#technically there's artificial insemination but you get it

[gremlingottoosilly]

I know there’s a human resistance rebellion they could probably snatch some baby humans from or something, but what about like human breeding or something? is that a thing in this universe? Since they’re more akin to pets I was wondering if there was some sort of like human breeders.

Since there’s also like selective breeding for pets there could also be selective breeding for only the most fertile humans (even if it technically doesn’t work that way). They might not even keep the males, it could be like how they just harvest sperm and artificially inseminate them?

Just worldbuilding from your silly local rice ball lover 🍙

That's a really good point, thank you, Onigiri anon!! Yes, some humans are kept as nothing more than breeding mares to move humans. Unfortunately, in the initial uprising, a large population of humans, especially the most vulnerable ones, were killed by monsters, hunger, and the elements when the civilization fell into dystopia for the first time. Monsters quickly learned that just killing every human they see isn't really a viable scenario, and someone had to pick up where the others have fallen. Men and women are both viable for reproduction, esp for species that lay eggs, like Konig or Gaz. With monsters of egg-laying type, no matter if they are birds or reptiles or sea life, they are using humans as incubators, since they need warm and soft bodies for the eggs to nourish on. It's more like a reverse seahorse situation, when you're inserted with eggs, but don't really have a genetic intake on how the babies are going to turn up. There is a chance of a more traditional pregnancy with children resembling both parents, but it's extremely rare and frowned upon by monsters - after all, humans are deemed inherently weak by any monster. Selective breeding saves both male and female specimens, as long as they have more advantages to raise the monster brood properly - I imagine wider hips, softer bodies in general, resilience to pain, and the submissiveness that gets really stuck in their heads as a result. With humans sold in pet shops, it's no wonder that some monster species are taking their role as caretakers and raisers of new human generations for further breeding - as fucked up as it might be. some humans get released by human resistance, although if a person comes from this indoctrinated, monster-pleasing background, they wouldn't be able to survive in the wild, in most cases. Also as a fun fact, humans have much larger life spans than any human would - Konig can easily clock up at least 100 years and more and more, as long as he isn't killed - but the thing is, that human's biology gets irreversibly changed after a prolonged and repeated exposure to monster semen. Our poor breeding wifey, she doesn't even know that aging isn't a problem anymore( death of old age isn't going to help her get free of Konig, they have mated, and she will be alive for much, much longer, her life span increasing with every time an egg or semen gets deposited in her.

#cod #konig x reader #yandere konig #konig #tw: monster fucking #monster!141 #cod x reader #monster!konig

[invivoinsomnium]

Movie : The Devil Conspiracy

Year: 2023

Genre: Horror/Thriller

Brief Description: Technically these are three links; one to the insemination scene (one of my all time favourites) one to an ultrasound and finally a birth.

Spoilers: I like the idea that several of the women inseminated. It would have been interesting to see several birth scenes instead of their only being a chosen one.

Thoughs: I enjoyed the artificial insemination scene. It’s rare to see in films. Most of the time, it's performed off-screen or some otherworldly force was involved. I haven't got much to say on the ultrasound scene, I just liked watching it, and the fact she saw what was growing inside of her as none human. As the movie progressed, I got that she was becoming possessed, I wish she hadn't, I really liked the idea of her being a prisoner of this cult and impregnated against her will with an unknown embryo. I wished she'd kept trying to find a way to escape, though she did end up in some sort of chamber for the remainder of the pregnancy. I didn't like how, in the end,she gained acceptance. For the birth, I liked the position she was in, being held down by the medical team, she had a decent belly thought would have been nice to see that gown rolled up and the belly exposed. Some good noises were made, but her being vocal would have been better, "oh god it hurts," "this isn't right," "get this thing out of me," "Please, I don't want to do this," "why did you do this to me?" That being said, I loved the older woman walking around and giving the order to push. I wished the final girl had been more angry after the birth, hating what had been done to her. If I'd change anything, I'd probably say having her birth in the medical room, strapped into the same bed she was inseminated on, legs spread wide in stirrups.

This is definitely an RP idea that's on the top of my list, just adding more horror and turning it darker. A lot less acceptance.

#birth #horror #pregnancy #dark #forcedpregnancy #horror movie #Youtube

[phinix53]

Who is your employees and owners of Moonstone ranch?

Nightmare and Dream are the owners of Moonstone Ranch.

Killer, Dust, Horror, Sugar (Lust), Red, Blue, Cross and technically Error all are employed by the ranch.

Imma give some little bits about them too ^^

There’s so characters you might not have met yet.

Nightmare

one of Moonstone Ranch’s owners. Nightmare suffered a horrific injury during a rodeo event that left him blind in one eye. He over sees all operations on the farm.

His horse is Belos, a black Thoroughbred.

Dream

Dream, the younger owner of Moonstone, is a well known rodeo competitor. He is also the main one that trains horses on the farm. He and Nightmare can often be heard getting in shouting matches over Dream participating in rodeo events, as Nightmare doesn’t want Dream getting hurt.

His horse is Sun Stone, a Palomino Paint.

Killer

Killer in Nightmares right hand man, he is the foreman of Moonstone. He was the last remaining farm hand that stayed after Nightmares injury.

His horse is Dagger, a white and black Arabian. But he also frequently rides Diablo, a leopard paint.

Blue

Blue was the newest face on the farm for a while. After Blue’s family farm was sold, Blue was brought on by Dream to participate in rodeos along side him. Blue specializes in events dealing with bulls, like wrangling and bull riding.

His horse is Indigo Run, a blue roan thoroughbred.

Dust

Dust is the barn manager. He tracks all the tack, feed and medical needs of the livestock. He is a licensed veterinarian, handling medical treatments along with handling artificial insemination of brood mares. He is the only one with an office besides Nightmare.

His horse is Cyanid, a buckskin quarter horse.

Horror

Horror was hired to care for small livestock and keep up the main house. He tends the chickens and his large garden. He can often be found wearing a straw sun hat that covers up a large head wound he received after going head to head with an extremely aggressive bull during a cattle drive. He was hired at Sugar’s recommendation after not being able to find work. He can’t ride any longer, though he wishes he could. He does have a horse tho.

His horse is Whiskey, a chestnuts quarter horse.

Sugar

Sugar is the resident errand person. Their job is to make sure the farm is always stocked with what ever it needs, be it hay, feed or simple groceries. Sugar previously worked as a point man (the leader) of several high profile cattle drives. He was leading the drive that Horror was injured in.

Sugar has two horses, Sage the red dun quarter horse and Sparkler the champagne Arabian.

Red

Red was hired as a handler for more rowdy horses. He travels with Dream and Blue during rodeo season and acts as a guard dog for the pair and their horses after some unsavory actions from a few other competitors.

His horse is Garnet, a sorrel quarter horse.

Cross

Cross is the newest face of the farm, a rich city boy who has no clue what he’s doing, but he is trying. He’s never been around a horse. Heck the guy didn’t even own jeans before showing up.

He doesn’t have a horse of his own, so Horror lets him borrow Whiskey. After he learns how to ride.

Ink

Ink is a local artist and photographer who often wonders onto Moonstone. Ink is well known for his pictures of the farm, having featured in many magazines. Ink won’t step foot near a horse, yet he always leaves with bite marks on his easel and canvas. And his car too, how did that happen?

Error

Moonstone’s administrative assistant. Error handles payroll and small financial transactions. He lives part time on the ranch with the others.

Dawn-old and Helen Pricket

The Pricket family is a large generational fire monster farm. They are neighbors with Moonstone Ranch and the two do buisness. The Pricket farm runs a large distillery and grows the hops and barley to produce their goods.

Grillby and Fuku are part of the Pricket family.

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones own a small dairy farm. Moonstone and Sticks have an agreement to purchase bull calf’s at a discount

Ccino

Ccino owns a small dinner in the small town nearby. He often travels out to Moonstone to purchase fruits, vegetables and eggs from Horrors garden. He wants to learn how to ride but very rarely has the time to learn.

Star

Star is a rider that boards their horse at Moonstone. He comes by every other week to take his horse out riding.

His horse is Orion, a bay Belgian draft horse (and an absolute unit of a horse)

#moonstone ranch #undertale au #character info

[prpfs]

🪷 hi! bottom4top sub4dom switch4switch t4t, themes of non-con, monster fucking, and extreme kinks 🪷

- 21, he/him, est timezone, autistic, queer/trans/aro, playing sub & bottom leaning characters, usually trans characters, semi-lit to literate, response times vary. i enjoy rapid response when writing around a paragraph/50-100 words, but i also enjoy several paragraphs/150-250 with later spacing. mostly smut with light worldbuilding. i usually roleplay on discord. like and i'll reach out

-things i look for in a partner include: 20+, ability to write 1-3 paragraphs with consistent grammar, at least somewhat friendly so i can engage outside of roleplay, able to write dom & top leaning characters, shares a good amount of kinks with me, into writing interesting characters and dynamics

note: i prefer not to write women (m/m, m/nb, m/null most common)

some things i'm craving right now (MC, YC)

human/elf/small humanoid being ensnared by some kind of plantoid creature, not necessarily humanoid. i have many different ideas for what the creature could be exactly. world can range from modern to fantasy to sci-fi. i'd like to include (optionally): non-con or maybe dub-con, sex pollen, mild hypnosis/mind control, mild cum inflation, light vore, body modification, milking, egg(or technically, seed) implantation, all the way through, bad end elements. i'd tweak this slightly to be link encountering a like like (tears of the kingdom)!

sadistic doctor/scientist and their test subject. this can be made very simple or a bit more complex. i've been craving the concept of a cold, sterile, objective dom in a medical play scene. i would also prefer this to be non-con but it could be cnc/roleplay if that's easier to digest, but i ask for a limited amount of romantic interactions. this is not a PIV/penetration heavy concept. kinks: medplay (obviously), heavy dom/sub elements, minor genital torture, artificial insemination or enemas, forced orgasms, ruined orgasms, edging, squirting, gloves, sterility, watersports, urethral play, anal training, throat training, inflatable toys, body inspection, injections/needles/aphrodisiacs, body mod, fear play

micro/macro; honestly i haven't thought about any actual plot for this. it's mostly x character is a fairy/fae, or a person that gets shrunk, whatever, and y character is a normal size. the size of x ideally would be small enough to hold in your hand/grip. it doesn't matter to me if this is con or non-con. kinks: living cocksleeve, impossible fit/penetration, all the way through, finger/hand play, mouth/throat play, object insertion, cum inflation

any forced bestiality or monsterfucking scene. a perpetrator could be a role for you, especially if you'd find only playing a non-sentient being difficult, which i wound understand. situations could include sex trafficking, kidnapping, captured royalty, farmworker punishment, some weird dom/sub dynamic that went way out of hand, etc. especially interested in: horses/equines, sea creatures, insects, pokémon, and wolf/werewolf like beasts. dogs aren't really my thing. i'm also cool with sentient monsters with fucked up and weird genitals.

"straight" man coercing a closeted/stealth trans male friend into sex, possibly leading to rape. looking for a very casual relationship between bros, hanging out to play video games or smoke weed, and things go further than anticipated because the presumed straight character refuses to acknowledge his attraction and engage in a healthy way. i'm not looking for a scenario where my character gives in and ends up forgiving yours or anything with light/vanilla sex. your character restraining my character with duct tape or rope would be nice, so would light drugging, degradation, forced oral & anal, unwanted creampies. this could be a short scene or it can be more drawn out.

anything else you might want to be doing involving similar themes! monsters, non-con, medical play, domsub, weird unrealistic shit! ideally we are indulging each other, not just you to me!

leave a like if you're interested and anon will get back to you!

