#i love beth cassidy so much

[forbescaroline]

so i hit this fantastic milestone today and i am in utter awe! thank you guys for putting up with my hundreds of fandoms and ridiculous amount of memes. you have all made me feel so at home here and i don't know what i'd do without y'all. i wanted to do a little celebration and with riverdale ending it's iconic run, i decided to have you guys vote for your top 10 (canon) riverdale ships! also gonna show some love for y'all. love you guys so much! @aimeegbbs, @ajmichalka, @alina-aleksanders, @alina-starksov, @anditsdraining, @autismbarbie, @ayoedebiris, @babyjapril, @bakerolivia, @barbieist, @beth-cassidy, @bettyjugheads, @carlaroson, @charlieconwayy, @dani-clayton, @davinaclaires, @djo, @duffhilary, @eizagonzalezs, @elena-gilbert, @elenas, @fionagallaqher, @ginaricky, @isakvaltzrsen, @jordanlayla, @jugheadjones, @kargyle, @laylakeating, @lola-miles, @meliorn, @montygreen, @mrbrookedavis, @mybodywakesup, @naiey, @nessa007, @riptides, @shegos, @spencershastings, @stydixa, @tabithatate, @teddywestside, @tilyoutryit, @tim-lucy, @timlucys, @trueloveistreacherous, @userbettycooper, @vanessacarlysle, @wheelernancy, @witter-potter, @yenvengerberg

#follow forever #10kcelebration #i love y'all to the moon and back #thank you for being so wonderful

[bumblesimagines]

you're not just my best friend, you're my... nevermind. forget i said anything.

seeing you with them... it made me so mad. i can't explain the feeling.

Beth Cassidy

seeing you with them... it made me so mad. i can't explain the feeling.

you're not just my best friend, you're my... nevermind. forget i said anything.

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers, F!Reader

You could feel the music blaring through the speakers vibrate through your body in a way that should've been overwhelming, but the booze in your system made it sound distant and muffled. You hardly remembered the name of the guy you danced with, his age, or even where he'd come from. You'd long lost sight of Riri, Addy, and Beth, though you doubted they'd gone far. You were certain if you looked, you'd find Riri in some random guy's lap or Beth making someone's life miserable while Addy watched on. You only cared about the music and the way you moved against the stranger. 

New yet familiar hands landed on your hips and you opened your eyes, staring into that blue color you'd grown to love. Beth's dark-colored lips stretched out into a smile, too wide to be real, eyes too cold to be happy. It almost sobered you instantly, the party vibe evaporating from your body. You instinctively leaned into her, bare arms wrapping around her shoulders. "Come on, it's time we go, princess." She just about hissed in your ear and you nodded, sparing a glance and a wave toward the puzzled guy. 

Beth's dress glimmered in the dim lighting, twinkling with every step and sway of her hips. She kept an iron grip on your wrist as she led you out of the rundown apartment, away from jeering men old enough to be your fathers, and into the cold night air. Beth seemed immune to the cold, possibly too distracted rummaging through her purse for her keys to notice, but goosebumps immediately rose along your arms. You glanced around the parking lot in search of the other two girls, spotting Riri near a bush vomiting out every she'd had eaten throughout the day, which was never much to begin with. Addy held back her long hair, her nose crinkled in disgust, and her mouth forming comforting words. 

"Don't," Beth spat angrily when she noticed you about to call them over. "I don't need her puking all over my seats."

"Did something happen? What's wrong? Was it a guy?" You asked, stumbling over your heels as you moved closer to her. Beth's jaw tensed and she shook her head, her brown perfectly curled waves swinging around. You cupped her face and stared into her eyes as if she'd tell you everything with one look. She wouldn't, even if she expected you to tell her every single secret of yours. But that was Beth. Your captain. Your girl. Your best friend.

"It's always a fucking guy, isn't it? Ruining shit for everyone else? And if it's not a guy, it's fucking fetus and her swinging ponytail." She laughed humorlessly and ran her hands through her hair, tussling up the look she'd carefully put together. Tacy hadn't been at the party but she had a way of fucking things up even from a distance. She and her side chick-turned-wife mother. Always putting Beth in a bad mood. "It was that fuckwad you were dancing with. Seeing you with him... it made me so mad. I can't explain the feeling."

"What do you mean? Did you want him? You could've told me, Beth. You know I don't care." You murmured, rubbing your thumbs over her cheeks, her skin slowly turning a soft shade of pink. "He wasn't even a good dancer." 

She laughed again, this time genuinely, and shook her head. "He wasn't my type. I... I didn't want you dancing with him, 'kay? You're my girl. You dance with me. Eyes on me, always, remember? You never take your eyes off your captain, (Y/N). Never."

"Addy got to dance with some loser, Beth. Why can't I do that?" You practically slurred your words and her hands returned to your hips to steady you. Riri straightened up and Addy went to release her hair until she suddenly bent over and threw up again. Her hangover would be killer. 

"Because- Because Addy's not my girl in the same way you are. You're not just my best friend, you're my..." She trailed off, her words catching in her throat. Beth clamped her mouth shut and unlocked her jeep, pulling herself out of reach and throwing the door open to toss her purse and yours inside. "Nevermind. Forget I said anything. Just get in the car."

"Beth-"

"Get your ass in the car or I'm leaving you here."

#x reader #x you #x y/n #x female reader #x fem reader #dare me #dare me netflix #dare me x reader #dare me x you #dare me x y/n #dare me x female reader #beth cassidy #beth cassidy x reader #beth cassidy x female reader #beth cassidy x you #beth cassidy x y/n #beth cassidy x fem reader

[yenvengerberg]

how the hell did my dumb little blog get here? i never once thought that so many people would be interested in my hyperfixations and photoshop experiments, but here we are! to hit 22k in ‘22 is a pretty cool achievement, so thank you so much. thanks for everyone who has stuck with my blog, everyone who has seen it and decided to hit that follow button, everyone who has supported my gifs and everyone who has ever left a kind word in my tags or inbox - you have no idea how you have brightened up my days.

a follower celebration is long overdue (i had one planned at 20k and procrastinated so, well, here we are)! so how do i celebrate? i feel if i have a 'brand' for anything on this site it’s colours, so i have decided to do a little colour palette meme. if you’d like to participate then:

> chose a colour palette from this site (you can create your own or use a premade one!), you can use its name or just send a direct link > send it to me with a character, dynamic or show of your choice and i will make a set within that colour scheme > please only ask for things i blog about (you can use the search function on my blog to look for it!), i’m afraid if i have not seen the show or do not like the character/ship i will not create for it - but hopefully you’re following me for something already! > this is limited to just my followers as it is celebrating the wonderful people who have chosen to follow my blog

i also wanted to take the time to give a shoutout to all the people who make me scroll through my dash endlessly and produce content that never fails to make me gasp! honestly once i follow you, you’re pretty much stuck with me forever, but here’s to some of my favourites! you’re all incredibly talented and kind people and it’s my honour to be following you. i’m also incredibly paranoid that i have missed people so please know that if i follow you and you’re not on this list i love you, i just have a memory like a sieve! and without further ado, follow forever under the cut:

a-d

@aemondtargaryenn @aemondtargaryenss @ahsokatonas @akenoz @alina-aleksanders @alina-starksov @allsonargent @alycia-careys @amyjake @anakin-skywalker​ @anissagraces @anya-chalotra @anyataylorjoy @arthurpendragonns @aryastaark @avasillva @bethschapel @beth-cassidy​ @benjaminbarnes​ @bladesrunner​ @candicepatton​ @capinejghafa @captainheroism @castlesrichards​ @c-evans​ @cherylblossom​ @chikoriita​ @christophernolan @clarke-griffin @daniellecampbell @darcyscarden @doramilaje​ @diegoshargreevs​ 

e-h

@emmaduerrewatson​ @enidsinclaiir​ @enidsniclair @eyklarsen​ @fiveviktorklaus @forbescaroline @freddycarterz @fredy-carter @greensaplinggrace @gr-ogu @hargreevcs @harrenhals ​@harwinstrng @hermionegrangers​ @hoechloin​ @hollywoods @hope-mikaelson @howlscastle @hunterschafer 

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@iinejs @inej-ghafa @iridescentides @iwillneverletgoipromise @ivashkovadrian​ @jakeyp​ @jemmasimmons @jordan-parrish @kallorys @katherineebishop @kamalaskhans​ @karolinadean​ @katmcnamara @ladystarks @lamberts @laylakeating​ @lucrezia-borgia 

m-p

@magnusedom @mcbride @meliorn @montygreen @midnightsdlx @natalia-dyer @nick-nelson​ @nobodynocrime @number5theboy @orangesyellow @padme-amidala​ @petersevan​ @phoebeswallerbridge @pugsleys

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@queenage @queencalanthes​ @quellcrist @rambeaus @redbelles @reputation @richiebowen​ @ronnieandrews​ @sci-fi @scinnlaece @seance @shegos @sheistolerable​ @shinylightblue​ @something-more @soniabragas​ @sylvielauffeydottir @taliasburns @timothyolyphant @time-turner​ @theheavycrown @thematrixs @tylerposey​ @userciri​ @userdracula​ @usertriss 

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@ughmerlin @viktorhargreeves @visenyatargaryen​ @yelenafbelova @yennefer-nazyalensky​ @wakandasforever @wenclair @willsilvertongue @withered-rose-with-thorns @nina-zcnik​ @zen-coleman ​@zoya-nazyalenskys

#follow forever #*22k #well this is absolutely crazy #can't believe there are so many of you here??? #can't believe people even want to follow my blog let alone SO many people #anyway i love you all so much thank you for being here<3 #thanks for putting up with me<3 #i don't deserve it but THANK you<3

[frazzledsoul]

Okay, it's been a few years, but these are some of the wilder takes/conspiracy theories I heard on the This Is Us subreddit

Milo secretly fathered Mandy Moore's very blonde, very un-Italian children (why? Because their chemistry was hot. Okay, but those kids don't look anything like him).

