#you deserved more than 20% of the vote

[writing-for-life]

Death—John Watkiss

#the sandman #sandman #death of the endless #john watkiss #sandman art #sandman x art #sandman march mania #really heartbroken #you deserved more than 20% of the vote #queue crew

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Clark Gable (Gone With the Wind, It Happened One Night)—There's no proof that Clark Gable stripping in It Happened One Night caused the sale of undershirts to take a nosedive, but there's also no proof that it didn't do that. And either way, him saucily undressing for bed in front of a woman who was married—not to him—is too deliciously scandalous to ignore. He deserves votes for this scene if nothing else. He got an Academy Award for this movie! He could play comedy just as well as drama, he earned medals for his bravery as a bomber gunner in WW2, he competed in car races, he has a great mustache and perfect eyebrows for sexy smirking, he's just HOT.

Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field, To Sir With Love)—an unbelievably beautiful man, a complete class act. Something about his eyes breaks my heart every time.

This is round 3 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Clark Gable propaganda:

"Listen, he was "the King of Hollywood" for a reason and a suave motherfucker. Also a Major in the air force during WWII!"

"So Clark Gable was the king of Hollywood for a reason but honestly what makes him hot to me is his relationship with his wife Carole Lombard like if she loved him so she can't be wrong. Their relationship is so tragic like they met first when they filmed No Man of Her Own in 1932 and like there was nothing between them then but in 1936 they met again at a Hollywood party and this time things were different. Basically from that moment on they were inseparable and had to carry out their romance in secret until his divorce was finalized (he was separated when they met again at the party) and then they eloped in 1939 when he had a break during filming Gone With The Wind. They had a 20 acre farm together with horses, cows and chickens and they loved to do all those outdoorsy activities together. When they were apart for various work obligations they would send each other goofy gag gifts. In 1942 Carole was on a trip to sell war defense bonds when on the flight back home her plane crashed in the mountains of Nevada. Her death devastated Gable he flew to Nevada and demanded he be taken to the spot where the plane crashed despite the dangers posed by its location. Amongst the wreckage they found a hair clip he had given her for Christmas. Her death forever changed him he became more reckless and signed up for the US Army Air Corps in 1942 and he kept her bedroom unchanged in their home. He never stopped loving her when he died in 1960 he was buried next to her. I know Clark wasn't a perfect person and their is some speculation that she was racing home on that plane to him because she was worried that he was having an affair or something but relationships are complicated especially ones occurring in 1930s and 1940e Hollywood amongst two of the biggest starts at the time. (I just wanted to include this so ya know I'm not just looking at their relationship as all sunshine but like you can't deny the love they shared)

"They had an ineffable quality in romance, the ability to have fun together... they were soulmates who thought life was delicious, and they made everyone's life delicious around them" -Esther Williams

"GWtW is an epic stretching across years so Clark has a chance to show off a whole bunch of different sides, from Hot Outsider to Husband to Father and so on. But his most attractive is his final line of the movie, made only better by the story that he lobbied the Film Industry to ‘Let Rhett Curse!’ And who is more classic 30s Hollywood than this man?"

"Also apparently his name was Billy Gable then Glark Gable before finally landing on Clark Gable. A fact that I cant forget now glark gable lives in my mind now"

Sidney Poitier propaganda:

#sidney poitier #clark gable #hotvintagepoll #round 3 #fuck that old man!!! #i'd like to present the hottest man of all time: glark

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

Round 5, Match 8

propaganda below the cut! (wall of text warning)

Tracy Chapman:

"I can’t think of anything clever to say because I’m too busy sighing dreamily"

"GUYS ITS FUCKING TRACY CHAPMAN VOTE FOR HER OR ELSE ILL EAT PLAYDOUGH"

"Tracy Chapman made the best song of all time (fast car)"

"ik im the hope sandoval guy but if hope doesn't make it tracy has to she made me realize i was a lesbian i just thought i was bi then i listened to her and now im a lesbian she is powerful she is strength if you looked at her and looked at my art you would see 20 years of inspiration from one single woman"

"she's too good to commit atrocities to me but im the gore guy and you aren't for that. i would let her take out my vocal chords and use them as floss. i would have her saw down my bones to make a vinyl of her music. i would go on all fours and let her slaughter me like a pig. i want to be her cat"

"The most powerful written and performed voice of the 90s. Everyone, of any nationality or belief system, could feel the words Tracy Chapman sang. She gets her dues but deserves even more."

Kathleen Hanna:

"if you don't think kathleen hanna is the coolest person ever you're WRONG she's better than everyone and more gorgeous than everyone"

"i think if she was my age and we went to middle school together she would've been my queer awakening. she would've been who i considered my "first girl crush" and ii'm so in love with her she's kathleen fucking hanna <3"

"IS PROPAGANDA EVEN NEEDED!!!! She fronted a whole genre, bagged arguerably the best beastie boy, got into a fight with courtney love, invented the phrase girl power, helped nirvana to its success, and looked like a god while doing all this."

"Kurt Cobain this, Nirvana that. IF KATHLEEN HANNA WASNT ALIVE THERE WOULD BE NO SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT. I mean- who else could be able to say that they had a whole ass movie made about them that's literally titled THE punk singer??? She's THE moment. THE icon."

"vote kathleen or you hate FEMINISM!!!!"

"A vote for Kathleen is a vote for riot girls everywhere"

#most attractive 90s musician #poll #polls #90s music #tournament #tracy chapman #kathleen hanna #bikini kill

[starcrossedxwriter]

Oscars Night Part 1 (MBJ/Famous Black OC)

A/N: Warning - NSFW… My favorite Black power couple are back at it againnnn… took some creative liberties with this one lol but hope you enjoy and let me know if you want to be tagged! There is a part 2 with Charlotte's win but I wanted to start with MBJ.

***

"Welcome back to the 96th Academy Awards. And now to present the Academy Award for Best Director, please welcome two-time Oscar winner Charlotte Elsbeth Jordan." 

Charlotte forced her face to remain relaxed with a bright smile despite the nerves coursing through her as she glided up to the mic. She was far more nervous than she should have been for a category she was not even nominated in. And it was not because of the bright lights, sea of her peers, or the millions of people watching that she could not see. No, it was because who won this category would be a defining moment in her life.

She took a deep breath and pushed her long hair behind her ear before smiling and reading her lines. “As actors, we know that our work would mean little without strong visionaries at the helm. Our directors set the tone for our work and are tasked with bringing complex stories and characters to life and creating new worlds for us to escape to. Whether we are watching a coming-of-age story or a man fighting his past both in and outside of the ring, these five directors brought to life stories of joy, grief, heartbreak, and compassion. Their innovative visions for their films created both windows into the lives of people we may never know, and mirrors into our own lives so we may better know ourselves. Here are the nominees for Best Director.” 

Charlotte waited as the lights dimmed and the video started playing a scene from each nominee’s film. She wasn’t listening really until she heard it, the performance she really cared about it, the one she prayed with her all might would win one of the biggest awards of the night. "Michael B. Jordan, Creed III.” She listen to the short snippet of Michael and Jonathan’s fight on the beach from the film, which remained - even a year later - one of her favorite scenes. She wished she could see his face in the darkness, from his seat on the front row, she knew he absolutely hated watching himself back. Her mind allowed her to be transported back to the moment right before this. 

"You ready?" She whispered to him during the commercial break, only having a few moments before the showrunners would whisk her backstage to fulfill her role as a presenter. She had not really wanted a role at all, except the one of a doting and supportive wife, but the world had other plans. When the original presenter for the award fell through, the Academy called Jordan and asked her to step in. It was not ideal as her husband was nominated, leading to a true test of their cardinal rule: their relationship would never interfere with work. 

Charlotte immediately informed her husband, letting him know that her intention to politely decline. She did not want to announce the award because, while she felt he deserved to win (and voted as such), statistically, he had a 20% chance. She had been in his shoes before, knew the odds were never truly in anyone’s favor when it came to award shows, and would rather sit beside him and support him whichever way the wind blew. 

Michael, on the other hand, couldn’t have disagreed more. He insisted she accept, citing that cardinal rule they had always abided by since they started dating nine years prior. This was work and presenting at the Oscars was a promotional opportunity. And he knew Marvel would not appreciate her turning down an opportunity to promote her recent project, the Marvels. She could not say no simply because of his feelings. He also believed that he would rather hear the news, either way, from his wife. Charlotte did not necessarily agree with his logic but who was she to argue with him? It was his night after all and this was what he wanted.

Michael kissed the back of her hand. "Babe, stop stressing. I am not as worried as you and I am the one nominated," he chuckled. Charlotte narrowed her eyes at the way his hand gripped and released the meat of her thigh, exposed by the high split in her dress, a tell that he was similarly riddled with anxiety.

"Yea and I am sure you aren’t nervous at all," she retorted, pointing at his active hand and jiggling leg.

He sighed, "I just don’t want to get too caught up in it, you know? You said so yourself… shit doesn’t really change. Being one of the only sports movies nominated is an honor in and of itself. So many directors and actors don’t win this shit anyway so if I don’t, I’ll move on.”

Charlotte could not disagree with him there, she understood all of this too well. In 2018, she became the first black woman to win two Oscars in one night for Best Song and Best Actress, cementing her place as the youngest EGOT winner in history. And while it was a moment she had dreamed about her entire life, aside from the phone ringing a bit more, nothing truly changed. The work was still the work and people did not treat her any differently. 

"Well just know that whatever name I read up there, you are the best director to me," she offered as security came to transition her backstage. She placed a kiss to his cheek and lips before heading to get mic’ed up.

Charlotte’s hand trembled slightly as the lights came back up and the camera’s transitioned back to her. This was it, the moment of truth. "And the Oscar goes to…"

It took a moment to open the envelope and pull the card out. She read the name twice just to ensure she wasn’t hallucinating, unable to stop the gigantic smile that spread across her face or the tears that started to fall earnestly. “Get on up here, husband.” She laughed, the entire crowd immediately erupting in cheers. “Michael B. Jordan, Creed III.” 

Loud cheers filled her ears and the crowd rose to a standing ovation as Michael made his way up to the stage. It took a minute as he gave a quick round of hugs to a couple of their friends who sat along the way to the stage. 

Charlotte could barely see through the tears that clouded her vision by the time he was in front of her. Michael did not care about the golden statue in her hand as he swept her up into a hug and deep kiss, the audience also forgotten until a wolf whistle and whooping filled their ears. To him, this moment was well worth the anxiety he felt for the last week at the idea of her saying someone else’s name. This was more than he could have hoped for. 

“I’m so proud of you,” she whispered as she broke away from their hug and kissed him softly again. He squeezed her hand, bringing it to his lips to kiss her ring finger, their signature move. She quickly moved off to the side to stand out of the shot so he could give his speech. 

He stood there stunned for a moment, staring down at the statue and over to his wife. He truly had not thought he would win. So few directors receive the honor in their lifetime, let alone for their first movie. And a sports movie at that? He was shocked to be nominated. He truly had simply enjoyed the journey of being a nominee and was resigned to being nothing more. He had not even written a speech just in case. However, tonight was simply further proof that the only person ever putting limitations on his dreams was him. Tonight, he held the highest honor one could receive in his profession in his hand and it filled him with a pride he had never known. 

"Wow… Els… this is something else. Um… first I want to thank God, without him I wouldn’t be able to be here and do what I love day and day out. I want to thank my parents, who made it possible for a young man from  New Jersey to be in and make movies and make it to this stage tonight. You both always encouraged me to follow my dreams and my passions, I’ll never be able to repay you for that." There was a light applause and cheering at the heartfelt tribute to his parents.

"I want to thank everyone involved in this project - from the entire crew to my amazing cast, particularly Charlotte Elsbeth Jordan, Jonathan Majors, and Mila Davis Kent - I wouldn't be up here without you all. Thank you for putting your heart, soul and dedication into this project and showcasing the importance of vulnerability, love, and family in this film. Thank you to every director who has inspired me and helped me in this journey… Ryan, Stephen, Denzel… you all gave me so much insight and support throughout this process and I couldn’t be more appreciative.  

"Lastly… I want to thank my wife, the love of my life, mother of my children. Els… whew," he paused as a wave of emotion hit him. He turned away from the audience to look at Charlotte, his eyes glistening with unshed tears. "Everyday with you is a gift and a blessing. From the day I met you at a chemistry test for Creed to today, you’ve pushed me to be the best version of myself, to take risks, and to chase dreams that felt impossible. You love so fiercely and with your whole soul and that has sustained me through it all. My greatest role in this life is being your husband and partner on screen and off.” He paused and gestured to the award and said, “When I think about what Adonis Creed and this franchise have brought to my life, the first thing I think is that it brought me to you. And for that, I’m forever grateful. I love you to the moon and back a hundred times over again, honey bee.” His voice broke slightly as he voiced his immense admiration for his wife, who could not try to hid the tears streaming down her face even if she wanted to.  

"Thank y’all!" Michael raised the small statue up before walking toward Charlotte.

