#new dad = may adopts steven as her new father

[tandytoaster]

I like to make silly themed teams in pokemas

#noop nooping #i need 2 explain some of them. candyboys is bc ingy and emmet r like mint colours and steven is eye candy #hoes =the hoenn fandom is dying rt if ur a hoe #noctune = pkmn platinum and smt nocturne have the same plot #new dad = may adopts steven as her new father #pokemon

[drifloonz]

hellooo. Can I ask for some dad steven headcannons?

i've been ignoring too many of my requests SOOO yes!! you may :)

dad steven headcanons!!

these are long sorry. or not sorry. whichever works. smile

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♡ ok first of all. if this man impregnates you or anyone uh. he'll either be really into the idea or really fucking scared. usually a mixture of both. nervous and very anxious excitement.

♡ like he's always wanted children but in the state he's in now, he has always seen it as something unachievable for him nowadays

♡ who's getting pregnant? YOU decide!!!!!

♡ alternatively adoption exists which yeah that works too

♡ presumably, if this is a scenario where he's dating someone either the reader or like someone else, then PRESUMABLY he's gotten his life at least a little back together enough to clean his house a bit and clean Himself up a bit and generally just take care of himself and his surroundings more to be liveable enough for him, you, and presumably a child.

♡ single father steven is also very good. either or. but if he's a single father and a baby just drops in front of his doorstep he would take it but panic really hard ( he may at the dead of night fly to some adoption center and hope to god they take this random child... but he's also deathly scared of bad things happening especially w. waves hands at his whole story. so he might be too overprotective already to do that. )

♡ either way into actual dad hcs

♡ he used to babysit a shitton when he was younger, mostly with red and blue, so he's got the skillset for it. and he's also used to wanting to be a good rolemodel! it's just that these skills are so tucked away after the Depression Spiral that it's hard to get him back, but he definitely tries - for his child.

♡ honest to god if you asked him to name his child he'd either make an entirely new name or, because he's unoriginal and had a whole spiral over it, would name her miki or something very similar if she's a girl.

♡ welcome to the world Cool Charizard ( legal name ) /j

♡ ... it'd also be funny if whenever he has a child its always Girl because . yea. yea. Narrative curse.

♡ either way they basically don't have access to the internet bc i don't think steven even has that shit because he's poor as hell. at most he has phone data somehow that he probably isn't paying for. somehow.

♡ maybe his rent gets paid for him bc he was champion once idfk /j

♡ i thnik people are just too scared to properly enter his house and tell him to pay taxes and or rent he just gets to keep his shitty bigass house for free

♡ also it would be weird considering i think that the entirety of kanto tried to sweep him and his whole situation under the rug BUT THATS UNRELATED. SO!!!

♡ basically his kid is not an ipad baby thank god.

♡ even if his partner has one he's going to be like. vaguely scared of technology and also thinks itd be a really bad idea ( it is ) to just raise their child on that shit. the baby gets one cocomelon video a week /j

♡ thank god he probably still has his tv's that somehow still work so he just will let them watch baby shows in the living room sometimes instead of fucking cocomelon . thatd be horrendous.

♡ sometimes watches kids shows with his kid in his lap or next to him. usually falls asleep pretty quick into doing that

♡ he DOES tuck them in goodnight.. sometimes tells them stories.

♡ steven is really really really really overprotective over his child/ ESPECIALLY if it's like. straight up his child with you or whatever. that was a labor of LOVE!!! this also means he loves them very much but he's very dodgy with them going outside and whatnot. at least without his supervision.

♡ he'll be silly for his child and his child only. he'll make funny faces for them to giggle at and things like that and try to do fun things w his lil baby. etc etc. it's very cute to look at but if you use it against him he's going to glare at you really hard and squint judgementally

♡ honest to god i've said this so often to my friends . steven is ABSOLUTELY the type of guy to accidentally drop his baby while trying to hold them or throw them into the air a little and go "Oh shit. Sorry". brad lisa the painfulcore type dad except like less morally neutral bc his situation isnt the same

♡ lets the baby nap in with him a lot. sometimes you can walk into his bedroom and see him with all of his long ass hair splayed out on the bed and the baby also splayed out on the bed ... stevens gotta get his beautysleep!!! so does his kid!!!

♡ stevens really not sure whether to keep miki ( the charizard ) a secret from his child or not. because he knows that like. miki wouldn't hurt his baby almost definitely but he's still kind of scared of the possibility of either of them hurting one another accidentally or not... so at least until theyre older miki's probably a thing he tries not to mention.

♡ in general he also tries to not talk about himself or his past at all to his kid. he doesn't want them to know the ugly sides of himself.

♡ he just pretends he's a normal guy. if they somehow find out otherwise he'll either sigh deeply and tell them the truth, likely as some sort of life lesson to them ( either on safety, cautiousness, boundaries and trust w the trading incident or 'Hey if this happens to you maybe don't do what i did' but im not sure if he's self-aware enough to think of him as in the wrong entirely in that situation ), or he'll just say "must be a different guy" ( they look exactly the same in photos other than how disgruntled steven is now ... )

♡ he absolutely has a baby carrier. i think he always has wanted to carry a baby like that bc he thinks its all cute and funny. he probably smiles at you when you look at him wearing that with your little googoo in it. it looks so odd on him that it's kind of funny

♡ steven is absolutely a dilf tbqh... imagine dadbod steven NOW.

♡ sorry for sidetracking so much. anyways, he's the type of dude who OVERprepares. like MONTHS in advance, he's already buying a shitton of baby clothes, food, bottles, various furniture, etc. how is he buying these? well. either with your money or he's stealing that shit. or he somehow actually has money now. he might've mugged the various people who try to sneak into his house and 'mysteriously' die. who knows. It's a living! Kind of..????

♡ due to his general aversion of society he's kind of torn over wanting to go to a hospital or just doing it in a tub or something if its a situation where he has a partner. i think ultimately he'd do it in a hospital, despite his fear of people, because he's really scared of something going wrong. he'll wait with like. bated breath. scared as hell.

♡ he will cry the second that baby is in his arms. 100%. trust me. like. silently, probably - at least for the first few seconds. but theres a lot of tears. and a smile.

♡ he hums little lullabies to his baby and will gently move them back and forth... while the babies probably chewing at his hair a little.

♡ also yes he lets the baby play with his hair... his hair is that childs stimtoy ( whatever this means )

♡ s!3v3n is also surprisingly calm and good to the baby. the baby would either be fucking terrified of s!3v3n's face or think its silly and laugh at it. s!3v3n particularly likes to make silly faces where his tongue sticks out real far ( he can just do that when hes like that dw abt it ) and he goes crosseyed

♡ =P =D => <- s!3v3n making silly faces for a baby ( pov )

♡ ok this has all mostly been pregnancy and baby hcs. actual kid hcs uhhh... he probably really wants to homeschool his kid bc hes very overprotective but if you talked him into it he'd reluctantly put them in Actual Public School so they can have like. a social life. lol. bc otherwise theyd be EXTREMELY fucking isolated considering stevens been vanquished to Pallet Town's Shadow Realm ( aka pallet town 'A little to the west guarded by rocks and past the forest' edition ) and steven really doesnt want them to be lonely bc it sucks and hes been isolating himself for most of his life at this point so he knows it sucks

♡ he gets more comfortable going outside. most of kanto has forgotten about him anyways - he just specifically avoids going out to pallet town. if his kid wants to go there and hes not a single dad he'll have his partner do it for him. but he likes to go take walks with them and go to playgrounds. plus, he doesn't even have to whip miki / M' out in the wild grass - pokemon avoid him anyways. lol.

♡ as bittersweet as it is, if his kid wanted to be a pokemon trainer he WOULD have the best tips and tricks on it... he was the undefeated champion and arguably the first ''pokemon master'', whatever that term even means. ( presumably ''trainer champion'' instead of ''probably appointed to be in that position for someone to fight'' champion. like lance. or The Other steven. or smth. )

♡ he'd probably find a way to get his kid a starter... he still lives in kanto and close to pallet town too, so he can pull a silver and like. steal a starter. or he could just send his kid on their way ""without supervision"" ( hes lurking in the forest keeping an eye out just in case ) to ask oak about it

♡ if they pick charmander it is 90x more bittersweet. amen. but i think bulbasaur would be cute too bc its the only starter not picked and not relevant in strangled red + my own personal bulbasaur bias.

♡ although stevens going to tell them not to trade pokemon for obvious reasons - either thru a ''spooky tale'' / urban legend ( that is just his story but he tells it much more vague. like. ''... well i heard sometimes pokemon don't come back out.'' ) or just straight up says some shit like ''yea don't trade pokemon. it's bad.'' without elaborating

♡ regardless. he's still being very overprotective and unless his kid doesnt budge on it hes preferably not letting them go explore the world on their own until theyre like... 13-16

♡ even then. hes usually kind of trailing behind without telling them bc he legitimately has nothing better to do.

♡ ... also if the kid doesnt have a rival , like, no one at school or no one who they meet in their journey, then steven might. like. sigh deeply. get a few pokeballs from god knows where. catch a new team comparable to their kids level range. and be their rival. who is also their dad of mid 20s to early 40s in age. for some reason. people question it but he doesnt care he just wants his kid to have fun

♡ funnier option that i dont think he'd do ( probably ) is he pulls a clavell ( or team rocket ) and acts like a totally different guy when all that changes is his fit and maybe his haircut. except he prob pulls it off well. he'd still be obviously steven but his cap is backwards and his hair is tied up and his little jacket or w/e is around his waist and thats all that changes. his shoes might be untied for the 'stupid kid / teenager' look but then he trips over his feet and ties them bc its not worth the image

♡ alternatively ; its just s!3v3n. thats kind of steven but different right ( JOKING. HE WOULD NOT DO TH

♡ this hypothetical would be way funnier if he regained his entire reputation somehow of being a cool and strong pokemon trainer that he had when he was actually a trainer bc ppl forgot abt champion steven. and hes just like. "Okay. It's a neverending cycle of torment huh." under his breath when his kid cannot hear

♡ if asked for his name in this state hes just like uhh. uhhhhaa,.f uh. uh. stephen... thhhheee. third.

♡ he's probably not doing the thing mike and or blue did where hes the last e4 fight who isnt even an e4 member but is your rival. thats a bit too bittersweet for him. this whole exercise is fun but he doesn't wanna FULLY relive his glory days a year before his awesome trauma spiral. he also may or may not even do the gym leaders for the same reason. hes just a guy who his kid fights sometimes that is classified as a rival by technicality

♡ also yes he still has miki. he always has miki. shes just probably tucked into a bag or smth so ppl dont ask about why he has a cracked fucked up pokeball. she only comes out if his kid is in serious danger and he needs an intimidation tactic, or at worse, a method to quickly harm or kill someone with

♡ eg if a serious evil team situation happened and genuinely harmed his kid or threatened to their asses are not leaving unscathed.

♡ sorry this specific 'fake rival who is also your dad who also used to be the undefeated and first trainer champion of kanto' scenario is extremely fucking funny to me + fun in general. but moving on

♡ type of guy to dress his kid when theyre like a baby who cant think for themself in the stupidest halloween costumes ever. big pumpkin costume. hes about to crack into laughter when he takes a picture of them in it . or a charmander costume . because its steven. ( yes hes in a giant charizard onesie and yes if you make fun of him or his kid hes going to kill you dead

♡ he does go trick or treating w them too. he like. feels normaler on halloween. it was probably one of his favorite holidays even if pallet town was small an he probably got 50% apples and shitty non name brand stuff and 50% actual candy from the neighborhood homes

♡ type of parent whos going to squeeze his kids hand real tight when they get a shot or anything like that

♡ semirelated. hes tall and his hands are big but hes still gunna hold his kids hand everywhere even when theyre older until his kid complains enough ab it being embarrassing.

♡ has to crouch to talk to his fucking kid on eyelevel a lot of the times that his back hurts. like. more than it usually does.

♡ solution; just pick them up and talk to them while they are lifted into the air if theyre ok with it

♡ piggyback rides for his kid. 100000%. hes a piggy back ride type of guy. along with other similar things. would it be called grumpiggyback riding because its pokemon... anyways

♡ i think when his kids older they probably have a lot of inside jokes and steven likes to banter with them a little. playfully. and also likes to make jokes with the most deadpan ass voice bc his kid finds it funny, probably.

♡ stevens never had parents, so being a parent to someone else is... foreign, but also not really? as mentioned he did constantly used to babysit blue and red. and he was overall the teenage childhood role model for many kids in pallet town... but he himself was mostly raised by mike. so. either way, he very much loves kids and taking care of them. so tldr. hes a really good dad.

♡ i have more ideas but if you want any specific dad steven hcs explored jusrt ask me bc i have thoughts on this.

#wispy writes #steven strangled red #steven strangled red x reader #strangled red x reader #<- TECHNICALLY. the reader / his implied partner if he has one is very much not a central focus #headcanons

[mythicaldemigoddess-of-deltarune]

Hazformers: Hatchlings, Family & ShockMay (2023)

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[Note: The Two Drawings Aren't Really Mature (even if the word a** is censored, this is Not For Kids.....also, Please Don't Reblog This Without My Permission, plus I plan to use the drawing on the bottom as a Cover for one of the chapters of one of the stories I'm writing, which I might have it be a cover for that Spinelluva Boss AU I'm writing, which is like a Multi-Crossover but it still a TFA and Steven Universe Crossover...Please Make Sure To Click On The Top Drawing, To Read It Better.]

Credit for Hazformers AU goes to Blitzy-Blitzwing

Credit for Helluva Boss & Hazbin Hotel goes to Vivienne “Vivziepop” Medrano

Credit for Transformers goes to Hasbro & TakaraTomy

Credit for Transformers Animated goes to Sam Register & Matt Youngberg

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I don't know how to feel about the new update to the whole "Photo" thing, well things seem the same but at the same time it is different.

I had just found out about it, the whole green draft saved keeps popping up for some reason, I guess that is one of it's updates...?

if by chance the top drawing is hard to see, I mean what the characters are saying is hard to read, please make sure to click on it to get a better look at it.

at first I wanted Blitzwing to just be holding a cute animal to be his pet, which he still is because he is holding Buzzsaw, who in this drawing instead of having two eyes like when they were alive, they instead have four eyes and still has the Decepticon Symbol on their forehead.

Blitzwing having Buzzsaw as a pet, even if originally they had belong to Soundwave, just sounds interesting to me, even if it might not happen in the story, I'm okay with just the thought of it.

same with the whole Shockwave x Sallie May, you can't really see Shockwave's face, and yeah it does reference a scene in one of the episodes of Helluva Boss....I love that scene because it is kind of funny, so Sallie saying that Shockwave's butt is hers, is a reference to that episode where Millie says that Moxxie's a** is hers.

also the reason why that drawing says that Crymini is Husk's Adoptive Daughter, has to do with some info I read about Crymini and Husk, that their relationship is like a Father & Daughter one...

so in Fanon, if Blitzwing and Husk got married....that would give Crymini Two Dads. sure it wouldn't be canon, but that is why the Fanon exists.

also the humans that I'm going to call Ivan, Marissa and Marcus aka "Marc" aren't really characters I made up, because they had appeared in the episode where Sari got her Allspark-Key from the Allspark.

I know this might sound far fetched and crazy, but I think those three are her biological human family, because we don't see Isaac at all in those flashes between Sari and the Allspark...

so logically this could mean that Isaac isn't Sari's biological father at all, and well he did only wear gloves and the hatchling protoform self of Sari might of got more DNA from him if he wasn't wearing the gloves....

so the man that is shown during the flashes between the Allspark and Sari, which is like a conversation between them...

I'm gonna view as Isaac's younger brother, and who along with his now ex-wife Marissa Faireborn (I'm going to view that red hair woman from that episode, as the Marissa Faireborn of TFA.) had found Isaac out cold and when they saw the liquid metal body that was to become Sari, and they both weren't wearing gloves and they both ended up touching the hatchling at the same time...

this ends up shocking them and having them go out cold, and when all three of them came to, there was now a human baby girl in the place of the hatchling.

I'm going to view this as a Fan Headcanon, this would also mean that Isaac isn't Sari's biological father, but she is still biologically related to him thanks to the half of her human DNA, it is just that he is her bio

her CNA comes from Megatron, who had went through the mitosis (possibly thanks to the Allspark...) when he was in that stasis coma.

Sari was not the same type of Protoform as the ones that look like Mannequin, Sari's protoform self was a Hatchling and was a Newborn, because her hatchling self was just born in that same lab that Megatron's head was being kept, the flash of light was possibly one of the signs that the hatchling was just born.

seriously, Megatron is WAY overdue for that Hatchling Shower.

in the drawing that has the two types of protoforms, the forged type and the mitosis type....

the baby hatchling is seen in a type of blue sac that is suppose to be like the type from the live-action movie series of Transformers.

it is Egg shaped and is suppose to be filled with Energon, and we know that thanks to the movie it shows it as well as the info that is written about it in one of the Transformers Wikia Sites.

the Energon Filled Sac, which could be like a Egg...

it should never be breached or broken before it is time for the hatchling to come out, otherwise it will end up having the Hatchling lose their life and their spark extinguished.

it is possible if Sari when she was a hatchling, if he hadn't been found on time, she would of had her own spark end up extinguish.

so her becoming half organic, may have saved her life and spark.

also I like the idea of Shattered Glass Sari being called "Shari" and end up living in the same universe as Sari and becoming like the sister of Sari.

those two are technically counterparts but at the same time they are technically half-sisters, and if it does turn out that Isaac Sumdac is only Sari's Adoptive Father and also her Biological Uncle (thanks to the organic half of her DNA...) the same could be said for the Isaac from the TFA Shattered Glass Universe, and there is another reason why Shari had attacked SG-Isaac when she was just a Hatchling/Baby...

it could turn out he had did something terrible to the SG-Versions of Sari's Human Parents, like even if Shari might not remember them, she could of formed a type of bond with SG-Marissa and even the moment SG-Marissa held Shari in her arms, she knew that she was her daughter and her and SG-Ivan Sumdac, were ready to welcome Shari into their family and didn't care that she wasn't originally human.

but the tender moment between them was ruined thanks to SG-Isaac, who ends up harming SG-Ivan and SG-Marissa to the point they ended up pretty close to death's door and barely holding out.

this ends up provoking Shari (back then just Sari) and she attack SG-Isaac for harming SG-Ivan & SG-Marissa.

unlike Sari, Shari might know the truth that both versions of Isaac aren't their biological fathers and are actually their bio-uncles.

Shari might of also figured out that while Megatron is Sari's Bio-Sire, and she got her CNA from him thanks to him going through the mitosis stage...

but Shari wasn't born from SG-Megatron, and was born from SG-Optimus Prime, this means that Sari and Shari aren't 100% counterparts of each other, and are technically half-sisters from two different universes, and if it was possible, Shari could start over and live in the same universe as Sari.

like picture the Good Cinnamon Roll Optimus trying to stop Shari from misbehaving and she accidentally calls him "Dad" which would technically be true....because he is the good counterpart of SG-Optimus, who is Shari's Bio-Sire.

I know that the Man, Woman and Kid that appeared in that episode where Sari gets her Key, don't really have names but it isn't like it would be the first time nameless characters from a show or movie or video game series, were named by Fans...

so I'm calling them Ivan Sumdac, Marissa Faireborn and Marc Sumdac.

Marc Sumdac could turn out to be Sari's Older Brother, and the flashes that are shown between the conversation between the Allspark and Sari, are not just having to do with the DNA that was given to Sari when she was turned half-human, but also memories.

the horse appearing in those flash images, could be memories.

and I know that it isn't possible and this would be like a hypothetical theory, but if the Allspark were to end up in the Hell in Hazformers, and if Blitzwing got too close to it, and if it is during the stage where he would of went through the mitosis...

it could end up causing him to go through the mitosis...

if anyone is gonna touch that hatchling and have it scan a ethereal photon DNA, it's gonna be Husk. XD

plus it could turn out the Allspark, could end up causing Sinners to no longer be sterile and end up being able to have offspring with each other or with Hellborns.

that shouldn't make Lucifer happy, though it would serve him right, seeing as the overpopulation is his fault sense his big macho pride of a ego refuses to have half of the Sinners move to the other rings and let them travel between them.

well he can't be the worse number one Dad, even if he might not get his words might hurt Charlie at times...

but if I had to pick who is worse at Daddying, behind Moxxie and Stolas's Fathers...

I would pick Cain's Bio-Dad & Step-Dad....even if Adam has matured, he could of still tried to do better in parenting both Cain and Abel, to which Cain wouldn't became worse and end up having his emotional and spiritual depression get way worse and to a dangerous level, if he had stop Abel from those so called offerings, I can't be the only one who has finally figured out how messed up and wrong that is.

at least in some form of Modern Ritual, if animals are used, they aren't used in the same sense to which Abel had used them, but instead it is shared between everyone in a type of meal and is cooked properly, plus I guess besides hunting, the meat could be store bought but would still need to be cooked.

Adam should of did a better job with Abel, as well as Cain...

both Cain and Abel are still at fault, and it is possible that Abel's Ego didn't let him see that his brother was in spiritual and emotional pain and it was reaching a very dangerous breaking point.

and well besides Adam not being the best at Daddying...

but I guess he could of still had his moments where he was a Good Dad....but even that doesn't excuse on how Cain and Abel were brought up...

so yeah, if Archangel Samael is Cain's Bio-Dad, he probably ain't very good at it, which even if Charlie's Dad has his moments where he isn't a perfect Dad, he can't be any worse than some Dads....

like some who don't even freaking bother to visit and be a bit more part of your life, and only ends up visiting only once....everyone can have different types of Daddy or Mommy or Renny Issues.

and might be wondering if their other parent loved them as much as they loved the kids they had spend the most time with and got to see more of, but ya know some parents who never get to see their biological children, could have better excuses than most...

like when your older sibling's spouse cheats and got custody of their kid, even though at least Stolas's reasons for cheating even at first it was on accident and because of his feelings for Blitz...

it wasn't like how despite being in a loving marriage, a certain woman had to throw that all away and had to cheat...

and besides THAT woman that I'm thinking of...

I wouldn't be surprised that if in Helluva Boss, Satan's Other Name, which is Samael, is brought up or if it isn't then I guess I and a few others fans can call him that at times and even by the nickname Sammy. (if Asmodeus can be nicknamed Ozzie, then he can be nicknamed Sammy....even if it isn't canon and is mostly fanon where he is being called Sammy.)

his real life counterpart isn't the boss of me though...even if it does turn out that when he was still just Samael he had ended up being Cain's Bio-Dad, which in theory it could have to do with the ethereal photons becoming matter physical and transforming into a type of organic, or some other explaining how it happen....

but yeah even if Cain is my Ancestor (and well so is Seth.) his possible bio-dad, which is Samael, still ain't the boss of me.

*Plays RWBY Song: This Will Be The Day*

Satan is mentioned in the episode that Bee appears in, which once again she seems like a awesome character and it might be possible that it is only the Embodiment Queens that have more sense than the Embodiment Kings.

Satan isn't the boss of this "Twilight Princess", even if I am a Defective Earth Angel...but I wouldn't be me if I wasn't and I guess being not 100% like other Earth Angels is okay, even if it might have it's down side.

and the whole being descendant of a few royal families, and being a Earth Angel, ended up making me figure out the whole "Earth Angel Princess" thing, which not really a official title thing, but still kinda interesting.....don't have the official title Princess either, but it's fine.

I still rather go by "purple blood" instead of "blue blood" and yeah I am still kind of procrastinating in taking that home blood type test thing again, and yeah the last two successes did have two of them show up as O RH D Negative...I just don't feel like trying to do the home blood type test right away, even if I have to use my left hand to take it because we figured out it works better that way.

it is also best that I keep my eyes closed half of the time, so I don't end up feeling that not so great feeling....but maybe I will still end up feeling it, but hopefully I wont very much this time.

I will still get help taking that home blood type test, I am just not in any rush to try it again anytime soon...I will try to make time to get it done eventually.

and anyway, if Blitzwing did get a pet, he could see it as a way of him becoming a "Daddy" and it be interesting if Buzzy imprint on Blitzwing and refuses to go back to Soundwave.

and I guess the update isn't too bad, I guess I just need to get use to it even if it is slightly different from the other one...

I guess I'm not 100% sure how to feel about it but I'm getting use to it and seeing it as not so bad and seems to be okay.

anyway I hope some like these two drawings, as well as the ship of ShockMay, even if it might not really become a thing, but I was deciding between it either being Shockwave or Swindle that is being carried over Sallie's Shoulder, so I had decided to pick Shockwave.

anyway I do have a TFA theory that I'm going to post next....

and it having to do with Sentinel.

so once again, hope some like these two drawings and Blitzwing spending time with Crymini and Buzzy.

as well as calling SG-Sari by the name Shari, and calling the three humans that showed up in the episode where Sari got her Allspark-Key, by the names Ivan, Marissa and Marc and the idea that they might actually be Sari's Family, and Isaac Sumdac could still be her adoptive father, but also her biological uncle thanks to the human half of her DNA.

and I guess one of the good thing about the update (which once again didn't find out until like just now on July 5, 2023...)

is that it has the option where it has "For Everyone" and even shows the Mature Options, well even if this isn't really all that mature...even if the word that Sallie is using is censored...cause I censored it on purpose...I know I had the thought about something like that before, which could be a great help and well the thought of it had a bit more into it, but still had those little switch things on it.

like it would ask about the maturity of it, and well...I guess the new update is pretty close to the thought I had.

I'm surprised that they had done it, and I guess for now this can be in the "For Everyone" (all but kids, as I'm keeping the tag "not for kids" for this because even though I did censor it by placing the "*" in there, I'm still gonna have this be "not for kids" and "mature audience only" even if the rest of the drawing and other drawing isn't mature.) but if I decide to edit this to have it be changed to the Mature, I will.

PS:

I may have accidentally erased some stuff in this that I had originally was writing before I posted this, and didn't realize that possibility until it was too late and sometime after I had posted it...cause I'm pretty sure I had wrote some other stuff before giving my thoughts about the new update....well, hope some of you still like the two drawings.

#transformers animated fanart #hazbin hotel fanart #helluva boss fanart #hazformers #crossover fanart #protoform #hatchling #crymini hazbin hotel #sallie may helluva boss #blitzwing tfa #shockwave tfa #sari sumdac tfa #isaac sumdac tfa #megatron tfa #not for kids #mature audiences only #july 2023 #do not reblog without permission

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   Kody: First Loki imagine, let’s do this. DISCLAIMER. MOST OF THE DIALOGUE FROM THE CANONICAL CHARACTERS IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE MOVIE TO MAKE IT MORE REALISTIC. YOU CAN TELL WHICH PARTS I WROTE AND DIDN’T WRITE. OKAY? okayyyy

   Movie/Show: Thor: Ragnarok- but you somehow know strange. Don’t question me lmao. 

   Summary: while staying with Dr. Strange for a bit, you end up meeting your old friend again, Thor. What you don’t expect is too meet with his adopted brother Loki. Who turns out to be your perfect match (Vague for reasons)

   Possible Triggers / Warnings: Very long story, Slowburn, Steven and Tony being a dad, cursing, Val being kinda great

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   sometimes being stuck in the avengers base was.....stressful. with Vision being like a newborn baby around everything, you constantly had to help him understand certain things. Like a microwave or a stove since he wanted to learn how to cook for Wanda. Kinda cute actually. 

   you could hear Natasha cry at night about Bruce vanishing during the battle against Ultron. You tried to comfort hr once or twice, but she was adamant about handling it on her own. You wish you could have helped more. It’s not like you could hug her without layers of clothing covering almost every inch of your skin.

   oh yeah, the whole reason you were even there is because Tony Stark had found you with Wanda and Pietro. You were slightly different from them, no telekinesis, telepathy, or enhanced agility and reflexes. Your mercular DNA was ripped apart then put back together with enhancements, unique ones. 

   your body was now able to freeze anything with just a touch and manipulate it, but with all powers. There were side effects. You couldn’t touch anyone without giving them frostbite. Your powers were too much for you too handle so your body was constantly below freezing. 

   it was terrible. You had lived so long without the feeling of another's skin on yours. You could never, hug, hold someone's hand, kiss, do....that. You were condemned to a life of touch starvation. It sucked, but you still kept a smile on your face. 

   during a errand run in new york you had met Steven Strange. You had recognized him from his work as a doctor and gave him your condolences for his accident. He seemed to take some sort of interest in you, which you later figured out that he knew you had your ‘enhancements’ from the news. 

   he explained to you that with his help he may be able to train you to keep your body temperature at a normal human one. You were a bit off put by his offer and he gave you a simple address in case you changed your mind and with that. You left. 

