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funnywiccanwritingcorner · 1 year

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Le Joyau le plus precieux

A Lucky Luke Modern!AU fanfiction

Chapter XX - The final clue

-In the course of the investigation that was supposed to lead to the arrest of the thief known as Lucky Luke, my brothers and I stumbled upon the criminal organisation of Dorian Mason, and discovered that our wanted man was nothing more than an agent under the orders of this unscrupulous man, orders carried out under duress and threat. Mason was then caught red-handed trying to auction off valuable works of art stolen over the years on behalf of himself and his father. Currently, these objects are still being recovered by the russian authorities in cooperation with experts from museums in various parts of the world so that the rightful owners can be identified.-

The press conference held in the police department in Paris was attended by journalists from broadcasters and newspapers from almost the entire city. The news of Mason's arrest had attracted a lot of media attention and had already earned Joe and his brothers a lot of notoriety in a few days, as well as a commendation from their boss. But up to that point the detective had not wanted to make a statement. He couldn't. He had to study that lie well to protect Luke.

A reporter raised his hand: -Where is Dorian Mason at the moment?- -He has been brought back to America, and handed over to the FBI awaiting trial. There is no doubt that with the evidence gathered, he will be locked up in prison for a long, long time.- A woman asked the floor: -What happened to Lucky Luke?- -Unfortunately, we lost track of him in Russia, after the explosion of Mason's secret headquarters. He is still to be considered a fugitive, but not knowing his true identity, which we have not been able to ascertain despite our investigations, it will be difficult to establish his whereabouts at the moment.-

Cheyenne, Betty and the other three Daltons looked at each other in complicity as they listened to Joe, gathered against the wall behind the reporters with other policemen.

The interview went on for a while; when regular work resumed in the offices Cheyenne joined the detective in his office: -Hey!- -Hi. How's it going?- -Great, now that you've declared a certain person untraceable.- -How is he doing, by the way?- -Much better. In the end, the worst diagnosis was a mild concussion. He's at home resting now.- -Well, I'm glad.- He looked down with a slight smile. -Ah, Joe: he asked me to give you this.- She took from her shoulder bag a rectangular package wrapped in red paper and gold ribbon: -He said it's a gift you'll appreciate.- -Uh?- He took the packet and checked it. -I have to run, Amélie will be out of school soon.- She paused at the door: -Joe.- -Yes?-

-Thank you very much. For everything.- She gave him one last sweet smile before she left. Dalton smiled to himself and slowly opened the package, finding a brand new book with a yellow ochre cover in his hands. There was no title on the spine, so he opened it at the first page to find out: it was a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.

-Look, it's one of the books Luke likes...- When he saw the title he blinked: a small light flashed in his mind, a suspicion. He looked in front of him for a moment, thinking back to their conversations: snippets like "I prefer historical and adventure novels to detective stories", or "Cheyenne taught me how to act since we were kids".

He left his office and went to Betty's: -Am I disturbing you?- -No, Joe, tell me.- -I need to see this last month's permits log.- -Sure, wait...- She rummaged through a stack of documents until she found the right file: -Here it is.- -Thank you.- He scrolled through the list of names until he found the one he was looking for. -Are you okay?- the psychologist asked. -Yes. Thank you, Betty.- He handed the documents back to her and walked calmly to the archives. He could not run, he risked attracting attention. Once he reached the dusty, shadowy room, holding the book behind his back, he called firmly: -Pierre?-

The arrival of the archivist was anticipated by the sound of something falling with a dull thud and papers flying, then he came staggering in and babbling: -S-sir! Reporting for duty, sir! What can I do for you?-

-Tell me, Pierre: you've been with us for how long exactly?- -Uh, I don't know... Quite a while now.- -Uh-uh. Could you please explain to me what your role is here with us? Act like I don't know.- -Yes. So, my job is to catalogue and store case information that field agents gather during investigations.- -Even tactical operations information?- -Yes, sir. It's a security matter.- -I understand. I imagine how much you had to catch up on when you got back.- -What?- -You've had the flu these past few days, from what I understand.- -That's right.- -Curious.- He brought the book in front of him, holding it with two hands: -You asked for leave at the same time as me, did you know that?- -Really?- Joe opened the small volume and looked nonchalantly at the title, continuing: -Uh uh. And there's another curious thing. Your name.- -My name?- -Gerard. Your name is the same as the protagonist of this novel, you know?- He closed the book abruptly and continued: -Tell me if I followed the trail of breadcrumbs correctly... Luke.-

Pierre at that point changed completely: with a smile, he straightened his back, removed his glasses and the latex application on his face, revealing that he had no freckles and that his nose was slightly smaller than it appeared; instead of brown hair, once the wig was removed, there appeared a raven hair with a forelock combed forward.

-I don't know whether to applaud you or slap you- said the detective. -The sound would be the same.- -You were here all along, under my nose.- -Let's face it, it was a nice surprise.- -You could say that.- Dalton put the book down on the desk in the room: -Considering that you were there while I was telling everyone that you were untraceable, I can imagine your effort in trying not to laugh.- -But I didn't want to laugh.- -You didn't?- -No, Joe.- He approached him: -To dance and celebrate. Do you realise what you did?- -It depends...?- He sat down on the edge of the desk. -With your speech you put an end to the life of crime I was forced to lead. Your help was invaluable.- His smile softened: -You gave back my freedom.- -You're welcome.- He fiddled with the corner of a paper: -And as for your role here?- -I don't have to spy on the police any more. Pierre Gerard must disappear in his turn; I already have a letter of resignation ready.- -Not necessarily. You can stay.- Lucky shook his head: -No more secrets and false identities, Joe. It's better that way. Besides, I couldn't keep up with my work at the Moulin Rouge.- -So from now on, you're just Luke.- -Exactly.-

The detective looked at him, tilting his head: -So... what do we do now?- -What time is it?- -Midday and a half. Maybe more.- Luke stood next to him, leaning on the tabletop with his back: -How about, after I change, we go out for lunch, you and me? I know a little place where they make great Tex-Mex dishes.- -But you know me and spicy food don't get along well.- -Of course I do.- They looked at each other and then both started laughing heartily.

#lucky luke #joyau #joe dalton #modern au #fanfiction

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selfindulgentfandomstuff · 1 year

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1-5 with Emmet!! :DD

HIII TYY!!! :D

1. what are the basics of your self insert? name, date of birth, height, etc.?

Name: Emmett Becker

Age: 25 (at start of the show)

Height: 5'9

Pronouns: they/he

Gender: Demiguy/transmasculine nonbinary

Orientation: bisexual + biromantic (male lean)

Education: UCLA undergrad (aged 16-19), Stanford masters and PhD (aged 19-24)

Occupation (former): worked in academic research at Stanford (25)

Occupation (current): works for Phoenix Foundation (25+)

Qualifications: doctorate degree in abnormal human psychology, experience in the research/academia world, high intelligence and adaptability

Misc:

-autistic + ADHD

-recruited by Phoenix Foundation by MacGyver's recommendation

2. when in canon does your self insert come in? do you have a scene in mind for your entrance?

Season 1 Episode 8, Corkscrew (the episode when Murdoc is first introduced as well), is when Emmett makes his entrance. Having only been working at the Phoenix Foundation for a short while, Emmett is understandably a bit daunted by the thought of having to profile a criminal as dangerous as Murdoc but they are able to do just that and help put him away in federal prison, at least, for awhile anyway...

3. how do the other characters generally feel about your self insert?

Angus 'Mac' MacGyver: close friends; met at MIT while Mac was briefly in college and Emmett was studying as a transfer student there and hit it off! Remained in touch after both left (Mac, dropping out to join the army and Emmett moving back to Stanford); later reunited after Mac suggested Emmett join Phoenix and Matty subsequently recruited them

Jack Dalton: good friends; met when Emmett joined Phoenix; looks out for Emmett, realizing they are a little defenseless, being recruited out of academia as opposed to already being in the intelligence world; protective of them but still prone to ribbing them a bit, he's not trying to be mean, that's just Jack :); easily the first person to throw hands at whoever misgenders Emmett

Riley Davis: good friends; met when Emmett joined Phoenix; bonds over shared interest in computers, though Riley is infinitely more adept at them than Emmett; Riley teaches Emmett some of what she knows in her spare time; Emmett soaks it up eagerly, learning new things and spending time with a friend, perfection!

Wilt Bozer: good friends; met soon after Bozer had learned the truth about Mac's work and the Phoenix Foundation; eager to get to know one of Mac's other friends, seeing as he's Mac's oldest childhood friend; Emmett is the only one who welcomes Bozer's cooking endeavors and is happy to eat whatever he cooks, save for meat items; in turn, Bozer learns some new vegetarian recipes for his newest friend

Matilda 'Matty' Webber: good friends; met when Matty recruited Emmett out of academia at Mac's suggestion; initially Emmett was incredibly intimidated by Matty and she wasn't exactly friendly, but over time the two get fairly close and its obvious they care for each other; Matty is willing to pull strings to take care of her employees, including Emmett

4. would you be considered a main character, side character, villain, or something else?

Emmett is a side character in the way that they don't appear in every episode, but enough of them that the viewer gets attached, even if they are consorting with Murdoc, a known antagonist. Despite their affiliation with Murdoc, they still are considered a protagonist of the show due to their working for the Phoenix Foundation with MacGyver and the others!! (and the fact that in my canon, they kinda domesticate Murdoc a little lol; he eventually works with the Phoenix Foundation, helping catch other criminals!)

5. does your self insert have any special powers or abilities?

No special powers or abilities aside from being freakishly smart with a freakishly good capacity for retaining information! They also are surprisingly adept with projectile weapons, including several types of guns and of course with a bow and arrows, owing to their archery training in formative years. Not that they ever are using these weapons in actual combat unless in dire situations in the field, of course.

#i love you just a little too much #self insert: emmett becker #s/i: emmett becker #selfship asks #asks #self insert asks #selfshippinglover

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illumax · 1 year

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Taking The Arrow - Process

Breakdown of the painting process

“1308AD. France.The Templar Order has fallen. King Philip IV has a price on the heads of its remaining members and associates. Three Knights, Pierre, Jean, and Reynaud are on the run and head for the Order’s last bastion of safety: The island monastery and fortress, Mont-Saint Michel. There they are presented with an opportunity to fight the king using dark methods. Soon, they are met with an untamable evil that turns Mont-Saint Michel from haven to prison. They will discover that not only does evil lurk beyond the walls of the monastery, but the actions of the past torment them within the walls of their own minds.”

Over the last while, I have had the pleasure of illustrating a phenomenal book by Dalton James titled “The Night’s Many.” With his permission, I am going to share some sneak peeks of the finished illustration, as well as some insights into the process of making each one!

