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platonicphoenix · 7 months ago

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Aero's Lore (Partyrockers oc au)

Aero, the guitarist and the silent seeker of her band: the Partyrockers, she was one of the only members without a party-based alt mode.

(this is kind of older writing so sorry if it's lowkey dookie water. content includes violence, some swearing, and Overlord- He's his own trigger warning. This is mainly non romantic, and more of just angsty. Writing and Aero's design beneath the cut vv)

Aero: (rip to the height difference Aero is ~27ft tall and overlord is ~44ft 💀❌️)

Overlord (IDW art):

Aero's p.o.v:

Bombs noises, gunfire, and explosions could be heard from everywhere I was. Disko was setting off explosions on the buildings and watching in joy as organics ran free of their abusive 'owners.' This civilization was known for keeping organics like pets or peasants and torturing them for their sick amusement. It was wrong, it was disgusting. Someone had to punish them.

So Disko and I took that initiative.

The punishment came extra for any Autobots running by. Disko was still loyal to the Decepticon cause, I just follow. Though, nothing is perfect, right? I got caught by the Autobots and detained. Such acts couldn't go unpunished I guess. How sick though, the Autobots are defending them!?! Those sick bots who treat organics like toys and not sentient beings? What did we even fight for!?!? Disko managed to get away. Whispering into my comn-link that he would come back for me.

Hopefully- I’ll be back. But I was sent to Garrus-9, that horrid prison.

As a few mega-cycles passed by, 'Overlord' came along, rampaging throughout the whole place and leaving only destruction in his wake.

Luckily, I was a Decepticon. So of course, I had been freed from my cell and managed to recover my guitar. (P.S. Aero's modified guitar can unsheathe spikes to use as a melee weapon, and be a gun.)

Although it was 'nice' at the new Garrus-9, I still miss my old band. I still want to escape and get back to Disko, to have a conversation with Partylock again, to take pictures with Barbwire, and to pole dance with Partybomber and teach him the guitar. Also to meet that rat sack of a youngling he illegitimately adopted.

So, to escape. I fought in the arena. I Fought and murdered numerous poor bots just for Overlord's sick amusement and other bots to watch and enjoy. I wanted out.

Hoping Overlord would keep the promise of freedom he made to everyone. I fought and fought until I reached the top, and seized victory by its throat.

The moment I won that final battle, I looked at Overlord straight into his optics and waited, just for him to tell me, "Meet me in my quarters" So I did. I wonder, why did he want me in his quarters? To drink a cup of Engex as a reward or something?

When the time came, I went in. Just for him to say:

3rd person p.o.v:

Overlord: "Welcome, Aero.. that sweet, sweet victory of yours must've felt amazing! Knowing that you now get the chance of freedom, correct?"

Aero nodded, waiting for him to get to the point.

Overlord: "Well… Too bad.

Aero, my dear. You don't think I don't hear that retched guitar of yours? Every time I try to recharge, I hear the strumming of chords and different melodies! You're lucky, so, so lucky that you're good.. Cause I'm feelin' nice today, so I'll give you a 3rd option."

Aero's p.o.v:

What was he on about!?? I was confused. Options?? What did he mean by options??

Oh...

Oh, frag…

Oh, fragging no-

Don't tell me...

This slag licker lied???

Overlord: "Fight me, suicide, or... Be a ‘personal music player.’ I wish to hear all sorts of melodies you have in mind.."

WHAT THE FUCK???

my optics widened and I may or may not have a disgusted look plastered onto my face plates.

Overlord: "You see, recently I have been growing bored, bored and stressed and tired. I need something to... Soothe me."

he strummed the chords on my guitar, I jolted back, not wanting to be near this disgusting wrench. Overlord cackled as he watched me jump back.

Overlord: "Oh, don't be so scared... I won't exactly kill you~! Unless, you chose otherwise.. or, frag up.."

I'm so fucked.

Shit

SHIT!

OH FOR FRAG SAKE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!

IS THAT SO HARD TO FUCKING ASK FOR??

..I held my urge to go batshit crazy on this mech, but this is OVERLORD we're talking about, I would die in an instant. So here I am again, forced to sit and wait for a miracle, as I slowly wilt away and lose my sanity every fragging second.

"I don't want to die." I mumbled "..... I choose the music option, I'll play my music, every melody you ask until I can't..!"

Overlord: "Or until I get bored." he said with a sadistic grin plastered onto his faceplates

Shut the fuck up for fuck sake.

"I'll make sure you won't get bored, music never bores!"

Hope that wasn't too cheesy...

Overlord: "Oh really?" he chuckled "-and one last thing... You can't leave this room, don't forget. You're supposed to be 'free'." his sadistic wheezing echoed through the room and made my audials sting, almost like the sound of nails on a chalkboard.

This just got even worse. I should've chosen suicide. Too late now! Urgh. Overlord sits on his recharge slab, elbows resting on his knees as he hunches over, and looks at me in the optics.

Overlord: "Well, songbird? What are you waiting for? Get playing."

Songbird?!?! I think I just gagged. I sit on a nearby chair. Tune my guitar, and strum the cords of the first song...

Welcome to your new life Aero!

