#wait no i think they think ann is a clown

[marshmallow-rainbow139]

Depriving

Summary: Jason thinks his parents didn’t care when he died. Only if he knew what his mother almost did.

Warning: Talks of death

Words: 1,213

AO3

Get the tissues y'all!

Jason doesn't know.

The boys don't know.

Heck, not even Alfred knows.

It's a secret between Anne and Bruce.

The day she almost killed the Joker

It was weeks after Jason's funeral. Bruce found the Joker and beat him to a bloody pulp, ending with the Clown in a body cast, in the ICU for six months, and back again to Arkham. That was the story Jason and the others knew.

But in between the Joker ending up in the hospital and getting back to Arkham, Anne went to the hospital, waited for the policeman guarding the door to fall asleep, and went inside.

He was unconscious, but she wanted him to be awake and have his eyes open so that she could look at him. She approached him and drew the curtain so that no one could watch them through the window of the door and interrupt her.

The sound of the machine beeping annoyed her; that's not what she wanted to hear. He was hooked up to a breathing machine after one of his lungs collapsed. Another time she would pat Bruce on the back for putting the Joker like this, but after what he did to her baby boy, it's not enough. He hasn't been hurt enough.

With one steady stroke, Anne grabbed the plastic tube of the breathing machine and squeezed it. Hard. 

It took almost a minute for him to wake up. What frustrates her the most when she looks back at that moment is that he was not concerned or even curious about what was happening to him.

He was smiling with his eyes. She recognized that glee in his yes. Like a child being offered a puppy on Christmas. That was not how he was supposed to react. She wanted him to be afraid. Just like she knows Jason was when he was being beat over and over again with that damn crowbar.

He was looking her in the eyes, and he was barely reacting. He didn’t care that he might die.

The lack of oxygen was starting to get to him. He was squirming, and the heart monitor was beating rapidly. She could hear steps down the hall. She knows a nurse is going to show up. She will enter the room, open the curtain, and see Anne Wayne hovering over the Joker and killing him. She will scream. The guard will wake up and grab his gun. He will give Anne a warning, but she will not move an inch. He will shoot her, and she will drop to the ground. Maybe she will survive or die that night. She doesn't care. She died when Jason died.

She was waiting for that to happen, but what happened was that her body was pulled away from the clown, and a hand covered her mouth. Bruce, of course. He dragged her to the darkest corner of the room and covered her with his body. She was small enough for him to cover her with his body.

She was trying to break free of his arms when he whispered quickly to her. "Think of Dick!" and she stopped just in time as a nurse and a doctor walked into the room.

Son of a bitch.

Of course, he was going to use Dick to calm her down.

They stayed still as they heard the doctor and the nurse taking care of that thing.

When they leave, Bruce waits a few moments before taking her away from the hospital.

At that moment, something changed their relationship and almost broke it.

"What you did goes against everything we stand for!" Bruce shouted when they were in an empty alley.

"Well, I'm sorry, but last time I checked, your no-killing rule was not on our wedding vows!" She shouted back at him.

He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "This isn't a joke. Stop being selfish."

Her eyes widened at his accusation. "I’m selfish! How dare you!" she pulled away from him. "How fucking dare, you! So, you're the only one that shakes up that piece of shit a little bit!"

She put distance between them.

"He killed my son! HE KILLED OUR SON!" She screamed with tears in her eyes. "And you expect me to do what? You expect me to sit pretty in the manor while Jason is rotting in our backyard! You expect me to just accept that thing back to Arkham and move on! NO! He needs to pay! I want him to be hurt! I want him begging for his life like Jason did! I want him to be afraid like Jason was! I just want my son back!" With that last phrase, she broke.

She thought she had shed all her tears since her son’s body was on the stretcher in that morgue in Bosnia. She bent over and started sobbing. She grips her chest as she feels like her heart is being stabbed.

Soon after, she feels his hand on her back. Like two magnets, she throws herself at him and hugs him while sobbing on his chest. He puts his arms around her. "We killed him," she rasped out. "We were supposed to protect him and give him a better life, but we dragged him to his death. He was amazing. He was so sweet. And we killed him."

Bruce tightens his arms around her. "No, it was not your fault. It was not your fault, Anne."

She cried harder into his chest. She could feel, very faintly, Bruce’s tears falling down her hair. Anne knew that he was in pain as well for Jason’s death, but he held it together for her, Dick, and Alfred.

Anne cried with all she had inside. They went to the batmobile and drove home in silence. She didn’t ask how he knew she was going there, and he didn’t tell Alfred what happened because it was unusual for Bruce and Anne to come back home in the batmobile with Bruce dressed as Batman, but the buttle didn’t pry a lot. Alfred knew whatever it was was related to Jason.

The next week, Anne moved from the manor into an apartment in town. She needed a break. They needed a break. It turns into a legal separation when talking to divorce lawyers. It was thanks to Timothy’s arrival and crossing paths multiple times that they managed to mend their marriage.

They never told Jason about that night, even when he said they didn’t care about him because the Joker was still alive. Anne wanted Jason to yell at her and take all of his anger out on her. It felt more satisfying than depriving the Joker of oxygen.

The clown never knew it was Anne Wayne who tried to kill him that night. The room was barely lit. He would ask years later, when Batman came for answers about Red Hood, "Who was that lady standing over my hospital bed that night, Batsy? I've got to say I've never felt so excited! Can you ring up so that we could do that again?"

What Bruce didn't know at the time was that it was not the first time she went forward with a murder plan. That night just happened to be the one she didn't succeed. 

#batman #batmom #Anne Wayne #batfamily #bruce wayne x oc

[thebucketpail]

When You Accidentally Kill a Clown Pt. 7

Pt.1 prev ao3

Jason (cute guy from library): Hey you mentioned that you like Astronomy right?

: Yeah! It's one of my favorite topics. Why?

Jason (cute guy from the library): well, it's just that, the Gotham planetarium is holding a special event this Saturday for a special comet or something, and I was wondering if you wanted to go? Here are the details:

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: !!! I would love to! That sounds like so much fun!

Jason (cute guy from the library): great! I'll pick you up at 6 on Saturday then? Or would you rather meet me there?

: I wouldn't mind if you picked me up :o

Jason (cute guy front he library): Awesome! I can't wait.

: me neither! This is gonna be so much fun! I'll see you then!

“Hey Danny,” Anne called from her place leaning against the counter. “Who’re you smiling at?” she asked with a smirk, " a cute girl?"

"Heh, not exactly," Danny responded, one hand moving to rub at his neck.

Anne raised one eyebrow. "A cute guy then?" Evidently she took the blush rising in his cheeks as a yes. "Ooooh what's his name? How'd you meet? Tell me everything."

Danny couldn't help but smile as he responded, if a bit stuttery, "Oh, uh, his name is Jason. I met him at the library the other day, he uh- he caught me when I tripped," he said, blushing. Anne just nodded.

"Know anything much about him yet?"

"Yeah! He's really into classic literature and he must workout or something because his biceps are huge and-" Anne cut him off as the bell at the door chimed and she had to take care of the customer. Once they ordered she gestured for Danny to continue.

"He sounds really great, you have any plans?" She asked.

"Yeah actually, we're going to the planetarium this Saturday. And it's really cool because I haven't been able to go properly stargazing since I moved here, but he offered cause he found out how into Astronomy and stuff I am." Of course there was that once he had tried flying above the smog of Gotham to see the stars, but it was like it just went on and on. Then of course when he had finally managed to get past the cloud cover he had almost gotten run over by a plane. Danny hadn't attempted since.

And it was really sweet of Jason to have suggested it. In fact Danny didn't even remember mentioning stargazing all that much In the first place. They had been texting basically non stop for a couple days now so maybe it was an off hand comment, but he had been sure to spare the man from any major info dumping so as not to scare him off. Although it probably wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway considering how big of a dork Jason turned out to be.

Danny was pulled from his musings by a short string of curses followed by a loud thump. "Work you fucker dammit-"

"You need help with that?" He asked. Anne looked up from the espresso machine she was practically wrestling with, looking like she was mere seconds away from sending it through the window.

"Sorry, it's been acting up all day, I think it's jammed or something," she replied, moving out of the way as Danny scooted behind the counter. " I don't really know what you could do, but be careful its still kind of hot" she trailed off as he began disassembling the machine. Gaping a bit when he touched the peices that should be burning his hand off with no more than a second glance.

"Got it," he said after a few minutes, "Your group head is blocked- here I'll clean it out. But otherwise it should be fine. I would keep an eye on the thermal fuse though, it's looking near to the end of its life expectancy, and that could be a problem later." Anne looked practically awestruck as Danny reassembled the machine and started another batch of coffee with ease. Within minutes it was humming.

"How'd you do that?" She asked as he slipped back to his stool on the other side of the counter.

"Oh, uh, my friends Sam had an espresso machine just like that. She used to let me take it apart because it would annoy her parents and I wanted to see how it worked."

In lieu of answering Anne just nodded as she took in the information and went back to preparing the customer's order. The two fell into companionable silence as she set about cleaning behind the bar, and Danny delved into his chemistry homework.

About 20 minutes later a steaming cup of hot coco, topped with a mountian of cream and chocolate shavings, slid across the bar toward Danny. He looked up at Anne who gave him a small smile as she turned back to cleaning.

"Thanks,"

"Yeah well, you fixed this temperamental beast, I figured you deserved it," she said, jabbing a thumb toward the espresso machine.

"Thanks anyway,"

They lapsed back into silence for a few more hours. By now the hot coco had been throughly drained, the mug long since cleaned and put away. Everyone except for Danny had long gone and Anne was flipping the sign on the door.

"Alright dude, I have to kick you out at some point."

"Awwwww do you have too?" Danny groaned but began packing his things anyway.

"Yup," she said, popping the p, " its closing time and my shift is over.

"Damn, and I thought we were friends," that just made Anne roll her eyes and snort.

"I was technically supposed to close half an hour ago, you're lucky I let you stay this long," she retorted.

"Yeah yeah," Danny said, lacing sarcasm into voice. "You good to head home by yourself?" He asked a bit more genuinely.

"Mhm, I'm just around the block, you?"

"Yeah I'm good, see you tomorrow."

"Ditto, and good luck on your date," she said, ushering him out the door.

Danny watched his friend leave until she turned the corner two blocks down because you can never be too cautious in Gotham, even if the girl was born and raised here. Content that she could get home safe, he turned and began the trek back to his dorm, keeping his heightened senses on high alert. It was almost one in the morning which meant most of Gotham’s nightlife was still buzzing around the streets, however that did nothing to calm his nerves as the familiar feeling of being watched began to prickle at his skin.

Danny was still ten minutes away from his building when a strangled gasp caught in his throat. 'Oh what is it now?' He thought, turning to scan his surroundings mostly for a certain hooded crime lord. And sure enough, the man himself jumped off a nearby fire escape to land in front of the half-ghost.

