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loveshotzz · 1 month

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pretend i wrote this when you were sick - pretend it's also not this long. also sorry if it looks like there are parts missing.

He's on his third call while he waits at the door in the early spring breeze, unbottoned work shirt billowing with him -- silently chastising himself for not throwing on a sweater since you told him to do it before he left. He presses the bell again, hearing it go off in the house for the second time, anxiety brewing in his chest. He'd never seen you so sick, and even though the doctor said it was just a bad flu, seeing you in bed like this made his heart pound. He wasn't sleeping, had been working from home the past few days. He'd set up shop right outside the hall of the bedroom, ignoring his office so he could hear if you called out to him -- Bandit dutifully keeping watch over you at the end of the bed. It was something he wasn't expecting to affect him like this, his thoughts getting clouded with the sound of hospital monitors and oxygen machines.

You did your best to understand and assure him you're okay -- you're just kind of a baby about being sick. Lucky for Steve, he's been loving a chance to get to baby you - despite the ache it causes to see you like this.

But the babying would start even quicker if the front door of the house he was in front of would open.

"Honey, am I gonna have to file a report? You can't just be showing up to my house -- I got a wife at home," the tease comes from a familiar smoky voice, "Do you really want her to find out about us?"

"I called three times," Steve huffs, "I said I'd only be gone for ten minutes."

"Do you really think she's counting? She's probably asleep. Plus, you're a minute man," Eddie winks, beckoning him into the house, "And if she calls you can run right home, you're around the fuck--effing corner."

"Yeah, you're around the effing corner, Big Guy," Gwen's tiny voice repeats from the island in the kitchen.

"Gwendolyn," Eddie warns. "Sorry," she whispers back, "I won' say id again."

"Thank you, doll," he smiles, "Can you ask mommy to bring the soup and meds we packed up for your aunt so we can give it to Steve?" She patters away with her light up sneakers glinting pink and purple with every step, disappearing into the house only to run back winded a few minutes later. "Mommy said you have two hands that work just fine so you can get it," she smiles, not fully understanding what she means, "And then she said to say please after. Please!"

Steve snorts, "Yeah, loser, go grab my shi--stuff."

Eddie rolls his eyes, "Whatever."

As her father leaves, Gwen climbs back up on the bar stool and looks up at Steve curiously, "So when does she get to come back over?"

"When she feels better, angel," he smiles, "Why?"

She shrugs, "I dunno, I like when she comes over 'cause then it's not just you."

His mouth gapes with a smile, "What do you mean? Am I not enough for you?"

Gwen shrugs in the way four year olds shrug when they're feeling sneaky, "She's juss funner, Big Guy." "Do you hear this?!" Steve gasps as Eddie re-enters, "She doesn't think I'm as fun."

"You haven't been playing 'Cool Barbies' with her, lately," Eddie shrugs, popping the two tote bags filled with sick day amenities on the table, "Ow, ow Lu, don't pull daddy's hair, please." "It's okay Luce, you can do whatever you want," Steve coos to the baby on Eddie's hip, grabbing the bags and putting them over his shoulder. He leans forward to kiss her only for Eddie to step away.

"Dude, not with your potential flu germs -- they're picking up enough sh--stuff at daycare," Eddie says, taking the baby's pudgy hand and waving, "Say byyyyeee Big Guy." "Bah," Lucy gurgles in her post nap haze, head resting heavily on Eddie's shoulder. "Bye, Big Guy," Gwen smiles, hugging him at the knees, "Tell Auntie-I-said-hi-and-I-miss-her-and-love-her-and-that-she-is-so-pretty-and-that-I-have-new-Barbies."

"I will tell her, thank you for the message," Steve nods, chest hammering again at the thought of you sick and bed without him. He flicks his head up at Eddie, "Tell Peach I said hi."

"Yeah, I'll tell her somethin' alright," he half grumbles, hoisting Lucy higher up on his hip. Steve blows Gwen a kiss before making it back to you in the quick trip is takes to get back to your place. He knocks softly before stepping in, hearing your soft 'hm?' that sets his whole body a buzz with affection. "I have..." he starts, opening the bags, "Two quarts of Peach's famous 'sick soup', a shit ton of orange juice, 800mg motrin, a card from Gwen, a drawing from Gwen, three new pairs of fuzzy socks, a toy for Bandit? Okay..." He lists off the rest of the care package before looking at you with a smirk, "And absolutely nothing for me." "I can gib you someding," you murmur out with a stuffed nose, "I can gib you a kiss." "Ooh, how about I give you a kiss tough girl?" he asks, chestnut hair falling into his eyes as he leans down to kiss your forehead. His lips are warms against your clammy skin, enough to soothe you back into a cozy half sleep under the covers, "How're you feelin'?" "Dired," you admit, "Bud I could really use thad soup." "Okay," he nods, "I'll heat it up for you." He gets back to the door looking back with a soft gaze on you, thinking of Lucy's face and how it looks when you hold her on your hip, how you look when you play Barbies with Gwen. How it would look when there's a baby that's the perfect blend of the two of you bouncing on your lap, when there's a baby monitor in the bedroom, when you're both complaining about germs at daycare. He opens his mouth to say something, but closes it before going downstairs. Right now, babying you is just enough.

CAROL!!!! Stop 😩 I physically cannot handle this amount of yearning. What have you done to me?!? I’m still sick (it won’t go away) so this was still perfect. Of course he’s imagining getting me pregnant while taking care of me, ILL GIVE THAT OLD MAN ANYTHING HE WANTS!!

Also shout out to the number one couple here and that’s ocs!eddie and airwiy!steve. I love that the little glimpse we get of them living close to each other now and the little growth of the munson family 🥺

#asks #WE’RE GWEN’S FAVORITE OVER STEVE #that’s what I thought #my heart is full #carol 💅🏻#all i really want is you #orange colored sky #steve harrington #steve harrington fluff #steve harrington x you #older!steve harrington

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spideycatt · 10 months

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What’s the origin for the nickname “moss”?😭

Cat and Mouse Part 2 || 42!MM x R

Synopsis:

The aftermath of Meadow revealing your secret/ a backstory

Word count: 2.5K (lord)

Now playing: you know wassup // kehlani, angel // pinkpantheress

part 1!

Warnings: Reader is Black, this is pretty tame, cursing, weed in one part, Y/n / Ynnie is used, Fighting but it’s just described😸

Not rlly warnings: The flashbacks and what we tell the class isn’t exactly the same, just the more detailed version. Gwen is black in this universe just becuz, no superheroes or villains just a reg earth, college drama oooo, Reader was a goody two shoes before meeting Miles (Like… not knowing was weed looks like goody two shoes),

“So you guys are dating!!” Someone in the crowd shouted, everyone agreeing with them.

“Actually,” you said smiling, making your way over to Miles and Meadow. “We’re married. Since last year.” You finished, untucking a necklace from your shirt to reveal a ring on a necklace, making everyone go crazier.

“Dont even think about startin’ all that yappin’! Its time for class so get your butts to your seats. Quickly!” Miles shouted making everyone complain as they made their way into their respective classrooms. You shook your head making grabby hands to your daughter.

“Meymey stop being a daddy’s girl and come back to mommy! I miss you already!” You fake cried, pouting as Meadow laughed at you.

“Papá! Isn’t mommy being silly?”

Miles smirked down at you, quick to agree with the baby. “Yup, she is. You had her all day its my turn.” He stuck his tongue out at you, scurrying into his room before letting you talk, making you chuckle.

You go back into the classroom, sighing deeply when you see all your students looking at you expectantly.

“What?” You say, deeply confused as to what they want from you now.

“Sooo, you’re not gonna tell us how you guys met??” One of your students replied with a wide smile on his face.

“Uhm.. no?” You chuckled shaking your head. “Why would I tell you that?”

“You owe us for lying to everyone for the whole schoolyear!!”

“Yea!”

“Pleaseeee Ms.y/n! Or should we call you Mrs. Morales?”

Once again, a round of ‘ooo’s go around the classroom, but this time directed at you.

“Alright alright I’ll tell you guys, and no you don’t get to call me Mrs. Morales. What’s wrong with y’all..” You mutter the last part to yourself, dreading telling your kids how you met your husband.

—

“You gotta be kidding me…” You whisper to yourself, looking at your new roommates. Your dorm situation had been all over the place the whole semester, resulting in you having to room off campus with what looked like the meanest man you’ve ever seen, and the nicest girl ever.

“Your rooms over there, kitchens over there, oh!— me and you share a bathroom, hope you don’t mind! My room is right there if you need something! Or if you wanna hang out I don’t mind.” The girl, Gwendolyn if you remembered correctly, smiled brightly at you. The tall boy next to her nodded his head at you both and went to his room.

“What’s his deal?” You question, trying to peak into his room. You didn’t see anything but purple walls before he closed the door though.

“Ah, that’s Miles. He’s nice once to get him, don’t worry! Super cute though, don’t you think?” She smirked, bumping shoulders with you.

“Yea… I guess so.”

—

“So you guys were roommates? That’s so boringgg.” Someone in the back whined.

“If it’s so boring then I don’t need to finish my story, right?” You laugh, stretching back in your desk chair.

“Bro why the fuck did you say that?”

“Dont listen to this idiot, Miss!”

“What did Gwendolyn look like?”

You stop to think about the question, trying to remember since it’s been a couple years since you’ve seen her.

“She.. was a little taller than me. Really pretty girl, big eyes, and she had a gap I think. And she had all types of piercings, and she always got her hair done in the color blonde with pink ends for some reason.”

“So she black?”

“Yea, but she’s from the country part of new york pretty sure. Anyways let me continue..”

—

You and Gwen had become good friends over time. You learned some new, albeit boring, things about her.

You couldn’t say the same for Miles though. You never really talked to him after you realized you weren’t gonna get past a quiet nod in your direction. But even then, you found yourself liking his coy personality. You wanted to learn new things about him, even if it was boring. Only thing you learned about him was that he was also studying to get an Education Degree.

You made your way back home after a long day at school, ready to shower and fall face first into your bed. Unlocking the door, you chuck your bag on the entryway table, ignoring how Miles stared at you with a confused look on his face.

You were right by your door when Gwen called your name running up to you.

God you loved the girl but damn can you live?

“Ynnieee, how was classes?” She asked, twirling her blonde and pink braids with a finger.