(P.S. If Aero strums the wrong cord, he would whoop her ass, and Overlord would make sure she isn't dead, just to torture her, and to make this funner. In the Partyrockers Au Overlord is a bit less ‘kill-oriented’, sometimes he takes bots with potential and crushes their will just because he finds it funny.)

(Silly sketch)

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layce2015 · 4 years ago

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The Last of Us Part 2 (Joel x Reader)

Chapter 4: The WLF

Chapter 3

*3rd Person POV*

As the trio gallop through the storm, more infected started coming at them from all other directions. Abby pulls out her gun and fires while Tommy and Joel steer their horses towards the upcoming gate and make their way through, as a group of people held it open. Abby's people closed the gate and a few started firing at the infected.

"Save your bullets!" One person shouted and a couple of guys throws some molotov at the gate, burning the group of infected to death. "Let's get inside!" A young sandy blonde haired man, Owen, said and the group starts to head back inside the mansion as Abby, Joel and Tommy dismount their horses.

They follow her friends and make it inside of the garage. The door closes and one of Abby's people turns to Joel and Tommy. "How you guys doin'?" She asked. "We're good. Thanks." Tommy said to her. "Yeah." Joel said as he glances around at everyone, trying to see if they give off any warning signals.

Both him and Tommy noticed that they had patches on their jackets. It was a head of a black wolf with the words Washington Liberation Front, or WLF as it said on the arms of the jacket.

Meanwhile, Owen goes over to Abby and whispers. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" She nods and the two go into the other room as another woman, Nora, comes up to Joel and Tommy. "You wanna get those saddles off?" She asked them. "No, no. It's alright. We'll just ride out the storm and get out of your hair." Joel assures her.

"Y'all got any brushes or a towel or anything?" Tommy asked her and she nods as she goes to get some stuff.

"You are nothing but lucky." Owen mutters to Abby once they were in the other room. "You have no idea." She said to him as everyone started walking into the room. "How did y'all get electricity in here?" Tommy asked the group, curiously. "There are solar panels on the roof." Another man, Manny, replied.

"Where the fuck have you been? Who are these people?" Owen asked Abby, angrily, just as Tommy and Joel walk into the room. "How long have y'all been here?" Tommy asked the others. "Since yesterday." Manny replied. "Yesterday." Joel said, a bit of suspicion in his voice. "Yep." Manny said.

"What are y'all doing out this way?" Joel asked. "Oh, just passing through. You two live nearby?" A dark haired man asked. "We do. A few hours down the hill. Y'all should come back with us. Restock before you head out." Tommy said to them. "Appreciate it. I'm Mel." A woman, with short dark hair, introduced as she shakes Tommy's hand.

"Tommy. This is my brother." Tommy said as he points at Joel. "Joel." He introduced and in that moment everyone in the group stare at him, almost like they recognized him. This starts to set off alarm bells in Joel's head.

"Y'all act like you've heard of us or something." He said as he looks at everyone. "That's cause they have." Abby said and before Joel could turn around and do something, Abby pulls out her pistol and shoots Joel in his leg. He falls over as Tommy yells. "NO!"

He goes and punches the guy near him but another guy grabs one of his arm and the guy he just punched grabs his other arm and the two men hold him down. Nora comes up and pistol whips Tommy a few times in the face until he was unconscious.

"Nora? Clear?" One guy asked as Tommy's body flops down, unconcious while Joel was on his side, holding his leg in pain. "He's out." Nora tells them as Joel let's out a groan of pain. "Put him against the wall." Abby demands her people, gesturing at Joel. "Tommy." Joel calls out, painfully, as a couple of members of the group grab Joel by his arms.

"Get off me! Get off me!" Joel yells at them as they pick him up and push him against the wall and hold him. Abby kneels down to him, glaring at him with such hate.

"Joel Miller..." she said and he looks up at her, shocked that she knew his name.

"Who are you?" He asked her, angrily.

"Guess." She spat at him. He looks at her then at her friends, trying to think of who could they be, but nothing. He takes a deep breath then glares at Abby, defiant. "Why don't you say whatever speech you got rehearsed and get this over with." He growls at her.

Abby, upset that he doesn't know who she is, huffs out a breath then stands up. "Tourniquet his leg." She orders and Mel grabs a belt then goes over to Joel and wraps the belt tight around his leg, preventing him from bleeding out.

Joel let's a painful growl until Mel finished then she moved away as he looks up at Abby. Anger flares in Abby's chest and she punches him across the face a couple of times. "You stupid old man..." She growls as Joel spits out some blood.

"I would love nothing more than to see you dead right here. But...I can't. I need you alive, to lure her out. You see...you're not the only person I'm after." Abby said and Joel gives her a confused look until his eyes widen in shock and, worst of all, fear. "No...no. You leave her out of this!" He yells as he tries to fight back but was greeted with a few punches to the stomach and face by Abby's friends.

Once they were done punching him, he coughs and groans while Abby just stares at him. "Once she comes, first I’ll torture her in front of you, then I’m gonna kill her. Next will be everyone else you care about, and you will know the pain I had gone through these last few year. And then you’ll be getting a slow and painful death.”

