#brotp: i knew you'd come back

[memoriesoftanalorr]

Note: Hmm I had a dream of Michael Langdon last weekend and that's was soft. I need to make a short story of it. Sequel to my previous x reader called 'She was an angel but she never knew she was.' I need more brotp feelings. 💕 My previous story was longer then this one.

Summary: It's been three months since Y/n meets Michael and Cordelia and her life changed, she's finds out that her grandfather was an angel and that's she's also angel and together they're found her grandfather's journal and Cordelia healed Michael's soul and making him human using the spell. In the notebook was said the way to stop Apocalypse is either kill a Antichrist or removing his abilities, the ritual can be performed by witch or the descendant of the angel. Y/n decided to live her life peacefully since she was struggling to exploring her abilities yet. Michael take a visit to his friend.

it was a hot spring morning, the weather was more or less like summer, you were in the park seating on a bench and listened to the radio.

Y/n listened some kind of audiobook and then turned the radio off and stand up from the bench and walked towards the trees and a lake. You were hypnotized by the light of the sun shimmering at the water surface. Y/n glanced down within her reflection in the water and then saw a man standing behind her, he has strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes, he was wearing a trench coat. Y/n gasped in surprise. "You looking like you're didn't expected to see me around, huh?" Michael snapped. "Mich? But it was a long time since we're talked last time." Y/n said dramatically. "I see you're not happy to see me." Michael lowered his head. "No, it's not like that!" Y/n giving him a tight hug, squeezing into his shoulder. "I missed you so much, angel." Michael hugged you back and then he kissed your cheek. Y/n giggled and blushing a bit. "I missed you too."

"Can I join you? And then can we talk at your house?" Michael made a small smile. "Is it something important?" Y/n asked him. "Nothing unusual. Just wanted to talk to you." Michael patted your shoulder gently. "Okay. I just thought Cordelia have something for me, you know." Y/n nodded.

"She's busy with her Academy stuff." He replied.

"You know I think you two have a thing on each other. Did you guys have a date or something?" You teased Michael.

"I'm not going to tell you that anyway, kiddo." Michael snapped.

"But she's a pretty witch lady, isn't she?" Y/n continued teasing a man.

"Oh, come on, stop teasing me!" Michael whined.

"Okay, I'm sorry." Y/n giggles.

After a walk, Y/n invited Michael into her house since her dad was away at the countryside. "Would you like a chocolate cake and mint tea?" you asked. "Sounds tasty." Michael smiles. "Follow me at the kitchen then. It's on the left." Y/n suggests.

Michael followed you inside the kitchen, it was nice and not so small one. You get two plates and a cake and than make some tea. Some minutes later you two sitting at the table and eating cake. Michael glanced at you with a smile.

Time skip

Half a hour later

Y/n leaned down at the table resting her chin at her crossed arms. Michael notices you're upset and decided to make a joke with you. "Can you sit next with me at the sofa?" he made a soft smile. "Yeah, why not." you seat down next to him. "Would you like me if I grew my hair?" Michael made a cocky smile. "Why you're asking my opinion? Oh, okay, I think you'd be pretty either way." Y/n said thoughtfully. "Hmm, said that again." he made a smug smile. "Say what?" Y/n pretends that she forgot that. "You said that I'm pretty. Could you repeat that?" he smiles widely. "I'm not going to repeat that, Langdon." you rolled your eyes. "Oh, you little brat! You're going to pay for that! Tickle fight!" Michael starts tickles you. "Stop it please!" Y/n laughted blushing. "So you're going to surrender? How fast." Michael stopped for a while and pressed his forehead into yours. "I just wanted to cheer you up." he spoke.

"Thank you. I really appreciate it but I'm just tired." Y/n lies. "No, something is bothering you. I see it." Michael responded. "You're right. I have struggles about something." you confessed. "You can tell me." he patted your shoulder. "If there's possible that new Antichrist can be born?" you're looked down. "Is there's anything about it in your grandfather's journal?" Michael asked. "I'm not sure. Maybe we're missed it?" you sighed. "I'll talk with Miss Supreme about that." Michael replied. "Yeah, Cordelia should look at the journal again." you nodded. "This is what worries you? Everything will be fine. I promise." Michael assured you. "I hope so." Y/n closed her eyes. "I think if you're practice with your abilities, you'll be alright." Michael suggested. "I'm not sure about that." Y/n lowered her head. "Oh, come on. You can get it right." "Thank you for having faith in me." you replied. "You're welcome. Okay, you should get some rest." Michael said with a soft smile. "Yes, I will." Y/n nodded. "See you later, angel." He said softly. "See you later, Mich." you smiled.

#my thoughts #michael langdon x reader #brotp #fluff #x reader fanfiction #fem reader #x female reader #really short #short story #drabble

[skys-oc-corner]

Our Last Summer

Verse: Crown of Thorns- modern au (teenagers)

Pairings: Kate, Letty, Henry and Robert (brotp: my friends are my family)

Words: 820

Tagging: @thatdarnyellowsubmarine

"Last night of the trip," Henry reminded the group, who all reacted with varying degrees of theatrical disappointment. "Favourite part?" he demanded with a grin. "Go."

Letty knew her answer straight away. "The food." Kate took a moment to consider before she decided. "The sights?" Robert flashed a devilish smile before he spoke.

"Letty getting scammed fifty-something for a piece of string on her wrist."