"Hood," he greeted as the man attempted

to pull him toward a nearby alley. Danny didn't budge, instead he folded his arms and lifted an eyebrow. Honestly Red Hood wasn't all that scary when your blood isn't pumped full of adrenaline, beside what could the guy really do to Danny? Shoot him? Like that would do anything. It was honestly laughable how he had been so scared of the man. Besides after two weeks of being followed around by the guy, Danny was kind of over the whole 'oh Ancients he's a crime lord who can and will shatter my kneecaps' thing,

"Finally work up the courage to talk to me rather than stalk me from afar?" He asked with an amused lilt to his voice.

At that remark Hood gave up trying to move the half ghost and instead settled into his on defensive position, mirroring Danny.

"I wasn't scared of talking to you," he said, exasperation clear in his voice despite the modulator. "Besides I need to warn you about something important."

Danny only raised his eyebrow higher, sounding entirely unconcerned as he spoke, "Oh so you're not even denying the stalker allegations?" He snorted. and after choking on frozen air because of him every single day, Danny may have been a little spiteful. Suffice to say, it felt nice watching the vigilante splutter a bit before responding.

"How did you-? Fuck whatever it doesn't matter," Hood muttered, " I just wanted to let you know that Bats is looking into you." Yeah, Danny had expected this. Albeit a bit sooner, but still.

"And?" He gestured for Hood to continue

"And. He's planning on visiting your dorm tonight so I thought i'd give you a heads up." He huffed.

"Well, thanks I guess?" Danny said, shifting his weight to his heels. Hood didn't say anything else so Danny filled the silence instead. "Well ,if that's all, i'm going to, y'know, go home. These street aren't really safe at night. Might run into a mob boss or get mugged or something"

It didn't take much longer for Danny to get to his dorm. Tristan was supposed to be gone for the night so it was the perfect time, if any, for a confrontation with the bat himself. 'Alright, lets get this over with' He thought as he locked the door.

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Pt.8

#danny phantom #dp x dc #danny fenton #dc #dp x dc crossover #dead on main #jason todd #batman #bucket writes things #when you accidentally kill a clown #fic #mostly setup tbh #not my favourite work but itll do

[undergroundbillions]

There are so many people in the Raggedy Ann fandom who think the characters should have another show for the modern ara. And I do agree! It would be nice to see them make a comeback and have some new presence. Though a real TV show like Bluey is a rare thing to actually get picked up. But... you don't have to wait around for that to happen?

Raggedy Ann is in the public domain, and even if she isn't there's always plenty of room for fan works. Learn to animate that silly idea you have, draw a comic, write a fic, make your idea REAL. RIGHT NOW. Making it yourself and having it be kinda dumb but enjoyed and embraced by the fandom will do so much more than trying to wait until you suddenly have the resources to make something "professional".

Aren't you the Welcome Home and the Digital Circus fans? Where would Gooseworx or Clown have been if they decided to wait until they could convince some big time exec that their ideas were worth it? Has fandom already forgotten the MLP community? Say what you will, they published NOVELS. And I'm not saying it has to be anything that ambitious, but just. Do the thing yourself. Grab some friends. Have FUN.

[dia-smthidk]

Hey! I was wondering if you could tell us more about Kaufmo? I was reading through the posts and you seemed a bit bummed no one was asking about him and I like the little hints that were dropped!

-Smiling anon :)

you have no idea how long i was waiting for atleast ONE question about Kaufmo 

I love the silly clown guy so i might ramble 

SO 

Surprise surprise, he actually made it to the circus while the virus was making itself at home 

He’s gotten used to guiding other Comedians around the place, and had witnessed every single death of them til their last life..all except a certain Jester 

Every little patch, stitch, clothing stain, or makeup mess up represents a death. This applies to every Comedian, so y’all can go ahead and guess what types of deaths Kaufmo had :) 

Since Kaufmo had used up almost every life he had, he’d give advice to other Comedians on how to avoid loosing a life, whether it be telling them to never share their names, to keeping themselves from eating anything they don’t know about, even when they aren’t feeling like themself. Though it doesn’t work out all the time, atleast he’s trying his best. 

Just as the pilot, Kaufmo doesn’t seem to trust Caine. Whenever Caine offers to help a Comedian, Kaufmo steps into the situation, telling the said Comedian “It’s for your own good”. 

Comedians often had gotten this strange feeling about Kaufmo the longer they stayed with him, claiming that they feel this violent urge towards him, but they’re unsure why. 

Kaufmo often carries a worn-out journal with him, he thinks it’s best to write down how his day goes everyday, and tries to encourage other Comedians to also write in the journal, since for some reason only Comedians can open the journal. 

Much like Ragatha in the pilot, Kaufmo tries his best to look at the brighter side of things, though isn’t really that well at doing it. He mostly tries to brighten moods by telling jokes, but as the days go by, his jokes just get darker & depressing, to the point others can’t really tell when he’s joking sometimes. 

When Ragatha was still in the slow process of corruption, her & Kaufmo would sometimes duet songs from any of the Raggedy Ann & Andy movies, since lots of the circus members started drifting away from Ragatha. Although, they eventually started drifting away from eachother, Kaufmo claiming “it’s for our own good”. So whenever Ragatha gets to atleast hum a tune, Kaufmo stays hidden & just listens. 

Unlike Jesters, Clowns can take themselves apart, or atleast detach limbs that had been removed by a death beforehand, but only the Clown that owns the body can take themself apart without dying. 

I think that’s about it 💪

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #tadc au #tadceldritchau #tadc kaufmo #dia-asks

[gonna-need-you-to-not]

Spn Episode Categories

Today in "Is it Autism or ADHD?", I put all the Supernatural episodes into categories by episode name.

ALLITERATION Dark Dynasty Monster Movie Plucky Pennywhistle’s Magical Menagerie Soul Survivor Tall Tales Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes Various and Sundry Villains War of the Worlds

BELIEVE Clap Your Hands if You Believe Do You Believe in Miracles

BIBLICAL Exodus In the Beginning Inherit the Earth Lazarus Rising Lucifer Rising Moriah Proverbs 17:3

BLOOD Blood Brother Bloodlines Bloodlust Bloody Mary Dead Man’s Blood First Blood Fresh Blood Let It Bleed My Bloody Valentine There Will Be Blood

BOOKS Bedtime Stories Book of the Damned Fan Fiction Meta Fiction Reading is Fundamental Slash Fiction The Monster at the End of this Book

CHILDREN Adventures in Babysitting Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things Destiny’s Child I Believe the Children are Our Future Pacman Fever Playthings Slumber Party The Kids are Alright

COLOURS Black Crossroad Blues Paint it Black Red Meat Red Sky at Morning Yellow Fever

DEAD or ALIVE Advanced Thanatology Bring Em Back Alive Dead in the Water Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Death Takes a Holiday Death’s Door Defending Your Life In My Time of Dying It’s a Terrible Life Live Free or Twihard Rock Never Dies

DEVIL Beat the Devil Devil in the Detail Devil May Care Devil’s Bargain Devil’s Trap Sympathy for the Devil The Devil You Know

EMOTIONS Everybody Hates Hitler Everybody Loves a Clown Love Hurts Optimism We Happy Few

FAMILY All in the Family Family Feud Family Matters Family Remains

FIRE/HEAT Caged Heat Halt and Catch Fire Out of the Darkness Into the Fire

FIRST/LAST/NEW/OLD First Born Last Call Last Holiday Meet the New Boss Out With the Old

GIRLS/BOYS/MEN/LADIES A Most Holy Man About a Boy Bad Boys Girl Next Door Girl With the Dungeons & Dragons Tattoo Girls Girls Girls Hook Man Inside Man Ladies Drink Free LARP and the Real Girl Man Who Knew Too Much Man Who Would Be King Mans Best Friend with Benefits Repo Man Slice Girls

GODS & MONSTERS Atomic Monsters Good God Yall Hammer of the Gods How to Win Friends and Influence Monster Remember the Titans

GOING SOMEWHERE? Appointment in Samarra Beyond the Mat Carry On Dark Side of the Moon Don't Go in the Woods Exile on Main Street Frontierland Heroes’ Journey Hollywood Babylon Into the Mystic Lebanon Long Distance Call Mystery Spot No Exit Our Little World Phantom Traveller Point of No Return Road Kill Road Trip Sin City Stranger in a Strange Land

GOOD/BAD Bad Day at Black Rock Bad Place Bad Seed Born Under a Bad Sign Damaged Goods Good Intentions Let the Good Times Roll

HEART Angel Heart Heart Heartache My Heart Will Go On

HEAVEN & HELL All Dogs Go to Heaven All Hell Breaks Loose (Part 1 and 2) Heaven Can’t Wait Hell’s Angel Holy Terror I’m No Angel King of the Damned Raising Hell Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell Stairway to Heaven

HELLO/GOODBYE Hello Cruel World Goodbye Stranger

HOUSE & HOME Hell House Home Houses of the Holy Safe House

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD Don’t You Forget About Me Galaxy Brain Just My Imagination Memory Remains Peace of Mind Wishful Thinking

LATIN/OTHER LANGUAGE Hunteri Heroici Jus in Bello Malleus Maleficarum Reichenbach

MOVIE TITLES/REFERENCES Back to the Future Blade Runners Born Again Identity Hunter Games I Know What You Did Last Summer Real Ghostbusters Taxi Driver The Usual Suspects There’s No Place Like Home Tombstone You Can’t Handle the Truth

NAME A Little Slice of Kevin Alex Annie Alexis Ann Are You There God It’s Me Dean Winchester Ask Jeeves Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox Criss Angel is a Douchebag Curious Case of Dean Winchester Dog Dean Afternoon Don’t Call Me Shurley It’s the Great Pumpkin Sam Winchester Jack in the Box Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets Party On Garth Patience Sam Interrupted Shut Up Dr Phil Simon Says There’s Something about Mary Thin Lizzie We Need to Talk About Kevin Weekend at Bobby’s

NATIONALITIES American Nightmare British Invasion French Mistake

NIGHT Game Night Night Shifter Nightmare Nightmare Logic Nightshifter

NUMBERS 99 Problems Hibbing 911 Magnificent Seven Mannequin 3: the Reckoning Route 666 Season 7 Time For a Wedding The One You’ve Been Waiting For The Third Man Two and a Half Men Two Minutes to Midnight

PAIRS Alpha and Omega Form and Void Freaks and Geeks Gods and Monsters Heaven and Hell Lost and Found Prophet and Loss Scorpion and the Frog Sex and Violence Torn and Frayed Trial and Error

RELATIVES Brother’s Keeper Mamma Mia Mommy Dearest Mother’s Little Helper O Brother Where Art Thou Our Father Who Aren’t in Heaven Rising Son Wayward Sisters What’s Up Tiger Mommy

SAYINGS/EXPRESSIONS Abandon All Hope And Then There Were None Fallen Idols Jump the Shark Keep Calm and Carry On Mint Condition No Rest for the Wicked Of Grave Importance On the Head of a Pin Rock and a Hard Place Southern Comfort Survival of the Fittest

SINGLE WORD #thinman Absence Asylum Baby Breakdown Bugs Byzantium Captives Croatoan Despair Faith Funeralia Ghostfacers Hunted LOTUS Metamorphosis Nihilism Ouroboros Pilot Plush Provenance Roadkill Sacrifice Salvation Scarecrow Shadow Skin Unity Wendigo

