#and ofc ship exclusives make sense too

[starrynightzie]

I mostly wanted this acc to be specifically for art, not rly for anything else but i need to get this off my chest. Obviously if you’ve been on twitter, you’ve probably seen a lot (and i mean a LOT) of hate towards gay ships/shippers recently, (first w togachako, then w stsg) i wanna address all the weird shit thats been happening w jjk dudebros lately. Idk what it is but they’re rly upsetti spaghetti abt even the mere thought of stsg being more than platonic besties, going so far as to shoot down any hint of them being romantically inclined in the slightest - so i thought that i’d take it upon myself to provide poof that stsg has queer, romantic subtext since ppl are being extremely obtuse abt them, all for the sake of protecting their friendship from us evil gays. (other shippers do this too but im mostly focusing on dudebros bc they’re the ones primarily acting like assholes to us for no reason, like yeah, sure, some stsgs are extremely cringey & weird but that can be said for ANY shipper in ANY fandom. When you’re in a fandom as big as this, of course there’s gonna be some bad eggs, it’s inevitable.

ok so. !!DISCLAIMER!! i do not speak japanese, so if i say something incorrect then please correct me. i’ve done enough research to be sure that what im saying is right, but im only human, and sometimes, i might be wrong. so, take what im abt to say with a grain of salt. (just in case).

first off, it should be stated that gege akutami, the creator himself, is an avid bl fan (and ik what ur thinking, ‘oh, that doesn’t mean anything! just bc u read bl, it doesn’t mean you’re likely to write gay relationships into ur own manga!’ which is true, gege HAS said that he doesn’t want to write romance in jjk. HOWEVER, as much as i love stsg & see them in a romantic light, i do definitely think that the reason why their relationship feels so ambiguous is bc gege intentionally made it that way. i think he made their relationship up to the individual’s interpretation. And for ppl who’re thinking ‘why would he do that?’ well, he doesn’t like writing romance, right? so this is the next best thing he could do. and also i have to point out (in case ppl get defensive), gege literally does not and will never care if ppl ship stsg or not, again, he’s a bl fan and if anything - all of the evidence that im going to talk abt proves that he most likely ships stsg himself, so… 🤷‍♂️

2. i’d like to talk about s2’s op & ed which are HEAVILY romantically coded. If you don’t know, the op was written to be from gojo’s pov & vice versa with geto for the ed, the op in particular is a very special case. The song is explicitly abt reminiscing the past , wishing gojo had noticed geto’s sorrow sooner and it also mentions a ‘silent love’. the word ‘love’ being used here is ‘koi’ which EXCLUSIVELY means romantic love… now, since this song was specifically written with gojos pov in mind, doesnt it seem kind of weird to have the word for ‘romantic love’ in there?? (koi can be referred to as ‘young love’ or having a ‘crush’ on someone…. hm… ThAts WeIrD.) instead of using ‘ai’??? which would make more sense if stsg were just besties bc ai is more general and can be used towards friends & family.

and then ofc there’s the whole theme of ‘blue spring’. director park (who directed s1 & jjk 0) has stated in an interview that geto was gojo’s last warm spring of youth. now if you dont know, spring of youth/blue spring means a time in a young person’s life where they have hope and happiness… in animanga, it often means falling in love too… so judging by this, it seems very likely that gojo perhaps developed feelings for geto during their teen years together. Director park has also mentioned in an interview that gojo & geto’s relationship goes beyond ‘friendship’ & being ‘familial’. 👀

3. another clear indicator of gojo being in love w geto is the whole ‘love is the most twisted curse of all’ spiel he said to yuta. ‘but he could mean platonic love!!’ idk, considering yuta had romantic feelings for rika and hes discussing them with gojo & gojo knows this, dont u think it’d be a bit weird for him to mention geto here too? if they were just best friends?? (that’s not even mentioning the fact that gojo & geto’s relationship is supposed to parallel yuta & rika’s in jjk 0…)

4. and then ofc we have gojo saying his last words to geto, which were censored. now, correct me if im wrong but the ONLY times ive ever seen inaudible dialogue being mouthed to another character is when its a love confession mostly seen in romance anime. and like, there’s also no need at all for gojo’s last words to be censored in the first place. (although, i do suspect that his last words may play a major role in the future when he faces kenjaku.) what solidifies it for me being a love confession is that, 1. geto blushed after gojo said whatever it is that he said to him, (only in the manga tho, idk why they didnt make him blush in the movie but its whatever.) and geto replies with, depending on the translation, ‘at least curse me a little at the very end’ or ‘you should at least curse me at the end’. which heavily implies that gojo said something extremely sweet & heartfelt to him as his final words. and if thats not enough to convince u that gojo’s last words were indeed a love confession.. gojo’s eng VA HIMSELF, said that his last words when translated into english means three words… im not saying that gojo’s last words were specifically ‘i love you’ or anything like that, but i am definitely sure that whatever he said was a love confession/something very romantic in nature. bc why else would gege choose to draw geto blushing?? that wouldnt make any sense.

gojo also killed geto on the 24th of december, which in japan, is the most romantic day of the year & couples in japan treat christmas eve as kinda like a separate valentines day. even in the jjk manga recently, gojo offered to fight on dec 24th & kenjaku mocks him by saying how romantic it is… even gege himself acknowledges how romantic christmas eve is in japan, this enforces the idea that gege must’ve chosen dec 24th for a reason, bc why else would he have picked an extremely romantic date as not only the day where he fights kenjaku who is inhabiting geto’s body, but also making it the day geto died?? yall have to remember that all of this has been planned out by gege, none of it is a coincidence… he didn’t just come up with all of this on the spot, he’s been planning this stuff & thinking about it for literal years.

5. and finally, probably the BIGGEST piece of evidence there is, geto & gojo’s character songs. gege chose romantic break up songs for BOTH of them.. like im sorry but if stsg were rly truly only best friends, he would not have chosen those songs for them, it just doesnt make any sense.

conclusion: obviously, this probably isn’t every subtextually romantic thing about stsg’s relationship but these are all the things that i’ve noticed. again, if you see their relationship as purely platonic then that’s fine but don’t be assholes to people for seeing romantic subtext that’s quite clearly there. if i have missed anything out then please let me know and i’ll edit them into the post.

#jujutsu kaisen #sorcery fight #jujutsu gojo #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #geto suguru #suguru geto #stsg #satosugu #sugusato #jjk analysis

[nekoannie-chan]

Secrets chapter 4: The Beginning or the End of Everything? Part III

Pairing: Steve Rogers X OFC, Brock Rumlow X OFC.

Word count: 1052 words.

Summary: Sometimes keeping secrets can be dangerous or a heavy burden, which is what Kathleen has been doing for years. She will also be in charge of guiding Steve Rogers into this century; meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be looking for a way to kick-start the Avengers Initiative by integrating her as one of the superheroes, but that won't be the only danger they face.

Warnings: None

A/N: After long time working on this longfic, I finally post it. If you wanna be added to the taglist, let me know.

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You can read it on Wattpad and Ao3 too. Secrets masterlist. Previous chapter. Next chapter.

𝟸 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇

 It had already been two years since she joined S.H.I.E.L.D., and her missions so far have been successful. At the moment she was in her office reviewing the proposal for the Insight Project, the board of Directors had rejected it. She didn’t understand the reasons. Everything seemed in order. She sincerely preferred to do that over the other missions. He knew she helped people by stopping those criminals, but that didn't mean she liked being on some missions. She preferred to do office work or go on some missions with Brock.

Despite everything, she was still checking everything related to the project. According to the manuals and protocols, everything was in order; therefore, it didn't make sense that it had been rejected... Unless it was for monetary reasons.

Fury entered the office with a folder, and without saying a single word, she turned to see it. She knew that it could only be something too important, so much so that the rest of the missions would be postponed until further notice and the personnel would participate more. She took it and began to leaf through the content, but she didn’t understand well what it meant. In truth, she began to believe that it was a joke by Nick, although she was no longer a little girl to laugh at the jokes that Nick used to make.

"An hour ago, some Russian tankers sent us these photos; I need you to analyze them; you have less than two hours; it's urgent, as it can't fall into the wrong hands," Nick ordered her.

Kathleen nodded and got to work. She also called Cameron; she would need some help. Together they managed to get the results in less time than she required, but she could not believe it. He was most likely dead; no one would resist even those conditions and probably not even the magnitude of the impact; it was the ship, but she was not so sure if he would be in there. The best thing to do was to send someone to check and, if possible, get what was left and try to recover it because if any of the enemies did it before them, they could try again to replicate the serum or use it for some experiment, and that meant more problems.

Now more questions popped into her head. How would they break the news to the world? What would happen now? Would they examine the discovery? Should she worry?

Probably, there would be a memorial or some ceremony to thank him for his service or something, she didn't even know why she was worrying about the situation, she just had to do her job.

It was three in the morning when Nick Fury's phone rang, and he immediately answered to receive the news that Captain America had been found, or at least his frozen body. Under those conditions, they could not be sure if he was alive or not, so he gave precise instructions: they had to get him out of there and take him to the S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities in New York so that the doctors could take care of him and he would be submitted to some tests before telling anyone else since he didn’t want rumors to spread to the population.

He knew who was the perfect person for what was coming, plus it would be easier to know what was really going on, although he was sure she would not give any statements to the media, so they could prepare whatever was necessary.

A few minutes later, he spoke to Kathleen to assign her to the mission, which was simple: to be present while they took the Captain out of the ice to try to read his mind and thus be able to corroborate if he was alive, as well as to be by his side during the transfer and the doctor's examination, and in case he was alive, she would have to help him adapt to the present time.

Kath's mobile phone rang, she mumbled something unintelligible, and she wanted to continue sleeping, but if Nick was talking directly to her on his personal mobile phone instead of his work one, it was really something exaggeratedly important. She moved Brock so she could answer; she had lost count of the times they had been together.

Although they weren't in a romantic relationship as they had agreed, they had repeated that night of the mission several times, sometimes at her place, sometimes at his apartment. Although neither of their feelings had changed.

Even Brock was thinking of trying to have a relationship after a while, to convince her, although first, he had to find a way to keep her safe.

She got up and dressed as quickly as possible to arrive on time as soon as she heard the news. She left a note with a vague explanation for Brock to see when he woke up; she still had to go through some documents with Fury so they wouldn't have any problems since it was something secret and no one could find out that they had found it to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

She opened a portal to get to the place where they found him as quickly as possible. She gave the documents to the Lieutenant, they had already taken him out of the ship and were preparing everything to take him to the S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities, although Kath didn't know which ones, so she had to hurry, otherwise, she would have to give explanations to Fury.

Someone tried to stop her, but she practically threw the document Nick had given her and went up to the ship with them. She couldn't perceive much, not counting the noise of the others' minds; she had to concentrate. She couldn't have Cerebro with her; she didn't want anyone to know she had him, so she had to think of something different to see if she could catch any thoughts.

She reached over and put a hand in Steve's hair; it still had some ice in it; however, she had no idea how they had gotten it out of there, and since it wasn't completely thawed, she started to pick up some slow and vague thoughts that meant he was alive.

