#yeah that scene is also gonna live rent free in my head forever

[kitkatwinchester]

LET'S F*CKING GO!!

Okay I know that episode had kind of a bad ending with that cliffhanger of Lydia and the Nogitsune vanishing and Stiles's very emotional and worried and guilty facial expression that is gonna haunt me forever, but DUDE!!

THAT WAS F*CKING INCREDIBLE OMG MY HEART IS JUST--

First of all, YES LYDIA!! YES SCOTT!! WAY TO SEE THROUGH THE TRICKS AND GET OUT!!! Lydia obviously had some help from Peter, but she was still able to fight it and find her way out.

Also as an aside, I feel like, no matter what else he may say, Peter really cares a lot of Lydia, and I feel like she cares about Peter too, in some ways, which is why she keeps going to him and calling him for things. I know there's a romantic ship out there, but that kinda bugs me, so I see it as platonic and I'll stick with that. I fully acknowledge that they care, albeit begrudgingly, about each other though.

And then Scott!! I'm so proud of him!! He knew something was off, but he couldn't quite place it, and as much as he loves/loved Allison, I'm so proud of him for being able to look past that and identify that no, that wasn't right, and he needed to get out, and YES SCOTT I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!

Before we get into the big scene and ending that I'm obviously going to be adding to my "Best Sciles Moments" list, I do want to branch off for a second to acknowledge Kira and Allison (and Chris, honestly, breaking out of the chair and then not killing Derek because he's awesome), being f*cking bad*ss while fighting the werewolves and trying not to truly hurt them I just...

AND CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS SHOT?!

WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED I MEAN--

WHAT A MOMENT!!

So anyways. Just wanted to acknowledge that.

AND THEN!!!

THE F*CKING ALPHA ROAR!!!

LET'S!!!

F*CKING!!!

GO!!!!

"He's human. But he's still part of the pack, right?" "Yeah. Yeah, of course." "So how do wolves signal their location to the rest of the pack?" "They howl."

YES LYDIA!!

YES SCOTT!!!

LYDIA'S PLAN!!!

SCOTT'S REALIZATION!!!

AND THEN THE BIG OLD TRUE ALPHA HOWL THAT FINALLY GETS STILES'S ATTENTION!!!

AND THEN THE WAY STILES GLARES AT THE NOGITSUNE!!

AND HE DESTROYS THE GAME OF GO!!!

AND THE NOGITSUNE LOSES CONTROL OF ALL THE WEREWOLVES!!

AND HE'S FREE!!

And then it's really emotional and terrifying for a second because they think it didn't work, and everybody's all panicked, and now Scott is wondering what the f*ck Lydia and Peter are talking about, and then in the grossest f*cking way possible, Void Stiles pukes up Real Stiles (but they don't know that yet, but you know what I mean), and everybody's freaking out (and here we love these little subtle moments of Peter putting a protective arm across Lydia's body, and then Peter and Scott diving to grab Real Stiles (before they know it's him) to keep him away from the others and Alan putting his arms around Lydia and Melissa protectively <3) and it's all scary and terrifying and gross.

But then I LOVE that Scott picks up on it. I LOVE that he realizes that something is off, and that the struggling is much more fear than it should be for the Nogitsune, and I love how he considers it, and I love that SCOTT is the one that realizes what actually happened, and then he uncovers his face, and it's STILES, the REAL STILES, and the way he just says "Scott?" with all of this emotion and fear and guilt and relief and Scott just looks at him in utter relief and they both look like they're about to cry and GOD I WISH WE COULD'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY THAT REUNION BECAUSE IT WAS SO GOOD AND I'M SO GLAD WE GOT HIM OUT!!!

But of course not, because Void had to f*cking run off with Lydia and now we have to deal with that and there's still two episodes left which means this isn't over but STILES IS ALIVE and he's OUT and Scott SAVED HIM and I just....

I'm gonna revel in that, okay??

I'M GONNA REVEL IN THAT!!

And then now we can go save Lydia and kill Void and everyone can be happy and okay and NOTHING ELSE IS GONNA GO WRONG, OKAY?!

NOTHING! (She says not believing a word she says.)

THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT STILES IS FREE AND NOW WE HAVE MORE OF A CHANCE AND GOOD JOB SCOTT I'M PROUD OF YOU!!

Let's go kill this son of a b*tch.

(I couldn't find any of the gifs I wanted but this will work because THIS FACE I CANNOT THERE IS SO MUCH EMOTION IN THERE AHHHHH. Anyways. We love you, Dylan. <3)

#scott mccall #stiles stilinski #lydia martin #allison argent #kira yukimura #chris argent #void!stiles #nogitsune #sciles #stydia #mccall pack #“stiles is part of your pack” #“yeah of course” #“so how do wolves signal their location to the rest of the pack?” #“they howl” #yeah that scene is also gonna live rent free in my head forever #I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!! #PACK FAMILY!!! #FOUND FAMILY!!! #PACK LOVE!! #WE LOVE IT!! <3 <3 <3 <3 #I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH!! <3 <3 <3 <3 #LET'S TEAM UP AND SAVE THE DAY AND KILL THIS THING FOR GOOD!!! #and let's try really hard not to get anyone killed #i know that's not gonna happen #there's no way this ends as beautifully as i'm hoping it does #but stiles is mostly back and i got that beautiful pack family moment and i'll take what i can get in a world of hurt and torture #let's go save lydia #teen wolf #teen wolf spoilers

[theidiotwhowritesthings]

I have feelings.

Also, if you sent me a message with spoilers just know that I did see them and love them, but I won't be replying to any until a few days from now to avoid accidentally spoiling it for any one else.

MANDALORIAN SPOILERS BELOW CUT.

I think I liked the episode? No, I did. I did like the episode overall, but it felt... flat to me? I don't know how to put it into words, but I'm sitting here post finale feeling very '🤷🏻‍♀️meh'.

LIKE DON'T GET ME WRONG. Love, love, LOVE that Din Djarin officially adopted Grogu (side note was this episode trying to tell me that this entire fucking time Din was the family name and not Djarin? i'm ignoring that forever, Grogu Djarin shall thrive in my heart).

LOVE that it ends with Din having a little home with his little boy and it's hinting that he's gonna go on little adventures with Grogu😭 I adore that so much [an anon, sent me a message that at the end of the episode they thought of 'A Fresh Start' and I am not ashamed to say I did too😘]

LOVE that Bo Katan and Din didn't end up a couple. Which, I am sorry to those who really wanted them together (not super sorry mind you) but I still stand firmly by the fact that literally both of them could do better [and side note I'm still very much here for the absolute chemistry b/w the Armorer and Bo Katan].

LOVE all the fight scenes where Din kicked ass. Like, HOLY HELL. I made a post last week about how Din had no badass moments like he has in the last two seasons and the it was like the show writers went 'yeah okay bitch fine hold my beer' and wrote the most BADASS SCENES. The part where Din is kicking ass with R5 dropping shields one by one? Yeah, that'll live in my head rent free forever.

LOVE that gideon didn't take off Din's helmet. I want to see Din helmet less so badly but I also want it to be his choice the next time it happens (if it happens).

SO I LOVE ALL THOSE THINGS. But, I still finished the season feeling kind of 'meh'. I think it's because at no point did I feel like I was on the edge of my seat? But, you know what, whatever. I will claim this as a victory overall b/c Grogu is officially Din's son, Din is a home owner with his boy, he's back to his bounty hunting roots, and he got to end the season sitting his tired ass on the front porch while watching his son terrorize the local animal life.🙏🏼

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian spoilers #mandalorian season 3 spoilers #din djarin

[ezrisdax-archive]

i wanna know YOUR top 5 d20 seasons now 👀 but also top 5 trek femslash pairongs so i can pay attention to them when i eventually have crawled through the original series

dimension 20:

Fantasy High - cause I'm basic and @counterspelling got me into it that way. "you've gotta watch it beej, it's so funny" and now because of that the two of us watch the shows as they premiere together. but yeah I love these bad kids and cycle through my own faves of them but c'mon the set up is just so fun and such a cool idea and then you hit that second episode and jfc, this is a little fucked up actually and you're hooked! you're just hooked!

Mice & Murder - I need this to have a sequel cause it was just so funny and I'm a sucker for a murder mystery type deal and grant and rekha are pure fucking chaos together and I miss raph, bring this cast back pls

A Court of Fey and Flowers - I honestly wasn't sold on this one at first cause regency stuff isn't my thing but holy shit, this one goes hard and I fucking loved it.

The Seven - for exactly the same reasons as you, I mean how can you not love this one, I will take twenty seasons of their quests now thank you

Unsleeping City - this one also took a bit for me to warm up to it but I find it a comfort one to watch now, I love Lou and Ally's characters and how they bounce off of each other and the way their relationship grew in the second season too. also Zac playing a one brain cell firefighter is just so fucking funny

trek femslash, okay so you know most of these aren't gonna be from TOS right? like TOS doesn't even have enough you can really make a top five really. also this one is not in a specific order at all unlike the other lists because it changes as I change. anyway here it is also in a specific order because I'm a liar.

B'Elanna/Seven - at least once a week I text @trillscienceofficer a thing about B7 because the two of us are so fucked up on it. it's about how they mirror each other....it's about how similar they are and can't and can see that and hate that in each other but admire each other. it's about how Seven is out here awkwardly flirting with B'Elanna like c'mon. I wrote a whole fucking essay about it! an essay!!!! (basically if you wanna know more please read that essay least I turn this into another essay about them)

Tasha/Deanna - I always think of this pairing in the sense of what could have been and what we did have still. Like in season one they were always reaching out to each other when the other was hurt or under the influence and then Tasha dies! she just dies! on a mission that was meant to save Deanna! I'm just supposed to go on with my life after that???? Like god, I can only imagine the episode when Deanna loses her powers and Tasha being there for her in that one or when Tasha's sister comes on the ship and Deanna being there for her in confronting the past and what she had to do to survive. I love them for what we got in s1 but I'm forever haunted but what else could have been there.

Uhura/T'Pring - they had one scene. one. where Uhura is out here like "hey Spock your fiance is beautiful" and damn if she a) wasn't right and b) on her way to steal Spock's fiance. that's all it took for me okay, I'm easy! sure this ship requires a lot of extrapolation and we don't know anything about T'Pring really (SNW don't interact) but I know in my heart I can fix that.

Jadzia/Lenara - the big canon femslash ship of 90s cause they got to kiss on screen and do you have any idea how that rewired my brain, like sure I took way too long to figure out I liked girls too but that episode lived in my head rent free. and it was about how they couldn't be together! there were too many external factors! and they missed their chance! they missed their chance!!!!!!!!!! the scene where they pull away from each other realizing this isn't going to happen.....god.....just end me and bury me with that scene thanks.

Beckett/T'Lyn - this one is new and currently at the top because of the newness to me and the season just ended so it's my head. like I went in the season expecting to really like T'Lyn/Tendi and I did! but I came out liking these two more, there's just something about that episode where they really bonded and understood each other. I really need more of them in the future.

#replies in thirty minutes or they're free #quicklings #beej talks star trek

[golden--doodler]

Hey there it's me :D! Just gotta ask you back your, hmm, favorite bobs burgers episodes?

Omg, thank you so muchhhhh this question is too good (and also too hard ahhhhhhhhhh there are just so many and too many good episodes). This show, I swear, so thank you for giving me an excuse to ramble about it. I shall try to make a Top Ten or Top Eleven episodes, depending on how I feel right now:

--First of all, I gotta mention Season 3, Episode 7 "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" because of that iconic opening scene alone, oh my lord, Tina (Tina, you're kinda gonna hit the only other car in the parking lot. TINA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD EITHER TURN AWAY OR STOP YOU'RE GONNA, HIT THE BRAKES--). Also, that freaking scene of Bob and Linda pretending their kids drowned because of the dark humor alone and Bob just ripping his shirt and shouting, I can't.

--Season 3, Episode 16 "Topsy" also keeps coming back as one of my favorites because Gene's song "Electric Love" is just so--how did he write this, it's such a beautiful masterpiece, it plays on repeat in my head, it's the best love song ever. Also, Louise just having beef with the teacher, Mr. Dinkler, is quite entertaining. And Gayle and Mr. Fischoeder having a romance that only lasts this episode is pretty great.

--Season 4, Episode 3 "Seaplane!" is great as well just because of how loyal Linda is to Bob ("Yeah, I'm married, you idiot!"). And also her headbutting Kurt and saying "I was gonna punch you, but I'm holding wine" is hilarious. Plus, it's great seeing Bob and Linda each have an awesome moment with Bob cutting the rope and Linda navigating the plane upwards at the last moment. And Tina having her moment fantasizing about kissing a bunch of people on the island, hahaha.

--The Wharf Horse Season 4 two-part finale is a masterpiece and no one can tell me otherwise, God, why does this two-part finale continuously live rent-free in my bed (it has ever since I watched it for the first time, and I vividly remember watching it for the first time). "Nice Things Are Nice" and "Bad Things Are Bad" are a couple of my absolute FAVORITE numbers of the show, they're just structured so perfectly and satisfyingly, it's almost hard to put into words why I love them so much ("Ooh, I love this dress, does it come in size three?"). And the outro for part one is incredible, shout out to John Roberts because yes. I just love the little things in this episode--in my opinion, this two-parter is a better introduction to Felix Fischoeder than his actual introduction (yes, I do enjoy that episode, and I'm sorry if I offended anyone, and I do love how he changes up the bathroom and the new design is kept for the rest of the series) but he's just so deliciously malicious in this two-parter before eventually having a change of heart, only for Fanny to swoop in. These were definitely the biggest stakes the show had before the movie swooped in with Grover Fischoeder and Cotton Candy Dan's murder, and I love the family reaffirming their love for each other when they think they're gonna die. And the detail that Bob was told about Linda being pregnant with Louise on the Ferris Wheel and screaming. Also shoutout to Tina for at least trying to save Mr. Goiter and being absolutely adorable as a toddler.

