#yes jayden not all of us can do that

[realtapiocafan]

why was this so attractive and the way he turned around and said “really?” was so cute, a real student of the game! https://x.com/brgridiron/status/1888239075410280580?s=46

i've, like, never gotten one of these correct -and here comes this guy, dressed up in Prada, fresh off winning offensive ROY, easily listing all of them within SECONDS

[pringle-slut]

brain and brawn yes but LISTEN george rexstrew's got a few stealth muscles and jayden is donna-noble-makes-fun-of-you type skinny, why oh why are there not more fics or hcs or whatever that revolve around this! charles realising that he's "the brawn" purely by choice (by edwin choosing not to be) because edwin is a lot physically stronger than he seems at first glance. maybe edwin had to do mandatory sports, or maybe horseback riding, maybe he's just like that naturally, whatever the reason is, edwin's got some muscle on charles. that fact will not leave charles' brain. not in a jealous way, like he wishes he had bigger muscles; not because it's a bad thing, because why would it be? it just sticks, and then maybe they're on a case and things are going crazy and edwin can't dodge or magic his way out of something so instead he just wallops whatever he's up against with the nearest blunt object he can find. charles manages to see it happen and it's a good thing he'd taken care of his portion of the chaos because he fucking drops his cricket bat. picks it up real fast, whacks the thing again for good measure before grabbing edwin's wrist and pulling him into a sprint, but he's moving entirely on autopilot. he'd just seen edwim pick up a five foot stainless steel bench like it was nothing. there's a voice in the back of his head, somewhere behind the cacophony of "edwin is strong like that?" and "he's stronger than i am" and wordless clouds of confusion, that wonders how easy it would be for edwin to pin him - in a fight, of course, in a sparring situation where charles is teaching him self defense, not... not anything else. not to the wall to kiss him til he's dizzy. not front to back against a window, murmuring in his ear. not to the couch, their couch, just to be close to him. not to a bed, certainly not to use charles for his own sake. because edwin would never. but now charles knows he could. and it's all he can think about

[alexwilltellyouthings]

Ok I have so many thoughts about painland ending up canon or not and I. Just.

Listen I AGREE that their bond goes beyond being romantic or not. It's obvious, it's beautiful, I love it and I love them and their friendship and I truly do think it is important that media has this kind of relationship portrayed.

But.

But.

I would be lying if I said I wouldn't be disappointed if it doesn't turn romantic. It involves a lot of things.

1: I want Edwin to have that. He'll still be happy without it, yes, but god can't he have that? He's been through so much. He had a speedrun through his sexuality issues and confessed in hell. Like wtf. Can't he have that???

2. Bisexual Charles would actually be so important to me. And yeah he can be bi and not in love with Edwin but come on lol. The thing is, there's not many bi men in media. Even less bi men figuring out their bisexuality. Even less bi men figuring out their sexuality when they were raised in the 80s and knowing their best friend is in love. Do you see how many layers exist here? How amazing his story could be? Charles has so much we still don't know about him. And yes, I would like that one of those things could be something I relate to. Besides trauma. Call me selfish. And like he's so bisexual coded it would be offensive for him to be straight I'm sorry.

3. They exist in other universes. Let them be platonic there. Let them be romantic this one time.

4. I know falling in love with a straight person is a very common story and I don't think it's wrong for it to happen in a show, but honestly, it's not what I sign up for when I'm watching queer stuff. Think Our Flag Means Death. It probably changed my brain chemistry because anything less than that gets really hard to swallow. I know, we all have queerbaiting trauma, and I know this wouldn't be the case, and it never claimed to be something as queer as OFMD. But I got so attached that... Well, I wouldn't stop watching if this happens, but it wouldn't sit well with me. It's a bitter feeling, you know?

5. They didn't have anything be explicit, but come on, they did set us up. Charles got jealous at Monty, and only Monty, for that matter. I wouldn't say his thing with the Cat King is necessarily jealousy, more like protectiveness, but that can be disputable. And both George and Jayden said more than once that Charles' response to the confession let things open. So I mean if that door wasn't closed, then please don't close it now! The road until things happen can be long, dramatic, tortuous, whatever, there's many ways to tell a love story. But if I'm sitting for it, then I don't want to get shot in the face later on (unless it's for plot reasons which ok).

6. Have I mentioned that bisexual Charles

Anyway I feel kinda bad for wishing so much they get romantic because I see and agree with the whole platonic discourse. But yeah those are all the reasons why I can't stop myself. Have a good day everyone

[skrewtiny]

WOAH the first introduction of my actual MC whattttt :000

that won’t be happening often

pardon the background i hate doing them lol This is Ev! My Golden Trio Bro (Jayden should kinda be there too but he isn’t part of the actual Golden trio so he is absent)

Full name is Evarin Aldrich Whitewood, he comes from a Pureblood Family, where his Parents are fond of older and more Fancyish names(though he doesn’t have the fanciest name out of the three Whitewood Kids :).

Relationship Chart:

Not everyone is there, as i did cut out antagonists and characters he has no relationship with/doesn’t even know who they are.

If you can’t tell, Ev doesn’t like people all that much, he’s rather solitary and studious, only having a few close friends.

My whole 'au' kinda story thing is split up all between like seven of these characters, all being the main characters of different seasons and having their different friend groups. For instance, Ev is not all that great of friends with Kevin, Robyn, Lottie, and so on.

-His seasons are:

-The Mysterious Malady

-Intercontinental Wizard’s Cup

-A Light in the Dark

Along with those, he has the main storyline, and the majority of the Quests, but not all.

-Fun lil details:

House: Slytherin

Patronus: Komodo Dragon

Wand: English Oak, 11.8 inches, Phoenix Feather Core

Born: Nov. 28th 1996(Part of the Cutoff Crew, with Daniel, Robyn, and Kevin)

-His favorite Classes are Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration, and although they aren’t classes, he enjoys Dueling and plays Quidditch as a Chaser.

He might not strike you as the biggest Quidditch fan, especially seeing as he prefers to spend most of his time studying and such, but he uses the games and practices as time to get his mind off of certain things.

(Which was partly short lived, as the Freys became the Team Beaters a year or so after he made the team himself. Though he has to admit…they aren’t exactly a hindrance to the team, as he feared they would be)

-Being a Slytherin, Ev shares a Dorm with both Daniel and the Frey Brothers, so you can imagine how divided that room is..and not just in friend groups and opinions of each other.

Evarin is a bit of a Neat-Freak, though not to an extreme degree. He can’t focus in a messy space, and very much prides himself in his attentiveness.

The Frey Twins are the complete opposite and prefer to use the floor as their storage space rather than their trunks or drawers. Ev can excuse a lot of things, but actively leaving your room looking like an Erumpent rampaged through it is not one of them. Daniel is better, but does often have organized messes.

yes i felt like drawing a room layout with a mess i don’t know why, help

*Also for context in my story Daniel is a Slytherin and Ivy is a Ravenclaw, yes i split up the Golden trio i’m sorry Ivy just doesn’t fit Slytherin imo…so i went with what the official art put her as :>*

Anyhow that’s all i feel like writing on this one cuz it’ll get too long, so yurrr

Feel free to ask questions about Ev, the relationships with canon or other of my oc’s, or really just anything relating to him.

