#~lately i’ve been dressing for revenge i don’t start shit but i can tell you how it ends; reina mondragon

[traegics]

Open Starter - @darkskiesrpgstarters

"Watch your language," Reina scolds softly, hands moving to cover the young child's ears. "There are innocent ears here."

[eclecticemmas]

I really can’t get over how good this is. Sometimes I buy fabric on a whim and later uncover its purpose - this one is perfect.

[traegics]

“It’s whatever you wish, Carson,” Reina insists before tilting her head, brows furrowing slightly. “Checking on my favorite baby dragon after all that chaos. What else would I be doing here?”

"I mean I won't stop you," he said, always having to be the people pleaser even if it meant going against what he wanted. "What're you doing here?"

[lissasmemes]

                                         𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬

       from taylor swift’s 2022 album midnights.   feel free to change pronouns as needed!

001. lavender haze

“meet me at midnight.” “you don’t ever say too much.” “you don’t really read into my melancholia.” “i’ve been under scrutinty.” “you handle it beautifully.” “all this shit is new to me.” “i’m damned if i do.” “i’m damned if i do give a damn what people say.” “they keep asking me if i’m gonna be your bride.” “the only kinda girl they see is a one night or a wife.” “they’re bringing up my history.” “you weren’t even listening.” “get it off your chest.” “get it off my desk.”

002. maroon

“we were cleaning incense off your vinyl shelf.” “we lost track of time again.” “you were my closest friend.” “how’d we end up on the floor, anyway?” “i chose you.” “ain’t that the way shit always ends?” “i feel you, no matter what.” “i lost you.”

003. anti-hero

“i have this thing.” “i get older but just never wiser.” “all the people i’ve ghosted stand there in the room.” “i wake up screaming from dreaming.” “you got tired of my scheming.” “it’s me, i’m the problem.” “it must be exhausting.” “i’m a monster on the hill.” “one day i’ll watch as you’re leaving.” “i have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money.” “she thinks i left them in the will.” “she’s laughing up at us from hell.” “everybody agrees.”

004. snow on the beach

“i saw flecks of what could’ve been lights.” “it might just have been you.” “life is emotionally abusive.” “time can’t stop me quite like you did.” “my flight was awful, thanks for asking.” “tonight feels impossible.” “to hide that would be so dishonest.”

005. you’re on your own kid

“summer went away.” “he’s gonna notice me.” “it’s okay, we’re the best of friends.” “i hear it in your voice.” “i waited ages to see you there.” “you never cared.” “you’re on your own, kid.” “i gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this.” “the jokes weren’t funny.” “i took the money.” “make the friendship bracelets.” “you’ve got no reason to be afraid.” “you can face this.”

006.  midnight rain

“he wanted it comfortable.” “i wanted that pain.” “it was paradise.” “i broke his heart cause he was nice.” “he was sunshine.” “i guess, sometimes we all get just what we wanted.” “he never thinks of me.”

007.  question...?

“i remember.” “i swear that it was something.” “one thing after another.” “fucking situations, circumstances, and miscommunications.” “i just may like some explanations.” “can i ask you a question?” “what did you do?” “did you leave her house in the middle of the night?” “oh...” “did you wish you’d put up more of a fight?” “do you wish you could still touch her?” “it’s just a question.” “you’re not sure, and i don’t know.”

008.  vigilante shit

“you did some bad things.” “i’m the worst of them.” “sometimes i wonder which one will be your last lie.” “they say looks can kill, and i might try.” “lately i’ve been dressing for revenge.” “i don’t start shit but i can tell you how it ends.” “don’t get sad, get even.” “she needed cold hard proof, so i gave her some.” “she looks so pretty.” “the lady simply had enough.”

009.  bejewled

“i think i’ve been a little too kind.” “putting someone first only works when you’re in their top five.” “by the way, i’m going out tonight.” “when i walk in the room i can still make the whole place shimmer.” “they ask ‘do you have a man?’“ “i don’t remember.” “i polish up real nice.” “i think i’ve been too good of a girl.” “i think it’s time to teach some lessons.” “i miss you.” “i miss you but i miss sparklin.” “some guy said my aura’s moonstone.” “you can try to change my mind.” “what’s a girl gonna do?”

