#tb dawn

[idontknowreallywhy]

Estera - Ch 22 - Assist

Ok, time to find out exactly how squished she got?

Last one of these for a bit as I have to put this story back in its box and focus on that worryingly skeletal secret Santa fic in my notes…

What went before

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She unthinkingly dived into the road to retrieve the precious device and clutched it to her chest in relief. A squeal of brakes had her looking round just in time to see the bus plough into her and erase her from existence.

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That’s probably what would have happened, Estera told herself, as she knelt down to retrieve the crushed phone from behind the front wheel of the bus. She’d done the right thing. She couldn’t have saved it. Even so, she couldn’t help kicking herself. The bus had so nearly stopped in time but then the driver had kindly rolled forwards a few metres to better line up the door with where Estera was standing.

So close and yet…

She dragged herself to her feet and apologised profusely to the driver as she fished around in her bag for a credit card to pay with. Her annual public transport pass was, of course, stored on the phone along with pretty much everything else. Ticket acquired, she threw herself into a seat and curled up, her legs braced against the back of the one in front. She rested her head on her knees and tried to regulate her breathing. This was silly, it was just a thing. An inanimate object. She didn’t get attached to Things.

It was just that this one kind of had her new friend inside it.

The screen was completely shattered, but somehow the phone didn’t appear to be entirely dead - the message was displaying and by tilting it from one side to another she managed to read around the spiderwebbed cracks:

Can confirm that particular meteorological anomaly is also present in London 😮☀️ Also, hi! I’m free for a few hours, did you want to grab that coffee?

A photo was attached but with no touch screen control she couldn’t scroll beyond the top edge to view it… she only had blue sky and a hint of chestnut hair to go on.

Estera methodically tapped on every inch of the screen trying to make something respond but achieved nothing more than embedding a small shard of glass in her fingertip. She hissed and tried to suck it out, dropping her legs down and ticking them under her own seat as someone slipped into the one in front. She couldn’t help but remember the feeling of seeing her message had been read but no reply forthcoming and was filled with dread at what he might interpret her silence to mean.

“No no no no no I can’t mess this up again.” She growled in frustration.

The person in front swivelled round to face her. “Are you ok, Miss?”

It was the labradoodle guy from the beach. She nearly laughed at the irony that it would be the same person she’d hysterically accused Scott of hiring to follow her. His eyes widened as he recognised her and he smiled broadly:

“Oh, hello again!”

She smiled weakly and gestured at her phone “Hi. Sorry, just having a bit of a moment”

“Wow, and I thought mine was a mess.” He showed her a scratched and battered but intact device then held it out towards her “Do you need to call someone? You’re welcome to borrow it.”

A lifeline! She gushed incoherent thanks then paused with her index finger over the call screen. She didn’t know his number, why hadn’t she memorised his number? Because she wasn’t some hapless teenager with a crush that’s why. Nobody does that. Argh.

But wait… she rummaged in her bag for her wallet, hoping against hope she hadn’t thrown it away… Yes! The pet shop loyalty card she’d scribbled the emergency contact number on the back of when Scott dictated it over the phone that night. She’d tucked it back in there after saving the number to her contacts. She’d only needed one more stamp to get 10% off her next shop and with the amount Bez ate… the number was a little smudged, but legible.

Alright here goes. She dialled the number and a surprisingly cheery, singsong voice answered after the first ring:

“Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant direct line, how may I help you?”

Gosh she sounded young. Must be a recent school leaver. Estera briefly wondered how someone that junior could end up working for the Tracys.

“Hello, is that Dawn?”

“Good afternoon, Estera Hermaszewska, I am indeed Dawn, Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant.”

“H-how did you know it was me? This isn’t my usual, err, phone?”

There was a slight pause.

“A limited number of people have access to this number. As Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant I made an educated guess.”

“Oh, well, ah, ok that’s great. Um. So, hello Dawn, thank you for picking up the call. I wondered whether you could get a message to Scott for me?”

“Of course. What is the message you wish me, as Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant, to relay?”

“Thank you Dawn, he sent me a message but my phone just got broken and so I can’t reply to it and so…”

Frantic xylophone music interrupted mid-sentence and continued for half a minute or so before:

“I have relayed your message.”

“Oh, I err, thank you but I hadn’t quite finished.”

“In my capacity as his Personal Assistant I can certainly relay a second message to Scott Tracy.”

Definitely something unusual going on here. She didn’t sound incredibly experienced. Perhaps a family member? Maybe the poor kid was just working to a clumsily phrased script? Well, either way, Estera wasn’t going to make the girl’s job any harder by asking questions. She tried to keep her message brief:

“Please would you say I’d love to have coffee - I have a… commitment booked for a couple of hours but maybe he could meet me there and we could find a cafe afterwards? The location is…” she gave the details of the clifftop viewpoint carpark where she’d be meeting the rest of the group.