Ꭲꭺꮐꮮꮖꮪꭲ:

@saiyanprincessswanie  @sinceimetyou @unnuevosoltransformalarealidad

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#Secrets #Steve Rogers x OFC #brock rumlow x ofc

[sizzlingsheepcheesecake]

i get what you are saying about people being protective of their ships bc i'm kinda one of them lmao i mean i did not want to start reading Distortion at first exactly because there were two ships and in the very first author note you said you don't know how this will end and i kinda don't read fics with no happy ending for my ship so... and still here i am reading Distortion anyway and being addicted to it even though i still don't know if there is a happy ending for my babies hahaha so yeah idk where i was going with all this lmao just wanted to say thank you i guess?? and ofc everyone wants different things from your fic including me and that's okay but it's the magic of your writing that has brought us all here so the only thing that matters is what YOU want to write regardless of any expectations and you're doing an amazing brilliant spectacular etc job!! so yeah thank you so much i hope your pillow is always cold on both sides and life is kind and gentle to you 💕💕💕

Aww this is so sweet thank you!! 💕 I totally understand that people sometimes only want to read their ship without anyone else involved, and only want to read if there's a happy ending guaranteed for their ship, that's totally valid!

Fun fact but I had never even read a single fanfic until a few months ago! So the concept that a lot of people read fics knowing exactly what's going to happen, and like to know who's endgame etc. is new to me. I guess I'm approaching it in a way that's slightly more similar to a novel, like when we didn't know if Bella would choose Edward/Jacob or whether Katniss would choose Peeta/Gale (not that Distortion is like a novel in many other ways haha it's definitely self indulgent and fan fic-y) As well as not wanting a spoiler I also didn't know who would be endgame, and still amn't 100% clear on how exactly it'll end. But I always said I wanted it to be a fic with lots of enjoyable lovey content for both ships, even if it's also quite angsty by nature. Also I don't intend on writing an ending that will be super sad or disappointing for anyone if that makes sense? And I'm happy that I've written some Bokris and Bo(Jan)2 exclusive fics too for people who aren't into the uncertainty or the love triangle vibe, hopefully they can enjoy that 🥰

It means so much that you decided to give it a chance and are enjoying it despite your uncertainty, thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

#bokris #bo(jan)2 #joker out fanfic

[tharizdun-03]

Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2: EP 1-4 Watchthrough

SEASON 2 TIME!!

#1: "Next Step"

i have no idea what the fuck she's doing but riko is such a good girlfriend

me to riko when she makes weird noises i don't understand

i really loved yohane's introductory episode, but then thought she played too much into her schtick when it worked much better when her embarrassed self awareness of it clashed with her theatrics, so more like this.

like this moment here when she gets into character, but then realizes playing things up won't help right now and she just sinks into her sadness. fucking broke my heart, that slump.

i suppose it's nice that she's more often in yohane mode cause it means she's found a group that accepts her playing this persona, which is great! but i definitely want more vulnerable moments consistently, to humanize her further. she doesn't have to abandon yohane for that.

Maybe. I mean, anything's possible with the butterfly effect, you know. Maybe if you just stepped on a bug that day, you could've prevented WWII. I mean, it'd have to be before the war ofc. Unless you stepping on that bug now impacted a future time traveller. That'd work too.

Honoka could change the weather through her willpower alone, so maybe you can manage a miracle too.

chika's girlfriends embarrassed at seeing her panties. yes, girlfriendS. they are polyamorous. it is written. i have decreed it. (mari and kanan are exclusive for example, so there is reason behind my ships lol)

sunshine has made me into the biggest yuri headcanoner lol.

i also love how you can tell just how much i'm enjoying a show depending on if i write long threads for each episode i watch or not. if i am, that's good fucking shit.

#2: "The Sound of Rain"

These two kind of are the nerds of the group tbh. Yohane is into her chuunibyou stuff (and would probably love something like Dungeons and Dragons btw) and Hanamaru is a big reader. It makes sense they'd develop a bond over that.

chika and riko being cute again.

i dunno, yohane speaks all the time. and i wouldn't call either kanan and especially not mari shy. at least, those are not their core differences that is causing this clash.

what in god's name happened to that first screenshot lmao

fun shot

they're

cute

yeah, that's the sun, stupid.

i like that this episode focused on the other girls separated from our main trio. immediately introduced us to new dynamics, cause that's when these shows work the best, when it's just these dorky girls bouncing off each other.

#3: "Rainbow"

Silly little comedy, but also, this is a big part of Sunshine!!'s charm. This is what they're selling to students. The rural environment, the local fruit, the ocean, the community. Not the actual school, which seems kinda whatever really (3 hours between busses, like?).

also, while i like the opening for this season, it's not a highlight like the first one, but i do love the ed we have for this season, which is just the girls being their cutest

no, not quite yet.

it's nice seeing ruby having grown comfortable enough to banter with yohane like this

look at those smiles. they are so in love. (also, nice reference to the first episode)

besides the first opening, i don't think sunshine has had any outstanding songs like SiP, but i like the classical theme here. also, it was the best choice to go to love live primarily, i think. ofc, they manage to do the open house too, cause that's the kind of show this is.

#4: "Don't Be So Formal with Me"

this show.... getting me all emotional. yes, it's okay to be yourself! you don't have to change fundamentally to get close with other people. you don't have to change your dynamic or friendship, that it's unique to their relationship with you is what makes it special to love!!

you guys know that episode in k-on's second season were mugi feels self conscious about her friendship with the girls cause she doesn't have the same kind of dynamic with all the physical comedy? yeah.

aww, my sweetheart.

and then a minute later lol

dia scaring off dolphins with a glare alone

i love how in You's fantasy, Chika has all these everyday jobs like working at a restauarant or as a florist, but You herself is a model! (photographed by her girlfriend, ofc)

on that note, You looking real cute with her hat and pigtails

nooo, dia, your line with hanamaru was good, you were jumping off of a previous topic and she doesn't interact with customers. they're just stupid, you did well!

hey, remember in you's fantasies back in like ep 11 and she had that random bear costume? we have context for that now as we find out this is a part time job she's taken before.

i dunno how she got all those kids' attention with just some dance, but queen lol. one of the best episodes of this series so far. incredibly cute episode with so many lovely gags and a minor emotional conflict that the series can't over indulge itself on. superb stuff.

#love live sunshine #Love Live! Sunshine!! #Chika Takami #Riko Sakurauchi #You Watanabe #Yoshiko Yohane Tsushima #yoshiko tsushima #yohane #Hanamaru Kunikida #Ruby Kurosawa #Dia Kurosawa #Mari Ohara #Kanan Matsuura #8/10

[lesbiansanemi]

Snek lady Shura!

Shura, my beloved, of course

favorite thing about them - God, I just... she's so crass, and mean, and confident and it's not used exclusively to make her sexy? Like, Shura is hot, ofc, and that's capitalized on, but not everything about her has to be wrapped up in that. I love that we got a female character that is so unabashedly real. Like she's genuine, with her swearing and her drinking and her stubbornness. I just... Yeah, she feels like a real person, ya know? It's rare for a female character to get that treatment, especially when they're also stereotypically attractive

least favorite thing about them - Honestly? I'm having issues coming up with aspects of her that I genuinely dislike? I don't think I actually have a good answer for this

favorite line - I mean, this isn't a line, but just... I love the way she talks! She talks like me! I don't even mean all her swearing and speech patterns, but she's got my accent! She breaks grammar rules the exact same way as me! It's always very neat seeing characters that have my accent, it doesn't happen very often

brOTP - Please, her relationship with Rin is my favorite thing. I like that she started out mentoring him out of obligation to Shiro and as more and more time went on she was just "ah god fuck I'm starting to see this brat more like a little brother god fuck me"

OTP - I don't really ship her with anyone? Except Shura/Lewin but only if it's queerplatonic (god I have so many Thoughts about that)

nOTP - Shura/Mephisto, god no, get it the fuck away from me. But then again, I have that reaction to all Mephisto ships lmao

random headcanon: She would like more tattoos but doesn't want to clash with the one on her torso she already has. She thinks it looks very striking!

unpopular opinion - I'm not sure if this is super unpopular? But I have seen some people complain about it so idk. I don't hate when she's used for fan service, and I don't hate her skimpy outfits. I think her outfits make sense for her, even if they are impractical for fighting sometimes. It just makes sense for her to be like "Yeah, this bikini top may result in a nip slip and the strap's too tight to move properly but I look damn good so suck my dick"

song i associate with them - very bad at character song associations, honestly awful, but Venom by Icon for Hire. It just gives me Shura vibes, plus the album has snakes on it so :D

favorite picture of them - I am but a simple lesbian and she is very hot here

#ao no exorcist #blue exorcist #shura kirigakure #asks #kaz rambles

[jaggedwolf]

air support, we need you (or: tscosi 2x09)

some bomb dropping, ofc, spoilers below duh

same game, top three things i had feelings ‘bout in reverse order

3. time skip time! Everyone could use a bit of a breather, even if it can’t live up to Arkady’s goat farm dreams

I thought all the planet assignments made sense, even if the completionist in me wanted it to differ more from the split that had already happened this season

ok ok the shipper in me was 50-50 but we’ll address that later

2. my man park!! is back!!! 

Showing up with an anti-aircraft missile launcher as a wedding gift. I kept joking that Park would keep up his finale trend of showing up as a surprise being cool (as cool as Park can be anw), and thought it wouldn’t happen till it did!

and him also quietly saying the defector wasn’t Shelly....Park...are you going to talk about this...

narrowly avoided extended crew singing for the third time, will he keep up this success rate?

I would take a mini-episode that just followed Park in the second half of the season (Park: I am an independent man who needs no crew)

1. Arkady attacking Krejjh because she thinks they’re an enemy, AND then McCabe pulling a gun on her to make sure she didn’t run away. Bro. Bro, that shit was a direct hit to the id. Do I even have words for how good that was

Knowing what was about to happen as soon as Arkady said “You” in that tone of voice, ugh

Krejjh saying Arkady instead of First Mate Patel in desperation, and then brushing it off with a :D after

But god, McCabe. They’ve been so compelling this season, and yeah, maybe they’re approaching everything like a nail with the hammer they’ve got that shoots bullets, but the point is, it fuckin works 

Arkady buys the threat (the promise of her crew’s safety?) more than she buys Krejjh’s reassurances 

(though reading the transcript, Krejjh specifically telling Arkady “Science Officer Liu will never forgive you”, not “forgive us”, is excellent too)

“the only authority figures yet to disappoint me” / “I’m not an authority figure” / “you don’t get to decide that” is just like. embedded in my mind. just McCabe going no, you don’t get to run verbally either.

Do you ever think about how Arkady and McCabe had like, different kinds of fucked up childhoods compared to the rest of the crew. Like obviously McCabe ending up an agent so young and the stuff about their family suggests a pretty secure background, but it feels like the IGR and Dwarnian war starting when they were 12 gives them a kind of cynicism that meshes well with Arkady’s, in a way that’s distinct from how Arkady and Violet’s morbidness mesh, or Arkady and Sana’s pragmatism

ok more character feels under the cut

don’t scandalize the grandparents

A married man! 

Impressed he made it through the season with no baddies wrecking his oxygen

Always ready to point out that Arkady is actually as much of a nerd as he is

AKA I didn’t realize it was a Mozart reference till he said so. Arkady defies the jock-nerd chart

okay who of Arkady or Krejjh is gonna tell him about MMA fight outside, or did they do a whole team debrief. For Arkady’s sake I’m hoping not the latter, though I guess everyone else would like an explanation for McCabe’s gun-pointing??

likes solving problems without guns, would prefer solving them by FLYING SPACESHIPS 

Krejjh watches McCabe’s gun strategy work on Arkady and goes “do you folks really live like this?? why???”