In an instant, Letty's free hand was covering the bracelet tied around her other wrist. "Well, what was I supposed to do? I didn't know what he was doing until half of the thing was made, and when I finally did, I was too anxious to tell him no. Besides, it was too late to say anything anyway-"

"You didn't need to let him take a fifty note from your purse!"

"I thought," she began defending, "that he was going to give me change!"

"He'd have gotten a good piece of my mind if it hadn't taken us so long to realise." Henry took a sip of his drink, as if to make his point.

"He'd have gotten more than words if you three hadn't stopped me running after him," Kate muttered.

"Anyway, at least we let the police know about it, Robert. You just stood there laughing," Letty pointed out.

"What were the police going to do? We had no idea who he was-"

"Henry," Kate called across the table, interrupting Robert, "I've changed my mind."

"Yeah?"

"My favourite part of the trip was Robert thinking a waitress was flirting with him, when really, she was trying to tell him that there was bird shit all down the back of his shirt."

"Fuck." Robert flushed, hissing the curse under his breath while Henry spluttered beside him, having just taken a generous drink from his glass before Kate made her announcement. "I thought you'd all forgotten about that."

"Forget? We couldn't possibly forget." Letty giggled mischievously. "Not when Henry has your whole reaction on camera."

"You have what?" He turned to Henry, who was fighting a losing battle of trying to hold in his laughter. "Why would you- How did you even know to record it?"

"I guess," Henry offered, "you could say that... a little bird told me?" Robert followed his friend's eyes to the other side of the table; Letty was laughing freely, while Kate had fixed a smug grin in his direction. "I think you ought to see it, personally. It's incredible, it really is."

"There's a moment," Letty explained to him through her laughter, "where your face goes from normal to white as a sheet to bright red, all in the space of a couple of seconds!"

"It's a skill, Rob, it really is, and now we have evidence to prove it," Kate teased.

"Well, thankfully, Kate," he returned, pulling himself to be sitting at his full height on the chair, "nobody needs any evidence to remember your... overly inebriated rendition of 'Africa' on karaoke night."

"Oh, he absolutely has you there!" Henry nodded his head, clearly recalling what Kate mostly couldn't. "That was an experience to say the least..."

"I've definitely never been happier I refused one of the microphones," Letty conceded from beside Kate, who huffed a little.

"Come on, it was not that bad-" Henry raised an eyebrow.

"You took off your shirt and threw it at me."

"One, I was wearing a vest underneath. Two, I'm sure you'd rather it be thrown at you than a random stranger in a crowded bar. Besides, everyone else there was enjoying the performance."

"I'm pretty sure they were mostly enjoying the fact you'd just launched your shirt at Henry's head," Robert replied with a smile, finally getting his own little revenge. "You looked about two seconds from crawling across the stage." He considered for a second. "I suppose I should be thankful there's no videos of that. Your dad would find a way to gut me for being the irresponsible one."

"Wait," Letty piped up. "Is Henry the only one of us who hasn't utterly humiliated himself yet?"

"That's both terrifying and completely unfair. I'd expected him to be the first, if I'm honest."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence there, Rob."

"There's still plenty of time at the airport tomorrow," Kate reminded them.

"Speaking of, maybe we should head back to the rooms, get some sleep?" Letty suggested. "Early start and everything."

"One more drink before we do?"

"Henry-"

"Look, once we're home, everyone's packing for universities and we're all probably going to different corners of the country. Let's enjoy being together for as long as we can." With everyone agreed, he signalled a waiter and ordered four shots. When they arrived, all of them took one.

"To our last trip together, until next summer," Henry announced, standing up and holding out his glass, the others followed suit.

"To us," Letty added, and everyone echoed the sentiment.

"To us!"

#oc; katherine #oc; henry #oc; laetitia #oc; robert #brotp; my friends are my family #my characters #cj's characters #my writing #story; summer times (modern teen au)

[dreamhot]

Signed up for wattpad in 2014 flash forward to last year and their data breach put my email on the dark web and someone tried to scam me lol

oh we love ourselves a good data breach ... i've found my old passwords on sites that track that sort of shit but luckily i've never gotten into any sort of trouble (save for my first neopets account getting shut down but that was my own dumbass fault for falling for a scammer loool)

gonna answer the other fanfic asks under a cut

Anonymous asked: I remember reading Hermione x Ron fanfics on deviant art when I was like 12 :/ also used to read Percy Jackson fics on Wattpad but we don’t talk about that 🤡

re: the last point - you and dream both, pal

Anonymous asked: its kinda funny for me to think about, i got into fanfic by reading mcyter fics (shout out team crafted). they were reader insert and not shipping but i really have come full circle

when i was into rtah, there was def some fic centred around let's play minecraft, but . i was reading the shipping stuff Oops

Anonymous asked: my first fanfiction experience was in 2014? In YOUTUBE. there were channels that made videos reading fanfictions they've got god knows where and if they were multichapter they would usually upload twice a week or something. Now that I think about it it was weird af cause istg the voices reading couldn't have had more than 15/16 years old and they read some filthy stuff sometimes. I can't even imagine reading shut outloud, let alone RECORD MYSELF DOING IT

yeah like i was def too young to be writing some of the fic i did at like, 16/7, but . that was also an era in which people weren't really disclosing their ages anyway lol BUT PUTTING YOUR VOICE TO IT ...? that's a level of bravery i can't even fathom

