#and then probably disapear again for months...

[brainlessrot]

Penguin Pebbling

Involves collecting and giving small objects, like pebbles, as gifts to people you care about.

because i do penguin pebbling very often and i wanted to indulge myself a lil bit 🤭

also sorry for disapearing for like... 5 months!!! requests are now open again <3

Characters ;; All of the students (grim included)

Contents ;; could be seen as either platonic or romantic (except ortho's and grim's!), GN!reader, no beta read‼️around 1200 words total, 50~ words per character

Riddle ;; i think he would see it as weird and although he would keep it he doesn't think it to be sentimental, for him its just some random rock you randomly gave him, may give you some trinkets (no rocks :( ) as payback (prolly roses or rose themed stuff)

Trey ;; he wouldn't understand why you chose to give him a... rock? probably put it in some drawer in his room and forgot about it unless you explain why

Cater ;; doesn't understand but will keep the rock in his bedside table, may understand that its a sentimental gift from you and if its pretty enough he will post a pic of it!!!

Ace ;; throws it away. Nah but hes similar to trey, confused abt why would you give him?? a rock you found somewhere on the floor?? would prolly make fun of you if you told him why (but the way his face lowkey matches his hair is proof that hes gettin flustered)

Deuce ;; HE GETS YOU!!! will absolubtely cherish the lil rock AND give you some in return, you two may start a rock gifting competition to see which one of you gives the prettiest one to the other

Leona ;; "...what is this". will throw it away (this time fr) unless you specifically tell him its a sentimental gift, then he will throw it in a drawer and forgets abt it (man does NOT care abt a rock sorry :/) but if you are especially close to him and the rock is pretty he may send it back to his brother for it to be made into some jewelry... but DO NOT mention it if he wears it

Ruggie ;; if its pretty enough he will display it in his room, if not, he still puts it carefully in a box with other trinkets, may also find you one for yourself (my man gets it!!) and may even give you some dandelions he was saving for a quick snack if he finds you while out (doing Leona's work) walking

Jack ;; super confused but lowkey touched, will put it with his (many) cactai, if you do it multiple times, he will start giving you some he found on a run that he thought you would like

Azul ;; if he likes you hes giggling and kicking his feet, will put it in his desk at the VIP room, no matter if its just a broken brick or a cute crystal you found, the tweels make fun of him for this

Jade ;; probably has gifted you some by himself that he found on his lil mountain treks, may put whatever you give him in one of his terrariums as decor

Floyd ;; loves it a normal (crazy) amount, cherishes the rock SO much, probably gives it a small hat and face and brings it around the school, will loose it and demand you find another one for him... he might throw it at you to get your attention

Kalim ;; definition of !!!!YIPPIEEE!!! puts it on his bedside table and stares at it while giggling before going to sleep, beware, you will find boxes of gemstones (not the cheap ones!!!) in front of your room at any moment now

Jamil ;; may try to hide it but he finds it cute, covers his face before accepting the rock, leaves it on his desk for when he goes back to his room to give him a small boost in mood, doesn't reciprocate the rock giving but isn't against receiving more from you

Vil ;; what. what the hell is this. unless its throughly clean and has some interesting colors/design/it's pretty he will throw it away woops, doesn't understand the appeal but if youre sad he threw it away hell ask you for "the prettiest rock for him, the prettiest person you've seen"

Rook ;; now youre inexplicably finding rocks EVERYWHERE, your pillow is lumpy? rock! you wanted cereals for breakfast? filled with rocks! went to put on your socks? why is there a rock?! he may even throw them at you from afar!! (believe him he didn't actually think it through he just wanted to surprise you)

Epel ;; kinda gets you!! may not reciprocate the rock giving at first (he prefers personally carving you some apples as a gift) but will if you explain to him the sentimentality behind it!! will save any rock you give him and maybe even send one back to his meemaw if he deems it cool enough

Idia ;; Doesn't really?? get it at first?? but when he was (forced to be) outside he saw a cool rock on the sidewalk and went "oh hey they would like this one!... Oh damn." a light bulb went off of his head at that moment, he wont really give you any rock bc he simply doesn't go outside, but will put the rocks you give him between his idol merch and figurines

Ortho ;; the epitome of just there for the vibes, doesn't understand jackshit of why youre doing it but if youre happy he's happy!! will test the rocks to see what compound or kind they are and tell you funfacts about them

Malleus ;; OH LORDDDDD hes kneeling down and holding his chest the moment you open up your hand and present him with the rock, A GIFT??? FOR HIM?? FROM YOUUU???? hes a very shinnies boy so be prepared to find anything gold anywhere in your dorm/room, he actually gets you from the start and is so happy, like straight up giddy, cackling in his room as he makes a small altar for the rock (half joking)

Lillia ;; also very giggly and understands the act of gifting rocks as a show of friendship (or more) will also leave small trinkets on your way (some of them are hundreds of years old... be careful)

Silver ;; hes used to small animals also giving him offerings and trinkets, so he understands the sentimentality behind the little rock, will also give you some shinny stone he found while resting in the forest, look it has the shape of a chipmunk!!

Sebek ;; he doesn't understand, he doesn't care. nah but seriously he really doesn't get why even if you explain it to him, no "it reminded me of you", "i though you would like it", "its pretty tho!!"s will make him understand, but please do ignore how close he set it to his Malleus' altar

Grim ;; acts like he doesn't want it and might even throw it away in your face, but the moment you turn around hes running back and searching desperately for it, he wont ask for any but if you give him more he aint complaining, hes like the

+"do you like it?

-"no"

+"then ill take it"

-"BACK OFF, NO WAY!"

#twisted wonderland #twst #disney twisted wonderland #twst x reader #twisted wonderland x reader #disney twst #riddle roseheart #trey clover #cater diamond #ace trappola #deuce spade #leona kingscholar #ruggie bucchi #jack howl #azul ashengrotto #floyd leech #jade leech #kalim al asim #jamil viper #vil schoenheit #rook hunt #epel felmier #ortho shroud #malleus draconia #lilia vanrogue #silver vanrogue #twst silver #sebek zigvolt #twst grim #idia shroud

[puff0o0]

I was wondering if i could request Ghost or whoever you feel would fit this reacting to reader having a pink fluffy bunny hoodie please! Its oki doki if you dont feel like doing this, but thank you if you do!

Ghost was tired, stressed, and in desperate need of a proper shower, not just the shitty ones back at base. The only thing he wanted to do was to get home, get in the shower, make some tea, and fall asleep next to you again for the first time in months

He came back home with some new scars, scars he knew you would notice and scold him for no matter how much he tried to tell you that they don't hurt anymore

Opening the door and walking in, he noticed it was quiet- too quiet

You're usually always at the door waiting for him when he texts you that he's back from deployment and taking a plane back home. but then again, it was nighttime and you were probably asleep

So he quietly go in the shower, being careful not to make too much noise and wake you

He skipped his tea, finding you to be even more important than it.

You were more important than anything to him really

He let out a heavy sigh as he opened the door to your shared bedroom, head aching and body sore and tired from the constsnt battles that he faced on deployment- only for it to disapear for just a moment when he saw a sight that made his entire year

Pink was definitely your color, it looked beautiful on you and never once did it stop him from looking at you and admiring his beautiful partner.

His favorite was when you wore pink in formal outfits, but he may just have a new favorite, seeing you bundled up in a pink and very fluffy hoodie that had bunny ears attached to the hood

He couldn't stop himself from getting into bed next to you and wrapping you in his arms, hugging you close to his chest and kissing your forehead

You were too precious

#wishes ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ #call of duty #simon riley x reader #simon ghost riley x reader #cod mw2 #simon ghost riley x you #cod #call of duty modern warfare #simon riley x you #ghost x reader #Ghost x reader #Ghost x you #ghost x you #Simon Ghost Riley x reader #Simon ghost riley x reader #Simon Riley x reader #Simon riley x reader #Simon Ghost Riley x you #Simon ghost riley x you #Simon Riley x you #Simon riley x you

[axelsagewrites]

Most People Say Goodbye

Pairing: Sandor x F!Bolton!Reader

Summary: Sandor and (Y/N) have a secret relationship at kings landing which crumbles when he disapears after the battle of blackwater. Eventually though your paths cross again

Part one of two

TW: swearing (its the hound so you could guess lol)

Requested by Annon

Words: 2704

Masterlist Here

The first time you ever saw Sandor you couldn’t help but stare. You weren’t the only one to stare but the only one not to do so out of disgust. He was fascinating. The way he moved, spoke, the fact he did not seem to care what anyone thought of him. It was refreshing.

Your father Roose Bolton had sent you away to be a ward of Eddard Stark when you were fairly young. He had always not so subtly encouraged you to find someone to marry, specifically from another great house of the north. Every time he saw you, he asked about the Karstarks or the Starks, always wondering how Robb had been. But you knew little about Robb other than him being Sansa’s older brother.

Sansa was your best friend in the north and you were stood behind her when the king came to visit. It was also when you first laid eyes on the man in the hound helm. It didn’t take long for you to find out everything about him. You were good at finding out what was what and who had done this and that. It was probably one of the reasons Sansa liked you so much.

He always sat by himself or by other knights during feasts. Even when he was with others he rarely spoke. Your father had encouraged you in a raven to travel to kings landing and Ned had been happy to bring you along to accompany Sansa. During your month long ride, you never even seen the hound speak more than once.

One day during your travels you were walking around a forest, trying to stretch your legs before being shoved back into a dark and stuffy carriage. As you were walking you say a rabbit and without thinking crouched down to say, “Hello there,” the rabbit bounced up to you before its head snapped to the side and suddenly it ran off. “Fine then,” you grumbled standing up.

You turned to see a very annoyed Sandor Clegane staring at you. You froze. “Are you stupid girl?” his questioned snapped you out of it and your face screwed up in anger, “I had a perfect shot. You’re lucky I don’t shoot you,”

As he turned to storm off you couldn’t help yourself, “It was only a bloody rabbit,”

“What?”

“I said it was only a rabbit,” you said as he turned to face you, “If its that rare for you to get a ‘perfect shot’ for a rabbit maybe you should hunt something else,”

He laughed but it was not a happy laugh, “Alright girl,” he said “you catch me a fucking rabbit then. If you wont fall as soon as you have to slit its throat that is,” he spat, tossing his spear on the ground, before turning off to go back to camp.

With a huff you turned and looked where the rabbit had been. If he wanted a rabbit, he could have a fucking rabbit. You picked up the spear and set off.

When the warning horn rang meaning you would be setting off again you turned to walk back to camp. Everyone was packing up to leave as you searched for Sandor who was strapping something to his horse.

“Here,” you said as you tossed his spear at his feet. He looked down confused until he saw the four rabbits speared and skinned on his spear, “Try not to burn them when you cook them. Unless you eat them raw of course,” you smiled before walking back to your carriage you shared with Sansa, Arya, and Septa.

When you finally arrived at kings landing you saw Sandor all the time but rarely spoke. He acted as Joffrey’s shadow, and you were always with Sansa. Despite this you never had a reason to speak but you wished you did. Sansa often would complain about how freakish he was, and Arya was convinced he was the devil. But for some reason you remained fascinated.

You were sitting with Sansa in the gardens when the prince approached, the hound not far behind. “Leave us lady Bolton. I wish to talk to my betrothed alone,”

“Yes, your grace,” You nodded and curtsied, turning to Sansa “goodbye lady stark,” as you walked past the prince you couldn’t help but roll your eyes. Why Sansa was obsessed with him you couldn’t understand. You hadn’t even noticed Sandor looking at you till you saw a smile on his face. That was even rarer than him talking.

