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thefrsers · 10 months
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requested by @ashmarie1687: Jamie + praying over Claire in 2.11 and 7.03
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crusty-chronicles · 10 months
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Airheaded S/O Headcannons #10: Kurapika (HxH)
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He is completely dumbfounded by you
Like how did you end up working for the Nostrade family?
How did you even manage to become a hunter?
You have to be faking, right?
I mean nobody just loses Neon's new diamond earrings.
Nobody just trips and takes a whole countertop with them. (Marble countertop if he may add)
Nobody just forgets they can use nen?
"What's your ability?"
"Sometimes if I squint real hard, I can see in the dark."
"Your nen ability????"
"Oh! Don't remember!" 😃
Finds out you are in fact not faking
It kinda reminds him of Leorio
But at least Leorio could read and doesn't have the attention span of a goldfish.
Sometimes he swears he can hear your single braincell rattle around in your head when someone's shaking you in their frustration.
It worries him why you were hired to be a bodyguard
Mainly because the Nostrades had been very thorough selecting candidates.
And you were here before his team got selected.
So Kurapika has a hunch.
He'll make Melody ask you questions and check your heartbeat for lies.
And every ridiculous answer you gave was true
Which irritated him a little
He didn't want a braindead idiot to get in the way of his goal
Buuuuut his opinion of you changes for the better after his fight with Uvogin
He came back feeling defeated, even though he won
The blood on his hands was icky and he had gotten no information out of the ordeal.
The only thing he left with was an even worse hatred for the Phantom Troupe.
The very same people who didn't remember they had massacred an entire clan.
He arrived at the hotel when mostly everyone had left.
Everyone except you and Melody.
He eyes were still that scarlet color, not bothering to hide them.
Then he felt arms wrap around him and went to lash out, wanting anything but to be touched right now.
Except his movements stopped completely
And he became completely calm and relaxed.
"Your eyes are really pretty like this, but I don't like you mad. Just calm down a little, okay?" It was you.
And why had you said that to someone you barely knew?
Why were you trying to comfort him?
And why had he let you?
He realized this was your ability: controlling emotions. Or at least altering them.
It was...nice
He hadn't been hugged in a while.
And yours was warm.
The scarlet at last fading away.
"Thank you for that... I appreciate it."
From then on he's seeking you out.
With melody, he has to be cautious with what he says.
He doesn't want to say anything that would frighten her or complicate things for himself.
But if he's talking with you, he could say just about anything and you'd listen.
You would have no clue what he was talking about, but you would be there.
And it was like talking to a wall
Except the wall brought temporary joy into his very dark and devoid world.
A bright light that couldn't be darkened no matter what thanks to your naivety.
And maybe it's endearing when you trip on air in public and say-
"I'm stumbling over my success."
Maybe it makes him smile when you ask about his nen chains and narrow it down to 'a portable prison.'
Maybe he does want you to fill the silence he's used to with ramblings about 'why vases are too fragile these days.'
He may like you, but his motive comes first.
His clan's eyes will always come first
However, he can't stop himself from indulging with what might be a happy future with you.
Especially after seeing you cave someone's skull in with one punch during a task from the Nostrade family.
He's so relieved that yes, you had great physical strength and a useful ability.
It means he'll let you follow him to fulfill his vengeance against the Spiders
He only babies you when it's something serious.
Like if you're about to chop your finger off while cooking.
He's running into the kitchen and taking the knife from you.
"Y/n, what do you have?"
"A knife 😃😃😃"
"NO!"
Or if you're about to get hit by a car because you saw something cool across the street.
He's using his chains to pull you back, and then proceeds to lecture you for the next ten minutes.
But anything else?
No. You can figure it out.
If you're lost, you'll find him eventually.
If you swapped out the pepper and salt, he's laughing, but hopes you learned your lesson.
You brought the wrong item at an auction?
Good luck explaining that to Neon and her father
Doesn't buy you fancy things because he knows you don't care about stuff like that.
Instead, he'll leave you little notes where he knows you'll find them.
He tried to take you to a nice restaurant for dinner claiming it was to 'Keep up the Nostrade's Appearances'.
It was just him being a little embarrassed to admit it was a date.
And you know what happened?
You two got kicked out because you kept breaking the fancy silverware and plates.
But it did make him laugh to see you try to hide the evidence under the table cloth
Calls you: my love, dearest, sunny, little clown, baby (derogatory), and if he's feeling playful-mighty warrior.
He has trouble communicating, so having a stable relationship is difficult.
But he tries, even if he's not there all that much.
Won't feel jealous, but instead a little insecure that you would get bored and leave.
Even if he knows you're a fool with a heart of gold and would never do that
It's just the part of his brain that has to consider every possible outcome.
But if the way your eyes light up every time you see him, even if it's just been five minutes, is anything to go by....
Then he has absolutely nothing to worry about.
Kurapika just hopes his pursuit of his clan's eyes don't scare you away or dim the light you bring with you.
UP NEXT: Monkey D Luffy
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An: Sorry it took longer than usual, the fucking heat is draining and it makes me lazy 🫠
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whatitshouldvebeen · 19 days
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Imagine making the decision to stay alive by pretending to be into Johnny (because he's cocky and a narcissist which you clock the moment you hear him open his mouth) only it backfires because you actually start to fall for him in a twisted way
Johnny's Kitten
Summary: You'd been waiting so long to die you had time to formulate a plan to keep yourself alive.
Word count: 838
Warnings: Stockholm syndrome-esque in which you think you're playing him buuuuut he is pretty cute....
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You and your friends were caught over a week ago, and slowly, you've heard each of them being collected from the adjacent basement rooms, never to be heard from again. Now, it's down to you. As you sit on the floor with a chain collar around your neck, you have nothing else to do but wait to die.
One thing you managed to glean from hearing the man who calls himself Johnny come to collect your friends was just how cocky he is. He would brag about how easy it was to capture you and your friends who had been swimming at the nearby lake. When your best friend John tried to fight back, the man actually seemed to grow excited, killing John on the spot and laughing about it.
He's clearly a lunatic, and a massive narcissist.
And you know exactly what to do to survive.
Johnny only ever came to collect people for slaughter, so you knew once he opened your door that your time had come.
