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catboybiologist · 3 months

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So. This has lived on my hard drive for over a year and a half now, and in my head for much longer than that. I have the entire plot mapped out in my mind, and it's not *too* long. But it's gonna require a lot of careful writing that I think is beyond my ability, and definitely beyond my current available free time level. Maybe when I advance to candidacy, or maybe this is the story I use a portable backpacking writing setup for.

Either way. It's very deliberately allegorical, and taps into a few sci fi cliche "twists" that you're supposed to kinda figure out early on, but are used for bigger themes later.

As I said. Probably beyond my ability.

But here's how I kicked it off a while back. It has a similar "flow" to the intro of biologics, where it cuts between expository introspection and the actual events happening. Idk if that's weird, but it's what made sense to me.

Also I hate the working title I gave it, but I can't think of it as anything else now.

Symphony of the Stars

The bar I found myself in wasn't much different than millions of others like it. A couple cheap liquors that could be found anywhere, maybe a halfway decent local beer or two, and some tacky tourist paraphernalia hang haphazardly on the walls. Absentmindedly, I swirled my drink. My eyes slowly drifted through the panel windows behind the bar, and onto the orange gas giant visible through it.

That was one thing that made me partial to this little backwater- that damn view. Sure, the closer moons might advertise themselves on their intimate little peeks at the red spot, or the faintest glimpse of Jupiter's barely visible rings, but the people there... Not that I minded the workers, I'm a mechanic of sorts myself- but the miners, water pumpers, and atmospheric skimmers of Jupiter's inner moons were a particular brand of insufferable. Thinking that a couple years managing equipment in the Hellas basin made them the most rugged people on the planet, and then shipped themselves out to the furthest flung inhabited spot in the damn solar system. Joke's on them- most of them don't survive 10 years out here. The ones that make it are a different story, I'll give you that. A certain breed of person actually has what it takes to make it out here, and those people have earned some respect.

But I digress.

Callisto was a remote place, damn far from the sprawling metropolises of Mars or the more cushy mining jobs in the belt. Up until recently, it had been my own little sleepy backwater that I had used to escape my extended hours fixing ships for the harvesters on the other moons.

That was before jumping.

Callisto boasted a small engineering and research center near the south pole, most famous for getting artificial gravity fields working nearly three centuries ago. That bit of notoriety let someone set up a particle accelerator that looped the whole damn moon on its equator. Forty eight years ago, a researcher hit the right island of stability when making ultra-heavy elements, and something just... came together. The exact right amount of mass was focused in the exact right amount of space to dent space time in a perfect little way. A few measurements later, they realized that they had created the smallest documented black hole.

My eyes again wandered to the space in between us and Jupiter. That was the other reason I came to this bar so often. It was also the only place around where you could watch the show.

After a few times generating and collapsing this infant of a black hole, some idiot of a scientist decided that they just had to throw something into it. It wasn't much of anything, just a probe that blasted a repeating live image from its camera in all directions. And hopefully, if it survived in any identifiable form, someone would pick up on it.

Well, someone did. A little over four years later, we got a picture of a star. Real helpful- there's only a couple septillion of those out there, right? But what mattered was the timing, and the direction. The star was eventually identified as Proxima Centauri. The moment the image from the probe had been received, the receiver was exactly 4.2465433 light years away from Proxima. And the image was received exactly 4.2465433 years after the probe was thrown into the hole. Meaning that the probe was at Proxima, exactly 4.2465433 years before the image was received. And it was thrown into the hole, on Callisto.... also exactly 4.2465433 years before the image was received. One moment, Callisto. One moment, Proxima Centauri. In some unit of time that was smaller than our ability to measure, it had traveled to the next star system. It was the textbook definition of a wormhole.

And with that discovery, well....

Jupiter's red spot quivered ever so slightly. They were right on schedule, it seemed. Just need to gain a bit of mass in the accelerator, get the magnetic railgun to throw it all into the space above it....

Like fluid down a drain, the image of Jupiter swirled as a dark spot appeared in front of it. Slowly, it grew, twisting the orange and red tones of the gas giant in mosaic patterns, until the black orb stopped, hovering in the emptiness.