But what they didn't realize was that someone had made it over to the cabin and could hear the noises. Ellie, who couldn't find (y/n) as she made her way through the woods, ended up at the cabin after Jesse told her what happened. She made her way down to the building and made it inside just as she heard Joel yelling in pain.

She quickly made her way towards the noise and down into the basement. She walks up to the door as she heard hushed voices then she opens it. There she sees a battered-looking Joel and people surrounding him. Ellie's eyes widen in shock then she opens the door wider and aims her gun but one guy, Jordan, sees her and jumps into action.

He grabs her arm and tries to knock her down but she fights back. She pulls out her switchblade and slices at the Jordan's face when Nora and another guy jumps on Ellie and shoves her down. "Pin her down!" Nora said, firmly.

"Stop! Leave her alone!" Joel yells out as Ellie growls and tries to fight. "Shut the fuck up!" Abby said and she punches Joel across the face, knocking him unconscious. "No! Get off me!" Ellie yells. "Get her hands." Nora said and the guy grabs Ellie's hands and ties them up behind her back. "Get the fuck off of me!" Ellie growls then she looks over at Joel. "Bitch." Jordan growls and he goes to kick her a few times.

"Look, you got her. Okay?" Another member said to Jordan as he pushes him back. Ellie coughs then looks at Joel to see he was battered and bruised then she glares up at Abby. "You're gonna fuckin' die!" She screams as Owen comes into the room.

"What's going on?" He asked. "Let him go!" Ellie demands but Owen looks over at Abby. "Who is that?" He asked. "Let him go!" Ellie yelled again. "She snuck in..." Nora said and Owen looks at Ellie then at Abby. "She's not who we're looking for. Too young." He said and Ellie takes note of that. Were they expecting (y/n)? she thought, panicked, then she really starts to struggle but the two held her down real well.

Owen then turns to Nora. "Why aren't you posted up outside?" He asked her. "We didn't think anyone was gonna show up." Nora said. "The hell did you expect! Especially, when we're hoping to lure his wife out!" Owen shouts as he points at Joel. He looks at Ellie then at Tommy before he turns to Abby.

"We gotta get outta here before the whole town's on top of us." Owen said to the others. "No! I need her to show up!" Abby growls. "You know what I want!"

"She could be on her way right now with a bigger group. We could be outnumbered." Owen said to her then he looks at Joel's unconscious body. "We'll take him with us. As our prisoner." He said.

"And what if (y/n) Miller comes after us with an army?" Abby asked him, angrily. "There will be more of us back at base. We can handle it then. We won't stand a chance right here, right now." Owen said and Abby sighs, angrily, then she looks at Joel then to her other friends.

"Grab him and take him to the horses." She orders as Ellie starts to struggle in a panic. "Joel? Joel, please wake up! Please! Wake the fuck up!" She pleads as Abby's friends grab Joel and start to carry him out. "No! Please! Let him go! Please!" Ellie pleads but her pleas go unheard.

"What about her?" Owen asked Abby, who glances at Ellie. Obviously, she was debating on whether to let her live or not. But then again she wanted (y/n), so keeping the girl and Tommy alive will surely grab (y/n)'s attention. She sighs then turns to her friends. "Let her go." She said.

Then she nods at Manny, who nods back, and walks over to Ellie. "Get the fuck away from me!" She growls before Manny kicks her across the face, knocking her out.

*(y/n)'s POV*

"Joel?! Tommy?!" I called out through the harsh snowy wind as I galloped through the woods. "JOEL! TOMMY!" I shouted, and my heart began to race faster. This was starting to scare me, this was not like them at all and I started to think of the worse possible outcome.

Finally, I made it to this large cabin, which had a fence around it and some dead infected at the front. "Could be there." I muttered as I trotted up to it then noticed that the gate was slightly opened.

I dismounted my horse and walk up to the gate and opened it even wider. I grab the reigns of my horse and lead it to the cabin. Once I was able to get close to the cabin, I opened up the garage door just to see one horse already there. I examine it and noticed the mark on its leg, a J which was for Jackson. This had to be either Joel's or Tommy's horse.

I pull out my pistol and had it at the ready as I make my way to the other doorway, which lead into a room. I slowly walk towards it, my gun raised, when I saw two bodies on the ground. I gasped as I recognized them as Ellie and Tommy.

"Oh no..." I whispered, worried, then I got over to Tommy and try to wake him up but nothing. I check his pulse and found put that he was indeed alive. "Thank God." I whispered and I noticed that he had been beaten up in the face. "Shit." I muttered and I look around but saw no sign of Joel. I go over to Ellie and kneel down to her and noticed her mouth and nose was bleeding.

Just as I was about to try to wake her up, her eyes began to open. "Ellie?" I said and she opens her eyes wider to look at me. "Thank God. Ellie...you alright?" I asked her and she begins to sob as she looks past me. Confused, I turn around and saw some blood splatter in the middle of the room and then a trail that leads to the wall. And my heart begins to beat harder.

"Ellie, what happened here?" I asked, worriedly. "T-They...took...him..." I hear her whisper and I turn to her, my heart now feeling like it is lodged in my throat. "What?" I asked, in a whisper. "They took Joel." Ellie cries and I stand there in shock, not knowing what to say. I was just lost.