 ***

“Damn I’m exhausted,” Michael muttered as he unzipped Charlotte’s jumpsuit in their hotel room. He was happy they decided to just stay in their hotel for the night, his parents having offered to babysit. The drive back to their house at 4 am would have been hell after all the liquor the pair had at the two Oscars after parties. 

“I knowwwww. You were the life of the party tonight. Didn’t realize you could party that hard at your age, old man,” she teased causing him to chuckle. 

“You weren’t calling me old man last night,” he joked. 

“Hate you!” She called from the bathroom as she hung her jumpsuit up in its garment bag. “Law already sent me a couple photos from the Vanity Fair red carpet. Said people are calling us the best dressed couple of the night. But I really want our photo booth photos from Jay and Bey’s. Those were so cute. I think we should get a couple framed for the house.” 

“Whatever you want, baby.” 

Michael shed his clothes and stretched back on the bed. His eyes drank in his wife as she walked around their suite in nothing but her lingerie. 

“Liking the view?” She teased as she grabbed her pajamas. 

“Always.” 

“Well… as an Oscar winner, I recall someone once telling me that you get anything you want.” Michael smiled and nodded as she reminded him of what he told her the night she won. She sauntered over to him and slid down to her knees. “So, what do you want, Mr. Jordan?” 

He slid his boxers down and gestured toward his manhood. He knew he did not have to say it, she already knew. And he knew she would likely enjoy the task just as much, if not more, than he did. 

Charlotte’s mouth watered at the sight. Michael spent a great deal of time worshipping her body during sex, however, she  was a giver too so she loved any excuse to fall to her knees and suck her husband’s dick. She took half of him into her mouth, her tongue rolling over his tip. She savored the taste of him as she moaned around his dick, the vibrations causing a moan to escape his lips. 

She took her time with her task, massaging, licking and teasing the sensitive spots that would elicit the greatest response from the love of her life. People said sex would grow stall years into a marriage. However, Charlotte and Michael found that theirs only continued to improve as they knew exactly what the other needed. 

She took a deep breath before taking him as far as she could into her throat. She relished in the feeling of his tip hitting the back of her throat and the praise that came with it as she took him as deep as she could. She felt her own desire pool between her legs as she listened to his moans and outpourings of adoration and praise. 

“F-fuck… that’s it baby. Feels so… fucking good,” he breathed, his fingers tangled themselves in her long hair as he fucked her mouth. She loved this part, relinquishing control to him so he could fuck her as he desired. 

And though his wife’s ministrations felt like pure bliss, all he wanted was to be buried deep inside her. He sat up and let his dick fall from her mouth, her lips immediately curling into a cute pout. He knew she was hoping he would cum down her throat but he didn’t want that tonight. 

“I wasn’t doneeeee,” she whined playfully. 

He merely laughed and helped her to her feet. 

“Get on the bed, baby. You said whatever I want, remember?” 

She could not and would not argue with that. “How do you want me then, love?” She knew the answer before it left his mouth. 

“You know what I want, baby. Deep arch like I like it.” 

Charlotte could’ve orgasmed right then and there at the command in his voice. She immediately moved and got on all fours on their bed, assuming his favorite position: face and chest down, ass up. She moaned as she felt a featherlike touch against her clit. 

“P-please,” she whimpered, her need for him to stick something in her growing to painful levels. 

“What do you want, baby? Want me to fuck you?” 

She nodded fervently, her need clear in every syllable. “Y-Yes… please. I need you.” 

As she felt him line himself up with her entrance, she almost willed him to ram it into her. She gasped and buried her head deep into the bed as he pushed into her. Her fingers clutched the white comforter tightly as she felt him fill her, a feeling that never got old, a high that she would chase day after day after day. 

“You like that baby?” He asked as his hips started a relentless pace as he fucked her. 

She could barely formulate words to answer him as she got lost in the pleasure he gave her. The only sounds filling their suite were the sounds of his hips smacking into her ass and her constant and loud moans. 

She yelped as he smacked her across the ass, the sharp bite of pain pushing her closer and closer to her orgasm. 

“I said, do you like that?” 

“Y-Yes… fuck… I-I love you so much. D-don’t stop.” 

An unnecessary direction because Michael had no intention of stopping. They could catch up on sleep tomorrow. Tonight? He planned on fucking his wife senseless until the Sun was back shining bright in the sky. After all, an Oscar winner gets whatever they want. 

Taglist: @certifiedlesbianbaddie

#michael b jordan x reader #michael b jordan smut #mbjordanedit #michael b jordan #creed 3 #creed iii #black panther #black writers #Michael b Jordan x oc #Michael b Jordan fanfic #adonis creed

[hubristicassholefight]

Swordswoman Showdown 3rd place

Camilla Hect (The Locked Tomb) vs Brienne of Tarth (A Song Of Ice and Fire)

(Better here in a "preferred character" sense, not "who would win in a fight")

Camilla art by @friendamedes, used with permission

Propaganda below cut

Cam

trained w a rapier & knives. practical. handsome. extremely efficient and capable.; she’s my boyfriend and I love her. Please vote for cam she is my life

Gideon Nav uses one very large sword in defiance of the expectation that a cavalier should use a rapier, but Camilla Hect instead uses two. Just as much defiance of social expectation, twice as many blades. The reveal of her specific brand of swordiness is the heart of one of the book's most iconic lines: "Cam? Go loud."; In the spirit of the laconic charm of the Warden's Hand I will simply say "Camilla's competent."

She prefers two short swords but has been know to wield a rapier and other such bladder instruments; She also loves to organize spreadsheets

Go loud.

Brienne

gets gifted a sword made with the rarest metal ever because she’s THAT good; she’s simply the best

Brienne is one of the top sword users alive in her day. She's descended from a man who's catchphrase was "I'm better with a sword." Better than what? You. Jaime Lannister. Loras Tyrell. Any five given guys at once. She has a fantastic sword that might be magic or cursed and is named Oathkeeper because that's what she does; I love her

Beat like 20 guys in a tournament when she was 19. Was given a magic sword. Won a sword fight against the premier swordsman in the realm. Very swordly; Very tall and strong. Holds her sword in high esteem. Accomplished with other weapons as well!

She's defeated multiple of the top knights in the series in duels. One such knight gifts her the fabergé egg of swords and she uses it to defend orphans and stuff. Got out of a bad betrothal by dueling him and beating his ass so bad she broke multiple bones. Honestly there's so much more she is the swordswoman of all time. to me; She's buff and ugly and 6' 5" and so honorable and kind that she inspires the guy who fucks his sister to yknow. stop doing that. literally gets mauled for the sake of protecting a bunch of orphans (with her sword). also she's 20 she should be at the club ‼️

One of the best sword wielders in Westeros, the author says he would pick her to defend him. Has a cool sword called Oathkeeper. Manages to go up against 7 fighters and take out most of them,. The only true knight; First off, talking about book brienne, they massacred show brienne, the show runners simply didn’t understand what she’s about.“ She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice” brienne had plenty of choice but she couldn’t leave people to die. The chivalric paradigm is rotten and corrupted, but here is Brienne, the one true knight, who isn’t even a actual knight! “knights are for killing”, but here is a knight who risks her life again and again to protect innocents! Bri IS hope, she is the light in the dark that shows that things can be better, things must be better. Fundamentally an idealist: “Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it's always summer in the songs. In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining”

#BRIENNE WON A MELEE WHEN SHE WAS 19 !!!!!#DONT LET HER LOSE

#MORE LOVE FOR BRIENNE#SHE FOUGHT A DAMN BEAR WITH A WOODEN SWORD#SHE AVENGED A MAN UNJUSTLY MAIMED#SHE PROTECTED CHILDREN AGAINST SEVEN MEN#NO CHANCE AND NO CHOICE

I'm going to put some propaganda for Brienne, because she deserves the world.

Some people have been quoting the "no chance, no choice" in the tags, but for those that don't know it comes from this scene:

...she could hear the faint clink of swords and mail from beneath their ragged cloaks. She counted them as they came. Two, four, six, seven. (...) Brienne sucked in her breath and drew Oathkeeper. Too many, she thought, with a start of fear, they are too many.(...) Brienne tried to keep the fear from her voice, but her mouth was dry as dust. The children, she thought. The door to the inn banged open. Willow stepped out into the rain, a crossbow in her hands. The girl was shouting at the riders, but a clap of thunder rolled across the yard, drowning out her words. As it faded, Brienne heard the man in the Hound’s helm say, “Loose a quarrel at me and I’ll shove that crossbow up your cunt and fuck you with it. Then I’ll pop your fucking eyes out and make you eat them.” The fury in the man’s voice drove Willow back a step, trembling. Seven, Brienne thought again, despairing. She had no chance against seven, she knew. No chance, and no choice. She stepped out into the rain, Oathkeeper in hand. “Leave her be. If you want to rape someone, try me.”

This is basically one of the most badass and awesome moments of the series... because here, Brienne is not guarding a King, vanquishing a great Evil Lord, or fighting a big glorious battle... this is an inn full of orphans being attacked by raiders, children whose lives really don't matter in the great scheme of things. If they were all to be killed, nobody powerful would really care, no history book would write their names.

The logical thing is to run away from there as fast as she could. And yet, Brienne decides to enter an unwinnable nightmarish battle (one where she gets her arm broken and her face eaten) because is the right thing to do. She is a true knight.

Because, in the dark pseudo-medieval world of Westeros, where the patriarchal martial system reigns supreme, there is no space for someone like Brienne, she herself said it best:

"You have a noble father who must surely love you. (...) I know he would tell you that he would sooner have a living daughter than a shattered shield." "A daughter." Brienne's eyes filled with tears. "He deserves that. A daughter who could sing to him and grace his hall and bear him grandsons. He deserves a son too, a strong and gallant son to bring honor to his name. (...) I am the only child the gods let him keep. The freakish one, not fit to be a son or daughter."

And yet, despite being on the fringe of this society that doesn't accept nonconforming gender expression, despite not being able to be named knight, Brienne is still the embodiment of the ideal of knighthood. She is a true hero, who over and over decides to defend the innocents and do the right thing.

So yeah, my conclusion here is... I think she and kiku should kiss <3

#camilla hect #the locked tomb #brienne of tarth #a song of ice and fire #finals #round 6 #official #poll #swordswoman showdown

[dimension20npcofalltime]

Dimension 20 has accumulated a lot of NPCs in its multi campaign run and it’s high time we determined which of them is the NPC of all time. This could mean many things, most beloved by the fandom, most integral to the story, best embodiment of NPC energy.

The rules are simple, you have until 22nd July (one week) to submit your beloved NPCs for the tournament. NPC pairs will go head to head until the final remaining NPC is crowned Dimension 20 NPC of all time.

- Any D20 NPC is valid, they can be from main quests, side quests, or one shots

- You can submit as many NPCs as you want but please don’t submit the same NPC more than once

- If possible provide a description with your submission to help explain why they deserve to be the Most NPC Ever. (Think of this as their campaign speech)

- Voting will open on the 24th July to give me time to create the brackets

#dimension20npcofalltime #dimension 20 bracket #dimension 20 tournament #dimension 20 #d20 #dungeons and drag queens #the ravening war #fantasy high #the unsleeping city #tumblr polls #not a poll

[all-risejd]

Chapter 20: Of Bombshells and betting boards (A Poly Judgment Day Fic)

*This chapter contains some tame WLW smut*

Thursday, May 4th 2023

Finn, Rhea, and Dominik return to the hotel room from the beach having been driven back by Seamus. Rhea is mildly annoyed at not understanding a lick of what was said between them in the car because when those two get together their accents thicken and talk in phrases and words that make no sense but are somehow still English. Finn squeezes Rhea's hand as a form of apology, guilt pulling at his stomach. He knows she doesn’t like not knowing, that it makes her anxious. Rhea squeezes it back and Finn knows they are ok. Dominik is oblivious to the interaction and comes up behind them throwing his arms around both their shoulders as they walk down the hallway.

“So what do we think, did they fuck or just nap?” Dominik asks, kissing both of their cheeks. Both Rhea and Finn let out a sigh, the tension between them broken by the puppy-like happiness of their young partner.

“Oh, they definitely fucked.” Finn giggles, and Rhea tugs on his hand, rolling her eyes. Still feeling a little on edge from earlier, but lets him gossip about just how rough Damian was with her this time, Dom jokingly argues back,

“Oh no, it was totally vanilla. She was entirely too tired. I vote she showered and they went to lay down to nap and it was just super cute and sweet.” Dom sighs wistfully and Rhea makes a mental note to be gentler with him sometimes, clearly, he wants that.

“Dom Dom, do you wish you joined them because if so same,” Rhea asks for clarification.

“Always, though they deserve some alone time. They like you just clicked from the beginning _______________________________________________________________________

Friday, May 5, 2023, Press conference

Finn is standing behind the stage with Damian and Nessa, watching Rhea and Dom have their face-off with Zelina and Rey. Nessa is leaning back on Damian’s chest, his arms draped around her waist, gently swaying them back and forth, occasionally bumping into Finn. By the fifth bump, Nessa grabs Finn’s hand and pulls him close, keeping a tight grip on his hand, her other hand resting on top of Damians. Nessa glances to see Cody, hovering close by with the bloodline just out of earshot discussing something and glances over towards Nessa. A knot forms in her stomach and she feels her heart in her throat, clearly, they are talking about her. They notice she is looking at them and wave, making their way over to the trio.

