#rachel's ramblings

[23percentalive]

Me 🤝 Marcus Cole

Would die for Susan Ivanova

#rachel's ramblings #babylon 5 #susan Ivanova #marcus cole

[swifttosaturn]

This picture walked so that the tortured poets department photo shoot could run

#and it’s a candid! #ttpd #tsttpd #taylor swift #Rachel rambles #the tortured poets department #1k

[ofcrystalsandart]

I need more people to boop, pls like (or reblog) this if I can spam you with boops thank 💜

#boop #boop o meter #boop counter #i need those badges #april fools 2024 #rachelle rambles

[rachelsquill]

sometimes u see the most beautiful art n its only got like 65 notes and u know the world is cruel

#rachel rambles #when i see this i ofc rb n like but i am only one man

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

#rachel rambles #nimona #technically three more hours but!!!!! #unfortunately i Cannot stay up until then bc i spent literally all day with tiny bestie and i'm exhausted #but i got the house to myself tomorrow and i'm gonna watch it asap guaranteed

[nevereclipse]

suits fics i n e e d

1. A ConcernedTM Harvey makes a Sleep DeprivedTM Mike go home and rest, but Mike is too tired to ride his bike, so Harvey insists on driving him home. And Sleep DeprivedTM Mike makes some comments about how *pretty* he finds Harvey that he wouldn’t usually say aloud.

2. The “Thats my suit. My spare suit, from my office” fic because NO WAY was Harvey not obsessed with seeing Mike in his clothes.��

I can’t think of any more, but I will ADD to this. And if you have recs, please tell me. PLEASE. 

#never rambles #suits #marvey #mike x harvey #mike ross #harvey specter #donna paulsen #louis litt #rachel zane #suits tv #mike ross x harvey specter #they're just two gay boys your honour

[cluelessrebel1988]

If I Ran The Zoo (or how I would plot out an Animorphs TV/streaming series if I had the time/ability/resources)

So this is something I've been kicking around in my head on-again, off-again for a couple years now, and I thought I'd put it out there, just for the lols (do people still say that?)

My thought process is for a 5 season arc, with each season being somewhere in the neighborhood of 13-15 episodes long, give or take. There would be a few changes with the order of things, and a few minor characters would play a bigger role. I'm not going to go episode by episode, but just sort of outline the big arcs for each season. I'm not in any way suggesting that this is the best way to do it, just that this is how I would do it.

Season 1

This season obviously would start the events of The Invasion and would primarily incorporate events/plot points from the first 10 books, including finding Ax in his crashed ship (though I would move that to either take place in the first episode, or in the second half of the two-part premiere), Tobais getting stuck in his hawk form (and getting an episode or two dedicated to him coming to terms with that), and introducing Erik and the Chee (Erik would be introduced as a friend of Marco's early in the season, with his identity as a Chee being revealed in the second half of the season).

The only major plot point from that run of the series I wouldn't put into play just yet is the reveal of Marco's mother as Visser One (although I would be very much establishing her through flashbacks, dreams, etc., so people will recognize her when Visser One does show up).

The main arc of the season would involve the Kandrona Ray and the events of The Stranger, with the team meeting the Ellimist and learning about the ray and its significance and plotting to take it down to try to end/expose the invasion. Erik and Ax tagteam providing info about the ray and its use, but it's the vision from the Ellimist that gives Rachel the final clue, again, as in the book, with that occuring at the end of the penultimate episode. The season finale is solely focused on devising and executing the plan to destroy the ray. The plan would succeed, which would prompt Visser One's return, revealing her host to be Marco's mother as the cliffhanger for the season.