After the initial wormhole generation all those years ago, it was found that by nudging the mass to be a little less, or a little more, or nudging to position of the superheavy object that created it, you could target distant parts of the universe. Soon, small spacecraft were being sent to distant stars. The scientists started it, of course. Shortly afterwards, the Callisto government began lobbying to make our little outpost the first official launch point for interstellar settlement.

That was forty years ago. And at this point, the five established settlements were fairly self sufficient- they just needed occasional contact and resupplies. Every week, a wormhole would be opened to one of the colonies. And every week, a freighter would be there to make the jump through, grab what supplies it needed, leave behind a new list of requests, and then disappear again until their specific colony was contacted again in another five weeks. And every week, I would be in this same bar to watch the fireworks.

My eyes narrowed as the perfect black circle reached its stable state. I watched these things every damn week. Part of me wants to say "blink and you'll miss it", but the truth is, at this point in the process, there's nothing to miss.

One moment, a featureless orb. The next moment, a deep space freighter. No flash. No gradual fade. No coming out of a tunnel. The hole was large enough for the entire mass of the ship to fit through at once, and the jump was seamless.

And to tell the truth... I didn't like it.

Humanity had reached and settled the furthest reaches of space, because of a magic substance that broke physics, stumbled upon by accident, in a random lab, by a some guy who was just trying to whip up a new element.

It was perfect. It was too perfect. And it bothered me.

And well, that's why I was here. I'd been visiting Callisto for years, and the pressure to make jumping more and more accessible to small spacecraft was insane. Pretty soon, everyone trying to engineer or maintain any kind of ship would need to have half of a quantum physics degree, and I wanted to be ahead of the curve. So when the launch point was made official, and they called for mechanics to service the ships that made the jumps to the colonies and back, I lept at the opportunity.

But the push was always for more applications, with little thought to the physics. More jumps, more colonies, more resupplies, more energy efficiency to increase the frequency at which it could be used. Some people were interested in the mechanics of the phenomena to exploit it further, sure, but most seemed to stonewall when you questioned too far. How the hell had this been missed? Why is everyone pushing for applications, and no one freaking out over how much this broke our understanding of the universe? Is it possible to measure the unit of time that the jump occurred in? Was it below detection limits? If it was, what did that mean?

And so, here I was. Sipping some herbal thing, staring at Jupiter, and thinking a little too hard about reality.

Eh, at least I could fix that last part.

"'scuse me bartender?" I asked. "Can I get another one of these, with an extra shot in it?"

He silently nodded, and poured me the synthetic gin mixed with... well, I didn't question it much. Anything to help keep these ideas in check.

The carbon fiber fingertips of my left hand gripped the glass with their usual calculated precision, while the skin of my right idly tapped the bar. I sighed.

#sierra writes #writing #scifi #my writing #incomplete writing

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viroman · 7 months

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Headcanon #3

Sorry, but too little time was spent on this wonderful woman who raised Callisto.

The second closest woman to Callisto was his dear nanny. The Baroness, who was not yet twenty when the prince was born, took all the blows of high society. It was especially difficult to resist the queen from the Allen family, who did not hesitate to humiliate the late empress and the still very young crown prince.

“This monster will end up just like his vile mother.”

Callisto endured the humiliation of his stepmother and her relatives for a long time, but after meeting the bear and the attack of the mercenaries, he changed a lot. Now it was not so easy to shut him up - the crown prince rudely put people in their place, defending himself and the name of his mother.

And the baroness needed to match the prince in order to become a reliable support for him.

She not only kept order in the palace, but also studied military affairs, practiced self-defense and the art of close combat.

Callisto wanted to erase from his memories the day when this strong woman on her knees begged the emperor not to send the crown prince to war.

“Let him prove that he is worthy to bear the title of crown prince.”

“Your Majesty! He is only thirteen, you will destroy him!”

"It's his duty."

Callisto could not forgive his father for this. The Baroness swore to him that day that she would not allow Allen to feel like the mistress here.

