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Joel wakes up screaming.
His first thought, honestly, isn’t very coherent. A mishmash of need more time and a throat-tearing scream escaping him as he opens his eyes to–
His scream dies down. Joel looks around– at least, he thinks he’s looking around. Hard to tell when it’s all pitch black and he can’t see a thing, is he sure his eyes are working–?
Joel brings a hand to his face, “Did I go blind– What the heck!”
His voice comes out shrill, a hair away from a shriek (because no, it wasn’t a shriek, it was all manly and stuff, thank you.) as his hand kind of– it kinda–
He knows where his head is. Obviously. Be a bit weird if he didn’t. He knows where his head is, and he knows where his hand is. Both are important. So when he reached towards his head, right, gotta see if there’s a cloth over his eyes, or if he’s gone blind or whatever stupid thing must’ve happened to him after… After he…
His thoughts go fuzzy for a second, like that feeling you get when you think you’ve forgotten something but can’t remember what. Like knowing the shape of something you’ve lost, its absence so pressing that it chokes you like sand, clogging your lungs with each second it's gone but what the heck is it–?!
Where was he, again?
Oh. Right. He was freaking out.
The point is– because there was a point, right before things got all weird there– his hand went through his head.
It… He doesn’t even know how to explain it. It felt like… Not much, really. Didn’t feel like anything. But that’s the issue with it, the issue of something should be there, like skin and muscle and bone and perhaps even a brain. But instead, Joel put his hand where his face should be and he felt nothing, no matter how hard he tried, how far he reached and pushed and–
Joel wants to scream. Or laugh. Or cry. Either of the three, though preferably not that last one.
It’s so weird. He just wants…
There it is again. That feeling. The clawing, desperate something in his chest that twists and writhes–
“Hey, Joel.”
Joel screams. (First option, then.)
Jimmy just stares at him, unimpressed. His sunglasses are blocking his eyes.
For some reason, it makes Joel want to cry.
Jimmy sighs, “Are you done?” Joel gapes at him.
Are you serious, “Am I d– What the heck, Jimmy?” He snaps, “Don’t sneak up on me like that, I’m not bloody Grian–”
Since when did Jimmy get so quiet, anyway?
“Of course you’re not Grian,” Jimmy says, his voice all weird. Off. “It’d be easier if you were. He’s already moved on.”
Joel’s hackles rise, “What d’you mean it’d be easier?” He snarls, like snapping teeth. “And he hasn’t moved on, he’s just–”
“Looking for new friends?” Jimmy deadpans. Joel’s jaw clicks shut. “ ‘s what I thought.”
Oh, Joel wants to punch him in the–
Wait a second.
It comes back to him then, slamming into him like a wave. The bubbling, helpless laughter in his chest as he leaps and runs across a flimsy dirt bridge. The way he knows he’s fallen before, fallen a million different times and came out both dead and alive but he doesn’t care.
("–you can't keep doing this–")
He doesn’t (didn’t) care, because why should he, he’s got– he’s got water. He’s got water, like everyone else on this blumin’ server, he’ll live, surely, so there’s no need to be scared.
("–got to let go, eventually, right–?")
No need to worry, even as yellow feathers plummet and disappear from view and lightning strikes where Jimmy’s voice cut off–
“Joel!” Jimmy shouts, practically right in his face. “Joel, are you even listening–?”
This, Joel decides, is not Jimmy.
It's got the shape of Jimmy, sure. Right hair and face and everything. Right voice, right bloody curve of his eyebrows, which makes Joel laugh, because it isn't him.
It can't be. It can't be, because Jimmy's dead. Jimmy's gone, he ran out of time because he fell like an idiot so no, this can't be him, there's no way.
On all levels except physical, Joel can't seem to breathe.
There's no way this is Jimmy, he thinks, just the right amount of hysterical. It's just not possible.
Because if this is him, (and that's a big, gigantic if) then that means– That means wherever he went, Joel followed. Joel followed, and now they're in the Void, or Limbo, or whatever the heck it's called, and that means that Joel–
Joel failed Grian, too.
"You're not Jimmy," He says at last, with his not-there tongue and not-there face. His voice sounds distant. "He'd be like, crying. Screamin' about dying first again, going oh my gosh!" Joel tells Not-Jimmy, pitching his voice up and then laughs, laughs, and laughs.
Until he can't breathe. Until it hurts to.
Until it's not much of a laugh at all.
Light shines on Not-Jimmy's sunglasses. He's still the only thing Joel can see.
Joel reaches out, pretending to see two, shaking hands grab Jimmy by the shoulders. He pretends, thinks about it hard enough that he almost feels the texture of Jimmy's denim under his palms. He thinks, imagines, pretends, whatever, that the fabric crinkles under his touch, that the sob that makes his way past his lips is a laugh as he says, "I'm sorry."
Something wet trickles down his not-there face.
" 'm sorry, Jim," Joel rasps out, and it hurts. "You weren't supposed to– I had a surprise for you, you know?"
Jimmy's voice is quiet, "What kind of surprise?" He asks, and Joel…
Joel thinks he might be falling apart.
(Or maybe, his mind supplies, he shattered a long while ago. Like glass hitting the floor.)
He grins, or at least, he tries to. "I was gonna break your curse," He confesses, with his terrible, trembling mouth. "I was gonna sacrifice myself for you, be all heroic and everything."
Jimmy says nothing. Joel still can't see his eyes.
"I'm sorry."
He's getting tired of pretending.
"Will you come with me now?" Jimmy– Not-Jimmy says, his voice ringing like the toll of a bell. "You've said your piece, not many are afforded that luxury."
Joel blinks. Death stands before him, no sunglasses to cover empty sockets.
For a moment, Joel considers fighting. Again, and again, and again.
But he is so, very tired.
He sighs.
I don't feel very lucky, Joel wants to say. And you still aren't Jimmy.
"Whatever," He says instead. He feels his entire being slip away like sand, like time held tightly between two fists. "Take me away, or whatever it is you do."
Joel closes his eyes, "I'll tell him when I see him."
#ryan's writing#joel smallishbeans#smallishbeans#jimmy solidarity#solidaritygaming#solidarity gaming#trafficblr#limited life#limited life spoilers#limited life smp#limlife#limlife smp#limlife spoilers#the bad boys#limlife bad boys#smallidarity#<<can be read as romantic or platonic methinks#also! this is my first time writing joel properly :D so i hope its good!#anyway. explodes
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something something something flatlanders don’t kiss with their mouths because they’ve got too much going on (sharp teeth, retracted eye, etc.) so instead close their eye and press them against each other as a sign of their utmost trust when they’re vulnerable.
[Plain text ID: a digital drawing done in a lineless style of two original, stylised Flatland characters; Atlas and his daughter Stella.
Atlas is a light grey isosceles triangle with a central eye, dark grey limbs, chips in his top and bottom corner, two scars on his left side and one across his eye. He also has a long, dark grey tail with a banner-shaped tip. Stella is a more humanoid character with a large eye for a head, black stick limbs and a thin black tail with a heart-shaped tip. She is wearing a lacy white gown.
Atlas is standing and his eye is closed in a content expression. He is holding Stella to his left with both arms and they are pressing their closed eyes together. Stella is sitting in Atlas’s arms and smiling. She is touching Atlas with her hands; one is laid on his surface and the other is wrapped around his arm that is supporting her body.
The behind them is a yellow crescent moon with a navy earth shadow directly behind Atlas and Stella. The rest of the background is beige.
End ID.]
#they’re just weird cats to me#erm can i get a no. 1 dad mug over here please and thank you#also no longer choosing to make stella’s parents ‘unknown’ anymore methinks it’s about time#this was probably very obvious to anyone who read that one random snippet i wrote#i say snippet like i’m writing a full story but it’s just a snippet from my brain. ur welcome xx#oh and the kissing thing applies to familial platonic and romantic love#just depends on the context#flatland#oc#atlas huntsworth#stella#i wanted to make this one more painterly so i did it lineless#inspired by presidentcircles-assistant’s odd creatures™️ and alkaline-phosphate’s style
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Bakugan Love Language Headcanons
Just like the mfb ones, it'll be what they give and what they respond to best if it's different. Some based on what we see in the show, others based purely on the vibes. Can be read as both platonic and romantic.
Dan- Gift giving. He sees a cute little trinket that reminds him of you? It's yours. Found a 1,000 yen note on the side of the road? He bought you a coffee with it. He thinks the reason you quit brawling is because you're just tired? Here's a suspicious-looking energy drink, delivered right through your bedroom window. Ironically, he doesn't really understand gift giving as a love language when it's done to him. I think he'd be more of a quality time receiving guy (man declares ANYONE he spends over five minutes around to be an honorary battle brawler, so).
Runo- Absolutely gives words of affirmation. I will kill anyone that says she gives acts of service with my bare hands. If she loves you, or if she thinks you're pretty, or if she thinks your laugh is nice, you will know (this also means that if she doesn't like something about you, she will make that very clear, but I love a loud, opinionated woman so🤷♀️). If anything, she need acts of service done for HER. When will someone serve her a coffee, hm? When someone finally gives enough of a shit about her, that's when.
