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mittensmorgul · 4 years

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Happy Resurrection Day

A short fic in celebration of Dean and Cas’s 12th anniversary!

Rated: T Words: 3652

Summary: The world didn't end, and Dean and Cas finally get to choose each other. It only took twelve years and a little road trip back to where it all started.

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One random morning in mid-September, a few months after the world was left in their hands once and for all, Dean woke up to the nagging feeling he was forgetting something. There wasn’t really much to forget anymore. There was no looming apocalypse, no new catastrophe on the horizon. The biggest dilemma he’d faced in the last few days was whether he had enough milk to make pancakes, or whether he’d have to run out to the store before breakfast.

Sure, he and Cas took the occasional salt and burn. Easy hunts they could usually dust in a day. Sam had taken an extended road trip to see the country and try to figure out what he wanted to do with himself now that he was truly free to explore what life after Chuck could look like, but Dean already knew. He’d known for a good long time that he loved his life, loved the bunker, and loved hunting. And for whatever reason, Cas had just decided to stay, no strings attached. Whether Dean was itching to get out on the road for a long weekend on the slimmest excuse of a hunt that just as often as not turned into a detour to some tourist trap or other, or whether Dean just wanted to sit at home bingeing an old tv series or having a movie marathon, Cas seemed equally content with the slate of activities Dean conjured up for them.

He hadn’t put it into so many words, and he definitely hadn’t said it to Cas, but Dean also loved that Cas had stayed with him.

So it was strange waking up with an unsettled swirling in the pit of his stomach. He held a hand up to his forehead, checked his eyes and throat in the mirror to make sure he wasn’t coming down with something. He didn’t want to get Cas sick, if he was. He’d already survived Cas’s first cold as a human, just barely. They went through so much soup in a week, Dean was starting to wonder if Cas was just milking it for the room service. He had to admit that Cas letting him walk him through the highlights of Dr. Sexy while he was curled up in a blanket nest by his side wasn’t the worst thing he’d had to endure. But for now, Dean wasn’t sick. He just had a restlessness in his bones and no idea how to cure it.

He pulled on his robe and ambled out to the kitchen. Coffee would help him figure out what was eating at him, surely. Only Cas had beat him to it, which was unusual enough to amp up that uneasy feeling. Dean usually beat Cas to the kitchen most mornings, so walking in to a full pot of coffee and no other sign of Cas had him wondering if something was wrong. He poured himself a cup and set off in search of Cas, and whatever he was up to so early in the morning.

He found Cas sitting at the table in the library scrolling around on the internet. Dean just stood in the doorway and watched him for a moment, studying his posture as if it might give him some clue what sort of mood Cas was in. Human or not, Cas still had the intense focus he’d always had as an angel, and aside from pausing to take a sip of his coffee or navigate to the next page, he barely moved from his position hunched over the keyboard. Rather than startle him, Dean waited until Cas put his mug down before clearing his throat to announce his presence.

“Mornin’ sunshine. You’re up early.”

“Hello, Dean,” Cas said, giving him a guilty glance before going back to his work. “Yes, I had been hoping to surprise you later, but I apparently didn’t wake up early enough for that. I hope you slept okay.”

Dean shrugged as he walked around the table and sat down across from Cas. He took a sip of his coffee before replying.

“Mostly. Woke up feeling restless, and I couldn’t figure out why.”

Cas nodded at him as if he understood exactly what Dean meant. “I did, as well. And then I checked the calendar. I assume you know what today is?”

Dean’s brow furrowed as he performed a few calculations. Days all sort of blended together after a while, but they’d made a trip up to Henderson for supplies on Wednesday, and that was only a couple days before.

“Friday?” Dean eventually replied, hoping he was right.

Cas laughed, but shook his head. “It is Friday, but it’s also September 18th.”

Dean blinked at him for a moment as he mentally rocketed back to a run down old gas station where the windows shattered the first time Cas had ever tried to introduce himself. He’d just clawed his way out of his own grave, and the local newspaper had helpfully supplied him the date, and the knowledge that he’d been in hell all of four months. No wonder he’d woken up feeling weird. He might’ve forgotten the date, but somewhere deep down, some part of him would always know it.

Dean came back to himself to find Cas waiting patiently for him, like he always did. He took another sip of his coffee and set the mug down, recalling what Cas had said before sending him off down disturbing memory lane. Better to focus on the present than linger in that particular bit of the past.

“So you were planning a surprise?”

Cas shrugged. “I thought maybe we should do something to celebrate. People celebrate these sorts of milestones, yes?”

Dean wobbled his head side to side and made a face. “Pretty sure Hallmark dosn’t make a card for this one.”

Cas frowned, reaching up to shut the laptop as if he’d made some terrible faux pas, but Dean quickly dropped his hand atop Cas’s to stop him.

“Doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate it anyway,” he said more quietly, smiling at Cas. “It was a pretty noteworthy occasion, you pulling me outta hell. What did you have in mind?”

Cas’s frown deepened. “That’s where I’ve been stuck all morning. It felt inappropriate to suggest going to visit your gravesite, and taking you out to dinner seems… trite, in light of the occasion.”

“You know me, Cas. I’m always up for food,” Dean replied, trying to lighten the mood. “Plus it wasn’t just about me being un-dead, you know. It’s the whole reason we met in the first place. And look how that turned out.”

Cas had finally begun to smile again, and turned his attention back to the computer. “We didn’t actually meet face to face until late the next night when you summoned me. There was a bit of a delay due to unforeseen circumstances.”

Dean thought about that for a minute, nodding as he remembered the events of his first few days back on earth. “Well, if you wanna do it right, we could always take a road trip back to that old barn, see if it’s still standing.”

“Have you been back there since then?” Cas asked, curious now.

Dean shook his head. “Driven by it a few times over the years, but never went back inside. The whole farm’s completely overgrown. I figured someone would’ve gotten freaked out by all the weird symbols and burned the place down by now. It was still standing as of a couple years ago.” That got Dean curious. “Have you been back?”

“It’s been a while,” Cas said quietly. “I used to fly there sometimes, when I still could. It was a quiet place to think.”

Dean nodded slowly. “Then that’s what we should do. We’re taking a road trip. I know at least three great diners between here and there I haven’t taken you to yet. We can make a whole weekend out of it.”

“That sounds wonderful,” Cas replied, finally shutting the computer.

“Good. Breakfast first, then we’ll head out. Have ourselves a little resurrection day road trip.”

Dean grabbed his mug and stood up. He’d need to get dressed and pack a bag. They could have a quick breakfast if they were gonna be stopping at Dana’s Diner for lunch. It was a bit of a detour, but the burgers were worth it. He flashed a grin at Cas.

“I’m gonna pack a bag and grab some cereal before we hit the road. Meet you in the kitchen in 20?”

Cas nodded and shut the laptop. As Dean made his way out to the hall, he heard Cas mutter quietly, “Happy Resurrection Day,” as if he was testing out the sentiment. He bit his lip to keep from laughing out loud.

The drive to Illinois took most of the day. It could’ve been a lot quicker, but in addition to Dana’s, they hit a steakhouse on the outskirts of Chicago for dinner before swinging back south toward their destination. Dean bypassed the Astoria Motel where a mirrored ceiling shattered by Cas’s angelic voice had once nearly killed him. He pointed it out as part of their trip down memory lane, but pulled up at a different motel clear across town with the excuse that it would be a shorter drive back to the barn in the morning. Their room was a lot less shabby, and a lot less pay-by-the-hour feeling than the Astoria, so Dean felt it was a win all around.

As they settled in for the night like they had every night they’d been on the road together, Dean let himself really feel the usual longing the three foot chasm between their beds brought out in him. Most nights he’d just roll over and pretend to fall asleep while mashing that feeling down as hard as he could. Tonight, though, he lay in bed staring across that gap, wishing he could make some excuse to crawl into the other bed. Of all nights, and in this particular place, he really just wanted someone to hug until dawn.

The specific someone being Cas.

In the dark, in the quiet listening to Cas’s breathing even out as he drifted off, for one moment Dean allowed himself to admit that he didn’t just love that Cas had stayed with him. He loved Cas. Full stop. Dean lay there until he couldn’t keep his eyes open any longer, holding on to that feeling and knowing he’d have to crush it back down in the morning.

He dreamt of what could’ve happened in that barn, if he hadn’t stabbed Cas that first time they’d met. With twelve years of history between them now, and Dean’s quiet revelation that he was in love with Cas, his dream-self went through a series of alternate endings to that meeting ranging from love confessions to things that he would definitely not be enumerating to Cas over breakfast the next morning. It made for an excellent night’s slumber.

Morning came without the restlessness the previous day had. Dean opened his eyes to the dawn light seeping between the curtains to shine a golden spotlight on Cas’s face, which was smiling back at him.

“Hello, Dean. I take it you slept better last night?”

Dean yawned, but didn’t quite feel like getting up yet. He wanted to enjoy this surreal moment for just a bit longer. Instead he stretched out under the blankets and propped himself up on his pillow to get a better look at Cas.

“Yeah, you?”

Cas propped himself up on his elbow, no longer in the little beam of light, and blinked at him. “I’m reserving judgment until after we have coffee, but yes. It seems to have been satisfactory.” Cas frowned for a second, and Dean was about to ask what was wrong, when Cas asked, puzzled, “If yesterday was Resurrection Day, what does that make today?”

Dean must’ve still been a bit loopy from his late night thoughts, the restful sleep, and what he could recall of the dream he’d been having. He never would’ve blurted it out around a yawn otherwise, but that’s exactly what he did.

“It’s countdown to Cas day.”

He froze for a second after the words had escaped into the wild, and then slowly turned to take in the fond look on Cas’s face.

“I’m already here, Dean.”

“Yeah, well, you weren’t twelve years ago. I didn’t even know your name yet.”

“You do now,” Cas replied. “How should we celebrate it? Since I sincerely hope you weren’t dead set on a complete reenactment. I don’t have the power to rattle the roof or blow open the doors anymore.”

Dean grinned at that and sat up. “Yeah, I don’t really wanna shoot you, either.”

“I appreciate that,” Cas replied, sitting up on the edge of his own bed opposite Dean. He looked right into Dean’s eyes, as if attempting to convey some deeper meaning to his words, and spoke quietly. “I’m glad you finally believe in me.”

They sat there for a long moment before Dean finally nodded. “‘Course I believe in you, Cas.”

They took turns in the shower and packed up their bags. After a quick breakfast on the way to the farm, they drove down the overgrown dirt road that led to the barn. Dean had to leave the car a good way back down the road, and they hiked through the knee-high scrub to the broken old barn door. Dean picked up a shattered timber and tossed it out of the way as he pushed his way inside.

“Man, this place is a lot less intimidating looking in broad daylight,” he said, as the two of them stood in the doorway and took in the faded symbols Bobby had painted on every surface of the interior. Broken glass still littered the floor, now covered with a heavy layer of dust.

“It looks different now, somehow,” Cas added. “Smaller. Which is strange considering I was so much larger the first time I was here.”

Dean turned to him and smiled. “Yeah, but now you’re seeing it human. It’s gotta be weird.”

Cas shrugged, and walked around the perimeter of the barn, examining the sigils out of old habit. “This has always been a quiet place for me,” he said, touching a warding sigil with his fingertips before continuing on. “Nothing unholy could find me here. I could be alone with my thoughts.”

Dean noticed a few of the sigils Cas stopped by, and didn’t recognize them. A collection of carefully drawn wards drawn much smaller and in a different shade of paint that stood out from all the rest he’d watched Bobby create twelve years ago.

“Did you add those?” he asked.

Cas nodded. “Angel proofing. Or at least, concealing.”

Dean thought back to all the times Cas had been running or hiding from Heaven and the rest of the angels. When he’d been human and had nowhere to go, and instead of coming here he’d run in the opposite direction, because Dean had kicked him out. A bolt of guilt shot through him and nailed his feet to the floor. This was a place Dean hadn’t come back to because it reminded him that he’d been to Hell, reminded him that Heaven had wanted him for their own for reasons that frankly horrified him now. But for Cas, this was the place Dean had first met him, a place that for him would forever be about the moment he was truly introduced to humanity. It had been kind of a shit introduction, if Dean was honest with himself. But twelve years later, after all the shit had played itself out, Cas had finally made his own choice about his life, and he’d come back to where it all began.

“Happy resurrection day,” Dean said as he stared at Cas from across the room.

Cas turned to him, the look of surprise on his face quickly turning to a smile. “It is a bit like a resurrection, isn’t it? We’ve come all the way back around to where it started, and we’re free of it all now.”

Dean just nodded dumbly, letting the enormity of it sink in as Cas walked over to stand in front of him.