010.  labyrinth

“it only hurts this much right now.” “breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out.” “i’ll be getting over you my whole life.” “you know how scared i am of elevators.” “it can’t last.” “uh oh.” “uh oh, i’m falling in love.” “oh no.” “oh no, i’m falling in love again.” “oh.” “oh, i’m falling in love.” “you know how much i hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back.”

011.  karma

“you’re talking shit for the hell of it.” “you’re terrified to look down.” “you wouldn’t know what i mean.” “karma’s a relaxing thought.” “i’m still here.”

012.  sweet nothing

“i spy with my little tired eye.” “we almost forgot it.” “they said the end is coming.” “everyone’s up to something.” “i find myself running home to your sweet nothings.” “you’re in the kitchen humming.” “this happens all the time.” “you should be doing more.” “i’m just too soft for all of it.”

013.  mastermind

“once upon a time...” “you and i ended up in the same room at the same time.” “i couldn’t lose.” “what if i told you none of it was accidental?” “the first night that you saw me nothing was gonna stop me.” “nothing was gonna stop me.” “what if i told you i’m a mastermind?” “no one wanted to play with me as a little kid.” “i’ve been scheming like a criminal ever since.” “this is the first time i’ve felt the need to confess.” “‘cause i care.” “i told you none of it was accidental.” “you knew the entire time.”

[traegics]

Their relationship had hardly ever been much for seriousness, preferring the jesting and foolery that only siblings could have and yet, as she approached his side in front of their aunt's memorial, a gentle hand sliding against the back of his shoulder, the air around them was anything but light. "Javi," Reina spoke though the words came out hushed, voice hoarse yet oddly comforting. "Ella siempre está con nosotras. This attack against our people, against our family it- it won't go unpunished, I promise. We will serve retribution for her death and all the other innocents that lost their lives in this war."

How many times had he found himself wandering past the memorial erected to honor the individuals that Triad had put on display throughout the supernatural communities? How many times had he stopped before the placard and stared at the name etched into it?

"Soy yo otra vez, tía…" Javi let out a quiet sigh. He was quiet for the longest time; trying to find the words he wanted to say and just how he wanted to arrange them. As he thought, two slow wisps of smoke trailed from his nostrils, like the smoke from burning incense. "No te merecías nada de esto. Ni tú, ni nadie que muriera ese día." He swallowed hard after finally speaking.

"We'll make them pay though, tía. One way or another..." He nodded to himself as he spoke the words. The sound of footfalls behind him brought his thoughts back to the moment and he sniffled back his emotions as best as he could manage.

( @darkskiesrpgstarters )

[traegics]

Closed Starter - @javimondragon

"Estúpido, imprudente, irresponsable idiota," Reina huffed, a hit to her brother's chest given with each emphasized word. "¿Has perdido la cabeza? Was Tía Raquel's death not enough for you to think hey maybe I shouldn't do anything stupid and reckless that could get me killed?! Seriously?! In one of Kaidan's storms of all things?!"

[katesmemes]

feel free to change any pronouns, etc. || may contain some nsfw!  

LAVENDER HAZE

meet me at midnight

oh, you don't ever say too much

i've been under scrutiny

all this shit is new to me

i'm damned if i do give a damn what people say

all they keep asking me is if i'm gonna be your bride

the only kinda girl they see is a one-night or a wife

they're bringing up my history, but you weren't even listening

get it off your chest

i just wanna stay

MAROON

how'd we end up on the floor anyway?

how the hell did we lose sight of us again?

ain't that the way shit always ends

i feel you, no matter what

and i wake with your memory over me

that's a real fuckin' legacy to leave

ANTI-HERO

i have this thing where I get older, but just never wiser

midnights become my afternoons

i should not be left to my own devices

one day I'll watch as you're leaving ‘cause you got tired of my scheming for the last time

i'm the problem, it's me

i'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror

it must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

sometimes i feel like everybody is a sexy baby and i'm a monster on the hill

did you hear my covert narcissism i disguise as altruism like some kind of congressman?

i have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money

she's laughing up at us from hell!

SNOW ON THE BEACH

life is emotionally abusive

time can't stop me quite like you did

i'm unglued, thanks to you

you wanting me tonight feels impossible

it's fine to fake it till you make it

can this be a real thing, can it?

YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN, KID

i play it cool with the best of them

it's okay, we're the best of friends

i touch my phone as if it's your face

there's just one who could make me stay all my days

i waited ages to see you there

you're on your own, kid; you always have been

i picked the petals, he loves me not

i called a taxi to take me there

everything you lose is a step you take

you've got no reason to be afraid

MIDNIGHT RAIN

i wanted that pain

all of me changed

i broke his heart 'cause he was nice

i guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted

he never thinks of me

i guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted

i never think of him except on midnights like this

QUESTION...?

i swear that it was something

i don't remember who i was before you

i just may like some explanations

can i ask you a question?

did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room

every single one of your friends was making fun of you

then what did you do?

did you leave her house in the middle of the night?

did you wish you'd put up more of a fight

do you wish you could still touch her?

it's just a question

i just may like to have a conversation

what's that that i heard, that you're still with her?

that's nice, i'm sure that's what's suitable

VIGILANTE SHIT

draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man

you did some bad things, but i'm the worst of them

sometimes i wonder which one will be your last lie

they say looks can kill and i might try

lately i've been dressing for revenge

i don't start shit, but i can tell you how it ends

don't get sad, get even

i'm on my vigilante shit again

BEJEWELED

i think I've been a little too kind

putting someone first only works when you're in their top five

i'm going out tonight

do you have a man?

familiarity breeds contempt

don't put me in the basement when i want the penthouse of your heart

i polish up real nice

i think i've been too good of a girl

did all the extra credit then got graded on a curve

i think it's time to teach some lessons

LABYRINTH

‘it only hurts this much right now,’ was what i was thinking the whole time

i'll be getting over you my whole life

uh oh, i'm falling in love

you would break your back to make me break a smile

you know how much i hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back just like that

KARMA

you're talking shit for the hell of it

you wouldn't know what i mean

me and karma vibe like that

don't you know that cash ain't the only price?

ask me what i learned from all those years

ask me what i earned from all those tears

ask me why so many fade but i'm still here

SWEET NOTHING

they said the end is coming

everyone's up to something

i find myself running home to your sweet nothings

all that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing

on the way home i wrote a poem

you should be doing more

to you i can admit hat i'm just too soft for all of it

MASTERMIND

you and i ended up in the same room at the same time

what if i told you none of it was accidental

i laid the groundwork and then just like clockwork the dominoes cascaded in a line

what if i told you i'm a mastermind?

if you fail to plan, you plan to fail

no one wanted to play with me as a little kid

this is the first time i've felt the need to confess

i'm only cryptic and machiavellian 'cause i care

yeah, all you did was smile

[traegics]

Admittedly, she had dipped out the second that had been brought to the future from the past, not wanting to stick around to see what miserable time was to be had in the merging of cities. The news of her Tia Raquel's death had confirmed her suspicion's of what was to come and yet she had found her way back, vengeance on her mind and both the figurative and literal crown of queen of dragons being passed down to her. First course of business of course was finding her brother which wasn't all that hard as the ground shook beneath her and the bellowing of his roar brought her quickly into his line of sight, a cocky smirk plastered against her features as she gazed up at him. "You just couldn't resist starting the fun before I got here could you baby brother," Reina questioned playfully, gaze glancing over her shoulder as the triad agents were moving in closer, barely phased in the slightest. "Well what are you waiting for, Sebby? Burn 'em down, show them just how stupid they were for crossing the Mondragon's."

⊹₊⟢⋆ ― sebastián mondragon / open starter / @darkskiesrpgstarters

it might have only been meer hours since he had seen the dead body that was his tia. maybe it had been days. all he new was his beautiful aunt that raised him and took him in when he was just a young dragon when his own father could not step up, she was now gone. taken from him after over 400 and seeing her like that, what they had done to her, burned a fire in him that he had not felt for centuries. the fire burned so bright, he was changing form before he even realized he had. his teeth and jaw dripped with the blood of his enemies and sebastian let out a ground shaking roar as more approached him.

[shield-o-futuro]

JV +  MUSICAS DE MIDNIGHTS : SCARLETT

“I don't dress for villains or for innocents I'm on the vigilante shit again I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends Don't get sad, get even So on the weekends, I don't dress for friends Lately I've been dressing for revenge.”