“They was aight, I’m tired as hell.” You groan, rubbing your eyes.

“Oh well before you go! Theres this thing I’m going to next Saturday. Come with me?” She looked down at you expectantly. You found yourself fighting against the voice in your head. Part of you wants to say no and sleep for days, but the other part sees this as an opportunity to get out the apartment for something outside of school for once.

“Alright. I’ll go. Now leave me alone I wanna sleep forever.” You say, rushing into your room to shower and lay down. You’d felt a little bad for rushing away like that, but your shower was more important to you in the moment. And you didn’t see how Gwen reacted to your slight attitude, eyes squinting at your door hard enough to burn a hole through it.

Your shower and nap worked wonders. You woke up at around 2 in the morning, not healthy at all but aye, a good nap is a good nap. You sit up in your bed, feeling way better than you had when you got home. Feeling a little thirsty, you make your way to the kitchen, deciding to eat some noodles for dinner too.

“Why you up so late?” You heard a gruff voice behind you, making you almost jump out your skin. You whip around to see who was talking to you, and it was none other than your mysterious roommate Miles.

“Miles, what the fuck?” You whisper scream, putting your bowl of microwave noodles down.

“You ain’t answer my question, ma.” He smirked at your annoyed tone, leaning his back against the counter across from you. You roll your eyes, ignoring how the nickname made you feel.

“I just woke up and i’m hungry, obviously,” you said, gesturing to your noodles. “Why are you up, Mr. Morales?”

“Can’t sleep.” He sighed deeply, looking down at you like he wanted to ask something.

“What?” You said softly, slurping on some noodles as you look back at Miles.

“Nun.. just, wanna hang out in my room?”

“Uhh sure..”

“Your rooms so clean..” You say, analyzing the things around you. Movie posters and artwork that seems to be Miles’ are strung around the deep purple walls. Not a speck of dust on any of his things, only thing slightly messy was his bed. Probably from tossing and turning while trying to fall asleep.

“Are you saying you thought I lived like a pig?” He laughed at you, sitting on the edge of his bed, pulling a folding tray close to him.

You shrugged, slurping up more noodles while standing. You didn’t really know what to do with yourself, this being the first time you actually talked to Miles.

“Why you still standing up? C’mon,” He beckoned you to sit next to him, taking a shoebox from under his bed. “You ever smoke a blunt before?”

—

“So you guys played games and talked till you fell asleep?”

“Yup! Don’t tell him I told you this but, he sucks at Mortal Kombat.”

—

“…Huh?”

This earned you a confused look from Miles.

“A blunt. A joint. Doja.”

You furrow your eyebrows.

“Like… the singer?”

“You gotta be kidding me.” He lays back on his bed, laughing at you like his life depended on it. “You telling me you don’t know what weed is?”

“Why didn’t you just say weed in the first place!” You say, hitting him lightly on the thigh.

“Because you’re old enough to know what a blunt is?” He chuckled, sitting back up to open the shoebox and take out some stuff. You watched silently as a he rolled the ‘blunt’ up, staring at him as he brought it up to his lips and lit it up.

“I’ve never seen weed before,” You mutter scooting farther into the bed till you hit the wall. “Why does it look like…”

“Like what?” Miles asked, smiling a little as he waited to see where this was going.

“Nah, you’re gonna make fun of me.”

“I won’t, ma. I promise.” He said turning to look at you as he inhaled and blew the smoke in your face, making you fan it away.

“I was going to say it kinda looks like moss.” You whisper, looking away in embarrassment as Miles guffawed at your cluelessness.

“Man I’m never letting you live that down.” He shook his head with a smirk. You laughed also, heart swelling at the fact that this might happen again, and Miles may start talking to you more.

—

“After that we became good friends yada yada yada. We hung out a lot, and sometimes had sleepovers in each others rooms,” You say as you filed some papers away. “And Gwen didn’t like that.”

“Oh my god did y’all fight?!” A kid in the back exclaimed, bouncing up and down in excitement.

“What? No, I don’t fight people. She did want to fight me though.”

Everyone made a disappointed noise at that, when the door opened with Meadow and Miles looking inside.

“What lies she telling y’all now?” Miles scoffed as Meadow ran into her mother’s arms. He walked up to you and gave you a small peck on your cheek, making the whole class gag.

“First of all, ew. Second of all, Mrs. Morales was telling us about how she didn’t fight Gwen cuz she don’t fight people.”

“Mrs. Morales?” Miles said looking at you as you shook your head and shrugged. “Man she really is lying to yall. She did fight Gwen, whooped her ass for real. And then she handed my ass to me too. I’m getting flashbacks.” He shuddered at the memory.

“Miles!” You shoved his arm, but you were drowned out by the class asking why and what happened.

—

“You gotta be kidding me.” You whisper as you get hit with a strong sense of deja vu. Weeks have passed since the first time you and Miles talked. And you’ve started to catch feelings. But obviously, your sweet little roommate, who wasn’t really sweet or little at all, didn’t like that. Despite her very obvious disliking you and Miles’ blooming relationship, she didn’t do anything to stop you two from becoming more than friends. Until now.

You sigh deeply as watch Gwen all up on Miles, talking his ear off and rubbing in him as they sat on the couch. Miles payed her no mind, scrolling on his phone as he waited for you to come home since he missed you all day. She looked up at you smiling her fake little smile as she rested her head on Miles’ shoulder. “Hey roomie!”

You look at her with a straight face, eyes moving to Miles who’d jumped up to talk to you.

“Ma it’s not what it looks-“

“Ok. I’m going to bed.” Interupting him, you march into your room, slamming the door behind you hoping your roommates would take the hint.

—

“Damnnnn Ms.y/n you got played by Mr. Morales? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Now me personally I would never treat you like that-“

“Dont even start with that foolishness,” Miles rolled his eyes at the kid. “It was a lil misunderstanding thas it. Lemme continue.”

—

But of course. Gwen didn’t.

“Ynnie?” Gwen knocked on the door before she came in. Sitting on the edge of the bed next to you.

“Hm?”

“You seem out of it are you ok..?” She asked quietly, she sounded so… sincere that you almost thought she was being genuine. Almost. But her behavior these past few weeks was enough to not trust her.

She leaned in to whisper in your ear.

“Is it because I got to Miles before you could?”

“Excuse me?” You stare at Gwen with a confused look on your face.

“Y’know. Cause I’m better than you and all that.” She shrugged with a smirk on her face.

—

“And then BAM Ms. y/n was all on her, and I had to come in and separate them, Gwen tried to get me to feel bad for her too. She was like “Miles! Do something!” ‘N I looked at her like “Really?” And she went crying to her room, embarrassing.” He tutted. “When I looked at Ms. y/n she started yelling at me and punching my chest, shoot felt like I was Gwen for a second! I’m sure she had it worse though, cause she moved out two days after. Extra embarrassing.”

“Damnnnn!”

“Ms. y/n you kinda scare me now..”

“Is he lying Miss?”

You hesitated before speaking, “I mean, its a lil dramatic sure but it aint too far off.”

“Damnnnn!”

“You guys are so dramatic. We talked it out after like a week and everything was all good.” You shook your head in disbelief as you pack up your things. Miles’ class ended squeezing into your classroom in the middle of his rendition, but you decided against bothering them and got some work done while playing with Meadow. It was now the end of class and everyone was huddled up on your large carpet, like a bunch of children listening to someone read a book at the library.

“What happened after that, papà?” Meadow questioned, tugging on his pant leg as he leans against the front of your desk.

“Enough from Papà. He’s a bad storyteller,” You said putting on your jacket and grabbing your work bag. “We start dating, graduate college, get engaged, have you- my sweet sweet princess, get married when you were two, and end up here teaching these losers about art and science! The end!

“Yup. The end. Alright c’mon back to class guys,” Miles directed, turning to look back at you before he walked out the door. “Chinese for dinner?”

“Mhm, is that ok with you, MeyMey?” You coo at your daughter as she agrees with you.

—

“Miles?” You whisper, leaning your head on your husbands shoulder as you rub your stomach.

“Whats up, Ma?”

“You think I’ll be any good at this? Teaching the students and the being a mom, I mean.” You sigh, looking up at him.

“You’ll be the best,” He whispered back, wrapping his arm around your shoulder and kissing your forehead. “I’m sure the kids will love you, and I’m sure our daughter will love you even more.”

You chuckled at that, slowly drifting off to sleep as Miles rubs your side gently.

“Daughter?”

“Yea, and something tells me she’s gonna be a daddy’s girl. Can’t wait to spoil my pretty ladies forever.”

“Yea… yea that sounds nice.”

kkuet.

The moss thing is based on a true story yall, and i’m the victim 😞😭

Everyone who requested a part 2!

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darling-i-read-it · 11 months

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Rupert Giles x fem!reader, slight Wesley Wyndam-Pryce x fem!reader

Word Count: 2.6k

Warnings: younger reader (12 years younger than Giles but super legal ofc), btvs season 3 spoilers, jealousy/insecurity, drinking, light insinuation to smut

Author’s Note: I know this is literally not on the list of things I was supposed to write and I’m going to get to the requests tomorrow I think but the fact there’s so little giles content makes me wanna DIE. anyway here’s this <3 watching buffy season 3 and feeling things for him.

Summary: Set in season 3 when Buffy gets Wesley as the new Watcher. The reader, the assistant librarian and also Giles’ girlfriend, gets hit on a bit by Wesley and Giles gets protective™.

Genre: mostly fluff!

I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director/creator

(not my gif)

“They’re sending in the new Watcher soon,” Rupert murmured. He was sitting on the couch in front of you. You could only see the back of his head but you could tell what kind of look he had on his face. Contempt, annoyance, some disappointment lacing his features. He had a glass in his hand, his arm over the back of the couch. He glanced back at you in the kitchen. “I fear I might be a tad unbearable for the next couple of days.”

“You’re always unbearable,” you quipped, grabbing your own glass as you finished pouring it. “That's what I like about you.”

You knew Giles was extremely worried about Buffy’s new Watcher. It had been the topic of conversation ever since Buffy’s test. It had also been a general point of contention; how could he let her go through that? Though now that he was being punished through various other means, you laid off on the argument.

“Do you know who it is?”