Chrissy Metz was wearing a fat suit IRL for the last three years of the show so that Kate should up skinny at the end as a "surprise" (obviously not true, but notable because whenever I would tell people to look up recent pictures of Chrissy on her Instagram they would get upset).

Kate is the wife and the mother, and she should always get to make all of the childrearing decisions. Toby is lucky that she lets him have an opinion at all.

Toby was going to force Baby Jack into an eating disorder because he didn't want him to have sugary food at Thanksgiving (I will point out here that Jack as seen in the 2026 timeline at about 7 was quite heavy, although he was much thinner as an preteen/adult).

Madison is going to die in childbirth. Many posters were excited about this (she did not).

Madison's babies will turn out not to be Kevin's (as far as we know, they are definitely Kevin's).

Sophie and Cassidy were going to turn out to have gotten knocked up by Kevin at the same time that Madison was so he could have his "Big Three".

Kevin was going to be engaged to Sophie at the same time Madison was pregnant.

Madison is a loser who needs to get a life if she expected Kevin to parent his kids at all (turns out he was a great dad and they amicably co-parented after their breakup, so no need for this drama).

Jack was going to die in a drunk driving accident in season one (he did not).

Deja was going to murder Beth and/or Annie in the future (No).

Jack and Rebecca will definitely divorce (No).

Beth and Randall will definitely divorce (no, again).

Kate is going to be revealed in the future to have been dead for quite some time (okay, I clung to this for years because they held off on showing Old Kate forever).

Kevin will choose polyamory and marry everyone (sadly no, although I guess he got close enough).

Rebecca is going to BBQ Baby Jack at her anniversary party and the Future Jack sequences will be revealed to be a delusion.

Jack would have refused to take care of Rebecca in her old age.

Rebecca loved Miguel more than Jack and thought he was a better husband.

Rebecca should have reunited with Miguel in the afterlife instead of Jack because he was so much superior to Jack in every way and she always loved him the best.

Rebecca did not reunite with her stillborn triplet in the afterlife and therefore the show has betrayed us.

Rebecca reuniting with Jack in the afterlife is an absolute betrayal of everything the show is about (again, Miguel fans. Guys, he did not hold half as much of a grudge as y'all do).

Jack should have been excused from the final season, because then half of the discarded conspiracy theories would have come true! (Doubtful).

#that sub was a wild ride #this is us #this is us subreddit

[stedefxckingbonnet]

requests info/intro!

hi, everyone!

i thought i'd take a quick second to introduce myself and to also formally open up requests. i'm already working on a few things, but requests really do always help and feel free to submit them at any point--but, we'll get to all of that in a moment!

my name is lavinia, and i am a uni student studying both theatre (dramaturgy specifically) and creative writing! i love to sing, act, write (obviously haha), read (i am a huge fan of classic literature, as well as donna tartt, mona awad, sally rooney, elif bautman, and ottessa moshfegh's works), go to concerts, go to the movies, style/design clothing, paint, collect records/cds, and so much more! this barely scratches the surface really but, if any of you share these interests, always feel free to reach out!

anyhow, as i said, i will officially be opening requests, and at the moment here is the media and the characters i will write for:

Our Flag Means Death

Izzy Hands (my BELOVED)

Ed Teach

Stede Bonnet

Lucius Spriggs

Jim Jimenez

Oluwande

Mary Bonnet

(more available upon request! these were just sort of my first instincts.)

Gilmore Girls

honestly, i'm pretty open to anything unless it's dean. just request and i'll see what i can do!

Gossip Girl

Blair Waldorf

Serena Van der Woodsen

Dan Humphrey

Nate Archibald

Chuck Bass (like sometimes)

Rufus Humphrey

more available upon request.

The Fosters/The Good Trouble

Callie Adams Foster

Mariana Adams Foster

Brandon Foster

Jamie Hunter

Gael Martinez

Dennis Cooper

Malika Williams

more available upon request.

Select Wes Anderson and Tim Burton characters. just ask!

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

Tewkesbury

Sherlock Holmes

Little Women (2019)

Jo March

Amy March

Beth March

Meg March

Laurie

Friedrich Bhaer

Star Wars

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Anakin Skywalker

Padmé Amidala

Luke Skywalker

Han Solo

Leia Organa

Kylo Ren

Finn

Poe Dameron

Ahsoka Tano

more available upon request!

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Basically me just saying I'll write Mr. Darcy. but more characters available upon request, of course.

Community

Abed Nadir

Troy Barnes

Annie Edison

Jeff and Britta I'm a little iffy on but with the right request, maybe. don't hesitate to ask!

The OC

Seth Cohen

Ryan Atwood

Summer Roberts

Marissa Cooper

The Umbrella Academy

Klaus

Viktor

Ben

Five

Diego

Allison

Luther is like, not preferred for me but if you feel strongly about him and have a good request, i’ll consider it but don’t get your hopes up too high!

Once Upon a Time

Emma Swan

Regina Mills

Killian Jones

Neal Cassidy

August Booth

Jefferson (The Mad Hatter)

Mulan

Ruby Lucas (Red Riding Hood)

Belle French

Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White)

David Nolan (Prince Charming)

Peter Pan

Robin Hood

Any others, feel free to ask! I know I left Mr. Gold (Rumple) off, but that's only because it depends with each request. Also, please specify if you want it to take place in Storybrooke pre or post curse, or in The Enchanted Forest.

Merlin

Merlin

Arthur

Gwen

Morgana

Nimueh

Lancelot

any others, feel free to ask. i am just starting S2, keep that in mind.

i'll just start there for now, as honestly it's been a bit since i've written an x reader and i don't want to overwhelm myself much! but please, feel free to request at any time! I will update this frequently, as I am always either getting into new things or remembering things I already love. I am mostly dedicated to OFMD right now, but you may also leave requests for other fandoms and I will keep them on file, or who knows, perhaps even get to them sooner than you may imagine! Have a wonderful day (or night!), and don't forget to request!

yours truly,

lavinia

me filing through all of your requests (hopefully!)

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd s2 #gossip girl #gilmore girls #izzy hands #the fosters #the oc #pride and prejudice #little women 2019 #enola holmes #wes anderson #tim burton #community tv show #star wars #obi wan kenobi #x reader #requests open #the umbrella academy #five hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #diego hargreeves #allison hargreeves #ben hargreeves #stede bonnet #ed teach #once upon a time #requests are open #please request

[gsstories]

Sunny in MH AU!

I present to you Sunny in BNHA!

Full Name: Cyrus ‘Sunny’ Shoku Occupation: Hero (formerly), Orphanage caretaker (Former) Hero title: Sunny Side Hero: Sundrop Age: 32 Quirk: Moondrop Orientation: Demisexual

Hair Color: Blond hair Skin color: Vitiligo skin, pale and tanned Eye color: Sky blue Nationality: Half Persian, half Japanese Other accessories: None at the moment

Family: Unknown Father, Unknown Mother

Orphanage ‘nieces’ and ‘nephews’: Micheal, Elizabeth, Evan, Katie Beth, Hugo, Kimmy, Gabriel, Jeremy, Susie, Fritz, Cassidy, Charlie

Friends: Genesis (boss and older sister figure), Apo, Sammy, Aurora, Moony (sentient quirk), Present Mic, Aizawa, All Might

Enemies: League of Villains, Endeavor

Personality: Sunny is a guy as bright as his name! Always smiling and so creative, he adores taking care of the children and playing with them. He, along with Genesis, help out the kids with their quirks, teaching them how to efficiently control them. Moony, his sentient quirk entity, is more of a prankster. He loves the children as much as Sunny does but he also loves to scare them, not too bad, but enough to make them jump from where they are. While Sunny takes care of the kids while they are awake, Moony watches over them when they are asleep. Despite being taller, he is still younger than Genesis so she sees him as a child and at times even puts him in time out. Even when Sunny tells her he won’t go into time out, she is able to just pick him up and put him in the corner. Sunny has OCD so you may find him cleaning a lot at times.

