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21stcenturyhope · 5 years

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BTS Imagine // Royalty!AU with Jimin

Park Jimin

summary: The kingdom is in shambles and as part of the underground resistance group, your mission is to infiltrate the castle and help dethrone the current king.

genre: slight angst, fluff ending

length: 1.6k words

notes: first of all, I’m so sorry for not posting in a while! I feel like this isn’t one of my best works as there were so many more details I had wanted to include but then the story would have probably turned out to be like 10K words. So enjoy the condensed version haha

As you were forced down to your knees on the rough cobblestoned floor, the series of events that had occurred leading up to this very moment flashed before your eyes.

And you wondered if there was anything you could have done differently.

A few years ago, you stood by and helplessly watched as the kingdom was plunged into corruption and extreme poverty. It had begun with the sudden and tragic death of the king and queen who were ambushed by bandits on their way home one night. They had left behind a son, barely older than you were. And in his hands, the world fell apart.

You were the eldest daughter of a duke. Despite your noble lineage that traces back many generations, your father was what you considered a forward thinker. He had never had any expectations of you to fulfill society’s gender roles and encouraged your adventurous (if somewhat reckless) nature. Your father had steadfastly refused to get involved with politics, never feeling the need to curry the favour of others.

In the end, he paid the price for it. It was his death at the hands of corrupt government officials that had driven you to join an underground resistance group whose ultimate goal was to overthrow King Jimin from the throne.

Your new membership had allowed the resistance group to set forth a set of plans they weren’t able to before all because of your noble lineage.

With some inside help, you were introduced as the king’s new bride. When enough intel was collected and the timing was right, you would be responsible for helping the resistance group to enter the castle to assassinate the king.

When you first met Jimin, you had expected a cold, ruthless man because that was the only type of person who could have allowed the kingdom to fall into such a state of disrepair.

King Jimin’s personal advisor, Lord Kang, was a greasy old man. His leering looks made you uncomfortable and it took all your will power to not smack him across the face. He led you to one of the towers that seemed to be far removed from the rest of the castle’s main activities. Lord Kang left you alone at the door almost immediately after escorting you, leaving you to announce your own arrival.

You gave three brisk knocks on the large wooden surface before you head the sound of a lock unlatching and the door creaked open only slightly ajar. However, nobody from the other side seemed to be opening the door further to greet you so you daringly pushed it open and let yourself in.

The room was luxurious as expected. A young man who you presumed to be King Jimin was seated in an armchair by one of the windows. Despite the small shadows cast upon his face, he was easily the most handsome man you had ever seen. You curtseyed in greeting the way you had been taught but after an extended moment of silence, you looked up only to realize he gave no indication of hearing or even seeing you.

“Your Majesty?” You took slow and soft steps to approach him so as to not startle him. When you got closer, you noticed the constant stream of tears running down his cheeks. If anyone had asked you, you wouldn’t have been able to explain why your heart was suddenly gripped with panic and worry for him.

Before you could help yourself, you found yourself kneeling in front of the king as you slowly wiped the tears from his face. A choked sob escaped from Jimin and you instinctually pulled him into an embrace.

You were wrong. Jimin wasn’t cold or ruthless. Instead, the young man you met today was broken.

Your first few interactions with Jimin followed a very similar pattern. You would hold him in your arms as great sobs racked his body. Slowly, it seemed as if your touch soothed him and Jimin began to open up to you. Eventually, enough days passed by where he was no longer crying when you arrived. The two of you began to make conversation with each other and you learned more and more about him.

The first time he smiled at you, you felt the butterflies in your stomach. That was when you knew you could no longer carry out your mission.

You quickly learned that Jimin never left his isolated tower, still too overcome with grief over the death of his parents. His emotional state left him unable to rule and you realized that the governing decisions of the kingdom were being overseen by a group of corrupt advisors led by Lord Kang.

You told all of this to the resistance group leader, Namjoon.

“Are you sure about this, Y/N? You have to be absolutely certain what you’re telling me is the truth. It’ll change our plans entirely.”

“Jimin is innocent, Namjoon. I would put my life on it.”

“Then call Jungkook in here, we’re going to need his help too.”

For Jimin, it was a day just like any other. The two of you were entwined together on the loveseat, cherishing each other’s company. Jimin’s head laid peacefully in the crook of your neck as you ran your fingers calmingly through his hair. His eyes were closed, enjoying your touch.

