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Random Kirby Headcanon #19

As an astral, Kirby doesn’t have a biological family. However, shortly after he arrived in Dreamland, Rick, Kine and Coo took him in, and they’ve effectively served as his parents ever since. Similarly, he sees the the rest of the Animal Friends as family, with Nago as a beloved uncle and Chuchu and Pitch as siblings.

Dedede comes from a kingdom many miles from Dreamland. He grew up a spoiled only child who was enabled by his parents. He wasn’t royalty, but he dang sure felt like he was! This led to him developing a massive ego, and eventually he was kicked out for generally being a lazy and rude person. His family told him he needed to change, and he clearly wasn’t going to do that here. Shortly after, Dedede found Dreamland and declared himself king, and well… the rest is history.

Surprisingly, Dedede still has a good relationship with his family despite getting booted like that. In hindsight, he realized it was what he needed, and they seem to be proud of him for finally maturing into a relatively well-adjusted adult despite their originally sub-par parenting.

Meta Knight was created by Nightmare, so the evil wizard is technically his ‘father.’ However, he’s long since cut him off, and considers the Halberd crew his family instead.

Bandee grew up an only child. This is an EXTREMELY rare occurrence for Waddle Dees. In a way, though, it’s what spurred his independent, self-sufficient behavior. He was raised by an only mom who he’s still very close to, and seems to get some of his fiery behavior from her.

Interestingly, Bandee and his mother did not live at the castle or serve Dedede. They had no interest in doing so. It wasn’t until later that Bandee stared working for the king

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Rick grew up the eldest of eight children on another planet. His family wasn’t very well off, but his mother and father tried their best to provide for them. Eventually, he set out looking for adventure, but he and his family are still close, and he regularly visits.

Kine was the youngest of three siblings. His siblings pushed him around a bit as a kid, so he learned how to strike back relatively quickly. That said, it was never anything more than well-intentioned teasing, and he still loves his family even if they can get on his nerves.

Coo has a twin sister. She’s much, much, MUCH more rambunctious and bubbly than he is— a bit of a daredevil, too. One has to wonder if his more serious and stern nature arose from keeping her in check when they were young.

Nago grew up on the same planet as Rick, albeit better off. The two didn’t know each other super well, but they were acquainted, at the very least. He was the middle sibling. Eventually, he too set off to make his own, and also traveled to Popstar. There, he bumped into Rick, who offered to take him in for a bit. He ended up getting on well with the rest of the Animal Friends, though, and so he’s just sort of… stayed.

Apparently his siblings are every bit as lazy and cuddly as he is. Their favorite activity as kids was laying in a big snuggle pile basking in the sun together.

Pitch is, believe it or not, Coo’s son. Initially, he had no relationship with his father, who was a bit irresponsible at the time— afraid of commitment, and effectively left his mother on her own. Eventually, though, after Coo took in Kirby, he realized he wanted a relationship with Pitch and reached out. Pitch’s mother was hesitant at first, but cautiously agreed, and nowadays they’re healthy coparents, with Coo having apologized for how he treated her and explaining it.

Chuchu was found washed up on one of Dreamland’s beaches one day, VERY young with nowhere to go. It seems she was probably separated from her birth family? The Animal Friends— especially Kine ended up looking after her, though, and she’s completely content having them as a family.

Gooey does not have a traditional biological family as Dark Matter. Technically the rest of the species is a family of sorts, but he doesn’t like them all too much. Instead, he also considers the Animal Friends his family.

Marx has no real relationship with his family. They’re your typical sleepy Noddies and so he generally finds them boring and un-noteworthy.

Adeleine grew up on Shiver Star alone due to reasons I should really get into in another post eventually. As such, she has no known biological family, but after Kirby 64 she was effectively taken in by Queen Ripple.

Ribbon’s parents disappeared shortly after she was born. Her mother— close friends with Queen Ripple, asked her to keep an eye on Ribbon while they were off on a quest, but they… never returned. Ripple doesn’t think they were the type to leave their daughter behind, and so it’s unfortunately likely something bad happened. She’s raised Ribbon for the majority of her life, and the two of them are very close despite the fact that Ripple was more or less tossed into this completely unprepared for it to be a long term thing at first.

Dark Meta Knight considers Dark Mind his ‘father.’ Like Nightmare created Meta Knight, it created him. He’s loyal to a fault to the corrupt being, and would do almost anything for it.

Daroach grew up an orphan on the same planet as Rick and Nago. He never really knew Nago, but he’d sneak out of the orphanage to get up to shenanigans with Rick, as the two of them were childhood besties. Eventually, after a fallout with Rick as adults, he returned to their home planet, where he met the rest of the Squeaks, who he now effectively considers his family. Spinni and the Squeakers in particular were a bunch of kids he busted out of the same orphanage he grew up in.

Magolor has no known family, never having met his parents and having grown up in Another Dimension. This is something he’s touchy about, and he’s secretly deeply insecure over not even knowing what he ‘is’ or what sort of history he comes from.

Following Star Allies, though, he’s sort of started inserting himself into the Jamba family. He quite looks up to Hyness as an ancient as well as a more mature adult and likes the Mage Sisters as well, so desperate for a place to belong, he’s started being like “I can join your found family, riiiighhhtt? I’m a cool guy.” And inviting himself to their holiday dinners.

Hyness just hasn’t had the heart to turn him away. He’s a poor little kitty with nowhere to go! Of course he can be considered part of their family. 🥺🥺🥺

Zan Partizanne wants him to die.

Taranza grew up an only child and a commoner, and is estranged from his parents. They never quite approved of his friendship with Joronia, thinking she was a bad influence on him, and at only 14 or 15 he ran away to become her retainer despite their objections. In theory, things were still salvageable at that point, but seeing as how he’s since aided and abetted a dictator I think his parents are pretty disgusted with him. They sincerely think they raised a monster, and from the perspective of the rest of Floralia, they’re not entirely wrong.

He’s considered trying to fix things with them but always decided against it. He has a feeling they’d try to make him admit to Joronia being bad the whole time and them having been right all along, and he simply won’t hear it. She was a good person until he messed everything up. He won’t spit on her memory like that.

Joronia/Sectonia herself also had a poor relationship with her family. She was always held to an extremely high, if not outright unhealthy standard when she was younger, and they pretty much never let her have fun or be a kid. When she went off the deep end she ended up having them assassinated alongside the rest of the royal court, terrified someone would try to usurp her.

Susie’s relationship with her father is obvious. She’s never known her mother, though. Haltmann was irresponsible and messed around a bit when he was younger. One instance of this messing around resulted in Susie. Shortly afterwards, her mother showed up on Haltmann’s door, saying she had no idea what she was going to do. She was considering finding someone else to take care of the child, but at least wanted to ask him for his input first as the father.

Initially, Haltmann was all-in on this plan, but once he saw Susie herself something just… changed. He realized she was little and vulnerable and his, pretty much instantly falling in love. He never planned to be a father before that, especially not as young as he became one, but he just couldn’t bear the idea of leaving this sweet little kid in anyone else’s hands. If he didn’t protect her, who would?

As such, he pretty much fully embraced the role of single dad while the mother handed Susie over to him and they parted on good terms. Susie doesn’t think she’d be interested in meeting her mom. It’s not like she’s ever has a relationship with her, and it would probably just make her sad. She’s not looking for a replacement for the parent she had and lost.

Francisca has no recollection of her biological family, having been found alone in a blizzard when she was too young to form long term memories. Flamberge was close with her biological family—consisting of a mother, a father, and two older sisters, but all four of them died in the fire that nearly took her life as well. Zan Partizanne refuses to speak about her biological family, but the general understanding is they were extremely abusive, quite literally driving her to the brink.

Nowadays they, obviously, consider each other family, alongside Hyness. In fact, if you were to ask Francisca and Zan, this is the only real family they’ve ever had.

Hyness had a traumatizing childhood. He was very close with his parents, but was young when he and the other magic users were driven from their homes. Both of his parents ended up dying on the journey being chased to the very edge of the galaxy and he never quite got over it. He was taken care of by the other magic users, but eventually fell into the occult looking for some sense of control over his life. Now, many years later, he’s an unwell old man.

While Elfilin and Forgo have no real parents (Except, perhaps, Elfilin considering Carol something akin to a mother figure), Elfilis was actually created by Morpho Knight. It was hoping to create a being that would strike down the wicked and fell corrupt societies en masse. Elfilis quickly got out of control, however, considering just about everyone wicked, and when they were captured Morpho decided it was probably for the best not to help. It abandoned its only creation.

When Morpho appeared to put Fecto Forgo out of its misery in Forgo Dreams, Forgo sincerely thought Morpho was finally coming to rescue it. It was not.

Morpho has since taken to watching Elfilin from a distance, grateful that some good, at least, could come from its mistake.

Galacta grew up with a sister around the same age as him. She wasn’t one of the heroes of yore, but they were decently close, although they also argued a fair amount… especially about how far he’d go on occasion. When the Ancients turned on Galacta, they turned on her too, paranoid she would try to free him. Also testing out the ability to create magical artifacts through channeling peoples’ souls at the time, they sealed her in a legendary sword, that way she could never interfere with their plans.

I believe her name was something like… Galaxia? No-one’s quite sure, though. It seems she just hasn’t gone down in history in the same way.

Prince Fluff’s mom also left when he was young, setting off in search of the creator of Patchland, who she was very close with once upon a time, but who seemingly abandoned her since. Ironically, in doing so, it seems she effectively went on to abandon someone as well: her own son, seeing as she’s never returned. Fluff doesn’t know if she’s still out there somewhere, still searching, or if a terrible fate has befallen her. Either way, he’s been alone for most of his life and was forced to grow up far too young.

#Kirby #sack’s kirbyverse

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problematicfavesareproblematic · 3 years

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NSFW with Chuck Grant

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A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

Charles Grant is a walking example of “acts like a badass, is actually a softie” bc BOY, IS HE HARD (lol) TO GET A READ ON.

When you first start fucking, he doesn’t really have the instinct to stick around after and soak up the afterglow- mostly bc that’s not the dynamic that any of his previous relationships operated under, but also bc he’s like Lieb and doesn’t feel comfortable being vulnerable and potentially having you reject him. He only confidently leaves the first time, and then he judges whether to stay or not on how you look at him as he makes to get dressed after the second time you boink. If you want your space, he’ll go and be back the next day as long as you let him, but if you look even a little bit offended or hurt, he’s getting his ass back in that bed and doing whatever he can to get that sad look out of your eyes.

When he does stay, he’s down to give you whatever he can manage.

He’s all for slowly kissing you while trailing his fingertips up and down your side, but if you just want to sleep beside him he is more than cool with it (he’ll probably still pet you a lil bit after you fall asleep bc he’s soft for you but shh shh shh don’t tell anyone). The only thing he isn’t very good at doing is pillow talk, especially right after sex. He’s too worried about saying the wrong thing and fucking up what he’s managed to establish with you.

It isn’t until after he’s shot that he realizes how nice it feels to have someone else take care of him, and when you do so after sex it solidifies the fact that you don’t see him as a burden- you want him and you want to stay. Thank god, too. He doesn’t think he could recover without you (again, not that he’d ever tell you that)

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

Your AhhhhhhHSSSSssssSSSSSs!!!!!!

Oh wow, look at you- owner of the cutest butt he’s ever seen. Can he put his hands on it? Can he squeeze it? Please please puh-lease can you let him watch it jiggle as he fucks you? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then you’ve made each and every single one of his dreams come true.

He doesn’t discriminate in his love for butts- he’s an equal-opportunity appreciator of the Majesty of the Female Ass™. If it changes size throughout your relationship, he’ll love it even more. Absolutely shameless.

On himself? He likes his legs- especially his thighs.

He likes how strong they are, despite how much he hates Sobel for getting them to their current strength re: Currahee. But he gets over it quickly bc oh wow is he happy with their endurance while trying to keep up with you, both sexually and otherwise. The day he realized you could ride yourself to orgasm on them was the day he died and went to heaven and was sent back to sin again.

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

He likes cumming on your pubic mound and then watching it slide down your pussy, thank you very much. If you guys are trying for kids or in a position where you don’t have to worry about not having kids, he’ll cum inside of you happily but oh wow he likes watching it slide down your lower lips. BONUS POINTS if he gets to catch it on his thumb and either stick it in your mouth OR circle your clit with it in order to get you off one more time.

Also, you asking him where he wants to cum on you gets him hot under the proverbial collar.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

He’d do literally anything for you if you’d let him put his finger in your ass. He will genuinely kill an individual of your choice if you let him put his cock there instead. What a perv (jk it takes a lot of vulnerability for some people to convey their wants and desires to their partners plz remember that this has been a PSA).

The one thing he’ll never actually tell you about... EVER is that for a little while after meeting you for the first time in Georgia, he started hooking up with a girl who he didn’t realize (until much later) bore a striking resemblance to you. He’d had to end the relationship when he straight-up called out your name when he came (he was a lil drunk, just tipsy enough to slip up) and full-on booked it out of there bc not only had he pissed the girl off, but his shout had woken up her family- namely her very angry father- and barely escaped with his life.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

He’s had two lovers before you, but one of them was really experienced and patient and bless that woman. All he really has to do is learn what you like and he’ll commit it to memory.

And you better be damn sure that he’ll use that knowledge against you/for his benefit.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

Doggy style for all the reasons mentioned before. Or reverse cowgirl. Or normal cowgirl. His hands + your butt= dream combo.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

He can be goofy, but more than anything else he likes it when you’re goofy. Chuck can get a little too in his own head at times, which can lead to frustration/self-doubt- ESPECIALLY while recovering from his brain injury. You reminding him that sex is meant to be fun does him a huge favor, bc poor lamb will forget that every so often.

So please, nibble at his earlobe in that way that tickles him. Make a quip at the expense of one of your friends. Mock the silly sound of the moan you just let slip out.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

He’s not going to groom unless you tell him to, but he also doesn’t feel like you need to groom for him, either. Chuck’s not afraid to admit how much his personal hygiene has improved since meeting you.

I can promise you that if you’re heavily invested in skin/hair care, he’ll probably be just as into building his own routine.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

You always have Chuck’s full and undivided attention during sex, but he won’t necessarily show it unless he gets the guy feeling/you tell him that you want him to be. He’s going to whisper sexy things into your ear, call you a good girl (if not his good girl), and do everything in his power (at the time, at least (he can get a little distracted if you’re doing something particularly sexy)) to make sure you feel just how appreciated you are. He gets more and more confident in his PDA as your relationship progresses, but when it’s just you two? You’ll never meet a bigger sweetheart.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Ok, so I’m deciding for you that mutual masturbation is a thing that you’re both into, m’kay?

I'm also making the executive decision that you really enjoy watching him get himself off. You walked in on him one time, before you’d had sex, and were so stunned that you just watched in rapt attention until awkwardly backing out of the room and slamming the door shut. He’d nearly cum right then and there, and it got you extremely aroused.

The next time you see each other, at some Georgia bar while on a pass, you offhandedly mention that you wish you hadn’t left and FROM THAT DAY ON he always lets you know when he’s feeling the urge and how you’re more than welcome to watch.

And when you do? It’s always a much shorter experience than he intends bc wow how hot are you?

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Frottage! Dry Humping! Grinding!

Allow me to explain:

In the months following D-Day, it was quickly understood that being on the frontlines meant having traditional forms of sex were no longer on the table (hehe) for you two. You’d experimented with rucking your trousers down your thighs, his thighs, both of your thighs, and each time it was a disaster (with one of the worst times ending up falling onto Tab after he’d inadvertently opened a door that Chuck had been fucking you against. Chuck had nearly thrown fists when Tab refused to look aware from your bare ass.)

So yall started grinding- quickly finding out that the bunches of fabric separating your bodies not only led to new forms of stimulation, but it also meant that you both started to utilize dirty talk. There’s something about your trembling lips at his ear, your warm whispers of ‘so good’ and ‘is this really all you need, Chuck? Me, writhing on you like this? What does that say about you, you desperate boy??’

Boy’s bought a one-way ticket to Boner City, USA.

PLUS! What a way to keep warm during Bastogne? Everyone is so jealous that they don’t have a super foxy megahot babe like you to grind upon.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

Hmm…..is saying anywhere a cop-out? Because he’s down for anywhere, he’ll follow your lead and rise to the occasion. Such a perv i s2g.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

♫ YOOOUUUUUUUU!!!!!! ♫

You have this one eyebrow quirk you do when you’re in the mood, and it just so happens to be similar to the brow raise you give someone trying to outsmart you (which is another turn on for him- you putting some overly-confident sonofabitch back in their place after allowing them to mansplain at you for a little bit. First boner he ever got (since meeting you, obviously) came after witnessing you telling Joe Liebgott to stfu in cutting German after he’d made some off-color comment about your ass.)

So, more often than not, he'll get a little turned on when you argue with people. Maybe even when you argue with him- who knows? not me. (i totally do, and he totally is)

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Any sort of pain play, on either of you.

After being in genuine agony for so long while recovering from all of the surgeries, the idea of seeking any more pain out just doesn’t make sense. Chuck also doesn’t want to see you in pain- even if you’re asking him to make you feel it. You’d both suffered through the pain of hunger, frostbite, insect bites, sunburn, and just war in general (all of which had emotionally taken a toll on him bc he felt completely helpless and hated that he couldn’t do anything to take your hurt away).

Sex and pain just doesn’t go together for him. Sorry not sorry

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

He loves having you go down on him, adores the way your eyes look up at him as if you’re challenging him to withstand your beautiful ministrations.

He also is a big fan of going down on you, but PLEASE PLEASE PUH-LEASE ride his face. Good lord.

He’s a sucker (teehee) for it- something about you using him like it’s all you keep him around for gets him hot. You also get this certain snarl on your lips when you are getting close that makes him lose his goddamn mind bc WOW YOU ARE SO ATTRACTIVE and HOLY SHIT YOU CHOSE HIM OF ALL PEOPLE? WOWOWOW.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

He’ll follow your lead/body language in terms of pace. Most sex sessions shift between both slow and deep as well as fast and hard anyway, so he is a fan of both.