The hanky she gave him was with him throughout the war.

When Callisto returned from the war, the nanny kissed his hands, thanking the golden dragon and the empress mother who had protected him all these ten years.

Soon Cedric began to complain to her: the prince had completely gone crazy with the duke’s daughter, work was standing still, time was passing, the emperor was tearing up and rushing about with anger. The Baroness just laughed, telling Cedric not to take it so seriously. Callisto has always been like this. The whole palace was on edge because of his mischief, and this boy’s stubbornness has no equal in the empire.

After some time, the Baroness met Lady Eckhart in person, because they did not know each other before. Penelope combined restraint, modesty, and at the same time greatness and strength emanated from her, thanks to which she managed to defend her name in court.

Now it was clear why Callisto was so interested in her.

When Callisto told the nanny about Penelope's refusal to marry him, the baroness slapped him hard on the head and lectured him on why he was a hopeless idiot.

After defeating Leila, she was once again convinced that her prince had grown up (unfortunately, in some matters he was still like a very nasty child) when she saw red spots on the princess’s body, whose silent rage worked better than any threats. Lady Eckhart seemed to outdo the Crown Prince in stubbornness. Although the Baroness sympathized with Penelope as a woman, in her heart she was glad that the Crown Prince was still able to admit his feelings and find a person who would love him in return.

Callisto finally felt “at home.”

It was the Baroness who helped Penelope with the wedding dress, jewelry and linen, forbidding the young emperor to participate in this matter, because “you will see everything at the wedding.”

One day, the bride thanked her for all the years that the nanny devoted to Callisto and his upbringing.

At the wedding, the Baroness and Duke Eckhart cried loudly at a separate table, rejoicing that their “children” had found happiness.

Throughout Penelope's pregnancy, the nanny taught her to knit and care for children (Callisto actively participated, remembering every little detail), and also supported her when the young empress put her order in the palace.

And how her heart fluttered when she laid newborn Judy on her mother's chest. She watched with tenderness as the emperor first covered his wife’s face with kisses, and then greeted his daughter with a kiss on the forehead.

That day Callisto, tired but happy, said: “Thank you, nanny, for dedicating your life to me. I promise that I will become a good husband and father. And I hope that you will be the same wonderful grandmother for my children as you were a mom for me.”

God, it seems that this is too touching for her heart.

#villains are destined to die #единственный исход злодейки смерть #единственный конец злодейки смерть #death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villain #death is the only ending for the villainess #vadd #vadtd #callisto regulus #calliope #penelope eckhart #the baroness vadd #callisto x penelope #penelope x callisto #cedric porter

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canon-vi · 2 months

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Memes with Tasya because yes!

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Taisiya: love is chemistry? Do not make me laugh! Chuemistry is what I put in your tea

Gradient: . . .

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Taisiya: and if I die, do you promise that you will cry?

Lux: if I burst into tears now, will you promise to die?

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Taisiya: Mr. Merciless, does Miss Lux more often hold you for a hand or elbow?

Merciless: more often? For the idiot

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—: What gambling games do you play?

Taisiya: I trust people

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Callisto: one bun please

Taisiya: with cherries

Callisto: with cherries

Taisiya: and without chocolate!

Callisto: and without chocolate

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Callisto: I’ll cut his fucking face open it with a crowbar.

Taisiya: maybe it’s better to just conjure diarrhea for him? 😥

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Taisiya: what do you mean that I should lie down more? I'm fine!

Artemis: Taisiya, you literally almost died because of your flowers!

Taisiya: so what? Not for the first time! I'm fine!

Callisto: your temperature is 39!