There was a brief pause then the xylophone music returned. Estera looked up at doodle guy and mouthed an apology, he gave a double thumbs up in return.

“I have made further contact and Scott Tracy has asked me to tell you he will be at the location you suggested within 60 minutes. He appears happy at the prospect of the meeting. Would you like me to connect you to his personal comm? Alternatively there are many other Personal Assistant tasks I am amply trained to perform?”

“Oh, thank you, ah no I should probably give this kind person their phone back but I will see him then. Thank you very much Dawn, it was nice to talk to you.”

“I am glad to have spoken with you too, Estera Hermaszewska.”

Estera hung up and breathed a sigh of relief, handing back the phone with a grateful expression. “Thank you so much, you saved me from a bit of a situation there.”

He smiled uncertainly. “He must be someone pretty special?”

“Oh, gosh, no! I mean, yes. He’s fantastic but we’re not… it’s not err… he’s a friend. Just a… an old friend. Well, ‘just’ is the wrong word really. Isn’t everyone special in their own way though? All of us unique and all with our own, err, specialities.”

The guy seemed faintly confused by her incoherent rambling but grinned anyway and put out his hand “I don’t think we ever did the name swapping thing - I’m Dave.”

She hesitantly reached out to shake the offered hand but he suddenly gasped and leapt to his feet.

“That was my stop, sorry!”

And he was gone, hurrying down the aisle.

She shivered and then mentally slapped herself. She really had to stop assuming the worst of friendly people.

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John watched his brother’s face light up as he realised he had a message from the girl… from Estera. Scott smirked and without warning dragged John to his side for a self portrait shot in which John looked aghast and Scott was pulling the kind of deranged face they would more usually expect from Alan or Gordon. He chuckled and began drafting a message. For a few moments John could have spontaneously combusted and it was unlikely his big brother would have noticed.

He had to acknowledge that in all the… Concern… he’d experienced surrounding Scott’s interactions with his new friend, for all his tracking of comms activity, asking EOS to correlate that with his heart rate and sleep data… he hadn’t actually spotted the impact on his brother at all. It wasn’t merely non-negative. He seemed… younger all of a sudden. Lighter. This was what Virgil had seen? John felt an uncharacteristic pang of regret for the usual physical distance between himself and his brothers. It seemed despite his best efforts he was still missing things.

“Scott, surely you’re not sending that picture are you?”

His brother grinned and with a flourish flicked the send button with the back of his index finger.

John groaned “Why would you do that?”

“It’ll make her laugh. I like making her laugh.” The tiniest crease appeared between his brows and a brief flicker of something unreadable passed over his face. Again John found himself both curious and apprehensive about the circumstances in which the two of them had first encountered each other.

It was somewhat ironic that the same person whose reappearance in his life had caused all that pain and confusion should have become a positive influence so quickly. For all Scott’s adamant denial that he had the slightest romantic intention, he was clearly already quite fond of her. John desperately hoped whatever this was going to be, an uncomplicated friendship or… anything else, that it was going to work out. It had to, he thought with grim determination. His breath caught as a memory intruded - his brother collapsed against him on the bedroom floor, sobbing in agony as his fever-ravaged mind tore itself apart. John would never forget the gut wrenching sound of Scott’s grief. He tightened his jaw and glanced over at the same man, now quietly smiling to himself. The universe owed his big brother a break and John would do everything in his power to ensure he got it.

“We’d better head back to Tracy Two and get you down to the Westcountry then. I’ll pop in on Penny and you can let me know when to come and pick you up.”

“I don’t know if she’s free yet. Slow down, Johnny.”

The “don’t call me Johnny” was a reflex of course but John barely knew he was saying it, being too busy reeling from the two words that preceded it. Two words he wasn’t sure the speed demon next to him had ever uttered together before without the word DON’T in front of them.

John looked down at the messaging app displayed on his brother’s comm, the one attaching the awful photograph had been delivered and read so, surely soon…

Scott swiped it closed and drained the rest of his cup. There was a silence as he ran a finger around the edge of the lid almost meditatively then he appeared to shake himself and, in a sudden movement, crushed it and swivelled to face his brother.

“So how’s Penny doing anyway? We’ve not seen her for a while.”

“Hello Scott”

They both jumped as a hologram of a familiar ring of lights popped out of Scott’s comm between them. John recovered first:

“EOS, is there a situation?”

“Oh, hello John. I have been acting as Scott Tracy’s Personal Assistant and I believe I have performed exceptionally.”

John raised an eyebrow at Scott who looked faintly bemused.

“Well done EOS. What did you do, exactly?”

“I received a call from Estera Hermaszewska and recorded a message for you.”

