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apocalypticavolition · 4 months

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Let's (re)Read The Great Hunt! Chapter 26: Discord

Gather around everyone and I'll tell you a tale. It's a tale of my reactions to someone else telling me a different story in book form. Many book form, to be technical. And I already know the story, so my reactions will be very spoilery for all the books. Every book. If that's gonna be a problem, plug your ears or something I guess.

This chapter has a harp icon because it's Thom time! I'm as happy as Rand is to see him.

Rand, I may have been too hasty in leaving Stedding Shangtai the way I did. When I do go home, I may be in a great deal of trouble.

Not sure why you couldn't just lie about being a young Ogier from Saldaea or something, Loial. You all can't keep that close a set of tabs on each other. Or is the unbearded look a dead giveaway?

When they came pounding through the common room, Rand winked at the innkeeper, then laughed at his startled look. Let him think I’m off to play his bloody Great Game. Let him think what he wants. Thom’s alive.

What is it about needing to keep a low profile in inns that makes Rand so reckless? First Baerlon and his channeling sickness, now this when he doesn't even have that excuse.

The innkeeper was a woman with hair as white as Thom’s, and sharp eyes that studied Loial as well as Rand.

Innkeeper size, and therefore loyalty, uncertain.

The slender woman sitting cross-legged on the bed with her skirts tucked under her was keeping six colored balls spinning in a wheel between her hands.

Dena meanwhile has to be small so that Jordan can fit her into the fridge more easily.

“I have never heard of a woman gleeman,” Loial said.

And this frankly makes Dena's fridging all the more exhausting. Why are there no gleegals anyway? Surely there'd be a good source: women who go to the Tower to become Aes Sedai and then get put out again when it's clear they're not worthy but who don't want to go back home now that they've tasted the world. Especially since this world seems to be pretty low on sex work, you'd think that gals who don't have much else in the realm of prospects would pick up the job.

But also, it's infuriating that Dena is intro'd in this way and then killed off and then we never have any other woman who tries to take up the mantle later. One can hardly blame Thom for being in a hurry to pick up a lady apprentice given what happens to Dena and the events of the next few months, but by the time he ended up in Ebou Dar it should have been going again. It's a wasted opportunity.

They hang a scrap of painted canvas behind them, supposed to make the audience believe these fools are in Matuchin Hall, or the high passes of the Mountains of Dhoom. I make the listener see every banner, smell every battle, feel every emotion. I make them believe they are Gaidal Cain. Seaghan will have his hall torn down around his ears if he puts this lot on to follow me.

And here's another apparent revolution in the world's culture that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Theater exists; there's a play held in Andor much later, but apparently Gleemen will stay the preferred style for now. I suppose after the circus it's probably for the best we didn't pick up a subplot of players.

“She listens to a tale once—once only, mind!—and she has it right, not just the words, but every nuance, every rhythm. She has a fine hand on the harp, and she played the flute better the first time she picked it up than you ever did.”

Yes yes, we all know she's too pure for this sinful Earth.

She’ll be court-bard to a king or a queen before she’s done.

Okay but for real Thom, there's only so many monarchs in the world and I doubt many more nobles besides their immediate subordinates could afford court-bards so what are all the women in the world who aren't mind-bogglingly talented supposed to do in the performance arts? They can't all just give up their dreams and move on. Why are they absent?

“Your clumsy sheepherder’s fingers were never meant for the harp.”

There is something very sad in Rand not being meant for the sophisticated forms of art (and science) that he'd really rather be a part of than conquering.

There is even a lord in the city has what he claims is the Horn locked up inside his manor. He says it’s a treasure handed down in his House since the Breaking.

You know, I'm willing to believe that this lord really does have a 3,500 year old horn in his basement. Obviously not a magic one, but still. Stranger things have happened.

“Moiraine says it’s the Horn,” Rand said. Thom’s mirth was cut short.

Thom takes Moiraine as gospel even now.

“I don’t suppose you are talking about simply riding to Shienar and handing the Horn to—who?—the King? Why Shienar? The legends all tie the Horn to Illian.”

I suppose this must be one of those myths that grew in the telling. That or there was some confusion with a Foretelling and the sea that the Horn gets tossed into is off of Illian's coast.

“Thom,” he said at last, “are there any books that have The Karaethon Cycle in them?” Easier to call it that than the Prophecies of the Dragon. “In the great libraries,” Thom said slowly. “Any number of translations, and even in the Old Tongue, here and there.”

Thom of course has to answer slowly because Rand's question has given him a heart attack and he needs to take deep breaths. This might well be one of the more terrifying moments of Thom's life, having a young boy taken from his home on suspicion of channeling asking about the Prophecies while waving the sign of their imminent fulfillment around. Or at least this would be the case if Thom was taking it at all seriously (he's not, not yet).

For a moment, Rand could only gape at him, and when he could speak, his voice was unsteady. “The sword makes five. Hilt, scabbard, and blade.” He turned his hand down on the table, hiding the brand on his palm. For the first time since Selene’s salve had done its work, he could feel it. Not hurting, but he knew it was there.

Moiraine of course thought she was fulfilling prophecy but as Rand points out the coat counts for nothing, though funnily enough the sword and the coat are echoes of the later, true markings: the sword setting Rand on his path away from home and the coat being Moiraine naming him among the candidates as the real deal.

Thom's got to be happy Rand's denying it though.

I suspect Aes Sedai would want to make events fit the Prophecies as closely as they can. Dying somewhere in the Blasted Lands would be a high price to pay for going along with them.

Thom's a very kind mentor for actually telling Rand straight out what the price of being the Dragon is and suggesting that if he's just doing it for the Aes Sedai that it's time to do something.

“Then why ask about the Prophecies? Why send the Ogier out of the room?”

One of the problems of being an expert player of the Great Game is that when a novice shows up and starts blundering around, you're going to mistake his idiotic moves for strategic ones. Thom correctly identifies Rand's got an ulterior motive for his behavior and skips right past the obvious, simple, and true answer in favor of a conspiracy theory.

“I’ve learned a few things since we parted, Thom. They will come for whoever blows the Horn, even a Darkfriend.”

I'm not sure you've learned that at all Rand, and I suppose we should have taken Thom not knowing that detail as warning enough that it wasn't true.

“Owyn held it off almost three years. He never hurt anyone. He didn’t use the Power unless he had to, and then only to help his village. He. . . .” Thom threw up his hands.

The taint on saidin was an absolutely masterful counterstroke if you think about it. The perfect way for the divisive paranoia of the Shadow to worm its way into the minds of Light aligned individuals. Thom knows that Owyn was a danger to society but he still tries to make excuses out of love.

If Moiraine’s let you go, then you are well out of it.

While Rand outplays Thom through naivety, Moiraine outflanks him legitimately.

“A clean break is best, boy. If you’re always coming around, even if you never mention it, I won’t be able to get the Horn out of my head. And I won’t be tangled in it. I won’t.”

A cruel move by Thom, but one can hardly blame an old man for trying to refuse the call. One can blame the Wheel for how refusing the call plays out for him though.

Ruefully, he realized he was considering whether to tell Zera the truth or let her continue thinking as she did. All it takes is to think about the Great Game, and I start playing it.

Politics as a whole are a rather infectious way of corrupting the Light too, and the fools do it to themselves. It's no wonder part of Rand's coming is resetting the whole damn board on the players.

Coat or no coat, Rand was still only a shepherd. If he had been more, if he had been what Thom once suspected—a man who could channel—neither Moiraine nor any other Aes Sedai would ever have let him walk away ungentled.

Frankly, I think Thom's very much hiding in denial here like Rand does. He has to know that the facts don't add up in any way that's good but he pretends he can send Rand away and not have to worry about it.

Ah well. We have to part ways here too. See you next chapter!

#let's read #wheel of time #wot #robert jordan #wheel of time spoilers #wot spoilers #rand al'thor #cuale #loial #hurin #zera #dena #thom merrilin

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frodo-with-glasses · 1 year

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More Reading Thoughts: The Steward and the King

New chapter, let’s go!

Dude Eowyn chill out lol

Eowyn: “I’m bummed because I tried to commit sudoku and it didn’t work.” Faramir: “Please don’t do that. You’re too pretty to die. But hey, if it makes you feel any better, we all might die anyway, so you might as well rest up if you wanna be able to fight.” Eowyn: “But they want me to stay in bed. And my window doesn’t look eastward :’-C” Faramir: “Oh! I can fix that! :-D”

AND NOW MERRY AND FARAMIR GET TO CHAT!! DUDE!!

First Bergil, and now Faramir!! This just in: All of Pippin’s friends eventually become Merry’s friends. When am I gonna get my scene with Beregond and Merry, huh??

(I probably won’t but a girl can dream)

Tbh I think the Warden ships Farawyn

Faramir: “I’mma give you my dead mom’s cloak ‘cause it’s beautiful and sad like you”

Faramir: “Man, it’s been great hanging out with you. I really hope the world doesn’t end now, ‘cause I don’t want to lose this.” Eowyn, a genius: “This what?”