--I also really like Season 5, Episode 5 "Best Burger" and I don't know if that's an unpopular opinion or not. I love that it's one of the first big Gene and Bob moments we get, with Bob telling Gene that he loves Gene, faults and all, it's adorable (I could talk all day about why I love Bob and Gene's relationship in particular). Also the gag with the kids telling the storeowner they ban him when he tries to ban them, hahahahah. And then the judges hating Jimmy Pesto Sr.'s burger at the end is so satisfying.

--Also love Season 6, Episode 1 "Sliding Bobs" simply because it told the story of how Bob and Linda met (Boblin forever--I could also talk all day about why I love them). The rest of the episode I might not rank as high, only because it mainly just consists of the kids telling random "What-If" stories, but Tina's "What-If" story with Linda marrying Hugo instead is actually hilarious, especially Louise calling Tina a monster for making Charlize so sweet.

--Season 7, Episode 5 "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" because Gene actually being a big brother and standing up for Louise is just the best and sweetest thing ever. Also, Bob and Linda tripping out on weed cookies together is amazing ("We're old! We have kids!" :O).

--Season 7, Episode 18 "The Laser-Inth" because Bob is at his best in this episode as a Father. His comforting Gene after Gene has sensory overload while watching the show is incredible, poor Gene, honestly, just because of how excited he was before they got there. And then Gene actually enjoying the song when Bob just plays it in the car, and then them figuring out a way to sneak back in. Oh yes, this episode also contains one of my favorite inappropriate Gene lines (still have no idea if he knew what he was doing or not with this line): "Just imagine being in there, having an incredible climax!" And also when Bob mishears Gene at the end "I love you too son! :D" awwwwwwww. The side plot is kinda fun, too, but admittedly not as memorable as the main plot. I do love seeing Gretchen again, and Louise actually getting attached to her dinner doll, and Tina, despite her fear of the dolls, wants to give Louise a chance to sneak it out and keep it. It's nice but pretty simple.

--Season 8, Episode 21 "Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters For You" just has my whole heart because of how freaking sweet it is the entire time, it's almost like a cupcake in episode form. Linda comforting Bob and trying to remind him that he does make a difference making burgers, and then her realization that the couple they're catering for DO care about each other and lot and WILL make it after all is just great, and the fact that a couple fell in love in the restaurant in the first place is so, so heartwarming. The kids' subplot is pretty simple, but actually pretty sweet as well because they're just hanging out and having a contest to photobomb as many pictures as they can, it's great. And Louise actually upholds her word at the end when she loses. Also good lord, what was Bob looking up that had Linda so impressed and even slightly turned on? Hahaha.

--Season 3, Episode 10 "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", because Louise affirming the fact that she does, in fact, care about Linda is just very nice. Also, the flashback with Linda and Louise as a baby had me in stitches. Also, that scene where Louise punches Logan for liking "Freaky Friday". Ooh, ooh, and the "Where is Harry Truman" song. Wonderful. Plus, I love how much Gene wants to get his legs shaved like Tina and Bob.

--And finally, after a lot of deliberation, the last episode on the main list is Season 5, Episode 17 "The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee". I love seeing how Gene's band came to be and just learning that he only knows one chord is hilarious. It was interesting seeing him question if music was the right path for him, only for Tina and Louise to sweep in and remind him why he loves it so much in the first place.

Here are some Honorable Mentions (episodes I also love but didn't quite make the full cut):

--I gotta mention Season 4 Episode 17 "The Equestranauts" real quick for giving Bob a tattoo which they kept for the rest of the series, and the lengths he went to for Tina in this episode. Also, her wanting to stop playing with toys after everything Bob went through and him getting super mad and forcing her to play with Chariot at the end pffffffffft.

--I have to mention Season 4, Episode 5 "Turkey in a Can" because of Bob's line "I'm straight. I mean... I'm mostly straight". Yes. Perfection. One of the best lines. And him remembering potty-training Tina is just so sweet, I love it.

--Season 7, Episode 9 "Bob Actually" because it's adorable all around, I love the Louise/Rudy kiss in particular and Louise slapping him, hahaha. Also, Bob learning breakdancing for Linda is incredible, he needs to do it more in the show.

--Season 10, Episode 1 "The Ring (But Not Scary)" deserves a mention because it seriously shows just how dedicated Bob is to Linda, getting her the engagement ring for her that he was never able to when they actually got engaged (made me very emotional). Also, Linda's speech to Bob about their love not being in a ring but in everything they built together is one of the most beautiful things ever. It just loses a few points because of the fact that dang it, I just wanted Linda to get the darn ring because even though she doesn't need it, she does deserve it. At least the kids were genuinely remorseful about losing it and seeing Nat the Limo Driver is always a treat.

--Season 11, Episode 6 "Bob Belcher and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Kids" is one I'm mentioning literally just because of the song in this episode. God, why do I love it so much??? Why is it so catchy??? I particularly love when Louise is just like "It's nice to get to blame someone else" when it's revealed Hugo started the fire. Is it kind of a copout having Hugo start it? Eh, maybe, but I still like the reveal because it absolves the kids from guilt after they've been completely wracked with it the entire episode. Also, it's just kinda funny, because he acts like an angry kid when Ron forces him to confess.

--I gotta mention Season 11, Episode 11 "Romancing the Beef" because of Hugo finally finding love (I have to admit I was convinced the entire episode that he didn't have anyone coming to meet up with him, but he actually did--good for him) and Bob and Linda saying some of the things they love about each other is the softest, most domestic thing ever, God, everything they do during the Valentine's Day episodes is the best. Also, the outro is hilarious and wonderful.

--Season 11, Episode 12 "Die Card, or Card Trying". Am I just mentioning this because of the outro? Yes. Yes, I am. "Candy Cane Moose" is a masterpiece. And it's always lovely seeing the kids when they were younger in family photos. Plus, I loved seeing Bob get so excited about a juicer Linda got him.

--The "Some Like it Bot" two-parter, Season 12, Episodes 21-22. I really, really dig the musical numbers in both of these episodes that make up the two-parter, especially the one in the second part ("This JPEG is amazing!"). It really does hurt seeing Tina be made fun of so harshly, and her trying to get revenge in such a harsh manner is almost hard to watch. But I love it for that. Also, the fantasy sequences that take place in the "Blade Runner"-inspired world Tina makes up are super fun as well. Also poor Bob--glad they never showed who wrote the graffiti, but I also can't help but be super curious as to who did. It's also interesting seeing Tina actually making some peace with Tammy, even though it doesn't last for that long.

--Season 13, Episode 10 "The Plight Before Christmas" simply because the ending of this episode was EVERYTHING, easily one of the best in the series. It might even be my favorite Christmas episode. I love seeing Louise show her softer side again, her poem legitimately had me in tears. Also, Gene saving the show the sixth graders are putting on was absolutely glorious, and showing him telling Ms. Merkin the entire story during the dialogue-less montage was so sweet. Plus, the outro is just really nice, another one of my favorite outros I didn't mention in my ask to you.

--I gotta mention Season 3, Episode 14 "Lindapendent Woman", because of Linda and Bob's song together and their meeting up again in the store only to get interrupted by a shrimp, I can't with these two. Also, Teddy saying that Linda controls the thermostat masterfully is hilarious, and getting upset that Bob can't do it right. Also, it's extremely impressive that Linda has such a complex monetary system to keep the restaurant from going under. She's so dedicated, it's amazing.

--Season 9, Episode 16 "Roamin' Bobiday", literally just because that ending musical number made me cry, it's so freaking beautiful. Bob's passion is so palpable. Also, seeing the flashback to when he first got burnout is terrifying and hilarious.

--Season 11, Episode 7 "Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid", because I love "Turkey I Need You Beside Me" with all of my heart, and Bob's whole speech about loving to feed Gene is adorable, and just them bonding over turkey/other food during the outro, I love. The stories everyone tells are fun, but unfortunately not nearly memorable enough to be put on the regular list. Plus, I just have to say it's not an actual Thanksgiving episode like all the others.

--Finally, I must mention Season 5, Episode 1 "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" because that song is so glorious. Gene is somehow so incredible at writing music in this universe. Also love seeing Courtney back, and her and Gene working together.

I could list so many more episodes (tbh, I want to list them all, but that would defeat the purpose). I'm sure there were so many more I wanted to mention but these were all the definite highlights (also, the initial list wasn't in any particular order, I just wrote them as I remembered them). Did I put more episodes in the Honorable Mentions than in the actual list? Yes, yes I did.

I really loved doing this, actually!

#bobs burgers #bob belcher #linda belcher #tina belcher #gene belcher #louise belcher #favorite episodes #im screaming #this is too good #i love this show so much #thank you #Tina is highkey a menace when she drives but I love her for it #Linda is a great spouse #bob belcher being the best partner

[launching-a-thousand-ships]

Some Dramas idk if I Even Rec

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My Engineer: My Crisis

Next up is another drama I watched bc of Perth and it was better than Cutie Pie? But also a time.

Spoiler free: Very light, some over the top scenes that make me giggle, but also get ready for that one cheesy song to play on loop the whole time and it will be stuck in your head forever. Also, multiple ships so depending on your preferred tropes/dynamics, might not be invested in them all. More details/mild spoilers under the cut.

Pros: This drama was so damn funny. I mean, maybe it was the cheesy acting or the sound effects or what but is was hilarious. I feel like this is a great drama to watch drunk because you kinda don’t know wtf is happening but you love the whole ride.

The music is both a pro and a con. The theme song is played so damn often (as with most dramas) but this one is so fluffy and cheesy and well after finishing the drama I’ll be living my life when the song will pop into my head and refuse to leave. If you watch this, be prepared.

As to shipping, I think it’s well known that RamKing is the best. They’re the side ship, but they’re so cute and even the cheesy moments are done so well. I think it’s also that they have all the funny scenes, making them the best to watch. Their arc isn’t concluded though, so anxiously waiting for the sequel (which was mentioned but we have 0 info so who knows what’s up with that).

Frong and Dr Thara are also chill? But very little screentime so not much to say. 

Cons: Again gonna mention the theme song. I hate it. It lives in my brain rent free.

Anyway, the other ships. The mains are Bohn and Duen and they’re fine. Enemies to lovers is usually my favourite dynamic, but they’re kind of meh. I liked them at the start actually, but got a bit more boring as it went on. Possibly because no memorable plot, but also RamKing started and they overshadowed the others. 

The last ship is Mek and Boss and this is purely my opinion, but I’m not a fan of onesided love, especially longterm. It makes things very unbalanced and makes the other half accidentally a jerk for doing a bunch of crap while unaware of their friend’s feelings. So, yeah, painful to watch. If unrequited love is your jam, you’ll prob enjoy their arc, but for me it was kinda uncomfortable. Also be prepared for Mek’s voice dubbing as it is quite noticeable.

So yeah, that’s My Engineer. I do rec it for the humour but I’m lowkey only invested in one ship (so I will be watching the second season if it’s ever made). Be prepared for the main song to haunt your dreams, though.

Next rant: Oxygen

#my engineer #my engineer the series #ramking #thai drama #bl drama #needed to vent #gonna go listen to the theme song now

[miss-choco-chips]

F’coffee

-.-.-.-.-.-

Honestly. What did Bruce even think would happen? He should have known better.

Tim wasn’t Dick, indoctrinated from a young age to be a good, somewhat (when convenient) obedient son. Tim only went along with Bruce’s shit because, more often than not, it aligned with what he himself wanted. He also wasn’t Damian, so easily manipulable when one knew which buttons to push. And he certainly wasn’t Jason, who would sink his own ship to kill the captain.

So, when Tim and Bruce fought, and his adopted father decided to pull the ‘you live under my roof and work in my company, so I’m the boss all the way through’ card, well…

Yeah. Tim wasn’t going to take that lying down. He had a childhood of zero authority figures to obey and an overabundance of sass, plus a complete lack of fucks to give.

It was bound to go down like this.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

And, well. Tim had money. Like, an absurd amount of money. Even before being adopted by playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne, Tim had his own no small fortune stashed away, a couple of properties gathering dust, two trust funds and more antique cars that he knew what to do with. So he could just… burn through that money, or sell the cars, or make a living of renting the buildings he owned, and he would barely even scratch the surface of his deep wealth.

But it wasn’t about being able to live comfortably with minimum effort. Tim was trying to prove a point here. What point, fuck if he knew. But a point.

So here he was, on the other end of the wooden counter, a cute red cap falling over his eye as he looked dead into his friend’s eyes.

“Tim. Tim, you’re rich. Why are you working in a coffee shop?”

Seeing as Kon and Cassie were currently too busy being shocked, Tim shrugged and went back to cleaning the cup in his hands.

It was a plastic cup. It didn’t need cleaning, he could just toss it away. But it was his favorite plastic cup, and he was gonna save it as a family heirloom forever.

(The fact that the pretty customer from the morning shift had drawn cute little doodles all over it had nothing to do with it’s worth.)

“Teenage rebellion”, he finally said, carefully putting his treasure away.

“You are twenty.”

“Time is a social construct and I’m but a slinky falling down an endless flight of stairs.”

