#this is more a ‘caroline writes this so she encourages herself’

[katierosefun]

you know, it’s sometimes just a little bit discouraging to see ~5 people unsubscribe from your user on ao3 because you keep posting fic in a random that they might not have signed up for, but. my house! my rules! etc.

#caroline talks #this is more a ‘caroline writes this so she encourages herself’ #obviously people are allowed to unfollow and unsubscribe and whatever whatever #do what makes you happy! #i shall take care of my own happiness too!!!! #dude when i first started writing beyond evil fic/talking about beyond evil on my tumblr #i think i lost 10 subscribers in one day #which was kinda . . . ngl i sorta felt sad about that at first #now i mostly don’t care #but every once in a while i do! and then i feel silly for caring #and then i tell myself that i should keep writing what makes me happy #today is just a funnier morning than usual I think #brain is funnier than usual!!!!!!!!

[frankingsteinery]

for my 100th post (!) i thought i would, at long last, make a catch-all analysis on victor and elizabeth’s relationship, their marriage, and why specifically it was incestuous. throughout i may mention my interpretations of caroline’s past and her pseudo-incestuous relationship with alphonse, which you can read here. it’s not necessary to understand this post, but you’ll miss some of the nuance of the relationships between the frankensteins without it

in the 1818 version of the novel, elizabeth is the paternal first cousin of victor. she is, like caroline, similarly upper-class but falls into misfortune when her mother dies and she is left under the care of her father. these parallels become important later. after elizabeth’s mother dies, her father writes to alphonse “….requesting [Alphonse] to take charge of the infant Elizabeth” and that it was his wish “…that [Alphonse] should consider her as [his] own daughter, and educate her thus” (1818). that is, it was explicitly intended for elizabeth to be reared as a daughter to the frankensteins (and thus victor’s sister). 

in the 1831 edition, caroline specifically has an interest in elizabeth because she sees herself and her own situation in her, a background that mirrors her own. i’ll directly quote a post of mine instead of reiterating the same point. essentially: from the beginning caroline deliberately sets up parallels between herself and elizabeth. she wants a daughter, and adopts elizabeth specifically because elizabeth reminds her of herself, but grander: like she was, elizabeth is also a beggar and an orphan and homeless, but her story is more tragic, she is more beautiful, her debt to her caretakers more extreme, and her romantic relationship will go on to be more explicitly incestuous. through elizabeth and victor, caroline will perpetuate her own abuse. the difference is, unlike her own, this is a situation caroline can control.

from the beginning, at six years old, victor and elizabeth are raised with the expectation that they are going to be wed when they are older. as an adult, elizabeth reflects “that our union had been the favourite plan of [their] parents ever since our infancy” and that “we were told this when young, and taught to look forward to it as an event that would certainly take place” (1831). this is because of caroline’s “desire to bind as closely as possible the ties of domestic love” (1818), and so she is raised as victor’s “more than sister” (1831). they are encouraged to play at the role of mother and father/husband and wife together via raising and educating their younger siblings, particularly ernest. ernest is described as being victor’s “principal pupil” and, during his illness in infancy, elizabeth and victor were “his constant nurses” despite caroline, alphonse and maids/servants/caretakers being available

simultaneously, caroline grooms elizabeth into being a mini-me, calling her her “favorite” and encouraging her to embody the same values as her. caroline does all she can to have elizabeth be what is, essentially, a second version of her, while all the while dictating a marriage to her son

this becomes even more significant, when, on her deathbed, caroline reinforces her wish for victor and elizabeth to marry: “My children... my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will now be the consolation of your father. Elizabeth, my love you must supply my place” (1831). by attempting to replace herself with elizabeth via telling her to “supply her place” (of mother/wife) to the rest of the family, caroline is not only dictating a marriage between brother and sister but now mother and son, as elizabeth shifts from a sister-figure to victor into a maternal substitute, and simultaneously is his bride-to-be. as a result the roles of mother, sister and wife become conflated in victor’s mind—to some degree, there is no one without the other.

there’s deeper things at play here too, namely that it creates victor’s later emotional obligation in honoring his mother’s dying wish to go through with the marriage (furthered because it is the “consolation” of his father… alphonse also says something to this effect after victor gets out of prison), but i have enough to say on how victor is relied on as a pillar of emotional support by all of his family that it warrants its own post

this subconscious shift between the role of sister figure to mother figure is further emphasized when, during his dream at ingolstadt after the creation of the creature, elizabeth morphs into caroline in victors arms: “I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams. I thought I saw Elizabeth…Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms” (1831). that is, she literally changes from sister into mother. this is also the only kiss in the entire book, and the only instance victor and elizabeth display any affection for each other that is explicitly non-platonic (and elizabeth’s affections towards victor generally feel more motherly then amorous, particularly in contrast to the romance of felix and safie), and during it, she turns into victor’s mother and decays in his arms.

but why make the creature in the first place? well, as the common misconception goes, it wasn’t about reanimation (which was only mentioned once in a throwaway line) it was about creating new life. what victor wound up doing what was not reversing death, but what was, essentially, an alternate method of childbirth. this is a significant detail when considered in the context of victor and elizabeth’s relationship: victor’s goal was to create life, and he, at great lengths, intentionally circumvented women (elizabeth) in this process. why? so that he could dodge an act of incest—marrying elizabeth and providing the frankenstein heirs and carrying on the family legacy, which is what his family expected him to do.

there’s evidence to suggest elizabeth views victor as a brother. elizabeth indirectly acknowledges this relationship during justine’s trial, when she stands up for her defense: "I am," said she, "the cousin of the unhappy child who was murdered, or rather his sister, for I was educated by, and have lived with his parents ever since and even long before, his birth…” (1831). here, elizabeth calls herself the cousin of william (which is notably what she refers to victor as, both when they are literally cousins and when they have no blood relation—either way, a familial term) and then corrects herself, that she is actually william’s sister. her reasoning for this? she was raised and educated by the frankensteins alongside him ever since she was young. if you follow this logic, by extension she also considers herself ernest’s—and more relevantly—victor’s sister.

there is an egregious amount of subtext that suggests victor also views elizabeth as a sibling as well. before victor leaves for his vacation with henry, alphonse tells him that he has “always looked forward to [victor’s] marriage with [his] cousin as the tie of our domestic comfort” because they were “attached to each other from earliest infancy” and “entirely suited to one another in dispositions and tastes.” however, he acknowledges that because of this, victor may, perhaps, “regard [elizabeth] as his sister, without any wish that she might become your wife. Nay, you may have met with another whom you may love; and, considering yourself bound in honour to your cousin, this struggle may occasion the poignant misery which you appear to feel” to which victor replies: “My dear father, re-assure yourself. I love my cousin tenderly and sincerely. I never saw any woman who excited, as Elizabeth does, my warmest admiration and affection. My future hopes and prospects are entirely bound up in the expectation of our union” (1831). that is, he answers, no, he has not met any other woman he would rather marry, yet skirts around the former half of alphonse’s question and doesn’t acknowledge whether or not he views her as a sister or not.

this occurs again after victor is released from prison in ireland when, elizabeth, in a letter, does eventually ask him if he wants to back down from the marriage (this same letter features elizabeth literally hitting the nail on the head when asking if victor was going through with the marriage because he felt honor-bound to their parents). however, she poses this by asking: “But as brother and sister often entertain a lively affection towards each other, without desiring a more intimate union, may not such also be our case?...Do you not love another?” to which victor honestly answers no, he has not met any other woman. however, it’s not addressed whether he’s in love with elizabeth herself, nor does he address whether or not their affection towards each other is akin to that of siblings–again he entirely ignores it.

when victor and alphonse return to geneva after his release from prison, alphonse proposes victor’s immediate marriage to elizabeth, to which victor remains silent. alphonse then confronts victor once more: “Have you, then, some other attachment?” victor responds: “None on earth. I love Elizabeth, and look forward to our union with delight. Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will consecrate myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin" (1831). yet the “hopes and prospects” that victor saw bound in their marriage earlier was, in fact, his own death–which was “no evil to [him]...and I therefore, with a contented and even cheerful countenance, agreed with my father, that if my cousin would consent, the ceremony should take place in ten days, and thus put, as I imagined, the seal to my fate” (1831). victor sees going through with a marriage to elizabeth as suicide, and embraces this.

they are both mutually hesitant and describe feelings of dread and melancholy on their wedding day itself. at the very least this indicates a lack of romantic interest in each other. after the ceremony, when they row out on the boat together, victor has a thought that is perhaps the most blatant example of his romantic disinterest in elizabeth: “Then gazing on the beloved face of Elizabeth, on her graceful form and languid eyes, instead of feeling the exultation of a—lover—a husband—a sudden gush of tears blinded my sight, & as I turned away to hide the involuntary emotion fast drops fell in the wave below. Reason again awoke, and shaking off all unmanly—or more properly all natural thoughts of mischance, I smiled” (Frankenstein 1823). victor also makes it clear to the narrator (walton) that they did not consummate their marriage before elizabeth’s death, which suggests there was hesitance or disgust around the concept. 

this is a neat little aside and more circumstantial evidence then anything else, but it is pretty well known that mary shelley's works tend to be somewhat autobiographical, and that her characters are influenced by people in her own life. this is most obvious in the last man, but its also present to a lesser extent in frankenstein, wherein victor's character is inspired by (among others) percy shelley. percy wrote under the pseudonym victor, which is believed to be where victor's name may have come from—and elizabeth was the name of percy shelley's sister.

