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fortheloveoflatinum · 6 days

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Discovery's Penultimate Episode

You know the drill! Clickety-click *after* you've watched the episode, unless you're looking for SPOILERS:

🙏 Can we at least see Detmer & Owo one last time? Is that too much to ask for? They just went sailing off into the light of other days without saying goodbye and I, for one, am righteously angry.

🙀 My poll is doing so well. I am surprised at some of the responses (wasn't expecting anyone to say 'everyone' would die) - I personally want everyone to live. It is, as someone tagged it, an 'everyone lives show.' I just hope it stays that way.

👻 Um no but seriously I've been scouring the Internet for Disco spoilers before I watch the episode to make sure none of my favs are axed. #confessiontime

🫶 I am adoring all the casual intimacy between Hugh and Paul. Definitely an OTP. Plus it's canon.

👩‍❤️‍👨 Ahhh are we going to see Saru and T'Rina's wedding? That would be a nice ending, I think. Wrap everything up in a little bow.

🎩 Hats off to Discovery! It's Star Trek for a new next generation, and heck it was an experiment that I think paid off. I know some people protested a Star Trek with a single protagonist instead of an ensemble cast. I think that most of the legitimate critique that has come from a place of resistance to this experiment. (Note that this is a quite different creature than the criticism of the show that comes from a place of hatred and resistance to our most diverse crew yet.) I personally don't know if I would want another Discovery. I liked the Trek of the past. The ensemble casts. The intricate plots that revolved around many characters, instead of just one. But I also love Discovery for what it is: a show that revolves around the adventures of someone who Starfleet and the Federation eventually accepts and uplifts, despite her being a mutineer, despite her many mistakes, despite her flaws and her bad choices. Someone who is shaped by intense inner conflict, someone who carries the weight of a war she started everywhere she goes, someone who is in-between two cultures and doesn't quite fit in either of them. But she exists in a system that allows for error, that provides second chances freely. And everyone is better for it.

🌠 That being said, I still like Stamets better. Just saying. Someone give this man another medal.

#star trek #star trek discovery #star trek discovery spoilers #spoilers #disco spoilers #st discovery #disco #discovery #discovery spoilers #disco s5 #star trek disco s5

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avengedbiologist · 2 months

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The Ainley!master's hair tier list.

Now I said I'd write an essay (which this could end up as to be honest) on the Masters hair in 'The kings demons', but that's not happening (unless I have a silly moment) but a tier list is happening.

I need people to know that I did hair, makeup and SFX at uni so I do not actually shut up about any of this. Also included are Tremas and some of the Masters disguises. This probably isn't all his appearances but it's all the ones I've seen so let's go ✌️

Tah dahh! So pretty. Now let's get chatting, starting at the bottom:

D TIER:

The ultimate foe, part of trials of a timelord. It's flat, his hair is always slicked back yes but, something about it in this, it's not insanely bad but it's not that good either.

Kings demons: Sir Gilles Estram (?) the wig itself isn't bad but sommat about the eyebrows and beard make me nauseous, maybe it's just the character itself I don't know.

Castrovalva: See 'The ultimate foe'.

C TIER

Keeper of Traken/Mark of the rani: again, nothing too exciting, just more loose than the D tier ones,, not bad.

B TIER

Portreeve- the wig is giving, they have to stop giving Ainley these (presumably) lace front wigs, like hello?? It looks so well made and I would love to make a beard like that (I'm not brave enough to hand make beards (yet). The style of the wig as well, the curls at the bottom?? The hair line?? Perfection! Also I know it's not hair but the facial SFX??? Hello??? I assume latex aging (if so Ainley is a brave soul, that shit hurts to peel off esp a full face). I say so many positive things but don't have it in S tier. Probably cause it's not my fave visually.

Survival- Now I know this is very much like those lower tier styles,,, I was going to say grey bits in his hair but I fear I'm seeing things so I'm going to speak about the beard and say that's why it's up there. It's wider and works very well for this, it goes out a bit wider and is also a bit lighter suggesting maybe the start of grey hair coming in,, girls getting older. Maybe this look is boring and basic but the episode survival just pushes it up. And the teeth??? I love when shows have good SFX teeth. I should really research how they did SFX teeth back then,,, it's probably the same as now really,, who knows.

What I'm going to assume is logopolis (I'm probably wrong) and city of fire, same as basic hair just has a better volume,,, who knew such small changes could make such a difference. I feel people don't notice these things but I do spend 90% of my time when watching TV shows looking at the hair.

A TIER

The five doctors/time flight- same shape but has more fluffier bits, feels more real or something I don't know, it just looks nicer! Could be on top but isn't the best show of this fluffy hair vibes. Also I don't know if it's a random shadow or sommat but I think I can see the master's beard lace line in the five doctors,,, but that's probably just me looking too hard.

S TIER

Destiny of the doctors- now I mentioned the greys earlier but this is what I'm TALKING ABOUT, wowie ! Idk if his hair is a wig or not,, but either way by god ! I'm so glad they didn't give him dark hair, he looks so good in this whole thing!!! AHHH!! Peak hair fr, AND !! It's slightly fluffy, not that stupid flat hair,,, perfect combo !

Keeper of traken/Tremas- megaslay with this whole look, I'm planning on hand making this wig/beard combo at some point that's how much I love it. The wig is just stunning, so sleek and nice and I originally didn't think the beard worked but it works, the hair frames the beard as well which is neato. The traken hairstyles actually mean so much to me oml. How the men's hair seems to be a sleek shoulder length cut and the women all have curls (at least the main cast idk about the background cast). I love when a planet has a set style 😝.

The kings demons: when I said the right about of fluffiness I mean this, the waves the looseness of the hair AHHHHHHHH! Love that, I eat it up. Idk why but it brings a sense of youthfulness to him. I get y'all r analysing the 5/Ainley stuff in that chameleon scene in the kings demons but all I'm doing is looking at the masters hair ! His hair isn't even like pulled straight back it goes to the side a bit, ugh it's perfect.

#uh oh im on my hair bullshit yet again #woopsie 👉👈#anthony ainley #ainley!master #the master #doctor who

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mayullla · 2 years

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Title: Sleeping Castle

[ - Cottage (Fem!reader) + Roses (Yandere) + Diluc (Genshin Impact) + Black coffee (Sleeping Beauty au) - ] - Anon's Ask

Summary: You woke up but true love's first kiss but other than you none of your family woke up. Diluc was a kind man taking you in a helping you save your family.

Additional warnings/tags: fantasy au, manipulation, background character deaths, obsessive / dark themes, slightly ooc Diluc

[ - Fairytale Picnic Event - closed - ]

"You should be thankful, Diluc. Do you know how much of a burden it is to cast such a spell dear? I worried for my skin." Diluc tune Lisa's teasing voice as he turned away from her. He had finished what he was supposed to do here and now he planned to leave. "I will have Adeline send the finest wine to the wicked fairy's hut soon."

"My, you say such hurtful words dear." Lisa sighed placing a hand on her face as if she was hurt by his mean comment. Yet there was a sly smile on her face that could not be contained by the acting. "You are always welcome Diluc. Ahhh a nice glass of your company's finest wine will just do the trick to help me relax a bit."

Leaving the witch's hut Diluc left to go and return to his home. A few hours away by a horse he was prepared for the long journey. Relief in his heart that everything was over and done. Every small detail and such were tied together and meticulously checked.

He also got something he had become rather fond of, even if how he got them was rather... unorthodox.

"You should be careful Diluc. If you get caught it is all over for you." Lisa's warning echoed in his mind, the cold wind hit his face as his horse galloped back. "She would never love you anymore. She will only spiral into an obsession of revenge or will become forever lost."