Comprehension dawned in Scott’s eyes followed by a forehead wrinkle of anxiety. Estera’s voice suddenly emerged from his wrist.

“Thank you Dawn, he sent me a message but my phone just got broken and so I can’t reply to it and so…”

It cut off abruptly and EOS disappeared.

“EOS! Wait!” Scott clapped a hand to his forehead and John sighed:

“I knew this was a bad idea.”

“It was you who suggested it, John!”

“That may technically be true but short of you almost dying on live television I didn’t think she’d actually need to use it!”

“Now what?”

“I’ll try to raise EOS again, give me a second.”

Before John could raise his own comm. EOS reappeared and exclaimed excitedly:

“I have a second message for Scott Tracy from Estera Hermaszewska”

“EOS, wait, once you’ve played it would you stay with us so I can send a message back?”

“Of course, Scott.”

They could hear background chatter and then Estera clearing her throat awkwardly before

“Please would you say I’d love to have coffee - I have a… commitment booked for a couple of hours but maybe he could meet me there and we could find a cafe afterwards? The location is…”

John pulled up a map showing the highlighted postcode and Scott squinted at it then beamed

“Looks like about half an hour’s drive from Dunkeswell Airfield. Can you drop me there and I’ll pick up a hire car?”

“Is that the message I should relay, Scott?”

“No! Err no, could you say I’ll be there in about an hour?”

EOS disappeared again.

“Why don’t I just drop you in the field at the top of the cliff there? Last time I checked Tracy Two’s VTOL was working just fine?”

“No. I’d rather drive. I don’t want to use the plane… she doesn’t… it might… I mean…” his brother looked flustered “I don’t want to be all ‘check me out with my private jet’ when she could be with friends or something.”

John took a moment to contemplate what must be the first time in history Scott Carpenter Tracy didn’t want to be associated with an aircraft.

“I just want to keep it low key.”

“Good plan. However, have you considered what you’re wearing?”

Scott looked down at the dark blue three-piece Italian custom-made suit his TI EA had handed him that morning… was it Borrelli this time? John hadn’t been paying enough attention to be sure. As the token younger Tracy in the room it didn’t matter much what he wore, but as CEO, Scott had a certain image to maintain and Jennifer curated his office wardrobe with a somewhat terrifying zeal.

“Do you want to head back to the office and fetch your casual stuff?”

“Nah, someone will spot me and need something, we’ll get stuck there for hours. I left a sweater in Tracy Two, that’ll do.”

“Alright then Prince Charming, your carriage awaits.”

Scott cuffed him round the back of the head. John responded by ruffling his big brother’s perfectly styled hair and running away, chuckling as the man squawked in horror and chased after him.

“You are worse than Gordon, Johnny, I swear!”

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#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderbirds fanfiction #scott tracy #john tracy #tb estera #estera #EOS #The Commander and The Murderbot #PA Dawn #idontknowreallywhy fanfic #don’t mess with the hair

[tehozwar69]

[new drawing dump]

#my persona #cartoon network #infinity train #unicorn warriors eternal #aqua teen hunger force #the dawn is your enemy #adventure time #three busy debras #final space #adult swim #tbs network #villainous #nickelodeon #nicktoons #spongebob #lgbtq+ #asexual #fanart

[ohnoitstbskyen]

What’re your thoughts on Horizon:Zero Dawn and it’s growing franchise?

I... find the games really mediocre?

Well, okay, that's not fair, there are parts of those games that are absolutely astounding. The character designs of all the robot dinosaurs are universally great, I love Aloy's design and animation, the cutscene animation in Forbidden West is genuinely amazing a lot of the time, and the games' use of color and environment design are genuinely jaw-dropping at times.

But the actual gameplay, both moment-to-moment and more broadly? Really... really mediocre. Just... very boring and repetitive and derivative. Bog-standard and deeply uninteresting open world slurry, it is a series that prioritizes keeping you busy over giving you anything meaningful to do with your time.

I also don't really have much great to say about the story. There's some genuinely heart-felt and well-observed character writing, I like a lot of the relationships with Aloy's companions in Forbidden West... but the series buys uncritically into what I would consider some extremely ahistorical tropes about "primitive civilization," and some extremely reductive views of how religion and spirituality works that I find genuinely unpleasant to engage with.

It's a series that sometimes feels like its lore and concept was conceived by people who enjoy Ricky Gervais stand-up specials and have shelves full of the collective writings of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.

It at least had the good grace to make its villains capitalists and colonialists doing Super Climate Change, but it's ironic that a series with such a condescending view of spirituality nonetheless had to invent essentially AI Satan to act as the overarching threat.

Anyway, don't take any of this complaining too seriously, it's just some games I don't vibe with.

