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❀ NEW DESIRE | MV1
SCENARIO: you and max are childhood friends. despite claiming a platonic relationship - or rather, not claiming a romantic one, fans are certain that there’s more to what you both have, especially when max openly simps for you on streams, and most definitely when his private account gets leaked.
PAIRING: max verstappen x fem!reader
AN: i am so sorry this has taken me so long to get to! that being said, i hope you still enjoy it! thank you for your patience and your request 🫶🏻 also i did use google translate for the dutch part so if you speak dutch im so sorry LMFAO
as always, a shoutout to @renarots because these fics truly would not be as good without their input. <3
if you saw me change the title, no you didn’t
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grandprixsandgossip for a long time, fans of max verstappen have questioned his relationship with childhood friend yn ln. recently, the formula one drivers’ private instagram account posts were leaked after a fan somehow was accepted to follow his private account, which features many pictures of him and yn, dating all the way back to 2014.
you can find the archive of his posts on our website by following the link in our bio. while we weren’t able to gather every comment and like, we were able to get a majority of the posts!
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formulaverstappen okay so this is pure he-said-she-said, but apparently on the holidays post, max’s sister commented “just friends? 😉” and max responded with the 😳 emoji I AM SICK
rizzciardo anyone who still thinks they’re just friends is LYING to their self
lnnation haunted by the fact that yn learned dutch for max and she helped him learn english
formulanorriz if he doesn’t ask her out at this rate, IM GOING TO
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maxemillianv goede race, nog betere mensen ❤️ of moet ik zeggen persoon haha (great race, even better people or should i say person haha)
ynln zoveel liefde voor jou. ik ben zo trots op je ❤️🏆 (so much love for you. i’m so proud of you. )
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victoriaverstappen just friends? 😉
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It’s funny, the way Max is. He’s blunt all the time, but this is different. A part of you is worried that maybe he’s upset, that perhaps something like this will be the reason you and him stray apart - you can’t imagine it. The thought of being anything but with Max matches your chest tighten, and even though you’d like to think that isn’t the case, you can’t be sure.
The wait for Max to arrive at your house is almost torturous. Your mind is racing, and by the time you hear his car pull up, you’re damn near shaking out of your skin. He doesn’t even have to knock or ring the doorbell - hell, he’s barely out of the car when you open your front door and step outside. You study his body language, trying to determine what exactly to expect. You just can’t clock it. With a sharp inhale, you lock your door and then make your way towards the car.
“Is everything okay?” you ask, uncertainty making your voice waver. “Yes,” Max responds simply. It’s a genuine yes, and in fact, he sounds almost happy. Your brows furrow in confusion as he opens the passenger side door for you, and you genuinely don’t think you could be more puzzled. You press your lips together as he returns to the drivers seat and starts the car again, not waiting to pull out of the driveway.
“Max, you’re scaring me,” you say. Scared isn’t the right word, but it’s something along those lines. His eyes stay on the road, yours are fixed on his face, still trying so desperately to read him. He glances at you, offers a small smile, then reaches over to grab your hand. He intertwined your fingers, assuring you that there’s nothing to worry about. It’s still odd - the whole situation, but that does make you feel more relaxed.
It’s quiet for longer than you’d like it to be. Aside from the radio, which is on a low volume, and the smooth rumble of the vehicle, it’s silent.
Finally, Max speaks. “I’m not worried about the posts,” he says, glancing at you for the second time. You find yourself wishing he could look at you for longer, a weird feeling washing over you as his eyes return to the road. He squeezes your hand subconsciously, his thumb soothing over the back of it. “Seriously?” you almost forgot to respond, but at the last minute, you remember his statement. “Seriously,” Max hums. The smile returns to his lips, and much to your relief, he expounds.
“Sure, it’s not ideal, but at the same time,” he pauses, and you can tell he’s trying to think of how to describe it. He chuckles briefly, “The only way to put it is that it’s made me realize that you’re so much more than a good friend.”
You’re still stumped. Now, you’re realizing that you don’t even know where Max is taking you - not that you’re worried about it, but the whole situation is just so strange, especially for you and Max. Thus, you remain silent, eyes never leaving him. You’re waiting for him to say something else, and he’s waiting for you to respond, assuming that you’d understand what he’s saying. Hes the first to realize that you don’t understand, and amused smile playing on his lips at your confusion. “Hold on, you’ll know what I mean when we get there,” He says, and this is somehow so Max, but not him at all, leaving you to sit silently, at least a million thoughts filling your mind.
Max pulls into a parking lot, and it only takes you a moment to realize you know where you are. You’ve been here with him once before, and you still remember that night so vividly. That was the first - and only - time you had ever questioned your feelings for Max. Any other time, you never had to think about how you felt. You knew you were happy with him, and it was the same for him. You didn’t need to know if you loved him, and he didn’t need to know if he loved you.
Now that the memories are coming back to your mind, it begins to dawn on you, what Max said. Regardless, you stay quiet and let him guide you into the club, hand still in his. He takes you to the very spot you both sat the first night you came here, and this time, rather than an empty booth and table, there’s a large bouquet of white roses sitting atop the table, a small note folded beside them. You aren’t sure what to say, or what to do. Your eyes flicker between the roses, the note, and Max, who carefully pulls you closer, his free hand now resting on the small of your back.
“I’ll give you the choice - you can read the card or I can relay it to you,” he says. You choose what first comes to mind. “Relay it to me.” Max nods, then turns you to face him, his hands on your waist. Instinctively, you place yours on his shoulders. “Will you be my girlfriend?” He asks, and even though you’re certain that his words are the briefest summary of what’s in the card, you can’t be bothered. A smile takes over your expression and you nod. Max smiles too, pulling you into a tight hug.
The rest of the night, you continued on like you would have had he not asked you to be his girlfriend. There was no need for things to be different. In fact, the only thing that would change from here would be the pure admiration you both have always had for one another, and that was perfectly fine with you. Somewhere along the line, a certain friend showed up, and you did eventually read the card.
Safe to say, Max’s recap of the words written in the card were indeed brief. Your heart is happy knowing that only you would see such a soft, loving side of him, and only you would be able to clearly picture your best friend- boyfriend, all mushy as he writes the card.
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landonorris okay i guess we don’t do photo creds anymore 😒
⤷ maxverstappen1 👍📸
ynln so much love for you always. ❤️
⤷ maxverstappen1 ❤️🔄
⤷ formulaverstappen IS THIS HIS WAY OF SAYING THAT BACK TO YN??? THERE ARE REAL TEARS IN MY EYES
victoriaverstappen very ‘just friends’ of you
⤷ maxverstappen1 👀
⤷ mv331lvr YALL EITHER GET THIS OR YOU DONT IM GOING INSANE
ln4nation THE FACT THAT LANDO TOOK THESE AND WAS THERE WITJ THEM IM GAGGED
papayabull YN AND MAX CONFIRMED DATING THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
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Promise
Pairing:Edward Cullen X male!reader
Summary:Edward is the insecure one this time:)
Word count:545
Author's note:This is my first fanfic I've ever posted! This started as something for an oc but it was changed to be an x reader last second haha.
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Y/n had just barely started falling asleep before he felt his body go cold. This feeling was all too familiar to him. Edward has finished his nightly routine of entering Y/n's room .
This arrangement has been going on for a while now. Y/n's mom disliked the Cullen family very much, "Those kids are so anti-social, they are such a bad influence," she would say. So when he waltzed in the living room with Edward Cullen by his side with the title of "boyfriend," she was beside herself. Edward didn't care much for that reaction. Y/n was meant for him and nothing would come between them.
However, Y/n felt completely smothered by his mom. So to get around her rules, he allowed Edward into the house whenever his mom was asleep or out of the house. Neither of them liked staying apart for any length of time, but it was what was best for right now.
Edward traced Y/n's jaw with the tips of his cold, statuesque fingertips. He savored every moment of this feeling. It was a strange feeling, really. It was something he had never felt before, even stranger that a human was casing it, and he was completely addicted.
It was if electric shocks were being sent through Y/n's body with Edward's touch. A small sigh escaped him as he rolled over to cuddle closer to Edward's chest. The vampires strong fragrance of lilac and honey permeated the air. It was clear that sleep would have to wait.
"I love you,"Edward breathed.
"I love you too,"Y/n said while gently touching Edward's cheek.
"Please understand that I'm being serious."
Y/n looked up at Edward with confusion in his eyes. They told each other "I love you" every night, what made this time any different? He didn't understand. Had he upset Edward? Certainly not, right?
"I didn't know when to bring this up earlier but-all of your friends,"Edward hissed,"They've all broken up with their partners...You can't be like them!"
It was true, a "curse" had fell over the members of Y/n's friend group and, one-by-one, every couple within went through a nasty breakup. Edward and Y/n are the only ones left together.
"We're not like them,"Y/n grabbed onto Edward's hands,"You can't think like that!"
By this point, the two were sitting up and staring intensely into the others eyes. If Edward could cry, his honey-colored eyes would be welling with tears,"Just the thought of us not being together is painful. Y/n, you are my life and without you, it has no purpose."
Y/n cupped Edward's face with both his hands and held it firmly. He felt heartbroken, he had no idea that Edward had doubts about their love.
"We will never leave one another. You are the only person that has made me feel loved. I know that you love me and I know that you know I love you-,"Edward cut off Y/n with a rough kiss.
This lead to a long string of sharing passionate kisses until Y/n was breathless. The human and the vampire got lost in one another until Edward pulled them apart.
"Do you promise?"
"I promise."
-🐺
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Hmm I would die over an angsty/fluff Calum (or Mikey) piece? Like you had had an argument before he left for press or tour, and you were meant to go visit him but he didn’t know for sure if you still would. But you do and it’s fluffy at the end? I know that’s very detailed haha, sorry! But something along those lines would be amazing! Xx
a/n: this request is literally from 2018 but i need a quick break from writing BLU soooo here it is. also please request things i love requests <3 i promise i won't wait 5 years to write it. this lowkey lines up a little with where we are with BLU but i did my best to make them feel different!!
It'd been three days since you and Calum fought. You both thought that it was a stupid fight over something dumb, in hindsight. You'd gone to a party over the weekend with your friends. Calum didn't come since he's on tour. An ex of yours ended up being at the same party, and since you didn't talk, you didn't mention it to Calum.
Pictures ended up on social media, Calum somehow saw them, despite not being a big social media guy. He wasn't really mad at you, just upset that you didn't tell him that you'd been in the same setting as an ex who had been so horrible to you. It wasn't jealousy, but he knows that you'd have been upset if he was spotted with an ex and he didn't tell you.
The fight snowballed, as it tends to with you two. You're both avoidant and don't always bring up the small things that bother you that the other does, but as soon as you let one thing come out, the rest come tumbling down, and then you'd both started rehashing your annoyances from the past several months.
Both of you regret letting the heat of the moment lead to you saying nasty things you didn't mean, but neither of you has apologized.
You've had three days of radio silence.
He left for tour two months ago, and you were supposed to go visit him this weekend and join the band for a week. You'd joined for the first few shows and he had come home for a few days during a break, but otherwise, it's just been phone calls, Facetimes, and text messages. You miss him. Your life has largely been the same as normal.
Work. Home. Walk Duke. Dinner. Bed. Repeat.
Calum has had the luxury of being exceptionally busy and spending time with his best friends, so while he misses you, he has far more to occupy his brain than just his feelings.
Your life has felt far emptier with him gone, and you had been looking forward to this trip, but then you weren't sure if you should go, given that you've been fighting and you think that he's upset with you still.
He's not, but he also thinks you're mad at him. It's a disconnect, and neither of you had the guts to try to remedy things.
You'd swallowed your pride, though, and boarded the flight to London without talking to him to confirm you're still welcome. He hoped you were still coming, but he didn't have the heart to ask, too scared to receive more radio silence or worse, a 'no.'
When you landed, you had planned on taking the underground to the hotel and trying to talk to Calum there, but when you got your bag from baggage claim and turned to try to find the way to the trains, a familiar face was waiting for you. Mali.
"I knew you'd come!" She cheers when you reach her, pulling you into a hug. "Here, let me get your bag."
"Mali, you didn't have to pick me up," you say, hesitantly handing her your suitcase. You could manage, but she's insistent.
"Well, I know Cal would've if he wasn't so scared to face you," she laughs. "He wasn't sure if you'd come, but I knew you wouldn't waste your plane ticket like that."
It was true. You didn't want to waste the $700 you'd spent on plane tickets or the PTO you'd used to join the tour for the week. Plus, London was one of your favorite cities. If Calum didn't want to see you, you had plenty of places to visit and restaurants to eat at.
"Well, I'm here," you say nervously.
Mali loops her arm through yours and starts walking, so you follow suit and let her guide you. "We have a car out front."
You exit the airport and find the black SUV out front, the trunk (boot) opened for your stuff already. Once you've helped Mali hoist your bag into the back, you join her in the back seat for the drive to the hotel. It's a pretty short drive, but the whole time you're nervous about facing your boyfriend.
"He's looking forward to seeing you, even if he hasn't said it," Mali mentions, as if she can sense your nerves. To be fair, she probably can, since you're picking at your nail polish that you'd just done on the plane, ruining the painstaking work you'd put in.
"I don't know, he got pretty upset the last time we spoke." Your voice is small, uncertain. It's weird. You know things are fine, but it sucks when you don't get an apology. Although, you're just as at fault as he is in this scenario.
She laughs. "Y/n, he's been beside himself since that conversation. He doesn't know if you're still mad and he didn't know how to make the situation better over text."
"He could've called," you mumble, but you felt the same. Making up is hard to do face to face, it's even harder over the phone or over text.
Mali does her best to reassure you that everything is fine for the rest of the car ride, but she fills you in on her plans for the day and says to text her if you need something to do. When you get to the hotel, she grabs your suitcase for you again and leads you inside, taking you straight to the elevator.
She guides you to a room and gives you a hug. "I'm four rooms down on the left if you need me, but I'll be heading out soon to meet up with some friends."
Then you're alone.
You take a deep breath and knock on the door.
You wait... and then nothing.
Maybe he didn't hear?
You knock again, a bit harder and a few more raps than before.
"I put the do not disturb hanger on, and I didn't order any room service, can you please—"
Calum's voice is faint at first and grows in clarity as he gets closer to the door, but he stops talking when he opens the door to find his favorite person in the entire world waiting for him.
"Y/n," he breathes. He looks relieved. He doesn't want to jump to conclusions and think that he's happy to see you, but he's at least happy that you're here and he can speak to you about the fight, face to face.
You then speak simultaneously.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have—" you say.
"I'm an idiot, and I'm s—" he says.
You both laugh.
"You're not an idiot," you tell him. "I'm sorry, for all of it."
Calum nods. "I'm sorry too. I overreacted, and then I just couldn't stop myself from bringing all the other stuff up."
"No, I know. Me too."
"Maybe we should start talking about things as they come up, instead of leaving it all to come out at once."
You nod in agreement, chuckling. "Yeah, that would be good."
He smiles at you, and you both start to feel better about the whole thing. "We're good?" He asks.
Then you smile. "Yes, we're good."
That's all it takes for him to step closer to you and press his lips to yours, his hands cupping your cheeks. All of your worries melt away and you're both just happy to be together again with the argument resolved. The time apart didn't matter, and the time spent not speaking didn't either. You're both here, together, in a place that both of you love.
"Here, let's get your stuff in and then we can go explore?" Calum asks when he pulls away.
"God, yes, I need a coffee, pronto."
After you've freshened up and changed out of your plane outfit, you can Cal head out to explore London. You remember that you'd booked a timeslot at the Eye when you booked your flights and didn't cancel it when you'd had the fight. You have a couple of hours before you need to be there, so Calum takes you to visit the neighborhood they'd lived in before they toured with One Direction.
There's not a lot to see. It's a pretty residential area, and then he takes you to Portobello Road for the market. You take turns picking out different pastries and breads from vendors, not forgetting to stop for coffee at a cute shop while you browse.
"What do you think?" He asks, holding up a vintage Harley Davidson t-shirt at one of the clothing stalls.
"I think I'd steal it from you and you wouldn't get to wear it because it would always be dirty."
Calum grins, chuckling. "How about I just buy it for you?"
"No, babe, it's fine, I can buy it," you say, holding your hands out to take the shirt from him, but he won't listen. He walks up to the vendor and hands over his card, not even checking the price tag.
"See, now I bought it, so I have to be able to wear it at least once."