“I don’t have wings or the power of Heaven at my back, but I do recall something I said to you that night. Good things do happen, Dean. And they have.”

“And here we are again,” Dean said, clearing his throat. Both of their lives had changed that night, and they’d spent so much of their time fighting against everything in the universe since then. The one constant had always been each other, even when they’d totally fucked it all up and broken the natural order and sacrificed themselves to fix it all again, they’d done it to save each other. At the end of the road, and the beginning of their journey, Dean couldn’t keep his feelings bottled up any longer. “I love you, you know.”

Cas sucked in a shocked breath of air and blinked at him for a moment, before a grin broke across his face, lighting up the gloomy, dusty haze in the barn. “I love you too, Dean. I’m so glad I’m here with you.”

Dean shook his head, finally prying his feet free to shuffle closer to Cas. He reached out a hand to rest it on Cas’s shoulder, right at the base of his neck. “No, I mean, I love you. I think I always have, and I know I always will, but I only really just figured it out. I’m in love with you and you’ve put me back together in ways you can’t even imagine. You might’ve resurrected me and healed me more times than I can count, but you helped make me a whole person, Cas. And I love you.”

Dean felt the prickling of tears behind his eyes and struggled to hold them back. Like he always did, Cas stared into him, right through him, and lifted a hand to Dean’s cheek.

“I’d hoped it was obvious when I chose humanity, when I chose to stay with you, that I felt the same way for you, Dean. I didn’t have any idea how much knowing you would change me, how much you would teach me about humanity and what makes life worth living when I first walked through those doors. One thing I did know, though, was that I already loved you. I had no idea what that even meant yet, but I would learn.”

A slightly manic laugh escaped Dean’s lips at the euphoria of hearing Cas’s words, seeing the heartbreaking honesty in his face, and wondering how long it was polite to wait before kissing him. Cas gave him a relieved smile, as if he’d been holding it all in far too long, and Dean let out a sigh as he pulled Cas to him.

“Love at first stab, huh?” Dean asked, smiling right into Cas’s face.

“Don’t belittle it, Dean. I loved you even before then. The moment I laid a hand on you in Hell. Healing your soul and reuniting it with your body, resting you gently in your grave and waiting for you to emerge again.”

“You do know how fucked up that was, right? You couldn’t have just dug me out?”

Cas’s brow furrowed. “It was Heaven’s orders. I never thought to question them. But yes, it has bothered me many times over the years.”

“Yeah, well, it’s bothered me more than once that I tried to thank you for saving me from Hell by stabbing you in the heart.”

“It worked, though,” Cas replied, one eyebrow raised. “I’m still here with you.”

“Better than cupid’s arrow,” Dean muttered, and then grimaced at his own terrible reference. It amused Cas, though. “Okay, enough awful jokes. Are you gonna kiss me already?”

Cas made a considering face, as if he hadn’t already made up his mind. “Happy resurrection day to both of us, then. I suppose we know exactly how to celebrate it now.”

Dean took that as the invitation it was, and leaned in for a kiss. Their lips met tentatively at first, and then more confidently as they clung to one another in the gloom. The exploding lights were all internal this time, but no less spectacular. Dean shuffled his feet and heard the crunching of broken glass, and reluctantly pulled back from Cas.

“We should probably find someplace less dangerous if we’re gonna keep going…”

Cas nodded his regretful agreement. With one last look around the old barn, they pulled the doors shut.

“We can come back next year, if you want,” Dean said, taking Cas’s hand and leading him back to the car. “Make it an annual thing.”

“That sounds like a plan,” Cas replied. “The annual resurrection road trip.”

“Next year we bring a broom,” Dean added, leading Cas through the weeds. “Maybe a picnic.”

Cas laughed, letting his hand go when they reached the car.

“So what do you wanna do next?” Dean asked as he climbed back behind the wheel. “We still technically got the rest of the day to celebrate.”

“You mentioned several diners you wanted to introduce me to, and it’s nearly time for lunch,” Cas replied.

Dean thought over their options, then leaned across the front seat to plant a kiss on the corner of Cas’s mouth, just because he could. The look of surprised delight on Cas’s face was more than worth it. “How much of a detour are you up for?”

Cas gave him a look of mock pity. “Dean, I’ll go anywhere with you. No detour is too long if I have you to share the journey with.”

Dean gave him a proper kiss, with a promise of more for later. “Then let’s get this show on the road.”

#things i have written #spn fanfic #destiel #the deancasversary #CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE NITWITS HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER TWELVE YEARS?!

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whatifyoulivelikethat · 3 years

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there's soemtbign so attractive about D2 being the sequel to Agust D . when Iisten to agust d , all I can hear is so much fucking pain and regret and angst . the last , the title track , give it to me . it's overwhelming sometimes the intensity of the emotions in it .

then we have d2 right . it's relaxed . it feels like hes let go of so much of the anguish in him . I'm just imposing here . but there is so much more calmness in him right ? in d2 he's way more talking about things like his growth than the people who affected it . he's fwlkig but him as a lyricist as a band member as someone who has a dream but can't really feel it anymore as someone who's finally feeling himself turn into an adult .

I think it reassures me that he's around the right people , to have his emotions so much more calmer . not that I didnt think he wouldn't have gotten the help he needed but , it feels good to know that he has such a good support system .

as someone who's literally trying not to think about death everyday its comforting to be around honsool and 28 and people and set me free . when im hurting or frustrated or just emotionally blocked i listen to agust d . its crazy how much music affects me . and I'm so grateful I found bts .

what are ur opinions/expectations from the solo mixtwpes ? I feel lik each one will have such diverse sounds !!

You might know already, but this blog is named after 'People' by Agust D. If you read 'heartspace' you'll know that song is important to me in many ways. I am always listening to music while writing and in general. I don't only listen to BTS. Sometimes, when I can't see my own inner turmoil, the music I'm currently listening to is how I know I'm suffering.

When it comes to Yoongi's mixtapes, he has said before he was in two different places mentally when writing them. People change all the time. I'm glad he's allowed to release them and that he lets us to see a little glimpse of his life and his thoughts. I'm not someone who has expectations, but rather I appreciate what he was willing to share.

I enjoyed the first one, but the second one really shocked me. I appreciate he sings / raps in Korean because honestly the similar thinking patterns of him and I spook me. Not sure if I can take it if he suddenly started speaking in English to me, I would prefer to struggle myself lol. 'People' is my favorite, then '28', 'What Do You Think?', 'Daechwita'. I like how he celebrated his own culture and made it the title song. And I feel like someone is going to ask me, so I'm going to say it and it's gonna be controversial and maybe some if you might leave reading this. I don't think he should have removed the sample from the intro of 'What Do You Think?'. I know why he did it, because he has an image and a name and with that comes responsibilities. Did he know what it meant? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it was too extreme of a comparison to make in relation to the content of the song. And yet, you don't learn from history by pretending it doesn't exist. We know that. How many of you would have known who the speaker was if Yoongi didn't use that sample?

Yoongi said during his VLIVE that he doesn't want to explain his songs, and that he wants the listener to interpret them for themselves. There's a lot going on in that head he can't say because he's SUGA of BTS and a lot he doesn't say because he doesn't want to or can't share it. I know that feeling all too well. My writing reveals more than you know. You just don't realize it because you don't know where to look or what to look for. I believe it's the same with Yoongi's solo music and I always enjoy everything he shares with us. My favorite thing about his work is that he uses simple lyrics to convey complex emotions. He dosn't waste his words and they all have a purpose. I admire that about him.

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aspiestvmusings · 3 years

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ZEP: S1 - TEAM MAX

This is part of my ZEP: S1 Thoughts Master Post

Here’s the new & updated long analysis post for ZEP S1. This one features the whole season, all 12 episodes.

Just me...dissecting & analyzing the storyline...with focus on Zoey & Team Max. But since the stories are so intertwined, there’s Zoey/dad & Zoey/Simon talk, too. Among other things...relevant to it all...

ZEP: MAX & ZOEY - THOUGHTS 1 [LINK HERE]

TEAM MAX

Translating Max’s behaviour:

If we pay attention to what Max says, then they have informed us via his lines what it is that he’s not okay with. And it’s not what some seem to think - that Zoey dosn’t love him back/return his feelings & won’t want to start dating now. It’s not that he chose to take the 6th Floor job as a “punishment” cause she didn’t plead him to stay and tell him he loves him. It’s not that he was mad at her & in his anger sang “Bye Bye Bye”. It’s not that he was unnecessarily cold & rude towards her…after 1x08..when he moved to 6th Floor… only because what some fans think …that he’s an example of “good guy trope”

What Max has an issue with is Zoey changing & changing their friendship. It’s that she’s dishonest with him, her best friend. It’s that he doesn’t like that she can read his mind…both because he prefers to keep his private thoughts & feelings private, and because he doesn’t want to “push” her with a sudden heart song…which he now knows he could do unintentionally. Before she got her power, he could just keep his feelings towards her a secret & not push her, but now he has to watch himself…and avoid feeling feels around her. Because he knows she can hear his deep feelings.

He’s not comfortable with her knowing how he feels about her (1x07/1x08). He’s not comcortable with everyone knowing how he feels about her (1x11).

After 1x08 he knows the details of her secret power. And…interestingly… he does not sing any love songs to her anymore…for a while. The tone of the songs changes. We only ever hear him since twice after he learns her secret. First a “duet” of the song “Here I go again” in 1x10 as he moves to the 6th floor, and second is “Bye Bye Bye” in 1x11. He doesn’t really mind her hearing the song in 1x10…as it’s just what decribing what he’s doing. And then there’s the karaoke bar, where his inner song & outer song don’t really match. He might sing “Bye Bye Bye” as a response to Zoey asking her to stop Leif singing that sad song, but you can see that he’s not really feeling it.

This is supported by his comment to Leif that he’s not (sure he’s) over Zoey. And by his “mood” and the way he “secretly” glances over at leaving Zoey. Which means that in her presence he’s trying to disguise his real feelings…. so that she would not be able to read his real thoughts. He migth sing a song to her that makes her think he’s mad at her & moved on, but we, the viewers, are let in on the truth, cause his real feelings shine through during the scene. Yes he’s heartbroken and a bit “mad at her”, but he really let’s those feels shine on this moment..to “fool her”. And this is confirmed at the end of the episode, when all it takes for him to stop pretending to be upset with her is for her to take the first step. And re-confirmed in the Finale, when we see that he can make himself think & feel…what he wants her to hear…

Yes, of course he was ALSO heartbroken & a bit disappointed, because he had hoped she would return his feeling…now, but that’s what he hoped, not expected/demanded to be the only option. He even said it several times - he needed some sort of response, some sort of answer from her. And though a part of his decision to keep his distance was cause he felt hurt and heartbroken (she did brake his heart a bit…cause from his POV he chose the other man… cause it was not as she said - she can’t choose cause she’s got so much on her plate cause of her dad & her superpower…so it’s understandable he was a bit sad) most of his post-superpower-reveal behaviour was fueled by her unclarity & her dishonesty. She’d promised him honesty & truth, and she revealed the truth…via her heart song, but then she tried to claim the truth is not the truth (not say that perhaps there are more possibilities than his interpretation of the song, but claiming it’s not at all what the song meant, when they both know what the song meant.) That’s what upset him.

And that’s why he needed to put some distance between them. And again, they’ve explained his motivation & reasons via dialogue in other scenes. And… interestingly enough…what started as him trying to experience things outside their tiny two-person-bubble-world ended up becoming so much more. When he started the season with no desire to climb the career ladder or get out of the “best friend zone” then by the end of the season things had changed… and he actually liked the opportunity he got via his promotion, and he even learned he’s good at it (even Leif complimented his leadership skills). And the distance did both them good…as we all predicted… cause they really needed to grow individually & figure things out…separately… before there could ever be a possibility of them as a duo.

I’ve touched this in my past posts. And will again in future posts.

A closer look at 1x09:

Though there was not much Max or Z/M in this episode, there were a few scenes. The elevator scene & the “what do you think I should do?” scene. And we could see Max is practicing social distancing from Zoey. Because no matter how much he cares about her, and proved he’s a good friend by checking up on her & giving her great advice regarding her dad in last weeks episode, he really was hurt by her.

Also…one way he can minimize Zoey “reading his mind” is by removing himself from the same room. And since he doesn’t consider her knowing his secret thoughts fair if he can’t hear/know hers, then one effective way to prevent that from happening is not being around her. Maybe he doesn’t want her to hear that despite acting “hurt” he can’t “hate” her. Maybe he doesn’t want her to hear him sing about being hearbroken. Maybe…. In short: minimizing their contact might be related to something as simple as just trying to avoid her knowing his secret feelings… (the outer expressions & inner thoughts not matching)

As to Max saying that she didn’t give him the right answer might’ve been about something else. And though we saw his facial expression change as she was saying that “The Zoey who sang a love song to him will miss sitting across him at the office, but would never stop him going after what he wants”, I think his answer might’ve been about her asking “Was this the right answer?” Cause that seemed to be the thing that made him make his choice.

