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creative-caramel-coffee · 10 months

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REST AND REGRET

Prompt: "I should have stayed home"

Pairings: Wandanat x R

Word count: 1.1K

Summary: you got sick and went on a mission anyway. Wanda and nat clean up the aftermath.

TW: exhaustion, talks of medication, fever, secrets, blood / nosebleed, cold, fainting, stitches, injury, swearing, fighting

You had felt like death warmed over since you woke up, you knew you were sick but you were also stubborn as all hell. so you slipped on your suit and joined the others at the jet. Wanda noticed your unusual quietness but wrote it off as pre-mission jitters. it was you, nat, wanda, steve, bucky, peter, tony and sam. so the mission was pretty serious.

steve droned on about the mission plan with you only half listening you got the gist. it was way to cold in here and you know you were developing a fever.

"I should have stayed home" you muttered under your breath. nobody heard you, all too focused on the mission.

hydra had taken the tesseract to a highly secure base in Moscow, Russia. you simply had to take out the guards, in and out to get the tesseract and then blow up the base once you were all clear. spiderboy and tony were going after the tesseract because of peters ability to climb and web things up. like the cameras to buy the team some time. plus he could grab the tesseract and swing his way out. tony would fly behind him and provide cover. wanda and bucky were to take out the guards so you and nat could lay the charges. and sam and steve were going to search the base for anything of value that shield could use to bring down hydra.

knowing you would need something to keep your stuffy head grounded you slipped in a earbud and hit play on your playlist called “ass-kickin.”

when you and nat slipped off the jet after the others had cleared a path you made your way into the base.

“i think we should split up to cover more ground.” you found yourself saying. nat hesitated but nodded, she hated leaving you alone. you feigned being alright for long enough but it was a tough act when you felt like complete death. jogging off down the hall, you paused once out of sight to lean against the wall. sliding down it to catch you breath and steady your beating heart.

“Y/n/n” nats voice came over the coms. “coms on please. open channel.”

you doubled over on the floor as coughs racked through you. when you finished gasping for air your voice was raw.

“ok nat coms are open.” you sounded bad even by your own standards luckily nat didn’t say anything.

wanda had cleared the halls with bucky, and you began laying charges across the base. but of course things were never smooth for you. you had just rounded another corner when a group of guards spotted you. you swore and got ready to fight. they luckily weren’t armed and you were pretty good with hand to hand combat.

“nat i got company.”

“on my way.” she sounded

“left wing.” you replied. raising your fists you dodged the first blow. your limbs felt heavy and sluggish. you threw a dagger at the man clocking him in the chest. he spat blood and collapsed. you were pretty proud of your aim given you felt like shit.

the second man threw a punch and you were to slow to doge as it connected with your nose which started bleeding. it made you sneeze and the blood dripped down your chin. wiping it with the back of your hand. you but your hands back up. clocking him in the face and snapping his neck.

the third man managed to land a hit with a knife on your arm that would need stitches later. when you brought him down your body had had enough. your vision swam as you collapsed.

nat found you moments later.

“guys Y/n’s out cold and shes been hit.” nats voice sounded over coms.

“get her back to the jet.” steve’s voice came.

“i’ll meet you there I’ve finished clearing the halls.” wanda sounded feeling guilty. the left wing was also hers to clear but she couldn’t help it if some doubled back without her knowing.

nat scooped you up ignoring your still bleeding nose staining her white suit red. tony owed her a favor anyways and she needed a new suit soon, hers was starting to go.

you felt warm in her arms and as she brushed the hair from your face she hissed at the heat radiating off you.

“wands?” nat asked

“yeah?” she replied

“our stupid baby has a fever and still went in the field.”

“what?!” wanda cried

“i’ll meet you at the jet.”

by the time you and nat arrived your nose had stopped bleeding but not before thoroughly destroying nats suit beyond repair.

she set you down on a medical bed before wanda rushed in.

“Is she ok?” wanda asked seeing Nat covered in blood. your blood.

“yes, she had a pretty bad nosebleed and will need stitches.” she gestured to your arm as she pulled out a first aid kit. “i was just about to get started.”

wanda came to stand by your other side while nat got to work. she brushed the hair from your eyes and laid the cool back of her palm to your flushed cheek.

“i should have noticed.” she cooed.

“wands don’t blame your self, i didn’t know either and I’m a trained spy. she hid it very well.” nat sighed not looking of from stitching you up.

“she needed us and we weren’t there for her.” wanda said

“baby we didn’t know and we’re here now. thats what matters most.” nat replied. and wanda nodded silently.

“I’m going to see if we have one of those fever pads to stick on her forehead i don’t like how hot she is baby.” wanda said rummaging in the large first-aid kit before finding one and putting it on your forehead.

nat finished stitching you up and you began to come around.

“natty? wands?” you slurred still exhausted. nat grabbed you hand and drew circles on the back of your hand while wanda sat by your other side and wiped the hair from your eyes tenderly.

“we’re here baby. we got you.”

“‘m tired.” you slurred

“go to sleep baby. we’re here. and we’re not leaving.” nat said

“the three of us have a date with the bed and a bottle of pain medicine when we get back.” wanda smiled

“‘m s’rry ‘bout your suit” you said having barely cracked open an eye to see nat covered in your blood.

“its ok baby don’t worry i needed a new one.” she cooed wiping a cool rag over your face to get rid of the dried blood from your nosebleed.

“still sorry.” you replied eyes still shut.

“hush now bubs go to sleep and when you wake up we’ll be right here my love.” wanda cooed.

you sighed falling asleep to the feeling of her fingers in your hair.

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mochie85 · 2 years

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Her

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Summary: Loki becomes captivated by a mysterious woman he sees in a training program. A/N: Inspired by that one scene in 'The Matrix.' IYKYK. Also inspired by this post from @loopsisloops. As always, my ASKS and REQUESTS are open. Word Count: 2.7K Pairing: Loki x Female Reader Warnings: Fluff Dividers by: @firefly-graphics

Loki stood there, daggers out and shining under the artificial sun. His eyes were trained on the Chitauri soldier in front of him. Noting any weak points. Watching for any tells about his next move. He saw just a split second before the soldier moved his weight to his back foot and started to attack. Loki anticipated and blocked his attacking arm with his left and plunged a dagger onto the soldier’s other side.

The hologram disappeared. Making Loki stand back up in attention. “Good work Rudy,” Tony said through the loudspeaker in the room. Now let’s see how easily you get distracted.”

“Distraction? Do you honestly believe I have an attention span of a gnat? Please.” Loki countered. “I would have you know that I do not lose focus so easily.”

“We’ll see. Give me a second as I load the program.”

Up in the control room, Tony and some members of the team had been watching Loki’s progress through the monitors. They were evaluating whether he’d be beneficial to have on future missions. “What do you think, Point Break?” He asked Thor.

“Make it green,” Thor suggested on the color of the dress.

“I’m surprised you didn’t just program her to look like the Tesseract,” Nat said quietly in the corner, earning a laugh from Clint and Bruce.

“Ok, I’m loading the program. Don’t throw up.” Tony said on the mic.

“How very articulate you are Stark,” Loki sneered.

The team watched as the holographic room was transformed into the bustling terminal of Grand Central Station. Loki stood inside the room, marveling at Midgard’s form of magic. He noted the people everywhere. Arriving and departing, hugging family and friends. Buskers were playing to a small, gathered audience in the middle of the busy walkway, annoying Loki as he passed by.

Loki knew that he had to pass these tests. If he was found valuable, he could very well stay here on Earth and live out his sentence in servitude to these people. As opposed to the gilded cage his father had promised him down in the dungeons. At least here, he could use his seidr. And he would have more autonomy than he would have if he had stayed on Asgard.

A sudden flash of color grabbed his attention to the left. There were so many bodies and people that he had trouble seeing the complete figure. That was until they parted to let her through.

It was as if the sun decided to shine on only her that day. Her skin was luminous like fresh caramel. Her hair had waved and flowed freely down to her waist as she walked toward him. Her ample curves were accentuated and held tight by a green satin dress. Her full pink lips smiled as she made her way in his direction.

As she passed, she kept eye contact with him, making him turn to watch her leave. The hologram turned her head back towards him slightly, her smile growing even more as a blush entered her cheeks.

Loki was captivated. He watched her stroll past him and he couldn’t keep his eyes off of her. He knew this was a simulation. That she wasn’t real. But for a split second, a moment in time, her smile made him think otherwise. The moment she turned her head back around and kept walking, Loki turned away too.

Loki grunted when he was met by a sharp stab right into the heart. Done by none other than a hologram of himself.

Oh, the poetic justice.

“Very funny, Stark,” Loki yelled out. The world around him started to disappear. He was left in a vast white room with geometric shapes jutting from the ground and the wall to simulate real-world terrain.

“I’m glad you think so. You are right about one thing, you do have a longer attention span than a gnat, at least.” The doors of the training room opened to Loki. “Come on in, and we can discuss your evaluation.”

“Oh, I was so certain that he would not fall victim to her!” Thor said.

“Everyone falls victim to her,” Nat said still reading her magazine.

“Even you, Nat?” Steve asked. She just looked at him and gave him a half-smirk, pulling her magazine further up her face.

Later that night, after most of the compound’s occupants fell to sleep, Loki found himself in the hologram room again. He couldn’t stop thinking about the program. Is she truly artificial? Is she, perhaps, modeled after someone? Loki didn’t want to ask anybody. Especially Stark. It would make him more of an outcast in the group. And Stark would never quit his incessant teasing if he ever found out about this fixation.

“FRIDAY.”

“Yes, Mr. Laufeyson.” The incorporeal voice answered.

“Can you load the program Stark ran earlier in my distraction training?”

“Certainly.”

“Please. Do not mention this to anyone. Especially, Stark.”

“I am inclined to tell him only if you have nefarious intent, Mr. Laufeyson.” The AI said. Wonderful, even the computer doesn’t trust me.