Our first image is titled Taking the Arrow. This scene is a flashback of one of the characters to his time during a war in England. During the battle, he is hit with an arrow (surprise) and is lost amid the chaos of bodies and presumed dead.

Now that we have a little background, let’s dig into the process.

Thumbnails/ideation

Every illustration should start with thumbnails and ideation. Admittedly, I tend to work on loose leaf paper and sometimes misplace them. So this is the only one I could find.

This image provided a unique challenge as I wanted to somehow capture the chaos of the battle, and those few moments of calm that the character had before blacking out. A major theme of this flashback was being lost among the fallen soldiers and I had this image in my head of being tangled up and swallowed by a mass of bodies. This would create a sort of pocket of solitude despite being in the middle of the battle.

I also took this time to research some period style armor and weaponry just to get an idea of what I would be working with in the image. Taking some time do studies helps us better understand the shapes and forms in an object, so when we get to the final piece, we are more comfortable exaggerating or putting them in different positions.

Preliminary Drawing - Blue Pencil and Graphite approx. 5”x8”

Once the concept was nailed down, it was time to move onto the preliminary drawing. This was done in a moleskine notebook using a non photo blue mechanical pencil and graphite.

A lot of my work tends to have a single figure or character in it, so this was really fun to try and fit as many bodies in as I could. Using things like the spears and arrows I created “blocks” for the viewer to keep them in the image. Everything swirls around the central figure and directs the eye back to his face and the arrow in his chest.

Final Drawing - 12”x16” Graphite on Toned Watercolor Board

After the composition was solved, I scanned, enlarged, printed, and transferred my sketch to a toned piece of watercolor board. (The tone was achieved through a wash of acrylic). During the transfer, I refined my drawing to really get the shapes I was after. Sidenote, that is one of my favorite hands I have ever drawn.

Now onto painting.

Final Painting - 12”x16” Acrylic and Charcoal on Watercolor Board

My Primary concern in the painting stage was to get the values established and have enough color in there to really manipulate digitally at the end. I used a very limited palette, and had fun figuring out the lighting and creating some texture.

I wanted there to be grit in the image so I was not overly concerned with making things look really neat and clean - it is a battle after all. I also played a lot with simplification, such as his chain mail. It really is just a shape with some tiled brush strokes in there to add texture.

Final Illustration - 12”x16” Mixed Media with Digital

Once the painting was complete, I again scanned it and started my digital edits. This is one of my favorite parts of the process as I am totally free to experiment. Pushing and pulling colors, values, and textures. It is really easy to fall down the digital rabbit hole and end up over editing, so I have to be careful.

As you can see, I added more color to the image, particularly the skin tones. I also warmed everything up.

I have been experimenting with introducing some vector based elements in my work, and brought that in through the arrows and spears. This is a theme throughout the illustrations for the book. It is a way to create emphasis, and kind of tone down a little bit of the violence (I want to help the viewer see past the gory details and focus on the themes and messages in the story).

All in all, I am quite happy with how this turned out, and I am looking forward to sharing more images with you. There are about 24 paintings in total for this book, so it will be awhile before they are all finished, and even longer before we get through all of them!

I would love to hear your thoughts on the piece, and if you have any questions about the process drop them down in the comments!

Until the next time,

#publishing illustration #That looks like it hurt #purple skin #illumax #how its made #process #mixed media #illustration education

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theluminoussunflower · 2 years

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If you’d like, could you please write about a typical day of Charlie’s shenanigans at Welton?

(Idk what you pictured him as doing during his free time but I totally see him making friendships/alliances with some of the staff and causing light-hearted mischief)

anon my beloved <3 it would be my honor to write about mr dalton, just for you <3

let's break this down bit by bit

first of all, he wakes up like thirty minutes before his first class, every day without fail

he gets dressed, grabs a small breakfast from the dining hall, and is in his classroom for the first period

i've got a whole post about him as a teacher, but i have other ideas that i'm now going to divulge

he doesn't like intimidating his students during tests, so he'll step out on those days

(don't worry, he leaves a fink in charge in case cheating takes place,

not that he'd get super upset, it would mean he didn't prepare the student enough and they would go over the content again, and then retake the test,

(but if the student cheated again, he'd report it, gotta draw the line somewhere))

ANYWAY

on test days, he goes to bother other teachers' classrooms

mostly todd's at first

he heckles todd during his lessons

like, he'll snore loudly if todd talks too much

or just boo him

"i thought poetry was supposed to be exciting!"

"i thought people on wall street who committed light tax fraud were supposed to go to federal prison"

"...wow..."

eventually, todd has to kick him out so he can get his lessons done

so charlie ventures off to bother the latin class

as they're repeating their verbs, charlie will follow along, but slightly behind and very loudly

"agric—"

"AGRICOLA"

mr harrison kicks him out a lot quicker than todd does

but matthew harrison and charlie get along pretty well

matt is one of the teachers that doesn't have a stick up his ass, but he still follows cameron's rules

for the most part

one time, he and charlie switched classes for the day and cameron never found out

it was a total disaster because

a) charlie doesn't remember any latin from his days at welton and

b) charlie's lesson plans for civics are so incomprehensible that matt couldn't follow them at all

("what does 'amelia will argue about this for at least ten minutes' mean?"

"what does it sound like it means?")

but, as mentioned before, charlie grows to love teaching and to love the kids at welton

luckily, he doesn't have his own "charlie" student

or maybe unluckily

todd would say "kids these days don't want to get expelled"

whatever

once the teaching day is over, charlie will usually go watch the kids at their extracurriculars

particularly, he likes watching the rowing team

he doesn't coach crew, but he sure acts like it sometimes

"don't lean so far back!"

sometimes, he'll sit with todd at soccer practice and reminiscence about the good ole soccer days

"remember when you kicked the soccer ball into the lake and made pittsie run after it?"

"he's the tallest, he'd get the least wet!"

"he's also skin and bone and it was freezing that day, he almost got hypothermia because of you"

"he did not!"

anyway

charlie is very grateful for the staff at welton academy

he likes chatting with the custodial staff

they're incredibly lovely people who deserve more attention

he's definitely one of those teachers who makes kids pick up trash off the floor, just to make custodian's jobs easier

he and cameron, surprisingly, get along better than expected

charlie's students say only good things about him, and they're getting the highest grades out of any class, so that must mean something, right?

but once extracurriculars are over, and students start going to teacher's for homework help, you can usually find charlie either in his classroom helping students or in todd's classroom, lightly bullying todd

"don't listen to what mr anderson says, metre is a state of mind, it's not necessary to understand"

"okay mr dalton, thanks for your insight"

but study time in mr dalton's room is great

sometimes a lot of work gets done, sometimes he needs to catch up on the latest gossip and/or hear the students complain about other teachers

like, if someone complains about mr anderson, charlie's usually defensive

"you're lucky to have a teacher like him, he's just pushing ya cause he loves ya"

but if someone complains about mr orland from the math hall, charlie is all in

"he said you were WHAT? oh my god! that crusty old bastard!"

what happens in mr dalton's room stays in mr dalton's room <3

every now and then, charlie will take time to call his kids

haha remember when i set that up and then never brought it back around i'm a creative writing major <3

charlotte, being the baby of the family, calls her dad the most often

she teases him about his teaching at welton

"i'd rather tell my friends you're doing community service than teaching at welton academy"

"your support means the world to me, i love you charlotte"

virginia is wedding planning with her fiance

she doesn't take her father's advice because she "doesn't want to jinx her marriage"

and it's like, yeah charlie's been married three times, but a blue color scheme during the summer? girl...

john is in the process of moving from darmouth to brown to start his phd program

he's gonna be a meteorologist!

which is not the study of meteors, as charlie learned very quickly

anyway

he calls his children and then grabs todd to go to dinner

welton food is better than when they attended, but it's still not great

and they work so hard to teach the Future of America so they deserve to go out to dinner

that's what charlie says anyway

much like his school days, charlie almost always leaves any work he has to do until the last minute

any homework he has to grade, any lesson plans to draw up

that happens at ten pm, every night

his light is always the last one to go out

he either has the self-control to do it himself, or todd will go down there and do it himself

"it is three am, please go the fuck to sleep"

it's probably why charlie gets up thirty minutes before class

he doesn't want to spend all his time """grading homework""" or whatever todd does all afternoon

he wants to connect with the kiddos

he wants them to like him

and they do

he just never hears the kids say "mr dalton would never assign us forty practice problems, he's better than that"

or "mr dalton actually likes talking to me, so yeah, he's my favorite teacher"

what else?

sometimes he'll go bug cameron when neither of them is busy

he doesn't want cameron to feel left out <3

so sometimes between class periods, he'll knock on cameron's door just to say hi

(he won't interrupt parent meetings or phone calls, he's not a monster)

but he'll just like, "hi cameron 😁"

"hi charlie, can i do something for you?"

"nope, just here to tell you that i love ya"

"okay"

"... i'm not leaving until you say it back"

"i love you too charlie"

and charlie leaves with a big smile

not shutting the door when he leaves

i hope you liked this, anon! <3 ily

taglist:

@chloe-octavia @aedan-mills @regina-della-poesia @justarandompjofan @sapphicnoel @iguanamuppet @finding-an-angle @srj901 @boy-wonder-oncologist-fan @tuskofthyme @nothing-gonna-wake-me-now @fumbleface @deadswiftiesociety @spaced-out-state @vanitysanity

#dps 2: electric boogaloo #dead poets society #charlie dalton #we got a charlie centric one today folks!

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one-piece-dumpster-fire · 4 years

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Masterlist for my writing- 2019 (aka THE WHOPPER)

This one took forever to make, so I desperately hope that every link works!!!