#oc rp #ocxoc rp #20+ rp #mxm rp #mxnb rp #mxnull rp #original rp #scifi rp #dead dove rp #dead dove

[sanasanakun]

My Theory on Season 5′s Ending

My friends convinced me to write out the theory I’ve been mulling over since season 4 ended in July. I’m not a hundred percent on the specifics but according to them it sounds reasonable enough. And also, I think documenting it could be fun! If just to compare with the actual ending later. Note: these are my own thoughts, but I welcome discussion if anyone wants to share their own ideas!

Ok, now let’s dive in. I firmly subscribe to Eleven somehow being “made” by Henry. She doesn’t necessarily have to be his daughter, but somehow she is related to him, be it by DNA or blood or whatever. Sci-Fi stuff lol But if you ask me (which you technically are since you are reading this), I believe he is her biological father. “Boo!! That’s not canon! Suspicious Minds confirmed her real father!” people scream in the back. Yeah, I don’t care. 

The canon presented in Suspicious Minds is questionable to me. Firstly, I’m not sure how “canon” those books are considered. And second, it easily could be an unreliable narrator situation. Terry Ives was drugged during much of duration in Papa’s experiments (forgot the name of them lol). She so easily could have been artificially inseminated during that time. And yes, artificially inseminated. I don’t believe Henry actually had sex with her or an actual relationship of any kind with her. 

Ok, so Eleven is Henry’s child. Now, why does that matter to my theory? Let’s move onto the topic of time. A lot of imagery associated with time comes up in season 4. Henry is particularly hyper fixated on clocks and perhaps the actual concept of time itself. There is also the reveal that the Upside Down is stuck in 1983, presenting us with another time related theme. 

I believe that time will play a major role in season 5 and that Eleven will be sent back in time at some point in the season. Specifically, I think it will be revealed that Will’s power can manipulate time itself and that he is responsible for the time freeze in the Upside Down. Will and Henry are parallels to each other, so it would make sense if Will also was associated with the concept of time. 

Now, where will Eleven be sent? This is where I get a little shaky on the details. Maybe this is where we will see more of Henry’s life in the lab as a test subject and early orderly days. Maybe this is where it will be revealed she is his daughter? I’m not entirely sure, but what I do land on is that she will be sent back to Henry’s time in the Creel house. Specifically, I think she will see what Virginia Creel did to Henry, and this is where that final piece of Henry’s background will be unlocked. 

From this point, I think Eleven and Henry will have some sort of a conversation. Maybe it will be the in the empty, black space, maybe not. I think it will be emotional. And I think Eleven is going to kill Henry here, and therefore, kill herself by erasing him from the future timeline.  

I’m really not one to think that Henry will get a happy ending, but a bittersweet one. I almost don’t think he deserves a happy one (I love kids too much lol sorry H man, but you killed kids). But that’s besides the point. 

The Duffers have said that season 5 will explore if Henry has any “humanity left.” To me, and to most of you Henry Creel fans, it is obvious that Henry is brimming with humanity. He feels emotions so strongly that they swallow him. That is not a person without humanity, but I feel like the general audience did not see that. Therefore, it will really be ham-fisted in that he is a person that still is human with humane thoughts and feelings. He is a complicated individual. 

So, through Eleven’s interactions with him and what we see in this “go back in time” segment, we will get the full picture of Henry Creel and what made him who he was. And I will cry if this all happens because I feel like Eleven will be in so much pain making this decision of killing Henry (because I do think she still loves him as her brother deep down and is grateful for their time together) and herself, but would do it to save her friends and family. 

So, what happens if she does kill Henry and erases herself? Well, obviously the events of the story didn’t happen. I think maybe similar events would happen, for example, Will might still go missing. 

Now, my friend brought up a cursed version of this and said it’s possible Will would still go missing, but actually be found dead in the quarry instead of it just being a puppet like in the og timeline. I told her to fuck off because that would break my soul.

 But anyway, I think the “energy,” for a lack of a better term, from the previous universe would still be felt by the characters. Like they might feel nostalgia for something that never happened to them, etc. 

Overall, it would be very bittersweet and somber. That is the vibe I like the most in shows, especially with endings (I mean, Better Call Saul has my favorite ending of all time and hoo-boy that ending was bittersweet).  This also would bring all the characters that died back to life, but they might not be the people we have come to love because time will have been reset. I understand the grievances with “reset endings,” but if done well I do like them. 

I think Henry and Eleven are tied more than maybe even they truly know, so them dying together seems fitting to me. And Eleven is my favorite character in the god damn show so I don’t want her to die, but sometimes I have to make sacrifices lmao

Anyway, those are my very scrambled, badly written thoughts. I hope it made sense! And this probably won’t end up happening, but it is fun to theorize! I have a lot of other little thoughts that tie into this theory like with Kali coming back and more, but just don’t have time to write them out right now. Maybe later!

#stranger things #001 stranger things #stranger things s5 #stranger things thoughts #Henry Creel #eleven stranger things #jane hopper #will byers #peter ballard #stranger things theories #yeah idk guys don't take this too seriously lol #also i strongly believe Henry is not in total control like he thinks he is #there is defintely still a missing piece there #eddie munson #billy hargrove #tagging them because they would come back to life lol

[thenightwolf51]

Something that tends to pop up in my mind every now and then, though i haven't really cared about Twilight for some years, is that no one really talks about how Rosalie could theoretically have children thanks to Breaking Dawn.

A big driving part of Rosalie's character is her anger at the loss of her humanity, specifically the loss at the potential of children and traditional family. Which makes sense, becoming a vampire feezes you at the state you were changed both physically and mentally and a desire for children was at the forefront of her mind the night she was changed.

But then Breaking Dawn opens that possibility back up to her with the establishment of vampires being able to reproduce with humans.

All the inner workings of a human is replaced with various strengths of venom for a vampire. Their saliva is venom, the lubricant of their eyes is venom, their skin and body is a hardened solid state of venom, and their reproductive fluid is vemon. And that reproductive venom was enough for Bella to get pregnant.

Going on the assumption that all venom is the same, given that the process of changing is the same for all genders and there is never any mention or hint towards a difference dependent on the gender of the vampire that turned you, then theoretically Rosalie's reproductive venom could also be enough to impregnate a human. Thus resulting in her being able to achieve her desire for biological children. Things would even go much more smoothly this time given they know what to expect l.

The obstacles would then come from figuring out how to do this intentionally.

Artificial insemination is obviously the way to go and they could even choose an egg donor with similar features to Emmett, but then they would have the technical and moral struggle of finding a surrogate who is either willing to die or be changed. We know that Rosalie doesn't have an issue with letting a human die but neither Carlisle or Edward would allow that. As for changing the surrogate, they would have to carefully screen and choose someone they'd be willing to join their coven and i get the the feeling Rosalie would view the surrogate as parental competition over the child.

Another, and more preferred method given the Cullen's beliefs, would be to wait until medical technology advanced enough to the creation of artificial wombs for a baby to gestate in separate from any human body.

Rosalie could even help speed this advancement up even if the technology is only made available to the family due to their need to stay out of the limelight. She's certainly intelligent enough to, with her several degrees in medicine, astrophysics, business, and electrical engineering. She may be able to figure out how to create a working artificial womb after a few relatively inconsequential years of studying bio engineering and more medical feilds.

By using eggs from the same donor Rosalie and Emmett could also both have biological children that are even half siblings.

And that is it for this rant, i think way to deeply into implications of something im sure Stephenie Meyer didnt even consider

#twilight #rosalie hale #rosalie cullen #breaking dawn #twilight thoughts #theories #emmett cullen #artificial insemination #vampire baby #Rosalie could have children #bella swan #Rosalie x bella potential #rosalie and emmett

[afipiafelis]

Maid for Your Master: Character Orientations

In case you all were wondering, here is the "official" list of ages and romantic orientations of all the main and side characters in Maid for Your Master. That said, I take zero offense if you ship them different.

Mr. Sicarius Estrova

Age: 44

Orientation: Panromatic, pansexual but with single target sexuality - aka yandere

Yandere MTBI : Reverent, aware, manipulative, tends strict (though thanks to his social position he can afford to be the lenient type most of the time)

Mr. Garrick Reeves

Age: Early thirties

Orientation: Bisexual

Mrs. Georgette Reeves

Age: Early thirties

Orientation: Omnisexual

Mr. Walter Ellsworth

Age: Mid-sixties

Orientation: Aromatic Asexual

Mr. Lyle Watts

Age: Early twenties

Orientation: Heterosexual

Mr. Alex Slater

Age: 14

Orientation: He's not sure yet

Mr. Barnard Miller (Cook)

Age: Early fifties

Orientation: Heterosexual

Mrs. Ira Miller

Age: Late forties

Orientation: Heterosexual

Mr. Reginald Norton

Age: Late fifties

Orientation: Heterosexual

Mrs. Iris Norton

Age: Late fifties

Orientation: Heterosexual

Professor William Campbell

(Technically Dr. since he has several PhDs but he preferred professor)

Age: Deceased - died in his early 80s

Orientation: gray-romantic, asexual

In case you were curious how that worked, he "married" his wife to get his parents off his back. He and his wife were good friends and conceived concieved by artificial insemination.

Mr. Phillip Campbell (the professor's son)

(Second Lieutenant - Coriland Naval Forces)

Age: Early Twenties

Orientation: Heterosexual

For those of your doing the math on this one - yes, that means he "decided" to get engaged to his wife as really young (read: a child). In reality, what that translates to is that he made the classic childhood "let's get married someday" proposal and the girl took it crazy serious. Then, her noble parents basically forced acceptance of the engagement on the Campbells for real. That's what the professor meant by "pathetic farce of a woman". She wasn't a woman. She was a kid.

