#Oh Aram REALLY???

[jorvikwildhorse]

#outting myself as a league player for a joke u_u; #jk i really don't play league. i only play arams with my gf very seldomly. im awful and refuse to learn but we have fun #she IS league player however (<-bearer of the curse) #i showed her the new sso client and she was like “oh wow they really ARE similar” #hmm. horse moba #i need a tag for shitposting #jwhdumbstuff

[peachhcs]

seven minutes in heaven | the wonder years

hughes!sister x will smith au (samy + will)

the one where samy and will do something that friends would definitely 100% do (never) — taken place at the end of samy’s junior year of hs

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i’m having a small writers block trying to write requests so i produced this trying to get out of it and i think it’s actually so hilarious because samy 100% believes friends would do this and it’s the way they never talk about it ever again

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APRIL 2022

in reality, the idea was slightly stupid and were they all too old for the game? yes. did drew and ryan insist anyway? yes. samy's friends were all for it, so the group sat themselves in a circle going around playing the simple game of truth or dare.

aram and a few others really wanted to meet samy's friends and samy's friends really wanted to meet her "hot guy friends" (their words), so the brunette decided to host a friday get together on a night the boys didn't have a game nor saturday morning practice—what a blessing, truly. someone threw in the childhood truth or dare game and no one really objected.

“marcie, go. truth or dare,” drew’s lips turned into a smirk while the girl flushed.

“truth.”

“who’d you kiss in this room?” a few hoots came from the group worsening marcie’s flush into a red blush.

her eyes flicked across the group scattered around the living room while everyone waited in slight anticipation for her answer—the boys especially. her lips curved at the corners before finally pausing on gabe.

“perreault,” the girl bravely and confidently answered.

the guys were immediately on gabe’s back where he covered his face probably hiding his blush. samy and her other friends grinned in marcie’s direction knowing how much she’s talked about the dark-haired boy at any chance she got.

“okay, okay. my turn,” the girl’s eyes scanned the group again, her soft smile turning into a smirk.

when her gaze landed on samy the brunette immediately knew she was in for trouble. her friends knew everything, things the guys didn’t even know and they never held mercy when they did these types of things.

“samantha hughes,” marcie pulled out the full government name.

“oh great. dare, i guess,” she knew either was bad coming from marcie, so she picked dare hoping it’d be something stupid for once.

for a second, marcie’s eyes met her other friends’ lingering gazes. the others shared an exchange no one but them understood until marcie’s gaze flicked back to samy looking incredibly mischievous.

“i dare you to play seven minutes in heaven with william smith.”

a beat of silence passed through the group until the guys broke out in more hollers grabbing ahold of will’s shoulders. samy’s face paled as she took in her friend’s words.

“really mar?” the brunette mumbled.

“what? you don’t like him so it shouldn’t be a big deal,” the girl shrugged simply.

samy’s friends were also extreme shippers of the two. they never believed it when either of them said there were no feelings, so they liked to poke fun in an attempt to prove that there were feelings.

knowing they weren’t getting out of this one, will followed samy to bathroom. the girl leaned herself against the wall while will stood across from her against the bathroom sink. once the door shut, the two shared a heartfelt laugh.

“they’re never gonna give it up, i swear,” the brunette shook her head.

“how did it even start?” will shared her sentiments.

“marcie and lila have always been like that. the guys poked fun at us as soon as they met me,” samy giggled thinking back to last august.

“they’re the most annoying people ever,” the boy shook his head.

“tell me about it. i can’t believe there’s another whole year of that.”

the two grinned before settling into another comfortable silence. they could hear their friends snickering from the living room most likely talking about them. listening to them laugh made something almost snap in the girl’s head.

she knew they’d never shut up about it. what if they gave them something to shut up about? the teasing never bothered either of them too hard, but boy, would samy love to quiet them and prove that her and will would always be friends no matter what.

“you know what? let’s just do it. let’s just kiss,” samy suddenly said catching will off guard,

“what?”

“they’re never gonna shut up so what if we just kiss and prove to them that we can do this and have it not even mean a thing. like what if we die tomorrow and we spent our last night being cowards in the bathroom because of our friends?” samy rambled maybe because of nerves or maybe because of something else.

“you wanna kiss me?” will asked just to make sure he was hearing things right. he adam’s apple bombed violently when he swallowed.

“yes?” she said it almost unsurely.

“it won’t mean anything?” the blonde raised his eyebrow.

“no, no. just to shut them up, you know. friends kiss each other all the time anyway,” the youngest hughes rambled again.

will was already licking his lips as his gaze zeroed in on samy’s lips and everything in the next minute happened way too quickly. one or both of them closed the space and their lips were on each other a second later like it was natural. neither of them could imagine this ever happening in all the years they’ve been friends, yet here they were making out in samy’s childhood home that will also grew up in on breaks, long weekends, and summers.

the blonde quickly shifted his hands down to samy’s hips wanting to pull her closer—getting lost in the moment. their breaths mixed together along with saliva and wet-swollen lips. the scene was such a stark contrast to their friendship and something deep within them never wanted the moment to stop.

three knocks on the door quickly broke the two apart like they just got caught. nearly five feet formed between them as the realization of what just occurred started setting in. the only sound was their slight pants trying to regain the breath they lost.

“yeah, they’re definitely gonna shut up,” samy nodded approvingly while straightening herself out.

will didn’t say much still reeling in the fact he just made out with his best friend. the blush on his cheeks and the lip gloss stained across his lips was definitely only going to prove their friends’ points.

they walked back into the living room with every single eye on them trying to figure out if anything happened. gabe knew right away when he saw his friend’s slightly disheveled state.

“oh my god. you guys actually kissed,” he mumbled earning a gasp from almost everyone in the room.

“you’re lying!” marcie exclaimed and shot her gaze towards samy.

“like it meant anything. now you guys can shut up about will and i all the time because we’re just friends,” samy argued her case that definitely didn’t believe anyone.

“you’re telling me you just kissed will and it means nothing to either of you?” ryan asked in disbelief.

“yup,” the girl nodded.

“mhm,” will mumbled quietly.

no one said anything because what was there to say after that? will’s sudden quietness and lingering blush told them all they needed to know that maybe it did mean something to one of them at least.

“my turn now. ryan, truth or dare.”

samy and will didn’t talk about it ever again nor did any of their friends, except the teasing hardly died down and will actually didn’t stop thinking about that kiss for the entire rest of the summer.

#hughes!sister x will smith au #will smith hockey #samy x will #boston college #boston college hockey #samy hughes #umich hockey #will smith imagine #will smith x oc #uofmichigan #will smith hockey fluff #will smith fluff #bc hockey #ryan leonard #drew fortescue #jacob fowler #gabe perreault #aram minnietian #umich soccer

[cobrakaisb]

I love all of your celly fics, I was wondering if you could do 🃏 for will smith, something like best friends to lovers??

live laugh love best friends to lovers trope

"okay explain it again," aram begs, standing around the blonde boy with some of their other teammates. "jeez aram, you're brutal," ryan chimes in, eliciting a few laughs from the others. "i'm just trying to understand," aram shouts, throwing his arms up in frustration.

"me too," will mumbles, taking a sip of his beer. gabe raises his eyebrows at will's words. "what is there to understand? you have feelings and refuse to make a move," he says, looking around at the others for reassurance. drew nods in agreement, and jacob mumbles out a 'true'. "but it's complicated," will groans.

"how? all you have to do is say, i've liked you since forever," ryan starts, and gabe interjects with an "emphasis on the forever." the guys all hum in agreement before ryan continues, "and i'd love to take you out on a date." "take who out on a date?" you ask, appearing out of nowhere. will's cheeks flush, and he's praying that you didn't hear a majority of this conversation. all of them stand there wide eyed, looking at you, but you just raise a confused eyebrow at them. "we'll let smitty take this one," gabe answers, patting will shoulder as all of the hockey boys disperse.