You can ask on this post or use my ask box, and if you’re awkward about asking just as i am, go ahead and do an Anonymous Ask :DD

~Thank you for reading this whole thing~

p.s. Who should i introduce next :000

-Jayden

-Adelyn

-Alicia

-Iven

-Merri

-Tamara

[brainddeadd]

Sand

Nico Hischier x Hughes!sister reader

Jack Hughes x sister!reader, Quinn Hughes x sister!reader, Luke Hughes x sister!reader, Trevor Zegras x platonic!reader, Jayden Williamson x ex!reader (OC)

yes, i used dove cameron's quote about her own song

the song

Du bisch unglaublich : you're incredible

ynhughes: ~ What's worse Being wanted but not loved Or loved but not wanted? ~

This song is near and dear to my soul.

'Sand' will be yours on 23 June 😘

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trevorzegras: they're not ready for this

trevorzegras: im not ready for this

nicohischier: im excited

jennaortega: will this break my heart?

lhughes_06: yes

ynhughes: ~ But you have more pieces of me than the desert has sand And I have less pieces of you than I can hold in my hand ~

'Sand' is yours 😘

This song is inspired by a relationship experience I had where you knowingly give all of yourself to someone who you know can’t do the same to you. You can see the end of the relationship as it begins, but still choose to dive in and devote everything you can to that person.

I hope you all find someone who can give you all of them.

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trevorzegras: i was not ready for this

trevorzegras: holy shit yn

nicohischier: du bisch unglaublich

jennaortega: lhughes_06 it did in fact break my heart

lhughes_06: i was there for the relationship, the healing, the writing, the production and the lead up to the release and i'm still hurt

madisonbeer: im in shambles

_quinnhughes: im so proud of you and how far you've come

[dandylion240]

Previous/Beginning/Next

Transcript under the cut

Ryan pushed his plate away as he stood up, worry knitting his brows together. “I don’t like him either, Papa.”

Motioning towards their son “you see what’s happening here? Your dislike for the boy is dividing the family.”

Jayden silently stared at his husband wishing he could explain the feeling he has for the boy. Instead he said, “I’m sure he has a reason for his opinion.”

“Fine,” Evan nodded towards Ryan who stood by his chair as if rooted. “Why don’t you like Bobby?”

“I um,” Ryan threw a desperate look towards Jayden before looking down as if he hoped his feet would give him the answer. “I just don’t,” he said, “there’s just something not right about him.” 

Evan gave Jayden an ‘I told you so’ look before continuing “you used to like him, what changed?”

Shrugging Ryan said “he did something. Something mean. I …” he bit his bottom lip trying to remember what it was. It was right there, on the edges of his memory just out of reach. “I can’t remember exactly what he did but I don’t like him.”

Blowing air out his nose Evan shook his head, disappointed in both his husband and son. “I’m afraid you both need a better reason to dislike him.”

“Fine,” Jayden and Ryan mumbled in unison “we’ll try harder.”

“That’s all I ask,” Evan said, giving them both a slight smile.

Jayden pushed his chair out, rising to his feet stiff and sore. He shuffled towards his daughter’s room, knocking softly before opening the door wide enough to say “sweetheart it’s Papa, can we talk?”

Josie wiped the tears from her face, the amethyst softly glowing as Jayden entered the room. Looking up at Jayden with large red eyes “why don’t you like Bobby? I don’t understand.”

Jayden was silent as his mind tried to come up with an answer to her question. He’d give anything to like the boy. To have his little girl look up to him without tears in her eyes because his opinion mattered so much to her. Why didn’t he like Bobby? Instead of answering he asked “do you ever just feel something about someone and don’t know why?”

“Like a bad feeling?” she asked as she shook her head “I don’t like those feelings.”

“I know you don’t but sometimes you pick up on those things, don’t you?” he prompted. 

Nodding “I do but then I try harder to see something better.”

Jayden smiled. Her answer was what made Josie his little girl. “You’re a lot like your father. Evan always could see the good in people while I have a little harder time.”

“But you’re good,” Josie said, snuggling into him.

He chuckled “I hope so but I also want to protect you, your dad and brother. I want to protect you so much that I tend to not trust everyone…”

“But you can trust me,” she said.

“I can,” he agreed.

“And I trust Bobby,” she said.

“I know you do,” he stroked her silky long hair, “which makes me all the more protective. I want to keep you safe.”

“I am safe,” she grinned at him “Bobby protects me when you can’t be with me.”

“Oh he does,” he raised an eyebrow “well in that case I’ll try harder to like him.”

“Does that mean he can come over this weekend?” she asked.

“Yes he can come over,” he said even though he felt he was doing it for all the wrong reasons but could it be wrong when he was rewarded with her brilliant smile. 

“Thank you Papa,” she squealed, hugging him tight.

[gameo-archive]

From the wonderful @edmcmayonnaise, creator of the Gameoden chart that is saving my sanity.

"Jayden, I fell down the stairs and broke my foot because I missed the step when I was scrolling Instragram and got distracted by a picture of you holding a cute baby fox. I just needed you to know this because it made me laugh so hard to this day. My foot is fine, by the way. And also I am Team Edwin now."

"For you and George (but mostly George because I'm now Team Edwin), a hypothetical: would you rather be a cat in Port Townsend with the Cat King as your boss, work in the Afterlife Department with the Night Nurse as your boss, or work for Tragic Mick at his shop stocking potentially dangerous magical items?"

Featuring some important safety advice:

G: Get off your phone when you are--

J: Stop scrolling when you're walking up or down stairs.

G: Flat is fine (He demonstrates with his hand) But if it's up (now both are demonstrating) or doon [down] it's a nooo [no] from ewws [us]. Booo! [Bye!]

Transcript and the dangerous Instagram picture under the cut:

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J: So this a request from Erin to yourself. So, let’s see what you have to say. I mean, I’ve read the first bit already, so—I will try not to laugh. “Jayden, I—I fell down the stairs and broke my foot because I missed a step when I was scrolling Instagram and got distracted by a picture of you holding a cute baby fox.” Erin!

G: Oh my gosh!

J: I mean—I know the picture you’re on about but I cannot believe. T-t-t-that was never the intention of the photo, was to, y’know, have people breaking—breaking bones. “I just needed you to know this because it made me laugh so hard to this day.” Okay, that makes me feel better for laughing.

G: [???]

J: “My foot is fine by the way.” Very glad that your foot is fine. “And also I am Team Edwin now.” Well, I guess I’ll let Edwin take over, uh, uh, the rest then. But in all seriousness I’m glad your foot’s better and I’m very sorry that that photo caused such a, a catastrophe.

G: “For you and George—” but mainly George because I’m now team Edwin—“Would you rather be—“

J: I’m going now.

G: Get that fire exit door.

J: I’ll move!

G: “Would you rather be a cat Port Townsend with the Cat King—in Port Townsend with the Cat King as your boss, work in the After Life Department with the Night Nurse as your boss, or work for Tragic Mick at his shop stocking potentially dangerous magical items?” I already know which one you’re going to pick, I think.

J: Which one am I going to pick? Go on!

G: The Tragic Mick one.

J: Yeah! Exactly! Because, w-why? Because that was the best set and also I love Michael Beach who plays Tragic Mick and honestly I think if you were to work there, I think he would just let you do whatever. He’s so chill—

G: Well, he wants to go back in the water, doesn’t he?

J: Well, yeah, Mick, can I go out and go get some lunch?

J&G: Ayup.

G: And then, if he does go back in the water, you’ve inherited a whole magic store, and that—

J: And I’ll sell it for millions and millions and millions.

G: Yeah. I think I’d want to be a cat. “Are you REALLY a cat?”

