem to mind it, though. Typically, he speaks with his mother over the communication link once a week. Zira speaks with her parents far less, preferring to send them recorded video messages and to wait for their replies.

Zira did her best not to interfere or eavesdrop on Sri's conversations with his mother, but at one point she'd overheard Magistrate Zarai telling her son that he should not be working so hard. Infinitely sensible, Zira had thought, but then the magistrate had gone on to say that Sri was doing something noble and worthy, and that she'd help him in any way she could. She would be discreet, but discretion was far less of a concern for her than it might be for someone who didn't occupy her position.

"Take breaks, my beautiful son," were the magistrate's exact words, "But, do not give up fighting for this worthy and noble cause."

Apparently, Magistrate Zarai's words had fallen on deaf ears, because Sri didn't take nearly as many breaks as he should have. His diligence paid off in the end, though. Late on Thursday night, when he really should have been in bed, he was still at the network terminal, one hand on the control pad and the other almost constantly rubbing the side of his belly.

"Zira, are you awake?" he said, as he glanced away from the screen to where she was lying on their bed.

"Hmm... I'm waiting for you to come and join me."

"In a minute," he said. "But, I need you to look at this, first. I found Kaji's father. I think he—" The rest of the sentence got cut off by an involuntary little grunt.

"Sri?" Zira was off the bed in an instant, and not because of what her mate wanted her to see on the screen. "Are you all right?"

He nodded. "I'm fine for now. I need to record this, and then contact my mother. Look, here's Kaji's father in the civil records. Kir'izaran, and it says he has three sons, Kaj'izaran, Xai'zaran and Sevan’izaran. This is definitely him. Perhaps Mother can find a way to contact him, and—”

"Sri, you need to stop," Zira said firmly, interrupting him. "These data will still be there in the morning."

"But... I may not be able to deal with this in the morning," he said.

She stared at him. "Why not?"

"Our babies are coming."

For a moment, she didn't reply. She had to allow time for the words to sink in. When she finally recovered her voice, she said. "Sri'marak, at what point were you going to tell me that you're in labour?"

"It's still tolerable," he said.

"That wasn't the question. How frequent are the pains?"

He gave a little shrug. "Truthfully, I haven't been paying attention to the interval, but I think I have time to capture this and transmit the data to Mother before anything dramatic happens."

She sighed. "I don't suppose there's any point in arguing with you, is there?"

"Do you really want to start an argument with me, in my condition?" he responded blithely.

Given his demeanour, she could only conclude that the pain was indeed tolerable for the time being. She stood behind him and watched while he copied the information about Kaji's family, and then recorded a short message to his mother. He appended the file with the information to his message before sending it. It was only after he'd accomplished this task that he allowed Zira to help him from his chair and into bed.

Even in bed, he didn't seem inclined to rest, and kept talking about how they might go about getting a message to Kaji's father, and whether or not it would be possible to bring him and his two younger sons to Earth, if that's what they wanted. Zira tried to time his contractions, but was largely unsuccessful due to Sri's failure to cooperate.

"You should try to sleep," she encouraged him.

"I'm not tired," he said, but then a huge yawn immediately belied him.

Eventually, he did fall asleep, much to Zira's relief. She drifted off as well, but she didn't sleep nearly as soundly as she usually would.

A few hours later, she was awakened by Sri shaking her shoulder. Incongruously, he was standing next to the bed and leaning over her, completely naked. His face was pale, making his spots stand out in stark contrast, and his aura was glowing faintly purple.

"Now it's intolerable," he told her, voice shaking. "And... and the gestational fluid..."

'Water breaking' is what the Earth people would call it when the sac of fluid around a fetus ruptures, Zira thought, both amused and confounded as to why this should spring to mind. Well, that explains why he's not wearing anything. He probably got up to relieve himself, and that's when it happened, and he didn't want to continue wearing wet clothes.

She got up and then eased him carefully onto the bed. The first call she made was to her friend Xima, to ask if her husband could come over to mind Kadan and Kia. Her very next call was to Sri's doctor, Maxan.

Sri had wanted a home birth, like he'd had with Kia and Kadan, but his doctor had advised against it, saying the risks were too high considering Sri's age and that he was carrying twins for the second pregnancy in a row. Twins among Sixamish people are not at all uncommon, but back-to-back twin pregnancies are, and Maxan had been concerned about the strain on Sri's body and the potential for something to go wrong during the birth. Even though there would actually be two fully qualified and experienced doctors in attendance, at home was not the best place to be in the event of a complication or an emergency.

Zira agreed with Maxan's judgment in the matter. She agrees with him on most things when it comes to the practice of their profession, and she trusts him far more than most of their people do. That's one of the reasons Nookstone has been such a good fit for him. The majority of his patients are Earth people who don't share the same prejudices as Sixamish people about males obtaining higher education and joining professions such as medicine. They value him for his expertise and for his genuine compassion and kindness, not for his biological sex or the colour of his spots.

Maxan is a remarkable man by any standard, but Zira thinks he's absolutely exceptional for a Sixamish male; a polychromatic male, no less. She hadn't known Maxan was a poly when she first met him in medical school. It was only much later that she discovered his secret, quite by accident.

They'd gone to a party, which was something Maxan would not normally have done. Zira had talked him into it, since it was a gathering in recognition of the completion of their third study period of medical school. In one more revolution of their world around its star, they'd be doctors. That was something to celebrate.

At the party, someone who had consumed too many intoxicants started squirting water from a squeeze bottle they'd obviously stolen from one of the laboratories. A stream of water had hit Maxan in the face, just below his eye. It was exactly at the place where his spots transitioned from one colour to another, Zira saw.

Maxan's reaction hadn't been overt, but it was extreme. Zira had felt waves of panic radiating from him, as he quickly covered his face with his hand and hurried for the nearest washroom. Curious, and also worried for her friend, Zira had followed him, and soon found him staring at himself in the mirror as even more of his beautiful gradient of spots was revealed by the tears running down his face. In an anguished tone, he begged Zira not to tell anyone.

He admitted that he'd lied on his medical school application, ticking the 'no' box next to the question that asked if he was polychromatic. He confided to her that he got up early before classes every day and applied cosmetics to all his visible spots to make himself appear monochromatic.

He'd been doing something similar for years, as it happened. She learned that he'd run away from home at age fourteen and, by fortuitous fate, was taken in by an eccentric old man who didn't much care whether Maxan followed the generally accepted customs of their world or not. While living with his strange old benefactor, he'd changed his name ⁠— his birth name hadn't been Maxa'naraji⁠ — and begun disguising himself so that he could attend a regular educational facility instead of one of the special schools for polychromatic males. He wasn't a dishonest person by nature, he said, but he so desperately wanted to be a doctor and he knew that a poly male would never have been accepted at a higher learning institution where there were very few males to begin with, and all of them monochromes.

She promised not to tell, and then she took him home, explaining to everyone who asked her about it later that he simply hadn't been feeling well. She's never been sure if their classmates had believed her, or if anyone else had seen the true colour of Maxan's spots, but no one had ever said anything, so she consoled herself with the assumption that his secret was safe.

Maxan graduated medical school with honours, and was by all accounts brilliant, but he could not find employment on the homeworld. When Zira told him that she planned to go to Earth and take up a further study of medicine there, he became excited. She suggested he should accompany her and Sri and the handful of others who were going on the same ship, and he jumped at the chance. Once again, they became medical school classmates, but on Earth, Maxan enjoyed popularity and respect among his peers that he never would have received on their world, and was happier than Zira had ever seen him.

Maxan is another person Kaji should get to know, when he's ready, she mused.

Maxan met Zira and Sri at the hospital, exuding his usual air of quiet confidence. He put Sri at ease and, if she's being completely honest, he put Zira at ease as well. If anything were to go wrong, she was reassured that her Sri would be in the most capable hands possible.

Fortunately, it was an uneventful birth. Although Sri's strength was nearly depleted towards the end and he was crying almost incessantly in the final half-hour, with his aura flaring a deep purple, he gave birth to two healthy girls around mid-morning on Friday.

At the moment, Sri and Zira and their new babies are the only ones in his room. It'd been full of people and bustling with activity only a few minutes ago. Well... perhaps not that full. Maxan and two nurses hardly constituted a crowd, but their absence now is certainly notable.

Sri's bed is inclined slightly, so that he can sit up without expending any more energy. Both babies are cradled in his arms.

He smiles wanly at Zira. "Thank you for getting everyone out of the room. I was starting to feel overwhelmed."

I could tell," Zira says. "Your aura was starting to show again."

"Purple?"

"Hmm..." she hums in affirmation. "You can thank Maxan for clearing the room. He said my aura was starting to show, too."

"I hadn't noticed."

"I'd say you were preoccupied," Zira teases gently. "The nurses will be back in a little while to take our two little ones to the nursery, but Maxan and I thought you could use a few minutes."

"I appreciate it," Sri says.

Zira perches on the edge of the bed and gazes down at their newborn twin daughters for a minute before raising her eyes to meet her mate's again. "How are you feeling?"

"Happy, but I'm sore and exhausted. I'm much too old for this."

"None of us are as young as we once were," Zira says. "You did brilliantly, though. I'm proud of you."

"I was only able to get through it because you were here. I was getting so tired towards the end, it was hard to focus. I just kept listening to your voice. I was in so much pain that I don't even know what you were saying, but I could feel you projecting so much love and encouragement."

"I do love you. You and all our beautiful children," she says.

"About that..."

"About our children?"

"Yes," says Sri. "Now that we have these two as well as Kadan and Kia, I think we should seriously consider not having any more. Unless you want to carry one?"

Zira laughs. "Knowing us, it’d be twins again. But, I might consider carrying, once these two are a little older."

He seems surprised. "Really?"

"If we decide we'd like to have another child, I think it should be me who carries," she says. "I don't like seeing you in pain and I don't like to think of you suffering. This time was much harder than before, and I can't imagine it being easier for you the next time."

"We should look on the bright side," he says. "At least I only had to be pregnant twice to get four children."

"True," she concedes. "Still, I don't want you to have to go through another pregnancy."

"It was difficult, but look what we got from it," he says. "You and Maxan both knew we were having two girls, didn't you?"

"We did," she says. "But I didn't tell you because you said you wanted to be surprised."

"I would have been pleased no matter what, but I'm very glad we have two girls," he says. "I wanted girls."

"Even if it means you and Kadan are outnumbered by females now?"

""Even so," he says.

Zira looks down at her daughters again with a sense of pride and amazement. No matter how many babies she sees, the miracle of new life never loses its wonder for her, and the feeling only intensifies as she marvels at the existence of her own children.

She caresses the forehead of the twin nearest to her. "This little one has your spots."

A polychromatic female to declare herself queen of the household," Sri says, sounding amused. "If poly males are the lowest in the social order, you know poly females are the highest."

"I'm sure you'll teach her that everyone is equal in our family. That we don't judge people by their sex or the colour of their spots."

"We'll both teach all our children that," he says.

"Have you thought about what you're going to name these two?" she asks.

"Yes," he says. "But, are you sure you don't want to contribute any ideas? You can, you know. Just because you wouldn't on the homeworld..."

"There are a lot of things we do here that wouldn't be appropriate on the homeworld, aren't there?" she says. "But, you did all the hard work. You should get the privilege of choosing their names. That is one thing from our culture that I do find appropriate."

"If you're sure you don't want to have any input, then they're called Safi'marak and Sakan'amarak."

"Safi and Sakana."

"Yes," he says.

"Those names are beautiful," she says. "Which is which?

"Sakana is the polychromatic one, and Safi is the one who looks like you, with those pretty pink spots like a safi flower."

Zira smiles. "The flower of discernment."

"Yes, because I want her to grow up to be thoughtful and wise. I want that for all of them."

"They will, with your example to follow," Zira says. "You're amazing, you know. You defy all the stereotypes, and I love that about you."

"Why would I choose to be lazy, clueless and self-absorbed when there's so much more to life beyond my own personal space? I may not be the most intelligent, but I can think and act for myself." His gaze drifts down to Sakana and Safi. "If I couldn't manage the bare minimum of self-direction, what kind of father would I be? How could I protect them and teach them what's right if I always relied on someone else to tell me what to do and to decide everything for me?"

"And that is precisely why you're amazing, my love," Zira says. "Not only are you capable of thinking and acting for yourself, but you do it to benefit more people than just you."

"Because there are people who need me," he says. "Our children can't protect themselves yet, or make difficult choices. And Kaji... he's nearly full grown, but he may be even less capable than Kadan and Kia. And you, as much as you may think it's your job to protect me, I think it's mine to protect you as well."

"It is, and you do a wonderful job of it," she assures him. She carefully lifts Sakana from his arms. "You need to allow yourself a respite from it sometimes, though."

"What do you mean?" he asks.

"Now is a time when you should be thinking about yourself, and yet you're still thinking about everyone else. The children and Kaji."

"How am I supposed to stop? I'm constantly thinking about the children, and I don't know how I can make myself not think about Kaji. I'm sure he's happy with his Earth family, but he should be with his real family, and I feel like I need to find a way to make that happen."

"Later," she says. "Right now, all you need to do is rest and recover."

"All right," he acquiesces. "Just this once, I'll let you tell me what to do."

"I'm going home to check on Kia and Kadan soon, but I'll come back in a couple of hours," she tells him. "Once the nurses come for Safi and Sakana, promise me you'll try to sleep."

"I think I can do that," he says. "While you're at home, can you do something for me?"

"What is it?"

"Can you check my messages? See if Mother replied to the one I sent her last night."

Zira wants to laugh at his incorrigibility, but all she does is shake her head in bemused exasperation. She should have known that he wouldn't give up his quest entirely, even temporarily. "Yes, I'll check your messages."

"Thank you."

She bends down and gives him a soft kiss. "I don't think I'd be wrong if I said the word 'hero' applies to you."

"No," he says. "I'm not a hero. I'm just a person who wants everyone to have the safety and happiness they deserve. The safety and happiness I have. And if there's anything I can do to make that a reality for them, then I'll do whatever I can."

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2020 is finally coming to an end, and we can’t say we’re disappointed about it. It sure has been a long way for everyone, yet some artists had a lot on their plate. Take a look at Louis Tomlinson’s year. As complicated as 2020 has been for him, he still unlocked achievements and outdid himself in the best way. So let’s take a look at how Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year, let’s go!

Louis Tomlinson Released His Debut Solo Album Walls

After four years of anticipation, and a good two years of teasing, Louis released his debut album, Walls, on January 31st. The record received positive critics and fantastic feedback from his loyal Louies. From the party anthem ‘Kill My Mind’ to the emotional ‘Two Of Us’, with a few sweet escapes such as ‘Too Young’, not to mention the punchy ‘Always You’, the album brought the fans everything they had hoped for. In addition to that, Louis stole our hearts with heartfelt and sincere lyrics that only he has the secret of. Magic.

Louis Started His Worldwide Tour And Gave His First Solo Show

Louis started his worldwide tour in March before it got interrupted. Touring was what he had always been looking forward to, ever since he’d decided to start a solo career. Louis had expressed the exciting feeling and positive stress that he feels right before going on stage. Luckily enough, he had the time to perform twice in Spain at the beginning of March. His first whole solo show took place at Razzmatazz, in Barcelona, and reunited around 2000 fans (sold out). An hour and a half of musical bliss, a performer who shares a lot with his fans, and an incredibly talented band. What else?