“Jimin, do you trust me?”

“Of course, I do, Y/N. You saved me.” His eyes remained closed and you hated yourself for having to break his state of peace.

“It’s been a long time since you’ve left this tower. Do you know what the kingdom has become?”

Jimin began to frown and opened his eyes to finally meet your gaze.

“Lord Kang has been managing the general affairs for me. He hasn’t reported anything amiss.”

“Jimin, I need you to listen very closely to what I’m about to tell you.”

You told him everything. From the children dying of starvation to the unbelievably high taxes, you informed Jimin about the stricken state the kingdom had fallen into. Namjoon’s informants had found evidence that Lord Kang had even orchestrated the deaths of the former king and queen knowing that it would leave a distraught Jimin in his care to manipulate. You shared all of this with Jimin.

“Y/N… I don’t know what to do. How could I have been so foolish?”

“This isn’t your fault,” you soothed. You refused to let Jimin blame himself in case he reverted back to his prior depressive nature. “There are people who can help you, Jimin, if you agree. We’ll take back the throne and you can right all the wrongs done to your people. But it means you will have to finally leave this tower.”

“Are you one of these people?” You gave Jimin a small smile.

“Of course, I’ll be there with you every step of the way.”

Three days later, Namjoon’s revised plan set off seemingly without a hitch.

The resistance group was easily able to enter the castle under Jimin’s authority. It was bold to attack during broad daylight but the plan was to corner Lord Kang and the rest of the corrupt advisors while they were all assembled at the palace courts. Under Namjoon’s guidance, Jimin had secured back the military power of the kingdom first. Backed by the resistance group, an army and you, Jimin had the confidence to face his disloyal subjects.

You watched from the sidelines, pride beaming through your smile as Jimin worked in tandem with Namjoon to present all the evidence against their crimes. But desperate times meant desperate measures. Cornered with no other solution, Lord Kang seized his last opportunity at saving his own life. Unknowingly, the evil scumbag had inched his way close enough that he was able to grab you and hold a dagger to your throat.

“I think that’s enough for today, Your Majesty,” Lord Kang sneered, believing he had the upper hand. He kicked the back of your legs, forcing to you to your knees. “If you want the bitch to live, you’re going to pack a carriage full of gold from the treasury and send me off in one piece.”

An uncanny calmness seemed to take over you despite being held at knifepoint. You could see Namjoon berating himself in his mind for not securing the accused before the criminal proceedings. You could see Jimin’s confidence falter when confronted with the threat of your life.

And even if there was anything you could have done differently… you knew you wouldn’t. Because even if it meant your life, you knew the kingdom would now prosper and that Jimin would become a great ruler. Your only regret would be leaving behind Jimin after falling so deeply in love him. You could only hope that your death wouldn’t completely devastate him for he had lost so much already.

An arrow suddenly shot through the air and struck Lord Kang in the shoulder. The knife clattered as it hit the floor, eliminating any further threat to your life. Soldiers swarmed Lord Kang and his minions to reduce any more possible threatening situations.

Jimin rushed forward to collect you in his arms, concerned eyes scanning over you to ensure there were no injuries.

“Oh, thank God. I thought I was going to lose you too. Are you hurt anywhere, Y/N?” He pressed a light kiss to your forehead. Relief washed over you and you let out a small laugh.

“Don’t thank God, thank Jungkook. He has a superb aim.”

And you were right. In the end, Jimin became a revered king among his people as he finally restored the kingdom back to its former glory.

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wazafam · 3 years

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The Breaking Bad storyline, although glacially slow in places, is packed with a series of utterly surprising events. Given the languid flow of the plot, these shocks are all the more effective, and, more importantly, they appear in the form of every emotion imaginable — from fear to anxiety to pleasure to joy to misery to rage.

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Of all the variety of moments present in the series, there are only a few that truly deserve mentioning for being the most shocking. Interestingly, nearly all of them have to do with just three characters: Gus Fring, Walter White, and Hank Schrader. Considering just how stunning each of these was, it's tough to pick one for the top spot.

