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soulaires · 7 months

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Love Dilemma.

pairings: Aaron Warner x f!reader

summary: in which your daughter thinks your name is ‘love’ because apparently your husband has been calling you that.

warnings: fluff, crack, dad!aaron warner, use of y/n, ooc(?) warner, soft aaron warner.

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🪩:: voicemail; read my other aaron warner fics here.

authors note: it’s here!! This is not proofread and English is not my first language so excuse it!! Also I think baby Dior would call her daddy “Aaron” sometimes 🥹

You have a problem.

And this time, it’s not about kenji but it’s about your daughter, dior.

dior, your five-year-old bundle of joy, had somehow gotten it into her head that her mother's name was 'Love.' It was all Aaron's fault, really. He had a habit of calling you 'Love' ever since, and somehow, your daughter had decided to take it quite literally.

One sunny morning, You and Aaron were in the kitchen, cooking pancakes, while your husband is hugging you from behind, face buried into your neck. dior bounded in, her bright eyes sparkling with excitement. "Love, can we have pancakes today?"

Y/N nearly dropped the pancake batter. She turned to her daughter, trying to suppress a giggle. "Of course, sweetheart. Pancakes it is."

dior clapped her hands in delight. "Yay! Love makes the best pancakes!"

Meanwhile, Aaron who heard the conversation couldn't help but laugh. "You're right, princess. Love does make the best pancakes."

And so, the nickname 'Love' continued to stick. dior began using it with alarming regularity. She'd call out "Love, I'm hungry!" when she wanted a snack, or "Love, can you help me tie my shoelaces?" when she needed assistance.

You and Aaron had a good laugh about it, and they couldn't bring themselves to correct her. It was just too adorable. You guys always reasoned that she'd grow out of it soon enough.

But dior's idea of her mother's name wasn't limited to just your home.

dior's school project on family portraits was approaching, and she was brimming with excitement. She couldn't wait to draw her family and proudly display it in her classroom. A

Your husband had helped her gather all the art supplies she needed, from colored pencils to a large sheet of drawing paper.

As your daughter sat at the kitchen table with her art supplies scattered around her, Aaron watched his daughter with a warm smile. "Princess, are you ready to start your family portrait?"

dior nodded enthusiastically, her eyes shining with determination. "Yes, daddy!"

You leaned over to kiss dior's forehead. "Remember to write 'Mommy' for me."

dior frowned, her brows furrowed in concentration. "But Mommy, Daddy calls you 'Love.' Shouldn't I put that?”

You chuckled softly, touched by her daughter's innocence. "Well, it's true that Daddy calls me 'Love,' but for your school project, you should use 'Mommy,' okay?"

dior hesitated for a moment, torn between her father's endearing nickname and her mother's request. Finally, she nodded with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. "Okay, Mommy!"

With that, she set to work on her family portrait. As her colorful imagination flowed onto the paper, she meticulously drew each family member. Aaron's beaming smile, dior's pigtails, and their pet dog curled up in a cozy corner. But when she came to draw Y/N, she paused, her pencil hovering over the paper.

After a moment of contemplation, she couldn't resist her inner mischievous streak. She wrote 'Love' beneath the drawing of her mother instead of 'Mommy.'

dior stepped back to admire her masterpiece, her face glowing with pride. "There, it's done, daddy!"

You peered over your husband's shoulder at the drawing, your eyes widening in surprise. Instead of 'Mommy,' you saw the word 'Love' elegantly written beneath the figure that was unmistakably her. You and Aaron couldn't help but burst into laughter, both surprised and amused by your daughter's antics.

"dior, you little rascal," you chuckled, giving your daughter a playful nudge. "You just couldn't resist, could you?"

dior giggled mischievously, her eyes twinkling with delight. "I thought it was the perfect name for you, Mommy."

Aaron hugged his daughter tightly, unable to contain his laughter. "You know what, sweetheart? I think it's perfect, too."

And so, dior's family portrait proudly displayed the name 'Love' beneath her mother's figure when it was showcased at school. When her classmates asked about it, she simply explained, "That's my mommy, but we like to call her 'Love' sometimes."

And that leads her teacher to call you.

You guys received a call from her preschool teacher. "Mrs. Warner," she began, "dior has been insisting that your name is 'Love' in class. Is there something we should know?"

feeling a mix of embarrassment and amusement, can’t form some words to say so you let your husband explain the situation to the teacher.

"It's just a little mix-up. She thinks my wife’s name is 'Love' because her daddy calls her mommy that."

The teacher chuckled. "Well, it's quite sweet, but you guys should try to correct her. We wouldn't want her to get confused."

"Of course," You finally spoke up, agreeing, though you knew it wouldn't be easy.

That evening, Aaron tried to gently correct dior. "Baby, you know Mommy's real name is not 'Love,' right?”

dior looked up with her big, innocent eyes, puzzled. "But Daddy, you call you mommy 'Love,' Why can't I?"

You heard your husband sighed, realizing it was a battle he couldn't win especially with her using her cute puppy dog eyes. Aaron looked at you for help, and you chuckled softly.

"Okay, you can call me 'Love' if you want, but just remember, my real name is 'Y/N.' Or you can call me ‘mommy’"

Your daughter nodded, seeming satisfied with the compromise. "Okay, Love."

You and Aaron couldn't help but smile at your daughter's stubbornness. You guys decided to let it go for now and see how long this phase would last.

As weeks turned into months, dior's nickname for her mother only grew more endearing. She would say things like, "Love, can you read me a bedtime story?" or "Love, can we go to the park today?" It had become a running joke in your household, and even your friends found it amusing.

One evening, you invited your friends, kenji and Juliette, over for dinner. Kenji, being kenji, couldn't resist teasing you about his newfound moniker. "So, Love, what's on the menu tonight?"

You chuckled, setting the salad on the table. "Well, Love has prepared a special meal for you all."

Juliette joined in, a mischievous grin on her face. "Love, you've really outdone yourself with this dinner."

You and Aaron exchanged amused glances, and you all shared a hearty laugh.

As You and Aaron settled into your cozy shared bedroom one evening, ready to end the day and drift off to sleep, the atmosphere was filled with a sense of contentment. You guys had just finished reading a bedtime story to dior and tucked her in, and now it was time for some much-needed rest.

As You pulled the covers over yourself and snuggled into your side of the bed, Aaron couldn't resist a mischievous grin. "Well, Love, are you ready for a good night's sleep?"

You laughed softly, shaking your head. "Aaron, you just can't resist, can you?"

He chuckled, his eyes filled with playful mischief. "Well, you know, now that everyone calls you 'Love,' I have to make sure you remember who you belong to. You're my love."

You playfully swatted his arm, heart warming at his affectionate teasing. "Oh, really? I thought I belonged to baby dior now."

Aaron, feeling playfully betrayed, put on an exaggerated pout.

"What? My own daughter's stealing my 'Love'? That's it, I'm going to sell her toys."

You couldn't help but laugh at his antics. You leaned over to give him a gentle kiss. "Oh my god, don’t. She will cry and gonna start calling you ‘Aaron’ now"

His pout dissolved into a grin as he wrapped his arms around you. "Just like her mother, calling me Aaron when mad." He teased, Kissing your forehead he can’t help but smile widely.

He loves you so much.

He loves you and his princess.

His two best girls.

No one’s gonna take this away from him.

Or else everything’s gonna be burned down.

(Aaron Warner) tag list 🏷 : @ravisinghs-wife @aishaleblanc

#aaron warner #reader insert #aaron warner x reader #shatter me #shatter me series #aaron warner x you #aaron warner anderson #aaron warner x y/n #riewrites 🫀#dad!aaron warner #shatter me x reader #The Warner Family 🪐

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blue-jisungs · 2 years

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heyy 💝 just do you know, you're doing amazing with the time stamps ✨

can you write a stray kids reaction to meeting their s/o's protective little brother that pretends not to know stray kids? very specific, yep :D

they meet your protective sibling ♡

a/n. thank you sm :D also i mixed it up a bit, hope you don’t mind!! i wish my younger brother was like this smh 🙄

warnings. cursing lol!! and mention of cutting off various parts of body…

┆彡 BANG CHAN [ 방찬 ]

i feel like chan, being the social butterfly he is, would have no problem getting into you brother’s heart

but, your brother being the rascal he is, would hide it >:T

"this is chan, a singer as you know…" you introduced him, grinning

"no i don’t know" you brother said, causing you to frown. because you have been talking about stray kids ever since you started listening to them and…

"that’s okay. not everyone listens to k-pop. or knows us" chan shrugged it off with a grin. later on the name popped out in the convo and your b/n just giggled

"stray kids? what a dumb name" he sighed and you shot him a dangerous glare. and chan took a mental note that you being pissed off is not the… greatest thing to experience

throughout the convo your brother was just butting in to add some sarcastic comments about chan or stray kids… or you.

but you could see that chan impressed him!! but b/n was just busy being the "protective brother" to admit it

but don’t worry, chan noticed that too. but he thought it was cute that your younger brother cares so much about you

┆彡 CHANGBIN [ 창빈 ]

honestly the moment changbin saw your older brother with crossed arms and glaring death stare standing behind you he almost shat himself 😭😭

like "why is he staring at me like that??" "why y/n’s brother seems so buff??" "can i run away??"