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

A necessary evil, as far as Chuck is concerned. He’ll do them, and he’d be lying if he said that he didn’t enjoy the spontaneity of them, but he would prefer not to be rushed when he’s with you.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

He was riskier until that one time Tab caught you guys, after which he chilled out. Which you are thankful for, bc you’ve spoken with Lieb’s wife and BOY have those two gotten into some embarrassing situations bc of how risky that kid is.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

The longest he's gone is 4 rounds (it was celebratory sex on VE day, with both of you in the best shape you'd ever been in and too high on relief to listen to your bodies. Ya'll were sore and dehydrated afterward but LORD was it worth it.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

He’d be very open to the idea of toys! On you, he’s automatically cool with it, but it does take him a little bit to get his head around the idea of using toys himself. Again, 40s/50s= somewhat repressed discussion about deviations from the traditional male sexuality- but Chuck is more willing and ready to challenge the societal norms than most. Very sexy of him.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

He always intends to tease you, but more often than not he gets so turned on that he can’t follow that intention through. You are aware of this and ABSOLUTELY weaponize this knowledge. Get it, fam.

During day-to-day conversation, however, you both tease each other constantly. It’s been like that since you’ve met each other- always making innuendos and one-upping the other and for some reason that never even went away.

When Chuck woke up and the doctors brought you in to see him, the first thing he told you was that you looked terrible. When you’d replied with a sniff, a smile and a “guess the doc’s were full of shit when they said there was no change in your vision, huh?”- Chuck had smiled so hard it hurt.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

He’s a choked moan kind of guy. His face gets all scrunched up and his body shakes and he curses quietly under his breath (it’s vv cute and hot, FYI). he doesn’t even try and be quiet on purpose, he just seems to lose the ability to be vocal, tbh. If he’s drinking or if it’s been a hot minute since yall have gotten to do the do, he’ll probably be a bit louder. Like, maybe one loud cry of your name (see: the letter D)

It doesn’t bother him if you make sounds at all, just so you know. If anything, he likes that he’s a quiet cummer bc then he can hear any and all of your sounds.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

biting your ass while eating you out from behind is *bang* *bang* *bang* *click* *cash register noise*.

Especially if you squeal and smack at him after he does it.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Average in all respects but OH MAN does he know how to work it to his advantage. Get ready for a wild ride, my dude.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Higher post-war, tbh. Chuck had had to be on bed rest for so long that he thought he may never get the chance to have sex again, so he totally makes a point to indulge in you every chance that he can get (but he’s cool if you say no, too).

But, as I mentioned in ‘risk’, he’s not going to be humping your leg in public or anything (ok but imagine if you were a dom to his sub and you made him do that holy fuck)

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

He does not sleep very well, poor bb. He will be asleep but his mind will be working through all kinds of things ranging from PTSD to what shoes he wanted to wear to dinner with your parents that weekend. Good thing there’s a remedy to this ailment- your pussy sex with you!

While he can’t konk out immediately, he is able to relax. He will allow himself to get lost in the rhythm of your breathing, the weight of your hand on his arm or your arm wrapped around his middle. He will sometimes nuzzle into you as you’re drifting off to sleep, and when you press a kiss to his forehead he finally feels safe.

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#band of brothers imagines #band of brothers x reader #chuck grant x reader #problematicfavesareproblematic

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addictedtostorytelling · 2 years

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I love your metas and everything you write about csi. You're amazing

I was re watching csi and I always loved the relationship of Catherine and Sara, I mean they were the only women on the show and I think they'd deserved more screen time and more scenes together. What do you think they talked when Catherine took Sara for a beer in the end of 'crash and burn' ? Do you think Sara cried in front of Cath? Do you think they somehow bond? I really liked to know your thoughts on this.

hi, anon!

thank you for your kind words! i’m so glad you enjoy my stuff. ❤

so i don't think sara cries in front of catherine because, honestly, she never cares enough about hank to cry over him.

she's more humiliated that he duped her than sad about losing him, tbh; she isn't heartbroken because she never actually loves him.

rather, i think what happens is that they have the traditional breakup “postgame” discussion, during the course of which sara expresses some embarrassment that hank could have this whole other life she didn't even know about (“some csi i am, huh? i missed all the clues”), and catherine reassures her that the reason she was blind to what he was doing isn't because she was stupid but because she was trusting (“that's how it was for me with ed. i can tell you firsthand: when you don't cheat, you don't suspect”).

still, sara is concerned that maybe there's something wrong with her, because she was perfectly contented having this very “arm's length” relationship with hank, practically enabling his behavior (“i mean, there were warning signs, and i ignored them all. i made it so easy for him because i was fine with the way things were, with us only seeing each other a few times a week—if that—and always at my place, never really committing to anything, you know? i guess i liked that things never got any more serious, no matter how long we were together. isn't that fucked up? after a whole year. who's like that?”).

at this point, catherine can tell that the conversation is taking a turn toward the serious—not in the sense that sara is all that upset over hank but in the sense that she's upset with herself and questioning all of her life's choices—so she offers her best consolation, telling sara that if she was okay keeping things so casual with hank, it must’ve been because her heart wasn’t ever really in it.

"when it's someone you actually care about, you'll want more—you'll want to share your life," catherine offers, shrugging.

sara, glassy-eyed, nods, "yeah," not thinking of hank at all anymore.

if she ever was.

to lighten the mood, catherine is like, “hank was a jerk. lots of guys are. but they are good for one thing,” and gestures to some dudebros sitting at the other end of the bar, whom she then (masterfully) flirts with in order to get them to buy her and sara some drinks.

they end up playing pool with said dudebros, an activity that sara is kind of hilariously awful at, which is something that catherine (teasingly) gives her a hard time about, because “shouldn't a physics major be better at this game?”

they end up staying at the bar through till happy hour, getting buzzed but not super drunk. the dudebros they're hanging out with try to pick them up, but they decline, saying they have to work that night.

all in all, things end on a brighter note than they began on, sara cheered (for the moment at least).

when catherine drops her off back at the crime lab so she can pick up her car and go home, she leans her head out the door after her and calls out, "hey, sara?"

when sara turns and looks.

catherine considers saying something about how if she’s ever with a guy who’s really worth it, then he’ll want to share her life, too, but, honestly, catherine isn’t sure she’s in a position to make those kinds of promises, given her own track record, or even if she really believes in that sort of thing herself, so she settles on a benediction she feels more certain of.

“you’ll be okay.”

i don’t think they probably ever go out together again after that night or that they even start to regularly disclose to each other about their personal lives or anything (and particularly not as eventually sara starts dating grissom in secret), but i do think that that one experience they have together is an important first step in their relationship beginning to improve.

it marks the first time that catherine really thinks about sara as anything other than an entitled, obnoxious kid, realizing that she has this whole inner life that she’d previously not bothered to consider, and that sara experiences catherine’s compassionate side, getting some mentorship from her (albeit not of the professional variety).

thanks for the question! please feel welcome to send another any time.

#answered #anon #asks: csi #**#my headcanons #03x17 #let's talk shop #csiverse

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thedreadvampy · 3 years

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ok look please understand that it is absolutely normal to want to live with your best friends, have casual sex with your friends, raise kids with your friends, and keep your friends as the most important people in your life.

whether it's a qpr or not, that's normal and it's healthy.

I think people are often encouraged to think that the historical, traditional expectation is to put your partner before your friends but that isn't...really true? men have very rarely been expected to have a stronger social connection with their partners than their friends, and the only reason women have been expected to centre romantic relationships is because they've historically been socially and financially dependent on making and maintaining a strong relationship.

that isn't to say that your partner shouldn't be as important as your friends. after all, at least in my social setting, relationships aren't a primarily financial and political arrangement - hopefully you are with your partner because they're a good friend to you as well as a partner.

like it's cheesy to say but Sam and Kofi are some of my best friends and that's a big part of our relationship. but like. they aren't the only friends I'm that close to. I'm differently close to, say, my friends Alex and Jake (who I think are probably the most important people in my life), or my friend Joe (who I've lived with in a mutually supportive way for 5 years), or my friend Courtney (who I hook up with regularly and love dearly) or my friend Lesedi (who I have very seriously considered co-parenting a child with) but I'm not less close to them.

and this isn't a Weird Me Thing either. like:

probably about half the people I know have housemates who they've lived with, moved house with multiple times, and who are as intimately involved with their lives as their romantic partners, often more

where I grew up and most places I've been, most people have "aunties" - your mum's best friends who stepped in to help with the kids and who are part of the family. I myself traveled down half the country regularly to help support a friend who was a lone parent while his son was little, from looking after a baby for days at a time to helping him look for daycares and booking doctors appointments, and that's super normal - when I and most of my friends were kids we were all used to spending up to 1/3 of our week at a parent's best friend's house. that's literally a big chunk of the role godparents play in many people's lives too. it takes a village to raise a child and formally or informally most cultures expect that the parents' close friends will chip in and love and care for the child.

Most adults I know have at least one friend who they carve out at least a few hours a week to spend time with - go to the cinema, go for a coffee, cook dinner, catch up and vent and offer emotional support.

Friends with benefits? totally a really thing whatever people tell you, it doesn't have to be emotionally romantic and often actively feels weird to be

It's normal to grieve when a friendship ends and it often affects people as deeply or more deeply than a relationship ending

like, this isn't to say that a lot of media messaging posits this sort of stuff as immature/less important (and for men, the dreaded A Bit Gay) but that messaging actively runs counter to how most people live their lives in the real world, and you know. in a film when someone finds a partner they become the Most Important Thing In Their Lives. in real life most of your friends will agree you're being kind of a jerk if you consistently blow them off in favour of your partner at any age.

and I think the thing that concerns me is the degree to which the idea that you're expected as an adult to choose between romance and maintaining close, meaningful friendships is uncritically absorbed and reflected in how a lot of otherwise very thoughtful people talk about relationships, romance, sex and friendships.

like if your expectation is that having intimate friendships can only happen if you don't have important/lasting romantic/sexual relationships, or that having a relationship means you can't have or want friendships deeper than casual hangouts and occasional Emotion Chats...like, that will harm you.

Not everyone wants or needs romantic/sexual relationships, true, but everyone, regardless of whether they also want that, needs supportive and meaningful and lasting friendships as part of a fully actualised social life. As I say, those needs might be met by some of the same people (I've been in a relationship with Sam for 9 years, but we've been friends since I was 14 and while I can imagine a life where we're not dating or having sex, I genuinely can't bear to imagine a life without his friendship) but emotionally close friendships are still a genuine need.

(plus honestly if the only place you can get emotional closeness is a sexual/romantic partner, that's a very vulnerable place to be in. both for you and for them. It's not good to only have one person you have a serious, close, mutually supportive emotional relationship with - ime most people do best with like 4 or 5 close friends minimum (one or more of whom may or may not be their sexual/romantic/queerplatonic partner)

and this is where I'm dipping a toe into the Spicy (shitty) Discourse, because I don't at a object to the idea of queerplatonic relationships (I don't necessarily understand them, but honestly I haven't understood anything since 1999) it worries me how many people defend the idea of qpps by saying WOULD YOU DO X WITH A FRIEND????

and I understand the defensive impact bc tbh when people say "explain the difference between a queerplatonic partner and a friend" they are very rarely asking in good faith - they've already decided that aro/ace people Just Want To Be Special and that qpps are a Stupid Tumblr Queer Concept.

and it's a shitty question anyway imo because like. I know there's a difference between friends-with-benefits and Girlfriends on an emotional level, or between a friend and a non-sexual romantic relationship. I know there's a difference and most of these people would agree but if you asked me to draw a hard line to define This is Not Romantic and This is Romantic I'd be stumped. it's an emotional reality not a behavioural one so it's not a clearcut concept and it may be different for everyone

B u t

When people respond to this (shitty, bad-faith) question by insisting "friends don't kiss! friends don't live together! friends don't co-raise kids!" they are just flatly Wrong. And it's a really weak argument because of that, because people will just say 'yeah we literally do, a qpp is a normal friendship, qed' and that's. Uh. Based on what's been said that's kind of a reasonable conclusion? because those things are all normal friendship things for a lot of adults.

there are many possible arguments for the term queerplatonic. it's about describing an emotional connection that isn't quite romantic. it's a way of clarifying that your intention is to commit to spending your life with someone. it's a way to define the expectations you have of your relationship. but ultimately it's not your job to justify this to anyone. many people (me included) might not understand exactly what a qpp means to you, but that doesn't mean we have any right to go 'that's meaningless' or talk it down if it isn't hurting anyone

but like. these specific types of defences of qpps (the "qpps are Important Vital Relationships and friends are just People You Don't Mind Spending Time With" attitude) are harmful, both to people not in qpps and to people in qpps

Exceptionalising the idea of having friends you love like family, who are the most important people in your life, who you might choose to live with or share your life with or be the person you'd trust with your children/your wellbeing/your health? That's dangerous!

and it takes us no closer to adequately valuing close friendships to say "close friendships are what QPPs are and they're a direct replacement for romantic/sexual partnerships". we can have both, and we should feel able have both. not necessarily both a qpp and a relationship, but both a life partner (sexual/romantic/queerplatonic) and other friends who are intimate parts of our lives and families. That's such a profoundly vital part of being queer particularly but also just of being, and it stresses me that people think that's a Special Kind of Relationship not a normal close friendship.

#ok I'm tagging this because it may or may not be Discourse #ace discourse #but TO BE CLEAR it is NOT my opinion that qprs are Not A Thing #it's just that I'm getting a bit into the ways i think some of the ways people to about them can be problematic #so i just don't want anyone to be caught off guard by that #people to about = people talk about. sorry typo

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dwellordream · 3 years

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“...We can dispense with the first question fairly quickly: is violence the supreme authority from which all other authority derives in actual societies? After all, we keep encountering historical models predicated on that premise and they keep being pretty bad, inaccurate history. But even shifting from those specific examples to a more general appraisal, the answer is pretty clearly no. Reading almost any social history of actual historical societies reveal complex webs of authority, some of which rely on violence and most of which don’t. Trying to reduce all forms of authority in a society to violence or the threat of violence is a ‘boy’s sociology,’ unfit for serious adults.

This is true even in historical societies that glorified war! Taking, for instance, medieval mounted warrior-aristocrats (read: knights), we find a far more complex set of values and social bonds. Military excellence was a key value among the medieval knightly aristocracy, but so was Christian religious belief and observance, so were expectations about courtly conduct, and so were bonds between family and oath-bound aristocrats. In short there were many forms of authority beyond violence even among military aristocrats. Consequently individuals could be – and often were! – lionized for exceptional success in these other domains, often even when their military performance was at best lackluster.

Roman political speech, meanwhile, is full of words to express authority without violence. Most obviously is the word auctoritas, from which we get authority. J.E. Lendon (in Empire of Honor: The Art of Government in the Roman World (1997)), expresses the complex interaction whereby the past performance of virtus (‘strength, worth, bravery, excellence, skill, capacity,’ which might be military, but it might also by virtus demonstrated in civilian fields like speaking, writing, court-room excellence, etc) produced honor which in turn invested an individual with dignitas (‘worth, merit’), a legitimate claim to certain forms of deferential behavior from others (including peers; two individuals both with dignitas might owe mutual deference to each other).

Such an individual, when acting or especially speaking was said to have gravitas (‘weight’), an effort by the Romans to describe the feeling of emotional pressure that the dignitas of such a person demanded; a person speaking who had dignitas must be listened to seriously and respected, even if disagreed with in the end. An individual with tremendous honor might be described as having a super-charged dignitas such that not merely was some polite but serious deference, but active compliance, such was the force of their considerable honor; this was called auctoritas. As documented by Carlin Barton (in Roman Honor: Fire in the Bones (2001)), the Romans felt these weights keenly and have a robust language describing the emotional impact such feelings had.

Note that there is no necessary violence here. These things cannot be enforced through violence, they are emotional responses that the Romans report having (because their culture has conditioned them to have them) in the presence of individuals with dignitas. And such dignitas might also not be connected to violence. Cicero clearly at points in his career commanded such deference and he was at best an indifferent soldier. Instead, it was his excellence in speaking and his clear service to the Republic that commanded such respect. Other individuals might command particular auctoritas because of their role as priests, their reputation for piety or wisdom, or their history of service to the community. And of course beyond that were bonds of family, religion, social group, and so on.

...So while it is true that the state derives its power from violence (as in Mao’s famous quip that “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”), the state is not the only center of authority within a society. And indeed, even the state cannot run entirely on violence; this is the point that Hannah Arendt makes in the famous dichotomy of violence and power. In many cases, what Heinlein’s premise does is mistake violence for power, assuming that the ability to violently compel action is the same as the power to coordinate or encourage action without violence. But in fact, successful organizations (including, but not limited to, states) are possessed not of lots of violence but of lots of power, with much of that power rooted in norms, social assumptions, unstated social contracts and personal relationships that exist entirely outside of the realm of violence.

And so in both theory and practice, Heinlein’s premise fails to actually describe human societies of any complexity. There are no doubt gangs and robber-bands that have functioned entirely according to Heinlein’s premise (and presumably some very committed anarchists who might want such a society), but the very march of complex social institutions suggests that such organizations were quite routinely out-competed by societies with complex centers of authority that existed beyond violence, which enabled specialization (notably something Heinlein disapproves of generally, ‘specialization is for insects’) and thus superior performance both in war and in peace. Kings and empires that try to rule purely with force, without any attention paid to legitimacy or other forms of power (instead of violence) fail, and typically fail rapidly. As with almost any simple statement about complex societies, Heinlein’s premise is not merely simple but simplistic and so fails.

...The Cult of the Badass, as expressed here, lives in what we might call the “cult of tradition,” “dreaming of a revelation received at the dawn of human history” about a certain set of warrior values which were both expressed by famous historical warriors and which now provide a blueprint for life. This point of explicit in Pressfield’s set of videos, and implicit in the Fremen Mirage’s strong men/hard times model of history. This “cult of tradition” is quite selective, of course; Pressfield makes functionally no effort to engage with actual ancient value systems in a sustained way, limiting himself mostly to ‘badass’ aphorisms from Plutarch (himself hardly the most intellectually sophisticated or morally challenging author in the classical canon). It is tradition as imagined dimly in the present, not tradition as uncovered by careful historical research.

