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air--so--sweet · 7 months

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Legion and the TUA of it all

I didn't want to become a Legion recap blog, especially when no one is reading these (except @soshadysoquiet despite knowing nothing about the show outside of these posts 😂) so I had planned to combine my thoughts on the last three episodes of season 2 into one post. AND THEN SO MUCH HAPPENED...so there's going to be multiple posts after all.

This post is about the parallels with The Umbrella Academy because I thought the shows were vaguely similar in regards themes and some minor character details...and then I watched season 2.

Also, just to be clear, I am not accusing one show of copying the other or anything of the sort, I think a lot of this stuff is down to coincidence and I'm pointing it out for fun. I'm also discussing the plots of both shows in pretty broad strokes here, once you start digging into the specifics of both, they diverge a lot more.

Initially, when watching season 1, David reminded me of Klaus - he's an addict, plagued by voices no one else can hear and seeing things no one else can see. I've also read several fics where Klaus' powers are mistaken for schizophrenia so I also connected that aspect of David's character to Klaus as well, missing the glaringly obvious parallel to the actual character within TUA canon who spends most of his life unaware of his powers and believing he's mentally ill - Viktor. Also, like Viktor, when David loses control, his powers have the ability to be highly destructive.

So, based on season one, David's got similarities to both Klaus and Viktor. The general themes of the show are similar, though the larger plot isn't . There's also this shot of David which is actually from season 2 but I had to include it because in the original TUA pilot script, in which Klaus still has his telekinesis powers of the comic, this is how he is introduced -

GIF via @tvshowfeels

I know neither show created the floating in lotus pose thing, but I still thought it was a fun coincidence for two already somewhat similar characters.

Then we get to season 2, and David is warned that the apocalypse is coming by a time travelling version of Syd, who is trying to stop it. Syd doesn't say the exact cause of the apocalypse, just talks of a darkness that comes after David defeats Amal Farouk and says they need Farouk alive so that they prevent the apocalypse. So, we have an impending apocalypse due in the next week or so (we're not given an exact time frame but Syd says David killed Farouk in her timeline a week from now) with the main characters learning about from a time traveler, very much like TUA season 1.

We then find out the exact cause of the apocalypse in Future Syd's timeline, and that cause is David. So now you've got a main character being the cause of the apocalypse your characters are trying to stop, like Viktor in TUA.

Then, David's loved ones finding out how dangerous he truly can be, try to stop him - with Syd almost shooting him and then with Division 3 trapping him in an energy forcefield he supposedly can't escape...but he's more powerful than they think and he breaks free. By trying to lock him up to prevent him causing the apocalypse...they may have caused the apocalypse. If you switch the order of the escape and almost shooting and swap out the forcefield for a sound proof cell you've got Viktor's arc in the season 1 finale.

And lastly, before leaving Division 3 David teleports into Lenny's sell to free her and take her with him and I couldn't help but notice the number on the wall behind them.

Number Seven, just like Viktor. This being in Lenny's cell, I believe any symbolism about the number actually relates to her, not David, but it's still a wild coincidence. Also, David who has up until now always dressed in colour, is wearing all white. Viktor, in becoming the White Violin has his clothes turn white.

Maybe this why I found Legion on a list of shows to watch if you like TUA...

Also speaking of Lenny - this is the first time in the show we've spent significant time with her where she is actually herself and not a mask for Farouk and she, not David, is the Klaus Hargreeves of the show. There are actual character similarities between the two - both are queer addicts who are seen by many fans as genderfluid. Klaus is immortal and can speak to the dead and, while Lenny doesn't have powers she is resurrected after dying and she sees the ghost of Amy (or something akin to a ghost, it's not super clear). But aside from that, there's just an energy to the character that feels very Klaus to me? I don't know how to nail it down beyond that, she just has big Klaus energy.

Also, the outfit she wears in the desert is a Klaus Hargreeves ensemble if I ever saw one.

No one can play Klaus as well as Robert Sheehan does but I think Aubrey Plaza could come close if she were to try (honestly her performance in Legion makes me feel like she's wasted in so many deadpan roles).

Also as if I wrote this many words about similarities and parallels and somehow didn't mention the dance numbers.

Specifically, the dance battles...

Oh my God I cannot believe how long this post is. Even by my standards, this is wild...I don't know if even @soshadysoquiet will make it this far...

It's also just occurred to me maybe I should have waited until I watched season 3 before talking about all the parallels...too late now! 🙃

#legion #the umbrella academy #legion and the umbrella academy #parallels #media analysis #legion season 2 #the Umbrella Academy season 1 #lenny busker #david haller #viktor hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #I basically spent several hours of hyperfocus on this...whoops #TUA

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skellyshitposting · 1 year

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Mods that I like on Stardew Valley

The first things I will list off are Expansions, stuff that adds a lot of new things and areas. Everything I list will have their respective link, I am pretty sure you need to be on a pc/laptop to click them but I could be wrong.

Make sure to visit this post every once in a while in case I update it. There will be a re-editted/update date below to say when was the last time I was on this post.

EXPANSION MODS - These mods adds new area's, NPC's, items, events, foods, fish and many more things!

Re-edited and worked on: 5/8/2023

( WARNING PLEASE READ!

I do want to make a fair warning to not have too many expansions at once. It can and will make your loading time last a long time, can make the game very laggy and hard to play. Adding NPC's can affect stuff greatly due to how much work it takes to make an NPC. I am not telling you how to play the game, if you feel like adding all of these at once into your game then go ahead, but I am warning you now just so that you know why your game is lagging so much.