Mrs. Wilhelmina Campbell (the professor's daughter-in-law)

Age: Early Twenties

Orientation: Heterosexual, extreme demisexual (single target sexuality)

Yandere MTBI : Reverent, aware, honest, lenient

#maid for your master #coriland #world building #character information #dark romance #yandere x reader #gothic romance #gothic horror #yandere #so many yanderes in this story #horror romance #shippers gonna ship #indie author #indie publishing

[fionacle]

read tags before proceeding i’m still talking about gross stuff (long post)

this post isn’t saying that you can’t/shouldn’t want a baby/to be pregnant/to give birth, but it does talk about why one wouldn’t want to, so if you’d rather not read then don’t. note that if any information is inaccurate that’s because the most research i did for this post was googling ‘are babies parasites’ and reading the first sentence of the first result. i am 17 and have never been pregnant or done anything that could get me pregnant. this is a post about fears and discomforts based on observations and memories. this also refers to having vagina + boobs, not everyone who gives birth has boobs, and some HAD a vagina but don’t anymore, but the typical people who try to force kids on you are cis people with typical genitals, so i want to talk about them. especially since i, while being trans and having dysphoria about my chest, have those parts myself. if there’s any part of the pregnancy experience i describe as negative that you see otherwise please don’t be mad, once again this is a post about how i feel.

it’s so bizarre to me that it’s so expected to want to. i know why it’s the norm, when you have such a big milestone in your life you expect it for other people, most people get paternal instincts, and having babies continues the species. but think about it. i won’t get into why you may or may not want to make a baby but there’s artificial insemination anyway so what does it matter. my point is i’m uncomfortable with being intimate, and don’t want someone else’s dna inside me, so that’s step one off the shelf so easily, and all anyone can say is ‘you’ll grow out of those feelings’ (which only makes someone angrier about the thought of pregnancy).

anyway now you have one in you. it’s growing. there is an organism inside of you. people talk about that as so pleasant, but it feels like an alien movie to me. i don’t think baby’s are actually technically parasites, but they function a lot like one in my opinion. they’re attached to you. they suck out your resources for themselves. no matter what you do there is a living thing inside of you and that is a horror i cannot begin to fathom being desirable. did you know lice live under your skin? to me having a baby within me sounds comparable to having a tapeworm. then there’s complications. if you have a miscarriage, you may have to carry a corpse within you to term. dead flesh inside of you. for months. things like that. you get hormones that make you obsessive, rearranging your “nest”, strange cravings. and you have to restrict your intake for the health of the baby. eat more vegetables so it gets vitamins, i don’t anyway but not drugs or alcohol because that could mess up the baby. no excessive activity for most because it could hurt the baby if you fall on your stomach or something, later in the pregnancy the baby bump may be so big some activities aren’t even an option anymore.

now you’re giving birth. ow. fucking ow. labor sucked and you soaked your pants with the water breaking. assuming you’re having a hospital pregnancy, you better pray you have someone you love in the room holding your hand. you better pray the pain medicine kicks in. no matter what, you feel a little body shoving through your hole, and some fuckin guy’s head is between your legs. they’re saying ‘push! push!’ but you barely know what that means! what if the baby comes out feet-first and gets choked by the umbilical cord? this thing you worked so hard to get could just die before you even hold it. assuming you WANT the baby, that’s a huge loss too, and you’ll probably have a whole room prepared that you’ll never be able to look at again without dying a bit, will you give up or try again? another 3/4 year dedicated to some creature you’ve never met and don’t know the fate of. you could also have a c-section, wow a tummy scar that’s fun. that pregnancy and birth could’ve killed you. if you’d had an abortion it could’ve killed you too.

you could also adopt.

so you have your baby. what’s the problem now? first off, potential health problems. what if your baby has a bad heart? what if it’s missing skin on its face or has some other deformity? you should love your child just the same and this doesn’t diminish their worth, but you were expecting a perfect one. a healthy one. maybe you knew about the complications before the birth, but now you have to look at them on your own baby.

your baby is home. you now have to spend a fortune feeding and clothing and teaching it. can you afford that? can you handle the responsibility? do you have others in your life willing to help? if you can’t handle this baby and give it away, will the hormones your body made to make you attached to this baby tear you apart? you’re still lactating, if you don’t empty your boobs that’s gonna swell and hurt and maybe even get infected. what if you keep the baby, but give it all the same traumas your parents gave you. what if you miss milestones? what if there’s another caretaker actively hurting your child but you don’t know how to stop them?

you’ll lose friends too. child—havers tend to stick together, and it’s not all, but there are people without kid who will leave you for having them. they think you’re boring now, or you just can’t relate to each other anymore. your life is your baby, and now you’re not your own person anymore. your child will struggle to see you as a full person too, since you’re their god. you can choose to prioritize yourself, but then aren’t you a bad parent?

your baby grows up. your baby is in school. they’re not your baby, they’re your kid. they’re getting bullied. what do you do? will the pain and shock of your little one being a victim make you scream at them? will you have any actually helpful advice?

your child is even older now. uh oh, they’re showing signs of neurodivergence. maybe even queerness. if you’re against these things, you’ll push back and make them hide themself from you and others, maybe even themself, hurting them in the long run. you don’t know how to deal with these things, you didn’t sign up for this, why couldn’t you just have a normal kid? even if you’re neurodivergent yourself the added responsibility of a child with “special” needs is no easy thing to manage.

your child gets older. they wrecked your car. shit. can you afford to fix that? what’s an appropriately-sized punishment?

they’re 18. they’re leaving you. empty nest. you threw away your life for theirs, what do you do now? the pieces from the trash have all climbed out and moved on, you can’t just pick them up again. you barely even have friends anymore. what the fuck do you do?

and then you have to face your own death twice as much. when i die, will my child have the abilities and resources to care for themself?

so just in case you were ever unsure how to defend not wanting kids, outside of a simple lack of desire, here this is. if you’re the forcing type, hopefully this changes how you go about things, or at least makes you a bit more understanding.

pregnancy can kill you physically, but the toll carrying and raising a child take on you mentally? what part of that is worth it if you don’t REALLY want a kid? and even then, if you assess yourself as an unfit parent (abuse/neglect/etc.), you shouldn’t go for it. it’d be an incredibly corrupt and horrible system, but i think about that baby license idea a lot.

#pregnancy #alcohol mention #abuse mention #hospital mention #birth #i just have this stuff on my mind a lot #ferrenpost #genitalia #genital mention #again this isn’t saying you can’t have a positive experience with pregnancy and birth #female genitalia #long post #rant

[phoebe-delia]

Phoebes did you notice that most of the song prompts are odd numbers? I just think it's kind of neat! But for some lovely chaos in the stats, let us please have song no. 10? Also your doing this is a wonderful gift to the world and I adore you so so so so much

@rockingrobin69, Robin, my darling, hello. First of all, I'd noticed that the first ten or so were mostly odd numbers, but after you pointed it out, I realized how many odd-numbered ones I'd done! How funny. Also, before I get to tell you what song you've selected, I want to say that you and your writing are the true gifts and the feeling is very much mutual, my love. I cannot thank you enough for your constant love, support, and friendship. I absolutely adore you. <3

Another funny thing, Robin, is that you've managed to now select two out of my top three all-time favorite songs by Taylor Swift. (song prompt 3 was, ironically, my 3rd favorite TS song: "it's time to go.") But here, you've requested song 10, which is my number 1 favorite Taylor song of all time: "All Too Well."

The trouble is, I've already written one fic to this before. But no matter! I will persevere. This is technically a sequel to the original fic, but you don't have to have read it to understand this one! It is highly likely when the 10-minute version of All Too Well comes out that I will write a fic to that, but since it's not out yet, here's this. CW: post-breakup, potion/substance addiction, bad coping mechanisms, potions overdose; but there's a hopeful/happy ending!

Paralytici Memorias means "paralyzed memories" in Latin, if Google Translate is to be believed. And finally, an enormous, gigantic thank you to my big sis @avenueofesc for making this coherent and much better.

It wasn't a substitute by any means. It would never replace what it was made to mimic. In some ways, it was hopelessly inadequate.

But it was all he had: just the potion and his memories. If Draco's mind insisted on torturing him by reliving the best moments of his life in sepia-toned images, at least this way he could delay the crushing reality a little while longer.

Paralytici Memorias was his greatest triumph and biggest mistake. At first, he blamed it on completing his due diligence; every good potioneer should know and test the effects of their potion.

But then one test turned into two. Before he knew it, Draco spent the better part of his days coming in and out of deep periods of sleep, reaching for the vial every time his eyes opened to the sight of his empty flat, his engagement band on the coffee table next to him.

He wondered what Astoria would say if she could see him now. If their current level of communication as soon-to-be-weds was any indication, their marriage contract was more of a business venture than a romantic one.

After all, as long as he had a pulse, sperm for insemination, and a sound enough mind to sign over half his vaults, he'd have done his duty as her future husband as far as she was concerned.

"You'll forget about me, I promise."

His own words—written on the parchment he'd sent off with his owl before he could stop himself—were burned into his memory. He still remembered the searing pain in his chest as he promised the love of his life that what they'd had could be forgotten. In breaking Harry's heart, and in shattering his own, his only consolation was knowing that Harry would be happy eventually; that Harry would move on and find someone with the freedom to love him the way he deserved, someone who could offer the intangible riches in which Draco had always been impoverished.

As he reached for the vial that afternoon, it was to remind himself of the priceless love he sold for the price of his heart.

The potion’s effect was hazier than a Pensieve, but this way he could see the memories from his own point of view; could relive it in his own skin. Still, his mind couldn't do justice to Harry's eyes, the bright sound of his laughter, the warmth of his skin.

They were in Harry's car, the name of which Draco had never bothered to learn, too terrified and fascinated by the contraption. He yelped when Harry took a hand off the wheel to grab Draco's shaking one in a reassuring squeeze.

"Hands on the wheel, Potter!"

"I've got it under control, love. You watched me put the protection spells on the car myself, and it would be perfectly safe even without them. I promise I won't let anything happen to you," Harry said without an ounce of condescension.

Draco exhaled shakily, "If you say so."

"I do. Now, why don't you tell me a little more about where we're going?"

"Have you forgotten already? Honestly, Potter, your memory is abysmal."

"I haven't forgotten. I just like hearing you talk."

Draco valiantly didn't blush. And while he described the beauty of the Cotswolds, he found himself mesmerized at the red and orange leaved trees that lined the road as they drove out of the city and into the peaceful countryside, with its steady beeping noise.

Wait…that wasn't right. Why was it beeping?

"Potter, there's something wrong with the car."

"Draco?"

He squeezed his eyes shut tight before he opened them, blinking as the unfamiliar room came into focus. He could feel his pulse pounding in his head as his mind raced in a heady mix of confusion and anxiety. What happened? Why wasn't he in his flat?

"You're in St. Mungos."

Draco's head nearly snapped as he turned to look at a pale-faced Harry sitting in the chair next to his bed. Near Harry stood an unfamiliar woman scribbling on a clipboard. She reached over onto a side table and handed Draco a paper cup. The water was cool, a relief for his parched, sandpaper throat.

"Mr. Malfoy, how do you feel?" She asked after he handed the cup back to her.

Draco closed his eyes to stop the room from spinning. "My head is killing me and I'm dizzy, but I'm okay. What happened?"

"Your fiancée found you unconscious in your flat. We completed a blood test and couldn't match the substance to anything we know—"

"I invented it," Draco grumbled. "Where is Astoria? Harry, what are you doing here?"

The healer pressed her lips together. "I'll leave you to gather yourself for a few minutes, but I'll be back soon to ask you more about that potion, and next steps from there, alright?"

Draco nodded. "Thank you, Healer...?"

She smiled. "I'm Healer Rostova. Press that pager if you need something, but otherwise, I'll be back in a little while." With that, she left the room, the door clicking softly behind her.

Draco turned to Harry, who regarded him with wide, worried eyes. "What happened? Why are you here?"

Harry bit his lip. "Astoria found you unconscious on your couch. She brought you here and then she, well...She called me."

"She—what?"

"She called me. She said you were in the hospital, and I didn't really think much beyond Apparating here."

"Why did she call you?"

"She said you were...talking in your sleep."

Draco blushed. "Oh."

"Yeah," Harry let out a humorless, breathy chuckle. "She figured it out, I think. She said to tell you that she's having her parents terminate the contract."

Draco closed his eyes, letting his head thud against the headboard and then instantly regretting it, gritting his teeth against the sharp pain. "Great. I bet Mother's furious."

"She'll come around."

"You don't know that. You don't know her."

"No, I don't, but hopefully she'll want you to do what makes you happy."

Draco clenched his jaw and looked away. "Happiness is easier to manage when it's artificial. I ran away from the only thing that ever brought me close to real happiness. I can't handle it."