"If that happens come to me and I will wrap up a little something for you. A particular potion that I am rather proud of, you see~"

Witches were in a way considered fairies. They were rare beings who could use magic and brew potions a few living here on this continent. They were respected creatures... mostly while some were feared more so than others. Lisa was particularly known to be the smartest if not strongest fay yet she choose to hide in a small hut in the middle of a deep forest. Many fear her and when the winds blew people can hear screams from the forest rumors spread.

When it was just the trees making that sound.

Diluc just so happened to make a deal with her. Foolish people so caught up with what they hear to scared to even take a step into the forest... he knew Lisa much longer than that.

There was a group Diluc was after, a certain group he wanted to take revenge on for years now. He followed their every move, finding anything and everything about them. And one of them was that they were teaming up with a certain kingdom near his home.

He preferred a more hands on approach than letting others do most of the work when he set off to spy over the kingdom with a few others, it was much more convenient for him to see everything that was happening by himself.

Who would have thought that he would meet a fair lady there, a hidden princess of the kingdom born with a curse that was cast on her birthday? The royal family wanted to hide her yet they weren't able to do so in his eyes. Affectionate you were so different from your rotten family.

Now you were in his hands.

"Diluc you are back. I didn't see you this morning and I was wondering where you have gone." Diluc let himself breathe when he saw you running down the steps of the mansion to greet him. His heart beat when he saw what you were wearing, a flowing pale color dress that made you look like a fairy.

"Where did you go?" You asked smiling at him.

Innocent you were at who he truly was and what he could do. He just shrugged "I meet an acquaintance." He didn't elaborate any further but it seems you have become too curious.

"Acquaintance? If I could ask... why did you meet them." The hesitation in your eyes when you knew well that you were overstepping your boundaries. How you played with your fingers tips angsty for his answer.

He knew you were getting impatient. Diluc had the servants watch over you to make sure you won't do anything stupid and to report everything you did to him.

He knew how worried you have become when your family sleeps soundly in the old small castle in your kingdom long dead, put to sleep but Lisa's magic and killed by the sword of knights of the duke Ragnvindr family.

You were supposed to die a daughter of the king who Diluc personally killed himself. How simple it was to stab the old man in the heart as he continued to sleep peacefully as if nothing happened. Diluc wished he could give the man a much more painful death.

When the kingdom joined sides with the group of the abyss. It was an unfortunate thing for them that they had a spy in their miths, who quickly reported the situation to Diluc.

Many thought that it had been the work of an evil fairy or a witch. That they have angered one of the fays and they choose to take revenge over the whole kingdom putting everyone to sleep. While the people and the innocent soon woke up others and the royal family did not.

Well except for you, Lisa played a cruel joke on him telling him that you would only wake up from a kiss of true love. The surprise in your eyes when you woke up in your deep slumber, a pretty flush in your face made Diluc's face flush too.

Many said he was your faithed one, and Diluc chose not to say anything. You stayed close to him, unable to stay in the castle where you once lived due to its dangers. You begged Diluc to help you save your family, you who didn't know what your family did behind closed doors.

He told you that the blame goes to a group of the abyss, that it was because of them your family had to suffer. You had to suffer.

It was for the best. Diluc never wanted to lie to you yet he could not let you know the deep secrets that he holds over you. Most of your family will forever sleep unable to wake up anymore.

"I... I am sorry... for asking. You are working so hard yet here I am constantly asking you if you have found a way." You looked down ashamed of yourself, yet the guilty face of yours look so adorable in Diluc's eyes.

He will keep you safe.

"Did you eat? Would you like to join me for dinner?" Diluc asked you instead, changing the subject. "No, I didn't. I had a bit of snack after lunch." You told him, the atmosphere lightening a little more.

Diluc glanced over to the head maid Adelinde, knowing the lady smiled when bowing her head to welcome him home. The servants here were all rather fond of you.

The peace you give to their duke, naive you were unable to notice how manipulative they were to keep you here. Diluc knew all that was happening and at one point he felt guilt over it. Not anymore.

Taking your arm he guided you to the dining room, the smile on your face warms his heart as he asked you about your day. You don't have a home but now you do right here in his arms. With that Diluc was satisfied.

He will be the one to protect you, even if you push him away he would still hold you in his arms. Even if you scream he would not let you go, even if you try to run away he would bring you back.

Even if you try to kill him he would still give his heart to you.

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minimoefoe · 7 months

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ftwd 8.08 thoughts

the vibe here is basically 'i thought i'd hate it but actualy for the most part i stan'

- charlie shoulda been the character image for this ep, not luciana (love her tho and it's good to see her again)

- charlie surviving was something i felt was kinda unnecessary when I found out about it bc like, they got rid of so many characters in kinda meh ways but charlie had an easy death explanation right there that they coulda used but I actually love that she was brought back and only for a small amount of time tbh

like we get to see some great stuff with her - madison finding out she killed nick, troy talking to her about nick - but don't have to have her around for the rest of the season when we only have 4 eps left and an already large cast to give screen time

- I think charlie basically killing herself for the cause makes sense. like I dont feel like they had her kill herself bc they didn't know what else to do with her (tho I'm sure if she stayed alive they wouldn't have known what to do with her lmao)

- charlie defo looked too young and her hair was shit but I can forgive it for the good content

- the nick flashbacks :( I miss him

- was some drama on twt bc some ppl said kim dickens isn't the best actor and my two cents is they're kinda right sorry. she's not bad all the time but she's rarely absolutely incredible. she's probs the weakest actor of all our main characters and has been since the early days. I will say tho that the sometimes the meh dialogue doesn't do her any favours

- daniel saying how he's gonna strangle troy with his bare hands... ily king but plz don't do that 😭

- I love that charlie and luciana are basically daniel's daughters, love them all a lot

- already knew about nick's ashes from leaks and it was another thing I was a bit ??? about bc I felt like they were doing that for the sake of having a bunch of references in the final eps but I think they explained why they have his remains pretty well actually and it being part of why madison didn't stay pissed at charlie was good

- troy going around chopping off walker arms to make madison think she's seeing alicia everywhere is so 😭 like first of all I'm a genius bc I called it and second of all I said in that post that I thought it would be a bit silly but it kinda works actually. I hope the reason he's doing that is bc he lied about killing her (tho I can defo see him cutting arms even if he has actually killed her)

- the tracy stuff was the stuff I was most iffy on bc the idea of troy having a daughter and a significant other is crazy to me and I do still feel that way a little but I also loved the scenes about it a lot so.. I'm optimistic.

- something about seeing troy be genuinely worried about someone is great. I loved madison and troy both being out there while he was running around worried for his kid idk like something about him kinda dropping that 'I'm tough and in charge' thing for a moment while he was worried about tracy and while madison was literally right there with him is the shit I'm SO in this for like AHHH. need more of it

- troy's daughter being called tracy is still dumb as fuck and I don't think they're gonna be able to give an explanation for her being called that that makes it less dumb. (like even troy being the kid's adoptive dad and not biological dad and the kid was already born before he met the kid's mother would still be a stupid explanation bc what are the odds)

- I know troy said that tracy's mum is the woman who saved him but I really hope there's more to it than 'troy was saved by a woman, they fell in love and had a kid and then madison killed the mum at some point' like.. the madison killing the mum part is really interesting and I'm excited to know more (my initial thought a while ago was that she killed the mum when her and tracy were out somewhere and took tracy to padre but clearly tracy isn't with padre so now idk) but the other stuff feels very fanfic-y and not in a good way idkkkk

so far everything I thought I'd be meh has actually been pretty good so it's very possible if that IS what's happened I'll still like it a lot but I want there to be more to it than that i think

- I feel like I'm at such a weird point right now where I loved the tracy stuff we got in this ep and I'm very intrigued by who the mum and is and what happened to her but at the same time I'm like troy having a wife(?) and kid still doesn't fully track in my mind so I keep going back and forth on how I feel avout it 😭 I basically just can't wrap my mind around him being a shagger sorry idk how else to say that

actually seeing it play out will probs warm me up to it a lot more bc that's what's been happening so far. I think the main reason I still find it odd is just that it's hard to take the 12yr time gap into consideration like he's not s3 troy anymore yknow A LOT has happened since then and he's obviously older and has experienced shit (that I would kill for a ton more information on)

- looking forward to the next ep but currently it's screaming that troy won't be in it much/at all which is Sad but if that is the case I'd rather get that out the way sooner than later

#ftwd spoilers #twd txt #troy otto #ftwdfw

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hudson-whorenet · 10 months

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Random Cars thoughts I think about all the time pt.1

It’s currently fairly late (early?) and I can’t sleep so imma talk about things in the cars universe that I think about near constantly. Ok 1 2 3 GO

Mater private eye

Dude I think about this short all the fucking time man, but do you know what the best part about it is imo?

This character design RIGHT here. DUDEEEEE ok this might just be my sheer adoration of classic/vintage cars but this bitch showed up and I went feral a bit. First of I cannot believe they created such a bomb ass character for this five minute short and he’s just never seen again but dude it fits the 1920’s theme so perfectly, the way they’ve exaggerated the front fenders to resemble the turned up collar of a trench coat, the way his roof resembles a flat cap like it’s literally so COOL MAN. I actually can’t stress enough how excited my pathetic little monkey brain got when I saw this design for the first time. The fact (In my opinion) that they were trying to mirror the car seen in peaky blinders (1927 Bentley 6.5 litre) is also extremely cool as you can see the whole gangster element really come through in the character before he’s even properly introduced RAHHHH. I’m so incredibly biased about this because this design alone hits like three of my hyper fixations at once but RAHAHRBHAHAHSBS HES SO FUCKING COOL I NEED TO OWN HIS DIE CAST AHHH

The Thomasville racers

I would just like to state my love for the thomasville racers. YES I know they play a moderate role in the third film and get plenty of screen time I guess but in my humble opinion THEY DESERVE MORE. Do you have ANY idea how hard a prequel movie/series would go (I KNOW ITS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY AND KINDA IMPOSSIBLE) I would give a kidney to see these characters in their prime, just from the flash backs of their races I just know it would be so much fun to watch. Seeing them interact with Doc would be an absolute highlight, being able to gauge their own personal relationships with him, Louise’s feelings towards him (fucking pop off babe love her) it would all be so interesting to see and I would start backflipping irl if Pixar EVER announced they were going to expand on them as characters. Also river is the best I didn’t talk abt him here because I don’t have any immediate thoughts but be’s silly and I enjoy him.

Car biology

Now there is one thing that comes to mind in this fucking fandom when you talk about car biology, and that is the obvious how the fuck do they reproduce. DOESN’T MATTER I HAVE A BIGGER QUESTION. Are their eyes wet. Hear me out here ok, cars cry, we see it happen and there’s implications at multiple different points throughout the franchise that they have tears. Does this mean their eyes are wet??? Or are they crying wiper fluid or something? I feel like that would make sense but the line between what are bodily fluids and what are yummy delicious beverages is so painfully blurred that It wouldn’t surprise me if they’re chugging wiper fluid too. The eyes are wet argument is overall kinda silly because we see lifeless car wrecks in some of the shorts and the windshield is still intact! So this presents something worse than eyes are wet, it implies that the car itself is like an exoskeleton and all the meaty important parts are on the inside! Yay! I only say this because we know they have brains obviously and it’s mentioned in some official book that I can’t remember the name of right now but it’s CANON they have brains. So are the brains MEAT? Because if the brains are meat then the eyes are probably squishy too!! But if they have windshields and we think about the exoskeleton thing are their eyes just freakish gelatinous cubes smushed behind the windshield? BUT IF THATS THE CASE WHY DO THEY NEED EYELIDS? I’m aware that this is all highly stupid and trivial but Pixar made too many decisions with absolutely no was to explain them in a child-friendly way and ultimately backed themselves into a corner about stuff like this and now there’s sleep deprived neurodivergents on tumblr dot com trying to pick up the pieces.

Anyway that’s it for this one I might post more of these in the future because it’s fun to just rant about ridiculous shit for no reason lmao

#cars fandom #pixar cars #cars 2006 #doc hudson #tow mater #cars

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mxhirus · 5 months

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Your post on Yuu’s inferiority complex (which I 1000% agree with btw) made me think about Yuu telling Asuramaru “You know, I don’t really care [if he becomes a demon]. Just as long as my friends are safe” or at least something along those lines, yet he’s always so firmly believed that he’s an “ugly, worthless devil” that deserves to die, and the way those thoughts almost contradict each other. He has to live on in some way, even if it means becoming more monstrous, to protect his friends, but also believes that becoming monstrous just makes him all the more deserving of death. It’s such a vicious cycle he needs so much therapy. It also makes me curious as to how exactly he defines the word “monster.”

This got way longer than I thought, but I have so many thoughts regarding Yuu’s character.

I really love Yuu as a person and a character, and I too think about him quite a bit. Yuu tends to contradict himself a lot. I think personally, the fact that he's willing to become a monster for the sake of his friends or gaining power to be able to keep them safe, I personally see this as him trying to prove his worth to others.

As for his thoughts on what a monster is, I picked out a few times where he mentions the concept of being a monster.

"They said that I was a demon and needed to die! That as long as I live, bad things will keep happening… [...] Because I’m a demon, a monster, and I’ll ruin the world… It’s… It’s my fault that they’re dead… Mommy! Daddy!! Ahhh!"

From what I'm getting of this, he groups monsters and demons together. So it seems like what he characterizes to be a demon/monster, is someone who hurts others or causes general harm. Meaning, it's more like some messed up sadistic way of him saying: "I don't care if I end up hurting someone, as long as I manage to protect my family." Which is pretty characteristic of Yuu. I mean, he doesn't seem to give a shit about what happens to people he doesn't care about, as long as he somehow manages to protect them.

Also, another thing: I genuinely don't think Yuu is stupid. Like, he hasn't mentally regressed; it's more like he's traumatized. Yuu is pretty much seen as an object of manipulation by the Owari no Seraph cast, sorry to say. Because, he's so trusting. But he's not trusting because he's stupid, and naive; he's trusting because he thinks that people only want him when they need him, or when he's of some use which is why he very very happily allows people to use him. He seems to be pretty afraid of the concept of abandonment, which is why he tries to keep people as close to him as possible.

So in short: Yuu isn't stupid, just traumatized + his definition of what a monster is sums up to a destructive person

#owari no seraph #seraph of the end #hyakuya yuichiro #yuichiro hyakuya #hyakuya yuuichirou #yuuichirou hyakuya

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aceteling · 2 years

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random things about IDOLiSH7 i absolutely adore and it makes i7 one of the best shows i’ve watched (not kidding)

the ensemble cast is likeable, very well-written, noone feels left behind by the narrative or unexplored. you really grow to love all the characters, understand them. The character development blows you away; they all feel three-dimensional, all have their own stories to tell. They feel like real people

great music, and of great variety, too! at first you think you’re in for generic idol tunes, but even the main group, whose sound is the most ‘typical cheery idol’ type, branches out into different directions later

amazing storytelling and direction - the anime makes great use of various angles, as well as music to help convey feelings on screen; it definitely improves overtime, too.

drama, so much of it but it all feels very much justified, there isn’t drama just for the sake of drama. It alignes perfectly with the show’s themes, explores the highs and lows of the idol industry, as well as relationships between the characters.

the stories connect in unexpected ways... and then you realize the foreshadowing was already there! it’s very clever and satisfying

there’s so much love in it! the love in universe that characters have for each other, the love their fans give them; the love that emanates from the studio, the staff, the director... it’s all about love

there’s way more but I would combust if I started to explain it all. the point is - so many people in the western fandom spaces seem to dismiss i7 as yet another idol show (funnily enough it’s so huge in Japan), which has its perks (we’re all just here in our small corner), but it really is not doing justice to this great show. it’s so good... ahhh i love IDOLiSH7 I love it so much

#idolish7 #domi talks #my brain got full of it bc of the POLiCY MV thanks banri

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dannystheone · 1 year

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X Marks The Spot! (Lee Nelly/Lers Julie and Sally) Welcome Home

HI GUYS OMG!! IT'S ME AND @nnainai ONE. YEAR. DATING ANNIVERSARY!!! I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED!!! NAT YOU'RE MY ABSOLUTE WORLD YOU'RE MY ROCK YOU'RE MY OXYGEN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE MY GORGEOUS INCREDIBLE FUTURE BRIDE-TO-BE <3333 THIS ONE'S FOR YOU SWEETHEART!!

Because nat is just so intelligent and good at everything she tries she made her oc Nelly Baker for the Welcome Home fandom all by herself!! and she's so cute!! she bakes cookies and gives hugs and teaches Spanish in the show!!

So here's my take on a tickle prompt that Nat could see happening with her character. Sweetheart you're my whole life thank you so much for all you've given me this past year, your patience, your time, your love, your everything. Here's to many more together <3

Please remember I'm not in the fandom so if I get a character interaction wrong I apologize!

Here's Nelly's design for a reference! Drawn by nat herself she gave me permission:

It's Nelly's first sleepover with Julie and Sally! Super exciting! They get to talking and getting to know each other when the girls discover Nelly's unique stitching for the first time!

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"-And then Frank chased Eddie around the garden and it was so cuuute! Eddie picked Frank up and carried him through the grass and ahhh it was so romantic! Those two are the perfect couple!" Julie Joyful held her heart as she swooned. Sally Starlet smiled wide as she nestled into her pillows.

"Aww, they sound stellar! I'm going to cast them in my new play coming up this summer. It's gonna be my biggest one yet!" Sally exclaimed with sparkles in her eyes. Sally and Julie giggled with each other as Nelly Baker came to the living room with a plate of orange cookies.

"Here's the finished orange cookies, girls! They came out really well!" Nelly placed the plate on the table and settled into the couch. The girls were having their first sleepover, and it was going well so far! Nelly had never been to a sleepover before, her snack cart took a lot of work to uphold, but tonight she made an exception for her friends. She couldn't pass up their kind invitation!

"Oh, great work Nelly! These look astral!" Sally and Julie each reached for a cookie from the plate and bit into them. Nelly's famous orange cookies were famous for a reason! Sally and Julie squealed as the cookies burst with citrus flavor.

"Mmmmm! These are soooo yummy! You really took the cake with these Nelly! Or you took the cookies, more like!" Julie smiled wide as Nelly smiled at her compliment.

"Oh thank you! It was nothing really." Sally finished her cookie quickly and reached for another one. She tugged on one of her yellow spikes thoughtfully.

"Nelly, you're so humble! You should give yourself more credit!" Julie said with a supportive smile. She hugged a plushy close to her as she brushed through her golden hair with her fingers. Sally finished her cookie and leaned forward on her knees.

"Well, remember what John Bunyan said! "I am content with what I have, little be it or much." Maybe Nelly's just happy with what she has!" Sally smiled at Nelly, and when Nelly smiled back at her, Sally noticed something for the first time.

"Yeah! I work hard to sell my treats, but I know I'm not the best or anything. I'm always learning and improving my recipes as well as I can." Nelly smoothed out her braids as Julie smiled at her.

"Hey, Nelly? I just noticed the stitching by your mouth. And on your neck too! They're cosmic! Where did you get the thread from?" Sally asked excitedly. Nelly brushed her fingers past her thread as if forgetting they were there. The red thread adorning the sides of her mouth and neck was a bit raised from the rest of her skin.

"Oh, they've been there for as long as I can remember! It's just kinda been there, I guess. I don't really pay attention to them to be completely honest." She shrugged with a calm smile on her face. Julie looked at her surprised.

"Oh really? I think they suit you!" Julie said honestly. Nelly brought a bigger smile to her face as she held her neck absent-mindedly.

"Well, thank you! I like your pajamas today, they really bring out your eyes!" Nelly complimented. Luckily the conversation shifted for a moment as Julie spread out her light blue nighty.

"Isn't it gorgeous! I made it myself out of Frank's curtains! He was upset for a day, but I made it up to him eventually!" Nelly leaned in to get a closer look at the pattern on the dress. As Nelly leaned forward, Sally noticed one of Nelly's threads on her neck was loose.

"Oh, Nelly? One of your threads is loose! Oh, don't worry I can fix it." Before Nelly could react, Sally produced a pair of scissors from her pocket and reached forward to help Nelly. Sally's fingers brushed past Nelly's stitching.

"Eek! Sally be careful, please! That's ticklish!" Nelly twitched as her shoulder bumped up out of reflex. Sally brought her hand back as Julie looked up at Nelly.

"Oh, so sorry girl! I didn't know you were ticklish!" Sally put her scissors back in her pocket as Julie became curious.

"Nelly, you're ticklish? That's so cute!" The girls inched closer to Nelly as Nelly put her hands up.

"Oh, haha, I guess! My threads are pretty sensitive aside from just my neck." Nelly put her hands down as Julie and Sally sat on either side of her to inspect her skin for more red threading.

"You have more threading than just on your neck? Stellar! Where are they?" Sally asked. Nelly, a little clueless to the question, moved her shirt aside and showed them more stitching lining down her collarbones.

"I have some lined up along here, and some on my stomach. There are some other places too, but I can't really-" Julie reached forward and fluttered her fingers over the red threading. Nelly giggled as she tried to stay in place for her curious friend.

"Oh, the color is so pretty! It reminds me of poppies in springtime!" Julie cooed as Sally traced her fingers down the length of Nelly's threading as it ended at her shoulders.

"I wish you knew where this thread was from, I would use it for all my clothing!" Sally sighed. Nelly was finding it difficult to keep still as her friend's fingers brushed over the threading.

"Tehehehee! Gihihihirls plehease! This tihihickles!" Nelly shivered as she tried to keep her body as still as she could for her curious friends. She figured it was the least she could do for them being so courteous and allowing her into their home.

"Aww but Nelly your laughter is so cute! You should laugh more, a smile looks radiant on you!" Sally exclaimed. "Remember what Catherine Pulsifer said! You always feel better when you have a good laugh; that is so true!" Sally fluffed her fingers over Nelly's shoulders and neck. Nelly squeaked and tried scrunching up her shoulders to hide her neck.

"Hehehehee! Dihihios mihihio! Ohohoho!~" Nelly giggled lightheartedly and tried bringing her hands up to her neck to shield herself a little.

"I'm glad you agree with the poem, Nelly! You're certainly in the right spirits!" Sally produced a feather from her crafty pockets and started fluffing it past Nelly's ear. Nelly twitched and tried batting the feather away like flitting away a bug.

"Oh Nelly I didn't realize you'd be this ticklish! How come we didn't know sooner! Were you hiding this from us?~" Julie gently took one of Nelly's hands into her own and pulled it away from her neck so she could scritch over Nelly's tummy. Nelly gave a small squeal as she picked her knee up and tittered.

"Oh right there's a good spot? There should be another stitch there!" Sally traveled her fingers along Nelly's belly until she found the raised stitching underneath her shirt. Sally scribbled her fingers into it while Nelly laughed with pink cheeks.

"Ehehehehe! Nohohoho nohohohot my tummehehee!" Nelly giggled as Julie and Sally cooed above her.

"Awww, she's so cute! I love how pink she is! We really tickled her pink didn't we?" Julie took a tuft of her hair and started feathering it over Nelly's neck while Sally tickled over Nelly's tummy. Nelly started to fall back into the couch as her laughs overcame her.

"I think we did! Nelly, on a scale from one to astronomical, how would you rate our performance in tickling you?" Sally narrated. Nelly snickered as she tried curling up into her ler's fingers to try and halt them.

"Ahahastronomicahahal! Ihihihit reheheally tihihickles!!" Her eyes narrowed as Sally and Julie kept tickling over her body. The girls cheered as they continued lightly tickling their friend.

"Divine! Would you say we're leaving you in stitches?~" Julie joked as Sally giggled at her corniness. Their fingers fluffed anywhere they could reach. Nelly's laughter was bubbly and sweet to their ears.

"Yeah! I hope you don't split a seam, Nelly!" Sally egged on as Julie and Sally switched, with Sally on Nelly's tummy and Julie on Nelly's ears. Nelly squealed and tried escaping the feather-light tickles.

"Ehehehehee! E-Esperahahahar! Pohohor fahahavor! Teehehehehee!" Nelly laughed out of squinted eyes as she covered up her tummy with her arms. She was thoroughly tickled and tingly from all the different tools and techniques used on her.

"Wow, what a wonderful show you put on, Nelly!" Sally clapped as Julie rubbed Nelly on the back and offered her some of her own cookies.

"Yeah, Nelly you're so fun to hang out with! You're a blast! Do you want to color or make a pillow fort?" Julie asked, already onto the next activity.

After Nelly finished half of her cookie, she nodded with a smile, completely refreshed.

"Yeah, I wanna do it all!" She replied excitedly.

"Yayyy! What should we do first?" Sally asked. Nelly put up one of her hands to stop Sally.

"Woah woah woah, not so fast. I said I wanted to do everything. Including getting you too back!" The living room filled with girlish squeals as Nelly chased her two friends around the living room, just to capture and tickle them playfully.

The rest of the sleepover was a major success, filled with baking, coloring, dramatic plays, and lots of laughter!

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perexcri · 1 year

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Hello!!! You said you have been reading a lot of aus, could you please tell us about your favourite ones?

ahhh hello!! i would love to, because i've been really enjoying aus lately :D i haven't been reading as much fic as in the past because i've been trying to get through some books on my tbr list (of which there are too many, though i did finish one today!), but when i have been reading fics, it's been aus mainly!!

like i said in the other ask, you can always feel free to check out my bookmarks on ao3!! but here are a few of my current favs:

[hiding beneath the cut because it got way too long :) ]

tip-toeing on lily-pads by my beloved @cherryisgone. you might think i'm biased because it was given to me, and you would be correct in thinking that, but also, it's just?? so good?? the pining is off the charts, plus it's a kind of princess and the frog concept with prince Will and knight Mike. the writing is beautiful and has this lovely water imagery woven throughout it that i absolutely adored. idk what more someone could ask for tbh (except maybe a pt. 2 👀👉🏻👈🏻)

a new fight series by tea_for_one_please. this is a wonderful star wars au that does a fantastic job of weaving the main party members into the star wars universe and lore. i read it intermittently while i was visiting friends last month and really enjoyed my time with it. also, it's so well-written that i didn't realize how long the whole series was? apparently the entire series is the length of a book and i just. didn't know this until a few days ago lol. so yes, this one's fun for star wars/sci-fi vibes!!

fireball him! (cast protection) by @willow-lark. i'm a sucker for fantasy aus and this one is soooo so good!! again, maybe i'm biased because one of my stories is listed as inspiration, but i loved this thing. i saw it was posted last week while i was at work, and the second i got to take my lunch break, i flopped onto my couch to read it and was not disappointed. wonderful writing and an ending that left me with my jaw dropped. not that i'm still thinking about it :')

the manuscript by whereyouare. i'm humbly begging everyone to read this one because it's premise is just too good to pass up. it's an au where there's no Upside Down/supernatural stuff from the actual show. Will is a sci-fi author, and his publisher tells him his upcoming book is too cynical and the ending needs to be changed. it's such an interesting study of Will and refreshing take on his character, mostly because he's just...so cynical in this one? idk, maybe that's not for everyone, but i've enjoyed seeing a potential future Will where living in a small town and being in love with his (supposedly) straight best friend have hardened him more. it's fascinating and fun, so i highly recommend it!

warm by @notebooknonbinary. this one's a short fantasy au, but it's so sweet and soft. like i said, i'm a sucker for fantasy aus and have been writing with them a lot lately, so i always enjoy when i find a good one, and this one definitely fits the bill!

daydream by disaster_energy. this is a really fun d&d au where Will gets chosen by the moon goddess and Mike chooses to pledge to her paladin order. i especially loved the world-building in this one because it kinda reminded me of the percy jackson series - it was a perfect melding of a fantasy world with a modern one. plus it had plenty of pining, and i'll never complain about that lol

the vale of shadows by sevensided. another fantasy au!! this is the third installment in the dark mirror trilogy, which is one of my favorite things i've read ever in my life, fic or otherwise. i'm in love with this third installment and the recent update it got - the most recent 4 chapters have the perfect cottagecore vibes that made me melt. i love this whole series with all of my heart, and i'm so glad to see it in a fantasy au setting now

and it's not byler, but just for grins and giggles, i'm once again gonna rec sevensided's ronance one shot, nothing sacred / all things wild. i love this author's writing style, and she takes such an intense and interesting approach with these two characters by putting them in an FBI setting: Nancy is an agent recovering from a particularly traumatic mission, and Robin is her psychologist. they have a conversation and. well. Things Happen.

idk if you're specifically looking for recs anon, but if you're interested, i also have 2 fantasy aus and a vampire au i posted a few weeks ago!! they're some of my favorite things i've written and posted, and i really liked how the writing came out in them, so if you're interested, here they are:

fantasy aus: A Flower That Resembles You, the truth beneath the rose

vampire au: come to me again (in the cold, cold night)

happy reading!! if you have any recs, feel free to send some my way - i go through phases where i'll read more books than fic and vice versa, so it's only a matter of time until i'm glued to my phone burning through fics again lol

thanks for the ask, and thank you to all the lovely authors for creating such wonderful works for us to enjoy :D 💜💜💜

#ask #fic rec

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omegamoo · 3 months

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As far as Whittled Pantheon goes.. a few questions. 1) It was originally a MC RP.. how has it being made into a group writing project affected certain liberties you have been able to take?

2) How has the loss of the original group of character creators affected the direction the story has gone and what difficulties have presented themselves as a result of this?

3) What aspects of the story have changed since its conception? (I.e., the Catalyst, characters' personalities and actions, etc., etc.)

Love this stuff (:

omg hi.. hiii... HI... long time no see hope you've been doing really well aaaahhhhh ahhh ahhh!!! also this set of questions is so freaking cool to answer... aAHHHHH HHH! AHHH!! also your smiley face is still the wrong way i guess some things never change :)

i will warn you that asking me about the whittled pantheon is like walking into a minefield and i think i got really incomprehensible here so i'm sticking this all under the cut. thanks so much for the ask

also i seriously think a lot about how this all happened w the og group :) and i for sure did not manage to properly say everything i wanted to within this ask haha

wanna start by saying i feel like since the beginning the whittled pantheon was always going to grow out of minecraft. like as soon as we said lets make them gods in survival minecraft there was so much like. worldbuilding and context and stuff that was automatically just so much bigger and complex than minecraft was able to provide and i honestly think that was very charming. like we - and by we i mean literally all of the original group of creators - put so much love and thought into this that of course it was going to grow further than we expected. and i think that's really beautiful.

1) moving it away from minecraft absolutely EXPLODED the possibilities which i think you ended up seeing the first part of? especially within the context of the old world which before really functioned as like... another server. since moving it away the worldbuilding has gotten really unique - specifically in regards to things like language and culture, which i feel like minecraft lays out within its own game lore? yk? so moving it outside of that really changed a lot. and things like... we're not tied to minecraft mechanics in terms of the nether and the overworld and the mobs and stuff, like that's not really a factor? anyways we were able to take a lot more liberties in terms of godly powers and abilities and creations, and worldmaps and timelines and just so much specific city culture and building. but as i'm writing this it's occuring to me - and i don't know if like, twig or tgm would say this as well - but it's a bit funny because even now picturing the new world/post catalyst i... still imagine it in the format and layout of our minecraft server. like in terms of where houses are, the paths, aides' tree and the warren... like when i picture that i'm still picturing the server. maybe that's just because your ask got me thinking about it i'm not sure but it's kinda funny!

2) i mean it changed a lot. i think this is the answer that is gonna vary the most if you were to ask it to tgm or twig because i think our individual relationships to the group and such are different but i will say that the main difficulty for me has always been like. wanting to include people in the process and getting nervous that people will feel excluded or that we've taken too many liberties with it and people will be angry that we didn't consult them, but also... it's hard to manage consistency and communication for as large and complex of a project as what the whittled pantheon was becoming especially within the context of the group at the time. and i think that bit kinda speaks for itself, haha. the main change i think was again the worldbuilding and a bit the arc of the characters - we never changed really personalities, exactly, i think the main cast stayed relatively true to original concept in many ways, but there's a bit of archetyping of characters in terms of their roles within the larger story that were impossible to predict when we started. the story itself for sure also became a lot more of a commentary on society which i don't think outside of tgm's stuff with agathodaemon it was beforehand - because largely that wasn't what the whole group was into, from what i remember.

the other thing in terms of all of that is, especially on my end, the attempt to stay true to the original concepts without like. being able to know for sure where y'all were going with it all. there were some parts of lore that either never got fleshed out or i personally never fully understood or never fit within the worldbuilding that the majority had set up, and so it was like. hard to make sure that that was close to what it had been while still making sense. thinking about maey forever. and idk like i'd talk to people and they'd be like "hey what's up with my character and can i write stuff" a year later and it was tough to be like "yeah here's kinda... how its changed. please don't b mad and also you can write stuff but its so much more complex now" idk it is kinda scary.

3) changes time EEE. lets see. im gonna make you a little list :]

the worldbuilding at its very basic essentials changed SO much. how the planet systems and how the Carver came to be are much more solid. i kinda dont know how to explain it because the effects of it are still the same but its just more detailed? if you want more the tag on my pinned post "whittled pantheon explanations" has a lot of it

other big change was the Failsafes - Melior, Palaemon, and Aides. failsafe is a type of god essentially and there are two per each world (the Carver isn't supposed to carve any other gods just set the two failsafes down and move on) and they are like the protectors and caretakers of the world. there's usually an earth one and a water one - for the old world, Melior is the earth and Palaemon is the water. this is why things get SO BAD when Palaemon dies, because he's fundamentally a part of the world. And Aides is the earth failsafe for the new world, and is awakened by Agathodaemon when he goes back to get Iota. failsafes can create passages (like. melior goddess of paths yk) between worlds (melior creates the one to the new world originally and aides then creates the warren back to the old world). so you can prolly see a lot of the similarities in terms of plot function, just we've kinda slotted it all into worldbuilding better.

uhm the Catalyst. no longer about turning into glass haha, that just stopped making as much sense. it's still the end of the world, but there's a lot more... politics? in it? it's more centered around the loss of water, so there's a lot of faction-action surrounding like... the last standing sources of water. the fortuna and iota stuff is still pretty much the same though.

a lot of character actions still stay the same at their core, i think. like there's been modification for sure but a lot of the story concepts that were fully written out stayed the same. maey's stuff with kappa has been slotted into worldbuilding but still remains at its core the same, the relationship between morrighan and ludo in all its godly toxicity still remains a lot of what it was. the whittled pantheon started out as a story driven by the characters. there's not some big bad guy out there to destroy them, it's entirely the actions of the characters and so in a lot of ways there was absolutely no way for us to ever lose sight of that bc that would fundamentally change the project.

final thing because this is so ungodly long. i think you will be maybe pleased toknow that to my knowledge the stuff in the new world with morrighan. that arc. + her convos with agathodaemon. are still pretty much the same.

anyways if you got to the end of this hey. hi. i kinda lost my mind answering this but i hope it meant something. the whittled pantheon means the world to me and what we created with the original server really i think fundamentally changed my life. and you had a lot to do with that, so thanks.

and uhm you are always welcome to pop into my dms or whatever.. i know we havent really talked in a while but i hope youre doing so good <3

#asks #GOD SORRY TO EVERYONE WHO STUMBLES ON THIS UHHHH HUHHHHUHHHH #whittled pantheon explanations #ppandaemonium!!!#whittled pantheon

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h0n3yk1tt3n · 3 months

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7 8 10

Ahhh the joys of reblogging multiple ask games with numbered questions within a day and not being able to tell which one is the current subject <3 (this just means you're getting the answers to six questions instead of three! Plus I'm bored and I don't mind lol)

7. Share a line or paragraph that you don't think will ever actually be posted in anything! (Or, if you don't hoard cut sentences and paragraphs like I do, share anything you want that has yet to see the light of day!)

Prefacing this by saying I know that Jake is implicitly an only child in canon. Counter argument, shut up /j oldest child syndrome made worse by absent parents. My defense:

Alana kept her voice as level as she could, despite her frustration. "Can you be an adult for just a couple minutes, please?"

A fist hit the table. "I've had to be the adult since I was thirteen!"

Alana startled at the harsh constriction in Jake's voice, his once casual and flippant demeanor turning so fast that it just about gave her whiplash.

A mirthless laugh choked Jake as he threw a hand out. "Criminal parents fucking off to who knows where all the time meant that someone needed to grow up! Someone needed to be responsible and make sure that the kids were happy and safe! And sometimes-"

His voice wavered, breath shaking as he looked off at the wall instead of at Alana.

"Maybe sometimes I just wanna be a kid. Get excited about Kiddie Land. Go down a Giant Slide. Just," he gave a hopeless shrug, "pretend things aren't so fucked up, at least for a little while. Long enough to not... burn out on being the adult, right when I really need to be."

—Tales From the Lagniappe

This is really rough atm but hopefully it gets the point across dbdjebdh

8. Is there a story idea that you would love if it could appear fully realized but that you do not think you'll ever write yourself?

Halo au would be fun. I say, as if I have a real Story in mind for it besides a couple scenes and Vibes lmao. I have so many Concept stories that I just never actually touch in any meaningful way, hell it's a miracle if I ever doodle anything for them.

10. If you could banish a single trope to live at the bottom of the ocean, never to be seen by any human eyes (or at least your own), which trope would that be?

The simple fact that I don't know by virtue of not reading super often goes to show that I don't feel strong negative emotions about any particular trope (and that im not adventurous lmao /hj.) Anything can be executed beautifully or terribly.

I once criticized coffee shop and adjacent aus for being nothing burgers by (generally, i can think of at least one exception) ending after character A gives B their number, but like? I don't have enough vitriol to cast such aus into the ocean lol, they can stay

7. A fic of yours you think is underrated?

Besides my 4 year old coping-with-quarantine project that spiraled into almost 330k words of length and became So Personal, probably Joyride. I blame its lack of attention on the fact that I just shat out a one-sentence summary and assumed that would be enough for those that had already read Weakness lol (hi becca)

8. What's the best summary you've come up with?

The fact that the L2C summary was so long that it wouldn't fit into ao3's character limit (but that it wasn't long enough/was too summarizey to be its own chapter or part of the prologue) and had to be broken into the summary and beginning notes goes to show how much I cared about making it Perfect™️ lol

10. Do you read your own fics for fun?

Not super often but yeah! Usually as a post-upload riding the high ya know? Swallow Up Your Heart of Gold actually keeps popping into my brain and I gotta get a hit of that sweet sweet hurt/comfort <3

In fact I would often reread rps that a friend and I did so get that same hit

I'm lonely and touch starved I bet you couldn't tell

#asks #mj says shit #writing #fanfic #left 2 chill #be more chill #dear evan hansen #jake dillinger #alana beck #the origin of me coming up with oldest kid jake was So Dumb and yet i got So Attached #if anyone wants to unlock that lore im down to share it

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hawkeyes-boy · 5 months

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boo i’m on this one too . 7 & 18 :)

ahhh hi!!!!! these are such good ones...

7. which character would you be most likely to hang out with and why?

I would love to hang out with Henry I need to get drunk with him it'd be so fun

18. who’s your favorite cast member writer and/or director ? (ex. directed by alan alda)

it's gotta be alan for so many reasons like the campaigning he did and how he met his wife but also. most importantly. because of the bloopers of him swearing in Italian.

#ty for asking!!

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ryehouses · 2 years

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NOORA POV!! im aware that she is technically your OC but she is canon in my heart. shes more developed and interesting than half the side characters in canon anyways lol. i would love to see literally anything at all about noora but if you would like specifics, more noora and fennec? noora adjusting to the way boba and fennec run things in the very early days at the palace? how does noora feel about various tusken tribes? noora’s thoughts during one of their breakfast gossip sessions?

ahhh howdy!! i am always happy to talk about noora, lol. i do love her.

i really don't have a lot of noora povs from more recent ast chapters; most of the stuff i have for her is character-building stuff i wrote to flesh out the cast, but i hope you like it anyway!

this bit is set way back at the beginning of the fic, pre-din's arrival on tatooine, and is somewhat a continuation of this snippet. has been revised to include noora's sons, whom i mentioned like twice in ast and then forgot about entirely, and still feel somewhat guilty about.

also ft. noora and some of the other twi'leks in the ahra in mos eisley!

cw for the usual tatooine shit, including mentions of slavery and what it was like to live as a slave under bib fortuna.

in which noora olgkru organizes a small rebellion.

“You asked him for a job?” Ayya Blen asked, her eyes wide with shock. Her surprise – her fear – was mirrored on many of the faces gathered together in Shiri Teksa’s cool basement. A representative from each clan of Mos Eisley’s tatoo ryl had gathered here to hear what Noora had to say about Mos Eisley’s new lord, and she could tell from the looks on many of their faces that they didn’t believe what she was saying.

Noora sighed.

“I did,” she said.

“Why?” This question came from Imiri Rha, a slim, pretty Twi’Lek with pale pink skin and intricate tattoos that vined down her lekku. She looked fragile and frail, graceful, exactly the kind of dancer that Bib Fortuna had preferred, but Imiri had always had a special sort of steel in her spine that Noora’d liked. Fortuna had sold Imiri off to a businessman in Mos Eisley a few years back to cover a debt. Noora’d missed having her around the palace.

She’d missed being able to gather in Mos Eisley with her people, too. In the last years of his life, Bib Fortuna had preferred to keep Noora close by.

Not out of particular preference – Noora was not fragile, frail or even particularly graceful, though she knew the seeliya, the Rylish dances, that most of the Twi’Lekki women on Tatooine learned to survive – but out of necessity. Fortuna had known that if Noora’d managed to get free, she would have put a knife in Fortuna’s belly herself.

Fortuna had been an idiot, but he had had a sense of self-preservation, and he’d decided that the best way to keep Noora under control was to keep her close at hand.

I can come and go as I want, now, Noora thought. It was almost insurmountable to think about. She was free. She was, for the first time in her life, getting paid in credits She could buy a house here in Mos Eisley. She could get her boys back – for years they’d lived with the Teksas, while Noora’d been trapped in the palace. Noora could actually help her people, help the ahra, instead of just doing her meager and miserable best to keep Fortuna away from the younger girls.

And Fett made that possible.

That was also almost insurmountable to think about. Noora had known Boba Fett. Well, known of him. He’d served as Lord Jabba’s fist for years. For him to come back from the dead and set all of Jabba’s old slaves free –

It’s the stuff out of a desert tale, Noora thought, wryly. She didn’t blame Ayya or Imiri for their skepticism.

But Noora had already made her decision – hadn’t asked Shiri to host the clan heads in her basement to get advice or take council – so Noora looked Ayya in the face and shrugged, twitching a lekku carelessly.

“Why not?” Noora asked.

“Because he’s a slaver!” growled Elavo Anu. He was Ayya’s opposite in every way, bold and fierce and scarred where Ayya was shy and delicate, a lifetime of surviving Mos Eisley’s fighting pits carved across Elavo’s body like most other Twi’Leks wore tattoos.

Noora resisted the urge to run a self-soothing hand over her own lekku, tracing the tattooed patterns there. It had been Shiri who’d tattooed Noora’s lekku for her, years and years ago; Noora’d been taken too young to get them done by the eldest mother in the haweli, as tradition demanded, but Shiri’d done them for Noora in this very basement the year Noora had become a woman. She’d created the pattern just for Noora, for the clan she’d made herself here on Tatooine, and when Noora’s boys were ready to become men, they would get the same patterns tattooed down their arms.

“He’s not any more,” Noora said.

Elavo snorted. “He told you that, I’m sure.”

Noora conceded the point. “He did,” she said.

Fett had set everyone – the dancers and the guards, the pit fighters Fortuna kept around to entertain himself, the maids and the kitchen staff, everyone – free before Fortuna’s body had even finished cooling on the floor.

“You can’t trust a slaver,” Elavo growled, like Noora was a child freshly-sold down the sorrowlanes instead of a woman grown, a survivor of both Jabba and Bib Fortuna and many other masters aside.

“No,” Noora agreed. “But I can trust the man who cut my chip out, can’t I?” She lifted the hem of her shirt – a proper shirt, one that Fett’s assassin had loaned to Noora when Noora’d said that all she had to wear were a dancer’s scraps – to show Elavo her scar.

It wasn’t really a scar yet, not like some of the others that Noora had. The skin was still raw and dark, flushed with blood. Fett had given Noora a bacta patch, but Noora’d taken it off after a few hours.

She wanted the wound to scar. It was proof that she was free.

“He took out all of our chips,” said Noora, looking around the room. The tatoo ryl had been gathering in Shiri’s basement for as long as Noora could remember. They had no grand haweli here on Tatooine, but Shiri’s basement served them well enough.

“Every single one,” Noora continued. She let everyone look at her scar. “All of the dancers’. The guards’. The fighters’.”

“Why would he do that?” Elavo asked. He sounded dumbstruck.

Noora lifted her chin. “Because he meant what he said,” she replied.

“And what did he say?” Old Shiri asked, speaking for the first time since Noora had come back to Mos Eisley and asked her to talk for a gathering.

Noora took a deep breath. “That he doesn’t want to keep slaves,” she said. “That he means to do things differently here.”

The murmuring surged into a roar of conversation all at once. Shouts of disbelief, of fear; a rumble of anger from those like Elavo Anu, who’d lost sons to the sorrowlanes. No one believed Noora.

Kark, she thought. I barely believe it myself. A master, letting all of his slaves go? Fortuna’d sold away many of Noora’s friends, but he’d still sold them. Passed them from one master to the next.

But Boba Fett had set Noora free. He’d promised to pay her. His assassin, Fennec Shand, had given Noora a shirt out of her own kit. They were going to let Nooora see her sons.

It had been months, now, since Noora’d last convinced Fortuna to let her leave the palace and go see the boys. Passik was five, now; Noora’d missed his name-day. Ziveri was nearly eight.

And I’ll get to see them, she thought. I’ll get to live with them. She hadn’t lived with her sons since Passik was very small. She probably could have brought him to the palace, but that would’ve meant exposing them to Fortuna, and Fortuna had sold children from their mothers without a second thought. It had all been a matter of easy credits to him.

Only old Shiri Teksa was looking at Noora, her expression thoughtful. Wise. Shiri was the oldest of the tatoo ryl. She had been a dancer for Jabba a hundred years ago, the younger Twi’Leks said, and had won her freedom by dancing the seeli guze, the holy dances of Ryloth.

But when Shiri had won her freedom, she hadn’t left. She hadn’t returned to Ryloth. She had stayed here, on Tatooine, and helped her people. Opened her home to them. Shuttled escaping slaves off down the network. Had raised children for parents like Noora, who couldn’t raise their own.

“Noora Olgkru is no liar,” Shiri said, and as usual her flimsi-thin voice cut through the noise and jostle of a dozen clan heads. Everyone quieted.

Shiri'd been the one to give Noora a clan name. Olgkru, Noora Strong-Willed; Noora had lost her clan on Ryloth, but on Tatooine she had made her own. “And she is no fool, either,” said Shiri. “Tell me true, girl; Boba Fett set all of his slaves free?”

Noora met Shiri’s eyes. “Yes,” she said.

This time, no one gasped or shouted. The room was so quiet that Noora could hear her heartbeat in her chest. Her blood moving through her ears.

Shiri tapped her walking stick against the basement’s cool dirt floor. “And you asked him for a job?” she asked. “You are working for him now?”

Noora raised her chin again, defiant. “Yes,” she said.

Shiri’s eyes gleamed.

Noora had come to Tatooine with no parents. No clan. Her brothers and sisters here had been children like herself, who’d been ripped from their families, all of them brought to Shiri to raise, to care for, to teach.

And Shiri taught us all, Noora thought, that the community – the ahra, the people – look out for each other. We don’t leave each other behind.

“Why?” Shiri asked. The other clan heads listened with bated breath.

“Because,” said Noora, “Lord Fett is going to change things. And I want to help.”

#ast asks #ast 'verse pov tag #i just!!! love noora!!!

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clarabowmp3 · 6 months

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3 famous people you'd like to have on a sleepover?

okay SO currently I would love love the main cast of lockwood and co but if I zoom out a little of the hyperfixation it would be:

Ali hadji-heshmati - this feels too personal LMAO but I have developed a very parasocial relationship with him through his (very limited!!) interviews and I just can’t get over how similar we are. We both studied science for our gcse’s, we both have an interest in lit (I would do a degree in it if I could, it was my contrasting subject for my sciences, and he IS doing a degree in it), we both applied to Oxbridge unis (only difference is he got accepted 🥲🥲) like AHHH and his personality just seems so??? I am very 😍😍 over this man and also very delusional but what else is new godddd I want to discuss so many literary texts w him esp cuz the ones I studied are by English authors and he’s British too so he likely knows them I sooo want to pick his brain. Also (this is besides the point but) his character in bad education is also very relatable (I need some kind of award for getting through my pe trauma and fighting for my life to get out of it) and it’s basically MEEE cuz both Warren and I were editors of our school newspapers, more academically inclined and deeply athletically stunted (which yea I know is basically any and every nerd BUT STILL) anyways im so normal about him 😀

olivia Rodrigo/sabrina carpenter - ideally it would be both if the drama/not-drama btw them didn’t exist cuz I love both of their music to bits!!!! Can’t blame a girl for trying was my first favourite album ten year old me was working HARD downloading it song by song on mp3 and having to figure out the titles myself (idk why I couldn’t see the titles for some reason but I would have to name the songs manually and for the longest time I thought white flag was called ‘I’ll go down’ or smth similar) and GUTS omg I was grindinggg for my prelims to that album I was listening to it 24/7 knocking practice papers out of the park it is so good alskxmdklslwhzjdjdbbs

Maisie peters - re: my the good witch post for the whole explanation like she just GETS it ofc i would love to have a sleepover with her AHHH

#personal #ask #anon #sorrynfor going so so overboard Ali hadji heshmati I am in ur walls

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Hi what was your favorite season of The Flash?

Season 1, absolutely and for sure. I've often said "season 1 is my happy place" and meant it.

It gives us Captain Cold every 6 episodes and establishes that wonderful dynamic of fascinated antagonism between him and Barry that I can't get enough of.

But it's not just about Cold.

S1, the plot with Reverse Flash has these emotional stakes that feel real, and the intense frustration (in a good way) of not knowing why Eobard hates Barry the way he does. The horror of that realization unfolding as Barry can no longer deny that Wells, his mentor, is the person who killed his mother, even if he can't explain why or necessarily how.

Cisco and Wells is honestly such an important dynamic too and when I tell you I screamed when the Reverse Flash killed Cisco before time was rewound, whew. The drama! We didn't know about time travel yet! And then it gets undone and Cisco goes off with Golden Glider and gets kidnapped and we spend the entire episode tense because is this the kind of "death is inevitable" narrative or will he escape the jaws of death so narrowly? Ahhh!!

(seriously Cisco's betrayal, figuring out Wells before anyone else, confronting him, it all hurt so good)

And season 1 Eddie and Iris! I love their romance, I love the way it feels authentic, the way they grapple with it. And Eddie's sacrifice! Later seasons each continue to introduce a new CCPD blond(e) -- Eddie, Patty, Julian, Ralph, etc., but the stakes don't feel near so important, especially not once you notice it's just a revolving cast of a new CCPD-adjacent blond character and there's no point in becoming attached. So many of the subsequent seasons try to recapture the magic of S1 and fail because they're regurgitating a formula instead of finding something new, something as Fresh as what Eddie brought to the story.

Controversial take but I also like the messy unrequited thing we get from Barry for Iris in S1, and the fact that the show actually acknowledged the sticky "we're kind of like siblings" in that season was a good thing, actually. And I get why they brushed that aside later and stopped mentioning it, but I personally enjoy the complicated uncomfortable messiness they setup there and am still a little sad they ignored it entirely on the relationship follow-through and didn't allow it to be a thing they had to actually Navigate.

On the topic of fucked-up stuff, S1 also called out the pipeline and Cecile straight up told Joe that no, that's messed up, and Joe told Barry it's messed up, and the heroes suffered consequences for their messed up actions when Len and Mick and Lisa released the pipeline Rogues and it was - chef's kiss.

Also tbh I feel pretty similarly about the first half of season 2, before they took Len and Mick off to Legends and we stopped seeing Lisa and any chance of the full/proper Rogues disappeared along with Goldenvibe (my beloved, best canon ship).

The back half of season 2 disappoints with Jay being revealed as Zoom because it's just, as I said, regurgitating season 1's plot and it's lame as hell to me, but up to that it's really enjoyable. We get great Rogues episodes with the Snart backstory and with Weather Wizard busting Len out of prison. I also like Harry's introduction and character, and I like Earth-2 and Killer Frost and the setup to our Caitlin's story on that front, and I like Patty and hate that they wrote her off so abruptly mid-season.

And Zoom was genuinely sinister and Barry's spinal injury and how Zoom dragged him around the city like a ragdoll was honestly O.O and I was here for it.

I like horror, and S1-S2 felt like they had these moments of angst and horror and good guys doing awful things without being cleanly excused by the narrative, and all these sticky and messy things that just made them more interesting.

The seasons that follow have some of this (Flashpoint, Barry going back in time to get the speed formula from Wells, Savitar being the consequence of Barry's actions, Barry going to prison) but they seem to hit less hard, possibly because the plot moves on too fast and we see less of the trauma fallout, or possibly because I just have a higher expectation for them to unpack these things and their consequences after an initial season in which they set them up?

Meaning Season 1 gets to fuck around but I expect the later seasons to find out, and am disappointed that they don't spend as much time as I would like on the emotional/character side of the "find out" piece?

#season 1 is my happy place #the flash season 1 #season 1 #canon critical #kind of #wank for ts #but also a lot of joy #it's not that there's nothing in the later seasons i enjoy #there actually is quite a lot #it's just that they don't come together as well for me #they tend to start strong and lose me in the second half?#and somewhere along the way it started to feel more like a cw family drama #than a cw monster/case of the week #and the horror became less horrifying and the stakes became a bit silly #but there's so much to love about this show #across all seasons #more than i could ever list in a single post

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