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grinchwrapsupreme · 4 months
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I think what might have been better (for me) would be if they hadn't skipped ahead quite so far in the last scene and instead Alison and Mike were returning only a few years later with Mia. Still the "usual room" and still all the old decor kept around the building, but Alison walks into the room holding Mia's hand and "introduces" her to the ghosts, the idea being that she's old enough now even if she can't see them to know they're there, to know that Alison not only gives the ghosts that allowance in her life on her own terms but also perhaps that she can tell Mia stories about the funny dead people who became her family
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inbarfink · 8 months
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So the AA Fandom has no shortage of jokes about how our favorite Anime Laywers generally prioritize stuff like the Power of Friendship above more mundane concerns like 'getting paid for doing their job' but...seriously now, how often do they actually get paid for lawyering?
Well, welcome to...
The Big Overview of WAA Lawyers and Actually Getting Paid!!
The vast majority of AA Cases do not discuss payments for legal services explictly, so I will be Ranking how probable I feel it is the Lawyers got Paid. With a 0 standing for 'explictly and unambigiously did not get paid' and 1 standing for 'explictly and unambigiously did get paid'
The First Turnabout
That's an easy one, it is actually explicitly mentioned that no, Larry did not pay Phoenix for his services as a Lawyer.
And so, my first trial came to a close. Larry slapped me on the back and said, "Gee, Nick, it's good to have friends!" But I'm pretty sure he's not going to pay us. Unless you count the clock he gave Mia.
Which is brought up again months later during 'Turnabout Goodbyes'
Butz: Whoa… Nick. S-so, is that why you helped me out for free? Phoenix: Uh… yes. I helped you because I believed in you. (Except I don't remember saying I'd do it for free…)
So Phoenix expected and wanted to get paid, but he’s just, like, not assertive enough to get his money off Larry. And thus a long legacy of Not Getting Money was born!
Probability of Getting Paid: 0
Turnabout Sisters
Okay, so the subject of money does not come up directly in ‘Turnabout Sisters’ but like… Maya does not seem to have a lot of liquid funds on her at this point. For most of the games she generally relays on Phoenix to pay for things for her. At best right now she is semi-dependent on Morgan for cash - and considering her motivations, she probably came out with some excuse like ‘oooh Mystic Maya must prove her independence in such a dire situation or something, the whole Fey Family is broke we can’t afford to give you any more money I feel so bad ooooh’.
So I think if Phoenix got paid for defending her that was mostly a token symbolic gesture of gratitude more than actually anything that’ll help him pay the rent. And obviously Phoenix wouldn’t gain anything if he paid himself for that second trial of the case lol
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.1
Turnabout Samurai
Okay, so this is the first case where I think it is more likely than not Phoenix Actually Got Paid. There’s nothing textual, but I think with the implications of Phoenix starting the case fretting over how to pay the rent:
Phoenix: A month has passed since my trial. Mia's murder was the talk of the town for some time… But no one paid any attention to the Wright & Co. Law Offices… How am I going to pay the rent this month? Maya: It'll be okay. I'm sure some big client is just around the corner! Phoenix: Hmph.
And THEN his new Client is Will Powers who is:
a fairly sucessful actor whose life and career seems to be unglamorous but financially stable.
the first cilent Phoenix has who isn't a friend, a relative-of-a-friend or Literally Himself
generally just a really nice and wholesome guy.
It seems pretty likely to me that Phoenix and Maya got paid for this one!
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.8
Turnabout Goodbyes
OKAY so, I've seen folks say that Phoenix would've probably done this for free cause he sees this whole thing as repaying a debt for Being Nice to Him in Fourth Grade because as we all know, Phoenix is a Certified Ridiculous Human Being.
Phoenix: This is my chance to finally pay you back. Maya: Pay him back…? Edgeworth: Pay me back? For what? I don't remember ever doing anything for you. Phoenix: Never mind… I guess you don't really need to know.
Buuuuut... Larry at the time was also part of that Class Trial Bestie Pact and Phoenix did expect him to pay I mean Larry is not the Love of His Life but still.
And more important, this case ALSO established that Miles has a problem expressing gratitude and overcompensate using financial gifts.
Phoenix: Thank you. Oh, wait! Umm… I was wondering, how much is bail going to be? Gumshoe: Don't worry about that. Mr. Edgeworth is posting the whole amount. Phoenix: What? Edgeworth…? Gumshoe: Didn't I tell you? He's grateful to her for what she did. Alright, pal. Well don't forget to go pick her up, okay? Phoenix: (Hmm… Maybe I can get Edgeworth to pay this month's rent, too…)
So I feel, like, regardless of what Phoenix wanted - at the end of this trial - Miles IS going to make sure he is GETTING PAID. Dude was probably shoving checks into his mailbox like a full month after the trial concluded.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.9
Rise from the Ashes
So... the person who initially hires Phoenix to the case is Ema Skye, a 16 year old girl whose main funds are her allowance. And Phoenix was kinda willfully ignoring his financial situation at the start and only took this case for sentimental reasons. (just more evidence that Miles was STILL sending him payments for 'Goodbyes' lol)
It's been two months since Maya left the office… Two months without a single trial. I've had offers… But none I took. That is… until the day that girl showed up.
However he does get 'formally requested' by her probably-well-off-considering-prosecutors-in-this-series older sister shortly thereafter.
Lana: … Mr. Wright? Phoenix: Y-yes? Lana: I believe our discussion here is ended. The rest… I leave to you. Phoenix: …! Um… you mean, you're requesting my services as your defense? Lana: Don't lose any sleep over it. Your client has confessed, after all. The case is over. Phoenix: Right… I'll do what I can to get to the bottom of this. Lana: …
And after a very long and harrowing journey of being in-conflict with his own client, Lana did end up being very grateful for what he did. And again, this case espacially emphasizes that 'prosecutors make the big bucks' - so she had both the means and will to pay him.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.6
The Lost Turnabout
Alrighty, so, Maggey is generally a nice girl and also a fangirl of Phoenix Wright and that gives her an incentive to support him financially...
Actually, I really love to watch court proceedings, and I always root for you to win! When I'm off duty, I like to come here and…
But with how unlucky she is, that might imply that she could have Money Troubles. Although on the other hand she at least has a stable job at the moment... But on the other OTHER hand she does mention how all the other lawyers 'laughed her off'
Just when I thought all hope was lost; when all the other lawyers had laughed me off… "Leave it to me!" you said! You! The one and only Phoenix Wright came to save the day! And just like that, I was moved to tears, sir! I'll never forget what you're doing for me, EVER!
Which usually I wouldn't note as a financial thing. Usually when an AA Defendant is like 'oooh I have no one else to turn too, all the other lawyers turned me down......" this is because the case is considered too impossible to win or Unbearably Wacky (or some sort of conspiracy like with Maya in 'Sisters'). But, like, this is a Tutorial Case. Phoenix won that one with Fucking Amnesia. The 'impossibility' of the case was not the issue, so, yeah, it might legitimately be the money?
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.4
Reunion, and Turnabout
It's Maya Murder Trial Time Again! Pretty much the same as before with the two added factors being:
Maya is now officially employed in the Wright & Co. Law Offices during the duration of the trial.
AFTER the Trial, when Morgan is like, in jail - Maya might have a bit more acess to her family funds. Although they are established to Not Be Doing Well Financially in general....
A piece of cloth with a ton of finely-written characters jammed onto it. Probably esoteric knowledge only mediums should know. …Hmm, let's see… Here's one in English… It says… "100 Ways to Save Money". … Being a medium sounds like a rough way of life…
I think all in all these kinda even out to the same Chances of Getting Paid at last time??
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.1
Turnabout Big Top
So if you ever start discussing how pointless the AA 'middle cases' are - just remember this one crucial detail; they are the most reliable way Phoenix Wright gets food on his plate! We once again have a stranger (that Phoenix won't feel obligated to defend for free) that is very explictly Fabulously Wealthy.
He's not as nicey-nice as Will Powers is but I feel like paying Phoenix's legal fees is not something Max will bet an eye at.
Phoenix: It's a table for guests… There are some papers scattered on top. Maya: Ah! Look at this! Max's salary is written on this piece of paper. YIKES! Phoenix: W-What is it? Maya: I didn't know a magician… This salary is incredible! Phoenix: (She looks like she's about ready to pass out from shock…) How much is it!? How much is it!? T-T-THAT MUCH!? Maya: Incredible, huh? Phoenix: You can say that again.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Farewell, My Turnabout
Okay so this is the Big One. This one’s a really complicated one to determine.
Let’s just get the first thing out of the way, the fact that Phoenix “”lost”” the case does not matter one way or another. Criminal Defense Lawyers, as a general rule, do not work on a Contingency Fee Basis. That means they are paid regardless of the result of the trial. So if this was a normal trial, Phoenix would probably be paid.
But this was not a normal trial, was it?
Phoenix was FORCED to work as a Defense Attorney due to a KIDNAPPER. And, like, my first instinct is ‘if you are already forcing someone to work via criminal means, why the hell would you also pay them??’ 
Buuuuut….. This is MY instinct, not the instinct of goddam Shelly De Killer. 
Since Shelly’s whole thing is being the Honorable Assassin, and he has some level of respect towards Phoenix as like a Fellow Professional. I can see him thinking maybe wanting Phoenix to get paid for the work he is Coercing Him To Do Under Threat of Murdering His Best Friend for the sake of Honor. 
But also also, Phoenix’s terms are not officially with De Killer, it’s with This Asshole!
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And Matt Engarde is absolutely the kind of guy to casually take advantage of Phoenix’s frantic ‘please please just let me be your lawyer or my Friend is gonna Die!’ thing where, like, obviously getting paid is NOT gonna cross through Phoenix’s head atm in order to not pay/severely underpay the guy even though he can obviously afford it.
All in all, things are not looking good for this case’s probability, which is a shame considering how it ends.
Powers: Um, anyway… So, who's paying for this lovely dinner party? Maya: As if you need to ask! Everyone say, "Thank you" to Nick! Phoenix: Huh? Gumshoe: Ah, yeah… I'm kinda at the point where I can't even buy instant noodles, pal. So I kinda already put your name on the bill.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.3
Turnabout Memories
First time covering a Lawyer that’s not Phoenix!
Now, Mia’s client in this case is a college student who probably doesn't have tons of personal funds, and considering her own motivations for taking on the case she probably would’ve done it for free but…
At the time she was employed at the Grossberg Law Offices, and Phoenix hired just the office in general and then Mia took over the case just last night.
Grossberg: Still, you surprised me… What, with your earnest request last night… "Let me handle this case!" you suddenly said. And quite forcefully, too! Mia: I just found out yesterday. About the case, I mean.
So... really this is just the Vibes I get from the Grossberg Law Offices, being generally the more professional and by-the-book law offices compared to the utter chaotic energy of Wright and Co, that makes me assume that they usually reliably charge their clients and pay their lawyers.
There’s some evidence further down the line (which we’ll get to soon) that some of their lawyers do some pro-bono work - but I dunno if Phoenix’s case was extreme enough to necessitate that (I mean he might be a broke college student but his family would probably help him with the legal funds although that assumes they even exist) . So my assumption is that Mia probably did get paid. Probably?
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.75
The Stolen Turnabout
So, Ron DeLite used to really financially struggle to keep up with his wife’s shopaholic habits - but that seems to have stabilized ever since his ‘benefactor’ showed up. So I’d assume he still has some funds left to pay his lawyer. I mean I guess it won’t be totally implausible if Desiree did manage to blow through them all…. Or maybe being a a high-spending shopaholic means that she’d want to pay extravagantly for her lawyer as well?
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Recipe for Turnabout
It’s Maggey again! And now she’s:
Closer to a friend, or at least a friend-of-friend. Rather than Just Another Client.
Is probably in a more dire financial state than before, on account of being unemployed and also in jail for the last two months.
Also being a waitress isn’t that prestigious a job anyways 
And if anyone is gonna help her cover her legal fees it could only be Gumshoe which… does not bode well to anyone involved!
Pissed at Phoenix cause it took her some time to realize that no, that guy who got her found guilty two months ago is not him
So basically everything that changed since her last trial makes it less likely that Phoenix charged for his legal services. I'm sure she'd try her best by the end, but Phoenix might just wave it off to save everyone a headache.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.3
Turnabout Beginnings
So first things first I want to reiterate that Criminal Defense Attorneys generally get paid regardless of if they ‘win’ and while I couldn’t find any concrete statements about the matter - I believe they get paid even if their clients die mid-trial??? I mean, the legal fees just get added to their posthumous debts? So the lawyer would hypothetically be able to claim their due payment from the deceased’s remaining funds and possessions. If they wanted to, that is…
Cause, well, this is why I said the Grossberg Law Offices might do some pro-bono cases. Terry Fawles was, like, a part-time tutor who has been incarcerated for the last five years. If he has any family or friends outside that could help him with his legal fees, he never mentions them. 
So I’m really not sure if he bought Mia services or if she volunteered to do this pro-bono after hearing he had no options for legal representations out of concern for, like, prisoners rights. 