"Then let's manage it together."

Draco closed his eyes, kept his head turned.

"Draco, look at me."

Slowly, Draco forced himself to look at Harry, opening his eyes to let the other man see the tears beginning to well.

Harry's expression was as pained, yet kind. "Do you have any idea how agonizing it has been to miss you?"

Draco's chest seized, sharp with regret. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "I thought it was what's best for both of us, I—"

"Shhh," Harry leaned forward, rubbing a soothing hand over Draco's. "We'll make it okay. We'll figure this out together, alright?"

Draco kept his eyes open, let himself enjoy happiness in full color. "Okay. Together."

Send me an ask about Harry Potter, broadway/musicals, The West Wing, and/or Taylor Swift! Or just about life in general :).

Also, I have a playlist of my 99 most listened-to songs of the year so far. Pick a number 1--99 and send me an ask and I'll write you a fic based on it!

#drarry #draco malfoy #harry potter #drarry fic #drarry fanfic #drarry fanfiction #draco and harry #harry and draco #draco x harry #harry x draco #cw: addiction #cw: post breakup #angst with a happy ending #hpdm #drarry squad

[sigurdjarlson]

I will gladly admit fo4 has flaws despite it being one of my fav games but I was thinking on it…and I asked myself alright..what are those flaws specifically?

- Technical issues such as game breaking bugs, frame rate issues (particularly in downtown Boston *shudders*) and poor optimization

- Lack of Player Character Customization both in regards to appearance, personality, backstory.

- Lack of Spouse customization. Come on Bethesda, you can’t be married to another man or woman in the beginning? Adoption, artificial insemination and surrogacy are all things that exist so it wouldn’t have to cancel our Shaun completely.

- Dialogue system. Enough said.

- One of the most frequent things I hear people saying is they don’t feel at all attached to Shaun despite finding him being the Main Plot. They should have somehow made the players care about him. I won’t pretend I know how but *shrug*maybe have more interaction with him in the beginning sequence?

- Unfinished character arcs and quests. Seems rushed in a lot of places despite taking..like eight years to make

- No real “Evil play through” Option. Also no evil absolute trash companion :/ (Gage doesn’t count because he’s DLC) I think Pickman would have been a fun companion tbh or Kellogg if you could spare him

- I see a lot of people lament that there’s no way to do a Pacifist play through (I’m personally unsure on this one but it’s a complaint I see a lot)

- Despite the game claiming they do… your choices don’t actually feel like they have consequences a lot of the time

- frequently the game is cowardly about making you deal with the consequences of your actions. You get away with a lot of shit tbh.

- Fails to make the choice between factions difficult for most people. I’ve never seen anyone say they had a hard time deciding to destroy the Institute and that’s..not good to me? Not for a game that claims to be about gray morality and the horrors of war at least.

- Fails to present both the flaws and advantages of each faction equally.

- For some reason your companions (Nick and Piper specifically) don’t acknowledge the fact that you find out Father, the leader of the institute, is Shaun. You know the baby they’ve been trying to help you find ???

- ^ Companions not having enough commentary and reactions to main quest line decisions. There is some but it’s brief and shallow for the most part. It doesn’t affect your relationship with them. It should.

- The minutemen..oh the minutemen. This isn’t a complaint about Preston’s constant settlement quests, that joke/complaint has been made a 100000495858 times. But it is a complaint about the fact that you never feel like the actual General.

You don’t..command anyone? Except for a few tiny decisions here and there. You don’t really make any decisions. Preston does. Sometimes I think maybe they should have just had Preston be General. Even if he’s a bit unwilling to do it at first

If they’re going to make you the leader which is a questionable choice in general (haha) they should at least let you..do general things.

- Lack of post main quest content

- Lack of Exploration. Look, I discover something new every single time I play Skyrim and I’ve been playing this game for years. That doesn’t happen with Fo4. It should.

There are far too many houses and and buildings that are boarded up. The cities are full of nameless NPC’s rather than named ones with either their own small quest lines or stories. (Think of how every single person in Whiterun is named besides the guards. They all have even the tiniest bit of character)

Also what happened to just dialogue options just for the hell of it.

- lack of emotional impact.

- i personally have complaints about the skill/perk system. It had its own flaws but I loved Skyrim’s because I like the concept of leveling up skills by actually doing them. Like in fo4 I can randomly grab a perk for..pistols even if I’ve never used a pistol in the entire game. That’s silly.

Maybe it’s why I didn’t really like the skill/perk system in the other fallout games either. Which was admittedly more fleshed out than Fo4’s but still not my cup of tea.

- The building system was fantastic despite it having some glaring flaws of its own. Mostly from a technical standpoint and the limitations placed on you (which mods fix but still)

- why is there no aquatic life despite it being implied there is supposed to be

- there’s a lot of empty space in the Commonwealth. This kinda goes back to lack of exploration. Either add more creatures/NPC’s to keep us busy while traveling or more things to explore.l

- inconsistent likes/dislikes. Maccready is particularly bad about this. If there’s an explanation for it I’m not aware of it should be in game, via a comment or something.

- the fact that your romanced companions literally just “____ hated that” if you cheat on them in front of them drives me up a wall lmao

- the fact we can’t pet Dogmeat without mods :(

- ALSO that they scrapped the concept of traveling with Dogmeat and a companion

- Settlers could use some fleshing out too (think the Better Settlers mod or Orphans of the Commonwealth). At least give them like randomly generated names so they feel less..generic.

- idk I just really wanna give my companions a hug?? And I can’t!!! Terrible

- Strong disliking everything you do making him unbearable to travel with 80% of the time LMAO

- Nick not being romanceable is the most unforgivable sin of them all tbh

I have many many thoughts on how I personally think these problems could be fixed or how things could be improved but that would have made this even more obnoxiously long.

#fallout blogging #last ones are a bit silly #my criticism genuinely comes from a place of love here #like I wish it could be better #there’s so much potential

[ahundredtimesover]

i have to say this: i don’t like this mc (maybe it’s just rn but i can’t find it in me to like her). i don’t agree with how she sees life as a plan, having a partner (he ex) was in her plan so it shouldn’t matter if JK replaces him. Also, she closed her eyes which is universally a sign of acceptance of the kiss. Then, she ignores Jungkook and we have him apologising as if it is his fault. I also don’t agree with how she thinks she’s right like her opinion with mint choc ice cream (i love it - don’t get me wrong) but there’s no need for her to act like it’s a fact and shove it in Namjoon’s face, who by the way was not involved at all. Also, in the first chapter when Jungkook flirted with her and she said she was pregnant and he stopped because she was supposedly ‘taken’. She was a bit rude as if insemination without a partner is popular and Jungkook should’ve known straight away. I don’t know when but when she said that people were looking at her weird for it, it’s definitely not anything usual. People are going to want to know why she chooses to have a baby without a father. You kinda have to expect people to look at you weird (especially people who don’t know your reasoning).

Also, this might sound rude and I don’t mean it to but do you have to use BTS characters as side characters? Sometimes I feel like (not with you) but generally people just try to add as many side characters so that all BTS members can be added to the story. To me, it doesn’t matter if you just add one or two of the members and don’t mention the others. It’s a fictional story so technically it shouldn’t matter. I’m sorry again if this sounded rude.

Hi, anon. It’s okay, you don’t have to like her 🙂 I don’t try to make OCs that people would universally like but I don’t write them for people to dislike either, bc I try to make them relatable and so far, many people do relate with some aspects of her life. Allow me to respond this way bc I’m pretty protective of my characters. Her “wanting to be right” is a character trait and flaw; people are like that. She’s not perfect, and this is the imperfection I made her have (namjoon is also her best friend and I think it’s normal to do that??)

And yes, she kissed jk back, but it’s quite simplistic to say that he is there to replace the ex. I think I explained pretty well why she didn’t want anything. Yun-seo also happened before she was pregnant and jk is someone she’s known for just a few months; there’s a big difference. I’ll touch on this more in the next chapters.

It was in chapter 2, but she didn’t say people were looking at her weird for it. She said it was “tiring to explain that she’s pregnant but without a partner.” Yes, artificial insemination is not the norm, but like what jk said, “she’s single and pregnant and it seemed personal,” bc it is. Those “people” are practically strangers and she’s not some public personality who needs to explain herself. It’s one thing I chose to highlight - women make decisions for themselves and their bodies and other people shouldn’t question or look down on her for it; her own friends didn’t. An older woman also said she was “sorry” for OC; that stranger isn’t in a place to judge. That’s quite frustrating for anyone.

And the other BTS members are supporting characters who all have their respective roles in the story, not just side characters I put for the sake of it. They have their own personalities as well. We’re just 3/12 in but even then, I think I’ve shown enough of their value as well. Yeah, maybe not me but it’s an author’s personal choice. But for me, I do try to make them supporting characters who add value. It’s not rude, and I hope you don’t think I am, either. Each story and character I write is pretty personal, so I take these quite personally as well. 🙂 I hope you still enjoy the rest of the story if you choose to continue reading. Thank you 🙂

#mimianswers #asdoah

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale Reviews: Miraculous World: New York

(The following review contains spoilers, and if you would like to not be spoiled, I would recommend watching the episode before reading)

(I had to pause a LOT to get through this special)

-Oh s*** Cosmo bug and Astro Noir. That is so cool.

-Okay maybe its my audio, but their voices seem a bit deeper. No big, just something I noticed.

-Okay the yellow flower was cute. Good on you kitty.

- Also, side note. This is very nice animation. Very crisp.

- Marinette is moving on... kinda. Well, she is trying. Its not easy getting over someone you have a thing for. I guess that means Miracle Queen did happen and I will need to suck it up. But.... I am not moving on yet either.

- The puppet show was perfection. And honestly on par with what you would expect from middle school projects. (I almost thought it was the adults showing them and was like WTF)

-BACK THE F***. Madame Bustier is PREGNANT! PREGNANT?! I am so lost? What is the story!? Who is the father! Is she married? Is it artificial insemination! Is it the principal?

-Adrien so moved by Marinette’s outburst of Friendship. Marinette ‘Just a friend’ Dupain-Cheng is going the Tia Gardner method of friendship. Lol

-Marinette ready to fight and Gabriel just like ‘Yea sure whatever’ (Gabriel’s smile murders puppies)

- Kagami trying to cheer adrien up. If you love adrigami, get that juice. (That looked like a kiss kiss, but the angle seemed off, so I am not counting it that way.)

- Kitty Clicker is wonderful. This entire scene is gold.

-  Gorrilla doesnt like planes, poor baby

- Plagg, you are a devious little s***. I love you so much. As a writer, his dialogue on how to convince adrien is so devilish its amazing. Using technicalities to tempt adrien.

-Lukanette shippers get your juice... even if it was still tainted a bit by Adrien inclusion. You still get a kiss.

- Okay, can we appreciate that Adrien is also having the same amount of trouble as Marinette moving on, but also include Guilt into the equation? I love this because you KNOW Chat noir is going to get an ear full later.

-Marinette has totally moved on from Adrien.... Oh my poor sweet little girl. You havent. You havent even a little. This ride is litterally the reverse of Startrain and its amazing. Alya is NOT helping. Also, give the person that drew Marinette’s Daydreams a f***ing raise. They earned it

-Marinette pulling herself OUT of the situation. Now adrien is slightly bummed out. Well i am sure that this is the last awkward experience with Adrien she will have. It isnt like the two of them will get lost in NY together... thats whats gonna happen isnt it?