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   a month later

   “Tony it’s just for a little while-”

   “No! your running off with some rando voodoo doctor who could kill you and steal your kidneys!”

   your face twinges a bit in confusion. You had told everyone that you’d be leaving for awhile and they all wished you luck on your solo adventure. You had also decided to wait till the actual day you were leaving to tell Tony. He was a tad overprotective of you when it came to strangers. 

  “He’s not going to steal my kidneys- Tony my car is waiting i have to go” you say as you pick up the bag you had dropped on the floor as the whole ordeal again. “Didn’t know you had such little trust in me” he exhales deeply, pressing a finger to his temple in visible frustration. 

   “I do trust you. I don’t trust the world outside of these walls” Tony admits. you will confess, you liked his weird fatherly side. “Well- the world as you call it can freeze if they touch me. You have to let me do things on my own Tony” you give him a half smile. 

   Tony expression turns into his thinking one, which is either a good or a very bad thing. He digs into his pocket and pulls out what looks like a jewelry box “Are you trying to bribe me with diamond earrings?” you ask, slightly unimpressed with him. 

   he rolls his eyes and lifts the lid. You see a silver necklace with a star pendant. You could faintly see a small blue crystal in the middle. It reminded you of his reactor, Clever. It was still technically a bribe, but it was indeed a beautiful necklace.

   “No. I made this about a month ago and could never think of the right time. It’s a necklace with a beacon. If you need help press the blue button under the silver lid and i’ll come get and save you. Like always” Tony finishes his sentence off with a smirk, which makes you chuckle. 

   you reach and grab the box with your gloved hand “Thank you, Tony” you say and pull the necklace out the box. You undo the clasp and wrap it around your neck, clasping it back. Tony gives you his proud dad smile and pats your shoulder “If this witch man is able to help you. I get to be your first hug”

   you break out into laughter, nodding “Of course” you say and he chuckles along with you. You hear a honk from outside “I’m coming. Chill out Happy!” you shout. Tony gulps and waves you off “Go ahead, i’m not keeping you any longer.” he says. 

   smiling, you sling the bag over your shoulder and nod at him “I’ll see you soon Tony” you say and turn around, heading out the door and towards the car waiting outside. Happy rolled down the window, same unhappy expression on his face “what took you so long!”

   rolling your eyes, you open the passenger door and throw your bag on the car floor before hoping in. “You know Tony, stubborn as ever” you reply, closing the door. Happy replies with a small hum before starting up the car. You pull out the card with the address and hand it to Happy.

   Tony watched you walk out, his face dropping a bit “Come back home kiddo”

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   two weeks later

   in your short time with Strange he showed you the most incredible things that you never knew. It also hurt your brain to think about how big the multiverse really was, but Strange was able to explain it in simple terms. He had also given you a meditation regiment that you followed everyday.

   it was supposed to help you calm your mind enough that you could force your body to warm up. It hasn’t changed anything so far, but Strange said it was normal. While reading a novel across from Strange who was- looking out a window. “Great” he grumbles under his breath.

   you lower the book, sliding the juice bar stamp card you used as a bookmark between the pages. “Is something wrong?” you ask, tilting your head. Strange’s eyebrows furrow “Someone who isn’t supposed to be here. Is here. Along with his slightly intelligent brother”

   what- “I don’t follow?” you say as he makes his way downstairs. You quickly jump out the chair and go to follow him. In a quick movement his cloak unclipped from his body and stopped in front of you, blocking your movements “Um Strange?” you call out.

   he stops at the bottom of the stairs and turns his head to look at you “You stay here. If there is a fight it could be dangerous” he spoke. “I can help fight with my ability-” he holds up his hand, stopping you from talking. It reminded you of Tony a little bit. 

   “That is the exact reason you need to stay. Using your powers could throw off what you have worked for so far” he spoke. Sighing deeply, you nod “Okay, i’ll stay. I promise” you say to reassure him. Strange nods and his cloak returns to him, clipping back on. 

   “Thank you” he says and lifts his arms up, he starts performing what you assume is a spell while mumbling under his breath. It lasted a couple seconds before he walked off to the lower floor. You had to ask him how he did certain spells like that portal one, just to mess with Steve. 

   you heard your stomach grumble and sighed “Strange needs to invest in a fucking microwave. I want a hot pocket so bad” 

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   you guilt tripped wong into magic-ing a microwave in the sanctum. Poor dude, but hey- hot pocket. You also changed out of your pjs because wong said you were ‘lazy’ what a tool. You did anyway and ended up wearing a long sleeve black turtleneck, matching gloves with heather grey and white plaid pants. 

   As you took your last bite you heard talking, but not just Stranges voice, a deeper one. Sounded somewhat familiar, but you couldn’t quite recognize it fully. It came from downstairs. You look at the steps and bit your bottom lip, thinking. Strange told you to stay, but-

   screw it

   slowly you step down, making sure it didn’t creak too loud and alarm Strange to your presence. Once you made it all the way down the voices stopped. What the hell? Oh wait they were coming from the first floor now. Was Strange just teleporting throughout sanctum.

   yes

   the talking got louder and you peaked around the corner. First you spotted Strange, twisting a strange of hair in his hands? He ended up throwing it in the air and it created a portal. Okay then. Then when you looked beside him, you saw- no, it can’t be.

   “Thor?!”

   you ran down the stairs, tripping over your feet a bit. The god turned around and smiled upon seeing you “Lady Y/n! It has been quite some time. You have grown indeed!” he says. You nod, almost reaching out to hug him, but stopped. Thor noticed and gave you a sad smile.

   “I thought i told you to stay upstairs?” Strange spoke. You chuckle nervously and gesture to Thor “I haven’t seen him in a long time. I’m sorry” you say. Strange looks like he wants to stay mad at you but exhales deeply “Your forgiven, under the circumstances”

   you smile brightly. Strange was a pretty cool guy. You turn away from him and back at Thor “So, what’s going on? Why are you back on earth? What happened to figuring out your vision and going back to asgard?” you ask a multitude of questions. 

   Thor shakes his head “My witch of a brother has hidden my father on earth and i need to get him back. This wizard has offered me help in return that i take Loki back to asgard where he belongs.” Thor explains. You nod slowly, you had never met the god of mischief himself, only heard stories.

   “Loki is here?” you ask and gaze around the room. 

   you heard Strange gasp before lifting his arms “Oh yeah right” he swirls his hands as a portal forms on the ceiling. A distant scream was heard before a man with long black hair and a matching suit popped out and crashed onto the floor, Loki. 

   Loki slowly lifts his head, whipping his hair out of his face and propping himself up on his elbows “I have been falling, for thirty minutes!” he shouts. Damn- thirty minutes? “That’s cold Strange and that’s a lot coming from me” you say, making Thor snicker a bit. 

   “You can handle it from here?” Strange nods towards Thor who does the same, reaching over to shake his hand. “Thank you very much for your help” Loki lifts himself off the floor and turns to look a Strange, glaring daggers at him. “Handle me?” he snaps, venom lacing his tone.

   Oh! Look actual daggers. Oh wait- Loki came towards Strange and in an instant your eyes turned a bright white, no pupils and your skin turned an icy white, with the nose and tips of your ears and fingers a light blue. You stepped in front of strange as cold fog emitted from your hands. 

   you were breathing heavily which came out as fog as well. Thor had seen you like this before so this was pretty normal for him.  Strange stared at you for a moment, just blinking. He had seen this before- “Don’t touch the wizard” you breathed out. 

   Loki’s angered face turned into a smug look “And who do you think you are to challenge me, mortal?” he questions, drawing closer towards you. Before any harm could be done to either of you, Thor stepped between, looking at his brother “Brother, you will not harm Lady Y/n. She is a friend”

   aw how sweet. Loki takes another look at you before his daggers retreat “Fine” he grumbles. Your skin turns back to its normal S/c and your pupils return “Thanks Thor” you say and he nods at you. Strange coughed before gesturing to the portal. 

   Thor exhales before smiling lightly “Right. Thank you so much for your help again and it was lovely to see you Lady Y/n” he spoke. You smile “Just Y/n is fine. I hope you find what your looking for” you spoke. You couldn’t imagine what you’d do if Tony went missing. Thor must have been going crazy.

   “You’ll have to tell me all about it once you get back Y/n” Strange spoke suddenly, making you turn your head to face him once again with a confused expression. “What are you talking about?” you ask. Thor steps beside you while Loki stood s a few feet behind both of you.

   “Oh you’ll be going along with them” Strange spoke casually as he began to make his way up the stairs. What the hell? “Um- why?! What about my regiment?” you question. Strange stops at the top of the stairs and faces the three of you, hands behind his back. 

   he studies your face, then Thor’s, then Loki. “Trust me” is all he says before disappearing into a portal of his own. You blinked mindlessly for a couple seconds “Uh-” “Lady Y/n- i mean just Y/n. I suppose you’ll be accompanying me and my brother. Once we return to asgard, will send you home.”

   you looked at Thor, thinking. Should you go? You had never been to another planet before, so you were completely unaware of what was too possibly happen. Even if you were afraid of the unknown, you could not pass up this opportunity “Let’s go”

   Thor pats your clothes back and smiles “Alright, into the mystic portal we go!” he cheers, making you chuckle. “Not only am i stuck with my oaf of a brother, but also some mortal quim” Loki snarls from behind you. Oh isn’t he a breath of fresh air “Yeah, cry about it antlers”

   yikes, you’ve been around tony too much. 

   Loki’s fist clench before all three of you walk through the portal.

   you all ended up in a grassy field. It was beautiful. The smell of the sea nearby filled your nose, causing a calm feeling to course through you. “I don’t see father” Thor spoke, looking around. You gaze about as well and spot a man at the edge of the field. 

   placing a glove hand on Thor, you tap him. The god looks at you as you point at Odin. Thor sighs deeply “Let’s go Loki” he spoke and waved for this brother to follow. You stayed put as Loki passed you, his arm grazing yours for a moment. There is like so much field to walk around you, but okay-

   You turn around and began to walk in the other direction, giving them some space. It wasn’t your business to put yourself into their family drama. 

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   You walk mindlessly for a couple minutes, making sure to stay relatively close to the brothers and his father. You stop and look at them for a moment just as Odin had turned to a fine gold powder/dust and blew away into the sky. Oh no- Odin, he’s dead. 

   just before you could even think another thought the sky began to crack in thunder. From the distance you were at you could Thor’s fingers spark up as he turned towards Loki. Oh god he’s going to kill him. Your previous thoughts of not getting involved were thrown out as you began to run towards them.

   you couldn’t let Thor hurt his brother, he would surely regret it later. A green energy ball formed couple feet in front of you, stopping you from running towards the brothers. You had stopped your feet so harshly it caused you to fall back onto your butt.

   the green energy grew bigger as the brother began to draw close to it. A flash of thunder changed Thor’s clothes into his original asgardian armor and Loki used to Magic to change his to a green leather outfit. Seemed very Loki-ish. The energy stopped forming and you were sure that Thor or Loki couldn’t see you. 

   just as fast as the green energy appeared, it vanished to reveal the back of a women, she had long black hair and a matching outfit. Who was this? That didn’t matter right now considering Thor look liked he was ready to fight which means that you had to be. 

   “So he’s gone?” the woman spoke, referring to Odin you presumed. She gazes around for a moment before looking back at the boys “Such a shame, i would have liked to have seen that” she said. Oh- well that’s just rude. “You must be Hela” Thor spoke. So that was her name.

   “I’m Thor, son of odin” he continued. He just had to introduce himself right now? How formal of him. You slowly began to stand up. This woman had not noticed you, which means you had the upper hand. “Really?” she asked, a amused tone present within her voice.

   “You don’t look like him” Hela adds. you thought Thor looked like Odin- just a tad. Why are you thinking about this right now. “Perhaps we can come to an arrangement?” Loki spoke. Well at least Thor isn’t trying to kill Loki right now. Now that you think about it Hela and Loki kind of looked alike. 

   Hela lifts her arm a bit to pint at Loki, before dropping it to her side a second later “You sound like him” she says before taking a step closer “Kneel” she commands. “Beg your pardon?” Loki leans forward as if he had not heard what he had just said. Uh oh. 

   Hela’s arm twist, a long blade forming in her hand. “Kneel...before your queen” she repeats once more. Queen?!. You take a deep breath, pupils disappearing, skin turning white and blue, and fog emitting from your hands. Let’s do this. Thor takes a step forward, gazing at you for only a second “I don’t think so”

   Loki took a glance at Thor. You both knew what the god of thunder was about to do. Thor lifts his arm and throws his hammer at Hela, but- she caught it. She caught Thor’s hammer?! Oh shit. Both Loki and Thor’s face turn into a grim and confused one. 

   “It’s..not possible” Thor spoke in disbelief. “Darling, you have no idea what’s possible” Hela spoke before squeezing her hand around Mjollnir. She was crushing the hammer. In a split second a burst of electricity and wind was sent everywhere. 

   you lift your arm and cover your face to protect your eyes. Once it died down you move your arm and saw Thor’s hammer in pieces on the grass. What was she? Who was she? Hela lifted her arms to her head and slid them back along the base of her skull, forming a large spiked crown. 

   she repeated her hand movements from earlier except with both her arms. Two blades in each hand. You had to move now. You close your palms together and pull them apart, an ice spear forming in between. You ran up to her and jumped in the air to get a higher advantage. 

   “Y/n, no!” Thor shouts as he runs up to Hela as well. Loki looks up in the sky and shouts “Bring us back!” Hela turns around quickly and spots you running towards her. Just as you were about to land on her, she grabs your neck. “Now who are you?” she asked. but you didn’t answer. 

   instead you rip a glove off one of your hands and press it to her face. Hela screams in agony and throws you towards Thor. You landed on him with hard thud. That’s going to hurt in the morning. Suddenly a portal formed around all three of you and sent you into the sky. It was the same one Thor usually left on. 

   Your body felt weird all over like you were about to vomit or pass out- maybe both. You looked up and saw Thor a few feet up above you and you assumed Loki was under you. Thor looks down at you, then Loki “Loki!” he shouts and the black haired god looks under him, you so as well. 

   Hela was just behind you all “She wasn’t even in the portals range!” you shout, earning now answer from either brothers. Lok reaches into his sleeve and pulls out a small blade. He lifts his arm and chucks it at her, but she dodges it easily and sends it flying back towards Loki.

   Loki had another blade in hand and used that one to dodge the other hela threw at him, but it sent him flying out the portal “Y/n! follow loki! I’ll find you both. I promise!” Thor shouts and without a second thought you use your spear to stab into the portal and push yourself out. 

   sometimes you wished you thought about things first. 

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   your head was throbbing and aching in the worst way possible, like you had crashed into a wall. Your eyes slowly open and you see a regular sky with purple portals spread throughout it- okay maybe not so normal. “Hands off of me you mewling quim!” you know that complaining tone from anywhere. 

   you push yourself off the ground, using some random junk metal to lean on. Looking around you would think you were in some junk yard. No time to wonder where you were because you had a god to help. You push things out your way before you spot what looked like scavengers, mostly wearing masks.

   they were holding onto Loki’s arms. Couldn’t he just use his magic? Guess not. Anyway, you jump down from the ledge your on, catching most of their attention “We just got on this planet and your already pissing the natives off?” you question Loki.

   he narrows his blue eyes at you as he struggles against the people holding his arms “Get on with it!” he shouts at you. No please? Whatever. You activate your powers, slowly pulling the other glove off of your hand “Hand over the god will you?” 

   “You’ll have to get through all of us!” one man shouts. They hold up their weapons at you making you sigh “Alright, have it your way” you shrug, flicking your hand, a dark blue blade with a silver handle forming in the palm of your hand. 

   the scavengers ran towards you. One swung a club at you, but you caught his arm in your hand. The man screams in agony as his whole arm turns black with frostbite. You take that opportunity to slice his now very crunchy arm off. Then it’s kind of a rinse and repeat for the rest of them until one is left. 

   The man lets go of Loki and begins to run away. Good choice. Loki drops to the ground, trying to catch his breath “Why did you follow me?” Loki asked suddenly. You look down at him and shrug “Thor asked me to in the portal. He said he’d come find us” you explain.

    you pull out the extra pair of gloves from your back pocket and slipped them on. They were a plain black leather pair. Once they were on, you hold out your hand for him to take. Loki takes one look at your hand and scoffs before standing up himself. Rude. 

   “If my brother went off to fight Hela alone. He’s most likely dead already” Loki says curtly as he dusts off his outfit. Your eyes widen a bit. Thor wasn’t dead, he couldn’t be. “Who is she anyway?” you ask. Loki’s jaw locks, glancing at the ground before you 

   “Our sister”

   your E/c eyes went wider this time. Since when did Thor have a sister? Was she adopted too? She claery had a disdain for her father just as much as Loki did. Maybe Thor was the one who was actually adopted. “Oh- wow” you comment.

   “Enough about my family. I have to figure out what planet i’m on” Loki interjects as he begins to walk away “Hey! Whether you like it or not we’re in this together, I could have left your ass to die, remember that!” you shout at him. His walking stops and he faces you once more- oh shit. 

   he steps towards you and you back up until a piece of debris. Loki stops inches from your face, his hand reaching up to your neck to hold it in his hand “Don’t assume for a moment that you and i are some sort of friends like you are with my brother” he speaks lowly. 

   you glare right back at him “Let go of me before i put a icicle through your eye” you snarl at him. A small smirk forms on his face “You put up this illusion that you are as tough as nails, but i can see right through you. Your just as broken as the rest of us. Let’s explore that shall we?”

   Loki reaches up and places his hand on your forehead. 

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  two years ago

   Loki opened his eyes and looked around the room. Where was he? He was in the darkest memories of your mind.  “Put her in the chamber” Strucker spoke as three men went over to grab a pale woman on the floor. You. You were wearing a hospital gown and your hair was overgrown. 

   you flaid, kicked, and screamed “Please! No! i’ll try harder i swear! Please!” when you had first developed your powers and the doctors realized they couldn’t touch you Strucker thought you had been doing it on purpose. So mean with full body suits would put you in a heat chamber. 

   the intense heat had a even stronger effect on you because of your unique enhancement. Strucker opens the door as the three men throw you in. You land on the ground with a hard thud and stand up quickly, running towards the door but it had already shut. 

   Strucker stands outside the glass window that showed you inside and looked towards a woman sitting at the desk “Turn it on, the highest it can go” he spoke and she nods, pressing a green button before pushing a dial up. Loki looks confused for a moment as he stands beside strucker. 

   the room starts to heat up and you fall to the ground your tears sizzling as they ran down your face. At the moment Loki took a step back. Heat exhaustion. A form of torture he knew all to well. something he hoped to never witness again. You let out screams of agony until you eventually passed out.

   back in 2012 when earth was attack by Loki he was under the control of Thanos who had kidnapped him and tortured him with the same methods because of his Jotun side. It worked nonetheless and he was under Thanos’s control. 

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   Loki opened his eyes and snatched his hand away from your head. You slid down against the debris until you hit the ground with a small thud. He had made you relive your worst fears like it had just happened only moments ago. How could he do such a thing. 

   “I’m so-” before Loki could say another word he felt something bite at his neck. He hissed and reached for his neck and felt something cold and metallic. He tried to tug it off, but instead got harsh bursts of electricity shot through his body over and over again. 

   he fell to the ground, shaking violently, turning his head he saw you. You were holding your face, still shaken up. Loki watched as someone came up to you and hit you with a blunt object, knocking you out cold. Loki reached his hand out to you, but it seemed his body gave up on him and he passed out.

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   Loki awoke with the sound of people talking around him. He went to move his arms first but they were chained behind his back “Oh look he’s awake good! Hello! I’m the grandmaster, ruler of Sakaar.” a man with blue strips on his face spoke and a robe type outfit. 

   “May i ask why i’m in chains?” Loki questions with his usual ‘i could kill all of you’ smirk. The grandmaster shrugs his shoulders “Had to make sure you and your friend weren’t hostile. It’s only temporary of course” He says. Friend? Who was he talking about? Y/n.

   Loki looked around instantly, trying to find you of course “Oh yes, she’s currently in the infirmary Our scraper hit her a bit too hard. Anyway, whats your name?” the grandmaster asked, gesturing to the scraper next to him. Some random girl with light brown skin and white markings over her face.

   he would kill her later.

   “Loki of asgard, god of mischief” he spoke, giving his best presentable grin. The grandmaster laughs. Rude “God of mischief, how spooky. Tell me god of pranks, did you fight on asgard?” he questions. Loki raises a brow. What was this man playing at?

   “i was used for my intelligence more then my strength. Battle plans, strategies, political consultant and such” Loki explains, slightly lying out of his ass. the grandmaster looked impressed, at least that’s what Loki thought. How would we get out of this one? 

   “Hm. Well- you will be spared from fighting in the contest of champions as well as your lady friend. As long as you swear your undying loyalty to me and my planet” The Grandmaster stands up from his chair and walks to Loki. He waves his hand at one of the guards.

   the guard beside Loki reached down to uncuff his hands and took off his neck chip. Loki shrugged them off before standing up, rubbing his wrists. The Grandmaster stood in front of him with his hand out. Loki gave him a grin and grabbed his hand, shaking it “I swear” he spoke. 

  the Grandmaster smile before his eyes trail him up and down “How bout we get you into some yellow. green’s a bit tacky”

   “Pardon?”

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   later that night

   a guard escorted Loki to his accommodations in his new green and yellow suit. “Green is not tacky, it’s a very classy color. What a moron” he grumbles under his breath. Once the door open, he stepped inside and looked around. (similar to Hulks, but dark green and white)

   it’ll do for now. He only got to take one step before he was pushed against a wall, something cold and sharp jabbed at the side of his neck, pressing firmly but not enough to break skin “Oh- it’s just you” a voice spoke. Yours. Loki looked down at you. 

   your head had a bandage around it and your top was missing leaving you in a black sports bra and your plaid pants from earlier. loki couldn’t help but notice your delectable figure, making him breath heavily “Eyes up here you son of a bitch” you snap, pressing the icicle further in his neck.

   Loki looked at your face and notice a bruise forming on your jaw. It made him....angry to say the least, but he couldn’t understand why. “Would you kindly get that out of my face. I just saved us” he says. You give him a ‘what’ face and slowly remove the icicle, your body turning back to normal once again. 

   “How?” you question, walking towards the bed in the center of the room, Loki following “I have made good with Grandmaster so he wont make us compete in some barbaric tournament” he spoke, boosting his own ego really You roll your eyes and take a seat on the bed “How does that help us, were still stuck here”

   Loki scoffs “I just made sure you weren’t going to be killed. You could at least say thank you” you felt a anger boiling within you “Thank you?! You want me to say thank you?! Remember we aren’t friends. I should have stayed with Thor, but for some reason i cant comprehend, he still cares about you”

   Loki felt his chest tighten a bit at your words about his brother. You were right. No matter how much he betrayed Thor he would always be at his side to fight alongside him, but he never admitted it. “I should have used my necklace. I should have never left the base” you thought aloud

   the god looked puzzled “What necklace?” you look at him for a moment then at the ceiling “Tony gave me this necklace with a beacon. I had forgotten all about it until some bitch nurse took it away because it wasn’t aloud. I tried to get it back, but she pushed me into a wall” you replied. 

   Loki looked around the room once more and spotted a conjoining room, before he could say anything you stood up, grabbing your shirt and all of your dignity along with you “Goodnight’ you spoke before walking into said room and slamming the door shut. 

   this was going to suck

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   ‘Put her in the chamber!’

   no please..

   ‘Your worthless!’

    no i’m not

   you sat up in a cold sweat, more literally then normal. You looked around the room and noticed a cold fog. Turning your head, you look out the window. Pitch black. If you squint hard enough you could see your reflection. Yep white skin You change yourself back.

   the door burst open and standing in the doorway is Loki, hair no longer slicked back but disheveled and wearing a simple black shirt and matching pants. he had daggers in his hands, looking ready for a fight “What are you doing?” you ask.

   Loki looks confused “Why did you scream? I thought you were being attacked” he spoke, annoyance in his voice. You narrow your eyes and turn to your side, facing away from him “Get out” you spoke, not really wanting to see his face. He had no right to ask that. 

   “Pardon-”

   “I said get the hell out!” 

       ☼-☪-☼

   three days later

   you never left the room. To the Grandmaster, you were Loki’s property so he didn’t really care much. The servants came and brought you breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some brought you books to read and others didn’t. You had also been avoiding the god himself. 

   he had tried starting a conversation with you once or twice, but it never really went to his plan. Mostly ending up with you threatening to kill him or you telling him off. Loki was stain in your life all you wanted was to be rid off him and go back home. 

   you had just wrapped a towel around your body, hair dripping from being in the bath. As you went to open the door the god was standing just outside the door, holding a towel in his hand. His blue eyes trailed up and down your body. You pushed past him and walked into your room, shutting the door.

   Loki felt his body tingle in way it hadn’t before. He exhaled deeply before walking into the bathroom and shutting the door 

    ☼-☪-☼

   later that night (again)

   you sat up screaming bloody murder as you gripped your head. Instead of nightmare you had a nighterror instead. Your body was thrashing around like someone was attacking, but no one was. Just like last time Loki opened your door, almost breaking it off the hinges.

   he looked at your state and practically jumped on your bed. His face made him looked..worried? You back away instinctively “No you can’t touch-” Loki cuts you off by wrapping his arms around you, pulling you into his chest. How- how was this happening. You couldn’t touch anyone before, why now?”

   you didn’t notice the cold tears running down your face as Loki rubbed your back in soothing circles “How is this possible? I thought that-” “You can’t touch anyone because of your ability, but...what a i am, what i really am makes me immune to the cold in any form” he explains. 

   so this is what another's skin felt like. Soft, a little different from yours. You pull away a bit and began to touch different parts of his face. You run a finger along the side of his face, making him inhale sharply “what’re doing?” he asked in a low tone. 

   “I have never touched another person with my bare hand. Im curious” you say. Loki sighs and lets you continue your weird- whatever this could be called. After a couple minutes you let go of him, wiping your face “Your still a dick for what you did” you say. 

   Loki sighs, nodding his head ‘I’ve been told, by multiple people. I hope this makes up for it just a little” he says. Hope? You nod once “Yeah, your getting there. Now out antlers i have to sleep” you say, a grin forming on your face. Loki grumbles “That’s just rude”

       ☼-☪-☼

   two weeks later

   “I don’t even like parties” you spoke, looking at the words in your book. “You’ve been cooped up in this room for two whole weeks. You need to try and have some fun” Loki insisted. You look up and him and sighed, damn god. “fine, but no promises i’ll be having any fun. I also have nothing to wear”

   Loki’s smile turned into a grin “stand up” he instructs. You roll your eyes and place the novel down before standing up from your seat “You better not do anything mischievous Loki” you say and he shrugs his shoulders. In a split second your hair was done and your outfit had changed. 

   the top part of the dress was a blue and a tad bronze lined leather that connected with some icy blue tool that made the bottom part. You looked, beautiful. “This doesn’t look like Sakaar attire?” you question, looking from the dress to him. Loki nods once, stepping towards you. 

   “That’s because it isn’t. It’s a tradition asgardian dress” he explains. You hummed in response “Really? I don’t think i do it much justice then” you spoke with a small laugh, turning around to face the large decorative mirror that was behind you. 

   you look at yourself in the dress, touching your face and squeezing your waist a bit. as you do so, Loki walks forward and stops a couple inches behind you. he leans down so his chin his hovering over your shoulder. You could feel his breath on your neck “I think you look lovely. Now, shall we?”

    ☼-☪-☼

   it was a couple hours into the party and Loki was chatting it up with some people. Telling them life stories that he clearly altered to be in his favor while you sat beside him, silent. “And in that moment, i let go” the people around you laughed while you rolled your eyes. 

   “Y/n!”

   “Loki!”

   you and Loki both turn your heads to the right at the sound of your names being called. Oh my gods. Thor?! You stood up quickly, Loki following you hesitantly “Excuse me for a second”. “Loki, over here!” Thor yells again, catching the attention of a few people. 

   Loki stood in front of his brother while you were beside Thor in the chair “Shh, Shh. Shut up!” Loki snapped in a hushed tone. “What?” Thor replied in the same hushed tone. “Your alive?” Loki looks his brother up and down while Thor just looked confused “Ah yes of course i’m alive!” 

   “What’re you doing here?” Loki questions. “What do you mean ‘what am i doing?’ I’m stuck in this stupid chair! Where’s your chair!?” Thor asked, making you stifle a chuckle. “We didn’t get a chair” Loki says, waving his hand towards you. 

   Thor glances at you for a moment and you give hima half smile before he turns back to his brother. “Well get me out of this one” Thor commands, struggling against the metal clasps that held his arms in place. “I can’t” Loki replies. What? Why couldn’t he help him?

   “Get me out!”

   “I can’t”

   “What?”

