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enhanced-operatives-division · 14 days

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Junicrane/Starstruck Ramble

I will not be brief, all under the cut

To clear some things right off the bat:

No corpse, no proof with Juniper. Obligatory this is set in a canon where he's alive and adjacent to the agency in some way.

Reggie & Juniper are just gay to me, but I don't mind any interpretation of their sexuality

The games are set in 1967/68 to me (based on a couple bits in game) which is before it was legal to be gay in America at least (1971), which is relevant to how I interpret canon as being somewhat grounded in reality, despite unrealistic elements.

This is just an insane amount of headcanons/elements of and AU all culminated into one post. I will talk about some headcanons like they're just facts because they are established in my head, and it saves me over explaining literally everything, however I will explain some parts a little bit for clarity.

Alright. Actual beginning of the ramble:

Juniper is a character to me who had gotten so lost in his job as an actor and a social presence that in the end his whole life revolved around that 'role'. Because of this, by the time he's put into the situation where he's around the Agency, he basically knows nothing about himself, though he doesn't realise at first. Furthermore, what little identity he had has changed in so many ways. He's no longer a beloved famous actor in the prominence of public light, he's legally dead and he tarnished his career just before he was supposed to die, with the bonus of that making him lose the majority of his estate. From that, he also has horrific facial scarring from the electrical burns from literally having his face fried. I believe a friend of mine made a post about this a while ago (I also think they were the first to think it up also), but, to me, Juniper has a permanent trimmer in his right arm (aka his dominant hand) from the electrical current and it is messing with his nervous system.

All in all, he's not doing great, but he's too proud to admit that he's not doing great, because if anything, what's left of his ego is all he has as a defense since he's deep in unfamiliar water.

Before ending up around the agency (I have multiple interpretations of this, so I'm just going to bring it up generally), he'd never actually seen Reggie, and his only impression of him is a single voicemail, which was his only reference he had to later impersonate him. Juniper probably has very little feelings other than the ones he projects onto him because of Phoenix and that, at the very least, he's physically attracted to Reggie to some degree (that's like the beginning of how everything else would tumble into place in this sort of interpretation at least).

And on Crane's side? His feelings towards Juniper are probably very intense and muddled. On the one hand, he adores musical theatre, and that's his now ex-favourite actor. The thought of just casually being around him blows the bit of fanboy in him away at first because THAT'S the GUY, plus the inklings of a celebrity crush which still poke at him. And then there's the rational side of him, which knows Juniper has committed absolute atrocities on the side of Zoraxis, and hates him for that. Then there's how much Juniper comes off as an asshole at first because he refuses to cooperate with anything the Agency tried to put in place. He finds Juniper endlessly frustrating, and yet he's stuck working with him since, afterall, he's the one who knows the Agency's history with Juniper the best. I imagine him acting a lot like how he does IEYTD 1 around Juniper.

At this point, I'm just describing the pitch for a romcom.

I think the start of their relationship with one another largely started with Juniper trying to wind Crane up. It was a way of getting his attention, and I don't think Juniper knows why he's so dead set on that at first, because I don't think he realises he has a crush on 'this grump' at first. (I think that's actually the fun part about these two, because it's almost like a role reversal of the celebrity crush dynamic. This ex-big name actor has a TERRIBLE crush on an average joe and it is KILLING HIM.) But of course the Agency keeps them together because Juniper is at least conversing with Crane, so it's a start.

Through one way or another, they actually get talking casually, at least mildly at first. It takes Juniper a long time to fully deconstruct the wall he's built, and the thing is, Crane isn't the one trying to deconstruct it, at least at first, because yeah, Juniper realises if he wants Reggie to actually like him in any way, he can't keep winding him up. So they talk. Small talk at first, something rhythmic and almost easy to keep to a script. And over time that turns into actual conversations. Genuine ones in which Reggie rips out the occasional one of his jokes which Juniper is endlessly endeared about. The way he smiles just before he makes them, like he wants to chuckle at what he's about to say before he says it. That's probably when Juniper realised that he does have some vague crush on him, and that it wasn't going away.

This is what kickstarts John I can't-buy-you-things-to-impress-you-so-acts-of-service-it-is Juniper to do little things for him. It mostly starts off as him trying to make Reggie his tea how he likes it. However, the nerve damage in his arm makes that hard, as the weight of the kettle and trying to pour is hard all of a sudden. And he refuses to accept that, so he tries for a very long while. Long enough that Crane would go to investigate what was going on. And when he does see Juniper leaning over a cup with the kettle as he uneasily tries to pour it, and when Crane asks Juniper responds so matter-of-fact that his intention is nothing but genuine. And it catches Reggie off guard because Juniper hadn't done anything like that up to that point, and his very apparent vulnerability is so clearly on show.