Fun fact: Sunny cried the first time he held baby Susie and him randomly crying made Gen think she accidentally used her power on him.

His design is based off of @shandzii​ human Sunny’s design! It is very beautiful so I knew my Sunny had to look as nice as their Sunny (although their Sunny looks better, obvi-)

#sundrop #moondrop #bnha #bnha au #fnaf daycare attendant #fnaf missing kids #batim #fnf whitty #vs whitty #poppy playtime #huggy wuggy #kissy missy #cat bee #my hero academia au

[a-member-of-minuteswithmandm]

I loved all six seasons of this is us, even when the show was getting in my nerves I was having a good time!

That being said, let's talk about how all the Pearsons were unrealistic hopeless romantics who repeatedly made shitty decisions when it came to love! ☺️☺️

So first of all...Jack and Rebecca, honestly I think they were both equally flawed so I don't have much to say there. As for Rebecca and Miguel? Damn I hate that couple loool. Miguel is a snake of a beat friend for getting with Rebecca after Jack died. It was giving "ice always loved her" vibes and it gives me the ick. He should have used all the effort he gave to Rebecca and the Pearson on his first wife and kids that's he treated so garbage the first time around smh

Beth and Randall - I love Randal SOOOO much but Beth was effectively a saint for dealing with his shenanigans for 20 years. He was just soooo much, his heart was in the right place though so I let some of his tomfoolery slide.

Then we have Katie girl who destroyed Katoby after years of showing us how they could go the distance. I have not and WILL NOT forgive Kate for ruining her marriage with Toby idc Idc Idc. He wasn't perfect but he was much closer to it than she was that's for sure! I hate that the show acted like his perfectly reasonable concerna and arguments were wrong just further the narrative that Kate was "growing". Ughh

Don't let me even start with the fact that her shan of a relationship with Philip came out of absolutely no where and half of the final season was dedicated to Kate's breakup then second marriage. I actually like Philip but the writing for him was all over the place and their relationship made no sense whatsoever.

For the last member of the big 3 we have Kevin......um okay I guess. The show was all over the place with what they wanted for his endgame - Sophie? Maddison? Cassidy? Zoe? He was obssessed with finding love and due to behind the scene issues, the writers keeps fluctuating with giving him a sense of direction. Everything with Maddison feels so pointless after the ending getting him back with Sophie.....which I wouldn't have hated if it wasn't so clear that all the decisions about her character were based on the actress' pregnancy and availability. I will give them props for making Cassidy his best friend though because I LOVE their dynamic.

Outside of the adult Pearsons we also had Deja and Malik and lord knows I hate them as a couple so much. I don't know why Deja couldn't get an easy love. Why did she had to be a stepmom at 15? Ughhh

Well if you enjoyed my rant then you'll probably also enjoy us talking about this topic on our podcast channel. Please watch, like and comment your thoughts! We love hearing from people 😁

#Youtube #podcast #this is us #jack pearson #rebecca pearson #randall pearson #beth pearson #kevin pearson #kate pearson #toby damon #jack Damon #jack x rebecca #kate x toby #katoby #Randall x Beth #deja Pearson #tiu #chrissy metz #sterling k brown #susan kelechi watson #milo ventimiglia #mandy moore #nicky Pearson #deja x malik #Kevin x Sophie #kevinson #kophie #kevin x Maddison #kate x Philip #Justin Hartley

[kimwexlers-brownhair]

Is this anything?

The Golden Trio as Columbo Killer Archetypes

Kendall Roy - The Sad Sack Killer

Examples: Adrian Carsini (Donald Pleasence) in Any Old Port in a Storm, Emmett Clayton (Laurence Harvey) in The Most Dangerous Match, and Beth Chadwick (Susan Clark) in Lady in Waiting

Desperate and feral when cornered, these frantic but repressed killers often think of themselves as the true victim. They feel overlooked or threatened by someone more confident, more talented, or that frankly bullies them. This killer lashes out because they feel like the victim is about to steal their spotlight before they can even enjoy it. They’re terrified of Columbo, viewing him as a walking reminder of their guilt; but it’s maybe this guilt that makes them reach out to him for some kind of absolution.

See also Ruth Lytten (Joyce Van Patten) in Old Fashioned Murder

Shiv Roy - The Ambitious Killer

Examples: Oliver Brandt (Theodore Bikel) in The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case, Kay Freestone (Trish Van Devere) in Make Me a Perfect Murder, and Milo Janus (Robert Conrad) in An Exercise in Fatality

Far more direct, cunning, and assured than the Sad Sack Killer. They appear confident and dazzling, and rely heavily on charisma and wit. They and their immediate companions are fully aware of the killer’s intellect and prowess in their chosen field, but their fatal weakness is overestimating these qualities. Infatuated with their own creative genius, they plan too much, and often reveal more than they wish when cornered. However, you can’t deny they keep their eye on the prize: anything to get ahead in their field, anything to cover up their crimes. These are the ones who look down the most on Columbo, and therefore are the most pissed off during the Gotcha moment.

See also Alex Benedict (John Cassavetes) in Etude in Black and any of Jack Cassidy’s characters

Roman Roy - The Impish Killer

Examples: Roger Stanford (Roddy McDowall) in Short Fuse, Nelson Brenner (Patrick McGoohan) in Identity Crisis, and Leslie Williams (Lee Grant) in Ransom for a Dead Man

These killers actively enjoy playing mind games with Columbo. They are eccentric and distinct personalities. They appear to enjoy their clever acts of murder more than the other two archetypes who simply view the murders as means to an end. To the impish killer, their murders are like entertaining set pieces, and they thoroughly enjoy watching Columbo seemingly trapped in their tangled web. They wanna have fun in everything they do in life, and if that includes murder, nice. While they have disdain for Columbo, they also kind of want his approval, too. 

See also Dexter Paris (Martin Landau) in Double Shock and Joe Devlin (Clive Revill) in The Conspirators

i worked way too hard on this to be ignored, dan

BONUS ROYS

Logan Roy - The Protect My Legacy Killer

Examples: Col. Lyle C. Rumford (Patrick McGoohan) in By Dawn’s Early Light, Luis Montoya (Ricardo Montalban) in A Matter of Honor, and Maj. Gen. Martin J. Hollister (Eddie Albert) in Dead Weight.

This killer puts forth a front of icy control that can easily turn into reassuring charm that fades when they feel their legacy is threatened. They’ve internalized their own legend, convincing themselves they really are as dazzlingly heroic and in control of every situation as their reputation says. They are so protective of their legacy, their life’s work, that they justify murder as a necessary evil. Because of their age and experience, they tend to appreciate Columbo’s intelligence more quickly than the other killers. However, they are still so secure in their own invulnerability they can’t believe they won’t get away with it until the last second.

See also Dr. Marshall Cahill (Jose Ferrer) in Mind Over Mayhem, Viveca Scott (Vera Miles) in Lovely But Lethal, Nora Chandler (Anne Baxter) in Requiem for a Falling Star, and Commissioner Mark Halperin (Richard Kiley) in A Friend in Deed

Connor Roy - The No Business Being a Killer Killer

Examples: Nicholas Frame (Richard Basehart) & Lilian Stanhope (Honor Blackman) in Dagger of the Mind, Ward Fowler (William Shatner) in Fade in to Murder, and Tommy Brown (Johnny Cash) in Swan Song

Affable, personable, but often theatrical to the point of comical, these killers are near-sympathetic oddballs who develop a playful relationship with Columbo. They kill because they’re frail and not always too bright, and don’t know what else to do when past romantic entanglements, gambling debts, etc. catch up to them. They are either relieved when they’re caught or the pressure makes them go crazy.

See also Grace Wheeler Willis (Janet Leigh) in Forgotten Lady

#succession #columbo #kendall roy #shiv roy #roman roy #logan roy #connor roy #succ #succession hbo #i'm fucking brilliant #because they're all rich white collar criminals see

[userlaylivia]

okay so on the 18th it'll mark six years I've been on this blog and I wanted to do a follow forever to celebrate it! if I forgot anyone I'm so sorry i love you all so very much!! now into the follow forever!

