#I thought it would be vampire bats but no they look like pterodactyls

[gilettefusion5]

Literally just screamed ARCHAEOPTERYX at the top of my lungs because it was relevant to my show, as though I don’t have neighbors or anything to think I’m a basket case for yelling about dinosaurs at 2 am

#honestly at this point they should be used to it #poor girls #I thought it would be vampire bats but no they look like pterodactyls #drunk lucy thoughts #inuyasha rewatch #storytime with lucy

[eregyrn-falls-art]

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY TO GRAVITY FALLS!

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Back in Oct. 2018, my project for inktober was at least one pic from every episode.  Because of the pace, there were restrictions; I did each on a post-it note, limited coloring, and chose things that would fit the square format and that I could get done in time (between working full-time and owl-banding most nights).  I always sort of wanted to redo a bunch of those; but really, what occasion would merit putting in THAT much time and effort for a project of that size?

Well, how about for the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Gravity Falls?

I’m not saying this was a *smart* project to tackle, but I thought it might be “easier” because I had first drafts of most of the pieces; I just wanted to redo them so they’d look better, with 4 more years of practice under my belt and a new move to digital art.  (Narrator: it was not really easier.)  Some I redid completely, or did new to create the full sets above.  Basically, once I’d hit on this idea, and decided to link it to the refrain of “How Far We’ve Come”, I was committed; there was no way I was going to *not* try to do it.

I know that “How Far We’ve Come” gets fanvidded for eight billion different shows.  But, the first time I heard the song was in one of the first Gravity Falls fanvids I ever watched (link  below), so it will always be a GF song for me.

Gravity Falls has meant a lot to me for the past 6 years that I’ve been active in the fandom.  I have no doubt it will always have a big place in my heart. I’m definitely not done with things I’d like to do for it.  I’m so glad to see people coming together to celebrate this big anniversary! 

ALSO: needless to say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Stan and Ford!

“How Far We’ve Come” by @findmeinthealps2 ​

IDs under the cut.

Image descriptions.  The post consists of six images, each with a one-word header.  Together they spell out, “LET’S SEE HOW FAR WE’VE COME”.  Each image has 8 square pictures under the header.  Each picture is a screenshot-redraw from an episode of the show, usually consisting of one or a couple of characters against a simple colored background.

The first image’s 8 redraws are: Dipper and Mabel from “Tourist Trapped”; Old Man McGucket from “The Legend of the Gobblewonker”; Mabel and Bats Biker from “Headhunters”; Lil Gideon from “The Hand that Rocks the Mabel”; Mabel from “The Inconveniencing”; Dipper from “Dipper vs. Manliness”; Dipper and Dipper clone 5 from “Double Dipper”; and Mabel and Quentin Trembley from “Irrational Treasure”.

The second image’s 8 redraws are: Mabel and Waddles from “The Time Traveler’s Pig”; Robbie and Dipper from “Fight Fighters”; Stan and Lil Gideon from “Little Dipper”; the Summerween Trickster from “Summerween”; Stan in his vampire costume from “Summerween”; Mabel and Dipper from “Boss Mabel”; Stan from “The Bottomless Pit”; and Mermando from “The Deep End”.

The third image’s 8 redraws are: Dipper and Mabel from “Carpet Diem”; Mabel surrounded by Sev’ral Timez from “Boyz Crazy”; Stan punching the pterodactyl from “The Land Before Swine”; Bill Cipher in giant red angry form from “Dreamscaperers”; Mabel and Dipper from “Gideon Rises”; Dipper, Mabel and Stan from “Scary-oke”; the Shapeshifter from “Into the Bunker”; and Mabel and Pacifica Northwest from “The Golf War”.

The fourth image’s 8 redraws are: Bipper from “Sock Opera”; Soos Ramirez and Melody from “Soos and the Real Girl”; Stan from “Little Gift Shop of Horrors”; Old Man McGucket from “The Society of the Blind Eye”; Mabel fighting Blendin Blandin from “Blendin’s Game”; Robbie Valentino and Tambry from “The Love God”; Pacifica Northwest and Dipper from “Northwest Mansion Mystery”; and Stan from “Not What He Seems”.

The fifth image’s 8 redraws are: Mabel from “Not What He Seems”; Ford’s arrival from “Not What He Seems”; Ford and Stan as teenagers from “A Tale of Two Stans”; Dipper and Ford as elf characters from “Dungeons, Dungeons & More Dungeons”; Stan from “The Stanchurian Candidate”; Mabel, Wendy, Candy, and Grenda after their fight with the unicorns from “The Last Mabelcorn”; Darlene the spider lady from “Roadside Attraction”; and Dipper and Ford with Bill Cipher’s shadow over them from “Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future”.

The sixth and final image’s 8 redraws are: Bill Cipher holding up the gold statue of Ford from “Weirdmageddon Pt. 1″; Wendy Corduroy from “Weirmageddon Pt. 1″; Dipper and Mabel from their class day photo in “Weirdmageddon Pt. 2″; Bill Cipher in giant red monster form trying to capture Dipper and Mabel from “Weirdmageddon Pt. 3″; Stan punching Bill Cipher in the mindscape from “Weirdmageddon Pt. 3″; the group gathered around Stan sitting in his chair while Mabel shows him her scrapbook, from “Weirdmageddon Pt. 3″; Dipper and Mabel waving goodbye from the bus window from “Weirdmageddon Pt. 3″; and Stan and Ford laughing together in the rain, after defeating the giant squid, on their boat the Stan o’ War II, from “Weirmageddon Pt. 3″.

#gravity falls #gf 10th anniversary #stanford pines #stanley pines #mabel pines #dipper pines #wendy corduroy #soos ramirez #fiddleford mcgucket #pacifica northwest #robbie valentino #gideon gleeful #candy chiu #grenda grendinator #bill cipher #my art #yeah okay sorry... it's past midnight where i am #time to start the anniversary celebrations! #ids under the cut

[gardenofshadcws]

Dracula Daily Day 86

IT’S THE BIG ONE 

Dr. Seward’s Diary

Renfield nooooo I’m so upset

Dracula how dare you beat my boy like this I’m in PAIN

AND NOW YOU GO AND BLAME HIM FOR THIS?  LIKE HE DID IT TO HIMSELF???

Dr. Abe this is so not an accident what are you talking about

Arthur and Quincey heard the plot needed them and who are they to refuse?

Can we save his life because he’s a human and a good bean and not just because he has information?  Like please?

HE’S ALIVE!!!  

“What’s wrong with my face?” I’m DISTRAUGHT

DON’T DIE

“I must go back to death - or worse” DRACULA HOW COULD YOU

The way Renfield capitalizes He like Dracula is a god, or on a level with God is so telling without saying much at all

Ugh this poor thing has been a victim this entire time.  And Jack just looks at him like a science experiment.

“I don’t care for the pale people” AAAHH MINA

Everything hurts and I’m dying

He tried to SAVE her BABY RENFIELD AAGHGH.

Oh cool we’ve gotten what we wanted so we’re just ditching im I guess.

Quincey I love you but I think saving her from becoming a vampire is more important than silly Victorian propriety

DRACULA GET AWAY FROM HERRRR.

It’s truly disgusting how many adaptations saw this scene with Dracula drinking from Mina and decided “romantic?  Sexy?  Soulmates???”

