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invisibleraven · 1 year

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It's not what you lost, it's what you gained

Written for the Year of the OTP challenge prompt: No, I'm not dating your brother

Pairing: Julie/Luke/Reggie

On AO3!

Man, took long enough for me to get to my OT3 with this series huh?

Reggie has a brother when it's plot convenient, so I'm using my OC Alfie because no parents who name their first child Reginald are going with the name Steve for their second.

Hand waving any medical inaccuracies, and please enjoy!

Alfie is on his way to class when his phone rings and he almost ignores it. This final review is paramount to him passing this Chemistry class, and he’s running late as it is. But it’s an LA area code, so he reluctantly swipes to answer it.

“Mr. Peters? This LA County General. We have your brother Reginald here as a patient…”

The rest of the words are eaten up by the rush in Alfie’s ears as the fear rushes through him. The thought of Reggie, lying alone and broken in some hospital bed, he can’t even think about it. He thanks the nice nurse and books the first flight he can back home, rapidly throwing things in a duffel bag. Screw classes, screw his finals, his brother is more important than anything.

He’s sure Reggie would disagree, having slaved away at a million dead end jobs to afford Alfie’s tuition, but the man had practically raised him when their parents failed to be present, and then fought to be his legal guardian the second he turned eighteen. Alfie owed him the world. So it was off to LA, hoping and praying that he wasn’t going to be too late.

He doesn’t remember much of the flight or the cab ride from the airport, only that it seems to take forever. He hasn’t missed California traffic, nor the intense heat, part of him longing for his cool Portland spring, but at least he had the sense to pack a few lighter shirts in his bag, pulling one on as the taxi rounds the bend to the hospital. He’s sure he overtips as he all but shoves bills at the cabbie, but he doesn’t care, he barely remembers to take his bag as he rushes to the front desk.

“Hi, I got a call about my brother? Reggie Peters? Can you tell me where he is?” he asks at the front desk. The woman purses her lips but nods, typing into her computer, and with each clack of the keys he prays she isn’t about to tell him he’s too late or that he can’t see Reggie after all this.

“Fourth floor, room 450. Follow the yellow line to the elevators, then the blue line once you’re up there. Visiting hours are over at 9.”

Alfie nods in thanks and quickly locates where he’supposed to go, heart pounding as he finds the elevator, jamming repeatedly on the button, as if that had ever made them go faster. He’s tapping his feet and is just about to give up and find a stairwell when the doors open and he enters, pressing the 4 harshly in hopes it will hurry things along. The mindless music is grating, but Alfie’s brain is too full of thoughts to even register it.

He knows Reggie was in a car accident, had multiple fractures and a concussion. There had been some worry about a bruise to his kidney, and they had already done a surgery to clean up some internal bleeding. The prognosis was good, but Reggie had yet to wake up.

That’s what worried Alfie the most.

What if he didn’t wake up? What if he woke up and didn’t remember anything? Remember Alfie? What if he woke up and he was all alone and scared?

His thought spiral was interrupted by the doors opening, and Alfie frantically looked around for the blue line, finally locating it and counting off the numbers of the rooms as he went. 415, 423, 437… 450!

The door was partially open, and Alfie peered in, not wanting to interrupt if a doctor was seeing Reggie. But no, instead he saw people on either side of Reggie, a Latina woman with dark curly hair who is clutching his left hand, and a guy with shaggy chestnut hair on his right, hand on Reggie’s shoulder since that arm is in a sling.

Alfie has no clue who either of them are.

Look, between his classes and Reggie’s jobs, they haven’t had a chance to catch up lately okay? But still, these people seem to be very concerned for his brother, and neither of them are in scrubs, so that rules out medical professionals. “Hello?” he calls out and they both look up at him with wide, red rimmed eyes.

“Oh, you must be Alfie,” the woman says. “You look just like your pictures.”

“I am,” he says. “Who are you?”

“I’m Julie, this is Luke. Reggie is our best friend.”

“Jules-” Luke starts, but she waves him off. Alfie can question all that later, and how close the two of them could possibly be to Reggie when he can’t recall either of their names being mentioned. But they were here, and maybe they had answers that the doctors wouldn’t give.

“How is he-really?” Alfie asks as he looks over Reggie. Aside from the arm in the sling, he can see his left leg in a cast, bruises littering his exposed skin, a collar around his neck and a plethora of machines whirring and beeping away.

“He’s tough,” Luke says, “But he got pretty beat up. The other driver was drunk, plowed through a red light, he’s equally messed up, but his family is covering Reggie’s care, since he was at fault.”

“Well that’s a relief,” Alfie said as he took Julie’s spot, grasping Reggie’s hand tight. “I’m here bro, I’m here.”

Reggie’s pulse is there below his fingers, and Alfie finally felt the tension flood from his body. Yes, Reggie is bruised and broken, and there is a hard road ahead of him in terms of rehabilitation, but he’s still there. Alfie just needs him to wake up now, smile that crooked grin of his and lambast him for taking time off from school when he’s perfectly fine.

He looks up, seeing Luke and Julie still there, Julie standing beside Luke’s chair, pushing Reggie’s hair from his face.

“Thank you both for being here for him,” Alfie says quietly. “I would hate to think he was here alone.”

“Of course,” Luke replies. “He’d do it for either of us.”

“It was the least we could do for him,” Julie finishes, sending Reggie a fond look. A look that Alfie had only seen in movies, in fairy tales really. It’s the look of someone who genuinely loves the person they’re looking at, in the deepest way you could love someone. He hadn’t had much experience with it in his own life, but he still knows it when he sees it.

“Are you dating my brother?” Alfie asks. Julie and Luke exchange a worried look, and Alfie doesn’t know what to make of that. “It’s just… he never talks about himself. He tells me this and that, but he’s never mentioned either of you, and if it’s new that’s fine, but I need to know.”

“No, I’m not dating your brother,” Julie finally answers. “We… we both wanted to. Took forever to convince him we loved him like that.”

Alfie got that. After their parents it had taken years and lots of therapy for him to believe that he could be lovable to anyone, so it stands to reason that Reggie would also have a harder time believing anyone could want him. Or that romantic love could be anything but toxic. So no wonder he had a harder time convincing himself that two people could want him like that.

Luke reaches up and squeezes Julie’s hand on his shoulder. “But we finally did. He was driving to our first date when he got in the accident.”

“It’s not your fault,” Alfie says, as if that will assuage the guilt they’re surely feeling. “He might have been out getting groceries or going to work, the fault is with the guy who decided to get behind the wheel drunk.”

“I just wish it had never happened,” Julie says with a sniffle.

Luke gathers her into his arms at that, soothing her. “Sssh, it’s okay boss. We’ll be here for him the whole time right? Take him to every appointment, help him with whatever he needs help with. He’ll be sick of us by the end of it right?”

“Right,” Julie says wetly, giving Luke a weak smile.

“You two don’t have to do that,” Alfie says.

“Of course we do,” Luke says. “We love Reggie. He’s our whole world. And he’d kill us for letting you take more time off of school just to take care of him.”

“He’s so proud of you,” Julie adds. “Always going on about his genius baby brother and how he’s going to change the world.”

Alfie looks down at Reggie’s sleeping face. “He really talks about me?”

“All the time,” Luke promises. “I think he was waiting until after our date to tell you about us though.”

“Don’t hold it against him for keeping it secret, not everyone understands polyamory,” Julie says.

“I could never-Reggie is the greatest guy there is,” Alfie says, wiping away a tear. “I don’t care who he loves, or how many people. His heart is big enough to hold the whole world, I’m just happy he found people who realize it.”

Julie and Luke smile at him, and then they all look at Reggie, willing him to wake up. But he stays stationary, the machines still beeping and whirring around them. They sit there, getting to know one another as time goes on. A nurse reminds them about the end of visiting hours, but none of them move.

None of them want Reggie to be alone.

Finally it ticks over to 9, and another nurse gives them a stern glare, the three of them exiting the room, each promising to be back the next day. Alfie looks away as Luke and Julie press kisses to Reggie’s face. Then they invite him to stay at their place, or a ride to Reggie’s, if he wants. He decides to stay at his brother’s, and is shocked by the tiny studio apartment. There’s a cherry red bass in the corner, plants on every surface, and a dog dish in the corner. “Dolly is with my dad until Reggie can come home,” Julie says.

Alfie can see the walls covered in photos; shots of Reggie and the pit bull mix he’d adopted after finding her hurt on the beach during a lifeguarding gig, pictures of him playing his bass alongside Luke and a blonde guy playing drums while Julie is singing behind a piano.

“We’re in a band together,” Luke explains. “Julie and the Phantoms.”

“Tell your friends,” Julie says, though the phrase makes her a little melancholy.

There’s a bunch of shots of Alfie, and he almost cries when he sees the one of him and Reggie at his graduation, beaming faces smiling wide as MeeMaw took the shot. Plus another with her hugging them both tight that he touches reverently. God, he needs to call her in the morning, she’s in a home now after breaking her hip one too many times, but she’s still in full capacity of her senses.

“We already called Chavala,” Julie says. “She made us promise to take good care of you both.”

“Thank you,” Alfie says. Wonders how much more of Reggie’s life he’s missed out on, if even their grandmother knows about Luke and Julie when he’s been in the dark.