Consequently, the cult of the badass must engage in “the rejection of modernism;” this is no accident because the cult of the badass is an “appeal to a frustrated […] class” – this too is explicit in that Pressfield frames his ideology was a way for individuals who are held back or stagnated to unleash their true potential and overcome their limits, through the explicit rejection of modern values and the embrace of what are at least presented as traditional, even timeless values. That sort of appeal is also explicit in a lot of the fitness marketing that trades on the cult of the badass (and it seems notable that Pressfield himself lists “anybody that is heavily into fitness” first among his people living out the ‘warrior archetype.’), calling on people to work out like the Spartans. Consequently, it is a “cult of action for action’s sake” often focused on doing rather than asking what should be done (it is striking that Pressfield, despite nearly all of his video examples coming from the Greek and Roman world, engages not at all with the extensive Greek and Roman philosophies of justice).

Instead, this ideology, because it positions the capacity for violence as the highest human value, presents the thesis that “life is lived for struggle.” Pressfield reframes all of life’s struggles, including struggles of motivation and self-discipline, in terms of violence, in terms of a war against the ‘inner enemy,’ and consequently “life is permanent warfare.” And I think this goes a long way to explaining the obsession of this philosophy on warrior elites, because there is an inherent element of “popular elitism” in the cult of the badass, an insistence that at least it should be the case that “everybody is educated to become a hero” and thus not only develop the capacity for violence but also orient themselves towards “heroic death, advertised as the best reward for a heroic life.”

Thus the outsized influence of Thermopylae, a ‘heroic’ Greek defeat over other battles; Pressfield, again, is explicit on this point that it is at Thermopylae in particular that the Spartan warrior ethic is best and most perfectly displayed. If these are held to be the highest ideals, then anyone who falls short of them or refuses to engage with them must be weak, perhaps even “so weak as to need and deserve a ruler” (a point that often emerges in the sheep/wolves/sheepdog metaphor used by many ‘warrior cops,’ an ideology Pressfield explicitly appeals to, lumping in law enforcement as exemplars of ‘warrior’ ideology).

And of course, as is I think obvious in these readings, there is an undercurrent of anxiety about masculinity here. It is, after all, strong men in the strong men/hard times trope (and that is no accident as the trope is deeply connected to concerns about masculinity throughout its history). ...While Pressfield insists in some of his videos that his life philosophy is equally applicable to men or women, it is hard not to notice that his historical examples of warriors are all men (no Molly Pitcher, no Deborah, no Hua Mulan, etc. Not even Empress “Imperial Purple is the best burial shroud” Theodora; he does discuss the legend of the Amazons with rather less historical rigor than I might like). Where actual historical women fit in to his narrative, it is mostly as the mothers and nurturers of warrior men. While Pressfield does his best to paper over this (and to be fair, I think he is sincere in trying to present his ideology as non-gender-specific, unaware of the ways in which the broader framework of that ideology is aggressively unwelcoming to women), I think it is fair to say this is an ideology created largely by and for men, which values a hypermasculine ideal – we might even say “machismo.”

And by now readers are beginning to wonder where all of these little quotations are coming from (apart from the bit from Theodora). But first I want to note that we have a name for an ideology that fits these main points – where “life is permanent warfare,” “lived for struggle”, such that “everyone is educated to become a hero” to participate in a “cult of action for action’s sake” in a “cult of tradition” seated in a “rejection of modernism.”

And it’s fascism. Because all of those little quotes are from Umberto Eco’s famous essay “Ur-Fascism” (1995) which presented one of the most compelling classifications of the foundational DNA that all of the various, disparate forms of fascism share in common. ...Now I think it is important to back up here and be fair to Steven Pressfield. I don’t think Steven Pressfield is a fascist; ...What I do think is that the ideology that Pressfield is advancing has fascist tendencies (that he is, I suspect, unaware of, having not interrogated the nature of Spartan society as carefully as he might have). The ideology he is advancing shares most of the DNA of Ur-Fascism and it is not hard to see how the remaining handful of elements might easily be bolted on to this framework.

It is also, in a way that Pressfield never really addresses (and I suspect has never really realized), an ideology which is fundamentally at odds with the democratic values he also holds. If only some people are ‘warriors’ and developing that warrior capacity towards violence it the primary or principle virtue, it follows – and literally any Spartan could have and would have told Pressfield this – that everyone else is merely fit to be ruled. Sparta’s brutal oppression was not incidental to its ideology or social structure (as we’ve discussed!) but essential to it. As Eco points out (in his 10th point), it does no good to suggest that everyone ought to be equally a warrior; this is after all a cult of violence for its own sake and in violence there must be winners and losers. No complex society is composed only of warriors; for there to be kings and knights, there must be serfs too.

...Put more bluntly, the ideology of the Cult of the Badass is so easily falsifiable that the act of disagreement itself, rather than the content of arguments, must be rejected). The rejection of disagreement in turn demands the fear of difference because the ideology requires consensus and an absence of criticism. And once the ideology fails – and it will, because it is disconnected from the real world – conspiratorialism is the natural response for true believers unwilling to reject the ideology. If your ideology tells you that you are superior, and yet you do not produce superior results, what recourse is there but to conspiracy? As Eco memorably quips, “Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy” which is also, by the by, why so many authoritarian armies, theoretically filled with supposedly highly motivated, ultra-badass super-soldiers, tend nevertheless to lose more than they win. We saw this with Sparta; the very ideology of the place made them bad strategists, in precisely the ways that Eco suggests it would.

In short, the ideology of the Cult of the Badass – which is easy to see in any number of modern films, books and TV (and occasionally read into films that explicitly reject it by their viewers; I suspect everyone of at least a certain age has known that guy who watched Fight Club and then wanted, entirely unironically, to start his own fight club) – is a gateway to authoritarian thinking which, contrary to the name, is based in violence rather than authority. The supremacy of action, of violence, of the warrior and his ‘ancient’ (but actually quite modern) values are the foundation stones on which fascist ideologies (and I’d argue, other non-fascist authoritarianisms, but that’s a debate for another day) are constructed.

And, as Eco notes, “The Ur-Fascist hero craves heroic death, advertised as the best reward for a heroic life. The Ur-Fascist hero is impatient to die. In his impatience, he more frequently sends other people to death.” This is not a good ideology. As I noted in the first post in this series, a free society has no need for warriors. Not among its soldiers, not among its police, not among its civilians. At times, a free people may need to become soldiers, or police officers, but always to return to being civilians again, either at the end of the day or at the end of the war.”

- Bret Devereaux, “The Universal Warrior, Part III: The Cult of the Badass.”

#the universal warrior #the cult of the badass #ur-fascism #bret devereaux #history #writing #warfare #ancient #medieval #greek #roman #spartan

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groovegalaxxxy5 · 3 years

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The Art School AU nobody asked for

I’ve had this idea for an emercury AU fic kicking around in my head for a while now, but I have so many other projects on my plate rn and nowhere near enough time or energy to write it. So instead I’m just gonna post all the deets in the hopes that one day I’ll be able to come back and actually do something with it.

Emercury Art School AU Summary:

“Emerald Sustrai may have managed to get into the dance program at one of the most prestigious art schools on Remnant, but she has one big issue – after just one year of study, she’s barely managing to stay afloat even with two part-time jobs and her grades have been suffering for it. Fortunately for her, her school offers extra credit to any students who are cast in the school’s yearly exhibition performance. Unfortunately, this year’s production’s theme is “passion” and the only spot up for audition for sophomores in the dance program is for a couples’ dance performance based on said theme.

Enter one Mercury Black—a fellow dance student with a reputation unsavory enough to overshadow his considerable talent, and quite possibly the last person on Remnant Emerald would ever want to work with…He also happens to literally be the only other person she can find to pair up with her for the show. Somehow, improbably, the unlikely duo actually make a pretty good team once they finally start to work out their differences, but as they perfect their routine for the big audition, Emerald finds herself in a whole new predicament: She may have set out to steal the show, but if she’s not careful she might just end up getting her heart stolen in the process...”

So yeah…as you can see, the basic premise is that Em and Merc are classmates at this school for the arts, but both of them are having trouble earning passing marks in this one foundation course they both need to graduate—Emerald because she is completely on her own and has to work a lot to pay for her living expenses and studio fees and stuff even though she has a pretty decent scholarship, and Mercury because he keeps really odd hours and misses class quite a bit for unexplained reasons. Noticing that she’s struggling even though she is a gifted dancer, one of Emerald’s teachers suggests that she try out for the big show that their school puts on every school year, since anyone who makes the cut receives a bunch of extra credit and each faculty also gives a grant to the students who they judge to have put on one of the top three best performances. The problem is, there are only a limited number of spots up for audition for each graduating year of each concentration course due to time and resource restraints, and this year’s 2nd year dance spot happens to be billed as a couples’ performance.

Emerald hits up everybody she can think of, but they're all too busy or can't commit to the project for other reasons. Pretty much out of options at that point, she’s just about ready to give up when she has a chance encounter with a classmate, one Mercury Black, after school. Through some sort of clerical error they managed to book the exact same practice studio for exactly the same time, and since they both really need the extra practice time and neither one is willing to back down, they end up sharing the room for a few hours. When they do, Emerald is really surprised to find out that Mercury is actually a really talented dancer, she just never noticed before because even though they have some classes together he comes in very irregularly. After a long, sleepless night contemplating doing something really, really ill-advised, she ends up approaching him at school the next day to propose that they team up and audition for the big show together since they appear to both be failing the same class and need the credit really bad, and to her surprise he agrees rather easily.

Thus, the two of them become reluctant accomplices. However, once they start working out the choreography together, they just can’t seem to see eye-to-eye on anything, which doesn’t bode very well for their performance considering that it’s supposed to embody the show’s theme. Emerald is more of a ballet dancer, while Mercury is more of a street dancer, having started out with breaking and had almost zero classical training before starting school. After a while (with a lot of practice and a LOT of unsolicited intervention from their nosy friends) our two favorite mayhem children finally start to bond and find some common ground, and naturally, lighthearted romantic hijinks ensue and sparks fly between the unlikely duo as they struggle to cooperate and put together a passionate couples’ dance good enough to get into the final production.

The Supporting Cast:

Em’s peeps -- Cinder (in the class above, sort of her mentor and was the one who encouraged her to apply to school in the first place), Weiss (met in freshman year, in the same ballet, jazz and contemporary classes this year, snarking buddies), Blake (ended up in most of the same classes together this year), Coco (upperclassman in the design course, loves dressing Em in different outfits and often forces her to stand in as a house model for her when she needs to work late into the night to meet a deadline)

Merc’s peeps -- Sun (met in class in freshman year, breaking and sparring buddies), Neptune (met thru Sun, in pop class together this year), Scarlet (ditto), Blake (in a few classes together, waits tables at the same diner where he works), Yang (met at a stunt training camp the Summer of freshmen year, waits tables at the same restaurant, fellow gym rat and occasional sparring partner)

Salem -- Headmistress of the most prestigious arts school on Remnant; has a bitter love-hate (mostly hate) relationship with her ex

Oz -- The headmistress’ ex-husband who runs a very successful Circe du Soleil type show and recruits a lot of his performers from her graduating classes

Glinda -- Chair of the dance department; Contemporary and ballroom dance instructor; is so so weary of her faculty’s incessant bickering

Winter -- Ballet instructor; came up in a rigid traditional Atlesian ballet school and generally looks down on all the other dancing disciplines and their instructors (”What they do can BARELY be described as dancing”); wishes the dance department were as disciplined as the music department

Qrow -- Jazz and tap dance instructor; doesn’t think that what his sister does really counts as actual dancing; jazz hands, rain hands and double dream hands and he’s dead serious about em

Raven -- Acrobatic and contortion instructor; thinks jazz hands look really stupid, just like Qrow and his corny, goofy ass dancing; was actually trained extensively in traditional Mistralian Highlands step dancing from childhood alongside her brother and used to perform internationally before switching disciplines

Tai Yang -- Hip-hop and pop dance instructor; specializes in pop and lock; Raven's ex; constantly catching strays from Qrow and Raven’s feud; just happy to still have a job tbh

Arthur & Tyrian -- Co-chairs of the theater department; Arthur teaches classical acting and Tyrian teaches method acting and they both think the other doesn’t teach “real acting”; somehow their department is actually really popular and all the students love the yearly musical theater production, which is the only time they ever seem to agree on anything

Hazel -- Long-suffering theater production instructor; works really hard to keep things running smoothly in the background despite the department heads' antics; hates the headmistress’s ex with a burning passion

Ironwood -- Chair of the music department; runs his department like a well-oiled machine and has put the fear of god into all his students; has won the national marching band championships seven years running

All the other students are in various departments at their school—e.g. Ruby plays the sax, Yang and Jaune are both acting majors, Oscar plays the cello, Nora and Ren play the tuba and the erhu respectively, Pyrrha is a triple threat etc.

A bunch of random plot points:

-Merc, Em and their friends are all in the same foundation classes together and the two of them start off vaguely aware of one another mostly owing to the fact that all their friends are friends, but they don’t really know each other (…or DO they??? *DUN DUNNN DUNNNNN*)

-Most of the faculty at their school can’t stand each other and the different departments have been engaged in bitter rivalries for years but somehow they all work really well together because at the end of the day they’re all professionals who are good at their jobs

-All of their friends are convinced that they’re secretly dating or hooking up at the very least, because they suddenly start hanging around each other a lot, holing up in the practice studio together until all hours of the night and showing up school at the same time the next morning and are constantly snipping at each other whenever they interact. Merc’s squad is actually v supportive and (against his wishes) are doing their very best to try and help their boy lay down the mac (Sun: “Hey Merc! Thanks for letting me drive the convertible last weekend!😉👍”) , even though they all generally acknowledge that he’s way out of his league and is headed down the path to utter destruction. Meanwhile, Em’s friends are pretty appalled by her abysmally low standards (Weiss: “Emerald, you’re dating down....WAY down.🙁”) and think that shes going thru some kind of self-destructive phase or something. They’re convinced she’s about to have her life absolutely ruined by that one smirky fuccboi type from their grade who has super sus habits and “reeks of criminality” (also Weiss).

-Almost everybody including most of his friends are convinced that Mercury is doing something really, really shady for cash on the low because he keeps super odd hours, misses class a lot and is always showing up with all these bizarre, unexplained injuries. In reality, Em finds out that it’s all because he’s been training as a stunt-man outside of school and works a lot of weird hours at his part-time job so that he can pay off his prosthetics, finance his extra courses and pay for his own living expenses, etc. Although he actually was involved in some serious criminal activity in the past, he’s been trying his best to stay on the straight and narrow ever since he finally cut ties with his scumbag dad, and now just works a lot of nights and weekends as a short order cook at the local greasy spoon.

-Once Mercury realizes that Emerald is like...constantly on the brink of starvation because she’s a destitute vagabond baby but has too much pride to ask for help, he starts subtly bringing her leftovers from work, which she grudgingly accepts (because he owes her for putting him onto the whole extra credit thing, so it’s not really charity...definitely NOT because she is extremely susceptible to offerings of food and her partner also happens to be a surprisingly good cook).

-Cinder is in the year above them and has known Emerald since they were in the foster system together as kids. She’s a prodigy at ballet and also a very accomplished acrobat and contortionist (as in, like, can easily shoot an arrow into a bullseye with just her feet while her legs are bent backwards all the way over the top of her head and stuff). At some point she sits in on one of Em and Merc’s rehearsal sessions and ends up dragging the hell out of them both for being way too stiff and exhibiting almost zero chemistry despite the “obnoxiously obvious sexual tension” between them. She basically ends up barking directions at them until they alter their choreo a bunch and finally start to look somewhat like an actual couple ("For fuck's sake... Lift her like she's the most precious thing you've ever laid eyes on and you're about to make sweet love to her, you idiot, not like she's a frigging sack of potatoes you're bringing home to peel!!!" "This man is supposed to be the moon to your stars...if you don't loosen up and melt into his arms like your soul is on fire, I will flip ALL this shit over and burn this wretched studio to the ground with both of you trapped inside!!!" ), after which things gradually start to get all awkward and messy between them because they start thinking about one another differently.

-They get into a bunch of compromising situations by virtue of the fact theatre and dance people are just kinda naked a lot and don’t care. At various points in the story their friends will walk in on the two of them in some sort of really eyebrow raising situation, get the complete wrong idea and run away, which in turn makes the two of them start to feel awkward as hell toward each other.

-Coco forces them to wear matching outfits that she made just for their performance.

-Their act ends up being this spicy contemporary couples’ dance that incorporates a lot of elements of acrobatic dance, breaking and ballet, essentially blending together both of their unique dance backgrounds.

This story idea has absolutely nothing to do with canon and Remnant is a lot like modern-day Earth with some exceptions, so there are no semblances etc. There’s no antagonist; in fact everyone around them is generally supportive and wants them to succeed--the main conflict comes from Emerald and Mercury only having three brain cells between them and not being used to caring about someone else in a lovey-dovey sort of way. I got the idea when I was watching dance videos online and started remembering all those cheesy dance-themed teen movies from the 90’s and early 2000’s. It’s pretty much just a wholesome little meet-cute/will-they-won’t-they type school romance in that same vein, where Em and Merc are forced to team up out of necessity, start to fall for each other and then have to deal with all the awkwardness that ensues...all with a bunch of help from their extremely eccentric, meddling-ass friends who are all convinced that the two of them are either already dating or about to be and are trying to keep them both from getting their hearts broken lol

Whew! Guess that’s about it for now...I’d like to try and flesh this one out more and maybe even publish it as a legit fic one day, but first I’ve gotta get back to work on *signal lost*

#rwby #emercury #emerald sustrai #mercury black #fic ideas

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agent-of-sam · 4 years

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Favorite Thor Ships: Part 1

Out of all the MCU, the Thor movies are my favorites.

It helps that I'm a multi shipper and all the women in Thor's life are awesome. So I want to do some posts about my favorite Thor ships. And I’m starting with my personal favorite: Thor/Sif.

Totally biased, I've been quietly rooting for Thor and Sif to hook up since 2011 and no matter what direction the story takes Thor x Sif will always be my favorite potential relationship.