Enjoy<3

Ace

‘Ace doesn’t die’ AU where his crush tackles him down and tearfully confesses to him on the battlefield- scenario

Ace reuniting with his pirate!s/o- headcanon

what Ace’s evening/night routine with you is like- headcanon

University!AU where you get down and dirty with Ace at a frat party- NSFW headcanon

Ace comforting his upset!s/o- scenario

Ace with a s/o who has a panic attack during sex- (somewhat) NSFW headcanon

Ace’s reaction to his crush climbing into bed with him- headcanon

is Ace a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- B E F G I

NSFW Alphabet- D J K W

Fluff Alphabet- A C E

Fluff Alphabet- D J M

Akainu

Akainu raising a little girl- headcanon

Tsundere!Akainu headcanon

Akainu falling in love with a pirate- scenario

Bartolomeo

cuddling headcanon

Barto’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Fluff Alphabet- K L O

Basil Hawkins

NSFW Alphabet- D M

Hawkins’ reaction to his girlriend showing him the ‘how is pregnant formed?’ video- modern!headcanon

Hawkins’ reaction to the World Government capturing and executing you after they spread some nasty rumors- headcanon

Hawkins with a muscular!s/o- headcanon

Hawkins with a male!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Hawkins getting a blowjob from his usually quiet and shy!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Benn Beckman

General NSFW headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- M Q S

Bellamy

Bellamy’s reaction to his girlriend showing him the ‘how is pregnant formed?’ video- modern!headcanon

Big Mom

Highschool AU- headcanon

how the Charlottes would deal with an amnesiac O-Lin- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- H K T U (for young!Linlin)

Blue Gilly

Blue Gilly finding out you’re pregnant- headcanon

Boa Sandersonia

General Relationship headcanon

Brook

Brook with a short s/o- headcanon

cuddling headcanon

Brook with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

some fluff headcanon

Brook with a pregnant!s/o- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- D M W

NSFW Alphabet- A C D F I (REMASTERED)

NSFW Alphabet- G J K P S

NSFW Alphabet- U V X Y Z

SFW Alphabet- C D J

Buggy D. Clown

Buggy with a crush on someone shy and younger- headcanon

General NSFW headcanon

Caesar Clown

Caesar’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Charlotte Amande

General SFW and NSFW headcanon

Amande with a male!s/o who has a Master/Slave kink- NSFW headcanon

Charlotte Broyé

Little Katakuri and Broyé visiting Brûlée at the hospital, shortly after she got her scar- scenario

AU where Brûlée dies and her sister Broyé takes her place- scenario

how Broye would act around Brûlée’s children- headcanon

Charlotte Brûlée

Highschool AU- headcanon

Little Katakuri and Broyé visiting Brûlée at the hospital, shortly after she got her scar- scenario

AU where Brûlée dies and her sister Broyé takes her place- scenario

how Broye would act around Brûlée’s children- headcanon

Charlotte Cracker

Cracker with a short s/o- headcanon

Yandere!Cracker headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

cuddling headcanon

what Cracker, Angel and Custard were like as children- headcanon

what kind of clothes Cracker would like to see his s/o in- headcanon

Cracker’s reaction to his smaller s/o hiding behind his back- headcanon

Cracker finding his (small) girlfriend trying on his clothes and pretending to be him- headcanon

Cracker meeting his biological father- headcanon

Cracker meeting Nojiko(CRACK)- headcanon

Cracker finding out you self-harm headcanon (trigger warning!)

Cracker’s reaction when you slap his ass(CRACK)- headcanon

Cracker’s reaction to you getting blinded by an enemy- headcanon

cockwarming with Cracker- NSFW headcanon

Cracker’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Cracker masturbating for you- NSFW scenario

what Cracker would be like as father- headcanon

Cracker’s reaction to the World Government capturing and executing you after they spread some nasty rumors- headcanon

Cracker meeting his biological father pt. 2- headcanon

Cracker’s sexuality- small headcanon

is Cracker a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- H

Charlotte Daifuku

General Relationship headcanon

Fluff Alphabet- C G P

Charlotte Katakuri

Katakuri with a normal-sized s/o- SFW and NSFW headcanon

Highschool AU- headcanon

Katakuri with a younger s/o who likes older men- headcanon

Yandere!Katakuri headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Little Katakuri and Broyé visiting Brûlée at the hospital, shortly after she got her scar- scenario

Katakuri with a badass s/o- headcanon

Katakuri with an introverted s/o- SFW and NSFW headcanon

Katakuri spending Valentine’s Day with his s/o- SFW and NSFW headcanon

Katakuri’s reaction whe his s/o (who usually can’t cook) makes donuts for him- headcanon

Katakuri’s reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

what kind of clothes Katakuri would like to see his s/o in- headcanon

Katakuri being in love with a maid/chef- scenario

Katakuri meeting his biological father- headcanon

Katakuri finding out you self-harm headcanon (trigger warning!)

Katakuri’s reaction when you slap his ass(CRACK)- headcanon

getting sexy in the bathroom with Katakuri- NSFW headcanon

Katakuri with a little sister who loves him as well as horror-related stuff- headcanon

Katakuri’s reaction when his little sister says she wants to date Luffy- headcanon

Katakuri with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Katakuri’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

is Katakuri a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Katakuri being jealous- headcanon

Katakuri’s reaction to his girlriend showing him the ‘how is pregnant formed?’ video- modern!headcanon

Katakuri masturbating for you- NSFW scenario

what Katakuri would be like as father- headcanon

Katakuri’s life after Brûlée’s death AU- scenario

Katakuri’s reaction to the World Government capturing and executing you after they spread some nasty rumors- headcanon

Katakuri struggling to ask out his shy!crush- scenario

Katakuri meeting his biological father pt. 2- headcanon

Katakuri dealing with his siblings who bully his s/o- headcanon

Katakuri’s sexuality- small headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- K N

NSFW Alphabet- U V W

NSFW Alphabet- D I E K Y (REMASTERED)

NSFW Alphabet- C H X

Fluff Alphabet- A E S

Charlotte Mont-d’Or

Mont-d’Or’s reaction when someone burns books infront of him- headcanon

how Mont-d’Or feels about romance novels- headcanon

Mont-d’Or’s reaction to you falling asleep in his lap while he reads you a story- headcanon

General NSFW headcanon

Charlotte Oven

what kind of clothes Oven would like to see his s/o in- headcanon

General Relationship headcanon

what Oven would be like as father- headcanon

Charlotte Perospero

Yandere!Perospero headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

General NSFW headcanon

Perospero with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- A I L U

Charlotte Raisin

General SFW and NSFW headcanon

Charlotte Smoothie

what kind of clothes Smoothie would like to see her s/o in- headcanon

Smoothie meeting her biological father- headcanon

Smoothie finding out you self-harm headcanon (trigger warning!)

Smoothie meeting her biological father pt. 2- headcanon

Smoothie’s sexuality- small headcanon

Charlotte Snack

Snack falling in love with his enemy- headcanon

Coby

reaction to accidentally hurting his s/o during a battle- headcanon

‘Daddy’ and Carol Masterson

General headcanon

Dalton

Dalton’s reaction to his smaller s/o hiding behind his back- headcanon

Donquixote Doflamingo

Doflamingo falling in love with his favorite ‘girl’ headcanon

Dofla’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Fluff Alphabet- D O

Fluff Alphabet- Z U

Donquixote Rocinante//Corazon

General NSFW headcanon

Corazon catching you while you’re about to commit suicide- headcanon (trigger warning!)

Corazon’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- A C M S

Fluff Alphabet- C L Z

Dracule Mihawk

Mihawk with a blind!dandere!s/o- SFW and NSFW headcanon

General SFW and NSFW headcanon

Mihawk teaching his wife how to use a sword- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- A I X

NSFW Alphabet- B C D F K

Eustass Kid

Kid crushing on a dandere- headcanon

Kid’s reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

Kid finding out that his girlfriend is pregnant... while he’s in prison- headcanon

Kid’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Kid needing to be restrained during sex- NSFW headcanon

Kid with a botanist!s/o- headcanon

Kid catching you while you’re about to commit suicide- headcanon (trigger warning!)

getting sexy in the bathroom with Kid- NSFW headcanon

Kid’s reaction when his little sister tells him she wants to date Luffy- headcanon

what Kid’s evening/night routine with you is like- headcanon

Kid’s reaction to an s/o who looks like a total cupcake but has the mouth of a raunchy old sailor- headcanon

Kid ‘helping’ you with your studies (gone sexual)- NSFW scenario

Kid’s reaction to his girlriend showing him the ‘how is pregnant formed?’ video- modern!headcanon

Kid’s reaction to you getting hurt because you tried to save him- headcanon

is Kid a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Kid opening up to you- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- D J O W X

NSFW Alphabet- C G

NSFW Alphabet- A B M

NSFW Alphabet- I K

Franky

Franky fighting with his s/o- headcanon

Fukaboshi

NSFW Alphabet- A B C S

Gecko Moria

kissing headcanon

cuddling headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- A C D F I

NSFW Alphabet- G J K P S

NSFW Alphabet- U V X Y Z

Ideo

Ideo finding out you’re pregnant- headcanon

Jabura

General headcanon

Fluff Alphabet- E K Y

Jinbei

Jinbei’s reaction to getting romantically pursued- headcanon

Jinbei’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Kaku

General NSFW headcanon

Kaku fighting with his s/o- headcanon

Killer

Killer’s reaction to the World Government capturing and executing you after they spread some nasty rumors- headcanon

Killer with a muscular!s/o- headcanon

Movie Night with Killer- headcanon

Killer’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Killer accidentally revealing his laugh during a date with you- Oneshot

is Killer a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Christmas with Killer- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- D E F Y Z

Fluff Alphabet- N L Y

Fluff Alphabet- G W

King

King stealing you away- in a Hades/Persephone fashion- headcanon

Kizaru

Kizaru dealing with a younger and affectionate marine girl- headcanon

Marco the Phoenix

SFW and NSFW headcanon

Marco with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

getting sexy in the bathroom with Marco- NSFW headcanon

Marco’s reaction whe you’re on your period- headcanon

Marco’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Marco with a s/o who’s also a Division Commander- SFW and NSFW headcanon

Marco with an empath!s/o- headcanon

Marco pissing off a witch, getting an ‘impotence’ spell cast on him as result, and coming to his s/o (another witch) for help- headcanon

is Marco a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Marco ‘helping’ you with your studies (gone sexual)- NSFW scenario

Marco with his newborn daughter- headcanon

Marco falling in love with a former Celestial Dragon slave- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- C E F O X

Fluff Alphabet- K N P

Mister 3

NSFW Alphabet- E F I M Y

Momonga

NSFW Alphabet- E F I M

Monkey D. Luffy

what qualities he would look for in a potential s/o- headcanon

reaction to accidentally hurting his s/o during a battle- headcanon

depressing scenario where the young chemist of the Strawhats messes up an experiment and gets terribly injured as a result

Luffy tells the ‘ugly barnacle story’- headcanon

The Strawhats’ reaction to finding out that you’re dating Law(CRACK)

Yandere!Luffy headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

NSFW Alphabet- C O

NSFW Alphabet- B D G L U

Nami

Nami using toys on her girlfriend for the first time- NSFW scenario

Nefertari Vivi

General Relationship headcanon

Page One

Page One falling for a member of the Strawhats who ate a Snow Leopard Devil Fruit- headcanon

Penguin

Fluff Alphabet- E G Y

Fluff Alphabet- P W X

Rob Lucci

General NSFW headcanon

is Lucci a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Lucci’s reaction to the World Government capturing and executing you after they spread some nasty rumors- headcanon

Roronoa Zoro

what qualities he would look for in a potential s/o- headcanon

Zoro’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Zoro’s reaction when you ask him to ‘make love’ to you for the first time- slightly NSFW headcanon