Because that implies she was not being 100% honest with him, and instead giving him the answer she thought he wanted to hear. (we saw her do the same with Simon. First asking for his thoughts on the kiss, before revealing her thoughts…so she could base her choise on the other persons choice) It kinda does imply that she still doesnt know how she feels, and isn’t doing what she herself wants. Instead trying to guess what he think she wants her to say. Which is not what Max wants her to do. He wants her to be sure of her choice. Make her own choices. (and unlike many viewers seem to think… I don’t think he’s actually pressuring her, or demanding a love confession as a response to his own. I see it as him listing the “facts” (options), and asking her for her take on it all.

I kinda think he made his decision because she asked “was this the answer you wanted?” more than anything else. Because this tells him that she doesn’t know what she wants. Though her answer “as the Zoey who sang that she is his…romantically” being so “not personal” might’ve also played a part. And there’s another plot in this episode that actually gives us a hint what the whole “Max promoted to 6th floor” thing is about.

< Edited for clarity: As said, I think her adding “was that the answer you wanted to hear” sealed the deal. But… if we look at what Ava told him on the 6th floor on that Saturday, then he was also looking for a different answer in general. An honest answer, and that she’s had some clarity about her feelings (and them) and all that. And also… some indication of a possible future possibility of them.

But… she gave him no such answer (or hope), she included her answers as her boss, and friend, but left out the answer as “a romantic possibility”. (cause based on those 1x08 songs all Max knows is that she has feelings for 2 men & he’s one of the possibilities…yet she’s not showing any indication that she’s leaning towards the possibility of them M/Z.) And I think the order of her answer matters, too. She first replies as his boss, then his friend (and completely leaving out the third pole…which they both know based on the heart song is a role she has, because the songs reveal the persons secret inner feelings). And they’ve been friends for so long, but she’s been his boss for just a short time. So to prioritize that role over friends…gotta hurt, too. And in general her reply was centered around work and work hours - she’ll miss sitting across from him in the office, not that she’ll miss their friends movie nights…

So he’s gotta make a move… instead of just waiting for something that’s never gonna happen. Cause we might know/see more, but all he knows is the little she’s shared with him. So to his knowledge the heart song is the ONLY indication she’s even considering “them”. He is a romantic at heart, and he “put himself out there”, yet she’s not given him any real answers (all the things she said in 1x07 that he then understood as “she just needs time because of her dad thing, and everything else” and accepted as we saw based on the 1x07 end elevator scene, and was willing to wait and give her space, became “untruths” in his eyes in next episode. So even if she spoke the truth then, he doesn’t believe those words anymore, so for him she has no clarity on the whole thing, and she’s not given him any “hope” or “answers”.) Edited for clarity />

Unless my other hunch is correct… That Ava is on a spy mission, and the whole recruiting thing is a plan related to the competition for a piece of code between 4th Floor & 6th Floor that is happening in the next episode. Cause there are just to many coincidences: she approaches him on a day when the 4th Floor boss is gone (on a tech conference…which she might know because of the glitch in the watch software that shared everyones calendar events with everyone else…). And it was just luck that this followed an even where Max showed that he’s good at thinking on his feet (he actually did save the pitch by joining Zoey) And we learned his past good work has also been noticed: the escape room. This job offer also happens just before the company is about to get an important “job”. Too many coincidences.

And maybe Zoey/we are all wrong, and Joan & Leif both taking that same day off doesn’t mean they’re together, but that Leif is working on another side-project. We’ve seen his sketchy moves with Joan. We know he wanted the job Zoey got. So how do you “hurt” your competitor? You tear her team apart. It could be that Leif is behind this transfer. Cause last episode also told us that everyone in the office are actually very aware of what’s going on between Max & Zoey (interrupting them, hearing their talks & noticing that they’re not hanging out as much lately…which even Simon noticed. So he might’ve overheard them OR he saw S/Z kiss.). So the timing was also good cause IF there would be truth in this then Leif would know the best frends are going through a rough patch, so it was worth to take the gamble (he maybe couldn’t be 100% sure Max wold take the offer, but he might’ve been quite certain)

So much for wild theories…. (This one is topped only by Simon being behind the transfer…to eliminate his competition… when it comes to Zoey. Which I don’t think is true, but oh….what drama it would allow to be written…where he’s not aware that she can hear his secret thoughts & hence will find out. I would want this to be true ONLY for that scene) And though it’s 95% certain that both J & L “missing from the office” at the same day/time is no coincidence (read: they were together…which only makes me want to know more…is Leif playing her because he knows she wrote the peer review or …not), and everything implies that Joan could not just “end it”, I sometimes enjoy coming up with wild/fun theories…

One thing that maybe supports this theory of mine is the actors (Skyler Astin, who playes Max) comment that he started to call the 6th floor DRK POINT… which if we follow the SPRQ POINT logic gives us “DARK POINT” instead of “SPARK POINT”…meaning there is something sketchy going on.

And obviously he’s not gonna stay on the 6th floor, so something has to happen for him to return/be returned. Either it’s a scham, or someone (Joan, The Team, Zoey) “fight for him” & get him to return to the 4th Floor.

Also..the whole Max/Aca convo in the dark 6th floor parallels his “romantic storyline with Zoey”:

Max: I hadn’t really planned on making a move. Things are pretty fine for me on the 4th Floor.

Ava: Are they? Or are you stuck treading water? Waiting for something to happen that maybe never will?

Again…if we apply these words to the M/Z situation, then it fits, too. He’s “fine” with how things are going with them. And then the scary boss lady makes him question if he really is OK with it. Or is he stuck…waiting for something to happen between them… (for Z. to admit her feelings..etc) …that may never happen… and as a romantic at heart… he needs to know if there’s a future possibility…

The whole 1x09 Z & S plot was a shortened version of what’s been happening between Z & M in several past episodes. Zoey was reacting to Simon not giving her a clear answer. It actually tells us a lot about Z&M, and parallels that story.

Z: We have a chemistry & a bond that is undeniable. I guess I was hoping that after the kiss you’d have some clarity about all of it. Clarity you still don’t have, and maybe never will. So… I have to make a change instead of just sitting around and waiting & hoping for something to happen. So this is me saying to you..officially… I can’t, and I won’t do this anymore.

If we apply this to the other duo, then the parallrels are obvious. What Zoey was feeling (about Simon’s answers) is exactly what/how Max has been feeling about her answers to him. And the whole quote/dialogue by Zoey summarizes the other pairings story perfectly: Instead of clear answers Max has gotten vague half-truths from Zoey. If we change a few words/details (”after the kiss” = “after the flash-mob”, then this fits them, too).

And just like Zoey claims she can’t just wait for Simon to have clarity (which he can’t cause he’s not letting himself go through the stages of grief propely..etc) about his feelings, while hoping something to happen, same applies to Max decision in this episode. His talk with the 6th floor boss tells us that this could’ve been a speech given from Max to Zoey. Cause this is exactly what he’s done by taking the job offer. He can’t just sit around waiting for her to catch up/for something to happen. This is him saying “no mo’”

Both for his & her’s sake. Cause he really needs her to be true to her words, and be 100% honest with him. Tell him how she feels. And he really does “deserve” an answer, not sort-of-answers (avoiding giving him a clear answer…no matter what it is). And she needs to make up her mind on her own, and do what she wants, not what she thinks she should do in his opinion. He wants her to choose on her own…without telling her what she has to do. He has shown her his cards (love confession via flash mob, saying that he’d choose love over lust…but she needs to make her own choice), and now it’s her turn.

This show is known for doing parallel stories. The work related story paralllels the personal storyline of the episode. In 1x08 there was a “glitch” in the watch program & a “glitch” in Zoey’s powers. And trying to fix them led to new issues arising. In 1x08 we heard about Tobin & Leifs SPELLaversary tradition..and in the end Leif sang “I put a SPELL on you�� to Joan. And so on…

This all leads me to a theory I’ve had about a coming song/dance number, and this weeks episode told me what the song has to be…IMO. To “solve” all this Zoey has to do a surprise flash-mob performance for Max. To Christina Aguilera’s “What a girl wants”, because if I look at the story so far, then those lyrics summarize the situation (whole s1 arc) almost perfectly. And since there have been kind-of spoilery rumours about another “heart song with a twist” happening later in S1, it matches. Just like the 1x06 flash-mob was real., so will be this one. And this time its not Zoey thinking that Max is just singing her his heart-song (it’s not real), now Max will think that Zoey’s “glitching” again… until he realizes that its real. ETA: DID NOT HAPPEN

A closer look at 1x11:

In 1x11 Max tells Leif that he's (not sure he's) over Zoey. That his crush/live for her is still there, and to get over her he must pretend/show her that he's doing fine. Then a few moments later we see Zoey signaling him to stop Leif's karaoke singing, and then we see/hear him sing "Bye Bye Bye" to Zoey. And we know he's not really feeling it. He's trying to make her see as if he's over her.

But even the lines he sings tell us that it's an act. He sings "I loved you endlessly, but you weren't there for me". Even when he is singing "bye bye bye" to her, he is singing a heart song to her, singing about loving her. It is made cldear to the adudience, but not Zoey, that the feelings she hears are not his real feelings, but ones he makes himself feel...because he knows she can rwad his mind, and he has no intention of letting her knwo that he is heartbroken (like Leif), hence he makes himself feel "mad"...and it works... she hears the song he wants her to hear. But he betrayes himself already when he secretly looks at her leaving.

Then in the end of the episode he "forgives" her...so fast, so easily...and we can see his demeanour change in seconds. He goes from looking unhappy/mad at her...to all smiles. ALl it takes is for her to take the first step..in repairing their "argument". It's made clear that he was hiding his real feelings, and "pretended" to be mad at her. (we know hes uncomfortable with her reading his inner thoughts, and about singing herat songs to her)

Then all our doubts are gone in the finale, when it is confirmed to everyone that Max can make her hear what he wants her to hear. He can change his thoughts by her request. This is shown when he changes a love song to a sexy song by her request. And then stops singing, and clears his mind of all thoughts...by request. This confirms it to anyone still in doubt. (it's also an interesting piece of info we got. We now have confirmation that he'll do anything she request. And that he can change his heart song, and since he knows she can read his feelings at any moment, he can make himself feel the feels he wants her to "hear" at the moment. He slips at times, when he forgets to check his thoughts, but when he concentrates he's able to choose the tunes his heart sings...)

MY PERSONAL TAKE/THOUGHTS:

As human as her feelings for Simon are (you can’t control who you find attractive…), and as much as this can happen IRL then Zoey/Simon is a no-no… simply because of his relationship status. Cheating storylines are not cool. Hence I cannot stand behind that “ship” or the possibility of accepting them as a viable possibility. IF he didnt have a fiancee, he’d be a candidate, but that’s not the case…he has a SO. Hence Team Simon cannot even be an option. No matter how much they try to promote it all as a love triangle & no matter how much they make Simon make bad decisions and wrong moves (going to her place & talking to her about his feelings, kissing her) seem “nothing serious”…. it’s wrong. It’s just as her best friend decribed it in 1x08. If things were different, yeah, but we’re not talking hypotheticals.

So IMO there’s one clearly wrong choice netween these two. I mean… I would not care if they would have her stay single, or develop new interest (Tobin)…as long as it’s not “morally questionable”. Z/S would be like Joan/Leif started… sketchy, and wrong. And hopefully having seen those two helps Zoey understand that…. see the parallels (she has a hint that one is playing the other)

As for “Max is being too pushy”… here’s how that goes: he’s been in love with his best friend…for some time…and not said a thing. She accidentally finds out after she gets her superpower. And all the while his feelings seem to grow deeper. And now that she’s aware of his feelings, it seems she’s become more aware of her own (similar) feelings and/or she’s developed them. And sure…after his peer reviews (that “he doesn’t show initiative”) & seeing that his best friend is interested in someone else…who would be just another “not good option” similar to her past bad relationship decisions, …and after getting mixed signals from her, he made more direct steps.

He sang her his heart songs, but he didnt push her (no, “Hand picked” is not like a date, just “are you free to go and eat”). She only felt pushed because she could “read his mind”. Also… he didn’t sing to her while being in a relationship with someone else…he kept his distance. And at the same time she seems to have become more and more aware about her feelings for him, and she was giving him “wrong signals”. His response - the flash mob was a response to that. And he was just upset that she ran…without any real response (not interested, can’t right now…cause I’m too occupied with dad thing). All he wanted was some sort of respose, and he told her so. She avoided telling him how she really feels (as Mo put it… he’ll understand if you say you don’t know, but you owe your friend an answer)...delaying it…as long as she could.