#rob.txt #frankenstein #frankenstein the modern prometheus #victor frankenstein #elizabeth lavenza #gothic lit #this gets clunky and less fluid towards the end #one day ill go back and revise it #but i dont have the brain capacity #analysis

[tracfone]

The “glados/caroline is chell’s mom” theory sucks and the math does not add up, and let me tell you why:

(Preface: this is going to cover a LOT of spoilers from both games. I would advise turning back unless you’ve finished portal 2)

To start off—i do not believe that test subjects age in stasis. If chell was a child during the specific bring your daughter to work day event (which i do not think so, but I’ll elaborate later), i do not know how she would have the mental faculties to handle the events of either game without freaking out, as she would have aged from a child to an adult in the time she was in stasis, with no time for her to develop mentally. Also, the time between the first and second games is unknown, though it’s definitely….a while, more than just a few months. Had stasis not preserved her, she would either look significantly older or be like, a literal pile of bones. But no, she remains largely unchanged, save for the fact she looks much less haggard and more refreshed:

According to the portal wiki, the time between GLaDOS’s activation/takeover and the events of portal is 12 years; the year this event took place would have been in 1998:

You could also say like, “oh but but her dad could have brought his adult daughter to work!!” but this does not make sense, as…well, just look at this penmanship. You would have to assume chell has horrible handwriting, but this clearly looks like the writing of an elementary schooler:

…but. I also do believe that THE bring your daughter to work day event and the one chell attended as a child were two separate events—likely taking place in two separate DECADES. I don’t know how long it takes to fully extract someone’s brain into a personality core, but it was probably not instantaneous, so I think it’s safe to assume caroline is already dead, and could not have brought her; cave johnson is most definitely dead and his brain is in a robot. Chell refers to her father and cave as two separate people, in any case

EDIT: actually i looked at this image more clearly, and the fact that chell refers to cave at all as someone she's interacted with means that the event she attended must be in the 80's or earlier!!!

(Side note: there is a line in portal where glados mentions that “the aperture science bring your daughter to work day is the perfect time to have her tested”, which you may think is evidence for the theory, and, admittedly, does raise some questions about how cryosleep works in this universe, but for reasons I’ve already stated, I don’t think this means they are putting kids into stasis so they can test as adults, though they may be introduced to the concept at the time and encouraged to apply once they’re old enough. This could also potentially refer to getting “tested” to be uploaded into a robot body)

Here, glados mom truthers, i will throw you a bone for once—savor it, because I’m not done, but according to a reddit AMA thread circa ~2015, ellen mclain admits she thinks the theory is interesting:

…HOWEVER!!

I am going to take that bone back now. In a 2011 panel, when asked if glados really deleted caroline or not, she says (this is me paraphrasing but you can view the whole thing), “…there’s what ellen mclain thinks, and then theres what erik wolpaw thinks. You’ll have to ask him…”. She’s basically saying not to take what she says as hard canon, because what the director says ultimately is what matters. Also in the thread specifically she could have been acting cheeky—see how she refers to herself as….well, herself, and not as glados. She could mean either, i guess, but it really sounds like “chell is my (ellen mclain’s) daughter ;)”. I dont know! It ultimately doesn’t matter, either way. This is me just going off the tone of her other answers

In any case. Back to the main point of the post. At the end of portal 2, glados gives a very bittersweet speech. She tells chell she realized that she was all along her best friend. This….is not something a mother says to her child, unless you happen to be a very suffocating parent who maybe possibly parentifies their child. I know what you might be thinking, and like, I don’t mean to kick dirt all over your experience if your takeaway from this series was “escaping an abusive parent”; i can see why you interpret it this way. Tonally, though, this goodbye speech does not fit a farewell speech from a parent, in my opinion!!! The portal series also is very “show and not tell”—you kind of have to figure out through clues from cave johnson’s recordings what is happening to the employees, and how glados came to be; you aren’t explicitly told it, until glados says that “being caroline taught (her) a valuable lesson”. The story unfolds with a lot of environmental clues, and that’s part of what makes it so engaging, figuring out what’s going on by yourself, by assembling this puzzle in the debris of an abandoned facility. That said though, the single player ending would have been a great time to elaborate on the parent plot IF it were actually a parent plot. At the end of the first game, glados tells you what she did to all the scientists, finally giving you an answer to why the facility is so empty, aside from you and her—portal 2 could have taken the chance to make her say something like, “being caroline taught me a valuable lesson: i remembered who i am, and who you are, my child…I’m so sorry i put you through all this” or [insert whatever tooth-rottingly sweet line you want here]. But they didn’t!

(Side note I think “cara mia addio” is completely unreliable evidence no matter which side of this you’re on, due to the double meaning of the word “bambina” and the fact it is, allegedly, an improvised song. I will not be using it to prove anything, though, i do think we can assume the tone to be of a romantic fondness, if you match it up with the vein “want you gone” was written in)

EDIT 9/7/22: OKAY I JUST GOT THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN ON CARA MIA (thank you so so much @ossyflawol on Twitter for letting me use this excerpt). This is from the portal 2 official guide, the collector's edition. Take a look!:

This post is becoming long and so as not to risk this entire textwall becoming completely incoherent, I’ll cut to my final point: chell was already an adult by the time she was put into stasis

In lab rat, we see a photograph of chell in her profile. It doesn’t really look any different from how she looks in every single other drawing in the comic:

I’m going to go as far as to say that chell was employed at aperture before the takeover. During her boss battle in the first game, glados has this to say:

…this would seem to imply that chell was a part-timer or an intern pre-stasis. Glados lies a lot but I’m choosing to take what she’s saying here to heart

Remember when i said “cara mia addio” doesn’t hold much water, and can’t be used as reliable evidence for anything? Well now I’m the one who lied, because i need to bring it up again. This song is like, the holy grail to those who stand by the mom theory—they say glados is sending her child “away from science” and saving her on the bring your daughter to work day incident. But—please stay with me here, this is where it all falls apart—there is no conceivable way that chell was a “little girl” in 1998, we know FOR SURE she was an adult. To illustrate, let’s see what our old pal cave johnson has to say about this:

During the 1980’s aperture had completely phased out of using people they grabbed off the street (and offering them $60) for testing, and have switched over to solely using their employees. He also says directly after that they plan to discontinue human testing altogether—this evidently did not happen, as there are ten thousand humans in stasis ready for testing. At least, there’s not really any evidence to the contrary: whether glados put all the employees in stasis, or caroline did when she was still human, or whether it happened before cave’s death is ultimately irrelevant, though i doubt it was glados as her current form, because she killed off the remaining staff sans rattmann

EDIT 9/21/22: it is with a heavy heart that, after receiving some more timeline resources, that i am unfortunately going to write off the science project entirely. but this is okay. while the words on the project itself do imply that the time chell met cave johnson would have had to be before the 1990's (and i still think it should be interpreted that way, canon or no), the combine-overwatch portal/half-life wiki has this to say about the bring your daughter to work day incident:

"The untested AI of GLaDOS is activated for the first time as one of the planned activities on Aperture's first annual bring-your-daughter-to-work day. Upon being activated, she almost instantly becomes self-aware, takes control of the Enrichment Center, locks everyone inside, and floods the Enrichment Center with a deadly neurotoxin, but is halted when she is quickly fitted with a Morality Core. She then begins a permanent cycle of testing, aimed at beating Black Mesa in the race to develop functioning portal technology."

...so it was the first, as well as the last one. taking place in may of 200x (1998 was apparently retconned at some point, according to aperturescience.com). the entire timeline of these games is a horrible trainwreck, to be perfectly honest, so you can take this or leave this, but still, i wouldn't be swayed by allegations of chell being a child during this time. the forced testing initiative also began in 200x. not enough time could have elapsed for this project to have been made around the same time. it's impossible. this image of chell's science project is nothing more than a non-canon easter egg; it doesn't fit anywhere. therefore the point still stands, but i just thought i would be transparent about it if i know something. this entire post is kind of a living document at this point haha

In conclusion: CHELL WAS AN ADULT EMPLOYEE AT APERTURE LABORATORIES BY THE TIME OF THE BRING YOUR DAUGHTER TO WORK DAY INCIDENT. Caroline did not bring her to work that day, these two are completely unrelated

You might be crinkling your nose right now and thinking “buh buh buh but roryyy you only think this way because you’re a chelldos shipper!!!” and like, you’re right to an extent, but i also firmly believe that were the narrative a familial one, it would change the meaning of the work drastically; portal is about two women who face workplace abuse and inevitably end up working together to combat it. It’s about the horrors of capitalism and the lack of ethics in the scientific field; it’s about an intelligent woman forced into a computer and suppressed so hard because people don’t want to give her any power or autonomy, to the point that she’s become a completely different person. And, of course…it’s a sweet, sad story of a robot who, no matter if you interpret the nature of these feelings as romantic or not, becomes attached to a test subject and it’s incredibly painful, emotionally, and she can’t deal with it; her test subject is both her killer and, if you think about it, also her savior. Putting glados in the role of chell’s mom feels like it slims down her character development significantly. It’s not sweet, I don’t have “chills bro literal chills”, it doesn’t move me or make me want to cry, it does absolutely nothing for me! The self-discovery, the mutual trust built between her and chell in a crisis situation, it morphs into something completely different if this narrative turns into “ohhh she softens up because she learns she’s a mother uwuwuwuwuwuuuuuu happy famiwy teehee!!!” I am going to VOMIT

I should say that i don't care whether you ship them together or not. I just think this theory is ridiculous and wanted to point out how full of glaring holes it is. A lot of people like to parrot this theory as ABSOLUTE TRUTH when nothing has been confirmed on th matter, and with developer commentary that directly contradicts it (have you heard the good word of Johnathan Coulton?), it's hard to present it as such. Glados loves and cares about chell--this much is absolutely true, even if the reverse isn't canon, and there is no hard evidence to suggest any of the named characters are related by blood or by legal ties

Anyways, if you read all this: thank you. Here’s some supplemental reading you may or may not have already read that features points i purposefully didn’t touch on, because i wanted to focus on things that have been said less on this topic

#portal #portal 2 #portal 2 spoilers/ #glados #chell #chelldos #abuse mention / #genuinely sorry to those whom i have textwalled before about this i think i got it all out of my system now #this theory makes me so angry and i had to go to bat here

[hyperactivewhore]

Why do you think that many people tend to devalue Klaus’s relationship with Cami, Aurora, and even Hayley? Honestly, I think that out of all his love interests in the show, Klaus truly only loved Cami, Aurora, and Hayley. Cami understood Klaus very well, and she loved him despite all his flaws. Cami encouraged him to become a better person for Hope. And when Klaus was imprisoned, the person he imagined was Cami.

Klaus was hung up on Aurora for centuries. He painted her constantly. While he loved Cami, he definitely also loved Aurora. He’s the type of person that falls in love forever. And while this is a super unpopular opinion, I think that if he was alive during Legacies, he would’ve ended up with Aurora.