“I mean no harm, FRIDAY. I would just like to see the program again.”

“Certainly,” FRIDAY said as the walls around Loki vanished. Shapes melting into colors and angles of Grand Central Station. As before, there was a loud crowd walking and bustling around.

Loki made his way down the grand room slowly. Watching everyone that passed by with a keen eye. The families. The buskers. The lone people walking to and fro the hectic station.

Just like the last time, out of the corner of his eye came a glint of green. Loki took a deep breath and vowed not to get distracted this time. He looked around. Anywhere and everywhere but her. He anticipated his clone coming from somewhere to stab him as soon as he would turn around. So he was looking for himself.

But there! In the corner of his eye, she walked straight toward him. Ever as radiant as the first time he saw her. Her skin glowed, showcasing the blush that radiated throughout her body. Her eyes held on to his, gleaming with excitement at seeing him again. At least, that’s how he wanted to interpret it.

She bit her voluptuous lip as she walked toward him. A smile waiting to come through. He couldn’t help but watch her again as she sauntered her way to him. Then passed him. And then away from him.

She turned her head around to keep eye contact with him. That smile finally broke through. He saw her eyes flicker to his left, just for a brief second.

He turned around and stabbed his computer counterpart before he could get to him. Then it disappeared.

Loki turned back around to see if she had gone. The hologram had just started to ascend the steps that would lead to the outside doors. He nodded his gratitude for the signal in telling him about the attack. She beamed and blushed even redder.

And just as soon as she walked into the holographic room, she easily walked out.

“FRIDAY, run that again, please,” Loki called out.

“Yes, Mr. Laufeyson,” The computer obeyed.

“Um, FRIDAY? Are these sessions being recorded?” Loki asked rationally.

“Not unless you want me to, sir.”

“No. No. That’s quite all right. And please make sure that no one…”

“I won’t tell anyone, sir.”

“Thank you, FRIDAY. I’ll trust you then.” Loki said. He couldn’t be sure, but maybe he felt the room get slightly warmer. Is FRIDAY blushing?

Loki came back most nights to run the simulation. He asked FRIDAY if there was any way to stop the attack and just keep the program running.

“Unfortunately, sir, that’s how the program was meant to run. You can’t have one without the other,” The AI informed him.

“So be it,” Loki said begrudgingly. “Can you at least make the assailant someone other than me?”

“Certainly sir, who would you rather stab today?” FRIDAY asked pragmatically.

“Hmm. Stark took the last donut with green sprinkles earlier today. I was saving that for after dinner. Perhaps him, for now.” Loki felt petty. FRIDAY was hesitant but did manage to conjure up an image of their inventor.

The bright room turned hollow and dark as the images of Grand Central Station appeared. Instead of walking around, Loki decided to sit on one of the benches and wait for her arrival.

He timed, that at exactly two minutes and forty-three seconds was when the first flash of her dress would appear. At three minutes and four seconds, she would look up and make eye contact. She would continue to keep that contact until Loki’s assailant would come in. That would be around five minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

Most days it was a Chitauri soldier, coming to attack the poor humans of New York. Sometimes it would be whoever pissed off Loki that day. But he knew that in order to see her, he had to fight off whatever was going to attack him. Hence, he fought. Night after night. Sometimes multiple times a night just to see her walk past him.

The timer on his watch read five minutes and twenty seconds. Eight more seconds to go till his attacker would come out. Loki stood from the bench where he sat and blocked her exit. She held eye contact with him. That ‘Mona Lisa’ smile was about to break through.

“FRIDAY, pause the program, please,” Loki yelled out. FRIDAY obeyed. Freezing everything in the simulated world.

She was mid-stride. Her hair flowed down her back. Her green dress looked soft and inviting. All Loki wanted to do was run his fingers down her cheek. He’s never even heard her talk.

“Is she modeled after someone, FRIDAY?” Loki asked circling her figure.

“She is modeled after <bzzt> no one, sir.” The AI answered. Loki narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

“Can she speak?”

“Not in this program, Mr. Laufeyson.” Loki’s eyes widened in surprise.

“She’s in other programs?”

“She is in about a dozen other programs.”

“Which ones does she speak in?”

“None of them, sir.”

“But you just said she speaks in other programs!” Loki grew agitated.

“I said ‘not in this program,’ sir. She doesn’t speak in any program.”

“Well then load something where I can hear her voice!”

“I <bzzt> can’t do that, sir.”

“Why the hell not?”

“It’s classified.”

“But if she has a voice. Then she’s based on someone?! Who, FRIDAY?”

“She is modeled after <bzzt> no one, sir. All files regarding her identity have been redacted.” FRIDAY answered.

“All right, well why is it classified? Can you at least tell me that?” Loki asked, hopefully. The mystery was eating up at him. Who was this woman who entranced him?

“Mr. Stark wanted to keep the identity a secret. There were competing conglomerates after this technology.” FRIDAY replied regrettably. “He was afraid that they might go after her and force her to develop another training module as they did with his ARC Reactor.”

Loki growled into the air. His frustration manifested into smoke all around him. For once, Loki agreed with the pompous billionaire. He wouldn’t want your safety in jeopardy over something so trivial as a computer program. But it made him so discouraged at ever finding who you were.

The program continued on, his assailant came up behind him and as Loki turned about-face, a hologram of himself stabbed him in the heart.

Loki groaned in disappointment and sighed. When am I ever going to stop sabotaging myself? He left the room not bothering to look back at her lonely figure, standing by the bench. Reaching out to him.

Loki hadn’t gone back to run the program in weeks. He accepted the fact that he was never going to find out who she was. He would have to scour the entire planet! You could be anywhere by now. He was resigned to just keeping her as a daydream that lives in his head. She’s not real. She couldn’t be real. And even if he were to find the actual person, how would they rate next to the idea that he has built up in his head?

But it was a futile endeavor – to not think about her. No matter how hard he tried. He kept finding himself in front of the holodeck door, wanting to go in. How could he have fallen for someone who wasn’t even real? An illusion. He felt like the fates were playing a cruel trick on him indeed.

The holodeck was still used for his training purposes. Loki got to witness other programs that she was a part of. She was always the first one that he sees. The one he looks for.

He once rescued her from a political kidnapping simulation. “Part of your negotiation training.” Steve had said to Loki. She clung to him with tears running down her eyes. She feels so real. Small sobs and bated breath were all he ever got to hear from her voice. If it even was her voice.

In another program, Loki had to fight a version of her that was out to kill him. Dressed as if she were going to a rich soiree, she had protected a suitcase filled with toxins that were set to kill mankind. And Loki had to outsmart her to get it.

“Is all this training necessary?” Loki asked Tony one day. “I’m either valuable to you or not. Make a decision! But mark my words Tinman I will not set foot in that blasted holo-room ever again!”

“Don’t get your panties in a twist! You passed your evaluations. You won’t have to train, at least not in the room, again.” Tony said as he typed away at his computer.

Loki sighed in relief. Seeing her was one thing. But having to end her in order to save humanity was heartbreaking. He didn’t think he could go through that again. The only thought that got him through it was that “It wasn’t real. She’s not real.”

The thought depressed him.

He sulked back to his room to recover. He spent the rest of the night sipping scotch, looking outside his window. Out there in the world, there must be someone to take his mind off of her.

“Mr. Laufeyson?” FRIDAY inquired through his speakers hours later.

“Yes, FRIDAY?” he answered groggily, the scotch from earlier fogging his thoughts.

“Your presence is required in the control room.”

“What does Stark want with me now? I am not going into that torture chamber again!” Loki stood up and stretched. He made his way down into the laboratory where he had last seen Stark working away with a program.

Loki burst through the door. “What is it that you want, Stark?” He stopped at the door, frozen in place by a familiar figure.

Your burnished hair swayed as you stood up from the floor. You had picked up a piece of paper that fell and turned around to face him. Your eyes gleamed at the sight of him, your smile breaking from your lips. The same smile Loki memorized from all his secret trysts back to the holodeck. Loki’s eyes ran over the entire length of your body. You were here!

“H-how?” Loki looked at you.

“Um, hi!” You said, slightly puzzled. “If you’re looking for Tony, he stepped out to get some coffee. But he’ll be back.”

Loki nearly dropped to his knees at hearing your voice. He stumbled back, knocking over more papers and books off of the tables. You hurried to his side to pick them up. He knelt down too, watching you the whole time, as his hands absentmindedly arranged the scattered papers.

“Oh hey, Prince of Darkness. What are you doing here?” Stark came into the room with a tray of coffee.

“I was told that my presence was required – here. In the control room.” Loki said, not bothering to look insulted at Tony’s nickname for him. Not once did he take his eyes off of you. You looked exactly like you did in the holo-room except your eyes were brighter. And your skin looked so soft.

“I don’t remember asking for you,” Stark said, putting the tray down. “Have you met Y/N? She’s one of our programmers at STARK Industries. She developed the training modules we all train on. I’m pretty sure you will recognize her.” You smiled up at him and lifted your hand out for a greeting.

“Hi. I’m Y/N. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” you said.

Loki said your name. Tasting it on his tongue. He took your hand gently and gave it a kiss. “The woman in the green dress. How could I ever forget her?”

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god-of-sillyness · 3 months

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//ooc I’ve been offline bc it’s my birthday and I’ve been hangin with friends but here is my super silly and cool tesseract cake !

-NO i am not turninf eight ok those r the candles I had 🙄 anyways feelin super silly

#ooc post #hehe #birthday #so silly #godofsilly #loki agent of asgard #loki laufeyson #mcu #marvel

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jpmarvel90 · 9 months

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Stunts

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Word Count: 3136

Relationship: Scarlett x Reader

Summary: Y/n just doesn't seem to have any luck when she carries out stunts!

Y/N’s POV:

There was a time when I was ready to give everything up. I was tired trying to fight my way to becoming an actress. After endless rejection I thought I wasn’t meant for that world. But it was at that moment, when I had all but given up, that I got a part. The part which would start me on a path I never expected.