But the evidence is there, staring him in the face, because the bulk of the photos are of Luke and Julie themselves. Some alone, some together, a great deal more with Reggie. They look so happy together, all smiles and lovelorn expressions. Without going on a single date, if he looked at these photos, he would have assumed they had been together for years.

“The fridge is stocked, but if you need anything, you can call us,” Luke says, writing down their numbers on a piece of paper. “We’ll pop by in the morning, we can all go in and see him tomorrow.”

Alfie nods, and sees them out, but when he crawls into bed that night, he breaks down in tears, relieved that Reggie’s alive, but mourning the lost time between them. He sleeps restlessly, and barely manages a bowl of cereal before Luke and Julie show up. They chatter mindlessly as they drive towards the hospital, but all conversation ends once there, all of them silently waiting for Reggie to make some sign of consciousness.

But he’s just as still as he was the day prior. Alfie takes the time to email all his teachers, letting them know where he is, and most of them get back to him giving him extensions. Not the terrible Professor Martinez for Chem of course, but one email to the dean has him excused until he gets back. The doctor comes in to do a few more tests, so the three of them go to get something to eat.

“I hope you guys aren’t missing too much work for this,” Alfie says as he picks at his salad.

Luke and Julie exchange a look. “Um, the band is our job,” Luke finally says. “Our demo is doing really well, and we just got picked up by a label. The night we got signed is the night we told Reggie how we felt.”

“But Reggie…”

“Reggie works at the animal shelter because he likes it,” Julie says with a giggle. “Our friend Willie is covering for him. He quit all the other part time gigs once the band started taking off and our merch sales more than made up for it.”

Once again, Alfie aches inside, thinking back to every conversation that he’s had with Reggie over the past little while. He goes on and on about his classes, his friends, the cute guy who’d asked him out. That had led to Alfie finally coming out to Reggie who laughed and told him he didn’t care, and hell, he was bi, so he couldn’t say shit. That had been months ago though.

Reggie never told him squat about his own life though, sticking to his job walking dogs or serving coffee. He never mentions his friends, or his band, or the people he loves. He always demurred, like he thought Alfie wouldn’t be interested, and Alfie realizes he stopped pressing ages ago, not wanting to fight if Reggie didn’t want to be known. He silently curses their parents for screwing them up so royally, and vows then and there to be a better brother, to push more.

He just prays he gets the chance.

When they get back to the room, the doctor pulls Alfie aside. “His brain is active, the swelling is gone, and we’re going to remove the breathing tube. I’m hopeful that he’ll wake soon.”

Reggie does look a little better when they enter the room, the tubes and wires greatly reduced, and the bruises are starting to fade, just a little. But he still doesn’t wake up. Alfie squeezes his hand tight. “Come on Reginald, wake up. I’ll be so mad if you don’t.”

“Come back to us cariño,” Julie whispers, pressing a kiss to Reggie’s face.

“We have a date to get to, you can’t sleep through that bud,” Luke jokes. “And you know Willie can’t play bass for shit.”

“Maybe we should sing to him,” Julie jokes back.

“My acoustic is in the trunk,” Luke perks up at the suggestion and when Julie sends him a look, he shrugs. “You know I don’t go anywhere without a guitar!”

“Go get it,” Alfie says. “I’m willing to try anything.”

Luke dashes out and returns a few moments later with his guitar, beaming as he sits back down, nodding at Julie who starts tapping out a beat on her thighs, which Alfie clumsily copies. Reggie’s the one who got all the musical talent between them, he’s practically tone deaf, but he can follow this a little.

“Can you, can you hear me?” Julie sings softly.

“Loud and clear!” Luke sings back.

“Gotta get, we gotta get ready.”

“Cause it’s been years!”

“That's my song,” comes a creaking voice from the bed and three pairs of eyes fly to where Reggie is blinking up at them. “Hey darlin’, babe. Was going on?”

“Reggie!” Julie cries, hugging him as much as she’s able. “Dios mio, never scare us like that again!”

“I’ll try not to sweetheart,” Reggie replies, though his voice is more of a croak than anything. “As soon as you tell me what I did.”

“You got in a bad car accident hun,” Luke says, bringing his free hand up to press a kiss to the knuckles. “Had us worried sick.”

“Sorry,” Reggie replies, licking over his dry lips. Then he turns his head and sees his brother. “Alf, what the heck are you doing here? You have finals!”

“You’re more important dummy,” Alfie says, swiping the tears from his eyes as he chuckles. “And we need to have a long talk about you not telling me stuff.”

Reggie flushes, looking at the couple beside him who nod and vacate the room. “I meant to tell you, I just… you know how it is, I never think my stuff is all that important. You’re in college, going to change the world one day. I’m just…”

“A future rock star with two pretty damn good partners?” Alfie finishes for him. “Reggie I wouldn’t care if you were just sitting in your sweats playing MarioKart all day, I still wanna know about your life. It’s important to me, because you are important to me.”

Reggie sniffles, and lets out a little okay. “We’re not dating, you know. Not yet.”

“Bud they’ve been by your side since you got here, safe to say that you are,” Alfie replies.

“I love them.”

“Good, because they love you too. And I approve, so we’re golden.”

“So… how’s life?” Reggie asks.

Alfie barks out a laugh and the two of them spend the next hour catching up, only interrupted by doctors doing some tests and Luke bringing them food while Julie gets Reggie’s care instructions from the nurses.

Reggie finally convinces Alfie to go home the next day, he’s in good hands, but promises to call him every night. “If not, I will,” Julie vows.

So Alfie goes home, aces that Chem final-take that Professor Martinez! And he’s back in LA for when Reggie can play his bass again, smiling and bouncing all over the stage at Julie and the Phantoms first gig since he got his casts off.

And Alfie shouts louder than anyone when Luke and Julie kiss his cheeks during their bow, all three of them smiling wide, looking happier than he has ever seen his brother.

And a year later, he’s happily standing at Reggie’s side as his best man as the three of them have a commitment ceremony that beats any wedding Alfie’s ever been to. But Alfie’s favourite moment is when Regige picks him to dance with during the family dances, and they boogey away on the floor. Sure, he wishes that Reggie never had the accident that led to this, but a part of him will forever be grateful that he and his brother are closer than ever. He soon returns Reggie to Luke and Julie’s arms, and smiles at the three of them swaying together.

He doesn't even care that Reggie is leaving the Peters name behind, because Luke and Julie's families have adopted them both as their own, and Alfie is half convinced that if he was a few years younger, Victoria Alvarez would be fighting to be his mom for real. So surrounded by his new family, and his brother looking ecstatic with his spouses by his side, Alfie has no complaints about the road that led them here. Yeah, this was alright by him.

#my stuff #writing #fanfic #rukebox #peterpatterlina #otp 2023 #year of the otp #julie and the phantoms

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psymmetry · 6 months

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writer 20 questions!

so aoba tagged panda and yellow (@guesst), who tagged me, but i saw panda's post first for some reason. hi everyone. thanks for remembering i exist, i had to dust off my writer card. i will be responding to everyone's points…

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

125,372

3. What fandoms d(id) you write for?

mairimashita

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

dying doesn’t suit you either (433), trying not to move (same fic) (360), pandemonium (280), it’s not the end of the world (239), soft cream otoshichatta(191). what, no kidnapping fic on here? no vampirio? vampirio is still my second most iconic work; people mention it to this day

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i think i do. enough that the number of comments is different from the number of comment threads.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

probably the one where kiri makes azu kill people and then it ends with him dissociating sitting on the bathroom floor knowing that his life is ruined. what a great fic. does anyone else want to read this fic? the statute of limitations has passed i don’t even mind

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

uuuu….. FIGURE IT OUT I DON’T KNOW

8. Do you get hate on fics?

never in my life lol i am a perfect angel

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

surprised to see other people saying they don’t. hey, if you get to write without being a disgusting pervert freak, why not me? if you can be motivated beyond a base impulse. if you can want something closer to pure, just for the satisfaction of pieces clicking into place, words coming easy for once– i want satisfaction in a bad way.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

IN… theory. A. i love crackficcing and B. i feel like it’s hard to find an interesting crossover, which is a challenge, but hm, not really a thing i do.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no, but someone once used my manga coloring for a fancam. i can’t be mad, i stole that shit in the first place lolol

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nooooo (psy is not that famous) (never got a podfic either)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes! i have been listed as a co-author for beta-ing and i have also written fics that were completely co-concepted and beta’d by the other person. never written by like, trading off chapters or had both people write extensive passages though.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I’M POLYAMAROUS I DON’T HAVE AN OTP

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

vampirio #2… i drafted it out and everything… from WIP to RIP…

i don’t need to finish things for them to count towards my artistic development or whatever. you know, perhaps fans of my work would disagree. perhaps such people would prefer that i post things for them to read

16. What are your writing strengths?

this is too embarrassing. words pretty :> flow flow :>

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i can’t structure and follow through on anything longer than 10k. i don’t block out time to write.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

tu quieres escuchar mi espanol terrible? en un fic? por que’ yo quisiera hacer este NFDNs?? escribir fic por the smash hit sensation EL CUARTO MISTERIOSO. yo debo mirar mas shows en espanol…. este keyboard no tene un numpad. fun fact. no alt codes para mi

19. First fandom you wrote for?

uuuuuuuuuu nope that’s LIMITED INFORMATION

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

playing the victim. the aforementioned serial killer fic.

i am tagging @cometkov and @dragonofthedepths! and everyone. everyone at all. if you see this you have to answer all 20 questions. 500 words each. assignment is due 11/30 11:59. by the way, here is a blank to make it a little easier.