Zoro with a chubby, usually introverted s/o who has a secret adventurous side- headcanon

Zoro reuniting with his pirate!s/o- headcanon

Zoro working out with his s/o- headcanon

Zoro’s reaction to an s/o who looks like a total cupcake but has the mouth of a raunchy old sailor- headcanon

Yandere!Zoro headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Zoro reuniting with his s/o on Zou- NSFW scenario

Zoro’s reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- D T X

NSFW Alphabet- S

NSFW Alphabet- B C O W

NSFW Alphabet- U Y

Sabo

is Sabo a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Sabo fighting his s/o- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- C D F W X

Fluff Alphabet- D N R

Fluff Alphabet- B E O

Sanji

what qualities he would look for in a potential s/o- headcanon

Sanji taking his babies to his mother’s grave- scenario

Sanji making up with his s/o after a fight- NSFW headcanon

Sanji with a super horny/kinky s/o- headcanon

Sanji finding out that his s/o is secretly making food for little animals- headcanon

Sanji finding out about your abusive family- headcanon

Sanji’s reaction when you ask him to ‘make love’ to you for the first time- slightly NSFW headcanon

Sanji cooking with his s/o- headcanon

some fluff headcanon

Sanji’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Yandere!Sanji headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Sanji with his newborn daughter- headcanon

Sanji with a s/o who has a panic attack during sex- (somewhat) NSFW headcanon

Sanji’s reaction to his s/o being the child of a former enemy- headcanon

what kind of sugardaddy Sanji would be- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- E N

NSFW Alphabet- C O

Scratchman Apoo

Apoo with a short s/o- headcanon

cuddling headcanon

Apoo with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Apoo with a muscular!s/o- headcanon

Apoo with a male!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Shanks

NSFW headcanon

Shanks’ reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

Shanks’ reaction to not being able to get an erection- headcanon

Shanks with a s/o who is his polar opposite- SFW and NSFW headcanon

Sanks’ reaction when you ask him to ‘make love’ to you for the first time- slightly NSFW headcanon

getting sexy in the bathroom with Shanks- NSFW headcanon

Shanks with a blind!dandere!s/o- headcanon

Shanks’ reaction when his little sister tells him she wants to date Luffy- headcanon

what Shanks’ evening/night routine with you is like- headcanon

some fluff headcanon

Shanks with a crush on someone shy and younger- headcanon

Shanks with a traumatized muslim!girlfriend- headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

NSFW Alphabet- C X I V Y

Fluff Alphabet- A J K

Silvers Rayleigh

General SFW and NSFW headcanon

Rayleigh with a crush on someone shy and younger- headcanon

Sir Crocodile

NSFW Alphabet- J D C S

NSFW Alphabet- V M I E

NSFW Alphabet- G

Fluff Alphabet- F J M

Fluff Alphabet- K Y

Fluff Alphabet- R L

Fluff Alphabet- W

Fluff Alphabet- another W

Smoker

SFW and NSFW headcanon

what kind of sugardaddy Smoker would be- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- D J O W X

Fluff Alphabet- J L U

Spandam

General NSFW headcanon

Spandam falling for a gold digger- headcanon

Spandam getting dumped headcanon

T-Bone

General headcanon

Thatch

Thatch helping a new member of the Whitebeard Pirates who is also a germaphobe- headcanon

is Thatch a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Thatch teaching you how to cook- headcanon

Fluff Alphabet- C J Y

Tony Tony Chopper

Chopper meeting a girl that also studies medicine and ate a Raccoon Devil Fruit- headcanon

Trafalgar Law

Law’s girlfriend protecting him from Doflamingo- scenario

Law’s reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

Law’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- headcanon

Law having a huge crush on you- headcanon

Law needing to be restrained during sex- NSFW headcanon

getting sexy in the bathroom with Law- NSFW headcanon

Law’s reaction when his little sister tells him she wants to date Luffy- headcanon

Law with a virgin!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Law pissing off a witch, getting an ‘impotence’ spell cast on him as result, and coming to his s/o (another witch) for help- headcanon

is Law a breast, leg, or ass man?- small headcanon

Law’s reaction to an s/o who looks like a total cupcake but has the mouth of a raunchy old sailor- headcanon

Law ‘helping’ you with your studies (gone sexual)- NSFW scenario

Law’s reaction to his girlriend showing him the ‘how is pregnant formed?’ video- modern!headcanon

Law getting turned on and touching his s/o while she’s asleep- NSFW scenario (possible trigger warning!)

The Strawhats’ reaction to finding out that you’re dating Law(CRACK)

what kind of sugardaddy Law would be- headcanon

Law getting his dick stolen by his s/o(literally)... and he’s not having it- NSFW scenario

Yandere!Law headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

NSFW Alphabet- K I D

NSFW Alphabet- A B E

NSFW Alphabet- C S W X

Fluff Alphabet- I O Q

Fluff Alphabet- T V W

Usopp

Usopp with a girlfriend that loves danger- headcanon

Usopp's reaction to his s/o being the child of a former enemy- headcanon

Vinsmoke Ichiji

Ichiji with a short s/o- headcanon

Ichiji finding out that his s/o is secretly making food for little animals- headcanon

‘fluffy’ headcanon

Yandere!Ichiji headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Ichiji finding out about your abusive family- headcanon

Ichiji’s reaction to you getting kidnapped and tortured- headcanon

Ichiji with a sexy and cuddly s/o- headcanon

Ichiji’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Ichiji with a chubby!s/o who is rather insecure about it- headcanon

Ichiji’s s/o confronting him about what he did to Sanji- headcanon

Vinsmoke Niji

Niji with a short s/o- headcanon

Niji finding out that his s/o is secretly making food for little animals- headcanon

Yandere!Niji headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Niji finding out about your abusive family- headcanon

Niji’s reaction to you getting kidnapped and tortured- headcanon

Niji with a sexy and cuddly s/o- headcanon

Niji’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Niji with a chubby!s/o who is rather insecure about it- headcanon

Niji’s s/o confronting him about what he did to Sanji- headcanon

how Niji behaves around his ‘crush’- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- B F L M Y

Vinsmoke Reiju

Fluff Alphabet- I L X

Vinsmoke Yonji

Yonji with a short s/o- headcanon

Yonji finding out that his s/o is secretly making food for little animals- headcanon

Yandere!Yonji headcanon (possible trigger warning!)

Yonji finding out about your abusive family- headcanon

Yonji with a chubby, usually introverted s/o who has a secret adventurous side- headcanon