-Marinette walking past all the couples sleeping together. JULROSE GET YOUR JUICE!!!

-Ah yes, nothing like watching the sunset with your good friend. Yes, you good pal, Adrien. Who is Just a friend. Wow, the realization that Marinette used the word friend in this movie more times then Adrien did in the entire series so far. (Or at the very least close)

- Adrien, STOP! Marinette is trying to move on from you! Stop making it so damn difficult for her. (I am not serious, i am eating this s*** up like Sushi)

-Nino confirms he loves Adrien. ADRINO COME GET YOUR JUICE! But yea, I feel alya and Nino’s pain. So they are going to help them both.

-Adrienette hugs. Yes, good.

-And thank goodness for Techno Pirate! Saving everyone from awkwardness by trying to bring down a plane... thats heading for NY...

-OH SWEET! BATMAN RIP OFF AND Captain Marvel rip off! And their sidekicks, Robin rip off and... Medusa girl? Okay Neat.

-Jokes aside, Majestia and Night Owl are boss as hell.

-Wow, I know that Ladybug and Chat noir got powerups now. But these United Heroes make their powers look so bland in comparison.

-Get rekt France!

-ADRIEN! DONT USE YOUR PHONE ON AN AIRPLANE! Well, unless he is using the in flight wifi, then he good.

-How come New York has a f*** ton of superheroes in this universe? America really gets all the cool stuff regardless of what fictional universe your in.

- Why are the superheroes so keen on watching over Marinette’s class? Do they know? Do they know Marinette and Adrien are there? Or is it like they just want to prevent an international incident. PLEASE LET IT BE THE LATER.

- I have only had Aeon for 15 seconds and I would violently murder anyone who harms her.

-Oh my Sabrina! GET YOURSELF AN AMERICAN BOY! ... And Chloé is going to ruin the fun. Oof tough break roomies.

-The entire class! I cant even! Not even a second after the door closes they out to party on the roof!

-Aeon, “See? They are made for eachother!”

- Damn, now that’s some guitar playing! Plus Her design is boss as heck. America really just has better versions of EVERYTHING.

-American boy basically snuck in to see Sabrina! GET IT GIRL!

-HOTDOG SUPERHERO! WITH MAGIC HOTDOGS!!!!!! BEST NEW YORK EVER!

-Nino and Alya be tag teaming this!

-Wow Zag, you stuffing me full of Adrinette goodness. Gorilla is a beautiful sunflower.

- Marinette and Adrien havent been in the US 24 hours and they already have two shippers of them. Also, what do doors have against them?

-Jess is Shipping it too hard. “Lets put them in danger!”

-Jess is having way too much fun with this.

-Hawkmoth akumatizing an actual Super villain. FINALLY!

- “Wouldn’t you rather have an Atomic Bomb?” I love Techno pirate.

-”Super Heroes should never use their powers for personal gain.”  Hmmm I wonder how this will back fire on everyone involved.

-”OH S*** HE STOLE THEIR CANNONS! BOOM GOES THE CANNONS!”

-Okay, I take back what I said, these heroes need some Miraculous asap.

- Ladybug is 100% justified in being angry with Chat Noir. It is his fault.

-AEON!!!! NO!!!!!!! Okay, guess i have to kill that techno pirate, and Chat noir

-MAJESTIA IS F***ING PISSED! WRECK HIM MAJESTIA!

- Seems they really hammering it in that Chat noir f***ed up. They right though, but at least Ladybug isnt angry enough to agree that Chat noir should give up his miraculous to some rando. FLEEING FROM THE LAW!

-So lucky charm can only fix damage due to specific villains. It cant fix things when the villain is gone or they are out of range. I always knew it had limitations, but damn. Chat noir REALLY screwed the pooch on this one.

-Adrien no! Oh s***! He cant just... I mean.... He can but...

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-Gabriel stole the Eagle! The Kwami of Freedom. The irony is so delicious here.

- So night Owl and Sparrow are both chick with Masculine superhero appearances. Thats actually pretty damn smart, great way to keep people off their identity.

-Welp, i am depressed. Adrien doesnt have Plagg.

-EVEN THE PRESIDENT IS A SUPER HERO! AMAZING!

- So an akumatized person can USE A MIRACULOUS WHILE AKUMATIZED! WHAT THE F*** THATS AWESOME. Also why didnt catalyst do that?

-Gabriel actually getting adrien out of there while before s*** hits the fan. That is actually kind of a decent parenting move. Granted he is going to cause it, but appreciate it.

-Marinette the bike thief is back! And she is an international criminal!

- She tried so hard. Welp I am glad that Marinette is clearly over... actually no. This trip made that clear.

-Liberation, Wow. That is the most American power I have ever seen. I LOVE IT.

- Okay, so I never thought i would say this. maybe there is such a thing as too much freedom? Or at least Freedom that lets you impede on Other people’s freedoms.

- I know what Zag is up to, and it is working. I want a tv series Of Jess and Aeon. They are wonderful.

-So Majestia can casually move the moon. Yea, thats amazing and terrifying! I love her.

-Quantum masking! So there is a glamor effect! I knew it! So Aeon knows who ladybug and Chat noir are.

-DID I F***ING MENTION I WOULD MURDER FOR AEON!

-aeon will never see Tikki or plagg. Thats so sad.

-At least Adrien learned an important lesson.

-Cute LADYNOIR REUNION

-The was clever, using the keychain

- Eagle jess is epic.

-and Majestia can catch missles. Considering she can move the moon. Not surprising.

-OH DAMN, Night owl and Sparrow are LEGACY HEROES! Thats like the Phantom, Or like Jojo.

-That was sweet of Marinette and the class.

-Oh so the guardian of those miraculous came back to claim it.

-But now sounds like the set up for a new series.

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Overall, I did greatly enjoy this movie. Though there were times i wanted to know more, and times I wanted to know less. I know this takes place sometime during season 4, but the exact time is vague. It did tell a really cool story. It felt like a three episode saga combined into one. It was kind of interesting. And damn the drama was higher.

I give it a 7.5/10.

I would rate it up there with my favorite ML episodes.

#ml #miraculous ladybug #ml ny special #miraculous world: #New york #ml ny #ml spoilers #ml season 4 spoilers

[phoebehalliwell]

Did you know Paige has a non-canonical (a la the tv show) daughter named Pandora according to the wiki? Isn’t that wild! I wonder when they decided they were going with the twins/adopting Henry vs giving Paige one magical child and why?

tbh i feel like they were just highkey spitballing when they did the finale i think the only thing they were truly sold on was everyone having three kids each which like. idk. wasn't necessary? like i think phoebe would really want three girls, as would piper, but paige was raised an only child (as was henry kind of technically, the lives of quasi-orphans, who's to say?) so i really don't see either of them going for like. a shitton of kids. sidenote i do love phoebe's line season whatever when she's looking at artificial insemination like brown hair button nose works great in groups of three? i think even before being charmed though phoebe was always on the sibling slant. in regards to like. twins. i feel like it was really just one of those things like how if you're ever doing 12 dancing princesses the sheer number just warrants some twins. i imagine that was the logic there like it was either phoebe or paige doing the honors and i think just luck of the draw it was paige. & i'm calling it luck of the draw here because i really do think the comics salvaged that really well bc again. i don't think paige or henry are really looking to book a ticket to sibling town so making the twins a whoopsies baby (babies) really um. you know like made that call for them. and then again w henry i'm sure wrapping up the show they thought yeah henry jr another witch perfectly normal choice when it was really. mediocre at best. the comics made it 1000x better making henry mortal and then more importantly making his name like. a joke. i love the origin story there like victor's like o shit u got another kid and henrys like lol yeah meet henry jr lmao and the rest is history............. like. great origin story. makes the name so much more valid imo. also the fact that that set's not a power of three,,,, chef's kiss.

as far as reasons they went for this and Not the child from the novels, if i am to speak frankly, i would be honest to god like. floored. if the writers ever read the novels. i think those were just things meant to be sold at book fairs. like. i don't think those had any weight on the show whatsoever. i think like. wait well i can actually check. yeah. the book predates henry. so we don't even know who her dad is. kyle kid lmao. richard kid. i also get that they were following the p tradition but i don't disagree w the comics that paige really would be like. the least likely to follow that tradition. i think pairing that would lead her to be most likely to like do a p name would be richard, least likely kyle, henry in between. but yeah i think long story short they really did not have a flying fuck to give about the novels when it came to writing about the show lmao. whatcha gonna do.

#paige matthews #charmed #💌

[boreddcposts]

I... what do you even call the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Mary McGinnis?? Because it wasn’t like there was any artificial insemination involved, Warren McGinnis’s reproductive DNA was just overwritten to be a perfect replica of Bruce’s. I... what do you even call that!?!?!?

Indirect sex?? Borrowed reproductive DNA?? LIKE WHAT??? STRANGERS WHO TECHNICALLY HAD SEX BUT ACTUALLY REALLY DIDN’T??? Can you imagine!! You only have sex with your husband and you get pregnant so you’re like, cool, we’re having a baby. But years down the line after your husband has died you find out that your TWO CHILDREN!! TWO!!!! Are actually genetically both the children of BRUCE WAYNE?? WHO YOU HAVE NEVER MET AND HAVE DEFINITELY NEVER HAD SEX WITH!!!! WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP!?!?

#I was right the batfam family tree is TEN TIMES more confusing than the flashfam one #I am STUMPED #batfam #terry mcginnis #matt mcginnis #mary mcginnis #warren mcginnis #bruce wayne #batman #batman beyond #batfamily

[lunarsnowandsky]

eternalstrigoii: .............how dare I have this thought eternalstrigoii: so like.......iron powder on its own would just burn. Like. It would be borderline caustic, one would think. The tomb-blooms didn't so much make it worse as it probably just.....finished the job? Technically a plain ol' iron-powder bomb could like.......sear off feathers, cripple wings with third-degree burns kinda shit Permanently disfigure, surely Me: I think, depending on the Fey's tolerance for pain, it would definitely be a case of "worse over time/the longer it's making contact" at first. Like, boiling water or touching hot metal. Some people can withstand one of those more than others despite the physical affect of the skin, however the physical affect will remain the same. Think of it as a sort of skin irritant, but it could act more like an acid of dissolving skin cells rather than just destroying them which is what burning does (though you could argue it's the same thing ig depending on perspective, I'm not a Scientist nor Chemist) So yeah, it would burn like acid or red-hot metal, and certainly leave blisters if not dissolve through skin at a small level (aka only at point of contact) Me: Tomb Blooms seemed to have basically been an alchemical reaction; there's almost an implication here that the pollen from Tomb Blooms can actively seek out and bond to anything Fey/that turns into them upon death. I get this inclination because when you mix the pollen and the iron powder, it taints all of the pollen practically turning it into a mist of instant-dissolving acid that turns Fey into ashes upon contact. Which implies almost a sort of recognition from the genetics of the pollen interacting with the genetics of a Fey, creating a familiar bond, and thus when that pollen, tainted, touches something Familiar, it incinerates it. eternalstrigoii: god damn, Lickspittle (said in the tone of girl, what were YOU doing at the Devil's Sacrament?) Me: also it leaves me to wonder; do Tomb Blooms also grow naturally? why do tomb blooms have pollen if they're basically dead Fey? Do they also just happen to grow wildly and thus pollinate each other and create flowers that are tomb blooms but are not dead Fey, all starting FROM dead Fey? Or is there something we're missing about the affects of Pollen from the Tomb Bloom flowers on Fey when it's NOT tainted? Perhaps it has a medicinal/healing property since it's a theme of reincarnation? (Cause flower is given life from Fey Corpse, therein flower gives life to hurt Fey?) Or is it something completely wild like possibly able to be used for artificial insemination? cause after all, pollen is a breeding secretion of a flower. Welcome to the mind of an Aquarius that says "No Question Stone Left Unturned"

#Conversations with eternalstrigoii #ASK EVERY QUESTION #LEAVE NO QUESTION BEHIND #hi #ramblings #sorta long post

[cristinablackthornkingson]

What Might Have Been, Part 3.