#jester tag #tag game #ik my main used to be my writing blog but i need my little offshoots okay. i need my webring

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yashio-san · 5 months

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Tag Game!

tagged by @haruandmayo (ty it was such a nice surprise!! this blog has been dead for quite a while but maybeeee i could post something again and get to know my cool mutuals better...)

1. Last Song

Tamer – Beautiful Crime (oooh so dramatic..... yummy)

2. Currently Watching

Well, nothing at the moment, but I really wanna rewatch Anne woth an E soon (it's such a wholesome and beautiful show 🥺)

3. Three Ships

Oof, only three?? I guess I get the most brainrot from mashirui, johnlock and mystrade (but I have tons of other bandori and non-bandori otps hehehe)

4. Favourite Color

Can't pick one!! It's blue, green and yellow for me (they're like my inner vibe or smth)

5. Currently Consuming

Nothing, but I'm gonna have my evil gay breakfast and then go to an evil gay walk. Self care

6. First Ship

That's a hard question actually bc I'm not sure which was the first first... Let's say it's the Disney Beauty and the Beast, love the book nerd and her furry bf so much!!! They were blorbos from my cartoon

7. Relationship Status

Single but with a hopeless crush... I'm a Sherlock coded person crushing on a John coded person. The tragedy

8. Latest Movie

I rewarched frozen recently and it was really cute! Anna and Kristoff are the best couple, and I'd like to add that Kristoff is some high quality writing and very good boyfriend material (even my lesbian ass approved his healthy communicaton and slow realistic development of his relationship with Anna)

9. Currently Working On

Well, at this particular moment I'm sitting in my evil gay bed getting late for my evil gay walk, but generally I'm trying to rewrite my fanfic that I've abandoned a huge time ago... I really really want to finish flame of hope bc this story is VERY important to me and I want it to be told but... writing is hard sometimes and there's school and my iron deficiency....... i am cringe (also not free)

I'm not sure I should share some of my new work right now bc I'm afraid that if I promise something to my readers again I'll fail again, so I'm trying to write just for process' sake. Besides flame of hope I'd like to post something abt Morfonica again, but I'm not quite sure what exactly... Well, we'll see if I can do something nice for the fandom again <3

Tagging @pureewhitesnow @sentientsoil @vertig0re

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whirld-of-color · 1 year

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🗺️💕❤️

ask game

🗺️: how do you imagine the world works? (As in how do things come alive and what differences are their to our world)

if you put enough effort into your creation your creation comes alive and it’s something to do with the way the internet functions like it’s just some quantum physics coding nonsense woven into the fabric of computer science that you can exploit like mad. it’s like a game exploit but for the entire internet and then some bc it happens offline too. no one knows why it happens, it’s just some quirk of the way humans interact with digital art and the way computers display stuff that allows icons and shapes and sticks to come alive. like how no one knows why the universe is always expanding or what makes a bundle of neurons into a sentient brain, but this one is a hell of our own making <3

maybe it’s due to something with how humans are designed to create and breathe life into our art, and the simulated reality of a computer allows us to satisfy that desire to the extreme degree of literally breathing life into the art? i dunno!

💕: Otp?

ummmm. chosen and dark. something about them trying to kill each other really gets to me. fellas is it gay to murder each other, you know? those two are soulmates and that’s the hill im dying on. they are bound together by fate and they are not normal about it in the slightest

❤️: favorite character(s)? Why?

green!!! ngl it’s bc they’re great to draw i have their design down pat and because i love love love shading with pink, and green and pink are opposite colors that go excellent with each other, especially with the design I’ve given green which allows for colors that are bright as hell. also i can project my perfectionism onto them and give them the ability to trust and love and care despite it all, despite purple giving no reason, despite how they’ve been hurt before, despite it all they will trust.

yellow is a close second bc i think they look great insane

#animation vs minecraft #animator vs animation #alan becker #michael talks

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silvercrane14 · 2 years

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Tell us more about your love for Shinobu

Oh boy!!!

favorite thing about them

He’s so small and cute and he’s also yellow coded. He’s just like me fr fr

least favorite thing about them

Lack of screen time >:€ (“crane it’s a video game there’s no screen time-“ shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

favorite line

Whenever he talks in my ear when I’m playing my game he’s so cute I don’t know what he’s saying but I love it. Also his introduction in the anime did you know he’s part of the ninja association but he’s only a ninja in training and also the only member of the association. Yeah.

brOTP

Him and the other Ryuseitai first years :) also Ryuseitai as a whole they’re a family

OTP

I don’t really have one

nOTP

Any adults or the third years :/

random headcanon

He has braces. Also he grows his hair out into a little ponytail his second/third year

unpopular opinion

Idk man I love him

song i associate with them

No idea!!!

favorite picture of them

This one because I own it ehehehe

#crane answers #ask game #no image id #breeze 🌀

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corals-corner · 2 years

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You ever get bored and make an entire fanfic on you OTP with them as children, while also feeling guilty for not working on your actual, multi-chapter fic? No? Just me? Ok... heads up, there are a few headcannons with other relationships within characters in the games. Also, this was Inspired by a queenkaard comic by @cozylittleartblog

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The prince from the Spade Castle and the princess from the Cyber Kingdom are walking through a garden as the kings and queens have a meeting in the Card Kingdom. They decided to hang out to pass the time, and the prince took her to the garden, as neither of them knew each other, and they needed something to do. The princer bent down to pick a yellow flower he liked. "Wait, you can hold that?" The princess asked.

"Yea?" The prince answered confusedly, holding the flower in his chest, slightly picking at the petals.

"It-it doesn't dissolve into code if you hold it too hard, or if you rip it from its source??" She asked, leaning closer to see the flower better.

"What? What's 'code'?'' He asked, now staring at her, wondering what she meant.

"What does this program do?"

"What's a 'program'?" What was she talking about?

"You-you don't know what it is?"

"No? Should I?"

"Well yea! It's what makes you up! Did you not know that?" She was shocked at his answers. How could he not know?

"No! I thought darkness was made like lightner humans! With skin and blood and stuff. They add muscles, nerves, bones and other junk so we could help them in the most natural way possible. That's what I was taught anyways. That's how the lightners created us." The prince explained.

"No…the lighteners built us with artificial intelligence! That way, we can help them search for whatever answers they need, so we could help them with anything!" She protested.

"Huh, weird, maybe we should ask our parents about this!"

"But they're at the weird meeting thing, and they'll get mad if we interrupt them…" she said, still looking at the flower in the prince's hands.

"Well… here!" He picked another flower, this one was a bright green. He approached the princess and placed the flower on her chest, sticking it to her dress. "There! Now when you go home, you can tell others about these things!" He smiled, his blue tongue sticking out.

"O-oh, thanks!" She responded. "Oh wait, I want to give you something too!" She reached into her pockets to take out a small box, one side seemed to be made of black glass, and the other, out of metal, or dull plastic. "Here!"she said, handing him the strange device.

"Thanks!" He took it excitedly and fumbled with it in his hands, before turning back to her, "what is it?" He asked, a smile still on his face, his tongue remained out, poking through his mouth.

"It's a phone! She answered. "You can do alot with it! Call or text other people, take pictures, play games, or look at what other people are doing on social media!"

"Oh cool! But how? It's just a tiny box? Also, what's 'texting? And social media?"

"Here let me show you!" She took the phone out of the prince's hands and turned it on. The prince took her to a bench near where they were sitting, as she continued to explain what she was doing, while he began to zone out and fiddled with the flowers.

"...and that's basically it! Now you have games, my phone number, and a Darkgram account with me as your friend!"

"Cool!" He said, looking up and taking the phone from her once again. "Wait, what about you? Isn't this yours?" He asked, a bit worried that he had taken something she wanted.

"No, don't worry, I have another one at my home!" She answered. She gasped with a smile on her face. "Maybe you can come visit someday! I could show you how all these things work!"

"Oh yea! And you can show me what 'codes' and 'programs' are!"

"Oh yea! By the way, you'll need a charger for that! So it doesn't die on you!

"Die? What do you mean?"

"Oh, it just means it runs out of battery! Next time I see you, I'll give you the charger for it. All you have to do is plug it into a source of electricity, and put the smaller socket into the hole in the bottom of the phone, and you'll be ok!"

"Oh neat!" He fumbled with the phone for a bit before the princess turned back to him, "so…" She started. "I never got your name!"

"Oh yea! Sorry…" he said nervously, "I'm Lancelot Spade! And you?"

"I'm Quinn Pascell!" She announced, rather extravagantly, pointing to herself.

"Hey, that sounds alot like 'Queen'!" The prince pointed out.

"Yea, I get that alot…"

"Well then, I guess I'll call you… QUEENIE!" He exclaimed, rather loudly.

"Well, I guess I'll call you… hmm… What about… KINGY! Since you'll be king soon when you grow up!" She added. They both giggled at the silly nicknames as they got up and continued through the garden

"so, what do you do around here?" she asked

"Well, normally, I hang out with my friends, but they're all busy today. so i just hang in the garden, it's so quiet and its normally a way I deal with stress" the prince said.

