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nottoofondofgaypeople · 3 months

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xerith u know ima take advantage of the scene rewrite offer. hit me with that s2 ep52 scene where laurance cuts off aphmau in her (very demeaning and dismissive) spiel to basically let her know that he can’t ignore the idea of the portal nearby

Went back and rewatched the episode. Realized Laurance doesn't even know the portal is fully opened. Got mad about it. Bone appetit.

I'm gonna start off the rewrite of this scene with some dialogue from the original that'll lead into the better version of the scene.

Bit of context, at this point Irena and Laurance are still together, but their relationship has become increasingly strained due to a mixture of the calling, Garroth being gone, the general horrors of MCD storytelling, and Laurance killing all those people at that wedding.

"I can't stand seeing people be forced to do something," Laurance expressed, running an uneasy hand through his hair. It was starting to get long again... "It reminds me too much of what happened in the Nether." His heart ached. "A-And it wasn't just me. Vylad, Zenix... Maybe even Vincent..."

"Laurance," Irena started carefully, hesitating before she put a hand on his shoulder. "I understand what you're trying to do. And my answer is yes, you may turn into a Shadow Knight in order to learn how to control it. But please... Please..." Her voice broke slightly on the second please. "Don't let your emotions control your actions."

"I-I'm sorry. I think I'm just... Off." His eyes drifted to the cave entrance. He could feel the energy present pulling him in. Calling him. It was stronger than it had ever been. He couldn't tell if it was because of himself or the portal.

"It's okay. Just let me handle it." She pulled her hand away, the warmth present from it evaporating in an instant. It left Laurance feeling cold.

"What, the portal? I-I've been to the Nether, I feel like I'm the best to assess it."

"Laurance, I don't... I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Because who knows if it's active or not--"

"You know." Irena froze. "You know because you activated it."

"Vylad told you?"

"He wanted to make sure I knew before I approached it." Laurance looked back to her, basically forcing eye contact despite the lack of need for it.

"I was trying to seal it..."

"You should know you can't do that."

"It worked before, didn't it?! I saw the wolves do it!"

"The wolves were trained to do it, Irena. Their elder was an expert in realm magic, that's why he looked after the portal. Don't you realize you put yourself in danger with a stunt like that? What if it had rebounded onto you and hurt you?" Irena looked away, even taking a step towards the portal.

"Still, I don't think it's a good idea for you to go to it."

"Don't avoid the conversation." Despite being blind, he reached perfectly for her shoulder, forcing her to stay even if she couldn't look at him. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I--"

"And don't tell me that you didn't think it was important." Irena went silent. "How long were you planning on lying to me?"

"...I wasn't lying to you."

"You just weren't going to tell me the truth."

"Laurance, I-I didn't want you to worry about it. I figured we'd come up with some solution eventually to close it--"

"And you thought I wouldn't want to help with that?!"

"We don't know what'll happen if you go near it!"

"Vylad said he was fine standing next to it!"

"But Vylad has 15 years of controlling this! I didn't want to risk you losing control if you got too close."

"If that's the case, why didn't you tell me you tried to seal it in the first place? Why didn't you tell me it got worse? What if I had gone in there and it started working on me before you could catch me?"

"But that wouldn't happen--"

"Because you'd keep me on a short enough leash."

"N-No, it's not like that--"

"Then what is it like, Irena?! What was your plan here?!" She finally looked at him. Sage green eyes stared back at her. Not a hint of red in them. This wasn't the calling or the portal pulling on his anger. This was just Laurance. Knowing that, she turned away, putting her hand on his.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you." She removed his hand from her shoulder. "I won't stop you from going to the portal if you want to, but please, try to maintain control." Laurance took a shaky breath. He was tired of her running, but she wasn't going to stop. Not while they weren't home. He'd have to confront her later.

"How bad is it?"

"Vylad already told you everything, didn't he?"

"I'm not asking Vylad. I'm asking you."

"It's... Bad. Worse than any portal I've seen. The magic may not have rebounded onto me, but it did rebound. It's a portal large enough... for an army." Laurance sighed, stepping ahead of her, but stopping short.

"Next time... Please don't lie to me." She didn't respond. It made Laurance angrier. "Irena--"

"What?! What do you want from me? To lie again by saying I won't lie to you?!" He turned around in a fury. Still his eyes remained the same.

"I want you to feel like you don't have to lie to me! I-I want to have a conversation with the love of my life where I don't second guess what she tells me! How can I trust anything you say when you can't even pretend like you won't lie to me again?!"