“That doesn’t make any sense.”

“Your face doesn’t make any sense. How is it so symmetrical? It defies nature.”

-.-.-.-.-.-

“What can I get for you?”

“I'll have a mocha caramel latte-chino, made with skim milk, no whipped cream.”

“Bart, no.”

“Please put that in a grande cup”

“I’m begging you, don’t do it.”

“But use the same amount of coffee that you'd put into a tall.”

“I’m warning you, you don’t want to do this.”

“That way there's about an inch of extra room on top.”

“I wish you had an extra inch so I could look straight into your eyes when I murder you.”

“To stir in my own nutmeg without spilling any coffee at all.”

“You’re dead to me. Also, I AM going to make you that drink and you WILL finish it or so help me God.”

“What do you want, Kon?”

“To not be here when Tim’s looking like he’s planning both our unsolved murders.”

-.-.-.-.-.-

When Kon entered the shop, the messenger bag slung over his shoulder bumping against his hip as he rushed in to get his caffeine intake before his evening classes, he wasn’t surprised at the scene.

Cassie being there was a given, since there was always at least one of them there at all times, supporting Tim in this ‘independence’ thing he was dead set on trying. Kon himself had his Tim Shift later that day, after his creative writing course. Bart had probably just left, considering the amount of empty cake platters littering the counter.

Tim being face down in said counter, uncaring about the mess, was also old news. The dude barely ever seemed to leave (Kon was almost completely sure he actually owned the place, since he’d never seen any sort of manager and Tim’s hours seemed to work around his weird sleep patterns all too perfectly), and distraught was his general state of being, so. Normal day as far as he could see.

Still, he had to ask. “What is it today?”

Cassie, eyes never leaving her magazine, chin resting in one hand as the other one scratched at Tim’s scalp, snorted.

“A cute boy started working in the tattoo place next door. He came in for a morning fix, when Tim was barely awake, and he said something stupid, so he’s been having an existencial crisis ever since.”

“I said ‘you too’, Kon. He said ‘thanks for the coffee, I’ll enjoy it!’ and I said ‘you too’. What is wrong with me?”

Kon snorts a little. Tim doesn’t seem to be very interested in doing his actual work, so he just jumps over the counter and starts working the machines himself.

“You know that’s a question you can only ask your therapist, Tim, but if you need to know, I’d say you’re highly sleep deprived and a dysfunctional bi?”

At that, Tim does turn to look at him. There’s some cake frosting clinging to his eyelashes, and his hair is a mess. It looks cute, to be completely honest, and Kon has to leave his unfinished latte on the side so he can hug the little shit.

“Aw, don’t pout, Timbo. I’m sure he thought you were cute. Just try to sleep a bit more tonight, so when he comes back tomorrow you’ll be a little more alert and won’t embarrass yourself.”

“What do you mean, when he comes back?”

“I mean, if he works next door, he’ll probably get his morning coffees here all the time, right?”

That seemed to drive Tim back into the distraught spiral. He smashed his head back into the counter, making dying whale noises until Cassie’s hand returned to his scalp.

Kon privately thinks Tim’s life is starting to sound like fanfiction. He wonders which type of background character he would be, in it.

-.-.-.-.-.-

The shop is called F’coffee. That’s why Cassie is convinced Tim is the actual owner; no one else would really think that’s a proper name for a serious establishment. Kon isn’t convinced all the way yet, but with Bart on her side and Tim staying silent on the subject, it is just a matter of time until she convinces him it’s totally okay for him to do his gym routine there. She thinks, with Tim being his own boss, no one would tell him to stop it, and it would help his friend’s business to bloom with new customers.

The place's general aesthetic is exactly what you would expect, with old wooden tables, comfy chairs, potted plants hanging from the walls and tall windows just a little bit stained. The smell is constantly of the strongest brew Tim has, Death Coffee (which he’s actually not legally allowed to sell, so he keeps it for himself), and just setting a foot in makes her feel instantly awake. It's also always warm, and the sweets on display look mouth watering no matter your personal preferences.

In short, it looks like something out of a movie. It’s a tad too perfect for her friend, but she thinks it also fits his obsessive need for perfection.

Except for the board. Oh, the board. Cassie loves it more than life itself.

Tim has divided the drinks in categories. And made up names for all of them.

“Yes, hello! I’d like to order a grande, iced, sugar-free vanilla Latte, with soy milk, but I can’t seem to find it in your menu…”

Tim’s dead eyes turn to Cassie for a second, before facing his customer again.

“You’re probably looking into the Normal People section”, he points out, before raising his hand to signal a bit to the left. “There you have the Pain In The Ass selection. There’s nothing just like you asked, but you have the It’s Britney Bitch beverage, which is almost exactly the same except I’ll add a middle finger drawing in the cup and charge you extra for emotional damages. Also, we’re out of soy milk.”

Or…

“Hey, good morning! I’d like to order…”

Tim raised a hand, stopping the chirpy, good looking young man dead in his tracks.

“Don’t tell me, I know what you need. I’ll just go ahead and prepare it.”

“But you don’t even know what I/”

“You’ll have a Cougar Bait. It has cacao cream, a strawberry pucker and some grenadine seeds. I think it's fitting, for you.”

And also…

“Hey, hum… Sorry, I just have to ask… what’s on the ‘Barista’s heart’ drink?”

“Cacao powder, almond milk and espresso. Also some organic coconut ash, that gives it the blacker-than-night color, that’s just a shade lighter than my soul.”

“...noted.”

Cassie snorts into her cup of Jack it up (coffee that tastes just like a Jack Daniel’s; having Tim working here has opened up her eyes to the possibilities), watching as Tim makes his own usual.

“What’s in that one?” She asks, out of curiosity, when she’s sure there’s no other customer close by.

“Six espresso shots.”

She waits for a second. Tim finishes the drink, carefully handling the dark liquid inside his favorite plastic cup.

“...okay, and?”

“And that 's it.”

“Tim, that-- that would kill you?”

“Duh. Why did you think it was called The Last Sip?”

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

#my writting #tim drake #kon el kent #cassie sandsmark #bart allen #core four #core disaster week #day 7 #coffee shop au #no powers au #civilian!tim #civilian!Kon #civilian!Cassie #civilian!Bart #Barista Tim Drake #Bi disaster Tim Drake #fluff #attempt at humor #can't say for sure if it worked lol #IM DONE WITH THIS CHALLENGE OKAY BYE

[sherl-grey]

Okay, you've said before that there are fic moments that stick in your head - could you name some of your favorites? 🥰

hello candy my darling!!!! 💖 oh boy, i sure can, but like all times anyone asks for a list i'm sure i'll forget a ton of good ones 😂 what i'm gonna do is list the fics up here and then do the moments below a cut, in case you (or whoever's reading) haven't read one of them and don't want spoilers! you can just ctrl-F to the ones you wanna see i think? (alternatively if you're like "I need motivation to start this” you can read all of the spoilers of my favorite parts, haha)

also just by nature of this request (things that i think about even months after i've read them) it's harder to include recently-published fics so a lot of these are probably old? i haven’t looked at the dates tbh but anyways, something to keep in mind is that this lacks newer fics!

(also just saying like--i love talking about fics so if you or anyone is like "I'VE READ THAT LET'S CHAT" or “hey have you read this? let’s talk best moments” yes absolutely hit me up)

Fics Mentioned Below The Cut -

Terra Glacies by Vampiyaa

Five Days by Vampiyaa

Long Way 'Round by Aelwyn

After Life by Aelwyn

Time is Still A-Flying by Chocolatequeen

For Whom His Hearts Beat by GroovyKat

Speaking His Language/Reclaiming Gallifrey by GroovyKat

Queen of Hearts by CupofSonic

The Aftermath of Forever by NoPondInTheForest

Run with You by mltrefry

Until the End by mltrefry

When the Wolf Runs by Emmitha

Battle in the Sky by bubblygal92

literally cutting myself off for now, lest I go on forever--more and more fics keep coming to mind! but to finish this off, two more by YOU, dear candyholly, so that you know what you do to me:

Groceries

never changed by crooked hearts

Terra Glacies by Vampiyaa

I don’t know a lot about Four but this fic!! Responsible for a lot of my multidoctor obsession tbh. It’s just... iconic? The scene that lives in my head is Rose cooking with alien ingredients and Four just appearing in the doorway and asking if she’s his wife 😂 Because she’s beautiful and he’s wearing a robe that smells like her and she’s cooking for two. Beloved idiot energy all the way. Also, him looking at the photo of her and Ten and going “either I am a flippin’ sap in the future or we’re In Love”?? Amazing. 

Five Days by Vampiyaa

Yeah so who isn’t a sucker for fake out or almost or reversed death? The scene where Five is trying desperately to save her and can’t figure out why nothing’s working and then sees that her heart has been burned away--”At once the world ended.” That will live with me forever. Thank god it’s a happy ending fic. 

Long Way 'Round by Aelwyn

When Rose tackles Five against a wall and snogs the life out of him because she's figured out he's the Doctor; meanwhile Five is a puddle of confusion but also lowkey down and then they have a date.

After Life by Aelwyn

10000% the rent-free-in-my-mind scene of this fic is the climax. So the premise of this fic is that when each of the Doctor’s incarnations die, they’re tied to Rose’s life. Rose can see and interact with them, etc. I just... I cannot stop thinking about the end where all of the Doctors are on the Valiant with the Doctor and the Master and suddenly are all visible because it’s time--they all say their goodbyes to Rose one-by-one and essentially get absorbed into Ten? It’s glorious and I love it. 

Time is Still A-Flying by Chocolatequeen

I need to reread this series, holy shit! It took me a moment to figure out which series rewrite this was, haha, but the scene during the Year That Never Was where the Master puts a telepathic dampener on Rose to make the Doctor think she died because it’d feel like their bond snapped 😭😭😭 So, so good and so creative, and oooof that angst. I absolute love this idea. 

For Whom His Hearts Beat by GroovyKat

Honestly I vibe with a lot of Groovy’s works (there’s a cassowary fic somewhere that’s genius) but this one!! For one, River salt. The absolute bravery of being so salty in fic--I love it. The two scenes that live in my head are the appearance and disappearance of Rose in the Library! When she’s first materializing in and River is pointing a gun at her and the Doctor is practically spooning her the second he realizes who she is 😂💗 And then him holding on to the air she had just occupied when she’s recalled back to Pete’s World until he absolutely has to face reality? Such a good reunion and such a good (temporary, thank god) goodbye.

Speaking His Language/Reclaiming Gallifrey by GroovyKat This is going to sound so pathetic but I genuinely don't remember where the split of the plot in the series is so it's all as one here instead of two separate stories but like... the entire premise of this is SO good. How can I pick one moment? I think about this story all the time. When Rose has to lose Eight because Bad Wolf takes her and the kids away. The fricking FRIENDSHIP between Rose and Brax, holy shit. No one has EVER done this so well; I can’t even name another side friendship I’ve seen in a fic that has me in its clutches like this. Brax feeling at home enough with Rose to come to her to regenerate? Brax vowing to take care of their family since Theta's mind has been wiped? Brax provoking her during the End of Time, Rose desperate to save him when they took off alone... The fricking part where Rose and Romana have to go save their future selves because the Doctor and Brax in that part of the timeline think they're dead or missing? Holy fucking hell, excuse the language but?!?!?! Also when Rose is with Eight, Nine and Ten on the run from the burn notice or whatever it's called and they're all sorta fighting over her lol (and also she and Ten have WOLVES and Nine is like????) and the freaking. Moment. When. Eight wants her to travel with him just for a bit and Ten SAYS HE'D UNDERSTAND (this is not going to make sense without context but it's a bit moment okay) and Rose chooses him and their future over missing their past. Please. My fricking heart. There’s been a new chapter since I’ve last read it but I need to reread it before I can allow myself to go on, haha.

Queen of Hearts by CupofSonic

This is part of Sonic’s series Valere which is a Rose Stays/The Doctor Falls series and is just.... *chef’s kiss.* So the very last chapter in Queen of Hearts is the Master going to look for Rose after the idiot Doctor does his ridiculous Journey’s End bullshit (ah, yes, still salty apparently). Sonic has a habit of just very casually creating entire universes of possibilies with like, one line, and just--imagine for a second the Master hopping through universes for Rose like she did for the Doctor??? I’m not even one of the proponents of the Master & Rose friendships but?? It sounds so good? Sonic’s a frickin’ genius, I’ll stand by that.

The Aftermath of Forever by NoPondInTheForest

This series, The Consequences of Dreaming, always makes me frickin cry. It’s Tentoo/Rose that turns into ElevenRose after he dies. I was gonna go search for the quote that haunts me but it turns out the author put it in the summary so I feel even less bad about spoilers on this one 😂

"All this time," the Doctor told Rose, "I've had this idea in my head. That if my duplicate was gone, you could belong with me. Partially because I'm him, too, and partially because this," he indicated the air between them, "was between you and me, first. But-"

The Doctor marched out across the room, then faced her, one hand buried in his hair. "But none of that matters, does it? You were his because he stayed. Whereas I'm the one who's never done anything but abandon you." His voice was quiet resignation. "So you don't trust me."

Like... okay? I guess I did not need a heart? It’s fine, just shatter me, why not? 😭 One of my absolute favorite versions of Eleven tbh, I love this series to pieces. 