Yonji’s reaction to you getting kidnapped and tortured- headcanon

Yonji with a chubby!s/o who is rather insecure about it- headcanon

Yonji’s s/o confronting him about what he did to Sanji- headcanon

Vito

fluff headcanon

General NSFW headcanon

X Drake

General NSFW headcanon

Drake with a male!s/o- NSFW headcanon

Drake’s reaction to not being able to get an erection- NSFW headcanon

Drake’s reaction when you’re on your period- headcanon

NSFW Alphabet- B I M

NSFW Alphabet- A C J V X

NSFW Alphabet- D S

NSFW Alphabet- F K Y

~~~~

BONUS:

Crachelle Stuff (lol)

“Be my Sweetheart”- (CRACK) scenario

jealous!Cracker demanding attention- scenario

being naughty in the bathtub- small scenario(kinda crack)

selfship game

kink list

our babies<3

my relationship with Angel + Custard (a quick summary)

Nutcracker!AU

‘pass the salt daddy’

my thoughts on Mama xD

a vampire!AU

touching,,, scars

Happy Birthday Cracker<3

commission- the whole family ;^;

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simonsrosebud · 3 years

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Imagine how much of a wreck Morgan’s parents are when she goes on her first date

morgan has a resting bitch face, just like kevin. and people at school know exactly who she is, and who her father is. morgan kayleigh day is a force to be reckoned with.

especially on the court.

and one weekend when kevin is free, he and neil get talked into going to the court- her high school, that is, to do some drills. some raven turned fox drills.

except kevin and neil have a habit of calling out in french to one another, and since morgan grew up learning both english and french she easily falls into that when practicing with them.

despite her easy talent with the sport, she’s always had the advantage of the majority of her family, on kevin’s side at least, being involved with exy.

it’s when she’s locking the court doors afterwards that she catches a kid sitting in the stands.

she stops. “were you here the whole time?”

he looks up, and it’s one of the kids from her team, josh. “no, just towards the end.” he shuts his notebook. “sorry, i wasn’t spying or anything, i just... i don’t like studying at the library.”

for midterms, he must mean.

“you’re weird.” but morgan smiles and wipes her face. “you can join next time, if you want. they’re both strikers.”

josh smiles, and shrugs. “i dunno. that’s like asking a three year old to cook for gordon ramsey.”

jesus, he’s a dork.

“who cares? the point in practicing is to get better, anyway.” she starts for the gym doors. “i’ll be here next week at noon.”

she is, and josh comes again, but only watches while he does some homework and takes notes. mainly on neil.

and two weekends after that, he’s geared up on the court by the time morgan rolls in with her father and uncle behind her. and today, andrew’s with them.

josh’s face goes white until he sees andrew retreat to the stands instead of the court.

“you’re playing with us.” morgan sounds surprised. she kind of is. josh is quiet, and shy, both of which her family is not. she didn’t ever expect him to actually join them.

he just shrugs. “if i do bad then i was never here.”

“deal.”

josh doesn’t do terrible. he gets lots of criticism from kevin, not too much from neil. but that’s because he plays more like neil, heart over head.

but josh also sucks up every ounce of help and suggestions and tips offered and puts them to use with ease. he doesn’t waste time with the switch from how he played to how kevin is telling him to play instead.

“you play like josten.”

josh pauses. “really?”

“how he played when i recruited him in high school,” he corrects. “you play like like it’s the last time you’ll play.”

he impresses their coach enough to let him start a game and play it fully halfway like the seniors all tend to do.

the game is on friday, but he’s right there with morgan and her dad on saturday. it’s a lot of one on one while kevin “coaches” from the side.

morgan invites josh over on sunday. they play table tennis in her basement while they talk about random things.

and then they start getting together more often.

and josh gets more playing time, which morgan likes, because he’s a reliable player and isn’t afraid to call for help when his mark is too much. morgan’s seniors don’t do that and it infuriates her because then it’s her fault for not dropping her mark and helping out.

plus, josh calls “get them off” in fast french that morgan taught him, so his mark never sees her coming as a result. it’s helped the team more than they realize.

and then josh starts getting invited over for lunch after going to the court. he meets dalton, who grips his hand a bit hard when he shakes it because this is the kid that’s been making my daughter smile at her phone so often?

and then morgan goes to josh’s for dinner one time.

and at the winter banquet once the high school season is over, morgan sees josh standing outside after one of the guys comes in.

“bored?”

he’s startled. “you too?”

“nah.” she shrugs. “just saw you out here.”

he turns, and his smile returns for a second. “are you cold?”

“oh, no, it’s fine.”

“come on, morgs.” he tosses his jacket to her. and when she puts it on she joins him to lean against the balcony railing.

“how come they spend so much on a banquet we could’ve had in the gym?”

josh laughs. “the aesthetic.”

morgan laughs, and knocks shoulders with him. “i’m glad you liked to study at the court,” she says.

he smiles, and she’s smiling at him, and he just… he kisses her. cause it’s quiet and it’s just them, hiding from everyone else. and because he knows he’s a year younger than her but he likes her so much.

but morgan’s so shocked by it that when he pulls away she pauses.

the look on her face makes josh regrets it. he flees.

morgan doesn’t go back inside for a while, but when she does josh is gone, and she can’t really leave the banquet because she’s a senior and a captain, but when she gets in her car afterwards she leans her head against the wheel.

she drives to josh’s house.

josh lives with his aunt and uncle because his mother died a few years back and his father is in prison. his aunt answers the door.

fuck. i should’ve thought this out. “hi, i’m morgan, i’m on josh’s exy team, is he home?” she asks. “he left his jacket at the banquet.”

“oh! thank you.” she takes the jacket, and morgan panics when it seems like their business is finished.

“can i talk to josh?”

the aunt nods and calls his name, and when josh comes up behind her he ushers her away. he steps outside and closes the door behind him. “hey.”

“hey, sorry for freezing up earlier-“

“no, you did nothing wrong. i shouldn’t have kissed you.“

morgan’s mouth fishes open a little as he rambles on. “you can,” she says. “kiss me again... if you want.”

josh stops. what? “do you really want that? we can be friends instead, i can get over it.”

“no, i’m serious.” she frowns. “um, i like you. sorry, i just, i’m not forward with stuff like this, so i never said anything.”

josh smiles, and when he doesn’t make a move, morgan steps forward and kisses him instead. just a small one. short and sweet.

but josh slides a hand to her waist and chases after her mouth to pull her back in.

“will you go out with me?”

it’s morgan that asks, faces close and hearts pounding. it takes josh by surprise, a bit. she can tell, but he rallies and doesn’t let it bruise his ego that the girl asked the guy out. he actually likes it, thinks it’s nice.

“yeah, can i take you out?”

“like... on a date?”

“what else would you expect?”

“i don’t know.” she shrugs. “just never been on a date before.”

josh takes her out the next day, saturday. and because morgan doesn’t want her dads making a big deal, she only tells them an hour before she gets picked up. “i’m going on a date.”

kevin coughs on his drink, but dalton looks delightfully surprised. “with who?”

morgan shuffles her foot. “josh?”

kevin wipes his mouth. “on your team? the one we know? that one?”

“don’t make a big deal out of it. if you act weird then i’m not going.”

kevin shuts his mouth. he looks at dalton when she continues down the hall. “she’s going on a date?!”

“that’s what she says.” dalton sits next to him on the couch. “you’re freaking out,” he mumbles and kisses him.

“yeah, within reason though, right? our daughter is going on a date.”

okay. dalton sighs. “kev, not to alarm you, but there’s also a good chance she’s kissed a boy by now, too. she’s seventeen.”

kevin frowns. “going on a date is different.”

dalton raises a brow, but ultimately kisses his cheek before getting up to go to the kitchen.

kevin is the one who answers the door to josh, who looks startled for a second before schooling his expression. “hi, kevin.” he doesn’t know whether he should call him mr. day like he did when he first met him, but once he became a regular with practicing with him and morgan on the weekends, kevin told him to ditch the mr. day.

“hey, josh. you’re here for morgan?”

dalton texts morgan that josh is here. for josh’s sake.

“yes, sir.”

kevin nods. “i like you, josh. don’t fuck that up, yeah?”

“absolutely. i-i won’t, i promise.”

morgan slides past kevin and kisses his cheek before spitting quick russian. “leave him alone, dad. we’re heading out, love you.”

“bye josh!” dalton calls with a smile from the hall. morgan is pulling him by the arm, though, so he just waves.

“have her home by eleven!” kevin says. and in french, “be safe, don’t do anything stupid!”

“bye, dad!”

dalton shuts the door. “she’s fine. they’ve hung out before.”

“yeah,” kevin’s pouty. he follows dalton up to their room. “but that’s still my baby.”

#kevin day #bisexual kevin day #the one where someone doesn’t know who kevin day is #OC: dalton miller #dalton miller #kevin day x dalton miller #exy #aftg #all for the game #the foxes #the foxhole court #palmetto state university #palmetto state foxes #morgan day #dad kevin #kalton #neil josten #andrew minyard

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theparanormalperiodical · 3 years

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The Real Story Behind Insidious (2010) And The 5 WEIRDEST Stories Of Astral Projection You Need To Know About feat. The Cold War

It's one of those horror films that just gets it right.

Yes, it wears all the trademarks of overworked tropes, and sure, it has yet to shed its transphobic skin. But the beast that emerged from James Wan's mind and slithered onto the cinema screen recaptured timeless traditions with a new sense of terror.

And yet somehow the rosy cheeks of the Lipstick-Faced Demon gleaming in his various jump scares aren't the scariest thing about this film.

You see, most of the horror movies that manage to scar me for life are allegedly based on real stories - James Wan (who also directed The Conjuring franchise) is no stranger to fleshing out his dark ideas with even more twisted truths. So it was only recently when I discovered how accurate Insidious (2010) was to real paranormal phenomena that young Dalton's venture into the Further became far more terrifying.

And I need to tell someone about it. From the supernatural to the Soviet Union, Insidious is grounded in far more than rumours of a haunted house.

Insidious is based on real historic events and real experiences.

The first installment of one of horror’s most famous franchises, Insidious is already celebrating its 10th birthday. In fact, that’s how old Dalton was when he fell into a mysterious coma - and then stumbled into purgatory.

Instead of having anxiety dreams about not studying for the french exam like the rest of us, Dalton is falling asleep, separating his soul from his body, and having a gander ‘round an astral realm (like heaven or hell) called The Further. The Further is crammed full of dead people and they all want to possess the fresh young body that basically walked into the wrong room.

The first 2 films follow Dalton and his family as they navigate the all-American struggle of being followed by endless paranormal activity and various family members being stuck in purgatory.

After strange occurrences follow the family from house-to-house (which only seems to extend as far as hot-topic-goth-demons standing by the beds of Dalton and his younger siblings) a local psychic is summoned to figure out what in the f*ck is going on. Elise uses her spidey senses to determine that yep, there’s a demon and no, the house isn’t haunted.

It’s the boy, it’s Dalton.

It then turns out that this ability is hereditary (*piano wire flashback*) and comes from Dalton’s father. Josh actually worked with Elise when he was a kid after his astral projecting resulted in a ‘parasitic spirit’ of an old woman following him the afterlife. Elise therefore sends Daddy-O into The Further to fetch Dalton and bring him home.

Daddy-O does the job, and Dalton returns to his body safely and wakes up. But Daddy-O ain’t Daddy-O. Josh’s body has been possessed by the female spirit that stalks him and his soul is stuck back in The Further. The next film follows up on this plot twist and deepens our exploration into the capabilities of astral projection - namely the potential for time travel. But Insidious 2: Papa Don’t Preach mainly revolves around the backstory of the female spirit that possesses Josh.

[INSERT TRANSPHOBIA]

I’ve already dissected what Hollywood Horror gets wrong with transphobia. But I’ve yet to tumble into the world of astral projection - a world full of proof of the paranormal and political chaos, too. Dalton and his daddy issues are only the tip of the iceberg.

What Is Astral Projection?

Astral projection is an intentional out of body experience and is practised by those that follow esotericism (a religion which combines loads of different Western religious ideas) but it is present in many different belief systems. During projection the soul separates from the physical body.