BUT THE SUITOR SQUAD GOT THIS FUCK OUTTA HERE

Noooo Mina ;~;

This part is destroying me

Jonathan seeing his wife distress and immediately going “I’m going to kill the fucker” is glorious

Mina and Jonathan are relationship goals

“I much touch him or kiss him no more”  “aww hell no” Jonathan is the most ride or die ever.  Given the choice between Mina or God and he chooses Mina I LOVE this sweet boy

NOOO THE RECORDS.  But it’s okay, Mina’s the best and saved everything

RENFIEEEEELDDDDD 

PTERODACTYL SCREECH

BABYYYY NOOOOO

Quincey and his bats, man.

I’m so upset

The story of Dracula slipping in to attack Mina is just as horrifying the second time around

“A little refreshment” ewww

“What have I done to deserve such a fate” NOTHING MINA YOU’RE PERFECT AND WE’RE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE YOU HERE

And there goes Jonathan’s hair

Jonathan Harker’s Journal

Jonathan stressing makes me stressed

God’s not helping you, your friends are helping you

RENFIEEEEEELLLLLLLD

He tried to save Mina and this is what he gets 

This attendant sucks at his job and now my SWEET BOY IS DEAD.

Nothing should have been kept from Mina in the first place dammit

“I shall die!” MINAAAA.

Van Helsing’s right for once, that’s not actually going to help anything. 

Yes, lockpicking, much better than breaking in.

At least Mina doesn’t have fangs yet, that’s a good sign

Way to go Van Helsing, you made Mina cry again.

And then you burned her head.  You’re handling this extremely poorly, man.

Poor Mina :(  Girl just wants to live her life

“She shall not go into that unknown and terrible land alone” AWWWW.  JONATHAN YOU ARE THE SWEETEST.

This is so romantic it’s melting my black dead heart

“I have written this in the train” Just like the beginning of the book, that’s a beautiful callback.

“The place smells so vilely” perhaps that’s because you just lit a cigar, Art (yes, I know it’s Vamp Stink)

Dr. Seward’s Diary

It always seems like a long wait when we’re waiting for Arthur and Quincey.

Jonathan babyyyy

Yeah, Jack, you’ve got nothing on Jonathan I’m sorry

So, if Dracula was a scholar, are we… condemning the seeking of knowledge over faith?  Is that what’s happening here?

The zoophagous patient had a NAME, dammit

Jonathan is out for BLOOD.  And not in the vampire way

There’s Dracula, it’s battle time!

Jonathan where the HELL did you get a kukri

Damn.  SO close.

All this and Mina’s still trying to put on a brave face

Can we stop talking about Mina’s purity because that’s giving off some really icky Madonna-whore stuff

These two love each other so freaking much

Stoker’s letting his boys cry again you love to see it

I am also in tears by the way if you even care

Jonathan Harker’s Journal

I too thought today would never end

“My poor wronged darling” awww

It’s okay, guys, Quincey’s here to protect you :’) 

#dracula #dracula daily #dracula liveblog #books

[cometcrystal]

favorite & least favorite scooby monsters by series

stipulations: the racist ones (zen tuo, the witch doctors, etc) would all get “least fav” by default so i’m gonna exclude them from this list so i’m not being redundant. we all know the racist ones are the worst. so these are my least favs that aren’t like. problematic.

ALSO it has to be a person in disguise OR an actual monster. it can’t be a villain that’s grounded in reality. so while i love professor huh, he doesn’t count here cause he’s a human and just Like That. likewise, i hate pericles, but he doesn’t count here cause he’s a bird and thus neither a guy in a mask nor a monster

sdway

fav - honestly a tie between the space kook and charlie. literally the GOATs. legends. 

least fav - THE ZOMBIE. FUCK THAT THING I HATE IT SO MUCH IT DOES NOTHING AND YET IT GETS MERCH

new sd movies

fav - moat monster. its just a big ol frog!

least fav - the ghost of redbeard. come the fuck on guys

the rest under the cut

tsds

fav - 10000 volt ghost and the technicolor ghosts. ik theyre just recolors of the giggling green ghosts but THEYRE ICE CREAM THEMED!! the creepy heap from the deep is also scary to me like if i saw him i’d run. honorary mentions are the skeleton men bc theyre cyclops but scooby doo doesnt care about calling stuff what it is and i think its funny and also i like the pterodactyl ghost. this show had a lot of good monsters

least fav - the rambling ghost. i dont dislike him but i dont rly DISLIKE any of the monsters from this series so i just picked the sports-themed one

scooby & scrappy

fav - the star creature. this thing is SO damn cool and unique. i also like the neon phantom because... what a weird concept

least fav - the blue scarab. BORING

new scooby & scrappy

fav - i guess the great white shark wins be default because i dont really care abt any of the others from this series. this show’s strength was daphne being back, not the monsters

least fav - phantom of the soaps. what a fucking loser

new sd mysteries 

im gonna keep it real with you chief! i was looking over the list of monsters and i literally dont remember a damn thing about any of them so i must have been disassociating for this entire series

13 ghosts

fav - DEMONDO. a comic book monster??? GOD thats so cool

least fav - nekara. dont take van ghoul away from his kids they need their dad

pup

fav - stinkweed cause i think its one of the only plant monsters scooby has had so far. also the design is very good

least fav - headless skateboarder. simon seville voice marijuana an unlawful substance used to experience artificial highs

wnsd

fav - the leeland brothers but i think its just because i love the chase song from that episode. also the mystery machine because i like when the mystery machine becomes evil and twisted. AND the toxic terror because fight capitalism + good design

least fav - headless snowman. it’s not even headless for god’s sake

sdmi

fav - the entity is honestly a shoo-in. name another scooby villain more evil and with as much impact. honorary mentions are the ghost truck, junk, the horrible herd, and the cicada monolith for some truly unique and scary monster concepts, and to the manticore for being marcie. sdmi had a TON of good ones

least fav - daphne’s writing wakka wakka. for real though fuck the dandy highwayman

bcsd

fav - the ghost of mother wins by FAR. probably the only tv scooby monster that actually legit creeped me out. also the rebooted space kook bc he’s had a glo up. bcsd also has a ton of good monsters!

least fav - the yeti bc the joke about it making no sense was funny but also the yeti itself doesn’t really do that much

guess who 

fav - i love the just so fucked up and twisted sia. its just sia but now shes evil. ALSO the screaming skulls of london & the dinosaurs in weird al ep are very good

least fav - the man-bat because it’s not even the actual dc man-bat it’s just the fucking joker again

scrappy era movies

fav - mirror shaggy. WAY better than werewolf shaggy imo

least fav - i wish i could bash in the skulls of reluctant werewolf’s version of count dracula and his two minions

zombie island era

fav - giant turkey :) & phantom virus! extremely cool monster he’ll zap ya!

least fav - as much as i LOVE the visceral horror and discomfort when fred rips off the zombie’s head cause he thought it was a mask, i just dont care about any of the monsters in zombie island

wnsd movies

fav - the loch ness monster. GENUINELY impressive. also the ghost of cleopatra bc god queen shit. bonus points go to everything in the goblin king

least fav - the chupacabra because THE CUPACABRA IS A DEMON DOG, NOT A BIGFOOT!!! and the yowie yahoo because THE YOWIE IS A BIGFOOT, NOT A VAMPIRE!!! literally how hard is it to do a google search before you design a monster

2002 & monsters unleashed

fav - its gotta be the 10000 volt ghost again. he’s my man

least fav - THE ZOMBIE!!!!!! FUCK THIS THING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

cartoon network live actions

fav - the ghosts in the first movie SO good guys theyre SO good

least fav - shelma

2010s dtv movies

fav - THE PHANTOSAUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL YES & the red ghost from the bobby flay movie is also extremely good imo i LOVE its design. & the multiple phantoms in stage fright. literally name something more iconic than the multiple phantoms

least fav - the big top werewolf.......scooby doo one of the things i love most dearly about you is when you make out-of-place monsters WORK (ex. a gryphon in a stage magic movie) but i really want something more exciting for a circus movie

dtv 20min shorts

fav - cornfield clem is my boy because i never cared about scarecrows before i saw this and he made me care. he and the scarecrow in scary stories to tell in the dark both showed me scarecrows can be interesting. thank u clem i love you.

least fav - i like all these monsters but ill list the sea monster here because just drink him up lol

#scooby doo #scooby meta

[caribbeanflamingo]

Monster Birds Of The Americas

For the greater part of current human's presence, state in the course of the last 50,000 to 100,000 years, on the off chance that we saw something fly under its own capacity, it was a flying creature, a bat or a creepy crawly - perhaps a 'flying' fish or 'flying' fox on the off chance that you need to extend things a piece. Generally not many of these element conspicuously in any culture's folklore. Bats may have a relationship with vampires, however your normal common typical feathered creature is generally underestimated - except if they are immense in size and like people for supper.

In the event that there's almost one thing all inclusive in Native American folklore it is goliath feathered creatures, beast winged animals, even the Thunderbird (which has been received as a brand name for some items also the name of a TV appear with related side project films). Presently separated from the genuine perceptions of these winged masses, there's nothing all that unordinary about goliath flying animals in folklore. What sets these 'flying creatures' separated is that they regularly prefer to nibble on the locals - as takeaways, not feast in. Is there any normal earthbound clarification for winged animals diverting people, similar to a crow getting a piece of corn? Or then again, may one need to depend on another, increasingly unnatural and maybe extraterrestrial clarification?

Fanciful Monster 'Winged creatures' of the Americas

Mythical serpents: While principally associated with the Old World (Europe, the Far East, and so on.), monsters have a few, yet lesser known association in the New World of the Americas, maybe more in the pretense of snakes, that is taking on a serpentine appearance. This is most strikingly so regarding that popular feathered snake (sounds increasingly like a flying creature really) Quetzalcoatl, a focal Aztec god, yet noted too in Mayan culture and that other, and secretive starting Mesoamerican development, the Olmecs.

Nonetheless, we do have the Piasa Bird which is delineated as a mythical beast in a Native American Indian wall painting over the Mississippi River close to present day Alton, Illinois. It's idea that the firsts were finished by the Cahokia Indians path before any white pilgrims showed up in their domain. Their pictographs of creatures, winged creatures, for example, the hawk, feathered creature men and snakes (gigantic snakes) were normal, similar to the Thunderbird symbol. As per a neighborhood teacher living in the territory in the 1830's, John Russell, the Piasa Bird delineated in the wall painting was a gigantic flying creature that occupied the zone and assaulted and ate local people that possessed different Indian towns in the zone. Evidently it got a preference for human tissue in the wake of searching human flesh (cadavers).

Thunderbirds and Related: These beasties are about all inclusive in Native American Indian folklore, and what's more they convey numerous comparable highlights. They will in general be exceptionally huge fowls that are viewed as the embodiment of thunder (the beating of their wings) and lightning and everything turbulent; a kind of Zeus or Thor however with wings, claws, a snout and plumes. The Native Americans accepted that the mammoth Thunderbird could shoot lightning from its eyes. State what? Considerably odder is that the Thunderbird regularly has teeth in its snout. We've all heard the expression "uncommon as hen's teeth" - well that is on the grounds that cutting edge winged animals are toothless.

Thunderbirds were additionally connected with the Great Spirits so regular in Indian legend. They were hirelings of these gods and obviously went about as dispatcher young men (sorry, envoy flying creatures) - a kind of extra-enormous bearer pigeon - conveying interchanges between these different Great Spirits. Thunderbirds were related with the climate as we've seen, and furthermore with water. Presently a fascinating equal is that mythical beasts in the Old World are frequently seen as go-betweens between the divine beings and humankind (kind of again like bearer pigeons) and their having some power over the climate and the waters was a typical component too.

Along these lines, this fanciful beast feathered creature is normal all through Indian legends. Quite one case there was a Thunderbird that looked like a goliath falcon that was huge enough, and incredible enough to convey a whale in its hooks. State what once more? As indicated by the Makah individuals of the Northwest Coast, a Thunderbird spared a town from starvation by grabbing up a whale from the Pacific Ocean and offering it to the network to benefit from, giving the town nourishment going on for a long time. Would this be an American case of an instance of sustenance from Heaven? Presently no flying creature could really convey even a little whale in its mouth or claws, so there must be another clarification.

I've recently related how the Navajos have related Ship Rock (or Shiprock) in New Mexico with a legend that says they were flown by a 'flying stone' (Ship Rock) gave by their Great Spirit to get away from their foes from up north. The Navajos, in different legends, have related Ship Rock with the nearness of 'Winged animal Monsters' or bluff beasts that preyed and feed on human Navajo and Zunis tissue. I wonder if that could be a confused story of UFO snatching.

Related are the stories of the Yaqui from around the Sonora area in NW Mexico. Yaqui legends recount gigantic flying creatures around Skeleton Mountain that stole away men, ladies and kids.

There's a petroglyph at Puerco Pueblo (or town) situated in the Petrified Forest National Park of a huge winged creature with a human suspended noticeable all around by its nose. On the off chance that we accept the human is of normal tallness, state 5' 6" tall, at that point the winged animal, to scale, is around 13' 9" tall. That is one major fledgling! The petroglyph was cut into stone many, a large tons of years prior by the progenitors of the Hopis, possibly by the lost Anasazis.

With regards to the Thunderbirds, researchers of folklore firmly propose that this animal is only the adornment of the California condor, birds, or the terminated teratorns. Be that as it may, in my mind, one doesn't typically connect winged creatures with thunder and lightning (for example - storms). Presently you may see winged animals riding the thermals that may go before a tempest, yet you don't will in general observe flying creatures making the rounds in turbulent climate - they look for cover from the components as well. However numerous clans like the Lakota Sioux or the Ojibwa of the Great Lakes Region make the association between these Thunderbirds and lightning specifically. Maybe the relationship with something flying and thunder and lightning recommends something more innovative!

I mean something that can fill in as a beast transporter pigeon between the divine beings, lift gigantic loads, snatch people (recorded in numerous Indian legends) and shoot out lightning jolts doesn't seem like science to me, rather more something fake. Presently maybe every one of these legends of stealing and man-eating monster winged animals are simply a rebel falcon or condor with a lot of testosterone in its framework who, feeling undermined, assaulted a solitary Indian and like the fish that escaped, the feathered creature just developed and got adorned, and developed some more and got considerably more decorated until it arrived at absurd extents and capacities. Well perhaps.

Genuine Monster 'Winged creatures' of the Americas

Pterosaurs and Pterodactyls: These beasties weren't generally flying creatures of-a-quill, rather simply winged and flying (or floating) reptiles that had a place route back in truth to 'The Age of Reptiles' - the Mesozoic Era. The biggest of these found (until this point in time) was Quetzalcoatlus, named clearly after that Mesoamerican feathered snake god. Quetza-infant had a 36 to 40 foot wingspan, and could conceivably have had the option to nibble on a human. Nonetheless, pterosaurs and pterodactyls all went done for before the finish of the Mesozoic - Q-child made it in truth all the way to the finish of the Cretaceous time frame, 65 a great many years prior. Oh dear, that was at any rate 64 million years before anything looking like people strolled the planet as a nourishment source. While Native Americans were presumably mindful of the fossils of these flying reptiles, they don't had anything to fear from them as far as being nibble nourishment.

Dread Birds: Well, these fear truly existed in the Americas and for some time were believed to be contemporary with the most punctual people in the Americas. In spite of the fact that they endure and flourished in primarily South America, some made it over the Isthmus of Panama land connect into Central and North America around 3 million years back. The latest of them is currently thought to have become wiped out about 1.8 million years back, a long time before people showed up on the scene.

Be that as it may, in any event, expecting people and dread feathered creatures were contemporary, why the fear? All things considered, these crows-on-steroids were up to ten feet tall and could jog after you at speeds up to exactly 37 miles for every hour. Family members of these beasts with similarly enormous snouts and claws have been found in Texas and Florida, and apparent spanned the topographical hole in the middle. All in all, should the locals have been apprehensive; apprehensive? All things considered, for this situation the top zenith predators likely capitulated to being at last human prey since the dread flying creatures, alongside the remainder of the North, Central and South American super fauna went wiped out in truly brisk brilliant design after people showed up on the scene. Presently people, if contemporary, most likely didn't take part close by to-wing battle with these indecent raptors, yet rather discovered their eggs as a convenient dandy breakfast nourishment supplement to their gatherer nuts-and-berries passage. Oh dear, no infant fear feathered creatures hatchlings; at last no dread winged animals. Regardless, dread winged creatures were flightless, similar to the emus, cassowaries, the ostrich and kiwis, also their terminated cousins the moa and dodos. Consequently, dread fowls don't accommodate our depiction of flying creatures that fly and pluck people off the ground and feel us to their young.

Mammoth Condors and Related: The Andean condor at 11 to 15 kg (24 - 33 pounds) is right now the Guinness Book of Records holder for being the America's biggest flying feathered individual from the avian tribe, in any event regarding an around 10 to 12 foot wingspan. The California condor at 7 to 14 kg (15 to 31 pounds) comes a nearby second with wingspans around ten feet. At that point too there was the Pleistocene [Ice Age] teratorns tipping the scales at 15 kg to 23 kg (33 to 50 pounds), immense raptors taking after birds with wingspans 12 to 17 feet over.

Generally speaking the meandering gooney bird is on a standard with the Andean condor for title of 'ruler of the wingspan' (up to 11 feet for the incredible gooney birds), however is anything but a typical sight in North America - at that point or now. There are a few North Pacific assortments which arrive at the western shore of North America, but since these are ocean feathered creatures, benefiting from fish despite the fact that rummaging carcass when ashore (remote islands) for rearing purposes. The chances that Native American Indians would have noticed the gooney bird as a customary piece of their condition wouldn't have been regular for other than those living right on the Pacific Ocean.

Presently the sixty-four penny question is, can any at least one of the above record for onlooker records of beast winged creatures kidnapping their companions in arms? Well any normal individual would dispense with monsters and Thunderbirds - they are fanciful and along these lines don't exist. One can't observer non-presence. Pterosaurs and pterodactyls were wiped out well before people were brainstormed in anybody's way of thinking. Fear flying creatures couldn't fly and presumably weren't really contemporary with people regardless. Condors, while large, aren't sufficiently large. I mean a normal human ought to be sufficiently huge to punch a condor's lights directly out, and unquestionably people are too enormous to even think about being conveyed over the condor's edge.

Condors (Andean or Californian) are really vultures and therefore foragers, taking care of basically on flesh, despite the fact that leaning toward enormous bodies like those of steers. It needs to take care of while on the ground, and regularly stuffs itself senseless when it comes over an appropriate supper that it can't, for some time, lift itself off the ground. This is not really a winged animal prone to be the wellspring of American Indian human-stealing folklore, in spite of the fact that the flying creature positively includes in Native American folklore. Be that as it may, as the condor is a jeopardized species, the winged creature had and has far more motivation to fear the locals than the reverse way around.

The wiped out teratorns anyway were contemporary with people (Amerindians), however while sufficiently enormous to raise more than adequate ruckus for a human newborn child, there's proof to recommend that generally speaking, the people were most likely more the trackers than the pursued when crunch came crunch.

Nonetheless, even at a load of fifty pounds and a wingspan of 17 feet, could a teratorn have really gotten and diverted a grown-up human, with a weight say at any rate twice or thrice that of the raptor? Fossil proof proposes that little warm blooded animals, even fish, and flesh were its standard methods for sustenance. Since the Native Americans state it's so - in any event as per their folklore - you need to ask yourself whether a 50 pound winged creature, who could clearly take care of its fair share and most likely more through the air, could really fly with a 100 to 150 pound payload? That is 150 to 200 pounds all up the winged animal is conveying. Well that is a quite huge inquire.

Has anybody seen an owl or a hawk or other flying raptor steal away prey a few times its own weight? Presently it may be one thing for a huge feathered creature to get you (particularly in case you're dead and not battling) and cart you away while in contact with the ground, similar to the fear flying creatures, in any event for a short route since after all you're still substantial contrasted with the winged animal. Be that as it may, it's very other pot of fish for a fowl to get you and really fly away with you with no leg and ground support by any means. Flying (fluttering wings) is extremely vitality concentrated under the most favorable circumstances (we've all observed fowls in floating mode so as to preserve vitality), far less attempting to lift up and fold wings with twice or thrice its ordinary body weight to battle with.

Presently we've all observed natural life narratives indicating a huge savage fowl swooping low over the water and afterward getting a clueless fish out of the water with its claws. Since fish may even be as huge and substantial as the feathered creature itself, however the prey can't be that a lot bigger and unquestionably not twice as enormous and overwhelming as the predator. The fledgling, so near the water, can not bear to be hauled somewhere around extra unmanageable load into the water - at that point it's bye-bye birdie.

Moving back to the land, raptor winged animals can and do assault prey a lot bigger than themselves. The bones of these huge prey creatures have been found in the raptor's homes or refuges. A hawk may assault a deer or grovel. The deer can't generally protect itself out in the open. In any case, saying this doesn't imply that that the falcon can really cart away the deer corpse entire, rather it will detach lumps one after another and divert them return style to the home. If not taking care of youthful, it very well might eat in on the spot, possibly fluttering endlessly whenever compromised by the presence of bigger foragers.

In human terms, an ordinary normal fit human might have the option to life twice its body weight however can't barely be relied upon to run an obstruction course conveying it. A large portion of a human's body weight perhaps, however not twice far less thrice.

Presently in progressively 'current' times, there have been a couple of sightings of goliath and other obscure flying creatures - critters that fall inside the domain of study called cryptozoology. Having investigated the 'advanced' (1850 to date) cryptozoological writing, most sightings end up being customary winged animals however maybe saw out of their ordinary region and therefore to some degree new to the watcher. Most unexplained avian species stay unsubstantiated and for the most part too little to even consider being the kind of critter we've been searching for. Sightings of beast feathered creatures, while they exist, have never yielded up the kind of information that would have affirmed their world. No excrement, no quills, no body, no bones. Obscure beast fowls, in the event that they do in any case exist, are coming up short on territory to stow away in; in actuality they likely have come up short on practical ecological living space. In the event that they haven't been affirmed at this point they most likely won't ever be. Moreover, any obscure North American flying creatures, beast or something else, would have since a long time ago been shot out of the sky by trigger-glad Americans.

Ends: No flying creature that is or was contemporary with people (like the America Indian) was equipped for lifting up and taking away something besides maybe a little baby; positively not grown-ups. Flying winged animals are lightweights - they must be so as to lift themselves out of sight. The biggest of the ruthless flightless fowls (dread flying creatures) were presumably equipped for running down, catching, and lifting up human grown-ups, yet that is not what the legends depict. Be that as it may, to a mechanically unsophisticated Native American, living hundreds to thousands of years prior, a UFO kidnapping occasion may just have sounded good to them in a Thunderbird related situation.

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The Past Brings a Present Part Three (Finale)

This is for @multi-villain-imagines challenge! 

I took the prompt: Catching up: We all have that one person, from the past we rather not meet again. But what happens if we do?

I did not go very heavy on the AU, really the only thing different is Negan’s past and we are in A/B/O territory.

Words: 3k

  Part 3 of 3

Warnings: Violence, Smut,  A/B/O

Words: 4K

Tags: @thecynicalnerd @marauderice @mac5323 @idonthavehusbandsihavelovers @negan-is-god @kellyn1604 @i-am-negan-trash @roschelesworld @taintedgenre @screeching-pterodactyl-fangirl @purplemuse89 @blondesouthsquad @enchantingoblivion @jmackie1983 @jasoncrouse @theonethatgotaway213 @negans-network @heroicvillainy @louis-t0mlinson @autumnjade22 

Once the laughing fit came to an end a sadness overtook you.  You set up your nest, but even that act didn’t distract you from the ache in your heart.  Tears didn’t fall, but you had spent so long trying to survive you didn’t have the time to focus on the loved ones you lost.  It ranged from your parents to childhood friends you hadn’t seen in years.  

Most people moved on with their lives, especially the other Omegas you knew, your parents were getting worried you would never find a mate.  Memories of your mother threatening an arranged pairing and secretly wishing for anything to stop that.  Of course in your wildest dreams you never thought the dead rising would be the answer to that.  

You pushed the past out of your mind and tried to concentrate on the present.  You’d been at this strange place for less than twenty-four hours, sold to an Alpha who had multiple times to take you, punish you, hurt you, but instead he was gentle.  

Your lips twitched, imagining the way he grinned at you when you parted.  There was no doubt you were trying your hardest to be defiant, going as far as slapping the man and throwing food at him.  That sort of behavior was unacceptable for an Omega.  If Negan was that sort of Alpha maybe the two of you were meant for each other.  The twitch turned into a complete smile, your heart rate increasing. Maybe being kidnapped wouldn’t be the worse thing that happened to you, maybe it was the best.  

The smile faded when you remembered how your ordeal ended.  You were bought and paid for, no matter how charming Negan was nothing would change that.  He was just like any other Alpha, seeing Omegas as nothing more than property.  The fullness in your heart cracked and the sadness returned.  

With a sigh you went back to arranging your nest.  Biology was a bitch and you accepted eventually you would invite Negan to join you. He would claim and breed you.  Maybe the two of you would get lucky enough to die of old age with a litter of children at your bedside, but you knew exactly what you were worth to him.  Fifteen guns, weapons, food, and water.  That was your literal worth to the man.  

The sun was setting and you knew your nest would never get any more perfect than it was now.  With a sigh you left the bed and walked towards the windows.  There was nothing to see except the tree tops and the sprawling grounds surrounded with the thick fence.  Some people were on the lawn and you wondered if they would be your friends someday.  That made your heart ache even more, again being too scared and focused on survival to realize how lonely you were.  

The elevator dinged open and you whipped your head to see Negan walk out.  It was a shame that he didn’t find you under different circumstances, maybe then you would have given him a real chance.

“We got to make this quick Baby Doll.”  He sped walked towards you, with a pile in his hands. “Put these on.”

He set the stack of clothes in your hands, they reeked of his scent.  It was almost heavenly.  

“We’re taking a little field trip.”  He put his hand behind your back and gently pushed you towards the bathroom. “Hurry.”

You accepted escape wasn’t an option, but as soon as he mentioned leaving your mind went right to it.  You sprinted towards the bathroom, not bothering to close the door all the way as you stripped off the dress and stepped into the pants.  There was a belt with them and you adjusted it to your size as you pulled the white t-shirt over your head.  There was a leather jacket that you slipped your arms into, covering the fact you were missing a bra.  

The pants were too long, but you shuffled back out into the room.  Negan was waiting for you and placed his hands on your shoulders before pulling out a red bandana.

“Don’t get any funny ideas.”  He put the bandana on the top of your head and tied it under your hair, pulling the knot tight and smoothing out the fabric over your head. “Be a good girl for me tonight.”

His words sent chills down your spine, then his hand grabbed yours and started walking you towards the elevator.   Your heart raced as the doors shut and you started your descent.

“No shoes?” You pointed to your bare feet.

“I don’t trust you not to run.” Negan raised an eyebrow and looked at you. “You’re not leaving my side.  Do you understand?”

You nodded and leaned down, rolling up the pant legs until they were at your ankle.  No matter what the man said you were determined to look for an opening.  That was the best you could do at the moment and knew if you focused on the idea too much you might face second thoughts, so you directed your mind elsewhere.  As your eyes scanned the Alpha’s body you chuckled.

“Something funny sweetheart?” He grinned at you.

“We’re dressed alike.”  The only difference was the red bandana was around his neck.

“A man needs a uniform to make a statement.  People respect a uniform.”  Negan cracked his neck. “And you need to smell like your Alpha.”

His words made your cheeks flush and you looked down, trying your hardest to ignore your racing pulse.  

“If anyone makes you uncomfortable, even looks at you in a way you don’t like, you let me know.”  The doors dinged open and Negan grabbed your hand again, practically yanking you out of the elevator.

You let him pull you and tried to get a look at the surroundings again, but he was walking too fast.  When he went straight to the outside your eyes went wide.  This was even better, if you left his compound there would be a better chance at getting away.  

A truck was parked out front and Negan walked around to the passenger’s side. He opened the door and you climbed inside.

“Child safety lock.”  He pointed to the black peg and pushed it down before slamming the door.

Jumping out of the car would have been a stupid option anyway.  You shut your eyes and inhale deep, the cab and clothing overpowering you with his scent, and damn did it smell good.  He climbed in the driver’s side door and put the car in drive, not saying a word as the gates opened and you left his Sanctuary.  

“Alright little girl, you’re going to see somethings tonight that might disturb you, but I believe that it’s necessary for you to at least get the gist.”  Negan didn’t look away from the road.  “If you don’t think you can handle it retreat is not an option. Understand?”

“Yes.” The last image of the sun vanished and you smiled.  Nighttime would make it easier to run.

“Repeat the rules to me.”  Negan turned off the main road.  

“Don’t try to run, let you know if someone is making me uncomfortable, and retreat is not an option.”  You planned on ignoring them all, especially the first.

“If anyone, regardless of what side they’re on, looks at your like prey they will be on the receiving end of Lucille.” Negan gripped the steering wheel harder, you saw his knuckles turning white.

“Lucille?” You didn’t know what he was talking about.

“You’re going to meet her tonight.” A big grin spread across his face. “She is very thirsty.”

You almost asked if he was talking about a vampire, but stopped yourself.  It sounded stupid, but with the Dead roaming the Earth nothing seemed that far fetched anymore.  

Negan turned again and you started down a dirt road.  There were lights up ahead and you leaned forward, not understanding the scene in front of you.  His car rolled to a stop and he flipped on the brights, not turning off the vehicle.  

Without another word he got out of the truck.  You heard him pick something out of the bed, but still tried to figure out what was in front of you.  All you could see was a semi-circle of other cars, their trunks all facing you.  The door opened and your concentration broke.  

“There’s a good chance you might think you hate me after this, but trust me, it’s for your own good.”  Negan held his hand out.  

A shiver went through you, suddenly scared of what was on the other side of those cars.  You scrunched your brow as you looked at his hand.  Now the idea of escape seemed secondary, maybe you should have been more scared about what he had in mind.

“Limited on time Doll.”  He reached out and grabbed your wrist, bending down and flipping you over his shoulder as he lifted you out of the car.  

You hung upside down and saw the silhouettes of people in the headlights of the other vehicles.  What the fuck was going on?  Was this some sort of Alpha show?  Was he about to mate you in front of a crowd?  You let out a whimper at the thought.

“Don’t forget to breath Baby.”  Negan’s hand was around your thighs. “It will be over soon.”

“No.” You let out a sob. “Please don’t.”

You started to wiggle against his shoulder, trying to slide off, but his grip was too tight.

“Be good.”  He squeezed you tighter.  

Panic filled you as you glanced to your left, wondering if you could smack him in the head.  Then you saw what was slung over his other shoulder: a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.  For such a simple weapon it made you shriek.  

There was a shuffle and you knew heads were turning towards you.  With all your strength you lifted your stomach, arching your back and trying to stand up in his arms.  

“Don’t worry boys!” Negan yelled. “My Omega just saw Lucille for the first time.  Women always get a little jealous of each other.”

Negan dropped down, setting you on your bare feet.  You were facing the opposite direction from him and the vision was more than you can take.  At least ten men were standing on the cars with their weapons drawn, all looking like they were pointed right at you.  The image frightened you into silence, unsure what to do, but the forest wasn’t still.  You heard other people sobbing.  Then you noticed, nobody with a weapon drawn was looking at you.

Negan gripped your shoulder and spun you around. The fear was so heavy it took a moment to adjust, then you noticed seven people on their knees.  Each of them had a person gripping on to their collars, keeping them in place.  

“Oh how rude of me.  You all know Meg here, as you affectionately called her.” Negan kissed you on the head before lifting the bat. “Don’t worry, by the end of the night you will be even more familiar with Lucille.”

~~~

“You bought me.”

Negan recognized the deep pain in your eyes as soon as you said the words to him.  He left right then, knowing he had to prove you wrong.  

Every bit of logic told him not to bring you tonight, that you were an Omega, couldn’t handle this level of violence.  But you were different. He recognized that and the only way the two of you could start a life together was with blunt honesty.  He was happy Simon left with the search party since the other Alpha would have attempted to talk him out of it.

Your shaking form next to him was causing him doubts, but there was no way he would let that show in front of his men.  

“Sharkey…we’re cool.”  Reggie’s face was covered in tears. “We have a past brother.”

“The name is Negan.”  He was hesitant to let you go, but he needed to make a scene and you were too scared to try and run at the moment.  “And it’s a new world.  Nobody has a past anymore.”

He slid his arm off of your shoulders and started walking the line up, making sure to swing Lucille with each step.

“Instead of building a better future you people want to live in the Stone Age.” Negan stopped in front of one of them and shoved the end of Lucille in her face. “Kidnapping Omegas, almost killing them, and then thinking you can sell them.  Nobody is for sale in my future.”

“Shar…Negan, please.”  Reggie looked up. “We’re just trying to survive.”

“At the expense of the little people?”  Negan stalked towards him. Lucille went under his chin and Negan pulled up hard, making sure one of her wires went into Reggie’s chin. “No.  You’re trying to exploit. And with MY OMEGA.”

Negan glanced behind him, you were in the same place, your eyes glued to Reggie.  He gave you a wink and he thought he saw a smile.  It vanished right away, maybe even in his head, but it filled him with purpose again.

He yanked Lucille away from Reggie’s chin, causing a little blood splatter but nothing that would seriously harm the man.  

“You’re all going to die tonight.” Negan continued to walk. “I don’t want scum like you alive in my future.”

“But we told you where the other Omegas are!” A Beta female in the line up cried.

“And I’ve sent teams to check on them with pretty strong instructions.” Negan grinned at the woman, disappointed in her the most. “You disgust me, not an ounce of sympathy for your own gender.”

“Meg would have died in that attack eventually if we hadn’t found her,” Reggie yelled. “We saved her!  All the other Omega’s are with good Alphas too.”

“You sold her to a man you knew as a pimp.” Negan raged. “A real humanitarian. And that’s not her name.  Darling you want to enlighten them?”

He held his free arm back towards you.  There was no response, but he looked back at you.  He half expected a shaking girl, but instead you had your shoulders rolled back, chin held high, and pure rage in your eyes.

“MMmmm MMM!” He had to pull his eyes away. “I think my Omega is eager to get to the end of the show, but I’ll tell you what.  I’m going to leave one of you alive.  I need you to spread to word, what happened here tonight.  What will happen again if ANYONE ANYWHERE EVER TRIES TO SELL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING!”

All of them started screaming and begging at the same time, just as he expected.  They weren’t a team. Only a bunch of low-lives who banded together.  

“Normally, I like to play a little game to pick the big winner, but I’m not in the mood.”  Negan pulled Lucille back and walked towards you.  “Light em up.”

He heard the gun fire simultaneously, the six members of Reggie’s team taking a bullet in the head.  A smile spread across his face as he reached you, sliding his hand around your shoulder and leaning Lucille in between the two of you.

Reggie was shaking, looking at the dead bodies on all sides of him.  

“I told you I didn’t buy you.” Negan leaned his face next to your ear and breathed in.  

Your scents were mingled together with his clothing, but it was wearing off.  Between that and the gunfire he needed to get you out of here before Roamers showed up.  Before he pulled away you turned to look up at him.  There was genuine happiness in your eyes and it stilled Negan.  Everything you did surprised him.

Then you went up on your tiptoes and placed your lips on his.  Electricity flowed through him with the small peck.  It couldn’t have lasted more than two seconds, but it stunned him all the same.  Enough that he didn’t notice you steal Lucille away.  

He looked up as you brought her over your shoulder, swinging down as hard as you could straight into Reggie’s skull.

“Fuck….you.”  Reggie got the words out as you yanked Lucille out of his head.  

“That’s not my name.”  You stood in front of the man as he crumbled to the ground.

All of the Saviors were quiet.  Most of them thinking you had disobeyed an order, but Negan had never been more proud.

“I stand corrected.”  He walked forward and put his arm around you again. “It looks like my ladies are going to get along just fine.”

~~~

The drive back was quiet.  You didn’t have anything to say. You were raised on the cliché ‘actions speak louder than words’.  It appeared Negan had the same philosophy.  He really was your Alpha and you intended to show him.  

When you arrived through the gates he killed the engine and turned to look at you.  

“Was that your first kill?” There was concern in his eyes.

You glared at him, not trying to hide the lust that flowed off of you.  It certainly wasn’t your heat, because you were too in control of the desire.  He gulped and nodded.  

“Look Baby Doll…”

“It’s Y/N.”. You reached out and grabbed his leather jacket, then pulled him close to you, slamming your lips against his.  

Both of you parted your mouth at the same time and your tongues fought against each other for dominance, causing the slick between your legs to gush even more.  Negan let out a growl and pulled you out of your seat on top of him.  You straddled him as his hands moved to your back.  There was no time to waste as you started to rock against him, giving you no doubt his cock was even larger than his personality.  

One of his hands vanished and the door to the truck opened.  He lifted you out of the cab as you wrapped your legs around his waist, not breaking the kiss as he ran inside.  You paid no attention to anything expect the kiss and moving your body, never having felt desire like this before.  

“Do you need your nest?”  Negan broke from the kiss and you started attacking his neck.

“It’s not my heat.”  You managed to get out as you took in the saltiness of his skin.  

“Oh yes it is.”  He grabbed your hair and tilted your head back. “It’s coming on hard.”

Your chest heaved, so hungry for the Alpha.  You locked eyes with him and let out a moan.  Your head clouded, just needing his cock inside of you, wanting to feel the knot.  Then you felt the fire in your body.  Negan was your Alpha, he knew you better than you knew yourself.  

The nest you made just for him was too tempting.  You nodded your head and he went for the elevator.  Pinning you against the doors and almost falling inside as they opened.  He set you down and you wasted no time stripping off your jacket before pulling his down.  He turned the key as you pulled his white t-shirt over his head.  

Then his lips were on yours again and the heat between your legs grew more powerful.  You tried to clench your thighs together, but it gave you no relief.  Negan kicked off his shoes and then started on his belt.  You wanted to fill his bare skin against yours and were naked in seconds, glad for the lack of undergarments.  

The two of you continued to kiss as you pushed your breasts against his chest, he felt so right it made you whine.  Finally he pushed down his boxers and joined you in your nudity.  

“Don’t worry Omega.  We’re almost there.”  He grabbed your thighs and lifted you up again.  

“Please.”  You tried to kiss him again, but you could feel his rock hard cock underneath you, upset he hadn’t speared you already.  

He responded by bouncing you upwards so your chest was leave with his mouth.  He brought one nipple into his mouth and you through your head back with a gasp as he sucked in the tiny bud.  It made you squeal and try to pull away, not needing any foreplay, but his hand was on your back, keeping your tender pebble in his mouth.  

“I need you…” This was the longest elevator ride ever. “Need you inside me.”

A flush of heat spread through you.  The elevator dinged open and Negan’s teeth bit down, making you scream as he ran onto the floor.  

He practically flung you onto your nest, but didn’t come down with you.  He stood over you, his nude form causing your thighs to coat in more stickiness.  The Alpha was flawless, he was made for you.  

“Spread your legs for me Omega.”  He bit his lip and then ran his tongue out, making you shake.  

“Fuck me!”  You did as he asked.  

He ran his hand up your slit and stopped his fingers at your clit, then started rubbing.  You cried out and lifted your hips into his palm.  

“You’re the most beautiful sight in the universe Y/N.” Negan continued to rub as you rocked your hips against him.  

It didn’t take long for you to get into a rhythm and the spiral to form in your core.  You panted and moaned, needing the release that was at his fingertips.  The orgasm washed over you, causing sparks to shoot across your body, but the pleasure brought no satisfaction and you let out a cry as more of your wetness gathered between your legs.  

“Not enough.”  You reached for his shoulders, but he moved back.  

The passion and lust mixed with his motions caused your temper to flare.  

“What’s wrong little Omega?”  Negan’s eyes looked possessed.  

You knew what you needed and didn’t want to play a game.  

“It’s my job to build the nest.  It’s your job to fuck me in it.”  You turned onto your stomach and went up on your hands and knees, presenting yourself for him.  “Alpha. Your Omega needs you.”  

The bed dipped behind you and hands touched your hips, you arched your back even more, lifting your ass in the air.  

“Does my Omega have any other demands?”  Negan lined up at your entrance.  

“Knot me. Claim me.”  You tried to move yourself backwards, but he moved too.

A cry escaped your lips as your head dropped.  This was torture.  

“Such a bossy lady.”  Negan rubbed his tip on your entrance.  

“Please!”  You pressed your head to the pillow. “I’ll be your good girl.  Forever.”

With that he plunged inside of you.  There was no need to warm out as your cunt took in his gigantic cock.  The relief it brought could not be described as your body shook, needing him more than you needed oxygen.  

“What my good girl wants, my good girl gets.”  Negan pulled out almost all the way and started plowing into you.

You were screaming with pleasure, each thrust bringing you something more than any orgasm you’d ever felt before.  You clutched the blanket and bit down as he moved in and out of you.  As if each pump brought you to a higher pleasure he started shortening his thrusts.  

Instead of a coil forming in your stomach, one began for your entire body.  You tightened down, unsure how to handle the experience.  

“You’re taking your Alpha so well.”  Negan pushed into you and the base of his cock swelled.

Your body tightened even more, making you cry out and clench the blankets more. His knot grew inside of you, causing you to become all to aware of the relief it would bring.  Needing his pleasure you tried rocking against him.  He put pressure on your lower back, stilling you.

“This is your Alpha’s job.”  He leaned over your back, his head at your ear. “Be a good Omega and enjoy.”

You stopped moving and then his knot slid inside of you. The spiral inside of you Burt with euphoria as your Alpha exploded inside of you, locking you together.  Tears flowed as you could not comprehend the pleasure moving through your veins.  

Black dots covered your vision and your mind went to another place where the only thing that mattered was Negan.  If everyone else died but the two of you, you no longer cared.

A sharp pain exploded in your neck and you screamed, your arms shooting forward, as if they were capable of pulling away.  His teeth dug into you, leaving his claim.  Even with the pain you tilted your head welcoming it, knowing you would never want or need anyone but him again.  

Your body collapsed and he fell on top of you before turning you onto your side. A blanket was pulled over you as the two of you laid locked together, conscious vanishing.  

“You were never for sale.”  Negan kissed his claim making your body shake.  

His arm wrapped around you and you sunk into him.  There was no past anymore, just the future.  You looked forward to yours.

#mviwritingchallenge #negan x reader #a/b/o #negan smut #negans thirst squad #negans-network #twd fanfiction

[valmos]

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first format) 1-16 and end thoughts. See myself next year.

Episode 1: The Scarab Lives!

Monster: The Blue Scarab

Interests: I never had a problem with Scrappy as a kid, but I didn’t love him either. Going to be interesting to see how my perception has changed. This intro, if you asked me to describe it just two seconds prior, I would be clueless, but a second in and it all came rushing back so fast that I have blunt force trauma. Scooby,  Shaggy, and Scappy eat a mango malt, well Scooby eats Shaggy’s. Velma, Daphne, and Velma are eating banana sundaes. (Scappy’s voice is not the one I remember and it is throwing me off) Romeo Jewelry. A gargoyle is falling on Scappy, cut to commercial.  Scrappy makes a trap. Scooby falls in it, predictably. The Blue Scarab tries to legit murder Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy. Shaggy screams out, “Fred! *slightly higher pitch* Velma! *Pterodactyl screech* Daphne!” Scappy looks really weird running all fours... Scooby can draw fairly well, or it was just the means for a gag, hard to tell. 

Episode 2: The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld

Monster: Nightghoul of London

Interests: The gang at a knock off Fantasy Island. Velma’s fantasy is to solve a case with Sherlock Holmes. The place is operated by robots and they are off to Londonworld...so it is also like that Westworld movie, and puts the name of this, Wonderworld into context. they pass through Prehistoricworld (I think they use a shot from the Godzilla cartoon as a close up of a dinosaur), Outlawworld (cough). Velma fangirls when meeting roboHolmes.  Velma wears a deerstalker  (I think that is what the hat is called). Night Goul chases after the three Ss and ends up in the water, only taking plot damage to make it able to hurt humans. Velma solves the case she was here to solve. Scooby splits a robohorse in two. Scooby  and Shaggy eat some fish and fries, Scooby eats most of Shaggy’s, causing Shaggy to eat newspaper. 

Episode 3: Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind

Monster: Alien 

Interests: Scooby and Shaggy are tired of hiking after five minutes (same), so Scrappy stops and cooks steaks for them.A police chase ruins the steaks. Shaggy mentions Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill played a voice in ... I forgot even what series it was, but he was a VA on a past Scooby episode. Scrappy traps Velma, Daphne and Fred. Daphne tries to give Scrappy a kiss to forgive him but he runs off to catch an alien. Scrappy volunteers Scooby, Shaggy and himself to be bait.   

Episode 4: The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!

Monster: Neon Phantom

Interests: Gang is in Hollywood to see the premier of “Hair Grease Fever”. (That is a mashup) They  get lost and see a rock group called Nightmare. Mystery Machine license plate, AC 712. 

Episode 5: Shiver and Shake, That Demon's a Snake

Monster: Snake Demon

Interests: Snake Demon looks more lizard. The gang is in Haiti. Scappy has an alarm set to wake him up at midnight to get a snack, he is his uncle’s nephew. Scooby and Shaggy make a sandwich, which Scappy eats. (Scooby gets a dose of his own medicine). The gang is in Miami. Scooby and Shaggy are charter members of the ACA, America Cowards Association. They have a handshake. Scrappy make another trap and catches Scooby and Shaggy. Scrappy eats an entire devil’s food cake. Gang is in New Orleans. It so happens a Mardi Gras parade is happen. Velma dresses as a police officer. Snake Demon dressed as a clown, really terrifying unmasking.

Episode 6: The Scary Sky Skeleton

Monster: Sky Skeleton

Interests: The is going to go see Wendy, Daphne’s high school girlfriend, (Probably girl friend, but well Daphne is now bi/pan. You can’t stop me.) Wendy is a stunt pilot.  Scooby laughs at Shaggy’s joke and then says he doesn’t get it, this is a running gag in Pup Named... i think. Scrappy traps Scooby and Shaggy, but actually somewhat helps them. 

Episode 7: The Demon of the Dugout

Monster: Dragon Beast

Interests: Gang is in Japan, to watch international baseball, but they are late... also this was possible the last game of the series... why are they just arriving in Japan? Shaggy and Scooby in a taxi, “At least  we are safe till morning.” Monster on top of  baseball stadium, “You are not safe anywhere” I don’t know which I have a harder time believing... that he heard Shaggy from at least 100 feet up, or that he then swung from the top of the stadium to the roof of the moving taxi without making noise alerting those inside. Scappy makes a trap, Scooby and Shaggy are trapped. 

Episode 8: The Hairy Scare of the Devil Bear

Monster: Demon Bear ... erm  Devil Bear after the opening

Interests: Grand  Canyon vacation. Chuck Hunt... that is a dangerous name.. Shaggy and Scooby take sandwich break, Scrappy eats it. Shaggy has a coward’s handbook. 

Episode 9: Twenty Thousand Screams Under the Sea

Monster: Sea Beast

Interests: Beachwear. Gang is in Mexico. They are here to watch a cliff diving competition. 

Episode 10: I Left My Neck in San Francisco

Monster: Lady Vampire

Interests: The gang is visiting Alcatraz. Daphne isn’t feeling well. Shaggy and Scooby think Daphne might be the monster.Shaggy orders one giant sized pizza heavy on the garlic. Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy eat it. Scrappy makes a trap and catches Scooby and Shaggy. But in trying to free Scooby and Shaggy, he catches her, but then lets her go. Monster wore an old lady disguise over her vampire one.

Episode 11: When You Wish Upon a Star Creature

Monster: Star Creature

Interests: Velma is excited to go to the observatory. (There was a little more, but I accidentally reloaded the tab and I don’t want to watch the episode again)

Episode 12: The Ghoul, the Bat and the Ugly

Monster: Shadow Creature 

Interests: Horror movie reward show, everyone is in costume. Velma has a new voice... even though she will only be around a few more episodes (:(). Scooby thinks Shaggy turned into a werewolf. Scooby and Shaggy try to make a snack, but the monster interrupts. (Gosh this Velma... her VA is just off in the acting and like the mixing is different from everyone else.) Scrappy traps Scooby and Shaggy.

Episode 13: Rocky Mountain Yiiiii!

Monster: Ghost of Jeremiah Pratt

Interests: Winter cloths. Scrappy gets offended being called cute and wants to fight. Scooby laughing, “I don’t get it,” again. “Ghosts don’t knock,” Shaggy says.. despite ghosts having knocked plenty of times, even in this series in episode 7. Normal trap, Scrappy ruins it. 

Episode 14: The Sorcerer's a Menace

Monster: Ghost of the Great...wizard, I can’t make out the name. Ardane? 

Interests: Shaggy gets saltwater taffy, Scooby steals it, Scrappy steals and eats it. Scrappy gets upset at being called cute, again. Normal trap, ruined by Scrappy. (I don’t think the Mystery Machine was in this episode?)

Episode 15: Lock the Door, It's a Minotaur!

Monster: Minotaur

Interests: The gang is in Greece. Scooby and Shaggy bounce on the monster’s lap... Scraopy sets up a trap, he catches a bystander, who he has been harassing a few times this episode. Scooby eats some stuffed grape leaves, and is going to eat Shaggy’s but Scrappy eat them first. Shaggy has an American Cowards Club credit card. I  wonder the American Cowards Association feels about Shaggy being a member to both? Oh a maze. Shaggy and Scooby eat (and steal) olives. No Mystery Machine.

Episode 16: The Ransom of Scooby Chief

Monster: None. Just some kidnappers.

Interests: (Hello 80s!) The gang is in New York city, where Scrappy grew up. (Velma, Daphne, and Fred drops Shaggy and the dogs off at the start of the episode.. is this how they are going to leave Fred and Velma..) A Tony and Carl recognize Scooby-Doo as someone famous, and can’t believe they are two dogs like that. Scrappy secret whistle to one of is puppy pals, Annie, this also alerts Duke. They are also talking dogs. Shoplifting is a CRIME sign. Scooby just walks into the kidnapper’s truck. Shaggy jumps in while chasing the truck. One of the kidnappers calls Hollywood to get ransom for Scooby.. What? Three dogs in a trench coat. “Hand over my Uncle before I hand over my fist!” A puppy saying she will use her feminine wiles... Scrappy trap, foils Shaggy and Scooby’s escape plan for like the fourth time. Pups are captured. (Oh good the rest of the gang does show up for the ending) 

End Thoughts: Despite remembering the intro, I remembered nothing of these episodes. Like I remember the monster design of the Minotaur and the Star Creature and that is it. Scrappy wasn’t that bad, in this at least (I still probably would have preferred it without him). I can see him being annoying, with his arrogance, ignorance, and boundless energy, but like he is a child in a show without character development. And his love and adoration (even when misplaced) for his uncle is sweet. 

I think Scrappy’s biggest flaw is one the has effected the entire gang since their return in 1976, and I know this is going to sound weird, but he lacks depth. Like in Where Are You and (to a lesser extent) New Movies there were small things that expanded on the base of the characters and sell the gangs friendship and built chemistry, even if it was throw away or plot convenience (Like Velma having Shaggy’s cold medicine in the first episode. or Shaggy having a spare pair of Velma’s glasses). It is really something subtle with the writing that has been missing, like it feels like the gang is only together because the plot says they are. And while you can pull on the past for the gang to have some depth, you can’t for Scrappy. 

All that said, it isn’t really required to make the show enjoyable, but it would have helped. Like I am still enjoying myself, even though I felt creativity was a down this season, and Fred, Daphne and Velma felt shoved to the side a lot (soon to be shoved off entirely). 

#valmos watches scooby-doo #Not sure what my goal will be next year