"Who are your friends?"

"Well, there's Jevil, he's a card, like me, but he isn't in any suit, so he's very powerful, but he can't control it very well. Then there's Seam! He's a stuffed cat, and he knows fire magic. He's very smart and always acts like a younger dad. And then there's Rouxls! He is my best friend. I don't know exactly what he is, but he's very blue and slimy. What about you? Who are your friends?"

"Oh! Well, first there's Swatch. he's very clean and kind! so is Tasque Manager. She's very orderly and always insists on everything being organized. Then there are the Addison brothers. They visit the mansion sometimes! there's one named Spamton, and he's probably my favorite of the 5! he's the shortest and the weirdest one!"

"Cool! your kingdom sounds so colorful! I wish I could see it!"

"I don't know if after the meeting we'll probably not see each other that often, that's why i gave you that phone, so we could still talk!"

They continued through the path until they made it back to the castle.

♤♡◇♧◇♡♤♡◇♧

"QUINN!!"

"Oh! That was my mom! Sorry, Kingy, but I have to go…"

"Eh, it's ok. Come on! I don't want us to get in trouble."

As they traveled through the castle halls, many of the Card guards made room for the prince and his friend. The prince, being not only an incredibly small spade and considered "a problem child" by his parents, wasn't really in the good graces of many of the castle staff.

"There you two are!" The Spade queen said, looking down on them. "Lancelot, you can't just take people around on a 'joyride' around the castle because your board" the prince looked uneasy as his mother spoke, his tongue poking out from his frown. The princess spoke up.

"I'm sorry, your highness, I asked him to show me around, and it's my fault we were late."

"Typical." The cyber queen said with a sigh. "Let's go Quinn, your father is already in the limo." She said as she pulled her by the hand. She waved to the prince as she was being pulled away by her mother. He waved back shyly before being pulled away by his own mother back to the throne room.

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aromanticbuck · 3 years

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TrevorDeke + can’t see color until they meet their soulmate AU (and the color goes away again when their soulmate dies)

“Deke?”

“...”

“Deke, are you still there?”

“Hey, Bobo...? Where’s Trevor?”

“What? Probably downstairs with his team. Why?”

“...”

“Deke.”

“I lost color.”

[ a moodboard for the @agentsofchallenges march madness mission ]

#aos march madness #trevor kahn #deke shaw #trevordeke #otp; code yellow #aos #agents of shield #marvel #mcu #mine*#my edit #aesthetic #moodboard #alex does moodboards #death cw

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itsclydebitches · 3 years

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I ask you because you’re good at articulating your thoughts but why do you like BB? I just wanna know the hype behind this ship, I’ve seen people outside the fandom either say they’re waiting for it to be canon to get into the show or they claim it’s the only good thing about it.

Hey, anon! Ah, getting a lovely compliment about articulating thoughts while I sit here struggling to articulate my thoughts lol.

Okay, I want to start by saying that I personally like Yang/Blake about as much as the majority of the ships I have. Meaning, the 95% of fictional characters I enjoy seeing as a canonical couple and/or imagining as a potential couple, excluding the 5% that I get really, really into. I've got OTPs and I've got casual ships. BB is the latter. Why is this important? Because I think BB has been under an extreme amount of pressure over the years, with that pressure only increasing as time goes on and that... kinda sucks. They represent the growing demand for explicitly queer relationships. They're tied to a webseries and a fandom rather infamous at this point for its heated, controversial content. They're a part of an era where fans are more focused than ever on canonical status, whereas back in the day you just enjoyed ships for the hell of it, regardless of their chances of getting together on screen. It used to be that people unironically adored ships for characters who had never exchanged a single greeting. Nowadays, you need a ten page essay explaining why the ship is supposedly The Best. Blake/Yang is bound up in all of that, resulting in a community that, yeah, hypes things up to an arguably unnecessary degree. We've reached a point where this couple supposedly makes or breaks the entire show; it's either the greatest ship to every grace the small screen, or it's the ruin of the entire franchise. In reality, Blake/Yang is just... a ship. Like any other ship. Some people like it. Some people don't. It should be far more casual than it is. Which isn't to say fans aren't justified in being invested in the politics of the queer relationship — I am — or even just emotionally invested in a ship they really enjoy, but rather that I think the hype is due more to these external factors than the relationship itself. Blake and Yang arguably aren't unique in what makes them an attractive couple. Are they important in terms of that representation for an American webseries? Yes. Are they exceptional in regards to these two character types being shipped by a fandom? Not by a longshot. I could give you hundreds of ships that look just like Blake and Yang.

And that for me is part of the appeal. I like many of the same sorts of things in my ships. One of those is the "opposites attract" setup, where we have the brash party girl coupled with the quieter bookworm. They balance each other in a number of significant ways, from fighting styles to their backgrounds. And, for fic purposes, that balance can also provide great conflict for them to work through, resulting in a stronger couple down the line. Going off of that, I enjoy that they're already partners at the (near) start of the show. The different definitions of "partner" is always fun, but beyond that — and despite the before mentioned shipping of characters who have never interacted — there's a tendency to pair of the duos who have already been paired up by the story. There's a sense of inevitability about it (fate, perhaps?) alongside the practical benefit of them getting a lot of screen time together. There's a reason why Blake/Yang and Ruby/Weiss got popular, with the former arguably surpassing the latter only because of its likelihood of becoming canon. We reached a point where the show is actively pushing Blake/Yang in a way they never did Ruby/Weiss — their coding is far stronger — and that creates a snowball effect: popular ships keep getting more popular the more attention they're paid; you pay the popular stuff more attention. Round and round we go. But I also enjoy their awkward flirting and tender moments, no matter how many problems might be attached to those in the story's context. I like how they tease and push one another — even if, again, the story has largely failed in that regard. They have a lot of good potential, shall we say, which is all a fan ever needs. Whether you're analyzing one of their clearly coded moments, or just running with the balanced color scheme — Yang has purple eyes with Blake wearing purple, Blake has yellow eyes with Yang wearing yellow — there's a lot in the show to connect them together, making the already easy job of shipping even easier.

Blake/Yang is a solid ship. They just also happen to be a ship bearing most of the weight of their show. I've made the comparison before, but it's not unlike Dean/Cas becoming the cornerstone of Supernatural. You reach a point where the story itself is such a mess that the most popular pairing becomes the supposed answer to all these problems: it's either the saving grace, or the reason for the show's destruction. It'll either save RWBY or function as the explanation for its downfall. Yang/Blake is heading more and more in that direction, either built up or torn down to an extreme degree as it tries to bear that weight. But honestly? I don't think it's any better or worse than those hundred other ships I could toss out. Ignoring the f/f rep, they're a pretty classic setup, a dime a dozen, and the important takeaway is that there's nothing wrong with that. There's a reason pairings like Blake/Yang got popular in the first place. Saying "I've seen it before" isn't a bad thing because fans like familiarity. But it simultaneously means they're not the best thing since sliced bread. They're neither the devil nor the angel the RWBY community has made them out to be.

So basically, my own casual enjoyment aside, I don't think the external factors propelling the love/hatred for the ship means the ship itself is actually that astounding or horrific. In a better written show, a less controversial show, setting aside those fans who have Yang/Blake as their first OTP and are pouring all that intense love into it, etc. I think the ship would still be popular... but we wouldn't be in this "it's the only good thing about the show"/"this was the show's downfall" territory. Pretty much every large fandom is going to develop that one, popular ship — just look at how fast Loki/Mobius happened — which shows that Blake/Yang is not unique in regards to getting the majority of a community's attention. It's just that other shows are solid enough to let ships be ships, without expecting any one ship to prove the show's worth. Or herald its downfall.

#rwby #mymetas

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marastriker · 3 years

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for the OTP ask: all of them. I'm not even kidding. Gimme gimme hrnnggg 🖤🖤🖤

ALRIGHT HERE WE GO

💚 First off, who is your OTP?

Electraboose <3

💐 Who tends to worry the most?

Electra, they're such an overthinker and a worry wart.

💋 Who is the most physically affectionate?

CB can not keep his grubby little gremlin hands to himself.

⛈ Do they enjoy dancing?

More than you would think, but I think Electra enjoys it far more than CB.

🌹⛈Who has the most nightmares and how do they deal with them?

CB definitely does. He has constant nightmares regarding his past and usually can't sleep afterwards. He's tried splashing cold water on his face and all that, but Electra being beside him and caressing his back helps far more than anything else ever could.

🌺 Do they go to sleep at the same time as each other?

No. Electra is responsible and gets a full 8+ hours of sleep every night but CB is a bit of an insomniac. He stays up and tinkers or asks weird questions until he can actually fall asleep.

⚡ What are their nicknames for each other?

CB calls Electra: Lex, Lexi, Thunderdome, Sparky, Livewire,

Electra calls CB: Ceeb, Ceeby, Boosey, Gremlin, Cherry Pie, Cherry Bomb

🍃 What do they do when the other is stressed?

When Electra is stressed, CB tries to distract them with humor. It always works, CB is genuinely very funny and it helps Electra destress to just take a breather and laugh.

When CB is stressed, Electra gives him a massage and gets him to talk about anything other than what's stressing him out. Even something as simple as, "tell me about this piece of equipment, it looks complicated."