It shifts something between them.

From that point on, conversations are longer, more familiar. Both of their attitudes soften, and Reggie makes more jokes. Juniper learns how to better use his left hand while strengthening his right back to a point where it could be used again. Slowly, they're both spending time with one another not because they have to, but just because they can. Little bits at first, not too far outside what they already were doing, but those little bits turned into long bits to a point where the other person's company was genuinely desirable.

As time passes, Juniper probably realises that he doesn't genuinely know much about himself or what hobbies he's into, because he never really had the time when he got big, and his home life in his youth wasn't bad, but it wasn't picturesque. I think Reggie would pick up on it, and absolutely try to introduce him to some things he's into. Some things stick, other things don't (corn husking very much stays Reggie's passion, and John will go with him sometimes because it's him, but it's not something he strongly cares for). Crane introduces him to a lot of music, and it's something that becomes a staple between them, with tracks they listen to more than others (tragically, I know relatively little about 60s music so I couldn't really say what). Occasionally they dance, never anything intense, think slow dancing, but the closeness is nice.

Through all of it, Juniper is battling the worst crush of his life, and he can't stand it, because I think he struggles to read people since he doesn't have anything like a script or a director to refer back to, so he has no idea if Reggie likes him back or if he's just desperate for that to be true. I think because of that any sort of confession between them would be incredibly raw, not only because of the time they live in making it hard for them to be truthful about how they love, but because it's a complete show of Juniper who's worked to be this better person. I don't exactly know how that would go, mainly because I don't have one set version of their dynamic, this post is just a generalisation of main consistent points.

Reggie does like him back, because he's gotten used to Juniper being just this guy, not a figure in the public eye, not a Zoraxis lackey, and not any sort of Agency operative (despite being under their care to some degree). He's someone he genuinely cares for, because they've given one another the time of day to learn one another, and I think because Reggie was a field agent, he was a lot better at reading Juniper than Juniper was at reading him. Eventually Juniper's company becomes something he could see around him for the rest of his life, and I think he accepts that he likes Juniper a lot more gracefully.

I think any affection directed at Juniper would at first be met with him feeling a little muddled. Reggie was a very physically affectionate person when he could be, and sure the initial flirting with one another came with the occasional little touches, but everything now was so deeply intentional. I also don't think Juniper would almost ever get over the novelty of being able to kiss him, or many other gestures, because it made the fact that they were together so very real, and it was great. I do think it comes easier to Reggie, and it's a big way of showing how much he cares, so it's important for Juniper to try and show it back because he knows how much it means to the other.

I like the idea of them eventually living with one another, too. I think Juniper would have always had a quiet little daydream of sorts where he does just live a domestic quiet life, and he can with Reggie (well, as close as they can get between the Agency and Zoraxis always being at odds), and he loves that, and he loves him, and it's immense.

I think they cook for one another a lot, it helps Juniper work on his dexterity in a controlled environment, which means a lot because it's a huge point of insecurity (that and his scars). He does improve, and Crane is proud of that and shows it and it's great. I also think they'd probably cook together too, because they can deal with being in the kitchen together and they work well with one another. It's probably a good way for them to unwind because over time they can do it in relative silence.

As I said before, I also think music is a staple in their household, and that Reggie listens to things on vinyl almost all of the time because he likes the background noise. Sometimes Juniper will catch him chuntering along to the music which he finds endlessly endearing. I wouldn't put it past his dramatic ass to also join in to fluster Reggie, but I also don't think Reggie would mind that terribly because Juniper has listened to the music enough to know the lyrics, and that's huge to him.

I don't think they are without rough patches, no relationship is, but I think the good part about them is that they're willing to talk about it (... eventually). They're used to long conversations, and while they're often less fun conversations, they're needed and they know that, and it works out.