#tb answers #horizon zero dawn #horizon forbidden west

[sookiestackhcuse]

✞ ───── an independent & semi-selective rp blog for sookie stackhouse of hbo's true blood. turned by christina. personals and minors do not interact. mature content will be found on this blog. links for carrd, memes, starter calls, and open starters can all be found in my pinned post.

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[gatorsnot]

so here i am on thursday night trying to load minecraft, shotgunning a can of monster at an hour when i really shouldn't be, cooking mozzarella sticks, and have a documentary on chris-chan on a separate tab

how's y'alls night goin

#dawn speaks #all i have to do is have my TB test read for my new job tomorrow #otherwise i have tomorrow off

[brickmcarthur]

what if scary girl was dawn’s younger cousin

#tb to when people were theorizing that scary girl was dawn in disguise

[mobiuslab]

There seems to be such a big focus on 'dreams that never end', especially with the Golden Hour being the everlasting last hour before the next day arrives.

Oddly enough though, it doesn't seem like we are trapped inside a dream loop. But I want that. I want TB to be angry and irrational and to be obsessed with saving Firefly. I want what we've seen so far to be just a precognitive dream, and for TB to try over and over again to change the outcome, waking up every time they fail. I want them to drive themself crazy, desperately chasing after an impossible outcome.

And once the TB stops torturing themself and finds catharsis, the needle of the clock can finally move past midnight, signaling the dawn of a new day with TB finally able to move on. That's how I would write a story about neverending dreams, loss, grief, and self-blame, but again, it doesn't seem like the story is heading in that direction.

#honkai star rail #star rail spoilers #hsr spoilers #it feels more like a murder mystery where you have to figure out who you can trust who's lying to you #rather than a time-loop story about obsessively trying to save a girl #but then again the conversations with Archeron kinda imply that there is something familiar about all of this #firefly

[sentimentalkeyboard]

Some more facts about the vampires in my graphic novel universe: They Bite! A Ballad of Vampiric Disease.

● A vampires immortality all depends on how many people they've killed. Hence, why most vampires who have children, the child will not live most of their immortality in the body of a baby or young adult. While it's true they may age a bit slower while growing up when they still have to take just a bit of blood as their diet, taking a life and adding it to your own is what marks the true permanence of being a creature if the night- and one is usually between ages 15-18 when a first kill is made ritually.

So, let's say you kill and spill blood of seven people, that's usually either up to 7 or 14 years added to your immortal life! But if you've killed, say, one person, the numbers are much smaller. It's one of the reasons Dawn still looks and seems to age normally, given she hasn't/ or refused to take aby more lives to give her own.

● Speaking if taking a life and gaining more on your own, vampires can lose a life in an extremely rare way. If a vampire can feel or receive as much grief or heartbreak as it would feeling a level of sympathy only a human tends to, it will cry tears of blood that excrete from their eyes. Like I said, it's very rare, but not a completely impossible phenomenon.

● The only way to kill a vampire is either sunlight, holy items, and the most common practice or easiest way, a wooden stake through the heart. Only wood can kill them. However, nothing else like metal or glass, plastic, etc. Even if it can injure just as bad and leave you a small amount of time for a chance to escape, it won't kill them - no matter how badly it hurts.

Because of this, vampire chests/ribcage are extremely sensitive, which is why many will wear opened or exposing clothing, even if it leaves them in a more vulnerable, easier target. Even unwanted touching to the skin can get a good reaction out of a very protective vampire. The skin itself looks lighter or scarred, which only adds to the bodily target imprinted into their flesh.

[Also gonna give a little thanks to @lordfreg for finding me some super cute aesthetic pictures like the one used at the beginning of this! Totally captures TB's vibes. 🩷🩷]

#🍒daily dose of cherry🍒 #original characters #they bite! #80s #they bite! a ballad of vampiric disease #80s vampires #vampire #original post #oc #vampirism #the lost boys #inspired #tlb

[track2hack]

17.01.2024

Took Pixie out for walkies tonight with the girlies!! 🙌

First time for Finn (pally welsh) going through the forest and Dawn’s (bay tb) first time going alone without her paddock buddies and they all did super! Did 4km in 55 minutes which is very respectable considering we’re all unfit and creaky 🫣😂

Pickles was out of steam by the end of it but she’s still fitter than I am 🙈

#horseblr #horsblr #equiblr #equine #equestrian #horses #horses of tumblr #miniature horse #miniature pony #my ponies

[asexualbert]

So, I think I mentioned offhand in some other post months ago that I'd gone down a rabbit hole of "ok but what if vampires"

And since spooky season is upon us, I kinda thought maybe it would be a good time to share some little details

So... Vampire AU notes below the cut (because there's a bunch)

Tim: Born - 1874 | Died - 1889 | Age - 15/148

Industrial revolution, Dawn of Electricity

>Tim hailed from a wealthy family, profiting off of the developments of the industrial revolution

>Died of TB when he was 15

>Doesn't remember his turning. Isn't sure who did it or what happened. He remembers lying in his sick bed in his parents' home, closing his eyes and knowing it would be the last time. And then waking up. Alone, in a different room, feeling better than he had in months.