Ah, you think. It was a bartering tactic.
"But it's still yours!" He adds.
You roll your eyes, but accept that he will be able to wear it sometimes. You'd never deny him access to your wardrobe, since you also want access to his. You both love sharing your clothes. You've both got an affinity for vintage t-shirts, hoodies, and jackets. Calum steals your vintage Levi's jacket at least once a week when he's at home.
"Wanna head down to the Eye now?" There's still an hour before your time slot, but between the travel time and wanting to soak in the scenery while you get there.
Calum pulls you closer and hangs his arm around your shoulders, agreeing to start walking. "I'm glad you're here, love."
"I missed you," you confess.
"I missed you way more, I promise." He kisses your temple while you walk. He stops when he sees a cool mural and demands you take outfit pictures in front of it.
He's your hype man as you pose, telling you how cute you look and being a creative director at the same time, helping you look like you'd want to in the photos. He knows you inside and out, and he knows exactly which photos you won't like before you even look at them. You make him take selfies with you too, kissing his cheek in some, him kissing yours, actually kissing, and lots of silly faces.
Your fight is distant, and all is well.
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Lesbian Courtney anon, oh I am sorry about Blaineley x Courtney ship. I didn't mean to say they get to together but more of sisterhood on set of movie plot then they get their own romances like Blanineley with her own oc or another character of her age. And Courtney maybe realizing romance is wonderful, you know what is better? Being herself and having friends/mentors that actually care about her,
I just get upset sometimes that we- some- or even me sometimes make Courtney suffer a lot for the plot or so called the one! For the name of romance but the truth is we forget her agency, her Courtney self from TDI to ALL-Stars, and I think is troubling for a little girl growing up watching that since I watched as a child.
Courtney deserves better with along the other characters.
I wish you all the best and well.
I love Courtney but I really wished she in canon or lesbian fandom Courtney been treated more better not so seen like villain without arc of growth or just disrespect so often for angst instead we shove Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Scott, and whoever to 'save her' or 'fix her and show who to care/love in general'. I like to think we or Courtney is old enough to just realize I don't need to be pity and saved. I need to grow, heal on my own as well as get comforted by someone who cares and loves me doesn't need to marry me somehow end of the day.
Courtney has a lot of range as a character but hitting Duncan and yelling like him is a no go because it not safe type of love or system to treat people, yet the writers did it as be joke. The joke which is a problem more in society standards of trauma bonding relationships or two teenagers clearly love each other but need more mental health and their parents to put more nurture into them. It shouldn't be funny but sadly this kids' cartoon were farts, throwing up, hitting, and other things are supposed to be silly haha hehe no brain thoughts but come on? Really making Courtney the villain and it states in the Duncan wiki that he is on the creators' favorites like Duncan get arc of grow and oh it's okay he can be loved but nor the crazy ex trope. I think and believe both Duncan and Courtney didn't deserve that as a couple as well as their own characters.
Heck Duncan even loved Courtney being like that with him until they chose to rewrite their characters once more just for the Duncan and Gwen situation to happen which didn't need to happen in my opinion. Because it could be better for plot if Alejandro and Tyler be rivals somehow like Tyler struggling warn the others aa well as help Heather with Alejandro trying use the girls in the plane. Then Alejandro someone blaming all on Tyler as Heather lost her other ally and somewhat male healthy friendship a long the way.
Then Courtney vs. Heather vs. Alejandro for the 3rd season, get my vision? Heather sure wants Alejandro but puts it side with Courtney who was used by Alejandro then they work together to defend him against winning!
Bam it's Heather vs. Courtney but Courtney feels hollow not really in the game in it anymore her relationship with Duncan is more stable or they couldn't save it depends on the fan I guess, her growing friendship with Gwen is rocky since she left and took Gwen out the game, and now she might win! She has that AH moment maybe money not that worth it if the game made her power hungry.
Anyway, that's my code of choice saying Courtney I love you and sorry for being a shitty write on your character at times, and all girls of total drama deserve why better that being connected to a man/boy to make them better.
Shout to lesbians and those who write lesbian Courtney I l0ve you too. But please be better to my girl Courtney... stop dragging Scott and Duncan into it?!
Maybe make Courtney barely out the closet lesbian and her gay roommates who are dating and happened to be her supportive ex boyfriends Scott/Duncan? They can be good friends over time not oh scary evil Exes!
If I make no sense I didn't sleep well and I lost my glasses if misspellings
I love you hehe
Fight me fandom who dare make Courtney out to be so unlovable and abusive too. We can say the same thing about Duncan guess what!
THEY WERE TEENS, UNDER SO MUCH STRESS, AND PROBABLY HEAD INJURINGS, ETC.
If you in a abusive relationship it's never you fault either and don't stay with them please no matter what, you don't need be the toxic couple like kids' cartoon made your favorite ship to be!
Hello hello Lesbian Courtney anon, this is mod emma and I will say I do understand but I wish your ask was more specific about it as Blaineley and Courtney making a movie together and falling in love apart as without any context or anything makes it sound more of a romantic thing. I do hope that in the near future it’s more clear. 😇
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your-average-goblin · 2 years
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Confessions Over the Biology Project 🧪
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Stiles Stilinski x GN! Reader
Genre: FLUFF (like, all caps)
Warnings: swearing, as usual (what can I say? I'm a well mannered young asshole), reader makes fun of Stiles for being gay, coming out scene from reader to Stiles
Disclaimer: we can all agree that Stiles is some flavor of gay, right? Like, as a bisexual disaster I can recognize a bisexual disaster when I see one
Tropes: nerd x bully, enemies to friends
Summary: you and Stilinski were paired together by your teacher to work on a project, you didn't think it would turn into a confession session
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"Hey, Bilinski. Come in." you told the nerd who stood in your doorway.
Stiles walked in, not even saying hello. "Can we get this over with?"
"Aw! I'm happy to see you too!" you said in mock happiness.
"Haha. Very funny, smart-ass. Listen, I already wrote down everything we have to talk about."
"Mm, this teamwork hits different." you told him, sarcastically.
Stiles rolled his eyes and followed you to your kitchen where the both of you sat down at the table.
"Look, if you want to I can do it all by myself and you can just sign your name on the poster at the end."
You were hurt, to be honest. You actually wanted to put in effort. Sure, you weren't the brightest in your class, but that didn't mean you didn't put in any work.
"Bilinski. I am deeply offended." you said and got up from your table, going to your living room and returning with a big sheet of bright green cardboard paper, a bunch of pictures you printed, colored pens and markers. "Just because my IQ is lower than your majesty's that doesn't mean I'm lazy."
Stiles looked at your materials and flicked through the pictures. "Wow, you actually know what the project is about."
"'Course I know, dickhead, who do you think I am?"
"I just never thought you paid attention!" he said, defensively.
"That's probably because you're too busy looking at your lil girlfriend to pay attention to anything else." you said, smirking.
"Oh, shut up." Stiles said, turning red.
"No need to get shy now, Miles, everyone knows you've got a crush on Lydia."
"You'll never call me by my actual name, will you?" he asked, annoyed.
"Nope." you responded with a big smile, "Now, what's the first thing on your gay agenda, captain sparkles?"
"Do you get your insults from Disney channel oor?" Stiles asked.
"Nickelodeon actually, but that was an educated guess, I'm proud of you. Y'know, Bilinski, you've always been my favorite power bottom."
"Okay, got it! I'm gay! Hilarious..." Stiles said, raising his voice, he looked more than annoyed then, he looked hurt.
That wasn't ever your intention. Stiles was fun to annoy, sure, but just because he looked cute when he was angry. You never wanted to genuinely hurt him, ever.
"Hey, dude, I didn't mean it like that-" you tried to explain, but got cut off.
"Let's just start this stupid project." he said, fetching his notebook out of his backpack.
"Stiles." you said, and that was enough to grab his attention, "Look, I'm sorry. For real, I am sorry that I upset you. I shouldn't have said those things, okay? I'm sorry." you told him.
Stiles looked shocked to say the least. "Okay. It's okay. I-it doesn't matter."
"Yes, it does! Listen, I make fun of you a lot, but it's never because I wanna hurt you or to make you feel bad. I see that my words do hurt you sometimes, so I'm sorry."
"It's not that all your insults hurt me. It's just that a bunch of people have been giving me a hard time b-because, because of... well, y'know."
"I'll beat the shit outta them." you said, bluntly.
Stiles chuckled, "Maybe don't?"
"Yes, I fuckin' will! Only I can pick on you, okay? Everyone else? Unacceptable. They can find their own nerds, this ones reserved for my Nickelodeon insults."
You both laughed.
"And hey, umm..." you said, unsure of what you wanted to say. Well, you knew what you wanted to say, you just didn't know how. It was as if you couldn't push your words past your lips.
"Yes?" Stiles said, expectantly.
Well, you were in deep shit now, might as well, "If it makes you feel any better, I'm gay too."
"Wait, seriously?"
"Yeah, well, actually, I'm queer. I haven't found a more suitable label than that. I don't know, maybe I'm bi? Or pan, like you? I just know I'm attracted to people regardless of gender." you said, looking down, a bit embarrassed, "I haven't told anyone yet, you're the first one to know."
"Why tell me of all people?" Stiles asked, curiosity clear on his face.
"Well, because I wanted you to know you're not alone." you said, then decided to add, "And because you're kinda... my only friend."
An uncomfortable silence settled between you too, you were embarrassed, maybe you shouldn't have said that.
"Sorry, that was pathetic, umm... let's just get to the project?"
"No! No, it wasn't, I just, I didn't think you'd see me as your friend. I thought you just liked messing with me."
"I'm sorry that I made you feel like that. I just thought... I didn't see that my teasing could pass off as more than teasing. I didn't mean to be a big bad bully or something, I just, that's how I..." you trailed off, what if what you were about to say was too much?
"How you what?" Stiles asked.
"How I... how I show my affection. Okay? That's just how I do it."
Silence fell between you two once again, but this time, he broke it.
"Y'know, you could try a hug instead?"
You looked at him and snorted, "That does seem more efficient, I'll give you that one, Bilinski." you said.
Both of you laughed. "Okay, let's get to that project. No more sappy bullshit for the day, and don't think that just because I was vulnerable once I'm going soft on ya, alright, shit head."
"There you are!" Stiles said, a smile on his face.
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"Well, that was painful." you said stretching, pleased that the project was finally done.
"Oh, c'mon, it wasn't that bad." he said.
"Speak for yourself, fuck-face, you actually understand biology, unlike the majority of the class, myself included."
"Well, it's not that hard once you actually get the hang of it." he blabbered, "You just have to study more."
"Y'sound like my mom. And for your information, I do study. Well, I try to anyway. But nothing sticks, okay? Me small brain monkey person." you said, getting up and grabbing you and Stiles a Coke each from the fridge.
"Like, you can't concentrate or you just don't understand what you're reading?" he asked.
"I just think I don't know how to study. I tried rewriting my notes, repeating it out loud over and over, flashcards, but none of it works."
"We can study together if you want?" he offered.
You were really surprised, you'd think he wouldn't wanna spend his time with the person who's been terrorizing him. "Wait, for real? You'd wanna teach me?" you asked.
"Sure. Look, I don't hate you, it's just that you're annoying most of the time." he shrugged, smiling a bit.
"Could say the same for you." you said, returning his smile
Stiles took a sip of his Coke, then checked the clock on his phone. "Shit." he said, "It's 9:30. I should've been home half an hour ago. Gotta bounce."
"Oh, okay." you said.
You followed Stiles to the door and opened it for him, all while talking about the project and how you're gonna bring it so that Stiles doesn't have to carry it.
"Well, guess I'll see you at school."
"Y'know you said my name earlier?" he said, out of the blue.
"No, I haven't."
"Yes, you definitely have, you went: 'Stiles! I am so sorry I hurt you! Oh, Mr. Stiles! I'm deeply sorry I made you feel bad!'" he said, mocking your voice, while batting his eyelashes.
"Oh, fuck off, dickwad. I definitely didn't say your name, and I don't talk like that." you said, punching him in the arm.
"Ow! Yo! Again, people usually go for hugs, maybe a pat on the back?"
"But that's no fun, is it, Bilinski? Now go home, your dad's gonna whoop your ass if you aren't in bed and snoring when he gets home."
"Okay, I'll go. Don't forget the project. If you leave it at home I'll come here and shove the whole thing up your ass."
"Mm, kinky. At least ask me to dinner first!"
"Okay, I'm out." Stiles said.
"Bye, nerd." you told him.
"Don't miss me too much." he responded.
You closed the door and for some reason felt dizzy, lightheaded, and warm all over. You looked into the mirror of your hallway and saw that your face was red.
You didn't know what was happening, but you knew one thing, Stiles Stilinski was growing on you, and you hated every second of it.
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just-here-for-iolaus · 9 months
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Hercules in the Underworld
The great HTLJ/XWP/YH (re)watch continues!
I actually watched this AGES ago and took notes but am only now formatting this blog post.
First scene, I got overly excited, and my notes literally read "Iolaus!? But not, sadly." because our boy Michael Hurst shows up with black hair, and idec what's going on at this point because I just want to stare at him for the rest of the movie.
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But the ground opens up and it's this whole thing and these two die. Boo.
The next thing I freaked out about was Timothy Balme in the credits!! I hadn't thought about it at all going into it, so I didn't know he was in the movie. (I know him mostly from Almighty Johnsons, as Mike Johnson, and for writing things I liked.)
Those credits were over a scene where a young woman was being bathed and groomed etc. It's kinda sus but we don't know what's up yet.
Then we get what is actually kind of an upsetting scene? This wrestler comes to town and the hype man is taking bet money from anyone who wants to challenge the wrestler... who then just immediately kills the first man. And his friend realllly flatly complains about it because that was his friend. Yeah, you sound heart-broken... but for some reason friend dude challenges the 'wrestler' who just literally killed someone, and he has no shot.
Then we get a really adorable reveal of Hercules with his kids and it made me happy to see him after that awful scene. He's asked to come deal with the killer in town, and so he arrives to challenge him. There's a long fight, bla bla, Hercules wins. Then it's revealed that this whole thing was Hera just causing problems to annoy Hercules and WOW is that awful.
Several men are dead because Hera blames Hercules for Zeus's infidelity... what else is new?
Hercules quite reasonably destroys the shrine to Hera outside the town.
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Then Zeus comes and complaings to Herc about how he should complain less about Hera's bs? And be more grateful for how great his life is, because he has a wife and kids/happy home life and that's "more than [Zeus] ever had" which is like... confusing?? He's the king of the gods? Surely he could have had a nice wife if he'd wanted one? IDK. I don't get Zeus. And I get him less the more I see.
Herc rightfully points out that he's worked very hard to get this nice life, and I feel much more annoyed at Zeus on Herc's behalf than he is. Hercules has grown on me so much haha.
My notes: "I kept waiting for Hercules to come home to his wife and kids dead. XD" "How do we still have a wife and kids and no Iolaus???"
Luckily Herc goes home and there's a cute scene of him and his wife that shows their chemistry quite well. I liked Dei a lot here. Herc then goes and does chores but gets distracted by how much he loves his family and my FUCKING HEART. I love Hercules so much in this scene.
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And he's hanging out with this centaur guy who, initially, excited me!
"A centaur! Not as well done visuals as they end up having for Cheiron in YH but fair enough."
Then this girl shows up and says she needs Herc's help in her town. We find out that the centaur doesn't like Hercules and worships Hera (even tho he works for Hercules?). He goes back to the house and gets into a confrontation with Dei where he implies that Hercules won't be faithful to her and then - (and this part makes my skin crawl) says that he can think of something else he can do better than Hercules, coming on to her. I thought this scene was unfortunately believable, both on how creepy he was and how Dei reacted.
"Die-a-nah-rah"? "Day-a-nee-rah"? Well the characters can't agree on how to say her name, so...
Dei encounters a lady who says the girl who came looking for help is trying to trick Hercules, so she goes to try to warn him. She leaves her kids with their aunt.
I got really excited, because the aunt's name is Althea (which is the name of my Young Hercules OC hahahahaha).
On the subject of names, the woman Herc is helping is named "Iole" but I definitely thought her name was "ailoli" at some point. But also why is Iole's name so similar to their daughter's name (Ilea)? WHAT IS WITH NAMES IN THESE MOVIES?? Just pick names that are more different PLEASE. Iole, Ilea, Iolaus, whyyyyy.