And even if he was supposed to pay Mia for her service, after the grim ending of the case - I’m not sure if she would’ve even tried to pursue getting her legal fees from Fawles’ posthumously/from his next of kin. From how deeply traumatized she was by that trial, I think that would’ve only made her feel worse about the whole situation. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.05
Bridge to the Turnabout
Iris is a nun from a small temple that is mentioned to not-be-doing-so-hot (cause it’s tied with the Kurain Channeling Technique and it’s been on a downturn since DL-6), but she does have at least enough personal funds to have her own cell-phone and occasionally go into town. So it’s not a lot, but I think it’s enough to get Phoenix at least a a symbolic token-of-gratitude payment.
Also, it might be possible Phoenix will wave off the fees due to the Personal Connection to the case. You know, he was doing this primarily to Uncover the Truth and get some personal closure for the Dahlia mess.... Or maybe not, cause he did still get paid (or tried to get paid, or forced to get paid) to save his two Fourth-Grade-Life-Debt Childhood Best Friends in court?
(And I do mean just Phoenix, Miles probably would never charge for his services as ‘acting defense attorney’, we don’t need that farce to get any farcier)
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.3
Turnabout Trump
Now this is a complicated one, let us list the factors here one-by-one:
1. As per Apollo’s comment in the next episode, the Gavin Law Offices probably operated strictly quid pro quo.
(Good-bye, quid pro quo. Hello pro bono. sigh)
2. Phoenix is supposedly friends with the boss of the Agency. And in reality, Kritoph Gavin has a very VERY vested interest in making sure the trial goes According to Plan. Incentivising him to at least give Phoenix a discount.
3. Phoenix is also not doing that great financially right now. 
4. Oh right, that entire law agency disbanded once the boss got arrested at the end of the trial!
…Speaking of which, I may be out of a job. I work for Gavin Law Offices, after all. (I still can't believe I just saw Mr. Gavin get led away in handcuffs…)
I think it is most likely that Phoenix got some sort of “”Friend”” Discount from Kristoph. But I really don’t know what happens if an entire law firm gets disbanded right after the trial cause the owner got arrested as a result of it. It probably depends on whether Phoenix was in agreement with the Gavin Law Offices who then assigned Apollo on the case or if Phoenix had an agreement with Apollo directly.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.5
Turnabout Corner
Oh hey, look! Another rare case of an Ace Attorney that actually discusses the issue of money directly!
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Well, I mean we know how much Apollo got paid for solving the case of Phoenix’s accident and Trucy’s panties (nothing) and for solving Eldoon’s Noodle Cart Theft (a free bowl of ramen). We don’t see them directly discuss the subject of payment regarding Apollo’s Actual Job…
Apollo: Your request… let me guess, something's been stolen? Alita: Um, your flyer… It says "now defending" so I thought… Apollo: Whaaaat!? You mean, you mean you want me to defend you? Me? Trucy: Maybe you can tell us what happened? Were you hit by a car? Did someone steal your stand? Or your panties? Alita: No! No… I'm not the client, actually. The client would be my… well, my fiancé, I suppose you'd call him. Apollo: Fiancé…? What happened to him, then? Alita: He was arrested this morning. The charge… was murder.
But as he was complaining before about not only being pigeonholed as some sort of a detective, but also not getting paid for anything…
Um… I was wondering when I get paid? We solved the case of your accident, and um, found a missing article of clothing.
And then getting this job and being so happy about it...
Trucy: Polly! You look as happy as a clam in its shell. Apollo: For a lawyer this is it, the place where the battle begins!
Implies that He’s Getting Paid - just as much as with Phoenix’s rent stuff in ‘Turnabout Samurai’ if not more. 
Also, I don’t think the fact that the person who hired him wanted him to fail and is now going to prison is a factor here.
As I already mentioned, Defense Attorneys get paid regardless of the outcome of a trial and logically that would apply both when they lose and when they win. Plus, I am pretty sure Alita filed her request officially through Wocky’s name or the Kitaki family in general and they were obviously very grateful for what Apollo did, and they had both the wins and wills to pay him.
So let’s give a big round of applause for Apollo Justice, the WAA Lawyer most likely to get paid!
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.99
Turnabout Serenade
These kind of showbiz-focused Middle Cases are generally pretty good for Getting Paid Probabilities, but this case is a bit more complicated.
Cause the plot of this case hinges on Machi being so desperate for money that he was willing to risk death via cocoon smuggling,
Situation… I cannot explain. But money. I needed. Very much money.
That doesn’t necessarily mean he was unable to afford a lawyer - without details of why exactly he needed that Sweet, Sweet Cocoon Money we can’t be sure.  But it’s plausible that hiring Apollo was not out of his price range but he was desperate for something far more expensive. 
Considering his young age and… you know, until the final day of the trial he pretended to not understand a word of English, it’s also possible hiring Apollo was a matter handled by Lamirior and/or the duo’s agency. Both of which will probably feel committed to Actually Paying, each from their own angle. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Turnabout Succession
Now, HERE’S a complicated one! 
Going generally over the usual stuff, Vera is a pretty nice person and she’s clearly grateful for what Apollo and Trucy did for her. And while the Misham Family was driven into forgeries by financial desperation, at the present-time they seem stable enough that Vera could at least afford the rates of the WAA. If this was just another case, it’ll get like a solid 0.7 at minimum. Pretty typical stuff by now.
But this isn’t just one more ordinary case. This a weird sort of ‘Test Trial’ for the Jurist System with every factor - including the Defendant and the Attorney - arranged by Phoenix’s weird little committee.
Well, for one, I'll be chair of the Jurist System Simulated Court Committee. The chair constructs the ideal situation… choosing the case, the jurist candidates… …even the judge and the courtroom.
Apollo: So… what kind of case is the trial simulation about? Phoenix: Well, since it is the first run through of a new system, I wanted something simple. Trucy: Good thinking! No sense wearing yourself out on something too serious! Phoenix: True. The case is a murder. Apollo: That's not simple at all!! Trucy: By "simple", did you mean that the defendant is… Phoenix: …Guilty. Yes. Most likely. …So, good luck, Apollo. Apollo: Um… with what? Phoenix: With the trial tomorrow. You're defending, of course. Recall that I said it had something to do with you.
So I guess the question here, did Phoenix basically make Vera officially hire Apollo? Did the committee hire Apollo and they’re the one paying him? Is this another case of Phoenix trolling Apollo into doing Free Volunteer Work for him?
Honestly I wouldn’t put that past the AA4 version of Phoenix..............but also if he did that I doubt he would’ve missed a chance to crack a joke at Apollo’s expense about that. 
...You know, I started this thread of thought with the thought I’m arguing for a lower Getting Paid score for this case but I think I just talked myself into increasing the probability.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.8
Also bonus round: THE TRIAL OF SHADI ENIGMAR!
Zero fucking chances Phoenix got paid on this one. HIS CLIENT DISAPPEARED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT PROCEEDING! And even if Phoenix gets paid before a trial is concluded (unlikely, since he didn’t know Larry wasn’t paying him until after the case was closed), he was his attorney for like half-a-day before he disappeared so wouldn’t have much of a chance either way.  And considering Zak’s character (and how he also tried to sabotage Phoenix’s current Poker-based career seven years after that), I doubt he put that much thought into Phoenix and his financial considerations to give him a down payment in case he had to to do his disappearnce act or whatever. The only thing Zak left Phoenix with when he left was his goddam abandoned child and ONE LESS BADGE!
So I think this case deserves a very special score!
Probability of Getting Paid: -1
Turnabout Countdown
It’s time for Athena’s first case! Or second case, depending on how you look at it.
Now, one of the major ways that Dual Destinies is gonna shake this Deep Serious Analysis up is that before we had, like, one Active Full-Time Lawyer at any time (maybe with a backup lawyer for Flashback Cases), and we now have Three Different Lawyers actively working together on the same cases. My main concern is primarily not which WAA Lawyers get paid for these cases, but IF any of them got paid at all. Still, shenanigans of cases changing hands officially and unofficially are gonna play a factor in my analysis as well.
And it’s here right from the start! We once again have a Lawyer defending their bestest friend in the whole world, and while some people’s instincts might suggest that means that Defense was for free, well… First things first, we already established Precedence for that back in the first trial of the first game with Larry (not for Lawyers getting paid by their friends, but at least expecting payment) and Juniper’s family is probably doing Just Fine considering she attends this super-fancy-pant prestigious Lawyer High School - so she would want to financially support Athena I would think.
And ALSO, Juniper technically didn’t hire Athena, Apollo was the one supposed to defend Junie in court at first. And although Juniper is… growing closer to Apollo at this point in canon, I don't think it's quite the ‘defend me in court for Free’ point of their relationship, compared to where Juniper and Athena are at. So this is just, like, one extra point to the Final Score!
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
The Monstrous Turnabout
So in this episode, we actually have two different jobs we need to make sure if Apollo actually got paid for. We have the actual criminal defense case, and we also have Babysitting Trucy.
Trucy: Oh, we'd better hurry. Doesn't look Daddy's going to make it, so let's get going. Apollo: Huh? Where are we going? What about the job he mentioned? Trucy: This IS the job, Polly! You're supposed to keep me company today! Now, come on! Apollo: Another day of not being a lawyer. Should've seen this coming. Trucy: Well, this is the "Wright ANYTHING Agency," y'know. And there's no law-related work at the moment, so… Apollo: (Tell me again why I chose to "work" here?) Where is Mr. Wright, anyway?
That being said, Phoenix might still be a bit of a troll but the WAA is doing a lot better financially now that Trucy has those Sweet Gramarye rights and he’s not quite as mean to Apollo as he was back in Hobomode. So I get a feeling that even with this little runaround, Apollo is probably at least getting paid for chaperoning Trucy around?? Probably?
The actual case is actually a lot more clear cut. It is directly mentioned that Damian Tenma could probably afford lawyers much more prestigious than the WAA, it’s just a matter of the WAA being the only ones crazy enough to take on this ‘doomed’ case. 
Trucy: Apollo! Maybe this is your chance. Apollo: Chance for what? Trucy: To do the right thing and defend Jinxie's dad in court! Apollo: Who, me? Wouldn't a man like Mayor Tenma have access to more experienced lawyers? Jinxie: Umm… You wanna know what the detectives said? They doubted there was a lawyer who could get a not-guilty verdict in this one.
And with Mayor Tenma’s personality being based around being almost overly-generous and grateful…
Tenma: How… incredibly… RUDE! Apollo: Umm, sorry. Did I do something to offend you? Tenma: A visitor when all others shun me like a common criminal! And here I am with nothing to offer! I am the epitome of rude! Apollo: (………Wait, so he wasn't mad at me?)
I feel like it is almost a certainty that Apollo and Athena did get paid for this case! 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.85
Turnabout Academy
Okay so, it’s Junie again! Or Junie for the first time depending on how you look at it!
So all of the points I already brought up about Juniper from ‘Countdown’ still apply (save for the stuff about Apollo, of course) but ALSO this is right when Athena and Juniper reunited and their whole emotional arc in this case is about Athena feeling Juniper is being Uncharacteristically Cold and Distant towards her. So defending her on a Friend Discount would be a bit strange at this point. Maybe I can see Athena trying to insist she’d do it for free but Juniper refused?
Although I think that IS a bit weird that they had this big whole scene with Professor ScaryStatue taking over Juniper’s case and the issue of payment doesn’t even come up in passing. I mean, yes obviously, the issues of Trust and Truth and Aristotle Means being Sus as Fuck are the important things in this narrative but I’m suprised there’s not even a mention in passing. Like Means accusing Athena and Apollo of wanting this case back for the Money but they refute him???
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.8
The Cosmic Turnabout
Okay, look, I know I keep bringing up the Larry Precedence but it really IS quite relevant. If Actual Overly-Sentimental Human Disaster Phoenix Wright tried to charge a rate for his childhood best friend who was drifting through life doing weird odd jobs at that time. - Then Apollo, who is generally more practical minded, is probably going to charge a rate for his older acquaintance with the stable Astronaut Job. And while Solomon is a bit of a Space Larry, I don’t think he’d try and avoid the payment in quite the same way. Probably.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Turnabout for Tomorrow
This trial has Phoenix defending one of his own employees in a trial forced on by a hostage situation. I feel silly even extending this paragraph any longer. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.01
Turnabout Reclaimed
First things first, yes, an Orca cannot pay for an attorney - but I assume that the person who hired Phoenix is officially Sasha Buckler. Who IS a human being with her own funds capable of hiring a lawyer. Especially as we know that other lawyers turned her down specifically because her case is ridiculous (and not for financial reasons). 
Phoenix: What's the real reason you picked me, Sasha? Buckler: …Well, to be honest, I asked a whole slew of lawyers, but they all refused. They said stuff like, "There's no merit to taking your case," or "I'm not sure I can help." They're all as cruel as sharks, with hearts punier than whitebait!
She does mention doing a performance as thanks at the ending of the trial but that’s probably no replacement for Actual Money.
But I think most notable for our analysis about this case, is not actually any of the Orca stuff - it’s this exchange right here.
Blackquill: Today, the orca. Tomorrow, Sasha Buckler. You intend to save them both? Hmph. You say you "believe" in your clients, but isn't money really your true motivation? Why not admit you're only doing this for your own benefit? I could understand that much more readily than your empty, righteous talk. Athena: Our own benefit?! That's not why we're doing it! Phoenix: Now, Athena. Try not to let him get to you.
