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thesquishyrogue · 3 years

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Rogue's relationships with the rest of the mercs

Scout:

Almost like a brother-sister relationship. They're always goofing off together, joking around, getting on Spy's nerves. Just being the chaotic force of the team. Scout constantly convinces Rogue to play baseball with him, especially after seeing that they both use bats as a weapon (albeit Rogue's has nails driven through it).

Scout: "Aw man, sick bat! Say, you ever actually played baseball? If not I could teach ya. Though, you should probably use a different bat. I'll let ya borrow one of mine!"

Soldier:

He's definitely sort of a weird uncle figure to her. She's always giggling at his ridiculous antics, and he's surprisingly protective of her. Although at the same time he's always impressed by her ability to fend for herself, and fight off men larger than her despite her size.

Soldier: "Hell yeah, look at her go! Kicking ass just like a true American! She makes me proud!"

Pyro:

Oh my goodness. These two. Rogue almost always puts on a tough attitude, especially around the other guys. But around Pyro? They're probably the only person Rogue will be a softie towards. They're constantly seen platonically hugging and cuddling, and Pyro loves when Rogue covers their mask in stickers. They always return the favor by covering her face. Once they come off she treasures them. The others will always comment on how adorable the two are, usually followed by Rogue telling them to fuck off.

Rogue: "If anything were to ever happen to Pyro, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself."

Pyro: (灬º‿º灬)

Demoman:

Their relationship is quite explosive, to say the least. When Demo isn't trying to get Rogue to try some of his alcohol (which always results in Rogue gagging and choking from the bitterness) they're always assisting each other on the battlefield. Mostly in the form of Rogue catapultng Demo's bombs at enemies with her slingshot. They always share a laugh when a BLU team member is blown to bits.

Demoman: "Boom, right in the head! Look at all that blood! Yer aim is getting better and better, lassie!"

Heavy:

Just looking at these two stand next to each other is almost laughable. With Heavy being incredibly larger than everyone and Rogue being incredibly smaller, he practically dwarfs her. He's extremely gentle with her though, and takes care of her in sort of a protective big brother kind of way. Whenever the team is lounging around, she's often either cuddled into him or resting her legs in his lap. He doesn't mind it. He's also let her beat him in arm wrestling numerous times. She knows he lets her win, but she still take the opportunity to boast to the other mercs about it.

Heavy: "Little girl is so strong. You've beaten me again."

Rogue: 😏😏😏

Engineer:

He's also like an uncle figure to her. But unlike Soldier, he's more of the chill laid-back uncle that she can go to for advice. And she often does. Sometimes when she's bored she'll go into his workshop and talk with him as he plays his guitar or she helps out with whatever he's working on. Even if that help is something as simple as just handing him tools, he appreciates it. He appreciates the company too.

Engie: "Alright darlin', can you hand me the screwdriver?"

Rogue: "Uh... which one?"

Engie: "The Phillips."

Rogue: "Uh..."

Engie: "The pointy one."

Rogue: "Oh! Yeah sure I knew that."

Medic:

Like with Engie, Rogue will often go into the infirmary to talk with Medic as he works (she also makes sure he takes a break once in a while and doesn't overwork himself). He also does what he can to help with her depression once that's out in the open, prescribing her any antidepressants he can get his hands on. Though when she first joined the team and he gave her her first annual exam, he was astounded by how many fractures and injuries he'd found that were just left to sloppily heal on their own. The sadistic doctor was actually kind of worried for her, though honestly impressed by her high pain tolerance.

Medic: "Goodness fräulein, this is the fifth fracture I've found! How are you even walking?"

Rogue: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sniper:

Despite having quite good aim from using a slingshot for years, Rogue was quite inexperienced with guns (not including when she killed her old caretaker at the end of her fighting days). So naturally, Sniper took it upon himself to teach her. He educates her on different types of guns in order to find what works best for her, and the two partake in target practice together. Of course, the two end up bonding during the lessons. She tells him all about her life in the ring, and he tells her about what life was like back in Australia. One thing that Rogue wasn't anticipating, however, was how strong the recoil of a gun can be. She was so unprepared she was thrown right onto her ass in shock.

Sniper: "Crikey! You alright there, mate?"

Rogue: "Yeah I'm fine... fuck, what was that?!"

Sniper: "Recoil, love. Did you not know guns did that?"

Rogue: "...no..."

Spy:

Although she and Spy certainly took the longest to warm up to each other, the two are as close as can be now. Once they finally accepted each other, Spy took her under his wing as his apprentice. He helps her perfect her thieving skills and educates her on how to take tough situations in stride. She really looks up to him, and they almost have a father-daughter relationship. And of course, when her depression comes to light, he's her biggest means of support. He's always available when she needs him and he does whatever he can for her.

Spy: "You make me so proud, mon cheri. You've captured the intel once again, our training has really paid off. Great job."

Rogue: "Thanks dad."

Spy: "Excuse me, what was that?"

Rogue: "....nothing."

Bonus!

Miss Pauling:

Miss Pauling is literally the first woman Rogue has ever been close to in her life. Throughout her entire childhood she's been surrounded by creepy older men, and even though things are different now with the mercs... they're still men. There are just some things Rogue isn't quite comfortable talking to them about. But with Miss Pauling, going to her for help with things like clothes shopping and feminine problems almost feels natural. Hell, there were so many things Rogue didn't even know about periods until Miss Pauling explained them to her. And of course Miss Pauling takes the time out of her busy work day as often as she can to make sure Rogue is stocked up on sanitary items, and whatever else she needs. Rogue is always extremely greatful for it. And while part of her sees Miss Pauling as sort of a mother figure...another part sort of has a crush on her. Yeah, Miss Pauling was pretty much Rogue's bisexual awakening. But she hasn't said anything about it, one because it would just be awkward and two because she knows Scout also likes her, and she doesn't wanna stand in his way (but little does either of them know, Miss Pauling is a lesbian 👀)

Miss Pauling: "Rogue, honey, you don't even know what a pad is? Or a tampon??? What- what do you do when you get your period?"

Rogue: "What, you mean that weird time of the month that I start bleeding? I just... live with it I guess? Maybe put toilet paper in my panties if it gets too messy-"

Miss Pauling: "Rogue. Come with me, I'll get you stocked up on the things you need. And we'll get you some new panties too."

Rogue: "But don't you have things to do?"

Miss Pauling: "This is more important. You shouldn't have to suffer every month just because no one ever properly taught you about periods. I'll help you out."

Saxton Hale:

Rogue thought he was obnoxious upon first meeting him. Called him a "corporate clown" to the other mercs. But, she had to earn his approval in order to join the team, so Miss Pauling insisted that she be on her best behavior around him. But, even when on her best behavior her spunkiness still shined through, and Saxton noticed it real quick. However, that spunkiness only raised his interest. He commented on how he, "Hadn't met such a scrappy sheila in a long time." Truth be told, she reminded him a lot of Maggie, but he wasn't about to mention it. During their one on one meeting, he demanded that she punch him in the face to test her strength. After a short hesitation, she did so. Saxton was impressed that she actually hit him hard enough to dislocate his jaw and bust his lip, and gave her the job on the spot with the promise that she keep up that energy (and learn to use some weapons, of course). Miss Pauling and the mercs were shocked to see the two of them come back with Saxton's arm slung around Rogue's shoulders and his face dripping with blood, and the two of them laughing with each other. She took back what she said about him being a corporate clown. Although, the only thing she still doesn't like about him is how he treats Miss Pauling, considering how close she is with her. She has a mind to call him out on it, but Miss Pauling begs her not to.

Saxton: "Let's see just how strong a little gal like you can really be. Go on, hit me RIGHT here! Hard as ya can!"

Rogue: "Uh...Mr. Hale, I really don't-"

Saxton: "Oh don't wuss out on me girly, you want this job or not?!"

Crack.

Rogue: "Oh my god- Mr. Hale! I am so-"

Saxton: "Now that's what I'm talking about! You pack a hard punch for such a cute little thing!"

Rogue: "You're bleeding..."

Saxton: "Consider yourself hired!"

Administrator:

Doesn't trust her. Not one bit. She only respects her because she has to, and even then her "respect" is so shallow that anyone could see right through it. She hates the way she berates, overworks, and oftentimes gaslights Miss Pauling, and the fact that even all the other mercs seem to be intimidated by her concerns her greatly. She knows something's going on with her behind the scenes, and she's determined to figure out what. In the few times she actually saw her in person, Rogue definitely smarted off to her more than once, despite Miss Pauling practically begging her to watch it. The Administrator, however, almost finds it adorable. Almost. She kind of views Rogue as a bratty child. A bratty child with skill and talent that is essential for her team. And for that, she lets the sassiness slide...for now. Luckily these two don't butt heads often though, considering the Administrator is rarely seen.

Administrator, over the loud loudspeaker: "Well done, let's see some more."

Rogue, mumbling: "Bite me..."

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terrific-togekiss · 3 years

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What if there was a Walt Disney Fighting Game? [Video Game Concept]

Note: I am well aware, that Disney would probably never say yes in a million years to this idea. Taking their beloved, child friendly characters and having them fight?!

OH THE HORROR?!

I am also aware there have been concepts for this in the past.

Final Fantasy Dissidia was supposed to be a Kingdom Hearts fighting game, but Nomura felt uncomfortable portraying Disney characters in such a violent atmosphere.

And there are sketches of what a Walt Disney fighting game could've been, inspired by Super Smash Bros, before it was canceled. It would've focused on more violent characters such as Gaston, Beast, Ursula, Captain Hook, Captain Silver and the Horned King. But the idea was dropped.

Here's the link.

This entire post is just building and putting together what a Disney fighting game would look like to me, if one came out in today's world. It's all merely speculation and ideas that's been in the back of my head for awhile.

(Special thanks to @mayflower-gal for helping me set this up. 😁)

Anyways, let's get started!

Part 1: The Plot

For the plot, I believe it would have to be something simple, since this an idea for a first game. It's the start of a potentially huge franchise, so I wanna keep it not only simple, but an aspect that helps kick off the potential series. And pull in many fans, old and new of Disney.

Let's take into account one thing: what's a recurring theme across various Disney movies (and overall media)?

Is it the lovable, comic relief sidekick that makes audiences laugh? Is it the songs that kids find themselves singing, long after the tale is done and the curtain has closed? Is it perhaps, the clever celebrity choices for important side characters?

No, It's the one defining aspect that draws in audiences, both new and old, bringing you to fall in love with the characters as the story is told:

Wishes.

Pinocchio wishes to be a real boy. Beast and all his servants wish to be human again. Tiana wishes to have her own restaurant. Ariel wishes to see the world beyond the sea.

Everyone wishes for something more in their life and have dreams that they wish come true.

What if all those wishes were counted? Collected?

Watched over. Much like a parent to their children. Or a teacher to their students.

Found engaging. Found entertaining. Found comforting. Found peaceful. Found introspective.

Looked at with childlike wonder and glee when accomplished.

But frowned on when those wish for selfish desires. And an even deeper disappointment at those very same inhuman desires, coming true.

Good and bad exists inside every person, it's just a matter of what one chooses to act on and stand by at the end of the day.

What someone wishes for is reflective of that.

Now imagine that same being coming to life and wrecking havoc across the Disney universe. Judging for themself, if any of these colorful, imaginative characters, truly deserve their...

Happily,

Ever

After.

Yep, the main plot of the story mode is all the various Disney characters literally fighting for wishes and dreams to come true...

against the LITERAL embodiment of wishing upon a star.

Each playable character having their own unique ending.

Some endings being repeats of your favorite Disney movies, with some minor changes to acknowledge the game's plot. While others are original due to the wide cast of characters that are available, besides your favorite Disney Heroes.

For example, you beat the story mode as say, Pinocchio, he wishes to be a real boy.

I know it sounds very redundant since a majority of these things already happen in the Disney movies, but I feel as though relieving them would be fun. In addition to some original ones that didn't happen with either the villains or less major characters.

It's only the hypothetical first game and I wanted start with something simple, that fans could easily get into. More complex plots, with more character interactions should be saved for any possible sequels.

Part 2: The Gameplay

The game would be your typical 2D fighting game. You have,

Combos exclusive to every character that requires practice.

Playstyles that make each character feel unique.

Special moves for each character to get the upper hand and the main focus in besting your opponent in 1 VS 1 matches.

Of course, there's dialogue before fights in the character intros. With so many to pick from, it had to be put in somewhere.

It resembles 2D fighting games that you've all no doubt heard of, such as Marvel VS Capcom or Street Fighter.

But what would a Disney fighting game have to offer on the table, in order to survive the overall video game market?

It would have to be something unique and a feature that not only gives it originality, but a chance to stand out with so much creativity and innovation. Practically begging fans for more.

Which is why I present to you: Disney Songs.

Or as this game prompt will call them: Musical Finales.

The highlight of many Disney movies and overall media, the music is what leaves a lasting impression on many audiences. Which is not surprising, since Disney is mostly a musical. At least in terms of most of their films.

With so many iconic songs from throughout the company's history, of course I'll be squeezing them somehow!

Each character has a music meter, that can only be filled up with how the player times and follows the beat of the character they play as. Follow the rhythm and beat of a character, and it will fill up quicker. Get cut off by the opponent and it doesn't fill up.

That beat being the music of the stage each player fights on, by attacking to the music and the same time. Think of it like the Sound Battles mechanic in Mother 3.

Every character has four different kinds of attacks: Neutral, Musical, Wonderful and Special.

Neutral Attacks are normal attacks that are mostly used to set up combos.

Musical Attacks are attacks that deal more impact, when timed with the music of the stage.

Wonderful Attacks can be seen as character oriented attacks, that embody the personality and charm of the character you play as. And can be used to entertain the audience. We'll get into that later.

Special Attacks are unique finisher moves that require a separate meter to be filled up, as with most fighting games.

Now what happens when the music meter is full? A Disney Song starts playing of course!

Say you filled up Cinderella's music meter for example, then "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" starts playing, granting some unique abilities for Cinderella.

Each song would grant different outcomes and bonuses for the various characters. They're not Special Attacks, as that's already a separate mechanic already.

For example, "Part of Your World" starts playing if you're playing as Ariel, filling up the stage with water and slowing down the opponent, giving Ariel a chance to either take advantage of that, bump items into them or create big waves of water.

But what happens if BOTH characters trigger the music meter at the same time?!

Well, that's where this gimmick becomes a fight for which song keeps on playing!

Both songs would start playing, both at the same time and volume. Except, both characters have to compete to see which is stronger.

This is done by the two characters fighting, before triggering a rhythm game between the two. Once one is the victor, the other song fades, while the other stays playing. Doubling the duration of that character's Musical Finale.

Another mechanic is the Entertainment Meter. Every level you fight on has one, that determines which fighter the audience likes more. Via Wonderful attacks, you can charm the audience into supporting you more. This activates things like getting healing items or stat boosts in power and speed. Some of your favorite Disney sidekicks even provide aid from the audience!

It's almost like watching a Disney movie live and being able to interact with the story!

Or the battle system in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

I feel as though this is the best way of keeping the game interesting, giving it an identity of its own and still embodying that magic people will grow to love. It can also lead to some entertaining interactions in the background or foreground of a stage, as the music meter also brings in characters that would not be playable, but support playable characters nonetheless. Like Flounder and Sebastian.

Of course, either feature could be turned off if you're not a fan of that sort of thing, but that's a given.

Part 3: The Stages

With many Disney movies pick from, it's no wonder there's plenty of choices to pick from. Since this is the first game, I chose to focus more on the movies. Here's my take.

Steamboat (Mickey Mouse cartoons)

Duckberg (Ducktales)

Spoonerville (A Goofy Movie)

Dwarven Forest (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)

Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)

Monstro (Pinocchio)

The Prince's Ball (Cinderella)

Neverland (Peter Pan)

Forbidden Mountains (Sleeping Beauty)

The Coliseum (Hercules)

Andy's Room (Toy Story)

Elsa's Ice Castle (Frozen)

San Fransokyo Institute of Technology (Big Hero 6)

Atlantica (The Little Mermaid)

House of Mouse (House of Mouse)

The West Wing (Beauty and the Beast)

Cave of Wonders (Aladdin)

Pride Rock (The Lion King)

Ant Island (A Bug's Life)

Tamatoa's Trove (Moana)

Hawaii (Lilo and Stitch)

Headquarters (Inside Out)

Mor'du's Ruins (Brave)

Big Ben (The Great Mouse Detective)

Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Merlin's Cottage (Sword in the Stone)

Emperor's Palace (Mulan)

The Great Before (Soul)

Todayland (Meet The Robinsons)

Paradise Falls (Up)

Zootopia (Zootopia)

Monsters Inc (Monsters Inc)

Nomanisan Island (The Incredibles)

The Bayou (The Princess and the Frog)

Atlantis (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Halloweentown (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Oakey Oaks (Chicken Little)

Spirit Mountain (Brother Bear)

Sherwood Forest (Robin Hood)

Treasure Planet (Treasure Planet)

Horned King's Castle (The Black Cauldron)

The Secret Lab (The Emperor's New Groove)

Bald Mountain (Fantasia)

The Grid (Tron)

World's End (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Radiator Springs (Cars)

Grandmother Willow's Forest (Pocahontas)

East High School (High School Musical)

The Axiom (WALL-E)

Regent's Park (101 Dalmatians)

New Mushroom Town High School (Onward)

Happily Ever After Castle (Walt Disney Opening)

Part 4: The Roster

The bread and butter of many fighting games, the roster is no doubt one I had a bit of trouble putting together. With so many characters from over the years, it's no surprise. But since this is the outline of a possible first game, here's my interpretation.

Also, the cast is big to avoid being too barren or dull.

And because I had a lot of fun putting it all together.

Mickey Mouse (Mickey Mouse): The all around character of the game, he mostly fights by a series of cartoonish tricks, magic tricks and his paintbrush from Epic Mickey. His Special Attack would have him break the fourth wall like and rewind the fight like an old film projector in reverse. Except he heals, while the opponent receives twice the damage. His Musical Finale "Sorcerer's Apprentice" has him use Yensid's Sorcerer hat to its fullest and give his overall moveset more flashes to distract the opponent and slow them down.

Donald Duck (Donald Duck): Everyone's favorite, greedy mallard and the world's angriest duck. Donald would fight mainly with toon force, his fists, his bad luck and his anger. The more damage he takes, the angrier he gets. His Special Attack would have him don the Duck Avenger persona from his PK days and use a series of superhero gadgets to finish the opponent. His Musical Finale "The Three Caballeros" trades his anger for Jose Carioca and Panchito Pistoles showing up, making him happy. As they hurt the opponent, each time they hit Donald, to keep him happy.

Goofy (Goofy): Everyone's favorite Disney dad, Goofy joins the fight as not the brightest but with the biggest heart. He has toon force to aid him in some unconventional ways. His Special Attack would have him become Super Goof from his older days. His Musical Finale "Eye To Eye" would restore health everytime he dodges an attack, with a dancing flair to it.

Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves): The first Disney Princess, Snow White makes her debut and she's not alone. The Seven Dwarves direct most of her attacks, such as tossing rocks, mining tools as weapons and even just grabbing the opponent and tossing them. Snow White herself can sing and command woodland animals to tie up opponents or just fight to defend her. Her Special Attack would have the Dwarves try to roll a boulder, only for lightning to strike on the opponent and the boulder as extra damage. Her Musical Finale "Whistle While You Work" will call on a huge number of forest animals, as they tidy up the stage and Snow White, slowly replenishing her health and slowing down the opponent.

Pinocchio (Pinocchio): Don't lie in his presence, as that nose is not only for show. Pinocchio fights mostly by using his nose as a staff, the Blue Fairy bringing other toys to life to aid him and Jiminy Cricket distracting the opponent with music. Pinocchio's Special Attack would have him wish upon a star and turn himself into a real boy, as the opponent is turned into a puppet and loses damage as a result. Pinocchio's Musical Finale "I've Got No Strings" would cover the stage in thin lines used for puppets: if the opponent touches one, their frozen briefly. If a projectile attack hits, the same happens.

Cinderella (Cinderella): The bell of the ball and someone whom never gives up on kindness, Cinderella will use the dance moves she showed off at the ball for her moveset, having a dancing and musical feel to how she plays and flashy dances to win against the the opponent. With her Fairy Godmother using her magic to help her, such as flashes of light. Her Special Attack would have the clock strike midnight and she leaves behind her glass slipper: once the opponent touches it they get weighed down by a giant magic dress. Cinderella's Musical Finale "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" would have the Fairy Godmother cast a series of spells over the stage, as a new carriage pops up every time Cinderella pulls off a combo. The carriages run over the opponent and can even carry Cinderella to safety.

Peter Pan (Peter Pan): Leader of the Lost Boys and Captain Hook's second biggest pain in the butt, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell are here. Peter Pan has a pocket knife with him and Tinker Bell's pixie dust for aerial attacks. His Special Attack would have him toss a bunch of gold on the opponent, as the rest of the Lost Boys tackles them and beats them up for the treasures. His Musical Finale "You Can Fly" would create a trail of pixie dust behind him, that randomly causes the opponent to either jump too high or too low.

Captain Hook (Peter Pan): Keep all 'ticks' and 'tocks' away from this pirate! Captain Hook has a wide array of hooks to switch between, a flintlock pistol and his sword to win the battle. His Special Attack would have him run away from the Tick-Tock the Crocodile, as said crocodile attacks the opponent instead of Hook. His Musical Finale "A Pirate's Life/Elegant Captain Hook" would call his ship the Jolly Rodger onto the stage, as the pirates on the ship occasionally throw knives at the opponent and shoot at them, everytime Hook is caught in a combo and can't escape.

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty): Aurora, sleeping beauty herself, is doing anything but sleep and her guardians are making sure of that! Her attacks has the Good Fairies use their magic in numerous ways, such as moving objects, animating objects and even petrification. Her Special Attack has Prince Philip show up with the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue, to deal heavy damage on the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Once Upon A Dream" boosts her stats everytime she's hit.

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty): The Mistress of all Evil, Maleficent uses a wide array of magic powers from cursed, throny vines, to her iconic green fires, she's one tough fighter from a distance. Her Special Attack would have her turn into a dragon and breath fire down on the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Once Upon A Dream" would have her make the opponent more drowsy, each time they hit her, until falling asleep, unless they keep moving.

Robin Hood (Robin Hood): The sly fox of England and one talented theif, this fox focuses on disguises, archery, swordsmanship and woodsmanship to make his way. His Special Attack would have authorities show up to arrest him, as they rain down arrows on the opponent in the process. His Musical Finale "Running Through The Forest" would allow him to dodge all attacks, without needing to hit the controls or input buttons.

Basil of Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective): World's greatest detective! At least in the mouse world that is. Basil would investigate the stage of the fight, much like a crime scene and even pick up clues that double as weapons, such as a propeller or a mouse trap. His Special Attack would have him investigate a crime scene that hurt the opponent, before pushing them aside as 'worthless' evidence. His Musical Finale "Let Me Be Good To You" would have him require no further evidence and counter each hit with a deduction on his opponent's crime and even stop them from performing combos. Doing damage in the process.

Professor Ratigan (The Great Mouse Detective): Never call him a rat. Ever. This crime boss of the miniature crime world be no stranger to fist fights and gleefully take a swing at your demise, whether it's his fists, cane or traps. If not him, then his minions are more than happy to drown some orphans! His Special Attack would have him call his pet cat, Felicia to devour the opponent. His Musical Finale "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind" would give him more durability to hits, more destruction to the stage and traps cover more range on the stage.

Ariel (The Little Mermaid): Princess of the Sea, everyone's favorite mermaid is ready to explore beyond the sea. Armed with her father's trident, some amazing swimming skills and various sea animals at her command, she's more than ready. Her Special Attack would have her conjure a giant wave, that also covers the opponent in sea creatures. Her Musical Finale "Part Of Your World" fills the stage with water and can have Ariel bump floating objects into the opponent.

Ursula (The Little Mermaid): The last sea witch you would want to cross paths with, Ursula has eels to do her biding, poisonous ink clouds and even thunderclouds. Her Special Attack would have her turn giant via King Triton's trident and use the added power to attack the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Poor Unfortunate Souls" has her disguise herself as the opponent and slowly regain health from all souls being eaten by her. As a bonus, if she's infront of a mirror that's on the stage, her reflection will be her true form.

Belle (Beauty and the Beast): My, quite an odd girl, reading books and getting on the field of battle?! Belle's entire moveset would revolve around books; not magic books, just books on the rest of the cast and fairytales overall. She would be able to switch between each of these books and use what she's learned from them. For Example, 'Romeo and Juliet' gives Belle immunity to stat changes and rose themed weapons that hurt the opponent, like throwing weapons. 'Aladdin' gives her a magic ring that can conjure up magic smoke, furniture on the foe and teleport her. 'Jack and the Beanstalk' plants vines that can raise her up or entangle the foe. There's more books at her disposal, but that's just the general idea. Her Special Attack has her father ride in on his invention, chopping up an entire forest until the opponent is covered and crushed by chopped up logs. Her Musical Finale "Tale As Old As Time" gives her the power to 'skip' a fairytale, turning each of her attacks into the endings from the books. For example, 'Aladdin' would trap the opponent in an oil lamp, leaving room for her to attack.

Beast (Beauty and the Beast): The poor and cruel prince, turned into a monster as evil as the one in his heart. Beast has his boost in strength from his beastly form and claws to defeat the opponent. The curse not only affected him: his servants are by his side. Lumiere can incinerate the opponent or plant fires on the ground, Cogsworth can distract them with timed clock sounds, Mrs. Potts can spill tea to slip up the opponent, Chip will knock over bookshelves and Wardrobe can block attacks. His Special Attack would turn the opponent into a piece of furniture, leaving them open for attacks: each opponent having a different transformation. His Musical Finale "Be Our Guest" would have every attack with one of his servants, also heal Beast in addition to hurting the opponent.

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast): Nooo oooone's slick as Gaston! Quick as Gaston! No one's neck is as incredibly thick as Gaston! He's especially good at combo breaking! Boy what a guy that Gaston! Gaston has his inconic blunderbass and his fists, along with a bow and quiver and a hunting knife to deal with an opponent, almost as if they were an animal he's hunting. His Special Attack would have an angry mob charge at the opponent and beat them up. His Musical Finale "Gaston" gives him a strength boost, everytime he pulls off a combo successfully.

Aladdin (Aladdin): Everyone's favorite street rat and theif, he's not alone on the field of battle as Abu and Genie are here to help him. Abu can cling to the opponent and hit them repeatedly, Magic Carpet can be used for aerial attacks, Aladdin has a sword that he 'borrowed' from a guard and Genie can shape-shift in a variety of ways to best the opponent. Aladdin's Special Attack would have Genie distract the opponent, as Aladdin steals something off them and uses it to beat them. Aladdin's Music Finale "Friend Like Me" would have Genie grant a wish, each time Aladdin gets a combo, such as a stat boosts and healing.

Jasmine (Aladdin): The sultan's own daughter that would rather be anything than a prize to be given away. She has learned self defense skills, her father's guards and her pet tiger Rajah in her moveset. Her Special Attack would have the guards arrest the opponent and toss them into prison, as they struggle to escape and take damage. Her Musical Finale "A Whole New World" has one the Seven Wonders of the world occasionally pop up in the background to hurt the opponent, as the fight goes on.

Jafar (Aladdin): The Sultan's Royal vizer of Agrabah and one whom believes he should rule Agrabah. Jafar has his magic staff to hypnotize and cast spells onto his foe. Occasionally tapping into the phenenomal, Cosmic power of his Genie form to do some real damage. And Iago is here as well... mostly to complain. His Special Attack would have him become an all powerful Genie and Iago wishing for ways to 'hurt' (not kill) the opponent. His Musical Finale "You're Only Second Rate" would boost all of his stats and attacks, except he can't KO the opponent until the Musical Finale is done.

Simba (The Lion King): King of the Pride Rock and son of Mufasa, the Lion King himself is more than prepared with his claws and iconic roar. His roar can even control the weather to strike lightning and cause windstorms. His Special Attack would have him call on the spirit of his father, Mufasa, as the two of them roar at the opponent. His Musical Finale "Circle Of Life" will have him remember, how we are all connected and draw on the life-force of nature, slowly healing him and giving his roars more range.

Scar (The Lion King): Mufasa's little brother and King after his timely demise, Scar has his claws and his hyenas to make short work of his foe as if their nothing more than a light snack. His Special Attack would toss the opponent of a cliff, into a Wildebeest stampede just like in the movie. As a bonus, he would say 'long live the king's son' if Simba is the opponent. His Musical Finale "Be Prepared" has him do damage without needing to attack the opponent and just walking into the opponent.

Pocahontas (Pocahontas): Daughter of Chief Powhatan, this Disney Princess has the skills necessary in order to survive and win. Her Special Attack would have her people come in to fight alongside her and best the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Colors Of The Wind" gives her attacks more launching power and each dodge she does generates winds that hurt the foe.

Governor John Ratcliffe (Pocahontas): The main villain of Pocahontas, this greedy scoundrel will do anything to claim what he believes is rightfully his. He has a sword and uses his position of power to call his men into the fray. His Special Attack would have his men charge like in the movie at the opponent. His Musical Finale "Mine, Mine, Mine" prevents the opponent from interrupting his attacks and tripping over any gold sticking out of the ground.

Quasimodo (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame): The hunchback of notre Dame himself and quite the sweetheart, he just wishes to see the outside world. His job as the ringer of the bells comes in handy to stun them, swing bells at them, his talented acrobatic skills and surprising strength. His Special Attack would have him reenact the Festival of Fools and have the opponent be caught up in all the chaos. His Musical Finale "Out There" turns all of his bell attacks, into soothing sounds, that heals him.

Esmeralda (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame): An outcasts, like many other outcasts of Notre Dame, she's picked up on a multitude of tricks to evade capture. Such as illusionary tricks to trick opponents and various circus acts from the Festival of Fools. Her Special Attack has Phoebus teleport out of a field of smoke and beat the opponent. Her Musical Finale "God Help The Outcasts" plants multiple pillars of light over the stage, that burn the opponent and heal Esmeralda.

Judge Claude Frollo (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame): Someone whom believes only he can purge the world of evil and that all he does is for the greater good. Frollo, due to his old age mostly uses his sword, his horse and his 'fears' to end the opponent. Those 'fears' being cloaked figures that defend Frollo and burn the sins of his opponent. His Special Attack burns the stage, with the opponent caught up in the flames being tied to a stake. His Musical Finale "Hellfire" burns the opponent every time they hit and touch Frollo.

Arthur (Sword in the Stone): The rightful king of England, proven by pulling the sword in the stone, Arthur is ready to be king. Merlin's apprentice is armed with the sword of legend: Excalibur and his mentor Merlin is there to provide some magic aid by turning Arthur into various animals and predict the opponents attacks with foresight. Arthur's Special Attack has Merlin turn into a germ to infect the opponent. Arthur's Musical Finale "Higitus Figitus" grants Arthur increased weight, almost as if he's the sword in the stone and making him harder to launch and knock away.

Hercules (Hercules): The son of the Greek God Zeus, Hercules goes to prove himself as a true hero and this brawl may be his greatest trial yet. With his power as a Greek God, granting him immeasurable strength, agility and endurance. And his pet Pegasus shows up for aerial attacks. His Special Attack has his father Zeus come in and hurl his thunderbolt at the opponent. His Musical Finale "Zero To Hero" increases his durability each time he pulls off a combo, making him immune to attacks at times.

Hades (Hercules): Greek God of the underworld and lord of the dead, Hades will claim victory. In addition to mastery of fire and smoke, Hades can shift between generally calm and collected, to angered and enraged, which affects the range and power of his attacks. Pain and Panic also shapeshift to provide some help. His Special Attack has the Titans show up and attack the opponent. His Musical Finale "My Town" floods the stage withdead souls that slowly deplete the health of the opponent.

Mr. Incredible (The Incredibles): One of the greatest superheroes whom ever lived, in spite of an unneeded early retirement from the government. Robert "Bob" Parr, known to the public as Mr. Incredible, has his moveset revolve around his superstrength and invulnerability, also being able to use the environment to his advantage like uprooting trees. His Special Attack calls in the rest of The Incredibles; Dash, Violet, Elastigirl and Jack-Jack to help take down the opponent as a family. His Musical Finale "The Incredibles" has his attacks all release shock waves that occasionally make debris hit the opponent, like it's the intensity of a comic book.

Syndrome (The Incredibles): You better catch him while be monologues as he does not play around! The wannabe superhero uses zero point energy to toss the opponent and send objects flying their way. His Special Attack calls in the Omnidroid to make short work of the opponent. His Musical Finale "Kronos Unveiled" forces the opponent to not stand still for too long or repeat the same attacks, or else the Omnidroid will fire lasers at them almost as if their being analyzed.

Mulan (Mulan): From lying to save her father's life, to saving all of China to joining other famous Disney heroes on the field of battle, Mulan has been through a lot. She has a sword, fireworks, a staff and a fan to best her foes. Mushu tags along, spitting fireballs at the opponent and tricking them into attacking smoke illusions that resemble Mulan. Her Special Attack has fireworks hit a snowy mountain, crushing the opponent under an avalanche. Her Musical Finale "Reflections" has Mulan disguise herself and blend in a crowd that slowly came onto the battlefield. The opponent attacking a random person will have them retaliate and hurt them.

Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas): The pumpkin king and the patron of Halloween, his title comes with a wide array of pumpkin bombs, a flexible and detachable skeleton body. His Special Attack would have him trap the opponent in a series of giant pumpkin bombs, before his pet dog Zero lights them up. His Musical Finale "This Is Halloween" plants a series of tricks and treats all over the stage: treats for Jack that heals him and tricks that leave the opponent in a scared state. They take more damage while scared.

Oogie Boogie (The Nightmare Before Christmas): A literal burlap sack of nothing but bugs, Oogie Boogie has those very same bugs come out and harm the opponent. From spiders that tangle them up, to tarantulas that poison them to flies that hoist them up, he's as gross as sounds. His Special Attack would have him inhale the opponent and let his bugs do the work. His Musical Finale "Oogie Boogie's Song" increases his luck of landing higher damage, by also hitting a dice on the stage.

Tarzan (Tarzan): A man raised by apes, Tarzan has the strength to even keep up with apes and survive in the forest. In addition to his amazing strength, Tarzan can also swing from vines, use his impressive smell and hearing to counter attacks and a spear. His Special Attack has him command an army of apes to beat up the opponent. His Musical Finale "Son Of Man" puts fruits on the trees he swings from that he can heal himself with: since the opponent is not Tarzan the same fruits either poison them or make them dizzy.

Yzma and Kronk (The Emperor's New Groove): The former advisor of Emperor Kuzco and her most loyal henchman. Kronk does the fighting with his astounding strength and Yzma will be in the background, occasionally throwing potions on the opponent. Kronk will pull the lever, that will do a variety of things such as drop a bust of Yzma, a giant rock, a vase, etc. Their Special Attack has Yzma yell 'PULL THE LEVER KRONK!' sending the opponent and Yzma down a trap door to below the stage. Leaving it up to interpretation what happens, as Yzma casually walks back to the stage with a crocodile biting her leg. Their Musical Finale "Snuff Out The Light" replaces Yzma's potions with singing that prevents the health bar from going any lower.

Milo J. Thatch (Atlantis: The Lost Empire): An orphan that grew up to be quite the cartographer to even finding the lost city of Atlantis. Since he's not much of a fighter, the friends he made on the trip will do the fighting for him. Vinny plants explosions, Mole digs holes and attacks from the ground, Sweet heals Milo and boosts his durability, Audrey sends vehicles at the opponent and Cookie leaves food for people to trip over. He's even picked up on some Atlantean magic from Kida. His Special Attack has him pilot an Atlantean cruiser, shooting lasers at the opponent. His Musical Finale "Where The Dream Takes You" reverse the opponents controls, every time Milo lands a hit, almost as if their lost without a map.

Kida Nedakh (Atlantis: The Lost Empire): Princess of Atlantis and the current Queen, Kids is armed with a spear and a connection to the Heart of Atlantis, granting her forcefields and runes that dish out the ancient city's might. Her Special Attack summons a giant tsunami with the opponent being hit as Atlantis sinks. Her Musical Finale "Kida Returns" has the stage covered in runes, as the guardians of Atlantis will hit the opponent if they step on a rune.

Stitch (Lilo and Stitch): Experiment 626, also known as Stitch is an alien that befriended the kind-hearted Lilo Pelaki. Stitch is indestructible, has four plasma blasters, can roll up into a ball and lift up to 3000 times his own weight. His Special Attack calls in his cousins to each hit the opponent once, before Stitch himself smacks them with a car. His Musical Finale "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" doubles the strength of any attacks timed with the music.

Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean): Captain Jack Sparrow comes to the battle with his signature sword, musket and flintlock pistol. His Special Attack has the Black Pearl ram the opponent and shoot cannonballs at the opponent. His Musical Finale "He's A Pirate" makes him impossible to KO, he can still take damage though.

Sulley and Mike Wazowski (Monsters Inc): The dynamic duo and best friends, Sully and Mike fight with the former scaring the opponent and the latter being pulled from the background, used as a ball to hit opponents. The more combos they land, the more scare is generated as energy: this energy being used to power machines to attack the opponent. Their Special Attack has the stage be overloaded with scare energy, to the point of canisters bouncing all over the stage and hitting the opponent, much like in Monsters University. Their Musical Finale "If I Didn't Have You" makes the opponent laugh each time they hit Sulley, generating energy and leaving them open to attack.