10 Gus And His Box-Cutter

Walt's plan to get rid of his replacement, Gale, works, but their employer is furious at his death. Obviously, nobody knows what's going to happen when Gus walks around with a box-cutter in his hand, but Jesse and Walt are terrified that their time is up.

Heisenberg then proposes that the meth operation would be decimated without them, at which point Gus straight up slashes Victor's neck and holds the wound open until he bleeds out. Walter, Jesse, and the audience all watch in total shock.

9 Walter Takes Holly With Him

After Hank's untimely death, Walter knows that his first priority is his family, so he tries to get them all to disappear for the time being. Skyler and Flynn vehemently object, so much so that the boy even notifies the cops that his father is trying to kill his mother.

Before escaping, though, Walt "abducts" Holly and vanishes. Later, he is seen changing his daughter's nappy, as the baby murmurs the word "mama." What's even more unexpected is the fact that Walt rings his home, and smartly creates an alibi for his wife so that she wouldn't be implicated in his crimes.

8 The Child Assassin

Andrea Cantillo's younger brother, Tomás, appears long before she does — first as an innocent kid cycling around the neighborhood as Jesse's friend, Combo is trying to sell Walt's product in an unfamiliar locality.

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It is later revealed that the kid is the assassin, having been "initiated" into a gang after he shoots and kills Combo point-blank. The horrors of children being involved in drug cartels aside; viewers simply could not imagine such an event taking place. Until it does.

7 Hank Is Attacked By The Salamanca Brothers

Given that he had recently killed Tuco Salamanca, Hank should have been more aware of the repercussions, but as it stands, he is blissfully ignorant. In one intense scene, as he enters his vehicle, a mysterious caller lets him know that his fate is about to be sealed. This little clue does not, in any way, reduce the shock value of the moment.

Leonel takes the first several shots, but Hank reverses into him, when his brother, Marco, emerges. The DEA agent would have surely died had he not been able to locate and load a stray bullet in time for a bullseye headshot.

6 Walter's Plan For the Schwartzes

Walter intends for Elliot and Gretchen Schwartz to take care of his family, but he has to threaten them into acceptance. He claims to have hired expensive hitmen, as evidenced by the sniper laser red dots suddenly appearing on their bodies, which scares the two of them sufficiently.

This intimidation tactic ensures that Walt's money will be delivered to Flynn. Of course, the so-called snipers are Skinny Pete and Badger using laser pens, but it works out in the end, so nobody's complaining. Except for the Schwartzes, probably.

5 Hank Is Murdered Without Mercy

Hank and Gomez travel to where Walt's money is buried, but Jack Welker's gang makes it quite difficult for them. In fact, the latter is killed in the skirmish that follows, leaving his partner hopeless.

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Walt attempts to prevent the inevitable from happening, but Hank already knows that it's finished for him. He chastises his brother-in-law, "You're too stupid to see... he made up his mind ten minutes ago." Hank coldly says "Do what you're gonna do," and Jack does it.

4 The Tortuga In The Desert

Hank is excited about his new mission in El Paso, but his colleagues don't seem too interested. After acquiring crucial info from a CI called Tortuga, they travel out into the desert.

Hank notices something moving in the distance, which turns out to be a tortoise (on whose back Tortuga's decapitated head is placed and the text "Hola DEA" has been inscribed). Macabre though this scene might be, the metaphorical bombshell is dropped when someone thoughtlessly moves the head, which activates a literal bomb.

3 Walt's Fulminated Mercury Idea

Jesse Pinkman's stint at selling meth to Tuco Salamanca is a disaster — the young man is violently assaulted by the druglord's men for demanding reimbursement. Walter takes the matter into his own hands, traveling to Tuco and repeating the same demand made by his partner.

The other man simply mocks his audacity and wonders if he truly understands how deals like these go down. In response, the chemistry teacher blasts the place half open with a small piece of "fulminated mercury," a reaction that couldn't be seen coming from a mile away.

2 When Gus Becomes Two-Face

Gus is constantly ahead of Walt's assassination attempts, so the latter hinges his entire plan on Hector Salamanca. Somehow, he gets the old man to agree to his complicated idea, in which he would be able to take down his hated enemy (while also losing his life). Hector despises Gus so much that he instantly agrees, so he pretends that he has become a DEA snitch.