I do love that their first thought on what to do next is to run a bunch of supplies around, probably between human populations that are going to be a wary at seeing a dwarnian show up. (Eat it, Eejjhgreb)

Kinda wonder if their feelings about getting choked out by their buddy are in fact more complicated than “it’s chill dude, please don’t do something stupid”

The cutest vow

who needs to calm down your crewmates with annoying words when you can just point a gun at them

Seriously where is the human-dwarnian war AU where it lasts longer or happens later where McCabe is the baby sniper posted to Arkady’s unit and they squabble a bunch (and perhaps kiss? When I wrote my third ever ficlet for this fandom never did I anticipate actually being interested in that)

what % of their Mirzakhani choice was thinking “what if Arkady tries to run from the goat farm and no one’s around to point a gun at her” jk jk

Their exclusion of Park from authority figures that didn’t disappoint them is fascinating. Is it that he left hoping for Shelly when it probably wasn’t her, or that he isn’t an authority figure anymore, a combination there of?

Or worst of all, is it that when he didn’t kill Krejjh back in 1x10, that really was a disappointment, no matter how much it might’ve been mixed with relief, and you can’t undo that moment?

What if they and Park talked. But I don’t think Park is going to goat planet, so that seems unlikely.

Their apology to Sana for heightened Martineau security! And Sana reiterating the profound gratefulness bit, gah

mostly read other people’s words and yet sparked consideration of two different OT3s, her power.

you know what, everyone deciding Sana is the best person to read words makes complete sense

There was one specific moment this episode that sent my mind into a tizzy about V/A/S, and it was Arkady going FINE GO ASK THE CAPTAIN THEN at how firm Violet was that Tripathi would be the one driving her, not Arkady.

I need you to understand that my V/A/S OT3 opinions are such that my shipping feels were more set off by that than Sana and Violet telling Arkady they were proud of her for choosing goat planet or whatever, like I don’t even know what dynamic was so captured by that argument, rip at Arkady having to be systems apart from them again

Though ofc my heart was buoyed by Sana’s earnest “Kady, you do more than that”, I want these two to go do a job together again, I miss that

To shift gears, I cannot believe “Lenny” started out as Sana being absolutely furious at the people threatening her crew and has ended up a teasing in-joke between her and Park, my Sana/Park shipping feels were very content. (When does Sana learn that Park didn’t get to hear the long list of fake crimes the Rumor crew specifically confessed to Lenny? This must be fixed. Tell him about the diamonds!)

Campbell said “Park, let me show you where we’ve been sleeping.” and my brain went. Wait. This is actually a good OT3?? Park is already unnerved by Sana’s earnest captaining, he should get unnerved by Campbell’s default magnanimity, please consider this

this is also where I point out that all these major characters have very convenient names for indicating ships solely via letters. V/A! B/K! S/P/C! This may solve my ot3 tagging problem...

get off that cotton candy boat, vi

Haha I loved that line from Doc Robinson she’s so no-nonsense, love Violet agreeing to work with her

Doc also said menders and I thought about this post again and also the team split and ahhh

But no, I very much liked Violet gently crushing Arkady’s goat farm dreams, and the two of them awkwardly discussing the very awkward stage things are at while still getting a feel for how the other operates

These nerds are trying and I’m still fond of them

at some point I was gonna make fun of Vi for not being able to drive before realising 1. she probably didn’t want to deprive the others of a vehicle 2. that would be incredibly hypocritical of me

wait does the igr have excellent public transport when they aren’t bombing it i take back every bad thing i’ve said abou-

*ahem* same question about the MMA fight debrief I had for Brian, it would be so funny if the situation was so rushed that like, Arkady+McCabe explain to Brian on the farm and Krejjh has to tackle everyone else

tick, tock, walking bomb, when it stops, nobody knows

arkady is so whumpable, and this show knows it

Redundant, but love how terrified of herself she is after hurting Krejjh and how strangely reassured she is by McCabe’s gun antics. And how she doesn’t like thinking of herself as an authority figure on the ship even though she literally is as First Mate

is ready to monologue about all major life events and the crew frickin knows it

is trying to help herself and stuff, still grumbling about it. in worse shape this season than last - probably all the constant discussion of the inevitable war just kept building stuff up and she kept ignoring it because haha who wants to deal with this prickly mess of a person haha

did i mention she’s the best

hope she gets her full goat farm dream one day, even if it’s not on actual goat farm

#tscosi #tscosi spoilers #jaggedwolf rambles #real rambling times yikes #mine #tscosi reviews

[normal-thoughts-official]

A year or two ago I saw a post from a south asian woman who ran an avatar (the last airbernder) blog that was like "I need white people to stop focusing on shipping white boys that barely interact, not in the sense that I want them to start them shipping moc (I mean that too) but in the sense that you lose/not focus on the other parts of the media like criticism of imperialism and the power it continuingly holds as a system" and they just wrote it better but tumblr searching system sucks so I can't find it :(

oh that too. some ppl will just <3 completely ignore the meaning of a piece of media and make it all about shipping. i also saw someone saying that about squid game (disclaimer: i havent seen squid game) and how ppl were making it about shippy cutesy fic instead of a critique on capitalism and imperialism and the responses were insane. some ppl were actually arguing that ppl who were writing coffee shop AUs understood the meaning better than op because "the point is that they deserved to live!!!" like... no the point is way more complex than that. and like i get that not every show is deep and all (since we mostly consume media from a monopolized industry most aren't tbh) but when a story's interpretation is considerably watered down like that so shipping can take the front seat it leads to... well, a lot of problems lol. even when the media isnt actually deep

for example destiel and the destiel fans who genuinely believe/d that spn was a completely different show than it was and that dean was supposed to subvert toxic masculinity like. he really isnt. ur just letting ur love for a ship and ur desire for it to become canon at some point cloud ur interpretation of the show, which is hsrmful both on the general sense that ur critical thinking skills are dulling, but also because 1- ppl then go ahead and ignore problems with the narrative and let them go unchallenged; and 2- ppl who point out these problems get attacked en masse for saying that spn is full of toxic masculinity shit (which is true) because the fandom refuses to interpret the show accurately in the name of shipping. ive seen that happen A LOT in the spn fandom, and i dont even go there

thats just an example ofc its not a destiel only thing but like. yeah its one of the many ways in which this whole "fandom revolces around shipping exclusively" culture is harmful imo

#ask #anonymous #discourse #anti spn #anti spn fandom #anti destiel #anti destiel fandom

[clvmtines]

welcome aboard, clementine martinez, student #2. we are excited to set sail with you !  has anyone told you that you look like alexa demie? according to our records, you hail from florida, usa, prefer she / her pronouns, are a cis woman, and are here to study creative writing. we also see you received a spot on the ss university because of your online lottery win — we won’t tell anyone. during your first few weeks here, other students said you were + charming, + free-spirited, but also - restive. it sounds like you spend most of your time at the billiards room. upon checking your luggage, we noticed you packed a casino chip carried around for luck from home. hopefully your roommates don’t steal it!

hi friends! i’m very excited to be here. i’m jay (est, she/her) n i used to play astrid nyland a few months ago if anyone remembers bt i had to leave for personal reasons. i’m so glad to be back now that i hve life sorted and some free time for summer break <3 read on for some details abt this new muse of mine, clementine. 

01. biography !

so ! clementine was born in florida. & yes, her real name is clementine. her mom thot it was the cutest name idea ever. clementine mostly goes by clem. she comes from the town [redacted] in florida bcoz i am too lazy to look up a specific town <3 but alas ! it was swampy and humid and she lived in a trailer park. 

her parents got knocked up at nineteen. clem was born nine months after a particularly wild 1999 fourth of july. her birthday is march 26th and she’s an aries. 

(TW: addiction, child injury) clem’s dad was a gambling addict and petty criminal—he wld steal credit cards n whatnot. he wld gamble away diaper money n it would cause constant fighting until her dad finally left. her mom took this very hard n began drinking a bit too often, leaving clem to to make cereal for dinner n fend for herself. once clem tried to make hot dogs on the stove and spilled boiling water on herself. got a p bad burn on her arm/shoulder and still has a big scar.

the soundtrack of her childhood was cicadas buzzing and stray dogs barking. the sizzle and pop of natty light cans. turning up her ipod to max volume to drown out the sounds of her mother fighting with her new boyfriend.

throughout her upbringing, clem’s dad was always in and out of the picture. he’d blow into town when he hit it big. he’d take her on these little “adventures” like staying in a motel 6 n renting movies at block buster n ordering good pizza nt the dominos shit she ate with her mom lol. ofc he was charging it all to someone’s stolen credit card. he’d always promise to, like, take clem away. n clem was a daddy’s girl so she believed him. the last time it happened was her h.s. graduation. her mom didn’t show ( "overslept” after a bender ) but her dad did and surprised her n said everything wld be different. bt then he bailed on their plans for the next day n when she called his cell, the number was disconnected. tht was the defining “i’m done” moment. clem promised to never be disappointed by her father again.

(TW: racism) her mother has mexican ancestry and clem’s always been called her twin. but clem was raised in a predominately white area and honestly ?? it was really hard without her even realizing it. she’s still unpacking a lot of things today abt her youth that jst weren’t okay bt she thought were normal. like microaggressions, stereotypes, being fetishized by boys in high school. gross shit.

as a kid, clem was rumored to be really poor bc she wore tattered clothes n got free lunch at school. once she invited a friend to her house & the next day they told everyone it’s in a trailer park. that reputation—the “trailer park girl”—was really hard to shake. and clem got almost desperate to shake it. she was endlessly trying to set her old self on fire and emerge from the ashes like a phoenix.

eventually clem became more “popular”. in school she was, like, a straight b student. very average although super creative and quick-thinking. she always had street smarts. problem solving skills. independence. more of, like, practical intelligence as opposed to book smarts because academia bores her tbh. she was like why am i reading these overrated boring books by dead white men or learning abt polynomials when i know nothing abt how to pay a mortage or do taxes. like...she saw the american education system as bullshit and put in modest effort because she didn’t believe it deserved her sweat and tears. 

however, she entered the online lottery for the seas program on a whim and got in. so she’s studying creative writing now.

02. personality !

first thing you shld know abt clem is that she’s a compulsive liar essentially—she tells various stories to make her life seem better than what it was. to one person, she’s an heiress to a real estate company and grew up wealthy. to the next she was raised by nomadic hippies. some of her lies are small fibs while others are grandiose tales. she rarely talks about her actual upbringing. she hates talking abt her family or the v real trauma of growing up in a household where both parents struggled w/ addiction; the uncertainty, the broken promises, the fact that she had to grow up so soon and deal w/ so much. it wasn’t fair, and if she thinks about it too much, she feels this anger. anger at the universe. anger at her circumstances. she doesn’t know where to put this anger. she doesn’t know how to shrink it. so she avoids it.

despite her rough upbringing, though, clem is actually really sweet and kind. she’s adventurous, fun-loving, free-spirited, and bold. 

bt ! she can also be closed-off, competitive and restive. 

she’s seemingly tight with everyone? like she’s jst that girl who can get along with anyone tbh. 

in her spare time you can catch her tanning by the pool, hanging at the bar, playing pool ( which she learned from her dad ), and socializing. she’ll never say no to hanging out with people. 

she learned a lot from her little “adventures” with her dad, who was very good at conning others and often involved her in his dumb little scams. clem is suuuper good at pulling the ‘im baby 🥺’ card to get what she wants.

she can be a little selfish, because she grew up looking out for herself. 

stubborn and dogmatic as hell !!!

she doesn’t do too many relationships but when she does fall, i imagine she falls hard and fast. she refuses to be made a fool of, tho. when she gets vulnerable she flashes back to being a kid, waiting all day for her dad to show up only to have him bail on her. again. she hates that feeling. so if she, like, senses a shift in someone’s energy she’ll b like, “i’ll break up with u before u can do it to me” and the person wasn’t even tryna dump her lmao.

has a lot of sex. too much ?? sex?? mayb. but she’s v sex positive.

her personal style is v late 90s. hair clips, big scrunchies, neon, fur trim, crop and tube tops, hoop earrings, chokers, patterns, platform shoes, biodegradable glitter cuz it’s good fr the earth *winks*. clothes from o-mighty.......actually jst google o mighty, pull up the images and That is clem. she dresses like a bratz doll. she’s dedicated to the aesthetic.