“Hey Baby Girl,” Roman greets as they get closer. Damian clears his throat and glares at Roman who ignores it. Jey steps forward, grabs Nessa’s hand, and pulls her away from Damian and Finn and into his arms. She squirms, uncomfortable with the contact.

“You have exactly one second to let her go and to never touch her without consent again before I beat your ass.” Damian threatens, the protective urge taking over, Finn parrots his agreement, cracking his knuckles. Jey immediately releases Nessa who steps into Finn's arms, still facing the members of the Bloodline and Cody. Damian Crosses his and shifts his weight partially standing in front of them, blocking Nessa’s view.

“Hey man we mean no disrespect or harm to lil sis” Jimmy tries to diffuse the building situation.

“No, I know don’t worry about it. I am very uh… particular when it comes to physical touch and they get overprotective of me” Nessa accepts the unspoken apology, tapping Finn's hand to have him let go and steps out from behind Damian who uncrosses his arms to be ready in case Nessa grabs his hand again.

“So what were you guys talking about and looking over at me” Nessa asks, her voice strong, more confident than she feels. Her hands shaking down at her side. Finn and Damian silently grab them.

“Well there is something going on in the shared men's locker room we thought you should know but Cody thought we should keep it to ourselves to see where it goes.” Roman answers, something clicking in his head that he files away for later.

“What is going on? Is there someone we need to talk to since it clearly involves Nessa?” Finn asks, calmly. Damian radiates anger from how Jey pulled Nessa from his arms. Damian grabbing her hand was just as much to ground him as to help her.

“There is a betting board about how and why Nessa has the contract she does and it gets fairly inappropriate, almost everyone has voted on it in the last few weeks. Even Rey knows about it.” Jey jumps in explaining, his mood a little subdued, feeling guilty at Nessa’s reaction to what happened.

“And what is on this board? What is the bet? I need all the information before I decide whether or not to be mad.” Nessa prompts, letting go of Finn's hand and trying to let go of Damian who squeezes it tight, still needing her grounding effect so as to not lose his job. She allows him to pull her to his chest again and he kisses the top of her head.

“Well, it's a money bet and the options are she is fucking Hunter, sleeping around the locker room to advance, Rey really did get her the contract, secretly a Samoan and Parent in the industry (most likely father). So far secretly Samoan is winning, but that is because we joined in as a joke but thought you should know. Cody voted on parent in the industry” Roman explained, holding out a bottle of water and adding on “You need to stay hydrated b… Nessa” Damian squeezes her waist and she takes it knowing Roman is right.

“Thank you for telling me. Will you show me tonight if it is up in the locker room? I’d like to see it myself” Nessa asks, a plan forming in her head and a mischievous smile on her face. The others see her expression and visibly relax, glad she is not angry or upset.

“Yeah, one of us will come and get you if we see it up” Jey offers and Nessa feels Damian shake his head.

“You will not until you learn to keep your hands to yourself. Come get me and we will go.” Damian answers for Nessa making her roll her eyes, getting more than a little annoyed at his machismo and overprotection. Rhea and Dom join them, their bit having ended. Rhea notices the tension in Damian and how he is holding Nessa. Finn is a little more relaxed but clearly on edge and upset about something.

“What's going on here?” Rhea caresses Nessa’s face and gives Damian a kiss on his cheek.

“Well, Jey decided to get handsy with our girl oh and there is a bet as to why she got a contract some of the choices are not very nice.” Finn deliberately words it knowing that Rhea will ignore the second part. She steps towards Jey who backs up a few steps holding his hands up, his eyes wide. Nessa grabs Rhea’s hand to stop her from attacking him.

“Dems, he only hugged me in greeting. He didn’t know. I am fond of them so please don’t kill them. They have been really nice to me. I’d like to you know have friends so I’d appreciate it very much if you wouldn’t kill them. Even Cody.” Nessa jokes, squeezing Rhea’s hand and giving it a gentle tug so Rhea steps closer to her. Damian releases one arm from Nessa’s waist and wraps it around Rhea’s shoulders. For the next few minutes, Jey explains the board again, this time to laughter because it sinks in for Nessa that even the locker room doesn’t believe Rey and that it is just like high school and somehow she became part of the clique of legacies. The conversation is cut short by one of the stagehands telling Nessa and Damian it is time for their segment. __________________________________________________________________________ Friday May 5th 2023 Smackdown

The Judgement Day are hanging out in the gorilla area just waiting for the dark match to be over and the show to start. The group makes sure they are ready for their upcoming match. Even Benito is standing with them instead of the other side of the small area where the LWO is gathered, a few looking on at the group with disgust, some with worry, and Zelina just smiles and waves. Having no issue with the group. Coming to understand them with the time she has spent with their newest member. She turns and says something to her group before heading over to talk to Nessa.

“Hey I’m sorry I won’t be able to train you as much after tomorrow because of the draft, but I would like us to still hang out when possible. Maybe even train when our live schedules line up yeah?” Zelina asks and Nessa can’t help the smile that appears on her face. The WWE becoming like home and the bonds she is making quickly with some of the superstars. Nessa nods her head as Rey’s music starts and Zelina jogs back over to her group and heads out with them, not missing the look Bad Bunny gives the smaller woman as she disappears from view. Nessa smirks, the meddling plans already forming in her head.

They step over to the curtain to await their cue, Damian hanging back with Bad Bunny as he was not scheduled for the promo, or for anything that night. He just came to be with and support his partners. Their music starts and together the four of them step past the curtain and onto the long pathway, Nessa by Finn’s side who keeps waving to the crowd repeating Hola over and over again. They reach the bottom of the ramp where Dominik grabs a fan's LWO shirt and rips it before tossing it back at him. They enter the ring, Dominik holding the ropes open for Rhea, and Finn doing the same for Nessa. Once in the ring they stand side by side, Nessa between Rhea and Finn staring down the various members of the LWO.

Dominik raises the mic to his lips to talk and the boos fill their ears to the point they can barely hear each other. The LWO is egging the crowd on while Nessa tells them to shut up. This goes on a few times before Rey cuts him off. Rhea hands her title to Nessa who holds it reverently, as Rhea steps in front of Dominik as Rey challenges him to a Wrestlemania do-over.

“I got a better idea, Rey, How about you fight me?” Rhea challenges. Nessa holds up Rhea's title and shakes it, taunting Zelina who rolls her eyes and steps in front of Rey. Zelina stares down Rhea with Nessa still behind shaking the title slightly and taunting Zelina. Dominik steps forward and rests his chin on Rhea's shoulder, his eyes flickering between Zelina and the rest of the group.

“How about you fight the both of us… Los Dos.” Dominik offers, smirking when his eyes land on his dad who is staring at Nessa, but accepts the match. Nessa hands Rhea back her title and exits the ring at the same time, Dominik hangs back and slaps his dad before sliding out of the ring, Rhea, Finn and Nessa cheering and jumping around laughing at the situation, taunting Rey and Zelina as they back up the ramp.

“Good job Dom,” Nessa praises slapping his chest before flipping off the ring as they disappear behind the curtain. They aren't surprised to see Roman and the rest of the Bloodline as well as Hunter standing by Damian and Bad Bunny, Damian looking annoyed and Hunter looking serious and turning to Nessa.

“So you wanted to investigate the rumors of a betting board that pertains to you as you explained earlier. Joe here has confirmed it is up and I wanted to see for myself so we can decide how to handle it.” Hunter explains and gestures for her to follow him, which the rather large group now does. The group follows Hunter to the men's locker room talking in hushed whispers.

“Uce you told the boss? Come on man it’s not that serious they can get into some serious trouble. Hunter looks pissed man.” Jey frets, his eyes wide, his gaze flickering between Hunter and Nessa. “I told him I just want to see it, I’m not upset, I get it. The way I joined is suspicious at best. But he is running things and I thought he should know since he is the one who approached me with the contract.” She whispers back, not seeing the smirk now on Hunter's face but Damian saw it and relaxes, knowing no one is going to be in trouble for this. It is just normal locker room antics, at most Hunter will posture and tell them to take the board down. But no, Damian knows better. This is the man that formed DX and did the curtain call, If anything he will participate and pick the most outlandish option.

Triple H throws the locker room doors open as soon as he gets there and everyone files in, the occupants of the rooms freezing in their tracks, looking like a deer in headlights. Natalya standing in front of the aforementioned board, the marker in her hand frozen mid-air. Nessa smiles to show she isn’t mad or upset.

“Oh don’t mind us, we just want to see what everyone is voting on.” Nessa encourages them to continue, no one meeting her gaze. Natalya doesn’t move an inch, still frozen in place.

“Go ahead Natty I want to see what you think.” Hunter encourages, crossing his arms. His body language contradicts the encouragement. Natalya quickly puts a tally under father in the industry and quickly leaves the room. Nessa was unsure why Natalya looked so scared until she saw Hunter's face.

“Sir, I’m not upset. It is just silly locker room stuff. You know how rumors fly. Honestly, I think it is funny.” Nessa tries to lighten the mood and is shocked when he relaxes a little. That does not go unnoticed by the locker room. Nor does the protectiveness of the group towards Nessa that entered with her.

“While silly little bets are part of our life and culture, not at the expense of one of our reputations. What is on this board could have serious legal ramifications for not only me but this company as a whole. The bet is off. Nessa got a contract on her own merits as a healthcare worker and as a favor to a friend. Leave it at that. And take down that ridiculous board. She is part of our family and you will do well to remember that.” Hunter harshly stares down the locker room, everyone looking toward the ground feeling thoroughly admonished before Hunter turns and leaves the room. Nessa looks around, guilt filling her. Damian’s eyes follow his form leaving the room, confusion filling him. He didn’t think Hunter would act that way.

“Sorry guys I didn’t think he would flip out like that. When I was told I thought it was funny. He did worse things back in the day from what I hear.” Nessa apologizes to the room. There is a series of people mumbling that it’s okay, most of them not holding it against her. She can feel the tension in the room as can the rest of their group so they decide to head back to their locker room to ready for the match. ___________________________________________________________________________ The moment Nessa and the rest of the Judgement Day and bloodline are gone the locker room erupts into a flurry of everyone running around, some cheering others cursing their luck. Austin Theory steps up to the board and erases it writing instead in all caps at the top WHO IS NESSAS DADDY? Underneath he writes Hunter's name. He pauses waiting for others to spout off suggestions.

“Ok it would be too obvious if it was Hunter, so I need some more suggestions,” Austin calls out to the room bouncing up and down excitedly.

“Shawn” Comes from AJ who adds on “She kind of looks like him and well is just as annoying” There are a few snickers from the locker room before Bobby Lashley answers, “Kurt angle, he has a lot of kids out there he does and doesn’t claim. I also think we should have an option that she doesn’t know. That beef she has with Rey is legit and it is all about manipulation she thinks it is all him.” Bobby explains and there are hums of agreement, Austin nodding along and adding to the board which now has Hunter, Shawn, and Kurt listed.

“Let's get a few more options and we will add a column where we vote if she knows or not.” Austin excitedly announces to the room, a gleeful smile on his face glad they got to the end of the first bet to start this one. The thought popping into his head he immediately calls out “Buy in for this is 20 bucks and will go on until we know the truth from a reputable source.”

The LWO enters the locker room and Rey sees the board and rolls his eyes.

“Come on guys really, I got her the contract I told you that.” He says to the room clearly annoyed.

“It may have started like that but there is no way she doesn’t have an immediate family member in the industry that is close with Hunter the way he protects her,” Bobby explains, the rest of the room making various noises of agreement.

“Scott Hall?” La Knight offers and Austin adds it to the board. Santos hums then starts laughing at the idea that came to him. “Kevin Nash” He manages to get out while laughing. Austin adds it to the board. “It would be hilarious because of how short she is” Santos walks over and puts his tally under Kevin's name, ignoring the incredulous look Rey is giving him.

“Ok, those would make sense with her age and how protective Hunter is, now let's all tally now if she knows” Austin adds the column on the board and draws a line between all of the options. He puts his own tally under she doesn’t know and he votes that Hunter is her father. The rest of the locker room puts their tallies on the board and hands Austin their buy-in.

“Since we will be on separate shows after tomorrow, who is going to run the board on Raw and we can update when we are all together at the premium live events” Austin asks the group and The Miz raises his hand.

“I’ll do it. I can’t wait to get to the bottom of this, Once it’s out I'll get with Hunter about doing a segment” he lounges back in his folding chair, a plan forming and a list of people to call. He will be the first to know. ___________________________________________________________________________ Before too long the judgement day accompanied by Bad Bunny makes it to Gorilla to see the Lwo already there. As before Zelina walks over to them but this time she drags Santos over who won’t meet Nessa’s eyes. Nessa grabs Rhea’s hand who instinctually steps closer to her without breaking the conversation she is having with Finn and Dom.

