#willow looks so much like her mom it's wild

[beebeesiims]

face card never declines in this house pt. 3

[skzstannie]

“And I’m Willow!”

SKZ-> Han Jisung x single mom! Reader

genre: fluff, strangers to lovers wc: ~2,100 cw: brief descriptions of the death of a parent, child goes missing (just for a second), 4 year olds can be menaces

summary: you’re outgoing 4 year old daughter turns out to be quite the wingman

A/N: Here’s the Han fic, as promised! Going to make this into a mini series, soooo Parts 2/3 will be out eventually. Give this post some love if you enjoyed it; likes/reblogs and feedback are much appreciated!

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"Momma, can we get these please?" your daughter whines, shoving a box of tissues in your face.

You snort, "Now why do you want tissues, Willow?"

"You're always crying over those stupid boys on T.V," she answers, distracted by the little bracelet she has tied around her wrist.

Your eyes widen in embarrassment, mumbling out an apology when the elderly couple next to you glances your way. You quickly make your way out of the aisle, praying your daughter will hold her comments 'til you get to an empty one.

Your daughter is the light of your life. She is always so happy and giggly, and she easily becomes the center of attention every time she walks in a room. You love the way she is so carefree, not caring about what anyone thinks of her. While she may only be four, this is certainly a characteristic you wish you had.

"Willow," you chuckle once you're tucked safely away in an empty aisle, "You can't just say things like that in front of other people."

"Why?"

"Because Mommy gets embarrassed easily."

"Why?"

"Because other people don't need to know about our business."

"Why?"

You stop replying, realizing how silly it looks to be arguing with your four year old daughter, and continue shopping.

You push the cart down the next aisle, Willow still sat comfortably in the seat at the front. Suddenly, you bring the cart to a screeching halt. Your eyes lock on the beautiful man stood in front of you, and it's like everything else around you disappears.

Willow lets out an adorable squeak, exaggeratedly lurching forward from the abrupt stopping of the cart. "What was that for, Mommy?" She pouts, her chubby arms crossing over her chest.

You've forgotten how to breathe, and her question goes in one ear and out the other.

Willow, as inpatient as ever, whips her head around, her eyes finding the man you've been ogling for an inappropriate amount of time.

"Mommy, why are you staring at that man?"

The question brings you back to reality, and your cheeks redden when the man in question looks over at you, a teasing smile on his face.

Completely embarrassed now, you whip the cart around, almost taking it on two wheels, and practically sprint to the next aisle.

"Willow," you hiss quietly, your adrenaline pumping at full speed, "Remember what I said? We don't talk about other people in public. It's rude." You run your fingers through her silky hair, making sure she's taking in and understanding your words.

"But whyyy?"

You huff and take a moment to gather yourself, mindlessly staring off at the seasonings stacked in front of you. It's pointless to answer, knowing exactly what she'll say back almost every time.

You're erratic heartbeat has calmed now, and you continue to go about your shopping, grabbing a bottle of ketchup off the shelf. You look down at your phone, crossing it off your list.

In a house with a toddler, you can never have enough ketchup.

You scroll through your list for a moment, but are quickly interrupted by a small tug at your sweatshirt sleeve.

"Mommy?" her small voice perks up, and you're almost too scared to ask.

"Yes, baby?" You're mind is full of random things she might say, and you mentally prepare for something wild to come out of her mouth.

"I have to use the bathroom," she whispers, apparently gaining an awareness of social cues that she lacked 30 seconds prior.

"Ok, I'll take you." You put your phone back in your pocket and make your way to the bathroom at the back of the store. You leave your cart outside the restroom and take Willow out of it. You lead her into the bigger stall by the hand, locking the door behind you guys. She does her business, and you help her to wash her hands.

Walking out of the bathroom, your brows furrow seeing your cart missing.

"What kind of an asshole takes someone's cart?" you whisper to yourself, your eyes scanning the aisles within sight.

You walk down each aisle, your eyes peering in everyone's carts.

Somewhere around the fifth aisle, your hand reaches down to find Willow's hand, but you're met with nothing but air. Your eyes dart down beside you, and you immediately panic when you're little mini-me is nowhere to be found.

"Oh my God," you whisper, eyes wide as saucers. You race up and down the aisles, searching for your daughter, manners slipping your mind as you bump into people left and right. The aisles are crowded, and you're daughter could be anywhere.

You get to the candy aisle, and you're finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. There your daughter stands, a bag of ripped open M&Ms in hand. Your eyes wander over to the person crouched down next to her, and your pulse quickens once again.

Of course, out of everyone in the whole store, this is who your daughter would go up to.

You stalk over to them, a pink tint once again gracing your cheekbones. As you get closer, your daughter's excited voice falls over your ears.

"And then she started crying when the other guy came back on the T.V," she explains animatedly to the handsome stranger.

"Willow," you say, your tone stern. "You cannot walk away from Mommy in stores." You grab her little hand in yours, pulling her towards you 'til she's in front of you. You crouch down, your eyes level with hers.

Her little expression drops, her bottom lip wobbling. "I'm sorry," she whispers, tears welling up in her eyes.

"It's ok, baby, you just can't wander off like that. Somebody could take you away from Mommy," you explain tenderly, using the sleeves of your sweatshirt to gently dry her cheeks.

"I just wanted some chocolate, and then I saw the pretty man you saw before, and I wanted to be his friend," she tells you innocently. Your attention is brought back to the bag of candy she dropped on the floor and the very handsome stranger picking each up each individual piece.

"Sir," you panic, "You don't have to do that," you quickly take the bag from his hands.

"No no Mommy, it's ok! He's our friend now!"

"Baby, please stop," your eyes remain on the messy floor, all too embarrassed to look at the man. You hurry to pick up all the M&Ms that spilled out of the bag, throwing them back into the package.

"I was just telling him how you thought he was pretty," your jaw drops in shock, "Oh! And how he looks just like the boys you watch on T.V."

The man chuckles, and you gain the courage to look up at him for the first time.

He's even more handsome from up close, if that's even possible, with dark brown hair parted perfectly, the cutest chubby cheeks you've ever seen on a man, and the brightest smile you could possibly imagine.

"I saw her standing here by herself and figured we’d wait here until you found her. She already had the candy before I saw her," he chuckles, bringing his hand to rub at the nape of his neck while his eyes dart between you and Willow.

"I-uh, thank you so much for watching her. We're working on her listening skills, they need a bit of sharpening." The chemistry you feel between the two of you is unfathomable as you ramble on, and your body warms as you feel his gaze on you. "I'm also so sorry for anything she might've told you. She's quite the people-person, and she wants everyone to know everything-" Your daughter cuts you off, an exasperated look covering her freckled face.

"I just thought it was important for him to know you thought he was pretty."

Your face heats up even more, and you bring your hands up to cover your cheeks. "She's trying to kill me."

The man laughs, a fond look taking over his features. "I'm Jisung, it's nice to meet you..." he offers you his hand, a proper greeting finally underway.

"Y/N," you meet his outstretched hand, giving him a firm handshake. He shakes back and delicately pulls you up to your feet with him.

"And I'm Willow!" she yells, jumping up and down, her big doe eyes focused on Jisung.

"Willow is a very beautiful name," he sticks his hand out towards her, and she clumsily takes it in hers, shaking it quickly up and down. "Now, Willow, do you think your mom thinks I'm pretty enough to give me her number?" His attention shifts back to you, and your heart races at the question.

"Huh? What number-" Now it's your turn to interrupt her. You pull her around to face you and gently guide her face into your sweatshirt, effectively cutting her sentence off.

"She just might," you reply, giving him a flirtatious smile.

After exchanging numbers, it's finally time to part ways. He sends you a subtle wink, the feeling of butterflies fluttering in your stomach.

"Bye Mr. Jisung!" Willow says as you practically drag her away.

"Willow, you have to promise me you will not run off like that ever again!" Now out of Jisung's earshot, you freely scold your daughter.

"But Mommy, Mr. Jisung was so nice!" She skips beside you, happiness exuding from every inch of her tiny body.

"I know he was, but you have to stay by Mommy at all times. Promise me you will not run off again," you stop walking, pulling her off to the side of one of the aisles. Your grip on her arm is loose enough to not hurt her, but tight enough to make her know you mean business. "Promise me, Willow."

"I promise, Mommy."

"Ok, good. Now to find that stupid cart."

~ ~ ~

For the remainder of the time you spent at the store, Willow talks your ear off about Jisung. Through the aisles, through the checkout, and even on the car ride home.

"And then, Momma, he told me my bracelet was beautiful. Can you believe it?!" Her words bounce with excitement. "Daddy would've loved Mr. Jisung."

Your heart aches at the mention of her dad. He passed away in an unfortunate car accident a year after she was born. While she may not remember her dad, you have made sure to tell her every single last detail about him.