03. headcanons !

her item brought from home is a hot pink poker chip from a casino. her dad gave it to her. he said it reminded him of her because of the color; he got it during one of his winning streaks and said it was lucky. she has a complicated relationship w/ her dad n doesn’t even speak to him anymore, bt she will never go anywhere without it.

she’s a smol bean—only 5′4

an astrology girl and she reads palms ! she absolutely makes astrology tik toks that people only watch because she’s hot. her flirting technique is to ask you to read your palm.

she doesn’t typically drink to get drunk. but she does love a good sugary cocktail. to her, a drink is like an accessory. a blue fishbowl by the pool, a jack and coke as she stands around a bar. usually she'll nurse the same beverage for a while. if you see her wasted it usually means she’s going thru it emotionally lol. the one thing she does do is drugs tho 

pretty much listens to exclusively female artists.

a bit of an activist. environmentalism, feminism and the like, she’s v outspoken. vegan for ethical reasons (TW: drugs) bt still does cocaine. she wears shirts with ‘my pussy my choice’ bedazzled on the front.

loves to rollerblade ! back home she didn’t have a car so she’d bike or rollerblade. now she still has her blades and she’ll use them when the ship docks. 

03. wanted connections !

Friends, bffs, ride or dies, friends who are like siblings to her, maybe a friend with an unrequited crush on either side ??

an ex she dumped/cheated on/otherwise self sabotaged their relationship because she was afraid of vulnerability.

an ex friend who realized she lies a lot abt herself n felt betrayed. OH ! ESP if they opened up to her on many occasions abt intimate, personal stuff. imagine the betrayal they felt when they found that everything they thought they knew abt clem is a lie.

someone who she actually opens up to. a confidant. or, maybe, like, a stranger she drunkenly spilled her soul to and now she avoids them like the plague.

a rival. clem can be competitive.

her drug dealer 

someone she knows she shouldn’t hook up with and… does it anyways. like a friend’s ex or smthing. spicy <3

i welcome anything !

#seasintro #addiction tw #alcohol tw #drugs tw

[aeipathic]

1-9 honest meme!

munday honesty || accepting || @miranyutu​

What would prevent you from following someone?

a few things! if their writing style doesn’t seem to jive with mine is a big one -- that is, if i see myself having difficulty coming up with responses or parsing theirs! i also like to go in knowing what to expect, so if you’re an oc but don’t give much info about your character/verses/etc, i might not follow. and also just if, by looking through the blog, the mun displays an attitude i don’t think i’d get along or i don’t think would be healthy for me to have on my dash. also if you’re from a fandom i know nothing about i probably won’t follow because i’d feel out of my depth, lol. 

Are aesthetics important to you? If they are, why?

not really! i used to go in for aesthetics more -- i’d make my own theme backgrounds and promos, and was proud of a few of them -- but i really just don’t have the energy for it now? i still like having pretty aesthetics around (hence why i’ve fallen back into the icon-making pit a bit despite swearing up and down i wouldn’t lmao) but i’m not going to prioritize them over just. writing. 

What current rp trend do you hate?

lord, i’m not sure i’ve been back long enough to know what the current rp trends are. (i was gone from tumblr rp for a couple years.) i’ve talked about this to friends, but i guess maybe i’ll say that i remember when reblog karma first started to be a thing, and i think it’s spread farther now than it used to? like, i totally get “hey don’t reblog a bunch of memes from me and never send one in, that doesn’t make me feel great,” so in regards to ask memes and stuff it makes sense. but now i feel like -- and maybe i’m wrong -- but i feel like some people don’t want you to reblog anything from them that isn’t an ic interaction? i’m constantly worried about whether someone’ll be annoyed if i reblog a musings post or art or anything non-rp from them, and try to go from the source just to be safe, but it feels a lil like walking on eggshells when i’d much rather.....just feel fine interacting freely with the people on my dash without worrying about committing some infraction against this new etiquette that i don’t fully understand, lol.

How do you explain rp to someone in the real world?

i used to never talk about rp irl, because i was worried i’d just come across as weird, but i tended to call it “collaborative writing with people online” when i did. now it’s a little easier to talk about it, because a lot of my friends either play or know about tabletop rpgs, and it’s a lot easier to feel okay talking about written rp when someone already understands the concept of tabletop rp.

Do you prefer interacting with male muses or female more? Why?

i don’t think i have a preference? i think it’s a sad truth that i end up playing and interacting with more male muses than female just because of the fandoms i’m in (you try being into sports anime and finding a lot of girls to interact with, and ofc shows like cql are 90% men), but it’s not because i prefer it! 

Do you prefer writing male muses or female more? Why?

sort of same answer as before, that i end up playing more male muses because there are more male canon characters available in the media i consume, but it’s not that i prefer them necessarily! i love writing women. some of the characters i play that i love and respect the most are my women muses. but idk, i just don’t. think about it in terms of preference? maybe bc i myself am nonbinary, but i don’t think what gender a character is necessarily influences my desire to play them. i’ll play any gender.

What’s your opinion on call out posts?

i’m wary of them. i recognize the importance of bringing attention to genuinely dangerous presences, and i have had friends participate in writing callout posts for people who really did need to be called out, and the rpc was a better space after those people were gone. but i also think the mob mentality behind callouts can be a dangerous thing too. i’m not gonna get into like, the Whole Complex Issues around cancel culture in general, but for my own comfort i tend to just not engage with call outs unless i have personal knowledge in what has happened.

Name any three things about the rpc that bother you.

okay uh. 1) idk if people still do this, but the trend of making things Really Small. like, double-small/superscript text and icons that are about five pixels wide and so high contrast that you can’t see what’s in it? like, obviously i use small text ‘cause i like it, but not that small. actually, i might just expand this to lack of accessibility in general, like when themes have so much going on you can’t find the links to anything, or the colors are so badly contrasted i can’t read the text. i would just like to be able to see please!

2) when clique-iness gets out of hand. like okay, lmao, i’ve been accused of being part of a “clique” before just for interacting with my friends on the dash, so sometimes it’s a baseless thing to talk about, but i’ve also been in rpcs where you were made to feel that if you weren’t part of a certain already-established group of writers, then people wouldn’t want to write with you. i’ve also been part of very divisive rpcs, where you were either in one “group” or the other, and always had to know who was okay to interact with and who wasn’t, and it was exhausting and drove me out of that community altogether.

3) when people are Weird about dupes. like, i understand duplicate anxiety -- i’m duplicate-friendly, because i’m a lot more anxious feeling that i’m Not Allowed To Acknowledge The Existence of dupes, i’d much rather just be friends, but i very much understand wanting to avoid duplicates and i’ll always respect that. but. what i mean is when you have people who act like they’re okay with dupes -- but then get visibly jealous when people interact with other versions of their muse, or feel the need to remind people that they’ve been here longer so they must have a better understanding, or any number of other ways of subtly making duplicates feel unwelcome and unwanted just for existing in the same space as them. 

What is your opinion on exclusivity? Do you practice it? Why / why not?

occasionally! i think i’ve only ever been ship exclusive, and not fully exclusive. i’m much more likely to have mains than exclusives. if i go ship exclusive with someone, it’s because we’ve spent a long time developing that relationship and our investment has defined how i see that ship, and because i feel close to that writer and trust them. and i think it’s kinda special, to have one writer you develop this relationship with, because you can go so deep with it and build up so much.

but in general, no, i won’t go entirely exclusive, because it’s fun seeing different people’s interpretations of characters and i like having the chance to rp with a number of different people! and i know it can feel a little daunting to come into an rpc and feel like everyone’s already exclusive with each other, so i think not being exclusive opens up space for people. but yeah, i totally understand why exclusivity is a thing, and it’s definitely something i’ll practice with ship partners at times.

#miranyutu #; answered. #; out. #long post // #ty for sending!

[nekoannie-chan]

Secrets Chapter 14: Meeting the others

Pairing: Steve Rogers X OFC, Brock Rumlow X OFC.

Word count: 1419 words.

Summary: Sometimes keeping secrets can be dangerous or a heavy burden, which is what Kathleen has been doing for years. She will also be in charge of guiding Steve Rogers into this century; meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be looking for a way to kick-start the Avengers Initiative by integrating her as one of the superheroes, but that won't be the only danger they face.

Warnings: None.

A/N: After long time working on this longfic, I finally post it. If you wanna be added to the taglist, let me know.

My native language is Spanish so I wanna improve my writing skills in English if you notice any mistakes, please let me know and I will correct them.

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Secrets masterlist.

Previous chapter.

Next chapter.

Very early, but on time, Coulson was waiting for them, and upon seeing him, Kathleen smiled. Of course, he was not going to pass up the opportunity to meet his idol.

While on the ship, she watched the scenery. She felt that despite everything, they were taking things very calmly. Did Nick trust the plan he had told her so much about? She didn't understand how he was so confident that it was going to work.

Although what had always intrigued him was how Fury had gotten Pym's authorization to go through with his wife's proposal.

After a few moments, the bleak thought struck: what would it all be like if Saori, Wanda, and Pietro were alive? Surely the four of them would make a special team.

Sometimes she wished things were different. A thousand times she had been tempted to take the deal with...

That didn't matter anymore; they had to take heed of the mission they now had.

After they entered the ship, Steve was fascinated with what he saw, he had never even been in the laboratories of his time in which he had been, there was nothing like it, again he had that feeling where he was mixed between surprise and confusion, at some point would he know how to use all those devices?

"If it's not too much trouble... " Coulson began to speak when he saw Steve standing next to him.

"No, not at all," Steve interrupted as he crossed his arms across his chest.

"It's a classic collection; it took me years to put it all together; it has some small details," the agent said proudly. That collection was his treasure.

"Captain, it's your turn," the Director said. "Have Agent Anzai escort the captain to put on his uniform," Nick ordered, and Steve and Kathleen nodded.

Kathleen led Steve to the room where the uniform with his nameplate was; she could sense all the thoughts of insecurity that were going through the soldier's head at that moment.

"You can do it; I'll wait for you outside to change." She turned around, ready to leave when he stopped her.

"Aren't you going to put on your uniform?" He thought it was strange not to see one with her name on it.

"I'm already wearing it," she pointed to the jacket with the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo on it and left to give him room.

Natasha, Steve, and Kathleen climbed into the ship, and the mutant stood in the pilot's seat, ready to go to where they had located the Asgardian when she felt Nat's hand on her shoulder.

"Are you sure you know how to fly this thing?" the redhead questioned.

"Commander Rumlow taught me, so yes, and you'd better take your place so we can leave and not waste any more time," answered the girl while the other two sat down.

During the ride, Steve told them the plan: the most important thing was to capture Loki and, if it was possible, also to recover Barton. He also questioned them about why Stark had not appeared so far; neither of them knew the reasons. Although Kath really didn't care what Tony did or didn't do, she knew exactly what he had done in the past. She wasn't sure she had forgiven him yet, but they had work to do and no way to choose. She felt her cell phone vibrate, she guessed it was Brock, she didn't have time at the moment to explain herself, they probably had little time.

