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redlettermediathings · 9 months
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elfbinnie · 2 months
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And If You Never Bleed, You’re Never Gonna Grow; blog introduction
Samantha/Sam/Sami, doesn’t matter! A 23 year old pagan witch. She/They. Stay/NCTzen/ARMY/Monbebe/Atiny/MOA book girlie.
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anneangel · 2 months
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Tolkien said that one of the things he didn't like about LotR was that the book was too short.
In a way I agree with him, because I found the ending so rushed [others always say "that evil" is destroyed in the middle of the book and everything after is just an long epilogue] and yet I found it rushed. And I wanted a lot of the appendices to be narrated chapters, it was interesting to see what the lives of each member of the Fellowship were like in the appendices, but I wanted chapters about.
And I would also like to have seen, narrated chapters, of the Battle of Dale, with Brand (Son of Bain, son of Bard) and Dáin fighting three days against enemy armies and dying. I wish had read a narrative of Thranduill and Celeborn uniting in Mirkwood and destroying Dul Guldur once and for all, and then dividing the region between them. When LotR informs that the others would not come to battle because they already had war at their gates, I wanted the plot to split to show this in other parts.
A better development of the romance between some characters would also be interesting, the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen already makes me cry every time I read it, but I feel like it would be more interesting as a narrative than an appendix. If their marriage went on for another 100 pages I wouldn't mind. And I would like Arwen and Elrond's conversations not to be just subtext.
Faramir and Éowyn, I really love them as a couple, but I think more pages dedicated to their romance would also be interesting. Sam and Rose? I would have liked it more if we had more mentions of the girl throughout the journey, if Sam mentioned her more often throughout the plot, so maybe the end wouldn't seem so sudden. When I say that don't like the development of the "love pairings" in LotR, it's not that I don't like the characters or the ships, but that the narrative wasn't enough for me. Don't get me wrong, I love LotR. But I wanted there to be more to be "narrated" than "told" or "implied" or "pointed out in the appendices."
Yes, I also thought the book was too short. There is a lot between the lines that could come to light more. It could have been another thousand pages. And perhaps it still wasn't enough. How could anyone think that LotR is a very long book?
Maybe that's the problem with Tolkien creating such a complex Universe with such interesting characters: no matter how long the book was, it would never be enough. Because as a fan, I would always want more and more of it. More immersion at all points. Is it always like this with authors who create universes that seem so incredible to read? And when it's gone, it's not enough to fill the void.
And all the posthumous books, like The Silmarillion, or Unfinished Tales (and others), with the tone of "organized drafts" and "told" instead of narrated most of the time, weren't enough for me. I still wanted so much more. And I never will have it. Don't get me wrong, I liked the posthumous books, I think Christopher Tolkien did a good work. But still, when reading, I always asked myself "if this had been published by Tolkien during his lifetime, would it have been like this? What would he have changed yet? What would he have more refined?".
Because, as much as other fans like to see posthumous books as a "canonical" part of the work, like complements. I can only see as unfinished drafts, which it truly are. No matter how well organized are, even The Silmarillion is just a draft organized in the best way, Christopher T says this.
The letters don't count for me either, because Tolkien changed his mind about several things, just like in the drafts.
So I feel that, although the Tolkien Universe is vast, there are a lot of drafts and letters, and little work is actually completed. I liked the posthumous books and the fact that they expanded the universe even further and provided more information. But it becomes a “vicious cycle”, as the information contained there also brings more desire for it be narrated by Tolkien himself in an book he finished (but will never be! Unfortunately).
And that saddens me. Because I wanted so much more. And Tolkien didn't live long enough to give it. In the end, it's a mix of happiness for what Tolkien gave, and sadness for what he still could have given.
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madame-mortician · 8 months
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Random Evil Dead Fun Facts!
Because I'm hyperfixated on it :P
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Originally, Ash was supposed to lose an eye in Army of Darkness, but this was scrapped.
Currently Evil Dead (2013) has the most fake blood used in a film, with 50,000 gallons being used. This isn't that suprising considering that during the final 10 minutes of the film, it is raining blood non-stop.
Freddy Krueger's glove is in the workshed in Evil Dead 2. This is a reference to how in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy watched The Evil Dead. Ironically, that was a nod to how Wes Craven's "The Hills have Eyes" poster was in The Evil Dead. That in turn was a nod to how in The Hills have Eyes a torn Jaws poster is seen on the walls. Very confusing easter egg.
Ironically, Ash actually does say the correct words during the Necronomicon scene in Army of Darkness, but it's hard to hear due to Bruce Campbell coughing his way through it, which sounds like something Ash would do honestly.
Speaking of that scene in Army of Darkness, it is actually established that Ash isn't good at remembering phrases, shown by the scene in The Evil Dead, where Ash tries to recite a greek quote but fucks it up.
Evil Dead Rise confirms that the original trilogy takes place in the same universe as the remake and Evil Dead Rise. For one, they confirm there are three volumes of the Necronomicon, being the ones seen in Army of Darkness. The first Necronomicon, Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, was found by Prof. Knowby and read by Ash and his friends. The second book, Naturom Demonto, is the one Mia found in her family cabin and the final one, also named Naturom Demonto, is the one locked in the bank vault in Evil Dead Rise.
Each deadite in Evil Dead Rise has different eyes referencing the older ones. Ellie has unique silver eyes, Bridget and the neighbours have golden yellow eyes (like in the 2013 film) and Danny has pupilless white eyes (like in the original trilogy.)
The character names in Evil Dead (2013) start with letters that spell the word "DEMON" (David, Eric, Mia, Olivia and Natalie.)
Similarly, the building in Evil Dead Rise, the Monde, is an anagram for Demon as well.
A reocurring theme in the Evil Dead films, is a sister getting possessed and tormenting their sibling. This is shown with Cheryl and her brother Ash, Mia and her brother David, Ellie and her sister Beth and Bridget and her siblings Danny and Kassie.
All the characters in Evil Dead Rise are named after actors from the Evil Dead films, which I elaborate on here.
Originally Army of Darkness was named "Medieval Dead."
The original ending of Army of Darkness showed Ash waking up in a post-apocolyptic future, but it was changed to the more optimistic ending. Despite both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell preferring the original ending, the redone ending was used to continue the story with Ash VS Evil Dead.
The original ending was also supposed to lead into Evil Dead 4, where Ash would've fought deadites in the future with robots and other futuristic tropes, but because the ending was changed this never happened. Ironically, the same thing happened to Ash VS Evil Dead, when Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger so that the next season could be in the post-apocalyptic future, but this too was cancelled.
The German version of Army of Darkness incorporates both endings. It starts with the deleted ending, where Ash incorrectly takes 7 drops instead of 6, but as he sleeps it cuts to black and says Ash began dreaming over the centuries. Then it cuts to the regular ending where Ash is in the supermarket and is hailed as a hero before cutting back to him waking up in the post-apocalyptic future. Ironically this is my favourite ending, but it's not-canon.
Evil Dead (2013) had a bunch of different endings before settling on the, supposedly, canon one. One ending had Mia simply leave and the film ends, another had her go to leave before being jumped by a demon (like in The Evil Dead's ending), another had her collapse on the road and get rescued only to reveal she was still possessed and another had her go to leave but start floating before she exploded. The canon one is likely the theatrical ending where she simply walks away, and since we never see Mia again we have nothing to confirm or deny this.
The Abomination from Evil Dead (2013) is inspired by the poster of The Evil Dead, which depicts a woman being dragged into a grave. The Abomination even does the same pose when it rises.
Speaking of The Evil Dead posters, the promo images for The Evil Dead, showed Bruce Campbell and Bridget Hoffman being attacked by a skeleton prop, and defending themselves with a chainsaw. Despite being in all the promotional images and being on the literal cover, Bridget Hoffman was not in the film, though it's likely she is supposed to be a stand-in for Linda. She also played a cameo role as a sword fighter in Army of Darkness, and the voice of the Lori doll in Ash VS Evil Dead.
In The Evil Dead originally it was written that the characters would be smoking weed whilst listening to the tapes, perhaps as a way to explain why they would willingly play the tape, and as a way to rationalise the characters dumb decisions for the rest of the film. This however, was scrapped when the actors did smoke weed for the shot, but got too high and became uncontrollable.
The opening shot of The Evil Dead was filmed by Sam Raimi who stood on a boat, whilst Bruce Campbell pushed him along.
One of the demon passages in The Evil Dead translates to "Sam and Rob are the hikers on the road" a reference to the fact that the two hitchhikers at the start of the film are literally Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.
During The Evil Dead, a cameraman slipped and dropped his camera onto Bruce Campbell's face, which caused several of his teeth to fall out.
Apparently during filming for Evil Dead 2, after one of the slapstick scenes Bruce Campbell heard somebody making funny noises above him and thought they were making fun of his performance, only for it to turn out that guy got electrocuted. I say apparently because even though Campbell said this himself, he could've been kidding.
Originally the idea with Evil Dead (2013) was that it would get a sequel, similar to Evil Dead 2 but with Mia, and then Ash's story would get a sequel with Army of Darkness 2, and then a third sequel would be made that would have Mia and Ash's stories merge and have the two characters meet, explaining the random after-credits scene in 2013. For some reason they never made the sequel to Evil Dead (2013) and the sequel to Army of Darkness was scrapped for Ash VS Evil Dead instead. The 2013 sequel was replaced with Evil Dead Rise, and Bruce Campbell has since retired as Ash in live-action.