Walls Went Number #1 In 53 Countries And Worldwide Upon Release

Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year in the charts too. He always had a dedicated fandom, and that’s no surprise. However, he seemingly wasn’t expecting the global success of his debut album Walls. Indeed, it went number #1 on iTunes in 53 countries upon its release on January 31st, including the United Kingdom and the major part of South America. Not only that, but the album also climbed the iTunes Worldwide Chart to reach #1 in a matter of hours. Legends only.

Louis Released The Music Video for ‘Walls’, And It’s A Masterpiece

January 16th revealed the final single off Walls, the album, which was none other than the title track itself. Louis described it then as his proudest song on the album, with strong influences of Oasis. A few days later, on the 21st, Louis blessed us with the music video, shot in Morocco by Charlie Ligthening. The camera follows Louis through the Sahara desert and traces his path through a ballroom and dancing crowds. Some other scenes show him surrounded by masked people, or behind four silhouettes that he identified as his four former bandmates. The Easter eggs, the quality of the video, and the suit (yes, the suit, don’t you lie) made it a fans’ favorite, for it now counts more than 12 Million views.

Louis Reached 1.4 Billion Streams on Spotify

It looks like the fans’ streaming parties paid off this year. With only one album, four other songs, and remixes or edits, Louis reached the milestone of 1.4 Billion streams on Spotify this year. Additionally, he also made it to 4 Million followers on the platform. The numbers speak for themselves, and the achievement is huge for an artist who only received little promotion for a debut album, stopped on its way due to the pandemic. Here’s to his first billion, and some more soon! Overall, Louis knows he can count on his devoted Louies to increase the number of streams significantly with new challenges, the way they did it in December with #12DaysOfWalls. (Original idea by @miss_always_you).

He Launched Only The Poets Internationally

If you’re a Louie, there are big chances that this name rings a bell. Only The Poets, a band coming from Reading in the UK, literally skyrocketed this year. After their first performance as Louis’ first act on stage at Scala in February 2020, their popularity started increasing. And Louis confirming them as his first European act only made it better for them. They continued their year with live-streams, private Zoom calls, and pre-listening sessions of their singles with fans. They ended it with a social distanced show in Banbury and a Zoom Tour in a few European countries and South America. And the mutual support Louis and these lads give each other is heartwarming.

Louis Decided To Part Ways With Syco

This one is for the fans. After ten years of collaboration with Sony’s label, Syco, Louis decided to part ways with them for a new adventure. He officially announced his decision with a tweet on July 11th that took no time to break the Internet. Soon enough, hashtags related to the news trended around Twitter, other artists, and radios congratulated him on his decision. Louies celebrated with funny memes and GIFs but made sure to surround Louis with love and support through it all. Now we wait (for the new label announcement).

Louis Didn’t Only Postpone His Tour, He Made It Bigger

Another proof that Louis Tomlinson made 2020 better. Not only did Louis pursue his dream and goal to tour, but he also grew it out. After postponing the tour three times, the newly announced European dates include a few more stops, including Reykjavik (Iceland), Warsaw (Poland), Prag (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria), Zurich (Switzerland), and an additional date in Paris (France)! The shows sold out in less than 40 minutes, making it more than 15,000 tickets purchased. Due to the high demand in Zurich, the venue changed and 500 more tickets went on sale! In Argentina, a wild mobilization of fans on Twitter led him to open the whole Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires. Some additional tickets went on sale for the Chilean show as well. And guess what? They all sold out.

Louis Was Crowned Artist Of The Summer With 13 Million Votes

Still, doubting that Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year? A radio station from Philadelphia, @965TDY, launched a Twitter award ceremony last summer to crown an artist ‘Artist Of The Summer’. Many polls, 13 Million votes, and 26 Billion points later, Louis was elected and was all over Twitter thanking his fans for their dedication. Louies had acquired the absolute record of 26 Billion points thanks to their votes on the radio station’s website, and thanks to their mass voting parties. Another proof that Louis and his fans are unstoppable altogether. The support is always undeniably strong, and so is the bond between the artist and the fans. Happy days.

Walls Magically Rises On The Itunes Charts In October

Indeed, nine months after its release, a new wave of fans bought the album on iTunes and made it rise in the charts. The magic truly happened after @UpdateHLD (a Twitter update account), reminded new fans to purchase the album if they had not already. Considering Louis gained a certain amount of fans during the global lockdown, the initiative went successful, and soon enough, Walls was climbing the charts just like it did on January 31st. As incredible as it seems, it even received its first #1 on the USA iTunes chart. Louis didn’t miss on thanking his fans for their continuous support, expressing how amazed he was by the chart climb.

Louis Offered An Online Live-Stream Show, #LTLivestream

Early December, Louis announced his first live-stream show from London for December 12th, entitled #LTLivestream. He promised a very special show, hosted by the platform Veeps, and didn’t lie. The general sale for the tickets (of course) crashed the website, making everyone panic. Louis then confirmed that the tickets were unlimited. The show was as incredible as originally announced, with an orchestra, fans participating through a digital wall, and a new haircut that conquered the fans. The numbers later revealed that Louis had sold over 160,000 tickets. #LTLivestream is the most sold live-stream for a male solo artist in 2020. Being the generous philanthropist that Louis is, he has given the $2.8 Million raised to many charities and his touring crew. The charities benefitting from the funds are FareShare UK, StageHand, Crew Nation, and Bluebell Wood. And they wonder why we love him.

Louis Surprised His Fans With A New Song Called ‘Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy’

Last but not least, after spending a year on a rollercoaster, Louis revealed a brand new song during #LTLivestream. He had been hinting at it through a teaser for the live-stream and via a cryptic tweet that made everyone think he was referring to ‘Copy Of A’ by Nine Inch Nails. However, he proved everyone wrong during the show with a brand new song. ‘Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy’ reminds us of the general sound of ‘Walls’ (the single), and stole everyone’s heart and soul once again. Immediately after the show, the fans asked Louis when the single would be out, to which he replied that he wasn’t sure about it being one. The disappointment faded away when he said it remained an option and would put it on the second album. We’ll take that.

And that, folks, is how Louis Tomlinson made 2020 his year for us! We have so many memories of Louis this year and can’t pick a favorite! What would be yours? And what do you think is yet to come from Louis next year?

#the honey pop #long post #press #2020 #louis tomlinson #291220

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The details of the Clean’s existence are pretty well known, so let’s just sketch an outline here. In 1978, brothers Hamish and David Kilgour started playing shows around Dunedin, New Zealand with a shifting assemblage of local chums. In 1980, after a few false starts and break-ups, multi-instrumentalist Robert Scott joined the Kilgours, establishing a group that accidentally changed the face of music, both at home and around the world. Their first single, the exuberant “Tally Ho!,” cracked the country’s top ten on sales alone, despite radio’s disinterest in playing something with such amateurish production. Over the next couple years, their concerts and home-recorded EPs granted permission to a generation to local musicians as disparate as the Chills and the Dead C. And even though the band broke up (not for the last time) in 1982, that influence spread around the world. The Clean have reunited periodically to make albums and tour the globe, and while it currently seems unlikely that there will be a follow-up to their most recent LP, Mister Pop, which was released in 2009, Merge Records keeps cycling parts of their catalog back into print. The most recent reissues are duplicates of the group’s first two efforts, “Tally Ho!” and the EP Boodle Boodle Boodle.

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Justin Cober-Lake: "Tally Ho!" is just an absolutely perfect bit of pop, but it's still sort of astonishing that these tracks (along with the Dunedin Double EP and the Chills and the Verlaines not long after) would launch an entire school (genre? subgenre?) of music. The sound — the lo-fi qualities and the jangle in particular— fits the time well, but "Anything Could Happen" with its heavy debt to the Velvet Underground hardly seems poised for a (NZ-level) music takeover. That the members scattered makes it even more surprising that the songs had the sort of staying power they did, and each artist did music with other partners that still holds up.

You could make a reductive case that it was all downhill from here, and it might be true. It's not a criticism of the later albums, but a comment on just how good these early releases are. The weirder, the better. The organ in "Tally Ho!" is indelible, and "Billy Two" lingers, the drone-y pace of "Sad Eyed Lady" has never completely worked for me, but the EP recovers with "Point That Thing Somewhere Else." Their personal strangeness there marks the way that they could take VU influence and move into somewhere their own. I'm not sure it's even fully realized, but that's part of the pleasure of it; a fulfilled hi-fi version of this cut probably wouldn't be nearly as satisfying.

Bryon Hayes: I agree with you there, Justin. My introduction to The Clean was with the Merge Anthology double-CD set back in, I think, 2003. I found myself drawn to the rougher, lo-fi recordings on the first CD (early singles and EPs) rather than the (what sounded to me) more polished full-lengths compiled on the second disc. "Point That Thing Somewhere Else" and "Oddity"— two very different songs — are my favorites.

Bill Meyer: I think that the familiarity one might experience when hearing the Clean in 2021 is, in part, a result of having lived with the Clean, people inspired by the Clean and the forces that converged to help push the Clean into being for 40-odd years. In 1981, there was nothing like “Tally Ho!” on the radio around the world, outside of John Peel’s radio show. The radio sounded like Sheena Easton, Styx and Michael Jackson, not like some kids in a garbage can combining the Velvet Underground and The Beach Boys. While kindred souls existed, such as Swell Maps and the Television Personalities, they were fairly underground. And in a pre-internet time, as I know some of here can remember, it was possible for stuff to be inaccessible in ways that are hard to imagine now. The Clean’s inspirations included some pretty classic, high profile figures — The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones for sure — as well as figures that would become more iconic than they were at the time. Even people who liked the Velvet Underground weren’t trying to sound like them, and while some people might have dropped Syd Barrett’s name, Pink Floyd was getting hits by dropping that prog stuff and adopting disco beats and anthemic riffs.

New Zealand's isolation was pretty profound. While the place was culturally tied to England, in the late 1970s, it still took a month for music magazines to come from the UK to NZ. Punk scenes in the UK and the USA experienced a different kind of isolation; you might only get gigs in Manchester or San Francisco, but you could still get a cheap train or flight to your cultural capitol. And for music to move beyond local scenes, it was still pretty dependent on higher-level commercial entities, like Columbia Records or EMI. It wasn’t a common thing anywhere for some young guys from a backwater town to record a single for $50 (that’s $50 NZ, 1981 dollars) and sell enough copies to get into the national charts without radio play, which is what the Clean did with "Tally Ho!” Of course, this partly reflects that it didn’t really take that many sales to get a top ten record in NZ. But it also signaled a cultural moment that hadn’t really existed in that country before, and fed into a way of doing things that would become much more prevalent in the USA and Europe in the 1990s.

Jonathan Shaw: Like Andrew, I was lucky enough to hang around with a bunch of college-radio punks (the mighty WKDU in Philly). That was in 1987 and 1988, and the whole Flying Nun scene landed in my ears in a sudden clump. Tuatara and Tall Dwarfs' Hello Cruel World were heavy rotation records, on radio shows and in apartments. So, I knew about the Clean, but didn't have a sense of the narrative of NZ music, or the band's instrumental nature in it. The Bats, the Clean, Gordons, Sneaky Feelings — they were all in the same bin in my head.

I liked "Fish" and especially "Anything Could Happen" but didn't really listen to the Clean and Clean-adjacent stuff in a sustained way until the mid-1990s, when my then-girlfriend now-wife played Compilation and those terrific early-1990s Mad Scene records all the time. Even then, I didn't quite get the band's peculiar charms. I finally came around to their records about six or seven years ago, when she curated a Clean A-Z playlist for her KDU radio show. Then it was another ridiculously big clump of songs — huge slab-sized portions of the Clean playing in the house for hours. I was convinced.

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Andrew Forell: So true. A lot of the bands who outgrew NZ in those days ended up in Sydney or Melbourne as the next step away from isolation. I’m thinking Split Enz, the Swingers, Mi Sex, Dragon, all of whom were commercial successes there. In Australia, bands from, for instance Brisbane (The Go-Betweens, The Saints, Laughing Clowns) and Perth (The Triffids, The Scientists), did the same before moving to London, which was the first stop for The Birthday Party, Dead Can Dance and The Moodists among other locals we saw a lot. The Dunedin bands seemed happy to stay put which we found odd but I guess it was formative for that distinct sensibility.

NME and later the initial runs of The Face were our Bibles. Also, older friends, musicians we knew or saw regularly, record shop guys & RRR deejays who turned you on to NYC bands, English post-punk and early stuff like VU, Modern Lovers etc. I had a group of friends at Uni & in shared houses, and we’d see bands sometimes three or four nights a week and hang out at record stores listening and buy one or two records each which we taped and shared. I was trying to remember if we ever saw The Clean in those days and was surprised to find out they only toured Australia twice back in the day so I’m guessing not.

In the pre-internet days, you had to dig a little, and that was the great thing about finding and sharing discoveries. And being part of those subculture groups was a big part of our identities especially in the early 1980s when we were dragging our thrift shop black clad, weirdly coiffed selves around sunny Melbourne to the general apathy and occasional derision of our peers and elders. In any case, the Flying Nun bands certainly struck a chord with us and our sense of being an enclave of difference, looking to London, Manchester, Liverpool, NYC which we imagined were havens of taste while also believing the local scene we loved was on a par with those places. I think that sense of a “family of choice” based around music was a vital component in shaping the scenes outside the traditional big music centers and The Clean were exemplars of a DIY ethos that is a big part of their legacy and influence.

Jennifer Kelly: I've been listening to this over the Christmas break again, and really loving it. Unlike a lot of you, I came to the Clean backwards, via David Kilgour's solo albums, beginning with Frozen Orange (Feather in the Engine is one of my all-time favorite albums), and I was delighted at the time (early aughts when I got seriously into writing about music) to find out how rowdy and rough-edged it was compared to the solo stuff.

I'm intrigued by the way these cuts shift from really brash, primitive, organ-jamming garage tunes to a dronier, more driving, psychedelic kind of thing ("Scrap Music," for instance.) I've been reading some interviews, though, and it sounds like there was very little premeditation going on in developing the sound.

Chris Liberato: Totally, Jenny. I’ve been thinking about the mix of sounds on these records too. It must have been an awesome experience in 1981 to buy Boodle Boodle Boodle and hear a big psychedelic monster like “Point That Things Somewhere Else” after the “Tally Ho” single!

Getaway (2001) was my introduction to the band, which I find to be a really sunny-sounding and listenable album in the best way. It has its share of weird moments and a handful of song sketches mixed in, but nothing that's very disruptive to its flow. Then I picked up the Slush Fund tour disc a few months later (Other Music Cambridge had copies, I didn’t see the band in concert until 2012), and it really blew my mind. The live version of “Fish” on there is wild and wavy, and “Point That Thing Somewhere Else” is great too and played on piano instead of guitar, giving it a very different vibe from the Boodle version. I mention it because I think the band’s range — both from song to song, and from the records to the live setting — is something that really sets them apart from other groups.

But back to "Tally Ho." Our talk about these releases re-stoked my curiosity about what the phrase "Tally Ho" means in the context of the song. Which meaning of the word is it referring to and why? A huntsman’s cry? A simple hello or goodbye? Surely not a reference to the open-topped carriage. Searching around this time, I found this post from David Kilgour on the Audioculture site where he explains it. And it seems that my confusion was apt because it’s a song about… confusion. He said he wrote the lyrics at breakfast the morning of recording while he was still shaking off the effects of a bad acid trip from a couple of days prior, and he was confused and wanting to connect.