Alright. I think I'm done for now. I haven't mentioned everything, but this definitely got the worst of it out of my system. If you ever want to hear any specific thoughts my ask box is open but other than that, behold my general dynamic for these two which has been festering in my head for years. I think they're great

#ty right-agent for explicitly telling me that this would be welcomed you a real one #i had a massive babble to my friend abt what if they all feed me to the hounds for speaking #and he said “girl that fandom is like 12 people big they need you to speak” and yeah that also helped #i have a hard time talking if I'm not asked/prompted to that's why i adding tags is great for me. that and i like the format #anyways.#THESE TWO.............dear lord can you tell I have been unwell abt them forever..#this is propeganda (/j) for them. btw. please you have to understand the potential here. it's so good.#it's slowburn <- my (probably) demiromantic ass cannot handle romance without a build up and this set up is perfect (it will never happen)#also i find it easier to write ANYTHING between these two from Juniper's perspective because i find it easier to get into his head #idk reggie is like the gay version of the: what is he thinking of? i could take a bear in a fight. audio ive heard.#whereas with juniper i have him trapped under a microscope #im going to tag this now so i can use the remaining tags to RANT #ieytd #john juniper #reginald crane #junicrane #starstruck #i expect you to die #<- being BRAVE!!!#when I get really excited i start getting like this internal shaking feeling and uh. yeah this rant started that #the worst part abt that is it also triggers my tourettes so like. double whammy. excited about blorbos? jail :(#but. yeah I uh. yeah. sorry this IS so long..I did warn but . AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHAUUUUUUAHHHHHHHHHHHHH #also i did this rant in 2 parts. last night and this morning so yeah uh. yeah.#god im so messed up about these two #make me a boat by the family crest came on while wroting this and while it's mainly a roxanix song to me......AUUUUUG.....#i struggle to find music for these sillies because they have such a specific vibe to me amd I've not quite managed to find something which -#- genuinely feels correct for them and it drives me up the WALL #GOD NIGHT SHIFT JUST CAME OF SHUFFL.....all my ieytd songs are coming out to drive me up the wall.......#FINISHED I've been adding tags as I've gone alonga #thank you for reading hope you enoyed and if you didn't im sorry

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pochilovesloki · 10 months

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ATTENTION TO ALL FROSTIRON FANS!!

Epic edit: we now have a dedicated blog for that!! www.tumblr.com/takingoncrazythangscomic and from now on all the fresh info will be there!!

I'm a big fan of Loki and Tony parring, and right now I'm drawing a frostiron fan-comic!! I'm on the final sketches part of the first 10 pages, and I think it's about time I start telling the world about it in an advertising way!

It'll be probably 200-300 pages story (idk tbh, I've never drawn a full fleshed comic before) taking place after avengers 2012. It's a fusion between MCU and Marvel Comics, so yes, this story is ✨ canon-divergence ✨!

I'm not the writer! The one behind this beautiful story is @burdenedwithpointlesspurpose. We're working together on this project and both of us are super hyped 💪

Here's some concept art for Loki's clothing for a comic ❤️❤️

And a couple of panels from it!

I'm still looking for a place where I should post this comic. I'll definitely make a Tumblr page for it, but I'm open for more suggestions!

✨ Follow my social media for more updates!! ✨

Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/takingoncrazythangscomic Twitter: @pochichanvt (less active)

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grassbreads · 3 months

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Serialized media is so good I love you serialized media. I love you experiencing a story slowly I love you waiting and building excitement and theorizing every week/month between releases. I love you trails of breadcrumbs I love you cliffhangers and mysteries and suspense. I love you looking forward to installments I love you regular release schedules I love you having a story become part of your routine. I love you serialized media.

#this post brought to you by the premier of the magnus protocol #I'm SO excited to have Magnus Thursdays as a part of my life once again #this is gonna do me so much good #but it's also about monthly vnc :)#until the mag comeback that was the only active serialized story I kept up with release to release #and now I have two things :)#a weekly regular and a monthly treat. as it should be #I'm flaky enough that I can't commit to keeping up with too many things with every update #but one weekly podcast and one monthly manga is just right :)#I love having piece of a story to look forward to on a regular basis!!#serialized storytelling is just. >>>>#invasion of the frogs

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quackle · 12 days

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SOMEONE'S STARTED THE TRANSLATION FOR THE EMU FES CARD, I CHEERED

#now i can cry fr knowing the full context #they say part 2 will come out in the next day or two :) i'm excited #prsk #pjsk #project sekai #colorful stage #emu otori #if anybody wants to prep to cry with me feel free <3 we are all in this together #Youtube

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sisterofficerlucychen · 3 months

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i've been listening to i miss you (skin to skin) on repeat and the muse it gives me for a fic centered around when lucy was at uc school 👀

#the rookie #chenford #i have this one shot from last valentine's day that i'm still trying to finish (maybe by this one? lmao)#and new ideas keep popping up from it that now i'm like is this a 3 part/chapter story???#laughing at myself bc me to me: bffr ivy just finish this one shot #but i'm kind of excited for this idea?#bc it'd include chenford post-valentine's day + lucy's pov @ uc school + how she processed her feelings during angst era #which the latter two tie back to chenford valentine's day bc i combined like four prompts into one #including tim asking about what /that/ bradford meant #and them talking about why lucy said it was just biology (and honorable mention to the fake confession)#and now i'm just rambling so if you've made it this far into the tags #you go glenn coco - four for you glenn coco ♡

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justalittlebluetiefling · 8 months

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This show and the way they show us Moiraine and Lan's friendship and they're HOME to each other and anyway it's so good.