Marucho- It's gotta be quality time. That's just what happens when your parents isolate you from people outside the mansion for most of your childhood. You wanna go on an all-expenses-paid trip with him? Or maybe he could join you while you run your errands? Or maybe you can sit quietly on the couch in his room while he taps away on his computer :) Don't leave :)) He'll order you some dinner soon just stay put :)))
Julie- PHYSICAL TOUCH. HUGS. SMOOCHES. LINKING ARMS. HOLDING HANDS. HOLDING YOU. PICKING YOU UP AND CRADLING YOU LIKE A BABY. Even with people who don't like physical contact as much, a handshake is all she needs to show you her appreciation and love. She likes being on the receiving end of physical touch as well, but I think she also needs (and deserves) some words of affirmation. TELL HER SHE'S A CLEVER COOKIE! NOW!!!
Shun- ACTS. OF. SERVICE. All day, every day. Do you need him to run an errand for you? Or to take care of you when you're sick? Or to sacrifice one of his Bakugan so that your partner won't be sent to Mega Bakugan Hell? Or to try and sacrifice himself to Mega Beyblade Hell to save you? Or to kill a Bakugan with his bare fucking hands? He will act when he loves. Of course, as is with most acts of service bitches, he doesn't really know how to handle being on the receiving end of it. Instead, he'd respond best to words of affirmation, methinks. Doesn't pick up on those social queues unless told directly, y'know?
Alice- I think she does quality time, which bodes well for her when all of her friends are leaving her to go on important dangerous missions every other day. BUT ANYWAY, she just likes being around the people she loves, no matter what they're doing. Some good, casual company always makes her feel better (and distracts her from the dark, quiet mumbling in the back of her head...).
I'm not gonna do the Bakugan... but I could do the Bakugan... but I shouldn't do the Bakugan... should I?
#quality time bitches always be the most isolated#spreading autism propaganda once again#and maybe sowing the seeds of the ships that I like#maybe#bakugan battle brawlers#bakugan#dan kuso#runo misaki#marucho marukura#julie makimoto#shun kazami#alice gehabich#headcanons
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HI HELLO IM BREAKING INTO UR INBOX W TEARS IN MY EYES…………… 😭😭 i just read all ur tags on my sugu fics and when i tell you i CRIED YOURE SOO??? so so SO sweet and thoughtful????? I HOPE YOUR DINNER WAS THE TASTIEST EVER bc ur tags made my whole weekend <333333 literally every single thing u said made me go YES YOU GET IT like… im just gonna mention a couple things phsjdhs IM REALLY SOSO GRATEFUL <333
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mmmmay i get... "some kids decided to bury me in the sand" with my boye kumadori...
Apologies for the wait! It ended up more platonic than romantic, but I hope you still enjoy it! Now without further ado:
"Plastic Shovels and Pink...Octopi?" - a Kumadori and Reader fic
At first, you thought some strange pink octopus had washed up onto the shore. But far as you knew, octopuses didn't really make much sound, and whatever that was on the shore was...passionately lamenting being on the beach?
"Oh, what wooooe! I am forever traaaapped...withiiiiin the confines...of the eeeeaaarth! Abandoned by all I knooooow...I shall slooooowly...disintegrate until I, tooooo, am but sand..."
Driven by curiosity, you strode toward the voice. You soon found that the "octopus" was actually the head of a man with long, flowing pink hair that spread across the beach in long strands. The man's face was covered in theatrical kabuki makeup, though it wasn't holding up well in the summer heat. At least this guy had a parasol overhead...and the rest of his body had to be under the giant hill of sand next to his head.
You spied a colorful plastic shovel abandoned nearby, and a tipped-over bucket of sand. That might explain things.
You crouched next to the head and asked, "Hey there. Are you...well, maybe asking if you're okay is a stupid question, but are you stuck?"
The head shifted in the sand to look up at you. "Do my eeeeeeyes...deceive me? Or has an eeeeend...to my sufferiiiiing arrived?"
"I mean, probably. Did you get buried in sand?"
The head nodded. "Indeeeeeed. I came to this beeaach...to meeeeet with my...friends. I must haaaave...fallen asleeeeeep while waaaaiting. And now...I find myself traaaaaapped!"
"Whoever buried you here must've really packed the sand in, if you can't even move. Hold on a sec." You pad over to the plastic shovel. The footprints in the sand aren't much smaller than yours; likely the work of bored teens. They must've bolted and left this shovel and pail behind when the stranger began to stir. "I don't have anywhere to be, so I'll help bail you out."
"Oooooooooh, what kindneeeeess! However...can I repaaaaay you?"
You shrugged as you crouched next to the buried figure and began to scoop away the sand. "I dunno. I've never been strict on that kinda' thing. I just figure it rarely hurts to be kind, y'know?" The shovel in your hands was so tiny, you nearly had to clench your hand into a fist to hold the handle. Looked like you'd be here awhile. "How about you tell me about yourself while we're here? Like your name, for starters."
"Of coooourse! My naaaame...is Kumadori. Yo-yoi!"
Strange as his way of speaking might've been, it was oddly soothing to listen to as you slowly bailed him out of the sand. Turns out Kumadori and his friends had moved here recently, and they all ran a dojo together. You'd never heard of the discipline, but he promised to show you a few moves once he was free. That's apparently why he'd taken a bus to the beach in the first place; he and his friends had plans to train while their new dojo underwent some construction.
Except, you realize a flaw in that plan the longer Kumadori speaks.
"Hey, I hate to interrupt, but...well, you're new here, so you probably didn't know this, but we've got multiple beaches here. And this one isn't the same one you planned to meet your pals at."
While you'd done a decent job at digging up the pink-haired martial artist, that revelation caused him to burst out of the remaining sand, arms outstretched and waving furiously at the heavens like some sort of distressed crab.
"Yo-yooooooi! Such a simple taaaask...and I failed it! I am not fit...to stand amooooong my peeeeeers!"
The display shocked you enough that you'd dropped the shovel. With one swift motion, Kumadori had it in his hands and...stabbing into his chest. Ineffectively, of course, you doubted that plastic could part melted butter. But Kumadori knelt on the ground, curled over this shovel like a blade piercing into his torso, tears streaming down his face as he begged his mother in heaven for forgiveness.
Mmmhmm. Overdramatic theater kids with low self-esteem and parental issues. You had encountered such types before. You waited a moment for the sobs to fade away.
"Hey, it's okay. The bus route here's pretty confusing, especially since they don't list the beach names properly if the driver mostly sees regulars onboard." You offered Kumadori a hand back to his feet. "I didn't have any particular plans, and I know this town like my own backyard, so...how about we go back on the bus together, and I'll show you the route to the right beach
Kumadori took your hands in his and hoisted himself back up to his feet. He was so tall, he knocked over the parasol he'd been lying under. While this could've been intimidating, the thankful tears in his eyes suggested otherwise. "You'd do that...for meeeeee? However will Iiiiii—"
"Repay me? How about letting me watch you all practice? I've been looking for something active to do, maybe some martial arts could be a good idea..."
"That would be...woooooonderful! Yo-yoi, thank you agaaaaain...my friend!"
You smiled at that. Nothing wrong with a new friend, especially one so interesting as a pink-haired martial artist in kabuki makeup you'd found on the beach. "No problem, pal. C'mon, next bus leaves in five."
#kumadori#one piece kumadori#kumadori x reader#summer prompts#bedlam writes#platonic for an x reader fic but it's a first meeting so ah well#you can still read it as romantic methinks?
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Cat(3) Mini Manifesto
A collection of Cat(3) pairing moments (there IS some satan/solomon in this, though it could be read as platonic or romantic depending on your read of satan)
SPOILERS FOR: "Wishes" Memory UR devilgram (it's the one with Satan and Solomon on it, and a giant cat), Solomon's Bday event, the current anniversary event
Warnings: long post~
OKAY SO. starting from between Satan and Solomon during Sol's bday, there was the following exchange:
Pictured here: Satan, "not blushing":
when even luke can tell ur being tsundere,,, satan bby u could get tips from mammon at this point -
Near the beginning of this event, when you're setting up Sol's bday party with the brothers, Satan agrees to help right away.
He specifically says that Solomon is always doing things to help you guys out. It's pretty apparent that Satan has quite a lot of respect for the sorcerer, and even appreciation for his intellect.
Fun little HC: Satan knows that Solomon wants a pact with Lucifer, and likes the idea of getting Solomon to go after him, instead.
Note that in this event, Lucifer doesn't publicly give Solomon a card. When it's delivered later, the message is direct and impersonal >.> methinks Mammon wasn't the only one jealous -
The point being, Satan gets along quite well with Solomon, and even admires him to some degree, which Solomon quite appreciates (he expresses to you later just how thankful all these well-wishes make him feel, and Satan's message was probably the most personal).
Solomon also says "That does sound like something you would say, Satan" - implying he knows Satan pretty well... perhaps he's been paying more attention to him than he realizes >.>
ANYWAYS. To continue!
In the Devilgram for the "Wishes" card - I forget the exact name, but Satan and Solomon are on it, along with big cat.
Here's were some genuinely fun dynamics start to show up.
GOD I FUCKING LOVE IT WHEN. MC can act wacky like this. Satan's response is disappointing but Solomon doesn't miss a beat clarifying, and Satan gets right into it~
And then we get more of Solomon knowing Satan pretty well - after all, he DID name the group chat "Cat(3)"!
(It should be noted though, in season 1, and Satan's early devilgrams, his interest in cats is a surprise to MC - he seems to be more open about it, at least to his brothers, as seasons go on)
MC is allowed to totally empathize with Satan (it's cat(3) after all hehe) and Solomon is just hanging out there, empathizing with it.