Also… any rational person would be confused about hearing that someone has superpowers. Again…she avoided giving him an explanation, instead telling him “fairytales of superpowers”. And in the end he was okay with her answer - that she can’t give him an answer at the moment. Even though he was upset, we saw he was still gonna be her friend (even if keeping some distrance, and not doing the movie nights), and that he was sure that one day she’ll be ready (the 1x07 elevator end scene, where both men think she’ll choose them…in the end..when she’s ready)

And in the latest episode we saw that no matter how hurt his feelings were, he did not stop being her friend. As he said “he’ll be there…always…and be the shoulder to lean on”. And you could tell that a huge weight was lifted off his shoulder when he knew her real feelings. When she did what she promised in last episode…be 100% honest with him. Sure… it only happened because of the glitch, when she sang him the heart song, but nonetheless it made things more equal. As he said - it’s unfair that she knows how he feels & can see into his heart but he cannot see into hers. The glitch changed that. Gave him the opportunity to get the answers she “owed him”

So… it’s undertandable that he felt hurt and confused when he saw her sing a heart song to someone else… right after finally giving him some answers. But…during he same conversation he processed it all, and also explained it to her - one song about love, the other about attraction. And he didn’t say “choose me”, he just explained the meanings to her (cause it was obvious she didn’t understand it herself), and told what his choice would be, while saying that he knows she’ll make her decision on her own….cause that ’s what she’s like.

As a friend he doesn’t want her to make the same mistakes she has in the past..hence him being “upset” with her. Cause to him it looks like she wasn’t completely honest (something she promised to be) with him - singing her heart feelings to him, and then to someone else. Claiming that she can’t lose him as a friend and that’s why she’s not ready to try being more than friends, when to an outsider it looks like the real reason is, as he put it - cause she’s confused about her feelings… for two people. All she’d have to tell him…from start… would just be honest and simply just say (more clearly) that she has to focus on her family & dad at this time, and ask for time. She kinda did at the end of 1x07, but because she’s not good with emotions and feelings…and she delayed her answer, she didn’t really let him in…and be the friend she needs at the time, it wasnt as clear as it could’ve been.

So far all his “pushy” behaviour can be seen as being a good friend - he’s trying to help her not start another overly complicated relationship…which she told him (in Pilot) is not what she wants anymore. He points out to her why Simon is not a good option - he’s taken. Yes, part of his “pushiness” seems to come from trying to be less what his peer reviews decribed him like & competitiveness (knowing Simon is kinda his competition). But from his POV… (before she told him about her superpowers& sang him her heart song)… she’d been shown more interest in him (checking him out, giving mixed signals) & at the same time he’s in a bit of hurry because if he doesn’t act soon she may make a move on the new guy/the new guy may make a move on her. So it makes sense that with all of that happening at the same time he seems…to some… to "push” her towards being more than friends… Cause unconciously he may realize that if he doesn’t make a move …now… he may be too late.

And though it all… he’s still there for her. He might be “mad at her… just a bit”, but he still goes to check on her, still gives her advice, and space… after he knows what’s really going on. (he “pushes” her to confont her feelings about her dad, and deal with it instead of running). He’s not looking for something in return. We saw that over and over in several episodes. He verbalized it in 1x06, and his face/look told it in the end of 1x07 elevator scene.

Also… “Mr Nice Guy” is better than “Mr. Cheater”…any day… in my book. And it surprises me that there are those who think that “nice guy who goes after his best friend” is worse option & worse clichee than the “hot new guy, who is willing to cheat”. For me one is clearly wrong behaviour the other just depends on your preferences.

To quote Mo : Max is funny, and funny always wins. Hence… being Team Max.

So… while up until things got overly complicated, both men could’ve been options, by now the show (writing etc) has made it pretty clear that they’re going for Z/M endgame.

Though the showrunner/writers at times love to focus on the “love triangle” (I still don’t see it in the writing…I only hear it being described so by the showrunner etc), and how they want to continue with that…for a while… which makes it seem a bit like they’re seriously pro “cheating plots” and “human feelings are messy…hence we let the main character continue making bad choices” because “we love the love- triangle drama”, there’s still more evidence in them not really taking it further than the kiss. But yeah… at times the showrunners comments make it sound like he thinks more like the HIMYM creator did and less like Dawson’s Creek creator did. Too fixed in loving the “triangle drama” & not going for character growth… But… I truly hope that all that has just been misleading…and the storytelling is what tells us how it goes.

They already let Simon make a bad move - the kiss. That should be the line over the line that they won’t cross again. He may continue pursuing her by singing songs to her, because he read her heartsong in the wrong way (because he doesn’t know why she did it, and what’s behind it), but if they follow the character growth path, and their current direction… they won’t let him/her go into the “cheating plot” territory again.

Why I’m Team Max

I’m Team Max. Have been since ep 1x01, confirmed in 1x02 (he bought her dad soft food) & I had no doubt by ep 1x06.

I love Z/M friendship (BFF for life), but I also see the romantic potential. I do think they should’ve focused more on their friendship bond during the season, and less on the “triangle”, but I guess I’m also a SUCKER for “best friends to romance” trope? (Mondler, Peraltiago…). He is her support system (now that her dad’s almost gone) & she needs to lean on him & be his support system [she can’t, reeally, right now, cause she’s a mess because of her dad’s health]

Why I’m not Team Simon: see Zoey’s reaction when she goes to buy more Cheesequake & runs into S & J. One simple, single & clear reason: He has/had a SO/fiancee. That disqualifies him immediately for me. IF he wasn’t, I might consider it as an option, but since he is/was… it’s not an option for me. He might not be any more after 1x09, but all that had happened/he did…happened while he still was. And he/they can’t take it back. But what Simon need right now (after ep 1x09 end) is time alone & processing his grief & everything.

Also… for me personally, S & Z bond is over grief experience. His songs (mostly) have been about needing her help with grief and what it has done to him & his relationships, so what she needs to help him with is that… dealing with the grief. But being a mess & grieving does not excuse any of his behaviour (kissing other women while being engaged…etc). So I support Mo’s speech to him during the brunch & I support Max’s take - S’s totally engaged, morally questionable guy…

The whole S. thing is exactly what the show said Z’s not looking for in relationships in the future: unnecessarily complicated (messy), exhausting for everyone, not good.

I’m Team “good guy BFF wanting more than friendship” over Team “cheating on his fiancee because he’s a mess” any day.

I don’t think she should’ve been actively pursuing anyone during S1 (the time she’s losing her dad), but since the writers decided her focus would be on two men…a lot… then out of those two options only one would work - Max. But not before she’s done some soul searching, and grieving, and character growth. (Hopefully his advice to her at the end of 1x08 finally got through, and she’ll be dealing with her grief actively & hopefully this time with her 1x09 speech she means it that she’s no longer continuing the emotional affair with the engaged-til-now-man (she played a big part in breaking them up…even if the roots of S&J’s problems were from long ago…) and focuses her time & energy on the #1 man in her life..her dad.

...even though “right now” (up to ep 1x09) , being the messes they are & having no clarity, and not leaning on their suppor system, and instead trying to “cheat” on their best friend/fiancee… S. & Z. “deserve” each other. They both are avoiding dealing with their grief, and both are not taking advice from loved ones, instead doing what they say they won’t do anymore… the next moment.

One step forward two steps back - it has made me kinda dislike both characters (and its never a good sign, when I start disliking the main character because of the writing…which tries so hard to create drama where there is none), cause as “human” as it is for them to be like this because of their grief, they are both “voluntarily” making the wrong choices… even if they keep getting good advice on how to deal with things…they ignore it & say it’s cause of “grief”… yet neither was actually dealing with the emotions regarding their dads.

And both “blame” it on their grief. When it all could be easily “fixed” if they just talked to their loved ones (she to family & best friends M&M) & he to his fiancee and therapist (if he doesn’t have any other family)… then they would’t be constantly doing the opposite of character growth.

But sadly… IF the show would go there with S&Z then since there is nothing besides the grief bond [and physical attraction] there, then after they satisfy that… it’s over after that one night [I still cant believe that the cheating kiss did not give them both clarity…without question…but TV writers love their love triangle + “cheating” drama…even if it feels completely unorganic & non appealing] because all of it was built on a big “lie” - she didn’t “get” him, she used her superpower to connect with him, and you can’t build a lasting relationship on such foundation.

So I have no idea why the show is focusing so much time on trying to claim these two are an option…instead of showing them both grow as characters, and actually deal with their grief… with the help of people, who actually can help. (So yes, I am dealing with it all by ignoring the “love triangle” claims and the two characters acting stupid & only focusing on the “one step forward” grief support bits…not the “2 steps back…emotional chating” bits..during my re-watch of the eps aired so far.)

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I've just discovered there's people who hate Kakeru. Not dislike or don't get the hype about him but genuinely seem to hate him. Now obviously personal preferences are a thing but I seriously don't get where this hate could be coming from because with

1. Akito- phyically assaults people (including kids), held a teenager hostage for daiting & trying to take a box of her's that Akito already knew was empty & also stabbed someone after they tried to help her & left them to potentially die

2. Shigure- regularly makes perverted "jokes" about people who are underage (including the 16 year old girl who lives with him & cleans/cooks for him + he's family) & admits to manipulating everyone around him for he's own selfish goal regardless of how it could hurt others & that he dosn't really care about being kind even to the people he supposedly loves + he likes messing with people he knows are already terribly anxious & he also won in the end while never having to actually sacrifice anything important to him or really learn anything of value

3. Ayame- abounded he's brother to abuse till he was almost 30 & says various inappropriate things in front of & towards High Schoolers

4. Kagura- pretended to love someone 3 years younger then her who she saw as beneath her in a violent (though it was obviously in out-dated slap stick) way until she was like 18 & then slaps Tohru so hard she becomes uncounsious

5. Kureno- enabler of Akito despite no longer being supernaturally bound to her & knowingly fell for a High Schooler

6. Hatori- enabler of Akito & erasers people's memories when told to regardless of how he knows it'll hurt others

7. Katsuya- knowingly married (& later impregnated) isolated & homeless 15 year old Kyoko when he was in he's 20's after meeting her as a teacher in her middle school

8. Ren- everything about her

9. Kyo's sperm donor- everything about him

10. Momiji's parents- how they handled the situation

11. Machi's mum- raised her daughter like a robot, replaced her, insulted her entire personality, acussed her of attempted murder with bassically zero evidence, kicked her out of her home, cut her off from her sibling & only ocasnially calls to insult her leading to her developing a rather unhealthy coping mechanism to deal with her damaged mental health

12. Machi & Kakeru's dad- cheated on his wife, made he's kids fight over thier inheritance before getting another child & then treating the first two like they no longer exsisted

13. Kakeru's mum- took years to realise that she shouldn't use her child to get money/power from an affair

14. Haru- got a little too insistent about phyical affection from someone who he knows is super emotinally scarred (I still love him though just don't think certain scenes with Rin were handeld as delicately as they probably should have been) & can get rather harsh to random people when he goes dark (the worse case of this being when he grabbed Tohru's arm)

15. Rin's parents- belong in hell

16. The Sohma maids (especially the old one)- are part of the reason Akito became as messed up as she did + just straight up seem to not view kids or the zodiac as human beings with thier own feelings or rights

17. Uo's mum- straight up abounded her young daughter after getting into a new relationship

18. Yuki & Ayame's mum- narsastic, dismissive, controlling, litrually sold one of her kids to thier abuser in exchange for wealth/status, never apologised or even acknowledged what she had done

19. Akira- pursued a relationship pretty much out of pure lonleyness, went along with the suppression of Akito's biological gender, didn't do enough to protect Akito from he's wife's abuse (though in he's defense he was incredible sickly), last few things he told he's child before dying was that he was glad he had her as proof of he's relationship with Ren (AKA the person that had made it clear to Akito that she hated her guts) & that she was special due to being god & her bond with the zodiac was her birth right & would always be there (leading Akito to obviously feeling possessive & intilted over the zodiac & base her entire identity on her position as their god)

20. Kyoko- neglected infant Tohru for months due to her depression after Katuya's death & was even planning on killing herself to be with him again before finally coming to her senses (I love her & I tottally get why she did what she did but if it weren't for gramps little Tohru would have been in one hell of bad situation)