"Sometimes I doubt that they think with their brains," commented Romanoff.

"I don't understand why they always want to solve things with blows," answered the other girl, and they both laughed.

" Do you think Clint... betrayed me? "Nat was worried.

"Not by choice, rather Loki must have manipulated him, so now we have to get him back without him suffering any damage preferably, I think that's what you'd like," Natasha nodded.

"Are you dating Rogers or Rumlow?" Natasha asked, and Kathleen grimaced. She hated that she was always looking for a partner.

"Neither; they're both just my friends, and I'm not interested in dating anyone," she answered quickly.

"Are you still not over Johnny?" Nat looked at her.

"That happened a long time ago... By the way, how do you know about him? She felt the rage growing inside her; in fact, she had dated Johnny a long time before she joined S.H.I.E.L.D., so there was no chance she knew about him, and she didn't think she had read his old diaries either, so there was no chance she could understand them.

"I heard Rumlow say a long time ago that if I found him, I would kill him for the damage he did to you," the spy replied as if she had read the other's mind. Kathleen laughed low. It really would be something Brock would say; in fact, he said it when he found out.

"That was a long time ago; surely some girl must have killed him by now or something." Kath felt uncomfortable with the conversation. Likewise, she knew that something strange had happened to the Fantastic 4, but she had never had an interest to find out exactly what had happened to them.

"You spend a lot of time with the Captain; it is obvious that there is something between you, and also the way he sees you," the other agent said suddenly.

"You're hallucinating, try to teach almost seventy years to someone who lived in the forties and you'll see that it takes too long," they both laughed, "I think it's about time I went after them, lest they think of destroying the country or something," she said as she opened a portal, and Natasha nodded as she took the pilot's place.

Kath needed to get away from Natasha quickly; despite everything, she always made her feel uncomfortable. It seemed as if she wanted to force some friendship, but they really had nothing in common, and it was not so nice what she saw inside the spy's mind—a lot of information that sometimes she would like not to know, not to mention that no one would ever take Wanda's or Saori's place.

Despite having been trained in recent months, Steve was already starting to feel tired in battle; it is worth mentioning that it was the first one he had since he had woken up, but after so long without fighting, it was obvious that he was going to feel that way. Although there was another thing that worried him, and that was that he didn't know where Kathleen was.

Steve was somewhat confused, but in the end, she was the one who had been helping him adapt, although he was sure that she would know how to protect herself and defend herself in battle. However, the Chitauri seemed endless, and Steve began to doubt if they could defeat everyone.

"Steve, are you okay?" Kath asked.

"Yes, of course, it's just that..."

"Some missions are more exhausting than others; I understand you... She managed to catch the shield before he hit her since one of the enemies had taken it from Steve. "I think this is yours," she said, handing him the shield. For a few brief moments, their hands touched.

"Huh... this one, do you have any clue as to how this will end?" Steve questioned.

"We’ll win, but we must make an effort," Kath replied while smiling.

Kathleen appeared on a somewhat devastated stage. She watched as Thor subdued Loki, while Steve and Tony were on the lookout in case he wanted to escape.

"Are they done playing?" The director is expecting us, and we've already wasted a lot of time." Everyone was startled, as they didn't expect the girl to show up; in fact, they weren't even sure how to get him to the helicopter.

"Loki will have to face trial in Asgard," Thor said authoritatively.

"He also needed to tell us a few things of utmost importance and he compromised one of the best agents we have," replied the girl, she narrowed her eyes as she listened to the thoughts of the Asgardian who seemed that he would not give in, she stared at him and began to enter more into his mind to manipulate him, she knew that Fury's patience was not infinite and they had to be back in the Helicarrier as soon as possible. She smiled in satisfaction as she noticed that it had worked.

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[initiumseries]

CAOS Part 3 - review

Uh, okay, so I think by now, we all know this show is terrible. Netflix gives showrunners a lot of creative freedom, and I think, for better writers, you could get some really interesting content, but they just seem to keep giving these assholes who wrote the travesty called Riverdale, so many opportunities to make more shitty television, and I feel like they really deserve to be limited in their ability to create/write if not stopped completely and thrown into a well with Julie Plec.  Anyway, I’ll try to break this down as best as I can into different piles of shit and this will contain spoilers:

Characters

Prudence and Ambrose

So, to be really honest, I watch this show exclusively for Prudence and Ambrose. Because, well, look at them: 

I wish they had more chemistry because they are super hot together, and I still ship it. A young Black couple? On TV? In this sea of shitty interracial relationships? I’ll take it. Anyway, of course, the progression of their relationship is ridiculous and frustrating. Ambrose decides at the last minute, not to kill Father Blackwood because he has a weird time egg thing that they don’t really understand, also he has the twins under some weird mind control for no clear reason, so they stay their hands. It doesn’t make sense, but it becomes clear, Father Blackwood has an insane amount of plot armour and ultimately would have to serve as a vessel for Satan. Father Blackwood uses the manipulated mind of the other weird sister to sic her on the coven, and she ends up killing Dorkus, whom Prudence finds. She then blames Ambrose for not allowing her to kill FB, and they break up. Now...this would kinda make sense, if not for the fact that they trapped one of the pagan witches and forced her to change everyone back, but no one bothered to do anything about the mentally ill witch who you all strapped up for a reason? Lol ok. Seems like an oversight on your part Prudence, but...okay. Clearly manufactured breakups are exhausting, especially since [young] Black couples with no serious relationship dysfunction are now an endangered species. It’s also frustrating because we barely got to see them....*be* together, especially after they returned home. 

Nick & Sabrina

So, I know from the beginning, we were supposed to believe that Nick and Sabrina had that kind of, Bad Guy, seduces the girl Good Girl, luring her into the dark side, hot, intense, passionate relationship. But their lack of chemistry and really shitty acting just made them really dry (which I get into here). I don’t believe them, and I definitely don’t believe that Sabrina would, once again, break a shit ton of rules to get Nick back. I just don’t buy that they had that kind of an intense, desperately in love, kind relationship, because they do not look all that comfortable around each other, much less in love. 

I personally find Sabrina utterly unlikeable as a main character, largely because who IS she? She has no personality, she just does whatever the plot needs her to do in the moment, and the actress makes Sabrina appear smug and unremorseful while she fucks up everyone’s lives. There is a lot of exposition of everyone telling us she’s this power hungry, manipulative character, but we never see that. She just does stuff and everyone is all “Sabrina how could you?!” and there are never, ever any consequences. I would have liked to see her push so hard to get Nick back and the struggle being, sure she wants him back, but mostly she’s doing it because she can. But that’s not what happens. 

So Nick ends up in this weird drug addiction, alcohol, sex demon spiral because he has parts of Satan still in him and it all just falls so flat and lame, because this show is SO bad at pacing, and these actors suck, so nothing is believable. The idea of him scrubbing his club foot, having nightmares, suffering PTSD, is fine, the execution was trash. Nick sees Caliban and Sabrina have one interaction and he’s like WELL, GUESS I GOTTA CHEAT. And just ends up in some S&M situation with sex demons and heavily self medicating, but none of this has any weight, and we don’t really see him...spiralling. He just immediately resorts to these things and it has no real impact on anyone or even him really, and that’s it. 

Harvey and Roz

Uh, they’re probably the most confusing match here, because there is no lead up to their relationship, there’s not suggestion, there’s no pacing. Just BOOM, we’re into each other now. BOOM, Roz is the only sexually active person in her friend group (lol of course the Black girl is sexually active. Gotta maintain white innocence at all costs), so she’s just ready to jump Harvey’s bones any second now. So of course, the show punishes her by having the pagans turn her to stone. And as if that’s not bad enough...

Which I talk about here and here, because honestly I’m just sick of this show’s antiblackness.  Theo & that other guy

So I was watching this unfold like, yeeaahh, they’re gonna make the trans guy get with the enemy aren’t they? And yes, they did. Cool, they didn’t kill him off, but I’m still perplexed at how Theo isn’t even a little upset that this guy was basically sent to infiltrate his friend group and sat by while his people harmed Theo’s friends, and also...used him? Like...we just...are gonna...gloss over that because he changed his mind? Lol ok. Sure.

Mambo Marie and suddenly Zelda?

I...I mean her name is Mambo Marie. I love the idea of Black witches finding Black spirituality and magicks through Vodun and a Hatian Priestess. But they quickly undo that, by ensuring that Mambo Marie only teaches Prudence in the presence of these white witches. And we see her...doing...an African drum circle (eye roll), only to be interrupted by the High Priestess of White Feminism, Zelda Spellman. It quickly devolves into thinly veiled racism where Zelda doesn’t trust Marie because she’s Catholic (says the woman who worships Satan, has an anti Pope and prays to Lilith with the same prayer for Mary mother of Jesus? LOL. Not even unpacking the fact that Vodun is an African spirituality having 0 roots in catholicism WHITE WRITERS). Then suddenly, out of nowhere, Marie and Zelda are a thing for no reason? After the way Zelda treated her? Why did Marie even stay? This isn’t her problem. This is a white witch problem. Okay. That’s too much to unpack. 

Plot

So, my biggest problem with almost all Netflix English programming is that they are so obsessed with aesthetics, and don’t pay enough attention to actual character chemistry, plot, story flow, details, pacing etc. Like...things that actually make stories interesting to watch. So they slap all these people together and throw them into aesthetically pleasing backgrounds, shake it up with so much exposition that nothing actually happens, and are like BEHOLD A STORY. And CAOS is *especially* guilty for this.

First of all those musical breaks were annoying as fuck. Musicals serve 2 story functions: advancing the plot or telling a story. These musical numbers did neither and were honestly ridiculously gratuitous, highly annoying and totally pointless.

What time of year is this? Why are we having pep rallies and how the fuck and when did Sabrina and Roz join the cheeleading squad, and why?

for the aesthetics and not for any real plot reason. It just seems stupid because now I don’t know how much time has passed between Nick going to hell and this, because you’re all handling it like it’s been a few weeks and is still relatively fresh, but suddenly, Theo, Harvey and Roz are in a garage band? You’re a cheerleader? For what? Since when? Why? These choices introduce more questions than they answer and serve no narrative purpose. So much wasted time on shit that doesn’t matter. 

Sabrina is supposed to be fighting Caliban (who is literally the only person she has chemistry with on this show and they killed him bc ofc they did), for her seat on the throne, and yet the trials only seem to come up when it’s convenient, and also seem to be directly related to her dealings with her coven, which is also convenient.  I’m so confused about Satan. His powers come from being a celestial being, and so, because his coven mistreats him he’s like...lol okay, well fuck you guys and goes through all these convoluted small motions to greatly inconvenience them and withdraws his powers? This is so petty and pathetic. Also, what’s the point? He could just wipe them out and start over, instead of skulking around inside FB then suddenly decides to track down Lilith. Again, convoluted. This plot is all over the place. Why does Satan need Sabrina to be Queen of Hell in the first place? He seems perfectly healthy. Why can’t he just rule it? Like...that makes no sense. What is he gonna do? Retire? WHAT is going ON?

How did Sabrina come back in time to herself stuck in stone? Is that trip to Pontius Pilate (lol) supposed to have created a loophole for her to save herself and everyone? This is giving me hardcore Twilight Breaking Dawn vibes, where, the show finally, FINALLY gets interesting, there’s real stakes, shit is actually happening instead of everyone talking about things happening (Hilda ending up killing her fiance was literally the only time I felt something watching this show because it was genuinely sad, and well acted, and Hilda coming through with that doll at the end was pretty disturbing, I’ll give them that), and ofc, Sabrina goes back in time and undoes it all. Lol. Okay. God forbid there be real consequences to anything on this show.