SONG Executioner’s Song Song Remains the Same Swan Song

SONG TITLES All Along the Watchtower Dream a Little Dream of Me Folsom Prison Blues I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here Like a Virgin Paper Moon Stuck in the Middle With You

SUPERNATURAL A Very Supernatural Christmas Scoobynatural

TEETH Bitten Citizen Fang Sharp Teeth

THE Benders Big Empty Chitters End Foundry Future Gamblers Great Escapist Mentalists Prisoner Purge Raid Rapture Rupture Scar Spear Trap Vessel Werther Project

THING/SOMETHING Something Wicked The Thing The Things They Carried The Things We Left Behind

TIME As Time Goes By Golden Time Time After Time Time After Time After Time Time is on My Side

TV After School Special Changing Channels Clip Show

UN Unfinished Business Unforgiven Unhuman Nature

WHO/WHAT/WHEN What Is and What Should Never Be When the Levee Breaks Who We Are

YOU & ME Drag Me Away From You Free to Be You and Me

Some obviously qualify for more than one category, so I just picked one 🤷‍♀️

#supernatural #dean winchester #castiel #sam winchester #spn fam #spn family #supernatural family #spn fandom

[edwardsparkleblood]

What Are We Now, if Anything at All

Fandom: Pirate101

Relationships: Catbeard/Ratbeard

Word count: 3,155

Rating: T (could maybe be considered G, but raised it up to T because kissing)

Tags: Gay, very gay, awkward moments + awkward kissing, pirates, circus shenanigans, love/hate relationship

Summary:

When a traveling circus comes to port regal, the crew comes up with a plan to swipe that circus' gold. Ratbeard and Catbeard are chosen to infiltrate the circus while disguised as performers, but they quickly find themselves in an awkward situation after making the other performers believe they are actually a married couple.

A/N: Written around pride month but only recently got around it posting it online. You can find my continued work on Ao3 under E_SparkleBlood

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Ratbeard and Catbeard hurried across the grounds and ducked down near what they assumed were the circus' changing tents.

None of the circus performers were nearby, so that was good. Probably because they were in the middle of a performance right now. The sounds of drums and shouts from a wild event were coming from the much larger tent nearby.

Catbeard opened the bag he was carrying and quickly passed its contents over to Ratbeard, who looked like he was having second thoughts about putting on such funny looking attire. But he stepped inside one of the tents none-the-less.

Every couple months around this time, Port Regal hosts an extravagant traveling circus group, for it's moderately wealthy citizens. The circus group is well known, as is the amount of gold they are able to swindle out of the people of port regal. Especially among pirates. However, no pirate crew in the skyway would dare risk stealing from them as Port Regal is so often heavily guarded.

But one pirate crew is going to take that dare.

"Hurry up, Ratbeard. You big, lout." Catbeard whispered to himself. He peaked out from behind the corner to keep watch, and then ducked back down as 2 circus performers exited the large circus tent. The larger of the two was a tiger dressed as a clown with a red nose, and a frilly neck piece. The other, probably a knife thrower if Catbeard had to guess, just based one on all the knives attached to his leg, was a tall lanky wharf rat. They seemed to just be stretching and taking a smoke break. Thankfully, they didn't seem to have any intention on coming over here.

"I don't think it's gonna fit!" Ratbeard said from behind the curtains of the changing tent.

"Well make it fit." Catbeard replied.

Catbeard sat in the grass and let out a breath. Their mission was to infiltrate the circus and find whatever money box or safe the circus folk were keeping their gold in. The rest of the crew waited down by the docks for the perfect getaway. Catbeard wished so much he could have been down there instead, and that Bonnie Anne or Hawkulese had taken his spot instead. After a lot of arguing amongst the crew it was decided that a 2 man team would be the best way to pull the heist off, and that it would be Ratbeard and Catbeard who would be going under cover. This was decided because Ratbeard was the only one who could fit in the clown costume, and because Catbeard... Well, he pulled the short stick, so he was forced to tag along.

Catbeard and Ratbeard did not make for suitable partners. They butt heads more than anyone else in the crew. If their personalities had to be compared to anything, it would be that of oil and water. Which was a shame because visually Ratbeard was quite attractive, Catbeard thought. His handsome face couldn't be denied, but it just had to be contrasted by the most unattractive and quarrelsome personality.

Ratbeard emerged from the tent after just a few minutes, nervously clutching at the vibrant fabric of his waistband he walked. He struggled to keep it up as he waddled.

Seeing Ratbeard in full getup made the two realize pretty quickly that the attire suited more a court jester than a circus performer. But it was all they could get their hands on in time. The circus was only going to be in the port for one more evening, after all, so they had to hope nobody would pay them too much mind.

"Arr, this be a disaster in the making. I feel ridiculous." Ratbeard said.

Ratbeard really did look rather goofy, especially with the white and red makeup, and the black teardrop under where his left eye would be if he still had it. His costume was a riot of mismatched colors and his crusty old pirate hat that he's so attached to had even been replaced with a harlequin style hat with oversized bells. Although, the tights suited his round form quite well, Catbeard thought... When they weren't slipping off. He'd never say that out loud of course. It would give the rat too much self-esteem, and his ego was already grandiose enough.

"You LOOK ridiculous. But it won't be a disaster as long as you play your cards right" Catbeard said. He turned his body away. "Which does worry me. Have you ever played any cards right in your life?"

"Have at least some faith in me, why don't ya!!!" Ratbeard shouted. He immediately ducked his head down as the tiger and wharf rat turned their attention to the pair, and so he continued talking to Catbeard in a whisper. "If ye really think I can't pull it off, let's switch. The role of a fool is more fit for you than it is me."

Catbeard looked appalled that Ratbeard would even suggest such a thing.

"Those clashing colors? As if I'd ever be caught dead wearing that."

"Now what's going on of here? You two having a lil' scuffle or somethin'?" A gruff voice came from over Catbeard's shoulder.

Catbeard turned to see the tiger leaning against a pillar, and the wharf rat making his way over as well. Up close Catbeard could tell they would both look rather menacing if they weren't in such colorful attire.

"Uh, no, no. No dispute going on here. We're fine." Catbeard said, animating his hands a bit too much to be natural.

"What are you doing out here when the show's ago?" Asked the wharf rat. Then he turned his attention to Catbeard. "And you're not even in costume."

"Ah- ha! Just gettin' ready, I was! I had a new fit tailored for me and it took a bit longer to get done than it should have!" Ratbeard said. Then he turned to Catbeard, Catbeard heard Ratbeard gulp.

His heart was probably racing. Expecting Catbeard to come up with a quick cover story for himself. Ratbeard was about to open his mouth again, however before the rat could say anything, Catbeard stepped forward, his voice wavering with nervousness.

"I'm his husband!" Catbeard declared, surprising even himself with those words.

"Husband?!" Ratbeard shouted. His face was flushed with a tint of red.

"We're here to enjoy the circus together." Catbeard continued, placing his hand on his heart. "I mean- I wanted to come. I'm usually so busy you see, that I rarely get to see my dear... Norrington... at work." A bead of sweat trickled down his cheek. Ratbeard really didn't look like a Norrington, but it was the only name he could think to say.

The circus performers exchanged intrigued glances, seemingly accepting the explanation. Yet, they looked to Ratbeard, expecting some confirmation. Ratbeard had to act quickly to keep up the charade.

"'Tis true! He's my... hu-hu-husband!" Ratbeard mustered a blush and wrapped an arm around Catbeard's waist, and Catbeard was pulled uncomfortably close. "Been married for..."

"-For 3 years now. Today is our anniversary, in fact!" Catbeard interrupted, placing a hand on Ratbeard's chest. Ratbeard's eye twitched in annoyance at Catbeard adding more layers to this lie than necessary.

The circus performers grinned mischievously.

"Well, well, aren't you two just the sweetest couple!" the wharf rat of exclaimed

"I must say, it's not every day we see two guys so open about such a relationship. I almost don't even believe it. I wanna see how genuine this love of yours is." the tiger added with a chuckle.

Catbeard's eyes widened with apprehension, realizing where this was heading. Catbeard and Ratbeard exchanged desperate glances. Without giving himself time to overthink it, Ratbeard leaned in. Catbeard's heartbeat quickened then came to a sudden halt as Ratbeard pressed their lips together in a brief, chaste kiss.

It was meant to be a simple act, just a means to keep up the ruse, but Catbeard couldn't help but feel a jolt of... something. The was a warmness to said "something", and for a second the spiral itself and everything in it seemed to have frozen in place.

As Ratbeard pulled away, the spiral came to life ones more. Catbeard's cheeks flushed with embarrassment and surprise. The tiger nodded in approval, seemingly satisfied with their display of affection, and the wharf rat just laughed.

"Ah ha-ha, young love! You two are adorable together," the wharf rat commented with a knowing grin, wiping a tear away.

The tiger rustled the fur on Catbeard's head. "We're just messin' with ya. But keep that rat of yours close. One who can make a move like that without judgement is a real keeper."

The circus performers moved on and Ratbeard removed his hand from Catbeard's waist after realizing it still lingered there. Catbeard covered his face with his hands, his face was flushed, giving him a pink glow.

"I... wasn't thinking when I kissed ya. What I mean to say is I wasn't planning on it happenin'." Ratbeard stammered, his voice barely above a whisper as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"But it happened." Catbeard's voice came out muffled.

"It's yer fault! What were ye thinking just claimin' me as yer husband like that?!"

"I was nervous..." Catbeard's removed his hands from his face but immediately looked away, trying to hide his vulnerability.

"Well...," Ratbeard nudged at Catbeard's side and continue "Least ye got the best damn kiss ye could ever get in the spiral."

"Oh, please. I've rather kiss a bumbaloons backside!" Catbeard rolled his eyes.

But as Ratbeard walked forward to enter the much larger performance tent, Catbeard brought his hand up to his mouth. He felt a mix of relief and confusion. Relief of course that the awkward situation was over, and confusion over... Well, he couldn't quite explain it. A kind of emotion that he couldn't deny if he tried his hardest.

-

Catbeard and Ratbeard successfully made it into the circus tent. One kid who was with his mother pulled Ratbeard aside and asked him to juggle, which Ratbeard tried to do, but failed humorously. The kid was quite young though and laughed. Ratbeard stumbling over himself probably made for a more entertaining and memorable moment for the kid, than in Ratbeard had actually succeeded. Catbeard couldn't hold back a smile when Ratbeard even pushed himself to make a goofy face at the end. Now THAT was a sight to behold.

Catbeard grabbed Ratbeard by the arm before telling the mother and child pair that they must be off to get ready for the next performance. "Well, well, well, so you like children?" Catbeard asked.

Ratbeard grumbled. "Don't think too hard on it. The kid gave me stuff to throw in the air, so I did it."

"Well I think it's admirable. The great captain Ratbeard has at least one soft spot." Ratbeard no doubt thought Catbeard was just teasing him, but Catbeard was truly and genuinely surprised to find a quality in the rat that he liked.

"...The face you made was rather cute." Catbeard continued, but this time in such a tone to convey that he was just teasing now.