Then I hear footsteps and I look up to see Dina coming down the stairs. "(Y/n)?!" She said, confused, then she looks at Ellie. "Oh my God! Is she okay?" Dina asked as she goes over to Ellie while I felt my legs give out and I fall to my knees, my mind just swimming with fear and worry for Joel.

The last time I felt this kind've fear was back in Colorado, five years ago.

"(Y/n)? You okay?" Dina asked as she comes over to me. I couldn't speak, words were lost to me, and all I could do was shake my head. Dina gives me a worried look then she turns towards the stairs. "Jesse! They're down here!" She shouts as she runs upstairs.

Tears formed in my eyes and I look over at Ellie, who looks at me in tears. "I tried. I'm sorry." She cries and I stare into her eyes for a moment then I give her a short nod before tears streamed down my face.

@fangirl-inthe-us

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uwuwriting · 4 years ago

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Homesick recordings

This is the first part of my 1.5K celebration. I present to you the sequel to “Moments in the life of Y/N L/N”, the angstiest piece of trash I’ve ever written. Thank you 1.5 K guys it means a lot, thank you for being here and reading my crap writing and thank you for supporting my blog. Love ya 💖💖💖

masterlist II rules

When Y/N learns that her little girl is gonna leave for high school she suggests she tries recording herself when she’s feeling homesick. Sky believes that she won’t need it but as time passes she realizes that she might need her mom more than expected.

Monday, April 4th 20XX

“Okay so how do I do this exactly? *camera falls from its spot* Ah crap crap Jesus! Is it still working? Yep yep it is there’s my ugly face hehe. God why is my hair like that? Anyways um…. Hi, I guess? Do you say hi to a recording? This is weird to say the least. Today was the first day of school as you might have guessed and it was ….awkward. I got lost in that huge building twice and I ignored some kids by accident because they called me by my last name! I’m used to people referring to you when they say our last name ugh this is gonna take some time getting used to. The teacher is ....unique. He came into our classroom in a yellow sleeping bag and proceeded to worm around the room like a caterpillar. I don’t think he is the really giddy giddy fun teacher; he wrecked us during training. Gave us a freaking heart attack with a so called prank he pulled. *exasperated sigh* Who says that you’ll be expelled if you score last?? I don’t get it!! His name is Aizawa-sensei and I already believe he doesn’t like me. He stared at me for a solid five minutes with a frown on his face during training. If I’m being honest he was watching me the whole day which is kinda weird. I don’t know how to take that. Is he interested in my quirk or is he asking himself why they put me in his class? I can hear his voice saying ‘why do they keep sending me imbeciles?’. Well mister you can’t get rid of me now I got in and I’m staying! HA! *bang on the wall* YO SKY KID KEEP IT DOWN MAN! SORRY TOYOMI-SAN…..That was one of my roommates….She is a social worker I think. Oh I almost forgot, the apartment I found is nice. It deserves its price I mean. But you already know that since I called you once I got back from school…. See why this is stupid??? I’ll keep telling you things you already know because I have Alzheimer and I don’t remember what you know. *sigh* Oh well I guess you’ll have to endure this torture, you are my mother after all and I’m your precious only daughter so what can you do really? I finished my costume design. It turned out pretty cool, I like it. The jacket you suggested makes it ten times better. I look like a pilot. Well technically I am a pilot. I pilot clouds and now that you’re not here to scold me when I’m flying around I’ll take full advantage of it. You can’t stop me mother! Anyways, it’s getting late and I have school tomorrow so I’ll end this here. I don’t know when I’ll record next…. Most likely when I’m feeling home sick again. Haha it's the first day away from home and I’m already missing you and those two idiots. *soft snort* Goodnight mom, love you.” *recording ends*.

Wednesday, April 27th 20XX

“Hello again, it’s me, your neighborhood cripple. *wince* You could say I’m a sight for sore eyes because I’m sore all over. You’ve seen the attack on the news. Of course you have, everyone’s shaming UA high for lack of security. Why you haven’t called me yet is a mystery, I guess you’re at work? And before you start throwing a tantrum about me not calling first and blah blah, I wanted to record this first, let you see the actual injuries before I minimize them when I call you. *stares off* Something weird happened during the attack. Apart from the fact that well we were attacked and our homeroom teacher was almost beaten into a pulp, the villains were ….. interesting. When they first appeared I was teleported by this minecraft portal looking ass to another part of the USJ and to be honest I kicked some serious ass. That *wince* that was not the weird thing. While I was fighting I saw Aizawa-sensei facing some type of giant ostrich? Although that that thing wasn’t an ostrich…. I don’t know what it was but mom it was terrifying. *visible shiver* It just grabbed him and mopped the floor with him and I just couldn’t sit there and do nothing. So I went to help or at least that was my goal. That person who teleported me at the beginning tried to do it again and I may have snapped a little bit. I got so angry when he moved me to the other side of the arena that for a moment I totally forgot about what was happening. While I was fighting him his quirk kinda connected with mine. It was strange. Every time I shot a cloud at him the mist that surrounded him kinda engulfed it. It wasn’t only happening to me. I could manipulate his mist. Not every time just like he couldn’t sabotage my clouds every time, but it still happened. I don’t know why it happened or how it happened and I have no idea what I’m gonna do about it. Maybe it was part of his quirk but it didn’t happen to anyone else…..*wince* God I have a headache. *chuckle* You do realize you are never going to see these videos right? Seeing me like this would send you into a comma and then you would come back to haunt me and my classmates. Anyways, I’ll call you and then I’m going to sleep. Love ya mom.” *recording ends*