Final thoughts

Once again, the white feminism runs high on this show. They treat this Black Vodun Priestess Marie, like garbage, allude to her “foreign” magic, but Marie is sitting here like “we’re not men, we’re women, let’s work together.” This is why I hate white writers writing for Black characters. Black characters should have Black motivations, and a Black Vodun Priestess, should know that white women and Black women do not have aligned motivations just because they share a gender. Once they started with the bullshit right from her arrival, she should have handed Prudence her card and peaced tf out. Instead she tolerates the isolation, ostracization and thinly veiled racism...and decides to stay, and help. WHY? Marie has gained nothing by sticking around helping these ungrateful ass witches. I honestly would have preferred Prudence asking her to stay to learn more about Vodun, and them building a mentor/mentee type of relationship, especially since Prudence was the one who invited her and stepped to Zelda to defend her. I want(ed) to see that relationship go somewhere. The deliberate denial of healthy Black female friendships on tv is frustrating.

 These witches finally finding their power in their ancestors and I donno, some female creator or whatever, reminds me of white women “finding” wicca and praying to “Gaia”, (reminds me of BTVS s4 when Willow joins the wicca group) which is basically what happened but lol okay whatever. I guess they aren’t satanic witches anymore. Lol, I love how Harvey and Roz and Theo are teenagers, human teenagers, who have lead largely normal teenage lives up until this point, but see their loved ones tortured, deformed or murdered in hell, with basically no residual issues, and are all like, YES, let’s roll up on these adults with shotguns and swords and kill the FUCK outta these people!! That absolutely sounds normal! Like...what? Lol. God this is just so bad.

Also, I’m so confused by this aesthetic choice for Sabrina as Queen of Hell. Like what the fuck. Why is she dressed like a Victorian era queen, with shoulder and a broken rib bodice? What?!

This show is truly awful, this season made no more sense than the last two and now that Prudence and Ambrose aren’t together, I might be done watching. 

-20/10

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[warwaged-archive]

SHIPPING INFO!

WHAT IS YOUR OTP FOR YOUR CHARACTER?:

I’m always so nervous talking about ships I like I’m kajndfkajndfkjndf

I love all the ships I write, or have discussed more than written aksndfkajnd (Alleria/Willa, Kelantir/Halduron, Thalyssra/Nera, Lor’themar/Airlia with @sunrunnerrs​, Tyrande/Sylv, Nathanos/Sylv with @ladywindrunner​ we also begun exploring lor’themar/sylv and I like it :eyes:, Tyrande/Malfurion and Illidan/Kael with @aen-consilium​ and Alex/Kori with @psychcdelica​ and also Tiffin/Varian with @goldwrynn​ and Myrcella/Robb with @wclfcrown​) but I love some I never got to write too. I like Alleria and Turalyon, I just don’t like how canon does it kajndfkandf Tyrande/Ysera is otp, I like Tyrande/Illidan too and Thalyssra/Liadrin. For my DA characters, I have no ships with any of them currently. I like Morrigan/Warden depending on Warden ofc but like, generally speaking? aiushdiafiduhf but also since we’re here and I’ve already listed some ships that I’m always nervous to mention let’s add one more and say I like Morrigan/Alistair too. I like Velanna/Nathaniel tentatively and am mostly team Velanna/anyone who loves her as she deserves. For my Warden and my Hawke and also Nalice I don’t really have any to list that I particularly like I think. Anyways! none of those is set in stone as I just like that or anything like it, it’s just I find them interesting. But when it comes to writing, it really is more about chemistry to me, and I’ve written ships I wouldn’t have initially thought of before and came to love them dearly after writing them so! 

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:

I love angsty relationships, and I love fluff, and I’m willing to write most things. I’m not interested in anything that’s like, uh, strictly abusive, but toxic/problematic relationships are fair game for me. So pretty much anything? 

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:

Specially considering average human lifespans do not apply to many of my muses, it is more a matter of everyone involved being consenting adults really, with a similar maturity level.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?:

More or less? There has to be chemistry, both in like, writing and the characters as well as with me getting along with the other mun ooc, even if we don`t talk much. I’ll be down for discussing it if we talk ooc a lot even if we haven`t yet written those particular two characters together, and at the same time I`ll be okay with shipping something that happens from something we`re writing even if we don`t really interact ooc much, but if we haven`t interacted at all I won`t really be interested in shipping until we do. I was less selective in the past, I think, but I’m not really super selective even now aisudhuiah it`s really just a matter of interaction, both in character and out of character.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NSFW?:

Anything that`s explicit is considered nsfw but I`ll tag anything that`s even suggestive because I prefer to be safe.

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?:

I like discussing ships, but not necessarily. I’ve had ships that just happened without prior discussion and that I love dearly and I find developing it through writing and letting it happen very satisfying. But I am up for discussing stuff beforehand if I’m familiar with the mun, and even more so if we already have a ship. I’m 100% fine with anyone asking about a ship if we write together and haven`t shipped yet and you see potential, as long as you do so fully aware no is a possible answer skjdnfkandsf I do prefer to talk to people and write with them before shipping, though. 

ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?:

I really love ships tbh! Relationships (and here I’m using the word in the broader sense, not only romantic relationships) are my favorite when it comes to developing characters, and I love writing romantic relationships too. When I get really invested in a ship I can discuss it forever probably kajsndkfjn But I also don’t feel like everything has to be a ship or everyone has to have a romantic relationship to someone else. Some of the best bonds are often platonic, and I get as invested in (or more) platonic ships as I do romantic relationships honestly. I really do like shipping though! I don`t know if I`d say obsessed but I definitely lean more towards that than towards more or less.

ARE YOU MULTISHIP?:

Depends on the muse! I default to being multiship, and my ships with @sunrunnerrs​ that are singleship were actually the first time I ever went singleship with anyone, so for that to happen we have to be pretty close ooc. For the most part, I`m multiship but exclusive with one version of a character, so I usually don`t write the same ship with multiple people. Kelantir is singleship with Aera`s Halduron and Thalyssra with Nera, but other than that everyone works like I said before.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:

Beyond the already mentioned ships, I think Tyrande/Maiev has a lot of potential in a enemies to lovers sort of way; I love Wranduin (thanks Novi and Flower for blessing my dash with good content always); Stellagosa/Valtrois and Lorna/Tess are neat, and hmmm that’s mostly it for WoW. I used to love Rhonin and Vereesa a whole lot back when I begun reading the WoW books too. For DA, I like Leliana/Josie, Mahariel/Tamlen, Carver/Merrill, Merrill/Isabela, Solavellan, hmm I think there’s more? but I don’t remember now? and all the PC romances from DAO and Hawke/Fenris, Hawke/Anders and Hawke/Isabela; I like Cullen and the Inquisitor too. For ASOIAF I’m just tired and not invested enough in the fandom currently to mention any ships kjndkjnfkandfjn 

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?:

Step 1: write with me. Step 2: talk to me. Sometimes ships just happen with Step 1. Lots of times, Step 2 is just as important. It really depends, but it really isn’t hard. I love shipping and I’m always open to discuss ships!

TAGGED BY: @ladywindrunner​

#I had done this? but I thought I'd do it again and include all muses this time #* out of character: the mun / THAT GLOOMY GIRL WHO SIGHS A LOT? #I'm always nervous about saying I ship things #I always expect people to be judgmental and mean aksdjfnkasjndfkasdf #>.< #but also! a disclaimer that the ships I mentioned as otps are NOT the only ones I'll write they're just ships I like #and that doesn't really make them more likely to happen #and also that if you write any of the other muses there that doesn't mean I'll autoship or anything like that #anyways! yeah #I love ships ship with me guys

[shadowsof-thenight]

Where our story begins: Chapter four

Story summary: This is a victorian era AU Home is where our story begins, but how does one know where home is? 


Julia has a good life. A calm life. She really doesn’t have much to complain about. That is, until a handsome stranger steps into their home in the country and all that calmness seems to disappear instantly. Who is this man that seems to terrorise everyone with his haughty ways?


Ship: Bucky Barnes X OFC-Julia

Warnings: none I think.

Words: 4196

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A/N: As some of you might know, I am looking for a beta. So if anyone wants togive it a go, know someone who would, please let me know. Forgive me for any mistakes you might find in this one, feel free to inform me of them so I can fix it. With the current regulations for corona, I am unable to go to work. I hope that I’ll be able to write a lot the coming weeks. Perhaps even finish flashlight.

And as always, feedback is appreciated!

If you wish to be tagged, let me know! Edit 26th of April 2020: replaced the chapter with the beta-ed version! Thanks to @gnomewithalaptop​ for all her hard work!

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Masterlist                                          

Story Masterlist

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After their loaded conversation, they both needed a moment to overthink the information that was shared. For the continuation of their walk into town conversation was kept light—Julia commented on the constantly changing weather, and James asked questions about various things they walked past. Julia finally felt most of the tension leave her body, and she was ready to enjoy their stroll around the town centre. There were only a few shops, but it was enough to entertain them for a moment. There were also people, plenty of people, and all of them were drawn to the handsome new face that entered their town square.

All too soon, James became somewhat of an attraction. Not too many strangers ventured into this part of the country, except for vendors. Nobility like James would usually exclusively reside in the manors of other lords and ladies. There were a few of those families in the area; such as the Rumlow family that lived nearest to the Fitzgeralds. They were rich and notoriously ruthless in business, but they had always been kind to Julia. Then there was Julia’s Uncle Phil, Clint’s father, who lived only an hour away. And just a tad further was the Stark family. Julia hadn’t seen the Starks since court though. Parties were very limited here, as most of the families split their time between court and the country and sought out calm when they were here.

Which, in short, meant that it was a rare occasion where such a well-dressed, obviously well-off man would venture into town. Julia had to work hard to keep him from being overrun by the gossiping elderly and the multitude of parents that wished to introduce their daughters to him. James was polite, though she saw clear signs of discomfort in his demeanour. As much as she enjoyed his unease on other occasions, she knew better than to walk away from her duties. He was her guest, her parents’ guest, and she needed to help him as best she could.

She understood the reaction James got from her neighbours. The area had suffered economically in recent years, and there was a definite allure to a man like James. It would be a surefire way to provide for their families. Knowing the quick ways of town gossip, she was certain that they knew exactly what he made in a year, something Julia herself did not know, she realised just then.

James was surprised by all the attention he was getting, whispering to Julia that none of them even knew him. She tried to suppress a laugh as she took in his widened eyes as he spoke to her. One of her elderly neighbours was quick to inform them that the approval of the Fitzgeralds was enough of a recommendation to his character. Julia blushed at the compliment directed at her family, happy that people perceived them so positively. It mattered to her what people thought of her and her family. Still, she wasn’t entirely clear if she did approve of James’s character. This was not the moment to address that however, so she bit her tongue.

Eventually, the crowds thinned and Julia was able to turn them around, ready to go home. It was still a good twenty minutes to go, and dark clouds were slowly gathering over their heads. Unconsciously, Julia picked up the pace, and since James kept up rather effortlessly, she did not notice until her breath started to become strained. It was now his turn to chuckle, and he took her hand to lay on his arm, as he slowed their pace again. Relieved, she breathed in, though she kept a wary eye on the sky.

When the manor finally came into view, Julia repressed the urge to run for it. The conversation had long since died, and the silence was weighing heavier on her shoulders by the minute. Initially, she enjoyed it, but soon her mind had started playing tricks on her, and she wondered if his silence was perhaps a foreboding one. After all, she had been rather direct and possibly rude to the man beside her, and with the house coming closer, this was becoming far more real in her head. Her efforts to run interference with the locals might not have been enough to plead her case. Not that this was the only reason she helped him. But what if he intended to tell her parents? They’d be mortified.