   Loki points into a random direction “I made friends with this man. he’s called the Grandmaster-” he explains. Oh yeah- the whole loyalty thing. Thor shakes his head “What’re you crazy?!” Thor accuses. You asked yourself that sometimes. “-I’ve gained his favor. The bifrost spat me out here weeks ago”

   “He thinks i’m Loki’s property, so yeah your right. Crazy”

   where has Thor been these past two and a half weeks? Thor looked extremely confused now “Weeks ago?! I- i just got here” he tries to say. You look up and see the face of the Grandmaster across from you “Oh shit!” you jump, holding onto the glass in your hand. 

   “What’re we whispering about?” he says with that creepy guard lady behind him, holding the melt stick as he called it. Thor jumps up at the sound of his voice ‘Uh Ah!” he shouts while Loki grabs your arm and pulls you a few steps back from Thor along with him. 

   “Time works real different around these parts” He starts, turning the records on his dj table? I don’t know. “On any other world i’d be like millions and millions  years old, but here on Sakaar” he finished explaining then just smiled expectantly like he was waiting for someone to say something. 

   you felt Loki tighten his grip on your arm a bit. What’s got him so tense? Loki opened his mouth to speak, but closed it right after. the Grandmaster waves his hand “In any case you know this uh- this uh. What do you call yourself? Lord of thunder?”

   “God of thunder” you and Thor say at the same time. Thor nods towards the Grandmaster “Tell him” he says to Loki. the black haired god begins to laugh nervously “i’ve never met this man in my life” he says, pointing to Thor for a brief moment “Loki!” you say, hitting his shoulder. What a dick. 

   Loki looked at you with a ‘what’ face. “He’s my brother!”Thor growls, mostly upset because of Loki. “Adopted” Loki interjects, making you hit him again. The Grandmaster looks up for a moment “Is he any kind of a fighter?” he asked. It’s Thor- duh. 

   Thor begins to laugh irritably “You take this thing out of my neck and i’ll show you” he threatens. You sigh deeply. Men am i right. The Grandmaster laughs along with him “Oh look at that he’s threatening me” he coos like Thor was some sort of baby. 

   “Hey sparkles-” the Grandmaster starts, making thor struggles against the chair once more “-you want to get back to ass..place. Ass berg-” he says. Oh he did not just say that. “Asgard!” You and Thor shout in unison. Loki gives you another look “Oh shut up your not helping, Loki”

   “-any contender who defeats my champion there freedom they shall win” you had heard about the Grandmaster’s contender =, but had never saw him. He was supposedly undefeated, but this is Thor were talking about here. “Fine! Then point me in the direction to whoever's ass i have to kick!”

   the Grandmaster smile and waves his fingers at Thor “That’s what i call contender” he says excitedly before lifting up this remot like object “The direction that would be in this way lord” he presses a button and Thor’s chair begins to move away. 

   “Loki!” Thor shouts. You pull yourself out of Loki’s grip and lift the bottom of your dress off the floor so you could run up to the chair. You face Thor and smile “I’m going to get you out okay?” you say before two guards grab both of your arms. Damn- they had gloves on. 

   “Remove your arms from Lady Y/n you buffoons!” Thor shouts before he disappears around the corner. You struggle against there grip for a second before managing to rip your arm from one of them. Your skin turned it’s icy white and blue and your pupils vanished. 

   just as you formed a icicle, someone grabbed your arm. You looked at who it was and saw Loki. “Think for a moment before you kill somebody. Now let’s go” he didn’t give a chance to reply before dragging you out the party hall. What a hypocrite honestly. He killed people all the time. 

       ☼-☪-☼

   “You are insufferable, you know that!” you shout as Loki closes the door to your shared room “I’m insufferable!? You almost got yourself killed and for what?!” Loki shouts back. “To tell Thor that everything was going to work out. All you did was make it worse Loki. That’s all you ever seem to do!”

   Loki’s jaw clenched, his hands tightening into a fist “Don’t talk as if you know me!” he snaps at you. Loki walks up to you and pushes you up against the wall, his hand grabbed both of yours and held them over your head. Kinky- not now, just not now. 

    “Oh screw you and your I’m misunderstood bullshit! You left Thor hanging out to dry again and in the end of it all he still called out for your name! You know one day Thor is going to give up on you and your going to wish you had at least tried to be a good brother”

   Loki was breathing heavily as his blue eyes bore deep within your very soul. He looked at your face, studying every inch you had to offer. In a quick motions he dips down closer, his lips centimeters away from yours. Loki’s face scrunches up. He was debating in his hand. A battle in his own mind if you will. 

   he backs away from you, letting go off your hands “If you want to talk to my brother, follow me” he says and heads back towards the door. You felt almost disappointed that he didn’t keep going. Was that wrong? 

    ☼-☪-☼

   in the end you and Loki could not physically find away into the holding room that Thor and the other contenders were in, but Loki said he could create an illusion of you both to talk to him. As long as you got to see Thor “Ready?” Loki asked and you nodded once.  

   you only blink once and suddenly your in this brown, dirty, circular shaped room. What a mess. “Odin-” you heard someone speak dn turned to your left to see Thor. He was kneeling over some homemade shrine.  “I bid you take your place in the halls of Valhalla-” he spoke. 

   it was probably a some sort of prayer they used after a loved one has died. “- Where the brave shall live forever. Where thine enemies have been vanquished, Nor shall we mourn but rejoice” this what heartbreaking to hear honestly. Thor was always the toughest guy you knew and now you were witnessing this.

   everyone has feelings though. Even witches like Loki

   “For those who have died The glorious death” Loki chimed in with Thor. The god of thunder turns around and sits against the wall “Lady Y/n” he nods towards you. You give him a small smile “Hey” you reply. “Hurts doesn’t it, being lied too?” Loki started. Oh for fucks sake. 

   “Being told your one thing then learning it’s all a fiction” Thor looked at the ground before picking up a rock and tossing it in Loki’s direction. The rock went straight through Loki, making him chuckle lightly “I mean- you didn’t think i really come and see you did you? This place is disgusting” Loki gestures to the floor.

   you sigh deeply “There were guards outside- after my stunt at the party. i’m not allowed out anywhere without Loki” you explained “That’s quite alright lady Y/n. I understand. Those men didn’t hurt you, did they?” Thor asks, grabbing another rock from the floor. You shake your head “No, of course not”

   “Good” Thor replies, throwing the rock through Loki’s face “One less person i have to kill before we leave this place” he says. Still over protective of you. Some things never change though do they? “Does this mean you don’t want my help?” Loki asked, noticing how Thor only addressed you. 

   “where did you offer help in any of the words you just spoke?” You question. Loki didn’t reply to you though. Petty bitch. “I couldn’t jeopardize our-” “-Your, don’t pretend to care about lady Y/n” Thor interjected. Loki sighed before continuing. thor had clearly touched a nerve. 

   “our position with the Grandmaster. Took me time to win his trust. He's a          lunatic, but he can be amenable.” Loki replied. You shake your head “Is everyone amenable to you, Loki?” you ask, tilting your head to the side. Loki glances at you for a moment “No”

   Thor lifted another rock from the ground and threw it through Loki’s face “What I'm telling you is, you could join me at the Grandmaster's side. Perhaps, in time, an accident befalls the Grandmaster, and then...” Loki points to his brother mouthing ‘you then you ‘Y/n’ then himself ‘me’

   “Oh wow- you really do suck” you say going over to Thor and pointing at a rock “Can you throw that rock for me?” you ask and he simply nods with a smile before picking it up and throwing it at him. You smile lightly. Good friend things. You look at Loki who takes a step forward.

   “You're not seriously thinking of going back, are you?“ he asked with a questioning look. “i would” you mumble before stepping backwards. Thor looks like he had just been punched in the face, but had his hands folded casually. Thor was stubborn. 

   “Our sister destroyed your hammer like a piece of glass.“ Loki says, holding his hands out. “She's stronger than all of us. She's stronger than you“ he adds. No offense, but you definitely could’ve done some damaged if Thor had not shouted your name back at the field and alerted her to you. 

   “You don't stand a chance. Do you understand what I'm saying to you?” Loki’s tone gets more aggressive while Thor just scowls at him “Loki” you say, trying to get him to shut up. After a couple seconds Loki lets out a bitter laugh “Fine” he says. 

   “I guess I'll just have to go it alone. Like I've always done.”

   Loki’s comment makes Thor smirk. One that Loki notices “Would you say something?” Loki asked. You sigh deeply. Why do you feel as if there was going to be yelling? Anyway- Thor stays silent, looking at the ground for more stones he could throw at Loki. 

   “Say something!” Loki shouts in a louder tone

   and he does “What would you like me to say?” Thor starts. This felt awkward, being there you mean. “You stole the throne, stripped Odin of his power,          stranded him on Earth-” Loki went to say something, but Thor keeps talking “-To die, releasing the goddess of death”

   “he didn’t know that would happen Thor-” you say, but are quickly shut up just as Loki was “Have I said enough, or do you do you want me to go further back than the past two days?” Thor asked. You look at Loki who looks like he’s holding back tears at his brother cold stare. 

   nonetheless, he composes himself “You know, I haven't seen this               Beloved Champion he talks of, but I've heard he's astonishingly savage. I've placed a large wager against you tomorrow. Don't let me down.” he spoke as his illusion starts to vanish. Your time is almost up.

   you look at Thor as he lifts a glass bottle from the ground and throws it at the wall where Loki was. “Thor, your going to do great out there. I’ll be watching” you spoke and gave him a small smile. Thor looks at you and nods “Goodbye” you said and just as you blinked you were standing next to Loki. 

    ☼-☪-☼

   you both walked back to your room in silence. Loki looked awful. Like he wanted to breakdown at any moment. You felt bad for him. He had lost both his parents, just as you had. You could relate to some of his pain. so you should try to comfort him, right?

   when the door shut behind you both, you reached up and placed a hand on Loki’s shoulder “Loki- i’m sorry about Odin. I know you say you love him like Thor does, but he had to have meant something to you” you spoke as calmly as you could.

   Loki’s body tensed under your touch “I never stopped loving my father” he says, which surprises you “He raised me I was just so angry that they lied about me. I was never truly there child” he spoke, his voice beginning to waver. 

   “Odin and Frigga took you in as their own. They didn’t care that you weren’t biologically there’s. They gave you a home when no one else did Loki. That’s what being a parent is.” you spoke and left go of his shoulder “You can have some time alone. I’ll be in my room” 

   you walk past the god and towards your door, “Thank you, Y/n. How did you know what to say?” Loki spoke, making you turn around “Just what i wished someone had told me when avengers came to save me” you shrug and walk into the room, shutting the door. 

       ☼-☪-☼

   “I can’t believe you put a wager against your brother” You said, walking alongside Loki. wearing another tradition asgardian dress that Loki had picked out for you. It was another icy blue dress that had a soft brown leather as the straps. iIt was flowy and had a slit down the side. 

   “It was only a joke” He replies, holding your hand as you walked through the crowds of people. The Grandmaster had invited you and Loki to watch Thor’s fight from the ‘Grandmasters box’ stupid bastard and his stupid terms. As you walk, you pass by where the contenders are being held. Thor. 

   you didn’t have time “Will seen him soon. I can tell your worried about him” Loki spoke, squeezing your hand softly. “Thor was one of the first people to help me when i got out of Hydra. I owe him everything” you say. Loki sighs deeply before you both continue walking.

   as you drew closer you were able to hear the cheers and roars of the crowd. jeez it’s just a bunch of idiots fighting- go watch some Tv or something. Suddenly you heard the Grandmaster speak. What a loser this guy was. Thinking that you were just some mans property. 

   “ow! Look at all of you. What a show, WHAT-A-NIGHT! Who's having fun? Please, I'm your host. Big round of applause for all of our undercard competitors who died so gruesomely. Good sports. What a show! What a night! This is what you've come for and so have I.”

   when he finished speaking is when you and Loki entered the very bright room, filled with different people from different worlds. Bruce would have love to see this, sometimes you forget he’s gone. You just hoped that you’d find out what happened to him one day. 

   Loki leads you  towards the front, skillfully grabbing two drinks and handing one to you. What a gentlemen- wait no. Damnit. “Making his first appearance, though he looks quite promising, got a couple of tricks up his sleeve. I'll say no more, see what you think. Ladies and gentlemen...”

   you look down from the glass and see a latch lifting up. That has to be him. “I give to you...Lord of Thunder!” the Grandmaster shouts. You smile as your eyes landed on Thor “Oh my god they cut his hair!” you exclaim “It’s just hair” Loki replies, taking a sip from his drink. 

   you scoff “Okay, let me cut yours” you say and he glares “I’d rather die” he says and you nod “Told you so” the crowd was booing Thor, along with a couple people next you. “Oh screw yourselves” you grumble under your breath. Loki wraps his free arm around your waist and pulls you flush to his side.

   “Try to behave darling, will you?” Loki leans down to whisper into your ear. You feel a tingling feeling in your stomach. Was he using his magic on you. “Yeah yeah, whatever” you huff, earning a smirk from the god holding you “That’s a good girl” he says- and there goes the stomach again.

   you both turn back to watch Thor as he walks to the center of the arena. “Watch out for his fingers. They make sparks.” the Grandmaster says, making you roll your eyes at his statement. Thor puts a helmet on his head and pulls the small latch down. 

   The Grandmasters hologram began to rub his hands together “Okay, this is it. Let's get ready to welcome this guy. Here he comes. He is a creature. What can we say about him? Well, he's unique. There's none like him. I feel a special connection with him.” he gets the crowd riled up. 

   green bombs of dust or some kind of pigment begin to explode in the sky and over the crowd. “He's undefeated. HE'S THE REIGNING...HE'S THE DEFENDING...Ladies and gentlemen... I give you...” he spoke in broken sentences. Now he was getting you scared. 

   the door begins to open from the other side. It only happened halfway when it was smashed through by some green, big, angry...Hulk?! You feel as if a weight has been lifted off your shoulders “Bruce?” you whisper to yourself, almost dropping the glass in your hand. 

   Loki on the other hand turned paler then he already was and let go of you “I have to get off this planet” he spoke and turned around to leave the room, but the Grandmaster was right behind him “Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going?” he questions, but Loki has no words. Neither do you. 

   the Grandmaster leads you both to the long couch and you and Loki sit side by side. You could hear Bruce screaming Hulk into the crowd. What was going on? Thor suddenly turns from the Hulk to where you guys are “Hey! We know each other. He's a friend from work!” then we went to talk to Hulk.

   you didn’t notice your hands were shaking as Loki placed his on top of one yours “Are- are you alright?” he asked and you reach up to wipe away a forming tear “I haven’t seen bruce in two years. I thought he was gone- dead” despite Loki being in fear of his life he gave you a smile. “Well, that’s good”

   “Loki! Y/n! Look who it is!”

   you both look away from each other and look at Thor who was gesturing Hulk to look at Loki. Loki looked like he wanted the world to swallow him up “You’ll be alright. If he does come up here i can protect you. Hulk loves me” you say with a toothy grin. 

   suddenly Hulk charges at Thor “What is he doing?!” you shout as both Thor and Hulk begin to fight each other. This is not according to plan at all. A couple seconds later it looks like Hulk was about to grab Thor's hand “Oh thank god” you mumble to yourself a little too soon. 

   Hulk picked up Thor by his leg and through him repeatedly onto the ground before tossing him to the side. Loki shoots up from his seat “Yes! That's how it feels!” he exclaims. Jeez. You stand up and grab his arm. Loki turns to see the Grandmaster staring at him strangely.

   “I'm just a huge fan of the sport.” Loki explains and the Grandmaster just laughs. You sit Loki down as well as yourself “Real calm and classy there antlers” you say with a small grin. Loki growls under his breath “Really? How ‘bout you let that green moron smash you into the ground”

   you couldn’t help, but laugh “I’m sorry. That sounded so wrong” you say, your mind going to straight to the gutter. Loki looks at you weirdly before cringing “You are a perverted girl” he says. You shrug your shoulders “Yeah whatever. Do something about it” you say jokingly, going back to watching Thor.

   you feel Loki’s hand being firmly placed on your thigh, his other hand sliding behind your back to grip your waist “I can show you what i can do about it later if you so desire” error error Y/n.exe has stopped working. You feel that fluttery feeling in your stomach again. Damn god of teasing.

   you somehow manage to keep your cool and grinned at him “No offense, your highness. You couldn’t handle me” you say. His brow raises in amusement. No one has ever said such a thing to him. Just as he opens his mouth you see in the corner of your eye the Grandmaster pulling out the chip remote.

   he presses the button and Thor falls to the ground. That dirty cheater. 

    ☼-☪-☼

   hours later

   it was after the fight and you were pacing back and forth in your room while Loki sat on the bed “Will you cut that out?” Loki suggested and your skin change quickly. You form a icicle and throw it towards him. He catches it in his hand swiftly “Do not tell me to calm down! That dirty freak cheated!”

   Loki sighs and goes to open his mouth when the door opens. “The Grandmaster has requested your presence Loki of asgard” a guard spoke. Your skin changed back to normal as Loki stood up. You go walk along with him when the guard stops you “Only Loki” he spoke.

   you sigh and nod, giving Loki a small smile. “I’ll be here once you get back” you say and he sighs before leaving with the guard. Now, your stuck here. All alone. You go over to the bed and sit down. The sheets were still messed up from where Loki had slept the night before. 

   why were you thinking about that?

   the door flies open, revealing a brown skinned woman with asgardian armor and white markings on her. “Hello Lady Y/n. Thor asked me to come find you. Noe let’s go” she spoke quickly. You got up instantly and walked to her. Wait “Will be we getting Loki?” you ask

   the woman looks at you for a moment and nods “Yes- later now lets go princess before i’m late for a meeting with the Grandmaster. I heard you can fight by the way so i got you some good clothes to move around in.” you nod as you both alk out the room

    ☼-☪-☼

   the woman, who told you to call her Val had dropped you off at the junkyard, but let you get changed first of course into a black leather warrior outfit. . At first you were confused as why she had dropped you here, but when you saw Thor leaving a quinjet.

   as you ran up to him you saw another person leaving. It was Bruce in Tony’s clothes? “Bruce!” you yell. He turns around and looks at you with a confused stare “Y/n? Your taller and older. Wait- Why are you here?!” he questions. You chuckle and look at Thor “It’s a long story, where are we going?”

       ☼-☪-☼

   with Val and Loki

   both asgardians had just walked out the Grandmasters hall to find and capture Thor and Hulk. They were both walking fast since Loki said he could get them back in one hour. “What have you done?” Loki accuses only full well she had something to do with the escape. 

   Val takes takes one look at him and scowls “I don’t answer to you, lackey” she snaps back. Loki stops and grabs her arm “It’s Loki and you will answer to the Grandmaster” he says. Val pushes off his arm and punches him in the nose. Loki stumbles back a bit and pulls out a Sakaarian blade

   “Why would you help me brother escape with that green fool?” He questions, pointing the blade at her. Val pulls out a blade of her own “I don’t help anyone” she quips back and the two rush each other. Hitting, kicking, dodging, the whole ordeal. at one point Loki grabbed her arm and saw her mark.

   “You're a Valkyrie. I thought the Valkyrie all died gruesome deaths?” he says, knowing it would rile her up and it did. Val escapes from his grip and pushes him against the wall, holding the knife to his throat “Choose your next words wisely” she seethes down at him.

   Loki looks up at her, smug “Terribly sorry. Must be a very painful memory...” and puts his hand on her forehead. Val was taken back to the moment the Valkyrie were sent to fight Hela for the thrown. Val watched them all die again as well as her girlfriend. 

   once she came back she was pushed back onto the floor by Loki. She stands back up quickly and pushes him on the ground, straddling him “You know your majesty, i have some terrible news for you. I went to your little girlfriends room after you left” she started, making Loki’s eyes go wide. 

   “she was a pretty one i’ll give you that. That was until i slit her throat and watched her bleed out” It was Val’s turn to rile Loki up. “Y-Your lying!” Loki shouts, struggling against her. “Oh really?” she says and reaches into her pocket, pulling out a piece of blue tool from your dress, stained with blood. 

   Loki felt his heart drop into his stomach, like he wanted to vomit and cry all at the same time “No...’ he mumbles and grabs the tool from her hand. Val looked stunned for a moment before punching his face and knocking him out. She was not expectantly that kind of reaction from him.  

    ☼-☪-☼

   you, Thor, and Bruce were walking through the crowd of Hulk worshippers basically when Val had found you. She had led you all inside safely. She was a pretty cool gal. You had to get her number after this. Does she have a phone. You all walked down this hall when she stops. 

   Bruce stopped behind thor and you stopped behind Bruce. “Look, I've spent years in a haze trying to forget my past. Sakaar seemed like the best place to drink and forget and to die one day.” Val spoke, making you frown slightly. Thor nods.

    “I was thinking that you drink too much, and that probably was going to kill you.” Thor spoke. Val gave him an annoyed look before walking towards the door “Also, i have a piece offering” she said vaguely before opening the door. Thor walks in first, then Bruce. 

   Once you walk in you noticed Loki, chained up and hanging his head in shame, he was looking at a piece  of tool that rested on the ground in front of him “Brother?” Thor spoke, crouching down to look at his face “Loki are you alright?” he asked 

   “she was so much like me you know, we both didn’t know where we belonged. Both too cold and felt like monsters. I had never felt that way about anyone. I don’t think i’ll ever feel that way again. I don’t want too actually, not if it isn’t her” everyone in the room could notice his voice breaking. 

   just as you were about too console him Val put an arm in front of you and pressed a finger to her mouth. Telling you to shut it basically. You are confused, but nod slowly “Brother. I don’t understand. Who are you talking about? What has made you this upset?” Thor questions. 

   Loki’s body started to shake as he sobbed “Y/n. That scraper killed her. she took her away from me, now i’m all alone again.” he explains solemnly. Thor looks confused “Loki, lady Y/n is right here” he spoke. Loki lifted his head up and Thor was right. There you were, alive. 

   Loki didn’t know whether to be relieved or angered, but he stuck with relieved. “Let him out!” you shout, walking over to Loki to pull on the chains. “Y/n i don’t think that’s such a good idea-” Bruce started, but you didn’t care. You got the chains undone and Loki instantly wrapped his arms around you.

   “Hey, i’m here” you say as he holds onto tightly, almost like you would disappear if he let you go “I know” he replies before pulling away. You look around and notice everyone staring at you “What?” Loki spots Bruce and tilts his head “Hello Bruce” he spoke, standing up from the chair.

   Bruce looks at him “So, last time i saw you, you were trying to kill everybody. Where are you at these days?” he questions. Loki looked at you then Val who was grabbing something out the closet “It varies from moment to moment” he spoke before completely ignoring him.

   Loki studies your face “I’m alive Loki” you say to reassure him and he sighs “i know, just wan’t to keep it that way” he says. You muster up a smile “That is the nicest thing you have said to me since we got here” you admit. He rolls his eyes and looks down for a moment then back at you 

   “I need to tell you something-”

   “Loki come here!” Thor says, waving at him from the otherside of the room. Loki sighs and look at you, going to say something “It’s okay. we can talk later” you reassure him and he smiles.

    ☼-☪-☼

   you, Loki, and Thor were assigned to get a ship for all of you to leave on, but throughout the whole time you were fighting to get there Loki and Thor were talking about leaving each other or staying together. You wished you stayed with Bruce and Val. 

   now you were in a elevator, with you standing in front of the two, skin icy white and blue and no pupils. “Here's the thing. I'm probably better off staying here on Sakaar.” Loki says. You turn around and look at him with wide eyes “Loki-” you say, but Thor interrupts “That's exactly what I was thinking.”

   okay what? “Thor-” you say this time, but the same thing happens. “Did you just agree with me?” Loki asked, stunned. Thor shrugs “Come on, this place is perfect for you. It's savage, chaotic, lawless. Brother, you're going to do great here.” Thor says, glancing at him once- ouch.

   Loki looks forward and you wished you hadn’t come at all “Do you truly think so little of me?” Loki questions. Thor pauses for a moment before looking at his brother. “ Loki, I thought the world of you. I thought we were gonna fight side by side forever. But, at the end of the day, you're you, I'm me” he starts. 

   you watch as Loki’s face changes from different emotions. To hope, then sorrow. “I don't know, maybe there's still good in you-” Thor says and gestures to you “-but let's be honest, our paths diverged a long time ago.” he finished. You stepped aside Loki and reached down to grab his hand. 

   Loki sighs and looks at his brother one last time “Yeah... It's probably for the best that we never see one another again.” he replies, nodding his head. You look down. Stupid boys. “That's what you always wanted.” Thor says and pats his brother on the back, you noticed he place the chip on his back.

   strange, but you trust Thor’s judgement. Doesn’t mean you weren’t going to swipe the remote off of him though. 

   Loki looks away slowly letting go of your hand. It was silence for a few moments. Awkward silence filled with tension and emotion. Jumping through the glass and falling to your death didn’t really look so bad right now “Hey, let’s do get help” Thor pipes up.

   “What?” Loki asked, turning to look at Thor again

   “What’s get help?-”

   “Get help” Thor repeats with a cheery smile on his face. 

   “Oh come on, you love it” 

   “No i hate it

   “It’s great. It works every time”

   “Its humiliating”

   “Do you have a better plan?” 

   you got to speak when they just start talking again “No” Loki replies and Thor just looks back forward with a smile “Were doing it” he says and Loki does the same “We are not doing get help” Loki says, thinking that’s the end of it. You look at both of them and groan “I hate both of you”

    ☼-☪-☼

   as the elevator door opens, you are stuck clinging onto the ceiling. You wait a couple of seconds “Alright. Come down” Thor calls and you jump down from the bar “Get help huh?” you chuckle, looking at Loki who turns and glares at you. You smile and walk behind them.

   “Now which one is the ship she told us to get?” Thor asked. Loki pointed at a bright orange ship “The Commodore” he says. You all begin to walk.  A second later he walks away, grabbing your arm to follow along with him and leaving a illusion walking alongside Thor. What?

   “Though I feel it won't make much of a difference” the illusion spoke. Thor sighs “Oh Loki” and turns to see you and Loki at the control panel “I know I've betrayed you many times before, but this time it's truly nothing personal. The reward for\ your capture will set Y/n and i up nicely.”

   Y/n what now? Loki presses a button on the panel and the places starts to go off “Loki, you didn’t” you gasp as you rip your arm from him. “Never one for sentiment, were you?” Thor asks. Loki grinned “Easier to let it burn.” he replies in a low tone.

   Thor reaches into his pocket as his eyes go wide. You slowly back away from Loki “Y/n-” “You self centered prick!” you snapped, pulling the remote out of your pocket. His face drops and he takes a step forward “Y/n, please-” he tries to explain, but you had already made up your mind. “No!” you shout. 

   Loki goes to speak again, but you press the button, watching as he drops to the floor. Thor walks past you and towards Loki “Oh that looks painful” Thor mumbles. You follow after him, walking much slower. Thor kneels down beside his brother. 

   “Oh brother, you're becoming predictable. I trust you, you betray me. Round and round in circles we go.” Thor speaks, looking down at Loki. See, Loki, life is about, it's about growth. It's about change, but you seem to just wanna stay the same.” 

   it hurt to see Loki that way, but in the end if he could betray Thor so easily. he’d do it to you too and no amount of love could change that “I guess what I'm trying to say is that you'll always be the God of Mischief, but you could be more.” Thor sighed and stood up “I’ll start the ship” and with that, he left. 

   you look at Thor then Loki. You go to where Thor was kneeling and do the same “You almost fooled me i’ll give you that. The whole touch thing and flirty comments. It almost made me think you felt the same. What tied it in was the tears.” you say, watching as he turned to look at you, pain on his face. 

   “Maybe you do care about me, but in the end you would betray anyone to save your own skin Loki. Thor’s right, you could be so much more. To him, the world...to me” You looked up to stop the tears forming in your eyes to fall down your face. You quickly wipe them and look back down. 

   “Thank you for being my first hug” You stand up and throw the remote a few feet away from him. “and my last” and with that you turned away leaving Loki on Sakaar along with any feelings you had for him. 

    ☼-☪-☼

   after fighting your way out of Sakaar on a orgy ship you passed out. Bruce was the first to wake, then Val and Thor with you being the last “I never thought i’d be back here” Val spoke. You and Bruce undo your seatbelts and stand behind Thor and Val.

   Asgard.

   “Though it be a lot nicer” Bruce spoke up. “Bruce- dude” you say, shaking your head. He noticed all of your collective disappointed stares and sputtered “Not- noth that it’s not nice- it’s just- it’s just on fire” well he was right about that. You assumed it was Hela’s doing. 

   the dashboard started going off and Val  looked at it “Here, up in the mountains. heat signatures, people clustered together. Hela’s coming for them” she explained, pointing at the 3D diagram. You sigh as you power up your abilities, Bruce giving you a odd stare. Guess he’s not used to it. 