"and who’s this little fella?" your brother smirked "now this is a stray kid"

you smacked his arm, grabbing changbin’s hand and dragged him away

he did not leave your side for the whole event

and your brother wouldn’t stop staring 😭😭

changbin tried to flex his muscles every chance he got just to make your brother stunned a bit.

and it worked, just a bit.

but until the future meetings, changbin started figuring out how to curry into your brother’s favor

┆彡 LEE KNOW [ 리노 ]

oh my god it would be an never ending staring contest

like you’d have to nudge lee know and your brother because the food was there

"you know, lino is a dancer. how cool is that?" you hummed, looking at b/n

"i don’t care" he mumbled in response

"and he has three cats" you added. your little brother shrugged, the food apparently being more interesting then your boyfriend

when your mom took lee know to show him the garden, you went there with your younger brother as well yet stayed behind

"why are you acting like this?" you sighed, looking at your boyfriend

"it’s just… i want you to myself. i don’t want him to take you away from me…" your little brother said and you couldn’t help but to hug him

in the meantime, your mom said the same thing to lee know explaining how much your younger brother loves you

so the rest of the day was a bit awkward but during the next meetings with your family, b/n started opening up more to lino

and your boyfriend wasn’t even mad. he found it rather cute <33

┆彡 HYUNJIN [ 현진 ]

hyunjin was a bit puzzled because, well, your mom liked him mostly because of his looks (i’m sorry but that’s true) and your dad because jinnie is a huge gentleman

picking you up, giving flowers to you and your mom, always saying hello, etc etc

so once your dad asked him to pick up your brother from school, he didn’t have the heart to turn it down plus hey, he’ll finally meet him

the ride home was silent. dead silent.

once they arrived home and no one was there yet, b/n stared at hyunjin

poor boy.

so he tried to start a conversation but your brother was not giving up on making this evening the worst in hyunjin’s life

"y/n is awful, how can someone even date her?"

now, you see, it was a test.

LMAO you know that one tiktok trend when someone says something and whilst waiting for the answer the person who said it goes 🤨🤨🤨 bc that was trick a question. yeah.

"she’s not awful. i think you think of her like that because you’re siblings but to me she’s the most amazing and stunning person i’ve ever met. and i mean it not only physically. she actually told me a lot of great thing about you…"

hyunjin passed the test and your brother may take into consideration liking him 🙄

and it was the first and last time of him picking up your brother from school.

┆彡 HAN [ 한 ]

han met your parents before but he didn’t have a chance to meet your younger sister

so when the time came, he did a research (i mean, asked you) and bought a present for her

whether your sister likes pokémon cards, a video game that just came out or the newest album of her favourite band – he got it

after saying hello and giving it to her, she just looked up and down at him with suspicious frown on her face

for the whole dinner she was teasing him or ignoring his questions (which made you kick her under the table and han pretended he didn’t see the whole table shake from the impact…)

your mom said that there’s gonna be a dessert in a while and your sister sent han a death glare and disappeared in her room

han, on the other hand, dragged you somewhere far away from everyone (little did he know that your sister was standing nearby and heard everything)

"did i do something wrong? did i say something i shouldn’t have? why doesn’t she like me?" with :( look on his face. he was really anxious that he did something wrong </3

your sister felt bad, so during the dessert she explained that she just wanted to… yknow, throw a dangerous facade so he knows how she’ll act if he ever hurts you.

clang. another kick under the table aimed at her leg, causing the table to shake.

but han just grinned and repeatedly said that he will never ever hurt you

after all it turned out that they get along pretty well and you could see how relieved and happy han was :D

┆彡 FELIX [ 필릭스 ]

your sister tried to look dangerous and act protective

but the moment felix walked into the room… i mean come on, he’s literally a walking sunshine

trying to look defensive, she held a staring contest with him

one smile and she was defeated.

they started getting along, gossiping about you and everything 🙄🙄

but the moment your sister dragged him to her room to film a tiktok

"i doubt you’d even hurt a fly… but just try hurting my sister, mister" s/n said, threatening him with her finger and - she thought - dangerous glare (`ヘ´)ﾉ !!!

"don’t worry. i’d chop my own leg off if i ever hurt her, even on accident" felix announced with a grin and then they proceeded to film the tiktoks like nothing happened

┆彡 SEUNGMIN [ 승민 ]

your brother looked up and down at seungmin, shaking his head

i’m sorry but the most of the dinner was silent.

you tried to loosen up the atmosphere and tell some jokes or funny stories about skz but…

"what’s stray kids?" your brother asked, waiting for seungmin’s reaction

and your boyfriend just snorted.

now, your brother took it as a good sign

and seungmin explained everything, breaking the ice step by step

and actually your broether was quite interested in that!! started asking questions about the mv filming process and everything

but seungmin couldn’t help but still feel a bit… threatened

and well, he was right about the feeling because before you left and you quickly went to the bathroom, your brother took him the the side 0_o

"listen, you’re a nice guy. but break her heart and i’ll break your nose. understood?" your brother looked your boyfriend dead in the eye but seungmin just smiled

because your dangerous-looking brother just said he’s a nice guy!! :D

┆彡 I.N [ 아이엔 ]

i.n would be very awkward at first (due to your brother not answering him 😭😭)

"hello!" … "i’m jeongin, y/n’s boyfriend" … "nice to meet you!" …

you nudged your brother to say something and he just murmured his name in response

while you went to help your mom in the kitchen, i.n started looking around the living room out of curiosity

and your brother watched him carefully

"what’s your business with my sister?" b/n asked suddenly

"nothing. i mean, not nothing. i’m dating her. and i really love her. i’m hoping for marrying y/n one day but we’re too young right now… woah, you have mario kart?!"

yup.

while your brother was still recovering from the marriage part, i.n focused on b/n’s game collection

"we can play if you want but don’t think that i’ll go easy on you because you’re famous or something" your brother said, rolling his eyes

and i.n didn’t even care that b/n didn’t know (or acted like) stray kids – he just wanted to have a good relationship with him

and well,,, play mario kart >.<

[ masterlist <3 ]

taglist: @geniejunn ,, @luvhyun3 ,, @starlostseungmin ,, @elviransworld ,, @jnks6r ,, @sieunsgf ,, @lhsng ,, @ethereallino ,, @laylasbunbunny

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yuesya · 9 months

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Suguru has a conundrum.

“Say ‘aaah,’” says the white-haired gremlin sitting across from him, full of mischief. A fork laden with warm cheese tart is held out in front of his face, right before his lips. “C’mon, Suguru! It tastes really good, I promise!”

The sorcerer purses his lips, doing his best to level an unimpressed look at his companion. “… Really, Shiki?”

A sly little smile is his only response. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Suguru snorts. As a Special Grade sorcerer on par with Satoru, he highly doubts that Shiki failed to notice the first year students conspicuously crouched behind a set of outdoor dining tables on the other side of the street. He makes a mental note to help them train up their stealth –learning to properly hide their cursed energy is one thing, but learning to actually blend in is another. The three of them are getting many strange looks from the passerby… and they all seem completely oblivious to it.

… Probably because they’re too engrossed with spying on their teachers, the little rascals.

“Su– gu– ru–” He does his best to ignore the strange flip-flopping sensation that rises in his stomach upon hearing his name drawn out like that, genuinely pliant and pleading beneath the blatant teasing. From the way Shiki’s smile widens, his reaction does not go unnoticed. Damn. “Won’t you humor me? Just one ‘aaah.’”

Suguru sighs, resigned.

“You’re having entirely too much fun with this,” he accuses her, although without any real heat. Like her brother, Shiki is entirely too playful… and stressful for Suguru’s blood pressure.

“Please?”

Unable to deny her, Suguru opens his mouth and eats the cheese tart.

He’s aware of how it looks from the outside, a man and a woman sitting down at a cafe table together, with the woman feeding the man a bite of her food. But, it’s the only way to soothe Shiki over unless he wants her to be huffy the rest of the evening. It’ll take forever to smooth over her ruffled feathers, and then he’ll also have to deal with Satoru dramatically flopping over him the next morning to complain about how he was ‘bullying’ his little sister.

… If anything, Suguru was the one getting bullied between the two of them!

The man determinedly stares her in the eyes as he eats the cheese tart proffered out to him, biting down and closing his lips over the fork, before slowly drawing back. If Shiki is going to embarrass him in front of their students, he’s not going to be the only one going down here.

The girl’s smile doesn’t waver as she retracts her arm and returns to eating her cheese tart, seemingly unaffected. But Suguru is long familiar with both Shiki’s and Satoru’s habits, and it’s minutely gratifying when her gaze flickers towards the side in a nervous tell, and her cheeks color faintly. She shares that with her brother –Satoru also blushes easily.