Hayley wasn’t really a love interest and I don’t think Klaus loved her romantically - but he totally loved her platonically. She was his best friend. He truly valued her as a person and respected her so much.

Say what you want about Klaus, but he had excellent taste in romantic partners. All his lovers, including Caroline, are beautiful and amazing. And this is no hate to Caroline and Klaus shippers, but I really think that Klaus only loved Cami, Aurora, and Hayley. His feelings for Caroline are rather shallow when compared to his feelings for Cami, Aurora, and Hayley - so why do you think so many people ship Caroline and Klaus together?

Oh anon, I love talking about Klaus Mikaelson and his fucked up relationships.

Why people ship klaroline? Whenever I come across shippers of them, they always say it's because Klaus and Caroline had the biggest chemistry in all of tvdu. Which, in my opinion, is false. I personally think Caroline looks uncomfortable and pissed off with Klaus in half of their interactions, and their development is so bad done and weird so they just have him give her puppy eyes out of nowhere and have her laughing at his jokes when she hated him the episode before.

I think that a big part of why people ship klaroline is because Caroline was the first woman Klaus showed an romantic interest in in the series. We have Klaus who is the villain, who until the moment has been nothing but evil to everyone around him and out of nowhere he gets soft for her, so people lost their shit and started shipping them like crazy. Which mind you, is exactly like happened: Candice herself said klaroline just happened because the fans liked them.

But in my opinion it was just stupid. If they wanted Klaus to have any interest in Caroline, they should have built it better; the only explanation we get of his interest in her is nearly ten years later when Caroline says in The Originals she believes he only liked her because she reminded him of when he was human, innocent and young. And I kinda get this, because despite how much he goes on about being feared Klaus does love having people who say he can be saved, loved and etc.

The fact that the plot and timeline was often bended to their will is a turn off for many fans as well and it always pissed me off too because it didn't make sense and still doesn't. The biggest example I can think of right now is when Klaus sent her money for the Salvatore school: he was supposed to be trapped in Marcel's dungeon by then, but the timeline of these shows has never made any sense anyway. Or how in they inserted Klaus in every one of Caroline's scenes in The Originals; Daniel Gillies himself was upset by this, they even had to delete some of his scenes to fit hers in, which is a reason of why season five was so rushed and full of bad writing.

But honestly that's the main reason I can think of. Whenever I stumble across a klaroline ship the comments always are "their chemistry" or "they look so good together" and more things about the ship. I honestly think klaroline wouldn't have blew up the way it did if it had been done these last years, but many of the plots that there are in tvd wouldn't have made it to the screen if it had been streaming this year.

I fully agree with his other ships. Canonically Klaus just loved romantically three women: Tatia, Aurora and Camille. However, I don't really think he was in love with Tatia, just infatuated. He's not as affected by her as Elijah is, but once Klaus loves you or he takes a serious romantic interest in someone he really never forgets about them: Camille and Aurora are the biggest proof of this.

Losing Aurora really took a toll on him and shaped him to be the character we know and people often brush over this because they don't like Aurora/for shipping reasons. I think she's his most interesting romantic relationship, and they're my favorite tvdu ship. It's kinda canon he loved her more than any of his other love interests and don't get me wrong, I love Klaus and Camille but in my opinion Klaus always forgot about her whenever Aurora was around which just pissed me off.

If Cami had remained dead by the time Legacies took place, I do believe Klaus and her would have gotten back together. To me, Aurora was never truly evil and I think they should have handled her character better, but Klaus understood her even after everything she did to him and viceversa, and their chemistry is just so perfect and they had sexual tension in every one of their interactions. But if Cami had been alive, I honestly think Klaus would have remained with her.

Everyone who follows me knows I believe Klaus loved Aurora romantically the most, but by the time Legacies takes place Klaus would probably adore Cami a lot more than it's already shown in canon and perhaps they would even be married, and she was good for him and his family. In the modern day, Aurora wasn't good for him or his family at all (she was literally trying to kill Hope) and in general, she needed to work on herself, to try to let go of Tristan's abuse before getting into a relationship with the man whose family is responsible for her fucked up mental health.

However, I do think Hope would stop her family if they tried to kill Aurora, she's really empathetic in these kind of things and they had a slight respect for each other by the time Aurora died. Klaus and her would probably talk, perhaps she would even have a conversation with Camille before leaving to live her best life which it's what should have happened in canon. Hayley would probably thank her for saving her daughter too, and I think they - by this I mean the whole Mikaelson family - would agree to try to not kill each other again, but who knows with them?

I love Klaus and Hayley together. Whether people ship them romantically or not isn't important to me, I can see their potential and though I personally think they wouldn't work, I can understand why other people do. I really like how often she stands up to him whenever she feels he's getting too cocky, or when it comes to their daughter. I love how much their relationship developed in the last three seasons and how gutted he was after her death, he didn't just love her for being his mother's daughter but for being his best friend and family. It was beautiful for me to see how much Hayley fought for him and never gave up, they deserved to raise their daughter together or at least, Hope deserved it.

And I honestly agree: he has amazing taste. I would get with any of these girls in an instant, they're all beautiful.

#anti klaroline #klaus mikaelson #hayley marshall #aurora de martel #camille o'connell #caroline forbes #klamille #klayley #klaurora #the originals #the vampire diaries #legacies

[lifesarchive]

HIDDEN PICTURES by JASON REKULAK (REVIEW)

quickly: a recovering addict gets a new job babysitting a haunted five-year-old. (a young woman trying to live a sober life / a child with a questionable existence / homes that come with guest houses and hidden gardens / disturbed suburbian parents / physical and spiritual battles with sobriety / weird and quirky superstitious neighbors / wickedly beautiful artwork from the spiritual realm / gardeners who make you want to break rules)

not too shabby. not too complex either, honestly. the tone sits firmly in the mystery genre, for me. the ghosts in this story don’t scare or thrill me, but they don’t bore me either. stephen king is quoted on the back cover as saying “the language is straightforward”, and that is absolutely correct. not much poetry or soul to the writing, but it was a full story! it was compelling enough to pull me to the end, but not my favorite ending. it has the kind of ending that you find in most “B” level thrillers (which is no shade, i love b-movies). the ending is a resolution, but it doesn’t take my breath away.

★ ★ ★

more thoughts: SPOILERS!

Some personal context… after a reading sprint that began sometime in March, I spent the past few weeks with THE BOOKS OF JACOB. It is a tome of a book, 900+ pages, and the most time I’ve spent with a book in years. It was an interesting and detailed world to be in, but I couldn’t wait to get back to the thriller/mystery/horror genre, and HIDDEN PICTURES is my return. I read it in less than 24 hours. 

The artwork really pulled me in, and wasn’t as gimmicky as it could have been.

The story opens up with Mallory reflecting on a paid health study she participated in which involved her being blindfolded in front of a group of men. She was instructed to raise her hand if she felt eyes on her, testing her ability to sense the male gaze. She was insanely accurate, telling the instructor that she felt a buzz in her mind whenever she sensed looks. The instructor offers to do more research with her, but Mallory trades her phone for Oxy and the lady is unable to reach her.

After this, we are immediately thrown into the present where Mallory is now sober and has been for 18 months. She is preparing to interview for a babysitting job with The Maxwells, youngish parents living in an affluent suburban enclave. After an awkward and stressful interview that involves her pulling out a piss test to prove her commitment to sobriety, she is hired. Caroline, the Mom, says they believe in giving people second chances, but you learn fast that you can’t believe anything they say.

Soon enough, five-year-old Teddy has formed a close bond with Mallory. The creepy pictures he draws always seem to show an entity hanging around him that no one else can see (but Mallory can sense). Teddy’s mom brushes the pictures off and tells Mallory not to encourage him. After the quirky next-door neighbor tells Mallory about the ghost stories surrounding the guest house where she lives, she eventually convinces herself that her guest house is haunted and the ghost is speaking through Teddy. Half right.

Of course, her pursuit of this tightens the underwear of The Maxwells, and so she begins to investigate under the radar. She enlists the help of The Maxwells’ gardener whom she’s told that she was a local student (and not a recovering person being given a second chance to get her life on track). Fast forwarding past the awkwardness of living with a married couple whose marriage is a thin facade of happiness, the “hauntings”, the creepy photos with the Samura-like girl in them, Mallory trying to confront the super rationalist parents about the supernatural realm, and Mallory trying to make contact to the ghost by ouija board… eventually the ghost jumps into Mallory’s body while she is napping and causes her to draw all over the walls of The Maxwell’s pristine white walls.

The rest is a loud and gory climax with a small scoop of falling action on the side. The parents fire Mallory because of the “artwork”, attributing it to some sort of mental break caused by recovery, and they give her 48 hours to get out. Alex, the gardener, is told about her true background as a recovering addict (but still wants to help her). She miraculously solves the mystery at the last minute and proceeds to do the dumbest thing that characters can do in a mystery/thriller… confront the bad guys with no backup, collateral, witness, or weaponry. The Maxwells reveal their devilry… they are kidnappers who stole a little girl and made her disguise herself as a boy. The child’s real mother, whom Caroline Maxwell killed, is who has been haunting little Teddy.

Caroline Maxwell plans to kill Mallory by drug overdose, but she’s saved by Ted Maxwell who secretly hates his kidnapping murderess wife (but has done nothing but enable her). A delusional Ted is killed by Caroline, in the midst of some pipe dream of him running away to some foreign land with Mallory. A chase ensues, with Mallory running into the woods with Teddy and hiding in a tree. Just as Caroline has hunted them down, the spirit of Teddy’s dead mother possesses her, getting Teddy to kill Caroline with an arrowhead conveniently found earlier in the story. 

That’s how most elements of this story felt. Convenient. The end, while loud and gory, seemed staged. Like I could see the beginning from the end. All the little easter eggs stood out like they had billboards above them pointing out “CLUE HERE”, or “FORESHADOWING”. Yet, I still enjoyed it. Like I would an R.L. Fear Street book. Three stars, but a high three. 

ADDENDUM: seeing from other reviewers how this author's work includes, deceptively, various ideologies used to other and vilify trans children and their parents (which makes me think back to that errant Harry Potter reference). Unfortunate and gross. Knowing makes the work even cheaper than it already was. Keeping my same rating, which was written and determined before I found out. I will definitely be more critical in the future.