   “Okay, drop me off at the palace and i'll draw her away.” Thor spoke up. “Thor she destroyed your hammer like nothing. You can’t do this alone!” you protest. Thor shakes his head and looks back at you, “Then you’ll come with me Lady Y/n” he says “And get yourselves killed?” Val questions

   “The people trapped down there are all that matters. While we're dealing with Hela, I need you two to help get everyone off Asgard.” Thor instrucks. Bruce pokes his head in between and looks at both of them “and how the hell are we supposed to do that?” 

   “I have a man on the ground”

    ☼-☪-☼

   Thor looked up at Val as her and Bruce flew away. Hm, strange. 

   once you two got to the castle, you noticed rumble all over the floor, even a piece with Thor’s face on it. Thor looks up at the ceiling and you follow suit. What you see in horrific. Pictures of Odin and Hela destroying worlds. 

   you look over at Thor and notice his grim face “Thor? Are you okay” you say. Thor sighs and nods “Wait behind a pillar. Hela should be here soon” he says and you nod, walking away to find a hiding spot. 

   Thor sat in the throne and began to band Odin’s scepter on the floor, causing loud booms to flow throughout the castle. Only seconds later did you here Hela’s heels down the hallway. 

   she was here

   “sister” Thor says. You couldn’t see them, but you could hear them. “Your still alive” she says back, soundly somewhat surprised. “ I love what you've done with the place. Redecorating, I see.” Thor spoke. Was this a time to be making jokes??

   “It seems our father's solution to every problem was to cover it up.” Hela snarls at him. Okay she’s getting upset. “Or to cast it out. He told you you were worthy.   He said the same thing to me.” Thor responds, solem in his tone. You could hear the bitterness in his tone  

   “You see, you never knew him, not at\ his best.” Hela sighs like it’s a fond memory to look back on ”Odin and I drowned entire civilizations in blood and tears. Where do you think all this gold came from? And then one day he  decided to become a benevolent king.”

   Hela’s voice becomes more sour “To foster peace, to protect life.” she starts “To have you” ouch- that has gotta sting. “ I understand why you're angry. and you are my sister, and technically have a claim to the throne. And believe me, I would love for  someone else to rule. But it can't be you. You're just the worst.”

   Thor no- you hear the swish noise like the last time she put on her crown “Okay, get up. You're in my seat.” she said, done playing games with Thor. clearly. “You know, Father once told me that a wise king never seeks out war” he says, you could hear his heavy footsteps.

   “But must always be ready for it.” Hela replies, drawing closer

   that’s your cue

   you jump down and ice the floor just as Thor jumps in the air. Hela goes to throw a blade at him, but it ends up missing because she couldn’t balance. her head snaps in your direction and she snarls “You again?!” she shouts, charging towards you.

   pressing your palms together and pull them out quickly, forming a silver sword with a blue base and handle. You lift your sword, but Thor hits her away with the scepter. Hela is knocked back, but for only a moment as she gets up and charges at Thor.

   she manages to knock the scepter away pin Thor against the wall “Here's the difference between us. I'm Odin's firstborn, the rightful heir, the savior of Asgard.” she spoke before throwing Thor to the floor “And you're nothing.” You run up at her and hit her away from Thor.

   “and your a bitch!” you yelled. Now you two her going hand to hand “Who are you? Your not asgardian is that for sure, but i sense a power off you stronger then any human could bare” she spoke, kicking you to the ground “You have the power of a infinity stone. Now that’s interesting darling”

   Hela forms a blade “Too bad that power will die with you” she smiles wickedly as she goes to plunge it into your stomach, but Thor tackles her to the ground. “Y/n leave now!” Thor shouts, as Hela knocks him in the face “But what about you!” you shout, forming a icicle in your hand to throw at her. 

   “This is my fight and i will not lose you. Now go!” he shouts just as Hela sliced his eye. You almost choked before you got yourself together and ran and ran and ran. “Thor i hope you know what your doing” 

    ☼-☪-☼

   as soon you headed out the castle, you used a burst of cold fog to send you into the sky. The bifrost! it’s being attacked by Hela’s knights and a large wolf. That’s where to go you guess and you another burst to send you towards the bridge. 

   the wolf was running towards a bunch of unarmed asgardians. You dropped onto the bifrost just as bruce came flying out the ship and landing face first “Bruce! This is why i said to keep your seatbelt on!” you shout. he’s lucky he’s mutated or he’d be dead. 

   the wolf sniffed Bruce for a few seconds before running your direction again. You form a blade and have it sending his way, but he wasn’t stopping. You look over and see a dark skinned man with long hair, Heimdall holding a sword “Nice to meet you i guess?” you spoke with nervous laughter.

   he looked your way and nodded “You too Lady Y/n” wait- how did he know your name. Nevermind that- both you and Heimdall hold your swords in ready position. The wolf is inches away when it suddenly stopped? You watch as it’s pull back and thrown to the other side. 

   Hulk!

   “Yes!” you shout, throwing your arms in the air. Hulk lets out a thunderous roar, hitting his chest. The wolf comes after him and they both fall off the bifrost. One problem down, two more to go. More knights begin to run towards the group and you and hemdall began to fight them off.

   you are so telling Tony about this!

   Heimdall gets hit in the knee and you rush over to help him when a rock guy come out of nowhere and blasts the knight into nothing. Wait- wasn’t this Thor’s friend- from back on Sakaar? “Hey man and woman. I'm Korg. This is Miek.” he introduces himself as a purple worm robot appears.

   you might need therapy after this one actually “We're going to jump on that spaceship and get out of here. Want to come?” he asked. He was rather polite. You smile lightly “We’d love too Korg, just after we kill these things.” You reply. You suddenly hear something off in the distance

   you and Heimdall turn to see a figure amongst the mist. Please don’t be Hela, please do not be Hela! Once the figure came to view you gasped. “Your saviour is here!” Loki shouts, standing on top of the landing pad. What a narcissist! A narcissist that you were in love with, but technicalities don’t count. 

   as the ship lands people of asgard begin to board “Did you miss me?” he says, you smile lightly. he had come back to save his people “Now everyone on the ship!” he commands and asgardians begin to flood in. Loki pushed through the people and made his way towards you and Heimdall. 

   “Welcome back. I saw you coming” Heimdall speaks. Loki purses his lips together and nods “Course you did” he says and looks at you “Surprised to see me, darling?” he says with a small smirk. You shake your head slowly with a smile “I was hoping you do the right thing. Your just boosting my ego”

   Loki grinned at you for a moment before pull out two asgardian blades “Will talk more in a bit” he sends you a wink as the Knights charge you all. You fly into the air and slam into the ground, causing a cold breeze to freeze about a dozen. You watch as they crumble and fall apart.

   “Didn’t know i could do that” you shrug and pull out your sword once again. The bright sky turned a dark grey as electricity struck the castle, causing a big explosion “Yes! Thor!” you shout. “Hopefully it killed that bitch, no offense since she is your sister and all” you say to Loki.

   he shrugs and slices a Knight in half “Unrelated note. You look very sexy while fighting” he smirks. You shake your head as your form multiple blades and send them at the Knights behind him. Loki goes wide eyed and watch about seven fall to the ground 

   “Me and you definitely need to talk later” his voice came out in a growl, which honestly sent shivers up your spine. You let out a chuckle as you watch Thor crash onto the bifrost “Why not now? Your brother seems to be keeping most of their attention”

   Loki raises a brow “You wan’t me to confess my undying love for you in the middle of war?” he questions. Well that was blunt. “You do have a thing for undying don’t you? Anyway, just tell me now. one of us may not live till the end of this war” you spoke. 

   you notice Loki’s face change to a grim one “Your not dying on me, i won’t allow it” he said, almost as it was a command. “Loki- be realistic. Now shut up and tell me” you say as you stab through a Knight “Okay- from the moment i laid eyes on you, i could tell you were like me” he says.

   “How so?” you question. “You question who you are and wonder if you belong anywhere. You think of yourself as a monster just as i do to my Jotun side. I wont ever question you and we can belong to each other. I do not see you as a monster Y/n. I see you as a goddess”

   wow- he could sure smooth talk a gal into anything. Jokes aside his words meant everything to you, he meant everything to you. You use your ice to put up a bubble around the both of you. Loki looks confused for a moment before turning to look at you. 

   “Just say you love me Loki” you chuckle. He smiles slightly and grabs your hands “Y/n, i am in love with you. I think that’s better” he quipped back. you both laugh for a moment “Do asgardians use the term boyfriend and girlfriend?” you say. 

   Loki shakes his head “We like to use more gender inclusive terms. So, Y/n would you like to be my forever and i yours?” you could have passed out right then and there. Also- how was asgard more woke then earth? That’s some bullshit right there.

   you break away from your thoughts and nod “of course i do” you say. Loki is unable to control his smile as he dips his head down. He was leaning when Boom! the bubble is destroyed. You smile and pull away “i guess you have to wait my prince” you tease, forming your sword again. 

   you could tell you touched a nerve because Loki squirmed a bit “Your such a vixen, darling. I can’t wait to have you all alone” he spoke in a low tone. You take a deep breath and try to compose yourself, but the thought of you and Loki- alone. It just took over your mind.

   “Can this fucking shit be over with! Hurry it the hell up Thor!” you shout as you jab your sword through two Knights and push them off the bifrost. Loki’s helmet fell as he was fighting one. You run and slide across the bifrost to grab it. Ha antlers- not right now!

   Once you do you chuck it at Loki who uses it to knock the Knight of his feet and push a sword through its stomach. Loki looks up at you and you grin at him “Teamwork, my prince” you say before bursting into the air “Stop calling that in public!” he yells. 

   Thor comes walking up too Loki, both breathing heavily. You drop down beside them “Your late” Thor says and Loki sighs “Your missing an eye” he replies back. Huh? You look at Thor and wave your hand over it, causing a cooling effect for him “Hopefully it’s stops the throbbing” you say.

   Thor nods and gives you a tired smile as Val walks past you three “This isn’t over” she breathes out. Well- she’s not wrong on that one. All four of you walk together. You all stop to catch your breath “I think we should disband the Revengers.” Thor spoke. 

   “Good. It was a shit idea” you comment, making Val stifle laughter. “Hit her with a lightning blast.” Loki suggests “we already did that and she rose from the dead still” you say. Thor looks at his brother in disbelief- he did just like shoot her into the sky and she’s walking. 

   “I just hit her with the biggest lightning blast in the history of lightning. It did nothing.” Thor gave his brother a know it all look. You all looked forward as Hela stalked towards you all “She is so fucking creepy” you say, forming a couple blades. 

   Val nods in agreement “We need to hold her off until everybody's on board.” she instructs. You all nod. You really didn’t want to fight this deer looking bitch. Antlers just run in the fucking family at this point. You stretch your back a bit. Your positive you have scoliosis after all this. 

   Thor shakes his head “It won't end there. The longer Hela's on Asgard the more powerful she grows. She'll hunt us down. We need to stop her here and now.” he says. “If she’s growing more powerful from just being here then how do we stop her” you look at Thor.

   Val nods along with you “She’s right, so what do we so?” she says, putting an emphasis on the world ‘what’ . Loki pauses and looks at Thor “I’m not doing get help” okay that was funny, no laughing right now though. Thor steps forward and glares at Hela before looking back at the ship of people boarding.

   he’s going to give a speech isn’t he?

   “Asgard's not a place, it's a people.-” there it is “-This was never about stopping Ragnarok...it was about causing Ragnarok.” he says, turning his attention towards Loki. “What’s Ragnarok?” you ask, expectanting no answer, but hey gotta love Val

   “It’s this big fiery demon that was literally made to destroy Asgard and everyone on it” she explains. At that moment you honestly thought about marrying her “Wait- You want to send a demon to destroy Asgard? Shit-” you say. 

   Thor walks over to Loki and places a hand on his shoulder “Go to the vault. Surtur's crown. It's the only way.” he says. Loki fights against himself for a moment before nodding “Bold move, brother. Even for me.” he admits before walking over to you. 

   “I’ll see you soon, darling” he says with a small smile. “Well aren’t going to kiss me then?” you question, his smile turning into a grin “No..i rather give you something to look forward too” he says before running off. What a dick. You look back towards Hela “Shall we?” Thor asked the both you and Val.

   Val looks at Thor and smiles lightly “After you” she says. Thor jumps into the air and destroys two of Hela’s blades. Hela kicks throw out the way as Val charged at her, but she ended being thrown too. Your turn. You burst into the air and throw four blades at her. She dodges them all and sends you away with Val.

   Thor picks up a Knights discarded sword and tries to plunge in into Hela, but she dodges that too. Thor turns to Heimdall and shouts “Go! Go now!” and Heimdall gets onto the ship. Hela throws a spear at him and it jabs right through Thor’s shoulder. 

   the ship starts to lift into the air and Hela notices. She uses big spikes from the ground and shoots them in, keeping the ship in place “I’ll handle that. You two keep her busy!” you shout and fly into the air. How were you going to do this? You watch as Knights begin to crawl the spikes and up towards the asgardians.

   you had to make a move now. 

   just as your about to land you hear..gunshots?! Since when her guns on Asgard? Just as you got close enough a man holding to large guns jump off of the ship and onto the bifrost, breaking the spike in the process. He lands on the bifrost and you jump down next to him.

   “What’s your name? Weren’t you working for Hela?” you question suspiciously. The man looks ashamed “My name is Skurge. Yes i did work for Hela temporarily, but i know now that she is not a true queen and i wan’t to make it right” he confesses.

   you smile and nod at him “Good for you dude. Now prove it!” you shout and charge into battle. You love a good redemption ark. You and your new friend Skurge fight off the Knights. “Hela!” he shouts, catching the goddess’s attention. Well fuck. 

   as you two fought off the last one Hela sent a blade in Skurge’s direction. You didn’t think. You should have thought before you acted, but you didn’t. You were just too nice to strangers. You jump in front of Skurge and catch the blade in your back, causing you to gasp out. 

   skurge looks at you in shock as you slowly drop to the floor. From a distance Thor and Val watch in horror as there comrade is smite down. “No!” Thor screamed, lighting bursting in every direction “Hela enough!” he shouts, standing up “if you want Asgard. It’s yours”

   Skurge moves you and pulls the blade from your back. Your vision became spotty “Loki?” you murmur as you look up “i’m so sorry” Skurge cried. Hela looked towards Thor “Whatever game you're playing, it won't work. You can't defeat me.” Hela says with a evil grin.

   Skurge watched the life drain from your body as it turned to ice. A statue of who you used to be cold and frozen over. “I’m so sorry ma’am” he breathes out as he touches your face. He felt so guilty. It should have been him is what he kept thinking over and over again.

   suddenly the Sakaar ship lands next to Skurge and Loki jumps out. His whole world came crashing down once he saw you. A frozen corpse. “She saved him so i stayed with her” skurge explains. Loki lifts a hand and waves him away, which is what Skurge does so. 

   Loki drops to his knees and touched your frozen skin “Even in death you are beautiful my love. I should have kissed you when you asked me too, but i just had to be cheeky” he says, tears forming down his face and falling onto your frozen body. 

   “No one can ever match your beauty, your skill, or your big heart and i will never love again. You taught me what it’s like to love and to be loved and i- i-” Loki broke down and let his tears fall like a waterfall. He was alone again. Now he would have to live his miserable life without you

    ☼-☪-☼

   you sat up, breathing heavily. You were in a castle. Thor’s castle. How? Where’s Hela? Where’s Loki. You push yourself off the floor instantly and look around. “You must be terribly confused” you heard a woman speak. You turn around and see a older woman with light auburn hair.

   “Who are you and where is everyone?” you snap at her, but she just smiles “My name is Frigga dear” she spoke kindly. You look at her in horror “You’re Loki and Thor’s mother- but....your dead. That means that i’m-” you almost gag on your own words.

   “i’m afraid so dear” she speaks and gives you a sad smile. “No! I have to get back! Loki is expecting me to be there. I have to help stop Hela!” you say. This couldn’t be happening “Ragnarok has already begun and Asgard is to fall any moment. Don’t you want to rest?”

   your whole life has been nothing but pain and hard work. You had never ‘rested’ a day in your life. As much as it sounded like a treat, you still had responsibilities “No. I chose to stay and fight Hela because Thor is my friend and i’m not giving up on him or Loki, Val, Bruce or the asgardians. 

   Frigga gives you a proud smile “That’s what i wanted you to say. I’ll bring you back” she says and rolls up her sleeves “You have to do something for me though” she spoke. You stepped towards her “Anything” he say hastily “Marry my son. Loki deserves it more then ever and so do you”

   you give your future mother in law a smile “Of course. How are you going to bring me back anyway?” you question. Frigga grans both your hands and smiles “Ancient magic that is far to complex. Now when i bring you back it will be with an asgardian soul” she says. You looked confused.

   “What does that mean?”

   “It means you’ll be an asgardian along with your abilities.”

   you smile lightly. You could live as long as Loki now and truly be together forever. “Okay, i’m ready” you say and she nods “Tell my sons that i love him and tell Loki that choosing to be his mother was one of the best days of my life and Thor...that he doesn’t have to rule Asgard to be a great leader.”

   you nod, locking the words into your memory. Frigga starts mumbling a spell and you feel your body become lighter and lighter until you feel like you pass out.

    ☼-☪-☼

   Loki lifts his head up from your body as it starts to defrost. His eyes go wide as underneath the ice is your beautiful face. Your eyes shoot open and you fly into the sky. Your whole body emitting a white and blue aura. You flew towards Thor, Val and Hela. 

   Thor puts his hands on his hips and points behind him “No i know, but he can” he says and Surtur comes crashing through the castle. As Hela stares at her downfall Val takes the opportunity to pierce her sword through Hela’s chest. Your form an ice spear and launch yourself down, stabbing it straight through her.

   Thor sends and burst of electricity and you back away, slowly landing on the bifrost. It was over. Hela was doen for and you wanted to leave this retched planet. 

    ☼-☪-☼

   you walk through the ship until you find Thor and Loki in one room. Loki was holding a cap to a liquor bottle. “Hello boys” you spoke and they both turn to look at you “Lady Y/n, the girl who cheated death! No wonder you and Loki are perfect for each other” Thor announced, bowing at you.

  you smiled and walked over to a loveseat, Loki following suit and sitting next to you “Yeah uh- i didn’t cheat anything. I actually died” You said “But how, your right here?” Loki says, grabbing your hand “I came back with a little help of a certain someone” you say. 

   Thor walks over and sits down across from you two “Who?” he questions and take a sip of his drink “Frigga” you said, making the brothers look at you in shock “Mother, how?” Loki asked. “I woke up in the castle and she was there. She said she could bring me back and gave me a few things to say”

   both boys inched closer “She said she loves you both and Thor, you don’t have to rule asgard if it isn’t what you wan’t. Your still a great man and Loki” you turn your body to face your forever “one of the best days of Frigga life was choosing to be your mother and love you like her own blood”

   Loki’s face said just about enough as well as Thor’s. They both looked at there laps, smiling to themselves. “I’m also asgardian now” you say, grabbing a drink from the table. Thor drops his glass on the floor, smashing it into tiny pieces. That was a nice cup. 

   “What!?”  they both shout. 

    ☼-☪-☼

   Loki had found you both a room on the ship with a perfect view of the unknown outside. You were currently looking through it now, thinking. A pair of arms wrap around you from behind “I still owe you a kiss” Loki breathes out. You smile brightly and turn around in his hold, facing him. 

   “I believe you do...my prince” You say at the end just to tease him. Loki growls under his breath before pressing his lips to yours for a hungry kiss while his hands pulled you flush against him. You thought your first kiss would be sweet and short, but Loki’s was needy and passionate. 

   you both pulled at each others clothing, wanting it off but not having the strength to pull away and do so. After a minute of two Loki pulls away “I’ve been wanting to do that for weeks” he admits, making you chuckle. “Good thing you have me all night then, my forever. i love you Loki of asgard”

   Loki grins at your words and kisses your forehead “i love you as well, Y/n, my forever” 

    ☼-☪-☼

   Kody- I want no one to talk about how long it is, it hurts to even mention. 

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Frankenweenie Headcannons, Theories, and Ideas

This is just a list of the theories, headcannons, and ideas I came up with for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. I might add more later on, so watch out

-When he was six years old, Victor Frankenstein got Sparky as a small puppy from the local pet shop

-Elsa got Persephone as a gift for her seventh birthday

-Victor’s full name is Victor Charles Frankenstein

-Victor is strongly not fond of sports, especially baseball. But he does love to play fetch with Sparky and ride his bike

-Victor secretly has a crush on Elsa, but he’s too nervous to say anything. But he wouldn’t mind just being friends with her

-Even though he doesn’t get along too well with Toshiaki and Nassor very well, Victor doesn’t mind Bob (who was one of the “cool kids”) being nice to him

-Victor used to have a pen pal in London named Shamus Holmes. They wrote to each other back and forth almost every week, until Victor reached college. That was when the letters from Shamus stopped coming

-Victor isn’t allergic to anything, but he does get nauseous around peaches for some reason

-When he grows up, Victor either wants to become a scientist, a vet, or a movie director… but he can’t decide

-Victor likes to watch both horror and sci-fi films. His favorites are Karloff’s “Frankenstein”, “The Fly”, “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”, “Behemoth the Sea Monster”, and “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”

-The Monday after Dutch Day, Victor was told to stay after school for baseball practice, but when he hit the ball and ran around the diamond, he broke his arm and got a black eye and he was suspended from the baseball team… which he thought was the best day ever

-Victor isn’t particularly fond of his young cousin, Vincent Malloy. He’s often annoyed by Vincent's slightly obsessive mannerisms and all of his Vincent Price talk and Vincent's mother blames Victor for introducing her son to scary movies in the first place

-Victor was born on August 31st, 1957

-Elsa’s full name is Elsa Anais Van Helsing

-Victor and Elsa first met on their first day in kindergarten. They both reached out to grab the same toy, but their hands touched and their eyes met. After a tiny squabble over the toy, they started playing together and they quickly became friends

-Elsa was born on October 28th, 1957

-Elsa isn’t into sports, but she enjoys going swimming or roller skating on occasion… She also likes to watch Victor Frankenstein at baseball practice sometimes

-Elsa is highly allergic to bees and pistachios

-A year after Dutch Day, Mayor Bergermeister forced Elsa to take ballet lessons recently and she doesn’t like it

-Elsa has an interest in history and she thought about becoming a historian someday

-Elsa has a secret crush on Victor, but she’s too shy to say anything

-After the events of Dutch Day, Victor promised never to reanimate Sparky again if he died one more time. Eventually when he was in his late teen years, he let Sparky die because he and Elsa wanted Sparky and Persephone to be together in death. The two dogs were buried in the pet cemetery together (Romeo and Juliet style)

-Elsa likes to watch horror movies in secret. Her absolute favorites are “Bride of Frankenstein”, “Dracula”, and “The Phantom of the Opera”

-After Dutch Day, Victor and Elsa started to grow closer and closer, as well as their dogs Sparky and Persephone

-Despite her uncle's protests of having a dog around, he agreed to let Elsa keep Persephone. But he insists that she keep the dog away from his front lawn

-Sparky and Persephone had four puppies together. Their names are Coal, Raven, Anastasia, and Hades

-When they were in the eighth grade, Victor and Elsa had their first kiss at a Halloween dance at school. They had their second kiss after a Christmas dance recital; they were performing the Nutcracker together. They started officially dating when they were freshmen in high school

-Elsa’s favorite books are “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “Romeo and Juliet” and other works of William Shakespeare and her favorite writers are Lewis Carroll, Harper Lee, and Shakespeare. She also enjoys Edgar Allen Poe’s works

-Elsa considers Weird Girl (aka, Mindy) a friend, but she doesn’t like it when she creepily stares at her

-Elsa had a pen pal in New York City named Kristen. They wrote to each other a few times a month, but they lost touch when they reached senior year in high school

-When Victor and Elsa grew up and got married, they had two children. Their names are Peter Timothy Frankenstein (age 12) and Moira Juliet Frankenstein (age 8)

-Weird Girl’s full name is Mindy Cecilia White

-Mindy was raised by a single mother who was a medium, as well as a psychiatrist

-Mr. Whiskers was adopted as a kitten by Mindy from a local pet store. He was the only one of the litter that wasn't adopted because of his large starring eyes

-Mindy took the same ballet classes as Elsa

-Mindy has a crush on Edgar. She secretly hoped that Mr. Whisker's would one day dream about her and Edgar

-After Mr. Whiskers’ death, Mindy fell into a deep depression. Elsa was there to comfort her in her time of need and she even helped her bury the body in the pet cemetery

-Mindy first discovered Mr. Whiskers’ ability to predict the future through cat litter one morning after changing it; it was shaped in the letter B. On that same day, a girl named Brooklyn from school got three strikes at the bowling alley

-Mindy was born on April 3rd, 1958

-Edgar’s full name is Edgar Abraham Gore

-Edgar has a crush on Mindy, but he believes she’s out of his league and was too afraid to approach her

-At one point, Edgar wanted a snake or spider for a pet, but his mother told him no. Once tried to adopt a wild raccoon, but got a scolding from her when he let it into the house

-Edgar was born on September 14th, 1958

-After Dutch Day, Edgar developed a fear of rats

-Edgar still wants to make a death ray with Victor, even though they can't actually make one

-Mindy and Edgar started dating when they were in their sophomore year

-When they got married, Mindy and Edgar had a daughter named Giselle (age 7 ¾)

-Toshiaki’s full name is Toshiaki Ito Oroku

-Toshiaki's mother and father were originally born and raised in Japan until they moved to the US a month before he was born. Being an open community towards different race groups, New Holland was the perfect location to start a family

-Toshiaki was born on May 28th, 1956

-As a reward for winning his first science fair, Toshiaki was given a pet turtle, who he named Shelly. Shelly was unfortunately passed away when he was left outside in the hot afternoon in his aquarium for too long

-Toshiaki and Victor are frenemies, mainly friends, but mostly enemies

-When Shelly died two times, Toshiaki was very upset. But luckily, he had his friends to comfort him after his second and final burial

-In school, Toshiaki met one of the new girls, a Japanese girl named Mae-Lee, and he quickly developed a crush on her

-Years later, Toshiaki and Mae-Lee got married and had two children, a daughter named Shelley Sue (age 8) and Yoshi (age 7 months)

-Nassor’s full name is Nassor Hannibal Karloff

-In school, Nassor stood out from the other children due to his height and cynical macabre personality. The only thing that made him happy as a child was his pet hamster, Colossus. One day Colossus went missing and Nassor was frantic with worry. About five days later, Colossus was found trapped inside the wall and he had starved to death, leaving Nassor heartbroken

-Nassor has an interest in Ancient Egyptian culture around pharaohs and the afterlife. It was his idea as tribute to Colossus would be mummified and placed in a large tomb

-After Dutch Day, Nassor was found wrapped up and he was untied by the others. While he holds no grudges against Toshiaki, he doesn't exactly forgive him for causing Colossus's second death

-Nassor was born on February 24th, 1956

-After Dutch Day, Nassor met one of the new girls, a young lady named Hillary, and he was instantly infatuated with her

-When Nassor and Hillary grew up, they got married and had a son named Darwin (age 12)

-Bob’s full name is Bob Adam Hill

-Bob’s dad passed when he was rather young, making his mother, Mrs. Hill, extremely protective of him, and he finds it super embarrassing

-Bob hates it when people talk about his weight. When he fell down a manhole by accident, he got stuck and had to have a crane to pull him back out

-Bob was born on July 6th, 1957

-In school, Bob had a crush on a girl named Jenny

-Bob first met Toshiaki shortly after Shelly's death. Despite Toshiaki's cold behavior towards him at first, they became good friends

-Bob has an interest in marine life and he has a fish tank full of different kind of fish up in  his room

-When he grew up, he and Jenny got married and had a son named Carl (age 12)

-Mr. Frankenstein’s full name is Edward Steven Frankenstein

-Edward was an avid lover of sports, especially baseball. He played as a star athlete in high school, where he first met Susan who was cheering with the other cheerleaders

-Edward has a bit of hard time understanding his son, Victor, but still supports him nonetheless

-Edward likes to role play with his wife Susan that he's a travelling salesman when her "husband" isn't around the house

-Edward often gets people who ask him about his last name Frankenstein. An old family rumor was that he was a direct descendant of the original presumed fictional scientist, Dr. Frankenstein

-Edward tries to get along with his next door neighbor, Mayor Bergermeister

-Mrs. Frankenstein’s full name is Susan Delia Woods Frankenstein

-Susan and Edward Frankenstein first met in back high school; he was a star athlete while she was the head cheerleader. A few years after graduation, they got married and she gave birth to Victor at age 31

-Susan has two sisters, Lillian and Francine. Francine is the eldest, Susan is the middle child, and Lillian is the youngest. Lillian is Vincent Malloy’s mother

-Susan isn't as social with the other mothers/housewives with their gossiping. She prefers the company with her family instead. She is friends with Mrs. Van Helsing, though