>Figured out being a vampire on his own and spent the next 14 years alone, keeping his secret safe.

Dick: Born - 1882 | Died - 1903 | Age - 21/140

Popularity of the Traveling Circus, Early existence of Flying Trapeze

>Dick was born in a traveling circus to a fairly famous flying trapeze act

>Dick followed in his parents' path and the Flying Graysons, and Haly's Circus, were highly popular for decades.

>Until the accident.

>Doesn't remember much after the ropes snapped. He's sure he saw his parents hit the ground with him, he can see it clearly in his nightmares. But he doesn't quite remember being there.

>Knows the details of his turning, despite not remembering it first hand. Tim told him all about it when he woke up.

Jason: Born - 1914 | Died - 1931 | Age - 17/108

Prohibition

>Jason moved in with some older boys when he was 10, shortly after his ma died

>Helped them with running booze in exchange for his bed

>They were never his friends and he knew it. He was useful and desperate and they were taking advantage of that

>But he didn't have much other option

>Started taking on some jobs of his own when he was 15, keeping the money for himself

>He was 17 when they found out

>Vaguely remembers seeing Tim and Dick for the first time, shortly before he blacked out

>Remembers the bite. Distantly. It hurt.

>He doesn't mind though. It was worth it.

Bruce: Born - 1990 | Died - N/A | Age - 32/32

Present

>Distinctly not a vampire

>Though he'll let the public believe what it wants to believe about Batman if it helps his reputation

>Does not fully understand where these strange young men came from nor how they figured out his identity

>Nor why they won't seem to leave him alone...

>Can't ever seem to keep the boys ages straight

Tim again - Extra notes in relation to previous

>>Met Bruce's Great⁴ Grandfather (also named Bruce) at a function once back in in 1885

>>Mistook our Bruce for being the same man when he first saw him and thought he could have been the one who turned him

>>Did some digging and was the first of the brothers to meet Bruce

#their physical and chronological ages make things confusing #they aren't bothered though #they'll site whichever placement is more convenient for them at the time #Tim will remind them that he's the oldest when he wants to be taken seriously #but will happily toss that title over to Dick if he doesn't want to deal with something #Bruce is confused all of the time #but he's growing attached to these apparently immortal children who just showed up and wouldn't go away #anyway #that's my little thing #still trying to decide if Dick died in Gotham #or if they were somewhere else #tim drake #jason todd #batfamily au #dick grayson #batman #bruce wayne #vampire au

[mellowthorn]

WIP Game

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how nondescriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet and tell us about it!

Thank you for the tag @tragediegh!

I don't have all that many WIPs, and since I can be very fickle with projects, some of these might never see the light of the day. But here is my current list:

A Roomful of Memories - angsty oneshot set during Fool’s Quest

Before Dawn Rises - a sequel to After The Sun Has Set

Burrich AU - yet another post-Fool’s Fate AU, but this time Burrich survives

Nighteyes - Nighteyes POV oneshot set during the cabin era

Smutty smut - self-explanatory

LG/TB - another smut fic

Against Fate - AU in which Burrich refuses to let Fitz move up to the castle and takes him to Chivalry instead

Pretty sure most of my writer mutuals have been tagged already so I won’t bother tagging anyone this time.

#WIP game #tag game #writing #fanfic #rote

[loverintranslations]

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✨🎵Morning Musume。'23 Concert Tour Autumn

「Neverending Shine Show」🎵✨

2023.11.3🌈 Pacifico Yokohama

To everyone who came 💕 Thank you very much💖

To everyone who cheered us on 💞 Even from afar 💕 Thank you very much💖

A photo📸 With no particular meaning🐨💙※Today's Maria

&

Happy birthday to Fukumura Mizuki-san!

Fukumura-san's birthday🎂 We all celebrated💕💕

(T/N News and information has not been translated)

Take a look at MariSta 🐰 Makino Maria's Instagram okay 💗

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[sookiestackhcuse]

✞ ───── I TASTE LIKE SUNSHINE & FLOWERS AND I’M RIGHT FUCKING HERE !!

#SELF PROMOS. #TRUE BLOOD RP #TB RP #INDIE SUPERNATURAL RP #INDIE THE VAMPIRE DIARIES RP #INDIE THE ORIGINALS RP #BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER RP #BEING HUMAN RP #MIDNIGHT MASS RP #PREACHER RP #FROM DUSK TILL DAWN RP #LUCIFER RP #SANDMAN RP #WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS RP #INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE RP #DRACULA RP #HEMLOCK GROVE RP #INDIE TEEN WOLF RP #INDIE VAMPIRE RP #WYNONNA EARP RP #AMERICAN GODS RP #UNDERWORLD RP #FRIGHT NIGHT RP #THE LOST BOYS RP

[kiomiia]

tb to when we found out Hunter's a grimwalker and it suddenly made so much sense why Belos made him "hunt down" (get it) the selkidomus and other items presumably to make a new grimwalker with, and the entire fandom lost their shit. that was great I remember going absolutely batshit when it dawned on me.