🌻 How do they spend time if the other is gone?

CB usually spends his time working on radio equipment or art, he's gotten into painting/sculpting as a type of therapy.

Electra spends time with their components, but enjoys giving themself a nice spa day to relax without the little gremlin around to interrupt. (They love CB in spite of how obnoxious he can be, but they definitely do need a break from time to time.)

🎮 Do they have a favourite video game they enjoy playing together?

CB loves first person shooters like Borderlands, but also plays some occasional Fortnite because he is 12 at heart.

Electra likes simple platformers and finds Undertale to be extremely fun, but has recently gotten into more fantasy esque games that still match their preferred gaming style. Ori and the Blind Forest is perfect for them. They love the little puzzles but the art is just so incredibly beautiful too.

💍 Would they ever get married?

They absolutely would eventually and Electra would be the one to mention it first. CB joke proposed with a ring pop, but Electra knew he was serious about wanting to be together forever, so they buy him a ruby ring and officially proposes. (They also have three kids, a girl who's a caboose and twin electric boys).

✨ Who proposes?

Oops already answered this lol

👑 Who is the meme lover?

Oh god that ain't even a question, CB. He is a memelord.

📚 Who likes to read?

Also CB, he may be silly, but he's still very smart and enjoys reading what most people find boring. Electra is spoiled and kind of thinks it's a waste of time if they can just look it up in their database.

🎩 Who bothers the other person while the other person reads?

Electra bothers CB all the time when he's trying to read. Electra is just like, hun I can just look that up for you, you know. You don't have to waste your time reading that big book.

Have you considered that I want to read the big book

........no?

🌼 How do their personalities complement each other?

CB's wild energy and Electra's calm, cool, collectedness balance each other out. Sometimes they do switch, when Electra is throwing a tantrum and CB thinks whatever the issue is is silly and not something to worry about. They just know how to approach things how the other wouldn't think to and it helps them solve their issues together a lot better

🔥 Who will punch someone out if they are rude to their partner?

Electra won't just punch, but zap whoever dared to shit talk their little gremlin

💀 What would they dress up as, for Halloween?

While GB and Dinah would do more classic couples costumes, CB and Electra would do the dumbest couples costumes. Like a plug and an outlet lol.

🌈 What are their favourite colours?

Electra loves blue and CB loves red obviously, but Electra has a soft spot for pink colors and CB really likes yellow.

🌹 Who is the hopeless romantic?

CB, but not in a traditional sense. He wants to share all of these things that he THINKS is romantic, but Electra is just like??? Babe why are we at a playground

I WANNA PUSH YOU ON THE SWINGS

🎭 Who is the dramatic one?

Electra, it's just in their nature to be a diva.

🎈 Who makes jokes during inappropriate times?

100% CB. He doesn't know how else to handle tough situations other than completely breaking down.

💝 What do they love about each other the most?

CB loves Electra's class and poise. He wishes he could be that composed and intimidating.

Electra loves CB's childlike wonder and insane genius. They're actually kinda jealous to admit that CB is smarter than them.

👓 Who googles everything?

Electra. It's how they come up with quick answers to everything.

🌙 How do they comfort each other when they are helpless to do anything about the situation?

Electra reminds CB by all means that he is NOT alone. Not anymore. If he's ever having trouble or feels helpless, Electra is always there for him no matter what.

CB makes sure that Electra is able to rationally approach the issue instead of resorting to short circuiting.

🍂 What is an inside joke they have?

They call "having sex" some of the weirdest things. CB suggested it, since he's already so used to speaking in code.

💟 What do you think makes them perfect for one another?

They balance each other's shortcomings out really nicely. CB teaches Electra to have fun and be a kid again. Let loose. Not worry so much about looking perfect all the time. And Electra helps CB be more grounded and adult when he needs to be. They fit each other like missing puzzle pieces <3

🌷 Are you nervous to talk about your OTP? Why?

no i could talk about these idiots all day

🧵 Is your OTP Oc x Canon?

...I choose to believe it is canon........

🎵 What's a song (or songs) that remind you of your OTP?

Accidently In Love by the Counting Crows

Anything for You by Ludo

THANK YOU so MUCH for the ASK i love THESE IDIOTS

#starlight express #electraboose #electra x cb #electra stex #electra the electric engine #stex electra #electra starlight express #cb stex #cb starlight express #starlight express cb #cb the red caboose #stex cb

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banyanas · 3 years

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Mustache girl

YES THANK YOU

favorite thing about them I'm actually going to directly copypaste here because it's STILL the most succinct little wording of Reasons I Like Mu: she’s a vicious little gal with a good reason to be so, but she’s still, well, a kid. She leaps before she thinks and doesn’t see the consequences to herself or to others until it’s too late, she gets scared at serious emotional threats (see the other characters poofing themselves for heart pons), and she can get attached very quickly- she took Hat Kid's perceived "betrayal" very personally.

Also I find her inability to problem scale charming to write around, in that exasperated 'oh noooo kid no, don't press the nuclear option right away' way. Also because writing things blowing up is fun.

least favorite thing about them Screentime... even some little cameos during stages to invoke the 'race to get the time pieces' thing, or like. the cut conversation with her and snatcher in subcon. Blease.

favorite line "If you're not gonna use them to fight evil- then I will." Really good characterization setup, motives laid out, the "im going to do what i think (emphasis on think. lil missy, your methods could use a bit of toning down) needs to be done so help me God" stubbornness.

brOTP Hat Kid always! Let them be friends!! Also Snatcher which is way less common lmao whoops

OTP dont ship the kids rlly

nOTP no gross stuff

random headcanon Mu is a low-power fire mage! Mostly in the context of lava- the island is pretty obviously volcanic, and being able to influence the lava a bit would explain the whole faucet thing. Also, her courthouse is so ridiculously fire-themed. (and maybe a bit of a Color Coded For Your Convenience thing, admittedly- it's the yellow eyes)

unpopular opinion This is more of a general area thing than a Mu-exclusive opinion, but I was pretty bitter that Mafia Town remained as, well, Mafia Town. You can think and say all you want about what Mu did, but the fact is that the island inhabitants do not deserve to be occupied and put up with all that metric ton of fish shit. And the Mafia in canon clearly weren't willing to compromise.

song i associate with them ... would it be too on the nose to put down End of Despair, used in That One Cutscene for fe4? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1J29RrYm4

favorite picture of them this one from the Down With The Mafia plan!

Thank you!!

#i saw this and went FUCK YEAH YOU KNOW IT!!#ahit #bañana post #theres probably like one other person who gets the end of despair song choice joke rip

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typingtess · 3 years

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season Twelve Rewatch: “Raising the Dead”

The basics: An incarcerated killer requests to speak to Kensi to help find a possible Presidential assassin.

Written by: Frank Military wrote/co-wrote "Little Angels", "Deliverance", "Lockup", "The Job", "Greed", "Betrayal", "Crimeleon", "Vengeance", "Out of the Past" Part One, "Rude Awakenings" Part Two, season four’s finale "Descent", season five’s premiere "Ascension", "Allegiance", "Spoils of War", "Black Budget", SEAL Hunter", "Rage", "Unspoken", "Unlocked Mind", "Revenge Deferred", "The Seventh Child", "Crazy Train", "Uncaged", "The Silo", "Monster", "Line in the Sand", season ten opener "To Live and Die in Mexico", "The Patton Project", "Better Angels" and "False Flag" (the season 11 finale), "A Bloody Brilliant Plan" and “Code of Conduct”.

Directed by: Terrence O’Hara directed “The Only Easy Day”, “Brimstone”, “The Bank Job”, “Borderline”, “Tin Soldiers”, “The Job”, “Backstopped”, “Crimeleon” (written by Military), “Blye, K.” Part Two, “San Voir” Part Two, “End Game”, “Paper Soldiers”, “Descent” (written by Military), “Ascension” (written by Military), “Fish Out of Water”, “Blaze of Glory”, “Command and Control” (episode 150), “Matryoshka” Part Two, “Belly of the Beast”, “Payback”, “Mountebank”, “Asesinos”, "Searching" and “Yellow Jack”.

Guest stars of note: Adam George Key returns as LAPD Officer Harrison. Executive producer and the episode’s writer and series occasional director Frank Military plays David Kessler. Izabella Miko as Michelle Boucher, Angel Parker as Secret Service Agent Alicia Monroe, Matt Peters as FBI Agent Michael Rudolph, Bojesse Christopher as Deputy Warden Max Fielder, Daryl Crittenden as Randy Sinclair, Jason Medwin as Prison Guard #1 and David Proffitt as Prison Guard #2.

Our heroes: Are doing their own version of “Silence of the Lambs”.

What important things did we learn about:

Callen: Impressed with Kensi’s work to capture Kessler. Sam: Feeling the racism from FBI Agent in Charge. Kensi: Got the OSP job for her work arresting Kessler. Deeks: Out of NCIS for good as the LAPD Liaison. Eric: Only mentioned in iTunes. Nell: Has to tell Deeks he’s out of NCIS as Liaison and too old to join NCIS> Fatima: Found Kessler’s connection to the White House. Roundtree: See Sam. Hetty: Showed the team Kensi’s work on the Kessler case before bringing her to LA.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen: Sure Hetty is getting Deeks back on the team. Sam: Looking for pliers to remove Deeks’s earwig. Kensi: Thinking only positive thoughts as she and Deeks go down the fertility road. Deeks: Worried that the fertility road, along with the house and the bar bleeding money is going to bankrupt them. Eric: Not today. Nell: Proud of Deeks and the work they did. Fatima: Put in a difficult position by Deeks. Roundtree: An amateur arachnologist. Hetty: Through this episode couldn’t pull the strings to keep Deeks with NCIS.