Check out part 1 here and part 2 here

It is a warm Spring day in March, year of The Chinchilla, 17 years after the Midmerican Scythedom were rocked by the loss of their High Blade Scythe Robert Goddard, when the woman formerly known as Scythe Ayn Rand, is faced with the conversation she has dreaded for the past 17 years.

Just last week Olivia Kwon and Tyger Salazar’s son Alexander, turned 17.

 That day was also 16 years since Olivia and Tyger tried to make things work with eachother, they dated on and off throughout Alex’s early childhood, and though there was and is no doubt that they truly love eachother, after what Olivia did to Tyger, while she was Scythe Rand, he will never be truly able to trust her again, and as such would never be able to be in a long term relationship with her. 

Despite this, they remained friends and were and are always a team when it comes to Alex and his upbringing, which is the best he could’ve possibly asked for, though now as he is getting older he’s finding his mother to be too protective and a little suffocating, he knows she means well and he loves her with all his heart, but he’s almost an adult now, he feels like he needs some space. 

Olivia knows this, she can see much of herself at that age, in Alex (Though thankfully he doesn’t so far seem to have her temper and angry disposition.) and on this warm Spring day, she decides it’s time to give Alex the truth of his early life and how he came to be. 

Standing in the doorway to his bedroom, watching him absorbed in a drawing he’s been working on for the last few days, Olivia almost wants to forget about this conversation and let Alex continue to live in blissful ignorance, let him innocently believe that he was conceived like any other child, that he was wanted because a child is a gift to many people, not because the man who was technically his father, wanted to use him as a weapon.

But she knows she can’t, Alex deserves to know the truth about everything and he’s old enough now to understand and comprehend it all. Olivia just hopes he doesn’t hate her.

Pushing aside her fears as she has learned to do over the last 17 years, Olivia knocks lightly on Alex’s door. 

Alex looks up from his drawing, his dark brown hair falling into his eyes, his face lighting up with a smile when he sees his mother. 

“Hi mom!” Alex says in a bright tone, setting his pencil down and pushing his hair back. Olivia’s heart aches with how much she loves him, and she wishes she could turn back time just for an hour or two, to when Alex was a baby and it was just the two of them against the world, for the first month of his life. 

“Hi, what are you working on?” Olivia asks, nodding at his sketchpad. Alex’s eyes light up as they always do when someone asks him about his art. 

“A piece of the portfolio I gotta submit to colleges, I’m almost done my whole portfolio!” Alex proudly tells her, holding his head high. He’s had a big interest in art since he was old enough to hold a pencil, he recently made the choice to go to an art school and get his degree in art and art history, then maybe he could be a teacher himself, or he could be hired by someone famous like a Scythe, to do a portrait for them. 

“It looks really good.” Olivia tells him with a smile. “Listen, Alex, now that you’re 17 I need to talk to you about some things, about your early life and why... why we’re so secluded and why I came here from MideMerica, to raise you.” 

“Oh... um... okay.” Alex shrugs, having always wondered about his mom’s life before him, and he’s been curious as to why she has hardly any friends and dreads parent-teacher meetings as his school, it’ll be good to get some answers. 

With a sigh, Olivia sits on the edge of Alex’s bed, while he stays where he is in the chair at his desk. 

“Okay, so this is a pretty long story and you’ll find out I did some pretty awful things before I had you, just bare with me until the end then you can ask any questions you want, and no matter what you feel about me or your dad, or anything about this situation, it’s okay, alright?” Olivia asks, looking her son dead in the eye, having always made sure he knows he has a right to feel his emotions and express them, and he should never push them down like she did at his age. 

“Okay.” 

“To start off with, I’m going to tell you something pretty shocking, something that only your dad knows and no one else in our lives knows.

I haven’t always gone by Olivia Kwon, from the time I was 17 until I was 25, I was known as Honorable Scythe Ayn Rand. 

I apprenticed with Honorable Scythe Robert Goddard, when I was your age and was his Junior Scythe for 8 years, his right-hand woman. 

I know you know about him, you learned about him at school, about me too though you didn’t know at the time that I use to be Scythe Rand. So you know we were both pretty awful people, and I hate to say it now, but for those 8 years I had a major crush on Goddard, I thought I was totally and utterly in love with him.

You know how he was killed the first time... and how he was revived, but one thing about that that you don’t know is... that the ‘donor’ body I selected... was actually your dad, because he was close to Rowan Damisch, the boy who killed Goddard the first time, and almost killed me. I... I chose him so I could and would hurt Rowan, and get back at him. 

Thing is though, I fell in love with your dad during the time I was training him, I really loved him, not in the way I thought I loved Goddard. 

As you know about 18 years ago, Goddard was elected High Blade of Midmerica, the first new High Blade after the 9th Commandment was lifted for Scythes and we were allowed to get married and have kids. He was also the first High Blade who would pass the title down to his child, when the time came. 

So shortly after he was elected he started looking for surrogates so he could have a child, an heir. When I found out about this and he told me he was struggling to find the right candidate I... I offered to be his surrogate. He laughed it off at first but I conceived him, told him that I was the ideal candidate, we shared the same values and beliefs and we could make a strong child together. So... we did.

With lots of help from doctors to make our chances as high as possible, we did one round of artificial insemination, and 2 weeks later I found out I was pregnant... with you.

At first I was indifferent to the pregnancy, Goddard was thrilled of course, he was going to have his heir. 

I didn’t start feeling anything about the pregnancy until I was four months, and saw you clearly for the first time at an ultrasound, I could see your hands and feet and see you moving around inside me, and I got to hear your heartbeat. That’s when I started forming a bond with you and becoming attached to you.  I tried so hard not to, tried to remind myself I wasn’t your mom just doing Goddard a favor. 

But then... then I felt you kick for the first time and you responded to my voice, and I just felt this huge rush of love for you that was so beyond intense, I couldn’t believe it, but again I tried to push those feelings away, not because I didn’t love you but because I did love you and I knew it would hurt like hell to hand you over to Goddard, if I bonded with you. 

I couldn’t stop myself though, how could I when we were together 24/7, I felt your every move and shift of position, you heard everything I heard, ate everything I ate, went everywhere I went, it was impossible not to bond with you.

Throughout my pregnancy Goddard was always raging on about what a prodigy you would be and how you would be the best Scythe in the world, and would carry on and uphold his legacy. 

It was when I was 8 months pregnant that I had enough. Goddard took me to a mass gleaning at a Tonist Cloister, as a way of saying thank you, for carrying his child for the past 8 months. Looking back now I of course know how obscene and evil that sounds, but back then I thought nothing of it. 

During that mass gleaning Goddard started spouting his usual crap about how his reign would never end, and that you would carry on his beliefs and values, uphold the New Order and would show no mercy to The Tonists either. 

And then... then I just snapped and before I could even fully comprehend it, I had my knife in his heart and he was dead again.

I told the Tonists to tell everyone that unsavories had killed Goddard and burned his body, and I threatened to glean them if they didn’t. 

After that I got straight into a public car intent on getting as far away from MidMerica as I could, I was thinking of leaving the Mericas altogether, but then I had this awful pain in my stomach and then my waters broke. The stress of the day put me into labor.

The rest you know, I had you in MidMerica, and the moment I held you and saw you I knew I couldn’t be Scythe Rand anymore, that I had to get you away from The Scythedom and those who would expect you to be just like Goddard.

So I changed my name back to my birth name, cut my hair, put on street clothes and with just you, and my robes and ring in a bag, I left for Texas where I would be off-grid, and I had your dad revived.

Like I said, the rest you know.” 

Unsurprisingly there is a tense silence in the room for a few minutes, before Alex finally speaks up. 

“I... I’m glad you’re not Scythe Rand anymore.” He quietly says, surprising his mother who expected him to rage and yell and tell her he hates her, etc. 

“Me too kid, me too.” She says, reaching out to squeeze his hand lovingly. 

“so... you really did a total 180... because of me?” Alex asks in an unsure tone, hardly able to believe that he had such a great impact on someone. Olivia nods. 

“I did, I wanted to give you your best chance at life and I knew to do that, I would either have to change my ways or place you for adoption, and there was no way I was letting you go, so I chose the other option and changed, I destroyed my ring when you were a month old and the last person I ever gleaned was Goddard.” Olivia explains. 

“So... does this mean Goddard is my biological dad?” Alex questions, tilting his head to the side. Olivia shakes her head. 

“No, it was your dad’s body, with Goddard’s head. Your dad’s name is on your Birth Certificate and he is your biological father, but if Goddard were alive today he would probably have legal rights to you.” Olivia sighs, grateful that she doesn’t have to worry about Goddard showing up and taking Alex from her. 

“Mom, can.... can we go to Midmerica for a while? So I can see where you’re from and where I was born and suppose to grow up, please?” Alex hopefully asks, looking at his mother with big and imploring brown eyes. 

Olivia is hesitant, she doesn’t want to be recognized by anyone in Midmerica, it’s why she never want back after Alex was born. However after a minute of thinking, she decides she can’t deny Alex this very simple request.

“Yeah, yeah of course we can.”

So a few days later the two of them board a train and head for MideMerica, completely unaware of the destiny they are about to face.

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Meanwhile in Midmerica, 16 year old Sophie Faraday-Curie accompanies her mother to the local museum in Fulcrum City, so Sophie can gather some information for a history project for school, and so her mother can gather some information she needs for a meeting with the other High Blades of the other regions of the Mericas. 

Sophie usually hates going out in public, because of all the attention she gets. As the first child born to two Scythes Sophie is pretty famous and despite her parents best effort to keep her out of the spotlight and give her an ordinary childhood and life, she is still recognized practically everywhere she goes, which results in a lot of staring and whispering from the people around her.

However when Sophie is with her mom or dad, people tend to stare less, they know how protective High Blade Curie and Honorable Scythe Faraday are of their daughter, and have no doubt either of them would not hesitate to glean anyone who upset or bothered their daughter, so it’s easier for Sophie to be out and about when she has one of her parents with her.

What bugs her the most is that technically she’s not actually the first child born to two Scythes, Honorable Scythe Rand had been due to give birth to Honorable Scythe Goddard’s child two months before Sophie was born, but after Goddard was killed by unsavories, a heavily pregnant Rand disappeared and no one has seen her or the baby she was carrying, in 17 years.

But non of that is really at the fore-front of Sophie’s mind right now, she is totally taken in by her surroundings the minute she and her mother step into the museum, there’s so much to learn and see and though Sophie has visited here often, there is always something new.