"Okay, okay, enough of this. We're done talking." Ratbeard said waving a hand, and using his other to pull his hat down over his eyes.

They were done talking, but only because they got to the back of the tent that held all sorts of things, from supplies for the performers, to lights, tools, and extra costumes. This is where the gold they collected from this evenings attendees will be located. Catbeard and Ratbeard split up. Ratbeard moving the heavier supplies around, and catbeard going through whatever box he could find.

Ratbeard scratched at his long beard. "Hey, I, uh..."

"Less talking, more looking." Catbeard said while sticking his head down into a tiny crawl space.

"I can do both ya know." Ratbeard said, heaving as he moved a large dresser and knocking it on it's side. So Ratbeard continued. "I wanted to... say... Well, I'm sorry okay? For just... kissin' you like that. Back there."

"Oh... Right." Did Ratbeard just show empathy? No way. Absolutely not. Catbeard must be imagining things. Discovering 2 positive qualities from RATBEARD in a single day, that's just un-heard of in the Spiral."

"Well, It wasn't as bad as I imagined it would be." Catbeard said, his back still turned to the other.

Ratbeard folded his arms and leaned on a colorful table.

"... So ye have imagined what it'd be like to kiss me?" Ratbeard smirked.

Catbeard choked on those words that weren't even his. He would be lying if he said no. Maybe he could just "Sure.". It's not like it'd be a declaration of undying love. There is a stark difference between lust and love after all. And Catbeard isn't so narcissistic that he'd play dumb and say the rat pirate wasn't at least somewhat attractive.

But there is also the underlying thought that was clouding Catbeard's mind. Was Ratbeard simply teasing or flirting? The tone in Ratbeard's voice was unique to say the least. There was something to it he's never quite heard of before, so he decided to play along. Come what may. That's what they say, right? Catbeard got to his feet and leaned against a cabinet, mirroring Ratbeard's posture.

"Perhaps... once or twice," Catbeard confessed, his voice barely above a whisper. His cheeks felt warm. "My mind has a habit of wandering into all sorts of hypothetical situations..."

A flicker of mischief danced in Ratbeard's eyes as he got up from the table and walked over to Catbeard.

"D-don't let it flatter yourself." Catbeard turned his head to the exit, as if planning an escape route, to run away in sheer embarrassment if it gets to be too much. "A pretty face means nothing when the one who wears it is so unpleasant to be around."

"Ye think I'm pretty?" Ratbeard asked.

He removed his goofy hat with the bells and tossed it in box full of other costumes and props, than wrapped his hands around Catbeard's waist and pulled him in close. Well, this solidified to Catbeard that he was indeed flirting, at least. His gaze met Ratbeard's.

"I also said you're unpleasant." Catbeard said.

"Aye, but also pretty?" Ratbeard asked once again.

Typical Ratbeard. List twenty problems you have with him and one redeeming quality, and he will focus only on the one till the end of days. So Catbeard gave in. "Yes... Pretty..." Catbeard said.

Ratbeard leaned in close, making it clear exactly what he wanted, but Catbeard was not about to be on the recieving end for the 2nd time today. This time it would be him making the move. Catbeard pushed himself forward, meeting Ratbeard halfway, who seemed taken aback at first. He took a step back, before going back in and letting their lips touch.

The wild sounds of the circus seemed to fade into the background and all Catbeard could pay attention to was the warmth of Ratbeard's lips. Ratbeard entwined his fingers, sealing Catbeard in the embrace and deepening the kiss, leaving Catbeard to bring his own hands up and caress Ratbeard's waist.

And then there was one more thing he started to feel. That same confusion from earlier in the day. The first time they kissed, this confusion swirled around in Catbeard's head. And so Catbeard chose to ignore it, after. To shut it down. But this time he had completely surrendered to it.

Finally breaking the kiss, Catbeard stared into ratbeard's emerald green eyes. Unsure of what to say, he chose not to say anything until Ratbeard spoke first.

"Better than a bumbaloons behind?" Ratbeard grinned.

Catbeard softly chuckled.

"It was better than the first time, I'll give you tha-" Catbeard cut himself off and pushed Ratbeard to the side before rushing over to one corner of the tent.

"Hey! What was that for?!" Ratbeard shouted, almost tripping. "Almost made me trip on me peg leg, ye did!"

Ratbeard was almost envious of whatever it was that was more important to Catbeard at this moment, but once his eyes caught what exactly Catbeard saw, he rushed over there too.

Catbeard pulled out a wooden box with red trimming, burried between colorful ribbon. With a knife Catbeard pulled out of his boot, he was easily able to break the rusty lock. H elifted it open to reveal quite a lot of gold. Probably a weeks worth of gold the circus had earned from their shows.

"Well, nice goin', Cap'n kitty! I think we have what we came for!" Ratbeard said. He took a handful of gold and flipped a coin in the air before shoving the handful into his pocket.

"What do you think you're doing?! Give that back, the gold is for the whole crew!" Catbeard shouted. He chased Ratbeard around in circles before Ratbeard playfully shoved him away, and this time it was Catbeard who almost tripped over himself.

"Ah come on. They won't be missin' just a couple pieces o' gold." Ratbeard shut the lid of the box with his hooked hand before giving a devilish look. "Besides, we're gonna be gettin' a room tonight, right? Somewhere fancy? Just the two of us, as celebration for a job well done? ...Preferably with thick walls?" That last bit was topped off with a sly wink.

Catbeard blushed. "That kiss earlier wasn't simply an attempt for you to get lucky for one night, was it?"

"Oh please, cap'n kitty. If anyone is lucky, it's you. Now let's get out o' this musty place. The crew is waitin."

Ratbeard turned and started to walk away, and Catbeard followed after shoving the box of coins into the bag that once held Ratbeard's jester attire.

Catbeard stared at Ratbeard's back. He wondered what they were now, if they were anything at all. He felt like not much had changed between them, but at the same time some kind of door opened, deep in his soul. Or perhaps heart would be a better word. They should talk about this, and they will. Catbeard will make sure of that. Catbeard lifted his head to catch himself falling behind and sped up to match Ratbeard's pace.

As they exited the tent the two performers gave them a wave and Catbeard waved back. He slung the bag over his shoulder and Instinctively, probably to keep up that little performance from earlier, grabbed hold of Ratbeard's hand. Ratbeard entwined his fingers around Catbeard's without skipping a beat, and then it dawned on him just how much larger larger Ratbeard's hands were compared to his own.

"Yer paw is pretty soft, y'know that?" Ratbeard said.

Yeah... They will definitely talk about this. Definitely. Catbeard cemented all these memories in his mind, ready to relive them when that talk comes. But it will have to be for another time.

#pirate101 #p101 #ratbeard #catbeard #pirate101 ratbeard #pirate101 catbeard #p101 catbeard #p101 ratbeard #my art

[alarrytale]

Marte do you think if H’s team wanted to use his 30th birthday party for stunting//pr of his clown gang and other celebs, shouldn’t we get pictures by now? I mean I hope I won’t jinx it but his birthday was last thursday and it’s almost mid-week so many days gone by since last weekend and noone (gp) would care by now imo.

One thing is that it will make me beyond proud if he really celebrated this mileston in private and off camera so he could be truly himself surrounded by his family and true friends. Or maybe it’s this big for him that he’s maybe waiting for Louis to come home because he wants him there? So we might get later some story or post from Anne just like we got pictures of him from Xmas 2022 (when he was stunt-free).

Hi, anon!

I was thinking last thursday that if we don’t get any pics of a party by sunday night at 11 (when the monday morning papers drop) then he's in Australia with Louis. So when Louis stayed behind in Australia i was like hmmm. And now it's tuesday and still no pics, rumours or murmurings of a party. I think it's safe to say that he didn’t have a big celeb filled affair this past weekend. I agree the momentum is over and it would be late dropping pics now. Maybe H is in England waiting for Louis to come back home, or he flew out to meet him somewhere or he's in Australia with Louis. Pics might drop later so it's impossible to know when they're from. They are both mia now and i'm pretty sure they're together wherever they are. Hope they have fun!

#harry 30 #larry genuinely happy #it's snowing again here #i want to be in australia too #stunting

[donuts4evry1]

it’s been taking a lot more energy for me to open up jellyfish studies lately but um.  I would like to meekly say that

a) Box Jellyfish seem to be the most physiologically “developed” out of any jellyfish (not including tunicates / salps. They freak me out)

b) Scyphozoan jellyfish seem to be in the middle. I’m waiting for the day the scientific community finally decides that Coronatae gets to be it’s OWN class so us crown jelly fans can clown on the silly noncoronate jellies. I’m tired of crowns being excluded from subclass Discomedusae, this needs to change

c) Hydrozoan jellyfish seem to be the simplest, having the simplest sensory structures (occeli/seeing structures and statoliths/orientation structures are separate instead of together in Rhophalia, like the first two jellies).

d) I’m really rooting for crown jellies, actually. They’re one of the most ancient jellyfish that we have record of so I think we should show them more respect

(Source: Myself, Lisa-Ann Gershwin’s Jellyfish Book, Wikipedia, and my friend @plasmagruntcalvin who gives me a lot of jellyfish fossils even though he doesn’t have to <3)

#no im not writing this with Momoka holding me at gunpoint wdym hahaaaa /j #mun rambles #jellyfish #tunicates are in phylum chordata btw (same as us actually) #they have a primitive brain (ganglion) and a primitive backbone #because OF COURSE they do GOD

[caffeiiine]

hey wait a sec i dont think i sent you any characters for that thing yet

anyway . mori, jouno, nikolai, or bram ? u can pick any of them <3 have fun

Cherry asked me about Jouno too so i’ll do his thing in their ask👍

aaanyways Mori!!!

first impression : i didn’t know it was him at first, when he got trapped in Anne’s room i thought it was just a street doctor and i don’t think i made the connection that it was him until way later + i didn’t especially care for him on my first read through tbh

impression now : good god his character is dumbed down by the fandom, unfortunately my sister is victim to that as well. i tried talking to her about mori once because neat little dude! complex! i enjoy his character! and she kept breaking in every 2 mins to tell me he’s a pedo like i didn’t hear her the first few times

i still think of him as a pedo but god there is more to him?? i haven’t actually studied him yet but he is definitely a more complex character

favorite moment : the scene in wan where he receives dazais new years cards and the way the dub delivered that line is so funny, otherwise probably when he’s trapped in anne’s room

story idea : i have no ideas unfortunately

favorite hc : he paired dazai and chuuya together on purpose

favorite relationship : i ahve none but i do like the way he interacts with the rest of the pm

unpopular opinion : he does not deserve to be dumbed down as much as he is

nikolai!!!

first impression : “oh fuck he’s pretty and insane”

current impression : complex little clown dude i love him so much i could analyze him forever and still discover new stuff

favorite moment : HIS FIRST INTRODUCTION THE WAY THAT PAGE IS DRAWN IS ACTUALLY SO COOL if i got amnesia and forgot everything that’d be the singular thing id remember

story idea : i need him to break down and build himself back up again piece by piece until he’s satisfied [he won’t ever be satisfied] (love language: putting my characters through the meat grinder a few times)

favorite relationship : can’t choose between siglai fyosiglai so both

unpopular opinion : i think most of my opinions line up with fandom interpretations so i think im good here

favorite hc : little fuck can cook but only and only when he feels like it, otherwise it’s a complete disaster

aaand bram

first impression : “haha little sword man”

current impression : i don’t know; i like him <3

favorite moment : him asking kenji to tend to his nonexistent estate

story idea : i have no idea mandbxnxjs

favorite relationship : him and ayas little dad daughter thing is so cute

favorite hc : i don’t ship kunibram but i find it really funny if bram sees his wife in kunikida and once i read a comic where he kept going up to the ada and asking kunikida about brams wife or something like that

unpopular opinion : he looked really good with his legs but i kinda wish it was paced a little bit slower

#soda ask and answers! #bsd #sodaramblestoomuch #nikolai makes me insane #i love that little freak

[chaospenelope]

‘The Little Wolves’ Info Dump (Title Pending)

This started as a desire to make a ‘Little Mermaid’ AU with Roxanne and Mangler Ann falling in love with Monty and GlamFred. Thanks to my friends on Discord I was able to flesh it out! Feel free to add ideas or ask questions.