Who's down with OTP: Kensi and Deeks are on the road to fertility and possible bankruptcy. Deeks is in protective overdrive when Kensi gets involved with Kessler.

Who's down with BrOTP: Not a lot of Callen and Sam time but the one good thing throughout this episode was how well Sam and Roundtree worked in both capturing Sinclair and dealing with the racism of the FBI Agent in Charge.

Any pressing need for a cranky retired Admiral? I’d like the Admiral to have a few words with Kessler. Mostly of the four-lettered kind.

Who is running the team this week? Outside forces – Kessler has everyone but Deeks playing his game and Deeks isn’t playing because LAPD ended the liaison position.

Fashion review: Day one - long sleeve blue-green tee-shirt for Callen. Sam is wearing a long-sleeve, dark blue tee. In the field, Sam has on a tan cargo pants, black baseball cap and jacket. Kensi is wearing a long-sleeve burgundy henley and a black hooded jacket when she visits Kessler. Deeks is in a black tee-shirt. Nell shows up late with a green floral dress with another big bow. Fatima is wearing a lovely oversized gold blouse over an off white and light brown tee. Roundtree in the field has on a blue zip-up hoodie over a green-tee shirt with a green baseball cap and tan cargo pants.

The following day, Callen is in a blue plaid button down shirt. Sam is in a long-sleeve black tee. Kensi is wearing dark blue long-sleeve sweater with thin white stripes. It is a medium blue long-sleeve tee-shirt for Deeks. Fatima is in a pale pink and orange cardigan with big buttons over an orange sweater.

Music: Does Frank Military whistling and singing “Yankee Doodle Boy” count?

Any notable cut scene: Wasn’t there enough to this episode?

Quote: Nell: “Deeks, um, I don't think NCIS normally takes people your age.” Deeks: “Doesn't normally, or... or never? Because it feels like there should be an exception, considering the fact that I was a lawyer and I spent years here.” Nell: “I'm pretty sure it's never.” Deeks: “Right. So... “ Nell: “I'm so sorry.” Deeks: “No, no, you're fine. It's okay. I just didn't want to make a big deal about this, so if you just want to let everybody know...” Nell: “Yeah, of course I will.” Deeks: “I'm gonna, um... I'm gonna miss this. And I think we did good work here. We did great work. All right, well... keep it up. Make me, uh, make me proud.” Nell: “You made us proud, Deeks. Every day.”

Anything else: In a rural area, two men are being chased by law enforcement. The area is surrounded by mountains with a hilly terrain and some ravines. The men are both fit and in shape – they are able to navigate the hills with some ease. As they get to the bottom of a hill, the younger man knows the escape route but the slightly older man says “See ya” and starts in the other direction. The men split up as do the law enforcement officers. The younger man is quickly run down by an officer. As he orders the younger man to the ground, the officer is killed by a gunman working with the younger man. They pull the dead officer off the main path.

Whistling “The Yankee Doodle Boy” and then singing the song loudly, the other man is strolling through a wooded area. Law enforcement catches up with the man – calling him Kessler and “a crazy bastard.” Kessler agrees – “you can’t even imagine.”

Kensi and Deeks arrive at the office. Toting boxes to pack up his things, Deeks is discussing the two “going down the infertility road” but she’s having none of that. Kensi is being positive – it is about fertility, not infertility. Deeks is looking for a budget because treatments could get very expensive, very quickly. Kensi thinks they should do whatever it takes, even if it means debt. If they are willing to go into debt for something like a house, isn’t something as important as having a child, someone who will define their lives, worth the same investment? Deeks is worried – the bar is bleeding money, they are closing on the house and he just wants to know how far into bankruptcy they are willing to go.

Kensi gets a call from Fatima, cutting off Deeks’s laments about their financial woes. Fatima is driving in – the Secret Service needs to speak to Kensi immediately on a secure line in Ops. Deeks starts to pack his things, Kensi tells him it is a waste of time – Hetty will have him back in a week.

In Ops, Secret Service Agent Monroe is filling Kensi in on the prisoner escape from a federal prison in Winona, Arizona. The younger man is Randy Sinclair, in jail for plotting to assassinate the President. Agent Monroe admits it was just luck that they were able to arrest Sinclair before he could try to kill the President. Kensi said she heard a rumor that Sinclair was CIA. While the Agency denied it, Sinclair was not only CIA, he’s incredibly smart and an uncontrollable psychopath. When he was fired from the CIA, he decided to kill the President.

Kensi wants to help but wonders how. When Monroe moves to the recaptured David Kessler, Kensi reacts. Kessler is willing to help but only help “Special Agent Kensi Blye”. Monroe believes Kessler is obsessed with Kensi. The Secret Service wants her in Arizona “fast”.

Walking through the armory with a packing Kensi, Deeks is not thrilled with this. Kessler has been sending Kensi “creepy Valentine’s Day Cards” through the Navy Yard every year. She asked NCIS to stop forwarding them. Sam comes on comms with Fatima and a driving in Callen. Kensi explains that she arrested Kessler just before joining the OSP. Callen tells her the team was shown the case file when Hetty was bringing Kensi to the team. They were all really impressed.

Sam is familiar with Kessler’s history of dealing arms in Argentina and Iran. Kensi adds that Kessler was also a trafficking minors. Deeks calls Kessler “super creepy and a scumbag” which makes his presence known to the others. Callen tells Deeks he has to leave, Sam threatens to pull out his comms with pliers until things are straightened out. Deeks promises to take the comms out and doesn’t. Callen is sure Hetty will have him back with the team quickly. When Kensi says she’s going to Arizona, Deeks wants to go with her. Everyone but Deeks agrees - he can’t go.

Fatima joins in. Kessler’s former girlfriend, Michelle Boucher, is living in Los Feliz. Callen is going to bring in Boucher. Sam and Roundtree are going with Kensi to Arizona – maybe they can find Sinclair before Kessler spills.

As the Warden and Kensi is walked through the rough part of the prison to get to Kessler’s cell, the prisoners are enjoying her presence. Kessler is in a super-secure unit. Seems he was a delight when he arrived in prison – biting guards, throwing urine. About a year ago, he “found God” and calmed down. The warden believed Kessler changed and allowed him to work in other wards of the prison. It could have been part of his escape plan. The prison is sending all the video of Kessler for the last year to Ops for review.

Ops also has a full view of Kessler’s cell. Kessler is doing push-ups and doing them loudly. The Warden tells Kessler that Kensi is there but Kessler will only speak to Kensi alone. When the Warden calls Kessler an “arrogant bastard”, Kessler explains it is all about power and right now, he has it.

As the Warden leaves Kensi on the other side of the plexiglass cell, Deeks walks into Ops. Fatima wants him out but he’s not going anywhere. Kessler tells Kensi she looks more beautiful than he remembered. Kensi wants to know about Sinclair – she’s not staying long. Kessler disagrees – he didn’t ask her there to share what he knows and watch her “walk out of my life again.” According to Kessler, this reunion was years in the making. Kensi is having none of it. Deeks is taking in all of it and Fatima really wants him to leave – he’s putting her in a bad position. Deeks is not leaving.

Kensi wants to know where Sinclair is. Kessler expresses his disappointment in Kensi – she got married. When Kensi tries to deny it, Kessler points out a red irritation on the ring finger on her left hand. Kessler doesn’t mind – they can still have sex. Deeks thinks Kessler is dangerous.

A confused Kensi figured Kessler would hate her – she put him in jail for 30-years. Kessler is sure he can still hate her and have sex. Mocking his workout, Kensi thinks it is sweet he was doing pushups just for her. Kessler explains he’s keeping himself ready – Kensi is a capable woman and when he’s freed from prison, he is going to hunt her down, have sex with Kensi and then kill her. “Maybe not even in that order.” Deeks thinks if Kensi doesn’t kill Kessler, he will. That gets Fatima on comms to Callen. Deeks is tossed from Ops. If he won’t go, Callen will send people up to remove him. Tossing his comms on the big table, Deeks tells Fatima she made a mistake.

Callen pulls up at Michelle Boucher’s house just as she is leaving. When Callen mentions David Kessler, Boucher has a small reaction.

Agent Rudolph from the FBI fugitive squad is running his recapture. When Sam and Roundtree introduce themselves, Rudolph asks if Kensi got anything from Kessler. Where they are located, there is nothing but forest on one side and way to the highway on the other. Rudolph believes Sinclair is on his way to the highway and a ride out. Sam disagrees – Sinclair would know that and could be going deeper into the forest. Since it is December, Sinclair would likely freeze in the forest, according to Rudolph. Rudolph thinks Sam and Roundtree – “you boys” – are just there to tell him what Kensi learns.

Sam is a bit surprised by “you boys”, Roundtree is just shaking his head. They decided to go for a nice trip to the forest (tm, The X-Files). Sam thinks as a former CIA Agent, Sinclair knows they’d be looking for him to go to the highway. If he has help, there could be cold weather clothes, a tent, supplies including food and water waiting for him. Sam and Roundtree are going hunting.