Instead of panicking, you smiled, your eyes roving over his muscular body, stopping on his dark brown eyes beneath a head of slicked-back black hair.
Johnny stopped in the doorway and looked at you curiously. “Whatcha smilin’ about?”
“Oh,” you said, acting like you didn't know you had been. “I guess I didn't expect you to be so handsome.”
He cocked his head, but a small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. “What?”
“Well, obviously you're tough and strong. I heard how you handled the others. But I didn't think you'd be so good looking,” you responded. You considered twirling your hair before stopping yourself. No need to be too ridiculous—he's eating this up.
“Always happy to surprise. But honestly,” he said, walking closer to you, “when I grabbed you from where you'd been laying out in the sun and you screamed… that's my favorite kind of surprise.”
He expected to intimidate you, and you knew it, so you laughed. “Yeah, that was pretty surprising. But if I can be honest too…” you leaned in as far as the chain would let you, “I always wanted to be kidnapped. Is that weird?”
“Now I ain't never heard that one before,” Johnny said as genuine confusion mixed with interest crossed his handsome features. “Why's that?”
“Isn't there something romantic about someone capturing you, taking care of you, becoming the only way you ever experience another human being? And it sure as hell beats going to work and paying taxes.”
Johnny snorted, then knelt in front of you, one arm resting on his bent knee, his bowie knife dangling idly between his fingers.
“You're a peculiar one.” He smiled wickedly. “And what do you think about the fact I'm gonna chop you up into pieces and eat you?”
You paused, then returned his smile. “I think that sounds romantic. I'd be a part of you, then.”
Johnny barked a laugh. “Damn, you're full of surprises.” He sets the tip of his bowie knife under your chin. “You really think I’m handsome?”
You wanted to nod, but decided against moving your head with a blade so close. “Yeah, I do.”
He leaned in and kissed you, then, moving the knife to your clavicle. And you returned his kiss, with fervor. So much fervor that he used his free hand to grip the back of your hair, doing as close to devouring you as possible without literally doing so.
And a small part of you ignited. You realized you weren't just pretending to survive.
Some part of you actually, truly did like him. This. The feeling of his tongue exploring your mouth. The teeth used to chew up your friends tugged at your lower lip, and you moaned.
Damn it, you really liked this. You didn't even notice when he put the knife back in its sheath.
“You weren't kidding, sugar,” he said with a breathless laugh. When he pulled back, you chased his lips to the end of your chain, and a flash of what you thought might be affection glinted in his eyes.
“You sure look cute tugging on your lead like a little starved kitten,” he said, using his free hand to stroke your hair. “I think I might have a use for you still.”
“Yeah?” You asked, though you've already realized you're ready to accept whatever that use is.
“Come on, kitten. Be quiet so the others don’t hear.” He unlocked your chain and wrapped it around his fist. You followed him on your hands and knees obediently out of the room, not making a peep. He led you out of the basement through a cellar door, and the sun-baked dirt was so hot it singed, but you kept crawling until he took you to the wooden door of an old shack with a cow skull over it.
“Welcome home, kitten,” he said as he opened the door to your new cell—one, you realized, you wanted all along.
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ltleflrt · 3 months
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just send the op an ask?
I'm assuming this is in response to my request for gender tags on Tav and Durge posts for bg3 fandom? I hope it came across polite, I am not trying to make waves, I truly think it would be a good idea for the fandom.
You can't see it on this blog, but on my dedicated Astarion side blog I reblog at least 20 things a day, it has a full queue of 1000 plus a few hundred more in the drafts waiting to be queued. I'd probably get flagged for spam if I sent as many asks every day as posts that I'm seeing with unclear Tav/Durge genders lol
And besides! It's not always about stuff I want to reblog! Some days I want to just see the boys! Sometimes just the girls! Maybe I'm feeling trans or enby love, but how the heck am I going to FIND them if people aren't tagging them? The bg3 fandom is booming, and there's no way I could get through all of the thousands of posts to find the niche thing I'm looking for that day if I can't narrow down my search a little bit. Right now I do that by character or pairing, but since there's very little to no gender tagging, that's as far down as I can whittle it.
That's what tagging is for! It's for filtering stuff out, yeah, but the original reason tags were used on tumblr was to FIND STUFF!
Help me find your stuff! Especially since m/f stuff is a lot more prevalent, and I want to find my alphabet soup squaddies in the fandom too!
There are no traditional gender markers that I can trust in a fandom based on a game where you can mix and match the dangly bits, ya know? I can't always use the character name, because it's a fantasy setting, and many names are non-traditional. And not everyone is using pronouns when gushing about their baby in the post captions.
I have mistagged some things I've reblogged because I tried following traditional gender markers. A few of the OPs have messaged me and asked me to fix it, and I am very happy to do so. I love and respect your child and will correct myself.
Buuuuut, if you'd tagged them in the first place, it wouldn't be an issue 😁
Is it really so bad to ask for folks to add a gender tag? Let's get it started now, so that future fandom babies can go on tumblr deep dives and not get lost in the dark depths of general tags.
(To those of you who are already using some kind of tag, thank you, I see you, and I hope you find a pretty rock to decorate your desk with.)
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intheticklecloset · 8 months
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Hihihi I just wanna say happy you’re back and love your all that you write but was wondering if you could do lee akutagawa and ler dazai with ribs. If not that’s completely ok and thank you for taking the time to read this I hope you have a great day❤️❤️
Ahhh I'm very late filling this request but I was so happy to get it and work on it! Thank you so much for the opportunity to write for these two! I couldn't help but make it just a liiiiittle longer, hehe. 💖
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For years, Akutagawa had craved Dazai’s attention.
At first it was just that – an acknowledgement of a job well done, a satisfied nod, a proud smile, literally anything that let Akutagawa know he was doing well in the eyes of his mentor.
But then Dazai left the Port Mafia, and the weretiger came along, and his desire for attention became something…more. Now he wasn’t satisfied with a simple “good job.” He wanted affection. A hug, a ruffle of his hair, a pat on the back. Something physical. Something that would help satisfy his craving for the touch of another human.
But of all the things Akutagawa had had in mind, this most certainly was not one of them.
“I said ‘well done,’” Dazai told him with that tiny smile he reserved for when he was about to do something completely out of the blue. The brunette reached for him, and Akutagawa flinched on instinct. “What more you do want?”