Taisiya: 39 not 40

Lux: well, yes, rabota [work] is not volk [wolf], rabota [work] is work

Taisiya: you learned wolf memes :3

Lux: shut up

Taisiya: you know, I wouldn’t mind having tea with lemon right now

Artemis and Callisto: × look at Lux ×

Lux: ... First and last time

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Artemis: Tasya, do you have anything to eat? I'm a little hungry

Taisiya: oh! Here in my place I have boiled eggs, bread, canned food and of course grilled chicken, boletus and chanterelles, a kilogram of strawberries, sausages, a bottle of mineral water, and also for tea there are cheesecakes, a cake, waffles, dry bread

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E. L. A. by @anotherrosesthatfell

E. L. A. Gradient and Artemis by: @itzcherrybonbon \ @abloomingsunflower

#evil lux au #a sunflower in full bloom au #what if au #taisiya [e.l.a]#merciless [e.l.a]#artemis [e.l.a]#lux [e.l.a.]#callisto [e.l.a]#gradient [e.l.a]#protect and cherish taisiya propaganda

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chayscribbles · 1 year

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THE GEMINI HEIST ☆ a novel by Chay Luna

it’s a job that will take trickery... and trust.

GENRE: adult; space opera; heist

THEMES & TROPES: trust. betrayal. a hint of cyberpunk. be gay do crime (in space). oops! all queer women. crewmates to almost-lovers to rivals to ???. Cain and Abel levels of sibling rivalry. idiots to lovers. intergenerational cycles of hurt. daddy AND mommy issues. not the healthiest relationships. if you’re looking for wholesome found family content, you won’t find it here. maybe i had a little too much fun giving everyone tragic backstories.

WARNINGS: to be updated.

SYNOPSIS:

In the lawless expanse of the open stars, Captain Leo Callisto of the Sirens, a crew of thieves and smugglers, is struggling to make ends meet and keep her star ship afloat after the crew’s spy, Zeya, double-crossed her and led most of the crew to desert. With only two loyal but inexperienced people-- anxious and naive mechanomedic Gabi and brawny but impulsive Euna-- opting to stay, the jobs they can take are few and pay little, and Leo’s reputation as a leader is waning.

So when a reclusive, eccentric art collector offers her a ridiculous sum to steal a valuable statuette from a powerful oligarch family, Leo is up for the challenge. With the reluctant help of runaway heir Illiana, the remaining Sirens gear up for their toughest job yet: infiltrating the highly-guarded House of Dyonas.

But with secrets being kept, trust rapidly dissolving, and old enemies resurfacing to pick at still-fresh wounds, they’re going to need more than their skills and wits to get out of there with their prize.

CHARACTERS:

Leo Callisto. 28. she/her. captain of the Siren with a fortune to make and a grudge to settle.

Gabriola “Gabi” Franco. 21. she/her. rookie mechanomedic for the Siren who’s been exiled from her home planet.

Euna Li. 24. she/her. the muscle for the Siren crew who’s struggling to pay off a very expensive cybernetic arm.

Illiana Dyonas. 23. she/her. runaway heir of a powerful family caught up in a nasty sibling spat.

Zeya Kade. 27. she/her. former spy for the Siren crew gone rogue.

LINKS: wip tag | wip page | character intros | excerpts | to be updated

#writeblr #wip intro #wip gemini heist #don't ask me why i made this banner look like a movie poster #i got carried away teehee

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safety-writes-noms · 6 months

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I know you’re still backed up on asks but this is my daily socialization so: mark and oli seem like the kind of friends to talk to each other about their preds like they’re feral cats like “you’ll never believe what that idiot did today” and considering cal’s sizeshifting itd be like he got himself stuck in a room unable to shift back like when a cat jumps in a box and it flips over on top of them and they just scream pitifully (my cats are dumb)

,yes!! They do talk sometimes since they live near each other and know vaguely that they’re similar. Once oliver had to fish Callisto out of a closet hamper because he was experimenting with his capabilities and was struggling to go back to being big after shrinking. Or when he had hide a giant Callisto in the backyard because their cousins dropped by for a surprise visit and his parents weren’t home.

“Oh cal? He’s at a friends house… doing grown up things. Yeah, no, don’t worry about him Aunt Lisa — don’t go in the backyard, we’re doing…renovations on the patio :)”

Mark usually just listens, but sometimes he complains about unu not letting him do stuff. Like ‘dude, unu wouldn’t let me make a fire sword’ or ‘unu grounded me and now he hovers whenever I’m fighting monsters >:(‘ also your cats sound so silly I love cats :D sorry this was really late I swear I’m catching up on all the other asks!!