Anonymous asked: possibly my first fanfiction experience that i can remember was discovering that the avatar the last airbender wiki had a closely linked sister wiki for fanfic content and i dived into that. it must have been like… 2010/11? I knew about ffnet around the same time thanks to my brother but i’m not sure which actually was in my life first. anyway shoutout to avatar fanon wiki

fanon wikis are so fascinating like either they're enormously helpful and point out a lot of cool content Or they're just ill-kept messes of drama. always seems to be one or the other lmao

Anonymous asked: if we're sharing our fanfic experiences, i will say i used fanfic.net, ao3, wattpad, devientart, and quotev, and fanfiction.net has a special place in my heart. its where ot3s, brotps, lemons, using hate comments as fuel to bake cookies, disclaimers about not owning characters, a/n: breaks in the middle of the story, and songfics with the lyrics taking up half the word count really thrived. times were simpler back then

STOPPP NOT THE A/N BREAKS ... you'd be reading a fic and then it suddenly breaks into a fuckin roleplay dialogue between the author and the characters like WHAT'S GOING ON HERE !! i remember when ff.net purged all the songfic etc and how fucking mad ppl were cos they literally just . deleted shit without warning. they were truly merciless back then

Anonymous asked: my experience with fic platforms is kinda weird because i'm definitely in the "too young to have used ffn regularly" demographic but because english is not my first language and my first fandom was full of people who in general were 10+ years older than me (because after my brother taught me how to pirate stuff i ended up getting into 90s anime), the first fic i ever encountered was in ffn and wattpad became popular and easily accessible to me not long after, so for a while those were my two sites until i became fluent enough in english to engage fandom and moved from there to ao3 without struggling with the lack of content in a language i could read. it's funny because whenever older people talk about the youth (tm) not knowing how things were before ao3 it makes me feel old lmao

that's interesting tho :0 see, the thing is that wattpad and ff.net are still in USE, so it's completely possible that ppl were (or are?) using them while others used ao3 - though it blows my mind why anyone would CHOOSE to use ff.net in the year of our lord 2022

#smile.ask #beedreamss #anon #long post #<- under tha cut

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

Richie (Bottom) and Richie Rich (FR&C)

Hello! It's Richie time!

Richie Richard

Sexuality headcanon ~ I think Richie is the most explicitly queer of Rik's main characters. I see him as bisexual, although I don't know if he'd necessarily say so at the beginning of Bottom - if he knew what bisexuality was, that is. He seems to get gayer, for want of a better term, as the series and live shows go on. Whether this is him becoming more comfortable with parts of himself that he'd previously repressed or whether he's discovered new things about himself as time has passed is debatable, although I think I er towards the second explanation. Sexuality is fluid, after all.

OTP ~ Eddie, of course! They'll always be stuck together. 😂 They give off bickering married couple vibes. Plus, Richie has canonically had wet dreams about Eddie and is often referred to as Eddie's wife soooo...

BrOTP ~ Well, Richie doesn't really have any friends, does he? Rip. Richie and his left hand (his wanking hand) can be the BrOTP. 😂

NOTP ~ I can't really see anyone but Eddie putting up with Richie, to be honest. I guess Richie X Spudgun or Richie X Dave Hedgehog would seem a bit odd to me, since I'm not sure how you'd make that work... What with them being scared shitless of him and all.

First headcanon that pops into my head ~ He's Rick's embarrassing uncle, 100%. I just really like crossovers and trying to slot the various Riks and Ades together! I know there's also the headcanon where Rick and Vyvyan literally become Richie and Eddie, what with Bottom being the sort of shadow sequel to The Young Ones, but I think it's more interesting and less depressing if they're separate people. Richie being Rick's maternal or paternal uncle I'm less solid on, though I suppose with the different surnames and Richie canonically having a sister it makes more sense for him to be a maternal uncle.

Favourite line from this character ~ Tricky! In truth I could never pick a single favourite line from most characters buuut for the sake of the question I think I'll go with: "Don't you DARE call me overweight, young man!" The timing of the ferris wheel seat breaking is just priceless! 😂

One way in which I relate to this character ~ Hmm... I suppose Richie - and Eddie too - stand as sort of warnings about what it's possible to become if you just don't... Try. At anything. I'm not saying that's the point of their characters as first and foremost they exist to amuse and encapsulate the most exaggerated and perverted interpretation of low lives. But with Richie in particular there is a great sense of how shitty his circumstances are - probably because he doesn't fully accept their position at the bottom, unlike Eddie Richie still has delusions of grandeur and somehow being better than his contemporaries. Richie is so bored and lonely and, frankly, miserable. So much so that it's arguably led him to lose part of his sanity. And yet why is this? Why doesn't he ever work properly on bettering himself? Why does he seemingly never leave their flat most days? And hardly ever leave Hammersmith, even seeing this as a point of pride? Why has he ended up with Eddie, after apparently coming from a better off family? Because it's hard to fight back in life, especially with how long he's been stuck in the pattern of simply existing. Sure, life isn't simple or easy and I'm sure he would have had personal obstacles along the way... But Richie never sought to tackle them. He just let everything happen to him until he was stuck in this dirty, lonely existence. It's like he removed himself from life and society and just let himself fall, unintentionally though it must have been. And that makes him quite a tragic character, really. Laziness - and probably fear too, which is sad - have prevented him from ever trying for a slice of the good life he so clearly fantasises about, at least in any meaningful way.