That role was a small part as an Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D in the Avengers. Little did I know that it would lead me to meet my future wife and gaining my big break. I can still remember the day I first met wife. We were filming a scene where we were fighting after my character had been affected by the tesseract. Due to her scheduling, we hadn’t had a chance to practice with each other. Instead doing rehearsals with our own stunt co-ordinators. This was my favourite part of filming, the stunts. I loved the intense fight scenes and this one with Natasha was one of the best.

On the day we were set to film I was on set early with my stunt co-ordinator running through the fight scene, so it was fresh in my head. As we finished our final set up, I felt a pair of eyes on me. I turned around to grab my water when I see none other than Scarlett Johansson looking at me.

I smile and walk over, stretching out my hand in greeting. “Good Morning Ms Johansson, it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Y/N and I’ll be the person whose ass you’re kicking today.” I laughed, internally kicking myself at my awkwardness. She just laughed taking my hand and giving it a firm shake. “It’s nice to meet you too Y/N. But please call me Scarlett. Your form is looking good.” She says pointing in the direction of the set.

“Uh, thanks. It’s my first job and I just want it all to be perfect.” I smile in return. We get caught in each other’s eyes briefly. Our intense stare is interrupted by the director, Joss, coming over to get started. “Ah ladies, I see you’re here and ready to get going. I think it would be good to run through the fight sequence a couple of times before we start to film.”

I notice a smirk on Scarlett’s lips before I tear my eyes away to engage with Joss. “Sounds good to me.” I respond before taking my place on set. We go through the sequence a couple of times and you’d have thought we had spent our training together with the ease we found in carrying out the moves. Perfectly choreographed. Each time I ended up on my back which Scarlett found very amusing.

Once Joss is happy, we take our positions to do our first take. It goes perfectly once again. We reset to capture a different angel. As we begin to fight, I notice that our positioning seems off. I’m too close to Scarlett and before I had time to readjust, I’ve clocked a fist right to my nose. The surprise catches me off balance and I fall backwards, my head hitting the concrete floor, hard.

There’s a stunned silence as I lay on the floor, my ears ringing. “Fuck, oh my God, Y/N are you ok? I’m so sorry.” Scarlett shouts as she runs to my side, kneeling taking my hand in hers. I groan trying to sit up. “No Y/N stay still, can we get a medic over here please?” Joss calls out.

“I’m fine, it’s just a bang to the head.” But Scarlett gives me a stern look making sure I stay down. “You’re not fine Y/N, you’re bleeding.” It’s not until that moment I notice the feel of something wet down my face. I can see the look of concern in Scarlett’s eyes and I instantly feel guilty. Which is ridiculous as I was the one that had just got punched, but I still felt bad.

“You know I’m not actually infected by the tesseract, you didn’t actually need to punch it out of me.” I laughed causing her to let a small chuckle slip. “That’s not funny Y/N, you could have gotten hurt.” She responds. I give her hand a tight squeeze to let her know everything is ok as the medic runs over to check me out.

After being given the all clear and an ice pack, Scarlett helps pull me to my feet. “See I told you, it’s all good.” I smiled as she wrapped her arm around me to help walk me off set. “That’s really not necessary Scarlett, I can walk perfectly fine on my own.” I smile down at her as I hold the ice pack to my nose. “Well, you can prove you’re fine by letting me take you to rest in my trailer…. And then perhaps dinner to make up for punching you in the face?”

I laughed before realising that she was being serious. “You really don’t have to do that.” I responded, getting slightly awkward. “I know I don’t have to Y/N, but I want to.” We stop outside her trailer as she looks at me in anticipation for my answer. “Ok, I’d like that. But can we give it a few days so this swelling goes down, I want to look good for our date.” I flirted.

“Who said it was going to be a date?” Scarlett asked nervously. “Who said it wasn’t?” I retorted, no idea where this confidence has come from. She smirks at me whilst nudging me up the stairs to her trailer. “Come on then, rest up. I don’t want you concussed for our date either”. And that was the start of how I met my beautiful wife.

6 years later and we’re back on set filming for the latest Avengers movie. My role had grown, and I was now part of the growing Avengers team. I was in my trailer getting into costume when the door opened, and I felt two arms wrap around my waist.

“They really need to let you take this outfit home. Your ass looks incredible in it.” Scarlett whispered into my ear whilst placing feather like kisses to my neck, rubbing her hands over my stomach. I let out a slight moan as she grabbed my ass playfully before spinning me around and pinning me against the wall. “Well, someone’s horny today, aren’t they?” I teased as her green eyes stared straight into my soul.

“Oh, just shut up and kiss me, I’m allowed to be horny for me sexy wife.” She responded placing her hands around my neck. I pull her in gently and give her a sweet and passionate kiss. She clearly wanted more as she deepens the kiss, trying to take control. I wrap my arms around her waist pulling her closer to me before we’re interrupted by a knock at my trailer door. “Miss Y/L/N, you’re needed on set.”

Scarlett groans and pulls away, placing her hand on my cheek rubbing it softly. “We can carry this on when we get home later.” I say seductively as I kiss her once more. I turn to walk away but not before giving her ass a squeeze causing an expected grunt to leave her lips. As I’m walking down the stairs, I hear my frustrated wife call after me. “Seriously Y/N, you can’t leave me like that!” I chuckle before running over to set.

Today we’re filming a big stunt scene which I’ve been so excited to film. My character is trapped in a building as it explodes. The stunt involves me running through a hallway before taking a leap through a window as the building behind me explodes. Of course, the main part of the explosion will be added in after but there is due to be some small explosions to add to the effect. With the stunt co-ordinator and director, we go over once more what they are looking for from the scene.

I feel slight nerves, but I love doing my own stunts. I try to do as many as I can, and this is probably the most advanced one I’ve done yet. Though in the grand scheme of things, I literally just have to run through a fake glass window and leap. The rest is all up to the stunt gear.

Whilst I’m getting in my harness, I see Scarlett walk over and take a seat in my chair. She wasn’t needed on set today, but we often came to support the other. Seeing her there calmed me and I gave her a goofy smile and a thumbs up before climbing the structure to my mark.

It was high up here. I walked the route before taking a glance over the edge. I take some deep breaths and get in place to start. “It’s simple, it’s just running.” I say to myself as I get ready for action. “Ok Y/N are you ready?” I hear over the megaphone below. I give a thumbs up as the director calls action.

The early parts of the explosion begin, and I start my run, I get to a sprint, knowing it’s going to take a bit of speed to get through the glass. I dodge the falling debris as planned and turn my shoulder into the window as I leap. I hear the last of the explosions as I fall, the wind blowing through my hair.

Suddenly my body jolts and I notice that one of the wires has snapped from the intensity of the explosion. Before I even have time to prepare, my body impacts the floor hard. Even with the crash mats there, I knew this was bad. My hearing was off, and I could only hear mumbles as I tried to move and keep my eyes open. It was only seconds before I faded into the darkness.

Scarlett’s POV:

I huffed as Y/N ran out of her trailer, leaving me stood there a horny mess. I loved that she still had this affect on me. I always felt like we were still those two younger versions of ourselves when we were dating. I still got butterflies and got lost in her gaze as if we had only just found love.

After I composed myself, I locked up her trailer and made my way to set to watch my wife in action. I greeted the team as I arrived and took my place in Y/N’s chair, pulling my sunglasses down. I watch as Y/N is fitted in her harness, not able to stop staring at her in her skin-tight suit. She caught me looking her way and gave me her usual crooked grin and thumbs up.

As she started to climb to her position, I felt nervous. She always did as many stunts as she could, it was her favourite part of the job. But it always caused me to get a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach, worried something may happen to her. I push these thoughts down as I see the excitement she has, ready to enjoy the scene.

The director calls action and the set falls quiet in anticipation for the big stunt. The first explosions causes me to jump in surprise. At this point I can’t see Y/N, she’s 30 feet up running from those explosions inside the makeshift building. My heart rate increases whilst I wait to see my wife jump out of a building due to explode.

Moments later I see her silhouette approach the glass window before breaking through and starting her controlled decent. But mid fall one of the zip wires snaps sending my wife’s body crashing to the floor with a bang. My heart stops as I shoot up from my seat running over to her limp body.

“Oh God, Y/N are you ok?” I call out in panic as I run over pushing people out of my way. Kneeling down next to her I’m scared to touch her. “Call an ambulance she’s not moving and there’s blood.” I call out trying to hold back my tears. Examining her body, I can see that she has clearly broken her leg and has cut open her head.

Thankfully she’s breathing so I gently take her hand. “Hey, babe can you hear me? Everything’s going to be ok. I’m right here.” I think I’m trying to convince myself whilst I carefully rub my thumb across the back of her hand.

“urgh, what happened?” My eyes shoot up to see Y/N start to wake. “Oh, thank God you’re awake. You fell when the support wire snapped.” I rush out still concerned. “Owww, fuck my leg.” The pain clearly is starting to kick in as she becomes more aware of what happened. “It’s ok babe, I know you’re in pain, but just stay still ok. Help is on the way.” She just nods. I can tell she’s trying to hide her pain to not concern me as much.

The ambulance finally arrived and took her off to the hospital. I called Sebastian Stan, Y/N’s brother to let him know what happened. Him and Lizzie Olsen both met me at the hospital after grabbing some of Y/N things. “Scarlett, hey, how is she?” Stan asked greeting me in a hug. “She’s in surgery at the moment to fix her leg and she’s got a pretty nasty concussion, but she’ll be fine.” He nodded in acknowledgement and sat down.

“How are you?” Lizzie asked giving me a suspicious look before pulling my arm to sit me down. “I’m ok I guess, well as good as I can be after watching my wife fall to what I thought was her death” I exclaimed. I sigh whilst running my hands through my hair. “But she’s ok and that’s all that matters.”