Shiki’s gaze returns to him, and she pouts. “You’re terrible.”

“You’re the one who started it,” Suguru responds childishly, instinctively.

“I did,” the girl admits easily enough, to her credit. “But you’re still terrible!”

“And you’re incorrigible,” he shoots back.

Shiki lets out a small ‘hmph,’ leaning back in her seat as she carelessly flips back a lock of long white hair over her shoulder. Hair extensions, apparently, but the way it looks and the way she acts makes it appear as if it’s the real thing. Admittedly, it’s a little startling to see Satoru’s body with long hair like this, and Suguru still isn’t entirely sure about the feelings he has about seeing Shiki –Satoru– in a dress from an obviously feminine angle, no matter the number of times he’s seen them like this already.

… But that’s nothing new on his end. He’s felt this way for years, and at this point Suguru is resigned to the fact that this is going to be his default state around Satoru and Shiki for the rest of their lives in perpetuity.

Somehow, the thought is both full of aching fondness and headache-inducing despair.

“You look like you have something on your mind.”

Suguru shakes himself out of his thoughts. “It’s nothing. Are you done with your food?”

“Mhm,” Shiki nods absently, dangling the fork in her mouth –the same fork that she’d used to feed him, he realizes. Suddenly, Suguru can’t taste the lingering creamy flavor of the cheese tart in his mouth at all anymore.

Shiki eventually releases the fork from her mouth with a small pop and a soft ‘ah.’ She twirls the utensil over her fingers, then levels it directly at him with a sharp little smile that’s all Satoru.

“You know us, Suguru. We don’t play around with our food.”

… Yeah, there’s no doubt about it. These two are going to be the death of him someday.

#Writing #twins au #flipside of students spying on geto-sensei's date!#is geto/shiki/satoru a go now?#i guess???

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mariatesstruther · 7 months

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thinking of an au where maybe joel/tess get to jackson first like before tommy

maybe joel and tess meet ellie as a younger girl like age 5/6/7 and they become a lil family and head out of boston because the QZ is getting bad with things heating up between fedra and the fireflies

there’s no immunity situation but she’s in a bad way in boston, something with her family maybe being fedra or her being targeted in school. she’s been getting food and meds and love from joel and tess for months or maybe years. anyway, they get her out of there and decide to head out to someplace that tess has heard about through the grapevine, rumored to be a safe haven somewhere in wyoming

they go through some shit but they survive and they get there. and at the gates they’re told to wait to meet a woman named maria, who will apparently talk to them about the conditions of being let into jackson—turns out maria is maria simone, tess’s fuckin college roomates, soul-sister, sometimes referred to as “long-lost love.” her joel and ellie are let in and welcomed immediately, to the dismay of nobody because they all love and trust maria—besides maybe seth, but who cares. fuck seth

tess and maria catch up as she guides them through jackson, telling them about how her and her father had escaped to this place with her son after leaving a fucked up QZ, much like them. now her and kevin and hank are here trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy and safety for people here in jackson

tess and joel and ellie get settled in a house and for a week are two are just left alone to get eachother adjusted, which is surprisingly easy for ellie—by day three she has managed to find a way to pillow-sled down the stairwell without breaking her own neck, which to her means it’s definitely 100% safe. joel and tess find themselves slipping into the routine of parenting, and after maybe a month manage to consider themselves living in whatever “domesticity” means nowadays

joel finds himself desperately missing tommy, who left to join the fireflies five years earlier and hadn’t radioed him back in one. tommy and him hadn’t left off on good terms, but they’d always respected their promise to eachother to keep in contact at least once a couple of months—since tommy went radio silent, joel has always had the gut-wrenching fear that he was dead. when ellie came along, the dull, old ache pressing on his chest somewhat eased, distracted by the warmth of loving his child with tess

but now, in jackson, where he had more time and space to think—he found himself wondering more and more where the fuck tommy could be, if he wasn’t dead, which—maybe he isn’t? there’s a chance, isn’t there? one of jackson’s conditions was that nobody but radio patrol had access to contacting people outside directly, and he’d of course agreed for the sake of staying with tess and ellie—so who says maybe tommy isn’t also in a situation where he just can’t get to joel? he doesn’t say anything, but he hold out hope

then five years go by

ellie is now 10/11/12, and hands down the most mischievous little rascal anyone in jackson’s ever seen. one day when she’s out with her cousin kevin (how exactly he’s her cousin is kinda complicated, but that’s just how things are with the miller-servopoulos-simones)—or, technically, he’s out with her, because earlier he headed out on a solo patrol to check a trap near the south border-walls and caught her sneaking her way back from her secret toad pond. she knows she’s not supposed to go out there alone, and she usually doesn’t—but today kev was busy, and mom and dad were both out on a three-day group hunt, so even if she did get caught she’d have a couple days of free before they’d hear about it and get pissed off. she took her chances, and had made it out and back unscathed like always—except, of course, getting snuck up on by kevin maybe 15 yards from her sneak-back-in-point at the south wall (“yo, rascal, whatcha doin—?” “AHH, FUCK—!” “OW, ELLIE, shit—! it’s me, wait!! it’s me! don’t hit me!” “what the hell, dude!!! you scared me!” “what the hell, you! you know you shouldn’t be out here alon—!” “i was already on my way back—!” “were you goin out to see the fuckin frogs, ellie?? again??? i told you, it’s a short way but anything could—!” “oh, whatever, i was fine! and you were busy!” “i told you i’d be back in four hours!!! you couldn’t just wait four hours????” “no!!!! and you know that!!!!” … kevin sighs. he does know that.)

and so they’re bickering about something stupid like usual—whether sweet or regular potatoes are better, who’s scarier between joel tess or maria when they’re pissed, which is better between star wars or jurassic park; the usual—when they hear a pined groan over from somewhere near, low to the ground

guns go up. footsteps creep silently. even though ellie’s young and mischievous, she’s also one of the fiercest kids in jackson anyones ever seen. her and kevin approach a man on the floor in disheveled, torn up, cargo wear, seemingly delirious judging by the slur of his words and the bloody headwound

“jesus,” ellie says, voice a perfect lil blended imitation of joel and tess. “the fuck’s wrong with him?”

“he looks half-dead. clearly dehydrated and sustaining multiple injuries,” kevin evaluates neutrally; his mother always reminded him to be careful and cautious around people that appeared to be hurt or sick, and to be especially frugal with his sympathy. at the sound of another small, pained groan, he raised his gun to point between the man’s eyes and stepped closer, subtly trying to block ellie. “yo, dude. you waking up?”

“you sound so lame saying that,” ellie comments, because of course she does. she keeps her gun and interested eyes trained on him but stands away carefully, and kevin finds himself feeling extremely proud of her. “who say’s ‘yo, dude’?”

“i do”

“exactly. only you.”

“shut up, you little punk. what am i supposed to say?”

“something cool, obviously. we gotta scare him! here, like this—,” she clears her throat and turns her full attention back to the guy on the group with the mustache, raising her gun between his eyes like kev as she regard him with a louder, commanding voice. “wake the fuck up, motherfucker! hands where we can fuckin see em! you try anythin, ill fuckin gut you, you hear me?!”

“jesus, dude.”

“what?? look! it’s working!”

“where the fuck did you even learn—just stand back, okay?” kevin is a bit more serious now, looking down into the man’s now open eyes and finding himself struck stunned for a millisecond by a sense of strange familiarity. “hey, man, wake the fuck up. you with me? look here, buddy. just tell me your name, and what you’re here lookin for.” it was a familiar command he’d heard a hundred times from her mother, in a myriad of different contexts, but all with the same goal—direct interrogation

the man blinks at him, seemingly still disoriented, and winces as he moves to speak: “tommy. my name is tommy miller, and i’m lookin for my brother joel.”

for @clickergossip and @bumblepony and @liveandletcry23 and @bearrycool and @maddiesbooknook who i feel like are always writing stuff for or to inspire me 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

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navree · 1 year

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Do you have any headcanons for our golden boi sunfyre ? 🥺

Sunfyre my beloved I'm so sorry all this happened to you in my perfect world absolutely nothing goes wrong with him whatsoever and he gets to live a long and happy life being the prettiest boy in all of Planetos.

I think it's, like, basically canon but technically not confirmed, that Sunfyre is a hatchling from Dreamfyre, given the name similarities and the fact that Dreamfyre is much older (my pet theory is that Sunfyre's egg is Thee Egg that Rhaenyra chose for Baby Baelon and that Daemon subsequently stole).

Sunfyre was not a cradle hatchling. It appears that none of the (on screen) Hightower-Targaryen children had cradle hatchlings (given that Helaena claimed an already old dragon between episodes 6 and 7 and Aemond of course claimed the oldest dragon), either because none of their eggs hatched or Alicent just wasn't placing eggs in their cradles for it. Around when Aegon was two or three, still very young, he somehow got his hands on Sunfyre's egg, and soon after Sunfyre hatched. Sunfyre has never known a life without Aegon in it, and Aegon barely remembers a time where he didn't have Sunfyre. They practically grew up together, though Sunfyre at a much quicker rate.