“No. They won’t tell me. Fear of my reproach I imagine.” He shook his head a bit. “I can’t believe they’re allowing someone else to come in after Gwendolyn Post.” You stayed silent. It was better to let him just talk through this himself, without any kind of argument or solace from you. “Buffy will never trust someone as she trusts me. Trusted me that is, I suppose. I never should have gone through with it. No, don’t say anything. I’m just conceding to your earlier point, I know.” You rolled your eyes.

“Relax. The Watcher won’t be here tonight…” you put your hand on his arm. “So let’s not talk about him hm?”

“You’re being suggestive. Is it because I conceded to your point?”

“One of the various reasons,” you explained. “Relax Rupert. I have no ulterior motives, I’m not a vampire, I’m not possessed. I’m just a girl in your house with some light alcoholic suggestion.” He nodded slowly.

“You know, I don’t need that much convincing.”

“I know.” You grabbed his drink and put it down on the coffee table. He admired you with an eyebrow raised until your phone rang. You groaned, picking it up beside the drinks. “It’s Buffy.” He let out a soft sigh.

“Duty calls.”

“Hey, it’s my phone. Maybe she just wants to gossip.”

“Moments like these I remember we’re from slightly different generations.” You rolled your eyes and answered the phone.

“12 years is not that many years. Hey Buffy.”

“Arguing about your age difference again?” she said over the phone.

“Always. Ever the straight.” You kicked your legs up onto his lap. He grabbed his glass back from the table and took a drink.

“I have said you have odd taste in men right?”

“Once or twice. What can I do for you?”

“Was gonna ask if you want to go to the Bronze with Willow and I before patrol. I fear this will be my last night Watcherless.”

“Does she know I can hear her?” Giles questioned. You shrugged.

“I would love to come but I think I’ve got my hands full over here. Men's feelings are hard.”

“Tell me about it,” Buffy muttered. You could almost see her rolling her eyes over the neverending Angel ordeal.

“You should go,” Giles said. “I’ll be fine.” “I made plans I don’t like to break,” you pouted. “Rain check Buff?”

“Sure thing.”

“Have fun.”

“I would say you too but that brings awful images to my brain.”

You came into school a little bit late. You were working as library assistant, at Snyder’s hope to keep Giles the least destructive as possible. Giles woke up ungodly early and usually had several cups of coffee before you even saw him.

You pushed open the doors to the library, holding your bag to your side. You slowed at the sight of a man you didn’t recognize by the check out desk. Your eyebrows furrowed as you tried to place the suit. Familiar, but foreign. The man turned around, revealing some glasses and an even looking face.

“Good morning,” he said, just as evenly.

“Good morning…” You craned your neck to look behind him, wondering if you had suddenly entered a world with a different librarian.

“Are you here for the librarian? He’s out at the moment.” He stumbled over his words a bit, making you unsure of his dedication to the sentence.

“Who are you?” He cleared his throat.

“Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.” He offered his hand. You shook it, warily.

“Wesley Wy-” You paused and thinned your lips. Maybe it was the British accent that gave him away or maybe it was the suit. “Are you the new Watcher?” His eyebrows raised.

“I take it you know about the slayer” You shook your head.

“Just a tad. I swear I’m not a threat, just a friend. Y/N.” He nodded once, looking you over.

“What kind of friend?” You scoffed a bit.

“You Watcher’s have a type,” you observed.

“Hm?”

“Where’s Rupert?”

“Out.”

“What was it? Westley?”

“Wesley. Wyndam-Pryce.” You nodded, pointing a finger at him. He smiled shakily, looking down. You opened your mouth to speak when the door opened again.

“Oh man. You’ve met the new Watcher,” Buffy observed. Wesley straightened up and cleared his throat. “Getting along?” “Well,” he observed. Buffy raised an eyebrow at his stiffness and then glanced back at you. “I wonder if the Watcher’s have a book that says what kind of girl they’re allowed to go for. Maybe Giles just stuck a picture of you somewhere and this guy read it wrong.” You rolled your eyes.

“Do you know where Rupert is?”

“Nope. He’s not my Watcher anymore, remember?” she said, defeated. She passed you further into the room. You put a hand up in defeat.

“He could be dying and none of us would know.”

“I’m sure he’s alright,” Wesley promised. “Are you and Rupert…”

“Yeah,” you said curtly. As if on cue, Giles walked into the room, holding a stack of books, looking completely in his natural habitat. “Thank God. Giles.” He halted when he caught sight of the two of you.

“You met the replacement.”

“I did. He’s a little stiff.” You squeezed his bicep. He watched you do it. “I was looking for you.”

“Is everything alright?” He put the books down on the counter. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Just wasn’t sure where you had run off to and I like keeping tabs.”

“That’s unhealthy,” Buffy noted.

“Your boyfriend is dead,” Giles retorted. She shrugged with a point taken look on her face. You turned back to him. Wesley gave a once over at the two of you. Giles had put a hand on your upper arm, a gesture that was familiar to the two of you. You took the top book off his stack.

“Whatcha reading?”

“You’re miraculously calm.”

“One of us has to be.” You took the book and walked over to sit beside Buffy. She was eyeing the new Watcher intensely, like the whole world could come down at her mere gaze. Knowing her, you wouldn’t be surprised.

“He’s gonna say something stupid,” she muttered.

“Hm?” you asked. Wesley was looking at Giles.

“Don’t you think she’s a bit on the younger side for you?”

Silence went over the room as the words seemed to hang in the air. Giles stared bullets into his former colleague.

“I don’t think that’s any of your concern,” he said coldly.

“She looks closer to the slayer's age. My age. I have every right to ask, as a proceeding member of the council and part of the investigation towards your extermination.” Giles took a step forward, too close. You were suddenly reminded of the ‘not so booksmart’ person he used to be, the one who would throw a punch before working with words. You stood back up.

“Keep her out of your mouth or so help m-”

“Alright,” you intervened. You stepped between the two of them. “I’m only 12 years younger but you flatter me. Giles, a moment?” You grabbed Rupert’s arm, gently pulling him in the direction towards his office. It took him a moment, not wanting to digress from the standoff. Eventually he followed.

“Don’t leave me here all by my lonesome with this guy,” Buffy pleaded.

“Vetoing your contribution here slayer,” you called back. She let out a huff, returning to staring bullets. You shut the office door gently behind you.

“That’s a tad dramatic,” he pointed out. “I’m fine.”

“I’m not going to put words in your mouth but I’m allowed to observe, yeah?” He pursed his lips, shoving his hands in my pockets. You nodded. “Other Watcher, bad. Wiles Westley Watchamacalllhim is making you, Rupert Giles, sad. You want Buffy to remain under your watch, lack of better word, and this new man is now stepping all over your toes in that regard. Observations correct?”

“Generally.”

“What am I missing?” He shook his head.

“It’s not important. Move on with your speal please.”

“Buffy won’t trust this man the way she trusts you. She never could, you have too much history. You have the upper hand here, despite the council not backing you up. He’ll never be half the Watcher you are,” you promised. You grabbed his hand. “Speal over.”

He nodded gently, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

“You do have a way with words.” You laughed gently, shaking your head.

“I’ll try to be more Bronte later.” He squeezed your intertwined hands, a defeated smile on his lips.

There was a knock on the office door. You rolled your eyes and released his hand. You swung open the door to meet Wesley on the other side.

“I have to speak to Mr. Giles.”

“He’s all yours Wes.” You patted his chest as you walked past, back to Buffy.

As the day wound down and everyone started home, you were stuck in the library still. You loved the place but the more you spent in it with two Watchers, the more you were starting to see its lesser qualities. Giles had followed Buffy and Faith out to have a generally mentor-like talk.

Leaving you alone with Wesley.

“So you know of Buffy because of Giles?” he questioned. You raised your head from the book you were reading. You had hardly noticed him watching you. He had a cup of coffee in his hand, standing disgustingly straight. You sat on the steps.

“I was assistant librarian. Almost died by vampire. Happens to the best of us.”

“He fraternized with a colleague?”

“Continues to do so. Don’t look so jealous, Wes.” You put the book to your chest. “You’re ruining the perfect balance of the scooby gang you know.”

“Perhaps it needed to be out of kilter. I don’t see it going swimmingly right now.” He walked over to you. You looked up at him, observing his very even stature. You wondered, not for the first time, if Giles looked like this when he was a little younger. “What are you reading?”

“Rereading.” You glanced at the book. “Wuthering Heights.”

“Classic.”

“Yes sir. One of my favorites. Helps me forget about the neverending impending doom,” you muttered. He looked awkward for a moment and then sat down beside you on the steps. You raised an eyebrow.

“I’ve always enjoyed a bit of light fiction reading.” You opened your mouth to speak, reading the signals he was not so eloquently putting off. You were interrupted by the library door opening.

Giles slowed his walking speed at the sight of you. Wesley stood up, embarrassed. You gave Rupert wide eyes, a gentle I don’t know sign.

“Go do Watcher duties won’t you? The girls need someone to watch them before patrol.” Wesley wanted to argue but noted the look in Rupert’s eyes and decided against it. He gave you a nod and then passed him to leave the room.

You were alone with Rupert. Finally.

“Wuthering Heights?” he asked gently. You nodded, a small smile on your face.

“Am I so predictable?”

“You’re a classic.”

You leaned against the railing, watching him with admiration in your eyes. There was something special about emotions fluttering around the room, knowing there was something to be said and something understood. You softly patted the stairs beside you. He walked over, sitting down without a word.

“You know what I’m going to say,” he breathed. You grabbed his hand, staring down at it as you traced the lines of his palm.

“Wesley will never be you.”

“Are you speaking for Buffy or…or for you.”

“For me.” You wanted to argue aggressively, assure him that whatever he was thinking was wrong. You felt the opposite, you would never love someone like you loved him. That Wesley, no matter the difference in your ages, it would always be Giles. That the age truly wasn’t even that big of a deal. You were consenting adults with fully formed frontal lobes.

Instead you leaned down to him and put your chin on his shoulder.

“I love you,” you whispered. He did a double take with his eyes, not moving his head so as to not disturb you. You hadn’t said that yet. “You don’t have to say anything-”

“I love you too.”

You smiled brightly. You kissed his shoulder and then sat up all the way.

“Can you read to me?” He glanced up at you, wondering how you had moved on so quickly.

“Hm?”