Jim Hawkins (Treasure Planet): Jim Hawkins, someone with the 'makings of greatness' according to Captain Silver has a chance to prove that here. With his solar surfer to pull off some amazing tricks, a knife and a blaster, he can hold his own just fine. His Special Attack would simply be Treasure Planet blowing up, with the opponent caught in the explosion, as he flies away on a ship. His Musical Finale "I'm Still Here" gives him the markings of greatness, in the form of stat boosts everytime he pulls off a trick on his solar surfer.

Captain John Silver (Treasure Planet): The fearsome pirate cyborg and only real father figure to Jim Hawkins, Captain Silver is ready to use those pirate skills from over the years to claim his treasure. As a cyborg, he has a wide selection of tools and weapons, such as lasers, a cybernetic eye, guns, a sword, a cleaver, a battering ram, the list goes on. His Special Attack has the opponent fly into space, while he leaves on a pirate ship. His Musical Finale "I'm Still Here" fills the stage with comets that can freeze the opponent if they come into contact with them and increases the strength of Silver's lasers if they pass through.

Merida (Brave): The Scottish princess and daughter of Queen Elinor and King Fergus, enters the battle with her archery skills and swordsmanship to win the fight. Her Special Attack has her ride in on her horse Angus, delivering a series of arrows to finish off the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Touch The Sky" makes all her arrows hit the opponent, without fail.

Kenai and Koda (Brother Bear): The bear brothers, one born a bear and the other cursed to turn into a bear. Kenai and Koda fight as a team of bears from claws to wilderness skills they picked up. Even the Great Spirits watch over and protect them, by influencing nature to protect the brothers. Their Special Attack has the spirits of Sitka and Koda's mother come in to protect them and deal with the enemy. Their Musical Finale "On My Way" increases the range of their block, with the Great Spirits protecting them.

Tiana and Naveen (The Princess and the Frog): A hardworker that believes the only way you can make it in the world, is through hardwork. Even if that meant kissing a frog. Tiana has a wide assortment of cooking utensils to win. With Naveen distracting them with singing and dancing. They can switch to being frogs, where they use their tongues to tangle up the opponent and hop off lily pads. Their Special Attack has Mama Odie turn the opponent into a series of animals, before sending them away with her Voodoo magic. Their Musical Finale "Almost There" gives Tiana a golden glow that greatly increases the range of their attacks and distracts the opponent with golden glows.

Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog): The Shadow Man himself and one whom turned Naveen into a frog, Dr. Facilier fights with his cane, Voodoo magic, shadows and spell casting. His Special Attack has him pull the opponent into a deal, as their dragged down by the Voodoo Spirits. His Musical Finale "Friends On The Other Side" let's him take a gaze into the opponent's future, turning all of his attacks into counters, if they hit the same time as the opponent's attacks.

Rapunzel (Tangled): The lost princess of the Kingdom of Corona, blessed with magic hair and has quite the efficient frying pan. Her hair can not only heal herself a bit, but can be swung from, tie up the opponent and makes for a surprising whip. Her Special Attack has Flynn and Maximus ride in, with Rapunzel hitching a ride, as the three take down the opponent. Her Musical Finale "I See The Light" fills up the stage with lanterns, that can blind the opponent if they touch any.

Hiro and Baymax (Big Hero 6): The child genius and the helper robot turned fighter have become quite the crime fighting duo, that honor Tadashi's wish of wanting to help people. Baymax does the fighting, with Hiro on his back, such as martial arts, rocket fist, an energy blade and sonic blaster. Their Special Attack calls in the rest of the Big Hero 6, as they teamup and take down the opponent. Their Musical Finale "Immortals" assuming they get the rights to the song has Baymax dodge every attack that comes, without needing to move the controller and slowly heal up.

Judy Hopps (Zootopia): A young bunny from Bunnyburrow that came to Zootopia to pursue her dreams of being cop and help people. Her bunny physiology grants her enhanced hearing, quick agility, high jumping and she has trained herself to take down foes much bigger than her. Her Special Attack has her do her job as a cop and arrest the opponent, with the entire police force joining in to help. Her Musical Finale "Try Everything" plants tourist attractions all over the stage, that can hurt the opponent and heal Judy.

Elsa (Frozen): The Queen of Arendelle and the Ice Queen herself, forced to conceal don't feel, don't let them know. But she'll be doing anything but that here! Elsa has ice powers to freeze the opponent, create pillars of ice, ice slides, ice skates etc. Her Special Attack calls in Marshmallow to deal with the opponent. Her Musical Finale "Let It Go" allows her ice powers to come to life and aid her in battle.

Moana (Moana): Moana of Motuni, whom has sailed the sea to return the Heart of Te Fiti with Maui. She has a harpoon and an oar, along with the ocean helping her and watching over her. Her Special Attack returns the Heart of Te Fiti to Te Fiti, whom fully heals Moana, temporarily boosting her attack. Moana's Musical Finale "How Far I'll Go" covers the stage in water that has boats to hit the opponent and granting Moana faster speed.

Maui (Moana): The Maori Demigod of the wind and sea, with quite the number of feats from over the years. With his magic fish hook, he can shapeshift into a number of animals, his most common being a hawk. His Special Attack being lassoing the sun into the opponent. His Musical Finale "You're Welcome" makes all damage to Maui, take longer to leave an impact.

And that's that. A LOT longer than I thought it would be. Now your probably thinking, what about all the other Disney media? It's an idea for the first game, so other characters (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Scrooge McDuck, Goliath, Kim Possible, etc.) would appear in a potential sequel.

Or DLC, since every game these days has it.

Thanks so much for reading all this and taking the time to do! I would love to hear some thoughts and feedback! I had a blast making all this and would like to see if you're interested in hearing more video game ideas.

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SkyFire 3: Chapter 9

BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw : October 2017

Word count: 3.8k

SkyFire 3 MASTERLIST

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After the Phoenix show, the band took a weeklong break before meeting back up in Paris to kick off the European leg of the tour. During their break, Adam returned home to his young family and Sarah and Mitch took a short vacation together, while Aurora and Harry joined Niall in celebrating the release of his debut album, Flicker. They, along with Liam, Louis and some of Niall’s friends and family all arrived at his London house for dinner and drinks to celebrate the launch after Niall had spent the day doing press. It was a really casual evening, with everyone scattered throughout the living room, kitchen, and heated patio. Later in the evening Aurora found herself sandwiched on the sofa between Liam and Louis while Harry was off being the social butterfly he was, flitting from one conversation to the next. Rori loved that about the two of them, as much as they loved each other they never felt the need to be glued to each other’s sides when out with friends. She had just finished filling the boys in on the excitement of the first leg of the tour when Liam posed a question.

“I noticed you guys have a 2 week break between Milan and Singapore,” he said. “Got anything planned?”

“We’re planning to be home for 8 or 9 days and then fly to Singapore a few days early to hopefully explore a little,” Rori explained. “Why?”

“Well I was wondering if you wanted to get in the studio with me,” Liam replied. “Lou and I wrote a song a few months back and the demo I put together got selected for the next Fifty Shades soundtrack, but they want it to be a duet. We thought you’d be the perfect fit.”

“Oooh, that sounds like fun,” Rori smiled. “Do you have the demo on your phone?” Liam nodded and Rori fished her AirPods out of her purse and quickly linked them with Liam’s phone to listen through the track. “I love it!” she declared once it reached the end. “Oh, this is going to be so much fun.”

They were interrupted from continuing by a slightly tipsy Niall calling everyone’s attention to where he was standing on the coffee table.

“EVERYONE!” Niall yelled. “I just wanna thank ya all for being here to celebrate all of this. It’s mental that after so many months my baby is finally out in the world and every single one of you played a part in helping make this happen.”

“TO NIALL!” Rori yelled, raising her glass in the air. Everyone echoed her words, cheersing the jolly Irishman.

xXx

A week and a half after Niall’s album launch, after shows in both Paris and Cologne, the Styles’ were back in London for two back to back shows in Hammersmith. The day after the shows, before they headed up to Manchester Harry was due to appear on Nick Grimshaw’s breakfast show on BBC Radio One as Kiwi was releasing as a single that day. Unfortunately, when Harry came of the stage after the second show his voice was in shambles. The tour doctor headed straight for Harry’s dressing room and after a quick consult he was placed on vocal rest for the next 36 hours in preparation for the next show. Aurora immediately called Grimmy to explain the situation while Jeff attempted not to panic before joining her on the call. After much discussion between the 3 of them and many eye rolls from Harry, it was decided that Aurora would attend the interview the following morning so that Nick wasn’t left hanging without a guest and Harry would stay home to rest before travelling up to Manchester in the afternoon.

xXx

“Good morning you’re listening to BBC Radio One, I’m Nick Grimshaw and this morning I was supposed to be joined by Mr Harry Styles but unfortunately Hazza’s come down with a bit of a cold so he’s sent along his wonderful wife to fill in for him. Aurora thank you for joining me.”

“Thank you for having me Grimmy,” Rori replied. “Wish it was a bit later in the day, but you did buy me a coffee so I’ll let you off without too many complaints.”

“How generous of you love,” Nick smirked.

“Only for you,” she giggled, throwing a wink across the table towards her friend.

“So, I had all these fantastic, insightful question for Harry about the album and the tour and the release of Kiwi as a single today, but alas I’ve had to throw all that out the window. Figured since I’m bluffing the questions, we might have a bit of fun today and given that it’s Hazzas fault you’re up this early, what do you say we have that fun at his expense?”

“Are you gonna get me in trouble when I get home Nick?”

“Wouldn’t dream of it love. Besides we both know he’d never get mad at you, that boy is smitten with you.”

“We’ll see about that. What sort of fun did you have in mind?”

“How about we throw to a song and when we come back, I’ll start with a few softball questions.”

“You’re going to play nicely, aren’t you?” Rori asked as the mics were muted and a song started playing for the listeners.

“Of course,” Nick smiled. “I know where your boundaries are, and I text Harry last night to see what he was comfortable with us discussing in regards to song meanings and he gave us the all clear.”

“Alright then,” Rori sighed. “I guess it’s too late now to back out.”

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Nick laughed. “We’re gonna have a fun morning. You ready? Song’s almost done.”

Aurora nodded and readjusted her headphones.

“Welcome back, if you’re just tuning in, I’m joined this morning by the one and only Aurora Styles. Now Rori, your husband Harry, he’s a good mate of mine and the fans listening at home will be very aware that our boy H doesn’t like to talk about his private life much but between us gals I’ve got a few questions.”

“Oh god.”

“Now, now. We’ll have none of that. I’m wondering what married life is like?”

“It’s wonderful,” Rori answered. “We’ve been married for a little over 7 months now and it couldn’t be better.”

“And you’ve been together for what, 4 years now?”

“Something like that,” Rori agreed.

“What was it that first made you fall for him?”

“Oh um... I’m not sure what the first thing was, it just kind of happened. The dimples certainly didn’t hurt,” she joked. “But in all seriousness, I think it was just how genuine he was.”

“Boring,” Nick replied, rolling his eyes dramatically.

“No, I’m serious,” Rori laughed. “We met at the AMAs right before my first ever solo performance and I was in the middle of a panic attack and he just sat down next to me in the hallway and talked to me until I calmed down. We’d never met before and he just saw me freaking out and thought ‘I’m gonna help her’. You don’t find a lot of genuinely kind people in this industry and he’s always astounded me with how selfless he is.”

“That’s too cute. It’s disgusting. How do you manage being in a relationship with someone who is idolized by such an intensely loyal fan base?”

“Honestly, I love Harry’s fans. How could I not? They love the same things in him that I do. They recognize his talent and his kindness and they’re so supportive of everything he does. I’m honestly just so proud of him so of course I love his fans because he deserves to be adored.”

“You’re very sappy this morning sweetheart,” Nick replied. “Don’t get me wrong I’m loving it, you’re normally much sassier with me when you’re more awake. So how has it been being on tour with Harry and being a part of the band?”

“Oh my god, it’s so much fun. We have the best time when we’re all playing together, and we all get along so easily that it never feels like work. The tour has been incredible so far, getting to play this fantastic album to so many fans. I’m very lucky. There aren’t a lot of careers where you get to spend every day with your husband doing what you both love.”

“Speaking of the incredible album let’s play the new single Kiwi and when we come back, we might have a bit of a chat about the other tracks.”

After Kiwi finished, Nick grinned cheekily across the desk at Aurora as he welcomed the listeners back. “And we are back everyone, now before the song break, we were discussing Harry Styles, the self-titled debut of Harry Styles and Aurora I’d love to pick your brain about it since you were involved in the entire creation process, weren’t you?”

“From writing to recording,” Rori agreed.

“So which track is your favourite?”

“That’s tough. There are a lot of very personal songs on the album and in one way or another they’re all my favourites for very narcissistic reasons, but I think if I had to pick one, I think I have to pick Sweet Creature. It’s just a beautiful song.”

“You would pick a song written for you as your favourite.”

“I mean in my defence every song on the album is either about me or I wrote it so there was no humble way to answer that question, and also Nick,” she paused, smirking in anticipation for the rest of her sentence, “who said it’s about me?”

“Wait. Are you saying you’re not Harry’s Sweet Creature? Well who is it about? Did he step out on you?” Nick joked.

Aurora chuckled. “No, he didn’t step out on me, and I’m not telling you. She knows who she is and all I’ll say is that not all love is romantic love. Besides everyone who assumed it was about me didn’t even really listen to the song. I mean how could we have started out as ‘two hearts in one home’?”

“Well I’m sure all the fans listening are having a bit of a breakdown right now over that,” Nick laughed. “I want to come back to talking about the album later, but since you’ve never been shy about addressing fan theories, I thought it might be a bit of fun to look at what fans are talking about online. I’ve taken to Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr overnight to find out what's on their minds, what do you say Rori?”

“Let’s do it,” Rori replied.

“Excellent. Let’s play a song first and when we come back, we’ll be addressing fan questions, and speculations. This is Taylor Swift with Look What You Made Me Do.”

While the song played Rori and Nick talked and joked around about what he had found online and he promised, once again, that he wouldn’t put her in any uncomfortable situations.

“Welcome back,” Nick said. “This morning we’re answering the internets burning questions with Aurora Styles. First ones gonna be a soft ball Rors. It’s from twitter user @IwouldSellMyLeftKidneyForAuroraStark, who tweeted: My life is in desperate need for an Aurora Styles solo album/tour. Who do I have to kill to make this happen? So, when are we getting your solo work, love?”

“Oh wow, that’s very sweet,” Aurora replied with a blush, “But please don’t sell your kidney for me, you’re gonna need that. As for the solo work, while I appreciate the support, I don’t think I will ever go solo. I enjoy the collaborative process too much and a solo tour just wouldn’t be as much fun as touring with Harry. I will continue posting covers and demos to my YouTube channel and we have been tossing around the idea of a demo tape album so maybe you will get an album from me at some point.”

“Well I for one would be first in line for a vinyl of your Demo Tapes series,” Nick replied. “I found a tweet with a theory about some of your songs from twitter user @HarrysSuits. How cute is it that Aurora Styles has like 5 Songs that she’s written either about or with Harry that have the same or very similar titles to 1D songs? I mean there’s The Little Things, Just You and I, Still I Fly, Where I Belong, and All Night.”

“I mean when you lay it out like that there’s definitely a trend,” Rori admitted with a chuckle.

“You didn’t do it intentionally?” Nick asked.

“Not at all. Yikes. Makes me sound like a bit of a fan girl doesn’t it? Naming all my songs after theirs?”

“A little bit,” Nick chuckled, holding up his hand with his thumb and forefinger pinched together.

“How embarrassing,” Rori said sarcastically.

“Very embarrassing,” Nick replied with a matching tone. “I hope they don’t notice because how awkward would it be if they know you’re a fan?”

“I’d die.”

“Thank god this is a private chat that no one else is listening too,” Nick laughed. “Ok so earlier in the show you hinted at the story behind Sweet Creature and I was hoping, since Hazza isn’t here to stop us, we can dive into the rest of the album. The fans and I couldn’t help but notice that there seems to be a bit of a common theme throughout the album with it being tied into the Columbia shooting and I've got a fan observation here from the account @18monthsTheySaid, it’s quite an in-depth thread but I’d love to get your take on it so here we go:

Whatever you do, don’t think about the fact that at least 4 tracks off HS1 are about Aurora and the Columbia shooting. These are obviously just my interpretations of the songs and I might be wrong but I’m gonna say it anyway.

Meet me in the Hallway: I think this is about the immediate aftermath. He’s roaming the hospital hallways, needing pain relief and he’s ‘gotta get better’ because he feels the need to pull himself together and be there for Aurora. He’s begging her ‘Just let me know…’ because he’d do anything to fix it or make it easier for her.

Sign of the Times is probably one of the most overt ones on the album, I mean ‘why are we always stuck’n running from the bullets’? and I’m pretty sure ‘we don’t talk enough… will we ever learn?’ is about how we can never seem to have an actual conversation about gun reform in this country and until we do we’ll never change.

Two Ghosts: ‘we’re not who we used to be’ is obviously about the fact that they both changed so much in the wake of the shooting and I think the idea of them being ghosts is Harry examining the alternative reality where she didn’t survive and maybe he wouldn’t have survived it either.

Ever Since New York: I mean the title says it all really. ‘Tell me something I don’t already know’ is maybe asking the doctors for better news because she went through so many surgeries and the results were always the same. And ‘Brooklyn saw me empty at the news’ I think is reference to Rori’s dad, Steve Rogers who’s from Brooklyn and some of the Avengers call him that occasionally in interviews.”

Aurora remained silent for a moment once Nick finished reading out the twitter thread. She was so often blown away by how observant the fans were and how much they picked up on. “When we sat down to write the album in 2016 we were so heavily stuck in the aftermath of Columbia that I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that a lot of the album is in reference to what happened to me and the fallout from that,” she explained. “This album was about us piecing ourselves back together in many ways and I think if you listen to the whole thing you can hear that entire process of us healing together. The incredible thing about Harry as a songwriter and as a performer is that he’s always been so good at making you feel exactly what he’s feeling when he sings, and clearly people are picking up on that tone and over-arching theme.”

“Was it difficult to write about what happened?” Nick asked.

“Some days,” Rori admitted. “There were a lot of tears but the thing I love the most about music, and the entire song writing process, is that it’s the best form of therapy. When I’m writing I can admit to feelings I wouldn’t otherwise be able to talk about. You can be really vulnerable in way that feels safe and comforting and then when you’re able to share that with the world and you let them in, it’s an incredible experience.”

“And I think I speak for everyone when I say how much we appreciate you and Harry letting us in. Now before either of us get too mushy, let’s throw it over to your favourite track off the album. This is Sweet Creature.”

While the song played, Nick looked across the desk to where Aurora was taking a deep breathe to steady her nerves after talking about something so personal. She loved talking about song writing and the meanings behind her lyrics, but she always got a little nervous when it was Harry’s songs she was talking about, knowing that he felt the opposite about sharing the stories behind the songs. He had told her countless times that while he wasn’t comfortable having those conversations he would never stop her from talking about it, but his silence on the topic always made his fans desperate for information which put a lot of pressure on her when she spoke about his work.

“Alright,” Nick said, “you ready for the last one?”

“Is it what I think it is?