“You too dog,” you heard Joffrey say as you left, “go on run along,”

You could hear his armour moving as he walked and despite him not rushing he had caught up to you quickly due to his height, “Not a fan either then?”

“That depends,”

“On what?”

“Who’s asking?” you were out of sight of the prince and Sansa by a short pier off the side of the gardens that faced over the front of the waters by kings landing.

“That’s already answered my question girl,” you rolled your eyes and walked down the pier.

You stood at the end of the pier and turned to see Sandor a couple feet behind you, “You saw me roll my eyes you already knew my answer,”

“You should learn to lie better then,”

“Why?” you said facing the water again, “Are you someone who shouldn’t know the truth?”

“I know the truth girl,” he spat, “but you shouldn’t trust everyone you meet,”

“I don’t trust you,” you said turning back to face him. “you could push me off this pier to drown and no one could prove it. but you also seem to hate everyone you meet so who are you going to tell?”

This time he stepped closer, “I could push you in, you make it so tempting after all,” it might have scared you if you didn’t see a smile ghosting his lips, “but I don’t hate everyone I meet. Just the cunts. It just so happens majority of the lord pricks and lady pricks here are,”

“But not all of us?”

“Not all of you,” he agreed as he turned and walked away.

“Most people say goodbye you know?”

“Im not most people girl,”

From then you began to talk to Sandor more. He often ran into you at the garden or specifically at the pier and you were starting to think it was deliberate. Then Ned Stark was executed.

Your whole world had fallen upside down. Not wanting to ‘ruin Sansa’s pretty face’ Joffrey had appointed you as her whipping girl of sorts. Every time she did something she wasn’t supposed to Ser Meryn Trant would beat you and Sansa would scream. Eventually she gave in, and your beatings became less.

Initially it had been the hound told to hit you across the face but he refused. Joffrey began screaming when truant stepped in and slapped you so hard you fell. After that he stalked off with truant complaining about Sandor who stayed behind to pick you up. Sansa roughly pulled you away from him and scurried you both back to her chambers.

Later that night he came to visit you at your chambers for the first time. “Come in,” you said when he knocked. Sandor stood awkwardly in your doorway as you sat on your bed. “Close the door. I don’t think you’re supposed to be here,”

“Im not,” he said as he shut the door, “but I had to make sure you were okay,”

“Im okay,” you smiled, patting the spot next to you on your bed, “It wasn’t that sore,”

“Bullshit,” he said, looking at your bed hesitantly till you patted it again. He stalked over and cautiously sat on your bed, as if he was afraid it would break, “I saw him hit you. I saw him fall. And I let him”

“What were you supposed to do? Its not like you could stop him permanently. Joffrey would just have someone else do it,”

“Unless I killed the king,”

“Do not kill the king.”

“Why not? Fuck the king.”

“Yes, fuck the king. Not fuck you,” you said looking at him like he had went crazy, “if you kill Joffrey Cersei Lannister would have your head on a pike and I do not need to see any more heads on spikes,”

“You’re going to see plenty more with that bitch on the throne,”

“And I will cope with that but not if yours joins them,” you grabbed his hand and ignored the startled look on his face, “I can deal with a few slaps. My brother used to kick me up and down the place when I was at the Dreadfort,”

“Then I’ll kill him next,” he said and you sighed. “Look, girl, I just don’t like seeing you suffer,”

“Then don’t die. Just,” you paused looking at him, “just stay with me. Please? Just sit with me for a while,”

And he did. Your secret relationship became official. All the build up had led to Sandor sharing your bed and hiding in your chambers or in the garden with you whenever you could.

Until the battle of blackwater that is. You had been ushered into the room with all the women and children unable to do anything about what was going on outside. You never even got to say a proper goodbye to Sandor.

The night before he had given you a gift, however. “What am I supposed to do with this?” you asked holding the dagger in your hands.

“If Stannis’s men make it into the holdfast you have two choices. You can either slit their throats or your own. I won’t blame you either way but I wont let you go into this unprotected because you’re a fool if you think you’ll be safe. Especially not if his men see you,”

“I understand,” you said and pressed a kiss to his cheek. “I know what to do,”

“Good,” he said, “and as soon as the battle is over I’ll find you,”

But he didn’t.

The battle came and went, and Sandor was nowhere to be found. you heard he had ran, that he’d fled, but it wasn’t possible. He wouldn’t leave you he promised he’d come back. But now he was gone.

You felt like a ghost walking the castle. Not even Sansa could lift your spirits and she couldn’t tell why.

You thought you’d be stuck in kings landing forever but to your surprise Petyr Baelish knocked on your door one night with a map and a bag of gold.

“But what about Sansa?”

“She’s not safe anywhere,” He said, “You can run, and Cersei will put a few silver stags on your head and no more. Sansa would have all the knights out looking for her. You can go. You can be safe,”

“I didn’t even get to say goodbye,” you couldn’t help but cry. You did not want to do what Sandor had done to you to her, “Let me say goodbye,”

“I can’t. I would if I could. Believe me,” but I didn’t, “Write her something. Quickly,” he ushered me to my desk where you quickly scrawled a half written goodbye before he took the paper from you and rushed you out the door.

He led you out of the castle through secret passages without giving you a chance to even say goodbye to Sansa. Then you stood outside of the Castle wall with a horse he had bought for you and normal clothes and a cloak for you to wear.

“Why are you helping me?” you asked as he helped lift you onto your horse.

“You’re not safe here. You need to go to your brother. Go to the dreadfort. You’ll be safe there,”

Safe. With your brother. Unlikely but despite everything he couldn’t possibly be as bad as Joffrey and it had been years since you last saw him. You were older now as was he.

“And Sansa?”

“Ill protect her. I promise. But you must go men will be on patrol soon. Ride fast,” and with that you fled kings landing.

The first ride you made to Kings Landing took a month in plush carriages with your friends. You would think going alone would be quicker but no. by the end you weren’t even sure how long you had been out there for. You had ran out of Petyr’s gold by the time you were a third of the way there. So many things happened but you tried to forget just as quickly as they happened.

You never expected your brothers face to be a relief. You felt on the verge of death when you finally saw the castle in sight. It took every ounce of strength to make it to the castle gates. However once you saw Ramsey you somehow managed to run to him. For once he hugged you back.

Everything felt perfect. Ramsey had matured and was the best brother you could ask for. You didn’t even have to leave your chambers because he had servants doting on you. You had no clue anything bad was even happening. Until you found out about Reek.

At points you questioned whether this was better than Kings landing. Then your father was given Winterfell, and no one would tell you why. But you knew Robb stark had to be dead. You cried. Sobbed. Realising it meant bran and reckon must be gone too.

One day Sansa appeared, and you found out she never got your letter. Baelish had tricked you and you didn’t know why. But you had an idea and now she was standing in front of you betrothed to marry the man that killed your father. Part of you was jealous you didn’t kill him yourself when Sansa filled you in.

You had all but given up before Sansa came but now you both had a reason to live. Theon finally managed to beat out Reek and the three of you held hands as you jumped off the wall.

Everything eventually became a blur. Your brother was defeated by Jon Snow who took you and Sansa in. You befriended wildings and finally returned to a Stark ran Winterfell. Jon left for a mission beyond the wall and left Sansa in charge. Despite her not being a Queen you were essentially her hand. Everything all most felt good despite everything that had happened and was looming.

Then the dragon queen came.

You watched as Sansa greeted her, knowing how much she feared Daenerys taking the north from her like your father had done. You watched her dragons fly overhead and wondered what it would feel like to ride one. You watched as Tyrion Lannister of all people walked into Winterfell. You saw the Army of the Unsullied in all their legendary glory. Then you saw him.

Sandor Clegane.

But he never saw you at first but you watched as his eyes searched the courtyard desperately looking for someone. Then his eyes finally met yours. He went to step forward but you had already turned and left for your chambers.

A while later Sansa knocked on your door, “Come in,” you called.

“Are you okay (Y/N)? You just disappeared,” She said as she said beside where you were lying on your bed.

“He’s here,”

“Who’s here?”

“Sandor,”

“You don’t need to be afraid of him anymore,” she said with a smile, “we’re not children anymore. He’s here to help us,”

“I was never afraid Sansa,”

“Well, I was. He has that ugly scar- “

“Will you shut up,” you snapped as you sat up in bed, “I was never afraid of him Sansa. I loved him and he left me,”

Sansa was shocked as you finally spilled what you had kept inside for years. You told her every detail but they were starting to be foggy with all the time that had past.

She was silent at first. “You should talk to him,” she eventually said, “he never should have left you.”

You stayed in your room till after the feast had started but for whatever reason as the chatter grew louder and the people drunker you decided it was time to confront him.

Part Two Here

A/N: Part two of the actual reunion should be up tomorrow so stay tuned

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[kuroosdumbslut]

Hi, how are you ?

Can you plesse wtite fic where snape survive the war(because someone, maybe his fem best friend save him) but he disapear from wizardind world, because he is sick of that and why not… and after many years the see each other? End is up to you. Thank youuu ❤️

//Of course! I'm sorry it's taken me nearly a year to get to this request, life has been throwing me curve balls every few months. I hope you enjoy this!//

When the dust settled after the battle, everything was eerily quiet. You couldn't help but frantically search around, but you noticed one person missing. The one person you were hoping to see almost immediately after everything was said and done. The tight feeling of dread crawled up your throat and with burning, aching feet from the battle, you ran. Ran until you remembered one of the few places Severus had shown you.

You'd known him since you both were in school, and he was someone you considered to be a close friend. The Shrieking Shack, an old, abandoned building in Hogsmeade said to be haunted or cursed, was the only other place you thought to look. Many years ago, just before he disappeared for a few years in his late teens and early twenties, Severus had brought you to the shack as a place to smoke weed a bit. Back then, you both were more rebellious. It was a safer place to be than anywhere in the castle, mainly due to the lack of nosy professors sniffing around for troublemakers.

You knew his trauma with the place as well, and Severus had a horrible habit of frequenting trauma-filled places for him. A quick floo to Hogsmeade and you were running again, searching for the rundown shack. When you finally found him, you were horrified to find him bleeding out on the floor, his neck deeply bitten from what looked like a snake. "Oh my god...Severus...!" You wasted no time in running to him, sliding to the floor immediately and realizing several things. Number one, venom could definitely be present and number two, he lost so much blood. Digging around in your pack, you thanked your lucky stars that you thought to bring a supply of blood replenishing potions and bezoars for the battle. You shoved a bezoar into his mouth, helping him consume it, then began feeding him blood replenishers while you wrapped and applied pressure to staunch the bleeding. Luckily, McGonagall removed the apparition boundaries for the battle and with a firm grip on him, you apparated back to the castle just in time for Madame Pomfrey to hustle him into the critical area for proper treatment.

It took Severus over a week to come out of the coma. You weren't even aware he was in one until Madame Pomfrey said he was awake finally. You were anxious to see him again, but when you got to the infirmary, he was gone. "Poppy? Where's Severus?" Anxiety was clear in your voice, fear beginning to grip you again. Poppy tilted her head, looking concerned. "What do you mean? He said he was off to talk and visit you. Did he not?" You shook your head, looking confused and fearful. What happened to your best friend? Where had he gone? And most importantly...was he still alive?