Run with You by mltrefry Okay we've talked about this one but THE CUPLA SHIP EPISODE. The angst!! The hurt/comfort!! Ten heartbroken and confused as Rose continually pushes him away for Nine because her linear-in-time idiot cannot see what a jerk he's been. And then when Nine and her snog and the memory literally floors Ten 😭😂💓 Absolutely frickin iconic. Also, honorable mentions: Eleven showing up to snog Rose in Blink and causing a fight between her, Ten and Martha. And Rose dying to save Tim Latimer a bunch of times in the Year that Never Was. I just.... AHHHH. This frickin series.

Until the End by mltrefry This series... The Eight & Eleven episode is just. Holy shit. When Eight and Rose attract the creature by snogging, and Eleven is a jealous and possessive idiot the whole time, and Amy is like "that's not you" and Rory beats Eleven to saying "yes it is" 😂 Also the chapters right before this is Vincent and the Doctor, and Rose and Rory bonding while Rory is trying to emotionally work through his issues re: Amy... yes. YES. And tracking backwards (it seems I started in the wrong place, haha), Eleven keeping Rose in her healing coma just like. In a floor-length gold gown with her make-up on? This is so unbelievably extra and then he gets to go "that's my wife" to Rory and gesture to a frickin goddess except she's in a coma 😭😂😭😂 absolutely iconic

When the Wolf Runs by Emmitha

I love this whole fic to pieces, but if I had to pick one scene, it’s when Rory frickin decks Eleven, who has no bloody idea that the Ponds know Rose and are so fiercely protective over her. This whole story is so interesting--Rose goes by a bunch of different names over the course of the fic and befriends everyone individually. The timelines are a train wreck in the best ways--she and River are absolute family to each other, and Rory is her best friend. So the chapter I’m talking about is sort of like a confrontation/reveal; Rose took River’s place as the Silence’s puppet, so Eleven saw her at Lake Silencio and knew he had to find her (he’d known she was back in the universe already). He goes to see the Ponds not knowing Rose had just visited with them; she’d been scared they wouldn’t forgive her for killing the Doctor, but they’d actually taken her side and informed her that the Doctor was alive and was an asshole for not telling her he’d survive. 

Battle in the Sky by bubblygal92

10000% the chapter where Rose and Eight are reunited after he thinks she’s been dead since she went missing for six years. It’s NSFW and then a hell of a lot of angst/hurt/comfort when he realizes she was planning to sacrifice herself for the war before Narvin took her place. Lovelovelove this part. 

Groceries by candyholly

It’s the major character death scene. Just like... him holding on to her body and refusing to go anywhere. Him talking to her and telling her (and himself) that they’re in a time loop and this won’t be the thing to break it 😭💔😭💔 candy what business did you have doing that to my heart?!?! Will absolutely never forget that scene, ever. 

never changed by crooked hearts by candyholly

This absolute IDIOT not having realized that he regenerated until he sees his reflection 😂 I adore this stupid alien to pieces. This is SO Eleven it hurts. I love it, I love him. I would never pressure you to write anything but if you ever write... anything, tbh, but also Eleven, I am THERE. (Honestly, you have more fics that live rent-free in my head, but these are two with specific scenes and not just me thinking about Nine and Rose sitting in a cell screaming about board games while a stickler guard acts as their judge, for example 😂)

#candy i am so sorry this is so long #but also thank you. THANK YOU #i love expressing my excitement over fic moments #so answering this was so fun #candyholly #asked and answered #fic rec!! #fic recs #specifically: moments that live in my head rent-free for months #ask game

[orbitvenus]

this post is inspired by this reblog of mine <33 check it if you want to!!

Pairing: timeskip!Tendou x fem!Reader

Genre: fluff and drabble

Warning: grammar errors, its uhhh cheesy ig, bland dialogues because I suck at them, ooc??? and maybe some swearing

I hope this won't plop😭 also someone help me how to describe other gestures besides the forehead kisses,knuckle kisses and hugs that I always include in my writings

You and Tendou have been together for a long time. When he asked you to join and live with him in Paris, you immediately said yes knowing you'll be fine with him even though you have to leave your home country behind. Moving to another country is pretty tough at first, but slowly the two of you began to adjust and create a routine.

Now, you and tendou are about to celebrate your anniversary. He asked you to dress up prettily. You asked why he just smiled and said this anniversary is much special so its important. You raised your eyebrows as if every anniversary you had with him wasn't special. To you all the anniversaries you had were always special, each one is unique filled with happy memories and for this year you still look forward to what he had prepared.

He told you he will be picking you up later while he will be doing some business. He pulled you close to him and nuzzled his head to your neck like a cat which made you chuckle.

'Keep safe okay.'

'Yes yes no worries babe.' He spoke, muffled because he's still nuzzled on your neck.

He pulled away and looked at you lovingly before leaving. You stood there dumbfounded until the door is shut. He always looks at you with adoration that you never fail to send back at him but you noticed that his behavior today is....quiet weird. You decided to shrug it off.

You took a shower and stepped out to go to your bedroom. In your bed is a box with a note that came none other than from Satori.

'wear this for me.'

-satori♡

You smiled and opened the lid of the box. You pulled out the dress and admired it. Realizing it was the dress you mentioned to him that you've been dying to get. You felt fuzzy and warm with your heart fluttering in your chest realizing he remembered it and got it for you. You made a mental note for yourself to repay him. Snapping out of your daze, you hurriedly dressed up yourself as you saw the clock nearing to the time where Satori promised you to pick you up.

You were still trying to wear your shoes when you heard knocks behind your apartment's door. After finally wearing your shoes, you turned the doorknob and met your boyfriend all dressed up as you.

'There's my baby, I knew it would look perfect on you.'

His words always make you blush even though you two are no longer teenagers.

'Thanks you too.'

You walked near him and fixed his collar, inhaling his perfume as you come closer. You rested your hands on his chest. Taking a look at his form, he looks handsome as ever.

'Babe if you kept staring at me I will definitely melt.'

He teasingly commented. You playfully rolled your eyes at him and grabbed his hand to leave even if you don't have any idea where he will take you.

'Lets go now, don't want us to be late yeah?'

You were met with the breeze coming from the sea while walking, hands in hands with Tendou. Looking around the place is quiet with only the two of you walking towards a boat. The boat is decorated with flowers and battery operated candles we don't want any incidents to happen don't we. Tendou was first to step inside the small boat and held out his hand.

'Hop in my lady~'

He said it while looking at your eyes and grinning. You took it and stepped in with him while he's keeping the boat steady.

'Careful..careful okay there'

You got in and he gestured you to sit down. You sat opposite of your boyfriend and beside you is a picnic basket with wine and two wine glasses along with some food inside. Satori pushed the boat so it will move further to the sea and began rowing. While he was rowing you took the time to admire everything including him. He's still pretty muscular even if he already quitted volleyball but he continued to maintain his physique by exercising from time to time. The sun is beginning to set, casting the skies a beautiful orange glow.

Satori stopped rowing the boat and looked at you. Seeing that awe struck expression in your face, he knew he succeeded again. You felt his eyes on you and faced your body towards him.

'So....where did you learn how to row?'

'One of the locals who rents boats taught me how, to be honest I thought it was gonna be easy but I was wrong.'

You laughed lightly and continued to chat with him. While talking you two also started to drink the wine and eat the food that was prepared on a small table he brought out.

The amount of happiness you felt at this moment will never compare when you celebrated your first anniversary together. You continued laughing with Tendou when a latern caught your attention. You stopped and observed. Satori also kept quiet to observe you to see how you will react to his surprise.

It already got dark, luckily the candles and the street lamps are kept the place illuminated. That later changed when the laterns began to come out and light up the sky. Your eyes followed the laterns. At that moment it was so beautiful, you don't know if its a coincidence or part of your boyfriends plan.

You felt as if you were in the scene from Tangled. You were far too amazed to even notice your boyfriend. While you were excitedly admiring what he prepared, he took his time to prepare himself on the question he's been dying to tell you.

He knew it's about time for you to know when he was sleeping beside you one night.

He was just staring at the ceiling and he can't sleep while you were peacefully sleeping on top of him. He looked at you and realized after all you two have been through you still stuck with him. He remembered how you listened and comforted him from his insecurities. How you greeted him with a hug everytime he returns home from work. He even remembered how you kept practicing to cook for him. He remembered how he met you and how you got together with him. Everything, you're always there with him. He doesn't want to let you go and felt that he needs to confirm that you and him will be with each other forever.

He looked at the calendar besides him and saw your anniversary date. He thought about it and realized he had enough money to buy you the ring you wanted. Funny how it seems the universe is inclined with his intentions. He will have to start planning to propose to you but first he needs his sleep while keeping his arms around you.

'Y/n...'

'Hmmm?'

You responded but still enraptured by floating lanterns. He coughed and caught your attention.

'I know it was a big decision when I asked you back then to come with me here in Paris. I was prepared to hear your rejection back then but your excited yes shocked me a little.......'

He continued to say what he had always wanted to say to you. You started to tear up feeling overwhelmed by his confession. Somehow this scenario feels oddly similar to his first confession to you and hit you with nostalgia.

'Now I wanted to ask you to um...'

He felt flustered and his heart beating. He sighed before continuing and brought out a small box out of his pocket. He placed it on his palm and slowly opened it. Now is the time to ask the big question.

'Y/n L/n will you marry-'

'Yes!'

You happily interrupted him and threw your arms around him, burying your face to his neck to avoid seeing you in tears. Tendou is shocked and happy at the same time now that you said yes, you still have to wear the ring which you haven't done yet. He was about to take your hands and slid it on your finger when you hugged him.

He patted your back and smiled also starting to feel his tears build up when he realized you were crying.

'Hey- come on now I don't want to see you crying.'

He shushed you softly. You calmed down and backed off. You were still wiping your tears off you cheeks with your other hand when he slid the ring on your finger. You kept rubbing until you peeked your eyes open and saw the ring.

The tears began to build up again and you cried. Thinking what you did to deserve such man like him, he surprised you too much today you can't help but feel overflowing joy and love. You try to form words but the hiccups are preventing you and trying your best to wipe off the endless tears from your eyes.

Your attempt to dry them off fail until you felt Satori your now fiancé, use his handkerchief to help you. You finally looked at him through blurry eyes and saw how he was also crying while looking at you. Your hand reached out to his face to dry his tears.

He held your hand on his face and brought it near his lips to kiss your ring. His gesture made you cry harder.

'Damn it Satori! Stop making me cry you dummy.'

You finally spoke again. You made him laugh and stop his tears. Tendou tried to help you clear the tears from your cheeks again until its gone.

When you two both calmed down, he pressed his forehead against yours and connected his lips to yours while both of his hands are cupping each sides of your face. The kiss made you feel like fireworks soaring in the sky. He stopped and murmured against your lips.

'I love you so so much, thank you for being with me and loving me I promise to cherish you for eternity my paradise.'

'I love you so much too Satori...more than you would ever know.'

He let out laugh from your words. His laugh made you feel giddy. His yours and you are his officially.

'You know babe our setting really reminds me of that scene from Tangled.'

'Well...where did you think I got the inspiration from?'

Notes:duck im tired im also on low battery bye now- I have to rush the ending because I was at like....5% 😭😭😭 anyway thank you for reading!! Feel free to like and reblog if you like it <33

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[glimmerglanger]

You mentioned in C+T that Ahsoka wasn't in direct line for the Togruta throne, which I assume means she has an older sibling with children. Imagine the two royal families meeting and there's a squad of little tadpoles Very Seriously inspecting Rex to make sure he's good enough for their Auntie 'Soka

She definitely has older sibling(s). Maybe they have children, I didn’t plot out that far, aha. BUT I do very much love the idea of Ahsoka taking Rex home to meet the fam and suddenly there are just these VERY suspicious kids, requiring that Rex prove himself worthy.

Anonymous said:

fj/ct..does luke ever get somewhere safe?

Yeah, he gets out of town and meets the very driven daughter of the state Senator and a rangy guy who seems to be smuggling...something over the border, with his very tall (and far more put together) friend.

SOME MORE!

prettypansexualpeninsular said:

Hi! I just finished reading your By The Sea series, and I just wanted to say that I loved it! I'm already re-reading it again! I can't get enough of it of the brilliant way you mix the standard, almost dull life in a cabin in the forties and the mystical, magical world Kote comes from. If you're still doing prompts, wit would be awesome to see Kote's perspective on their first time together. Stay safe! :D

Ah, thank you! I’m glad you liked it! I feel kind of like I can’t add much to that scene. I tried, but... 

Anonymous said:

>Kote lost Obi-Wan at sunrise. Why u hurt my beby...and me.

They had a very good life together, first. And at least Obi-Wan wasn’t alone. (He would have...not liked that).

Anonymous said:

There’s this fic that I like, it starts with “Obi-Wan dies on Jabiim”.

For the longest time I don’t even want to read that fic, I couldn’t take it. And when I finally did one boring night, I regret I did not read it earlier. It’s became one of my fav fics, it literally lives rent free in my head. I don’t know if you have read it or not, it’s “Life and what comes” after by Ibelin.

That prompt has the exact same premise. I don’t want to read it but after I did, no regrets.

Oooooh, I haven’t read that yet. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks for the rec!

Anonymous said:

Ok, ouch! That last one hurt so I'm gonna share my related happy headcanon: As Obi got sick and realized he had all this gold left that the Mers didnt care about he had someone track down Luke and left it all to him. Out of the blue Luke finds out that lonely guy he met a few times decades ago (but maybe Luke found his articles?) left him a fortune and a note thanking him for his kindness, saying that he got his happy ending so maybe Luke can too. Thanks for your amazing writing!!!

That’s a cute hc! Thanks, I’m glad you like it!