MIDNIGHTS ESTÁ ENTRE NÓS !! E como sempre, Taylor nunca me decepcionando e entregando musicas perfeitas pra Scarlett 😭 No momento em que eu ouvi “Vigilante Shit” eu soube que combinava com ela e ai acabou saindo essa edição porque merecia ashasuashuas Talvez mais gente da equipe ganhe uma dessas... vamos ver.

POR FAVOR NÃO USAR ESSA EDIÇÃO SEM PERMISSÃO !!

[blossoms-and-possums]

vigilante shit is @battlehamster ’s wywm regulus’ song. here is why:

draw the cat eye, sharp enough to kill a man

okay, this line is obviously about being able to paint sleek, clean eyeliner on, which we know regulus can do, even after a period of an inability practice.

‘Taking in a deep breath, Regulus lets muscle memory do its job with quick, short strokes [of eyeliner], until he’s got a sharp line on the very corner of each eye. And it’s the best feeling he’s experienced in fuck knows how long. He turns to look at Sirius with his middle finger up[.]’ - ch17.

you did some bad things, but i’m the worst of them

sometimes i wonder, which one will be your last lie? they say looks can kill and i might try

these lines are about power, which we know regulus has. he’s a Black, and yaz has established in wywm that the Black family blood is important. it gets people places, it gets people fired, it gets shit done (and they look good while doing it). 

‘looks can kill’ here could have a double meaning, in that regulus always looks good - ‘[regulus is] pretty in absolutely everything he wears.’ - ch17 - and that his wrath is enough to kill someone. he even mentions a willingness to have lily killed for her neglect and awful treatment of james and harry. ‘Murder has never figured among the list of his crimes, even the ones he wasn’t put to trial for. But he’s also well aware of the fact that dismissing of Lily wouldn’t keep him up at night, because just like Sirius used to say, half of him did come from Walburga Black, after all. If James asked him to, Lily wouldn’t make it alive ‘til sunrise.’ - 17

i don’t dress for women, i don’t dress for men

lately i’ve been dressing for revenge

since moving into james’ place for house arrest, regulus wears clothes that make him happy. he doesn’t wear the trousers and shirts he was essentially forced to wear when he was engaged to barty and working for his parents. his freedom in his clothes and stylistic choices are is ‘revenge’, a “fuck you” of sorts to walburga and the control she had over him.

‘He’s allowed to wear something that makes him feel pretty. Especially if that something happens to be something that would’ve made Mother throw a fit if she saw him in it. And it’s not that oversized t-shirts and cool socks don’t make him feel pretty, mind you. He’s pretty in absolutely everything he wears. But he can’t deny there are certain things that bring him some extra happiness when he puts them on, like overalls.’ - ch17

i don’t start shit, but i can tell you house it ends

so, obviously, regulus didn’t initiate the corruption of the Black Empire. once his parents, lucius, and other employees/members of the family land themselves in prison, and regulus is able to get out via sirius, regulus is able to direct where the future of the Black Empire is headed. he does so by influencing amos into doing his bidding, with the promise of power.

‘“And I will, of course, occupy her place. So, when this shitshow ends, I am going to need a new COO. Someone dedicated and intelligent, but above all, someone loyal. That someone will be you if, and only if, you keep me as far away as you possibly can from Black Industries until I can walk free.”

Regulus slides the stack of papers back to him, and extends his hand.

“Do we have a deal, Amos?”

A bit wide-eyed, Amos is quick to nod, taking his hand.

Regulus shakes it firmly, with a grin crossing his lips.’ - ch11

don’t get sad, get even

regulus has demonstrated a vengeful streak, which i elaborate on a bit more in the ‘vigilante shit’ section, but is shown in this quote: ‘“Of course I do,” he snaps. “I can make her disappear from the face of the Earth and never inconvenience you or Harry ever again, if that’s what you want.”’ - ch17. regulus is willing to have lily killed for her mistreatment of the boys he loves; that is, james and harry. to regulus, this is ‘get[ting] even’. 

so on the weekends, i don’t dress for friends

lately i’ve been dressing for revenge

she needed cold hard proof, so i gave her some

she had the envelope, where you think she got it from?

now she gets the house, gets the kids, gets the pride

after all the miserable years regulus endured away from james, whilst with barty or in prison, he gets to be reunited with his lover, he gets a kid, gets to move into james’ house, and his finally reaching a happy ending. ‘“Not you, Dada!” Harry grunts. “I was talking to Papa!”’ - ch30/31

‘“I can make you the happiest man alive.”