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This means that Gus needs to take care of this loose end, allowing Walt to install an explosive device "powered" by the old man's wheelchair bell. The resulting explosion shatters the room, but Gus staggers out, apparently alive. Then the shot moves on to his face, half of which has been ripped off his skull.

1 Gus' Bottle Of Zafiro Añejo Tequila

Along with Jesse, Gus goes to Mexico, seemingly to "gift" Don Eladio with Jesse and, therefore, a means of producing the blue meth. At the poolside, he pops a secret pill and then gives the Don a bottle of Zafiro Añejo Tequila.

Knowing that the cartel would never trust something he offered, he consumes some of it first, which puts the others' minds at ease. Little do they know that Gus has come completely prepared for this; his actions decimate Don Eladio's cartel, successfully obtaining vengeance for the murder of his partner decades ago.

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Cerebus #14 (1980)

This is what happens to Cerebus because he still hasn't taken my advice to stab everybody he meets before they become a huge annoyance.

I'm not suggesting everybody stab everybody they meet so that they'll never have to deal with any non-stabbing drama because then everybody I meet would be trying to stab me. That sounds like a bad social contract. A good social contract is to not talk to anybody at all in public unless they work in the service industry and also maybe don't make such aggressive eye contact with people on the street? I'm just trying to get from Point A to Point B with as little human contact as possible. I wouldn't mind interacting with people except for one huge problem: most people are way more terrible than they realize. And the more enthusiastic and social a person is, the more likely that they're the real life version of Red Sophia or Elrod. On a similar note, I really love this thing where we're all wearing masks. Now if we can just develop a virus that spreads through eye contact so we're all forced to constantly wear dark glasses, I'll be pretty fucking happy about the state of the world. I mean I'd be happy with the state of the world in regards to what I have to deal with when I go outside (which is people trying to talk to me and looking into my eyes). I don't mean I'd be overall happy with the state of the world which is fucking terrible because a bunch of assholes think teenagers telling them they can't say retard on the Internet is worse than Donald Trump and the GOP's self-serving style of governing where they think taxes shouldn't be used to make the country better but should just go back into the pockets of corporations and Wall Street pricks and other politicians and the already extremely wealthy. Also, a lot of centrist Democrats think the same way. They're only more acceptable because they mostly aren't racist, sexist homophobes. Now that all the snowflakes have stopped reading and went to hug their guns in consolation of my mean Internet words, I can get to the review. In "A Note from the Publisher," Deni claims this is the funniest issue of Cerebus to date. Since it's Cerebus' first visit to Palnu, I'm not even questioning her claim. It's almost certainly true. Dave Sim's Swords of Cerebus essay is a textual stroking of Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster's dick. Sim's mostly talking about Foster's art style but he obviously decided to mimic some of Foster's story telling style as well. See, Prince Valiant was a continuous story that ran (or has run? Is it still going by his son or grandson or something?) for decades, a story which chronicled the life of Prince Valiant and, eventually, his children. Cerebus is a comic book that didn't run for as long but whose continuing story was easier to follow and had a drunk aardvark as the main character. So there are some similarities there, right? This was also the first issue of Cerebus after going to a monthly schedule. Dave Sim would now have to do 300 issues instead of the 150-something he had been planning. Ha ha! Sucker.

This would have been a most opportune time for Cerebus to start his stabbing people upon meeting them practice.

I knew at some point I was going to have to admit this so I might as well begin with it: I don't think I've ever sat through an entire Marx Brothers movie. It's possible I have but I just don't really remember because it happened so long ago. But I need to also reveal this: I loved Groucho Marx as a kid. I've revealed before that I had a grandfather fetish as a child. I loved hanging out with old men and I loved watching old men on television. Going in Style was one of my favorite movies and I simply adored Art Carney. I also loved The Shining because it was about a young kid who got to hang out with one of my other favorite older guys, Scatman Crothers. Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life fit into the old guy category. I don't think he was as old as the oldest men I loved but, as a young kid, he certainly seemed ancient. I think the duck that dropped down when somebody said the secret word helped a lot. But I would watch reruns of You Bet Your Life whenever I found them on television because it was like hanging out with an old man, my favorite pastime from around four to ten or so. As for Groucho's movies? I've definitely watched parts of some of them as I stumbled on them on television and realized he was in it. But I've never made the effort to start one from the beginning and watch it all the way through. I should probably rectify that. Cerebus has wound up in Palnu thanks to a short diversion in a comic strip that appeared in The Comic Buyers Guide. He wound up marooned on an island with Lord Julius' son, Lord Silverspoon. Upon being rescued, Lord Julius decided to reward Cerebus for saving his son. I don't have the issue of Swords of Cerebus with that story so I can't comment on how annoying Lord Silverspoon almost certainly was. Cerebus' reward is to be put in charge of Lord Julius' security forces and granted the title of "Kitchen Staff Supervisor." It doesn't make any sense because Lord Julius invented bureaucracy. He realized the only thing that can really keep a leader safe is to make sure that nobody else knows what the fuck is going on.