Anonymous said:

By the Sea question/possible prompt (pls ignore if busy): Since Cody has mentioned that Obi-Wan talks in his sleep, do you think during the first few weeks/months of Cody's return, Obi-Wan has nightmares about him leaving/dying (Cody overhearing something to the effect of "Cody, don't leave" or "come back, I'm sorry")? And realizes that while Obi-Wan is able to consciously understand Cody's back, his unconscious is wrecking him? (public okay)

OOOOOOOOOOuch. Also, yea, I think Obi-Wan probably has some confused and jumbled dreams where Cody has left again or never came back to begin with. It’s likely a recurrent concern, because it isn’t as though Cody is staying forever, he travels back and forth. So... 

But, over time, Obi-Wan accepts and internalizes that, yes, he is going to come back, every time he has to leave.

#glimmer replies #ask me anything #by the sea #flotsam and jetsam #clotsam and tetsam

[calpalirwin]

Hush, Hush

Request: Could you please write a Michael x Reader based on the song Hush Hush by The Band CAMINO? Where they have a secret relationship. Maybe include a scene where the guys find out because read accidentally LEFT THEIR FRIGGIN UNDERWEAR

Content: Heavily implied smut

Word Count: 3.6k

And away, and away we go!

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Y/N spotted Calum easily as he tried to look as inconspicuous as possible in a plain black t-shirt, blue jeans, a hat covering his head of curls, and sunglasses pushed up on his face. “Hey, you! How was your flight?” he greeted as he wrapped his cousin in a hug.

“Long, but worth it to be here,” she grinned, returning the embrace with the same amount of warmth as the bright LA sun outside. “You fuckin’ take a page from the Avengers? You know this disguise is shit, right?”

“If I learned one thing from all the covid nonsense, it’s actually that this shit disguise works surprisingly well.”

“In covid we covered the lower half of our faces, ya dingus.”

“Works the same either way. Half the face covered is half the face covered. You check any bags?”

“Nah, I crammed as much shit as I could in my carry on and backpack.”

“Sweet, let’s roll.”

“So, you like living here in LA?” she asked as they made their way to his car.

“Yeah. Kinda hard not to. Nice weather. Good people. So, I know you’re here to look at houses and stuff, but Mum didn’t explain to me why you’re moving here. She was just like ‘pick up your cousin from the airport and be good’ like I was just gonna leave you to fend for yourself or some shit.”

Y/N laughed. “While I definitely appreciate you picking me up, and letting me stay with you this week, I’ll kick your ass if you start babying me. You may be taller, but I’m still older than you.”

Calum laughed along. “That’s what I told Mum but, she wouldn’t listen. I was like Y/N’s a big girl, she doesn’t need a chaperone.”

“That’s Aunt Joy for ya though. She misses you. We all do. Well except me, of course.”

Calum snorted as he clicked the unlock button on his car. “Yeah, I miss everyone but you too, so I guess we’re even. But what was it that sent you here?”

“Job relocation. Well… sort of.”

“What do you mean sort of?” he asked as he placed her suitcase in the backseat, the backpack following. 

“So I’ve been doing a lot more freelance work since my job’s been fucking me around since day one. And I finally said fuck it, I’m gonna make my own business. So while I’m here to look at apartments and shit, I’m also here to scout out business locations looking to rent out space.”

“Well shit, why didn’t you tell me before now?” he asked as they got in the front seat. “Moving’s expensive. Starting your own business is expensive. Living here is expensive. Doing all that shit at once? Geez, you a secret millionaire?”

“You’re not the only successful one, Cal. I make good money.”

“You know I don’t mean it like that. I just meant that you could’ve told me what was really going on. So that way I could’ve put you in contact with Andy and Sarah already, cuz they probably know some people who can help you out. Hell you can help them out by freelancing for them. They work too damn hard, they could definitely use the extra help. Plus you’re fuckin good at what you do. And I could’ve also told you that you don’t need to bother looking for a place cuz you could just stay with me.”

“That’s exactly why I didn’t tell you, Cal. I wanna do this on my own.”

“I’m not saying you gotta live with me forever, Y/N. I’m just saying you can while you focus all your energy and resources on what really matters which is getting your business up and running. Plus, I know you’re gonna pick like the most cheapass, run-down studio apartment anyway because you’re gonna justify it by saying you’re just there to sleep anyway. So why spend any money on some shitty apartment when you can just stay at my nice, nonshitty house for free instead? I mean, you’re only there to sleep basically right?”

Y/N’s eyes narrowed. She hated that he knew her so well. “There’s no way you’re letting this go until I agree to move in with you, is there?”

“Not a one.”

“Fine. But only until I get my business off the ground. Once that’s up and running, I’m getting my own place.”

“A decent place,” Calum pushed.

“A decent place,” she agreed with an eye roll. “I’ll even splurge for an actual bedroom.”

“You got yourself a deal.”

“You got yourself a roommate.”

~~~

Michael couldn’t keep his eyes off Y/N. He knew he wasn’t supposed to stare. A.) Staring was rude, and he wasn’t a rude person. And B.) Calum was his best and longest friend, and Y/N was his cousin which made her inexplicably off-limits. But there was something so tempting about wanting someone you knew you couldn’t have. And it didn’t help matters that every time he caught himself looking her way, she was already watching him.

“I’m Michael,” he introduced stupidly when they both ended up in Calum’s kitchen by themselves. 

“I know,” she grinned. “We already did introductions, remember?”

His cheeks flushed pink, and one of his hands rubbed at the back of his neck. “Right. Yeah. H-how long did you say you’re staying with Cal for?”

“Well originally I was only gonna be here for a week while I sorted things out. But Cal’s… strong-willed about things. So I’m staying with him indefinitely while I get sorted instead.”

“Mmm, right. With your new business and everything. So you’ll be around quite a bit, huh?”

“Loads,” she nodded with a flirtatious smile. “And I’ll probably be lonely. I don’t really know anyone here besides Cal. His friends seem nice though. And one of them’s really cute.”

Michael breathed deeply, and even from the small distance between them she could feel his hot exhale on her skin. “We can’t,” he sighed in defeat.

“Says who?”

“Says like every bro code.”

“Are you saying you don’t want this as badly as I do?”

“Want it so bad,” Michael admitted, his voice a low whimper. His green eyes looked around. While nobody from outside was peering in, they were still in everyone’s line of sight if someone happened to glance their way. Which meant that they only had two options, neither of which led to what they really wanted which was to slink away from the party without raising suspicion. “But we can’t. Not now, anyway. Not here.”

“Right. I don’t want to make anything weird between you and Cal. Or between me and him. And we don’t even know what we are. Maybe this is just an infatuation that’ll run its course if we don’t play into it.”

“Maybe it’s not,” Michael countered. “God, I hope it’s not, cuz I really want to play into this.”

“Me too. God, I hope you’re right.”

“Hope he’s right about what?” Calum asked, as he came in through the sliding glass door. 

“Uh, my business!” she blurted. “Mike was just telling me that he thinks it’s gonna do really well here cuz I’ll be able to get more connections with your help and stuff.”

Calum hummed in response. “Mike’s right ya know. Like you already did the scary part of moving out here. The rest is just doing your job. Which you already know how to do, and you do it very well I might add.”

Michael let out the breath he’d been holding as Calum disappeared off to the bathroom. “Fuck, that was close. You think pretty good on your feet.”

Y/N chuckled nervously. “Thanks. God, he scared the shit out of me, and we weren’t even doing anything.”

“Backing out?” Michael asked with a twinge of a challenge to mask the underlying brace for rejection.

“We’re fucked if we get caught.”

“So fucked.”

“Guess we better not get caught then.”

Michael grinned.

~~~

She smirked at the message. A painful month of sneaking behind her cousin’s back, and she only wanted the man with wild trouble in those piercing green eyes more with each hidden touch. Needed him the same way Michael needed her. From the doorway, Calum wolf-whistled at the outfit lying on the bed: a slinky black dress with a slit in the thigh, and a matching black lace bra and panty set. “Going somewhere?” he questioned in amusement.

“Yes!” Y/N said with indignation. “Not that it’s any of your business.”

Calum chuckled, raising his hands in surrender. “I didn’t mean it as a bad thing. It’s good that you’re going out. You going out with friends, or a guy?”

“Friends,” she lied.

“That’s a hell of a dress for a girls’ night out,” he chuckled again. “You could tell me if it was a guy, ya know. We’re not little kids. I’m not gonna be shocked if you’re getting laid. Be a little worried if you weren’t in all honesty.”

She bit into her lower lip, wondering briefly if it was better to come clean now. Y/N decided on half-admittance. “Alright, it’s a guy. But we’re still in that figuring it out stage. Enjoying each other’s company.”

“Yeah, I bet you are,” Calum smirked.

“Shut up,” she laughed. “And get out so I can finish getting ready.”

“He picking you up?”

She shook her head. “No, we’re meeting up at the bar.”

“So, you’re driving?”

“Relax, spazz. I’m taking an Uber. No drinking and driving here.”

“Good. And hey, do me one small favor?”

“Sure. What is it?”

“Go back to his place. Don’t bring him here. Rather spare myself the mental image.”

“I wouldn’t dream of bringing him here, you’re good.”

“Good, good. And hey, if he ends up not enjoying your time anymore A.) he’s an idiot, especially if you’re meeting him dressed in that. And B.) Call me, and I’ll come get ya. No matter the time.”

“Thanks, Cal. Now seriously leave.”

20 minutes after Michael asked to meet in 15 minutes, she was climbing into his car. “Geez, what took you so long?” he questioned, leaning across the seat to press a heated and bruising kiss to Y/N’s lips.

“Cal walked by when I was getting ready. You know for the quiet one, he really doesn’t ever shut up.”

“Shit, think he’s getting suspicious?”

“Nah. I mean I told him I was sort of seeing somebody. But I don’t think he thinks it’s you.”

“Sort of seeing somebody, huh?” Under a passing streetlight, she could see the corner of his lips pull up in a smirk. “You can call me your boyfriend if you want.”

“Oh, is that what you are?” she teased.

Michael chuckled. “I mean not to be heavy, but we’ve been seeing each other a while now. I think this is becoming something more than passing infatuation. I’m not seeing anyone else besides you. I don’t want to see anyone besides you. But if you don’t want to label this because of Cal or whatever, I can respect that.”

“No, no,” she said, softly, fingers tracing across the thick tattooed band on his arm. “I’d like that. Plus, might make telling Cal easier? So we can stop sneaking around? Not that I haven’t loved this. But, I’d really like to not act like we don’t know each other around company.”

His hand brought hers to his lips to stamp kisses over it as he pulled into his driveway. “We’ll tell him soon. Until then, I’m gonna enjoy keeping you to myself.” His gaze turned to take her in, his next breath catching in his throat. “Fuck… Did I tell you how stunning you look, yet? Or was I too busy griping about Cal holding you up like an ass?”

Her cheeks blushed. “Too busy griping. But that’s okay.”

“I think I can think of a way or two to make it up to you.”

“Oh, is that so? Do tell.”

“I think showing you might be more appropriate.”

She shuddered at his words. “Humor me anyway?”

“Let’s just say if my neighbors don’t know me already, they certainly will by tomorrow, because I am going to thoroughly enjoy familiarizing myself with every inch of your skin. And listening to how good my name sounds rolling off your tongue, and how good yours tastes on mine.”

How they managed to make their way inside the house was a mystery to them both as hands tangled in hair, and tongues explored mouths and the column of the other’s throat. Teeth nipped skin, as Y/N’s fell back onto the couch, and Michael marked a path down her body. “Pretty,” his voice taunted from underneath the skirt of her dress as he snapped the waistband of her panties, before pulling them down and off her legs, spitting the lace fabric out of his mouth.

“M-Mike,” she panted, her back arching, searching for him.

“Aw,” he taunted more, his face inches from hers. “You can do better than that. C’mon, I’m sure I got a few neighbors who don’t know who I am yet. Don’t you want to tell them my name, pretty girl?”

“Mike!” The repetition of his name was louder, the desperation in her voice stronger as her fingers wrapped around his wrist and guided him towards where she needed him.