Bill Meyer: Andrew, part of what separated the Clean and other Flying Nun bands at the time was their disinclination to follow either the local “pay your dues” track or the well-worn path to Australia’s bar circuit. Chris Knox probably had a lot to do with that. Toy Love went to Australia, and had a terrible time; the experience pretty much broke the band. Tall Dwarfs was kind of a start-over, discarding everything that ground Toy Love down. Established studios and engineers, major labels and heavy touring before audiences that don’t already know the band were all out. Instead, the early Flying Nun bands started in the towns where they were based, spread out to university audiences, and (at least in the case of the Clean) the rest of the country.

In the recent Chills movie, Graeme Downes of the Verlaines describes the difference between the early Flying Nun bands and what had come before. Basically, they started writing their own songs right away, and recorded as soon as they could, rather than play for a few years, build up their chops and pay their dues. Even when the sound wasn’t very punk, the attitude was, and the practice was more punk than most punk rock. At any rate, no one was looking to Sandy Pearlman or Dennis Bovell to produce their sessions.

And Jen, It’s a rare day that could not be made better by adding a listen to Feather in the Engine.

The Clean had actually been experimenting with recording in 1980, which was the year before they started making records. They had a two track machine available in rehearsals for a while. Some of the music they recorded that way ended up on the Odditties tape (which was reissued decades later as a double LP). The songs that were done first that way didn’t change a huge amount later, except that the Boodle Boodle Boodle version of “Sad Eyed Lady” is less stoned, goofy, and long. The stuff that made it onto their two singles and two LPs was all recorded between July 1981 and the end of 1982, which is when they broke up.

And finally, Chris, for a little insight into what David might have sounded like either just before or while he was on acid, listen to “Platypus” and “Odditty.” Both of them were recorded live at the Gladstone in Christchurch on July 4, 1981. "Tally Ho!” Was recorded July 6-7 at Nightshift Studios, Christchurch. I bet that July 5 was quite a day.

I think that the Clean’s recordings were widely considered by fans at the time to be quite swell, but nowhere near what the Clean sounded like live. David Kilgour was using cheap, locally amps and not so great guitars, turned up as loud as they could possibly go. The people I’ve talked to who saw the Clean in the early 1980s said that it was like hearing airplanes taking off, or three guitars going at once; it was way too big a sound to capture on a four track. It was very trebly. The closest one might get to hearing what it was like would be the live tracks at the end of the CD version of Compilation, a Clean comp that was put together in the late 1980s. The version of Point That Thing on there was recorded onto a cassette, but you can still kind of hear the sound bouncing around the room.

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In this interview with Nightshift proprietor Arnie van Bussel (which still exists in a small building behind his house in Christchurch), there is some information about the recording of Tally Ho:

“Kilgour says Tally Ho cost $50 to make. He doesn't want to quibble but van Bussel thinks it was actually $48. "It was done using cheap mics, very quickly one evening," says van Bussel. "I charged $10 an hour.” “Those are New Zealand dollars, by the way, which even then were worth less than American dollars.”

Jonathan Shaw: It was the stoned quality (stoned is the better word here, not psychedelic) of some of the songs that hit me right back in the day — also of some of Tall Dwarfs' stuff, like "Crush" or "Pictures on the Floor." Don't do any of that sort of stuff anymore, but I still gravitate toward the slower and more distorted tunes. "End of My Dream" has an unmistakably NZ rock vibe to me, an off-the-cuff genius that's less studied in its slackness than the songs that everyone went nuts for when Pavement put out Slanted and Enchanted. Or "Do Your Thing," which glistens like a flattened beer can in the sun.

Bill Meyer: You can’t underestimate the influence of the Clean on early Pavement; if the Compilation LP and the Swell Maps reissues hadn’t happened, I don’t think that Pavement as we know it ever would have existed.

Bryon Hayes: I don’t have any direct evidence in interviews or what-have-you, but I was thinking that the Clean had an influence on Yo La Tengo as well. The vibe on Electr-o-Pura reminds me of “Point That Thing Somewhere Else.”

Andrew Forell: Yes, that rings true and I think it was the feeling those bands were just doing their thing without much care for the rest of the (industry) world that made them so compelling. Seeing the odd film clip — “Anything Could Happen” for instance — reinforced the impression. And it was the sound of the music as much as the songs that really caught the ear. Not so much that they sounded “cheap” or “homemade” but that the energy hadn’t been dampened or destroyed by the production which was the case with some of the local bands in Melbourne whose early records were nowhere near as powerful as their live shows either having been cleaned up to make them more palatable (Door, Door) or simply flattened into oblivion (Dead Can Dance).

Jonathan Shaw: I don't know any of the biographical details, so I don't know what sort of money the Kilgours had, or didn't have. And I like the idea of their sound being more lived-in than thought-of, anyways. But the use of cheap instruments and production equipment seems to provide a sort of end-run on "cleaning up" the songs for records. The weird throbbing and trebly vibrations in "Platypus" are nearly as interesting as the riff, and just about as effective. Clean that stuff out and the record isn't the same record. If those were intentional decisions, they were well made. Almost even better if the records just happened that way.

Jennifer Kelly: Bill’s comment about the live show sounding like three airplanes taking off had me trolling YouTube for videos, where I found this.

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Bryon Hayes: Oh wow, that is bombastic! It really underlines the point that the Clean’s live sound was too big to be done justice by a four-track recorder. I also like that in the comments of the video, the person says that the Clean took the audience down “a roller coaster of treble nostalgia” — it’s an apt description, for sure. And they made an audience member faint; I’ve only ever seen Mogwai do that before (in person).

Bill Meyer: By the time they were in their teens, I believe that the Kilgours lived in a single parent household. Their mom was very supportive. I think she worked as a nurse. I interviewed the band in 1995 at her kitchen table, and got my hand stuck in the cookie jar that she put out, to the amusement of the band.

There has been a very strong connection with Yo La Tengo since the 1980s. YLT has toured with the Clean and with David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights, jammed onstage with all of them at various times, and recruited David Kilgour as a member of the 2020 Yo La Tengo big band that toured in support of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. Georgia Hubley also played guitar in a later version of the Mad Scene, which was Hamish’s band with his (now ex)-wife, Lisa Siegel.

Jennifer Kelly: That’s right. I had tickets to Kilgore/YLT years ago but he bagged out, can’t remember why.

Bill Meyer: A bit of trivia: Kilgour is pronounced kilGOUR, rhymes with hour.

Jennifer Kelly: That will help with the limerick portion of this.

Here’s another vintage live clip.

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Jonathan Shaw: Man oh man, that Rumba Bar footage is just about enough to bring a tear to the eye. What a shitty, shitty decade, and what superb music emerged from it — likely in proportion to the shittiness. I wonder about songs like "Too Much Violence," and where the impulse to turn up so loud came from. Being young, sure, but our current imaginary of NZ seems very much to figure it as a sane place, where nukes aren't welcome and COVID is met with deadly serious policy and public action. Peter Jackson's early films seem to suggest the place was pretty buttoned up in the 1980s. The scene at Rumba Bar has a sweetness to it. But some of the songs are full of angst.

Jennifer Kelly: There was a bit in the Chills documentary about how Dunedin Harbor is sort of a bowl where weather gets trapped...and could be very oppressive and closed-in feeling, FWIW. I always picture NZ as being breathtakingly beautiful and green, but Dunedin is apparently not so much like that.

Bill Meyer: Jonathan, a couple songs you have referenced (“Too Much Violence” and “Do Your Thing”) are from Modern Rock, the album that they recorded in 1994.

From a distance, New Zealand seems sane, but it’s like the rest of the world, good mixed with bad, racial tensions, class tensions, etc. The music we like was generated mainly by fringy types, not mainstream folks. They first wave Flying Nun types would have been people on the anti- side of the Springbok protests in the southern winter of 1981. The Springboks were South Africa’s rugby team, and rugby is New Zealand’s biggest national sport. The country was severely divided between people who advocated a boycott as a means of challenging repression and racism, which the country was just beginning to reckon with, and people who said lined up more pro-commonwealth, pro-rugby, and small town values. There were fights outside the games, with people in light airplanes dropping smoke bombs into the fray, and a couple games was canceled due to concerns about the violence. The fall-out from the 1981 conflict was that in 1984, a landslide win for Labor ushered in the anti-nuke stance and a lot of progress on social issues.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the people starting college bands in the early 1980s would have been the last to have a memory of the effects of six o’clock pub closing. From WW I until 1967, New Zealand had a law mandating that pubs closed at six PM. The outcome was that a lot of guys finished their work shift, piled into pubs for an hour and slammed down as many drinks as they could, then came home drunk, with a consequent level of domestic violence. When I visited in the 1990s, the people who told me about the six o’clock closing related their memories with a PTSD-level shudder.

On a lighter note, what I know about the Kilgour brothers’ youth is that they were big into music and surfing. David still surfs to this day, I believe. Robert Scott, the third member, grew up in a farming community near the Taieri river south of Dunedin.

Jen, a lot of New Zealand is quite gorgeous. The whole world knows the foothills of the Southern Alps, on the South Island, because of the Lord of the Rings movies. The whole country is the product of volcanic activity, with mountains, gorges, old growth forests, and big expanses of pastureland. Because it’s an island nation, you can drive through a few drastically different weather conditions in the same day. Starting up north above Auckland, it’s semi-tropical. The further south you go, the colder the climate, and the sparser and more European-descended the population. Dunedin is nice in the summer when I was there. But I gather that in the winter it is cold, dark and wet, and since most of the country’s housing stock doesn’t have central heating, it’s hard to ever get warm. I guess it’s a bit like San Francisco without furnaces. People don’t wear those heavy wool sweaters for fashion’s sake.

Jonathan Shaw: Thanks for the bits of social history, Bill. I knew a little about the rugby riots, but didn't put them in context of NZ's scale; they must have been significant in their destabilizations of standards of public conduct. "Anything Could Happen" is sort of interesting to think about — the desire for something, for anything, to happen, and the strangeness that follows. I think that's part of what strikes me about the video footage from the Rumba Club. The kids are clearly having a good time, dancing, but they make space for one another. It's all rather polite — I don't say that with a stink on it. Just a culture's sensibility expressing itself even at its fringes.

The video for "Anything Could Happen" is pretty great. Looks to me like David K is dressed up like Bob Dylan c. 1965, the dandy troublemaker. The shots of them goofing around in Dunedin are even better. They seem to be provoking response, longing for something to happen.

Bill Meyer: If memory serves, the lyric to "Anything Could Happen” was written by Hamish Kilgour after he had a chat with an uncle about what to do with his life.

Ian Mathers: Coming in as maybe the only one here who's being introduced to the Clean by this exercise (I'm absolutely sure I've heard at least some bits and pieces before, while watching the Flying Nun documentary if nowhere else), I was definitely repeatedly struck by what Bill referred to, the way in the years since an awful lot of other bands have tried to sound at least a little like the Clean. I can hear the Pavement and YLT others mention for sure, but in terms of the singing not only did I have to keep reminding myself Robert Forster isn't in this band, I also kept hearing bits of Sonic Boom and early Thom Yorke. But in both cases really just in vocal timbre/performance, not so much lyrics or songwriting.

I think largely I'm still where Jonathan was some years ago — it all sounds good to me, but I think it would take some pretty determined and focused listening to get things to really pop into focus (lo fi stuff can still be in focus!). Weirdly enough my early gateway seems to be "Getting Older" — I really love the trumpet on that one.

Jonathan Shaw: It's a great song, Ian. And it sure resonates a bit differently with me now, in 2021, than it did in the late 1980s. "Getting Older," indeed.

That noted, the songs on Anthology are still so interesting and engaging to listen to. The freshness of their sound somehow preserves itself. "Lo-fi" wasn't schtick.

Bill Meyer: The recording technology, whether lo-fi or hi-fi, was never the point.

Justin Cober-Lake: I wonder if someone more knowledgeable than I am can talk this question through? It seems to me that their trebly sound is more emphasized by the lo-fi technology. This wouldn't have to be true (you could certainly produce a trebly tone in a state-of-the-art studio), but it seems like a nice confluence of sound, technology, and attitude, with each part of that trio amplifying the other.

Bill Meyer: I think that the two and four-track reel to reel machines they used for everything except “Tally Ho!” would necessarily fail to capture a lot of frequencies, and probably more bass frequencies than treble frequencies were lost. But they would also fail to capture the full-spectrum impact of a live band. The Clean live in 1982 were really loud. The recordings are enduringly marvelous, but they are their own thing, and no one I talked to who saw them at the time thought that the recordings captured what was great about the band’s concerts.

Chris Liberato: Since we’re talking about how loud the band is, one thing that I didn’t fully appreciate until I caught The Clean live is how hard Hamish hits his drums. And also, how much his (kind of unpredictable and very active) style is responsible for adding tension to the songs. Here’s a clip from the show I saw (in 2012 in Boston) where you should be able to get a pretty good idea of these things, especially towards the end. He really drove the band energy-wise that night, much more than Robert or David, who was in subdued, sunglasses-and-headband Dick Dale mode.

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In any case, it was a very different Hamish than the one I saw play with The Mad Scene in Philly a few years earlier. That night he played the entire set slumped down against one of the poles on the stage, strumming his guitar and singing, while the rest of the band stood up.

There's also an interview with David in a recent issue of Maggot Brain where he says that the secret to getting The Clean's drum sound is to "get a drummer that can hit the shit out of his kit."

#dusted magazine #listeningpost #the clean #new zealand #lo-fi #merge records #reissue #boodle boodle

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TFATWS episode 1 rewatch commentary

The first scene was so beautiful. I loved that we didn't start directly with the fight sequence. It feels way closer to the quiet beginning of CATWS and I love it so much.

The title is also SO NEAT, music's on point too but hey it’s Henry Jackman the one thing I’m sure it’s going to be great overall is the score.

The choreography is AMAZING, really well shot. Sam shielding himself with only one wing was MA-JES-TIC.

“WHAT'S UP” EXACTLY SAM EXACTLY

I did feel so uncomfortable in regards to the military aspect of it. Not that I was expecting anything else, but both here and in Captain Marvel the military we're good guys < 3 propaganda is so blatant and ugh:/ At least there wasn’t a literal recruitment spot like with CM.

The yellow filter in the Tunisia scene BYE please stop with the yellow filters 2k21

"I've been working with the Air Force for six months now" So, did Sam even catch a break at all after Endgame? Or did he just throw himself to work like SOMEONE did after being iced for 70 years. Hmmm? Sam????

"Essentially, these people, they want a world that's unified without borders" OH NO! HOW AWFUL, how evil of these bad guys smh

Joaquin: SO about Steve

Sam: :)))))) nope

"Moon stuff" SAAAM

#1 cry with Sam's speech, full on chills.. Fuck. Me. His voice about to break before saying thank you bYE.

Shady politician: "It was the right decision" (FUCKKKKK YOUUU)

Rhodey: *press any key to doubt *

I need someone to analyze the different curation of the two exhibits pretty please

NOT THE PHOTO POST-AZZANO JFC. That photo is my weakness, Bucky sweetie (also I find hilarious that usually when there are articles about Stucky and/or #givecaptainamericaaboyfriend they aaaalways use that photo LMAO)

In case someone wants to read the transcription of the texts about Bucky: "In 1944, while on a mission to thwart a Hydra weapon transport in the Alps, Barnes was thrown from a train and believed to have been killed in action. It wasn't until 2014, over seventy years later, that it was revealed that Barnes was alive, having been found by Hydra operatives. Captain America himself (i can't read) the effort to bring Barnes in only to later aid in a escape from custody having been convinced of his innocence. Steve's loyalty to his old friend, coupled with his refusal to sign the Sokovia Accords, led to the dissolution of the Avengers and drove the Captain into hiding with other like-minded Avengers including Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, and Sam Wilson. The current whereabouts of Barnes remains unknown, habing been labeled a fugitive following his escape from custody."