“It is. Not too late to back out if you don’t want me to ask. We can just talk about the BBC recording or about the tour some more.”

“No, it’s ok,” she replied. “It’s about time I say something. Just nervous about the response.”

Nick nodded in understanding and turned back to the microphone as the song reached its end. Aurora felt her heartrate rising and her hand started to shake as anxiety clawed at her throat.

“Now we’ve been addressing fan theories and answering the internet’s burning questions here this morning and we can’t really have a segment like this without touching on the biggest theory surrounding Harry that dates back to the very early days of his career and I know neither of you have ever addressed this publicly but when we were chatting last night about you filling in for him I asked if it was ok to bring this up and you both agreed I could ask…”

Aurora shifted in her seat hesitantly, her palm growing sweaty as she anticipated the next question. She’d avoided commenting on it publicly ever since she and Harry announced their relationship, which was not to say she didn’t have strong opinions about the topic. She just knew that it would cause a stir amongst the fans.

“For years now, fans have speculated that Harry and his bandmate, Louis Tomlinson, are in a secret relationship and that they’re management forced them to hide it so as not to alienate their fan base. In the past both yourself and Louis’ girlfriends have been accused of acting as beards for the lads, but you’ve never addressed the overwhelming online presence of what the fans call Larry Stylinson.”

“I really don’t like talking about it, Grimmers,” Aurora began. “But I guess by staying silent a lot of fans have taken that as an answer, so what I will say is that I’m not angry at those fans. I am sad though. I’m sad that they think it’s ok to harass myself or Eleanor or Danielle or anyone else in Harry and Louis’ lives. I’m sad that they saw two boys who saw each other as family and loved each other and that those fans couldn’t accept that two men could show affection for each other without it being romantic love. What worries me are all the boys out there who see the way these girls have acted over the years and how much that has reinforced the toxic masculinity in their lives. The fear of being seen as gay stops so many boys and men from telling their friends that they love them. My best friend Ella and I act the exact same way as Lou and H did in the early days of the band but because we’re women no one has ever accused us of being lesbians. The harassment has affected all of us and I know that the fans are acting out of a place of love. They love the boys and they want them to be happy, but it’s honestly just gone too far, and it needs to stop. The Directioners are such wonderful people who are so inclusive and loving and I think they need to remember that and remember that we see the things that they say online. I guess if there was one thing I would say to those fans if they’re listening it would be that I know you love Harry and Lou, but by attacking myself and the other women in their lives you are hurting them and I’m certain that that is not what you want, so instead I ask you to channel that love into supporting them and lifting them up.”

“Thank you love. I know you don’t like talking about, but I must say I completely agree with you. Now we’re going to go to one more song and then when we come back, we’ll wrap this up and let you get on with your day. How about you introduce this next track, Rori?”

“Thanks, Grimmy,” Rori said. “From his incredible new album which dropped less than 2 weeks ago, here’s Niall Horan and myself with Seeing Blind.”

“You handled that well,” Nick told her once the mics were muted. “Kept your cool and explained yourself clearly.”

“Thanks,” Rori replied with a small smile. “Think I might stay offline for the next few days to avoid the worst of it.”

“Probably a good idea love,” Nick agreed. “Ready to finish this off?”

“Let’s do it.”

When the song ended the pair chatted for a few minutes about the rest of the tour before they reached the end of their timeslot. “Well thank you for joining me this morning for a bit of a cheeky gossip session Rors,” Nick finally said. “For those of you listening at home that are missing Harry this morning, tune in to BBC on Thursday night for Harry Styles at the BBC, an hour long show with live performances and interviews with yours truly.”

NEXT CHAPTER

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#skyfire fic #Husband Harry Styles #harry styles fanfiction #dad!tony #ptsd #domestic fluff #iron dad #step dad steve rogers #aurora stark #harry styles #tony stark

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thee-jazmineevans · 3 years

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bloodline (ariana vs. mariah week)

who: jaz evans when: thursday, november 5th. throughout school. where: hallway, girl’s locker-room, choir room

Jazmine was putting some things in her locker. She had on her soccer warm-ups because she planned on going to the locker room and doing some work with weights. As she was about to close her locker, she noticed two hockey players in her face. The same ones she beat at beer pong at the party. “Hi guys...” Jaz said with an uncomfortable smile. She stepped back from them a bit.

They looked really sus to her. If they were like this at the party she wouldn’t have known, she was far too faded. The spiky-haired dickhead decided to speak first. “You know...you’re never gonna end up in anymore sandwiches dressed like that.” he said, while the other one giggled behind him. Jaz rolled her eyes. “Yes because girls are just dying to smash someone who uses gorilla snot spiking gel.” she teased. She thought this was banter...obviously these guys were joking right? Jaz spent the past night at Joey’s place and she had almost forgotten about the weight of the muckraker’s accusations. But they weren’t joking...the both leaned closer to her and the other one decided to speak. “Listen, I know you pretend to be all goody goody at school or whatever. But when you’re ready for a really good time...you know where to find us.” They snickered and walked away...leaving Jaz alone with a nasty feeling in her stomach.

She looked back at the red metal in front of her. She felt a little bit powerless. A little bit out of control. She felt some tears welling up. Not today. She slammed the the locker closed and spun into the middle of the hallway. The lights dimmed around her as she began to dance, now dressed in a sickening little black dress, fishnets and chunky doc martens.

“Even though you're bad for me, I know You're the one that I'm thinkin' Got me feelin' so incredible Would you mind maybe linkin'?“

Random boys in the hallway walk into the shot and start dancing seductively around Jaz as she sings. Jaz pushes one toward the locker as the prechorus starts and they all body roll against the lockers in a line.

“Love me, love me, baby Are you down? Can you let me know? Love me, thank you, leave me Put it down, then it's time to go Get it like you love me But you don't, boy, it's just for show Take it or leave it, you gotta take it or leave it like uh”

As we transition to the chorus, we cut to the locker room where Jaz and a bunch of other soccer girls are having a wild time. Jaz looks happy and confident and supported by all her best gal pals. Less intense choreography, just gals having fun.

“Don't want you in my bloodline, yeah Just wanna have a good time, yeah And no need to apologize, no But you gon' have to let this shit go Don't want you in my bloodline, yeah Not tryna make you all mine, yeah And no need to apologize, no But you gon' have to let this shit go, yeah”

At the start of the bridge, we’re in the choir room where Jaz is actually performing Bloodline for the New Directions backed by some of her friends on the dance team. Even if she isn’t hitting all of the choreography at 100%, she’s definitely a lot more confident singing by herself than any of the New Directions have ever seen her.

“Say I know what you want, what you want from me I know what you think, what you think you see (So what you think) I know what you looking for, but I'm complete (Yee) I know what you need, but it won't be me I know what you want, what you want from me I know what you think, what you think you see I know what you looking for, but I'm complete I know what you need, but it won't be me (But it won't be me)”

Jaz really lets loose for the final chorus, allowing the dancers and other members of New Directions to sing the chorus while she ad-libs and does runs over it, interacting with the band and making sexy eye contact with her friends in ND. She takes a huge breath after her last run when the song ends and celebrates with the dancers who performed with her. Performing definitely made her feel better...but now that the music faded away and she was in front of ND to talk about her song choice for this week’s assignment she didn’t feel nearly as confident in her dress.

“Um...I know a lot of you probably expected me to sing a more somber song considering the week I’ve had. But honestly...some girls have been through kinda worse and I don’t wanna bum everyone out. What I love about Ariana is that she’s always been really vocal about girls being empowered in our like male dominated society and...i think McKinley needed some of that energy this week.” She explained. “Shoutout to the dance team for teaching me that choreography...I really needed it.” She said with a nod as she rushed back to her seat after applause from her peers. Maybe she had wasted her last two years in ND not taking opportunities like this to perform. She felt way better than she felt when she was anxious in the hallway thinking about all the rumors people made about her.

#i just love writing extra ass performance dream sequences lol #in my eyes jaz has a dua lipa level of dance skill but sounds amazing here so feel free to roast her dancing new directions lol #crhq:task #( self para )#ariana vs. mariah week

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toss-that-can · 5 years

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I’m a big musical theatre kid and I love casting shows! After Nick said Twisted was in part inspired by the Texas Book Depository scene in Assassins I’ve been thinking about how I’d cast Assassins with the Starkids. I love this show (my favorite Sondheim!) a lot and I love these performers a lot so I had a lot of fun making this! If you like this send requests of show’s you’d like me to cast or reblog with your thoughts!

So here’s my casting:

John Wilkes Booth: Joey Richter

The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald: Brian Holden

Sara Jane Moore: Rachael Soglin

Lynette “Squeaky” Frome: Jamie Lyn Beatty

Samuel Byck: Jeff Blim

Giuseppe Zangara: Clark Baxtresser

John Hinckley: Brian Rosenthal

Charles Guiteau: Jon Matteson

Leon Czolgosz: Robert Manion

The Proprietor: Corey Dorris

A Housewife: Lauren Lopez

Ensemble: Jamie Burns, Joe Walker, Mariah Rose Faith, Corey Lubowich, Brant Cox

Character breakdowns and my justification under the cut

John Wilkes Booth - Male - Lead - Baritenor

The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald - Any gender - Lead - Tenor/Alto

Sara Jane Moore - Female - Lead - Alto-Mezzo

Lynette “Squeaky” Frome - Female - Lead - Soprano

Samuel Byck - Male - Lead - Character voice (any range)

Giuseppe Zangara - Male - Lead - Tenor

John Hinckley: - Male - Lead - Tenor

Charles Guiteau - Male - Lead - Tenor

Leon Czolgosz - Male - Lead - Bass-Baritone

The Proprietor - Male - Supporting - Baritone

A Housewife - Female - Featured - Any range

Ensemble - Any gender - Any range - Need about 6 (including Housewife)

Ok so first things first this show is full of unhinged people and Jeff would’ve killed it in any role.

Ideally Chris Allen would be the perfect Byck but like I haven’t seen any work he’s done lately so idk if he’s still doing the theatre thing who knows.

Brosenthal hopped from The Balladeer/Oswald to Zangara to finally landing on Hinckley. He seemed very fitting as Balladeer/Oswald to me but then I needed more males with angel voices and I trust his angel voice the most and Worthy of Your Love is a very important song to me. Brolden would make a fantastic Balladeer/Oswald so he seemed a good fit and Clark has the CHOPS needed for Zangara’s crazy singing and would look amazingingly close to the real Zangara (besides height OOP).

Joey was immediately Booth for me no questions asked as soon as I started thinking about this. HE HAS THE RANGE! Also I like the idea of him and Corey Dorris being partners bc I feel like we’ve only seen them as enemies/adversaries in the musicals they’ve been in together. Also Corey’s voice would kill me as the chilling Proprietor and I really want that to actually happen.

I was stuck on Moore for a bit bc I feel like there are actresses that can fit her persona but not her voice or they fit her voice but not the necessary persona. I also felt stuck bc when I did Assassins I think I got to work with the best Moore ever so my standards are high. Finally Rachael popped in my head and it’s just an incredible fit. Her voice stole my heart in Trail to Oregon and I would absolutely trust her to rock the shit out of that role and be a comedy goddess.

Jamie has Frome energy and range. Next.

Guiteau is incredibly tricky. He was an incredibly odd and frankly scary man. You need to be able to command a room but also have an unhinged energy, as well as decent singing abilities bc Ballad of Guiteau can get a lil wild (tho more for the Balladeer than Guiteau to be fair). I think Jon has the right range and I think after Black Friday we’ll get to see a more unhinged side of Jon that will further validate my decision here. Also I think he played Hamlet and that’s ultimate unhinged. ALSO HE JUST ANNOUNCED LIKE 30 MINUTES AGO HE’S PLAYING MACBETH LET THE MAN BE UNHINGED YAY!

Tbh I’d probably rather have Robert somewhere else singing tenor but have y’all ever noticed that nearly every Starkid man is a tenor? I need to utilize Robert’s bass range it’s such an incredible talent basses are so hard to come by. Also we’ve only really see Robert be very silly and I’m interested in the serious side of him as a performer, and Czolgosz is a very serious character. He’d probably make me cry and I’d say thanks.

I think Lauren would make me cry my eyes out if I ever heard her sing Something Just Broke. My heart raced and I teared up a bit thinking about it and knew I needed it. Also I think Mariah could kill this role but I ultimately went with Lauren.

Assassins is an interesting show when it comes to its ensemble bc they appear so rarely but are so incredibly vital. I think the ensemble of any show has the ability to make a big dent in making or breaking the show, but that goes even further for Assassins. A lot of the female ensemble parts have a higher range, but the 3 gals I picked also have wild ranges so I trust the shit outta them. I think all 6 of them would blend in well to create the different atmospheres they have to portray throughout time, and they’re also so goofy and fun to match the energy in the Ballad Czolgosz and How I Saved Roosevelt. I also think they’re all capable of delivering the heartbreaking and frankly scary nature of Something Just Broke. Generally I also wanna see more of Corey and Brant on stage bc Brant has the voice of a Disney prince and Corey blows my mind with his performance capabilities in TCB live shows. Also Jamie would probably play Emma Goldman and Lauren or Corey (or maybe Brant) could be Billy/Wanna Sip boy lol.

Can y’all tell I really love Assassins.

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spookyjuicefiction · 5 years

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The Black Diamond - Chapter 1

MASTERLIST

A/N: Kind of a long setup, but it’ll be worth it, I promise. No smut yet! Just a little tasteful burlesque striptease.

BUCKY BARNES X READER

Brown, brown, and more brown. Bucky scowled out the back seat window at the desert which seemed to scroll by on loop like an old movie background. A cactus here, a tumbleweed there. And then again. Welcome to The Middle of Nowhere, Somewhere In America.

“We’ve got to be getting close,” Steve took his eyes from the road momentarily to Natasha, who was sitting shotgun and studying a huge map spread across the dashboard. Cell phone service had disappeared an hour ago, and GPS along with it. Not that the place they were looking for existed on Google Maps. Natasha only frowned.

“If we get stuck out in this wasteland, I’m going to kill you, Rogers,” groaned Sam, peering over Nat’s shoulder. “You said you knew where it was!”

“If the map is accurate, we should be coming up to it any minute now,” Steve replied calmly. “Let’s review the plan in the meantime. Nat?”

Although Bucky could only see the back of her head, he could tell she was rolling her eyes. “You three are escaping your wives in Phoenix for a boys’ getaway up to this club Sam heard about from his buddy at work.”

“Sam?” Steve prompted.

Sighing, Sam sat back. “We picked up Nat hitchhiking on the side of the road. Her boyfriend dumped her, she’s homeless, and she’s desperate for a job. We don’t want to leave town until we know she’s settled in.”

“Good. Buck?”

Bucky looked back out the window into the brown dustland. “Natasha will infiltrate by getting in with the staff and finding out what they know about their employer. Meanwhile, we will befriend the other patrons and locals and gather intel that way. Once we can get a good layout of the place, we search for information.”

“It’s not going to be easy,” said Steve, for the millionth time. “If this guy really is ex-Hydra, he’s not going to be leaving his old paperwork just lying around for anyone to find. Luckily, our intel says news doesn’t travel fast out here and we’re unlikely to be recognized. Hopefully we can slip in and slip out before this guy gets back.”

“How do you know he won’t be there?” Sam asked.

“I don’t,” Steve admitted. “I’m putting trust in our informant. That’s why I brought so many of you. It’s only a club; if it gets ugly, I think we can handle it. But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.”

“Great,” Sam murmured, “sure, let’s trust the anonymous informant.”

“Check it out,” Nat pointed out the windshield and Sam and Bucky leaned forward to squint. In the distance, a building began to grow out of the horizon. As the car drew closer, they could see it was a fairly large, three-story warehouse, dropped in the middle of the empty landscape on the side of the dirt road. Further down, in the distance, was what appeared to be a small town: Bucky could make out two motels, a gas station, and a shabby grocery store. He wondered where the hell the people lived that worked there, since there was nothing else around.

The building had no sign, but dozens of cars were parked haphazardly all around it and people were lingering near the door, smoking cigarettes and God knows what else. Steve maneuvered the car into an inconspicuous spot and cut the engine, turning in his seat to look at his team.

“Okay. You ready?”

Bucky, Nat, and Sam nodded at him and then one another before stepping out of the car.

Bucky sucked in a breath as the scorching hot air enveloped him the instant he opened the door. He could see the air sizzling over the dirt in the distance, and he felt a pang of longing to be back at the compound, swimming in the cool lap pool. He tried to focus as they drew near to the warehouse, making mental notes of where there were service doors or the occasional boarded window in case they needed to make a quick getaway. A bouncer by the door, nearly as tall and muscular as Steve, gave them an irritated look before gesturing them vaguely inside.

The room inside was nothing like Bucky had expected. Instead of dusty wood floors and cement walls, there was plush plum carpeting and wallpaper decorated with fleur de lis and spiral patterns. Sconces lined the hallway, dripping with crystals that caught the muted light as they twirled in the gust of hot air that followed them through the door. They approached a mahogany desk manned by an attractive young woman who bestowed a sickeningly sweet smile onto them.

“Well, well, well,” she cooed in a voice that had to be faked, “What do we have here? We don’t usually get such good looking boys around these parts.” She winked at Bucky. “Are you here for the show?”

“They are,” Nat stepped forward, pushing her chest out, leaning over the desk and adopting a southern accent, “but I’m lookin’ for work. I ain’t as pretty as you, but maybe there’s something I can do?”

The girl behind the desk frowned at her at first, and then cocked her head. “Hmm. Actually, you might just be his type. I’ll see what I can do.” She snapped her fingers suddenly and two men in black suits appeared.

“See if we can find a job for this gal,” she said to them in the sweet voice, and they obediently led Natasha out of the room. Nat threw a last glance at them over her shoulder and tapped her wrist, their sign for “I got this, don’t worry”.

“Show’s standin’ room only tonight,” chirped the girl, turning back to them. “Sold out.”

“Wow,” said Sam, raising his brows, “does it usually sell out?” Bucky was apparently not the only one to think this was odd, considering the remoteness of the club.

“It does when Bombalurina performs,” the girl cooed with another wink. “Trust me, boys, you won’t wanna miss it.”

Steve, Sam, and Bucky were ushered by another pretty girl through a set of double doors into the lounge area brimming with people. The bar in the back was packed shoulder to shoulder, while the small round tables throughout the room were so crowded, the guys could hardly scoot through the room. They found a spot along the wall at the opposite side from the door where they could see the stage, which extended into a catwalk that cut the room in half. They stood in silence, politely shooing away a girl with a drink tray while they studied the room around them. To Bucky’s surprise, it was not just creepy older men in the crowd for the show, but women too, most of whom appeared dignified and well-manicured. It was strange to see so many high-society folks at this warehouse in the middle of the desert. What exactly was going on here?

“Most of these girls aren’t eighteen, much less twenty-one,” murmured Sam as another shot girl walked by, smiling at them shyly.