If you pick the option to say you're not sure if you can do it, you get an encouraging remark from Solomon, ever the supporter~
And if you ask Satan for another wish, he says he's totally fine... and Solomon insists, a good sorcerer of the people does NOT let hopeful Satans go wanting!! (while snickering to himself lol)
THEY ARE!!! ADORABLE TRIO!!! AN ABSOLUTE TREAT!! And it's not over here.
When you give Satan his giant cat, he's positively delighted, and Solomon actually seems to find him quite charming.
Honestly he totally is. Satan fawning over adorable giant kitty,,, hnnnng,,, totally heart-melting tbh. And he wants you to join in, too!!
I love!!! Normally calm intellectuals fawning over the things they love and gushing about them to other people! IDEAL!!! RELATIONSHIP!
One person going giddy (or as close to "giddy" as Solomon's old man face can express) while the other two are just happy to be helping,,,,
And of course, later on, when you offer to re-cast the spell that made the cat giant, Solomon steps in with the Wisdom, gets you to temper yourself.
MC is often prone to overreaching, in various ways that can totally get them killed (even if you don't choose those options all of the time... SEE: Season 1 lol), and Satan and Solomon together - despite being a little bit wacky in their own ways - still try to hold you back.
And of course, Satan and MC combined can be an absolute MENACE, worthy of the Avatar of Wrath and his master
Solomon's expression when he asks you what you want with the stone is absolutely hilarious. He's very genuinely concerned XD
It's not surprising given his age, but Solomon's basically the Adult of the group, when you and Satan go feral/ultra mischievous. Tbh it's pretty great.
sDiavolo here promises not to tell Lucifer if he overhears what Satan wants to do, which was a touch I totally squeed at.
Lucifer!!! Just!! Likes to play!! With his son brother!! This is how Satan asks for attention interacts with him! Tsuntsun wrath demon is too proud to say "I love you dad" after all his teen angst so he throws curses at him!!! it's heartwarming!!!
Solomon: Are you... not going to protect your right hand man from his evil son Avatar of Wrath brother?
Diavolo: Solomon they're demons this is how they show affection :)
Solomon, who has a healthy respect for Satan's intelligence and ability to cause problems on purpose: Um,
MC: Count me in!!!
Satan: :D
Solomon: UM,
Pictured above: Solomon desperately calculating how to save Cat(3) from their own internal insanity.
It's an absolutely hilarious day when Solomon has to be the voice of reason in the group. With Satan being so normally rational, and his apprentice being normally reasonably nice, he's definitely in for the trip of a lifetime XD
They're just all!! Unique brands of feral/weird!! Satan, Solomon, and MC all bring so many fun attitudes and abilities to the table.
Plus the fact that Lucifer is a pretty important person to each of them, but in drastically different ways LMAOOO. Their motivations may diverge, but they're here for one another anyways - to enable, and sometimes, perhaps,,, to balance XD
MC is definitely a positive influence in Satan's life and as Solomon's apprentice I daresay you're a grounding figure in Solomon's life, or even the central focus of his thoughts a lot of the time.
You'd all work really well together, sometimes disastrously so!! But it'd be so neat to read about, and such a treat to be a part of~
#obey me#cat(3)#if thats not the (un)official tag for the pairing then it is now im making it#theyre all cats#three cat people walk into a bar#they were each too busy warning each other about it beforehand and going into tangents to actually duck#satan#satan x reader#solomon#solomon x reader#satan x reader x solomon#devilgram spoilers#devil day 2021 event spoilers#solomon's bday 2021
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wahhhh zak i just read ur poly hc / artem dickdown post and im screaming hollering crying about it. he. he is so. //chefskiss. but im also just lmaoing abt vyn and marius (the Most Contentious) being down to clown before everybody else bc its like. yeah obviously theyre close enough to be in a relationship w 3 other people so theyre In Like Or Whatever but the idea of these 2 specifically talking about feelings is. almost incomprehensible to me theres almost no way they can lay off each other without a 3rd party to mediate they must have like. a couple weeks of really good but incredibly repressed and funny but like RUDE sex before mc gets in there at which point theyre both like. //clears throat mlady would you like to sit on my face- NO NO, i INSIST that you sit on MY (neither of them has seen pussy in 84 years)
-🦝
irt nxx polycule monumental sexual frustration boogaloo, n/s//f///w text below
huwwo, raccoon!! im glad u enjoyed that post and yes, artem is very much. He is So.
kbjJKBSJBGKDGKSJ U R RIGHT THO LMAO.
i picked marius and vyn to whore it up immediately because like, their personalities fit for that, theyve been whoring it up since the beginning in gosh dang canon. so the moment the polycule is established, those two r fucking as soon as possible.
buuuut marius/vyn is probably the nxx pair ive thought about and written the LEAST. like, i understand these dudes when theyre platonic, but when theyre romantic it....gets a bit hazy in my mind. like yep yep, exactly, SO FUCKING CONTENTIOUS, THE TWO OF THEM. thanks to both of their whole "the world is cruel and i must protect myself from pain" shtick, theyre always either on the offensive or defensive. which makes for the hilarious bitchfights we see in canon but also a pretty sizeable hurdle to jump over, irt to a deeper relationship.
i guess them being romantic (and thus talking about feelings) would just have to follow along the vein of how ive written marius and vyn platonically. first, the bedrock of respect. then getting to know the other's flaws/dreams/hidden feelings. and also they find each other hot. and want to bang about it.
i love ur hc so much tho and IT MAKES SENSE. like even after the nxx polycule is established, marius and vyn, even tho they love each other dearly, still have the tendency to revert to the bitchery of days gone past. it's fun! it's nostalgic!
.......and sometimes it's sexy!!
THEY GET SO RUDE AT EACH UR RIGHT. it's not even like, a degradation kink (tho i do think both marius and vyn DO have that, but it's not whats happening here). theyre both just snappy assholes (affectionate) towards the other and it makes both of them happy to see the other person happy, even if it's at their own fucking expense kJBJSKG
mc, walking into this disaster: YOU TWO FUCK LIKE THIS??
KJBKJSDKGSDKGKDS NEITHER OF THEM HAVE SEEN PUSSY IN 84 YEARS!!! SCREAM!!!! mc can deffo use that to her advantage, methinks.
mc: boys, behave and stop being mean to each other for five minutes, or else neither of u are gonna get a chance to eat me out >:(
marius and vyn: //suddenly they are angels
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okay, so I was reading through some of your posts, and I definetly need to hear more about the "flirting-through-their-wives" thing tho...
yes yes indeed!
Thank you msrandomstuff! I shall do my best to provide:) <3
Let me start first with Lafayette's letter to Washington and this lovely little passage here: June 12-13, 1779. Laf to GW.
"Be so kind, My dear General, as to present My Best Respects to Your lady, and tell her how happy I would feel to present them Myself to her, at her own house—I have a Wife, My dear General, who is in love with you, and affection for you Seems to Me So well justified that I Can’t oppose Myself to that Sentiment of her’s—She Begs you would Receive her Compliments, and Make them acceptable to Mrs Washington—"
Now, this is just my biased speculations but- Lafayette says Adrienne (although should I take into consideration the extra playful nature here when he just names her as "a Wife"? Rather than my wife or Adrienne? Is it suspicious or regular Laf behavior? One could look at that and say, right or wrong, "a Wife" may not actually be Adrienne...if you catch my drift.) is very in love with Washington and Lafayette feels just as strongly as she does! But if we are flirting through our wives, let me add that my wife continues to compliment yours and actually, let me praise and compliment you twice, George. Because Laf did start this letter by expressing his concern for Washington's safety. Romance aside, I could see Lafayette playfully doubly begging George to keep himself safe and remember his Marquis loves him.
But it's Washington's response that really gets me, and it gets the little cogs in my head turning.
Sept 30, 1779. GW to Laf
"Tell her [Adrienne] (if you have not made a mistake, & offered your own love instead of hers to me) that I have a heart susceptable of the tenderest passion, & that it is already so strongly impressed with the most favourable ideas of her, that she must be cautious of putting loves torch to it; as you must be in fanning the flame. But here again methinks I hear you say, I am not apprehensive of danger—My wife is young—you are growing old & the atlantic is between you—All this is true, but know my good friend that no distance can keep anxious lovers long asunder, and that the Wonders of former ages may be revived in this—But alas! will you not remark that amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a young Woman from real inclination has prefered an old Man—This is so much against me that I shall not be able I fear to contest the prize with you—yet, under the encouragement you have given me I shall enter the list for so inestimable a jewell."
Washington has immediately caught Lafayette! hehe. (On a historian-rambly note, I just love how human and playful the line: if you have not made a mistake, and offered your own love instead of hers to me is) And it seems that Washington very enthusiastically receives Lafayette's double compliment! He even confesses to having a heart susceptible to the tenderest passion, you know, the only kind of passion Lafayette has for Washington. (It could be nothing. But. I find it interesting that it is passion, singular rather than passions, plural. I honestly read it as passions but nope...just one passion. Could be normal, might not be.)
But please please I need to talk about the second half. George continues to assure Laf (I mean his "wife"-) that he is so favorable of her (him) that he must be careful to...put love's torch to the flame of George's fondness. I actually find this part extra fascinating and while my first thought is, how cute!! I can't help but read into it the longer I look at it.