Anyway, off Dei goes to warn Herc but SURPRISE, Herc already knew all about it and he's convinced he'll never get seduced by anyone because the only person he loves enough to die for is Dei (sorry kids), so he sends her home with the centaur (Nessus) that tried it on the night before.
Disappointingly, Nessus tries to assault Dei, who yells for help, and Herc... Shoots a single arrow. From a huge distance. To kill Nessus without visual. She didn't say "Hercules, help, Nessus is attacking me" she just yelled for help and... I can suspend my disbelief for a lot in these movies but this was just ridiculous. He could have easily killed his wife here. JFC.
Anyway Nessus is dying and whines to Hera about it, but then tells Dei his blood is magic and if she puts her cloak (which absorbed his blood) on Herc, he'll always be loyal to her. Even in the scene this doesn't make a lot of sense, but he claims it's because he loves Dei.
Herc (to his credit) does come to Dei. He blames himself for what's happened and offers to go home, but Dei... tells him not to? Urges him to help Iole? It's a bit odd. But she says she has to help those people and she gives him the cloak and tells him to use it at night when he's cold and think only of her.
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Herc and Iole get to some town where a man is just going apeshit destroying a pub or whatever, and Iole uses her special virgin powers to calm him down and figure out that he burned his tongue on soup and would have explained but couldn't talk because he was in too much pain, and he just needs a drink of water... and the guy is immediately calm. Like a toddler or animal. Except that he's a grown man, so this whole scene makes no sense whatsoever. I assumed this was some sort of like "oh, see, Iole argued with Herc that they should try talking" callback to Dei previously or something, but it's actually a set up for something else.
WE SEE TIM. He's clearly watching Iole.
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But I just got so excited because I love familiar faces.
There's a scene where Iole and Herc are camping out and she tells him a story about two lovers in the stars who are destined never to reach each other... And I was like WHY AREN'T YOU USING YOUR WIFE'S CLOAK? Guess it was a balmy night.
A Tim Balme-y night.
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Creeper character that he is, he's stalking Iole and we get a scene which is basically just more fanservice where Iole swims around naked (save for all her jewelry) and Lycastus (we don't know his name yet, but I feel bad calling him Tim here) watches her the whole time making wanton faces. It drags on a bit, and Iole thinks it's Herc watching her so she's playing it up... Yikes.
Lycastus attacks Hercules, and Herc is like "I'm not gonna dirty my hands on you" or something but then when Lycastus attacks again he's like "the next thing to break is your neck" which is sort of the opposite of what he just said, but okay.
Anyway Herc knocks him out instead of killing him, Iole explains that she and Lycastus are in love, but that it doesn't matter because the only thing that does matter is saving her village. And off they go, leaving poor Lycastus alone and knocked out in the wilds.
They get to town and everyone's happy cuz Herc is there to save them. At this point I was still very confused why anyone thought Herc could help, because, I mean... it's a big hole with green shit coming out of it. Hercules can't exactly beat it into submission, you know?
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Zeus shows up and tells Herc not to go down there because the only thing down there is death.
From my notes: "Hercules doesnt know if he’s mortal or not… and apparently neither does Zeus…??? Even though in the last movie they were like ZOMG IF YOU GO IN THE CIRCLE YOULL BE MORTAL. Guess that doesnt matter now?"
Seriously what is or isn't canon in this universe? XD
Anyway, Lycastus tries to tell Iole not to seduce Hercules, she's like "no, I love you, but I have to do this" but then these two start making out!! She's like "no, I can't (bone you right here right now)" but he argues that she wants to, and she's just like "yeah, but I can't" and Herc shows up right then to tell her that he just can't bring himself to go in that hole (in the ground).
Iole then strips and tries to convince Herc to do it for her, but he's like "nah, this is really uncomfortable, sorry" and isn't interested at all and honestly... his face when she starts dropping her dress? He seems so like "what is she doing?".
This is not a man who was ever going to cheat on his wife.
I'm still wondering if maybe he's kinda demisexual? Like he needs to form a certain kind of bond with someone before he considers them sexually attractive? Not important, just a thought.
HILARIOUSLY, on his way out of the tent he's like "Hey Lycastus, take care of her" which makes me wonder if he knew Lycastus was there the whole time, and chose to cockblock him when he entered, or...? XD
And it's only now, when Herc is deciding to go home, that he puts on Dei's cloak for the first time. It starts beating him up (really, just, watch the scene, there's no other way to describe it?) and when he finally gets it off, it turns into a peacock (for Hera) before disappearing entirely.
This drives him to throw himself into the hole because... he's mad at the gods?
Unfortunately someone runs and tells Dei that Herc is dead because there was a cloak that drove him mad. She believes he's dead and that it's her fault.
Then we get treated to more Michael Hurst (as Charon the Boatman, so a little less photogenic than usual), who informs Hercules that he's still alive. I thought it was kinda rude Herc stole his lantern (especially after getting a free boat ride) but I suppose even heroes can have flaws. (I say, knowing full well I will never blame Iolaus for stealing anything ever.)
Dei then, uh... walks to a cliff, thinking about Hercules, I think with the intention of killing herself already, but then it's implied that Hera gives her a vision of Herc reaching out to her, and she walks off trying to reach back to him? I'm not sure if Hera's involvement was needed, but maybe they wanted to soften the suicide angle a bit. But like, why would she have even been there otherwise, dressed like that and having flashbacks of him... ANYWAY.
There's a really weird scene where these three "women" come to Hercules in the underworld and start like, seducing him, I guess? And he keeps picturing sexy times with his wife (clips from earlier) and repeating her name... until he snaps out of it and kills(?) them.
Basically the dead are all after Hercules. Especially the villains he killed. Herc pits the villains against each other to get away. Honestly the fighting gets boring.
Nessus reveals himself to Herc and explains how he betrayed him. He reveals that Dei killed herself because she blamed herself for his death. Herc tricks Nessus into opening the portal to where Dei is (to "show" her to Herc) and Herc jumps through it. (Suck it, Nessus.)
Herc finds Dei, but she doesn't remember him. Hades shows up and (I actually thought quite reasonably) explained that he had erased the pain that brought her there, and that she was dead but basically happy. It's a reward for her good life. Herc says he's gonna take her home and Hades tries to explain that that's just, not really how death works.
He also claims that her memory can't be restored. But the moment Herc kisses her, she gets her memories back, so... that was incorrect.
Fortunately for Herc, Hades is dealing with a problem right now. Hercules offers to catch Cerberus for Hades in exchange for Dei leaving with Herc. They make the deal, even tho Hades is doubtful it will happen. And for some reason tries to raise the stakes on the bet by saying if Herc fails then she's Hades's forever?
From my notes: "I kind of loved Hades? He was actually being pretty kind to Deianeira etc. and it was reasonable for him to make a deal with Hercules. Eventually Dei will die though so like… IDK that was kind of a weird like IF YOU FAIL SHE IS MINE FOREVER like yeah I guess if you die, you're dead forever? IDK."
How does death normally work in this world??
The underworld guards were actually so funny. Some really interesting/fun costume stuff and fake limbs, etc. But clearly they were limited with the budget/technology of the time.
To quote my notes: "Speaking of visuals, Cerberus is… rough…" (Not even so much the practical props, but the CGI.. yikes)
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But Hercules manages to not only find, but corner Cerberus, and, remembering the TONGUE BURNING SCENE FROM EARLIER, is able to calm him down and get him back to his post instead of killing him. That's great and all, but I think the whole thing would have been better if that first scene had been about a child or animal and not a grown man.
To their credit, the guards seemed quite satisfied with the whole thing. I liked these guys haha.
Getting Hades back to normal saves the village, as the hole closes up. Iole apologizes to Herc and Dei, then announces that she's gonna start a family with Lycastus. Herc and Dei have some PDA in the town which makes me wanna gag just a little bit.
Zeus then comes to visit his family and he and Herc chat about whether or not Hercules is immortal, and apparently Herc doesn't care either way.
The movie ends on Herc being asked to help someone again (almost played for laughs? But not by the characters, at least).
Final thoughts:
Overall, a pretty solid plot.
I can't get over how stupid the soup scene is. Literally just needed it to be a kid or an animal in a similar scenario to solve that issue. It was great that it came back when dealing with Cerberus, but the initial scene itself was a mess.
I wanted to see more of Lycastus, not because his plot felt unfinished, but just because I actually really liked the character and it was Tim haha.
Once again I ask: How do we still have a wife and kids and no Iolaus???
I was not surprised that Dei died. But BOY was I surprised that Dei didn't stay dead. WTF.
On that note, I really like Dei. I liked how certain she was initially of her bond with Herc and that it was only after she was convinced that there was treachery afoot that she went to warn him (and I love that she was trying to WARN him, not be all jealous - she was told he would die, so of course she'd want to warn him)!
I also really liked Hercules's loyalty and the love he showed throughout the movie for his wife and kids. It's very endearing.
WHERE IS THIS GOING? How does this become the TV show?? XD
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arklayraven · 7 months
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Gonna share my thoughts about NB lesson 24 now. Expect spoilers under the cut. (I haven't read the extra story since can't get access to it. so am keeping that out for obvious reasons.)
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So we start off with Asmo first charming Lucifer of all demons and I was very surprised to see it even work. Like holy shit, Asmo charmed LUCIFER. Felt both impressed and concerned pff
Then we slowly start to see things take a turn from interesting to very concerning...Tbh. This way they went about on showing Asmo's charm at a stronger rate, is actually okay with me. Like its bad yeah, because Asmo is taking advantage of everyone around him. Which just happens to be his brothers. But this could of been played out way worse by the writers, since this is Asmodeus after all. The Avatar of Lust.
Some will think he'll just use his charm to do some fucked up shit with his brothers...But thankfully, they(the writers) proved here Asmo doesn't have any true desires for that. So those anti Asmo fans can quit it with constantly saying Asmo just wants to fuck his brothers. Seriously, fucking stop it. It's tiring and annoying now.
Anyway, back to the lesson...So Asmo just uses his charm to just make everyone spoil and pamper him like a literal "Queen". Or as quoted by Solomon later on, making his brothers act like royal servants, which "Queen Asmodeus" had. (I'm so interested to hear more of Queen Asmodeus. Solomon, fucking spill the lore. I NEED it. lol)
Most of the brothers are easily charmed by Asmo's stronger charm now at first. Then there's Lucifer, first charmed of course, then worked on resisting his charm in time. Which apparently the other brothers can do too or try, as implied by Lucifer.
Then we finally get Asmo snapping and his sin consuming him truly now after Mammon upset him a lot with the stuff he told him. At this moment, all the brothers, including Lucifer too, are now victim or fallen victim to Asmo's powerful charm.
Then here's us...Honestly, I wish they let Asmo try to charm MC so we can know if they truly retcon the fact MC can't be charmed or not. Though maybe we'll find out in next lesson...
(Though that whole scene of MC running away from Asmo trying to hunt them down to charm them. Just was some yandere-ish vibes to me. lol Fueling the fics ideas for me now.)
Anyway, we escaped unhinged Queen Asmo's charming wrath pfff, and we were sent to Solomon for help. (ugh...but it is what it is.)
I chose to land on his head btw. Heheh. REVENGE~.
Anywaaaays. We tell Solomon what's going on, and of course he finds this all interesting...but quick to accept this is a problem...Then goes with us to help save the brothers and stop/save Asmo too.
That where we see Asmo just living a spoiled life of being pampered and attended to endlessly by his brothers, and this is where Solomon brings up this is like with Queen Asmodeus and his royal servants. (AGAIN. SPILL THE DETAILS WIZARD MAN. LOL)
I was honestly very concerned over how this will play out with Solomon. I knew he'll get involved since he has a pact with Asmo...But in the end he just kept resisting or reflecting Asmo's charm, even with his weakened power(still having doubts if that's true or what from him lol). Then in the end resorted to using Barbatos to help stop Asmo like nothing. Which honestly...I'm happier with Barb stopping Asmo truly than Solomon himself directly. (Even if Barb showed no mercy it seems...haha)
Then we get left with some cliffhangers and yeah...Can't wait for the next lesson.
But now I got some stuff to say, about Asmo, and Solomon here.
Now you know I love Asmo with all my heart...But won't lie. Hearing him call Jayce/Me a nuisance...Was a huge stab to my heart lol. Like personally, I feel like one as is in life to everyone around. Which is why I'm so distant and all. So yeah...It just sucks. lol But I know this isn't truly Asmo talking truly from his heart, just his sin consuming him making him act and talk this way. But for my MC Jayce, this will certain leave a scar and now moments of doubt when with Asmo...lol the angst is gonna be real from this now.
Now for Solomon...Honestly I still don't like him because of the stuff he's said or done (but won't deny he's kinda hot. so there. happy? lol), but appreciate him protecting us and defending us. Though I just hated how he said this to Asmo...
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Like it just proves to me again, he just sees Asmo as nothing more but a tool than someone special and important to him. No love is felt from him or through his words over Asmo. (Like some like to believe they apparently are madly in love with each other...Uh huh...) Just this need to prove he's in control and powerful over another, which is Asmo in this case...Ugh...I hate it so much. Reminds me of those toxic partners in relationships who need to always be in control and more power than other...or some people I know irl who really are like this...
Anyway...That's all to say for now. I think. Might of missed stuff but mind is everywhere rn so yeah lol. I'll say/add more later if anything comes up.
All I know, once this is all over. I expect many hugs and kisses from Asmo. (As well will maybe be writing some angsty stuff over Jayce and Asmo thanks to this all. lol)
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xoxoemynn · 8 months
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I know you're deep in OFMD mode, but I remember back in the day you got into Good Omens for a while! Have you checked out the second season/do you plan to? I had a great time with it, I thought it was a very fandom-tailored follow-up.
I have! Some spoilers under the cut.
So I'll start off with the caveat that I didn't watch it especially closely. I felt kind of pressured to binge it because there were untagged spoilers everywhere and Good Omens is a show I really wanted to experience vs. finding out everything that happens via gif sets/live reactions/spotify playlists. So I rushed through it even though I wasn't able to fully focus and appreciate it, which means I definitely missed some things. Which was kind of irritating, but I figured I'd do a rewatch soon enough to pick up on those things.
I thought it was enjoyable. It did feel like fan fic to me, which I think can be a plus or a minus depending on who you ask, haha, but I enjoyed seeing more of Crowley and Aziraphale's interactions over the years. There were some really delightful, wonderful moments. I love their characters and I loved seeing them on my screen again.
I am not a fan of Jon Hamm and was annoyed Gabriel was going to be such a focus this season because I already liked to forget he was a part of the show LOL but I had time to prepare myself for that. I did think that romance came out of nowhere but again thought maybe I just missed some clues since, like I said, I wasn't doing the closest watch, but from some posts I've seen I don't think that's the case.
I just... I know this is the 2nd act of a three act play. I know this is the dark before the storm. I know Crowley and Aziraphale need to grow and learn to truly talk to each other if they're going to be together. I fully get all that, and I'm sure if there's a third season like Gaiman wants then they'll figure out how to properly understand each other and get their happily ever after.
But the "I forgive you" felt like such a cruel twist of the knife that honestly it tainted a lot of my enjoyment of the season as a whole and I don't know when I'll be able to bring myself to rewatch it. And I've seen the oat milk theories, which... idk somehow almost feels worse in my mind? Like "oh he was drugged, he didn't mean it," but meanwhile my beloved best demon Crowley is just out here being devastated? And that's not even getting into the metaphorical layers there that I honestly just don't have the brain space right now to speak to coherently. I dunno, I know this season was supposed to be the bridge to the sequel to Good Omens Gaiman and Pratchett planned to write, so I'm assuming that needed to start from a place where Crowley and Aziraphale were on opposite sides and upset with each other. That's all well and good. I'm not even opposed to Aziraphale rejecting Crowley, because we all know he's constantly about a thousand steps behind him. For me, though, the execution felt more like pain for pain's sake and I wish there had been some more kindness, both for Crowley and for viewers.