@miriammaisel, @ravipanikar, @tabithatate, @forbescaroline, @bettycoops, @ithinkimightveinhaledyou, @ronniesandrews, @nathanshales, @terrilynn88, @emmanelson, @yenvengerberg, @anditsdraining, @hopekirby, @starfiresupernova, @andremichaux, @andrewgrfields, @star-kovs, @lucyychens, @timlucys, @annacoleman, @saracamerons, @haydenpanettieres, @santinacedes, @beth-cassidy, @els-hopper, @backtothestart02, @barchiefangirl, @maygrant, @taureanluver, @lexihoward, @mstorispring, @lizzie-saltzman, @elizabeth-forbes, @archiesbetty, @bakerolivia, @rodrigolivias, @nicholas-nelsons, @bellamysgriffin, @charismascarpenter, @annacooperblossom, @agentoutofdiaz, @fiitzsiimmons, @katherineebishop, @leojfitz, @bdcvis, @buffy-dale, @judsonryders, @cheddarholt, @josiesblake, @natemacauleys, @wheelernancy, @willafitz, @bufysummers, @robinbukley, @beca-mitchell, @nicholasnelsons, @reginasmillls, @sadbeautifutragic, @strandtylerkennedy, @vampirehizzie, @userlizziesaltzman, @buckley-s, @babygorgeous, @daisyssousa, @jennifersbod, @userrpatz, @y-ennefers, @auliicravalhos, @neve-campbells, @intostarlight, @gilbertshermione, @madscline, @gwynthmorgan, @rosedavid, @usereloise, @natanscott, @nancysdrevv, @misandriste, @jacesclarissas, @dojablossom, @moondstars, @lucbian, @anyajoyed, @youareintroublenow, @itwasepic, @dreamerandcrazy, @maya-matlin, @lustrys, @trueloveistreacherous, @slayercordelia, @vadersdala, @embrcethechaos, @levitatingclouds, @nessa007, @stevenspector, @lucifersmorningstar, @druigs, @tudorgirl, @thesedarkcafedays, @sleeping-star, @charliezay, @eve-villanelle, @kiddstellas, @blairdemies, @alymichalkas, @barchiee, @narcbarbie, @usermaxie, @alechardison, @pollyplummers, @davinasrebekah, @haiileyshalstead, @softalison, @iriswesstallen, @carlarosonn, @milesgmorales, @colins-bridgertons, @jamescarstairs, @lenakluthors, @finchtarrayos, @nikita-mearss, @shelbysgoodkinds

okay so tumblr is being a major pain so only a few of the names are linked I'm so sorry but I hope some can see it ugh I tried to fix it but once I got to a certain point it stopped working ugh I'm so sorry!!

#sara's 6 year celebration #follow forever 2022

[himbos-hotline]

The Baby AU - Tell me more about it

Literally is just a non-wrestling AU with some OCs but mostly wrestlers as like infants-little kids and its the first Au in a series where its baby, middle school, high school, college. Some wrestlers are adults so like parents adn shit cuz you cant have a bunch of kids running around unsupervised. The adults all have non-wrestling jobs and most of the AU revovles around the children going to a daycare/educational place and its going to be written like a series, a different character to focus on each chapter

Madelyn Orton [OC, cousin of Jay] // 5 years old

Finn Balor // 6 years old

Samuel 'Sami' Zayn // 5 years old

Generico // 4 years old // NOT Sami Zayn

Kevin Owens // 7 years old

Malakai Black // 6 years old [physically]

Aleks Page [OC, not related to hangman] // 5 years old

Balor // literal manifestation of finn balors demon persona // 7 1/2 [physically]