After 2 years, you feared the worst had happened. He must've ran off to die on his own terms, as he used to promise when he had smoked a bit too much in his youth. It wasn't until the third year of him being missing that you saw him again. You were in your flat, tending to your few plants while you were cooking when a knock sounded from your front door. "Just a moment!" You called out, putting a stasis charm on the food to prevent over cooking or burning. When you opened the door, however, you couldn't stop the tears and anger from bubbling up. There, in all his glory, was Severus Snape. His hair was more greyed, his forehead wrinkles were becoming more prominent, and his neck was severely scarred. "Severus. Tobias. Snape. Where the fuck have you been?!" Severus winced a bit, knowing he probably deserved that one. "I...I had to find healing away from the wizarding world..." Severus whispered. His voice was quieter than you remember...rougher. "And you didn't think to let me know you were alive? For two and a half years? Do you have any idea how depressed I've been, thinking you're dead somewhere and I'd never see you again?" Severus looked down at his shoes and whispered, "I...I'm so sorry, I don't...I don't have a good excuse for you..."

In that moment, though, as angry and frustrated as you were, you still yanked him inside and brought him into a near bone-crushing hug. "Never EVER do that shit again. I thought I had lost my best friend." This was new to Severus. Forgiveness. He was used to being seen as a vile, evil man who said the most heinous shit. Instead, here he was in his longest friend's home being forgiven and held as if he mattered. 'I suppose I am important...to them at least,' Severus thought to himself. He startled when you responded, "You're damn right you're important to me." Ah. He had forgotten he taught you Legilimency. Cheeky thing...using his own tools against him. "Stay for lunch. Please. I think we have much to catch up on, Sev." In that moment, Severus was so glad he gathered his courage to come see you. And he was even more grateful for your forgiveness.

#severus snape #harry potter #severus snape x reader #severus snape x you #harry potter imagine #request

[vibratingskull]

Mermaid AU part 2

Part 1

Thrawn x f!reader

You look up to your ceiling, incapable of sleeping

Did it really happened ? Did you crossed path with a merman?Did you hallucinate this meeting?

But the shiny scales you hide in your drawer tells you no.

You want to see him again.

To really believe you NEED to see him again

But you already got back to the cove, he was nowhere in sight. Not hard to understand why, who would hang around where your life was once threaten?

 But you have to be sure!

You pick up some stuffs and leave your house in the dead of night.

At the beach you sneak to the barks and meticulously detach one, push it into the ocean and jump inside

You paddle until the beach is nothing more than a thin line in the horizon. You deduced he would most probably be in the open sea than the shore.

As to lure him, you hope mermaids are like in movies and are sensible to song. He looked like a night creature with his eyes.

You take out your ukulele from your bag and start playing a simple yet joyful melody. You whistle at first, before switching to singing

You sing your heart out for two hours, searching the water with your flashlight from time to time, in hope of seeing a red glow at the surface

But nothing.

You come back the next day

And the next

And the next

And the next

One, two, three month pass but you continue with this crazy hope that you didn’t dream, wondering dometimes if you weren’t just a fool.

One evening it was so late you dozed off mid-song and sleep on the sturdy wood of the bark, craddled by the waves getting more and more agitated

Suddenly, you feel a pointy sharp thing grazes across your cheek and the cold bite of some sea water drops 

You open your eyes in a flash and catch a glimpse of shiny red before it disappear just as quick

You rise so quickly you almost fall overboard, searching franctically the waters with the flashlight

 You only catch a large tails rapidly disapearing in the depth of the ocean.

He is real...

He is real!

You scream in joy in the lonesome dark night, and paddle after him, fighting against the agitated sea.

One wave crashes on you, drenching you to the bone

The next one however...

The next one propulse you out of the bark in the black sea

You try to pierce the surface, but in this black sea up and down looks alike

You break out with a gasp, cold to the bone, when a third wave pushes you back deep under the surface.

You start panicking when something grazes your leg

You can’t see a damn thing

“Something” grasps your arm and drag you behind it at an impressive speed 

You’re back at the surface, you gasp for air.

In way less time it took you to reach the open sea you’re back on the sand of the beach

But as it releases you you grasps it yourself and throw the flashlight right at it

It protects itself with its hand

It’s him! 

He roars and almost slashes at you with his claws

He frees his arm and jump back into the water swiftly

You look him disappear, trembling, wet and miserable

But you’re smiling

You look down at your hand and open it

An expertly crafted bracelet rests on your palm

You have your proof

You’re contented

@blueninjablade3

#mermaid au #thrawn x f!reader #thrawn x you #thrawn x reader #thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #mitth'raw'nuruodo #fanfic #vibratingskull

[and-stir-the-stars]

I have to answer the two paragraphs in this ask separately bc my answer for the henry paragraph alone is really long :/

So, before I answer the question, some Henry back story:

After Charlie’s death, Henry doesn't snap. His friends encourage him to take time away from the company, though William doesn't. William continues on mostly as normal, and Henry follows suit; it feels better to chase this illusion of normalcy rather than let himself fall apart. His passion for the company starts fading, though; he stops viewing the customers as families and kids, because the constant reminder of what he lost would be too painful otherwise.

Things continue this way until Elizabeth's death. Elizabeth dies sometime between 6-8 months after Charlie did; Charlie was her closest friend, possibly her only friend, and Elizabeth's temptation toward Circus Baby was rooted not just in wanting a symbol of her abusive father's love, but in wanting a friend and companionship after losing Charlie.

Although neither of them are aware of it, things get tense between William and Henry, because Henry is filled with confusion and rage and pain that William, apparently, handled the death of his daughter so well while Henry himself still feels like he's falling apart every day, despite how long it's been since Charlie’s death.

Henry continues on repressing and ignoring his steadily growing isolation and grief and despair around Charlie’s death. Until the Bite, that is. The Bite probably happens a year and a half to two years after Charlie’s death, and it's what makes Henry finally snap. Evan got put into a coma by Henry's own creation, the thing he once felt such pride and joy from. Liz disappeared at a sister location still thoroughly associated with Fazbear Entertainment. And of course, his own daughter was lost after being locked out of a Fazbear location, and it's clear that in spite of all the years that have passed, nothing has really changed. People are still getting hurt.

So, he tries using his position within the company to force better safety regulations in his daughter's name. He's obsessive about it, though, and he tries to force every idea he comes up with upon the corporation with the same fervor whether the ideas are good, logical ones or objectively terrible, poorly thought out ideas. He rages against anyone who defies him, including William.

Henry continues on this way for almost a year until he burns out. Some friends take him in after that and he takes a leave from the Faz Ent until he can get his feet back under him. 

He doesn't come back into the Afton's lives until after Evan is already being manipulated under William’s thumb. Though, I think he does come back before Mike runs away, purely because I think their interactions would be interesting in that period of time.

Henry has moved past pushing his friends away and is now trying to let his friends back in with open arms. Including one William Afton. Henry feels guilty for the way he lashed out and raged when he spiralled after Evan’s near-death; he feels like he hasn't been a very good friend to William, especially if he's still actually harboring any subconscious resentment toward William for what their company has done to their lives. And Henry feels guilty for not supporting Will through Liz's disapearance or Evan's near death the way he feels he should have.

Because of his guilt, Henry is still deep in denial about what Will is and what is going on in the Afton family, which is why I think it'd be interesting if Henry came back before Mike ran away.

Mike has already tried going to Henry for help with William’s abuse countless times only to be eternally denied and guilt tripped in response.

Maybe Mike would try going to Henry for help again now that the abuse has worsened (William being mad that Mike isn't like him, that he has to resort to using Evan instead). Henry has never believed him before, but this time, Evan is hurting Mike, too, so maybe Mike could be desperate enough to try for help one last time.

If Mike tries bringing up, even vaguely or in passing, that Evan has been hurting him or that he's actually kind of scared of Evan now, Henry would still deny, deny, deny. After all, in Henry's eyes, Mike has a long history of "misconstruing situations" and "making a big deal out of nothing." Surely Evan and William don't mean it and aren't acting as harshly as Mike says; besides, what Mike did to Evan (the Bite; I don't know if Henry knows how Mike would torment Evan pre-Bite) was really bad, and it's only logical that Ev and Will, especially Evan, would have a lot of big complicated feeling about it. Mike is just going to have to face the consequences of what he did.

Or, maybe Mike has been burned so many times by Henry before and so genuinely believes that he deserves what Ev and William are doing to him that he (correctly) assumes Henry will tell him it's "not that serious" and refuse to help.

Either way, Henry still turns a blind eye to every red flag he sees in Evan, in William, in Mike. Henry's family has been irreparably torn apart; William’s family doesn't need to be torn apart anymore than it already is either, and Henry will not betray his friend like that again.

Blah blah blah, time passes, Mike runs away, Evan has his first kill, blah blah. And then William and Evan get caught.

I don't know if Henry would attend, let alone take part in, the trial against William after learning what Will did to Charlie and all those kids. It would reawaken a lot of things that Henry had thought he was over by now, and would unearth a lot of stuff he never let himself acknowledge before.

I can honestly see a version of events where Henry intended to be at the trial, but he froze right outside the building on day one. And he stood outside there ages, frozen in place. Too scared to go in. Too angry to go in. Too drowned in grief and horror and confusion. And he doesn't even try going back for the second day of the trial, or any other.

Maybe Mike finds Henry outside on that first day of the trial, sometime before the trial was meant to start. Mike expects-- wants, needs-- Henry to apologize for not believing him about William, for everything he and his siblings went through because Henry was too scared and stubborn to help.

Henry doesn't, too wrapped up in his own grief to think about any of that. Mike murmurs an apology about Charlie and leaves. They don't see each other again after that.

I can think of two versions of events for how Henry affects the boys' lives after Mike gets custody of Evan; we'll start with my least favorite idea first.

If Mike still does get a message from William telling him to go put Elizabeth back together, then this would unlock some of Evan's repressed memories about possession and remnant, and it's possible that after the SL drama, Mike and Evan would decide to do what Mike does in canon: work as night shift security guards to right their father's wrongs and save all the souls he tormented. Well, they wouldn't work as night guards (plural), because Fazbear Entertainment is too cheap to pay two people for a one-person job, and Mike would never condone Evan doing this alone; if they do it together at all, it would have to be Mike gets the job and sneaks Evan (and Jeremy?) inside the building to help. Mike and Evan would be operating under Henry's nose (Henry gets control of the company after William’s capture) before potentially running into Henry in some pizza sim-esque encounter (sans Scrap Baby and Scraptrap, ofc, since Liz's soul is freed and William is on death row and/or already dead via capital punishment).

I don't like this one because, while it is interesting to a degree, it just doesn't feel very saffron pawn-esque. The whole point of the au is to separate Evan and Mike from possession and the sins of their father to work on healing their relationship and their trauma. Sister location makes sense in this au since their sister is there, but having them try to free every last spirit? I just. Don't vibe.

So, the other scenario would be Henry just... shows up in the brothers' lives, seemingly at random. Maybe he wants to rekindle their connection. Maybe Mike inherited part of the company and Henry needs him for a business deal, or Henry needs Mike's co-operation to finally shut down Fazbear Entertainment for good. Maybe Henry is there for answers about Charlie since he never had the courage to face William. Maybe Henry is there for another reason entirely. Haven't quite worked it out yet.

I think at this point, Henry has the awareness to recognize that yes, Mike reached out to him about William’s abuse countless times and, yes, him not believing Mike opened up the Afton kids to a world (or like. An entire multiverse) of pain that they otherwise would not have had to go thru if Henry had tried putting a stop to it.

But I also think that Henry is far from perfect. He's a broken man by this point, and his method of keeping himself together? It includes, you guessed it: denial.

Henry tells himself that he had no reason to believe any of it.

No reason to believe that William was abusive.

No reason to believe Mike wasn't just over reacting or misunderstanding his family.