So, anyway, the point of this waffle: I don't want that for myself. The monotony of lockdown during the pandemic has shown me how easy it is to fall into that, but I don't want it to be my long-term future. It's probably a slightly silly worry on my part, as I don't think I'd become exactly like Richie 😂... I can just see how scarily easy it is to slip into a life mirroring his in someway, because lots of people are in his situation. I'd just like to hope I'll have enough umph about me to make sure I don't let that happen to me if I can avoid it. Basically, I get why Richie is the way he is; there's a whole mix of possible factors I've not even mentioned, as they're not relevant. I also get how inclined I too am to living the "hermit life" when I can... So I want to push against that.

Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character ~ Richie is so very bad at interacting with anyone who isn't Eddie. To be fair, he and Eddie hardly interact in usual ways either. It's Richie's overinflated sense of self importance that comes out around Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog or at his birthday party that really makes you wanna face palm. He really just can't help himself!

Cinnamon roll or problematic fave? ~ It's going to have to be problematic fave, isn't it? It would be for most of the bastards I love. 😂

Richie Rich

Sexuality headcanon ~ I've not really thought as much about Rich - as the Discord server has affectionately taken to calling him ❤️ - as other characters, perhaps. I think he assumes himself to be straight and has probably never questioned otherwise. After all, being a right wing has-been comedian and wannabe gameshow host, he's not exactly the most enlightened person on the planet. 😂 I'm not gonna say he isn't attracted to women... However, I do think there's something not strictly heterosexual about him.

OTP ~ That something is Edward Catflap, who I'm easily pairing Richie with since everyone else hates him and the two are a duo whichever way you look at it. I mean, the first episode opens with them sharing a bed and they spend almost all of their time in each others' company. Even though they find the other unfashionable and annoying, it still doesn't ever seen to occur to either of them that they could just... Part ways. Richie never looks for another minder and Eddie never looks for another job. Now, laziness likely has something to do with this (and the fact that no one else can stand Richie) but it is interesting, is it not? I don't know, if not anything approaching boyfriends, at least queerplatonic partners? Even if they don't have the language or depth of thought to think of it in that way.

BrOTP ~ In Richie's mind, this is Tarby and his other great showbiz mates. Back in the real world, Richie doesn't seem to have any friends. I'd argue Eddie too fills this spot, simply because they do friend-like things together sometimes (lager frenzy, anyone?) and, as I attempted to articulate in the previous answer, I don't think shipping them is entirely straightforward.

NOTP ~ Richie and Ralph, to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I love Ralph Filthy. He's hilarious and he has some of the best lines. One of the most morally bankrupt characters of the set, being topped only by the likes of Alan B'Stard, how could we not love him? However, should anyone date this man? I'd recommend against it. Especially someone like Richie, who is already involved with him in a professional sense and has been shown to be easy for Ralph to take advantage of. If someone wants to ship Richie and Ralph, that's completely fine! No one needs the permission of anyone else to ship! In fact, as I believe I mentioned some time ago in regards to CoolPoet (Mike X Rick), a dark fic with this ship could be interesting and I'd read it because, damn, there's hardly any FR&C fic as it is! I just wouldn't count myself as a shipper of Richie X Ralph, that's all.

First headcanon that pops into my head ~ Huh... Do I have any headcanons about Richie Rich? Apart from that he too is in someway related to Rick as well - perhaps as a cousin of some sort - I'm not sure. I know some people headcanon him as trans because of the letter from his mother where she reveals his "real name" is Gertrude. As for a headcanon from me... Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on this for the moment. Like I said, I probably don't think about him as much as I do some of the other characters.

Favourite line from this character ~ Changes but for the moment: "Look, I've had just about enough left wing soapbox rhetoric for one week! If you don't like the police, the next time you get beaten up try calling an alternative comedian!"

One way in which I relate to this character ~ Hmm... I've had to think about this. I guess I relate to his desire to be artistic and creative.

Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character ~ Without a doubt, his hair. I'm sorry, it's just so awful from the back!

Cinnamon roll or problematic fave? ~ I'd say problematic fave. 😂

Thanks for the ask!

#postpunkpoetcomrade #richie richard #bbc bottom #richie rich #filthy rich and catflap #asks

[just-like-playing-tag]

A Letter from Norman reactions

Tonight I was feeling like reorganizing the notes I took after reading the novel for the first time. Just some random personal reactions I had after reading it; if anything catches your attention and you'd like to know more about a particular event from the novel, please feel free to ask and I'll be happy to help!!!

Under the cut because it's l o n g. That is, if Tumblr allows me to add a "read more", which has never happened before, but I'll keep hoping in it.

• Disclaimer: I'm suing anyone who ever said that the novel is all about NorEmma. I've literally put off reading it because I didn't want to get into something overly romantic while there's??? Nearly nothing about it that is romantic??????? Just a slight mention in that last chapter and that's it???????? Why are y'all like this

Prologue

• I need you all to know that the important letter™ through which Norman informed Emma about his plan starts with him describing the weather. I just think it's a relevant information.

• Ok I'm at freaking page 1 of “A letter from Norman” and. NORMAN IT'S A FREAKING LETTER TO EMMA NOT A SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY THERE'S LITERALLY NO REASON TO BE THIS POETIC

Maybe, I would get it if it was directed to Ray, but to Emma?????

Chapter 1

• Emma in 2038: Let's befriend ghosts

Emma in 2047: let's befriend demons

Seems like a logic consecution to me

• Ok but why has nobody ever mentioned the extremely precious Emma / Gilda moments in the novel???? My heart was completely melting that was the most adorable thing I've ever read??????