"current wherabout unknown" but not the government, interesting. Also, pretty good summary of CACW from the public's perspective, although one of the things I always wanted to see explored was the public's reaction of the fallout of them going into hiding after Civil War (which I'm hoping we'll get to see a little bit of in Black Widow).

Interesting point about the 70 years without having Captain America. Clearly the sacrifice play wasn't enough this time to fuel the nationalism so they went with a squeaky clean John Walker instead.

Sam saying the shield belongs to Steve I'm going to cry now excuse me. Sam. Sam sweetie.

The No. 1 Captain America comic in the display ugH fuck yes

See this is how you do a cameo that has actual meaning. Thank god for Malcolm Spellman being a competent writer. That scene was so well written.

HAVE YOU PRAISED ANTHONY MACKIE'S PERFORMANCE TODAY?? Holy shit that last shot fucked me up.

I'm loving the use of the wide shots, especially in the flashback. The camera movements are in synch with The Soldier's state of mind and mission focus, so good.

EVERYONE STAND UP FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM aka The Winter Soldier theme composed by Henry Jackman.

Without a doubt the most brutal TWS fight scene there has been, People involved in Punisher and John Wick are involved in this and it SHOWS.

For the record, still stands that the only time we've seen him chocking someone with his right hand instead of the metal arm remains the Maria Stark assasination. I know it's probably because of blocking and the way the shot was composed but the implications are still bone chilling. God.

Uhhmmmm I'm very ambivalent about the "Hail Hydra". On one hand, it was 100% fanservice and the internet is probably going to go insane over it, and the dead way Sebastian Stan delivered the line. Good shit. Buuut what I love about CATWS is the way Bucky never, ever ever, mouths Hydra rethoric, and even when Pierce tries to gaslight him with it, it's just an empty effort. The Winter Soldier isn't doing anything because of ideological loyalty to Hydra, even if it's product of brainwashing, it's just sheer dehumanization. They don’t need him to say the words because he’s just An Asset. There are people who have put it more eloquently but yeah, I rather go with the fanon interpretation of that aspect.

The music growing louder with the shot of the keys. GOD.

I'm fine this is fine.

#2 cry with the therapy scene of fucking course.

The government monitoring Bucky is noooot going to end well lmao.

"We need to know that you're not gonna * slowmo stabbing motions *

Bucky: * nodding along slowly *

I laughed out loud.

"It's passive agressive" I love him.

The way this scene just sucker punched me in the face, made me weep and then had me cracking up. Amazing.

Therapist: You can't do anything illegal

Bucky: yup yup check checkity check. What IS considered illegal tho?

*aggresive tablet finger pressing *

"Then why isn't it rule number one?" Bucky your Steve is showing.

I love the close up shot. I'll keep saying it. It's so good.

"I'm James Bucky Barnes" yeah you are🥺

That smile is nightmare fuel LMFAO I love it.

Uhm the way I'm kinning Bucky it's not funny anymore damn

That whole “are you lashing out at me” rambling is really reminiscent of the bar scene in CATFA and how he lashed out at Steve after Peggy left. Uhm yeah fuck.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" "Peace"

"That is UTTER BULLSHIT" "You're a terrible shrink"

yeah ugly crying to ugly laughing speedrun for me

"You're free" "To do what?" jesus. That entire scene. #3 and #4 and #5 cries for moi.

Ugh that Brooklyn shot. Someone needs to do a gifset compairing it to the one in CATFA asap.

"It's like Monique but it's got a "U" in there for uniqueness" "That's absurd" LMAO

"You can't keep fighting with your neighbors" uHM * redacted redacted i'm shifting into 1940s mode abort abort *

"Nobody passed 90" "So young. Such a shame" FGADHGA

🥺🥺 yes flex those flirting skills good for you

"It's a dance to this things. You can't… you gotta warm up and I haven't danced since 1943. Feels like." #6 cry I completely broke down into tears with that.

This Yori storyline is going to punch me in the face with a metal fist. Great!

The TWS theme when he looks at Yori fuuuuuck.

GREAT LET'S GO TO LOUISIANA THAT WAS GETTING HEAVY.

Those shots of Sam in the car. Immaculate. Showstoping. Yes.

Marvel, what if instead of promoting the military industrial complex you put a lot of publicity about cars?

"Uncle Sam!" LMAO subtle.

Everyone trying to have the wings lmao same.

I've only had Sarah for a day but etc. Brooklyn 99 meme

Good mirroring about Steve and Sam family's legacy. Good shit. Goooood shit.

Sam is trying so hard ouch my heart. I can't imagine how painful the scene with them reuniting must have been. He 100% still feels a lot of guilt about being gone for those 5 years (and even longer before that).

"Maybe it is time for us to move on" uuuuuuuuuuh

"To the rescue" "Always" 🥺🥺 i love them so much already

That shot outside the restaurant is so beautiful. Can't wait to see the night scenes in Madripoor tbh.

"I tried the whole online dating thing. It's pretty crazy". Uhm well that is something that Bucky Barnes has now said. In canon. Damn.

"It's a lot" "You sound like my dad" LMAO

Every Bucky fanfic trope speedrun with this scene

"Wow you really can drink" OH you have no idea

Just realized we don't even know her name, well.

"You have any siblings?" "I have a sister" THE WAY I SCREECHED. We're definitely getting Becca

Well that escalated quickly. The important thing is to try?

I can't deal with this BUCKY SWEETIE #8 cry right there fuck

The wardrobe department is KILLING IT, there's such a difference between the outfits of the shows vs how ugly and generic it usually is.

"ThEre is NO such thiNg as on time. You're either EARLY or LATE . picK One" lmao the way he delivered that line

At first I thought the flag smashers had thrown two cars out of a window LMAO

"I don't know how jurisdiction works here, but I'mma have to place you under arrest" uhm yikes. The way they changed Joaquín Torres backstory to just random army nice guy #1 is not sitting well with me, what can I say.

Sam's wings motions I LOVE HIM YOUR HONOR

Fuuuuck this guy.

"Funny how thing's always thighten around us" "Look, I'm on your side. After all, he's a hero". This script is C R I S P as hell, great fucking job.

"I don't care, I'm not gonna quit" "What are you trying to prove? And who you trying to prove it to" SHIT HSIT SHIT!!! UGH amazing. Look it's not necessary to say the show's questions out loud but how they flow between the conversations is still very satisfactory without feeling in your face about it. Inner conflicts have been set up fucking perfectly everyone * claps *

Ugh here we fucking go. I knew this was how the episode was going to end but my stomach still dropped like a rollercoster. God.

The score is on point. Damn. Damn.

God, Sam.🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

The captain america franchise's visuals in the credits are always so amazing.

Also, does anybody know why Mackie isn't first in the billing? Uhm what's that about?

ANYWAY CONCLUSION THAT EPISODE WAS SO FUCKING GOOD LIKE HOLY SHIT. I love them so much. The balance between the personal conflicts and the political aspect (although the military aspect is still very much yikes) was on point and it was overall a joy to watch.

#tfatws #tfatws spoilers #i'm so happy rn #sorry for the ramblings i just wanted to have it all written down #sam wilson #bucky barnes #captain america #tfatws commentary

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Hope, I kinda wanna set my feelings here and ask you: do you think 1D could ever go back and how? Bc I have some strong opinions as a hiatus fan, I really want to be part of the global phenomenon 1D was but I highly doubt it'd be the same if they come back, can you repeat the same formula when they're all changed, in their 30s and with different creative experiences? Now each one has their own spotlight, their full time to shine and be themselves (specially now that L left Syco). (1/3)

I feel like they're in exciting (early) times in their solo careers to just give it up and go back. I can see why boybands are seen as the high school to solo careers but also Backstreet boys have been together for years??? I'm kinda conflicted here but the only way I could see/want them to be together is if they change their record label and their team (after being successful on their own). They were so wrongly targeted towards tweens and early teens since the age range and diversity in the fandom is insane but the team couldn't see through that.I don't want them having to fit the boyband mold again, I want them to break it and be free beyond that.You have studied boybands, so you've probably been asked this before, but do you really see a 1D comeback in the near future? (you're allowed to disagree and give better insight on the points I mentioned, I wanna read your thoughts) (3/3)

Hi! sorry it’s taken so long to reply to this. i wanted to be in the right state of mind to properly reply because this is a great question!

in my opinion, i think the 10 year anniversary proved a lot of “what-ifs” on the band’s future if they were to ever reunite officially. the boys did the bare minimum and yet their posts, 1DHQs posts, and social media’s trending topics were pulling in some of the fastest engagement on the platform. for a band to have been gone for 5 years with little to no real interaction between them all and still have that much pull when the group is reunited in any capacity tells me that they still have the momentum and power to rule how they did when they were active— and to create a bigger live show with such a cool sound dynamic from being able to experiment with that (all of them experiment with that) equally without restriction. also, in my opinion, i don’t think their solo music, mixed together, is that drastically different from each other. harry/louis/niall have similar foundations for much of their music and liam’s sound has been more aiken to a few of harry and niall’s sophomore efforts when it comes to the flare of synths and electronic production. i don’t believe it would be difficult to find a harmonious middle that fits the band tbh

i think the perfect example to give about a band getting back together and still having the surge (if not more of a surge) upon the announcement is the jonas brothers. when they announced their comeback and the internet broke, they got more exposure and more love than they ever had when they were initially active. they were also taken more seriously by going out and getting solo street cred it seemed. their songs soared to the top of the charts, their documentary was insistently streamed, and they were selling out stadiums (!!!) for their comeback tour. not to mention they had the backing of a greater portion of the GP whereas before they were dismissed as being a “teeny bopper” trio. it all worked in their favor.

speaking about the backstreet boys though, they are one of my favorite boyband dynamics of all time. they’ve never officially broken up or gone on an extended period of a hiatus where their activity was questioned. kevin left the band for a little bit and then came back, but they have always had that strength of a unit on their side. don’t get me wrong, taking breaks and being allowed to stretch on your own is incredibly important, but i just commend the backstreet boys for being able to do that while not falling apart at the seams to do so. anyways, i can’t recommend their documentary Show Em What You’re Made Of enough if you want to see an inside look at the ups and downs, contractual obligations, management and label disasters, friendships, and music dynamics of a boyband. they kinda go about releasing the record provided in that doc in the same way you were thinking of 1D’s comeback with their own independent label and free reign. also i had the pleasure of seeing them live last year and they were still playing in stadiums and arenas. mammoth boybands never die and those that become icons will always have throes of fans showing up to their tours.

so in saying all that, i think it’s more than possible that 1D could stage a comeback and be just as successful or even more successful than they were. they would definitely be taken much more seriously as a band (as i’ve seen that opinion shift over the past couple of years with more of the GP discovering how good they really were), and they would have no problem gaining engagement. there’s no doubt in my mind that they’d still be selling out stadiums, having platinum records, and be standing at the top. you have to remember, one direction is quite literally the biggest boyband to ever be. they exist the way they do because of social media. they are a goliath presence because they have always had the internet, the friendship dynamic, and the talent to keep that active. they are the biggest band in the world, and if they were to ever reunite for any reason, it would be monumental. i’m not even being dramatic. it would break the internet. their success as a group is not dead and will never be dead. it’s everlasting. it was written in the band’s code. and besides, everybody loves a comeback.

#this is SO long im sorry

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chaoticevilbean · 4 years ago

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So, there’s this whole Youtuber Atla Au, and I have Stuff stuck in my Head. This is Sokka-centric bc thassa me.

Here Goes:

- Sokka has a mixed channel. He does educational videos, how-to videos, political videos, stories about him and his weird friends, dancing and singing videos, makeup videos, parkour videos, etc. He’s a very well known account.

- He uses fake names/obscure nicknames/code names for anyone he mentions. Anyone featured in his videos either wears a mask/facepaint or allows him to say their real name. He uses only they/them pronouns unless the person is with him and has given him other pronouns to call them by.

- He has never mentioned his name, refuses to be called Boomerang despite someone suggesting it because “that’s a disrespect to boomerangs, please don’t”, and he responds to commenters asking for his name with “;)”, “:)”, and “...”

- People only know he’s a male because he put that in his first video

- Sokka always wears facepaint in his videos, and absolutely no one recognizes him. He is unidentifiable. His continuous need to wear contact lenses and wigs of varying styles and colors also messes with people. No one can figure out what Nation he’s from (there are all four in this AU).

- Sokka has seven different facepaint styles he’ll wear.

- - Earth Kingdom is just Kyoshi Warrior facepaint. Someone attempted to drag him for disrespecting a elite warrior and all-female team. The Official Kyoshi Warrior account responded with this and only this: “Back off, he’s ours.”

- - Southern Water Tribe is based off their traditional warrior paint and La. Northern Water Tribe is based off of Tui and wolves.

- - Air Nomads is brown and blue arrows and flying lemur markings around his eyes.

- - Fire Nation is based off of Agni and the Painted Lady. It’s simple with red and yellow markings, and the accents will either be black (if he’s talking about something funny), blue (if he’s talking about something weird), or white (if he’s talking about something cool). People had to figure out those meanings themselves.

- - The Spirit World is based off of Hei Bai and Wan Shi Tong, a black, white, and grey style.

- - The blended one is cut into six sections. Fire and Air are the top two, taking up his forehead and creeping into his hairline. Water and Earth are on the bottom, bleeding down his neck. The Spirit World and nonbending sections are on his eyes. For those, he does fox markings on both sides, and the Spirit side is colorful like many of the minor Spirits are (bugs and birds and others). The nonbending side has normal fox colors, and the edges of all sections are blended together.

- - Each mask has a different meaning, which wasn’t figured out until later. If something is about a story, then it will be Fire Nation or Water Tribe. If the story includes strangers, then it will be Fire Nation, but if it’s mostly his pre-established friends, then he’ll have Water Tribe. Any sort of performance is Earth Kingdom, unless he’s doing it with someone else, which is when he wears his blended one. If the video is instructing in any way, it’s Air Nomad. If it’s a political video, he will always have his Spirit facepaint on.

- Most people assume he’s Air Nation because he seems nomadic. He’s constantly talking about new friends, his backgrounds change every video and he speaks all the languages one could possibly learn.

- As a Note, there are all four Nations. They all have different languages. There are formal and informal of each language (or common and high-speak). There is also the General Common, which is the language basically everyone knows so they can communicate with other nationalities. Air Nomads have many different slangs depending on where the nomads are from, but only one central language. They don’t have formal or informal.

- Sokka’s most viral video is called Secret Tunnel. He met some nomads and they taught him to use their instruments at an amateur level. He then asked if they wanted to record a video with him. They said yes, so he recorded them singing and dancing to the song, and he joined in on guitar (or whatever the stringed instrument is called in that episode). The video ‘solidified’ that Sokka was from the Air Nomads.

- Things people know about the channel and the Friends (called ‘Boomeraang’, though no one seems able to figure out why - most pass it off as a typo, but true fans know Sokka pays too much attention to his work and his boomerang)

- - Lady is either related to Sokka or as close as a sibling. They’re a master waterbender and extreme activist. They’re constantly starting rebellions and protests and getting into trouble through that. They have once impersonated a Spirit in order to get rid of a corrupt company that was polluting a river and then got the nearby fishing town to work together to clean said river. Lady got their education in waterbending after beating “an old coot in battle, didn’t have much to learn but Lady needed ‘finesse’ or something.”