As they surrendered themselves to each other, their names mingled together in the air like the most profanity-riddled melody, each of them certain that by the time daylight broke through the curtains, the neighborhood not only knew his name, but hers as well. 

~~~

Michael tiptoed around the clothes scattered on the floor as he made his way to the dresser, a wide smile plastered on his face. Their first bout that had shook the foundation of the house had led to them curled up on the couch, whispering the sweet promises of budding love against each other’s skin, before retiring to the bedroom. Which then led to a much slower love making of hot moans panted against heated skin, fingers intertwined, and locked gazes swirling with desire, love, lust, and passion. Afterwards exhaustion set in, and they fell asleep in a tangled web of limbs and bedsheets. 

He’d woken up, sure that this had all been a dream, but much to his delight, she was still sleeping soundly in his arms. And after waking her up, he was grabbing her some clothes to put on before joining her in the shower. Or he would have if someone wasn’t banging on his front door.

Confused, he made his way to the front of the house, pulling the front door open to find Ashton, Calum, and Luke on the other side. “See? I told you guys we should’ve waited until he responded,” Luke said with a shake of his head.

“Aw, who gives a shit?” Calum asked rhetorically, shouldering his way past a still confused Michael to get inside the house.

“Uh? What are you guys doing here?” Michael asked, stepping out of the way as Ashton and Luke followed Calum inside.

“Saturdays are for the boys, remember?” Ashton grinned.

“Yeah, but like… did we have actual plans? I- sorry… still waking up.”

“Long night?” Calum teased with a smirk.

“I’ll say,” Luke answered, blue eyes zeroed in on a pair of panties half-wedged between a couch cushion. “You got a girlfriend, Mikey?”

“Holy shit!” Ashton choked, giggling at the sight of Michael with his face frozen in terror. “Is she still here? Is that why you’re so jumpy, mate? Ya got your girlfriend hidden somewhere in your mini mansion?”

“I- What? Pffft, no!” Michael sputtered, grabbing the panties and balling them up in his fist, his green eyes looking wildly at Calum for any indication that his friend might be on to him.

Calum misinterpreted the look as a plea to step in on Michael’s defense. “Aw, leave him be guys. We should be celebrating that he’s finally getting back out there, not giving him shit for it. So when are we gonna meet the girl? When she comes back to claim her lost panties? Or should we leave to not embarrass the poor girl, and meet her some other time?”

“That,” Michael chimed in, “is a great idea, Cal. You guys should leave, because this is part of a matching set, so I’m sure she’ll be by the moment she realizes, and she’ll probably be embarrassed enough as is. So it might be best if you guys aren’t around when that happens. No offense.”

“Matching set?” Calum asked with a raised eyebrow and Michael gulped. “Damn, that girl knew what she was doing.”

The green-eyed blonde chuckled nervously. “Heh, yeah. She’s really cool. I like spending time with her. We’re still kinda figuring some stuff out, but I’ll be sure to bring her around s-”

“Hey, Mike? Have you seen my pa- oh fuck!”

“Y/N!” Calum thundered, jumping to his feet, while Ashton and Luke sucked in their breath and Michael and Y/N looked like a couple of deer trapped in headlights. “The guy you’re seeing is Mike?! You’re fucking my cousin?! And I’m finding this out now?! How long has this been happening?!”

“Maybe now’s not the time to ask questions,” Y/N hissed, trying to make herself as small as possible as she clutched the large towel around her like a lifeline.

“GET DRESSED!” Calum barked, his mind racing.

Michael and Y/N bolted to his bedroom, Ashton’s and Luke’s unrestrained laughter finally breaking free in the background while Calum screeched at them that “IT’S NOT FUNNY!”

“It’s a little funny,” was the barely audible response between wheezes and gasps for air.

Behind the closed door in the safety of the bedroom, Michael and Y/N shared a frantic look. “Well… that wasn’t the way I pictured that going in my head,” Y/N mumbled as she pulled the shirt Michael offered her on over her bra.

“Luke found your underwear,” he mumbled back, handing her the wadded up lace. “Sorry, I wrinkled it.”

“It’s fine,” she told him, stepping into them and then taking the offered gym shorts and stepping into those as well while he pulled on a pair of grey sweats over his boxers. “Hey,” she said softly, reaching up to cup his face and focus his frazzled mind on her. “We’re fine. Right?”

He gave her a small smile, relaxing at her touch. “We’re more than fine,” he nodded, kissing her forehead, each of her cheeks, her nose, and then finally her lips. “I still want you. And if Cal can’t deal with that… well… I…”

“Shh, don’t think about it. Cal’s not gonna care. Just gotta let the shock wear off, first.”

He nodded, his forehead resting against hers, green eyes searching for any kind of hope that they weren’t about to self-destruct; that if it really came down to it, they’d at least hesitate to choose Calum over the other. “I’m so sorry,” he whispered, a tear sliding down his cheek despite his best efforts at self control. “This is all my fault. I- I just need you to know that this wasn’t a fleeting moment of infatuation for me. That I-“

“Ssssshhhhh,” she soothed, her thumb rubbing across his cheekbone. “Don’t do this. Don’t say goodbye before we have to.”

They slowly crept their way back to the living room, finding Calum in full interrogation mode. “Did you two know?” he was asking Ashton and Luke, whose bodies were still shaking from barely controlled laughter.

“Hand to God, we didn’t know,” Ashton swore.

“Honest,” Luke agreed before both men sputtered into a new fit of giggles.

Calum’s eyes narrowed, not sure what to believe as he turned on his heel, coming face-to-face with Michael. “Did they know?” he demanded.

“No. Nobody knew,” Michael told him.

“So what? Are you embarrassed to be with her, or something? Are you embarrassed to be with him?” The brown eyes shifted back and forth between the couple.

“No,” it was Y/N’s turn to answer. “We just didn’t want to come to you guys with the news before we figured out what we were to each other first.”

“And what are you to each other?”

“We’re dating.”

“And how long has this been going on?”

“About a month.”

“So, the whole time? Great… You’re a real pal, Mike.”

“Oh, leave him alone,” Y/N defended. “Like you go blabbing to the world whenever you start to get to know someone? No. You wait until you’re sure it’s not just a fleeting moment. Gimme a break, Cal.”

“So… this is like… for real then? You actually like like each other, and shit?”

“We really do,” Michael nodded.

“I see… Hey, Y/N?”

“Yeah?”

“Remember what I told you last night about not bringing the guy you were seeing home because I’d rather not have that mental image?”

“Yeah. What about it? Change your mind?” she teased.

Calum gagged. “Fuckin’ God, no! If you’re gonna insist on fucking Mike, do it as far away from me as possible. Also if you want to move out sooner, totally fine with that.”

Michael blinked in confusion. “Wait? You’re cool with this? With us?”

Calum shrugged. “If you make each other happy, you make each other happy. Not my place to tell you who you can and can’t date. But,” Calum’s tone changed to be as menacing as possible as he glowered at Michael, “break her heart, and it’ll be the last thing you ever do.”

“What if she breaks mine?” Michael countered.

Calum laughed. “Then I’ll help you pick up the pieces, while secretly wondering what she ever saw in you because let’s face it, she’s too good for you.”

“I’d be more offended if you weren’t totally right.”

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[laufire]

For the give me a character and I will answer: any of the Winchesters - you got me into rewatching spn and I just got past the episode where they meet the young version of their parents and I'm still mentally stuck on the scene where young John just hates on his future self.

I'll do all three of them lmao (AFAIC Mary is a Campbell and Adam a Milligan. Let them be free of that cursed name lmfao)

SAM WINCHESTER

Why I like them: I think he’s a very dynamic characters, with a lot of tragically untapped potential. And I love how often he empathises with non-humans.

Why I don’t: well, he can be an asshole sometimes xD. And an enabler. And liking him can get exhausting, in this show.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): kind of hard to pick with a lead character xDD. The first one that came to my mind was actually the last of Soulless Sam’s episodes, when he’s trying to stop Dean from forcing his soul on him. It was... something lol.

Favorite season/movie: this one is difficult because it’s all a mixed bag lmao. I have s9 nostalgia for him standing up for himself, though.

Favorite line: because I’m now thinking of Soulless Sam... this exchange was EVERYTHING

Sam: "Yeah. Okay, look. That brings up a question. So, say you got a soul and you're on a case, and your brother gets abducted by aliens—"

Dean: "You do everything to get him back."

Sam: "Right, you do, but, what about when there are no more leads for the night? I mean, are you supposed to just sit there in the dark and suffer, even when there's nothing that can be done?"

Dean: "Yes!"

Sam: "What?"

Dean: "Yes. You sit in the dark and you feel the loss."

Sam: "Absolutely. But couldn't I just do all that and have sex with the hippie chick?"

Dean: "No!"

Sam: "It would be in the dark."

Favorite outfit: I’m gonna be honest, I don’t pay much attention because the wardrobe department for male characters in this show can get so... boring lol. With few exceptions. I’m picking this soft look (while he’s talking to Rowena) because it’s the first I saw that I liked in gif search lol. It’s bettter than all that plaid.

OTP: Samruby, forever and ever.

Brotp: my favourite platonic relationship for him is Jack. They pull at my heartsrings.

Head Canon: he still has psychic powers, he’s just almost subconciously sublimated them for his own sake.

Unpopular opinion: I think Dean is terrible for him. Like on abstract, I get what those post about how it’s important that the show certers a platonic relationship are getting at, but... Dean is still Sam’s abuser and I hate when it goes unacknowledged.

A wish: well, I would’ve loved explicit canon Samwena.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: I find what I’ve heard about his ending depressing enough thanks xD

5 words to best describe them: empathetic, stubborn, hurting, hypercompetent, intuitive.

My nickname for them: n/a, but The Boy King had a nice ring to it lol.

DEAN WINCHESTER

Why I like them: well, he has absolutely amazing moments and unusual traits I value in a lead character.

Why I don’t: he’s a terrible person, a raging misogynist, and a very annoying case of protagonist-centric morality lmao.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): 5x04 “The End” is a great episode for him.

Favorite season/movie: s10 for how terrible he is in it (the demon arc!! He was such a loser and such an ass lmfao), and s5 for a less terrible option lol. I enjoyed his arc in both in opposing ways.

Favorite line: his rant in 3x10 about how he didn’t deserve what John put him through nor going to Hell? Lives in my mind rent-free.

Favorite outfit: well, in terms of guys he gets better looks than the rest lbr xD. I personally miss the s1 times when they put him in bracelets/Rings/necklace etc. (this is the best I could find in the stupid search function).

OTP: Dean/extensive therapy, forever and ever. Yes, I have complicated feelings on Deanbela and (pre-Dabb era) Destiel, but I’d never call them otps cause... just, no. Also there’s Dean/endverse!Dean. Selfcest is where it’s at xD

Brotp: frankly, it’s still extensive therapy. He’s a terrible friend lmao.

Head Canon: having such a... definite ending to look forward to makes this question kind of a bummer xD. I’ll go with my usual “I’m convinced Alastair brought Bela’s soul for him to torture in Hell, probably multiple times -because I think he’d refused at first”.

Unpopular opinion: I think this entire post is an unpopular opinion about Dean lol. I think the worst is that I’m a bit in ~no man’s land with him, because I might disagree with his stans’ reading of him... but there’s no love losts between me and his most vicious antis, trust me xD

A wish: n/a.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: n/a.

5 words to best describe them: charming, small-minded, controlling, prideful, clever.

My nickname for them: I have a tag solely for him calling him “my Schrödinger fave”, sooo.

JOHN WINCHESTER

Why I like them: he’s... competent. And a very important part of the narrative and the family themes in the show.

Why I don’t: *points at entire personality and behavior*

Favorite episode (scene if movie): 2x01. He had intense moments in there.

Favorite season/movie: well, he’s a key part of my enjoyment in s1.

Favorite line: that one you mention where young!John unknowingly insults his own parenting style lmao.

Favorite outfit: young!John was Dick Grayson-style pretty lbr.

OTP: n/a.

Brotp: n/a.

Head Canon: n/a.

Unpopular opinion: Dean is a lot more similar to him than fandom would like (see: Jack).

A wish: that he and Mary weren’t implied endgame in Heaven ffs. I hate that ship. THEY WERE CUPID-ROOFIED FFS.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: well, that ship sailed *points above*

5 words to best describe them: bullheaded, rigid, determined, principled (not necessary a good thing xD), abrasive.

My nickname for them: n/a.

#hizzieforbes #replies #talking to the void #my thoughts #spn thoughts #supernatural #the winchesters get to have a tag I GUESS #and as usual wtf do i tag this #sam winchester #dean winchester #antideanwinchester for ts #john winchester #antijohnwinchester for ts

[steve0discusses]

S4 Ep 39: Pharaoh Can Fly (Selectively)

Guys, they’re back

Best storyboarder is back, and the visual difference between last episode and this episode is like when your art teacher picks up your charcoal and just fixes everything wrong with your gesture drawings. It’s like...I mean look at this:

I just really love and appreciate how illustrative this storyboarder is. And I say just storyboarder because this had about the same budget as the last episode--there wasn’t that much actual animation as per usual. But, all of the scenes were drawn so well, like panels out of a good manga. They just...they always nail it when they’re at the helm and I don’t know why they’re on Yugioh, but bless this storyboarder.

Plot wise, everyone got pulled into the dragon by gooey tentacles that came out of it’s stomach, don’t think about it.

Meanwhile, all of the minibosses could communicate with them and beg for help, yes, even the same miniboss who may have dressed up like Pegasus and catfished Seto Kaiba.

(keep reading under the cut)

The whole process of getting absorbed into the Orichalcos demon was a whole lot of symbolism and it was...kinda gross. Also kinda sketch. Also, for Kaiba it is a neat little nod to S1 when he had a vision that his brother was absorbed into a dragon mass.

I don’t think that the makers of the show remember S1, but either they just really like goopy dragons, or it’s a coincidence or I dunno, on purpose? Probably a coincidence.

And like I made this joke and realized...what if they actually meant to make that parallel though? This is the America crossover season, and they have referenced America’s love of trickster rabbits before with Pegasus but do they know about Br’er rabbit in Japan? Do they know? It’s a pretty Americana Deep-cut, and I have no idea how common this folktale is outside of the states.

I see anime busting out absorbing goopy masses all the time so I’m gonna assume that there might be a Japanese folklore I don’t know about which uses a similar structure (although I’m also assuming it has an extremely different history and association ((which I won’t be going into because I don’t feel like putting a trigger warning on this recap)).)