This whole scene plays out like a cheesy Bollywood movie. It’s so over-the-top. I love it X’-D

And then everybody MAGICALLY STARTS SINGING AT ONCE

“And his duty was to prepare for one who would replace him” 👀 John the Baptist is that you??

And here we see the healing power of love *throws confetti*

YOOOOOOO WE GET MORE GONDORIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WAIT

Okay so we have trumpets, bells, harps, viols, flutes, and horns listed so far. I’m gonna want to answer that ask more thoroughly at some point won’t I?? ‘Cause I have didn’t have this information before but NOW I DO

Heyyy there’s somebody named Hurin! Hopefully his life has been better than the original one

(I can’t imagine naming your kid after someone who’s best known for having a son with the Worst Life Ever. Like, okay, sassing Morgoth to his face is pretty cool, but is it worth it?? Is it really?? Like the only thing worse would actually be naming your kid Turin. … They’ve done that too, haven’t they?)

ELFHELM!!!

ELFHELM SURVIVED!!

ELFHELM OF DAD JOKES I LOVE YOU

Hahaha hi Ioreth

“They are dear friends, I hear.” HECK YES THEY ARE

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW RIGHT YOU ARE IORETH

Listen one of my favorite tropes is when people in-universe acknowledge the bromance as An Official ThingTM, so this is PEAK. THANK YOU TOLKIEN

Faramir: “I give you my stick.” Aragorn: “No u”

Goodness GRACIOUS that is a whole paragraph of titles for Aragorn. What the heck. Who is it in my notes that always tags Aragorn as “local man has too many names, local authorities report” because you are RIGHT

“Now according to tradition, he should take the crown from his father, but given that his father didn’t have the crown and is also very much dead—”

Faramir: “I give you the crown” Aragorn: “NO U”

And now Frodo does the task of a ring-bearer in an actual wedding, which is to carry the shiny thing to somebody so they can give it to somebody else

“HEY! LET’S HEAR IT FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA!”

Woohoo King Aragorn!

WAIT

HOLD UP

‘ITS GATES WERE WROUGHT OF MITHRIL AND STEEL’??

YOOOOOO!! That’s a 100% METAL DOOR!! In a MEDIEVAL SETTING!! Even WE don’t have huge metal doors for most things, and we’re in the modern age!

First of all, imagine how shiny! Secondly, IMAGINE HOW FREAKIN’ SCI-FI—

BEREGOOOOOOOOND

HELLO MY BOO I’VE MISSED YOU

“And the king said to Beregond: ‘Beregond…’”

Pffft

I must be slaphappy, ‘cause for some reason I find his name being written twice in a row to be very funny

Aragorn: “Okay so you’re not in trouble, but you’re also not allowed to be a Guard of the Citadel anymore.” Beregond: “😨☹️😭” Aragorn: “…Because you’re gonna work FOR FARAMIR! GET PROMOTED ON, IDIOT!!” Beregond: “😧 … 🤩🥳🎉🎊🎈”

Aww haha Aragorn and Eomer hug X-D

Eowyn, to Faramir: “I’ll be back later, I promise.” Eomer, probably: “👀😨😡”

Aragorn: “Pls stick around, friends, I love you guys”

Frodo: “Pippin, you were wrong, Gandalf is keeping secrets again.” Gandalf: “excuse”

Aragorn, excitedly: “LE GASP!! A TREE!!”

Okay so lemme get this straight: Aragorn wasn’t allowed to marry Arwen until he found a tree??

Right. Okay. 🤣🤣🤣

I’m sure this is very symbolically important and whatever but it’s almost 3 AM and I just think it’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all night

GLORFINDELLLLLL

GLORFINDEL HI!!

I’VE MISSED YOU FRIEND!!! 8-D

I guess all these other elves are here too but I don’t really care ROFLOL

This chapter really is the epitome of Tolkien going “oh shoot I guess I’d better include some romance in here huh”

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tmntxthings · 2 years

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Part two: Rise!Leo falling in love for the first time

-author’s note: i don’t know where we are going but we shall keep moving forward c: hope you all enjoy <3

-warnings: angst, mentions of violence, death, guns, blood (really not too bad), cursing, slow burn, fluff, unedited

previous - next

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previously. . .

“LEO?!” He was a cheeky bastard! Leaving you hanging like that, winking and making you blush furiously. At least he didn’t have the opportunity to see how red you became. He kept shocking you, of course he could actually teleport!

That night you stayed up pretty late watching Jupiter Jim episodes. You figured you’d save the movies for last. As you watched the animation your thoughts keep wandering back. Back to two hours ago, to Leo. He was a mother-flippin turtle, mutant, and ninja! And let’s not forget to tack on the super power of teleporting.

Leo was incredible, nothing like what you had imagined. But incredible nonetheless. You didn’t view him differently, in fact your crush might’ve grown a little, he did save you, and squeezed your hands making you feel all warm inside, him flirting in person all up close and personal sure was more effective than just hearing his voice!

God you were going to die of embarrassment, was it even possible?? To be embarrassed of one’s own thoughts?! Looking back at the tv, you tried to refocus on the show. Jupiter Jim. Jupiter Jim. Jupiter Jim… Leo’s smiling face crossed your mind. “Agggghhhhh” you groaned in defeat as you paused the show, there was no way you would be able to give it the attention span it needed, not when you were just so, distracted!

。・゜・( pov change: leo)・゜・。

“What’s up Leon!” April answered his call on the second ring. “You busy April? I can call bac-“

“No I’m not-“ Leo immediately pounced as soon as April said no. “Great! I’ve got a favor to ask, think you have time to spare tomorrow night?” Leo’s voice had gone all nonchalant. No need for April to know just how badly he wanted- no needed, her to come with him.

That way you and April could bond over being humans and knowing about mutants. Knowing about him specifically. Then you wouldn’t be all in your head. You would be comfortable around him again, and everything would be perfect! His plan was in motion.

“Doing what exactly?” April questioned, when it came to Leo anything was on the table. So April wasn’t exactly saying yes right off the rip. “Uh well, you know” Leo responded, very vaguely. He hadn’t really thought about actually having to come clean about what he had been doing these past couple of weeks. It made him chuckle awkwardly and April quickly deadpanned, “No, I’m not really catching your drift here Blue.”

Leo cursed inwardly, here goes nothing! “So,” his voiced turned into a whirlwind “Imetthisgirlawhileagoandwereallyhititoffbutijustshowedherwhatilookliketodayandnowshesprocessingeverythingandiwantyoutomeether!” Leo was trying to catch his breath, there he said it. “I’m gonna need a slowed down version of that” April harped, annoyed that she only caught about half of that.

“Oh come on!” Leo whined, “April I want you to meet someone who has become important to me. They just found out about me being a mutant and I thought you could help them through, you know, everything!” He huffed, not wanting to explain anymore. April’s eyes had bugged out, she couldn’t believe her ears, “You’ve got a girlfriend?!” she yelled into her phone. Leo had to pull the phone away from his ear, “They’re NOT my girlfriend” Leo exasperated and made it very clear to April to not say that ever again.

“Okay okay, calm down. I’ll go, okay?” April’s agreement had Leo sighing in relief. Plan definitely in motion! He just knew the two of you would get along great. Leo couldn’t wait to introduce you to everyone! His brothers, pops, Cass, the whole crew. Leo thought April would be the best step at bridging whatever gap that might’ve formed between the two of you.

The call ended after the details of when and where were exchanged. Leo was entering the sewer lair feeling pretty mighty. “Leo my man, you do come up with the most brilliant plans” he complimented himself.

“I think I’d switch out the adjective Nardo,” Donnie quipped as he passed Leo to go to the kitchen. “Donnieee whatcha been up to” Leo ignored the jab and followed after his brother. “Just your normal genius routine, though I am trying to see if we have any pizza left.” Donnie responded as he swung open the fridge. His eyes slanting in anger as he felt the weight of an empty pizza box in their fridge. “Who just leaves a empty box IN THE FRIDGE???” His voiced raised in annoyance.

“Chill Dee we can order some more” Thankfully Leo knew this time that it hadn’t been him, he had been out of the lair and skating around the sewers while he debated on how to get April on board with his masterful plan. “If I had to take a stab at it I’d guess-“

“Mikey” they both said in unison. Donnie grumbled as he tossed the box in the trash. “So what’s this plan you were boasting about?” Of course Donnie would ask about that. Tell the truth or lie? Would it matter if he’d have to come clean sooner rather than later since April already knew? Leo’s mind was turning and Donnie could tell as his question went unanswered for a couple of minutes.

But he was also scrounging around for something to snack on before they all decided to order some pizza. “If I tell you, you have to promise to keep it a secret from everyone else until I say so,” Leo crossed his arms as he watched his brother’s shell flit around the kitchen. “I solemnly swear” Donnie said sarcastically, prompting for Leo to spill. “Alright, well, about a couple weeks ago-“

“Wait wait,” Donnie interrupted turning on his twin. “Let me guess” he cupped his chin in thought for a couple of seconds before he said, “you met a human and they saw you!” Donatello pointed at Leo with one finger daring him to say otherwise.