So, hear me out. George is afraid of falling in love with Lafayette or vice versa or naming what they share as love love. Again, this is more heavy speculation and just one way to read it, but this sentence just really stands out to me.
But, it sounds like this is a conversation they've had before, so often in fact, that George knows exactly what Lafayette would say in response. Lafayette does not mind the danger. Mind the danger. (not apprehensive of the danger) Do you- do you see what I see? (what's more dangerous than being in love love with a man?) But but then I hear some sadness from George. There can be no real danger when they are separated by the ocean and even their age? A fire cannot burn them down from such distance. (Now I'm just talking...)
But no fear!:) We will be reunited, (I'm having an epiphany, Laf was anxious of George at the beginning of his first letter. That's probably a giant leap to make but I'm making it anyway lol). Ps can someone smarter than me tell me what the Wonder of former ages is? xD I can take some guesses, but I'm not too sure. Maybe it's nothing fancy at all.
But but please. The way it ends. George seems to go a little back and forth between sad, self-deprecating and hopeful and loving, but he ends on the cute cuuuute fact that Lafayette encourages his pursuit and love:) George will enter the list so the inestimable jewel of Lafayette's..."wife". (Lafayette)
Cute. Too cute. Am I digging too far into things that have no meaning? Perhaps. Is this still just...flirting with each other through their wives? (platonic or romantic) Yes oh my god yes.
But I'm not done. (Same letter from GW to Laf)
"It only remains for me now, to beg the favour of you to present my respectful compliments to your (but have I not a right, as you say she has made a tender of her love to me—to call her my) amiable & lovely Marchioness—& to assure you that with every sentiment of the most perfect regard, & personal attachmt I have the honr to be My Dear Marquis Yr Most Obedt & affect. Servt"
Please. please. Pleeease. Come oonnnnn. The emphasis on "your" (I checked Laf's full letter that he wrote the above passage in. He never once calls Adrienne "my" just, "a wife". Technically, "a Wife" could be anyone. I rest my case. (or it could be the differences in French and English for all I know. I don't know French, but I'm assuming Laf knows the difference between a and my at this point. Maybe a bold assumption, maybe not.)) only to very cheekily add again, George caught Laf's double compliments of him through his wife. George knows he's writing this to (my) Lafayette. And then of course, he calls Lafayette My (My!!) Dear Marquis (no abbreviations this time here folks). Obviously, I know George calling Laf My Dear Marquis is nothing out of the ordinary, but in this context, it seems worth nothing, does it not?
And. This quote still keeps me up at night. It's not a full flirting-through-wives, but what does it meeean?
From Laf to GW. 5-10 January 1779. (Right before Laf left for France during the war, same year as those letters above)
"I hope you will quietly enjoy the pleasure of being with Mrs Washington, without any disturbance from the ennemy till I join you again;"
I could again spend way too much time looking at all the different angles of this. It- it's just the "till I join you again" that really gets me.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this?? I hope it was sensible, but really, thank you so so much for giving me an excuse to ramble about this. I feel like there are still so many different ways this could be interpreted and if I had more time, I would love to find the photocopies of these letters to potentially analyze even what was crossed out or what looked rewritten vs very natural and not edited. (Washington claimed he didn't edit his letter much, but how true is that I wonder? lol)
Also, not that I think you would, but don't take anything I've said as fact except for the quotes themselves:) Like I said, this is all my (biased) speculations and interpretations but it's honestly not built on a lot of background on how they communicated with other people. (Again, if I had more time, I'd love to see if I could find if these things were standard for them to say or rare).
But really, on an aside, can historians stop assuming everyone as straight? I want lgbtq+ until proven differently xD. Because when you think about it, the lgbt spectrum is a vast number of identities and straight is just one. (Not that people who aren't alive to label themselves should officially have modern labels put on them, but in that same thought, why then call them all straight?)
Ok ok you've listened to me talk enough.
Thank you!! <3 I hope this satisfies:) (ps anyone is free to add to this)
#washette#I talk your ear off#I'm sorry but thank you#asks#msrandomstuff#did I ever tell you I love your icon?#you know I bet these dumbasses never once thought that random enbies would be intensely analyzing every word they wrote for gay subtext#but here we are#suck it
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hihi- i was hoping to request an ‘encanto’ matchup? preferably romantic! if not, platonic! <3
i go by kimberly, or kim! i am fourteen, soon to be fifteen! i identify as a female & use she/they pronouns. i am also bisexual & a intp-t.
good traits: super independent, probably the biggest goofball with close friends/family, will always listen when someone needs a person to vent to, honestly don’t shit from anyone & will whoop somebody’s butt if they’re messing with me, or a close friend.
neutral: i try to be friendly to everyone! i can be brutally honest which sometimes i’m not sure is a good, or bad thing.
bad traits: i am a hothead sometimes, i push my feelings down instead of letting them out, i can be very self-conscious of myself, super introverted & have a hard time socializing.
likes: reading, dancing, singing, baking, binge-watching shows, exercising, etc.
dislikes: isolation, people making comments on my body (negative), lying, etc.
some fun facts:
- i am a mixed race (hispanic & asian)
- i love harry potter & fantastic beasts! <3
- i have two little brothers whom i love :[
hopefully this isn’t too little nor too much info! have a good night/day! <3
No worries! I always love extra info 🥰
I match you with
Camilo Madrigal
(I’ve literally never seen this gif and now that I have it’s making me giggle a bit. Son.)
Not only would you two be partners in crime as a couple, but as a team of jokesters
You two would have the best banter of jokes back and forth, methinks.
I think if you ever got too defensive about someone/something (which in my opinion is a lot), he’d be the one to hold you back
Unless he was defending you
Then he’d totally join you in the ass whooping
Either way he’d be there for you if you ever got too worked up about something
He’d love to dance and sing with you any and all times
Especially when it’s just the two of you away from the craziness of the Encanto
He’d also really enjoy your love for your brothers, since he has the same love for Antonio
Overall I feel like he’d just be head over heels for you <33
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Stranger Things! <3
I was waiting for this one!!!! Pal this is my MOST controversial and I don't like Sterek or Drarry or Stony aj;lsakgj;aslg. I'm going to make some people despise me <3 always love to do that (I don't. I'm not actually this pugnacious i just do it for the Joke lets all get along pls it's just fiction!! just fiction!!). I specifically hope you don't hate me though <3
put a fandom in my ask and i’ll answer:
otp - platonic stobin my beloved <3 but if I have to go romantic for this one probably Boyce. Bob :(((((((((( [also this is not to say I don't like jopper. I just. Miss Bob :( and with the introduction of bob and the change in Joyce/Hopper's dynamic from s1-3 I just... ship it less than I did originally.)
favourite canon pairing - Boyceeeeeeeeee
worst pairing ever - ALWAYS AND FOREVER WHAT THE FUCK THEY WERE DOING WITH KAREN AND BILLY. and Stoncy/Harringrove depends on the day. Mostly Harringrove though. Stancy just makes me personally very Sad (for Steve, fyi) and Stonathan,,,, eeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh- (I just. Don't see Stonathan working At All; steve felt bad, he was apologising, that was the reason for the camera - he wanted to right a wrong he did (and he did do a wrong - not in breaking the camera - but in being homophobic and crude and verbally cruel and provoking a fight etc) and we know Stancy doesn't work - so where does Stoncy come from? it's an extrapolated distaste.)
guilty pleasure pairing - eeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhh this one might actually get me mauled so I'm. going to just. link that and move on. I'll explain more in DMs if anyone wants an in-depth discussion about it because I totally understand the reticence behind not being cool with that sort of thing, but I would like to explain myself somewhat more than that post does.
a pairing you want to see more - anything with Steve/some random person from another series because nobody in canon fits him help my boy out pls (I also mean series I know something about bc. literally what even is DBD. other than terrifying)
that pairing everyone likes but you’re like “lol no” - mileven lol
favorite non-romantic pair - stobin!!!! abso-positively-lutely!!! also like. mileven. lol. just the kids have such good friendships with each other. Lumax works well and I can totally see why people ship byler. but I just... they're kids? so... rather just keep it on the downlow and focus on platonic stuff s1-3. won't be as weird in s4 methinks. Just personally speaking I was that kid who found it Super Weird people were dating in primary school and just. did not I refused to date anyone in high school. I just don't think people are ready at those ages for romance... I don't know. It's a big commitment and kids can't do long-term decision making skills. and i get you can have totally casual relationships - lumax reads as a very teenagery relationship which is why i think it works - but mileven is just... too serious. it's too much for their stage. Hopper's like... not entirely wrong lakjsg;lskajdg;laskjdg but you know.