#sw rambles #sw answers asks #sw talks abt ocs

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shenrickyz · 3 months

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BOY DRAMA (;° ロ°)!!!

basically, minjae and seojun are nosy, and hikari is drop dead in love with one of his dream members | timestamp; nct sei's callisto tour (2023) | wc: 0.8k

"WHAT HAPPENED!?"

minjae can never just not scream can he? everywhere he goes he just has to make his presence aware, makani almost considers getting up and punching him in the face, but he keeps his composure, focusing on his game, which was previously occupying his attention.

hikari on the other hand is not even surprised, and turns to the culprit in the room, who pretends he has no idea what's going on or why minjae shouted like the building was blowing up. zixin just clears his throat, pretending he didn't just out the older 00 liner to the person in the group with the biggest mouth.

"a thing".

"what thing?" well shit— seojun peaks his head from behind the door, having walked past the hotel room and overhearing the conversation.

now the two arguably nosiest nct sei members were on his back, and he couldn't do anything but spill. "hikari's thing with—"

"we don't have a thing!" hikari is quick to counter, eager to disprove zixin's words. his tone of voice conveys that he is, in fact, lying, and he curses himself for being so obvious with his emotions. "we just— it was, a one time thing, once!"

"you kissed him more than once!"

"you kissed who!?"

"YOU KISSED SOMEBODY!?"

makani closes his eyes, scrunching his nose as he glares at minjae, as always, the source of noise. minjae has no time for his unnecessarily intimidating glares though, because the news he just heard is news.

seojun makes his way over to his fellow dream member, sitting down beside hikari with the largest shit–eating grin on his face. "so.. who was it?" he asks, narrowing his eyes at the older member.

"uh.." hikari awkwardly laughs. he does not want to say, he squeezes the pillow in his lap, he freezes for a moment, unable to find his voice for some reason, so he turns to makani.

makani looks up, narrowing his eyes, then a small 'ah' escapes his lips, he gets what hikari wants him to say. "oh, it was jeno".

silence.

then— chaos.

"OH YOU ARE JOKING!"

hikari closes his eyes, putting the pillow to his face, he doesn't want to see anyone else's reactions. seojun laughs, then screams, possibly louder than minjae this time.

"jisung owes me twenty dollars!" seojun screeches, and that sentence is what makes hikari look up from the pillow where he'd previously buried his face.

"you made a bet?"

"kinda.. jisung said he thought it'd be you and jaemin but he was SUCH an idiot oh he is so gonna be mad—"

"i don't think that's the most important thing here" makani voices clearly, his fingers still playing the game on his switch, but his gaze completely focused on the eldest 00 liner. "hikari is clearly in love with jeno and he's denying it.."

"i'm not!" hikari puts his hands up. "i'm not in love with jeno!" he yells, as if he was being accused of committing a crime. "it was just a thing we did".

"more than once".

"and you enjoyed that thing each and every time" makani stares at him in his usual judging manner, hikari immediately shrinks under his gaze, again clutching the pillow in front of him.

"okay.. i'm sorry, how did you two get to know about this but not us?" minjae asks, pointing at makani and zixin, who both look at him like he's crazy.

"because you'd go around and tell everybody, even non-nct members" makani replies like it's a matter of a fact, eyes going back to his switch. minjae's jaw drops, like he was genuinely offended by the clearly true words. "don't look at me like that, you know i'm right".

the words make minjae pout, but he doesn't try to argue with the older, because he'll get shut down immediately.

"what the hell is going on here?"

finally, after what seems like forever, the beloved leader of nct sei appears, looking confused as ever at why all five nct sei members are crowded into one hotel room. "hikari and jeno have a thing".

hikari gasps when that is the first thing zixin decides to say, resisting the urge to absolutely punch him. "oh! congratulations!"

"were not—" hikari groans, covering his face with his hands. "were not dating!"