“I just like to listen to you talk Rupert,” you murmured. You handed him your book and slid down the stairs so you were sitting beside each other. He cleared his throat curiously. “One second. I’m gonna go grab one of your sweaters from the office, I like to get cozy. You got any blankets in there Rupert?” You got up and walked away. He smiled to himself.

“Under the desk.”

“Ah ha!” you peeked around the corner. You emerged wearing one of his gray knitted sweaters. “I love that you have blankets in your office. Hm. I love you I think.”

“Oh?” You shrugged.

“Yes sir.”

You sat beside him again and put a blanket over his lap.

“Go on. Heathcliff won’t read himself.”

When Wesley returned he glanced through the door window before walking in. Your head rested on Giles’s, eyes closed in content. You looked rather cozy on that step. Giles kept reading, even as you presumably slept.

Wesley turned back to bother Buffy some more.

#rupert giles x reader #rupert giles imagines #rupert giles x fem!reader #btvs imagines #btvs fanfiction

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I'm not suggesting that Buffy and Faith were secretly dating (or at least making out between patrols) before the events of Revelations. Even if Buffy joked about “seeing someone tonight” when her friends asked her if she was dating somebody, before putting her arms around Faith and insisting that they were really “just good friends”. Even if Faith’s reaction to finding out about Angel – “Buffy knew … I can’t believe her” – is very easy to read as romantic or sexual jealousy. Even if Gwendolyn Post’s last attempt to manipulate Faith (the accusation that Buffy was “blinded by love” for Angel) seems specifically designed to play on this jealousy. Even if Faith’s decision at the end of the episode that “you can’t trust people” implies she’s been betrayed by more than one person; even if Buffy’s “you can trust me” is met with a disbelieving smirk.

I don’t really think that’s how the writers intended the show to be viewed. More importantly, I don’t think that Buffy – even if she was emotionally self-aware enough to acknowledge her own feelings – would be ready to have that sort of relationship so soon after Scott Hope, let alone be able to keep it a secret.

But what I am saying is that, in a world where that actually was the explicit plot of Revelations, you really wouldn't have to change any of the dialogue in the opening scene of The Wish at all.

This is a scene in which Buffy’s lament that she “couldn’t reach [Faith] … again” segues straight into her commiserating with Xander over the fact he’s had “no luck reaching Cordelia”. Cordelia of course, is Xander’s ex-girlfriend who refused to speak to him the last time he went to see her, after Xander was seen secretly kissing Willow, and hasn’t been seen with him since. Cordelia's furious because she was just starting to tell herself that she was in love with Xander and he betrayed her. Faith, on the other hand, is Buffy’s [redacted] who refused to speak to her the last time she went to see her, after Buffy was seen secretly kissing Angel, and hasn’t been seen with her since. Faith's furious because she was just [redacted].

Meanwhile Willow tells Buffy she’s looking forward to seeing Oz again so she can “beg for forgiveness”, and Buffy – fresh from visiting Faith’s motel to do “damage control”, to apologize for keeping secrets and to promise her that she’s on her side, and who just finished telling her friends that she’s sad Faith hasn’t been hanging out with her lately – tells her that that works too, and she “knows the feeling” Willow is going through.

The one line I might cut is the one that doesn’t make much sense even in isolation. Xander decides that Buffy can relate to what he and Willow are going through because she “went through it with Angel”. Only … well, yes, it’s true in a very broad sense that Buffy has already experienced some sort of heartbreak with Angel, but the comparison doesn’t really work beyond that, does it? Angel didn’t break up with Buffy because she was unfaithful. (Sort of the opposite, really.) Buffy never had to apologize to Angel for kissing somebody else. She's carrying a lot of Angel-related guilt, but it's not particularly similar to the guilt that Willow or Xander should be feeling (Buffy blamed herself for Angel losing his soul in Innocence and for sending him to hell in Becoming, but she had no way to know the first would happen and was forced to do the latter to save the world). As of the last episode, if anything it’s Buffy who broke things off with Angel. As parallels go it just feels a little forced.

Again, this is the first time Angel’s been brought up in the conversation. And yet, Buffy has been talking about somebody she hurt and deliberately lied to and wishes she could make things right with, hasn’t she?

But, like I said, I’m not suggesting that Buffy and Faith were secretly dating before Revelations. I’m not.

Obviously that didn’t happen until Bad Girls.

#btvs #buffy rewatch 2023

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deldeldel90 · 4 months

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The first thing Frederick says to Gwendolyn when she wakes up is a breathless, "I'm sorry," and he immediately takes her into a hug.

She hugs him back. There's tears still damp on her cheeks. The woman in the mirror- the woman who looks so much like her, her mother- is still fresh in her mind.

Frederick smells like old books, crisp pages and leather covers. She feels safe... A few butterflies still in her stomach. "I've forgiven you a long time ago," Gwen says, soft as a whisper. "I just... I just needed to see myself, I guess. I needed to understand and love and take care of my egg."

She can't see Frederick's face, which is pressed against her hair, his tall form clumsy. But he lets out a bemused 'hmmm?'. "Your.. egg?"

"it's a long story," Gwen says. He's warm and comforting. He holds her tightly, carefully, like he's afraid she might shatter.

He sounds nervous when he says, "Will you ever tell it to me?" He coughs, somewhat embarrassed, "...if I deserve that. Since, I. Y'know. Ruined your life."

"I'll tell it to you one day," Gwen promises. "You're my friend, Frederick. And you didn't ruin my life." A laughed escapes her. She hasn't laughed in a while. It feels... Good. "My life has hardly begun. I've got so many recipes to bake... So many dresses to create... I have so many people to love."

"You've already loved so many," Frederick says. His face is filled with adoration. "Everyone came to fight for you, you know. They came for you. You're... Gwen. You're the angel."

He pulls away. His bright green eyes stare back at her, soft.

"Thank you," Gwen whispers. Her heart feels so, so full.

Frederick smiles back at her. "Are we really gonna be friends? It won't be... Awkward or anything, right?"

"It won't be," she says easily, confidently. "You've been my friend before anything else... I think it'll be nice."

"I don't have many friends," Frederick admitted. "But, from what I know of them - I think so too." He takes her hand like it's the most precious, delicate thing. He squeezes it gingerly. "Friends?"

Gwen quirks a smile, her sharp fangs glinting out. "Friends."

Then, they begin their slow travel into their new relationship, full of flour-messy aprons and books and healing.

#cursed princess club #cpc gwen #cpc frederick

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amanda-melly · 8 months

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My Good Omens season 3 headcanon, part 1

(This is strictly headcanon, not meant to guess how the series will play out nor trying to say that I believe this is how it should play out.)

PART 1 - Lucifer's rebellion in Heaven and Crowley's fall

Important themes covered: Crowley's character arc (why he sautered vaguely downwards, his trauma, his distrust of both heaven and hell, his past relationship with the metatron, his loneliness, how it all played a role in shaping the demon we came to know and why it ended up bringing him close to Aziraphale). Also: things Aziraphale doesn't understand because he's been blissfully ignorant and/or because Crowley never wanted to tell him. Also: "the system is broken". Also: the roots of today's problems in good omens started way before earth and the rebellion and Crowley's fall seem central to the resolution of the story.

* We'll have flashbacks about Crowley's "sautering downwards", or, as I like to see it, being unfairly turned into a demon: we get to see the heaven's pernicious red flags, maybe Lucifer and the guys (in my head Lucifer is absolutely 100% Gwendolyn Christie, as of right now I couldn't possibly imagine another Lucifer). (I love Gwendolyn Christie and I love her portrayal of Lucifer in the Sandman series) (I love the Sandman series) (and Coraline) (God bless Neil Gaiman)

* We get to see Angel Crowley still very naive discovering little by little the cracks in the system. And we finally get to see what were the goddam questions that he asked and were apparently so important as to get him into so much trouble. And of course we'll get to see who Crowley really was in heaven (not necessarily a famous angel). (perhaps we never get to know his angel name but at least something about his rank is revealed, because it was a Chekov's gun in s2)

* in my head, Lucifer is posing as well intentioned back then, before the Fall. It's like Crowley says in s1, Lucifer and the guys were complaining about labour rights and stuff like that. And Crowley just wanted to ask questions. So it's reasonable to assume that the movement led by Lucifer was composed of evil angels posing as good and of truly good angels who got mixed in it (hanged out with the wrong people). Then I guess they either:

--- get judged by heaven THEN rebel/ fight the angels, and finally Fall and go to helll, or

--- rebel/fight the angels, THEN they get judged by heaven and Fall and go to hell.

* if Crowley didn't know the metatron by then, he meets the metatron at his own trial. The metatron sentences hill to Fall and go to hell. That's why he couldn't possibly forget the metatron. And that's why Crowley says the last time he saw the metatron, the metatron was a big floating head. That's how the metatron appears at trials as we've seen in s02e06.

* we get to see bits of Crowley's trial. Aziraphale wants to be a witness in his defence, but heaven is not taking witnesses (or heaven is just being cruel in another way). Tldr the trials are a kafkan joke, nobody ever got a fair trial, and that's why Crowley fell in the first place. But Aziraphale never got to be in the room to see the trial or to even know what Crowley was accused of. Later, Aziraphale is crying, alone, devastated by Crowley's fall, as Gabriel sees him and comes to talk to him. Gabriel puts on his fake smile and reassures Aziraphale vividly that Crowley was evil, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen. After all, heaven are the good guys, and wouldn't have condemned an innocent angel. Gabriel also insists that, no matter what happens, Aziraphale must remember that Crowley is no longer the angel that he knew - Crowley was now a demon and shouldn't be trusted. Aziraphale is hesitant at first but ends up believing Gabriel.

* in my headcanon, it's only after getting to hell that Crowley starts to realise how evil Lucifer is. Also, the head positions of hell are taken over by the main evil fallen angels, and the benign ones are mistreated. Crowley realises that Hell's head office is hypocritical and never cared for the things they claimed to have motivated the rebellion in the first place. Crowley doesn't want to be a pawn in lucifer's evil plans but he knows he must protect himself. Crowley becomes cynical (feeling betrayed by both heaven and hell, completely alone and not knowing who to trust) and puts on the persona of the demon we came to know. Crowley then takes advantage of the fact that was very high ranking in heaven to demand to be sent to Earth duty once earth is created, and he's granted it. Thus the story begins with Crawly in the garden of Eden.

* there is something I'm not completely set on in my headcanon: did Crowley lose his memories as an angel? There is a scene in season 2 (when he talks to Gabriel) that can lead to 2 different interpretations: either he was just understanding what Gabriel said about being an empty house and looking at where the furniture wasn't, or Crowley was talking of his own experience having had his own memory wiped out but choosing to make an effort to remember everything, even if it hurt. I haven't decided yet what I believe. Perhaps even Muriel has also been demoted and lost their memory (I find it a very reasonable theory, actually). And s2 shows us not once but twice that Crowley doesn't remember people from before the rebellion (Furfur and Saraquiel) but it could just mean that Crowley was high ranking to a point he just didn't pay attention to lower ranking angels by then (he didn't even bother to introduce himself to Aziraphale and doesn't seem to pay attention when Aziraphale tells him his name).

* In either case, current day Crowley remembers everything because either he never lost his memory or he managed to force himself to remember everything. Or he remembers most things. I don't know. Anything can happen in this regard I suppose.

* Crowley's motivation to ask for earth duty is to run away from hell. Which means that he's finally relatively safe away from both heaven and hell. He's finally left alone. But then... He's too alone. He meets Aziraphale and they start to bond. In job's story we got to know his moral point of view: he's a demon who goes along with hell as far as he can. And with the back story we get to see why he's like that. But if he gets caught by hell, he'll be destroyed. And in the end he's really becoming a bit of a bastard. He takes pleasure in doing some relatively harmless mischief. And that's how he sautered vaguely downwards after, not before, his Fall.

#good omens thoughts #good omens headcanons #ineffable husbands #crowley #Good omens season 3 headcanon #neil gaiman #lucifer #azicrow #aziraphale #give me season 3 or give me death #pay your writers #pay your actors #good omens #sautering vaguely downwards #good omens flashbacks

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, April 18

Buffy: So, what's on tap tonight that's so important? Uprising, prophesied ritual, preordained deathfest? Xander: Ah, the old standards! Giles: A medical transport is delivering the monthly supply of blood to the hospital. Buffy: Mm, vampire Meals-On-Wheels.

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mollymauk-teafleak · 2 years

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Omg Percahlia + #4 on the child prompt pleaseeee

#4 - teaching the child how to pronounce their own name, but they just can't get it right

Yes, yes, very well. He had a lot of names.

It had been a running joke amongst his friends ever since he’d first introduced himself and it had stayed one even as life and death and the chaos of living a normal life drew them apart from one another. Because the world could nearly end, their party could triumph and grieve and become legend and Vox Machina would still never give up on a good gag.

Each new letter from Pike about how Scanlan’s tour was going and how their children were doing at school would come with its envelope nearly entirely black with all the names inked on its front, longer and more ridiculous each time. There was now a variety of lily that grew exclusively in the mountains of Zephrah with a name that made botanists blink in dismay and the Voice of the Tempest giggle. Every birthday, every anniversary, every Winter’s Crest, the same joke came out and they’d laugh the same way and remember that so much was lost to them, but this never would be.

Yes, Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III had a lot of names. But there was one he treasured more than any other.

“Papa?”

Percy smiled and hooked the goggles away from his eyes, setting them on top of his head as he turned his chair, “All done with napping are we?”

His youngest daughter was already halfway over the small fencing around the workshop creche, her chubby little tail thrashing for balance. Making a mental note to either make the fence higher or move faster, Percy kicked off of the workbench to catch her before she could fall. Given the ache in his knees as he did, another few inches of height was probably the way to go.

“Papa!” Gwendolyn cheeped happily once she was settled into his lap, little hands opening and closing as she reached up to him.

Percy chuckled and hugged her close, inhaling the soft, sleepy smell of her dark hair, all mussed by her blankets, “Sweet dreams, my angel?”

“Mmhm,” she hugged tight before letting go, eyes bright and blue and very much awake, “Playtime now.”

It wasn’t a question and the firm tone of her voice made Percy miss his wife, off in the forests on another hunt.

“Very well, Madame Bossy Blouse,” he hummed, “Just let me finish what I’m doing, if I don’t solder this now, it’ll harden and I’ll have to make more…”

Gwen nodded sagely, clearly not understanding a word her papa was saying, “Then playtime.”

“Then playtime,” Percy echoed in agreement, clicking his cane free of its magnetic clip and using it to nudge them back to the desk, looking to save whatever was left of the cartilage in his knees, “A little tinkering, then playtime.”

He sat her up on the bench, making sure nothing dangerous was in the range of her grabby hands, snapping his goggles back into place and pulling a face at her to make her laugh.

“Papa’s silly,” Gwendolyn giggled, peering curiously at the metal frame Percy was dripping molten metal onto, “What’s that?”

“Oh this?” he moved back for a moment so she could see, “It’s something called a chassis, angel, it’s the framework that holds up a carriage. They’re usually bigger but this one is from Wolfe’s toy. One of the braces- these things here, do you see, darling?- one of them snapped so I’m putting it back together.”

“For Wolfe!” Gwen nodded happily, kicking her legs to make the skirt of her dress billow.

“Exactly, for Wolfe,” Percy winked at her, “Special customers get bumped up the job list you see. And no one’s more special to me than you five.”

That obviously pleased her, her cherry cheeks lifting in a wide, sunny smile. After a moment of watching curiously, she piped up, “Wolfe is a funny name.”

“Hey now,” Percy chuckled, “Your mother named all of you children. She did all the work, she gets the honor. So keep your opinions hush hush.”

Gwendolyn giggled, conspiratorial, holding a finger to her lips and shushing, though she immediately kept on talking, “We all got funny names. Vesper…an’ Wolfe and Leona…an’ then there’s Vax and then me!”

Percy smiled, though his eyes were fixed on not dripping molten metal on his hands, “Very well done, angel. And what’s your name?”

“I’m Guh…um, Gweh…uh…” her little face screwed up tight, frustrated, “Hmph.”

Percy looked up, tilting his head fondly, “You’re Gwendolyn, angel.”

“Gendollie…” his daughter mumbled hesitantly.

“Gwen…” Percy prompted, his smile gentle.

“Gwen.”

“...dol…”

“Doll.”

“...yn.”

“Yinn.”

“Gwendolyn!”

“Genbobbin?”

Percy had to grin at that, reaching over to ruffle her bed head with a gloved hand, “Nearly there, angel.”

It wasn’t enough for his little girl, her face becoming a stormcloud, “My name is stupid.”

Percy made a soft sympathetic noise, sliding his soldering iron back into its holder, sliding his chair down until he was right in front of her, the two of them eye to eye.

“Listen, angel,” he murmured, tilting her chin up with a finger, “Your name isn’t stupid. You can call yourself Gwen or Gwennie until your mouth gets big enough for it and, if you still don’t like it then, you can change it completely. But your mama gave you a name she thought was beautiful because you are such a beautiful little lady.”

“Beautiful…” Gwendolyn hummed, leaning into his touch.

“Exactly,” he smiled broadly, running his thumb across her cheek, “Hell, if you want a stupid name, try Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III.”

Gwendolyn only beamed, “But I love that name? That’s my papa!”

“And I love Gwendolyn because that’s my angel,” Percy leaned in and kissed her nose, making her giggle when his goggles bumped her, “But you’ll always be my angel, no matter what name you have.”

“Well…maybe it’s not stupid. Maybe it is beautiful.”

“Maybe,” Percy nodded, grabbing his cane and easing himself up, “Come on, angel, let’s go play while that dries.”

Gwendolyn bounced eagerly, practically climbing into his arms as he carried her out, head resting on his shoulder.

“Do you like your name, papa?” she hummed conversationally, thumb in her mouth as it often was when she was feeling safe and cuddly.

“You know, I really really do, angel. But I like ‘papa’ better.”

#percy de rolo #gwendolyn de rolo #de rolo family #fluff #please consider reblogging!

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explosionshark · 5 months

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Okay so it’s been a while, I haven’t found the time to watch episodes lately so this truly is the irregular Buffy update (my notes are really gonna pay off here its been like two weeks since I’ve seen the most recent of these episodes). So first of all I was gonna say yeah Series 5 it does feel like a bit of a reset (even beyond suddenly Dawn), but like really pretty much every one so far except for S2 into S3 felt like a bit of a reset so should I really be surprised?

So Buffy vs Dracula, loved this ep. I loved everyone being so excited to meet the actual Dracula, he’s so fun, Anya having history with him, Xander, Riley and Tara all being jealous of him. Also like its a pretty straightforward set up on what everyone wants to accomplish over the next batch of episodes which doesn’t normally happen like this in the show? Buffy wanting to learn about the deep Slayer lore, Giles and Xander wanting to exit their flop era, Riley being a bit jealous and still wanting to be helpful but in a bit over his head, Willow wants more magic? I guess? Good for her she didn’t actually have a moment to be like this is my goal going forwards. I also have in my notes here RIP Gwendolyn Post from the OP. Also ‘RIP Dracula what a legend’ followed immediately by ‘RIP Dracula?’ So more RIPs than usual.

Real Me, also real good, loved the diary framing device with a show that now has eight (?) main characters I think are in the OP now its a real economical and effective way of getting all these new dynamics they need with Dawn, as someone who has definitely always been there. Really enjoy Harmony ending up top dog vampire by virtue of attrition. There’s something real neat about that conflict between Buffy and Dawn over Dawn being able to have had a normal childhood and Buffy having had to spend hers being the Slayer considering Dawn has not really had said childhood.

Something I enjoyed from my notes 'Dawn has good taste, likes Willow and Tara' followed later on by 'Dawn has bad taste, dislikes Anya'. But I do enjoy Dawn I think she’s a real good addition to the cast particularly in the fun new dynamics it gives her with Buffy but I think it’s a pretty good dynamic with everyone it really adds a lot. They laid it on a bit thick that she might be malevolent so I’m going with she’s not evil and that's all smokescreen.

The Replacement, I thought it was pretty good Xander episode, fun twist lotta fun in general. He finally manages to start crawling out of the loser allegations, good for him and beats his Restless nightmare which like great for him he gets straight out that basement nobody else has that kind of efficiency to beat their nightmare in just three episodes. I don’t really have too much to say about it but I enjoyed it. Oh yeah I guess it does say something about Xander’s portrayal that him with only his negative qualities reads kinda perfectly as Xander and him with only his positive qualities reads as a demon who’s taken over his life. Oh yeah and they mention Anya has her own place? I guess I just assumed she's been crashing with Xander the whole tiem. Where does she live? Does she have a job to pay for it? Why do they seem to exclusively hang out in Xander's basement? It raises a few questions.

So Out of My Mind, like I’m still not like the biggest fan of Riley but I do appreciate the work done in this episode to draw parallels between him and Spike considering it looks we’re finally going in the Spike/Buffy direction, I’ve enjoyed Buffy/Angel and Buffy/Faith so far so we’ll see how the third of her big ships goes for me later. But anyway I thought this was actually a pretty neat follow up to his stuff with the Initiative. My favourite comparison between Spike and Riley here was the big one with Riley’s goal in this episode is to not have life saving surgery from the government doctor so that he can remain strong and be part of Buffy’s life and his fear of what they’ll put in there like the chip that Spike is desperate to get out with life risking surgery so that he can become strong again (and fight Buffy). Also like, personally I don’t really buy the Riley relationship being that crucial to Buffy but I do appreciate the acting in that scene where she talks about how important he is to her, also congrats to Riley for pulling that I’m deciding we’re breaking up now to avoid later complications like Angel did. Also like I want to take this moment to formally apologise to Joyce, back in Lover’s Walk I’d made a note about how Joyce talks about how Buffy likes History when that’s actually one of the subjects she’s really bad at as a sign of Joyce not knowing as much as she should about Buffy, but this episode proves she knows her better than I do because Buffy and Willow have their scholarly debate over History in this episode she is actually good there.

Also enjoy that the four episodes all so far have a broadly similar underlying theme of people not being as they should be that feels like it ties in with the weirdness of Dawn being there; Buffy vs Dracula for Buffy, with her being more forced towards the Slayer balance of her life following her dream adventures with the First Slayer. Real Me for Dawn obviously, The Replacement for Xander with the premise of the episode feeling like its gonna be broadly similar to the Dawn situation with him being replaced, Out of my Mind for Riley acting out of sorts with his Initiative experiment side effects.

Anyway Angel’s alright, I like the idea of this Darla plot thread going forwards, it’s a nice reversal from S1’s overarching plot of Angel needing to build human connection for S2 to be about the consequences of his vampiric connections, shout out to Judgement for having a pregnancy storyline that isn’t Expecting. Great to see Lorne’s introduction, is it a bit convenient to have both Cordelia’s visions to start plots and his karaoke to solve them? Perhaps, but Angel doing karaoke is great so I can forgive it. I like the usage of Angel effectively killing himself with that random demon who was acting as the girl’s protector to pull the rug out form under the team who were riding high coming in from S1. Also surprise Faithwatch, was not expecting her to make an appearance until way later but it was a nice usage of her for an additional perspective on the road to redemption with Angel messing up this episode as well.

So like I dunno if its sacrilege or something, but I gotta be honest 2x02 did not grab me at all, there’s some decent stuff in the second half but David Boreanaz had to pretty much carry this entire episode on his shoulders and I think he does good work with people around him but I don’t think he succeeded here to do the majority of this episode solo. And when I looked up on my phone to see what the popular opinion on this episode was (which I don't usually do especially mid ep but as I said I was very not grabbed) all I found were threads about how this was the best episode of Angel, the moment people fell in love with the series, the episode that marked AtS as better than BtVS. So yeah unpopular opinion I guess but I wasn’t a fan. Like I say there was some decent stuff, like seeing the interim between freshly souled Angel and eating rats in the alleys Angel, the Angel lynching scene and the climax were pretty strong but it just did not grab me.

And First Impressions, I like a lot of stuff in this episode, I like the backslide from being connected to the world that Darla is causing to Angel, I like having a Cordelia and Gunn focussed episode with him being promoted to main cast. But the idea of Cordelia and Gunn’s plot being that she needs to fix him isn’t great, y'know? I do like the mirroring it has with Angel though that both of them are too focussed on the past, with Gunn pushing himself too hard and Angel becoming overly sedate in withdrawing into it.

But yeah having a good time, looking forward to watching some more especially Buffy, hopefully it doesn’t take me like a month to watch a few more episodes.

you did send these a while ago, but reading them now is REALLY making me nostalgic for s5 buffy. i am still only in s6 of my rewatch but it has been. difficult. a season of big highs and lows and a lot of little things in between that kinda put me off. but we persevere! personally, my biggest motivator is 1) knowing i'm so near the end of the series 2) knowing once i do this i can finally let myself read all those s6 AUs i've been hoarding.

mostly just posting in appreciation of your commentary per usual but i especially enjoy what you highlighted about dawn. the way she represents so much of what buffy wants but couldn't have. dawn getting babied by joyce, really being a kid. having everyone look out for her. buffy's jealousy of that is deeply humanizing and ALSO goes to highlight how young she still is. siblings have a way of bringing the kid out in us, i think, now matter how far away from your childhood you feel.

i love dawn, i think her introduction is genuinely brilliant. i came to the show after it had already ended, so i can't imagine how insane it must have felt to watch that as it aired.

#replies #badwolfwho1

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cornus27florida · 1 year

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Dogyssey if being part of Gwen's dream

Warning and Disclaimer: This post is totally just prediction or theory or headcannon (??sorry I am myself got confused), or could be saying as 'over-active' imagination - which likely won't be true or it might could be become true in some degree but not all - I am alright with whatever actually for the outcome. My goal is simply to share it to more people, these thoughts hidden away in discord server on fast-pass spoiler which I know people tend to avoid - so I feel as it not really spoiler content, I like to have more people to know it. ALSO I thought to make it fanfiction-styled, but I realized now I am so lost in touches with it as IRL I am speaking too formally to the point it kinda 'clinical' and not beautiful flowy art of literature - so I think it's best to be myself currently, tell exactly what I have in mind except some fixations (like grammars) if needed + CPC Ss to help me covey what I had in mind. Without further ado, here the post is! Dream!Gwen!!

-> Also the idea of Dogyssey could become part of Gwen's dream because Frederick's Dogyssey copy book is in her bed desk - and it's not a surprise for LambCat bringing upon small detail to become bigger later on + Gwendolyn need closures to everything that happened.. and I want to see Furryderick again ;-; XD sahbbddjnds I am not a furry I promise, is just Fred's dream of Dogyssey is wholesome

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Dream!Gwen that carrying the shattered-not-yet healed Humpty Dumpty got desserted in an unknown island. She have similar experience with Jack that deserted in the Braided island [P.S: This could also give setting in Gwen's dream if her mother's diary been read to her - but with the very limited time space in CPC's final season - I somehow didn't think that Aurelia will really read from the very start]

So I think Dogyssey will be read to sleeping Gwen, resulting to Dream!Gwen realizing she got stranded in unknown island that she learnt named 'Ithaca' (I take the real Odyssey version, and as it prediction - it could be turn out different than the Canon which LambCat has in store for us) In the middle of the island, there's a cozy homey-looking hut which dream!Gwen knocked the door off. She found out that inside the hut, there's a lovely couple with dog ears and dog tails that open the door- that really look like herself and Frederick.

Both of the hut owners somehow looks like 'few years older' version of herself and Frederick -> basically Gwen dream is skipped to the epilogue part of Dogyssey, similar to me that sometimes skipping book to epilogue part. We have Gwen in the epilogue part of the Dogyssey, unlike Freddie's dream.

Gwen's “suitors” might turn up in Dogyssey - like Leopold or Beckett -> but as dream!Gwen skipped to the ‘happily-ever-after’ ending part, both of them likely won’t shown especially with Gwen never thought of those two like that romantically - and Beckett is actually for Maria, while Leopold for Jamie.

I think Gwen unaware about both Leopold and Beckett is fancies her - the one that know and aware is Frederick that used to think both of them as his 'love rivals' Also what in my head focused to help Gwen find her own closure in the epilogue part of “Dogyssey - which means all the suitors already left out and Dogyssey already returned to his lover (in Homer version of the Odyssey, is to return to his wife instead - and they're already have a grown son - but this detail changes as it in CPC universe, as the MC literally a dog instead a human) after 'dog' years facing various obstacle in his boat journey Hence understably that the Dogyssey and his angel of Fortune which dream!Gwen meets has slightly older appearance than what Frederick dreams on (which same age as they're currently-16/17) - the story now on future timepiece. Also my own take for Frederick question in this panel below : because the MC, Dogyssey, loves and trusts his lover - the angel of the fortune - so much. He believing that her feelings to him remains unchanged, and she'll waiting for him endlessly - which totally a truth, with IRL The Odyssey have the wife Penelope is believing faithfully that Odyssey still alive while keeping her wits to fend off her suitors.

Dream!Gwen becomes so surprised with the revelations of people that lives in the hut - even blurted out 'Frederick!' in the face of 'furryderick'. The MC become so confused with the exclaim and telling Gwen that his name is Dogyssey, then he introducing his lover the angel of Fortune (is weird that I simply named her.. Angel?) - with obliviousness that Angel and his guest has same appearance [also the obliviousness IMHO totally make sense as episode ‘The Dream part 1” we have totally same appearance as Prez and behaving the same, but not recognizing Gwen at all and introducing as ‘the Mad hatter’] - except one holding shattered Humpty Dumpty while one has furry features such as having dog ears and tail.

Dogyssey letting Gwen to take a seat to sit down inside their humble hut, while he helping Angel to prepare the pleasantries for their guest in the kitchen. The floofy warms interaction between Dogyssey and Angel makes Gwen unawarely began to start sobbing, as those two is what exactly that Gwen dreams on as her 'happily-ever-after' with Frederick (remember in the crystal room that what Gwen wanted the most selfishly is to skip to her happily-ever-after without facing the 'hurts painful feeling' of confronting Frederick honestly about her shattered perspective at their first meeting+first ep of final season as the panel below).

Her sobbings make Dogyssey and Angel alarmed - and hurriedly comes surrounding dream!Gwen and comforting her. Between her hiccups due to crying, dream!Gwen asking the two something along these lines : “How- How are you two - could so be in love with each other? I - I want that too.. Have my happily-ever-after .. b-but.. I am afraid it is not possible to me.. He never loves me.. Nobody loves me..”