Seeing as dragons are meant to have an intelligence level on par with humans (even tho ASOIAF and all related media kinda seems to forget that and has relegated them to the role of "cats" but with nukes attached), Sunfyre is aware that he is The Hot Girl. Sunfyre is ridiculously vain, any time he's flying with Aegon on him to command him, he's primping and preening and deliberately flying into as much sun exposure as he can so everyone can see the glint of gold off his scales.

Sunfyre and Aegon are ridiculously close. Far closer than any other dragon and their rider that we've seen in the entire franchise. Yes, even closer than Dany and her children (Dany would have won out but being the first person to raise dragons in over a century means that she clearly doesn't have the right tools for it which is why the kids get rascally in ADWD in a way we didn't see at the Targaryen peak). Like, however close you think they are because of the canon stuff (Aegon's grief when he died, Sunfyre literally dragging his broken body to Dragonstone because he sensed Aegon was there and needed him, all that horrible stuff), that's the tip of the iceberg. They're close not just emotionally but honestly to the point where it's almost like they have a psychic bond. It's rare that Aegon even needs to speak commands verbally, he and Sunfyre know each other incredibly well, almost as if they can literally just sense what's in each other's heads, feel each other's emotions incredibly keenly (that thing dragons and dragonriders have where they can physically feel each other's pain, but multiply it by one thousand). It's borderline mystical, especially when factoring in that both Aegon and Sunfyre only seem to start really recovering from their respective Rook's Rest wounds after they've been reunited on Dragonstone, as if they literally needed each other's presence in order to heal.

Stolen from Twitter (can't remember which account but I saw it and I wept like a baby): Aegon sings to Sunfyre sometimes. Sunfyre really, really likes it. Like, basically turns into a huge overgrown kitten when that happens, tries to get all cuddly even though he knows that Aegon's too small for it now that he's gotten big.

Sunfyre does have a certain amount of affection that extends to other members of Aegon's family, his mother and siblings in particular, and even to their dragons. Yes, even Vhagar. Doesn't matter that she's ancient and bigger and dragon mee-maw, he'll still go into attack mode if someone attempts to fuck her up. Also, a bit cracky considering we don't technically know the full mental faculties of dragons, but he's closest to Tessarion, given that they're closer in age and also Daeron's apparently a natural sweetheart and that temperament might extend to Tessarion as well. (Addendum to this: Sunfyre spent a lot of time flying with Aemond and Vhagar when Aemond was recovering. Not even just when Aegon was babysitting and making sure Aemond wasn't at risk, but literally just if he was out around the same time as Aemond and Vhagar, he hovered a lot, just to be sure. Aemond has never talked about it but he thinks of it sometimes, when he sees Aegon drunk and wet eyed and feels that twinge of disgust and envy that he tries to push down, when he remembers there's more to Aegon than seen by the naked eye)

This is less about Sunfyre himself and more about his relationship with Aegon, but the bond Sunfyre and Aegon have was Aegon's first real taste of feeling unconditional and requited love. The bond with Sunfyre was the first time in his life Aegon felt that the love he was giving out was being returned to him, and that he wasn't at risk of losing it, the way he's afraid he's done with his siblings and with Alicent. It's why, even above everything else they share, Sunfyre is so important to him, and why he's gutted and griefstricken to the point of kinslaying when Sunfyre dies.

Aegon calls Sunfyre almost primarily by pet names, even when giving verbal commands. And like, really intimate pet names, the kind of pet names you save for, like, your kids. He calls him "sweetling" and "my darling" and "golden boy" and things of that sort all.the.time. Why do I think this? Because my brain spat "Sunfyre sniffs at the blood in the air. Aegon knows now is when he says the word, the fateful word, but he cannot speak through his heart pounding in his throat. Kill her, beloved, he thinks. Kill her for what her ambition did to us. To you. Even to me. Sunfyre shifts, and a keening growl rumbles low in his ruined chest." out at me and I have not known peace since.

When Sunfyre was still small enough and Aegon's siblings and Hell, even the Strong kids were still little, they all adored Sunfyre. They coddled him relentlessly and basically cooed over him 24/7, and both Aegon and Sunfyre were absolutely thrilled with it. Even when down in the Dragonpit with them, before shit started going sideways when some people had dragons and others didn't and the bullying and all, Sunfyre would still put on a bit of a show (as I said, vain) before Aegon would make him behave, which was Aegon's own version of his own show in displaying the bond and mastery he and Sunfyre have with each other.

Aegon had Sunfyre's skull prepped to line the walls of the throne room in accordance to House Targaryen traditions. Aegon III did take it down eventually (obviously, given the memory association), but he only took it down after Alicent Hightower had died and that last shredding of her children's legacy wouldn't hurt her anymore.

#personal #answered #anonymous #sunfyre #listen i KNOW that they didn't have the budget for it or whatever but it's ridiculous that after the meleys roar at the coronation #we didn't have sunfyre immediately swooping down to put himself between meleys and aegon&alicent #anyway time for me to be SAD once again #wow this got depressing

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if there's a dlc about faye and another about freya, i would greatly prefer and it makes more sense to explore them as individuals first. i want to know how faye was like as a teenager, if any of the giants like groa or thamur were alive during her time, was she friends with angrboda's parents, if it's true that angrboda's father was named floki, did she name her own son after her best friend? was she a wingman to their relationship or maybe a third wheel? how did she meet brok and sindri? what was her turning point in swearing justice for her people and setting off a coup?

likewise with freya. she and freyr used to be little rascals who stole honey bread and ate it for themselves, i want to see more of that! how was her relationship with her father njord, who was said to be an absent parent? also i want more of hildisvini he's literally the coolest guy ever and through his + freyr's + the vanaheim dialogues apparently he was more of a parent than njord was. when freya was in asgard, how was her relationship with other women like sif? did sif feel compassion towards her? how old was baldur when she was banished, did she even get to see his wedding with nanna? like she has a whole daughter-in-law i am so-

this is a whole lot of questions and overthinking but also me on my knees begging SMS for literally anything. i am parched. GIVE ME ANSWERS SANTA MONICA 🗣️🗣️🗣️

THIS WHOLE THING UP AND DOWNN I WANT ITTT 😢 like every single thing you have said is what i would love to see or atleast be mentioned 😭 i feel like a minority of the fandom wants this but idc i still want it

#I mentioned in one of my atrbd hc’s that faye was possibly close to her parents and they made a promise 💔#when sms has time i hope they can explore this a bit more #Freya #Faye #Laufey #God of war #god of war ragnarok #asks #Gowr #Gow #Freyr #Hildisvini

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@longagoitwastuesday I don’t have a definite interpretation but I think that Cathy’s ghost probably isn’t an entity that has motivations. She is more of a presence. Heathcliff yearns to see Cathy and he sees her everywhere but he also can’t:

“I could almost see her, and yet I could not! I ought to have sweat blood then, from the anguish of my yearning—from the fervour of my supplications to have but one glimpse! I had not one. She showed herself, as she often was in life, a devil to me! And, since then, sometimes more and sometimes less, I’ve been the sport of that intolerable torture! Infernal! keeping my nerves at such a stretch that, if they had not resembled catgut, they would long ago have relaxed to the feebleness of Linton’s. When I sat in the house with Hareton, it seemed that on going out I should meet her; when I walked on the moors I should meet her coming in. When I went from home I hastened to return; she must be somewhere at the Heights, I was certain! And when I slept in her chamber—I was beaten out of that. I couldn’t lie there; for the moment I closed my eyes, she was either outside the window, or sliding back the panels, or entering the room, or even resting her darling head on the same pillow as she did when a child; and I must open my lids to see. And so I opened and closed them a hundred times a night—to be always disappointed! It racked me! I’ve often groaned aloud, till that old rascal Joseph no doubt believed that my conscience was playing the fiend inside of me. Now, since I’ve seen her, I’m pacified—a little. It was a strange way of killing: not by inches, but by fractions of hairbreadths, to beguile me with the spectre of a hope through eighteen years!’”

(Chapter 29)

After he sees her corpse after Edgar’s death and especially after Hareton and Catherine’s romance, Cathy’s presence becomes stronger and stronger but he can never actually reach her. We know that he is seeing her ghost at the end of his life:

“With a sweep of his hand he cleared a vacant space in front among the breakfast things, and leant forward to gaze more at his ease.

Now, I perceived he was not looking at the wall; for when I regarded him alone, it seemed exactly that he gazed at something within two yards’ distance. And whatever it was, it communicated, apparently, both pleasure and pain in exquisite extremes: at least the anguished, yet raptured, expression of his countenance suggested that idea. The fancied object was not fixed, either: his eyes pursued it with unwearied diligence, and, even in speaking to me, were never weaned away. I vainly reminded him of his protracted abstinence from food: if he stirred to touch anything in compliance with my entreaties, if he stretched his hand out to get a piece of bread, his fingers clenched before they reached it, and remained on the table, forgetful of their aim”.