"Jisung was very nice, wasn't he, baby?" you hum, stopping at a red light.

"Yes! I really like him." You gaze back at her through the rearview mirror. The love you have in your heart for your little girl is an indescribable amount, and you only wish one day she'll truly understand what she means to you.

It's a heavy role having to act as both parental roles, but here you are, making it work day in and day out.

It's hard, but you have to be kind to yourself, reminding yourself that she's happy, healthy, and everything that's good in the world.

"You're a wonderful mom," your husband had told you. You were sat in the rocking chair, feeding your baby girl a warm bottle, and he was sat across from you on the floor, his head resting on your knees.

It's been years now, though, and while he'll always be your first love, it's ok to look for love again, right?

~ ~ ~

"Willow, please stop climbing on the furniture like it's a jungle gym; you're going to get hurt," you tell her from the kitchen, stirring some noodles on the stove.

You hear her hum in agreeance, the T.V turning on seconds later to her favorite cartoon.

You ended up finding your cart earlier at the store. To your dismay, you simply walked out the opposite end of the bathroom, and your cart was only around the corner. You were quick to finish your shopping, wanting to avoid anymore embarrassing interactions.

Spaghetti was the dinner your daughter requested for the night, so you picked up all the ingredients at the store earlier. You have the noodles boiling on one burner, your homemade sauce going on the other, and a couple pieces of garlic bread toasting in the oven.

Your phone dings from the table, and you step away from the stove to tend to it. You scroll through your numerous Instagram messages, your friends all too obsessed with sending you countless reels.

Your cheeks flush at a specific notification hidden among the multitude of social media messages.

from Unknown

Hey Y/N, It's Jisung

I know this may be moving a little quick

But I can't stop thinking about you

Can I take you out this weekend?

Part 2/3 -> coming soon!

[mdhwrites]

You said the arcs of certain characters in TOH have an 'Us vs. Them mentality.' I take it that's because, as you say, the narrative pins the bad qualities of certain characters on separate parties (e.g. "Amity's flaws are only because of her mom"), but would you care to elaborate further on said mentality and how it sticks out to you in TOH?

So shockingly, not really. It plays into it but I am actually inherently talking about the same sort of mentality that Belos perpetuates but back onto Luz. After all, if you look at the main cast by even mid season 2 we have a problem forming. Eda: Has lost her criminal edge, has no personal interests, is defined by being nice in a way befitting Luz's worldview. Momma Eda.

Amity: No longer is studious and hard working but instead focuses more on her girlfriend and her nerdy interests. Is also now just nice. Was only shown genuine care by Luz, instead of just trying to fulfill her nerdy desires, once she finds out Amity is into Azura.

Lilith: Has turned into a nerd and given up on any ambitions that had led to her previous actions, becoming a nice cool aunt. Only now has Luz tried to form any relationship with her (admittedly, she didn't get many chances before now).

Hunter: Has only been being given kindness because he has shown a capacity for kindness that Luz only really started showing him, beyond not wanting him to die, once he showed he had a nerdy interest in wild magic.

Gus: Was a nerd from go and always nice, even if he could be slightly selfish.

Willow: By mid S2, is essentially out of the show for the past half season, has never had a strong personality and is just nice. Yes, she'll start her jock stuff soon... And never have a real conversation with Luz again, at least not until S3 maybe? So a full season where Luz and Willow, after Willow might have stopped being nerdy/an outcast, where Luz doesn't have an interest in her anymore.

And uh, just as a reminder to S3, Hunter gains a scifi interest post redemption and Luz explicitly listens to NOTHING her mother says to her during her big speech in For the Future until she reveals herself to be a secret nerd. At that point, suddenly Luz dials in.

For TOH, a show supposedly about the individual and self expression, characters either lose their personality and/or gain the personality that matches LUZ. There is less character variety in interests and personalities than even 90s cartoons much of the time by the end of TOH because these characters all lose so much of themselves fitting in with the good guys, especially the redeemed ones.

This is where your argument for this does come into play. I'll frame it as the fandom likes to with Amity: "She didn't have Luz in her life yet."

Amity is only a bitch while she is hanging out with the wrong crowd. Socialites, those with ambition and jocks. The Luz enters her life and despite the fact that the ONE time Luz ever calls Amity out for being a bitch being when Amity is being a bully to King and clearly trying to get a rise out of Luz, making that moment meaningless, that simple fact starts warping Amity. Starts making her turn back to her good, nerdy side. And because this is such an inherently good thing, there is no difficulty in doing this. She needs no motivation, no calling out, nothing. She just needs to desire to be like Luz/liked by Luz. She can discard her entire friend group and do things that should get her disowned with how evil Odalia is and face zero consequences because... I guess that's the power of becoming a nerd.

You are beyond reproach. You can only do good. Same goes for Hunter. Despite YEARS of potential propaganda and the like, Luz just getting into his life and admittedly jabbing at Belos/him a little, is all it takes for him to embrace the inherent goodness, displayed by his nerdiness about wild magic, and start becoming a better person. For this, he loses his home but that is only seen as a positive because indeed, he got away from those hostile influences that made him a bad person. He could now be a good person because he no longer had those influences and could embrace Luz's way of life.

With the show's themes, why is this the case? Shouldn't their base personalities be allowed to exist? Shouldn't a wide range of ideologies and the like be allowed since that is a part of self expression? Instead, when people don't like Luz, they are disapproved by Luz and either need to get the fuck out or conform.

And this is all without getting into how she becomes Jesus in the last episode...

None of this is intentional but if someone told me that the show felt hostile to them because they didn't consider themselves a nerd or because they tried to get somewhere in life, I wouldn't blame them. The show has a weirdly narrow belief in who is a good person. Who is allowed to exist in the main cast, a problem that cascades issues into a lot of its themes. I mean, this is the first show I've ever had to ask if character arcs are actually hurting the themes of the show because of this, a blog I sadly couldn't refind.

There is admittedly an element of this where I might not have thought about it without the fandom. Most people I know who are multi-fandom still agree that TOH is aggressive against others, even for a fandom. That it lashes out and blames others for its problems. Almost like a *gestures at the thesis*

And that doesn't help make any of this be less uncomfortable unfortunately. See you next tale.

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Back story:

Gem, born in Willow Creek County to the local Pastor and his wife, she was a precocious child and nothing like her older brother. No worries both her parents reminded her constantly of that shortcoming.  For a while the "wild child" curiosity was accepted as toddler antics but as Gem became older her outgoing way was frowned on especially by her mother. It was around the age of 8 when that shift occurred. Gems mom was pregnant with her baby sister, and she remembers everyone being so excited and her parents heading to the hospital so they could bring her little sister home, except only her parents came back. Her mother was never the same towards her again. She would hear her parents arguing and around the age of 12 is the first time she heard her mom utter the phrase "bayou bitch baby" It was not too long after that when she found out the woman that was raising her wasn't her mother at all. It did not make sense to Gem though because neither was her brother. Her older brother was from their fathers first marriage, his mom did not fancy being the pastor's wife or a mom so she left and divorced their dad.

The bomb was dropped when she was 14, her father the good pastor, had an affair early in her mom's marriage to him that resulted in her birth. Due to his standing in the community he didn't want his or his family name to be tarnished. His solution was to have his now wife fake a pregnancy (all while knowing she had fertility issues) until Gem was born. He went so far as to arrange for her birth mother to stay with them towards the end and had a home birth there in the room Gem called her own. That's how they were able to pass her off as her "mother's" child. They kept her birth mom around for the first month and then sent her on her way, no one the wiser.  When her mother lost her baby sister, she lost EVERYTHING that would allow for her to ever carry a child of her own, the only thing that she nurtured now was her bitterness and resentment of Gem. 

Thank god for Gems BFF Liza, or as she was affectionately known, Lying Liza. She was her rock through that toxic childhood, she was her escape.  It was Liza home that she felt loved and wanted, not her own, and she spent more time with them. But Lying Liza was called that for a reason as she was known for the extraordinary tales /Lies she would make up about the things she did and people she met, especially as they became teens. Gem wasn't allowed to listen to much music, especially none of that sinful stuff! With Liza, she was introduced to an eclectic array of music but both their favorite was rock. Iron revival, a rather new band at the time,  was Gems go to when she was needing to get lost in her emotions.

  Liza swore she was a groupie that got to meet some of the leads in their favorite rock groups over spring break and even shared a hot kiss with one though she refused to name( insert eye roll,) ok whatever you say Liza. But it was the summer of their 15th year that she and Liza got the chance to go to an indie rock group festival. The sights, the sounds, so much for Gem to absorb. Needless to say, at the end of that festival Gem came home with more than a T-shirt. 

