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i saw armoricaroyalty​ & warwickroyals​ doing this, so obviously i have to as well !!!!! this year’s standouts were: jered’s career retrospective / magazine covers series as well as the multi-part episode of rowena and alfonso’s wedding. this just reminds me that i miss my story ! the big ole universe it’s part of, with rock stars and royals, all under the banner of Intergenerational Family Content. here’s to bigger, better, more consistent in 2023 ...

thanks for all of the attention & love, y’all ♥️

1. Jered’s Career Retrospective / Magazine Covers 211 notes - Jul 13 2022

2. Rowena & Alfonso’s Wedding 154 notes - Feb 12 2022

3. Beatriz’s Wedding Look 137 notes - Jul 7 2022

4. Rowena & Alfonso’s Wedding 118 notes - Mar 7 2022

5. Rowena & Alfonso’s Wedding 113 notes - Feb 26 2022

6. Rowena & Alfonso Traveling to Alam Palace 104 notes - Jan 5 2022

7. 1980s Babies’ Girlfriend Gang 99 notes - Jun 24 2022

8. Father’s Day 2022, Part 1 93 notes - Jun 18 2022

9. Jered and Francesca Do the Met Gala 93 notes - May 4 2022

10. Rowena & Alfonso’s Wedding 88 notes - Mar 6 2022

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Little Homeworld Life chapter 25: A Temple Divided (originally published on June 12, 2023)

AN: At long last, everything begins coming together in the first part of this two-part finale to Little Homeworld Life. Afterwards, we only have Snake Eyes left to cover before finally closing the door on Steven Universe: Alternate Future. Almost every single plotline we've been setting up throughout the entire series will reach what I hope is a satisfying conclusion here, from Black Rutile's control over the Internet, how the Crystal Gems' actions have consequences, the return of Cinnabar, and many more. I think this might be one of the darkest chapters of the series yet, so hold onto your butts as it all comes crumbling down.

Synopsis: With some new and old allies by her side, Black Rutile begins making plans for her latest revenge on the Crystal Gems by breaking them up using some long-forgotten secrets. Meanwhile, President Eduardo Suarez fights for his life against Black Rutile's human supporters.

Cast:

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball, Ruby, Doc, Navy, Army, Leggy, Mega Ruby

Christine Pedi as Holly Blue Agate

Casey Lee Williams as Cat's Eye

Estelle as Garnet

Michaela Dietz as Amethyst, Famethyst

Deedee Magno-Hall as Pearl, The Black Pearl Brigade

Shelby Rabara as Peridot, Squaridot

Jennifer Paz as Lapis, Laz, Zuli, Phoenix Lapis Lazuli

Uzo Aduba as Bismuth

Erica Luttrell as Sapphire

Tom Scharpling as Greg

Kimberly Brooks as Jasper, Dalmatian Jasper

Lauren Ash as White Topaz

Jon Wurster as Marty

Shanelle Grey as Sally Grove

Casey Robertson as Neil Michaels

John Kassir as Reginald Anderson

Lin-Manuel Miranda as President Eduardo Suarez

Wendie Malick as Vice-President Theresa Maxwell

GZA as Major General Wade Grant

Tim Curry as General Lloyd Waller

Amy Sedaris as Teal Zircon

Martha Higerada as Topaz

Jinkx Monsoon as Emerald, Chest Emerald

Hayley Kiyoko as Morganite

Melissa Fahn as Demantoid, Eyeball Demantoid

Kari Wahlgren as Pyrope

Olivia Olson as Citrine Twins

Avi Roque as Cinnabar

Gina Torres as Andesine

Awkwafina as Kyanite

Allison Janney as Pyrite

Zehra Fazal as Zoisite

Lena Hall as Bloodstone

Jodie Whittaker as Xenotime

Idina Menzel as Amazonite

Halsey as Tanzanite

Mia Barron as Apatite

Sarah Jessica Parker as Dumortierite

Cavetown as Diaspore

Barbara Dunkelman as Amber

Kristen Schaal as Howlite

Christoph Waltz as Francis von Bowling

Featuring Stephanie Beatriz as Arleen Suarzez

Xolo Mariduena as Huey Suarez

Leslie Grace as Riley Suarez

Peter Barto as Secret Service Agent

With Alyson Hannigan as Lavenderine

And May Calamawy as Chrome Chalcedony

--

One lovely summer day in Beach City, the Crystal Gems were getting ready for a party. But it wasn't just any party, they were preparing for Ruby and Sapphire's wedding anniversary party and the anniversary of their professional alliance with the Diamonds. The Gems were hard at work on making sure the party was perfect, but little did they realize that this party would be pooped on very soon.

"Okay Zirconias, just put that banner over to the right!" Pearl ordered the Heaven and Earth Cubic Zirconias to move a banner reading 'HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RUBY AND SAPPHIRE' into her requested position. Unfortunately, the two Cubic Zirconias were far too small to carry it and made it fall down. "Okay, maybe I should've told someone else to do it."

"What do you mean you're on a wedding cake shortage?!" Amethyst complained over the phone to a bakery. "Who in the world could possibly want that many cakes?! Oh, the Royal Family? Yeah, that makes sense. I'll just call someone else. Thanks anyways, choom."

"So, how's the happy couple doing right now?" Bismuth asked Ruby and Sapphire as the red and blue married couple oversaw the preparations.

"We're doing wonderful Bismuth, thank you." Sapphire smiled gently.

"Can you believe it's only been four years since we learned Rose Quartz was Pink Diamond?" Ruby asked. "Sometimes, I feel like it's been even longer. Like, way longer!"

"It does feel that way sometimes with everything we've done since then," Pearl added. "Between going to Homeworld, meeting White Diamond for the first time, starting Era 3, the Demantoid & Pyrope crisis, building Little Homeworld, the Spinel crisis, and fighting Black Rutile, it's just been too much."

"Hey Lapis, how's the weather looking?" Amethyst called to Lapis, who was high in the sky to check the weather.

"Looking pretty good, so far!" Lapis replied. "Though I think a storm might be coming soon." She added, pointing to some faint storm clouds in the distance. "Should we start worrying about that? I mean, can't have bad weather on a wedding anniversary."

"I'm sure it won't matter." Ruby declared. "No silly old storm can keep us down! Right, my laughy Sapphy?"

"Oh Ruby, you dog!" Sapphire laughed as Ruby held her one-eyed wife in her arms and kissed her. However, the storm would unknowingly become the least of their worries. Hidden in the distance, Black Rutile snuck into the beach house with a plastic bag full of Gem shards in her hand, hoping that her enemies were far away enough to not notice her entering.

"This had better work." Black Rutile muttered to herself while opening the door to the bathroom and grabbing the three bottles of the Diamonds' essence from the mirror. "I got a lot riding on these bottles to bolster my forces."

After filling the bathtub with water and pouring the essence in, Black Rutile pulled open the bag and dumped the Gem shards into the tub. She sat at the tub crouching in anticipation, hoping what she heard about how Jasper was resurrected after being shattered by a power-mad Steven was true. Suddenly, she saw a light emerging from the tub. "Yes, it's working!"

Black Rutile watched in excitement as Zoisite's deceased team of Phoenix Lapis Lazuli, Eyeball Demantoid, Chest Emerald, and the Citrine Twins were fully restored to life. "Happy welcome back day, my friends!" she exclaimed. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Black Rutile! You may remember me for rising to the top of White Diamond's court only to realize how much of it was built on a lie by my Diamond's demented sense of humor!"

"I'm sorry, I'm going to need a refresher here since I just came back to life." Phoenix Lapis muttered while getting out of the tub and shaking water out of her hair. "Your Diamond did what now?"

"Listen to me, I shall explain everything along the way." Black Rutile stated as she helped the rest of Zoisite's formerly deceased subordinates out of the bathtub. "Just follow me to this place called Little Homeworld that I'm forced to reside in here on Earth."

"Oh, you bet I'm going to need a heads up." One of the Citrine twins muttered as Black Rutile led the newly revived Gems out of the bathroom and onto the Warp Pad.

--

"How's it looking, Howlite?" Bloodstone asked Howlite as the two of them, along with Apatite, Tanzanite, Zoisite, and Demantoid worked together on rebuilding Cinnabar's Rejuvenation Blaster, last used against the Black Pearl Brigade during Cinnabar's attempted takeover of Homeworld.

"Firing rate is at an optimal state," Howlite replied as she did some coding on the Blaster's reprogramming powers. "And at Cinnabar's suggestion, we've increased the permanence of the weapon's effects on Gems. Though there is one strand of code that we've yet to cover."

"Yeah, whatever, when can we test this baby?" Zoisite exclaimed as she took the Rejuvenation Blaster and pointed it around.

"Not yet Zoisite, you have to wait until we have built enough for everybody!" Demantoid yelled while snatching the blaster away. "Plus, as Howlite said, there is but one strand of code we've yet to fix." Just then, there was a knock on the door. "Can someone get that?"

"I'll get it," Apatite said as she walked over and opened the door to see Black Rutile standing outside. "Oh, hey boss. Need anything?"

"I'd like to see Zoisite, please." Black Rutile responded politely. "I have something she'd like to see." As Zoisite got up and walked to the front door at the mention of her name, Black Rutile moved to the side to reveal the assassin's old team behind her. To say Zoisite was overjoyed to see them again despite their untimely demises would be an understatement. Instead, she was overcome with so much joy, she started sobbing as she pounced on her old gang.

"Apparently, the Diamonds' essences can restore shattered Gems." Black Rutile muttered as she turned away from the touching moment. "Kind of renders everything we've sacrificed completely pointless, huh?"

"Not right now, in the middle of a long-awaited reunion." Zoisite cried softly while wrapping her former subordinates in a group hug just as Dalmatian Jasper entered the scene.

"Aw, we missed you too, boss." The chest Emerald said. "So, this Steven fellow is the reason you're stuck here?"

"It's not just him, but the entire corrupt system the Crystal Gems have forced onto us!" Black Rutile declared. "I have lost everything thanks to them! My status, my possessions, my armies, everything!"

"Basically, she's out for revenge." Dalmatian Jasper reiterated. "So Zee, this is your old team, huh?"

"Yes, I'd like you to meet everybody." Zoisite sighed happily before pointing to each member of her hit-squad. "This is Phoenix Lapis, that's Demantoid, this is Emerald, and those are the Citrine twins."