"um okay? are you asking a girl out, will?" you ask, looking at him over the rim of your cup. "i um...maybe," he mumbles, and he feels so stupid for saying that because what the hell? the person he wants to ask out is standing right in front of him. you smile, but it doesn't quite reach your eyes, and is that, jealousy? "she's very lucky," you say, but then you whisper something that will almost doesn't catch. emphasis on the almost, "unlike me."

and maybe this was the sign he needed to confess his feelings to you. "well you know the person, really well actually," he explains, and your face falls even more. "is it my roommate? because i think she's seeing a guy from her econ class," you respond, and he can tell you're deflecting. he shakes his head no, opening his mouth to say something, but you push back. "oh! is it that girl from the hockey game a couple weeks ago? the blonde?" you ramble, and maybe you're just trying to spare yourself because how could you think he'd like you, his best friend.

he laughs when you say that, shaking his head no. "it's not her. they're actually standing right in front of me," he says shyly. instead of understanding, she turns around, searching for someone. "will, there's nobody here but us," she says softly. he smiles at you, "exactly." your eyebrows furrow but then your face relaxes, a small blush coating your cheeks. "oh." "yeah, oh," will mumbles. he leans forward, as if to kiss you, but you stop him with a hand on his chest. "i actually only kiss after the second date," you tease, smiling at him. "how about after our first?" he proposes. you pretend to think but ultimately nod in agreement, "done."

#will smith #will smith hockey #will smith x reader #will smith imagine #will smith blurb #bc hockey #cobrakaisb writing

[aurelion-solar]

u r the main source for my league visual updates at this point but i know nothing about u so i want to know now. whats ur league playstyle? whats ur favorite skinline(s)? whos your favorite champion? what modes do you like the most?

hey!! :) thanks for the fun questions!

not gonna lie i don't really play much ranked/normals anymore haha, most of the time i play aram or the rotating game mode with my friends bc the vibes are more chill :) so i end up playing all sorts of champions really! nexus blitz and arena have been fun recently but aram is probably my all time fave haha

that being said on summoner's rift i usually prefer to play mid mages or any support really! for mid, my mains are lissandra, lux, vex and veigar (and i'm very excited for hwei, i really wanna learn how to play him). for support i particularly like nami, braum, morgana and karma, but again there's loads more supports i like playing :) and occasionally i play sejuani and amumu jungle!

and for skinlines i think my fave is space groove! but i also love arcana, shan hai scrolls, faerie court and la ilusión. oh and stargazer from wild rift! i'd love to see the return of battle queens too :) also there are skinlines that i loved when they first came out, but i feel like they've become oversaturated recently, like star guardian and coven (although i think i'm just biased because SG lux and coven lissandra were the ones who started those skinlines hehe)

hope that answered all ur questions!! thanks again :D

#league of legends #shinyswablu #ask #seb speaks

[writingbyshiloh]

Part 5. Aram

Series Masterlist 

AN: The 1 (maybe 2) people who read my MVDG and Red fics are EATING this week. This is definitely a new record. Last time R and Red almost get caught!!!! Sry Aram, ILY but I needed part 5 to be done. I have more Red fic ideas BUT I have to finish this first. If u were tagged twice that is my mistake

CW: Food,  swearing, FBI! Reader. Editing this was surprisingly fast so be scared (of grammar mistakes)

Slowly but surely, Raymond Reddington has been leaving things at your apartment. The first was a now empty suitcase. He asked you to take it because he needed to move out of one safe house and wouldn’t be able to get into the next one for the whole day. Nursing your massive crush on him, you agreed, but not before going through the suitcase in front of him to make sure it was just clothes and nothing illegal. 

As your relationship evolved, so have the items he leaves at yours. He’s left a few white T-shirts in case he stays over, munis the one you took for yourself. There is a full suit perpetually hanging in the back of your closet, tucked away in its own bag. He even left a French press in your kitchen so he can enjoy his coffee at yours. You’re also gifted with an endless supply of drop phones with one or two numbers pre-programmed into them. 

----

 You’ve been to this restaurant before, but that was when you went as an ordinary customer. It was loud, a mix of chatter from customers, the kitchen, and the random playlist of background music. 

Tonight was much quieter, the only customers being the two of you. You could hear the music more clearly even though it was at a lower volume. That’s the perks you get when dating someone who everyone seems to owe. 

You could hear him even if you were sitting across, but he immediately took the seat next to you. His watch reflects the light as he trails your fingers up and down your arm. 

You try not to squirm under his gaze but it's hard. He’s been gone for a month and you’re just dying to get him into your bed. You didn't even glance at the menus, wanting to have your whole attention on Reddington.

“We can go somewhere. Anywhere you want.” He suggests pulling you back to the conversation. 

“Oh, is my apartment not good enough for you?” you tease, trying to deflect.

“Not that I don’t love your view of the parking lot, sweetheart, but how about a change? We could get as far as Finland for breakfast.” 

You’re saved by a shrill ringing from your bag. It also makes your heart drop into your stomach. Not wanting to be interrupted you only brought your work phone. 

“Shit, shit. I’m so sorry I have to take this.” your words are frantic and you pull the phone out to see who is on the caller ID. 

Reddington nodded, understanding but you could also see the disappointment on his face. 

You push your seat out while standing, needing to pace while on the phone. 

“I know you’re on a date, and you were really looking forward to it, but we need you. The calls are too much for one person and uhh….” Aram’s voice trails off as the line goes mute. 

You know that you’re going to ditch your date to go to work, but you can still feel bad about it. You spin on your feet to face Reddington and tell him the bad news but catch sight of Dembe striding across the restaurant with his phone in hand. 

Aram rejoined your phone call. “And Rickey’s dead.” 

Rickey is someone low in Reddington's criminal operation, who is also working with someone on the blacklist, selling secrets to them. Reddington was feeding Ricky false information in hopes it would draw out the blacklister. 

“He's dead?!” you repeat, before putting your phone on mute to fill Reddington in. 

“Your man Ricky’s dead!” You tell him, still in disbelief.

Both Dembe and Reddington look at you like you grew a second head. 

“He's not dead, he has been arrested,” Dembe informs you. 

Now it was your turn to stare at them. 

“Hello? Are you still there? Helloooo.” Aram's voice got your attention. You unmute him. 

“Yeah, sorry. I’m on my way.” You reply before handing up the call. The restaurant was close to the Post Office, it would be faster to walk than to try and get your coat and have Reddington drive you. 

“I’m so sorry, I need to go, Aram thinks he's dead, but needs help figuring out where, or why or something.” You ramble on trying to get your brain to catch up. 

“Can I at least offer a ride?” Reddington asks. He knows he won’t be able to talk you back into continuing the date.

You wave him off. 

“It's faster if I walk. I’m so sorry” you apologize for the third time. 

“Sweetheart, it's raining, please.” He implores.

“I gotta go.”  

With your phone in your hand, you blindly felt around under the table for your bag. 

“It's raining.” 

“It’s just water,” you argued back. 

“At least take the jacket, please.”

You reached out to take the cream suit jacket from him and shrugged it over your shoulders. At least your hair will stay dry.  

---

“That's a nice jacket. Looks like something Reddington would wear.” The first words out of Aram's mouth had you on edge. 

Your laugh sounded fake, even to your own ears as you move to hide the jacket in your shared office. 

“Yeah, guess I spend too much time here” you joke, settling into the chair Aram put out for you at his desk.

“Okay. I know you got pulled away from your date, and I’m sorry. But did you get the pasta with the mushroom cream sauce?” 

“Aram -” 

“Oh, or maybe the gnocchi?” 

You make an exaggerated frown. “We didn’t even order.” 

Aram's face drops. It’s sweet how invested he is. When Reddington told you the restaurants he wanted to take you to, Aram helped you decide which one to go to you think. 

---

The Ricky hunt was not going well. No one had a clear lead, and with you taking hospital and morgues, Aram calling police stations, even Reddington (sans suit jacket) and Dembe came into call any criminal contacts who may know. 

Aram was blessed with the winning phone call. Ricky was indeed arrested and then bailed out by the blacklister, giving the team a lead. More importantly, it gave you the freedom to salvage what was left of your date. 

Dembe already left to start the car but to also give you and Red some space. 

“You look lovely tonight. Any special occasion?” He asked while following you to one of the hallways in the post office. 

You press your lips together in an effort not to smile. 

“I actually had a hot date.” 

“Think it's salvageable?” 

You pretended to think it over while the elevator doors closed. 

“I don’t know. He told me my apartment’s not as nice for breakfast compared to anywhere in Europe?” you tease him. 

“He sounds wise. Are you going to forgive him?” Reddington purses his lips as if he was actually going to weigh in on the drama.

You bump your shoulder against him. 

“Depends on how he treats me tonight.” 

#s1 red you will always be [redacted] #raymond reddington fan fic #raymond reddington x you #raymond reddington x reader #the blacklist x reader #the blacklist fanfic

[enullarts]

Prompt! 6. “I’ll just hold the baby in! I can make it.” + your choice of character!

cw // tmpreg, labor

"How close are the contractions?" Aram pressed the gas pedal down slightly more, inching himself closer to the rear of the car in front of him as if that would help along traffic.