Nine months later Gem gave birth to a daughter, with her mother staring her down and mumbling, "Bayou Bitch Baby just like HER". Forced to give her up, Gem got 24 hrs with a child she would never see again. They wouldn't even let her name her for the birth certificate. When she could no longer hear the small cries as her parents left with her daughter and when she could no longer finish screaming out her loss and pain because she was empty, she looked and there Liza was, her rock, the only person she confided in with her plan. Six Months later Gem left home and hasn't been back since. 

Fast forward, Gem made her way to the Pacific northwest and met up with some local bands in the Granite Falls area.  She realized she had a knack with people, planning, and an ear for music and how to best showcase it. Though she might have been the wild child her parents barely tolerated, one thing for sure that not even they could deny was how smart Gem was.  She spent the next several years building her business and brand. When it came to giving the smaller bands, the break needed to help boost them, you went to see her. She started to be known as the go to, Promotional Gems was a name those on the come up could trust. She was always about giving people a chance. Fairly sure it was to make up for all the chances her own family never extended to her. 

Liza would come up and visit her over the years, bring news from home, it was a few years back, right before Lying Liza went and found love, picket fences and 2.5 kids that she brought word of Gems father. He was on Hospice and wanted his daughter to come home, Gem refused him the visit, but not the letter he sent her. There he told Gem about her biological mother, how she showed up one day a couple years back, told him of the letters she had been writing and that he knew nothing about. Seems Gems "mother" had been intercepting all those letters and had hid them. He promised he would have her brother mail them to her along with where she could find her if she desired. That day wasn't until after her father passed away when her brother showed up at her office with the all the letters her biological mom had written to her over the years.  It was too late though, when Gem went back to Willow Creek County (seems her mother hadn't gone too far as she wanted to be close to her daughter) she found her in a nursing home with late-stage Alzheimer.  

Gem spent her mother's last few months going back and forth between Granite falls and Willow Creek County.  During this time, she began to think more and more of family, specifically the daughter she was made to give up, the mother she never got to know and what she may want to do with her life.   

When one of her favorite bands from her youth has a member show back up in the spotlight and willing to do a BC.. the teen heart that played their CD's until even the walls of her room knew the lyrics, she melted at the chance to connect with someone whose music unknowingly was part of her healing during her darkest time, was a beacon and safe harbor whenever the headphones went on. So Yeah, Gem is signing up in hopes of...... 

Hope, love and even the nerve to try and find her the daughter lost to her 

Does she have what it takes to Rock it out long enough to be Jacksons Rock of Love 

*Gem is a townie remake from @cowplant-snacks Townie group C

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Xander : Hey, Will. Mom let you in? Willow : She seemed cranky. Xander : Yeah. We're having a little landlord-tenant dispute, So I'm withholding rent. An effective, and might I add, thrifty tactic. Willow : How come? (She sits on the arm of the couch.) Xander : She won't let me put a lock on my door. I suspect she's afraid I'll start having the sex.

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[jovenshires]

thank you for making me feel better abt sending u so many asks🫶

also I acc LOVE the idea of a disgruntled english teacher at lunch that's wild but so accurate

thanks for that shaynse shout out absolutely so giddy now🫡

Also was wondering how u would match up the smoshcast with Taylor albums?

Some of my ideas (more vibes then lyrics):

Red - Amanda (maybe its the scarves)

1989 - Angela

Reputation - Arasha

Folklore - Ian

Evermore - Tommy

Midnights - Courtney

BONUS I think if shaynse were an album they'd be evermore (based off vibe alone, not necessarily lyrics)

EXTRA BONUS if shaynse were an artist they would be cigarettes after sex

(Would love to hear what albums/artists you associate with spommy and any other ships too)

-shaynse anon

absolutely any time!! honestly Thank You for sending so many asks these are always the highlights of my day i hope you all know.

NSDKLNFLKRNKL thank you so much. i feel like i just open my ask box like its my office door and i see six asks lined up in the hallway every morning and sigh and invite the kids in to eat. does this make sense. in no way do i want to be a fandom mom BUT a fandom english teacher all the gay kids think is cool? yeah okay i can get behind that

literally any time im incorporating it into asks now why? bc you're an icon and i love it

OH MY GOD YOUR MIND.... this is god tier thinking. tbh all of your takes are Perfect i couldn't have said it better myself. debut is so kimmy to me (idet i have to explain that one), fearless... fearless is tough... maybe damien??, speak now is jackie (it's My favorite album i get to gift it to one of My favorite cast members), and my hot take is that shayne IS lover. look at that mf. he's so lover coded. and then i agree with ALL of your ops. (folklore ian hits SO hard btw for no reason)

oh i LOVE that. willow.......... cowboy like me........ long story short...... i am seeing the vision here

i have never listened to a cigarettes after sex song but now im gonna have to omg

okay here are my off-the-cuff takes (i put them under the cut bc as always it got away from me):

spommy: 1989. i link them Inextricably with you are in love, style, new romantics, slut... they could be Any of these albums though tbh so this one is hard but yeah i think this one vibes the hardest for them

shaymien: LOVERRRR i will stand by this one forever and ever!! lover, daylight, ITS NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND.... oh my god. OHHHH my god.

amangela: red - they are giving stay, stay, stay, they are giving starlight, they are giving message in a bottle. extremely silly lil guys, very upbeat and high-energy, this album is for them

courtivia: they are midnights bc 1. hot girl bling they are both bejeweled and making the whole world shimmer 2. lavender haze and snow on the beach are them tyvm for coming to my tedtalk

shackie: they can have the honor of speak now. bc i like them <3 KLDFNFN no but also bc 'mine' but like. shayne pov. you made a rebel of a careless man's reckless son!!! enchanted. ours. i can see you. i literally could go on but i won't and save us all some headache LMAO

kimney: soupy said they were early taylor the other day and i SO agree with her. im going debut... smth smth im only me when im with you and our song !!

jamien: fearless... smth about the classic love story vibe that album gives off is SO them. honestly even just love story alone makes this their album. but today was a fairytale, hey stephen... yeah very that

arangela: they get to be my OTHER fave, reputation, and here is why: reputation reads as very Newly but Deeply in love to me, like the feeling is fresh and exciting but still grounding, and that is how they read to me. gorgeous is for them, end game is for them, but dress is REALLY for them.

ianthony: FOLKLORE im feeling ill just thinking about it. seven.... august..... OH MY GOD INVISIBLE STRING? im honestly on the floor about this one. i feel like a woman who was told to go rest in the countryside for her health.

[awesomewithoutme]

The best day ever!

Eras Tour movie spoilers under cut!

Yesterday (October 19th) I went to the Eras Tour movie! I dressed up as the Lover album cover, and I wore the ME! that I made.

I was a bit late and I missed most of the previews, but luckily I didn't miss any of the movie.

I was literally the only person in that theater who sang the Lover songs. I expected everyone to at least sing the Cruel Summer bridge, but no. Just me. I'm gonna tell myself it's because everybody just got settled in and nobody wanted to be the first.

Cruel Summer felt like such a huge moment for me, I can't even describe it.

I really loved The Man choreography!

The Fearless era is where everbody went wild! Everybody started singing and dancing, and they all ran to the front of the theater. (I stayed in my seat because my glasses only work far away.) It felt like a party where everybody knew everyone and we all vibed. The energy was so cute. 🥹

Willow was such an experience™️

I didn't remember all the words to Tolerate It. 🫣 the part she was knocking dishes off the table was awesome though.

the whole theater SCREAMED when the Reputation snake showed up!

1, 2, 3, LET'S GO BITCH!

Delicate was as pretty as ever.

Don't Blame Me into Look What You Made Me Do is one of the transitions of all time, except for Getaway Car into Cruel Summer on Spotify. Argue with the wall.

I was a little disappointed that there was only one Speak Now song, but ENCHANTED!!! 🤩 so pretty ahhhh.

The Red era made me so nostalgic. 🤧

22 was super fun, and her giving the 22 hat to a little girl was so cute! Immortalized forever.

Weeeeeee are never ever ever getting back together! So much fun!

I Knew You Were Trouble was super high energy!

All Too Well isn't even one of my top songs, but something about it was so POWERFUL. the Red era itself was some of my best singing, but I did my best during All Too Well. Especially "you said if we had been closer in age maybe it would've been fine, and that made me want to DIE!" I could hear the hurt and emotions in my voice. I think something healed though.

The whole theater was in perfect harmony for Betty!

She was so cute during August!

1989 was the absolute loudest of the whole night. Everyone SCREAMED every lyric, and the vibes didn't drop once. I really liked the 1989 choreography.

Surprise songs! The whole theater loved Our Song! And I cried once we got to You're On Your Own Kid. I don't think I could explain it to anyone. It's my song. I did wait ages to see him there. I did find out that he never cared. My friends from home didn't know what to say. I think something actually healed in my heart when she sang it. (Shockingly I didn't mess up my Lover heart.)