Tuesday, June 3rd 20XX

“*walking back and forth in her room* You know how I said that Bakugou is a really fun person to tease? Well that was before he exposed me to the whole class.*laugh* In reality I’m not really mad, it was a nice comeback and if I’m being honest it was hilarious but it was still a shocker. We were going back and forth with that tik tok challenge where you expose your friend’s flaws. So I was standing there pointing out his superiority complex when he dropped the bomb…… ‘It’s the daddy issues for me’......THIS KID. THE AUDACITY. I thought my daddy issues were kept on the down low!!! I’ve done nothing to trigger this comment!! Sure I may or may not have told Mina that you raised me alone and about that counselor incident but that doesn’t mean I have daddy issues. *grumble* You need to have a dad to have daddy issues. Ughh God I hate him sometimes so very much. Thankfully the summer camp is tomorrow. I’ll get to wipe the floor with him in volleyball. I’m gonna draw those anger issues out…. I need some air. *three hours later* I’m back… yay. It’s weird to think about it you know. What you must have gone through when he passed. I know you don’t really like talking about him or anything before I came along but I would love to know what he was like. I’m not gonna ask you in real life of course, I would never do that to you. I know it hurts. I just wanted to say it out loud…*barely audible sniffle* … Well this got sentimental real quick. I think I should go to bed. I love you mom, goodnight.” *recording ends*

Friday, March 14th 20XX

“Of all the things that could’ve happened, this one was the last one on my list. Actually it wasn’t even on the freaking list, dammit! *sniffle* You know things like this don’t happen to everyone. I must be a really lucky person. Tell me one other person who gets to meet their dead parent in a high surveillance prison?? And above that I got an explanation why he was like this. Amazing right? God this is so stupid! I hate it. I hate this situation, I hate that I can’t tell you about it, I hate keeping you in the dark because at the end of the day I’m not the one who was in love with him. He may be my dad but I don’t have a connection with him! I never met him! He wasn’t there when I started walking or talking, he wasn’t the one who dropped me off on the first day of school, he didn’t teach me how to ride a bike, he-he * sob* I shouldn’t-shouldn’t be upset over this. Aizawa-sensei and Present Mic should be the ones sobbing on their floor. Not me. He doesn’t - I don’t- ugh - I don’t mean anything to him in the end. He died 15 years ago. That’s it. He was in love with you, he knew you, I was nowhere to be found. If he could reach out to us more than just a few words he wouldn’t know who the hell I was. *sobs* I have a picture of you two you know….It’s the one I had found when I was five. When you told me that that was my dad I felt like I could form a connection with the person in that photo. So I kept it, you never went through your old photo albums anyway and you never looked for the missing photo. And I kept it with me. I tore a small pocket in my backpack and put the photo there. I thought that having both of you with me at all times would bring me luck. I liked the fact that I looked like him. Now I realize how painful that must have been for you, seeing him in me everyday….and Aizawa-sensei, god, having me in his class must have been torture. He didn’t know that I was his friend’s daughter of course but I looked enough like him to bring back memories. God this sucks…. *deep breathes* I-I have practice so I gotta go. Love you.” *recording ends*

Thursday, March 20th 20XX

“Hi, it’s me again. I know that I’m recording almost a week after the previous one but… mom I have been assigned a mission and it’s major. It’ll be an attack at a hospital where we believe that experiments are being conducted. We got that information from um what do I call him? *shakes head* from a prisoner in Tartarus, the high surveillance prison I was at last week? Yeah that one. The mission will be really dangerous, that’s what we’ve been told and I can understand that. I mean we are attacking a major operation of AFO, of course it’ll be dangerous. Since we are students we are to stay away from the hospital and monitor the surrounding area but…. I asked Present Mic to go with them in the hospital. I can help keep things in place and I can move people in and out quicker than any of them, plus this is personal. I think Present Mic understands that. He said he’ll talk to Aizawa-sensei about it but regardless….. I’ll find who did that to him, I promise you that. I want to know if...if this was all some grand plan because what they did to him they did to dozens other people and as much as I hate them for taking my father away, I also hate them for what they’ve done to all those other families…… I’m recording this because I don’t know if I come back in one piece or if I come back at all. This is very dangerous and we don’t really know what to expect. What we are getting ourselves into. I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for giving me everything that I needed in life. Thank you for being the best mom anyone could ever have. You raised me by pushing your own sadness and grief to the side and doing the best job you could. So thank you for being my mom and I’m sorry for the pain I caused you. I love you mom, so very much. Bye, bye mommy.” *recording ends.*

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storyteller0311 · 7 years ago

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What’s in a Name?

Sacrifice.

Unthinkable.

My Name is Oliver Queen.

Schism.

Lian Yu.

Life Sentence.

The title’s of Arrow’s season finales have ranged from metaphorical to literal over the course of 6 seasons. And, now, with season 6′s finale fast approaching the question is where this year’s title falls on the spectrum of literal to figurative.