#st#just imo most of the cast are kids so i find it hard to like... consider shipping. as a thing. i totally get byler tho there's like just#massive fucking rainbow flags everywhere around that dynamic#literally too#alsng;laskg not flags but. drawings and shit. framing. look at the scenes. dialogue paralleism. crazy is love / we'll go crazy together / o#nly a love makes you that crazy sweetheart#(that was there for stancy too btw.#only a love makes you that crazy sweetheart / are you crazy / and that damned stupid / you're an idiot steve harrington /#you're so beautiful nancy wheeler / you're beautiful when you lie#etc etc etc#steve absolutely was in love with nancy. but she was never in love with him. she was in lust with him lmao and then ditched him funky times#I also don't. really like jonathan or nancy. so it colours my opinions on their ships.#for the record i don't like jancy either. like they're not good for each other if i'm frank#first rule: don't date your stalker. at least teen wolf knew how to portray stalkers properly smh#second rule; he's a bit shit in s3 re; sexism. so that's not cool.#but also she just. literally never listens to him. it's All About Nancy. so that's not good either#idk. idk idk.#anyways.#also like i feel for Billy. but i also can recognise that he's a total piece of shit. like these can coexist. like he's abused yes but he's#also racist at the very least and i read a fair bit of his actions and dialogue as homophobic as well. and there's the abuse he doles out#on max.#so that's not good. at all.#idk it's like. hargrove is.... not that complicated but also quite complex. like it's a common character type. it's a character that was#complex the first few times and just became. like. standard.#idk. he's dead anyway so w/ver#neil tho. neil fucking sucks. kill that bastard rn#OH ALSO. KAREN. FUCKING KAREN 'EPHEBOPHILE' WHEELER. FUCK HER. nonce.#her and her friends at the pool. all nonces. very bad and awful.#don't like that pervy cougar shit. thanks.#billy 17. more than half her age. calm the fuck down Karen and go home. go the fuck home.
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Hello! I'm your Witcher Secret Santa (and very excited about it) here to ask if you have any particular tropes/likes/genres you'd like to see for your Geraskel fic!
hello!! thrilled to have you here!! 💛
i’m just gonna...kinda follow the wishlist outline the secret santa blog laid out here. cutting for a lot of talking about my personal geralt/eskel likes & dislikes lmao. hopefully this helps give you some ideas & if you need clarification on anything just let me know!
my eskeralt tag is #like two drops of water (this link doesn’t work on mobile but i will put it in the tags of this ask). what appeals to me about eskeralt is…aside from vesemir, there’s nobody either of them has known as long as they’ve known each other, and like, there’s nothing really that could ever make them reject each other. whatever happens short of death, there will always be eskel for geralt and geralt for eskel. also i just love both of them individually & it makes me happy to see them in the same place :’D
that said, i have never shipped a fully emotionally functional relationship in my life and eskeralt is not an exception—some of the most interesting points of conflict between geralt and eskel for me include:
their relationship is difficult to maintain; enough contract work for two witchers together is difficult to come by & two witchers are seen as intimidating by townsfolk! also, they’re both men, but ymmv on how much homophobia you want to feature in your version of the Continent. one of the few times they can be freely together is back at Kaer Morhen, and three or four months out of the year is…not a lot.
there’s a significant asymmetry between them where geralt has a much wider social network (both platonically and romantically) than eskel does. while geralt can always go to dandelion or yennefer for what he needs, eskel doesn’t have the same freedom… and eskel is clearly unhappy about yennefer when he and geralt speak to each other in the forktail cave. is there some bitterness there about geralt chasing the attention of sorceresses and whoever else all over the continent when eskel, the ugly, unfamous one, has always been right there for him? methinks the answer may be yes.
geralt is…not a functional emotional support network. like, he barely qualifies as a single emotional support pillar. he’s definitely 100% there for his friends but he’s not fantastic at divining when they need support without them actually out-loud asking, and tbh eskel isn’t necessarily great at this either. both of these boys were seriously failed as children when it came to identifying and communicating their own emotional needs. i love geralt and eskel knowing each other without speaking, the familiarity of presence and body language, but that kind of wordless communication breaks down when it comes to more complicated things like “hey i feel like you don’t value me as much as your many other more attractive friends”!
re: yennefer—yenralt and eskeralt are both OTP and as far as I’m concerned, yen & geralt are in an open relationship that is sometimes on-and-off but never completely finished. you do not need to mention or include her but if you do she and geralt should not be permanently broken up.
genres—as may be obvious already, i like the complicated messy horrible feelings people have about each other and themselves and the difficulties inherent to making space for another person! angst is my favorite. i...basically never read pure fluff. i crave conflict and feelings. it doesn’t have to be conflict between them but there’s gotta be something in there makin’ life complicated.
i’m also a fan of whump. i’m pretty hard to squick when it comes to gore and various traumatic possibilities. if you are not so inclined, you do not need to include a happy ending. of course, if you are so inclined happy endings are also excellent!
tropes—in no particular order: casefic, confessions/first times, hurt/comfort (or hurt no comfort), miscommunication, mutual pining, relationship negotiation.
canon/pairing-specific tropes, still in no particular order: baby witchers, geralt & eskel being kaer morhen’s partners-in-crime, monster nerds (especially eskel; you may find #kaer morhen biology of monsters 101 useful. in the tags of this ask for mobile), eskel’s self-esteem issues, self-loathing for both of them, eskel calling geralt “wolf” (canon!!!), geralt kissing that notch in eskel’s lip.
i like a lot of different versions of the eskeralt first time; usually people have them figure it out as kids/teenagers, which i like very much, but i also like ‘back at kaer morhen for the first time as an adult witcher and oh shit he grew up hot’ and ‘it’s been decades and we are just now working thru all the emotional garbage that kept us from admitting to each other that we are not just friends’
& if it happens to be relevant, i’m not married to a trans headcanon for either of them but if only one of them is trans, i strongly prefer it to be eskel.
AUs—i usually go for canon or mostly-canon settings, but i’ll give almost any AU a try & i’m a big fan of canon divergence! when it comes to mermaid AUs, college/modern AUs, soulmate AUs, & daemon AUs, i am so incredibly picky that it’s probably not worth it though. i like roleswap AUs like sorcerer!boys a lot, and royalty/royalty-adjacent AUs are definitely my jam but please no warlord!geralt.
...very much here for warlord!eskel though. 👀
on NSFW—it’s cool! the things that really press my buttons are specific and niche, but i’m also almost impossible to squick, so feel free to include as much or as little sex as you want! i just want there to be emotions. my favorite is sub geralt and bottom eskel (yes at the same time) but i am not picky at all in that regard.
DNW—i immediately hit the back button at any mention of kaer morhen’s library. suicide-related angst not preferred.
also, no worries about spoilers, i have read or played everything relevant to the above ships!
#watch socks laurelnose tell on himself#i don't like to publicly talk about what i DON'T like in fandom too much#but i uh. wasn't sure how to avoid it here.#couple of unpopular opinions here OH WELL#*queues this for when i am not awake so i dont have to think about it*#like two drops of water#kaer morhen biology of monsters 101#(for navigation purposes)#secret santa stuff#asks#anonymous
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@lunarvampyr wanted a chart reading nd *in tears* what the fuck r yall doing........like why r yall being born at these weird times?
um your chart looks so mfn weird? like this perfect rectangle intersected with the weird triangles intersecting it........it’s kinda pretty but kinda weird. still i checked nd u have no special chart configuration lmao like ur chart just looks like that.
but i find it interesting that you have the seesaw chart pattern which makes u very libra like AND your moon is in 7th house, the house of relationships. that means u put a lot of your emotional well-being nd security on your friends nd loved ones. aka classic libraesque emotional dependancy!!!!!!! what r the odds?
tbh being a leo sun w moon in 7th house is a bit of a mess gkagakjgkaj. cap moon is a good place for a leo but still u require a shit ton of attention nd affection to just get out of bed in the morning. scream. ure not full blown libra where your desire to be with someone overtakes your good sense. esp w your leo sun nd leo mercury.......leo mercuries are bold nd funny nd a tad arrogant GKAGALGKKLAGKG u want to be liked like a libra but at the same time u want it to be GENUINE like a leo
like? air signs will soak but empty attention nd praise bc they dont care but leos are just........god. u can’t compliment their hair in a different tone of voice bc they will assume ure lying nd their hair looks awful nd youre trying to set them up. drama.......drama wherever they go
nd tbh i find cap moons to be really fucking paranoid? like they think everyone is out to get them bc it takes them so long to trust ppl.........earth moons have a bad habit of creating their own problems or making them WORSE then clamming up like everyone is out to get them 😭😭😭 esp when it comes to trusting others.........cap moons will not trust ppl, keep their emotions locked up, assume everyone is gonna hurt them, nd then GET HURT bc they can’t let ppl in. self fulfilling prophecy is a thing for cap moons methinks
let’s see what else.......your sun is in 2nd house, the house of things. so your ego nd self worth is directly connected to what u own. this CAN make u materialistic.......retail therapy is a dear friend nd u take pride in what u own. but even if u dont end up being a slave to materialism nd become a hoarder or whatever u’ll just focus a LOT on financial independence. its hard for u to be truly happy when relying on someone else.
oh venus in cancer 👁👁. cancer venuses r kinda weird. it makes u warm nd almost maternal in relationships? or just a theme of motherhood in them. taking care of loved ones. (possibly even having a weird age kink. not even kidding i knew a girl w a lot of cancer nd aries placements nd she wanted to be treated like a baby in her romantic relationship 🤢) nd i think its bc cancer venuses can have an underdeveloped ego when it comes to relationships....... the approach to love (platonic nd not) tends to be childlike in a way. there’s a need for them to be praised nd loved openly when they want nd yall can be a bit passive aggressive w loved ones or even setting up ‘emotional tests’ for ppl to test their devotion. cancer venuses r just a fucking handful LMAO
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I like how we've got 5 heavily-implied LGBT classmates (Nath, who's basically canon, Juleka, Max, Chloé, and Alix {pretty much all different reps too!) and two more with a reasonable possibility(Rose and Sabrina). That's half the entire class! (And you won't even pry demi Alya out of my cold dead hands). And please don't let these be queerbating.