“I distinguished Mr. Heathcliff’s step, restlessly measuring the floor, and he frequently broke the silence by a deep inspiration, resembling a groan. He muttered detached words also; the only one I could catch was the name of Catherine, coupled with some wild term of endearment or suffering; and spoken as one would speak to a person present; low and earnest, and wrung from the depth of his soul.”

(Chapter 34)

So it is either:

1) He understood that he wouldn’t be able to reach her in life so he kind of willed himself to death in his last moments

2) He actually managed to reach her in his last moments and died of happiness/excitement

3) His pursuit of her required so much focus that he neglected nourishment and sleep and died naturally

Maybe a combination of all three?

So I don’t really think Cathy’s ghost is Lady Stoneheart, a zombie actively looking to kill Heathcliff for whatever reason. That being said Heathcliff also says that “She showed herself, as she often was in life, a devil to me”, so the interpretation that she is a malevolent spirit is also certainly valid. Some people think the ghost was saving her daughter and nephew, distracting Heathcliff from disinheriting them. But I think she is probably a neutral motivationless supernatural presence driving him mad and eventually killing him.

#wuthering heights #catherine earnshaw #heathcliff #ghosts

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Author Asks: 23, 28, 29

Thank you~ 23. How do you balance your characters in an ensemble story? I have to admit that I don't usually balance them very well at all. Seasons has a bit of this - where you get every Liddell child's personal issues that get attentino, but in the end it still focused a lot on Howie (and very little on Bee and Sophie). Then again, I didn't intend for it to drift focus from Howie so much when I started it. As I'm editing and rewriting sections and adding chapters, however, I do want to put more focus on the others. 28. How do you make sure your plot points are there while also making them blend in with the story? This goes in with 29 (which I previously answered in another ask :D ), but I tend to be a pantser. I also tend to focus a lot on the characters and their development, rather than a plot. I like personal journeys, and my plots tend to be kind of thin. My best example is Rascal: I started off writing a kink scene from the start, before I even had character names. Then I incorporated the characters into that scene, and suddenly I was working out a story that has to do with Hazel's difficult relationship with his father and how some of his trauma and difficulties not only affect his current life, but even shaped his relationship with his partner. I have a great love for stories about trauma and kink, apparently. I also love airships, and I imagined it in the same world as Stargazers' Hill, so I ended up throwing in Frey and Avery. I don't know how that story came to be in the end, given that I clearly had no idea what I was doing, but... I like the result, honestly. Rascal is one of my best works. And answer to 29 can be found in the post just before this. :)

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hi there! can you tell us more about the drama between La Fayette and Lord Carlisle? 👀

Dear @ouiouixmonami,

of course! :-)

In the second half of 1778, a British peace commission, headed by Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, was send to America to try to broker a peace. Their mission was almost surely doomed to fail, given the instructions they received from their government in England.

Shortly after the arrival of the Commission in America, La Fayette wrote in a letter to Henry Laurens what his opinion upon the matter was:

La Fayette to Henry Laurens, June 12, 1778:

I can not write to York Town without asking my good friend Mr. Henry Laurens how he does, and which are his present ideas upon the arrival of the commissioners appointed for to corrupt a part of the continent, deceive the other, and if possible enslave the whole as far as it is consistent with the present state of affairs. If you were to ask my private opinion I would refer you to the Earl of Abington’s speech, as the candid sentiments of a man who being at the fountain head may give us some knowledge of the true idea they have in Parliament of theyr Ridiculous and deceitfull commission for to grant pardons to the faithfull subjects of George the Third. I understand they have sent five commissioners, ambassadors, or whatever you’ll be pleas’d to call them. (…) I do’nt understand how they did send those commissioners with such instructions as will immediately discover theyr scheme of treachery, deception, tyranny, vengeance, corruption and indeed of every Rascality under the fairest names. That word of pardon is not only abzurd but very insolent. Ah my dear sir, never suffer such a people to approach you. Look down upon them and when ever they’ll want to come near in order to corrupt and deceive, keep them alwai's at a distance, and never suffer a word to be spoken, or a letter to be writen to them till independency will be aknowledged by Parliament, the troops with drawn, even from Canada, for Canada is necessary to the liberties of America.

He then went on to state his opinion about the different members of the commission:

I have reserv’d the Earl of Carlisle for the last. He is a fine gentleman, very well powdered, and a man of bon goust. He began by Ruining his own fortune, and wanted to get the Reputation of a man belov’d by the ladies. While I was in England he was much in love with a young fair dutchess and pretty ill treated by her. However he is a good poet.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 2, April 10, 1778–March 20, 1780, Cornell University Press, 1979, p. 74-76.

While his judgment of Carlisle may sound a bit harsh, it was indeed the most forgiving. It is also quite interesting to see that La Fayette apparently has met Carlisle during his trip to London in 1777.

The Commission wrote several letters to Congress and published statements. In one of these statements, a manifesto written on August 26, 1778 and printed by the Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser on September 12 of that year, they warned America to lean not too heavily on France. France was, by the commission’s arguments, no reliable ally because their were no religious or civil liberties in France. They also wrote that France’s only wish was to prolong the war to weaken England and not to settle it. The most offending passage in La Fayette’s eyes was the accusation that “the designs of France, the ungenerous motives of her policy, and the degree of faith due to her professions, will become too obvious to need any further illustration.” That was the absolute final straw for La Fayette and he began to toy with the idea of challenging Carlisle as the head of the commission to a duel. Before doing so, he sought advice both from George Washington and from Comte d’Estaing, the French Admiral who had just arrived with the French troops.

La Fayette to the Comte d’Estaing, September 13, 1778:

It is a matter of the nation’s honor not to let it pass in silence. Lord Carlisle is the president of those gentlemen (…) I am going to write him a billet-doux and propose to him an exemplary correction in the sight of the British and American armies. I have nothing very interesting to do here, and even while killing Lord Carlisle, I can make some more important arrangements at White Plains. I flatter myself that General Washington will not disapprove of this proposal, and I am sure that it will have a good effect in America.

La Fayette to George Washington, September 24, 1778:

I am going to Consult your excellency upon a point in which I not only want your leave and opinion as the Commander in chief, but also your Candid advice as the man whose I have the happiness to be the friend—in an adress from the British Commissaries to Congress, the first one after jonhstone was excluded, they speack in the most di[s]respectfull terms of my Nation, and Country—the whole is undersign’d by them and more particularly by the president lord Carlisle—I am the first french officer in Rank of the american army, I am Not unknown to the British, and if Somebody must take Notice of Such expressions, that advantage does, I believe, belong to me—do’nt you think, my dear general, that I schould do well, to write a letter on the Subject to lord Carlisle, where I Should Notice his expressions in an unfriendly manner—I have mentionn’d some thing of that design to the Count d’estaing but want intirely to fix my opinion by yours which I instantly beg as soon as you will find it Convenient.

“To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 24 September 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 118–119.] (02/35/2023)

We see that La Fayette’s passion had considerable cooled down by the time he wrote Washington. Washington replied in early October.

Washington to La Fayette, October 4, 1778:

The generous Spirit of Chivalry, exploded by the rest of the World, finds a refuge—My dear friend—in the sensibility of your Nation only—But it is in vain to cherish it, unless you can find Antagonists to support it; and however well adapted it might have been to the times in which it existed, in our days it is to be feared that your opponent, sheltering himself behind modern opinion, and under his present public Character of Commissioner, would turn a virtue of such ancient date, into ridicule—Besides, supposing his Lordship accepted your terms—experience has proved, that chance is as often, as much concerned in deciding these matters as bravery—and always more than the justice of the Cause; I would not therefore have your life, by the remotest possibility, exposed, when it may be reserved for so many greater occasions. His Excellency the Admiral I flatter myself, will be in Sentimt with me; and, as soon as he can spare you, send you to head Quarters, where I anticipate the pleasure of seeing you.

It is interesting that Washington mentions d’Estaing here because the two men had a four letter long discussion about the subject. The Admiral wrote to Washington on September 25, 1778, to inquire after his opinion of the proposed duel. Washington replied on October 2, 1778 that until now he had not been aware of La Fayette’s sentiments. To that, d’Estaing replied with a detailed explanation why he is against the duel.