Obviously, we would be exploring the kid's home lives more, with the relationship with their families and friends and the whole 'work-life balance' thing that comes with fighting a guerilla war against an alien invasion. Not to the point where they're having to fake illnesses to skip school every episode, but enough to show that it's putting a strain on their relationships. I would also explore Rachel's relationship with Melissa Chapman more and have Melissa be a bigger supporting character in the show. We'd also introduce Karen and Aftran in this season, revealing her to be a controller early on, but something that Cassie doesn't find out until the end of the season

Season 2

Season 2 would pick up a few weeks after season 1, as The Alien did with The Stranger. The kids learn that their hope that the invasion would reveal itself with the Kandrona ray destroyed were in vain and that Ax knew that. The premiere would largely follow the plot of that book, with the Animorphs attempting to integrate Ax into society and attempting to take the fight to Visser Three with the help of a Yeerk traitor, and Ax telling the others about the Law of Seerow's Kindness. Ax would get a lot of development this season, with the events of The Deception coming into play.

Tobias would help free the Hork-Bajir as in The Change and get his human form back as a morph, and the reveal that he is Elfangor's son would be included in this season as well (Obviously we're tapping into the Andalite Chronicles for flashbacks in at least one episode this season to help set that up).

Marco's main character arc would revolve around learning that his mother is Visser One, keeping it a secret, only to have the others find out later, thus incorporating The Predator and The Escape. Also Visser One is the big bad for the season, delving more into her conflict with Visser Three. The season would end with her supposed death following the Animorphs' thwarting of her plans

For Cassie, we cover the utilize adapted versions of The Departure and set up for The Sickness, with Karen/Aftran and Cassie perhaps getting trapped somewhere and forced to work together to get out of it, laying the groundwork for Aftran to be captured by Visser Three. The season finale would also center around the efforts to rescue Aftran.

Jake and Rachel will have arcs and roles to play in each of these stories as they each start to fall into their respective roles as leader and fighter, respectively. If they get their own arc, it would be around trying to save Tom specifically.

Additionally, Melissa is still around in her expanded role, but with a new friend: David, who would be introduced fairly early in the season in a recurring role (Melissa is also recurring at this point). She and David will have a B-plot where they become friends and are together when David finds the morphing cube, the discovery of which also occurs in the finale.

Season 3

Obviously, the primary source for the main arc of season 3 is the David Trilogy, with The Discovery in particular serving as the source for the season premiere. It plays out mostly the same, with the Animorphs learning that David and Melissa have the cube and plans to sell it online. They try to retrieve the cube before the two of them can attract the attention of the Yeerks, but ultimately fail, leading to the battle at David's house. They manage to get Melissa and David out of the house before they can be captured, and are forced to reveal themselves and tell them what's happening, essentially recruiting them into the Animorphs.

The events of the rest of the trilogy, with the threat to the UN summit or some similar event involving world leaders as a target that they have to keep the Yeerks from taking advantage of -- as well as with David and Melissa's reactions to being Animorphs -- would take up the majority of the plot this season. Obviously Melissa becoming an Animorph opens up some new potential for her arc, especially around her relationship with her dad and trying to come to terms with him being a controller (and the fact that Rachel has been keeping this a secret all along). She and David would have similar arcs around their parents being controllers, but while David ultimately turns against the Animorphs, Melissa does not (although David tries to convince her to). The season ends with the gang trapping David in a rat morph, as the books do.

One of Melissa's major character traits is her interest in technology, something she used to bond with her father over (working together to take things apart and then put them back together before be became a Controller to try to keep her safe) and I imagine her and Ax developing something of an awkward friendship as she tries to ask him about the morphing technology and other Andalite technology, with him being reluctant to share due to the Law of Seerow's Kindness. But, as he's grown closer with the Animorphs, he would eventually acquiesce and they would begin to bond. The two big relationships (Rachel and Tobias, and Cassie and Jake) also take major steps this season

The other major arc for the season involves other Andalites, incorporating The Arrival and The Other, with the reveal that other Andalites are on earth and some are there to help...or are they? The season would also end with Tobias getting captured by the Yeerks to begin the laying of the groundwork for the discovery that the Animorphs are not, in fact, Andalite bandits.

Season 4

The events of The Illusion and The Test would be adapted for the season premiere, including the introduction of the Yeerk resistance (led in this series by Karen/Aftran) and Tobias's capture and torture, with the main difference being that it is Tom (who has largely been a secondary or tertiary villain thus far) being the one who conducts the torture. During the interrogation, Tobias lets something slip that most of the controllers in the room don't pick up on, but Tom does, leading him to investigate and setting up for the finale, which would be largely and adaptation of The Diversion, with the race against time to save their families taking up the majority of the episode. Melissa is able to save her parents, her father proving to be an asset in the final season with his knowledge of how Yeerk technology works.