The blue turtle was completely flabbergasted, “how’d you?” Leo started to say but Donnie had anticipated that question, “I know you better than you think” Donnie said tapping the side of his head, “and I’m just good like that.” He smirked, making Leo roll his eyes. “Let me find out you’ve been listening in somehow on the tracing device and I swear” the threats were stopped as Mikey came into the kitchen.

The younger brother eyed Leo and Donnie. “You wanted that pizza box chilled for some reason Michael?” Donnie quickly remembered his earlier aggravation with whoever (it was probably Mikey) ate the last slice and didn’t have the courtesy to throw the box away. “Heh, about that… When we ordering? Cause I’m starving” Mikey asked sheepishly, there was no denying the accusations. He was definitely guilty, but it was an honest mistake! He just forgot all about the box when he held up the last slice of cheesy goodness up to his mouth.

Donnie sighed, “Alright I want pepperoni,” Leo quipped in, “and a supreme!” Mikey had his phone out the pizza place number was on speed dial. “Coming right up!” Mikey gave them a thumbs up and took a seat at the table. “Hey what about my order?!” Raph burst into the kitchen just as the other line picked up. “Cheese!” Raph said before Mikey could ask.

。・゜・( t i m e j u m p )・゜・。

Leo woke up around 8:30, he groaned and stretched out in his bed then jumped up. Tonight was the night. His amazing plan would take way and then he would get to introduce you to everyone else. April would be here in thirty minutes and then they’d portal out to your place.

Leo was excited, slightly nervous, but mostly pumped. This was gonna be great! He quickly got ready, putting on his gear, one can never be too careful… plus it made him look that much cooler. He posed in a length size mirror, he was ready!

“So how much do they know exactly?” April asked as they portaled out onto the rooftops of New York City. The night air sure was getting colder, October finally bringing in fall. “Just about everything” Leo said as he portaled again this time directly on your rooftop. Looked like they were early, you weren’t in your usual spot. “Anything I should know??” April continued to question feeling like she was going into this pretty much blind. “Just befriend them, I’ll head out after the introductions and pick you up later,” Leo explained the rest of his plan.

。・゜・( pov change: y/n )・゜・。

You opened the door that led out to the rooftop. Immediately noticing Leo and someone else sitting in chairs. The girl had her back turned towards you so she didn’t notice your entry but Leo’s eyes saw the door movement instantly.

“Y/n!” He smiled and you gave him a smile back, it hadn’t been a dream. “I want to introduce you to my friend, April O’Neil!” Leo said as April turned to meet you face to face. She was pretty was your first thought. Then the name clicked from what Leo had told you last night, she knew everything, the one chased by aliens and other mutants. “Hi, it’s nice to meet you, I’m (your full name).” April reached out and shook your hand, “Likewise! It’s about time another girl came into the group,”

You continued to smile, until Leo cleared his throat and said, “Alright well I’ve got some uh, errands to run, I’ll be back later!” Before you could speak up he slashed one of his swords, gave you a tiny wave, and portaled away. You sputtered, did he really just leave you with his friend?? All alone? You guessed you’d have to push away your anxiety for now. “Sooo” April said, eyeing you up and down, then circled you.

“I can’t believe he just left!” You said flustered, “All part of his ‘master plan’” April put air quotes around the master plan part. You wondered what exactly this ‘master plan’ was all about but even though you weren’t in the loop you trusted Leo. “Wanna go walk to Central Park?” April suggested.

You chewed on your lip, it wasn’t exactly late. But you wondered if your parents would let, they were super overprotective. New York City at night could be a dangerous place. “Yeah sure!” You just wouldn’t ask, they’d assume you were in your room for the night since you had snuck out here in the first place. Usually by the time you and Leo’s late night talks were done it would be around 1 am. They were never up that late so the coast was clear to sneak back in on most nights.

You led April back inside the complex and towards the elevators. She told you how she first met the brothers, it had been all four of them. How they became fast friends. As the both of you walked down the sidewalk you started asking questions. About Leo and his brothers, how they became mutants, about the aliens Leo told you about. In the end the conversation flowed smoothly and April was super funny. “They’re great guys Y/n” April said, with a genuine smile on her face.

“I can’t wait to meet everyone!” It was the truth, April made you feel like this was just a new normal. That mutants and aliens weren’t a big deal in the grand scheme of things, in fact April had said that the brothers were more human than those who claimed to be. “I hope you don’t mind I kinda led us away from the park, I got hungry!” April said sheepishly as she put a hand on her stomach. A soft growl came from April’s direction.

“Oh yeah no worries, what did you have in mind?” You didn’t want to laugh and call out April’s stomach growls. So you focused on the billboards, the sidewalk cracks, the strangers passing by. Anything to not laugh! “I was thinking this noodle pla-“ April had been in the middle of her sentence when someone pushed past her, bumping into her shoulder.

“Excuse you!” She called after the rude pedestrian. “Are you okay?” You asked, looking back to the person who kept walking and April. “Yeah I’m fine, but someone else needs to be taught some manners!” April sure was angry! Maybe hangry?

“Don’t let that jerk get you down April, let’s go get the noodles you were talking about!” You tried to steer April’s thoughts back to food.

“Jerk?? Maybe if you two pigs weren’t hogging up the whole pavement!” The guy had stopped in his tracks, he was still a couple of feet away but you had a bad feeling now that he was talking back. “PIGS???” April was fuming as she turned to face, well actually she had to tilt her face up because this guy was huge. He was also covered head to toe in a dark robe that made it impossible to see his face.

You leaned back, grabbing at April’s arm, “April… noodles” you whispered sharply. You were not confrontational at all. “Y/n this guy called us pigs, when he ain’t even showing his ugly face!” No sooner had April pointed that out the guy started marching forward. “Alright time to run!” You said quickly as you started pulling April away, she hesitated only a second before running too.

“Yeah that’s right! Run!” He hollered as the two of you kept going. By the time you reached the noodle place you were huffing and puffing as you slid into a booth seat. “Ughh that sucked!” April heaved as she slid into the seat across from you. “Sorry April, I don’t know if I could’ve taken on that guy” you felt bad for not standing up for yourself or April. “It’s okay, he was pretty scary,” she laughed remembering how swiftly he started approaching.

The two of you ordered noodles and the conversation was stunted by the good food. “Wow I think these are the best noodles I’ve ever had!” April nodded in agreement still chowing down. It was then that the door opened, a bell signaling another customer. Except it wasn’t just one, a group of people in dark drab robes entered the restaurant.

“Aw hell,” April started choking on her food as she scrambled to get her phone. The men were looking around and you noticed a particularly large figure at the head of the group. He turned and even though you couldn’t see his eyes you could tell he had made contact. “April I think we should go..” you’d never been in any type of situation like this. The only thing you could think to do was run, even though you had just ran here!

“Donnie” April coughed and cleared her throat as she brought her phone up to her ear. “Can you get to my location asap? I’m in a bit of a pickle”

“There they are,” a gruff voice called out and the group shifted to the corner where your table was. You squeaked, it had to at least be 14 guys. “Oh my god what are we gonna do?!” You looked over to April, trying not to freak out. “Don’t worry I’m on the phone with one of Leo’s brothers-“

“Yes Donnie like right now I swear they have a group of weirdly dressed men about to come over here and-“

“Talking about us?” The leader sneered, the both of you couldn’t possibly escape now.

“Is everything okay out there?” The cook who had served the food called out from the kitchen. To which one of the henchmen immediately went in and screaming proceeded. You were cringing down in your seat, fearing for the worst. “Hear that? That’s about to be the two of you.” The leader said as he slid into April’s side of the booth.

April’s hand curled around her phone, you could see her fingers trembling. “Leave us alone!” You said leveling your stare and trying to mean business. “Or else I’ll call the police.” Your phone was in your back pocket of the jeans you wore. The leader chuckled, and put his hands up mocking you. “Oh no! Not the police,” he turned and looked at his henchmen who all started joining in laughter.

You took him looking away as the chance to start dialing 911. But April kicked you firmly underneath the table. You looked back up at her in confusion as she mouthed the word “guns.” You felt all the blood drain from your face as you heard a loud bang from the kitchen.

“Damnit!” The leader shot up from his seat and the crowd parted to let him go check what had happened in the kitchen. One of his goons was dragged out sporting a bloody nose and some gruesome gashes, he was bleeding badly. “Fucking cook tried chopping me up Boss, I didn’t know what else to do!” He was groaning and grunting from his injuries but the leader batted him upside the head.

“You do what I tell you to do, now we’ve got a dead guy in the kitchen! I wanted a free meal!” He hollered. “Gimme your gun,” the guy did begrudgingly and then another shot rang out. Your eyes had been wide with fear earlier but now you were pretty sure you were going to die.

“Don please tell me you’re almost here,” April whispered, you hadn’t realized she was still on call, and you couldn’t hear him reply.

“Sorry about that piggies, now where were we?” The leader started approaching, blood splattered his robes from the shot he fired just seconds earlier. He sounded so casual. He was definitely a murdering psychopath. And you were going to die in a noodle shop. Somehow you hadn’t passed out yet, maybe holding onto the sliver of hope that was April calling for the turtles.