J: “Are you REALLY?”

G: “Pull yourself together.” That’s a Maggie Smith story. Um, I think I’d be a cat just because, yes the Cat King is technically your own boss—his own—hm?—[funny noise]—um, technically the Cat King would be the boss but cats really do what they want, don’t they?

J: Yeah.

G: Um, and it’s the Cat King—and you’d live near the sea wouldn’t you?

J: [nodding, laughing]

G: Sooo there’s lots of water to swim in. Thank you for a great question, Erin. Take care. Please look after your foot and get off your phone when you are—

J: Stop scrolling when you’re walking up or down stairs.

G: Flat is fine.

J: Yeah.

G: But if it’s up, or doown, it’s a noo from uus. Boo!

[lumpyspaceprincess05]

The world is my oyster

Pairing: Jayden Shiba x gn!reader

Word Count: 3,553

Warning(s): depictions of violence, no use of yn

Summary: A new ranger has made an appearance catching everyone completely off guard, and the awful thing? They're working with the nighlock.

Author note: I started watching power rangers samurai again and i rediscovered a first love. Sadly, there's not enough fanfictions out there for Jayden, so i decided to just write one myself. I don't know if the fandom is still alive, but if you are, enjoy!!

Reblogs are highly appreciated!

Masterlist || Series masterlist || gifs

Part 1 | Part 2

Octoroo leaned his head over the side of the boat, his gaze concentrated on the calm seas below him. His head hung low as the image of Master Xandred's outburst flashed through his mind, the anger they would endure if he found out that the water levels in the sanzu river were slowly declining.

He hurriedly turned on his heels and treaded back into the interior space of the very large ship. Shifting his gaze to his Master's door, he breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered that it was still closed, light snoring penetrating through the door.

"This is not good. This is not good at all. If Master Xandred sees the river, there's no telling what he would do." He began pacing back and forth, his teeth gnawing at the tough skin on his nails.

With her back still turned toward the nighlok, she continued to stroke her musical instrument, her ears conjuring all the possible melodies she could play, but ultimately decided against it because of the sleeping Master. It had been some what peaceful without his presence, but peace was a luxurious commodity on this boat.

"Octoroo, can you please do that more quietly. With your loud footsteps, you're just begging for him to wake up."

He stopped at once, not wanting her words to manifest into reality.

The octopus stood still, in complete silence for a moment as he remembered all the plans he had conjured up and hidden away in his arsenal throughout all his years. He raised his pointer finger, a large smirk forming on his face. Yes. This plan would definitely work.

"I have one final trick up my sleeve, one for sure to get the river rising before Master Xandred wakes."

Walking to the other end of the boat, he grabbed his staff which he had left propped up against the wall before he had gone out to inspect the river.

"Oh, do share with the rest of us. I'm curious how you're going to mess this one up." She finally turned to face him

"I have–" He walked closer to her, and after looking around for any prying eyes and ears, he cupped his hand beside his mouth and whispered in her ear. "A ranger."

She snickered. Whatever he had told her, she wasn't buying into it. "What? Which ranger?"

"Orange."

She rolled her eyes as she turned her back on him once again, losing all interest in his plan. As far as she knew, no such color existed.

"Orange? Now I know you're lying. There's no orange ranger."

"It's true. It's true. The orange ranger lies dormant, and when they wake, I will use them to fill the sanzu river. Ooh ah ooh! It's the perfect plan!"

"Does Master Xandred know that you have a ranger captive?"

"Oh no no no. He can never find out. Hiding a ranger from him all these years? There's no telling what he would do to me then. You too, because you know about it now."

"Then I'm coming with you. This is something I need to see with my very own eyes."

"Me too! Me too! Don't forget about me!" A nighlok chanted as he hauled himself into the ship. This nighlok was just like all the others, except that the exterior of his body was covered in arrows. The shaft was a dark shade of black while the points were hearts tinted a shade of dark imperial blue with a slight gap that divided the hearts into two parts.

His head mimicked the shape of clouds in the sky with another one of his arrows piercing through it, the end coming out the other side.

"Puppet master? Ooh ah ooh!" Octoroo's eyes darkened and the corners of his mouth lifted. "Just the right nighlok to get the job done." His plan was coming together just nicely.

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Screams filled the streets as people ran off to avoid the wrath of the moogers. They tripped, stumbled, and clumsily picked themselves up to run far away to safety.

The figure jumped before the monsters, creating a barrier between them and the civilians. That had been enough to stop them from advancing forward. Their reign of terror on the innocent was over, and all you needed to do was take them all out, and then everything would go back to normal.

When people saw the hero, they stopped and sighed in relief that their savior had arrived. They cheered and hollered having peace of mind in knowing that the evil monsters would be defeated. Some even took out their phones to take pictures and videos to share later.

The moogers stopped and looked at each other in confusion. They hadn't seen this color before. After a short moment of contemplation, they came to a mutual agreement that you were dressed like the enemy, therefore, you were just like the other pesky rangers.

You assumed your fighting stance. Your samurai sword had long been drawn, aimed at the disgruntled moogers.

They engaged their defensive stance and charged to the ranger. The ranger tightened the grip on the hilt of their sword and ran towards the enemy, swinging their weapon every which way. Sparks flew as each swing landed blow after blow with great precision, bringing them to their knees, and defeating them.

An explosion went off in the background as you assumed your final stance.

Victory was yours!

Dayu and Octoroo watched the scene from the comfort of a nearby rooftop, the female nighlok shaking her head at the disappointing performance.

"What was the point of this battle? I don't understand how killing off our own will help with this plan of yours."

"Oh, just...wait for it." The octopus responded in a sing-songy way, delighted that his plan was coming along nicely. Dayu frowned, frustrated that he refused to tell her his plan in its entirety, however, she continued watching the figure dressed in orange intently.

With your sword still clutched in your hand, you made your way to the area where the civilians had found refuge, and when they saw you, they scrambled out of their hiding places and cheered as you walked toward them.

CLINK!

The crowd gasped as their attention turned to where your sword struck. With his phone now shattered on the floor, and a hand placed over his racing heart, he turned his head slightly to the right where he saw the weapon punctured into the wall, narrowly missing his head.

It was quiet for a time, the people wondering if what happened was truly a mistake or purely intentional, but that didn't matter when a young girl ran off screaming which created a domino effect and everyone just ran away from you for safety.

Octoroo cackled, knowing that the sanzu river had risen quite a lot, and what was to come would only raise even further.

You strolled casually to where your sword remained, and shimmied it out from the wall. After assessing it for any damages and being satisfied that there were none, you sheathed it and got ready to leave to your hideout.

The samurai ranger team finally appeared, donned head to toe in their respective color attire. They had their weapons ready to slash any nighlock, but as they arrived at the location, it was empty. There hadn't been any people or nighlok running about.

"Where are all the nighlok?" Mike was the first to speak up, breaking the eerily quiet atmosphere.

"Keep looking. The sensors definitely picked something up from around here. It can't be too far." Jayden spoke up, scanning the area for any trouble.

"Sounds good!" Emily folded her hand into a fist, before her and Mia wandered off to another area.

"I'll go this way." Kevin quickly ran off in the opposite direction with Mike running after him, yelling that he would go with him.

Jayden was now standing all alone in the same spot as he arrived. There were a million scenarios going through his head about the foe they would face. Was the monster invisible? Was teleportation the reason why they're no longer here? Did they trip this sensor only to commit their nefarious deeds somewhere else?