Dogyssey and Angel calming her down (with warm tea and handkerchief ~ likely?) then begin telling their love story as the tale of the Dogyssey. Dogyssey could return back to Angel because they are trusting each other so much, in the way that Dogyssey turns the 'monsters' that he meets to become his friends (showing the monsters look like CPC members which kinda surprising Gwen) while Angel holding the Ithaca island from her suitors that want her in marriage - everyday as she awaiting for the return of her lover while believing he still alive and not dead in the journey.

Angel and Dogyssey can't give definite answer to dream!Gwen, but their answer that enforcing Gwen to believe that Frederick will come and he indeed truly loves her is warming her soul - and both of them wishing the best good lucks for dream!Gwen especially about Frederick. It also could be added in this scene, Gwen telling that she just want to skip to her happily-ever-after - but both Angel and Dogyssey exclaimed to Gwen softly that happily-ever-after ending isn't given - it's earned (through the following steps that also could means as hardships, like facing the 'painful feelings') = so Gwen still need to faces her feelings including the one that makes her hurt, but they assured that it Will be okay as vital part of relationship is honest communication. Angel and Dogyssey then softly gone as the Dogyssey book been finished to read, leaving Gwen and the Humpty Dumpty to preparing for her next dream sequence.

The end~ totally not fanfiction styled and more of the mesh mass of the mashed potatoes there ><

-----------------------------------------------------------------Here the summary as image of the original version of Dogyssey, which IRL The Odyssey wrote by Homer

Also final P.S.: Dogyssey definetely different than the IRL the Odyssey - IDK how 'abridged' actually will become but it seems from Frederick's dream - the monsters that Dogyssey confronts is simplified than the Odyssey (like there's no Calpyso) as these following image of SSs making points:

Dogysseys monster count is much shorter than the Odyssey, and I think the 'mermaid' in Leelathea's reading is to potraying Calypso - that trying to get Odyssey's heart.

#cursed princess club #one of my own headcannon that I wish could come true #as Gwen really need closures while it'll so interesting to have her got 'reverse' dream in one of Freddie's dream

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b00knerd1o1 · 4 months

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2023 books:

Best book of the Year:

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennett McCurdy 10/10

Worst book of the year:

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner 2/10

All other books I read (By date read):

The Buried by Melissa Grey 9/10

The Program by Suzanne Young 6/10

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau 7/10

Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau 7/10

Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld 3/10

Bloodmoon Huntress by Nicole Andelfinger 9/10

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 10/10

Star Wars: Padawan by Kiersten White 9/10

The Crystal Key by Christopher Bailey 7/10

Star Wars: Queens Shadow by E.K Johnston 9/10

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman 10/10

Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau 5/10

Puzzle House by Peter Wartman

Heartstopper #2 By Alice Oseman 9/10

Hearstopper #3 by Alice Oseman 10/10

Heartstopper #4 by Alices Oseman 10/10

The Elite by Kiera Cass 5/10

Grave Things Like Love by Sara Bennett Wealer 8/10

Nimon by ND Stevenson 10/10

Transformers: Drift by Shane McCarthy 10/10

The Treatment by Suzanne Young 2/10

Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned by Cody Ziglar 9/10

The Cristopher Killer by Alane Ferguson 8/10

Queens Hope by E.K. Johnston 10/10

The Death Cure by James Dashner 5/10

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Re-read) 10/10

The Hate You Give By Angie Thomas 10/10

Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer 8/10

Heartstopper #5 By Alice Oseman 9/10

Freedom by Sebastian Junger 5/10

Uglies by Scott Westerfield 5/10

Angel Radio by A.M. Blaushild 8/10

Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino 10/10

Murder and the Mortician by Mariana McCarthy

Totals:

37 Books

10874 Pages

174 Hours and 31 Minutes (or 7.3 Days)

If you want to see more in-depth reviews of most of these books, check out my Goodreads:

#books #bookworm #booklover #books and reading #bookaholic #book

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rosietrace · 1 year

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Her honor

Event: Rosie's valentines day special 💌❣️

Ocs featured: Roya Callistis, Gwendolyn Schnee(@starry-night-rose)

Characters mentioned: Queen Callistis, Malleus Draconia (mentioned)

Ship; Roya Callistis x Gwendolyn Schnee

Warning(s): Strained familial relationships, Gwen being somewhat doubtful, slight angst but there's fluff at the end

{ Apologies for any out of character moments }

[ Reblogs are recommended/encouraged ]

Gwen was…. Let's just say a little more bored than the definition of the word.

She was at a social gathering. Not accompanying Malleus, because as usual, they didn't invite him out of utter fear.

But on the bright side, the gathering was hosted by Roya's family! Great, right?

Wrong, absolutely wrong.

Sure, Roya Callistis may be her beloved princely boyfriend who befitted the image of a crown prince.

But his mother was a different story.

Though she ruled wonderfully, with an iron fist might I add, based on Roya's description of how she treated him for his horns… Gwen didn't exactly know how to feel about the woman.

Nevertheless, she allowed herself to attend the event. Not only to represent Malleus on his behalf but also to spend some time with her boyfriend.

Alas, Gwendolyn Schnee only had one issue besides Roya's mother.

Roya's plethora of suitors. Now, unlike his cousin, Davis, Roya is visibly uncomfortable by the attention he receives for his inhumanly good looks.

And although Gwen was grateful she'd been blessed with such an angelic-looking significant other, she'd admit that his beauty was both a blessing and a curse.

A blessing, because he looked like he had been crafted by angels while bathing in Aphrodite's tears.

And a curse, because of the ridiculous number of suitors that circled Roya.

But Gwen wasn't jealous. Not in the slightest.

She was leaning against the marble pillar of the banquet hall, an amused smirk on her soft-featured face as Roya struggled to escape his suitors.

Yes, Gwen was disturbed by his suitors and their odd obsession with his angelic features. And even though she couldn't fault them for finding him attractive, she still found their behavior to be disturbing.

But still. When Gwen says she isn't jealous, she means it.

Yes, Roya could have a million wonderful, rich, beautiful, diplomatically and politically powerful women kissing his boots and vying for his attention.

But Gwen is well aware that at the end of the day, she's the one he returns to. The one he wraps his arms around.

The one he loves and cherishes more than anything in the royal treasury.

Gwen loves Roya. And he loves her.

That isn't going to change just because of a couple of suitors. Because Roya is a man of his word.

And he'll honor his promise of loving Gwen by loving her as wholly and steadfastly a s any prince would treat their beloved.

Speaking of Roya, after what felt like an eternity of desperate escape attempts, he finally managed to find his way back to Gwen.

His beautiful Gwen.

The tired and frustrated facial expression slowly faded once he caught sight of her. And he didn't stop his eyes from softening while the edges of his lips crept upward into a small smile.

He bowed, his braid gracefully falling from his shoulder."A pleasure to see you again, miss Schnee." He greeted, pretending as if they were just two nobles mingling amongst each other.

In response, Gwen chuckled and decided to humor her boyfriend for a little bit. And so she curtsied.

"A pleasure to see you as well, prince Callistis." The tone of her voice was enough to tease Roya. And all of a sudden, Gwen saw that his cheeks slowly turned pink.

Clearing his throat, Roya carefully took hold of Gwen's hand. Just as he reached for the glove, he hesitated and looked at her.

"May I?" There was a tenderness in his voice that made her heart melt.

She nodded slowly, happy to know that no matter how cold a touch her hands may be, Roya would love every inch of her.

Once he removed the glove, Roya, ever so gentle with Gwen, pressed a soft and short-lived kiss on the back of her palm.

Gwen blushed, thinking back on the times he did this gesture and never once went back on it.

Roya smiled at her."Care for a dance, my love?" He asked, draping his braid back to rest over his shoulder.

Gwen giggled, "Depends. How tired are you from running from the advances of more than a thousand nobles?" She teased.

Roya narrowed his eyes."Not funny." He responded, gently poking her forehead.

Gwen rolled her eyes in utter amusement before she took Roya's hand.

"If your question of if I would care to dance with you is still open, then I'll have to say that I care more than enough to do so."

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They waltzed. Beautifully, at that. Although compared to the rest of the guests, they danced significantly slower than everyone else on the ballroom floor.

But they didn't care. They just wanted to intertwine each other's hands, slowly dancing to the beat of the violins that played as they both stared into the other's eyes.

Roya arched a brow at the other guests."What seems to be their issue?"

Gwen smiled, faltered, and she chuckled awkwardly."It's likely because you're slow dancing with a mere servant to Malleus Draconia…." she muttered as a reply.

Noticing the sudden awkwardness in her tone and expression, Roya frowned. And within a flash, Gwen was about to have Roya's lips pressed against hers.

Until the music, for whatever reason, came to an end.

Bewildered, Roya turned to the potential source, and his eyes went dark. His expression became stone-like, and Gwen felt intimidated.

Because Roya rarely showed such an expression. Let alone whenever she's around. But when she took a look for herself, she understood.

Roya's mother. The queen of the kingdom of prophecy, and a blatant faerie anti.

And what didn't help at all was that Roya and Gwen were in perfect view for his mother to take a look at them. To see their hands intertwined, with her son's arm wrapped around her waist.

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Humming, Roya's mother gestured for her son to approach. And all attention turned to the crown prince, the sole heir, and his beloved.

Numerous nobles began whispering for the first couple of minutes, as Roya wasn't cooperating and just stood there, stunned.

But a blissful touch against his face, from Gwen, was enough for him to straighten up and approach his mother as requested. Gwen quickly followed suit, although she felt rather meek with everyone staring at her.

"Mother." Roya went on one knee, bowing down with his head hung low to show his mother the little respect he had left for her.

After what felt like an eternity of silence, she responded, "Rise." And Roya did.

Gwen was astonished. She hadn't seen this side of Roya since the first time they met, and ever since then, he quickly softened up for her. And only her.

Seeing him so stiff, so cautious, with the silent paranoia in his eyes. It made her all the more concerned for him at that moment.

Lamentably, Gwen's concerned look caught the eye of Roya's mother, who hummed in perplexity.

"Roya…"

"Yes, mother?" He quickly replied, wanting the current conversation to end so he can resume spending time with Gwen. Unaware of where the conversation was headed.

"Who is that fae standing ever so close to you."

That didn't seem like a question. More like a demand, one where Roya had to act quickly for a proper response.

But he merely stiffened, and it lasted for quite a while until he could muster up what seemed to be the proper response.

"... Gwendolyn Schnee, mother."