“Hey Nes, Santos has something he wants to tell you.” Zelina elbows him in the ribs and he grunts in response.

“They changed the betting board in the locker room. Now it is a bet on who your dad in the industry is.” Nessa cuts him off with her scoff.

“I’m sorry but my dad is a pharmacist whom I haven't had contact or seen since my mother left him thank god.” Nessa throws up her hands in relief and continues “Now you all can have your fun I don’t care but don’t disrespect my mother who is nothing if not a respectable woman.” Rhea pulls Nessa close against her side and kisses the top of her head, her conversation forgotten as their attention is now on this interaction.

“I mean no disrespect as does most of the locker room. I just thought you should know since you weren't upset about the first board.” Santos still refuses to meet her gaze until she sighs. The sound more resigned and disappointed than truly upset. He finally looks up and sees her smiling, though the smile doesn’t meet her eyes and he suspects it is a well-practiced smile she perfected to keep families from freaking out.

“And did you participate Santos, and put money on it?” Nessa asks and Santos averts his gaze again, guilt feeling like a rock in his stomach and his mouth goes dry. He opens and closes his mouth unable to answer.

“Santos it’s ok. It’s your money and you are just having fun and bonding with the locker room. I’m ok with it, I just wish you didn’t waste your money on this since we know the truth. Don’t worry about telling me anymore about it. But thank you for telling me.” Nessa turns into Rhea's hold effectively ending the conversation. Rey’s entrance music starts and Zelina goes past the curtain, Finn, Rhea, Nessa, and Dominik step up to the curtain and watch on the monitor as Rey and Zelina make their entrance.

“Are you ok Bunny?” Rhea asks, Squeezing Nessa’s hand. Nessa doesn’t vocalize only nods her head and they leave it at that as their music starts and they step past the curtain, Nessa letting go of Rhea’s hand.

The four of them stand in front of the entrance as the smoke billows around them, the four of them lined up in the pathway. Nessa nods along to the beat and Rhea holding out her arms and sticking out her tongue as the pyro pops off. They then make their way down the path, Finn lagging back getting distracted by a fan touching him. He quickly recovers and catches back up to Nessa and holds her hand as she ascends the steel steps and stands there on the apron until Finn steps on the bottom rope to let her in, he himself getting in right after her. Both of them go to the adjacent rope, Finn keeping eyes on Rey until they are at the rope where Rhea has jumped up onto the apron and drapes herself over Dominik, her title in her hand, her other hand holding onto the rope to stay steady. Nessa stands in front of Finn, resting her forearms against the top rope, Finn holding his arms up for a moment for pictures before grabbing the ropes on either side of Nessa.

Rhea and Dominik enter the ring and Finn and Nessa promptly exit it, Dominik and Rhea toss their shirt and vest at Nessa to hold as she goes to take her place at the announce table. Nessa gets there and takes her seat and puts on the headset as the bell rings and Michael cole greets her. Nessa keeps her eyes on the match, Rhea starting it off with Zelina.”

“Nessa, thank you for taking time away from the men of the Judgement day to join us at the announce table.” Michael greets Nessa who snaps her head in his direction, Wade immediately speaks up,

“Woah Michael calm down with that. Nessa is a Nurse who cares for the superstars backstage. She is with Damian now and Rhea is with Dom. Let's not insult a hero who put her life on the line not 3 years ago, hell even a month or so ago dealing with sick children and dealing with COVID.”

“Thank you, Wade, at least one of you has a good sense. It is a pleasure to meet you officially Wade. Michael, you can have a child named after you.” Nessa responds giving Michael the side eye, her body radiating the annoyance she feels from his comment. Michael feels the chill coming from Nessa and knows he fucked up so he gets to business calling out the match for a minute, Nessa sitting straight and on the edge of her seat. Rhea and Dom’s shirts folded and sitting on her lap.

“Rhea is the most Dominant woman in the WWE and Zelina stands no chance tomorrow. Rhea is going to twist her like a pretzel and make her regret ever stepping up to the Judgement Day.” Nessa responds to Michaels's comments on Zelina evading Rhea in the ring. Rey tags himself in and Stares Down Dominik who slowly gets in the ring.

“Well, Zelina recently said she was inspired to become a sports entertainer by her uncle. Her uncle was a former wrestler who at one point in his career faced Bruno Sammartino who broke Zelina’s uncle's nose and he never competed again.”

“Well, that might just happen to her tomorrow if she isn’t careful.” Nessa comments, a smirk forming on her face as she watches Rey and Dominik stare each other down before Dominik kicks Rey and twists his arm out.

“Welcome to tomorrow night Zelina Vega, That could well be the death of your own career” Wade chuckles at Nessa's threat. Michael starts talking over Wade,

“So now it is father and son, sort of a WrestleMania rematch of sorts. Rey Mysterio and Dominik.”

“Dominik is simply tortured by his deadbeat dad showing love and affection to other people's kids” Wade smartly realizes and Michael scoffs but calls a going on in the match.

“Ohhh Rhea with a cheep shot to the spine of Rey Mysterio”

“You know Wade I think you have more sense than a lot of people backstage. Rey was never there for Dom but now wants to adopt all these people and not try to fix the relationship with his actual kids? The reason Dominik left me was because Rey’s manipulation went too far and confused the poor boy. That is fine he has Rhea now and I have my Papi.”

“And that is it? We hear rumors backstage that those arent the only relationships between you Judgement Day members.” Michael asks, hinting at the truth.

“The Judgement Days business is exactly that our business and you would do well to mind your own Michael. I am with Damian and Dominik is with Rhea and Finn is well Finn. Yes, I still have feelings for Dom but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is you basically calling me a whore like Bunny who will pay for that tomorrow night. You keep talking and you won’t have to worry about my boyfriend or the rest of the Judgment day I’ll shut you up myself.”

Michael ignores Nessa’s threat and announces that Zelina made the tag which automatically puts Rhea back in.

“Good another preview for tomorrow. Zelina may be talented I’ll give her that but she is no match for Mami and I look forward to us celebrating Rhea and Damian winning tomorrow night.” Nessa comments as Zelina sets up a 619 on Dominik only to be kicked by Rhea before rolling out of the ring, Rey jumping down to check on her and they go to commercial. Nessa takes this time to address her annoyances while the timer counts down.

“Michael cool it with the sleeping around comments, please. While we are all one unit it is not time to bring that into the main story, we are teasing a triangle or square that is it. You are trying to force something we arent ready for and that Hunter has not ok’ed. I understand you don’t read the script so your reactions to the match are genuine but you are bordering on too far.” Nessa warns him and he nods his head.

“That is fair, I’m sorry if I offended you beyond the story. But good comebacks. Hunter is right you are a natural.” Michael responds, apologizing and Nessa is floored. Does Hunter talk to everyone about her? She is signaled in the headset the commercial break is over and they are live again with Michael speaking, explaining it is the main event and how many people are in the arena. Wade responds talking about Zelina's hair being a nod to Demon Slayer and the significance of it.

“Exactly as you said Wade, her career might die tomorrow. I’d be surprised if she could even walk out of the ring after Rhea is done with her.” Nessa agrees with Wade and Michael cuts in,

“Well, she is in there with a real demon of Rhea Ripley, as Zelina tries to fight back.”

Nessa puts their shirts on the table and stands up as Dominik runs around the ring and knocks Rey off the apron and proceeds to run away. Michael begins to lose his shit, “This guy is nothing but a punk ass kid bottom line,”

“This guy is my Dom Dom and is not a punk ass kid, he is only getting retribution on his dad for the many wrongs he has been dealt in his life. He didn’t want to be dragged into the custody battle with Eddie back in the day but look what happened there. Iits always what Rey wants” Nessa snaps back and Wade tries to change gears,

“Dominiks hair like 1997 Eddie Guererro, the man he wishes was his real father.” Nessa nods agreeing with that statement.

“The man we all wish was his father. You know I was willing to marry Dominik and give up my whole life to just travel and be with him backstage. Now I have given that all up but it was a choice made for me by Rey. Eddie would have never put us through that. He would have encouraged Dom to lock me down by whatever means necessary not convince him to be so stupid as to ghost someone who is ride or die.” Nessa says, applauding along with Rhea who has thrown Zelina to the mat.

“Rhea is applauding the work of her beau I guess. Speaking of Eddie he was just mocking Eddie moments ago.”

“I’m going to correct you there Michael, He wasn’t mocking he was honoring the memory of him. Eddie was a big part of his childhood and was there far more than Rey was until he died. May his memory be for a blessing” Finn sees Nessa’s annoyed expression and tells Michael to shut up.

“You should listen to him” Wade suggests to Michael who goes back to just commentating on the match, Nessa chiming in to cheer on Rhea and Dom, Finn pacing back and forth excitedly, ready for what is to come. Nessa winces and complains as Rhea goes shoulder-first into the post.

“Rhea needs to stop doing that every match. She and Damian have a habit of misjudging that particular move.” Nessa is still on her feet, aware of the time and that she needs to be ready at any moment. The match continues on, Zelina tagging in Rey who immediately begins dominating, Nessa complaining about how eager he is to beat his son again. Rey Sets up the 619 and Rhea jumps on the apron to try and distract Rey, to prevent him from doing the 619 only for Zelina to pull her off the apron and slam her into the corner of the barricade. Nessa rips off her headset and runs over to where Rhea is while Finn tries to distract Rey only to be knocked off the apron. Nessa checks on Rhea as Rey gets the pin on Dominik. Nessa is on her knees in front of Rhea. Placing a gentle hand on Rhea’s cheek for a moment, staying there by her side their attention to the ring as the bell rings. Finn gets in the ring with Dominik and starts beating up on Rey, the two-on-one keeping Rey down no matter how hard he fights. Rhea leans on Nessa who softly rubs her back, both of them watching the ring and trying to keep an eye out for Zelina.

After a few minutes of fighting in the ring, Damian comes over the barricade and gets in the ring, joining in on the assault on Rey. All of them keeping him on the mat, stomping on him at the ropes. They break apart and Finn picks up Rey, holding him at one side, Dominik holding the other. Damian proceeds to continuously punch and slap Rey’s head only pausing when Bad Bunny’s entrance music comes on. Everyone turns towards the entrance to look. Out comes Bunny with the rest of the LWO, a kendo stick in his hand. The LWO runs and enters the ring turning the tide. Rhea sits up a little more to put her body in front of Nessa’s in a protective manner.

Bunny stands in front of the ring holding the kendo stick, glancing momentarily at Nessa who stares him down. Bunny’s attention is on Damian who is still standing in the ring glaring down at Bunny, daring him to do something. Bunny gets in the ring and swings, only for Dominik to jump in and take the shot to his belly. Damian takes the opportunity to roll out of the ring as well as Dominik. Damian stands in front of Rhea and Nessa, glaring at Bunny as Finn helps Rhea and Nessa up then Dominik. The five of them slowly back up the path as Bunny puts on the Lwo shirt in the middle of the ring. ___________________________________________________________________________ Back at the hotel same night

Damian is knocking on the door to the bathroom Nessa has commandeered for the better part of an hour and only recently started the water.

“Come on Mariposa what could you be doing in there,” Damian asks, worried about how long she is taking.

“She is probably dying her hair or something” Rhea assures him patting the bed next to her where she is lounging. Damian goes over to join her, Finn on the other bed cuddling with Dominik. Damian maneuvers them so Rhea is on his lap but the back of her head is on his chest and he absentmindedly scratches her head, the four of them watching TV but listening for any sounds of distress from the bathroom. He begins to relax more when Rhea’s breathing steadies out more as she drifts in and out of sleep and the water turns off in the bathroom. Rhea softly snores on his chest until the door opening startles her awake. Nessa walks out in her sleep shorts and one of Dominik’s old school shirts that seems to dwarf her. Her hair wrapped up in a towel but the unmistakable splotches of black and purple hair dye on her ears and some on her back she couldn’t scrub off.

“Bunny, did you dye your hair judgment day colors?” Rhea asks through a yawn. Nessa blushes and takes off the now stained towel showing her wet curly hair now black on top and purple on bottom.

“It looks good Mi Corazon. No matter what you look good.” Dominik compliments, Finn humming in agreement playing with Dominik's hair.

“He’s right Mariposa, you look amazing no matter what you do or wear. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to take care of some business.” He slides Rhea off his lap to her pouting and goes to the bathroom closing the door behind him. Nessa goes to join Rhea in the recently vacated spot that still smelled like Damian and housed his warmth. Rhea pulled the covers over them and grabbed Nessa scooting them both down to where they were lying in the bed, Nessa’s head on Rhea’s shoulder, her arm draped lazily across Rhea’s waist, her now black and purple tresses splayed across the pillow and Rhea's shirt leaving wet marks tinged with purple that none of them cared about.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself not being allowed to accompany you to your matches tomorrow,” Nessa complains, playing with the hem of Rhea's shirt, Rhea’s hand going to rest on top of hers.

“You’ll be with the boys watching the monitor for my match, then you do an after-match promo with me and we will watch Priest’s match so you go out at the very end to tend to his “injury”” Rhea explains softly letting out another yawn.