"but your in love with him" makani states for the nth time that moment.

and somehow, that is the one that gets hikari to break, and he once again puts the pillow in his face. "fuck i am!"

"then why don't you just.. tell him?" seojun asks, and hikari frowns, like that's the one question he'd been dreading the whole conversation.

"because, it's too risky, i don't want to put pressure on him and i don't even know if he even likes me back it's—" he pauses, clenching his jaw. "i don't want a repeat of the michi situation.."

"it's just gonna eat you up then".

"i know i just—" hikari sighs, taking in a deep breath. "i'll tell him when the time is right!"

"and your gonna keep making out with him until then?"

minjae yells when hikari begins throwing the pillows on his bed at him.

new nct sei content for you @junjiie ^_^!!

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jennyandvastraflint · 2 months

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Xena Reactions S3Ep3

We start with a dude dramatically running away from war... EW. ARES. He just keeps getting uglier

Damn strong armour. Is the armour possessing the guy?

MEDAL OF HEPHESTEUS!?

Cheerful start really

Damn they wanna hurt some guy. Was that Gabby

YEEES XENA AND GABRIELLE

Gosh Xena and Gabrielle are so gorgeous

Is she gathering criminals for a mission XD

OHHH GORGEOUS.

"I am no lady" either way gender.

Xena introducing them

"Just men?" 😂 Gabrielle asking the good questions

Going up against Ares... Blergh. Ares can go choke on his own ego.

Oof, village laid waste

The armour looks so stupid honestly...

Rude!???

Love how Xena's SWORD broke but not Gabrielle's staff 😂

Oh fuck the pretty one was hit

Oh. METAL! Not medal... Yes that makes more sense (auditory processing issues hu)

Blacksmithing fancam

Hate that pretentious guy

CALLISTO SHOUTOUTTT <3

"Wow, nice ceps!" He is GAY. He is so down to suck Ares's dick...

BOOMERANG (Sokka is foaming at the mouth in jealousy)

"Cos I'm gonna kill her" no you won't. Shut up and suck Ares's dick you war simp

Gabrielle commanding them as she should.

Boo for them ignoring her.

"Murderers guarding murderers"

"Were they murderers before they met you?" OUCH

THEY WERE LIKE ME

AAAAAAH

"Am I really who I am, or am I what you made me?"

They're playing their funny guessing game again

Jesus can these murderers CHILL

Gabrielle looking, then going NOOOPE

Please these idiots are still standing there

Ahaha they're guarding each other cos none trusts the other to not kill them

RISE AND SHINEEE

"But what are you here for?"

SO VALID. STAB THAT GUY DEAD.

"You know what men are like" lesbian

Ahaha he just fell asleep

"But you're going to buy them"

Yuck, I wouldn't wanna be stuck with that guy either

"I think I've never been part of a true disaster before" "Cynic"

URGH the sexist prick can go die in a ditch

Ew what kinda straight sex shit is this

"Men are so easy" shdhshd

Gosh he's annoying.. Why r all the men in this annoying

NOOOO HE WANTED TO HURT GABRIELLE

And he grabbed Xena...

DID SHE KILL HIM-

Oop

"That's gotta be uncomfortable" 😂

GABRIELLE MY BABYGIRL

"Is this a private get together or can anyone join in?" Oh she knooows

She's happy they're working together

AHAHA She sensed Ares

Why is Ares' beard so fucking UGLYYYY. Like it literally got worse

Ares you snitch. Why are you telling her. Bro as if THAT isn't also interfering?? 😂

Uhhhh... Whomst?

Damn they throw bombs

Gabrielle ur so amazing

Xena I love you sm

Damn. She's defyyying gravity

Mmmmm, dudebro sexist is sus af

Urgh... They tricked her...

GABBY

YUCK. DISGUSTING. I hope she gets to murder him

I love Gabby

HOLY SHIT. HER SHOVING THE OTHER WOMAN AGAINST THE WALL (Gabrielle 🤝 Jenny)

Glaphyra?