Kensi compliments Kessler on his cell – the nicest one she’s ever seen. Kessler credits his lawyer and loyal connections in Washington. Kensi doesn’t think people in Washington are all that loyal to convicts doing 30-years. “So naïve, my sweet, sweet government employee.” There is a safe deposit box filled with photos and videos of important men in compromising positions. Kensi isn’t impressed – Sinclair is on the move and all the info Kessler has gets less useful by the minute.

Callen gently questions Boucher, who said she really wasn’t Kessler’s girlfriend. She was young and blinded by the money, private jets and lifestyle. There was also the cocaine – Kessler made her an addict. She had more of a relationship with the drugs than with Kessler. Callen mentions that the AUSA prosecuting Kessler thought Boucher ran his prostitution business. Boucher admits she “invited” friends into their social circle – friends who were as young and susceptible as she was. She didn’t run Kessler’s prostitution business, she was a victim, that’s why she wasn’t charged.

Callen asks why didn’t Boucher testify against Kessler. She couldn’t. “David” knew everything about her past, met her family. If she testified against him, he’d find and kill her. Not from prison, Callen says. “David Kessler will figure a way out.” Kessler is the smartest man Boucher ever met. Also the most evil. When Callen tells Boucher that Kessler escaped prison and was recaptured that morning, Boucher is visibly upset. She want to make sure he’s back in prison.

Walking through the woods, Sam starts talking about possible spiders they could encounter. Roundtree corrects Sam on some of the spiders listed – he’s into spiders. There’s a lot more out in the woods for the two of them to worry about than spiders. Sam agrees, finding a spot for a tent. At the same time, Roundtree finds a shell casing – they are concerned Sinclair is armed.

After Kessler finally puts on a shirt, Kensi tells him this is all a show for attention – like a four-year-old who says he has a secret but doesn’t know anything. When Kessler mocks Kensi’s psychological skills and take on him, she notes that her skills were good enough to catch him. He drops a “touché”. Kessler explains that in prison, there are three things to think about – sex, suicide and escape, though the last two are different versions of the same thing. He adds one new thing – revenge. Kensi points out his failure in the escape, his cowardice when it comes to suicide and his fantasies of sex and revenge are just that – fantasies.

Kessler slams into the plexiglass and gets really close the Kensi. Even in the “glass box”, Kessler says he’s in Kensi’s head – “every day and every night.” That makes his fantasies real.

When Roundtree calls in with the discovery of the shell casing, he’s immediately dismissed – it is elk hunting season, there are fresh shell casings everywhere. Rudolph reminds Sam and Roundtree that the FBI has special training for tracking – “these are things you boys might not understand coming from an urban environment.” Roundtree and Sam share a look. When Rudolph is off the walkie-talkie, Sam asks Roundtree about not mentioning that he was an FBI Agent. “Think it would have mattered?” Roundtree replies. Sam admires Roundtree’s restraint. Lighting up Rudolph won’t help find Sinclair. They agree that sometimes they have to call out the racism they endure and “call it for what it is.” Roundtree just wants to be better than Rudolph. Sam finds another shell casing.

Fatima has news on Dan O’Brien, Kessler’s former lawyer who is also a former lawyer period – he was disbarred for insider trading. O’Brien is now a lobbyist in DC and the only person who visits Kessler. After each visit, O’Brien immediately contacts James Lancaster, the Chief of Staff to the President. This has been going on for three years. And while O’Brien always calls the White House, the White House never calls O’Brien. Kensi thinks that makes sense – the White House would want nothing to do with Kessler. Kensi wants to know if Fatima finds anything else.

Callen asks Boucher if she loved Kessler or his money. Boucher said she was used and manipulated like the other women – she was a victim. The other women were sold into prostitution, Callen notes, “some of them were kids.” As she starts to cry, Boucher tells Callen she can deal with what happened to her but what was done to the young girls – “I should have done something. I’ll never forgive myself for that.”

When asked about Kessler’s weaknesses, Boucher calls him “wicked smart” but he can’t read or spell. Kessler grew up in an abusive home – chained to a radiator in his mother’s bedroom in the Bronx. Kessler’s mother was a crack addict and a prostitute who beat her son and even sold him to some of her clients. Boucher isn’t sure that’s true but that was Kessler’s story. Fatima on comms confirms some of it – Kessler’s mom, Karen Lerman, is doing time in Sing-Sing for solicitation, possession of cocaine and vehicular manslaughter. That info is shared with Kensi.

When Kensi returns, Kessler is back to working out. Kensi calls him a “regular Richard Simmons.” Kessler tells Kensi he just wants to be ready. She thinks that’s pathetic. He’s being thinking about her all the time and she hasn’t thought about him once in the last 13-years. She has an amazing and successful life. Kessler doesn’t think it is all that successful – Kensi doesn’t have any children. Kensi reacts for a second before asking how does Kessler know that. Kessler goes on a rather long description about Kensi’s body and her sadness was palpable. He asks if the problem is that “hubby doesn’t want kids” or maybe things aren’t just working out.

Kensi lashes out, asking how Kessler felt about being sold into prostitution by his mother. Inflict the same pain on women that his mother inflicted on him. Kensi tells Kessler it doesn’t take Dr. Phil to know Kessler has “mommy issues.” Kensi keeps going after Kessler tells her to go to hell, wanting to how badly it feels to know what his mother did to him. Kensi makes an offer – she could bring Kessler’s mother to Arizona to let Kessler scream at her, to make her apologize. “She would never do that,” Kessler tells Kensi. And as “satisfying a conversation with Mommy may be,” he wasn’t trading it for the information he has. Kensi asks what would be a fair trade. Locked alone in a room with his mother and full immunity against murder would be a tempting offer.

Roundtree asks Sam about the CIA actually helping Sinclair escape. Sam does the NCIS: Los Angeles OSP greatest CIA hits with the mole. They come across the dead guard from the teaser. While the FBI is looking at the dead guard, Sam is on the phone to Kensi with an update. Did Kessler know about who was helping Sinclair escape. Roundtree tells Sam the FBI is sticking with the highway theory – whoever was helping Sinclair is still driving him away. Sam and Roundtree are going deeper in the woods.

With Callen in her ear, Kensi tells Kessler that he wants something, she wants to leave, what deal can she offer. In prison, what would Kessler want? Callen offers a phone call with Michelle Boucher. When Kensi offers it, Kessler reacts. “She’s the only person from your past you don’t want to kill,” Kensi notes. Kessler doesn’t believe Kensi – Boucher would be too terrified to speak to him.

Callen asks Boucher if she would talk to Kessler – “five minutes, max.” Boucher wants no part of this. Saying that the man they are looking for is going to kill the president, it is vital for Boucher to help. With Kessler in prison, he’s never getting out. Callen assures Boucher she is completely safe. A reluctant Boucher agrees. Kessler agrees – once he speaks to Boucher, he’ll spill what he knows. While Kensi doesn’t immediately go with that – she wants Kessler’s info before the call – Callen thinks they have nothing to lose doing it Kessler’s way. Kessler also wants no charges filed for his escape. Kensi has no say in that – that’s up to the AUSA. Callen has Kensi agree. “You’re a terrible negotiator.”

Callen calls an ancient flip phone which is passed on to Kessler. After Kessler does a snarky hello, Callen reminds Kessler that if he isn’t cooperating, he will make sure that Kessler is charged with everything and will die in prison. “I don’t like whoever this is,” is Kessler’s reaction. Callen puts Michelle on the phone. Michelle is having a hard time speaking. Kessler asks “are you there my angel?” Callen tries to get Boucher to speak, promising her she’s safe. Kessler promises “I remember you like it was yesterday.” Kessler keeps talking but Boucher can’t say a word. Kessler understands why – “I did unspeakable things to that woman” and offers a big smile.

Sam and Roundtree come to a clearing. They can see the broken branches and flattened grass of a helicopter landing site. Sinclair could be miles and miles away while the FBI is looking at the highway. Just before Roundtree calls in their findings, Sam thinks the FBI should be looking at radar for any more helicopters and checking out smaller airports for anyone looking like Sinclair.

As Deeks has his final box packed, Nell arrives. He promises “Mom” that he’s leaving, he loves her and hopes to see her at the bar that night. Nell isn’t worried about that. She’s done all she could to keep him with the team but it is official. The liaison position has been terminated permanently. Hetty exhausted all her options too but this is an LAPD decision, not an NCIS decision. Deeks keeps saying “right” as Nell speaks.

Deeks talks about going to FLETC even though he’d lose his LAPD pension and start at the bottom of the pay scale while he and Kensi are buying a house and trying to have a baby. NCIS won’t take Deeks either – he’s aged out of being a trainee. Deeks is hurt – he was a lawyer and spent 11-years working with NCIS, that should count for something. Deeks is near tears and so is Nell. She’s sorry but he assures her she’s fine. He doesn’t want to make a big deal of this so just tell everyone. As he walks out, he turns around and struggles to say he is going to miss NCIS and he thought they all did great work. Nell agrees. “Keep it up and make me proud,” Deeks says. Nell tells him that he made them proud, “every day.” It is a great scene in an otherwise terrible episode.