“No I know that, I’m just, while this schedule is grueling, while we actively work I feel so useless.” Nessa worries and just word vomits her feelings unable to stop because of how tired she is. Dominik and Finn scoff from the other bed but Rhea just shooshes Nessa gently playing with the ends of her hair.

"You are anything but useless. Sometimes we aren't needed in the story and it is a moment to rest. Enjoy that. Now go to sleep Bunny We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow.” Rhea mummers into Nessa’s hair and pulls her closer, kissing the top of her head. Nessa quickly begins dozing off in the comfort and safety of Rhea’s arms, listening to Dominiks snoring in the other bed. Nessa faintly hears the sound of the bathroom door softly opening and footsteps coming towards the bed. Nessa half asleep pays no attention but is shocked when Damian just plops himself on the bed halfway on top of of Rhea and Nessa. Both of them groan in pain and annoyance.

“Oh, no I've fallen and can’t get up” He jokes, throwing his arm over Rhea and Nessa. Nessa and Rhea groan in annoyance, Finn doing the same. Dominik still snoring away oblivious to what is going on. __________________________________________________________________________ Saturday May 6th 2023 Backlash

Nessa sits on Rhea’s lap on the small couch in their locker room, having already been to makeup, her makeup similar to Rhea’s but with her red lips instead of black. Her feet draped over Dominik’s lap, Finn sitting on Damian’s lap in the other couch. Nessa’s head resting on Rhea’s shoulders as they scrolled their phones, this being one of those times words don’t need to be said, just contentment in each others company doing their own thing. A knock sounds at the door and Nessa recognizes Hunter's voice as he talks to someone on the other side of the door before knocking again. None of them move not wanting to give up their comfort.

“Come in” Rhea calls out, not taking her eyes off her phone. Posting a pic of her and Nessa to her Instagram. Nessa kissing her cheek in the picture, Rhea sticking out her tongue. The caption reads “My Bunny is better than yours 😘” Nessa kisses Rhea on the Cheek again as Hunter comes in the room followed by someone she recognizes as Kevin Nash. Memories she arent even sure are real swirls around in her head. Her mom loved (still loves) him and watched everything he was in no matter what. She thought she met him as a kid but her mom swears they never had. Her mom had also told her that Kevin Nash was important, but Nessa had never been able to get the woman to explain why. Nessa even thinks she saw him in passing at her various graduations and even some random recitals, going back to at least fifth grade. Her mom had sworn to her, however she was just making it up - that she'd made Kevin into some sort of imaginary friend out of him. She shakes her head to clear her thoughts, it does not help to dwell on the confusion. Nessa begins to move to stand up to greet them but Dominik and Rhea hold her in place.

Hunter leans against the side of the couch, Kevin standing awkwardly until Damian gets up, Finn plopping onto the couch pouting and stretching out so Damian can’t rejoin him.

“Kev man, Hey it’s great to see you again. What are you doing here?” Damian asks, doing the man hug thing that always confused Nessa.

“I have some family business to tend to and wanted to stop by and see some friendly faces,” Kevin explains, looking around the room, his eyes lingering on Nessa a little too long that she notices and starts snuggling closer into Rhea’s arms for comfort.

“What you got a secret Puerto Rican family or something?” Damian jokes slapping his shoulder before throwing his arm around it.

“No nothing like that man. My son always wanted to come here, so we thought we'd bring some of his ashes here. While we were here, I figured I could stop by and see how things have been and formally meet your partners.”

“Well you know Finn and Dom. This is Rhea and Nessa.” Damian introduces them, Rhea shaking Kevin's hand still in the sitting position, holding Nessa to her lap. Nessa gently shakes his hand next and notices the slight tremor to his hand but brushes it off as a potential old injury acting up.

“It’s a pleasure to actually meet you. I used to imagine meeting you as a kid because my mom loved you so much” Nessa smiles, her earlier apprehension gone and tension falls out of Kevin's shoulders.

“Well, we will leave you to warm up and get ready for your matches. Remember Nessa stay away from the ring tonight until after Damian’s match. It is for both of your safety.” Hunter reminds her, tapping Kevin on his shoulder who follows him out.

“That was weird” Dominik comments, massaging Nessa’s calves. Damian plops down onto Finn's lap since he wouldn’t move his legs back. “Yeah, normally he texts or calls me when he is in the area.” Damian looks at the door the pair recently left out of.

“Whatever, we do need to get y'all warmed up. Let me up, you four start stretching. Then we will keep you warmed up until your matches.” Nessa orders, wiggling out of Rhea and Dominik's hold, the four of them immediately doing as she said, knowing there is no winning with her when it comes to their health and safety. __________________________________________________________________________ Kevin and Hunter leave the locker room side by side in the hallway, talking in hushed voices.

“Do you think I should tell her?” Kevin asks, glancing back at the door.

“Honestly I don’t know, the locker room is catching on that something is up and they have guessed she has a relative in the company,” Hunter explains and Kevin rolls his eyes. “That’s because you are about as subtle as a bag of bricks. But thank you for watching over her and protecting her from the worst of it.” Kevin responds, patting Hunter's shoulder.

“To be honest I didn’t even know about her first application, it wasn’t until Rey showed me pictures of her and Dominik together and told me about her that I knew. That is when I offered the contract to Rey the first time, he brought it up the second time after Dominik split with her.” Hunter explains, the apology evident in his voice.

“Hey man, don’t be like that. I would prefer if she didn’t have anything to do with the industry it is incredibly dangerous and hard for the wrestlers and their families… I think after tonight's show I’m going to tell her. She deserves to know and I want a chance to know my only remaining child” Kevin tells Hunter, his voice cracking and tears welling up in his eyes before he clears his throat and blinks the tears away.

They continue down the hallway, oblivious to the slender form of Trish who is standing there with her mouth agape, seething with the new information that she just overheard. Resentment setting in for the young woman in question. __________________________________________________________________________

Nessa stands with Rhea at Gorilla, bouncing up and down excitedly, holding Rhea’s hand.

“Give me a kiss for good luck Bunny,” Rhea tells the more petite woman who leans up and kisses her cheek. “Nuh uh, that's not a kiss try again” Rhea teases and Nessa places a whisper of a kiss on Rhea’s lips trying to make sure she doesn’t smudge her lipstick. Rhea huffs and grabs Nessa by the back of her neck forcing their lips together. Zelina and a few others snicker but Nessa and Rhea pay them no attention. Rhea breaks the kiss knowing her entrance is about to start.

“Now see that is a good luck kiss. Be a good girl while I’m gone” Rhea gently pats Nessa’s cheek who lets out a little squeak and she turns red from her chest to her neck. Zelina spits out the drink of water she just took and makes a sound that is a mix of coughing and laughing as Rhea’s music starts and she steps out on the other side of the curtain and makes her entrance. Not long after Zelina makes her way out, her Puerto Rican flag cape billowing behind her.

Nessa begins to look around, nervousness setting in at not having any of her partners around her, but relaxes a little when she sees Jimmy and Jey nearby. They catch her looking at them and they nod their head in acknowledgment, making their way over to where she is standing.

“Hey, lil sis” Jimmy greets and Jey parrots, both of them keeping a respectable distance from her which she notices as she greets them back.

“Hey you two, you should be warming up not here hanging with me” Nessa gently chides them, her eyes now glued to the monitor.

“We are pretty warmed up, just wanted to check in on ya. We know Santos told you about the new board.” Jey explains, waving off Nessa’s worry. Nessa only hums letting him know she heard him but doesn’t feel the need to respond. “Are you ok with it?” Jey pries, scooting a little closer to her when he sees Jd Mcdounogh nearby.

“Whether or not I’m ok with it is insignificant. Yall are having your fun and I am not going to stop you. I know the truth of it and think it is funny you have all these outlandish theories.” Nessa explains, not seeing the look the twins give each other. Nessa’s eyes are glued to the screen watching Rhea bend Zelina over her shoulder. Nessa knows the outcome of the match, Zelina giving up a title reign to protect her. Even knowing this Nessa winces when Rhea slams her shoulder into the pole.

“I swear to god every fucking match,” Nessa complains, making the twins laugh.

“I’m sure she is going to be ok.” Jimmy chuckles, trying to calm Nessa down. It has the opposite effect.

“It can cause a severe repetitive injury. Look at what happened to Randy and his back from the RKO. She has done that bit for years.” Nessa rants and Jimmy and Jey laugh harder.

“Ok fair point, just go easy on her yeah?” Jimmy asks, a newfound appreciation for the smaller woman reminding her of his wife and how she worries for him. “You know lil sis, our cousin just got called up to Raw I think you’d get along great with her and she can help train you in the ring.” Jimmy offers the idea popping into his head. Nessa finally looks over to him and he lets out a sigh of relief when she smiles.

“Yeah, I’d like that since two of mine are going to smackdown and have a different live schedule.” Nessa agrees, gently slapping his shoulder. She smiles wider and begins jumping up and down when the bell rings signaling Rhea’s victory. Rhea struts around the ring for a moment holding her belt and taunting Zelina before getting out of the ring and walking back up the pathway tauting the fans along the way until she steps behind the curtain.

Rhea comes backstage fresh from her win and grabs Nessa in a hug swinging her around before Megan comes over for an interview, Rhea keeping one hand on Nessa's wrist and the other on the title as she explains she doesn’t give a damn about the people in Puerto Rico and she is ecstatic she left Zelina like a pretzel in the ring before leaving, gently pulling Nessa behind her. A cameraman following them.

“Mami, I gotta go out with Damian for his match.” She gently tugs trying to free her arm.

“No can do sweet pea, he wants you to stay back here for safety so please stay with me. He is worried you could get hurt, You’ve already taken a kendo stick for him and he won’t be able to focus with you out there and that could get him hurt. So stay and celebrate Mami’s win.” Rhea turns to stand in front of Nessa in front of the door to their locker room. Rhea takes another step closer to Nessa, looking down at the smaller woman smirking. Her hand slid down from the wrist to grip Nessa's hand and pull her into the room slamming the door behind them.

Rhea pushes Nessa back up against the door, Rhea leaning on it pinning her there as she locks the door and leans down, her face dangerously close to Nessa’s. So close their noses brush against each other.. Nessa lets out a shuddering breath before leaning her head up, their lips meeting in a gentle kiss. Rhea grabs the back of Nessa’s neck, taking charge of the kiss, deepening it and pulling them closer together and off the door. Rhea grabs Nessa by the thighs and picks her up, instinctively Nessa wraps her legs around her waist, kicking off her shoes.

Nessa wraps her arms around Rhea’s neck, not caring she is covered in sweat from her match and starts peppering kisses behind her ear and down the neck, stopping at her exposed collarbone to nibble and suck on the soft skin there leaving a mark as Rhea moans in her ear. Nessa pulls away her breathing shallow, resting her forehead on Rhea’s, and closes her eyes as Rhea gently sets her down on the couch and kneels in front of her. Rhea leans forward gently grabbing Nessa by the chin and looks in her eyes. “If you don’t want this I will stop right now and it will be like this never happened. Do you want this?” Rhea studies Nessa’s expression, looking for any apprehension.

“Yes.” Comes Nessa's breathless answer.

“We can stop at any time just say the word.” Rhea reiterates as her hands gently brush down Nessa’s arms and stop at the top of her pants, pausing to gauge Nessa’s reaction. Nessa nods and bites her bottom lip, goose pimples rising on her arms as Rhea gently unbuttons and pulls down her pants, tossing them behind her, returning her hands to Nessa’s thighs, pausing momentarily feeling raised skin under her thigh tattoos. She files that away for later not wanting to ruin the moment. She kisses up Nessa’s thighs, slowly spreading them apart. She kisses up around Nessa’s cunt steadily getting more slick with need and continues up her stomach, biting and sucking leaving little love bites as she slides her shirt up until it is off and discarded somewhere in the room leaving Nessa in just her bra which gets removed and discarded just as quickly. Nessa takes in a shallow breath before Rhea reconnects their lips in a searing kiss, Nessa parting her lips allowing Rhea access as slides her hand down the smooth curves of Nessa’s body, over her breasts, down her waist and thigh before running her figer through her slit feeling how wet she is. 

“Now Bunny, I don’t want you hiding any beautiful sound that comes out of your mouth while I please you. I want this whole locker room to hear what I am doing to you.” Rhea orders, biting and sucking at Nessa’s neck, putting new marks there on top of the faded ones that were nearly gone, her black lipstick smudging on Nessa’s pale neck.

“Yes Mami” Nessa gasps, craning her neck to give Rhea better access. Rhea slowly pumps her fingers in Nessa’s cunt, her palm putting just the right pressure on Nessa’s clit. Nessa trying to grind against Rheas hand more. Rhea stops her movements, Nessa whining in protest. Rhea nips at Nessa’s shoulder, saying in between kisses, “Stay still and be a good girl. Let Mami make you feel good” Nessa whimpers in response, immediately complying, whimpers leaving her as Rhea begins pleasing her with her hand again. Rhea groaning seeing how compliant Nessa is. She kisses down Nessa’s body, her free hand squeezing Nessa’s hip, continuing to finger her while using her tongue on Nessa’s clit. The young woman loudly whimpering and writhing as her pleasure builds.