In Japan, Army of Darkness is called "Captain Supermarket" probably being in reference to how Ash works in retail.
So far Evil Dead Rise is the only Evil Dead film without Ash's yellow delta, though apparently the chainsaw used by Beth is the same exact colour as the delta, being a double-reference.
Speaking of the delta, Ash's car appears in Evil Dead (2013), sitting abandoned in front of the cabin. It is most likely just an easter egg and has no lore implications.
Mia and David are half-siblings with different fathers. Originally it was intended for Mia to be Ash's daughter, but this was changed by Raimi. Ironically Ash did end up getting a daughter in the TV show.
Speaking of, Mia was supposed to appear in Ash VS Evil Dead, but it’s likely she wouldn’t have fit since her movie and experience was way darker than Ash’s, and she wouldn’t fit the tone.
The canonical reason Evil Dead (2013) is so similar to The Evil Dead is because the Necronomicon can cause history to repeat itself and likely lured the 5 friends to the cabin (which could also explain why some of the randoms are even here). This is why the 5 characters play very similar roles to the original film, Eric is Scotty, Natalie is Linda, Olivia is Shelly, and David is Ash whilst Mia is Cheryl. The reason Mia survives instead of David, and becomes more like Ash in the finale is likely that when David saved Mia, which Ash failed to do with Cheryl, the Necronomicon decided David should die and Mia should take Ash's role instead. It's also possible that David took the role of Annie in the finale, with him helping before being killed last second, but this is a bit of a stretch.
Bruce Campbell has two cameos in Evil Dead Rise. First is his voice being heard on the first tape Danny plays, where he plays a priest yelling “It’s called the Book of the Dead for a reason!” The second is simply the biting noises when Ellie bites Gabriel’s eye out, being Bruce Campbell furiously biting an apple.
Lee Cronin (Writer/Director of Evil Dead Rise) stated that Bruce Campbell’s cameo was intended to actually be Ash Williams himself. His reasoning was that Ash has found himself in the wrong time period a lot, and it would make sense for a time-displaced Ash to try and get rid of the Necronomicon in the past, before shit hits the fan.
Chet Kaminski was invited by Ash to go with them to the cabin. He chose not to come because Cheryl was also going and he didn’t want Ash to find out he was dating his sister as he feared it would end their friendship. This ultimately ended up saving his life.
In the Evil Dead films, the only characters to be possessed after they died were Scotty, Eric, David, Danny and the neighbours (Evil Dead Rise).
Shelly is never mentioned ever again after The Evil Dead. Scotty is mentioned once, in Ash VS Evil Dead.
Whilst shooting the recap scenes in Evil Dead 2, originally it was intended to have The Evil Dead be more closely followed, with Scotty, Cheryl and Shelly being there with Ash and not just Linda. Sam Raimi himself was going to play Scotty, but it was scrapped in favour of it being only Linda. It’s this recap that led to many fans and viewers being confused and assuming Evil Dead 2 was a retcon or remake when it was not. They couldn’t simply use footage from The Evil Dead due to licensing issues.
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kanmom51 · 1 year
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Jungkook W-live 28 March 2023
I knew it. 
I bloody well knew it.
I had this feeling in my gut that JK is going to show up for a live on that fateful eve of the 28th March.
You know, to announce the CK ambassadorship.
But then that could have waited a day, like after the actual company announces it.
Perhaps the CK thing was a good excuse. I mean, given the fact that he had a live for over an hour and a half and spoke about CK for about 5 minutes of it...
So yeah, JK came live and practically the full hour and a half was about JM, with a few minutes to whisper “Calvin Klein” and say he wouldn’t represent a brand he wouldn’t buy himself (do we hear a tiny little poke at a certain someone else here people?  You tell me).
I saw tons of posts about the live.  But I preferred to wait for the official translations, makes for a better viewing, not to mention better perspective – seeing the expressions when the words are being said is almost everything. 
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Before I start talking about what was said and done in the live, let’s bring up once more the one thing that would have been a given to be talked about under the circumstances, but all we got about it was deafening silence.
Letter.
The song that JK was clearly oh so excited about that he had to give us a cute little spoiler to with his guitar all pre-prepared playing us the tune (which he had to learn especially as he did the backup voice not the guitar playing -  that was JM).
The one song that JK took part in on JM’s solo so exciting new album.
The  one song that was created ‘for army’, same army that JK has written several songs for in the past, same army JK loves oh so much, same army that thinking about them at times brings him to tears, same army that he was sitting with him right there doing his live for. 
The song that JM said in his Face live, one way or another (waiting to watch that one subbed and see the exact words he used) that was for Army (again, without playing it for army that are watching him do the live), and moving on, once again, without a single word about JK’s oh so loud involvement in this song.  On an album that is personal to him, in a song that is his supposed letter to army. 
Yeah.
That song and that JK and that army.
Not a single word about it from JK.
Not him bringing it up himself, nor him talking about it, mentioning anything about it, including when JM was speeding by the subject on Suchwita. 
You’d think he’d be piping up oh so proudly at that point saying “yeah, the song I helped JM hyung made for army” or something of that sort.  We’ve seen him do it many a times before. 
Nope. No piping up this time.
As a matter of fact, not a peep from him about that song nor it's meaning nor his involvement.
I wonder why?
NOT
I really don’t.
I know exactly why.
And you do too.
JK turns on the live 28.3.2023 at 2:53 am.
He asks what did he come to do today?  He came to watch JM on Suchwita with us. So, clear plan for the live this time.
He talks about starting to work again, working hard trying to find his own sound (me making happy sounds), using a straw because he’s been having trouble with his voice.  So, he’s doing exercises for his vocal cords with a straw, something he saw in videos, including seeing Sam Smith do the same.  He asks if it’s because of alcohol.  Ahm…JK… maybe it's that other thing you're suspected of doing that might be affecting your voice?
Please don't come at me, but maybe, just maybe, he has been doing that one thing that's not too good for his health, and maybe his voice either. And maybe, just maybe, the straws, in mouth constantly is for his vocal cords, but also a way to stop partaking in said habit...
He asks if it’s because of the alcohol, and then turns around to say he bought the straws because of his voice but it’s perfect for highball.  Lmao.
Ok, we are done with the straw explanations and we are all ready to start the actual live, lol.
He starts with a song he says he came across recently -  a cover Haize did of Still with you that came out a few days prior to the live. 
There is a reason behind everything JK does in these lives. The choice of song here, it has a meaning, it's not random.
So, we start a live that as we all know ends up to be all about JM with a song that we mostly believe to be related to their relationship. 
JK talks about Haize and hearing her in a radio interview saying she did the cover because this was the type of song she wanted to write for her fans.  Do I remind you that this is supposedly a fan song?  Do we all believe it’s just a fan song?
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Interesting choice for JK to start the obviously JM heavy live with a song he wrote that we believe to be a Jikook song, a song about JK and JM but that army was given ownership over.
Do I have to remind that JK came straight out and said this song was written for army?
JK was way clearer than JM on this, no vagueness, no beating around the bush, writing this as a gift for Festa:
“I feel good because I was able to tell fans how much I loved them.”
And yet, Jikookers studying the song, the lyrics, in the context of Jikook and the rainy day fight, which JK himself brought up during that Festa, clearly felt this song was about those two. One of those songs, just like we feel Magic shop is, that army are told is for them, about them, but really has nothing to do with them. It might be a gift for army, a beautiful song as such, but it wasn't written about them, while coming from deeper, more private and personal feelings.
But did you see what JK did there?
He goes and writes a song about the rainy day fight, 'for army', 'about his love for army', a fight we would never have known about if not for him telling us about it during that very same Festa.
That shrewd little bugger (yes, I'm allowing myself to call him that), wanted those who know to know exactly what that song was about.
Kind of like Letter, don't you think?
We would never have known JM's initial lyrics and his use of dangshin if not for adding JM's journal to the album, for example.
I know I'm digressing here, but I just don't understand why it was so easy to take JK's story about Still with you with a grain of salt, side-eyeing it, attributing the song to Jikook with ease, all while with Letter it's all "if JM said it's for army then it must be..."
It just baffles me.
Moving on.
Before starting the main event JK gives us a couple of minutes talking about CK, that the video went up, smiling shyly, lol.  “if you look you can see that I only have CK underwear…you can see the sincerity”. – He talks about the difference between doing the advertising work with the group (company decision more or less) to doing it for himself, which is his decision, and he decided to do something he really likes, something he would really purchase with his own money.  He really loves CK.
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“I can show you that my underwear is CK…but it’s kind of weird to show you.” 
Lmao.
A true ambassador he is.  Telling us he loves the clothes.  That he’s going to wear them often. 
He is really something else, lol.
Talking about how lately he threw out all his colourful clothes and wearing only black (well, we knew he was going through somewhat of an emo period), but he’s going to wear the CK denim now, lol.
That line of denim – I'm telling you, it's gonna be sold out in no time.  You just wait and see.
He laughs a bit about how embarrassed and shy he’ll be with the video, and he giggles saying “I think you’ll really like it.”
A-ha JK. You knew. Lol.