Yet another rare case of the game Acknowledging Lawyers Are Paid As a General Rule! And notably, when Phoenix and Athena deny it, they don’t deny the fact that they are getting paid - just that it’s not why they’re doing this. This is not exactly an explicit confirmation of Getting Paid to get the score up to a full 1, but it’s probably as close as we’re gonna get. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.95
The Foreign Turnabout
Okay, so Phoenix basically just bursted into the Courtroom and bluffed his way onto the empty defense bench despite the protests of his own so-called Client. Said client also only started unlearning his Defense-Attorney-Hate during that same trial. And is ALSO a tiny little child who has to work part time as a tour-guide to make end’s meet. I highly doubt Phoenix asked for anything more than, like, a very token rate or maybe a discount on his next tour. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.1
The Magical Turnabout
Considering how this case has a WAA Lawyer defending the actual CEO of the WAA, I highly doubt the WAA got any money from it. But maybe Trucy could give him some of her personal funds as a token of gratitude?
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.2
The Rite of Turnabout
It’s MAYA TIME again! And while some consideration has to go to her bond with Phoenix or the possibility of some sort of Frequent Accused card the WAA issued for her - the fact that she is not currently a Coworker at the law office and has been an Actual Independent Adult for quite some time now means it is actually a lot more likely she’s able to pay Phoenix now than in any case in the Original Trilogy!
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.5
Turnabout Storyteller
This one’s a pretty average case. The Defendant is not a total stranger, but he is more of a friend-of-a-friend (and Simon was originally planning to get Apollo or Phoenix into the courtroom so the connection was even more distant when he contacted the WAA). He seems to be doing alright financially with his own noodle business, and he’s a pretty alright kinda guy. The only possible concern is that he’s too totally slushed to remember he’s supposed to pay his attorney. But then again, Simon might be ‘officially’ the one who hired the lawyer for the case.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.6
Turnabout Revolution
It’s time for the THREE CASES IN ONE SPECIAL!! Because we don’t just need to consider Dhurke’s trial, I think it’s only appropriate that we take into account both Apollo and Phoenix’s side of the civil case. They are both WAA Lawyers, after all.
On Apollo’s side, he is defending Datz Are'bal, an escaped prisoner/wanted revolutionary criminal in his own country hiding away in an abandoned building and making homemade lizard skewers for food- but Datz did apparently enter Japanifornia legally via legitimate means.
Apollo: What are the charges this time? Datz: Unauthorized entry, or something like that. They think I'm an illegal alien! And I can't prove otherwise ‘cause I lost my passport! Trucy: Is there any way they'd let you go? Datz: Not without my passport… If only I had it! Dhurke, AJ! You gotta find my passport! Apollo: …All right, we'll find it. (One more thing to add to our to-do list. Now, where might Datz's passport be?)
So he presumably has some sort of funds to pay Apollo for his legal services, at least a little bit. 
And with him being Dhurke’s best friend and knowing that he also struggled financially to make end’s meet as a defense attorney at first - I would like to think that’ll incentivise him to support Apollo financially if he can?
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Meanwhile on Phoenix’s side, while Phoenix uses the word ‘hire’ when talking about working for Atishon. Phoenix was once again coerced via kidnapping into the position of attorney. 
And THIS time, there is no Assassin with a Code of Honor who might consider paying Phoenix a fair rate. Both Atishon and his ‘benefactor’ are sleazeballs who would not pay Phoenix a dime if they can get away with it. Plus, with this being a civil case, there might actually be a Contingency Basis going on when Phoenix basically quit and then they lose.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.001
And finally, the grand event of this case - the Trial of Dhurke! 
So… Can a summoned undead spirit pay for an attorney? I suppose it’s probably easier in Khura'in than in other places. And it’ll mostly work the same as if the client died before the case finished, right? It’ll be considered a debt to be carried by their next of kin. Who in this case will be Nahyuta… but also maybe Apollo? Still, considering all of Dhurke’s living family ranges between ‘wealthy and well-respected’ and ‘Literal Royalty’ - I’m going to assume they’d be more than happy then to pay their Weird Brother for his help. 
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.75
Turnabout Time Traveler
And here we are! The last case, and a relatively straightforward one at that - at least compared to the last one lol!
Ellen herself does not have many funds as a housemaid, it seems - but since she literally just married one of the richest inventors in the world, I assume her husband is gonna cover the legal fees. The WAA Legal Team and Also Edgeworth and Ema also got an invite to the Wedding but I assume this is not instead of actual payment?
That is, of course, unless it’s technically Larry who hired Phoenix actually.
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Then he’s never getting the goddam money he deserves for his labor.
Probability of Getting Paid: 0.7
Average Probability Score for All Cases (not counting the Zak Bonus Round): 0.51721875
So what have we learned today? I think that while the WAA’s reputation for basically giving away legal services for free is not entirely unearned, it is perhaps somewhat exaggerated. While there’s certainly a lot of Shennanigans and their rates are probably not high (especially not for people they know), they still get paid for a decent amount of high-profile cases. I mean, this Getting Paid Probability Score is over the 50% mark at least....
And… the odd thing is that the First Turnabout really is the only time the subject of the lawyer getting paid is really brought up directly. I get that it might, y’know, ruin the Drama if we acknowledge that our Brave Heroes are getting paid to save people from being convicted of a crime they didn’t commit - or on the other hand of the equation, that they should get paid cause They Need Money to Live. But still…
Is the fact that the only time payment is brought up directly is when Larry isn’t paying Phoenix a bad sign for the general financial situation of our Anime Lawyers? Or is it actually a good sign? Like, that they only mention Larry not paying implying that every time it is not mentioned that means the client did pay them?
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deadlynavigation · 10 months
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Since I really love the concept of Male Wednesday and how well it works, could you write Wednesday and the Reader attempting to care for a child?
Bad Parenting The Right Way
Warnings: Mentions of abandoning/perishing children, kitchen knives and Wednesday leaning on a doorway
Author's Note: I got one of those huge water bottles the other day and istg it is the most annoying thing
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“What do we do?”
“I have no experience in this, cara mia”
You both stare at the small bundle on your doorstep, small coos coming from it every so often.
A child has been left at your house.
“Well, we should take it in and start calling people we know, see if they know anything about this.” You attempt to problem-solve.
“You don’t trust yourself with the sink, Y/n.” Wednesday points out, side-eyeing you with bemusement.
“Your point?” You turn to him as your brows furrow, quite confused as to how the conversation led to that.
“You want to trust yourself- no, us- with an infant?”
Yeah, that could pose a problem. But Wednesday doesn’t need to know that, so you huff, turning once more to the baby, who looks at you both with inquisitive eyes.
Wednesday sees exactly what you’re planning. “Cara mia, I adore you, but please-” He’s cut off by you swooping the baby into your arms and marching into the house.
“No one else is going to take care of this child, apparently. And what are we going to do? Leave it out there to perish?” You yell over your shoulder as you descend deeper into your house.
Wednesday contemplates the idea before shrugging it off and reminding himself that the child is obviously important to you, therefore it should not be harmed in any way, shape, or form.
Thank the spirits Pugsley isn’t here to witness his almost embarrassing surrender to you.
After Wednesday has caught up with you in the kitchen, which quickly became your favorite spot in the house, he spies the infant set safely on the counter while you dig through the cabinets for baby-appropriate food.
“Do we just not have any food here?” You mutter, becoming more and more aggravated at the lack of food able to to be blended and fed to a child of that size.
Wednesday just leans against the doorway, watching you in amusement as he accepts his fate with you and the child.
“Wednesday.” You call out, head stuck in a dusty cabinet that probably hasn’t been opened for decades.
“My love.” He calls back, even more amused now. And though he cannot see your beautiful eyes, he can feel the searing look turned his way.
“First of all, get that laughter out of your voice.” You say as you pull yourself out of the cavernous storage.
“Whatever you want, cara mia.” He’s still holding back a laugh, not even trying to cover it up.
You glare at him, pushing up from your kneeling stance and walking over to him. Wednesday snorts- he can’t help it, after all. There is a child on your counter, dust on your hair, and a murderous glint in your eye that will have to be dealt with later. The entire situation is so outlandish and he’s the only one to have realized it so far.
Your glare turns even deadlier. “What. Do we have. To feed. This. Child.”
Wednesday sighs. He levels you with a bored look, staring at you through his lashes. “Nothing, Y/n. And look, it’s asleep. It wouldn’t want food even if you shoved it up its nose.”
You’re about to stab Wednesday with one of the many kitchen knives, until you turn to check in on the child. And he’s right- it’s snuggled into its blanket, all cozy and warm and definitely not waking up for a solid couple of hours.
“One of these days, Wednesday, you’re going to push me off my rocker.” You grumble, trying to remember Morticia’s phone number. Maybe your mother-in-law would take this baby in- she’s been trying for a child, according to your hour-long graveyard’n’tea sessions.
“I already have, cara mia. How else would you have agreed to move in with me?” Wednesday smirks as he wraps his arms around your waist. You begrudgingly give in to his embrace, slowly melting into him.
“We’re calling your mother after the child wakes up. There’s no way we can take care of it for more than a few days without accidentally raising some mortality rate.” You speak into his chest.
“Of course, of course.” Wednesday responds, resting his chin on your shoulder.
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It’s days after you’ve picked up the infant from your doorstep when you find a home for it. Morticia has happily agreed to take it in and care for it as one of her own, as soon as she comes back from the Bermuda Triangle with Gomez.
You think you’ve fared well, especially considering such short notice and limited access to baby stores. And Wednesday, as argumentative as he was with the entire situation, has grown attached to the baby. You’ve even walked in on him singing to the child (simple to get it to fall asleep, he claims) more than once.
And as much as you’re not willing to admit it, you’ve bonded with the little thing as well. So much so that you find yourself cradling it hours before Morticia comes to pick it up, softly cooing at it when it smiles at you or reaches for your face with its tiny hands. You can’t help it- the family room’s rocking chair is just so comfortable, and the child is refusing to be laid in its makeshift bed, so why not? It’s the only reasonable solution you can find.
This is where Wednesday finds you when he comes to fetch the child for his mother. He stops for a moment, shocked at the warm feeling building in his cold chest. Much like the one he gets whenever you lock eyes with him, or kiss him suddenly, or break him away from work with a hug, or exist-
“My love.” He whispers. “It’s time- my mother is here.”
You sigh, taking in one last look of the child before standing and stretching your legs as much as possible with a small bundle occupying both arms.
“If I must.” You say, handing the infant off with a hint of sadness.
Wednesday, of course, picks up on this, and promptly drags you into his arms with the baby locked between you two. “This will blow over, cara mia. And you can always visit him if we make the drive up to my parents’.”
“I know, I know.” You mumble. You allow yourself one more minute pressed against Wednesday and the infant before letting go, knowing it will only be harder the longer you wait.
“I’ll be quick.” And with that, Wednesday leaves you with a kiss to the forehead to drop the child off with his mother.
You watch him go, holding yourself back from running up to him and grabbing the child to hold for another couple minutes. But no, this is for the best.
It was nice while it lasted, and who’s the say there won’t be another child dropped on your doorstep someday?
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nattinatalia · 1 year
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Jack Harlow x Reader : MISCOMMUNICATIONS
Extra thanks to the wonderful @harlowcomehome for helping me with this one 🫶🏻
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“Can you just please relax for a bit, you’re overreacting.”
“I told you last night to take out the trash cans and you didn’t. I had to run almost butt naked, into the cold to take them out before the trash passed.” You tell your husband as you change into some comfortable clothes after your shower.
“Again you’re overreacting babe. I got home tired from being in the studio and doing interviews all day. The last thing on my mind was taking out the trash.” He tells you, getting annoyed and putting on his shoes.
“Okay fine.” You put on your hoodie and go to your nightstand and grab your cell phone. “Don’t forget you promised Mia you’d take her to the game with you.”
“Shit.” he whispers, but you obviously heard him.
You then turn to look at him “What do you mean shit? Jackman did you honestly forget?”
He sighs “A lot has been on my mind. I told the boys we would hangout before and after the game, obviously none of the activities are child approved.”
You take a deep breath. “So don’t go out tonight” you shrug. “One night without your friends won’t hurt you.”
“She can’t stay with you? I’ll make it up to her tomorrow or something. Plus she’ll probably get bored.”
“Jack, today is Ezequiel’s ear appointment so I can’t take her with me. Did you forget about that too?”
“Why are you picking fights right now? I’ve been busy with work. Tour just ended. You’ve been home all week doing nothing. Cut me some slack.”
You scoff. “Wow, being at home and taking care of our kids is doing nothing now? And you know damn well I’ve been on the road too and I’ve taken the kids with me because that’s what we agreed on. But yea, I’ll cut you some slack.” You walk out of your shared bedroom and go see if your kids are awake.
Since tour ended and Jack came home he’s been acting differently, forgetting little things, even big important things. It’s been like that for a week now. You usually don’t say anything because maybe it’s just him adjusting to being home, but this morning was the last straw.