“Anything,” Aku rasped, then cleared his throat and glanced away. “Never mind, Dazai. I’m grateful merely for the slightest attention from you.”
Dazai hummed. “Are you sure? Then why do you look like you want a hug?”
Akutagawa had to bite his lip to keep from gasping at the idea. It wasn’t that he was attracted to his former boss in that kind of a way – the universe had seen to it that the weretiger be the sole recipient of that honor – but the thought that he might actually get something so personal from the man he’d long admired was…well, overwhelming.
“No?” Dazai asked when Aku took too long to respond. “Then…maybe something else?”
Akutagawa finally dragged his eyes up to look at him. “Like what?”
There was that tiny glint of mischief. Aku barely had time to register it before Dazai was suddenly very much in his personal space, and the terrible, overwhelming urge to laugh rose up in him. He slapped a hand over his mouth in horror, his brain taking a few extra seconds to process why such an absurd idea would even cross his mind.
Dazai’s fingers were deep in his ribs. He was tickling him.
Shit.
“Wait!” Akutagawa’s voice was pleading, though he didn’t mean for it to be. His lips trembled as he fought off a smile. “Wahahahahait, no!”
“Atsushi says you have dimples,” Dazai commented casually, eyes scanning his features, looking disappointed that he couldn’t see any.
Blast that weretiger for ratting him out, and blast Akutagawa’s stupid pride that he couldn’t even stand disappointing Dazai even in this way.
He let himself give in and smile – really smile – just long enough for Dazai to exclaim, “Oh, you do have dimples! How adorable~”
“Stohohohohop!” Aku begged, raspy laughter escaping his lips as he squirmed. “Unhahahahand me at once!”
Dazai nodded sagely. “Atsushi told me you’d say that. Those exact words, even. ‘Unhand me.’”
“Dazahahahahai!”
“Buuuuut…” the brunette grinned playfully and wrapped his arms around Aku’s waist, further trapping him and tickling the backs of his ribs all in one move, making the younger man’s laughter rise in pitch. “He also told me you didn’t mean it~”
Akutagawa was going to kill the weretiger one day. A slow, torturous, painful death. But in the meantime, he had to find a way out of this predicament.
“Dahahahahahazai…!”
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lucid-ao3 · 2 months
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2024
Hello! I haven't updated tumblr in a while soooo decided to make a (long) post about what I'm currently working on and what I've posted recently:
MLB Writing Updates
1. In December I posted A Holiday Wish. It's a fun little few-shot where Adrien gets a gift from Plagg and sees what life is like if Ladybug loved him back. Shenanigans ensue. I really had fun with it. It's a companion piece to my story 'A Birthday Wish', wherein Marinette gets a similar birthday gift from Tikki. I always had the idea of "hmmm what if this was Adrien and Plagg, instead?"
2. I also wrote, in December, a fic for a gift exchange where the duo visits the Shadyverse. It's holiday themed, and I reallyyyyy enjoyed writing the piece. I was able to dive into Shadybug's life and paint a picture of what that universe may be like for her. I may expand on the universe simply because it's SO unexplored and interesting to write/create. I can really do anything with it! Some minor head canons were: Marinette's parents are divorced, Marinette lives alone, her still lives in Paris but is distant, her mother lives in China (estranged), Ladybug and Adrien are together, GabeDad is kind and loving, Marinette's second home is the Gabriel Mansion, Marinette lives alone, the bakery is a chain that churns out mediocre sweets.
I LOVE LOVE writing Adrien Angst - as many of you know - and the Shadyverse lets me flip that into Marinette angst in a similarly delicious way.
3. My Antidote story is 10k words and complete in my eyes but... it's also not complete. I want to post it but it ends abruptly and I don't want to disappoint readers. I'm uninspired to write a big final battle. TBD - may post before the end of the month.
Harry Potter Writing Updates
1. I posted my first ever triad smutfic. It's raunchy and *ahem* well I like it lol! Dreomione anyone? Check it out! Rated Explicit! Title: Disobedient
2. My Veela!Draco 8th Year story is coming along. I've recently been struck with inspiration. At the moment I have 28k words written. I'm thinking it will be around 45k by the time I'm done. It's spicy, but I'm also trying to do a solid "Draco is a new man" characterization that is believable, so the love story doesn't fall flat among the smut. I hope to start posting before May (fingers crossed!!)
3. I think I'm going to finally cross-post my old, old, first ever fanfiction, 'A Tale of Cinderella' to ao3. I've edited that thing about 100 times and it's evolved into something post-able. I'll post it all at once. Maybe tomorrow. Dramione/Rated G/Fifth Year Cinderella-esque romance
Zutara Writing Update
1. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned I have a Zutara story in the works, but I do. It'll be rated PG. I wanted to post it before the Live Action came out buuuuut not all things work out. Still, I have a lot of fun writing it and hope to post it by the end of the summer. Summary: "What if Katara healed Zuko's scar in Ba Sing Se, and Aang fully unblocked his final Chakra, releasing all worldly tethers (and Katara) and allowing him to master the Avatar state? Zutara book 2/3 divergence." What do you all think? Does it sound interesting? I'm shaping it around the cartoon so some chapters include things like [watch book 2 episode 20], etc. I want it to be as canon as possible - but Zutara!
WOW THIS WAS A LONG POST. I didn't realize how much I've been doing writing-wise. I'm happy I spent the time to type this all out even if no one reads it :)
Thanks all xo
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iepurasdepraf · 11 months
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Hello, ah-
I have a promo of what I'm working on. It's not edited and is the rough draft, buuuuut I wanted to get something out there to give myself a little
Incentive to finish, you understand? Don't get too attached. I may yet switcharoo a thing or two. It's Arkham Jervis by the by. Mary Ann is essentially a y/n... I should probably explain that later, but anyway!
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I hope you enjoy the morsel.
A half sunken city left to mold and crumble would normally make for an interesting if morbid opening for a fairytale. As would taking shelter in the attic of an abandoned house and turning that damp hovel into a passable hidey-hole for two lost dreamers. Which a man who called himself both mad and a hatter was in the midst of. Calling out to his friend with glee “Oh look! Mary Ann! Mary Ann, come look!” An expert in making trash into treasure, the finding of Christmas lights sent him reeling into a giddy state. He had woken up bright eyed and bushy tailed and hadn’t lost that spirit for an instant even in the rising water and inclement weather.