Comte d’Estaing to George Washington, October 20, 1778:

I had the honor of asking you whether you permitted him to send his Cartel to Lord Carlisle to satisfy myself whether you were informed of it—you were so kind as to acquaint me that you had not seen the Cartel1—I thought from that circumstance that you would forbid the execution of it—I am still persuaded that this is the case—Such marks of zeal, bravery and sensibility are never authorised in Europe by its Generals—they might fruitlessly rob the respective nations of their best subjects—Besides, Embassadors, Commissioners and men in office—Are supposed to speak only in consequence of orders which they have received—as public organs they owe an account only to their own government of the things which they hazard—Nations revenge their own injuries—those who have most reason and Strength on their side are the most sparing in opprobrious terms, and despise them—they respect their enemies while they endeavour to subdue them; they surpass them in wisdom when they refrain from such offensive terms; which one would think should be only the useless resource of those who would dissemble their injustice: I could not then but presume that Lord Carlisle would not accept a Cartel, which he would have done extremely well to refuse—Older than Mr de la fayette, the experience which age gives, tranquilised me upon the two subjects which I have just submitted to Your Excellency, and which made me regard the Cartel ’till now as almost null—it appeared to me a consequence of the interesting Character which led this brave and amiable frenchman into the service of the United States—to have entreated your interposition in this affair would have appeared like a doubt of your doing it. the delicacy of my countryman might likewise have been wounded, if it should have been known that your Refusal had been solicited by me—I do not hesitate however Sir to make the request; I am this moment informed that Genl Hancock told Mr de choin yesterday that the English Commissioner had provided himself with a Substitute; can he have been guilty of choosing a bully! it is impossible that you should have suffered a doubtful expression in this cartel, to have had such an effect—This Challenge can only regard Mylord Carlisle and could not have been construed otherwise—Your Excellency certainly will not have suffered it (…)

“To George Washington from Vice Admiral d’Estaing, 20 October 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 479–480.] (02/25/2023)

Washington replied on October 24, 1778, that he was of the exact same opinion as the Admiral and that he had just communicated this opinion to La Fayette:

The coincidence between Your Excellencys sentiments respecting the Marquis de la fayettes cartel, communicated in the letter with which you honored me the 20th and those which I expressed to him on the same subject; is peculiarly flattering to me—I am happy to find that my disapprobation of this measure, was founded on the same arguments which in Your Excellencys hands acquire new force and persuasion. (…) I however continued to lay my friendly commands upon him, to renounce his project, but I was well assured that if he determined to persevere in it, neither authority nor vigilance would be of any avail to prevent his message to Lord Carlisle. And tho his ardour was an overmatch for my advice and influence, I console myself with the reflexion that his Lordship will not accept the challenge and that while our friend gains all the applause which is due to him for wishing to become the champion of his country; he will be secure from the possibility of such danger as my fears might otherwise have raised for him—by those powerful barriers which shelter his lordship, and which I am persuaded he will not in the present instance violate.

“From George Washington to Vice Admiral d’Estaing, 24 October 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 17, 15 September–31 October 1778, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 551–552.] (02/25/2023)

While we see therefore, that d’Estaing was not in favour of the duel, La Fayette would later write in his Memoirs that he had the Admirals full support.

Despite Washington’s refusal to grant La Fayette leave to fight a duel, La Fayette did challenge Carlisle anyway. He wrote to the Earl on October 5, 1775:

Until now, milord, I believed that I would have to deal only with your generals, and I hoped for the honor of seeing them only at the head of the troops which are respectively entrusted to us. Your letter of August 26 to the Congress of the United States and the insulting sentence regarding my country to which you subscribed your name could alone have given me something to clear up with you. I do not deign to deny it, milord, but I wish to chastize it. It is you, as head of the commission, whom I summon to make amends to me as public as was the offense and the denial that follows it will be. That refutation would not have been so delayed had the letter reached me sooner. Since I am obliged to be away for a few days, I hope to find your answer upon my return. M. de Gimat, a French officer, will make any arrangements in my behalf that are agreeable to you. I do not doubt that, for the honor of his compatriot, General Clinton will willingly countenance it. As for me, milord, all terms are good, provided that to the glorious advantage of being born a Frenchman, I shall add that of proving to a man of your nation that no one will ever attack mine with impunity.

Lord Carlisle replied to the Challenge on October 11, 1778 and, as predicted by Washington and d’Estaing, refused to accept the challenge:

I have received Your Letter transmitted to me from Mons. de Gimat, and I confess I find it difficult to return a serious Answer to its Contents. The only one that can be expected from me as the King’s Commissioner, and which You ought to have known, is that I do and ever shall consider myself solely answerable to my Country and my King and not to any Individual for my public Conduct and Language. As for any Opinions or Expressions contained in any publication issued under the Commission in which I have the Honour to be named, unless they are retracted in Public, You may be assured I shall never in any Change of Situation be disposed to give an Account of them much less recall in Private. The Injury alluded to in the Correspondence of the King’s Commissioners to the Congress I must remind You is not of a private Nature, and I conceive all national Disputes will be best decided by the Meeting of Admiral Byron and the Count d’Estaign.

I have to admit that I really, really love Carlisle’s answer! But alas, La Fayette did not. He wrote, rather furious, to d’Estaing on October 20, 1778, that:

Lord Carlisle made me a very tardy reply, in which he escapes by means of diplomatic prerogatives. His prudence even goes so far as to provide for the time when the commission has ceased and I might take up my desire to correct the commissioner. He claims not to be bound to any reckoning of this kind.

While La Fayette was rather displeased with the turn of events at first, he later, in his Memoirs, acknowledged, that Carlisle had been in the right and that it was good of him to refuse the challenge.

That is the context surrounding the proposed Carlisle-La Fayette-duel and the only time that La Fayette actually challenged somebody to a duel instead of just contemplating the thought.

I hope you have/had a lovely day!

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My sister just got the cutest puppy known to man and I was dogsitting, so for whatever reason I thought it’d be fun to write how I think the companions (base game) would react to puppies. If anyone wants to see more people from the game, let me know I guess??

Rex and Roxie have a big litter of puppies.

Arcade:

Arcade is anxious about the idea of a bunch of puppies around, but he warms up to them quickly. He already loved Rex, so a bunch of mini-Rexes crowding around him whenever he sat down was no different (though the puppies find it fun to chew on his work, annoyingly). He finds that he worries more about their health if they accidentally swallow the paper than the fact that they’re chewing his research, though. He will step on one of their tails by accident, which gets everyone to side eye him disapprovingly. He’s now afraid whenever why’re nearby, and watches the floor like a hawk.

Boone:

Boone likes dogs, but Rex’s puppies initially seem intimidating- after all, Rex has made it clear that he hates his hat, and him for wearing it. So, to make sure that if that hat-hating was passed down the dogs still wouldn’t hate him, Boone bribes them with dog treats whenever nobody is around. He will try to act tough and nonchalant anyway, but the second he’s handed a puppy to hold, he’s all melty and warm inside. He secretly hopes that the King/Courier lets him keep one, but the idea of taking one of them away from their family hurts his heart.

Cass:

When they’re first born, Cass thinks they’re cute, but as they get older and more energetic? Absolutely not. The amount of times she’s accidentally stepped on their feet or said something sudden and loud and scared them off is immeasurable, and every time Boone glares at her like she’s a monster. That, and Rex apparently passed down the trait of leaving presents inside of her shoes. On the surface, she hates those little rascals, but you will catch her letting them cuddle up with her. If you bring it up, she’ll say something about appeasing the demons, and might get defensive if you suggest she just likes them.

Raul:

Raul complains about how playing with them hurts his old bones, but he loves the little puppies. He plays with them the second most often, actually, and if anyone is around, he’ll talk about a dog he had before the war. He’s also the least upset when they start chewing his shoes (though he might panic a bit if he’s not in his jumpsuit because the Vaquero outfit is important to him). He also probably helped name most of them, and added little charms to their collars.

Veronica:

The best with them. Any time she’s around, she’s down on the floor playing with them. She will scour any shops for toys and treats (she never finds the treats because Boone buys them all out of stock) to give them. She also loves when they have the zoomies because she thinks they’re absolutely adorable when they’re running around. Also she thinks it’s funny that Cass gets scared whenever they run past her suddenly. She will actually sit out adventures with the Courier to dogsit. She also probably helped with the names, but only one or two has names she suggested.

Lily:

She probably didn’t even notice there was more barking than usual until someone shows her one of the puppies. At that point, she’s practically melting in the spot. She’s very gentle with them, and, despite being the biggest, she never once steps on their feet or scares them. They seem to find her presence very comforting, and crowd around her whenever she’s around. She’s the favorite.

ED-E:

ED-E is very confused. Where did these puppies come from exactly? Why are there so many? And why is everyone obsessed with them? He’s not jealous, though, just curious. He gains his own love for them because they seem to like ‘playing’ with him, as whenever he floats to close, they’ll try to jump up and catch him. He thinks it’s fun.

Rex:

The best dog dad. He and Roxie are the best parents, and he has an entire village helping to raise the litter (the Lucky 38 and the Kings!).

#Rex fnv #fallout new vegas #arcade gannon #craig boone #rose of Sharon cassidy #veronica santangelo #Raul Alfonso tejada #lily bowen #ED-E

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lampmanliveblogs · 1 year

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New glyph combo acquired! I watched a few more seconds and saw that it stops falling objects. I also managed to actually get a few decent enough glimpses of it to make out what the entire thing looks like.

