#and that is great

[averseunhinged]

more of the follow-up series to 24/7 sylvia plath this week! this is a snippet from a few installments later than the previous two, but i wanted to share some caroline pov.

eta: have you ever realized you've written 80k words of something, but you need to write at least another 50K at the beginning or the canon changes won't make sense? NO ME NEITHER WHY DO YOU ASK.

anyway, this was private for a couple of weeks while i had a minor breakdown and almost scrapped the whole thing in a rage blackout. but i didn't. it's fine. it's totally fine that i can't stop writing things backwards.

"Henry Ngo said he met your new boyfriend. Said he was very polite and seemed like he respected you." Liz paused and then, with no small amount of irony, continued, "Henry thinks he might be a little old for you."

It took a moment for that conversational gambit to penetrate Caroline's sleep-sodden brain. She hoisted herself upright off the island, her mascara-smeared, squinting eyes gone wide and alarmed. "No, no, no. Absolutely not! I did not tell Henry...that."

Liz leaned back against the counter, crossed her arms over her chest and nodded her chin over Caroline's shoulder. "Interesting blanket you have there."

She craned her head around to look at the fabric draped over her shoulders. Leaping up and back from her stool, she shrugged it off with a little shriek of outrage.

Caroline stared at the jacket.

Liz stared at Caroline.

"I threw bespoke menswear on the floor."

"How do you know it was bespoke?"

"It's really well-tailored." And he should have taken it with him, but Klaus had a talent for doing something irritating and sweetening her reaction with an outer layer of good intentions. "He always looks great in a suit."

The only noise in the kitchen was the coffee pot's sudden loud end-gurgles. It broke her out of her trance. She snatched up the jacket and straightened with a dramatic flounce.

"You did that on purpose!" she gasped and pointed at her mother. "Pre-coffee interrogation! Sanctions!"

"There are no sanctions in motherhood." Liz moved deftly around the room, microwaving a half-full mug of blood while she doctored her own coffee, and then topping the blood off from the pot. "It's no-holds-barred when it comes to daughters with questionable taste in dates."

Caroline picked up her bloody coffee when Liz slid it across the island and sipped at it, sighing in relief. She glanced up through her lashes.

"He moved to New Orleans."

"I know." Liz went from mom-mode to sheriff face again. "I came home after a very long day at work to what I hoped was going to be Cá Kho Tộ and a little time with my grown-up baby. What I found was my only child fast asleep on my couch with the formerly local psychopath."

"Did he...was he--" Caroline shifted forward, rocking uncomfortably on her stool, shoulders hunching forward and up. "He promised he'd try to be nice if he ran into you."

Liz coughed, choking a bit on the mouthful of coffee she'd just taken. "Nice? Sure, if his usual vague threats and scathing criticism of my parenting are how he defines nice."

"That might actually be true." She winced, squinting. "You can't really apply normal people logic to him. Believe me, everything gets all turned around if you try."

The early morning outside was so quiet, post-grad quiet melding with post-war stupor. The closest sounds were so distant, like they weren't on the same planet as this one comfortable room in the house she'd lived in for most of her life and the uncomfortable conversation Klaus had triggered.

"I don't like the way you make excuses for his behavior," Liz finally said. "It's not like you and that makes me very nervous."

"I'm not making excuses, Mom," Caroline snapped. "It actually took me a long time to start trying to understand why he reacts the way he does and what he really means. It's not like--"

She snapped her mouth shut, teeth clicking together before she could finish what was going to be an undeniably nasty jab at her parents' marriage. But what words could make her mother understand something Caroline herself was still working out?

Klaus was a personality so enormous, it was difficult to look away from him. When they first met, he ate up all the oxygen in any space he occupied until she was lightheaded and nothing made sense. He was overwhelming and frightening, and there were touch-and-go moments when his dubious modernity slipped, and the decaying warlord took control.

But then he tried to kill her, because she hurt his feelings—crushed them, really. She didn't like remembering that part. She'd been so certain he was playing some sick game of cat-and-mouse with her, never realizing she was cracking his ribs open, wrapping her spidery-fingered fist around the ancient, groaning machinery of his heart and mashing it into paste.

How did she explain that to her Mystic Falls mother? Born and raised in Virginia, never had much desire to leave. Put aside softer interests, a gentler life, because her husband didn't want to be a cop (or a politician or a salesman or a husband or a dad or present in general), but a Forbes was always sheriff. Liz might have married into the name, but if there was one thing Caroline inherited from her mother, it was the immovable belief that there was a correct way to do things, and that way was their way.

She could never explain how nerdy he could be. Hesitant and sweet and desperate for her approval. How observant he was of her minute flinches and little joys, determinedly navigating everything she tried to hide. The way he congratulated her petty accomplishments, the things she worked hard for, and was so careful when he complimented her appearance, because he knew Caroline, you’re beautiful, but if you don’t stop talking, I will kill you still skittered across her nerves. He fed her expensive chocolate and the most delicious honey-tongue Malbec, bullied her out of her accidental vampire starvation diet, and made sure she didn't have to rely on the Salvatores for blood bags. Always knew when she wasn’t sleeping well and learned to defuse the resulting emotional outbursts.

Liz would never see him huddled and terrified, slick with sick sweat and hallucinating. The way he clung to Caroline to steady himself through the panic and pain, even when they were screaming at each other. Her mother would never understand what a gift his honesty was, even when he was old-old-old-fashioned and more than a little creepy. That he saw kindness and mercy as debasement, but he subjected himself to showing it, let it leave pockmarks in his pride. For her. All for her.

How could she explain that this man who terrorized and manipulated and destroyed sometimes felt so small when she wrapped her arms around him?

"He murdered twelve witches, even though he knew it would trigger the apocalypse, because he didn't want me to be sad," was what came out of her mouth.

Of course.

#klaroline wip wed #i am genuinely too tired to be pithy this week #a severe lack of pith #no wait #i have some #tvdu is weirdly focused on motherhood for a vampire franchise #and sometimes that is not great #but sometimes i get to write like 80k words of fan fiction about liz and esther without it actually being about liz and esther #and that is great #i have many thoughts and feelings about them

[just-an-enby-lemon]

✨️ 10 characthers, 10 fandoms, 10 tags ✨️

I was tagged by @nikosaurushex, thank you soo much, this was very fun : )

1. Alphonse Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist

Look at this baby!! He is such a good boi, he is the most inocent, sweet, giant baby boy to ever exist!! He deserves everything in this word and more. I love him soo much.

2. Akira Ono - Hi Score Girl

Another baby who deserves every good thing in the word. She chooses her game characthers based in wich one is less played with! She cares soo much about everyone. I really love her. Also I love how even though she doesn't speak she is still understood and very expressive and no one thinks less of her for it. Ono is the best.

3. Blitzen - Magnus Chase and The Gods Of Asgard || Riordanverse

To choose only one Riordanverse characther was really painfull. But if I didn't, I would had dedicated half of this thread to different riordanverse sagas. So instead I choose the one of my favorite characthers that does not recieve as much love as he should. Fashion Dwarf Dad is amazing!! We need to talk more about him. His sass, his criativity, how he never gave up, how loyal he is... I could compliment him forever. Even his mommy issues are great. I love him. Fashion Dwarf Dad is the best!

4. Clare Devlin - Derry Girls

I identify soo much with this anxiety ball, she cares about everything and everyone to the point of being a problem and I really want to hug this wee useless lesbian soo bad. She is my ficcional little sister and my favorite characther in a show where all characthers are amazing.

5. Sunny Baudelaire- A Series of Unfortunate Events (both bookerverse and seriesverse)

While it was hard to choose only one Snicketverse characther to put here my choice was made by too words: badass baby. Sunny is amazing, she is a force of nature and if she can already do soo much as literal infant I'm sure adult Sunny will just conquer the wolrd. This girl can do annything!! And I'll support anything she does.

6. Edward Nygma (Riddler) - Adam West Batman.

I promissed myself I would not put a Riddler in this list. It lasted like twenty seconds most. Ed is my problem child and I love him.

I choose Adam West Batman's Riddler because I'm also a Gorshin fan and I will hype this man acting anytime I get the chance. He is soo good.

(Since I promissed I would use only one Riddler, because otherwise this list would only be Riddlers, I will give Batman Unburied Riddler a small footnote here, because aaaaaaa reasons)

7. Frida - Hilda

Okay maybe is because I'm indecisive, but that was such a hard choice. I wanted to add a Hilda characther but they are all soo good. So I chose my girl Frida, cause she is great. I love all the episodes that focus on her and her jorney to became a Witch is very good.

8. Eda Clawthorne - The Owl House

I'm a very huuge Eda stan. I once got a chance to choose any fictional characther to do a college presentation (an psychological analysis) on and I choose Eda. She is great. I love her soo much. Chaotic Mon is the best.

9. Sakura Kinomoto - Cardcaptors Sakura

The ninith characther in this list was a complicated choice. TBH, this was my tenth choice, but I putted the ninith one at ten because they have no image.

So I had a lot of characthers and only one space. I swear I changed the characther like five times but in the end Sakura won. This anime was very important to me when I was little, all brazilian dubbed episodes of the first season in good quality were on YouTube at the time (and you could illigaly dowload the rest). This girl made me feel wonder in a way I can't describe, she still does. She makes my hearth warm.

10. Tamika Flyn - Welcome to Nightvale

I love everyone in Nightvale, all citzens of that weird little city and specially Cecil and the faceless old woman. But I choose Tamika because she was a child revolutionary, a monster slayer and a bookworm and she grow to be a concilwoman and to be there trying and suceeding in making a difference. Tamika is amazing and to listen to her grow was great and people should really talk more about Tamika!

No need to do the challenge, but here is my friendly fun tag: @sillymanwithocs, @lesbian-in-leather, @pharoahkittylover, @the-goodfellow-bard, @dreamerinasmallworld, @fatgumsupremacy, @selenophilenova, @decadentturkeycashroad, @sevenseasofthigh, @i-hate-liking-batman

#see only one of my favs was evil this time #and only three were problems #and just two had a body count #and yes I do belive Sunny has a body count #i won't elaborate #alphonse elric #akira ono #blitzen #clare devlin #sunny baudelaire #edward nygma #he is my first sugested tag at all moments #and that is great #riddler #my second sugested tag #frida #eda clawthorne #love of my life agent of chaos #do not believe she has a body count #but she could #sakura kinomoto #oh wait tamika has a body count #three of them have a body count #well done tamika #tamika flyn

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

#and by 'everyone' i mean me. im just hoping other people relate lmao #someone asks me about a thing i like and im just like h.................. #been thinking about The Character for a solid 6 months+ and let me tell you. expldoeing soon #this is about ffxv btw . how am i supposed to say how much it lives in my brain . i cant think #text #1k #5k #10k #15k #20k #great googly moogly #30k #40k #50k #60k #boooy what da heeel #70k #80k

[prismatoxic]

dadchuck is everything to me

#laios: i wanna be a troll :( #chilchuck: have i got great news for you #dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims

[dasloddl]

ID in alt

#id in alt text #british #great britain #ants #Twitter #british museum #op dasloddl

[butchdonne]

what studying literature feels like

#it’s always one of these two. #either i have a great point in my head i just can’t express it right or i have OUGHDGDHHD in my head and i need to make that useful……. #pip squeaks #literature

[ruhua-langblr]

Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

#EDIT: Added a great resource for ESL and African languages that weren't found elsewhere #I do NOT recommend memrise and will talk about it another day but #langblr #duolingo #duo #language learning #language learning apps #mandarinblr #resource #reference

[mcromwell]

"Nihilist Heron" 12"x16" acrylic, conté crayon, wax pastel on reclaimed support

Herons have captured my attention lately. I love their feathers and shapes.

#heron #great blue heron #bird #birds #wildlife #wildlife art #art #traditional art #animal art #painting #acrylic #mixed media #feathers #expressionistic #abstracted

[devious-buffoon]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

#wizardposting #wizard posting #wizardblr #evil wizard #shitpost #the great wizard war of 1343

[emaarusovaa]

My POV😜

SOURCE: 🔴 www.ema-rusova.com🔞

#big tiddy gf #big tiddy committee #natural titts #natural bewbs #bewbies #nice bewbs #great breasts #hot breast #perfect breast #sexy titts #sexy tease #sexy pose #hot nude #nice tiddies #suck my tiddies #sexy content #so hot and sexy #onlytease #18+ only #spicy content

[beautifull-girls-and-cars]

Can I help you ?

#boobilicious #natural titts #huge tiddies #huge titts #sexy titts #hot breast #beautiful #beauty #beach babe #beauttiful girls #aesthetic #art #bikini babe #sexy content #lovely breasts #perfect breast #sexy breast #great breasts #sexy tease #slim and sexy #fit beauty #fit girls #onlyf@nz #onlyfrenz #onlyfans tease #onlytease #18+ only #amazing body #so hot and sexy #sexy pose

[charlesoberonn]

Tell me you know nothing about history without telling me you know nothing about history

#'turned him gay' #newsflash asshole he's been gay (bi rather) the entire time! #alexander the great #history #to clarify this is a reaction to the tweet #I don't know anything about the documentary itself or how accurate it is

[juslookin939]

#girl butts #great butt #perfect butt #sugar bae #so hot #spicy content #sexy content #sexy tease #naughty #hot asian chicks #asian chick #hot asian babe #hot asian model #sexy asian women #Bunniemma

[thecorrupter123]

Sydney Sweeny in Euphoria S2:E01

#sydney sweeney #celebrities #celebs #hot celebrity #hot celebs #actress #sexy breast #great breasts #lovely breasts #amazing beauty #celebrity

[matureheelsbeach]

#beautiful mature #curvy mature #mature beauty #mature lady #mature mom #mature wives #mature woman #maturesexy #beach babe #candid beach #huge natural breasts #saggy breasts #great breasts #lovely breasts #sexy breast #perfect breast #massive breasts

[tkingfisher]

A general reminder—periodic cicadas pose no threat to anyone and their plant damage is limited to nipping off the ends of twigs. Please do not hose them with pesticide. They are slow and clumsy and confused and only want to make friends with other cicadas and eventually die of sexual exhaustion.

Yes, the screaming is a lot, but they’ve been extremely quiet neighbors for thirteen years, cut them some slack as they go through the most fraught time of their lives.

#cicada #great southern brood #periodic cicada #bugs #insects #nature is glorious and loud