All worries were quickly cast from her mind though, as the heavens opened up and rain pelted down on them. She heard Mary gasp from the sudden chill it added to the air, and all three of them quickened their pace once more, but it was no use. By the time they entered the foyer of her childhood home, they were soaked through and through.

The door was already open as they reached the building, and as soon as they crossed the threshold, Josephine was fussing over them as only a mother would. Jones quickly helped them out of their coats, while Maudlin came over with warm towels. She wrapped the company of three in those fluffy cloths in quick succession. Then she guided Mary to her own quarters, certain that Julia and James were well taken care of by others. She was correct, of course, since James’s valet came rushing down the stairs to tend to him almost immediately after she left. Julia found herself in the gentle care of her mother, who explained that her chambermaid had gone home to her family and Mary needed some time to herself.

“When did Charlotte leave?” Julia wondered out loud, only now realising that she had not seen the woman in two days. Her mother's chambermaid was always quiet, but not invisible.

“Yesterday morning,” Josephine softly replied as she worked on the lacing of Julia’s dress. Julia tried to catch her mother’s eyes through the floor-length mirror, to no avail.

“Who has been helping you?”

“Maudlin and Mary, my dear.” Her mother’s voice was calm as she focussed on her task, but there was just a slight undertone that told Julia there was more to it. However, it was clear to her that her mother was not eager to discuss the matter, and Julia decided to accept that for now. Besides, she was far too cold to focus on much else. Therefore she wrapped herself in her warm robe and waited under the covers of her bed, as her mother prepared a bath for her.

***

James was exhausted. For a good few minutes, he was certain that his stay here would be the end of him. It had not even been a full day, but it had proven to be a taxing one already. The words that Julia had spoken during their walk ran through his mind. As well as the many questions and introductions that had been thrown his way in town. Everyone had been polite, though subtlety wasn’t a talent for most. It had amused  and exhausted him. And now he was so incredibly cold that he was certain he would not be able to catch some shut-eye.

He tried to roll his shoulder as the watery chill seeped into his bones and pain shot through his arm. Silently cursing, he paced the room in an attempt to remain calm. He would need something else to focus on, something other than the pain. He walked into the adjoining bathroom where his valet was currently making him a bath.

“Peter, have you been successful today?” His voice was a rough grumble and he took a deep breath to fix it. Peter did not deserve his foul attitude. The young man had gone above and beyond during this bout of travelling. It was not his fault that the results were lacking.

“No, sir. My apologies, sir,” the tall gangly boy said, his eyes averted. He obviously sensed the tension in his boss and was treading lightly. “Your bath is ready, sir.”

James waved him off and disrobed, quickly stepping into the steaming water. A sigh left his lips as the warmth had its quick effect and soothed the pain in the tangled mess of scars that was his shoulder. He could faintly hear Peter rummaging around in his room and assumed he was stoking up the fire. The boy knew just how much James hated the cold. It was why his own home had undergone rigorous adjustments that helped keep out the chill. After all, the northern part of this beautiful country was a great deal colder.

Oh, how he had enjoyed the long summer of this year. Though he did wonder now if he had appreciated it enough. Perhaps he had not.

“Peter?” He called out and before long the young man poked his curly head into the door, a bright smile on his kind face. “Can you find out if I could have a moment with Lord Fitzgerald today?”

If he was going to endure the cold and accompanying pain, James would rather do it from the comforts of his own home. Therefore, he needed to get to business. He could not allow George to stall their dealings for too long. Even if he did enjoy the company of his beautiful daughter. She was tempting, luring him in quickly with her calculated stares and her desire to question everything. It reminded him of his dear sister and offered a nice distraction from his worries. However, there was business to be done, and he could not neglect his duties.

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Still reeling from the cold, Julia decided to have her lunch in her room. It was rather late for it anyway. She was not ready to leave the warmth that the roaring fire provided. There were fires burning in every hearth of the manor, but most rooms were far larger than her bedroom, and she guessed that those rooms would not be as pleasantly sizzling.

Julia spent her time lazily cutting into the carrots on her plate, munching on small bites while she contemplated the events of the morning. Their walk had lasted far longer than she had anticipated. Truthfully, her feet were a little sore. Though that probably had more to do with the muddy soil they had walked on. Her shoes were definitely not made for running, she thought as she regarded them—discarded in the corner by the door. Hopefully, they weren’t completely ruined by the rain and mud. She would have to ask Mary about that, if her friend would stay long enough to talk. At this point, it was clear she was avoiding Julia, or at least avoiding speaking to her. Julia only hoped that this would be over by the day’s end.

Julia really needed someone to talk through everything she had said, wanted to analyse his replies. He had not shunned her after her impertinent behaviour, though there had been long bouts of silence during their walk home. She worried about what he thought of her now and if her behaviour would reflect badly on her parents. He was a hard person to read, and she couldn’t figure it out by herself. One moment, he seemed to be testing her, amusement clear in his eyes. Other moments he could be kind. It was seriously confusing her.

She wondered if she had judged him too harshly the previous night, only to remember his conversation with his valet. Peter, she thought his name was. He was young, eager and James had appeared to be cussing him out. Had the boy deserved it? She couldn’t be certain, though her mother certainly had not deserved his attitude. Regardless, Julia thought it classless to be mean to the staff. She had made them her friends, rather than just employees—after all, they did so much for her and her family.

Finally, Julia decided it was time to show her face again. She left her room in favour of the drawing room - where she would read a book, she decided. As she descended the stairs, voices could be heard and she quietly moved closer, her curiosity getting the best of her, as it usually did. She recognised the voices as those of James and her mother, and she was pleasantly surprised to hear him apologise. Apparently, he was true to his word, which was definitely a good thing.

His words were a little forced and perhaps even awkward, but her mother seemed elated to receive them. Josephine’s bright smile quickly brought a smile to Julia’s face as well, and she had a little spring in her step as she approached the two. She made a mental note to be kinder in her opinion of their guest before she greeted them happily as she passed them.

Once in the drawing room, she picked up a book she had begun earlier in the week and sat down in the comfortable windowsill seat. Taking a moment to look out of the window, she regarded the muddy roads with a deep sigh. The rain was still falling down in heavy streams, and she wondered briefly if it was not too much water all at once.

She must have dozed off because she was suddenly awoken by the realisation that she was no longer alone in the room. She nearly jumped out of her skin at the sudden nearness of another human being, intensified by the knowledge that it could only be James. Her father was still confined to his bedroom, and her mother was not known for her soft careful tread—often walking to fast throughout the house to be quiet. Besides, Josephine had taken to sitting with her bedridden husband.

The darkening skies told Julia that quite some time had passed, and she quickly turned to see James sitting at an ornate desk just a short distance from her. The swishing of her skirts seemed to make more noise than the man sitting at that writing desk. He looked up at her with an amused smile on his features. With a hand pressed to her heart, Julia smiled back, a tad nervous as she met his gaze.

“I did not mean to frighten you, my lady,” he offered, mirth shining through his tone.

“Julia, please,” she answered as her heart rate slowed down again. 

“Julia.” He mulled over the name, as if he could taste it. The smirk on his lips told her that he liked it and she suppressed a shiver. He was very much like a predator and she was very much the prey. Though his current behaviour was that of a well-behaved gentleman, there was a certain darkness to this man that she could not decipher. It kept her on her toes whenever she was around him.

“I did not mean to intrude; however, I did not wish to be alone in an empty bedroom. Therefore I hope you will allow me to write some letters in your company.”

“Indeed you can, make yourself at home,” Julia quickly replied, a slight blush on her cheeks as she spoke. It appeared he had that effect on her. Having been caught napping did not help either.

“Thank you, your company might make it a less tedious task,” He said with a smile, and Julia just smiled back. His words confused her and she was not entirely sure how to respond. Therefore she settled on nodding and smiling at his confession.

It was hard to concentrate on reading now that he was with her. Then again, she hadn’t done a good job of that before either. Still, his presence was distracting and she kept imagining the feeling of his eyes on her form. She tried telling herself that she was being silly, though she dared not glance in his direction. Whether he was truly looking at her was irrelevant. His closeness was unnerving even without doing so, and she could no longer pretend to be reading the same page. It had been too long.

She closed the book and paced the room for a bit until she could hear the doctor leave her father’s room. She moved to the back of the room, where she placed the book back on its shelf—vowing to herself that she would one day give it a fair chance. Behind her, the door opened and fell shut again. She glanced back and saw James’s valet stepping in with determination in his steps.

The young man bent down low and whispered in James’s ear. Immediately, she could see the tension rising in his shoulders and she repressed the urge to interfere. Instead, she remained in the back of the room to give them space. The whispered response James gave was clearly filled with anger, though Peter did not flinch. The boy just nodded, took some letters from his boss and walked out of the room again. James deflated a little and let out a deep sigh.

“Is everything alright?” She wondered out loud, unable to contain herself any longer.

James instantly whipped his head around at the sound of her voice, and for a short moment, she was taken aback by the anger that was visible in his eyes. Upon seeing her reaction, he schooled his features so quickly that it almost made her wonder if she had imagined it. The thrumming of her heart told her that she had not.

“Yes, my apologies. I’m anxiously awaiting a contract, and there have been quite a few delays,” James explained, and Julia nodded in understanding, not willing to pry any more. He had already been more than gracious when it came to her prodding questions.

“If we can help with that in any way, please do let us know,” she offered, hoping to redeem herself as a hostess. Walking away from the bookcases, she made her way to the front of the room, ready to exit the space.

“Thank you. Are you leaving?” He asked, his voice quickly stalling her movements.

“I was hoping to visit my father for a moment, just to see how he is,” she explained, anxious to leave now.

“I do hope for a speedy recovery,” James offered with a kind smile, and Julia scolded herself for having been frightened by his anger. It had not been directed at her; she should not make it a bigger ordeal than it truly was.

“Indeed, as do I.”

***

Darkness surrounded Julia as she sat up in her bed. Her heart was racing and she tried to make out the different shapes in her room that were now casting ominous shadows in the slivers of moonlight that peeked through her curtain. She had been in a deep sleep when something had woken her up, and she was not sure what it had been. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but she could not shake the unease in her mind. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down before she grabbed the thick robe that hung from a hook by her dresser.

She then moved towards the dying fire in her fireplace, needing the heat still emanating from it. Taking hold of a poker, she tried to rekindle the flames—even throwing on another log. She wasn’t sure what she was doing; she had never had to make a fire, but this was something she had seen Mary do before.

That was when she heard a scuffle in the room to her right, and she stood back up, confused. Carefully, she moved towards the door, listening for another sound but hearing nothing. Still, she could not relax. The room where the sound had originated from was the guest room where her father currently resided. He had been sniffing and coughing for a week already and had not wanted to disturb his wife during the night. Therefore, he had opted for the guest room. They had plenty of those, so Julia had thought nothing of it.

She decided to check on her father and opened her bedroom door, glancing out to see if perhaps someone else had heard him as well. The hallway was clear and she stepped out, rushing towards the next door. The carpet was soft on her bare feet, her toes quickly cooling off and she scolded herself for forgoing slippers.

More ruckus could be heard through the door, and she knocked softly, worrying if perhaps he had tumbled out of bed. This afternoon, his fever had been rising, and she feared he might be too weak to help himself back up. When there came no answer to her knocking, she finally opened the door, careful not to make too much noise.