#3 stars #book review #writing #books & libraries #aesthetic #literature #hidden pictures #reviews #jason rekulak #ghost stories #paranormal #ghost story #ghost hunting #spirits #fiction #novel #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #booklr #bookish #booklover #bookstagram #currently reading #suburbia #2023

[papcrrings]

Violentine’s Day Plotting/Starter Call Part 1

Below the cut, you will find plots for half my muses for the event. Please reply with any starters you would like (specify for who) or like and I’ll message you about plots. If we have already discussed starters for our pairs, no need to reply but feel free to like for further plotting or reply for starters !!

Alex Mercer

Paired With Willie 

Current Plots: Alex is too pure for this. He will try to fight it as much as possible and will probably do more running than trying to kill.  No plans for him to die and definitely not to kill Willie.

Starter Ideas: Friends (can establish connections) who he bumps into before his date or during it if Willie steps away, people who help him hide after the spell hit, Boo Boo Stewart doppelgangers he might mistake for Willie, any random thread to make new connections. 

Starters to Write: Willie (1/6)

Bianca Barclay

Paired With Kendra Dumbledore

Current Plots: Will use siren song to get anyone to do what she wants. Plans to kill Kendra and will help others beforehand.

Stater Ideas: Friends who she runs into before or during the “date”, Cystal Reed doppelgangers that she may mistake for Kendra, someone to plot killing with (she will help or accept help).

Starters to Write: Xavier Thorpe, Yoon Chi Woo, Kendra Dumbledore (3/6)

Caroline Forbes Salvatore

Paired with Stefan Salvatore

Current Plots: Think Humanity-less Caroline from TVD. She will have all sorts of messed up things in her head but her and Stefan will be evenly matched so she may find someone she can manipulate into helping he or someone conniving enough to help anyway. No plans for her to die or kill Stefan.

Starter Ideas: Her friends before or during the spell, someone who she can manipulate or will help her with the killing or someone who is conniving enough anyway, she may help others too (likely someone she already knows), random plots for new connections.

Starter to Write: Bonnie Bennett (1/6)

Cato Hadley

Paired with Clove Kentwell

Current Plots: Boy is already a killer psycho now that he’s aware and he will take every advantage of this spell to get Clove aware too so he can have his psycho partner. He probably has plans to do that even before the spell tbh. Plans to kill her by the end of the plot.

Starter Ideas: People he knows who he runs into before the spell, he won’t ask for help killing but once the deed is done he will absolutely want to help others carry out any murders, random threads for new connections (evil ones are encouraged).

Starter to Write: Tatum Riley, Zoya Nazyalensky (2/6)

Charlotte La Bouff

Paired with Claudia

Current Plots: TBD

Starter Ideas: Some very amusing threads with this pint-sized powerhouse letting out internalised rage that she doesn’t express because it isn’t ladylike (you know you wanna interact with that lol), people she runs into before or during the spell, random new connection threads.

Starters to Write: Marie O’Malley (1/6)

Effie Trinket

Paired with Sersi

Current Plots: Also has a lot of internalised rage that usually comes out in passive aggressive comments but is now full blown violence. Not going to kill Sersi but will do some serious damage given the chance.

Starter Ideas: Gimme some Hunger Games muses, it’ll be like Effie is in the arena herself and I think it’d be interesting, anyone who may help her kill, random threads for new connections.

Starter to Write: ?? (0/6)

Felicity McKinnon

Paired with Stitch Pelekai

Current Plots: Has enough fight in her to not use a killing curse but will use some dark spells and hexes on her partner but they are indestructible so Stitch wins and seriously injures her until she looks dead and snaps out of it. She will have a full blown bad time after this because she would hate that she used dark magic.

Starter Ideas: People she runs into before or during the spell starts, other witches/wizards who she could get spell ideas from, other random threads for new connections.

Starters to Write: Marlene McKinnon, Rabastan Lestrange (2/6)

Fiyero Tigelaar

Paired with Kaiden Monsula

Current Plots: Fiyero will put up a fight and may or may not take out Kaiden. He’ll be pretty guilty after though. To be honest, the whole thing is going to be very confusing for him because it’s his first big event since arriving here.

Starter Ideas: People he meets before and while out on the date (he needs new friends), Matthew Daddario doppelgangers that he mistakes for Kaiden, random threads for new connections.

Starters to Write: Kaiden Monsula, Josh Washington (2/6)

Frank Longbottom

Paired with Alice Longbottom

Current Plots: Frank is going to end dying during this event. He’ll fight it out with Alice, while also trying to fight it (and failing), but he loses.

Starter Ideas: Threads from before the spell affected him, threads to help him hide from Alice perhaps while he tries to fight it, random threads for current and new connections.

Starters to Write: ?? (0/6)

Heather Duke

Paired with Mara Jade

Current Plots: Heather is gonna have a near death experience where Mara thinks she’s dead and drops her off at the hospital when she snaps out of it. Heather will fight until she can’t anymore though, she is viscious af.

Starter Ideas: Threads before or during the spell for current and new connections, any redheads that Heather might momentarily mistake for Mara, surgeons/doctors who help look after her at the hospital.

Starters to Write: ?? (0/6)

Henry Turner

Paired with Choi Nam Ra

Current Plots: TBD (but I think probably put up a fight but lose. However, no decisions on dying or killing or not)

Starter Ideas: Literally any threads for current or new connections, he needs to know more people, anyone who could help him defeat Nam Ra (unsuccessfully but you know), anyone with a pirate connection that he might help for that reason.

Starters to Write: Patia Por’co (1/6)

Isaac Lahey

Paired with Cora Hale

Current Plots: Poor Isaac is gonna turn all viscious werewolf and hurt the woman he loves. He is going to be distraught after he snaps out of it.

Starter Ideas: People he runs into before or during the date, Adelaide Kane doppelgangers he may mistake for Cora, friends who find him after he kills Cora to help and have to help him through his breakdown.

Starters to Write: Peter Hale, Eliot Alderson (2/6)

#murder mention tw #death mention tw #hw: starter call #hw: plot call #event : violentine's day

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Writeblr Positivity Tag

Thanks @lexiklecksi for tagging me!

1. What motivates you to write?

I want to see what stories I could tell and to try to get into other people's point of view and see how they solve problems. Plus, to get immersed into a world I have created.

2. A line/short snippet of your writing that you are most proud/happy of. If not, maybe share a line of someone else's work you love (just please credit them):

"Surprised, Caroline glanced at her hand, adjusting to keep herself from falling. Blood gushed out of the crimson-lined wound as the storm ravaged on, while the wind blew Caroline’s strands against her eyes. The thunder and lightning roared and sparked across the rose quartz sky, and the russet rocks wore down towards the distant ground below. All the elements, all very present around her, performed a musical persuading her to die with every precarious note."

3. Which OC makes you smile every time you think/ talk about them and what are they like?

I feel like Inbal (one of the Mizrahi children in Iodine) should be fun to write about. She's spunky and fun and somehow gets into quite a bit of fights. That doesn't mean she's always happy, though--finding out not only she has a big sister, but she's alive. So she alternates between being happy to have a female companion and a bit cynical about why her mother would lie to her about something so big.

4. What process of writing do you enjoy the most?

You know that feeling when you're immersed into a scene and you can't seem to know where it goes? That feeling feels wonderful once you get into it.

5. What part of writing do you think you are the best at? (Yes stroke your own ego it's okay)

I think it's because of my poetry background, but I frequently write descriptive scenes and create compelling pictures of what's going on in that world. I also frequently go into the thought process of each character quite often, so I could frequently set up scenes and what not.

6. What is something in the writeblr community that is most enjoyable?

I like how they're open to not only sharing their work, but also open to come up with new ideas and trying ot inspiring people.

7. A writing tool/device you use that helps you with writing? (It could be speech to text, a writing program etc)

Not really, though I do have notebooks on worldbuilding and such. I mostly use them for Iodine and The Sorceress, though.

8. A piece of worldbuilding that you like in your own story? (It could be the magic system, a particular place in the story, a law etc)

I like going into the natural spaces; they tend to give a feel on how people think. Aleria receives the prophecy near a waterfall; one of the locations the Sea Gardenia could be is in a magical pond, and just the characters navigating through mountains, sea, and sky. As most of the discussions of how to find are within more populated areas, it's sort of brings the more adventurous feel to Out There that I want.

I also really focused on the magic system and how people deal with powers! It feels a bit secondary at this point, but as Caroline isn't living in the realms, but caught up in their stories, it sort of plays into her arc about what she wants in life. Hopefully I could write more coherent stories about their backgrounds.

9. What piece of advice would you say to encourage others to write if they are having a rough patch?

I would say...absorb everything like a sponge. The world is filled with interesting things; it's a matter of gathering what's the best for what you're working on!

10. Tag some people whose works you love/have been your biggest supporters:

@pineconeontheforestsfloor, @fragiledewdrop, @prasannawrites, @somebodyssongbird, @pinkmoonpoetry, @artymys, @thewritersplace, @andromedaexists, @aimeewai

#tag games #about me #writers on tumblr #writeblr

[cuddlyreader]

I've been watching TVD and have to agree with you that Stefan is actually a terrible person in ways that the show never acknowledges. He's so dishonest, hypocritical, self-superior etc., and I don't know if this is the writing or acting but despite all the talk about how kind he supposedly is, he nearly always comes off as fundamentally cold to me. He's "good" in a purely performative way but never seems to actually care about anyone except Elena and holds himself above everyone. And steroline was a disaster ---were we supposed to believe he was ever genuinely in love with her?! I would love to know what you love about Elena? Unlike most here, I don't dislike her! The problem is that I don't like her either---she's just kind of there, a generic, beautiful shell of a heroine who has no personality and is just kind of a plot device? I'm open to changing my mind and would love to hear what you like about her!

Ugh. I know. Stefan makes me so angry. To add to your little rant, he may care about Elena, but that is a nonissue when it suits him, and once she chooses Damon. Damon doesn't stop caring about her no matter what she chooses including when she erased her memory of them.

Now, what do I love about Elena?