- - Kuzon is Lady’s SO. They were friends first, SO’s second, and Sokka had to endure the pining. Kuzon acts older than they look, and uses extremely outdated slang. A video with Kuzon in the background as Sokka told a story confirmed the fact when Sokka asked “What did you say to Bluey?” “Flameo, Hotman!” It is assumed that Kuzon is a bender, but no one knows which type. Kuzon once threw a raging party because his school was really strict. The entire student body was invited and the cops were called, but no one got in trouble because they weren’t breaking any laws.

- - Bluey is either a nonbender or a firebender. Sokka’s stories are unclear on that, but one thing is clear: Bluey is a vigilante. And works in a tea shop. And holds some sort of position of power somewhere. It varies from “Bluey stopped a drug ring this month” to “Bluey’s uncle told them they can’t work the night shift because they haven’t slept” to “Bluey just passed a rule saying no drinks during meetings. They’re just mad that I kept slurping my cactus juice.”

- - Bandit is an actual criminal, but also holds some position of power. They are blind, maybe, and an earthbender. Apparently the greatest earthbender in the world, but that could also be Rocky. Bandit scams scammers, usually ones on the street that can’t call the police because they’re also criminals. They’ve made a lot of money that way, and Bandit uses the funds for a combination of food and taking Sokka shopping since he helps them. Bandit also fought in an underground earthbending tournament and won the title every time. Sokka says that the reason behind Bandit even going there was that their family was awful and somehow thought they were fragile, so they learned how to ditch their escort and vent their frustration via illegal fighting ring.

- - Rocky is a king. And insane. And friends with Kuzon and some old people. Nothing else is known, besides they’re a bender.

- - Bison. Is maybe an actual bison. Is Kuzon’s best friend and they’re constantly kissing everyone and messing around with Lemur. Lemur is flighty and loyal and like lychee nuts. Not much else is told, but they’re in many stories and the wording is weird enough that no one can tell if they’re animals or humans.

- - Wheaty was a real jerk when they all first met, and the group all left on bad terms. However, when they met back up, Wheaty was much nicer and was trying to be better than they originally were. They had to go to therapy to help with anger issues and were recovering well when the group reunited. Gurl (Sokka makes sure to spell it out for the viewers) is one of Wheaty’s best friends, having been there for the other through everything. Yuyan was in a similar boat, and was usually the ‘voice’ (Sokka would laugh at that, before continuing as if he hadn’t) of reason. The trio were all very nice and helpful, and had some other friends that Sokka met and hit it off with. Mini-Me was someone who was smol and idolized Sokka. Big Man always traveled with Mini-Me, but never once stopped them from following Sokka around.

- - Warrior is a nonbender and is the one who taught Sokka to fight with fans. They also educated him on toxic masculinity, getting rid of the sexism ingrained in him (*note, in this AU, Sokka wasn’t as sexist, due to being exposed to a few more people and the internet, and therefore finding more female idols. Suki helped him stopped what was left, because he still struggled and wanted to be better). Warrior is about 30% of Sokka’s impulse control, which is still a large chunk considering how many impulses he has. They have been in a few videos wearing an entire robe and mask get-up, and spoke once (1) when they told Sokka that Knife and Ballerina were head over. It was the middle of a video about how to fight with fans.

- - Princess, Knife, and Ballerina were a trio that could rule the world. Princess probably would’ve turned out awful if they hadn’t left home with their uncle. Knife hated any sort of protocol, but never seemed to show emotion. Both they and Yuyan were people that had to be observed to understand their emotions at any one point. Ballerina was happy, a gymnast, a yoga instructor, and a nonbender. It is assumed that Knife is a nonbender who uses only knives and Princess is a master firebender, but there is speculation.

- - Roller and Pusher were best friends. Roller was in a wheelchair and Pusher always pushed them. Roller was incredibly intelligent and often helped Sokka with inventions, while Pusher was a skilled earthbender who used more finesse than most.

- - The Moon is mentioned once and never again, and everyone wonders why he mentioned them in the first place (when discussing what he’d done while Lady battle for her education “I hung out with The Moon”).

- - Most likely to appear in a video are Roller, Pusher, Bandit, and Gurl, all in masks. Bandit’s they can’t possibly see through, but they walk like everything’s normal.

- - Most likely to be off-screen in a video are Kuzon, Bluey, and Lady.

- - Most likely to be mentioned in a video are Kuzon, Bandit, Bluey, Lady, and Warrior.

- Things that are known about Sokka:

- - He learned Earth Kingdom formal from Bandit and informal from a combination of Friends and observation. He learned Fire Nation formal from Bluey’s uncle and Bluey occasionally slipping into it and informal from Kuzon and some colonists he met. He learned the dialects of the Southern and Northern Water Tribes from The Moon, Lady, and Lady’s family. He learned Air Nomad from a variety of monks and people like Chong and Lily.

- - His parkour skills come from a combination of his Friends’ illegal activities, chaotic antics, and just a dash of bad luck.

- - He learned fighting from practically everyone he’d met, and observing them or having them teach him. He hadn’t actually wanted to learn to fight with fans or knives, but Warrior and Knife had taken one look at him and told him he had to or else. In fact, the only weapons he wanted to learn to use were a sword, a club, and his boomerang. He learned the first from Rainbow Father, the second from Bi Father, and the third was self-taught. Everything else, he posted videos as he learned new skills, and also told the varying stories of how he was coerced into being taught. For example, Ballerina insisted on teaching him chi blocking, a very obscure form of fighting, and would randomly use it on him until he agreed. They always undid what they blocked immediately after, but it was still annoying to randomly lose use of both arms.

- - Sokka’s Boomerang is deadly in his hands. He does not know this. During a livestream, Gurl snuck in after causing a distraction outside of the room he was in and read it off someone’s comment. They informed the viewers to never bring it up because Sokka didn’t know and if he underestimated his Boomerang, than everyone he used it against would, too. And that led to hilarious situations.

- - Sokka is a genius and inventor who has several patents. However, no one can find him through them, mostly because he didn’t want any attention when he put the items out into the open. He invented submarines and airships (people had no use for them before, but found they were incredibly useful when Sokka got everything patented and got a sponsor). He also invented cactus juice, which is as mentally impairing as alcohol with none of the lasting physical effects. Bandit loved that one.

- - Sokka has seemingly been everywhere. He’s mentioned meeting the Spirits Hei Bai, Wan Shi Tong, and the Moon and Ocean Spirits in passing. (*while wearing the Spirit facepaint* “I mean, I get that the Spirit World seems great and all, but I’ve been there. Not that exciting. Met Hei Bai and had to be rescued. Don’t see the appeal. And there isn’t a single bathroom there.”)

- - Can dance pretty average, but knows a lot of different styles because of various Friends. Can also sing and whistle well, and usually hums Secret Tunnel while doing parkour. Most of his music videos include other people, minus a few where he was asked to demonstrate his instrumental skills. He, again, is average and only knows the different instruments because people decided he should learn.

- - He is amazing at makeup. Every person he brings in to do (mostly people who aren’t seen again on the videos) leaves with stunning work done.

- - He can draw and paint, but he didn’t start off good. He started doing instructional videos based off articles and lessons he found. His viewers learned with him, and he’s improved greatly. He’s also prone to adding random rainbows to his landscapes, even in the black and white ones (it starts a trend of usually colorful things done in black and white, or in a way that’s more appealing to colorblind people).

- - Sokka wants to get rid of patriarchal societies and old men with problems. He fully supports his Friends’ protests and rebellions, and is likely to have cohesive arguments backed up with verifiable evidence and trustworthy sources.

- - He loves terrible jokes, and knows they’re terrible, but that’s the point.

- - He’s theorized to be in a position of power because once King Kuei and his bear Bosco walked on-screen from behind (Sokka was at a park and had his Earth Kingdom facepaint, so he definitely wasn’t expecting anyone to come), spotted Sokka and looked absolutely delighted, came straight over and hugged the boy from behind while he was explaining a move with a club. King Kuei said nothing, just hugged him until it was returned, let go, and waved goodbye. Bosco did a similar thing before following his owner. Sokka just continued the video as if nothing had happened, so it seems that he’s used to being around heckin’ royalty.

- Boomeraang gets a lot of hype and Sokka does sell merch and earn money, but only sells what is specifically requested. Someone requests he make t-shirts with his channels logo on it, he starts selling them, and doesn’t stop until there aren’t any more demands. Spoiler, there’s always demands. He tries to tell them he doesn’t want to take their money, but he almost had a riot when he suggested not selling anything anymore because he felt bad.

- The Gaang knows about the channel and talk about it a lot. Sokka had planned to keep it small, anonymous, and just have fun with his catch-all videos. He’s 2/3 at this point.

- Katara has her own activist channel, and considered making a second as the Painted Lady and use Sokka’s rep to eventually boost her, but decided against it. Her channel is called ‘Freedom Water’, based on the fact that water is the element of change. She has a moderate following.

- Toph has her own channel as well, which consists of Sokka holding the camera for her and videotaping her as she performs complex earthbending. She calls her channel ‘roc’. Her following is mostly other earthbenders who aren’t too proud to learn from a preteen, and other kids who think she’s cool. She also has a channel called ‘Bandit’, which is just her in the mask she wears for Boomeraang, telling all about different ways she’s scammed scammers, occasionally also showing videos of those instances. Sokka is her cameraman there as well, and will sometimes go on-screen with his facepaint. That channel has a large following because of Boomeraang. Toph is actually good at not slipping into the wrong nicknames or giving away genders.

- Aang has a channel called ‘The Temple’, which is almost solely different animals he spots. Some people try to say that he isn’t at the Air Temples, but he just laughs and ignores them. It drives people insane and it’s just accepted that the name of the channel is misleading. He has a small to moderate following, mostly animal enthusiasts, and the others are nature enthusiasts.

- Zuko has a channel followed by only theater kids and wannabe theater kids. He literally put ‘Title’ as the name, and uses his videos to rant about different plays and a lot about how the Ember Island Players botch the best of shows.

- Jet has an official channel for his Freedom Fighters, which is now solely used for spreading awareness and raising funds for those who need help (orphans, abused people, and people affected by disasters). The group lost a lot of followers when they changed their tune from angry and vengeful to calm and actually trying to help instead of harm. However, Katara and Zuko both gave shout-outs to the channel, and Toph ‘mentioned’ them as well (*read: threatened her followers if they didn’t check it out*). Their following has grown and now has a very good rep.

- Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee share a channel called ‘Royal Three’ where they show off their skills. They have a large following.

- Teo and Haru help manage everyone’s accounts and Teo is the official Kyoshi Warrior technician by the time everyone is done. Both are paid by their Friends for the work and recommend the duo to literally everyone possible.

- The Kyoshi Warriors are extremely well-known. There was an uproar when Ty Lee was announced as an official Kyoshi Warrior. They post basic fighting tutorials.

#atla #sokka #katara #aang #suki #zuko #toph #kyoshi warriors #sokka is a kyoshi warrior #youtube atla #atla youtube au #boomerang #sokka's boomerang #youtube au #avatar the last airbender #avatar

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amyelliotsdiary · 4 years ago

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my harry styles fic rec

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The Things I Don’t Ask (zarry - 224k words currently) A boarding school AU that features two boys who can never say how they really feel. This is the only incomplete fic I’m including. It has one chapter to go and is absolutely incredible. I highly recommend it.

Drowning Shadows (zarry - 99k) AU: Harry Styles, executive recruiter, finally meets his match in Zayn Malik. Or, Harry builds walls and Zayn breaks everything.

With Every Heartbeat (zarry - 92k) It's 2025, and Zayn has decided to reunite with the rest of the band for one special show. As he tries to mend old friendships, he gets more than he bargained for when he sees Harry for the first time in ten years.

Baby Be Mine (zarry - 45k) In which Zayn is an English major who hates frats, Harry is a frat bro with great arms, and these things cause Zayn problems.

Paper Lips (zarry - 41k) Harry’s world is so huge, so bright and sparkling, and Zayn is just a small blot of ink in the corner of an ocean, fighting to be worth something. For the prompt - 'Harry is Zayn's sugardaddy, but something makes it complicated.'

If This Is Love (gryles - 85k) He's not fucking thirty yet, but he is way too old for Harry fucking Styles. Or: Nick Grimshaw has done some stupid, ridiculous, mad things in his life, but falling for Harry Styles might be the stupidest thing yet.

Call Answered (larry - 250k) The day after his 27th birthday, Harry Styles attempts suicide. Louis is flown to his bedside to unravel the mystery of why he did it after a flash drive is found with a note attached, addressed to Louis. On it are a collection of 78 songs, all written for different dates from their past.

Love is a Rebellious Bird (larry - 134k) AU in which the boys still make music. Louis is the concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, Harry is the New! and Exciting! interim conductor/ex-cello prodigy who "has made Mozart cool again" according to Esquire Magazine (Louis hates him immediately, which is definitely why he internet stalked him in his dark bedroom late at night that one time), and Niall is the best. Zayn and Liam are around too.

The Finish Line (Is A Good Place For Us To Start) (larry - 120k) The Formula 1 AU everyone needs to read. Seriously.

One for Luck (larry - 96k) AU: Louis and Harry are professional riders on the British Olympic team.

Who Painted the Moon Black (larry - 95k) Hunger Games AU where Louis Tomlinson is district six's victor from the 69th Hunger Games and Harry Styles is district seven's victor from the 72nd Hunger Games.

Here in the Afterglow (larry - 88k) 1970’s AU. In a tiny town in Idaho, Louis’ life is changed forever by the arrival of a curious stranger.

i forget where we were (narry - 70k) Harry wakes up to find he has retrograde amnesia and a perfect life - seemingly. Side note: This fic is incredible. The description does not do it justice. I don’t usually read narry but this one blew me away.

under 40k words

Need The Sun To Break (zarry - 38k) A “You’ve Got Mail” AU

Toothbrush (zarry - 32k) AU: Harry doesn’t believe in matrimony and Zayn thinks the promise of forever is a lie; a wedding is a good place to meet.

All Your Reasons (zarry - 24k) There's no heat or warmth in the loft, not anymore. It's just a decorated place they both keep their things, a place they never should've inhabited. It's open and spacious, but they're not. They're soggy and sinking. Brooklyn AU where Harry and Zayn look back and look ahead.

Nine Lives (zarry - 21k) Liam asked him last week, when he was drunk and feeling brave, how he knew about Harry, and Zayn was drunk and feeling brave, too, so he told him he didn’t know, that’s the point. There was no crash, no bang, no chase through an airport. It was more quiet than that. Zayn didn’t even feel it, how, from the moment he and Harry met, the space between them got smaller and smaller until there wasn’t any at all.

Even After (zarry - 15k) It’s perfect, really. Harry has Zayn, and through everything, from boarding school to Harry’s first girlfriend to Harry’s first boyfriend to college to everything, Zayn’s never left. There's also the small fact of Zayn being in love with him, but they don’t talk about that. It’s the one thing they never talk about.

B-side (zarry - 14k) Everyone loves Harry—but, to Zayn, Harry is six foot of infuriating, who spends his time pottering around Craze Records and stealing Zayn's flying saucers. (Or, the record store AU where Zayn's too proud to realise that the only reason he finds Harry so annoying is because he fancies the pants off him.)

all tied up in pretty young things (zarry - 11k) "we argued so much during a class discussion that we both got kicked out of class and we're still arguing outside of class" au

Once Upon a Dream (larry - 33k) Louis is psychic and gets caught in the middle of a murder investigation led by FBI Special Agent Harry Styles.