“Thats a good Bunny, does that feel good” Rhea mutters against her cunt, continuing her ministrations, Nessa nods gripping her own hair her breaths getting progressively shallow as her pleasure builds and she lets out a pitched whine, her whole body flushing, coating Rhea’s hand with her fluids, Rhea moaning and continuing, “Mmmm we’re not done Bunny, you are going to give me another” Rhea orders, her mouth returning to work. Nessa wiggles trying to get away but can’t because Rhea tightens her grip on Nessa’s hips, this time her mouth doing all the work maing Nessa teeter on the edge of overstimulation, Nessa’s hand gripping Rhea’s hair when there is a knock at the door. They both stop, Rhea turning her head to look towards the door.

“You were supposed to be at Gorilla 5 minutes ago the match is nearly over you are going to be late. Also save that for the hotel” Comes the voice of Adam Pearce from the other side of the door. Nessa’s eyes widen and she quickly gets off the couch grabbing her white pants not noticing they are inside out and pulling them on, quickly turning around multiple times trying to find her bra and shirt.

“Bunny here” Rhea calls out tossing her one of Dominik’s shirt she keeps in her bag, Nessa throws it on and runs out the door, one arm holding her chest down as she makes her way to Gorilla and past the curtain running down the path, her bare feet making slapping sounds as she runs to Damian and kneels down beside him, caressing his cheek her eyes apologetic. He pulls the collar of the shirt to the side to see Rhea’s lipstick clearly smudged on Nessa’s neck alongside the fresh bruises. He chuckles and rolls his eyes, Kissing her lips letting her know it is ok before she starts gently prodding his knee. “Assessing it to help sell the injury before she helps him to his feet and helps support his weight as he limps back up the path. Once behind the curtain he supports his weight and throws his arm over her shoulder, fist bumping Rhea as she walks up to them holding Doms hand, Finn holding Doms other hand.

“You know you just ran out there with your pants inside out right, and you are wearing one of my old shirts so you arent helping those rumors about sleeping with all of us even though it is mostly true” Dominik points out, a smirk adorning his face while Nessa’s face flushes in embarassment, trying to hide in Damians chest, the others softly teasing them. Snickers from some of the other talent that is nearby.

“Well in my defense you know we are supposed to do a love square thing that i am the middle of” Nessa tries to defend herself, Damians chest shakes with laughter, Rhea tapping her head against Dominiks, her lipstick still messed up from her earlier exploits. A hush falls over everyone as Adam Pearce appears and crosses his arms. Nessa looks at him wide eyed and the others turn to look at him.

“Boss would like to see you in his office now please.” Adam asks, though it sounds more like an order. Rhea lets go of Finn and Dominiks hands to stand in front of Nessa to defend her.

“Hey that wasn’t her fault. It was mine and I got carried away. If anyone needs to be punished for it make it me.” Rhea offers, feeling guilty that her need to have Nessa might have gotten her in trouble.

“No he is insistent, says it is urgent business.” Adam shuts down the offer and turns away, beginning to walk down the hallway, pausing to look back, seeing the whole of the judgement day following him. “Only Nessa, the rest of you have press junkets to do. I’ll see her safely back to the locker room once their business is done you have my word.” Adam promises, Nessa hugs herself, her nerves settling in as she continues to follow Adam to hunters office, not liking her partners not being around.

“Scrap Daddy, I need to go to the bathroom first and switch my pants properly, or you know the nearest locker room… please” Nessa asks and Adam stops in his steps, pinching the bridge of his knose and letting out a deep sigh.

“Yeah, here we are near the shared womens locker room, you can go in there and correct yourself, but make it quick.” he orders, stopping infront of the door. Nessa takes a deep breath and pushes in, shyly waving at the women in there that don’t get their own room.

Asuka bounds over, throwing her arms around Nessa’s shoulders giving her a quick hug before returning to the bench she was occupying.

“Sorry I have to fix my pants real quick then go meet with Hunter. I’m probably in trouble for… well yeah” Nessa explains, sliding her pants off, trying and failing at not blushing as her bare bottom is momentarily exposed. She quickly pulls her pants up and buttons them.

“Don’t worry, he won’t go too hard on you. What you did works on the story he is trying to swell. Worst thing he will do is a possible suspension and fine.” Indi explains, shrugging, a few of the others nodding in agreement.

“He won’t fine you or do anything of the sort. You are his favorite… somehow. Why I will never understand.” Shotzi, mumbles under her breath, though it is loud enough for Nessa to hear. She doesn’t respond, knowing it won’t help and she doesn’t have time to. Nessa waves goodbye to the room as she meets Adam in the hallway who is tapping his foot impatiently waiting for her. ________________________________________________________________

Nessa enters Hunters office, confused seeing Kevin sitting on the corner of Hunters desk, Adam staying in the hallway closing the door behind her. She stands still, just in front of the door in the generic looking office, Hunter sitting in his chair, his gaze flickering between Nessa and Kevin.

“Have a seat Nessa. We have something we need to discuss with you.” Hunter instructs, Kevin picks at his cuticles, staring at the ground. Nessa takes a seat on the left, furthest from the clearly nervous Kevin. Nessa clasps her hands in her lap, bouncing her leg up and down waiting for someone to speak. Hunter clears his throat, making Nessa glance at him but he is looking at Kevin. Nessa’s gaze turns to the older man who is looking anywhere but Nessa.

“You look so much like your mother. You grew up to be a beautiful young woman” Kevin starts to ramble, Nessa’s ears twitch feeling uncomfortable with the way the conversation is already going but Kevin continues, “I am so proud at how much you have accomplished, it is money well spent to put you through your schooling. I can’t believe how much you have grown up”

“Uhh” Nessa vocalizes feeling less grossed out and more confused. “My dad paid for my schooling even after the divorce” She explains glancing between Hunter and Kevin. Hunter looking at her with pity, not trying to conceal how bad he feels knowing everything she knows about her life is about to be turned upside down.

“Exactly.” Kevin agrees hoping he doesn’t have to say it and she realizes what he is trying to tell her.

“That was part of the divorce settlement, he pays for my schooling…. Wait was it really you I saw at those recitals and my highschool and college graduation…” Nessa asks, her eyes wide and a pit forming in her stomach. She chews on her thumbnail, her eyes never leaving Kevin to watch his reaction. He only nods his head. “Why” Nessa asks her voice faltering. Kevins eyes fill with unshed tears and he clears his throat a few times before answering.

“In 1995 I met a lovely young woman on the road who gave me comfort when I had a temporary open relationship with my wife due to some poor life choices. And she needed comfort and safety in return because her husband was abusive. For the next few years I would see her and her young child whenever I can, becoming more sparse when my wife and I reconciled but always making sure they were taken care of” Kevin explains looking pointedly at Nessa, silently begging for her to understand. The pit in her stomach deepens and she goes into denial.

“No, I don’t understand. What are you saying?” Nessa asks, her voice wavering, tears welling up in her eyes as well, her breathing becoming rapid bordering on hyperventilating.

“Nessa, I’m your father. I was with your mother Rebecca Klein. You are my daughter. You have an allergy to bees and had an obsession with the medical shows your mom watched. Which is why you became a nurse. Oh and you have a bear with a light up star on it’s belly which I gifted to you on your third birthday.” He explains, saying things only very few people know and Nessa feels her chest tighten and her throat dry up. She rapidly shakes her head, the tears falling freely. She gets out of the seat she was in and turns to the door, ripping it open and running out. Kevin tries to stop her but is too slow, Hunter stopping him from going after her.

“Let her go man. That was a bomb you just dropped on her and not very tactfully I might add” Hunter explains and Kevin rubs his hand down his face and groans, leaning up against the desk again.

“What am I going to do?” Kevin asks outloud, more to himself but Hunter answers. “Give her time, you can’t just drop a bomb like that and expect her to be ok, especially with all she has been through. Just… give her time.” _________________________________________________________________________

Nessa runs through the hallways of the arena and out the first exit door, continuing on for a few blocks before she stops, doubled over trying to catch her breath and heaving from the effort, tears falling down her face. It takes her a few minutes to catch her breath and look around at her surroundings, wiping the tears and snot from her face. She sees a familiar blue sign, the pain chipped in the exact same spots. She takes out her phone sending a group message to her partners that she needed space to walk after her meeting with Hunter before crossing the deserted street and entering the shop seeing Tommy behind the counter.

“Ah Miss Nessa, right on time. I have a tea ready for you at that booth over there” Tommy greets Nessa who softly thanks him and takes a seat in the booth Tommy gestured at.

#rhea ripley x oc #rhea ripley smut #dominik mysterio fanfiction #damian priest fanfic #finn balor fanfiction #poly judgement day

[redjaybathood]

It's killing me how pervasive russian propaganda is. Propals love to claim that the West is hypocrites bc they support Ukraine but not a variety of countries and people they, themselves being from the West more often than not, did not give a shit about before. They would rather blame anyone else: the government they voted for, the media they are reading, - than look into themselves.

This paradigm also ignores:

Massive anti-Ukrainian russian propaganda campaign that is running for ten years now. Chances are, all they heard about Ukraine before the full-scale invasion is Azov, Bandera, Nazis, and that's what they're running with it (especially leftists/tankies who think Greyzone is a reliable source of information). Despite chances are, there are more far-right in power in their country than there are far-right politicians in Ukraine. Despite the massive reform Azov underwent. Despite the voices of our Jewish citizens and academics, despite Muslim soldiers in Azov;

Massive support russia, russians, russian imperialism still gets. For one example (and there are numerous) Australian ABC TV station recently made a documentary based on the point of view of russian invading forces, and it treated everything they have heard from them or seen as a legitimate point of view. Bucha massacre denial, for example. This is not humanization, this is straight-up genocide denial. And I know that UK TV also showed this documentary, it's side by side on their website with the documentary about Ukrainian abducted children. The children - those of them who survived the deportation anyway - are being indoctrinated against Ukraine, right now, trained as soldiers. If you even care;

The obvious reality that after people realized that there's not going to be a WW3 or a nuclear war anytime soon, they stopped caring all that much, if they ever did. Look at tumblr: any Palestine or even Israel-related post gets 20+k notes easily. That's not something that we see nowadays with Ukraine, if ever. And there is more negativity about Ukraine here, or on other social media, than for Gazans. And this is even counting that Gaza is the base for legit terrorist organization that committed a massive terrorist attack against the civilian population and is currently holding hostages. Which is the justification Israel puts down for their attack, and for their massive infliction of civilian casualties - but it's also what happened. Whereas in Ukraine, what happened was a Revolution of Dignity, where the victims, the dead, were the people who protested against the corrupt government and won. They didn't attack civilians, they didn't kill russians, they didn't even ban a russian language. They just didn't want to live in a corrupt country, in a police state, where children can be beaten up by police forces and be sent to a hospital. That's how Euromaidan started, if you even care. And Euromaidan is exactly the justification russia put up for the invasion back in 2014. You get me? HAMAS terrorist attack spiked huge support for Gaza and the Palestinian cause even before there were 30K Palestinians murdered by Israel. Even before one such death. Ukraine's fight to protect its freedom was met with indifference if not hostility.

Nothing of the above means you should not care about Gaza and Palestine. But somehow, it means that people treat it as a morally superior position not to care about Ukraine, to blame their government, to blame their media, to blame schools and parents and corporations - and, of course, zionists. Which is their dog whistle for Jews.

It deserves another post, how quickly misinformation and antisemitism spreads on tumblr. Holy shit. You guys are fucked up.

#not tagging bc it's mostly a vent post #i'm exausted

[fuutaprotectionsquad]

Yknow I feel like I should have a main post where I share my Milgram opinions/verdicts (thought of this bc i was writing my sister's opinion on the milgram characters). So I'll go character by character.

Will anyone read this? I don't know but its here

Haruka: I relate to him a bit (shitty mother, intrusive homicidal thoughts, neurodivergence). I def feel bad for him but hes still really guilty in my mind. I just think the whole killing for attention thing is a really dangerous mindset you can't just get out of, especially if you're being told you're not in the wrong. And it definitely seems like he doesn't actually feel bad for the girl he killed, just feels bad because people are mad at him for it. Idk. But I enjoy his dynamic with Muu a lot, even tho its toxic i just think its really interesting. But I wish him the best and he deserves a hug. His songs are mid tho (/hj i like them)

Yuno: I love her personality and I think shes so fun, but I honestly don't think about her a lot compared to the others. But I love her and specifically enjoy her dynamics with (obv mostly in fan content) Kazui, Mahiru and Fuuta. Her and Fuuta are such a good platonic ship (romantic is fun too). Innocent vote, obv. I like her songs, but Tear Drop moreso than Umbilical.