We waited for a few hours before being notified that Y/N was out of surgery and soon to be waking up. “You go in, we’ll wait out here.” Seb said, giving me a quick hug. I smile to Lizzie and take a breath before entering. I see her body led in bed, her head bandaged up and her leg in a cast. I pull up the chair next to her bed and place a kiss on her forehead before running my hand through her hair.

She started to stir and instantly a smile appeared on her face as she looked at me. “Hey baby” she whispered in a raspy voice. “Y/N, you’re awake, how are you feeling?” I ask rubbing my hand up and down her arm. “Uh tired and sore. Could you pass me some water please?” She responded. I quickly poured her a glass of water and helped her drink it. “Better?” I asked, to which she nodded.

“You scared me. When I saw you fall through the air and then land on the floor unconscious, I thought I had lost you.” I say, my voice starting to crack and tears filling my eyes. She reached up and rubbed her hand on my cheek. “It’s ok love, I’m going to be fine. I love you.” I smile at her words through my tears and lean over to plant a soft kiss on her lips. “I’m going to have to take a rain check on what I promised you tonight though. Unless you want to do it in a hospital bed?” She joked whilst wiggling her eyebrows.

I gave her a slap to the shoulder as she started to laugh. “Ow, haven’t I been hurt enough today?” I roll my eyes at her playful nature. I sit there for a moment, just taking in my beautiful wife. “Um, babe…” I asked with a serious tone. She looks at me and takes my hand, sensing the change in tone. “Yes love?”

“Will you maybe think about reducing the stunts you do? I know you love them, but I feel like I have a mini heart attack each time you do them and today I almost lost you.” I know it was a lot to ask, I would never normally ask her to stop doing something she loves, but I just don’t know if I can take it anymore.

Before she answers she starts to move over in her bed, and I can see her wince. “Uh what are you doing? You’re going to hurt yourself!” I say jumping up in concern. “I want my wife to lie with me in bed. Here.” She said tapping the space beside her. I hesitated but eventually climbed in next to her, being careful to not hurt her. She placed her arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer.

“Scar, you know that I love doing stunts, it’s what makes me love my job. But, if it’ll make you happy and stop you worrying, I can stop doing the bigger ones. To be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be comfortable doing anything like I did today for a while.” I looked up at her bruised face to see she was smiling down on me. “Thanks babe. I don’t want to stop you doing something you love, but I just don’t want you getting hurt.” I snuggle in to her more, craving her warmth and touch.

“I know you wouldn’t. It’s ok. I’m not just making this decision for you.” There’s a pause before she talks again. “Do I have to stop the fighting scenes as well considering I got hurt doing those too? Or just not do any with you…..” I feel her chest rise up and down as she chuckles to herself. “Hey, that was 6 years ago! And if I didn’t punch you in the face we probably never would have gone on that date. So, I actually did you a favour.” I argue back. Her hand draped over my shoulder moves down to my side and gives it a quick pinch causing me to squirm. “Well, I guess you did knock me off my feet…” She says causing us both to burst out laughing.

I can see her eyes start to get tired and I encourage her to sleep. “I’ll be here when you wake up. I’m not going anywhere babe. You’re stuck with me.” I switch our positions so she is led in my arms with her head on my chest. “I love you Scar.” She whispers as sleep starts to take over. “I love you more Y/N.” Just as she’s falling asleep, I hear a whisper. “Not possible.” I tighten my grasp around her. My love for this woman just continues to grow. I’m so lucky that I get to call her mine. I fall asleep that night with a smile on my face and my perfect wife in my arms.

#scarlett johansson fanfiction #scarlett johansson x y/n #scarlett johansson x reader #scarlett johansson #celebrity fanfic

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thesecondplacename · 1 year

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Title: The Boy with the Bread.

Summary: Finally accepting things.

Part 5

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His hands were cold, I hated them. I hated the way his breath tickled my face as he was only inches apart from my face. I hated the way his hands felt on my body, they were wrong, they felt wrong, they didn’t hold me in the way Peeta’s did. I hated myself.

The sun had set by the time we arrived back at his house. I forced out a goodbye, and quickly headed home. Where I layed on my bed thinking about how I hate everything, Peeta, Katniss, Gale, and me. Why couldn’t I just forget about him? Why was my entire life falling apart just because he left me?

When the sun rose, I forced myself to find my place in life and I tried so hard to fit into that place. Gale had begun to distance himself from me, and I understood why what happened in those woods was not something either of us were ready for. But It hurt to be alone going through everything, he still had a connection to her, she still wanted him in her life, she wanted to fight for him. It wasn’t fair but I had shed enough tears and screamed enough for one lifetime over it.

I was forcing myself to heal and pretend like every step I took didn’t feel like I was dying. Like the slighted brush of wind wouldn’t topple me over. I was going to build my life back up, I was going to become whole again even if it killed me. Going to work selling my paint wasn't something that was profitable and wouldn't put food on the table, so I went into the mines and took out the tesseract. To be able to feed my family, I couldn’t be weak and crying all the time.It was cruel to my family and we couldn’t afford it.

That was when I had received the news.

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mallark were getting married.

He was getting married, and it wasn’t to me. Of course I knew that we were over and that we would never get back together but it never really felt this real. We had once talked about marriage, the home we would make together, whether we would take in children or not. The life we promised each other after we aged out of the reaping before he was chosen, before he fell in love with someone else. I thought that I would feel pain and betrayal, maybe even anger but instead I felt nothing.

The wedding tour was beautiful, I had seen clips of it, everything was perfect from what I saw Peeta looked so happy as did Katniss. I was happy for them for the first time since the games. I felt nothing but acceptance. The burning pain of being not enough was gone. It was like my mind and body finally decided to let go of everything, let go of Peeta and the thought of not being with him didn’t bring unrelenting pain instead it brought an understanding that I never once thought possible.

It was a weird feeling, I loved him I don’t think I would ever stop loving him but I was ok. Although I would have been fine not seeing him again I couldn’t leave things alone, I could let that argument be the last thing I ever say to him.

I was going to see Peeta for the last time, and I was ok with that.

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ladylovesloki · 2 years

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Something Real: Chapter Two

Pairings: Loki X Reader

Warnings: Language

Summary: Readers house has another visitor.

Still not sure where this is going but I’m glad people are enjoying it. I hope you all like part two as much as you liked part one 💚🖤

~~The following morning~~

BANG BANG BANG

WHOOSH. BANG!

“Y/N!” You hear Thor’s booming voice in your home.

“Ughh fuck’s sake…” you groan.

You roll out of bed, fatigued from all of the tossing and turning and lazily walk out to the living room.

“Thor..it is too early for this..what is the problem?”

“The problem? Why is my nephew messaging me in the middle of the night that I need to come here immediately? That you are in terrible danger?”

“I wouldn’t say I’m in danger just mildly inconvenienced.”

“What has happened? What danger did Vali speak of?”

Vali huh, that’s not surprising. Little shit.

“Look Thor, it’s a lot to explain.”

“Ah hello brother..”

God dammit.

Loki walks into the room with a stupid smile on his face, dressed in his Asgardian clothes.

Thor looks at him in astonishment at first and then rage.

“What is this?…Brother..you didn’t..”

“No brother I did not fake my death again..your Loki from your timeline certainly did meet his end by Thanos’ hand..I am from a different timeline..in fact the last time I saw you, you and your merry group of morons stopped me from taking Midgard..”

Thor shakes his head in confusion, “so you never went back to Asgard after your defeat?”

“No brother, I escaped with the tesseract before you could remove me from Stark Tower.”

“Norns..the multiverse..it’s real?”

“Very..look, I have been through enough in the last few weeks to last me a lifetime, I just want to find a new home. I used this device to get here..” he holds out the tempad.

Thor shakes his head again in disbelief, “this is unbelievable..” he looks at you, “the children? They saw him then?”

You nod your head sadly, “Vali accused me of lying to him, Narfi has been cautious.”

“Sounds like them..alright brother..what will you do now?”

Loki shakes his head, “I don’t know honestly. I didn’t expect to find a timeline where I had children..”

You didn’t hear the twins step in the room, “you don’t want us?” Narfi’s sad voice asks.

Loki whips around and kneels before Narfi, “oh my boy, I said I did not expect it not that I didn’t want you. This was certainly a surprise but a happy one I promise you, I never thought I would have children..”

“Alright guys, I’m gonna make us some breakfast and we can talk some more.”

You prepare the food while Loki, Thor and the boys sat at the table and Loki told his tale of how he got to our timeline, being careful what he says since there were children at the table.

You finish the food and everyone quietly eats, Vali breaks the silence..

“So..what now?..are you gonna stay here?”

Loki looks to you to answer.

“Um I don’t know bud, we have a few things to talk about still.”

“Like what? Dad’s home..we can be a family now..” Narfi says hopefully.

“Oh…guys..I..” you stutter.

Loki takes the moment to chime in, “boys your mother and I need some time to decide on all of that, but I don’t want you to worry. I’m not going anywhere..”

He looks directly at you when he says that and to be honest you don’t know how to feel about it.

“Uh oh…mom..I think it’s happening again…”

You look at Vali, “burst?”

Vali nods his head almost frantically.

“Ok..up up up! We can make it out the back door to the backyard!”

You roughly pull Vali out of his chair and out the back door, running with him in your arms to the middle of the yard. Thor comes running behind you and took Vali from you, “get back y/n!”

Thor places Vali down and you step back as far as you can, you bump into Loki’s chest and his hands reactively go to your shoulders.

“What’s going on?” He asks concerned.

“His magic, sometimes he gets these bursts of magical energy that he can’t control.”

Narfi steps in front of you, watching his brother with a concerned face.

Loki steps around you both and walks to Thor and Vali.

“Move Thor.” He shoves Thor out of the way and kneels in front of Vali putting his hands on his son’s tiny shoulders.

“Close your eyes. Reach for your power. Don’t let it control you.”

Vali closes his eyes and whimpers, “I can’t”, tears start streaming down his face.

“You can. You are a son of Loki. Now focus.” He can see a green pulse starting to form around Vali, he is slowly losing control of the power inside of him.