Then I wiped my tears cause LAVENDER HAZE!!! 💜

Everyone was amazingly loud during Anti Hero. It was super fun!

I've seen gifs of Vigilante Shit before, but I've never seen it while hearing it too. Mind blown. 🤯

Bejeweled! I can still say I don't remember! I polish up real nice! I had so much fun screaming "NICE!"

Everything about Mastermind was so pretty!

Karma! Yay!

And Long Live for the credits!

After everybody cleared out, the theater was empty! Me and my mom and sister were the only people in there. It felt poetic to walk around an empty theater.

And I got a bucket and cup to keep!

This was seriously the best night ever. Thank you so much @taylorswift for that experience.

[shivunin]

💐🍼☁️✂️💚 for everyone! (Unless that's too much which fair please feel free to pick and choose)

basjkfbi hahahaa Thanks for the ask, Lilou! <3

I'm going to answer this under the cut because I'm doing all five of them (leaving Adahlena and Ilriane out of this, as usual; all seven would have been too many).

(OC Emoji Asks List)

💐 BOUQUET - create a bouqet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

Arianwen Tabris: Wild tansy, bay leaf, aconite (wolfsbane), dragonwort, and blue pimpernel. What a delight to finally make a bouquet for someone who wants everyone else to choke and die! In order: I declare war against you, I change but in death, misanthropy (and again i say: what a move to send someone literal poison so they know you don't like them), horror, and change. As a city girl, I think Wen is a bit suspicious of flowers and plants in general, so idk that she has a favorite (other than loving the dandelions that grow in the cracks of the road).

Maria: Arbor vitae, red chrysanthemums, red poppies, honeysuckle, and white larkspur. Unchanging friendship, love, consolation, generous and devoted affection, and lightness/levity. Going for the classic scarlet/white combo with hers. Her favorite used to be honeysuckle (her father showed her how to eat the center as a treat and she's never forgotten), but later she's very partial to poppies (for, you know. no particular reason c:).

Elowen: Canary grass, celandine, swamp magnolia, purple pansies, christmas rose, and a sprig of weeping willow. Perseverance, joys to come, perseverance again, thoughts, relief of anxiety, and mourning. Oh, Elowen my overthinking beloved. She loves willow trees most (willows are her Thing), and I think she would enjoy the blossoms too (they look really fluffy).

Emmaera: Lavender (of course!), vervain, elfroot, forget-me-nots, rosemary, lupines, and goat's rue. (starting from vervain) Enchantment, healing, true love, remembrance, voraciousness/imagination, and reason. Lavender is her favorite, hands down, but I contest the Victorian flower language meaning (distrust) and exchange it for respite.

Salshira: Sorrel, holly (herb), cranberries, orange and yellow daisies, spanish jasmine, orange ranunculus, and fallen maple leaves. Affection, enchantment, cure for heartache, beauty, sensuality, radiant charm, and reserve. Going for the deep red/white/orange/brown combo here, since she's very fall-themed. Salshira really likes daisies, actually, and would be most charmed by a kind of loosely arranged handful of them instead of an elegant bouquet.

🍼 BABY BOTTLE - what are their thoughts on children?

Arianwen: Loves children, has no interest in making any of her own. Would kill anyone who hurt a child without question or hesitation. Vigil's Keep acquires a variety of orphans during her tenure as Warden Commander and they're sort of collectively raised by the Wardens (though of course she locates an actual tutor to educate them). For the first of them, Amethyne (the little girl you find in the alienage whose mom dies during the Cousland origin), Wen acts as a kind of close aunt (though Zev winds up regarding her as his kid, more or less).

Maria: Loves kids, wants a million of her own. She thinks the wonder of discovery that children still have is a way of feeling young again and has always wanted a huge family.

Elowen: Likes kids in theory, but struggles in practice. The idea of having children is generally foreign to her (though I do have one AU where it happens, for cultural reasons rather than personal preference).

Emmaera: Likes kids, but not very familiar with them because she didn't spend much time with kids her age when she was growing up. Winds up having two children of her own, both of them unplanned, and loves them to pieces.

Salshira: Likes kids, because they're pretty much always asking odd questions that having nothing to do with you or them. Basically the ideal for Salshira, who does not want to talk about herself. Never thought about having a family of her own until she fell in love, ends up wanting to give her children the kind of love and acceptance she never received as a kid. I haven't settled on how many she has, but at least one (Hauen).

☁️ CLOUD - a soft headcanon

Arianwen: Sings to all her animals when they are upset or sick; has a pretty good singing voice, actually.

Maria: Extremely ticklish. Fenris finds this out on accident and the squeal she makes is so surprising that he falls off the bed trying to dodge.

Elowen: Bull said he was into the way dawnstone looks, so she chiseled every little piece she could find out of the hillsides and set the scouts to looking for deposits just so she could custom-order a set of pink armor for him.

Emmaera: It's not a new headcanon, but she hides little notes for Cullen all over his quarters (and later, the manor). Some are simple "I love you"s and others are more specific or practical. She loves surprises and likes giving him simple, sweet surprises as part of his day.

Salshira: Remembers all her friends' favorite foods, colors, songs, etc. and arranges for them to be on hand when they're down or when there's something to celebrate.

✂️ SCISSORS - what is the "last straw" for them to cut someone out of their life? how easily do they let go of people?

Arianwen: So easily. It doesn't take much for Wen to pull the plug, except for a very small group of people she's collected as hers. It would take something monumental for her to cut off someone in her inner circle (Zev, Alistair, and Morrigan would have to do something extremely out of character to make it happen, for example--though I do think Morrigan telling Wen she ought to kill the alienage dwellers for a power boost might have done it. Luckily, she didn't come along for that mission). For everyone else, she is all too happy to cut them off (sometimes, you know, literally).

Maria: Maria has a really hard time letting go, so something really drastic would have to happen for her to be done with someone she considered a close friend. Um. Blowing up most of a city would just about do it, I think.

Elowen: I answered this for her here c:

Emmaera: Emma is extremely logical about her interpersonal relationships. I don't think she'd jump to cut someone off, but her trust is hard to earn and easier to lose. She wouldn't cut someone off entirely unless she thought the negative sides outweighed the positives (she never really forgave Blackwall, for example, but let him stay with the Inquisition until they didn't need him anymore). If someone showed a repeated willingness to hurt innocents or others she cares for, that would do it.

Salshira: Likewise, Salshira has a really hard time letting anyone in, so anyone close to her would have to wade through several layers of obfuscation before they could actually know the real her. This is a defense mechanism, but it also means that she has lots of time to push people away if she's wary of them. Anyone she's really close with is someone she wouldn't let go of easily; she cherishes her found family. Again, it would have to be something pretty heinous or out of character to cut someone off.

💚 GREEN HEART - what things make your oc feel comforted? hugs, kisses, food?

Arianwen: Food is at the top of the list, for sure. Especially something unusual or made especially for her, but she's not very picky. She also likes loose physical contact (leaning against someone, for example) which she can easily get out of if she wants.

Maria: Being held is number one. Maria is always reaching out for other people, and those people reaching back makes her feel fulfilled and safe. She is also a very textural person, so soft, fluffy things bring her comfort, too. Lying on a soft bed in her silk robe while someone (cough cough) holds her is her ideal situation.

Elowen: Quiet company and hot tea. Elowen needs to process before she can talk when she's upset, but she really doesn't want to be alone. When she's ready, someone who will listen to her without judgment is crucial. Being somewhere high in the air with a decent overlook also helps.

Emmaera: Putting things in order makes her feel more comforted. She doesn't want help, but she does want company. When she's thinking or upset, Emma will clean and organize, and by extension her surroundings being reasonably neat is comforting to her. She also finds sunlight and a concrete task to complete comforting, so she gardens in the spring/summer and rakes or shovels snow in the fall and winter. Someone talking things through with her and weighing the pros and cons is comforting.

Salshira: Physical touch for sure. It's the first and easiest way she has to express herself and it's the first thing she looks for when she's upset. Being warm and wrapped in a blanket is second. Also soup---soup is her big comfort food (me too tbh).

[zaynes-ocs]

Brewing Storm

Warning for a certain friend: This is milo’s backstory, if you dont want to be spoiled for the campaign he eventually shows up in, dont read!

This is a super long post so it will be split into 2 parts! This is merely part 1

Cw for some disturbing scenes regarding fire towards the end (please ask to tag if i am missing any triggers)

Eager footsteps clattered across wooden floorboards as a white haired flurry sped through a small cottage’s doorway, flakes of mud coming off of worn leather boots and dirtying the freshly swept floors earning a soft click of a tongue from someone in the kitchen.

A middle aged, elven woman stood elegantly by the countertop, grooming through a basket of vegetables and brushing the dirt off with her calloused hands as her bright sapphire eyes glanced over at the room the footsteps disappeared into.