He goes on a little bit more about how he enjoyed shooting the clip, how he couldn’t eat during that period and how he really loves that brand, but then switches, says enough talk about that (not in those words) and gets back on track.  You know, for the actual reason he came live : “we need to watch Suchwita”.
14:08 more or less.  He’s looking to put on Suchwita.  Humming Jimin…,
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then asking why doesn’t Jimin come up right away?
At first he can’t find it and he’s baffled by it, continues to look for it, actually kind of upset..
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He finds it at last: “it did come out. Scared me.” Smile on face. 
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Smiley happy.
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The way his features soften when JM is talking.  Every single time JM is talking. 
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JK said, I want to say promised lol, to tell us the truth about the dumpling fight, how serious it was, “scary” in his words.
JK stops Suchwita to tell us how much he likes Set me free pt. 2.  “it’s so my style.  He did such a good job.”  He also said how he likes the second part, we kind of see it later on as well.
So, we're back with Letter. Suga and JM are talking about the song.  Serendipity is playing in the background.  JK is smirking and humming/singing to Serendipity.  No stopping the clip like he did to tell us about SMF pt. 2.  No blink, no word, no humming or singing or bringing out the guitar to play Letter.  NOTHING.     
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I can’t really tell if he’s upset, and maybe he isn’t.  It’s kind of a given that this would have to be passed off as a song for army.  An intimate love song they sing together, at the moment cannot be passed up as just that… A price to pay, I guess.  One they both understand ever so well.
I said this once and I’m going to say this again.  If Letter is indeed JM’s gift to army, a gift he is dedicating to army on his first solo album, didn’t he kind of move past it super quick?  All with Serendipity playing in the background (why not Letter, the actual song ‘for army’?).  And the body language.  Oh JM, how hard it is for you to lie you poor baby.  Well, you aren’t, not per say.  Because the whole thing was set up that way, wasn’t it?  The timing of the song on the album, the little references here and there, the PERFECT disguise.  So kind of what these two do all the time, what JK did with Still with you. Omitting and sharing half truths or little wittle tiny white lies once in a while (JK’s “I go to his room cause he’s the nearest to me”).  I was going to write “they kind of have to”, but there is no “kind of…” in this.  They have to.  Period. 
And yet they find their ways...
I mean, JM’s album, phew, the queer coding, the clear clues in the lyrics, in his Playlist video, WOW.  Just WOW.  And then he sits with Suga and is asked about the songs and he says outright that some of it is too much to share.  He’s sharing.  He’s giving us clues.  Those who are meant to understand do and will. Those that don’t understand probably weren’t meant to.
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In any case, as per usual, the second you put me in front of a keyboard I start spewing shit.  This is not a post about a one Mr. Park Jimin. 
Or is it?
Because well, this is a post about JKs live.  The one he came to do after he told his boyfie that he missed him too (come on now, we all know it wasn’t us he is missing). 
But
Let’s do the math a minute. We do love our math, right?
If someone does a live but the whole live is centered around someone else, who is the post really about?
LMAO.
JK comments about JM’s hot food.  I guess that’s what happens when JK isn’t around to foo foo his food for him…
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He listens attentively, he nods in agreement to what JM says. 
He giggles when JM’s giggling, with that look he gets, you know, that JM look.
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He seems a little more serious, stoic, when it comes to Like crazy and the other songs on the album (other than Set me free pt. 2 that is).  I have a little theory about it. 
We are talking about the person closest to JM, his life partner, the person that spent the most time with JM during that 'darker' period the album is about. He knows what JM was going through.  He was there by his side when JM was struggling.  These songs, in a way, they might serve as a reminder of those difficult times.  As happy as he is for JM and as proud as he is of him, it might be hard for him to have this reminder.
Anyway, JM giggles, JK grins.
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Our neuro divergent prince stimming  but focused on the show.
JK’s face when they show Black swan.
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Proud bunny.
He finishes up with Suchwita and starts saying something about the way JM thinks but doesn't finish his trail of thought, noticing that he hasn’t really talked to the viewers during the whole episode – “I tend not to talk when I focus” (again, our neuro divergent prince). 
Yes, he was quite focused. 
As he continues to be throughout the live when JM’s on screen.
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Next on the agenda, according to JK, was to play a song and “end now”.
Didn't really happen that way though.
The playlist during the live:
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Love songs, eh?  Interesting…  Only thing missing was Letter.  But wait, he already played Letter on the guitar for us …
He comes back from the toilet (yes, he went for a wee, I assume), says he’ll end the live when he finishes his last shot.  Interacts a little with the comments, like reads maybe 3 and answers them, and back to sitting backwards on the couch and just listening to the song playing.  He’s not in the mindset of interacting with the comments.  That’s not what he’s there for.
6 songs  in (a couple not listened to till the end),  a couple of more comments read, intermission over and back to the JM show.
So, it seems, so he says, he’s curious about the lyrics of Set me free pt. 2.  And we’re off to watch the MV.  From his reaction at the end it’s pretty clear it’s not all the lyrics he doesn’t know, but more a specific word he wasn’t sure about – Maze.
He does know some of the lyrics already and part of the choreo too.
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In that second part of the song he silences up.  Lyrics be damned.  I guess JM bare chest was something needed to be focused on. He’s literally mesmerized.  He did say he likes that part of the song…
Joke aside, I feel that the lyrics in the second half are more meaningful to him. We also notice that later on when he is watching the dance practice clip.
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JK's scrolling and starts a video, JM centered video (members teasing JM), which he leaves on to watch.  Enthralled.  Enamored at parts. Giggly. Fully focused.  Again, barely talking to us.  And even when he talks it feels at times to be more to himself than to us.
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Clip ends, he tells people to watch and stop sending comments, lol (I can’t help but wonder what comments were coming up at that point…and those that understand, well they will understand).
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*Trigger disclaimer - this next paragraph can be a little triggering to some. If the subject of JK and alcohol is not something you want to talk about or here, move on to the next paragraph.
He brings up the question of alcohol again.  This is not the first time he talks about it.  Asking himself why he poured himself this last drink and is he addicted.  I don’t know JK. Well, not enough to say either way for sure.  But I do know that he’s an active functioning, now working again young man.  No, I don’t think he’s addicted.  I think he does use alcohol as a crutch of sorts, perhaps like JM told us he was a while back.  JM busy, while he wasn’t for quite a while.  I touched on it in length in previous posts.  I'm not sure he himself realises what addiction, actual addiction, means when he says those words. He seems to be getting back on track, but it takes time, and the drink it’s filling a hole that still needs tending to, but I really don’t think it’s an addiction, nor something to worry about, and him even asking that, in a way, also shows me that it isn’t.  His awareness is key here.
JK goes back to watch the TV looking for Jimin again.  He tells us he saw Pixid and it’s cool.
Guys, he’s clearly been watching JM content. 
When you can’t have the real thing, you go for second best, I guess.
He watched the dance challenge for Like crazy, commenting/ complimenting JM’s a good dancer.
Notice once again how he's not watching Like crazy.
Then he puts on the dance practice for SMF pt. 2 once again.  And super focused once again.
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This is when we see him smirk when JM sings the line (in the second part of the song):
Look at me now, I won't stop, even if they mock me
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And after this JK joins in to the choreo…
He clearly loved that song.  He did tell us there is something amazing coming when the teaser was coming out.
At this point he puts on upbeat music (Up all night by Kehlani and JB), runs to the closet to take out a lollipop to suck on, saying he’s bored.  You know what him playing with that lollipop reminded me off?
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That Jinjikook live, you know, with the lollipops and the hickey selfie.
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Let’s understand for a second what song he has on: 
Up all night by Kelani and Justin Bieber. Ahm…
He rewinds the song a little and he’s sucking hard on that lollipop with the song playing : “I think about all the ways you turn me on. And my bed gets lonely whenever you're gonе…”
And the man is sucking, real hard, all while these lyrics are playing:
But, baby, I'm a wreck without you (You)
All I do is fantasize about you (About you)
You're the light of my life, yeah, I mean it
Girl, you got what I want when I need it
And even when the sun don't shine
I'll be right by your side, holdin' you tight (Holdin' you tight)
And when you feel like nobody cares
I'll be right there to remind you that
You keep me up at night…
Then, a few more moments in, he’s done. 
He has to go work on his stuff (ahm… what stuff exactly I don’t know…perhaps the stuff the song was going on about), takes the last sip of his drink bids us goodbye, as he suddenly wants to go work, says he needs to do something and end of live.  There was real urgency there.
Hey, get out of that dirty mind of yours.
He could have just felt inspired by JB’s beautiful vocals singing about the ways she turns him on and how he fantasizes about her (whoever she was, that doesn’t really matter, cause we know exactly who Mr. Jeon there is turned on by and who he misses and fantasizes about)…
Yeah.
I’m going with that.
Inspiration. 
Good thing he was sitting down and the lights were dimmed.  We could have, well, seen said inspiration.  That would have been some spoiler.
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Side note:
JM commented about JK’s live on Weverse and again later during his pre-recording on that day.
The man was watching JK. 
It’s clear from his comments.
And yet, he didn’t show on the live itself, comment during the live.  Not one word. 
Come to think of it, no one did (they could have been asleep, but they could have also just known when to keep away, lol).
So JM’s watching. 
You know, the live that JK was doing about JM.
JM is awake and watching. But he’s not commenting.