Gwen tensed up at the mention of her name, and she looked away when the queen glanced back at her.

After assessing, Roya's mother narrowed her eyes."I see…" she walked closer to her son, "And who is she to you, my son?"

Roya was taken aback by the question, but he wouldn't allow himself to show that expression.

His pride wouldn't allow it."I beg your pardon?"

"You heard me, Roya Pendragon Callistis."

Roya's jaw slightly clenched, feeling hesitant and almost afraid of being truthful with his mother. Especially with how she viewed faeries.

"..... She's my significant other." He muttered.

The queen let out a tsk."I couldn't hear you, Roya Pendragon Callistis."

He hated the way his name sounded every time his mother said it.

But Roya had no other choice, or at least there wasn't one waiting for him."She's my significant other, mother." He spoke, loud enough for the entire room to hear him.

Even when Gwen felt flustered and admittedly happy, it all faded when she saw the expression on the queen's face.

Anger. Frustration. Pure outrage. Too many words to describe how the woman was feeling, and Gwen couldn't help but shrink in on herself.

After a minute-long silence from his mother, Roya heard her sigh a deep, heavy, breath.

"..... Are you being honest with me, son?"

"Do you think I would lie about something as serious as the identity of my significant other?"

"I don't like the tone you're giving me, young man."

"And I don't like the way you appear at the moment, mother dearest."

The older woman let out a low growl before pointing to two of the guards."Show Miss Schnee the way out, at once."

Roya translated that as "get that bitch out of here". He knew how his mother worked all too well.

And once the guards got ahold of his beloved Gwendolyn?

Well, to hell with his pride, he likely thought. As his instincts told him to deal more than a couple of blows on those poor guards.

The guests, and Roya's mother, had to watch in horror as they saw a different side to the prince. Gwen was shocked as well, but she also wasn't as surprised.

Hesitant yet gentle, Gwen placed her hand over Roya's shoulder. And he stiffened at the sudden contact, invoking eye contact with the woman he loved most.

"Roya…"

"Gwen…. My love, I-"

"Roya, please…" she placed her hand over his cheek, "I know you, better than Saika, even…. But this wasn't the right choice."

He placed his hand over the one holding his face."I'm… truly sorry."

Gwen let out a jagged breath."I know…. Let's leave, shall we?"

She didn't get a verbal response. Only an apologetic nod.

"Roya Pendragon Callistis, get back here right this instant." His mother demanded. And although Gwen waited for him to come to his mother's side, he didn't.

He just left with his hand intertwined with hers.

"I'm truly sorry, Gwen."

"I know you are, Roya. And as shocking as this may be, I forgive you." He felt almost ecstatic to hear those words from her lips, but he stopped when he saw that she wasn't finished talking. A question awaited its exit.

"..... Why did you do that, Roya? And why, for me, of all people?"

When she asked that question, Roya felt great pain and utter guilt for what he did. Not because it had hurt his pride, but because it had hurt Gwen.

And so he connected his lips with hers. The kiss was utter bliss, yet the words that came after were enough comfort for Gwen.

"I'd do anything to protect your honor, my beloved Gwendolyn. Even if it hurts my pride, I wouldn't dare let you believe that I'm no longer bewitched by you, body and soul."

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Hi Ellrizz >:) I hope I did justice to Gwen's character in this oneshot, especially with the amount of information you gave of her personality in her profile, and in the coconut discord server

^^ I hope you enjoy this oneshot as much as I enjoyed writing it

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coraniaid · 7 months

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I know it isn't the focus of the episode at all, and it isn't even explicitly textual, but the impression Revelations gives us of just how little effort Giles has been putting in to "looking after" Faith -- something which he volunteered to do only a few episodes ago -- honestly makes me kind of furious. I mean, we see how quickly Faith imprints on Gwendolyn Post after just the briefest of interactions -- even after finding out the truth about how she played her, she's still imitating her manner of speaking ("yeah, it's real Spartan") -- so what does that say about how much Giles has been doing? How could Mrs Post make such a positive impression by doing so little? Did Giles ever visit her even once? The way Faith reacts to Mrs Post showing up hardly suggests he did, for all that Faith weakly defends Giles as "okay". Does Giles think it's okay that a teenage girl who he agreed to look after is living out of a motel? Does he care?

We know that Giles has money, and plenty of it -- even if you ignore the Season 5 retcon that he was being paid to be a Watcher (which I'm inclined to do, because I think it sits really awkwardly with the first two seasons), he still has enough money to buy a midlife-crisis-friendly convertible in Season 4 and to buy an entire shop at the start of Season 5. He never shows any sign that having lost his job as a librarian is costing him any financial distress, and at this point in the show he still has that job. The job which pays him money he canonically doesn't need. And he still couldn't fork out for the Slayer he's meant to be taking care of to live somewhere better than an $18-a-day motel? Even when this is explicitly not a environment that is safe from random vampire attacks?

(For that matter, why doesn't Faith get invited to the Scooby meeting to discuss Angel? Isn't a soulless Angel potentially a threat to her, as well? As petty and self-interested Xander is in telling her about Angel, isn't this something Faith actually did deserve to know? Since hunting down and fighting vampires is the whole reason she's in Sunnydale? Yes, at this point Giles thinks Faith is no longer his Slayer because her real Watcher has arrived, but does he have such little interest in her as a person?)

#btvs

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rightpastnowhere · 2 years

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annnnnd finally, the last of the headcanons for @essayofthoughts !! sorry it’s taken five years lol

gwendolyn de rolo

sexuality headcanon: idk yet!! we only know her as a baby and i don’t really ever get vibes from kiddos.

favorite ship(s): again!! idk!! we haven’t seen much of her other than that she’s precious, and idk who the kids her age are??? idk

brotp: i love the idea that she and vax ii are like,,, best friends. they seem to be the closest in age, so i imagine they’d grow up a bit closer than they are to the rest of the siblings. they seem to be the gentlest of the kiddos just from their demeanor in the portrait, so i imagine they’d just bond over being similar?? idk. i also think vesper is fiercely protective of gwen. she doesn’t face too much adversity - vex and percy and cass, too, make sure of that - but there’s a couple of assholes here and there, moreso when they travel. and vesper will just stick to gwen’s side - she’s got a lil bit of clout as the “angel-blessed de rolo”, and uses it to be more persuasive, or just as intimidation. no one gets to fuck with her baby siblings.

notp: don’t ship her with her siblings?? i guess???? again, shipping opinions usually require more content for me to make

happy headcanon: she has a dream for a while as a kid of being a skyship pirate. this is after vex takes her up on the broom (it’s a tradition for the kids, they fly very slowly and very safely, percy designs a special seat for them), and takes gwen to see the skyship port that i think whitestone has idk (if not then they just see a skyship at some point. work with me here). and gwen, who’s already been on the cusp of a pirate phase, decides she wants to fly forever. and she wants to be a pirate because they sound so cool!!! but don’t worry, she’s gonna be a good pirate. the bestest pirate ever. she’s gonna go help people!! cause that’s what good pirates do!!! (leona tries to cut in that that’s not what pirates do but vesper elbows her in the ribs.) after that she forces her siblings to play sky pirates with her, all the time. no one can say no to her. trinket is the skyship.

angsty headcanon: she’s a good kid by nature, but as she grows older she gets this... pressure to be good, to stay good. never from her parents, not directly, although their offhanded comments on her being such an angel compared to their siblings factor in a little, so unintentionally. but after being the “sweet” one for so long, after hearing compliments and praise from tutors and workers in the castle and family friends, it sort of becomes... ingrained in her that she’s “the good kid”. she’s afraid to get into trouble or mischief, not only because of consequences, but this fear that she’ll be acting out of place. and as her siblings grow up and start having their own issues - vesper with some separation anxiety (born in the midst of all of that trauma, and then dalen’s closet), the twins’ self esteem issues, vax’s anxieties (these are all headcanons btw), she feels pressured to not bring up her own issues. after all, she’s the good kid. she’s the easy kid. she’s supposed to balance out her siblings, right? so she stays out of trouble while her siblings cause her parents stress. she keeps quiet about her own issues so she’s not adding to their burdens. they’re not that bad, anyway. they’re not as bad. right?

random headcanon: her tail!! is incredibly expressive!!! much more so than typical tieflings. because her family is the Fucking Best and whitestone doesn’t tolerate intolerance, she’s never felt pressured to repress the tiefling aspects of herself. so her tail waves back and forth when she’s happy, thrashes low to the ground when she’s angry, and the tip will kind of twitch back and forth like a little pendulum when she’s antsy or excited but trying not to be too expressive about it, kind of like bouncing on your toes. she ALSO incorporates it into hugs all the time, but especially when someone is feeling extra sad or insecure. it’s a little lifeline of support!! and love!!! and when she’s feeling anxious herself, she’ll wrap it around arms or legs, or around her own wrists, and people always use it as a sign to give her big hugs or ask what’s wrong.

general opinion: WHEN I SAW HER IN THE DE ROLO PORTRAIT MY FATE WAS SEALED. I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND I WILL LOVE HER UNTIL THE END OF DAYS

i can’t believe it. everyone who wrote a tiefling baby rolo wins, actually, congrats to all of you. AND SHE’S THE SWEETEST!! SHE’S THE BABY!! she gets everything she wants. her hand might be wrapped around her dad’s finger, but it’s percy who’s wrapped around her finger. he couldn’t be happier. i also think it’s good that she’s the baby - percy is probably far enough removed from All That Shit that he can only see gwen as a blessing. he probably actually laughs about, because when vox machina comes to see her, they all just turn to slowly look at percy. and he fucking loses it. but regardless, gwen is just a sign that, despite all of his past mistakes, he’s alive. he’s alive and he has a family, and those past mistakes very well may be the reason he’s gotten to this point in his life. and he wouldn’t trade his life, or any of his children, for the world.

to summarize: holy shit i love gwendolyn de rolo

#GWEN UR MY ANGELLLL #if we see any of the de rolo babies in c3. ESPECIALLY gwen. i will bawl my eyes out #i had her make a little cameo in the tal'dorei reborn one-shot that i ran #and she was easily my players' favorite part of the game #and my favorite part as well #i fucking love her so much #gwendolyn de rolo #perc’ahlia #vox machina #critical role #gwendolyn zahra melanie von musel de rolo #just wanted to see if i could memorize it. i can #essayofthoughts

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