#andy i am BEGGING you to elaborate

[omegalomania]

hello

#*making poasts #this article is rly good i liked it a lot however #i cannot get over andys encyclopedic knowledge of juggalo culture #andy i am BEGGING you to elaborate #THE CORPSE FACEPAINT WAS HIS IDEA. #id in the alt text

[jamespotterthefirst]

Mi Viejito (Ethan x f!MC)

Pairing: Dr. Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Dr. Lilac Allende) Words: 1K Warning: None Summary: Father’s Day more than twenty years later. 

Author’s Note: “Mi Viejito” means “Old Man” (affectionate). Thank you to the two anons who requested this!

Also, no editing. Oops. We die like men. 

Twenty five years are not enough to dull the impact of startling blue eyes meeting hers across a room. For a moment, she feels like that fresh-faced intern she used to be, meeting her medical idol for the first time. Except now, Ethan Ramsey has the elegance of time on his side, carved into every fine line on his handsome face. His hair, once dark brown, is a storm of silver now, making the blue of his eyes even more of a shock.

A pleasant sort of shock that makes her body thrum with warmth.

Ethan removes his spectacles and gives her a tired but breathtaking smile. Lilac returns it, moving to settle into her husband's embrace.

“Happy Father's Day, mi viejito,” she murmurs into a kiss. After his hum of thanks, they melt into the kiss, enjoying the rare few moments of blissful companionship.

“Where are the girls?” he asks after a while, as though reading her mind.

“Andy should be here any moment to drop them off.”

“Ah, the calm before the storm,” he muses with exaggerated dread. It doesn't fool anyone, least of all Lilac. Anyone who glances at Ethan Ramsey with his children for more than two seconds knows just how much he adores them. “What about Lori and Jonah?”

“Jonah hasn't texted me back and Lori is on her date.”

“Hrm.”

Lilac laughs. “Hunter's a nice kid. He's taking her on a boat ride at the Common.”

Ethan is not impressed.

“It's a cute date for two seventeen year-olds,” Lilac reasons with little success.

“Pitiful.”

“You took me on one of those when we were engaged.”

“I meant his name. What kind of name is Hunter?”

She laughs at that and places a kiss on his cheek, succeeding in softening his expression by a fraction. “You're just upset your little girl is all grown up.”

Ethan's expression is as impassive as ever but Lilac can see the brief flash of sadness in his eyes. She places a comforting hand at his cheek, sweeping the ridge of his cheekbone with her thumb.

“She'll be back in time for dinner. And I'm sure Jonah will text me back later. He's been swamped with school work these past few days.”

Ethan nods but is unable to elaborate an answer because the sound of approaching voices grows louder outside the door.

The youngest Ramseys arrive then, three times more boisterous than any teenagers their age. Though, to the surprise of exactly no one, the person in the little group arguing the loudest is Jasmine. Andy rolls her eyes, unable to contain a smile at the charming young girl trying to talk her way out of whatever trouble she's gotten into.

“Seriously, it's okay. Our dad owns the hospital.”

“He manages it,” her twin, Violet, corrects.

“Same thing,” Jasmine returns dismissively. “He as good as owns it if the place falls apart without him.”

“That,” Ethan intervenes, placing a kiss of greeting atop each of their heads, “would be your mother. She does the brunt of the work around here.”

Jasmine scoffs. “And yet the man gets all the credit.”

“Typical,” Violet adds.

Ethan and Lilac both laugh proudly. After Andy takes her leave for the day, the girls hug their father.

“Happy Father's day!” They chorus.

“We brought you coffee from that place you and mom are obsessed with.”

They thrust a to-go cup in his hand.

“We remembered,” Jasmine says importantly. “Not like Tweedle dee and Tweedle Ugly.”

“Jazzie,” her mother scolds. “Don't call your brother and sister that.”

“Ingrates,” Violet adds, agreeing with her sister. “Write them out of your will, Dad.”

Ethan is fully laughing now, a sound that is rare and wonderful, easily drawn out of him by his family. The little crevices on his face grow deeper with his mirth and it tugs at Lilac's heartstrings.

“If we're divvying up Dad's stuff then I call Minnie,” Jasmine proclaims.

“You can have that cat now,” Ethan returns intently. “I don't want anything to do with that thing.”

“I call Jenner the Second,” Violet calls out before her sister can.

They dissolve into an impassioned argument about who loves the dog more. Luckily for all of them, they are interrupted by the sound of more approaching footsteps, followed by even more arguing voices.

“... doesn't have his license yet.”

“What good is a license if he doesn't even have a car.”

“You don't need a car in the city. You can get around in the train.”

“Then why did you text me begging for a ride here?”

“You're such a jerk, J.”

The eldest of their children appear in the office, ceasing all bickering when their eyes fall on the father. Dolores, beautiful and bright faced from the sun, the freckles on her cheeks more vivid as she smiles. Jonah, tall, collected, and handsome—reassembling his father more than any of his siblings. Lilac watches fondly as they hug Ethan and wish him a happy father's day. After the brief surprise of their sudden appearance wears off, she can see her husband's eyes shining with emotion.

“We're taking you to lunch,” Lori informs him. “Jonah got us reservations at your favorite place downtown.”

“Nice, that place has the best chocolate cake,” Jasmine says excitedly.

“We said we're taking dad, not you freeloaders,” Jonah returns jokingly, ruffling his younger sister's hair.

“It’s father’s day! We deserve to be celebrated, too!”

“How do you figure that, squirt?”

“Who taught you how to throw a ball, Jonah Naveen Ramsey?” Jasmine demands indignantly.

“Who gave you pointers on how to impress that girl down the street you used to have a crush on?” Violet adds.

“Who Googled 'how to drive a stick shift car' when you borrowed Dad's car without asking him?”

“You what?” Ethan asks, turning to look at his son.

“Who—”

“Alright, alright! You can come with,” Jonah cuts in. “You two are insufferable, I swear.”

“That's no way to speak to your fathers,” Jasmine chastises.

The siblings continue their banter, taking turns predicting what their father will order. The one who knows his order exactly, Lilac observes, is Dolores, though she has no chance to boast to her siblings. Ethan’s pager goes off and he groans when he reads the message.

“There’s a problem with the paperwork in the Sawyer case,” he tells Lilac. With a mournful twist of his mouth, he looks at his children. “I’m sorry but I have to go handle this. Lunch won’t--”

“I’ll stay to take care of it,” Lilac interrupts.

Ethan studies her expression. “Are you sure, love? It’s an awfully complicated case.”

“I’m sure,” she assures him with a nod. “Go enjoy lunch with them.”

Ethan gives her a look so laden with gratitude and affection, her heart skips a beat.

“Geez, you were right, Dad,” Jasmine says. “Mom really does run this place.”

“Or she just prefers dealing with grumpy patients over hearing your awful jokes, Jazzy,” Dolores comments, side bumping her sister affectionately.

“Mom is a pro at dealing with grumpy, though,” Jonah tells them sagely. “She’s dealt with Dad all these years.”

Ethan laughs at that. “You kids won’t cut your old man a break on father’s day?”

“Nope,” Violet returns cheerfully. “Roasting you is our way of telling you we love you.”

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Author’s Note: Happy Fathers Day to everyone who celebrates! Thank you so much for reading this!

For reference, Jonah is around 20, Dolores (aka “Lori”) 17 going on 18, and the twins are 14

A few notes:

Though I am super behind on replies to my previous fics, please know I am so thankful to everyone who interacted! Love you guys so much!

I haven’t been able to work on Ch 2 of the OPH3 re-write, but I hope to do so soon. I think I’ve decided to take it easy with that series and see where it takes me!

Same thing with the Pictagram series! Thank you to everyone for your patience!

If you tagged me in your content while I was away, I apologize for the delay. I have it all saved up, ready to enjoy this upcoming week!

Tagging in a reblog!

#ethan ramsey #open heart #ethan x mc #Playchoices

[al-kaysani]

hi! i kinda left fandom but came back bc of tog so i could find some good quynh content, and ended up sorely disappointed at how hard it is to find stuff. yours is one of my favorite blogs rn tho, so i was wondering if you by any chance had some recs for more pls? blogs, fic, hcs, art?

hello! i definitely feel the same - hopefully tog2 will give us more quynh background/screen time and we’ll all have more canon to elaborate on. in the meantime:

here are some blogs that i like who post a good amount of quynh & andy/quynh: @lesbianandromache , @afterlaughy , @nicolodigenovas , @ssungods , @justqueeerious , @themoonwheniamlost (if anyone has other blog recs please reply with them)

there’s also her tags on togsource and theoldguarddaily and the general andy x quynh and quynh x andy tags on tumblr for art! (you could also search [ the old guard quynh ] on tumblr but a lot of the posts on there aren’t about her)

and lastly i went through her tag on ao3 and picked out some that i really liked, so those are under the cut! (and if anyone has fic recs i am begging you to reply/send them to me)

Memories - trigger warning for drowning, death.

character study during her imprisonment, and it is sad, but it has a hopeful ending and i’m always a sucker for those.