It’s one light glyph, surrounded by one ice glyph and one fire glyph. Hmm… not sure if I see any connection there to negating or lessening gravity. I guess light is, well, light.

On a more important note, Luz did that thing I do every other week where I decided that Today Is The Day I’m fInally Going To Get My Life Together and then just never do. Her To Do list for the day includes constructing a fully-functioning portal door, something that took Philip at least ten years, figure out every possible glyph combination which would probably require a lifetime or more (which is not really an option for Luz, unless… you know) and figure out Belos’ evil plan and defeat him. And even I’m not sure what Belos’ plan actually is, much less how they’d go about defeating him.

Suffice it to say, Luz is taking on maybe a little too much.

This made me burst out laughing. Is Belos evil? Do you think!??

Also, wasn’t Ruler’s Reach the name of that book King & Luz wrote in that one episode in season one?

It got better.

The real question is, who was he trying to send that picture of Little Rascal to? Probably one of the Emerald Entrails. My money’s on Willow.

(that profile picture, it’s… it sure is something)

I wasn’t too far off with what I said about Luz making that reminder months ahead. She and Camila apparently have some tradition that they do every year and this being the first time in years that they’re apart for this occasion… it’s got Luz catching the sad. And so she tries to distract herself with working on a hundred things at once, and as a result, accomplishing very little.

On another note, that is Eda’s old grudgby jacket she wore back in Wing It Like Witches*. It looks good on you Luz. Maybe you should try it on. See if its fits. Who knows, maybe what you need to get out of your funk is a new wardrobe.

I’ve seen art of Luz wearing that jacket, is what I’m trying to say.

(*i went back to rewatch a scene from that episode and I spotted Raine in a photograph in Eda’s photo album)

So Amity has her own problems that can distract Luz.

So today is the day of the Bonesbrorough Brawl which sounds like some kind of wrestling thing, but I assume magic is involved too. Or maybe it’s not at all like wrestling and just straight up duels or some such. That doesn’t exactly look like a wrestling outfit Alador’s wearing there (I’ll talk more about the photo in a sec).

But today is also the tryouts for the Emperor’s Coven. Odalia has already signed Amity up for it and Alador assigned an Abomaton to, ah… escort her there. Now, I don’t know when witches are considered adults on the Boiling Isles, but Amity is what? Fourteen? Maybe fifteen? Isn’t that a little to young to be joining the army? I know Hunter was probably younger, but he’s a special case… then again, he was serious about the Emerald Entrails joining and they were around Amity’s age, soooo…

Amity, of course, doesn’t want to join the Emperor’s Coven. In fact, she doesn’t want to join ANY coven anymore. She just wants to go to the brawl, compete and hopefully win, like her dad once upon a time.

It is not lost on me that this is something Amity wants to do with her dad, you know, something they can share and have in common… and meanwhile, Luz had something she wanted to do and share with her mom. So much for a distraction.

Let’s talk about the photo for a sec. Obviously, we have Alador as the central figure. He’s obviously much younger, his eyes are brighter and doesn’t have the bags they do in the present. His hair looks a bit more well-kept although his hands are still stained (thought that could be from the fight). He had the goggles already. He’s also wearing some kind of tank on his back, probably for his abomination goop.

If we look in the lower right corner we can see Odalia. It’s kinda hard to tell, but I think she might be blushing? If we look a bit above Odalia, on one of the large skulls in the background, we can see Eda and Raine watching the spectacle from above. On the lower left we find Darius booing. Already Alador’s rival back then, huh? Also, the person with the fangs next to Darius kinda looks like a vampire, which we know exists on the Boiling Isles.

#the owl house #liveblog #the owl house liveblog #toh s2e14 #reaching out

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regarding-stories · 11 months

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Didn't expect that: "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai"

There are shows on Netflix that I notice, then don't watch at first, remain confused by their descriptive text, then watch after all. It kind of was like this with the amazing Romantic Killer, and it was definitely like this with the Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

I somehow stumbled about some online comments disliking the series, and let it sit for a while. But somewhere down the line I was casting about for something to watch, and frankly, it completely surprised me.

(I will do some spoilers, but I try to keep it light. Also, looking for an article I wrote about Romantic Killer I found I haven't written one - talk about being backlogged!)

My Little Science Mystery

At its heart, the show looks at consciousness and self partially from a perspective of quantum physics and mathematics, focusing on aspects like attention, observation, strong wishes, parallel selves, and branching timelines. To get such topics into the story it invented "Puberty Syndrome / Adolescence Syndrome," a mysterious condition most people believe to be an internet urban legend. Except that almost everyone that loner and high school 2nd year Sakuta knows or ends up knowing will end up having it - if they're girls, that is. Or himself.

To explain what that is, let's go with the opening scene. Future heroine Mai, an extremely good-looking third-year (and hence Sakuta's senpai in high school), walks around the library in a Playboy bunny costume, unnoticed by most everyone except our protagonist. This seemingly eccentric scene from the trailer has a serious background - an increasing number of people cannot see Mai anymore.

Sakuta teams up with Mai and his hot science geek friend Rio to solve the mystery, digging into the relationship between the observer and the observed from quantum mechanics - or rather the idea from philosophy: If a tree falls in the forest without anybody seeing it, has it indeed happened? (And what sound does it make?) This leads of course to also very practical problems: You need other people to observe you to interact in daily life. And it begs the question - if our reality is a consensus, do we need the acknowledgment of others just to exist...?

The show, behind its science-y techno babble, actually has a lot of heart. The problems all root in emotions, interpersonal problems, and their resolutions are often very dramatic and touching. This is true of Mai's story as of the other ones to follow.

Some things to note

First of all: the series name. Each book in the light novel series has a title starting with "Rascal Does Not Dream Of" - but somehow the anime series got named after the first installment. This is most apparent once the money-making train rolled out of the station - instead of continuing the apparently successful anime series, the very dramatic events of two volumes were packed into two animated movies (mo' money! kaching!) - Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out. I had not access to these so I read the books.

The books, in turn, are very readable, and given their content, these two movies are some heavy, dramatic shit, no doubt. The series heavily escalates its dramatic impact towards these two titles. In fact, you could say the books rolled into the anime series are actually a setup of characters and ideas that will culminate in these movies. (Which will also invest you into watching them. Well played, studio, well played indeed.) Sakuta's own Puberty Syndrome, that of his sister Kaede, the mystery stranger Shouko, all of that is set up long before you ever really pick up on it, revealing a series that had a long-term plan.

The books are good reads, solid prose, too. The pacing of these two particular books is kind of dragging, but the author really wanted to transmit the heavy emotions of the protagonist. They certainly had me near my limit! The story of Mai, Sakuta, and his first love Shouko is beautiful, sad, dramatic, and ultimately very, very satisfying - and I don't want to spoil it for you! Just know that if you only watch the anime and I guess the movies, you're probably in for feeling very rewarded and satisfied - after a certain amount of suffering. (Again, couldn't watch the movies, but the book version is already top.)

Having started with the anime, I can only guess that the term "rascal" is what they translated differently when Rio keeps calling him a "pig." Somehow she always insults Sakuta (throughout the anime series), and admittedly Sakuta has a pervy side - but unlike most protagonists he seems to be a bit of a happy masochist when it comes to his love interest.

Anyway, the show and books are well worth it, the cast of characters is built over time and well done, and innocuous background details presented in the start will be the seed of more stories to come. The series is going strong, there are still untranslated light novel volumes, and so I will keep on reading.

#rascal does not dream of bunny girl senpai #anime series #high school anime #romantic anime #rascal does not dream of a dreaming girl #rascal does not dream of a sister venturing out #light novels

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transparencyboo · 1 year

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We spent the evening playing Punky Skunk on the Playstation, as one does. It's a surprisingly nice and breezy little plattformer aimed towards a younger audience. In that way it doesn't really pose that much of a challenge to us as gamer brained adults, but I think it would be a fun experience for a kid at the time. It also has this mechanic where you can pick up different suits and then switch between the one you've got equipped and your regular form. Kind of reminded us a bit about Balan Wonderworld funnily enough, since Punky can't jump in some of the suits.

I found it a bit interesting though to read that it apparently got a very negative reception at the time, and was supposedly panned for it's presentation, gameplay and music. Which is kind of strange to me. I get that a lot of people wanted 3D games at the time, but Punky Skunk has such a colourful presentation, cute sprites and a ton of nice animations. The music too is very pleasant, and even has some notable names behind it. I get the feeling that sometimes gamers just have trouble grasping that something wasn't made specifically with them in mind. Which is a shame.

Next Generation apparently gave it a scathing 1 out of 5 and compared it unfavourably to Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. Ouf! I genuinely have trouble seeing why anyone would have it in their heart to be too negative about this cute little plattformer for babies. I don't know, it just seems a bit harsh to me, haha.

Like who could hate this little rascal?