Only to leave a comment on Weverse that it was cute - letting both us and JK know he saw it.
Like he didn’t want to insert himself while it was happening
Not stop the flow.
Sitting and enjoying watching the love of his life, taking him in being so endearing.
Literally sitting front row view, seeing how much love the love of your life has for you.
He wouldn’t interrupt that.
And if I’m already talking about JM enjoying the view, well I guess I should also share my thoughts about JK’s live. 
You see, in my eyes Jungkook, he’s da man.
The man that told us he wrote us a song, all while making sure we know it's not actually for us.
He knows.  He knows us Jikookers have hundreds of clips with JK looking googly eyed at JM.
Do I talk about Karmy having a good laugh about JK’s YT algorithm?  How random it was for an unknown JM centered clip to just show up on his recommended?  Unknown channel.  How this clip showing up kind of means our man spends time watching clips with JM, probably Jikook too?
Anyways, man knows we see him.
Since 2020-21 he even tried to control himself more in professional surroundings, sometimes it worked sometimes it didn’t.
So, he places the camera sits back and just lets us watch him react to seeing JM, JM interactions with the members, JM interactions with himself, JM talking, JM singing, JM dancing.
You think he didn’t know what we would see????
Man is far from dumb.
Man knows we see him, know his expressions.
Man knows he melts into mush when he’s looking at JM.
And yet, he decided to do exactly that – let us see THAT.
Man is precious.
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gaysindistress · 1 year
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Sad girl - nine
summary: James has an interesting new business proposal and one hell of a condition to deal with.
pairing: Mob!Bucky Barnes x Reader
warnings: cursing, guns, violence (it is a mob au after all), Bucky’s smartass, kissing, talks of being held at gunpoint, fluff??????
word count: 2.2k
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Her phone alarm starts to go off and her hand blindly reaches out from under the covers to find it on the nightstand. Before she can find it, someone leans over her, body weight keeping her pinned down, and hits the stop button for her. She has to rack her brain for who the hell would be in her bed but the cologne is a dead giveaway. 
“Good mornin’” his voice is low and gruff, cracking from sleep. 
“Good morning,” she whispers as she turns to look at him, the sun hitting his chest and bouncing off the metal around his neck. His eyes are still closed so she takes the opportunity to look over the sleeve of tattoos on his left arm. It’s a mural of portraits, the faces of men and women that must be important to Jam… Bucky. She recognizes the face of his sister next to a man and woman who she assumes are his parents. 
As if he can feel her observing eyes, one of his blue ones flutters open and watches her through his lashes. He could say something to explain why he has a portrait sleeve but the risk of scaring her is too high. She had rolled off his chest at some point in the night however having her within arms reach is enough for him. 
“I can feel you looking at me.” 
“Says the one who was staring at me first,” he turns on his side to face her, dog tags sliding and clinging as he moves. 
“I was merely observing you.”
“Hmmm.”
Her fingers reach out to touch the dog tags but freeze, not knowing if she would be invading his space by doing so. 
“You can touch them,” he says, sensing her hesitation.
Picking up the dog tags, her cold fingers brush against his sun-warmed skin and cause him to shiver. Her thumb brushes over the raised lettering, reading over his name, birthday, and military title among other things. 
“You’re a Pisces.”
“That I am.”
A moment passes before she speaks again, hesitant about the knowledge she’s about to ask about. 
“I didn’t know you were a sergeant,” she says her eyes finding his, and continues to trace the lettering. 
“Not many people do.”
“Why’s that?”
His hand gently circles his wrist, keeping her hand against his chest, “It doesn’t get brought up.”
“Doesn’t get brought up or you don’t want to talk about it?”
“Probably a bit of both.”
“Do you want to talk about it? With me I mean.”
He gives her wrist a tug and pulls her onto his chest as he rolls back onto his back, “What do you want to know?”
“Is that how you know Steve and Sam?’’
“Steve is a friend from childhood but Sam, Steve, and I did all serve together in Iraq.”
“So that’s how you’re a freelance contractor,” she mutters mostly to herself but Bucky still hears. 
“My dad and Steve’s dad were into some shady business growing up so we joined the army to get away from all of it. Coming back, we had a skill set our dads didn’t so we got caught up in it. Sam joined us, looking for a job after he got out and that’s how he got involved.”
She can hear the thumping of his heart against his rib cage and feel his voice through his chest as he speaks. There is sadness in his voice when he talks about his service. 
“I’m not in my dad’s business anymore but it’s still not the best to be a part of. The money’s great, morally not so much,” he continues on, “I try to only take on the really bad jobs but you have to go where the work is sometimes.”
“You’re a morally grey freelance contractor. Not bad but not good,” she suggests.
A chuckle rumbles through his chest, “I guess you could say that.”
She moves her head to look up at him, cheek pressed against the plains of his chest, “You’re a better man than my father.”
“You really think so?” there is a twinge of hope in his voice that she actually believes that. 
“Are you selling highly potent drugs and nearly indestructible weapons to very dangerous people? No, you are not. You got caught up in the life of organized crime and choose to make the most of it and do good where you can. So yes you are a far better man than Anthony Stark. Steve and Sam are very lucky to have you as a friend.”
The hope he felt fully spread through his body, warming his heart and cheeks as a smile spreads across his face at her words. Some days he catches glimpses of a relationship forming but the fade when she ardently reminds him that she is not his and will never be. Come to think of it, she has yet to remind him of that but it’s only a matter of time.
“Some people might disagree with you on that one, Doll.”
“Then they can come to talk to me and I’ll set them straight. I’m the only one who gets to bully you.”
“Is that so?”
“Yep. It’s my job to keep you in check,” teasing him, she props herself up so she can properly look at him. 
“And to remind me that you’re in charge here and don’t belong to me,” the risky statement is one that he curses himself for trying but deep down he has to at least test the waters.
“You’re right. I am not property so I don’t belong to anyone. However this ring and necklace,” her left hand comes up to her ‘B’ necklace, “do a pretty good job of leading people to think that you’re the one calling the shots when we know it’s really me.”
“Ya know Doll, you keep saying that but I have yet to see you prove it.”
“Oh, you want to see me prove it?” she giggles as she pushes herself fully up and goes to straddle him, “you don’t think I can be in charge?’
“I don’t doubt it, just haven’t seen it yet,” his hands catch her hips as she settles onto his lap and smiles up at her, toothy grin on full display. 
“Hmmm,” she places her hands on his chest, steadying herself, “what can I do to prove that I’m the boss man here?”
“If I answer that wouldn’t that mean I’m the boss man?”
“Oh shut up,” and with that she leans down, pressing her lips against his. A soft groan of appreciation gets caught in between their lips as she shifts against him, rubbing him through his boxers unintentionally. 
“I think I like kissing you,” she mutters against his lips before diving back into a kiss. 
His hands grab her face as it deepens and he can’t help but chase after her lips when she pulls away to breath.
“What do I have to do to get you to love kissing me?” he asks. 
“Keep kissing me.”
“Yes ma’am,” they both giggle into their kiss as he flips them over. Her hair sprawls out on the bedsheets when she bounces back slightly and his breath hitches in his throat at the sight of her, completely carefree and pliable under him. This is something he could get used to. 
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Given that it’s a Sunday morning, she decided that she wasn’t going to get up unless absolutely necessary. Bucky, on the other hand, had to leave the warm bed, saying something about training sessions with Steve as he picked up his clothes. With a wink, he walks out of the room in his boxers and clothes in his arms, giving her quite a nice view. 
Finally she has time to herself and with that comes the rushing memories of yesterday. The book on her night stand seems like a good distraction so she picks it up and attempts to lose herself in the reimagined Romeo and Juliet story. 
She’s successful in her task because nearly 2 hours go by without her even noticing. Her stomach makes a loud declaration that she needs to go get some food NOW. After setting her book down, she slides her old college sweatshirt over the t shirt she’d worn to bed and puts the socks she’d kicked off in her sleep back on. 
‘I should really invest in some slippers,’ she thinks to herself as the cold stairs seeps through her socks on her way to the kitchen. 
Like usual, Natasha is at the counter, typing away at her computer and a cup of coffee next to her. 
“Good morning, Nat,” Doll greets her while opening the fridge to grab creamer and making her own coffee. 
“Right back at you. How are you after,” she pauses for a second and waves her hand around as she continues, “everything?”
“Haven’t been held at gunpoint before so ya know, not great but alive.”
“That’s fair. I’m glad you’re okay.”
“I don’t think he would’ve actually shot me but I would pay to see what Bucky’s reaction would’ve been if he had.”
The nickname sliding off her tongue brings a smile to Natasha’s face but she doesn’t mention it. 
“I’m sure he would’ve burned the world down if it meant bringing John to justice. He’d do just about anything to keep you safe.”
Doll nods her head after taking a sip of her coffee. She sees the smile and glint in Natasha’s eye and it’s contagious because she too is smiling at the thought of Bucky and her. The moment is broken by the sound of Steve and Bucky arguing. 
“I don’t know how many times I have to tell you; I won that round fair and square,” Steve asserts as Bucky is shaking his head. 
“You got in a cheap shot. That’s not winning fair and square,” Bucky argues back as they step into the kitchen. 