Laurance's words echoed in the valley nearby. They echoed in his mind as they always did, as they always had since her first thought of them. Since he first found out from Vylad she didn't tell him. At first he gave her the benefit of the doubt, there was a lot going on at the time. Her focus was on the safety of her sons. But then... She still didn't tell him. And then she tried to keep him from it. How much was she going to "forget" to tell him before it was intentional? How much was he willing to tolerate?

The inability to answer those questions, the inability of both of them to answer Laurance's questions, it made him turn away. It made him walk away from her, even if he faintly heard a sniffle from her. It brought him just to the edge of the cave. He could feel the pull of the portal, like another person grabbing his arm and leading him to it. The hands even felt familiar. They felt like Gene.

Instead he turned away again. Took his stance outside the portal room with crossed arms and a furrowed brow. And even though he knew it wasn't necessary, even though he knew that he couldn't see her like this, he still narrowed his eyes at Irena as she walked into the portal room. He still glared at her when she left. He hated being angry with her, but it's all he could feel. It's all she let him feel when she tried to brush him off like that.

Irena's tendency to try and ignore unfavorable subjects was something Laurance was intimately familiar with. She did it all the time with Shadow Knight and Nether related stuff. She tried to focus on the positive and only address the negative when it was literally banging down her door demanding action. He remembered arguing with her over the chances of going to war with O'Khasis, how dismissive she was of the idea because she didn't want to believe O'Khasis would truly do that. He remembered the conversations they and Garroth had about this very issue.

The hope was that she would get better, that she would talk to them about serious issues, that she would address them properly with them. But ever since Lilian meddled in things, turned Garroth against her over a single instance, she seemingly regressed. Refused to talk to anyone about these issues unless they forced her hand. Laurance hated forcing her to do anything. He'd rather she feel comfortable just... telling him things.

That was the day Laurance started coming to terms with the inevitable fallout. Whether he wanted to or not, he knew that things were only going to get worse from here. He wasn't going to be able to be nice about this for long, and Irena always reacted badly when someone pointed out her shortcomings. What had once been a fun quirk of their banter was going to snowball into something capable of ending their relationship. He couldn't stand the thought.

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sporkberries · 1 year

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Yeah yeah happy pride thank you DC blah blah, now when is Booster coming out?

#waiting.#spork says stuff #dc #booster gold #michael jon carter #sorry for deadnaming him

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bongsavior · 3 months

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deeez-n · 7 months

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anyone have anything involving one sided dazai-shirase beef??

#opened my hands #waiting.#fics hcs whatever #literally so bored i need to read smth to focus on my bio assignment #ur future dr out in the streets waiting for daz shrs one sided beef #better eat ur apples bros #bsd #dazai osamu #soukoku #most active bsd tag #i know u bitches will have smth #bungou stray dogs #ig...#mine

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lady-shadow-and-darkness · 2 months

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Arlecchino's boss theme is actually amazing. It gives a more creepy, subtle feel, it's not strong like the other harbingers themes, it's like the darkness clouding the edge of your vision, the feeling of you looking behind in fear because you felt something but nothing is there except pure, inky darkness, the children singing luring you to your demise.

#People are saying it is bad?#Interesting. In any case people will say anything is bad.#I find it perfect for her character. Especially after what we saw in Fontaine's quest line.#People act like we know her but we really don't. The intrigue comes from the mystery.#I actually really hope there is no 'redemption' arc.#and we get to play a character who is definitely morally corrupt.#Though we still don't know much so.#Waiting.#genshin impact #Arlecchino

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thatoneluckybee · 4 months

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I think that's enough internet for today.... (Blatant Lies and I am going to continue mindlessly scrolling.)

#Early dismissal day at school cause most teachers and a lot of students were leaving anyways for a funeral of someone i did not know but a #Lotta people did so.#I'm just here.#rambles #WAITING.

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cartooncreature · 1 year

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I drew these creatures again

They are so gay. Like so so gay. Very gay.

Also my signature is only visible in the digital piece, which is making me a little upset but it’ll be fine no worries.

(Some of these are based on scenes from the fanfiction I’m writing because I’m cringe)

#spy vs spy #spy x spy #gay haha #they love each other #Lady Gray agrees so you know it’s a fact #I’m hyperfixating.#hard.#I’m not sure if Muppets was a fluke or if they’re currently battling for dominance in my skull #but I’m fine with either #I’ve been hyperfixated on Spy vs Spy for quite possibly over a year now.#other things have come and gone #but they’ve always been there.#waiting.#I’m a little too proud of the gay panic one lol #fanart

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finndoesntwantthis · 6 months

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So is Christian gonna appear on our screens to explain his actions gaslight the audience demonstrate why he’s a great father and role model that Shayna was right to side with orrrrrr

#aew #christian cage #WAITING.