Regulus stays quiet for a long time, enough to make James wonder if he stepped out of line, but then his lip curves tenderly at the corner and the night becomes brighter. “You already do, darling.”’ - ch32

‘“I love you more,” he whispers close to Regulus’ ear, but Regulus shakes his head.

“I regret to inform you that’s impossible,” he tells James. “I love you more.”’ - ch32

picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife

and she looks so pretty drivin’ in your Benz

regulus was gifted a mercedes-benz on his birthday. ‘“Someone sent you the keys to a bloody Benz.”’ - ch17 

also, james got a new car after getting into an accident. and im sure james (im making james the ‘she’ here, hope that’s ok with you all) definitely looks pretty when he drives :) ‘“I should have the new car by then so I’m going to drive down to the office for that, you won’t have to see Bobby again.”’ - ch24

lately she’s been dressing for revenge

well, he was doing lines

and crossin’ all of mine

someone told his white collar crimes to the fbi

this line is so self-explanatory, i feel like this headline will more than suffice. ‘‘REGULUS BLACK SENTENCED TO SERVE ONE YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS BEHIND BARS IN AZKABAN FOR WHITE COLLAR CRIMES.’ - ch1.

and i don’t dress for villains or for innocents

once more, just elaborating on how, with his newfound freedom (ironic, given the most freedom regulus has is during house arrest for his crimes, but i digress) regulus dresses only for himself. ‘Oh, nothing, besides the fact that he spent years forcing himself to put on suits and ties and leather shoes and fucking belts every time he had to dress up like a proper businessman, even when he was in uni, and then the time he spent sitting behind a desk, eating grilled salmon for lunch and resisting the horribly strong urge to tell his secretary to cancel all his meetings because he was going to jump off the balcony. To be fair, putting on some jeans will never, ever amount to that sort of torture, but still.‘ - ch11.

i’m on my vigilante shit again

i think it’s safe to say regulus would consider himself a vigilante. by definition, a vigilante is someone who undertakes law enforcement without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate. this definitely rings true with what we have seen with regulus. most obviously is with the lily situation, and having her deported from india back to england, and stripping her of her ability to work where she had been. notably, regulus does his vigilantism behind james’ back. repeatedly. 

(1.) ‘“Hold on, is this about you getting Lily deported back to England?” James wonders. Regulus doesn't think he's ever been robbed of his words as quickly as in that moment. “What?” he wheezes, shoulders falling on his sides. “How the fuck did you know about that?”[...]

“I know you, Black, whether you like it or not. And that night you asked me if I had any news on her, you got that look in your eye... The look that always, always means trouble,” James tells him. “Every time you got that look I used to fear for some poor soul's safety, (2.) like that time some Hufflepuff called me some names and you got his head and eyebrows shaved off right before the Yule Ball.”’ - ch17.

james goes on to say he never knew how regulus did ‘that’ - shaving the hufflepuff’s eyebrows off before the yule ball - and regulus then tells him. as previously mentioned, regulus also intends to reform the Black Empire with amos diggory’s assistance, which could be yet another example of his vigilantism.

ok. that’s all i got rn.

[ethan-nestor-owns-my-heart]

Midnights songs as Fictional characters (you don’t have to agree)

Anti-Hero: Eve Polastri (Killing Eve)

Some people might think this is Villanelle’s song but I disagree. Throughout the show Eve’s pursuit of Villanelle isn’t to protect anyone or help Carolyn, she only does it because of her need for revenge and her obsession and love for villanelle. In series 4 she cuts villanelle off, trying to blame her for what happened “I’ll stare directly at the sun (villanelle) but never in the mirror. Eve was always that person,villanelle just made that part of her more visible. Eve polastri is an Anti-hero girlie and we love it for her.

You’re On Your Own Kid: Ellie Williams (The Last Of Us)

I don’t think I even need to explain this one.