21. The Yuki Fan Club- just thier entire attitude towards Yuki & any girl that interacts with him (I get that it's obviously a delibretly over the top anime gag but irl the way they behave would be seriously disturbing & I'm pretty sure might even be illegal now what with all the photos taken of Yuki without he's knowledge)

22. The former school president- he's creepy fravriotisim towards Yuki (& later he's son) & he's flat out harrasing of anyone wearing the school uniform in a none tradishinal way or anyone with an unusual hair colour (despite him bassically admitting that the school officials had already said that Momiji, Haru & Kyo's appearances were ok)

23. Kimi- I like her & she's obviously iconic but honestly the way she treats Machi kind of borders on bullying sometimes for me

24. Hiro- he's a child & I like him but when we first met him you can't deny he was being a grade A shit to Tohru, Kisa & everyone else (& he fucks up again with Tohru during the beach arc)

25. Rin- love her so much but the first time she met Tohru she did try to kick her in the head while in her horse form which you know isn't great & she was rather antagonistic towards Yuki for no real vaild reason

26. Kyo- using Yuki as a scape goat he's entire life even when he knew none of the terrible things that had happened to him were actually he's fault, hurting Tohru in he's true form (I get that he wasn't in he's right mind & was suffering greatly but it still wasn't good) & rejecting Tohru after everything they had been through in the way that he did (again he wasn't in he's right mind & was suffering greatly but it's still an incredibly low blow & I think he knew that as he tragically wanted to hurt her, similar to what he did in the true form scene, badly enough that she would finally choose to give up on him)

27. The entire zodiac (outside of Kagura & maybe Momiji)- it is revealed that the zodiac are supernaturally inclined to look down on the cat & that they know about Kyo's tragic fate yet do not plan on trying to stop it from happening as he's suffering is thier one true reprieve in the curse as no matter what happens to them they will never be as "low down" as the cat yet once the curse finally breaks for everybody almost nobody even thinks to apologises to Kyo for how he was made to be an outsider since birth

28. Naohito- decides to hate Yuki out of jelousy because he has feelings for Motoko (who clearly has feelings for Yuki) despite Yuki showing no romantic feelings for Motoko & barley sharing any kind of connection with her at all which is obviously not fair as just because you happen to be liked by someone who is liked by someone else dosn't mean you should have to except being seen as a bad person (especially as in Yuki's case he never tried to encourage Motoko's obsession with him & in fact barley notices her exsistance as they aren't in any of the same social circles & she follows the ridiculous club rule of not speaking to him without another fan club member present)

29. Yuki- rather judgmental over how others choose to present themselves in regards to gender norms

30. Momiji- I love him but he did try to take advange of Tohru not knowing how old he really was to bath with her & did actually mange to use this fact to sleep along side her one night before she found out how old he actually was (now obviously Momiji is a wonderfully kind person & clearly would never actually do anything to hurt Tohru but let's be real if someone did that to you irl you'd be pretty creeped out & understandably have a hard time trusting them again)

31. Yuki & Ayame's father- has always been complety missing from he's kids lives (& even seemingly he's wive's) despite being mentioned to be still alive & well enough to work

32. Uo's dad- getting dumped for someone else must suck especially when your left with a young child & I know he did eventually clean up he's act but there's no changing the fact that he's years as an alcholic messed up Uo really bad & could have led to her death if Kyoko hadn't stepped in

33. Kazuma- I know he had good intentions & I love him but there's no denying that he did ignore Kyo's right to free will when he removed he's bracelet & though the plan ended up making he's life better if it had gone wrong in any way then Kyo had pretty much admitted (at least to himself) in S2E9 that he would have probably killed himself that night which would have clearly destroyed Tohru

34. Kyo's mum - she was obviously treated terribly by her husband & I do feel sorry for her but her way of dealing with the situation really damaged Kyo

Your really telling me that the character you have the most issues with is a boy who said a few horrible things to the MC when he was 15 in service of someone he loved who was in pain, got told by said loved one that what he'd said was wrong, felt bad about it, befriended a lonley teen that was close to the MC, quickly grew to genuinely care about them & made them come out of thier shell, wanted to help he's half sister but knew he wasn't really the right person for the job, realised that he's new friend was, encouraged the friend & he's sister's growing connection, learned how good of a person the MC has been to he's new friend, admits to he's friend that he'd been horrible to the MC in the past but just dosn't know how to go about rectifying it (especially as she dosn't seem to remember him), introduces he's friend to he's GF (further expanding the friend's positive social circle), finally bumps into MC alone & is shocked to find out that she dose now in fact remember him & even appoliges to him + thanks him for bringing her friend out of thier shell before he comes to he's senses & assures her that she has nothing to apologise for & then visits her in the hospital when she gets injured & even goes shopping for a gift to give her beforehand (even if he dosn't end up getting her something that actually fits her personality because well duh he dosn't really know anything about her).

Out of every questionably moral thing in the series this is really the hill you wanna die on?

I just honestly can't understand it. Sure he's not perfect but then no one in the series is. That's kind of the entire point of the story, that anyone can do things that hurt people but that it's what you choose to do going forward (even if it takes you a long time) that's important & Kakeru, eventually, chose to try to do the right thing. He tried to understand Yuki even though the guy didn't seem to like him at all, he chose to check up on Machi even though she seemingly hadn't made any sign of wanting to deepen thier sibling bond, he chose to finally talk to Tohru instead of continuing the ruse that he'd never spoken to her before, he chose to come clean about what happened to Yuki despite the potential of ending their friendship (& you can't tell me once he'd realised how much Yuki cared for Tohru the very real possibility that Yuki might hate him if he found out what he'd said to her wouldn't worry him at all) & he chose to visit Tohru in the hospital instead of just wishing Yuki luck or hoping Kormaki would go so he could avoid feeling uncomfortable.

You don't have to love him or even like him but I really don't think he deserves this amount of hate (especially incomparsion to some of the other characters I've listed).

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aprilwritesabook · 4 years

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I appolgize in advance for this long ass post haha.

Alright, so here's the deal. This post is gonna be part rant, part confessional, and part inspirational speech. So if your following this blog purely for the updates on my books you can skip it haha.

I know a currently published author. I used to kinda be friends with them in highschool, but it was more like a friend of a friend type deal. But I digress. Point is. They recently released there second book on Amazon. And I really wanna be happy and proud of them, and to see it as an inspirational thing, buuuuut I'm almost 100 sure they are actually a fraud?

And that's not me being bitter. I really really really wish this wasn't the case. But I have the evidence to back this theory up.

1- they claimed that there first book sold out multiple times. And to be fair this one might be at least partially true. Its rated pretty high on amazon, But then again they only have 4 people rate it and three of those people are the editor formattor and artist for the book. Soooo. Yeah I sure hope they rated it well.

2- they are constantly posting stories to there social media that are far fetched at best. They work in a bookstore. And almost every other week its a slightly diffrent story about a customer who "didn't even know" he was the author who would "burst into tears" the second he told them what the book was about because they were just Soooo touched by the message that they wept to a total stranger??? If that had happened even once it would have been an odd occurance. And this is something that apparently happens alllll the time to them. (I hate to drudge up old memes like this, but)

3- this person has recently made a tick tock and a youtube channel. And like, the content isssss questionable? And that's not necessarily a crime or anything. But they give updates about it on social media as if they are speaking to a mass of adoring fans and like...you can see how many subs and views a person has. We know he dosn't have a big fan base. And I know that sounds harsh. But like, some more gullible people have asked him for advise on how to be "successful" and "gain a following", and he answers them with authority. Like he has the answers even though he clearly dosn't? And that feels really... disingenuous at best?

4- along the same vein as 3. They recently made a post on twitter about how they are "overwhelmed by the amount of love and support they have found on the site" and how they get "some many heartfelt messages." Annnd again. I clicked the account. They literally have 5 followers. And not a SINGLE person has EVER liked, retweeted, or commented on a SINGLE tweet of theirs. Not one. Soooo like not only are you pretending to have a huge fan base that dosn't exist your also making up there engagement with you? Which this alone I feel brings validate to my doubts about the other things. Clearly they arn't above blatant lying and extreme over exaggeration. And also they either don't realize we can all seeeee these facts. Or they don't think anyone will actually check and call them on it ?????

Now there's a lot of other examples I could give. But my point isn't to put this ONE person on blast. I'm not trying to start beef or cause damage to their reputation or anything. Which is why I won't say their name or what there books are. The only way you'd know who I'm talking is if you also knew them in real life. In which case you either already know all this, or you should, so you don't fall victim to their lies.

The reason I'm saying any of this at all is because I think I know why they are doing it. And why so many indie authors or would be media mogels feel the need to do this.

The issue with trying to "build an audience" and "self market" yourself, is that you really only have 2 ways of guaranteed sucess.

You either need to have a pre established audience based on success you've already had in the past. (IE youtubers and movie stars writing successful books cause there fans will buy anything of there's reguardless.)

Or you need to buy your way in. Be it by quitting your day job to make social media your full time job, buying ads, hiring a social media person,or hiring a team of people with their own audiences (audio book narrators, cover artists, managers, ect)

And if you don't ALREADY have an audience, and you don't have the funds to BUY your way in, then your just gonna have to get real lucky.

You can be lucky for knowing somebody with an "in". They work in publishing, or advertising, or they're your rich uncle. Just someone who you can go to to get that boost one way or another to get one of the first two methods going for you.

You can get lucky by commenting the right thing on the right post and gaining followers that way. Or by being in the right place at the right time to meet somebody important.

You can be lucky by having lots of supportive friends and family who will promote you and your work FOR you.

Or lastly (and this is in the realm of being a one in a million case here. So it basically never happens without one of the other things I mentioned also being true.)

You can be lucky by working REALLY hard, and being REALLY talented, and having the world actually NOTICE YOU somehow? Just one person with influence who can find you in your dark hole of insignificance and shine a light on you so now the world can actually seee you.

And that sucks.

You could write the greatest book in the whole world. Truly a masterpiece. But if nobody buys it or reads it because they don't know who you are??? Then it dosen't matter does it?

It sucks Soooo hard.

Because untill you get those people with influence to shine a light on you, theres nothing you can do. And the market is soooooo drenched in new indie authors that the odds of the right people finding and liking your book are slim to none.

Its super unfair.

The people who have the influence arn't gonna buy a book with 0 reviews and no social media following.

Why? Because THEIR brand depends on only recommending the good shit. And they need to find that good shit NOW. If they read every book written by nobody's online, they'd have to wade through ALOT of garbage. wasting all their valuable time and money till they found something worthy. And honestly, from a business stand point, you cant really fault them for that

This is where the lies come from.

So basically no matter how you look at it, or what your strategy is, In order to get fans, you need to ALREADY HAVE THEM.

When your just starting out. And I mean truly at square one. It really feels like the only way to "make it" is to "fake it"

If you PRETEND to have a big following. And you PRETEND your books are selling really well already. And you PRETEND that people care deeply about you and your work... Then there is a chance that nobody will do the homework to find out its all a lie.

And if they think your successful already, then it sends a message to the consumers brains of "well they must be good. Everybody loves it/them".

It sucks that so many people who have found real success did so with lies, cash, and being already well connected.

And then they buy it, and they follow you, and the confirmation bias sets in, and eventually you'll dupe enough people into liking you that you don't HAVE to lie anymore.

Those of us with no cash and too high a conscious to lie our way to the top are left with virtually no chance of succeeding no matter how hard we work or how good our content is.

And I'm not claiming to be "better than" or "more worthy" than anyone else. I wanna make it clear that of your in the portion of having it fake it so you can follow your dreams then more power to you. Its a valid strategy. I hate that it works and I hate that its the only option sometimes. But I don't hate the people as creators for "doing what it takes." I get it. Really I do.

And it suckks major ass that so many people feel like this is the only way.

My whole point here. Is that we have slowly built a system where this is our reality. And honestly? End of the day? There's not a damn thing we can do to change it at this point.

In a perfect world made of unicorns and puppies. I could say "hey lets all go ready books by completely unknown authors. Be the change you wanna see in the world." But at the end of the day, especially in the unfiltered world of self publishing, It would be a complete shot in the dark to spend your resources on something completely unknown. We rely on word of mouth, and "best sellers" and high following to do the work of filtering out the bad stuff for us and it would be unrealistic if not impossible to go back on it now. Even if we wanted to there algorithms and shit built into the code. You'll never find the books that Amazon dosnt want you to find unless you search for it directly.

Now comes the confession/inspirational bit

I know all of the above to be true...But I'm choosing not to care

I'm not gonna lie my way to the top. I'm not gonna hide my struggles out of fear of seeming inferior. So here goes

I struggle a lot with depression and anxiety. I've been working on it, and I've gotten so much better in recent years. But there are always gonna be times when I slip up and my mental illnesses take over

When I was writing my first book I felt really empowered and good about myself for finally getting past all my own barriers and following my dreams.