The voice on the other end was lilting, shaken from the latest pain as he tried to gather his bearings again.

"I uhh.. mmh... like every seven minutes? Maybe? Are you coming home? I need you...!" Row whimpered again as he lowered himself down onto the ground after having rocked through the latest contraction. His eyes pricked with tears, he really regretted not being honest to Aram about the contractions earlier this morning and now? He knew how long it would take for his husband to come home from work, especially given the traffic.

Aram bit his lip as they came to a halt yet again. Glancing at the traffic in front of him. "I'm trying to get back as fast as I can, babe. But I think there was an accident up ahead. Do you remember the classes?"

Row sobbed. "I do.. but Aram, I want to go to the hospital, where there's doctors! And help if necessary, what if something goes wrong?! We have a room booked right?" He hissed harshly as his abdomen contracted once again. "Dammit!"

"Are you contracting again? ... Oh god, sweetheart, I think-"

"No!" Row groaned as he clutched his legs tightly in attempt to hang onto something for control over his body. "No, I- I'll just hold the baby in! I can make it! You just need to get here!"

#mini fic for u! with my ocs Aram and Row #en OC: aram #en OC: row #tmpreg #labor kink #birth kink

[alectology-archive]

TPoD chapters 7, 8, 9, 10:

I’m done! and this was the worst fucking experience of my life! I’m never rereading any of Perrin’s plotlines, sorry. It was far worser than I remember it being.

consensus is still out on whether or not perrin is interested in berelain. I understand his noticing her perfume - he can’t help that. I don’t vibe with him saying she needs to dress a certain way or deliberately trying to pick out hints of flirtation when she’s literally just discussing their next course of action. 

- It is so weird to see perrin talking about how he only gets along with and trusts grady and neald and doesn’t trust any of the women in his group. partly because they have differing opinions about how to go about accomplishing certain tasks. it’s also really weird that this happens on the heels of dumai’s wells where the asha’man brutally slaughtered the shaido, too. the gender essentialism in this series really brings down its overall quality. Another point to note is the fact that perrin gets along with the the two guys who’ve been taught (by rand) to cultivate no personality apart from being soldiers + he avoids any actual interaction with people who have strong opinions. 

- I think I don’t like reading about faile when she’s around perrin sadfjkdhf - it’s like perrin’s default mode is managing to push some trigger that manages to piss her off. I like her and think she could’ve been a great character if she’d never interacted with perrin though. And although I complain about the shaido plot a lot faile’s POVs in it were fantastic - partly because she’s divorced from Perrin’s presence - and were such a treat to read.

- honestly this section of his POV is kind of pointless. I don’t think there’s any need for faile, seonid + wise ones and berelain to fight for the right to approach alliandre - rand specifically chose berelain to approach her with annoura! But narratively it does do a very good job of establishing the fact that there are many power dynamics at play here, which I think that was what RJ might have been trying to establish.

seonid is so gay

He’s fully making shit up at this point. Just let her exist, oh my god. Why is he looking for a flirtation in every gesture??? Literally it’s hard to not believe that Perrin fully encourages Berelain to keep hitting on him.

evidence not found. this is a telling more than a showing so far.

- Morgase is another female character who gets caught up in this useless plot ugh. It’s just trauma sequences after trauma sequence for Morgase and I pity her so much.

This is with reference to morgase just because she was very mildly rude to him despite his insisting that aram not call him a lord moments before - also I don’t like the way perrin talks about women yeuch

- I think RJ being a “discover as I write” sort of writer does affect how he writes a lot - there are some clarifications for plot that don’t necessarily always make sense later on. there are also introductions to things characters struggle with without any real basis for it and sometimes manages to be all over the place - mostly perrin and his relationship with violence and responsibility was done very badly (the show does better on the front but it obviously had a whole established canon to work with already which is always an easier task).

- masema & the cult plotline is integral to exploring the various facets of how the dragon reborn affects the cultural and religious landscape in the continent, just like how the seanchan are important narratively to explore how a flipped power dynamic between channelers and non channelers would look. rand is not a saviour - RJ hammers that point in constantly - but he plays a role that’s very closely associated with saviourism since a) it’s so tied up with the struggle versus good and evil b) has a history of false dragons fashioning themselves as saviours, so cults are naturally a very interesting angle to explore. but also like every other plotline perrin touches, it fails to be dealt with in any interesting way. I genuinely enjoyed what we saw of it in TFoH and I hate that it eventually deteriorates into a mess.

where is the struggle against violence. I just don’t get it. why is killing with a hammer better than killing with an axe? I still don’t get it.

perrin: killing? violence? I don’t care. I’ll do it all for faile. 

ugh. I guess that is the point of the whole shaido arc but I still can’t bring myself to care about it.

and yet.jpg. why is it that perrin is obsessing over his followers not following his orders to the T while he’s disregarding all of rand’s instructions? I hate him so much. 

Well! my earlier point stands! why the fuck does perrin get along with them better than with the women. lol.

- I hate SO much that the mantheren plotline was passed on to perrin. I hate it!! on principle I can’t stand the thought of a dead nation being resurrected in that fashion because it falls back on uncomfortable ideas of (mostly) autocratic rulers using history to justify their rule and manipulate people into accepting it. I also hate that it gets rid of the semi-democratic rule the two rivers had. but there were ways in which it could’ve been executed well - I really liked how the band of the red hand was sort of resurrected in the same fashion (although that was mostly a symbolism thing, obviously). in conclusion: give the plotline back to mat!!

- Arrela! hi! she’s described as “tall and dark” and masculine. one of THE canonical lesbians. 

I mean at least Faile looks out for the people who follow her. Perrin has exactly ONE guy who’s super attached to him and he manages to let even him down.

- TBH a plot mostly focussed on convincing Alliandre to join them and seeing the women do politics in Ghealdan - and also potentially dealing with a more whitecloack/amadicia focused plot - would have been a far more interesting plotline than Perrin wandering around the countryside trying to save his kidnapped wife.

- ohhh now that perrin mentioned them I’m sad we didn’t see more of the algai’d’siswai! they were just as fascinating as the prophet plotline still was back in book 5 but RJ just kind of forgot about it. 

- Faile convinces perrin not to inform rand about news of seanchan in amador because ‘maighdin’ tells her that messengers and pigeons were carrying the news anywhere. Hand Of The Author, I see you. Rand needed that news! How long would it take an asha’man to inform him and hop back to ghealdan? why is travelling never used to the extent it should be in the books?

here’s a suggestion! stop smelling her all the time! A person’s thoughts on a matter will never necessarily reflect what they’re feeling because emotional responses are at the very best knee-jerk reactions and can’t be controlled or modulated the way logic can be!

- I can’t emphasise this enough but their ‘romance’ is non-existent. They make terrible partners! They’re too different to make things work. (This is not to say people who’re unalike can’t get along - but Perrin and Faile are no Elayne and Aviendha).

- I do like Lini as a character but I think my fondness for her dropped significantly after she tried to have morgase and tallanvor forcibly married. I hate it so much, and I don’t really like that she’s so rude and forceful with morgase after everything she endured in amador - I do get that she’s concerned that their cover will be blown, but... I refuse lol. I don’t like this plotline. morgase should’ve gone back to caemlyn - faile would’ve still shone in her shaido plotline even if morgase hadn’t been a part of it. I hate powerful women suddenly being shoved into servant-master dynamics!!! it happened with siuan once already! why aren’t the men forced to do such things?

- I do genuinely believe RJ enjoyed writing his women a lot but I don’t like his choice to make women inflict shame on themselves as a form of punishment in order to repent their actions. It goes hand in hand with a lot of (evil) female characters ending up enslaved & the female forsaken being abused to be taught a lesson. 

- ‘Tallanvor was too young’ sir, you literally paired moiraine and thom & gareth and siuan & morgase and thom 😭

(with reference to seonid and masuri being apprentices)

I think. I think brandon sanderson came up with the idea that an apprentice should just Know when they’re fit to be a wise one. I definitely got that feeling while I was reading the books because it was such a Brandon Sanderson thing and kind of nonsensical, honestly. It was just a ploy to keep aviendha away from rand in the gathering storm. ugh, I’m going to blame him for min and aviendha not bonding too. 