I love her kind and loving heart: She instantly cares about Damon because he is Stefan's brother. She defends Caroline immediately when 1) Damon talks bad about her and 2) she finds out that Damon is physically hurting her. She tries to take care of her brother even using tough love when necessary. She tries to protect Bonnie from everything, then desperately tries to be there for her when bad things happen. She tries to keep Jenna out of everything even though it backfires. She adopts Alaric as a surrogate dad to help him as much as Jeremy and herself. She literally puts herself in danger numerous times to save Stefan even when she isn't in love with him anymore. She saves Damon when she barely likes him. She hates the thought of hurting people when she feeds to the point that she compels them not to hurt.

I like what I have said previously about Elena, so I am pulling from an old ask. You can find it below the keep reading.

Elena - Strengths: 1. Elena is strong, and I mean emotionally. She experiences horrific loss time after time and dies twice, and this girl gets up every morning and goes to school, takes care of her brother (and Jenna and Alaric), and continues to make it through. 2. She is also compassionate, as everyone knows. This is the reason she can care about Anna and Rebekah losing their mother even when they are doing bad things to her or her friends. It’s also the reason that she can fall in love with the love of her life. She doesn’t even have the capacity to hate Katherine as she is dying. For the record, I do. 3. I’m going to add a third because I want to. Elena supports her friends and family always. She encourages Jenna with Alaric. She tries to ease Jenna’s fear and guilt at the ritual. She basically takes care of Alaric after Jenna dies under the pretense that he is looking after her and Jeremy. She encourages Caroline with Matt and then Stefan and doesn’t judge the Klaroline hookup. She tries to stop Caroline from turning off her humanity and then works to help her turn it back on. She supports Bonnie with Jeremy and is mad on Bonnie’s behalf when he screws up the first time around. She consistently tries to be present for Bonnie when tragedy strikes and respectfully stays distant when Bonnie needs it even though it breaks her heart. She’s there for Stefan more than I agree with, so I’m not listing things here other than her always supporting the brothers being brothers. She knows that Damon cares about people long before anyone else figures it out. She supports him through losing Katherine, Rose dying, losing Stefan to Klaus, etc. That’s barely touching how she is with Damon, but this is long already.

#my asks #the vampire diaries #elena gilbert

[blazenka]

Forthcoming

Returning to Mystic Falls for a visit, Elena awakes to find she's been sent unwillingly into the past. Not only does she have to avoid changing past events; she must also deal with a cold and detached Damon who is the only one who knows she's there.

Original source: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7073903/1/Forthcoming

Chapters: 17

Published: June 12, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Words: 41434

Rated: Fiction M - Language: English - Genre: Romance/Supernatural - Characters: Elena G., Damon S. - Reviews: 117 - Favs: 132 - Follows: 95

Exported with the assistance of FicHub.net

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Epilogue

Chapter 5

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Elena didn't sleep much that night. It's not like she didn't want to sleep with everything weighing down upon her, she just couldn't. After all the drama and deaths, it was almost comical that once Elena had found happiness and some stability in her life - it all goes to hell. She wasn't sure she could stand reliving through her past again. She felt like emotionally it would destroy her even if she wasn't the center of it again.

Elena sighed as she took out a pad of a paper knowing the only way she was going to get any sleep is if she exhausted herself trying to figure out the time line and events from years past. Then possibly she could avoid changing things while she was here.

By the time morning came, Elena had managed to get some slumber even if it wasn't the deep reviving kind she desperately needed.

The day followed with severe thunderstorms and pounding rain that drowned out every other sound in the small room. Strangely, Elena remembered this storm - Stefan had asked her to stay the previous night so they had spent this day cuddling in his room. It was always a beloved memory because it was one of the days Stefan and she just talked about nothing at all. It was days like those that made their relationship seem so real and stable.

Of course, memories of Stefan lead to memories of Damon. Elena tossed the note book back onto the table and moved into the kitchen. She felt guilty that the two brothers always seemed linked in her memories… and her heart.

Yet the more Elena thought about it she realized that even though memories of Stefan led to Damon, memories of Damon only led to more times Damon and she spent time together.

Elena quietly made herself a simple sandwich to eat before she settled in the reclining arm chair. She watched the rain pelt the glass window before she lost herself in the memories.

2012

Damon sat close to Elena, rubbing her back in comfort as she calmed down from crying again over Stefan. Never inserting one of his innuendos or quips about how he was in her room, he would just sit and be there with her - letting her know she wasn't alone.

Then when her senior year was coming to a close and friends were choosing their futures, Damon encouraged her to take up writing when she hadn't a clue what she wanted to do. Was her future supposed to be all planned out at this point? Without Stefan? She didn't know. Her life had been filled with the supernatural and death for so long, she wasn't sure if she could do anything remotely considered normal.

Yet, Damon insisted with applications and even submitting a couple short stories to some magazines, he was always reassuring her - always there for her. Eventually she got into a writing program at some local satellite college.

The multiple times her dragged her out of the house to do something 'fun' so she wasn't mopping when they were not looking for Stefan. The way he made sure to say something offensive and sarcastic to her that, in a strange way, always seemed to make her laugh for a moment right before she slapped in the arm.

The night she wishes she could go back.

Elena (or rather Caroline and Bonnie) decided to have a send off before they went off to college. They started to play pool, drinking, flirting shamelessly with boys they didn't know and would never see after that night. Of course, Damon made an appearance - saying he only showed up to put Tyler and Jeremy's fears to rest but she knew he was worried too.

She poked fun at him, telling him he was becoming a jealous boyfriend.

He smirked before informing her, "All of the duties but none of the benefits". Sure to include that thing he did with his eyes that always made her knees go weak.

It was a stupid drunk idea to take him back to her room later that night with the lie that she wanted to just talk. But her friends (and her brother) were together and gone for the night, and she was feeling so lonely.

She still felt the heat of him behind her on the back of her neck as when he had attempted to teach her how to play pool at the bar, silently wish he would just turn her around and kiss her while she drunkenly tried to land the ball with the uncooperative cue.

Finally gathering enough courage and stupidity to reach up and kiss him. Fighting with him as his first reaction was to pull back in surprise.

Wearing him down before he gave into the pressure and desire, climbing into her bed after her. The desperation and build up as they stripped out of each others clothes. Only sparing touches to runs her hands down his chest and through his hair. Frantic kisses so there was no need to speak. Yet, in the back of their minds there was the nagging feeling that the timing of this whole ordeal was wrong.

Unfortunately, this was realized consciously in the morning light.

Damon slowly untangled himself from Elena before retrieving his pants, silently moving around her room even though she was already awake.

" You're leaving?" she asked, not bothering to move to look at him.

" Elena… this was a mistake," he rationalized, sitting on the bed to pull on his boots.

" Mistake? Really Damon?" Elena hissed as she sat up only to be answered with Damon's cold shoulder.

" Elena… you never broke things off with Stefan, really never got over him. I shouldn't be with you… like this. I can't have a relationship with you, Elena."

" Oh there is no relationship. It was just sex, Damon." She mocked him, hurt and bitter by his choice of words.

" Elena…" he stressed, even though he could say cruel things at times - he wouldn't allow her to.

" Don't worry about it, Damon," Elena mocked as she moved around her room, collecting scattered clothes, "Just a send off before I leave Mystic Falls behind."

After her statement, Damon finally spared a look her way - skepticism evident in his eyes.

" I'm moving out of here and into an apartment so I'll be closer to campus. I'm leaving this town, the memories… and you, Damon," she clarified for him.

Damon quickly sped to her, gripping her shoulders, looking sternly into her eyes, "You keep thinking you can just kick me out of your life whenever you want to Elena. Fine then, I'm out. Glad you gave me one hell of a send off before you go."

He let go of her with a harsh shove before he moved towards her window before finishing, "Just remember - I'm not going to save your life if I'm no longer a part of it." Then he was gone.

Elena couldn't remember at time she cried as hard as she did whilst packed her things. She wondered if she had broken the final straw in Damon and her fragile relationship. Or possibly worse, what if she finally broke him?

He kept to his words and even after two months later, after she settled down in her place Elena didn't hear anything from Damon until she heard from Alaric and Jeremy.

Her knees gave out as she clenched the phone, mouth gaped wide as her breath hitched.

Stefan had come back to Mystic Falls to collect his brother for Klaus.

Despite Ric pleading with Elena to come home where they could protect her, she stayed in her small apartment until Stefan appeared for her as well.

The scent of metal overwhelmed Elena as she returned to aware thinking. Iron… copper… rust mixed with the salt of sweat replace the air in the room.

" Elena… I thought… but you wouldn't… let them… What is with you… self sacrificing your… Elena?" she heard a dry masculine voice call out to her from across the room. Thought, she seemed to be having problems making out his words as she slipped in and out of consciousness.

Elena couldn't move her body, not yet, but could tilt her head in the direction of the opposite wall where the voice originated from. Only, she wished she hadn't.

The image before her was something she could never unseen and it broke her heart. Every word she said in bitter distrust to him before in their stupid tryst she wish she could take back - especially if it meant he wouldn't be in the position he was in now.

Elena needed this to stop… she wanted this to end.

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[l-r-christian]

Heyyy I was wondering if you could do a poly!mikaelson fic you can make up the plot but I've been so obsessed with the first lately and I need some more to feed my obsession tysm love your writing btw💕❤

Ohhhh boy thank you. I have an idea let's go this is gonna lean mostly to the boys

Warnings: Angst, Mikaelson boys being simps, Fluff, Spiciness

A/N: used Google translate for the French again. My grandmother would be ashamed of me.

Attends que mes frères vioent ce que j'ai vu de toi, petit - Wait until my brothers get to see what I saw of you, little one

Tu vas me partager - You're going to share me?

Oh oui petit - Oh yes little one.

Y/N had left a bloody bodies in her wake after a month since she turned off her humanity which her friends couldn't understand why she would. Stefan and Caroline found Y/N feeding off of a whole bar of people and managed to vervain her and get her back to the Salvatore house to begin the process of getting her to turning on her humanity.

"How is she?" Damon asked Stefan when the younger Salvatore walked out of the room they had Y/N in tied to a chair with vervain ropes and curtains drawn close to keep the sun from burning her.

"Still no humanity."