And then once I was done writting and editing and I was ready to show the world and get feedback. I flopped.

I couldn't find anyone willing to beta read. Those who said they would do it (even people who claimed they "couldn't wait") ghosted me after I actually sent it to them

I was hoping to get 20 people. I really wanted it to be the best it could be. Only 11 actully signed up. Of that 11, 5 people actually read it: My spouse, my brother, my best friend, and 2 others. Those two others read the first bit I sent them, took a few weeks to get back to me, said they loved it, but then Neeeeeeeeever got back to me when I sent them the next chunk.

Now you can look at all that and come to the conclusion that it sucks. I know I sure did.

The struggles at each step made me doubt myself more and more to the point that I almost gave up writing all together.

And I didn't want to take about it or how it was making me feel, even though it was having a serious impact on me. I wanted to bottle it all up and let it consume me. Allllll because I didn't want people online to write me off as a failure before even giving me the chance.

I wasn't lying about being successful. I was just trying to hide the fact that I wasn't.

And that's almost as bad. Because then all the new authors just feel worse about themselves and their journey because they think they are the only ones.

Your not alone.

Everyone is struggling.

We just aren't talking about it.

I haven't written a word in over a week because I've been so afraid my second book will be dead on arrival like my first.

And I KNOW somewhere out there is someone just like me whose thinking of giving up.

Don't.

Just keep going.

Do your best. And then come find another struggling writer and share with each other. The world outside might not understand your struggle. But another author might.

We can't change the market. We can't change the way social media works, or how people decide if they will buy things

But what we CAN change, is whether those of us within the community want to be honest about our struggles and frustrations. Or if we want to hide them away and lie about them for the sake of making more sales

I think by being honest with one another we can create a better network.

That way the next time you feel like garbage for not being an "instant celebrity" like everyone else. you can look at the community and realize that you were never the problem

If we just keep making new writing friends our collective reach will eventually take hold in the outside world. Don't wait for a random influencer to notice you. Just make one friend at a time. Be known amongst your peers and maybe the rest will follow

And if your a writer desperate for feedback, or just a friend to share your troubles with. Hit me up. My inbox is always open.

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darthravage · 4 years

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Cipher Nine and Darth Jadus (Rewritten)

I already wrote this text but I was under time pressure since I had to catch a train (which didn’t drive anyway...). I wrote the text because I liked the Idea behind it but I wasn’t able to express myself as I wanted it to do and therefore I decieded to write the text again hoping that it will be better than the first one. (And I also added a view points which seemed logical when I thought about it more closely.) In the story of the Imperial Agent some things aren’t explained to the player not because it are story gaps but it is like the Agent isn’t able to get it himself and so the player is suposed to get it either when he dosn’t think about it. I already explained the thing with Watcher X in your head and now I want to explain why Darth Jadus shows that much interest in you and which meaning Darth Zhorrid has. The first part is about Darth Jadus’ interest in your mission on Hutta the meaning of Darth Zhorrid in general and the ritual Darth Jadus did with you on Dromund Kaas (even though some things in the second part will be related to it.) The second part is about the happenings on the Dominator and the meanings of Darth Zhorrid if you kill Darth Jadus or let him alive which might be different in some parts. Unfortunately this time the pictures are missing since I write on the computer of my foster parents and don’t want to take it that long (but I don’t think it isn’t a big thing since the primar post only contained two pictures)

Let’s start with Darth Jadus’ interest in your mission on Hutta. Of course it isn’t that important to the Empire due to the egoism of the Hutts and the fact that it is unlikely that they will join the Empire completely what makes them unreliable allies which actually want a war between the Republic and the Empire since it has advantages for them. In addition to that, the allies of the Empire aren’t Darth Jadus concearn who was Head of the Sphere of Imperial Intelligence but Darth Ravage’s who is Head of the Sphere of Diplomacy and Expansion but he didn’t intervene at all. For that reasons I think that Darth Jadus wasn’t really interested in success or failure of the mission that much but more in the Agent himself. Hutta was like a final test for the Agent to deal with unknown situations in which your power within the Empire didn’t give him any power and also was more a danger. That made a good opportunity for Dath Jadus to watch how the Agent react in unknown situation like his dead will be and he also learned to calculate him. The Agent did well in the training of the Imperial Intelligence and therefore was a possibile ally to Darth Jadus or a thread if he is likely to stay loyal to the Empire. Also it gives him time to prepeare to a meeting with you which could influence you in a way he wanted. The last thing relates to your meeting with Darth Jadus in the Sith Sanctum in which he also did the ritual I want to explain more closely as I’ve already sayed. In your meeting Darth Jadus sayes that he is interested in you because you are young and therefore totaly loyal to the Empire. The last thing is a lie since your loyality to the Empire is bad for his plans but he already makes you questioning what happenes that older Agents aren’t that loyal to the Empire and what they could see. Then he does the ritual which make you to his personal Agent and give you the meanings to defeat your enemies. The first thing is clear he want’s to manipulate you and in that possiton he can watch you without that much questions. More over it will be you who is responsibile to look after his murderer and you are a young Agent who won’t even have the idea that Darth Jadus just pretends his death for his own plans. Also it will be you who will look for the supporter of the Eagle and so you aren’t a real thread to that man and so you wouldn’t be able to take the second part of the codes. The second part is more complicaded. Giving you the meanings to defeat your enemies is more complicated since he saied you are totaly loyal to the Empire and it could also give you the meanings to defeat him (what it basically did since you were able to support Dath Jadus long enough that support could come). Of course that could be a lie and you don’t have additional strenght but you did things nobody else was able to do. So the ritual might really give you strenght. That could meant that Darth Jadus sees a possibile ally in you what also seems logical since you don’t use normal methodes and have a anarchist as a partner which works out well. Also he sayes that you are young and haven’t seen the bad sides of the Empire yet but of course you will see them anyway what also made you a possibile thread. And he also saied that he forms you in his ways what could mean that he can influence your mind with his ideas somehow and therefore you don’t think that bad about it and will join him. Of course it also could be that he can watch you doing your missions. That would be good for him as I’ve already explained and it wouldn’t be suprising since the story of the Agent is being watched while watching. Now we get to the meanings of Darth Zhorrid. They is related to the fact that somebody had to support the Eagle by killing Darth Jadus. Darth Zhorrid is the prefect suspect therefore. She is the daughter and only apprentice of Darth Jadus so she was it who recieved his place in the Dark Council which is enough for a Sith to kill his supperiors. More over, Darth Zhorrid has her guards fighting against you when she invites you to Korriban what didn’t really make her more belivable. In addition to that, she isn’t really humble (to express it frindly) and hates her father. So she will be watched while Darth Jadus fulfill his plans without being watched at all and is just a deflection, Also the difference between Sith is showed to the Agent. While Darth Jadus didn’t show emotions Darth Zhorrid shows a lot of it and almost seems creasy due to it.

The happenings on the Dominator can have two reasons either Darth Jadus is honest and is forced to do it because you have the codes for the destroiers or Darth Jadus wanted you to kill the Eagle for getting an ally in you (of course that also can depend on the desicions you make with your charakter). It seems unlikely that Darth Jadus was honest since he had still enough allies to just let you kill and recieve the list by it but he has seen your skills and maybe wants to kill you himself. More over, he was really opportunistic in that case since he offered you an alligance anyway what might also become dangerous for him if you abuse it like you can do. And I don’t think that he would cause some danger to his plans, that isn’t his charakter. But as I’ve already mentioned there is the opportunity that he watches you due to the ritual on Dromund Kaas and he sees that you’ve seen some negative sides of the Empire like the fate of Watcher X and so you might not be that loyal to the Empire what could cause that you will join him. I think it is more likely that he wanted you to kill the Eagle and show you the Dominator since you’ve seen the bad sides of the Empire and Kalijo may influence you in a way he wants. So he regarded it as likely that you would become his ally. Of course it could also be that he wanted to meet you some day and made it earlyer as he actually has planned since you’ve killed the Eagle.

The meaning of Darth Zhorrid when you decide to be against Darth Jadus is those of a Sith Lord who isn’t able to gain the influence of her father since he didn’t show her how to do it. This enforces the things Darth Jadus saied on the Dominator since her failure caused that Imperial Intelligence was abolished without Imperial Intelligence really knowing why. Also it proves what Darth Jadus saied to Keeper when you first meet him on Dromund Kaas. That basically was that a single Sith Lord has the ability to abolish a whole organisation of the Empire only by saying that he wants it to be abolished. If you have to kill her it can basically have two aims: Darth Jadus wants to test if his ritual was successfull and you have the meanings to defeat your enemies or he wanted you to be killed by her since he dosn’t trust you completely and you know too much. Anyway Darth Zhorrid wasn’t usefull for Darth Jadus anymore since Imperial Intelligence knows he is alive so it might just be interesting for Darth Jadus to see who wins the fight. Another problem is that Darth Zhorrid meanwhile was a thread for Darth Jadus since she could know that he is alive and hates him so she has a very personal aim to punish him and if the Agent kills her she isn’t a thread anymore while Darth Jadus can see how the Agend is fighting now and prepare for a battle against him. This also works the other way round but according to Darth Zhorrid Darth Jadus is better informed how she fights than about the Agent.

There is also the question if Darth Jadus has relationships to the Star Cabal since they reached lots which normal terrorists aren’t able to reach and they must have had support. More over, Darth Jadus knew Hunter since he/she was part of the ghost cell which was supported and therefore also observed by Darth Jadus. If that was the case Darth Jadus tried to kill the Agent at first and when that didn’t work out he kept his promisses in a very strange way to give Cipher Nine additional power. But it also would show that he is affraid of Imperial Intelligence and abolishes it. (Mayby I will write a text about potential supporters of the Star Cabal within the Empire but it won’t come that soon).

#swtor #star wars the old republic #imperial intelligence #swtor blogging #cipher nine #darth jadus #darth zhorrid

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autopoietic-hiraeth · 5 years

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(Most of) the Homestuck kids as things I’ve said/done

John: He and Dave developed a plan for pranking their teacher at the end of high school. They will glue a loudspeaker to his desk and play kpop as loud as possible. This will be the best prak in the hostory of paradox space.

Dave: Swore to never get into kpop. Got into kpop.

Jade: Saw a super fluffy animal tail at comic con. Bought it and decided to become a furry.

Rose: “You know, these are-you-a-lesbian-tests have the stupidest questions ever. ‘Do you think breasts are attractive?’ THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW GODDAMIIT”

Jane: All her classmates forgot her birthday and didn’t sing her ‘happy birthday’. She still hasn’t forgiven them.

Dirk: Understands everything at school perfectly, but is too lazy to bother. Once send a teacher a power-point presentation two months late, arguing that his e-mail broke and was working too slow. Still got an A, somehow.

Jake: Can’t cook. At all. Fails to boil eggs correctly. Nobody knows how he does that, but they all know not to let him inside the kitchen.

Roxy: Gets shipped with her bff (Calliope) a lot. Jokes about it a lot, but inside she appreciates it.

Calliope: “I wouldn’t kill anybody, because I’d be afraid that they’d die”

Caliborn: Got really angry at a teacher. Started drawing stupid caricatures of him during the lesson. He also made several murder plans.

Karkat: Wrote a heart wrecking love story of a raindrop and a leaf in third grade. Killed them both at the ending of it. Believes it shaped his view of romance novels.

Aradia: Finds the most creative ways to turn anything into a weapon. Thinks that killing is super interesting. Wants to write a crime story someday.

Tavros: Cryed a lot in middle school, because teachers where giving him constructive criticism.

Sollux: Would rather die than live without technology for a day.

Nepeta: “Who cares about school? Shipping is much more important”

Kanaya: Cares a lot about her friends, but dosn’t really know how to show it. Was very surprised when she go decribed as ‘protection squad’

Terezi: Thought that a teacher graded a paper incorrectly. Spent the whole lesson arguing over it. got the better grade in the end.

Equis: Loved horses. Started riding them and realized they all hate him. Has a fear of horses now and doesn't know who he is anymore.

Eridan: Pretends he never cries at movies. Cries a lot at movies.

Feferi: Didn’t want to attend a school meeting, so she hid in a classroom. Met a guy there (Eridan) and they quickly became friends. Broke of contacts with him after three days, because he threatened to hurt himself if she doesn't talk to him.

BONUS

Caliborn: Got really frustrated when his crush (Dirk) hugged him. Stopped talking to him completely. Dirk now probably thinks that he hates him

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the-batgirl · 5 years

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Why do you love batcat do much ( i adore them) but love to know why others love them too :)

Glad you asked!