However, said Ann of Mary didn’t look away from the ladder she’d been staring down at for the past hour or so though normally she would have come with a skip at his beck and call putting a damper on the Hatter’s excitement somewhat. “Mary Ann?” Once more did not answer his call, it was as if she didn’t hear him at all. This was a vice versa of their usual and Jervis wasn’t sure what to think of it. 
He took offense at first, how dare she, after all, not give him her full and undivided attention! Then after a moment and impulsive thought wrangling he only pouted. It wasn’t like she was a pawn, she had her own thoughts and feelings and- what was she looking at? With lights in tow, shuffling in oversized boots he makes his way over to peek over her shoulder. Mmm… water? Just water and soggy furniture. How boring. Not even anything swimming in it. Stinky, smelly thigh deep, to him, Gotham Bay water. 
More important than all that though was that she was frowning he noticed. Poor sweet Mary Ann, was she scared of the water? Worried? It wouldn’t come up this high. That’s why they were up so high after all. Though maybe she didn’t know that. She’d not experienced Arkham City as he had after all. 
“Mary Ann” He said one last time a little tersely this time and when she didn’t respond he tossed the lights over her. Tangling her up like a tuna in a net to drag her deeper into the attic away from the distracting portal to a dreary reality. “Jervis!” “There she is!” “Get this off me- what is this?” “Why, I’m so glad you asked! They’re lights. Fairy lights, Mary!” “I’m very happy for-” He pulled the cables playfully and she came to attention in a way he’d never seen before. So quiet… so red in the face. Ah. Jervis was mad, but not a fool. He knew that look. Seems they both just learned something about dear sweet Mary Ann. 
What fun! 
Something to pass the time then? Something to… distract her. That was a passable excuse. 
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andiwriteordie · 1 year
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why do you call it maroon fic ?
REMI! hi! ok i love this question & i'm gonna be long-winded about it because i'm a nerd. and i love writing. and byler. and taylor swift. so. you get a free maroon/byler analysis for your saturday.
a real fucking legacy, to leave is also called maroon fic whenever i post stuff because the title comes from the song maroon by taylor swift! this is one of my favorites off the midnights album, and i just have a lot of thoughts in general about this song buuuuut
when it comes to byler, i really enjoy thinking about how, when stripped down to a bare skeleton of a story, theirs is a story about love and loss. we meet two childhood friends, first through mike's eyes, and the whole first season is about mike trying to find his lost friend. and in some sense or another mike has been trying to find will (and will trying to find his way back to mike) since s1, because of the kidnapping, the possession, and the tension in their friendship across s3-s4. it's a story about two people who love each other but keep losing each other, especially when we consider it from mike's pov (catch me crying at the "maybe i lost you" line in s4).
anyways, with maroon now! one of my favorite parts of maroon is how the first chorus switches from the line: and i chose you, the one i was dancing with to the line and i lost you, the one i was dancing with. it's a simple change, but it tells the story taylor is sharing with us so incredibly well. it's a story of how this narrator went from choosing this person they love so much to losing them in the end—which i think just really mirrors mike's story very well in stranger things! will went from being such a priority in his life—so much so that he says meeting will is the best thing he's ever done—to then just time and time losing will again, first from the upside down then from his own distance and mistakes.
and here's where i get really nerdy, thanks to @wiseatom who pointed out that the official taylor swift music video for maroon has an incredibly niche detail within it:
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that's a real fuckin' legacy, to leave
the comma between the words "legacy" and "to" add another little layer of nuance to the meaning behind this song, which i just looooove. that comma placement shifts the meaning slightly, implying that the legacy itself is leaving. the legacy left behind by the partner taylor is singing about in the song is leaving her.
so then, circling back to byler and from mike's pov, i could go on and on and on about how mike has a need to be needed and wanted and a fear of abandonment that stems from that, but i won't lol. the point i think about here is how the theme of love and loss is intertwined with byler as a whole, but then also specifically in this line, getting to explore the potential of mike's thought that it is, in a way, will who keeps leaving. mike keeps losing will, maybe not always as an intentional action on will's part, but it is always mike who loses will.
allllllll that to come back around and say this: i wanted to write a fic that explored the themes of love and loss in byler's story and then maroon came out and it just fit. the story kinda pieced together as it was about two people in a relationship, hence why i chose to explore established byler, so we could see those themes amplified to a greater extent than we even see in the show. :)
i could've answered that in 2 sentences, but i didn't bc i'm a nerd. so happy saturday 🤣
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avrablake · 2 years
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Heeey, happy Blorbsday, Avra! Today, I just really need to know more about Mel. :O Any chance I can get you to just *unload* about her?
Hey thank you! I'm so glad you asked! She may be a side character but I love her.
Some things to know about Mel:
Her full name is Melinda Gale. Calling her Melinda is a sure way to get on her bad side
she is super sweet and kind hearted but she also doesn’t take crap from anyone
she comes from a wealthy family in the Military’s capital
she joined the Military because her father was pressuring her to get married, and she did not want to—at least not to anyone her father arranged for her to meet. A Military career is actually highly esteemed so he was ok with that, and even thought she might make some favorable connections that would lead to an advantageous marriage
needless to say he does not approve of Gram
she’s a foodie. she loves high end food and is especially interested in unique dishes with aesthetic presentations
she loves color, but especially pastels. Her room is decorated in lots of different soft colors
she collects plushies
she is Nolan’s second in command
Now I’m going to go off a bit about her and Gram
Gram and Mel were in training together, with Nolan as their commanding officer. She was attracted to him right away and was disappointed when she learned he was already with someone. She's not the type to be jealous though and she wasn't going to let her disappointment keep her from making or being a good friend.
After Aly died Mel was there for Gram as a friend. It drew them closer together and he eventually realized that he'd developed feelings for her too. They started dating and things were going really well.
Then Nix came into the picture.
Meeting Nix stirred up all Gram’s old hurt and grief. Mel is pretty empathetic person so she understood why he reacted the way he did. She also understood his point that Nix probably didn't have a lot of control over the things he did while he was in the Syndicate. She agreed with Gram in thinking that the Military should be lenient, and maybe try to rehabilitate him. But she's also a practical person. She likes a good adventure, but she isn't reckless. Aside from gently voicing her opinions, she recognized that there was nothing she could do for Nix so she let the matter drop.