The short answer to that question is that we don’t know and won’t for several more weeks. It could go either way. There’s a lot of evidence on both sides. But at the end of the day, chances are that the episode will end up being a little bit of both.

As much as we adore Arrow for all of its many parts – which truly make a fantastic whole – the show, at its core, is and always will be the story of Oliver Queen.

And, in one way or another, so too have the titles of the season finales been about Oliver in some way.

Sacrifice

The title of 1x23 comes literally from something that Felicity says to Lance about how much the vigilante has had to sacrifice to protect Starling City. But it also encapsulates an entire season of Arrow, where Oliver has sacrificed his entire existence for his cause from his family and friends to his happiness and safety. And now, with the Undertaking in progress, it looks like that sacrifice could have been for nothing. And while Oliver, Dig, and Felicity do succeed, Tommy dies, the city is partially in ruins, hundreds perish, Moira Queen confesses her involvement to save others, and Oliver ends up leaving. Sacrifices abound.

Unthinkable

While the title of 2x23 is much more metaphorical than its predecessor, it is by no means narrower in its scope. Once again, the episode’s title comes directly from something Felicity says when at the end she remarks that any real action stemming from his not-so-faux declaration of love in an effort to fool Slade was “unthinkable.” The unthinkable theme extends beyond Oliver and Felicity though. It’s a theme of the entire episode in which multiple people advise Oliver to do something that to him is unthinkable: break his promise to honor Tommy and kill Slade. It also is a nod to other events that in many ways were previously “unthinkable,” namely Lyla’s pregnancy and Thea leaving with Malcolm. In the end, part of the unthinkable theme is that Oliver does in fact succeed in his mission. He saves the city without killing Slade.

My Name is Oliver Queen

Unlike 1x23 and 2x23, the title of 3x23 comes directly from Oliver when he asserts that he is, in fact, not Al Sahim in the episodes opening moments. This episode is the culmination of sorts of a chapter in Oliver’s journey. He’s been at war with himself since 3x01, yearning for something more (Felicity) in his life but unable to see a way to make that happen while still being the Arrow. By episode’s end, Oliver has swung from one extreme to the other, abandoning his mantle as the Arrow and leaving Star City with Felicity to explore his identity as Oliver Queen, the man. Not Ollie the boy, or the castaway, or the vigilante, or the Hood, or the Arrow. And in doing so, it proves to Oliver that he is capable of being Oliver Queen without the mask and that he can be happy as that man too.

Schism

After taking a season off, 4x23 gives us our 3rd instance in which the episode’s title is voiced by Felicity. While Oliver’s decision to embrace his identity as Oliver Queen in 3x23 was definitely a step in the right direction, it wasn’t exactly a perfect decision. Season 4 underscores how Oliver equates his role as the Arrow with darkness, darkness that he thought he left behind when he left Star(ling) City in 3x23. But his and Felicity’s return to Star City and his return to life as the now Green Arrow has, in his mind, allowed that darkness to return. This is exacerbated by the myriad of events throughout Season 4 that by 4x23 Oliver associates with his darkness and the possibility that it’s tainting those around him: John killing Andy, his decisions regarding William and Felicity and the end of their engagement, Felicity’s paralysis, Laurel’s death, etc. By 4x23, Oliver is living 2 different lives: one in the light as the mayoral candidate, and one in the darkness as the Green Arrow. He isn’t able to reconcile the two halves of that whole, and as Felicity tells him, he is capable of being both – of being the man that killed Damien Darhk in cold blood and also inspired the city as simply Oliver Queen. There’s a schism within him, something that by the end of the episode, he is able to acknowledge – even if he isn’t comfortable with it.

It’s also important to note that the title of this episode directly ties to the literal landscape of Team Arrow by the end of Season 4. John and Thea leave, Oliver and Felicity remain but are still broken up, Laurel is dead, and Lance leaves the city with Donna.

Lian Yu

Of all the season finales, this is the easy one. (Or is it?)

Lian Yu is literally the location of the entire episode. It is the reason the episode exists. It is the culmination of 5 years of flashbacks and seeks to put to rest Oliver’s experience from the moment the Queen’s Gambit sank to the moment he returned to Starling City in 1x01. BOOM.

...But, it’s not that easy, is it? Season 5 does everything in its power to make Oliver question those 5 years away and then the following 5 years back in Star(ling). It makes him question his mission, his humanity. Was his mission valid? Is it still? Is he a monster? Season 5 serves as the bookend to a part of Oliver’s story. But it also is a true continuation of the theme of Season 4 – of Oliver’s deep battle with the darkness. And it is a story of fathers and sons, which effectively brings the first 5 years of Arrow to a close (harkening back to Robert Queen’s sacrifice) and launch Arrow into a new chapter with Oliver now the father to William.

By the end of 5x23, Oliver is once again left in a state of torture where everyone around him, everyone he loves, is at the mercy of Adrian Chase’s goal to make Oliver see himself as that monster, as darkness personified, as destructive to everything he touches.

Life Sentence

So, here we are at 6x23. Life Sentence.

This could go a lot of ways. Literal. Figurative. Directly speaking to Oliver’s story. Speaking to multiple stories. Probably a bit of everything.