The next warning is to make sure you install all of the things that a mod needs! It will be on the requirements on the mod page. I am not to blame if you download said mods and not look at the requirements.

THANKS FOR READING! :) )

Stardew Valley Expanded - It's an amazing mod that adds 27 new NPC's, 50 locations, 260 new character cutscene events, 27 new fish, reimagined vanilla areas, two farm maps, new music, questlines, objects, crops, festivals and a lot of other things! I usually pair this with Ridgeside.

Ridgeside Village - This is a really great mod to pair with Stardew Valley Expanded! It adds 50 new NPC's, a new location, new items, new shops, new festivals, new music, new quests and a lot more stuff! To get to the village, from your farm go to the bus stop and then go behind the bus, there should be a set of stairs! Go up them and go up the lift and there's the new area! Just follow the upper path for a shorter way to Ridgeside, or take the long way along the bottom path.

East Scarp - Another amazing mod that brings a whole new town! It adds new NPC's, a new farm, new locations, new fish, new shops, special orders and lots of secrets! To get to the town, go into Pelican town and go to the Blacksmith house. Above it is a path, take it to the bridge and go across it. Just keep heading that way and you will load into East Scarp!

Downtown ZuZu City - Now, this mod is pretty cool! This adds the imfamous ZuZu city to the game! You remember how a lot of NPC's talk about ZuZu City but you can never go? Well, here you go! This expansion adds new NPC's, 7 NPC's to befriend and marry, new foods, new items, new weapons, moving cars that can and will kill you if you stand in front of them, a ZuZu Obelisk, a secret puzzle hidden in the ZuZu Sewers and many more things!

Stardew Aquarium - This adds an aquarium to the Valley! To get to it, you need to have access to the train. Make sure you download all the prerequisites that the mod asks for, because it's very important so you can get to the Aquarium! You can donate fish to the Aquarium if you don't feel like selling them or eating them, and watch them swim around! There is also a beach outside of the Aquarium and new shops!

QUALITY OF LIFE MODS

( Here are mods that I absolutely love to play with my game or mods that I may not use but you might like to use! )

NPC Map Locations - It does exactly as the title says! It shows the location of NPC's on the map and the optional Minimap. This mod is really good at tracking down those pesky NPC's that you want to shove gifts at.

Look Up Anything - By pressing F1 while in game, you can look up anything! Like a villagers bio, when a crop will be ready to harvest, how long a fence will last, why your farm animals are sad, and a lot more! ( Yes, I know that's exactly what the actual description says, leave me alone! 😂 )

Generic Mod Config Menu - This mod is very important! I would highly suggest you download this one with any other mods you have because it lets you configure said mods in the starting menu rather then going through the game files for it. You can also prep this with a shortcut key to access it while in the actual game itself.

Tractor - This adds a tractor to the game that you can purchase from Robin! It takes a bit to get the money and items in default, but if you go into the config, you can lessen the items and money costed to make it. This mod helps you water plants, cut down trees, break rocks, dig up dirt and much more!

Automate - I love this mod a lot. You put a chest near a machine and it will automatically use the items in it to create the desired item you want. Like say you put it near a keg, if you have fruit in it like Strawberries, it will make Strawberry Wine! It will beat the pesky task of going to all of your kegs and putting berries in them or collecting them when they are done.

UI Info Suite - This mod provides a lot of information about what's going on. Here is a list of what it can do from the mod page itself:

Display an icon that represents the current days luck

Display experience point gains

Display a dynamic experience bar that changes based on your current tool or location

Display more accurate heart levels

Display more information on item mouse overs, including items that are still needed for bundles

View calendar and quest billboard anywhere

Display icons over animals that need petting

Display crop type and days until harvest on mouseover

Display icon when animal has item yield (milk, wool)

Sprinkler, scarecrow, beehive and junimo hut ranges

Display npc locations on map

Skip the intro by pressing the Escape key

Display an icon for Queen of Sauce when she is airing a recipe you don't already know

Display an icon when Clint is upgrading one of your tools. Icon will tell you how long until the tool is finished and shows you which tool you are upgrading.

7. Skull Cavern Elevator - The title says it all! An elevator to the floors you travel to in the Skull Cavern!

8. Kitty Channels - It's a pretty simplistic mod that changes the TV channel people into cute kitty cats. What's not to love?

9. Better Beach Forage - You ever get tired that there isn't enough Beach Forage? This helps that need. It improves the spawn rate of the beach forage and even adds crabs to the beach!

10. Yet Another Harvest with Scythe Mod - This mod lets you harvest stuff with your scythe! You can still pluck them but using the scythe ( in my opinion ) is much faster. There is a incompatibility with this mod and the Tractor mod. So don't have these two mods together.

11. Move it - This mod lets you move things everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. There are limits. But you ever have your new farm and there is a tree stump in the way that you really want to move? This mod lets you do that. But I will say this, read the description of the mod to know its capabilities and its warnings.

12. Gift Taste Helper - This displays helpful tips that shows an NPC's favorite gifts when you hover over their icon on the calendar or social tab in your menu.

13. To Dew - With a press of the key, you can set notes for yourself at the corner of the screen. When you complete it, just click it and it gets crossed out. You can even make the notes yearly, monthly or daily. Please look at the description for more information that I may have accidentally left out.

14. Turn To Your Enemies - Whenever you attack, if there is a monster close to you, you will immediately turn to them. It's quite helpful for those that are still new to battle.