Omg yes I’ve been watching this show with prying eyes and let me tell you:
Marinette: blushes very prominently when a hot celebrity idol, Clara Nightingale, is talking to her -- blushing is pretty much always portrayed as romantic in this show so it seems Marinette is indeed into girls, and that’s not even mentioning all her ship tease with Alya, Chloe...
Alya: as Rena she straight-up (bi-up?? gay-up???) asked for Ladybug’s number when Chat tried to flirt with her. Also all that ship tease with Marinette? wlw.
Nath: like literally dating a boy. it’s literally actual canon, he’s into dudes. also he liked Marinette and Ladybug before so BI/PAN REP
Marc: his full name is just a pun on “rainbow”, he wears a rainbow shirt, he’s based on a bisexual genderfluid person, he has eyelashes and lipstick (which the boys don’t usually have), he has a canon crush on Nath and is apparently a couple with him in Frozer, he’s canonically neither straight nor cis and I love it so so so so so much
Juleka: has never shown interest in a boy, makes heart eyes at Rose all the time, is dating her by Frozer (or at least Adrien considers it that way), she’s gay. there’s just no way to deny that she likes girls at this point. have you seen her and Rose at like any point in season 2 at all?? Rose was sitting in her lap in Frightningale!! they’re a couple!!
Rose: she kissed Juleka on the lips on Zombizou!!! I know we didn’t technically see it but their faces were close together, their arms were wrapped around each other, Juleka was covering her mouth afterwards and didn’t have a zombie kiss mark anywhere else, the fact that they didn’t show it onscreen... Julerose IS canon and it’s been proved again and again, whether Rose is bi/pan or whether she’s a lesbian and her interest in Prince Ali was platonic, I love it either way
Luka: the bi flag behind him in the concert scene, we spotted that one zag, very sneaky, I like it
Adrien: as Chat Noir in Weredad/Papa Garou he was all like “I’d totally marry myself if I could” which, if we ignore the fact that that’s literally selfcest, he... maybe likes guys then? eh whatever screw it he’s bi/pan I mean he had that meet-cute with Luka
Nino: this boy geeks out FULL ON when Chat Noir’s around, in Horrificator he was even more excited to see him than to see Ladybug, methinks he has a crush and I 100% support it
Chloe: it’s no coincidence that so much of the fandom considers her a closet lesbian or bi -- her “crush” on Adrien is so overly performative and clingy whereas the times where she values his friendship are shown to actually be heartfelt and true, she flirts with Ladybug constantly, she is Into Girls okay, and plus you can make the BEST pun: lesbeean
Sabrina: may I remind everyone that in Antibug when they were cosplaying, Sabrina was literally the Chat Noir to Chloe being Ladybug ahem ahem... also in Evillustrator the way she treats Marinette does indeed seem like she has a crush on her, especially the “breakup” part too, which is honestly quite sad, please zag give this girl some friends I’m begging you
Max: those heart eyes at Kim in Dark Cupid!! the fact that he’s the ONLY boy in the class who hasn’t shown interest in a girl!! the only one to be upset when Kim got dragged underwater in Syren!! telling Kim about Markov before anyone else!! all that ship tease, on Julerose-levels!! Kimax may not be Officially canon but gay Max is canon in my heart and soul
Kim: listen... he took Max to the zoo and showed off at him for like literally no actual sensible reason, and I know Kim’s just Like That, but still... also in Gamer he was the first one to be upset at Max losing (after showing off for like 5 minutes about how amazing and awesome Max is) and in the original animatic he actually cried real tears when Max lost, and that’s on top of all the other Kimax ship tease so hmm... bi Kim?? since he’s liked Chloe and Ondine?? and if he does date Max too then POLY KIM COME ON ZAG YOU CAN DO IT, KIM HAS TWO HANDS
Kagami: pushing Marinette’s boy love interests out of the way to help her up and then whispering in her ear is a very gay power move. and she stared at Ladybug so in awe after being rescued by her, not to mention she uses a sword... a SWORD... it’s almost like lesbians using swords is a meme or something
Alix: while her being all “ew romance” in Gigantitan on its own might not count though it totally does, this is a VERY shippy show which freely gives minor characters love interests and ship tease all over the place and yet specifically not Alix?? also she wears green and black?? and is the only classmate to have definitely not kissed anyone in Zombizou?? doesn’t even have ship tease with her classmate pair?? even her webisode didn’t mention anyone aside from her family, unlike the others?? someone stop me writing an essay about how aroace she is because otherwise I’ll do it I swear, I got plenty more
Lila: again, her crush on Adrien can be read as comp het due to how over-the-top it is in combination with her personality as a trickster so it might not be all that genuine anyway aside from wanting to be popular and wanting people to like her, and also... that scene in the bathroom with Marinette was uhh kinda gay, not gonna lie
Wayhem: okay maybe not the best example because his crush on Adrien resulted in a lot of trouble and he was kinda a weirdo stalker for a while and yeah. BUT he was getting ice cream with a boy in Glaciator, remember?? GAYhem
Nora: we haven’t seen much of her, yeah, but her whole aesthetic... it just gives me that lesbian vibe y’know
In conclusion: Miraculous Ladybug said gay rights!!!
#i know i didn't put mylene and ivan in here but idk i feel like they're the token straights#miraculous ladybug#random stuff#wilhelmares#aish answers stuff
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The Merchant of Venice (2004) Review
"I am a'weary of this world."
When a merchant's ships are all lost and he forfeits a debt, his debtor Shylock demands exactly what the bond stipulates – a pound of his flesh...
The Merchant of Venice is a tricky play, because although popular and including some of Shakespeare's most famous lines, the themes of the play make it difficult to produce for modern audiences. As far as Shakespeare was concerned, the play was clearly a comedy. It ends in marriage, generally a marker of comedy in Shakespearean drama (it was written before the late 'Romance' plays). Most of the plot is clearly ridiculous; Portia's late father's method for choosing a husband for her is obviously ludicrous, there are women dressing up as men and tricking their new husbands, and even Shylock's demand for a pound of flesh has a comedic aspect (note that although in the court the bond is written to stipulate a pound of flesh from near the heart, when he first suggests it, Shylock says he'll take it from 'what part of your body pleaseth me' – and if I've learned anything about Shakespeare's sense of humour over the years, I can guess what that refers to). But we in the twenty-first century don't generally find anti-semitism, condoning slavery, implied homophobia, references to racism and forcing people on pain of death to change their religion terribly funny.
There are only really two solutions to this – play the romantic scenes for comedy and the Shylock scenes for drama, or play the whole thing for drama. Michael Radford's film goes all out for drama, and it mostly works very well. Unlike Hamlet, which I quite like modern dress versions of, The Merchant of Venice is a film set in a very specific time and place (here it's given it a date of 1596, when the play was probably written) and the film places it firmly within history by outlining the history of anti-semitism in early modern Venice in title cards at the beginning. This is pretty much essential to understanding the story, and the visualization of Antonio spitting on Shylock (referred to later in dialogue) also helps to set up the characters and the root of Shylock's anger effectively.
Shylock is a character much like Euripides' Medea – he has a wonderful speech outlining how badly he's treated and arguing passionately for better, but his actions later in the play suggest that the author did not intend him to be entirely sympathetic (rather under-cutting the suggestion that Shakespeare was making a plea for tolerance or Euripides a feminist). For modern audiences, though, he is a compellingly conflicted character, and here he is played brilliantly by Al Pacino. Pacino's performance is captivating and heart-breaking and the courtroom scene is absolutely gut-wrenching.
The decision to play the story completely straight (there are elements of humour, of course, but none of the really broad comedy or light atmosphere of, for example, the lighter scenes in Much Ado About Nothing) mostly works. Some of the romantic scenes come across as a bit overblown and melodramatic, but the conflict between working from a script written as comedy and making it a drama only really becomes an issue in the courtroom scene and especially in the final twenty minutes or so after it. It's great that Portia saves the day with her quick thinking, but the fact that she makes the least convincing man since Bob in Blackadder is a bit distracting, and there's just no way we can feel really invested in the lovers messing around with rings and easily broken promises after watching the absolute devastation of Shylock's defeat.
Still, these are pretty much unsolvable problems in this play, and it would be a terrible shame never to produce it because its attitudes are out of date (it's hardly alone there). I think this film really does the best possible job with this material. All of the cast, as well as Pacino, are fantastic, and the American actresses playing Portia and Nerissa are doing the best and most convincing fake English accents I've come across. It looks absolutely gorgeous and it has one of the most beautiful film scores I've ever heard. A combination of medieval-inspired music, Tudor-inspired music, a boy soprano and a song sun by Hayley Westernra, the score is utterly gorgeous and is matched by the incredible cinematography and beautiful costuming.
According to Wikipedia, both Jeremy Irons (playing Antonio) and director Michael Radford thought that they had portrayed Antonio and Bassanio's relationship as just platonic good friends. I'm not sure what film they were watching, because one of the first observations that came to me as I re-watched it was "this version really plays up the suggestion that Antonio is in love with Bassanio." Joseph Fiennes (as Bassanio) did deliberately play up the idea of a homoerotic attraction (possibly a history) between them. I am a person who will argue for hours that Frodo and Sam have an entirely platonic relationship, and I can see how you could play Antonio and Bassanio as just good friends, but I don't think that's what they've actually achieved here – and I think that's a good thing.