#toh season 2 #the owl house #hunter toh #grimwalker #god im gonna miss this show when its over #im not letting it die😭😭 #doesnt he look so goofy in this image #hes great

[celestial-thoughts]

june 26, 2023 - weekly women's pro wrestling news roundup: week of june 19-25, 2023

this week's news roundup includes:

News & results from last week’s editions of Monday Night Raw, NXT, and Friday Night SmackDown.

News & results from last week's editions of WWE Main Event and NXT Level Up.

News & results from last week’s editions of AEW Dynamite, AEW Rampage, and AEW Collision.

News & results from AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.

Other updates and news from last week.

Things to look forward to in women’s wrestling this week!

spoilers below the cut for shows/events listed above!

Notable news & results from TV last week:

Monday Night Raw (6/19):

Kayden Carter & Katana Chance defeated Sonya Deville & Chelsea Green. Katana pinned Sonya after hitting the Afterparty. match length-2:01.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley was set to take on Natalya in a non-title match, but Rhea attacked Natalya before the match could begin.

In a backstage interview, Raquel Rodriguez was being interviewed ahead of her Money in the Bank qualifying match. Raquel said that she would win the contract and cash in on Rhea Ripley, before being interrupted by Rhea coming backstage through the curtain. The two stared each other down, before Raquel made her entrance.

Trish Stratus defeated Raquel Rodriguez by disqualification to qualify for the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match. Trish won after Becky Lynch came out and attacked Zoey Stark, and in the chaos also attacked Trish, resulting in the DQ finish. match length-5:55.

NXT Gold Rush part 1 (6/20):

There was a video package of Gigi Dolin, followed by Kiana James talking trash about Gigi. Kiana called Gigi mediocre, and said that she is fueled by winning.

Duke Hudson hosted a pep rally to celebrate Thea Hail becoming the number one contender for the NXT Women's Championship. Thea was interrupted by NXT Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton, who called Thea dumb and crazy. Thea got Tiffany in the Kimura Lock, before Tiffany escaped the ring, and Thea stood tall with the title in her hand.

Cora Jade defeated Dana Brooke by referee stoppage. At one point, medical officials tried to remove Dana from the ring after her knee buckled, but she got off of the stretcher and re-entered the ring. Cora locked in a Single Leg Crab, and the official made the decision to call for the bell. match length-10:46.

Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson defeated Yulisa Leon & Valentina Feroz. During the match, Elektra Lopez and Lola Vice came out and watched from the ramp. Lash Legend scored the pinfall win with a pump kick. match length-3:22.

A match between Gigi Dolin and Kiana James was announced for week two of NXT Gold Rush.

AEW Dynamite (6/21):

Kris Statlander defeated Taya Valkyrie to retain the TBS Championship. Kris landed Big Bang Theory to get the win, and successfully defend the TBS Championship once again. match length-8:55.

WWE Main Event (6/22):

Dana Brooke defeated Xia Li. Dana pinned Xia after hitting a somersault neckbreaker. match length-5:07.

Friday Night SmackDown (6/23)

Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler (WWE) defeated Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn (NXT) to become the new Unified WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. The match ended with Ronda locking in an armbar and forcing Isla to tap out, while Shayna submitted Alba with the Kirifuda Clutch at the same time. match length-10:22.

After the match, Ronda and Shayna were confronted by Raquel Rodriguez, who said that she wanted a rematch for the titles that she had been forced to vacate. Raquel was then joined by a returning Liv Morgan, who has been out of action since the May 12 episode of SmackDown when she suffered a shoulder injury.

Charlotte Flair defeated Lacey Evans. Charlotte hit Lacey with a big boot, before she submitted her with the Figure 8. match length-2:43.

After the match, Charlotte stayed in the bridge and held Lacey in the figure 8. Charlotte was then attacked by WWE Women's Champion Asuka.

WWE official Adam Pearce told Bianca Belair that she would be barred from ringside for the WWE Women's Championship match next week on SmackDown, in order to prevent her from getting involved.

NXT Level Up (6/23):

Jacy Jeyne defeated Ivy Nile. match length-5:19.

AEW Rampage (6/23):

Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round: Skye Blue defeated Anna Jay A.S. Skye defeated Anna after hitting Code Blue, picking up her second win in a row in her hometown of Chicago. She will face the winner of Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Ruby Soho (which takes place on the June 28 episode of Dynamite). match length-8:17.

