#otp: there was no choice

[ineffablyruined]

DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT SMILE?!!?

Gif by @stars-bean

It's at the very end. And it's just a split second. A hint.

But I swear it's there.

You all see it, too, right?

His eyes get a little twinkle, the corners of his mouth twitch up. He wants to spend the night before he realizes he shouldn't.

HE WANTS TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

(Someone help me, I'm unwell)

#i feel like i should be a microexpressions reader at this point #but only Michael's expressions #can i get paid to just notice things about his face? #please? #michael “acting choices” sheen #aziraphale #good omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #ineffable spouses #otp: ineffable #crowley #aziracrow #crowley x aziraphale #aziraphale x crowley #azicrow #good omens gifs #michael sheen expressions #ineffablyruined

[ineffably-human]

The day Guillermo slaughtered a theatre of vampires, Nandor looked up and actually saw him. 'My name is Guillermo de la Cruz' burned like a silver knife in his brain. And that's the day Nandor started rooting for him.

Making him a bodyguard, insistent that's what he was. Watching him so carefully. 'Push back. Break the rules. Talk about yourself. I can't do it for you. If I do it for you then you've already lost.' Guillermo slapped him and his eyes lit up. Guillermo fought him, and he only wanted more. Guillermo said 'I can kill you whenever I want, I choose not to,' and it's what he was waiting for.

Nandor stands at the train station, feeling awake for the first time in months as he considers all the variables. The normal bite won't be enough, not for a Van Helsing. He'll have to drink someone right away, just to be sure. Will it feel the same for him, to hunt a human the way Nandor's watched him hunt a vampire? Maybe if they do it together. Maybe there's a lot that Guillermo can do very easily, if they do it together. Maybe there's a lot Nandor can do, very easily, if-

(...he's not coming. Well, familiars have balked at less.)

--

It's such a genuine surprise when he reappears. Why everything happened doesn't matter, exactly; Guillermo doesn't fight to get any of it back. He's so angry, so ready to leave, and by all rights Nandor should let him. But all he can feel is the instinct to stop him. Perhaps if he has actual love in this house, something to fill the void... Maybe there's one more thing Guillermo can do for him before his exit.

It's a strange year. Guillermo is not in his service, so much as he's a friend charged with service. His mind is so pulled in different directions - raising the Colin-creature, helping at the club, buying his gaudy new clothes that aren't vampire-like at all. Talking on the phone, sometimes in the other language he speaks, sometimes in secret whispers Nandor doesn't try to figure out.

If Guillermo doesn't want him to know, then he doesn't. He can't begrudge him a life outside this house anymore. It's like Guillermo has remembered how to be human.

Maybe he has. Nandor takes him to fight, wants to see that fire in his eyes again, but Guillermo only wants peace. They never talk about him becoming a vampire. Guillermo doesn't ask once. At the wedding, Guillermo promises to always be there when Nandor is afraid. Nandor wonders what 'always' means to him.

When he meets Freddie, things click into place a bit. Nandor is happy for him, truly. Suspicious, of course - this is a stranger in their home, one who clearly doesn't know their secrets. But such a kind and engaging stranger. And intriguing, like a little secret corner of Guillermo Nandor has never been able to reach. Nandor has been so lonely lately, he keeps getting everything he wants and yet he's lonelier than ever -

Nandor fucks up. Nandor fixes. Or does his best, anyway.

Guillermo goes to London one day, comes home with a look in his eyes like something broken. They don't talk about it.

Guillermo is back to dusting. He sits beside Nandor and smiles, placid and friendly. 'So, what's next?' But he doesn't ask. And Nandor can't ask it for him. That's not how this works.

--

And suddenly, Guillermo is a million miles away. Suddenly, Guillermo would rather be anywhere than with Nandor.

He talks about being a vampire for the first time in a year, but there's a strangeness to it. A wariness. When they laugh at the idea, he doesn't push back. There's no fire.

Something is wrong, honestly wrong, but Nandor can't bring himself to think about it seriously. Guillermo still runs from even the thought of their orgies. (So it can't be what he's thinking of, can it?) Their first big crisis as a household in a while, their bodyguard is nowhere to be found. (Is he a bodyguard anymore? A familiar? A lot more like Laszlo's familiar, these days...)

'I'm not going to be around forever.' Well, fine. He can survive that. He's survived far worse, and so has Guillermo.

And Guillermo is not just here right now, but is alive right now - wonderfully, blessedly alive - and Nandor won't be forced to think about his death for a while yet.