Buuuuut Gram being Gram, he couldn't let things go. He broke Nix out of prison and of course was punished for it. He was demoted and essentially sent into exile. She felt hurt at first, that he would do something so reckless without considering her.
“I told you not to do anything stupid.” she told him, her voice shaking slightly. 
“What was I supposed to do Mel? I couldn’t—”
“I don’t know, Gram,” she spat. “I don’t know. But whatever it was, throwing away your entire future wasn’t it.”
She eventually forgives him though.
“I’m sorry this affects you too,” Gram told her, reaching for her hand “I’m sorry I—”
She held up her other hand to stop him. “Don’t. We both know you’d do it again, given the same choice. We both know you aren’t sorry. And I don’t want you to be. You may have made a mess of things, but you did what you thought was right. I’m okay with that.”
“But I am sorry that I got you caught up in it,” Gram insisted, “That you had to be punished because of it. And I’m sorry for what this does to us.”
“Well I’m not going anywhere,” she told him, twining her fingers with his. “Someday will be the right time for us. That time just isn’t right now. If you need anything Gram, contact me. Please.”
She doesn’t hold it against Nix either. She secretly helps them out from time to time. She gets to where she cares about Nix a lot too.
Eventually things do work out for Gram and Mel.
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thiscrimsonsoul · 2 years
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What are your headcanons for Earth 838 and its Wanda?
{out of paprikash} I don't have a solid set of headcanons that I work off of specifically, but I have thought a lot about who 838 Wanda could be and what's happened in her life as compared to 616 Wanda.
There can only be one Scarlet Witch, right? And she's not born, she's created. Through... pain and suffering, it seems. So then it stands to reason that 838 Wanda, not being the Scarlet Witch, has not suffered like 616 Wanda has, or at least not nearly as much. So I'm guessing her Pietro might still be alive, and so might Billy and Tommy's dad. I feel like she might be an ex-Avenger, maybe she retired when she got married and/or had her boys. I say that because she and her boys are speaking English, so I assume that she came to the U.S. after everything with Hydra, if that even still happened. Maybe her parents aren't even dead, but I feel like they probably are, otherwise what reason would she have to be in America if not because the whole plot with the Avengers still happened?
But obviously the events of AoU happened differently because Ultron never went evil (Ultron bots seem to be protecting people in he 838 universe), which likely means Vision was never created by Ultron. I feel like Vision doesn't exist in 838, he was just never made at all. So 838 Wanda has to have been with someone (whether she still is or she's a widow or she's married or not) other than Vision. This makes a lot of sense because the boys never seemed to have any of Vision's traits, whether aesthetically or powers-wise. As much as I love Vision, I don't think he was meant to be the boys' father.
They're actually alive and flesh and blood in 838, which means their dad is likely a human and probably White given that the boys don't seem to be even slightly tanned, so..... I'm looking at you, Steve, lol. No, I have no idea who the dad could be really, but he's probably a White dude just based on how the boys look. Also it probably isn't anyone with powers of their own because the boys only have Wanda's powers (and Pietro's, likely by virtue of her sharing some genetics with Pietro because of the whole twin thing). So I mean, Steve could be a candidate, certainly, but I don't really know who else. Thor? Heh. Nah, they'd have lightning stuff. Tony? I don't think he's in 838, though, and that ship is somewhat rocky at best unless he never killed her parents. Maybe we don't know the boys' father at all, he could just be a regular guy. Or maybe this 838 universe has a human version of Vision in some way? Victor Shade anybody? ;)
I feel like 838 Wanda is a lot more mentally stable and is in a better place in her life, likely because she still has Pietro and the father of her boys is probably also still alive. She hasn't gone through losing nearly as many people she loves and she has her nice little nuclear family going on and she's happy being a mom and maybe also a wife. Maybe the boys' father just wasn't home at the time the movie events occurred and that's why we didn't see him. Maybe in some future movie we'll find out who he is, though I seriously doubt it.
I also feel like Earth 838 still has a Sokovia? Because if Ultron never went evil then it probably wasn't destroyed. For all we know, Wanda and Pietro didn't even volunteer for Hydra stuff in this universe. All we know is that she's suffered less that 616 Wanda, but we don't know to what degree. If she hadn't been through the experiments then maybe 838 Wanda's powers have just been developing naturally and are weaker or more limited because of that.
The possibilities are kindof almost endless, but they did give us some clues that eliminate some choices for us, like knowing she suffered less and that Ultron was apparently successful in this universe. I hope we get to see more of 838 Wanda in the future, buuuuut... I'm guessing we won't. It would have been cool to know more about her, though.
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lostsouls-house · 8 months
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You know what? This is the last I'm going to openly post about this buuuuut;
I am still salty. *You* claim you remember what happened between us, but you're not the one with the server we actually talked on. I have the entire history and even out of context the way you treated me was never okay. You're manipulative and you use your truama to make others excuse your behaviour.
I wish you never came into my life. Every time I try to make friends in the System community, there you are. I can't come back to a place that made me happy because *you* ruined it for me. How dare you assume so much about why I was upset and then block me before I can say my piece. I'm so tired of you running from your issues "on the advice of friends". You just don't want to be told you were in the wrong.
I hope you understand it was never about interest. I fell hard for you, but you took it too far too fast and made it weird. That was YOU. NOT ME. You made so many assumptions in your half assed 'apology', you have no idea what really upset me. I wish you had been different, but instead you hurt me for no reason.
Don't you dare contact me again. I don't want to hear from you, but I bet you're watching my blog. Maybe the next time someone is interested in you as a person, you won't give then weird ultimatums and restrictions on where and when they can post.
So Long and Thanks for All the Truama.
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So I’m currently having some feels about Santana’s lyrics in “At the Ballet” and can’t decide whether to accept this as canon or not in terms of what her relationship with her Dad was like. On the one hand, beautiful angst. Love that for me. On the other hand, not every glee song lyric was meant to be taken literally in relation to the character singing it, so obviously context is key. Buuuuut the context of that song is that ballet was an escape for them all, so… maybe that is what her Dad was like??