Loveable, and Oh, my love, don’t forsake me - 

these are both by dani @afterlaughy which is why i’m grouping them up, but i love her writing! she balances the love and angst very well, andromaquynh fandom legend

raised from the darkest depths - this fic does discuss quynh’s trauma and recovery so be careful if you have to!

i like a good rescue fic! it also considers how lengthy and difficult quynh’s recovery would be pre any type of reunion, but it has a hopeful ending too.

let the water hold me down

this is sad and spooky and strange? but in a good way - i would do anything to set a mood like the author does here.

touch the threshold, it is ancient

it’s very heartwarming and very well written!

worship me not, love me until the end - light gore.

i know 5 + 1 fics have been done many times but this one is so good i really need to yell about it! historical accuracy!! the way they’ve made their mark in history!! a really interesting interpretation of that scene in the desert!! quynh in chapter two alone is one of the best things that i’ve ever read!! angst and humor and godliness with our immortal wives making it through it all :”) 

#andy x quynh #mailbox #i am so sorry that this took so long! i went through the whole tag on ao3 and i didn't want this to be too long #and if you're looking for angstier fics there are good ones there too #i just strongly lean towards happy stuff nowadays #Anonymous #this is in the tags in case anyone has/wants recs #quynh #andyquynh

[aion-rsa]

Marvel’s Loki Episode 5: MCU Easter Eggs and References

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This article contains Loki episode 5 spoilers.

Marvel’s Loki episode 5 is a big one. Yes, we know…last week felt like that. And the one before it, too. But this one really IS, with the entire episode taking place (as DoG’s Kayti Burt put it) on top of a literal “trash pile of MCU and Marvel Comics Easter eggs.”

With that in mind, let’s have some fun with all the incredible Marvel references they managed to sneak into Loki episode 5.

Journey Into Mystery

You probably already know this, but Journey Into Mystery was the book that first introduced the Marvel Comics version of Thor, with Loki following shortly after. The title eventually was just renamed Thor since the Asgardians had become the primary focus of the book for years by that point. However, Journey Into Mystery was revived a few years back, with its primary focus being on the adventures of Kid Loki this time around.

Thanos Copter

The Lokis pass a helicopter with “THANOS” on the side. This is a reference to Spidey Super Stories #39 from 1979. The all-ages comic featured a story of Spider-Man and the Cat (Hellcat) taking on Thanos, who was on the hunt for the Cosmic Cube. He flew around New York City in his own helicopter with his name on the side. The reference comes up as a joke here and there, including an issue of Deadpool. Even Thanos’ giant two-sided blade weapon from Avengers: Endgame has been considered by many to be a sly reference to the Thanos Copter.

Ecto-Cooler

While the Lokis are all drinking wine, Kid Loki is shown drinking Hi-C Ecto Cooler. The Slimer-based citrus drink was a tie-in to The Real Ghostbusters cartoon of the 1980s and lasted into 2001 due to its popularity. Afterwards, it became a fondly-remembered relic to time. Ecto Cooler made a brief return in 2016 to coincide with the Ghostbusters reboot. Sadly, there’s no news of it coming back for the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie.

Speaking of Kid Loki…

Kid Loki

Kid Loki seems to be wielding a flaming sword, which looks an awful lot like Laevateinn, the sword he wielded in the Loki: Agent of Asgard comics.

Polybius

In the background of the Lokis’ lair, we see a Polybius arcade machine. Polybius is a long-running urban legend. Supposedly, back in 1981, an arcade machine was set up in Portland, Oregon, watched over by various men in black. The game was so addicting that it caused fights to break out and horrible side-effects to its players. We wrote more about the decades-old mystery of Polybius right here.

Pretty sure there’s an old Williams Space Pinball machine in there, too but that’s not as wild as Polybius.

The Void

Fittingly, the realm where all the pruned victims end up is called the Void. In the comics, the Void is a dark, inexplicable, and possibly biblical entity that acts as the evil side to the Sentry. During the storyline Siege, the Void murdered Loki, which facilitated his rebirth as Kid Loki.

Alioth

Alioth first appeared in Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1, the same 1993 comic that also introduced Ravonna Renslayer to the world…and one that features Kang as its central villain. Hmmmm…

Oh, and Alioth was co-created by Mobius M. Mobius inspiration/model Mark Gruenwald, who gets another shout later in the episode.

Vote Loki

The “politician Loki” who we see leading (inasumuch as they can/want to be led) the loose coalition of Variant Lokis is modeled almost exactly on the version of Loki from Marvel’s Vote Loki story by Christopher Hastings, Langdon Foss, and Paul McCaffery. In it, Loki ends up running for President, with his ridiculous campaign built on the “honest” deception of openly lying to the American people inadvertently aided by a credulous news media. It’s a good read and you should check it out.

This episode also engages in the old MCU/Star Wars tradition of someone getting a hand cut off…in this case it’s our pal, “Vote Loki.”

Frog Thor

A frog resembling Thor is shown in a jar labeled “T365.” Wouldn’t you know it, Thor #365 is the issue where Loki transforms Thor into a frog. Yes, it was a whole thing. Walt Simonson’s run on the Thor comics is really spectacular.

“Frog Thor” also got a mention in Thor: Ragnarok, during the “play within the movie” seen as “Loki” apologized to “Thor” for turning him into a frog.

You know, there’s even an independent wrestler with a Thor Frog gimmick. Life is beautiful sometimes.

Classic Loki

So it appears that Classic Loki is basically what would have happened if “our” Loki survived the opening of Avengers: Infinity War, which he did by allowing Thanos to kill a duplicate while he disguised himself as some debris. Classic Loki went into hiding and developed a taste for brighter greens and yellows, and aged into Richard E. Grant, before he was pruned by the TVA and found himself here in the Void.

Classic Loki’s line about “the god of outcasts” comes from 2019’s Loki #5, by Daniel Kibblesmith and Andy McDonald:

“I am Loki. God of outcasts. They see themselves in me. And I in them. All of us, alone together. It’s why my stories always end with someone trying to put me in a box. And begin with my spectacular escape.”

Later in the episode, Classic Loki and Kid Loki literally “exit stage right,” in what feels like a very deliberately “stagey” moment that plays on the Shakespearean overtones of all of this.

The Living Tribunal

On the ground in the Void there’s a large severed head…and it’s that of The Living Tribunal, a cosmic entity created by Stan Lee and Marie Severin back in 1967. The presence of a Living Tribunal (even one who is dead at this present time), whose entire purpose for being is predicated on the existence of a multiverse, means that the TVA is trying very hard to cut all ties and any evidence of the fact that the multiverse is already out there.

U.S.S. Eldridge

The USS Eldridge was a real Cannon-class destroyer in the U.S. Navy in use from 1943 to 1992. It was supposedly sold for scrap after it was decommissioned but Loki posits that perhaps it was an unwanted Variant in the Sacred Timeline. Perhaps this is because the ship was rumored to be subjected to the “Philadelphia Experiment” that was supposed to render it invisible to the human eye. The story is sadly probably a hoax.

There’s a not exactly great 1984 movie called The Philadelphia Experiment which adds time travel to the equation, making this little callback even more Loki appropriate.

Is That Stan Lee?

At about 9:38 there’s a mural in the TVA headquarters. On the right there’s a guy in prescription shades, with a familiar moustache and salt-and-pepper hair. We’re not saying that’s Stan Lee, but…

The Castle

Yes, we know, that ominous castle sure looks like Doctor Doom’s  home of Doomstadt, but…it’s probably not (or is it?). More likely, this is Castle Limbo, home of Kang the Conqueror (or…is it?).

We unpacked these possibilities some more here.

The Music

The “heroic Loki” theme at the end sounds like it’s about to break into Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries.”

Speaking of, the regular Loki theme is very similar to the part of the Delfonics “Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love)” that was sampled for Missy Elliott’s “Sock It To Me.” The original (also sampled for the Fugees’ “Ready or Not” and Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.”) was about the inevitability of love, and Missy’s song was about sneaking into somebody’s house to get your back blown out, so basically the same thing. Could have some bearing on Loki and Sylvie’s story.

The music that plays during the “Loki brawl” is this show’s equivalent of Scooby-Doo chase music. That’s a good thing, by the way.

Pixar, is that you?

Was that the Pizza Planet truck? Mobius’s ride, a station wagon with a slice of pizza on top, immediately brought to mind the popular Pixar easter egg/elaborate timeline mcguffin that has appeared in every Pixar movie to date. Also, very nice touch having Lightning McQueen himself drive it.

An even nicer touch is the license plate on the car Mobius is driving: GRN W1D. As in “Gruenwald.” As in (say it with us, kids!) Mark Gruenwald, the Marvel writer and editor who Mobius is based on.