The soul, or the astral body, is a body of light that links the rational soul to the physical body and is considered to be a silvery spine-like ‘cord’. The astral body travels to different astral planes which can be populated by all types of entities including angels, demons, and dead people. The Further represents one of these astral planes.

Each culture and each religion has a different take on projection, for example the Japanese believe those who are ill or comatose - like dear Dalton - are more prone to astral projection.

In Insidious we also see astral projection take a number of forms: there’s obviously the travel to different planes like The Further, but we see time travel, too. This chimes in with the different schools of thought regarding astral travel.

The history of this practice dates back to the Roman Empire, but only in the 18th century did discussion of astral projection take place when Emanuel Swedenborg wrote about his own out of body experiences. Interest in projection increased throughout the 20th century with many notable historic figures claiming they’ve ventured into other realms including noted American activist Helen Keller (she claimed she astral projected to Athens):

"I have been far away all this time, and I haven't left the room...It was clear to me that it was because I was a spirit that I had so vividly 'seen' and felt a place a thousand miles away. Space was nothing to spirit!"

Aside from being practised by historic figures, it took centre stage in a historic era, too. It was during the Cold War that the study and practice of projection took off and it became a political weapon. Beyond the cultural war, however, was a plethora of evidence suggesting the events we see in Insidious might be all too real.

The Soviet Union & The Supernatural

Unclassified CIA documents are a staple amongst paranormal enthusiasts, especially those who have a habit of following mysterious lights in the sky. A top secret memo from 1974, proposed an experiment where Patrick Price, a former police officer, would use astral projection to gain information regarding a Soviet installation in the Ural Mountains. They wanted entry and exit points, they wanted floor plans, and they wanted operations details. This was a covert operation that used paranormal capabilities already being tested and trialled by their communist rivals.

In the 1970s the Cold War took a different turn: thanks to Soviet research into ordinary people’s supernatural abilities including astral projection, American intelligence agencies sought to do the same. Just as the atomic bomb was being built, scientists Seymon and Valentina Kirlian were developing technology that could capture one’s aura in a photograph. They were investigating energy fields, trying to mentally influence animal behaviour, and practicing telepathic communication.

Yogis and masters of ancient magic were even brought in in an attempt to harness the potential of paranormal forces.

“the major impetus behind the Soviet drive to harness the possible capabilities of telepathic communication, telekinetics, and bionics is said to come from the Soviet military and the KGB”

A Defense Intelligence Agency report

Throughout the 1960s a surge in parapsychological research centres took place as ordered by a Kremlin edict. As per the Cold War, the US swiftly did the same.

But it was when the US caught wind experiments using bioplasma they grew concerned. Bioplasmic connectors to human beings echoed claims of the silver cord which - as mentioned previously - was a key part of astral projection.

A Soviet agent could travel across realms, eras, and countries in spirit-form and be going through American filing cabinets. The Americans needed to make astral projection a weapon of their own. Dr Eugene Bernard was one of the many doctors who would pioneer research into projection and sought people willing to travel to these distant realms.

Bernard was quickly caught up with the Soviet-supernatural-situ which included theories of an army of psychic spies.

Soon dozens of recruits would practice astral projection and recount their experiences including a woman called Beverly Chalker: she travelled in spirit from Dallas to a house in New Jersey and described in detail the things she saw. She saw a man asleep with a book on the floor, describing his pyjamas and the decor of the room. The team investigating her astral projection verified her claims.

She was right.

Similar stories soon leaked to the public and many ordinary Americans began to try their hand at exploring spiritual realms. Books, articles, and even a set of infamous tapes released in 1973 claimed to reveal how one could separate their soul from their body.

It used a rhythmic ticking noise to hypnotise those seeking new paranormal abilities - something we hear throughout Insidious. The tapes would be used by one Robert Antoszczyk, an infamous practitioner of projection who would mysteriously die in during a session. 6 weeks later, Patrick Price died, too. We will talk about Antoszczyk later.

Even security in the White House was allegedly amped up over reports the Russians were looking into giving their astral soldiers physical strength so they could become assassins. Interest in projection soon grew out of control, and by the 1980s the surge in serial killers was pinned on a vast number of them practicing it in prison.

(Many followed a range of extremist religious beliefs - practicing astral projection doesn’t make you a serial killer.)

Concerns also claimed some projectors could become ‘zombies’ if the soul got lost, just like Dalton was in Insidious. In fact, one practitioner demarcated several zones of astral travel with Zone C being the limbo where souls were trapped. According to some, The Further was real.

And Robert Antoszczyk was stuck there.

5 Craziest Stories & Accounts Of Astral Projection

#1 - Robert Antoszczyk

Antoszczyk was one of the many Americans swept by the incoming tide of astral projection. He had been taught the practice by a yogi whilst in India, but unlike many other Americans who tumbled into amateur projection, he delved in head-first.

He then began to have dreams about a beautiful woman. Her exotic looks and compelling voice was calling to him from a different realm and he wanted to follow it.

On the 1st of June 1975, he told his roommate not to disturb him. He went into his bedroom, locked the door, and followed the method of astral projection as explained by those tapes released in 1973.

3 days passed. His roommate grew concerned. He broke down the door to discover that Robert was dead. His seemingly healthy roommate was lying on his bed and smiling. There was no signs of a struggle or a seizure or any other cause of death.

Medical experts could offer no answer as to how he died. A local astrologer, however, claimed the answer was obvious: he simply decided not to return to his body. His death would be blamed on his astral projection and it would make headlines across the states.

But some alleged that he was not fully at fault - he was drawn in by a beautiful female entity that would call out to many others with her enticing voice. The descriptions of the woman all related to Ammut, an ancient Egyptian female demonness. And according to the Ancient Egyptians, she existed in astral planes and consumed souls of those she came across.

Laverne Landis heard the same voice. It might have killed her, too.

#2 - Laverne Landis

This mother of five was found dead in the woods in Minnesota by a construction worker in winter of 1982. She wasn’t a typical recruit for projection as a nurse working at a local hospital - but she had started hearing a voice.

The voice was from an astral spirit that promised her the power to heal the sick. So she quit her job, abandoned her children, and drove for 6 months with the voice of Ammut as her guide.

The voice grew stronger and she felt the voice vibrating in the wilderness around her. Her psychic group warned her against astral projection, claiming she might get stuck in limbo. She ignored them, and Landis and her boyfriend followed the voice to Loon Lake on a long trail road through the wilderness.

“We’ve got to stay here. They’re going to be in. I know it, I can feel it, they’re almost here.”

After Laverne passed away, probably from starvation or hypothermia, her boyfriend pulled himself through the snow and alerted a local.

Landis also reportedly was very interest in UFOs and was part of a UFO ‘cult’, and might have also gone to the woods to wait for a flying saucer to land. Either way, she was waiting for something out of this world.

#3 - Seton High School

In 1975 an entire class of students in a prep school in Cincinnati attempted astral projection. They were led in an experiment from which they would ‘travel’ home, report back what they saw, and phone calls home would prove travel via spirit was real.

(Unfortunately, this is all I can uncover on this case, but it is still creepy AF.)

#4 - Robert Monroe

Robert Monroe was obsessed with astral projection. He had often practiced it during the 1970s, even becoming angry seeing a man sleeping next to his wife in bed - before realising it was him. He subjected himself to examination at a local hospital by a psychiatrist.

They verified his astral projection put him into a comatose state rather than a sleeping state.

Monroe then spent a huge fortune on an institute in Virginia to specialise in research into projection featuring an isolation chamber to provide optimal circumstances for projection. And on one occasion he even felt a ‘trunk’ in his back during projection, something he believes was the silver cord.

The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command investigated his techniques and used his claims to inform their desire to create an army of astral projectors.

#5 - Cadell Jeansen Raja

What do Charles Manson, Herbert Mullin, and David Berkowitz have in common? Yes, they are some of America’s most infamous serial killers. But they also all studied astral projection with a desire to harness paranormal abilities they believed would provide new tools to accompany their horrific acts.

(I don’t often make mention of serial killers on this blog, but the perplexing and evil acts committed by Cadell Jeansen Raja should be mentioned.)

In 2017, Raja killed each member of his family over several days. He constantly changed the motive for murder to mislead the police, but later admitted he harboured anger against his successful family members and was obsessed by the occult.

He experimented with the separation of the soul from the body and was living in a ‘virtual world’. He then claimed his family members were killed during their own astral projection.

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Welcome OLIVER BRAY to the Dalton Sanctuary as a DOMINANT STAFF. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.

✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Char AGE: (18+ only) TIMEZONE: TRIGGERS: ANYTHING ELSE: (like your fc if it isn’t already canon) Matthew Lewis

✎ IN CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Oliver Bray AGE/BIRTHDAY: (21+ only) 30 GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male he/him SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Dom STAFF/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: Staff SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heteroflexible KINKS: ANTI-KINKS: non-sexual bodily secretions, age play, blood play

✎ BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Oliver Grayson Bray was born November 16, 1990 in Los Angeles as the son of Submissive Darryl Bray and Domme Missy Bray. The home and area Oliver was born into weren’t the best. He grew up not only poor, but as the only child of two (what could only be described as) lowlifes. Both of his parents were addicts, heavily involved in the more unsavory sides of life. His mother, a well-known dealer of just about anything anyone could ever want to get their hands on, and his father, a user of the same, possessed a seemingly never ending supply of money, though they never put it towards anything other than more drugs and scores. Making it to his fifth birthday only by the grace of local babysitters with more than one brain-cell left to rub together, this was the age at which his parents decided Oliver was able to fend for himself. By his sixth birthday, the pair had realized how valuable a child could be to the ‘business’ they were running, and began utilizing him as a runner leaving him to carry product in some of the most dangerous situations one could dream of. Things had always been physical between his parents, yet that physicality was turned on Oliver once he became ‘involved’ in their schemes- he was no longer seen as a child (not that he ever had been), but as an employee. A body. A means to an end. And he was treated as such, in all ways.

Despite all of this, Oliver did the best he could to succeed in the areas he quickly learned really mattered- school, and work. Never bringing home less than straight-A’s, Oliver began working a paper delivery route at only 8-years-old, not letting his parents in on his side-gig and managing to hoard his money in an old coffee can in his family’s shed- a place his parents never went. By 13, and through a series of other odd-jobs he’d managed to pick up along the way (mowing lawns, grocery runs, housework, and private tutoring), he’d managed to collect himself over $2,500. Although he’d initially been planning to run away just as soon as he was able, his plans were thwarted when a teacher at school finally caught a glimpse of some of the bruises and scarring his body bore, and got Social Services involved. In no more than a month, Oliver was removed from his parents’ custody, the pair was sent to prison for their crimes, and Oliver was placed in a group home, where he remained until his 18th birthday. During his time in the group home, Oliver continued to use his spare time for odd-jobs, continuing to collect and save as much as he could. Still, in spite of everything, he succeeded. He flourished. His drive and focus were unlike any other, and he was hungry to make something of himself. Of course, it made sense for him to be marked Dominant, despite his upbringing. Following high school graduation, Oliver made the decision to return to the City for college, accepting the full-ride he’d been offered to UCLA.