Vigilante Shit: Yelena Belova (MCU)

We all know Yelena is a Reputation girly and this song feels like it was made for her. “I don’t dress for women, I don’t dress for men” we know that Yelena is aroace. “Lately I’ve been dressing for revenge” obviously Yelenas iconic outfits in Hawkeye. “Sometimes I wonder which one will be your last lie” The Red Room, Melinda and Alexei, Valentina, Yelena has always been lied to. “She don’t start shit but she can tell you how it ends” Yelena never wanted this life, didn’t want to become a Widow but she still took down the Red Room and killed Dreykov she ended it.

Karma: Marta Cabrera (Knives Out)

A sweetheart who got the reward she deserved. “I keep my side of the street clean” she didn’t do anything wrong, she didn’t even poison Harlan, she gave him the right medicine. Everyone attacked her, treated her like shit, used her and thought they could outsmart her but through her kindness and inability to lie she comes out on top. “Me and Karma vibe like that”

*okay this was harder to make than I thought but it was so much fun, I know people won’t agree with this but it’s just what I thought. I might make one of midnights songs as fictional couples :)

[traegics]

She could scent him from miles away, always one with the keenest of smell especially when it came to her own species. The ash and smoke that enveloped him was familiar but his own individual scent one that was both familiar and unfamiliar all at once. It had her brows crinkling as she moved through the crowd towards him, stopping a few feet away at his side as she nursed a glass of red wine in her grasp. "Enjoying yourself," Reina questions, words soft and delicate as she steals a glance in the other dragons direction. "I'm not much for carnival games but people watching? Now that is far more entertaining."

Roman stood at the edge of the ballroom, the sounds of laughter and music swirling around him, feeling out of place amidst the grandeur. He wasn't used to this kind of celebration. The Mikaelson Ball was all opulence and show, the kind of gathering that made people forget the struggles outside its walls.

Roman's costume, something that made him look like a man from the Night Watch from Game of Thrones, was meant to blend in, but he felt like an imposter. Hundreds of years spent fighting and devouring other supernatural beings in Malivore, a dark, endless prison designed to consume and erase creatures like him—hadn't prepared him for something like this. But if there was one thing he was good at, it was masking his confusion and discomfort. He lifted a glass of champagne to his lips, the cool glass resting against his fingers as the crisp, slightly sweet taste filled his mouth, a polite smile fixed in place as he watched the festivities unfold.

@darkskiesrpgstarters

[dreamerwithapen1]

Daella Targaryen + Dance of the Dragons

They say looks can kill and I might try 

I don’t dress for women 

I don’t dress for men 

 Lately I’ve been dressing for revenge 

I don’t start shit but I can tell you how it ends 

Don’t get sad, get even

~ Vigilante Shit, Taylor Swift

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[pegasus-parfait]

I don't dress for women, I don't dress for men Lately, I've been dressing for revenge I don't start shit, but I can tell you how it ends Don't get sad, get even So on the weekends, I don't dress for friends Lately, I've been dressing for revenge

Vigilante Shit - Taylor Swift (Midnights)

[strongelongitude]

"Midnights" Lyrics I Absolutely Love

for the record, this is your fault @alltouwell

Lavender Haze

“I feel the lavender haze creeping up on me”

“I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say”

“The only kinda girl they see is a one-night or a wife”

“I find it dizzying, they’re bringing up my history, but you aren’t even listening”

“I just need this love spiral. Get it off your chest, get it off my desk”

Maroon

“Laughing with my feet in your lap like you were my closest friend”

“The mark they saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones, the lips I used to call home”

“When the silence came we were shaking, blind and hazy. How the hell did we lose sight of us again? Sobbing with you head in your hands, ain’t that the way shit always ends?”

“And I wake with your memory over me. That’s a real fucking legacy to leave”

Anti-Hero

“I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser. Midnights become my afternoons”

“When my depression works the graveyard shift, all of the people I’ve ghosted stand there in the room.”

“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem it’s me.”

“I’ll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror. It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero.”

“Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism…”

“One day I’ll watch as you’re leaving and life will lose all its meaning (for the last time)”

Snow on the Beach

“Life is emotionally abusive and time can’t stop me quite like you did.”

“I’ve never seen someone lit from within, blurring out my periphery” 

“I can’t even speak, afraid to jinx it. I don’t even dare to wish it”

You’re On Your Own Kid

“Summer went away, still the yearning stays”

“It’s okay we’re the best of friends, anyways”

“I didn’t choose this town, I dream of getting out. There’s just one that could make stay, all my days”

“From sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes I waited ages to see you there. I searched the party of better bodies just to learn that you never cared.”

“I picked the petals he loves me not”

“Something different bloomed, writing in my room. I play my songs in the parking lot”

“I searched the party of better bodies just to learn that my dreams aren’t rare.”

“I gave my blood, sweat and tears for this. I hosted parties and starved my body”

“My friends from home don’t know what to say”

“I looked around in a blood-soaked gown and I saw something they can’t take away.”

“Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned. Everything you lose is a step you take.”

“So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it, you’ve got no reason to be afraid”

“Yeah you can face this, you’re on your own kid, you always have been.”

Midnight Rain

“He wanted it comfortable, I wanted that pain.”

“I was making my own name, chasing that fame, he stayed the same”

“I guess sometimes we all get just what we wanted, just what we wanted. And he never thinks of me except for when I’m on TV”

“I guess sometimes we all get some kind of haunted, some kind of haunted. And I never think of him except on midnights like this”

Question…?

“Good girl, sad boy, big city, wrong choices”

“Cause I don’t remember who I was before you painted all my nights, a color I’ve searched for since”

“Fucking situations, circumstances, miscommunications. And I have to say, by the way, I just may like some explanations”

“Then what did you do? Did you leave her house in the middle of the night? Did you wish you’d put up more of a fight when she said it was too much? Do you still wish you could touch her? It’s just a question.”

“Half-moon eyes, bad surprise, did you realize, out of time”

“Does it feel like everything’s just like second best after that meteor strike?”

Vigilante Shit

“Draw the cat eyes sharp enough to kill a man. You did some bad things but I’m the worst of them”

“They say looks can kill and I might try.”

“I don’t dress for women, I don’t dress for men, lately I’ve been dressing for revenge.”

“I don’t start shit but I can tell you how it ends. Don’t get sad, get even.”

“She needed cold, hard proof so I gave her some. She had the envelope, where you think she got it from?”

“Picture me thick as thieves with your ex-wife”

“While he was doing lines and crossing all of mine”

“And I don’t dress for villains, or for innocents, I’m on my vigilante shit”

Bejeweled

“Baby, love, I think I’ve been a little too kind. Didn’t notice you walking all over my piece of mind”

“Putting someone first only works when you’re in their top five”

“Best believe I’m still bejeweled, when I walk in the room I can still make the whole place shimmer.”

“Familiarity breeds contempt, don’t put me in the basement”

“Baby, boy, I think I’ve been too good of a girl. Did all the extra credit then got graded on a curve.”

“And I miss you, but I miss sparklin’”

“But some guy said my aura’s moonstone just cause he was high”

“What’s a girl gonna do, a diamond’s gotta shine.”

Labyrinth

“Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out”

“Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in love. Oh no, I’m fallin’ in love again”

“I thought the plane was going down, how’d you turn it back around”

“Break up, break free, break through, break down. You would break your back to make me break a smile”

“You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back, just like that”

Karma

“You’re terrified to look down, cause if you do you’ll see the glare of everyone you burned just to get there”

“And I keep my side of the street clean. You wouldn’t know what I mean”

“Karma’s a relaxing thought, aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?”

“Karma is a cat, purring in my lap cause it loves me”

“Ask me why so many fade when I’m still here”

“Cause karma is the thunder, rattling your ground”

“Karma’s gonna track you down, step by step from town to town”

Sweet Nothing

“They say the end is comin’, everyone’s up to somethin’, I find myself running home to your sweet nothings”

“All that you ever wanted from me was sweet nothing.”

“On the way home I write a poem. You say “what a mind.” This happens all the time”

“And the voices that implore, ‘you should be doing more,’ to you I can admit that I’m just too soft for all of it”

Mastermind

“Once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned. You and I ended up in the same room, at the same time.” 

“And the touch of a hand lit the fuse of a chain reaction of countermoves to assess the equation of you.”

“Checkmate, I couldn’t lose.”

“What if I told you none of it was accidental and the first night that you saw me nothing was gonna stop me?”