15. Fashion Sense - This mod gives you a pocket mirror you can use to customize yourself. I would 100% suggest looking into the description for more information. This mod is definitely worth a look at, especially if you love changing clothes or your hair in game.

16. Deluxe Grabber Redux - This removes the ability of you having to harvest crop, foraging, digging up artifacts and harvesting animals. Go into the config menu either in the game files or Generic Mod Config mod then adjust this to however you see fit!

17. Kitty Themed Scarecrows - This mod is very simple, it replaces the looks of normal scarecrows to that of kitty cats! They look like they are standing on perches. It's a lot more humane looking then some images that look like the stick is up its butt.

18. Starry Night Interface - This changes color to a lot of things in game. From the in-game dialogue boxes to the in game menu! Give it a look at!

19. Wear More Rings - You can wear more rings then two in game! You have five fingers on each hand, so why can't you wear rings on them all? Go into the config in either the mod file in the folders or in Generic Mod Config.

20. Autofill Pet Bowl - I don't consider this cheating really. I absolutely love this mod because sometimes I can be extremely forgetful, and that means I either forget to feed my farm animals or water my cat/dog. This eliminates having to water your pet, so you don't have to worry at 1:50am that you didn't feed your pet.

21. Tidy Crafting Menu with Optional Balancing - This sorts out the crafting menu in your in game menu, it makes it a lot more cleaner and it just makes more sense.

22. Fishing Info Overlays - Gives you an overlay at the corner of your screen when you take out your fishing rod to show you what fish you can get in that area.

23. PFM Automate - This is a very good mod to pair with Automate. It lets you connect some modded machines to chests to get the job done! But this doesn't work on every modded machine, so be aware.

24. Convenient Chests - This allows you to auto stack item to chests with a press of a key, so you don't have to open the chest to throw stuff in!

25. ChestEx - This mod lets you change the colors of your chests and name the chests! Of course, you can change the color of chests in the normal unmodded game, but this lets you change more then just a few colors.

MODS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHEATY

Friends Forever - This mod removes friendship decay. Very handy for someone who doesn't really like paying close attention to other villagers while balancing out everything else in the game.

No Fence Decay - This mod removes the fence decay feature from the game. No more replacing the fences!

Better Farm Cave Forage - This mod is here because in my opinion, this can give you a lot of options early game. Along with donations to the community center early on.

Chests Anywhere - This lets you access your chests anywhere you are. No more throwing chests down at the entrance to the mines to dump stuff and go back into the mine!

~ More to come soon! ~

#stardew #stardew mods #sdv

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heliads · 2 years

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Hello 👋 This is the anon from the Au request! I'm so glad u write for them because I wasn't sure if I could send in my request 😅

I wanted to request a peter pan x reader where the reader is from the maze runner au and the reader is from the glade and when they all left the maze they got taken by w.i.c.k.e.d which was then infiltrated and taken over by Peter and the lost boys and they brought the reader and maybe a few other gladers to Neverland to test them and see what was so special about them and Peter ends up liking the reader. But a glader gets jealous (preferably maybe newt or minho, because I adore them) and tries to convince the reader to leave neverland, to start a new life somewhere without all these magic and nonsense and just be like how close they were in the glade. But then Peter overhears this and tries to tell the reader stay in neverland because its all they ever wanted. And in the end the reader will have to make a big choice between staying in neverland or leaving to go somewhere else to restart with the gladers. (Peter gives her a choice) and then the reader is all stressed and stuff because of all the pressure but in the end the reader does realise, that they have actually come to love Peter and so the reader stays with Peter and lives life in neverland and hopefully some other gladers who were the readers best friends stay too.

Sorry for the long request!! 😅 But thank u so much if u write this. I love your stories. ❤️❤️❤️If you liked the request i can send in more AU requests 😂

this reminds me of those peter pan and maze runner imagines, my beloved, and thus i will give you 3.7k words for the nostalgia alone

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Even from where you stand, you can tell that the odds aren’t great.

The unfairness of it strikes you now. This should work, it has to, but just because a cause is right doesn’t mean it will succeed. The world is unfair like that sometimes, blessing its heroes with the chance of escape only to kill them where they stand.

Then again, you’re no hero, just a survivor. You’ve never claimed to be anything else. No one here is the stuff of storybooks. No one in the Maze will ever be born of anything but spilled blood, and that means none of you truly have a fighting chance of getting out of here.

This is your world, after all, and it’s not pretty. No one said trying to break out of the Glade would be, but you were hoping to lose a few less friends than you have. Already, you look around and see far too many bodies on the ground. Some are Grievers, yes, getting you that much closer to escape, but many more are those of your friends.

One of the spiked monsters lunges at you now, but a spear erupts out of its fleshy middle before it can reach you. You turn to see your protector as he retrieves the spear from the fallen Griever.

“Thanks,” you manage to gasp out through uneven breaths.

Minho nods grimly at you. “No problem. Keep your head up, Y/N, we’re almost out.”

Neither of you are entirely convinced of that fact, but that’s Minho for you. The guy would sell his soul to keep his friends’ intact. If anyone deserves to make it out, it’s the Runner himself.

The only way he’ll be alright, however, is if you get him to safety. So, you keep your chin up, and return the favor, pushing Minho to safety out of the reach of a Griever’s lunging claws. It may take some effort to get through this, but you’ll be damned if you’re going to give up so easily.