Because of the dramatic approach taken to the material, the film has a deliberately melancholy air, and rather than ending on everyone going off to finally get laid, as the script does, the film finishes on a shot of Jessica, who is revealed not to have given away her mother's ring for a monkey after all, looking sad and pensive. This melancholic atmosphere is enhanced by the shots of Antonio looking on wistfully as Bassanio and Portia embrace. The film has turned Shakespeare's bawdy comedy into a serious drama about love and pain and betrayal and acceptance, or lack thereof, so it seems entirely appropriate to interpret Antonio's love as another example of a character constrained and made to suffer for what he is, and every choice both director and actor make seems to reinforce that, from Antonio gazing out at Bassanio and denying that he's in love (methinks he doth protest too much) to his emphasis on his willingness to put his body on the line for Bassanio. You almost have to be trying not to see it to miss it. If that wasn't what Radford and Irons intended, they've gone wrong somewhere.
This is a difficult story, but this film does a fantastic job making it accessible, approachable and absolutely beautiful. I love me some Kenneth Branagh, as you know, but in terms of tackling something really difficult really well, this has got to be one of the best Shakespeare adaptations I've ever seen, and much as we might have come to expect it of him, it's worth saying again that Pacino completely blew me away. Beautiful in every way.
Notes and Quotes
The cast is absolutely full of familiar faces, some known before this film, some after; Joseph Fiennes, Kris Marshall from Love Actually/My Family, Charlie Cox from Stardust/Downton Abbey, Zuleikha Robinson from Rome, Mackenzie Crook, John Sessions, Jeremy Irons...
The quote at the top of the page is the version of Portia's opening line used in this film, but the full line is usually "my little body is a-weary of this great world." It's one of my Mum's favourite Shakespeare quotes, partly because of the 'little body' bit.
Prince of Morocco (reading from a scroll): All that glitters is not gold...
Shylock: I am a Jew. Hath
not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison
us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge?
Portia: The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
Juliette Harrisson is a freelance writer, classicist and ancient historian who blogs about Greek and Roman Things in Stuff at Pop Classics.
#The Merchant of Venice#William Shakespeare#Al Pacino#Jeremy Irons#Joseph Fiennes#Doux Reviews#Movie Reviews#something from the archive
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Questions for your OCs
Got tagged by @bluenightfire so here it is, starring Oliver Veenstra and Greg Madsen (aka the odd speech mannerism duo):
1. What’s the maximum amount of time you can sit still with nothing to do?
O: Methinks not more than ten minutes then I has't to findeth something to doth, otherwise mine mind starts to wander in places whither it's best not to wend… 《 nervous giggle 》
2. How easy is it for you to laugh?
G: Being a child at heart and walking ticklish spot makes Greg what has been defined as a “Laughter Disaster”.
3. How do you get yourself to sleep at night?
O: It depends on how not restful I am. If 't be true I doth not collapse in sleep chamber at unreasonable times, I usually taketh time to relax by writing music or reading something. Or I masturbate. Or the three of them and not necessarily in that order.
4. How easy is it to earn your trust?
G: Greg tend to trust people easily but Greg ain’t naive about it. Like what they say, fool Greg once shame on you, fool Greg twice shame on Greg, fool Greg three times and congratulation you’re an asshole.
5. What were you told to stop/start doing most often as a child?
O: Mine mother at each moment toldeth me that I hadst to cease trying to completely replace mine father, not because the lady didst not appreciate that I hadst becometh the backbone of the family but rather because she wanted me to giveth priority to myself once in a while...
6. Do you swear? Do you remember your first swear word?
G: Sometimes, but Greg try not to. About Greg’s first swearing it could have been calling one of Greg’s classmates from elementary school an asshat. But in Greg’s defense Greg thought it was just a very silly headgear.
7. How do you cope with confusion?
O: I tryeth to worketh through mine thoughts, like considering mine assumptions and thinking about the consequence to avoid jumping into conclusions. What I still doth since lest I an emotional roller coaster but at least I tryeth.
8. Do you have a system of remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order?
G: Well, mentally placing things on top of each other often helps. Alternatively, sticky-notes strategically placed around the house are a blessing.
9. How do you deal with an itch found in a place you can’t quite reach?
O: Being rather flexible the problem doest not arise. Unless tis in the presence of the right person, in that case I’d shamelessly pretend I can’t reacheth and taketh advantage of ‘t to receiveth a free back rubbeth, if 't be true thee understandeth what I mean… 《 insert sensual brow wiggle here 》
10. What colour do you look best in? (Does he/she actually look best in that colour?)
G: Dunno, it’s not like Greg mind that much… (Surprisingly he looks handsome in pink, especially in rose quartz)
11. What animal do you fear most?
O: Lest I not afraid of any animal in particular, if 't be true I’d rather sayeth that I feeleth an intense disgust for slugs.
12. How do you speak? Is what you say usually thought of on the spot, or do you rehearse it in your mind first?
G: Greg don’t mince words, in fact Greg like to think Greg be a quite plainspoken man.
13. What makes your stomach turn?
O: Senseless violence. Thus having becometh the progenitor of a race of murderers without mine knowledge hath taken quite a toll on me.
14. Are you easily embarrassed?
G: Not really, indeed usually it’s up to Silvia to get embarrassed in Greg’s place lol. (I can confirm)
15. What embarrasses you?
O: Faux pas. And oft coequal myself.
16. What is your favourite number?
G: 8 because it’s shaped like a friend. Like Greg. (he makes me so cheesy wtf 😂)
17. If you were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic love, how would you do so?
O: I suppose I can summarize ‘t in platonic love is ride or kicketh the bucket while romantic love is till death doth thee part.
18. Why do you get up in the morning?
G: Uh….. Do you take hunger for an answer?
O: Valid. 🙌
19. How does jealousy manifest itself in you?
O: At first feelings of insecurity, possessiveness and inadequacy, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Thee doth not wanteth to knoweth what kind of monster I becometh at which hour ‘t cometh to matters of the heart...
20. How does envy manifest itself in you?
G: Well, Greg simply ignore the thing but then Greg will inevitably get passive aggressive. Then Greg will imitate the person Greg envy in some way, either by the way they behave or dress. Maybe even do both. It depends on the individual...
21. Is sex something you’re comfortable speaking about?
O: I believeth that the answer lies in the question previously madeth concerning mine methods of sleeping.
22. What are your thoughts on marriage?
G: Greg believe in marriage, actually Greg think tying the knot is one of the biggest milestones of your life. Sure, it takes times and a lot of commitment but in the end it’s totally worth it.
23. What is your preferred mode of transportation?
O: I most like riding on horseback, but I’d not sayeth no to a boat trippeth especially if 't be true it's on longships.
24. What causes you to feel dread?
G: The future.
25. Who do you most regret meeting?
O: I would like to sayeth Zarok but I realize that if 't be true I hadst not hath followed that gent to Gallowmere I would nev'r has't hath met Lord Kardok nor the love of life, so I in earnest would not knoweth.
26. Who are you most glad to have met?
G: Greg’s naughty pie, of course. (Save meee 🙈)
27. Do you have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke?
O: Not that I can bethink of ‘t, fear me.
28. Could you be considered lazy?
G: Greg'd rather say Greg be in energy saving mode.
29. Do you actively seek romance, or do you wait for it to fall in your lap?
O: I hath used to beest a very quiver romance seeker but then true love sooth hath fallen into mine lap so I guess that's ‘t. ‘t doesn't matter what thee doth because in the end love wilt findeth a way itself.
30. What memory do you revisit the most often?
G: When Greg met Silvia for the first time because Greg often wonder what Greg life would have been like if Silvia had not ended up mistakenly in the penitentiary where Greg was locked up and had not dragged Greg out of there… 《 shudders 》
31. How easy is it for you to ignore flaws in other people?
O: I mean, I tryeth to since lest I a stout believer that tis well enow not to beest perfect. But, at the same time, methinks thither is at each moment room for improvement so I point ‘t out without offending the person concerned so that maybe we can worketh ‘t out together.
32. How sensitive are you to your own flaws?
G: Incredible to say but Greg is a delicate soul that takes a lot personally. In plain words Greg be very sensitive, please be gentle.
33. How do you feel about children?
O: I love children, being the eldest brother among other 6 children I has't practically grown those folk and I doth not bethink thither is anything better than to beest in their company. Sure, oft those gents art noisy and clingy but at which hour thee cometh home at the end of the day and thee findeth yourself sooth submerged by their exuberant attachment well, then thee understandeth that those gents very much art the most precious thing ever.
34. How badly do you want to reach your end goal?
G: In case you haven’t noticed yet, Greg prefer to take things calmly so Greg can wait.
35. If someone asked you to explain your sexuality, how would you do so?
O: Well, lest I a sir I like women, there's not much else to sayeth methinks..?
Aaand that’s it, thanks for your time. I won’t tag anyone but feel free to do it with your OCs too if you fancy to.
#oc questions#summoned#atrocity#oliver veenstra#greg madsen#sorry it took so long but i'm never ready to do this kind of stuff lmao
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I’ll Sing a Song Beside You
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Chapter Four
Adrien cannot, for the life of him, figure out who Marinette has a crush on. Maybe it’s his own bias but he can’t find any boy who fits Marinette’s description, nor has he seen her flirt with anyone. It’s frustrating, really, because as long as he can’t find her crush, he’s holding on to the stupid hope that it’s him.