“Milo, what have I told you about tracking dirt in the house after your chores?” Came the soft, but firm voice after the flurry darted into a room. “I just swept the floors!”

“I know I know but I have to get out of these overalls!” Came a younger voice from the other room along with a chaotic clatter of noise before a young elven boy came darting back out, heading right towards the front door again. “Bye mom see you later!”

He was about average height for a young elf, with long, wavy hair the color of freshly fallen snow that hung loose and messy around his head like a hurricane had styled it. His eyes were a startling electric blue, and if one looked closely, they might even find flecks of silver that shimmered like moonlight within his irises. His skin was just as pale as his hair, speckled with very faint almost silver-colored freckles that arched across his nose like a constellation before they darted down his neck towards his shoulders. His clothes weren’t much to look at, a simple white tunic that flowed with the summer breeze and a pair of cloth pants with a patches and seams spread out over them like a jigsaw of fixes while the knees wore a faint mossy tint from stains that decided they were here to stay.

“Oh no you don’t-“ Scolded the woman in the kitchen as she turned to face the eager lad as he laid a hand on the door, her arms crossed over her chest. “Not without telling me where you’re going!”

She was taller than the boy, her hair equally as white and wavy though hers was tied back into a low ponytail that laid slack over her right shoulder. Her eyes were just the same as the boy’s, though a bit more sunken as wrinkles hung just below them, though her lips stayed in a lax smile, even as the boy halted almost nervously in his tracks to turn to face her with a sheepish look.

“I’m just going to hang out with Alec and the others in the woods,” The boy responded. “I gotta hurry though! They said they had something really cool and the last one there has to get dunked in the river and I dont know about you, but I do not want to get wet today!”

“Alright, alright, I won’t keep you much longer then if getting splashed is clearly such a danger to you.” The woman chuckled, tucking a few wild strands of hair behind Milo’s pointed ear and pluching out a few stray twigs of hay. “Just be back in time for dinner, okay?”

“Yes mom,” The teen practically whined as he squirmed away with an almost embarrassed smile. “Sundown as always, I’ll be there! Now I gotta go!”

With that final note he turned and bolted again, boots shuffling against dirt as he darted off to the forest’s edge, eager to meet up with his friends, although he was more eager to not be the last as he excitedly hurried across boulders and roots, vaulting effortlessly over logs and stumps until he finally arrived at the clearing where a stick home lay fortified against the wispy branches of an old willow tree and two other boys sat waiting outside.

The first boy was a tall, stocky human kid with bright orange hair that curled like a fire’s sharp tongue, freckles dotting his face far more prominently than Milo’s own as his steel grey eyes glared forward at the silver haired boy’s arrival and he leaned down to jab his elbow into the other boy beside him who was much shorter in stature, a young halfling lad, pudgy and round around the middle and arms with stocky not too dissimilar to a corgi. This boy had tousled brown hair and an almost mousey nose while his almond eyes were brown and soft like oak as his plush lips turned upwards into a annoyed pout and he crossed his arms much like the taller boy had done before.

“Well look who finally shows up Thomas! Old Milo the forever late!” The taller boy announced with a grand gesture and wicked sneer that showed off the gap in his teeth.

“Looks like you’ll be takin a swim today Milo! You made us wait for an eternity!” The halfling, Thomas, piped up.

“Alec, come on!” Milo complained as he moved forward towards the two. “My mom stopped me on my way out to ask where I was going, Ii was almost on time!”

“Save it for the fish you’ll fry with your magic later when we toss you in the river!” Alec boomed as he jabbed a thumb over his shoulder. “But first you guys gotta see what I found when I was roaming the forest today! You won’t believe it!”

“Stop being so secretive and just show us already!” Milo scoffed as he waited for Alex to start running off, jumping to follow quick at his heels alongside Thomas.

Together the band jumped creeks, their boots skidding across pebbles and dirt as they thundered together through the woods louder than a herd of deer, traversing the trails and side paths and underbrush that they practically grew up in until the ground beneath them grew rockier and steeper, all the way until they had climbed to an overlook where wind whipped and lapped at their hair from below and fields upon fields of crops stretched out before weaving themself in towards the small collection of thatched rooves that they called home.

“Woah, you can see the whole town from up here!” Milo gasped as he sat over towards the edge, looking down to see the rushing water of the river bellow where some tabaxi were gathering buckets of water to bring back.

“Hey, weatherboy.” Alec grunted with a sharp kick to Milo’s side to grab his attention as he pointed out to a figure in the middle of the wheat field. “Try to hit that scarecrow with your lightning.”

“Oh, I really shouldn’t…” Milo mumbled, his smile falling as he looked down at his hands. “I don’t really have good control of my magic yet, and my mom says I should only really be practicing with cantrips right now and- “

“I wasn’t asking dipshit!” Alec growled as he gave the elf a harsh shove. “I don’t care what your mommy says about you using magic, just do it! Hit the scarecrow or I’ll hold you under during your dunk in the river!”

“Okay Okay!” Milo whimpered, hunching into himself as he cast his gaze downwards, unable to gather the courage to stand up to Alec. He always got his way anyways, he shouldn’t have tried to say no in the first place.

“C’mon, I know you can hit it!” Thomas chirped, not really put off about Alec’s harsh behavior, though at least he was more positive.

“Hold on hold on, it takes a minute for a larger spell like this…” Milo mumbled as he helf focus in his hands, feeling the way the very air around his fingertips began to hum and vibrate until visible blue sparks began to stretch and leap across his fingertips, reflecting their flashes in the silver of his eyes as he looked up to the sky where clouds were already beginning to stir.

The soft crackle of electricity filled the air between the boys like a warning, a distant rumble filling the sky as small flashes of blue began to form within the clouds above the village. Slowly, Milo brought his hand up like he was reaching for a nonexistent rope dangling in the air, trying to ignore the eager murmurs and whispers of his only friends as he hoped to impress them lest he go home with more bruises to explain to his mother as the skies continued to darken, clouds swarming together into something much larger than intended, but he couldn’t back down now that he had already begun the spell. Shakily, he clenched his hand into a fist, as if grabbing on to that invisible rope as he yanked it down to earth, as hard as he could, feeling the thrum of magic course through his veins as a sharp crack echoed through the air and a flash of light filled the sky so bright that it took a moment for the boys to see that Milo had missed the scarecrow entirely as more cracks filled the air like a symphony of fireworks, bang after bang, flash after flash as the heavens unloaded a hailstorm of electricity onto the lands causing a commotion so loud that it wasn’t until it was over that they heard the screams.

It only took them a few more moments before they saw the flames.

“THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!” Alec shouted as he grabbed Milo by the collar, panic swarming in his eyes.

“I’m sorry I’m sorry!!!” Milo sobbed, fearful tears now streaking down his face as he tried to free himself from the human’s grasp. “I just tried what you asked! I told you- I told you I’m not good at the bigger spells yet!”

As the boys screamed at each other in terror and confusion, a secondary jolt of electricity blitzed through Milo’s fingertips and serpentine flecks of blue leapt out branching and burning themself into Alec’s arms casuing him to drop Milo with a pained yelp before he let out a deep huff and sent his fist rocketing into the elf’s face witha sickening crunch as his nose shattered upon impact, a fresh stream of blood spilling out like a waterfall of crimson that stained the white of Milo’s shirt.

“You’re a fucking monster you know that?!” Alec screamed. “You could have just hit the damn scarecrow like I asked but you fucking hit the TOWN?! What the fuck is WRONG with you?!”

“I’m sorry- I’m sorry!!!” Milo whimpered, tucking his body into a ball to try and defend himself from the onslaught of violence he was accustomed to from Alec as he sobbed, only to hear the other boy’s footsteps retreat back down the trail, desperate to head back into town while Milo was left snivveling on the clifftop, covered in his own blood to which he weakly tried to get up and head back down himself, hoping that his mother was alright though he became more and more unsure with every pillar of ashen smoke that roared into the skies as the fires continued to rage, turning the evening sky into a hellscape of smog and embers.

By the time he had made it to his home, choking through the smoke and dodging the collapsing buildings, stepping over the charred bodies of those who didn’t make it and those who were directly struck by bolts of Milo’s own creation, it was too late. A single, charred arm lay visible from beneath the still glowing rubble of what the elf had once called home, a soot-covered sapphire ring still looped around her finger, the gem glinting ever so softly in the waning embers, and Milo couldn’t stop the screaming.

It startled him at first, how scratchy and loud it was, how it rang in his ears and how at the same time it sounded so far away. It wasn’t until he felt the pain scratching at his own throat that he realized it was his own as his now blackened hands grasped onto the still-warm ring on the corpse’s fingertips, knowing it truthfully as the one expensive posession his mother owned, a precious heirloom that was always said to one day be his, though he had never expected to gain it in such a way, nor did he wish to gain it at all if it wasn’t given freely by his mother.