Werewolves over a hundred years ago were horribly hunted down so much people of the world thinks they’re all gone forever. Fortunately, many survive and stuck together in the packs that are for the part secluded from society though they do have modern conveniences and technology.

 However, unbeknownst to them, there are other were creatures that have blended into society but having their own little safe areas.

Like you roll up on a whole village not realizing the old folks at the gas station are secretly seal and bear people, the kids walking home from school are fox and raven children, and the librarian is a part goat, part bear dude.

 There are also Reptiles but WereReptiles wouldn’t change at night, it’d be at like high noon so they wear special sunscreen.

 For some reptiles the lotion is vital for living in society not only because they don’t wanna transform but when they do it takes a super long time to shift back because they’re shedders. They shed their skin in order to change so they have to wait from a day to a week to grow back new skin to shed.

 Seals aren’t shedders, all pinnipeds can change at will, they’re the luckiest ones.

 Were fish are the least lucky because while they can turn to complete fish but they cannot turn into complete humans. If they want to go on land they need mobility aids, they can breathe air so that’s good.

 Some Were animals, however have a genetic condition where their eyes are forever in animal form so they either wear sunglasses like Monty or get contacts.

 Still figuring out WereBirds

Ghosts are real, some Were creatures can sense when they’re around.

There are creatures that humans thought were Vampires, but they’re basically WereBats with spicy abilities. Some Were creatures also have extra abilities but I haven’t hammered that down yet.

Clowns are basically Faye folk, now, like Faye beings in media there are good clowns and bad clowns. Mostly good nowadays though but the others are still around. They are the most magical beings with various abilities that are basically clown or cartoon oriented and their society is a very loose version of Tinker bell where some have ‘callings’ they’re made for but it isn’t strict, just a feeling.

So the location for this story is mainly a little town, an old coastal fishing village surrounded by woodland which is great for hiking and camping.

Phineas NightShade (Nightmare) is the Mayor since most people don’t really wanna run against him since he always does an awesome job.

 FredBear and his family owns the town’s favorite restaurant/kid hangout spot.

Kit (Foxy) is a lighthouse attendant. He, his husband Freddy, and their kids live in the lighthouse.

Dotty and her family run the local camping grounds/playground areas and help with the local scout troop.

The forest rangers are basically a family of seals.

The wolves, are super deep in the woods in a bunch of cabins they fitted with modern comforts but with like renewable resources so they’re non traceable.

 The cabins are positioned around an old cave where they have important meetings, hide the ones that are completely shifting for the first time, and other generally important events.

#fnaf au #fnaf oc #au #werecreature #werewolves #GlamRock animatronics #I’ll get to the specifics of the characters in a moment

[carriagelamp]

I continue my October tradition of trying to read at least a few ~spoopy~ books to get in the Halloween mood... very tonal nonsensical now since I'm positing this weeks late but there we go

The Apothecary Diaries v1

A manga that I’ve seen here and there. It had me intrigued so I finally decided to pick it up and see what I think. The main character finds herself forced to work in the inner palace as a servant… but her background is as an apothecary and things begin to change in her life when she solves a “curse” afflicting the royal heirs. I’m intrigued by the main characters introduced so far, though I haven’t decided if I’ll read more or not. I know it’s based off a light novel series that I think is getting an English release, so I may wait and try reading it like that.

Bad Guys v1 / v2

Since the movie has come out I figured I should try to knock out the first two book of the series and try to see what the hype is. Honestly, Bad Guys is a series I just can’t really get into. It has some cute, funny moments — the entire premise of these “bad, scary” animals attempting to become “good guys” is admittedly a very charming idea, especially given how bad they are at it — but it really is just so simple and so short that it feels pretty cheap. There isn’t much content on any given page, and the art is all pretty rough. I will leave this in the purvey of young readers.

Clown in a Cornfield

Meh. I picked it up from the library on an impulse because I enjoy horror based around cornfields and it feels very autumnal, but I couldn’t get through it. It is so very, painfully, agonizingly high school. I may have enjoyed it as a high school student… but even then it’s a sort of high school culture I wasn’t involved in even as a teen. Maybe it would have gotten more interesting if I had toughed out the first bit but it was really just too excruciating.

Dark Waters

The third book in a middle grade horror series, I’ve been reading one book a year, around Halloween. This series is about a group of friends who, having survived a first and second encounter with “The Smiling Man” are now trying to deal with the trauma of their experiences while keeping their family safe and distant from the terror. A fishing trip seems like a perfect, safe way to get away from the constant anxiety of their lives… until they receive a dire warning and something sinister starts to appear in the lake water.

The Girl From Turtle Mountain

Written in the style of American Girl books, this is a story about a girl in 1901 moving to the mountains of southern Alberta with her miner father. It was a charming little book about her getting used to this new settlement, getting to know the people she will share a boarding house and school with, and finding out how much a girl can spread her wings in a place like this. It was a short, simple book but it did remind me rather fondly of Anne of Green Gables.

Judy Moody was in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood.

I had never read a Judy Moody book before and honestly have always been a little scornful of them. I mentally put them in the same category as Junie B Jones books but apparently I was wrong to do so! It was honestly a very funny little slice of life book about Judy as she goes through life and needs to combat her bad mood.

The Laughing Corpse

Hoo boy. I haven’t read the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books since high school, and I enjoyed them well enough back then. I read about six, though I found the style and tone had begun to wear on me by then. Since it’s October, I thought a vampire hunting book would be a fun reread so I grabbed the audiobook from the library and yikes folks! The racism! The misogyny! The aggressive Christianity and intolerance towards any other religion! It was fucking brutal! Though the nail in the coffin was Jean Claude. His fake French accent was hard enough to read through text, but needing to listen to a very American accent then try to voice him? Nope, I couldn’t do it, I bailed. Nice to know I can lay this particular book series to rest.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

I had never read Sleepy Hollow before and decided now was the time! I hadn’t realized what a short little story it was, but it made for a perfect Halloween read. The visuals were absolutely stunning, I am such a sucker for that sort of descriptive language, and it was actually really funny which I hadn’t been expecting! Honestly pop culture has changed the nature of the Headless Horseman so much over the years that I was pleasantly surprised by the original story!

My Dress-Up Darling v3

Just a fun series I’ve been picking up from time to time. It’s about a boy who is passionate about making traditional dolls and is learning the craft from his grandfather, who ends up befriending a bubbly popular girl who has the secret desire to cosplay. They end up working together to create elaborate costumes. It’s honestly just a very charming series, both main characters are very likeable, it has enough technical information about costuming to keep you interested, and just a light sprinkling of fan-service — y’know, if pantyshots are what sells a series for you.

Spy x Family v1

Up until now I’ve been profoundly indifferent to Spy x Family. I haven’t liked the art style, especially how the little girl is done, but I found the first book second hand and figured, eh, why not. And I can admit I judged it too harshly, the first book was pretty fun. It’s about a spy who needs a family for his next undercover mission, who ends up marrying an assassin and adopting a telepath. The spy and the assassin are both doing their best to keep their professions a secret, and the only one who seems to know the fully picture is the telepathic child. It’s silly but amusing.

Guys Read: Terrifying Tales

A surprisingly well done horror anthology! It’s written for a middle grade audience, but was honestly the best horror I’ve read in a hot minute. Some stories were better than others, obviously, but there really weren’t any that I thought were complete duds. What I found the most interesting was that most of the stories had a supernatural / almost fairytale like bend to it, and I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen people really do fairytales in a way that made the horror feel authentic rather than childish. This book had some genuinely fantastic “wicked witch” style horror, I was very happily surprised.

TGCF // Heaven Official’s Blessing v2

Now that I’ve finished Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / MDZS I am now working my way through the Heaven Official’s Blessing series! This series is about a prince who was able to ascend to godhood… only to be banished back down to the mortal world and seems to be plagued with preternaturally bad luck and suffering. The stories starts just after his third ascension to heaven (after being banished on two separate occasions), which is honestly a hilarious concept. The first book I found a little slow, I wasn’t connecting with the characters much, but by now I am fully invested! The second book was fun because it actually took us back in time to learn about Xie Lian’s time as a mortal and some of the events that surrounded his ascension to godhood and what turned him from a beloved god to an object of scorn. It’s fascinating and heartbreaking, I want to cry for this poor guy, he really was wearing himself ragged trying to do the best he could.

#book review #book reviews #tgcf #heaven official's blessing #sleepy hollow #spy x family #my dress up darling #manga #canlit #queer lit #canadian literature #judy moody #our canadian girl #american girl #apothecary diaries #bad guys #r l stine #clown in a cornfield #dark waters #katherine arden #guys read: terrifying tales #chatter

[clowningismyboyfriend]

Is Taylor Swift announcing something MAJOR (again) at this years MTV VMAS?! 9/12…. 12/9 🤡🌌

Hi!

Welcome to the second post on my blog!

I figured the first had to be some kind of intro, I couldn’t just come waltzing in all clowned up, spitting my theories and rationalising whilst being irrational. That would be rude of me 😂

But I promised the juice so here is what’s been squeezin’.

In my last video on Tik Tok, I was happily headed off towards the direction of the ultimate clown missions of them all: The Karma “missing” album/era theory.

Thoughtfully shared below for your convenience!

In the relatively short time it’s been since I went from “Standard Swiftie” to full blown “Tay-Spiracy Theorist”, this missing album theory has been both the wildest AND most persistent Ive stumbled across.

The majority of the supporting clues do seem difficult to completely disprove or deny..

Deep in my clowning process of compiling all the piles, I think it was the 112 days theory that I’d JUUUSST started to unpack- I still haven’t wrapped my head around this 112 day theory but it certainly sounds juicy off the top of my head and I’m keen to go take a look later on-

BUT I GOT SIDETRACKED.

When reminded about the calculation of days between and months between, I cross checked my SwiftMath number crunching notes section if you will, where I had carefully and lovingly been documenting what was not immediately apparent to me.