No. No. Mentor would have let him know if that was the case.

With his sword tightly gripped in his hands, he slowly advanced forward, looking every which way to catch the threat before it made a move on him.

Maybe the sensor just malfunctioned today. That was just way too many possibilities and not enough to give him the answers he desperately needed.

The other rangers scanned the area, and upon discovering nothing amiss, they decided to return back to where they had left Jayden.

They could sense that something was wrong, but what?

"Did you guys find anything?" Mia responded to Kevin by shaking her head in disappointment.

"No. You?" Emily moved closer.

"Nothing."

"What about Jayden?"

"Well, let's go and find out."

They quickly rushed back to their leader.

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You peeked your head around the corner, and there he was. The red ranger, completely by his lonesome. Now was the perfect time to attack.

You stepped out from your hiding place to the middle of the road, your sword still tucked away in its holder. Jayden quickly turned around, his own directed toward you.

His breath hitched as he took in your attire.

"Ooh ah ooh! This is getting very interesting." Octoroo muttered to himself, rubbing his hands together in satisfaction.

His eyes widened underneath his mask, his breath caught in his throat. "This...this can't be–"

You drew your weapon, aiming it in his direction. Without giving him a second to catch his breath, you attacked him with full force, pushing him back with each slash of your sword.

His brain was running a million miles a minute. With that and the added pressure he was enduring, he found it more and more difficult to concentrate. You were making it more difficult to concentrate, that is, if it was really you.

Where had you been all these years? Why were you even fighting with him? Just what on earth was going on?

You were going at him hard, constantly pushing him back with each attack. He grunted as he finally put some distance in between the both of you, his hand clutched his side as he took a moment to catch his breath.

"Jayden!" Emily shouted out as they ran to his side, helping pick him back up.

Mike turned toward the assailant, frowing when he saw the ranger attire in an entirely new color, one they had never seen before. "Who is that?"

"There's an orange ranger?" Mia's voice hitched in suprise.

"Now that's new." The yellow ranger's voice trailed off.

After skulking for a while, both Dayu and Octoroo decided to intervene, jumping in between you and the rest of the rangers. The rangers immediately assumed their fighting position, shielding Jayden from the enemy.

Jayden grunted as he picked himself up. He was weak, but he had enough strength to fight alongside his teammates.

"This was fun for a little while, but now it's getting boring." Dayu placed a hand over her mouth to cover her fake yawn, while the octopus nodded in agreement.

"We'll just claim what's ours and be out of your hair." He turned to face you and beckoned you with his hand. "Come." You walked over, put your hand in his, and as fast as you appeared, you were gone.

"What...just happened?" Kevin's voice trailed off as they stared in the direction where you had been.

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The battle was over and the rangers joined each other in the living room, ready to discuss the events that took place earlier. Too shaken up, the rangers sat down on the sofa, afraid that their legs might give way if they remained standing. The silence was broken only by the faint sounds of a bokken colliding with the training dummy outside.

As soon as they returned to the Shiba house, Jayden wasted no time and sped of his room to change into his training garb.

He had been quiet on the journey back. The others were hesitant to talk about the incident, noticing how his eyebrows were furrowed, his jaw clenched and his fingers curled up tightly.

This was a whole other side to their leader that they didn't even know existed. Sure, he had been upset only a handful of times, but the air usually did not feel this heavy. Why was he so upset? Considering that the others were just a little worried about one of them working with the enemy, but maybe there was a different reason...

Either way, it was not the right time to coax the answers from him. But, not only had Jayden been acting strange, but the older man as well. As soon as they reported their findings back to him, his face dropped before he lost his baalnce and landed on the couch.

For the first time since they had begun living in the Shiba house, they hadn't seen Mentor this lost for words. He sat in silence, twiddling his thumbs while his gaze avoided everyone else's.

"There's an orange ranger? How is this possible?" Emily broke the silence before looking in Kevin's direction.

He sighed, folding his arms across his chest. "There isn't any information about the orange ranger in the archives. Otherwise, I would've known about it."

"How could they be working with the nighlok? It goes against everything we're fighting for." Mike clenched his fist tightly.

"Can we even still call them a samurai ranger?"

"Well, whatever's going on, we need answers."

"Mentor?" Mia turned to the man. "You've been awfully quiet. Is everything okay?"

Mike rose to his feet. "You know something...don't you?"

Ji's finally gained the courage to look at each of his pupils faces. Sooner or later, they would have known about you. He just didnt expect that the day would come so soon.

"There's a reason why the orange ranger isn't mentioned in the archives," he finally gained enough courage to meet his students' eyes.

"When the first rangers acquired the powers of the samurai ranger, they all joined each other in battle. It was a really difficult time for all of them, especially considering that they were thrust into war with no formal training. All the rangers understood that they had to use their powers to defeat the nighlok, but the orange ranger did not want that responsibility–"

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Beads of sweat trailed down his face as he swung at the dummy over and over again, without an end in sight. His grip on the hilt was slowly loosening, but he fought even harder to keep it secured.

For the first time in a long time, Jayden had no idea how he was going to handle this situation. His team was inside the house trying to come up with their next course of action, but he simply could not bring himself to sit there and relive his past.

The memories he had of you were still fresh in his mind. The day you two met, all the days the both of you spent on your training...the day you disappeared.

The guilt was eating him up alive. What if he hadn't left you that day? What if he caught you as you snuck out? Would you have returned along with him? Would the both of you have continued training together like nothing happened? Would you have loved meeting the other rangers? Would the both of you continued to be as happy together before everything had happened?

The day you disappeared was the hardest for him, and for months after that, he couldn't eat, sleep or train like he used to. It just...didn't feel the same without you.

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3 YEARS AGO - The night of your disappearance

You stood in the foyer with your arms folded across your chest, foot rhythmically tapping on the wooden floors. What were they discussing that was taking them so long? An innocent life was at risk so surely whatever was keeping them could wait until later.

Noticing your distressed demeanor, Jayden walked closer to you and gently unfolded your arms, sliding his hand into yours and giving it a tight squeeze. That was his way of telling you that everything would be okay. They would bring her back safely.

Hushed whispers could be heard at the other end of the room as Mentor and your older brother engaged in a heated discussion. You could hear bits and pieces, but not enough to gauge the entire story.

All you had known at that moment was that a few hours ago, a horde of moogers had broken into your home, and kidnapped your mother. Your father had been home at the time as well, but due to the injury he had sustained the last time he fought them, they easily overpowered him. He quickly called the Shiba house soon after and that's where you were.

Your brother quickly walked past Mentor, his hand reaching for the morpher in his pocket. The man quickly followed after him.

"Wait! You can't just go after them. We have to come up with a plan–"

Your brother stopped in his tracks, and turned to face him. "And how long do you think that will take, Mentor? Every single minute we spend not doing anything, they could be doing something horrible to her. She could be dead, Ji."

He moved around Ji and broke out into jog to the front door. You and Jayden turned to look at each other, worry plastered all over your faces.

"Cyan? Where are you going?" You ran up to him, your heart pounding in your chest.

"To do what's right." Your older brother turned to you one last time and gave you a sad smile. He dashed out of the door and as he ran, he transformed into his samurai suit.

You turned to Jayden, tears brimming in your eyes. "What are we going to do? We can't just let him go alone."

"We have no choice. The blue, yellow, pink and green rangers are close, but, I don't think they'll make it to him in time."

You stormed off to your room, Jayden following closely behind.