Ding! The doorbell rang out clear and everyone’s head turned, you hoped whoever it was turned and ran for help. “Anyone call for a- BUTT WHOPPING?!” A flash of orange whirled into the room, nunchucks spinning and flying out knocking two henchmen out cold. Before anyone could move blue light shined in the middle of the room. You knew it was them. They had come, your heart swelled with hope. Leo had come to save you!

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ATLA Live Action Stream of Consciousness (Episode 7, Part 1).

Did Ozai try to try Zuko in the original? Did I just forget that? EDITING PHOEBE: It was Zhao but yes that did happen I just have a shit memory.

Does Zhao have enough pull for that?

They definitely didn’t know that he was the Blue Spirit (in the OG)

Nice moment between Zuko and the lieutenant though.

Yeah this is new but I like it. Makes Zhao scarier (editing me: No it’s not)

Aang: Zuko seemed so… Me: Sad.

Okay Northern water tribe is like the only thing that looked significantly better animated. The CGI detail usually looks good but here it drains some of the color (especially the purple)

Arnook…lowkey can’t act.

Why did they do that to Yue’s hair lmao? I have a specific reference I’m thinking of that I’ll link here. (There’s multiple photos in this article. It’s the one with the big hair).

Zhao is a better liar than I remember. But like if he’s this competent now will that diminish Azula’s effect if they get a book 2? Part of why she worked so well was that Zhao was not the best villain.

On the “below average” stuff with Azula: I think it works for this iteration of the character but it’s not in keeping with the original. I wish they’d kept it closer to the original since it’s important to show different kinds of abuse, and I think OG Ozai would only say those things to Azula behind closed doors, but I think it works in isolation.

LIZZY YU IS ACTING HER ASS OFF.

“That I’m the one” who what? Interesting writing choice there. They feel the need to overexplain everything else but they can’t finish this line.

Sokka’s humor is coming through.

Aaw this is a cute Aang and Katara moment.

I liked Pakku as a straight up sexist asshole in the original but I’m not sure that that would have translated so well so I’m glad they gave him some half decent moments.

IS YUE DOING MAGIC?

Aaw Yue’s getting some more cute moments that’s sweet. I love original Yue but I like her candid, grounded moments here. She feels more fleshed out. She and Sokka are cute too.

I like Sokka’s arc but give Katara some of that characterization.

Wait was Yue the fox spirit? Why did they make that choice? How does it serve the narrative?

Hahn doesn’t suck now! Not sure how I feel about that since Yue’s tragedy was not about who she was marrying in the first place, rather about the fact that she had to get married.

“My friends helped me” Aang tbf it was mostly you.

I like that we’re getting some more exploration into healing.

Are they finally gonna let Katara be angry? PLEASE do!

My dad asked why Sokka is wearing so much lipstick.

OH Yue broke off her engagement that’s NEW. Where are they gonna go with this?

Kuruk development that’s cool!

Gordon who tf wrote your dialogue in this scene (and how many times have I written that question in some form or another?)

Why are we into LOK spirit world stuff? This remake can’t handle the material it has.

Can we have one character without an angsty backstory please?

They need to stop harping in this “the hero needs to do everything alone” idea it’s overdone.

They should have given Yue white eyebrows.

This is new and I don’t mind it (with Yue)-confirms my theory that she was supposed to be the avatar.

See Sokka does have a good heart but you can’t make that the center of his character it’s also the center of everyone else’s character. Why does the whole main trio seem the same?

I hate this Aang/Kuruk scene it’s so generic.

More on the way (Y’all KNOW I have thoughts on part 2).

#atla #natla #atla live action #netflix atla #avatar the last airbender #atla stream of consciousness #ozai #zhao #zuko #aang #yue #azula #sokka #katara #master pakku #kuruk

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headcanonsandhijinx · 1 year

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The Chain As Incorrect Quotes And Silly Drabbles

Is this just mainly Starkid/Trail To Oregon quotes to try and get me past my writers block? Yes.

Incorrect Quotes

***

Before the chain had Wild to cook for them.

Warriors: “I can’t control when the stuff breaks. They’re just tiny little acts of Hylia.”

Time, done with everything: “Oh, my good friend Hylia is at it again, is she?” He walks over to Warriors and bends slightly so they’re at eye level. “Well, if *Hylia* keeps goofing off like this, I’m going to murder Hylia and chop her up into tiny little pieces. And I’m going to feed them to these starving heroes!”

***

Time, Legend or Wild when anything goes horribly wrong: “Sometimes Hylia, is a vicious two-faced prick.”

Sky, in the background: O-O

***

Wild, talking about his death: “I didn’t see a white light. I just saw a skeleton in a robe going ‘Come here. Come here.’”

***

The chain heading into a fight.

Hyrule: “What if this fight kills one of us?! Like you or Time, or Wild?”

Legend, trying to lighten the mood: “Oh well, if Wild dies, that’s just Hylia’s will, sorry Wild.”

Wild: “Oh, that’s okay. When you gotta go, you gotta go.”

*Brief pause*

Wild: “You’re talking about the shitter, right?”

*** (I used incorrect quote generators for these next ones.)

Wild: “Rules are made to be broken.”

Time: “They were made to be followed. Nothing is made to be broken.”

Twilight: “Uh, piñatas.”

Sky: “Glow sticks.”

Wind: “Karate boards.”

Legend: “Spaghetti when you have a small pot.”

Wild: “Rules.”

Time: “…Why do I even bother?”

***

Wild: “I just found out that humans are capable of fitting a light bulb into their mouth with ease but can’t take it out without shattering it, and now I have to physically restrain myself from putting a light bulb in my mouth.”

***

Wild: “Time for plan G.”

Time: “Don’t you mean plan B?”

Wild: “No, we tried plan B a long time ago. I had to skip over plan C due to technical difficulties.”

Twilight: “What about plan D?”

Wild: “Plan D was that desperate disguise attempt half an hour ago.”

Sky: “What about plan E?”

Wild: “I’m hoping not to use it. Warriors dies in plan E.”

Legend: “I like plan E.”

***

The chain have taken refuge from a thunderstorm in Wild’s Hyrule in one of the shrines.

Wild, recording on the Shiekah Slate to send to Zelda: “Stuck in a shrine elevator because Wind decided to jump.”

Everyone, except Wind: “Fucking mint.”

Wild: “Hyrule has had three panic attacks in ten minutes.”

Everyone, except Hyrule: “Fucking mint.”

Wild: “Twilight hasn’t said anything since we got stuck.”

Everyone, except Twilight: “Fucking mint.”

Wild: “Legend’s getting annoyed and yelling the whole time.”

Everyone, expect Legend: “Fucking mint.”

Wild: “Sky has just been playing the harp and praying to Hylia.”

Everyone, except Sky: “Fucking mint.”

Wild: “Four has to pee so bad he might get a bladder infection.”

Everyone, except Four: “Fucking mint”

Wild: “And Time’s the one we’re gonna blame because he’s old.”

Everyone, except Time: “Fucking Mint!”

Time, completely done with all of them: “Why me?”

(Meanwhile Warriors is stuck outside wondering what the fuck is taking Wild so long to come back and let him in.)

***

Drabbles

(I used she/her pronouns to refer to Wild in this Drabble so I guess it could be read as female!Wild, trans!Wild, or Genderfluid!Wild. It’s up to you. Also trigger warnings for harassment/mentions of harassment.)

The chain had been in Wild’s Hyrule for around a week now and were travelling to Gerudo Town. They’d heard news of more black blooded monsters in the region and decided to take them out before they caused anymore damage.

They had been trudging past the walls of Gerudo Town when someone called out to them and Wild immediately stopped walking and groaned, loudly and dramatically as she tipped her head backwards.

“Who is that?” Four asked as the group watched the man slowly run up to them.

“A creep who’s convinced that we’re dating because I did a job for him.” Wild groaned as she turned to face him. “Hello Bozai.”

“Ah, my desert flower, there you are. Why, I’ve been looking for you for ages. Where in Hyrule have you been?”

“I’ve been travelling, Bozai. Now what do you want?” It was odd to see Wild being so blunt and to the point, but nobody could blame her at this point.

“I wanted to see you, my love. I haven’t seen you since you returned from finding the Eighth Heroine’s sword.”

“I’ve been busy. I have to go now.” Wild started to turn away before Bozai side stepped into her view again and tried to take Wild’s hands in his before she sharply pulled out of his grip. The rest of the chain stiffened at how clueless the man was being.

“Wait a minute! I haven’t seen you in months and you’re just leaving me again.”

“Yes.”

“Well, that isn’t fair. I thought we had a connection. You went out of your way to find the Eightth Heroine’s sword for me.”

“Yes, I did. However, I only found the sword because you offered me the snow boots in return. That’s it. No more, no less.”

But Bozai’s face suddenly lit up and he laughed. “Oh, I see what you’re doing. You know me so well, I love it when you play hard to get, darling.” He made an attempt to grab at Wild’s hand again, but she stepped backwards towards the safety of the, blantantly pissed off, chain behind her.

Twilight had had enough. This guy was a creep and was clearly fine ignoring basic boundaries when he didn’t get his way. Fed up, Twilight stepped forwards and spoke.