The two men are both in workout clothes but the way Bucky’s tight shirt perfectly fits his torse and biceps has her averting her eyes so the burn of her cheeks stops. Natasha giggles at her reaction, earning a side eye from Bucky and Steve both. Steve is the one to notice the other woman first. 
“Morning Doll!” 
She smiles at him but Bucky’s grin catches her attention. Steve takes the hint and turns his attention to Natasha, both pretending to notice the look that the two idiots are sharing. 
Rounding the island, he pulls her into his side by her hip as he steals a sip from her coffee cup. The look they share isn’t  necessarily one of  love but it’s definitely bordering it. For it to be love, they’d have to admit they like each other and enjoy the other’s company and good luck getting two stubborn people to do that. 
“Jesus that’s sweet. Would you like some coffee with your creamer?”
“Maybe don’t steal my cup,” rolling her eyes, she takes her cup back and their fingers brush against each other. 
“How was your morning?” he moves away to get his own cup as he asks her. 
“Good, better than yours from the sounds of it.”
“Just so you know I won and Bucky is a sore loser,” Steve pipes up. 
“You’re a cheater so I have every reason to be a sore loser.”
“Hmm okay sure whatever you say,” laughing, Steve and Natasha leave the kitchen, giving them some space and time alone. 
Bucky leans against the counter opposite of her, watching her as she giggles and waves goodbye to them. 
“I hate to ruin your good morning but Steve and I were talking about the possibility that John could try to pull something if we had a big wedding. It might be safer to postpone it or have a private ceremony until we can figure out what to do next.”
“Oh um, yeah I guess that’s fair. Isn’t the wedding date written into the contract though?”
He sets his cup down and crosses his arms, “Yes but your safety is more important. I’m sure we could work something out with your father.”
“You clearly don’t know him that well. Let’s just do a private ceremony and we can have a big reception later on.”
His eyebrow raises in surprise, “You want to have a big wedding?”
“I mean I always dreamed of having a big wedding growing up. Even if it’s not exactly how or who I envisioned myself getting married to, I would still like to have one.”
That hurt his heart more than he’d like to admit. 
Realizing how that sounded, she quickly tries to recover, “Wait that’s not what I meant. I mean yes we are in an arranged marriage but I’m happy that it’s you that I’m getting married to. I just wasn’t picturing my marriage to be an arranged one is all.”
His hands find her arms, “It’s okay, Doll. I understood what you meant and for what it’s worth, I’m happy it’s you who I’m marrying as well. I don’t think anyone else would be able to handle this life or put up with me.”
“You make it sound like you’re the big bad wolf.”
“I thought I was a vampire,” tugging her into his chest, he holds her close. 
“The jury is still out,” her response is muffled by his shirt as she encircles his waist with her arms. 
“Tell them to hurry up. We’ve got a wedding in a couple of weeks and I’d like to know if I should avoid garlic bread.”
“Oh shut up,” she laughs into his chest, content and at peace. 
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Second part to this fic.
A/N: This is from Bucky’s POV and takes place in the 1940s while Bucky is at war. Written in the form of V-Mail letters from Bucky to Steve. He wants to tell his best friend about meeting Sam and being smitten, but V-Mail was read and censored by military postal workers. Bucky could be dishonourably discharged and receive a court martial for being homosexual in the army. LGBT+ soldiers were given ‘blue tickets’ to discharge them from service because their ‘character was deemed undesirable’ — around 9,000 soldiers received a blue discharge during war times in the 40s. I hope this gives context to his correspondence. Thanks so much for continuing this journey with me. Enjoy!
Dear Steve,
They said these letters would get to their destination quicker and without much fuss. Better than regular old mail. I hope this finds you well. Hope you’re keeping out of trouble. It’s cold over here, but I don’t want to waste time talking about the weather. Stevie, I’m smitten, Pal. Just my luck to meet the sweetest Buttercup before I had to ship out. My Sweetheart has the prettiest brown eyes I ever did see, and a smile that’s as bright as the sun. Why can’t this world be a better place? Why can’t me and my Sweetheart settle down somewhere and live a nice life? I know there’s a war to be won, and things ain’t as simple as I would like them to be, but sometimes I just want something for myself. Sorry for going on and on. I’m maybe a little homesick. I wish you got to meet my Sweetheart before I left. You two would get on real swell. I miss you, buddy. Take care of yourself.
Yours truly,
J B Barnes.
Dear Steve,
I hope this letter finds you well and happy. Thank you for sending a letter back. I hope you had a nice time at dinner with my folks. My Ma sure does love feeding you. Thinks you’re too skinny, and I think she might be right.
We’re shipping out to the front in Italy tomorrow. My Ma is worried, and she has every right to be. From what the other fellows have said, we’re likely to see combat action real soon. Truth be told, I will be happy to join the fight. As you know, I’m not good sitting on my hands.
How is it being the most eligible bachelor in New York, New York? I bet the dames are lined up around the block for you. Just be yourself, Pal. You will find that special someone. I’m lucky to have found my Buttercup. Wish I had an address to write my Sweetheart. I only know the name of the locality: Delacroix, Louisiana. V-Mail must reach down South. All of the Southern boys are writing to their loved ones. I should at least try, don’t you think? I’m endlessly charmed by a Southern Beauty. Like I said before, Buddy: I am smitten. You will grow tired of my ramblings I’m sure.
Take good care of yourself. I’ll write again when we arrive.
Your Pal,
J B Barnes.
Dear Steve,
Thank you for the drawing pencils. I’ve been using them while waiting for directives. I’m sorry for not writing sooner. Camp life is tough. Feels like the rain ain’t stopped since we put boots on the ground. Some of the fellows in the 107th have fought some skirmishes, I am still waiting to see action. I know you said you found a way to be of service, I just want you to promise me you will be smart about it. Every little bit helps our cause, I just want you to be safe. I am proud of you no matter what you do. You have a good heart, my friend.
I appreciate your encouragement. I thought about writing my Buttercup, but I don’t think that would be a good idea. Different sensibilities down South, you see. My Sweetheart’s folks probably would not appreciate letters from a sergeant in our armed forces sending unsolicited letters to their unwed offspring. It is a different world in the Southern states I’ve been told, and I don’t want to cause my Sweetheart any grief. Dreams of pretty brown eyes and sunshine smiles will have to sustain me for now. At least I can write you and go on and on about my heart’s yearnings for a certain Southern Beauty. You are a good friend to me, Stevie. Thank you for never judging me. I will write again soon. Give my Ma a cuddle from me when you see her next.
Your friend and brother,
J B Barnes
Dear Steve,
Thank you for TWO letters and drawings. Your comic renditions made me smile. I’m sorry for the long wait in between letters. I have finally seen combat action. I am well. Did not get hurt. My Ma was so worried. Rebecca wrote me as well. All of your letters make me less homesick. It’s a different world over here, but I will not waste time retelling the horrors I’ve seen.
I hope your mission is going well. I am proud of you. I hope your date book is full and you are having a marvellous time.
My heart feels heavy. Would it be such a terrible thing for me to write my Sweetheart? Maybe my Sweetheart’s parents wouldn’t mind a soldier writing to their unwed s — child. I don’t want to cause a stir. I wish I at least had a photograph, though I probably don’t need one. My dreams are filled with brown eyes and high cheekbones. Pretty smiles and soft skin. You must think I’m a love struck fool, Stevie. HaHa! Maybe I am. But when two people have a connection like me and my Buttercup do, it reaches beyond the borders of nations. It stretches through time. I don’t have words to explain. Just know that your best friend is love sick and not any less of a man for admitting so.
I don’t know when I’ll be able to write again. Be sure to keep up with your medicines and treatments. Be safe and well.
Your Friend,
J B Barnes
P.S. Maybe when I return home, you might draw a rendition of my Sweetheart for me. I will pay you all of my hard earned money.
Dear Stevie,
I had to write this soon after my last letter, so you will probably get them around the same time.
I got new directives. We’re in the fight now. I just wanted to let you know not to worry too much about me if you don’t hear from me soon. I’ll be busy doing my part.
I won’t win the war until you get here, Pal. That’s a promise.
Signing off for now.
Your Brother in Arms,
Bucky Barnes
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THOUGHTS ON CR3E92 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
- FIRST EVER CR CROSSOVER EPISODE?!
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
- Dariax said "This Flute doesn't play itself anymore." Doriax canon offscreen?
- "After all the handjobs, this is what we mean to you?!" Damn... I mean, I'm glad Opal and Cyrus found a way to relieve stress, Gods know they're both stressed, but damn.
- Ending the episode on Opal Twice-Crowned hitting phase 2 of the boss fight was EVIL!
I love it, @quiddie ! I feel like when this gets animated in a decade or so, we'll get this fight and the fight with Otohan Thull overlayed one on top of the other for a Season Finale or something!
- Raven Queen going two for two on Rogues turned Paladin! Which is great, but now I have to replan Morrighan's moveset for that imaginary Critical Role fighting game that only exists in my head (somebody ask me about it please, I NEED to talk about it!) but at least she gets some Smite options out of the Bunny Hop command jump!
- Dariax is a Bard now too! That's honestly so perfect for Matt! And the fact that both Sorcerers and Bards are Charisma Casters makes me feel like the Synergies are gonna be great!
- Oh, Dorian, wonderful blue king... That's a lot of strength that your Dice will never agree to let you use for anything cool. I missed you SO MUCH!