"I don't know why we can't do anything. We've been training for this." Your voice wavered as you buried your face in your pillow. Jayden sat on the other side of your bed, rubbing circles on your back.

"I'm frustrated too, but we have to trust that your brother will bring her back." You moved to sit upright crossing one legs over the other. Aggressively, you tried wiping away the tears, but the more you wiped them, the more fell.

"It's not that I don't trust him, it's just...he's not been training like he used to. He doesn't want to be a samurai ranger anymore. He wants to go to college and live the life he couldn't because of all this." He cupped your cheeks, wiping away whatever streaks of water he could.

"Do you..." He stopped himself, slightly biting the inside of his cheek. "Do you wish you had a normal life too?"

You nodded your head.

"I do..." Jayden didn't let it show, but your words made his heart hurt, but you knew better. You placed a hand on top of his hand, guiding him to look back at you.

"That's how I felt when I first came here." You paused.

"Jayden, my father gave me a choice and I can't imagine doing anything else–being anywhere else. I'm happy with the life I'm living right now. Training with you, cleaning up after breakfast–everything. All of this will be worth it when we defeat Master Xandred. As long as we do it together, right?"

He nodded contently.

"I'll bring the tissue box." He smiled widely before walking out of the room.

You shrunk into yourself, your head propped up against your knees.

Will he be okay fighting all alone?

The thoughts consumed you as all the scenarios you conjured up didn't have a happy ending. What if the other rangers don't make it in time? What if...he doesn't come back home?

The possibilities were weighing down on you. What was the point of training if you were just going to stand on the sidelines and let other people fight your battles?

You made a beeline for the window, quietly unlocking it before stepping through. Turning to the house one last time, you could see Jayden walking into the hallway from the kitchen with a couple of boxes in hand. He always went overboard when he tried to help you.

The corners of your lips tugged up, but the smile didn't quite reach your eyes. It was comforting to imagine all the ways he would scold you for defying the Mentor's orders, only because you ended up making your way back home again. Safe, maybe a few scratches here and there...but you would be home.

"I'm sorry, Jay." You mumbled under your breath, before sprinting out through the gates. It was up to you now to make sure your mom and brother got home safely, no matter what happens.

Part 2

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[deadboydetectives-confessions]

have to agree with that one anon. X became a real sh**hole. It makes me so angry that the very persons who were complaining loudest now act like they did NOTHING wrong. Jayden is not your toy to yank around, I did say that a while ago already. He is a human being. So stop acting like you own him. And stop whining that he left X- that was bound to happen. The way he handeled his fans wasn't going to work on the long run. He IS an actor, an celebrity. As much as he wants to be, he can't be an equal to us. And yes, I know some people don't want to hear it (the once that applies to acutally) but he WAS nuturing parasocial relations.

So that he left was going to happen sooner or later. He needs to learn what it means to be famous- and that includes that not everybody will be nice all the time. As hard as that is. People are ugly and as a public person he needs to learn how do deal with that. So, it's a good step that he took imo.

And whats even sadder is the fact that over all that s**t we seem to have forgotten what we're actually doing: trying to save a show we all love. Hopefully we can go back to that.

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[burningpironator]

ANGRY BIRDS QA!!!!!

Well well well! Hi to everyone! In this instance we the angry birds are responding some questions!

Hi

He he! Im wonderin what they asked to me!

YIPEEEEEE-

Okay, there you go!

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@coolcat01nina ask: do you like bacon?

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YES

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@armiaochima ask: hey you three, been so long since last time ^^ did you find your lil one's? ó ò

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Yeah! We alwayls do, and im sure this time, no one gonna troll us :)

*Troll pig aproaching*

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@stickparrot ask: this question is to blue. Wich bird do you most see as your parental figure?

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Black as a dad and white as a mom

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@stickparrot ask: my question to red. Wich pig pig is the one do you specially hate other than the king pig?

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(Whoa!, Stickparrot asks are very interesant!)

HIM

(Context, in my au, red is going to have a special rivalry with that specific pig, yall see)

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Anon ask: what're the birds favourite foods?

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pigs (thats a lie, his favourite food are s-)

Coca-cola

Grapes✨

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Anon ask: what's red favourite memory?

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Okay, thats very specific, but when i was born

i have a ask to, when someone ask about me? >:(

30 february, 1991, at 13 pm

Haha, very funny

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@jayden-for-now ask: red what was that like in the clouds getting back your eggs from wizard cloud pig?

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Bacon

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Okay thats all for today! Remember that you can ask things to tomorrow's QA!

Wait, thats all?

Yeah, i tought it was going to be longer too.

*cries in tdah*

Sorry bro... :(

Well, thats all! Goodbye! :D

[tireddovahkiin]

📝: How would your story in canon go? How would you influence the events of the original story? & 👀: How does your ship with your f/o influence both of your characterisations and the world? Would there be any interesting metas written about your dynamic?

Hiiii thanks for the askkk ;D sorry for the long post in advance, I had to rant a bit >.<

I'll answer for Devil May Cry this time :)

For the first question, I haven't really thought about it in details, but I know that if I were to appear in any of the games, it would probably be in Devil May Cry 2. I thought of a funny scenario, where technically, Dante finds a young child "lost" and wandering alone, looking for something, and about to be attacked by some demons, but he saves me in the last second. I introduce myself, and tell him that I lost a special 'friend' of mine. A yellow puppy plush, named Junior. (For those who don't know, Junior is like a manifestation of my actual irl plushie that is alive and has some sort of magical powers and stuff! He basically represents like a guardian figure, and my comfort object/childhood, and follows me anywhere and everywhere ^^)

That is like the only explanation he gets from me LMAO💀I was generally a non-verbal child, and I just also infilcted it on little me in the game XD Poor Dante does try to get answers from me, but I either don't answer, shrug, or shake my head.

That is basically a whole "additional" mission in the game, trying to help the little me find my lost toy friend. When he eventually does help me, Dante can only be left dumbfounded as an actual plushie moves and speaks as a real living being. Thanking Dante, I dissapear off behind a corner, and if he chooses to follow me, there won't be anyone behind. Quite mysterious, right?

I do appear once or twice again, somewhere settled during the DMC Animated series, to thank Dante again, and that is when I meet Patty😌 we kinda become strange friends in a way, but I hide the fact that Junior is alive🤧. From then on, I stop appearing, and Dante thinks we'll never meet again...

UNTIL BEFORE DMC4!

Basically, during one of his many missions, Dante actually gets unexpected help, that happens to be a person that is just so awfully familiar to him. Handling a great crossbow (YES that is my weapon I LOVE CROSSBOWS), with a strange yellow puppy on their shoulder... AND THE HE REALIZES!!! It's Jayden expect big and all grown :3 I stick around and help him, before returning together to his office, and that is when I ACTUALLY talk to the man about me LOL XD

Seeing how my skills actually are very good for a hunter, he decides to let me tag along when I can, and I basically become a part-time devil hunter! Since I am not always around, that is alright, but when I AM, I always make sure to lend a hand :>

And THAT, is basically how I met everyone else. I went on a few missions with Trish and Lady, and we also became good teammates. I also got along with Dante pretty well, we became some sort of buddies, ya could say ><

Now, how I met my pretty pookie boyf NERO? After the events of DMC4. It's a bit of a funny scene, actually😂He finds me napping my ass off on the couch HAHA Dante is all nonchalant about it, and even tries to shush Nero to be quiet with a finger LOOOOL basically, napping is all I do when I hang around the office, so Dante, Trish and Lady got used to it. Except for Nero, he was so confused💀

That is how our friendship started! We would be paired the most for missions, by Dante no less, when Nero joined to work for his uncle. Nero was still with Kyrie during that period, but did slowly start to "loose" feelings. Truth is, I actually got a crush on him pretty quickly, but hid it from everyone because... Yeah, he was already in love :( Basically, a year passed before we actually got together, and Nero slowly realised his true feelings, what a dumbass (i love him.)