So, what do we know? We know that Oliver is in turmoil. He’s under indictment and will have been to trial by the time 6x23 airs. He’s lost his team, and it probably will not be reassembled by 6x23. And we know that although Oliver is going to be going it alone, he values his family above all else.

What else do we know? Diggle is at a crossroads. Black Siren’s story needs to be resolved, and if rumors are true that resolution may come in the form of a transfer to Legends of Tomorrow and most likely will involve Lance. Felicity and Curtis seem to be setting their differences aside and delving back into their company as Felicity’s tenure as Overwatch is, at least temporarily, over.

But, there’s still more to take into account. The powers that be have given mixed messages in the past several weeks regarding what is coming. We know, though, that they are the masters of spin and we can’t really trust what they’re saying. Because even if someone guesses spot on what is going to happen, they’re not going to look at us and say “you’re absolutely right!” What we do know if that something is happening that cannot be taken back.

Obviously, for Oliver, life sentence most literally translates into a conviction and a prison term.

But, prison isn’t the only kind of life sentence. Metaphorically, a life sentence could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

Being a parent is a life sentence.

Revealing your secret identity is a life sentence.

Death is a life sentence.

Marriage could be equated as a life sentence.

But, if we’re specifically talking about Oliver, and we’re remembering that “can’t be taken back” criteria, a life sentence in prison is reversible and if it happens, we know it’s going to be reversed.

So, what can’t be taken back that also can be equated as a life sentence?

Death

Reveal as Green Arrow

So, one thing we can rule out is that Oliver isn’t dying. But someone else could. Who? My money’s on Lance as it would serve a Black Siren redemption story line and usher her onto Legends.

I can’t include becoming a parent in here because I don’t think the announcement of a pregnancy quite fits the criteria. Also, that kind of life sentence for Oliver has already happened (William) and if Felicity sees herself as glue, it’s kinda happened for her too as she embraces her role as step-mom.

My money is on Oliver revealing (or it being revealed without his permission) that he is the Green Arrow. It matches the criteria of something that a) can’t be taken back and b) changes the show at its very core. It’s also, obviously, a life sentence. Can’t put that back in the box...

And I think when you look at the arc of Oliver’s story, particularly over the course of the last 3 seasons, it makes the most narrative sense and I really hope it actually happens. Oliver has been struggling since Season 4 with accepting that he is a good person as both Oliver Queen and as the Green Arrow. That they can coexist in one man, and that that man can be a husband and a father and the Mayor and a hero. Thea’s departure and Oliver’s decision that he can’t give up being the Green Arrow are all pointing in this direction. Oliver owning that he is the Green Arrow would be a culmination of that arc. It’s time to finally put the schism from Season 4 to rest.

It’s time to finally unite all the parts of Oliver Queen.

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Relist Watch

John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists.

The world’s a mess: Tension in the Persian Gulf; turmoil in global trade; persistent conflict. The way things are going, many people can’t even seek comfort in simple escapism. But amid all the conflict and strife, you can at least take comfort in the familiar ritual of opening a new week’s installment of Relist Watch and saying those familiar words uttered by legions of readers since our second installment: “It’s not funny anymore.”

Last week’s relists yielded one dissent from denial of certiorari, as well as an order granting a petition, vacating the judgment below and remanding for further consideration in light of the solicitor general’s position that the analysis employed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit was faulty. Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by all the conservative justices except Neil Gorsuch, dissented, saying that vacatur was not warranted simply because “the Eighth Circuit made some mistakes in its legal analysis, even if it ultimately reached the right result.” As anticipated last time, the conservatives objected to the Supreme Court’s “no-fault [vacate and remand] practice.” Still no word, however, on a second relisted case in which the government confessed error, Santos v. United States, 18-7096. We should have an answer on Monday.

Five new relists this week. Several of them are quite high-profile. And this may just be my sleep-deprivation talking, but every one of them seems interesting.

The Supreme Court already has a number of important cases before it raising issues about the constitutionality of restrictions on abortion. The most-relisted case on the court’s docket is Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc., 18-483, which has been relisted 13 times, and which involves constitutional challenges to state statutes that require health-care facilities to dispose of fetal remains by burial or cremation and that prohibit abortions motivated solely by the race, sex or disability of the fetus. It is joined this week by a case with the familiar caption Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, 18-1019, which involves a constitutional challenge to a statute requiring an ultrasound as part of informed consent at least 18 hours before an abortion. Then there is Harris v. West Alabama Women’s Center, 18-837, which involves a constitutional challenge to Alabama’s ban on what it terms “dismemberment abortion[s].” Although that case has never been relisted, nor is there any public indication it was discussed at the court’s private conference, it has been rescheduled four times – meaning that someone has been paying close attention to it.

The next high-profile case is al-Alwi v. Trump, 18-740, involving a Yemeni citizen (the one not named “Trump”) who has been detained at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ever since he was captured in late 2001 soon after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. The U.S. government has detained Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi under the authority Congress granted the president to combat terrorism under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force. The issues presented are (1) whether the government’s statutory authority to detain al-Alwi has unraveled during the intervening years; (2) whether the government’s statutory authority to detain al-Alwi has expired because the conflict in which he was captured has ended; and (3) whether the AUMF authorizes, and the Constitution permits, detention of an individual who was not “engaged in an armed conflict against the United States” in Afghanistan prior to his capture.