Anyway, I’m stuck in a loop and thought you might have an opinion on that particular performance as it relates to Santana’s family life? Maybe you don’t, but if you do I’d be interested in hearing it!
Oh same, always. And I always have opinions on everything Santana says, does and sings 😌
I'm always on the fence about Mr/Dr Lopez and the general Lopez family dynamic myself. Like yeah, we never see him and Lights Out has a few hints at a more strained relationship, but do I think Glee was just lazy and didn't bother casting him and that's why he wasn't at the wedding for example? Yeah. And even things like him being a doctor were mentioned exactly once, and who knows is the writers even remembered that half as well as the fandom does. I doubt they did. So most of what we have is At the Ballet. Gorgeous beautiful performance btw and deserves more credit. The vocals, the dress, the Pezberry long note? Exquisite.
I'm with you because I'd love the angst and it is the most we have to go on, but I also kinda don't want the lyrics to be entirely representative, to be literal? Like yeah I love angst, but do I want her dad to be like that? :/ My personal interpretation is to not take the words Santana's singing literally but to keep in mind, like, the general vibe of it. Like you say, the context is about ballet being an escape and Santana remembering a time, the first time, when performing was a happy place. So stands to reason it'd be a happy place and escape from something, right?
The way I like to think about At the Ballet and negotiate it with Santana's family life is to take the general feeling it conveys. I also like to think it might be a case of the unreliable narrator? With good reason, because Santana is expressing childhood memories where how she felt might not have 100% reflected reality but was valid nonetheless because that's just how she felt. So what I mean is that maybe Dr Lopez never cheated on Maribel and wasn't as cold and generally a shitty dad as the song would imply. But maybe he was a bit distant. Maybe he didn't know how to best express to Santana, or Maribel for that matter, that he cared about them. Maybe he studied/worked a lot and maybe he wasn't too emotionally open and vulnerable. No surprise, if Alma was indeed Santana's paternal grandmother. That would fit with how I headcanon him anyway.
So I think it's possible for the lyrics not to be taken literally but, simultaneously, for the general feelings to be taken seriously. Maybe he cared more than came across to Santana and I think that matters in the long run because they could have a better relationship once she's an adult. But it also doesn't change the fact that, growing up, Santana didn't exactly feel close to him and that “I was such a tomboy and it really pissed my dad off” comment doesn’t bode well. I’d like to imagine Dr Lopez as someone who wanted to but didn’t know how to even try with his daughter. I think there’s a theme of noncomformity with the Lopez family - how could there not be, what with Santana’s story being a fundamentally queer one.
It’s apparent in the way Alma rejects Santana, not even for being a lesbian as such but for not repressing it. The sin is in the scandal. So I’m side-tracking a bit but I think Dr Lopez didn’t want his daughter to be all that different, to be the Other, as a misguided attempt to protect her from the world and it resulted in a distance between the two. Maybe even in Santana feeling like she couldn’t be herself at home. And then there’s an interesting tension there because it also resulted in ballet and dancing, which Santana says made her feel “not different”. So it reinforces that conformity her family wanted for her, but it’s also an early creative outlet that made her feel safe and like she was a part of something. And that very thing is what later makes Glee special and leads her to become more herself, more open and vulnerable.
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But going back to the Lopez family, maybe the parts of the song about her parents’ relationship could also express that Maribel embraced Santana’s nonconformity more from the beginning, as it’s implied during the Breadstix Goodbye scene. And I could see convos about that between the parents coming off to a child in a way that’s expressed in the song. Like her dad thought he was above her mom, stuff like that. It’s not necessarily what happened but kids overhear arguments and misinterpret them all the time, or internalize them in ways that don’t reflect reality. All of this is pure speculation based on the song and what I think of the Lopez family dynamic, of course. Just trying to fit into the non-existent Glee canon. But the bottom line is that I wouldn’t take At the Ballett literally but do think there’s an emotional truth to it. Even if Dr Lopez wasn’t actually like that, it’s how he came across to his daughter and that stuff matters, no matter his intentions.
Glee's non-diegetic songs will always haunt me haha. Because at least when it's a choir room performance or something we can be like, sure, the lyrics are to be interpreted loosely. But when it's in the characters' heads it should feel more like a representation of how they're feeling. I think that works in a non-literal way with At the Ballet but it's also why Every Breath You Take will continue to haunt us both because?? What was the reason there??
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Maybe this is a stupid question, buuuuut:
I just can't imagine a world that Rhaegar comes back from the Trident, wins the war and becomes king. No, I'm not a anti Rhaegar, matter of fact I like him very much, I'm just can imagine how would Lya, little Jon, this whole affair, would settle in the capital. The norm that fics (at least those I read) tend to follow is to make Rhaegar:
1. A douche, paranoid and destiny-obessed king.
2. Completely incompetent, aloof monarch, that deep down has a heart of gold, but can't really be understood.
I mean, isn't he supposed to be a scholar since he was a kid? What's are your thoughts about it?
oh, yeah, i can totally understand this! it's is the whole point in canon actually, "the wrong man came back from the trident". you would expect a hero win against his antagonist and have a happy ending w his lady love but it doesn't happen. instead the subversion happens to them with rhaegar being killed by robert who becomes obviously a shitty king and lyanna dying after him. they were never supposed to have happy ending, they were created as tragic and doomed and dead from the beginning for the whole plot to start, jon to have his parentage mystery and dany to take the passed baton as the last dragon, prophesied savoir and the heir who has to carry entire house on her back now.
as for the realistic rhaegar wins aus that's the difficult question. tbh we just don't know enough abt their situation, plans and wishes. you see, e.g. in agot we can be right in ned's head and see his motivations, what he was thinking abt, what he was planning, what he was hoping to do. but if his story was told the way rhaegar's was i bet he would have his own crowd of haters and ~intellectuals~ jumping out every two seconds w their "hot takes" how actually all hints abt what rlly happened (ned being a good man w his own sense of honour, justice and experiences affecting him and the deal w cersei's children) doesn't matter and he was an ambitious prick, planned to grasp the power by being joffrey's regent and make his daughter sansa queen. (you can actually insert there any bullshit and still don't reach the level of stupidity of such "hot takes" this fandom loves so much lmao). also he would be blamed to the hell and beyond for being too stupid and not foreseeing the future and actions of other ppl bc ofc after everything happened it's so easy to say what was so obvious to notice. also they would say that the deaths of his men and horrible fates of his kids are 100% his fault and even straight up say he killed them lmao. i can rant abt it for hours so yeah. this is a situation w too many unknown variables bc it depends too much on actions of too many characters we don't know enough abt. the only thing it's possible to tell for sure is the fact that there couldn't be any perfect solutions since things got too complicated at this point.