• The way Norman is constantly in awe of Ray is so adorable... Baby is so sweet I swear, he deserves the world

Chapter 2

• OK BUT THE SWEET EXCHANGE between Ray and Isabella before him and Emma go out at night?????? Ray is so pure is swear... He's a precious baby who didn't deserve all the shit he went through.

Reporting it in case anyone's curious; for context, Norman is sick, and Emma wants to go out look for a flower that she's read is going to help him feel better. Emma and Ray are convinced that Norman is going to die because babies are just that dramatic, and easily impressionable as well. They're seven here.

“ «Ray, I'm counting on you!»

Isabella pressed an hand on the boy's shoulder, who turned his face to her and diligently nodded, before continuing: «Differently from Emma, I don't think the flower is going to help Norman heal».

«What do you mean?»

«However, it's better than having to sit back and watch without doing anything. I too, like her, want him to heal as soon as possible.»

«Sure, I understand...» ”

NOW that hits so hard. You have to understand, this is after Ray had made the deal with Isabella. He had already started to plan the escape. In this occasion, he was on a very thin line: alone at night with Emma, outside the House, a child who knew the truth. Isabella knew those were the right conditions for him to attempt an escape, so she decided to test his loyalty; one misstep, and their deal - which was fundamental for the escape Ray was planning - would have ended.

But at the same time, Ray needed to go. Because, just like Emma, he just couldn't stand to lose Norman. And to see these three children caring so deeply about each other even at such a young age makes me honestly bawl. This is quite certainly my favorite thing from this series. And Ray deserves the world.

• Ray was so determined to save his two friends, he even considered for a moment, in the woods, to tell Emma the truth about the orphanage. I find it very nice how the novel hinted of all these times Ray almost revealed the truth, it really puts emphasis on how he was trying to find the best moment for the escape- but it also hints to how desperate he was to share this grievous burden he was forced to carry for the longest time.

• “ Ray, you must keep on living, Norman whispered to himself like a prayer. ”

I'm... I'M 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Doesn't help the fact that this bit was literally at the end of pages of Norman praising Ray and how brave he had been for so long.

• “ Nobody in the House would have wanted for Ray to pay with his life to amend the silence of all those years. ”

I love this bit. Nobody between the children ever hated Ray for speechlessly assisting to dozens of his siblings being lead to death, because they all immediately understood how much he was suffering, how powerless he must had felt, and also, even though it only led to him being even more hurt, how deeply he loved them all. It's really nice to realize that no children ever hated Ray- no one besides from himself. His siblings love him unconditionally, and that's precisely what he deserves 🤧🤧💕💕💕

• Norman: *adventures in a detailed description of Ray's features and gestures for no other apparent reason than the fact that he finds him pretty*

Chapter 3

• Ok I know people use to see Ray and Susan's interactions under the light of Ray having a crush on her but honestly? I think they make the cutest brotp. I never knew how much I needed Ray-having-an-older-sister content untill now.

• For real though!! What hits you really hard is to find out, even though he would had never ever showed it, how desperate he was to have somebody care about him, and to be loved. He literally grieves for losing someone that looks after him and is there to check on him in his lowest days- we know it's the thing Isabella never gave him. Man, this boy didn't deserve all the shit that happened to him. Tpn may have become an old known story for me, but Ray's sufferings in his early age will never stop tearing my heart apart.

• Ok, I wasn't ready for all this angst on Ray's part. I mean, I obviously know GF were hard times for him, but I didn't expect for him to take over the pov. Sis, how wrong I was. Now I'm crying.

• Coming to the realization that Ray's initial plan actually was to bring everyone in the escape, but he clearly had to give up on it after having realized it would have been impossible to save them 🥺🥺🥺

(I mean it was not impossible. He believed it was. But it wasn't.)

• Ok but. The last part of the Ner chapter. I really don't want to spoil it for anyone because it really was a beautiful chapter but I really need to say: Emma and Norman. The way it wasn't just Ray always being there for them, protecting them from afar; no matter their blissful ignorance, they have always been there for him too. They never abandoned that lonely boy, and they made it so that he could have a last reason not to give up. A single, dim light of hope in that pitch black, devastating world he was born in. I may or may not be crying my eyes out.

(Btw I had written this before the Ray special chapter came out, and it's kinda funny to look back at it now)

• The thing with the Ner chapter is: you enter in it after reading two chapters of normal, wholesome children's stories. There's a dark undertune in it, but it's very subtle and it doesn't interfere with the happy, cheerful atmosphere of these children facing adventures together with each other. But then the Ner chapter strikes, and the Ray pov arrives, and it's like being beaten with a bat in the stomach several times. Deep down, you had always known it; but you suddenly realize that all these children are going to die. And, even worse, there's one child who knows. There's one child who has to assist to everything powerlessly. There's one child, one freaking-nine-years-old who knows that all his siblings are going to die, and there's nothing he can do. That a single mistake could ruin the chances of making just two of his siblings survive, which is everything he's hanging to right now. One child who only needs to be loved. Well that... That hits hard.

Me expressing my thoughts: girl this form is shit you can't write something that is understandable to save your life can you

• Also can we please appreciate Norman taking so long to get out of the forest as it's a recurrent characterizzation of his character to be desperately willing to live just *French chef kiss*

• I really like how the novel underlined how Norman's choice of sacrificing himself corresponded to a betrayal toward his friends (when you think about it, Emma definitely felt betrayed). It's almost like in his last moments Norman chose to switch roles with Ray, taking on his shoulders the burden of being both the traitor and the sacrifice.