Your mentality is rewarded when you eventually manage to get Thomas, Teresa, and Chuck into a small room to shut down the Grievers. Using the codes from the daily maps of the Maze, they’re able to put a stop to the creatures once and for all. The surviving Gladers collapse in shaky heaps, most clutching wounds or fallen friends.

The cost of making it to the other side is high, far higher than anyone anticipated. Still, you’re out, and that’s what matters most. Thomas leads your group through a series of inner rooms, including one in which your losses take another hit. This time, it’s Chuck who falls, and it rips the last shred of hope for a happy ending from everyone. Chuck was just a kid, you should have protected him. He should have made it out, but he didn’t.

Still, the best thing you can do to honor the kid is to escape, once and for all. After stumbling through a wrecked room holding the last vestiges of the WICKED Creators, you and the Gladers learn that the project was created to find a cure for the Flare, and that the rest of the world has been ravaged by solar flares.

It’s not great, to say the least. It looks like your dream of finding a quiet place to rest for the remainder of your days may be put on hold for a while. However, you are able to make it out at last, and a group of armed guards appears out of nowhere to guide you through the surrounding desert and into a clean if austere facility.

Despite the comforts of having good food and a roof over your heads, you can’t shake the feeling that something about this place is off. Minho, Thomas, and Newt share your concerns, especially when the lead director, a man named Janson, is eerily fixated on the rest of you getting your memories back, even if he has to force you to get the procedure done.

That’s why you and some friends are running for your lives at the moment. You don’t know how long you have until Janson’s men come for you, but you have to find a way out, and find it now. Thomas met up with some kid named Aris who claims that Janson’s secrets are even worse than you’d imagined, something along the lines of human experimentation. In all likelihood, the inhabitants of this complex are probably WICKED themselves, not your saviors but a new form of captors.

The five of you, plus Frypan, Winston, and a few other Gladers who’d refused to take their memories back are plotting ways to escape right now. Thomas has managed to lead your merry group to find Teresa, who despite recent experimentation is looking as alert as ever. Perhaps it’s the fear of getting caught, making all of you run on enough adrenaline to kill.

You’re all in the medical wing now, but you don’t have much longer. A faint noise catches your attention, and you lean against the door of the lab, trying to listen more closely. What had been a small insignificance turns into a larger disturbance, the sound of many footsteps hurrying towards you.

You turn back to your friends with a start. “We have to get out now. I can hear them coming.”

Newt swears under his breath. “How? There’s only one door.”

Thomas nods grimly. “One door, yes, but also one window.”

You follow his gaze towards a large rectangle of glass on the far side. “You can’t be serious.”

Thomas almost grins. “I’m very serious.”

He picks up a stool from a nearby row of tables and starts beating the window with it. The glass is resistant, and it takes Newt joining in on the fun for the pane to actually shatter. Just as the window finally gives way, though, the door swings open in a cloud of bright green light, revealing not Janson and a horde of angry soldiers but a group of boys about your age.

Newt and Thomas freeze in confusion. “Who are you?” Minho asks, suspicious.

One of the boys is plainly the leader, and as he steps forward, you realize that he’s wearing strange clothes. They’re rough, clearly handmade, like the relics of a time that has long since passed him by. You can see similar garments on the other boys, as well as leather belts that hold all kinds of knives and weapons.

“My name is Peter Pan,” says the lead boy with a deceptively sharp grin, “although I suppose the better question is, who are you?”

Minho squints at him. “I don’t know, man, you guys are the ones who are glowing. I’d say that’s fairly–”

You cut him off before he can get up too much energy. You do have some faint traces of self-preservation, and that includes not wanting to anger the group of boys with knives.

“I think what Minho means to say is that we’re not sure who you are. We thought all of the Maze groups had already arrived, so where did you guys come from? Are you WICKED?”

Peter laughs. “Only in personality. We have no ties to this organization.”

By your side, Thomas frowns. “Then what the hell are you doing here? If you try to stop us from leaving, I’d like to see you try.”

Peter raises a tired hand. “Please put down the stool, we’re trying to have a nice conversation, aren’t we? And no, we have no intention of keeping you here. Far from it, actually. We’d like to offer you a chance to escape to a place where WICKED could never possibly hope to find you.”

Newt straightens. “What does that mean? WICKED has always been able to find us. They have enough resources to fund a small army.”

Peter spreads his hands. “And that’s exactly why I’m here. I heard that there was a virus more deadly than any before it; also, that there was a cure in the form of a particularly fascinating group of people. Now that I’ve come to study it, I don’t care much for the disease, but I could still use the rest of you. If you want it, I can take you to our home, where WICKED will never find you. It’s your choice.”

You fold your arms across your chest. “And how would we get to your secret hideaway?”

Peter smiles slightly. “We’d use a magic bean, of course.”

Minho snorts. “Yeah, and where’d you get it, Jack and his shucking beanstalk? You don’t happen to have any giants around, do you?”

Peter’s grin just broadens. “Of course Jack isn’t around, I stole it from him a long time ago. Don’t be absurd.”

Before the rest of you can ask just what that means, Peter pulls something small from a pouch on his belt and tosses it into an empty portion of the lab. Instantly, a hole seems to tear itself in the air, revealing instead a glimpse of a world on the other side of a shimmering circle of light. You don’t know where it is, only that it is far, far away from here.

The Gladers flinch back. “What is that?” Teresa asks, eyes wide, “How did you do that?”

Peter chuckles. “Like I said, magic bean. Now, are you coming or staying? The portal won’t last forever, you know.”