It’s like he’s doing anything to just not be home and that’s breaking your heart a little.
“Good morning my beautiful babies, are you two ready for breakfast?” You ask your daughter and son who were in their playroom. They probably woke up and decided to come play before breakfast.
“Yes please.”
“Uhum mama.”
You smile “What are we in the mood for? Pancakes or waffles?”
“French toast?” Mia suggests
“Yess toasty please.” EZ says.
“Okay I’ll work on that. Meanwhile pueden recoger sus juguetes por favor? We have a busy day ahead of us.”
Ez nods.
“Mama, I chose my outfit for the game with daddy.” Mia tells you excited, she then turns to look behind you and smiles “Daddy, can I take my swear jar? I know tíos will say naughty words.”
You turn to look at Jack but he doesn’t answer her, so you face your daughter. “Mia, bug. Daddy won’t be able to take you today. You’ll be with cheesy and me.”
Mia then looks at Jack with a sad face on her then to you. “But he promised mama.”
You smile and nod, “I know baby, but something came up. But we can do lots of fun things today, you and Ezequiel get to decide where we go.”
She nods “Okay, but can I help you with breakfast then?”
You nod, “Of course, go wash your hands and I’ll meet you in the kitchen.”
You look at your son “Recoge tus juguetes y regreso en cinco minutos.”
He nods and before you exit the playroom you see him do what you asked him to.
You walk into the kitchen and start prepping for breakfast, you can feel your husband's eyes on you.
“I thought you couldn’t take Mia with you?” He asks you.
“I called and rescheduled for Monday, Mia will be in school while I take Ezequiel to his appointment.”
You start taking out the eggs, butter, milk, and fruit out of the refrigerator. You also check on Ezequiel and see he was done with his little chores and bring him into the kitchen and hand him cut out fruit to eat while you cook.
“I’m ready mommy.” Mia says walking into the kitchen.
“Alright let’s start cooking.”
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“That was yummy for my tummy, thanks yous mommy and Mia.” Ezequiel says. “Good huh daddy?”
“Yea little man, it was delicious.” Jack tells his son.
You smile but your daughter answers him “You’re very welcome Ez cheesy.”
“Okay my little monsters, I’ll pick up here and then we’ll head out to start our fun day.” You get up from the table and start washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen.
“I’ll do the dishes and pick up here.”
“I’m good, thanks though.”
“Y/N, go get the kids ready, I’ll finish here.”
Deciding on not picking a fight, you go and do that without saying a word to your husband.
Once you were done getting the kids ready you head to the living room and see Urban and Clay were there.
“Nino tay.” Ezequiel yells and runs to your brother in law.
“It’s Clay, Ezequiel.” Mia corrects him with a sass.
“My favorite little guy, and it’s okay Mia bug he can call me Nino Tay.” Clay says while carrying him.
“Hi Nino Urby.” Mia hugs him.
“Hi princess, are you ready for today? Better bring that swear jar. You know people might be yelling out bad words.”
Mia looks confused “Mommy said daddy won’t take me because something came up. I’m having fun day with cheesy and mama.”
Urban then looks at you in confusion, you shrug but don’t say anything. You weren’t someone who would air your problems to your friends or family. So you weren’t about to tell Urban that your husband forgot he had promised your daughter he would take her and spend the day with her.
“Tio Urban and Tio Tay, you have fun day wif us?” Ezequiel asks.
You smile “Tus tíos están ocupados mijo, otro día será.”
He nods, you look at Clay and Urban, “Can you watch them while I go get some stuff from upstairs real quick?”
“Yeah, take your time.” Clay says.
You then walk into your bedroom to grab your purse and keys. Then go to the kids bedroom to get some stuff for them.
“So why isn’t Mia going with us?.” Urban goes into the kitchen and asks Jack. “I thought today Ezequiel had his ear appointment?.”
That makes Jack sigh “I forgot.”
“I figured when you started throwing suggestions for places to hang out after the game. But I thought you would have remembered eventually, that’s why Clay and I told the guys we would be doing something kid friendly.” Urban says.
“I was a bit of a dick to Y/N. So now she rescheduled EZ’s appointment to have Mia with her.”
“So have them join us, Neelam made sure they had toys and stuff so the kids could be entertained. Plus, Cassie would love to have her cousins there.”
“I’m not going to that, Ezequiel can’t handle being in a rowdy and loud crowd right now.” You answer for Jack as you walk into the kitchen.
They both look at you. “Then we can take Mia.”
You shrug “She’s fine with me, but it’s up to Jack and Mia.” You grab some baby carrots and place them in a ziplock bag and grab some boxed apple juice for the kids. “I’ll see you guys later, we’re heading out.”
“Nińos están listos?”
“Yes”
“Si.”
“Alright, díganle adiós a sus padrinos y a su papá.” You tell them and wait for them by the door while they say bye to the men.
“Mia, do you still wanna come to the game with us?” Jack asks her.
“But you're busy.”
“You can come. I forgot that’s all and I’m sorry for that.”
Mia smiles in understanding, looks at her brother then to you. “Is ok, I’ll go with mommy and Cheesy.”
That has Jack frowning “You sure? You were excited to go. You’ll probably fill up your jar.”
Mia shrugs.
“Babygirl, it’s okay if you want to go with your dad. It’s also okay if you come with Ez and me.” You assure your daughter. “You decide, baby.”
“I was excited to go with you dad but now I wanna go with mama and cheesy.” Mia tells her dad.
“Okay princess it’s fine. I promise tomorrow you and I will do something special.”
“Pinky promise?” She holds out her pinky “You can’t do it if you don’t mean it.”
Jack nods and holds out his pinky “I promise.”
“Okay let’s get going kids.” You say. “You guys have fun.”
You finally make it out the door without another word and go and fix your kids into their car seats.
“Y/N wait.”
You finish buckling the kids up, make sure the child lock is set and close the door.
“We really have to go, I’m supposed to meet up with your mom.”
“I’m sorry, I was a jerk earlier.”
You nod “Yeah you were.”
He looks behind you to look into the car, then back at you. “I’m sorry I forgot about today, the last thing I want to do is disappoint you or the kids.”
“You’ve been doing that lately though. Every chance you get to be away from home, you take. I know it’s not easy being home and doing nothing, but you promised once tour ended that you’d be present and we’d take a family vacation. That’s the main reason why I’m not working right now. You’ve been home a week now and out of that week you’ve been back, you’ve been with your friends, Friends you travel with.”
“I know and I’ll do better.”
You nod “Show me, don’t just tell me.” You open the car door and get inside. “I’ll take Mia for a bit, then drop her off with you. I know she really wants to go but her feelings are hurt.”
He nods “I love you, be safe.”
“You too.”
You drive off without another word, and head to meet up with your mother in law and take the kids for some fun outdoor activities.
Once you left with the kids, Jack was left standing in the driveway feeling like shit. For breaking his daughters promise, to not remembering his sons very important doctor appointment, and saying hurtful things to you. But the cherry on top was you not saying you loved him back.
No matter if you two are fighting, or having an misunderstanding, you two will always say I love you back.
He needed to fix this and fix it quick.
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After three hours, you arrive at the football game to drop off Mia with her dad. Maggie stayed behind with Ezequiel and you’ll meet them at the local frozen yogurt shop.
“Oh oh, here’s trouble.” KY says when he spots you and Mia walking in.
“Who’s trouble mama?”
You shrug “Ese seńor está loco, no le hagas caso.”
You both giggle.
“Pop pop is here.” Mia says and runs up to your father in law.
Jack is walking towards you now. “Hey, thanks for bringing her.”
You nod “Half way through our day she admitted she wanted to come”
He smiles “I made sure to bring her jar.”
You smile “She’ll love that.” you look at your daughter and see her laughing with her grandpa and her tio Clay.
“Well I’m heading out, I’m meeting with your mom and Ezequiel. Have fun with Mia.”
“Wait, can we talk?” He follows you out of the room.
“I really don’t want to talk about this morning in a public place where someone can hear.”
“I booked the box next door also, let’s go in there.”
He opens the door next to the one all of your friends and daughter are in, so you go inside and wrap your arms around you.
“Can we hurry? I need to get to Ezequiel and your mom.”
He makes a face at that, “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re trying to get away from me.”
You shrug, “I’m not a fan of your recent actions so yeah, maybe I don’t want to be near you right now.”
“I deserve that, and I’m sorry for how I’ve been acting lately. There’s no excuse for that and I’m not going to stand here and try to make one up.” He says, sounding sincere.
“I know you would never lie or make something up, I can agree on that. I’m just all over the place with the kids and you not being present with me or the kids.”
He nods, “I promise you to do better. This weekend we can go on our family get away. Then by the end of the month we’re going away, just the two of us for our anniversary.”
You’re shocked so you look up at him, “You remembered?”
He smiles, “Baby, it’s our anniversary. I may have been forgetting other things, but I would never forget the moment I married the love of my life. A getaway won’t fix things but it’s a start. Time to focus on us.”
You go up to him, wrapping your hands around his neck. “I think that’s perfect. I really do miss you.”
He brings you in closer and pecks your lips a few times. “I miss you too mamas, and again I’m sorry for how I’ve been acting.”
You shake your head, “No more apologizing, let’s move forward.”
“Moving forward it is then.” He tightens his hold on you.
“I can’t believe you thought I would forget about our anniversary, I’m wounded by that.” He jokes.
“You sir, forget to wear your glasses ninety percent of the time.” you tell him laughing.
He shakes his head, “I can’t deny that” he says chuckling.
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kanmom51 · 1 year
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JM Choreography practice BTB
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A little late to the table here, been MIA for a couple of days, so I'm playing catch-up at the moment.
Before I touch on JK's visit, just wanted to mention JM's work ethic again.
We talk about it, JK talks about it, Suga talks about it, and here we see it once again. Man gives his all and above. Spending hours on end practicing the choreography.
When we were talking about just how busy JM was, when JM was saying he's been working day in and out, making his way home in the wee hours of the morning to sleep and back to work in the past couple of months, this is what he was doing. JM gives it his all.
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Now to JK's visit.
I will start by saying that my gut tells me we probably wouldn't be seeing this if not for JM dropping JK visited him during the practice in his live. It is what it is.
And even though we got to see them together, we got the bare minimum highly edited and cut to almost nothing. It is what it is.
The little that we got to see was awkward, subdued, cautious. Super cautious. It is what it is.
With all of that said, the tone of voice, the eye contact, the lingering looks, the hand holding. It is what it is.
So, even then, or perhaps somewhat because of all of the above, there was no mistaking just how different their interaction is.
It is what it is.
Clearly, to whoever has a brain, these two are ok.
So why did it feel so weird? Why did it seem so different than Hobi's visit to the MV set?
First of all, we were given practically nothing. We didn't see JK arrive, nor JM's reaction to his arrival (thinking back to previous BTB's - MV shooting BTBs - did we ever not get the initial reaction at arrival when another member showed up to cheer or support?). We got less than a minute of JK's visit, just a few seconds of actual Jikook interaction. Lots of cutting and editing going on.
This was one of those interactions that you need to watch and rewatch to notice what's going on, what's said, how it's said. And getting K-army's perspective here was super important too.
I'm assuming everything I'll be bringing up here has already been mentioned, given I'm a couple of days behind here. Still, I thought I'd put them all together while giving my perspective on them.
Let's start with JM's beanie. The too big on him beanie.
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Not only do they either have the same beanie each or share the one, but they also seem to wear it similarly?
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I'm kind of betting on the same shared beanie option given how ever so big it is on JM.
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JK showed up at the practice, first time we see him he's sitting down watching and talking to JM.
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As I mentioned, no footage of JK's arrival and their initial interaction. And clearly this isn't the start of their conversation.
The full interaction at this point:
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This is where it feels really awkward. Perhaps the camera shoved in their faces, knowing they have to be cautious.
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Also, JK insisting JM to show him the choreo.
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Actually, what JK said was: "do it (for me) once".
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This is JK saying to JM: "no, do it once more for me". No honorifics, no filters, just a boyfie excreting his boyfie rights.
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JK, he has his way of telling JM just how much he is there for him:
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Sometimes we need to be reminded:
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JM asks JK not once, but twice to come again.
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That no from JK. That wasn't a no, not for reals. Lol.
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That was JK being his natural teasing/flirting self with JM. That was the same JK we saw here:
Even with the hat and mask, those eyes of his are such a tell.
Yes they were subdued. JK even more so. Yes, it felt a little stiff and awkward, like the two were either out of practice how to behave in front of the cameras when together or it's the dancers there that they felt they had to hold back or the two combined.
And yet, with all of that, JM found his way to JK's jewels.
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I can't help but wonder if the camera really didn't catch it all or if this was some good editing going on. My bet is on the editing, lol.
Not first time we've seen JM go for the jewels.
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I want to end this post sharing something that might not be too popular, but me being me, I felt the need to be honest with y'all.
Seeing this BTB left me very sad.
I know I was supposed to be overjoyed finally getting the two in one frame, something we've been deprived of for months, but it left me with a bitter sweet taste in my mouth.
Seeing how held back they both were, more so JK, how cautious and subdued they were, it just hit me hard.
Even more so when I had something to compare with - Hobi's visit.
How open and happy and touchy and just free they were, as opposed to how cautious and subdued and awkward JM and JK were. JM and Hobi's interactions getting over twice the screen time. Hobi's arrival and initial interaction not edited out.
It's not that I haven't known for a long time now that these two, that from end of 2020 through the end of 2021 made strides towards opening up the door to the closet, if you will, with more and more stretching that rubber band, loosening it up, pushing the boundaries more and more, have been pushed back deep into that closet.
By circumstances, by the company, by choice (? I think not really).
And seeing their interactions here and how sanitized they were, by themselves and by the editors, it made me sad.
At least they had the hand holding to fall back onto.
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We know they know each other thru and thru. We've seen at times how they speak to each other, not a word exchanged.
Oh, how I wish I knew what they were conveying to each other.
And that lingering look of JM's.
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We saw you Jiminah.
We saw you!!!
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fanficonly · 11 months
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Wenclair X Reader - What Are You?- Part 4
Finally!!! I've finally written something!Cannot explain how my brain has not been cooperating with me writing lately.I guess this is kind of a filler chapter to keep you guessing so for now enjoy the Wenclair.
But here we are part 4 we made it hope y'all enjoy reading😋
"God! What is she?! Who was that?! This is insane there is virtually no information about this girl anywhere! Like what is she? An alien!" The voice rang throughout the large dorm room on what felt like a continuous loop to the Addams Girl.
Wednesday and Enid had been delving into the limited information about Y/N for almost an hour now and Enid was getting more and more frustrated by the second.
"Enid Dear Calm Down" Wednesday spoke lightly still staring at thier virtually blank notice board, showing her own irritation in a much more serene way.
"Do not tell me to calm down Wednesday! This girl is worse than you! Atleast your family were known and the people from your old school tweeted about the horrors you got up to" she huffs, finally putting her pacing to a stop and placing her hands on her hips to stare at Wednesday's side profile.
"You're stalking abilities are incredible Mon Amore" Wednesday admired, flicking her eyes towards the blonde for a moment of appreciation "I'm still incredibly flattered that you took so much interest in me the first day we met" She spoke trailing her eyes back to the 3 pieces of paper on the board.
"I know baby it's one of my best talents" she smiles half heartedly still a little annoyed that they hadn't progressed in thier investigation. "Soooo what do we have?" She asks, noticing that Wednesday's eyes were still fixated on their murder board, secretly hoping she had noticed something she herself had not
"Enid you have asked me this 5 times in the last 20 minutes the answer still remains the same" Wednesday replies bluntly.
"I don't accept 'Nothing' as an answer Wens, it's literally impossible not to have a digital footprint in this day and age!" She resumes her yelling and Wednesday shakes her head lightly. She strains her eyes on the board as if staring at it long enough would cause it to spontaneously change into something of importance. But after a few seconds ...still nothing
"So you have stated the last 5 times I've answered you but there is nothing more we can do with-" Wednesday rests her eyes, finally looking away from thier poor attempt at investigating and back to Enid. This was almost embarrassing for the usually successful couple.
"Nothing more we can do?!" She practically screeches, cutting her off "Where's the Wednesday Addams I know! Where is my favourite ruthless little detective!" She grabs her by the shoulders, shaking her girlfriend frantically, worried she was broken or something.
"You did not let me finish Enid" she purses her lips, placing both her hands onto Enid's wrists to settle her. "Also... I will allow the referring to me as 'little' slide because I am aware you extremely distressed right now but don't let it happen again otherwise I will not be responsible for my actions" she throws the empty threat at her girlfriend who settles and smirks in response.
"Ooo I love it when you threaten me with a good time" Enid gives her a flirty wink. Wednesday is unable to hide the affect this has on her, biting the inside of her cheeks to subdue the smile that forced its way onto her face.
"You are so violently adorable and crude Cucciola" she slides her hands up to caress her cheeks and pulls her closer lightly. She leans in agonisingly slow, causing Enid to freeze where she stood still hopelessly submissive to Wednesday's charms. Her breath catches as she feels the first inkling of thier lips connecting and then...
"But we need to focus Cara Mia" she whispers against Enid's awaiting lips, denying her the connection she shamelessly yearned for.
As she began to turn away and remove herself in order to get back to work, she stopped. This action had earned Wednesday a whine from the blonde, who's claws had retracted after such an intense rush of emotions had befallen the wolf.
"Hmm" Wednesday teased but could barely finish the amused sound before Enid grabbed her quickly to finish what the other girl had started. The Darker Haired girl allows her a peck but Enid's grip only tightened. So then a lingering kiss was granted, only a few seconds long, but she didn't shy away from pulling her in for one swift and passionate kiss and pulling away. Enid loosened her grip a satisfied smile appearing across her once captivated lips.
"Okay okay ... Finish" she removed her hands from Wednesdays shoulders then waited patiently for her to continue.
"Enid, where would you go for information you are unable to obtain from the general public" she chose to take a page from the philosopher Socrates. She didn't usually subscribe to the idea that all beings however intellectual contain more knowledge than they are aware of. And with the right amount of questioning and motivation the answers can be dragged from even the dumbest of brains, not that Enid was in this category at all. But she did enjoy experimentation with the idea
"Uhhhh" Enid looked up, thinking
"A place with privileged information" she urged again. Enid just responded with a furrowed brow and bit her lip. "Information that cannot be found in any public library or on the internet and where all beings natural and supernatural are written abo-"
"Oh my god the Nightshades library!" She beamed "Of course Let's go!" She urged, promptly grabbing her Girlfriend's hand and running for the door
...
Upon reaching the library both girls got to work spending an alarming amount of time combing through various books on different creatures,the history of Nevermore, founding families and basically scanning through all books that mentioned anything close to what they had experienced.
"Oh OH! What was her last name? Could this be her descendant!" Enid excitedly proclaimed, pointing to a picture on the tattered page of an old brown book she had been reading. Wednesday swiftly made her way to Enid's side and looked at the page.
"Enid" Wednesday had to fight the urge to face palm at her beautifully foolish other half. "That looks nothing like her and it says the woman in the photo is a scales" Wednesday pointed to the small writing explaining the photo beneath it. Enid just squinted at the page "I don't think we were told her last name... That's troubling I'm usually more perceptive than this" Wednesday suddenly thought aloud.
"You were probably too busy being impressed by her to pay attention to detail" Enid mumbled scanning the page again.
"That's not..." Wednesday's word trailed off "Am I detecting Jealousy?" a glint of something devious could easily be seen in Wednesday's usually cold, dead eyes.
"No of course not" she gave her a "pfft" for good measure and shrugged
"Because if my memory is accurate YOU seemed rather impressed by her, you even giggled like a little school girl whenever she made a joke" Wednesday spoke a matter of factly.
"Of course I was impressed by her she reminded me a little of you" Enid smiled remembering thier first encounter fondly.
"You are not serious?" Wednesday was lightly offended. Not from being told she was like Y/N but because she was one of a kind. Not a soul like Wednesday Addams herself and she knew this, regardless of whether she cared or not.
"I'm very serious" her mouth said this but the wink that followed showed Wednesday that her girlfriend wasn't threatened or jealous but just more playful with the idea of liking somebody else.
"For one she smiles, secondly she-she hurt you I would never and- and- " Wednesday grew quiet, stuttering threw her off, she wasn't used to not being sure of how to respond. Normally she was able to assemble an obscene list of things that were wrong with any individual within minutes of meeting them. So why now was she struggling to find anything wrong with the new stranger that had entered thier lives without permission.
"HA I knew it!" Enid accused "Wednesday Addams. Has your distaste for almost every person on the planet finally started to dissolve" she wiggled her eyebrows.
"I assure you my distaste for the human race has not faltered or deteriorated in any way" Wednesday rebutted.
'Mmhmm sure Babe keep telling yourself that" Enid closed the book and threw it onto a side table, amused by her Girlfriend
"Can we please focus on the task at hand Mi amore" the shorter girl asked but it felt more like an order.
"Sorry should I stop talking about how she's really pretty and talented at a lot of things and speaks a second language aaaaannd she's a hella mysterious" she teased Wednesday "I mean look at us" she gestured between them both "We've been looking into her for ages and found Squat!" Enid was finally finding an up side to thier little adventure, this was kind of fun to play around with.
"Fine. I admit she does interest me but I could never devote myself to another the way I do with you Cara Mia, you are my Soulmate" Wednesday spoke as if she had just told Enid something mundane. She seemed painfully oblivious to her own ability to sound like a devoted poet whenever gushing over Enid.
Enid smiled widely before saying "You can have more than one soulmate by the way" casually.
"Enid we have known this girl for all of 5 seconds and you're already considering polyamory as your next path, maybe I should be jealous" Wednesday blinked and looked at her Girlfriend quizzically
"Not if you're also considering it" she giggled and Wednesday gave her a small smile. She didn't know what she was feeling. In fact so much had happened in such a short amount of time it felt reckless to suggest anything before gathering more information and allowing herself time to actually think about this
"It's not uncommon among my family so it wouldn't completely surprise me" Wednesday decided but nonetheless she still grasped Enid's chin delicately and spoke again "But right now you are my one and only Cara Mia" kissing her slowly then parted from her lips to continue searching.
Enid blinked a few times, feeling rather dazed due to being blindsided by her Girlfriend's intoxicating aura. Once regaining composure , she smiled again and skipped towards Wednesday to hug her from behind and continue to help with the search.
...
Eventually both girls became tired and agreed after still getting nowhere they would retreat to eat as Enid was becoming rather groggy and irritable. She hadn't been fed since this morning and with all this drama she had worked up quite the appetite. So off they travelled in search of food and the comfort of thier shared room.
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mischieveousmayhem · 1 month
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You Never Loved Me, Did You?
Pairing: Izuku Midoriya x Traitor! Reader
Genre: Angst
Warnings: Heartbreak, Reader betrays their classmates, GN reader
Synopsis: Everyone thinks Y/N is one of the sweetest people to ever exist. But when the League of Villains break into the school , who was the one who helped with this achievement?
Readers Quirk: Teleportation; User can teleport themselves and can teleport whoever they want to them.
a/n: First fanfic I have written in two years, enjoy!
It was a normal day at U.A. Nothing unusual happening, at least not yet.
All of class 1A was chilling in the dormitory. It was rainy outside , so the students were around a table playing card games. Everyone was very excited to play and their adrenaline was up.
Except for two people..
Midoriya's mind could not focus on his cards or classmates around him as they played the game. His mind was somewhere else. He was wondering where his precious partner, Y/N was, who was the only one missing from the table. It was very unusual of his partner to not show up. Matter infact since the moment Midoriya woke up there was a bad pit in his stomach.
"Midoriya! It's your turn!" Tenya says (yells) in Midoriya's ear.
"Actually guys, I'm gonna go look for Y/N" Izuku spoke up.
Everyone looked at him and started talking at once as he left. He was right, it was odd of Y/N to not hang out with their friends, their friends are most important to them.
First, Izuku went to your dorm, where when he knocked there was no answer so he assumed you weren't there. Then he went to the indoor gym, where you were also not there. He assumed since those are the two places you would be and your not there, then you must be at your house.
He took out his phone and when to your name. He tried to call you. When you didn't pick up the phone he found that odd too. You normally pick up the first time. Maybe you were busy? Maybe you were sleeping? He started to worry, you normally communicate with him whenever you go somewhere, and now you were basically MIA.
Defeated, he slowly walked back to the dormitory.
But something caught his eye outside the window, he walked up and squinted.
His friends were fighting?
Teachers were running out to the fight?
Were his friends fighting each other?
Wait.. is that the League?!
"How the hell..." He whispered to himself but suddenly he feels a hand on his shoulder.
He was about to hug the person thinking it was Y/N but it wasn't. It was Todoroki.
Todoroki speaks softly, "The Leagues invading U.A."
"How the hell?!? This school has great security , only way someone would be able to get in is if someone who goes here..." Deku spoke back to his friend.
"..is a traitor!"
"..is a traitor."
They finished Dekus sentence off at the same time.
"I have to warn Y/N for when they come back from seeing her mom!" He exclaimed, "But shes not answering.."
"No time to warn them, All Might told me to come get you, we need all hands on deck." Todoroki said.
A lot of students hid in their rooms during this time, but it's like you go to a hero school..and your lacking the confidence of a hero..
Mainly class 1A was out there, all except Mineta– who hid in his room. Class 1B was also out trying to help defeat the League.
There was fire everywhere, outside of U.A were being destroyed. Eventually the students may have to evacuate because the damage might get to the building.
As Deku ran down to help his friends outside, but he saw a figure run into the building. Thinking it was suspect, he followed the figure.
"HEY! Wait up!" He was on the tail of the so called figure what was weird is that they had H/C hair just like ... Y/N!
The figure ran into the room shutting it and locking it, Izuku banged on the door.
"Open up!" He yelled, "Y/N , I know it's you. It's me Izu, your partner not some villain."
He waited for a response.
1 second.
5 seconds.
10 seconds.
25 seconds.
Thats enough. Izuku steps back and prepares to break one of his fingers as he uses 10% to open the door.
Y/N gasps.
Izukus eyes widen.
Y/N was setting up a bomb to blow up the school. They turned around and pulled out a gun pointing it at their partner.
"Y/N....what are you doing?" He spoke.
They gulped nervously but spoke up confidently, "What do you think I'm doing, Izu?!"
"This is all a joke right..?" His hands were up , scared his loving partner was gonna shoot him.
"No Izuku, it's not a joke. You guys were all joking saying one of us in our class might be a traitor. Well guess what, there actually is , outside of the joke." Y/N responded.
Izuku didn't know what do , he didn't want to hurt his lover but this was absurd.
"C'mon Y/N, put down the gun no one has to know you helped the league it will just be our secret." He says.
Suddenly Y/N teleported next to Deku and randomly punched him. His partner is fast when it comes to teleportation and he can't register how fast they teleport next to him. Then they teleported to the other side and did it again, they just kept doing it till he was pushed to the ground.
They stood above Deku, gun back out pointinng at him,"Your stupid Deku" they spat, "I don't care if anyone else finds out. I don't need to be a hero, neither do I want to. I was so good at this nice act no one truly thought I would betray this damned school."
Tears were welling up in Deku's eyes, "Y/N they probably just threatened you to stay a villain , but you don't have to—"
"SHUT UP DEKU JUST SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH FOR ONCE." His partner screamed, "I NEVER EVER fucking needed you, and it will be so hard for you to defeat me even if we did have a battle. I know your weaknesses Izu, and I know you can't keep up with how fast I teleport. This is the end for you Deku. You should have just pretended to stay quirkless cause you wasted your time and energy training, now you will say goodbye, all of UA will die!"
Deku was basically bawling at this point. He was on the floor, and his partner was right, they're too fast for him to fight, and even then he doesn't want to fight them. He loves them so much, but his job is to protect people, so why is he not trying?
"Your trash Deku, TRASH! Now I get to dispose of—"
"You never loved me, did you?" He screamed out while crying.
Y/N was now tearing up hearing those words. They bit their lip trying to stay calm.
"I...I get to dispose of you." Y/N tries to yell out without crying. Unfortunately that didn't work they were now having tears streaming down their face.
"Deku, you're right we could have pretended this never happened. Unfortunately it's too late. I have no choice." They spoke.
Their fingers slowly closing in on the trigger. Deku cried, that's all he could do, he didn't want to fight the love of his life even if they are bad.
Everything was happening in slow motion, as Y/N's fingers fully closed in Deku shut his eyes...
BOOM!
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sillyname30 · 25 days
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I just listened to the latest episode of and that's what you really missed on Glee.
Jenna said there may have been a hick-up. We may have thought there wasn't gonna be time, but we made it.
Darren: I didn't want to. But now that we're sitting here I admit that this is a re-do. This was supposed to happen last week and it just slipped my mind. I feel so bad. It was the last week of my run of  Little Shop of Horrors. And there was this deluge of people reaching out. Family and friends coming from all over the place. I spent my entire day doing like schedule tetris, ticket tetris. I'm sitting all day doing this and there was that one Wednesday afternoon that seemed to like subside and  I look on my calendar and I'm like 'I don't know how but there is nothing on my calendar here' and it felt really strange. I was watching Curb You Enthusiam (with Mia) and I felt weird because 'I'm supposed to be doing something. Something isn't right with it.'
Darren: The summer before senior year (college) I decided to visit friends in Los Angeles. Through a series of circumstances I met some agency people, casting director people that sent me on an audition for that would be the pilot of Glee.
After senior year Darren moved to Los Angeles and booked a TV show named Eastwick.
Later Darren put a video for something like an open call for Glee on My Space.
Darren used to go by his full name „Darren Everett Criss“. But in Starkid he was just „Darren Criss“ and he kept it that way because of the popularity of Starkid. (that was new for me)
Darren on the auditon for Blaine: I'm blindly aware of the importance of this audition. The idea of a new character being Chris' love interest was being picked up. I'm the kind of guy – like any audition I get I stalk every person involved. I learn everything about the casting director, everything about the show, trying to learn everything I need to know to maximize my chance of being involved in it. The breakdown of the person was Tom Ford. I got a haircut. I wore a prep school outfit for the audition.
Darren: I booked this huge thing. I didn't even watched the show a lot, but my then girlfriend now wife loved the show and watched it.
Darren: They flew me first class to New York to record this record (Teenage Dream). And I got to see the girl I was dating who lived in New York. There wasn't a guide track. So I kind of decided what to do, how I wanted to do it. I made suggestions. There were a lot of choices in it that were very deliberate from me.
Darren: I even didn't like the recording that I had and ended up recording at home with a buddy a redo of the vocals for one of the songs.
What I got from the first part: Darren had a totally different experience than Kevin and Jenna. Different audition process, different recording experience for most of the Warbler songs.
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elly99 · 7 months
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us without me IV: new jeans
A story series from the perspective of Mia (fem!Reader/OC) as she goes through her memories and recounts falling in love with her best friend in high school, Minji. She suffers in silence until she breaks and it all comes crashing down.
Part 4 of 7. Check here for more details. Reading previous parts for context is encouraged. CW for language.
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“Mia-ya,” she calls from behind her locker door.
“Mmm?”
“You wanna do something this weekend?”
“I dunno. Just relax, I guess.”
“You don’t wanna do something together?” She closes her locker, revealing her face pouting at you.
There were so many things you wanted to do together. But you bury those ideas under the books you stuff into your own locker.
“Did you have something in mind?”
“Nothing in particular. Just something with you.”
Fucking hell.
“Well, I think I need new jeans. Help me pick out some?”
You catch her smiling to herself.
“What?”
“Nothing.” She giggles. “I’ll tell you later.”
“Why are you laughing?”
“I’ll tell you later!”
“김민지 이상하다.”
Before closing your locker you notice a tiny bear sticker on the door.
“How did this get here? We’re only a month in and you’ve already started vandalizing my locker?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, bro.”
“Is this why you were laughing at me?”
“No, no! But I will admit it’s funny how you only noticed it now. And also how easy it was to guess your code.”
“Wait, yeah! How the fuck did you know?”
“Mia! No need to be so angry that your best friend knows you so well.”
It slowly dawns on you. “You remembered the date?”
“Of course! The day we got these,” she says, lifting her ring finger up to your face. “It was my idea after all.”
You look down at your own fingers. And you start to feel your sanity slowly slipping through them.
“To be fair, it did take me a couple of tries before I got it. But still… I know you’re sentimental like that, so it wasn’t hard.”
As she proudly struts away to the cafeteria you spot her applying lip balm - the same one you used.
You thought you’d buried it in your locker along with everything else but you find yourself powerless to stop the idea of kissing her making its way back into your mind as the lip balm touches her lips.
-
The smell of spring wafted in through the open bedroom window. You had your phone to text her in one hand and the chocolate bar she got you on the walk home in the other.
so we’re just going shopping tomorrow?
yeah unless u had something else u wanted to do
wanna watch a movie?
huh? i thought u didnt like movies
yeah but i just want to spend time with you and i know you like going to the cinema so
You admire the blue ring on your finger and laugh.
My girlfriend really likes me, doesn’t she?
As long as you had it on you could pretend. So you never took it off.
i just checked and there arent any movies showing rn that im interested in
wanna come sleep over at my place then? we can watch the movies we want
wow u really wanna spend time with me huh
you got a problem with that bro?
no its just ur being sweeter than usual idk
well i do have something really important to tell you and i just wanna spend the day together so we can talk about it
No, Mia. It can’t be what you think it is.
is this what u were being so secretive about earlier?
yeah
why so serious bro is everything ok?
yeah everything’s perfect! i just want to tell you in person
No. Fucking. Way.
why not now?
i’ll tell you tomorrow dw
you promise?
of course! i’ll pick you up at 10? or is that too early?
no im fine with it but i doubt youll wake up that early
you’re right 😖 i’ll just text you tomorrow
sure
okie good night mimi ily 💗
good night <3
Mia, there’s just no way. Calm down. You’re being silly. You’re being delusional. Stop it.
You start laughing again at the absurdity of the situation. At the fact you were even entertaining the thought. You laugh until tears start pooling in your eyes. Until you forget why you were laughing in the first place. Until the tears fall and you find yourself crying into the night.
-
i’m up
congrats on waking up before noon ig
hey i set an alarm just for you so you better be grateful
woah im so touched
we have a date today so i better be on time right? 😊
Damn it, Minji.
does that mean youll be here soon?
yeah in 30
cool
It was 11:10. You’d gotten ready to go two hours ago. But she didn’t need to know that. She didn’t need to know that you were dying to know what it was she wanted to tell you.
hey i miss you
What the fuck?
bro whats up ur never this clingy
sorry i’m just really happy
about what?
you’ll see
It was 11:11. You wish for what you’d always wished for. You knew there was no point but with her being like this and your ring still on your finger, the line between fantasy and reality had never been more blurred.
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Waiting outside your front door, you see her approaching from down the street. Even at that distance you could see the radiant smile she was giving you.
Often you wondered what life would have been like had you not moved in just down the street from her. Had you not gone to the same school. What if the universe didn’t give you so many opportunities to get close to each other? Why did it have to give you so many reasons to fall for her? But you had no choice. This was your life now. The girl you called your best friend, the one standing in front of you, was the person you so desperately loved.
“굿모닝.”
“It’s not morning anymore. You’re late.”
“미안!” You’re reminded that every apology would sound like your name. “But I’m here now. Let’s go.”
“Don’t you have something to tell me first?”
“Later. Over dinner.” Her smile was cheeky. Teasing.
“We have dinner plans?”
“Yup. My treat.”
Your heart trips over its own beats.
“Bro, it should be my turn.”
“Mia, no. This one’s important to me.”
Then it starts to scream as it hits the ground.
“My god, Min, what’s this about?”
“Don’t worry about it! Let’s just go get your new jeans first.”
She starts laughing again and you still don’t know why.
-
“Minji! No way!” you exclaim, shopping bags filled with clothes in one hand, her hand in the other as she tugs you along to a familiar part of the mall.
She just smiles and sticks her tongue out.
“This place is expensive!”
“But it’s your favorite. So it’s where we’re going.”
“Minjiii,” you whine.
“Hey, if you really cared about me spending too much you wouldn’t have such expensive taste. You left me no choice, to be honest.”
“Bro!”
For the first time in a while you’re laughing together. For a reason you both knew.
“For real, though, Mia. It’s fine! It’s my treat, so don’t worry about it.”
“You’re so sweet, Min.”
As if that needed further confirmation, she pulls out a chair for you.
“Mia! Are you blushing?”
“What? No!” You quickly cover your face with your hands. Your ring smiles a devilish smile as you bring it close.
“Don’t fall in love, bro,” she says teasingly. But it was way too late for that.
“What do you mean? I’m just excited for the food.”
“Sure.”
With that one word her expression changes. You couldn’t quite parse it. But you convinced yourself that there was something about her face that told you that she knew. And there was nothing more terrifying.
-
As your meal comes to a close and the night slows down she finally says it.
“Mia.”
“Minji.”
“I have something to tell you.”
“I know.” Your voice falters as your heartbeats quicken. You clear your throat to hide it. “Just tell me already.”
She leans over the table, looking straight into your eyes with something like anxiousness in hers.
“I’m… I’m debuting in July.”
In that moment, as your pounding chest comes to a crashing halt, there was no greater dissonance than wanting to be happy for your best friend but being disappointed that she didn’t want to be more than that. Being excited for her future but being bitter that her future wasn’t you.
Then came rage. Fury. The dissonance between expecting, wanting, praying for her to confess and knowing that that was just a puerile, selfish fantasy you conjured for yourself. “You’re being silly again,” is what she would have said. You were so angry and there was no one else to blame but you.
“Bro, I’m so happy for you!” you strain. “All that hard work’s finally paying off!”
“Thanks, Mia,” she says softly.
“I don’t even know why you were worried you wouldn’t debut! You’re so talented. It was always gonna happen. I’m so proud of you, Min!”
“Thank you,” she repeats with her eyes.
“So, what’s the name of your group?”
She laughs once more and you finally understand why.
“NewJeans.”
“Oh my god, no wonder.”
“But don’t tell anyone, ok?”
“Of course, bro. Why would you even think I’d tell anyone?” you ask a little more aggressively than you’d like, still barely controlling your anger. Thankfully, she doesn’t notice.
“Just making sure.”
“How many songs do you have?”
“Four. And, yeah, we’ll be filming our music videos in Spain.”
“Oh, wow!” You wonder how much longer you could hide it. How much longer until she realizes you were faking it. “When are you leaving?”
“Next week. Which is why I wanted to spend time with you this weekend.”
“Wait, will you be gone for your birthday, then?”
“Yeah…”
“Oh.” You struggle to find words to say as your anger is replaced by sadness. “I’ll miss you…”
“I’m sorry! I’ll miss you, too! I promise we’ll spend lots of time together when I get back.”
“But I’m sure you’ll be really busy even then. Even more when you debut…”
“Let’s not worry about it yet, Mia! I’m still here. And I’m just happy to be with you now.”
“Me, too.” You smile weakly.
“I’ll just go pay, ok? I’ll be right back, then we can talk more about it at home. We have all night anyway!”
“Thanks, Min. For the food. For today. For everything.”
“Aww, bro, you sound so sad!” she says as she stands up. You look up at her from your chair. Seeing your hand on the table, she gently wraps hers around it and you hear the subtle clink of your rings as they touch. “I’m still here, ok? I always will be.”
You don’t take your eyes off her as she walks away. And they remain glued to her in forbidden admiration as she returns. Every time you looked at her there was always a part of you that wanted to just rush over to her and tell her everything. That she was your everything. Your first love. Now, knowing the world would soon fall in love with her, too - because you knew everyone would - that part of you wanted to keep her all to yourself.
Then there was the part of you just happy to see her. To have her in your life. Because she did make you happy. She always tried her best to put a smile on your face. She was an angel like that and today was further proof of it. And her smile - the same one you could see on her face now as she approached you - it made you feel safe. Like things were going to be alright. There was a strange, counterintuitive comfort you found in it, knowing that, even if she didn’t know your pain, she’d be there for you. She thought the world of you. She loved you like no one else could. Just not in that way. And you were happy with that. You’d have to be.
“가자.”
At the sound of her soft voice your sadness gives way to resignation. You remind yourself that it wasn’t her fault she couldn’t give you what your heart yearned for. And in doing so, you could finally, truly be happy for her.
With your hand hidden from her in your pocket, you slip your ring off with your thumb as she takes you home.
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pairing: steve harrington x bi!reader
warnings: mentions boobs, a little suggestive, no spoilers
*thanks to @dingusteveharrington for the idea!
Movie nights with Steve were your absolute favorite. They were mostly held on Saturday nights after his shift at Family Video. You thought that after spending all day recommending movies and dealing with the store, the last thing that Steve would want to do is watch more movies.
He was very adamant that as long as you were there, he’d do anything. Even watch movies that were very strange.
“Why are we watching this?” You asked him as you grabbed your soda to take a sip.
He shrugged his shoulders, “It’s a new release. Robin recommended it. She said there’s an interesting part in the middle.”
“I’m going to go grab some popcorn.” You started to get up from the couch but he grabbed your arm.
“You can’t leave without giving me a kiss.” He puckered up his lips.
“Steve, really?”
“Yes, really. I’ve gone without kissing those lips all day.”
You rolled your eyes playfully and kissed him softly. He placed his hand at the back of your head to stop you from moving. You laughed and pushed his chest back, “Steve!”
“Go and get your popcorn now. Hurry back, Pretty Girl.” Steve kissed your forehead before you got up from the couch.
Steve’s house was like a second home to you now. You both normally had it to yourselves. His parents were practically MIA most of the time. When they were in town, you spent time with each other at your place.
You knew that it bothered Steve that his parents weren’t around a lot. He never mentioned it but you could tell by the way he observed the way you were with your own. It broke your heart so you tried to give him as much love and affection that he deserved.
With the popcorn popped and in tow, you headed back to the living room. Steve placed his arm around your shoulders and kissed the top of your head, “I’m glad you’re back.”
It made you smile.
The movie went on. You tried to pay attention but it wasn’t very interesting to you. You wondered what Robin liked so much about it.
During the middle, there was a love scene. The male character took off the female character’s shirt revealing her bare chest. Steve grabbed the remote and paused it.
“Uh, why did you pause the movie?”
He gestured to the screen, “Boobies.”
“Steve, really?” You said for the second time that evening.
Your boyfriend chuckled, “What? I like boobies. You like boobies.”
He was correct with both statements. When you told Steve early on in the relationship that you were into both guys and girls, he was very accepting. The possible reaction from him did scare you at first. Would he be confused? Would he not want to date you at all? Would he tell people?
Your worries were completely unnecessary. Steve was very welcoming with you to tell your story. He wanted to hear about your feelings, when you realized certain things about yourself, even wanted to know if you had a type.
Being bi was very important to you. You never wanted to hide that part of yourself. Steve didn’t want that either.
“Yes, we both like boobs but we don’t need to sit here and stare at them on tv.” You laughed, grabbing the remote and resuming the movie.
“I guess you’re right.” Steve mumbled. You caught him glancing at your chest.
“What?”
He looked back at your chest again, “Nothing.”
You already knew what he wanted. He often asked to do it whenever he was having a bad day.
You moved towards the other end of the couch and propped yourself up. You opened your arms, “Come here, lover boy.”
Steve grinned. He moved towards you and positioned himself on top, making sure he wasn’t putting too much weight on you. He rested his head on your chest, “This is my favorite thing to do.”
“Out of all of the stuff we do, this is what you like most?” You asked him.
He paused, “Okay, I take that back. This is one of my favorite things to do with you.”
You started running your fingers through his hair making him moan in delight. The sweatshirt that you were wearing was his from high school but now your scent clung to it. Steve Harrington was in pure bliss.
“Are her boobs better than mine?” You asked him.
Steve quickly shook his head, “Absolutely not! You have the best boobs.”
“You’re just saying that.”
Steve looked at you, “I promise you I’m not.”
“Prove it.” The movie was boring to you and you were ready for some action.
Steve slipped his hands under your sweatshirt, “Oh, I can definitely do that.”
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ctitan98official · 3 months
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RE8 characters reacting to Y/N playing a face-melting guitar solo
Alcina:
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Alcina will definitely be that proud “mama bear gf”. She wants Y/N to know how special she thinks they are. But also wonders what else Y/N’s nimble fingers are good for
Donna:
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Donna’s just trying to put out the inferno of NaStY burning through her brain before Angie blurts anything out
Miranda:
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Miranda recognizes Y/N’s talent, but come on. She’s a woman of science and they’re distracting her from important research. To be fair, she was trying to be supportive, but most of anything she says seems to be dripping with disinterest
Karl:
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Heisenberg is kinda jealous of Y/N’s skills. He knows people will be impressed with Y/N’s talent, but nobody ever gives him a pat on the back for creating the most unholy of mechanical zombie dudes. C'mon, pass him a guitar (an instrument he has never even touched, let alone played) so he can show Y/N up, just this once!
Update: His plan went horribly and he is currently sobbing while sitting on Sturm’s lap.
Moreau:
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Moreau is literally that cinnamon roll of a friend who wants their buddy to feel appreciated. Does he understand anything about music? No. But just let him shower Y/N with all of his love and support, dammit!
Bela:
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Bela fancies herself a scholar of the humanities, music included. She finds Y/N’s abilities and musical knowledge pretty damn sexy (from a purely intellectual standpoint of course!)
Cassandra:
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Nothing is sexier to Cass than a demonstration of pure skill. Highkey wants to see how good Y/N’s rhythm is in the bedroom next 😏
Daniela:
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Daniela’s arousal: *Has been activated* She wants Y/N to put down the FUcKin guitar and play with her instead!
Ethan:
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Granted, our boy Ethan probably don’t even know where he is right now, but at least he’s entertained and enjoying himself
Mia:
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Mia really gives me over-the-top “easily excitable” vibes. Let’s face it, she’s been living in the butt crack of Romania for, what, like a year, right? She’s bound to be a little overwhelmed by Y/N’s performance. Hell, she probably cried when a little old lady in the village smiled at her the other day.
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astrophileous · 1 year
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Important! Please read!
I'm tagging the people who are on the Love Bugs taglist, so if you don't feel like reading through all of this that's fine!
Tag(s): @camilaheroine @crazyunsexycool @whateverrrrrrrrs @wifeyofeveryone @louderfortheback @marvelousgoldroses
Hello everyone, first of all I wanna start by saying I'm sorry for having seemingly disappeared for the past week. I know that I was supposed to be uploading two new parts of Love Bugs on Monday and Thursday, and I've missed both days so far without so much as an explanation. The truth is, I've been logging in and out for days trying to come up with a justified excuse for this delay, but I decided today that I will just tell you the truth of what's really happening.
I'm not doing very good at the moment.
I know this seems like a pathetic excuse, but it's the truth. As some of you know, I'm a full time college student and I've been slammed with school work for the past week. I'm tired all the time. Whenever I have even a little bit of free time, I use it to sleep. Life is just so hectic for me right now that writing Love Bugs has been kinda put in the back burner.
But that's not all the reason why I've been MIA.
A few days ago, someone left me an anonymous ask telling me that I've done a terrible job on the last few parts of Love Bugs.
Now, at first, I was gonna be the bigger person and ignore them altogether. But apparently that one little comment did more damage than I ever thought it could. For the past week, every time I went to revise my drafts for Love Bugs, all I could think about was how badly I needed them to be done perfectly to make sure no one else was gonna have this same thought about the upcoming parts. I kept thinking that what I wrote was lacking something. That it wasn't good enough to be published yet. And as a drastic measure, I ended up uploading nothing at all.
I know it seems silly to be this badly affected by one rude comment when I've gotten nothing but love from everyone else. But I guess this is your daily reminder that words do hurt, and even if they are written on the internet, it doesn't make them hurt less because behind all of these makeshift profiles and avatars are real people with real feelings and emotions.
Today, I finally braced myself to make this post. I thought it was unfair for all of you to not be offered at least an explanation about what's happening. If you're wondering when I will finally upload the next chapter of Love Bugs, then I'm sorry to tell you that I don't know yet. I have one completed part, but as I've explained above, I just keep going back to revise it again and again because I'm just not satisfied with it.
So, there you go. The reason behind my absence. I want to remind all of you too while we're here to please, please, please be kind to all of the fic writers and/or other content creators in your fandom. We're all doing all of this free of charge. So please, if you don't like something we make, scroll past it. Don't be mean. We don't owe you anything. Don't ruin something that's supposed to be fun just because you don't find it as enjoyable as others might.
This is all I'm gonna say for now. Hopefully, I will have gotten my shit together by the time next upload schedule rolls around so that you guys could have the next part of Love Bugs on Monday.
Thank you for reading all the way through of this long-ass rant. Have a great day xx
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nattinatalia · 11 months
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Jack Harlow x Reader : MISSING BIRTHDAYS
Requested by my bubbles 🫧 @hoodharlow 💙 🩵
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Last night you celebrated Ezequiel’s fifth birthday party. A birthday party that you and Jack have been planning on for a while.
You were excited to see all your family and friends, some that you haven’t seen in a while. But most importantly, you were excited to celebrate your son.
It should’ve been an amazing time, with all the kids running around, fighting inside the jumper. To the tíos and tias getting rowdy over the music choice and which beer tastes better .
But sadly, it was nothing how you imagined it to be. In fact it was the total opposite and there was only one person to blame.
You, Mia and Ezequiel were in the living room sitting on the floor, opening the birthday presents Ez didn’t get into yesterday at his party.
You were halfway through a boxed present when you heard the front door being opened then closed.
You face your kids and notice Mia goes wide eyed and Ezequiel is just looking down at his little hands.
“Hey I’m home.” Jack announces as he walks into the living room with a huge smile on his face.
“Hi daddy.” Mia stands up and goes to hug him.
“Trator” Ez whispers loud enough for only you to hear.
“What’s all this?” Jack points to the pile of wrapping paper and toys.
“Presents Cheesy got.” Mia answers him.
“He got presents delivered early?”
You scoff and roll your eyes.
Ez stands up, looks at Jack with a sad and disappointing look on his face, but more so hurt. “Thanks for membering my birthday.”
Jack chuckles “What?”
“You pinky promised.” Ez lets out with a shake to his voice and walks out the living room.
“What is he talking about?”
“Unbelievable.” You stand up and start picking up the trash. “Yesterday was his birthday party, you know the one we’ve been planning for months.?”
Jack looks confused. “No, that’s until the twenty fourth.” He takes out his phone to probably check the date. “FUCK.”
“Daddy.” Mia warns him with a smirk, as she takes a handful of popcorn.
“Mia, not now please baby.” Jack tells her and follows after you to the kitchen.
“Y/N. I totally forgot, I’ve been super busy and my head has been all over the place.”
“We don’t make poor excuses when it comes to our kids. We made a promise to always be there for the important occasions involving them.” You slam the top of the trash can and turn around to face your husband. “He waited for you, he didn’t even get to enjoy his party because he kept looking out to see if his daddy would show up.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Are we those parents now? We put our jobs before our children?.” You walk back to the living room.
“You’re being a bit unfair here Y/N.” He shakes his head. “I can’t always put work on hold like you do to yours. I admit, I forgot about his party but you can’t hold it against me when my work it’s what’s feeding our family.”
“Wow, just wow Jackman.” You shake your head. “Find somewhere else to stay tonight.”
“I didn’t mean that, babe just cut me some slack.”
“You think I don’t get it? You think I don’t understand that you have a career? That I don’t see everything you’ve been doing? I do and I couldn’t be more proud of you.” You close your eyes for a few seconds and then open them right away, taking in a deep breath to control yourself.
“I’m not mad because you work Jack, I’m mad because you promised that little boy you’d be here. He asked you time and time again if you had work, and you said no every single time. My little boy was heartbroken yesterday.” You wipe a tear from your cheek, “You could’ve called or something, and maybe just maybe things would’ve been different.” You head out the living room to go look for your son.
Jack groans and sits down on the couch, his head leaning back on the armrest.
“Dad?”
“Yeah?”
“Are you and mommy gonna be okay?”
Jack sits up and faces his daughter. “We will be bug, I pro-“
Mia shakes her head, cutting him off “No promises.” She says sadly.
“I deserve that.”
She shrugs, “I’m not trying to be mean dad, but Cheesy was really sad. He didn’t even eat cake and you know he loves cake.”
“Hello? The door was unlocked losers.” A voice is heard coming from the foyer.
Jack groans “Great, the instigators are here.”
“We heard that bum.”
“Yeah that’s why I said it.” He looks up and sees it’s Blanca, Ree and Lucy, Y/N cousins. Jack stands from the couch and stands in the middle of the living room.
“Well if it isn’t the dead beat dad.” Ree says, glaring at Jack.
“Calm down, I’m around my kids so no need for the insults.”
“Ohhh what is that tia B?” Mia points at what Blanca is holding.
“This is for EZ.” She uncovers the box. “Le prometí traerle pan dulce.”
Mia smiles “Su favorito.”
“Llévaselos mientras hablamos con tu papá.” Blanca carefully hands Mia the box.
“Tia be nice.” She warns Blanca, then faces Ree and Lucy. “Him and mommy are fighting so don’t be mean to him.”
The three of them smile. “We’ll try our best bug.” Lucy makes no promises.
Mia groans. “Evil tias.” She shrugs. “I dig it.” And she walks out the living room.
“Say whatever you’re about to say.” Jack rolls his eyes.
“We’re not saying anything.” Lucy tells him.
“Uh yeah we are.” Ree says right away.
“I think it’s funny that you like to say family this, family that. But you can’t even make it to your son's birthday party.” Blanca shrugs. “Couldn’t be me.”
“BLANCA.” You gasp out as soon as you walk back into the living room.
“I’m just saying,” Blanca shrugs.
You shake your head. “They’re in the playroom.”
Ree smiles and goes to hug you, sensing that you’ve been arguing with Jack, which probably led to you crying. “We just came to drop off the pan dulce for the little man.”
“We saw Urban with Cassie and baby mama, so we knew little man would need his sweats”
“Thank you.”
The girls head out, leaving you and Jack alone.
“Not once, not once have I said you’re a terrible father and I’m not going to start now.” You cross your arms standing a few feet away from him.
“Y/N-“
“Before you start, understand that I’m not mad that you worked. I’m upset that we asked you numerous times if you were sure about having the weekend off and you said yes. I’m upset and hurt that you let my baby boy down. If you would’ve told us you had work, he would’ve understood that, because newsflash Jackman, our kids are way smarter and understanding than what you give them credit for.”
“I know I messed up babe, I do. But I didn’t do it on purpose. Chris keeps booking me for all these overseas festivals and I can’t back out of them.”
“I honestly don’t even want to listen to your poor excuses. What’s done is done, what you said to me it’s understood.”
“Y/N, I’m sor” you cut him off, getting annoyed. You’re probably overreacting, but you can’t just erase the broken look your son had all day yesterday.
“Don’t you dare apologize to me, you said what you said, own that shit.” You tuck your hair behind your ear, so it’s away from your face. “Apologize to my son, make it up to him. He’s the only one that matters rights now.” You go and sit down on the couch, letting out more tears.
Jack kneels in front of you, holds your hand but you quickly move out his hold. “Baby.” He whispers.
You turn the opposite way, not wanting to look at him. “Please look at me.”
“Jack, just go fix things with Ezequiel.” You whimper out.
Jack stands up and goes towards the playroom. “You and mommy need to chill, so what if daddy had work? He always does.” He hears Mia say.
“He pinky promised, he said theys are portant.” Ez tells her.
“Okay point made bu-“
“Mia, can I speak to your brother alone please?”
“Are you going to make him cry?” Mia glares.
“What? Of course not. Alize Mia, go color or something.”
“Fine, fine. Everyone is just grumpy today.” She mutters on her way out the room.
“Hey little man, can we talk?”
Ez shrugs, “I don’t wanna.”
“Okay, how about I talk and you listen?”
Ez nods sadly.
“I know sorry isn’t enough to make it up to you. I know I let you down buddy, but it was never my intention to do that to you.” Jack reaches for Ezequiel and they both lay down on the huge bean bag.
“What can I do to make it up to you?” Jack brushes his fingers through his son’s curls.
Ezequiel shrugs “I don’t know.”
“You’re allowed to be sad little man, I let you down and you’re more than welcomed to those feelings. I’ll never stop apologizing.”
“Can I go with momma?”
“Y-yeah little man.” Jack let’s EZ stand up but stops him. “I love you okay? That’s never going to change.”
Ez nods and runs out the room.
Jack is left alone in his kids playroom, laying on the beanbag.
“Well daddy,” Mia announces, jumping on the bean bag. “Seems like we’re sleeping at Nino Urban’s house and planning on how you’re gonna make it up to mommy and Cheesy.”
“Mia.”
“What? You’re in the dog house or whatever grandma says to grandpa when they fight.”
Jack shakes his head, he turns to look by the entrance of the door and sees you passing by with Ezequiel in your arms, most likely heading to the bedroom.
Jack quickly turns to face Mia, “What’s your plan? How can I make it up to them?”
“This is gonna cost you.” Mia warns him.
“Yes, anything.”
Mia smiles and claps her hands. “Okay soo…”
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Sorry if this is a bad question or more likely just hopeless. I’ve been trying to find a good Connor Hawke comic to read (first found out about him in Damian’s Robin solo and he and Rose were the only two things I liked besides the Robin chase but I’m a bat brat) and I’ve only read the Silver Monkey story and as I’m not a fan of Oliver Green at all (my exposure to him has in no way been positive) and I HATE Dixon and I know he’s the main writer for Connor, but I had to drop the Tim solo because of his obvious, I guess bigotry would be the right word to use here, but he is one of the three writers I refuse to let myself read anymore to try and keep my blood pressure low. Are there any Connor stories or series that exist outside of those parameters to read because I’m having 0 luck. I’m also not sure if you’re a fan of Mia or Emilio or have any go-to stories for them, but I know nothing about them and I’d like to change that if at all possible.
i understand, i do i do. while i think dixon is capable of good character writing, and he did manage to do it in connor's run, i also understand his very very obvious politics shine through all the time and it gets tiresome (at one point in his ga run he manages to write OLIVER QUEEN "both sides"ing literal nazis that he and hal fought in GL/GA). here's the best i can do for recs outside of dixon (though few and far between)
Before i start, i do wanna clarify that his character in robin is. well. pretty different from his actual pre-established character. I'm not saying you won't like him, and im genuinely begging you to give him a shot, but if youre looking for the snarky brawler type, you might be a lil thrown by the polite buddhist monk you're gonna get.
you are in luck, as his first few appearances were by kelley puckett, so if you havent already read GA vol. 2 #0, do that first! #91 and #92 are also by puckett until dixon takes over for #93, so read those if you dont mind just stopping in the middle of an arc, otherwise avoid.
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now this next rec IS 1/3 written by dixon but if you can get through it, the crossover connor has with wally and kyle is enjoyable, thats Green Lantern Vol. 3 #96, GA Vol. 2 #130, and The Flash Vol. 2 #135
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Connor's JLA run! JLA Vol. 1 #8-#15, #8 and #9 are specifically about connor saving and joining the league, the rest of the issues just feature him in a team setting, as, well, its the league.
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if you want to read mia as well, read Green Arrow: Quiver (GA Vol. 3 #1-#10), Connor plays an important role but its almost entirely in the very last issue, and it's more about Ollie's role dynamic with him than anything else, so just read that if it tickles your fancy.
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I wish i could recommend more of GA Vol. 3 for connor, unfortunately he's pretty fucking sidelined, and for every good moment theres 2 bad ones. (immediately after quiver he is shot and put in a coma for an arc, somehow this isnt the last time this happens.) Though i do recommend #11, and i think #21 is a good issue to read for ollie and him, but it also includes a pretty huge retcon to Connor and Ollie's past
Other than those, he has One-shots in Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular: "One", DC Pride 2022: "Think Of Me", and DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration: "Hawke & Kong"
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to answer your second question, my URL aint lesbianspeedy for nothin! Mia is what i breathe and bleed, my recs for her are here!
as for Emi, your best bets are Green Arrow Vol. 5 #18-#20, #22, #28-#34 for her origin (though read N52 green arrow at your own risk, even i havent properly read these), Green Arrow Vol. 6 #1-#7 (this may feel like a completely new character, i'm sorry, dc has a angsty characterisation problem, if you enjoy either of these characterisations, i'd recommend you keep reading said runs past my specific recs for more issues with her!) and Stargirl Spring Break Special + Stargirl: The Lost Children #1-#6
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Cartoon Network Friday Spotlight: Ben 10- "Ken 10"
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Ben 10 is one of my biggest gaps in terms of Cartoon Network fandom. I've tried the original show and bits of pieces of its varying spin-offs, but it just does nothing for me. I think I was a little too old for the series when it dropped, but clearly it's an important franchise for CN. If I recall right, they're working on another series now.
So I tried to give the OG another shot and spun through a few choice episodes. In this one, we travel to the future, where a grown-up Ben gives his son Kenny his own Omnitrix. We also get to see an older (and skinnier) Grandpa Max and cousin Gwen show up for the glorious day, although Ken's mom is MIA.
While he still messes with his cousin, this Ben is a little more mature now, which makes sense as Kenny is basically a futuristic retread of his old man. Feeling like his father doesn't respect him, Ken hopes to use his Omnitrix for his own whims with his buddy Devlin. While the two have fun with Ken's new powers, things go awry when Ben's long-time enemy Kevin 11 escapes prison, drops a bombshell, and finds a way to use Ken's powers to his advantage.
This is pretty decent stuff, although knowing what I know about the franchise, I'm surprised that Kevin's still a bad guy here. Also knowing what I do about the franchise, I'm sure they'll find a way to explain and/or retcon this episode. But while I find Ben 10 to not have earned the gravitas other action shows claim as easily, I can find a charm here that explains its dedication.
Also, that theme song slaps.
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okay so I know I said I’d have a post for Monday but stuff happened (nothing bad don’t worry) so this is late and also not what I had planned. but it’s something at least while I’m working on drawing and trying to actually finish a drawing for once in my life
anyways without further ado: more Voltron dragon prince AU shenanigans because that is still very much a thing that I want to do and am going to at least have some “official” art done for at some point in the year.
I only have an idea for Shiro’s design right now, but I have so much more to talk about in this post.
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Shiro doesn’t really have a direct parallel to anyone in the dragon prince, but he’s still important (obviously) and he still goes missing. I can’t really say too much about him because of story and plot reasons but there is gonna be Cool Stuff happening. I decided to make him a moon shadow elf because it makes the most sense, and also I just thought he would look cool as one. He’s still engaged to Adam, and he still goes missing with Sam and Matt Holt.
That’s all I can say about Shiro for now, but I still have other characters to talk about.
Adam is going to be playing an active role in this because I want him to and also he won’t fucking die because I think he should live. As a treat.
In this AU, Adam is human. A huge part of his whole deal is that he will be looking for a Shiro and Keith alone because they’re the two most important people in his life and he wants to find them.
Also, Adam and Shiro’s relationship is secret, only Keith knows that they’re together and that’s a huge motivation as to why Adam goes searching for them alone since he’s kinda trapped since he can’t exactly go out and get help finding Shiro and Keith. Anyways, that’s enough about those two, let’s get on to everyone else I’m talking about today
I’m just going to make a quick bullet point list of characters I don’t have much to say on in this post but I still wanna say what their deal is in the AU:
Coran is going to be Opeli (the like, advisor in TDP). He’s the royal adviser, but he also helped raised Lance and Allura. I don’t really have much to say about him other than he will still very much be himself and I love him
Matt is a scholar or something of that type along with his father, and they meet Shiro while doing research and end up befriending him (thank you Aeon for this suggestion your brain is great)
Romelle is going to be the equivalent of Ellis (the kid with the wolf). Also trans Romelle because I am a trans Romelle truther
Veronica is going to be this AUs Amaya but not going to be exactly like her (also, please let me know if you guys think that I should make Veronica deaf like Amaya since I would like having a deaf character in this but idk if it should be her or another side character that would most likely be an OC)
Krolia is going to be missing/MIA
The BoM are going to be the moonshadow elf assassins, but without the whole knowledge or death deal since. I just don’t want them to have that and it’s my AU I get to do what I want
Honerva is dead lol
Zarkon will be Viren
Ezor, Zethrid, Narti and Axca are still Lotor’s Lesbians and I have Several Ideas for them
I still have a lot that I wanna do, like learn how to draw dragons because Whoops I made an AU that has dragons and a lot of them but I don’t know how to draw them, and I have a lot to talk about when it comes to certain decisions I made for this, like Zarkon and Honerva and some things I have in mind for them. This is probably going to be a project that will take a long time to even officially get started because I don’t know how to write but I so desperately want to tell the story I have in mind and have it be enjoyable.
I’ll make another post soon with more in-depth descriptions and ideas for Zarkon, along with something I like to call the “kill-die scale” and also some ideas I am still struggling with
Also as always, thank you to @deuxaeonn for the help, your brain is so good and ik this hasn’t been worked on for a while but still lmao
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