Chapter 4

• Norman: * “ He instinctively closed his eyes and abandoned himself to the sweet memory of that time he understood how deeply loved he was. ” *

Somewhere, Ray: Can't relate

• Emma: Norman, what you want to do when you grow up?

Norman: It's a secret.

Me:

• “ Ray woke up before everyone, as usual. ”

A remarkable detail. You'd think Ray, as a good depressed person as he is, would sleep more than the average. The truth is: he doesn't sleep at all.

• Norman: There's... Another person I like

Me:

• OK NOW WHY did none tell me about the nine (9) lines of Norman / Don interacting it was worth reading the novel solely for that.

• WHY DID NONE TELL ME ABOUT DON ALMOST STRANGLING NORMAN AND MAKING HIM LITERALLY PASS AWAY IT WAS TOTALLY WORTH READING THE NOVEL SOLELY FOR THAT

• Reading about Conny being there hurts a lot but reading about Sadie and Hao brings up a totally different kind of pain. Also who the hell is Cindy?

• Norman: Oh yes, Emma and Ray, my most dear friends, my closest siblings, the reason I wake up in the morning, my only reason to live, the ones I'd entrust my life with,

Also Norman: Dunnot in the last thirteen hours and six minutes they have been acting pretty sus, I'm kinda sure they're betraying me somehow ://

• “ «I agree, but it feels like you've fallen down a rabbit hole. You're restless, you constantly look off...» said the raven haired boy, distorting his mouth in an hardly intelligible grimace and giving his friend a meaningful look.

«Norman, about that mysterious girl...»

«No, you're mistaken! I...»

Norman, filled with frustration, raised up his voice, starting to lose the coolness that was usually characteristic of him.

«But I haven't said anything yet!»

That being said Ray, with slightly mocking doing, turned on his feet and went away, leaving Norman like that. ”

I LOVE THIS BIT SO INEXPLICABLY MUCH I'm always *so* in for Oreo finishing each other sentences / reading each other's thoughts. Here, Norman answered Ray's question before he could even expose it, because he already knew what it would have been. Equally, Ray knew what Norman was going to say even though he cut his answer halfway through.

I love how much on the same page they are, they really... Totally and fully understand each other even without words, and I find it so sweet. Seriously, their dynamic is so wholesome

• Norman's last birthday gift: the thing that matters the most to him: his family's happiness

Emma's reward: the thing that matters the most to her: her family's happiness

Some things hit harder than others.

• I don't know like. When you read the novel after the series has ended, everything hurts so much more, because you know these are all memories Emma has lost forever.

• So you made colorful clothing by "coloring old clothes"? Have fun realizing y'all have celebrated Norman's birthday wearing your dead siblings' clothes

Bonus this epic note I randomly took I completely forgot the context of:

• Isabella is a bitch. I don't give a fuck about your dramatic past woman, leave that boy alone

(When the protect Ray mood hits™)

#tpn #the promised neverland #a letter from norman #tpn norman #tpn emma #tpn ray #full score trio #oreo #tpn analysis #mine #I don't even like Stark I just used the gif for the sake of reactions #I should have used facepalming Ray™ instead #Let me know if you want my reactions for the second novel as well!!! #tpn novels

[scalproie]

VERGIL

THANK YOU I LOVE YOU

So about the V-man/Daddy Long Legs/Deadbeat of the year/Blue Dante/Jack Frost Sr. himself:

favorite thing about them: I keep a list

Boss Fights (they are SO FUN!!!)

Coat

Hairstyle

His design in general really

His Sin Devil Trigger Form is pretty cool...

Voice

His simple yet complex character and development that I shan't go into details orherwise we'd be here all day

His son Nero

least favorite thing about them: I know this isn't the series' focus and honestly I don't want it to be cuz we're not here for that, plus if you're willing to reach, there are some justifications, but yeah, causing the death of all those people and getting off scot free wasn't very gucci

(I was gonna add that he did so twice but the first time he DID end up in a prickly situation (The Nelo Angelo stuff) because of his own hubris)

favorite line: HE'S GOT SO MANY THAT I LOVE ok ok ok because of the ironic potential if it comes back to bite him, I'm gonna go with

"Did some pesky fatherly love get in your way?" [Cue Curb Your Enthusiasm]

Close runner up is the "That Day..." speech and the Vergil Bratty Moments™ aka "Well I want yours too." and "If you want it, then you'll have to take it.".... also "Thank you Nero." is up there... there's so much more you have no idea.... "SHCUM!"...

brOTP: easy answer is Dante but this is like. The one (1) meaningful relationship confirmed he has in his life. Also they're already brothers and had a whole childhood AND game dedicated to them. Part of me want to say Griffon & co but I feel this is more a V thing even if I'm in the "V is literally just Vergil" group. So this is just wishful thinking but MAN I just really want more interactions between him and Nero, indulge me with more father and son bonding because I would argue this is the MOST interesting relationship to look into in future games and content. Another relationship I'd really wanna explore is Vergil with his daughter-in-law, once they're past all dmc5 events-related awkwardness. Vergil and Credo are lowkey similar so I get the vibe Kyrie would know how to handle the man, and I don't think they would make Vergil disrespect Kyrie because while we've never actually seen him interact casually with other people/humans, I think it'd be out of character and a dumb move.