such fics as you've mentioned tho are just a part of this dumb fanon where rhaegar is "too prophecy obsessed"/"incapable of love"/shrodinger's rhaegar both smart and stupid at the same time/whatever/all of this combined lmfao. the man was notably intelligent from the early age as you've absolutely rightly mentioned, his guesses abt himself being tptwp have nothing to do w egocentrism as some parts of the fandom would want us all to believe unless he wouldn't be so reasonable abt it and later on, after so many years, wouldn't have changed his mind and thought his son could be tptwp.
and literally fuck all antis that think you shouldn't consider prophecies that hold real power in this fantasy world lol. you know, aegon the conqueror was said to be motivated (or at least partly) to unify westeros by the prophecy and still got the treatment of perfect/maximum close to perfect figure of a leader everyone should look up to from the narrative and grrm. prophecy obsessed much, huh? i don't even talk abt all these parallels between him and rhaegar grrm put there not for bitches to ignore them completely! and i will never get tired of reminding that dismissing prophecies is UNWISE for targaryens of all people. the house whose story is built on the dream of young daenys and her father aenar that listened to her despite common sense (or what local "anti magic"/"anti prophecies" clowns consider to be common sense). targs would be as dead as the rest of dragonlords if not for daenys the dreamer. who else in the world has as many reasons to take prophecies seriously as them?
yet antis out there act as if rhaegar is one dimensional weirdo whose every character trait is abt mf ~prophecy obsession~. like how can they miss one of the main points so badly?? the game of thrones distracts ppl from the real danger beyond the wall, yk, the one rhaegar was aware of and meant to deal with. there wouldn't be such a problem if he became king and had as many years of head start before ice zombies apocalypse as ignorant bobby b did. rhaegar had to die just for westeros to sink in shit and our main heroes to save everyone to make this story more epic LMAO
so yeah, too many ppl portray rhaegar as this one dimensional robotic creature without any knowledge of what feelings are idk even for what reason. it seems these ppl can't read for real bc rhaegar was not only intelligent af as well as dutiful ("it seems i must be a warrior" but "he loved his harp more than his lance") but also. ugh emotional?? my boy had constant emo sessions w brooding at ruins of summerhall, sleeping out there beneath the stars all alone and writing songs that made all women cry. does it sound as someone who "isn't capable of love" lol? folks act as if he was completely heartless from the day he was born (bc he didnt play w other kids ig??) but in reality their emotional range is less than the one of a spoon in comparison to rhaegar's lol. i'm not even gonna address the horrible attitude of demonizing him for his implied depression, vile clowns never listen to themselves when they talk abt targaryens and their "madness".
tldr; these fics are mostly lame af and suck at characterization if they're making rhaegar like that lol. anyway his character isn't abt being a good or a bad king, it's abt being a would-be-king for characters in books and readers in reality to sigh over his tragic aura and pretty aesthetic abt how it could've been. however, grrm clearly doesn't write rhaegar as evil or incapable as some parts of the fandom would want to try to persuade others. realistically speaking in the scenario where he wins there couldn't be any perfect decisions but it's a territory of speculations on thin air and lit nothing more since canon doesn't provide us with enough information to rlly theorize anything instead of building biased headcanons some ppl call "analysis".
but remember what barristan said about rhaegar while practically watching him all his life, from a literal baby to the man grown:
“I know little of Rhaegar. Only the tales Viserys told, and he was a little boy when our brother died. What was he truly like?”
The old man considered a moment. “Able. That above all. Determined, deliberate, dutiful, single-minded.” (ASOS, Daenerys I)
“Prince Rhaegar’s prowess was unquestioned, but he seldom entered the lists. He never loved the song of swords the way that Robert did, or Jaime Lannister. It was something he had to do, a task the world had set him. He did it well, for he did everything well. That was his nature. But he took no joy in it. Men said that he loved his harp much better than his lance.” (ASOS, Daenerys IV)
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clanwarrior-tumbly · 3 years
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Hi! I'm new here on your blog and I really liked it! So I want to ask something like the reader to be a teenager and they really like horror stuff, so one day the parents of the reader go with them to a camp and at 5:00 am Ralpho appears, but instead of the reader getting scared, they just talk to Ralpho, who would be surprised, but still happy that the reader was not frightened. I really liked the way you write! Bye Bye!
When your parents went to sign up for the activities at Camp Etenia, you just waited around in the lodge, reading one of your horror novels.
Being out in the wilderness made a perfect horror setting, given the many movies you’ve seen from that genre. So you were happy to come to this camp to get that experience--without any serial killers or freaky monsters actually roaming around.
You perked up when the lady at the sign-up table mentioned something about a “Bunny Call”. You didn’t hear much about it, but you overheard things like “scare” and “rush of terror” and “5 AM to 6 AM”.
Though when your parents looked back at you, you pretended to be indulging in your novel. But in your mind you did a small victory dance as they said yes to the program, telling the woman how much you liked being scared.
Afterwards, they told you about the Bunny Call, and that basically put you in a better mood for the rest of the day. You went around doing most of the activities and eating grilled food while surrounded by flies, which made you eager for tonight to approach.
.......
Surprisingly enough, sleep came for you quickly even though you wanted to stay up to meet this “Ralpho”--the character in charge of the Bunny Call service.
It was hours later. Maybe you were just a very light sleeper, but as soon as you heard a knocking sound on the door, you jolted awake.
Your heart was racing as you looked around, before quickly checking your phone.
5 AM. 
Exactly the time Ralpho was set to come out.
Your parents took the upstairs room, so surely they wouldn’t have heard his knock.
Even though you felt a sudden sense of nervousness, you were also quite excited to meet him. So you quietly got up and went to the door, opening it to see the orange rabbit himself right on the porch steps.