As she looks around her while walking toward the section she needs to go to, Sophie is not paying attention to where she is going and soon feels herself collide with something, or rather someone. They both immediately crash to the ground, Sophie cursing herself for being so clumsy and not looking where she’s going, while the other person yells in surprise. 

“Oh I’m so sorry! I’m such an idiot, not looking where I was going!” Sophie apologizes, pushing herself off the floor and holding her hand out to help the person she collided with, a young boy around her age with messy dark brown hair, light brown skin and wide and inquisitive brown eyes.

“No it’s okay I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going either.” The boy says, grabbing Sophie’s hand letting her haul him to his feet.

Before either of them can say anything else, Marie comes up behind Sophie holding a leaflet and smiling softly.

“Soph I just found some physical copies of the statement your dad and I put out to the world when you were born, it’s not very long but it’s got some photos of you as a baby that I thought you’d like to see.” Marie says in a soft, reminiscent tone, brushing her daughter’s hair out of her eyes, remembering writing this article with Michael like it was yesterday. It had taken them almost a week to write just two paragraphs because Sophie was so fussy and wouldn’t let them put her down for more than five minutes at a time.

Before Sophie can reply, a tall willowy woman with dark hair and pan-Asian leanings comes up behind the boy Sophie just collided with. She puts a hand on the boy’s shoulder and smiles at him, and is clearly about to say something to him, but before she can, Marie speaks up.

“Rand? Scythe Ayn Rand?” Marie gasps in disbelief, staring at the woman in front of her. She looks different from the last time Marie saw her, her long dark hair is now cut short to just above her shoulders, the black is streaked through with some gray and she clearly looks older, but she is still instantly recognizable. 

Olivia/Rand immediately pales and is about to put up a fight and tell Marie that she’s mistaken, but then she realizes she made a silent promise to both herself and Alex that there would be no more lying and no more keeping secrets. 

“Wait, are you High Blade Curie? High Blade of here, of Midmerica?” the boy asks in a tone of excitement. Marie smiles at his excitement. 

“Yes dear, I am." she softly says. She then turns her gaze to Rand/Olivia, her smile faltering. “I think we better have a conversation, Miss Rand. Sophie you stay here, don’t go anywhere.” 

“You too Alex, don’t wander off you don’t know the place and might get lost.” Olivia warns her son, before reluctantly following Marie to a quiet section of the museum. 

The two teenagers look at eachother in confusion, not quiet sure what to say or what just happened. 

“So... what’s going on?” Sophie asks a few seconds later. Alex shrugs. 

“Beats me. Was that your mom, the High Blade?” Alex asks curiously. Sophie nods. 

“Yeah, was the other lady your mom?” Sophie asks. 

“Yep, though her name’s not actually Ayn Rand, it’s Olivia Kwon.” Alex tells her. 

“My mom’s not actually called Marie Curie either, well she has been for the last 200 odd years, but her birth name’s Susan, Susan Goldie. I’m Sophie by the way, Sophie Faraday-Curie.” Sophie explains, sticking her hand out for Alex to shake. He grins and grabs her hand. 

“I’m Alexander, Alexander Kwon, but you can call me Alex.” They shake hands. 

“Nice to meet you Alex.” Sophie grins. 

“Likewise. Hey, so your dad’s super famous too right? What’s his name again, Fara something?” Alex asks, racking his brain for the name of the High Blade’s husband. 

“Faraday, Scythe Michael Faraday. Yeah he’s pretty famous too, my whole family is. My Aunt- well she’s not technically my aunt, it’s honorary but you know what I mean- she’s Scythe Anastasia, and my other honorary aunt, my Aunt Munira, she used to work with my dad when he was trying to find the founding Scythe’s fail safe plan, when Goddard became High Blade.” Sophie hurriedly tells Alex, always eager to talk about her odd yet interesting family. 

“And you’re pretty famous yourself, must be cool.” Alex grins. Sophie shrugs, shoving her hands in her pockets. 

“It’s okay I guess, it gets annoying when I go out in public and everyone recognizes me and stares at me in the streets and stuff, I don’t even know how they recognize me when I’m not with my parents, those baby pictures mom and dad put out when I was born, they’re the only pictures of me that have ever been published, and I never went to public appearances with mom or anything, and during Conclave, when I was younger I would stay with my Aunt Munira all day.” Sophie’s tone turns from sullen and irritated to bright and joyful in just a matter of seconds, despite the annoying fame and always being recognized, Sophie has had a perfectly happy childhood. 

Alex nods understandingly. 

“Hey I know our moms told us not to go anywhere but do you want to go grab a coffee or something in the café in the lobby and then come back here?” Alex asks, finding himself wanting to talk to Sophie more, be around her more. Sophie’s face lights up. 

“Sure! Hey, wanna bet? I bet you I’ll get recognized at least 3 times on the way to and from the café, and in the café. If I do, you pay for the coffees, if I don’t, I pay.” Sophie suggests, giving Alex a sly smile and looking around to make sure her mom isn’t in hearing distance. 

Alex laughs, liking Sophie more and more by the minute. 

“You’re on!”

While Sophie and Alex are talking and sneaking off to the café, Olivia is facing her worst nightmare, standing here in front of High Blade Curie having been recognized right away, with Alex off on his own with some random girl. Olivia is glad that Alex just came out to her as gay, otherwise she would worry that Curie’s daughter would break his heart. 

“I think you’ve got some explaining to do.” Marie tells Olivia, her tone firm and not much different to the one she uses with Sophie when she knows she’s been up to something she shouldn’t have been. 

“I knew I should never have left Texas.” Olivia sighs. “Look Marie, it’s a long story. The short of it is that when I was pregnant with Alex I started bonding with him and loving him, I didn’t expect to but I did_” Before she can finish, Marie cuts her off. 

“Of course you loved and bonded with him, he is your child, a child you were going to just hand over to Goddard and let him turn him into a monster!” She berates, which grates on Olivia’s nerves. It takes everything she has not to snap at Marie, she knows nothing about her situation or why she agreed to be Goddard’s surrogate in the first place.

“Oh don’t act all high and mighty like you’ve never made mistakes! I thought I was in love with Goddard, I just wanted him to love me back and I thought by having his kid I could do that, I never gave much thought to how he would raise Alex, not at first anyway. 

Throughout my pregnancy though I did start to realize what a stupid and selfish decision I had made, by the time I was 8 months along I knew I couldn’t just hand Alex over to Goddard, so you know what I did, Marie? I gleaned the bastard and I told the Tonists to spread that lie about him being killed by unsavories.

 I gleaned him and used his body to revive Tyger, the man I gleaned a year prior to bring Goddard back. But before I did that I gave birth to my son, alone and frightened, you had your husband with you when you gave birth, I had no one and for the first month of his life it was just me and Alex, and the minute I held him after he was born I knew I had to change, had to get away and give him the best upbringing I could, so I cut my hair, stopped wearing my robes, took nothing but one old pair or robes so nobody could trace me using them, my ring, my son and I left for Texas.

And it was the best thing I have ever done, I turned my whole life around for Alex and I gave him a fucking amazing upbringing, he’s an absolutely amazing kid and I am so proud of him and so goddamn honored to his mom.

So there, Marie, there’s your explanation.”  

Despite Olivia’s angry rant, Marie remains totally calm and levelheaded, as always. 

“That is all well and good Ayn, but a Scythe cannot just up and abandon their position.” She calmly says. 

“Well what was I suppose to do Marie, huh? I was 8 months pregnant with the future High Blade of Midmerica, I had just killed the current High Blade of Midmerica and I was totally alone in the world.” Olivia’s tone is turning tight and she is doing her best to hold back tears. 

“You could have come to me and explained your situation, I would have helped you.” Marie softly says. 

“No because I didn’t want Alex involved in the Scythedom as he grew up, I wanted him to have a peaceful and normal childhood, I didn’t want any of Goddard’s followers to try and influence him or tell him about the bastard who was at the time, his father. 

You have to understand, you’re a mother too, don’t act like if you were in my situation, you wouldn’t have done the same for you daughter.” At the mention of Sophie, Marie’s face and demeanor soften. 

“You’re right, I would do anything for my Sophie, if I had to go off grid to give her the best life and to protect her, I would.

I won’t tell anyone you were here or that you’re living in Texas, and I won’t tell anyone about your son either, I promise.” Marie tells her, unable to stay angry at her because she knows how she feels, she would do anything to give Sophie her best shot at life, luckily, though Marie’s pregnancy was a surprise it was a very welcome one, and she Michael were in a good position to have a baby and raise Sophie, but not everyone is so fortunate. 

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Over the next couple of weeks Sophie and Alex remain in touch via social media and often hang out together, soon growing very close and become the very best of friends. 

One day, a month after meeting for the first time, Alex insists on taking Sophie for lunch to celebrate her birthday, and Sophie is thrilled to spend the day with him. After lunch they just ramble around town, and end up sitting on the steps to the library, enjoying the good weather and each other’s company. 

“So what do you wanna do after school? What job do you want to do?” Alex asks Sophie, leaning back on his elbows and tilting his head backward to look up at his friend who is sitting on the step just behind him, where there’s more shade, since she is not a fan of the heat. Sophie sighs. 

“The whole world expects me to be a Scythe, I am the heir to the MidMeircan Scythedom. I’ll be expected to drop out of school soon and start my apprenticeship, neither of my parents are by law allowed to be my mentor, but my Aunt Anastasia said she’ll take me on, she was mentored by both my parents at one point, so there’ll be elements of mom and dad’s training in there. 

But... the thing is Al, I don’t think I want to be a Scythe, I’ve learned a lot about the Sycthedom and how it works and I know the best Scythes are the ones who never wanted the position in the first place, but I know I’m never going to morally be able to be a Scythe. 

He doesn’t know it but sometimes I see my dad come back from a gleaning and he just... he breaks down crying, and my mom sits there with him and holds his hand and assures him he’s a good person and she loves him, and I don’t look down on dad for that, not one bit, but the thing is he’s always able to remind himself that he is doing a necessary task and doing it in the kindest way possible. But I don’t think I could ever do that, I’m not like my mom or dad in that way, I... I’m too empathetic and I could never know a moment’s peace as a Scythe.” By the end of her explanation Sophie has tears in her eyes and her throat is closing up, this always happens when she thinks about her future. 

“Oh Soph, it’s okay.” Alex soothingly says, pushing himself up one step so he’s beside Sophie and pulling her in for a hug. “Can’t you tell your mom and dad all this? They seem like really nice people, I’m sure they’ll understand.” Sophie sniffs and lays her head on Alex’s shoulder. 

“I could, and they would understand, I know they won’t be angry or anything, they’ve never raised their voices at me in all my life, they’re awesome parents. But... I’m scared they’ll be disappointed and I’m scared of how the public and the rest of the Scythedom will react, I’m suppose to be the first person to ever inherit the title of High Blade, if I step down from that people are probably going to be really really pissed off with me, no one can glean me obviously, I automatically have immunity as the kid of two Scythes, but still... I don’t want to be called to Endura and have to face the Grandslayers or something.” She tells him in a wobbly tone.

“Hey if anyone tries to mess with you they’ll have me to deal with, you’re my best friend Soph, I got your back no matter what happens.” Alex firmly tells her, pulling back from the hug so he can look her in the eye. Sophie smiles through her tears and squeezes Alex’s hand. 

“Thanks Al, I love you.” 

“I love you too.”