Through the open door, Julia could see her father up and about, softly mumbling to himself as he stacked the books he had apparently knocked over. She lingered in the doorway, confused by the slightly delirious string of words falling from his lips. He wasn’t aware of her presence yet, and though she had planned to inform him, she could not help but stare in silence. It was clear that something had him worried. As he mumbled to himself, his hand movements became more chaotic. This confused her even more, since her father rarely got angry. Not even when she and her brother would cause a disruption as children—which they managed to do during important business meetings— had he ever raised his voice. He would only send them to play elsewhere.

“Such a fool,” she overheard him mumble, and she stepped into the room, ready to ease his worries in whatever way she could.

“All my fault,” it appeared that he was angry with himself and not another. She would not have known how to calm him then. “Should have been better.”

She wondered what he was beating himself up over, but knew better than to ask. Instead, she was trying to think of things to cheer him up as she moved closer to him. She wasn’t trying to be quiet, though he did not seem to be aware of her presence—even as she bumped her hip into the desk, rattling the contents on top of it.

“What will Jules think of me?” Those words stopped her in her tracks, and she gasped. How could he ever worry about such things, she wondered. She was certain that he could never do anything to make her think less of him.

“What are you doing out of bed?” She finally asked, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.

Her touch finally pulled him from the trancelike state he had been in, and he seemed surprised—not only to see her, but to be out of bed as well. Confused he looked down at his thin pyjamas and shivered. Julia quickly ushered him to his bed and gently tucked him in.

“I needed to clear my head,” George finally answered as he tried to suppress a yawn. Julia smiled as she smoothed out his hair and kissed his forehead. He still felt warm, though it wasn’t as bad as it had been that afternoon.

“Why don’t you try to sleep a bit?” She said gently and he nodded, his eyes already fluttering shut. She placed another blanket over his form before walking back out of the room. She kept her gaze on his face, and by the time she reached the door, she was satisfied that he was truly asleep.

Quietly she closed the door and stepped back from it, only to bump into the solid form of James. She opened her mouth to scream, but he quickly placed a firm hand over her lips—containing the sound.

“My apologies, I truly did not mean to scare you,” he was quick to whisper and she nodded, stepping back from him. He let her. His hands went behind his back, and she assumed he clasped them together.

“What are you doing here?” She asked, perhaps a little harsher than intended.

“I heard things falling and then voices, I thought I’d check to see if anyone needed help,”

“No, everything is fine,” Julia answered, still wary of his presence. “Wait, how could you have heard anything at all, all the way over there?” She asked, taking another step away from him and pointing towards his room. His room was at a considerable distance from one she’d just left, and given the soft noises she had heard from her adjacent room, it seemed impossible that he had heard anything.

“I wasn’t in my room,” he shuffled on his feet as he said this and she canted her head to the side, awaiting an explanation. “I couldn’t sleep and went to borrow a book.” He held up the copy she had been reading that afternoon, and she frowned. Finally, she decided that she was far too tired to wonder and began walking towards her own bedroom door again.

“Good night, James,” she said, her tone still a little harsher than intended, but she couldn’t be bothered to correct it. It was late, she was tired and his presence was unnerving as always.

“Sweet dreams, Julia.” He smiled sweetly and moved past her towards his own room.

#Bucky Barnes #Bucky Barnes x OFC #MCU fanfiction #James Buchanan Barnes #Where our story begins

[soofection]

magazines play

My gamble is, the more things are put openly out onto the table. the safer it gets. this post will not be disproving any relationships (because at least 95% of population won’t believe in ‘conspiracies’ anyways) but about ‘so called coincidences’ and media play. 

No one would disagree that the media is a powerful tool for manipulating minds, a mean for surveying people’s unconscious reaction regarding topics being mentioned in media, and of course, the marketing and promotion of certain people and topics. (dw media won’t ever care about this post because they are being ‘exposed’ here, (don’t worry) this should be safe) 

Media can lie, and can work with bigger companies (obviously, or else why would we see ANY advertisement and exclusives at all for any brands e.g gucci, celebrities news etc)

first, 

Back in 2012 there was an insider post, and it said 

‘ji will possibility be paired with krys, they also discussed ji and yooxna. but this is unknown, this ji person’t doesnt like to do ship, boyx boy, girl x girl’

2012 insider post was one of the biggest evidence that kxk was planned. so if there is a first time, there will be a second (jxk).

but before kxk, two things happened 

1. infamous tae x ji x krys photoshoot WKxrea magazine photoshoot.

The magazine is released in July of 2015. The timeline makes sense as it is about a year before kxk. A good timing for sm to have just started planning kxk seriously. 

It is possible that sm used this opportunity to get feedback from the gp and fans about how people view these three together, and to promote kxk. Evidently, they saw the good reactions and made that the kxk ship sailed even before the scandal was released. 

In a general sense, this should just ‘an aesthetic photoshoot sm set up for promoting the three groups’ and no one would have suspected they were planning a scandal, but it is this benefit of doubt that makes it the bet way to get the most honest opinion about kxk from fans. 

This is therefore also the best way to make sure kxk will be ‘accepted’ and that people think they are ‘compatible’ image wise.

2.ji and yooxna’s elle magazine photoshoot

This seems to be the feb issue for elle magazine in 2016, two months before kxk

This time it is less direct because its elle magazine, and its already this close to 2016 april, hence I believe this is not to survey people’s reaction on yooxna and ji. but a promotion of ji’s ‘straigt image.’ 

of course this elle iss ue may not be a huge conspiracy this time, but simply a prep work to promote ji’s straight image. but isn’t it a coincidence that the same two pairings mentioned on the insider post both had a photoshoot for magazines? why yoonax? well because both are very aesthetic and popular idols and sm has deemed them compatible ever since 2012.

3. WKxrea and exoclusivesx release in june 2016 after kxk. 

why is it important to mention this? as we know there were different covers of all of ekso memebrs. this is a huge project that will cost WKxorea a huge sum of money (although they ofc will earn that back).

why is it significant? it is extremely rare for magazines to tie hand with idols, esp expensive groups like ekso and even have individual covers for each member. I have every reason to believe that after having a tae jij krys photoshoot in 2015 and ekso promotion in 2016. WKxrea and sm have a good relationship, and are somewhat partners. 

2018 WKxrea November issue, this happened

The two were put into the same magazine, and this is done by WKxrea again. Who I greatly believe have a good relationship with sm. (so sm can have influence) 

randomonline stores selling the issues named it:

so obviously, even selling websites recognize that those two are put together, fans would notice too. this is repeating kxk. jxk is being sailed and planted into our heads. 

and this also happened

Those two were put together back to back. 

Now this issue is released novemeber 2018, 2 months before the jan reveal. ‘Coincidently’, jixyoona was also released 2 months before the april reveal of kxk. You might ask then why not make them have a photoshoot instead, putting them together directly? But that won’t work and is not necessary because:

- it will be too obvious, yg and sm wont just suddenly join hands, all the stuff we see about taekxk and jixyoona are all artists from sm, that is much less supicious/ 

-  people did notice, and the ship sailed. 

- media manipulate our mind in the most subtle way. they dont need a photoshoot in our face to plant jxk into our heads. as long as people who buys this magazine sees ‘omg its jni! oh ji is in here as well!’ that idea seed is already planted. 

update, interestingly, elle magazine also mentioned jxk on an online article  in 2018 oct. As this reinforce my point above, they were indeed planting jxk into our heads.

what is the conclusion?

what are the chances that ALL of the pairings sm planned to put ji with were published on magazines and made big titles on allkpoop / sucksoompi etc? from kxk to jixyoona to jnixji on the same issue back to back, I don’t believe in coincidences anymore. 

What are the chances of jxk on WKxrea when it is proven that sm def have good connection with WKxrea suggested by taekxk and exoclusivesx AND THEN this jxk thing published by WKxrea as well?

so what are the ‘coincidental’ chances that it is proven sm likes using magazine esp WKxrea as one of the mean of media play and promotion of their pairing (taekxk reactions, ji’s straight agenda for yoonaxji before dropping kxk)? and that jxn has been published together in the same WKxrea magazine that is shady with sm? And that all these issues are published in THE PERFECT TIMELINE that COMPLETELY fits all scandals that has been planned?

CLOSE TO 0. too many alignments, can’t be coincidental, has to be planned.

now will there be more of jxk photoshoots? this time it is UNSURE. (but chances are very low) jxk is smxyg. meaning sm doesn’t have complete control over everything. and since jxk is fake, I will assume that they actually never went on dates, and it is hard for yg or sm to have set up dates before hand due to their busy schedules and from two different companies. so, maybe there would be no evidence of past dates anymore. 

what i would not rule out though, is that they might use some sort of display (update not like a public photoshoot, maybe some more fake news) to promote the couple instead. 

there are two ways of doing things, ‘reveal past dates to make a couple legit’ or actually pr and promoting the couple. 

both ways won’t discredit this analysis, and I will still have every reason to believe that media play is real, conspiracies do happen and sm and yg are never honest companies. 

#kaisoo #analysis #kaisooanalysis #19highlight #myposts #mypost

[swainlake]

this was an addition to a post about liking both sansa & dany and i want to preface this by saying that you can absolutely like both characters. i’m not saying you can’t. my blog is full of both ladies and i can appreciate them both so i’m not disputing that others can do so too.

but that said, this comment? it’s bullshit. like who you like ofc but don’t maintain a holier-than-thou attitude about how the fandom distorts canon and facts while you literally distort canon and facts. 

canonically sansa and dany are not allies. that’s either your own personal headcanon and/or your misunderstanding of the way these things work. let’s be very clear here: if jon bent the knee, that makes him a subject. not an ally. jon offered to be allies with the dragon queen, and dany refused that offer multiple times in favour of demanding that he bend the knee. sansa is jon’s subject and therefore jon bending the knee makes sansa dany’s subject. not allies.

but even putting the technicalities aside, dany and sansa have very different political ideals and agendas. just like sansa and cersei do & tyrion and jon do & tormund and davos do. even if their endgame is similar, they have different concepts on how to get there and what to do once they have. it’s like saying socialists and democrats are allies. the reality is that how you reach your goal matters, and saying they don’t/won’t stand in the way of one another’s happiness just doesn’t make sense if we think of anything but defeating the NK. dany wants to rule the 7k. sansa wants a free, safe and happy north. those two things cannot happen at the same time, something has got to give. 

presuming sansa “i’m sure cutting off heads is very satisfying but it’s not the way we get people to work together” stark won’t have a problem with dany “bend the knee or burn” targaryan shows a lack of reason — which is fine! we don’t always have to think reasonably to enjoy something. but we do have to be respectful to those who do & not dismiss them just because you don’t agree. we also don’t get to pretend that people who don’t agree with you, or who might see something you don’t, are unreasonable. that’s not how it works.

loving dany and sansa shouldn’t be a mutually exclusive thing, but it’s understandable that people might view it as such considering their moral and political alignments are very different. this has nothing to do with ships. this has to do with the ability to think critically about two, very different, and yet very similar women. it’s condescending and downright disingenuous to dismiss these very valid notions as nothing but a ship war and it does nothing but highlight your own (purposeful?) misunderstanding of why people might have a problem imagining both characters being friends. 

#i'm not interested in naming and shaming #or starting arguments on somebody else's post (which is why i just cut & pasted this part) #but if the op of this post sees this i want you to know that this isn't an attack & i'm willing to chat with you if you want :) #or we can agree to disagree #whatever floats your boat #anti dany #anti daenerys #there's nothing anti here tbh but i'm tagging just in case #sarah speaks #discourse #all these arguments are things i've heard centrists say #about real life politicians