#sorry i'm a part-time wheel of time blog for now i won't shut up about it for a while #how do i still not have a tag for these two i hate myself for that #tbh never over them #really excited to see how the show portrays them #i was pretty invested in their relationship (platonic) in the books #but like the show has really made me double down on it #the books it almost took new spring being released and reading the early books again #but yeah i'm rambling oh well #wheel of time

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egophiliac · 1 year

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(still not spoilers! BUT probably the last one for a while that will not be spoilers, be warned)

#art #twisted wonderland #DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY #(...for the first part of who knows how many)#(but we're not focusing on that right now)#normally i would let this sit another day or two but. i'm excited. :')#so uhhh sorry if it sucks #ANYWAY get ready!#pushes up sleeves #i'm about to get EVEN MORE ANNOYING up in here #'but ego that's not possible'#ohohoho #you have no idea

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yaboyhoney · 2 months

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Hi Can I get (if possible) a Nsfw and Sfw of tall!muscular!reader who lives deep in the woods with the zorks, who saves injured!Warden Ingo from a Alpha Pokemon attack, and takes Warden Ingo home until Ingo is healed again? Please and thank you.

Warden Ingo x Tall!Muscular Reader SFW

You dwell in easily one of Hisui's more dangerous habitats, in the Alabastar Icelands. Though you do not hail from the Pearl Clan, you are on relatively good terms with them; paying a visit every now and then in order to stock up on supplies and to trade.

Despite you being an outsider and them knowing very little about you, many times they have tried to welcome you into their clan, as a reward and gesture of gratitude for your ways with Pokemon. But you would remind them from time to time again the importance of your work, while conveying a kind nature back to them.

Unofficially, you had the importance almost equal to that of a warden, overseeing a region under watchful care and a particular Pokemon native to Hisui. But certainly no pokemon in all of Hisui can perfectly impersonate humans aside from the Zorua and Zoroarks. Though not all of these mimic creatures are under your obedience, as some grow to form their own packs, you are seen as the leader of one of them, being among the few that can tame them and see past their illusions.Sabi, warden of Braviary, so happens to be one of your friends. She had a prophetic vision of you finding a man in grave danger and lending him aid before a blizzard hit the region.Though she is very young, her visions have never been inaccurate. When you start to see signs of a blizzard in the sky, you scout the area she dreamed of.

It is here you encounter Ingo in peril; caught in a daze as he tried to urgently evade an Alpha Pokemon. You think of him as a lunatic initially when you see he had no Pokemon of his own. With your Zoroark pack, you engage into battle, the Alpha fleeing once it realized it was outnumbered.

With the storm approaching, there would be no time to return Ingo into the care of the Pearl Clan. When you grab him, you feel the warmth of his skin and blood, an injury on his leg. It must have snapped when he fell from the sky. Ingo wakes up feverish, in and out of sleep. His memories meeting him in fleeting moments as he fades in and out of consciousness, not being able to recollect those closest to him. You watch as he fights a fever, fatigued in a miserable sleep. He sleeps through the storm and a doctor has paid a visit by now to mend his leg. You only hope whoever this man is, that he'll wake up.

#warden ingo x reader #ingo x reader #i'm leaving this here for now because i got excited with the story #ask for a part two if you want

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lit-in-thy-heart · 9 months

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if i ever give an estimated word count for a fic that i haven’t finished yet, please add at least 5k to that estimation for a more accurate result.

#started a merwaincelot fic on friday afternoon with an estimation of 10k #and the possibility of a follow-up #i'm now at 8k #haven't even got to the whump which was going to be the crux of it #and i have a title for the second part (as well as this one) that has me figuratively bouncing with excitement #bc i'm really pleased with how it sounds when you put the two titles together #like it's been hard work bc i've been more bothered about the portrayal of characters than i usually am #but it has been fun #i'm just going to have to try very hard to stick with angst #and hope that it doesn't get too much longer lol #tdlr lit is incapable of writing short fics if it's more than one character focus #the next costa criminals wip is already 3.2k and another character hasn't even showed up yet #lit talks #lit writes

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soulsxng · 7 months

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Good evening/afternoon/morning, my friendos. Today, I am being enabled to add to my fae children and give some of the angels some rivals

I don't have names for them yet (If I've gotta fuck with fae names, it's gonna be a minute, okay--), but they're both originally from Unseelie; high ranking and long standing knights serving the former ruler before their assassination by the hand of the current ruler took place. Though they were given the choice to switch sides, they decided against it, and instead slipped away before they could be imprisoned or killed.