Now, as for the events in DMC5, I didn't come to that part yet, because I haven't even watched DMC5 yet T0T I'm waiting for my friend to finish showing me his playthrough of DMC3 before I continue to the last game. But, yeah, that is basically it!

For the second question... Um... I kinda don't understand it??💀💀💀😭😭😭 sorry, If i knew I'd answer it, really, but I'll have to skip this one😔 if someone would be so kind to explain what is a meta and all that...

[return-to-twisted-wonderland]

Inuyasha AU: Cellphones

[Night Raven College - Courtyard]

[After school, Yuu & Jayden went to sell some of the gold Jayden had to get new cell phones while Marcus & Darius got theirs from their fathers.]

Yuu (Looks at his Cell Phone): These small devices are needed? They just look like glowing boxes with strange symbols to me.

Darius: Papa said that they will be useful in our time here and overall. We would do well with learning how to use them.

Jayden (Puts his phone in his pocket): I'm going to ask my brother! He's one of the smartest students here.

Marcus (Smirks): You just want an excuse to see your brother.

Jayden: Guilty. *Sniffing* I have his scent. See you all back at Ramshackle. *Jumps away and lands on the roof before running along it*

Marcus: I'll go ask my Father.

Darius: I shall ask mine, as well.

Yuu: I am going to ask my Friend.

[With that, The Ramshackle Half-Demons went their separate ways.]

[Basketball Court]

Jayden (Walks over to Jamil): Brother! Can you show me how to use this device?!

[Crewel's Office]

Darius: Papa, can you show me how to use this phone?

[Trein's Office]

Marcus: Father, I need assistance...

[Diasomnia]

Yuu (Appears behind Sebek): Excuse me... *Blocking Sebek's Sword with his bare hand* There is no reason for aggression, but I do apologize for startling you. I am looking for my friend, Malleus Draconia. Have you seen him?

Jamil: Hmm? Jayden, what is it?

Crewel, in the middle of grading papers: Of course.

Trein: Yes, with what?

Sebek: HOW DARE- how do you know Waka-sama? What am I saying? His greatness reaches far and wide even in other worlds!

[rainbowsandwhumperflies]

The Winged Servant - 6

cws: nonhuman whumpee, shock collar mentions, multiple whumpers

masterlist

note: this chapter is kinda rough and very short. my apologies, writing it felt like wrestling and wrangling an annoying concept into words. and it won against me. it's because this one is supposed to be set up for some fun chapters that are coming up soon!! so stay tuned!!

I didn’t realize that Prince Ryan had never put the collar back on until I was being handed platters of food in the kitchen. Maybe it was just a small mercy, like the twelve minutes I’d had to myself before dinner—he gave me those, sometimes, if he didn’t have to go out of his way for them—but it seemed different tonight.

Everything was different tonight and no one would fucking tell me why.

It was unreasonable to demand knowledge of these types of things, of course, I reminded myself.. The royal family always had my best interests in mind. Always. Every weird thing that happened today did not change that.

Serving dinner, at least, was the same. Carry three platters of food out of the kitchen and into the dining room, place them on the table, don’t make too much noise, don’t interrupt any conversation going on already. It was easy, as long as I didn’t drop anything, until-

“Onyx.”

Prince Ryan didn't talk to me during dinner. I was supposed to work like a well-oiled machine, serving food without making my presence obvious. I wasn’t supposed to be talked to and I wasn’t supposed to bow and my existence wasn’t supposed to be acknowledged.

I bowed at Prince Ryan's feet as soon as he spoke, trying not to let my surprise show. “May I assist you with something, Your Highness?” Talking wasn't so hard. It was just repeating the script I had been trained to say. Even if I didn’t usually talk here, it was the same script.

“We're going somewhere tonight. You need a pair of shoes. You can borrow some of mine. I want you ready to leave by the time we're done eating. Don't worry about dishes or anything—we have more important things to be doing right now.”

 Repeating the script wasn't bad, except that Price Ryan had been abandoning the script all day and I didn't know where to go from there. “Yes, Your Highness,” I said, because what else was there to say?

“Any questions?”

I swallowed, trying to get used to the feeling of doing it without the collar. It’d had prongs with which to distribute the electricity, and my neck felt bare without them digging in. I could ask about it, but Prince Cardan had started glaring at me, and maybe it would be in everyone’s best interests to excuse myself from the table. “No, Your Highness. Thank you.”

He waved a hand at me, turning away, and I did my best to stay steady and graceful as I practically ran back to the kitchen. This was probably fine, right? It wasn’t going to be that big of a deal, right? I was just- just wearing shoes and leaving the house, like I was a human. And the prince had said it so nonchalantly.

“Onyx,” Jayden said firmly, squeezing one of my hands, and I blinked. From the look on his face, it was not the first time he’d said my name.

“My apologies, sir.”

“That’s alright. Let’s get some food in you before we leave, okay?”

“Okay,” I echoed. It had been awhile since I’d eaten, I realized. This morning, maybe. A meal would get my head back on straight, at the least.

“It’ll be alright,” Jayden told me as he set a plate in front of me, and I nodded. I would be alright. The royal family always had my best interests in mind. As long as I did what I was told, I would be alright, no matter how odd anything seemed to me.

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taglist: @kaleidoscope-of-thoughts @toyybox @rainydaywhump

[expecto-kedavra]

Broken.

Someone snitched on Sebastian. Aurors came in the night and took him away, likely to Azkaban. Anne has been cured, by ancient magic and returned to Hogwarts, after healing her relationship with her brother as well.

Intro to my OC’s. POV is Jayden Mata’afa, a Slytherin. He’s an immigrant from Samoa, also an unregistered animagus. Leanna Turner (Ravenclaw) is the ancient magic OC. Tevita Kunatani (also Ravenclaw) is Leanna’s boyfriend, who has a strange and powerful connection to the ocean and all marine life. There’s more of them but that’s all for now

It was easy at first. We had a plan, we were working towards the plan. Find a loophole. Find some way to prove that he shouldn’t be condemned to Azkaban. We were full of energy, focus, and determination. Yet time after time, we hit dead ends. We sent owls to the ministry daily. We tried claiming self defense, but no. Insisting that since he is only 16, he shouldn’t be condemned for the rest of his life. Too young. But no. Everything we tried was shot down by the ministry. Slowly, we became more and more discouraged. “What if we find who did it?” I asked, one night in the undercroft. “What do you mean? Sebastian did it.” Ominis said, in a hoarse whisper. It was sometime in the early morning, and we had been up trying to think of anything. “No, sorry. What if we find who snitched on him? Make them redact it?” Both Anne and Ominis were silent for a moment. “That could work.” Said Anne. Her resolve had not shaken. She had come too far, and healed too much for her brother to be taken away. Angry? Sure. But this is her twin, and it had taken her a year to be able to reconcile with him. She wouldn’t lose him now. “But where to start? It could be anyone.” We pondered. It really could. In the school, outside of the school. Some random passerby that just happened to be in the wrong place. “We can start by going back to the catacomb. Retrace our steps. Find something that wasn’t from us. Do some real detective work.” I found my tone almost pleading. Not with Ominis and Anne, but with myself. Sebastian was my first friend. Yes, he made mistakes and let me down, but I loved him like family. “Can we do it tomorrow?” Ominis yawned. “I haven’t slept in days.” It was true. Ominis did look worse for wear. “Jayden and I will go.” Anne said. She stood and looked at me. “Now.” Like I said, determination. “Oh, okay. Yeah, let’s go.” Ominis shrugged, grumbled something that sounded like “be careful” and crashed on the couch. Anne and I hid ourselves under the guise of disillusionment, and made for the catacomb.