Oh, see? I suppose I could have just read a few more panels and realized Lord Julius explains it himself.

As Kitchen Staff Supervisor, Cerebus' job is to keep assassins from assassinating Lord Julius. Aside from that, he was pretty much free to do whatever he wanted. Unless he only thought he was free to do whatever he wanted and whatever he wanted was whatever Lord Julius was manipulating him into wanting. Lord Julius is a master of getting people to accidentally do the thing they didn't think they would ever do that Lord Julius also didn't want them to do but actually secretly did want them to do. Basically anybody who has recently spoken with Lord Julius is actively doing Lord Julius' bidding, whether they know it or not. For some reason, Cerebus decides to take on the role of Kitchen Staff Supervisor even though it's the most boring thing he's ever done in his life. At least it's entertaining for the reader because nearly every line out of Lord Julius' mouth is a solid gag. And since I haven't really seen any of Groucho's movies, I can't say how many of the gags were stolen outright! I have to assume it's all new material and only Groucho Marx parody. Some people, in an attempt to never be fooled by anybody, never believe anything at all. I am not one of those people. I believe everything I hear until somebody slaps me and yells, "How can you believe that obviously falsified tripe, you fucking moron?!" Assassins try to poison Lord Julius and Cerebus tracks them down to an underground group trying to free the city from the clutches of Lord Julius. When the assassin, Cerebus, and Lord Julius wind up in the same place, Cerebus outs himself as a spineless centrist.

The Centrist loves to believe that not taking sides is the only logical conclusion to any matter that doesn't seem to immediately affect their lives.

Some people are probably wondering how that previous caption is a negative criticism. "Um, yeah. Seems about right. If it doesn't affect me, why should I offer up an opinion!" And yet when a situation exists where one side is full of abusive and manipulative people controlling the reins of power and the economic purse strings of the country and the other side is being bullied, cheated, and abused by that side, not taking a side is siding with the powerful and the abusive. Even if your life hasn't been affected. Of course, Cerebus doesn't need to take a side here. I mean, he does take a side: he sides with the people who have all the money. But he doesn't really care is the point. You'll see he retains this philosophy of rich people winning every argument later when he's Pope and gives out his wisdom that "God loves rich people which is why they're rich and hates poor people which is why they're poor." Pretty much the philosophy of evangelicals in the U.S. Cerebus survives the battle with the assassin and then gives Lord Julius some free advice about running the country. So Cerebus kind of does agree with the assassin but also the assassin wasn't paying him anything so he deserved to be thrown five stories to his death. Lord Julius says, "You can rest assured that I'll give the matter all the attention I feel it deserves." Is there a better way to tell somebody to shove it than that? It's so elegant! In Aardvark Comments, Dave Sim answers a letter on how to go about self-publishing. And so his role as Independent Comic Book Publishing Mentor begins! In his list of things you'll need to get together to successfully publish your own comic book, he kindly leaves out "talent." Obviously Dave understood how to go about getting something published but he also put in the hard work and had the talent to produce a comic book that began well above mediocre or average. I can't imagine a lot of self-published books began at this high of a plateau. And even if they were eventually capable of Cerebus quality, how long are readers going to give them to get there? Probably not even two issues, would be my guess.

The Single Page had a comic called "Sex Education" by April. I thought the first two panels were cute.

Cerebus #14 Rating: A+. As with Elrod and Red Sophia and The Cockroach, Lord Julius' first appearance is a banger. Dave Sim never once falters with Lord Julius' repartee. Solid gags throughout. Sim really is a master of dialogue and, to think, it only gets better.

#Cerebus #Dave Sim

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