Obviously, part of this is just because I have a massive crush on Sif, the character, and Jaimie Alexander, the actress. I love her...why?

Lady Sif is sort of the MCU equivalent of Wonder Woman, an immortal who combines strength and nobility with a sense of warmth, compassion, and emotional openness.

She doesn't get a huge amount of screen time but comes off as an incredibly well-rounded character, especially in a genre where many female character are assigned valued based on how well they can mimic the traditional cliches of male Action Heroes.

Sif is able to switch from playful and cocky, to stoic and serious, to gentle and supportive, depending on the situation (as benefiting a literal goddess).

In other word's, she's Girlfriend Material of the absolute highest quality!

Beyond that, I love that she's so high-key Romantic in her feelings for Thor. Having your Badass Warrior Princess character mournfully pining as she gazes across a crowded room at her lifelong friend, her eyes brimming with unspoken feeling... it's exactly the kind of over the top, melodramatic bullshit that I love about the Asgardians and their weird alien/pseudo-Shakespearian/mythic warrior culture.

At the same time, she's never fawning in her interactions with Thor. They banter like old friends and flirt in mid-combat.

Sif tries to counsel him when she thinks he needs perspective or patience.

She advocates for him when he's not around.

To me it's a very romantic set-up, a long-term friendship based on loyalty and mutual trust with the potential to develop into a very deep relationship. (Though, flipping it around, I can definitely see how female viewers might not appreciate their Super-Hero/Immortal Warrior Woman power fantasy character being portrayed, pining from the sidelines for several centuries).

Plus, their dynamic has this tropey, genderswap thing going on. A Fantasy Prince and his Loyal Female Knight. Except the Fantasy Prince is a giant Viking Immortal with a magic hammer and he and his girlfriend ride into battle side by side which is both hot and romantic to me.

Of course the downside to Thor x Sif as a relationship (also maybe what makes it appealing)... is that it's all potential. As far as we know, Thor is either unaware of Sif's feelings or does not reciprocate. Which is weird because Thor generally comes off as a very socially/emotionally aware guy... at least in the context of Asgardian society.

One of my favorite things about Thor is that he's confident but honest and genuine as well. He never comes off as a "ladies man" i.e someone who puts on a smooth, crafted persona specifically to interact with women.

However, he clearly seems to be aware when women are attracted to him (Jane Foster, the woman in the subway)...so how come he doesn't seem to notice the very obvious torch Sif is carrying?

My personal headcannon for this is that they either casually dated as adolescent (whatever age that is for Asgardians) or came very close to it. But then Frigga and/or Odin stepped in, took Sif aside and basically told her to hold off because they thought she had the potential to be a good queen.

Before his time on Earth, Thor was reckless, arrogant, impulsive, and quick to violence. He wasn't ready to be a king or a committed lover. And so Sif was encouraged to do the responsible thing and wait.

The irony being that by the time he had matured into the person he was supposed to be, he had met somebody else.

To me, there's something there that mirrors the fall of Asgard. Why not wait? They're gods after all, there's always going to be more time.

Then Thor gets banished and comes back different. He's met a mortal woman and doesn't want to be king anymore. Frigga, who Sif always thought would be her mother-in-law one day, is dead.

Thor goes searching across the universe and then Odin sends her away from Asgard. And when she finds her way back even her home is gone. Her people live on Earth now, or at least the fraction of them that still survive after Hela, Surtur, and Thanos.

Thor is gone again, traveling through space with a bunch of mercenaries she’s never heard of.

Maybe I'm just projecting because I want someone in-universe to mourn Asgard and everything those people must have lost in what must seem like a very short amount of time to them.

I always thought Thor x Sif had the potential to be a very stable, well-rounded couple. However, given Thor's general arc in the first two movies it would have seemed a little off, thematically speaking, if he ended up with the immortal warrior princess/long-time friend that his parents wanted him to get with all along.

However, post-Ragnarok/Endgame I think there is a lot of dramatic/narrative potential to a romantic reunion between Thor and Sif, someone who knew him before everything started and can see how much he has changed. Maybe someone he didn't realize how much he cared for until she was gone.

For her it's a second chance at something she thought was lost, a piece of her past that's come back damaged and different but still worth fighting for.

Obviously, this is all conjecture. There's no guarantee that Sif will return in Thor 4. As a shipper part of me is hoping for it, however as a fan of her character I'm also worried about her being crammed in and either sidelined or mischaracterized by the those behind the scenes.

If she shows up in the Loki show, that's more screen time and room for character development.

However, I'm not hugely interested in Loki's show and depending on the direction it takes I'm not sure that it will play to her strengths as a character. My dream scenario was for Sif to have her own Xena-style high fantasy adventure (with Thor showing up in a supporting role) but that’s seem very unlikely.

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Anyway, I'm a multi shipper and I'm planning to do more of these for Thor x Valkyrie and Thor x Jane. I just wanted to get my fave out of the way first.

#sif x thor #thor x sif #thunderwar #thorsif #thor movies #thor mcu #thor shipping

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goblin-gardens · 5 years

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Gob Or Not? An Extremely Scientific Examination Of The Mighty Nein

A couple weeks ago, as an attempt to lure my friend Grim into Critical Role, I made a Goblin Inventory of the M9. this post is an updated survey of the team, slightly reformatted, mostly to be more accurate to my current understanding of the characters (as of Episode 58) and also funnier.

Abstract:

The goals of the initial report were two-fold. First, to examine the differences between being a member of the goblin species and Being Goblin, and second to determine whether Nott The Brave was truly the most Goblin of the group. The first findings showed that Nott scored a 40 out of 77 on the Goblin Scale, not an especially high score and far from the highest in the group. While the conclusions of this survey are not wildly different, the key to Science is repeating your experiments and coming up with not-exactly-identical findings, and doing this roughly a billion times and then you can say that you’re Probably Right (Most Of The Time).

The Goblin Quotient is determined by quantifying, on a scale of 0-11, how fully a person embodies each of the 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Goblins. These are, 1) Collection Of Crap, 2) Chaos, 3) Minionhood, 4) Gooey Center, 5) Laser Pointer Focus, 6) Furious Devotion, and 7) Hideous Cackling.

the full text of this very serious academic paper is under the cut and not behind a paywall.

1) Collection Of Crap

Top scorer, Caleb Widogast As a wizard, Caleb has purposefully immersed himself in Collecting. He is constantly filling his pockets with spell components including, but by no means limited to, sulfur, molasses, honeycomb, bits of copper wire, and literal bat shit. it’s all just. in his pockets. being slimy. Other Caleb Collections include: Books, Paper, Friends, Magic, and Pain. unfortunately, he still has not collected a fantasy therapist to help him KonMari some of it into healthier boxes. Nott’s new form has upped her Collecting habits, but this is a fundamental hobby of Veth’s. This quells some uncertainty about how much of this is truly Her. turns out, lots! (Runners up: Jester, with the animals and haversack of holding, Nott, with the buttons. Special mention: Fjord, with his balls.) Lowest Scorer, Yasha: a 6 of 11 ain’t shabby, but it’s not much compared to the others. This might be due to her having had less screen time, but she does tend to travel light.

Trait The Second) Chaos.

Top scorer, Jester Lavorre: The M9 are a pretty Chaotic group, but Jester is the only one who’s built a religion out of chaos. She’s a high priestess of drawing dicks on things. Her magic powers come from a divine mandate to fuck shit up. Pets (to which she has added Yarnball) up the chaos meter, and their virtually indestructible plot armor means they’re not going anywhere execpt maybe home wth Yeza. In general, Jester’s childhood in the Lavish Chateau was sort of like a pandora’s jack in the box getting wound tighter and tighter and tighter past all physical comprehension, and though the lid has been lifted, the spring is only just starting to sproing. we haven’t even reached the Zenith yet! After seeing some more of Veth and Yeza, it’s clear they’re not the most sedate of couples. Some eyebrows have definitely gotten singed in the Brenatto lab. However, since they aren’t the ones who burned it to the ground, a bit of Safe Science Techniques have to at least be assumed. (Runner up: Molly, with the egg dick incident) Lowest scorer, Beau: She’s not settling down, but she is… settling. Beau does her share of the check-ins, and has made the highest number of Agreements To Not Be Assholes Together. She might be in the running for mom friend??

C) Minionhood.

Top scorer, Fjord “No-Name” Swordvjore. In CR, goblins are not often leaders. They will work together to target weaker and easy opponents, but aren’t typically masterminds. They aren’t prone to individual heroism and rarely, if ever, go out of their way to save a friend. In their villages, little value is placed on familial relationships or education, they’re not big team players, and everyone has a terrible sense of humor. So how does Fjord factor into this? By showing the other side of the coin, like how tactics that don’t rely on using yourself as canon fodder are more successful, or like how the power of friendship and diverse skill sets makes your team stronger. Nott is not much of a follower, though she is an aggressive supporter. Though both these green kids were outcasts when they were younger, finding love with Yeza, stating a family and running a business has given Veth a strong sense of what she wants, and it’s not to be a leader or a follower. (runners up: Caduceus Clay, committed WildMinion and Jester, Travelerite) Lowest scorer, Caleb Widogast. He’s had his brush with Minionhood and the further and safer from it he feels, the more he wants revenge.

Four) Gooey Center Top scorer, Yasha Nydoorin. The Gooey Center is protected by a spiky, brittle, intimidating, crunchy, and/or off putting exterior. Yasha is our big, scary, tenderhearted wlw. our giant soft-hearted, angelic, full-of-boiling-murderous-rage, lightning-punching, funeral-not-having runaway who loves her wife and makes us cry. she shaves her arms with her sword. she uses books in non-traditional ways. she vanishes into the night sometimes in a very mysterious and tragic manner. she is our most Romantic player character, and she is super ripped and super queer, which are all aspirational goblin qualities. in practice, most goblins connect with their gooey center by being squished by someone like Yasha, maybe with a giant hammer. Nott does more to protect others’ feelings than her own, really. Poking at her sore spots makes her stab at yours, but she’s pretty up front about how she feels. When actually fighting, she’s proven to be pretty adept at not being hit. (runners up: Caleb, glass canon with a very crunchy exterior, Fjord, known horc twunk, Caducues, mystery boy, and Molly, who rudely showed us just how how close that center can be to the surface) Lowest scorer: Nott! She’s actually…. Relatively well adjusted? Has emotional intelligence?

5️⃣) Laser Pointer Focus Top scorer: Caduceus Clay. Related to Minionhood, this is the aspect of Goblinry that the leader uses to achieve goals. the dogged focus of a True Goblin is powerful and direct, but can be redirected with the proper pressure or leadership, or lost when a cause or leader is not compelling enough or doesn’t provide adequate payment. the Laser Pointer Focus has an investigatory aspect as well, gathering little bits of info from every which way in moments, though the information gathered is rarely put to use immediately. Caduceus, who sees all but doesn’t always act on it, and is content to support the Nein and follow their meandering path to his goal, checks many of these boxes. Nott knows exactly what she wants in life, which is her old life. She knows how to get it, which is to keep Caleb alive until he can learn a powerful enough spell. The difference between her pursuit of her goal and Caduceus’s lies in the fact that this isn’t a Hero’s Quest for her, with no Tests of Character or Symbolic Goals set or arbitrated by an outside force. (runners up: Fjord, spiritually chasing a laser pointer at all times, Jester, whose laser pointer always points at chaos. Special mention: Frumpkin) Lowest scorer: Beau. Maybe she’s still figuring out what her driving forces are. She knows what they aren’t, but Not Being The Same Type Of Shitty As My Dad isn’t a full thesis. She’s dedicated to protecting her friends, but until we see exactly what it is that she defines herself in opposition to (ie. get that sweet sweet Loregard) her intentions might remain a bit fuzzy around the edges.

VI) Furious Devotion Top scorer: Beauregard Lionett. Also going hand in hand with Minionhood (Minionhood has two hands), this is the trait that makes goblins actually willing to die in battle against adventurers and town guards and shit. It doesn’t require any comfort with or willingness to follow authority, it’s the more feral side of love that is reigned in by Minionhood in true Goblins. this is the part of the Goblin that drives the Collecting of Crap because it genuinely loves all the shit it finds. Beau is a prime example of this trait, especially because as she gets more and more invested in a person or ideal, her willingness to let go, even in the face of likely death, decreases dramatically. see episode 55 for reference, among others. she also has a rather Goblinish inability to effectively communicate the depths of her feelings, though this is sort of an aspect of her defense of her Gooey Center and something she’s actively working on. Now here’s something Nott’s got. So much love. More love than can be contained by one family. Angry love, protective love, throw-all-the-dishes-on-the-floor-in-a-pile love. Draw the dragon’s attention so her friend she’s had for less than a day can get away love. She can and will sacrifice herself for the people she cares about. (runners up: Nott, whomst loves, Yasha, very good at using the Fury to pursue the Devotion, Jester, whose love is so powerful it brings people back from the dead, and Caleb, even less able to discuss his feelings than Beau) Lowest scorer: Fjord. This does NOT mean he doesn’t love his friends, or that he’s not sometimes very angry, but they aren’t connected. He’s still keeping everyone at arm’s length, tbh. Again, this is something that will be easier to judge with more backstory.

and finally 7) Hideous Cackling Top Score: Mollymauk Tealeaf. This is what a Goblin does when surveying their Collection of Crap and the Chaos they have caused. This is how they communicate with fellow Minions in the know, how they react to seeing someone else’s Gooey Center, to catching the Laser Pointer. This is the easiest way to express their feelings of Devotion. The Hideous Cackle of a True Goblin is un-selfconscious and entirely for the benefit of the Cackler. Cackling Hideously is an act of self love. You can find your goblin group by listening to the Discordant Chorus made by Cackling together, and when you’re all reveling in the cacophony, there you are. It’s a little hedonistic and a little punk and a little queer, disregarding conventional expectations of beauty or family or polite behavior, and all about diving deep into the things that you are and the things that make you happy. An extremely Molly philosophy, truth be told. Nott Cackles, sometimes. More since Yeza is back. Unclear whether this arc ending in safe Brenatto Boys will leave her more prone to Cackling, or if she’ll miss them and be too sad :( (runner up: Jester, gleeful agent of chaos) Lowest scorers: Caleb and Fjord. Part of their higher charisma is being careful with their words and presentation. A truly Hideous Cackle doesn’t have time to be self conscious.

And now, the rankings themselves!

Nott The Brave Collection of Crap– So. Many. Buttons. 10/11 Chaos– FLUFFERNUTTERRRRRRRRRR! 8/11 Minionhood– Eh. She’s more of a supporter than a follower. 3/11 Gooey Center– She’s not particularly secretive about her feelings or opinions 4/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Her main goals are all inwardly motivated and have not changed during the campaign. 3/11 Furious Devotion– Her love is extremely powerful. 10/11 Hideous Cackling– Reunited with her husband, she has felt freer to Cackle, she also seems to appreciate her current job a lot 6/11 total score: 44/77

Caleb Collection of Crap– keeps everything in his pockets except for his cat, which is in his heart. 11/11 Chaos– Absolutely creates it, and is starting to revel in it. 6/11 Minionhood– Formerly a Minion, he is now hellbent on the destruction of the System. Good for him. 0/11 Gooey Center– Easily smashed by any large or medium-sized hammer, but maintains staunch denial of inner Gooeyness. 8/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Has goal, will travel. Difficult to redirect. 5/11 Furious Devotion– Slow to accept his own devotion, but very committed once he has. 10/11 Hideous Cackling– Having friends and talking about his feelings is good for him. He’s getting better at this. 3/11 total score: 43/77

Yasha Collection of Crap– A whole book of pressed flowers! 6/11 Chaos– She doesn’t really revel in it :/. 5/11 Minionhood-- Serves a higher power and follows along the decisions of others in the group, even when not super enthused about them, like going to Xhorhas. 8/11 Gooey Center– All the Gooeyer for being well protected, and though her emotional walls are not the most formidable in the party, the amount of protected feeling was unexpected 11/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Loyal to two guides, the Stormlord and the M9, though the Stormlord can pull her easily away from the group. 9/11 Furious Devotion– Very very angry. 10/11 Hideous Cackling– Could stand to be a bit more open about it. 4/11 Total score: 53/77

Fjord Collection of Crap– Collection is limited in scope and volume, but high in Strangeness. 8/11 Chaos– a troublemaker, for sure and certain. 7/11 Minionhood– Literally A Minion right now, summons demonic minions on occasion. 11/11 Gooey Center– Desperately wants somebody, anybody, to tell him he’s doing a Good Job. Adamantly refuses to admit that. 8/11 Laser Pointer Focus– this man cannot resist pushing buttons, be they physical, emotional, or likely to end the word. 10/11 Furious Devotion– He is angry, but it’s not focused. To get more points here, he needs to be less angry at himself. 3/11 Hideous Cackling– too self conscious! loosen up! needs to Cackle in his own voice. 3/11 total score: 50/77

Beau Collection of Crap– Wants to know everything, is building a family. Some points lost for minimalist monk aesthetic. 8/11 Chaos– Aspiring member of Nott the Best Detective Agency, punches people to learn about them. BUT she is apparently a Voice Of Reason, which makes it harder. 4/11 Minionhood– would destroy me for even suggesting it. 1/11 Gooey Center– just! wants! everyone! to! get! along! 7/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Is becoming a moral compass? 2/11 Furious Devotion– JUST! WANTS! EVERYONE! TO! GET! ALONG! 11/11 Hideous Cackling– Tries too hard to be cool. Like yeah, she is cool, but she tries too hard to make sure people know. 5/11 total score: 38/77

Molly Collection of Crap– Behold the coat. 8/11 Chaos– He has that certain je ne se quois. 10/11 Minionhood– The Moonweaver in not a fan of her followers following anyone’s orders. also he has his own minions and doesn’t want them 3/11 Gooey Center-- Loves openly and without reservation. and also…………………… 8/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Molly’s focus is loving his friends and knowing fuck all. 5/11 Furious Devotion– Found a tall sad lady and made his circus adopt her. gives money to orphans. 7/11 Hideous Cackling– Genuinely personified this action for two years. 11/11 total score: 52/77

Jester Collection of Crap– In addition to being the Holder Of The Bag, she also collects doughnuts and cool shit. While most of her random shit has potential uses, it’s also a whole lot of random shit. Some of its weasels. 10/11 Chaos– Spreading discord is a religious mandate for her. Her powers come from chaos. 11/11 Minionhood– A champion of the Yes And, she is more likely to voice her opinion of an existing plan than come up with her own. She is definitely a better minion than the Traveler’s other ONE. 10/11 Gooey Center– Physically well-defended, she has the luxury of wearing her heart on her sleeve. 6/11 Laser Pointer Focus– It might seem like she’s easily distracted, but that’s actually because her surface level attention is secondary. her primary goal is actually Fucking Shit Up, and she’s good at it. 7/11 Furious Devotion– Gets attached and does. not. let. go. 10/11 Hideous Cackling– The end goal of practically everything Jester does is Cackling With The Traveler, and she often succeeds. 10/11 total score: 64/77

Caduceus: Collection of Crap– Dude has a swarm of bugs living in his staff, and his backpack is full of tea. 8/11 Chaos– NOT a fan of stuff that disrupts the proper order of nature, but he is developing a wonderful and unique sense of humor. 5/11 Minionhood– Of all the M9, Caduceus has the strongest adherence to an ironclad and pre-written set of ethics and willingness to follow the path a greater power has laid out for him. 10/11 Gooey Center– Encourages everyone else to talk about their feelings, yet doesn’t talk about his own in the same way. Mysterious. 7/11 Laser Pointer Focus– Has a well-defined goal, but not a well defined path. 11/11 Furious Devotion-- You can’t be On A Quest To Save Your Home (And The World?) if you’re not devoted to your home. However we haven’t seen the fury? Structured devotion is different and not exactly Goblin. 5/11 Hideous Cackling– Cackling is a bit more intense than what he does, but he’s on the right track. 5/11 total score: 51/77

final ranking (out of 77)

38, Beau 👊

43, Caleb 🐱

44, Nott 🏹

50, Fjord 🗡️

51, Caduceus 🐞

52, Molly 🎴

53, Yasha ⚡

64, Jester 🦄

All in all, a pretty Goblin Group, and Nott, the only one who is physically a goblin, is not even in the middle of the pack. Clearly, true Goblin Spirit is something else all together.