-Susan had a pet calico cat when she was younger named Lacey. But poor Lacey died when she was around Victor's age, so she knows what her son was going through

-Mayor Bergermeister’s full name is Robert “Bob” Clarence Bergermeister

-The Bergermeister family has been mayors of New Holland for generations. They were known for their strict laws, rules, and leadership towards its citizens

-Bergermeister has a very low tolerance towards animals, especially dogs… probably because he never had any pets growing up

-Elsa’s father’s full name is Jonathon Gabriel Van Helsing

-Elsa’s mother’s full name is Lydia Hermione Bergermeister Van Helsing

-Mr. and Mrs. Van Helsing are philosophers, hence why they tend to be away a lot. They travel to countries mostly in Europe, like Romania and the Netherlands. They sometimes take Elsa with them when they have to go out of the town, state, or even country. But most often, she stays behind because of school and just wants to be at home and spend time with Victor

-Mayor Bergermeister is in fact the older brother of Lydia by four years. Like most siblings, they do love each other but sometimes can’t stand each other

-Lydia is one of the few people and things that actually scares Mr. Bergermeister, despite the fact that that she’s his little sister. She doesn’t take nonsense from him or anyone else and she’s not afraid to stand up to him. When she’s done, he usually replies weakly “yes, sis” or “yes, little sis”

-Jonathon grew up in Romania for most of his childhood, but when he lost his parents, he immigrated to the United States to make a better life for himself. He met Lydia when he was about to start high school

-Bergermeister loves gardening, especially his first prize flowers. He absolutely hates it when the neighbor's dog lays his "business" all over the lawn

-Bergermeister cares deeply for his niece and younger sister… but he isn't very fond of her husband, Jonathon

-At first, Bergermeister greatly disliked the idea of Elsa and Victor being together, but he eventually grew to respect him

-Bergermeister used to be married; he and his wife even had a son named Bernard. But the couple had a huge fight and they filed for a divorce. When the divorce was finalized, his ex left New Holland and she took Bernard with him

-Bernard Bergermeister was never close with his cousin, Elsa. In fact, Elsa often found Bernard to be quite repulsive

-When Bernard grew up, he met a wealthy young woman named Lucille and they had a son named Bruce (age 13)

-Mr. Rzykruski’s full name is Ivan Darius Rzykruski

-Ivan was born in a small Eastern European village. He grew up influenced around various scientists in the community. Both of his parents were scientists in different fields of expertise and would encourage him to pursue his dreams

-By the time Ivan was 18 years old, he immigrated to the United States and eventually landed a job as a university professor teaching quantum mechanics. He met with various famous scientists in his career

-Ivan tends to be a bit dramatic in his teachings. He briefly took acting classes in his youth, but he wanted to focus more on being a scientist

-During one of his science lectures, Ivan met a woman by the name of Vanessa. They quickly fell in love, got married, and had a son named Dirk. Unfortunately when Dirk was about 9 years old, Vanessa passed away because of cancer. Ivan was heartbroken and he and Dirk missed her terribly. When Dirk was 10, Ivan sent his son to a private boarding school in another part of the state. But when the boy turned 14, he went back to public school

-Dirk grew up and met a woman named Clarice. They got married and had a daughter named Ingrid (age 13). But Clarice died of a terrible sickness when Ingrid was about 3 or 4, then Dirk died in a car crash when Ingrid was about 7. That was when Mr. Rzykruski took his granddaughter in and raised her as his own

-The gym teacher’s full name is Coach Darla Gladys Barnes

-Bob’s mom’s full name is Barbara Deborah Ferguson Hill

-Vincent Malloy’s full name is Vincent Sebastian Malloy

-When Vincent grew up, he met a woman named Marilynn, they got married and had a daughter named Winona (age 7). But Marilynn got into a bad car accident and passed away, leaving Vincent to raise his daughter on his own

-The invisible fish Victor reanimated didn't die. In fact, the fish used its invisibility powers to slip out of the glass jar Edgar was keeping it in and disappeared into the sewer, rumored to still be there

-The reason that New Holland has so many lightning storms is part of an old town legend. Centuries ago when the first settlers built New Holland, there was a young witch by the name of Loretta Thistletwing and while she was a good witch, she kept her true nature a secret from the superstitious townsfolk. Unfortunately, one fateful night, Loretta accidentally caused her powers to be revealed and the townsfolk formed an angry mob to have her killed. However, her beloved familiar black cat, Midnight, heard of the danger and tried to defend his mistress, only to get killed in the process. Outraged by the loss of her beloved pet, Loretta unleashed a curse upon the town right before they burned her at the stake, saying that the town would be cursed with perpetual thunderstorms and any lightning that hit a deceased pet would bring it back to life, unleashing its fury upon the town. This is why the lightning brings dead pets back. But Sparky is the only good one to be reanimated because Victor loved him so much

-Susan and her two sisters are the three granddaughters of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot. Susan’s son and only child, Victor, was named after his great-grandfather who passed away before his birth

-In the past, New Holland had experienced horrible monster attacks and many of them were based on famous movie monsters. There was a mutated bulldog made out of slime (based on the Blob), a half lizard/fly (based on the Fly), a gigantic pet capuchin monkey (based on King Kong), and even a phantom like cat (based on the Phantom of the Opera). Of course, the current townsfolk never believed these supposed stories until the Dutch Day incident

-Legend has it that the curse Loretta put on the town could only be broken when a pet that had been deeply loved by its owner was brought back peaceful and the townsfolk came together to save it should it die again. This ultimately ended up happening by the end of the movie and the curse was unwittingly broken

This is all I've got so far, but feel free to tell me what you think and tell me which one is your favorite

#frankenweenie #Tim Burton

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Lili Reinhart

With her 20 million followers on Instagram, her dream boyfriend and a filmography under construction, this pretty melancholy 23-year-old blonde is on her way to becoming the new little bride of America.

This fall, she has managed to exist alongside the flamboyant lioness Jennifer Lopez in Queens, the choral film by director Lorene Scafaria. Lili plays there Annabelle, a stripper a bit naive, in search of a surrogate family, who vomits as soon as she worries. She quickly becomes the protégé of Ramona (a J-Lo who goes straight to the 2019 Oscars) and the youngest of her band of pole dancers who specialize - despite themselves - in the scam of traders who survived the crash of 2008. This group of women tries to survive in bikinis and platform heels against predators in three-piece suits. This is obviously a tender and cruel allegory of feminism and girlpower but also of America of 2019 where the power games continue to crush the weakest with a steamroller. The fairy tale is far away. Even if one might think that at least one good fairy has looked into Lili's career so that she finally finds her way in the middle of the Hollywood jungle. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she developed a passion for performing at the age of 10 and began studying dance, acting and singing. On Twitter, she pays tribute to her father, her first fan: “My father coached most of my basketball and football teams when I was in college, he cheered me on even if I was a knockout. And he always brought me flowers after my appearances in theater performances, whether my role was small or large.

At 18, Lili Reinhart leaves to try her luck in Los Angeles and after five months of hardship, she decides to throw in the towel definitively and return with a heavy heart to dad-mom. Before leaving, she still sent a last minute video for an audition for the Riverdale series. And gets the coveted role of Betty Cooper, an intelligent, studious “girl next door”, in love with her best friend Archie and adorable with everyone (from homeless people to elderly characters to animals to adopt). Still in 2016, she starred in Miss Stevens, a small independent film, melancholic and generational, with another star in the making, Timothée Chalamet, then in Galveston (2018), the American thriller of Mélanie Laurent with Ben Foster and Elle Fanning. Since the smashing success of Riverdale, Lili has lived under the scrutiny of the media, especially since she announced her romance with one of her co-stars, actor and model Cole Sprouse. Child star of the Disney stable with his twin brother Dylan, this teen-idol also follows a particular path: at 27 years old, this graduate in archeology not devoid of humor is passionate about photography which he learns the tricks of on prestigious shootings . He is followed by 30 million fans on Instagram plus 5.7 million for his other account "dedicated to people who try to sneak a picture of me and who I manage to photograph first. May the fastest win ”. We are almost in the Lalaland candy pink chromo but the reality is more brutal than that. Lili candidly explains that she faced a serious depression when she started Riverdale, and has just taken the plunge by publishing a first collection of poetry, Swimming Lessons, about her first loves and her anxieties. She also embarks on production for the first time with Chemical Hearts, a new film for Amazon, where she also plays the main role. From a distance, we are already dreaming of its future trajectory in the film industry, like its tattoo created by Dr Woo, the master of dotted tattooing: a delicate arrow that aims well and quickly.

Jalouse Magazine on Lili

#jalouse

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LGBT Representation in Jamie Johnson as Compared to Other Kids’ Media

Pinned to the top of my blog because I’m quite proud of this post, and I still want newer followers to be able to see it.

From what I know, LGBT representation is relatively new in media. Not just kids’ media, but media in general. I don’t even think I knew what gay meant until I was like 11. And I didn’t know that religions didn’t exactly have the greatest opinion of gay people till my GCSEs. In that sense, I was lucky. I knew I was gay before I knew what homophobia was, so I have always been comfortable with who I am. But others didn’t have life that... Well, simple I suppose. I’ve always known who I am, but other people, well, in the worst case scenario, gay people can become homophobic themselves and grow to hate themselves. This might seem like a sidetracky introduction, but I think it shows the importance of LGBT in media. For someone like me, it can help to start to normalise gay people to my family. Even though they’re still homophobic, at least they’re able to watch programmes with LGBT characters in. I met someone who’s dad wouldn’t watch any shows with LGBT characters in it. And for how rare gay people used to be in media in general, they’re even rarer in kids’ media. Why is it that Disney Channel only had their first gay main character in 2017 when homosexuality was legalised in... 2003 in the US. Wow, I can’t lie, I looked up that statistic expecting it to be way earlier. OK, but it was legalised in 1967 in the UK. So why did I never see any gay characters in my childhood? I’ve known I was gay since I was 9, but I must have first seen a gay character in, OK, it was Doctor Who. Captain Jack was pansexual. So I did have some LGBT representation. But there wasn’t much. And again, not in kids’ media. So, let’s look at some of the kids’ media that changed the landscape for LGBT rep in kids’ media. Sarah Jane Adventures and Wizards vs Aliens We’ll start with what I think is probably the worst types of LGBT representation. First of all: Wizards vs Aliens. Benny came out. But I can’t remember the show ever talking about it again after he came out. Sarah Jane Adventures. Yes, it’s not Russell T Davies’ fault that he never got the chance to let Luke come out in the show, and yes, he got to have Luke come out in the memorial episode for Sarah Jane on YouTube, but even before Liz had... Luke had left the main cast, so his coming out would have still meant less to audience members. Gravity Falls had a coming out at the very end of the show, and I believe so did Adventure Time, so they fit in this category too. Compare that to Dillon from Jamie Johnson. Yes, there’s a reasonable chance we won’t see him again after this season, but if it is, he gets to leave on a high. We get to explore his coming out journey. Steven Universe Steven Universe is great for LGBT representation, and it’s great for normalising LGBT representation. You’ve got a huge variety of LGBT characters, because the Gems are all gay (Except Rose). So you can understand that there are different types of gay people (Love Victor did that too, but I’m not sure how many people would watch it). Steven universe is definitely the gayest kids’ show. High School Musical the Musical the Series fits in this category too. Carlos is out and proud. And we don’t see his coming out, more his love life. Again, great rep. Normalises gay people. Jamie Johnson is nowhere near the level of gay that Steven Universe or High School Musical the Musical the Series is, but I think that it’s less meaningful than other shows I’ll mention and Jamie Johnson. It’s the same reason Victor said “Screw you” to Simon at the beginning of Love Victor. We don’t want to see gay people who have it easy. We want to see gay people who are like us. Who have been through stuff and have come out the other side alive. We want hope, but that doesn’t come from seeing gay people who have it easy. I see people playing football and risking corona and I’m jealous. I want to play football again. I see gay people have it easy: Same. I wish I could have it that easy, and it makes me sad. Steven Universe is a great show, and has great rep, but I think even kids’ media should have something closer to home. Andi Mack and Diary of a Future President I love how they portrayed Cyrus and Bobby. We got to see Cyrus’ story from realising he liked guys to being able to say “I’m gay” to showing his crush he likes him (though homophobes can pretend the bench scene was just a friendship scene). Cyrus’ arc was great, and the bench scene was perfect and the only problem with it was that it deserved a fourth season so we could see Cyrus and TJ in a relationship. Diary of a Future President though. I was heartbroken when Bobby didn’t come out to Liam. But then I found out there was a season 2 and I was OK, because it’s hard to come out. It’s as if all the shows make it so easy to come out to the first person, but it’s not. The first real life person I came out to, I came out at 22. And they had come out to me first. And I had to write it down on my phone. I couldn’t say it out loud. So yeah, seeing Diary of a Future President take it slow is amazing, and I love it, and it’s also what they did with Dillon. Some people think that they only really intended for Dillon to be gay from season 4. But, I think that they’ve known since the beginning. I plan to do a character analysis on Dillon after my rewatch, but I think I found something that shows they must have known since at least season 2. (I expect the analysis will be a lot shorter than this. Sorry for the crazy length. And if it’s a crap read. I don’t essay well). But if they knew from the beginning, that was a brilliant move on their part. The only thing that makes me unsure is how Dillon took 3 years to realise he might be gay, but it’s possible that he denied it to himself until he realised Elliot was gay. Because there’s no way he wasn’t thinking he was gay in season 4 episode 5. He didn’t think he was asexual, his reaction to Ruby’s foster mums suggested that he was interested because they were gay. But regardless, I love that they took it slow. Not everyone can come out as easily as others, and having someone like Bobby, or like Dillon, is so much more meaningful than Cyrus, even though Cyrus is an amazing character. Bobby and Dillon are more relatable because they’re finding it tough to come out. The Dumping Ground I kept trying to decide whether I thought the dumping ground or Andi Mack/Diary of a Future President had better LGBT representation. In the end, I decided that I preferred the Dumping Ground’s representation. Yes, in Andi Mack and Diary of a Future President, we get to see the coming out journey of Bobby and Cyrus, but even though Andi Mack touched on homophobia, a lot of people didn’t even realise Kira was blackmailing TJ, making him afraid of how people would react if they found out he was gay. A number of people just thought TJ was being an idiot. But the Dumping Ground had a gay couple wanting to foster Gus. And IIRC, Johnny thought it was wrong because they were gay. Something like that would foster (see what I did there?) potential discussion between parents and children about gay adoption. Some kids watching the show might have been gay and if they watched it with their parents, they could talk about it with them. Gage their reaction. Maybe even come out to them. The Dumping Ground’s episode was great. And then May-Li came out. And we never got to see her full journey, But we did get to see her journey to being accepted by her grandmother I think. And that’s something. And Now On To Jamie Johnson Just like the Dumping Ground, Jamie Johnson has been able to tackle serious issues. I mean, season 1 dealt with Jamie’s cheating father. You’ve got Zoe being a carer, Dillon getting diabetes. But in terms of LGBT representation, it’s season 4 and season 5. Season 4 episode 5 was incredible. I remember telling all my friends about it, and how amazing it was that CBBC were doing this. To recap: Ruby said her heroes were her foster parents, causing Dillon to ask Ruby about it. She thought he was being an idiot, even though in actual fact, he was excited that someone else was gay and trying not to show it. Dillon told his dad that Ruby had foster mums while he was telling him how Ruby’s biological parents weren’t in her life anymore. Liam, Dillon’s brother, used it to rile up Ruby’s sister Alba until she attacked him. She probably would have gotten expelled from the club, but Sienna filmed the incident so everyone found out what really happened, and it was Liam who got expelled. I think Alba only got excluded. What I find really awesome about the storyline though is not just that they had it. It was that the consequences of Liam’s actions set the course for the rest of the season, aka Dodgy Duncan. Liam’s actions caused the club’s image to go down the drain, and sponsors to leave, and that’s what made Duncan turn to the dark side. And it’s a subtle way to just say “Homophobia is bad”. Because Liam’s homophobia caused all the problems in the rest of the season. The First Time Dillon Let Himself “be Gay” Dillon took a long time to come out. And, like me, I think for a long time, nobody really suspected he was gay, in real life or in the audience. He never really showed it. I’m pretty sure when I was a kid, I would act super offended and upset if someone jokingly called me gay. So, yeah, it’s a slow burn. And we didn’t get any hints that he was gay, but that happens. Gay people are good at hiding, I think that’s why gay kids are often portrayed as loving theater. They already have to act their whole lives. It’s not easy to be in the closet. But I think that once Dillon was able to leave his father’s shadow, he was able to be more comfortable with himself, leading to him coming out to Elliot in episode 7. I think he had crushes before, specifically Michelle from season 2, but Elliot was the first time he felt like he could be himself. So here we have two massive points from other shows, but they haven’t been done together. The discussion of homophobia in the Dumping Ground, and the Slow Burn from Diary of a Future President. Social Media Presence Andi Mack made a huge deal about Cyrus being gay, like a week before the episode where he came out aired. HSMTMTS had Carlos be a gay stereotype from the trailer, and OK, Steven Universe was always gay. But Jamie Johnson, and the Dumping Ground didn’t make a big deal about it beforehand. They didn’t scream to the world “Look at us! We’re woke!” They showed it. They let people see for themselves, they let people debate for two weeks on Dillon’s sexuality, and they didn’t tell everyone that this was the episode Dillon would come out (though they made sure that everyone knew they should watch this episode). They just let people see for themselves. And after the episode aired, they made their move. They had the Jamie Johnson logo in rainbow colours to celebrate pride, they had a guide on how to react if someone comes out to you, and they had a history of pride, and I expect they’ll do even more on their social media after this week’s episode. @tkstrand​ reckons the Delliot post is Jamie Johnson’s most liked instagram post. I don’t know whether the other shows did this, but it’s a great gesture regardless. Oh, and there’s the fact that they’re doing a Bafta zoom conference on how they tackle issues. Choosing the Right Character and Breaking Ground for CBBC A lot of people on Instagram said that they thought it was Boggy who should be gay, and while I think either storyline would be great, I think that the writers made the right decision. 1) Boggy is an amazing person. He’s not afraid to be himself. I think, if Boggy was gay, then he wouldn’t have as much trouble coming out as Dillon is having. Of course, Boggy is going through stuff right now, but I still think he would have been a lot braver than Dillon and so we wouldn’t get the storyline we’re getting now delving into homophobia 2) If Dillon does have a minor or major role in season 6, we might get to explore homophobia in professional football, which would be super exciting 3) While Boggy is an amazing character, I’d reckon kids tend to gravitate to the coolest character as their favourite. And while Boggy radiates cool. (Seriously, check out the two posts I made on how sarcastic he is. And just look at his hat at the beginning of episode 1!

But Dillon is the more traditionally cool character, so he’s more likely to be a fan favourite (that and the fact that he’s the best developed character in Jamie Johnson). So for those who aren’t necessarily homophobic, but don’t really understand homosexuality, Dillon is the perfect choice to have written as gay. Because after next week, the people who don’t believe Dillon is gay might leave the episode with a new understanding of LGBT people. It’s been done with TJ, who’s also a cool character, but people who want to ignore the gay subtext can because it was never said out loud in the show. And I reckon Dillon is a groundbreaking character for CBBC. Benny left soon after he came out, Luke left before he came out, May-Li is part of an ensemble cast, so in terms of a small number of main characters (the core 4 in JJ being Dillon, Jamie, Zoe and Boggy), so I think Dillon is the first gay main character (not ensemble character) on CBBC who has gotten a major gay storyline. Could be wrong, let me know if I am! Groundbreaking in General From what it looks like, the next episode is gonna focus completely on Dillon’s coming out storyline. Forget kids’ media, I don’t think I’ve seen an adults’ show that has an entire episode solely dedicated to an LGBT storyline. (Even Reunited from Steven Universe wasn’t completely focused on Garnet). Love Victor was jam packed with side stories and I think even Real O’Neals always had side stories to it. If another show has done this, I’d love to hear, but if Jamie Johnson really has the whole episode dedicated solely to Dillon, I think it’s huge. I only hope it doesn’t mean that the storyline will be forgotten about in the last 4 episodes, but since the head writer of Jamie Johnson is LGBT, I have no doubt they’ll do it justice. Does Jamie Johnson Have the Best LGBT Representation in Kids’ Media? No, I don’t think it does. Andi Mack has 2 seasons where we follow Cyrus on his coming out journey and Steven Universe has a lot more LGBT people, including a non-binary character. But in the aspects Jamie Johnson does well, it excels at. The homophobia storyline(s), and Jamie Johnson’s instagram presence. And having the best developed and best defined character be the one to show kids how to treat gay people. Thursday could be a historic moment for Kids’ television if they do this right, and I think they will. So I hope that everyone enjoys the episode! No, I swear this wasn’t a long promo for the next episode. No, I am not sponsored. Yes, this post was extremely long, I’m really sorry about that. I hope it’s worth the read. If not, don’t worry, this will almost definitely be my longest post. No, I don’t know how to have a “continue reading” button. Does anyone happen to know how? Thanks! Edit: Apparently 4 O Clock club had a gay main character first, so I got that wrong, but I still hold that Jamie Johnson is groundbreaking.

#jamie johnson #delliot #lgbt representation #analysis #long post #Seriously this is a super long post

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family matters: bucky barnes, part two; james

under the cut are the members of bucky’s family he came to know outside immediate family. each will have an icon, their fc, and full name listed. additional information may include:  birthdates, marriage dates, death dates, line of relation. blurbs will vary in length. all listed in this post reside in the united states of america.

does cover some of the following: siblings-in-law, nieces, nephews, grand-nieces/nephews, and great-grand-nieces/nephews. may include names of great-great grand-nieces/nephews.

note: all listed are relevant npcs, and potential guest muses. note two: will be updated periodically, mostly on blurbs. note three: included as james’s family as well due to them getting to know him.

fc: ewan mcgregor ( as cast by @staarryniights​! ) name: samuel webb dob: 1 january 1916 dod: 4 february 1977 relation: brother-in-law ( via matilda webb nee barnes ) blurb: married to matilda barnes. four daughters, one son. should wear glasses all the time but only does for reading. drinks socially to hide nerves.

fc: lois smith name: maggie anne mayor nee webb dob: 7 august 1953 dod: —- relation: niece ( via matilda webb nee barnes ) blurb: former maths teacher.  met and bonded with mason over a love of sudoku. preference for trousers and coveralls over dresses. grandmother to ivy. loves lilacs and sunflowers. collects doily patterns to make herself. conversational in mason’s native tongues. collects postcards.

fc: giancarlo gianini name: mason erik mayor dob: 7 september 1952 dod: —- relation: nephew-in-law ( via matilda webb nee barnes ) blurb: importer of various materials. columbia native, nyc resident. likes pocketwatches over wristwatches. met and bonded with maggie over a love of sudoku. grandfather to ivy. went into the masonry trade early in life specifically for the punniness, keeps it up as a hobby. enjoys teaching ivy bogota spanish and vlax romani, his native tongues.

fc: troian bellesario name: ivy vivian isaacs dob: 14 june 1990 dod: —- relation: great-grandniece ( via matilda webb nee barnes ) blurb: granddaughter of maggie. loves animals. mother died in afghanistan, father recently passed from cancer, lives with her grandparents. works part-time at a no-kill shelter, part-time at a vet clinic. multilingual with english, hebrew, bogota spanish and conversationally fluent in vlax romani. collects playing cards.

fc: constance marie name: cordelia ora russi nee proctor dob: 12 february 1955 dod: —- relation: niece ( via rebecca proctor nee barnes ) blurb: mother to twins amelie and mira russi, grandmother to eva barnes and david russi. owns a small chain of salons ( read: three locations and soon to open a fourth ). dyes her hair to keep it dark. collects turquoise items. allergic to oranges.

fc: emmanuelle vaugier name: mira catelyn russi dob: 3 april 1977 dod: —- relation: grandniece ( via rebecca proctor nee barnes ) blurb: mother to eva barnes and david russi. twin to mira. married into the hotel business, now owns several franchised buildings around nyc. kept her maiden name out of preference. runs deals for her sister’s wedding planning business. prefers wearing neutral colors for clothing and eyeshadow but almost exclusively wears red lipsticks. won’t tell david who his father is; the birth certificate has a blank space.

fc: erica cerra name: amelie eva russi dob: 3 april 1977 dod: —- relation: grandniece ( via rebecca proctor nee barnes ) blurb: aunt to eva barnes and david russi. twin to amelie. wedding planner. runs specials for people staying in her sister’s hotels. worked with eva to make sure bucky didn’t feel alone during the trial process, took the entire family out to celebrate his acquittal. prefers to emote quietly unless very excited. always carries a book and planner in her purse. owns a car but prefers using rentals for work.

fc: sarah shahi name: eva juliet barnes dob: 3 january 1995 dod: —- relation: great-grandniece ( via rebecca proctor nee barnes ) blurb: museum curator. david’s older half-sister. published poet. takes no shit. collected butterflies as a child. favourite flower is the calla lily. at 21 legally changed her last name, partially in support of great-granduncle bucky after his trial went through. mildly ocd. makes most of her own jewelry. actively checks in with bucky and they have lunch together at least twice a week. loves the color green. shit at sewing. likes first-edition books. bonus for @battlesthatmatter​ ( specific to our married!stucky verse ): in 2023 agrees to be a surrogate for steve and bucky, delivering a healthy baby girl to the very happy husbands, who they name reagan rogers.

fc: steven strait name: david nicholas russi dob: 2 june 2002 dod: —- relation: great-grandnephew ( via rebecca proctor nee barnes ) blurb: eva’s younger half-brother. enjoys wood-working. works at a deli down the block from home. only thing he knows about his dad is the man left a guitar behind; he’s entirely self-taught on playing. sometimes likes to paint his nails just cause.

fc: michael clarke duncan name: jethro jakob daniels dob: 7 september 1955 dod: —- relation: first cousin once removed ( via cassandra daniels nee barnes ) blurb: son of cassandra’s best friends, adopted by her after their accidental death. always has a smile to spare. prefers to pay with cash. quilting hobbyist. partially deaf in left ear. adores his granddaughter erica more than anything in the world.

fc: jessica parker kennedy name: erica iris rains dob: 14 may 1999 dod: —- relation: first cousin thrice removed ( via cassandra barnes ) blurb: granddaughter to jethro. lives with eva and david’s family while parents are overseas.  fluent in spanish, learning hebrew. loves older movies, especially the bad ones. wants to be a dj and own a club. best friends with her granddad. loves going to amusement parks and fairs. hates bright orange if it’s not a glowstick.

fc: bruce mcgill name: gregory joel barnes dob: 17 september 1962 dod: —- relation: first cousin once removed ( via jay barnes ) blurb: adopted by jay barnes. semi-retired stage director. works with the drama departments of the local high schools. lives in georgia but regularly visits new york for family reunions and italy to see his dad. loves boardwalks.

#( by water | family | bucky ) #( and by blood | family | james ) #( left in the ashes | headcanons | bucky ) #( feeling at home | family | phoebe ) #( trying to feel real | headcanons | james ) #( goes on flying | headcanons | phoebe ) #( solid as they come | samuel webb | rel. bucky ) #( hasn't slowed a day | maggie mayor | rel. bucky ) #( comedic & confident | mason mayor | rel. bucky ) #( our personal disney princess | ivy isaacs | rel. bucky ) #( well-coiffed | cordelia russi | rel. bucky ) #( busy as business does | mira russi | rel. bucky ) #( keeps happy endings on schedule | amelie russi | rel. bucky ) #( never takes no for an answer | eva barnes | rel. bucky ) #( quiet rebel | david russi | rel. bucky ) #( tunes spinner | erica rains | rel. bucky ) #( tired teacher | gregory barnes | rel. bucky ) #( assembled anthology | all headcanons )

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For a late Father’s Day post, I’d like to provide a list of television shows, video games, and movies with genuinely good fathers. The list is below the cut, so that it doesn’t clutter up anyone’s dash.

Steven Universe is a very good example. Greg Universe is a single father raising his child; he gave up everything so that Steven could live a happy and comfortable life. Greg lived in a van for most of his life, and got a job at a local car wash so that Steven could eat. He made sure that Steven had plenty of toys and games, albeit not up-to-date ones, and taught him how to sing and play the ukulele. Whenever Steven has issues, he can always count on his father to help him figure his problems out and feel better. Thanks to Greg, Steven is a happy, well-adjusted child.

Nate, from Fallout 4. His entire story arc revolves around finding and rescuing his kidnapped son from the people who murdered his wife.

Barret Wallace, from Final Fantasy 7. The man may run a bar by night and sabotage Shinra by day, but his little Marlene is well-cared-for. and he fights for her future. And the minute he has to go away for an extended period of time, he ensures that she’s in the care of someone he can trust. Marlene may not be his daughter by blood, but she’s his by love.

Doctor Light, from Mega Man. Although he’s made a lot of mistakes and ended up bringing several children into a world that didn’t see them as people, he genuinely cares for each and every one of them. X is his pride and joy, a child who he made to have every tool necessary to defeat whatever problem comes his way. And if something came that he wasn’t prepared for, Thomas would still grant it to him even in death.

Digimon Tamers has Takehiro Matsuki and Janyu Wong, the fathers of Takato and Henry respectively. Takato’s father is very kind to him, and encourages his imagination and kindness. Henry’s father absolutely loves to dote on his children, especially the seven-year-old Suzie.

Fullmetal Alchemist has Maes Hughes, a man who loves his wife and daughter more than anything in the world. Simply talking about them makes his face light up with joy, and he delights in spoiling his daughter.

Tatsuko Kusakabe of My Neighbor Totoro is a very good father. He cares for his daughters dearly, and although he has very little time to spend with them, he always spends that time with a smile on his face.

Lord Death from Soul Eater is a very good father. Although he’s limited in what he can do and where he can go, he does his best to ensure that his son, Death Junior, is happy and gets the best education he can. He even respects his son’s nickname for himself, Death the Kid, and makes sure that his son never feels pressured to live up to him.

Depending on the writer, Batman. He can be very kind and good to his children, and grants many orphaned souls a chance to recover from their trauma by feeling powerful through saving others.

Pa Kent, from Superman. He took in an alien baby as his own and raised it to be kind and good. It was from him that Superman had such a strong code of ethics.

Pacha from The Emperor’s New Groove. The man loves his wife and kids, and gladly plays with his three little ones. He even ends up becoming a father of sorts to Kuzko, and helps the emperor feel loved for the first time in his life.

Eli La Bouff, from Disney’s Princess and the Frog. He is a wealthy white man living in 1912 New Orleans, and yet he’s not only very kind and good to his daughter, but he isn’t racist, and passed on his open-mindedness to his daughter. He even provides daycare for his servants’ children!

Shrek. Although he spent much of the third movie terrified that he would be an abusive father like his own, he ultimately was a very good father, and did as much for his children as his wife Fiona.

Bob Parr, from The Incredibles. Although he’s not exactly there for his kids in the first movie or the first half of the sequel, he quickly catches up to being a stay-at-home dad. He learns his kids’ schoolwork so he can help them through it, he learns their likes and dislikes so they can feel comfortable and at home around him, and he does it all with a smile.

Bowser, from the Mario series. Although he’s a terrifying villain and king, the man is an excellent father. He adopted seven different koopas as his own, and he deeply cares for each and every one of them alongside his one biological child.

Jack of Bioshock 1. Provided that you go for the good ending, he ends up adopting twenty-one little girls, and gives them a home and happy lives.

King Asgore of Undertale. The man deeply loves all life, especially his children- he had one biological child, Asriel, and one adopted child, Chara. He’s known as a lovable figure by all his subjects, and acts as a father to them all.

Avatar: The Last Airbender has two notable good fathers- the first is Hakoda, the father of Katara and Sokka. Although he doens’t interact with them much in the show, it’s clear from what we do see that he loves them dearly. Iroh also ends up as a surrogate father figure to Zuko, and although he’s not actually the teen’s father, he loves Zuko as his own.

Although Jack Fenton from Danny Phantom is very oblivious and almost ends up killing Danny a few times out of ignorance of Danny Fenton being Danny Phantom, the man very much loves his family- he loves spending time with them, but also knows to give them their space when they want it. But when one Fenton is in trouble, he goes full Papa Bear- the man is built like a tank, and will gladly deck someone should they endanger his family.

Surprisingly enough, Bender from Futurama. Although he never wanted to be a father, after being saddled with a son, he turned out to be a very good father, and raised his kid right. He even sacrificed their relationship to let his son achieve his dream.

Shining Armor from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The man absolutely adores his baby girl, for all that she can drive him up the wall with all her power.

Heinz Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb. Although he may not completely understand his daughter, the man does the best he can to care for her- whether that means spending ten years searching for a doll she really wanted, zapping pedophiles into another dimension, or throwing her the best birthday party ever, he always goes above and beyond to do what’s right for his daughter.

#father's day #steven universe #fallout #final fantasy #mega man #digimon #my neighbor totoro #soul eater #batman #superman #the emperor's new groove #princess and the frog #shrek #the incredibles #mario #bioshock #undertale #avatar: the last airbender #danny phantom #futurama #my little pony #Phineas and Ferb

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OK, February 17

Cover: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle replaced by sisters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie 

Page 1: Big Pic -- Hannah Brown and Kate Flannery kicked off the Dancing With the Stars: Live! Tour at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall 

Page 2: Contents 

Page 3: Contents

Page 4: Kelly Ripa is ready to dish on her career, marriage and more in a juicy memoir 

Page 6: Joanna Gaines -- how I do it all 

Page 7: Ozzy Osbourne admitted that his recent Parkinson’s diagnosis has been terribly challenging for himself and his loved ones and his kids Kelly and Jack are doing their best to help him and their mom Sharon in every way they can, Renee Zellweger’s nitpicking has prevented her from finding romance and she sabotages things by getting clingy, Naomi Watts is desperate to reconnect with Nicole Kidman after falling out of touch wither her former BFF -- Naomi distanced herself from Nicole to concentrate on raising her two sons but they’re entering their teen years and Naomi is crawling back to Nicole and asked Nicole to put in a good word with her A-list connections 

Page 8: Now that her son son Maddox is at college Angelina Jolie is contemplating adopting another child which she would have done years ago but Brad Pitt thought their brood of six was enough, Vanessa Bryant is heartbroken over the death of husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna and still has moments of disbelief that this is even happening, after two decades in showbiz Aaron Paul is ready to press pause on his career to be a more present father to his and wife Lauren’s daughter Story 

Page 10: Red Hot on the Red Carpet -- Grammy Awards -- Gwen Stefani, Grace Elizabeth 

Page 11: Lana Del Rey, Dua Lipa 

Page 12: Keltie Knight vs. Jeannie Mai, Kirsten Dunst vs. Elizabeth Chambers, Gigi Hadid and Khloe Kardashian 

Page 14: News in Photos -- Caitlyn Jenner gave British comedic duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly at the 25th National Television Awards 

Page 16: Sundance Film Festival -- Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan, director Liz Garbus and Lost Girls stars Oona Lawrence and Miriam Show and Amy Ryan and Lolo Kirke 

Page 17: Eva Longoria and Lin-Manuel Miranda and his dad Luis and America Ferrera, David Arquette 

Page 18: Charlize Theron and Renee Zellweger at the Academy Awards nominees luncheon, Justin and Hailey Bieber at the premiere of his documentary, Dove Cameron participating in the beach salon and cleanup 

Page 20: Grammy Awards -- Lizzo, Lil Nas X and Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler with Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels and Joseph Simmons 

Page 21: Demi Lovato, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas 

Page 22: Mark Wahlberg at the gym, Ellen guest host Jennifer Aniston asked Will Ferrell some burning questions, Ellie Kemper at a Tropicana pop-up 

Page 24: Robert Downey Jr.’s expansive estate in Malibu 

Page 26: After dating on and off with Shayna Taylor for six years Ryan Seacrest is ready to propose 

Page 27: Kourtney Kardashian’s desire for another baby has intensified since she reconciled with Younes Bendjima, Love Bites -- Machine Gun Kelly and Noah Cyrus dating, Chris Sullivan and wife Rachel are expecting their first baby, Brandon Jenner and Cayley Stoker wed 

Page 28: Just one week after it was revealed that Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler has ended their nearly nine-year romance she was seen dining with 24-year-old Lakers player Kyle Kuzma, Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are giving things another go but this time she’s confident they’re playing for keeps because she’s impressed with how much he’s matured and she’s always wanted to marry young, as a bi-coastal couple NYC-based Ashley Graham and husband Justin Ervin made a rule to never go longer than 2 weeks without seeing each other but now that they’re parents they’ve agreed that being apart for ant amount of time isn’t an option so Ashley and the baby will live in LA with Justin 

Page 30: Cover Story -- Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie seize the royal spotlight after they’re named Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s replacements

Page 32: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard get real about their marriage and life with their kids and more 

Page 36: Dating Disasters 

Page 40: Forget the jade eggs -- some of Gwyneth Paltrow’s best wellness advice is surprisingly sensible 

Page 44: Style Week -- Ashley Graham recently collaborated with Pronovias on a bridal line designed with all sizes of women in mind

Page 48: Valentine’s -- Sara Sampaio 

Page 50: Beauty -- Petra Nemcova 

Page 54: Entertainment 

Page 55: Q&A -- Sean Evans, host of Hot Ones: The Game Show

Page 58: Buzz -- Blake Lively’s red carpet return 

Page 60: Hollywood Heath Meter -- Zac Efron is dating Halston Sage, Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge leaving RHOOC, Nikki and Brie Bella are both expecting, Andy Samberg’s film Palm Springs has become the most expensive Sundance acquisition, Brad Pitt hired Jennifer Aniston’s stylists Nina and Clare Hallworth, Sound Bites -- Ellen DeGeneres, Kumail Nanjiani, Jodie Turner-Smith, Will Ferrell 

Page 62: Horoscope -- Aquarius Chloe Grace Moretz 

Page 64: By the Numbers -- Sarah Hyland

#tabloid #tabloid toc #meghan markle #prince harry #princess eugenie #princess beatrice #joanna gaines #dax shepard #kristen bell #sarah hyland #vanessa hudgens #kyle kuzma #ryan seacrest #shayna taylor #nicole kidman #naomi watts #Ashley Graham

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( I loved the single dad tony au so much i decided to write a part two!)

"Every time you flap your lips another one of my brain cells dies and I crave for death, you absolute disaster."

Two months have passed since what the kids called 'the Steve incident'-- thought, Pietro insisted they referred to him as 'the creepy customer who wants to get into our dad's pants'--, and currently, Wanda was restraining herself from stabbing her eardrums with a toothpick as she was eating a brownie while listening to her brother's immature shenanigans.

Pietro rolled his eyes, laying out a piece of paper on the table. The blank page was filled with scribbled drabbles of Steve in dangerous or life-threatening situations, grace to Peter's artistic skills. Pietro had to bribe him with candy in exchange for the art, but the teen needed to feel like at least ONE sibling was on his side.

"Then perish, " Pietro scoffed, taking a seat next to her, stealing away the brownie as he took Peter into his arms, settling his baby brother on his lap, ignoring the drool spilling on his arm. "Come on sis, contribute! Come up with ideas! Help me! Do something! You're the brain of this operation!"

"No. Steve is just a sweet guy who likes our dad, that's it. Just leave it alone!"

Pietro scuffed, continuing his aggressive scribbling "I changed my mind, you're the ass of this operation."

"There is no operation. There's just you fearing dad will finally have someone again and you want to ruin it because you're paranoid and scared of change."

"Never gonna happen. Ever." Confidently said Pietro, arms crossed over his chest. He's pretty sure Steve won't stick around anyway once he gets bored, or fed up when he realizes Tony won't pick him over them, which will inevitably happen. He's seen this before and already knows the ending.

Only if he knew how bad he was going to eat his words.

Hand landing harshly on Steve's shoulder, Pietro's smile was forced and painful on his face as he turned to his science teacher whom he HAD to piss off that day with one of his usual acting up sessions, as he liked to call every time Pietro pulled his daily shenanigans.

"Mr. Stone, this is my father, Steve," Pietro pushed every word out with difficulty through his gritted teeth, forcing himself not to sneer every letter. Steve's knowing face didn't help the situation by any means, only increased Pietro's desire to wipe that infuriating smug smirk off his face. With his fists, preferably.

He called Steve and asked for his help after Stone caught him having a fight with Thomspon in the cafeteria. After a scolding that bored the teen out of his mind, Stone ordered him to call his parents, which made Pietro pause slightly.

If he called Tony, he'll get grounded for sure. After countless times his adoptive father had to leave his workplace because of Pietro's mischievousness, Tony firmly warned him that if he received one more call from the school, Pietro will be stuck at home babysitting Peter and do chores for a whole month.

He couldn't afford being grounded as he was invited to Harry Osborn's party which everyone will attend and he knew for a fact not a single person will shrug off his absence. If he missed this event, Pietro was going to be the main gossip material for who knows how long. Normally, he wouldn't mind a bit of attention here and there, but Pietro just knew he was going to be more annoyed by their whispers as time went by, and he didn't want to deal with it.

So he swallowed his pride and requested Steve's help, who much to his dismay, agreed to play along if Pietro'd put a good word for him to Tony. Grumbling, he accepted the offer and now here he was, in Stone's classroom, pretending to be the son of the one person he hated most.

In his luck, Stone was new to the school, replacing the former science teacher who thought was a good idea to keep some girls after class for 'supplementary lessons' and forgot about the security cameras that spied every classroom, so he easily believed Pietro's lie.

He also seemed pleased by Steve's perfectly tailored suit. Pietro had no doubt the outfit costed more than his entire tuition. "It's good to know at least one of you has decent taste in clothing, " Stone gestured to one of the chairs. "Please, take a seat, Mr. Maximoff. There is a lot we must discuss your son and his atrocious behavior."

"Don't mind if I do, sir," Steve smiled, sitting on a chair while Pietro remained on his feet, hands in the pockets of his hoodie as he waited for the whole charade to be over. "I know my son can be quite the rascal sometimes, but he means no harm, I assure you. What did he do this time?"

"I regret to say that your son has quite the record, Mr. Maximoff, " with a disapproving shake of head, Stone glared in his direction and Pietro had to hold himself back from rolling his eyes so hard they'd pop out of his head.

"Verbal altercations with the school's faculty, various acts of obnoxious farces that disturb classes, and worst of all, he engages in physical fights with other students like some sort of savage! This behavior is unacceptable and must be corrected immediately."

Fists clenched, Pietro sat in silence, knowing he won't help his situation if he'd open his mouth. Stone wasn't exactly the type to listen to the other side of the story that differs to his.

"Why did they fight?"

Taken back by the question, Stone blinked in confusion, as did Pietro. "Um, well--"

"Because there has to be a reason," Steve interrupted Stone with an unshakable firmity. "Pietro wouldn't start an argument just because. He knows he'd disappoint To--Me, if he did, " not giving the teacher a chance to reply, Steve turned his attention to Pietro and asked: "tell me what happened. The whole thing."

"Mr. Maxmimoff, I don't think--,"

"Stone, I'm speaking to my son. Don't interrupt me again." Steve's glare was enough to make Stone snap his mouth shut, not daring to mutter another thing. "Also if I may, using the term 'savage' to describe another student is incredibly disrespectful, not to mention inappropriate, and I'll make sure Ms. Hill will hear about it."

He couldn't lie, watching Steve rip Stone a new one was entertaining and he didn't want to stop it by any means. Holding back a smile, Pietro began to explain the whole incident. And even now he wants to kick Flash's ass for what he said about his father.

Steve looked like he had the same idea. Turning to Stone, he raised an eyebrow. " And I assume you already knew all of this before you brought my son here and called me. I am sure you were a rational person and heard him out instead of ignoring what he had to say thinking that you know better.

"I, well, he didn't say--"

" I also assume you will call Eugene's father and let him know about what happened. Needless to say his son will get punished just like Pietro, yes? It wouldn't be fair to just punish one student when both of them were involved, would it?"

"Mr. Maximoff, I'm afraid that it'd taint Flash's record if we involve him in this incident and Mr. Thompson wouldn't be pleased with that--, "

Stone's sentence was interrupted by the snort coming from Steve, but judging by the way his jaw tightened Steven was everything but amused.

"And we wouldn't want our main sponsor to stop throwing money to us because we hold his spoiled asshole of a son responsible for once, right? Why does it matter if we're being unfair to the other kids? If we're not treating them equally like we do more 'important' students? I mean, it's not like they can actually DO something or speak up since we will side with money anyway, isn't it?"

"Steve, that is NOT appropriate and I find your tone very aggressive!" Stone huffed indignantly, eyeing Steve as though he was a maniac. Rolling his eyes, Steve stood up, placing a hand on Pietro's shoulder, leading him out of the classroom.

"You ain't seen aggressive yet. And trust me when I say you don't want to," spoke lowly Steve, fixating Stone with a stare so cold and dark it made the teacher take a step and cause Pietro to stop in his tracks. He never heard that tone from him before. "And it's Mr. Maximoff to you."

Once they stepped outside the school, Pietro didn't peep at all, which worried Steve a great deal but didn't press onto the issue. They took a cab filled with awkward silence to the apartment building Pietro and his family lived in. Steve had to admit, the neighborhood wasn't the best. He'll have to talk with Tony about it sometime.

The cab stopped, making Steve finally break the ice "So, uh," he shrugged helplessly, as he gestured to the building. "This is us, I guess. Pleasure masking business with you, kid."

After a pregnant pause, Steve found himself surprised when Pietro asked him if he wanted to have dinner with them. There was no mockery or cutting hostility in his tone like there usually was. Steve would lie if he'd say the invitation didn't caught him by surprise, even made him worry further a bit, but nevertheless, he said:

"I am 100℅ sure you're gonna poison me," he said drily, finally making Pietro snort. ", but I'll take the risk. Lead the way, kiddo."

"Hope you like Cyanide in your lasagna." Pietro joked, jogging to his apartment.

Running after him with a laugh, Steve replied with " As long as you're eating it with me we won't have a problem!"

"Fuck you, Rogers."

"Right back at you, P."

#pietro maximoff #quicksilver #scarlet witch #wanda maximoff #tony stark #iron man #steve rogers #captain america #stony #stony fic #peter parker #spiderman #irondad #fluff #otp #my writing #my aus #oof finally

[kurtty-drabbles]

5. "I hate you. You hate me but we both like the same person so let’s see who they pick.” (That Seir and Darkholme scenario we were discussing)

@djinmer4 @dannybagpipesarecalling @sailorstar9 @discordsworld @look-ma-no-hands336

N/A: Go team Kurt D

Genosa is being led by Wanda, Lorna, Pietro and Kitty(well, Wanda does value Shadowcat´s opinion) and after the fiasco of demons coming to conquer the planet and using Genosha as an example, security was improved 10 times more.

The Queen of Genosha wanted nothing more than executed Seir for his betrayal, however, Seir did come around and help Genosha and Genosha does not forget his actions.

Kitty points out(earning a few snides comments from Pietro) how in the end, Seir did help and without his help…Genosha wouldn´t be where it is today.

“Very well, Genosha does not forget, but we don´t forgive easily, Kitty, you´ll be in charge for his recovery, however, I warn you …if he tries anything like that again…he may save the world, but, won´t forgive again, Am I clear?” Wanda asked with icy in her tone, such a frost tone is not a good match for Wanda(well, at least not the Wanda Kitty knows)

“I understand, and if tries that again, I´ll phase his heart out” Kitty promises and that´s enough.

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Genosha was never a secret and not after the winning and magnificent victory over demons remains a secret. The talk of such battle hit everyone´s ears, especially Angel who is doing a job for the New Avengers(a lovely collaboration between Black Widow and Cyclops as they want heroes to combat evil and the X-men are heroes, Tony Stark is arrested for selling guns to crime lords and Steven is retired…an encounter with a Nazi version of himself break the man´s mind)

“Wait, Darkholme” Angel speaks remembering a detail about one of his friends “didn´t you tell us you had a twin?” the question is innocent as Darkholme rarely speaks about his own twin, rather, he prefers to talk about his mother and sister.

“Yeah, what that dumbass did?”

“He…saved Genosha?”

“No, seriously, what he did?”

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Seir is not a man for sentimentalist, that´s how he was raised, yet, regrets some chooses. Meeting Talia makes the man realizes that… procreating and sacrificing his own children are not a charming trait.

Talia can agree and tell much more, Seir can only listen. He´s always looking for himself, yet, it was Kitty who ended up looking after him. It was a sentiment Seir can´t fully comprehend …yet.

He thought he was attracted to Kitty, the woman is strong, intelligent and determinate, he could see how a child with her is an idea, yet, he thinks in raise the child as well…with Kitty.

“Hey?” Kitty asked, not really mad, not really gently “ I brought your lunch, I´ve good news and bad news, the goods news you won´t be executed and this is an order the Queen herself made everyone aware, bad news you´re stuck here with the inhibitor collar until we can trust you again” until I can trust you again, the phrase is clear as day.

“You´ll take care of me?” Seir asked calmly, not wanting to show disrespect(even him has some limits) but not feeling afraid by the situation “Because that is not a bad news” and smiles at her.

“Glad to see you still have time to flirt” she responds tiredly. She wants to ask why he did what he did, and maybe, her own expression was enough because Seir answers anyway.

“I did…because …I couldn´t be here with you if I side with my family” is an honest reply and Seir is taken back by his own words. Kitty is not showing disgust nor joy.

“Well, is a reason, now, eat your food, Seir, we talk when you feel ready”

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Genosha is slowly starting to adopt an anti-blue mentality as Darkholme arrives, rather rudely, and is demanding to see Seir, however, the man picks a bad time to try this rudely encounter, as a Sentinel(a rouge one, sent by Striker before his own death) has the mission to wipe out Genosha.

Darkholme, in a rare moment of clarity, uses his sword and destroy the sentinel as it was nothing, Kitty is perplexed. He looks like Seir(well, his body is well toned) but has scarlet eyes and a lightning bolt tattoo, also in red.

“Where is him?” Darkholme asked with a manic smile on his face. Kitty is surprised by how she´s not affected.

“It depends…how are you? and what do you want with Seir?” Kitty asked bravely.

“Kill him, if possible,” the answer is so blase, yet, this was the man that defeat a sentinel and before that make sure there´s no civilian around to not have casualties.

Angel arrives in a nick of time. And people are more inclined to listen to his word, this Darkholme is a friend(well, not an enemy)

Kitty marches until him and points her finger at him. “You, someone ought to teach you that laugh like a maniac is not a good way to make friends”

“And what is the best way to make friends?”

“I´ve no idea, but, laugh like a maniac is not the way”

“Yet…you´re here talking to me, so, my case is closed”

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Seir and his twin brother are just like the sun and the moon if the moon and the sun ever wanted to kill each other. Kitty is responsible to not let them kill each other.

“So, you´re a New Avenger? That´s amazing, Black Widow and Scott always wanted to change things up, so, tell me, how are things going?” Kitty asked as Seir is looking ready to kill his own twin.

Darkholme ignores him and answers the petite woman who is holding back Seir.

“Uhm, things are alright, better, I´d say, someone, killed Trump” Kitty is pleased by this news" and his entire administration, strange, how the New Avengers can´t investigate the case"

“That´s …very strange, well, I´m not going to pretend I´m sad, so, here in Genosha we install a new program, and since you´ll be here for a while, would you like to know?” Kitty asked and Seir is the only not pleased by this news.________________________________________________________________________

“Seir?” Kitty asked as the man is allowed to walk around Genosha, while still with the collar.

“I don´t know what to do, I don´t want to lose you” Seir has no lies or manipulation and this is frustration as he often hated the truth.

Kitty gave the first real smile direct to him in a long time. “You won´t, Seir, I´m still here and so are you”

Seir refuses to speak about his own twin._________________________________________________________________________

Kurt Darkholme is a man used to many things, in fact, one of his main characteristics is his versatility. So, Genosha is not a real challenge, the Queen does not like him, but, she knows he´s not Seir, so, no need for hostility.

Talia is his niece and the woman, for some reason, seems to be impressed by her uncle(Darkholme would make a self-deprecating joke here, but, this is too much like Deadpool) and often asks stories about his missions.

(“You saved all those people, like, all of them?”  "Well, I wasn´t alone, I had help, but, yes I was there and did my part")

Kitty often looks at them sharing tales of the past with a fond smile on her face.

“You know, I know Talia is not a kid, but, looking at how she acts with you, makes me think you would be a good dad” Kitty speaks.

“I´m not a father, never wanted to be on in the past”

“Is your choice, but, I think you would be a great one”

_______________________________________________________________________Seir and Kurt Darkholme are just staring at each other. Finally, one of them break the silence.

“I hate you. You hate me but we both like the same person so let’s see who they pick.” Seir declares.

"Sure, and you can tell lies this time, Seir is only you this time and that…must be frightening for you”

“Frighten would be when I put a sword in your thick skull”

And the twins look at each other and leave. No fraternal love will ever come among them.

#twins au #Kurt Darkholme #Kurt Darkholme/Kitty Pryde #kurtty #seir #I´m team Kurt D #bad first impressions #this was long

[whimsically-ominously-auspice]

Alex: we picked her to destroy worlds together but she got a little weird on Echinecea, running around picking up children and not doing what we wanted...

Anna belle: so you picked them.

Alex: yeah because we are the oldest of any galaxy and so now we asked for ever lasting life and she said yeah and she took that back!

Me: yeah in history. Tv shows and movies that are the truth is history. Besides I killed your parents for you.

Alex: you what!?

Me: I killed your parents,

Alex: so we really are the oldest!

Jesse: so can i come back?

Alex: we will see

Jesse: I can change, he can't.

Me: you can have the Sun, Jesse, you as the second oldest -- bleu is dead, idc hes dead, fully eradicated so Matt Hagan if he doesn't quit punching people i mean today and stopping cold turkey for life. You Jesse had to take care of all those kids on your own. I know this because you helped me teach math in Compton. I only had a 2nd grade math level education and i wanted to make sure my form was proper and it was easy to understand and Evylynn got as confused as I did although it was right math and i had to remember how Ms Leiberman taught me

One of my kids: I know how she got died. It wasn't Jesse. It was Matt.

Me: what the fuck for Matt

Matt: cause I'm a bitch!

Jaunau: no he's not dead. I'm gonna take care of this. She was the best teacher in the entire world. Hes gonna suffer.

Me: eradicate him. He killed the dinosaurs, too. Full 100%. Shut up bleu You're sad that he killed someone and you couldn't so you're crying like fucking faggot? You like to rape and kill little boys like Ben?! Ben is also eradicated. Ben, Matt Hagan and Bleu. All eradicated. Alex Laughlin is a little bitch I wanna kick his teeth down his throat. I already punched Bobby's out. So you, three, Jesse can see if you can make right. Alex Laughlin is three shades from eradication. But he and I used to be friends and he used to protect me. From his dad. Bobby needs explanation on how to be nice and as to why And that he's not the victim. Like Declan playing with his teeth. It wasnt to hurt or offend him, it was because false teeth are cool. Everyone wants to play with false teeth. Once he got that he understood. And he had fun and didn't mind the kids playing with them. And he never hit me once. So I know you three can start over and be decent citizens. But you have to try. And learn the difference between a lie and truth so you know who to trust. The sun is where you were born and is your old home. Dad said that Matt got a little too ego but other than that hes fine..

Me to dad: but he killed Ms Lieberman.

Dad goggles: alright he killed 63 people but because Bleu told him to. So like Alex he was lied to so if you forgive Alex you'll have to forgive Matt, too.

Matt: yes: because I'm alot like little Steven. Remember I used to flush my toys? Trying protect you? You look pissed!

So i take Bleu and i bash his head into the wall twice cut it off his neck, throw it into the wall until it smashes, pin his lips and tounge to the wall.

Matt: feel better?

Me: yeah..

Matt: so i won't be eradicated?!

Me: no just be good and honest and so on

Matt: so I stay on in here?!!? Do I get food!?!

We laugh. Me: no. I gotta go pee.

Matt: well you think on that while you do because I really would love food! We all would.

Me: lets see what dad has

Dad: well lets see it says food delivery would start in September but we are a little late, so

Me: when was it supposed to start

Dad: in 6 months

Me: did they starve in prison?

Dad: Matt did 6 weeks

Jaunau: you can kill and cook your brother bleu.

Matt: we can cook?!?!!?

I light a fire pit. Magic.

Dad: she built y'all individual homes on different floors according to magic when she visited the pyramids once. We all approved so I think they will fit to your liking. You cannot have guests. You must meet where you are. Or you can check the list to see those that have homes and allow only the homed into your homes or they disappear

Me: no ass holes and bad influences in your homes. You get along. There is a sitting room under the fire. Those like Ben and Bleu have no homes and cannot get to the stairs. They will die if they do. That way y'all don't have to deal with their Bull shit

Matt: we are where the homeless are? The fire is not hot

Dad: its what she calls a convection oven

Matt: you can cook?

Dad: yeah just stick it into the fire

Jesse: so do we get soul mates?

Dad: eventually

Jaunau: there's models you can choose from in your home computers.

Me: in time you get what you deserve. Bobby and Jesse can come down for the babies being transferred to the WombTrees. Before then Y'all can have a feast in the Rotunda down stairs and so Matt can have leftovers while y'all are down. Those are the only ones the babies invited. They are still angry about Ms Lieberman so. But when they're born then they may allow him

Pipsqueak: only to punch him in the face!!

Me: that's fine. It feels cool to have tiny fists plummet the eye socket

Aubrina: it does?!

Me: yeah.

Aubrina: yeah? Who would have thought...

Me: Jazmine in Echinecea. Her adopted parents fought and that's all she knew. Punch people in the face and get what you want.

Dad: that was her first life she never had been born before

Matt: that's not true. It was her second,she was born on Jaunau. But she was abused there too, that's why we gave her to Sabrina. She did quite well. Jazmine is just upset about the going ons and plummeted Sabrina in her eye socket yesterday by magic and clawed at her head and bit her and hit her with a hammer in rhe head, quite a few times.

Bleu laughs: she did?

Me: thats why I was pissed off at you.

Bleu: oh! Hmmphrh. I can see that now, too. And I made a mistake yelling. I meant that if they saw someone chase me then to try to stop them

Me: while you were the first car and there was 2 people

Bleu: in follow

Me: chasing behind you.

Bleu: yeah well people don't read. You said 3 were

Me: and you know that because they kept blocking you in so why the fuck would you think that there was no one behind you?

Bleu: there were people kept getting out of line to follow..... Oh shit

Me: so your stupid ass did what?

Bleu: got them killed. Her head was cracked 9 diameters. I mean millimeters. Right across her forehead.

Me: face the wall. So as if we could believe him. But he admits it.

Annabelle: no one is that stupid that he claims to be

Me: I know.

Annabelle: my dad (Alex who isn't bio but..) He was unlucky but I still love him, no one could ever love that.

Me: we will eventually put him in a cave with his soul mate

Bleu: whom I killed 700 to 400 times?

Me: 647 thousand? Yeah. And ill give her a hacksaw and chainsaw, too. I'm not gonna waste my time beating the shit out of you

Matt: can she come over for dinner?!

Dad: yeah she has her own house, too.

Bleu: welcome to Hell.

Dad: so she says the rest of you have to start over without the influence of him. Him being oldest was suppose to take care of you. You have older but these are the oldest

Jesse: what's a Jesse's crew and why are they bad?.

Alex: you had us followed?!!?

Bleu: so I could kill you when the time was right but you were too quiet. I never could tell.

Alex: Sabrina that is some fucked up shit. No wonder you hate me, I used his people to follow you to let you know you could see your daughter. I bet he used the most evil, too.

Me: so your parents by your generation had become different. Her soulmate wanted her back and was angry. Your dad sensed it then took the anger out on you kids.

Dad: blue got the brunt of it. Trying to v protect you. But like I said he went crazy. Like his brain melted

Me: when he killed his soulmate in anger like his father did him. No feeling of anger or anything but just being a spoiled bitch

Alex: that's why you said I might be eradicated! You v see all my lies and begging!

Me: yeah. Exactly. So you will be alone the longest. Learn to take care of yourself and proper.

Dad: where is Snoop at? So will he. Sabrina, he stole all your money and said it was his. You barely hadenough to start Amazon when he was through. Bought himself an island and a town, 3 yachts when he couldn't swim.

Me: he bought me all that.

Dad: you don't need it

Me: that's what I know. But its all mine, now. For the next 9 years he will live where y'all are. In the pit, then the next 64 he will live outside where it is too cold and the snow tastes like shit.

Dad: Then after that he lives on the other side where that shack is and so when

Me: he thinks he can go in for shelter like a thieving bitch then he goes right back where you are for 9 years and 64 in the snow. And it will continue for 9 cycles and that's for lying to me that he didn't want in my panties and betraying our friendship and my trust. Stealing fine you made a mistake. But my panties!?!?! SERIOUSLY? That's not a friend that's a sick pervert.

Alex: so what about these babies?

Me: so it's lab, science stuff. Magic things. Incubating my body

Alex: wait you're going to kill your body?! That's the only thing that you said will kill you.

Dad: she gets a new body

Me: a Cleopatra sexy thing

Alex: what about Joan of Arc?!?! You me?! We had a thing going?! You never fucked Anyone in Cleopatra!

Annabelle laughs: dad! When are you going to figure that out! Ben lied to you how to handle women!

Alex: oh! Shit!

Jesse: that's what I've been telling you, now sit and stay sit. That's what dad would say to me when I would run away from Bobby

Bleu laughs: because I would tell Bobby to go kill Jesse or I would kill him

Me: keep laughing bitch. You're 647 million Earth years strapped to that bench

Blue: what? You can't do that

Me: keepthinking that. I'm quite sure the years will go faster

Saint Luches: then we'll add more. I'll be with you All soon, after I finish driving Sabrina's plane to deliver the deadly undead, ghosts you understand me. That's all its for.

Me: yeah I get to dive the war plane

Saint lunches: no you don't

Me: quit being such a snoop, you thief.

Me: I use the war plane until everyone returns to their planet or gets a new one because I cant Stand them. Because i won the war. I get two. So y'all can be cruising along after I been in Sabrina Air Because they're both marked under Sabrina Air and then you'll be all "is that mom?" In your review mirror and I come along with that shark grin all honking "no its war!!" And you think you're in for a whooping then i just pull all casual beside you while you're trying to fight for your life and I just wave and blow you a kiss.

Everyone laughs

Me: its not like I wanna but I wanna drive the air shark

Evylynn: yeah mom its easy to drive. I perfected the bunny hop, it was so fun too, I didn't think what it looked like. This grinning war shark hopping around. I bet it caused quite a scene

Me: joyful, it is bound to make nearly all people laugh

Evylynn: or worry.

Me: then laugh later. At themselves for being scared.

Evylynn: mom can we all get one?

Me: yep. Anyone who doesn't have a plane that's seen is under the garage and its a whole fleet, you're actually driving Jesse's

Matt & Jesse: Do what?!

Evylynn: i guess we get to test drive it so for when you land on the moon, that is where theyre going isn't it? The sun is too far... It must take days

Me: the moon is too cold

Alex: what?!?!? O.O

Me: mine wears a 1960s pink pinup girl nightie

Evylynn: your sick mom does it really?

Me: yeah it can't be running around naked its a girl shark!

Evylynn: but a nightie?

Me: maybe it's a bikini 👙

Evylynn: that's better

Jazzi: mine is a bunny! And not playboy either! Mr Velveteen because I love my sister! She made him for me! And so that's the way it is.

Windy: and mine isn't paddington mine is a great big fox!

Jaz punches me hard!

Jazmine: tell her she can't be a fox she would eat Mr Velveteen.

Me: its Paddington Bear because he carries luggage.

Pipsqueak: for real?!! Yay!

Jaunau: I told mommy I would let her have a fox so I could come up and scare her but it was 4 against one

Me: and so we will have a commercial Paddington Bear Airlines and she can have "Foxy Air" on her personal plane's luggage.

Windy laughs: i might have a fox in that suitcase!

Pipsqueak and Jazmine: as long as it stays in!

Jaunau: mom let her have a fox tail painted hanging out of the suitcase

Pipsqueak: whoa!! It is beautiful though! That is a good job, dad!

Me: on the driver's side so you know who the real fox is! And so you know he's there and his tail is pinched and hurt really bad so maybe you girls could take him to a lab and then if the timing is right he can meet your bunnies

Jazmine: NO DONT TRUST HER

Me: if he's sick and wounded and hurt and so broken hearted he's sad because the one woman he trusted tried to stow him away in a suitcase and pinched his tail up and abandoned him on the side of a jetliner and they saved and rescued him, who do you think windy would the fox not be mad at

Windy: the bear

We all laugh heartily at her reponse cause it would never be "bunny" and she says it so depressed

Bleu's dad: i guess them kids really are that dam smart, I guess I really am that stupid.

And he tries to talk to Bleu about getting him off the hook with such a severe punishment. I refuse. His is billions of Years. The longest year in the universe

Him: but that is two billion years for 1 alone!

Saint Luches: should have raised your kids right dad. How long am I here?

Me: not that long, 6 or 7 years..

Saint Luches: what planet? Jupiter. Of which year they change

Me: current. 365 years to one Earth year (2,405.136008165)

Dad: for kidnapping

Me: man that's not enough. How many planets?

Dad: not all, 62,000.

Me: 149,555,421.66755 Earth Years unless Earth years get longer than that extra time is added. Screw you. You're nothing on this planet and you're nothing anywhere. Including the sun. We revolve around light not you. Get that through your thick skull and my plane can fly itself ot doesn't need you. So rounding up to make things less complicated. 150,555,422 Earth Years.

Saint Luches: how is that rounding even accurate?

Me: fuck you, im the queen now and rounding is never accurate stupid spaz

Jesse: dude you're screwed

Jaunau: we all killed one dinosaur.

Me: not me! I didn't kill any

Terry Teradactl: you killed us all with one ash volcano!.

Me: you died. Did you want to? I know I would have asked. And saved the rest.

Terry: yes. We asked you to kill us

Me: then I didn't kill any. You all commited suicide.

Terry is amazed in wonder: who would have thought I was suicidal. I Terry Teradactl was the happiest Teradactl in the world -- until Bleu came down and killed my girl and I wanted to be dead too. Where is he? Oh in the death chamber.

Bleu screams: no not Terry! Clara!!! Help! Oh God please no!.

Me: we all say yes! Go for it Terry!

Saint Luches: how long is Jesse in for?

Dad: you all hailed from Jupiter. She only gave Jesse one American year. You have America there?

Saint Luches: yes! I mean no

Dad: Alex has 3, 5 and 9 served consecutively that is a total of what Anna belle?

Annabelle: does he get out for good behaviour?

Dad: no afraid not

Annabelle: then that is the age i am now!

Dad: now it can double at any time

Annabelle: I wish

Dad: by how much

Annabelle: 6 that is the age he began lying to me about who my mom is.

Dad: and Sabrina?

Me: age 10 is when she quit coming over.

Dad: that's times 60 anyone else?

Jesse: dam. Guess y'all got to work on some issues.

Dad: I think we can do it by number of visits she actually had that's 35 and then times Sabrina actually knew she was her daughter and that's two. And lets see uhm by the hairs on my head. And now is that earth or Jupiter? Hmm lets see here you hailed from Jupiter but all these crimes were committed here on Earth. Oh ans excessive testing in order to solely control the world--

Alex: but that's Ben!

Me: lie.

Dad: yup that is Jupiter then. Sabrina you got a calculator? He killed Ms Chen and she only gave him 3 years. And he terrorizes her at the cafe.

Me: 78, 183, 000 Earth Years.

Dad: that's not enough. What do you think Jesse?

Jesse: for including and killing my spouse twice that's 434 years for each what's that?

Me: 67, 862, 844, 000.

Matt: let's round up

Me: 68 billion 844 thousand.

Matt round it up again!

Me: 70 billion 844 thousand.

Matt: can you do one more rounding?

Me: 100 billion 844 thousand...

Dad: what did he do to you?.

Matt: killed my kids and my entire family a total of 8 times and made me too afraid to have another and so I lived celeibate and you kept fucking me over now didn't you? That's not enough!

Me: 100 zillion 844 thousand.

Dad: you skipped trillion like you always do. Anyone else? Cara?

Clara: no I'm good. Unless you want to multiply times 3

Me: 333 zillion 844 thousand

Saint Luches: how is that multiplying?!?.

Me: how are you a fucking loser

Saint Luches: easy I be all I can be

Me: okay

SL: the math?

Me: don't worry you won'T need it where you are. Anyone else?

Silence

Me: Matt's sentence?

Dad: no lets do bobby that one is shorter. You can get out now. But stay away from them kids until you get an invite to the lab! Now Matt. Let's see you've served 3 months by choice. And then we have... Ho! We have a whole slew of charges! Being nice to others.. Being kind when accounted for. Being a dumb bitch. Okay. You're out now. Go get some food. Don't forget Jesse.

Jesse: now?

Dad: she slandered you. You're out for good behaviour

Me: you're welcome. I take care of my friends even if it looks a little weird...

Jesse: do i get a new body?

Me: yeah at the lab when I do. You too Matt

Matt: but I worked hard on this

Me: yes and in the new one you won'T have to keep working

Matt: I can enjoy life?!

We hope so.

Matt Hagan: now lets get this posted so everyone can know I can walk out a free man!

Me: better watch out for them girls tho... They think they can get ya then we all gotta put them in jail ans sort them out!

Bleu's "friend": including you?

Me: nah I'm good my guy is pretty cute. So don't skip the lab! You'll get your woman

Jesse: me? I was just going for the plane

Evylynn: it rides good, too!

Me: yeah for both it rides good and your woman. Ill protect her with my life. Matt and Bobby. Yours too. Hey you down there? You want Matt or should I say no?

Pipsqueak: just this one time and at my birth, too!

And she hands out records of the best times they had with their kids and wife.

Alex: and then I'm all alone. Can you hear? Can anyone hear?!

What he did to us. Killing our families. Tit for tat. Eye for an eye. Alone for what seems like eternity.

Its almost sad. But profoundly fulfilling. 333 zillion and 844 thousand years.

I'm only 158.. And its seemed like eternity. But I didnt do it to myself. He did it to us.

[teamfadedblue]

Chapter - 21: Friendships

—————Summary—————

Once, a Gem ran away from Homeworld, adopted Earth as her home, fell in love with a human rockstar, and had a child.

That Gem was Blue Diamond.

Now twelve years old, Steven is coming into his power… but the more he learns about it and his mother’s legacy, the less he may actually want it.

Master Post with AO3 and FF.net links can be found here.

***

“So you don't live in Beach City?"

Connie shook her head. "No, my parents and I live just out of town," she said. "I started coming because my Dad sometimes has security positions here. It’s quiet, and there’s a bus that runs here frequently, so…" She chuckled nervously. Talking to new people, especially people around her age was never that easy, which was why she spent most of her time with books, rather than other kids.

Oh. And a four-and-a-half-thousand-year-old rock-person who just looked like a kid her age. That too.

Still. Steven seemed friendly enough, especially once they'd both managed to calm down a little.

"What about you?" Connie asked. "Do you live in Beach City?"

Steven shook his head. "No. My dad was staying here for a while, but I think we're going to be going back home soon."

"And where is home?"

"Damyang," Steven answered.  

Connie tilted her to the side. That sounded like an Asian name, but she had no idea where it was. "Huh. And where is—” she struggled to get her mouth around the unfamiliar syllables- “Da-ma-yang?"

"Oh, sorry," Steven said quickly. "It's in Korea."

"Korea!?" Connie sputtered. She was not expecting that. "You've been all the way to Korea?"

"Well, yeah," Steven said easily. "I was born in Seoul, and about two years ago I moved to Damyang with my guardian, while my dad moved here to Beach City."

"Wow..." Connie trailed off. "If your dad moved out here, why’d you stay behind?”

Steven grimaced, and Connie quickly regretted her question. She could think of only one reason why a father would move so far away from his child and leave him in the care of a ‘guardian’.

“Hey, I’m sorry, Steven,” Connie hastily said. “I- You don’t have to answer that. I shouldn’t have asked.”

“No, it’s alright,” Steven replied, but he didn’t meet her eyes.

Connie was about to say something, but for just a moment, she could have sworn she saw a quick flash of blue out of the corner of her eye. She looked down and didn’t see anything glowing, but did see Steven digging his hands into the pockets of his hoodie. She felt a burst of guilt push through her. She really had crossed a line.

“No really, Steven,” she said. “Don’t answer that. That’s your business and I- I shouldn’t have been prying. I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s really okay,” Steven said, putting on a small smile. “Dad moved here for some business and… and I just really missed him.”

“Okay,” Connie said. “But you said that all of you were going to be going back home to Korea soon?”

“I think so,” Steven said. “But… Dad might still have some stuff to finish up first.”

Connie nodded along with Steven’s explanation. Even though he was trying his best to sound light and casual, Connie could tell that the boy didn’t really want to talk about what was going on with his family. She couldn’t blame him. She didn’t really want to talk about her family right now either.

So, she needed a subject change, and she said the first thing that came to mind.

“So what’s going to school like in Korea?”

Steven paused a moment before answering, “I don’t go to school. Pearl, my guardian, she home schools me.”

“Oh.”

Homeschooling. Geez, he’s lucky, Connie thought. Then she considered having to stay at home all the time, with only her parents, and started revising her opinion.

“Do you go to school?” Steven asked.

Connie nodded. “Yeah.”

“Is it… fun?”

Connie shrugged. “I guess? I like the classes, even if sometimes they can be boring, and…” None of the other students like sitting with me or partnering with me. “We get to do cool discussions and experiments and posters and field trips and stuff.”

“Field trips? Like what?”

“Museums, mostly, but sometimes we can go to like, sewage treatment plants or camping…”

“You get to go camping in school?”

“Yeah. Assuming your parents let you,” Connie answered, bitter. Her mind drifted briefly to an image of her hand, missing just one finger, and how that missing finger ruined everything. “Field trips with your class are pretty commonplace,” she said.

“That’s cool,” Steven said. His hands were still in his pockets, but his posture had loosened a little, and his expression didn’t seem quite as focused. “I guess Pearl and I went on field trips every now and then,” he said. “We even went camping once… Sort of.”

“Sort of?”

“It wasn’t really planned,” Steven said. “But we ended up staying the night at these ruins.”

“Ruins?” Connie’s eyes grew wide. “What kind of ruins?”

“Oh, I’m not sure,” Steven said, shifting his posture a little in his rock. “Pearl just took us there so we could explore it a little.”

“And you camped there overnight?”

Steven nodded.

“Wow…” Connie cooed. “That sounds so cool. Camping in ancient ruins, huddled around a fire surround by all that history.”

“It was… alright,” Steven said. “It probably would have been better with a whole class. With like, friends and stuff.”

“Oh. Yeah, probably,” Connie replied. “Not that it really would have helped me,” she shrugged. “I don’t… really know a whole lot of people my age.”

“You don’t?” Steven asked. “But aren’t classes in school filled with people your own age?”

“Well yeah,” Connie conceded. “It’s… not that I don’t know anyone my own age. I just… don’t really have many friends, is all. Not that it bothers me,” Connie quickly added. “I’m fine just reading a book or something.”

“Yeah, I don’t really have a lot of friends either,” Steven said slowly. “I mean, I know Nari and Tom and… others. But they’re not humans.” He looked down at his lap. “So I usually just draw.”

A heavy silence descended over them as Connie silently berated herself for being so stupid. Talking about having no friends. Yes, that was the perfect subject to unload on someone you’d just met. Brilliant strategy as always, Connie.

“So, um,” Connie stammered as she reached for her bookbag. “I sorta have some homework I need to do. I was going to do it on the beach like I sometimes do, but then I… well, yeah. You know…” She felt her face burning as she reached into her bookbag, withdrawing a binder and a thick textbook. “So if you need to go, you can.”

Steven chewed his lower lip. “Do you want me to go?”

“W-well only if you want to!” Connie quickly said. “But, you know, I’m just going to be doing homework, so…”

Steven sat there silently for a moment before he began saying, “I could help you with your homework, if you want. Pearl always says I do really well in our lessons.”

Connie nodded, even though she was unsure how much help Steven could be. Beyond being taught by, presumably, Korean standards (which Connie was unsure how or if they differed from Delmarva standards), she wasn’t one hundred percent sure on the homeschooling. Granted, most of that was just stereotype, a stereotype from her Mom nonetheless, but it was still a little hard to shake.

But it wouldn’t hurt to let him help. If she had to, she could always redo whatever parts she needed to when she got home later.

“Okay,” she said as she opened her textbook to the bookmarked page. She pointed at a group of several algebra problems. “I need to solve these but, to be honest, math isn’t really my strong suit.”

Steven scooted closer to her and looked at the open textbook. “Yeah, I don’t really like algebra. It’s pretty boring. I like it better when Pearl teaches me about things like history and geography.”

“I know, right?” Connie said, looking over at him. “Math is important and everything, but I’d rather be learning about history or literature.”

Steven nodded, “Yeah. Though these don’t look too difficult.” He pointed at the first problem. “For this one, ‘x’ is three.”

Connie blinked unbelieving at him. She looked at him, then the multi-step problem and then back at him. “You did all that in your head?”

“Yeah. Like I said, these aren’t too difficult.”

Connie looked back down at the textbook before opening her binder to a blank sheet of paper and began copying down the problems.

It seems she had either misjudged the veracity of homeschooling or Korean standards of education were just that much more demanding.

“Okay, so for that first problem, ‘x’ is three, right?”

Steven nodded in response.

Connie tapped the page and continued, “So if we’re writing out the process to solve the problem, we start with the part in parentheses, then move on to exponents…”

In its first full day of being completely re-opened, It’s A Wash got a lot of customers, and it was pretty clear that this wasn’t because the entire population of Beach City had just been that desperate to get their vehicles cleaned. Part of it was just natural curiosity; everyone knew that the car wash had been mysteriously closed due to ‘personal reasons’ for about a week, and while no one openly pried, it was clear that folks wanted to know why.

But that was only part of the reason for the crowds today.. The real thing everybody wanted to know was--

“What’s this I heard about you having a kid, Greg?” Barb roared, socking Greg playfully in the shoulder.

It was a friendly gesture, so Greg laughed even as he rubbed at the spot which would most certainly bruise over the next day. “Well, exactly that.”

She shook her head dramatically. “How could ya keep something like that from us, eh?”

“I didn’t mean to keep it from you,” Greg lied. “It just… never came up. He’s been living overseas until now, so it was just— easier not to talk about it.”

As expected, Barb’s face softened. “Ah, geez. That’s rough. Kid stuff can be hard sometimes…”

Greg nodded sympathetically. Barb would talk about her daughter Sadie at every opportunity— mostly heaping on praise for what a good worker she was, how great she was at baseball, and swimming, and a dozen other assorted hobbies. Sometimes, though, a sort of undercurrent of uncertainty became clear— the same kind of worries most parents had for their kids, about friends and dating and future jobs…

Greg supposed it was something most parents thought about. It was something he had thought about. But, compared to current times, that seemed much more simple and straightforward.

“I’m guessing Sadie’s the one who told ya about Steven?” Greg asked.

“Sure did. Sounds like a real cute kid. When am I gonna meet him?”

“Probably soon,” Greg promised. He still felt guilty about having to hide Steven from his Beach City friends. “He’ll be sticking around for a while. I can bring him along to our next cards night. It’s at Vi’s, right?”

“Sure is! That’d be great. Steven could meet Onion— they’re ‘bout the same age, yeah?”

“Steven’s a few years older, but yeah,” Greg agreed. The thought hadn’t even occurred to him, but it filled him with a warm glow. It’d be good for Steven to make some friends, aside from the animals that lived around the Palanquin.

They chatted for a little longer, Greg occasionally spraying whatever car drove up, but the lunchtime rush was well and truly dying down now. He was just laughing at Barb’s post-office politics story when a new voice cut through the air: “Oh, Mr Universe~!”

Greg’s stomach dropped at the sound of his own name.

Still, he made himself paint a smile onto a face as he turned towards Rose Quartz. The smile did grow a bit more genuine when he saw Amethyst in tow behind her. “Hey guys,” he said. “What’s up? You didn’t break that phone already, did ya?”

“Huh? Oh, no,” said Amethyst. “Just wondering if you’ve seen Steven around?”

“Not since this morning. He told me he was going off to go see you guys.”

“Oh come on,” said Barb. “Your magical friends got to meet your kid before me?”

“Yep!” said Amethyst, unabashed.

Rose smiled. “Hopefully you’ll get the chance soon. He’s such a truly fascinating being.”

Barb blinked at the odd phrasing, and Greg decided to intervene before things started getting out of hand. “Uh— so, did Steven never show up, or what?”

“Nah, he showed up,” said Amethyst. “But then he went off to go find you to see if you’d let him come with us to the Sky Spire.”

“Uh… well, nope, he definitely hasn’t asked me about that.”

“Dang.” Amethyst kicked the asphalt. “Well, you’re his dad, right? Where’d ya think he could be?”

Greg scratched his head. It wasn’t like Steven had any ‘haunts’ in Beach City. And on top of that, it was overcast now and threatening to rain. So hopefully wherever he was, it was somewhere inside. “Maybe try the arcade?”

“Oooh! Good idea!” Amethyst bounded off, running on all fours down the boardwalk.

“It’s good to see them getting along, isn’t it?” Rose Quartz asked, taking a few steps closer to Greg.

“It is,” Greg agreed.

Barb caught his gaze, raised an eyebrow, gave a huge smile. “Well, can’t stand here yammering my mouth off all day. I got packages to deliver.” She waved a hand. “See ya guys around.”

Right before she turned, she gave Greg a wink.

Greg bit the inside of his cheek.

Barb’s done her fair share of teasing about him and Rose. Vidalia too, for that matter, and even a few others from around the town. It was hardly a secret how much time the famous Mr. Universe spent with the mysterious magic lady. And Rose Quartz was hardly subtle in expressing her feelings. If Greg ever made stumbling protests to them that it was really nothing, they were just friends, well, that just made it all the more obvious, didn’t it?

Rose was standing very close to him now. Very close.

“I’m so glad all that… unpleasantness is over with,” she said. She ran a hand through her bright pink curls. “Hopefully we can all move on now. Make a fresh start.”

“R-right,” Greg stammered. “We can all just be... friends.”

“Friends,” Rose Quartz repeated.

Sweat rolled down the back of Greg’s neck.

Was she really doing this? Now? When less than forty eight hours ago she’d been keeping his son locked up in a cell?

She really was an alien.

Greg had never intended to get close to Rose Quartz. He’d just wanted to observe the Crystal Gems from a distance. The fact his plans had so quickly become waylaid had felt equal parts lucky and terrifying. And he’d felt guilty about how easy it had all been. It had been easy, to just have them hang around at the car wash or to wander over to their Temple. To sing songs, to ask questions, to joke, to… flirt.

After all, Rose Quartz was… attractive. Not just physically, with that soft face and luscious hair and striking stature. Her personality was magnetic. Likeable and charismatic. Greg could understand perfectly well how she had become the face of a rebellion.

But every time the guilt of his deceit had roiled in his stomach, he’d pushed it down. He had to keep Steven safe, no matter what. Had to keep Rose Quartz close. Had to learn all he could.

But that wasn’t a concern anymore. He couldn’t go on like this.

“Look, Rose…” he sighed, taking a step back. “I appreciate the interest, really. But I’m really not…  looking for a relationship.”

Rose blinked, surprised.

“Oh,” she said, and Greg couldn’t tell if she felt hurt or just confused.

“It’s not that you’re not nice,” Greg assured quickly (for a given value of ‘nice’.). “It’s just, well, I’m not looking for a romance right now, and after everything that’s happened… I just want to focus on Steven.”

Rose blinked again, then smiled. Hardly the brightest smile he’d ever gotten from her, but a gentle one, nonetheless. Maybe even a little amused. “I see. Yes, of course, Mr. Universe. I understand.”

“Thanks.” Greg sighed again, this time with relief. “It’s just…. Hard, y’know? Moving on, after losing her…”

And all amusement dropped from her face. "Blue Diamond."

Greg didn’t appreciate her tone.

"Yes, Blue Diamond."

“You… miss her,” Rose Quartz said, tone oddly flat.

"Yeah, I do," Greg said, the barest of an edge sharpening his voice. "I spent six years with her, and she's the mother to my son. Of course I miss her."

Rose's lips pressed together before she spoke, "You miss her. A Diamond."

"Yeah, a real Diamond. She was one of a kind."

Rose Quartz chuckled humorlessly. "Oh, you have no idea how right you are there."

Greg took a deep breath.

He was done with this.

He’d played nice, again and again and again. But he couldn’t stand around and keep listening to all these insults and taunts making it out that Blue Diamond was some sort of irredeemable monster.

“Stop,” he said. “I don’t know what exactly your beef with Homeworld and the Diamonds is, but Blue was my partner. She was— she was a wonderful person. She sang songs, and wrote poetry, and she got into art— she'd never done it before, never been allowed, but she was getting really good at drawing—"

"Oh. She'd never been allowed to draw. I see."

Rose's voice was bitter with sarcasm. It was not a tone Greg had ever heard her use before.

Greg narrowed his eyes at Rose. "Her position as a Diamond really weighed on her, you know. Being one of the leaders of an entire species wasn't easy."

"I know the weight of being a leader—" Rose began, but Greg wasn't finished—

"She worked and worked, but there was always so much to do, and you know what? She was tired of it. And I can't blame her! She was an emotional wreck for thousands of years after Pink Diamond's death— a death you caused. How do you justify causing that kind of pain, Rose Quartz?!"

There was a moment of terse silence, as Rose Quartz reared up to her full height. Her gemstone glowed menacingly, hinting at the power Greg might have just foolishly unleashed. It cast her face in strange pink shadows.

"How do I justify causing that kind of pain?" she asked, voice low, and dangerous. "I justify it on the backs of all the Pearls who were forced into servitude. On the backs of the Bismuths, the Rubies, the Topazes, and Flints, and hundreds of others. I justify it by the barren planets that can no longer support life. I justify it among the fields of shattered Gems who failed to make themselves useful. I justify it by saving your planet and your species."

She leaned in close, so close that if she were human, Greg would have been able to feel her breath against his face.