"We can talk later, it's planning time." Black Rutile declared as she walked inside her house. "The pieces are all about to fall into place once more. Let me ask you all, how were the Crystal Gems always able to save the day all the time?" she asked her minions. "Well, it's because they had the power of teamwork. Now, this leads me to come to a conclusion. What if we were able to turn them against each other somehow? All we need to do is break the weakest link."

"Finally!" Marty cheered as he emerged from the shadows behind Black Rutile. "I've been itching to make a move on those extraterrestrial dykes for ages!"

"The white man using slurs against members of a minority he hates so much." Sally Grove added dourly. "Typical."

"We are ready and willing to serve, my Rutile." Francis von Bowling proclaimed while Lennie, Milton, Rasputina, Konstantin, Pavel, and Leo stood behind him. Pavel held a tablet that had Neil Michaels' face on it.

"Anything to finally show up Pearl for all she's done to me." Neil groaned in exasperation.

"Good to see my team is still on the same page." Black Rutile declared deviously. "Now, Dr. Brenner, connect me to Mr. Johnson."

"With pleasure, my Rutile." James Brenner said sadly as he turned on Black Rutile's computer to show the white supremacist podcaster Reginald Johnson's face on it.

"Hello?" Reginald asked while adjusting his camera. "Oh hey, the alien lady! I've heard about you!"

"Ah, Reginald, so glad we could talk on this momentous occasion." Black Rutile answered. "You may know me as Black Rutile. Revolutionary, influencer, terrorist. I believe Sally Grove may have talked to me."

"Yeah, I've heard her talk about you, but I was barely paying attention because she kept going on and on about how just because I'm a white man, that doesn't mean I can get away with everything," Reginald said. "I swear, women on the Internet, am I right?!"

"I'm standing right here, white savior!" Sally complained. "Having us on the same team was a bad idea!"

"Both of you, shut up!" Black Rutile yelled at Sally and Reginald. "Reggie, are you and your followers all set for Operation: Olympus Down?"

"Yep, about 2,000 strong, give or take!" Reginald proudly stated. "Most of them are still ticked off that Ronald Crump lost to Suarez in the election! Even with all his men, that old fart won't see it coming!"

"So, remind me what this has to do with the president?" Sally asked Black Rutile.

"It's because he was there to help the Gems stop my plans the first time around, and I plan on getting my revenge!" Black Rutile answered. "In all my browsing of the Internet, I have learned one thing that ruled them all, that if you expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. And boy have these creatures been exposed to plenty of hate!" She began displaying many controversies over the years to prove her point. "Hatred, bigotry, war, destruction, all over the silliest of things like a video game, movie, or TV show with a cult-like fanbase torturing someone with a different opinion, corrupt businessmen destroying the environment, or feeling intimidated by a person of a certain minority being superior to them in every way imaginable."

Black Rutile then projected a chessboard from her visor with pieces representing the Crystal Gems. "To put it simply, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate shall lead to suffering." She began to rearrange the pieces, with Garnet, Pearl, and Bismuth on one side, while the other side had Lapis, Amethyst, and Peridot.

--

Back at the anniversary party, preparations were almost complete. All that was left to do now was to invite guests, buy decorations, find a cake, and get the party started. So far, almost everyone who attended the wedding had invitations written, along with a few friends the Gems made since then. Meanwhile, Greg was sent off to find a cake for the party.

"Okay, quick question everybody." Lapis wondered while making some RSVPs. "Where do we stand with the Diamonds right now?"

"I think they might still be upset with us for calling them out on how their treatment of Pink started all this mess," Garnet replied. "But thankfully, as far as I know, they haven't decided to get revenge and turn back to their old ways, as much as Black Rutile would probably kill to see that."

"Let's just send an invite just in case. If they don't want to come, that shouldn't be any of our business." Pearl said before sealing an envelope with Amethyst's tongue. "I'm just worried though. What if what they said about how we treated Steven was true?"

"Eh, what's past is prologue, or whatever that play said," Amethyst responded coolly. "I'm not ready to go through that whole drama again."

"Still, can you believe how long it's been since the Rebellion?" Lapis mused, making a nearby Bismuth start looking uncomfortable. "Feels like yesterday that I was sent down for a visit only to get chucked into the Rebellion, and then I got poofed and stuck in that mirror."

"Hey, uh, Pearl?" Bismuth called for Pearl. "Can I speak with you for a second? Preferably alone."

"Oh, of course," Pearl said as the blacksmith took her aside to have a private chat behind one of the destroyed stone hands. "What's on your mind, dear? Something about the Rebellion, I suppose."

"Well, it's about how Lapis got involved in things." Bismuth nervously stated to Pearl. "You know how she was poofed and put in that mirror? Well, it turns out I was the one who poofed her."

"What?!" Pearl squawked in shock before Bismuth put her hand over Pearl's mouth, hoping Lapis wouldn't overhear them. "Did you just say you were the one who poofed Lapis?" she said more quietly through Bismuth's hand. "How?"

"I didn't know how it happened either," Bismuth admitted sorrowfully. "I was just in the zone and mistook her for a soldier. It only took until getting to know Lapis better that I realized I'm basically the one who ruined her life."

"Oh, Bismuth, don't be too hard on yourself," Pearl replied soothingly, putting a hand on her rainbow girlfriend's chin. "I'm sure Lapis will understand once you open up to her. Did you really keep this from her for this long?"

"I just haven't had the heart." Bismuth shook her head while looking out at Lapis having fun with Peridot and Amethyst by dunking some fruit punch on Teal Zircon's head. "Just look at her, so happy and free. Do you really think I'm the kind of gal to do that to someone? No, no, a thousand times no!"

While Bismuth declared herself to not be the kind of Gem to keep such a terrible secret for so long, someone was planning to do that for her. Nearby, Morganite kept herself hidden behind another hand while eavesdropping on the two Rebellion veterans. "This is going to be juicy." She purred to herself before disappearing without a trace.

--

"Ay, dios mio, dealing with those Arasaka chumps and trying to stop their oil drilling was harder than I thought." President Eduardo Suarez sighed in relief as he ended another long day of work for the country he ran while walking into the Oval Office. It was a hard job to be sure, but a satisfactory one nonetheless as he loved doing what he could to help the American people. Plus, coming home to his family made even the most challenging of days more worth it.

"Papi!" Eduardo's children, 15-year-old son Huey and 16-year-old daughter Riley cried as they ran up and gave their father a welcome back hug.

"How was work today, Dad?" Huey asked his dad. "How much trouble did those Arasaka people give you?"

"Ugh, they kept me in their offices for hours!" Eduardo complained to his son. "They kept going on and on about how because they're so rich, they deserve everything! Newsflash Saburo, you're saying you're richer than the freaking President! Millionaires, am I right?"

"If I were you, I'd have just told them to shove off!" Riley added eagerly. "They don't know who they're talking to at all!"

"Now, Riley, no need to get so intense." The president's wife Arleen Suarez said as she walked into the office and kissed her husband-in-chief. "Just rest now, mi amor. You earned it after today."

"Thank you, dear." Eduardo sighed contently before he heard a knock at the door. "Come in!" A secret service agent then entered the room. "Good day, sir. Anything you'd like to tell me?"

"Mr. President, sir, there is someone who'd like to speak with you." The agent said in a robotic monotone. "Him and his army of more than 2,000 followers who voted for Crump in the election."

"I'm sorry, what?" Eduardo said before Reginald Johnson kicked down the door to the Oval Office and strode in with an exaggerated swagger like he owned the place before sitting down at the president's desk. "Sir, I'm going to ask you to remove yourself from my desk at once, por favor."

"Sorry el Presidente, but you can't tell me what to do anymore!" Reginald yelled angrily while pointing an accusing finger at the president. "You and the rest of your kind have been a stain on our green Earth for way too long now!"

"Oh poo, another prejudiced douchebag." Riley snarked. "Look pal, if you think you can just strut in here and tell my dad how much you hate him for his race, then you're in the wrong place! My papi can have your ass folded like a bad hand of cards with just one secret service guy!"

"I'm not talking about his race, ya idjit!" Reginald roared. "I'm talking about guys like him who bend the knee to those damn Crystal Gems who think that they're the rulers of the Earth now!"

"Do not say that about my friends." Eduardo retorted firmly while slamming his hands down on the desk. "They are some of the nicest people I've ever met, human or otherwise. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now because a deranged sociopath would've destroyed the Earth!"

"And that's the problem!" Reginald argued back. "They may have saved Earth, but they're destroying it in other ways too. I'm only doing what's good for people like me and you here, amigo, because that Steven boy's peace-loving ways will be the death of us all! It's in our nature to fight and hate, Eddy, and you simply can't fight nature! The wind blows, rain falls, and the strong prey upon the weak!"

"And what makes you think you can talk down to us like that?" Arleen said, resolutely standing by her husband and children. Reginald simply smirked and snapped his fingers, letting his army of angry followers do the talking for him. Men and women alike were all armed to the teeth as they barged into the Oval Office and surrounded the president's family. "Okay, point taken."

"EVERYBODY SCATTER!" Eduardo screamed in terror as he punched one of the gunmen in the face, grabbed his gun, and started running. "We'll meet back up at the Washington Monument, just go!"

"But what about you?!" Huey exclaimed.

"Leave these bigots to me and the secret service guys!" Eduardo said as he fired at more shooters, their bulletproof vests keeping them from dying as the president ran for his life.

"AFTER HIM!" Reginald screamed while unholstering a rifle from his back and giving pursuit. "That boy ain't right, and I'm gonna set him right whether he likes it or not!"

"Yippee-kay-yay, hijo de puta!" Eduardo shouted before firing a cartridge's worth of bullets at the angry white man chasing him. As more secret service employees began joining the firefight, Eduardo's quick thinking kept Reginald on his toes until he passed by the sitting room, where he made a shocking discovery. "Oh no!"

"Dad, help us!" Riley cried as she, Huey, and Arleen were cornered by more of Reginald's men.

"Mi familia!" Eduardo yelled back as he tried to charge into the sitting room to save them, only for Reginald to wrap his arm around the president's neck while pointing a gun at his temple. "You monster."

"I'm just giving you a choice here, chief." Reginald purred evilly. "Either give up, or somebody's getting iced today. Either way, my TubeTube channel is going to make me a millionaire."

"So that's what this is for, just some dumb clickbait?" Eduardo hissed in disgust. "I can see it now in big capital letters across the Internet. 'PRESIDENT LEAVES FAMILY TO DIE' or 'MAN SAVES COUNTRY FROM PSYCHO PRESIDENT'. This isn't about us, it's about you and your online fame!"