“It hurts.”

“I know my son, breath. Focus. I can see the pulse of your magic, feel that pulse inside of you. Can you feel it?”

Vali scrunches his whole face, “yea..”

“Ok you need to seize control of that power, keep your eyes closed and take a deep breath”, Loki takes his hand and places it against Vali’s chest and takes his own deep breath, “breathe out” releasing his own breath helping his son along. “Envision the pulse of your power around you, envision it getting smaller and smaller. Bring it back into your body.”

Vali is putting so much effort into controlling his power he’s starting to sweat. His body must be so overheated because his jotun form is starting to creep across his skin.

Loki sees this and immediately changes his own form, placing his cold blue hand on his son’s neck.

“That’s it my boy..focus..breathe..don’t let it control you..”

You see Vali take deep breaths and the pulse around him slowly starts to get smaller and smaller.

You see his skin start to go back to it’s pale complexion, Loki’s doing the same.

Vali opens his eyes, his breathing a little labored, “wow..I’ve never been able to control it like that before…”

“You have a great power inside of you, If you would allow me I would love to teach you how to control it.”

Vali looks over to you, “please mom! Please! Did you see what I did?!”

“I did baby, we still have to talk about where we go from here ok?”

He looks down dejectedly, “ok…”

Loki gets his attention, “hey..we will figure it out alright..”

Vali nods his head and walks towards his mom and brother.

“I’m tired..” Vali leans his body against you.

“I’m sure you are baby, why don’t you go lay down for a bit.”

He yawns and nods his head, “ok..”

He goes inside and Narfi follows behind him, still a little weary of the new presence in their home.

You walk up to Loki, “thank you for helping him..it’s been such a struggle.”

“If you would allow it, I could teach them both how to control their power. They need a teacher.”

“They have a teacher”, you reply.

“Who?”

“Gorm” Thor responds.

“Gorm?! That is who you have training my sons?”

“There was no one else after Ragnarok Loki, we did the best with what we had left!” Thor defends.

“Well that’s over. I will be taking over their studies.”

“Whoa whoa whoa..you don’t get to show up and just decide who’s going to be responsible for teaching my children. Thor’s right, we did the best we could with what we had.”

Loki takes a moment and calms himself, “my apologies, I have overstepped. I know this has not been easy for you, raising children alone is hard, but raising children with magic? I’m so sorry I wasn’t here..”

You take a breath, “it’s not your fault.. you sacrificed yourself to save your brother and your people..I’m gonna go check on the boys.”

You go inside leaving Thor and Loki in the backyard.

“Tell me about her.” Loki says to Thor, not making eye contact with his brother. His eyes are staring at the door you just walked through.

“She is….a force.. and a wonderful mother. You loved her very much.”

“The children love her, I hope I have not disrupted their lives..all of this in an effort to learn my place in a time I don’t belong.”

“Brother, your place is by her side, with your children..you should discuss this with her.”

“She will never see them as mine! They will always belong to that other variant!”

“So prove to her that you want to be here for her and the children..you fell in love with her once, you will do so again.”

“I do not wish to speak of this anymore, I’m going to check on the children.”

Loki walks away from Thor and goes back inside, he walks to Narfi’s room first and knocks. When he doesn’t hear a response he opens the door slightly but finds it empty.

He closes the door and walks to Vali’s room, the door was cracked open slightly so he peaked inside. He sees you sitting on the bed, your back leaning on the headboard with Vali’s head laying in your lap fast asleep and Narfi was sitting next to you, his head leaning on your shoulder. Loki was about to walk in but then he heard Narfi ask a question that stopped him..

“Is daddy gonna stay?”

.. “I don’t know baby.. do you want him to?”

“I think so, he helped Vali with his magic..”

“Yes he did.”

“Do you want him to stay mommy?”

You take a second..Loki can hear his own heart beating.

“I don’t know, I want what’s best for you two and for him too. He’s not from this time, he doesn’t know me..I just want you both safe and happy.”

“I love you mommy.”

“I love you too baby.”

You kiss Narfi on the forehead and then Loki walks through the door, knocking softly as he walks in.

“Hi.” He shyly smiles.

“Hi.” You smile back.

“I..just wanted to check and see how you all were..I don’t want to intrude..”

“No it’s ok” you look down at Narfi, “come on lets leave him to get some sleep.”

You all walk out of Vali’s room to leave him to rest.

“Why don’t you go read your book so I can talk to your dad..”

“Ok momma”, he grabbed his book from the living room coffee table and went outside to read in his favorite spot in the sun. You can hear him greet Thor who was still outside.

You and Loki sit on opposite sides of the couch facing each other.

You start, “so…what now?”

Loki nods and then looks at you thoughtfully, “I understand if you don’t want me to stay in your home but I would like your permission to be around Narfi and Vali. I plan on staying on this timeline..permanently.”

You give him a long stare, “I don’t know Loki, if you disappear again..it would crush them.”

He quickly shakes his head at you, eyes starting to fill with unshed tears, “no..I wouldn’t leave them, I would do anything within my power to stay with my family. Please…the boys, Thor..you…you’re all I have.”

Again you’re looking at him as if you are trying to detect any falsehood.

“If you fake your death or try and kill a powerful being with the equivalent of a butter knife again I will find you and kill you myself. No matter what timeline you try to run to.”

Loki smiles at you, reaches into his pocket and pulls out the tempad.

He continues to look at you but his smile soon turns serious as he uses his magic to set it on fire. You watched in amazement as the device turned to ash in his hands.

You turn your shocked gaze to him, “why?”

“Because I want to prove to you that I will not leave you or the children again. From the moment I stepped into your time you all became my priority. My glorious purpose. I will live the rest of my days protecting you and my children. I have no use for the tempad any longer, I believe I have finally found a place to stay and to be at peace…If you’d allow me..”

A hopeful feeling starts to bloom in your chest. He makes it so hard to not love him.

“You can stay, we’ll go to Val tomorrow and let her know you’re going to be staying here. We’ll let the boys know at dinner later”

“Why would we have to inform her exactly?”

“Oh your brother didn’t tell you?”

He shakes his head causing you to laugh.

“He abdicated the throne to her, she’s King of New Asgard.”

He looks at you for a moment and then jumps off the couch and storms outside.

“Thor!”

You just hysterically laugh, having Loki here is going to be very interesting to say the least. You doubt you’ll ever have a dull moment again..

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xombiriot · 4 months

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TOP 3 Metal Albums I Enjoyed from 2023

A lot of great metal came out this year and it was hard to narrow it down to my Top 3. There were some great EPs released this year— Spiritbox’s The Fear of Fear, Brand of Sacrifice’s Between Death and Dreams and Knosis’s The Eternal Doom among them. Singles I enjoyed include: "On the Verge" by thrown, “Masterpiece” by The Anchor, “Enemy” by The Gentle Men (ft. Andy Cizek), “Weight of the World” by Harper (ft. We Came as Romans and Brand of Sacrifice), “Viking” by Slaughter To Prevail, "III" by DEATHPHONK (Nik Nocturnal's weird project); and Knocked Loose had the double, “Deep In the Willow”/“Everything is Quiet Now”.

My Top 5 honourable mentions: 5. [m]other by Veil of Maya, their newest does everything I want it to do, good riffs, cool effects, great vocals; 4. Soul Elegy by Termina, Nik Nocturna, Andy Cizek and friends deliver an awesome metal album; 3. Chaos Horrific by Cannibal Corpse is a strong entry and shows why they're still so loved after so long; 2. The Fox and the Bird by Ok Goodnight mixes folk, rock, metal and whatever else they want to create this really entrancing album; and 1. Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token is one of the albums I listened to the most because it's easy to put on when you're tired of being relentlessly pummelled by deathcore, but though its highs are super high, it just misses out landing on my top 3 because there are a few spots it lags

3. ...And Everything In Between - Unprocessed

Manuel Gardner Fernandes has quickly become one of my favourite guitarists between this release and Unprocessed's previous album Gold. The combination of styles on this album exemplify modern metal: bludgeoning heaviness, thumpy prog riffing (à la Animals As Leaders or Polyphia) and a mix of harsh and clean vocals. Despite the polish of these 9 tracks, some express such raw emotion and a ferocity that they really get me hyped up. The variety of tones and vocals kept me engaged throughout, and they blend and balance heaviness and melody so well. The guitar sounds so angry sometimes–especially the part of "Thrash" where Manuel beats the shit outta his guitar after screaming, "But you're just a fucking lie!" I love that. Other songs like "Blackbone" and "Die on the Cross of the Martyr" continue the trend of excellent instrumentation, the latter featuring guest solos by Polyphia's Tim Henson and Scottie Lepage. It's so well done and so engaging. In the short time I've had this album, it's become one of my favourites of 2023.

2. Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre - Periphery

When Periphery released "Wildfire" as a single I immediately bought into what they were selling. The way they transition through the various parts is seamless, the mix of vocal techniques and the jazzy interlude are all fantastic. It really captures the spirit of the whole record. Songs like "Dying Star" and "Zagreus" are also so hard. Periphery continues to show off their musical dexterity, and the band members prove once again they're not only some of the best musicians djenting their way through the world but as a collective they add up to more than the sum of their parts. My hottest take when it comes to this album is that I love "Silhouette" — it's like if you ran 80s soft rock and 90s/00s boy bands through a progressive music filter. I think they wrote this song and put it on the album just to prove they can do anything. And if Periphery is Djent, and Djent isn't a genre then why shouldn't they go in every genre direction they want to explore?