(Sidenote: Although it’s mostly irrelevant now, there’s definitely some interesting SwiftMath on my first video where I somewhat incorrectly predict the release date for 1989- TV.)

So- I noticed that with all of the the Taylor’s Version albums, the re-release dates vs original release dates have been consecutively following a 12 year/9 year pattern- Check it out:

OR= Originally Released

ANN= Announcement date for Taylor’s Version

TV RD= Taylor’s Version release date

1.Fearless- OR- 11/11/2008- ANN- 11/02/21- TV RD- 9/04/21

Release Days apart- 4,532- 12 years, 4 months, 29 days

2.Red- OR- 22/10/2012- ANN- 18/06/21- TV RD- 19/11/21

Release Days apart- 3,315 - 9 years, 0 months and 28 days

3.Speak Now- OR- 25/10/2010- ANN- 5/5/23- TV RD- 7/7/23

Release Days apart- 4,638 - 12 years, 8 months and 12 days

4.1989-OR- 27/10/14- ANN- 9/8/23- TV RD- 27/10/23

Release Days apart- 3,287- 9 years, 0 months and 0 days

I figured ok surely I’m onto a clue here.. although my number crunching in my first video was somewhat skewed to an extent when it came to the upcoming release date of 1989 itself, ever since the announcement of 1989 TV, that repetition of 12 years and 9 years just seemed more than coincidental, although I’ve been proven wrong before with stuff like this.

I tried at first to apply it to the remaining two albums (Reputation and Self Titled) to absolutely no avail.. surely she wouldn’t be waiting that long to re-release Reputation (either 12 years or 9 years would mean 2029 or 2026) and the 12 year period meant that Debut would have had to be re-released before she even officially announced she would be re-recording.

So it was back to the drawing board but this time I was properly stuck and couldn’t move past it. It felt like I was taking a math test unprepared, but knowing I had learnt the formulas so why couldn’t I just figure it out?! Or better yet, your know those dreams when you try and punch something or someone and just can’t quite connect, like your hand is made of lead??

I was a Swiftie on a clue hunting mission with what felt like writers/hunters block. Easter Egg Block, if you will.

Until..

When doing my bit in casting my daily votes for this years MTV VMAS for Taylors 8 nominations (at the time she had 8.. it’s now up to 11 nominations and don’t think I am ignoring the significance of this number, I just delve deeper into it down further)

I was speculating on this Insta post by @taylornation .. I become sort of fixated on how it referenced her announcement of Midnights at last years VMAS.

… Then I realised the date of the upcoming VMA’s.

September 12th. 12/9. 12…9 🤡🤡🤡

….. WHAT?

So. Announcing a new album would be cliched for her at this point, I mean that’s what she did last year, but what if she’s announcing Reputation or Self-Titled?

Given all the Reputation TV eggs and theories based on so much solid evidence that is already out there, it makes sense.

Although becoming familiar with how Taylor operates (figuratively speaking) I wouldn’t put it past her if she comes out of left field and announces something like Self Titled TV to throw us all off our tracks..

Then again, thinking about the controversial VMAS back in 2009:

When Kanye West pulled this stunt, it was essentially the catalyst for the Reputation album as a whole, because without this first shot being fired by Kanye, there would not have been the ensuing on-again off-again beef between them.

So, I guess it would make sense that if there is any sort of announcement at the 2023 MTV VMAS, it fits that it would be the release date for Reputation- Taylor’s Version, or the release date for Self Titled.. or both?

Or what if it’s something completely different? Let’s take a look at some #SwiftMath!

🫶🏽 2009 was 14 years ago. 1 + 4 = 5.. 5th Taylor’s Version announcement?

🫶🏽 Taylor also currently holds an impressive record of 14 VMAS won overall…

🫶🏽 Taylor is currently the most nominated of the show, with an impressive 11 nominations.. 11 as in TS11?! Nah surely not, that would be too much of a coincidence.

.. But switching things up last minute isn’t a new concept for Taylor…

I mean, look at the VMA’s is when she announced the impending relapse date of Midnights like I mentioned earlier. Firstly, the scheduled date for release was on Kim Kardashians birthday, so you just know that it was bound to generate conversation. But curiously enough, she stated during the announcement that telling everyone that night depended on whether or not she won, so you know she had a back up plan in place.

Circling back to my original quest for Karma as a missing album and/or the next album.. here’s some of what I discovered amongst many more theories that are out there.

All signs and clues definitely keep pointing to Karma..

Whether it be the concept of Karma overall and how it has aptly applied to her major success of Re-recording her masters, or if it is being celebrated in the wake of some of her other big enemies suffering in many ways in their personal lives- including with their reputation! Think Scooter Braun and his divorce and FBI dramas.. Kanye and, well.. Basically take your pick with that hot mess and all his situations.

Although it certainly wasn’t the first, an intriguing clue is when Taylor starts laughing hysterically when announcing “Karma” for the Midnights Mayhem track listing announcement. The caption for this post on her Tik Tok also reads “been excited to announce this one”. It’s like she’s teasing something to do with Karma, outside of the fact that it’s a track title.. She notably also uses a galaxy (🌌) emoji.. We now know that the the emoji could have been a clue for the cosmic, celestial and mythological themes that featured throughout the video. These themes and associated imagery, clueing constellations, stars and planets have become more prominently featured over the last 2-3 eras. Definitely something to consider as a new topic of investigation.. from a brief scan online, there’s definitely theories brewing amongst the Swifties!

I do feel the need to point out the astronaut/moon man reference and connection with MTV here though, but again. This could be coincidental!

Another big clue that lies in the Karma music video is the reference to a Gold Taylor seemingly portraying the Greek Goddess of divine retribution and revenge, Nemisis. Gold Taylor is on a pedestal, which contains the Roman numerals that make up the year of her birth:

If the year of her birth in Roman numerals was an easter egg, as it’s officially since been confirmed that 1989 is out next, it definitely seems like there was duality with the reference; a multi-faceted hint.

1989 was and is her album of rebirth as it was symbolistic of her complete transition from country to pop. Karma is a central concept to the religious belief of rebirth…

So what can we possibly make of all these Karma hints and clues that have been popping up since at least 2016? For example, Taylor’s Vogue interview in which she states “Karma is real” with a capitalised K.

In my last video, at the time of uploading, when you entered in the URL for karmaonthewall.com, this website was redirecting to Taylor’s webpage with the first/previous pathway being “it happens after midnights”. The current redirect pathway now states “TS11”.. Taylor Swift 11, her potentially upcoming eleventh studio album?

For reference: “Karma on the wall” Stems from the theory in general that Karma was/is a missing album/era that was supposed to be released instead of Reputation based on a scene showing all her “lost” albums graffitied on the wall, with Karma on there (twice) next to a “missing” sign from “The Man” music video- Lover era

On one of the pillars in this scene, with visibility beginning at exactly 13 seconds into the video, you can see the graffitied word “Karma” in the same style as the “Karma” on the wall.

All the titles of her albums that were caught up in the masters controversy are graffitied on a wall, with a “missing” sign.. Karma is graffitied twice, Karma is in orange (rumoured to be or to have been the era colour) but also in black, which is the actual era colour for Reputation.

Sidenote: Interestingly, you can also see that 1989 is up there twice- When I first recognised this and thought about some other key clues, particularly in The Man video, it had me backflipping and cartwheeling into a spiral over this whole other theory my overthinking brain came up with.. Taylor, at the age of 22, started to receive all kinds of negative press about her dating life; the Karma album might have been something she wanted to release as a concept instead of Red, having had enough of dealing with the but was perhaps thwarted by Big Machine as a precaution given her bad press, the ongoing Kanye incident and so on. There’s so many little clues that seem to allude to this in “The Man” but I’ve had to put a pin in all that for now because that would be too wild to contemplate.. Wouldn’t it??…

..Back to Karma. As a concept, Karma is based on cause and effect. Good intentions/deeds means good karma and therefore happier rebirths. If the cycle of rebirth in these theories are what we are being directed to, did the orange colour graffiti signify fire and burning and the black colour graffiti represent ashes? I mean- this is hitting me right now as I type this, was it actually a possibility that Karma was supposed to come BEFORE Reputation, not in place of? Was it supposed to go 1989- Karma- Reputation?

What if she was on an entirely different trajectory with her albums and planned concepts, we all know she loves to plan sometimes years in advance.. but what if the entire Kanye/Kim controversy surrounding dishonest and partially leaked audio/video footage and the subsequent #TaylorSwiftIsCancelledParty caused her to change up everything?

The biggest hint at this definitely comes through in her lyrics from the Midnights Til Dawn vault track “You’re Losing Me”:

“Do I throw out everything we built or keep it? / I’m getting tired even for a phoenix / Always rising from the ashes”

A Phoenix is Gold. Taylor on the pedastal- Gold. A Phoenix is representative of rebirth, never ending life.

IS SHE SINGING ABOUT KARMA THE ALBUM?

There was speculation that this song was in reference to her and Joe Alwyns alleged breakup. But I mean, everyone will always try and tie a Taylor song to a boy or a breakup. I genuinely think Taylor is smarter than that, I mean she’s actually spoken on the record about this subject before and she certainly has a duality to the meaning of her songs.. I don’t always hear the boy and girl aspect of a song, and when I read the lyrics/listen to “You’re losing me” I’m even more certain it could be alluding to Karma.

“You’re losing me” was part of the ‘Til Dawn remixes, and Taylor announced that the album would only be available for purchase in person at the East Rutherford, New Jersey portion the US leg of the tour but this song wouldn’t be released for streaming.. It was also at these same shows that Taylor and Ice Spice performed their remixed version of “Karma”.. and debuted their music video! It was actually after these shows that Karma was added as the 44th and final track of the tour.

Okkk so before I continue any further, I need to bring up the other URL- In my last video, the url notalotgoingonatthemoment.com redirected to Taylor Swifts webpage with the added pathway of “theywouldntmedoitkarma”. Seemingly missing a word, maybe as obvious as “let” but maybe not…

For reference: “Not a lot going on at the moment” is a well known, now multi-faceted Taylor expression that appears to have originated from a slogan on a shirt she wore for the “22” music video during the Red era…

The most obvious fitting word be “let”. What if LET stands for Lost Eras Title.. Which the theories all refer to as Karma? Another fit would be Last Eras Track. This has the extra layer of being both the last track played on the Eras Tour set list, plus it fits with the speculation that Karma the song signifies the end of the Midnights era overall.

It could even stand for Last Eras Tour- Will she announce something major on the very last tour date? Could it be that her Karmic rebirth overall will be complete as she coincides the tour with the final re-releases of her albums?

If so, I hope she will be taking us down a completely different way of doing things as we know it, because evidently she is the epitome of genius levels of cleverness, with the perfect amount of class and sass.

I worry that based on Surely she would not be settling into reTAYermen anytime soon, I mean at the bare minimum I couldn’t imagine her never completing a 13th album for example. (Oh my gosh that ALBUM and the delivery going to be one for the books)

She’s made lots of comments and dropped lots of hints in interviews about how she feels like she’s considered too old for the industry in terms of being a pop star.. it does seem so ridiculous though considering she’s certainly at her peak in her career right now!