Wine Not? (larry - 20k) Louis’ Wine Dive is a bar run by the people for the people. Wine Styles is a boutique tasting room that caters to a more highbrow clientele. When their worlds clash on a beautiful Charleston street, one of these owners may find that an ounce of pretension doesn’t stand a chance against a pound of perseverance.

keep holding me this way (larry - 13k) An English grad student, a frat jock, and an unimpressed rich boy walk into a bar. No one walks out.

This was compiled from ones I had bookmarked on ao3 and will be expanded upon when I go through my computer bookmarks:)

#Harry Styles #harry styles fic #zarry #zarry fic #larry #larry fic #gryles #gryles fic #narry #one direction #one direction fic rec #fanfiction rec #fic rec

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eeveedel · 5 years ago

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Hi all, I haven’t recced some fics in awhile but...today is fic writers appreciation day! And there are so many fics that I love so very much and have brought so much happiness into my life.

And it just so happens I have a personal document where i’ve kept track of fics I’ve read for the past 3-4 years, categorized by tropes. So I thought it would be fun to rec you my all-time favorite fic from each of my personal categories! There are so many good fics so I hope you enjoy. And if you want a full fic rec list for any of these categories, please tell me!

And a big thank you again to all of the lovely authors out there, I hope you have a lovely day and now how valued your work is.

A/B/O

Sisterwives by jaerie

This was it, the moment Louis had been waiting for his entire life. Giddy excitement bubbled up as he held hands and stared up at his soon-to-be alpha and husband and grinned. The ceremony was small and simple, but Louis didn’t mind. Fresh flowers pinned into his hair and a brand new outfit was all he needed to feel special in front of their few witnesses. It was just some members of his family and a few of the church elders in attendance as was customary for any marriage beyond the first wife within the faith.

First wives were the ones to have elaborate weddings with the whole community involved. An alpha’s first wedding was a celebration of an their coming of age, his first steps into fulfilling God’s prophecy. There were many glories for an omega that came with being a first wife but also many responsibilities. Louis had never aspired to be a first wife or even a second. He wasn’t experienced enough to be the leader of an alpha’s many wives and children and he didn’t think he’d be up to the task.

Louis was just fine in the position he was stepping into as the seventh.

Or Louis thinks he's getting everything he's ever dreamed of. Harry helps him find what makes him truly happy.

Action/Adventure

The Dead of July by whimsicule

Harry is Captain America, and Louis’ been dead for 70 years.

Age Gap

White Pages, White Lace, Big Hands, Pretty Face by thechesirepussycat

“He touches his sides, his neck, his lips, all the places Harry has just been, all the places that still tingle from Harry’s touch. Such a strange feeling Louis has, so unreal and nerve-racking. He can’t begin to describe what Harry has done to him, what about Harry makes Louis want to call him… Daddy.“

Or, a gratuitous Sugar Daddy!Harry and Student!Louis AU.

Angst

Bot by tomlinsunshine (11k)

Zayn builds robots; Harry is a big fan of his latest model.

Break Up

got the sunshine on my shoulders by hattalove

five years ago, harry styles left his tiny home town to make it big as a recording artist. he didn't have much regard for what he left behind - a life, a family, and a husband, who woke up one morning to find him gone.

now, harry has everything he could possibly want: he's rich, famous, and adored by everyone he meets, including his boyfriend. but when said boyfriend proposes to him, he's forced to face the uncomfortable facts of his past - and louis, who's spent the last five years returning every set of divorce papers harry sent him.

(or, an au based on the movie sweet home alabama.)

Canon

nonstop earthquake dreams of you by lumineres

And there's heat behind it, blazing, plasmatic, like stars crashing together, like an explosion in space, like a supernova, like a black hole--everything else sucked out of existence. There's no bed and there's no pillow and they're not lying down, just floating somewhere, somehow, and there's no room and there's no X Factor house and there's no Niall snuffling or Liam's deep, even breathing and there's no wind or traffic outside and there's no hum of the heating unit and it's all just Louis. All encompassingly Louis.

or, harry falls hard and finds louis already at the bottom

Classics

Love Is A Rebellious Bird by 100percentsassy and gloria_andrews

AU in which the boys still make music. Louis is the concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra, Harry is the New! and Exciting! interim conductor/ex-cello prodigy who "has made Mozart cool again" according to Esquire Magazine (Louis hates him immediately, which is definitely why he internet stalked him in his dark bedroom late at night that one time), and Niall is the best. Zayn and Liam are around too.

College/Uni

Could be Kissing My Fruit Punch Lips by thechesirepussycat

Harry happens upon a porn site that specializes in live videos and sort of falls in love with the cute boy he only knows as Kitty.

And then he gets the surprise of his life when he finds out Kitty attends his university...

Crime

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by haroldslouis

1997 AU where Harry is a bank robber and Louis falls in love with him

Dom/Sub

No Control Club series by SadaVeniren

Harry, a popular BDSM blogger, writes a negative review about Louis’ club. Louis wants to have a chance to make it up to him.

Dunkirk/Alex

Poison & Wine by tilthesundies

Alex comes home from the war to find a stranger living in his flat.

Dystopian/Apocalypse

things have gotten closer to the sun by starseas

when a solar flare is announced to end the world in twelve days, harry reunites with the people that he used to know better than the back of his own hand.

Enemies to Lovers

you flower, you feast by stylinsoncity

He's King of the Underworld, but don't assume Louis has it all. He could stand for some excitement in his monotonous, eternal life and maybe, even.....a soulmate.

(Despite not having a soul.)

And along came "Harry"

Established Relationship

I Only Ever Want You by itsmiz

Louis and Harry's relationship goes through a series of changes while Liam and Zayn discover new things about themselves, as well.

Or: Louis & Harry and Liam & Zayn begin to have sex in front of each other and a lot of kink-discovery results from that.

Fairy Tale

Red by frosteddream

Shockwaves were sent through the village after the McPherson family was savagely killed. There were people who feared the beast that did it, and then there was Louis, or, as most people liked to call him, Red. (Little Red Riding Hood AU.)

Fake Dating

And Then a Bit by infinitelymint

Harry and Louis fake a relationship for publicity. Eventually it becomes a lot less fake and a lot more real.

Famous (non-1D AU)

a million roses (bathed in rock n roll) by deLILah

au. harry sings in smoky dive bars; louis misses his flight home. they go to coney island in the morning.

(aka - harry is lana del rey, and louis makes him a star.)

Fashion

Just my style by thoughtsickles

Harry is sick, and the only thing that might help him is the pheromones from his mate--problem is, he hasn't got a mate.

Louis' just been disowned, and taking part in a medical study where he has to cuddle with some strange alpha seems to be his only option for earning a bit of cash.

The hippies and Omega Rights campaigners are busy changing the world--but all Harry wants is a chance to live.

Fluff

Dreaming of You by velvetoscar

The Begrudging Starbucks AU.

The world is winter and steamed milk and creamy espresso shots. The world is a never ending queue. The world is a Starbucks logo and a pink-cheeked smile from Niall and a bored scowl from Zayn and the world is Louis watching his best mate, Liam, fall in love with their newest customer, Harry. Who may or may not be in love with Louis. The world is cruel.

Frat

Soft Feet, Fast Hands, Can’t Lose by dolce_piccante

American Uni AU. Harry Styles is a frat boy football star from the wealthy Styles Family athletic dynasty. A celebrity among football fans, he knows how to play, he knows how to party, and he knows how to fuck (all of which is well known among his legion of admirers).

Louis Tomlinson is a student and an athlete, but his similarities to Harry end there. Intelligent, focused, independent, and completely uninterested in Harry’s charms, Louis is an anomaly in a world ruled by football.

A bet about the pair, who might be more similar than they originally thought, brings them together. Shakespeare, ballet, Disney, football, library chats, running, accidental spooning, Daredevil and Domino’s Pizza all blend into one big friendship Frappucino, but who will win in the end?

Friends to Lovers

OmegaVision by jaerie

Tomlin Networks Presents: OmegaVision starring Louis Tomlinson! The world's first 24/7 reality channel available in over 150 countries worldwide following the life of the first male omega born in over a century. Follow Louis through his daily routine, the ups and downs of growing up or just leave him on for comfort. There are many reasons to tune in but, no matter what yours may be, there's always a part of Louis that is just like you!

Or a Truman Show au that nobody asked for where Louis is Truman and Harry just wants to be his mate

Girl Direction

Never Enough by idekboo

Louis couldn't get enough of Harry and that gorgeous body of hers. She wasn't shy about letting her know.

High School

I found a love (darling just dive right in) by wonderlou

Louis, an omega with very little control. Harry, an alpha with a lot of emotion. Neither of them have any idea what do to with this little thing called love, but they'll be damned if they don't put up a good fight.

Historical

Coax the Cold by MediaWhore

England, 1897.

English Professor Louis Tomlinson’s passion for the occult has been a source of mockery and derision for most of his life. When he hears whispers of a travelling freak show newly established in London claiming the existence of a monstrous sea hybrid, half-man, half-fish, Louis sees it as his ticket to credibility amongst his peers. The summer he spends undercover working on the show, however, gives him much more than that.

Miscellaneous/Unique

the impossible now by stylinsoncity

A wish on Christmas Eve sends Louis to an alternate dimension where Harry is a member of One Direction.

Mpreg

The Things I’d Do to Wake Up Next to You by dirtymattress (36k)

Harry wakes up to a pregnant Louis Tomlinson and a wedding band on his finger.

Mythology

Say Hallelujah, Say Goodnight by alivingfire

Louis is an angel who is just a little too bad to be good, Harry is a demon who is just a little too good to be bad, and they're both a little too in love to be impartial when angels and demons go to war.

PWP

mr. tomlinson by iwillpaintasongforlou

Louis is a billionaire CEO who makes grown men cry and rival companies crumble. He's also an omega. Harry is the quiet cupcake of a man he calls his alpha and the only one who gets to see Louis as anything less than fearsome.

Roommates

streetwise hercules by bottomlinsons

Uni AU, where Louis pretends to be Harry's boyfriend to scare away his one night stands.

Royalty

feel the chemicals burn in my bloodstream by togetherwecouldbealright

Harry is a journalist with a lot of secrets and Louis is the future king of the United Kingdom; they live together for 60 days.

Spies

never gonna dance again by togetherwecouldbealright

Louis is a spy and Harry is a dancer. The only real thing they know is each other.

Soulmates

Nameless Night by green_feelings

For their 18th birthday, every person receives a letter that reads a simple date. That is the date you'll meet your soulmate.

Harry and Louis have different beliefs, live in different worlds and have different dreams, hopes and fears. Yet, they're not so different from each other when it comes to love. When their paths cross, there is no doubt they belong together. Except for that one, essential difference: they didn't receive the same date.

Or, a fic about differences that make no difference at all: Harry and Louis are soulmates. In every way possible. Featuring Niall as a role model, and Liam and Zayn as a different kind of role models.

Summer Romance

Rivers til I Reach You by embodied

AU. Louis studies astronomy; Harry studies Louis. They spend their summers on the water and it shouldn't be complicated (spoiler: it is).

Supernatural

Howls Like a Beast (You Flower, You Feast) by indiaalaphawhiskey (16k)

France, 1754. Château de Versailles.

“You don’t love me,” Louis had said, utterly blasé as he callously fractured the heart of a Harry that was just barely eighteen.

“I do,” Harry had insisted pleadingly, green eyes already watering.

Louis had rolled his eyes, exasperated and flippant in the way only beautiful, young boys could be when faced with the affections of a baby prince. He had run his finger down Harry’s cheek then, had forced him to look into his eyes as he delivered the final blow.

“You’ll change your mind once you’ve seen more of the world,” Louis had teased, pressing a brutally delicate kiss onto Harry’s lovely, pure cheek. “Once you’ve been properly defiled.” He had whispered filthily, delighted by the gasp he heard, the frantic pink blush that had rested high on Harry’s cheeks, the power he had felt at knowing he could make the Crown Prince squirm.

#larry fic rec #larry fanfiction #larry fan fic #god tier fic recs

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chickles for 2? or toki for 3 if someone asked for chickles already :3

Fandom Memes [open!] (shout out to firefox for crashing and making me rewrite this like twice-so i continued to add more to this because why not)

When I started shipping them: Oh this is actually a funny story- I can’t quite remember when I started shipping them but according to AO3, I read a chickles fanfic in November 2019 (the only one i didn’t reread because im sure there were others i read too) and that was around when I began starting the show. But around that time, I SWEAR when I looked at Charles wiki, there was some line there that was along the lines of ‘Charles and Pickles had slept together sometime before Dethklok. while pickles doesn’t remember it, charles does’ I don’t even know if it was possibly a fever dream, mixing up a fanfic as canon, or I just happened to scroll through it when someone threw the line in BUT I CONSIDERED IT CANON and I lowkey waited for that scene as I remembered it on/off and it didn’t take until April 2020 when I finally finished the show to realize that it wasn’t canon D: so thanks to fanfics and probably misreading something in November-december 2019 that’s when I shipped them :D (Also if anyone knows where I may have gotten this from pls link me)

My thoughts: I love them!! They’ve made me happy shipping them and they’re just a good and wholesome ship to me! I think it has everything I could ever want in a ship; the angsty and sad moments but also the happy ones- I don’t know how I can articulate just how much they clicked with me but they really did! They’re like the ultimate band parents,

What makes me happy about them: I think I love how they can bring something in each other that they normally wouldn’t be able to do themselves. I headcanon Pickles as someone with ADHD (and aries because hi im an aries with ADHD) and I think Charles would be able to help calm him down and keep him focused or at least stimulated when he needs to be. Being with Charles can help him be a bit controlled (Though sometimes not by much when he wants to be a tease haha). I love the idea too of Pickles being able to bring Charles to have a more exciting day or just being able to help break routine a bit. Pickles sometimes likes to do things on the spur of the night just to keep himself entertained and Charles prefers to keep things in a schedule. They would find a compromise where Charles clears out a day and Pickles just takes him somewhere random. Is it a concert? Forest? Amusement park? Half the fun’s in not knowing! But Charles enjoys that he can be a bit looser and actually get to laugh and smile and just be having the time of his life with him-

What makes me sad about them: I think Doomstar/Post-doomstar and even the events between season 2 and 3 makes me sad, it breaks my heart in two just thinking about it. Pickles...would be so fucking devastated when Charles died, especially if we go by if they met during Snakes N’ Barrels and he may have never gotten a chance to confess his feelings (or he did for more sadness) and Post-doomstar? He probably ends up blaming Charles leaving on himself and- though depending on where we’re thinking of the possibility of the timeline of their relationship, Going Downklok may have wrecked their relationship because alternatively, Pickles may not have flirted with Abigail but probably something else caused them to break up or destroy their relationship. There was a lot of tension/build up in that episode so I guess their build up and eventual burst would be feelings having to resurface, possibly Pickles getting too far in his addictions and Charles still revealing nothing about what happened during his absence or why he came back; so then you get the dinner scene and it was the straw that broke the camel’s back to get him to quit and then all the events unfold and Pickles just blames himself so heavily on it oh god i need to WRITE THIS

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: I don’t think there’s anything in fanfic that annoys me when people write them- It’s more of being uncomfortable/disturbed?...there were a few fics I came across where Charles was borderline abusive/overly sadistic (and one where I wish I hadn’t read-) that left a bad taste in my mouth after reading it. I just feel like that’s way too OOC and Charles definitely isn’t the type of person to be an abusive asshole and/or would definitely know the boundaries of being sadistic in the bedroom while still making sure his partner is into it/feels safe. But i guess that kinda goes in general for any Charles/character fics-