“Yeah. It’s too dark in here to tell, but I’ll bet most of them look like they’ve been through some stuff. You don’t end up working out here if you’ve had an easy life,” Steve responded, sounding worried.

Just then, the room went black as the spotlights blasted the stage with light, illuminating a short, thin man with oiled back hair and a glittering tuxedo. He was wearing more makeup than nearly any woman Bucky had ever seen in his life.

“Hello and good evening to all of you freaks, geeks, chics, and sharks!” he boomed into the microphone, and was greeted with loud laughter and applause. “My name is Luxardo and I am pleased as punch to be your host for the evening! Gird your loins, clutch your pearls, and loosen your belts because you are in for a night of tantalizing beauty and sensual sexuality that will take your breath away!”

Bucky ground his teeth as Luxardo yammered on for another few moments, cracking dirty jokes that had the crowd laughing with delight and Steve blushing scarlet. When the first number came out, a troupe of scantily-clad dancing girls, Sam leaned over and whispered, “Maybe you ought to turn your back, Cap. Wouldn’t want to offend these girls’ delicate sensibilities.” Steve slugged him, and even Bucky had to chuckle a little.

Scantily clad dancing girls turned out to be the majority of the program, to no one’s surprise except perhaps Steve, and Bucky had become fidgety and restless by the time Luxardo returned to the microphone over an hour later.

“Dearly esteemed guests of The Black Diamond, we humbly thank you for supporting our little show. And as the sweetest, richest, most decadent dessert we could offer, please enjoy our final number: the Queen of Diamonds herself, Bombalurina.”

A hush fell over the crowd in such an odd way that Bucky felt himself snapping to attention. The stage went dark, and then one, single spotlight lit center stage. A sensual, jazzy tune began to play, and a woman began emerging from the floor with her back to the audience. When she was fully above the stage, the music paused dramatically. In the instant that she spun around to face the room, the music crescendoed and the stage lit up in blues and pinks, showing her in full, technicolor detail.

That was the first moment of Bucky Barnes’s life.

He was sure of it. He had never existed, never breathed, never seen a single thing, until this very moment. Until he saw her for the first time.

He forgot everything. He went deaf. All he could do was look at her, watch her as she sauntered down the stage in her glittering, sequined dress. All he ever wanted to see again was the way her red lips moved along with some music that he could no longer hear. It didn’t matter, nothing did, so long as her eyes, her hair, and her skin existed in the world. In his world.

He watched the number as if in a dream, foggy and surreal as though under water, and he could not move nor even feel his body. First she was only dancing, and then she began taking off her clothes. First gloves, then dress, then, hook by hook, the corset that held the secret of her chest from him. Somewhere, the recesses of his mind told him he should look away, but he could not bring himself to do it. She turned, swaying back to the spot where she started, and planted her feet. On one beat, she tore open corset and dropped it to the ground beside her. On the next beat, the final beat, she spun around, hitting a stunning pose with her pastied breasts exposed -- and locking her eyes with his.

The room erupted into cheers around Bucky as he stood motionless and transfixed, their eye contact intense and certain. Bombalurina stood still too, locked in her pose, and he was sure he saw her cock her brow at him before she broke the spell and turned to take her bow.

“Wow,” he heard Steve breathe beside him and turned to his friend, blinking away the dream, “she’s something, isn’t she?”

“Yeah,” Bucky agreed, feeling a little woozy and leaning against the wall subtly for support.

“I guess we know why people come out here,” observed Sam, motioning to the way the whole room was on their feet, clapping and whooping and catcalling.

“You got that right.” The guys jumped at Natasha’s voice as she emerged from a curtain next to where they stood, bearing a tray and apparently collecting empty glasses. “The men are all in love with her, and the women all want to be her.” Reading their looks of surprise, she explained, “They were busy so they hired me on the spot. I’ll catch you guys back at the hotel later and we can debrief.”

Steve nodded briskly to her and watched her disappear into the crowd before turning to Sam and Bucky.

“We’d better get out of here. I saw a few guys from the CIA that might recognize us if they sober up enough.”

“The CIA?” Bucky asked incredulously. The Black Diamond apparently had some serious reach. Before they could take two steps, however, a man in a black suit appeared in front of them. He was tall and muscular, like the bouncer had been, and was holding a rather large martini.

“The Queen would like a word with you all in her dressing room,” he said quietly.

“The Queen?” Steve asked, surprised.

“Bombalurina,” the man replied. “She won’t be kept waiting. Come.”

The man in the black suit set off, weaving through the tables, and the guys could only exchange a quick look before turning to follow. He led them through a door behind a curtain that was apparently the backstage area, scattered with glitter and feathers and lingering puffs of perfume. Bucky, Steve, and Sam followed the man through a labyrinth of purple hallways until, at length, they reached a red door with a gold star on it. Bucky took in a breath as the man knocked gently.

From within, a woman’s voice called back, “Come in.”

The man in the black suit pushed through the door, the Avengers filing in behind him.

“Ah, thank you darling,” came the woman’s voice again. Presumably, she had been handed the large martini. Bucky found that he was afraid to look at her, as if it might hurt, like looking at the sun. At last, he slowly raised his eyes.

She sat with her back to them at a large vanity table, fussing with some makeup and sipping the martini. Finally, she looked up at their reflections in the mirror, a coy smile spreading across her perfect red lips.

“Well. Captain America. Now, this is a surprise.”

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abynauts · 5 years

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Ooh I almost forgot!

I wanna say congratulations to my beloved kpop group :) Monsta X! They have 4 wins consecutively o.o I am very proud of them ;-;

Flashback: I have been a fan of them since their hero era o.o 2015, I was 2nd year college, study was easy back then ;-; but yea, struggles lvl up one way or another. I wasn't a big fan of kpop, I totally despised them because people spend to much of their time to them and I think it was foolish (that was me back then lol), until I had a friend, who was into kpop. She was my friend since first year and she is kind of an introvert and I get less and less conversation with her each day... I feel sad but she was true which makes me stick with her a bit. She kept suggesting kpop groups which I don't check them xD til, she told me 'hey there's a group named monsta x, but nevermind, u never check all the groups I suggest'... Then I was provoked, I checked them xD wanting to prove her wrong lol first I watched rush, I first liked minhyuk cuz his hair was different and easily to distinct him from the others. Then jooheon, cuz his hair also aaaand he raps cool. Then trespass, until....... Hero. Yap, I was converted and all my beliefs were changed in life xD kpop is a wonderful culture.

So, yap I have been witnessing their progress throughout the years and I am happy to know them better. I fell inlove with them, not only because of their music, also the way when they remove my sadness throughout the day, they are my happy pill! Hmmm I get to pick my bias when my told me she doesn't like hyungwon and told me to not like kihyun cuz it's her bias xD she's so cute and childish xD she hates hyungwon because everything is unnatural for him... The lips mostly. I have a keen eye for what people hate and I try to understand why they are being hated xD I sometimes side those who are hated xD I dunno why?

Hyungwon (bias, ex bias wrecker lol) I watched no mercy and my first bias was Jooheon. I dunno given that he is talented I tend to view the other members than him. Then there, I focused on my friend's hated member: hyungwon. I dunno... But like hyolyn, he's my type xD physically, I'd prefer someone with a bit of fat but ho no no he tall... Like wow, I fell inlove with height and the mole on his lips, and his chubby cheeks, and his eyes that disappears when he is too happy. Hmmm AND HIS ATTITUDE, fallen even harder when he pretended he was mad at #GUN... I got scared and seeing him angry was whoah. This guy is talented, I wish someone hired him on a kdrama (he was in kdrama in the future and he was shirtless hoho), then.... Dear, his voice... Starship y u no give him lines????? Have u heard him singing "officially missing you", "no diggity", "interstellar"........ It feels so good hearing him sing, I would listen to his voice a hundred times, but y starship ;_; y some tracks of their song he doesn't have a line or or he just go with the line that completely not his voice?????? I wanna cry lol, but alas, due to that, hearing him sing even with least lines is precious :< tho I want more lol. So yea, thank you concerts for giving him recognition on his voice for "feels so good" and "fake love". Have I forgotten anything else? His gahd choreography skillszsz, I love love love how he does it. It's elegant and snappy and elegant and perfect and elegant, I dunno, mebe because of his lean structure, he is like an egress under the moonlight. Blessing you with his presence on the dance floor. Like it his sixth sense, he does it effortless and still looks beautiful. Hmmm I love how he is kindof a granpa lol I kinda like men who appreciates women being conservative, with integrity... I dunno, the old fashioned type of gal. But he appreciates strong will old fashioned type :< my heart is too small to make decisions huhu anyways, him also being a laid back person :> even if life is kinda hectic, enjoy it with the small things and SLEEP. I loved sleeping because of him, I never cared for sleeping, like why sleep? Until, I slept a lot because I am sad and I want the day to get over :< sleep is good because u can run away from reality and also regenerate ur tired soul :) just think of it, it's for ur health! I also love his jokes, corny or not, I just love him being a witty poet xD there's only one like him... I wish before I leave earth, senpai would notice me, fan cafe or concert ;^; tell him that he helped me whenever I was sad.

I remember of that issue, where he had a girlfriend. Hmmm, I dunno, I was sad but not mad or betrayed. I am happy that he got one, at least it clarifies that he is not... Gay... Err sorry ;-; it's fine if he is, I'd still love him. Oh u know how ships can make your imaginations go wild. I would fall in love with him if I were a boy... How do the members prevent themselves from liking each other (or they have olredi ;)) welp. Back to where we were, u know how the members back then like hw to be their bro in law if ever they have a sister and whose member they would like for her to marry and most of them chose hw. Proof that he is a worth boyfriend!!!!! Like when wonto said that he is like a sunflower who will only look at the sun :) I think he really loved her and I guess with them rising as a star and keeping their relationship as a secret... It's really hard. You can't be proud with the treasure they have. I dunno, if he had a gf again, I wish fans and non fans would be supportive. Good thing starship was understanding about it back then and now. What if it was ur fellow monbebe? Won't fans be proud and protect their fellow monbebe????? Hmmmm?? I love our fandom :) mature and kind and hardworking and humble like monsta x... We both define each other ;-; well that's for hw, will love him all the way!

Back to mx. Congratulations again! You guys works so hard every comeback! You guys never stop trying and testing deep waters and here you are, deserving all the praise and recognition that was longing to be given! I am happy that you don't give up, let's keep this momentum :) because with all these hardwork, an ultimate grand plan is ahead :) everyone in the world loves you, so I hope Korea completely wakes up. Like I have said billions of times, you guys are very humble :) since hero era til this day, u guys ;-; u bowed really low, hitting ur foreheads to the floor, thanking monbebe is so... The most humble thing I could ever love ;-; God raises those who are humble, so never lose that Monsta X! Love your brothers, love monbebe, be a good example to this generation because a lot of people look up to you, even me :) love lots 💜

#uhh this so late lol #its now or never xD #just proud mama who is late posting sarreh #love them #also a hyungwon appreciation post lol #and how great monsta x is ;-;#oke im done

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atleast-we-were-electrified · 6 years

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Hey Taylor!

Little friendly reminder of what we're gonna be wearing on FRIDAY 15TH IN DUBLIN!!

Hope you got the "old vs. new taylor" being sports-esque ready to compete having a referee to ensure that there are no cat fights (Or a REP-ERE I have liked calling myself)

Between us, I'm talking on all 3 of our behalfs, we just wanna thank you so so much taylor for being such a huge part of our lives. We are 19, 20 and 21 and you've been a part of our lives since we were legit like 9/10 until now! Its crazy and very true to say you got us through our high school years (And the stressful exam periods of attempting to complete uni degrees)

For myself, If it wasnt for you, And respectively Ed, I genuinely wouldnt have ever picked up a guitar and wanted to learn how to play it! I had never been so eager to do something in my life and boy i didnt give up, it encouraged me to be a bit more willing to sing more publically too as i sang at all my school talent shows throughout high school and i wrote songs for some ( although I most definelty dont have Our Song 2.0😂) which then led me to beginning my journey to hopefully getting a BA Honors in Popular Music

Ps. Here is a secret...The Way I Loved you actually got me onto my uni course (lil fun fact)

I had a pretty crappy 2 years completing college to get 2nd year direct entry in Uni. I got diagnosed with MRKH on December 1st 2016. MRKH is a infertility syndrome meaning I was born without a womb and a cervix and other internal parts of the female reproductive system. As you can imagine, It broke my heart being told I couldn't ever have children of my own, I was 18. I had been getting tests for it essentially since in was 14 and nearer the end, I had 4 MRI scans which really badly affected my anxiety but come scan number 3 they new to put your music on as i would direct myself and sing along to it WHILE in the machine 😂😂 although it was a pain in the ass for the radiologists if i was getting pictures of my head😂😂

I've been having psychology ever since and having the excitement of seeing you has given me something to hold on to and keep me going furter. My mental health was really honestly the worse it had ever been in my life and quite honestly, Holy Ground just helped pick me up. I noticed improvement when it came on shuffle and i realised I was in the mood to dance and smile around my room again. Ever since its been by my side to help pick me up whenever I need it the most💙💙

Rachael and Emily had a really difficult time with the death of a cheerleader on their squad they coach back home but that is their story to tell you, not mine but we have bands supporting the foundation Abbie wanted set up when she passed of Sarcoma and we would LOVE to be able to share the sparkle with you too one day! We wear ours every day without a doubt and its a nice thing to look at my wrist to see as it reminds me of how smiley and happy the gal was when she was at the worse so it encourages me to do the same!

"Long live that look on your face"💙💙

We cannot wait to see you as between the 3 of us it is exactly what each of us need

Seats ( BLOCK 1 ROW K SEATS 175 176 176)

We love you SOOOO much

@taylorswift @taylornation

#rep tour dublin #reputation tour #reputation stadium tour

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ofhowls · 6 years

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WANTED CONNECTIONS ! below you’ll find a list of wanted connections, please fill them before i commit sewer-side. if you wanna talk, you wanna discuss – send me a message on discord ( jayden#7437 ) ! okay, that’s all.

alvarez, odette – quick summary: twenty-nine, cancer, has a daughter ( ava: played by lane ), engaged ( nicolas: played by pj ), is a florist because life’s a joke, kind of hot-headed, has a messy past we don’t talk about, would beat someone up 10/10, don’t test her, drives an ugly pick-up truck ( bella’s from twilight, don’t ask ) and owns a fluffy kitten named mango.

plot one – mother: long story short, her mom was around 16 when she had her ( would now be in her mid 40′s ), was a prostitute who didn’t care and was all around a trash human being. odette moved into foster homes before she turned 6 and she was in and out of them throughout her entire childhood. when odette had ava, however, she moved back in. and their relationship turned messier real fast. she moved back out at eighteen and has been staying away from her mom ever since. her mom only ever contacts her for money, she’s that bitch. fc could be salma hayek, but any mexican fc in that age range is a1.

plot two – sister from another mister: odette lived on the street in her teens, often running away from foster homes because they were GROSS. i want someone from her past in sheffield. i really, really want their relationship to have been like them kiddos in the movie thirteen ( 2003 ), you know? like hella ride or die but also toxic af. fc doesn’t matter but white people are gross so a person of colour, mayhaps? they’d be either her age or older, and obviously a womf because she hates men.

* NEW ! plot three – butler: look, she’s marrying rich and i’ve already established that she’s best buds with the butler. he’s old, he’s nice, they’re just having a good time together. all that i know about him is … just that, cool! he’s worked with the talbots for ages so, you get like +3484 plots with this one. do it, i beg of you. jeremy irons is a snack and so is jeff goldblum. think about it.

apolskis, julian – quick summary: twenty, leo, has had cancer come and go since he was 10, is a bit of an asshole, its a defence mechanism though, lost his leg a year ago, has a sister ( kitty: played by lane ), currently dating ( micah: played by patty ), is in a band, plays drums, has a deadbeat dad that his mom sends fake happy bday cards from.

plot one – father: basically, back in the good old days ( about 11 years ago ), julian and his family lived in seattle. living their best life. and then, he got diagnosed with cancer. in came the bills and his father split. he’s been out of their lives ever since, not really giving a hot diddly darn about his son – or the rest of the family, not that i care about them. he’d be in his mid 40′s or older by now. any white male fc would work but hugh dancy is dear to me.

* NEW ! plot two – hospital buddy: give me a friend for this motherfricker, okay? someone who might be sick, too. someone who’s been at the hospital with him, someone who knows that struggle of DYING. you feel me? this person can literally be 80 years old, i don’t care! as long as they’ve spent some time in care with my boy, maybe even roomed with him, it’s all good.

atkins, scarlett – quick summary: nineteen, gemini, mother’s a dead socialite, father is an alive asshole, used to smang her step-brother ( milo: played by pj ) before he ditched her, was kind of the queen bee before she ghosted on all her “friends” for a fancy college, got kicked out of said college for an adderall addiction, is now at rock bottom and forced to hang with the losers, super manipulative and selfish, kind of got a rough exterior.

plot one – old friend: i really want someone who used to be friends with her either before she became miss popular or before they graduated. either way, she would’ve ditched them for bigger and better. i want beef, i want dramas – i want this bitch to suffer. before she hung with the it crowd she was a freaking mathlete, so don’t you forget it. honestly, cady heron is SHAKING. i say as i stole it from lindsay weir, whatever. she was also a cheerleader in her later years, if that helps. i’m very cliche. they’d be like nineteen, and preferably a womf but i’m not picky.

* NEW ! plot two – father: all you gotta know about ray atkins, is that he’s garbage. he’s a rich bitch, the richest damn dude in town, and he cares approximately NOT AT ALL about his daughter. he’s constantly going back and forth between pushing her to achieve things and not acknowledging her presence. it’s a hard knock life. rape tw // there was also an instance where scout experienced assault at a party and he blamed her for drinking, so … not the nicest. on top of that, he doesn’t allow scout to speak french in the house ( her mother was french, uwu ), and that’s MEAN. anyways, any white/puerto rican man in his 40′s and up will work.

baek, wolfgang – quick summary: thirty-five, capricorn, loves horror films and has made quite a few, dad is a famous director ( bigger in korea than the states ), has triplets because his dick is that powerful, went from mr. friend zone to mr. i’m sorry i gave you three babies at once, sort-of-dating ( ziba: played by patty ) really talkative and amazing, works at blockbuster because that’ll support a family, am i right, lads?

plot one – work pal: he’s at work a lot, ok? and he needs friends. it’s a win/win. i need someone for him to do stupid work stuff with, make working a fun experience! i want a squad like in chuck, you know? if you don’t know what i’m talking about then superstore, if you still don’t know what i’m talking about then why are you still here? age don’t matter but i would prefer if they were close in age. gender, who cares. bye.

plot two – partner in crime: basically, he makes a lot of indie flicks. he actually only moved to sheffield to work on a screenplay but… it’s been a while. i need someone who makes movies with him, though. a co-director or someone he keeps casting as the lead because bros, ok? once again, preferably close in age, gender doesn’t matter.