The one thing he knows for sure is that Guillermo would never do anything to hurt him, to hurt any of them. And maybe that's why it never worked out. You have to do so much more than survive, to be a vampire.

-- When everything that happened becomes clear, when his rage fades to anger fades to acceptance, there's still responsibility. Responsibility to his familiar, responsibility to his friend.

And when Guillermo's heart is too full, and spills over whatever bloodlust he had, Nandor wishes he were surprised. Guillermo has iron in him but it's been forged into a shield, after all this time. There are no little leftover bits Nandor might have helped him shape into a pair of fangs.

Guillermo can feed a family, or defend one, or defend himself. But he won't kill unless he has to, and his own survival - or his own happiness - is not a 'has to'. Fine. Guillermo has fought for him. Nandor can fight, too.

His own anger still needs a more constructive place to go. So he looks at Guillermo's wretched sire - who never even wanted to be a vampire, and then made a vampire so thoughtlessly. Who hasn't come to see Guillermo, who couldn't figure out how to help him, who doesn't even know that he's in pain.

Nandor drives a stake into the heart of a vampire. And it feels good.

Maybe now, he can also be angry at himself a little less.

#i can't believe nandor's choices about guillermo were deliberate while *also* never intending to help him or give him what he wanted #but i love the idea of nandor actually seeing guillermo all this time #never *completely* and not always in the way guillermo needed #but still always watching him out of responsibility out of love #fandom: wwdits #otp: nandermo #what we do in the shadows #wwdits #nandermo #i am a meta gremlin

[overlycaffeinatedgalaxy]

I’m sorry but the way they made it canon that Derek Hale loved Stiles Stilinski after one of them ghosted the show and the other is killed off in the most heinous way possible is such 2013 Sterek fandom treatment like…

It is truly as though Jeff Davis sat down and told himself, “I’m going to fuck these insolent little shits as hard as possible a decade after my own relevancy and I’m going to pretend like it’s a beautiful metaphor.”

Like my dude, we get it, you have never had an original thought and spite fuels you, but this is just a level of clownery heretofore unseen even for Teen Wolf, and that’s fucking saying something.

#sterek #teen wolf #otp #derek hale #stiles stilinski #canon #you’re kidding me with this writing #who approved this #no like seriously paramount you need to look at your life and your choices #shout out to y’all for watching this shit so I didn’t have to

[owlyflufff]

“I can’t help falling in love with you”

a soft and sweet bokuaka commission made by the lovely kejiyaa21 

#bokuaka #bokuaka fluff #bokuaka fanart #bokuto #akaashi #bokuto koutarou #akaashi keiji #haikyuu!! #haikyuu #haikyu #haikyu!! #hq #thank you so much kejiyaa for bringing this wholesome piece to life TAT #it means so much to me to see bokuaka in such a soft light + the color choice is so pretty! #matches my whole blog vibe even xD! #will always cherish this commission and ofc my silly soft otp #feel free to check them out on both twitter and instagram!

[andsjuliet]

nancy drew parallels

the trial of the missing witness (2x12) ⇾ the ransom of the forsaken soul (3x13) ⇾ the heartbreak of the truth (4x12)

#nancy drew #nancy drew spoilers #nancy drew cw #nace #naceedit #ace x nancy #nancydrewedit #cwedit #teendramaedit #teendramasource #tvedit #nancydrewcw #y'all knew it was coming #because i literally said so last night on twitter kdbadlhsgbdkshlgbkasd #anyway these are all scenes that are a bitch to color so it's black and white #but also the black and white works to represent nancy's choices #no i will not be elaborating on that bc i am tired #creations: gifs #tv: nancy drew #otp: i couldn't lose you #spoilers: nancy drew season 4

[buckybarnesss]

Sterek really is the lasagna of queerbait. It's essential to the shows narrative. It is never jossed, they just add more and more layers as to WHY Derek and Stiles should fuck nasty. At every opportunity, Jeff adds more and more.