Double-majoring in Psychology and Social Work, Oliver continued to excel and thrive academically. However, his new schedule proved to be tougher than he’d expected, and he found himself unable to maintain the income he’d wanted, having become fixed on saving for the life he’d always dreamed he’d have. Although he took on a work-study position through the college, the position paid minimum wage and much of it was eaten by school supplies and day-to-day expenses. Feelings of desperation began to set in. It was around that time that his mother, desperate herself and finding her connections running dry, used some of her last bit of juice to have Oliver tracked. Once found, she reached out in a letter, convincing Oliver to visit her. He did, thinking no harm could come of it, and after all she was his mother. Naturally, the visit did not go the direction he’d planned, and it didn’t take long for his mother to talk him into returning to the position he’d been trained in for years- mule. Despite how much Oliver hated it, and despised being back under his mother’s thumb, he was beyond careful and he couldn’t deny the money was good. Promising himself that upon his college graduation he would stop once and for all, he worked to build and expand the 'business’, not for his mother but for his own future. It was through this expansion that Oliver met and came into contact with Quinn Fabray, Genevieve Sterling, and Campbell Clarington- the latter of which became one of his best clients, and at times, frequent lovers. Though, they were both well aware of what the feelings between them were- the truest form of power exchange- he had something she more than wanted, but needed- and even when she couldn’t give him money, she knew he’d get her high after they fucked. Though, Oliver himself didn’t see this as a problem in the moment- and in fact, at various points was forced to actively battle a crush on Campbell.

Then, she met Kallee, a Submissive Oliver knew from a couple of his classes on campus, and Kallee did what Oliver never could have, and he was happy for it. Keeping his promise to himself, he left 'the life’ after graduating from his Bachelor’s program (with honors) and moved on to his Master’s program- though he was nearly $120,000 richer. Taking a legitimate job in the administrative department of the college, he pursued Master’s degrees in both Clinical Psychology and Social Work, wanting nothing more than to give back in the ways others had given back to him, and wanting to help others who came from situations similar to himself. Upon completion of the program, Oliver realized how desperately he wanted something different, unlike anything he’d ever had or experienced before. Hearing of a job opening in Dalton’s Counseling department, Oliver applied, nailed the interview, and set his plans for a new life in motion.

#glee rp #glee rpg #glee roleplay #smut rp #oc rp #sanctuary:admin #accepted

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evelynspasta · 3 years

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Alternate Universe (AU) Multichapter Fics

AU (MULTICHAPTER, LONG)

Catch Me If You Can Series, To Shield and To Protect, and That's How You Know (UNFINISHED) by afterthenovels.

Is It Weird? Series by a_simple_rainbow.

Syrup and Honey, Flowers In The Window, and Sing To Me Instead by heartsmadeofbooks.

The Sidhe by Chazzam.

All The Other Ghosts Series by rainjoyswriting.

100 Days by borogroves.

The Symphony Verse by shandyall.

Go Your Own Way verse by zavocado.

Mormon!Klaine verse by wowbright.

Lovesong by andiheardeverything.

The Sweet DREAMers 'Verse/Finding My Voice - A Sweet DREAMers Blog by perry_avenue.

Myosotis series by maanorchidee.

One More Night by GleefulPoppet.

Sideways by CrissColferL0ve

The Boy From Oz Trilogy + The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up Trilogy by inkystars.

AU (MULTICHAPTER, MEDIUM)

Blackbird by NotUnusual.

a lost boy 'verse by Pterodactyl.

Chasing Pavements by spaceorphan.

Dancing With Our Hands Tied by somefeministtheatrepls.

The Hating Game and Warbler’s Lonely Hearts Radio Show (WIP) by coffeeorder.

You’ve Got My Number (WIP) and Hit The Switch (WIP) by dizzywhiz.

If That’s What You Want Series and Pride & Prejudice & Superheroes by a_simple_rainbow.

It Happened On A Monday and About-Face (WIP) by quizasvivamos.

If Music Be and An Honest Man by Blurglesmurfklaine.

A Pinch Of Salt by TheNameIsBritney.

The Cuffed Verse by skivvysupreme.

Harry Potter AU by skintightsocks.

The Luckiest by wordplay.

Indiscretions by shandyall.

Undiagnosed by Esperanto.

Don't Do It by BeautifulUnseen.

In My Life I Love You More by moongirl24.

To Be Myself by wowbright.

The Round Room by misqueue.

Owl Post (UNFINISHED) by zavocado.

Love Me Like a Hufflepuff by kookaburrito.

Mendacious, Talkative series,, All the pretty things that we could be, and I’d cry a river just for you by maanorchidee.

The Dalton Prison Study by lovetheblazer.

Bibs to Boyfriends by brighterworld.

For as Long as it Always Ends with You by notyourdaydream.

Once Upon by neaf.

The Fallacy of Trust by thelegendofjenna.

Supporting Characters by portmanteaux.

un(lost) (WIP) by realmsoffreedom.

When The Night Falls On You (PDF)

Sleepless in Brooklyn by heartsmadeofbooks.

Kama Seusstra by GSJwrites.

AU (MULTICHAPTER, SHORT)

Not How It Should Have Been by dizzywhiz

'tis the damn season and Cornelia Street by Blurglesmurfklaine

Roommate Wanted by gleekto.

invisible string by hippohead.

sure like never before by redheadgleek.

Hey Mister DJ, Put a Record On by honeysucklepink.

Scam School by spaceorphan.

Father Knows Best by nadiacreek.

Kind Of A Weird One and How To Deal by mailroomorder.

Hearts In Crayon (UNFINISHED) by spinmybowtie.

Sabotage, Pursuit of Happiness, Klaine Advent 2012 and Operation Secret Santa by chasingkerouac.

Stay With Me by marauder_in_warblerland.

To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This by BeautifulUnseen.

Pivot And Slip and As The Years Go By by alilactree.

klaine advent drabble challenge 2019 by Pterodactyl.

Hot For Teacher by flowerfan.

It's about time by maanorchidee.

Hiding in Plain Sight, The President's Son, and Of Owls and Boys by nineofhearts.

Directions by notyourdaydream.

Where There Is Moonlight And Music by Lola_Mejor.

The Man of My Dreams by Anonymous.

Rumour Has It Universe by jockkurthummel (orphan_account).

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mortemersgf · 4 years

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masterlist

*** works with a ♥︎ next to it are nsfw. please don’t interact if you’re under 18!

bloodbound

☆ ADRIAN RAINES

promise ring - (set in bb3 ch. 11) adrian and mc take a bubble bath together while discussing what’s to come...

distant shores

☆ EDWARD MORTEMER

stay with me - mc is set on sticking by edward’s side through it all.

dangerous waters - (set after ch. 9) mc puts her relationship with oliver at risk when she rescues edward and henry.

borrowed time - mc returns to edward’s side.

the elementalists

☆ BECKETT HARRINGTON

pink cheeks - a late night library research session turns into something that makes beckett’s cheeks flush.

blueberry pies - the pend pals celebrate their first day back at pendherghast by watching a meteor shower.

♥︎ clandestine affairs - academic rivals with benefits!au | tired of the incessant gloating from mc, beckett shuts her up the only way he knows how.

— oneshots

♥︎ indulgence - mc indulges beckett in his wishes.

♥︎ moonlight tryst - while vacationing on a beautiful island, their alone time is interrupted by none other than the pend pals.

— others

♥︎ kissing prompts - a collection of kisses shared by beckett and mc.

♥︎ beckett x f!MC headcanons - random HCs, sfw and nsfw

hot couture

☆ HAZEL NGUYEN

serendipity - months after the events of paris fashion week, a chance encounter reignites mc’s feelings for her former boss.

♥︎ serendipity pt.2 - hazel makes it up to mc for not flying her out to majorca.

open heart

☆ AURORA EMERY

counting down the minutes - (set in oph2 ch. 11) aurora stays behind.

sweeter than sugar - just two girlfriends taking a break from studying to bake.

the royal masquerade

☆ KAYDEN VESCOVI

♥︎ daybreak - kayden shows his love for his queen when she comes down with a case of restlessness.

ride or die

☆ MONA

cassiopeia and cepheus - mc visits mona in prison to find her girlfriend much softer than she remembered.

various

heartbreakers - why things didn’t work out with gabe ricci, edward mortemer, tyril starfury, mona, raleigh carrera, and jax matsuo.

heartbreakers pt. 2 - why things didn’t work out with colt kaneko, hazel nguyen, mal volari, nia ellarious, adrian raines, and sam dalton.

treacherous hearts - rivals to lovers excerpts ft. oliver cochrane, estela montoya, tyril starfury, and mona.

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funnywiccanwritingcorner · 1 year

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Le Joyau le plus precieux

A Lucky Luke Modern!AU fanfiction

Chapter XVI - Miss Smith

-Let's go back to the points of the plan.- Early in the morning, Joe and Luke had started to study the plans of what they understood to be an underground base: an external first floor served as the entrance, but most of the structure had been built at the bottom, counting some ten floors joined by two lifts, one on the north side and one on the south side. The names of the various rooms, in Cyrillic, were those of the time of construction: the lowest level was the prison, above it two floors constituted the soldiers' quarters, another the kitchen and canteen; the common room, armoury and officers' quarters were located higher up. Below the entrance was an empty level, simply called "ST", and Lucky suggested that it would probably be used as a reception area for guests.

-The only way to get from one floor to another are these lifts. Assuming they're guarded, the only way to get Mason out is to create a diversion; but before that: how do we get him away from the party?- -I can take care of that, Joe. I brought my best costumes for that.- -Good. And for the guards?- Lucky stared at the computer screen for a long time. -The fire alarm? That could be a great distraction.- -No. We cannot predict the reactions of the guests. If they blocked the entrance to the lifts en masse, that would be trouble. Hmm... What about trying to get out more discreetly using Mason of all people?- -Explain yourself better.- -The dungeons...- Joe pressed the button to zoomed in on the plan on the screen from the keyboard, -they're ideal for storing items to sell. If we could convince Mason to take us there for a quick preview, let's call it that, he'd have to take us down in the lift. But once we're there, we'll stun him, get him back into the cabin and ride up to the main entrance, moving in the shadows with our man; from there, stealing a vehicle and slipping out should be easy. What do you think?- -That sounds like a good plan. We have to make it foolproof, though.- Someone knocked on the door of the room; a boy's voice announced something in Russian.

-I'll go.- Lucky opened the door, tipped what Dalton identified as a bellhop, thanked him, and returned with a yellow paper bag in his hand. -What is it?- -Our ticket, literally. I contacted an old friend who owed me a favour; in here is our invitation to the auction.- -Is it a fake?- -Only for the names. Let's say that honour among thieves is not dead yet.- He left the envelope on the table, next to the computer: -I'll go prepare our disguises.-

Curious, the detective immediately opened the yellow paper with his index finger and pulled out a white card with a gold border. In the centre was written in fine cursive "Miss Aether Smith and companion". -Hey, Luke, how come there's a woman's name here?- asked Joe, looking up just in time to see the other pull a dark red dress with shoulder pads out of the suitcase: -How do you say?- -But... What about that?- -It's my disguise.- -Are you joking?- -No. It's the best option to get Mason to do what we want; he has a thing for pretty girls.- -How do we deal with the fact that you don't exactly have a female voice?- -That's where Nat's technology comes in.- From the suitcase he took a silver necklace with a large diamond in the centre: -Inside the gem there's a voice converter connected wirelessly to a waterproof microphone to be placed under the tongue. Once calibrated, it will transform my voice into that of a woman.-

-Ah. Ingenious. And what will you do for the body?- -Body?- -You're thin and have no curves.- -Oh. For that I have the right "padding". If you give me some time to change, I'm sure I'll amaze you.- -It'll be a sight to see how you try to pull up your stockings!- Dalton joked, but Lucky denied him with his forefinger: -I'm going to the bathroom; it's a delicate operation.- -Whatever. One last question, though: what is that "companion" supposed to stand for?- -Bodyguard. A rich, lonely young woman at a party is likely to have unwanted encounters, don't you think?- he joked. -Just as long as you don't make me wear weird wigs.- -An Afro with curls, for example?-The ex-agent chuckled. -Don't worry, I was thinking of something more discreet.-