* NEW ! plot three – cousin: i mean, hewwo? most of his extended family is back in korea, but – but – i could imagine his aunt or uncle would’ve moved to the us shortly after his parents did. so, a cousin would be neat! someone his age, someone he can talk to about childhood stuff, someone who understands his unspoken rivalry with his father, someone to babysit his kids. they would’ve lived in florida after moving to the us, thirty and up and preferably a dude. i like dudes. but a woman would work as well. not to mention, half or fully korean!

bellefleur, kipling – quick summary: forty-eight, capricorn, born and raised in louisiana, has two kids he don’t know about ( lucia: played by britt, jude: played by patty ), a cop at the police station, lives alone with no pets because god hates him, got a partner ( elliot: played by lane ) but not in the gay way, unfortunately heterosexual, kinda grumpy, kinda just annoyingly white.

* NEW ! plot one – hook-up: kip is a sexual being, believe it or not! and sometimes, a mans need a nut bust. he’s a great lover, i swear. but he’s not a great mans when it comes to the romantics. he does have two kids he don’t know of, after all. just give me someone he visits late at night, ignores in public and have fake deep convos with whilst sharing a cigarette in bed. really painting a picture here, aren’t i? unlike other fathers in this town, he has no interest in sleeping with someone his child’s age, so –– thirties and up!

cheung, beatrice – quick summary: twenty-five, aries, middle school teacher, a big fucking lesbian, dating ( kaylee: played by patty )super sociable and outgoing, literally loves partying and hanging out with the youths, self-proclaimed big sister to just about every teen out there, works part-time as a waitress at the diner, used to be engaged but we don’t talk about that, foster kid with no connection to blood-related family.

plot one – coworker: someone at the diner! just someone to have her back, to gossip with, to hang out with after shifts, to just be gal pals with, you know? she needs more gal pals. i love throwing movie references in there, but – think whiplash with ellen page. that kind of aesthetic, that kinda shit. from mid to late twenties, a woman because i don’t care for men.

plot two – pseudo-sibling: i want her to really play the big sister role with someone! have a little baby she can pass all her heaux wisdom down on. just a wee bean that she considers a little sibling of sorts. she could even house them for a bit since she’s back to living alone! they’d have to be in their teens and gender, once again, does not matter!

* NEW ! plot three – foster sibling: she already has like fifteen, so give her another. tris is probably the youngest among the bunch and owen ( played by fanny ) is somewhere in the middle. it’s just a nice jewish household that fostered a lot kids, cool? any fc, any ethnicity, any gender! just older than twenty-five, is all i’m asking. neat, thank you for coming to my ted talk.

cowell, stefan – quick summary: twenty-nine, scorpio, construction worker, married ( lumen: played by pj ), got a little sister who he always fights with ( arella: played by kt, whenever she returns to us ), hates dogs, kind of a prick, a huge prick actually, sort of running from the law but like on the low-key, always 100% done with just about everyone’s shit.

plot one – work buddy: like i said, he works construction. and i want him to have one friend. like a singular friend. someone to grab a beer with, someone who he doesn’t wanna strangle. it’ll be a miracle but it’s a miracle i deserve damnit. they’d have to be in their late twenties or older, a dude and any fc.

plot two – neighbour: it sounds like a basic plot, but i promise you – it’s worth it! i want him to have a god damn family feud plot going on, okay? i want them to fight, i want neighbours ( 2013 ) as a plot on tumblr dot com. i want him to hate them and i want them to hate him. fc don’t matter! gender don’t matter! preferably around his age or older, though.

halonen, oliver – quick summary: thirty, aquarius, part-time mechanic, part-time bartender ( think coyote ugly because that’s hot ), used to be engaged ( marty: played by tasha ), got a fake daughter ( pauline: played by pj ), has some slight drug issues she’s working out atm, also her dad’s back from the dead ( uriah: played by lane ), she’s super nice and cute and you should all love her sarcastic ass.

plot one – work friend: i feel like i just want everyone to have coworkers, but listen… i genuinely just do. either someone that works as a mechanic alongside her or another bartender who sometimes uses their bod for tips, it’s all good. i want her to have one friend her own god damn age, you know? they’d have to be a gal because men are smelly. age would be around her own and that’s it!

plot two – dealer: listen… drugs come from somewhere. and even if she’s not currently using, i’d love for her to have that dynamic. maybe she owes them money, we can make it hella messy or we can make them chill pals, idc! i just need her dealer her and i need them to push some drugs. plus it’s a buy one get one for free type of deal ( see my plots for ed further down ). i want them to be a little older than herself but other than that it’s free for interpretation.

* NEW ! plot three – drug bud: this bitch is from texas and this bitch did a lot of drugs in texas. she spent her early twenties high as fuck, overdosed at 24 and then got clean. legend? yes. she’s got a lot of good influences, aside from one particular asshole, and i just want her to be more pulled into old habits! let her have some friends from her old life of criminality and drugs come to sheffield and shake things up. any fc and gender, though they’d have to be in their 30′s!

hodgins, nathaniel – quick summary: twenty-one, gemini, works as chef at the pub, skipped college to help his mama with the bills, got a cutie-patootie golden retriever, dad is in prison after a drunk driving accident that killed a 10 year old, moved to sheffield a few years ago for a fresh start, a big ass home of sexual, has a crush on a comp het ( vince: played by pj ), loves his mother more than anything, only child, conceals trauma with humour and bad puns.

* NEW ! plot one – ex-something: now, i’m not saying they dated. i’m saying they hooked up and it never lead anywhere. it can be angsty, it can be fine, it can be a garbage fire. we can work out the details whenever, i’m cool like that. any fc and any gender, though preferably in their early twenties!

holstad, damian – quick summary: eighteen, aries, the biggest fuccboi you’ve ever laid your eyes upon, fucked your girlfriend ( and he meant it ), brother to the biggest loser in town ( lou: played by tasha ), parties every weekend, best friends with the second biggest fuccboi in town ( artemus: played by nico ), kinda soft but he won't ever let you know that, has a crush on his brother’s bff ( pauline: played by pj ).

plot one – ex-girlfriend: it’s simply unrealistic that he hasn’t dated at least one of the fifty bazillion girls he’s smanged. now, it’s probable they didn’t last more than a few months but its still a plot I NEED. she’d be either a junior or senior in high school right now. so, either graduating now or next year. face claim don’t matter. it’s possible he cheated, he’s an asshole like that.

* NEW ! plot two – more fuccpeople: at this point, i’m collecting them. there are a bunch of fuccbois in damian’s life right now, and i need there to be more. there needs to be a whole fracking pack of them. just running around town, smanging ladies and taking names. could’ve played football with him, could’ve graduated with him, could’ve just lived next door – i dunno! around eighteen… a boy, or a girl! fuccgirls are VALID too.

kinney, sawyer – quick summary: twenty, sagittarius, volunteers at animal shelter, studying to become a vet, loves animals more than she’ll ever love a man, has a rescued bunny named waffles, her parents died in a car-crash we don’t talk about it, has a younger brother ( grayson: played by patty ), soccer is her life, also wanna fuck the soccer coach ( elliot: played by lane ), her first ‘kiss’ was a dare at age 5 with her cousin ( holden: played by pj ) for an ice cream, did i mention she loves animals, takes virginities for charity, happened once but i demand its a thing now, boinking mr edgelord ( quentin: played by pj ).

plot one – team mates: soccer is cool! soccer is for champions! she’s currently the team captain of the local all-girls soccer team, i know – such a title. and i want her to have more of a team. so gather up your gals in their late teens to early twenties and kick some balls around!

plot two – ex-boyfriend: before she swiped virginities and had sex with boys who love serial killers, she probably had a steady boyfriend. kind of a puppy-love-they’ll-probably-get-married-straight-out-of-high-school relationship, you know? they probably broke up because they were way too young and it was more of an availability thing rather than genuine attachment. does that make sense? it’s a small town! their parents probably loved their child’s respective partner than they loved each other. 20-22, any boy of any fc i’m not picky.

* NEW ! plot three – enemy: it’s a hard plot to ask for, but i request you hear me out. she never fights with anyone. she’s SO NICE. a walking mary sue, i swear. and she’s just friends with everyone. it’s boring! give me someone that gets under her skin! someone for her to absolutely fucking hate! for no reason or for a reason, idk! around twenty-one, any gender.

larsen, margaret – quick summary: forty-two, libra, has one terrible son ( teddy: played by lane ), though she loves him more than anything, left the country because she was a hoe, mortician, got knocked up by her professor that one time, kind of boinking her son’s bandmate ( holden: played by pj ), doing her best all the time but keeps on making mistakes, the biggest mama-bear you’ll ever stumble upon.

plot one – ex-hook-up: listen, she left the states to study in the uk – mostly to get away from her parents – but also because she had a bit of a reputation. like, a really bad one. so if you have a character, or want to play a character, that grew up in sheffield and are in their forties… wink wonk. that’s it. that’s the plot.

* NEW ! plot two – hater, hater: peggy was a skank in her youth, okay? she was a downright slut and she probably rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. she most likely still does! so, i want some judgmental hoes up in this bitch. i want them to bicker and i want it to be very small-town-desperate-housewives-esque. any lady. preferably around her age range, would’ve lived in sheffield all her life.

* NEW ! plot three – best friend: peggy only ever speaks to kids, it’s weird. give her. bud, and like i said above… desperate housewives is a fucking neat ass show. they can drink wine and they can gossip and they can judge her for the people she’s sleeping with. or, well, person. any woman in her 40′s, please and thank.

mullin, casper – quick summary: fifteen, aries, fucking love aliens, the government is lying to y’all, has got a whole ass squad of friends, kinda gay for one of them ( eli: played by pj ), kinda intimidated by another ( ava: played by lane ), if it wasn't obvious he’s a gay, has a pupper that means the world to him, always investigates creepy shit because he is that white person.

plot one – disgraced nuclear physicist: you heard me. basically just the plot of back to the future. someone a bit ( a lot ) older than casper himself that kinda takes him under their wing. they’re as nutty as him when it comes to conspiracy theories, and maybe they feed his ideas and stuff when it comes to the shit going on in town. please and thank you.

pearce, minoo – quick summary: twenty-one, aquarius, the biggest of edgelords, expert in stick n poke tattoos, hates her family, loves their big ass dog, a military brat, skated pretty much everywhere because she’s a walking cliche, not anymore though cause her bff broke it ( vince: played by pj ), invented grunge, would kill herself for the lead singer of zero boys, wants her mom to die ( rachel: played by lane ), wants the cop who's trying to get in her pants to die even more ( sera: played by tasha ), almost dropped out of high school fifty times but i forgot to make it canon.

* NEW ! plot one – enemy: i love enemies. anyways, mj is a fucking bitch. she’s so edgy, she’s not like other girls, and she definitely would end up in a fight with just about anybody. there’s no way in HECK there aren’t people in town who hate her guts. they could’ve gone to college with her, they could’ve gone to high school with her, i dunno! i just want her to FIGHT. preferably a girl, preferably in her age range.

oswalt, kevin – quick summary: nineteen, virgo, had the most tumultuous of childhoods involving both kidnapping and murder, she doesn’t talk about it, has sort-of-a-boyfriend ( jamie: played by pj ), and a definitely best friend ( pippa: played by lane ), currently living with her father ( dalton: played by britt ) without the knowledge that she’s his daughter, her life is messy, she likes books and writing, thinks sheffield is kinda fascinating, the biggest of nerds, kinda awkward but we forgive her.

plot one – brother: we already have her father, mother ( marion: played by nesh ), and two sisters ( lila: played by luna, and hazel: played by fanny ), and now all that’s missing is the second youngest kid! he’d be like 21 years old, white with blue eyes because that’s a trait near and dear to us, and … a dude-bro. we have this hc that he’s in a band and kinda just does his own thing. free-spirit. also, to summarise the family history REAL QUICK – you can ask for more deets – kev got kidnapped, family fell apart, marion and dalton got divorced, the kids chose sides, markus ( the brother ) chose to stay neutral, they moved away while dalton stayed, and now they’re all back.

plot two – study pal: not quite as in-depth as the one above, but! she needs a study pal. she’s currently attending the local college and she has zero friends who actually go to school. give me someone for her to work on stupid projects with, someone she’s forced to get to know and get out of her comfort zone with. they’d be 19-20 and fc/gender has no importance.

sutton, eduardo – quick summary: fifty-two, taurus, literal fucking drug-lord, gang leader, owns the silhouette bar outside of town, loves his daughter a lot ( carmen: played by britt ), never smoked a weed in his life, jk, lost his wife a bazillion years ago, now banging the woman who failed save her ( lorelai: played by patty ), has three dogs which he kinda loves more than his daughter, killed a lot of mens in his life, just all around a good dude.

plot one – brother: ed comes from an cuban-catholic family from new orleans and his father was kind of an asshole but his mom was alright. however, he was always closest to his little brother. so please, for the love of god, play him. you’ll get to play an uncle if you do, it’s pretty hot. any cuban fc in their late forties would work, but raul esparza is a hot fucking take.

plot two – gang members: he’s a gang leader, ok? he needs more to lead. they hang out at the silhouette bar, push drugs through town and are all around just a good group of people. give me all of them to be honest. think the southside serpents from riverdale. or whatever they’re called in sons of anarchy. fc and gender and stuff don’t matter, however – ed would never allow someone under twenty-five. he’s a family man.

talbot, mikhail – quick summary: thirty, pisces, the softest boy you’ll ever meet, a nurse at the local hospital, got a kid on the way, dating a ginger bitch ( liza: played by pj ), best friends with his cousin ( nic: also played by pj ), best friends with his ex ( emma: played by lane and not pj ) coaches the kids football team during his spare time, also works a couple of shifts at his father’s ( robert: played by luna ) hardware store, really just genuinely fucking nice, kinda depressed but you’d never know.

plot one – high school friends: he’s lived in sheffield his whole life. he was on the football team, he was popular – he was a fun dude to hang with. it’s unrealistic none of his high school friends stuck around. so! give me a couple of those. they can be anybody as long as they’re around thirty years old.

plot two – kids to coach: self-explanatory, really. but if you want to play a kid on the football team, speak now or forever hold your peace. teens, boys probably because sports ball is sexist, just someone for him to coach and teach the way of sports ball life.

weathers, elizabeth – quick summary: forty-two, sagittarius, freaking neurotic, forgets her own son ( eli: played by pj ), remembers her other every now and again ( jesse: played by nico ), wishes she could forget her husband ( andy: played by lane ), her bestest and smallest son was taken from her almost two years ago, yes this plot came before she was winona ryder don’t judge me, stay at home mom yet has no reason to stay at home.

* NEW ! plot one – emotional support: the woman lost her son, she needs like a mom support group on facebook. she needs someone who understands her loss. maybe someone who’s lost their own kid, obviously not to a giant bunny, but it’d still be kind of relatable. someone she can discuss her divorce plans with, you know? a woman in her forties, i’ll accept nothing else.

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How many actual canon couples are there? Because especially in the manga, half of the scenes in Chiru look like shipping to me. And most of them are gay

ok it’s been a while since this was sent to me but i know i got this ask after reblogging a bunch of gay shit lol. alright my mind that overthinks things can’t tell if you’re saying this as, “hell yeah these ships are all gay so which ones do we consider canon?” or “they’re all just gay shipping moments that the fandom takes out of proportion and aren’t actually deemed canon” if that makes sense…sorry, my mind jumps from one possibility to another a lot of the time, i hope you get what i’m saying XD i’m assuming it’s the first one but i’m gonna play it safe and just answer it in a way that covers both~

so let’s start with the obvious: the married couples. Krauss/Natsuhi, Eva/Hideyoshi, and Rudolf/Kyrie. That’s three. Add the next three that the story is basically built around: Battler/Beatrice, Jessica/Kanon, and George/Shannon. Then there’s Bernkastel/Lambdadelta. I think that’s all the ones that are canon without a doubt. What i mean by that is, there’s no denying they’re all couples. Like, legit. You might get some blind fools being like “Bernkastel and Lambdadelta are just gal pals” and being serious about it but, regardless of any personal views on their relationship, it’s made very clear numerous times throughout the story that they are an item. They declare their love for each other openly. They flat out refer to each other as their lover. The manga has them often being quite touchy feely. There’s just…You can’t fucking deny it, man.

Moving onward, we get to the couples that are more “arguably canon” in that it’s not explicitly stated as in “oh, we’re married” or “i love you” or something along the lines of that, but it’s still pretty evident that they have a thing. Ange/Mammon is probably the first one that comes to mind. soo, tbh Ange is fucking not straight. just…seriously. i personally headcanon her as flat out gay but if others wanna see her as bi/pan/whatever else that’s cool too and i could see it being a case of she’d fall for someone so long as they give her the love and support she’d need, but there’s no doubt in my mind this girl is not straight. daydreams about 7 half-dressed girls fawning over her on a constant basis?? no heterosexual explanation. that’s not even all, if you look at her dialogue on certain parts, it’s almost like she‘s purposely making it a point to say she’s totally interested in the girls. like in the end of ep3 when she first comes in and stops Battler from signing the thing she says something along the lines of “ahh i’m so jealous! you get to play these games while surrounded by beautiful witches!” she really didn’t have to specify “beautiful” and that she’s jealous of the fact but that’s none of my business ☕️👀anyway, so her relationship with Mammon is already pretty fucking gay in the VN but from what i’ve seen the manga just amps it up tenfold. and in the end of the story, Mammon is like “so this means we can finally be together forever?” and ange’s just all “YES!” while. holding. her. face. close.

like. ???? you’re fucking blind if you don’t see it. but that’s still not even all, cause in the very end of the story when Ange has Tohya come to the place and the whole everyone’s there to greet Battler back and whatnot, the manga does a similar thing with Ange herself and who’s the one who hugs her and all that shit?

fucking Mammon. and i’m not about to be putting up every pic from the last few pages of the manga but listen. the ending shows like all the canon couples together. the Golden Land is a place where they can all be together with who they love. and the manga. deliberately. shows. Ange and Mammon. together. within. these same. pages. Ange and Mammon are canon as far as I’m concerned. If one of them were male there’d be no question about it.

Next is another one that most people would consider canon and that’s Erika/Dlanor. their relationship is completely different from Ange/Mammon but there’s still a lot of evidence throughout the events of the story that they are meant to be thought of as a couple. or at least potentially becoming one. starting with the “confession” scene that threw everyone for a loop. fun fact: the first time i read ep6 i was reading really fast at this particular point and it took me forever to realize erika wasn’t actually talking “to” dlanor. i just saw “I really like you” (my official copy of the manga has it flat out as “i love you”) and i was like “yoooooooo holy shiiiiittttttt!!!” ok, so towards the end of ep6 there’s that whole thing with erika being all “thanks for protecting me last episode. it made me very happy. no one’s ever protected me like that before…” and dlanor goes on being like “when i felt how weak your truth was i had to protect you… no, i wanted to protect you”

AND ERIKA’S FACE RIGHT AFTER SHE SAYS THAT

and then erika goes on to say “thank you” and that dlanor was a great partner even though it was only for a short time (which i’ve made a joke about this before but kyrie tends to refer to rudolf as “partner” sooo i’m just saying) and dlanor says she’ll continue to be her partner. like, no hesitation.