In silence he sat, surrounded by the heat of the smoulder as He hiccuped and sobbed, the only thing to cool him being his own tears before a familiar voice piped up from behind.

“Thats him! That’s the bastard who wanted to kill everyone!”

With a weary sniffle, Milo turned towards the sound of the voice, eyes widening to see the sharp point of a halberd lowered towards him by a knight of the crownsguard, Alec and several of the surviving townsfolk standing behind him.

“I didn’t want this to happen….” Milo spoke softly, before raising his voice a little more. “I didn’t mean for any of this!!!”

“Liar!” Alec screamed, Milo’s blood still staining his knuckles. “Both me and Thomas heard what you said before you did it! You wanted to kill the whole town!!! You’re a MONSTER!”

“What…?” Milo spoke breathlessly, like the very air had been punched from his lungs by Alec’s accusation alone as he looked frantically towards Thomas who stood behind his mother with a fearful look upon his face. “Thomas- you were there… you know that’s not true!”

The crownsguard have a cautious look back towards the small halfling, as if waiting for the true liar to be revealed by his statement alone.

“It’s true…” Thomas spoke slowly, and Milo felt his heart plummet into his gut. “I heard him say it too, he wanted this to happen…”

“Milo Thatcher, you are under arrest and will be tried as an adult.” The crownsguard boomed, louder than thunder as two more guards crept foward with shackles, locking them around Milo’s arms as he stood frozen in shock. “Save your pleas for the court, though they are unlikely to grant you any mercy for your crimes and senseless rampage. Try anything and you will be guaranteed a harsher sentence.”

Milo couldn’t say a single word as soot stained his brilliant white hair and face, eyes still wet with tears but with a throat too raspy to say anything as he was guided back to the crownsguard at spearpoint in front of the eyes of everyone who he once considered friendly to him, if not family, though no one spoke a single word to stand up for him, to contradict the words of people he had once considered friends.

Perhaps it was truly all his fault to begin with… perhaps he didn’t deserve the mercy he once thought was a given.

Silently, he clenched his fists together in an attempt to not cry even more, lest he make an embarrassment of himself as he tucked his mother’s ring into his palm, hoping to at least keep it of all things once he was imprisoned for what would likely be the rest of his life.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

[loisfreakinglane]

some further thoughts and opinions!!!!!!!!! ON THIS CAMPY FUN SEASON OF TV 💖

my personal s1 episode tier list:

1.12 prophecy girl was perfect, 1.11 out of mind out of sight has my whole cordy stanning heart, 1.07 angel has my whole angel, angel/darla angel/buffy stanning heart, 1.10 nightmares hit me way harder than i remembered- AND DOWN THE LINE WE GO TIL WE HIT 1.06 the pack, which is not an episode i hate so much as find incredibly boring. (honestly surprised 1.05 never kill a boy on the first date fell where it did on this watch, i remembered it being one of my fav eps of the season years ago)

character feelings rundown:

buffy is BABY. a perfect protag. best mix of girly girl, asskicker, snarky, deeply caring (the way she comforted amy trapped in her moms body, and billy the disembodied 12 year old? I'M SO!). my heart really breaks for her, esp towards the end of the season when we're really seeing much more vividly her melancholy over the life she lost (her fears that she caused her parents divorce, that her father hated her! her grief over her lost childhood, her nostalgia for when she was the popular girl winning crowns). and tbh she could have clawed her way back to it in a lot of ways, turned a blind eye, joined the popular crowd (which was on offer in ep 1!) but she chose to prioritize saving lives.

cordy is my #1 forever, even here when she's a blatantly bitchy bully. even after the scoobies save her life she's insulting them to their faces the second they have an audience. but even in just 12 episodes she grew so much! AND 11/12 ARE SUCH A ONE TWO PUNCH OF CORDY DEPTH AND EXCELLENCE! she's prepared to risk her own life to save willow and jenny! AND we actually see her connecting with buffy and willow in these last few eps, even in nightmares when we see her actually being vaguely nice to buffy over that nightmare test.

angel!!!!!!! i didn't expect all that much from him in s1, his presence is very limited. but by god did the angel episode pack a fuckton of punch. i think it helps that i know him, i know hes a megadork trying to pull off looking cool and mysterious to the youths. he hides in the shadows, not to be mysterious but bc he's a socially isolated nerd. ugh i love him. and his backstory with darla is given SO MUCH WEIGHT and made me so fucking emotional right there. and baby bangel is adorable. i'm not gonna think about how young buffy is lol i don't have it in me to interrogate age gaps in vampire fiction, not today

willow is sweet and she gained so much confidence over the season. i'll be honest tho and say that i still don't personally find her very interesting on her own merit, but i don't have any ISSUES with her at this point (tho i will say her utter lack of response to jesses death was a wild onscreen choice. was he really more of xanders friend than hers??). she's a solid member of the scoobies, i enjoy her as part of the group

giles is so cute! i love how much he still has to learn at this point in his watcher career. genuinely what has he been up to the last 20 years. he barely knows anything lmao. tho ofc i think he might also be flat out lying about some stuff bc of RIPPER PAST. his love for buffy already runs so deep so fast. even in WITCH he was so protective of her.

XANDER. i'm sorry but i love him here. he can be a dick, 100% i will not argue that. and i am deeply uninterested in his crush on buffy. but i'm invested in him and i enjoy him in this season. i love his snarky dick self and his bravery, his complete lack of faith in his intelligence and future hurts me on a personal level. ALSO kay i know we all know of the gay xander timeline but i'm feeling less and less like that's some alternate reality and more like xander is a man that needed to hit 30 before he was ready to grapple with it. maybe my brain is just plastered full of i saw the tv glow but xander reads as so heavily queer, whether thats in a sexuality or gender sense or both. i cannot unsee it! it feels so blatant!

for minor characters: snyder is such a fucking good bad guy. he's so entertaining with his small scale villainy. jenny is such an immediately great presence, she's so sparkly and she brings out such a funny side of giles. joyce is sweet, she loves buffy and is clearly TRYING. i really appreciate her relationship with buffy in this season, they are both busy women with busy lives but they try to make the time for each other (tho i have to say that s6 mental hospital retcon just. doesn't exist to me. it makes NO SENSE with s1 joyce, the two just don't click at all for me personally, and even trying to smash them together hurt my brain). harmony is p wild to behold in this era bc of everyone in this show her personality changes the least??? even tho she literally loses her soul?? i already miss darla SO MUCH. clawing at the walls to get baby princess back. the master was a solid villain! he was def around a lot less than i remembered. i suppose by virtue of his limitations, being trapped in his lil cave.

one season of buffy DOWN!

AND IT WAS DELIGHTFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Personally, I feel S1 is a very underrated season. There's some real gems in the mix! And no episodes I completely hate at all, with only one I am extremely MEH about. So yes! I loved it!!!!!!!!!! 6 more seasons (plus 5 more of angel!!!!!!!) to go 💖💖💖

[chocolatemilksmoothie]

Reaching Out

my heart. Once again toh season 2 gives us another amazing episode! let's do this

the cold open was so short and it made me go oh. We're in for some Feelings aren't we

loved the detail of Luz having an electric bug powered phone charger. resourceful!

I thought it may be Camila's birthday but that seemed way too simple. Yeah

As usual, Luz projects and tries to keep her mind busy when something is wrong

And the fact she's trying to get the door working that same day... she wants to see her mom so bad

"that'll work great when birds try to fly away with me" KING OH NO

Surprised Hunter got a penstagram before Luz did. like she has her phone of course but it doesn't have penstagram

"are you good now?" ashjakdh Luz ily

speaking of which: Hunter's account I love him so much lmao he's learning to type a lil bit faster. that selfie is killing me

Eda can tell immediately something is wrong. so can most people really, Luz wears her heart on her sleeve even if she tries to hide it

the jacket awww

Luz looked so Tired this episode, which is understandable

lmao is that a signed copy of a book by Darius?? the eye roll??? and then he has it destroyed I NEED to know more about these two asap next ep better give me something

Mittens wants to kick some ass not join a coven, daaaad

it's cool we've been getting a glimpse of the characters' parents when they were younger! last week we got Willow's dads and next week we'll get more Eda

Odalia looking impressed, Raine and Eda being in love in the background and of course, Darius booing. I'm cackling

and so, the dad related talk hits Luz quite hard in this particular day... so here she comes to help break the rules

we also got a confirmation Eda knows the Blights, which I could've guessed but still

I loved the twins this episode they actually look dorky they're so cute and supportive

ED KEPT THE BAT FROM SEASON 1 good for him

Edric focus wasn't something I expected but boy am I glad we got it. Eda once again adopting children and teaching them the ways of wild magic

"Miss Eda" I love him

Eda can control the harpy transformation so well now! u go girl!!

addressing the B plot since we're at it, we didn't get that much new info since the warden didn't know much. the Day of Unity keeps getting more and more ominous