Your heart leaped into your throat as you gazed at him with wide eyes. Compared to the figure in the lodge, he was massive up-close, and he seemed to be..breathing, almost.
No way could this be a guy in a costume. He seemed far too big for a person to wear anyway.
“Hehe, it’s time for your Bunny Caaaall~” He whispered in a giggly and manic robotic tone, slowly bringing his cymbals together.
Before he could clash them, though, you smiled. “Hi, Ralpho. I love your vest.”
“...r-really?” He tilted his head, surprised that you weren’t immediately scared of him. But he smiled in a kinder way, crouching down. “That’s the first compliment I’ve ever received~! Mind if I come in~?”
“Uh..sure but do you think you can be quiet?”
“Hm, ya know this is goin’ against my usual protocol buuuuut I like ya, [y/n]. So sure!” Lowering his head, he managed to duck down and find his way inside the cabin where he sat in the living room.
For the rest of the hour, you and him made small talk, mostly about your experiences today at the camp, but you also mentioned how much you loved horror-related things.
Ralpho seemed pleased that you weren't afraid of him--though he had a hard time keeping quiet. But fortunately by 6 AM he departed from your cabin just as your parents woke up.
They thought you were startled awake, so they asked you what Ralpho was like.
You just said he was "creepy but friendly". Nothing more.
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matan4il · 3 years
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I didnt catch you before you created your meta 😔 buuuuut...I read it to see if you caught what I did. You did some of it like a lot of ppl, if that makes sense...let me explain...
When Eddie was with Marjan, Buck was there too (IG and the skateboard conversation)...and before then too. When Judd and Paul left, and left them Marjan complained and Eddie said something like, "at least no one is shooting" ...throwback to when he and Buck had their 'confrontation' when Eddie came on board. People going nuts over them flirting and I'm here like, sorry yall his man is front and center in his thoughts even when talking with a pretty girl 🙂🙃😉
Hi Nonnie! I’m happy you sent in this ask, no matter the timing. Thank you for this! xoxoxox
And yes, I did notice the very similar phrasing of what Eddie said to Marjan in the crossover vs what he said to Buck in 201. I ended up leaving it out because I wasn’t sure enough that that line connects to Buck uniquely, since sometimes I feel like when the show wants to take a shortcut in establishing that Eddie is impressive, they reference his military past. I try to only include in my meta things I’m surer of, so I ended up not addressing this.
BUT I do think you’re spot on with what you’re saying, because YES, clearly Buck was on his mind. I mean, think about it, Marjan sees Buck on Eddie’s IG and the show could have brought up Buck during the convo only in this manner. It would have still been meaningful, it say Buck is so much a part of Eddie’s life that you can’t scroll Eddie’s social media without coming across him. And YET the show chooses to first make Buck a part of the convo in an even more meaningful way, by having Eddie bring him up. Eddie could have just replied to Marjan’s astonishment by saying “yes,” as in - yes, the skateboard was built, not bought. He could have said, “I had help.” But no, he gives Buck his due credit and brings him up by name even though the name would be meaningless to Marjan. And then he smiles like a goof at the memory of what Buck did for him and for Chris, and the fun they had with that skateboard. Your honor, the man is whipped.
For real, that’s the thing, right? Eddie’s annoyed at Buck for staring, goes off with Marjan before Buck can do that, is smug that Buck gets to see it, but then when he goes, he doesn’t stop thinking about Buck. It plays out a bit like a lovers’ argument in sitcoms and romantic comedies, doesn’t it? Where one lover goes off ‘coz they’re annoyed at the other, ready to flirt just to make a point, but instead of the distance helping them forget the other person, it just makes them think of their partner more, miss them and wanna get back to them. That’s exactly what we got here. Eddie was annoyed, went off with someone else, but he kept thinking about Buck and it made him grin like an idiot. Because Buck is a force of nature. He came into Eddie’s life and made it better, he made Eddie happier. The heart eyes that Buck brings out in the prone to brooding Eddie Diaz, MY GOD. Those literal heart eyes were easy to spot even through the wildfire smoke! And then Eddie got reunited with Buck, was back to his usual “Buck is reckless, gotta go watch out for him” and then proceeded to take him home to eat with his parents. I CAN’T WITH THESE IN LOVE IDIOTS CAN THEY PLEASE JUST KISS ALREADY.
Thank you so much again for this ask, Nonnie. Hope you enjoy the answer and sorry about the small capslock meltdown at the end, but honestly, I can’t help it with them. XD Hugs to you!
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rahleeyah · 3 years
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LEAH
i have many other thoughts about 500 (all good thoughts! loved the episode!) but 2 points
1. ATTENTION ATTIONTION olivia benson had some sexy times (because yeah after it went to hell in a handbasket, but at that time it some pretty great times were had and he said "hey beautiful" and my heart cracked) (ALSO if svu can go this far with Burton, they can certainly manage that with someone else when it's time, humhum)
i never, in a million years, thought we would get naked under a blanket Olivia again and i'm crying, finally!!! i really thought they would cut to the day after, so i choked a little when i saw Miss Olivia Benson enjoying some post-coital bliss like some greek goddess
2. did she move because that hallway didn't resemble anything to the flat we know?! (in OC it looked like the same flat though, even if in the past the deco was different outside (+ different front door) and people came in front the right and not the left) I swear SVU had too much money on their hands and did a complete set overhaul and it's fucking with me because i'm not a fan of the new squad layout !
2bis. might come back with some thought, might not but Mariska still blows me away and I'm so happy they finally, finally went to that big piece of her past!
i love these thoughts than you
1. hey beautiful killed me bc at that point olivia is still happy and the accusations haven't come out yet and she's just. she's getting all the things she deserves - sex in a fancy hotel and a man who is being nice to her and talks to her in a way that makes her smile like that - but then it's all poisoned, isn't it? it's so close to good but it isn't actually good - is actually very Bad - and that's tragic and messy buuuuut might i suggest Mister Detective Elliot Stabler greeting her the same way when he sees her lying in his bed
2. i don't fucking know bruh that apartment is like a damn tardis
2b. Mariska really did just knock this one out of the park, what a beautiful performance, and yes! they finally resolved something that had been a sticking point for a lot of us for a long time, finally had olivia come to terms with it, and yes it was painful but after the acknowledgment comes healing and she deserves that. the girl she was deserves that
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