Things I look for in fanfic: I think them being in character, an interesting plot line, and just it being well written is all i can ask for haha-I honestly love any Chickles fanfic out there; I think the things I look for in particular are either his reactions to seeing Charles when he comes back or anything post doomstar but also implying that they met during Snakes N Barrels help

My wishlist:

I guess I’m just gonna shove in things I hope to write actually- (screaming at me to write particular fics helps motivate me so go @ it-)

A Star reader AU: this actually would be the one of the first (probs second or third) Chickles fic I had ever written as I had drafted it around ago even though I had initially planned for the Chickles to kinda be hinted at but with what I know now, would make it more prevalent. If anyone has read Blood Red Road by Moira Young you might see where I’m going but basically, there was a character who was able to read the stars and predict the future. (if you’re hoping the novel goes more into that i’m sorry-) So if we make Charles one of those people, then probably adds more depth to why he chose to work with Dethklok right? :D Secret singer fic: I AM writing that one!! I just got sidetracked but God I’m gonna get back to it as soon as I can!! Basically for anyone else reading this, Charles and his friends put up a bet to see how difficult (or easy) it would be for Charles to become internet famous by having him post covers/original songs under an anonymous name. It becomes a chaotic mess when he gets more than he bargained for and does end up gaining some popularity, someone on the internet spreads the rumor the singer is someone famous, and a particular someone came across those songs and finds the lyrics almost a little too relatable. That fic where instead of Pickles being happy that Charles is back from the dead and they can live happily ever after, he becomes incredibly distressed and heartbroken because he ends up suffering major trauma. because seeing your bf ‘die’ all bloodied and mangled and coming back with only a scar and secrets he won’t tell you? That’s definitely years worth of therapy right there. That is like the only fic of this list even remotely close to finishing but God, definitely one of the most difficult to write- Fics where they met before/during Snakes N’ Barrels. I need to write one or two fics on that because I consider it canon. I’m sure I have mentioned drafting one or two fics like that?? Gotta look through my evernotes-

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I’m sorry but no my mind refuses to delve further- And i mean I’ve been digging Magnus/Charles lately and we all know how that wouldn’t last either so they’re meant for each other fjkdsfjlk

My happily ever after for them: The boys defeat Salacia, Charles and Pickles reunite and kiss for the first time in such a long time. They’re finally happy together and get to officially date (or continue where they left off). Charles is able to retire as the priest as his work is completed (or he manages to get it more public considering they saved the world so most likely it’d be a recognized religion) They get married, and when Dethklok officially retires, they buy a few houses, maybe even do music projects together or Charles takes over Crystal Mountain Records actually and Pickles helps out by being one of the music producers, they adopt a cat or dog or both, and just be happy with each other :D

#lampmeeting #chickles #charles foster offdensen #pickles the drummer #I CAN NEVER GIVE SIMPLE ANSWERS WITH THEM BUT I LOVE THEM-

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Finding You Always

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Chapter 208: Battle Cry, Pt 1

Winter stepped away from the common room, where many of them were glued to the screen, taking in the events that were happening in Boston.

"My darling Winter…" Charming called, as he took her in his arms.

"They're coming home...Bobby and Summer will be home soon," she said, though she still looked a bit sad.

"And right into danger," he said.

"There is that...but you know what it also means. Rumpelstiltskin's vision was clear. We are not there. We will have to be rejoined with Snow and David," she replied. He sighed.

"I know...but we must do this for our children," he said sadly. She nodded.

"I know...and we'll still be us, just the smaller voice again," she replied.

"Perhaps our lighter halves have learned not to push us away so much…" he suggested.

"Perhaps...and we are them, even if my lighter half is far too forgiving," Winter said, with slight annoyance.

"But I know you, my darling...you will give up revenge to have Summer and Bobby back. I shall too," he said. She nodded with a smile, as they shared a passionate kiss. Their lips parted though when they felt a whoosh of air. They opened their eyes and found themselves in the meadow beneath the tree they had created from their true love that once was merely a sapling.

"Why are we here?" Winter asked.

"You have accepted that you must rejoin your lighter halves; that the truest loves cannot be separated any longer," Bobby said.

"Bobby!" Winter cried, as she enveloped their son in her arms and kissed his cheek.

"I'm okay, Mom," he promised.

"How are you here?" Charming asked, as he hugged him too. He shrugged.

"I don't know...I just got done talking to Apollo and Artemis. They helped me awaken all the elements in me and I need to help you awaken yours so that it's done when you rejoin with your lighter halves," he said.

"But sweetie...we don't wield any elements," Snow replied. He smiled.

"Yes you do…" he replied, as they looked at him with questions in their eyes.

"True love...that's your element," he clarified.

"But...we've had true love's kiss before. It breaks curses, but won't do much to fight Seth," Charming said.

"But it will this time...once you're reunited with the lighter halves of mom and dad. Because this is the curse to end all curses. Trust me...you'll know when the time comes exactly what needs to be done. Mom and Dad are about to kiss me awake in Boston, but as long as there is separation between all of you, the curse isn't fully broken yet," Bobby replied, as he turned to leave.

"The curse to end all curses..." Charming muttered. Bobby nodded.

"Like I said, you'll know what it means and how to achieve that when the time comes," he said.

"We love you so much…" Winter gushed, as they hugged him again, with Charming cradling his head.

"I love you guys too and we're about to all be together again," he promised, as they faded from that place and returned to the physical plane. Their eyes locked and they shared another hug. The time for the epic battle between Seth was very near and once again, it would all come down to their family...and their love.

~*~

After a quick discussion, David thanked Patricia for the offer of a private jet to get them back to Maine, but they quickly determined that such wouldn't be feasible. There was no place to land a plane in the woods around the United Realms and a water landing would be difficult as well. Fortunately, the Jolly Roger would be just as fast as a plane and give them a Harbor entrance into the United Realms.

Unfortunately, it didn't allow them the anonymity that a private military airfield would have and they were stunned to see that reporters, news vans, and even civilians had gathered at the Harbor when they arrived.

"How the hell did they find out where we were going?" Patricia grumbled and then eyed Nora.

"I didn't tell you where we were going," she said in an accusatory tone.

"No...but I tweeted my direction and posted the video of that little freak making earthquakes. The Internet did the rest and this is the only Harbor in the direction I tweeted. They deduced the rest," Nora replied, as people tried to move in on them, like a mob, volleying intrusive questions and embarrassing claims. Fortunately, Patricia's officers kept them at a safe distance.

"My son is not a freak! How dare you?!" Snow cried, as she grabbed the other woman's phone and tossed it to the ground, before stomping on it. This, of course, gave the onlookers the spectacle they were looking for, but Snow didn't care.

"You really are a crazy bitch! No wonder you were in a mental hospital!" Nora growled, as she picked up her broken device.

"My wife is not crazy...our son was just taken from us. But I shouldn't be surprised...another heartless reporter!" David spat, as he held a nearly inconsolable Snow in his arms.

"Nora...what the hell?!" JJ exclaimed, as he pulled his cousin away. The people and reporters were looked on, snapping photos and recording the entire thing, ensuring that their situation was blowing up all over the world in a way they could have never imagined.

"Relax JJ...this thing is already out there. I'm just one person that's on the front lines to report it all," Nora replied.

"Too bad this is where we part ways then, Ms…" Patricia said, prompting her for her name.

"Bradley. Nora Bradley...what do you mean?" she questioned.

"Did you really think we're going to take you with us?" she asked, as they approached the gangplank of the Jolly Roger.

"Wait...you're letting my cousin go, but leaving me behind?" she asked, as she looked at him.

"JJ!" she exclaimed.

"You did this to yourself, Nora," he replied.

"So that's it? Wow...sweet cheeks really got under your skin fast! You're abandoning your own family for her!" she accused.

"This is bigger than us, Nora! You may want to report on it, but I just want to help," he claimed. She snorted derisively.

"Right...and this has nothing to do with her," she accused, as she glared at Summer.

"Do you even care at all right now that my brother is in mortal danger?" Summer asked.

"Of course I care...I'm trying to tell the story!" she responded and JJ rolled his eyes.

"Sorry...she's actually a nice person when she's not being a reporter, but all this has brought out the worst in her," JJ told her and she nodded in understanding, as they walked up the gangplank with her parents.

"You have a choice, Ms. Bradley," Patricia said.

"And what choice is that?" Nora asked.

"You report the facts and not your spin, like the garbage I'm reading that you already put out there," Patricia replied.

"And if I don't want to do it your way?" Nora asked. Patricia smirked.

"Federal prison," she replied. Nora frowned and then plastered a fake smile on her face.

"Then I guess I'll be doing things your way, but since that crazy bitch…" she started to say, but Patricia gave her a warning look.

"Since the Princess broke my phone, I have no way to do my work," she said, with very fake sweetness.

"I'll provide you with all you need, but piss me off and you'll end up in a very bad place," the Major promised. Nora was fuming and practically boiling in her skin. She'd play by the Major's rules for now, but the first chance she got...she'd make her regret her threats.

They boarded the Jolly Roger and Killian took to the wheel. Nora looked around with scrutiny.

"There's no motor...it will take forever to get anywhere on this boat," Nora complained.

"Ship...she's a ship and deserves your respect," Killian snapped, as he removed his fake hand.

"What the hell…" she uttered and watched in horror, as he replaced it with his hook.

"Welcome aboard the Jolly Roger," he said.

"He's...he's Captain Hook?" JJ asked in disbelief.

"He is...but he's not bad and he's my oldest sister's husband," Summer told him. Killian brought them out into the open water and saw a Coastguard ship closing in on them.

"Dammit...I tried calling them off, but there is some in fighting and they want custody of this ship pretty badly," the Major said.

"Not to worry...a little help, mate?" he called to David. He nodded and left Snow's side momentarily to climb the mast to let the sails out. Killian spun the wheel and they quickly pulled away from the coastguard.

"How are we outrunning a Coastguard class A vessel?" JJ asked. Summer winced and looked at him.

"Magic?" she offered and he shook his head.

"Of course," he replied. David climbed back down from the mast and took Snow in his arms again. She slipped her arms around his neck and sniffed, as she rested her head against his chest.

"We'll find him, Snow…" he promised in a whisper, before pressing a kiss to her hair.

"But he's going to hurt our baby before we do," she choked out.

"Hey...Bobby is strong, my love. He'll hold his own until we get there," he assured, as he pressed his forehead against hers.

"I want him to pay…" she admitted.

"He will," he assured.

"No mercy this time...not for him," she said.

"No...he's pure evil and we won't hesitate. He won't stand a chance against this family," he replied.

"What about our darker counterparts?" she asked.

"We'll convince them that the only way to save our children is to become whole again. They may not have believed that two years ago...but something tells me that they do now," he replied. She believed that too and let his love slowly ebb away what might have been a full blow panic attack. But she wasn't going to give into that this time. She was too focused on saving their children and their people. Nothing would stand in their way of seeing to Seth's demise this time.

~*~

Mephisto dropped Bobby unceremoniously at the feet of his Lord and Master and the boy looked up at the God.

"Welcome young one…" he said, in a pleased tone, as Mephisto's three charges flanked him and he looked around.

"Hmm...Mount Olympus used to be nice. It figures you'd turn it into a dark crap hole," Bobby commented.

"You will not speak to Lord Seth in such a manner, you snot nosed brat!" Mephisto hissed, as he moved in to physically reprimand the boy, but his hand stilled when Bobby looked at him. His eyes glowed with a myriad of rainbow colors and Seth looked intrigued by that.

"The elements are alive in you…" he realized, as he walked closer.

"A great battle is coming between us, young one. One that you and your family will not survive," he warned.

"Funny...because I'm pretty sure you don't stand a chance against us," Bobby retorted. Seth smirked.

"Oh, but it will not be just us fighting…" he said, as he motioned a transparent screen in front of them.

"The Land outside the United Realms. This Land Without Magic is quite intriguing. It boasts that its people are evolved and adhere to laws, yet they quarrel with each other over religion and politics. They let their murderers and rapists walk free. Yet they believe myths and magic are silly. They need order," he said.

"Yes, my Lord...they need you to make them conform to a just rule. They need a true God!" Mephisto agreed.

"And now it seems, due to your own carelessness with your magic and the idiot Dr. Jekyll's obsession with your fair mother...that they are about to know all about us," Seth stated.

"What is thy bidding, My Lord?" Mephisto questioned.

"There is much evil in this land...much more than there will ever be here in the United Realms. I need soldiers...I need the worst of humanity to join our ranks for the coming war," he said. Mephisto smirked deviously.

"And you shall have it," Mephisto said, as he and two of his charges disappeared.

"You have your orders, Dr. Jekyll," Seth said.

"And I shall deliver, My Lord...but I ask in the coming war that you spare Snow White for me," he requested.

"You're not getting your hands on my mother, you disgusting pig!" Bobby snapped hotly.

"Children should be seen and not heard," Jekyll chided, but then held his head in agony.

"You will obey my orders. Snow White is no longer your concern," Seth said. Jekyll clearly was not happy about that, but was silent and disappeared to carry out his tasks. Unfortunately, it was Bobby holding his head in agony for a moment, until the God ceased.

"Come child...it's time for you to see the place you shall die," Seth said, as they disappeared and then reappeared on a piece of land.

"Where...where are we?" Bobby asked, as he looked around at the desolate space that was surrounded by rocky outcroppings and a filmy red sky.

"Welcome to Nephilim, the realm of the fallen, where you will die and your bones will remain for eternity," Seth declared.

"Do not fear though...the entire world will be witnessing our battle and the rise of my coming army. They will see their future and worship me as I rise and sweep away my enemies," he continued.

"I won't be alone...my parents are coming," Bobby warned. Seth smirked.

"The Chalice is no longer at full power. I am now well aware of your parent's treachery and without the full power...they cannot enter this realm. No one can," Seth informed him. Bobby frowned and swallowed thickly, before putting on a brave front.

"Fine...you want a fight? Then you're gonna get one," he agreed, as his eyes glowed and the ground beneath him began to shake. He magicked a sword into his hand and his ripped up clothes changed into a leather jerkin and pants; an ensemble similar to one his father had often worn in the Enchanted Forest. And with no more delay, they charged each other…

~*~

A few moments ago, another bout of training had commenced, as they were aware that they were in the eleventh hour. But now, that was painfully clear, as the screen just appeared before them like magic, showing Bobby in Nephilim facing Seth. Alone.

"Oh my God...oh my God!" Regina cried, as they watched the fight begin.

"Bobby…" Eva cried.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" Leo uttered.

"They have to be on the way," Eva insisted.

"Or they're dead like my parents," Carina said sadly.

"They're not dead...and we don't know that your parents are either," Leo admonished.

"He's right...they're strong like our parents and they have a friend in Thor. If anyone can save them, it's him," Eva assured.

"Even so...I must lead Andresia's army in my father's place," Carina said bravely, as the twins stood beside her.

"None of that matters," the Evil Queen snapped.

"You heard him...we can't get to him! He's in Nephilim and he's broadcasting this whole thing to the muggles out there!" she ranted, just as a swirling orange portal appeared.

"No...he said that we can't get to him without the full power of the chalice," a voice said, as Snow and David emerged, hand in hand from the portal.

"Mom! Dad!" the twins cried, as they rushed to them and they swept the twins into hugs. Emma, Killian, Summer, and the rest of the people with them filed through the portal.

"Nana!" Summer called, as she rushed to Regina, who swept her into a crushing hug.

"Oh...I missed you so much," Regina cried, as tears slipped down her cheeks. She sniffed and then hugged Robin.