GAY.

and then there’s dlanor being incredibly worried and frantic when erika’s injured in the final duel of ep6. and then the end of the story we see how erika and dlanor are keeping in touch with each other like, BRUH. i’m telling you, it’s set up to imply they’re gonna get together one day. #erika’s bi af you can’t deny

There’s Will/Lion which, I actually remember the least about ep7 cause i haven’t read any of it in like 4 years and i’m not about to go looking through the manga online to find scenes cause ep7 is depressing af and i’m not about that life right now, but it’s pretty obvious they’re supposed to be a couple.

as far as developed canon/arguably canon couples go i think that’s all of the main ones. I could very easily be forgetting some though. there’s a lot of characters, man. lots of possibilities. everyone else is either just never really a main focus, or flat out shipping that fans like. For example, Virgilia and Gaap totally have a thing. I feel like the story was hinting at something possibly between that bue-haired rabbit chiester 410 and Lucifer but there was nothing really built upon it outside of their initial interactions. uhhhhh what else is there…? you could headcanon Ikuko and Tohya are together, especially since originally Ryu was going to have them be married but i personally just see them being more like bros.

anyway, so there are quite a few actual canon couples and then there are the ones that are usually accepted as canon cause they are and within all that lies the endless possibilities of shipping which, depending on the particular pairing, really is more just reading into things and liking the idea of two characters together. regardless, i say this a lot, most of the time as a joke, but it holds true: just about anything is possible in the cat box and given how the story of Umineko and its characters are supposed to have more than plenty of room for different interpretations, there’s no denying gay couples can most definitely be a thing. i’m gay af but reading into things and seeing parallels and just literally everything, i truly see how and do headcanon like 90% of the cast isn’t 100% straight.

#umineko #umineko no naku koro ni #umineko spoilers #ange #mammon #seven sisters #erika #dlanor #i just spent like the entire day typing out this answer what did you all do? be productive in life? god i wish that were me #the neko box is GAY #analysis #my posts #ask #Anonymous

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retroreaderr · 7 years

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Daryl/Reader | You’re Gonna Be Okay

i wrote this in a rush because boy, did i need it. this in no way does justice to what it feels like to be so emotionally vulnerable, but i really don’t think words can truly describe what it feels like to feel so far gone, y’know? idk, im posting this in hopes it can help anyone out there who needed it as much as i did last night. warning, this will deal with depression/self-harm/and suicide. love you all – 🕷️💋

warning: this fic will deal with depression/self-harm/and suicide.

Normally the cold metal of the bike would’ve sent chills throughout you.

But not tonight.

Tonight it was just another support, something else to hold you up. Something else you were a liability to.

It hadn’t even occurred to you that they were attracted to blood until you’d already done it.

The burning sensation spread up your arms as the cuts began to bleed, the blade falling from your shaking hands.

You weren’t even sure why you’d done it.

Because you felt guilty?

No.

Because you didn’t feel.

You didn’t feel, and you wanted to make sure you weren’t fully numb. You wanted to feel something, anything, even if that anything was pain.

You sat on the seat of the motorcycle, the blood rushing from the fresh wounds that ran down your arms.

You surely felt the pain, but you were still numb. You sat, hands shaking, staring at them and regretting it.

The rustle of the leaves grabbed your attention and you turned your head to look at the nearby bushes.

The blood. They were attracted to the blood.

You stood, though as you did the blade you’d dropped was kicked away with your frantic movements. You looked around for any sort of help, but there was none, everyone was either sleeping or out searching for Sophia, leaving you the sole person on watch.

You turned your attention back to the fast-approaching walker. You glanced towards the nearby RV, but you thought better than to call for help out of fear of attracting even more of the undead. You slowly backed up, though having been stranded on the small highway you didn’t get far until you bumped into a nearby car. Running was no use, it had already gotten the scent of your blood and judging from the feeling of the warm liquid dripping down and onto the ground, it seemed that the bleeding wasn’t going to stop any time soon. You closed your eyes as the walker got closer, pressing yourself against the hood of the car and waiting for the inevitable.

The footsteps seemed to speed up, and it wasn’t until you felt a pair of hands grab your shoulders that you opened your eyes again.

“The fuck do you think you’re doin’?”

You met Daryl's eyes, and god did he look angry.

“I…”

“You what?”

You stared down at the ground, unsure of what to say.

He turned his gaze downward, and as he did he spotted the dark streaks running down your forearms.

He slid his hand down from your shoulder, flipping your wrist. As soon as his eyes landed on the cuts his grip softened.

“Christ, ____….”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s…Just…I didn’t know.” He used his free hand to lift your chin, your gaze meeting his own.

“Why didn’t you tell me? There’s other ways. You - You don’t gotta…” he looked down towards your arms again.

“Jesus, let’s just get you patched up, ‘aight?”

You nodded, your body going fully numb again as he helped you stand and guide you back towards the RV.

“Daryl?”

He made a soft noise in response.

“Don’t…You won’t tell anyone, right?”

“'Course not.”

He finished wrapping the gauze around your arms, and finally sat back, looking you over fully.

Someone so young, so pretty, harboring something so dark.

“It’s just…Since all this started I…It’s been hard, and…”

“’s alright, ____. I ain’t think any less of you.”

“You should.”

“Well I don’t.”

You scoffed, glancing towards the woods, “You should. I’m a liability. I’m…Not worth all the trouble.”

“Why?”

“Why? Why? ‘Cause all I’ve done so far is cause problems? ‘Cause I need meds to keep my mind on track? ‘Cause I just risked everyone’s life because of one stupid rash decision?”

He shook his head, “Y’can’t help you think the way you do. ’S not your fault. No one would blame you for something you can’t control.”

“It’s just gonna be a hassle to deal with later on. It’s gonna cause problems, and I guarantee if you ask anyone they’d agree - It’d have been better if I was gone.”

“They wouldn’t, I promise you that. “

“And how are you so sure?”

“If they say anything different they’ll have to fuckin’ answer to me, that’s why.”

You stared down at the gauze, which was already stained red with your blood, “You should’ve let me die.”

“For fuck’s sake, ____,” he kneeled down in front of you, the night air sending a chill down your spine, “You mean something to everyone here. They all look up to you. Christ, I look up to you. You give everyone here hope, with your dumb jokes and home cooking and…The way you make everyone feel at home…You make everyone feel normal. Like it’s gonna be okay. And maybe you don’t see it now, but that’s something that they all need. That I need. You mean so much more to everyone than you think.”

You met Daryl’s eyes again. He looked distraught, he looked like what he was saying was genuine.

Blinking away the tears, you tilted your head up to stare at the moon, which shone down across the many cars of the highway, including Daryl’s bike, which you currently rested upon.

You heard him sigh and you slowly lowered your head.

He stood a foot away from you now, his back to you.

You looked at him, curious as to what he was doing.

“Can’t believe I’m fuckin’ doin’ it this way.”

“…Daryl?”

He then raised his arms, pulling his shirt off and tossing it to the ground beside him. It took a moment to fully process what he had done, but your eyes soon fell upon his now-bare back, which upon further inspection was littered with scars, all of them deep and bruised with age.

You stood from your seat and slowly approached him, your hand ghosting over the many marks. Though he turned his head slightly, he made no attempt to look at you.

“I didn’t wanna do it like this, but if it’s what’s gonna convince you you’re worth somethin’ then…”

“I had no idea -”

“I didn’t do this for sympathy. I did to prove a point to ya. Do you think any less of me ‘cause of…this?” he gestured slightly to his back.

“Of course not, I -”

“Right, so you think anyone else is gonna think differently of you cause of…that?” he motioned to the bandages that ran the lemgth of your forearms.

You stood in silence.

“They ain’t. You’re still gonna be the same gal we knew yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that,” he finally turned to face you, “I - We - care about you. We’re here to help. Ain’t no shame in asking for it, either. I just…I want you to be happy, as happy as you can be given the situation, y’know?” he flashed a small smirk, “I just want you to know that.”

You nodded before bending down to pick up his shirt, which was now covered in dirt. He took it from you with a small smile, being sure to gently grab ahold of your hand in the process.

“You’re gonna be okay.”

You smiled back, “I know. Thank you.”

#daryl x reader #daryl dixion imagine #daryl dixon x reader #twd x reader #twd #twd imagine #widow's kiss

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dontbethatshank · 7 years

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You’re Drunk

A/N: I’ve had this idea for awhile but couldn’t figure out what to write. I drew some inspiration from various tumblrs who did the same/about the same imagines. But all writing is mine - if I can find the tumblrs I drew some of my inspiration from I will add them here later (: A/N: sorry they aren’t all the same length - I had more inspiration or ideas for some more than others.

Alby: The Flirty Drunk You had been with Alby since the day you both could remember - literally. You both entered this torturous lifestyle called the Glade together. You both became interlocked - a balancing act of the sorts.Where you lacked he surpassed and vice versa. So, to no one’s shock, you two ended up getting together within the first year of being in the Glade. Newt was happy for you and the others were mostly happy, some a bit disappointed, but mostly supportive nonetheless. You both had your quirks - Alby refused to eat burnt toast or to shower during the nighttime and you.. well your only major quirk is you refused to ever drink. You were a bit scared of what would happen seeing as you were the only girl and you had previously seen how the boys got... and no thanks. But after sometimes Alby finally convinced you He promised he would keep an eye on you. And that’s how you ended up here - drinking your fourth, or was it the fifth, cup of moonshine handed to you by one of the boys whom you couldn’t bother to even recall. Alby hadn’t seen you do much, just dance by the fire and tell some ‘spooky’ stories to Chuck. But... after that previous glass of moonshine hit you... you were gone. Soon you were dancing with all the boys - pulling Chuck towards you and dancing with him and then with Minho, then Zart, and even Gally, who was confused as all hell. But not only this, you were touchy and feely. You played with Newt’s hair, commenting on how you just loved his accent. You were laying on Minho’s lap, commenting on just how great his butt looked from all that running. Soon, Alby caught on. You were a flirty drunk. He was laughing it off, mostly because he knew nothing would happen, but also because many of the boys had the most bewildered look on their faces once you “complimented” them. And soon, it was Alby’s turn. You managed to work your way into his arms, humming and smiling, your body buzzing from the alcohol and energy from the night. “Mmm..” you mumbled, “you have a great body.” Alby looked at you quizzically, that was a... broad statement, he thought. “Like, your arms are real-ly nice. Ooh! And your abs - Dear God,” you groaned, poking at his stomach, “those are REALLY nice.” And so you went, ranting about anything and everything Alby. He tried to take you to bed, but the other boys kept asking you questions, encouraging you, until Alby was a blushing mess and you were about to pass out a drunken mess. Never again would Alby ask you to drink. Never. Again.

Minho: The Hungry Drunk It wasn’t uncommon for you to have a glass or possibly two glasses of Gally’s ‘special mix’ during bonfires. You enjoyed the laid back feeling you got from it... but after a hard week, a draining new Greenie from last month, and abnormally hot weather, you got plastered. You wanted to be so drunk you couldn’t remember why you got drunk in the first place. And, well, you succeed. You weren’t loud or rude or sexual or giggly... but you were hungry. You were a small person - you often annoyed Minho because you would sometimes skip lunch or breakfast, every now and again going through the day with only a few small snacks. But between working in the heat, being as small as you were, and working around the animals that had some foul smelling lifestyles, food wasn’t too appealing to you often. But drunk you disagreed. Frypan had skewered and cooked some meat, made some small sandwiches, and go stuff out for smores for tonight's bonfire. So far, you had eaten 10 s’mores, 4 sandwiches, and were eating your 5th skewer. Frypan looked at you with wide eyes and then at Minho. “Where does she put it..?” he asked, bewildered. Minho laughed and just watched you. You weren’t getting sick and you were having a good time. He decided that you could have two more skewers and split one last sandwich with him and then he would cut you off... but an entire sandwich and three skewers later, you were dragging Minho into the kitchen, determined to make yourself a grilled cheese before bed. Minho kept telling you that you ate enough, hell, you ate more than Gally, Alby, and himself combined. But you just shushed him, turning on a light and finding some bread and cheese. he just watched you and shook his head. You began “grillin’ yourself a cheese” and one for Minho, telling him random stories, half of which he couldn’t understand. Once you were finished, he picked you up, letting you eat your sandwich as you rambled on. At least he knew how to get you to eat now.... even if he was sure Frypan would kill him if he let you eat that much ever again.

Thomas: The Emotional Drunk Thomas learned early on how you got when you had too much to drink. You seemed to have one of the highest alcohol tolerance known to man, so very rarely could you ‘drink too much’. But four months after you came up, that exact thing happened. After one too many drinks, you were a bit of a mess. You were like a tornado of emotion. It was just you and Thomas, off in your small corner behind the log, talking about nothing and everything, when suddenly you became emotional. Thomas grew concerned... but after several mood changes and the numerous empty cups near you, he put two and two together himself. You went from laughing loudly, talking about how amazing the Glade was, how you loved being a cook and how Frypan was so hilarious and Newt was just so charming and Alby was the perfect leader. Then you would get angry, ranting about how terrible the Creators were. How you hated the stupid maze and how you wished you never existed just to live in this place. Then you became sad, crying quietly, mumbling randomly on and off about how you felt so alone being the only girl, how you wished you got to spend more time with Thomas, saying how you just wanted everything to make sense. This happened for a couple hours, and Thomas just laughed along wth you, calmed you down, and held you through every small, odd turn you had with your mind and with your emotions. He just reassured you that everything would be fine, that you weren’t alone, and he reminded you of what you loved so dearly about your little home in the Glade. It was a roller coaster of a night, but Thomas loved it oddly enough. He loved how you felt so passionately. He loved that you were so wrapped up in your emotions that they drove you through life. Your sadness pushed you to become stronger every day, your happiness encouraged you to be everyone’s friend, and your anger just made you resilient and refuse to give up. You lived a colorful life full of emotion, and Thomas wouldn’t have it any other way. There may be some tears, some angry shouts, and some too gleeful bouts of laughter, but he knew it was all you. So even though you were drunk, hiccupping randomly, and your emotions were just as unpredictable as the Maze, he just held you against him and played with your hair, listening to you.

Newt: The Giggly Drunk All the boys had a newfound love of bonfires, not just for the food, fighting, or alcohol - but also because of you. The boys all learned soon enough that once you were drunk, you became the giggliest person known to man. You would laugh at anything, you would poke Gally’s arms and giggle, whispering “mus-cles”, and would do everything just like a child. It gave the boys something to laugh over and it made them feel more at home, having someone to give them some laughter and make them all feel more connected. So here you were, celebrating the new Greenie, and you were already nicely drunk thanks to Minho, who had given you alcohol before the bonfire even began. You sat next to Chuck, the Greenie from last month, playing with his curls, giggling like mad Chuck just laughed as he watched you. You were like his sister, and you treated him like a brother. You were protective of him and always made sure to check on him throughout the day. And so there you were, fumbling with his hair, attempting to ‘braid’ it, while you giggled wildly as he told you crappy jokes. Suddenly, you stopped touching his hair and sat on your knees, facing him, a child-like joy dancing in your eyes. “Oh Chuck-ie,” you sang. “You wanna know a secret?” you asked, attempting you whisper, although everyone around you heard. Chuck was aware of this and was about to tell you no, no he did not because he didn’t want you to say anything to embarrass yourself. But, as per usual, Gally stepped in, slapping his hand down on Chuck’s shoulder before he could answer. “Chuck would LOVE to hear a secret, Y/N,” Gally said, a mischevious glint in his eyes, “the rest of us will cover our ears, go ahead.” Chuck glared at him, but you just giggled wildly. “Awwe! Gally Gal, you’re just so sweet,” you sighed, but then smiled at Chuck with immense glee. “Anyways, as I was saying,” you began, Chuck feeling his stomach drop, “you know how I re-ally like Newt? Like rea-llly like him?” Chuck felt his heart stop, the normal you would die before you said that out loud, you only told Chuck because he had flat out asked since he always caught you staring at Newt from your spot in the Deadheads where you and Chuck went to talk. “W-elll...” you drawled, “said Newt went into the wrong room last night after that big ole meeting all those smarty Keepers had yesterday night,” you giggled out, nodding as if stating an astounding fact. “He came into my room by mistake, and I was in the corner in the chair, ya’know, doin’ my thing; drawing on some spare paper and such. And Newt was soooooo tired he didn’t see me,” you told Chuck, and everyone else, Newt being one of them while he blushed bright red. “He’s got a lot of muscles,” you continued, nodding, now hugging your knees to your chest, “he got undressed for bed and everything, I tried to tell him he was in the wrong room, but by the time I said anything he was undressed and flopping into my bed. But wa-OH! I didn’t realize just how much muscle he had, did you? I didn’t, nope.” Newt was burning bright and Chuck looked like he was about to cry. Gally was stifling laughter and so was everyone else. “Buuut, I just went to his room and went to bed. I told him this morning I was in the showers and saw he went to the wrong room and just took his bed. He has NO idea,” you giggled, “so shhhhhh, don’t tell him!” After that night, several things happened. One, Chuck became a bit more intrusive whenever you got drunk, Two, you were endlessly harassed by all the boys, and Three, you ended up with Newt. It only took extreme drunkenness and life humiliation, but you finally got to be with him in the end,

Gally: The Honest Drunk Being the only female in the Glade, you became the mother of every single one of the boys. You had a job working with the animals and helping the slicers, but most of the time you were helping in the kitchen, helping the medjacks, or helping Alby and Newt creating lists for supplies and food and the like. You were honestly Mother of the Glade. SO instead of drinking during bonfires, you were typically helping some of the Gladers who decided to get wasted early. You helped them wash off from getting sick, helped them find good ‘hangover’ food and things of the like. But this time around, all the guys ensured you that you could drink. They all promised to take it easy, and they told you that you deserved to relax after a long and tiring week with the two main medjacks coming down with a nasty form of the flu and just now recovering and having the last couple of Greenies cut themselves up pretty badly while they trained temporarily with the slicers. And ith this offer, you happily obliged. You may have not been on the best of terms with Gally, but God damn could the boy make amazing drinks. Drink after drink, fight after fight, you were the life of the night. After three drinks your shirt came unbuttoned, after another drink your hair came down, and by the fifth drink, you had lost your pants. Most of the boys were enjoying the view and the ensuing entertainment, Newt was begging you to put your pants back on, but you blankly stared at him, and then grinned widely, grabbing his arms and beginning to dance. You placed his hands on your hips and began spinning in circles, Newt blushing madly and awkwardly trying to get you to let go of him. “Oh Newt,” you said, “you are one of the cutest fellas in here but you are oh so, so awkward.” With that you tapped your finger on his nose and giggled, deciding to go lay on the ground by a log, staring at the fire. “One of the cutest, eh?” Minho said, smirking. “So, who’s the cutest then, Y/N?” Minho probed. You looked up in thought. “Can I only choose one?” you pouted. “That wouldn’t be fair now would it,” Minho mockingly pouted back, “so... let’s start with Alby.” Alby looked from the said, eyebrows quirked, curious but also unintrigued by Minho. “Oooh! He has a real-ly nice voice, ugh, it’s like heaven. And his arms - those looks.. gah,” you explained, making weird hand motions. “Hmm... how about me?” Minho asked, smirking. You looked up at him, smiling drunkenly. “You have a really great ass, Min. That running does you good,” you said, patting him on his cheek, “Oh and your hair. You have great sex hair - just the right length to tug on.” As you spoke you played with Minho’s hair, who had a small blush but an even more noticeable smirk. He glanced around the crowd to find his next victim. “Oh really? Hm.. how about Gally? Do you find him cute, Y/N?” Minho asked, expecting a no possibly. You gasped loudly, getting up and sitting on your knees. “Gally! That’s my answer. He is the cutest. I really like Gally, but he doesn’t like me. But he’s really cute! And nice, he can be crabby, but he’s sweet still - he helps me with the leak in the roof a lot,” you smiled. Minho looked shocked,” Wait... you like, like Gally?” You giggled excitedly, Gally slowly making his way to the front, his arms crossed as he looked on, curious for your answer. “Well of course! Who wouldn’t? He’s a nice tall drink in this shucking Glade. That and have you seen him shirtless?!” you asked rhetorically, putting your hand to your chest dramatically. “I’ll happily take that boy for a ride any day of the week,” you nodded, humming. Silence. Everyone was silent. “Oh! But.. don’t tell him or anything. That might make things awkward, ya’know,” you smiled at Minho. And boy oh boy, could the irony be any richer.