My best guess is that there are not four votes for plenary review there. Rather, I suspect the relist was necessary because someone is drafting a dissent from denial of certiorari. Tune in Monday as I surreptitiously log on to SCOTUSblog to delete any parts of this post that do not pan out.

To my lights, the next juiciest issue is Wheeler v. United States, 18-7187, which addresses whether law-enforcement officers may constitutionally insert a key they have seized into a locked apartment door to see whether it fits. After arresting Willis Wheeler, who was suspected of being a drug dealer, agents seized keys from his car. Although those keys did not work at Wheeler’s home, the agents took the keys to an apartment complex where Wheeler had been seen once and tested the keys there on various doors until they found a lock that opened, and then performed a protective sweep of that apartment. Using that information, police applied for a search warrant for the apartment with an application that made clear that they’d unlocked the door using seized keys. During the ensuing search, they found heroin inside a locked safe in the apartment. The district court denied Wheeler’s motion to suppress. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit affirmed, holding that Wheeler’s assertion of a Fourth Amendment violation under “reasonable expectation of privacy principles” lacked merit, and that he had failed to preserve the theory that the key test constituted a common-law trespass.

Before the Supreme Court, the government acknowledges that “some disagreement exists among the courts of appeals as to whether a key test can violate the Fourth Amendment.” But the government argues that “no circuit has held that evidence” obtained as the fruit of a key test “should be suppressed where, as here, it was ultimately obtained during a search conducted pursuant to a warrant” and the authorizing magistrate was aware of the warrantless key test. The parties also dispute whether a criminal defendant can raise a new Fourth Amendment suppression theory for the first time on appeal. The key-test issue arises frequently and is obviously important; the question here seems to be whether this case is still an attractive vehicle in light of the warrant and the preservation issue.

The issues involved in the last two new relists might seem inaccessible on first glance because they have statutory citations smack-dab in the middle of the questions presented. But with a little explanation, both seem straightforward and important.

One of the most basic features of bankruptcy law is that the filing of a bankruptcy petition operates as an automatic stay of most actions against the debtor and against the property of the debtor’s estate. The Bankruptcy Code establishes certain grounds for creditors to seek relief from the automatic stay. Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, 18-938, asks whether an order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay is a final order that can be appealed. Petitioner Ritzen Group argues that it is entitled to relief from the automatic stay because it claims that Jackson Masonry is a financially sound company that declared bankruptcy in bad faith in an effort to wriggle out of an agreed-upon property sale. Ritzen Group notes that Jackson Masonry declared bankruptcy 17 minutes before a scheduled sanctions hearing seeking to compel the sale. Jackson Masonry, in turn, interposes seven arguments against cert in its 13-page brief in opposition. Things will be clearer after Monday’s order list.

Last up is Shabo v. Barr, 18-827. Section 1252(a)(2)(C) of title 8 of the United States Code provides that “no court shall have jurisdiction to review any final order of removal against an alien who is removable by reason of having committed” specified criminal offenses. One of the possible bases that criminal aliens can invoke for requesting withholding or deferral of removal is that they would likely be tortured in the country to which they would be removed. In May 2017, the solicitor general acknowledged in another case that there is “conflict among the courts of appeals as to whether jurisdiction exists to review factual challenges brought by a criminal alien to the denial of a request for deferral of removal under the [Convention Against Torture], notwithstanding 8 U.S.C. 1252(a)(2)(C).” Although the alien in that case had not preserved the argument for Supreme Court review, the solicitor general acknowledged that “[t]his is a recurring question of substantial importance that will warrant this Court’s review in an appropriate case.” Enter Amir Francis Shabo. He is a Chaldean Christian who says that his family fled Iraq in the 1980s after being threatened with death and that his father died in Iraqi custody after Shabo and his brother refused to serve in the Iraqi armed forces. Shabo has completed a prison term for a drug offense, and was ordered removed to Iraq. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied Shabo’s recent motion to reopen his case, concluding that he had not demonstrated that the Iraqi authorities were unable or unwilling to protect him. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit then dismissed his petition for review on grounds that it lacked jurisdiction to review “the factual question of whether [petitioner] established a prima facie case for relief under the Convention Against Torture.” The government argues that Shabo’s case isn’t a suitable vehicle. Shabo, on the other hand, maintains that his case “is an appropriate vehicle to review and resolve this question.” On Monday, we should find out whom the justices believe.

The court has a conference scheduled every week between now and the end of June. That means a steady march of Relist Watches every week until the term’s business wraps up. I have enough work obligations during that time that they may get a bit summary. Be forewarned.

Thanks to Tom Mitsch for compiling the relists.

New Relists

al-Alwi v. Trump, 18-740

Issues: (1) Whether the government’s statutory authority to detain Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi has unraveled; (2) whether, alternatively, the government’s statutory authority to detain al-Alwi has expired because the conflict in which he was captured has ended; and (3) whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force authorizes, and the Constitution permits, detention of an individual who was not “engaged in an armed conflict against the United States” in Afghanistan prior to his capture.