"You could say that." Reginald concurred. "My offer still stands. Which one of you is going to die?"

"No one!" the secret service agent from earlier declared as he barged in and tried to free President Suarez while disarming Reginald. "In the name of the United States, I hereby place you under arrest!"

"Not on my watch, sheep!" Reginald screamed as he and the agent wrestled each other.

"Run Mr. President, we shall handle things from here!" the agent yelled as the SWAT team burst into the White House to combat the terrorist threat.

"Fine, I'll go." Eduardo wheezed in pain before struggling over to his captive family. "Be strong, you guys. I'll be back soon."

"We'll be brave for you, papi," Riley replied, trying to keep a brave face despite the overwhelming odds.

"When I woke up this morning, I didn't expect my day to turn out like this." Huey muttered disdainfully.

"You're stronger than they'll ever be, darling," Arleen assured Eduardo before the two shared a passionate kiss. When the husband and wife ended their kiss, Eduardo then charged at the window and broke it as he jumped out of the White House's second floor.

"Okay, that went worse than I planned," Eduardo muttered as he got up from the fall. "Ooh, I think I may have broken a few bones." Just then, a limo pulled up close to where he landed and his vice president Theresa Maxwell poked her head out the window. "Theresa?!"

"Get in!" Theresa yelled tersely while opening the door for her president. "I saw those guys on the news before they started storming the place, and I just knew they'd be coming after you! Now come on!"

Despite his injuries, Eduardo's willpower and drive to protect his family kept him going as he struggled towards the limo and got in. As soon as he closed the door, the limousine drove as far away from the White House as possible.

"Excellent," Reginald smirked as he looked out the broken window and watched as the president escaped. "That son of a gun can run, but he sure as hell can't hide." He then pulled out his phone to begin making a call. "Reginald to Black Rutile, come in Black Rutile. Operation: Olympus Down is almost complete. We seized the White House, but the president managed to get away."

"Doesn't matter to me." Black Rutile responded. "Just as long as he's too distracted to help the Gems when I take them by surprise. Black Rutile out!"

--

Back at Little Homeworld, Black Rutile had finished her call to Reginald before she looked over at the progress on the reconstructed Rejuvenation Blaster. "How's it looking, everybody?"

"Reconstruction has officially been completed, now to find a test subject," Demantoid replied. "Who do you suggest, my Rutile?"

"I might have a few Gems in mind." Black Rutile said just as Morganite entered her house. "Morganite, I trust that your reconnaissance mission provided some fruit."

"Indeed, madam," Morganite answered with a bow. "I have reason to believe that Lapis Lazuli's misfortunes can all be blamed on that one Bismuth that she claims to be friends with. No doubt a useful tool for our cause. Perhaps one we can use to bring one of the Crystal Gems to our side. Now that I've done your dirty work, it's time to hold up your end of the bargain."

"Ah yes, what I would give you in exchange for restoring your loyalty in me." Black Rutile remembered. "However, I'm going to need Demantoid, Pyrope, and Emerald here as well."

"We're right here, my Rutile," Emerald said as she and Pyrope entered from the darkness. "What do you request?"

"I have recently come to a realization." Black Rutile replied while contemplating her new Rejuvenation Blaster. "Some of these Gems under my thumb have gotten a little soft with the time they've spent here on Earth. And since I'm set to make my grand return, I simply cannot have such weak subordinates."

"What are you implying, Black Rutile?" Pyrope asked, fearing the answer she'll soon get.

"What I'm implying is that I have no room for such weakness in my forces." Black Rutile said as she made it very clear that she intended to use Emerald, Morganite, Demantoid, and Pyrope as the first victims of the Rejuvenation Blaster. "Hence why your services will no longer be needed. Or at least, your services as your current selves." With an evil grin on her face, Black Rutile fired at the four Gems and made them writhe in enough pain for them to poof. Everyone was left gobsmacked at her cruelty, especially Tanzanite, but to Black Rutile, this was just another day for her. "Will anyone else attempt to fill their shoes?"

"How could you do that to your own subjects?" Tanzanite said with quiet outrage. "I thought you were fighting for their freedom! This is not what a leader should do! And I should know, I served under Rose Quartz before learning how much of a liar she was!"

"Would you care to join them as well?" Black Rutile shut Tanzanite up with a mere point of her Rejuvenation Blaster. Even though she had finally started questioning her new leader, Tanzanite meekly shook her head before walking away, just as Black Rutile's four victims reformed with only one thing to say.

"All hail Black Rutile." Emerald, Demantoid, Pyrope, and Morganite droned in reverence of their leader, any trace of their former selves now seemingly erased. "All hail Black Rutile."

"Excellent, it's working!" Black Rutile cheered. "With this, I can brainwash as many Gems as I please, but I suppose one will be far easier than the rest. And I won't even need the Blaster!" Putting the Blaster down, Black Rutile called for another of her subjects. "Aquamarine!"

"Yes, my Rutile?" Aquamarine asked her beloved superior.

"Find me Lapis Lazuli at once and tell her everything she needs to know about her so-called friends." Black Rutile ordered Aquamarine. "It's time to break our weakest link."

"Tell her what?" Aquamarine wondered before Black Rutile whispered an incredibly juicy, long-buried secret into her ear. "Oh, that is just perfect! I'll tell her as soon as I find her!" With a spring in her step, Aquamarine soared out of the house and away from Little Homeworld in search of Lapis.

"Now then, anybody else has something to tell the class?" Black Rutile asked her subordinates around. "How about you, Holly Blue? How have you been practicing fusion with Cat's Eye?"

"Oh, it's wonderful, my Rutile." Holly Blue replied merrily. "She makes such a wonderful partner."

"By the end of the day, the two of us will be more unified than the Crystal Gems!" Cat's Eye agreed and the two laughed heartily.

"Those two, I swear." Andesine rolled her eyes at the duo. "So when shall we strike, my Rutile?"

"Yeah, I'm getting impatient here!" Amber cried. "I need to hit something fast!" To try and relieve her stress, Amber threw a punch at Cinnabar, who barely flinched at the attack.

"Can't say I missed you, Amber." Cinnabar coolly stated. "So, clarify this for me. Are we just going to wait until the secret's out for us to strike?"

"You read my mind, dear Cinnabar." Black Rutile smiled at her student. "I really missed you, you know."

--

At the exact same time, Lapis had just emerged from a startup party supplies shop with bags full of decorations for the anniversary party. "Wow, who would've guessed Peridot would want this much stuff? It's just only everybody in town and then some coming to the party." As Lapis prepared to take flight, she suddenly heard someone let out a familiar bratty cackle. "What do you want, Aquamarine?!"

"Nice little shop you found here," Aquamarine said as she perched atop the shop's sign. "Too bad it's on the planet where your life as you knew it ended, huh?"

"Uh, what are you on about this time?" Lapis asked with a roll of her eyes, practically itching to fly as far away from whatever bloviating Aquamarine was about to spout this time. "Look, I'm on a very tight schedule here, so if you have something to say, just make it quick."

"Very well then." Aquamarine huffed in frustration while puffing her cheeks. "Now, I have a question to ask you. Did you ever wonder who poofed you during the Rebellion, my friend?"

"No, I don't think I ever knew and I don't care," Lapis replied grumpily. "Now please, let me go."

"No no, I have something amazing to tell you!" Aquamarine yelled while pulling at Lapis's leg. "Did Bismuth ever tell you?"

"What did she tell me?" Lapis replied nervously before the smaller blue Gem dropped quite possibly the biggest bombshell she ever heard in her life.

"That she poofed you in the Rebellion." Aquamarine declared with a smirk, causing Lapis to drop her shopping bags in horror.

"Wait, you're kidding, are you?" Lapis asked as her reality began crashing down on her. "She wouldn't do that!"

"But she did!" Aquamarine replied with a cheeky, psychotic smile. "For you, the day Bismuth ruined your life because she saw you as a mere soldier was the most horrible day of your life. But for her, it was Tuesday."

"But, but why?!" Lapis shrieked in denial while dropping to her knees and clutching her head between her hands. "Bismuth was such a good friend of mine, but now you tell me she was keeping this from me for centuries?! How could she?!"

"She just didn't have the heart to admit it." Aquamarine shook her head sympathetically before placing a hand on Lapis's back. "Go on, be the bigger Gem. Tell them how you really feel."

When Lapis looked up at Aquamarine, it wasn't with tears of betrayal. She instead stared at the other Gem with fires of hatred and deceit. This was like when the Crystal Gems left her in the mirror for thousands of years without realizing a Gem was trapped inside it, only far worse. This time, they were trapping her in a cage of lies and secrecy. Without even a word to Aquamarine, Lapis flew back to the Crystal Gems, not even bothering to come back for the decorations because she was that angry.

"Excellent," Aquamarine smirked before, out of curiosity, she decided to take a peek at what Lapis bought from the store. "What is this?" she muttered while pulling out a chintzy napkin with 'TALE AS OLD AS TIME, SONG AS OLD AS RHYME' monogrammed on it. "A little on the nose, much?"

--

"What's taking Lapis so long with the decorations?" Bismuth murmured as she paced around the sand in front of the other Gems. "We plan on holding the party tomorrow, we can't start without the whole gang together!"

"Hey, I think I can see her now!" Peridot exclaimed while spotting Lapis in the distance flying towards the Crystal Temple. "Hey wait a second, why doesn't she have the decorations?"

"And she looks very upset too," Garnet added. "Something isn't right." As soon as Lapis touched down and marched towards the Crystal Gems with her fists balled up, Garnet immediately tried to ease the tension. "Hello, Lapis! It's a lovely day we're having today, storm notwithstanding!"

"Shut up, don't do that. Just don't." Lapis growled furiously, sending shivers down the Crystal Gems' spines before she snapped. "How could you have kept this from me?"

"Kept what from you?" Pearl asked, only for Lapis to immediately shut her up with a slap across the face.

"You know exactly what I mean!" Lapis shrieked angrily. "You all knew that Bismuth was the one who poofed me all those years ago when I first traveled to Earth, that was how I was left to be put in the mirror that Pearl found on the Galaxy Warp, stuck in her gem, and just left me to collect dust for thousands of years! But did anybody try addressing my trauma?! No, I was just left to play dumb games! After all, happily ever after here we are, gotta stay positive!"

"Lapis, calm down please," Bismuth said while trying her hardest not to yell back at her as the other Little Homeworld Gems gathered around to watch the conflict. "I was barely thinking when I punched you in the back, I didn't notice that you weren't just another soldier!"

"Hey guys, I just got back with the cake!" Greg cheered as he walked in on the Gems with a big wedding cake in his hands before he quickly realized what was going on. "Uh, what did I miss?"

"Lapis, we had no idea the mirror contained a sentient Gem!" Garnet exclaimed. "Just calm down and we can sort this out!

"How can I calm down when this is all your fault?!" Lapis roared, now at her absolute breaking point. "Anyone else care to take their side?"

"Lapis, I know it's hard, I know you're stressed, but you have to take a chill pill!" Peridot tried calming her best friend down. "Garnet, Bismuth, and Pearl didn't do anything wrong here!"

"I thought you were on my side, I thought you loved me!" Lapis yelled at Peridot as the storm finally came and rain began pouring down on the party.

"I do love you Lapis, I just want everyone to get along!" Peridot said before looking at Garnet, Pearl, and Bismuth. "But seriously, I thought we were all friends! How could you have kept this from her for this long?"

"Yeah guys, I thought you were better than this!" Amethyst added, now suddenly taking Lapis's side. "What? I thought the sides were a little uneven."

"Lapis, if you don't calm down and listen, I'll have to do it myself." Garnet threatened Lapis by summoning her gauntlet.

"Go ahead, make my day." Lapis retorted by summoning the rainwater from above and firing raindrops like bullets at Garnet.

"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" all the other Gems began chanting at the brawling Crystal Gems before getting into a massive brawl themselves. Friends and lovers all quickly turned on each other as they began taking sides. Half of them sided with Lapis, Peridot & Amethyst, while the other half sided with Bismuth, Garnet & Pearl. What was thought to start as a lovely day for a wedding anniversary soon turned into a nightmare.

"Guys, the cake!" Greg yelled, trying to hide how he was unable to process everything happening by paying more attention to the cake quickly getting spoiled by the rain. But he wouldn't have to worry any longer as Teal Zircon was tossed straight into him, completely destroying the cake in the process. "Well, that was $616 wasted."

--

Elsewhere, the vice president's limousine finally arrived at One Observatory Drive, where a secret service agent opened the car door and allowed Eduardo & Theresa to leave.

"Oh gracias Theresa, you have no idea how glad I am you came in at the nick of time!" Eduardo said gratefully to his vice president. "It all happened so fast! I was just getting back from dealing with Arasaka, then those protestors showed up and took my family hostage, and apparently, they're working with Black Rutile too! We have to go back, Maxwell, we have to save Arleen and the kids!"

"Oh trust me, Eddy, I got all the help you need right here." Theresa confidently stated as she pushed open the doors to reveal Major General Wade Grant standing in the main hall in anticipation of the president's arrival. "Wade, I got him safe!"

"Wonderful, Terri, just the man I need to see!" Wade cheered as he took Eduardo by the hand and dragged him away. "I sent the SWAT team as soon as I heard what was going on, and I got worried for your safety. Luckily, help has arrived."

Wade then took Eduardo into the kitchen, where a group consisting of many secret service agents, some members of his cabinet, and General Lloyd Waller were all waiting for him. "Welcome to la resistance, Prez." Theresa declared. "Hope you survive the experience."

"President Suarez, it's so good to see you!" Lloyd cheerfully greeted Eduardo while rolling his wheelchair up to the president and shaking his hand. "Been quite a while, hasn't it? After I nearly got stabbed to death saving you from Black Rutile, I had to take a sabbatical during my recovery process and went off to Florida Island."

"It truly is a delight to see everybody here." Eduardo sighed happily before putting on a serious face. "But we can save happy greetings for later. We need to think of a plan to save my family and take back the White House! Any ideas?"

"Perhaps first, we can listen to this message from Black Rutile and an unknown second party." A secret service agent said while presenting a computer with Black Rutile and Sally Grove's smug faces on the screen.

"Black Rutile!" Eduardo said furiously while snatching the computer out of the agent's hands so he can talk with the self-proclaimed revolutionary one on one. "What business do you have taking my family hostage?!"

"I call it revenge." Black Rutile stated. "You were the one to instigate saving Steven the last time we met even though I convinced you he was a threat, so you are but one of many people I am striking back at for my misfortunes. In addition, my special friend Sally Grove here was the one to contact Reginald and help him organize his plan."

"Greetings Mr. President, you may call me Sally Grove." Sally introduced herself to the president. "Influencer, online critic, proud servant, and kindred spirit of Black Rutile. I never liked the Crystal Gems to begin with, or heck, anybody in general, but using them to prop yourself up just makes me sick. You're just like all the other men I've ever met."

"You take that back, young lady!" Wade yelled at Sally. "I don't know what your problem is, but if we weren't already on the verge of a national crisis, I'd use my military power to teach you a lesson!"

"You're only proving my point!" Sally complained. "You know, this can all be avoided if you agree to our demands."

"What are you suggesting?" Lloyd asked the two on the computer.

"Either surrender your presidency and allow me free reign to conquer the world or else your family will die!" Black Rutile threatened. "And to show that we mean business." Suddenly, one of Reginald's men took an agent by surprise by breaking his arms through the kitchen window and dragging him outside before giving him the mother of all vicious beatdowns.

The agent wasn't even given a chance to fight back because of how unprepared he was for an occasion. But then came the worst part. The agent tried to crawl back inside by opening the door, but the terrorist slammed his boot on the agent's back before slamming his head into the door well. And he did it again. And again. And again. And again. This brutal moment seemed to go on for hours until the agent was left possibly on the brink of death.

"That is how I mean business." Black Rutile concluded as the agent was helped to his feet by Tulip Dennis & Victor Molano before being dragged away to somewhere safe. "Either end your term early or horrible things will happen to you and everyone you ever loved. And don't even try to call the Crystal Gems for help, they're too busy with their own interpersonal conflicts to pay attention. Until then, that's all folks." The feed finally ended, leaving everybody in the vice president's kitchen dead silent as they began thinking about what to do next.

"So, what happens now?" Theresa asked awkwardly while trying to process the horrible sight they just witnessed earlier. While everybody started panicking, Eduardo was left catatonic with fear as he continued standing there fearing for his family, his country, and his alien friends.

--

"This is delicious!" Black Rutile laughed evilly as she and the other Rutile Rebels watched the civil war between Gems below them from the lighthouse. Though the way they say it, it was more of a childish feud that quickly went out of control.

"I guess abducting the Crystal Gems and holding them hostage won't be necessary, huh, boss?" Pyrite asked while arming her Rejuvenation Blaster. "They're already occupying themselves as is."

"Oh, don't be hasty, Pyrite!" Black Rutile replied as she aimed her sights on a random Gem. "Not until I'm sure it works perfectly!" With a target in view, Black Rutile pulled the trigger and launched a beam of light at a random Amethyst, making her writhe in agony before making her poof. "YES! YES!" She then turned to her subordinates. "Now Rutile Rebels, we shall strike!"

"Finally!" Holly Blue and Cat's Eye cheered before they joined hands and kissed, their forms merging into a tall, curvy, green Gem with bob-cut hair, a tight catsuit, high-heeled boots, a domino mask, and a pair of whips holstered around her waist. The fusion's name was Chrome Chalcedony.

The Rutile Rebels and their human allies then leaped into action, joining the struggle between Gems and pointing their Rejuvenation Blasters around before firing at random Gems. Left and right, various quarreling residents of Little Homeworld were shot down and reduced to their gems, much to the shock and horror of everyone else.

"Everybody, take cover!" White Topaz yelled while rounding up some Gems and racing them to safety.

"That's right, you pacifistic whelps, keep running!" Chrome Chalcedony laughed evilly as she and Bluebird Azurite kept firing at more Gems in their way.

"We might win this one," Teal Zircon declared intensely to Topaz. "you get to the panic room!"

"We don't have a panic room!" Topaz shouted back as Black Rutile cornered her and Teal.

"Aw, Teal and Topaz, I see you're already here." Black Rutile smiled as she presented the two with spare Rejuvenation Blasters. "Would you care to join this grand occasion?"

"I see what this is," Topaz said firmly. "This is all that your big plans were leading up to. Well frankly, I don't think we have a place among your ranks anymore."

"Ditto." Teal agreed before she narrowly dodged a blast from the Rejuvenator Blaster and began running for the hills. "Run Topaz, run like the wind!"

"I got you two!" Jasper exclaimed as she grabbed Teal and Topaz and dragged them to the beach house.

"Aw, you really do like me!" Teal replied cheerfully.

"Oh, be quiet," Jasper growled at the Zircon before she turned back and watched Lapis, Peridot, and Amethyst continue their fight with Bismuth, Garnet, and Pearl.

"I'm going to enjoy making you pay for what you've done to me!" Lapis snarled as she hoisted Bismuth by the neck with a wing forming into an arm and began strangling the blacksmith. "I am Lapis Lazuli, and I will not be anyone's prisoner anymore!"

"Please, I'm sorry, have mercy on me!" Bismuth choked and gasped mid-strangulation. "If you would just listen!" Suddenly, however, Bismuth was ripped out of Lapis's grasp by a massive red hand belonging to Mega Ruby. "What the?!"

"Surprise!" Mega Ruby laughed as she was briefly unfused to absorb Bismuth into her body, making the blacksmith's head stick out of the fusion's shoulder as a result. "Hey Black Rutile, we got one!"

"Perfect." Black Rutile smirked before looking to the rest of her troops. "Now, everyone round the others up!" Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Peridot were then brought forward in chains by Kyanite and Xenotime. "Looks like you were too angry at each other to see this coming, huh?"

"Of course, you'd take advantage of this!" Garnet snapped at the Rutile.

"Let's be frank, you were going to break apart anyhow." Kyanite laughed while slamming Garnet's face into the sand. "Hey CC, how's searching for the others going?"

"Unfortunately, they're a bit too good at hiding." Chrome Chalcedony declared as she emerged from the beach house with a particular book in hand. "However, I did find this on one of the shelves. 'When Your Child Wants Some Time Apart' by George Ikari, eh?"

"I got that book for Steven!" Pearl yelled at the fusion of Cat's Eye and Holly Blue. "Whatever you do, don't do anything to it!" As if Chrome wasn't listening, or maybe she deliberately didn't pay attention, she ripped the book in half with a grin.