“Sir, let me be perfectly clear. She has said ‘no’ multiple times, but you’ve ignored that so here’s my take on this.” He wrapped an arm around Bonzai’s shoulders and squeezed it just enough to be uncomfortable, before turning and gesturing at Wild.

“Now, you see that girl right there? Our mother made her out of her blood and her flesh, her sweat and her tears. And I love her more than the waking world,” Twilight’s voice hardened, losing the light tone it had had before. “But I will smother her in her sleep before I see her ruin herself with some thing,” Twilight gestured up and down at Bozai. “Like you.”

“So you better just run along now 'cause you'd have better luck sticking your pecker in a cactus.” He finished, leaving almost everyone speechless.

Bonzai glared for a moment before shoving himself out of Twilight’s grip and running off to continue his laps around the walls of Gerudo Town.

The chain were able to hold it together until Bozai ran around a corner and disappeared out of sight. They all looked round at each other and that’s when the dam broke. They all started laughing so hard that they could hardly breathe.

“Did you see his face!” Wind cried out as he doubled over and almost tipped face first into the sand.

“He’s never going to bother me again. I fucking love you, Twi!” Wild said as tears of laughter ran down her cheeks.

By the time the chain had managed to calm down, Bozai had turned the corner and came into view again, causing another laughing fit.

***

This is a minor add on to my previous oneshot called ‘What do you have? A rock. NO!” because I missed arguably the funniest part of the joke and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to correct it.

* (Five minutes later) *

Hyrule turned and absent mindedly handed the fire rod in his hands to the person next to him. Not stopping to think that that person was Wild.

Wild, who had never seen a fire rod before.

Once it was in his hands, he stopped. He poked it with one finger, wiggled it back and forth, before shrugging and bringing it up to his mouth.

“No!” Everyone screamed as they realised what he was doing. Time almost fell into the camp fire in his haste to grab the rod away from Wild.

***

This is set in a post ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ AU where Wild had to leave the chain so he could deal with those events and came back later with more trauma and one less arm. So behold, an arm joke.

Time: “Hey can someone give me a hand with this?”

Wild: *without missing a beat or even thinking about it, takes off his arm and holds it out to Time*

Everyone: *either staring at Wild in horror or yelling, no inbetween*

Wild: “Oh shit! I didn’t tell you guys that my arm got burnt off by Ganon, did I? Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.”

Everyone: “YOUR ARM GOT WHAT BY WHO!?”

***

#legend of zelda #linked universe #link #linked universe incorrect quotes #wild #Sky #wind #warriors #time #twilight #four #Hyrule #legend

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thatblackravenclaw · 2 years

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I need you

Blog Details + My Library

author note: sorry! it's been about a month since i've written smut, so i'm kind of rusty.

Peter Parker x fem!reader

word count: 794

warning(s): smut, oral (fem receiving), fingering, nipple stimulation, not proofread (what's new), squirting

All I wanted was to read. That’s it. I was okay with Peter being here, because duh he’s the love of my life, but right now he’s on my last nerve. Ever since he walked in here with those puppy dog eyes, he’s been distracting me.

He would sigh every few seconds until I let him lay between my thighs. I’ll admit that having his head on the inside of my thigh so close to where I need most makes me clench around nothing with need, but this book is so good. I just got it yesterday and I’m about halfway through.

He stills for a moment which in any case would be beyond suspicious, but I don’t waste a second harping on it. I unconsciously start to read a bit faster because as much as I’ve ignored him being a brat, I want him so bad. It doesn’t help that his fingers start caressing my thigh. Very light touches, sending shivers down my body.

“May I help you?” I ask without taking my eyes off of the book.

“I need you.” Words that go straight down to my clit. I’m so glad I decided not to wear underwear.

I open my legs a little wider for him. I let him see how I’m worked up just as much as he is. The skirt of my nightgown pushed up to my hips.

“Fine, but I’m gonna keep reading.”

I feign annoyance, but god he better touch me soon or I’m going to lose it. He kisses my thigh before focusing on the wetness that covers the inside of my folds. I keen at the feeling while trying to focus on the words, knowing I won’t last long.

Without warning, he slips his middle and ring finger inside of me. A gasp escapes my throat and I feel myself slide down a bit into the bed. I slightly lose a grip on the book, but quickly get a hold of it. His strokes aren’t fast, but they aren’t slow. They reach deep inside me, and I feel it in my stomach. My hips involuntarily meet his thrusts, but my reading doesn’t waver. The words have started to become blurry, but I can’t let him have the satisfaction of knowing how quickly I surrender at his touch.

“Fuck, baby. You’re so wet. This all for me?” and then he starts kitten licking my clit. I give up and drop the book. I’ll be upset about losing my place later. I place the hand that was holding the book, behind his head to keep him in place.

“Yes, yes! A-All for you. Please.” I whimper out while giving up control.

He starts sucking on my clit while speeding up his thrusts. I feel my eyebrows furrow in pleasure a noise escapes my throat that I could only describe between a moan and a gasp. I use my other hand to pull down the strap of my nightgown to give me easier access to my breasts. I take my nipple between my thumb and index and pinch. The sensation goes down to my clit as Pete moans, doubling my pleasure.

I hear the sound of sloshing come from his direction. I know my sheets are ruined, but I look down anyway and am met with the sight of Peter humping the bed. The fact that he gets turned on just by eating me out makes my eyes roll to the back of my head. I wish I could’ve taken a picture or something. That image is gonna get me off for weeks.

My abdomen tightens and my moans get closer together.

“Baby, I’m- fuck- I’m coming.” His fingers hit deeper inside of me, and I hear my orgasm flow out of me, no doubt all of his face. Not that he minds. Starting to believe that he lives for it.

He “cleans me up” as he likes to say which is really just more overstimulation while my legs begin closing around his head at the feeling.

“Did you finish your book?” He asks with the smuggest fucking look on his face. I roll my eyes before pulling him up so that we’re face to face.

“Did you finish?” I tease while flicking my gaze towards his gray sweatpants that have a noticeable stain on the crotch. A blush takes over his cheeks. He hides his face in my neck while placing light kisses.

“It’s okay, baby. I just would have preferred for you to cum in me instead of your pants.”

He removes his face from the crook of my neck and glares at me mischievously. He gets off of the bed and slowly takes his pants off. I’m in for a long night and I can’t wait.

#peter parker x reader #peter parker smut #peter parker fanfiction #peter parker fanfic #peter parker x fem!reader #peter parker x y/n #peter parker x reader smut #peter parker x you

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mothgodofchaos · 1 year

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could you do illinois x fem!reader

you get home from work. As you cook for dinner, you put it on plate, all the sudden illinois came home, he came to you that you felt dizzy, you honestly fainted that illinois catches you, he carry you to bedroom, everything is gonna be fine

(hope you will write it, thanks and have a good day)

Catch

I was trying to think of a specific way to make this for femme reader, so apologies if this isn't truly femme. But I actually had something similar happen to me recently. Yes, I am okay, don't worry about it.

Illinois x F!Reader, TW: passing out Words: 692

It had been a long day, and you hadn’t really made sure you were taking care of yourself. Your boss had been harping on you for not getting enough work done, so you had worked through your lunch break. You were really only running on your morning coffee and spite when you pulled into the driveway. There wasn’t much time to relax as you knew that Illinois was going to be home soon, and you wanted to make sure dinner was ready. Sure, you both work really hard, but he had been away on another expedition and you wanted to make an apology for not being able to pick him up from the airport.

Quickly throwing together dinner made your head spin a little, reassuring yourself that you’d sit down shortly. You kicked off your heels into the dining room, feet aching from the long day of working in the office. Your balance wavered for just a moment, making sure that you caught yourself on something other than the hot stove.

The sound of tires on the asphalt outside sent your heart beating a little bit faster in excitement, looking out the window to see him climbing out the back of a taxi. Luckily, dinner was just about finished. You turned off the burners, stirring the pan once more as the jingle of keys behind you alert to his entrance.

“I’m home, treasure! Oh, you make me dinner, babygirl~?"

Your head whips around, albeit too quickly when he enters the kitchen. You watch his smirk turn into panic as you lose your balance, vision turning black as your body goes limp. He manages to dive forward fast enough to keep you from hitting the floor, scooping you up into his arms. He moves you to the couch, elevating your feet up, cushioning around you as he makes sure you’re still breathing.

Honestly, if you had been one of his working partners, he’d be a little bit more worried. But he kept you safe, at home, with your pup. Nugget comes over, greeting him excitedly before he turns his attention to you, head underneath Illinois’ arm, snoot poking through the gap. Illy sets Nugget up on the couch with you, grabbing you some water from the kitchen.

Your head is gently moved into his lap, still making sure you’re flat. You have no idea how long you were out for, but a golden snoot nosing at your hand for pets is the first thing you register when you regain consciousness. Illy’s hands, gloves long removed, combs through your hair as you rest in his lap. His smile returns, gentle and caring instead of his usual flirtatious and smug.

“Good morning, sweetheart? My babygirl get so excited to see me that you’re gonna start fainting on me~?”

His tone is teasing, but you can still hear the underlying tone of concern as he brushes the hair out of your face, gently easing you up so you’re sitting in his lap, head resting back on his shoulder as his arms keep you upright. With one of his hands, he grabs your water, helping you take small sips through the straw as he keeps you steady.