For a short while following this, they were displaced knights that were trying to keep under Unseelie's radar...until some of the Tuath Dé Danann found them and took the pair under their wing. The two knights now serve these former deities in the Otherworlds in gratitude for the mercy they were shown unprompted.

#[Bleddyn -headcanons-]#[Laisren -headcanons-]#RETAGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NAMES NOW!#I've told a few people this already but I've been wanting to use these two for a while now #and have them be kind of...opposites in a way of some of the angel knights like Sarakael #I knew I didn't want them to be demons because I didn't want them to be actual enemies #more like rivals #and I have said on a few different occasions that the Otherworlds does hold a sort of weird sense of competition with Heaven #so this actually works out really nicely!#Nova let me bounce ideas for them off of her and as always Nova I love you for that alsdknfa #I think they might be the first fae that I've had that are part of the Unseelie/Seelie group #And they're the first actually new muses that I've made in a long time too! Most of mine are just muses that I've had for a while #that I just hadn't introduced before #but ye! I'm excited about them!

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musicalgifs · 10 months

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sorry guys i think i’m officially on board with the wicked movie now

#physical sets + actually good costumes + elphaba with braids + dr dillamond is a puppet? i'm genuinely excited now #i hope they have as little cgi as possible #also i never got why everyone hated it being in two parts so much. do we not all agree that act two of wicked is weirdly rushed.

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iviarelleblr · 1 day

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A case study in what may or may not be hyperfixation.

So, every once in a while, like many of us I'm sure, I get seized by an idea, and it will not let me go until I see it through. Today, that was a short series of jumps from problem to solution:

Bought a new tote bag I want to use often -> straps too short to put over my arm -> could make a new long shoulder strap out of fabric -> no matching fabric in mom's stash -> knitting and crochet are too stretchy to make good straps -> ...could I weave something?

So I started googling for stuff like "improvised loom" and discovered cardboard looms are totally a thing! But, I need something on which I can weave a single piece maybe 1.5 meters (~5 feet) long, and cardboard looms seem best set up for like, maybe 15-30 cm (6-12 inches) at most lest the loom bend and the warp threads be too loose and messy. But, in a scrap woodwork loom, there was a really funky heddle piece, and I saw it and said... wait, why couldn't I just have a piece that functions as both heddle and bobbin, to hold the extra length?

So I built myself a one-use cardboard loom. (Pictures taken before gluing, some adjustments were made in assembly like lining up the base pieces.)

Lots of slits in the base piece so I can adjust the warp threads if they're too close together initially or to move to one side or the other if the starting spot becomes unstable. The base will sit in a slot in my lap desk for stability. The bobbin piece will float in my lap or on the floor while I work a weft. It's almost more like a knotwork friendship bracelet setup than a traditional loom.

Will it be perfect? Heck no! But it will be recycling scraps of yarns I already have from old projects instead of throwing them out, and it will be handmade custom work as I learn an entirely new to me craft. Plus, the cardboard just has a little glue to hold the layers together, and can still be recycled if I don't want to hold onto it as proof I Learned A Thing.

It's not even the first time I've made a normally fancy craft tool out of cardboard. Well, last time it also involved a chopstick and a screw hook for picture wire, because I wanted to try spinning some roving I'd acquired too much of for thrummed mittens. And honestly? It might not have much weight, but a chopstick and round of cardboard made a drop spindle that worked just fine to spin up like 200 grams of wool roving. The more it spun, the more weight it had all on its own. I still have that spindle, though roving is pretty expensive to get my hands on these days and I don't have any intention of keeping up the spinning habit.

Make bad art, do it with whatever you have on hand, and wear and display it proudly because you learned something new and made the world a little bit weirder.

#crafts #crafting #fiber craft #fiber crafts #fiber crafting #weaving #looms #hand weaving #craft tools #craftblr #diy craft #arts and crafts #i'll totally try to remember to reblog this again when i start working on the weaving itself and when it's done #right now the glue is drying on the first part of assembly and then i glue two final pieces together to finish #so it might be a while but dangit i'm really excited about this one

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