No reason to believe that William would have hurt kids.

No reason to believe William was violent.

No reason to believe William would have hurt Charlie.

Henry tells himself that he didn't really have the capacity to make things better, because although things WOULD have been better if he had intervened, he "had no reason to."

So, no, the Afton kids don't get an apology, at least not one that matters. They don't even get any proper sympathy.

Now that my piecing together of Henry's character is out of the way, onto your questions.

Does Jem know about Henry? Mike has probably mentioned before that there was an adult he loved and trusted in his youth, someone he viewed as family, and that the whole town loved and adored, that he tried reaching out to only to be abandoned and left to suffer, but Mike wouldn't have gone into specifics on what happened. Even if he did (at Jem's request, likely), Mike would have left Henry's name out of it. Still, once Henry re-enters the boys' lives, it isn't hard for Jeremy to put the pieces together.

How do the boys react?

I talk some about their reactions here

Basically, @crumbleclub proposed the idea that Evan doesn't know Henry blatantly ignored all the red flags in their lives, including Mike straight up telling him what was happening. Evan's excited to have his uncle back in his life, but he doesn't understand the animosity growing between Mike and Henry. He's angry at them both for taking something that should be good and turning it into soemthing that hurts, and because he doesn't know why Mike and Henry are so tense around each other, Evan doesn't know whose side to be on.

But when Evan finally finds out the truth-- that Henry knew what was going on their house and did nothing? That Henry was fully capable of stopping things before Evan literally became a child murderer that pushed Mike out onto the streets to suffer alone-- two things he still regrets and feels he can never make up for--, yet Henry did nothing? Evan snaps. He tears the room he's in apart. He lashes out at anyone nearby-- shoving, hitting, punching, throwing things, screaming-- whether they're the cause of his pain or not. Mike probably has to hold him down so Evan doesn't hurt himself or anyone else. And it's just an awful scene tbh, because Mike is comforting Evan through the same horrible realization Mike had ages ago. He's bearing witness to a similar pain, and comforting Evan through it is almost like comforting his last self. And it's almost validating for Mike to a degree, because at least if Evan’s upset about it, then all the time Mike spent hurt and upset about Henry is valid, too.

The whole thing definitely ends with Mike giving Henry a firm "get the fuck away from my family."

They don't forgive him. They don't want anything to do with him.

#also toying w the idea of jeremy doing something to henry w/out mike or evan knowing #dunno what it would be tho. would jem threaten him? just tell him to leave before he makes things worse? #saffron pawn au #tw child abuse

[anotherothernight]

the Misc families

more info vvv

Combined these ones together 'cuz I didn't w ant to post a bunch of small family trees (also Gregory exists and I didn't wanna post just a headshot of him (even though it would be kinda funny)

ALSO I feel I should mention again that my AU is VERY different from canon also I hate the names of the boy missing children so I renamed them

These will be the shortest...

Content warning:... it's about the missing kids- child death, also adult death... some child neglect

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David and Rebecca are the parents of Chase

They fell in love and married young- Had Chase equally as young

David was a rockstar and spent a lot of his time away from his family- but Rebecca didn't mind seeing all the money he sent their way

Chase was a happy little bean... but also an absolute little gremlin who knew he could get away with anything with a cute face (or the occasional flash of his parents wallet)

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Erin and Arthur are the parents of Cassidy and Andreas

Erin's identity as a transman was... conflicted by most- but Arthur loved him and yes they are very gay

When Cassidy was a toddler and Andreas no more then a few months old Erin and Arthur would tragically die in a car accident

Cassidy and Andreas managed to stay together through Foster care- though never staying with anyone long enough to call family

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Archer and Matilda are the parents of Noah and Dario

Noah had a great childhood and they were a very happy family...

Until Archer died- things changed after that and his mother grew cold even after she found out she was pregnant with Dario

Noah sought to support his family and at 17 was working several part time jobs

He was also the best big brother to Dario... bestest ever dare I say

Eventually Noah would start working for Fazbear's... and things went to shit

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Cassian and Gwendolyn were the picturesque highschool sweethearts

They did everything together and were very happy

They married not long after graduation and would very quickly find themselves expecting an addition to their family

Gwendolyn would pass after complications with her labor and Cassian would find Themself alone with a baby girl

They saught to be the best father in the world and tbh was

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Cassidy, Andreas, Chase, Susie, and Dario would all disapear- assumed dead

David and Rebecca were heartbroken

Cassidy and Andreas's foster parents were... probably in trouble

Matilda barely shed a tear (Noah was devastated)

and Cassian was... also heartbroken (i don't have the words to explain)

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Noah continued to support his mother- eventually becoming the manager of a Fazbear's establishment! (the main one in William's hometown)

One day he went to work a nightshift and... never came home

Wonder what happened to him

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Gregory was in the foster system but he ran away kjdfhgjkh THERE'S NOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT HIM HE'S JUST HERE-

I need to watch through Security Breach ugh

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if you don't already know:

Chase: Possessing Bonnie Cassidy: Possessing Golden Freddy Andreas: Possessing Freddy Dario: Possessing Foxy Susie: Possessing Chica

also Noah is my phone guy... I love him tbh he my baby (he's an adult man)

I like to think that David and Rebecca have another child (not as a goldfish replacement they just- do) and that Cassian eventually remarries (also not as a replacement goldfish)

I can't see Matilda living much longer after Noah's death- she was already self destructing and now Noah's gone...

Cassidy and Andreas's foster parents fostered many more children even if Cassidy and Andreas's disappearances traumatized them

#fnaf missing kids #fnaf missing children #anotherothernight #anotherothernight au #fnaf au #fnaf

[dayseyemay]

Trying to Find the Fold: a short reading inspired by the TTRPG Wanderhome

The Devildays Sun was bright as Beau ran through the grass sea of Miewel, not a care in his head. The little Calf with his fluffy brown fur and stomping boots would leap from puddle to mudpuddle, splashing up what little rain was left from the month of Monsoon. Mud and grass stains covered the bandage wraps around Beaus body, giving them a much more "earthy" look than his mother probably would have told him. Gleeful laughter caught on the warm winds and lifted up to the small and forgotten gods in the bright red branches of the trees nearby.

Beau was nearing the edge of the meadow now. A sturdy looking wooden fence set a sharp boundary where the grass sea ended, the soft blue glow of the aching woods just beyond it. Determined to find his way tot he spot where he saw the star fall last night, Beau would not let anything stand in his way. He slowly backed up lowering his head, ready to charge through the fenceposts (even though he could easliy slip under the not so impeding barrier).

WHAM!

Beau hit the bottom plank hard with his head and tumbled over it and onto the ground on the otherside.

laying in the cool mud, looking up at the glowing blue branches above, Beau quickly rearanged the flowers that had fallen out of the tufts of hair on his head. Picking them up one by one, and adding in a few of the pink blossoms from the fields, he made sure to position them around the nubs on his head where his horns should be growing in.

Now facing the woods infront of him, Beau felt slight aprehension in his heart. His mothers words rang in his head.

"now now little-one be careful, the world is bigger than you can wrap your head around. You can learn much more useful things in this classroom than in the grass."

NO! Beau exclaimed out loud. He shook his head and began striding into the forest with renewed vigor. He knew what he saw, and he knew what he came here to do. That star is somewhere in these woods, and its probably scared and alone like him. He is going to find it and together they can make a place that will never end.

Once again Beau lowered his head, and ran, disapearing into the blue glow of the trees.

#wanderhome #ttrpg #solo ttrpg #creative writing

[yoohyeontual]

I’m thinking non-stop about what may happen on the 28 and I’m panicking, but now I’m especially thinking about all the time I almost send a message apologizing and telling my friend why I act the way I did including because * *** ** **** **** *** and I’m panicking even more 😳

#WHAT IF I HAD BEEN COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO DO IT HUH ????? #She would clearly not tried talking to me again 😭 #I know how she treat everyone that did it #she disapeared from their life cause it was to awkward 😭 #I’m clearly not sleeping well enough again 🤪 #i probably won’t until the 28 😭 #I’m also afraid that I Don’t feel well after my vaccine and have to cancel and not knowing when I’ll be able to see her 😭 #I’m so pathetic kfjskdnksndd #it’s already eating me alive what if I have to wait another 2 month 😭 even tho I’ve been hoping for a message everyday for 2 years #I’m too anxious about all of this #but even if it end just us talking and not being friend again like at least I will be able to apologize #and close that guilt eating me alive for the past 2 years and more #I dare also expect more but if we could be friend again that would be great #also I’m surprise my parents are super happy about this ????? #i thought my mom would be like you should see her again remember how much you cry because of her (even tho I was at fault I did cry a lot) #and I said out loud listening to dc that I couldn’t wait for the 30th and my dad was like why ? I said DC are releasing a song #and he was like should have known 🙄 and I tell him well I could tell you for the 28th I’m seeing her again and he was like omg that’s great! #they know how much she meant for me so I think they thought about my happiness before everytime I got sad also I’m so much sadder now so 🤪 #Please don’t see this please don’t see this please don’t see this #she come here like once a year but it’s always when I said I miss her or **** her 😭 #yes I’m not saying the hidden sentence cause I don’t want to admit it and risk her seeing it jcjskdbsjndjs #guys wish me a good night of sleep please I need it 😭 #it’s almost 1am so I could get at least 10 hour and be good for 2 days fkdbjxbsjdbd #look Bella if you read this I’m complaining too fkdbxkdnd #alex.txt #do not reblog #no

[hikaricotta]

Gift made for my friend @koiandjelly, of her Oc made for the game DragonQuest Builders 2.

Her name is Lilac and she’s sweet little angel.

also hi everyone that is probably asking why am i returning after so many months disapeared.

.... I lost my job again :’)

#hikari says #Dragon Quest Builders 2 #dragon quest builders 2 oc #DQB2 oc #Dragon quest builders 2 art

[b0ttl3d-up-st4rs]

Well I'm gonna do what I do best and self reflect to an insane amount. This is probably gonna be a long post so buckle up.

To be honest my behavior for nearly the past year now is concerning to say the least. There's this little voice in my head that just desperately wants to get more and more hurt, more and more traumatized. Why is that? At first glance the negative approach could be to say its some sort of masochistic behavior and any negative repercussions as a result of this behavior is deserved, but I don't really think thats the case.

Self sabotage is a characteristic that can be exhibited in many mentally ill people and I am no exception. I think this behavior, of seeking to be hurt by grown men on the internet is partially self sabotage.

And I remember when I first started this shit show, I just wanted attention. Sounds mean to say, but craving attention is something the human soul desperately wants. And I was starting to feel some sense of self beauty but I didn't feel as though anyone around me was appreciating it so I tried to get attention from grown men because being showered in compliments and attention felt so good when my whole life I've never gotten any of that.

I think there's more too it, though. Looking back my whole life it's almost as if I've wanted to get hurt. In books I liked to sit around with the pain the characters felt. And its almost like I wanted to get traumatized. I've heard that people with trauma that they don't acknowledge is trauma or think its bad enough to be traumatizing seek put worse forms of trauma, in order to feel that pain is valid. And I think that's part of my issue too.

I do have unaddressed and repressed childhood trauma. I was given unrestricted internet at a young age and was exposed to the horrors of the internet. Nothing like straight up porn, but a lot of suggestive content. And in general being exposed to that caused me a lot of catholic guilt as I was raised catholic. I remember feeling like knowing these things were my fault. Many days I felt so guilty that I would pray to god to let me not wake up in the morning.