Belos trying to get rid of ALL magic is this what we're getting at? I can see it

the animation for the action this week! stellar as usual. Loved the fighting/getting ingredients montage

Amity understandably is a bit upset at Luz for how strange she's been acting and refusing to tell her what's wrong

*wins belt* "I already have one" *leaves*

glad that Amity started getting through to her dad this episode. He is quite distant and just like Odalia has been pretty bad and demanding towards her, but it seems he might start paying a bit more attention from now on, little by little

ok ok ok this whole conversation under the Grom fight Tree was so beautiful and heartfelt I absolutely loved every second. it was under the GROM FIGHT TREE Imma go cry

the way Luz tries to dismiss it as oh it happened a long time ago it's fine but it doesn't have to be. doesn't matter how long ago it was, it's ok to not be ok sweetie. the voice acting was so good too ugh

Harpy Eda is taller that's so cool

"I WANT A T-SHIRT TOO" same girl

between "my student/child" and "Edalyn's kid?" I love how we all agree Luz is Eda's daughter too

So the glyphs do what you want them to do, I was wondering how she gets them to go in a specific shape or direction that's cool. it's like they can listen to you

beautiful ending. I noticed the balloon Amity made kinda looks like the vase Camila put her flower in awww

Absolutely loved this one. The cast and crew are ON FIRE every single week I am grateful

[willow-balcoin]

Willow had raised a daughter and half a son, she'd heard every excuse under the sun. Hell, she'd seen more than one girl sneak out in the months since Chan had come home– only difference was that she hadn't changed any of their diapers once upon a time. "I didn't say it looked like anything... It's broad daylight out there and the neighbours love to gossip. This isn't as embarrassing as the whole town thinking they know your business, I promise." Again, she stood her ground and shooed Tara back toward the bathroom, only going back downstairs when she heard the water running.

"Thank you for not climbing out the window," she responded with a warm, amused smile and gestured for a place she'd set for Tara at the counter, some pills for any hangover symptoms there if she needed them. "I'm making bacon and pancakes. Loyalty to your mother doesn't override your privacy, Tara. I'm sure she'd like to know you were somewhere safe for the night though. Besides, when did it become embarrassing to hang out with me?" She gestured to Tara with the spatula she was holding, grinning at the girl until her attention was diverted by Chan coming through the back door and making a beeline for the stairs. "Before he comes back down... Thank you for looking after him since he came home. It hasn't been easy for him coming back here, and there's only so much he'll talk to me about so it's comforting to know he has someone like you in his corner."

Sure enough, Chan reappeared not long afterward, showered and in fresh clothes, kissing Willow good morning on the side of her head as he snaked his hand around to steal the spatula out of her hand. "I got it mom, you eat." It took another few moments of him pretending like he was so laser focused on the stove before he glanced over at Tara. "I was looking for that," he said of his hoodie she was wearing. Which was a lie, he was just being a pest for the sake of it. "You good? Last night was pretty wild."

"I can explain. It's not what it looks like-" There were a million thoughts running through her mind all at once, all of them simultaneously fighting to be heard. But the most prominent was definitely trying to figure out how she was supposed to talk her way out of a woman she greatly respected, who had known her since she was a baby, perceiving her as a complete mess after seemingly taking a walk of shame out of her son's room. Because from what little evidence she could gather in her frantic exit nothing else had gone down between them other than sleeping. But what else was anyone supposed to believe when from an outside point of view it all seemed pretty cut and dry? "Oh, no, it's okay. You don't need to trouble yourself. I should probably get home. My mom and dad are probably worried." Right then she stopped her protests, pondering if that statement would have even been true. Had anyone even noticed she had been gone all night? Glancing down at her appearance Tara figured she should probably take Willow up on her generosity to save whatever pride she had left.

She shuffled away awkwardly to go wash up and make herself look somewhat presentable, taking extra long in the shower as wanted some time on her own to mull over the events of the morning. After stealing a t-shirt and hoodie from Chan's room that were sure to fit oversized on her, since she didn't have any clothes there and she felt awkward asking Willow to borrow any, she made her way downstairs to the older woman like a dog with its tail between its legs. "Thanks. For not freaking out on me earlier. I think I would have actually passed out from embarrassment. Ummm, I know its a lot to ask. And I know your loyalty is to my mom. But do you think maybe you could not mention me being here to her?"

[theprinceandthewitch]

Basically, a break-up makes the most sense to me because it's the only way Luz would receive a consequence so big that it changes her flawed mindset forever.

Eda and Camila aren't gonna give her the severe consequence she needs because... they are grown ass adults who understand what it's like being a teenager. It's not like Camila is going to stop being her mom or Eda is gonna pummel her for acting on her flawed mindset...

Gus and Willow aren't going to give her the consequence she needs either because they're just her friends - they aren't emotionally attached to her on the same level Amity is. They're not going to stop being friends with her if she chooses to be emotionally closed off with them.

While she is emotionally open with Hunter he isn't going to give her the consequence she needs either. If she chooses to keep secrets from him it's just not in character for him to get upset with her for doing that - not like it is with Amity.

That's why I think there's going to be a break-up - because having something that bad happen to Luz is the only way she'll change herself.

Also, I don't think all the Caleb/Evelyn parallels are trolling - like having them wear Hooty and King masks before dropping the Caleb-Evelyn parallels is --- because there's alot that just can't be overlooked as trolling.

Like how Hunter did NOT need to look like Caleb after he was resurrected - they could have just made the hair fall out and return it to his previous short haircut. Or how Luz did not need to have her hair look like Evelyn's during the confrontation in the graveyard. Or how Evelyn and Luz have dark brown hair. Or how Evelyns hair is the same length as Luz's and when Luz slicks back her hair it looks like Evelyns.

Or how Flapjack in the play establishes a connection back to Hunting Palismen. Or that the Caleb/Evelyn story could have just been left at the faire and never been brought up again. Or how Flapjack only let Luz and Hunter use him. Or how Philip explicitly calls Luz Evelyn and Hunter Caleb (twice). Or how the grimwalker who looks the most like Caleb also ran away to another world with an expecting witch - his brother in hot pursuit .

Or how Luz is literally a witch from another world who dazzles a witch-hunter with magic he's never seen before and teaches him the thing he's been taught to fear isn't evil and dangerous.

"But Hunter isn't a witch-hunter -"... Why do you think he is even called Hunter? It's because... it's a short-hand for witch-hunter... Belo's wanted every clone of Caleb to be a witch-hunter... and he's a clone of a witch-hunter...

"But Luz isn't a witch - " It doesn't matter if she's an "actual" witch or not because, through the use of glyphs, she can cast all the spells a witch with a bile sac would have. She just needs to have access to titan blood, some kind of way to draw out glyphs, and time to figure out which glyphs she needs to combine to get the spell she wants. And... she's always referring to herself as a witch... But being an "actual" witch is irrelevant because she's just supposed to be a representation of what Hunter has been taught to fear (which is wild magic). Just like how Evelyn is a representation of the thing Caleb was taught to fear (magic).

There's too much here - there's too much romantic undertones and set up happening for there not to be any pay-off down the line. Like... this is SET-UP it's so obviously set-up with some kind of payoff down the line because of how heavy handed they got with the parallels in this episode.

Also, you can't twist a romance. It's literally impossible to twist it - it'll always come out unsatisfying. You can't just do this kind of build-up and then go nowhere with it. I mean, technically you can - but it'll never be satisfying story-wise.

Like... two characters who represent past lovers taking down the man who took their love away from them is so undeniably romantic even if the characters aren't in love with each other. It would not stop being romantic even if Luz was SOMEHOW still dating Amity at this point.

Also, I just don't see why they'd waste so much of their time weaving together Luz's and Hunter's stories with Evelyn's and Caleb's if it just wasn't going to go anywhere.

[moonshotsx]

neighbors au but make it band practice

y'all seem to be enjoying the band-era of the neighbors au and i'm all here for it, hope y'all enjoy this as well 🥰

wanted to do a little something to celebrate my one year back into writing so consider this my little thank you for sticking around 💞

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"Here it is, you can use it whenever you want, I don't have much use for it anyway"

Jasmine let the quartet in the elegant professional recording room, closing the door behind her as the others admired the space.

"How the fuck did you even get this?" Daya asked, clearly impressed as her fingers grazed the console board.

The blonde shrugged her shoulders, "My mom bought it for me when I was like... one? Two? She thought I would end up following her footsteps as a professional Broadway actress"

Bosco was resting their back against one of the padded walls, their eyes on Jasmine, "Given the fact that you don't use it, I'm taking a wild guess she was wrong"

Jasmine chuckled, "Well, mom won't admit she was wrong, but I definitely inherited other talents from her... Just not singing"

Willow had yet to utter a word, they were busy looking like a kid at Christmas as they admired the console. A million ideas ran through their head while Orion checked out the brand new drumset

"So, your mom is that loaded that she can afford to waste money on a professional recording studio for a toddler?" Daya arched her slit brow, barely keeping in a snort, "What an interesting discovery," she joked, prompting Jasmine to roll her eyes and cross her arms over her chest.