With the Boucher move a failure, Callen tells Kensi to say the escape charges will be dropped if Kessler tells everything now. Kensi is giving him two minutes and then she’s leaving. Callen can see Kessler in his cell – Kessler is banging on the plexiglass looking for Kensi. Kessler offers Kensi a deal – he wants a two-minute phone call with an old friend and then he’ll tell her everything. The old friend “goes by the unfortunate acronym of POTUS” which to Kessler sounds like ‘poet’ and ‘doofus’. Kensi tell him that’s not happening. Kessler disagrees – he knows the President, knew him before he was a congressman.

Dropping Boucher back home, Callen asks if there is anything he can do. Boucher would like to know when Kessler is released from prison. All of Kessler’s victims will be notified upon his release, Callen will make sure she is on that list. Boucher is sorry she couldn’t help – couldn’t help Callen, couldn’t help Kessler’s other victims. Callen doesn’t say much but it is obvious he isn’t so sure.

Nell tells Kensi that POTUS remembers Kessler and is willing to give him two-minutes on a secure line if that is what it takes to find Sinclair. There is to be no news of this call – the White House does not want every criminal in America to think they can speak to the President at will. The Secret Service will have a secure satellite phone to the prison in 20-minutes.

When Kensi sees Agent Monroe, Monroe makes it clear the Secret Service was never at the prison. Monroe has the phone. All the prisoners have been removed from the cell block, the cameras are off and only Monroe and her partner are going in to see Kessler. Kessler starts up with Monroe but she’s having none of it. Kessler gets his conversation with the President.

When the call is over, Kessler will only tell the information about Sinclair to Kensi. Kessler does Kessler things which annoys Kensi. He wants a map. What good is the map if Sinclair flew out in a helicopter. Kessler thinks the helicopter was a set up – it didn’t show up on radar and nobody at the nearby airports looks like Sinclair. The helicopter’s purpose was to get the search called off. Sinclair has six weeks of food and water – Kessler wants a map.

Kensi returns with an iPad with a map of the area. Kessler orders her close to the plexiglass – it’s like they are going to kiss. Kessler keeps talking about being in her head. She just wants to know where Sinclair is. He finds the spot on the map – a cave near a ravine. “He’s inside.” Kensi says goodbye. “Until next time, my love.” Kensi sends Sam and Roundtree the coordinates.

At the cave, Sam and Roundtree fear losing the light if they wait for the FBI. Sam yells federal agents and has he watched this show? Everyone is shooting at each other. Roundtree goes around the side to the entrance of the cave and after Sam puts down some fire, Roundtree throws in a flash-bang. Sinclair is out of the cave. Roundtree gets to tell Rudolph that they have Sinclair in custody.

The following morning, Deeks is walking Kensi to her car with the two quite unhappy about not working together. They get a call from Fatima. “For both of us?” Kensi takes the call and Kensi is immediate told to hang on, Fatima is getting Callen. “That’s not good,” according to Deeks.

When a driving Callen joins the call, Fatima tells all that Kessler was released from prison eight hours earlier by a Presidential Executive Order for national security issues. Deeks reminds everyone that Kessler promised to kill Kensi if he got out. Callen orders Kensi and Deeks to a secured location before doing a U-turn. Kensi and Deeks quickly drive to safety while Callen wants LAPD sent to Michelle Boucher’s house.

At Boucher’s house, several LAPD black and white vehicles are outside and in her driveway. The house is empty, a neighbor saw her leave overnight with some luggage. There is a BOLO for Boucher’s car. Callen checks out the house – everything is tidy. Sam is on comms, asking about Boucher. He thinks Boucher ran after a call from Kessler saying he was free. Callen disagrees – the bed was made the empty closets are neat, it doesn’t look like she left in a hurry.

Kensi on her cellphone, speaker on, asking if Boucher is gone. Deeks is horrified by all this.

In a drawer, Callen finds a romantic 8x10 framed photo of Boucher with Kessler. He tells the others about the photo – “they’re in love.” Kensi can’t believe Boucher would keep a photo like that. “She would if they were working together,” is Sam’s thoughts. Callen realizes that Kessler was caught on purpose to leverage Sinclair’s threat to the President into a release. NCIS gave Kessler a direct line to the White House and got him out of jail. “And now he’s coming after Kensi,” Deeks reminds the group.

What head canon can be formed from here: What a disappointment this episode was. There is a really interesting story to tell about how young NCIS Agent Kensi Blye caught the eye of Hetty Lange. Look at the others on the team – you have Callen with experience from all over the feds alphabet agencies, former SEAL Sam, really good at his job LAPD undercover officer Deeks as field agents. Then you had Kensi who was fairly new to all this (and look how that worked out for Dom). How did she catch Hetty’s (and Macy’s back in the day) eye? Doing a TV-movie version of “Silence of the Lambs” with Kensi as Clarice isn’t it.

The episode had the interesting scenes between racist Agent Rudolph, Sam and Roundtree – that deserved to be in a better episode. So did Nell’s goodbye to Deeks. By the way, do we think FBI Agent Rudolph was named after longtime most-wanted fugitive Eric Rudolph – the FBI wasn’t all that good on that real life case and Rudolph had ties to white supremacists.

The iTunes description of the episode includes the line “Also though Eric is desperate to keep Kensi safe, he is forced to leave NCIS.” No, Deeks, played by a guy named Eric, is forced to leave NCIS.”

Episode number: Episode 267 overall, five of season 12.

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Favorite thing about them: Besides the fact that its nice to have two more ladies who fill a cast of five main female characters (or in the case of the Grimm’s Aschenputtell, four, since the Fairy Godmother is out of that version), as someone who is not the best when it comes to fashion knowledge, their fashionista sensibilities and antics is always fun to read and/or watch.

Least favorite thing about them: The fact that they participate in and benefit of Cinderella’s abuse is reason enough to dislike those two, but there’s also the reason that most of the time, while the two stepsisters are usually differentiated phisically, personality wise book writers and screen writers in adaptations don’t always bother to differentiate them. The two tend to be portrayed as just one entity present to be greedy, mean spirited and abusive to Cinderella, to the point that when the german series Grimm’s Finest Fairy Tales adapted the Grimm’s Aschenputell variant, they reduced the two stepsisters into one, Anabella, because of how much they were interchangeable as characters.

Three things i have in common with them:

-I don’t even like thinking about domestic chores.

-I have siblings, and could relate to the rivalry and fights during my childhood.

-I have experience with being awkward in social gatherings.

Three things i don’t have in common with them:

-I never had servants at home.

-I wasn’t a kid spoiled by my relatives.

-Again, when it comes to choosing clothing, i first go searching wich ones are the most confortable, not so much wich ones are the most beautifull to impress others.

Favorite line:

These lines from the Perrault version, first exchanging dialogue between themselves:

"For my part, I will wear my red velvet suit with French trimming."

"And I shall have my usual petticoat; but then, to make amends for that, I will put on my gold-flowered cloak, and my diamond stomacher, which is far from being the most ordinary one in the world."

And then this lines exchanged betweem them and Cinderella, while making preparations for the first ball:

“Cinderella, would you not like to go to the ball?"

"Alas! You only jeer me; it is not for such as I am to go to such a place."

"You are quite right," they replied. "It would make the people laugh to see a Cinderwench at a ball.”

And this other exchange, when they tell about seeing the mysterious beautifull lady of the first ball, without knowing she was Cinderella herself

"If you had been at the ball, you would not have been tired with it. The finest princess was there, the most beautiful that mortal eyes have ever seen. She showed us a thousand civilities, and gave us oranges and citrons."

"She must, then, be very beautiful indeed; how happy you have been! Could not I see her? Ah, dear Charlotte, do lend me your yellow dress which you wear every day."

"Yes, to be sure! Lend my clothes to such a dirty Cinderwench as you are! I should be such a fool."

brOTP: Each other, if they aren’t constantly trying pull at the other’s hair and jumping at the other’s troat. Cinderella, in versions where they genuinelly come to repent their ways and love her as their sister. And in crossover land, Beauty’s two sisters from Beauty and the Beast.

OTP: The nobles who wed them in the Perrault version. In the Disney version, i ship Anastasia, the younger red headed sister, with the Baker in Cinderella II: Dreams Come True.

nOTP: Each other, Cinderella, or the Prince.

Random Headcanon:

The two court nobles who marry them in the Perrault version are two of Beauty’s three brothers, who rised into nobility after their illustrious younger sister married the Prince who was once a Beast.

Unpopular Opinion:

I hope people already stoped calling them “Ugly Stepsisters”. In both the Perrault version, Cendrillon, and the Grimm’s Aschenputtell, they are both described as phisically conventionally beautifull, and what sends most people away from them is the fact that they lack the non phisical beauty of kindness, and without that virtue they are underserving of any rewards from life. Is in adaptations, like the 1950 Disney animated version, the 1965 iteration of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, or fairy tale hodge podges like the Shrek movies, that equated them being considered phisically ugly with being mean spirited. And usually what those versions call being “ugly” is having big noses, like in the 1950 Disney animated version, being fat, like in both the 1965 and 1997 iterations of the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical and the Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics anime series, or being transgender coded, like in the Shrek movies, wich is very, very problematic. Hopefully people start noticing this and stop equating being considered conventionally beautifull with being a good in future retellings.

Song i associate with them:

The “Stepsisters Lament” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella