#😩 ugh Salem....

[potential-fate]

Wbuna followed Salem Bellamy into his home, glancing around curiously as she followed him. The Bellamy patriarch was technically her boss, though one wouldn’t know it with how removed he usually was when it came to the education in the small town. She’d only been to his home one time before, and she’d realized after the fact, that his son had been trying to hit on her, though he’d done so quite badly. 

His home was as nice as it had been that time, and Omar Bellamy didn’t seem to be around this time, so she was saved from that awkwardness for the time being. Mr. Bellamy had guided her to their dining area, and set a plate of some pastry down while he invited her to sit at the table. She sat down and took a bite of the pastry to be polite, though she kept her guard up. She wasn’t sure why he’d invited her in. 

“these are quite good, sir…” She said, surprised by the pastry. 

He smiled slightly, “Yes, my wife is quite a good cook.” 

“Please tell her she’s an excellent chef for me then.” She made polite conversation. 

“I’m sure she already knows” the older man chuckled, then frowned almost imperceptibly, ”She taught Roman everything she knows, and his friends apparently never stop talking about the fact that he’s the only 20 year old boy they know that knows how to cook properly”

Wbuna laughed lightly, “Your so— grandson certainly is a character.” 

She glanced back at the plate in front of her, embarrassed by the slip she’d made. She’d almost forgotten that Omar was Salem’s son, even though she’d looked for him to avoid the moment she’d walked in their house. Though when she glanced up, Salem Bellamy seemed to have an almost satisfied look on his face rather than irritation.

After a moment though, his expression darkened slightly, “That’s certainly one way of describing him. I would honestly prefer if he focused on cooking as an outlet, even if it’s women’s work. But it would still be preferable than some of his other recent choices.” 

Wbuna glanced at her hands, but quietly she said, “He’s a good kid, I think. They all make mistakes, don’t they? Mine certainly cause plenty of trouble.” 

Salem smiled once more, though it seemed less genuine to Wbuna, “Indeed they all do. In any case, my grandson wasn’t the reason I invited you in. I actually wanted to speak to you about work and—”

[devil-doll13]

@solmints-messyocdiary’s Odile post earlier had me considering showing some Inspirations for Abigail!

Top to bottom, Left to right:

Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty (og version bc she has more fabulous clothing lol, the purple cape ugh 😩👌🏻)

The Evil Queen from Snow White & the Seven Dwarves (Apples being her favourite food… Same green eyes too, now that I think about it)

The Wicked Witch of The West from The Wizard of Oz (Evil witch drip)

Elvira from Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

The Dunwich Horror by H.P Lovecraft (her backstory stuff… deep lore stuff… those who know, know.)

The Salem Witch Trials (where she got her name)

Carroll Borland from Mark of The Vampire

Type O Negative’s “Black No. 1” (inspired her appearance, honestly pick any TON song and it suits her)

Mercyful Fate - “Evil” (the “I was born in a cemetery” lyric inspired her birth and her necromancy stuff lol, also the album Melissa is just straight up Abigail core)

She is a combination of a whole lot of fictional witch tropes and myths, goth girl stereotypes and a teensy weensy bit of Lovecraft in the otherworldliness and eldritch type way. Think of her as the mysterious ooky spooky lady in black you see in films sometimes, but given a bit more personality. That being… the mystery is there to hide vulnerability, she is actually just coping with trauma lol

I’m still trying to figure out her actual abilities tbh. Her aesthetic is definitely on point though. I’m sort of in the process of writing her backstory fic but it’s in the background to my other scheduled WIPs

Also I’ll do Max’s as well after this one!

[euphoricnyctophilia]

Lilith was in school for six hours and immediately had to go take a sit down on the floor behind her desk. Mood. 

Zelda looking disgusted at the Kempers crying about their son shouldn’t be as hot is it is. Ugh I love her

Sabrina is so funny for being like “btw I was born in the woods”

Oh my god why is she giving Harvey the church of nights deepest darkest secret. I forgot how fucking dumb she was 😩

Harvey thinking that Sabrina is making up being a witch because she doesn’t want to be with him is giving Euphoria when Kat told Ethan that she had to break up with him because she was dying of cancer 😂😂😂😂

“My grimoir is your grimoir” Ambrose I love you 😭

“ Are you sure you don’t want to kill him? Because we could do that” Ambrose carried this episode

How fucking long is the shoe wall???????

I remember the first time I watched this Salem in his ghost form or whatever tf you call creeped me the fuck out

What is this dead thing on the porch in between the two chairs when Sabrina is sitting out there because I know that if it was Hilda’s it would be alive so by process of elimination Zelda is out here killing house plants.

Salem just hanging out outside if ms Wardwell’s

Michelle’s acting is so good in this episode

Madam Satan literally could’ve teleported to the Apple orchard and took the malum malice off the tree before Sabrina got there. She made that scarecrow come alive because she knew how fucking annoying Sabrina was going to be and wanted to torment her a little bit which is valid.

The cgi familiars are so funny

I don’t ship Spellwood. I never have and I never will, but his presence in episode one is insane and I can understand why y’all would behave this way. BUT the crimes he committed from that moment, onward will never be forgiven.

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

DECEASED 💀

[dylancameron]

What if… Someone already picked Motherland: Fort Salem up and we just don’t know yet? I mean no one knows yet other than the new network’s bosses and Eliot? Maybe? Too much? Too far? Ugh! Fuckn please! We just can’t leave it at 3 seasons! 😰😩

[arcaneblaine]

thank you!! that’s so sweet, omg 😭♡︎ i wish i could show you them, they’re absolutely adorable!! i think i’m gonna end up naming them Oliver and Salem as well :,) but ugh that sounds so good 😩 i just finished making some vegetable soup and it’s just- 🤌🏼🤌🏼✨ but be careful, my love!! don’t study too hard and make sure to stay hydrated as well :,)

➳ 🍷 anon

Soup is the elite food type. Oliver is literally one of my favorite names ever stop. And Salem is *sobs* I'm in love with them. What kind of dogs are they??

[walkingchemicalfire]

This was both painful and uplifting at the same time, what the fuck this is a good hurt and I just can’t deal!! But Salem the Cat comes to me speaking words that are way to fucking accurate

*definitely me*

So let’s start with Isaac, losing his dad is like his origin story. That’s his first experience with death and it just continued on from there. He didn’t deal well with his dad’s death and that just made all the others that followed way worse. He needed a support system and his mom failed to be that for him. It’s really important to go through all of grief stages especially at such a young age. Isaac didn’t go through it properly and it has really screwed him up, now he’s got to relearn how to deal with death. He just shoved the experience down and even now was reluctant to truly talk about it, I am so proud that he decided he could trust his family and it would be “okay to be leveled with them.” That’s perfect ❤️ He’s got the support that he didn’t have at the time and now he can work through it safely and his family will be there for him every step of the way

Next up is Vera, losing her sister and (I will not sob yet 😩) Ryan. The loss of Asa (really like that name btw) feels like less grieving of her death but more like grieving/guilt of not going home after she got out of the basement. That’s understandable but Asa died doing what she felt was right and believing that she was avenging Vera. That’s an honorable way to go out I think and Vera seems to respect it and of course turn the blame on herself...but it also doesn’t really feel like total blame cuz she never really plays the game of what if. She says she regrets not going back to her family but that’s still not blaming herself for Asa’s death. It feels more like...quiet acceptance? Like she understands that Asa died and maybe could have stopped it if she had gone back to her family, but that’s not something she had the strength to do then. All in all, I think Vera has had enough time to come to grips with Asa’s death, makes me wonder how bad it was when she first found out...😬 *deep breath* Vera dealing with Ryan’s death is still so raw and it’s so much worse cuz she already had to go through it when it happened and now she has to relive all that awfulness, god I’m a wreck over this whole thing 😭 JESUS “And Joseph fucked me in Ryan’s blood” I CANNOT WITH THIS!!! *screaming and sobbing incoherently* RYAN WAS A GOOD MAN!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