1. War of Being - TesseracT

In other years this top 3 could have been entirely deathcore or melodeath or metalcore, but this year it was djenty prog metal through and through. It's the music I gravitated to the most this year and nobody did it better than TesseracT. Daniel Tompkins vocals are incredible throughout, his cleans sounding particularly great on "Echoes" – giving us one of the best choruses before following it up with another great one on "The Grey". The album offers engaging lyricism throughout and the instrumentation is at a pedigree one would expect for a band in the vanguard of this genre. The album gives us atmospheric moments, synths, meditative passages before blasting us with metal. In many ways the whole album does what the best tracks on Sleep Token's Take Me Back To Eden do. Each song and the album as a whole provide an expansive experience. And that's why it's my number one. More than any other album released this year, TesseracT's War of Being makes me want to sit down and listen to it from beginning to end.

Other great albums: SUPERBLOOM by Silent Planet; Fatalism by Polaris; Feral by Left To Suffer; Foregone by In Flames; Ashen by Humanity's Last Breath; The Sin of Human Frailty by END; Symptoms of Survival by Dying Wish; and The Death We Seek by Currents.

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amarriageoftrueminds · 1 year

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Ik your probly tired of hearing about the mcu and its fans but I just remembered that some on Twitter argued that it was ok that peggy carter or cyintha glass to exist in the mcu because that's one less nazi.

Like how do you miss understand a very important part of history and not understand why it's problematic to have a character who was a nazi be good this is the whole reason I don't like mcu zemo and peggy carter because I feels like it's ignoring a part of history.

Uugh. Twitter.

To say MCU Peggy is one fewer Nazi is uhhhh. Incorrect.

Because: they didn't JUST take the character design of Cynthia and leave all her Nazi behaviour in the comics.

MCU Peggy's Nazi behaviour is NOT just a one-off retconned thing from the WS movie, and exhibited nowhere else. She is linked to the hiring of multiple foundational Hydra members in SHIELD.

(Arnim Zola, shown three times if we're including other universes so it's definitely an intrinsic part of her character; she, alone, job interviewed Werner Reinhardt; she, personally, alone, hired Johann Fennhoff when he was pretending to be good, because she is The World's Most Rubbish Spy... (Fun fact, that means if you killed Peggy off in 1945 then Bucky would never have been turned into the Winter Soldier, since she hired both Hydra members responsible for his torture/mind-control!) ...Mitchell Carson, and since the Winter Soldier program seems to be linked with the early Red Room, then her buddy Dorothy Underwood the Black Widow also counts! And as the saying goes: if you have 10 people at the table and one Nazi, then you have 10 Nazis.)

...And now they've bought the comics and changed comics-Peggy to match comics-Cynthia/MCU-Peggy, their solution to all this is to claim Peggy simply didn't know Hydra were in SHIELD.

W o w.

IIRC, new-comics Peggy calls Bucky "insane" for questioning her integrity (right before she viciously attacks him of course, like an innocent person?? uhh… authoritarian much?) and she describes the mere suggestion of her knowing about Hydra as being "unthinkable".

(Well now, to be fair, everything is unthinkable when you're an idiot.)

So that's the MCU's retconned fix for this: not even claiming she didn't do it, just saying she was incompetent and oblivious for decades before. Which is also: nonsense.

Because Zola was in her bunker. Her photo and office were 1 short elevator ride away from his. He was on the front page of the news. Even if she were illiterate, he was still in the photo!

Who did she think Howard was talking about all those years, whenever he mentioned Arnim?? Where did she think he was getting all this tesseract-based innovation from, the fairies??

Most damning of all, in CATWS as soon as Steve comes sniffing round, telling her he's having second thoughts about SHIELD, her response is to laugh at him, tell him he's being melodramatic, and then that he should not focus on the past (eg. which "we" rather mucked up, she admits… that's the Royal we!) And days later Zola is free to try and kill Steve for the second time. Even when she's supposed to be demented, she's still conveniently covering her own ass!

The problem goes right back to the comics...

It was a colossal tin-eared giant oozing dick of a move to pair off Captain America, the Hitler-punching Jewish Golem, with a Nazi character in the first place.

That, and giving a Nazi character a chance to 'redeem' themselves, is directly antithetical to what Steve was created to represent, and so disrespectful of a choice for a Jewish creation (let alone one created with the specific purpose of encouraging anti-Fascism) that it's bordering on antisemitism imo. No one in their right mind would believe this specific set of Jewish creators could be cool with that.

Also, the belief (you can kind of tell they had in the Cynthia comic) that a Nazi killing another Nazi somehow makes that killed Nazi less of a Nazi?? Like, Red Skull killed her so she must be okay?? Uhh, no??

(The Agent Carter s1 book also tries to push the idea that Cynthia died to save Steve, which is - again - nonsense. If you look at the panels, all she did is throw Steve his shield in Red Skull's presence, and Red Skull shot her because he was annoyed. She didn't leap in between them or anything!)

And, to draw on that Nazi character at all, when there are multiple Cap love interests they could've used - many of them brunette too, if they were stuck with brunette casting - including at least one Jewish woman?? MCU were drawing on the Ultimates run, where iirc his love interest was a Betsy Ross (brunette!) who could easily have been swapped out for the Betty Ross from the Hulk movies who they already had on-tap, as it were.

Picking Cynthia was just an unnecessary, unethical move. That character should've been avoided at all costs, not seen as inspiration fodder (doubly so, to avoid associations with Julia Koenig, another brunette Nazi villainess - AKA Kreigerfrau - who was also was present in Project Rebirth in the comics and stole superserum for herself, like multiple villains and MCU Peggy!)

And if they were that desperate to have Steve's love interest 'know' him before the serum, then they should've A) had her actually deign to speak to him in the movie, B) just picked a damn character who actually knew him before the serum! Like his fiancée Gail Richards!

But they wanted to water down Steve's motive for fighting Nazis (because he hates them and what they represent, which makes Disney uncomfy), and water down the homoerotic undertones of his devotion to Bucky (which makes Disney uncomfy; only gay villains, pls!) So they replaced it with 'wanting to be big so he can get a girl', so that MCU Peggy could seem important to him.

Then assuming (as that creepy dead-eyed fuck Kevin Feige heinously continues to do) that being short and disabled somehow therefore precluded Steve from having a lover is so... ugh, ableist and incel-y and again completely ignores the actual character of Steve, for whom women are not and never have been the main drive.

#toAyourQ #cynthia glass #long post #antipeggy #antisteggy #p*ggy meta #steggy is hydra trash party #mcu critical #julia koenig #mcu meta #meta #more on cynthia in the comics under the cut #my salt on this subject appears to be neverending lol #old ask #dat's me #also still suspicious that you get no results when you search my blog for eg. julia koenig #kreigerfrau #steve rogers #steve meta

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The Soldier, Winter and Her

Rated: M 18+ readers only

Paring: Winter Soldier!Bucky/Reader (female)

Warnings for chapter 1: Kidnapping (no details, just mention), Hydra torture (no details, just overheard reaction) sprinkle of angst

Preview below “keep reading”

Tag List (open for 18+ ONLY): @cjand10

"As I said," Pierce gritted out, "you will go to the training rooms, spar with who is there and the one remaining will be your partner. Do you understand?"

"Женщина. (The woman)" Not daring to speak English with his handler, "Кто эта женщина, которая кричит? (Who is the woman that is screaming?)" He tentatively asked.

Pierce looked at Rumlow confused. Glancing at his watch before replying, "It's Крыса (Rat). Must be putting up a fight over another treatment. Heard she's showing promise though. Something about fire and creating it, only sparks though apparently."

"Она будет моим партнером. (She will be my partner.)"

Slowly, Pierce backed away from the Soldier, putting his hands behind his back and humming in thought. "Rat huh? She has been here for fourteen, fifteen years and only just showing promise?"

"Science guys are hoping with the Scepter, that it'll boost her. Had to stop their tests when Fury took the Tesseract but apparently she responded well to it." Rumlow stated it as if it were a known fact, slowly crossing his arms over his chest, then glancing from Pierce to the Soldier, and back to Pierce.

"Ok asset, you'll get what you want." Pierce turned towards the Winter Soldier who immediately straightened his posture. "You'll get Rat as your partner, if she makes it through her physical test. You are to still spar with the others chosen, and her. She beats you, you'll train to work together. You beat her, well… Do you comply, Soldier?"

"Да. (Yes)"

Notes:

#bucky barnes #bucky barnes series #bucky barnes x female reader #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x you #bucky barns fanfiction #bucky barnes imagine #james buchanan bucky barnes #james bucky barnes #james barns x you #james buchanan barnes #james barnes #james bucky buchanan barnes #james bucky barnes x reader #winter solider x y/n #winter soldier x reader #the winter soldier #winter soldier

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Soul-mates

TITLE: Soul-mates CHAPTER NO./ONE SHOT: one-shot AUTHOR: colifower ORIGINAL IMAGINE: Imagine Loki’s spotify wrapped. Wait, what’s that? They added a musical soulmate in this year’s edition? RATING: PG NOTES/WARNINGS: my AO3 version has Tess' spotify wrapped up and some basic mechanics behind the selection of the Soul-mates. I honestly couldn't bother to copy them here so... bon apple titty, as the youths say

"Huh," said Loki, sprawled over Thor's sofa. "Have you seen this?" Thor peeked over his shoulder and shrugged. "With the ammount of times you've rickrolled me this year it's no wonder it's on your top five. 420 views? Seriously?"

The younger snickered. "I actually rickrolled you 413 times, but I HAD to play it up to 420. I was talking about the music soul-mate feature." "Oh, yeah! They added the feature this year." "Here it says it's somebody with the username Space_Stoned_420" "With that username they need to be somewhat like you." "I'm intrigued. I think I'm gonna find them." "What?" "Aren't you intrigued? Who is your music soul-mate? Show me!"

Thor took his phone out of his pocket and smashed it against the closest wall. Being the heir of a galactic empire meant that he neither had a concept of money nor was he going to start any time soon.