Why make Derek a goddamn widower, endlessly toiling on Stiles' most prized possessen?? It's insane. At every turn, more and more sterek piles up!!

sterek is so complicated because it's used as queerbait but it's also in the narrative.

derek and stiles's arc are intertwined.

derek doesn't achieve growth without stiles nor he does he learn to trust others or himself again. derek's role in stiles's arc becomes the most prominent when derek is absent. it's no coincidence derek return to the narrative is with stiles and it bookends how it began. full circle.

than there's the stupid goddamn movie.

there was no reason for the jeep metaphor. none. jeff chose that. he chose to break lydia and stiles up unceremoniously too. it's not like just because stiles wasn't there meant they had to break up. he also chose to put the jeep with derek.

there wasn't any real reason for it. last we knew stiles had given it to scott.

which.....knowing derek was meant to be in radio silence gives me some added perspective because the jeep was stiles's relic. like we know the jeep was so associated with stiles it was in the opening credits with him for two seasons. the jeep is a connection stiles had to his mother and it represented his emotional state in season 5. he literally declared in s4 (while searching for derek) he wouldn't ever leave it behind.

but he gave it to scott and yet somehow it ended up derek's hands and derek kept it, worked on it and fixed it.

we've discussed the significance of that already. the sheer unhinged maddness of derek doing this.

the physical manifestation the show used to represent stiles's soul, his connection to reality and to his life is in the care of derek hale and derek refused to give up on it even if he has a complicated relationship with it.

which just goes back to stiles being essential to derek's emotional growth and healing throughout the show.

giving up on stiles would be derek giving up on himself.

because they're each other's anchors and they're in love goddamn it.

#my blog #thoughts on teen wolf #teen wolf #sterek #the sterek agenda #the sterek lasagna metaphor #otp: you need me to survive #which came first the ship or the queerbait #can one exist without the other? #not for teen wolf #jeff davis and his writing choices #my dude what

[khaoray]

an endless list of my otps ≡ win & team

I love you. Did you hear me? I said I love you, you idiot. I love you so damn much. You're not just someone special, I love you. Am I telling you too late? No. I love you, too, Hia. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN & BETWEEN US, thailand (2019 - 2020 & 2022 - 2023)

#until we meet again #between us #thdrama #winteam #asiandramasource #dailyasiandramas #bldramaedit #tvedit #cinematv #tvfilmsource #romancegifs #romanceedit #otpsource #*gifs #*otps #tuserkinga #tuseralexa #yes the parallel quote choice was intentional :))))

[ylordfran]

"ah yes... Me and my moronic boyfriend who just discovered he has mystic simian power.."

#redson really should rethink their life choices #redson #otp #lego monkie kid #lmk #journey to the west #redson x mk #spicynoodles #hong hai'er #my art #qi xiaotian #monkie kid mk

[buffysummers]

Arrow | 2.08 - "The Scientist"

#arrowedit #olicityedit #chewieblog #dailyflicks #userstream #arrowverse #arrowdailyblog #dailydcheroes #filmtv #olicity #felicity smoak #oliver queen #felicitysmoakedit #arrow #barry allen #oliverqueenedit #dcedit #*gif #otp: there was no choice to make #pls oliver's face!!!

[lover-of-mine]

Fought 'til you tethered me, swept under surfaces, never enough of it...

#911 #buddie #911edit #buddieedit #911 on fox #911 fox #911 abc #evan buckley #eddie diaz #my edit #otp: you don't need to pretend with me #usercam #at this point i should have a cemetery tag lol #flashing tw #evanbuckleyedit #so really long tags incoming probably #so i was thinking earlier and if youve been around here any length of time you know i think about that cemetery scene a lot #because narratively its very interesting scene because i changes the tone of their relationship in comparison to the rest of the show reall #and its a fascinating choice. even the whole point that of the conversation happening at a cemetery where theyre visiting someone who didn' #die on their watch. #but i have a tendency to look at that scene from eddies eyes #because when you look at it along with all of eddies reactions surrounding bucks death and the reactions eddie was having to bucks words #that feels like a breakup. if feels like were watching eddies heart break in real time yk? #BUT buck is very purposeful in this scene too. he's basically daring eddie to say something but eddie just thinks that he needs to agree #and if you look at it that way and think about it as buck asking for a reaction you can argue buck feels rejected here too #even tho eddie thinks hes being supportive #they are saying things and they are being misinterpreted. both of them leave that talk with different views of what happened #and thats VERY interesting with how strongly the show pushed buck eddie and chris as a family unity in the episodes before #and well i dont really know how the show plans to recover from that. if they plan on doing it at all. but like #that was a breakup. but if its a breakup where both of them think they got broken up with. how do you come back?

[hungryblackbird]

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the endless skies, my love To the dark and the endless skies xx

#i'm being self indulgent :-) #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #oc: séadhna andrus #otp: divine calculus #bg3edit #bg3 oc #bg3 tav #bg3 spoilers #gale x tav #gamingedit #videogameedit #dailygaming #my gifs #my edit #EDITING MY TAGS TO ADD: #the fireflies at the bottom were a very intentional choice and are supposed to represent them choosing him rather than his magic :-)

[ineffablyruined]

Has anybody mentioned how offended Aziraphale gets when Crowley says Gabriel probably visits his statue to "marvel at his own beauty"?