There clearly isn’t enough time for a legitimate discussion, but one look around at your friends and you can tell that you’re all in agreement. Remaining at WICKED’s headquarters is certain death, and although you have no guarantees that going to Peter’s world won’t be any less dangerous, at least he’s offering you a choice in the matter.

You step forward first. “We’ll go.”

You may just be making it up, but you swear that Peter looks pleased. “After you,” he says, extending a hand towards the glowing circle of light. Before you can stop yourself, you step through.

No sooner have you walked through the portal than the other Gladers rush around you. You mentally tally off each one as they arrive, making sure that they’re all accounted for. You were in a small group as is, but it wouldn’t do to leave anyone behind now.

Soon enough, you’re all on the other side, and then Peter and his entourage step through as well. Seconds later, the portal closes, leaving the lot of you with your choice. Now that the immediate rush is over, you and your friends start to look around you and gasp with shock at what you see.

It’s not just that Peter has taken you to a different place, he’s dropped you off in a world like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Towering trees stretch up to the sky, laden with leaves of a green so bright you can’t believe it. The crisp scent of fresh air weaves in between you, carried by a brisk breeze, and you swear you can even detect the salt of a sea.

By your side, Peter glances over at you, frowning. “Why are all of you so surprised? Did you really not believe me about the portal?”

You shake your head, still unable to tear your gaze away from the beauty surrounding you. “No, not that. It’s just– before this, we were stuck in this small area in the middle of a Maze, and before that, our memories were wiped. The rest of our world is nothing but desert. No one has ever seen a place like this before. I didn’t know it could even exist.”

Peter’s gaze softens. “Of course it exists,” he says quietly, “it’s Neverland. It will continue existing until no one is left to believe in it.”

There’s a wistfulness in his voice that tears your attention from the surrounding forests at last, but Peter is already moving through your group of friends to stand at the very front.

“This place is now your home,” he announces proudly, “stay where you like, do what you like. We’re all free here. No harm will come to you other than what you choose to indulge in.”

It’s an odd statement, and, coupled with the sudden spark of glee that enters Peter’s eyes, you get the feeling that Peter and his boys are far more dangerous than they’ve initially let on. Then again, you and your friends have just escaped a massive Maze populated with monsters. You are all far more dangerous than you seem as well.

Newt announces that the Gladers should concern themselves with the immediate needs, and soon enough you’re all foraging throughout the forest for a good place to sleep, supplies to build a shelter, all the things you would have built yourselves back in the Glade. Sleeping on a hammock isn’t such a far cry from life back then, but it feels different somehow, like this time, choosing to stay here makes it all that much better.

You can't help but be reminded of the Glade again and again as the night progresses. Peter insists on throwing a celebration for the newcomers, something that is uncannily similar to your favored Bonfire Nights, and the Lost Boys laugh and horse around just like your friends.

A contented feeling takes root in your chest, and you realize that this could be everything you’ve ever hoped for. There’s no way WICKED could possibly track you down, and you’re left with all the best parts of the Glade– your friends, your freedom, all of it. This is perfect. Only your lingering exhaustion from the run from WICKED allows you to fall asleep. Otherwise you’d probably stay up until dawn from the sheer thrill of it all.

Even so, you wake up early, quietly extricating yourself from your hammock to pad silently out of the Gladers’ camp. You’re not intermingled with the Lost Boys quite yet, due to the last vestiges of suspicion about people who are not your own, but you have no doubt that even that last bit of paranoia will drop off soon enough.

Already, you’re starting to memorize the twisting pathways through the forests of Neverland. Eventually, you clear the brush and find yourself on a rocky cliffside facing the water. The ocean stretches off as far as the eye can see, promising you safety until the end of time and perhaps even longer than that.

You carefully take a seat, hugging one leg to your chest and stretching out the other past the edge of the cliff. From there, you’re content to sit quietly and watch the sun rise, tinting the neverending waves a faint lavender, then rose pink, and a pirate’s gold and floral orange at last.

A sound of footsteps from behind you makes you startle, and when you turn around to see who’s found you, you discover not Minho or Newt or one of the other Gladers, but Peter Pan himself.

“Sorry to disturb you,” he says, but you wave a hand dismissively and offer for him to join you, which he accepts.

Peter sits next to you, eyes trained on the horizon. “You meant what you said earlier, didn’t you? About not expecting a world like this?”

You nod. “Ours has already been ruined, I doubt there are many places left like this across the entire planet. It’s like we started our story at the very end.”

“That’s the difference with Neverland,” Peter notes, “it doesn’t have to follow the story. It’s so far removed from everything else that it isn’t disturbed by the end of the world.”

You laugh. “That sounds nice. To be safe by yourself while everything else goes to hell.”

It’s a cynical take, sure, but you’ve learned it from the Maze. Nothing lasts forever, although it’s starting to seem like Neverland might break that rule for you.

Peter sighs. “You seem to be taking the change well, but others of your friends aren’t. A few in particular seem eager to leave already.”

You grimace. “You’re talking about Minho, right?”

You don’t need to see Peter’s nod to know that he’s talking about the Runner. You’ve noticed it, too– Minho paced uneasily at the edge of camp the entire previous night, not engaging in much conversation, not wanting to commit to anything that might force him to stay.

“Minho is used to trying to escape,” you acknowledge, “this place is no different. He doesn’t see the island, he sees the ocean cutting us off and nothing else. He can never be happy knowing that there might be something out there, something he didn’t find on his own.”

Peter inclines his head. “I’m going to give everyone a chance to leave in a few days. It’ll be your choice, obviously, but this island is for the lost, and if they’re not lost, why would I waste my time in trying to convince them otherwise?”