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch, would it? He’s nice and busy and lonely. And Marinette does have a tendency to get tongue-tied around him.
But she’s Marinette. She was out of his league before he even knew she was Ladybug. It doesn’t seem possible that she would even think about Adrien in a romantic light.
“You’re staring at Marinette again,” Chloé says at lunch, causing Adrien to lurch in his seat. She isn’t his favorite lunch companion but Chloé calmed down a lot since collège and Adrien is appreciative of their restored friendship.
“No I’m not.” Adrien tears into his sandwich as a distraction.
“You really are.”
There’s no point in denying it; Chloé is well-aware of his feelings for Marinette, even if they’ve never actually talked about it. Instead, Adrien decides to use his friend’s gossiping abilities to his advantage.
“Hey, do you know if Marinette likes anyone?”
“You’re kidding me, right,” Chloé asks flatly.
“Um, no?”
“I’m not having this conversation right now.”
To Adrien’s shock, Chloé rises from her seat, grabbing her tray, and walks over to Sabrina’s table. Confused, Adrien tries to call her back but he apparently insulted her enough to cause her to abandon him for the rest of lunch. He waits another minute before deciding that she definitely isn’t coming back and he might as well go somewhere else so he doesn’t eat alone.
Naturally, his feet lead him to Marinette’s table. She’s sitting with a group of people—Alya, Nino, Mylene, Ivan, Juleka, Rose, and a few others Adrien doesn’t know personally—and it intimidates him a bit. Marinette is so popular, she could get any guy she wants. Thankfully, most of the people at the table don’t even realize he’s standing there.
“Is it okay if I sit here? Chloé ditched me.” Adrien addresses Marinette but Nino’s the one who responds.
“Of course, dude! I don’t get why you were eating with her in the first place.”
“She’s not as bad as she used to be,” Adrien defends as he forces his way next to Marinette. “You even said it yourself.”
“Whatever, man. It’s your life.”
Adrien chooses to ignore Nino’s jab at his oldest friend and instead turns pointedly to Marinette. “How are you, Marinette?”
She startles next to him and her face turns a cute light pink. “I’m good. H-how are you?”
She looks so pretty today, with her hair cascading her face in delicate waves and a dress she most certainly designed herself. He mentioned idly the other day that she looks pretty with her hair down and Adrien can’t help but wonder if that’s the reason she kept her hair loose. It’s out of his mouth before he can control it. “Better now that I’m with you.”
Marinette’s eyes widen and Alya chokes on her apple from across the table.
“Um, I—to go!” Marinette shoots up from the table. “Alya?”
Alya sighs but gets up as well and together the two girls retreat from the table to whisper to each other under a nearby tree. That’s the second time Adrien scared away a friend in less than 10 minutes. He should win a medal.
“Dude,” Nino chuckles, “I think you broke Marinette.”
“I didn’t mean to,” Adrien grumbles. That’s what he gets for getting his hopes up. Every time he falls prey to the false notion that Adrien might be Marinette’s secret crush, she acts like that around him. Running away is one of the worst reactions to flirting he could think of.
“Why don’t you just ask her out?”
“Ooh! You’re going to ask Marinette out? That’s so romantic,” Rose squeals, quite loudly, attracting the attention of the rest of the table. It’s unfair, really; Rose was talking to Juleka just seconds ago.
Adrien can feel his face growing warmer with the attention. He doesn’t mind attention in certain situations but talking about his unrequited love for the most unattainable girl he knows is not his idea of a good time. “I’m not asking her out.”
“You guys would make a really cute couple,” Mylene says.
“I appreciate that but I’m not going to ask her out.”
“Who’s Adrien asking out?” Adrien nearly falls out of his seat at Alya’s voice.
“No one!” He turns around and sure enough, there’s Marinette, pink-faced and gorgeous, watching with a look he can’t decipher. Adrien wishes they stayed away for a bit longer. “I’m not asking anyone out. There is no asking out happening. I don’t even know why we’re still talking about how much I’m not asking anyone out.”
“Methinks the boy doth protest too much,” Alya says. Adrien prays for the ground to open up beneath him and suck him in.
“Leave him alone,” Marinette pipes up. “If he doesn’t want to talk about it, he doesn’t have to.”
Adrien practically melts. Leave it to Marinette to defend him even outside of their masks.
“Thanks, Marinette.”
She blushes but smiles at him before sitting in her spot next to him. The table thankfully lets the subject drop, most likely because Marinette is back and they know when to stop. He’s still appreciative of her help though. She’s so nice.
“Hey, we should hang out sometime,” Adrien says.
“We—we should?”
“Yeah! I’m still not allowed to have friends over but maybe we could go to the park or—”
“I just got a sick new entertainment system installed,” Nino interjects, completely oblivious to Adrien’s true motivations. For someone who was just trying to set them up, Nino sure could be daft sometimes. “You guys should come check it out, maybe play some games.”
“I’d love to,” Alya says eagerly. Adrien is honestly kind of confused about Alya and Nino’s relationship. It seemed like they were heading somewhere for a while and then they suddenly stopped. But Alya always seems so eager to spend time with Nino… Relationships are weird. “What day?”
Nino shrugs. “Whenever my boy is free.”
Three pairs of eyes turn to Adrien. “Uh, I guess I’m free Thursday?”
“Awesome,” Alya exclaims. “You’re coming too, right Marinette?”
“I guess?”
“Sweet,” Nino says, flashing a grin at Alya.
Adrien tries to catch Marinette’s eye to let her know he’s glad she’s coming but she ignores him for the rest of lunch.
--
“You look far too pensive for this time of evening.”
Queen Bee is sitting on her perch on the Eiffel Tower, looking her role of a queen. Her ponytail is as neat as ever, her posture picture perfect. There’s something about the way she holds herself that makes Chat feel bad about himself. All three girls hold their heads high and mighty but Bee gives off the aura of being above everyone else.
He thinks she’s an awesome superhero, if not a bit unconventional, but he could never seem to open up to her the way he can with Ladybug and Vixen.
“I’m fine. Sorry for being so quiet,” Chat says. He lifts his head up, trying to imitate Bee’s stance but she sees through him in an instant.
“I couldn’t care less about what’s bothering you. But we have nothing else to do for the next half hour so you can talk to me about it if you’d like.” Her tone is clipped, bored. If Chat didn’t know any better, he would have believed her words at face value. But there’s something about her that reminds him of Chloè—it’s probably the hair—and the way she tries so hard to pretend she doesn’t care about anything.
“What do you and Ladybug talk about when you patrol together?”
Bee shoots him a look. “I don’t know. Akumas, Hawkmoth, saving Paris. Why?”
“Okay, but… you’re both girls, right?”
“I don’t think I like where this is going but I’ll bite. Yes, obviously we’re both girls.”
“Do you ever…gossip?”
“Gossip,” Bee repeats, flat.
“Yeah. About—I don’t know—celebrities and nails a—and boys.”
Bee squints at him. “You know I have a girlfriend, right?”
“Boys and girls, then.”
“Sometimes. Ladybug is keeps things professional, though. Vixen is much more likely to talk about that stuff than Ladybug.”
“Has Ladybug ever mentioned me?”
“What are we, twelve?”
Chat can feel his face heating up but he trudges on. If no one at school can help him, maybe Bee or Vix can. It’s entirely possible she accidentally mentioned the name of the boy she likes to one of them.
“It’s a simple question,” he says.
“Of course she mentions you. She talks about you all the time. Is that a surprise?”
Maybe it shouldn’t be, but it is a surprise. Warmth fills him and if he wasn’t blushing before he certainly is now. Even if she never sees him in anything but a platonic way, it’s always nice hearing that she cares about him.
“Has she ever talked about any boys she might like?”
Queen Bee stares at him for a full ten seconds, letting Chat anxiously await her answer. Just when he’s about to crack and beg for her to respond, she starts talking.
“You’re kidding me, right,” she asks.
“Uh, no?”
Bee looks up to the sky and shakes her head slowly. “Why am I surrounded by idiots?”
“What did I do,” Chat asks defensively.
“The fact that you’re even asking that question is further proving my point.”
“Just forget I even said anything,” Chat says, annoyed and embarrassed. This is exactly why he doesn’t normally open up to her.
“Gladly.”
They sit in awkward silence for a while, neither one willing to break it out of sheer stubbornness. It’s not fair to force someone to talk about something and then call them names immediately after.
“I have a friend,” she finally says, minutes before their patrol time is up, “who is completely in love with this girl. And the girl has the largest, most mortifying crush on him. But instead of doing anything about it, they keep pining away after each other.”
Chat looks at her curiously.
“It’s annoying to watch. No one wants to deal with all their pointless moping and angst.” She stands up and readies herself to take off. “Don’t be like my friend. It’s beneath you.”
With that she leaps off, soaring through the night sky. Chat watches for a moment, confused. Her story was all well and good but it didn’t apply to him at all. He’s helplessly in love with a girl who doesn’t return his love. If he could act on his feelings he would in a heartbeat.
He gives himself another minute to try to make sense of Queen Bee’s words but she was always a weird one, so he doesn’t fret on it too long. Rising from his spot, Chat cracks his neck and takes out his staff to head out. He knows he should head home and get to sleep early tonight but the call to the bakery is too strong to resist so he sets off to Marinette’s, hoping she’ll have some croissants for him to nibble on before bed.
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