That face!!

Look at it a bit closer:

This is definitely an "Excuse me? Did you just call him pretty?" look.

How quickly would he have pulled Crowley away from that statue if Elspeth hadn't distracted them instead?

#you never tell me I'm pretty #michael “acting choices” sheen #strikes again #good omens #gomens #good omens observations #ineffable idiots #aziracrow #ineffable partners #ineffable spouses #ineffable husbands #otp: ineffable #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale #az fell #anthony j crowley #aj crowley #gos2spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #ineffablyruined

[waywardted]

I love meeting people's moms. It's like reading an instruction manual as to why they're nuts.

#OKAY one more time #if you see this don't mind me i'm trying to construct a gifset one piece at a time to see if it will appear on the dashboard #🤪 #this is an absurd activity #okay i still don't see it but maybe it's there???? anyway i'm done now #the exercise of posting has taken longer than the exercise of making maybe i should take a look at my life and my choices 😂 #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso #ted x rebecca #rebecca welton #teddy boy #otp: you liven up the place #m*ne #mine: lasso

[guinevereslancelot]

babe would you still love me if we were superheroes and you were in danger and i went absolutely bonkers and crossed every moral boundary imaginable to protect you at literally any cost?

#would you still love me if i was covered in blood for you? #anywayyyy more superheros going of the fucking deep end for love thanks <3333 #this isn't based in anything in particular unfortunately i would simply like to see it #anyway.....people compromising their morals for love!!! doing the wrong thing for selfish reasons!!! #too many people commenting on my betrayal post think its about ur lover changing your mind/making you realize u were wrong #no!!! its about choosing the wrong side in purpose!!! going against ur beliefs bc u love someone more than ur conscience #KNOWING its wrong but doing it anyway in absolute AGONY because what other choicebdo you have!!! #anyway <3 #sacrifice ur soul for ur lover or don't waste their time #this has been a shitpost #please tag your blorbos <3 #ig this is lowkey and anidala post but i want the superhero version please and also without the totally implosion of the ship and hero #i want the good guy lover to live with the weight of his sins knowing he can never atone but he would make all the same choices again 🤌 #devotion to your lover above everything!! past the point of redemption or the ability to forgive yourself!!! #(this is good when the lover is horrified but better when they forgive their lover for the atrocities committed for their own sake) #otp dynamic fr #worm discourse

[esmes]

if you only knew

#sweeney todd revival #sweeneytoddedit #sweenett #annaleigh ashford #josh groban #** #they're so beautiful it's disgusting #lovett's little recoil of disbelief that it's really him in the second gif #her little smile before steadying herself and leaning into 'you've come home' #her BIG SAD BROWN EYES FULL OF HOPE ugh i love her so bad ur honor #choices!!!! choices i love #tbt to the girl i stage doored with being like “...you're kinda here for annaleigh aren't you?” like YES. yes i am. #josh's expressions here are also tops tho #2023 revival #otp: if you only knew

[wistfulwatcher]

Canon Divergent AU: Nat and Misty have been teetering between friends and something more ever since their road trip to Eden Falls to find Travis (alive, but very unhappy to see Natalie). They'd come back to Wiskayok and, rudderless, Nat began to work on the mystery of the postcards with Misty, bonding with her, to Nat's dismay. When Misty meets and "connects" with one of her Citizen Detective peers, Walter, Natalie keeps any foolish notions of more to herself. But as Misty grows closer to Walter, Nat finds her resolve weakening, and her jealousy growing. After a chance encounter with Travis at a Wiskayok bar during a brief visit home, Nat falls back into a relationship with him (though it seems to hold little of the appeal that it had before). But when Misty catches wind of the relationship, she has no interest in letting her jealousy fester like Nat, and pushes it all to a head.

For MistyNat Week day six: jealousy. (instagram posts below the cut for easier readability)

#yellowjackets #yellowjacketsedit #tusermiles #96yellowjackets #usersnat #userbadger #mistynat #mistynatedit #misty x nat #nat x misty #mistyquigleyedit #natscatorccioedit #mistynatweek #otp: you should be thanking me #mine #edit #* #otp #i was gonna skip this one but then i sure made A Choice to do a scrolling gif when i should have gone to bed instead lol