"Are you sure you guys don't know why she turned it off?" Caroline asked noticing how Elena looked away and Damon looked guilty of something. Now it was no secret to the friend group that Y/N and Damon broke up but they didn't know why and both Caroline and Bonnie found it weird that Elena had started to date Damon a week after Y/N left Damon.

"Yeah, we're sure."

Three weeks Y/N kept it off making Caroline go behind everyone's back with Bonnie and Enzo encouraging the blonde to call Y/N's Sire....Elijah for help. They hoped the Original could get you to turn it back on. Elijah was surprised to get a call from Caroline saying that Y/N had turned off her humanity and seeing how things were calm in New Orleans, he told Caroline he was on his way.

"Leaving 'Lijah?"

"I am needed in Mystic Falls. It seems Y/N had turned off her humanity Niklaus." Elijah tells his brother who frowned not liking the sound of his favorite vampire having her humanity off.

"I'm coming with you."

In the end both Klaus and Kol came with Elijah which didn't surprise the older Mikaelson as both of them were every protective of Y/N. Klaus and Kol would tell Elijah that Y/N was their favorite vampire that he Sired and before leaving for New Orleans the three agreed to share her if she left Damon for New Orleans.

"Why are they here?" Damon growled walking into the Salvatore home seeing Caroline and Enzo talking to the Original family about Y/N.

"I called Elijah. I thought as Y/N's Sire, Elijah could help." Caroline says as Damon glared at the Original as it was the one thing Damon hated most that his ex girlfriend was Sired to Elijah. Damon was angry with Elena when she told the vampire she asked Elijah to turn Y/N and afterwards the freshly turned vampire followed Elijah around like a puppy as he help her control herself.

"Right. We don't ne....." Damon was cut off by Klaus slamming him against a wall with his hand in the vampire's chest eyes dark as Elijah sighed while Kolwatched enjoying it all a little too much.

"I remembering you promised my brothers and I that you would take care of our little vamp." Klaus growled as Kol smirked following Caroline and Elijah to the room Y/N was in. Damon had indeed promised to care for Y/N as the three waited for the younger vampire to fuck up so they could swoop in to take the female vampire away.

"She is my girl....you ass." Damon said as Klaus pulled away glaring then followed after the three angry the Damon reminded him that Y/N belong to another.

"Oh Elijah.....you sleeping with Elena too? Is that why you are here, so little miss prefect could be happy?" Y/N said when they stepped into the room finding the no humanity vampire sitting on the floor head laying on a bed. Elijah frowned seeing the state his Sired vampire was in, her clothes were dirty clearly she hadn't been fed and seemed to be healing slowly from burns she got from the sun as Elijah spotted her daylight ring was gone.

"What have they done to her?"

"They are trying what they did to Elena to get her to turn her humanity on. Y/N had turned it off just a little over day before she broke things off with Damon." Caroline says handing Y/N's daylight ring to Elijah as the three Originals smirked looking at Y/N.

"I'll take it from here Caroline." Elijah says taking off his suit jacket and tie as Caroline looked worried for Y/N as Klaus smirked leading her out of the room.

"No need to worry Elijah is an expert on getting his Sired to turn their humanity back on without the Sire bond." Kol tells Caroline as Klaus nodded leading Caroline away as Elijah closed the door with his foot rolling up his sleeves.

It only took Elijah about a day to get Y/N to turn on her humanity again and at the moment she was freshly washed dressed in one of Elijah's shirts feeding from his arm as Elijah held Y/N in his lap.

"You are doing so well little one." Elijah whispered pressing a kiss on her hairline as his free hand rubbed her hip. Y/N pulled away feeling ashamed for what she had done and wanted out of Elijah's lap finding herself feeling like she didn't deserves such affection.

"No. Stay right here and feed." Elijah said pulling Y/N back against his chest holding her chin getting her latch back on his bleeding wrist. Y/N flushed at Elijah's commanding tone as Elijah picked up on her racing heart while pulling his wrist away and she turned around.

"Getting shy on me now little one? After all the things we've done?" Elijah teased Y/N watching her hide her face in his neck hearing him laugh lightly. Y/N's breathing had calmed as something about being in Elijah's arms made the female vampire relax.

Elijah stood taking his Sired with him wrapping Y/N's bare legs around his waist as his hand cupped her bottom holding her against him seeing how the vampire was falling asleep. Elijah walked out carrying Y/N getting everyone's attention surprised to see Y/N half asleep. Elijah looked at Damon smirking as the Original did what the younger vampire couldn't.

"You got her to turn it back on?"

"Like I said darling, an expert." Kol said standing taking the bag from Elijah winking at Y/N finding her sleepy face adorable. Damon narrowed his eyes watching Kol kiss Y/N's hand and how she cupped the Original's cheek watching him light up as if they both were understanding one another.

"How did you? We didn't hear a thing." Elena said standing up seeing how her friend clinging to her Sire and Elijah gave Klaus a knowing smirk.

"I had Miss Bennett put a silence spell on the room."

"My brother likes to keep his secrets. Not even I or Kol know how he does it." Klaus says watching Y/N nuzzle Elijah's neck taking comfort in his scent.

"Attends que mes frères vioent ce que j'ai vu de toi, petit."

"Tu vas me partager?"

"Oh oui petit." Elijah whispered in Y/N's ear hiking her higher against his chest as Damon frowned wishing he listened to Y/N about learning French. Damon wanted to understand what Y/N and Elijah was whispering about while it seemed Klaus understood perfectly if the hybrid's smirk was anything to go by.

"Wait where are you going?"

"If you thought I was going to leave my little vampire under your care again you are mistaken." Elijah says looking at Elena as he was carrying Y/N out to their car when Damon stepped forward but stopped by Klaus so Elena moved in front of Elijah.

"Elena, I suggest you move. Y/N will be coming back with us." Elijah said mocha eyes narrowed at younger vampire. Y/N raised her head looking at Elijah who's attention was on her right away.

"Petit?"

"I want....to go with you." Y/N muttered softly as Elijah smirked kissing Y/N's temple hearing Damon growl deeply seeing Y/N seemly cuddling up to Elijah.

"If you excuse us, Elena." Elijah said passing the female vampire as Damon narrowed his eyes seeing Y/N bury her face back in Elijah's neck.

"Caroline, you have Elijah's number. Do come and visit." Klaus said sounding smug following Elijah out with Kol. Damon was pissed that Elijah would take Y/N away as he hoped to win her back.

"Damon?" Elena asked confused watching Damon headed up stairs to plot to get his girl back.

"Elijah?" Y/N mumbled feeling warm and half asleep feeling Elijah's chest under her palms and Klaus's lips brushing along her shoulder while Kol planted kisses on her abdomen.

"You fell asleep in the car. We are currently in New Orleans." Elijah said rolling the baby vampire over pulling her back against his chest. Klaus focus on Y/N's collar bone as she flushed feeling Kol nip at her thighs.

"Now fed petit." Elijah said softly raising his wrist to Y/N's mouth growling lowly when she gently bit Elijah's wrist.

"You know Rebekah will be upset we touched her first." Klaus said against Y/N's collar bone moving to the swell of her breast. Y/N whimpered softly against Elijah's wrist feeling a little overwhelmed by their touches.

"When Rebekah gets home she ravish Y/N all she wants. For now we get her first." Elijah said against Y/N's skin as his hand moved along her leg as that night was a blur of hands and mouths.

#L.R writes #mikaelson family x reader #mikaelson x reader #elijah mikaelson imagine #klaus mikaelson imagine #kol mikaelson imagine #rebekah mikaelson imagine

[galvanizedfriend]

Director’s cut of The Wolf please!

Omg, anon! 🤣🤣 That is so broad! It's hard to talk about _The Wolf_ because it's like 800k words long? lol If there's anything specific you'd like to hear about, let me know! I'll try to think of some general aspects.

Under the cut because, as always, I don't know how to shut up. Apologies. 🥲

I started writing that because I was one day watching some reruns of The Originals, can't remember what season, hating everyone's reactions to whatever was happening, and started thinking 'If Caroline was there, she would say this, and this would be different, and Klaus wouldn't do that' etc, etc. And then I was like 'I'm gonna make that happen' 🤣🤣 I wasn't going to post it, though. It was more like a very self-indulgent writing, and I was in a particularly bad moment in fandom, I had just gone through The Big Purge and all, but @definedareasofuncertainty asked to read it and then encouraged me to post it and the rest is history. 🤣🤣

That story has caused me to feel the most joy and also the worst things since I joined fandom. But at the end of the day, I do love that universe. I love their dynamic, I love the relationships built, I love how they grow and develop over the two stories and I love how realistic (in a canonical sort of way) it all feels. It's believable to me that Caroline and Elijah would love each other like family at the end of the story, that Caroline and Cami become so close, that Klaus and Bonnie would have a conversation that is only mildly hostile in which they agree to be cool for the sake of Caroline. All those things bring me immense joy and I feel proud of them because it took a lot of work to get there. Almost a million words of story, actually. 🥲 I've come to a point where I can just replace canon in my heart and just pretend that TO never happened, and that's all I wanted tbh. 🤣 I was watching TO yesterday and thinking 'wow, this is so much better with Caroline there' and for a small second I was very happy that my past self decided to write that story. 😂

I never had any plans to actually fix the parts of canon I hate (there's a bunch of dumb stuff there I would've never done if it had been my story), I just wanted to stay close enough to the show that it could feel *real* and like something that could've actually really happened. At the same time, I DID make considerable changes, some more subtle than others, and if anyone comes at me again saying Caroline and Hayley are the same or that the story is exactly like the show, I WILL DIE. I can only be responsible for what I write, not for what people understand, and if someone doesn't *get* what they're reading, it's their own fault, not mine.

I could name a thousand differences between show and fic, but the most important one, that I think makes the biggest difference, even though it might not even be the most obvious, is that this story, unlike The Originals, is not about the baby. The baby is an artifice, an excuse, just a prop (look away, Ennie). Nothing Klaus does or doesn't do is about the baby. The story is about *Caroline*. She's the one at the heart of absolutely everything. I had no shame whatsoever in making her the center of all attentions, a legit special snow flake, because I love her and that's the place I wanted her to occupy. She has agency, she pushes the story, she motivates everything, she forces Klaus' hand time and time again - not because she's pregnant, but because she is her. Caroline has the same kind of sway over him she had in TVD, which is one of my favorite things about them actually, and I wanted that to be very much the thing that moves the story forward.