It seem that perhaps the True Goblin Was The Friends We Made Along The Way. also Jester.

#critical role #cr2 #the mighty nein #nott the brave #veth brenotto #caleb widogast #beauregard lionett #fjord #caduceus clay #mollymauk tealeaf #yasha #jester lavorre #critrole #is this a Whole Lot? yes #was it fun? also yes #is it better than the original version? yes

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Shikamaru or Senku?

Damn, anon. You really just came for my throat like that. I don’t know what I’ve done to hurt you but, from the bottom of my heart, I apologize. I swear it won’t happen again. 🤧

Okay, okay. All jokes aside. This is a real toughie and I’m gonna have to reveal just how much of a dumb bitch I really am to explain my answer. Yes, I fall back on the zodiac to fill in any gaps in characterization and determine just how compatible I actually am with fictional men. Sue me. As per usual, this post got a bit away from me so if you want to skip down to the TL;DR for my final answer, please do. I encourage it, actually. lol

Ishigami Senkuu

January 4th - Capricorn

Strengths: leadership, responsible, disciplined, self-control, good managers

Weaknesses: lack of compassion, know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending, expecting the worst

“Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience or expertise.”

“Known for their rational approach to life and their emotions are often well hidden from plain view. Not only is it imperative for them to stick to the realm of absolute intimacy to open their heart for someone but they are often not fully aware of their feelings before hardships occur. This will put pressure on their love life as they have to make a strict and specific equation out of everything, distancing them from carefree and smiling partners who wish to have fun in a relationship.”

“There is nothing easy in the love life of these individuals but they will not see this as the end of the world. They have enough passion and warmth carried within and if mutual respect is found and strong boundaries respected both ways, they will be prepared to let someone into their world and protect them with their shield.”

“As an earth sign, Capricorn has a powerful and instinctive sensuality which expresses itself in a straightforward and natural way without the need for props, frills or adornment. Is it somewhat bereft of romance? Well maybe, but what Capricorn lacks in the way of sentimentality, it more than makes up for in terms of responsibility and discretion ... once it overcomes its initial reserve and caution, it can usually be relied upon to give full satisfaction, no matter how long it takes. As with most other things in its life, Capricorn prefers to take its time over its lovemaking, and its highly developed self-control gives it the stamina to stay the course.”

Nara Shikamaru

September 22 - Virgo

Strengths: pure emotion, loyal, analytical, kind, hardworking, practical

Weaknesses: sensitive to toxic environments, shyness, worry, overly critical of self and others, all work and no play

“Virgo’s are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true or even relevant when opposed to reason.”

“Feelings of love and life may be a bit like ocean waves that move with the current. With so much water flowing through their primal nature, their rational mind will easily fade around those that touch their heart. This makes them vulnerable to all sorts of betrayals and wrong compromises along the way. They need to be stable and firm in understanding and deciphering their own feelings before anyone else’s or they might lower their guard too far down.”

“They need a partner who is as fragile as they are but also someone who is aware of the strength of their emotional world.”

“ Many Virgos aren’t particularly comfortable with demonstrative displays of emotion or dramatic, over-the-top outbursts. Normally quite shy by nature, they prefer to express their affection in tangible, down-to-earth ways: love for them is about actions, not just empty words. Big worriers who don’t find it easy to show their feelings, Virgos are prone to internalizing their anxieties about their physical desirability – frequently making themselves ill in the process – and can often be a bit uptight around sex. To balance this, they need lots of reassurance that they’re actually perfectly okay!”

Now ... y’all can correct me if I’m wrong, but that all sounds pretty spot on to me. Like, it’s accurate. I’ve mentioned this a few times when replying to comments on my Dr Stone fics, but I really enjoy how nuanced Senkuu is because there’s a lot going on under the surface of his cool facade. He’s very task-oriented and objective about what needs to be done, but he’s also extremely sympathetic towards others even if he tries to play it off. It seems hard for him to be honest about his feelings because, frankly, they’re not rational enough for his liking, so he tries to find ways to justify them. On the flip side, Shikamaru is a little similar with his cool, objective-oriented outer shell but he’s conversely quite sensitive. Like, hella sensitive. That boy is not anywhere near as tough or impenetrable as he acts and I do think at least part of that is a defense mechanism of some sort to shield his heart, even before Asuma died but especially afterward. They’re both tough to penetrate emotionally and they guard their true feelings so well that it actually does manage to fool people. I mean both the characters around them and also the fans watching at home. So at this point, there doesn’t seem to be a conclusive winner and it should come down to a simple matter of preference, right?

Well, let’s see what the stars have to say about throwing a Leo into the mix.

Capricorn + Leo

“... have one thing in common and it’s their awareness of self. It will be a rare occasion when Leo is attracted to Capricorn but the other way around seems more probable.”

“Both are extremely devoted, especially to each other. Although they may seem to be an unlikely couple on the surface, their love will grow as they discover similarities.”

“Like Barbie and Ken, you’re a good looking pair ... your shared love of achievement and impressive ambition sends power couple fantasies running through your heads. If you’re out to conquer the same goal, your combined skills make you quite an awesome force to behold.”

“The physical intimacy between a Leo and a Capricorn is where this mismatched couple can come together. Leo is hot, physical, feminine, [and] enjoys giving pleasure. In a day to day life, Capricorn is reserved and proper but when it comes to sex, he wants it wild, woolly, rough and tumble. Lucky for him, Leo has a similar sexual appetite. It’s in bed where Leo has the power to make customarily reserved Capricorn throw caution to the wind and become a bit crazy in love.”

“What you’ve got here is one sign with a forensic eye for detail and another who paints with an incredibly broad brushstroke. The possibility of driving each other crazy is real.”

“Capricorn is more likely to be attracted to Leo than the other way around - they’ll watch the lion prance, preform and captivate with their personality and either instantly dislike or feel uncomfortably drawn to them.”

The good: both seek success, Capricorn teaches Leo patience, Leo teaches Capricorn passion

The bad: Leo thinks Capricorn is a cold fish, Capricorn thinks Leo is a show off, it all gets too hard to compromise

Virgo + Leo

“Their rationality might turn into an intellectual battle for sexual dominance, that is, if they ever reach the point in which they both want to have sex with each other.”

“Leo shows Virgo good times and fun, and introduces the spontaneity that is often missing from Virgo’s life. Virgo teaches Leo patience and focuses their intellectual energy.”

“Leo plays cheerleader to pessimistic Virgo while levelheaded Virgo steps into the therapists role, mirroring Leo’s angst until a breakthrough is reached. This is a safe emotional harbor for both of you.”

“Virgo and Leo see their time together in bed as a celebration of their love and commitment. Both are hopeless romantics so there will be plenty of physical foreplay, including morning kisses, long evening embraces, candles, flowers, and massages. A creative and open minded Leo is always willing to try something new and Virgo, who is no prude either, will be a willing follower. Together these two can reach sexual heights they’ve never experienced before.”

“A comedy of errors ...Leo and Virgo are forever working through misunderstandings and mending communication fences. Often it’s as if they speak different languages.”

“Leo pounces and Virgo, invariably, plays hard to get, rebuffing the lion and appearing completely underwhelmed by their charms. This of course drives Leo into a frenzy of heightened passion - they pull out their A game and deliver super hot maneuvers. The funny thing is that such scenarios are usually Virgo devised and orchestrated. They’ve probably observed the flamboyant lion in action - noted that everyone submits to their charisma and decided to go in the opposite direction. If played correctly Leo becomes a lovesick pussy cat ...”

“Virgo is a bit of a tease - for much of the “falling in Love” phase they love-starve Leo who shamelessly begs for morsels of affection. It actually makes the attraction between them electric.”

The good: Virgo teaches Leo patience, Leo teaches Virgo to have fun, they are fascinated by each other

The bad: messy Leo drives neat freak Virgo crazy, negative Virgo brings Leo down, poor communication abounds

So ... what did we take from all that? Well, first of all, both of them are apparently going to teach me patience which I admit I sorely need. Conversely, I’d bring passion, fun and spontaneity to their lives. On one hand, Senkuu seems like he’d be much more drawn to me than Shikamaru because even though I do stay drinking my dumb bitch juice, we have similar driving forces in our lives and I’m not a complete idiot. I love science, especially when it comes to learning about space and how the world works, just not the mathematical portion. That part can eat my ass tbh. On the other hand though, if Shikamaru and I could sort of find a common ground to stand on it sounds like it would be a very healthy relationship for the both of us which I need so badly it’s kind of not funny. Like, I’m self-aware enough to realize what I need out of a hypothetical relationship and it (unfortunately) is the kind of emotional connection that facilitates healing and growth rather than stagnation. I don’t think either of them would just sit there and watch me flounder in my angst, as one of those quotes put it, but everything is pointing at Shikamaru being much more well equipped to tackle the problem while simultaneously needing the same in return, which I would be more than happy to give him.

TL;DR: I actually cannot pick between them. I just can’t do it. I love them both for strangely similar but also drastically different reasons and, objectively, I can’t say I like one more than the other. Both give me soft, doki doki feelings that I don’t know what to do with and even after thinking on it for about two hours, I’m incapable of saying with definitive certainty that I like one more. So all I can go off of is what the zodiac has to say about our compatibility which is pointing at both potential relationships being rocky with their ups and downs, but Shikamaru being the more sensitive of the two comes out the winner in the end. That’s not to say I wouldn’t work with Senkuu to truly become the power couple we both secretly crave, but I know my emotions can get away from me at times and it seems to me that Shikamaru would be a smidge more understanding in that department.

I realize this definitely isn’t the answer you were expecting, anon, and I absolutely considered scrapping this whole post more than once. lol But I didn’t want to shrug off the question just because I couldn’t decide which of them I liked more. Anyway, for the sake of posterity, here’s what the zodiac has to say about me for comparison.

August 7th - Leo

Strengths: Energetic, creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted, cheerful, humorous

Weaknesses: Hasty, arrogant, stubborn, self-centered, lazy, inflexible

“Love is the focus point of these individuals, and while their intellectual and instinctive sides are the first ones to show, we will see that they seek someone equal, to share their inner states with. They need a lot of support and a calm partner that soothes their Soul, someone quiet enough and intimate enough to feel safe with. Easy to detach from reality and our planet Earth, their relationships either speak of the unseen and the impossible or present a safe haven where their bodies can rest, and their routine can be brought to balance.”

“Open for new things and often ready to openly show their sexuality, they need a fine touch of love they are worthy of in this lifetime. Romance can be obstructed by their need to prove a point or become the image of something they admire, but as they get closer to their inner truth and become aware of their talents and potentials, they invite the right partner to be within a strangely peaceful union. Although they sometimes stand opposed to marriage and structures and forms that put any relationship in a drawer, they will gladly commit to the right person by their side, in all those surprising and unusual ways.”

“This Fire sign is passionate and sincere and its representatives show their feelings with ease and clarity. When in love, they are fun, loyal, respectful and very generous towards their loved one. They will take the role of a leader in any relationship, and strongly rely on their need for independence and initiative. This can be tiring for their partner at times, especially if they start imposing their will and organizing things that aren't theirs to organize in the first place. Each Leo needs a partner who is self-aware, reasonable and on the same intellectual level as them. Their partner also has to feel free to express and fight for themselves, or too much light from their Leo's Sun might burn their own personality down.”

“Sex life of each Leo is an adventure, fun and very energetic. This is someone who has a clear understanding of boundaries between sex and love, but might fail to see how important intimacy and emotional connection is to the quality of their sex life. Every Leo needs a partner to fight through their awareness and reach their sensitive, subconscious core, in order to find true satisfaction in a meaningful relationship.”

(Spoiler alert: this is all true, except the part about taking on the role of leader in relationships. I genuinely love being dominated in bed, but only if I deem my partner worthy or adequate enough to get the job done. Other than that though, I can’t say any part of this is horribly incorrect. Oops. : / )

#inane rambling #naruto #dr stone

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lesbiansforboromir · 5 years

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Ok I’ve been thinking about “Boromir Lives Succession Crisis” fic all day and I would love your Opinion on how best to achieve the first half of that clause. I feel like there’s basically 3 options 1) Faramir goes on the quest instead 2) Frodo successfully slips off unnoticed and Boromir doesn’t confront him and the party isn’t split when the orcs attack 3) Everything happens as in the book but Boromir isn’t shot (1/2)

(2/2) I’m kind of leaning towards either 1 or 3. 1 because I think it would strengthen Boromir’s claim and pretty much eliminate any bond he developed with Aragorn over the quest, making him more likely to contest the claim, and it has the possibility for good Fari drama. 3 is probably more straightforward but gets real hairy in sorting out the specifics, as well deciding at what point Boromir’s opinion on Aragorn would change etc. Curious how you would handle it!

👀👀👀 I stan you specifically for letting me talk about this- OK SO.

I have played out each one of these possibilities with @emynarnens so many times that this is the only thing I’m qualified to do now. So to start off!

I don’t think I would recommend #1. Boromir’s effect on Aragorn is a pretty vital piece of Character development for him. Viggo Mortensen actually mentions it but we can see it in the Books too, Aragorn goes from considering the men of Rohan corruptible and weak willed to agreeing with Boromir that he does not believe they gave in too Sauron’s bribery. Essentially Boromir challenges Aragorn to rethink his attitude to humanity, both in others and within himself. Faramir is far too enamoured with the idea of Aragorn’s nobility and royalty and I don’t think he would challenge him in the same way, or at all really.

#2 and 3 do create issues in terms of the general plot of merry and pippin needing to be with the ents, but if Boromir doesn’t feel he betrayed the fellowship and committed a grievous crime he would perhaps feel a stronger sense of self worth and therefore is certainly shot but doesn’t quite die. Too wounded to stop the Hobbits from being taken, but not dead. Although I would also say that Boromir’s momentary madness and loss of control and the guilt he feels afterwards is also an important piece of character development for him, even if he dies immediately afterwards. He realises he sacrificed too much of his own integrity and lost too much hope in his single minded drive to defend Gondor. His sacrifice for two hobbits, who are just his friends, brings back some of that care and concern the Ring’s influence had worn away.

But have no fear! I wouldn’t call it necessary to take away any of what happened there. Remember in the books Boromir was not just pierced by three arrows, he was pierced by VERY many, and Pippin tells us Boromir was still up and fighting when he lost consciousness. Indeed, just before Pippin blacked out, he saw Boromir pluck a shaft from his side and continue with the battle, so reasonably the change simply could be ‘he wasn’t shot as much’. Obviously adhrenaline can keep you going and all that but these books are anything if medically sound and Boromir is just Like That. Wounded but not dead is a valid sacrifice and keeps the beats of the narrative intact.

I would also recommend this because there needs to be some reason Denethor believes his eldest son dead. It is a vital contribution to the darkness that eventually drives him to suicide and means you don’t have to work around Denethor also being alive when you’re talking about the whole issue with the coronation. Denethor can have witnessed a glimpse of Boromir’s fate through the Palantir, and then Faramir perhaps does find Boromir’s horn cloven in the river and Denethor takes this as proof of death in his darker state of mind.

With this in mind it’s also kind of necessary to have the hunters actually leave a wounded Boromir where he is and believe he will not survive. (I’d recommend this also just for the jab you can have Boromir give along the lines of, “What are you all waiting for? Will you compose a song for my funeral? The hobbits are getting further from you at every moment, go!” Because good god you three it’s enough to question how much you really care about your hobbit friends)

AND another thing is that this still allows Aragorn his indecision, whether to go with Frodo or rescue the Hobbits, which is also characterful and important. AND it reinforces Boromir’s love of the hobbits, demanding the three hunters leave him there to die in order to save them as he was unable too. There’s still a repentant sacrifice there.

But anyway the point is if Boromir is alive and perhaps found ‘dying but still with a chance’ by a company of Eored, then I would suggest he is forced to recover somewhere secluded throughout the events of Helms Deep. This is to make sure Pippin and Gandalf still think he is dead by the time they leave for Minas Tirith. It’s a shame because that would be cool for him to be involved, but if Pippin knows Boromir is alive then it’s unlikely that he wouldn’t tell Denethor that and, as I’ve said, Denethor’s grief is important.