Fuuta: Oh my god I wonder what I think of him. In all seriousness he's a major hyperfixation of mine at like every given moment. I adore him and i think he deserves better and to be innocent. Like he feels so guilty for what he did and he didn't know any better, everyone around him was encouraging his behavior and praising him for it. But then it got too far and all his friends abandoned him and blamed him like. Poor fuuta :( and he's like 100% right when he says him and es are exactly the same. On another note, major fan of 0309 (romantically, but either way works), and also love his dynamic with Haruka, Yuno, Mahiru, Amane and Es. His songs are both in my top three (backdraft being #1)

Muu: Tied for my fav character(? Fuuta might beat her idk) I love her personality and vibe and everything just ❤️❤️ queen shit. And her queen bee design is gorgeous. Typically my favs are men but shes one of the first women ive hyperfixated on this much. Again, love her dynamic with Haruka, not from a like. healthy relationships could make the characters better standpoint, but from a story perspective its interesting. But yeah guilty. As for her songs, INMF is my #2 and i like After Pain

Shidou: Honestly I used to be kinda indifferent about him and just found him to be boring but then I rewatched his voice dramas and read some fics and I like him more now. I feel really bad for him bc he went through a really shitty situation which he felt he had the power to change and was stuck in a shitty moral dilemma bc of it. And in the end he did shitty things to save those he loved and it didn't even matter. He feels so guilty and doesn't deserve it. Innocent <3. Also romantic 0507 ftw (0506 is cool too). Him and Amane are silly too. As for his songs i like them, but they're not my fav

Mahiru: i like her, but im not too like. invested in her ig. But i feel bad for her :( she just wants to feel love and like. clearly she did something wrong but she didn't know she was. She never intended to hurt anyone. So innocent. Unless we find out she like. did something really fucking bad then maybe guilty. But in I Love You it implies it was a mutual toxicity so it probably wasn't something super terrible? But anyway. I love her with like all the characters cuz shes just so fun to see interact w others, but specifically with Yuno, Fuuta, Shidou, Amane and Mikoto.

Kazui: Hes so fun i love him. Like all he wants is to be honest and be himself but he feels pressured to lie and then finally he tells the truth and his wife fucking kills herself like- jeez- poor guy. Like following the gay theory, i get why she mightve done it (imagine being told the romance you built your entire life around for like 20 years was all a lie, and that your husband never actually loved you and just pretended to and every time you kissed or something he was just pretending like. that sucks poor hinako) but its so awful that he had to go thru that. But anyway innocent, kazui come out we accept you. And stan 0507. Song wise cat is easily #4 but. half is ok ig

Amane: Yknow i love amane but I also hate her and i think part of that might be the fandom? idk. I feel sorry for her bc she grew up in such a shitty situation but also i think shes beyond the point where we can uninstill those ideologies. Like shes 12, not 5. And amane says it herself that she has as much of a free will as everyone else and that her decision to kill/stay in this environment should be valued. Not that i think she should remain in this abusive situation, but she's not just some innocent kid whose being manipulated, she knows what she's doing. Hence, guilty. I don't think either vote will change her or anything so im voting with my honest opinion. As for dynamics, i love seeing her interact with all the other prisoners, but especially Shidou and Fuuta.

Mikoto: I love mikoto a lot but im so on the fence about his verdict. Ive been voting him innocent but theres still a part of me thats like. debating it. Bc he shouldn't have to be punished for John's actions, and it sucks that that's the situation hes in, but its that or more murders are left to occur. The main reason i say innocent is under the idea that John could go dormant or just stop fronting as much if we reduce mikoto's stress (like he says will happen i think). But hes so complex and fun i love mikoto. Specifically i love romantic 0309 but also his dynamic w the smoking group and mahiru. Also i love his songs.

Kotoko: I love her but also fuck her for hurting fuuta (and mahiru too but mainly fuuta). She annoys me bc she was so quick to almost murder several people based on a preliminary verdict that was made using little information. Like she knew this wasn't a concrete verdict, but attacked them anyway. I get her ideology of "kill people who evade justice to protect the weak" but only when they've actually done bad things (ie. the guy kidnapping the little girl). But when she doesn't know what they did and knows the person accusing them doesn't either???? Like bruh. But i like her character shes fun. I like seeing how she interacts with es and everyone she attacked. And songs, harrow is okay and i really like deep cover.

Whew im done.

#this has been in my drafts for a hot bit so im posting it #milgram #haruka sakurai #yuno kashiki #fuuta kajiyama #muu kusunoki #shidou kirisaki #mahiru shiina #kazui mukuhara #amane momose #mikoto kayano #kotoko yuzuriha

[2802mi]

WHY I THINK SUB-ZERO/SEKTOR FEUD IS BETTER THAN SUB-ZERO/SCORPION FEUD

Some time ago I posted a poll about two rivalries of Sub-Zero - one with Scorpion, one with Sektor. The results were quite surprising to me - 20% of people voted for Sub-Zero/Sektor. Before I go further about my opinion, I want to tell you all, that I am biased towards Sektor and that by ,,Sub-Zero" I mean Kuai Liang, the second Sub-Zero.

But why?

First of all: THE BEGINNING OF THE RIVALRY.

Sub-Zero and Scorpion began because Scorpion murdered original Sub-Zero, being decieved by Quan Chi. We easily see that when Scorpion is aware of deception, the motive behind the conflict goes away. NRS had the opportunity to make them fight again as stated in MKX endings where Sub-Zero opposes Raiden and Scorpion follows him (Ofc they had to waste that)

When Sub-Zero and Sektor's conflict begins, then it's based on contradictory values, where Sektor seeks the perfection through technology, Sub-Zero seeks discipline and perfection achieved by reaching the limit of human body and mind. They both are disgusted by themselves - Sub-Zero sees Sektor as the metal abomination, Sektor might see Sub-Zero as a cryomancer who relies too much on his powers and is a threat to the clan because of cryomancer's solitary and authority-challenging nature. They both commit to the conflict without the influence of other actors, they both made the choice that there is no place for them both in this world.

Also while Scorpion took away Sub-Zero's brother, he admitted regret and wanted to make things right, whereas Sektor took his best friend and enslaved him (Smoke). Also Sektor turned the whole clan against Kuai Liang, forcing him to survive by himself and later, founding the new Lin Kuei, so unironically the conflict pushes them both to exceed their limits and to defeat the other, because when the other is still alive, their clans will never thrive. Scorpion and Sub-Zero however during their conflict don't make anything particular because of each other, even though they learn an important lesson of forgiveness.

The conlusion of the conflict also varies - Scorpion and Sub-Zero are bound to make peace with themselves when they learn the truth about their feud. Sub-Zero and Sektor however will never stop until one of them is dead - sadly in original timeline they never had a stand-off, but in MKX comic book they had that one final fight they always deserved - I think it's total shame that this feud was never more in the spotlight, even though I liked Sub-Zero's chapter in MK11, where there was a recreation of this comic book's volume and I consider this a fan service.

I am calling out @cienie-isengardu to share his opinion on this post - I remember reading your posts on tumblr since idk when, I love them

#mk 2011 #mkx #mk3 #mortal kombat x #mortal kombat #sub zero bi han #bi han sub zero #mk sub zero #sub zero #kuai liang #sektor #lin kuei #mk scorpion #scorpion mk #shirai ryu #mk fandom

[theenpcbracket]

The TTRPG NPC Tournament Semifinals (Round 4): Mary Byram vs. HE

Images are in the order of the poll! Image ID included, click to see the full image please!

More about each NPC below the cut!

Character 1

Name: Mary Byram Party: Ambiscade Gang Relationship to party: Coworker, divorcee

What makes them the best NPC: Mary Byram is living proof that the song “No Children” by The Mountain Goats doesn’t just have to be about romantic relationships gone wrong. She’s a bright red tiefling rogue with a storied past, currently working for a guild called the Thinfingers alongside one of the party members. Previously, she worked with a tiefling rights movement called Hellflame, but something happened there that she doesn’t really talk about. She’s still passionate about both the movement and the group, though.

Our bard lovingly calls her “Mare-Bear.” She hates this. She’s a day drinker. She’s exhausted always. She cares so much but will never admit it unless under duress. I think she genuinely thinks that god cursed her by metaphorically putting her in a get-along shirt with our rogue PC. Their dynamic allowed our party to coin the term “Coworker Divorce” except they’re literally not allowed to actually get rid of each other. She is also constantly saddled with the skater-pilled rogue who was also submitted to the bracket, so she’s usually outnumbered when it comes to harebrained schemes. She’s largely anti-antics, but is down for some antics if she's in control of them. She’s a mastermind and usually gives the help bonus action either by telling people what they fucked up or by telling them NOT to fuck something up. She deserves a break she’ll simply never get.

Quote: "Thoughts?" -the warlock, asking Mary about a proposed plan. "...More than you. Apparently." -Mary

To learn more about Mary, check out the extra propaganda in her tag here!

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Character 2

Name: HE Party: The Misdemeanor Mateys Relationship to party: Businessman, aggravating party stalker, final boss

What makes them the best NPC: Mysterious tiny man with static for a head, and the loudest screechiest voice you can imagine (DM once blew out their vocal chords because of him). Levitates and teleports at will, and can pop objects in and out of existence. Runs a business granting magical favors. Originally tried to hire the party to help his business but the group said "fuck no". Now regularly pops in to nag, cause trouble, or play meme songs on a calliope, and occasionally provides useful information. HE controls an alternate dimension called the Mercantile Pile full of items from different times and places, including lots of modern-day technology (unlike the D&D campaign setting). He can be summoned by writing out his name. His calling card is a 7 of Spades, which he can also use to influence the world & cast spells remotely. HE mainly wears business suits & suspenders, but has also appeared in a hazmat suit (riding a tricycle), turtleneck sweater and thigh holster, wetsuit with suspenders painted on, sequin jacket with '69' on the back, peacock burlesque, and nurse drag outfit. He once killed 20 guards with a snap of his fingers. He also destroyed a walkman with a flamethrower. Implied to be the father of the ultra-powerful kid whose primary pastime is handing out enchanted "friendship nuggets" [chicken]. His #1 business competitor is Michael's Wonder Emporium. Eventually turns out to be one of the most central characters to the story.

Quote: "STAY OFF MY THRONE!"

"You're going to call me when you need me!"

To learn more about HE, check out the extra propaganda in his tag here!

#mary byram #he #round 4 #polls #dungeons and dragons #d&d #dnd #dnd oc #dnd npc #ttrpg #pathfinder #powered by the apocalypse #dnd stuff #dnd character #character tournament #oc tournament #homebrew #d&d 5e #semifinals

[episodeoftv]

Round 8 (THE FINAL) Is over!

- “most” can mean whatever you choose I trust you. Can be the best episode. The worst. Objectively mediocre episode but an iconic moment in pop culture. Just a really solid use of television as a medium. I go into a bit more detail here.

- I only ask that you try to put aside the rest of the show and focus on the episode itself.

- the question is “most” instead of “best” bc I’m more comfortable with “most” winning by popularity contest. Also I believe that bad episodes deserve a shot.

- In the event of an exact tie both episodes will move on individually‚ with the next round’s vote having 3 (or 4??) options

here is the list of all episodes that were in the bracket, in alphabetical order by show title

ALSO: I won’t reblog propaganda in order to avoid crowding the blog (258 polls!), but you can submit propaganda here! Please focus on campaigning FOR the episode rather than against its opponent because this will be used in future polls as well. And lmk if you want to be anonymous

schedule under the cut, as well as links to polls

Round 1 Begins on Aug 15 (8 Groups‚ 128 polls)

- Group 1

- Group 2

- Group 3

- Group 4

- Group 5

- Group 6

- Group 7

- Group 8

Round 2 Begins on Sep 7 (4 Groups, 64 polls)

- Group 1

- Group 2

- Group 3

- Group 4

Round 3 Begins on Sep 20 (2 Groups‚ 32 polls)

- Group 1

- Group 2

Round 4 Begins on Oct 1 (16 polls)

Round 5 Begins on Oct 8 (8 polls)

Round 6 Begins on Oct 15 (4 polls)

Round 7 Begins on Oct 22 (2 polls)

Round 8 Begins on Oct 29 (1 poll)

- will include three 2nd and 3rd place polls

Winner announced on November 5th bc I think it would be funny.

Poll posts will include: a thumbnail (grabbed from the first few results on google) (but feel free to send me any better thumbnails)

Alt text for the thumbnails (I did my best here but I also did 32 of these in a row. So. They may not be perfect. If you notice any glaring mistakes lmk)

cws and technical notes that I received in submissions

summaries from IMDb, or wikis if there were none on IMDb (this is not meant to be propaganda‚ just to help jog your memory)

propaganda that I received in submissions (or was sent in a submission during the tournament‚ which I invite you to do here!) I am not reblogging propaganda because I don’t want to crowd the blog.

Link to‚ in order of preference: wikipedia page‚ wiki page‚ IMDb page.

#episodeoftv #tournament poll #tournament bracket #episode of tv tournament #. #I got like. over 300 submissions? #i think it was 280ish episodes. #idk I don’t have my spreadsheet open rn. #some of those got cut in prelims which went by show. #and so everything that was submitted by someone who wasn’t me got in. #I think I submitted. probably something like 50. maybe 10 were my own personal favs but most were from listicles or imbd top rated list. #in an attempt to get some variation in here.