As a child I also questioned my religion a lot, which i think was traumatic in itself. Religion is a big thing. And as a kid I had a big issue knowing reality from fiction. Heck I still do. I remember as a kid my friend telling me that we were all demigods and one day we were going to run away to camp half blood. That the percy jackson books were real. It sounds stupid now, but I processed that as real and it was so stressful for me.

And I remember being 12 coming out as trans and as a part of the lgbtq community to my parents. They didnt react well. They said I was confused. My mom said I was both too young and too old to know. I fought a lot with my mom. And in general have a lot of unhappy memories from then. I was outed multiple times in my life.

My relationship with my parents still isnt good. My mom has a tendency to be toxic. I hate that I have to stay in the closet around my family its so painful. Like a month ago I mentioned the lgbtq community for the first time in years, asking my mom her opinions on it and if it changed since 2017, and it turned into her yelling at me and making herself a victim. It really hurt. I forgot how much it hurt.

I don't really have much of a relationship with my dad. We barely talk. Hes very emotionally distant. When I'm at my dad's house I sort of fend for myself. Its the exact opposite at my moms house. She's overbearing and never leaves you alone. It's like going between to extremes.

And honestly I can't wait to move out. My mom and I have arguments a lot. But hey at least I have some relationship with her, I don't really have a relationship with my dad.

I remember one time this year, I was during the end of a school semester. I needed to catch up on work because after talking to my abuser for like 5 months and then unlocking him I was left in shambles and fell into a really bad depression to where my motivation for school just disapeared. Im still dealing with that tbh. Anyways I had to go to a online meeting to choose my classes and I didn't get to choose the classes I thought I would be able to, and that made me really upset. But after the meeting I had to go to do am act of kindness (I chose picking up litter at a graveyard cause i like graveyards) for my school project but I was still distraught. If I was given some time to myself I probably wouldve been able to go without issue, but my mom wanted to go immediately. We argued. And when I got there I refused to leave the car because I felt so much like shit. We argued more. It was the worst argument I ever had. She even swore at me. Which she's never done before. And she ended up playing victim again. She does that a lot I guess. And doesn't really listen to my feelings. Whenever I try to communicate about my feelings with her it turns into an argument and she makes it about herself. So yeah our relationship isn't the greatest. And I think having mommy and daddy issues is a trauma in itself. Ppl deserve to have happy healthy supportive families.

Oh right and another trauma I completely forgot (funny how that happens) is when I was 14 and admitted to a mental hospital because I tried to off myself. It was so surreal and they forced me to learn how to make eye contact with people cause apparently thats "how they know im doing ok". Which is kinda fucked considering the fact I recently realized I might be autistic. And eye contact is literally so painful for me. It especially was back then. Anyways the place itself wasnt too bad but the feeling of being trapped overall sucks and being disconnected from the rest of the world isnt fun either. Also I dissociate all the time but I especially dissociated hard thru the whole experience. And sort of made myself into the perfect patient, repeating all their bs and literally lying to myself to convince myself that I was ok so they would let me go. So that was kind of weird.

Anyways I know I have it better than others. And honestly sometimes it's hard to tell what exactly was traumatic in my childhood. I probably forgot and repressed other parts of it too and am forgetting things. But needless to say these unaddressed traumas didn't help my mental state. And i do think that's a big part of the voice in my head begging me to just get hurt more.

Overall my mental state is fucked, It's been really hard for me not to be taken advantage of by another internet pedo. Heck the only reason that isn't happening rn is because no ones dmed me yet. Also I unblocked my old abuser and we are talking again now so thats fun. It definitely doesnt help the cognitive dissonance in my brain of him being actually a nice and supportive dude. I think thats also a part of me wanting to get more traumatized. Since my abuser is a nice person that should counteract all the fucked up sexual things he said to me in the past right? I mean others have it worse, had worse abusers that were actively cruel. That's part of the bitch in my subconscious brain talking. It sucks tbh.

Anyways yeah I probably need therapy but I don't feel comfortable talking about this to my current counselor and honestly its really hard to say out loud. I can talk forever about it by writing it down but the moment I speak words from my dumbass mouth I break down in tears and can't do it. Plus idk, I'm scared if I say anything she'll have to tell my parents and that my phone might be taken away or I'll have less privacy and for a closeted queer where my only current life line is the internet and my online friends: that is a terrifying idea. Idk. I'm fucked basically.

#long post #like long long post #rambling #tw csa #tw grooming #tw suicide attempt #vent #ramble #oof #yeah #mine #actually traumatized #trauma #autistic #depression #ptsd #c ptsd #maybe i dont fucking know #dissociation #traumatized #derealization #depersonalization #online csa #rip to me i guess lmao

[lazydoodlesandfanfic]

Bounty Hunter (Loki X Reader) *PLATONIC

Chatacters: Loki X Reader

Universe: Marvel, Avengers, Thor

Warnings: Fighting, attempted murder

Request: Loki x Reader where reader is a bounty hunter who is trying to capture Loki, but Loki is messing with them, pretending to be caught, flirting, and even laying a few traps of his own

You’d been given the name and past of a man, and the promise of a large sum of money if you could get him, and with hardly a second thought and few questions, you agreed to do it. Hey, it was good pay and it was what you were good at. The pay was especially good this time as well, and that was probably because he was infamous. 

Loki Laufeyson, the adopted son of Odin, and the adopted brother of Thor, a frost giant and trickster. His tricks had made him piss off several people, and unluckily for him and lucky for you, one of those people was so pissed off that they wanted to get revenge.

Tracking him down was difficult, but eventually you found where he was, and started your plan. You got your employment due to how effective and quick you were at your job, by being smart and thinking out what would be the most effective way to set a trap, as well as having several back up plans.

You were ready and the plan was in motion. The first plan was a simple knock out and drag out, and you and sneaked into his suite on the planet he was staying, hiding behind the door, keeping an eye on the cameras you’d hacked via the device on your wrist, to confirm he was alone. You saw him arriving to his suite, and you prepped the shock machine that appeared as sort of rings on your fists, making a punch a lot more painful and a lot more likely to knockout. 

The door slid open, and Loki came inside, walking past you where you’d been pressed against the wall beside the entrance, walking to the small bar, and going through drinks. You stalked over, and took a swing. 

He disappeared.

You turned around hearing a chuckle, only to see Loki again behind you, him attempting to pin you to the bar before you kicked him away, the hit actually making contact. Of course. He’s a trickster. You brought your fists up, ready to fight. He flicked his wrist, presenting a knife from his sleeve and he took a swing and you ducked, grabbing his hand, forcing him around and restraining him with his own arm while trying to take the knife from him. You eventually managed to making him drop the knife but he then used his powers to make you let go of him, by creating another version of him to pull you off, and restrained you. 

“Now, what are you doing here?” Loki asked you, regaining his posture, not that it lasted long when you swung your leg up, the manifestation disapearing as Loki collapsed to the floor. 

“Sorry bud, but I’m a bounty hunter; you’ve pissed off the wrong person. Nothing personal.” You told him, turning on your shocker again and turning up the voltage, before Loki raised his hand. You paused, though on high alert. He got his breath back, putting his hands on his thighs and looking up at you. 

“How much is he paying you?” He asked. You smirked down at him. He was trying to pay your boss out. Good idea… might work. 

“15 million Lesorie.” You answered him. “No offence, but I don’t think you can outpay him.” 

“Not right now.” He responded, admittedly catching you off guard. “But I can pay you half of it every month… if you work for me.” 

“...What are you suggesting?” You asked him, turning off your shocker and crossing your arms.

“Well if one person’s paid to get revenge then they’ll be others, but judging by how much he paid you, you’ve got a pretty good success rate and you’ve proved to be extremely capable…”

“You want me to be your bodyguard?” You questioned. 

“You’ll get 7 million Lesorie a month, as I said… it’s more stable than being a bounty hunter, and it won’t be a permanent thing, if you ever choose to leave then I swear, I won’t bite back.” 

“How do I know this, God of lies?” 

“You just beat me. Even if I wanted to take you down I think we both know I’m not capable.” 

You thought for a moment, before sighing, and offering a hand to him. He smiled, taking it and standing up, though still bent over a little. “Sorry for kicking you so hard.” 

“In your defence I did pin you and pulled a knife on you.” 

“In your defence I did try to knock you out and kidnap you to take you to a man who paid me to do so.”

Loki laughed. “Oh, we’re going to get along just fine.” 

Hope you like it! If you have any questions, please send them in! 

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BNHA rambles: The quirk apprehension test

.Okay so as I said, this is a special part in my rambles dedicated to the quirk apprehension test in episode 5-6.

-First of all I think Aizawa is smart to do that3. I mean this kids are going to spend the next 3 years of their life training to put their life in danger to save other. This is a huge responsibility (that probably shouldn’t be put on the shoulder of 15-16 year old teens but that neither here nor there), and they need to realise that. They can’t be here to play and they need to be ready to give it their best

-In the same vein the little speach about unfairness and how heroes are the onethat have to try and bring back some fairness is 1) totally true,2) something they need to realise now and t3) add to what I was saying before

-As for the threat of explusion, I would have called it a dirty trick if he hadn’t been 100% serious about it and I also think it caracterise Aizawa teaching methode. He is a really harsh teacher, more likely to use the stick than the carrot. But that because he care about them. Because as he said there’s nothing worst than loosing your dream when your halway ther. Especially since faillure in their line of works mean death.

-Now that doesn’t mean that he could be a little less of a bastard when he announce it.

Now that the general overview is done, lets go over some details:

-Seeing class 1A finding how to use their quirk was pretty impressive.

-Having some insight about how smart Bakugo can be especially about the use of his own quirk was interresting, as was seeing the best performance of some of the other student.

Now onto the negatif:

-Aizawa having it out for Izuku is pretty bad wich I’m going to extand on afterwards.

-Speaking of Izuku, WTF eraserhead? You do not let a 15 year old child continue in what is basiclly a sport competion with a broken finger. You could tell me ‘but hero will have to be able to fight injure’ and I’ll answer that I don’t care. This is the first day of school, you have a medic on site who can heal him in a matter of second meaning you don’t even loose time. I mean even if he wanted for Izuku to have to face the consequences of his action the fact that he would hve been really tired would have been a good enough disadventage.

-I mean really, I know Aizawa doesn’t know about Izuku past or his self sacrifying streak, but by making him continue to do the test injured he’s basically telling him that this is normal, and that he should continue to fight while injured, and this coupled with the bellitling of Iizuku past teacher is just a golden ticket to encourage Izuku self destructive tendancy.

(Yes I’m mad about this)

-Also I know he said he wasn’t going to explain how he marked those score but I would like Aizawa to tell me how he did it. Because it can’t have been just the result because there’s no way Izuku would have been last. I mean my boy Izuku can walk around while carrying All Might (who weight 255kg) and just had ten months of extremely intensive training. Theres no way he scored this low (we only see the best result for most of the test and we know that he was at least a bit faster than Uraraka. So... This results don’t make sence.

-I mean he probably took into account the ways they use their quirk and their creativity (Bc I don’t think Eraser would be one to do a so blatlantly biased test for physical quirk when he himself doesn’t have one). But even tking that into account it’s still pretty clear that he had it out for Izuku because how did Toru even use her quirk? She’s litterally just being invisible. Same with Jirou or kaminari whose quirk cannot have been that usefull.