"I only listen to Bears and Beards," said Thor. "So it makes sense that it's Fandral and Hogun's podcast account." "I thought they stopped uploading after the first wave of negative coments." Thor shook his head. "They are my friends," he said full of pride. "But I would do anyways, the bear tips are just incredible." "What do you want them for? Do you have a boyfriend or something?" "They're not for that kind of bear. Most of the times, at least." "Do you have a bear, Thor?" "I like to support local queer artists." "You have not answered my question." "What question?" "Do you have a bear, Thor?" "Hm...?" said the eldest, walking slowly towards the door. "Thor." "...what?" Loki sighted. Thor kept avoiding the question. He stepped once again towards the exit. "Thor..." groaned the god of mischief. "Not this again." "Ok, I can explain..." Please do." "...They are an endangered species, so I brought two with me home because here on Asgard polar bears don't have any natural predators and..." "TWO POLAR BEARS?!" "It is part of a rescue program. Besides, mom and dad won't even notice..." "Thor! They hunt people! To eat them! Asgard is not prepared for another one of your experiments in invasive species." "Yes, well, I..." Thor sprinted out of the room and down the corridor, Loki followed suit, knife in hand. Later on, Loki sat on his bed, feet up on the wall, staring at his email inbox. He furrowed his eyebrow. It was spotify alerting him that Spaced_Stoned_420 followed him back on the music platform." That was the problem, wasn't it? No chat option in the music app. Loki sighted. At least he could give them a follow back. Perhaps even snoop on their playlist, surely their 'music soulmate' would have good taste. Loki was greeted with a collaborative playlist called 'follow this n00bmaster69', you bitch. He smiled.

The charm worked wonders on those midgardian mercenaries known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Loki was able to slide right under their noses and into the secured vault. He opened the case, as their instructions told him to. There layed...

"A cube?" "The sexiest cube in existance ;)" Loki blushed. The sound of the... being? reverbereated loudly in his head. "So... Space Stoned 420?" "You're missing a fiew _, but yes. That's me," continued the cube. "I go by Tess these days. It comes from Tesseract." "Oh, em... Loki. I mean... I'm n00bmaster69. I think we're spotify soulmates." "Oh yeah! I forgot about that," said the stone. "My brother has been recently involved with an AI. And by involved I mean intrinsically connected: they share a body." "I know the kind," said the magician, thinking of his brother's 'hammered dates' where the alcohol and the palm fruits were nowhere to be found.

"Yeah... he's been trying to set me up with increasingly more complicated algorithms. My tinder match called me a bluff for posting 'unrealistic body images'. It's not my fault I'm a powerful and mysterious cube." "That sucks, bestie." Tess sighted. "It's difficult out here. More if you look like I do." "I like it" said Loki. "Unexpected. Uncommon." "Thank you. It means a lot, it really does." "So... are you up to a date? I've heard that they sell boba tea here in Algeria. Globalization and all that." "What doesn 'tea' mean?" Loki wrinkled his nose. "It's... um... a drink. I think you'll like it." said the somewhat of a man, picking up the stone. He found Tess warm to the touch, and found himself fond of it." "Hell yeah >:P"

#Loki #Lover #God of Mischief #Submitted one shot #Submitted fic #colifower #solu-mates

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hrefna-the-raven · 1 year

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Chapter 1 - Glorious purpose (part 3)

Masterlist

Chapter 1.1 - Glorious purpose

Chapter 1.2 - Glorious purpose

Words: 777

Loki sat in the sparse room, his eyes fixed on the concrete wall, observing the projection that came from the machine on the table. The feeling of being trapped here for an eternity clung to his being but then again, time meant nothing in the premises of the TVA. He had just witnessed his mother's death, Asgard burning, and then, his own demise, all happening in another reality where he had chosen to not escape with the help of the Tesseract.

Runes wavered on the projection on the wall, repeating themselves over and over again, as if trying to convey some hidden message. Mobius, stepped closer and rested a hand on Loki's shoulder.

"I don't know why but I felt the urge to show you this", Mobius spoke calmly, "it's like there's a cloud in my head, covering what could lead me to the truth, what could unveil the meaning I crave for, how all this makes sense."

Loki stayed silent, his mind too busy working rapidly to decipher the meaning behind the runes to even acknowledge what Mobius just told him. He knew that these visions held some significance, they had to be linked to the voice that only spoke to him, but he couldn't quite grasp what it was. The more he stared, the more the symbols seemed to shift and swirl, almost as if alive, urging him to finally accede their meaning.

"Listen I can't offer you salvation but maybe I can offer you something better", Mobius continued, "help me find out what is happening here, why I feel like we were fated to meet and what is up with all the strange things happening at the TVA lately."

Suddenly, something clicked in Loki's mind, and he gasped in shock.

"Find me", Loki whispered, almost chuckling as everything seemed to fall into place.

"What?", Mobius turned Loki around to face him.

"It makes...SENSE!", Loki proclaimed, laughing at the realisation that he wasn't on the brink of madness and his mind still worked perfectly fine, in fact he'd even claim it worked at peak performance.

He meandered past Mobius towards the table, his hands ripped a piece of paper from the notepad, took a pen and started scribbling.

ᚠᛁᚾᚾ ᛗᛁᚱ – finn mir

"Find me", he exclaimed, holding the piece of paper proudly up.

"I might repeat myself here but what?!", Mobius' tone shifted to slight annoyance as he felt like he failed to see something here.

"The runes at the end of the projection, it's Old Norse, they can be translated to find me."

"I can't see any runes", Mobius' eyes darted between the projection and the paper in Loki's hand.

"That just confirms my theory!"

Loki slaps the paper on Mobius' chest, slumping down in the chair, crossing his arms as his mouth formed a victorious grin.

"Listen pal, " Mobius huffed, "I don't have the faintest clue what you're talking about but a fugitive Variant's been killing our Minutemen. That Variant is-"

"Me", Loki interrupted him.

"Yes."

"Before your men brought me here, I heard a voice, someone has been talking to me, warning me, in Old Norse", he slammed his hands on the table, "I still hear the voice here, I see message nobody else sees, you don't even know why you had to bring me here and show me this particular projection but I know, ooooh I know it all know!"

An almost manic laugh escaped Loki's throat, the recognition of his brilliance swelling up in a pride in his chest. Mobius' eyes flickered, pupils disappearing as Loki glimpsed in shock at empty white eye balls as the agent's head abruptly fell back before moving up again, the eyes now filled in a glowing green mist.

"It took you long enough, God of Mischief", Mobius' mouth twisted into a weird smile that didn't seem to be his own.

"You're another version of me", Loki leaned forward, his grin never faltering.

"Finn mir Loptr", the distorted voice spoke, "ok helpr mir. Together we can set this right."

The glow in Mobius's eyes disappeared, his hands shooting to gently massage his temples.

"What was that?", confusion engulfed his tone as he tried to parse what just happened.

"That Variant you're seeking, she is closer to the TVA than you think."

"She?", the agent asked hesitantly.

"She wants us to find her. What is the last weird memory you recall? Something you seem to remember but makes no sense?", Loki inquired calmly.

"A Renaissance fair in Oshkosh", Mobius shook his head in disbelief, "but in 1985."

Loki leaned back, his arms crossing triumphantly.

"Well I guess we're going on a field trip to me."

Old Norse translation:

(please be gentle, I'm not an expert concerning the conjugation of a dead language^^)

ᚠᛁᚾᚾ ᛗᛁᚱ – finn mir - find me

ok helpr mir - and help me

Loptr - other Old Norse version of Loki's name

Chapter 2 - The Variant coming soon....

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abalidoth · 1 year

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ok here is my proposition for your ask game, although i sadly cannot isolate myself from the fact that your icon is a transgender-coloured tesseract and that your banner is a enby-coloured mandelbrot set

you're very likely some form of gay, have a healthy relationship to sexuality so im assuming you're also gender non-conforming and/or transgender and although you have been comfortable with your identity for a while you still sometimes reflect on all the time you've spent not figuring it out. All things considered you're probably an adult at this point and have had a childhood that was outstandingly different from the norm although it didn't stop you from being proud of who you are today.

actually fuck it your icon is a transgender-coloured tesseract and your banner is a enby-coloured mandelbrot set that's ground for assumptions

you're very definitely transfem, probably have some neopronouns that you don't feel incredibly strong about but still are your pronouns or choice. If you're an adult you've either studied math or computer science. you're now a very open and proud nerd which is also grounds to assume you've been on the internet for quite some time but have now found your niche and are comfortable enough with your social circle

Excellent assumptions, and entirely correct. :D (Definitely an adult, I'm in my 30s.)

Only thing that isn't correct is that my icon is actually not a tesseract! (Although that's an entirely reasonable assumption given everything else.) That icon predates my name -- it's a mathematical object called the Petersen graph, one of my favorites, and related to stuff I did my PhD on.

#tesserants

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Ok I've done this thing so subtly that I wasn't even aware I had done it but--

You know how in the MCU canon, the space stone is inexplicably on earth for like, no godly fuckin reason I can think of. It's the mcguffin in captain america1 and like shield has it in possession by avengers1 etc etc nobody cares

So what I did, or I guess, what my brain did, was decide "this is fuckin stupid and makes no sense, I'm gonna rewrite this and not tell ANYBODY about it until tumblr user kinnoth is forced to explain to somebody in casual conversation what she thinks happened in avengers1, where she will promptly be outed as a fake fangirl when her recounting of events just....does not bear out to the canon"

Bc I stg my brain mandela effect'd itself to be like:

The space stone is on Asgard and has always been on Asgard. It powers the bifrost; without the power to be wherever they want to be in an instant, the Aesir could have never built their empire. Loki knows the space stone as "the tesseract" which is how the aesir call it.

When he is captured and worked over by Thanos&friends, he learns that Thanos is looking for the infinity stones. He makes a deal with Thanos: release him, and Loki will retrieve for him the space stone. Odin's vault only allows entry to the royal family, and Loki is still a member of that royal family. Thanos agrees. He gives Loki the mind stone so that it will continue to hold Loki to his brainwashing in Thanos' absence.