- Speaking of that imaginary CR fighting game, this just solidified Opal as a puppet character. The tag combos with Ted would be WILD! Think Kenshi from MK1!
- Fy'ra Rai... Just... FY'RA RAI! Gods, I've missed Anjali at the table! Her memory with Opal, her tug-of-war with her thoughts about her sister... THE LAVA WHIP! Nothing sexier than Monks! Except a pissed off Wizard or Druid.
- On the other side of the table, I LOVE the moment the girls all collectively remembered they had to break the news to Frida... Oh, that's gonna hurt BAD!
- Anyone else noticed that Ashton is BURNT OUT and laying on the ground after his Titan form wears off, but Fearne just says she's really tired and just KEEPS GOING? Ashton is DONE for now, but Fearne needs to keep moving forward... Fuck, I love these two.
- Orym... Just... Orym. If you take a level in Barbarian after this, I wouldn't blame you.
- Side-Note: This means Dorian DID get Orym's last message before they went to the moon! He just didn't/couldn't answer! Which means, through the static and everything, Dorian COULD hear Orym! And now he's probably gonna get this message once the battle is over... Jesus, if they get to Zephra and Keyleth went to the Lodge next to the lake that's gonna be a problem...
- Side-Note Side-Note: Anyone else hoping to GOD that Allura called the Nein to help? Cause Beau and Caleb were involved, but now it feels like an "All Hands on Deck" situation, and we could use Kingsley's small army of pirates right about now...
- So much happened this episode between the grieving and the flashbacks and the rolling for handjobs that I didn't have time to process the splinter cell of Xhorhasians that split their soul in twain until I woke up... Opal may have forgotten, but maybe Ted hasn't? Though if they're the same person, maybe they both forgot...
- Aabria, the corrupting of the Memories was FOUL, I LOVE IT!!!
- Somebody needs to tell Essek about the soul-splitters. In fact, let's get to that while we deal with Ashton too!
- IF OPAL DIES, AMY CAN COME OVER AS DENI$E! Like, I don't WANT her to die, but Westruun isn't that far... 👀
- I just realized this is the first ever FULL episode of CR without Sam at the table... Fuck, man, when it hurts it hurts. Glad Marisha brought back the fan.
"Forgot the Consonants?" "No Letters." OUCH, MISS RAY, WHAT THE FUCK?!
- Raven Queen Paladins hasting themselves first thing in the fight. Vax is back, and he's a Bunny Girl now!
- I like that the Crownkeepers are a two-way Overwatch reunion (McCree Cassidy and Symmetra) and a three-way Persona 5 reunion (Yusuke, Ann Futaba and Akechi).
- Everything was so fucked this episode that everything with Liliana got knocked to the background for me, THAT'S how good it was!
- The SECOND Evoroa said Ludinos was on Exandria I knew EXACTLY where he would be! Now we HAVE to get the Nein involved, right? Unless the bastard makes the city float again...
I cannot WAIT for the next episode! And if Sam brings a new character when all the groups are together, it would be SPECTACULAR! I'm guessing he's going to play one of the moon races, because that just sounds cool... Either that or Tary!
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Rapid deceleration and the sound of the Impala’s tires switching from pavement to gravel caught Sam’s attention and pulled him out of his studying of a rare 1559 edition of Münster’s Cosmographia that they were taking back to Bobby. He looked around but there was nothing much to see, just darkness and shadowy trees out the windows. 
“You gotta take a leak or something?” he asked.
“Or something.” Dean replied.
Sam shook his head, “Man, I told you that burrito wasn’t a good idea. You better hope that roll of toilet paper is still in the trunk. If not, remember: leaves of three, let it be.”
“Not that kind of something.”
The car pulled to a stop, headlights reflecting off a hand-painted sign nailed to an old fence post. 
DO NOT FUCK HERE
Sam stared at it for a moment, taking in the crude simplicity of both the lettering and the message.
“How did you even know this was here?”
“I saw it on the drive out.”
They sat there in the dark for a long moment before the sound of the car’s idling engine suddenly cut off. Sam turned and looked at Dean who was chewing on the inside of his cheek, which pulled his lips askew and made him look like he was thinking. It was his about-to-do-something-stupid look and it triggered a lifetime of little brother paranoia. He looked from his brother to the sign and back. Dean was looking at him, a devious smile flashing in his eyes.
“What, here?”
Dean’s teeth on full display now as that smile split his face wide open.
“Really?” Sam asked, not disinterested.
Dean laughed. “I don’t know about you, but it’s a long drive and my legs could use some stretching,” and he pushed open his door with a loud squeak and climbed out of the car. Sam looked around, there was nothing and no one, no sign of anyone at all anywhere within sight.
“Come on, Sammy! It’s a gorgeous night for some blatant disregard of signage. Get those dimples out here!”
Only then did Sam realize that he was grinning like a kid. He climbed out of the car, the door closing behind him with its familiar creak and bang. Outside, the sound of crickets rose loud all around the spread of the car’s headlights where Dean was standing, brightly lit and staring at that sign.
“Grab the blanket outta the trunk,” he said as he flung the car keys at Sam.
Catching them one handed as he turned and walked to the back of the car, he returned a moment later with the old scratchy army blanket, keys safely pocketed along side the little bottle of lube Sam had fished out of Dean’s duffle.
“Hood or the ground?” Sam asked.
Dean grinned at him and pointed at his feet. “Right here.”
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roonyxx · 7 months
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The Raven: Part 10
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Summary: A new threat to the world brings the boys back in action. She is big and bad, very bad. But is everything as it seems or is there more to her story?
Pairing: Dean x reader
Trope: enemies to lovers
Word count: 3955
Chapter warnings: language, angst, smut (18+ only!)
A/N:  The end is here, thank you all for following along this journey. I loved writing this chapter :)
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-Three months later –
My life now mainly exists out of research and sleep. It has been three months since I last saw Y/n and I can feel the effect of it.
The loneliness, the emptiness, the hurt… it is horrible.
Sam and Cas have been helping me, we checked every book on time lines, time alternation, time avoidance, so many more things I can’t even remember.
“Dean… what if there isn’t another way. I mean, she would have found it if there was one.” Sam says.
“There has to be something.” I sigh and lean back in the chair, sipping my whiskey. I won’t accept a life without her.
I looked for her, I even went to her little house in the woods but it is abandoned now, I don’t know where she is. She could be anywhere in the world.
Cas went to see if Heaven could find her but no. He also informed them that she won’t raise an army of the dead as long as they keep the current time line, they reluctantly agreed.
So that leaves my plan B, a plan I initially didn’t want to use but now have too.
I get up and start looking through the books.
“You still organize them in alphabetical order?” I ask my brother.
“Of course, why?”
My finger traces over the spines of the books, focusing on the titles; Vahanas, Valkyrie, Vampires, Vetala,...
Ah Visata.
We only have one small book on it, a handwritten journal of an old man of letters, and it contains about thirty pages. Sam and I must have read it a hundred times by now, but something stood up to me.
Leaving through the book I stop when I find what I need.
“We read it a millions times Dean, it won’t help us. It has things we already know or rituals that are useless.” Sam speaks up when he sees me going through it again.
“Not completely useless.” I answer when I find the ritual I need. I turn the book upside down and slide it towards Sam who is sitting opposite of me.
“A bonding ritual?” he looks up at me, “How can this help us?”
“What if we can tie her powers to something, to keep me from dying?”
“To what? And she won’t even agree to be bonded.”
“You’re not gonna like what I will say.” I start and see his worried face.
“To what…”
“To me.”
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I could have guessed she was hiding in New Orleans, the city of Witches. We were able to track her with a spell in the journal.
Everything is ready for my plan B, everything except for convincing her.
It already took two weeks to convince Sam and another week to gather everything for the ritual itself.
All we need now is her.
“You’re nervous.” Sam notices.
“Of course I am. I’m about to see my wife who is more powerful than god and asked me to stay away.”
“She won’t hurt you.” Sam says.
“I know, I’m more worried about her not agreeing.”
Sam sighs, “I am still not 100% on board with this, Dean. It’s crazy.”
“Isn’t crazy what we do?” I say with a small smile and knock on the bayou house.
Please be here…
She opens the door. She’s wearing long leggings and a t-shirt with, thanks to Sam, a bullet hole in it. She looks normal for the rest, sunglasses on, hair loose. She did loose some weight and looks a little pale.
Seems like I’m not the only one that has been suffering from our separation.
“Hi baby.” I say with a small smile.
She slowly shakes her head.
“Dean… you’re making it more difficult than it has to be. You really want me to take your memories?”
“I found a way.” I say and watch her frown.
“There isn’t another way, I looked everywhere.”
“There is.” I hand over the journal with the page marker set to the bonding ritual.
She hesitantly takes and opens it, reading what is inside. She starts shaking her head and closes the book. Sticking out her arm, she’s handing it back to me.
“No.” is all she says.
“What- You didn’t even hear what I have to say!” I argue.
“I’m not getting bonded to something. If I am losing you the last thing I want is losing my power.” She starts to close the door but I stop it by slamming my foot in between.
I know she could snap my foot right off with this door but she just sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose.
“Not something.” I push open the door and look her in the eyes, “Someone.”
She frowns, “Someone?” she shakes her head more.
“I don’t want to share my powers. Most people wouldn’t even survive it, the person has to have only good intentions, because these powers can not fall into the wrong hands. I would tie my life to theirs so if I die they die or vice versa. I don’t trust anyone enough for that. And they can’t be human, they have to be a witch or-“
“Or a vessel, of an archangel, that would be sufficient.” I cut her off.
She’s staring at me and I see it click in her mind.
“What.” She snaps, “What are you saying.”
“You know exactly what I am saying, baby.” I say with a grin.
Her head turns towards Sam who has been quiet all this time.
“You agree to this?” she asks him.
Sam takes a deep breath, “I do.”
His answer surprises me, only minutes ago he was telling me that he wasn’t fully on board.
“He’s not happy, I can see it eating away at him. And if this is really what he wants, what will make him happy, who am I to say no?” Sam reasons. “He’s also extremely stubborn.”
I can’t help the chuckle from escaping my throat.
She looks at me, “You could die during this ritual.”
“The chances are small, we did our research.”
She pushes up her sunglasses and grips my face, her hands transforming onto long black claws. They press into my cheeks but they don’t cut. Her eyes dance over my face, looking, searching for a reason to send me away, to deny me.
“I miss you, Y/n.” I whisper to her. “I want my tomorrow back.”
I see her mask crack and break, her eyes welling up with water.
“You’re such a selfless, reckless dick.” She says but I can see a hint of a smile and I just know that she’s starting to consider it.
“I’m your selfless, reckless dick.” I smile and glance down at her lips, I want to kiss her so badly but I can’t.
Not yet.
She lets my face go and opens the door fully so Sam and I can go inside.
“You prepared the ritual? You have everything?” she asks us when we step inside.
“Everything but a witch.” I say.
“You have one.” She answers.
“You’re actually doing it?” Sam says in wonder and I’m glad he asks because I also need to know for sure.
She holds up her hands, “Let me look more into it, see if you two did everything alright and then… if Dean still wants too… yes.”
The next five hours we go over every single detail of the ritual. Where does it have to preformed, at what time, the position of the moon, the stars and the sun. the weather also counts. She makes sure we got all the right ingredients and the right order to put them together.
And then, the bonding. This is the only part Sam and I didn’t understand, we hope Y/n does.
“The book doesn’t go into detail about the bonding part. It just says ‘the next and last step of the bonding ritual is to preform the joining.’ What is it?”
A blush crawls over her face, “Ah” she says.
“Ah? Ah what?” Sam looks at her.
“The joining is an old term for a ritual with a primal base, as in … sex.” She sheepishly looks up at me.
“Oh. So we need to have sex during the ritual to make it work?”
She nods.
“So Sam helping us out is maybe a bad idea.” I say next
“Yes also because we will uhm…” her blush grows redder “We will produce pheromones and he might get attracted to it and will want to join.” She rushes out quickly.
I turn my head to Sam, who is looking a little green now.
“You get the fuck away from us.” I tell him.
“Oh yes, don’t worry.”
A little giggle escapes her lips, “One Winchester is already overwhelming, but two-“
“Do not finish whatever you’re saying.” I cut her off and wrap a hand around her neck, “You’re mine.”
“I-“ her eyes drop to my lips and she licks her own before biting down on it.
Fuck… it’s taking everything in me to not replace her teeth with mine…
Sam clears his throat, “Guys… keep it for tonight.”
We both snap out of it and I let go of her neck.
“How will I not die when we get… intimate?” it’s something that’s been floating in my head since she said we need to have sex to complete it.
“The ritual will keep you safe, if it works. There is still a small chance that my powers won’t accept you.”
“I know the risks, baby. I’m ready to take them.”
She just gives a little nod.
“So sunset is when you guys start?” Sam asks, “I will put everything ready. You two get ready. I’ll be gone by the time you two start.” He looks at me.
“Please be careful… I don’t want to loose you.” Sam says.
“You won’t loose me.” It tell him.
We hug tightly and then he leaves to set everything up.
I turn to Y/n.
“It’s my turn to go?” The ritual has to be in the middle of the woods.
Y/n found a space near here and explained the way to me and Sam. It’s a soft meadow surrounded by trees and has a little pond. We need to be as close to nature and the primal instincts as possible. So for this to work, I need to find her in the woods, ‘capture’ her and bring her to the meadow to claim her as mine.
Doing it all naked.
“Yes, you remember what you have to do?” she asks me.
“I do.”
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The sun has set and all I can hear are the birds whistling their last song for today. I am searching my way through the thick forest and sure as hell hope that I find Y/n soon.
It’s not cold, but definitely not warm enough to be running around naked.
Let’s hope I don’t run into anyone but my baby.
It’s been an hour since I left her. I asked where she would leave to find her more easily but that’s not how the ritual works. I have to do it all by myself.
So I keep my breathing controlled and my steps light to hear my surroundings.
She did say she could use some tricks to help me.
And I smile when I smell her trick.
Jasmine.
Quietly I follow her scent, growing more eager with every step I take until I see her.
My breath catches in my throat at the sight of her. She hasn’t spotted me yet.
She is like me, stark naked. Her hair is loose in the wind and her skin almost glows in the early moon light.
Gorgeous isn’t enough to describe her.
Slowly I make my way to her, step by step, I come closer.
My whole body is preparing to catch her. My hands itching to touch her skin, my lips tingling for a taste of her, and my dick… well, let’s say he’s more than ready.
I am so close I can hear her breathing. I use the shadows to slip and hide in them, but I step on a particularly dry stick and it snaps under my foot.
Her head turns into my direction and I can see just a hint of a smile before she sprints away from me.
With a deep chuckle I leave my hiding spot and run after her.
Her breaths are fast and high pitched, but every time she look over her shoulder at me, I see that smile. It makes me run faster.
The road is becoming familiar and I know she is running towards the meadow, I know I have to catch her before she reaches it or it won’t work.
I can see the green grass poking through the trees, I run faster. She’s testing me. I know she is.
The trees grow thinner and the reflection of the moon upon the pond is lighting up the whole meadow, it is beautiful.
Right before her left foot touches the soft grass, I wrap my arms around her waist and lift her up in the air, I run with her into the meadow and everything becomes warm and silent aside from our ragged breathing. This place is definitely magical.
Flipping her in my arms I let her slide down my body until we are face to face.
“You almost ruined it.” I pant at her.
“I knew you would catch me in time.” She smiles as she wraps her legs around my waist and I nearly go to my knees when I feel her core snuggled against my pelvis, her arousal forming a wet patch on my skin.
“You like being chased, baby?” I grin and lick my lips as I make my way to the middle of the meadow.
“I like being chased by you, especially naked.” She lower her face to my neck and starts placing hot, wet, open mouth kisses on my neck.
My cock twitches against her ass and she smiles, lifting herself up enough to trap my cock between my tummy and her pussy. She then torturously starts to rub along the length of me.
“O-oh fuck.” I hold her tighter against me and lay us down on the grass. I look down at her.
She’s looking at me, her pupils blown wide, her hair all spread out around her head like a halo. She brings a finger to her lips and sucks it into her mouth before dragging it down her body until she reaches the apex of her thighs.
I’m on my knees between her legs, looking at how she teases her own clit.
My cock starts to throb and leak, I wrap my hand around it and start pumping it tightly and very slow.
“Do you feel it, Dean?” she mewls while arching her back as she sinks two fingers inside her.
And I do, the smell of her all around me, the parts of her skin that are touching mine are burning, the pressing warmth of the meadow. The desperate sounds she is making.
We are in heat.
“Yes baby.” I moan and watch her pleasure herself. I could stay here forever.
“Dean.” She moans my name while her other hand starts squeezing her boob, her nipples taut with hormones.
I bend over her and take one of them in my mouth, sucking hard on it. Her hand lets go of her other boob and sinks into my hair, tugging on it hard enough to make me moan.
“Dean” she moans again, “T-touch me.” She pants.
I push away her hand and replace it with mine, sinking two fingers deep into her heat, stretching her out. She arches her back into me and I let her nipple pop from my mouth to watch her face.
Slowly I start pumping my fingers, loving to see her squirm.
“M-my clit, please Dean.” She begs me.
I put my thumb on her clit and add a fair amount of pressure on it. My fingers are slipping in so easily and the sound of her slickness is filling the meadow.
“S-so wet,” I bend to lick the side of her neck, “All for me?” I ask her with a husky voice.
Her hand wraps around my forearm that is pleasuring her and she nods enthusiastically.
“D-don’t stop.” She starts rolling her hips and I let her ride my hand to take what she needs. When her squirming becomes more urgent I fasten the pace of my fingers plunging inside her.
“Y-yesyesyes.” She praises me, and I can’t decide what I want to see more when she comes.
Her face contorted in bliss,
Or her pussy gushing her arousal over my hand?
It won’t be the last orgasm I give her tonight, so for now I will choose her pussy.
“More.” She breathes out and I smile.
If she wants more, she will get more.
Pushing my fingers as deep as I can I start to roughly vibrate my hands, simultaneously rubbing that sweet spot inside while harshly rubbing her clit.
Her entire body arches while her thighs begin to shake around my hand. Her mouth is shaped in an ‘O’ but no sound is leaving her lips.
She throws her head back, taking a deep breath, she moans loudly and starts to gush over my hand when she comes, her inner walls clamping over my fingers.