Yeah true but y'know, a bit too many men for my liking, and a whole bunch of others stand around doing nothing about it

They really just want money, hu

Is he gonna free them

Ayoooo double double crossing

Ahsdhsh she used the Doctor strategy. Get captured cos breaking out the cell is easier than breaking into the whole thing

EW. ASSAULT. DISGUSTING. Someone give her a wife

"Hey that's not how a princess fights" gosh get some perspective, man

"Amazon Princess" YOU TELL HIM

OH FUCK. GABRIELLE IS JUST SEEING XENA MURDER WITHOUT RESTRAINT

Something something the old Xena showing for a moment

"Why does everyone wanna kill me?" Honestly it's very understandable

"I'm not leaving!" "Like she said"

Ares is like lmao bye have fun dying, loser

All the steaaaam, brilliant. Gotta be pretty hot in there

YEESH That gotta hurt

Kabooooom

"Look after Xena, okay?" awwwww

"I'd sooner fall for a toad" valid

THEY'RE SO GAAAY

"You're Gabrielle" AAAAAH ❤️

"Question is who would I be without you?"

Ahaha them bickering

Ok so as a whole the episode was very, very meh. I liked the Xena/Gabrielle moments tho

#v watches xena #xwp #xena warrior princess #xena and gabrielle #xena

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deadlifeseries · 5 months

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So unlike you

Oh boy oh boy angst time. This was requested by my mutual @callisto-moon-bot150 she asked for angst with a happy ending, involving Prowl and Bulkhead arguing.

Honestly it was hard to think of something they'd argue about but i figured it out, this ficlet takes place during\after that one episode where Prowl teams up with Lockdown and has a sort of craze for mods.

"Prowl?.... PROWL! What do you think you're doing?! You can't go after Starscream alone!" Bulkhead looked towards the sky at the small ship that Prowl took to go after the allspark signal on the moon.

"Don't worry, Bulkhead. I know what I'm doing, I have the emp and stasis cuffs there's nothing to worry about". Prowl's tone was as calm as ever, but something about the confidence in his voice felt different. Prowl wasn't one to doubt his abilities, but he was never cocky. Now his words were laced with the kind of overconfidence that Bulkhead wold moreso expect from Bumblebee.

Soon thereafter Prowl went into complete radio silence. Of course this worried everyone, especially Bulkhead. But they could still pick up his energy signature and no distress calls so they all hoped for the best.

But nobody could have guessed what would happen next.

To see Lockdown again was bad on it's own, to see Lockdown with Prowl was worse. But to see Prowl and Lockdown working together? It made the fact there now somehow was two of Sarscream into nothing more than an afterthough.

"Prowl... what are you doing?! Why are you working with Lockdown?!" Optimus stared in disbelief at Prowl. Ratchet looked a lot more angry "and why do you have all of those..." he vaguely geastured towards Prowl "...things?"

Prowl deflected all of his teammates' comments, and they didn't have any time to argue with multiple Starscreams to deal with. During the whole ordeal Prowl acted so unlike himself that it felt like he was someone else.

In the end he snapped out of it and threw aside all the mods that he borrowed from Lockdown. But it wasn't that easy for everyone else to forget it...

Prowl was firstly scolded and grilled with questions. And he understood that, he really did and he didn't argue about it. But even after that he could still feel the distrust coming from his teammates. As much as they tried to hide it it was obvious that everyone was still worried about if this was a sign of worse things to come. Prowl understood that too, he wasn't oblivious to how the others could see this as some sort of implication.

But what really hurt was the distrust from Bulkhead. It was like he was avoiding Prowl, and as much as it hurt Prowl really didn't have a hard time rationalizing it. Bulkhead was the one who told him not to go alone, and Prowl remembered acutely the look of betrayal he got from Bulkhead when they saw each other after Prowl returned.

It was the worst punishment of all. To have the person who's supposed to love the most you avoid you completely. Prowl tried to talk thing out, he wanted so badly to apologise, to beg for forgiveness. But every time Bulkhead would just talk for as short as possible, or avoided talking all together.