Ant-Man

At one point on the ground in the Void we can spot a gigantic Yellowjacket helmet. Yellowjacket is the codename for several size-shifting superheroes in the Marvel Comics, but is best known to MCU fans as Corey Stoll’s Darren Cross from the first Ant-Man flick. 

Guardians of the Galaxy

There’s lots of crashed spacecraft, one of which kind of looks like the Dark Aster (Ronan the Accuser’s ship in Guardians of the Galaxy), and there may be a Helicarrier hanging around. There’s also a flying saucer that vaguely resembles the ship from John Carpenter’s The Thing, and a pirate ship that if Doctor Doom were actually the villain of this show (he isn’t…or…is he?) would make us think of that character’s very first appearance in Fantastic Four comics, where he sent Ben Grimm back in time to become Blackbeard. No, really.

Miscellaneous Time Variants

The fate of the Lokis is reminiscent of What If? #12, otherwise known as What If the X-Men Had Stayed in Asgard? At the end of the story, after tasting defeat yet again, Loki begged Those Who Sit Above in Shadow to allow him to rule Asgard. They agreed by sending him far into the future at the end of time. As reality started to break down, Loki went out laughing in the face of oblivion.

The bus ad at the beginning is for Calum Ross, who is an editor on the show. 

The shot of all the Lokis walking as the camera swoops overhead is very much reminiscent of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies.

Loki and Sylvie are cold in The Void. But wait a minute, aren’t they both Frost Giants? Why then would Loki conjure a green blanket? Unless he wants a convenient excuse to cuddle up with his Variant…

Loki is drinking “RoxxiWine” pinot noir…out of a box…which is a nice touch.

Is that weird, very large plant in the bowling alley hideout supposed to be a Variant Yggdrasil? Or wait…what if that’s Plant Loki?!? He’s green, isn’t he?

Next to Alligator Loki’s kiddie pool there’s a copy of The Mystery and Lore of Monsters, a 1930 book by Charles J.S. Thompson.

The tower we all keep thinking is Avengers Tower is in fact Qeng Tower, the headquarters of Qeng Enterprises, the company that Tony Stark (mistakenly) sold the old Avengers tower to in the comics.

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Spot anything we missed? (Probably, right?) Let us know in the comments!

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[wiinryrockbell]

I am begging you, please elaborate on your tag about never seeing a Hall and Oates concert

Oh my god I forget people actually read those sometimes

Uh so in 2017 I think? Summer 2017 I got/found out about a fuckin Tears for Fears concert and I was so. stoked. My music of choice is early 80s new wave and needless to say I was STOKED. Thing was it was Tears for Fears with Hall and Oates and it isn't anywhere close to me. It IS close to where my best friend @umbrella-princess lives, I like a couple HaO songs, this is fine.

*Narrator voice* It would not be fine.

I somehow manage to rope Andie into going with me. I drive up to her place, the next day after eating dinner we're running late to catch the train into the city from where we are (running late unfortunately is a hallmark of adhd for both of us). Train parking lots are crazy busy, so we park across the way from the station and as we go to cross the road, on our left is a bus stopped waiting for people to get on. I saw a truck coming the opposite direction, but Andie did not and started to RUN across the street. As I screamed at her, she stopped just. short. of the truck, which continued on (thanks for slowing down guy 👍🏻👍🏻). She actually did get hit by the truck: her hands hit the side as it whizzed by and got scraped up and bruised and just fucked up. Incredibly shaken, we made it to the train on time and when we got to the venue we made our way up to the top floor (after a brief stop at first aid for an ice pack, where one of the paramedics asked if I'd pushed her into the street with a hint of humor) and settled into the nosebleed seats. Only when the concert started did I realize I'd made the rookie mistake of not bringing earplugs. So that sucked. Overall Tears for Fears fucking rocked, HaO was okay but we did leave early halfway through the second song (Maneater, which they added like a 5 minute long instrumental into the middle of) and as we were waiting for our train on the platform, the concert apparently ended like 5-10 minutes after we left.

While waiting for the train (the night isn't done yet, oh no) we sat for almost an hour playing hangman on various reciepts I pulled out of my bag like a girl who forgets to throw away trash, only to read the line map more closely and realize the line that took us directly from the city to where we got on stopped running after a certain time: we would not have to /change lines/. And because we are now approaching midnight the trains don't run as often as they do during the day. Waiting for our last train we watched a fight and cop cars come break it up and in the train car it was us two and like one other person. Until we got to our stop we shared my ipod and I made us listen to more Tears for Fears

This isn't a terrible thing but it was a result of the concert, but me being used to being asleep by a certain time (usually 9/10 PM back then) the longer I stayed up late the weirder I get. Enter another 30 minute drive home and I'm deliriously (but quietly) singing karaoke to the Beatles in Andie's car, and by the time we got back to the house I could feel my voice was shot from the screaming and then the whispering. It hurt like a sumbitch tbe next morning and then we had to somehow figure out how well we could hide her bruised hands from her family

We didn't even think about it for a couple years, and a little while ago she texted me saying (I'm paraphrasing) "I was watching tv and this couple was planning their wedding and the moment they brought in a Hall and Oates song everything was ruined" so we made a running joke of how HaO are harbingers of chaos

#a truly long story for a dumb inside joke jshdksjd #answered #b sorry for finally airing our dirty laundry don't let your sister see this #charmander #and sorry i just saw this... guess ehat it's late again

[sortasirius]

Who He Is

Pairing: Dean/Cas, Dean/Original Male Character

Hi this is very sad and has been sitting half written on my phone for months but anyway Dean is bi and I love him very much.  Sam is also the best brother in the whole wide world.  Also tones of Destiel because I am nothing if not a sack of garbage for my idiots in love.

Words: 1669

Warnings: Abuse, Alcoholism, John Winchester being a homophobic asshole

On my AO3 here.

Dean and Sam staggered into the bunker after a grueling four day hunt.  Supposed to be easy, as they always were, but what was supposed to be five demons turned out to be twenty, and they had only barely finished them off by themselves, which, let’s be honest, was a pretty rare occurrence. So they came back to the bunker tired, smelling like a shitty motel and the road, but instead of trudging off to their rooms for a show and bed, they both dropped their bags in chairs and made for their usual spots at the table, Dean pouring a glass of whiskey while Sam turned on the record player.  Led Zeppelin II.  Excellent.

“So are you gonna spill or am I going to have to ask?”

“What do you mean?” Dean said, collapsing at the table, pushing a glass of whiskey towards Sam.

“What that demon said.”

Dean shifted uncomfortably.  There were about ten billion negatives to all the doors of hell opening at once, one of which was that all the demons that Dean had been trapped down there with knew him, and, unfortunately, knew him really, really well.

“Ah, it was a load of crap, you know how those sons of bitches lie.”

But Sam was clearly not having it.

“Didn’t seem like crap to me.  He said ‘John Winchester hated you long before he went to hell.’ Doesn’t seem like crap to me.”

Dean still saw the black eyes staring up at him, the panic he felt when he realized what it was saying, what it could tell Sam about him.  The shame rose like bile in his throat and he stuck Ruby’s knife in it’s neck before it could elaborate, but it’s laughter and his fear lingered all the way home.

“They were trying to rile me up, I-”

“Come on man, you can be honest with me.  What are you gonna tell me that’ll surprise me?”

Dean laughed a little, rubbing his hand over his face.

“Probably a lot.”

“Then spill.  I’m not here to judge, Dean.  You’re talking to the guy who has a longer list of mistakes than most people have of movies they’ve watched.”

So this was really happening?  Dean was finally having the conversation with Sam that always made his stomach twist in anxiety and doubt.  How far did unconditional love really go, he found out John’s limits years ago, what about Sam’s?

“You don’t know a lot of things about dad and me.”

“What do you mean?”

Dean paused, sucking in a breath, trying to find a little bit of courage, to tell Sam what had really happened to him when he wasn’t around.

“You know Flagstaff?”

Sam looked a little guilty.

“Yeah Dean, I know, I’m sorry.”

“I didn’t just go out to a bar the night you ran away.  I went out to meet this guy I knew.”

Sam looked confused.  Dean didn’t blame him.

“We had passed through there once when I was sixteen, maybe seventeen.  Dad had put us both in school while he went out to hunt...a rugaru I think it was.  And I met this dude.  Weirdo, like me.  His name was Andy.

Dean smiled, thinking of himself in his oversized leather jacket and his arrogant attitude, the only way to make sure that no one really talked to him.  But Andy had come up to him anyway, talked to him anyway.

“And we just...got along I guess.  I hated it when we had to leave.  Probably the only time I pitched more of a fit than you did.  I told Andy I’d look him up if we ever swung back through.  He said he’d like that.  So when we came back when dad wanted to hunt a loner vamp in the next county, when I was twenty-one.  Dad put you in the local high school and left me in charge.  And I looked Andy up, and he was still in town.  So, one night, I stuck you in front of your homework and went out to see him.  And when I came back, you were gone.”