As we moved through the darkness, I found myself reflecting on the last five years. I came to Hogwarts as a first year, barely knowing English. I was scared, and alone. An orphan from a tiny island thousands of miles away. But I learned. I grew, and adapted. Sebastian, Anne, and Ominis were always my best friends. Then she came. Leanna Turner. The new student. Came in as a fifth year, and changed everything. Dare I say, ruined everything. We were working together, we were going to help Anne. Then all of a sudden, she shows up. She wins over the school in a week, saves us from a goblin invasion. The hero. She starts dating the only other Polynesian in the school, a Fijian named Tevita. He was cool. He could control water like nothing I’ve ever seen. We’ve always been close, me and him. But I don’t trust her. Somehow, she convinced Sebastian he didn’t need me. She pushed him too far, into dark magic and into mistakes he made without thinking. Anne snapped me out of my trance. “We’re here.” We entered the catacomb, and began to search. Casting revelio every two seconds. As we continued to find nothing, the hair on my neck suddenly stood straight up. I whipped around, and found Leanna at the end of my wand. “What are you doing here?” I said gruffly. “Jayden no.” Anne pushed down my wand hand and approached Leanna. “What is it Leanna?” Leanna continued to stare at me, then slowly opened her mouth and began to speak. “I’m doing the same as you. Trying to free my friend.” She said, unwavering. I scoffed, drawing a glare from Anne. “Leanna is our friend.” She said. “She healed me, and you’d do well to remember it.” I clenched my jaw, withheld my retort, and stood down. Leanna continued. “I’ve searched everywhere and everything. I’ve questioned everyone I can think of.” The Ravenclaw girl sighed, and tossed her golden hair over her shoulder. “And nothing. We’d have to break him out if we’re going to free him.” I could sense the serious sarcasm in her tone. I looked at Anne. She had a strange look in her eyes, scared yet focused. I recognized the same look that I saw in Sebastian’s eyes, when he was going down that dark path. “We will find something.” I told Anne, placing my hand reassuringly on her shoulder. “Yes, right. We will. I’m going to get some air.” Anne responded, and left me with Leanna.

We stood there a moment, awkwardly glancing around. “Why don’t you like me?” She finally said. “You’re a Ravenclaw, be smart and figure it out.” I retorted, and turned away to look for more evidence. More so, I was just trying to avoid her. “I think you blame me. I think that you assume I am the reason this happened.” I said nothing for a moment. Then stood, and faced her. “Yeah, I do think that. Everything was fine before you. We were going to figure it out. Then you came and now Seb is in Azkaban.” She looked at me, and for a moment I saw a crack in her confidence. Her silver blue eyes flickered down. “You’re not wrong. It did happen when I got here.” She gathered herself. “But I didn’t ever intend for this. I tried to contain his feelings and help him. I never ever thought this would happen. And if we’re going to get him back, we need to work together.” She was right, and I hated it. I sighed. “Okay. Truce.” I offered my hand, and she shook it. “I will try to trust you. Do not let me down. I don’t care how powerful you are.” She nodded silently, and we returned to the castle.

I was awoken with a jolt. It was Ominis. “Hey.” He said, his empty eyes staring above my head. “Anne has an idea.” He said grimly. I grumbled and got out of bed, to meet Anne in the undercroft. When we got there, she wasn’t there. Ominis and I sat for a moment, before she burst in with Leanna in tow. “Anne, I didn’t mean-“ Leanna tried to speak to Anne, but she was determined. “I have an idea.” Anne said, hands on her hips. “We are going to break Sebastian out of Azkaban.” Ominis spit out his tea, and I choked on my muffin. “I’ve just learned that every single owl that we have sent to the ministry has been intercepted. By Ruth Singer.” What a joke. Officer Singer was a pathetic excuse for law enforcement. “We don’t need to worry about that now.” Anne began to pace back and forth. “We have a secret weapon.” She continued. “And what might that be?” I inquired. She spun on her heel and looked at me. “Ominis.” Ominis spat out more tea. “Me? What? How?” Leanna’s face matched mine. Confused, intrigued, worried. “Your family has connections. We use that. We go to Azkaban, say that we’re visiting to interview an Auror for an assignment. Then we get him out.” I sighed. It could work. “It’d be risky Anne.” I said. “I don’t care. Worth it. Leanna said so yesterday.” Leanna stepped into the conversation. “Now, no, wait. I said at the rate we’ve been, we’d need to break him out. I never endorsed it.” She sighed. “But it could maybe work. We’d have to be perfect in our execution of the plan.” Ominis stood. “We’re going to do it. Anne is right, as is Leanna. This can work. But we need to be perfect.” My heartbeat quickened. Anne began to pace up and down, her nerves increasing. “We can do it. We can. But I need you all to know, if this does wrong? We join him.” I laughed loudly, startling everyone. “I’m an illegal bear. I know risks.” Anne and Ominis chuckled. Leanna’s confusion was amusing. Anne leaned over. “Animagus.” She whispered. “Ohhhhhh!” Leanna said with wide eyes. She then began to think. I think I know someone who can help us. Someone we all trust.” Ominis seemed hesitant. “Well, Azkaban is in the middle of the ocean right? It may help if we have an ocean guy.” I smiled. Ominis didn’t like most people, especially know it all Ravenclaws. But Tevita, he was different. Ominis loved him. “Ah. Yes. I agree.” Ominis said, a small smile peeking out of the corner of his mouth. “So it’s settled.” Anne said firmly. “We assemble our team. We save my brother.”

[heartbreakslow]

Da$h watch 1x07

"Do you not want to have sex with anyone or just me?"

Cash goes to pick up an order from Harry's (with Chook, Jayden, and Tilla waiting for him) and gives Darren a death stare.

Darren tries to watch sports and get takeout with their dad, but when he asks them what’s wrong because they don’t usually hang out with him, they get mad and leave. 

At school they basically act like a first grader pulling their crush’s hair, making fun of Cash for wearing…a turquoise t-shirt? (Idg fashion I guess.) When they ask him to participate in the direct action he immediately agrees and there’s a couple moments in the school occupation where he kinda takes the lead and seems to be using his crime skills!

They have only one scene together but it’s a doozy. Cash is sitting in the hall by himself when Darren comes and sits down with him. Cash looks glum but can’t help but smile when Darren makes fun of his shirt again. Then things get serious.

Cash: I know you think I’m scared, eh, but I’m not. I’m just trying to figure stuff out.

Darren: …Do you not want to have sex with anyone, or just me?

Cash: Anyone.

Darren starts asking more questions, and Cash articulates his flavor of asexuality (without the word ever being used): “I like kissing you, but when it becomes more, I don’t get the urge to go any further. And if I do, it’s not enjoyable.” It gives the impression that his past experiences were consensual but awful.