This season as a whole would focus on escalating the war between the Animorphs and the Yeerks. The stakes become higher, as are tensions following David's betrayal. Visser One returns, learning that Marco is one of the Animorphs and we incorporate the events of Visser, seeing the Animorphs rescue her.

Following Tobias's capture and torture, Rachel becomes more angry and vengeful, setting up for her arc over the final season (we've seen hints of her violent streak over the series up to this point, but it gets more intense this season).

Season 5

With their secret out, the Animorphs regroup in the Hork-Bajir valley and try to figure out their next move. The final arc of the series would play out largely how it does over the course of the final books, with the team recruiting more Animorphs to help them with their mission, and even trying to recruit government and military officials to aid in the fight. Tom gets the morphing cube, adding controllers with the ability to morph (other than the newly appointed Visser One) to the threat against the Animorphs. The final battle would be a multi-pronged attack, with the bombing of the Yeerk Pool being part of the final assault and not a separate battle.

Rachel gets aboard the blade ship and kills Tom before being killed herself. In an effort to make up for the harm he caused, Hedrick Chapman sacrifices himself to both ensure the Yeerk Pool bomb goes off and to save Melissa one final time (the pair of them were in charge of building/detonating it, along with Ax), and Jake orders the flushing of the Yeerk Pool on the the Pool ship, alienating Erek and the rest of the Chee going forward. All of this is in the penultimate episode.

The series finale follows the aftermath of the war in The Beginning, and, as the books did, the series would end with Jake, Tobias, and Marco (and probably Melissa) being recruited to help save Ax from an as-yet unknown threat.

And there you have it, my outline for how an Animorphs series could/should play out. As I said at the start, this is just my idea and others might have different thoughts about what order the arcs should go in and what significant changes (if any) would be made. Please be kind with any criticisms, and if you'd like to share your thoughts with me, my inbox is open. I also did a fancast for the series a few years ago if anyone's curious about who would play who

#animorphs #series outline #just my ramblings #Jake Berenson #Rachel Berenson #Marco #Tobias #aximili esgarrouth isthill #Ax #Cassie #Melissa Chapman #David

[etheriaolympics]

headcanon that rachel accidentally becomes the camps guidance counselor:

when she gets her little oracle cave at camp after TLO, one newer camper gets confused and thinks that she’s a new guidance counselor/ therapist hired for the campers after the war.

at first rachel just thinks that the campers just see her as a safe person to talk to, and being mortal and all, she’s slightly distanced from demigod drama

but eventually it becomes non stop and she’s super confused and people keep on telling her secrets and it’s all wayyy too above her pay grade

#rachel elizabeth dare #honestly someone free her from these annoying kids #pjo hoo toa #pjo rambles #percy jackson #pjo #camp half blood #pjo headcanon

[trans-queen-administrator]

Ok so I saw this post and I don't want to derail it (check it out tho cool analysis). Masks in Worm are so so interesting to me, because they're something the top echelon of villains completely forgo. Slaughterhouse Nine, Birdcage Capes, Nilbog, Echidna, Moord Nag, all of them are unmasked, their identities are complete public knowledge. Masks are a privilege afforded to the Villains who play nice and don't try to blow up the moon, or kill millions, or spawn two thousand goblins, their identities are allowed to stay hidden as an incentive to Not Blow Up The Moon Please. And when the mask comes off, it means there's so much less reason for the villain to hold back because their little Not Blowing Up The Moon prize is gone so what's the fucking point of not doing anything to that smug rock? So when Taylor does get unmasked, there's two major things that signified. She has no reason to hold back anymore, which is why she's so brutal afterwards. She puts maggots in valefors eyes, she manages to kill the Butcher by trapping Cherish in an even worse hell, she ruins the chili, she kills Alexandria and Tagg in the most brutal way possible. Her restraints are gone, she has no reason to temper herself and every reason to lash out. The second thing it signifies is why her lashing out is so terrifying. By being unmasked, she's up there with the nine, nilbog, all the impossibly strong villains we know don't get the privilege of a mask. It tells the reader that Taylor is a villain on par with them, she's that terrifying and enough of a monster that she's not allowed to play the cops and robbers game Lisa tells her about.