-Good.- The Skype icon flashed on the computer screen, and when Joe went to open it, the big smiling faces of his brothers filled the entire webcam window, then they exclaimed: -Hey!!!- -I only see your noses. How's it going?- -Everything's fine!- said Averell, and then turned to his own right, -Come on, Betty, we made it!- -I'm coming!-The psychologist's voice anticipated his entry into the field of vision: -Hi!- -How is the plan going?- William asked. -We are putting the finishing touches before we go into action. Less than four days to go now.- -You know, the boss started asking questions about your absence- said Jack, a little worried, -We told him that you're following a lead on Lucky Luke and that you're checking its validity, like you told us to do.- -Good. Keep telling everyone that. But let's change the subject; Averell, Betty: you have something different.- The two of them took each other by the hand: -Actually, Joe, something has happened!- exclaimed the younger man, and she brought her left hand closer to the screen: a pretty little diamond ring was showing off around her ring finger. Joe's jaw seemed to almost drop in surprise, and he slowly smiled as he recovered: -Nooo... That's my little brother! So now it's official!- -Yes!- exclaimed Betty, bursting with joy from every pore and hugging her boyfriend. -But how? I go away for a day and there you get married?- -It's just the proposal, Joe- retorted Jack. -Whatever.- -We still have to decide the date and other details- continued Averell, -but we've already decided that all three of you will be my groomsmen!-

Before Dalton could answer, Lucky called him from the bathroom: -Joe! Can you come in for a moment?- -Excuse me guys, I'll just be a minute.- -Go ahead, we have to get back to work anyway- said William, -Catch you later!-

-See you later.- He closed the window and joined the other: -What's going on?-He was wide-eyed at seeing Luke wearing that suit. He had already adjusted the chest and bottom prostheses, as well as pulled up the smoky grey tights; the heels that matched the dress lay dishevelled next to the dirty laundry basket. Neatly arranged on the sink top were make-up and three women's wigs in different colours. Lucky's back was to him, and he did not see his expression. -The zip on the dress is jammed; will you help me?- the ex-agent continued, holding up the bodice of the dress. Without saying a word, Joe walked over to him and started fiddling with the little zip that just wouldn't budge. Eventually, however, he managed to slide it upwards: -Done.- -Thank you very much. One last thing.- Still without looking at him, he pointed to the wigs: -Which one inspires you more? A saucy blonde or a seductive brunette?- -Uh... Brunette. I don't see you as blonde.- -Good.- When he finally turned towards the detective, he noticed that he had a strange face: -Are you all right? You're all red.- Without answering, Dalton walked out of the bathroom and closed the door behind him, then inhaled deeply and exhaled forcefully, undecided whether to collapse or burst out laughing.

-This damn rain just won't stop...- Joe looked out of the room window with a frown. -Good thing the hotel allows us to order from outside, or we'd have to skip lunch.‖ Lucky, changing again, grabbed his mobile phone: -I'll check which restaurants do take-out menus.- Dalton didn't answer him, going to sit on the bed and rummage through his suitcase: -You could test Nat's microphone while you're at it.- -Good idea.- The detective found the pack of cards he was sure he had brought with him, and taking them out of the box began to shuffle them. His back was turned to the other, but he heard him rehearsing voice modulation. On the first attempt a sort of squeak came out, as if he had inhaled helium; Joe stifled a laugh. Luke noticed this, lowered his tone with the small knob behind the fake shine, and sneeringly began speaking in a deep voice, imitating an opera singer. At that point the detective could no longer resist, and began to laugh with great relish. Shifting the knob again, Lucky adjusted it to a childlike voice, similar to Amélie's, and Joe let himself fall backwards onto the bed holding his stomach, dropping the cards beside him, unable to contain himself. -I'd say it's working- concluded the former officer, turning off the device for a moment, -Take a breath.- The detective tried to follow the suggestion, but with difficulty recovered to answer him: -You must think I'm a fool... To laugh for so little...- -Not at all. On the contrary, I am glad to put you in a cheerful mood; it seemed to me that this weather was demoralising you.- -Not at all. I get bored when it rains, even if I'm busy or with company.- Luke nodded, approaching him: -Later we'll resume work. Now tell me, though: do you like spring rolls?-

#lucky luke #joyau #joe dalton #modern au #fanfiction

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klaineccfanficlibrary · 5 years

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Any fics where Blaine is an ex-con?

My Soul Can Reach by purseplayer

In a world that allows no place for homosexuality, those whose soulmate’s names are of the same sex must hide, flee, or endure Rehabilitation. Kurt is one of the lucky ones, but he still lives with the painful realization that he will never bond with his soulmate - until he begins work at McKinley Prison and meets and inmate with a familiar name. AU, soulmate!fic.

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Territorial Pissings by @unshurtugal

Blaine Anderson runs the joint - until calm and introverted newbie Kurt Hummel gives him a run for his money.

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Caught in the Cells by @itsaklainething-blog

Kurt gets sent to prison and ends up being cell mates with Blaine Anderson. Prison’s hard but if you do the crime you have to do the time. Well, unless you break out.

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Dalton Prison Study by @lovetheblazer

Kurt and Blaine are strangers in need of some quick cash when they both sign up for two week research study on prison life. Blaine’s assigned to be a guard and Kurt is his prisoner. Can they find love (and each other) in such a hopeless place? AU Klaine based on the landmark Stanford Prison study conducted in 1971.

#klaine #klaine fanfic #klaine fanfiction #fic finder #anonymous #jail #prison #pureplayer #unshurtugal #itsaklainething-blog #lovetheblazer

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moralityblurred · 4 years

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okay maybe if i actually announce it here on the dash i’ll actually follow through with all the verses i wanna make for my muses. xD

dalton

legacies verse!

riordan verse, which i might already have, but i need to suss out some pjo/hoo rpers bcuz hello he could totally be a demigod from hypnos or morpheus ( kieran too )

maybe a magicians verse? admittedly i am not current on the show & would need to consult the wikia heavily, but i know the general gist of things.

harry potter !! he’s totally a hufflepuff. and like a hufflepuff, will fuck your shit up if you hurt someone he loves.

nic

uhhhh maybe a true blood verse / some kind of vampire world where vamp blood is addictive

vanessa

sons of anarchy / mayans verse, which i’ve already kinda started rping in, i just maybe need to do an official verse write-up.

give me oitnb / wentworth / lady prison things tbh. i have this as a verse already after she gets arrested for holding a cop at gunpoint so the gecko bros can escape. i also still need to finish the last season of oitnb tho.

oliver

reincarnated gods au tho. greek tragedy style maybe. two lovers ( oliver & elio ) who were so deeply in love that the gods basically destroyed them and cursed them to keep searching for each other lifetime after lifetime, but idk, in doing so they kinda made them ascend to god status. maybe when they actually find each other in cmbyn, it actually makes them divine and maybe they don’t ever realize it fully until they reunite in find me. ( maybe their bodies are still human tho & so they age and die, but after death they get to finally be together as they should have millenia ago. )

okay but i could do a hogwarts verse for him, too, tbh. but he’s a professor instead of a student. maybe he’d teach ancient studies or even ancient runes. not too far out of school himself so there are probably a lot of student who are hot for teacher. I COULD ALSO PUT HIM AT ILVERMORNY.

annnnd i probably have other verses i'll remember later and add to this but YEAH

#( ooc. )#( this post started all bcuz i want to remember #to add a legacies verse for dalton xD #clearly it spiraled. )

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davidfarland · 5 years

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Bad Agents

I mentioned last time that even an Indie writer might find himself in need of a good agent. A great agent can be a tremendous help to a writer, but unfortunately not all agents are great. Here are some ways that I’ve seen them be bad:

The pretender. Some people like to pretend to be agents. That way when they go to writing conventions authors will fawn over them, buy them dinner, and so on. Yet when it is time to get to work, they do absolutely nothing. I recall one agent years ago who went to conventions, passed out cards, and got a number of young writing clients. One of those clients contacted me years later and felt confused. The agent hadn’t been able to sell her manuscript. The following week, I happened to be at a large convention. By luck, I ended up in a taxi with three editors who were supposed to have seen the manuscript in question, so I asked them about it. It turned out that none of the editors had ever seen the manuscript. I notified the author, jumped through some hoops to take back the book, and the author sent it to one of the editors in question. The book sold within two weeks, and when it came out, it won a National Book Award. Moral of the story: you need an agent with a real work ethic.

The con man. A few years ago, a young writer called me wanting to know if he should hire an agent. The agent asked for $15,000 to represent his novel, but the young writer, a student who had taken student loans for college, could only borrow $12,000. The agent kindly offered to represent him—for every penny he had. Warning—never pay an agent up front. They work on a commission basis on the back end, for about 15%.

The rip-off. Some agents provide good service but then take more money than they should. I’ve seen agents do a number of things to steal an author’s money. A couple of agents have simply taken large sums of cash and then “disappeared.” Another agent would sell an author’s books to foreign countries and then “forget” to tell the authors that they’d made a sale. A third agent simply printed up fake royalty statements so that he could under-report the author’s income. These are felonies and can send the agent to prison, but our government rarely deals with white collar criminals properly. Among the rip-offs, are agents who make underhanded deals that benefit themselves more than their clients. This is the literary agent who will get a movie deal for an author and then negotiate a role as “executive producer” on the film. Another example is the agent who will self-publish the author’s e-book so that he can get a windfall in royalties. (Your agent should be your agent, not your publisher or producer.) Again, this kind of behavior is immoral and if your agent happens to be an attorney, he or she would get disbarred for it.

The wannabe. The wannabe agent is someone who has no experience in your field and has no connections. So, for example, let’s say that the person prints up a business card calling himself a “young adult” agent. He then works hard, sending out manuscripts to numerous publishers. This person has no contacts that can help you—no sub-agents that he works with, no one who handles film rights. Heck, he may never have even met a real editor in the field, so he has no connections. When he sends out your manuscript, he gets nothing but the cold shoulder. There may be nothing wrong with this person, there is just nothing right with him, either. He can’t help you.

The crippled agent. Many agents get in spats with editors and, as a result, may find themselves blacklisted from a publisher. I have one friend who desperately wanted to get published by a large publisher years ago and went to an agent. After he had worked with her for several years, he found out something. Once, at a party, his agent had punched the president of the publishing company in the nose and given him a bloody nose. Since the agent was a woman, and the publisher didn’t want to have to defend himself from her, he locked himself in the bathroom until the police arrived. When he came out, he told the agent, “You will never sell another manuscript to my company.” That’s pretty extreme, but I’ve discovered that there are a lot of agents who have bad reps with certain publishers. These agents are “crippled” agents because they may only be able to sell to a few publishers.

The non-negotiator. Some agents can’t get you a big deal as an author. They seem to fold whenever the contract negotiations reach, say, $50,000. These agents aren’t terrible, but if you’re looking for a big deal, they can’t help you. The publishers know that these people will fold, too. So you can spot one of these by studying past deals. Have they made big sales in the past, or just lots of small sales?

Remember, the agenting field is an unregulated industry. Anyone can claim to be an agent, without any kind of legal training, and many of them do. In talking with agents, I’ve found that many of them don’t even understand the basics of what an agent should be doing.

So you have to protect yourself by spotting agents who aren’t up to standard. I’ll be putting out a training video in the next few weeks that will talk about the process of how to pick an agent, an editor, and a publisher, but it’s a long topic—one that takes a good hour or so to go into in proper depth.

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