Sam still looked confused, albeit a little sad and still a little guilty.

“What does this have to do with Dad?”

“Because Andy was helping me look for you.  I was pretty much hysterical.  Not only for you but for what Dad would say when he got back.  So Andy and I spent a whole week looking for you, and, uh, Dad found us.”

“Found you?  Found you what?”

“Come on man.”

Sam searched his face, and for the first time in his whole life, he was honest about that part of himself.  He almost kind of expected Sam’s face to contort, showing the same disgust and hatred that John had shown all those years ago.

“Oh.”

“Dad almost killed me.  Let him go, thank God.  But you know how you asked why my face was so messed up when you got back?”

“Dad hit you?”

“He almost tore me apart.”

Dean remembered it so well, even nearly twenty years later.  How John had come in the door and had seen him and Andy together.  How he had picked Andy up by the collar and thrown him out the door.

“Don’t even let me see you again.”

Andy had looked back at Dean, almost like he wanted to fight, but Dean had shaken his head.

He and Sam sat in silence for a while, taking in the truths right in front of them.

“That wasn’t the first time was it?,” Sam asked after a while.

“No, but it was almost the worst.”

“Almost?”

“The night you left for Stanford.”

The color drained out of Sam’s face.

“What did he do to you?”

“You don’t want to know.”

“No, I don’t.  But I need to.”

“He told me if I ever mentioned you again that I’d wish I was dead.  I told him if you could have a normal life, why couldn’t I?  And he did make me wish I was dead.  Had to go to the ER and tell them it was a bar fight.  Four ribs, three fingers, nose, punctured lung, ruptured spleen, and concussion.  Police tried to find the guys that did it.  Never found em, obviously.”

Sam stared at him.

“Dad did all that to you?”

Dean thought about how John had lifted him up by the throat and had said, with murder in his eyes, “you’ll never leave me,” how he had kept Dean on the shortest possible leash for years afterward, desperately afraid that he would leave too.  And Dean had thought about it many times.  He had thought about stealing a car and just hauling ass as far away from the disappointment, from the alcohol-fueled rages, from the white-knuckled hands on the back of his collar when he so much as looked at another man, and just starting over. But he had never been as ballsy as Sam like that and, even in the moments where he hated his father, he couldn’t bring himself to leave him.

“And you stayed?” asked Sam, like he was reading Dean’s mind.

“Yeah, I mean, it was Dad.”

“You didn’t deserve that, Dean.”

Sam looked at him with such conviction that it made Dean’s throat constrict.

“I almost left once.  Hauled ass to Bobby’s to lay low after he tore into me when a ghoul almost got us both killed.“

He remembered Bobby taking him in without a word, even though he showed up at his doorstep at 2am, wobbly from driving all the way from Vermont straight.  Bobby had fed him, cleaned up his bruises and cuts, and had put him to bed.  He slept for three days straight, and when he woke up, John was at the door.  He had begged Dean to come back, told him he needed him, and even with Bobby next to him, a hand on his shoulder, he couldn’t leave him.

“But I don’t know.  He showed up to Bobby’s and I went with him.  You probably think that’s stupid but, I just didn’t want to lose him too.  And if he wanted me, I should probably jump at it, because, you know, there were plenty of times he didn’t.”

They sat in silence again.  Dean not so subtly wiping his eyes on the sleeve of his shirt.

“You ever look up Andy?”

Dean’s heart twisted at the sound of his name.

“Rode back through Flagstaff a while back with Cas.  Just to see how he was doing.  He’s married now, to some lawyer guy.  He owns a bakery.  They have two daughters.  He seems really happy.”

“That’s good,” Sam paused for a second,” Thanks.”

“For what?”

“Telling me.  And you know I’ve always got your back, no matter what.”

Dean loved Sam something fierce right then and he pitched forward, and wrapped Sam in the kind of bear hug he hadn’t given him since he was a teenager.  It sort of felt like he had taken a sponge and washed the dirt and grime off of the Impala’s windshield, like he was able to see for the first time.  And it felt, really really good.

Just as they broke apart, the Bunker door creaked open.  Cas came down the stairs, holding two bags of food from Dean’s favorite shitty diner.  Dean unashamedly lit up at the sight of him.  He felt lighter than he had in years, like someone had taken a fifty pound weight off his chest.

“Hey Cas.”

“Am I interrupting?”

“No,” said Dean, as Sam clapped him on the shoulder, “You remember the pie?”

“Dean, when have I ever forgotten your pie?” Cas deadpanned.

Dean laughed, and as Cas set down the food on the table, Dean reached out and hugged him too.  He held Cas with a freedom that he had never known and when he pulled away, Cas smiled at him softly, and Dean felt like he might be able to live for the first time in years.

#spn fic #ficlet #supernatural #dean winchester #bi dean #sam winchester #castiel #spn ficlet #writing #my writing #destiel #deancas #john winchester is a bad parent pass it on #dean #cas #spn #sam

[kippentrash]

(1/?)The fact that I thought them saying long distance was a metaphor for how the relationship is slowburn is probably far fetched right? I think Rachel will show up in 3x14, that would be some conflict possibly because Marty is shown running with Buffy :o If I'm gonna be honest I think Muffy will get together romantically but once I meet Rachel I'll either be like "love this new character!" or "i want to cry why are you this way" JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY DISNEY I BEG YOU

(2/?) Tyrus tangents always welcome! My heart broke for both of them. Cyrus is already insecure as we’ve seen and this can’t be good for his self esteem :( TJ is obviously going through something and I’m worried for what it is. Did Kira make him insecure? Or was it something different? Either way this emotional conflict (as you pointed out) feels almost bigger than the gun. Because Cyrus trusts Tj at this point, the gun situation was the thing to cement that

(3/3) Totally agree with being outsold like this episode, while hurtful in aspects was so GOOD. We’re seeing Jonah growth, Muffy and Tyrus growth and I am here for it!! Bexie not having a wedding I was actually okay with? Hopefully Andi’ll be okay too. My cats a Burmese! He just reached his 1st year yesterday :) you have a dog??? What breed? How old? Sorry I love dogs they are great animals -ghostie anon

So like this turned out pretty long bc I addressed pretty much everything you mentioned (most elaborately the buildup and teardown of Cyrus) plus more here and there. Like, I’ve typed a lot before, and I’ve put things under a cut before, but this is LONG. Like when I first got into the fandom and typed a weeks worth of responsed for the Andi Mack Month prompts long. SO UNDER A CUT IT GOES LOL (I’m sorry again for it being practically a 5 page essay ;w;)

To summarize: Rachel will definitely be an interesting aspect of the ep, the things showed of Cyrus’s insecurities plus the fact that somersaults are ‘their thing’ makes it all the more painful, I’m really excited to see what specifically they chose to do with TJ and his insecurities, Jonah’s doing better and I don’t want Jandi to ruin that, this episode has some cool parallels to 1x11, and this episode set up so much with each of the relationships I’m ready to see unfurl. Oh and rip Andi bigtime this episode.

Oh and so you don’t need to scroll all the way down, THAT’S SO CUTE MY FRIEND HAS A BURMESE TOO!!! He always looks like he’s constantly terrified lol I don’t think he likes me. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM!!! Doggos are amazing I have a yellow lab and I wub her sm

OKAY ONTO MY HELLA LONG RESPONSE TO YOUR ASKS I LOVE YOU AND IM REALLY SORRY IN ADVANCED 

Ooo that’s a cool thought! Maybe maybe! All I thought about the long distance thing is it was to show that Marty has changed a little during their time apart and that it was a plot device to show that Buffy’s competitiveness can cause her to get in over her head still, as well as you know the Marty worrying stuff. But that’s actually really interesting I hadn’t thought of it that way! I wonder how slow burn they can make it though considering how little is left for them to work with.

Pretty much anything Muffy related will cause conflict when it comes to Rachel tbh. Like just them standing next to one another with her knowledge will be something because of the sheer amount of sparks flying between them when they so much as look at each other LOL (You can see my Muffy stan jumping out). And I’m all for it! No offense Rachel, I know you probably make Marty happy and stuff but like… Muffy. I’m honestly kind of curious how Marty and Rachel’s relationship is going to be portrayed considering it’s going to be sunk FAST and I’m pretty sure Muffy will happen extremely soon after so. We’ll see how that goes. Because Muffy is definitely endgame at this point in my opinion, whether it be ambiguous because Rachel and Marty just broke up and they want to find security in the newly rebuilt relationship they have before starting anything or something they show with full confirmation and commitment on screen.

I’m trying my best to have NO expectations of Rachel so we’ll see what happens when I meet her lol. There’s no character in this show at this point I have ZERO opinion on I think (watch me remember some as soon as I finish posting this lol), so I’m pretty sure that I’ll definitely form some feeling about her in the single episode she’s in. But I’m kind of hoping they’re not that strong of feelings. So we’ll see how that goes I don’t want to feel bad for her but I also don’t want to just despise her for being a buffer between Muffy so. WE SHALL SEE WE SHALL SEE.