NNNNOOOOO How dare you slam me with Fillis emotions!! I will never be over the love and support these two have for each other! They are relationship goals forever and ever ❤️ Ellis is breaking my heart with their grief, it’s so real and they probably didn’t have time to stop and have a moment like this to honor their family’s memory. They’ve been on the run since they lost them and getting closure now is reopening those old pains but now they can heal properly this time

God Edrissa with her grief for her brother, she held on to his memory while in captivity and it may have been one of the only things getting her through that horrible time, even though she didn’t know for sure one way or the other, she had to hope that he was still out there waiting for her. She probably used that hope as fuel I make it to another day cuz her time sounds truly awful as well. I swear to god Vera and Tori have all but legally adopted Edrissa, that engulfing hug is powering my life force now 😭❤️

Gavin...wow..this was...Christ, so intense I had to clear my eyes of tears cuz I couldn’t see enough to keep reading. Everything he said was crushing and so raw and just...ugh overwhelming. “I lost...everyone” At first glance that could sound like a dramatic overestimation, but for Gavin it’s actually so true. He’s lost every single person that had anything to do with him, his family, his friends, people that worked for him, and even people he never even met in person with all the Syndicate allies. His world has been turned upside down, tossed sideways, and ripped in half. The only thing that could help him is to have new connections and Sam and Gray being the firsts to reach out to him is so perfect I can’t stand it! The apologies to Sam and Vera is so intense and I really don’t think I could handle if he did for Isaac too (I can feel that moment on the horizon and it’s gonna be so different from when Gavin has tried to apologize before. These last few chapters have changed so much between these two it’s wild) The huge question that blared in my head over Gavin’s conflict is “How do you mourn for someone who hurt others?” It’s a real thing to consider cuz even though that person hurt others, they still were a person and had connections and relationships with others. Joseph was still Gavin’s father and even though I can’t personally back the mourning, I can still understand that Gavin had a relationship with his father and he deserves the right to grieve for that loss.

Random thoughts time!

Ugghhh every time someone asks “can I touch you” is so precious to me and I’m collecting the moments to cherish for the rest of time.

Wow Gavin is a human with feelings, who knew? Not Isaac apparently lol

Man, all the people that they don’t know are alive or dead...I wonder if they get answers about any of them

Seriously, I’m crying for Gavin now?! This is how you redemption arc, just please remember to mop me up from the floor when you’re done

Also uhh was there a subtle hint that Isaac’s dad was abusive? With the rough hands in his hair? I could be reading too much into that

Honor Bound 2 - 28

This is a series. Start here, continued from here. 

This is a sequel to Honor Bound.

AO3

Cw: y’all, this is where everyone gets their feelings out. Funeral, lots of talking about death: parent death, sibling death, spouse death, brief mention of death of children, mention of fatal car accident, mention of alcoholic abusive parent, aftermath of parental abuse, mention of death due to breast cancer, mention of noncon, mention of blood, mention of death squads killing minors, brief mention of noncon of a minor, self-blame, emesis, disowning, Jesus Christ this got long

Isaac shuffled his feet nervously. “I… I’m sorry. I’ve never done one of these before.”

Tori’s hand rested gently on his shoulder. “That’s okay. Just… say whatever you’d like to say. If you want to talk about him, or… a good time you had together, or something you miss?”

He looked down at the small bouquet of wildflowers he held tight in his hands, crushing the stems until they drooped. “I, um…” He shrugged. “I don’t think I even… remember that much about him at this point. I’m sorry.” He fell a step back. “I should just—”

“Isaac…” He stopped at the sadness in Sam’s voice. “Please don’t go.”

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