“I didn’t mean to! I’ve been busy today, my boss made me work through my lunch…”

“Have you not eaten yet today? Have you drank any water?”

“...no…”

He sighs lovingly exasperatedly.

“Sweetheart, I need you to be taking care of yourself. Can’t have my precious treasure turn into a pile of dust. Not when you can be beautiful and gleaming. But, I’m home now. I’ll talk to your boss since you mentioned him overworking y’all before.”

“Don’t do that, that- I’ll be fine…”

“Clearly not, because you just fainted into my arms the moment I step through the door. I hope you don’t plan on making a habit out of that~”

A kiss to your temple reassures he’s not mad at you, just understandably concerned. You’ll be snuggling there for a while. Perhaps if he’s charming enough, he’ll convince you to take a sick day. Just a day of him taking care of you, just what the doctor ordered.

#illinois james #illinois james markiplier #ahwm illinois #ahwm #illinois x reader #illinois james x reader #ahwm illinois x reader #ahwm illinois james x reader #markiplier egos #f!reader #pantry dweller #chaoswrites #TW: passing out

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havenmoodz · 1 year

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OC: Luke!

a/n: I finally have something out! Probably gonna write a fluff drabble later <3

cw! Yandere behaviour, stalking (Pretty much just yandere behaviour), implied head injury, manipulation.

Ah, yes. Luke. He’s a pretty musician, he/him pronouns and mostly plays the violin and harp…but he could play other instruments if you wanted him to! Fluffy dark hair, with a couple crimson highlights here and there. He takes great care of his hands, short manicured nails, with really soft skin around. His slim fingers really do have their way with things and also with you

He’s absolutely in love with you.

You’re one of his first fans! An avid listener of his music on many ranging platforms. You have an account of your own, with a humble following. The moment he saw you..it’s like his whole world snapped into something completely different. He starts stalking your social media, wanting to find out everything about you.

He stands at 5’11, definitely a scary dog type of guy. But no! Why are you scared? He doesn’t want his darling to be scared…especially of him…it breaks his heart. He’ll get you everything you please, to prove that he just loves you!

He’d stalk you when you go outside…he couldn’t stand the thought of having you outside in this cruel, dark world, alone! He needs to keep you safe, even if it means he has to take…extreme measures…

He decides to reach out to you for a collab, and who could say no to someone so polite? After all…it’s not like anything bad’s gonna happen…right?…

You wake up on a bed, in a spacious room…the walls are a dark indigo and the whole place is very modern and minimalistic.

Your head is pounding…

“Oh! Darling! You’re awake!”

A figure comes into view…a tall figure. You back away slowly, realizing your non-dominant hand is handcuffed to the bedpost. “Who are..– what…you–“ your mind starts to spin...he looks..scary…

“Oh no..darling! I’m not gonna hurt you–“ His face instantly fills with empathy and guilt, slowly approaching you. You just look at him with fear in your eyes…who is he? You get a good look at his face…it’s…gentle…and soft…wait– isn’t that the guy you collaborated with?

He gently comes closer and strokes his thumb against your cheek, you flinch at the contact. “I’m sorry darling…I really didn’t wanna do this to you…” He takes a deep breath and looks at you, with a comforting gaze. “You have to trust me, okay my love? It’s a cruel place out there…you need me to protect you…” He moves his face closer.

“Do you trust me?”

Oh. You’re gonna be in for a long while.

#Luke #Moodie Moodz #oc intro #My works #Yandere #male yandere #soft yandere #tw yandere #yandere writing #yandere oc

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weizhiyuan · 1 month

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9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better:

Thank u @troubled-mind for the tag!! I swear I didn’t forget to do it hahahah

3 ships you like:

Ok so I’ve technically done this tag before BUT I’m gonna take this chance to do 3 DIFFERENT ships from when I last did it hehehe

wei qian & wei zhiyuan - unknown

currently airing angsty Taiwanese bl my beloved. They’ve been on my brain all goddamn day. Ep6 was INCREDIBLE and I keep going back to rewatch parts. I can’t wait to see how their relationship develops and ahem.. certain scenes the cast has teased lol

hira & kiyoi - utsukushii kare

I never stop thinking about them. I have a literal whole paper I want to write about just One aspect of their relationship which I WILL COMPLETE one day. They have the perfect dynamic… they r so like hualian it’s insane (both ships unironically redefined my expectations in love forever). Utsukare is a masterclass on characterization imo and that makes it such a fantastically written romance. I’ve never related to a character sm as I have w hira so ummm if there’s any kiyoi’s out there.. hai <3

aylin & luna - 23.5 degrees

I have to put at least ONE of the 23.5 couples on here!! These girls r so catered to me… I can see myself in both of them in diff ways and I love it so much!!! This show is so sweet and I feel so lucky I get to experience it live

First ship ever:

I said this last time but I also don’t rlly remember… probably the doctor & rose lol. Maybe something from an old Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network show idk

Last song you heard:

youtube

NOCTURNE AND FIRE DANCE!!!! My lowkey all time favorite harp pieces. I CAN play this I just can never get a good recording so idk if it’ll ever see the light of day to those that don’t know me irl. It’s challenging in a fun way. Anyway I was just listening back to a full performance! (But aside from that I’ve had a few bl osts, mainly from unknown, on repeat lmao)

Favorite childhood book:

Maybe something like the 3 scary stories to tell the dark series? Or miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children? I liked scary stuff

Currently reading:

……….yes I am still in my tgcf reread. But I haven’t had time bc I’ve always had other stuff to do 💔 I have a few other books I need to get to as well…

Currently watching:

Anti reset, unknown, 23.5 degrees, love is better the second time around, and the miracle of teddy bear (+ a few things that are on hold I guess. And I’ll start jazz for two tomorrow once it airs)

Currently consuming:

Nothing! But I had chicken soup earlier and it was v healing :P

Currently craving:

A rested night’s sleep lol

Tagging: aaahh not sure who’s done this but @sailub @universe-club @sunsfancyscooter @grapejuicegay here’s a tag if u haven’t yet & want to lol

#why does my watch list lowkey feel super short #anyway thanks for tagging meeeee lol #tag game #b.txt

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incorrectlasthours · 1 year

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Hey there! Feel free to ignore this, but I just needed to share some of my thoughts on CoT because I just finished the book and I don’t have any one to vent to aahhhggddhhh!!!

…Ahem…*composing myself*….so ANYWAY. This book frustrates the hell out of me. I’m not gonna harp on all of the reasons why because I think the fandom has thoroughly pointed out the biggest issues already (Christopher’s death, the Cordelia-James-Matthew love🔺, the overall pace of the book, unfulfilling character arcs, etc.). But one thing that I’m personally disappointed about that hasn’t been discussed quite as much as those other issues is Lucie’s subplot.

I’ve always treasured Lucie as a character because of her bubbliness and naive perspective. Out of all the characters, she had the most potential for growth simply because of her youth and innocence, contrasted by all of the shady shit she got involved in CoI. Although I’m glad that she and Jesse ended up together, I really wish their relationship wasn’t so rushed and focused on the physical contact between them (in other words, they were both just mad horny for each other in almost every scene). I feel like it would’ve been more natural for her character to experience some level of novelty and even awkwardness as she figured out how to finally be with Jesse, since it’s her first romantic relationship AND shes quite innocent in her idealizations of the world. Like I was just so put off by that first kiss scene where they basically just smashed faces and then Lucie suddenly was like “SUCK MY NECK”. It just felt so…unfeeling? Off-brand? Abrupt?

Also the “big reveal” about why Lucie flinched when she and Cordelia were practicing their parabatai ceremony was kinda lame imo. I just felt like 🤷‍♀️. So what if she saw some more ghosts? We already knew that her powers are trippy with spirits and shit, it just felt a bit anticlimactic. I still don’t get why CC decided to even include that whole fuss in the first place because it didn’t even add anything significant to the plot or change the characters at all.

Last lil thought about Lucie! I honestly thought that SHE was going to be the one who got kidnapped in the book when charlotte was teasing before the release. It might have been more exciting/suspenseful if Malcolm held her and Jesse hostage in his cabin when Lucie comes out of her coma—As the reader, we already know that Malcolm is coming undone at this point, so I can totally imagine him seeing Lucie’s success with raising Jesse and then deciding just to keep her under lockdown until she agrees to somehow try and raise Annabelle as well.

Thanks for letting me dump all my lil thoughts here! It’s been giving me a headache to keep it all in lol😆

Hey @banannie47 - no worries at all!! I made this blog because I love these books so much and love to chat about them online, so you came to the right place 🫶 Sorry for my slow reply - I’ve been answering this ask little by little over the past few days!

Yes yes yes let’s talk about my girl Lucie!! I’m going to respond to each of your points below - I haven’t seen too many people talking about Lucie post-TLH and I definitely think we should be!