Although it’s somewhat going off tangent ever so slightly.. Let’s talk about the burning Lover house.

The Lover house that is portrayed as burning down during the Eras Tour- being symbolic of rising from the ashes and rebirth, this ties in with the karma theme Hindi Moksa and burning bad karma to purify..

But does this mean a new house? What will emerge from the ashes of the Lover house, to be rebirthed?

I have a theory on all of that.. I reckon She’s going back to an ex. But we shall see. I’ll not be saying another word…

Theories aren’t for me to speculate on when it comes to relationships.

That remains her privacy and I will always respect whatever she chooses to share with us or not!

❤️

So.. Taking into consideration all of this, plus the bonus below little quick and curious Google..

.. It’s safe to say no matter what happens at the VMAS, we are definitely headed in a fresh and brand new direction! Because no matter what @taylorswift does-She is absolutely golden.

I do have to say though that it can be a constant battle reminding myself that with Taylor… Anything can and will literally go. It’s been speculated that she reads all our theories and has literally implemented some before so that’s pretty cool! Generating and regenerating conversations by furthering the idealisms that we, as fans, have put out there ourselves.. Well, that’s just straight up Karmic and the best representation of the cycle of rebirth indeed.

If she is, it’s honestly the most genius marketing strategy I’ve ever seen. It’s not an approach that’s ever been adopted by a singer/song writer and I think it’s a major key contributing to her ongoing success and so think she does too- Hence why she is always so genuinely, down to earth humbled and grateful for us fans.

#Swifties of #Swiftnation and #Taylornation…

I hope you all voted for our girl!! 11 nominees… I could cry for her!

✨I hope she releases a super exclusive, mega detailed all access passes behind the scenes tour about The Eras Era… Manifesting this as the announcement✨

Please feel free to add and share and comment and discuss with me!

Until then,

.. I’m in exhile seeing you out..

Dani

Xx

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𝕾𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖔𝖘. 𝖂𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝕱𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖞. Chapter Seventeen

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𝕾𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖔𝖘. 𝖂𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝕱𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖞.

Some call it Chaos. We call it Family.

> X <

Luna jumped once more to intercept the attack, giving hope to those she’s protecting that everything will end well, only for there to be multiple attacks from different directions aimed at her all at once. Luna was unable to caught her full body in armament haki, leading to her getting pierced with a fist of boiling magma in the abdomen.

> X <

In another universe, the video feed would have been on the focus of Buggy the clown, trying to gain fame and keep up an image for those following him.

But in this universe, Buggy had a goal.

To show the world the truth of Monkey D. Luna.

So, since her appearance, he dropped his act and instead focused the den den mushi on her and her conversation.

And now the world watched in horror at the sight of an Admiral’s magma fist piercing the body of Luna. Luna, who was protecting her sisters. Luna who supposed to be the world government’s favourite, only to be revealed that they had planned her death since the beginning.

The world watched as different agents, had attacked Monkey D. Luna at the same time. Unknown to the marines and the world government that the whole world viewed this moment.

Had seen, and will continue seeing, the dark truth of their so called “Heroes”.

> X <

Akainu stood over the bloody body of Monkey D. Luna, he briefly glanced in the directions of the attacks that aided him, seeing different CP0 agents leaving after their job was finished.

He let a smirk grow on his face, as he sneered at the dying body of the monster wolf.

“A devil’s daughter like you will die, alongside those sisters that you tried so desperately to protect, Daughter of Dragon. You even sold your freedom for Fire Fist’s and Runaway Princess’ safety the past ten years, and here you three will die together. All this for nothing!”

Luna’s eyes trailed over him, to her shellshocked sisters and then back to him. She let out a laugh, leading to her hacking blood.

“You must be crazy to think that this will get rid of me.”

“Dumb girl,” He sneered, “You’re dying.”

It took her a lot of energy just to roll her eyes before looking towards her sisters one last time, sending them a relieved smile, “You’re safe,” her whisper was the last words that could be heard. Then her eyes no longer held any life.

> X <

Ann stared in shock at Luna’s body. She could barely make out the words that Akainu had said. All that she was thinking of was when Luna looked at them with a relieved smile. The words “You’re safe” spoken so softly.

She was snapped out of her revery by Sabrina’s chocked up “No, you’re lying.”

Akainu looked back to them with emotionless eyes, “Lying? Why should I? It’s as I’ve said, your dear older sister sold her freedom for you two.” He looked disgusted then, “All fruitless. I knew she would betray us, but the Five elders wanted to wait and see if she will stay loyal to you or not.”

He scoffed, “They wanted to see if she will start resenting you two. After all, it’s because of you two that she gave up her so-called freedom.”

“No,” Sabrina chocked out, crying, “No. No. No.” She kept repeating to herself.

Ann stared in defeat at the monster in front of her.

At her Luna’s killer.

Oh god. Luna.

Ann’s eyes started tearing up. Crying over the sight of her sister’s dead body.

Luna died taking the hit meant for them.

“Lu-” Sabrina statured, reaching out her hand to the body of her sister.

Ann watched helplessly while Thatch kept hold of her only remaining sister now. Sabrina struggled in Thatch’s grasp, trying to reach Luna, “Lu-! P-please! Tha-thatch! Lu-nee can’t be dead.”

“Sabrina, please, we need to leave!”

Ann ignored Thatch’s voice, trying to calm Sabrina down. Ann’s body was not responsive in Izou’s grasp. Eyes blurry from the silent tears falling down her face. Izou brought Ann closer to her, hugging her, trying to hide Luna’s body from Ann’s sight.

“B-but! Lu-”

“She’s dea-”

“-NO!” Sabrina shouted, interrupting Thatch before he could complete his sentence. “She- she’s not dead. She can’t be dead. Luna-nee can’t be dead. She’s not!” She kept on repeating, as if by repeating the “Not dead” will bring her sister back.

And oh god, if only it worked like that. Ann briefly thought.

“Keep denying it all you want. That matters not to me.” Akainu uttered, “Now, how about following her to hell.”

> X <

Luna is dead.

His lover is dead.

Marco stared in shock, no longer moving.

He was no longer focusing on his surroundings, the only thing he could see was Luna.

He stumbled across to Luna laying on the floor with a smile on her lips, looking as if she was simply sleeping. He didn’t pay attention to Thatch trying to calm Sabrina. He didn’t hear Sabrina’s shouting denials. He didn’t notice how silent the always loud Ann has gotten. He didn’t see Izou hugging Ann close to her.

All he could do was stare at his lover.

“Lu-” He whispered. He hesitantly reached out, touching Luna’s cheek reverently. “Love. Wake up. Please.”

With his focus on Luna, and Luna only, he didn’t notice Akainu once again aiming at Ann and Sabrina.

And the attack being blocked by Zoro.

“Marco.” Zoro spoke, keeping his eyes at Akainu only as he talked.

At the call of his name, Marco looked up to the sight of Zoro protecting his captain’s sisters. “You promised Captain that you will protect her sisters. Didn’t you?”  

Marco breathed in, letting a few tears fall from his eyes before wiping them off. He could cry later when the war was over. When Ann and Sabrina are far way from here and safe.

“Yeah,” he answered shakily, “I did.”

“Then get up and do as you had promised!”

 Before getting up though, he hesitantly laid a small kiss on Luna’s lips.

Once he was standing, he walked towards his ship siblings, pausing for a moment beside Zoro, completely ignoring Akainu for the moment. “Her body?”

“I will send someone to take her after you guys. We can’t leave yet; we’re waiting for someone.”

“You’re so calm about this.” Marco commented.

Zoro sent him a smirk, “We have some orders from the captain to fulfil, can’t get distracted now.���

Marco smiled a small smile, the only thing that he could muster right now before shoving his ship siblings away and to their ship.

Marco left, leaving Zoro facing against a seething Akainu, and Zoro smirked at the admiral.

Akainu narrowed his eyes at the former pirate hunter, “How cocky.” He sneered, “Got that from your captain?”

Zoro didn’t deem Akainu an answer, making the magma man get even more angry.

Seeing that the green haired man won’t be saying anything any time soon, Akainu struck again. Zoro defended himself and then slashed back, armament haki coating his swords.

Slowly by slowly, with each attack, he kept a distance from the dead body nearby. He kept Akainu distracted while waiting for Sanji to do his task.

> X <

“Trafalgar.”

Law snapped his head in the direction of the Marine Hero, Garp.

The man in front of him, not only Luna’s grandfather, but Fire Fist’s and Sabrina’s as well. And wasn’t that a shock? Luna is those two’s elder sister, he hadn’t thought he would get any more shocked, but more and more secrets were and are still being revealed. This explains why Luna is, no, was, why she was so invested in his love life… And why Garp seemed to hate him.

What a crazy family.

“Help them escape.”

Law stared in suspicion at the man.

“You’re… with Sabrina. I know that,” Garp looked like he swallowed a lemon at this admission, “So, right now she’s going to need you. It’s going to be hard on her when she fully realises what Luna had gone through for them.”

“What about Luna-ya… she’s…” Law’s throat tightened. He hated to admit how much she grew on him only for her to end up dead now.

Garp’s apparent dislike for the warlord dropped, as he sighed, rubbing his face, “She’s dead.” He said, voice heavy, “And how I wish to kill Akainu. But I can’t act right now. I promised Luna something.”

Law nodded slowly; he had been disappointed that Garp had not attacked the magma bastard the moment he killed Luna. “Alright. I will go after Sabrina and Fire fist and aid them.”

Garp nodded at him gratitude, “Thank you.”

But before he could do as that, someone called out for him.

“Torao!” The stupid nickname that Luna had named him (his heart twisted at the nickname) and thus started to also be called that by the rest of her crew.

Sanji appeared in front of the surgeon of death. The blonde chef nodded at Garp out of respect, before quickly asking Law. “We need a favour. When you go after Sabrina-san and Ann-san, take … Captain’s body with you. We don’t want her body to stay near those bastards.”

Law raised an eyebrow at the request, but sighed, “Yeah, alright. I’ll take her.”

Sanji sent a small smile, “Make it quick while that stupid moss head is still distracting the mad dog.” And then he left.

> X <

A lot of things were making sense to Izou now.

The reason Luna was so sure she won’t be staying with the navy.

The reason why she said that the world government knew her dream.

Luna had known that the government will betray her.

Izou was sad and disgusted when she heard of the real reason behind the tile of Fenrir. Sad for the woman who would have been her sister-in-law, for her ship sister and honorary sister’s big sister. Disgusted at the blackmail, at how they used her.

Izou glanced at the others in worry. Marco was leading them, focused on their safety, shoving away his feelings for the moment. But no matter how much he tried, his eyes were wet from the unshed tears. Thatch kept a tight hold on the sobbing and struggling Sabrina, looking back at the figure of her dead sister, slowly becoming less and less clear at this distance. Ann was in Izou’s arms, not moving. With how quiet she was, Izou would have thought she was not alive, except she could feel her breathing and how wet her clothes were from the silent tears falling from Ann’s eyes.

Her poor ship sister is probably in shock.