If you really wanted Boromir at the battle at Helm’s Deep, you could go along the route of Denethor not believing Pippin, but that’s a stretch. I suppose you could also consider that the shock of it has already taken it’s toll on Denethor and even if he hears Boromir is alive, it’s done it’s job by the time Denethor believes Faramir will die and the City will be taken.

(Unless you do wanna contend with Denethor being alive which I also like but that does take away from the narrative simplicity of it just being about Boromir and Aragorn’s conflict and the complex emotions surrounding it. Denethor does not believe Aragorn should be king and it’s unreasonable to think Boromir would go against his father in this case so it detracts from the indecision somewhat. But I would say Denethor being dead is the better option just for this specific idea.)

As far as worrying about whether Boromir would contest Aragorn’s claim goes, I wouldn’t worry about that. Boromir never once accepts the idea of Aragorn as his King. Certainly they are friends, they work well together, he likes him, but his responsibility to his people and the laws of Gondor and his Father’s wisdom and wishes (especially now he’s dead) would supersede any personal connection they have. And really the best case Aragorn has for being worthy of the throne is ‘It was in a Prophecy and also people like me’ so Boromir has plenty of reason to be like… suspicious about Aragorn’s aptitude.

I think having them as friends adds some interesting emotional elements to it actually, the balance of friendship vs responsibility. You mentioned Boromir’s opinion of Aragorn changing, but the truth is it never does. Boromir essentially ignores the fact that Aragorn is asking for the Throne for the entire book and just accepts him as a man who’s willing to give aide to Gondor. Which is all Boromir really cares about at the time, not really expecting any of them to live long enough for this to be a problem. The conflict between him and Aragorn about the kingship is manufactured by the film entirely.

In the end the probability is that Aragorn would become king, Aragorn did a good job at becoming heroic and he does seem to have burst out of nowhere and saved everyone. Even the Lords are for it, it appears. I think the eventual crux of it would be the kinds of requests, clauses and checks Boromir would demand Aragorn agree too. How they should change the nature of a King’s rule to fit in with this more egalitarian society Gondor’s grown into. Boromir would also ensure Aragorn went through the proper channels, that a council of Lords was held and his Kingship debated and voted on, make the whole thing something everyone participates in and understands.

You mentioned Faramir drama too but we’ll get that in SPADES when he’s fighting with his brother over his treatment of Aragorn. Faramir really is thoroughly taken in by Aragorn’s mystique and his reaction to him is to cast off any and all tradition and agree to his coronation on the spot. This could also be because Aragorn saves his and Eowyn’s life, but still he and Boromir will have some serious issues, perhaps for the first time in their relationship so that’d be super fun to explore.

IN CONCLUSION!

I’d suggest absolutely nothing changes except for the severity of Boromir’s wounds. Aragorn still finds him, he still begs Aragorn to save Minas Tirith. The only difference is he verbally tells Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas to leave him and save Merry and Pippin and he is alive when they go though they do not expect him to recover.

He is found by some Eored and taken to a nearby Rohir settlement (In LOTRO it’s a small town called Walstow and the Thane is a little plagued by the Uruks running around so it could also be a kind of mini adventure for Boromir with helping them repel attacks and eventually being able to evacuate to Dunharrow?) But whatever happens, he doesn’t rejoin his friends until after Pippin and Gandalf leave for Minas Tirith.

addendum………………….

ON THE OTHER HAND…

I know everything I just said but like… forget it for a moment because I have a second suggestion that absolutely flounces every one of the points I just made but I like it because I’m a sap.

Gandalf slips up and tells them all on Caradhras that he doesn’t know the password into Moria.

Aragorn: “What?! Then why are we even discussing it? Boromir’s right, we should risk the Gap of Rohan, at least we will not be so enclosed.”

Gandalf: “I can figure the password out when we get there!”

Aragorn: “Tosh! We could be discovered, pursued or killed long before you rattle through every possible way inside. Nope! The Gap of Rohan it is!”

And then they make their way down south and oh wow! Here’s the Prince of Rohan and he has an entire camp of loyal soldiers who could defend this little party.

And Theodred exclaims ‘here is Boromir! My (love, partner, boy) friend! I, of course, trust him and his fellows. Let me just finish this skirmish- whoops! That was a close one thanks Boromir, who I love, for being here to save me from that Orc or I would have been dead! Wouldn’t that be terrible? Anyway we are still losing here so let me and Erkenbrand and Grimbold all escort you to safety.’

‘Oh? Your two young Hobbit friends left in the night did they? How strange, I hope they come to no harm but I suppose we shall all have to focus on defending Helms Deep for now. I’m very glad I’m here with you Boromir, to be a friendly face who knows when you are acting strangely and remind you of your humanity and softer side, you didn’t seem to be doing very well in the midst of these very strange and not particularly empathetic friends of yours!’

… Your choice of course ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#boromir #tolkien #aragorn #rescue-ram #tolkien meta #lotr #lord of the rings #I spent all day on this and it was great fun thank you #erran vs tolkien #text post #chats

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breeeliss · 5 years

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*bursts into your inbox* WEDDING!!! We could all use a nice allurance wedding snippet 💖💙

//allurance

“lance what are human weddings like?”

he was just on the edge of sleep when allura asked, the hand stroking his hair having stopped a while ago when his breathing deepened. but her whispered question pulled him awake as he tightened the arm around her waist. “mmwha was tha’?”

“weddings,” allura giggled. “tell me about weddings.”

lance craned his neck to stare at the clock on his bedside table. “now? naked in bed at two in the morning?”

allura walked her fingers across his pectorals. “i can’t sleep. i’m still trembling from earlier.”

“really? that good, huh?”

she gently smacked his shoulder as his whole body shook with laughter. “oh shut up. i’m not the one who fell asleep right afterwards. tired you out, did i?”

“never. i’ll always have enough energy for you. and i did not fall asleep, i was just catching my breath. i’m a healthy virile young man, thank you very much.”

allura snorted. “you’re a pussycat, lance. scratch behind your ears just the right way and you’ll melt. you’re very easy to please.”

“how dare. so rude.”

she kissed him on the tip of his nose before settling in between his legs and resting her chin on his chest. “you’re avoiding my question.”

“i mean there are a lot of different types of human weddings. culturally different, you know? you have to be more specific.”

“alright, cuban weddings then.”

“are you doing research for anything i should know about?”

allura nibbled on her lip. “nothing specific, i just…well i don’t know. i just got to thinking that when we got married – ”

“when?” lance grinned. “not ‘if’?”

she averted her gaze, but not before he pressed two quick kisses to her embarrassed smile. “you know what i mean! stop teasing.”

“i’m not teasing. it just makes me happy hearing you talk about our wedding as a thing that’ll definitely happen as opposed to something that might happen.”

“well of course. obviously not now, but i like the thought of us eventually doing it. it feels like such a natural next breath for the two of us. but we’re talking a multispecies wedding, so some thought should be put into it. it’s never too early for that.”

lance smiled. “well i’ve been thinking about our wedding since the day you agreed to go out with me.”

allura winked. “of course you have. now come on! weddings!”

“be more specific! what do you want to know?”

“how do engagements work? do you exchange tokens?”

lance nodded and ran finger down her left ring finger. “we do rings. so during a proposal you would kneel in front of the person you’re proposing to, present them the ring, and hope they say yes. it’s supposed to be a really spontaneous thing. the point is to surprise the person you’re proposing to. but that’s just the engagement ring. during a wedding ceremony, you both exchange weddings bands on top of that.”

allura held her left hand out in front of her. “we don’t exchange anything physical. we do tattoos.”

“like permanent ones?”

“yes. so you have to actually plan a proposal and tell the person in advance. it definitely isn’t spontaneous. you have to agree on a mark that you feel represents your relationship. some people choose old altean symbols, some people do pictures, some do sayings or words, it all depends. each of you tattoo half that mark in the inside of your right wrists to complete the engagement ceremony. then during the wedding ceremony, you complete each other’s marks in front of witnesses.”

lance’s brows went up. “that’s intense. what happens if you separate?”

“we’re encouraged to marry for life, but if a separation happens you just get the marks removed. it’s a bit of a laborious process though.”

lance curled a piece of allura’s hair around his finger. “i actually like that more than the ring. it’s more personal and doesn’t involve shelling out a ridiculous amount of money. you ever put any thought into what you’d want your mark to be?”

“not really. marriage was never on my mind until now. i’ve always thought having a picture as an engagement mark and having a quote being the finishing touch during a wedding ceremony would be nice. it’d sort of leave some anticipation leading up to the actual marriage. but who knows?”

“what are altean wedding ceremonies like?” lance asked.

“well, both the bride and the groom wear blue to symbolize their unending loyalty to each other. they stand before a room of witnesses and a wedding officiant and recite their vows to one another. then the tattooing ceremony. after that it’s different depending on what part of altea you’re from. i’m from the south of the main continent so there we do the hourglass ceremony.”

“and what’s that?”

allura took lance’s hand and gently laid hers on top of his. “so we both pour different colored vials of sand into an empty hourglass and let it run all the way to the bottom. the point is that no matter how many times the sand runs out, the grains will never be separated. it’s meant to show how your love isn’t contained within the bounds of time. it’s limitless. as all love should be.”

lance closed his fingers around her hand and pressed kisses to the knuckles. “that’s gorgeous. i don’t think we do anything nearly that intimate.”

“are human ceremonies different?”

lance squinted at the ceiling and started tracing shapes on her bare back. “well, brides wear white dresses and the grooms wear black tuxes. ah, that’s formal wear for men,” he explained when allura tilted her head. “you typically have a wedding party filled with friends and family that are there for you during the ceremony. the groom stands at the front with the wedding officiant and waits for the bride to enter, usually with her father, brother, or some other important male figure. then when the ceremony starts, the bride and groom recite their vows, exchange weddings rings, kiss, and then that’s it.”

“why white and black for the bride and groom?”

“brides used to wear white to symbolize their virginity, but i think it’s just done for tradition nowadays. definitely not a requirement.”

allura wrinkled her nose. “that’s so distasteful!”

“i mean the reason fathers typically walk their brides down the aisle is because it’s meant to symbolize giving their daughters away. because daughters used to be the property of their fathers up until they got married and became the property of their husbands.”

“lance that’s positively primitive and completely sexist. you do that for tradition’s sake?”

“i mean not everyone does. my family tends to be pretty traditional about that sort of thing. but i also had a cousin who walked herself down the aisle and wore a champagne dress. you can pretty much do whatever you want for your wedding. what matters is the ceremony part. you know, the vows and stuff. your promises to each other in life and in death. everything else is just fluff.”

“i do like that we have that in common,” she conceded. “preparing your own vows of commitment to each other.”

“look at that, we decided on one thing,” lance laughed. “i like the idea of the tattoos and the hourglass ceremony. we should do that. that’s part of your culture and i want to celebrate that with you. i’ll probably still get you a ring though. i’ve been dreaming of buying a girl her engagement ring since i was a kid.”

allura blushed. “i mean i wouldn’t complain about that. i also don’t mind you wearing human formal wear. but i’d love to at least wear a blue dress.”

“of course! you in a blue wedding dress would be damn stunning.”

allura perked up. “ooh! do you celebrate afterwards? what does that look like?”

lance cackled. “oh god, it’s like one huge party. we’re cuban so we invite as many people as physically possible. there’s always a crap ton of cuban food and a huge wedding cake. lots of music and drinking and dancing. you always have one aunt from somewhere that starts the rueda at weddings. we also do this really fun thing where any man who gets to dance with the bride has to pin money to her dress to help with wedding expenses. oh, and they go until super late too and everyone always goes home drunk.”

“is a rueda a kind of dance?”

“yeah, it’s basically a form of salsa. sorry, if you’re gonna marry me, you need to learn salsa. that’s a requirement.”

“alright, fair enough,” allura said. “but then you have to learn altean ballroom dancing.”

“only if you teach me.”

“oh no, i don’t know how the male parts of the dance work. you should get coran to teach you.”

lance frowned. “what? why? if i’m teaching you salsa why does coran have to each me altean ballroom?”

“because i don’t know how to lead and you’d have to be taught how to lead. i only know how to dance the girl parts.”

“aw, allura! that totally sucks! you have to teach me otherwise it won’t be any fun. coran is probably gonna be so extra about it.”

“i mean true but at least you’ll be in good hands. and i’ll be on the sidelines cheering you on and staying very far away from you both!”

lance dig his fingers into allura’s sides and tickled her until she started laughing into the crook of his neck. “you’re the worst.”

she kissed his neck and whispered against the shell of his ear. “you love me.”

“so much it hurts,” he agreed.

allura relaxed against him, staring out at the windows that they’d left open to let in the evening summer breeze. “we’re disgustingly compatible, that was far too easy. we have to argue about something. what cake flavors do you want?”

“it’d have to be earth flavors, so whichever one you wanted.”

“color scheme?”

“up to you.”

“party favors for guests?”

“you can pick.”

allura flicked him on the nose and smiled through her complaint. “lance stop deferring to me!”

“what?” he chuckled. “i don’t care what our wedding looks like so long as you’re the one i’m marrying. you know that.”

allura hid behind her hair. “stop being adorable, i’m trying to plan a wedding.”

“i’m not impeding you from doing that! i’m serious, have full reign. i’ll taste and look at every suggestion you come up with, but we can do whatever you want. start writing things down so we don’t forget and we’ll take it a step at a time.”

“so….we’re really planning this?”

lance shrugged with a dopey smile on his face. “i mean doesn’t hurt to be prepared, right?”

allura matched the smile and learned in for another kiss, this one lingering and lasting long enough to warm her body all the way down to her toes. “right you are.”

lance sighed against her lips. “i feel like i’m dreaming.”

“hold onto that feeling while you still can. wedding planning will quickly turn into a nightmare.”

“no, learning ballroom dancing from coran will be a nightmare.”

“you’re doing it lance.”

“i really think you could teach me if you just tried – ”

“lance i’m not doing it!”

“please?”

“i’m telling coran you have no faith in him.”

“feel free, i stand by my choice, i want you teaching me!”

“i don’t know how, i’m sorry!”

“allura, come on!”

#legitallurance #allurance #allura #lance #voltron #vld #voltron fanfiction #allurance fanfiction #my writing #ask #vixensheart

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lilmajorshawty · 6 years

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5th house “The After Party” part (1/3)💃🏾🕺🏿

Sun in the 5th house

-Ego dancer-

People with sun in the 5th house can be extremely magnetic! They ooze such radiance and poise but also an air of arrogance and superiority. Often these natives can feel as if they’re destined for more in this life which causes them to be very picky and easily restless when they’re in a position or situation limiting them of this perceived potential. Much of their confidence and tenacity caters to the immense amount of energy they pour into standing out as individuals, be it the nice house, the nice car, the looks, or the perfect partner. Sun in the 5th house natives are talkative but also very distant! You may never really know the depth behind their intentions but despite that they might still give you a warm air of honesty and amor that might cause you to lower your guard. The art often has to resonate with their identity and it can be very hard for them to not see themselves in their children or really in anything they bring into this world. Passion is in every fiber of their being no matter the sun sign and in most cases they can be drawn to danger and adrenaline so long as it causes them to be the star. The first dates are often dramatic and very summer esq! Cheesy nights out to the mall or something as big as a meet up at a race car rink. Sun in the 5th house natives are like lions and much to your surprise are very calm and relaxed when it comes to relationships! They normally love the dating scene as it allows them to really see if your “egos” blend well enough. Romance is extremely important but comfortability and “ease” are very important at least in the initial stages of dating! They won’t be as hungry for attention as you may think, and are more observant if anything in the first few months of dating as they’re gauging a plethora of different body movements, reactions and responses from you.

The party scene: they’re sooooooo easy to party with! They’re so adaptable to their environment and can read energies likes nobodies business. Normally they’re the ones in the limelight, or the one who’s turning heads even if they’re the shyest person there. Their eyes are often stationary and focused only shifting on whatever manages to catch their eye. Strobe lights and beach parties are their forte! Men and women here usually wear daring or blood red colors! Anything that is sensual and enigmatic.

☀️ Dayne S & colour your mind - sun

🌤 sons of Maria - chimera

Moon in the 5th house

-sensational cocktail-

Moon in the 5th house natives are very much so lovers of the night! These natives tend to be very private despite being situated in the 5th house. They can be drawn to darker interactions and even more taboo behavior(nothing illegal mind you aha) but they do love anything that should be better kept to secret. Intimacy and passion color much of the emotions they feel and often they might find themselves endlessly searching for passionate encounters no matter the circumstance as they tend to easily loose interest in half genuine endeavors. They can be social chameleons! With the moon here the propensity for absorbing the energies and frequencies of others is heightened. These natives aren’t as self defensive as most moons but are also less readable, the emotions may come out half heartedly especially in group situations as these natives tend to be very cautious of their own affections. The children are often a high point for the native and an aspect of life be it closely or indirectly that they pour much of their emotions into! Children truly brighten their day and even if the moon is afflicted children can be a huge catalyst for emotional growth and milestones. Moon in the 5th house natives breath life into their environments and can easily read everyone with precision. Albeit the night is their calling they tend to usually meet their lovers in more darker scenery and even in more night time aesthetic. They prefer passion in the first months and can be very moody about how and when things should get serious so expect a very back and forth sort of courting period with these lovers aha. Although they have big hearts they can often move to quickly or to slowly because of how turbulent their feelings can be. This is a very sexual placement for the moon and these natives often have a strong need to express their sexuality whilst other times being rather “abstinent”

The party scene: they’re the mysterious ones. You’ll often see them around friends or surrounded by familiarity. They’re often gazing the room never once making any committed gazes at any one thing. The eyes are often sad and you can be lured to how out of place they seem. They’re often least likely the dance but when they do they can send you into a trance, mainly because they’re dancing with such an intoxicating rhythm, so full of soul and eerie longing.