Lucie & Jesse & kissing: I agree with you on a lot of this! Lucie can definitely be more naive and innocent, but I wasn’t quite so caught of guard by how suddenly Lucie wanted to be with Jesse. Lucie believes (somewhat youthfully) that love is good and powerful (Will and Tessa are her parents, after all) and it makes sense that as soon as Jesse is no longer a ghost, Lucie wants to take their relationship to the next level. They could barely even touch each other for so long, so I think it’s natural that Lucie would instinctively want to touch and kiss him now that she can - even when you’re young and innocent, it’s not abnormal to want to touch your partner (even if you don’t quite know why or how!)

What bothered me about this was two things: first, it was never explained why touching/kissing Jesse made Lucie fall into shadows, and that whole plot point never really came together to me. It felt like an excuse Cassie wrote to drive this behavior on Lucie’s behalf, and simultaneously to keep the two apart; Jesse and Lucie had to share intimate moments to forward the plot, and yet they were never able to have a real love scene uninterrupted by this unexplained phenomenon.

My other big issue was the scene after Lucie and Cordelia’s fight, when Lucie goes to Jesse for comfort. I loved the whole scene (I adore ghostwriter, so I loved finally seeing them together) but I HATED the line after Lucie took off her dressing gown and thought about using Jesse to make her forget her fight with Cordelia. Cassandra Clare always says she wants to model healthy sexual relationships, but using another person as a distraction is not healthy. And it’s not fair to Jesse and Lucie, either: their relationship is so much more than a “distraction” or a mechanism to help someone “forget” their problems. I thought this line was very out of character for Lucie (especially with her sweet, love-can-conquer-all attitude), and I really wish Cassie would have thought twice about how to word this/expressed Lucie’s desire in a different way.

The Parabatai Ceremony and Ghosts: I agree with you on this one 100%. The reveal was anticlimactic, and it had almost no stake in the actual plot. I honestly think Lucie was meant to flinch in Chain of Iron for a different reason (probably something a lot more tragic), and then Cassie changed her mind and had to backtrack/make up an excuse. I also think this could be why the parabatai ceremony replaced the family tree explanation as the short story - if something tragic was meant to happen during the parabatai ceremony in Chain of Thorns and then Cassie changed her mind, she probably had to cut it from the book and decided to make it the extra content instead.

Lucie & Malcolm: I’m with you on this one as well! I absolutely thought the kidnapping would refer to Lucie and Jesse in Cornwall, and I’m kind of shocked that everything associated with their excursion just kind of got brushed off? If I were Will and Tessa and my sixteen year-old daughter just spent FIVE DAYS in a warlock’s cabin with a boy she just brought back from the dead… I don’t know, I might have some questions. Also Lucie covered up for Malcolm in a lot of ways; she said that she asked him to take her to Cornwall, and she never told anyone that she was unconscious for so long. There were just a lot of unanswered plot points here, and I think there could have been a lot of potential for an exciting plot sequence if Lucie and Jesse had stayed in Cornwall a little longer!

Thank you so much the ask, and I am sorry again for the slow reply! 💛

#answered #chain of thorns spoilers #chot spoilers #chain of thorns #chot #lucie herondale

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jonathanssweatercollection · 2 years

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i’m literally so unwell. it’s almost 6 am. here are my st livewatch thoughts:

THEY PLAYED CALIFORNIA DREAMIN FOR THE CALI GANG’S INTRODUCTION. I LOVE BEING RIGHT

eddie munson i desire you carnally

why is murray such a whore this season. i’m not judging i’m just curious

that’s it i need that stupid grandfather clock. i need it

why the fuck do the munson’s have so many hats on their wall

jonathan “good boy” byers

SO TRUE ARGYLE HE’S SUCH A GOOD BOY

“hi murray :D” jonathan byers i would kill for you

i’m gonna eat enzo’s little bitchboy moustache

robin and nancy are literally two halves of a whole autism

nancy makin fun of robin’s running. my smile hurts

THE RUNNING UP THAT HILL SCENE MADE ME FUCKING SOB LIKE A BABY. I FEEL LIKE I’M GONNA DIE. MAX MAYFIELD I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU

what the FUCK is brenner wearing. what the FUCK

his suit is so fruity i love it

i’m gonna throw up i’m gonna kill everyone that even looks at el what the fuck. i’m gonna chew brenner’s toupee off

NANCY MAX BONDING NANCY MAX BESTIES NANCY MAX INTERACTION

CAN EL CATCH A MOTHERFUCKING BREAK FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHAT THE FUCK. I’M GOING TO KILL

SAM OWENS I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU WE WERE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU HOW DARE YOU

jamie campbell-bower u are so creepy and hot <33

argyle and jonathan deserve to kiss. just a little kiss it won’t hurt anyone

omg okay byeler bonding and saying deep shit together on top of a car, paralleling jonathan and nancy doin the same in s2. so very true besties

omg no hopper can’t be blaming himself for sarah’s death. noooo sad little bald man :(

can yuri like die already lol

murray canonically beat the shit out of a teenager. obsessed with this man

stranger things more like trauma things amirite haha. i’m in pain

are these idiots not even going to change out of their funeral attire. theyre gonna get their clothes dirty

dustin u are so annoying <3 said with love and affection

YES YES STONCY CRUMBS THANK GOD I HAVE SOME SUBSTANCE

steve babygirl you are SOOOOOOO stupid i love you

kate bush the true hero of stranger things

okay in the creel house scenes sometimes max’s collar is up and then it’s down in the very next shot. poor direction on the duffers’ part. 0/5 stars /j

i’m so glad that brett gelman gets to throw his whole gelussy into his performance this season. literally good for him

how dare brenner boop el’s nose. i’m going to throw a fit

omg steve looks so good in that mustard sweatshirt. im so fucking gay

this mormon house is literally my worst fucking nightmare

THEY MENTIONED KALI. THEY SHOWED US BABY KALI AGAIN

LUMAX STAN ROBIN REAL

let me guess the lab’s freaky orderly is 001. if i’m wrong i’ll be upset

“what’s the internet” “don’t worry about it” best interaction of the season

“your compass has gone from wonky to wonky with a capital waoaiauh”

steve babygirl please don’t drown

FUCK nancy’s awesome fit has just been ruined i’m so fucking upset. my girl looked so good

SCRATCH THAT SHE LOOKS BETTER LIKE A FERAL WET CAT BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF DEMOBATS

owens and brenner are so divorced

el deserves to get her powers back tenfold and kill brenner in every horrific and painful way possible. like as a treat

NANCY BANDAGING STEVE’S WOUNDS AND ASKING IF ITS TOO TIGHT PARALLELING HER BANDAGING JONATHAN’S CIT HAND IN SEASON ONE. STONCY REAL I’M TELLING YOU STONCY REAL

nancy wheeler has guns. in her bedroom

are hopper and enzo gonna fuck. and then is enzo gonna die

ugh they better not keep harping on about steve getting back together w nancy if theyre not gonna make stoncy happen. i’ll throw up if they just revert back on themselves and make steve/nance happen again and just shit on jonathan’s character

WAIT THE FLASHCARDS FROM SEASON ONE. WAIT WAIT THE GOOFY PLUSHY WAIT I CAN’T COPE WITH THESE CALLBACKS I’M GONNA BE SICK

what the fuck i can’t believe the time travel theories were kind of right

omg are they finally gonna explain how will communicated in s1 when he was in the upside down omg this shit RULES

oh god the “hi” scene is gonna kill me

can officer callahan like die already i fuckin hate that guy lol. and the irony of him doing a carrie reference by calling the kids “little pigs” isn’t lost on me

ARE. ARE THEY SERIOUSLY IN A BOILER ROOM. THESE FUCKERS LOVE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET SO MUCH

i fucking CALLED it i KNEW the creepy orderly was 001 i fucking KNEW IT

NANCY NO NO NO NO NANCY WHAT THE FUCK NANCY BABY NO WHAT THE FUCK NANCY NO NO WHAT NO BABY WHAT THE FUCK NO I’M GONNA FUCKING THROW UP PLEASE GOD NO NO WHAT THE FUCK NO NO PLEASE NO NANCY BABY IF THEY KILL MY GIRL I WILL BE OUT FOR BLOOD

wait omg omg what wait. jamie cambell bower is also the freaky creel kid

NOOOOOOO POOR BUNNY NOOOOOO POOR LITTLE BABY BUNNY RABBIT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

omg brenner’s brown wig is so fuckin stupid looking

omg theyre literally doing revenge of the sith. that’s LITERALLY what they’re doing

lol the cgi. bestie no

THAT’S IT ???????????????

#im gonna be ill this is the most taxing tv binge of my life. worth it ✌️ but holy fuck my coherency + state of mind have Flown out the windo #stranger things #st spoilers #s4 spoilers #tagging every character rn would finish me off. will do it later <3 #mine #emetophobia #feel like i rly should tag that bc i think i mention feelin like throwing up/being ill a lot?? idk thats just literally what i feel like lol

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What instruments do your OC’s play? Yes I know this is a bit different than the trend of throwing a brick at your window *Cough Cough Hydrawriter** But I wanna know :3

Usudus that’s a long list that I’m not sure I remember, but I’ll try my best :>

Just gonna do the main cast

Basil: Not very musically inclined, but he’s very good at keeping a steady beat on a drum

Frost: Violin and harp

Jade: Violin and saxophone

Kenji: Not very musically inclined, but he wants to learn to play mandolin. He also likes the banjo

Lucifer: Violin and guitar

Mala: Piano and flute

Melody: Violin and cello. Hates the violin with a burning passion and refuses to play. Loves the cello

Rascal: They’re kind of a cheater and can learn to play any instrument through a program they can install into their system

#ocs #oc: basil #oc: frost #oc: jade #oc: kenji #oc: lucifer #oc: mala #oc: melody #oc: rascal #ask answered #sneksupremacy

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mega-reaver-pan-90-2-16 · 1 year

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Balad of Princess Marianne Moconnle ( A tale of a ticklish girl and a Pirate Queen.)