Randall Orton // 10 years old

Seth Rollins // 4 years old

Jon Moxley // 5 years old

Rhea Ripley // 8 years old

Darby allin // 4 years old

adam page // 4 [nearly 5] years old

MJF // 4 years old

Matt Jackson // 7 years old

Nick Jackson // 5 years old

Kenny Omega // 7 years old

Eddie Kingston // 9 years old

Wheeler yuta // 2 years old // mute

Danhausen // 6 years old

HOOOK // 3 years old

Luke Gallows // 8 years old

Karl Anderson // 7 years old

Orange Cassidy // 7 years old

Chuck Taylor // 6 years old

Trent? Baretta // 7 years old

Adam Cole [baybay] // 6 years old

Jack Perry // 3 years old

Jayden Jackson [fostered by Regal] // newborn/1 years old

Julia Hart// 4 years old

Ruby soho // 8 years old

~~~

There is little to no rhyme or reason for the families. My big sibling and I just played "what people do we like/does this make me laugh?"

Leonie Balor + Finnatan Balor: Finn. Brodie King: Balor Mick Foley: Eddie Kingston Sting: Darby William Regal: Mox, Wheeler, Jay [fostering] Excalibur: Generico, Orange cassidy Tripe H/Shawn Micheals: Randy, Maddie, Finn Taz: HOOK Lita: Rhea Ola and Michael Page: aleks Edge and Christian Cage: Sami zayn, Jungle boy Chris Jericho: Kevin Beth pheonix: baby hangman AJ styles: Luke and Karl Stephanie Macmahon: MJF Don Callis: Kenny mama and papa buck: Matt, Nick, evantually adopting Jay from Regal AJ Lee: Malalki Aubrey edwards: Ruby soho RJ City/ Claudio: Adam Cole [this was funny to us- solely based on the hey EW episode] Sue: Trent ? Tony Shavione: Chuck

I love this AU so much, come send me a lot of asks about it

#mouse has pals #kat nip #au: the muppet baby au

[love-laugh-daydreamarevolt]

I love Beth Cassidy so much, she deserves the world

#dare me beth Cassidy #morally grey traumatized lesbians who are loyal af and have a one sided love with their best friends have my whole heart #i dislike addy ill be hinest

[televinita]

Top 100 Ladies of TV

Looking at old blog posts, many years ago I did a "100 favorite female characters" list, but I have met so many wonderful new ladies now that it is quite out of date and needs a major update to accommodate them. International Women’s Day seems like the perfect time to do so!

Only this time I'm restricting it to TV characters, or I will die of Overwhelm.

NOTE: This list is not in any kind of order, I just wrote them down as they came to mind. I considered alphabetical, but found it was nicer to keep everyone from a given show together. And rather than starting from scratch, I kept as much of the original list as I could and just added newer favorites on at the end, if you're wondering why some of these Very Old Fandoms are clustered at the top.

Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Donna Noble (Doctor Who)

Sarah Jane Smith (Doctor Who/The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Kimberly Hart (Power Rangers)

Katherine Hillard (Power Rangers)

Pamela Beesly Halpert (The Office)

Kelly Kapoor (The Office)

Angela Martin (The Office)

Amita Ramanujan (Numb3rs)

Abby Sciuto (NCIS

Ziva David (NCIS)

Abby Lockhart (ER)

Neela Rasgotra (ER)

Sarah Riley (ER)

Rachel Berry (Glee)

Quinn Fabray (Glee)

Tina Cohen-Chang, respect (Glee)

Marley Rose (Glee)

Juliet Burke (Lost)

Alex Rousseau (Lost)

Kensi Blye (NCIS: LA)

Nell Jones (NCIS: LA)

Marisol Delko (CSI: Miami)

Alexx Woods (CSI: Miami)

Calleigh DuQuesne (CSI: Miami)

Samantha Spade (Without a Trace)

Miranda Bailey (Grey's Anatomy)

Cristina Yang (Grey's Anatomy)

April Kepner (Grey's Anatomy)

Addison Forbes Montgomery (Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice)

Sara Sidle (CSI)

Jess Angell (CSI: NY)

Dana Scully (X-Files)

Summer Roberts (The O.C.)

Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Pushing Daisies)

Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)

Joan Girardi (Joan of Arcadia)

Kat Miller (Cold Case)

Tru Davies (Tru Calling)

Elaine Benes (Seinfeld)

Daphne Moon (Frasier)

Carla Espinosa (Scrubs)

Jordan Sullivan (Scrubs) -- it's either her or Ellie Torres from Cougar Town, real 6-of-1 situation

Donna Pinciotti (That 70s Show)

Jackie Burkhart (That 70s Show)

Kitty Forman (That 70s Show)

Kara Danvers (Supergirl)

Stephanie Tanner (Full/er House)

Grace Adler (Will & Grace)

Lexi Vaziri (Blood & Treasure)

Jaz Khan (The Brave)

Lux Cassidy (Life Unexpected)

Rachel Matheson (Revolution)

Julia Shumway (Under the Dome)

Nancy McKenna (L.A.'s Finest)

Paige Donohue (Scorpion)

Happy Quinn (Scorpion)

Max Black (2 Broke Girls)

Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds)

Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (Criminal Minds)

Emily Prentiss (Criminal Minds)

Mae Jarvis (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders)

Reba Hart (Reba)

Cheyenne Hart (Reba)

Jess Parker (Primeval)

Abby Maitland (Primeval)

Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

Tani Rey (Hawaii Five-0)

Kate Beckett (Castle)

Alexis Castle (Castle)

Kat Warbler (The Class) - FOREVER UPSET we were robbed of more than 22 eps of her snarky glory!

Ivy Lynn (Smash)

Elizabeth McCord (Madam Secretary herself)

Carrie Heffernan (i'm sorry i LOVE HER) (The King of Queens)

Frankie Heck (The Middle)

Sue Heck (The Middle)

Mindy Lahiri (The Mindy Project)

Lisa Miller (News Radio)

Beth of no apparent last name (NewsRadio)

Sabrina Spellman (the Teenage Witch, Good Version [WB])

Tia Landrey & Tamera Campbell (Sister, Sister) (I know it's rude but they're both aces and this way my list is secretly 101!)

Jade McKellan (Family Reunion)

Holly Tyler (What I Like About You)

Anathema Device (Good Omens)

Eve Baxter (Last Man Standing)

Sabina of no official last name (Siberia)

Ryan Clark (Off the Map)

Phoebe Buffay (Friends)

Monica Geller (Friends)

Rachel Greene (Friends)

Janine Teagues (Abbott Elementary)

Melissa Schemmenti (Abbott Elementary)

Barbara Howard (Abbott Elementary)

Ava Coleman (Abbot Elementary)

Molly Flynn (Mike & Molly, a terrible show made watchable by its women, though I only have room for 1 today)

Henrietta/Hetty Woodstone (Ghosts [CBS])

Shirley Bennett (Community)

Alex Russell (Maid)

Jenny Hoyt (Big Sky)

Cassie DeWell (Big Sky)

In conclusion:

#100 favorite female characters #quality data #more ambitious people than I would do gifsets or at least photosets about this but I am not that person #I have been wrestling with this for weeks and I think I'm finally happy with it but IDK #definitely still some I can see being replaced and that were arbitrary picks over women I like equally well and cut #RIP Community ladies but I realized I did not love them enough individually as opposed to part of an ensemble #especially after I was like 'Oh No i cannot possibly choose among the Abbott ladies' #same for the women of Bones #apologies to my Zoo family that Jamie did not make the cut either #encouraging my mutuals and other followers to do their own!!! #I know many of your faves but I am curious if and how you would ultimately narrow it to 100 #p.s. thank you to empress-of-snark for finding the illustrative gif I was looking for #p.p.s. last minute edit kicked Lizzie Maguire off and replaced her with Hetty because I finally caught up on Ghosts #and remembered she's AMAZING and also I have only seen like 3 actual episodes of Lizzie #p.p.p.s. NOPE removing Jenny Callender and Buffy too (sorry!) because I have not actively watched BtVS and I need the Big Sky ladies

[painsandconfusion]

Cassidy

Bad baby Sand scribble part FOUR. whaaaaaaa? I did a werewolf thing???? ew. yall i dont like werewolves why did I do this XD

(tw: this is like 6,200 words long. ew. supernatural whumpee, knife, blood, shitty parental figures, manhandling, minor whump - i was a smol baby kiddo at the time i wrote this, dont come for me)

Cassidy stood in front of a large, oaken door. She had seen it many times before, but she had never mustered up enough courage to go in or even knock. She sat down on the floor as she had done so many times before, daydreaming what was inside. 

Cassidy was small for her age. At twelve years old, she had an intrinsic sense of curiosity and wonder. She was allowed to go anywhere. 

Anywhere but through that door. 

Ever since she was two years old, longer than she could remember, she had lived with her uncle. When Cassidy was born, her mother had died in labor, leaving her father to care for her in the midst of a devastating war. Not too long after, her father had been drafted. Cassidy was sent away to live with her grandmother’s brother in a large estate hidden safely within the borders of a neutral country. 

She had quickly adapted to life with her uncle. She was cared for by the maids, and only saw him during meals. Well...those he came to. Often times he would have his food delivered straight to his office. Behind the oaken door Cassidy had spent her lifetime staring at, wondering. 

Her uncle was a mysterious man. He rarely ever talked to her, but she thought her liked her. He would always have a special smile, just for her, even if her never really took the time to know her. He would always lock himself in his study and work tirelessly on some mysterious task. Cassidy liked to think that he was creating something beautiful. Like a dollhouse, or a music box. But these were the dreams of a young child, and Cassidy was bright enough to know that. 

Either way, she still enjoyed dreaming. 

Cassidy sat there, in the flickering light of the candles. She was wearing her favorite dress, which she wore nearly every day until Martha, her personal maid, would take it away to be washed. She always loved the dress. It was a soft yellow with little greed beading across the hems. It also had a green ribbon around the middle, and puff sleeves that made her feel like a princess. Martha said it had been her daughter’s dress, before she grew up. Cassidy had noticed that Martha always talked about her daughter, Beth, in past tense. Still, she didn’t question. She never questioned. She had been taught not to. Even so, she noticed Martha’s eyes go misty whenever she twirled in the dress. And how Martha would hug her, a bit too tightly whenever her eyes got the mistly quality. 

The oak doors never moved. She knew that they had to, or else Uncle could never get in or out, but she had never seen them opened. That was about to change. As Cassidy sat there, staring, the knob never turned, but the door opened a crack for the first time. She stood up. At first, she looked away, thinking that t was wrong to try and see what was inside. 

After a moment, she looked back. Curiosity overtook her. She walked slowly towards the door. Still afraid of the unknown secrets of the room, she stood back as far as she could and plastered herself against the wall before nudging the door open with one hand. She peered inside.  

It was completely dark. Had it always been like that? Was it always dark inside? Had the door always been unlocked for her to wander in at any time?

She took a few glances behind her, looking for uncle or Martha who would come to fetch her away. She thought for a moment on how much trouble she would get if if she were caught. It only took her a moment to realise that she didn’t care. The promise of answers to the questions she had been asking for years was easily worth any punishment they could give her.  She took a shaky step inside. It was almost completely dark so she pushed the door open all the way in order to get as much light as possible.

The candles out in the hallway flickered and illuminated the feet, but they did little to penetrate the darkness looking all around here. There was something eerie about the room. No matter how hard she tried, she could not see into it, even with the light of the candles. 