As for Tyrus, oh my GODS right? Looking at it from Cyrus’s perspective might pain me even more than looking at it in TJ’s. 

TJ’s the one person who’s constantly believed in him and never seems to be ashamed of Cyrus, and then this happens. He was the first one to tell Cyrus not to let anyone, even himself, tell him what he can’t do. Then take into account that somersault is one of those big moments in Cyrus’s life where TJ was there and believed in him and didn’t seem to be ashamed or put off by it, even though Cyrus and Andi had insisted it was something Cyrus was incapable of. Both him and his best friend tried to warn TJ against it, yet TJ didn’t give up on Cyrus and was so proud when he was able to do it. But now that same thing that TJ had once been proud of and shown no judgment towards and is something Cyrus considered to be their thing is what TJ winds up opting out of. 

It brings me back to s2 when Cyrus said “He wants to be friends with me. Who knows why.” And it makes me really want to cri everytiem. Like you said, the gun situation built up their friendship even more and established its solidarity, and you can tell they got even closer after it. He thought they were comfortable and that he was as important to TJ as TJ was to him (which he IS), especially after the whole “only person I can talk to like this” thing. So TJ not telling Cyrus something, along with that ‘something’ negatively having to do with something he thought was special to both of them, must be a real punch in the gut.  Maybe Cyrus is more secure in himself than I’m giving him credit for and is just feeling betrayed, but I think it’s more of both betrayal, humiliation, and questioning of their whole relationship (which I think I’ve posted about already lol). 

AND THEN if you take when he and Jonah were supposed to wear matching jackets together and compare that to him and TJ in this scenario, I’d think that this feels even worse. TJ was the one brought up doing a matching costume in comparison to him bringing up the jackets with Jonah, and instead of just being a jacket from a random sports game he didn’t care for, this was an inside joke that he emphasized was their thing. So it was bigger and more important. This may be me reading into it too much, but considering being ditched in a situation like this is now something that has happened to him before due to the Jonah thing, he might feel even worse about himself for letting it happen to him twice.

I’m putting a lot of emphasis on the fact that it’s their thing, because even though Cyrus and TJ both saying that in the episode was cute for the simple fact that they say they have a ‘thing’, I feel like by saying that it also draws attention to the importance of what the costume was in their relationship. It was them both being proud of having a ‘thing’ and ‘inside joke’ together. And I kinda keep in mind that Cyrus and TJ had been talking about the costume and its importance to two different people trying to stand their ground against two different costumes. They know both of them found the costume funny and was a cool joke between the two of them, but they didn’t necessarily know how much importance it held for the other. But one party backed out of something that actually holds importance and emotional value for someone they claimed they didn’t really hang out with much and with no warning at all. If it were me my anxiety would make me wonder whether it had actually been important to them at all or if it were all in my own head. ;=;

This scene just feels so built up from so many different times we’ve seen Cyrus feel insecure, and now that TJ’s become someone he doesn’t find himself feeling insecure around and someone he instead finds comfort in, having it all compound into TJ no longer being someone who he can feel he trusts makes it so much worse. Especially since it related to something he felt was important enough to them that he’d opted out of the GHC+Jonah costume.

And on TJ’s side I feel so bad that he feels like turning down Kira for Cyrus is something that wouldn’t normally be accepted, and I’m really curious what route they’re going to go in terms of which aspect of what she said had caused him to change his mind, because really there are a few different things they can go about using. They can draw it on the lines of peer pressure and social hierarchy, fear of being too obvious with how he treats Cyrus, make him question himself/his sexuality, etc. and whatever route they do take will essentially come back to TJ’s insecurity. 

But like I said, TJ’s never seemed to be ashamed of being close to Cyrus before and has never seemed to care about how being friends with Cyrus (or ‘a person like Cyrus’) might affect his image before, so I’m really interested to see what part of his insecurities caused him to ditch Cyrus. He’s in so much pain when he sees Cyrus (Luke OUTSOLD) that it makes me wonder what pushed him to even consider hurting both himself and Cyrus in the process. Especially when you consider the line from 3x7 where he talks about how if he knew Reed had a gun, he definitely wouldn’t have brought Cyrus. So yeah, I’m really curious and hope to see them actually specify what part of her threat caused him to decide to change his mind. They pretty much need to have him give some explanation to Cyrus in order for things to mend themselves.

I also wonder if TJ will feel bad enough about this to avoid Cyrus himself or if TJ’s insecurities will cause him to feel like he doesn’t have the right or can’t talk to Cyrus without it being risky, or if Cyrus will be avoiding him after this or anything. This seems like a big argument type of thing. No TJ next episode means no confrontation for at least a period of time in-universe, and I don’t think it’ll be Buffy and Andi policing Cyrus again this time. Cyrus is his own person, they know that and acknowledge that more than ever after the gun incident, and I think they know whatever he does in regards to TJ will be his own decision and will support his decision like the good friends they are. People are upset at them for jumping to conclusions about TJ ditching Cyrus but fact of the matter is their friend is extremely upset over something TJ caused, and they’re being protective. Sort of like when Amber had done some bad things to Andi, it took Cyrus and Buffy some time on their own to lower their defenses. Plus, looking at Cyrus’s face when he was about to cry after TJ leaves with Kira tells me that while the gun thing wasn’t that personal, this definitely was.

Please say that it’s not a plotline they shove offscreen for an episode like they did with Jonah and Libby before coming back to it. At least show Cyrus having some distress about it and talking about it with maybe Buffy or something. And please please please Andi Mack I beg of you stop hurting TJ like this he’s already gone through so much and he’s NOT EVEN A MAIN CHARACTER SALKDJASKLDJ Anytime he does something like this it will give me flashbacks to “classic TJ” and I DON’T WANT IT TO (okay yes I do because it shows it’s a powerful line and they’re using it to provoke me properly but you know what I mean)

Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. This poor boy. He’s growing into his own person and becoming more understanding that while he should take others feelings into account he also needs to pay attention to himself instead of just always putting on a brave face which I love. But jfc he has the worst timing to make these decisions. Andi already had so many other things just crashing down around her, adding his anvil to the pile was definitely an oof.

I really hope that now that they’re emphasizing both how Andi does not want to be the next ex in the lineup as well as how Jonah finds being in a relationship too demanding that it’s actually building up to a single Jonah endgame, or at the very least an ambiguous endgame. They have it pretty set in stone at this point that Andi and Jonah are fine with their friendship and that Jonah’s been getting himself into relationships he is most definitely not ready for, so with so few episodes left I can’t see how they can turn that on its heel and result in Jandi endgame without some major logic gaps. 

For the love of EVERYTHING Jonah take some time to be single. Amber always needing a boyfriend pales in comparison to you always getting a girlfriend even though you don’t even seem to want one???

Also random but I really like how his decision to not partake in the group costume paralleled 1x11 where Andi decided to not just make decisions to make Jonah happy. I feel like this episode in general paralleled bits of 1x11 here and there tbh. Maybe I’m just reading into it too much but not just Jonah and Andi making their own decisions instead of making everyone happy, but the whole costume aspect vs the prison uniforms, Cyrus wanting to back out of Mt Rushmore vs wanting to change into his own outfit for picture day, Buffy helping Cyrus find an replacement vs Buffy helping Cyrus find a way to use the prison uniform well for his picture, and Jonah not participating in Mt Rushmore just for Andi vs Andi not giving up on her movement and taking off the uniform just for Jonah are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head! I haven’t seen anyone mention it and it’s not like its a big obvious parallel, but it’s just some things I started thinking about after comparing Jonah and Andi’s ‘were we ever’-esque speeches.

AND FINALLY MUFFY, TYRUS, AND BEXIE PLOTS OPENING. 

Like you said, I love the develpoment they’re giving Muffy and Tyrus! Muffy’s being given time to show that they fit like puzzle pieces even after not talking for awhile and that even after they haven’t talked for awhile and left on not the best of terms, they still clearly care for eachother whatever way that is at the moment, and I can’t wait to see how they add to that care and their dynamic as we get to see the rest of Marty’s episodes in the season. Tyrus getting angst specifically related to their relationship like Muffy’s ‘I want it to be real/I don’t want it to change’, Bexie’s proposal(s) and last name decision, and Jandi’s… well Jandi’s everything since pretty much it’s always something personal blown out of proportion for Jandi is something I didn’t expect and am actually excited for the more I think about it! Like yes it’s going to pain me until the show is back, but I’m not opposed to the angst itself lol. So I’m ready to see how they grow and to what extent they grow by the finale!