- If a man uses the word ‘wench’ he goes down on my shit list! so elyas is on my shit list! if he wasn’t already, for being the source which delivers the news that saldaean women like their husbands to take a firm hand with them or whatever.

- was I always predisposed to disliking perrin because I hate werewolves? possibly.

- alliandre!!!!

WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY TO SECURE THE ALLIANCE, BASICALLY??? What else would berelain tell alliandre -

- honestly shout out to alliandre for making the best of so many terrible situations. she had to deal with the prophet, the threat of the seanchan, the threat of rand once he conquered illian, and then perrin trying to ‘raise manetheren’ and the shaido.

and yet he gets mad when faile is less subtle when she’d trying to guide/influence him.

- worldbuilding notes: perrin can apparently smell desperation but not guilt, lol.

lmaoooo I actually did enjoy this faile POV a lot since perrin wasn’t in it! even if she and berelain sort of bickered! but it wasn’t annoying at all, and was kind of fun, actually.

- Berelain supports faile when she’s discussing politics with alliandre even if faile just technically insulted her! I love her.

faile, that’s gay.

- Berelain is very pleased with one of faile’s manipulations of alliandre!

[Total count for the number of times berelain tried pursuing perring romantically in the path of daggers: 0]

Yeah, I think I’m going to stick with the line that perrin never gives berelain a firm no. Would this have stopped her from pursuing him? It’s hard to say because she’s angling for political advantage, but faile mentions that perrin conducts himself as if he believes he’s a prize that berelain and faile have to struggle over. And he’s constantly using his enhanced senses to predict what faile is feeling instead of asking her what she’s thinking which are two very different things! I just. I honestly don’t know how RJ could have enjoyed writing any of his POVs, lol, they’re so boring and full of contrived conflicts. He should’ve killed perrin off in the middle of the series because it would’ve done a good job of building tension (although he probably would have never done that even if he’d considered it since he’d established that perrin and mat would play integral roles to secure rand’s success in the last battle).

#text #wheel of time #the path of daggers #wot book spoilers #aelia reads wheel of time #aelia reads the path of daggers

[ryqoshay]

Tri-Arame: Purple and White

Primary Pairing Trio: RyqoYozaLacey YuuAyuSetsu Words: 569 Rating: T AU: TTRPG style world Time Frame: Sometime during the trio's college years Prompt: Purple Content Warning: Depictions of battle

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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 26th

Summary: Ryqoshay, Yozakura and Lacey fight a dragon turtle

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Yozakura yanked on her sickle, trying desperately to affect the balance of the dragon turtle. Her fighting style was unfortunately weak against quadrupeds. But that wasn’t going to stop her from participating in the fight. If nothing else, she could at least provide enough distraction to keep the beast’s attention away from her charge, best friend and guild leader, Ryqoshay.

A couple yards away, it seemed Lacey was having better luck with her greatsword. With a resounding crack, the fighter managed to finally hack her way through the dragon’s tough shell.

“Woo!” Lacey cheered as a sizable chunk of shell chipped off.

The turtle dragon roared and tried to turn toward its attacker.

“Not so fast!” Ryqoshay shouted.

I thought she was out of arrows. Yozakura thought to herself. She turned to watch the diminutive archer wave something that was definitely not her bow. Wait, no!

A brilliant flash, a loud snap, and lightning struck the dragon.

Oh thank the gods she got a good effect…

“That was awesome!” Lacey cried, taking another swipe with her sword.

Don’t encourage her…

Ryqoshay waved the Rod of Wonder again. However, instead of more lightning, a stream of multi-colored stream of sparkles splattered across the turtle.

And the creature became purple.

Ryqoshay burst out laughing. Lacey cheered. And Yozakua sighed.

At least it was ultimately a neutral effect. But it didn’t help defeat the still dangerous foe.

Yozakura yanked again on her sickle, trying to upset the balance of the dragon turtle.

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“Ne, Shizuku-san.” Setsuna bounced with excitement. “Can I cut some scales off the dragon to keep?”

“I didn’t know Lacey was the trophy taking type.” The Dungeon Master said.

“Her big sister was, so why not do the same.”

“Alright.”

“Also, they’re not actually for her.”

“Oh?”

“I would like to use them to make a necklace for Ryqoshay-san.”

“I’ll help with that.” Ayumu spoke up. “Uhm, is there anything white on the turtle that Yozakura can take?”

“Well, the effect description says the target turns purple.” Shizuku checked the entry in the book. “But I suppose I can say that its teeth stayed white. You could take a few of them.”

“I’ll do that then.”

Yuu laughed. “Thank you guys for the consideration. Ryqo-chan really has the best girlfriends with unwavering love and loyalty and spoiling her and such.” She smirked. “Kinda like me. Still, I wonder if she’s the type to wear such things…”

“I think Yuu-chan would wear a necklace if Setsuna-chan and I were to give her one.” Ayumu pointed out.

“Yeah, probably.” Yuu shrugged. “I mean I did start wearing my hair with twintails, and dying it because of Ayumu. So yeah, Ryqo-chan will accept the gift.”

“Although you three still have to defeat the dragon before you can take trophies from it.” Shizuku reminded.

“Then I’m gonna use the rod again.” Yuu said, shaking a pair of d10s.

“Ooo… I hope you get the fireball.” Setsuna said.

Yuu laughed again. “Of course Setsuna-chan wants a fire spell.”

“It’s a classic!” Setsuna insisted.

Ayumu smiled as she watched the events of Yuu’s actions play out. She loved watching her girlfriends enjoy the game, even if it meant that her character had to deal with a few odd things. Just seeing everyone having fun made it worth it. And she knew Yozakura felt the same way in game, even if she had trouble saying so.

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Author's Note Continued: Stole a scene from an old D&D game I played and swapped in the characters YuuAyuSetsu are playing.

I haven't written much about Setsuna's character, as she was originally the DM and didn't want to play one for fear of favoritism. But this game is DM'ed by Shizuku, so she is more comfortable playing. Also, Lacey Rayshun is a newer addition to my Roughnecks roster, so I'm still figuring her out. For both of these reasons, I would like to write more of her, and Setsuna playing her.

And continuing my self challenge, Unwavering was the prompt from '21 and Classical was from '22.

#YuuAyuSetsu #Takasaki Yuu #Yuki Setsuna #Uehara Ayumu #Tri-Arame #Love Live Nijigasaki #fanfic #Promptober 202

[apocalypticavolition]

Let's (re)Read The Eye of the World! Chapter 46: Fal Dara

Another day, another spoiler warning. Do not read this reread if you don't want the entirety of Wheel of Time to be spoiled for you. The revelation that the seven seals are the fragments of Lews Therin's childhood sled Rosamund needs to be experienced within the text itself, not blabbed on some internet blog. Block the tags and move on!

This chapter has the tree at night icon, which is interesting since this chapter takes place in the day and the journey the heroes undergo isn't the main thrust of the chapter. Perhaps it reflects Fain? Or maybe Jordan couldn't think of a good fit for this chapter but didn't want to make up a whole new icon just for one single one.

Rand shook his head. Trees bursting? And that was during an ordinary winter. What must this winter have been like? Surely like nothing he could imagine.

As a young lad growing up in Alaska, I could only laugh at Rand's naivety. Really, there were almost no winter scenes that could impress me in fantasy worlds. Shit's cold, y'all.

“Curtains.” Perrin chuckled. He immediately wiped the smile off his face when the two women raised their eyebrows at him. “Oh, I agree with you. There wasn’t enough rust on that scythe for any more than a week in the open. You should have seen that, Mat. Even if you missed the curtains.”

Perrin, don't mock Egwene for having pretty decent Sherlock Holmes deductions. You can't even hide your supernatural powers from everyone else. Why is the people ta'veren so bad at subterfuge?

“So many?” Perrin said. “The stories say the Green Man is hard to find, and no one can find him twice.”

When I first read this bit, I was immediately put in mind of The Neverending Story's Childlike Empress, who (at least in the books) operates on similar rules. More on that in a moment.

If you boys . . . you men, can do what has to be done when you’d rather do almost anything else, why do you think I will do less? Or Egwene?

Isn't Nynaeve wonderful? She's got every reason to beat Rand over the head with a stick for this suggestion - and let's be real, that's absolutely her habit - but instead she sticks with complimenting Rand and insisting at staying by his side.

“I only danced with Aram, Rand,” she said softly, not looking at him. “You wouldn’t hold it against me, dancing with somebody I will never see again, would you?”