Caroline grows into herself and her own influence, and by the time I got to the end of TW2, she was absolutely my favorite in the whole fic (Elijah was my favorite at the beginning lol though I hardly think that's surprising to anyone who read it). I just loved to see how far she'd come, how strong she'd become, how she'd turned into everything I wanted her to be in TVD: someone who was sure of herself, in charge of her destiny, making her own choices, demanding the kind of care and attention she deserved, fierce and loyal still, but more importantly able to put herself first, all the way being put first by others. For me, it's natural that she'd start as someone who gets a little swallowed by the Mikaelson orbit, because they are these larger than life creatures and New Orleans is their kingdom and she's just overwhelmed by the situation she's in. But it doesn't take her long to start carving out her own space, showing them under no uncertain terms that she is not an orphan who's just glad to be taken in by someone like Hayley, neither is she just a baby growing inside of her. She has a family, friends, a whole life that she was taken away from, and for that reason Klaus and Elijah have to make it worth her while to stick around. They have to prove that with them is where she belong, but not by treating her like a princess, but rather taking her seriously, listening to her, compromising, empowering her so she can find her full potential. Stakes are just different, and Caroline's standards are a hell of a lot higher. But at the same time, Klaus does care a hell of a lot more as well. lol He couldn't give a flying fuck if Hayley lived or died for most of TO. With Caroline, he's in it for her from day one. Figuring out how to navigate all that is impossibly hard for him and he makes mistakes, but he loves her, pure and simply, and Caroline has always been the one person who gets him to consider consequences and actually develop a modicum of conscience. Slowly bur surely, they grow into a family. So yeah, my friends say that I can't take a compliment and can never say good things about my own stories and they're probably right. 😂 The kind of awfulness I've had to read about TW made me terribly self-conscious and also made me doubt myself as a writer a lot. But I think I've come to a point where I can just embrace the fact this is a *good* fic that might not be for everyone, but that I am very proud of.

Also, I have like 100k words worth of headcanons for what would happen if I kept writing seasons 3 and 4 of TO. 😂😂

And this has probably NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU WANTED. 🤣 I'm sorry, anon! But thank you very much for your ask!

#yokan answers #anon #i got a little EMOTIONAL in this one lol #i just think i had some stuff to say about tw

[lollipopwrites]

bonnie bennett hobbies headcanon

@scorpio-karma i’m a day late! sorry!

headcanon: bonnie had always been a really good dancer. she especially loved ballet. she took classes until seventh grade when she broke her leg. after her leg healed she didn’t get back into it but as an adult she still dances from time to time.

description: i wrote a lil ficlet about bonnie dancing. it takes place when she’s around 11 years old so she’s in... fifth grade? it’s also kinda centered on her relationship with grams. it’s really wholesome as well bc i was in that kinda mood. enjoy!

Bonnie’s shoulders slouched noticeably as she stepped out of the dance room to get some water. This was her third class of the day and she was, for a lack of better words, pooped. The moment she was released from the prison they call school, she had to speed to the dance company right outside of town to start her three classes of the evening. 

It was Tuesday, so her first class was tap, which always tired her out completely so that the rest of her classes were a nuisance to be in. Never choose tap first, kids. 

Then she had modern, which she loved to watch but didn’t love to be in. The shapes they made with their bodies were far too embarrassing for her to do. And at the end of the class the teacher always made them improvise with moves they learned and it was extremely awkward. Nobody wanted to be the only one really going for it. But Bonnie liked to do modern dance at home when she was alone, and sometimes she did it with Grams.

The class that she was in currently, and her most favorite, was ballet. There was something wonderful about ballet. Every move was graceful and had a meaning, it was like everybody was telling their own separate story when they danced it. But it was still uniform. She didn’t have to rely on herself to make the moves like in modern, she could just go with the crowd.

Caroline and Elena used to dance with her, but both of them gave up almost immediately. Caroline detested dance because she wasn’t good at it. She didn’t need another thing in her life that she wasn’t good at. Bonnie understood. 

And Elena was always more of an inside girl. Her hobbies included crying and writing in her journal. Dance just wasn’t for her.

So Bonnie was left alone.

That was okay, though. It was better not to have any friends in class. Less distractions.

She took a swig of her ice cold water.

Ms. Maria, the ballet teacher, called the girls back into the room to continue dancing. Bonnie straightened her shoulders as she glided back into the room.

Shelby and Sarah, two girls who were in class with her, were whispering and giggling about something.

Bonnie turned her attention to the teacher.

For the rest of class they practiced their waltzing. Madam Maria said that every move in ballet has to have purpose. You have to turn every walk into a waltz.

When class was over and Bonnie was sweaty and tired, she let out a deep sigh. She was going to have to walk home. Grams’ house was only fifteen minutes away, but she had just worn herself out so this wouldn’t be pleasant.

Suck it up, buttercup, she encouraged herself.

After taking another sip of water, putting her normal clothes on and waving goodbye to her teachers and friends, Bonnie stepped out of the studio. 

The cold January air bit at her face and exposed hands. She walked through the parking lot quickly, but stopped in her tracks when she heard someone calling her name.

“Over here, baby!” Grams hollered.

Bonnie‘s face lit up like a Christmas tree. She turned and beamed when she saw her grandmother standing on the other side of the parking lot. Grams was decked in winter clothes - she had to have been wearing at least three jackets. Bennett’s get cold easily.

Bonnie zoomed over to Grams and jumped into her warm arms. They embraced for a few more seconds before Bonnie reluctantly let go. But she still clung to her grandmother's hand.

“You sure are happy to see me.” Grams remarked with an affectionate smirk.

“I am.” Bonnie agreed.

They walked the way back to Grams’ house and ended the night watching Gilmore Girls and baking cookies.

#bbhcweek #bbhc #bbhc 2021 #bonnie bennett #sheila bennett #bonnie bennett headcanon #bonnie bennett fanfic #uhhh #dance? #that's all for now #tw broken bones mentioned

[leianaberrie]

I love how a lot of Kennett and Bonkai fans got along. Most shipped both. And the ones that didn’t just stayed in their lane. No hissy cat fights between the two fandoms.

Kennett got really popular from mostly just fanon ideas, the iconic hallway eye-sex and Kat and Nate being enthusiastic about it. And Bonkai blew up after just a few scenes.

And I think these shippers got a long cause we enjoyed what both men could’ve offered Bonnie. Kennett and Bonkai are similar in the sense that: both men could’ve been devoted to Bonnie and had no previous hangups with their ex’s or other women. Both men could’ve been magical mentors. Both men had family history with the Bennetts. Both men hated Damon/Elena and didn’t care about Stefan/Caroline, so they’d encourage Bonnie to prioritize herself not sacrifice herself for them. Both Kai and Kol are the “blacksheep” of their family. Finn was close to his mother,Esther, Klaus Elijah and Rebecca had the “always and forever” pack. But Kol was always a loner and getting daggered. Same for Kai being excluded growing up for being a siphon. Both Kai and Kol tried to warn the MFG about Lily/Silas and were eventually killed stupidly. Like there’s a lot of similarities but they’re also different enough where you appreciate what one brings to the table. Kol is an ancient witch prodigy turned original vampire, Kai is a siphoning Gemini witch from Portland.

Because Queens recognize Queens. lol.

Both BK and KB were ships with men who put Bonnie first, and weren't going to come around to appreciating her after seasons of diminishing her, humiliating her and picking a white woman over Bonnie.

When I was writing "Golden Summertime", the similarities between the 2 characters and ships really hit me, because you could have put Kol in the 1994 Prison World, and with just the tiniest of tweaking, have the main beats of the storyline play out. Which makes one wonder if there wasn't originally an intention to have Kol in the Prison World. At the same time, Julie was adamant not to give Kennett shippers anything, and Bonkai was clearly written to happen until it was derailed. So who knows?

OK, I'm going to get a little salty here.

I can understand that BD-ers wanted Bonnie to get her canon romance with Damon, and Somergraham chemistry is literally fire. But it's one thing to want a particular ship outcome, it's another thing to, frankly speaking, fall for Julie's gaslighting excuses and basically turn yourself into her minion and that's what a section of the BD-dom did that made me lose respect for them. The thing with Julie's tired excuses for Bonkai is that we'd heard all of them... for Kennett. Word for word, phrase for phrase, she basically regurgitated the same argument that had been used to dismiss Kol... only to completely about-face for Kolvina. There's no reason why anyone would have fallen for that argument or agreed with that argument except blind standom. That section of BD-dom are more Damon shippers than Bonnie shippers. And frankly, Damon stan-dom will always be a little problematic just because of who/what Damon is and represents.

[livingforthewhump]

Dehydration for bthb?

Blue for requested; red for posted.

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“Are you awake yet, doll?”

Caroline groaned, squeezing her eyes shut. She didn’t remember falling asleep. Her mouth was dry, the texture of sand scratching at her throat. Actually, all of her felt like it had been filled with sand, her limbs weak and heavy.

“Open your eyes for me,” Paladin said coaxingly, sliding his hand under her head to lift it off the deliciously cold floor. She forced her eyes open, limp in Paladin’s hands as her vision swam before her.

A whimpering sound came from her throat and she closed her eyes, hands reaching out for something to steady her and meeting Paladin’s shirt.

He laughed. “Dizzy, hm?”

“Wha-“ Caroline croaked, voice crackling. “What-“

“You’re dehydrated, darling. Haven’t had water in a few days. Now open your eyes.” He gave her head a little jostle and she obeyed. Her eyes blinked in and out of focus, which she realized gratingly that Paladin would probably see as adorable. She hoped he would get bored of her like this and let her drink before it was too late.

She cringed at the thought. She was pathetic, breaking already.

“I want you to try and sit up, doll,” Paladin said, putting a bit of pressure on her head to encourage her. She propped her shaky arms beneath her and slowly sat up, feeling miserable.

“Good girl.” Paladin brushed her hair out of her face, a surprising relief as she processed that it was hot in the room, it wasn’t just her. “Now stand up. Come on, I’ll help you.”