Let’s start with the fact that thIS was their first introduction to each other

Haha, I didn’t start with the detective comics, but I have loved them since I was a kid. I’ve loved Batman since I was a kid, I mean, he was my introduction into dc comics. Just like Spider-Man was my intro into marvel!

My Batman journey started with the cartoons. Btas, The Batman, brave and the bold, justice league ect

And I really loved Batman. You see, it’s the relationships that Bruce has that make him an interesting character. The whole ‘I am the night, and all criminals will fear me’ thing is cool, but if that’s all Bruce is allowed to be, it get’s old and repetitive.

Bruce’s relationships with his kids show the human and parental side to him. He has a hard time showing it, some of that comes down to his mental illness, but if you read batfamily stuff, you know that Bruce loves his kids.

Bruce also pretends to be a ladies man to keep up the image of “Playboy billionaire”. but it’s pretend. He pretends to be Bruce Wayne, because the real him, is Batman. Bruce is the character, Batman is the reality.

So where does Selina fit into this sad man’s life?

Bruce has always had a soft spot for her.

“Oh Catwoman is stealing diamonds again?”

And I think Selina saw him at first as a challenge. Like, stealing his heart was her biggest heist of all. (She steals his heart long before she realizes though.)

Batman wants to help her, and she wants to help him. There are so many versions of Selina that beg Bruce to hang up the mask and start a new life with her. Dark Knight Rise is a version where he listens…and gets a happily ever after.

Bruce sees the light in Selina, where she tends to only see the dark in herself. And vice versa.

Lots of people look at Batman and see just the embodiment of fear. Selina sees the human in him. She sees the sad, scared little boy hidden deep inside the stoic man.

And I think he clings to that, because she gets him.

You wouldn’t think that a man as unstable as Bruce and a woman so afraid of commitment would ever be able to have a happily ever after together.

But they work so well.

Selina doesn’t take his crap, she doesn’t bend to anyone’s schedule. She herself has a hard exterior, she likes to pretend she dosn’t care one way or another.

But she does care. A lot.

And she loves Bruce. Bruce is the only one she considers having a normal life with.

And as for Bruce? Every time he imagines a happy ending for himself/gets one, it’s with her.

Earth 2 Selina and Bruce

Brave and the bold

Rebirth. (The second pic is part of a dream sequence kinda thing)

injustice

Selina brings out the best in Bruce, in a way that others just can’t. She helps him be more than the batman.

He can be real with her. Honest, affectionate, soft, weak, vulnerable.

God that last one makes me cry

Anyway, Bruce being vulnerable, to me, is more interesting than “Stoic badass who only knows pain”

Married/happy superheros are just more interesting and that’s facts!

Not only are they a beautiful couple, but they make great partners as well. I mean, just go check out telltales’s batman game.

Bruce Wayne loves Selina Kyle with his whole entire heart and she loves him back.

I love them both sepratly, and I love them even more together.

Selina brings out a fun, sexy, happy side to Bruce. They make each other so happy, not to mention how healthy Selina is for him.

I adore them, they have an iconic 78 years of will they wont they. And I will fight Tom King myself to let them be happy.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#batcat #brulina #bruceselina #bruce x selina #selina x bruce #batman #catwoman #catwoman x batman #batman x catwoman #Bruce Wayne #selina kyle #ask box #long post

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sillybitchynerd · 4 years

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Yenn is the WORST

I have no idea why the show Fandom has such a massive hardon for her...maybe because she is written to be a pretend ‘empowering bad ass strong woman’ but she’s prolly the worst character and the one I wanna see shot straight in the face. And I loved her with all my gay little heart in the books and games, so no I don’t just hate strong women in general. She’s written like a cunty slug.

She and Istredd are BOTH spying on each other for their respective masters and it’s only Istredd who seems a little torn up about the whole thing when he gives Yenn’s bloodline away. He hesitates, seems to have kept the info for longer than he should have and hadn’t given anything useful so far though he had a decent amount to work with (like her emotional state and power to teleport) yet she treats him like DIRT the second things don’t go her way. Sure, the info he gave didn’t get her the assignment she wanted but as he points out they were BOTH spies that happened to fall in love. Istredd also loves her as she is and has no issue being with her when she’s a hunch back. Pointing out that she ‘lost her chance to be beautiful’ but wants her to come be with him and be in love and happy just as they are. SHE CALLS HIM BORING AND STORMS OFF!!!!!

When she goes to be transformed the (can’t remember his name so we shall call him) designer warns her about the consequences, asks her if she ‘knows the price’ right out and tries to get her to stop, to give him time to collect the herbs and even tells her he could get in trouble...so she insults him, says she understand the price and goes through with the whole damn thing. Yenn knows, she KNOWS she will never have children but she’s so obsessive and power hungry she dosn’t care. Cool, good on her. You don’t NEED a kid she can be power driven at all costs....but oh...OHOHOOHOH no...

Later while protecting a snotty queen and seeing that babies are cute I guess? She fucks up, get the kid killed and feels bad so now she wants one? She keeps trying to come up with goofy schemes to restore her womb and they never work and nearly gets herself killed, uses Jaskier as leverage and threatens to just let him die if she dosn’t get what she wants, uses mind control on Geralt so she can bully the people of the town and attack them getting him and an innocent elf sent to jail to be killed (and seems to have zero intention of getting them out so...)

After Geralt tries to talk her down from having a baby she get’s pissy and starts spouting off that she never had a choice (which she did), that no one ever treated her fairly (which they did she was her masters fav...) and throws the Law of Surprise child in his face which Geralt never expected or WANTED. He didn’t in fact have a choice and Ciri is forced on him by magical destiny not by choice...pretty sure he made that damn clear by abandoning her altogether and trying to run from it. But Yenn treats it like Geralt knocked up his ex and is just a shitty dad...YIKESSSSSSSSS

Later she shows back up to Istredd and flirts with him, telling him she missing him but still starts negging him about things he is CLEARLY passionate about, throws around the fact that she fucked like a BUNCH of people after breaking up with him, tries to ring him back into a toxic relationship and he SHOOTS HER DOWN. That was the most satisfying shit to watch. A man just say ‘look I loved the shit outta you and it destroyed me when you left...but you picked power and look where you are, glad you’re eyes are still pretty tho!’

Later she shows up at the guild, scares a bunch of girls and then teaches them how to mix herbs into drugs. NEAT, CHILDREN doin DRUGS! So fun! Goes on about how horrible the school is and how they turned her friends into eels...when she was the one who was super okay with it if it meant she could gain something. Spends the better part of the last EP insulting refugees who have nothing else and no where else to go.

She get’s a bit of good screen time during the battle. Going back to that calm and collected character, worrying about others as well as herself and feeling real emotion for people getting hurt, fighting for something greater. THATS GOOD If they can keep writing her like that than great! I know shes a bit cold and selfish in the different media she’s in. She can be kinda bitchy and kinda blunt but she never felt childish to me. Never so selfish that she would damn other’s and throw tantrums.

DO BETTER WRITERS. I love Yenn and I just wanna see her be...good!

#The witcher #Yennefer

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reject-princess97 · 6 years

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Peter Parker -Spider-Man

The school day pretty much dragged for Peter Parker and I, we had be stuck in Chem, and had been for what felt like the last 15 hours. Pete tapped his pen against the desk next to me in the rhythm of one of my favourite Imagine Dragons songs, while I hummed along quietly finishing off the last of my work.

"OK Class, I expect you have all handed in the permission slips in for the Stark Tower trip tomorrow." Our teacher Mr Harrington announced. The whole class nodded and then the bell rang.

"Miss Barton and Mr Parker, please stay behind for a moment." He announced as we all stood to leave. Pete and I sat back down and waited until the room was empty and Mr Harrington came and sat on the desk with on of ours.

"I'm fully aware of your, involvement with the Stark industries, I know this because one of the conditions to our opportunity as that you two are to be in attendance." He told us and her eyed the two of us suspiciously. Of course he had know Idea of our involvement with SI. He had know clue that Peter was in fact spiderman and that his "internship" is just a cove. He had know idea that my dad is in fact Tony Stark himself and that I only use the name Y/N Barton to keep my identity a secret so people don't treat me any different. Only Pete, Ned and MJ know my really name and only they know of Peter's alter ego too.

Pete and I nodded carried on as he spoke. "I expect you two on your best behaviour, I don't want another repeat of last year." He instructed before he shooed us off.

"He acts like that terrorist group attacking us was OUR fault." I muttered as we made our why out of the school where Happy waited for the two of us.

"To be fair, those guys were after you personally, the only reason he didn't get you was because Spiderman stepped in and saved your ass." he rose and eyebrow as we climbed into the back of the car.

"Yeah, and then who had to step in and save both your asses?" My dad sassed on the video phone. I smiled over at the screen and my dad smiled back.

"Papa Stark, how's things?" I asked as he let out a chuckle.

"Good, kid, listen, The team and I have a mission and as Pepper isn't back in the states till tomorrow, May has offered you a bed for the night. I'm sorry it short notice but I've packed you a bag, and by me I mean your aunt Nat." My dad told me and I nodded.

"OK, when will you be back?" I asked, letting out a sigh, this was the third time this week he had left me in the care of Aunt May, luckily this time Peter hadn't been called to the line and I wasn't left alone.

"I'll be back early hours this morning, I'll Text you in the morning, I love you Kiddo." He smiled apologetically I told him I loved him back before He was gone and I turned to Pete who smiled.

"You wanna order take out and watch supernatural?" He offered, taking my hand and I nodded, resting me head in my boyfriends shoulder and Happy drove us to Pete's weeknight home, as we called is a he usually spent the weekends at the Tower with my dad and I, working on new weaponry for the Avengers.

******The Next Morning******

I woke up on the couch in the living room, wrapped up in Peter's arms as he snored softly, to my phone ringing. I picked it up to see ****IronDad**** Flash across the screen and I smiled, answering the call.

"Dad, Hey!"

"Hey, Kiddo, just letting you know we made it home safe, a little beat up but not to much." He said and I could here the smile in his voice.

"Went well then?" I asked and he grunted in reply, a sign he was tired and wasn't really in the mood to talk about it right now.

"OK, well, you get some sleep and I'll see you later, OK?" I told him and he chuckled back,

"OK, Kiddo, I love you... I'll pretend I don't hear the Kids snores down the phone."

"Relax, Dad, we fell asleep on the couch watching Supernatural, we both know May would never allow the two of us to share a bed." I told he and I just knew he had a smirk on his face. "I love you too." I chuckled before we both hung up and I looked at my phone and sighed as I turned to Peter and shook him awake.

"We gotta get up loser, we got that trip today and we leave and like ah hour and a half." I told him and nodded, opening his arms wide and pulled me in to his chest.

"Petey, we gotta get up. Come on." I sighed as I pulled away and stood up, grabbing my bag and walking into the bathroom where I changed into the clothes Aunt Nat had picked out for me.

I liked that aunt Net knew how I liked to dress, especially around School or the tower so when I changed I was happy to find a pair of faded dark blue skinny jeans, a black ACDC top and a pair of black and while Converse. Also on my bag was various types of tech that my dad had developed to look like accessories so I could keep them on me at all times. One being a small bracelet that had a direct link to on my dad wore and a necklaces that was actually a panic button linked to both dad's and Peters phone.

Once fully dressed I walked out to find Peter dress and ready, standing by the door with a cup of coffee in each hand.

"Ready to good Stark?"

"You know it Parker." I smiled as I grabbed a cup of coffee and kissed him softly before we left, waving goodbye to May who waved, smiling.

The walk to school was pretty much the same as it always was, Peter and I walked hand in hand, sipping coffee and talking all the while a tall, well dressed man, followed not so subtly behind. Once as school wave to Happy, who nods back and we enter the school.

We walked to the group of students all waiting for the field trip, by the big yellow bus. After Mr Harrington checked our names off we all headed on the bus and soon we were on our way.

Although the Bus ride was short if felt as though it was dragging as Flash Thompson began to annoy Peter bout if internship, something Flash believed to be non existent. MJ and I, who sat next to each other in front of Peter and Ned, let out a sigh of relief when the bus stopped and we all climbed off.

"OK, students, please remember, this trip is not a right, it a privilege and any and all bad behaviour and messing around will result in you being brought back to the bus where you will spent the remainder of the day.." He informed the student however his eyes seemed to dart between Peter and I.

"I'd really like to see him try to kick me out of my our home, I mean seriously, Happy would laugh in his face if his tried to have me escorted out of the building." I muttered to MJ as we all headed inside to the lobby.