The sound of shoes clicking down the hallway made Cassidy spin around. Her heart jumped into her throat. She couldn’t be found. She wanted to run back out the door, to escape before anyone saw her, but it was too late. If she ran out now, she was sure to be seen. Instead, she covered her tracks and closed the door quickly and silently. 

She put her ear to the thick wood, listening out into the hallway. She could hear the shoes come up to the door, then move, blessedly, past it. She could hear Martha’s voice humming a sweet melody as she made her way down the hall, completely unawares the Cassidy was just behind the forbidden door. 

When Cassidy could no longer hear Martha, she sighed and let herself slide down to the foor. That was close. Too close. That was a bad idea. She immediately decided to leave. Quickly. Cassidy stood up and fumbled around for the knob. When she found it, she turned and pushed to open the door. Only, the door didn’t open. 

Cassidy tried again, throwing herself against the door this time. It was locked. She tried to see through the darkness to get to the latch on the door but there wasn’t one. Why would Uncle have his study lock from the outside? Either way, she had to get out. If they found her in there she was going to be in a lot of trouble. 

Cassidy turned around, looking for another way out. She reached her arms in front of her, trying to see through the darkness. Even now, her eyes were starting to adjust and whatever traces of light touched the room, she could see. She looked around. She couldn’t see the floor, but she make out the top of a table or desk. She had to find a candle, a lamp something. She moved slowly towards the table. Cassidy plastered her eyes open, trying to see as much as possible. There was a lamp sitting on the edge of the table. A real, electric lamp like she had only ever seen in the fancy shops in town. But... Uncle didn’t like electricity. He never bought the new fangled gadgets. Maybe he had finally given in. 

Cassidy felt around the lamp trying to find a way to turn it on. You didn’t need a match or anything. The lady at the store had shown her how to turn it on by pulling on a chord. 

Her fingers fumbled around the metal base. 

There. A small chain was dangling from the base of the lamp. She pulled it quickly and light blinded her. She covered her eyes to block out the sudden light. It was much brighter than a lamp or candle. It seemed to illuminate the entire room.

Something behind her shifted in the darkness, and Cassidy whipped around, backing into the wall. She scanned the room, trying to see what she had heard. The room was much brighter now. It was all still in shadows, but she could make it out. She was next to the table pushed up against the wall. On the table was an assortment of items such as knives, notepads, gloves, bowls, a few boxes and several pieces of silver. In the corner of the room, there was a large desk with books and papers stacked and piled onto it. She could see in the corner there was a bookshelf that was stuffed with volumes. The room was fairly large, but it seemed smaller with so many things in it. She focused on the largest item last. In the center of the room there was a large looming figure. It was like a giant box, but it had a black fabric thrown over it. Like the birdcages at the zoo. 

Had this been where the noise came from?

Cassidy was instantly curious. What was behind the fabric. What was in the box? She took a few small, silent steps forward, staring at it all the time. It was difficult to see in the shadows. After a moment, she turned back to the lamp and tipped it upward, splashing light around the rest of the room. 

Something shifted again. She had been right. It was from in the box. She looked quizzically at it. Had her uncle been keeping an animal in here? 

Cassidy reached around and gripped the corner of the black fabric. She took a deep breath and slowly pulled the material away. It was heavy, but she managed. 

She peered in. It wasn’t a box. It was a cage. The walls were made of iron bars with a nonexistent door. The cage hadn’t been what she was expecting, but what wasn’t what made her stop. It what was inside the cage, staring back at her. Cassidy gasped and dropped the material. 

The shape of a boy, only a few years older than her, was curled up into a ball, only his red tinged eyes staring back at her. Cassidy wanted to scream, to run, but something stopped her. The boy was crying. He looked unblinkingly up at her, tears slowly, silently, streaming down his cheeks. He stared at her, obviously more frightened of her than she was of him. Cassidy spun around, looking around the room. She was suddenly afraid of being caught again. This was definitely not what she had expected.

The boy lifted his head a bit more and looked at her. She looked back. Who was he? Where did he come from? More importantly, why did her uncle have a young teenaged boy locked up in his study?

Cassidy tried to clear her face of expression, as she had seen Martha do. She cleared her throat and looked back at the boy. 

“Who are you?” She had tried to make her voice clear and polite, but it came out shaky and foreign to her. The boy finched at her words and shifted away from her. He stared at her. He still looked frightened, but now it was mixed with confusion and curiosity. 

He didn’t reply. She tried something different. “My name is Cassidy.” She said. Her voice was calmer than before. She wanted to try to speak in a way that would calm him down, but it seemed to be working for her too. He stared back up at her. Cassidy slowly sat on the floor. She looked around the room, trying to figure out what to do next. 

“Conor.” He whispered. She looked back at him. 

“Conor? That’s your name.” She clarified. Slowly, he nodded. 

He seemed to be gaining confidence quickly. “How did you get here?” He asked. “Who are you?”

Cassidy was glad that he was speaking, but she wasn’t sure how to answer his questions. “Um...I guess I live here. This is my uncle’s house. I’ve never been in this room before.”

He stared back at her. “When is he coming back?” He asked.

“My uncle? I don’t know. He comes and goes all the time. I never know exactly where he is. I’ve never been too close to him...”

Conor tensed and looked rapidly around the room. He seemed to be afraid of Uncle. But why?

“Did my uncle put you here?” Cassidy asked hesitantly.

“I think so. At least I think it’s the same man.”

“Why?” She asked. “Why would he put anyone in a cage?”

“To experiment…” The boy replied, his eyes threatened tears again.

“What do you mean?” Cassidy inquired. “Experiment what?”

Conor looked back up to meet her eyes. He looked like he was in pain. Slowly, he unwrapped his arms from around his torso. He held them out for her to see. Dark hair made its way down his arms and over much of his hands. She noticed it poked out from under the color of his shirt as well. He was practically covered in hair. 

Cassidy gasped. “Did he do this to you?” She she whispered.

He pulled his arms back and looked away. “No. He didn’t. You don’t understand…” He stammered. “I’m not…”

“What?”

He took a deep breath. “I’m not exactly human. Well, I am. Most of the time…”

Cassidy stared at him, trying to understand. How can someone be ‘not exactly human’?

“What?” She repeated.

Conor sighed. “I’m a werewolf.” He clarified. “Well...not yet. I’m going to be though. When I’m 18...”

Cassidy stared at him, dumbfounded. A werewolf? 

“I...I don’t understand.” Cassidy stammered. 

Conor paused. “I don’t know why he wants me. I think he is trying to figure out how to kill my kind. I just don’t know what to do.” His voice cracked and he looked away.

Cassidy was furious at her uncle. How could he do something like this? Did he realize how much he had been hurting this boy? 

She could see that the outer sides of his arms were covered in cuts and welts. Fresh. She stared at them.

“I’m going to get you out of here.” She said definately. Conor looked up.

“How?” He whispered hopelessly. There isn’t even a door to this cage. The bars are all lined with silver. If I even touch it it burns me!” he showed her the backs of his arms. 

Silver. Werewolves can’t touch silver. Right...

“It gets worse as I get older, too. Once I’m a full werewolf, silver will be able to kill me…” 

Cassidy stood up. there had to be a way to get him out. She wrapped her hands around the bars, giving them a good tug. She pried and pulled at them, unable to change a thing. “Ugh! She grunted “I can’t move them.” 

Conor stared that the dirt and muttered “Of course you can’t, you’re human. I’m strong enough that I could, but I can’t hold onto them that long.” 

“Okay…” Cassidy mused. “So I just have to find a way that you can hold onto the bars without getting hurt.”

Conor scoffed. “Good luck with that.”

Cassidy looked around the room. She cast her gaze on the table she had first seen when she had entered. She searched them for anything she could use to help her. She looked from the silver to the knives. 

Conor was right. He was experimenting. Some sick form of torture to figure out every way he could hurt Conor. Anger and hatred bubbled up in her chest. She had trusted her uncle. He had always been kind to her and she loved him in return. 

All of the feelings she once had for him were now ebbing away as she looked around the room. This room made to hold and torture a young boy. 

Cassidy saw a pair of woolen gloves on the edge of the table. She grabbed them and jumped back over to Conor. 

She thrust them through the bars so that he could reach them without touching the cursed silver. 

“Will these work?” She asked him. He looked at the gloves carefully, afraid to touch them. 

“What are they made of?” He asks, eyeing they skeptically.

“I don’t know...wool I think.” She pulled them back out and turned them inside out. “Nothing inside. Just the liner. I don’t see any silver...”

“Okay, let me see them.” Cassidy held them back out for him. He didn’t take them, but touched them lightly with the tips of his fingers. Cassidy had no idea when the last time was he touched something without being hurt. 

He held the tips of his fingers on them for a few moments before moving his hands under and telling her to let go. She did and he looked at them carefully before putting them on. 

Once the gloves were on he stood up as much as he could in the small cage. Cassidy hadn’t realized how big he was. She had seen that he was thin, but he was also very long. He was much taller, and perhaps older, than she had thought. Conor moved up close to the bars. Taking a deep breath, he reached out to let the gloves touch the metal. He winced, expecting a shock or burn, but he held still. After a moment her wrapped his large hands firmly around the silver bars. He looked at Cassidy and nodded. 

“Stand back a little.” He advised. “I don’t know how these are going to bend or break.” Cassidy complied, moving back beside the table. 

“Here goes nothing….” Conor muttered.

She saw his muscles tense up and his eyes focus as he pulled at the bars. After a moment they creaked and started to give. Conor grunted and pulled harder. The first bar snapped from the frame and it’s momentum brought it slamming back against his body. 

His let go of the bar and ground his teeth. She could see a new welt on his face where the bar had hit him, but he seemed to be fine. He threw the bar to the other side of the cage and continued pulling on the second. After a few seconds, it pulled out too, and Conor was careful not to let it touch him. Now the gap was wide enough for Conor to slip through without touching the bars, still, he pushed out on them to bend the opening a bit wider, just in case. 

Conor slid through the opening and stood up fully for the first time in a while. A grin split across his face. That was the first time Cassidy saw him smile and she couldn’t help but join him. 