#worm #parahumans #taylor hebert #skitter #ramble #absolutely no clue if this one is comprehensible I'm so tired #2:30 am mask analysis #woooo #also yeah some people unmask willingly or never got a choice like Rachel #whatever outliers aren't real #also taylor keeps wearing the mask for The Aesthetic which like. good for her #ohhhh but she doesn't wear a mask as khepri #something there I'm sure

[averagemrfox]

Two tattoos within a month and a half oops

#rachel's ramblings #this is going to be the start of finishing my right arm’s half sleeve #gonna fill in the rest with more flowers maybe something else idk #you can see the lines on my arm from the bandage still 😅

[yonemurishiroku]

Apollo saw the dodgeball meme and decide that from now on Rachel can only do prophecy via ball to the face, which mean she throws the ball and the prophecy just imprinted to your brain

Anon are you sure they would remember the prophecy after getting a ball in their heads because I reckon the concussion would just knock it out right after that.

#rachel singlehandedly knock out a hero before the quest even started #rachel elizabeth dare #apollo pjo #apollo #lester papadopoulos #pjo meme #pjo #hoo #toa #yone rambling #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo

[23percentalive]

I'm so sick and fucking tired of feeling helpless when it comes to "injustice" at work. There are 4 people on our staff at [My Work Place] and they expect us to split 60 hours a week between us? One gets guaranteed full time, leaving 20-22 hours for the rest of us??? We had so many issues, scripts, vaccines, and mixes to do because everyone is sick I stayed 2 extra hours bc the other person didn't come in. It's the Friday before a 3 day weekend, and 2 days before insurances change, please for the love of God let people work. They want to, you just want to pinch pennies despite the fact that you're a multi million dollar pharmacy company. Fuck You.

#Rachel's ramblings #im just so angry and no one i know irl cares

[swifttosaturn]

the wait for ttpd

#i spent 5 minutes on this #i saw this meme a lot during Tayfootball season #rachel rambles #ttpd #the tortured poets department #taylor swift #1k

[understandably-odd]

i feel like rachel dare is hated a lot because she “gets in the way of percabeth.” but in reality she was just a fifteen year old girl who liked a guy. like she was never an anti-annabeth or willfully stopping percy from being with annabeth (in fact she actually does encourage percy to go after annabeth). she, similar to calypso, just fell for percy, understood he did not reciprocate her feelings, and let him go. and that’s not even the whole of her story! like so much of what is said about rachel is just relating to percy, but she herself is such a cool character. like she led percy and annabeth through the labyrinth, something that nobody else was able to navigate. she hit kronos in the eye with a hairbrush, and though she didn’t know who he was at first, she knew he was dangerous. she literally became the oracle! like rachel dare is such a cool, incredible character and she is always watered down to an obstacle in the percabeth relationship, which she never was.

#and she would never have made a move on percy if she had known he was completely uninterested. like she was not #preventing his relationship with annabeth. he was also a little interested in her and though his feelings never went beyond #a crush any thoughts he had abt annabeth vs rachel were merely his own. like rachel was not putting herself against annabeth #also as much as i love annabeth rachel did not deserve the treatment that annabeth gave her. like annabeth’s jealousy was because she also #liked percy but rachel was consistently nice to her despite that. #anyways. could say more but i feel like this is the most i have rambled on here in a bit. so. #jack quacks #rachel elizabeth dare #percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #annabeth chase #please i hope this makes sense

[rachelsquill]

sometimes i feel like “wow i havent drawn in ages” and i literally drew that morning

#rachel rambles #idk why i do this

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

Meet my daughter

#rachel rambles #drawfee #'i'm the statue of merobiberty!' #made by gubnz on etsy #she's perfect and i love her #i think ​i'm gonna get their educational duck armageddon figure too 😁