Bexie not having a wedding I’m actually okay with too. Like there’s really no rush to get married, if they decide later down the line they do want to have a wedding or just want to officiate it that’s fine. They’re engaged, and they’re committed to eachother, and that’s enough for them if they can be a family. Of course, eventually they’ll probably want to go through with at least something small in the future (if you think hypothetically not with the confirmation they’re gonna have a wedding in show) that’s fine too. Honestly, considering they didn’t even go through the process of beginning to date again before proposing, I sort of think it’d be good for them if they prolong the wedding. There’s no time frame a wedding needs to occur post engagement, right?

I do feel bad for Andi though, since she was so excited and working so hard with Cece to plan for the wedding, only for it to not happen since of course it’s not her wedding and she can’t make them get married if they don’t want to. This episode was just so mean to her oh my gosh, from her parents’ marriage to her group costume, they were things she was so excited for but had to rely on others which ultimately fell through and she just can’t do anything about it really. PLUS trying to work out a friends’ relationship and make it work for them even though it’s really not something she should need to get involved with must’ve exhausted her. Trust me, I know. I know the feeling for both the being excited for something but commitments fall through and the feeling of how tiring it is trying to help friends in a relationship understand their own relationship. Lmao.

I think that was about it in response to what you said. Sorry again that it’s so frEAKING long and if you read this far (whether you’re ghostie or you’re just a random passerby on this LONG ASS POST) you a real one and I love you

I should have applied to TyrusChat with this much commentary i stg SLKAJDLKSAJ except I was too socially anxious to apply and have such disorganized thoughts to dump. Whoops.

I hope this made sense. It took me like 2-3 hrs to type this all out while discording my friends (not related to Andi Mack), so yeah. Hope this was a fun read and is somewhat coherent since it’s 2am. No proofreading we die like… dead people.

OVERALL: As you put it best...

“JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY DISNEY I BEG YOU “

#andi mack #muffy #tyrus #askcan trashcan #ghostie anon #i'll reblog this tmrw since you're prob asleep ghostie lol #holy shit this is nearly 3000 words #i pasted on a google doc and it is literally a little over 4 pages long #im so sorry #i love you to whoever winds up reading this #i swear i only type this much on my personal website normally #nobody cares trash #cyrus goodman #tj kippen #jonah beck #andiman #am meta #ig not really meta but analysis? #idk the word #long post #s3e13 #am 3.13 #3x13

[bored-fan-bs-thoughts]

Muffy and Ambi double date?

Sorry this took so long! Hope you enjoy!

Also on AO3

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Andi and Amber watched as Buffy raced Marty around the roller skating rink. Ever since Marty made the mistake of saying he was a pretty good skater, Buffy made it her mission to prove that she could beat him in a race. And she could. Not that it really mattered to anyone but Buffy. Buffy finally heeded Marty’s begging for mercy when she nearly ran over a six year old causing one parent to be very upset. If you asked her though, the child got in her way. When Marty finally admitted that Buffy was the superior skater (mostly just to shut her up), she took his hand and they made their way back to the other couple. 

Andi and Amber had been leaning against the railing for the past twenty minutes. Neither of them were very good at skating. They gave it their best shot for the first two hours by mutually supporting each other, although they would have a couple of bruises to show for it. Now, they were content to simply hold hands while they watched Buffy and Marty compete laughing at the boy’s exasperated sighs at his girlfriend’s competitive nature.

Once they get to Andi and Amber, Andi has her head resting on Amber’s shoulder. 

“You up for some baby taters?” Marty asks the group.

“Please, I’m starving,” Buffy answers, wrapping a tired arm around her boyfriend.

Marty smirks and looks to the other girls. They both nod enthusiastically, eager to get out of the roller skating rink. Once they return their skates and collect their belongings, the four of them make their way towards the famous diner in Shadyside.

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At The Spoon, Marty and Buffy are continuing their fight (or witty banter, as they prefer to call it) as Andi sits braiding Amber’s hair in an elaborate braid pattern. When their food comes, Amber steals a tater from Andi’s plate.

“You should have gotten your own,” Andi reprimands, but the large smile on her face gives her away. This earns her a playful pout from Amber and causes her to cave in. “That’s not fair! You cannot expect me to refuse you when you look that cute.”

“That’s the point,” Amber responds as she tickles Andi and steals another one of the baby taters from her plate. Both the girls giggle. “And you’re cuter.”

“Well, you’re the cutest,” Andi flirts, nuzzling her nose against Amber’s.

“We get it, you’re gay!” Buffy shouts a playful smile gracing her face.

Andi gasps, and puts a hand to her heart, feigning surprise “I am pansexual, thank you very much.”

“Don’t get jealous because we’re cuter than you,” Amber teases.

“Oh you want to compete for that title?” Buffy says rising from her booth.

She is stopped by Marty’s comforting hand on her arm. “Babe,” he starts quietly, “It’s not that deep.”

Buffy sits back down and takes a sip of her milkshake as Amber and Andi go back to their flirting. Andi kisses Amber on the cheek and whispers something in her ear earning a flustered blush from the blonde haired girl.

“I’d just like you to know that we beat you at roller skating,” Buffy mumbles.

“We weren’t even competing,” Amber laughs, “But we totally would have won if it was ice skating. I used to be a figure skater.”

“Of course you did,” Buffy says sighing.

As this pseudo-argument goes on, Andi and Marty lock eyes, laughing at the absurdity of their respective girlfriends as they sip their milkshakes and eat from their baskets of baby taters.

#andi mack #muffy #ambi #double-date #send me prompts

[cyruslookedback]

ive had this idea in my head for a while, and i would get way happier if you wrote it (because it would be more of a suprise.. kinda). can you make a short fic where jonah is like, dared to kiss a boy or something and the people who dared him keep making fun of him because hes too scared to do it so the jonah gets T R I G G E R E D and he goes up to cyrus and kisses him in front of them and everyone except jonah is shook and then cyrus asks cyrus about it later (idrc how long later is) :D

I took inspiration with this, I hope this is in the realm of what you were asking for. Feedback is very appreciated everyone!!

Jonah couldn’t remember how he had gotten himself into this position. Sitting in a circle with all of his closest friends, a bottle in the center of them just asking to be spun. Two of his ex girlfriends a part of that circle as well as his newly discovered crush. This couldn’t end well.

Okay so maybe Jonah had an inkling of hope that he’d spin the bottle and it would stop on Cyrus. They’d kiss and it would all happen in slow motion. There would be fireworks as their friends cheered. He wanted magic.

But what were the odds of that happening? One in nine, that’s what. That’s only 11%. And that was just to get the bottle to land on him. That doesn’t guarantee anything. Yet Jonah still let his hopes rise.

Buffy was the first to spin, and it landed on T.J. of all people. Despite her protest T.J. went in for the kill, only to have her turn her left cheek. Once his lips made contact with her skin, a look of utter disgust washed over her face, sending the rest of the group into a fit of laughter. 

“Come on I can’t be that bad.”

“Keep telling yourself that Teej.”

Next to the spin was Amber. She’d only recently become a part of the Good Hair Crew™. A title that has expanded to many more than just the original three founders. Her spin pointed directly to their newest member, Gus. 

Amber didn’t even flinch. She crawled over to the boy as if he were her prey. The already nervous boy looked as if he was going to pass out, but once her lips were planted on his, a whole new Gus was discovered.

Now it was Cyrus’ turn. Jonah was uneasy at this point. There was no coming out of this unscathed. Either he had to kiss Cyrus, which just the thought of it had him terrified, or he had to watch Cyrus kiss someone else which was even worse. He wanted to kiss Cyrus. He really did. He was just worried that there would be no magic. This was only a game after all. If it lands on him it’s only an obligated kiss and not the requited crush he desired. 

That’s when it happened. Jonah could see right down the mouth of the bottle. His dreams were about to face reality. 

Him and Cyrus dazedly looked at each other. Cyrus didn’t seem to excited about who the bottle landed on, and Jonah didn’t know how to feel. 

“It looks a little like it’s pointing at the open space. You should do a re-spin.” Jonah contested.

“Are you kidding me? It’s dead on. Be a man and kiss him.” Amber countered. She was the only one Jonah told about his crush, or him being bi for that matter. Of course she wasn’t going to let him get out of this that easy.

“I had to kiss Toe Jam over here, it’s only fair.” Buffy added.

“You didn’t even -”

T.J. was cut off by Buffy’s hand covering his mouth

“You know I’m a stickler for the rules.” Cyrus finally spoke up, and it was his approval that sealed the deal for Jonah. He was still shaking, his attempts at mustering up the slightest bit of courage failing once he got a glimpse into Cyrus’ eyes. Cheesy as it is, they made Jonah melt.

Slowly but surely the two made their way towards each other to the center of the circle. It wasn’t happening in slow motion, but they moved slow enough that onlookers might say it was. Once they met, after a few moments of hesitation, they kissed. 

It wasn’t just a peck, and it definitely wasn’t the tongue wrestling session Amber and Gus had prior. It was short and chaste, yet strangely fulfilling. There weren’t fireworks, there weren’t cheers like he had imagined, just a few giggles. And although it wasn’t the magic he wanted, the reality didn’t disappoint. 

That was it. The kiss happened and they continued on with the game. They each had to share kisses with the some of the others a few times. The kiss with Amber really did change Gus, that was for sure, but none compared to the one they had. 

Later that evening as they were all preparing to watch a movie and go to sleep, Cyrus pulled Jonah out onto the patio.

“So… that kiss.” It sounded less like a statement and more like a question. A question Jonah wasn’t sure how to answer.

“It was only a game. You’re the one who’s the stickler for the rules.”

“Look, I’m not usually one to be so forward, but it didn’t feel like it was just a game as you so eloquently put it.” It was like he could see right through Jonah. His glass house was being shattered right before his eyes.

“Okay, so maybe it wasn’t… just a game. I don’t expect you to reciproca -”

Cyrus kissed him, effectively cutting him off in the middle of his word. 

It was magic

It was really magic. This time there were the fireworks. No time seemed to pass at all. It wasn’t forced like before. It was spontaneous and genuine and everything Jonah had dreamed a kiss could be. 

As they parted, Jonah’s mind was begging for more. But he was lost in the boys eyes once again.

“You seriously thought I wouldn’t reciprocate? According to Andi and Buffy I am ‘painfully obvious’ to quote them.”

“You must’ve forgotten that I am ‘painfully oblivious’. I didn’t even know you liked guys let alone felt anything for me.” 

They just laughed.

New revelations between the two had them speechless after that. They could hardly do anything but stand there and smile like the adorable idiots they were. But so were the other eight who watched the entire interaction take place from the window without a curtain.

It wasn’t long before the two noticed the rest stalking them from inside the house. All they had to do was stare at them to get the message across, and they all walked away immediately. Well except of course for Buffy who gave them a thumbs up and a suggestive nod.

“You think maybe tonight was an elaborate scheme to get us to kiss?”

“Honestly I wouldn’t put it past them.

#jyrus #cyrus goodman #jonah beck #andi mack #buffy driscoll #tj kippen #amber brown #gus

[the-archlich]

He Qi’s SGZ

Below is Sun Bofu’s translation of He Qi’s SGZ from the now deceased Empire Divided site. I have made no alterations or corrections.

He Qi styled Gongmiao was a man from Shanyin in Kuaiji. {1} When he was young he served as a minor government official and defended Yan Zhang. There was a county official, Si Cong, who’s actions were villainous. [He] Qi desired to control his acitons. Zhu Bo admonished saying, “Cong comes from a large tribe and the Shanyue are very close to here. Today we could harness him but tomorrow morning the bandits would come.” [He] Qi heard this and was very angry. He quickly beheaded [Si] Cong. [Si] Cong’s clan and family united and raised several thousand troops to attack the district. [He] Qi led the magistrates people to the gates then suddenly attacked. He greatly routed them and took Zhenshan and more. Later people on the Fuchun river rose up in rebellion. [He Qi] moved to defend Mo Zheng. He punished the evil and supported the good. Within a month he had pacified the rebellion.

1. Yuyu Jin: The “He” clan was originall the “Qing” clan. [He] Qi’s uncle, [He] Chun was a Confucian scholar and had rank. During the reign of the Han Emperor Andi he served as a Palace Attendent and the Grand Adminstrator of Jiang Xia. When he left office he avoided Andi and changed his surname to He. [He] Qi’s father assisted him.

In the 1st year of Jian An [196], Sun Ce approached his district and nominated [He] Qi as Filial Pious and Incorrupt. At this time Wang Lang fled to Dongye and Shang Sheng rose troops to serve him in Houguan. [Sun] Ce had the Chief of Yongning, Han Yan, become the commandant of the south and prepare troops to punish [Shang] Sheng. [Han] Yan was defeated by [Shang] Sheng. [He] Qi replaced [Han] Yan and received the commandant affairs. [Shang] Sheng feared [He] Qi’s power and position and sent an envoy to beg for an alliance. [He] Qi agreed and [Shang] Sheng came out to receive his seal. The bandit commanders Zhang Ya and Zhan Qiang did not surrender with [Shang] Sheng. They rebelled together and killed [Shang] Sheng. [Zhang] Ya called himself the Supreme General and [Zhan] Qiang called himself the Grand Administrator of Kuaiji. The rebel soldiers were too few so [He] Qi used his army to stop them. [Zhang] Ya gave some power to his son-in-law He Qiong to cause trouble. [He] Qi then sent a messenger to gain the help of the Shanyue people. The Shanyue agreed to help. [He] Qi then advanced to punish them. In one battle he greatly defeated [Zhang] Ya. [Zhan] Qiang’s faction was very frightened and led their whole force to surrender.

With Houguan already pacified, Jian An, Han Xing, and Nan Ping feel into disorder in the 8th year [203]. [He] Qi led his soldiers to Jian An to set up his headquarters. The families of the region gathered 5,000 soldiers and came to recieve [He] Qi. At this time 5 bandits, Hong Ming, Hong Jin, Yuan Yu, Wu Mian, and Hua Dang, led 10,000 households to station in Han Xing. Wu Wu’s 6,000 households departed to station in Daitan. Zuo Lin’s 6,000 households departed to relocate in Gaizhu. Together they came out to Yuhan. The new drew great concern. The army was sent on a punitive expedition to Han Xing and Yuhan. [He] Qi believed that the bandit’s soldiers were very few. He penetrated them but did not continue. He sent a decree to the Songyang Chief, Ding Fan, to prepare to attack Yuhan. [Ding] Fan came together with [He] Qi and granted him the adjacent cities. When he saw the army he was shamed and was no longer willing.. [He] Qi then beheaded [Ding] Fan. Thereupon the army trembled with fear and there were no more problems. He then divided the troops to stop and prepare. He advanced to punish [Hong] Ming and greatly routed him. He approached and beheaded [Hong] Ming. [Wu] Mian, [Hua] Dang, [Hong] Jin, and [Yuan] Yu all came to surrender. He moved to attack Gaizhu as well as Daitan and their generals came to surrender. All in all he captured and beheaded 6,000 men. He returned and set up a new district and all in all gained 10,000 soldiers. He paid his respects and was granted the rank of Colonel Who Pacifies the East. In the 10th year [205] he punished the bandits at ShangRao and created a new district.

In the 13th year [208], he was promoted to become Central General of the Household Who Dominates Martially. He went to punish the Yi and Xi people of Danyang. When the four counties, Wu Qiang, Xie Xiang, Dong Yang, and Feng Pu surrendered, He Qi reorganized them into a new district. Later, a Xi bandit commander, Jin Qi, stationed on Anle Mountain with 10,000 families. Mao Gan led 10,000 families to station on Wuliao mountain. The Yi commanders Chen Pu and Zu Shan took 20,000 families to station on linli mountain. Linli mountain had 4 flat sides and was several tens of Zhang {T1} high. There was one narrow and dangerous path to the top but it’s appearance what that of a knife. If they tried to come up the bandits would drop rocks. [He Qi] thus couldn’t attack them. [He] Qi went around the mountain and observed a weak spot. He recruited a band of light soldiers to serve to scale the mountain using arrows and ropes. They came to a part of the mountain that was not defended. They used the halberd to climb the mountain and circumnavigate the path. Those who went up first lowered cloth lines to those beneth. Thus several hundred men got to the top. The soldiers spread out all around the bandits then [He] Qi had them beat the drums. The bandits heard the drums in the night from all sides and they knew that the other army was already at the top. They became very frightened and fell into confusion. They didn’t know where to serve and tried to guard the path. [He Qi advanced] and greatly routed [Chen] Pu. All his men surrendered and 7,000 were beheaded. {1} [He] Qi returned to govern the newly conquered lands of Liyang, Xiuyang, Bingyi, Xi and others. [Sun] Quan then divided the land into a new Xindu prefecture and made He Qi the Grand Administrator. He set up his headquarters in Shixin and was promoted to become Lieutenant General.

1. Baopu Zi: Originally Wu dispatched General He to punish the Mountain Bandits, the official army used swords and daggers but could not prevail. Later they shot arrows out in the right direction but could not gain an advantage. General He thought about this then said,“????????,??????,?????,????,??????????????,?????????”???????,???????????,?????????????,??????????????,???????,??????”

T1 – A Zhang is roughly 3.3 meters, however the actual length varied over the course of history.

In the 16th year [211], there was an uprising under Lang Zhi in the eastern protion of Wujun numbering several thousand. [He] Qi came out to punish him and greatly routed [Lang] Zhi. {1}[He Qi] won great merit and [Sun] Quan rewarded him. {2}He gave him a great carriage and an excellent steed.

1. Wu Lu: Jin [region] was changed to serve as Linan.

2. Wu Shu: [Sun] Quan told [He] Qi, “Now is the time to conquer all the land under heaven. The capitol is in the center of China. We send tribute such as ????,?????”??:“???????,????,?????,???????,????,?????,??????????,????,????,?????”