“Thank you!” Conor said, scooping her into a hug, making her giggle. Cassidy hadn’t known him for long, but she sure liked him so far. She hugged him back. 

“You’re welcome.” She was still grinning as he put her back down and started to stretch. His back and neck popped and cracked as he moved freely for the first time in...how long? Cassidy decided to ask.

“How long were you in there?” She said, dropping her smile. 

“I’m not sure...a few months I think...” He answered. “Either way, too long.”

Cassidy stared at him. “How old are you?”

“15” He replied.

“You’re pretty tall for 15” She stated.

This made Conor laugh. She liked his laugh. “Werewolf, remember?”

Cassidy smiled. This was all so strange. He was so strange. But he made her happy. She was definitely glad she decided to go into the room. 

Then she remembered. 

“Oh, no…” Cassidy stuttered, looking around the room. “What are we going to do? I have to get you out of here, but there are people in the house. Uncle could walk through that door any minute and the door’s locked from the outside!” Cassidy circled around, trying to think. Uncle was going to come in. He should see what she had done. She would be punished and she didn’t even want to think about what would happen to Conor. 

“What are we going to do!?” She repeated.

“Calm down, We’ll think of something…” Conor said, grabbing her shoulders to still her. He looked around the room. “I can get us out of here, but you are going to have to get us through the house. I don’t  know the way. Can you do that?” He asked. He looked directly into her eyes, his eyebrows raised. Cassidy nodded fervently.

“Okay…” Conor sighed. “Here we go...” 

He walked up to the door. He tried the doorknob, but it did no more for him than it had for Cassidy. 

He sighed. “Okay, here’s how this is going to work. If we want out, I’m going to have to either break down the door or bust the lock. It will be loud. If anyone’s near, they are going to hear it. Once we’re out we will have to get out of the house quickly and quietly without being seen. You sure you want to do this?” He looked at her.

Cassidy met his gaze. She understood. Her uncle would know she had helped him. There was no way he could have gotten out on his own. He would be furious. Cassidy had no idea what kind of man her uncle really was, or what he would to to her if he found out. “Okay, but I’m coming with you when we’re out.” She stated firmly.

“No. No way. You can’t be caught with me. You will stay here. This is your home. I’m not going to take you away.” 

“You don’t understand. He will kill me when he finds out.”

“He doesn’t have to know it was you.”

“Of course he’ll know. Who else would? The only people in this house are my uncle, Martha, and me. He will know it was me. I don’t want to know what he will do to me after that. I never knew him well and after seeing all this,” She gestured around the room, “I don’t want to.”

Conor sighed. “Okay. You’re right. I can’t leave you here. We will figure out something out.” He turned away from her and looked at the door. “You ready?” He asked.

“Yeah. Let’s go.” He wrapped his still-gloved hand around the doorknob and thrust his shoulder into the wood. Cassidy heard the crackling as it broke away from the farme. Conor tried to be quiet about it, but the door fell with a crash with him on top of it. He stood up quickly before grabbing Cassidy’s arm and pulling her out. 

“Come on!” He said. Not bothering to whisper. If anyone could hear their voices, they would have heard the door. 

“This way!” Cassidy ordered and she started running down the hallway. Conor followed, thumping loudly. He wasn’t exactly graceful. She headed for the backdoor, the one that lead into the kitchen. Uncle never went over there. If they were lucky, they could get out before anyone could find them. She rounded the corner and started sliding down the stairs with Conor on her heels. 

“Cassidy!” Uncle screamed. She spun around to meet his wild gaze. 

He was in the parlor, now moving quickly towards the stairs. His eyes latched onto Conor and he drew a silver knife from his belt.

Cassidy stared at the knife and screamed. Conor picked her up, pulling her back up the stairs. Cassidy looked back down at her uncle. He wore and expression mixed between confusion, horror, fear, and anger. He darted up after them. She had never realized how agile her uncle was, but it was all too obvious now as he quickly caught up to them. Conor probably could have outrun him, but  Cassidy couldn’t and Conor didn’t leave her behind. 

Cassidy screamed again as she tripped and went hurtling to the floor. 

“Cassidy!” Conor yelled, skidding to a stop and turning towards her. Uncle was very close now, sprinting at them with a knife in hand. Conor picked her up by her elbow and carried her down the hall at a full sprint. 

Conor must have realized that he was not going to win. He had no idea where he was going and carrying Cassidy slowed him down. He raced down the hallway. Dead end. He stopped suddenly and spun around. Uncle slowed down too, only stopping when they were ten feet apart. Cassidy could hear Conor’s rapid breathing and she clutched his neck. 

Conor set Cassidy down quickly and she struggled to figure out what he was doing. Quickly, though it became obvious as his massive hands wrapped around her throat. 

Cassidy instinctively tried to pull them off, but it was useless. Conor was far stronger than she was. She started to panic, unsure what to do. She looked wildly up at her uncle. He was staring at her in horror. 

“Let go of my niece you filthy half breed.” Uncle said with more venom than she had ever  known he had possessed.

Conor didn’t waver. “Oh, fond of her are you? I see. Too bad.” Conor tightened his grip around her, and she sputtered, clawing at his hands for release. 

His voice was precise, deadly. She hadn’t ever heard him talk like that. She didn’t know what to think. A few moments ago she trusted him with her life. Now...not so sure.

Her uncle slowly put his hands up. “Calm down, let’s just talk this out.” He said slowly.

Conor laughed coldly. “Oh, we’ve had plenty of time for talking. You never bothered. That’s your own fault. Besides there’s nothing to talk about. I’m making you a deal. Either you take it or you don’t. Not much talking involved in that.”

“Okay, what do you want?” Uncle asked.

“First, put down the knife. I don’t like it much.” He ordered. 

Uncle pause, eyeing his blade. “I don’t like being at a disadvantage. How can I trust you?” 

Conor sighed. “Look I’m trying to be polite here but if you move that knife one centimeter closer to me I will tear you apart.” He paused. “And the girl as well.”

Uncle turned white and hesitantly complied, letting the knife drop to the floor with a thud. “Now, here’s the deal. Option A: You let me go. No one gets hurt. Everyone’s happy. Option B: You refuse. I kill the girl. Then I kill you. Understand?” 

Uncle nodded. 

“Your choice?” Conor asked.

Uncle stared from Conor to me, then back to Conor. He squinted at him. 

“I think you’re bluffing. I don’t think you’d hurt her. It seems you’re rather attached to her. I don’t think you will do it.” He challenged.

Conor chuckled coldly. “Watch me.” He whispered slowly. 

His hands tightened around Cassidy’s neck, cutting off most of her air supply. Cassidy thrashed around, wide eyes, trying to get away from him. Her uncle watched the scene for a moment before taking a step back and raising his hands higher. “Okay! Okay. I’ll do whatever you want just let her go.” He said frantically. 

“That’s better.” Conor said coldly. His hands relaxed, allowing Cassidy to gulp down air, coughing and sputtering all the time. 

“Now back up.” Conor instructed. 

Uncle compiled and started moving away from them. Conor moved forward, still holding onto Cassidy’s neck. He bent over slowly to pick up the knife the Uncle had dropped, careful not to touch the silver blade. He moved his hands away from her throat and replaced them with the knife. Cassidy could feel the cool metal pushing into the flesh on her throat, not quite hard enough to break the skin. She lifted her chin to get away from it. 

“Now, you stay there. You move and I start carving.” Conor threatened. He started backing up, tugging Cassidy with him. She moved slowly, careful not to press against the knife. He backed up into the hallway. Dead end. Right. 

He reached to his left and opened a door. It was Cassidy’s bedroom. He moved inside, pulling Cassidy with him. 

“Wait! Let her go! You said you wouldn’t hurt her!” Uncle called down the hall. She could hear him moving towards them. Conor stepped back into the hall, still holding her against his body.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay there?” He mused. 

Suddenly, the blade pushed harder against Cassidy’s throat. She wined and she felt it cut the skin. A trickle of blood emerged.

“No!” Her uncle cried.

“Just keep quiet and stay there. I will kill her if you don’t listen. She is coming with me. I won’t hurt her and will release her once I am a good ways away. I need to make sure you won’t follow me. Now. Back. Up. I won’t tell you again.” Uncle looked frantically at him before backing up slowly once again.

Conor had moved the blade away from her cut, but it still throbbed and she could feel the blood running down her neck. It wasn’t a deep cut. Just the skin. She would be okay. As long as Conor didn’t try it again. 

They moved back into the room and Conor slammed the door. He released her and bolted the doorjam. He moved her dresser in front of the frame for good measure before moving to the window and breaking it open. 

Cassidy way sitting on the ground massaging her throat gently. She didn’t know what to think. She looked up at Conor, frightened. In a moment he picked her up and literally jumped out the window. They were on the second floor at least 40 feet in the air, but apparently Conor didn’t care. 

She screamed as they fell. Cold air whipped her hair into her face, catching in her mouth. It seemed like forever before they reached the ground.

Conor landed on his back, using his body as a cushion for her fall. Cassidy was aching, but Conor stood up quickly and picked her up. He began sprinting towards the dark forest the engulfed the estate. He didn’t stop running when the got to the trees. He carried her for miles. All Cassidy could do was hang onto his for dear life. His path twisted and turned so that he would be impossible to track down. 

After what seemed like an hour of running, Conor finally stopped. He set her down and kneeled to look her in the eye. She flinched away from him.

“I am so sorry Cass. I had to. He wasn’t going to let us go if he didn’t think I was serious. I didn’t want to hurt you but it was the only way.” 

Cassidy looked away. 

He gave her a halfhearted smile. “You didn’t really think I’d kill you did you?” He asked quietly.

Cassidy met his eyes. She couldn’t lie to him. She nodded slowly.

“Oh, Cassidy” He said quietly, engulfing her in a hug. “But, I suppose it’s probably a good thing. If you believed it, he believed it.” He pulled back and looked her in the eye. “I am so sorry that had to happen. I suppose I was pretty scary, huh?” Cassidy finally let the tears slip down her cheek. She closed her eyes and nodded before burying her face in his shoulder.

“I’m so, so sorry…” He whispered. “I’ll never let anything like that happen to you again. I will never hurt you.” He began to pet her hair, soothing her. “Are you going to be okay?” He whispered in her ear. 

Cassidy noded. “I’m okay.” She mumbled into his chest. She pulled away and wiped the tears from her eyes. She sat down on the ground behind her. Conor followed suit. 

“So...what now?” Cassidy whispered. Her throat was still tight from crying, but she had to move on. She had never been one to cry. She didn’t like it. 