Izou shared a concerned glance with Thatch. She could read a thought from Thatch’s open expression.

Marco, Sabrina and Ann are going to need therapy after this.

> X <

Nami looked over at Usopp, who nodded at her. He had used his observation haki and located everyone is in their position.

Law had taken Luna and escaped into his submarine silently, intending to follow the escaping Whitebeard pirates and aid with their recovery. Chopper will do the same when they’re all done with their mission.

Get rid of the traitor of the Whitebeard pirates, Marshall D. Teach.

When Luna took off to her sisters, Zoro gave the order to take care of Teach before he could become an issue later on. And with how weakened Whitebeard is right now, Teach will be appearing soon to take advantage of Whitebeard.

The crew currently are in positions to attack the Blackbeard crew the moment of their arrival.

And when the said group finally appeared, with their captain’s slimy laughter resounding, aiming for the retreating Whitebeard, did the group of former marines attack Blackbeard.

> X <

Shanks arrived to Marineford to the sight of Luna’s diverse group getting rid of that traitorous Teach and his crew.

Shanks let out a low whistle, admiring their handiwork, the black and blue, knocked out Blackbeard crew, with Teach all tied up.

Before approaching them, he sent his crew to handle everything and stop the war, then he asked, “What are you going to do with Teach?”

The ginger head, Nami and the navigator, if Shanks remembers correctly, had shrugged at him. “Not completely sure. Lu-… Luna wanted to kill him herself ‘cause he’s the one who handed her sister to the marines in the first place.”

Shanks didn’t pay mind to her slight stutter at Luna’s name.

The Usopp (And Shanks still laughed until this day at the coincidence. Who would have thought that the son of his sharpshooter would end up joining Luna, and as her own sharpshooter as well? The world sure worked in a weird way.) continued, “But she also told Zoro that since the bastard betrayed the Whitebeard pirates, the captain should be the one who deals with him.”

Shanks nodded at the younger man’s explanation, “Yes, it also will show the world that those who try to betray the whitebeards will not be forgiven. It’s also an old tradition of sorts to let the pirate crew deal with their traitor themselves without involving others if they can. It’s mostly about pride as well.”

Then he looked around, letting his observation haki to spread around. He could feel that his crew has done as they were ordered, and the only fight ongoing was of the swordsman, and the right-hand man of his younger sister, fighting the magma admiral. He couldn’t feel Luna in marineford though.

Shanks frowned, turning to his sister’s friends, “Where is Luna?”

He saw all of them tense, and he could feel the dread rise in him. “What happened?”

After exchanging hesitant glances, Robin was the one who answered. “Trafalgar Law took her body away… After Akainu had killed her.”

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“What?”

#one piece fanfiction #one piece ao3 #female monkey d. luffy #female luffy #female portgas d. ace #female ace #female sabo #marco x luffy #law x sabo #smoker x ace #marine luffy fanfic

[zukkacore]

you like the quarry?? omg hi!

what are your thoughts on the AtLA kids being put into The Quarry?? as an au, i mean

Oh omg yeah I like the quarry! I actually prefer Until Dawn slightly more but I’ve been waiting for the spiritual successor for like forever so this was great for me, I think it’s pretty fun & im a huge truther for a Dylan x Ryan x Kaitlyn throuple (I actually have a wip of them doing the Anne Hathaway twelfth night kiss) I know it’s kinda past it’s popularity rn but I had fun. Both games are definitely not without its problems tho, I definitely acknowledge that.

Actually this is unrelated but my private super indulgent wish would be for Supermassive to get rights to adapt IT into one of their horror movie esque games…. It’ll never happen but like i just think they would get the vision. Press x to clock this clown in the head with a baseball bat please

Anyway the subject…. Right I don’t have any thoughts on hand abt a fully in depth AU or anything mainly bc it’s been a hot sec since I watched my friends play the game. Tbh I’m generally a proponent of subjecting characters to goofy little horror scenarios forever tho. Tbf the kids from Atla deserve the biggest break in the universe but like, do they also not deserve to be cringefail camp counselors at a spooky werewolf camp?

I do think Mai could do Ryan tho. She listens to her grimdark true crime podcasts & speaks exclusively in monotone and Tai Lee goes full dylan and is like wow I am enamored by your autistic swag < 3

Feel free to continue to bug me if you have more thoughts on this tho

#jan.ask #jan.anon

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MY THOUGHTS ON AMPHIBIA S3E17:

Oh man, where do I even begin with this?!? The overarching story in general and the feeling of “this is it” that was prevalent throughout the episode was phenomenal, I was damn near on the edge of my seat the entire time. The visuals were also absolutely stunning, the fight scenes were edit worthy (source: already working on one lol), and I’m just blown away at how much the animation as a whole has improved since the start of the series.

I do have a few grievances unfortunately, the episode felt sort of rushed and could likely have been split in two, but I personally can look past that since I don’t expect perfection from this series (if you can’t look past it, I totally get where you’re coming from and we can agree to disagree).

Now, to break down my absolute favourite scenes, though not in full detail since I don’t want to type a 10 page english paper (that’s reserved for annoying my irl best friend). First and foremost, the introduction to Marcy’s mindscape/room/void(?). I’ll lump all of these together for simplicity. Going in I didn’t think that the room that Marcy was locked in was a little puzzle room, but really that doesn’t surprise me. Then we got to see the massive library and the fantasy world created for her (+ the dope ass outfits), and I unironically would love it there that place looks fun as hell (minus the creepy friends and possession of course). Then when Marcy rejected the fantasy by realizing that she didn’t want that, she wanted her real friends, and she got thrown into the void(?) I was lowkey a bit worried. But the connection was severed and she’s fine, so that’s good. On a similar note, the flashback to Marcy meeting King Andrias for the first time just solidified how much I love her as a character, and how much of a dick the core is.

The fight scenes in this episode need no introduction, as I’ll once again say that they were absolutely phenomenal! Whether it be between the Plantars/Boonchuys and robots/herons, Anne and King Andrias, or Grime/Sasha and Darcy, they all had me screaming (/pos, mostly). On a similar note, the loss of Grime’s arm caught me (and the vast majority of of the fandom as I’ve seen) by complete surprise. Time to bust out the clown makeup I guess, because I was convinced that it would be Anne. I’m not mad about that theory being false though, Anne doesn’t need any more trauma than she already has.

The scene where Sprig read King Andrias the letter from Leif and King Andrias sacrifices himself was also very well done! We got even more confirmation that Leif is a Plantar, and Andrias sacrificing himself(?) and turning out to be a cyborg was emotional (and unexpected as far as the cyborg aspect is concerned).

Finally, the reunion between Sasha, Anne, and Marcy was one I’ve been waiting for for forever, and it feels so nice to finally see it. They’ve all got their issues but the bond that they share is like no other and they’re destined to be by each other’s sides and just AAAHH MY HEART, I LOVE THEM!! The final moments where they realize that the moon is falling (is this Majora’s Mask??) and their work isn’t done followed by the end of the episode just left me wanting more in the best way.

Jesus Christ on a bike I wrote a lot, but not without reason I guess. My closing note is that I won’t be doing an analysis like this for the final episode, instead I feel it would be more in order to write a love letter of sorts to this show that has brought so much joy into my life. I was 13 when this show began, 15 when I was introduced to it, and I’m now 16 and almost done with my sophomore year of highschool. I feel like a love letter is in order if you ask me (also, if that would fall under the Amphibia Supernova event let me know so I can tag it accordingly!). I’m not ready for this series to end, but that’s where we’re headed, so I’ll see y’all on the other side.

#amphibia #amphibia spoilers #amphibia season three #anne boonchuy #sasha waybright #marcy wu #mrs boonchuy #mr boonchuy #hop pop plantar #sprig plantar #polly plantar #grime amphibia #king andrias #darcy wu #leif plantar #sorry this is so long i love this show a lot ok

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haru x ann or yusuke x ren

Ty for the ask!

Haru x Ann is extremely high quality, thematically they are so interesting together, even though they never interact once in canon in any significant way because Atlus is a fucking clown house. Like even platonically the two of them foil each other fantastically. They’re both victims of statutory abuse who have opportunity enough to kill their abusers, but choose to spare them.

The major difference in their circumstance is that Ann could not ever be the lynchpin of her own vindication, she could stop Kamoshida but killing him would be taking away the autonomy of that choice from every other one of his victims, basically all of whom she was close friends with; while we have no knowledge of anyone else Sugimura abused, but canon Haru decided not only to not murder him, but to not even attempt change his heart onscreen. If she does either, it is offscreen, away from the Thieves, and not until after Ren fakes his death in the interrogation room. It’s entirely possible she waits as long as she does specifically for the sake of killing him while the Thieves (and Akechi and Shido) are otherwise distracted, which is a phenomenally two-faced thing to do, something that Ann would necessarily resist as per her whole complex about lies, stemming from being repeatedly lied to by her best friend and primary love interest before said friend/crush tried to kill herself.

And obviously none of that is explored in the text because both of them are relegated to dating sim archetypes in the background of the actual plot after their respective arcs conclude (Haru arguably is shuffled into that role as soon as her second awakening concludes, since the few compelling moments of masked inconsistency she shows in those initial encounters are dropped off the face of the earth once she and Morgana joins the thieves and Atlus forgets whose Palace arc this is supposed to be anyway).

Anyway that was a lot of words uhh. Kind Villainess shtick x Vengeful Heroine shtick, Good. The fact I can make an arguement for either of them being on either side of that dynamic, Extremely Good. They’re both soft and sharp and they would be absolutely adorable together, and also possibly kill some people, and that’s extremely cool of them.

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Sadly I have far less thoughts about Ren and Yusuke beyond that I think Yusuke being extremely autistic and extremely gay is kind of the only sympathetic reading you can make of his initial arc, and even that is stretching the definitions of sympathetic. Within that reading though, I think his otherwise extremely lackluster confidant could come off as essentially “I’m just going to invite my crush to spend time with me at all points because I like being around him” while very possibly being in denial about being attracted to him cause he’s been Extremely Repressed under Madarame’s thumb, and this blossoming love is something that feels to him as another language of beauty and self-expression, even as he struggles to understand what his own emotions are telling him.

And from Ren’s point of view, that sort of constant attention is primarily digging into his lack of self-confidence, the fact that he’s used to preferring that he goes through life in the background of other people’s shots, living the world as a passerby; since he’s been punished so harshly for stepping out of line, and clearly was raised by deeply neglectful parents. He’s not used to people paying attention to him in a positive way, let alone encouraging him to stand out, to make silly poses in a public church for the sake of art, or join his friend on a boat to people-watch other couples. He is not used to people who not only want to see him, but who want OTHERS to see him, who almost want to show him off, the way that Yusuke making art of Ren would do. And I think that’s a meaningful thing for him.

And distilled down further yet again: pushy clueless prettyboy and awkward wallflower is a good combination.

(Also also also. A significant amount of what I just said does not apply to their DV appearances, since they’re all pretty different there than in canon. Though these readings do influence how I’ve chosen to characterize them there.)

#do I even tag this #fuck it sure #haru okumura #Ann Takamaki #ren amamiya #yusuke kitagawa