He shoots a look at you as he says this, but stands before you can confirm whether or not you think yourself truly lost. “Enjoy the sunrise,” he says simply, “it is your choice whether you wish to see more of them.”

With that, he’s gone, leaving you alone with the endless sea.

True to his word, Peter gathers the Gladers around noon to present them with the opportunity to leave. He claims that he could drop you off anywhere, still not within WICKED’s reach but full of plenty of other opportunities.

He gives you time to discuss the matter with your friends, and the clearing quickly erupts in a raucous choir of questions. What surprises you is how many of the other Gladers clearly seem delighted by the idea of leaving. Are you the only one who likes this place?

Minho seems to pick up on your hesitation soon enough, and he pulls you aside. “So,” he asks cautiously, “what are you thinking?”

You exhale slowly. “Honestly, I was kind of wanting to stay. Hear me out,” you say hurriedly, as you see Minho’s eyebrows raise in shock, “I know everyone else wants to go, but Neverland isn’t that bad, either. We’re safe here.”

“We’d be safe anywhere else,” Minho counters, “Pan promised us that. We could go anywhere we want, Y/N. Paradise itself. Beaches or more forests or places with actual houses that we wouldn’t have to build. Shuck, maybe we could all live in a palace. Wouldn’t that be nice?”

Despite his obvious enthusiasm for the idea, you still can’t convince yourself to get excited about leaving. “We have beaches here, and forests too. Plus, we have more people to befriend.”

“Please, Y/N,” Minho says beseechingly, “go with us. We can leave all of this magic klunk behind. You like this place because it reminds you of the best parts of the Glade, I get it. We can have it there too, a fresh start. It’ll be just us, right? Just us, as close as we were back then.”

You can feel yourself wavering on the edge of a very difficult choice. You want to believe in Minho more than anything, that everything will be better if you just go with him, but you can still hear Peter’s voice this morning, how it had felt to picture a life there with endless sunrises and the sort of freedom that comes with leaving everything else behind.

Across the clearing, you look up and catch Peter’s eye. He’s very deliberately giving everyone time to talk, but when he notices you staring, he mouths two words:

Your choice.

The pit in your stomach looms, but you think you’ve made a decision at last. Thomas calls for everyone to come over and make their choices, no judgment, and you listen as one Glader after another announces that they’ll be leaving the island. Minho says that he’ll be going, and then it’s your turn.

You hesitate again, and Newt frowns at you. “What’ll it be, Y/N?”

The Gladers have been your family for a very long time, quite literally as long as you remember. Still, Neverland feels like home more than any other place, even some paradise of your own design. You know that if you were to choose a world in which to spend the rest of your days, you’d pick something like this over and over again.

So, you square your shoulders, and make your choice. “I’m staying in Neverland.”

You’re greeted with shocked looks, but you don’t regret it. Instead, it feels more right than anything you’ve done before. Your friends express sorrow that you won’t be joining them, and you do sincerely wish that they would stay, but you know as well as they do that your paths were simply meant to go in different directions. You have loved the time you’ve had together, but it’s time now for your goodbyes, and they can fault you for that no more than you can fault them for not staying.

Minho says farewell the last of everyone. “You’re sure you want to do this?” He asks one last time. His voice, however, is soft, as if he can finally tell that your mind is made up.

You nod, and he pulls you close in a quick hug around the shoulders before rejoining the rest of the Gladers in the clearing. Peter pulls another magic bean from his belt and conjures up a portal to the world of their choice. From where you’re standing, you can’t fully see where it is that they’re going, but you think it’s somewhere beautiful, full of calling birds and sparkling shores.

You wish them the best, and watch them leave. Even after the last of them disappears through the glowing ring and the portal closes behind them, you still stand there, watching the last place you’d seen your friends.

Peter walks up, stopping by your side. “Well?” He asks in his best attempt at a casual tone, “Regretting your choice yet?”

You tilt your head up, and realize that you’re in the same place you were when you first came through the portal and ended up here. The sky is a perfect blue, visible in patches and fragments through that thick shock of leaves. You don’t know that you’ll ever fully get used to the sight of it, but you think you’d like to try your hand at it anyway.

“Not in the slightest,” you respond, and Peter smiles for real.

He extends a hand to you. “Let’s go home,” he says, and you follow him back to the Lost Boys’ camp. Now your welcome to Neverland begins in earnest, now it is well and truly your home. You couldn’t be happier to see it.

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Learn to know your mutuals and followers! 💖

I can see why I got this sent from both of you @teenwerewoofs & @meggie-stardust 😂😂 Thanks ❤❤❤

Stories I just love stories of every kind! May it be in words (books, fics, rpgs), pictures (comics/manga, movies, series), sound (telling stories over the fire, music in general, musicals, a music album that's got a whole story, audiobooks) or anything else ((video) games, escape rooms, stories weaved into quilts, anything really). Of course not all stories are to my liking (don't like don't read etc.) but if you see me without a story of any kind and I'm not writing myself or with people or at work I might already be dead 😂

Writing Didn't see that coming, huh? ;D Of course writing needs to be on this list! If I'm not reading or otherwise engrossed in someone else's story I'm definitely dabbling in my own. Be it in my head when I can't write or writing fics, my own stuff, rpgs, bullet point lists of ideas, ramblings in my BuJo and the like. Just as with reading, if you don't see me write and I'm not reading or with people or at work, check my pulse 😂