"Papa Robin…" she gushed and then she shocked the Evil Queen by hugging her too.

"I missed you too," she said.

"You...you did?" the Queen asked. She nodded and swiped a tear away.

"Of course I did...you're a part of my Nana and I know you won't be happy until you're whole again. Until you're able to be with your family again. Please Nana…" she pleaded. The Queen looked at Regina and she nodded. She then looked at Robin, who nodded too.

"I know you think I only love Regina and not the Queen, but you know it's not true. I fell in love with you when you were still struggling in the darkness. I love all of you...please come back to us," he pleaded, as Hyde stepped forward with the antidote. She nodded and he gave her the injection. Regina's eyes widened, as the Queen was absorbed back into Regina and she smiled brightly. Robin, Summer, Jade and Roland all hugged her tightly.

Snow and David approached Winter and Charming, while Hyde stood by.

"You know the only way to save Bobby is to become one again," David stated.

"We know...and for him, we'll do it," Charming agreed. Snow looked at her counterpart.

"I know you don't think so, but you have both taught us a lot. I won't ignore you anymore or push you away," Snow promised. She nodded.

"Let's save our baby," Winter agreed reluctantly. They knew it might have been harder to convince them if not for the mortal danger to their son, but just as Snow and David would do anything for one of their children, so would Charming and Winter. Hyde moved in at that point and gave each of them an injection. There was a very bright glow, as Winter and Charming were rejoined with Snow and David. The Chalice rejoined as well and floated between them, glowing in all its full glory. Snow and David opened their eyes and grinned brightly at each other, as they closed the distance with a passionate kiss.

"Okay you two...we have work to do," Regina admonished.

"Yeah...and who the hell are they and why is she here?" Leo asked, referring to the Major and the other people with her.

"Long story...we'll explain later. But for now...we need to get into Nephilim," Snow said.

"Which is easy for you two with the Chalice, but not so much for the rest of us," Rumple reminded them.

"I think I may have an idea," David said.

"Daddy…" Eva interrupted him and directed their attention to the screen.

"Holy hell…" Leo uttered, as they saw the return of Mephisto and his minions, along with a new army of freshly created demonic minions.

"He was busy," Rumple said.

"We're going to need our own armies," David said, as he turned to Tiny.

"Tiny...how is our bean supply?" he asked.

"We have dozens, fortunately," the giant replied.

"Good...we need to enchant them with the chalice," he said and Snow smiled.

"That's a really good idea," she said, as they joined hands and stood before the heads of the other Kingdoms.

"We need you all to gather your armies and then use one of these enchanted beans to portal into Nephilim," David instructed, as a bean was given to Lancelot, Phillip, Eric, Mulan, Jasmine, Midas, Elsa, and Glinda. Snow stepped toward Carina and hugged her.

"No word from them?" she asked and she shook her head, as she took the beans.

"No...but we will lead Andresia into battle in our father's place," she said, as the twins stood beside her.

"He would be proud," David said, as he gave a bean to Tinkerbell next.

"Can you gather the fairies?" he asked. She nodded with a smile.

"Consider it done," she agreed, before kissing Neal and leaving the confines of Bald Mountain. David handed out the rest of the beans to their immediate family, including a couple for Leo.

"One to get into the reserve and then one to get to Nephilim," he said. Leo nodded.

"Wait!" Hermes cried suddenly.

"What is it?" Aphrodite asked, as the other Goddess grinned and waved her hand. A hologram of Fandral and Rose appeared before them.

~*~

Rose and Fandral arrived at Thor's residence with Sif that evening and saw that Dr. Selvig was there with a strange looking device and another woman, dressed in a cat-like bodysuit.

"Is this the doctor you mentioned that could help? Dr. Banner?" Rose asked. The redhead smiled in amusement.

"No...my name is Natasha Romanoff. I'm a...colleague of Dr. Banner's I suppose you could say," she said.

"The Black Widow...Thor has mentioned you in his tales he had told us and our children," Fandral recalled. She nodded.

"Dr. Banner is staying sequestered for a while. He's undergone an interesting transformation recently that he's not quite ready to reveal to the world. However, the kind of technology you need wasn't exactly his area of expertise," she explained.

"Fortunately...I'm in contact with all the people that would have what you need," Natasha explained.

"This Mr. Stark you mentioned?" Rose asked.

"He could probably do it, but he's also not making himself available. However, Captain Steve Rogers made the trip to a place called Wakanda and got what we needed from his allies there. The hardware anyway," Eric said.

"Yes...to make the inter dimensional contact part work, we contacted someone with the ability to get access to the frequencies we needed to tune the machine to. Carol Danvers was happy to send me what you need," Natasha said.

"You did this all for us?" Fandral asked in surprise and Thor clapped him on the shoulder.

"You are one of my oldest friends and I am just glad I can help you get back home to your children. Maybe you can save your world in a way I could not," Thor said.

"Are you ready?" Natasha asked. They nodded. Dr. Selvig typed away on the keyboard and the machine whirred to life. The frequency was fuzzy at first and then focused in on a landscape.

"Is this it?" Eric asked and they gasped, as they saw several Kingdoms on fire.

"Yes...that was Snow and David's castle!" Rose exclaimed.

"It would seem that Seth is already destroying Kingdoms," Fandral said.

"Wait...can you focus on that cone shaped mountain in the distance?"! Rose asked, as she pointed to the desolate area around the odd shaped mountain.

"Yes...Bald Mountain seems to still be untouched, which means he hasn't gotten in yet," Fandral said, as the inside of the mountain appeared on the screen.

"Yes...that's it! Everyone is still safe," Rose said, as a smile came to her face.

"The children...they're okay," Fandral said, as they breathed a sigh of relief, as the screen focused on Carina and the twins.

"Hermes!" they called, hoping she would hear them.

"You're alive!" Snow cried in relief.

"We are...thanks to Thor," Fandral replied.

"Mom! Dad!" Carina and the twins cried tearfully.

"We're coming home soon, my loves," Rose promised.

"Fandral...do you think Thor can portal you and Rose directly into Nephilim with the bi-frost, despite Seth's restrictions?" David asked. Fandral looked at his friend and he nodded.

"It should be well within the power of the bi-frost," he said. David smiled.

"Good...standby for my signal," he said, as he and Snow turned to the others.

"Major...this thing is open to the world now. You want our cooperation after this...then you need to help us save your world too," David said, as he handed two beans to her.

"Don't make me regret this," he said.

"It will be a long, awkward road ahead in introducing our worlds to each other, but I am your ally in this," she promised.

"Clayton once told me that too and even helped us for a while. Then we ended up as prisoners. Try it...and we'll use the power of the chalice to its full extent to not only seal the United Realms away again, but make sure we take back everything you've gained from Clayton's stolen items," he promised. She smirked.

"Duly noted and you don't have to believe me, but you're the best detective I've ever worked with. I want you as an asset...not an enemy," she assured.

"We'll see," he replied, as he turned back to his family and noticed Summer with the young paramedic that had examined Bobby after his episode and heard his daughter talking to him.

"This is going to get pretty rough...I understand if you want to stay here," Summer told him. But he shook his head.

"No…I want to help or I wouldn't be here," he assured.

"JJ...this is insane. You need to watch from a distance with me," Nora insisted.

"Stay out of this Nora," he said.

"You want to help?" David asked and the young man looked at Summer's father, not able to find his voice for a moment.

"Uh...yes Sir," he answered.

"Any weapons experience?" he asked.

"I've...I've handled a gun a few times," JJ replied and he looked at his eldest. Emma smirked and waved her hand. He was astonished to see two large guns appear in his hands. They looked like regular guns, but he had a feeling they weren't.

"Bullets won't do you much good on this battlefield. These shoot fireballs instead," Emma said. Summer smiled at her older sister.

"Thanks," JJ replied.

"Is everyone ready?" he called and received affirmations in response, before the heads of state began to portal out to gather their armies and any people that could fight. David took Snow's hand and they shared a tender, passionate kiss.

"We're going to win and we'll save Bobby," he promised. She smiled and nodded.

"I know...I have faith in our love," she agreed, as they used one bean to portal out and gather who they could.

~*~

Dr. Jekyll burned his way into Hyde's lab. The school was mostly empty, which was good, since he wouldn't have hesitated to burn through anyone in his way. He had his orders from Mephisto, but that didn't suit him at all. Fortunately, two years ago, before the curse was enacted, he had been working on a way to keep his new, demonic powers and break the chains of servitude that tied to him to his Master. And he hid it in Hyde's lab where he knew it would neither be found nor disturbed. He ripped the cabinet doors away and searched for the small velvet pouch that he had hidden his concoction in and smirked, as he pulled out the vial of sickly green liquid. He downed the liquid and felt his power flare for a moment, as Mephisto's fiery chains appeared on his wrists and then melted away. He was free and still retained the powers bestowed upon him.

He was no fool though. He knew if he joined the battle that was raging, he would likely be destroyed. Instead, he had a different plan. He had done his research and knew of one place in the United Realms where crime was still rampant and it was easy for the wanted to hide. He would go there and set up his lab. He would bide his time; he was a very patient man, after all. He would plot the perfect revenge and build an empire in this new place. He would continue his research into ways for science to overcome magic and when the time was right...he would have his revenge and take what he wanted.

"Fear not, my lovely Snow...we will meet again one day," he promised. Pleasure Island awaited him.

~*~

Bobby dodged the Titan, as he charged him and blocked his blows. The force of their fists connecting blew them both back and the evil Seth launched a stream of fire at the boy. Bobby countered with a wall of water to wash out his attack and then followed that up with a lightning attack. Seth took a direct hit and seethed angrily, as he used his mind meld. Bobby held his head in agony for several moments, until he managed to summon all his power. His eyes filled with a multicolored glow and he negated Seth's mind attack, stunning him.

"You are formidable…" Seth hissed, as his eyes twitched with double eyelids like that of a serpent and his olive toned skin became scaly.

"Perhaps squeezing the life out of you is the only way to go…" he hissed, as his limbs extended and coiled around Bobby. He gasped, as the wind was knocked out of him and he choked for air.

"Poor child...I will relish your mother's scream when I drop your mangled corpse at her feet, just before I crush her skull and burn your father alive for his betrayal!" Seth hissed.

"Stop thinking…" a voice said.

"Mr. Gold…" he rasped.

"Yes...stop thinking and give into your power. It comes from light. Nothing bad can come from being consumed by it," Rumple instructed.

"Didn't know you were telepathic," Bobby rasped.

"Talking to yourself...the lack of oxygen has already sent you into madness," Seth goaded.

"Magic, my boy...it can do anything, but yours even more than mine. Yours is boundless," Rumple said, as Bobby opened his eyes and they almost blinded Seth. The ground beneath him began to shake violently and Seth's coils were lit ablaze. He retracted his coils and transformed them back into arms, which were now badly burnt and singed. Bobby dropped to the ground and gasped for air.

"That was a very lethal mistake, young one," Seth warned.

"Says the loser," Bobby retorted, as he watched fire sprout up from all the cracks in the ground. Seth smirked.

"My army has arrived…" he said. Bobby gulped, as he watched hundreds of demons appear, including Arthur, Gawain, and Mephisto. To his horror, Seth did not stop there, as the God summoned hundreds of hell furies, gorgons, banshee's from Tartarus itself. The other remaining beings that had resided in Nephilim also joined them. Among them was Fafnir the mighty dragon, several frost giants, the Horned King, and Shan Yu, along with his undead army of Huns.

"You are vastly outnumbered, young one. Not even with all your power can you defeat us alone," Seth hissed, as he used his magic to shove Bobby back and he went rolling to the ground. But the boy refused to give up and pulled himself to his feet.

"Who says he's alone?" a female voice said and his eyes widened, as he looked around.

"Emma?" he called and then heard a sparking behind him. He turned to find an orange portal swirling before him and his oldest sister walked through it in her familiar red leather jacket and armed with their father's old sword.

"If you really thought that whatever barrier you put around this place was going to keep our parents out...then you really haven't got a clue," Emma commented.

"I am not scared of your parents, Savior...nor you. My army and I will crush your family," Seth boasted. Emma smirked.

"We'll see…" she said, as Bobby saw another portal appear in the sky and was stunned to see his brother fly through it on Pegasus with his Phoenix following him. Another portal opened behind Emma, as Eva carried herself and Paul through the portal with her wind powers. She landed next to her little brother and with a burst of magic, she healed him of any wounds with a loving smile. Bobby smiled and got to his feet, as he watched in wonder, as more portals continued to open around them. Through the three in front of them, Killian walked through with Alice and Jade. They were followed by another one, as Regina, Summer, and her new friend JJ arrived. Robin came through another one beside them with Roland and the Merry men and then another opened, as Rumple, Belle, and Gideon arrived. Henry and Jacinda were next through a portal, having left Lucy with Frankie and Joe, who were also caring for Hope. And finally, beside them, James and Aphrodite arrived, along with Hermes.

In the near distance, more large portals opened, as the armies of the United Realms filed through. Lancelot and Guinevere led the warriors from Camelot. Phillip and Aurora led their army. Eric and Ariel appeared next with the Maritime Kingdom's soldiers. The portals that appeared next hailed the armies from Midas' Kingdom with Abigail and Frederick leading the way. Next, Mulan arrived with the army of China, and Aladdin and Jasmine led Agrabah's soldiers through another portal. Tiana and Naveen led Starcomb's army through another portal, while Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff appeared with soldiers from Arendelle.

And finally, Carina, Ben, and Ari led Andresia's army as well.

More portals in the dozens opened in the sky all around them, as all the fairies arrived, surrounding them with their light magic, ready to unleash it on the darkness. Then, probably most surprising of all, the Major came through and arrived with help from the Land Without Magic. She was lending the military might in the form of fighter jets, tanks, and soldiers that were entering a world they didn't even know existed thirty minutes ago.

Bobby looked around in wonder and was surprised to see a beam of light strike the ground beside them. The light faded, revealing Rose and Fandral's return, via the bi-frost.

"So...you're alive…" Seth growled.

"A God much more powerful than you saved us and I assure you that you will pay for what you've done," Fandral promised. Bobby turned and saw a final portal open behind him. Granny and Red, in her wolf form stepped through, followed by all seven dwarves, and finally his parents, hand in hand, dressed in their warrior clothing.

Seth looked around, trying to hide his nervousness, at what he was now facing.

"If your plan really hinged on the fact that you thought we wouldn't reunite with our darker halves to save our son from you...then you are more of a fool than we thought," Snow declared boldly.

"Just for that...I think I'll kill you first Snow White and make your husband watch!" Seth growled, as he tried his mind meld, but was shocked when it didn't work. The Chalice glowed between them, but he was confused. Even at full power, the Chalice shouldn't have protected them from his mind meld.

"How...how are you doing this?!" he demanded to know.

"True love," David replied in a simple manner. Snow smiled at him.

"Truest love," she agreed.

"Oh and a little bonding to our elements," Leo added, as his eyes glowed dark blue. Eva's glowed pink, Summer's glowed lavender, and Emma's glowed white.

"All the magic and power in all the realms failed to defeat you...but true love won't," Snow declared, as the chalice separated into their respective weapons, his sword and her arrow shooting gauntlets.

"Nothing can defeat me...and certainly not something like your pathetic true love," Seth seethed, as he signaled his demonic army. David raised his sword to signal their allies.

"This is the United Realms and it's our home!" he shouted.

"And we will purge you and your demons from it!" Snow added, as both sides charged into a battle that would decide the fate of the United Realms...and the world.

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