“I laid the groundwork and then, just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a line”

“Cause we were born to be the pawn in every lover’s game”

“If you fail to plan you plan to fail. Strategy sets the scene for the tale”

“I’ve been scheming like a criminal ever since, to make them love me and make it seem effortless”

“And I swear I’m only cryptic and machiavellian cause I care.”

“I laid the groundwork and then saw a wide smirk on your face, you knew the entire time. You knew that I’m a mastermind. And now you’re mine.”

The Great War

“And maybe it’s the past talking, screaming from the crypt, telling me to punish you for things you never did. So I justified it.”

“It turned into something bigger. Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I’d been betrayed.”

Bigger than the Whole Sky

“Every single thing I touch becomes sick with sadness”

“I’ve got a lot to pine about, I’ve got a lot to live without, I’m never gonna meet what could’ve been, would’ve been, should’ve been you”

“Cause it’s all over, it’s not meant to be, so I’ll say words I don’t believe”

Paris

“And all the outfits were terrible, 2003 unbearable. Did you see the photos? No I didn’t, but thanks though”

“I’m so in love that I might stop breathing, drew a map on your bedroom ceiling. No, I didn't see the news cause we were somewhere else.”

“Privacy sign on the door and on my page and on the whole world. Romance is not dead if you keep it just yours”

“Sip quiet by my side in the shade. And not the kind that’s thrown I mean the kind under where a tree has grown”

“I was taken by the view, like we were in Paris”

“I wanna brainwash you into loving me forever. I wanna transport you to somewhere the culture’s clever.” 

“Confess my truth in swooping, sloping, cursive letters.”

High Infidelity

“Lock broken, slur spoken, wound open, game token. I didn't know you were keeping count. Rain soaking, blind hoping, you said I was freeloading. I didn't know you were keeping count”

“High infidelity, put on your records and regret me, I bent the truth too far tonight”

“Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th? Do I really have to chart the constellations in his eyes?”

“Storm coming, good husband, bad omen, dragged my feet right down the aisle”

“You know there's many different ways that you can kill the one you love. The slowest way is never loving them enough”

“Do I really have to tell you how he brought me back to life?”

Glitch

I was supposed to sweat you out. In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else's playground

“I think there's been a glitch, five seconds later, I'm fastening myself to you with a stitch. And I'm not even sorry, nights are so starry, blood moonlit, It must be counterfeit”

“But it's been two-thousand one-hundred ninety days of our love blackout (Our love is blacking out) The system's breaking down (The system's breaking down)”

“A brief interruption, a slight malfunction, I’d go back to wanting dudes who give nothing”

Dear Reader

“Dear reader, if it feels like a trap you’re already in one”

“Desert all your past lives, and if you don’t recognize yourself that means you did it right”

“Never take advice from someone who’s falling apart”

“Dear reader, bend when you can, snap when you have to. Dear reader, you don’t have to answer just cause they asked you.”

“When you aim at the devil, make sure you don’t miss”

“You wouldn’t take my word for it if you knew who was talking, if you knew where I was walking”

“And my friends found friends who care”

“No one sees when you lose when you’re playing solitaire”

Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve

“If you tasted poison you could’ve spit me out at the first chance”

“And if I was some paint, did it splatter on a promising grown man? And if it was a child, did it matter if you got to wash your hands?”

“If you’d never looked my way I would’ve stayed on my knees. And I damn sure never would’ve danced with the devil at nineteen”

“And now that I’m grown I’m scared of ghosts”

“And now that I know, I wish you’d left me wondering”

“God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be”

“If clarity’s in death then why won’t this die?”

“Living for the thrill of hitting you where it hurts, give me back my girlhood it was mine first”

[traegics]

A brow perks as Adelina's figure appears in her mirror, the dragon's frame turning in her chair as she glances her over once, then twice before her gaze narrows. She didn't need to see the physical wound to know that she was injured. She could practically feel it, smell it even as she slowly pushed up from her chair. "You're hurt," Reina says calmly. "Let me see."

addie groaned as she pulled her shirt down and pouted. she may be able to try and hide her injury from her brother but she was not gonna be able to hide it from her dragon best friend. reina would need to know that she was injured. and man how she hated that. she made her way towards reina's room. she knocked on the door before entering and sighing dramatically. @traegics