"What? Now that you found out my family's rich, you're suddenly going to be all nice on me?" she hissed, it wouldn't be the first time something like that happened.

"Uh? No, I'm still going to bitch you around because that's fun, but I'm not stupid," the band's leader reasoned, "Having a professional studio to record in is going to do wonders for the band, we can finally put up an actual high-quality demo and stop relying on shitty reuploaded Youtube videos of our gigs"

Jasmine sighed, at least she wouldn't have to worry about the group changing their attitude because of her family.

She watched as the pink-haired woman rested a hand on Willow's shoulder, "Let's have some fun with this, uh, Pills?"

Willow nodded, unable to mask their enthusiasm before taking their seat at the console.

"Holy shit, this is amazing!"

Willow let out as they officially called it a day for the band's practice, "I didn't even think we could sound any better"

Jasmine smiled, knowing she had helped the band - regardless of how she felt about some of the members, she knew they were talented and deserved to be recognized for it.

Her eyes scanned the room, finding Bosco by themselves close to her as they wrote something in a small notebook. The worn leather cover seemed to be hand-painted - by the brunette, Jasmine assumed - with a floral design. She was standing just slightly too far to make out what kind of flowers they were.

She watched Bosco finally put the notebook down and curiosity got the best of her as she went to reach for it, only for her wrist to be grabbed by their hand.

Their eyes met, Bosco's intense stare was making her heart beat faster than she wanted to admit.

"Ah, I see you found Bosco's notebook," Daya's voice broke the staredown, causing Jasmine to back down and Bosco to slowly let go of her wrist, "None of us know what's inside," she continued as the brunette went to quickly put the journal away, "If I have to guess, it's probably her Burn Book, I bet it's probably filled with reads about everyone"

"I don't need a book for that, I do it on the daily," Bosco spoke up, their eyes alternating between Jasmine and Daya, "And I say you mind your business for once, both of you"

Jasmine kept quiet as Bosco got up and joined their bandmates to see something Willow wanted to show them, biting the inside of her cheek.

That was an odd reaction from Bosco, she noted.

Just what was in that small notebook?

Jasmine had always liked a challenge, and she was going to find out what Bosco was hiding in that journal.

[lampmanliveblogs]

Amity spotted! You were gone for one (1) episode and that was too much.

This feels like a very Edric & Emira move, the way she snuck up on Luz and spooked her. Heck, even the way she’s standing here kinda reminds me of them. Is she picking up some of her siblings’ mannerisms? Or maybe she was always like this and just kept her true self suppressed.

Oh, and how does she know Belos is scarred from wild magic? Because she’s right.

So, I’ve been informed that there was a long hiatus between episode ten and this one. So it makes sense to remind the audience of what happened in that episode, since a long time passed between them (I think someone said it was almost a full year?).

But to me, who just watched episode 10, this is kinda funny. Like, yes, I do remember what happened yesterday.

It is kinda interesting though, because it’s not an exact replay of the scene. Camila say things a little differently. maybe this was to cut down the flashback by a few seconds… but it could also be implying that Luz experienced that moment a little differently.

The big difference is that in the original Camila says ”When you come back, promise you’ll stay here.” She then goes on to say that things will be different.

In this version she says that ”When you come back, promise that you will stay with me and never go back to that place.” She doesn’t say the line about things being different.

The different word choices are interesting to me. They both say roughly the same thing, Camila wants Luz to stay with her in the Human Realm. But the second version explicitly forbids her from ever visiting the Demon Realm again. The lack of Camila promising that things will be different is also notable. 

The way it looks to me implies that Luz might be afraid that when/if she gets back to the Human Realm, things will go back to how they used to be. And that she will have to leave everyone and everything she loves in the Demon Realm. Her mentor and extra mother in Eda, her friends in King, Hooty, Gus & Willow, her awesome girlfriend Amity… the fun and excitement of adventure and learning magic. If she takes that step back to the mundane world, she might lose it all.

You know, I once threw out the idea that for Luz, maybe merging the Demon Realm and Human Realm would be a good thing. And I’m not saying it’s actually a good idea, I’ pretty sure more bad would come of it than good. But still… the idea might entice her.

Maybe I’m reading too much into things, but you never know… this episode might be about Luz trying to figure out her future and heart’s true desire like was brought up in Hunting Palismen.

No, Luz. Don’t lie to your friends. I’m not saying you should lay bare all your deep inner troubles to them right now like this, but like… you could at least tell them you tried building the portal. That you saw your mom and the whole thing with Vee. Amity might be interested in hearing about Vee.

D’awwww…

Hello, plot point that will be important later in the episode.

[spiritgenie]

ok now onto thems the breaks kid

new glyphs!!

luz misses her mom :(

backstory time!!!

scabuary??

do they have months here?

why do they sound so simular to our months?

nice catch lilith

so they do have months

also them studying

plant hat

they are so adorable

is that boschas parent?

pink hair

waitttt

is that their lover?

young odalia, darius, and alador!

splat

they are friends

odalia laughing

what happened to you

principle foust???

young bumb not principle??

jeez, strict much

JEEEZ VERY STRICT

wait foust has a reason for keeping eda around?

"to fight evil you must understand evil" did he just call eda evil?

depravity in the minds of children?

EDA YOU MADLAD "i thought there'd be more" YOU ARE SO SMUG AND I LOVE IT!

she really doesnt want to be seperated from her sister....

geez foust, prideful much?

bump may look intimidating but i would rather have him then foust

HOW DO YOU TURN A SCHOOL INSIDE OUT???

nuuuuu the stress ball

wow this place is...not what i was expecting

THE PLANT COVEN B*STARD!

heck...wow

WOW SHE IS WILLING TO MURDER KIDS AND TELL THEM STRAIGHT UP

AND SHE DIDNT KNOW IT WAS ILLEGAL??

this wont end well

ok hold on, "not again" has that jello kid accidentally killed witches before?

RAINE!!!!

they're so adorable

WOAH, CHANGING CHEMISTRY WITH SOUNDWAVES?

they are becoming close so fast! :O

SPINDASH EDA!

SECRET HANDSHAKE!!!!

WOAH! NICE CATCH RAINE

eda blush

made a deal with the devil, yeah that principle is a devil alright

awww, lilly only had 1 friend and it was her sister, but dont worry, not you got raine! :D

aw trying to make bump feel better

HOLDING HANDS!!!!

DID RAINE AND EDA DRAW THAT BUTT PICTURE??? MAN EDA IS A BAD INFLUENCE ON RAINE/J

OH NO

OH NO

OH THE IRONY

eda is a coeven withc and she never joins one, while raine is a wild witch and they join a coven

ALSO OH NO THEY HAVE TO FIGTH EACH OTHER D:

OH THE WILD DISCRIMINATION

SHES JUST LIKE "wild wiotches, you may earn a ribbon if you entertain me"

WOW

ALSO its willows dad!

GEEZE SHES SADISTIC

THEY DONT W2ANT TO FIGHT EACH OTHER

EDA IS SO IMPRESSIVE

man what is with bad parents..

poor kid hes in denial

raine most powerful witch from their school?? :O

THIS EPISODE IS MAKING ME LIKE SNAPDRAGON LESS AND LESS

of course in a good way, not in a "oh her character is terribly written" more in a "wow they are doign a good job at writing her to be dislikeable" its fun to not like her

YES EDA TO THE RESCUE!

NO THEIR GONNA FIGHT!

SECRET HANDSHAKE!!!!!!

ATEMPTING TO ATTACK A HEAD COVEN LEADER????

WOW HEY ARE BRAVE

IS SHE IMPRESSED????

SHE WAS GOIGN TO POISEN THEM???

BUMP IS PROUD OF EDA!! :D

oh and everyone is booing eda and raine for having everyone lose..

terra knows foust?

she nicknames him fiesty????

IS TERRA GONNA HELP EDA STAY IN SCHOOL????

lillith sad?

RAINE SWITCHED SCHOOLS TO BE WITH EDA!!! :D

RAINE IS THE REASON EDA GOT ADDICTED TO APPLE BLOOD!!

they were inseparable....yeah...inseparable..

awww they sleepin

SCREW YOU TERRA!!!!

WAIT....

RAINE IS UNDERCOVER!!!

HAHAHA

wait

is darius on her side?

thats an abominarion and it kinda resembles darius

ALSO DRAINIGN SPELL???

SHE WANMTS TO PROTECT EDA!!!!

oh my word oh my word this episode, the ending!

REVEALS!!!

AAAAA