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ladytauria · 7 months

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Tauria, do you want to tell me your cat is called Tauri?????

she IS

& here she is being adorable:

also! the meaning behind her name (& mine):

- i was 12 & discovered fanfiction + fanfiction.net while in the middle of an obsession with “super robot monkey team hyper force go”—a very silly cartoon that i’m still v fond of, if not as active in the fandom for~

- my fave character from the show was “antauri”

- i named myself ANTAURIfan

- a friend i made in the fandom gave me the nickname “tauria” which <333 i loved

- i adopted a kitten from a shelter a few months to a year later, still p into the fandom. she was a lovely little gray kitten, & antauri eventually transforms into a silver version*. i was also told she was a boy (not that it mattered at all) so! i named her tauri <3

- she’s going to be 12 next month (i think. i got her in early december & she was 4-6 weeks old, so she may already be 12) & my heart can’t take it <3333

#*he died & was resurrected <3 #also i say ‘resurrected’ but actually his consciousness was moved to a fully robot body #anyway.#bit if a spoiler for the end of season 2/beginning s3 i suppose ^^;#thank u for asking!#iriascend #asks and answers #abt me #i suppose?#cats #also im sorry the picture isn't v good #i was afraid she would get up if i did (it was almost treat time)#(she is Very Very Strict about treat time)#her poor meow is so croaky but she spends the whole time yelling at me <3 #and the time before just. staring into my soul #waiting.#i also have 2 other cats!

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la-pafairy · 1 year

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can the monster ball line leak already

#monster high #WAITING.

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demonio-fleurs · 2 years

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i still love the way robin was like “yeah i was content and ready to die but then your captain saved my life so now his/your problem so let me join your crew” and then she just became part of the straw hats!

#ange watches one piece #nico robin #women who are on the bad guys side but become good is my SHIT #my 1 trope #the moment I met robin st the very BEGINNING of the alabasta arc I made Reese tell me more about her #and eventually he confessed she becomes part of the straw hats and the entire alabasta arc has been me #waiting.#so very patiently for her to appear on screen/join the crew and now she’s HERE!!!!!

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sunnnfish · 2 years

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Hirano taiga will fall in love and it will eat him ALIVE !!! Tear him apart it will be disastrous and glorious. One final piece will click in place and everything he’s ever done will make sense and he will not be able to handle it

#waiting.#Hirano to kagiura #he will look at his past actions and have every epiphany we’ve had #he’s a smart guy do you know how much he’s gonna beat himself up #but alas he don’t know anything yet #sob.#sunnfish.txt #sunnfish.kghr

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livvyofthelake · 1 year

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planting flowers is such a merlin bbc merlin activity

#waiting.

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tbcanary · 1 year

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one of these days when i’m not feeling cowardly about it i will make you all sit through the essay in my head about jason and green world literary theory and you’ll regret ever having interacted with me

#text.tb #it’s one of those things where I am literally always thinking about it. always constantly. and I would LOVE to yell about it.#but the thing is is that if anyone decides to tell me I am wrong I will crumple like wet tissue paper ykwim #but it’s in there. in my brain.#waiting.

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mt-arc · 2 years

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im waiting for y’all to make ted lasso muses

#〈 ooc. 〉 - 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜.#waiting.

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firstpersonnarrator · 1 year

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TUA Tarot: The Hanged Man

If you’ve ever wondered what the Hanged Man is all about, Luther is a fantastic poster child for this Major Arcana Card (#12).

First, he’s willing to sacrifice himself, so he can die with his lady love on their own terms. But the key here is that it is a willing sacrifice. A perfect illustration of the concept is the Norse God Odin. He hung upside-down from the World Tree and sacrificed one eye, in exchange for the gift of runes. So if you have ever given up something for a larger purpose, for someone else, or for a greater goal, you’ve lived the Hanged Man card.

People usually think the imagery on this card is of an upside-down crucifixion, a la Saint Peter — but with black-magic-satan-worshippy connotations. On the contrary, it is an image of suspended animation. Hanging upside down like that, you aren’t going anywhere. It is an intentional time out, with an outcome that can be expected to have been worth the trials, tribulations, and/or waiting in boredom. Snow White in her glass coffin. Or a hunger strike. Five in the Apocalypse — the first apocalypse. There is expected to be a payoff for all that waiting in the end.

Dead Luther in the Void is another perfect representation of suspended animation. He’s stuck there. Until he walks out of the elevator at the end, renewed.

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