"I shattered one, so I could save everyone. That is how I ‘justify’ it." Her voice grew yet more cold, more quiet. "You are many things, Greg Universe, but do not presume to judge me or my actions."

And then, without another word, she left, leaving behind nothing but the sound of her dress rustling in the wind.

And Greg stared after her, with no idea what to say.

Connie bent over her book, clicking her pen in and out as she worked on her essay on the French Revolution. Steven was sitting nearby, textbook spread out in his lap, helping her. Or, well, theoretically helping her. While he knew the basics of the French Revolution, he hadn’t been able to offer much in the way of perspective on why the revolution had happened, or the positive and negative consequences of it. Instead he was mostly assisting in checking dates, names and the like.

In between asking her about pop culture, anyway. Not that she was complaining.

“So you’ve never seen Small Sorcerer Shin?” Steven asked as he turned the page of history textbook in his lap.

Connie dotted the end of her sentence before responding, “No. Are you sure it’s been shown outside Korea? Or Asian markets?” It wouldn’t be the first time Connie would have missed a show or game because of restricted releases.

“Why would they keep it just in Korea?” Steven asked earnestly. “It’s really good. Everyone should see it. It’s got magic, adventure, and a wise, magically enchanted, talking hat as a mentor!”

“Well,” Connie said, turning to another fresh page in her binder. “ You have no idea about the Spirit Morph Saga. It just never really got released where you live.”

Steven pursed his lips before saying, “Well that’s dumb. Spirit Morph Saga sounds really cool.”

“Oh, it is!” Connie enthused. She had just finished the penultimate book in the series, so her hype was at fever pitch. “Lisa Widicker is one of my favorite characters of all time. She’s smart, brave, and always willing to help out others. And she’s got this wicked sword!”

Steven smiled. “She does sound really cool. Maybe when I get back to Korea, I can—”

He stopped suddenly and at first Connie wasn’t sure why, until a single rain drop landed on the page of her binder. And then one landed on the top of her head. Then her hand, and then-

“Great, it’s starting to rain,” Connie moaned as she snapped her binder shut and hastily put it away in her bookbag. The shadows of the dock, combined with her conversation with Steven had made her completely miss the rapidly clouding sky. But now the pitter-patter was impossible to ignore, quickly transforming into something heavier, as water began to drip through the gaps in the wooden planks above.

Steven handed her the textbook and she put it in her bookbag right before zipping it shut. “So, I guess you’re going home?”

“Yeah. If it’s raining, my parents are going to want me home.” She sighed. “And now I get to run to the bus stop in the rain.”

“Oh, well you don’t have to do that,” Steven said. “I bet my dad would be willing to take you home.”

“That’s alright. I don’t want to impose.”

“No, really. I don’t think he’d mind. Come on, he’s not far.”

They both stepped to the edge of the dock and stopped. It was raining rather hard now. Even if they made a run for it, they were sure to get soaked. Connie looked over at Steven, who also seemed to be mulling over their options, when suddenly they heard someone call out his name.

“Steven!”

Connie looked around, but didn’t see anyone. However, Steven pointed his gaze to the sky as a smile grew on his face. “Hey, Lapis!”

Connie looked up and saw a bright vivid blue person land gently from the sky in front of them, joining them under the dock. She was noticeably dry.

“Stars, Steven. We’ve been looking for ages.” The person, Lapis, had her hands on his shoulders. “When you just disappeared, we were worried. We had no idea where you were or-” She looked over at Connie, giving her a look that was one part curiosity and two parts annoyance. “Who’s this?”

“This is Connie! I’ve been hanging out with her all afternoon.”

“Huh. Okay.” Lapis stood back up. Connie noticed how the water just didn’t touch her skin, rolling off as if there was a forcefield around her. “Come on. Let’s get you back to the car wash.”

“Alright. Connie and I were just about to try and get back there anyway.”

Lapis’s brow furrowed as she glanced over at Connie. “Why is she coming?”

Connie grimaced at her, but otherwise gave no response.

“Cause we’re going to see if dad will take her home. Since it’s raining.”

“Oh. Alright then.” She shrugged as she turned around and raised an outstretched hand into the air. “Stay close if you want to stay dry.” She stepped out into the rain, Steven and Connie following close behind her, and as she said, they were staying completely dry, despite the rain continuing to fall. Looking up, it was like being surrounded by an invisible dome.

Connie thought it was amazing and odd, until she got an answer to her unspoken wonder. Between Lapis’s shoulderblades was a bright, water drop shaped gemstone.

She was Gem, just like Amethyst.

She looked at Steven, who was still following silently behind Lapis.

“Excuse me? Lapis?” Connie said. The woman looked back at her. “Are you a Crystal Gem?”

“No,” she snapped, and started walking faster.

Connie shrank back, not sure what she’d done to offend. Steven gave her an apologetic grimace, but offered no explanation.

It seems, Connie thought to herself as she hurried to keep up, that there’s more to this Korean kid than being able to do Algebra in his head.

Of all the days it had to rain, it had to be the one where Greg’s family would go missing.

He’d been looking all over for them. The van, the car wash, the restaurants, the arcade, Funland— nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, the rain made it all the harder to see anything.

Before, it had mostly been annoyance, frustration— after his conversation with Rose Quartz, all he’d wanted to do was find Pearl and get some proper answers. But now, she was gone too, and Greg was beginning to genuinely worry. If the Crystal Gems themselves hadn’t been the ones who’d alerted him that Steven was missing, he might have suspected that they were the ones responsible. Could the pair have gone somewhere? Warped back to Korea, maybe? Surely they wouldn’t have done that without telling him...

“Dad! Dad!”

Relief surged through his chest.

“Steven!”

There he was, his little boy coming through the rain in some sort of magical water bubble, not kidnapped or mauled by some monster or otherwise hurt.

“Thank goodness you’re okay!” cried Greg.

“Geez, Dad, I’m fine,” said Steven, stuffing his hands deeper into his pocket.

“He was under the docks,” Lapis said.

“...Mr. Universe?” said a third voice. “He’s your Dad?”

“Connie?” Greg said, noticing the girl for the first time. “Nice to see you again. And, yeah, Steven’s my son.” He rubbed his neck. “Been getting a lot of that the past few hours…”

“Wait? You guys know each other?” asked Steven, looking between Greg and Connie.

“Yeah. Mr. Universe— er, your Dad— he helped me when I got in an… accident, a few months back.” She shuffled her feet, and Greg noticed how she curled her left hand up. “Sorry if we worried you.”

“Yeah. Sorry. We were just hanging out,” said Steven.

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Greg assured, letting out a huge breath. He had to admit, this past week had left him more than a little high-strung. “I don’t suppose Pearl was hiding under the dock with ya by any chance.”

“No,” said Steven, shortly.

“I didn’t see her,” said Lapis. “I’m going to go back to looking.” And without another word, she lept up and took off into the sky. Connie stared up in wonder. Both kids would’ve gotten soaked if Greg hadn’t offered them his umbrella.

He also offered Connie a ride home— which she accepted, after a little bit of stammering ‘oh no really’ and ‘I can catch a bus no problem’. But Greg was insistent that it was no problem on his part either… especially since Steven seemed equally eager to give her a lift.

It put a smile on an old man’s face.

(And if it occurred to him that it was still early on a Friday afternoon, and that Connie should probably be in school… he didn’t mention it. Connie seemed like a good kid. Not his place to go poking his nose into her business.)

Greg asked a couple questions, following up on Connie, asking how she was doing, but for the most part didn’t pry. It was nice, being able to put on some quiet tunes, stare at the road, and listen as the two kids chatted in the back of the car. Hardly any time seemed to pass at all before they pulled up outside the Maheswarans’ townhouse.

Even though they’d hardly met under the most ideal of circumstances— the two parents understandably panicking about Connie’s severe injury and miraculous healing— Greg liked Doug and Priyanka Maheswaran. Priyanka was… intense, admittedly, but Greg respected her. Doug seemed like a nice guy— and Greg didn’t just think that cuz he owned every single one of the Mr. Universe albums. After the day he’d had, he sure wouldn’t have minded a chance to catch up with them.

But when they pulled up, Connie didn’t invite them in. She just said. “Thank you so much for the drive, Mr. Universe. And it was great meeting you, Steven.”

“Yeah, you too,” Steven replied— and did Greg catch him blushing in the rearview mirror? “Uhhh— Are you gonna be back in Beach City anytime soon, or…?”

“Yeah. Yeah, I should be. We should meet up! If you’re not flying back to Korea, that is…”

“No! I-I mean, I can definitely be around! I don’t know when though, so, uh, maybe... um, just come by the car wash? Or we could meet up at the docks...”

“Sure! The sounds awesome!”

“Okay, great! See you soon, Connie!”

“Yeah! Bye, Steven! Thanks for the lift, Mr. Universe!”

Steven was grinning like a goon as Connie jumped out of the car and hurried up the steps, the two of them taking one last chance to wave at each other.

Unfortunately, that smile died shortly thereafter, with Steven retreating into a sullen sort of silence. And without the children chattering, there was nothing to distract Greg from his own restless thoughts.

So he took his son on a shopping trip.

First, they swung by an electronics store. Greg needed a new phone and, especially after today’s disappearance, he realized it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to make sure Steven had one too. The kid had a lot of fun testing out different phone models and checking out any cool accessories he might like to have. He eventually settled on a smartphone a bit on the higher end, with a wide, highres touchscreen. He also picked out a phone cover with faux-ink calligraphy art of a bird of prey on it.

They stopped by a shoe store next. The hiking boots Steven usually wore in Korea weren’t practical for the beach, so they got him some sandals, a couple of flip flops, a pair of aqua shoes for when he wanted to go into the water... Greg was starting to eye the G8tor brand aisle when Steven pulled him away to the counter.

They also went grocery shopping. Now that Steven was out and about again, it was time to get his diet back to something resembling normal. They bought enough food to fully stock the van’s cupboards and mini-fridge— lots of fresh vegetables, some canned and dried fruits, several packs of tofu, a carton of eggs, and a small sack of rice. They also got a few treats for dessert, like chocolate chip cookies and a gallon tub of rich chocolate ice cream.

By the time they arrived at the carwash, it was five PM— and thankfully, Pearl was back.

Greg let out a sigh of relief he hadn’t realized he’d been holding. Sure, he had known that she was almost certainly fine— Pearl was a Gem after all; she could take care of herself and had probably just needed some alone time— nonetheless, he was glad to know nothing bad had happened to her.

But it didn’t take Greg long to realize that something still seemed wrong.

“Wanna help with dinner?” Greg asked her, as he waved her into the van. “I was thinking bibimbap or stir fry or something.”

“Of course,” Pearl said, bowing her head and making a beeline for the fridge.

“No! I can do it!” Steven said. He rushed ahead of her, practically blocking her. “You just sit down— if you want to.”

Greg raised his eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. He just got to work chopping onions.

It was like that for the rest of the evening. Pearl would start to do something— clean the vegetables, set the table, or even just pour some water— and Steven would be there, hurrying to beat her. Once or twice he snapped, “No,” or “Stop,” and she would freeze, and then he would freeze, looking horrified. Greg caught him taking a moment to do his breathing exercise up to ten, something he only ever did when he was feeling on the verge of an emotional outburst. Pearl, for her part, ended up pressed up in the corner of the van, hands clasped over her breast.

When dinner was ready, Steven took his seat at the table. He kept glancing at Pearl, but neither said anything.

Noticing this, Greg urged Pearl, “Come on. Join us.”

Without looking up, she padded silently to the table and sat down next to Greg.

Neither she or Steven spoke. Greg tried to prod a conversation into existence, but it kept fizzling out before it could even start, so eventually he gave up and just ate his food.

It was baffling. Just this morning, the two of them had been getting along perfectly, singing and cuddling and working together… Now, it was like this wall of ice had built up between them.

What was going on?

Steven took his own sweet time with his meal, pushing his rice and vegetables around the bowl for the most part. When he had finally finished eating, Greg decided to put his son’s apparent newfound love for chores to good use. “Can you clean up, buddy?”

“Sure,” Steven muttered, and began carrying the dishes to the sink.

Greg looked to Pearl and said in a low voice, “Hey, could I talk with you? Outside?”

She nodded. The two of them slipped out of the van.

Greg hemmed and hawed a bit before asking, “Hey, is everything alright? With you and Steven?”

“I… do not know,” Pearl confessed. “He is upset with me.”

“Oh jeez,” said Greg, rubbing his neck. “Wanna talk with me about it? Maybe I can help out or something.”

“No,” said Pearl.

“Oh.” Greg heaved out a sigh. He didn’t want to push this. He knew that Pearl could be sensitive… and he also had to admit, that in some ways, she was closer to Steven than he was. She was the one who’d been living with Steven full time for the past two years, who’d been caring for him day to day. If she didn’t want to talk about this, he wouldn’t force it. “Okay. But if you ever need some help… I’m all ears. And anyway there’s, uh, something else I wanted to ask you about…”

Pearl shook her head. “No, that is not what I meant. I do not want to tell you about it. But I believe I should. You may be able to help.”

“Oh. Okay. Um well. Shoot.”

A long quiet moment, the kind Pearl fell into when she was seriously considering what to say. At last, she softly started, “You never understood the relationship between Blue Diamond and myself.”

Prickles ran up Greg’s arms.

Somehow, he knew this was going to be it.

“What… do you mean? I mean… you were her lady-in-waiting, but like… you were still friends though.”

“Gregory, ‘friendship’ is not a concept Gems traditionally have.”

This was a problem Greg had run into again and again in his time with Blue. Gems were aliens, and for them, so many words to describe relationships just didn’t exist. “I know, but that doesn’t mean it… wasn’t there. You… you stayed together for thousands of years, you helped each other… I’d call that friendship.”

“That was not friendship. That was my duty.”

Greg licked his lips, Rose Quartz’s words from that morning echoing through his head. “What— what’re you saying?”

“Please, Greg,” Pearl said. “This is where Steven got upset. I want you to understand that this is simply a difference in our species. All Gems are created to fulfill a specific purpose, a specific duty. Blue Diamond’s was to lead and rule us. My purpose was to serve at her side and do as she commanded.”

Greg shook his head. “But it wasn’t just that, right? You— you wanted to be with her. You were happy with her.”

Another one of those silences.

“Those questions do not matter,” said Pearl. “My happiness and desires are irrelevant.”

“Don’t— don’t say that!”

“But it is true.”

Greg took a staggering step backwards, bumping into the hood of the van. He stared at Pearl, all quiet and polite and demure.

‘I justify it on the backs of all the Pearls who were forced in servitude.’

“Pearl— Pearl, are you saying you had no— no choice but to be with Blue?”

Pearl paused at the question. "I was her Pearl. I did as she commanded."

Greg braced himself against the van. “What if you didn’t?”

She went very, very still. So still that she looked like marble.

“Pearl,” said Greg.

Her voice was barely audible when she said, “That would be unthinkable.”

It was a good thing the van was there, because Greg could feel his knees start to shake beneath him.

“No,” Pearl said. “No, that is a lie. Such things are thinkable. But the punishments for such behaviour is steep, and rightly so. To disobey your Owner is to create chaos.”

Chaos.

Greg had heard Blue use that word before. About the war. ‘All those Gems shattered… buildings left in ruin… Nobody sure who they could trust, who was loyal… It was all utter chaos, all the worse when Pink was gone, and her people didn’t know who to turn to—’

Now he was wondering.

"The Crystal Gems..." Greg said. "They went to war against the Diamonds. Why?"

"They disagreed with the order."

"The order," Greg echoed. "What ‘order’? Why?"

"They did not abide by the Laws."

"... what kind of laws?"

"The Laws," Pearl said, again. She was very, very still, and took her time before answering. "The Laws that built the Empire. Each Gem, a Duty; each Duty, a Gem. The rebels did not want to abide by this most sacred tenet. It began with Rose Quartz, she who refused to fight in her Diamond's name. Who valued this planet over her purpose."

"... wait," said Greg. "You mean Earth? She fought for Earth?"

"Partially." Pearl's face was like porcelain. "Our Empire needed this planet for a colony, to make new Gems. But the process would have destroyed it. Stopping its colonization was part of Rose Quartz's motives."

Greg stared. "But... Blue loved Earth."

“She came to love it.” Pearl brushed the hair out of her face, so that Greg could see her eyes for the first time that evening. “The transformation she underwent after meeting you was remarkable. You taught her so much. Opened her eyes to the beauty of this planet. You gave her peace and solace like she never found on Homeworld.”

Now, Pearl was smiling at him, one of those rare, bright, genuine smiles that Greg so cherished. But just then, it made him feel almost... nauseous, like looking at an otherwise delicious cake when you had food poisoning.

“But… before she met me… Blue wanted the Earth destroyed?”

“The Earth was property of Pink Diamond. She wanted it to be a colony, and Blue Diamond was prepared to do anything to fulfill that desire.”

“So— Just... just let me get this straight. The whole war started because the Crystal Gems wanted to protect Earth and humans?”

“No,” said Pearl, and Greg was given the tiniest flicker of hope. “It started when Rose Quartz stole Pink Diamond’s Pearl.”

That flicker of hope was doused in ice. “What.”

“Gregory. Please—”

“No, no, Pearl. What do you mean? You can’t steal a person! Do you mean— she ‘kidnapped’ her, or what—?”

“She stole Pink Diamond’s Pearl,” she repeated. “This Pearl belonged to Pink Diamond, and Rose Quartz spirited her away, corrupting her with propaganda, making her act in ways no Pearl should.”

Greg was speechless. Stole a Pearl. Like you could steal a chocolate bar or a phone or a wallet.

“The other Pearl— the Crystal Gem one— she —”

“Yes.”

The other Pearl. Head held high, all pride and sharp edges and fury.

Not stolen. Definitely not stolen.

Free.

“She is a traitor,” said Pearl. “All the Crystal Gems are traitors, Greg. Remember, Rose Quartz shattered Pink Diamond.”

And now Greg was beginning to understand why.

“Pink Diamond… Pink Diamond owned her. And Blue... owned you.” Greg felt bile burn in his throat. “And you don’t think— you don’t think that Steven —”

“That was the nature of our disagreement, yes. I am his Pearl. I belong to him. But he is having trouble understanding.”

“Damn right he is! Nobody owns you, Pearl! Not Steven, not anyone!”

“Please do not be angry, Greg.”

“I’m not angry!”

But he was angry. He was furious. Maybe more than he’d ever been in his entire life.

And more than that— he was horrified. At Blue. At himself.

Pearl... Pearl had been a slave for all these years, and he’d never even noticed.

And hadn’t the signs been there? The way Pearl was so quiet. How she always walked behind Blue Diamond. How she’d never speak without being spoken to. How she’d do her best to fulfill Steven’s every request, no matter how childish or impractical it was.

But no. He’d ignored it all. Told himself Pearl was just shy, just anxious, just eccentric. She was an alien, and so was Blue. Any oddness in their relationship could be chalked up to that—

He put his face in his hands. Fuck.

Fuck!

He was so stupid.

He felt a light hand brush against his shoulder, and looked up to see Pearl. Her eyes were shining with unshed tears, and that blade of guilt just stabbed deeper into his stomach.

“Do not be upset,” she told him. “This is not your fault.”

“Yes it is! Holy crap, Pearl, I’ve been keeping you as a slave—”

“You have not,” she said, voice patient, like she was talking to a young child or startled animal. “And regardless, Greg, you gave me a choice.”

“... what?”

“The day Steven was born. You told me I could leave if I wanted. I chose to stay.”

Greg blinked at her.

He did remember that, even though it was blurry— that whole day had taken on a dreamlike quality, Blue’s death and Steven’s birth all blending together into something strange and surreal. He had told Pearl that, had given her the option of leaving.

But he hadn’t meant it like that. He’d just meant that Pearl shouldn’t feel obligated to become a substitute parent.

“I chose to pledge myself to Steven. To be his, until I am no longer of any use.”

“That’s— that’s not something you get to chose, Pearl,” Greg said. “That’s not— that’s certainly not fair on you, and— it’s not fair on Steven. He’s just a kid. He can’t understand this stuff.”

Pearl was just staring at him, eyes huge and horrified.

Greg made himself meet those eyes. Made himself stand up straight. Made himself say, “Steven’s my son. And I am not letting him have a slave. I refuse.”

Now Pearl was far from still. She was shaking, shaking all over.

“But he is my Diamond. I am his Pearl.”

“You’re not his.”

“I…” Pearl stared around, looking dizzy and dazed. She stared at Greg, then at the van, then at nothing at all. In a hoarse whisper she said, “Very well. Then I shall go.”

She turned, and with that strange Gem speed, took off, too fast to follow, even if Greg had tried.

#su fanfic #momswap #steeb #bloop #greg #blue diamond #rose quartz #connie #lapis lazuli #faded blue

[voxcomentumultis]

Brief summary of my muses in an HP setting

under a cut because a short paragraph for 13 muses adds up to a really long post

Royce: Slytherin who comes from one of those really old rich pureblood families. His illegitimate half brother tried to kill him so he could be considered the only heir. It didn’t work and he instead landed himself in Azkaban, orphaning his brother in the process. Royce was adopted by the aunt of his deceased half-brother.

BJ: Halfblood metamorphmagus who was adopted into a pureblood family and is also the only Slytherin in a family full of Gryffindors. His secretly-a-voldy-supporter father murdered his mother after finding out she was actually muggleborn, and two of his older cousins from his new family are the aurors who put him away. 

Steven: Steven’s mother’s a squib who had a kid with a muggle and never told him that his grandfather was magic. Then one day he gets a letter and gets sorted into Hufflepuff and now everything is just so new and overwhelming and omg is that a giant squid???

Frank: He was in Hufflepuff during his school days. His entire family was killed during the first war, and it drove him to insanity. Now he hunts down voldy supporters vigilante-style. He’s wanted by the ministry because he keeps using the killing curse on his targets, but no one can actually find him. He had a huge bounty on his head during the second war.

Kenneth: Halfblood but doesn’t know it because his mother was a muggle and he has no idea who his dad is. He grew up in a muggle orphanage treated kinda the same way Harry was by the other kids and adults. He was sorted into Hufflepuff and isn’t very good at magic but he’s trying his best. He dies in the second war during the battle at the school and haunts it afterwards.

10: John’s house was Ravenclaw back in the day. He’s very knowledgeable in basically everything and works at the school as a sub for pretty much every subject. He’s an insanely powerful wizard but not all that famous because he doesn’t flaunt his skill at every chance.

Jack: His biological father was put in Azkaban before he was born, and his mother died shortly after, so Jack is being raised by his uncle instead, who lives with his two close friends who have both also become father-figures to him. Jack is insanely powerful for his age, and kinda has a hard time controlling it. He’s a Hufflepuff. NOTE: Jack and BJ may or may not know each other as Jack’s uncles friends are the same brothers that happen to be BJ’s cousins.

Cody: He thinks he’s muggleborn but only because he doesn’t know who his father is. He was fostered by several different muggle families growing up until he was finally adopted by one. A couple years later he got his letter and was sorted into Ravenclaw. He is extremely powerful and talented.

8: Her mother died when she was born, so she was raised by her mother’s ex husband and the father of her half-sister. Nicknamed so because of an oddly shaped birthmark on her forearm, 8 was sorted in Slytherin and cares not for anyone except those closest to her. 

Mikey/Lukas: A metamorphmagus Gryffindor and the biological second cousin of BJ. Both of their fathers, two cousins, were secret voldy supporters. Lukas’s mother was the auror who took down the fling that resulted in her son. During the second war, Lukas was Imperio’d to kill a dozen people, including his own mother. When he realized what he’d done, he erased his own memory, but butchered it, and now only remembers the one thing he’d been trying to make himself forget.

Connor: Halfblood Gryffindor. No one expected him to be one. They all thought he’d be Ravenclaw. Then one day he jumped in front of a first-year he didn’t know and ended up in the hospital wing after taking the hex that had been aimed at them. 

Venom: Not actually a human. Instead he’s a magical creature so rare that there’s not much known about them. It appears they can live in a liquid-like state, but they can also possess humans. The symbiotic relationship appears to be mutualistic or parasitic depending on host. This one has attached to a Ravenclaw student named Eddie.

Dex: Pureblood former Ravenclaw who had a kid with a muggle and now dislikes them after her betrayal. However this does not mean he sides with the DEs, because he doesn’t actually hate them. In fact he hates DEs way more than he doesn’t like muggles and if you say that really foul word for muggleborn in front of him be prepared to fight.

#ramblings of a stevie | ooc

[jacquelineshyde]

Sneakpeek: Drive It Like You Stole It ~ (#1)

In which Red is the best and Ford suffers from the Hyde curse.

It has been years since the last time Red heard a kid’s cries on his kitchen. From his surrogated grandchildren, the only one around could be that one from the Hyde clan and his shoulders tensed with the idea.

Somewhere in the way, little Ford had become the star of the house, making his days better when he visited and making his wife’s life brighter since the day he was born. And even with the disappointed taste he got from the news of the kid’s mother pregnancy years ago, Redford was anything but guilty of his parent’s fuck ups.

If more, he was… just an innocent kid, who was crying now at Red Forman’s kitchen, both hands grabbing his head in a desperate pose that only professed great pain. He was only eight years old, he shouldn’t be seen like this, he shouldn’t act like this.

Slowly, Red moved to sit at his usual spot in the kitchen table. Ford didn’t move, he closed his eyes before pulling at his long sleeve to dry his tears. His entire face was blushed and puffy, and he didn’t look like his mother, nor like his father.

His mother had said he was a carbon copy from her father, but Red hadn’t found any similarities in there either. Maybe the blue eyes belonged to his adoptive son, maybe the clef chin too. Everything else, black and straight hair, tiny nose, fine features and pink lips, it wasn’t the kind of masculine the Hydes were.

In fact, Red was sure of this, little Ford may grow up to be one of those pretty boys like the Kelso kid was.

“You okay there, son?”

Ford didn’t answer, only nodded, biting at his bottom lip, which mean he was lying.

He was so easy to read, another thing that reminded Red of Steven. Maybe the kid’s father was an enigma to the rest of the world, but never to Red.

The man nodded, then put a hand on the boy’s shoulder and tried again, “Everything alright, Redford?”

After a few second of silence, Ford started to shiver, looking at his side to were Red sat waiting for an answer to help calm him down, “She is never coming back, isn’t it?”

Ah, the mother.

Red swallowed hard. The woman had left almost four months ago, saying she was visiting family and coming back in a few days, but she never did.

She didn’t call either, didn’t write, nothing. Like if she hadn’t left a kid behind, like if she hadn’t left her actual family there. Looking at this kid, crying his eyes out, he couldn’t help but think of the little boy who sat at his kitchen once and told him, with a soft voice and watery eyes with unlashed tears, that his father had left and didn’t plan to come back.

His fingers massaged Ford’s back and shoulder a little, trying to find the words like that time too.

“She will come back, Ford. She always does. Don’t worry.”

“No, she won’t!” He said, his nails hurting the skin of his arms and Red stopped his soothing, squeezing Ford’s shoulder gently before moving his hands to the kid’s, taking them away from his arm so he won’t hurt himself.  

That was Steven, too.

“I just heard it. Pa was talking to her on the phone, and he was angry, shouting that she had to come back, that she couldn’t leave me the same way—“ his voice cut, new tears wetting his face, “the same way his mother left him…”

Once more, Red nodded. The memory of Steven’s frightening face when he and Kitty had gone to see him to take him in the first time appeared fresh on his mind. Edna Hyde. Samantha Hyde. What was the difference now?

“Ford, you have your father. And motherly hands? Those will never be an issue to you, trust me.” The kid looked at his grandfather’s figure. “You have Kitty, you have your aunt, you have Donna, and Brooke and even Caroline. Hell, you have the Loud One, too!”

It was time for Ford to nod. The loud one, Jackie Burkhart, the kid put a face on it.

“And your father? I couldn’t be more proud of him. He is an excellent dad. Better than I could ever be. You are lucky to have him, kid. So what if your mother left? It was her decision, and she will live with that decision. You? You will be fine.”

“But…”

“I know right now it doesn’t seem that way, but there will come better days. It will pass, and one day, all this will be useful to you.”

“The pain?”

“Of course.” He said, this was something he had heard once in a veteran’s conference. And he had discover it was true. “One day, all this pain will be useful to you. And right now, you need your father. Just as much as he needs you.”

The kid looked as frightened and confused as his father had looked so many years ago, back in his kitchen, being honest with him when no one was around, talking about the parents that failed him.

But the big difference this time, was that Ford smiled and nodded, letting a few tears slide down one last time before going for an hug from his grandfather. Red stood still at first, then hugged him right there, remembering that no matter the kid’s speech, he was just that: a scared kid who has just been abandoned by his mother.

#that 70s show #that '70s show #red forman #steven hyde #sneakpeek #mine #drive it like you stole it #redford hyde #red and ford