And looking at Wikipedia, there’s people that think the original reference to moist, absorbing creatures could have even come from as far as India. Which is...fascinating to how it also developed in Africa, and then the Cherokee also made the same story independently and then it fused together here in the States to make it what was eventually made into a Disney movie that will never be released again--this is just a really old ass story, all in all, possibly like over a thousand years old.

And a FASCINATING google deep dive I won’t go into for obvious reasons but knock yourself out.

Also, lets get distracted for a sec and see how well this storyboarder drew a fitted jacket at that angle. Dear Lord, did they get reference for that or did their brain just already know that those folds would be there? You can even tell that Pharaoh has just a little bit of padding at his shoulders. Ugh. Guys this storyboarder is so freakin good at these little fitted jackets.

So, once Yugi and his friends are absorbed into the mass, where they should have died...and maybe some of them did, but I don’t know if I should add that to the Death Count because like...they could have held their breath in the amount of time they were stuck in there...maybe...Anyway, they are saved by being tossed into the figurative briar patch--by the souls all hanging out in the Leviathan’s stomach--which again makes me wonder...did they pull a folklore on us? Again, I have no idea.

Like a lot of the people in this dragon have been thorns in their side this entire season, they’ve all tried to kill them at one point--all the minibosses, Mai, Pegasus--but now they have decided to team up with Pharaoh (along with the rest of the human race) and offer whatever they can to free them from the grip of the gross dragon mass.

And like, the ending of the folk tale is that the thorny ass briar patch is also where the rabbit lives usually. It hurts everyone else, but the rabbit--the rabbit can deal with it. And likewise, Pharaoh is freakin dead. He’s at home here. He’s surrounded by spirit power, his friends and their friendship power, this is like his zone, and now he’s crazy powerful for it and will be for the rest of the episode.

And like Yami is a very trickster God (especially Season Zero Yami) so like...it does make sense that he would mirror a folk tale based on trickster Gods, even if it is by complete accident.

So Pharaoh imagines everyone’s tears as individual drops in a glass or something--it’s not a literal glass or anything--it’s just there because the only thing actually happening on screen was his hand hanging out of this dragon’s weird puss skin.

And he’s now a fully charged Sonic the Hedgehog and no longer needs Kaiba or Joey at all. Just gonna grab his God card demons and take charge of everything else from here on out.

By first exploding his buddies right the hell out of this lizard and across hundreds of feet of open ocean.

Joey decides to remind Kaiba that he lost the Battle City tournament.

Seto’s roast was actually in the show, PS. He is not super excited to be reminded that Yugi owns every card that he spent 2 seasons failing to get.

And then Pharaoh did something really, really...

...just really really wild.

OH OK.

YEAH JUST TAKE OFF.

GO AHEAD THERE’S NO REASON THIS WOULD BOTHER ME.

I mean he IS super powered right now but like...

Like...WTF?

4 SEASONS. 4 SEASONS I thought this guy was glued to Yugi like Peter Pan’s Shadow and apparently--he can bounce.

Can Pharaoh do this every time Yugi asks Tea out on a date and tries to instead make the ghost in his head do all the work now? Can Pharaoh just be like “NOPE” and then phase out of the house, leaving Yugi to actually do the hard stuff?

It really adds a level of complexity to their relationship if Yugi can get a room.

(If not a room for romance, but at the very least a room to poop in.)

OR has he been able to allow Yugi to wicked poop in peace this whole time, but the show just never felt like telling us because they felt like it wasn’t important (although it is crazy important)?

Either way I am just...floored at this character development.

Yami just let Yugi out of his sight for like...I want to say 8 full minutes. Just incredible amount of trust on Yami’s part. Incredible. Knowing Yugi’s track record, he should have died in those 8 minutes but...he was being babysat by both Kaiba and Joey.

So Yami summons the Gods and they shoot lasers--you kinda expect this sort of thing.

And this is...probably...the real reason why Dartz didn’t bother trying to attack Pharaoh 5,000 years ago.

I can still think it’s because of Bakura but like...this is probably the real reason. It felt pretty chump to just shoot a laser at the bastard. Pharaoh just had to be reminded that this is a thing he can just do. If he felt like it.

Which he never feels like doing, because he’s too busy watching Yugi’s every move, and getting distracted by High School shenanigans.

After this happens, the giant snake falls to the ocean, splitting into just sooooooo many ghosts.

Over 7.8 billion ghosts, if we’re to assume that this is most of the population on Earth.

(thinking the weird-o in the hat is probably a Duel Monsters card? The duel monsters were throwing themselves into the Leviathan at one point so this is probably like a dark magician boy or something...I just don’t get very attached to the monster cards so it was like...whatever. The cards die like constantly so who cares?)

It is a pretty set dressing. Like Christmas lights but...dead people.

We also find out that the lost family of our minibosses Alister and Raphael, have indeed spent the last many years inside the Leviathan stomach, which is pretty tragic. We get a bitter sweet conclusion to Alister and Raphael’s story--although it’s not a full on ending for either character. Their life still hella sucks, they are in therapy for basically forever.

Where is Gurimo?

I don’t know what sort of job or life these two are qualified to have now, but youknow...Marik’s boat probably has jobs available.

Hold up. Can we talk about the windows?

I know absolutely none of you care about this, but I do, not to be picky or condescending to an overworked art team, but because I just want to know what they were trying to aim for.

There’s an iron stained glass style windowpane thing going on and that’s what’s really getting me. Like...I know these guys were technologically advanced, but why did you use this WW2 background? What happened to Ancient Greece that you were doing before?

Like doing a super past with future tech is so cool to me--I love that sort of concept art. That’s going into like Black Panther stuff where you’re referencing the earliest stuff in Africa and then blending it with stuff beyond our science. But Atlantis is a real big shrug and a “listen we ran out of time and had to press print,” and it’s such a shame. It feels less cohesive than even when this show does Egypt.

And yo this show and how it draws ancient Egypt--I feel like I’ve already talked about that. I have a feeling I’m going to talk a lot more about it next season. I’ll get to it when we get to it. I’m hoping that they have more time and budget to actually DO Egypt for once. (I say knowing they won’t)

Like it’s one of those things where this isn’t a history show, like at all, and it’s very much a fantasy. I’m not going to be like those sewing people on youtube that get annoyed because their TV show doesn’t have handsewn stitching in their Victorian bodices they rented from the costume department from an LA discount warehouse. Because, yo, it’s TV, and I can stretch my own imagination because it’s acting. (although I confess, I watch every single one of those videos).

But...the potential, y’all...the potential.

Anyway, Dartz isn’t dead. He was just taking his toot sweet time getting down the steps of his Gazebo.

This is where things get very anime. I get this problem a lot with anime, I really do--and maybe it’s just me. But like...sometimes it feels like anime changes the rules during the boss fight.

That happens a lot, right? Where suddenly the final boss reveals something that like...should have been addressed way earlier? And he’s alive but you don’t get why?

Anyway, Pharaoh reacts by getting maybe way too attached to his newfound independence.

Which like...I can understand Tea forgetting that Yugi is one people that is two people all the time, but the writers as well?

And what’s kind of great about this scene is that Dartz does see Yugi as two people here. He doesn’t look at Yugi, he looks at both. When Pharaoh is like “Leave me, Yugi!” Dartz heard all of that.

Just kind of a neat thing that we finally have a dude that can just...see Pharaoh for what he is, but it probably won’t matter because there’s like only one more episode left of this season.

Anyway, Pharaoh and Dartz have a chat about where evil comes from...and like...it’s some Yugioh lore, all right.

So before the show decides to give us the Genesis on Yugioh and reveal where the evil of the Orichalcos comes from, or if all evil was created by Orichalcos itself (which is IMPLYING stuff about Orichalcos) the snake shuts him the hell up.

As it should. Leave that Pandora’s box freakin closed. That’s going into extended universe of Star Wars books territory (RIP.)

As an aside--pretty sure that Yugi is standing outside that tornado. Maybe it was just the editing of the episode but like...

Yo I’m pretty sure Yugi is just standing there. For the first time, it’s not his nuts getting roasted. Wow. Tables have turned so much since he was dead.

Anyway, here’s the link for new people so you can read these in order

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

There’s only one left! We can do it! We can finish this season in 2020! And actually get back to recapping Full Metal Alchemist! ~~Woooo~~

Oh man that movie better still be on Netflix or I’ll have to buy it lolol.

#Yugioh #ygo #Yu-Gi-Oh #Yami Yugi #Yugi Muto #Seto Kaiba #Joey Wheeler #Dartz #Alister #Raphael #Valon #Mai Valentine #My favorite storyboarder #who deserves to be listed as a character in the show #ep 39 #S4 #recap #photo recap #episode recap

[blueseakelp]

✨childhood storytime✨ (because i do have memories. shut uP i DO.)

backstory for this: i was thinking about taob zuko and his leg and this memory came to mind AND i decided to share it with the entire internet to get it to stop the rent free-ness (content warning for like burns and shit, i don’t think it’s graphic but tell me if i’m wrong)

alright now. picture this. l o n g summer roadtrip (weeks of camping) with one (and i can’t emphasize this point enough) EXTREMELY dysfunctional family. parents are constantly fighting, an three kids and an infant are along for the ride, eldest child was just extremely dumb and lost their phone (who gives an eight year old a fucking phone that was a terrible idea), and they’re in an entirely different fucking state than where they live. (side note: don’t let your future husband drag you along on a camping road trip after you’ve just given birth if he’s not gonna fucking help with your four kids. no i’m not bitter for my mother because she refuses to be what are you talking about)

NOW, shitty fucking car, stage left. it’s already broken down and been towed ONCE this trip, but Parental Units decide that we can make it fucking work. after all, we only have about half of the trip left, it’ll be okay, right? wrong. car breaks down again. tensions are already high and now we’re in fucking fresno, a shitty californian town with the interest factor of the bottom of a boot and the heat of a goddamn oven.

ANYWAYS, we do slightly illegal shit as *fun family bonding* (which is an oxymoron) yadda yadda yadda it entails mostly just riding in the car as it’s being towed, ducking down to keep out of sight, it’s whatever. fast forward to the car dealership. mother is fucking stressed at this point in the trip, constantly taking care of four kids while my father’s off ??? being indecisive and/or a piece of shit probably. and now OH SHIT they have to buy a car because ours is past the point of no return. it’s now good for parts only. we do the whole thing, pick out a flashy and sexy (old and used) minivan, and now it’s time for negotiations because i’m pretty sure we can’t actually afford the price of this car. maybe we can. (money is perpetually tight until we fast forward five years and the Divorce happens and guess who’s making a shit ton more money than we thought?? ding ding it’s Father Dearest!! guess mother and the kids could’ve afforded those new clothes and foods instead of scrounging and saving all that time :)))))) *insert the “it’s free real estate” meme except “it’s financial abuse”*)

SO we’ve got a family of six looking very homeless with all of their luggage in the middle of a car dealership in fresno, hoping we don’t look desperate so we can buy the fucking car and get back to washington before school starts. i don’t remember how it happened that i, an eight year old child, wound up babysitting my six year old brother in an unfamiliar place with no supervision whatsoever, but my best guess is that my mom had a large dose of “I’m So Fucking Tired Of Four Children” juice that particular morning and my dad honestly did not notice and/or give two shits.

scene is set. the eight year old and the six year old, in the little dealership lounge thing-y, strangers milling about, and either ‘ice age’ or ‘kung fu panda’ playing on the tv screen. eight year old me decides, “hey i’m going to go make myself some dealership!hot chocolate!” as one does. i do, and spoiler alert, it’s scalding. my memory is foggy as shit in general so i actually barely remember most of what i’m telling you (*sings nicely* jigsAw puzzle, we’re putting the picture together) anyways, what i think happens next is that i get distracted and spill the pretty much boiling hot chocolate on myself (i just realized this is todoroki vibes as shit except to myself and the burn isn’t as severe. so actually not really nevermind). 

now, MY first (paraphrased) thought, being the fucked up child and product of my environment that i am, was “oh shit. i can’t tell mom and dad or else they’ll be mad at me that i did a bad job at watching my brother.” can you start to see where my unhealthy mindset comes from? i’ve Been this way. my second thought is probably “i’m glad my pants are tan so that the hot chocolate blends in” which like. it did not and im pretty astounded because i don’t think my parents ever noticed lmao.

everything happens, i grab a TON of napkins to clean up the spill, i ignore the pain of burning skin, i don’t remember how bad it hurt or if i cried but the answer is probably yes to both, and i try to do it as sneakily as possible so none of the adults in the room or my brother notice. mission successful, no one has called me on my bullshit, i’m in the clear. i plan on keeping this a Forever Secret so my parents don’t find out how irresponsible i am, and continue to suffer through what im now aware was probably a pretty severe burn, until it heals. i never treated it or anything, so it’s kind of a wonder it didn’t get infected and kill me. wow, so cool.

to end the story, i don’t actually remember ever telling my mother about this, although she knows somehow? i was really surprised that she did, but one day i was wearing shorts and she just randomly brought it up to my aunt. outside of that, i have no memory of discussing it. (probably at one point she saw the massive burn on my leg and asked me where it was from, is my best guess of how she found out) my father, if he knows (doubtful), has never brought it up. the burn now is pretty faded, but it’s also been the better part of a decade so i’d expect that. the only reason i know any of these memories are real is because i have the scar to prove it, so that’s fun for my brain. for all i know, i could’ve blocked out almost the entirety of what really happened so maybe i shouldn’t take my word for it. at least it makes for a fun and interesting story.