AEW Collision (6/24):

Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round: Willow Nightingale defeated Nyla Rose. Willow pinned Nyla after hitting the Doctor Bomb. She will face the winner of Athena vs. Billie Starkz (which takes place at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door: Zero Hour). match length-8:54.

Notable news & results from PPVs last week:

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door (6/25): Disclaimer: I didn't actually watch Forbidden Door, but I got updates and results from the internet, as well as a friend of mine who was watching.

Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round: Athena defeated Billie Starkz. Athena pinned Billie after hitting a fireman's carry into a spinning double knees to the face. In addition to competing in AEW, Athena is currently the Ring of Honor Women's World Champion. She will face NJPW Strong Women's Champion Willow Nightingale in the semi-finals. match length-7:50.

AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defeated. Willow Nightingale to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship. Toni was aided by the rest of The Outcasts, Ruby Soho and Saraya, in the opening of the match, but the duo were eventually ejected from ringside. Toni ultimately was able to get the pinfall win over Willow, after racking the eyes of her challenger and following it up with Storm Zero. match length-10:30.

Other news & updates from last week:

On The Pat Mcafee Show on Tuesday, June 20, Paul Heyman announced that WWE Fastlane will be held on Saturday, October 7 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Fastlane takes the October Premium Live Event spot that was held by Extreme Rules last year. This will be the first Fastlane event since 2021. Prior to that year, Fastlane was held annually from 2015 until 2019, with the 2017 and 2018 events being exclusive to Raw and SmackDown, respectively.

There is a press conference planned for directly after Money in the Bank this weekend. WWE have not held a post show press conference since WrestleMania, as the media events for Backlash and Night of Champions were both held the day before the show.

In the hours leading up to SmackDown on June 23, fans on Twitter pointed out the the match between Bayley and Shotzi for Bayley’s Money in the Bank ladder match spot had been removed from previews for the show. This match did not end up taking place on SmackDown, and was replaced by Charlotte Flair vs. Lacey Evans. It's unclear why Bayley vs. Shotzi was scrapped, but Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful did note on Twitter that Smackdown got "Vinced" tonight, saying that a lot of changes had been made.

Liv Morgan made her return on the June 23, 2023 episode of SmackDown. Liv had been out of action due to a torn shoulder, and recovered much faster than had originally been expected.

During the Women's Tag Team Title unification match on SmackDown last Friday, Michael Cole stated that the Women's Tag Team Championships will now be defended on all three brands, which was the original intention for the titles when they were created.

Speaking of the unification match, shortly after SmackDown ended last week, the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship was officially listed as "retired" on the WWE website. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn are officially listed as the final NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, with their reign lasting 83 days.

On last week’s edition of The SmackDown Lowdown, it was announced that Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler will defend the Undisputed Women’s Tag Team titles against former champions Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan.

At Stardom Sunshine on June 25, Giulia (who is currently one-third of the reigning Artist of Stardom Champions), called out NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale and issued a challenge for the title.

Following her match at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on Sunday, June 25, the NJPW official Twitter account posted a video of NJPW Strong Women's Champion Willow Nightingale, who accepted Giulia's challenge. It is currently unclear when this match will take place.

It was officially announced on Sunday, June 25 that AEW All Out will be held on Sunday, September 3 at the United Center in Chicago. The pay-per-view will take place just one week after AEW All In, which is on Sunday, August 27 in London.

Things to look forward to this week:

This Monday, June 26 on Monday Night Raw, a women's Money in the Bank summit will be held.

This Tuesday, June 27, NXT Gold Rush continues. After winning a number one contender battle royal a few weeks ago, 19 year old Thea Hail challenges NXT Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton for the title. This will be Thea's very first opportunity at a title in her professional wrestling career.

Also this Tuesday at NXT Gold Rush, Gigi Dolin goes one-on-one with Kiana James.

This Wednesday, June 28 on AEW Dynamite, Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. takes on Ruby Soho of The Outcasts in the final first round match of the Women's Owen Hart Cup Tournament.

This Friday, June 30 on SmackDown live from London, WWE Women's Champion Asuka defends the title against 14 time world champion Charlotte Flair.

This Saturday, July 1 live from the O2 Arena in London, it's WWE Money in the Bank. The show will have a special start time of 3 pm Eastern time.