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hollydoeshonduras-blog · 7 years

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A long overdue post-training blog

So straight after I finished my exams (and finished school forever??!) I headed back to the Isle of Coll, where Project Trust is based, to attend a week's training geared towards my country, Honduras. We shared the training with another country group, India, making us a pretty big group. (This was painfully evident at the ceilidh on the last night.)

The thing that I was without a doubt most apprehensive about was meeting my project partner, who I will be spending practically every second with for a full 12 months. After sitting in our hostel the night before training for a few hours and nervously watching the door as volunteer after volunteer arrived, checked in and told us where their project is, I was beginning to think PT had forgotten to find me a partner. Rosie & I even made a list of all the volunteers and worked out who was with who, leaving me partnerless (cry me a river, am I right?) But eventually, later on, while we were ceaselessly trying to stream Love Island in attempt to see the tragic 'Kember' breakup, Catriona came in to our dorm and told me that my partner was upstairs! I don't think I'll ever forget that surreal moment walking up the stairs of Oban Backpackers Plus knowing that once I opened the door at the top of the stairs, my partner would be on the other side. In hindsight, I really had nothing to worry about, as by some secretive system, PT managed to partner me up with the wonderful Kirsten!! As many have already said, this is quite a lot like an arranged marriage, but I honestly couldn't be happier with my new 'wife', despite the questionable manner in which we have been set up, and are now stuck with each other for a year. I have seen her since training and I can safely say that I am not sick of her just yet, but it's early days. She doesn't like dogs, which is usually a deal breaker for me, but I guess I'll have to put up with her regardless. Here’s the woman herself.

Training was, as we had been warned, absolutely exhausting. We were woken up most mornings by pots and pans (big shoutout to Janice) and our days consisted of talks and sessions on everything from culture shock to classroom management.

A lot of time was devoted to filling in our One Awards paperwork- which will allow us to get a qualification in Global Volunteering and Citizenship upon our return.

We were given plenty of sessions on teaching itself and as my project is TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), my sessions were geared more towards this. We were then given the opportunity to deliver our own 10 and 20 minute lessons to our fellow volunteers. I chose Colours as my topic, and by some miracle was able to drag out teaching 7 colours to 18 year old native English speakers over a period of 30 minutes. Although it was quite difficult, I am so much more confident now about standing in front of a class and delivering a lesson.

Training was a great time to find out more about Honduras, but also about our individual projects. Kirsten and I will be living in Tomalá, a small town situated up in the mountains, 10km from the El Salvador border. We will be living with a host family for the year, and will be teaching English to primary and secondary school children. We will be solely responsible for the delivery of the English programme, and will also be expected to set up extra-curricular activities.

As well as meeting my partner, training also gave me the chance to meet all the other Honduras volunteers. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better group. Here we all are on our last night (apart from Kirsten and Solomon).

Our free time was spent getting to know each other, walking up Ben Hogh, meeting our country rep Vegas over Skype (what a man), never saying goodnight to each other (Greig gals what are we like), eating copious amounts of cake and even learning how to eat properly with our hands. (This one was for the India volunteers, but we didn’t wanna feel left out.)

Our week was rounded off with an incredible 3 course meal, a reception, and the inevitable ceilidh (which was to say the least, intimidating; with the vast majority of volunteers being Scottish).

It really was one of the best weeks of my life so far, and has made me feel more prepared than I ever thought I could be for my year out. Despite all the packing that has yet to be done, I am so ready to spend my year with these beaut people (group marriage, anyone??)

We head off in just one week from now, which is really quite hard to comprehend. Thank you to everyone for all your support throughout my fundraising which has made all this possible. Also want to say a huge thank you to Omagh Rotary Club for bringing me up to my final target! Here’s for hoping my future blogs are not as postponed as this one was! Thank you all, see you in Honduras X

#thisisprojecttrust #project trust #gap year #volunteering #volunteer #honduras

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taste-of-dean · 7 years

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I’ll Always Stay

Summary: Y/N has to go fetch a drunk Dean from the bar

Pairing: Dean x Reader

Word Count: 1401

Warnings: Zip

A/N: Thanks to @babypieandwhiskey for the Beta! This is for a writing challenge hosted by @impala-dreamer (prompt is bolded)

MASTERLIST

Dean was getting irritating, so Sam told him to go to the bar while we finished the research. Of course Dean jumped at the opportunity to go to the bar and didn’t even offer to stay.

He had been sitting at the run down bar for the past four hours while you and Sam were at the library doing research. Sam couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore and you felt like your eyes were going to start bleeding at any moment. You both couldn’t handle anymore research for the night, so you decided to call it quits. Sam asked to be dropped at the motel so he could go to sleep, leaving you to wrestle Dean away from his poison of the night.

When you entered the bar, the smell of regret and bad choices hit you in the face. You looked around to find Dean, when you saw a surprising scene unfold. A very busty blonde with jeans too tight and a shirt cut too low, walked up to him bouncing and smiling, Dean gave her one glance and shooed her away. Damn, Dean was going to be in one of his moods. He usually only did that when you tagged along to the bar with him, not giving any girl the time of day and sulking. You always assumed he took girls back when you weren't there, but then again you wouldn't know if he did because you always got a separate room from the boys. Very early on you made it clear that if you were going to stay with them, you needed a space of your own.

You started to make your way over to the seemingly grouchy Dean, but as soon as he saw you, that million dollar smile appeared on his face, lighting up his emerald green eyes. You had to stifle a laugh when he almost fell off the bar stool and started stumbling over to you.

Throwing most of his bodyweight on you, he engulfed you in a hug, “Sweetheart, come have a drink with me,” he managed to slur out.

With his arm slung around your shoulders, you couldn’t resist his attempt to pull you towards the bar. Too much of his weight was on you, so you were forced in that direction, one wrong move and both of you would have gone tumbling towards the sticky ground.

Dean tried to land gracefully on the barstool, but almost missed. You were able to catch him before he hit his face on the edge of the bar. He situated himself on the stool and pulled you in between his legs by your hips, motioning for the bartender to come over, “Yeah, I’ll have another one and the lady will have a... what do you want?”

You shook your head and pushed yourself back from Dean, “I don't want anything and neither does he, so we’re good thanks.”

He turned back to the bartender, “Well you don’t have to have any, but I’m gonna have another whiskey, right Joe?”

The bartender gave him a bitchface that you swore looked exactly like Sams as he said, “It’s Jack.”

Dean was about to say something when you cut him off, “Uhh Jack, I’ll close his tab out and throw in a thirty dollar tip if you don’t serve him anymore.”

The bartender shrugged, “Deal,” and walked away.

Dean pulled you into him resting his head on your chest yelling a mumbled, “Y/N, nooooo.”

You slapped money down on the bar wondering if you were going to have to carry Dean out of here. “Come on Dean, let’s just go. Please?”

Dean sat back and stuck his bottom lip out giving you his best puppy dog face, “I don’t wanna.”

Taking him by the hand you pulled him off the stool, “Come on Winchester, we’re going.”

You walked towards the door supporting most of Deans weight when he whispered in your ear, “I miss being this close to you. They way you feel, the way you smell, I miss it all. I miss you Y/N.”

You finally got him out of the bar into the cool air of the night, hoping that would help sober him up, “I’m right here Dean, you don’t have to miss me.”

You finally managed to get him to the car and let Dean rest on it while you tried to unlock the door. “You might be here physically, but you haven’t been the same. Is it because I kissed you that one night when I was drunk?”

You pursed your lips trying to decide if you were going to tell the truth, “No. I don’t know!” Fuck it, he’s not going to remember it anyway. “Yes.”

The devilish smirk spread across Dean’s cocky face, “You liked it, didn’t you?”

You huffed and rolled your eyes, “Maybe I did, but you only did it because you were drunk.”

Dean came dangerously close to you, putting a hand on your waist and brushing the hair out of your face as he asked, “Y/N, you don’t really think that, do you?”

Ducking away from his grip you tried to avoid this topic and tried to push him into the car, “Whatever, can we just go?”

Chuckling to himself Dean plopped down onto the seat, and looked over at you when you got into the car, “Ya know, a wise man once said, “Wherever you go, there you are. But where are we going?”

You raised your eyebrow questioning Dean, “Did you just quote The Brady Bunch?”

“Yep,” He said popping the ‘p’, as he leaned dangerously close to your face, “You got a problem with that little missy?”

You felt his hot breath on you, sending chills raging throughout your body. You pulled your face back, “No I don’t. It was just very... weird.”

Dean cocked an eyebrow, “Y/N, are you calling me weird?”

“I just did. Now, let’s get back to the motel, ya big lush.”

You started up the car up and closed your eyes, leaning your head back letting the rumble of the Impala vibrate through you. After a moment you looked over and saw Dean passed out against the window. “Great, I am going to have to carry him,” you gritted through your teeth.

You arrived back at the motel, put Baby in park, and turned to look at Dean. He was leaning against the cool window, a snore escaping his slightly parted lips. You sat there a moment debating on how to get Dean to his bed. Fuck it, there was no way in hell you were going to be able to get Dean out of the car, much less to his bed. You pushed the seat back giving you and Dean more room to stretch out, not that he was going to move anytime soon. You rested your back against the door and put your feet up in Dean’s lap. If he was going to be such trouble, he could live with being a footrest for the night.

The next thing you know, you’re being lifted out of the Impala. You opened your eyes and your body tensed, trying and fight off whatever was happening, when you heard Dean say, “Shh sweetheart, it’s alright, go back to sleep.”

That was all you needed to lay your head back on Dean’s shoulder as he walked towards your room. Dean skillfully opened the door with you in his arms and kicked the door shut behind him. He walked over to your bed placing you gently down atop the mattress.

You could feel his arms start to slip out from under your body when you clung to him. You don’t know what came over you but, you refused to let go. Being near to Dean always made you feel safe. Even though you were a hunter and had no doubt you could handle any monster thrown your way, but there was something about him that made you feel like you were invincible.

Dean let out a soft chuckle, “Alright, you win, I’ll stay.”

You hummed in response as Dean lifted up the covers and crawled in next to you. He wrapped his arms around you as you curled into him, laying your head on his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart.

Dean kissed the top of your head and whispered, “I’ll always stay for you sweetheart, always.”

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Dean: @torn-and-frayed @like-a-bag-of-potatoes @groovinontheinside @borin-oakenshit @channy4eva @bowties-scarves-and-impala @eve05glee @xxtaylorsingerxx

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stayswaggyponyboy · 6 years

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And so comes the time of reflection...the time of introspection....the New Year. I’ve done one of these posts the last couple of years now and they’ve proven to be interesting to look back on, so for the sake of my own record keeping...here goes nothing.

2017. My. Oh. My. What a year. And I really wish I meant that in a good way.

January: started off unfathomably wonderful having the time of my life in Paris doing things I never dreamed I’d be doing. Helping a famous haute couture designer prepare for his Fashion Week runway show, drinking wine on the Champs Élysées, sifting through record stores speaking blends of English and French, meeting up with friends in London. Truly a wonderful month.

February: lots of pain this month. And also some heartbreak....fuck that heartbreak man. I suppose this was the month I learned how important open communication is and honesty with other people as well as yourself. Don’t avoid shit man, confront it.

March: the end of something and yet the beginning of something as well. And the beginning of something so truly beautiful it was. Also the month I got my first tattoo woo.

April: the month I lost my best little lady but also the month I fell in love. So hard in love with so wonderful a human being. It’s very difficult to sit here right now and look back on this wow, fuck reflection. The month of quality time and experiencing new things with a new person and fuck okay yeah this is hard, moving onto May pls.

May: another wonderful month spent loving my life and loving myself with someone else. I saw Bon Iver live sitting hand in hand with someone who loves his music just as much as me. Just kept on falling I suppose.

June: started a job that was a very difficult experience. Thing is the downhill in life where everything basically went to shit. He experienced awful things and the ripple effect was significant. Cue depression.

July: don’t really wanna think about this month. Turned 21 I guess. Very grateful for my brothers. Very sorry to anyone who was friends with me at this time...I was quite unwell.

August: not much better truly....maybe worse, I don’t remember. Let’s label these The Dark Ages. But I was trying to get better. I told my parents about my faulty brain. On the 30th of this month I went to therapy for the first time so I did one good thing for myself this year at least.

September: I started to try and move on. I worked on a beautiful show with amazing and talented friends. I hated my job but at least liked the people.

October: tried something new. It was fun and nice but didn’t last long of course. Not much else....things still not great otherwise.

November: again, tried something new. Learned a lot and was able to explore ideas that I otherwise wouldn’t have - thanks for that. Went to Cape May and was in my happy place for a little bit. Manifested something for the first time, that being my new job. And rounded out the month getting hurt again ayyyy.

December: a lot of sadness and nostalgia and not great feelings. Hopeless seems to be the word that comes to mind. Finals...lots of extended family at my house....and starting a new job. Trying to find comfort in literally anything.

It’s hard because while obviously there have been goods within this year...looking at it big picture like this...it all just feels....difficult to think about I suppose. The happiest time of my year, the spring, now brings so much pain and nostalgia looking back right now, so it’s hard. It’s hard to be a glass half full kinda gal after this past year. BUT there were certainly little moments. Little moments (shit already tearing up) like getting a greeting from my roommates every single time I walk in the door. Or like a hug from mom after a really bad week. Or a really helpful conversation at therapy helping things feel a little lighter. Or like booking flights to do something I never thought I actually would. Or like those snuggles with my pupper that I realized I had to stop taking for granted. Or those laughs, god those laughs, at dinner with friends surrounded by people speaking a different language than us. There are many other little moments, some tainted now, but moments I’m trying to remember as good nonetheless. Through it all I’ve learned and I’ve grown and that’s all one could hope for I suppose.

Now is the part where I reflect on the people in 2018 who meant a hella lot (it’s sorta in chronological order I guess):

CS, EW: I know there were a couple others in our apartment but ya’ll made Paris an insanely wonderful experience. I honestly do not know what I would have done without the laughs and the late nights and early wake up calls and all of those damn crêpes and espressos.

TB: you kinda hurt me a helluva lot but I learned from it....perhaps I’ve learned I really need to stop trusting you lols but for some reason you were still a part of this year weirdly enough and I don’t hate that.

CH: I don’t really have the right words right now so I think all I can manage is thank you and I love you (and probably always will woof).

DM: I would honestly be lost without you and I didn’t expect that’s something I’d say. I am so grateful for you and for your friendship and for being someone I am happy to come home and see sitting on the couch every single night. Cheers to all the walks home, all the late nights, and all the stressful times. I am one lucky gal.

LV: you are and always will be my honest other half. We drifted and did our own things at points this year and they were good (and some bad let’s be honest lol we thriving) but through it all, when I needed someone most in some of my worst moments, you were there. And I can’t tell you what that means to me. I love you a whole, whole lot.

SC, TL: Two very unexpected lights in my life that I’m so happy are there now. Living with you guys has made me feel safe in my own home again. You’ve reminded me what comfort and trust feels like and wow I really needed that I guess so thank you.

DM: Mama you are my light, my beacon of encouragement, and I could not have done this last semester without you. You honestly inspire me every fucking time I speak to you, to try and put out the good I want from the world and I love you for that.

ZS, BS, CS: This has been a really really great year for us. I don’t know...you all have just become 3 of my actual best friends. Sure we don’t gab about our lives together but I’m just really really happy with how close we’ve gotten. Damn I love you guys.

JS: Yo real talk, one of my favorite people you are. I am so glad and so lucky that you fell in love with my brother and decided you were down to marry him because I cannot tell you how important the time I’ve gotten to spend with you has been. I feel like I can just unwind and take a deep breath when I’m hanging with you and your furry lil babies. Thank you. Thank you times a million. Also your siblings rock and I love them all as well goddamn.

MS, JS: Every year that goes by, that I get older, I come to love and respect you more and more and it amazes me because holy shit I love you guys a whole lot and am so grateful for the two of you. For loving me and trusting in me and always wanting to take care of me. Damn now I’m crying ok I love you a lot that’s all.

BW: Ok honestly I am amazed you are on this list again but I’m so happy you are. Somehow you’ve managed to be one of the most inconsistent friends but one of the truest and most honest. There are things I have talked to you about that I’ve not discussed with anyone and that’s something I’m so grateful for. To see where we started and where we are now is quite hilarious but hey, I’m glad you’re in my life one way or another.

DC: I spent a lot of my first couple of years at college wanting to move on and make new friends and this last year, the last few of months especially, I have come to find comfort again with all of you. And like genuine happiness when I’m hanging out with all of you and I’m not sure when this shift occurred or why but I’m happy it did and I’m happy you all still accept me into your lives, thanks pals.

ZL: Though someone I can get very frustrated with, there have been moments throughout this year where I have been very happy to be friends with you. And sharing in those moments, those conversations, has meant a lot to me.

EQ: Idk man you just make me really happy, you’re such a swell human being and I’m so glad I know you. Keep being you man.

PN: Ugh my heart. I am so glad our friendship has blossomed into something that feels genuine and supportive. It started out as fun and exciting and cute and now it’s just like I have this wonderful human in my life that makes me happy every time I see him. Thank you for being you.

2017 has been a very difficult year....and a very painful year. But it has had it’s moments of sheer beauty as well. And while I can’t say I’m optimistic and sure that 2018 will be great....I feel like...it has potential...potential for good things to happen. And that’s all I can hope for.

#diary #this is so long shit #hope no one actually reads this whole thing it's excessive #new years #reflection #2018 #2017

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