OH ALSO I JUST REMEMBERED the burn was pretty brown-ish when it first happened so eight year old me thought i got permanently stained by the hot chocolate for a little while there slfjlsjdfldhfslh

so yeah this was one of like two off the top of my head stories about how i probably could’ve died in worse circumstances from my own inability to seek help but did Not. also, just another example of my capacity of secrets, because i have a Lot and none of them are the fun kind.

#long post #burns #okay wow this got a lot more oomph than i though i was just trying to be funny dont sur me #*sue #if anyone actually read this please i’m begging you there are nice things to do #read a book love

[grunge-mermaid]

grunge rewatches Doctor Who pt 2

01x06 "Dalek"

2012

they had such high hopes for 2012

that classic Cyberman head is nice

seriously, one of my favourite things about Doctor Who is that the classic series had an entirely digital theme and the new Who theme is performed by an orchestra

what on earth are those American accents

and there it is, the first appearance of a Dalek in New Who

I am giddy

I got kinda tired of the Daleks and Cybermen by the 11th doctor (why power ranger Daleks???) but nothing beats the first appearance of a Dalek

oof Christopher Eccleston's micro expressions in this scene are *chef's kiss*

I've gotten so used to Americans censoring "god damn it" that I forgot you could say it on British television

I'm gonna be completely honest: I don't actually know what a pepper pot is because I have only ever heard the term in relation to Daleks. but I'm guessing it's a pepper mill

"we discovered the cure for the common cold but we're not gonna sell it because we'll make more money selling palliatives" is just American capitalism in a nutshell

(if you're offended by how other countries portray yours in media, maybe you should look at how your country portrays itself to international audiences)

henchman: "what are you gonna do, sucker me to death?" Dalek: "yep, thanks for the suggestion!"

mocking the Dalek because you think it can't do stairs? STOP GIVING THE EVIL PEPPER POT IDEAS FOR HOW TO KILL YOU

I know Rose's constantly visible bra straps are intentional because she's supposed to be Super Realistic Human Woman and all that, but every time I see them, I want to yell at the wardrobe department for not doing their job properly (even though they did actually do their job properly)

the pronunciation of "Goddard" and "helipad" really betray the fake American accents

haven't even made it a full episode before getting distracted by garashir fanfic whoops

01x07 "The Long Game"

Bad Wolf Channel

only Jack Harkness could evolve into a giant face with the ability to get pregnant

Simon Pegg!

"ladies, gentlemen, multisex, undecided, or robot"

did they get these extras to just walk in off the street in their own clothes?

I think this is the first thing I ever saw Simon Pegg in?

that railing is supposed to be cold as ice why are you touching it with your bare hands?

Adam, you absolute piece of overcooked broccoli

Tamsin Greig!

it's amazing how so many details of this show live rent free in my head 14 years later

*looks up the actor who played Adam* ohhhhhh noooooooo

01x08 "Father's Day"

Big Dramatic Plot Point happens and I'm over giggling at garashir fanfic referencing Doctor Who. traditional earth ballad, indeed.

wait...are the Reapers here to infect the wound or to sterilize it? you're contradicting yourself, Doctor

sorry I'm really distracted by fanfic and this isn't really one of the better episodes

also it means a shorter post so maybe I shouldn't be sorry?

oh ffs the next episode is more zombies

01x09 "The Empty Child"/ 01x10 "The Doctor Dances"

it's mauve

red's camp

John Smith!

Psychic paper!

Rose is a trekkie!

oh fuck no

the only thing worse than zombies is zombie children

ok normal non-evil non-zombie children in general are also worse than zombies

those...are not the lyrics she's singing, Crave captioner person

are those even lyrics in that song?

I hate air raid sirens

you know what's really fun? when your local RCAF base decides to test the air raid sirens mere months after 9/11 without informing residents because social media didn't exist

yeah

I don't ever need to hear that sound again

Captain Jack: equal opportunity horndog

will forever do a double take at Glenn Miller when there's a village(?) just outside my hometown called Glen Miller

part 2!

do not like the gas mask POV it's making me dizzy

oh this was a Steven Moffat 2-parter?

he was much better as just a writer than a show runner

but why am I not surprised Moffat created Jack Harkness

Bananas are good

(I mean they're actually gross tho)

who looks a screwdriver and thinks 'ooh this could be a little more sonic'?

do we ever find out what happened to Jack's missing memories?

really not a fan of Moffat's recurring "motherhood is the most important role a woman can have" bullshit

(I'm assuming he wrote the Narnia Christmas special but he was still show runner at that time so I can still blame him for the misogyny)

ok that's way too cheesy an ending

I am not interested in another slitheen episode. Boom Town will have to wait for the next round.

#grunge rewatches doctor who #doctor who #dr who #ninth doctor #rose tyler #jack harkness #I really hate zombies ok #long post #but not as long as part 1 so you're welcome

[jamfindingexpert]

Before the Bloodshed

Pairing: HoseokxF!Reader

Warnings/Genre: Angst, fluff

Contains: Addiction, language, likely intimate-ish scenes but no smut (probably), dry-heaving, blood, smoking, etc.

Synopsis: What happens when a night of gambling has Hoseok doing favors for you?

P.S. I’ve never gambled before so I dunno how it works. Okay, have fun reading.

Oh, and the story will get better after this, I assure you. It won’t be this boring forever 🙄🦶🦶

Part 1

Hoseok’s PoV

“All right,” Some man, whom I had no clue was, began without explanation. “Place your bets, everybody. C’mon, now.”

Men and women alike threw a series of paper money onto the table. Chaotic, it was, but that didn’t stop me from joining in on the fun.

“32! 32!” I heard a group of men chant, pounding their oversized fists on the wooden table. Amusing how immature adults can act when intoxicated. Not that I can say much, though, as I also partaken in it.

With my beer in hand and the dim lighting just hardly illuminating anything at all, I squinted to see the numbers. I was betting on 15. I was more confident in this bet than any other, so I bet a large portion of my money. Not all of it, but quite the sum.

“C’mon, c’mon! 32 for the win.” I heard someone mumble beneath their breath. I don’t think anyone was supposed to hear that, but I surely did. “Right there...”

The tiny, white marble was still jumping around from slot to slot, my money reaching out in vain to return to my pockets. I was feeling this one. I was going to get it.

The manner of which everyone’s head bowed down in disappointment, including mine, was almost funny in a way. “48!”

A woman behind me greedily loomed over the table, wrapping her arms around whatever could fit, making a second trip for the rest. She chuckled dryly, only puffing out more smoke from her cigarette; one of the only scents I can’t stand. Unfortunately for me, this place reeked of it.

“Ahnjong takes the round, well done.” The host clapped, his gravelly voice coming off as daunting. “Let’s go another! Minimum bet, 70.”

~

Pain was all I knew right now. That and regret.

I was hovering just above the toilet, my hands gripping the base for dear life. With all of the alcohol I’d consumed in the last twelve hours, I’m almost surprised I haven’t had a seizure. Though, I am nearly vomiting, so I’d say that’s punishing enough.

Note the nearly. The world was trying to hand onto my pain for as long as possible, not allowing me to get the excessive alcohol out of my system. All I could do was dry heave and hope, eventually, something would come out.

While I was waiting for my next opportunity to rid myself of all the beer I drank, I started to contemplate last night. For a bit of background, I had lost my job a bit more than a month ago, leaving me depending on what I saved to pay rent. Unfortunately, I was starting to run low on money and I couldn’t ask my parents to afford themselves and their son, so I opted for gambling.

Now, of course, that’s where I was last night. I wanted money, I needed money. I came to the conclusion that betting it on random numbers was going to be in my favor, but it clearly wasn’t. I’m now stuck with even less than before.

What to do, what to do...

Well, sitting here certainly won’t get me anywhere. Nothing’s bound to come out, so it’s not like I even need to be here in the first place. May as well go watch other people ruin their lives before I return home, maybe even grab a bottle of water from the vending machine.

Standing, I unlocked the bathroom stall that was partially broken anyhow, walking back into the main area where all the gamblers chilled. I wasn’t planning on risking the little money I had left, but I was going grab some water, as I said.

To my disappointment, when I got to the vending machine, I was left sad at the lack of water. Maybe I could buy some water from the bar, or they could even offer me a free cup if they’re kind enough. Either way is fine with me.

“Excuse me.” I called out, asking for the attention of a bartender that didn’t have his hands full. “Can I get a cup of water?”

“No problem!” The woman smiled, placing the small bottle of whiskey onto the shelf to do so. So they were kind enough.

Waiting for the bartender to return, I heard a quiet chuckle from beside me. I paid no mind to the two men it until I heard one of them whisper, “How d’you think I got all this money? They pay real well, I’ll tell you.”

“How well?” The other man, with a noticeably lower voice, asked. “Maybe I can help out ‘round there if it’s worth the pay.”

The bartender returned with my water, though I didn’t bother to thank her, as I was too caught up in the conversation beside me. I cautiously took a sip of water, listening in even further.

“Real well. I’m talkin’ I oughta never work again.” He laughed loudly, though he lowered his voice for the next part. So much so whereas it was nearly inaudible. “But that’s only for the real tough things. You can do silly shit like chores and get paid some, but I like the risk of the tough tasks, so I’m fine with it.”

Before I knew it, I’d absolutely crushed my drink and my thirst was finally quenched. I hadn’t noticed because my mind was too occupied with the conversation.

Hesitantly, I inched closer to the man nearest to me, saying, “Hey... Do you think you guys could help me out?”

“With what, bud?” The man turned around after overcoming the temporary shock of a sudden question. I would be the same, so I can’t blame them.

“Well, I happened to overhear something about being paid well.” I nervously fiddled with my thumbs in my lap. I didn’t want to bother them too much. This is a Casino, who knows how patient a man could be? It’s better to expect the worst.

“So you were eavesdropping, eh?” The man furrowed his eyebrows out of anger, making my heart absolutely sink. I was relieved to discover it was jokingly, though, for he said, “It’s all good, we ain’t gonna hurt you. And sure, we can help you, but you gotta cut us some, you hear?”

“Yeah, but how do we know we can trust you?” His friend said. “Do you swear on your life? And take that to heart, your decision means a lot.”

“I swear. Cross my heart.” I said, phone in hand with google maps pulled up on the screen. “But not until you give me the address.”

I watched them warily make eye contact for a moment, their condescending expressions saying it all. Well, I thought that was so until one of them turned back to me with a smug expression.

“You got yourself a deal.”

#jhope #hoseok #bts #jung hoseok #bts x reader #bts x female reader #bts fanfic #angst #bangtan #korean #hoseok x reader #jhope x reader #bangtan sonyeondan #j hope #jungkook #taehyung #yoongi #suga #namjoon #jin #jimin

[smallblueandloud]

18 and 19 for ask meme?

heck yeah!! for this ask meme, which will be open all weekend!

18. do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterizations?) tell us about them.

hmmmm, this is a really cool question but i have a brain made of swiss cheese so i’m just gonna scroll through my ao3 and see if anything jumps out at me lmao.

can i be close to you was an entirely finished draft without any of the daisy/sousa undertones but after the show ended i added it in because i thought they were really cute and there was no reason not to!

retrouvailles had like a 40% chance of eponine still dying, but i’m glad that didn’t happen lmao.

in bodies fashioned out of dirt and dust, i was considering making miriam and lyra end up dating, but i ultimately chose not to because i didn’t want to make it feel shoehorned in and it would’ve taken the focus off lyra. there might be a sequel one day where that happens though.

in the magnum opus, i was originally writing fitz WAY more like his future self, much angrier and decisive lmao. i’m glad i noticed and switched it back though, s1 was less angsty but i love s1!fitz and i’m glad i got to write him. also it’s really helped my perception of fitz’s characterization in the future, although i haven’t actually... written him in canonverse after s3? huh. i should examine that. also it was going to have four chapers and everything was going to hurt.

the landslide will bring it down was originally going to have clint and laura stay dead, i think, in its original iteration? also cooper was supposed to survive as well. but then i read a fic that mentioned lila growing up to be a black widow and i was like “ah, i know who this is gonna focus on.” 

happy at home was originally going to be a five times fic about like, five times amy was cuban, lmao. deje enterrado was going to be the +1, probably, but i didn’t have any ideas for the other four times so i scrapped it.

in blackwater woods originally had an entirely different resolution-conversation, but al, who graciously betaed for me, thought it didn’t quite work and they were right. i’m much happier with the published version lmao.

maybe we should take it slow had, like, four different versions. i wrote half of it normally, got stuck, switched to script format, finished that, then moved back to normal style and only kept like half of what i’d written in the script format. that was a Weird Fic to write.

on that bumpy road to love was originally going to have WAY more plot until i decided i wanted to publish it before s4 and wanted to keep it as canon-compliant as possible.

there’s a version of and i am feeling so small where they kiss and i’m forever upset at my past self for leaving it open-ended

a better version of you know the world is headed for hell lives in my head rent-free and one day i’ll actually write it because god i want to rewrite that fic.

take me into your loving arms will ALSO hopefully be rewritten one day to be less shippy and more “charles xavier has a family that loves him”-centric

(wow, that was like... half my fics, lmao.)

19. is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favorite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)

i, honestly, am not as self-indulgent as i should be in my fics. like, that one scene where daisy tells jemma “give me the word and i will come from you” in the magnum opus is one of my FAVORITE SCENES I’VE EVER WRITTEN EVER. but i’m working on trying to let myself write more self-indulgent things!! tropes i cannot get enough of and want to write more of: domesticity, devoted backup-ness, domesticity, soulmate aus, domesticity, fluff, domesticity, domesticity, domesticity.

as for tropes i already write and love and should write more of: canon rewrites, outsider pov, and domesticity!!

i use a lot of “anyway”s and “also”s, lmao. i describe people smiling more than i should and am bad at physical descriptions in general. i’m getting better about being sparse about the dialogue tags, at least!

#everythinghappens-love #sb and l rambles #sb and l answers #sb and l is writing #i am NOT tagging all of those fics because there's millions of them lmao