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

Quarterfinals, Match 4

expand to see all propaganda received! (enormous wall of text warning)

Tracy Chapman:

"I can’t think of anything clever to say because I’m too busy sighing dreamily"

"GUYS ITS FUCKING TRACY CHAPMAN VOTE FOR HER OR ELSE ILL EAT PLAYDOUGH"

"Tracy Chapman made the best song of all time (fast car)"

"ik im the hope sandoval guy but if hope doesn't make it tracy has to she made me realize i was a lesbian i just thought i was bi then i listened to her and now im a lesbian she is powerful she is strength if you looked at her and looked at my art you would see 20 years of inspiration from one single woman"

"she's too good to commit atrocities to me but im the gore guy and you aren't for that. i would let her take out my vocal chords and use them as floss. i would have her saw down my bones to make a vinyl of her music. i would go on all fours and let her slaughter me like a pig. i want to be her cat"

"The most powerful written and performed voice of the 90s. Everyone, of any nationality or belief system, could feel the words Tracy Chapman sang. She gets her dues but deserves even more."

Eddie Vedder:

"He's just a lil' guy. I want to pick him up and put him in my pocket and take him with me everywhere."

"Men peaked in 1992 when Eddie Vedder was on MTV Unplugged and just looked as pretty as can be. No one will ever top that."

"facial structure sculpted by the gods"

"that scene in singles where he’s just staring straight into the camera when they’re watching that bee documentary or whatever GOD"

"He's fun-sized and therefore easy to yeet into his natural environment of The Rafters. His height-to-hair-length ratio makes him the Cousin Itt of the final four: the party doesn't really kick off until he shows up. No amount of unhinged propaganda can be more unhinged than the little gremlin himself but by God it's worth a try."

"I want Eddie Vedder to spit in my mouth"

"I have no idea what the fuck he's saying literally ever and that's kinda hot I think"

"holy FUCK i want to i want to claw his eyes out and put them in a blender until they’re the consistency of mochi that’s been left out for like 10-15 minutes"

"icon of wet kittens you take home in a box everywhere. imagine scooping him up and carrying him away."

"listen to daughter by pearl jam like uh wow"

"Just a beautiful little guy. I love how expressive, emotive, intense, and passionate he is. The way he can make me weep or give me the chills with just his voice and a guitar. And how he (and the rest of Pearl Jam) has always been so outspoken and hands-on about numerous social and environmental issues and just generally being a force for positivity and progress. This man stage-climbed right into my heart <3"

"He has a really cute butt, like the peach emoji"

#most attractive 90s musician #poll #polls #tracy chapman #eddie vedder #pearl jam #temple of the dog #90s music #tournament

[mahou-furbies]

That's it for the favourite Precure poll! Thanks to everyone who voted. It was 141 votes total, of which one vote was removed because it had the same character more than once (which, if kept in, would have affected the middle of the following top 20 list but not the top 5).

So La Mer got both the most votes and most points, while Milky got the most first place votes. Also even with so many contestants, almost every Cure got at least one point, which is nice. And it shows that while some of them clearly got more votes than others, there's still plenty of variance of opinions in the fandom (which is also nice).

Overall I think this was a fun poll and having it be about the top 5 made it more interesting than expecting everyone to pick just one favourite. Originally it even had a top 10, but I ended up cutting it because I worried that google forms is such a cumbersome platform for a poll like this that people might ragequit halfway through.

Finally sorry about the Parfait situation again, if I ever have the same poll in a few years I'll be sure to remember to include her. She did get some write-in votes but I wonder if she got more if voting for her didn't require extra hassle.

(And even more finally, under cut are the comments)

Great poll ^^

Cure Rosetta is SO underrated

Yeah needless to say I currently have Only Got Into It Recently bias, but: Nodoka, my chronically ill girl <3Sorry Parfait & Waffle

Melody + Rhythm are a pair DO NOT separate them please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i still love the star twink team a ton, but i needed to give some votes to the new 'abnormal' cures. (Butterfly and Wing being different ages ranges and genders from the normal cures, I mean.)

Even though he is not my favorite, it brought me great joy that you included Cure Waffle. He really should've been a TRUE Pretty Cure!

I believe you forgot Parfait. Hey, no judgement from me there’s a whole lot of them.

Thank you for including my boy Cure Waffle 🙏🙏🙏 The guy ever

I love you Cure Muse, even if you'll never be as popular as you deserve

I didn't mention any of the GoPri Cures but I love Flora, Mermaid and Twinkle a lot too!! And Cure Mofurun!!

Oh my god this was still so hard.

I know Cure Miracle doesn't have a chance of winning but by God will I vote for her

I wish I could vote yum yum more then once 😭😖what about cure kururun

My first choice is Parfait. Not Lumiere (I just put her because Parfait is not here XD)

Dark cure dream is great too

Please have a nice day :)

Bless your heart for including Cure Infini.

flamingosweep probably won't happen but i cheer fo her regardless

Cure Parfait for 1st favorite :D

I could give points to Takumi (Black Pepper) and Rio/Pikario ("Cure Waffles") ?

vote for 2nd is cure parfait pls

it's awsome to have another precure poll. one day though michiru and kaoru will be recognized as cures T^T [note: they will be included in future polls!]

I've only seen tropre and hirogaru so i know I'm heavily biased

#precure #blog stuff

[fandomanimatic-tournament]

Fandom song animatic tournament: Bracket 1 Side A Round 3

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Set it Off

"So could you Tell me how you're sleeping easy? How you're only thinking of yourself? Show me how you justify Telling all your lies like second nature Listen, mark my words, one day (one day) You will pay, you will pay Karma's gonna come collect your debt"

Ready as I'll ever be - Tangled the series

"Now it's time to step up or it's time to back down And there's only one answer for me And I'll stand up and fight 'cause I know that I'm right And I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready Ready as I'll ever be"

Remember that we're voting on how Iconic they are for ANIMATICS, not for the song itself. In order to make things fair, the tone and mood of the song should not affect how iconic it is (for example, a serious song should not be considered more iconic than a joke song just because it's serious)

Propaganda and animatic links of the songs under the cut:

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Set it Off

Propaganda:

I was appalled when I found out this song had a chance if not appearing on the polls. This song is my everything. It was there for me in my darkest moments and for my brightest days. This song and all it's animatics got me through life both metaphorically and literally. This song is my everything

wolf in sheeps clothing turned me evil as a young child /pos

This had SUCH an effect on me in middle school

The anthem for edgy middle schoolers with tragic OCs everywhere Not to mention that "Burn. In. HELLLLLLLLLL YEAAHHHHH!" Is just downright iconic

Admittedly I still want to make an animatic for this myself, but it's a fun song that just OOZES villainous or anti-hero charm and popping up unexpectedly and the bridge???? Shifting from darker to hopeful only to drop back down?? "Start all over, start all over-- who am I kidding, let's not get overzealous here! You've always been a huge piece of shit" is just. mwah. incredible. And there's an official acoustic version of it too which I don't know if it's used as often but it has an entirely different vibe. Instead of the cocky or confident singer who has their target EXACTLY where they want them, it's someone who's given up and is tired of all of it. There's Options. it's fantastic.

Animatics with the song:

DSMP Technoblade animatic

Yandere Highschool

Your Turn To Die

Miraculous Ladybug

Scum Villain Self Serving System

Ready as I'll ever be - Tangled the series

Propaganda:

I can list at least three full animatics for this song for every major fandom I have ever been a part of, and still it's so hard to find them because there are so goddamn many

It's an absolute banger from the absolute King Alan Menken, originally from the pretty underrated Tangled the Series. I've seen animatics for this for like every fandom I can think of, and it deserves it because it slaps and has great vocal performances from Jeremy Jordan and Eden Espinosa.

i'm pretty sure this song is more well known than the show it came from is lol. i looked up "ready as i'll ever be animatic" on youtube just to confirm and counted 20+ of them, and i didn't even finish scrolling. it is a genuinely really good song from a /surprisingly/ good show that imo is super underrated. i definitely would recommend checking it out if you get the opportunity!

it's a fandom song that transcended its fandom and became a hit for twist villains.

The song really fosters creativity with how many animatics can create a darker AU where the usual protagonist (or a close associate) is made to be the antagonist because of injustice suffered and the other characters have to fight against them

I've seen *at least* one animatic of this song in almost every fandom I've looked into

It has a lot of Animaniacs because it is sung by an ensemble cast It is good for demonstrating a lot of different conflicting perspectives of characters for your big dramatic fight and its catchy and I love it

I mean everyone loves a scenario where one of the main cast becomes a villain for tragic reasons and the rest of the characters have to fight them while dealing with the betrayal and attempting to make them see reason

How in the actual hell does a song from a Tangled spinoff series go this spectacularly hard? More to the point, how does it have an animatic/AMV for practically EVERY FANDOM IN EXISTENCE?! Yeah, most people know it from that one Warrior Cats MAP, but there is SO much more. Not to mention the bucketloads of people who used this song for their own OCs, which is always a bonus.

Animatics with the song:

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil

Miraculous Ladybug

Sander Sides

Danganronpa V3 fantasy AU

BNHA Villain Deku Animatic

DSMP

Please be cautious and read the title, description and warning cards on the animatic videos if you decide to watch them. If you've got specific triggers I'd recommend even more caution when watching animatics of fandoms you don't know, since sometimes canon-typical themes don't get warnings.

#fandom animatic tournament #tumblr poll #tumblr tournament #tumblr tourney

[jianghushenanigans]

A sequel to the ‘most annoying guy TM in the Jianghu’ and ‘most annoying guy TM in the cdrama capital’ poll because I was specifically asked to include Ming Tai and honestly he deserves it

Propaganda of a sort under cut - also feel free to provide your own

Ming Tai: as a teenager (early 20s? unclear: Hu Ge is blatantly in his mid 30s but we're ignoring this because he's a good actor) and a baby brother raised by significantly older siblings, Ming Tai is the spoiled brat. He's also very good at being a competent spy when he needs to be, but that doesn't make him less annoying when he wants to be, which is always

Shang Xirui: of all the characters on here he's the only one I actually personally cannot stand, but that's partly because he sings opera and I have discovered through watching Winter Begonia that I do not like opera of any kind. But also he's insufferable and needs to get a grip on reality. Some things are more important than the show! Like FOOD! And the WAR!

Zhao Yunlan: SUCKING TOO HARD ON YOUR LOLLIPOP OH LOVE'S GONNA GET YA DOWN. Guardian was the first CDrama I saw and I actually don't remember what he did but I do remember that he liked to cause problems

Wen Kexing: Winner of the 'most annoying guy in the jianghu' poll, I don't think I really need to write propaganda about him but like. Has he considered a method of flirting that does not consist of stalking a random homeless man?

Wei Wuxian: 2nd in the jianghu poll. Everyone knows why he's annoying, I won't go into this any more than to say in the Cloud Recesses arc he distinctly reminds me of one of the most annoying people I have ever met in real life

Lin Chen: 3rd in the jianghu poll and my personal Favourite Guy. To paraphrase @nemainofthewater: 'if he was in it for any longer I wouldn't be able to stand him, but he's only there for long enough that it's actually charming'. Enjoys the fact that he's smarter than (almost) everyone else and likes to be obnoxious about it

Mei Changsu: came joint 1st in the 'most annoying guy in the cdrama capital' poll. Professional party ruiner, but he does try to only enjoy it when his political enemies are suffering. Gets to tag team with Lin Chen bc I don’t want them to split votes and also because between them they manage to annoy literally every character in the whole show

Fan Xian: joint 1st in the capital poll AND 4th in the jianghu poll because he is annoying all the time and everywhere. As a transmigrator he is (unfortunately) aware that he is the main character, causes problems on purpose

Zhao Yujin: 3rd the capital poll. I won't lie that this surprised me because I have seen one gifset total for this show on tumblr (the one that persuaded us to watch), but I guess for those who have seen it it is a legal requirement to vote for him because of literally everything he does ever. In his defence he fell in a pond as a child and then his overbearing mother babied him. That being said, he is an adult now

Huang Yaoshi: included because of @tavina-writes's extensive propaganda in the jianghu poll: my favourite part of it was "the OG torture flute soloist; his flute solo canonically sounds like sex, x-rated porn sounds"

Wu Xin: I missed him off the original jianghu poll, and also the whole point of the polls is for me to try and get people to watch my shows so there’s more fic and I’m not just here crying on my own. An overpowered gremlin boy. 'Would you like to get kidnapped?' 'no??' 'ok that's cool I'm kidnapping you anyway!'

#the disguiser #winter begonia #guardian #word of honor #the untamed #nirvana in fire #joy of life #oh my general #legend of condor heroes #the blood of youth #ming tai #shang xirui #zhao yunlan #wen kexing #wei wuxian #lin chen #mei changsu #fan xian #zhao yujin #huang yaoshi #wu xin #cdrama poll #poll