(singing a shanty )

If ye be a fan of tickle tales and a fan of Pirates ahoy,

Then listen now to our ditty of a Lass deserving of greaty Pitty as she lived her life a Toy.

Marianne McConnel the 5th an Irish coastal fair Princess would destined one fateful day to a life of distress when she caught the Pirate Queen’s Eye.

Marianne was daughter of a Noble and lived in a castle by the sea, she was quite fair and quite the sight to all that pass by~

And on top of her beauty her angelic voice could catch the ear, but she was also born extremely ticklish and had the most alluring laugh I fear.

And of course her family was loaded, Oh the riches they had could make anyone drool, but they didn’t keep it all in their castle by the sea for they were not fools. The ocean was crawling with thieves and monsters galore. Sadly they kept their greatest treasure in their castle, a ticklish princess with many areas to explore.

At the time Captian Olivia Vindicen also known as Captain Ollie wasn’t thinking of frisky thoughts, she was thinking of how much the beloved princess would worth in ransom if she was ever caught.

So she stormed the castle late one night, climbed onto the patio leading to Marriane’s room, The girl of 17 was to far asleep to take in the fright of what would be her doom. By

the time the Lass younge even knew what was happening , she was gazeing back her soft bed as she was wisked away. Tied up on Ollies ship in strappings she cried out as they sailed out the bay.

Two Months pass and on a secluded Island Mairanne was suspended over a lava pit, with her ankles shackled close to land. Her heart sank low into her chest feeling like a bird of spit as the Pirate queen solemnly read the paper in her hand.

Marianne’s family had been killed by a rebellion, and the new people in charge refused to pay for her return The Captain said “Well Lass I’m going to make you cry even worse and have some fun before I let yah Burn. You know few months I had some slaves but they done ran away. My crew is made of nothing but monsters I get no thills from them safe to say. A couple of girls were in my brig and I drove them mad with laughter cause they were ticklish. I’m gonna test you out and then drop you to your death, no one’s coming to save so don’t waist your breath”

Marian was crying from her loss, her ma and pa and siblings were gone.

No one was coming to save her from her demise, she called for help but no one was coming to answer her cries. Then the captain kneeled down onto the ground, and spread her fingers with nails so sharp. Marianess wail of sorrow suddenly became a differant sound as her soles were played like a harp. Captain Ollie, poked and prodded the lass’s soles and mocked her for being spoiled so soft. But her heart was skipping a beat as the Princess squirmed on the pole laughing her heart out while aloft

“Have pitty on me” the Princess cried” If I have no worth just let me go, I lost everything anyways pfft haha heehee hoho! Someone please Help me, is anyone out there!” Captain Ollie responded” I like you laugh lass but don’t waist your breath when you can just be lauging cause no one else is here.”

Hours had passed and Marrien’s feet where free but she held them high high as she had been lowered down so low. The girl began to utter out a brand new plee as her life was on the line “ I thought you said you liked my laugh are Bored already of me ,How about a deal if you want more fun. I beg if ye spare my life, show this orphan girl mercy. I’ll let you have your way ,you can have me as a slave, if that’s what you want?”

Captain Ollie looked back and snearede , ear to ear and commaned her crew hoist the Princesses out. Mairanne hanged her head as she was told to march and there was nothing else she could do but obey and pout.

And once she back at the ship and they pulled out from shore. She gulped and bit her lip as She was shown the tools and implements her mistress had instore.

Marianne was tortured in the captains, quarters, in the brig, aloft on deck. For the next 7 years of her life she was a play thing. Oliie gave Marian hell, tickling her ribs, belly, feet and everywhere else and kept her in Check, tickling her to tears and wreck as she never got enough of Marianne's laughing.

She made Mariann flustered, as she’d even nibbled her ears, and thanks to brushes and pinwheels that ravaged her soles and ribs she taught Marianne fear.

At least the food was good, when Marianne was a hostage she only got to eat monster food until her belly ached and she was in misery. but she was spoiled like the princess she was when she became a slave, Ollie fed her well and kept her healthy. But Oliie was still a Pirate who had to steal and fight. and when she was angry she was a blight. Before when she needed something to relieve her stress, she’d abused and beat up her crew. But now that she had a slave the fair Princess, Marianna would have to relieve her and Ollie’s anger always amplified the abuse.

Marrian would be humilated and tickled with no breaks and when Ollie was angry the tickles were never soft. The Pirate Queen would always punish her with more than she could take leaving the poor girl to tired to ever talk.

But Queen Ollie loved Marianne’s laughter and she loved to feel in power. making that girl squeal and exercise her loungs, and punshing her like everything was her faught and make her cower.

but she over time would let Marianne walk about free and taught her to use the sword. she felt no threat from the lass as she, had monsters to help her to remind Marrian who was lord. And she wanred Marrian about 2 slaves she had who she loved to torture day and night. but then they tried to escape when they were close to sirens and are presumed dead and Eaton much to her own blite. And Marian better not ever plot on escaping because if she’s captured alive, Queen Ollie would see to it she never got away again and she’ll wish wasn’t alive. Queen Ollie herself was a beauty to see but she was hated by many men She had stolen and murdered and done so much the warrent on her head was Eight Thousand and Ten.

One night Marrianne spotted a navy ship as she and Ollie were on an island nearby. She saw her chance and took a flare and ran off into the night. She ran for miles to reach a peak and saw the ship not far from shore and set off the flare to summon them that they may come for her. And the flare flew high up in the sky and lit up above the clouds, lighting up the island and see’s for miles that it could never hide in a misty shroud. The ship seem to turn around to come that way and she ran down to the bay. seh was over joyed and she be Free! They take away across the sea! But cannon balls flew at the ship and Marrian’s heart sank when before it had been a skip.

The Ship sailed away away and Marrian was sad and shed a tear, but at least the Atacks Missed. Then her eyes grew as she saw a familiar silowet and slowly turned her head and her blood ran cold with fear. Her captain was pearing down at her. And Ollie looked extremely Pissed.

It was late night and Marianne was in the captain's sweet. ankle shackled to the bed, a Bag over her head. a Cat nine tails layed on the table ready for a flogging on seventy nine lashes. there was also branding iron and A sowing needle layed to a pair of eye patches. a Sword for her hands a hammer for a feet and scissors for her hair! Marrian was scared! She cried in the room as Ollie was on deck and drunk, she feared what her captain was going to do to her now. At least the navy from before hadn’t sunk but who was going to save her now? Would Ollie realy go through with all her threats, would even be given a change to beg? Marian sobbed as right about now she’d rather be tickled on her tummy or legs.

Now as Ollie was partying with her monster crew they were far to distracted. Oliie was thinking of dragging Marian out to party and be tortured despite how she acted. She never saw the navy creeping in but wasn’t the same one as before is was captain Gunther Blake who wanted revenge. He has a score to settle Captain Olivia Inidocen and on the cover of night was gonna get it. Before Ollie knew what hit her she was already dead as a cannon ball flying threw night air swiftly truck her in the head. Or did it get her in the back? we aren’t for sure what we do know it saved Marianne from a else friendly torture. Captain Gunther bordered the ship and his crew slew the monsters and as he entered the captaines Quarters to see what riches he can fondle there he saw tied near the bed was Marianne Mconnle. And My friends. Marianne was able to bargain for her life with Captain Gunther as well for she knew how to cook. and so with him Miss Mcconnle the captain had took. And you know something folks Marriane did well on his ship. she wasn’t tortured atleast and had dignity and even taken Ollies clothes for self. She wasn’t interested in any of her old master’s wealth. but what she was allowed to have would help her on newer adventures she was in.be it on land or be it sailing. Though you know she never realy hated being tickled per say, she won’t mind you doing it so long as your gentle, I guess all those days trapped with Ollie made that tickling rather sentimental. But will she ever wind up in a similar situation again, well right now I can’t say. Anything else to be said can be said another day~.

(song ends)

Now folks if ye be interested in this tale and be wanting to know more all I can say is your free to tell your own tales if you want about Marrian Mconnle being in ticklish situations. I mean this here be but a Ballad telling her story but sadly I didn’t have room for all the juicy parts. Captain Ollie liked to make things rough and awkward for her captives though. Feel free to ask me , Marrian, Ollivia, or even Gunther any questions you might have. If none well hope you all had your fun and hope you enjoyed the show, avast me hardies and anchoes away FAIR WELL!

#ticklish Princess #tickle slave #Pirate queen #kidnapped by priates #enslaved by priates #Monster crew #Sea Shanty

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