(On a lighter note, Yaorosu seeing that psychopatic hobo of a teacher that is eraserhead threatening their classes of expulsion and thinking he’s joking, oh my sweet summer child)

Also Aizawa creepy smile at being both surprised and proud of Izuku solution and realising he has potential, I love it

Now onto Aizawa having it out for Izuku and why it is bad

-I’ll start by saying that I understand where Aizawa is comming from. I mean you teach bunch of kids trying to becaume what is basically superpowered soldier who will have to put their live on the line everyday, and then you’re faced with an overpowered kid that visibly doesn’t have any controle over a quirk you hink he had for at least 10 years... Yeah I’d be mad too and if those information had been wright I would have totally agreed with his reaction.

(I would also like to know why he doesn’t know the fact that izuku didn’t have a quirk until like a month ago but that another can of worm that we’re not gonna open today)

-I als get the lecture he gives Izuku because it’s true that he cant go around breaking his limbs, because it WILL make him a liability and highen his chance of getting killed

But his assumption are false and that’s why I think his reaction is bad (I haven’t go farther than episode 7 so some of the reaction I’m talking about are probably more fanon than canon at this point but I’m still going to write them):

-First he’s acting just like every other teacher Izuku ever had, meaning he’s belittling him and his dream, using his quirk against him (which, while it is legal and not harmfull here, is just like we saw at least one of his middle school teacher do), putting him on the spot and tearing into him in front of everyone and while no one laugh here this was the exact same situation he was faced with everyday in school before.

-Let’s add to the quirk usage the fact that it is erasure, so Izuku must have had a moment of pure panic because the quirk he just received, the one that finally made him ‘normal’, just disapeared without notice and that even for a second he must hav wondered if he had become quirkless again before hearing aizawa say it’s his quirk doing it. (quick reminder that up until now they didn’t know who their teacher really was nor did they know his quirk)

-Does anyone think that Izuku is scared of Erasure? O r at least uneasy about it everytime it’s used against him?

-Also he told Izuku that he was basically useless and that he couldn’t be a hero. Which is what everyone told him up to now but it’s even worst because he says that ‘with this power’ he can’t be a hero, which could basically be translated in Izuku’s mind by even with his new quirk, he’s still worthless.

-And while that’s speach hurt Me, it visibly hurt Izuku too. And even if he was able to use it to find a solution that doesn’t mean the hurt is gone.

All of this to says that while it wasn”t Aizawa attention, he just put Izuku right into a copy of the toxic environment he had been raised in. Which probbly mean that he didn’t trust Aizawa at all at least until USJ, (bc everyone know there’s no beter way to show you care than nerly dying to protect them) and was probably really wary of him for a petty long time even afterwards. And by extention he probably felt the same way around every other teacher except for all might which must have made him really skittish and really tensed and it can’t have been the nicest experience.

Which make me wonder if he would have trust any of his teacher without the USJ

(Lets make this worse by sying that he can’t know for sure that Aizawa doesn’t know he used to be quirkless and he treats him that way because of that (we know he doesn’t but anxiety is a bitch and she like to take hold of the most minuscule doubt and make it seems possible)

Okay, that was a lot but, yeah that sum up my thought pretty well on the whole ordeal. See you next part 

Aya’s out!

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Amphibia Reviews: The Shut-In

More Halloween Havoc, whoop woop! The Plantars return just in time for Halloween! It’s Shut-In in Wartwood, their version of halloween, but less of a focus on getting candy and more on getting suplies to protect yourselve and barricade yourself in so the moon dosen’t turn you into a monster. I remain not suprised. To pass the time our heroes tell some true spooky stories and Polly tries to find one they weren’t around for.  Phone-Mo: Anne and humanized versions of Polly, Maddie, and Toady watch a cursed video and soon disappear by one. Nothing ominous about that! Dead End: A young Hop Pop serves as Chauffer for a mysterious man played by george takei and death seems to follow them at every stop. Oh myyyyyyyy.  Skin Deep: Sprig and Ivy go to fetch a lost ball and end up running into the skin stealing seamstress. Arson naturally insues..  It’s Terror Time again, with full recap and spoilers, under the cut. 

Whelp, no dancing around it this airing order is weird. And look airing shit in a weird way has been disney’s past time since the 90′s, Darkwing Duck’s airing order is a waking nightmare, and this very show had all of season 1 air within the span of a month and a week in order to get it on disney plus by launch, star vs had it’s last season burned off in three months, and Ducktales pre-covid flip flopped from airing week to week to just one for some reason and then no others for months. Consitency is not their strong suit is what i’m saying and it’s not new.  And yes I get these holiday special episodes are mecurial: their built specifically to slot in wherever without really upsetting continuity: The Casagrandes recently aired their first season 2 episode before even finishing season 1, so this isn’t just a disney thing, while speaking of disney things ducktales had it’s first proper halloweeen episode air the week before a spring break set episode, with a christmas episode set to air next month. What i’m saying is I get these things sometimes don’t air in production order, but it’s less excuable on Disney’s part here when it’d take airing exactly one episode for this not to be a tad jarring. Not enough that it spoils the episode nor does the episode effect the ongoing story or continuity in any way, so it’s not TERRIBLE but it smacks of lazy incompetence on Disney’s part and I wish they’d do better already. 

Okay that rant out of the way we can dive right in! It’s the annual Shut-In in Wartwood! Basically their verison of halloween but instead of a fun spooky holiday, it’s the annual tradition of getting various things from the neighbors to help stay indoors during the blue moon, which in wartwood turns whoever views into a monster. Because of course their halloween is a fight for suvival. Also theirs pumpkins everywhere with their versions of jack o lanterns being fear gourds which.. okay. Point is instead of candy the kids trick or treating has turned up rusty nails, a hatchet, a first aid kit and anne, winning the night, a flamethrower! On one hand it’s neat these exist in wartwood via fire breathing slugs. On the other I do worry about Anne accidently burning everyone and everything down so please take that from her. 

The Plantars then lock themselves in. To stave off bordeom, Shut-In tradition is to go around the fire and tell each other creepy true stories that happened to them. Polly tries going first but just has the Inn story from last season which they were all there for.. thought hat dosen’t make complete sense as they werent’ awake for all of it and shoudl’ve just let her tell her side of things. But eh it sets up polly’s plot so fair enough. Luckily anne has one. So we get our first tale of terror Terror Tales of the Park/Treehouse of Horror III Styles...

Phone-Mo 

Anne’s story is very clearly made up, though no one really calls her on it and it DOES add elemnts from the domino II story from last season so fair enough.  Rather than use her real friends, which is fair enough since she just sadly had to say goodbye to Marcy and probably isn’t handeling the guilt well and Sasha you know.. tried to stab her a few months back then tried sacrifcing herself for Anne’s own well being. Point is thnking about them is a loaaded issue right now so instead she dreams up human versions of Sprig, Polly, with a bucket on her foot for a shot which is a nice visual gag, as is how we meet them, along with Maddie and for some weird reason Toady. I mean I do get Ivy is in our third story, so fair enough, but they could’ve used.. anyone else. Wally would’ve made more sense honestly and he’s also an adult but he’s also you know Anne’s friend and not some town asshole she vaugley knows. It’s just weird. That said I do love the human designs for everyone and they clearly put a lot of work in knowing the fans would like them, with little touches like Polly having pink hair, sprig having his normal haircut he does under the hat but not covered up and toady’s phone having a little keychain of his amphibia version. Also while they all have diffrent names including Anne I won’t be using them on the grounds that I don’t wanna. 

Anne and the plantars are watching a funny internet video when Toady and Maddie offer to show them one that’s apparently cursed and makes whoever watched it disappear. Sprig talks Anne out of it and keeps her from watching anyway but Polly’s naturally all in. ON the way to class, once sprig is gone, anne ends up watching it and liking it anyway because she has no self control and freely admits it.  Naturally given this is a halloween episode, the others start disapearing, with Maddie coming to anne with support after Toady vanishes which again is just.. weird. It’s just weird to hear anyone car about wether toady lives or dies. It keeps throwing me off. Anne reasssures her but sure enough the second anne’s gone Maddie’s phone eats her alive. Still nice to see her again. Regular Maddie should get a hoodie. Also anne apparently eats the corners of her sandwitch so she dosen’t have to share. Clever girl.  Back at home where Anne continues to mock whoever it is told her she can’t write stories as she makes a gila monster and a flamingo make out, where are they I must hurt them, when Sprig calls panicked that polly is missing and admits i’ts a good thing they ddin’t watch the video.. yeah about that. Sprig is of course freaked, and soon the video pops on anne’s phone and soon the weird cat thing inside comes to life and then turns deadly.. also it turns out it eats the host then forces them to be int he background of the video, which was hinted at earlier with one guy having been in there for 35 years.. despite having a smartphone. Well this is anne’s story I don’t think she knows those didn’t exist once. 

Luckily Anne figures out how to beat it.. in the most hilarious way possible. by disliking it, since liking and commeting linked it to her, she weakens it before finishing it with a rude comment. It’s.. i’ts purespun comedy gold. This frees everyone else and they leave along with sprig.. but eggs are left behind. Dun dun dun.  Final Thoughts on Phone Mo:

First off .. I have no idea what FOMO means so the title left me as lost at first at the plantars... oh okay it’s fear of missing out.. should’ve remebered that from brooklyn nine nine and amy’s legendadrily bad case of it. Aw well a decent story, if the weakest of the three. It does have an incredibly funny conclusion, neat human designs, and an intresting setting given while school stories are common, usually we don’t get that here so it’s a nice break from the norm. But compared to the genuinely chilling with a funny and odd climax next two, it’s just okay. Not bad, but not quite as good.  Back in the present, Polly once again tries this time with children of the spore, once again being shot down though that being said hop pop’s line of “I was responsible for that one” was given a great delvery by charlie addler. Also Anne missed Wally’s birthday and he’s sad. oh Wally. Though i’m sure she’ll make it up to him.. at least he’s back home. So anyways speaking of HOp Pop, it’s his turn for a story...

Dead End:  And it’s a story from Hop Pop’s Youth! Given we’ve never SEEN hop pop beyond his present day and only heard the ocasional scrap, it’s REALLY nice to hear. It dosen’t tell us a ton more granted, but we at least see what he looked like, get to hear charlie adler use a slightly less aged voice for him and get to see him with a luxrious golden mane of johnny bravo hair, which is as hilaroius and glorious as it sounds. 

Back in those days Hop Pop was a coachman. He still had the farm, but given how tight things are now it’s not a stretch to assume he could always use some extra coppers to keep his family we never get to know about besides the grandkids fed. He also prides himself on honest work, not taking payment till the rides finished and the customer is satisfied which is INCREIDBLY risky, but I do kinda get it both for Hopidah’s sense of honor and because it seems clear he mostly does it in town by the fact all his stops this ep are within wartwood or close enough, so clearly it’s mostly people he knows personally.  This time though the rider is the well dressed, crimson red Mr. Littlepot, played by George Takei. Best known for Star Trek, being out and proud and since coming out after years and years in the closet, using his celebrity to help promote gay rights and other good stuff. He’s also known for saying ohhhh myyy and this clip from futurama. 

I got a lot of respect for the guy, He was even in archie comics once after Kevin Keller was introduced. So it’s nice to see him doing some voice work and he kills it here.. pun intended but more on that in a sec. Littlepot has some simple rule: keep driving no matter what hapepned where he was.. and given both places he ends up have someone dying, once by a horrifying looking snake, it’s clear somethings up. IT also nicely builds the tension as hop pop tries to steady himself, but is clearly cracking as he realizes his client might be murdering people he knows.. and he could be next. As Hopidiah KNOWS each person Littlepot visits and it nicely ratches up the tension. But turns out he’s not a killer.. he’s simplyd eath himself come to collect those already about to die. 