Caroline curled in on herself, wrapping her arms around her knees and tucking her head in. “No,” she said. It came out weak, even more broken than obeying, somehow. “Leave me alone.”

A hand grabbed her hair and pulled her head back. Too far. It set the world spinning again, and Caroline had to catch herself from falling backwards as Paladin’s face hovered above her, his lips were much too close to her, suffocating, and she felt his breath on her face as he spoke.

“You’re going to do as I say, doll. Do you know why?” He gazed at her intently. “Because you either obey, and I will give you water, or I’ll leave you in here for another day, with the temperature at 100 degrees. It’s already rising. Can you feel it, doll?”

She swallowed. Or tried to. “Yes,” she breathed, imagining she sounded like a gust of desert wind.

“Good.” He released her hair and stood up, walking in front of her and extending a hand. Caroline grabbed it unsteadily and let him pull her up. As soon as her weight was on her feet she plunged forward, the room spiraling, only to be encased in Paladin’s steady hold.

“That’s alright, doll. You’re okay,” he murmured in her ear, setting her on her feet again. Tears pricked her eyes because no she wasn’t. Paladin grabbed her jaw, tilted her face upwards, and smiled. “I wouldn’t recommend crying just now. You’ll lose water much faster.”

She grit her teeth and glared.

He just laughed. “There’s that fire again. Why don’t we play a game, doll?”

Caroline swayed on her feet and rolled her eyes. “I’m pretty good at chess.”

“Noted. Today, however, we’re playing a new game. One where you get to choose.”

“Choose what?” Caroline prompted, annoyed.

“You can either drink this entire glass of water that’s drugged and will make it so you can’t move or-“ He placed the glass on a round tray. “-you can hold this tray above your head until I tell you to stop and get a glass of clean water.”

“What’s the catch?” She crossed her arms. “You’re not telling me everything.”

Paladin smiled mildly. “If you take the glass, what happens next is a surprise. If you take the tray, for each time you spill a drop, I’ll give you one lash with the whip. And, of course, if you want to back down at any time, you only have to drink the water.”

Caroline frowned at the tray. “And you’re sure we can’t just play chess?”

“Make your choice, doll.”

The drug wasn’t an option. She’d had enough of not being able to move.

“The tray.”

Some kind of wicked joy sparked in Paladin’s eyes. “Very well.”

She took the tray from him, staring apprehensively at the water level, nearly touching the top of the cup. She’s have to be nearly perfectly still to avoid spilling.

Paladin gently took her chin in his hand, forcing her to look in his eyes. “Are you sure you don’t want to drink it? It would be so much easier.”

In response, Caroline planted her feet and lifted the tray above her head.

Paladin pushed her elbows inward. “Straight arms.” One hand went to her lower back, straightening her spine. “Keep good posture, doll. There you go. That’s lovely.” He took a step back to study her, looking all too pleased with himself.

Caroline breathed heavily against the stifling air. Her hair cling to her face, damp with sweat. This was definitely not good for her water levels.

Paladin began circling her slowly, and she made the mistake turning her head to follow him. Her vision swam woozily, her arms swayed, and she heard a small splash of water. Paladin was behind her. He traced a finger lightly down her back.

“One,” he said.

Caroline sucked in a hot breath, righting herself. Her arms already burned.

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[notalittlebutalottie]

Lottie, sweetheart, I am in urgent need of some hurt/comfort. Do you have anything that you might be willing to share? Please, please, pretty please! 🥺 THANK YOU! 💙🌼💙

Aga, I appreciate your commitment to this ask that I asked you to ask ❤😘  I started writing this in January when I was feeling my sad girl shit™️ and it’s been nearly two months since I last posted a drabble this long so...be gentle 🌼 Quite frankly, I don’t even know if I like it...but I hope you guys do!

♡ KLAROLINE DRABBLE #65: No Lights on the Horizon♡

New York City rains far more than Caroline had anticipated. It seems to coincide with every bad day and kick her when she’s already down. It waits until she’s out of the subway and on the long stretch of block to pour from the sky. She trudges along as best as she can but the mop of hair that begins to weigh her down isn’t exactly motivational. Then, when she’s finally stumbling into her apartment building, her clothes are dripping with each step. Today is no better. It’s worse. Her bag feels heavier than usual and her attempt at dolling herself up by way of stilettos has proved to be an ill-choice. But the stairwell feels unbearably long, heels or no heels. Sleep has been hard to come by as of late and the higher up she gets on the stairs, the harder she has to pull herself up by the banister.

It’s not all bad living in New York, though. The Spring she arrived was one of the most thrilling moments in her life. Freedom from her small town of Mystic Falls was an alluring prospect but nowhere near the true excitement of what she experienced. And then September came, the seasons changed and it all went to shit. Her first job is fine, her co-workers are fine, and the pay, while questionable, is fine. But life has been nothing but a drizzle since her mother’s death. The two weeks she spent back at home collecting pitiful glances from townsfolk and attempting to box up her childhood home while her absent father looked on weren’t cathartic in the slightest. All she can do is throw herself into work and hope that the gaping hole she feels will close up eventually.

When Caroline finally reaches her door, she can hear a cacophony of voices and it draws a tired breath. She lets her eyes fall shut and her shoulders sag for a moment. The bi-weekly meeting of the MFSG or Mystic Falls Support Group is one strict in her calendar. She had started it only a week after settling into life in New York to rally all those who had escaped their small town of Virginia. She had been more gung ho about the idea than the others at the time, most of them content to go their separate ways, but managed to succeed with some prodding. Katherine is adamant that the name sounds cheesy but when Caroline asked for a better idea, she rolled her eyes and told her, “whatever.”

It’s Caroline’s turn this week and she’s sure she cancelled it but her mind hasn’t been very focused past the daily motions. Of all the things she doesn’t need right now, it’s her friends arguing back and forth over meaningless crap while she pretends to care. The energy they’ll no doubt demand from her is energy she just doesn’t have right now. She contemplates whether she can make a break for the nearest coffee shop and wait them out. It won’t be a proud moment but at least she’ll have some peace. She scraps that idea the moment she realises that the collective stubbornness of her friends far outweighs hers alone.

She fumbles with her keys, taking a deep breath because she really can’t be crying over opening a freaking door, and twists it roughly when it’s finally in. She does her best to blink away all exhaustion as she’s making her entrance and even that feels like a terrible effort. The least she can do, she thinks, is brush her damp curls behind her ear in hopes that it somehow makes her presentable.

“Finally, the host is here!” Katherine yells before she even crosses the threshold. When Caroline does step in, she’s quick to comment, “You look like hell, Care.”

Caroline manages an eye-roll but she can’t bring herself to grin as she says, “Thanks, Kat. I’ll let the weatherman know rain doesn’t go with Ralph Lauren.” No one takes note of her demeanour, thankfully. They’ve all collected on the couches at the far end of the room, their belongings strewn over the coffee table. She’s lucky to have such a nice apartment when Kat and Bonnie share what’s practically a shoe box and Matt’s couch-surfing at Elena and Stefan’s place. If she was less needy, she might complain about the shared bathroom but even that is much larger than the New York average.

When she pushes the door shut behind her, Katherine is already continuing on a conversation, “So anyway, Greta told me that April told her—”

Caroline sheds herself of her brown duffle coat and clumsily lets it fall onto the hook beside the door. She kicks off her shoes and spends a few seconds standing idle. She wonders if locking herself in her room would give them the hint to leave or whether they’ll take to banging on her door until she reappears. Just like the coffee shop idea, it becomes null and void when she remembers who her friends are.

“How was work?” she hears to the right of her, low and careful. Her shoulders hitch upwards but she forces them to settle before looking in the voice’s direction. Klaus is standing in the kitchenette, paint stained henley and sweatpants on, his eyes fixed on hers as he holds a mug.

“Fine,” is all she can muster for now.

Stubborn friends aside, Klaus is another thing she just can’t deal with right now. Her relationship with him wasn’t a planned one and neither was the not-so-happy ending to it. She had initially asked Rebekah if she could crash at hers but apparently, giving up even one inch of space was too much for her. So Caroline was pawned off onto her brother with the empty room and poor social skills. Scratch that. Great social skills and an even greater unwillingness to use them. And a serious ability to push her buttons. Between their heated discussions over music and run-ins after showers, it wasn’t long before she began thoroughly considering the moral quandary of jumping into bed with her friend’s older brother. Katherine, of course, encouraged her the moment the arrangement was mentioned. She’d done her best to avoid it but just one wandering eye and a quirked lip at one a.m. was all it took for her to be nestled in his lap with his hands on her hips and their lips battling for dominance.

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[isagrimorie]

Just wanted to let you know I started watching Batwoman because of you and your wonderful commentary! I've just finished season 1 and am starting season 2. Really enjoying it and can't wait to get to brainwashed Kate's return. Is it just me or does Kate and Alice's relationship remind you of Catra and She-Ra? Only with sisterly love rather than romantic. You can sympathize with both sides (not necessarily condone though) and still somehow want them to work things out even with all the drama.

!!!! I am so glad you're liking it, and I’ve somehow encouraged you to try Batwoman.  I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the first season. I was one of those that was skeptical of Ruby Rose but the showrunners cleverly worked in a supporting cast that really helped her IMO. And, Ruby herself improved IMO.

Watching season 1 as a binge too, works especially on this show because this is one long arc that IMO benefits from a binge-watch. Weirdly the opposite of the weekly Disney drops.

“Is it just me or does Kate and Alice's relationship remind you of Catra and She-Ra?” 

It kind of is, but in a more sibling sense and it’s fascinating to watch, particularly when a story like this happens it usually written for men. I shouldn’t be surprised that Caroline Dries is particularly interested in writing this story since she spent a lot of time writing for TVD about 2 problematic co-dependent and frequently combative brothers. 

I’m glad she decided to focus on the dynamic between sisters and how it’s not an easy relationship to mend. Also, it’s not just something that’s limited to Kate and Alice but there’s also, Kate and Mary, Alice to Mary. And now, Mary and Ryan. I also love how important community is in Batwoman that I think is different from the rest of the Arrowverse, maybe except for Black Lightning? (I need to catch up on that show!)

But anyway! I am glad you’re watching the show!

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