“I’m not sure.” Conor replied. “Here, let me see that.” He said, gently pulling her chin up so he could see the cut on the neck. He looked at it with regret. “So sorry…” He whispered again. He inspected the cut to make sure it wasn’t bleeding any longer. It had stopped a while ago, but the dried blood was still there and there was nothing to wash it off with. 

Cassidy pulled his hand away. She changed the subject. “Where did you come from. Before my uncle..”

“I lived in a village miles and miles away from here. My parents had been werewolves I guess. They sent me away when someone caught onto their secret. The people I lived with never figured it out. One night I woke up to the cottage on fire. Next thing I knew I woke up in that cage….”

“That’s...terrible.” Cassidy whispered. 

“It’s okay. I never really fit in anyway.” He smirked. “No one really liked me.”

Cassidy stared at him. “Me neither. Well...I’m not so sure. I never really get to leave the house. I get all my training and learning at home. I only get to go out when Martha has to shop and uncle isn’t home to watch me. They never trusted me…”

Conor smiled. “Probably because of me. They didn’t want you to find me.”

“Nah, you’ve only been here a few months. This has been happening my whole life.”

He paused, searching her eyes. “But there was someone there before me.” Conor said carefully. “I wasn’t the first.”

Cassidy stared at him. “What do you mean?” She asked.

“When I got there, I knew I wasn’t the first. He had been doing this a long time. Besides, I didn’t need that. I could smell it.”

“You what?” Cassidy asked.

“Smell. I have an acute sense of smell. Like a dog.” He laughed for a moment then grew somber again. “I could still pick up the scent of the one who was there before me. I assumed that whoever the last one was had just gotten too old. There isn’t really any way to experiment on a fully grown werewolf. They are extremely strong, but fragile at the same time. They would break out of that cage, no problem. There’s no way to control them. But also, the silver has a greater effect. I assumed your uncle killed the one before me.” Conor started picking at a leaf, tearing the edges off a little bit at a time.

Cassidy looked away, sorry she asked. She picked up a leaf too, prying the veins from the green. “Well...where did you come from?” She asked him. “Maybe we could still go back…”

“No. There’s nothing left for me there. Besides, that’s the first place your uncle will look.” He stared out into the trees. “We have to get away. Far away.” He sat up straighter. “Wait. You say this man is your uncle?”

“Yes?”

“So what about your parents?” He asked.

Cassidy sighed. “My mother’s dead and my father was drafted in the war. That’s why I was sent here. To get away from the war.”

“Hmm…” Conor grunted. “Well, I guess we can figure it out later. We’re not going anywhere fast.” He laid down. Cassidy did the same. They looked up together, watching the leaves of the trees sway and rustle under the gentle breeze. It was getting kinda cold out. It was mid summer, but the nights were still a bit chilly. It was getting close to sundown. 

“Should we get a shelter or something?” Cassidy asked. She had never slept anywhere but in the house, in a bed. She didn’t know how to live outside of walls.

Conor smirked at her. “Nah. It doesn’t get too cold. There’s nothing to shelter us from. Except animals, maybe, and I can take care of them.” 

Cassidy shuddered. “What kinds of animals?” She asked quietly. She had heard about the lions and bears. Bobcats and tigers. She didn’t like the idea of them prowling around while she slept. 

Conor chuckled again, apparently amused by her fear. “Wolves.” He mused. “Big issue for a lot of people, but not while you’re with me. If anything else comes, I can make it go away.” He rolled on his side and propped up on his elbow to face her. “I promise I won’t let anything hurt you.” He said honestly.

Cassidy smiled. “Thank you.” She said quietly.

Conor layed back down and they went back to watching the sun set through the canopy of leaves. 

“Conor?” She asked after a few minutes.

“Yeah?”

“I think if I knew you before all this, I still would have been your friend.”

She could hear his smile. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

“You know something, Cassie?” He asked. She turned her head to face him.

“What?”

“Your uncle’s right. I am growing rather fond of you.”

Cassidy smiled. “So does this mean we’re friends?”

“I think so.” Conor replied.

There were were a few moments of silence before Cassidy answered. “I’ve never had a friend before.” She said quietly.

“Me neither”

“I think I like it.”

“Me too.” Conor replied. 

Together, they watched the treetops. The night was setting in, darkening the atmosphere of the forest. When the sun had fully set, Cassidy snuggled up to him for warmth. Just before they drifted to sleep Cassidy whispered. 

“Conor?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t leave me.”

“Never.” He replied.

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Not necessarily part of the story:

The next morning, Cassidy woke up to rays of sunlight splashed across her face. She shifted, feeling Conor’s body beside her. For a moment, she panicked, not remembering the day before. When she realized it was Conor beside her, she smiled. He was her friend. Her first friend. She felt almost giddy. She stood up slowly so that she didn’t wake him and looked around. 

Birds bobbed and weaved everywhere around her, singing songs to one another. It was beautiful. Cassidy smiled and wandered around to watch the birds from a better angle. They were in all different colors and sizes singing different songs to one another as they busily flew about.

#this is like 6 #200 words long. ew. supernatural whumpee #knife #blood #shitty parental figures #manhandling #minor whump - i was a smol baby kiddo at the time i wrote this #dont come for me #werewolf whumpee #baby sand scribbles #bad writing #no im still not proofreading or anything im just spamming your pages

[livingwithlosingyou]

Living with Losing You - 8/23/2022

I am Exhausted. 

Today, my company experienced a small lay off. While it was small, I unfortunately ended up losing half of my team. It really feels like I cannot catch a break. While I completely understand the direction of the organization, and appreciate the care they took in this situation, it still is hard. we are all human, and have emotions. 

My hands look a lot better today, but my feet look scary. To be honest, I kept them in shoes / socks for most of the day. I had not soaked my feet in Cassidy’s magic sauce that she made (Cassidy should trademark it) but I caved and am currently letting them soak. I also realized that the rash that I have on my legs and under my butt got worse too. I felt the pain, but I didn’t realize how bad it was until I took a picture of it. I am not sure if I want to put anything on it, it already burns. I feel like anything would make it worse. Let’s see how that is tomorrow. I will spare the pictures of my feet and below my butt. 

Today flew by because i worked for about 12 hours. I felt bad because I definitely flubbed on part of my project, but it is what it is. I have been trying to give myself grace in more aspects of my life. especially right now while I am going through so much. I got Public Square again, I really can’t stop eating it. I need to be better about cooking and such, it was just literally painful with my hands, plus it’s been really hot outside. When I cook it makes the entire apartment like 10 degrees hotter. I’m just sorta at a point where I am like “take my money” and just living off of takeout. I realize this isn't sustainable, but it’s temporary. Just need to get better, 

I felt like I needed to get something off my chest today, but I had a little bit or writers block. I hate it when that happens. I am sure it’ll come to me in the next few days, it always does. I have just been thinking about how much I miss you. I just miss all the little things. I miss knowing you existed, and that I could call you, text you, etc. whenever. I miss those nights when you’d drive to my apartment after your shift and sneak in bed. I miss waking up at 4am with you to help you get ready for work. I honestly even miss the times when you were drunk and sleeping, and I was taking care of you and holding you. I miss EVERYTHING. I would assume that’s normal. Wanting drunk you over not having you. I loved you so much James. I should say that I love you so much. I know you can hear me when I say that. 

I was able to take Sadie on a pretty good walk this evening. She needed it after being cooped up in here all day. I am grateful for the reduced schedule, because after tomorrow I will have a couple of days off to recoup. I really need that. I did end up moving my flight to KY, I will not be there from 9/29 - 10/18. It’s weird to think that a year ago a little after that time was when I flew out to Pennsylvania to meet you after you got out of Rehab. I still can’t believe that this is where we are today. 

I wanted to be able to be with your family on your birthday, because I know it’s going to be a hard day for all of us. I think I know what I want to do for you on your birthday, but I do not want to disclose on here what all of my ideas are yet. I know your mom and I talked about your favorite vanilla bean cake (she said she would try and make it GF., sorry to ruin your cake LOL). I did get to talk to both of your parents today. They’re hanging in there, we all are. I hope that you are giving them signs and love too, they need it. 

Something that is worth mentioning that I literally laughed out loud at was the conversation that your dad and I had about the placard on your gravesite. Beth and I had talked about a few funny ideas, since that’s who you were to your core. mark had mentioned maybe doing describing words, such as “loved, lived, laugh” and I immediately stopped him. I said, “Don’t Live, Laugh, Love Jake. He is probably rolling around in his grave at this conversation”. Honestly though, don’t think you’d want that on your gravesite forever. NOPE. I won’t let it happen, don’t worry. Maybe send your dad a sign that that is not what you’d want on there. Is it heaven, or is it just a white woman’s instagram aka Jake’s gravesite placard. You would have appreciated that joke. 

I really am excited to go back to KY though. For multiple reasons. I think it will be very sad to go to the places that we did just one year ago, but it will be nice to make new memories while I am out there. I really want to try and be there for your family as much as I can be, they mean a lot to me. And I know you meant a lot to them. You still mean a lot to all of us. 

Your legacy will continue. That is a guarantee. 

I should really try to get some sleep, I have a long day of delegating tasks for work. The hydroxyzine is definitely kicking in. 

Every morning and evening I greet you. People might think that’s weird but it is what it is. It’s really not when you’re in the thick of it. 

Well, I love you, forever and always. You’re the reason for the tear drops on my guitar, and saying goodbye is death by a thousand cuts. #taylorswiftreferencesFTW

I love you, it’s you I love. 

Rest in Peace, James Burton Nichols

10/1/1993 - 7/16/2022

[bithcassidy]

clarkegriffindork --> bithcassidy

#its been 600 years but its time #i love beth cassidy so much

[lesbianjamies]

requested by anon: beth cassidy + quotes pt.1

#dare me #daremeedit #daremesource #beth cassidy #bethcassidyedit #marlo kelly #myedit #gif request #taking a break from the usual bly manor programming and posting abt this girl!! whomst i love and miss so much #last thing im SO sorry this took forever i hope the person who requested is okay skdjf #disclaimer: didnt have subs when i made this