It’s a nice twist: The genuine trappings of the guy make you think h’es some form of the devil, the crimson skin, yellow eyes and cultured demanor.. it’s only as he goes you start to realize what the man actually is and even then he easily could still be frog satan. But no he’s just the frog reaper and defends himself to Hop Pop when confronted: He’s just doing his job, just like Hopidiah, getting people where they need to be. Unforutnately for Hop Pop his final stop is the farm.. though thankfully for him he hasnt come for Hopidiah.. just his hair. Yeah it’s a nice comedic twist on an otherwise chiling and well done story that what the devil came to take is his hair.. which he starts wearing hilariously. So Hop Pop lives but sobs, and Anne points out it was pretty fucked up. 

Final Thoughts for Dead End:  Not much to say. This one was dripping with atmosphere, Takei was utterly awesome and need to do more voice work, and the comedic ending twist was really damn funny. Top notch. 

Polly tries again, gets shut down again and is now really understandably frustrated at not having a story. Naturally given the other plantars have gone though, Sprig does. And he dosen’t have at itle at first until one cuts him off ....

Skin Deep:

Ivy’s Back! 

Yeah I was genuinely worried the return ep would break up either her and sprig or hop pop and silvia.. and while the second one remains a horrifying sword of damocles over my head, Sprig and Ivy are fine and Ivy gets a nice spotlight episode here. It was a pleasant surprise to get some fresh info since i’tll be months till we find out anything else.  So the young couple are playing bugball down at the old courts, when a couple of guys they were up to no good, started making trouble in the neghborhood. Sprig got in one little fight and Hop Pop got scared he said “your moving with your auntie and uncle to bell air”. He begged and pleaded day after day but Hop Pop packed his suit case and sent him on his way. He gave him a kiss and then he gave him a ticket Sprig put his walkman on and thought he might as well kick it. First class yo this ain’t bad, drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass. Is this what the people of bel air live like, yo, this might be alirght!   He whistled for a cab and when it came near the liscene plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror, if anything he could say that this cab was rare but he thought man forget it yo holmes to bell air. He pulled up to the cab about 7 or 8 and yelled to the cabbie yo holmes smell ya later. He looked at his kingdom and he was finally there to sit on his throne as the fresh prince of bell air. 

So then Will walked into the mansion and wait.. wrong show.. so the young couple are playing bugball when they loose their ball, and it goes off into the creepy part of the woods. Ivy also looses her hat and is self concious about her hair. Looks fine to sprig but she’d rather not. Aww she’s insecure. But the two head off with Sprig getting more and more nervous, as Ivy details a legend about the area of the seamstress, a mysterious recluse who steals your skin! Naturally Sprig is nettled while Ivy says it’s fine and does what anyone would do upon finding out the ball went into a creepy abandoned shack in a world where it’s clear murderers are pretty common: kick down the door! It’s the perfect crime. 

Naturally Sprig gets more unernved, finding a set of needles and thread, which gets a great gag as Ivy points out that’s nto that uncommon.. but the giant pile of skin they find sure is!

Oh.. it gets worse me. Sprig finds the ball. and the Seamstress who has a horrifying patchwork of skins on her and wants to add theirs.. the kids are naturally spooked and prepare to flee but she wants their skin and grabs ivy! Thankfully she breaks free and Sprig busts some off.. OH GOD.. and it turns out she’s a glass frog! .. turns out theres a kind of frog that has translucent skin.

But yeah obvoiusly the show takes it a step further, and her skin is entirely see through. Poor girl. Ivy sympathizes shows off her hair.. then puts her hat over the Seamstress’ eyes and tells sprig now, and sprig starts a fire, and the two start to escape when he grabs Ivy’s leg!

Thankfully Ivy breaks free and the two leave her to die. Sprig compliments ivy’s hair, ivy gets him a smooch it’s all adorable and they defintely murdered someone who defintely murdered a lot of people. Horay!

Naturally the rest of the family is freaked out by this with Anne wanting to know if ivy being bitten means sh’es infected and Hop Pop wanting to know if one of her skins was his friend fred he hasn’t seen in a while. Sprig then spooks them by having ivy show up, complete with a burlap frog skin.. maybe. She could’ve been lying. We dunno. Ivy heads home to risk her life for a good gag, depsite the fact her boyfriend’s house is right there and her mom and grandmom clearly had to sign off on this shenanigan given the night. But this life risking prank naturally risks some life as Polly has ran off to look at the moon to get her own story. The rest of hte family runs after her only tfind it did.. ntohing. She’s apparently fine just fine and they assure her the fear they felt thinking she might become some kind of monster was scarier than any story and the rest of them head home with polly following.. after transofrming. Turns out the moon DOES make you into monsters but she’s fine with it. She’s got her legs now! Everyone screams understandably, Anne finally realizes this isn’t quite a holiday the end. 

Final Thoughts on Skin Game and the special as a whole: Easily my faviorite, partly for shipping reasons as I do like Ivy and Sprig together, and partly because it really let Ivy have a roll OTHER than sprig’s love intrest. Sure she still smooched his cheek and their clearly still together, but she got to be proactive, badass and hilariously impulsive and trollish. It was a nice change of pace and the story itslef was the best of the bunch to me becuase of that, though Dead End was really close.  Overall this was a nice treat, a good anthology with lots of fright and humor and a nice wraparound story arc with polly, as well as some nice call backs to previous episodes. An utterly excellent halloween special i’ll probably be revisiting every year and another slam dunk from disney this year. The airing snaufu really dosen’t hurt it any and in the future this one will likely be after Return to Wartwood on D+ anyway so no harm done. Great all around. If you liked this review follow me for more amphibia whenever it comes back, ducktales reviews every monday, and loud house reviews every saturday or sunday depending. And until next time stay safe, stay spooky and happy halloween!

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Glowing Eyes and Shimmering Scales

Introducing: Layla, Sam, Lonna, Jay, and a fuck ton of other side characters, places, and organizations that i didnt really explain, but im to lazy to write something that will explain everything, which will become relevant in the future! Maybe! If I summon the will to write!

also, sorry that I don't post consistently at all, but I hope you enjoy the writing, under the cut.

This is probably going to be a part one for a certain chain of events, and then ill disapear for months agian, so sorry ahead of time, lol.

Tw: abusive parents, torture, emotional breakdowns

Layla's wings flapped as she landed on the training area platform, and saw the instructor stride up to her, looking concerned.

“Layla, you have to leave. Your father is coming, and what he's bringing is not suitable for you to see.”

“Come on Lonna, can’t I stay? I'm going to be of age soon, I need to know what Kron is dealing with.”

“May i remind you that you are not of age yet, and the king still has control over you. Please go back to the cave, its safer there.” Lonna pleaded, fear lighting up her eyes.

“Ok, fine.” Layla grumbled, and started to shift into a dragon in order to get across the castle quickly. But just as she started to flap her wings, a thud was heard behind her, followed by shouts and faint whimpers. Which sounded familiar. Layla turned around to look back at the platform, and saw Sam laying on the ground, shackled, bleeding and shaking violently as the guards sent shocks through his body with wires attached to his temples. Next to him, her father stood, glaring at the child on the ground.

“S-Sam?” Layla could barely breathe, stopped in her tracks as she saw what was happening to Sam only a few feet away. Lonna started to push Layla away, trying to get her to leave, but the king looked up anyway.

“Layla? What in the hell are you doing here?” Laylas fathers voice boomed as he advanced upon Lonna and Layla. “I told you to make sure she wasn't here? You will regret this.”

“O-ok your highness, I'm sorry, I should have-” Lonna stuttered, shaking in fear.

“Dad? What the hell is happening? What are you doing to Sam? Is this why you never tell me shit? Because you're torturing him? Is this-” Layla was cut off by the kings tail slapping her across her face. The tip of his tail scratched at the skin around her eye, leaving blood to trickle down her cheek. She could hear Lonna gasp as the sound of the slap echoed around the training platforms walls.

“Don't speak of things you'll never understand.” the king growled. Layla just stared at him in shock, holding her cheek. He turned to Lonna, who was trying to not glare at him “Why is she still here? I thought I told you to make sure she was long gone.”

“Oh! U-um, I'm- I'm sorry your highness. She came late, and I didn't have time to make sure she had left before you got here.” At the shaky words of Lonna, the king turned to his daughter. “And why were you late?”

“I-I,” Layla was shaking. She was still clutching her cheek and eye, her mind reeling. She knew that her dad had just hit her. She never thought he would go that far. She started thinking about the time that Jay had come back to the cave with a swollen cheek. Anger flared in her chest, her fists tightened, and her skin turned scaly. Her nails grew longer and sharper and cut into her palms. “Did you hit Jay too? How much do I not know about you? And what the HELL are you doing to Sam?” Layla was still shaking, but now she was angry.

“He is a prisoner, and he is treated accordingly. You have no business questioning my authority.” The King returned her glare, then snarled. “You need to leave. Lonna, Make sure she goes to the cave, and doesn't leave. We will talk about this later. Remember, you aren't queen yet Layla. Not for a long time. If I have to correct you all the time, there will be consequences.” Layla started shaking from fear at the word ‘consequences’. Lonna grabbed Layla's arm, and started to pull her away. Layla looked back at her dad as he turned around and advanced on Sam. Sam looked over at Layla in the midst of his pain, and they locked eyes. Layla tried to give Sam a look, hoping Sam would understand what she meant. Sam nodded everso slightly before being shocked back into the torture. Lonna made sure Layla was turned around before she could see Sam again, and they both jumped off the cliff, transforming into their dragon forms in midair.

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When they reached the cave where Layla, and her little sister, Jay lived, Layla turned back to her human form right before she landed, and Lonna shook her head at the young girl. Usually Layla would have done a flip, or rolled her eyes at Lonnas disapproval, but her eyes were still red, tears ready to fall from her eyes. Once she noticed Lonna looking concerned at her, Layla wiped the tears and blood away, and shook her head, trying to return to normal.

“Oh honey,” Lonna said, and hugged Layla. “I'm so sorry you had to see that. You are ok, right? He didn't hurt you too bad?” Layla remembered her cheek and eye, and felt it throbbing again.

“Oh, I guess I forgot. I’m ok Lonna, I swear, stop worrying about everything, god.” Layla tried to cover up her choked voice with teenage annoyance. But Lonna saw right through it.

“Come on honey, let's get you inside, and take a look at your cheek.” The two of them walked into the cave, and Lonna had Layla sit down on the couch in her room. She started to take care of the swollen skin, grabbing a box of magical ointments from the kitchen. Lonna started to hum childrens songs about ghost stories and dragon legends and such and Layla started to close her eyes and drift off to sleep. But then she heard her sister land on the ledge, and run through the door.

“You won't believe what Mica got me!” Jay ran into Laylas room, a wide smile across her face, but it faded when she saw Layla. Layla sat up. “Oh no, are you ok?”

“Yeah, im ok Jay, dont worry about it, training just got a little too aggressive today, that's all.” Jay gave her a weird look.

“Ok, if you say so. Anyway, look at the necklace Mica got me!”

“OoooOh, so Micas giving you necklaces now. It's almost like your, um, DATING?” Layla fake gasped, and started laughing with Jay. Lonna smiled, but then got serious.

“Jay, you have to be careful, you know your dad doesn't want you dating a citizen, much less Mica.”

“I Know, he wont find out, it's all good. Please, just let me have this Lonna?” Lonna nodded, but still looked worried. Jay continued to talk about her day with Mica, and after a while, layla zoned out, and began making a list in her head of the things she would need, and her plan to get Sam out, and FAR away. Shed never really liked him, but she couldn’t let him suffer like that, not now that she knew.