Darren makes a bunch of “what not to say to an ace person” comments (“well have you tried it?…Maybe it was just bad sex or with the wrong person”) and Cash is becoming frustrated trying to get across that he just doesn't enjoy sex. Darren suggests that the two of them could take it slow or try to find something Cash likes, but he’s not biting. He’s on the verge of tears as he asks, “so you’d be totally fine if we just never did it at all?” They look shocked and can’t answer, so he makes them agree to just be friends. They agree, fake smiling while looking like they're about to cry, and abruptly leave. He cries by himself.

Then Darren watches him sleep and pines!

Some more Darren bits: when Quinni asks "am I too much," Darren says, "yes but you're my too much"--I think that's very indicative of how Darren defines love! Also, Peter is happy that Darren was in the protest!

Thoughts:

It’s really sweet that Darren tries to go to Peter for company when they’re sad, though of course they end up pushing him away. After Darren comes out of the building at the end, Peter high fives them and pats them on the back and Darren just looks...so happy about that approval and like they're trying to hide that reaction. I LOVE THEM.

I think the hallway scene is great, in the vein of the Bobby and Darren pronouns scene in ep 1. It’s not about being educational or spoonfeeding you why you shouldn’t say shitty things. (I like how Darren says “but you can get a hard-on” and the show doesn't even stop to unpack that, Cash just ignores it.)

Rather, the point of the scene is how the marginalized person feels. Darren doesn’t get it and Cash is frustrated, and he feels hopeless that their relationship could ever work. When they say “maybe it was just bad sex” he literally facepalms!

I also think that even though the description of Cash’s asexuality is written as well as it can be, it’s a lot to deliver and King Will is knocking it out of the park making it sound so impassioned and natural. The lines about his past experiences imply so much pain despite being so short and vague.

What is so great about this show’s portrayal of asexuality is that it’s not attempting to be generic or universally relatable. There is no one ace experience--there are so many traits that are combined differently. Having a character who's queer, very romantic and sensual, AND sex repulsed and low libido, instead of like "bleep bloop, if you don't want sex you must not want anything else," is so satisfying. Also, representation aside, it's a new story.

On a Darren note I do think it shows a lot of maturity/growth that they have this conversation, even though it’s messy. I’m not sure he would have been ready to make up with them at this point even if they’d said everything right. I also think that agreeing with Cash’s request to just be friends was done out of respect and maybe some guilt at not having respected his boundaries before. 

[whataboutsimple]

Morning routine with them.

Gentle remind, that all the characters are grown adults!

Aiden tries to cook breakfast. Jaime tries to help. Petra's sleepyhead.

Enjoy your cuties, @a-problematic-writer <3

Not sure if that's what you imagined , but I tried my best!

Aiden yawned sleepily, rubbing his tired eyes. Sometimes he wished he hadn't been an early bird, because that almost always meant he had to cook breakfast.

On the other hand, he didn't mind doing it while he was cooking for them.

«Honey, can I help you?» — melodious voice rang out from behind, before the man felt someone's warm embrace around his waist.

«Mmmm.. not necessarily. Why did you get up so early?» — he muttered, turning to face the girl in order to return the hug.

«I wanted to help you..» — Jaime nuzzled into the crook of Aiden's neck, inhaling the pleasant scent of his cologne.

«And Pumpkin?» — he suppressed a light sigh, feeling goosebumps down his spine.

«Still sleepin', you know, even TNT won't wake her up after sparring.» — she laughed softly.

Sighing, Aiden moved a little to the side, straightening the t-shirt that had fallen off his shoulder — «I guess it's just two of us for now.»

Jaime nodded, lazily settling into one of the chairs near the table —«What are you planning to cook?»

Aiden thought about it, scratching his head — «I'd say waffles are a great option, but I have to go back to Sky-Ground City today, so I wouldn't mind eggs and bacon. What do you think?»

Jayden chuckled — «I think you visit BeaconTown so often that now you're visiting Sky-Ground City than going back there. However, why not waffles with eggs and bacon?»

Aiden smiled, grunting approvingly. Indeed, since he, Petra and Jaime moved in together, he has been in BeaconTown much more often than in Sky-Ground City. However, he couldn't just leave his fath- Reginald- and friends who were just settling — «It sounds great. But Petra will probably grumble. Didn't she get on this "healthy diet" after sparring with Gabriel?»

Jaime nodded her head absently — «Yes, but I keep telling her that it's not necessary. Gabrielis just physically stronger and has more experience, she shouldn't be so upset about losing to him.»

«You know she can be stubborn sometimes.» — Aiden muttered, putting on a pink apron.

«Just like you?»

«Just like me.» — he nodded in agreement, a slight smile playing on his lips — «By the way, how is your dad- I mean Ivor. Shouldn't he be getting married soon to Soren and.. Harper was her name?»

Jessie idly twirled the napkin in her hands — «Mmmm, yes. The preparation is in full swing. By the way, you're invited too. We won't go without you.» — she cast a cheerful glance at him, knowing that he was getting frustrated when they all were together in public.

Aiden just shrugged vaguely — «I think it's fair. Will Lukas be there? With Jason.»

«Yes. Sweethearts couple will be there.»

Taking a couple of eggs out of the refrigerator, Aiden broke them into a bowl, starting to mix them with salt, pepper and tomatoes —«I'm surprised they still won't admit they're dating.»

Jessica just grinned — «I'm not sure if they know they're dating»

Aiden laughed loudly, realizing that maybe these fools really had no idea. Pouring the mixture into the pan, he opened a pack of bacon, throwing it in the same place — «What about you?»

Jaime mumbled questioningly.

«You talk about everyone, but not about yourself. How are you doing?»

The girl looked away — «Everything is as usual, nothing beyond the normal.»

«Jaime.»

She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose — «Ya.. it's truly fine. Psychiatrist sessions helps a lot. And you? Are you still going to your own?»

Aiden nodded, taking a delicious breakfast from the pan — «Reginald won't give me a day pass. Of course, if I want it myself.»

Suddenly a red—haired woman came into the kitchen, yawning loudly and stretching until her back crunched — «Good morning to all the blockheads who don't want to sleep. How are you? I can smell bacon.» — she pretended to lick her lips, sitting down at the table and rubbing her hands while waiting for food.

«Good morning to you too, sleepyhead.» —Aiden muttered, but there was clearly a smile on his face. He quickly arranged the plates, giving everyone the same portion.

Petra grinned, "unfairly" giving him a slap on the ass — «I sleep normally, not for three hours like someone.»

An outraged Aiden turned to the girl with a red face, while Jaime tried her best to hide her laughter — «Ten hours of sleep is not normal!»

«Whatever.» — she rolled her eyes, taking a bite from the meat — «By the way, JJ, isn't it your turn to keep an eye on Rueben today?»

The girl's eyes unexpectedly widened — «Oh gosh!» — she suddenly jumped up, not finishing her meal, and quickly kissed her lovers on the forehead, than ran upstairs to the bedroom, to get dressed.

«Couldn't you remind her after she's done?» — Aiden murmured, sitting down next to the redhead.

«Don't worry, she'll be here with Rueben before you have time to finish your not healthy waffles.»

Aiden chuckled — «You're unbearable.»

«And you love me for it.» — the girl proudly said.

Aiden just rolled his eyes, gently taking Petra's hand and watching as the youngest of them rushed to the door to take her piglet from her brother. He was so lucky to have them.