OTP: Ok so Vergil is a very big comfort character o' mine so I project really hard on the man, and the aro/ace is jumping out so I really do not care and do not want to ship him with any character of the small cast, that's not why I love dmc in the first place. (ABSOLUTELY NOT a jab on OCs and self-shippers. Y'all do y'all <3). Romantic and/or sexual love is not the type of love I want to see him express... which I realize is super ironic and funny because this is the one (1) character in dmc we know for certain that had sexy times (congrats to the fortuna woman who got him in bed. You go girl).

nOTP: You'd think it'd be a given but an alarming amount of dmc fans are addicted to inc*st so... a big no to that. What the fuck. (They're literally twiiiins whyyy... and I don't care how many mental gymnastics you're doing this is still his fucking father....). Also like I said above I pretty much avoid any shippy or suggestive/nsfw stuff involving Vergil so.

random headcanon: Vergil doesn't need to sleep or eat because of that sweet sweet demon blood, but if he did, his go-to junk food would be hamburgers like we saw in VoV (Dante has pizza but we all knew that, and my hc for Nero is instant ramen/pasta). Additional hcs for Vergil is that he played the violin and he strikes me as the kind of guy who speak fluently latin, not modern italian, but the dead latin language (which would make for some funny interactions in Fortuna). Also Special Shout Out To Scottish Vergil.

unpopular opinion: Unsure of the popularity of that take but I'm glad him being Gilver got retconned. Unsure of the popularity of that take but ive seen a few people saying that they'll ruin Vergil by making him more "fun" by developping his character and to that I say "You want to keep Vergil boring???". I also personally do not care about the nature of the relationship between him and Nero's mother and I don't feel the need to find out more about that.

song i associate with them: THAT BEING SAID irony strikes again because a bunch of songs I associate with him are romantic. And italian. Anyway: "The Nexus" by Amaranthe; "Bottom Of The Deep Blue Sea" by Missio; "Cold Cold Man" by Saint Motel; "Il Volo" by Zucchero and "Vivo Per Lei" by Andrea Bocelli

favorite picture of them: choose your fighter

#no but for real thanks anon idk how u got my vibes but i lowkey wanted to talk about him so 💖 #you can tell he is a big fav because I legit cant choose just one option at each and end up dumping a lot #anon #ask meme #long post

[zzariyo]

If you don't mind a second one, I noticed a certain small red shark girl missing from the roster, and I feel like she's someone you'd gush about. Miss Mipha?

tbh im not as excitable about as Mipha as one would expect fhddhsksh

Favorite thing about them:

first of all she's fucking cute and gorgeous HELLOOOOO

I also absolutely love how she treated Sidon when he was young- it showed that she is quiet, gentle, but not soft. It adds dimension to her and is a well needed twist on the 'sweet little lady baby teehee' trope

least favorite thing about them:

ssssssss as with all non-bozai botw characters, I don't really have many things that irk me? I mean, I'm not a big fan of Mipha being so so hopelessly in love with Link, but it does add to the backstory and I'm not upset about it at all

HOWEVER I will say that I think they made a mistake with her eng voice actor. It's not that her delivery was terrible, but I don't know why they hired her. Idk about now, but at the time she was a model and had only just started voice acting. Mipha was literally her FIRST EVER voice acting gig, and the VA had no idea how important the voices in botw were so she didn't like...get it?

You can just tell it was her first time if you knew about it beforehand and it was just such a weird choice. Imagine being a VA for years and being SO ready to be one of the very first voices in the loz franchise only for some literal newbie to get in. Like huh

brOTP:

like I said in my Revali post,,,,,The thought of Revali secretly looking out for her and valuing her as a friend is so //clenches fist//

She notices and it makes her happy and she does the same for him, but never points it out or else he'll just get embarassed and deny it

OTP:

literally? literally? literally? literally?

Zelpha. Need i even say more? God. GOD!!!!!!!!!!

TWO PRINCESSES IN LOVE, BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOTP:

Sidon/Mipha.

"Come on, Zackoree. People don't actually ship that, do they?"

Oh yes they do. I have seen it first hand. These people are nuts

random headcanon:

okay so i actually have this intricate headcanon thing going on with Mipha's feelings for Link and Zelda, but I've never been able to properly put it into words so let's try it out

So, at first, Mipha had never been in love with a boy before. No crushes. Not anything.

But she was always told, "When the right man comes, you will know. You will want him always by your side and you will always want to see him smiling" repeatedly when she questioned if she could ever actually find love.

And then Link came back, grown up, and Mipha and him became close. She started to respect him, cherish him, strive to see him smile again, and she told herself, "Ah! Finally I am in love. There's nothing wrong with me. I'm in love with Link. I'm in love with Link." She convinced herself she was so so in love with him, because she was sure that that must have been what it was like to be in love. Otherwise, she would be broken. There would be something wrong with her. I mean, if she wasn't in love with the hero, then could she ever love? But in actuality, she only loved Link as a very close friend and someone she held dear.

But then Mipha and Zelda became closer and closer and she felt feelings she never ever felt before. She started to fall head over heels for Zelda and wanted to hold her forever.

And that's when things started to make sense. She wasnt broken. There was nothing wrong with her. She was in love with Zelda.