❄️ cages - listening

🌬 road kahan - Blue velvet

Mercury in the 5th house

-motionless heads-

Mercury in the 5th house natives are one of the more ambiguous ones. The mind and the body are often in a entanglement for these natives, caught between what they want to do and what they think they should be doing. Their is often a serpent like nature to their movements and even to the way they talk-often with double meanings and hidden innuendo. These natives can have you running around in circles as they lead you just where they want to, only using a few well timed phrases and smiles. They often find pleasure in investigations and even daily human interactions. People fascinate them but they also never really feel like they’re one of “us” they kind of skim through situations and people in a daily detached yet curious manner. The children they raise are often their best Friends and communication and understanding is often heavily focused upon as they value an open air of respect amongst them and those younger then them. They might also find themselves being drawn to more younger or even energetic dating partners although many aspects to mercury are to be taken into account as well as the sign. They normally aren’t the types to place priority into rushing the courting stage and usually aren’t the types to go super hard for a label unless the partner were to make it so. These natives tend to doubt themselves in romance quite a bit and can seem passive mainly because they’re themselves trying to build a level of comfort in making “Decisive” moves. That being said they loveeee to talk and even flirt with Potential love interest and in some cases they prefer that over the physical element of things.

The party scene: ah the bored ones. They can seem like they’re waiting for something to pop of or go bananas or in some cases they look like they’re off in yonder. They more curious and confident ones are branching out an meeting all the new faces while the more quiet ones are observing from the distance and shooting half awkward grins as the lights fade in and out. FLIRTY but essentially missing in action. They’re the devilishly handsome men and women without a name, the call you’ll never get to return.

🌾 million dollar weekends - Deja vu(Kato edit)

🌱 deep parliment - every side

Venus in the 5th house:

-sensual exchange-

Venus in the 5th house natives are honestly soft like honey. These natives can be about as innocent as a child and as mischievous as a teenager. They adore playing tag with the world around them, testing the limits. In a sense they see beauty in the world around them and because of this they’re extremely artistic even if they don’t resonate with their venus they’re often very socially gifted. Dance, singing, even simply acting or artistry is very common ground. For men I’ve noticed it adds a very charming grace to physical activity or even a inclination for acrobats. They tend to adore the children and place them on a high chair for better or worse. The children are usually VERY beautiful(this goes for all these placements by the way but venus in the 5th house babies are usually very “Venusian”) these natives PUT a lot into the dating scene often times they prefer the old traditional form of romance such as the nights out and the dinner parties. Most men and women here prefer to take someone out to a actual date-date with the fancy dress clothes and going to an actual restaurant 😘. They’re usually super old school about courting and aren’t into one night stands so to some they can seem prudish if they become evasive about “spending the night” they usually need to be charmed into anything so often times it truly is a game of tag.

The party scene: these natives can feel at home in a party. They easily emanate sensuality and pleasure without trying. People are often drawn to their aura and might feel the romance in the air. It can be a scene riddled with slow dances or one with lingering cheek kisses. The party scene is usually a little wild but with a cutesy undertone. They’re like the girls and boys next door of parties and can make the whole night some heart emoji rave.

🍂 confessionals ft. Hannah Rodriguez - Love is king( one bit remix)

🍁 harmo & vibes - never know

Mars in the 5th house

-Tantra disco-

Mars in the 5th house natives can be an overwhelming force both emotionally and physically. Many of us have our limits or even or reservations yet mars in the 5th house natives can seemingly go on for hours and hours long after the initial flavor has left the garnish. For them pleasure is the endless pursuit and it can seem like their is a smoldering intensity living in every glance, every movement and every sigh. These natives crave passion but also need to feel as if they’re EVERYTHING and ANYTHING someone’s ever wanted. Romance for them can be a bit stormy and sex filled as they often project their mars heavily in their sphere of romance. The danger exist in the fact that they can at times be too demanding in their romantic pursuits. They want Attention, but mars being the planet it is takes this to a new extreme as these natives often have an insatiable(and sometimes domineering) desire for love. They need to be someone’s end all be all otherwise they feel bored-for what is romance of it’s not all consuming? They can have pretty heated relationships with kids seeing as how children they bump into or produce have even stronger energies and egos then they do aha. My advice is to really focus on discipline in the younger years cause once they get older OH GOD. Sex and passion play a huge role in those first few months! And all the years after lmao.

The party scene: these natives are usually tame in the party environment. For mars in the 5th it’s more about energy and often they send it out whilst in the moment. Similarly to animals, they rely on instinct and body movement as a means of reading how and when they should react. They normally prowl the party rather than stay in one specific area as to not corner themselves. Men here speak with sexual innuendo, especially if someone catches their eye whilst women here can seem more tension filled in their actions as they make their way around the party. A very dark look.

🍖 disciples - 48HRS

🍒 Crotia squad - touch me(original remix)

Jupiter in the 5th house

-godly tango-

Jupiter in the 5th house natives are very complex works of art. The idea of art is often an every changing ideology for them as often their view on the world and spirituality as a whole comes into play. They normally view the world and romance as a series of fated events and often experience some of their most powerful experiences via art, romance and child bearing. Responsibility and ambition play a huge role into how they experience connections with others and normally despite their charismatic and often childlike wonder they’re often very serious about sharing affections with others. I see all the time that these natives date around or have a “expansive” amount of talents and to be honest the talents and artistic abilities they have originate from their own ability to dig within themselves as people. Romantic encounters might happen often but they’re often fleeting and serve the purpose of character growth for these natives. The children are often very enlightened and can often stray from societal norms as a means to seek clarity and alignment due to heightened spirituality given to them from the parent. The courting stage is often veryyyyy passionate and these natives normally meet their soul mate atleast once in their life. They usually don’t change their minds once they’ve chosen a partner and unlike the other planets here once they enter the courting stage, they’ve usually made up their minds about you from that point.

The party scene: the more forest, outdoorsy get together is more their scene! They love Bering surrounded by close friends and even to some extent strangers. They experience the party as a genderless/sexless encounter and usually love the lack of labeling and restriction in the party scene. They often prefer to submerse themselves in the energy of the party rather than standing out from it and can almost be hard to see because of how much they blend in with the sound or the crowd. They can become waves washing over you or they can be wind breezing along your hair.

🗺 charming horses - believe(radio edit)

🚏 goldfish - absolute power

Saturn in the 5th house

-Noir blooded-

Saturn in the 5th house natives are the jaguars and black panthers of the zodiac. These natives ooze this provocative yet discrete energy almost as if they’re completely out of reach even whilst being right in your face. They tend to carry a serious presence artistically and do well as movie directors and even as painters because of how well they convey truth, pain and even the darker sides of man we’d all rather ignore. These natives have an incredible beauty about them only second to their intimidating Aura. They tend to be somber and in some cases grim yet they more than most never really struggle with darker emotions and can pull themselves out of the shadows far easier than most. Intimacy is a heavy topic for them and due to early conditioning they often struggle opening up to potential lovers in the courting stage, even going as far to put them through endless trials before they can truly open up. Saturn in the 5th house natives although slower to open up tend to attract rather serious and dependable partners who prefer to stay the long haul! These natives tend to meet their lovers later in life and in some cases this can mean after high school! So don’t worry aha! Saturn usually ensures that their lovers are stable and forthright. The children are often taken on with full responsibility and can at times carry the same intensity and seriousness as the parent. They normally don’t have A lot of children as they worry about the “future” quite a bit. These natives are very old school romantics and loveeee to be spoiled and to spoil their lovers albeit it takes time for them to get comfortable! In private they’re intensely devoted and caring no matter what! They have an earthy sensuality about them that makes them so warm but they also have this intensity about them that makes them dangerously magnetic.

The party scene: often the ones sitting in between diming points in the lights. They often tend to have an air of superiority around them but can also seem a bit vexed as if they’re simply passing by. A HUGE give away is their eyes, they can seem like they’re old souls often looking in disarray at everyone around them. They often are immensely gorgeous and have very unique and often striking looks. These natives can look like a war could be going on and they’d still hold the same unmoved expression.

🎢 Madison Avenue - who the hell are you(dom dolls remix)

🗼 rain city riot - burning

Uranus in the 5th house

-cyber space dancer-

Uranus in the 5th house natives can seem like aliens from a distant land. Often these natives have a promiscuous air to them, as if anything and everything could be to their liking but also as if all of these things simultaneously could bore them. They tend to project an air of cool and welcoming provada. To them the linguistics of a social gathering can be a complex math problem, or it could be one huge puzzle waiting to be solved. They often tip toe around tension and feelings as if it were a trap but they also find themselves drawn to emotional displays and those of different emotional backgrounds them them. They tend to lack emotional discipline and can easily get entranced in love affairs that might not have been the smartest choice. Often times they try to distance themselves from a liaison but find it hard once sex and intimacy get involved in the deal. They tend to fall for friends or lovers in odd circumstances and can even seem elusive from time to time as they tug for independence. They adore freedom but also don’t like to much of it. They love children but also in a sense see them as some sort of weird species 😂 they want to understand but can also struggle with doing it the traditional way. The kids can be rather vacant emotionally but can also be very bubbly and dynamic. These natives tend to play hot and cold during the courting stage but as I said sex and intimacy changes things.

The party scene: my they can be very alluring. They have a way of seeming so emotionless and so void that reels everyone to them. They’re simply there to enjoy the act in the most detached means imaginable. The party scene provides a means of connecting and creating these fleeting but branched wires of thread from person to person without all the emotions and obligations that accompany them. They have this 80s synth wave aura to them and can seem a bit jaded and glossy eyed as if they’re a stranger in their own body as they bob and weave through the dance floor. They tend to love vintage and sort of oldie get togethers! The modern day jam bores them.

🚀 Au/Ra & camelphat - panic room

🛸 zhu x AlunaGeorge - automatic

Neptune in the 5th house

-intoxicated sea-

Neptune in the 5th house natives can be very vexing. Aura and innocence color them both In their art and also in their romantic endeavors. These natives see the good, the bad, the ugly, the villainous and the potential in everyone. These natives never lack awareness but may at times omit what is laying right before them for that one small chance at the rose colored glasses. These natives struggle with taking things as they are and often because of this they can be hit by hurtful and painful blows to their heart. The need to channel sorrow and disappointment into art is apparent and dare I say they tend to create some of the most beautiful pieces of literature and art or even dance when shedding pain. They tend to dive into raising their children and can sacrifice much for their children without a second thought. Neptune often creates a fragile child and can often mean that the newborn will need extra care during the initial stages of their life. The children are often deeply feeling and receptive to the environment. Romance and courting usually are seldom lighthearted and can be very life changing for these individuals! They tend to put their souls into those first months and can struggle forming boundaries at the onset!

The party scene: cool and icy in demeanor but inwardly very reflective and often retrospective. They don’t really physically attend the party! They’re normally somewhere else emotionally always, just taking in the moment. They often attach themselves to moments and sequences through actions and interactions in parties. Their is such a concentration of thoughts and feelings in the party scene that these natives can easily grow overwhelmed and even dissociate as a means of escape! In some cases this can be an indication of drug use during a party or heavy alcohol consumption as a means to cope with the emotional burden.

🎭 Oliver Schmitz & Micah Sherman feat. Denis Reno - waiting

🤹🏾‍♂️Hope - wanderer(Nu & Ky remix)

Pluto in the 5th house:

-Black whisky-

Pluto in the 5th house natives are nature’s witches. These natives can feel like a prolific exorcism with one gaze or like a icy colder than 0 brushing by. They often enjoy people watching as a means of analyzing human behavior. These natives tend to detach themselves from the “human” narrative and often have a tendency to isolate themselves from others. They value free thinkers and those who can fend from themselves, though this also means they strongly detest those with an inability to cope or an inability to be “alone.” There drawn to powerful souls and vice versa as these natives often have their fair share of demons and in some ways are demons themselves. They ooze intensity and strength because Pluto is clashing with the 5th houses bright and warm rays. These natives often have a love hate relationship with art and often can be IMMENSELY creative but often struggle with finding the emotional push to put their creations into action. Moodiness and emotional depression can cloud them and because of their intense aura they can often immerse others in their foul moods if not careful. Their courting stages are..very overwhelming. They tend to attract obsessive and sometimes very Plutonian partners who want every piece of them and vice versa so they tend to be heavily tension filled and fated due to Pluto’s karmic influence. Since they attract past lovers the sexual component upon re-meeting can be so powerful that the natives often can often get sexually involved with their lovers rather quickly. Relationships with children tend to be tense! Kids are usually very intimidated and cautious around these natives and usually once trust is established the children are very protective and clingy towards the natives. Childbirth could be tricky or just require a lot of fight so be prepared and usually the children will be very inquisitive and passionate-very Plutonian qualities.

The party scene: these natives can be very mysterious. They often take up the shadows in the room and can have an eerie/dangerous quality to them. They can be radiant like the sun but cold to the touch. These natives are usually off to the side or passively avoiding to much contact with crowds. They often prefer to be alone or in singlets. They loathe idle chit chat and may seem disinterested in obnoxious party goers. They move to their own beat and can have very sensual and sexy movements often dancing with such passion and yet such lighthearted joy. They tend to have intense gazes and can seemingly stare right though you. No matter the color of the eyes you’ll know you’re in the presence of one when they don’t look away. They’re not stranger to intensity and know just how to make all the eyes focused on them.

🏜 tobtok & Adrian lux - as I sleep(ft Charlee)

🌋 prince club & poupon - before(original remix)

#mine #5th house the after party #sun in the 5th house #moon in the 5th house #mercury in the 5th house #venus in the 5th house #mars in the 5th house #jupiter in the 5th house #saturn in the 5th house #uranus in the 5th house #neptune in the 5th house #pluto in the 5th house

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fluffy-flock · 5 years

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Idk why Tumblr likes to delete my asks instead of saving them as drafts 8)

But here we go, from @amuseoffirebane !

Laith -

Despite what he himself and everyone around him thinks, Laith can be incredibly smart. His big talents come in the umbrella of emotional smarts, and then animal and medical know how. He learns very well when he's interested in the topic and has a good teacher. Laith just doesn't learn in traditional environments, like reading and memorizing or listening to a lecture.

Eventually, in modern settings, he becomes a licensed doctor and works at a hospital for a while, before deciding he needs to leave. He's very empathetic, and I think it would be too emotionally taxing to work there day in and day out. Eventually he becomes an event planner and, while he sometimes wishes he could put his actual degree to more use, he's very happy!

Excerpt:

Laith is familiar with Kaenun's office, but walks around anyway. He looks over the little decorations. It was cute, he felt pretty at home here.

Laith almost stops to tell him he's not obligated again, but shuts his mouth. Clearly Kaenun likes him and wants to do this, and he should really stop insisting that he doesn't have to do any of these basic friendship things. He instead just listens to the music and the typing. At first he just sways a little while he looks over the office, but some point after he ends up behind Kaenun, he's dancing. It is very cute, and actually doesn't look bad. It's mostly bopping along as he walks around, still in the blanket and humming.

Laith suddenly remembers they were talking.

"Oh, it's not so much of a drive. Absolitely worth it for your company, Kae."

Kaenun smiles as he continues typing, actually finishing up by the time Laith speaks. He saves the document and and turns around. He's surprised Laith hasn't moved to sit anywhere yet - the floor and counterspace were free game, but his friend stood.

"Should I get a second chair?" Kaenun hums. If he was younger and more flirtatious he might have just pulled Laith into his lap, but he does not. Not yet anyway.

"Ah, I was just having fun dancing and looking around. Did I ever tell you that I used to take dance?"

Kaenun shakes his head. "Not that I recall. Was it fun?"

"So much fun! My parents made me take ballroom for forever, and it was okay, but then I tried ballet and it was so much fun but ow?? I didn't really have the commitment. Swing was my favorite- I did it all the way through high school even..."

Jack -

Jack and Jol are honestly both so dear to me. My favorite stories with Jack are ones where he learns to finally let someone else take care of him, he has a very hard time not trying to be an obelisk. Especially because his best friend/little sibling does genuinely need a lot of support. It frustrates Jolyean to no end when he won't accept their help, honestly.

He has a girlfriend that @im-schrodingers-gay writes that is very good at both calling him out on letting toxic masculinity stop him from being vulnerable, and also making him feel safe. He love her 😢 So much. His brothers have a harder time, Tristan is really the closest to him, and the brother (outside of Jol) who can get Jack to talk about his problems. They have a really good relationship honestly? It helps that Tristan is very laid back. Owen and Jack get along the least, mostly because they're incredibly similar but just off enough to get on each others' nerves. When they're older (20s/30s in human 'verses) they sort things out, and stop tripping over each other trying to be in control of everything.

Excerpt

"I could have been part of the fun but noooo." Alim teased in a mock whine.

His husband smiled and nudged his side. "You never asked to be a part of the fun."

"You never asked me to be part of the fun."

"Know what's really fun?" Jack finally spoke up, nearly forgotten in the back, face on fire. "Not knowing who my parents have slept with. That's super fun. It's my favorite, actually."

Jolyean put a hand on Jack's arm, shoulders trembling with the effort of putting on a serious voice past his giggling. "Y-you have to let them go, Jack. They're their own people now. They're adults." He laughed and covered his grin, more leaning on Jack now.

Daiye laughs, but can't help feeling a little embarrassed. "I-"

"They can make their own choices, we have to let them be free to- to-" His youngest dissolves into another fit of giggles, and Jack crosses his arms with a heavy sigh. His eyes turn up to the clouds, either avoiding eye contact or praying for divine intervention. Or at least for everyone to move so he can leave.

"I don't want to hear it, I'm locking them both in their room." He glares down as his family giggles. In truth he's not so upset, but is used to playing the straight man, now "I'm stronger, I could carry you both back."

Daiye held back his own laughter."J-Jack, sweetheart, I'm sorry..."

Jolyean -

My beautiful baby 😢😢😢 I just fjfnskso love,,,,, so much

Jolyean is my little bundle of sunshine and I would kill and die for him? In human verses he makes....not the best choices, and ends up in maybe not the best crowds, but his family and his real friends help keep him safe. Karli and Jack especially play big roles in that! Mostly by trying to build his confidence back up after getting out of his bio parents house and after his first (very very Not Good) boyfriend.

But it's okay, bf man pays for it.

... In fantasy settings, Jay actually Takes Him Out, but it's fiiiiiine.

(It's not fine, Jol is upset bc he's too soft hearted to believe anyone should deserve to die.)

(Also several family members are bothered that Jay beat them to it.)

But here's an excerpt from the good boyfriend! For context of her describing what she's wearing, he was born blind.

"Surely, I'd hate for you too overheat."

Jolyean scoffs. "Psh, we're on top of a mountain! I'll cool down eventually. Just might have to remove a few layers..."

Vincent laughs a little and grins. "Exactly how many layers are we talking?"

She smiles wider, hearing him laugh. And his little smile was just so charming. She adjusts her hood and perks up, tossing her hair back behind her shoulder. Really, for her own benefit.

"Weeeeell, I've got my cloak, and then a little jacket and my gloves and scarf, and then my dress- not the big fluffy kind, just an A-line but really thick because it's so cold up here. And then...you know. Stuff. So quite a lot of layers to work with."

"So many that you may not be able to do it yourself?" A sly smile comes to his face, and he hopes he isn't inching too far over the line. Quite the contrary, she is delighted.

"Oh, no, there's far too many clasps for me to get it myself. And there's some on the back, it's so much work on my own..." She sighs, sorrowfully.

"So what I'm hearing is..." He leans in, and her heart pounds a little faster. She leans in a little more, looking over his handsome face and sighing softly.

"...Your parents still dress you?"

"I- hey!" She straightens up and, after mentally catching up, laughs with him. "Oh, that was good- touché, Vincent. No, actually I just wear the same outfit everyday. Bathing is below me."

#Jolyean #Jack #Laith #my ocs #Jack Kirkland #Jolyean McAlister #Laith Paralyn

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illegalastrology111 · 5 years

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SIGNS OF LOVE 2019

ARIES

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Leo, January 21st, indicated the end of a romance, that, although it made you happy, at least you thought it did, the love affair has “run its course”. However, when Mercury retrogrades in Leo, July 7th - 31st, this romance could return. It may seem like a good thing at the time, but “leopards don’t change their spots”. As a result, which usually occurs during retrogrades, you could find yourself repeating the same problems/issues you experienced before with the same person.

When Mercury retrogrades October 31st - November 2nd, in your house of intimacy, karma, the past and secret enemies, the same applies, but on an intimate level. Even if you decide all you want is sex, tread with care, there is a very undermining influence with this particular cycle which means, you could be the one that gets hurt.

The year for Aries in love is ultimately about growth. If you or your significant other, past or present, hasn’t or isn’t growing, the relationship will reflect this and have little chance of survival. If short-term love is what you want, be careful of not only hurting others but hurting Self in the process, then creating more problems and karma. Cause and Affect should be your love mantra for 2019.

TAURUS

The Full Moon in Virgo on February 18th, happens to be a Super Moon, which means emotions will be more intense than usual. In the sign of Virgo, affecting your house of happiness and romance, there will be a tendency to be overly critical towards your partner, coupled with the feelings your needs are not being served.

Evaluation of why you’re not happy will be first and foremost, but you should look to the past, childhood to be exact, if you want the answer to that question. If you grew up with unrealistic expectations of how love should be or what to expect from your partner, disappointment will be the result. It’s one thing to have high expectations in love, but you have to take into consideration that your partner also has issues, problems, expectations and karma to deal with.

Mercury will retrograde, in Scorpio, your opposite sign, October 31st - November 20th, during which time you’ll have the opportunity to restructure, rearrange and reinvent long-term partnerships. If your significant other is wiling, this should be easy, if not open dialogue between the two of you is needed.

For 2019, developing a stronger relationship with Self, making sure you’re with someone who will work with you to build a successful love-relationship and understanding that love isn’t always going to be a fantasy experience, will help to make your love-life far more satisfying and successful.

GEMINI

The New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn is a major indication that the structure of intimate relationships has to change. There’s karma associated with this and hidden secrets that will begin to surface around this aspect, right thought to the end of the year. If finances are involved, this cycle will have a profound affect. New issues will be brought to the surface for your attention, that have been hidden. How you choose to deal with this is really up to you, but take into consideration that you should not avoid confronting the problems that arise, they’ll only get worse.

By the time the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn occurs July 16th, the same problems will come to a head and hopefully be done with, even more so if you’ve operated in harmony with Natural Law. Structure is important, therefore you have to create one with your partner or for Self that you can live with and doesn’t involve undermining in any way. If you’re the one causing the problem, ask yourself, why you feel the need to do that to another person. You wouldn’t want to be treated this way by someone else.

As the year comes to a close, you’ll be faced with another New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn. This one will denote another issue to deal with in the same areas, but if you handled the first one in January correctly, this transit should be a lot easier to resolve and highlight different aspects of love partnerships.

Karma will play a big part in intimate relationships in 2019. Therefore being on the right side of Natural Law and following the Golden Rule are imperative if you want to get through this year successfully with the Universe on your side.

CANCER

With a great deal of the major aspects this year occurring in the area of partnerships, there is not doubt that major changes are going to happen. The New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn highlights the house of long-term love, a sign that you have to give serious thought to implementing a new foundation, commitment between you and your partner, in order for the relationship to gain strength. Inhibitions you’re holding onto have to be let go, while at the same time you can’t be too selfishly concerned with just Self, but the happiness of your partner too. Compassion, understanding and sensitivity to their feelings would be a great start.

In addition you’ll also be going through problems concerning home, self-image and security, which will make you feel more vulnerable than usual, especially around he time of the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer, July 2nd. Events that occur will bring many difficulties/troubles to a head. But you must not over-react to the aggressive assertiveness of others, which could spill over into your love-life. These issues could be linked to certain women who don’t have your best interests at heart.

By July 16th, there will be a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn, indicating the end of existing long-term love, or at least the way it’s be gong up to that point. You would have already seen the “writing on the wall”, in April when Saturn retrogrades in Capricorn, April 29th - September 18th and Pluto retrogrades in Capricorn, April 24th - October 2nd. These cycles will give you the opportunity to dig-deep and look at Self and what needs to change so that love can run a lot smoother.

The retrograde of Scorpio, October 31st - November 20th, in the house of romance, happiness, childhood and risk, will bring memories, people and situations back to “haunt” you. Don’t fear looking at your past, because the answers to some of your relationship issues lie in this time frame of your life. At the same time, don’t allow yourself for be manipulated by Sex/passion, to go back into a situation you know didn’t work before and most definitely won’t work now. It’s a temporary fleeting experience that should be treated as just that.

The year ends with Jupiter moving into Capricorn for one year. The planet of expansion, travel, higher learning, opportunity, good luck, other cultures and publishing, to name just a few things. Throughout this transit, there will be many new people coming into your life to broaden your perceptions and horizons about the type of people you associate with. You may even find love abroad or someone usually out of your comfort zone. Either way, the “world will be your oyster”. You may even move for love. However, bear in mind that Jupiter is a “magnifying glass” of sorts and will shine a light on all your strengths and weaknesses for you to confront, at least if you want to receive the benefits of this Jupiter cycle.

LEO

Because a great deal of emphasis this year is in the area of work, health and service to others, love will, to some degree, take a back seat. However, you have to be very careful, especially if you’re in a long-term relationship, that your actions aren’t seen as “threatening “ or insensitive in any way towards your partner. You may feel a surge of energy and assertiveness sexually, which might be beneficial to your love-life for a while, however, in the end you’l have to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t the recipe for love to last.

You don’t have to be overly assertive in love, you can just go with the flow, be a good listener, with tolerance and understanding, Temper tantrums, hasty action/words and being argumentative should be avoided at all costs.

The key to a successful love-relationships in 2019, is to be more reflective, insightful, meditative and considerate. A challenge for Leo to say the least, but definitely can be done. Remember 2019 isn’t all about you.

VIRGO

With Neptune still in Pisces until March 31st 2025, the veil is being lifted away to reveal anything that is hidden and needs to be revealed, especially if it isn’t in harmony with being happy in love. Illusions/delusions you hold onto will fall ways so that by the end of the transit you have to deal with reality not fantasy.

When Mercury retrogrades in Pisces March 5th - March 28th, some aspect of the past, sorrow and self-undoing, affecting long-term love will return. Something/ someone from the past will resurface, probably through some form of communication. The Full Moon in Pisces, September 5th, will really bring certain issues to a close, once and for all.

Neptune retrogrades in Pisces, June 21st - November 27th, will give you several months to act from behind the scenes, to rectify problems without everyone having to know about it. Discretion/discernment is the key during this cycle.

At the same time, in your house of romance, risk, happiness and creativity, Capricorn urges you to let go of old traditions you’v e grown up believing to be true, that aren’t really in harmony with a happy love-life. Also a chance to re-evaluate behavior that could be considered possessive, jealous and undermining, These traits reveal insecurities/fears within Self. You can’t truly love someone unless you “love” Self. This is Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn, bringing thees issues up for your attention. Saturn in Pluto is there to help you develop inner strength and fortitude, to work harder to build a strong foundation of love between you and your partner. This energy will be even more evident when both planets retrograde, Saturn, April 29th - September 18th and Pluto, April 24th - October 2nd.

The keys to a happier love-life in 2019, is to not engage in behavior that brings sorrow and self-undoing, be realistic, be happy for your significant other when they succeed and love them for who they are, not for who you want them to be.

LIBRA

The “test” for Libra in 2019, is about balance between being giving of Self to another and giving to Self. With most of the major astrological aspects happening in your house of home, family, foundation of life, you’ll be experiencing situations to uproot and bring major changes for you to move forward. Both Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn affect this area, therefore your focus should be on moving forward positively with these aspects.

However, Uranus will be moving out of Aries and your house of long-term love, permanently March 7th, into the house of intimate relationships, joint financial partnerships, karma, secret enemies, and the past. This house also represents “endings”, therefore between March 7th - July 7th 2025, when Uranus moves out of Taurus and this house, the changes in your life will be reflected by you becoming financially independent of your partner. You’ll hopefully, became your own person.

This needs to happen, because even though, you want a deep fulfilling personal relationship, You must first establish greater self-worth and develop your artistic flair, so you can present your worth/value to the world.

SCORPIO

Uranus moving into Taurus and your 7th house of long-term partnership, indicates that you must be willing to be an individual in the context of a relationship. To see the worth/value of not being too dependent on your partner,, possessive or being stuck in sameness, preventing the relationship from growing. A cycle in which you should find your own interests, redefining boundaries and freedoms to reflect this.

With Neptune in Pisces, affecting the house of romance, happiness, creativity and risk, until March 2025, you have to beware of creating unrealistic fantasies of love that your partner is unable manifest. Remember they are people, with their own problems/karma to deal with. The goals you wish to attain in a personal relationship have to be done with both you and your partner being on the same page, working slowly but surely towards the same goal. Things won’t always be “rosy” along the way, but each problem should be dealt with and not overlooked.

The Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn transit, urges you to rethink your perspectives of life, the world and your place in it. The desire to exercise patience, perseverance, conscientiousness and diligence in everything you attempt to do. As long as you remain practical, maintaining high ideals, you’ll appreciate the “lessons” the Universe will bring your way, in order to understand there’s a lot you still have to learn about people and life.

SAGITTARIUS

With Uranus moving away from your house of romance, happiness, risk, creativity, childhood and the sign of Aries, on March 7th, the last 7 years would have given you the chance to not rely so much on love to make you happy, but to create things in your life, yourself that do just that. Uranus in this house also indicates that during your younger years, happiness wasn’t something you really experienced and you may have been separate/different from other children. You have your own ideas about love/romance and really need to be with someone that doesn’t need attention 24/7.

The New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer, July 2nd, shows difficulties could come to the forefront with individuals, especially women who are somewhat emotionally unbalanced/unhealthy in nature. At the same time this could be an opportunity to renew relationships that matter, renegotiating agreements between you and your partner. This will be a time to really let go of repressed feelings you’ve been holding onto, that aren’t necessarily positive. The Universe will give you the opportunity to at least clarify your true feelings and put personal relationships in their true perspective.

2019 is a year to be honest, forthright and straightforward when it comes to love. The “rules” you’ve applied up to now, no longer work, therefore, you have to confront and deal with the “cracks”, try to fix them or move on. At the same time not forgetting the experience and using the “lessons” as a “building block” to create something better.

CAPRICORN

With Uranus moving into your house of romance, happiness, childhood and risk, March 7th - July 7th 2025, self-worth in this area is important for success in love. In addition, being aware of unexpected opportunities for love, which will come and go just as quickly. There’s karma attached to this in some way, in that, you have to be able to see/sense very quickly when someone is a complete waste of time and would lead you astray. Not worth the energy, time or effort, even though the “packaging” may be attractive. When opened, you’ll find the “inside” doesn’t match the “outside.

When Uranus retrogrades August 11th - January 10th 2020, you’ll feel motivated to really give deep thought and introspection to experiences from your youth, that have influenced attitudes and behavior in love. What and who you consider to be of worth/value and do you feel worthy to have the best love has to offer? With the 6 year Uranus cycle, you’ll have plenty of time to explore/delve deeper into your own inner motivations. However, for Capricorn that is attached, beware that your behavior doesn’t cause separation, which is a characteristic of Uranus.

The New Moon Solar Eclipse in Cancer, July 2nd, heralds a new beginning of a new foundation of love, at least working towards one, with long-term partners. A chance to rebuild a solid foundation of commitment between you and your significant other. At the same time, if you share a home together, there will be some kind of rearrangement/change in the furnishings/structure, that will add a warmer/nurturing energy to living conditions.

With many of the astrological aspects this year occurring in Capricorn, New Moon Solar Eclipse January 5th, Full Moon lunar Eclipse in Capricorn, July 16th and another New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn December 26th. It’s important to realize the Universe is sending you a “message” of change. Change not only on an external level but internally too. Also with both Saturn and Pluto being in Capricorn, there is little room for error. In order for at least love to be successful, you have to dig deep and let go of old ideologies, traditions and expectations, that no longer serve a positive purpose in being happy with the person you deeply care about.

When Jupiter moves into your sign December 2nd for one year, you should have made significant progress self-evaluation, introspection with empowerment, so that you can make the most of Jupiter bringing the positive into your life. Take note, that Jupiter is a “magnifying glass” and will highlight the strengths/weaknesses of the sign and person, when it transits.

2019 is a year to learn. Self-love, Self-Worth and Self-Confidence, are very important, to know you deserve the best love has to offer and not to settle for less, or go off on tangents to nowhere and unhappiness.

AQUARIUS

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, January 21st, in Leo, your opposite sign, should have been an indication, that it’s time to confront issues that are not making you happy in long-term relationships. This will be the “message” from the Universe throughout the year. Somehow, you have to find a way to communicate your feelings and be truthful to your partner, about what you’re experiencing. If you use tact, pick the right moment and time, without being too forceful, the outcome should be reasonably positive.

When Mercury retrogrades in Leo, July 7th - 31st, depending on where things stand with you and you partner, writing your thoughts and feelings down will help bring resolution.

At the same time, having a broader circle of people in your life would allow you to not focus so much on personal relationships. Space to breathe and be your own person is imperative for Aquarius, a sign that needs its independence, separate from their significant other.

2019 is a year for Aquarius to really shape and mold love relationships in a format that makes them happy, with the help of their partner. Fear, insecurity and doubt are the only things that would get in the way. You have to believe that it’s worth the effort to at least try. If your partner doesn’t want to work with you to make this happen, then they’re not the right person. You’ll survive, and there’ll be room for someone better suited to your needs to come into your life.

PISCES

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo, February 18th, highlights the end of a cycle in long-term relationships, where your needs are not being served. First you have to establish exactly what those needs are. If your significant other isn’t responding to you in the way you would like, try another method. Perhaps, they don’t actually know what your needs are, or they’re unaware that you’re unhappy.

Single Pisces should also look at the people they’re attracting into their love-life. If it’s the same problem with different people, then the fault lies with you and the choices you’re making. Whether single or attached, this year, these issues in love have to be confronted.

With Mercury retrograde March 5th - 28th, you’ll have time to reconsider everything that has occurred up to this point, in love. There maybe a chance you’ve taken things the wrong way or made a “mountain out of a molehill”. If you’re honest with Self, you’ll know the answer to these questions by the end of the retrograde cycle.

The Full Moon in Pisces, September 14th, highlights the end of a cycle, where, because you’ve given people qualities they don’t have, or seen what you wanted to see, the “veil” is lifted and you see reality, bringing an ending of some type.

Neptune is in your sign until March 31st 2025, a long time. During this transit, you’ll be faced with many realities in and around your life. To some degree your perception/view of life and people will change, so that you become a stronger individual internally and better equipped to meet the challenges life brings your way.

The retrograde of Neptune in Pisces, June 21st - November 27th, will empower you to go within and re-evaluate everything that has occurred up to this point. Are you being misled, are you on track, or are you being your own worst enemy, creating situations that lead to sorrow and self-undoing. A lot to think about. However, when balanced, Pisces is the most spiritual sign of the zodiac. Sensitive, intuitive and insightful. Therefore, with regular meditation, or similar modality, these character traits can be fine tuned and used as a “compass” to navigate safely through your love-life, towards happiness and unity through diversity with your partner.

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ARIES

TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

Because a great deal of emphasis this year is in the are of work, health and service to others, love will, to some degree, take a back seat. However, you have to be very careful, especially if you’re in a long-term relationship, that your actions aren’t seen as “threatening “ or insensitive in any way towards your partner. You may feel a surge of energy and assertiveness sexually, which might be beneficial to your love-life for a while, however, in the end you’l have to come to terms with the fact that this isn’t the recipe for love to last.

VIRGO

LIBRA

This needs to happen, because even though, you want a deep fulfilling personal relationship, you must first establish greater self-worth and develop your artistic flair, so you can present your worth/value to the world.

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

When Mercury retrogrades in Leo, July 7th - 31st, depending on where things stand with you and you partner, writing your thoughts and feelings down will help bring resolution.

In the area of love, 2019 is a year for Aquarius to really shape and mold love relationships in a format that makes them happy, with the help of their partner. Fear, insecurity and doubt are the only things that would get in the way. You have to believe that it’s worth the effort to at least try. If your partner doesn’t want to work with you to make this happen, then they’re not the right person. You’ll survive, and there’ll be room for someone better suited to your needs to come into your life.

PISCES

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