Was Egwene being super possessive about all of this because she thought Rand would behave the same way? Just trying to beat him to the punch because he's been so consistently shitty during this adventure? It seems like a better explanation for her behavior than anything else, and lets us move past this, right? We're never bringing this up again book, RIGHT????? PLEASE?

It's such an annoying subplot...

A number of others shouted, “Glory to the Builders!” and, “Kiserai ti Wansho!” Loial looked surprised, then a broad smile split his face and he waved to the guards.

Poor Loial, wasting all of his time in the south where people think everything interesting is all snarks and grumpkins instead of going to the North where the people know that all the myths are true. The Ogier stoneworking probably has done more to forestall the fall of the west than any specific person.

From one of the gate towers an armored man called down, “Welcome, Dai Shan.” Another shouted to the inside of the fortress, “The Golden Crane! The Golden Crane!”

This chapter is also our first taste of just how wildly popular Lan is in the Borderlands. It's probable that he gets the most love here in Shienar, since presumably most of the diaspora ended up here and the countries used to be neighbors, but he gets plenty of respect everywhere else too. It's a shame his relationship with his people and supporters is so tenuous at this point.

“Things are never as bad as they appear, Dai Shan. A little worse than usual this year, that is all. The raids continued through the winter, even in the hardest of it. But the raiding was no worse than anywhere else along the Border. They still come in the night, but what else can be expected in the spring, if this can be called spring. Scouts return from the Blight—those who do come back—with news of Trolloc camps. Always fresh news of more camps. But we will meet them at Tarwin’s Gap, Dai Shan, and turn them back as we always have.”

Good on Ingtar for being so optimistic. Shame it's all a damned lie and he genuinely thinks that it's only a matter of time before the Trollocs finally overwhelm humankind and drive them to extinction. It makes him a rather funny contrast to Lan, who as we've established is not remotely optimistic about anything but is completely faithful in his service to the Light.

“Ninte calichniye no domashita, Agelmar Dai Shan,” Moiraine replied formally, but with a note in her voice that said they were old friends.

The sheer amount of Old Tongue being thrown at us in this segment is a bit annoying because most of it is just nonsense at this point. (And really later on too.)

I am so sad that we'll never get to know how Moiraine and Agelmar became old friends. They must have crossed paths many times in her twenty year search for such a relationship, which makes me wonder: why? What Black Ajah schemes was Moiraine trying to thwart? It's still a damn shame we never got the other two prequel novels.

Agelmar hesitated, pulling a map from the tangle on the table. He stared unseeing at the map for a moment, then tossed it back. “When we ride to the Gap,” he said quietly, “the people will be sent south to Fal Moran. Perhaps the capital can hold. Peace, it must. Something must hold.”

I have to note though that Jordan's having the Borderlands in this kind of state so early on in the novels really hurt the overall momentum of the story. In just a few books - a year and a half of in-universe time - the Blight will be unnaturally quiet and the monarchs of the land utterly derelict in their duties. The later quiet does make a good deal of sense (the Shadow is holding everything it has back for the Last Battle), but the overall arc isn't strong as a result and the monarchs look incredibly stupid for having forgotten what just happened and being unable to connect the dots even as Maradon comes under siege.

When he raised his head his blue eyes burned with a fierce light, but his voice was calm again, and flat. “I am a Warder, Agelmar.” His sharp gaze slid across Rand and Mat and Perrin to Moiraine. “At first light I ride to the Blight.”

In a way, this moment must be something of Lan's last temptation. He's offered what he wants, a suicidal but honorable battle in the Blight. Further, from here on out, his path is set: Moiraine arranges for him to be handed him off to Myrelle next book so there's no way for him to truly leave, and then of course Nynaeve plays interception and keeps him alive until the end. For all the tragedy of Lan's upbringing, it is good he never gave way to this option and that he doesn't now; all he would have accomplished is the loss of too many good fighters in battles that didn't matter.

Rand abruptly realized the Lord of Fal Dara assumed it was Nynaeve and Egwene who with Moiraine would fight against the Dark One. It was natural. That sort of struggle meant using the One Power, and that meant women. That sort of struggle means using the Power. He tucked his thumbs behind his sword belt and gripped the buckle hard to keep his hands from shaking.

I like how subtle Jordan has been about Rand's firm denial about what's happening to him. Even here, it's not immediately apparent that he's forcing down the revelation about what Moiraine's quest means.

“You have seen the Green Man, Moiraine Sedai?” The Lord of Fal Dara sounded impressed, but in the next breath he frowned. “But if you have already met him once. . . .” “Need is the key,” Moiraine said softly, “and there can be no greater need than mine. Than ours. And I have something those other seekers have not.”

The exact mechanics of how Moiraine pulls this off are technically obscure - she's probably right about need, but surely there's more to it than that since the Green Man decides and apparently never helped anyone twice before but...

There was a reason I mentioned the Childlike Empress, whose "once per customer" logic had a single, strange loophole. Visitors from our world were able to see her as many times as they wished, because each time was the first time. I can't help but wonder if Rand's ta'veren made it so that to the Green Man and his magic, something like this was going on as the party approached.

“The Trolloc Wars left nothing but memories, Loial, son of Arent, and people to build on them. They could not duplicate the Builders’ work, any more than could I. Those intricate curves and patterns your people create are beyond human eyes and hands to make. Perhaps we wished to avoid a poor imitation that would only have been an ever-present reminder to us of what we had lost. There is a different beauty in simplicity, in a single line placed just so, a single flower among the rocks. The harshness of the stone makes the flower more precious. We try not to dwell too much on what is gone. The strongest heart will break under that strain.”

I hope that when the Last Battle is done and the Blight is gone, the Borderlanders can embrace intricate and soft beauty again. They're not wrong in their aesthetic, stark and simple can be truly great, but there is something tragic in their being forced into it by the Shadow when they're clearly a far more poetic people than circumstances permit.

“Your pardon, Aes Sedai, but I must see to this. Perhaps he is only a pitiful wretch with his mind blinded by the Light, but. . . . Two days gone, five of our own people were found in the night trying to saw through the hinges of a horse-gate. Small, but enough to let Trollocs in.” He grimaced. “Darkfriends, I suppose, though I hate to think it of any Shienaran. They were torn to pieces by the people before the guards could take them, so I’ll never know. If Shienarans can be Darkfriends, I must be especially careful of outlanders in these days. If you wish to withdraw, I will have you shown to your rooms.”

Again with that beautiful hypocrisy. You probably do know, Ingtar. You might very well have been the man who set them to it, thinking and hoping that a fast and painful battle yesterday might lead to a retreat today, with more men spared to fall back in the capital and forestall the end just a little while longer.

Or maybe not. Darkfriends do operate in cells and this one might have been entirely beyond Ingtar's reach.

“He made me his hound! His hound, to hunt and follow with never a bit of rest. Only his hound, even after he threw me away.”

And since Ingtar has proven false, I wonder a great deal about the other major Darkfriend in this chapter. Is he playing up the Smeagol act so that they'll underestimate him, maybe even try to set him on a path to redemption so that they can all be corrupted or killed faster? Did the merger he just experienced with Machin Shin leave him pretty traumatized in an immediate sense? Is he really experiencing spells that have him alternating between the Smeagol and the Gollum, possibly as a result of all the different forms of evil running through him? Will any of this matter after book seven or so?

“Great Lord, your might is unquestioned, but can it stand against the Dark One forever? Do you not often find yourself pressed to hold? Forgive my temerity, Great Lord; he will crush you in the end, as you are. I know; believe me, I do. But I can show you how to scour the Shadow from the land, Great Lord.”

This seems to be the Shadar Logoth surfacing but getting all mixed up with the Darkfriendliness along the way. I feel like calling anyone in the Borderlands "Great Lord" is a hell of a way to make enemies.

Stopping behind Mat’s chair, Moiraine put a hand on his shoulder and bent to whisper in his ear. Whatever she said, the tension went out of his face, and he took his hand from under his coat.

I suspect that when Mat loses a great deal of his memories, this particular moment is one of the ones that goes out. Again we do see that Moiraine can be a human, caring mentor figure, she's just not very good at it.