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Hello book club anon haha - we had our meeting last night and screamed for legit an hour SO SPOILERS AHEAD BUT
We were both upset that he didn’t tell her he was leaving and that y/n forgave him wayyy to easily. We thought the like awkward goodbye was so realistic and all of her emotions were so real and then the run back was SO BEAUTIFUL IT HAD US SCREECHING I can’t. We also said we thought that this has been our favorite paced chapter yet because SO MUCH happened but you brought so much emotion out of both of us we were both crying multiple times (and I literally never cry so high praise). The build up of their texting felt SO natural too and we both could feel the fall coming in the perfect way like him ghosting was written so naturally it was so beautiful and heartbreaking. We’re both VERY anti Felix (in the book obvi he’s both of our wreckers irl) so we didn’t love the kiss or them making up but we also HATE Hana and love how she just told her later and said goodbye. Also got to tell you the THREE MONTHS LATER MADE MY HEART FUCKING DROP BRO THAT HIT OF EMOTION. We also both have moved a lot and thought her going to the city was so real and accurate and we totally have felt those feelings and thought they were written sooooo well.
Now OBVIOUSLY we had the most thoughts about the end dude I truly cannot praise your writing enough because you built to that perfect. Like we were both saying our excitement was building and we could see it coming that she was going to run into him and we were both kicking our feet and screaming AND THEN HE IGNORED HER. Like dude my heart literally plummeted we were both crushed it was SO GOOD. Like the perfect angst. NOW our current book club theory is that that girl (which btw sneaky sneaky she passed by so quick I almost missed her bc the reader dismissed her so so did I) was a manager so he had to act like didn’t know her BUT HIM LOOKING BACK AS SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ATELIER PLEASE. So we think that’s why he did it. We also have a sub theory that she’s his “gf” and the painter girl who was interested in his stuff but it may b for pr to take the heat off of Jisung again a sub theory we think the first is more plausible. We also think she’s going to run into Jisung/Changbin/Chan and that’s how she’s going to interact with him again.
The most important note is that we seriously love this fic with our whole heart and soul. Neither of us our hyunjin biases but we love Star lost so much and will be truly heartbroken if it ever disappears or you don’t finish it. ALSO PLEASE PUBLISH IT so we can get everyone we know to read it. THANKS FOR WRITING WE LOVE U
hi book club anon !! its so lovely to hear from you again. she did forgive him easily but fighting would only take away the less time they had <\3 the pacing! thank you for pointing that out, i was worried it was all over the place because i dont usually show montages or quick passages of time.
anti slwy! felix😭 i get it, maybe he will grow back on you
oh wow thank you for reading and keeping up with this fic despite not being hyunjin biases! im so glad you like this story youll get all the answers for the ending soon enough ! thank you, i enjoyed reading this🤭
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idealisticrealism · 1 year
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TCL 2x06 recap
Hahahahaahaaaaaaa get ready for more unhinged fangirling (and just so many words omg)
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Honestly I am so happy we’re still on the same day as last ep! Though lbr I desperately wish we could have seen what happened between Garrett accepting the deal and Thony getting home– like how did she get home?? Did she drive back to the cleaning storehouse (I’m going to start calling this Cleaning Ladies’ HQ, or CLHQ for short lol) in the truck with Arman and then he dropped her home on his bike??? Or did Garrett insist on driving her home so he could chastise her about her involvement with Arman?? I mean either option would have been great to watch but lbr I would prefer the former lol. But sigh I guess that’s just going to be left to the imagination. But ugh it hurts to see her so upset– she was so steady and brave in the moment while making the deal, but now the reality is setting in, the feeling of once again being caught in a trap. And oooh it wasn’t until she told Fi just now about helping Arman move drugs that I remembered her reaction to Fi’s plan to sell party drugs for Brandon. Feeling like a bit of a hypocrite now, are we Thony?? And maybe a liar, too, considering she tells Fi that Garrett threatened to deport her unless she informed for him again– bc firstly there was zero mention of deportation (I honestly believe that Garrett is done with that threat, and also that he legitimately did actually intend to let Thony go and just take Arman in for the drugs), and secondly, we all know she begged him to agree to her being an informant, in order to keep both herself and Arman safe. But to admit that to Fi would be to reveal even more about the depth of her and Arman’s connection than the events in the motel did (and that was already plenty) and I honestly don’t think Thony is capable of facing that right now.
Ooooh only one person uses the weird kitchen door, which means Hot Detective Flores is back!  Though as much as I like her, she does nothing but cause me stress haha. I‘m glad that the cops seem to have moved on from Thony as a suspect so quickly and easily– unless part of her reason for coming here and telling them about MMM’s disappearance was to see their reaction– but lbr it does look suss that MMM disappeared so soon after a death at his motel (sidenote, him being missing ‘over a week now’ definitely fits with the expected timeline). But aaaaarghhh I was worried that his disappearance would cause the cops to search his apartment and potentially find more videos– honestly, I’m surprised Arman didn’t look at MMM’s license for his address and then find his keys and go to his apartment to search for any sign of the Chris video. Unless maybe he did??? Honestly he’s savvy enough to think of it, and dedicated enough to protecting Thony that he’d absolutely do it. Ok tbh I am adopting the headcanon rn that he actually did go and do all that after disposing of the body, and just didn’t tell Thony bc he didn’t think she needed to know/wanted to let her just forget the whole thing. But anyway tbh it’s kind of funny to hear Flores say reassuringly “We WILL find out how your loved one died” to the three people who were literally present at/involved in his death lol. But also omg Chris how about you don’t yell “they’ll know I did it!!” literally moments after the detective walks out the door??? God you are such a teenager lol. And ok I love Thony’s certainty in saying that that the cops won’t find the body and that “Arman made sure of it”-- but like is that just her having enough trust in him to know he would have taken care of it, or did he actually tell her what he did with the body??? And if so, when??? Doesn’t this show know that I need to be privy to literally every single conversation and interaction between Armony?? C’mon writers be more considerate of a poor fangirl haha
(Also I forget to mention this every single week but I really love the new title screen thing with the soapy water washing away the red from the lettering like it’s washing away blood, leaving the pure white text behind. This show has such style man) 
My thought process as Arman pulls up to the house on his motorbike: ‘oh hey I stood right by that letterbox thing down at the end of the street! Ok wait so these guys didn’t sell the motorbike or  Nadia’s car, despite the severity of their financial issues? Also what is Arman staring at? Is there some kind of evidence that Robert has been at the house?? Omg wait did Nadia throw his stuff out????’ (*literally laughs in delight as the camera pans over his stuff on the ground lol*). Tbh I had fun pausing to check out his various belongings, and while the childhood pic of Adan is cutest, and the squash racquet is hot (I would watch him play that ANY day), the random lamps are definitely my favourite addition. Like are they sentimental lamps?? But anyway oh my goddddd this is a scene I have been hoping for for a long time, and holy shit Eva is legit giving it her all– hell hath no fury indeed. (ngl I’m giggling a little at the fact that she would have had to yell and throw those clothes right into the camera while filming this lol). But omg “What the hell are you doing??” / “What the hell are YOU doing?? I’m doing what I should have done the first time I laid eyes on you with your cleaning lady”-- honestly I love this line, because it is such a great throwback to the moment Nadia first sees them together in 1x02. (I’m ignoring their first scene all together the morning after the party in 1x01, because she was still drunk and didn’t actually see Thony and Arman interact at all; though mannn her 1x01 line “I like her. Give her everything” is particularly impactful now). But in 1x02, Nadia watches as Arman literally drops everything– leaving in the middle of an important meeting with Hayak and Knight– to disappear with a woman he barely knows, when it would have been far easier for him to get one of their guys to take her to the clinic, or even just tell her to go to a hospital instead. And I gotta mention the next time Nadia witnesses them interact as well; in 1x03 where she watches from across the club as Thony gives Luca’s drawing to Arman, and honestly she’s right with what she said– Thony really does look at him like he’s her hero in this moment, while he looks at her with an almost bashful pleasure, which (if Nadia had seen it) she would probably barely recognise, given how rare it must be for him. That was the moment Nadia started to understand something they hadn’t yet seen themselves, and was partly why she brought Thony to the wedding reception with her, to further observe how they would interact. She’s been watching this whole time, and though she’d tried to convince herself that the connection between them didn’t mean anything for her own relationship with Arman (I’m almost certain there was an interview that said Nadia has slept with other women during their marriage, so maybe they’re ~open), the truth is she’s always known that what Thony and Arman have is different. It's real, and she knows it, even if they don't.
Which is exactly why she calls bullshit when he says “There’s nothing going on between Thony and me. You know that!” And gotta say, as much as I love Arman, I kinda call bullshit too. Though while I can imagine some people would say he’s gaslighting her, I actually don’t agree. (“Gaslighting”: to deliberately manipulate someone by psychological means into doubting their own sanity). I think in Arman’s case, he genuinely believes he’s telling the truth, because to him, ‘nothing going on’ means a) he and Thony aren’t sleeping together, and b) that their relationship isn’t going to progress beyond what it is now. He’s aware of his feelings for Thony, and is also aware that she has some kind of feelings for him (even if he doesn’t know exactly how far those feelings extend), and though there is an undeniable pull between them he also knows that there is a line neither of them will cross, one that exists because of Nadia– especially since everything that happened with the prison and the debt, and how much Nadia’s safety and livelihood now depends on him as a result of that. And so that’s what he means with that line– while he and Thony are connected, that connection will never go any further (despite what Nadia clearly believes) as long as he and Nadia are together.  Hence his frustration– she’s accusing him of having the very thing he so desperately wants, but has denied himself ever having. And he genuinely does try to explain what he’s been doing/make her understand about the plan with the drugs, except she won’t let him (damn at the accuracy of her “you’ll take any excuse to be with her” line though, wow), and then just as he’s about to try to convince her of his dedication to her, he sees the ring, and the devious landmine artfully planted by Robert explodes between them. Because while Nadia sees the reality– the inevitability– of Thony and Arman’s connection far better than he does, Arman sees the truth of Robert’s actions better than she does, and that disparity only serves to push them further apart. But omg the way I gasped when she yells “There is no more us!!!” and he just stares at her because he knows her well enough to see the truth, has fought bitterly with her enough times to see that this is different– that this time it might actually be real, that they’ve passed that point of no return and that their marriage is over. He can’t entirely believe it though, doesn’t dare to; because if it’s real, then she has actually just released him from the obligation he has towards her, from the slowly-growing weight of unhappiness that he has been carrying since even before he met Thony. And the irony of it all is that by leaving him, she has given him the freedom to do what he otherwise never would have done– the exact thing she was accusing him of in the first place: be with the woman he loves.  
Okay so Armony are about to have their meet with Garrett to discuss the plan, and honestly I hate when scenes start with both of them already present! Like excuse me I need to know how long they have been waiting and what they have been talking about and how much they have looked at each other etc??? Like did they deliberately arrive earlier than Garrett so they could work out their plan? Have they been texting back and forth since last night trying to figure it out?? No matter how much this show feeds me (and ngl it feeds me well; see the above paragraph for proof lol) I am always going to want more lol. But ugh they have clearly talked it through together and are presenting their little plan as a duo and basically completing each other’s sentences and I love them. But honestly it confuses me a bit that Garrett starts the meeting by asking how they’re going to use Robert to get Cortes, and then only like a minute later he’s signing up for their plan to use Cortes to get Robert?? It just seemed like a sudden and odd priority shift, bc until this moment it seemed like he didn’t care about Robert (despite Robert’s extensive crime-ing) and only saw him as a means to getting Cortes? But tbh I don’t care lol. I just care about this Armony eye contact and the way Arman looked like he wanted to say something before Thony turned and walked away ugh. I’m gonna headcanon that after she gets in the van, he leans against the passenger door and talks to her through the lowered window, maybe arranging a time for them to meet at CLHQ and unpack the drugs from the van? (Also two sidenotes: firstly I’ve never noticed that little semi-bald patch in Arman’s beard over the right side of his jaw– is there a scar there because I would be very into that. And secondly dude I love the leather jacket as much as anyone, trust me, but it is too hot for you to be wearing it all the time! Take it off before you get heatstroke!! …. And while you’re at it, the shirt should probably go too. Just to be safe lol)
“Now that dad’s back in town you guys can get married!” Omg. I cannot describe my love for this scene, firstly for the near parent-trapping, and secondly for the fact that it literally legitimately felt SO real in terms of how a 12 year old would see and react to this situation. Like oh my heart Jazz is so cute and earnest lol, and Fi and JD were so gentle with setting her straight ugh. Bummer about the JD girlfriend, but eh, I’m sure she won’t last haha. I swear the JD and Fi ship (I’m going for “J-Fi” here because I’m lazy lol) is gonna sail by the end of the season– or at least it better, because I love them already ugh
It’s probably ridiculous that it irritates me that Arman changed the money into a different bag? Like why? Though I guess he had to take it all out of the other bag to count it anyway or whatever (also, where did he do that? La Habana??). But ugh yaaaasss that was such a satisfying power move watching him casually drop a ton of money in front of Robert and see Robert be like that meme of the lady who looks confused with all the mathematic equations floating around her lol. (That was terribly described but c’mon, you know the one.)  Honestly I was so happy for Arman here because not only is he a fifth of the way closer to freedom, but he got to show the guy who thinks he has him completely backed into a corner that there is more to him than Robert realises. Robert clearly does not like to feel like he’s been tricked (which is ironic because he’s literally being tricked right now lol) so he immediately goes to Nadia to whine like the spoiled child that he is. I definitely did enjoy Nadia’s face when she learned Arman had paid off so much– yep, he did try to tell you last night, but you wouldn’t listen! Not that that means she wasn’t justified in everything she said last night, bc she was mostly right– there is absolutely 100% something going on with him and Thony– but to be fair to Arman, she’s wrong about what lines they have or haven’t crossed. But even so, his involvement with Thony doesn’t mean he was lying about selling the drugs, or when he said that he was doing this for him and Nadia (aka, for their freedom from Robert). Two things can be true at once Nadia! 
Lol I love seeing Arman putting two relatively small boxes on the stack while in the background Thony is lugging a box off the truck that is practically as big as she is. Girl has got being self-reliant down to an art form. Ngl my brain is still very confused by the ‘how do they have both the money and the drugs in their possession’ question, but whatever, I‘ll roll with it (just like I’m rolling with Thony’s inexplicable outfit change back to what she was wearing at home last night; maybe the blue shirt got dirty between the meet this morning and now?). But who cares about these things when there’s completely unnecessary Armony touching to scream over??? I love that he holds out a hand to help her get down even though she has very clearly been hopping up and down from that van like a lil’ mountain goat all morning unpacking these meds (I also love that his other hand first covered hers on the box for like a split second before she straightened up ugh). But ugh she doesn’t shy away from him or say she’s fine– she just immediately puts her hand in his and lets him help her. Given that stubborn independence and self-reliance (like mentioned above) are some of Thony’s major character traits, I love to see little moments like this, which show that she is learning to accept help from the people that care about her, even when she already knows she could manage alone. (Bc the whole point is that she doesn’t have to anymore).
And so anyway she lets him help her down, and then ughhhhhhh they just… hold on??? And I say they bc honestly while Arman is more overtly deliberate in keeping that contact, it’s not like he’s preventing her from pulling away– his grip is relaxed, and she could have easily slipped her hand out of his the moment she was on solid ground (and without it seeming weird or like she was trying to get away from him), but she didn’t. Instead she just looks up at him, fingers still curled over his and thumb pressing against his skin, and ugh the way he's looking at her??? His fight with Nadia last night had such a feeling of finality to it, and while lbr he doesn't know for sure that she won’t backflip again and take him back when she calms down, he can’t help but let himself have this moment where he isn’t a man torn between obligation to one woman and love for another– he’s just a man looking at the woman he loves, the woman he could finally have a future with. And he shifts closer like he’s being pulled in by the dream of that future, and maybe she is too bc her eyes flick down to his mouth for just a split second– and then it’s like she snaps out of it, like ‘wait shit nope still married' and pulls back, her neck muscles tensing like she’s literally holding her breath??? And then she turns away for all of a second before she’s like  '......unless….…?' lol and turns back to bring up the elephant in the room (or rather, the belongings in the truck haha), aka the signs of the possible dissolution of his marriage??? How uncomfortable must it be for her to acknowledge them, especially when they might actually mean nothing (she's seen the way Arman and Nadia fight, and yet thus far they’ve always still stayed together), or they might mean that things are really over between Arman and Nadia this time, which would open the door for the beginning (lbr, the progression) of something between the two of them??? But despite the awkwardness, it’s more important to her to make sure he’s okay, and ugh the way he steps closer to her again, his eyes on her face and voice all soft as he thanks her…  Never thought I’d say this, but I’m almost glad for the appearance of Robert and Nadia, because oh man I can’t take this tension and all these unspoken truths. Ngl I did have a very brief moment of insanity when she said “If you want–” where I literally thought she was going to offer for him to come stay at her house ahahaha. I love that she did offer him somewhere to stay, though, because she cares about him and wants him to have a roof over his head.  She’s trying to look after him, because that’s what they do for each other; and only a moment later he’s yet again looking after her by telling her to go into the storage room (presumably to have more cover/be closer to the exit on the other side if she needs to run) and ugh the way he puts his hand on his gun, ready to do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Honestly these two and their mutual care and protection of each other are going to be the death of me. 
Anyway ughhh I am SO into this framing of Armony on one side and Nadia and Robert on the other. This is the shift I mentioned in a previous meta, with the Arman/Nadia partnership being severed and the two of them realigning with Thony and Robert (though lbr Arman and Thony were already very much aligned long before this, lol). I also love the framing of the shots inside the storeroom, with Arman behind Thony and his eyes on her rather than on Robert. I appreciate that Robert actually seems fascinated by the discovery of Thony’s actual profession, and the way his gaze flicks to Arman– whose eyes are still focused only on Thony– for confirmation. I also appreciate that he doesn’t actually sound sarcastic when he refers to her as ‘Doctor’; he’d been actually fairly respectful to her the day before, but there’s a new element to it now– maybe it’s that he feels she’s more worthy of respect now that he knows her profession (in which case, he’s a jerk), or maybe it’s just that he realises that he has underestimated the depth to her and is re-evaluating. Honestly I think she has intrigued him from the start and this has only added to that. But aaaaah I love when people who are used to being the one manipulating others– and who see themselves as the untouchable puppetmaster pulling the strings– get played themselves, and damn Armony did an amazing job at having Robert walk right into their trap. Because of course the man who wants to take everything Arman possesses would never be able to resist taking a chunk of his business away from him. (Though seriously, if one of them had been wearing a wire during this interaction, they would have had enough to hand Robert over to the FBI right away… but I guess that would have cut the episode pretty short haha). Anyway I’m so happy that Arman is now free from his deal to work for Robert (of course, so is Nadia, but lbr we all know that working for Robert suited her just fine). But ugh the look Arman gives her after ensuring her freedom from Robert– see, I told you I was doing this for you too– and the expression she’s wearing like she knows there’s more going on here than she understands, but she just can’t see it yet. I love the moment Armony share after Nadia and Robert leave– “You didn’t tell Nadia the plan?” / “No. That’s why it worked.” because a) it just further reiterates that Armony are their own team now and Nadia is not part of that (he literally let his marriage implode rather than defend himself to Nadia and jeopardise the plan), but also b) it’s gotta have Thony wondering what this little business deal will mean for Arman and Nadia’s marriage, and whether Nadia will let him come home now that she realises what he did to get them free of Robert. And while obviously the potential for Arman and Nadia making up is not at all what we want, I want Thony to realise that it’s not what she wants either. 
But ugh of course Arman is immediately thinking about Thony’s safety and trying to convince her that he should go to the meet with Cortes alone– and of course she refuses and insists on coming with him lol. Tbh her argument about being able to answer any questions about the meds is weak (Arman could literally just call her if any came up), and we know the truth, even if she can’t face it herself. Because she’s almost lost Arman twice now– firstly when Hayak blew up his car a month ago and she spent a horrific week thinking he was dead, and then secondly when Hayak had him attacked in the prison (who knows if she’s actually aware of the third time, aka the prison shower showdown)– and both of those near-misses happened at times when they were separated. Since then, she can’t face the idea of him walking into a situation this dangerous on his own, can’t help but be terrified of what might happen to him– so the only (admittedly irrational) way she can control that fear is to be there too. And maybe she’s hoping that Cortes will be less likely to harm Arman if there’s a witness present, especially a woman– after all, her time in Arman’s world has shown her that there is still honour among criminals; and now, for him, she’s staking her life on it.
But anyway okay I’m confused again– why do they need money from the FBI for the drugs? They had no problem buying the drugs before with their limited funds (after all, they’ve said how cheap they are to buy from Mexico), but I guess maybe this time they’re getting way more? Idk. I love that Thony’s mind immediately went to the opportunity to steal from the FBI and take a cut for themselves (I see you’ve learned a few things, haha) and clearly Arman loved it too– ughhhh the way he just stares at her with such wonder and pride, and then abruptly looks away the moment she looks up at him lol. (Sorry, buddy, but not quick enough. She totally saw those heart eyes, but then again, it’s not like you’ve ever been particularly good at hiding them. Unlike her, who is maybe too good at it….)
Omg when did Garrett and Jefferson become such boyfriends???? “I’m an atheist” “sorry Russo, he’s an atheist” / “You’ve got nothing to worry about boss, we got this” and all the giddy little grins? Like geez guys try to be less like completely smitten newlyweds here haha. (Though lbr it’s super cute and I love it). Also my confusion about this entire Robert/Cortes situation continues, because literally last night it seemed like Garrett was going to keep his little teamup with Thony and Arman a secret– like when he said it was a false alarm and turned Jefferson away– but now he’s told the FBI all about it?? I guess maybe he was just waiting to get a clear plan from Thony and Arman that morning before he took it to Russo? Also lol at Russo mentioning Maya having met Thony– you can immediately bet Maya is going to show up at some point, despite Garrett’s assurances lol. Just like the comments about Thony being in danger if Cortes sees the FBI, and Garrett saying that nothing will go wrong. Famous last words lol…
So is La Habana gonna be like a shared custody arrangement, or…? Lol bc apparently rn Arman gets the office overnight and as soon as morning hits, she’s tossing him out. (That little finger click and gesture to get out? That was hot lol). Also I kinda love the clear way we are being shown the division between them, particularly in these shared spaces of theirs. And I love that this scene further reiterates that she was never just the pretty face around the club– they were both equally the pretty face that lured the customers, and the business sharks running the show behind the scenes. But omg, rumpled grumbly Arman all squished onto that too-small couch?? I love it so much haha. But lbr buddy ‘I didn’t have anywhere else to go’ is a lie, Thony made it very clear you were welcome to her bed… ahem, I mean the bed at the clinic. (Shhhh I can dream, lol). Also I will be 100% honest, I definitely stared at his thighs when he threw back the blanket haha, but I was totally just looking for evidence of the scar that should have been there from the explosion in 1x01. I swear :P But anyhow I actually am so happy about this fight, because unlike their fight in front of the house, this isn’t all fire and anger. The things said then could have been put down to heat of the moment, and the writers could have used this scene to have them talk it out and reconcile now that Nadia knows he was telling the truth about the drugs (even if she still doesn’t know the whole story, and she knows that there’s more to it). But instead the same argument is covered again, but with tiredness and resignation rather than furious attacks. ‘What I did was for us, can’t you see that?” / ”No, I can’t see it”-- honestly I feel like when Arman says ‘us’, he doesn’t mean them as a romantic couple; he means both of them, individually. And he has been fighting to free them both, because he cares about her and knows that being near Robert is only going to be bad for her in the long run. (Plus he just hates Robert and can’t stand the thought of Robert feeling like he’s ‘won’ her). But when Nadia hears ‘us’ she takes it to mean their relationship, their connection to each other. Which is why she doesn’t believe he’s fighting for ‘them’. But lbr these two are doomed either way– bc if they remain under the crushing pressure from Robert, they’ll crack under the strain until they shatter apart. And if they get free of Robert and re-establish the level of financial security they had before, then Arman will no longer have the same obligation to protect and provide for her, and he won’t be able to resist the pull towards what he really wants– a life with Thony.
The comment about the ring was interesting though– like whoever puts it on her hand (or more importantly, who she accepts it from) is laying claim to her? Originally it was Arman, but then the ring became Robert’s, and then he gave it to her– and so by her visibly wearing it, it’s now a sign of her connection to/acceptance of him rather than Arman. And lbr she could have put it away somewhere safe or even hocked it when Robert gave it back, but she chose to wear it, even knowing the message it would send to Arman. But ugh the way their voices get all low and he tells her she’s free of Robert, basically implores her not to get caught in his web again, and she holds back tears as she tells him that she knows that what he’s doing is for Thony. The fact that he stops trying to argue against it– he’s accepted that they both know it’s the truth now– and just tries to warn her in the only way he can that being close to Robert is dangerous, that he genuinely is trying to protect her, regardless of the state of their marriage. But ugh the quiet conviction in ‘my safety is not your concern anymore’ and ‘don’t be here when I come back’– we have seen them have many fights by this point, constantly lashing out at each other and pushing each other away, but always coming back to the safety and familiarity of their relationship– but to me, this is the point where their marriage truly ends. After this, I honestly can’t see the writers giving us scenes where they try to come back from this, aka try to ‘make it work’. I think they are definitely going to continue being in each other’s orbit– with La Habana, Robert, the drug business etc, there’s still a lot connecting them– but it will no longer be as a partnership. As allies, maybe, hopefully; but never again as husband and wife. (At least I really, really hope so.)
Omg I am in LOVE with Fi clearly just rolling with the fact that Thony is going to go undercover to meet a drug kingpin (it’s like that John Mulaney quote of “You know those days when you’re like, ‘This might as well happen’” lol), and aw she even goes all in to find her an outfit and make her look the part. Considering Fi has been the one doing most of the freaking out lately, I think it actually helps her (as well as Thony) to take a turn being the strong one, the one who says it’s all going to be okay. Thony’s feeling out of her depth, and so afraid for both Arman and herself– like I said earlier, maybe in the moment when she insisted on coming, she felt that having the two of them there must surely make it safer; as if even a high-level criminal would hesitate before killing two people (especially including a woman) because it doubles the likelihood of someone noticing them missing or knowing where they were last seen. But now she’s terrified that she might be wrong about that, and even more terrified that it might be her messing up somehow that gets them both killed. She insisted on coming because she thought it would protect Arman– but what if it does the opposite? What if he dies because of her?? And ughhh Fi reminds her of how brave and strong she is, and then gives her her ‘armour’ to wear so she can feel the part, and I just love them so much ughhhh. I have said it before that these two are the true centre of the show and I stick by that 
Okay but we were 100% ROBBED of getting to see Arman’s first reaction to Thony in That Outfit. Am I going to fic it? Look, at some point, probably lol. Because you just know that that boy forgot his own damn name for a moment there when he first laid eyes on her. I’m picturing him and Garrett tensely standing at some designated meet point, waiting for her to arrive (maybe there was a bit of final briefing to do or something, idk) and as she pulls up they’re snarking at each other over something, and then when she steps out of the van Arman literally stops talking mid-sentence and just stares. And Garrett makes some teasing comment (like "careful, that puddle of drool will ruin those fancy shoes" or "what's the matter, zebra got your tongue?" Lol) that Arman doesn’t even hear–  he's already walking towards her like he's being drawn by a magnet. Garrett huffs and then follows, then tells Thony that this outfit is much more on the mark than her goth one, but she’s not listening to him either. She’s only looking at Arman, and Garrett rolls his eyes a little and then does some very pointed throat clearing and then is all “Are we going to stand here having a staring competition all day or are we actually going to get this done?” and they snap themselves out of it. But anyway ugh the two of them driving in the caddy looking like that, with that sultry music over the top?? And the line “eye for an eye, heart for a heart, gave you my light, I’ll show you my dark” – like help??? Honestly whoever does the music for this show deserves a goddamn award. I have literally been listening almost solely to playlists of tracks from TCL for months now and I am loving it.  But anyway major kudos to Arman for being able to focus on the road and not on the amount of bare thigh on display in the passenger seat lol; that’s some serious discipline right there. (Though lbr he’s had a lot of practice at trying not to stare at Thony haha, with varying levels of success).
But ugh the way she stays in her seat for a few moments after he gets out of the car, mentally readying herself– and then suddenly he’s there, opening the door for her and holding out a hand to help her onto her feet, and I love the symbolism of him aiding her through this almost as much as I loved the prolonged eye contact and hand holding ugh. The silent reassurance and support in the look he gives her? Help. Honestly I was hoping he’d hold out his arm and she’d take it so they’d walk into the place physically connected, but then it would have made her seem like someone who was more there for decoration than as his equal partner– ugh the power couple vibes were definitely strong. Loved that he continued to check in with her with little looks as they get inside and meet Cortes– also it just further reiterates that invisibility she has when she’s in her cleaning lady persona, considering Cortes saw her literally like 2 days ago in Robert’s office and yet doesn’t recognise her at all. I’ll acknowledge that it’s partly context (even if he thought he recognised her as the cleaning lady he’d seen, his brain would have convinced him that it didn’t make sense for her to be here like this now) but it’s definitely partly that he just didn’t see her, barely even looked at her in the office– even though he’s certainly looking today. This moment definitely highlights the way Arman saw her from the very start, even despite her wearing her cleaning lady invisibility cloak at the time, and it was unfathomable to him that anyone could overlook her. Ugh.  (Also sidenote: hearing Arman say his name with the real accent during their introduction, rather than the Anglicised version, was super hot).  Also omg catch me dying over Cortes saying  “Me, I at least like a date before I jump into bed with someone, if you know what I mean” and the way Armony look at each other as Arman says “We feel exactly the same way.” Bc actually, you guys don’t just like ‘a date’ first, you like to completely entwine your lives and create an unbreakable bond of mutual trust and devotion before you get to the jumping in bed part hahaha. (and while I’m more than happy to wait for that bed part, please god let them it be coming at some point lol). Anyway I love that when they first sit down, he immediately orients his body towards Thony with his arm along the couch behind her, making the distance between them feel smaller ugh. Tbh I was surprised by how quickly their ‘date’ ended; and while he played it cool, Arman was clearly eager to wrap things up and get Thony out of there– and maybe Cortes picked up on that, or maybe not. Either way ugh this is the second time in only a few weeks that Arman has been forced to leave a woman he cares about in the company of a dangerous man; but at least with Nadia and Robert, he knew she was going to be safe. Leaving Thony must have been so much harder for many reasons, and tbh I think if he had seen in her eyes that she couldn’t handle being left behind, he would have done whatever it took to get her out of there with him. But Thony is badass and brave and did what had to be done, and that’s one of the many reasons why he loves her.
(Lol like halfway into the ep and already over 6.5k words. I am a mess. As much as I disapprove of them making Arman disappear for the rest of the ep, I do appreciate that it might be the only thing that saves me from myself haha)
Okay Garrett’s “He left her there” better not have any judgement in it, bc seriously boy you’ve seen how much Arman protects Thony– agreeing to the sting to take down Hayak, arguing for her to be let go when they were caught with the meds, etc– so don’t act like he would just willingly leave her in the clutches of a man like Cortes! Grrr. Anyway I just noticed Garrett is still wearing his wedding ring?? (and that Oliver has a finger tatt, lol). Honestly mate I think you’d be better off giving up on that one… especially since you are clearly not over Maya (wait do I ship it? Oh god maybe a little. gross)
Oh man, forcibly prolonged interactions with strangers are already so awkward, and this is even worse given the whole practically being kept captive thing. Like how much time has passed already? When did they move to sit by the pool?  What have they been talking about? Has he actually asked anything about the drugs, which was her main argument for her being brought along in the first place? (Sidenote: just noticed this actor has forearm tatts that have been covered up, and I think they did the same for the actor playing JD bc I noticed something on his bicep last ep. How rude that they rob me of my chance to be nosy lol). But anyway omg “And how long have you and Arman been together?” / “Just a few months now,” (truth) ”but we’re not together, we’re business partners.” (lie lol). Well I guess it’s not so much a lie as it is not quite the truth. And haha “You could have fooled me” – I love this line because technically they are fooling him rn, but clearly not about their relationship lol. Like seriously, even this aloof criminal who saw them together for like all of five minutes could see what was between them. Ngl everyone can see that there’s something there, including Thony and Arman themselves, but they both refuse to acknowledge it openly because they’re too afraid of what it’ll mean if they do. Because think about it– what if one of them tells the truth about how they feel, and the other chooses not to take their relationship any further? Thony’s all too aware of Arman’s sense of obligation towards Nadia, and Arman’s afraid he’s too much of a liability to be worth the risk to Thony, especially when her family has to come first. And then there’s the even more terrifying option– what if they tell the truth and find that the other wants to be with them too, but then things fall apart later on?? After everything she went through in her relationship with Marco, Thony is afraid to trust someone with her heart (and Luca’s) again, and it would just be so hard to believe that someone used to the kind of upscale, intoxicating life that Arman has led could ever be happy in the simple family life that she has. Meanwhile Arman has always viewed himself as unworthy of her, and is afraid that someday she would realise it and abandon him, like so many others in his life have done. (Isabel, his parents, Hayak, and to an extent, Nadia). And so anyway with all of that, are we really surprised that neither of them will actually step up and say how they feel???  
Wait dude it’s lunch time rn? So this guy has already had two glasses of wine before lunch on a weekday? Sorry bud but I have some professional advice for you regarding the level of your alcohol consumption lol. Also that huge plate of spaghetti and garlic bread is making me wonder how your cholesterol’s looking haha (says the girl who would absolutely demolish that meal given the opportunity lol). But anyway live fast die young I guess lol
Aww I love that Fi called JD! It’s so nice to see her having someone to lean on other than just Thony (who, lbr, is dealing with enough of her own shit) and ugh JD is so steady and kind (and tall. and cute. Have I mentioned lately that I ship it?). Honestly I was so nervous for her when she told him the truth about Chris– the fact that she did shows how close they really must have been when they were together– and his compassion for her made me love him so much. It makes sense that she can trust him about this though; he’d never do anything to hurt Jazz, and having her mother and brother jailed or deported is just about the worst thing he could possibly do to her. And that’s not to mention how much he cares about Fi herself, and Chris too, who he would have been a dad figure to when Chris was only a few years old ugh
And speaking of Chris– oh you foolish boy. You’ve really gone and done it now, putting your face and your name out there. Such a relief that JD got him out of there in time– hopefully they can come up with a plausible excuse for his visit before Flores comes knocking, for example that he came bc he wanted to request that if they found the video of Marco’s death, could they not tell his mom about it because he’s worried that it would hurt her too much to see it. But anyway ugh JD telling Chris he needs to forgive himself for the death he caused– I can imagine that a soldier who spent years at war knows a little about that. As much as I wanted a chance to see Arman bond with Chris, I definitely want to see JD & Chris bonding more (Arman can claim the Hot Uncle role later; let’s work on Hot Husband and Hot Stepdad first lol)
But ugh omg this whole conversation between J-Fi about when they split up and why she didn’t tell him she was undocumented and whether he would have proposed?? Helpp??? I am such a sucker for stories about people who love each other but who are kept apart by circumstances outside of their control– ideally I want the barriers between them resolved pretty quickly (Armony are definitely in this category lol) but I also love those like J-Fi, who get a second chance years later.  So c’mon writers, send the girlfriend on her way and give us the J-Fi we deserve lol
Lol guess who learned something new today? I was all like ‘why does Arman call it Sportsbook when Nadia and Robert both call it Fast Lane??’ –  well fun fact, a sportsbook is an establishment that takes bets on sporting events and pays out winnings. Clearly I am not a gambler or a televised sports enthusiast lol. But anyhow damn, respect to Nadia for dictating the terms of her business arrangement with Robert; she literally rocked up and bossed him around and he practically thanked her for it god I’m starting to get dom/sub vibes here too lol. But anyway Robert makes her feel admired and respected and wanted, whereas lately Arman has (unintentionally) made her feel tolerated rather than appreciated– while he does care for her greatly, I think he holds a subconscious level of resentment towards her, as the thing that stands in the way of what he wants above all else. And she can sense that, even when he’s not aware of it himself. But oooh her expression when Robert commented on the ring and how lovely it looks on her– I think she now sees that Arman was right, and Robert views it as a symbol of her connection to him rather than Arman, proof of him staking his claim. Interested to see what she does with that knowledge– like I said in another meta, I want her to use Robert and then throw him under the bus to take his kingdom right out from under him lol, but I guess I’ll have to wait and see on that one.
The fact that none of the many many guards at this very isolated property have noticed the random car hanging out nearby is a little ridiculous lol. As is the fact that Garrett gets into the compound by sneaking past when their backs are turned– Cortes should definitely fire every one of these goons lol
Ugh Thony looking out the window as if for rescue; makes me think of her “he always shows up when I need him” statement. She knows Arman can’t come for her right now– and in fact, by getting the drug handover done, he is literally doing everything he can to get her her freedom as soon as possible– but she still can’t help but wish for him to appear. And then lol at the ‘well, shit’ expression on her face when Maya walks in. I actually really enjoy the way these two interact, and how they both try to protect the other– Maya by warning her to get out and away from Cortes asap, and Thony by trying to convince her to do the same. Totally in love with the little ‘oh, honey’ look that Thony gives Maya when she learns of her relationship with Garrett; lbr Thony can definitely relate to falling in love with someone she probably shouldn’t have, but at least for her that someone is a man who will literally always put her before himself, which is clearly something Maya didn’t get from Garrett. But while he may be a selfish asshole, Thony knows he really has been trying hard to protect Maya, and that there are good sides to him– certainly far more than Cortes, who is only ever going to hurt her worse and worse until one day she ends up dead. Honestly when Thony said she’d been with someone who hurt her too, I gasped aloud, because I have always believed that Marco (while definitely abusive in multiple other ways) was never physically abusive towards her. I always felt that while Thony accepted/tolerated a certain level of his emotional/financial/social abuse, she would never have tolerated him getting physically violent with her, partly because she has too much fire in her for that, but mainly because she wouldn’t have been able to trust that that violence wouldn’t eventually be turned on Luca, and she could never allow that. So her comment to Maya had me all like omg?!??, and then she added ‘not physically’ and I was just like jesus don’t scare me like that lol. Also later she tells Maya “The way he treats you is not love” and honestly this line says so much. And tbh anyone who judges Thony for ‘cheating’ on Marco– a man who abused her for years and put their son’s health at further risk, and who she could not legally separate herself from/who made it financially almost impossible for her to escape from– can piss right off imo
Anyway omg when Thony had Cortes’ gun to her head ugh… my poor baby deserves all the peace and happiness in the world and yet she gets so much fear and suffering instead. I loved seeing Maya rescue her though, and then Thony immediately trying to rescue her right back– as ever, this show is THE BEST when it comes to women helping other women. And ugh they looked like such a badass duo there facing off against Cortes, Thony staying close by her side and giving her her strength and support. But ugh he did what abusers do and weaseled his way closer until he was almost able to strike– if he’d gotten the gun from Maya, they’d both have been dead in seconds. Which is why I’m pretty much on Garrett’s side when it comes to shooting him tbh; I know that a cop shooting an unarmed man is terrible, but in this context it was the right call, because like I said, he was literally moments from killing them. And to allow one or both of them to be hurt/killed before he could be ‘legally’ taken out is just insane. Damn at Garrett’s trust in his aim though– Cortes and Maya were standing very close– and daaaaaaamn at Thony’s quick thinking (she has learned a few things from being in Arman’s world lol). Honestly so proud of the fact that she did that for Garrett; she and Maya could have just stood there and done nothing, and then told the FBI the truth about what happened– and they would have likely faced no consequences, while Garrett would be hauled away for manslaughter or something (I assume?). But Thony understands that legal and illegal don’t always match up with right and wrong, and she knows that Garrett just saved both of their lives– and so in return, she saves his freedom. It’s going to make their dynamic even more interesting now, and tbh I can’t wait to see more of how they interact and help each other in the future, especially now that he will literally never threaten or blackmail her ever again. 
Anyway, not sure what I’ll be stressing over more between now and next ep– Thony getting caught for her aiding and abetting (because as @enigmaticfox brilliantly pointed out, Thony put the gun in Cortes’ left hand, but we definitely saw earlier that he’s right-handed ugh), or Flores looking into Chris, or the (thankfully unlikely) possibility that Arman had a run-in with Sin Cara when trying to get the drugs and ended up in a world of trouble of his own aaaaahhhh (for once I’m actually tempted to watch the promo for next ep, but nah, I’ll just suffer in suspense instead lol)
Alright that’s all for 2x06, kids. See you in a couple of weeks with a recap which will undoubtedly break 10k based on how quickly things are going downhill with my self control lol
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Love You, Brother
note: I HATE MYSELF AHHHHH but i thought of it and eVERYONE HAS TO SUFFER WITH MEEE :D!!!
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TW// major character death, blood, family issues, burnout, and bulling !!
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It wasn’t fair.
Nothing is fair.
Niccolo couldn’t speak for the first few years of his life. Being nonverbal was hard for a little guy like him, he couldn’t say anything at all. He chirped to hid brothers and sister, but only they knew what he was saying, and even then it was hard.
Niccolo was sitting at a small table of the play space in the Resistance’s secret base. Some other Resistance kids walked up and started to grab at the crayons that Niccolo had specifically placed out in rainbow order.
Niccolo looked around confused at the actions of the other children, he stared to whine at them, struggling to explain why this was making him upset.
The other kids stopped and looked at Niccolo who could only grunt at them. Their expressions become more upset and they just started to laugh. Niccolo didn’t understand, what was so funny? Did he do something?
“Haha! This kid can’t even speak!” One of them said, “Speak kid! What? Are you mute or something?”
Niccolo didn’t understand.
Why where they doing this? What did he do to them?
Then, a voice from behind called, “Hey! You leave my brother alone!”
It was Zuccone!
“You guys put those crayons back, he had them in order for a reason!” Zuccone said demandingly.
“What was the reason? Maybe if Mute over here would speak…” One of them said, while the other started to chuckle.
Niccolo felt like crying, and he pretty sure he was. He saw the tear drops hit the floor. 
“You shut up!” Zuccone shouted, “You don’t speak to him that way! He’s way smarter then all of you combined!”
“What’s going on over here?” Karai asked, peering in at the fight.
“They’re making fun of Niccolo!” Zuccone said swiftly, making sure they didn’t get a word in first.
“Really?” Karai said unamused, “You three can go in time out.” She said, grabbing them by the arms and dragging them to the corner, making them drop the crayons, Niccolo and Zuccone making sure to pick them up immediately.
Niccolo chirped a ‘thank you’ to Zuccone as they both orginized the crayons, back into rainbow order.
“You’re welcome, Niccolo!” Zuccone smiled back, “Now, where were we?”
Niccolo chirped fearfully.
“Ah, I’m sure they learned their lesson Niccy.” Zuccone said, handing him the color red, “And, I’ll always be here to protect you, okay?”
“Chrip!” Niccolo smiled widely, letting Zuccone watch him as he drew. 
That was almost 5 and a half years ago, and now Niccolo could speak. He spoke, not often, but enough.
“What would you like to eat, dear?” Tamsin asked, grabbing a small plate.
“Not hungry! Too busy!” Niccolo said, quickly scurrying past the counter with his arms full of art supplies. 
“You’re just like your uncle,” Tam sighed, “No way mister, you have to eat breakfast before you spend all day drawing again.”
Nic stopped dead in his tracked and looked up at his mother, trying to find the correct words, “But... I want to finish it before Dad leaves again...”
Tam smiled a bit, “After breakfast, kiddo.”
Niccolo pouted a bit, setting down his things and walked to the family table with the rest of his brothers, before sitting down and being served pancakes.
They tasted like dirt, but hey! They were food. At least the syrup made them taste like sugar.
“What are you working on, Niccy?” David asked, mouthful of pancake.
“Surprise,” Niccolo said simply, finishing his first pancake in a few bites.
“Whatever it is, i’m sure it looks great!” Zuccone smiled, giving Niccolo a thumbs-up.
“Uh-huh!” Nic nodded eagerly, “Looks great!” He repeated.
After breakfast, Niccolo ran to the play room, wagging his small tail and grabbing his supplies. He ran to the room where a big canvas sat on an easel that was way too tall for Niccolo to reach, already having a rough sketch of something.
Zuccone stuck his head in, peering at his twin, using an empty box to reach is project. Niccolo was vigorously erasing the sketch marks and tracing over them with his thick marker.
Zuccone watched him carefully, having a soft smile at the way that Niccolo’s hand glided over the canvas. Never shaking, even once. Niccolo was so focused and serious about what he was doing. He was seriously just like Uncle Mikey.
Zuccone hadn’t even noticed himself drawing closer to the canvas. Gazing closer at it, Zuccone could see the splotches of red, orange, purple and blue. He could see the green bodies of his uncles, father and siblings.
He was doing a family portrait. 
“Wow, that’s really good!” Zuccone said, making Niccolo jump a bit.
“Ah! You scared me!” Niccolo smiled, “Thank you, thank you.”
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome!” Zuccone joked, “I think Dad’s really gonna love it.”
“You do?” Niccolo asked, his eyebrow hitched slightly, “What if he hates it?”
“Why would he hate it, Nic?” Zuccone asked, leaning to face his poor brother who was getting swamped with self-doubt.
“Because,” Nic frowned, “The portions are off and Uncle Raph’s head looks off.”
“It’s hardly noticeable, if it wasn’t, I would’ve told you.” 
“You’re right,” Nic smiled again, “Looks good!”
Zuccone laughed, “Looks good! Looks good!”
Niccolo kept drawing, letting Zuccone watch him.
The painting as finished months ago, and hung in Niccolo’s room. Once Nic showed everyone, they were all so thankful.
Uncle Leo even started to cry a little bit.
Everyone was so thankful. It made Niccolo feel a type of pride. So, Niccolo made more drawings, he explored different mediums, he even roped David into it! And David was quite good at it too.
Niccolo woke up to the sounds of the blaring alarms and flashing lights.
SECURITY BREACH! CODE RED!
This was bad, really bad! The Krang had found their base!
Niccolo grabbed his sais and jacket, preparing for trouble. He ran out with the rest of his siblings, as they watched CJ and Raphael push back a Kraang bush out of the base.
“We could really use your help..!” CJ said inpatiently.
“Right!” Karai said, waking the Krang out of the doorway, making it scrabble up the stairs.
Niccolo looked around nervously. Where was David? Or Jeremiah? Or Zuccone?
“Karai!” Niccolo called, “Where’s Zuccone?”
CJ pointed up the stairs, where Karai was running up and Niccolo followed her, finding himself in the middle of a battle field.
Everything was happening at once; Leo was slicing, Donnie was protecting Tam until they both fight off the Krang so they could attack, Raph had rushed out behind Niccolo with a rush of wind, smashing down a tendril of a Krang before it could hit CJ.
Zuccone and David were struggling with a Krang, who was trying to bite them. Niccolo took his naginata and sliced the thing in half, making a small signal with his hand.
“Yeah, we’re good.” David said disgruntled, “Aren’t we, Zee?”
“Yeah… Mom! Dad!” Zuccone quickly changed his priorities.
“Don’t worry, son!” Donnie called back, with Tam clinging to him, “We got this!” Donatello legitimately threw Tam and a Krang, Tam cutting it down the middle.
Zuccone and David laughed, Niccolo cringing at the affectionate kissing that pressured after the attack.
Just then, a Krang jumped out, it’s spikes facing toward Niccolo.
SHINK.
….
Niccolo’s breath was the only thing he heard. He stared in horror as he found himself on the ground and covered in blood that wasn’t his. Tears welled in his eyes, and his heart beat was deafening.
Zuccone was standing over him. His side fully impaled with the spike.
It didn’t feel real. Niccolo’s tears blurred his vision slightly, making it hard for him to focus on what was happening.
Zuccone fell on top of Niccolo, making reality snap back to focus as Niccolo rolled his brother over, applying pressure to the wound.
Donnie and Tam rushed over, Leo and Raph joint them in protecting the kids. Another attack had been lunched, but Niccolo could care less. The only thing he cared about was his brother, bleeding out in front of him.
“Zee..? Zee! Zuccone!!” Niccolo panted, “Answer me!! Are you okay?? Please!!”
Zuccone looked slightly, giving his twin a heavy-lidded side eye, letting out a few breaths. Luckily, Zuccone’s half plastron protected him. Mostly.
Zuccone attempted to sit up, wincing in pain, his breath hitching. The slightly lifted shirt reveled a chipped plastron and a rapidly bleeding side.
“Niccy….” Zuccone said, bringing his hand to reach his twins. “It-It doesn’t look like i’ll bounce back this time… If I die…”
“You won’t die, please.” Niccolo begged.
“If I die…” Zuccone said more sternly, “Promise you’l, take care of yourself, okay? You’re worth every…ugh…every word of praise and admiration.”
Zuccone pulled Niccolo close to him, placing their foreheads together. The ultimate sign of affection.
“Love you, brother.”
He went limp, his head falling back in Niccolo’s arms. The world deafen again. Karai and Tam rushing over, with the rest of them following after them. Niccolo couldn’t hear was they were saying. He didn’t care what they were saying.
Raph pulled Niccolo away from Zuccone’s body, Niccolo hissing, biting and yelling at Raph, probably something he would regret but he couldn’t even hear himself right now.
Donnie tried desperately to resuscitate Zuccone, saying something, tears starting to stream down his face. Tam held Karai as they both cried into each other. Leo grew angry and ripped a Krang in half with his bare hands, kicking away its corpse and yelling.
David stood visibly shocked, unable to speak or move.
Raph restrained Niccolo as he tried to get back to Zuccone’s body.
Suddenly, like an EMP, everything came back into focus.
“It’s no use…” Donnie said, helplessly, “He’s-….” Donnie couldn’t even finish his sentence before a hiccup of sobs erupted.
Niccolo couldn’t comprehend it. He couldn’t even imagine it in his worst nightmares. How did this even happen? It was too fast, too traumatic, to remember.
They carried Zuccone’s body off of the battle field, Donatello carrying him with Tam and Karai accompanying them. Leo and Raph helped the rest of the kids calm down from the attack.
Lots of tears, blankets and water bottles were handed out. News was spread and everyone was trying to calm down.
Niccolo felt out of focus. Like he, himself, was blurry. Everything felt numb on his skin and in his head. He couldn’t remember what happened. He didn’t understand what he was doing. He was simply going through the motions.
Then, the reality set it. It felt like a broken rib, on every rib. It crushed his heart and spiked tears in his eyes. His face scrunched up and the furious look in his eyes returned.
Niccolo started to cry, Karai trying to calm him down to no avail. He became more and more angry. He ripped himself away from Karai’s grasp and ran into his room; slamming the door behind him.
Niccolo sobbed, and needed to break something. He looked around his room, his eyes gazed across everything.
He ran over to his easel, throwing it on the ground. He swept his glass jars onto the floor. He cat-swiped everything on to the floor. Books, toys, action figures, small gifts and paintbrushes.
He tore through the bookshelves, he threw things over, he ripped apart his room. He cried, and for the first time in his life, he screamed out of pure pain.
He continued tearing things apart until he finally landed on the painting.
The family portrait.
He could still here the echos of Zuccone’s voice.
“Looks good,”
Niccolo crumpled onto the floor, sobbing into his hands, in a nest of a destroyed room. He sat in the puddle of despair, eventually falling asleep and having no dreams.
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They had a proper funeral for him. Mikey, being the one to speak first, and say “May the spirits of our Ancestors lead him to the safety of the Spirit World.”
Niccolo was next to speak. He coked on his words, he held back tears, he even had to drink water a few times. But, one he was finished, he didn’t wait around to watch the casket be put into the ground.
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The days that followed where…hard on everyone. Mikey spending more time with Niccolo, if that meant anything at all.
Niccolo had shut himself off, he consumed himself with his work and ate rarely.
“He stopped talking too,” Karai said to thin air, letting the smoke around her absorb her problems. Meditation had helped in the past, but for some reason, this felt different. There was something more then just smoke in the air.
“He hasn’t said a word since… Since we lost him. I think they both died that day. It was hard on everyone, but it’s so much worse on Niccolo. It’s like… he doesn’t care anymore. About himself, anyway.” Karai spoke, trailing off.
“Karai…”. A ghostly voice whispered to her.
“Who-Who’s there?!” She exclaimed, getting off of the meditation spot and striking a fighting pose.
“It’s me, Karai.” The ghost whispered again, sounding familiar, yet it was too ghastly to understand.
“Show yourself!” She demanded.
The smoke from the candles started to form a ball, morphing into a shape. A human shape.
“It’s me, Karai,” the smoke said once more, “It’s Zuccone.”
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okay so here is why I think the Hannah Ann thing is false (of course I could be totally wrong) :
She has dated/has been seen with other nfl players (such as Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph, pictures are available online) so maybe the TikTok about the “fumble/roster” was about them.
In an interview with Us Weekly following her engagement with Jake Funk, she has said that before meeting him she would have never imagined being with a blond guy who is younger than her. Of course she could be lying but that’s so weird if she was with Justin - who is blond and younger than her- before being with Jake.
In that same interview she said that she started golfing and fishing with Jake (unless once again she was lying).
She also said that she met/ started dating Jake end of 2021, I’m curious to know when she has been linked to Justin.
For the powder blue nail polish, well the rams are blue and yellow just like the chargers even though the blue is not the same shade but it’s hard to tell for a nail polish and maybe she just wanted to bring attention to her or misguide people.
We all know Justin is a smart guy and wants privacy, so it would be weird from him to date a girl who has been on The Bachelor, a show that - let’s be real- is not made to find love but rather to become famous, launch your social media, get into the “Hollywood/showbusiness” circle to get other opportunities. Why would he want to be associated with someone who actually wants to be somewhat famous or at least visible on social media.
about the Olive Garden tweet, it was posted on October 31st and like I said previously, Hannah and Jake started dating around late 2021. So unless she was with Justin in October and then started dating Jake in November/December, the dates do not match. And by the way I cannot imagine Justin letting her steal crayons from the host stand haha he would be mortified. But then if you’re telling me people have seen them together… how reliable this info can be ? Those are just my thoughts on the matter, once again I could be totally wrong, but I think Justin has been dating girls that are not famous/influencers. I let you guys tell me what you think about that - sorry if my post is too long !!
I mean, unless one of them confirms it outright, we're never going to know for sure. I appreciate that some people will be sceptical and that's totally fine.
You asked about the timeline of their relationship and I believe they were linked over the course of 2021 and broke up later that year - maybe even as late as December as that was when she posted the shadetok (literally days before Xmas I believe).
Jake slid into her dms according to Hannah Ann, so it really wouldn't surprise me if there was a reasonably quick turnaround for that relationship (a month or so). Hannah Ann also seems like a bit of a romantic so I can see her absolutely throwing herself into a new relationship real quick and being excited to be a WAG again.
As for her interview saying she never dated a blonde, younger guy before, I actually do think that's her lying or at least being petty towards Justin. I mean if the shadetok is to be believed (and she was liking comments about him in previous tiktoks so, again, I believe it is about Justin) then I think she has no issue with shading him. I don't doubt she may have been hurt by whatever went down and maybe this is her way of moving on with Jake and sticking it to Justin a little.
Idk what Justin's motivation in dating Hannah Ann was if they did date. It could've been that he thought the social media stuff would be fine but grew uncomfortable with it over the course of the relationship? Maybe Hannah Ann said she would post about him but did in the hopes he'd change his mind? Maybe it wasn't as serious a relationship as Hannah Ann thought and that's why she was upset? Who knows! Not us that's for sure! 🤷🏼‍♀️
At any rate, they've both moved on. Justin's one of the highest paid NFL players and Hannah Ann is engaged to Jake now. They both seem happy where they are and it's all water under the bridge.
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Honor Roll - Chapter 1
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Honor Roll - Chapter 1 | AO3
Chapter List: 1(here!) 2 3 4 5
Characters: Jin Grandet, Leon Dompteur, Belle/Emma
Rating: G (no warnings)
Summary: Jin and Leon find themselves in some hot water after "accidentally" eating Yves's special Spring cinnamon rolls. With the unwilling help of Belle and a few of their brothers, can they fix their mistake in time before the fifth prince notices?
Part of @atelier-maroron's 2022 Spring Bouquet Content Creator Challenge
Prompt: “Wait a minute—this picnic basket is empty!”
Word Count: 1,860
A/N: In celebration of Jin's route release, here's a story from his perspective being everyone's favorite big brother (depending on who you're asking).
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“Prince Yves is going to murder you.”
Belle apprehensively stared down Jin and Leon as they sat on the kitchen floor, both of whom taking on expressions of prey cornered by a hunter. Their faces were caked with blotches of powdery white and brown, and between them lay an open basket and a tray filled with crumbs and about half a dozen shimmering glazed cinnamon rolls.
“Relax,” said Jin dismissively, relaxing his shoulders and reaching for one of the remaining pastries, “this isn’t the first time we’ve been caught, and it won’t be the last.”
“I don’t know, he was pretty upset when you swiped all the raspberry tarts he prepared for Valentine’s Day,” said Belle.
“You worry too much,” said Leon with a wave, also reassured by her presence. “Sure he’ll get fussy for a while, but Yves always come ‘round in the end.”
“But I don’t think I’ve ever seen him cry so hard. He spent three days making sure he made enough for everyone in the palace. His fingers are still stained red from all those berries he squashed.” said Belle, twiddling her thumbs.
“And he knows that his efforts were very much appreciated by his two best customers,” said Jin, patting his stomach contentedly. “Trust us, we’ve been eating his treats since he could first use a whisk. If he didn’t want us to enjoy his baking, he would have stopped making them for us years ago.”
Belle did not look convinced. She marched over to the kitchen door where a parchment was tacked on like a notice, cleared her throat, and began to read,
“'Decree from February the fourteenth: Let it be known henceforth that should any prince be so inadequate as to repress his urge to devour a culinary creation prepared by the Fifth Prince without explicit affirmation that he is permitted to do so shall hereby be forbidden from further consuming any desserts and barred invitation to any future congregations where the Fifth Prince’s desserts may be served —'”
“— He can’t even keep us from walking out the door,” interrupted Jin.
“'— Said ban will be extended to mealtimes, tea parties, luncheons, soirees, evening galas, and any other event the Fifth Prince deems appropriate —'”
“— Haha! Imagine Yves walking up to me in the middle of a ball and snatching a dariole out of my hand right in front of some duke!” laughed Leon.
“'— Whereupon enforcement of punishment for breaching said decree to be carried out at the discretion of Sariel Noir. Signed: Yves Kloss, Fifth Prince of Rhodolite and Sariel Noir, High Minister of the Rhodolitian Court.'”
Neither Jin nor Leon made another comment. Instead, they began frantically wiping their mouths and brushing crumbs from their clothes.
“At least we know where your priorities lie,” said Belle, scanning through the document once more. “You should be honest, they’ll probably let you off on a lighter sentence that way.”
“That may all be well and good for you, Miss Pure-of-Heart, but a beast never lets another beast off easy.” said Jin, swatting at a particularly stubborn patch of powdered sugar on his pants that refused to wipe off. “Let’s tell him we thought it was a late birthday present.”
“No, your birthday was over two weeks ago,” said Leon. He finished licking his fingers clean and moved to straighten the remaining rolls in the tray. “We’ll just say we drank a little too much to notice what we were eating.”
“But it’s only nine in the morning,” said Belle.
“Wouldn’t be the first time,” said Jin. He stood, dunked his hand into a water pitcher on the counter, and rubbed vigorously at the sugar stain. Belle offered him a rag from a drawer then turned to pull pots and bowls out of the cabinets and onto the countertop.
“He’ll only be more upset if you lie to him about it,” she said, reaching past Jin for a cutting board. “The sooner you two fess up, the sooner you can get it over with.”
“Here’s a better idea, how about you tell him for us? He fancies your good opinion, so he wouldn’t dare freak out in front of you,” said Jin, giving up on his pants and moving instead to brandish his most charming smile. “And you know, it wouldn’t be fair to put all the blame on us. He should have known better than to leave those sweets out in the open.”
Belle pointed a large cutting knife threateningly as Jin approached her. “He prepared them early in the morning to keep them away from prying eyes. And besides, I’ve already intervened on your behalf for Valentine’s Day. I think you two are deserving of some reprimanding for your hoggish behavior for once. Now, where’s the flour…”
Jin frowned as she angrily strode past him. It didn’t typically bother him when Belle refused to fall patsy for his charms, however this rejection felt especially bitter. He watched as she grabbed random ingredients from various shelves across the kitchen and pushed past Leon, who was now rearranging the rolls in the shape of a flower, towards the pantry room.
“What are you even doing here? Breakfast should already have been brought up to the round table room,” asked Jin.
“If you knew that, why were you two down here filching around?” came her voice from the pantry. “I came down here to make the lemon loaf for our picnic — Honestly , how do we always run out of flour so quickly?”
“Hey, we can just make some more!” Leon called, raising his head from the tray. Belle popped her head from the doorway and leered at him.
“You want me to pound some grains in the middle of the kitchen?” she asked incredulously.
“No, not that. We can just whip up some more of these rolls right now! That way Yves would never know they went missing, Jin and I wouldn't need to trouble Sariel about punishments, and you lot can enjoy your picnic worry free. It’s a win-win-win!”
“And that’s why you're our leader,” said Jin, clapping Leon on the back.
“Excuse me, how is that such a good idea?” Belle called, walking out of the pantry, her arms overflowing with baking ingredients. “Do either of you even know how to bake?”
Leon and Jin exchanged a brief glance and shrugged their shoulders.
“How hard can it be? You just need to mix the ingredients and put it in the oven, right?” said Jin, and Belle’s expression started to morph into a scowl.
“And we won’t be alone! You’ll be there to guide us with your sage wisdom and ample experience,” Leon added cajolingly. This seemed to calm her down for the moment, and she brought her hand to her chin and closed her eyes in thought.
“I still think you need to learn that you can’t just get away with all your reckless behavior, but I suppose this could be a good motivator…” she mused aloud. Leon flashed a thumbs up and Jin huffed irritably.
“Oh, alright!” she said after a brief pause. “But only because I don’t want to see Yves get upset again.”
She deposited her pile of ingredients on the counter, making sure the eggs didn’t roll off the edge, then turned to face the men with her hands on her hips.
“But don’t think you’re in the clear yet, I don’t know the exact recipe Yves used because he made it up himself. It’s based on a scene from the new book, One Step Back, Two Springs Forward , when the protagonist makes a batch of cinnamon rolls to try and convince the animal forest King to help her on her quest…”
As Belle regaled the scene, Jin pictured a triumphant-looking Yves clad in adventurer’s gear treading up a jungly den, basket in tow, to an awaiting gathering of adorably hungry squirrels, deer, and birds, only to open it and be met with a wave of angry chitters.
“Wait a minute — this picnic basket is empty!” squawks a tawny owl, and the crowd joins him in disapproving squeaks and scuttles, jeering at the adventurer and his impertinence. From his ivy-clad throne, the King slowly raises a furry arm and the congregation silences. The adventurer gulps and takes a tentative step back. The King inhales deeply and releases a thundering guttural cry echoing throughout the clearing, shaking the closely-knit trees surrounding the lot like a seasonal gale, and the once placid woodland creatures roar in response, taking up arms of sharpened branches and their own claws, and turn on the adventurer, mercilessly chasing him out of the forest as he screams in despair.
Jin let out a little chuckle and at once Belle ceased her rambling, her face reddening slightly.
“A-anyway, there’s a copy of it in the palace library — and no, I don’t remember what page it was on so you’ll have to find it yourselves,” she added, glowering when Leon and Jin started to groan. “And it looks like the kitchen is out of flour too, so one of you will have to run to the market to pick up some more.”
“I’ll do it.” Leon shot his hand up and Jin glared at him. “Well, it’s not like I’d be much help in the library.”
Belle clapped her hands. “Then it’s settled. I’ll stay here and work on the roll base and make sure Yves doesn’t come in before we’re supposed to head out at noon. But if he asks about you two I’m not going to lie to him, so you’d better not dawdle.”
“Don’t sweat it, I’ll be back in a flash! Just make sure you can keep up, old man,” said Leon. He flashed a wink at them both, swiped one of the remaining rolls, and dashed out of the kitchen.
Jin laughed heartily as he watched the door wildly sway back and forth after Leon burst through it, the tacked-on proclamation threatening to fall with each swing.
“It is impossible to stay mad at that boy.” he said, rolling up his sleeves as he began piling the remaining rolls into the empty basket.
“Shouldn’t you be heading out, too? And what are you planning to do with those?” asked Belle, tying an apron around her waist.
“Not that I doubt our brave lion and selfless bunny, but if this really does end up being my last taste of Yves’s sweets, well, I’d like to savor them for just a little longer.” He ran his finger along the rim of the baking sheet and licked away the remaining crumbs with a satisfied smile. “And it’s not like we can use these with the batch we’re making, the difference would be too obvious.” He wiped his hand, lifted the basket, and walked towards the still-swinging door.
“Sounds to me like you’re not confident you can pull it off,” she called after him.
“Hey, it’s the start of a new season, I may just surprise you,” said Jin. He grabbed the door mid-swing and gave the kitchen one last look. “Oh, that reminds me, happy first day of Spring, Belle. You’re the best for helping us out with this.”
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As always, thanks for reading and have a great morning/noon/evening, and a big thanks to @atelier-maroron for the prompt and setting up the event!
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Day 4- Puns/Symbolism
We’re already on day 4 of Moceit Week! 
I know this is techincally based around flowers as well, but I went to a garden show at the weekend and these kinda puns were all I could think about haha.
No warnings, just fluff and terrible puns
Writing taglist: @psychedelicships @red-imeanblue @lost-in-thought-20 @jwillowwolf @the-duke-of-nuts @lily-janus
@moceit-appreciation-week
Falling Head Clover Heels
“Jan? Where are we going?” Patton asked curiously as he kept tugging at the blindfold covering his eyes. Janus tutted playfully and pulled Patton’s hand away before concentrating on the road once again. Patton giggled and kept his hands in his lap falling unusually silent, it was still a comfortable silence as they let the music flood through the car.
Janus smiled at how adorable Patton was, he had been talking about this garden show for weeks so he hoped that Patton would enjoy the surprise. It had been a rough week for both of them, and he wanted to give Patton a break from everything. This week caused some realisations as well for Janus. Patton walking into the same room would cause Janus to smile immediately, and every thought of Patton caused him to smile, no matter how he was feeling. When Patton came home upset a couple of days prior to the trip, he came over to where Janus was sitting on the sofa and cuddled up to him. Janus tried to desperately ignore the blush on his face and how his heart was skipping a beat. All little things which added to a much bigger picture. He was categorically developing feelings for Patton, and he had no idea what to do about that.
He was so caught up in thoughts and listening to Patton hum along to the music that he almost missed the turning into the show. Patton yelped at the sharp turn before giggling again, Janus squeezed his shoulder to apologise, before pulling into the car park. He ran around to open the door for Patton and guided him away from the car. Janus slowly removed the blindfold from Patton’s eyes and watched as Patton blinked rapidly in the light, then squealed in excitement.
“Jan! You remembered!” Patton exclaimed before kissing Janus on the cheek. He stood frozen to the spot, the blush clearly evident on his face.
“O-of course I did. I always remember things you tell me. Besides, we both need a break after the week we’ve had.” Janus breath hitched initially before his confidence returned. Patton was being such a distraction and causing his suave attitude to fade away. It was a blessing and curse with Patton, he made Janus feel vulnerable, and he was the only person who Janus could let his guard down with.
Patton grabbed Janus’ hand before pulling him over to the first stall, marvelling at all of the flowers on display. Janus had to admit, all the colours looked beautiful, not as beautiful as Patton but that was besides the point. He smiled as Patton walked over to him with a small plant in his hands.
“Do you have the thyme? I need to get somewhere around tree o’clock.” Patton smirked, proud of his pun and Janus groaned playfully in response. He wandered off once again to go and buy the herb, claiming he needed even more herbs in the little garden he has in the kitchen. He waited as Patton stroked the dog who was lying next to its owner before making his way back to Janus. He grabbed Janus’ hand once again and pulled them both over to the opposite tent.
This time, it was full of fresh flowers arranged into incredible shapes and Patton stared at all of them, Janus could see Patton trying to work out if he could buy all of them. They saw a planter shaped like a dog with a mix of blue and yellow flowers, and he immediately knew that he was buying it for Patton. He looked around and noticed that Patton wasn’t standing by his side, instead he was waving to Janus frantically from the other end of the tent.
“Look! Those new shoots are wrapped around each other, definitely BFFs. Best buds forever.” Patton exclaimed, the pride in his voice was apparent. Janus groaned while smiling and shaking his head. He realised that Patton is going to do this all day, but surprisingly, he didn’t mind in the slightest. Once again, he felt his hand being grabbed by Patton but he stopped himself from being pulled away.
“Actually Darling. I’ll catch you up? I just want to have a look at something. You head on and I’ll be there in a minute.” He smiled reassuringly as Patton playfully glared initially, but then he beamed at Janus and skipped off further down the market. Janus headed back to that planter shaped like a dog and grabbed it without hesitation. He paid and asked to pick it up later before heading out of the tent, he scoured the crowd searching for Patton. He wandered up and down a few tents and began to worry when he couldn’t find Patton anywhere. Janus frantically tried to get out his phone to call Patton, but he felt a soft tap on his shoulder. He spun around to a grinning Patton holding a bunch of flowers at Janus.
“Hey Jan? Are you feeling bouquet?” Janus sighed in relief and reluctantly chuckled at the pun before pulling Patton into a hug. Patton hugged back enthusiastically and then pulled away. He smiled as he held the flowers out of Janus, who took them happily.
“I just thought I had lost you, that’s all.” He couldn’t hide the concern in his eyes, but in this moment, just the two of them surrounded by nature and all the brightly coloured flowers… Janus couldn’t stop thinking about one thing, and one thing alone. He knew what he was going to do about those feelings now. Patton furrowed his brow and tilted his head to the side, another gesture that Janus found adorable. He realised he was just staring at Patton, which was made more apparent when Patton waved his hand in front of Janus’ eyes. He blinked a few times before looking at Patton again, smiling softly at the thought of what he was going to do next.
“A peony for your thoughts?” Patton asked softly, smirking slightly but stepping closer to Janus. This was it, the puns confirmed everything for him. He gently grabbed the cardigan around Patton’s shoulders and pulled him closer. Then kissed him when it was clear that Patton wasn’t wanting to pull away, he felt Patton freeze for a second in surprise but then kissed him back almost immediately. The world was forgotten for a moment, and the show was just background noise, it was only the two of them in this moment. They pulled away, smiling once again. Patton took Janus’ hand and pulled him to one tent in particular. He pointed at a delicate purple flower and rested his head on Janus’ shoulder.
“I lilac you, Jan.” Janus felt his heart skip a beat once again as he slowly interlocked a hand with Patton’s as he spoke. He looked around the tent and found the perfect plant. He turned Patton around, pointing at a bright red flower.
“And I like you a lily more each day, darling.”
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All is Well (A follow up to the "Fight" scene I drew a while back :))
(After what felt like hours of searching and asking the towns folk if they had seen his brother, Claus ran off to look for Lucas in Sunshine Forest)
Claus: Where could he be? Where could he be?! He's got to be around here somewhere. He couldn't have gone too far. What if he...? No! Don't think like that! He's fine! There's nothing dangerous out here anymore!... Right? AHHHHH, LUCAS WHERE ARE YOU?
I can't focus with this smell. Ugh, it's awful. Is something burning?... WAIT! Burning!... "LUCAS! ARE YOU THERE?!"
Claus finds Lucas sitting hunched over underneath a tree. His head is buried in his knees not even bothering to look up. The plants in the small area around Lucas were all black and dead
Claus: "There you are! I was looking everywhere for you! Do you have any idea how worried I was?! I thought you-" (tears were starting to come up again and there was a lump in Claus's throat)
He let out a long sigh "...nevermind... I found you and that's all that matters..."
Claus walked over to sit next to his brother who still hadn't moved from his position. This felt familiar. Like, when they used to fight when they were younger except well it was for more minor things. It'd probably take a lot more work to break the ice this time
Claus: "You know, it only hurt for a little bit haha. I'm fine now! See!" He pointed at his nose with a big smile, "Kumatora healed me! It's like nothing ever happened! Magic really does come in handy!"
No response.
...
Claus: "Dude, come on. I can't help if you keep giving me the silent treatment. I said it was fi-"
Lucas: "IT'S NOT FINE!"
Well, now, he had his attention, but instead was met with those same glowing, threatening eyes from before. It was enough to make Claus move back a bit and listen
Lucas: "Claus, I hurt you and over something stupid too. You didn't deserve that! I just hate that once I get upset I can't get it to stop. I want it to stop! But... I don't know... Why do you even bother with me?"
Tears and oil were starting to fill the blonde boy's eyes again as they dimmed down, his face and clothes already stained from his previous break down
It took a moment for Claus to respond. Lucas was right. Things hadn't been exactly perfect even if he wished they had been. Maybe, pretending it was was doing more harm than helping. He did his best to find the right words
Claus: "Well... it's because I believe in you"
This got Lucas to sit up a bit again curious as to what would be said next
Claus: "You know, when I wished for you to be back, I wasn't expecting things to go back to exactly how they were before. I knew things would be different even though I didn't want it to be. You've gone through a lot, and it's probably something I'll never really understand... But, we've been making a lot of progress. You're getting closer to my friends and dad. Even Fuel has been telling me how much he's enjoyed being with you again. Maybe, some days will be rough, but we have good days too. I don't expect you to be exactly how you were before. I'm honestly just happy to have you home"
Lucas turned to face Claus eyes filled with wonder. Then, a smile came across his face
Lucas: "Hmph, that's kind of sappy even for you :P"
Claus: "Hey! At least give me credit for trying!"
Claus playfully shoves Lucas as they both laugh with each other. It's been a long time since they had a moment like this. It was nice
Claus: "We should probably head back now. Everyone has been waiting for you and wondering where you've been"
He got up and reached out his hand to help his brother up
Lucas: "Yeah... I'll apologize for that too"
Lucas reaches out to take Claus's hand and both of them head back home together
(End of scene)
@kurogami1547 this one is for you. Thank you for inspiring me to continue this scene! Your snippet was lovely :D
I've been wanting to complete this scene especially on a lighter note and finally got around to it. This is pretty much what I have planned for everyone and how I view Lucas and Claus in this AU! Hope you all enjoy! 💚
Note: yes, Commander Lucas/Post Game BM Lucas cries oil from his red eye. It's pretty messy
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last but not least, august 31st fic features a crossover because why not.
sam and dean get to meet ted lasso. this one was hard to wrangle and definitely exceeded the word count and still wouldn't wrap up neatly haha but it was fun to write.
a chunk of this is inspired by a ted lasso fic i read awhile back that asked what it would look like if ted was a witch, given richmond's uncanny good luck.
our last flavor on this little journey is Purr-fectly Very Berry, a pun i haven't yet managed to work into this story.
“Do you believe in ghosts, Mr. Lasso?” Dean Winchester asks, bleeding profusely from the forehead.
“I think that ghosts need to believe in themselves,” Ted answers with great enthusiasm as he mops up the worst of the mess on Dean’s forehead and roots around for a bandage.
“Oh my god,” Sam Winchester says, horrified in the bitchiest possible way and braced against the locker room to keep it from opening under the poltergeist’s onslaught. “We’re gonna die.”
TWELVE HOURS EARLIER
The one problem with being unbelievably tall is that people tend to notice you no matter where you go. It’s hard to go incognito when you’re literally a head taller — sometimes a head and shoulders taller — than the rest of the people around you.
“Do you think people are smaller here?” Sam asks as he and Dean size up the exterior of Richmond FC’s pitch. They’re eating ice cream cones in an attempt to look less conspicuous but the sheer force of the Americaness of their clothes probably undoes anything they try to blend in.
“Not the people,” Dean says around a chunk of his Cornetto, “doors. The doors are so fucking small here. And the cars? How do they move bodies in this town?”
“Huh, never thought of it like that,” Sam says.
“The club is locked down pretty tight,” Sam says, a little while later when they’re back in their weirdly damp hotel room, with his laptop perched on his knees.
“Probably due to the owner being stalked within an inch of her life by the paps,” Dean sighs, cutting out fake press passes.
“Yeah, can’t blame her for that one.”
“Her ex is such a fucking creep.”
“God, right?”
“Anyway,” they both say at the same time rather than admit they’d both spent several hours on the local gossip rags.
“Think you can pass as a sports journalist?” Dean asks, chucking a fake press pass at Sam.
“I’ve done weirder,” Sam replies, snapping his laptop shut.
SIX HOURS EARLIER
The initial plan had been to sneak into Richmond’s club house during a game. It’s easier to pretend to be a member of the cleaning crew, check for ghost weirdness or hex bags, and then get the fuck out when there’s a crowd to blend into at the end of the job. They’d set up their schedule, haggled their way into some tickets from a local hunter, and were set to handle whatever was upsetting the general vibes over at Richmond FC as a favor to Bobby right up until three fans suffered simultaneous heart attacks while watching a friendly between Richmond and another team.
Then the next Richmond match got cancelled out of a sense of respect or something painfully British which eighty sixed their whole fucking plan.
They’d had to improvise and the best they could do was as a weird American soccer fanboy journalist looking to get an exclusive interview with the Rebecca Walton and Dean just … sneaking in.
“I can’t believe this is the best we’ve got,” Sam had muttered on the way in, smashed into their too small British car.
“If I get caught, we pretend I’m your photographer that you forgot to mention,” Dean had said, smiling from ear to ear. He’d missed clean and simple B&E’s. Those were the best.
FIVE HOURS EARLIER
Turns out Dean didn’t need to break in. The head coach just fucking let him walk in the door.
“You seem like a sunny young man!” The guy says when he catches Dean skulking around the back parking lot. “Would you like to come in for some tea?”
It’s been a really long time since Dean hasn’t had anything to say back to someone. What do you even say to that? How does this guy grow a mustache like that in 2022?
“I don’t know if I’m much of a tea drinker?” Dean means to make it a statement but it comes out a question.
“Neither am I,” the mustached man replies, beaming. “I have secret coffee in my office!”
Dean could go for some American coffee. This is probably a trap, but Dean wants American style black coffee too badly at this point to care.
(Espresso is good, don’t get him wrong, but sometimes you just want something that feels like home).
Sam isn’t expecting to find someone like Rebecca Welton relatable, but he knows what it looks like when you’ve spent a considerable amount of time developing a considerable amount of control over yourself and your environment. They have nothing in common, but there are a few moments here and there where it feels like he’s looking in a mirror.
“So how does an American find himself interested in football?” she asks as they settle into her office. Her hair is perfectly coiffed. Her clothes are remarkably pressed.
“Uh, I have to admit that we call it soccer on my side of the pond,” Sam says, playing for time. She laughs obligingly. Sam can’t pretend to care about sports so he flips the question back at her. “What made you fall in love with football, Ms. Welton?”
She smiles obligingly again. And they’re off. Fluffy question meet fluffy answer. Rinse, wash, repeat.
TWO HOURS EARLIER
“It’s like my memaw used to say — all in the butter, you know?”
“Exactly! People don’t respect how fucking important the butter is! Is the European stuff here really as good as they say?”
“It is!”
They really should’ve been caught or at least called out a few hours ago when Rebecca and Ted had decided to reconnoiter for lunch and brought Sam and Dean along for the ride. Instead, they’d bought their bullshit about how Dean was Sam’s photographer. Now, Dean and Ted Lasso, head coach of the somehow not terrible Richmond FC, were having a heart to heart about baking.
Their lives were so fucking weird.
Sam gives in and asks Rebecca if she plays any strategy games.
They play chess while Dean and Ted yell about the differences of jam and jelly.
ONE HOUR EARLIER
The lights flicker violently.
“Oh, there’s Marvin!” Ted says.
“Marvin?” Dean glances over at Sam. Sam shrugs. That hadn’t come up in the interview at all.
“He’s named the poltergeist,” Rebecca explains.
“He’s named the what?” Sam and Dean say together, with rising alarm.
“He does that,” Beard says, speaking for the first time in about an hour and half, eyes not moving from his newspaper. He’d introduced himself to Sam and Dean and then somehow maneuvered his chair so that he’d become one with the farthest corner of the room. “You get used to it. Or you don’t.”
“He’s our poltergeist. I’m assuming that’s what you’re here for?” Ted sets down his mug and opens up a window that somehow looks out to another room. “He likes to have the window open when he does his little fly bys,” Ted explains with a wave of his hand after turning around to see Dean and Sam staring at him. “You guys are hunters, right?”
All Sam and Dean can do is nod, shell shocked, at this point.
“And you’re hear about the heart attack victims?”
Sam and Dean nod again.
“Great! Is there anything we do to help you with the whole great white whale hunt?”
“I’m sorry —“ Sam starts.
“Hold the fuck up —“ Dean continues.
“You knew? The whole time?” The both finish.
“Oh yeah, we just wanted you guys to feel like you had to full experience. I know the infiltration and costumes part is really important to the whole shebang — or at least that’s what my Ma told me when she was telling me to avoid you guys,” Ted says, beaming.
“You mother told you to avoid us?” Sam asks, eyebrows condensed into a unibrow of confusion.
“Oh! Not you you,” Ted says, quickly like he was worried he’d hurt Sam and Dean’s feelings. “Just hunters in general.”
“Why?” The Brothers Winchester ask slowly in union.
“Oh! I’m a witch,” Ted clarifies.
The lights go out.
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