My people! This includes, of course, my found siblings, but also those people that leave an impression on me. And a lot of the time that's people writing stuff. We might not know each other very well, but if I've interacted with you in some kind of way, especially more often than once, I mean you with this! As you could see, stories are a huge part of my life in any shape or form. So is knowledge and curiosity. If I follow you here on tumblr and interact with your stuff, you are my people! And I love you very much for giving me your thoughts and knowledge, your passions, your stories, your empathy towards me and others. Thank you ❤❤❤

Knowledge I suppose this was obvious, after what I just wrote xD I'm a very curious person and one that can fall easily into the next rabbithole at a blink 😂 I'm not the only 'wtf why do you know that?' person in my friend group since all of us have a certain tendency to curiosity and falling into stuff head first (like finds like and all that) so it's always funny to find out new stuff and share it with the group :D (or scurry away with a rather large bit of new information and nibble at it until satisfied or bored 😂 (yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm somewhere on the autism and adhd-spectrum, why do you ask? öÖ)

Kindness This might be a weird one for some, but it's a very important one for me. The world is cruel these days. And children often like to be, so I'm not a stranger to the cruelty and unkindness of the world thanks to things like mobbing etc. I can also be a pretty naive person since I'm bad at understanding people, especially strangers I don't know. So I have to actually be careful about people being nice to me, because I'm bad at discerning if they are nice because they want to be or because they want to sell me something <.< So, people just being kind, and me being kind to people, is something I treasure very much. Sometimes a nice smile or a nice word is enough. Sometimes even the absence of cruel words has to do. On my old way to work lives an older woman who always looked out of the window when I walked along that certain street. She looked grumpy, so I wished her a good morning and smiled at her. She smiled back. Since then I greeted her every morning, because no matter how grumpy she looked, she greeted and smiled back and lit up with that smile. I'm still sad that I don't see her anymore, but I walk a very different path to work by now and earlier at that, too, so she wouldn't even be there If I would take the old path. I can't be kind like that to everyone. I'd love to help every homeless person I see, but since I live in a big city there are very many of them and very little of me. I can't help everyone, since I'm only one person. But I try. With a smile, with something to eat, with a nice word. (Because I'm still just as surprised if someone outside of my friend group has a smile or a nice word for me)

#seikaze #sei's brain bubbles #teenwerewoofs #meggie-stardust

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Rewatching A Wanted (In)human

Poor Lincoln. He was doing alright, working his chosen profession and leaving the Afterlife disappointments behind...then the Judge Dredd of Inhumans shows up and all his carefully constructed normality is shattered and he becomes a wanted fugitive overnight, hunted through the woods like a rabid animal.

It’s not all on Lash. The ATCU is very quickly gaining ground on Real S.H.I.E.L.D. in the “who can bungle it worse” competition, but they have an unfair advantage: Malick is pulling their strings so there’s a malevolent agenda underneath it all, combining with the political pressure and the inexperience.

Calling in regular law enforcement to join the hunt for Lincoln is bad enough already - they’re endangering an innocent guy and if he really was the dangerous alien threat they insist he is, they would be endangering the regular cops instead - but involving the general public is courting disaster.

And at the end of the day they have nothing to show for it because they can’t exactly tout like a success their association with a discredited organization that isn’t supposed to exist anymore. Good on Rosalind for seeing what’s actually useful - S.H.I.E.L.D.’s expertise on their side - rather than insisting on something she could sell as a win.

Take Your Daughter to Work Day:

Coulson trades S.H.I.E.L.D.’s expertise for Daisy’s freedom and it’s a pretty good deal, considering it also gives them a better opportunity to keep an eye on the ATCU and avoid yet another interagency conflict. Before that, however, he trades Lincoln’s freedom for Daisy’s and that is less awesome.

Would he have done it for any other agent (with their names in the opening credits)? Probably.

But he’s spent most of S2 being told how not objective he is when Daisy’s involved and openly aknowledging that “she’s as close to family as [he’s] got” (2x22). And here he goes into “I will crush you” mode the second she is threatened. When he chides her for being too close to the Inhuman/Lincoln situation, he might as well speak of himself.

Stuff that crossed my mind:

Another Inhuman hunted through the woods by a pack of heavily armed men...I have to say, a wall of sparks is a much prettier solution to the problem than exploding trees.

Labs indicate oxidative stress, vitamin D deficiency, upper-respiratory irritation. Sounds to me like Jemma could use a long vacation somewhere sunny and well ventilated. So of course she’ll be staying underground with artificial lights and air conditioning 24/7. 🤣

She said she was being hunted [...] -- What does that mean? It means very bad things will happen. Very, very bad.

He’s already scared, paranoid. Ambushing him out of nowhere would have made things way worse. Speaking from experience. And Agent Asshole’s likely still recovering from it. 😈

Hunter is undercover as a chav. 😁

First we drink, then we talk business. [...] Right, ‘cause you guys aren’t hard enough to understand as it is. As someone who’s somewhat familiar with the drunken Brit vernacular, I have honestly heard worse. 😂

Yes, very good. Kill the lights, stand up quickly and head for the exit with your hood up. That won’t look suspicious at all.

Permission to speak freely. -- Do I have a choice? Nope. You’re gonna get an earful, Phil, whether you like it or not. 🤣

Why wasn’t I told [about Lincoln’s tracker]? -- We thought you were a little close to the situation. Not as close as she’d like🤭

Look at all the neatly catalogued Monolith debris. I wonder where they ended up at, especially now that there’s a Flint running around - well, flying from South America with a broken leg - in the present... 🤔

My curiosity faded once fear set in. Ow. 😥 And if anyone can understand how much fear would be needed to kill her curiosity, that’d be Fitz.