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Later that night, Layla was packing her bag, going through the list she had come up with earlier.

“Ok, i've got a change of clothes for me, and for Sam, warmer clothes for when it gets cold at night, the straps and blankets for my back that sam can stay on, blankets for when we sleep, enough food for 2 weeks, a water filter, some matches for Sam, and a map. I think that's everything-” Layla stopped when she heard Lonna in the doorway. She threw the bag under her bed quickly, then looked up to see that Lonna had been there the entire time.

“Don't worry, i won't tell your dad, or anyone else, i promise.” Lonna said before Layla could even open her mouth. “Take it from someone with a history of running away, don't expect that anything will go as planned, make sure you have something from the people you're leaving behind.” Lonna threw a necklace over to Layla, who caught it, then turned it over in her hand. “It's a scale from each person in your family. Jay, Me, Mica, Nao, your mom, and your dad. And one of your scales too. I thought you might want to have something to have from us when you're gone.”

“No, I can't take this, I'll be back right away, I just need to get Sam out, I'll be back before they even realize what happened, so you should keep it.” Layla held out the necklace for Lonna to take, but she just shook her head.

“Even so, keep it. I made it for you. regardless of whether you leave or not, I want you to have it.” Lonna smiled sadly at Layla. Layla looked down at the necklace as the six scales shimmered and clinked together.

“Ok, I guess I’ll keep it, but I'll be right back, seriously.”

“Ok honey, just be safe for me, ok? Promise me that you'll be safe. And give me a hug before you go.” Layla nodded, and hugged Lonna tight.

“I promise, I'll be safe. And thank you Lonna, thank you for everything.” Layla felt Lonna nod, and tighten her grip before finally releasing.

“Is there anything you want me to tell Jay? Just in case I mean?”

“Um, I actually wrote her a note already. Can you give it to her if i don't come back?”

“Of course honey, I'll give it to her.” Layla handed the folded up piece of paper to lonna, and then clasped the necklace around her neck.

“I'm going to go hang out with Jay now, bye, I love-” Layla stopped herself, but then noticed that Lonnas eyes were tearing up, and she was looking at her so tenderly. “Um, I love you Lonna. Thank you for basically being me and Jay's mom when Mom died. And sorry for all the times I messed up, I know I'm kinda a lot.”

“Oh baby, you're not a lot, it's an honor to be your step in mom for you and Jay. I love you too honey, come here.” Lonna hugged Layla again, and Layla hugged back. They stayed like that for a while, then Lonna let go, and wiped the tears off her face. “Ok, go say bye to your sister kiddo, and remember, i love you.” Lonna walked out of the room and went to the kitchen.

Layla took a deep breath before going into her sisters room. She listened to Jay talk about the karaoke date that she was planning for her and Mica for their anniversary, the big test she had coming up next week, and her concert.

“Hey, you'll be there, right? Dad obviously doesn't want to go, you know how he is with that stuff, it's next weekend, and you don't have training that day, so you'll be there?” Jay looked at Layla. Layla's breath caught, and her heart dropped down to her stomach.

“Oh,...um, yeah, i'll be there.” Layla tried to remind herself that she would be back before the concert, she would be right back. There was no reason to worry.

“Awesome! We sound really cool, we've been working on this set for a couple months now, it's not easy AT ALL.”Jay looked over to see her sister looking like she would throw up. “Hey, you sure you're ok? You've been acting weird ever since you got home, and so has Lonna.”

“Oh, it's ok Jay, I'm fine, just tired, long day, you know how it is.” Layla yawned, trying to act tired.

“...Ok, if you say so, but somethings up, I know it. You don't have to tell me, but somethings up.” Jay hugged Layla. “Hey, whatever is happening, please just be careful, you know how dad is.”

Layla chuckled. “Yeah, I know, don’t worry about it.” Layla hugged Jay back. “I love you, you know that right?”

“Yeah. I love you too.”

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Eventually Jay had fallen asleep in Layla's arms, and Lonna came and stood in the doorway and whispered, “You should go now, I'll make sure she's safe.” Layla nodded, and gently moved her little sister off of her, and under the blankets. She kissed Jay's head, hugged Lonna again, and slung the straps with the bags and blankets attached across her body. Once she was outside she took a deep breath and then jumped silently off the ledge, wings sprouting from her back, scales raising across her skin, claws growing from her fingers, and her tail slicing through the air. She felt the straps slide into place as she turned. She began gliding silently toward the dungeons, hoping that Sam had used Sight to see the plan she had written down.

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In the dungeon Sam was shivering in the corner. He dug his fingernails into his palms hard, and his eyes began to glow white as a vision triggered.

The wind was roaring past his head, and he heard the flapping of wings. Panicked he looked around, expecting to see the king. Instead he saw the mountains in the distance, and bursts of light coming from Layla's mouth as she breathed fire for warmth. He noticed he was sitting on the dragons back, on top of blankets, and surrounded by a couple bags of supplies. He looked behind him, and saw the Gorge and castle falling away behind them as the distance grew. Sam started to turn back around, but his vision flared white, then black.

Sam returned to the dark, damp cell, his heart beating fast.

“It's ok, you're ok, you're getting out.” Sam whispered to himself trying to calm down after the vision. He would panic after even good visions because of how defenseless he was after them. “At least I was able to control it today. I didn't See until I wanted to, which is progress.”

“Yes, it is” Sam jumped when he heard someone else whisper next to him. A burst of orange fire sparked near his head, illuminating the cell with dim light for a second before it died out. Sam saw Layla's face before the light faded.

“Oh, Layla, you scared the shit outta me. Are we going now?”

“Yeah, come on, the guards are sleeping, but now for long, we have to go right now.”

“Ok, cool.” Once they had escaped the dungeons, Layla turned back into a dragon, and Sam climbed on her back and sat down on the blankets.

“I packed you some new clothes in the green bag, and some food and water that you can eat, cause I bet you're hungry.” Layla growled to the best of her ability in dragon form.

“Oh, you think?” Sam immediately started rifling through the bag, pulling out the clothes, and a container of food. “Thanks dude, I owe you one.” Layla just snorted, and took off, causing Sam to get jolted back, and nearly drop the clothes and food. “Hey! Warn a person, for the love of Sight Layla.” Sam changed into the new clothes, ate a sandwich, and drank some water. He saw his vision carry out in real life, and breathed a sigh of relief. Eventually he patted Layla's neck, then tied himself down so he wouldn't fall off, and went to sleep.

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After a long day of flying non stop, avoiding all towns and traces of dragons as to not be seen, Layla eventually reached the forest that bordered Kron and Verlorn. She landed in the forest, and let Sam get off her back before she transformed back to human form.

“Hey, Sam, we're going to rest here for a bit, then you can go off on your own to Verlorn and meet up with the travelers there, they should be able to help you. I'll see you to the border, then make my way back to the Gorge. It'll only be two days, so hopefully my dad will think that i just needed a break and went to the woods for a bit.” Layla started to take off the straps and bags, and started to set up a little lean-to for her to sleep under for a bit.

“Wait, hold up dude.” Sam was looking at Layla, concern etched across his face. ‘Your telling me that you think you can go back? He hit you! And he’ll do it again. You can't go back, it's so obvious that you got me out, if you go back, you'll be killed, 100 percent.” Layla looked at Sam, starting to panic. “Even Lonna told me to make sure you make it to the Resistance base in Verlorn, she said that you had to get out and stop your dad? You didn't know?”

“L-Lonna? But- But she wouldn't do that. She couldn't.” Layla was hyperventilating. She looked down at her necklace, and grabbed lonnas scale remembering what lonna had said to her before she left. “Is that why?”

“I'll take that as a no…”

“I-...I have to go back, i have to go back, right now. He- he wouldn’t hurt me again, he cares. Yeah, he gets angry sometimes, but that-” Layla's eyes filled with tears, and she felt like she was being punched in the gut.

“And I thought I had issues, my god. Dude, he doesn't care about you, he's kinda evil if you didn't notice? How do you not see that?” Layla didn't even look at him, but her breathing got more rapid.

”I have to go back, I want to go back. I can't leave him, I can't leave them.” Layla was full out sobbing now, hunched over as if her stomach hurt, and to be honest, it did. “Oh no, Jay, i cant- i cant- I have to go back, i can't leave her, i promised her, I PROMISED HER. I can't just leave. Oh my god, no, nononononono. I have to go back, i have to go back now.” Layla forced herself to stand up straight, and began to walk toward a clearing so she could fly back. Sam ran in front of her, and grabbed her arms.

“You can't go, he’ll kill you Layla. We have to find my brother, then we’ll be safe.” Layla started to push past him, still sobbing, but he wrapped his arms around her. Almost immediately Layla sunk to the ground, sobbing and screaming.

“I have to go back, i have to, i should have never left, it wasnt supposed to go like this, this wasnt the plan, THIS WASNT THE FUCKING PLAN.”

“I know, but you can't go back.” Sam looked around, unsure how to deal with the situation. “Layla, do you trust Lonna? She seemed to care about you alot, she wouldn't let you do something that she didn't think you needed to do.” Layla was still sobbing on the ground, whispering ‘i have to go back’ under her breath over and over again. Eventually she nodded a little, but then closed her eyes. Sam held her for a while, before getting her to move under the lean-to, and wrapped her in a blanket. Layla drifted off to sleep, exhausted, and Sam just stood watch, occasionally looking over at Layla, worried, and confused at her response.

#MY OCs #nikas ocs #nika writes #Layla #Sam #Lonna #Jay #The King #Mica #Nao #probably more #glowing eyes and shimmering scales #pls pls pls reblog #and read #pls #My writing #tw: abuse #i think? #tw: torture #sorry for all the typos my brain is fried

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Pre-rich #2: Prioritise

I confess, I'm probably a shopping addict.

I love clothes- new and thrifted; I am a sucker for homeware, I'm a bookworm AND a hair and skincare enthusiast. At any given point, I have a basket full of items in a plethora of online stores.

And who can say no to a cheeky Nando's? Or a night out with the girls? Needless to say, if I'm not careful, money disapears quickly.

Despite sitting down and setting a budget, the instant gratification of little spends fuel the desire to crave more, more, more.

It's easy to overspend and then end up having to dip into savings to make ends meet, so while budgeting, it is important to highlight your priorities, including treats to keep your morale high

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Having a long-term goal is fundamental to financial planning and budgeting effectively. Explore the reasons that you want to save money - is it to buy a house? or a car? or just for peace of mind in case of emergencies?

~plan ahead and visualise what you want to achieve create a dreamboard or write down your goal

'Identify Leaks' and 'trickles' out of your account. A coffee here and a donut there can easily add up and become pretty costly, despite their negligible price tags

~look through your bank account and notice any probably unnecessary purchases and explore ways that they can be avoided

~e.g. get a travel mug and make your own coffee at home, or take an extra sandwich if you tend to succumb to buying a snack on your commute home

That being said, TREAT YO SELF. maybe not everday (as I so often was guilty of) but make sure that you include personal 'treats' in your budget whether this is in the form of a monthly spa day or a weekly coffee with friends

~ you work hard, try to enjoy your money- guilt free!

A big long-term goal may be daunting and you may feel like you're working endlessly to achieve something that is just too out of reach. So consider setting mini goals.

~Break the goal down into smaller steps that seem more achievable e.g. pay off x amount by the end of the year, or save 5k in 10 months.. then go from there

~This way you're more likely to notice the progress, and if you don't meet your goal, you can make adjustments and try again

References 1 & 2