"Looks like you all could use a little alone time," Chrome said with a snap of her fingers, allowing for all the Gems hit with the Rejuvenation Blasters to reform as mindless servants of Black Rutile. The Crystal Gems gasped in horror as various Amethysts, Jaspers, Pearls, Topazes, fusions, Rubies & Sapphires, Peridots, Lapises, Aquamarines, Bismuths, Agates, Demantoids, Pyropes, and various other Gems that previously wanted to live a free life on Earth had only one thing to say.

"All hail Black Rutile." The amnesiac Gems droned as they raised their arms and marched toward their former teachers. "All hail Black Rutile. All hail Black Rutile. All hail Black Rutile." Watching the onslaught from afar, Lapis shook her head with no amount of sympathy before changing her attire into a new dress bereft of any imagery connecting her to the Crystal Gems with a hooded cloak to hide her face as she flew away, abandoning the life she once knew as she left for parts unknown.

"Just so we're clear, this is still all your fault." Peridot angrily said to Bismuth.

"My fault!?" Bismuth argued with the tiny technician. "You were the one who interrogated her!"

"I only came along with Jasper to check up on the Cluster!" Peridot bickered. "If anything, she and Garnet are to blame since Garnet was so strong, it convinced Jasper to fuse with Lapis and they tortured each other as Malachite for months on end!"

"That is an unbelievably lazy excuse." Garnet coolly said despite how furious she was at the accusation. "Like I said, Pearl and I didn't know the Gem in the mirror was Lapis."

"And that made you try to take Lapis away from her only friend at the time?!" Amethyst bickered with Garnet and Pearl. "Face it, if you were honest with Lapis the whole time, this wouldn't have happened at all!"

"Will all of you be quiet already?" Xenotime asked.

"It's adorable how you keep blaming each other for your own follies instead of pointing fingers at the sociopathic monster in your midst who is getting away with everything as we speak." Black Rutile proclaimed before she looked over her shoulder to notice that Lapis had disappeared. "Chrome Chalcedony, be a dear and bring the Crystal Gems back to Little Homeworld while I follow Lapis."

"It shall be my pleasure." Chrome Chalcedony beamed as she lead the new and improved Rutile Rebels away from the ruined party while the rain finally stopped, and Black Rutile pulled out a hoverboard from her gem to follow Lapis.

Having been completely ignored this whole time, Greg was left shell-shocked at what he had just witnessed. All was quiet in the area that was supposed to host a fun anniversary party, but the storm combined with the fight had ruined everything. Then suddenly, a large orange hand patted him on the shoulder. "You, Steven's dad, wake up!"

"Jasper?!" Greg yelped at Jasper standing behind him. "Where have you and White Topaz been this whole time?"

"Saving Gems, what else." White Topaz replied before turning to the beach house. "I think they're gone, guys, it's safe to come out now!" Soon, the Lapis twins, the Black Pearl Brigade, the Diamonds' Pearls, Nephrite, Desert Glass, Albite, Beryl, Tiger's Eye, Serpentine, Larimar, Snowflake Obsidian, Monazite, Diaspore, Dumortierite, Skinny Jasper, Carnelian, Orange Spodumene, Cherry Quartz, Blue Chalcedony, Chrysocolla, Bixbite, Biggs Jasper, Grossular Diopside, the Cubic Zirconias, both the Watermelon Tourmalines, the Rose Quartz trio, Flint, Chert, Kunzite, and a Gem Greg assumed he never saw before all emerged from the beach house, all afraid of what could happen next. "We could only save these guys. The rest are all gone, all slaves to Black Rutile now."

"But they're not gone completely," Cap said as she stepped forward. "When my team and I were hit by those Rejuvenation Blasters, the effects seemed permanent. Then Nacre here, previously known as Shell, helped restore our memories. If that's the case, there's a good chance that will be the case with everyone the Rutile Rebels has shot."

"So what happens now?" Greg said nervously before looking at the big, bird-like Gem. "And who are you supposed to be? I don't think I ever saw you before."

"My name's Lavenderine, pleased to meet you." Lavenderine introduced herself by shaking Greg's hand. "Sorry that I'm seeing you for the first time in such bad circumstances, but-Ooh, is that cake still fresh?!" She raced over to the ruined cake and began pecking it with a huge, beaklike nose. "Hm, still some flavor left."

"Regardless, Black Rutile thinks she may have won, but we're all still here, together." Diaspore proclaimed.

"I don't understand. I don't understand how this all happened." Teal Zircon stated as she began making a speech. "How we go through this. I mean, I knew the Crystal Gems, and then they're just, they're just taken down by some crazy Rutile I thought was running a book club, and I don't understand why she can't just get over her horrible losses and live a quiet life." Everyone was taken aback by how profound she was sounding right now. "It's stupid. It's human and stupid, and, and Lapis was crying and not talking, and earlier I was having fruit punch and I thought, well, I got fruit punch all over me, surely that'll be just one part of a day we'll look back on and laugh. And she'll never see Peridot, or Bismuth, or the others, not ever, and no one will explain to me why!"

"It's tough losing someone to be sure." Dumortierite proclaimed sorrowfully. "But we are the Crystal Gems, and we'll always save the day! If she thinks we can't, we'll always find a way!"

"But that leaves the question." Laz declared. "What now?"

"I hope Lapis is doing okay." Zuli agreed as everybody gazed over the horizon with no clue as to what happens next.

--

Far away from Beach City, Black Rutile surfed the ocean on her hoverboard in search of Lapis, hoping that she'd be able to answer the terraformer's prayers for help and maybe add another Crystal Gem to her roster. "Now, if I were an insipid terraformer, where would I be?" Suddenly, she heard a loud rumbling sound and looked over in the distance, where she discovered a familiar building rising from the water.

"The Lunar Sea Spire?!" Black Rutile exclaimed before guiding her hoverboard to the fallen temple. Even though it was in ruins and a few Crystal Shrimp littered the spire, it was still relatively intact. "Oy, someone should pick up after themselves." The Rutile terrorist mused as she reached the very top of the tower, where Lapis was on her knees gazing at the sky. "Hello, Lapis."

"What do you want?" Lapis harshly asked Black Rutile. "Let me guess, are you here to mistreat me like the Crystal Gems did?"

"No, I came here because I have now realized the two of us are more alike than I initially believed." Black Rutile said as she walked towards Lapis and sat down beside her. "Think of it, the two of us were created to serve the Diamonds and were very good at it. But after coming to Earth, our lives just started falling apart and we haven't been able to get back to normal since."

"What, you want me to join you or something?" Lapis continued.

"What do you think, my dear Lazuli?" Black Rutile grinned before standing up and offering her hand. "Would you care to help me prevent any other Gem from suffering like we did?" Lapis then closed her eyes before turning her head and sticking her hand out to Black Rutile. As soon as Black Rutile helped Lapis up and walked her away from where she sat, Lapis was a Crystal Gem no more. Now, she was a Rutile Rebel.

--

With the Crystal Gems finally eliminated from the equation, Black Rutile now had full control over Little Homeworld. To make it better, she now had another former member joining her after realizing she and Black Rutile were very much alike.

"So what are we going to do with this, my Rutile?" Lapis said as she, Black Rutile, and Dr. Brenner stood together atop the whirly-bird tower, gazing out at Beach City and the surrounding area. "I mean, this whole place officially belongs to us now."

"Something that I've wanted to do for a long time now, and I need your help to do it." Black Rutile replied. "I want you to raise this insipid town to the sky! Use all the moisture into the ground to turn Little Homeworld into my flying fortress!"

"As you wish, my Rutile," Lapis said without a shred of emotion as she raised her hands to the air, making the water droplets in the ground rise up and burrow into the ground to make the town fly. What was once a happy little village for Gems to unlearn the old ways of the Diamonds quickly became an airborne dreadnought that Black Rutile could finally call home, and the Crystal Gems were powerless to stop her.

"Now then, let's begin the invasion!" Black Rutile commanded her new brainwashed troopers. "I want you to not stop until Beach City is annihilated!"

"Hold on one second, Black Rutile!" James finally spoke out against Black Rutile. "I have tolerated your antics for so long because I believed that maybe you'd listen to me and change yourself for the better. But alas, your plans have finally convinced me otherwise. Brainwashing all these innocent Gems was bad enough, but now you convinced an emotionally vulnerable Gem to join you?"

"What can I say, preying on the emotionally vulnerable was how I gathered my subjects." Black Rutile shrugged. "And I don't think I appreciate your tone, doctor. I'm afraid I'll have to cancel all future appointments from here on out." She turned to Lapis. "Lapis, show the doctor where he stands now."

With any sense of emotion drained from her, Lapis grabbed James by his shirt collar and tossed him off of Little Homeworld to his possible death, only to be saved at the last minute by an orange blur grabbing him in the nick of time.

"Who can stop me now?!" Black Rutile laughed her loudest and most monstrous evil laugh yet as the entire Rutile Rebels gathered behind her in triumph. "WHO?!"

Faraway from the flying Little Homeworld, a certain human girlfriend of Steven had just returned home from college for spring break.

--

And so, the curtain draws as we end part one on possibly the darkest note I've written for any of my stories yet. The Crystal Gems have been turned against one another, Lapis has joined Black Rutile, the president of the United States is at war with a terrorist who I admit to taking a few cues from Monsoon from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance while resisting the urge to make him say "Memes: the DNA of the soul", and Black Rutile has officially taken over Little Homeworld. In their darkest hour, will the remaining Gems led by Jasper, White Topaz, Teal Zircon, and Topaz find the strength to stand up for what is right and save the world? We'll just have to wait and see.

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by FireClaw111

Clarke Griffin remains in the grasp of her mates and captors. Continuing to be overstimulated by them. Then, they show her just the extent of her power, by showing her how cruel they can be to others.

Words: 5079, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of The vampire's captors

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Black Widow (Comics), Black Widow (Movie 2021), Captain Marvel (2019), DCU, DCU (Comics), The 100 (TV), The 100 Series - Kass Morgan

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/F

Characters: Clarke Griffin, Carol Danvers, Natasha Romanov, Hela (Marvel), Niylah (The 100), Maria Hill, Diana (Wonder Woman), Yelena Belova, Dinah Lance, Helena Bertinelli, Beatriz da Costa, Tora Olafsdotter, Wanda Maximoff, Melina Vostokoff, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner

Relationships: Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Natasha Romanov, Clarke Griffin/Hela, Clarke Griffin/Wanda Maximoff, Helena Bertinelli/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Dinah Lance, Clarke Griffin/Tora Olafsdotter, Beatriz da Costa/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Diana Prince, Clarke Griffin/Shayera Hol, Yelena Belova/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Maria Hill, Clarke Griffin/Niylah, Clarke Griffin/Melina Vostokoff

Additional Tags: Rape/Non-con Elements, Non-Consensual Bondage, Overstimulation, Forced Orgasm, Cunnilingus, Cruelty, Vampire Clarke Griffin, Torture

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/9prWglY

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #the 100 #the 100 fic

[ton-e]

Anthony, drunk off his ass taking his turn to say stories in team bonding night: so you know, my dad loved trains as a kid right. Well I had passion for destroying everything in my path

Friggason: Can relate

Anthony: - And he had this elaborate, mechanical train sets they made back then, you know the ones you build around the room?? It was his favorite thing on earth and my territoial little toddler ass was like....Father cares not for me? Father favors unity with the machines? Has he forsaken my existence? And WELL, I knew where the tools were so-

Joseph: God this story is burned in my brain, white boys are such drama queens

Alianova: I like how Tony's first instinct was to go terminator on his father's belongings

Anthony: I WAS 3 CUT ME A BREAK. A N Y w a y, so I like. Smashed the train into pieces right, now. I didn't wanna blame anybody for this cause dad had like, the temper of a hot teapot, so I'm like you know what. Let me just dismantle this and bury it, maybe he'll assume Jarvis just,,,,cleaned the room and bagged the train somewhere and forgot about it

Beatriz: Okay wait I gotta ask, were you the family who had servants at their back and call 24/7m

Anthony: No??? We had a housekeeper.

Grant and James: [Sip soda in Poor]

Francis: DO you hear yourself?? Like when you talk???

Rupert: I will never understand rich people period

Hogan: Amen

Anthony: And so, I thought, ok. He's gonna get another one it's gonna be fine, or just forget about it all together. At 3 am in the fucking asscrack of night, I hear a military trumpet waking me up and to this day I haven't got the slightest clue where he got it from but he DID, and he called a meeting to his room. What lays at his feet? The.fucking.train

Janet: Not even Agatha wrote this murder

Rupert: I'm having MIT flashbacks, you were so salty you got caught for that

Anthony: IM! SO terrified. Because Jarvis is watching me with that 'I know you did some shit you weren't supposed to' look because he had dad instincts like that, I'm feeling like a damn Sherlock Holmes criminal waiting to be caught, dad is ranting so fast I feel like I'm listening to Greek recordings, brings the ceiling upside down, and grandma the whole time has an avocado facemask slipping off her cheeks and I can TELL they know I did it. I must have looked so guilty because dad just. Points at me and with the most betrayed voice yells "Y O U ! ?" ... I look at my family, Jarvis, Mom , Grandma and Uncle Joseph... and they look AWAY Pepper

Vriginia: L O S I N G her shit

Joseph: YOU DONT KNOW THE WORSE OF IT-- Howie is just, take him to his room, and I think, good on you man, keeping your cool-- This fucker howls the most UNHINGED scream I've heard, jumps out THROUGH the window, and rolls on the lawn for like 2 hour. He also baught that ugly ass flamingo at that time and that bitch just watches him GO at it. Best thing I've seen in my life.

#earth 513 #Anthony stark #alianova romanov #Joseph fury #Friggason #francis barton #janet van dyne #James Barnes #Grant rogers #beatriz banner #rupert Rhodes #Hogan #jarvis edwin #Howie stark #Tina stark #Mary stark #crack #Virginia potts

[holdtightposts]

Okay, hear me out.

How do we make this happen?

Stephanie Beatriz as Jennifer Walters.

#she hulk #jennifer walters #stephanie beatriz #marvel #d23 #marvel studios #mcu #disney #disney+ #disney plus #marvel comics #hulk #bruce banner #avengers #brooklyn nine nine #b99 #2k

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

She-Hulk fancast for her Disney+ series

Stephanie Beatriz as Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk 

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / The Incredible Hulk, Jennifer’s cousin

Martin Sensmeier as Wyatt Wingfoot, a famous athlete and Jennifer’s main love interest

Jimmy Smits as Sheriff William Morris Walters, Jennifer’s father

Maggie Siff as Elaine Banner-Walters, Jennifer’s mother (only appears in flashbacks since she died in a car crash when Jennifer was 17) 

Dean Norris as Holden Holliway, one of the senior partners at the law firm that Jennifer works for 

Natalia Dyer as Sasha Martin / Southpaw, Holden’s granddaughter and a law clerk at the firm

Kelly Rohrbach as Mallory Book, an antagonistic attorney who is Jennifer’s co-worker/bitter rival, later supports the Leader 

Jerome Flynn as Nicholas Trask, a ruthless mobster who had a grudge against Jennifer’s father and the secondary antagonist of season 1

Tim Blake Nelson returns as Samuel Sterns / The Leader, the main antagonist of season 1 

Liv Tyler returns as Betty Ross

#she hulk #jennifer walters #mcu #bruce banner #hulk #The Incredible Hulk #marvel #disney plus #betty ross #samuel sterns #the leader #wyatt wingfoot #fancast #stephanie beatriz #mark ruffalo #martin sensmeier #jimmy smits #maggie siff #dean norris #natalia dyer #kelly rohrbach #jerome flynn #tim blake nelson #liv tyler

[jackdoe]

Listen...

I want Stephanie Beatriz to be She-Hulk in the MCU

#marvel #MCU #she-hulk #jennifer walters #stephanie beatriz #Brooklyn 99 #b99 #Avengers #avengers endgame #the incredible hulk #bruce banner #mark ruffalo #the sensational she-hulk #kevin feige #let's make it happen people #Marvel Comics #marvel cinematic universe

[baes-1]

Time to play the recast game

Original six Avengers round

One (1) veto (aka refusal to recast) permitted

Iron Man - (veto) Robert Downey Jr

Captain America - Justin Baldoni

Black Widow - Stephanie Beatriz

Bruce Banner - Henry Golding

Clint Barton - David Castañeda

Thor - Jon Kortajarena

#recast game #avengers #avengers recast #thor odinson #bruce banner #clint barton #tony stark #iron man #captain america #steve rogers #natasha romanoff #black widow #jon kortajarena #david castañeda #justin baldoni #rdj #robert downey jr #stephine beatriz #henry golding

[we-will-begin-again]

Get to know the mun! Repost, don’t reblog.

———  𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒.

(PEN)NAME: Cryptid, Mica.

PRONOUNS: She/Her

ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

TAKEN OR SINGLE: Single

———  𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄  𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒.

I am from Argentina. Born, raised, and still currently living here.

I speak English, Spanish, and a bit of Portuguese.

I used to play violin.

———  𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄.

I’ve been roleplaying since 2012, the first fandom I roleplayed in was the Transformers fandom, mostly with OCs back then. The first fandom I roleplayed canon characters in was Teen Wolf, after that I just fell in love with canon roleplay and moved on to Marvel and DC comics, with characters such as Wonder Woman, Beatriz Da Costa, Bruce Banner, Jennifer Walters and some others. I've been in the The Walking Dead fandom since a bit before the show started, my cousin owned some of the comics, but I didn't roleplay in the fandom until sometime in 2014. First characters I roleplayed as in the TWD fandom were Carl, Lori, Jesus, Michonne and Daryl. Since then I've dropped some muses and added new ones.

———  𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄  𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄.

I like complex characters and characters that have the potential to be complex. I think a preference I have is secondary characters, specially those that aren't fandom popular, I like being able to take liberties in my portrayal, give them unique backstories and personalities.

———  𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐅𝐅  /  𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐓  /  𝐒𝐌𝐔𝐓.  

FLUFF: I love it. Specially when it comes after angst, I am a sucker for hurt comfort situations.

ANGST: In a fandom like this I don't think it is possible to not like angst 😂 TWD is a pretty fucked up universe to live in, all the characters have gone through a lot, I like exploring that and how it has affected them, but I try to keep a good balance of happy stuff too, because not everything has to be sad.

SMUT: I like smut. I write it only if it is plotted and done to add something to the plot or to the ship.

PLOT/MEMES: Plotting, always. Memes don't really give much to work with for a thread, I mostly use drabbles, or to plot with a partner based on a prompt from a meme. But plotting is definitely necessary.

Tagged by: @wexarethewalkingxdead

Tagging: Antone who sees this and hasn't done it yet!

#||my post|| #||dash game|| #||about the mun|| #||out of character||

[theanticool]

Bellator Women‘s Featherweight Division - Cyborg is the champ! Now what?

So now that Bellator has a dedicated star as their featherweight champion in Cris Cyborg, it would be cool to see them expand the division a bit in an effort to build contenders (or at least keep Cyborg active). They’ve already got like 15 FW women on roster, which is way better than the 4 or 5 on the UFC roster. I also can’t imagine the UFC is going to keep their women’s featherweight division for much longer. I imagine they’re either waiting on Nunes to drop the title or playing wait & see with Kayla Harrison. Honestly I would prefer having all the 145lbers fighting under the same banner just cause of how thin the division is.

Here’s a list of women fighting internationally that I’d like to see Bellator sign to try and build some semblance of momentum. Also hire me Coker.

Stephanie Egger (4-1), Switzerland - Some may remember Egger from her quick stint in Invicta. Others will remember her as being the most recent fighter to have beaten King Reina in Rizin. The Judoka turned fighter has not been able to stay active because she hasn’t been able to get fights. She’s training all the time though. She can bounce between 135 and 145 but since the UFC doesn’t seem interested in signing women above 125lbs, I say make an offer on her.

Zamzagul Fayzallanova (6-1), Kazakhstan - Another Judoka! A woman fighting out of Kazakhstan, Fayzallanova has only lost to someone who was fighting up at 170lbs. She’s only beaten two women with winning records but she’s shown herself to be a powerful and adept grappler as well as someone who can score quick finishes. 

Julia Dorny (2-0), Germany - Another Judoka turned mixed martial artist. While her pro record is nothing crazy, Dorny is also a former IMMAF champion. She’s 5′9 so there is really no shot of her dropping to 135lbs. She’s a genuine 145lber. Plus she’s from a country where DAZN operates in so there’s that.

Ana Carolina Vieira (0-0), Brazil - This appears odd if you don’t follow competition BJJ but Ana Carolina Vieira is a 3x Gi BJJ champion. She’s also the sister of UFC fighter and BJJ champion Rodolfo Vieira. She’s expressed interest in jumping into MMA. She competes up at 152lbs, so I think the bantamweight division is outside of her reach at the moment.

Beatriz Mesquita (0-0), Brazil - Mesquita is the most decorated IBJJF champion (man or woman) in history. She’s recently talked about hopping into MMA. She competes in BJJ at about 141lbs. She she not want to cut the extra weight, women’s 145 could be a good fit for her and Bellator would offer the most opportunities to stay busy.

Pam Sorenson (8-3), USA - I don’t know what’s going on with Invicta’s featherweight division. They finally crowned another champion in Felciai Spencer only for the UFC to snatch them up instantly. There isn’t really anyone left for her to fight in Invicta. I think Shannon Knapp would let her walk if she got a big(ger) offer to fight somewhere else.

Martina Jindrova (2-0), Czech Republic - A 5′8 29 year old fighting out of Czech Republic. She’s a former Muay Thai/Kickboxing fighter who is probably best known for her losses to Jorina Baars. Would be a nice addition to a division that has a lot of grapplers.

Charmaine "Not So Sweet" Tweet (9-6), Canada - At 42 I don’t think I want to see Tweet fight Cyborg again but that doesn’t mean there aren’t fun fights for her. She has apparently been training for a comeback since the summer after taking a hiatus.  

Ediane Gomes (11-4), Brazil - At 39 years old, I don’t think Gomes is going to suddenly turn into a world beater but good god, just let the woman fight. She has had a lot of set backs due to injury and mental health problems and this could be a feel good story in a division needing any type of narrative driving it.

Yana Gadelha (3-0), Brazil - Wild card selection as she hasn’t beaten anyone with a win but neither have some of the other women at the low end of the Bellator women’s FW division. From the little tape I’ve seen on her though, she seems like a slick and strong grappler.

Genah Fabian (2-1), Australia - A kickboxer who has only recently come to MMA. Best known for her 1-1 run in PFL and for knocking out Invicta FC fighter Charmaine Tweet in kickboxing. I don’t know what her PFL contract situation is like but it’s at least worth talking to her agent.

If the only that that occurs because of signing these women is that Cyborg fights one more time a year that she would otherwise, then the ROI is better than whatever they are paying Josh Barnett and Roy Nelson and Frank Mir to fight one another.

#Bellator #Bellator MMA #Cris Cyborg #MMA #opinions

[bruceimagines]

Hulk The Last

Cap 2- Nova missão

Bruce caminhava de um lado para o outro na sala de reuniões já nervoso com a chegada de Fury, Depois da última missão psicologicamente esgotante, esperava poder passar mais tempo em seu laboratório e dar continuidade em sua pesquisa.

-Se continuar andando em círculos assim você vai acabar abrindo um buraco no chão. Disse a voz conhecida.

-Clint? Ele te chamou também? Achei que iria pedir algumas férias.. falou surpreso.

-É… parece que Fury não entende o que é pedir um "tempo em família", disse o homem cruzando os braços.

-Sua esposa deve ter odiado!

-Sim, ela mandou alguns "elogios" para Fury assim que soube. Disse Clint se lembrando da reação nada feliz da sua esposa ao saber que teriam de adiar as férias.

Bruce riu porém não o suficiente para acabar com o nervosismo e a tensão que sentia de toda situação.

-Ele te contou algo? Pois eu só recebi um "estou indo" Perguntou Bruce tentando imitar a voz do homem.

-Sei tanto quanto você, a única coisa que ele me falou era que o futuro de todos está ameaçado,porém começo a suspeitar que essa frase foi dita apenas para me fazer vir, Clint respondeu andando em volta da sala.

-Não acho que Fury se daria ao trabalho de falar mentiras a essa altura do campeonato amigo… estou com um mau pressentimento. Falou o cientista cada vez mais tenso.

-Cadê a santaBea? Ela não deveria estar com a gente? Perguntou Clint a fim de acabar com o clima sério no ar.

Bruce acenou negativamente revirando os olhos, "santaBea" era o nome que Clint inventou por conta da natureza gentil de Beatrice fazendo com que ela odiasse o apelido com todas as suas forças e Clint achava divertido provoca-la , respirando fundo Bruce brevemente respondeu:

- Creio que ela ainda precisa se recuperar da fratura do joelho que teve duas semanas atrás.

-Ainda o ferimento da sala de treinamento? Perguntou o gavião arqueiro enquando mexia em alguns infeites estranhos da sala de reuniões.

-Sim, ela sempre quer dar o maximo de si e esquece que não tem fator de cura.disse balançando negativamente a cabeça.

-Pois eu acho que estou muito bem Dr!!!, falou a moça entrando.- Oie Clint.

-Oie santaBea você irá me dar a sua benção, disse o homem fazendo um movimento de reverencia fazendo a moça dar um tapinha em seus ombros.

-Cala a boca Barton!, e enquanto a você!, falou apontando para o professor Hulk - Se deu mal mocinho, Fury também me ligou.

-E como ele conseguiu seu número? Perguntou Bruce surpreso.

-Eu posso meio que ter dado o número para que ele me chamasse em caso de algo aparecer, já que você não me chama para mais nada.Ela disse coçando a cabeça com os dedos.

-E desde quando vocês viraram amigos?, a surpresa de Bruce deu lugar a preocupação pelos ferimentos da moça.

-Ele viu meu treinamento e disse que tenho potencial. Ela respondeu já cansada de se explicar por nada.

-Era o que me faltava agora, você ir machucada em uma missão.

Nesse momento Beatrice levantou vários chutes repetidamente na frente de Bruce o assustanto.

-Olhe você mesmo! Estou completamente nova em folha.

- Hey eu ainda estou aqui, falou Clint que observava tudo com os braços cruzados e um sorriso de deboche no rosto.

Os dois olharam para Clint como se pedissem para ele escolher um lado o que o fez dar dois passos para trás.

-Ora, é bom saber que está melhor Beatrice... Barton, banner é bom ver vocês também, disse uma voz que todos conheciam.

-Olá Fury, comprimentaram Bruce e Barton ao mesmo tempo.

-Oie, falou Beatrice colocando a perna no chão.

-Como estão? continuou Fury-Eu soube que a pesqui…

-Eu acho que não nos chamou aqui para saber de nossas vidas, Interrompeu Clint-melhor irmos direto ao assunto.

-Esse é o bom Clint,educado como sempre. Debochou Beatrice rindo e cruzando os braços.

Bruce apenas revirou os olhos enquanto Nick abria uma mala de metal.

-Tem razão Barton, Há exatamente um ano e meio vocês salvaram a Beatrice de algo que você disse que se parecia com…

-A sala vermelha em que Natasha foi criada, só que digamos dez vezes maior e cruel. Interrompeu Clint que ao perceber que Beatrice tremeu com suas palavras colocou a mão sobre seu ombro.

-Sim, nós nunca sabíamos o nome de nada, era tudo em números, o meu local de treinamento era o 0.5(zero ponto cinco). Beatrice complementou.

-Uma forma eficaz de caso uma das assassinas fossem capturadas não poderiam dar nenhuma afirmação concreta a respeito do local em si. Concluiu o arqueiro.

-Exatamente. Falou Nick concordando com a cabeça.

-Onde você quer chegar Fury? Agora foi a vez de Bruce perguntar.

O homem então ligou seu laptop tirado da mala onde varios hologramas com fotos de desconhecidos apareceram.

-Depois da queda da 0.5, começamos a investigar a fundo todos os documentos que recuperamos durante a operação e descobrimos que essa organização está disposta a criar super assassinos e agora estão recrutando mutantes.

-Mas já os derrotamos não é? Acabamos com seus planos. Interrompeu Bruce.

-Infelizmente parece que vocês destruiram apenas uma pequena parte,conseguimos localizar um local ainda maior e escondido na Sibéria e a coisa é bem pior do que pensávamos.

Os três ficaram em choque, principalmente Beatrice que apertou o punho fechado contra o peito

Os três ficaram em choque.

-Agora vamos ao que realmente interessa, queremos saber o porque deles estarem tramando tudo isso, isso me cheira a algo maior e quero saber o porque.

Nick então pausou na foto de três crianças amarradas em camas de hospitais com o rosto triste

-Essas três meninas estão sendo mantidas como cobaías e preciso da ajuda de vocês para resgata-las e conseguir mais informações, posso contar com vocês?

Clint olhou em choque e se lembrou dos filhos o que fez algo queimar dentro de seu peito.

-Eu vou!

-Eu também, disse Bruce, ao olhar a imagem se lembrou de como é não ter controle sobre si mesmo fazendo toda a tensão que sentia desaparecer dando lugar a determinação-Vamos acabar com esses caras.

-E você senhorita? Perguntou Nick percebendo como Beatrice estava abalada.-Você irá conseguir enfrenta-Los? Ter alguém que viveu dentro da organização seria de grande ajuda mas se…

-Eu vou, ela disse levantando a cabeça e já prevendo o que Bruce iria dizer ao perceber ele se aproximando dela antecipou lhe dando um sorriso-Vai ficar tudo bem, eu vou ficar bem!

Naquele mesmo dia os três não falaram mais nada, apenas arrumaram tudo o que precisavam e no dia seguinte pela manhã estavam entrando em um jato a caminho do local marcado por Fury, Beatrice sentiu um frio familiar no estômago, porém nada prazeroso, foi quando de repente uma lembrança veio em sua mente:

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Beatriz Flashback on:

Beatrice tinha 12 anos e acabado de ter sua primeira menstruação há 5 dias e estranhou ser chamada para uma sala com uma cama hospitalar.

-Oie 123, está pronta? Disse uma mulher alta com o cabelo loiro e batom vermelho sangue.

-Se…senhora, eu já não fiz exames essa semana? A criança tentou argumentar.

Foi quando com espanto percebeu que dois homens entraram no quarto.

-Minha querida 123, falou a mulher acariciando o rosto da criança- Há muitas maneiras de usar seu corpo para assassinar um alvo…

-O-o que? A menina deu dois paços para trás.

-A partir de hoje uma vez por semana você irá treinar com esses gentis senhores e aprender como usar seu corpo para conseguir tudo o que quer de um homem.

Após pronunciar essas últimas palavras a mulher saiu da sala trancando-a e deixando a menina sozinha com os homens que a olhavam como ela nunca viu antes e por algum motivo ficou com estômago revirando e com medo, ela só queria que a senhora tirasse ela de lá, porém isso nunca aconteceu, ela ficou lá por 5 horas.

Beatrice Flashback off

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Beatrice saiu de seu pensamento e voltou a olhar os companheiros de equipe dentro do jato, ela nunca disse a eles tudo o que passou, talvez ela diria um dia, porém precisava resolver coisas dentro de si primeiro.

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Acaboooou

Gente me desculpe toda a conversa, mas primeiro tive que explicar tudo antes da ação xD

Espero que tenham gostado 0/

#parks and recreation #kids #emmys 2019 #entertainment #adoption #hulk #marvel #Bruce Banner #Clint Barton #Thor #Tony Stark #Nick Fury #Natasha Romanoff #disney #fanfic #fanfiction #imagines #imagine #oc #mcu #romance #drama

[ao3feed-the100]

The future empress

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/oF0Sq9B

by Dinofuryjaws

AU. Being gladiators in Rome, is without question, not a light matter. But the newest gladiators fighting in the ring under the watch of emperor Jakob Griffin, will easily gain the favor they need. And when they do? Well, the prize they were after, who had been eyeing them as well as her own prize, the daughter of the emperor, would know who truly was in charge.

Words: 5286, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Black Widow (Comics), Black Widow (Movie 2021), DCU, DCU (Comics), The 100 (TV), The 100 Series - Kass Morgan

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Clarke Griffin, Jake Griffin, Wells Jaha, Natasha Romanov, Wanda Maximoff, Maria Hill, Steve Rogers, Mari Jiwe McCabe, Diana (Wonder Woman), Hela (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Tora Olafsdotter, Carol Danvers, Yelena Belova, Melina Vostokoff, Niylah (The 100), Beatriz da Costa, Felicia Hardy, Brunnhilde, Sigrid Nansen, Bruce Banner, Loki, Abby Griffin

Relationships: Clarke Griffin/Natasha Romanov, Clarke Griffin/Wanda Maximoff, Clarke Griffin/Maria Hill, Clarke Griffin/Steve Rogers, Clarke Griffin/Pepper Potts, Clarke Griffin/Mari Jiwe McCabe, Clarke Griffin/Tora Olafsdotter, Clarke Griffin/Hela Odinsdotter, Clarke Griffin/Thor Odinson, Clarke Griffin/Diana Prince, Clarke Griffin/Niylah, Clarke Griffin/Sigrid Nansen, Beatriz da Costa/Clarke Griffin, Yelena Belova/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Melina Vostokoff, Clarke Griffin/Tony Stark, Clarke Griffin/Loki Laufeyson, Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin, Clarke Griffin/Felicia Hardy, Brunnhilde/Clarke Griffin, Bruce Banner/Clarke Griffin

Additional Tags: can be seen as dubious consent, Polyamory, Dom/sub, Cunnilingus, Vaginal Fingering, Vaginal Fisting, Face-Sitting, Double Penetration

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/oF0Sq9B

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #the 100 #the 100 fic

[ton-e]

Team Anthony as random pics I have on my gallery:

Anthony:

Rupert:

Virginia:

Alianova:

Friggason:

Beatriz:

Joseph:

Grant:

James:

Francis:

#earth 513 #anthony stark #rupert rhodes #virginia potts #alianova romanov #Friggason #Beatriz banner #Grant rogers #james barnes #joseph fury #francis barton

[skammovistarplus]

Teenage angst in the time of social media

[translated from Angustias adolescentes en tiempos de redes sociales, by Concepción Cascajosa]

What is it about SKAM? We talk about the show, portrayal of a generation of young women whom we have to learn much about.

Skam España has been one of the most curious bids in Movistar+’s original show strategy, maybe because it has opted to follow a somewhat different path compared to the ambitious productions the digital platform has recently premiered. One of the main difficulties for Movistar+ shows is that their results can’t be assessed like you would broadcast tv (this is obvious, despite the determination of some) nor like your regular pay TV, due to a strategy designed to get the subscribers (of which I am one) to use the on-demand video platform. Always keeping an eye on what’s happening in the European market when it comes to purchasing formats (that’s how some of the best shows on #0 came to be), Movistar+ succeeded at purchasing the rights to adapt Skam to Spain. The groundbreaking Norwegian teen show managed to become a social phenomenon and accumulate fans worldwide, with a unique distribution on social networks: clips are uploaded matching the time and date when they happen, before they’re collected into a conventional episode.

Skam relied on its realism and the identification of its potential viewers with the show, thus it premiered in Norway with no promotional complain. In Spain, Movistar+ opted to replicate this strategy, as opposed to its undoubtedly overwhelming campaigns for previous shows, with huge banners in the heart of major cities and even commercials on broadcast tv. This quasi subterranean launch  has led Skam España to become the platform’s “invisible show.” “Do you know anyone who’s watching it?” was, after its premiere, one of the recurring questions in the world of television critics, who appeared taken aback. The problem is that we still tend to think that a successful show is one that we and the people we know watch, applying a mainstream mindset to an infinitely fragmented landscape, with niches we can’t even imagine. For instance, I’ve learned that some of my students are famous youtubers followed by thousands, a reality that those who have found their first grey hairs might think baffling.

A few weeks ago, while Skam España was on air, I had the opportunity to meet for coffee with Begoña Álvarez Rojas, the show’s director and executive producer, and Rafael Taboada, the young Movistar+ development executive in charge of the project. Rafael told me of the loving care the platform has treated the project since the beginning. The original series creator, Julie Andem, even spent a workday in Madrid — there was a clear purpose to retain the spirit of the original series, although keeping in mind that, “Norwegian society is very different from Spanish society.” Movistar+ picked Zeppelin to take on the remake, partly because how important social network strategy is for the show. The Fama, ¡a bailar! reboot on #0 was a good testing ground and proved, in Taboada’s words, that, “Zeppelin was a good traveling companion.” Álvarez Rojas, veteran director and producer of shows such as Periodistas, arrived soon after to captain the ship. Álvarez built a writing team with Jon de la Cuesta, Beatriz Arias and Estíbaliz Burgaleta, the latter as script coordinator. Should the reader search for a non-daily show airing in Spain in 2018 with such a relevant presence of women in the creative team, they would find none other.

As it happened with the Norwegian series, Skam España involved intensive research with actual teens, which included discussion groups and in-depth interviews, performed by psychologists. Casting also commenced, looking for very young actors, with more charm than experience, and whose skills were sometimes written into the script. Begoña Álvarez remembered that, “many of the actors have a lot in common with their character, and the characters’ final concept was made based on the actors, their strengths and weaknesses.” One of the features of Skam is that a relevant portion of the characterization happens not on the show itself, but through their social media interactions, and specifically in Skam España, through Instagram. So, the show’s creative team was in constant touch with Zeppelin’s social media managers, Felipe Jiménez Luna and Georgia Elliott, whom Álvarez remembers having talked to late into the night about whether “a character would follow someone on instagram” and having held meetings to hammer out details such as what kind of smartphone each character would use.

In truth, when I saw the first Skam España episode, its freshness caught my attention (I have to add that the Norwegian show made no impression on me), even as I realized that I, older and distant, was not at all the target audience. If you don’t understand something, the next logical step is to ask. I began asking my college freshman class, who are the closest in age to the audience Skam España seeks. I found that, out of a class of seventy people, around ten knew and followed the show, a pretty good amount. Doubtlessly, the number was superior to any other Movistar+ show and, very likely, to any other show until the Élite hurricane arrived a few days later. So I asked some of my students what their Skam España opinions were. First, I confirmed something Rafael Taboada had already told me — Skam España fans also follow the other remakes. Sara, for instance, told me she’d watched, in addition to Skam, the French, Italian, German and US remakes. “I really like that they altered the story a bit, the plot is still the same, but they haven’t copied the clips exactly like other remakes.” However, that also introduces an element of comparison, added to the level of effort that is already expected of the show’s creative team.

Sara, on the other hand, complained that the Spanish cast’s lack of body diversity, in comparison to Skam, whereas the main criticism for another student, Carlota, was that the acting sometimes felt forced. The search for realism, either way, was a central element. Begoña Álvarez said that fans had really appreciated that they included a well-known grocery store vodka in the trailer, which price is within their spending capacity. For Carlota, that relatability is one of the main reasons she’s interested in the show, and she singled out “the use of cellphones and social media, as well as situations that each of them live, if they go out, if they hang out with friends, if they show up studying, etc.” For another student, Alejandro, compared to the original, “the show was adapted very well to Spanish society because it portrays our lives,” singling out the soundtrack, in particular.

One of the things that draw attention about Skam España, is the absence of drama in their storylines as opposed to other shows. However, it is obviously a matter of perspective, because for a teen such as Eva, the season 1 lead, facing the outpouring of feelings that is her first love and the danger of ostracism because of her difficulty dealing with it, is anything but inconsequential. For my student, Alba, Eva’s character, full of fears and secrets, was a key element in identifying with a show that, “I often see myself reflected in and makes me feel I’m not the only person who has that kind of problems at school, at home and with my friends.”

Getting to know my students’ opinions convinced me that Skam España is a narrative which strong point is the primacy of its female characters. Begoña Álvarez, in our talk, told me her vision about a generation of young women who, more than ever, take to the streets to fight for their rights: “They’re the first free generation. They are extremely clear about having to fight and they know they’re strong.” That search for authenticity led to some of the characters being more politically active on social media than it’s usual for Spanish fiction. For Rafael Taboada, it was important “not to self-censor” — “if a character wears a “no means no” tee, her social media is going to reflect that.” Only a few days ago, in reaction to a new case in which there were pretty much no consequences for a rapist, on the instagram profile of Nora Norris [sic], the show’s most outspoken feminist, a post featuring the #ThisIsNotConsent hashtag, popped up. Once season 1 ended, and I watched as Eva’s character arc was completed, I felt that maybe this is the show’s most prominent virtue: to sensitively portray the coming-of-age of a generation of women from which we have a lot to learn.  

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter - Monday, May 13th

Lindsey: "If you're here to kill me, grab ya a ticket and get in line." Angel: "Oh, I really like this truck. '56, right? First year they had that wrap-around windshield. You know, back in the fifties we all thought life was gonna be like in the Jetsons by now. Air cars, robots. - I'd love to have an air car. Wouldn't that be cool?" Lindsey: "So, you're here to talk me to death." Angel: "Nah, I just came here to say, things don't always work out like you think. - I bet Wolfram and Hart aren't too happy losing one of their best and their brightest." Lindsey: "Yeah, well, let 'em come try to stop me. It'll be fun." Angel: "Well, I don't know if that's a healthy attitude. - So, where're you going, Lindsey? Back to your roots?" Lindsey: "Something like that."

~~Dead End~~

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