#psx #ps1 games #psx games #playstation #ps1 graphics #furry

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kulaiyin · 1 year

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(content: honkai star rail 1.0 main story and various herta space station exploration up to 1st destination)

SO... STAR RAIL...

hsr really caught my eye because of all the familiar characters in different AUs... i feel like as another installment to honkai franchise i have to see what the characters do!

honestly, it’s great that there’s a mix of old and new faces so newcomers don’t feel like they need to have a lot of context to enjoy the characters.

very excited to witness a new world and story made by these devs!! (/≧▽≦)/

(reactions under the cut! warning, VERY image heavy...)

KAFKA! she’s so different from her hi3 design... but i’m sure she’s taken the internet by storm already. we love a cool gal 👏

i love that each chara takes out their phone for the pause screen!

BRONY-- no, hold on... BRONI-- no, that ain’t it either... SILVERWOLF!!!

i find it so interesting that bronie’s nickname is a "bunny that hunts wolves” and now she is silverwolf in star rail... well, bronya does have the “wolf of urals” nickname so maybe it’s combined... ANYWAY COOL TO SEE HER SO EARLY!!!!!

but... i just keep getting the impression that kafka is evil so my gut reaction is “why are you on the bad guy’s side?! Σ(っ °Д °;)っ

already love the environment and aesthetics of this place...

i ended up naming my mc pluto! i picked female mc because she’s cool...

ended up being a great choice because--! SHE SOUNDS SO GOOD IN CHINESE VOICEOVER AAAAAAA A DEEP VOICE... sounds almost like rosaria! 🥺💕

the game’s flavor text humor is cranked up to 100...

i was caught 1000000% off guard by arlan’s voice HRKLJLRKJGLJH i was already a little bit interested in his design before but... BUT... (deep voiced female va... very good...)

(FOUND OUT THAT ARLAN’S VA DID KIANA HOLY HELL KIANNAAAA anyway i need arlan)

i took the screenshot at an unflattering angle but HIMEKO LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL HERE AAHRHAHGHRGH

THE ENVIRONMENTS ARE SO COOL!!! i tried to talk to every npc... it’s kind of sad how they’ll be traumatized after the event... since the mc woke up kind of far from the main destruction, i didn’t feel the impact of the attack until now...

my first 4* using the warp pass... a light cone 🤧

i went to search the wiki for this light cone and i couldn’t find it ∑( 口 || this is uncharted territory...

ABOUT TO BECOME A MARCH 7TH MAIN

BEAT MY FIRST FORMIDABLE FOE WITH A LOT OF EFFORT

WELT MY MAN!!! HE SOUNDS SO OLD AND DEEP IN THIS GAME

fu hua references in the achievements?! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ) (taixu is the correct spelling of taixuan)

PEPPY HAS AN IN-GAME MODEL?!?!?!

I’LL PROTECT PEPPY WITH MY LIFE

the noises it makes... oughr... ouughheghrg (dies

“please just order me around as you please” but unironically

this whole conversation was funny... i just assume every npc with an afro is part of the afro society now...

it is SO FUNNY that they made mc like this, i love reading mc’s thoughts and impulses... they are such a rascal

himeko sword and traveler’s wing glider... 🤧 apparently there is a tears of themis reference in here too, in the card stack!

beginners warp also got me qingque!!! i love her auto attack animation... she has fun mechanics and is pretty strong (to my noob self), but very action-hungry! 😳

i got destroyed right after

SO FUNNYYYYYYYY

i took this screenshot because i thought the angle was cool...

i’d really love if eventually, later in the game’s lifespan, we could get our own room on the express to decorate...

i’ll break off the post here and continue in another one since i can’t add any more images without tumblr being mad at me haha... oops (￣┰￣*)ゞ

see you next post!

#hsrdiary

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yume-x-hanabi · 1 year

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1 for b²tsm, 4, and 13! And on the last two, I'm actually curious about this over separate media, ie listing a book/manga, then a show, then a video game? Very curious to see what all comes up for both those last two numbers as well. :)

1. Favorite character from B²TSM

Mozart, that little gremlin. Look at him: this is the face of someone who knows he's starting a fandom war and is absolutely proud of himself. He's a menace, I love him.

4. Favorite show/ book/ fandom/ etc?

Show: Gunshi Kanbee. The day it's no longer my favorite drama ever is the day I die (or something exceptional comes out i guess...)

Anime/manga: Natsume Yuujinchou. I love it so much, so many warm feels and endearing characters. When is season 7, it's been so long 😭

Book: I haven't read actual books in so long I'm not really sure what to answer. It used to be that wizard book that shall not be named, but, well, I can't look at it the same now. Can I name Rascal? It's not actual published book but it's original fiction, so it should count, right? Cute kinky couple shenanigans is good for the soul, also I'm a sucker for mystery, ALSO it has one of my favorite female characters of all times, so. I say it counts :p

Video game: Tales of Xillia (do I even need to say it XD). It's consumed my life for 11 years so far, it can do so for 11 more.

13. Any show/ book/ fandom/ etc you’ve been meaning to get into?

Show: I've been considering watching Arcane because Ray Chen apparently has a small cameo in it and I'm a desperate fangirl (yes i know my priorities are all in order)

Anime/manga: idk, I haven't really kept up with what's been and gonna be released these days, so I have no idea. Only ones I'm really looking forward to are remakes/sequels of anime I already love.

Book: probably that new (probably not so new by now lmao) book by Joel Dicker that my brother got me a couple years ago and I haven't read yet because I suck at picking up books. So I should start with that, yeah 😂

Video game: I'm still like five games behind on Pokémon, and haven't finished the Link's Awakening remake. Do I look like I have time for new games? 😅 (jk, I wanna catch up my backlog one day. but still...)

Please anyone feel free to recommend anything for any of these categories, as you can see I suck at getting into new things.

#ask yume

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cocopuffbutgayer · 27 days

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got sick and wrote a turtle essay prt2

3.red eared slider(Trachemys scripta elegan)The red-eared slider is a mid-sized aquatic turtle with a patch of red on each side of its head which is why it has its name sake. The carapace is olive brown with numerous black and yellow lines. The plastron is yellow, with each scute normally having a large darkish brown or black splotche. The exposed skin is dark green with narrow black and yellow lines. A wide red or orange stripe is present on each side of the head behind the eye. Older ones sometimes have an excess of black pigment that covers most of the yellow stripes on the shell and skin and the red stripe behind the eye. This condition is known as melanism and is associated with old males the king still be slayin. Adult upper shell length 5 to 8 inches, occasionally to 12 inches. Adult females have larger shells than adult males which it understandable. The red-eared slider occurs in a wide variety of aquatic habitats, but it prefers a mud bottom(much like soft shells), plenty of aquatic plants, and basking sites to sun bake! they tend to eat plants more as well but going deeper in the diet later. This turtle lives in both natural waters (including rivers, sloughs, and oxbow lakes) and human-made waters (such as ditches, ponds, and reservoirs). Red-eared sliders living in the Mississippi River prefer slow, muddy habitats they can hold breath for up to 30 minutes depending on age and size.Through most of Missouri, this turtle becomes active in March, and it remains active until mid-Octoberis it prefers slighty warm ish but around 50 degrees f°. A population of sliders studied in cooler climates in northeastern Missouri were up from late April to the middle of September.On sunny days, basking in the sun on logs or other objects projecting from the water begins in midmorning and generally lasts until midafternoon. Sometimes a log is covered with many basking sliders, ive personaly seen this and its so cute!At night, red-eared sliders will sleep while resting on the bottom or floating on the water's surface. They are often seen moving about on land, especially males moving between ponds and females searching for nesting sites. Individuals overwinter underwater buried in the mud or under a cut bank.Red-eared sliders eat a wide range of both aquatic plants and aquatic animals. Young individuals often consume more of a carnivorous diet, but as they age, their diet shifts to more plant foods. Foraging takes place in early morning and late afternoon.During the 13 or 17 year mass emergences of periodical cicadas, sliders and other turtles feed heavily on this available and abundant resource.red-eared sliders only attack vulnerable prey but are known to attack if any gets to close to their domain. They may be known to attack in groups? And It is possible that the carnivorous tendencies of adult red-eared sliders depends on their digestive bacteria which is interesting but it can very depending on what foods around. Apparently, one of the reasons that immature or juvenile red-eared sliders are predatory omnivores is because they don't have the gut microflora needed to digest plants and algae but that may be due to I need for prominent. There are several YouTube videos of violent red-eared sliders tearing apart large animals such as rodents and birds.Often these are turtles in artificial environments and confined spaces, which is... yesh why would you do that to em. The turtles are clearly conditioned to be aggressive, thats not amazing but that can be due to a lack of knowledge on raising them they eat more plants then animals normally so if you want these cute Lil guys do research. but they are know to be very ballsy when it comes to predators and are rascals. they can make sounds like a croaking, clicking, hissing and chirping they also wiggle their fingers to intimate predators and attract mates,(2nd is basically just males)silly little things!

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