Current Women's Champions in WWE, AEW, ROH, & NJPW:

WWE: - Women's World Championship: Rhea Ripley - WWE Women's Championship: Asuka - NXT Women's Championship: Tiffany Stratton - WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler

AEW: - AEW Women's World Championship: Toni Storm - TBS Championship: Kris Statlander

ROH: - ROH Women's World Championship: Athena

NJPW: - IWGP Women's Championship: Mayu Iwatani - Strong Women's Championship: Willow Nightingale

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Yeehawgust Day 3: Tequila Sunrise

February 1900

Las Hermanas, Nuevo Paraiso

Sadie had to admit it sometimes frustrated her to live here at the convent, subject to various rules and schedules and expectations, much as the gang’s strictures had annoyed her to no end sometimes.  She’d gotten so used to living her own life, especially after she and Jake married and moved into the wilderness, and making her own rules and schedule based on their needs and their environment.  The needs of several dozen other folks hadn’t entered into it as they had with the Van Der Lindes, and here now with Dr. Garcia’s TB ward.

For all that, there was something comforting to it alongside the nuisance.  Being here, a woman among other people, not having to fling herself against the wilds day by day for mere survival–it gave her time to help those who were fighting every day for their lives against a damn miserable disease.  It gave her some time, though sometimes too much, to look at everything that had happened to her in the last nine months, and wonder at the humdrum days in Tumbleweed when she’d have called herself bored if she hadn’t been so utterly exhausted all the time.

Nine months.  The length of time to grow and bear a child, like she now never would with Jake.  The length of time to try to create a new life for herself instead, it seemed.  To maybe move away from being nothing but a dealer in death and vengeance, though the mark of knowing the dark, rotten monstrous depths of herself would never quite leave her.  This life was quieter, but perhaps not boring.  There was a mercy to that, and finding herself to be a use and comfort to people in need.

Besides, even if she had been pissed off and bored enough to leave–and she wasn’t–she couldn’t.  She’d gotten herself in here with Arthur after dragging him down from that ridge and to Wapiti from there, and then all the way down here to Mexico.  She couldn’t just take off on him.  She’d left him behind her once on that trail near Beaver Hollow, and she’d seen what had happened.  Never again.  He was stuck with her until he got out of here, told her to get lost, or…

That frightening, heart-clenching or.  It didn’t bear thinking about.  Because when she did, she still realize how tenuous the ties to the world of the living still were for him.  He looked better than he had in November, true, coughing far less, putting on some weight.  Two and a half months of bed rest had done him a world of good, for all she knew he was about going crazy from it.  But he was hardly out of the woods yet, and Garcia had taken her aside and warned her that while he was discharging Arthur from strict bed rest, she needed to help ride herd on him to make sure he didn’t overdo it.  He strikes me as a man who doesn’t seem to recognize when he needs to stop and take care of himself.

Yeah, that about summed it up.  So she’d do it, and she’d make sure he followed the doctor’s orders.  This was no time for him to get contrary about following rules, for all he’d lived on the fringe of things just about all his life.

But today…today was a good day.  Arthur had been let off bed rest, after all.  A clear step forward.  She’d gone to Chuparosa yesterday with Sister Calderon for the supply run, and she’d gotten over to the saloon while they’d been there.  And sitting here by lantern light watching the last hour or so before dawn, having slipped out and left Arthur sleeping, there was a comfortable peace to things.  A strange feeling, but not unwelcome.

“Penny for your thoughts?”  She turned to see Arthur standing there, awake now and having made his way up to the roof.  There was a slight sheen of sweat on his brow even from the short climb–long weeks of bed rest did wonders for his lungs, all right, but she could see how weak the rest of his body was now, despite his having put on some weight.  But he would build his strength back up.  She believed that, more intensely than she had even two days ago.

She gave him a smile of greeting.  “Oh, it’ll cost you at least a dollar.”

“You mean two pesos,” he bantered right back, shuffling his way over to where she sat on one of the cots on the rooftop, watching to the east.

“Sure.  Hold on a second.”  She’d meant for the celebration to be for supper, but something about the notion that crossed her mind seemed fitting.  Getting up, it took her less than a minute to scamper downstairs to their room, getting the bottle and their two tin mugs, and heading back to the rooftop.  Arthur eyed her return with a sort of wry humor and a gleam of envy, and he didn’t have to say it.  She knew what he must be thinking, seeing her easily take those stairs that he struggled with these days.  Knew too that she shouldn’t say anything about it, because sometimes intended kindness stung deeper than insults.

She held up the bottle of Luna Azul tequila that she’d picked up in town.  “Felt fitting we have ourselves a drink to celebrate your freedom.  They had whiskey, mind, but tequila suited better to my mind.”

“No argument from me on the tequila.  And well, it ain’t quite freedom just yet…but I’ll take it.”  He took the mug she handed him, with a healthy shot of tequila in it, and she sat down beside him with her own.  

“To working towards freedom, then.”  She reached up, clinking her mug against his, and then throwing back the tequila, tasting the burn of it.  Sitting there quietly watching the sunrise with Arthur, it was a new dawn, a new day, a new life.  She couldn’t say that she was exactly feeling good, but she was feeling less hopeless.

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