If any of that. Makes sense lol

unpopular opinion:

idk??????? Gh?

song I associate them with:

A mipha-centric zelpha song,,, is She by dodie hehehhe

favorite picture of them:

I'm on my phone so it's harder to find my favorite pictures but let's go with this one

HHHHHHOOUUGGHHHH

[tarotx]

More GG questions for you because I love your answers! What are your 10 favorite and least favorite episodes? How would you rank the seasons? What would you have liked to see on GG that we never got? What's a storyline you'd have erased if you could? Who are your GG otps (aside from our Rogan!), brotps and notps?

This is going to be long so …

Favorite episodes  …right now

1). Friday Night’s Alright For Fighting

2). The Lorelais’ First Day at Chilton

3). The Lorelais’ First Day at Yale

4). Hay Bale Maze

5). Wedding Bell Blues

6). Say Something

7). Those Are Strings, Pinocchio

8).  But Not as Cute as Pushkin

9). You Jump, I Jump, Jack

10).  But I’m A Gilmore

My least favorite episode - I’ll just pick 5 because I love GG for the most part…

1).  Keg! Max!

2). Unto The Breach  

3). Here Comes the Son

4).  French Twist

5). Let me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out

Season’s Rank

1). Season 5 (Every Time I watch it I love it more)

2). Season 1 (I just enjoy it without too much angst). 

These change position all the time. Sometimes I hate the bad of season  6 so much to rank this high. Right now I love the good too much.

3). Season 6 (I hate love triangles and for the most part there are just 3ish episodes that promote love triangle hell but the bad is bad bad bad. Binge watching makes Lorelai&Rory’s separation not as painful).

4). Season 4 (I’m rewatching this right now And I’m enjoying it a lot more this rewatch. There is no Chris! Still Dean and Dean/Jess. And no dealing with Keg Max! Which I’ll never accept). 

5). Season 7 (Some boring and too much Chris!! But there is no Jess or Dean (to mess with my ship). And the beautiful Logan&Rory moments make me happy.)

6). Revival (I think Fall has such a beautiful visual and love Logan/Matt enough to deal with the bull shit. Today anyway…)

7). Season 3 (Jess isn’t as big once he’s a BF but triangle &Chris &Keg Max ick)

8). Season 2  (Townies at their best but too much Jess/Dean and Chris. Some Tristan as well. Some times I have this at #3. It depends on the day).

There are always great moments in every episodes and season. For the most part, I love the show and its world. It always felt like a fantasy show without the genre elements. Which is why I hate the real world creeping in….

Some story line nip/tucks/Additions…

I would have liked to see Rory address the events in Keg Max! I get that it affected me more than it did Rory. I just wish it wasn’t the case…

I wish Logan and Lorelai had more scenes together in Amy’s OS seasons. I love how both actor really took the dialogue and it was a waste that we got so little of it

I wish Dean/Jess would have needed at the end of season 2

I hate all the tearing down of supporting characters. Pretty much the crap they did with Logan and Luke in season 6 and the white washing of Jess (off screen) and Chris. The fleshing out of Liz as well and then nothing of how that changes and shapes Jess’s story. 

I hate how some of the characters become caricatures (Flanderization and worse)of themselves. It even happened to Luke to a degree. 

I feel Amy doesn’t love the characters as much as she should. She wants that curveball for the leads and to do whatever with the supporting characters to get whatever plot she wants. I felt that way at the end of season 6 and the revival. I have a love hate relationship with her.

I would wish Paul and Odette away. And I never would have brought Chris back after season 5. Or Jess back besides being Luke’s Nephew. That is where he shines. They both shine together.

I would have had Rory come up with the revival’s Book subject herself. I’m fine with Jess telling her to write a book (he’s a publisher after all) and I’m fine with him telling her to write what only she knows. But to tell her to write about Her and mom. It’s just too much for me. Rory needed to be allowed to have her own creative aspect if she wanted to think she’s better than Logan for “caving” and too good for Sandy Says and of course, how she refused to write about Lines. That Vanity Fair guy wanted Rory to take that piece right then and there to show initiative. And then she blows it when she does take it. I know she’s so over journalism but It still makes me sad and mad.

OTPs 

(aside from Rory&Logan)

Richard&Emily: I love their partnership and their friendship. Super cute together ♥️

Morey&Babette: A super super super adorable couple! 

Lorelai&Luke: I adore their friendship and the many nonfighting scenes with them together. I wish Luke was less a grouch sometimes but he was such a great friend. 

Paris&Doyle: I know she’s the definition of a self-closeted Lesbian but I still really enjoyed them together. Fun fun fun. 

Brotps

Colin, and Finn with Logan there as well.

Rory and Paris

Lorelai and Rory

Lane and Mrs.Kim

Babette and Miss Patty

Luke and Jess

Lorelai and Paul Anka

Kirk and Pedal 

NOTP

Rory with Jess as a couple because of Keg Max! I also hated the way they treated Dean. Dean should have been dumped long before it got as bad as it did. It’s a wonder Dean as any self-esteem at all. Plus I hate Rory’s attitude about knowing nothing in Hartford when Jess Came back. I know they were trying to show us that she was the Rory Jess knew but it just comes off as reverse snobbery since she was out and about with the DAR and community service and Logan. It felt like she was lying because she knew Jess would judge her. They had cute moments like their first official couple episode but it all went down hill.

Lorelai and Chris as a couple. He was such a bad dad and Lorelai kind of encouraged it with her always dating him again 🤢

#gilmore girls #rory gilmore #amy sherman-palladino #tv #wb #netflix #rory x logan #luke x lorelai