“DEAN” the grip she has on my arm bites and I can feel her nails digging into my skin.
I’m panting with her when she rides out her high. I slow my hand and let her breathe when her body turns limp. Retracting my fingers, I look at how they’re covered in her slickness.
I suck my middle finger inside my mouth and suck her juices right off, a low grumble rolling in my chest at her taste.
I can feel her eyes on me and smile around my finger. I pull it out of my mouth, then I bring my pointer finger to her lips and make her suck it clean. Her eyes rolling back at tasting herself.
I take my hand back and grip her neck, leaning down over her to look in her eyes.
“You know what you taste like?” I ask her.
She shakes her head no and I can’t help but smile at how sinful she looks.
“You taste like mine.” I moan before capturing her lips in an all devouring kiss.
She moans into my mouth and her hands slide into my hair to tug me closer. Every inch of my front is pressed against hers, and I start to rub against her core.
She’s so slick between her thighs, I would almost think we’re in the pond.
“Put me inside, now.” I growl against her lips.
Her hands slips between our bodies and grabs hold of my cock. She grips me so tightly and starts to pump my length, her fingers teasing my tip.
I let out a strangled moan and fist my hand in her hair, tugging her head back to look at her.
“Inside, now.” My voice is so deep, my chest vibrates against hers.
With wicked smile she does as she is told, putting my tip at her entrance and I finally push home.
I groan when her walls hug me tightly, even with the preparation and her being soaked, I can feel the stretch of her around me.
“S-so tight.” I moan.
“Y-you’re just so big.” She chuckles ending in a moan when I push deeper.
I bottom out and she arches her back to accustom to the stretch of me.
I sit up on my knees and put my hands on her hips.
“Look at you.” I say when I take all of her in “All flushed and wet, so ready for me.” I drag my hand down her body.
“All mine.”
I look in her eyes.
“Say it.” I accentuate my words with a sharp thrust that makes her gasp.
“A-All yours Dean.”
I start thrusting into her, deep and slow. Enjoying the drag of her tight walls along my shaft. I look down and watch how well she takes me. How she squirms when I slowly pull out and see my cock covered in her arousal. There is a white ring of her juices on the base of my cock and I grin when I spread her legs wider, pushing them slightly towards her chest.
“You can take me deeper, baby.”
Changing my angle I push in and go deeper, until that ring disappears into the soft hairs curling at the base of my cock and grind into her clit. Her strangled moans are like music to my ears.
“Such a good girl.” I groan when I see how well she takes me. I move my eyes up and watch her face.
She’s sweating, panting and her eyes are black with need, but her smile is what nearly makes me cum right here and now.
I lean over her, and kiss her deep. Thrusting faster, grinding every time I go in.
The kiss is all teeth and tongue, too sloppy to be considered a kiss, we’re both panting and moaning into each other’s mouth.
“I’m close, baby.” I warn her while speeding up my pace.
She wraps her legs around my waist and starts chanting the words for the ritual.
Her own climax is building inside her body, I can feel her body grow taut and her walls hugging my cock.
“Keep going.” She rushes out between the foreign words and I do as she says.
She starts to glow a bright yellow, almost golden light. Her purple dark smoke tumbles out of woods as if it had been waiting there all this time, waiting for a call of it’s master.
The smoke envelops us but I keep going, I am not afraid. The smoke starts to slide over my legs and it feels like a cool blanket thrown over a burn.
“Now” she whispers just before falling of her edge and gushing all over my cock as she comes around me.
“I, Dean Winchester, claim you Y/n, until we are nothing but dust among the stars.” I rush out the words to finalize the ritual and come so deep inside her, filling her up with hot ropes of cum, so much that I can feel it dripping out of her and down my balls.
I moan her name, and it feels like I am roaring as her golden light seeps into my skin and burns through every single nerve and cell of my body.
Her legs and arms wrap tightly around me and keeps a hold of me while the light keeps seeping in.
Her smoke is a wild storm around us, warning of anything close to not come near.
Slowly I come down and the light between us dims and her smoke sinks softly into the ground.
Panting I look at her, she’s still glowing softly, I cup her face and smile.
“It worked.” I pant.
“It did.” Her smile is radiant, “Look.” She lifts my hand and I can see the same kind of glow covering- no coming from my skin.
“Woah” I say in amazement and look at myself and her.
“That’s awesome.” I breathe out.
“I will learn you how to deal with your powers. It won’t be complicated.” Her hand brushes my chest and little gold sparks follow her wake.
“With great power comes great responsibility.” I say with a dorky smile.
She chuckles and grabs my face to kiss me deeply and with all her love.
“I love you, Dean.” She whispers against my lips.
“I love you too, Y/n.” I say back with a smile.
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tagged by @friends-detective-agency (you are my most hated person right now)
Make a playlist of songs using every letter of your username.
G: Grilleto - GARNiDELiA O: OTAKU Lovely Densetsu - HANABIE L: Let The Show Begin - Airi Suzuki E: Every Night - EXID M: Melancholy Angel - VISIONS OF ATLANTIS S: SPACEMAN - Electric Callboy
D: Dance Macabre - Ghost R: Re-Vision - AMARANTHE E: Eye of the Storm - BATTLE BEAST A: Astral Dogma - Yousei Teikoku M: Moonlight Rendezvous - BEAST IN BLACK
O: Outer Dimensions - AMARANTHE F: Fade Into You - Clare Bowen Sam Palladio
E: Eternal Rains - AD INFINITUM L: Left On Mars (feat. Tarja Turunen) - Marko Hietala E: Empress Of The Damned (Feat. Lights) - GUNSHIP C: Can't Go To Hell - Sin Shake Sin T: TEKKNO TRAIN - Electric Callboy R: Raise Hell - Dorothy I: Irresistible - Fall Out Boy C: CRY OUT - TRiDENT
D: DOMINATION - BAND-MAID O: Of Jupiter and Moons - TEMPERANCE L: Last Ride Of The Day - Nightwish Y: Yona Yona Journey - TAKU INOUE & Mori Calliope A: Army Of The Night - POWERWOLF K: Killstar (The Cold World) - RELIQA
Fuck... did that take effort and time. Please suffer like I had to suffer @eisbee @bigsnaff @pyppyn @i-mybrunettelady @idiosyncraticrednebula
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mrsllyziy · 9 months
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I will post some WROEF fanarts I made this afternoon, at some point during the night (prob not aaaaaaa)
im toooooo lazy
but while I don't post my drawings, I'll share some headcanons that I had created. Plsss forgive me for my poor asss english omg
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When Gus showed up for the first time with his nails painted black, Sam nearly fainted and argued with Gus about how wrong it is for a boy to do that. Sam even threw the nail polishes away, but Gus kept buying more of them secretly - who knows with what money - So, Sam simply gave up and hoped it was just a rebellious phase
Barbara smoked from a young age (canon), and Edie tried to convince Barbara to change her mind as smoking could damage her vocal cords. However, since Barbara believed she had no more chances to return to her acting career, she continued smoking until she turned 16
The reason Dawn moved rooms was that she couldn't bear to sleep between her deceased brothers' beds every day
Barbara never remembered what her older sister, Molly, looked like before she passed away; she only knew how she looked through her photos spread around the house. The only thing that Barbara really remembered was her laugh
Dawn was bi. The only person she trusted enough to tell was her younger brother Gus, two days before her father's remarriage. He said, "Oh cool I guess now let me sleep"
Walter loved marine animals. He had promised himself that, when he left hiding, the first thing he would like to see was the sea
Sam really liked military and war stuff, he genuinely did, but when Calvin died he lost all the courage to pursue that path. When he turned 18 he received a letter from the army and thought "I can't believe I'm going to have to be a part of this crapp for real ahhh"
Milton never escaped through the magic door he painted. He accidentally locked himself in one of the secret passages and could never get out of there again
Sometimes Barbara would ask to sit alone with Sven and ask him several questions about what her older sister was like. He was the only one besides Edie who took care of Molly until she was 10 years old. Her mother would get quite irritated when Barbara mentioned her in her presence, so she would turn to her father, who kindly answered all her questions.
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Cars pass in Independence Square at twilight in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, October 31, 2022. Rolling blackouts are increasing across Ukraine as the government rushes to stabilise the energy grid and repair the system ahead of winter. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
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People return to their shelters as they cross a destroyed bridge after collecting aid, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut, Ukraine, Monday, October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
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Ukrainian soldiers inspect a damaged Russian tank on a road near the recently retaken village of Kamianka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, October 30, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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A school destroyed by Russian shelling is seen in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, November 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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People fill containers with water from public water pumps in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, October 31, 2022. A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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Ukrainian soldiers on captured Russian tanks T-72 hold military training close to the Ukraine-Belarus border near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Friday, October 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Aleksandr Shulman)
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Local resident Nina, 72, stands near her house, ruined by the Russian shelling a month ago in central Slavyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, October 29, 2022. She keeps living in this house and collects wooden debris to make an outdoor fire for cooking. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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A Ukrainian National Guard soldier cleans away a Z letter, a sign of the Russian army, from a captured Russian armoured personnel carrier (APC) outskirts Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, November 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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A view of the Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition, damaged after fighting, in the liberated town of Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, October 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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A woman reacts next to the body of her neighbor found under debris of a residential house destroyed by a Russian missile attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, November 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)
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