#let's read #wheel of time #wot #robert jordan #wheel of time spoilers #wot spoilers #rand al'thor #loial #nynaeve al'meara #perrin aybara #mat cauthon #lan mandragoran #moiraine damodred #egwene al'vere #ragan #ingtar shinowa #agelmar jagad #padan fain

[itsclydebitches]

Totally agree with your take on The Blacklist “(…) I’m watching the stupidest plot-line man ever devised, or a character suddenly did a 180 with no explanation, and yeah that makes the meta-writing part of my brain seethe and bite her imaginary pillow to muffle screams of rage… but then the characters have A Moment™, or there’s an actually well done twist, or we get an action sequence that yeah, is pretty silly when all is said and done, but it’s fun and I remember why I want to watch this show through to the end.” is exactly how I feel when watching lol

You know, I'm two episodes from finishing Season Three and while killing time today my poor brain was trying to unpack the roller coaster that has been Liz's opinion of Red lately:

Grows quite close while on the run, to the point where she'll impulse hug him and seek comfort in other ways following traumatic situations (like almost being shot). Fantastic. Love to see it. Makes perfect sense given 2+ years of interactions, revelations, and Liz's current circumstances.

Gets her life back and immediately decides that she wants Red out. Okaaaay. I've never questioned the whole 'I want a normal life and you make that impossible' perspective, but you'd think that everything they'd gone through would change her stance a bit from what we've seen in Seasons One and Two.

They settle back into working together non-stop, but Liz simultaneously insists that she doesn't want him around, a contradictory desire that's been a problem since the show's start and is pretty much ignored instead of being resolved. (Which, given the show's premise that requires them working together, should be resolved by Liz changing her stance on what a 'normal' life means. Which is what I THOUGHT we'd accomplished post-fugitive plot-line).

We get a series of episodes where Liz is literally pushing him away in the first half and then, like, holding his hand in the second??

Is completely adamant that she can't have a kid because Red is in her life.

Decides to keep the kid in large part because Red insists she should have the child in her life.

'Omg, Red, you need to stay away you're not safe for my family!'

'Omg, Red, I'm so happy you came to the wedding! :D'

Has pretty normal (for them) interactions surrounding the wedding debacle, including quippy dialogue and making light of horrifying situations. We're on familiar ground.

Is, again, her normal self where she (understandably) is pissed about shit like giving birth in a night club, but ultimately caves to the insanity that is her life.

Takes a hard turn into full-blown fury. No, you can't hold my baby. Get out. Get away.

A few minutes later Liz is falling into a coma and holds Red's hand: "Oh, Raymond. I do love..." Use of 'love.' Use of 'do.' Use of the first name. Supposed last words. Blah-de-blah I'm about six years behind and fans have analyzed that scene way better than I ever could.

Okay so Liz has been conflicted in a lot of non-persuasive ways and yeah, so much of this is contradictory/nonsensical, BUT if we're charitable we can write a lot of it off as traumatic venting and when the chips are down these are her real feelings--

Psych! She apparently faked this whole thing to try and achieve her normal life.

(Don't even get me started on stuff like the long scenes of Tom grieving when, from what I understand, he was in on the plan the whole time? You should only show the audience moments of 'grief' when he's around other people so we can later understand it as an act! Showing the viewer private moments of him talking to Agnus when he has no reason to hide what he really knows/feels in that moment doesn't work!!)

So I'm quietly seething at the absurdity and lost potential, heading home all, "That's it. I've got better shows to watch. I'm finishing this ONE EPISODE and then we are done, Blacklist."

The episode:

[Aram is the cutest cutie to ever cute, adorably blundering his way through working with Tom]

[Cooper stands his ground and announces to friend and enemy alike that he'll never stop trying to get justice for Liz]

[Red pulls a legitimately impressive one-over on the bad guy du jour]

[Unexpected moment of relief when a background character nobody survives a bomb]

[Dembe exists]

"FINE. I'LL KEEP WATCHING. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?"

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

#Blacklist #The Blacklist #mymetas

[heavensenthale]

I know I never talk about playing LoL here because I want you to think of me as a human being but I just had the wildest interaction playing aram

this got rather long so read only if you wanna see the worst side of me: the one that feels like downloading the game wasn't a mistake lmao

I got Xayah —a champ I'd used like twice before this match— and no one wanted to trade so I went into it like okay, let's hope these guys aren't assholes

so the match starts great, I get first blood, double kill, I go on a rampage (this is unprecedented. again, I was learning the champ as I went). I got killed and the Pyke in my team says "it's okay I'll avenge you"

and the mf killed Jax like it was no biggie. and so we starteed collabing really well. and the Lux and Brand in my team got wind of the situation and we started crushing the other team. I only died like twice more (and one of those was mb, I should've known better against Sion) and our Gragas became really helpful at that point.

so we crush the turrets and the inhibitor and Jax and Sion come at us with everything, but the last time I died I armed myself especifically to fuck with those two. we went into t 3-2, but my teammates died. badly. I pulled moves out of a fucking Worlds and killed them both. With half of my life bar to spare.

so Brand in my team says "that was sick xayah!

and I reply —while calmly knocking out the enemy nexus— "this is only like the third time I've played it"

and he replies "it's a talent you're born with, queen"

then I received all the GGs after the match

I got invited to play a match with the previous Brand (this time they were Nasus and I was Diana) and we lost terribly, but they were super nice in the chat? like when I got killed for the first time he said "oh queen, we're just human right?" and when we lost the first turret they sent to the chat a "whoops that ain't good for us i'm afraid"

when one guy tried to throw shit at our Zyra because she missed her ult, they said "mate it isn't the end of the world. just the match"

nevermind we lost that one, we friended each other and we're now coordinating to bring friends together for a night of truly chill aram

#milisays #leagueposting

[kiss-my-freckle]

My season 10 prediction for Agnes.

I’ll try to make this as short as possible, but it’s been 6 seasons since Agnes was first brought into the show. I believe they aged her against their timeline for the sake of their religious aspect, and are returning to Lady Ambrosia’s episode.  

The age of religious maturity. Bat Mitzvah. The  end of adolescence. Lady Ambrosia. Rebirth, transformation, Red and Little Red. 

Red: Do you really want your child to pay the price for that mistake for the rest of his or her life?

Red has a term for this. It’s called a sin eater. 

Red: I’m a sin eater. I absorb the misdeeds of others, darkening my soul to keep theirs pure. That is what I’m capable of. 

Liz was the one considering giving her child up for adoption. 

Liz. I’m thinking about giving the baby up for adoption.

Ressler was the one completely against it. 

Ressler: I’m not saying it’s easy, but I’d never give up my kid for adoption.

Agnes is written with two different outcomes. One to parallel the very dead real Red, like those children in Lady Ambrosia. This is where “Little Red” Riding Hood comes in. Liz parallels Katarina due to her second memory wipe. That’s where Tom Keen comes in. 

Dom: For most people, baptism comes early. My daughter had to wait half her life to be reborn.

Aram: In fact, I was at your christening. You couldn’t have even been a - a few months old.

The age of religious maturity for girls is 12. like Anya in Lady Ambrosia. 

Tatiana: She's an angel.

Cooper: She’s 11.

Shuster: She’ll be… transformed.

Liz: I’ll be… transformed.

Liz: Speak of the devil. It's the devil.

Liz: I’m expecting a little devil of my own.

This is where Laurel Hitchin comes in. 

Hitchin: Hand to God, how amazing was Saturday? I know I’m his mom, but Philip’s Bar Mitzvah - cutest thing ever. Although my idiot husband did order 500 extra swag bags, so one for you, one for you -

Hitchin: The mint-chocolate candies are a little stale, but the red-velvet cake pops - to die for.

Ressler is the idiot husband who had red-velvet cupcakes with Liz on her birthday in The Longevity Initiative. 

Samar: What should I call you - my idiot boyfriend or my idiot husband?

Samar: I’m sorry. Excuse me. Could you help us? My husband is a complete idiot.

Liz: Hey, guys, what you got? Aram: A birthday card and 31 red-velvet cupcakes. Uh, well, uh, 30. I couldn’t resist. When are you coming back?

I believe Keenler baby will be revealed. 

Ressler: All this to hide an unwanted pregnancy? Who’s the mother? Pastor Darvis: There is no mother. I gave birth to Luke myself. 

Liz: Oh, my God. You’re not carrying a child. You’re carrying drugs?! Alexandra: I fell at the airport. I think maybe -  Maybe the package ruptured.

Ressler: The drug test came back negative. I’ve been reinstated, but, um– Park: But what? Ressler: The hormonal levels in my readings, they were irregular.

Red referred to Ressler as the second-string quarterback. Next thing you know, he’s seeing a sports doctor for his drug/pregnancy test. 

Ressler: What does that mean? Red: I mean - that if this were the high-school prom, she’d be the pretty loner standing on the sidelines, and you’d be the second-string quarterback guzzling down the punch, hoping to cop a feel off her during “Stairway to Heaven.”

Ressler: Is that even possible? Dr. Francis: I spent a decade as a team doctor for pro athletes. Believe me, when you’re playing for your next contract, anything’s possible. Those guys want it so badly, they’re willing to do anything. Are you?

Correction for both of them. 

Doctor: What it means is, you were pregnant.

Hannah Hayes, Marko Jancowics, The Avenging Angel. It’s not safe to assume Tom is the father. Better to actually know for sure, considering it took three DNA tests for Liz to find out her biological father was dead and buried. One in 4x7, one in 4x22, and one in 5x22.

Back to their religious aspect, Agnes now nearing 12, and the fact that 10 is the final season. Red is likely to die, leaving behind a criminal empire worth a great deal of money. As Agnes’ father, the discs meant for Liz would fit Ressler.

Red: You will have one blind spot, one weakness that can’t be willed out of you. And that’s Agnes. I have no advice for you there. All I can tell you is, uh - do your best, and hold on to that like it’s the last thing in your heart.

Dembe is now an FBI agent working alongside Ressler. This is how both Red’s granddaughter and Dembe’s granddaughter will become the new Red and Dembe. 

Dembe: Raymond! Ours is a friendship forged once in this life and again in the next. Goodbye, my brother.

Not like brothers, but like sisters - as they push to reveal Red is Katarina.  

Vasilia: The only thing that could change my mind is you bringing her back.

Liz: No matter what happens, I love you to the moon and back.

I’m fully predicting that Ressler and Agnes will find out they’re father and child, and they’ll have a reunion that mirrors Vasilia and Anya. I believe that’s why they’ve yet to actually give them a scene together. They’ve been keeping them apart for the sake of emotional impact. 

Vasilia: How did you find me?

From finding Liz. 

Aram: That’s right - Keen. K-E-E-N. First name’s Elizabeth.

To finding Agnes. 

Red: You were wrong about him once. What makes you so sure you’re not wrong this time?

That’s right - Ressler. R-E-S-S-L-E-R. First name’s Agnes. 

Red: R–O–M–E–O Romeo.

Another Theo was added to storyline in Ressler's S9 episode. Agnes is nearing 12 years old, the end of adolescence. Just listen to Red's story to Vasilia, and picture Wujing breaking Shuster out of prison.

Red: And old Zeeb had been signing, “My wife, my daughter, my life.” Six words, unspoken, convinced that guard to let us go.

Dead wife, dead child...

I suspect an attempted suffocation. Like Liz and the cellophane in 5x8. Like the bag Theo suffocated Ethan’s mother with. 

"Share it with someone special."

"I’ve been saving this for a special occasion."

"Oh, I think you’re very special."

My prediction: Wing Yee's and red-velvet cake pops to die for.

Time for Agnes’ 12th birthday, for Wing Yee’s and red-velvet cake pops to die for. All of it tying in Ressler’s sad flower of weddings past. Because Liz didn’t want to marry Tom. She wanted to marry the father of her child. [x]

#Anti-Tom Keen #Anti-Keen2 #Keenler baby theory

[myschizonook]

Twisted Wonderland X League of Legends

¡Hello da’ everyone! Today in “Posts nobody asked for” *drum noises* Champions that I swear Twisted Wonderland characters would play if they played League of Legends (with skins included). Let’s go!

P. d: I made separated moodboards for each dormitory since I couldn’t accomodate them in this post, please click on each dormitory name to go to moodboards. Feel free of ignore them if you find this annoying, but in that way you will be unnable to enjoy the full experience UnU

P. p. d: I amplied the full concept for this reload jjijiji

Also I don’t own none of Twisted Wonderland or League of Legends drawings or characters, only the headcanon.

Diasomnia

Malleus Draconia

Lulu. Malleus really finds this little yordle ADORABLE, he overjoy himself whit the fae sorcerer laugh and likes to spam it, unfortunately for his teammates Lilia likes it too. He bought her dragon trainer skin cuz he find it amusing.

Galio. “OMG THIS ONE IS A GARGOYLE!!!” *instapick* That´s the history of how Malleus started playing Galio, I can bet that if Malleus could know him he would ask for his autograph and ask him a lot of things about gargoyles life while a confused Galio tries to explain the fae that hes not a gargoyle that indeed he doesn’t know what a gargoyle is. No skins cuz he ADORES Galio’s predeterminated gargoyle skin Birdio.

I think he would like to play simply because he’s just SO BAD playing. Like he, THE Malleus Draconia, finally found something he’s bad at? probably cuz it has something to do with technology, he finds that interesting. So he enjoy just playing to kill time, I think he would be ARAM main. He doesn’t get all of the toxic chat problems cuz he doesn’t know how to activate it, tho LMAO.

If MC plays to, oh lod, hes going to be a sucker for the game. They’re duo ❤️. Extra points if she’s good playing, like power couple. Also she defends him of toxic people and while she does it hes just there like 😊 1/10/5 KDA and he stole the kill LMAO

 Lilia Vanrouge

Kled. He is fond of this very eloquent yordle and plays him very often, also he is astonished by all of Kled war titles. Loves Skarl. Bought his Count Kledula skin because he loves how Skarl looks.

Lilia. He finds amusing the name coincidence and thinks the inconsistensy between her appearance and personality in her Nightbringer skin hit the jackpot.

 Silver

Leona. He really likes her gameplay, loves to protect his allies, also her voice calm him during the game he felt asleep once while playing her LOL. Lilia insisted in bought him Lunar Eclipse Leona because of their match silver hair.

Sebek Zigbolt

Poppy. He finds her SO CUTE (but you never heard me say that) also her admiration towards Garen reminds him of himself for Malleus. He got her Star Guardian skin, BUT YOU NEVER HER ME SAY THAT.

Heartslabyul

Riddle Rosehearts

Kayle reminds Riddle of the Queen of Hearts in her (so cool) way of punish the unfair. Iron Inquisitor Kayle fits him to perfection, even so, he really likes her predeterminated skin so he plays with it often.

 Ace Trappola

I could bet that Ace is that Teemo player who, regardless he win or lose, spends the whole game spaming Teemo’s laugh just to tilt his enemies… and allies. Little Devil Teemo that’s it.

 Deuce Spade

Veigar. Deuce’s mad side just love Veigar… and the way he EXPLODES his enemies. Final Boss Veigar rules.

Trey Clover

Senna. Since my point of view when Trey started playing he wanted to be helpful to his teammates mother hen so he mained support for a while with Senna. Short after he started to play Twisted Fate idk they look kinda similar. He thinks that skins are not necesary so he uses predeterminated skins.

 Cater Diamond

Seraphine. I think Cater would really ADORE her in all ways. He bought her KDA skin and ALL of her merchandise; got really upset about all the hate that was trowed at her.

Savanaclaw

Leona Kingscolar

Sett. He really likes the whoole “criminal boss who’s known as half-beast bastard” thing, besides, he can easily identify himself in this (very sexy) vastaya, he thinks their lifes are kinda similar. Have all of his skins, but he don’t wanna admit his favourite one is Obsidian Dragon Sett because… y’a know dragon iugh.

Rakan. Leona finds very interesting how Rakan have… WAY TOO MUCH ENERGY, while he’s… well quite the complete oposite. He doesn’t play him to often tho because it drains his energy LMAO, also I think he wouldn’t like to play support cuz he’s not going to babysit some jerk, so he plays Rakan jungler anything but supp.He has IG Rakan, but also likes his predeterminated skin.

And NO he will not play Leona.

 Jack Howl

Warwick. He reaaaally hates feeling like he MUST play Warwick just because all the wolf thing he’s OTP Warwick tho.

 Ruggie Buchi

Cho’Gath. “Insatiable hunger hum? Sounds like me, I like it” I can imagine Ruggie saying that when he pick Cho’Gath as main. He have Shan Hai Scrolls Cho’Gath btw.

Ocasionally plays Warwick, but only with his hyena skin (laughs himself when Warwick does).

Octavinelle

Azul Ashengrotto

Tahm Kench. Are you going to tell me that Azul just dont picked an over sized demon toad who ‘helps’ other’s via WAY TO GOOD TO BE TRUE AGREEMENTS and then feed himself with their misery when they doesn’t pay their doubt to him and is known as “The River King” as main???? He have his coin emperor skin, but keeps some respect for his lore and plays with Tahm predeterminated skin often.

 Jade Leech

Sivir went “I always take my toll, blood or gold” and Jade went ”Ok girl, you conviced me” and he picked her, that’s the history. He used his skills threaten someone to obtain an acount with Sivir Pax. Goes duo with Floyd in botlane.

 Floyd Leech

Pyke. Floyd instapicked Pyke the moment he saw him in the store, all the “mad ‘monster’ who hunts down dudes on a list” thing captured him, he finds it amusind. He doesn’t care for skins, his enemies explode equally regardless he has done or not. Goes duo with Jade in botlane.

Ignihyde

Idia Shroud

He already played and is challenger LMAO 💀

Lilia. He feels just so identified with her being afraid of everyone and everything just wanting to go back to her garden, JUST LIKE HIM! But also deeply admires her courage of leaving her place for an uper good. He bought both of her skins just when they where released, even though he doesn’t like Nightbringer Lilia because of doesn’t matches her kind and cute personality.

Ortho Shroud

Oriana. Just like his brother with Lilia, he feels identified with Orianna and plays her in every single lane. His big brother bought hi mall of her skins (even the legacy ones), but his favourite one is Orianna Star Guardian

Scarabia

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Jamil Viper. Kayn Jamil thinks his backsotry and personality are just so cool! Also deeply comprehends Kayn internal fight with Rhaast. He farmed the whoole Night & Dawn evento so he could get his Prestige Nightbringer skin. 

Kalim Al- Asim

Zoe. Kamil likes her energy and trickster personality, once and again he get little bit scared by few of her interactions with another champions into the game, but then comes back to normal and its all okay. Have all of her skins, but his favourite is Pool Party Zoe Amumu Also likes to play with Amumu! He really thinks this por mumy needs a hug and he would gladly give it to him UnU 

Pomefiore

 Vil Schoenheit

Evelynn. *Deep breath* Ok… Just look at them! THEY’RE PRACTICALLY TWINS!!!! That’s all I have to say. Have all of her skins but LOVE KDA Evelynn, I mean she just looks like the perfect DIVA.

Gwen. Also likes to play with Gwen, he just loves her mixed kind-crazy self and can we just talk about her sense of mode??!! He would LOVE to use an outfit made by Gwen! Also have all of her skins but ADORES her predeterminated skin.

Epel Felmier

Vex. The whole “emo teen” thing amuses him, really, he’s laughing…

 Rook Hunt

Ashe. I really can see Rook chosing Ashe because he liked her personality, unlike most of LOL players he don’t thinks Ashe talking the WHOLE GAME annoying, on the contrary! He finds her voice and dialogues shoothing, he would LOVE to be bow pals with her! He really likes all of her skins, but above all he ADORES her Sherwood Forest skin.

#leagueoflegendspost #twisted wonderland #diasomnia #heartslabyul #octavinelle #pomefiore #scarabia #savanaclaw #ignihyde #twistedwonderlandheadcanons

[aussieokie]

Hey jeanette, ich habe staffel 9 gesehen. Und bin maßlos enttäuscht. Nicht nur das fehlen von liz ,sondern auch die statistenrolle die man Ressler hat zukommen lassen. Nur die Folge mit Theodor war sehr schön. Auch infolge 22 die Aussage von Ressler über Keen war sehr nebulös. Klattenhoff hat besseres verdient.

(Translation: Hey Jeanette i watched season 9 And I'm hugely disappointed. Not only the absence of Liz, but also the extra role that Ressler was given. Only the episode with Theodor was very nice. Also as a result of 22 Ressler's testimony about Keen was very nebulous. Klattenhoff deserves better.)

Hey anon, I 100000% agree with you. Season 9 just didn't do it for me. So many things were not right with it.

It didn't bode well that the opening scene of the season revealed that Dembe was now an FBI agent. (And not only an agent, but apparently an inept one who had his FBI badge on him while being undercover.) Ugh.

The entire season was lackluster. There were a few bright spots, as you said, with Ressler and Theo in Between Sleep and Awake. And while Ressler got some good moments early in the season in the immediate aftermath of Liz's death, he was (AS USUAL) completely underused. Then, in the very end scene at Liz's grave where Ressler was speaking of the woman he loved that almost drove him to destroy himself, all he said in memoriam was 'she got to me'. Again -ugh.

The biggest problem I had with the entire season was that it was written to make Red smell like roses and be the innocent victim, instead of owning the fact he was the reason Liz died. His actions in 822 (and indeed, the entire show, really) caused her death, but no... instead we got a complete retcon and, 'hey, let's make Marvin the bad guy, that will be a surprise, right?' from the writers. Ridiculous.

Oh, that and 'let's make bungling Aram leader of the task force instead of the senior agent, Ressler' because Amir is leaving and we should completely man-up his character before he does. Which may be unkind, but that's how it felt to me. Ugh. How many ughs is that?

So I've gone from loving this show, living and breathing it and writing tons of fanfics, making videos, running Ressler and Keenler online events, and going to NY twice because of the show to 'I'm not even sure why I'm still watching.'

But there is only one reason I'm still watching - Diego. As long as Diego is there, I'm there.

Thanks for the comment!

[leaguesbottombitch]

Riot has been really good about some monetization stuff for the past ten years- its admirable for a f2p game... Except now that they have been branching out- especially into the mobile market- things have been slowly, quietly, getting grubbier and grubbier and it’s something that is so depressing to see happen in real time.

Competing with the mobile market is a flimsy excuse, but its there. It’s only lost when you remember that they have entire, differing game/clients for the Chinese players anyways. The game doesnt even look like our version, and yet they’re shoving desired customization behind a 2% drop chance gacha. Only after trying to take away the little legends from ARAM players by claiming it would impact clarity. (In what world would chibi lux sitting a whole turret back cause a clarity issue...?)

Back in the beginning the FOMO behind the grindy ass event passes left me taking several month long breaks after grinding out a prestige skin for my favorite champion. They were one or none chances, and that felt bad. They realized that after two years and rectified it, but only by quietly stopping the announcements of who was on the list for a skin, or even just the order of the currency type for the skin. Now you have a period of a few, silent weeks to get 125 ME for a showcase skin if you want the icon and border, or you have to wait an undetermined amount of months for it to be one of 3 ME skins to rotate into the shop- which also rotates whenever they want, without warning. That goes without mentioning that’s if you didn’t have the hindsight to spring for the ME in the last event pass, with no certainty that the next FOMO skin would be for ME- considering ME costs as much as a prestige skin but more because ~oh icon~, and thats for the people who want to throw money at the event pass but didn’t want either of the two skins IN that pass- which, if you want both, GOOD FUCKING LUCK. Don’t even try to think about wanting all three, both skins and ME for undisclosed shop rotations or next ME skin.

Don’t even get me started on WR’s events- I’ve been saying since the announcement of the SG skin ports from WR that if they expect PC players to shill and grind as hard as I had to for a SINGLE of the two Redeemed skins, they’re out of their minds. Even I have my limits on whaling.

It’s so strange that their transparency has gotten so much better in things but has virtually disappeared when it comes to anything tied to monetization.

#text #opinion

[itmfluv]

I absolutely cannot tolerate people with big egos. And worse, when people around them tolerate it and feed their big head, making it bigger. Especially the type that also tries to tell you what to do. Too bad for this one dude I know in my friend group, I’m really not that girl that will help fkin feed it- especially when we’re playing league and my best friend is popping off and this dude decides to try to steal the lime light almost every time because the attention MUST be on him always. Man plays pyke too and he’s like “OH MY GOD I’M SO GOOD.” In an aram. No shit bruh, you’re playing the best ks champ there is. And when someone else is carrying and he’s playing leona, he just has to be like “GUYS 100% WINRATE ON LEONA OH IM CRAZY.” Not to mention he comments on females bodies like they’re objects when he has a gf and radiates misogyny white privilege I’m above everyone else energy. This mf heard me tell my friends I ate chipotle for lunch and was like “you better have ordered the corn or you’re not valid.” And Yes I really did say to him out of spite “I ordered every topping except the corn cuz it’s terrible.” BITCH don’t tell me what to do, also I never had the corn to know it’s terrible but as of right now I have decided that it taste like hot fresh ass just because you said that.

#i just avoid him whenever I can tbh #sad I cant kick him from my server cuz hes friends with my friends #thoughts