“So.” Sophie begins, wiping her tears away. “What do you want to do after you leave school?” 

“Well up until now I always thought I’d be an artist, I’ve always planned on going to art school and I still do, but I... I kind of want to learn more about The Scythedom and my past, in detail, not just what mom can tell me.

 But... I’m scared that my interest in the Scythedom means I’m fucking evil like Goddard, he loved gleaning, he was a serial killer not a Scythe. I know there’s no biological connection between him and me, but.... I mean he was around mom practically all the time when she was pregnant. She said that he would talk to me when she was pregnant, but instead of telling me stories like normal dads would, he would talk about what a great Scythe and ruler I’d be someday and how I would make him so proud and uphold his legacy and other crazy shit. 

What if... what if that impacted little fetus me, and affected my subconscious and now I am going to be the crazy evil dictator he wanted me to be?” Now Alex has tears in his eyes too. 

“Oh Lex, no there’s no way you’re like Goddard. You’re the sweetest, kindest and most wonderful person I’ve ever met, you used your savings to buy me a really nice birthday present when you’ve only known me a month, you took me out for lunch for my birthday, and you always listen when I need to talk. And I know you value life and care about others, unlike Goddard. Alex you literally won’t even harm a fly, the other day you cried because we saw a little kid get upset because they fell and scrapped their knee. 

You could never be like Goddard, Alex, never.” By this stage Sophie has taken Alex’s face in her hands to make him laugh, but also to make him listen to her and not get distracted. She wants him to know all this, and realize what an absolutely amazing person he is.

Alex laughs through his tears and playfully slaps Sophie’s hands away. 

“Get off me you goof.” He laughs, wiping at his tears. Sophie grins and lightly shoves his shoulder. 

“You love me really.” 

“Yeah, yeah I do.”

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The next day, after thinking about her conversation with Alex, all night, Sophie comes to a decision and asks her parents to talk, so she can tell them about it.

 “You’re going to hate me for asking this but I need peace of mind before we get into this conversation so I have to ask, are you going to tell us you’re pregnant?” Michael asks Sophie, after they sit down, knowing this will embarrass her but needing to know.

Sophie wrinkles her nose up. 

“No dad! I’m asexual, remember?” Sophie says in an exasperated and embarrassed tone. She had come out to her parents just last week and they were extremely supportive, and acted like it was no big deal at all, for which Sophie is very grateful.

Michael holds his hands up in mock surrender. 

“Just checking, I’m too young to be a grandpa!” Sophie gives him a ‘Are you kidding me?’ look. 

“Dad you’re like 300.” She laughs. 

“230 something actually, do I look old enough to be 300?” He asks, raising his eyebrows and making Sophie roll her eyes, no one else would believe that the legendary Honorable Scythe Faraday is such a dad and makes stupid jokes and comments to mess with his daughter.

“Yeah I can see why Aunt Munira told me not to listen to your jokes.” Sophie replies. “Anyway, can I tell you what I wanted to now?” 

“Of course dear, go ahead.” Marie encourages her. Sophie takes a deep breath. 

“Okay, so... you know how we were talking about me training to be a Scythe, the other day, with Aunt Anastasia, and how I got all those offers from other Scythes, offering to train me?” Sophie begins. Both her parents nod. “Well I’ve been thinking about it ever since, and I talked about it with Alex and.... I don’t want to be a Scythe, I know the best Scythes are always the ones who never wanted to do it in the first place, but I won’t be able to live with myself if I become a Scythe, I won’t be able to deal with it like you guys and Aunt Anastasia. 

I would never be able to sleep at night if I gleaned someone, couldn’t look at myself in the mirror. My life would a misery if I did. 

So... that’s it, I don’t want to be a Scythe and I don’t want to be High Blade.” 

Before Sophie can even take a breath after finishing her explanation, her mother is by her side and pulling her into a tight embrace, kissing her forehead while her dad puts his arm around her shoulders and kisses the top of her head. 

“We love you and support you no matter what.” Marie firmly says, cupping Sophie’s face in her hands. 

“You never have to do anything you don’t want to Soph, never.” Michael tells her in a loving but firm tone, squeezing her arm reassuringly. Sophie can’t stop the tears from welling up and running down her cheeks. 

“Oh my love what’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Marie softly asks in a concerned tone, wiping at her daughter’s tears. 

“Because I’m scared.” Sophie says in a tight voice, feeling as though she’s 10 years old again and just woke up from a bad dream.

“Of what, did something happen, did someone hurt you?” Michael asks, his tone also full of concern and worry for his baby girl. 

“No, I’m scared the Scythedom and the public are gonna hate me for not becoming a Scythe and inheriting the title of High Blade like I’m suppose to. All my life I’ve known that the public and The Scythedom have this huge expectation of me to become High Blade, to become an amazing Scythe like you guys, but I can’t do that and now I’m scared everyone’s going to hate me, or that the Grandslayers are going to call me to Endura and punish me somehow.” Sophie sobs, the tears falling rapidly now.

“Oh my baby.” Marie swears she can feel her own heart breaking, as she pulls her daughter in for another hug. 

“Sophie we will never, ever let anything happen to you. Nowhere in the rules does it say that you have to become a Scythe and take over from your mom when she steps down as High Blade, that rule means that if you choose to become a Scythe, you will automatically inherit your mother’s position, but if you choose not to become a Scythe then another election will be held and someone else will be elected. 

The Grandslayers cannot and will not punish you, and if anyone tries to hurt you or say anything nasty to you because of this decision, then they’ll have your mother and I to deal with. We are not going to let anyone hurt you or force you to do something you don’t want to. 

This is entirely your choice and we support you all the way, we love you so much Sophie, and we will do absolutely anything to protect you.” 

Her father’s kind and reassuring words just make Sophie sob even harder and bury her face in his shoulder, when he puts his arm around her in an embrace. 

“I love you so much.” Sophie quietly says. Michael kisses the top of her head and rubs her back soothingly. 

“I love you too Sophie, more than anything in this world. You and your mother are the very best things to ever happen to me.” 

“Here.” Marie softly says, holding a tissue out to Sophie, as she lifts her face from her dad’s shoulder and leans her head against his chest. “Have a good cry if you want to sweetheart, don’t bottle it up.” Sophie nods and wipes at her eyes. 

“Thanks mom, I love you.” She sniffles. Marie smiles and kisses her cheek. 

“I love you too my sweet girl.”

After about another half hour, Sophie calms down but has totally drained herself from crying so much, so decides to go rest in her room for a while. Once upstairs she texts Alex almost immediately and tells him what just happened and how her parents are going to help her make an official statement to the Grandslayers that she will not be training as a Scythe and will not be accepting her inheritance of position of High Blade of Midmerica.

“Glad your parents were supportive, I knew they would be, you’re gonna be awesome at whatever job you pick, I know it.

I told mom my news too, about wanting to stay here in Midmerica for longer, and learn more about the inner workings of the Scythedom and the life I could’ve ended up with, had mom not gleaned Goddard and gone off grid with me. She was conflicted at first, she doesn’t trust the Scythedom and is afraid Goddard’s supporters will try to influence me but I reminded her that I’m old enough to not be so easily swayed, and I’ve got lots of good examples of Scythes too. So she agreed. I dunno exactly how I’m gonna learn more about the inner workings of the Scythedom, but I’ll figure something out.” 

After reading Alex’s text, Sophie is struct with an idea, one that she frankly finds ingenious. 

“I have an idea, a really good one. Come round to my house tomorrow at around 11.” Sophie replies. Then remembering she hasn’t told Alex her plan, she excitedly sends him a voice note, detailing her idea, and spends the next five minutes staring at her phone waiting for Alex to text back. 

“Sounds like a plan, see you tomorrow.” 

The next day it has just gone 11 A.M. and Michael and Marie are just back from grocery shopping, when Sophie appears in the kitchen doorway, grinning proudly to herself and looking like she’s up to something. 

“What did you do?” Michael asks in a suspicious tone, looking around for any sign of something amiss. 

“Nothing, can’t I just come say hi to my parents?” Sophie asks, still grinning ear to ear. 

“You can but you’re usually not this enthusiastic at this time of the day, if you didn’t do anything, you want a big favor don’t you?” Michael asks, knowing his daughter perfectly. 

“Maaayybbee.” Sophie admits. 

“If the favor is letting you skip school tomorrow the answer is no.” Marie tells her. Sophie rolls her eyes. 

“I asked once, once! Let it go mom!” She protests. 

“What is it then?” Michael asks, still suspicious of what Sophie is up to. Her smile brightens and she turns around and reaches out into the living room, before two seconds later pulling Alexander Kwon into the kitchen with her. Marie and Michael aren’t surprised to see him in their house, he’s Sophie’s best friend and comes around all the time, but what they don’t understand is what he’s got to do with Sophie wanting a favor. 

“Okay now I’m confused, what has Alex got to do with this?” Marie asks, wondering just what the hell her daughter is up to. 

“I have a proposal.” Sophie tells them, earning odd looks from both her parents. 

“Okay.... which is?” Michael asks. 

“Alex really wants to learn more about the inner workings of the Scythedom, he’s interested in how it all works and what it would have been like for him if things didn’t turn out the way they did. .

So I was thinking that maybe you guys could teach Alex everything there is to know about The Scythedom, like you taught me? It could be like an apprenticeship except he won’t go to Conclave and there’s no chance of him being ordained at the end of it all, oh and obviously no physical training or tests or anything. 

So what do you say?” Sophie explains, now having wrapped her arms around Alex’s waist, leaning against his chest, hugging him tightly.

Marie and Michael share a look. They can clearly see how much Sophie adores Alex, and they can’t deny she’s been so much happier since she met him and they became best friends, it’s so good for her to have someone who wants to be her friend and likes her just for her, and not her fame and status. 

It’s clear Alex is like the brother Sophie always wanted and asked for but never had. Marie and Michael do feel a bit guilty about not giving her a sibling, they would have loved to have another baby and even discussed it when Sophie was 1, but decided that ultimately they were far too busy and their family felt absolutely perfect with just the 3 of them.

Marie is the first to speak. 

“You really know how to argue your case Sophie, there’s no way I can say no.” Sophie and Alex’s faces both light up. 

“Thank you so much, Your Excellency, I promise I’ll be the best student you could ask for!” Alex exclaims. 

“Marie’s right, you’re a hell of a speaker Sophie, just like your mom. If it’s alright with your mother, Alex, then we’d be happy to teach you.” Michael calmly says. Sophie and Alex share an excited look and share a quick high-five. 

“Thank you, your Honor, thank you so much I swear you won’t regret this!” Alex promises. 

“Come on, lets go make sure it’s okay with your mom.” Sophie says. tugging at Alex’s hand. He nods, but turns to Marie and Michael before he goes. 

“Thank you again, so very much, it’s going to be an honor to learn from you both.” He says, then tentatively holds his hand out for one of them to shake. 

“Oh don’t be so formal Alex.” Marie says, lightly swatting his hand away and pulling him in for a hug instead. “Call me Marie.” She insists. Alex smiles and nods, a little shocked at what just happened. 

He then turns to Michael, and goes to hold his hand out for him to shake, thinking he may be a little more formal. Michael just laughs and shakes his head before also pulling Alex into an embrace. 

“Welcome to the family, son.”

Special thanks to @i-love-side-characters for allowing me to use their idea of Sophie and Alex becoming best friends! I had so much fun writing about their friendship! 

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