He sends Loki back to Asgard and Loki does for him as he promised bc Loki is still under mind stone influence. Loki is caught, probably by Thor, but before they can have it out, Loki escapes using the space stone to earth -- appearing through a portal that Nick fury and Erik selvig have opened bc they are building mechanisms based off of the research Jane foster&friends were doing back in thor1. Earth has been sealed off by Odin since the end of the war with the frost giants; Loki is here to break that seal so that the armies of Thanos can come and claim the 4 of 5 infinity stones currently on earth.

The bifrost now nonfunctional, Thor begs Odin for passage to earth to give chase to his brother's ghost. Shortly after loki arrives, Thor follows"

Anyway, how has your brain made you look like a fool lately

#internal thor tag #obv i think my sequence of events is better and anyway its too late #this is the ''canon'' around which I have built all of my headcanons so too bad so sad josh whedon

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Explanation (7)

There’s some things about Loki in The Avengers that don’t add up.

In the first photo [post credit scene from Thor] he looks like he was falling through a space dumpster - but he was relatively ok.

In the second picture [after his dramatic entrance at the beginning of The Avengers], a year (or so) after he fell through abyss, he looks like a drug addict in desperate need of a dose. He is all sweaty, shaky, his eyes are hollow, he’s pale, and stumbles when he walks.

Why would Loki exchange unlimited power (he knew exactly what the Tesseract was since it was once held in Odin’s treasury) that he could have used to get ALL the realms if he wanted to for just Midgard? It doesn’t make sense.

And in the end when he said: I’ll have that drink now after getting Hulk smashed, didn’t he seem different? Like he had snapped out of something?

What the hell happened to him?

Thanos, that’s what. I believe after Loki got a glimpse of the Tesseract, Thanos somehow learned about it and abducted Loki. Tortured, threatened, put him on a drug of some kind, maybe the sceptre or some other sort of energy, poisoned Loki’s mind.

Loki was under the control of a Mind Stone - confirmed by Marvel.

Thanos’ influence brought out features Loki already had and made them grotesque - all his anger, pain, jealousy, thirst for attention, taste for mass destruction. Once done, Loki became a tool for Thanos.

The way Loki kept talking about freedom - wasn’t it suspicious? Wasn’t it like a subconscious ed’s cry for help?

The sceptre’s control was not breaking a man’s personality and creating something new - it was bringing up characteristics of the man and making them extreme.

Remember when Bruce was getting kind of worked up and grabbed that sceptre?

#exp

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lordfrezon · 10 months

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Welcome back to another edition of “The Inquisition Finds Mata Nui”

Written right after the last one.

Maybe I will finish these before my 2nd campaign with this group wraps up.

(we’re playing Curse of Strahd, for the record).

Last edition found here: https://www.tumblr.com/lordfrezon/721702500998217728/welcome-back-to-another-edition-of-the?source=share

For the record: This is a long one so buckle in.

Our crew has just taken a dip in Energized Protodermis

Their stats are significantly increased and they all have cooler abilities.

Treytor, for example, has canoptek scarabs that’ll repair them in the event of their death.

Also her sword lets them “nothing personnel kid” people and their teleporter is inbuilt.

Oswald is a Toa Nuva now and can share the powers of the Vahi Nuva he wears.

And he’s much better at using it now.

Emilia has a box she can store Skitarii or Servitors in

And her gun is Any Gun now

(this is how my games go, I make the players OP and then throw them at equally OP shit, it’s fun would recommend).

Treytor teleports everyone to the coordinates on Bara Magna associated with the drop site of the Adeptus Mechanicus forces there.

The crew finds a metal circle surrounding a staging area, with a sign in the sand that says “no weapons beyond this point”

This is concerning.

Oswald is apathetic about this whole plan and Treytor absolutely refuses to put down their Tesseract Knife for fear of it getting stolen.

So Emilia goes in, with the assumption that since her weapons are integrated and not visible it should be fine

(The hidden Baterra accept this loophole)

There’s a ton of servitors, Skitarii, and some other tech priests working, Emilia asks where the Lord Dogma is and a couple Servitors take her over

She see’s a silver-skinned humanoid wearing a bikini tanning herself in the sun.

Note that typically, Emilia had seen the Lord Dogma as a giant centipede-taur, so a slight difference.

Regardless, Nisari/Magna Esse takes off her sunglasses and gives Emilia a big hug and tells her how excited she is to see her.

Emilia was not expecting this.

That said, she’s still the nominal leader of the group so she invites Nisari to come meet the rest of the group.

Nisari calls some servitors to carry her atop her bed

Emilia is very disturbed at seeing a nominal servant of the omnissiah being both a xenos scum and way too blasé about the whole thing

I mean, she knew that Magna Esse was a Great Being, but didn’t know know.

They get over to where Treytor is trying to hide their knife and Oswald is not trying to hide his chainsword.

Nisari squeals and hops off her divan and hugs Oswald, remarking on how grown up he is, how cute he looks, normal stuff a mom says to her 6’7” robotic son who wields powers over time.

Oswald is not ok with this and kinda just picks her up and sets her back on chair

They start chatting, Nisari confirms that yep, she’s a Great Being, just chilling, no real ulterior motives it had just been a while since she’d been home and she wanted to visit.

Throughout all of this, Treytor is very clearly wrestling with their inner demons and wanting to unleash their outer one.

Treytor asks why she’s a super heretic and why she enslaved Dominus, Nisari is very apathetic about both questions

Heresy schmeresy she says, and Dominus was one of her creations to start off so he should clearly work for her, so she freed him a couple millenia ago to do her dirty work.

Treytor starts threatening Nisari, she laughs and says “do it you won’t”

Treytor pulls out their demon sword and runs Nisari through

She dies quite surprised that worked.

Treytor is satisfied with her purging techniques, Oswald is annoyed at how fickle his team is

Emilia is both flabbergasted and horrified

Flabbergasted as the nominal leader of her branch of the Ad Mech is dead

Horrified, because now there is no one that can control Dominus

Who, again, is the Element Lord of Ice and a menace to literally everyone and everywhere

The party decides to call up Angonce and let him know what happened

He is understandably horrified and devastated that one of his siblings is dead.

They teleport to him to try and get his help recontaining Dominus, he hits them all with the patented Great Being “fuck off robot” and cries a lot.

Treytor is quite done with people whining and calls Velika

No Signal.

Keep in mind, their phone can call people in space and anywhere else in the Matoran Universe

So that’s interesting.

Teleporting back to Mata Nui, they use the Great Being finding compass to triangulate Velika’s position, and determine he’s somewhere under Voya Nui... ish.

So against their best interests, they call up Helrynx and break the news to her.

She’s understandably upset (and the characters lost a good chunk of Influence due to how badly they fucked up over this session) but agrees to tell them where Velika probably is.

The crew teleports down to Daxia and meet Helrynx and this 10-foot-tall dude with a cape and a hammer

Emilia feels the most powerful psychic presence she’s felt since Tren Krom

Artakha asks who the hell these guys are and why they’re so frightened about a guy named Dominus

Helrynx explains some of what’s happening, Artakha gets bored and asks what he needs to do.

Helrynx suspects that Velika (whose name she still can’t say/remember or else she gets bluescreened) is currently holed up in the Codrex, and probably doing some stuff there that no one wants.

Helrynx asks if Artakha can teleport them inside, since once they’re there they should be able to teleport out again if they ask Velika nicely to use his Olmak.

Artakha does so and the team pops into a dark chamber with some weird jet cars chilling, and a big computer screen lit up with a little dude working on it.

Velika vaguely acknowledges them and asks what they want.

They explain how Nisari is dead, he’s not fine with it, but he takes it much better than Angonce.

They ask if he’s willing to fight Dominus for them and recapture him.

Velika thinks about it for like 2 seconds, says lolnope, freezes them all and teleports away.

This did not go well.

The party racks their brains, thinking of a way out.

Emilia has one idea.

It’s a bad one that they’ll regret.

But since both Emilia and Oswald can share mask powers (and Treytor too but no one needs a Elda Nuva) Emilia figures, hey, why not switch places with their duplicates from the past and use that to time travel and stop Velika from teleporting away.

Oswald brings up a bunch of very good reasons why this is a shit idea and likely to end the universe, Treytor points out that they’re trapped, Oswald and Emilia tell them to shut up, they’re the reason the party is stuck in this mess.

I have the two of them roll to see how well they can manage their respective highly dangerous and volatile mask powers.

They roll really really well.

Welp.

Guess this is a time travel story now.

The party jumps out of a tear in space time into the past and tackles Velika through the portal.

Velika was not expecting this

The past versions of Oswald and Emilia are just shocked that this is happening as Velika’s control over their robot bits stops.

Past Treytor, however, sees an opportunity, and jumps after Future Treytor to commit further murder.

Oswald easily holds down Velika, Emilia demands answers and assistance.

Past Treytor (called Honour for simplicity’s sake even though they weren’t... yet) and Future Treytor (just Treytor) square off.

They both use their sword’s ability to teleport behind a shadowed target and backstab them, both hit, and both kill their target.

Emilia sees this happen, and also sees a bunch of canoptek scarabs pour out of both Treytors’ bodies and begin fixing their respective masters.

Emilia pulls out her flamer and blasts one of the Treytors, which fortunately for the timeline was the one from the past who can now be sent back in time normally.

Or they would if there was a body but that disappearing corpse is someone else’s problem

Velika is terrified because 1. They time travelled and 2. They’re on a glacier.

Velika agrees to try and convince Angonce to recapture Dominus

But the party is going to have to do most of the legwork.

They agree this is fair and Velika teleports away.

With that done, Treytor has a brilliant idea!

Since their breaking of time had Absolutely No Consequences, Treytor figures, fuck it, do it to prevent them from killing Nisari.

So the team teleports back to Bara Magna

Emilia and Oswald again roll really well on their mask use checks

The team is shown past Treytor about to stab Nisari.

Treytor grabs Nisari out of the way, causing Treytor’s sword to miss

Time and space begin to collapse.

Honour wakes up on the Red Star, very much not a Bionicle and very much still a human.

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