So, you’re not doing anything stupid? -- Not yet. True, but give him a minute. He’s about to try to make May open up on her personal life.

You lied to [Bobbi] -- Barely. Besides she knows I’m lying, so it’s not even a lie, really. Works for us now. You know how complicated these things can be. Affairs of the heart. Especially in our line of work. Me and Bob. You and Andrew. If this is Hunter’s idea of subtly fishing for information on the status of Meldrew, maybe he should rethink this undercover business after all... 😁

So how much do you have riding on this bet that I left Andrew? -- A significant sum. -- Well. You lost it. I’m pretty sure I hurled several less than complimentary words at the screen in Andrew’s direction back in the day.

[Lincoln]’ll show. That’s why we alerted the public. He’s got nowhere to hide. You guys must know he’s not really the kind of dangerous that warrants all this fuss you’re making, which means you are ruthless and not stupid... unless you really think he warrants it, which would still make you ruthless but also dumb.

Coulson -- Call me Phil. -- What I can’t call you is POTUS. President Philip J. Coulson...I like it.

Skye. Daisy. Sorry. -- It’s a multipurpose gift. It’s pretty and a reminder. You can call me whatever you want. I hope you know how special you are, Jemma. Last ep she had just fainted and still made it a point to correct Coulson but here you get flowers and can call her whatever you want. The perks of being presumed dead for six months... 😁

John went from stanning Lincoln to full blown panic rather quickly.

I’m...well, it’s just that there’s some of it that’s hard to talk about and...[phone rings]. Dammit, Lincoln, your timing sucks. Jemma was just starting opening up!

It'd be safer if Mack handled the extraction. -- I know, but then he won't come. It's got to be me. -- Your call. -- And where are you going? -- To the beach. What’s with the faces? The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t do strolls?

Apparently during his six months of Desperately Seeking Jemma, Fitz also helped Bobbi with her rehab, in addition to designing the Zephyr One and possibly supervising at least part of its construction. And let’s not forget Daisy’s guantlets - someone must have designed them extrapolating from Jemma’s work on the prototype inhibitors - and Coulson’s prosthetics that, while no match for his future smart hand, don’t exactly look off the shelf. Either the Science Department stepped up in a big way or Fitz literally never slept.

You know, last time we met, you disarmed me with your evasive tactics. [...] No, I got to hand it to you. Makes me wonder what else you got up your sleeve. So. Head of a shady government agency, car enthusiast, and a penchant for punny zingers...Coulson, I think you’ve met your match.

How about I do you a favor and not tell anyone that a tiny, little Asian woman kicked your ass? As long as you keep doing us the favor of kicking wannabe rapists and assorted bad guys’ asses in style! 😎

We're not gonna harvest him for parts, if that's what you're worried about. We're not Hydra. -- You say that now. What do you know. He called it. Then again, when is it not Hydra, one way or another?

A pretty face...with no name, no birth record, no social attached to it. She's one of them. And she works for you, right? Yes. And she can forge all of those documents by herself if needed. So what’s the problem? 😄

You gave me hope, a place in the world. -- Look what happened to it. You know better than anyone, if everything around you crumbles, then you're the cause. Excellent. Let’s waste precious minutes feeling sorry for ourselves while the Gestapo Jr. is closing in.

No, you are not cursed. You are not some horrible thing. I know...because you taught me that I wasn't. You convinced me that I had a purpose, that maybe my life wasn't over, but just getting somewhere. Please let me do the same for you. -- You're wasting your time caring about me. -- I can’t help it. [they kiss] Top notch recruitment drive, Agent Johnson. Perhaps a bit unconventional but I won’t argue with results. 😁 However, I do recall Jiaying helping you do all of that, too. Though I suppose you’d rather not remember that. 😥

Change of plans. Coulson's orders. We're turning him over to the ATCU. And he expected Daisy to go along with it? Did they switch him with an evil clone three seasons earlier?

I assure you that if you insist on taking my agent in, you will start a war. I will devote all the resources and manpower of S.H.I.E.L.D. to crushing your agency. -- It's not personal. I cannot even begin to stress how very personal this is. But you’re new. You’ll learn.

[Leaving] I guess it’s your lucky day. Banks, please.🙄 It’s your lucky day.

You kept the reservation. -- Don’t make a fuss. It’s not a big deal. The deafening sound of a good chunk of the audience swooning says otherwise. 😁

It’s hard to trust them when they are hunting people like me. -- I never said I trust them. -- Good. Don’t. Because we have no idea what they’re really after. No, but I bet you have theories....

Look, I understand this is a personal matter for you. -- So Mack told you what he heard me say? Right, because Coulson needs Mack telling on you to figure you out now. 🙄

It’s Rosalind. -- First name basis, huh? If it’s any consolation, she’s started it.

Mack unwinds shooting pixel aliens (he’s playing some version or other of Halo, just like in S2).

You’re safe. That portal won’t open again. -- But it has to. I have to go back. Indeed. You have to freak out all the shippers. 😉

#agents of s.h.i.e.l.d.#aosrewatch #aosrewatchs3 #aos 3x03 #phil coulson #melinda may #daisy johnson #lincoln campbell #rosalind price #alphonso mackenzie #jemma simmons #leopold fitz #text post #rewatchingaos #rewatchingaos3

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