In the 18th year [213], the people of Pengcai, Liyu, and Wanghai in the eastern portion of Yuzhang rose up in rebellion and created chaos with over 10,000 people. [He] Qi punished and pacified the them, beheading their leader. All the others surrendered. He Qi always picked the strongest and best fit soldiers to help defend his regions. He was promoted to be General Who Exerts Himself Martially.

In the 20th year [215], he followed [Sun] Quan to attack He Fei. At one point the enemy came out of the castle to do battle. Xu Sheng lost his position but [He] Qi used his soldiers to ward off the attack, thus he compensated for [Xu] Sheng’s failure. {1}

1. Jiang Biao Zhuan: [Sun] QUan again attacked He Fei. Zhang Liao launched an ambush north of the ferry. It was extremely dangerous. He Qi had 3,000 troops on the southern bank to greet [Sun] QUan. Sun Quan gave a feast aboard one of his warships. He Qi got down from his mat and wept and said, "Your honour is a ruler of men. You should always be heavily guarded. In today's affair, when you almost came to misfortune, your servants were fearful as if Heaven and Earth were falling. We beg you to take this as warning for a lifetime." Sun Quan came forward and wiped his tears for him, saying, "I am grateful and ashamed. Caution is now engraved on my heart, not just written on a girdle."

In the 21st year [216], a Poyang leader You Tu received a seal from Duke Cao and then used his people to rise in rebellion. The people of Lingyang, Shian, and Jingxian all followed him. [He] Qi and Lu Xun punish and defeat [You] Tu and behead several thousand. The rest all greatly fear them and the three Danyang counties surrender. From this they gained 8,000 soldiers. [He Qi] pays respect and is appointed the General Who Tranquilizes the East and conferred as the Marquis of Fengshan yin. He was also given command of the Yangtze defences in Lu Jiang.In the beginning of Huang Chu Wei sent Cao Xiu on a campaign against Wu. [He] Qi was far away and arrived late. His presence warded off Cao Xiu. Earlier the generals assembled at Dongkou had lost many men due to a strong gale. They falsely accused [He] Qi of not assisting as his forces had not crossed the river and stayed on one side just to keep his force intact. Various generals then depended on his force.

[He] Qi by nature was extravagant and elegant and had particularly good soldiers. His soldiers’s armor and weapons was of the highest quality. His ships had elaborate inlays and carvings. He eventually became the General of the Rear and gained the Staff of Authority of the Governership of Xuzhou.

Initially Jin Zong served as a Xiakou General. He used his force to rebel to Wei. In Wei he served as the Grand Administrator of Qichun. He would raid AnLe. [Sun] Quan got very angry and sent soldiers to stop this. After 6 months, he sent [He] Qi to lead Mi Fang and Xianyu Dan to attack Qichun. He thereupon captured [Jin] Zong. After 4 years he died. His son [He] Da and his younger brother [He] Jing inherited his rank. {1}

1. Kuaji Dianlue: [He] Jing served as the Colonel Who Exterminates Bandits. He had strict plicies but he was also kind. The soldiers loved him. He died young. His son [He] Zhi reached the position of General of the Fierce Tigers. His other son [He] Shao also gained rank.

Copyright © 2004-2005 Empire Divided.

#he qi

[holdontohopelove]

AND ANOTHER THING

Spoilers so back it up bitches if you haven’t watched.

Listen, I’m plenty mad at James Duff IRL, but I am mad as FUCK at Sharon in tv-world. You chose to compromise your health for a confession? When the fuck did you turn into Brenda Leigh Johnson, aka the character who was roasted for being a workaholic at the expense of everything and everyone else? You were supposed to have learned from her mistakes! You were the anti-Brenda. The Sharon who started this series NEVER would have risked her life for a fucking confession that they WERE GOING TO GET ANYWAY. What happened to the “deal making process?” What the actual fuck. 

Furthermore, WHAT MOTHER DOESN’T WANT TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER KIDS? Wouldn’t most mothers have chained themselves to a fucking hospital bed to make sure that their kids flew in on time to say goodbye? My God, even if it wasn’t for your benefit, do it for your kids! Sharon knew damn well what she was doing and risking and did it anyway! AND she risked Andy having a heart attack, too. AND this was after he basically begged her to live and said he’d want every fucking minute with her he could have. SO IT WASN’T WORTH GETTING THE SURGERY BECAUSE YOU’D HAVE TO RETIRE AND LIVE A QUIET LIFE? You’d have a life, or more of one, rather than 2 WHOLE FUCKING WEEKS MARRIED TO YOUR HUSBAND. I mean, okay, I won’t argue with you about the transplant list (*eyeroll*) but for real? That was about the most selfish thing I’ve ever seen. AND she fucking dropped and coded in front of her son, husband, and entire team. How was that sparing them? I’d rather live with anxiety about my family member because it would mean that they were STILL FUCKING ALIVE. Nothing about her situation at that moment was a death sentence. She made her own end at the expense of everyone else.

I’m assuming this is all legit because of the Variety interview and the shit show on Twitter, but I guess if it’s all an elaborate hoax, I’ll rescind my comments (mostly). No hate please, I’m in distress and ranting. I’ll take support, kind words, and a pitchfork if anyone has one.

#Major Crimes #Major Crimes TNT #majorcrimes #Sharon Raydor

[celebritylive]

There’s a civil war brewing among the Witches of WeHo.

Tuesday’s episode of Vanderpump Rules picks up right where we left off last week: Kristen Doute lashing out at her exasperated besties, Stassi Schroeder  and Katie Maloney-Schwartz. As a refresher, everyone is frustrated by the never-ending saga of Kristen and her off-on boyfriend Carter, and Kristen hasn’t felt supported by her friends as she navigates the choppy waters they’ve left behind for more stable relationships. At a girls dinner for Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright‘s Miami bachelor/bachelorette extravaganza, Kristen brought up Tom Schwartz “f—ing around on” on now-wife Katie years ago. Needless to say, when the new episode opens, Katie is pissed.

“Why are you talking about Tom f—ing around on me?” she says in a confessional. “It’s apples and oranges, bitch. Get over it.”

As the women yell at one another, Brittany — tiara perched atop her Disney princess waves — begs for peace at her bachelorette party.

“So, this got very negative very fastly,” she says. “I want to try to have some fun still. Let’s, like, try very hard.”

They do, by pretty much avoiding each other in the strip club as the night wears on. The next day, Kristen chooses to hang with the guys by the pool rather than join the girls on the beach, and Brittany once again asks everyone to bury the hatchet for her sake. On their last night in Miami, Kristen and Stassi lock eyes while sipping on cocktails through penis-shaped straws. (Classic!)

“How are you?” Stassi asks. “S— got intense last night. S— got weird.”

“I wish I could say I just want to chalk it up to a weird night, but it wasn’t. It wasn’t a drunk night,” Kristen says. “It was very legit, and it hurt my feelings.”

She feverishly recounts last night’s harsh words and says, “I’m hurt.”

“I’m frustrated,” Stassi replies.

Kristen recounts where things stand with Carter: “We broke up in January, and I know that my ‘breakup’ doesn’t work for you and Katie, and it doesn’t look the way you think it should look — ”

“You’re still together,” Stassi interjects. “He has the keys to your .”

“No, we’re not now,” Kristen insists.

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“Kristen, I would rather you get back together with Carter so you can be free,” Stassi says as Kristen’s eyes widen. “I feel like you want to.”

She elaborates on her stance in a confessional. “I don’t really like Carter, but I love Kristen,” she tells the camera. “And if Kristen being with Carter is what she really needs, and that could allow us to just stop all this bulls— and be friends again, then she should just do it.”

To Kristen, she calmly reiterates that she’ll always have her back: “Kristen! I love you. I am never gonna not be your friend. I need you to really understand that I am gonna be there for you. I am one of your best friends, no matter what. It doesn’t matter who you’re dating or what decision you make. I am still one of your best friends. I understand things have been complicated, but no matter what, you’re gonna have me. Like, I want to be one of your best friends. I never want that to change. I love you.”

Kristen wipes away her tears and smiles. “Thank you. Thank you. I miss you,” she says.

They hug. “I miss you, too,” Stassi responds.

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Though they buried the hatchet on the show, their friendship seems to have taken another hit. Earlier this month, Kristen said she doesn’t know if she’s invited to Stassi’s wedding next fall.

“She’s made it clear that she’ll figure out if she wants to invite me or not as the year moves on. So we will see,” she said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “It’s weird. I introduced her to Beau, so it’s a little weird.”

There’s still hope, considering the hurdles they’ve already overcome. As seen in early seasons of VPR, Kristen secretly slept with Jax when he was dating Stassi, and Stassi isolated Katie and Kristen when she was dating her ex-boyfriend Patrick, reconciling just in time to snag a spot as a bridesmaid in Katie and Tom’s 2017 wedding.

Vanderpump Rules airs Tuesdays (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.

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