The lobby seemed to render everyone speechless. Peter and I just chuckled at everyone's faces at they look around and awe. Even MJ and Ned who had been here numerous times looked like their eyes might pop out of their sockets.

"OK Students, This is Chris. Chris, he will be our tour guide so please, do as he asks." Mr Harrington really did look at us this time as we turned and wave at Chris who smiled back.

"OK, Guys, before we start we have these passes to give out, this will allow you in and out of every door we pass as long as you have the right security Clearance." He explained as he handed the box too Mr Harrington.

"A little bit about the clearance levels, there are then levels, 1 being the highest then 10 being the lowest, these show you Floor clearance, then they are sorted into Alpha, Beta and Omega which basically tells you where in the level you are, Alpha being the head of the floors and omega being the interns and office staff and then from there it's split into two colours, Red and blue." Chris spoke, as each of the students took a pass with their name on it. "You being tourists have the lowest security Clearance, Level 10 Omega Blue." He told them as he led us all over to the security scanners.

"OK, just scan your pass and it will allow you in." Chris said as he scanned his pass and the automated voice called out

"Chris Jones, Level 5 Beta Red"

As numerous students scanned into the building Mr Harrington called Chris over and pointed and MJ, Ned Peter and I.

"I'm sorry to be a pain but, these four students don't have a pass and..." Chris cut Mr Harrington off and nodded.

"Well, they already have passes." Mr Harrington looked over at us surprised as we nodded.

"Bullshit, like hell Parker has a pass here." We heard Flash yell. Peter pulled out his pass and held it up, shrugging.

"Well, it's probably only like, level 10, same as us all." Flash bite back as he scanned his pass.

"Eugene Thompson, Level 10 Omega Blue" The voice called and Flash stepped in and stood, on the opposite side watching with a smug smiled as Ned scanned in

"Ned Leeds, Level 5 Alpha Red, penthouse access, welcome back Mr Leeds." Ned smiled and walked though, sending a smug smiled to Flash who watched wide eyed.

"Michelle Jones, Level 5 Alpha Red, Penthouse Access, welcome back Miss MJ." The automated voice sounded as MJ passed through, next was Chris and Mr Harrington then Peter.

"Peter Parker, Level 1, Alpha, Red" As peter scanned in the automated voice disappeared and F.R.I.D.A.Y spoke up.

"Good morning Mr Parker, I didn't know you were working, shall I imform Mr Stark you are here?"

"No thanks F.R.I.D.A.Y, I here with school." Peter answered.

"Very well" F.R.I.D.A.Y replied and my eyes widened as I saw it was my turn.

"SHIT!!" I called as I looked up in horror, realising I was about to be outed

"What's Wrong?" MJ asked. I saw evryone look back at me and Mr Harrington sent me a very stern look.

"Miss Barton!" he scoulded but I ignored him

"My ID dosn't say Y/N Barton." I told her.

"How can your ID not say 'Barton' Miss Barton?" Harrington asked but I looked over at Peter who know my problem and he was just as stuck as I was

"MISS BARTON CAN YOU PLEASE JUST SCAN IN SO WE CAN CARRY ON WITH THE TOUR!!" Mr Harrington yelled, making me jump. Chris looked over it him wide eyed.

"I'd advise you not to yell at her, not unless you want to be escorted out of the building." Chris warned him.

"No, I will not, not because Miss Barton is taking her time to Scan a bloody card. "

"Seriously, you yelling at Y/N is not good Mr Harrington." Peter spoke up and he scoffed.

"I will yell at any of my students if and when I please. And there is not a thing you can do about it." he yelled again and then he looked at me. "Now scan your ID card so we can carry on."

"Sure thing Harrington" I sighed. I took a deep breath and scanned in

"Y/N Stark, Level 1 Alpha Red" Then once again F.R.I.D.A.Y greeted me.

"Good morning Miss Stark, I was unaware of your presence today also, I'm I right in assuming you are attending the school tour along with Mr Parker?" She asked.

"Yeah, Fri, I am." I spoke.

"Shall I inform your father you and Mr Parker are here?" She asked.

"I'm sure they all know were here by now F.R.I.D.A.Y but If you could just tell him I'm around, thanks." I told her as I walked over to Peter who stood by our teacher who starred at me wide eyed.

"The Team have been notified of you presence and Dr Banner as asked for you and Peter to stop by the lab if you have a chance." F.R.I.D.A.Y announced and Peter and I thanked her before turning to Chris who smiled.

"We'll be heading that way soon." he told us before pulling the classes attention back to the tour.

After a couple hour of walking around the tower we were all sat in the work out room and Mr Harrington was constantly trying to apologise for yelling at me. I rolled my eyes for the 100th time and sighed in relief when I heard someone call my name but when I turned my face dropped.

"This can't be good." I sighed as Clint Barton came walking over.

"Lady Stark, Lady Starks Boyfriend, how goes it?" He asked as he and Nat walked towards us.

"Uncle Clint, Aunt Nat, what are you doing here?" I asked, turning to my awe struck Classmates.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y told us you were around, figured we'd say Hi...Hi" Nat explained as she waved at the two of us. Peter chuckled and I groaned, turning back to Chris who too looked awestruck.

"Look, I'm the daughter of Tony Stark, I live in the Stark Tower, where the Avengers also reside. Don't be surprised if the other guys make an appearance." I told my class who all nodded but quickly let of shrieks as I was lifted of the floor and began floating in mid air.

"Maximoff, I will kill you!" I called to the Witch, who I know was around some where.

"Please little Witch, you couldn't touch me." She sassed as she came into view. She set me down and smiled.

"I reacon she's got you there princess" Peter laughed from beside Ned who watched wide eyed. I flipped him off and shook my head.

"Big talk coming from you Parker." I challenged.

"Bring it Princess" Peter smirked.

"Oh you guys are about to see something awesome" Nat told the class who watched Peter and I.

Nat nodded to Clint and I watched as walked over and pulled two staffs from the weapons wall and throw them at Peter and I which we caught with ease and I smirked as I saw Nat and Wonda shake hands, obviously placing bets.

I smirked as I made the first move and then Pete and I spared for about ten minutes before Pete knocked me on my butt

"You give up yet?" He asked, holding the staff to my throat. I smirked, did a fancy leg flip thing and chuckled as I sat on Pete's chest, the staff against his neck and his legs and hands pinned.

"I win" I smiled as I lean forward, kissing his lips and standing up and pulling him up with me.

"Ha, Peter got his ass kicked by a girl" Flash yelled, laughing.

"Kid, it's sparring, Honestly if Y/N hadn't taken advantage of her possition on the floor, Peter could have won just as easily." Nat told him, "Fighting isn't just being strong or week, Y/N could easily be the weekest person in this room, and Peter the strongest, but if Y/N knows when to strike, when to take advatage, then Peter would have lost all the same, It's all about using your brain." She continued.

"Besides, she trains with the Black widow, no body in the room can beat her." Peter told him, high fiving Clint who chuckled and Agreed.

"OK, let's move on, Miss Stark shall we take them to see Dr Banner now?" Chris asked and I nodded, Peter and I walked off, leading the way, hand in hand as we stopped at the Elevator.

"Non of you have Clearance for the next floor so you'll have to wait out in the hall and we'll get uncle Bruce to come out." I explained we all climbed in and I scanned my card, overriding the elevator with my own security clearance.

As we reached the Lab My uncle Bruce spotted us and smiled, making his way over.

"Hey, Uncle Bruce, F.R.I.D.A.Y said you requested our presence?" I asked once he was outside.

"Well, I need Peters help with the project we are working on and I need you because everyone needs a tiny, less annoying Stark in their day." He chuckled pulling me into a hug.

"He isn't wrong!" I heard a voice call. I turned to see my mother, Pepper. OK so she wasn't my birth mother, but she was the next best thing.

"Mum!" I grinned. "I thought you were away somewhere?" I smiled as I hugged her.

"Ok, so who has a question for Dr Banner?" Chris asked as I walked away from the group just a little so I could speak to mum while the class asked Bruce questions.

"Have yo spoken to your dad today?" She asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, he called me this morning, I told him to go to sleep, why?" I asked, I knew something was up because Pepper usually knows when dad calls me.

Pepper and I tell each other everything, even before she and my dad became a thing. She is the only mother I've ever known, my birth mother abandoned me when I was a baby, she left me with my gran. After Grams got sick she told me I was going to be living with my dad, Tony Stark.

Pepper took care of me when my dad was away and/or working so she became my mother figure. Then she became my mother. She and Dad got married and she asked me how I would feel about her becoming my mother, she wanted to adopt me and I cried for a whole day when she asked. I said yes and now, here we are, Tony Stark, his wife Pepper Stark and their daughter Y/N Stark. We were a family, something Tony and I never had much of growing up.

"Y/N honey, your dad got back from the mission a little, lets say broken. the iron man suit blown to pieces. Your Uncle Steve and Bucky had to bring him home, he was knocked out for a few hours after they got back. I thought he would have told you this." She explained as I looked at her wide eyed. I shook my head.

"I..is he OK?" I asked clearly getting upset mostly out of fear but also anger.

"Yeah, honey, he's fine. A little bruised but he'll be back to his usual annoying self in no time." She smiled, making me laugh a little.

"I resent that!" I heard my dad's voice come through over the PA system.

"Dad, were you listening in on mum and I?" I asked. I noticed, in the corner of my eye, all the students looked around, confused.

"What, no, of course not, I was just checking in but then I heard what you were saying." He defended himself. I knew he was lying though, I could hear it in his voice.

"Well, how about you go back to bed and later, when I come home from school, I'LL KILL YOU!"

It was quiet for a couple seconds before Imagine Dragons began to play over the PA. Demons to be exact.

"What is he doing?" Uncle Bruce asked, looking over at Pepper and I.

"He's 'soothing' Y/N with her favourite song." Peter answered as he exited the lab, letting Bruce know he was done with his work.

"Why would he do that?" Bruce asked, seeming even more confused.

"Because my stupid father got hurt in the last mission and he didn't tell me." I seethed.

"Miss Stark, your father would like to know if my playing music has calmed you enough?" F.R.I.D.A.Y asked.

"Yes, it has, however you can tell my father if he pulls this shit again I will kill him, violently." I told her.

"Wow, I'd hate to be the guy that ever breaks your heart." Peter joked, throwing his arm over my shoulder and leading me back to the group. I said a quick goodbye to my mum and rejoined my class.

The rest of the tour went by pretty smoothly. We toured around the final part of the building, the Avengers Museum, before make our way down to the lobby where everyone handed in their passes.

"OK, thank you for coming today and I hope you have learned a little something about working for Mr Stark, and yeah, it's pretty much like that all the time!"

"Not True!" Peter and I said at the same time.

"OK, no sometimes Captain America is here to keep things in check, sometimes Clint messes with stuff and blows stuff up and sometimes we have Two very annoying Teenagers running around the building with various weapon prototypes blasting each other...it's never this crazy" A voice said from behind me and I turn to see Rhodey called from behind me as he walks over to the group.

"OK, first of all Uncle Rhodey, Uncle Steve doesn't keep anything thing in check unless there is a mission, secondly, Clint is an idiot who can't keep his hands to himself and third...Pete and I get board so we 'TEST ' the prototypes to make sure things work." I told him.

"Sure, you joining us for dinner tonight Pete?" He asked turning his attention t my boyfriend who was chuckling beside me.

"It's Friday, Colonel Rhodes, I'm here most of the weekend working anyway so sure," Pete replied.

"Great, I'll see you after school. Y/N, I'm picking you up as your dad is..."

"dead" I interrupted him, "Or he will be when I get my hands on him." I huffed as I turned to walk away.

"Mr Stark didn't tell her he got hurt." Peter explained.

Once everybody had scanned out, Peter and I were last, and F.R.I.D.A.Y, spoke up.

"Miss Stark, your father would like me to inform you he will be picking you and Mr Parker up after school, not Colonel Rhodes and he will be taking you and Mr Parker to the beach house for the weekend, your mother too."

"Thank you F.R.I.D.A.Y." I told her as we all exited the building and climbing onto the bus.

"So, you got a beach house?" Ned asked as he stood by me seat.

"My dad has a beach house, I only stay there when dad wants family time." I told him.

"Then why is Peter invited?" MJ asked pointing at Pete who sat down and looked confused.

"My dad as already married me off the this Idiot...the son he never had." I joked. "If my dad can't adopt him, then he will make him his Son-In-Law instead."

"I feel honoured." Pete smiled. "I mean for Mr Stark to trust me with his only daughter...he must really like me." He beamed.

"Yeah, you'd think that." I told him sitting down as the bus set of back to school.

#Peter Parker #peter parker imagine #tony stark imagine #The Avengers #the avengers imagine #imagines

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