This lasted for days, and it was absolutely unbearable. Everyone else was slowly moving on from it, except for Bulkhead and it was driving Prowl insane. It made the worst case scenarios play through his head on repeat. Did this mean the end? Did this mean that Bulkhead didn't want to be together anymore? The thought made Prowl's spark clench, how could he have ever even though of somthing so idiotic? He should've listened, he should've stayed and not gone out on his own.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. One evening Prowl went to Bulkhead's room, he took a deep breath an knocked on the door. He entered slowly, looking at Bulkhead with both anxiety and hope. Seeing the way that Bulkhead looked at him cut deeper than any blade.

"Bulkhead.... I... came to apologise" Prowl was hoping so dearly that Bulkhead would listen. "You were right, I shouldn't have gone out on my own, I should've never even considered working with Lockdown. Please, how can I make it up to you? Please, talk to me", his voice was pleading as he hoped so deeply to get any sort of response.

When he didn't get any response he sighed and hanged his head in defeat, "I... understand, if this means.. the end, then I'll accept it", Prowl turned around and was about to leave the room when Bulkhead spoke up.

"I was so worried about you", he spoke quietly, but with a slur of emotions in his voice. He turned to look at Prowl "I thought that the worst had happened when you would't respond. And when you did come back you acted so... unlike yourself... I thought I'd lose you in a different way".

Prowl looked positively baffled, he took a step closer to Bulkhead "you... though that i would..." he searched for the right way to say it "... go with Lockdown? Become like him? Bulkhead, I... I could never. Yes, I admit I acted like an absolute fool but I could never do something like that".

Bulkhead still looked apprehensive but didn't look away from Prowl, didn't object to Prowl approaching him. Prowl took it as a good sign, and continued "I'm so sorry, you were right! I should have listened to you! I acted like an idiot... please forgive me, I'll do anything" he was almost on his knees. If begging is what it took then by god he'd beg.

Bulkhead stood up, and walked up to Prow, "Anything?".

"Yes! Anything! Anything it takes!" Bulkhead's willingnees to talk made Prowl hopeful, when he said he'd do anything he meant it.

Bulkhead took another step forwards and grabbed Prowl, holding him close to his chest. "Never scare me like that again. I know I can't force you do listen to me but just... promise me that".

Prowl immediatly wrapped his arms around Bulkhead's neck, even if it had only been a few days since they last heald each other it was still far too long. "I promise, I promise I'll listen more, and i won't pull any stunts like that ever again", he said this wholehearthedly. This was a lesson that he wouldn't forget.

"Thanks. And uhm, sorry for the silent treatment... I just didn't know how to react" Bulkhead looked a lot more at ease and he leaned in to kiss Prowl.

Prowl accepted the affection like it was what kept him alive, "I understand, though I must admit these past few days must have been the worst ones of my life". He couldn't resist, he kept kissing Bulkhead like there was no tomorrow. It was almost hard to believe that he's normally so distant with everyone.

And it seemed like Bulkhead also didn't like the consequenses of his silent treatment, because he seemes equally as needy for attention. "Yeah, mine too. Now come here, I'm not letting you go until we've both had our fill", he smiles and picks Prowl up, holding him close.

With that it was like whatever invisible wall that stood between them fell. They held onto each other as if letting go would kill them, they exchanged kisses and words of adoration like they needed it more than anything else.

"I'm never giving you the silent treatment again", Bulkhead chuckled a little to himself "honestly, I wanted to stop after a day and a half. You're real irresistible you know that?".

Prowl was already flustered but hearing that only made it worse. He laughed and smiled warmly, it was rare sight but he couldn't help it when Bulkhead was so damn charming. "Likewise, I know I act very distant a lot of the time but now I simply can't imagine a life without you", he leaned in and kissed Bulkhead, this time more passionatley, "but enough talking, I have a few days worth of attentoin to catch up on".

#transformers animated #tfa prowl #tfa #transformers #tfa bulkhead #prowlbulk #bulkprowl #hoooooooo boy #like honestly i could not imagine any other scenario where these two would disagree this badly #but hey if it works it works #and oh boy like i really like the idea that Prowl is kind of a hopeless romantic if you get close enought to him #like mr tall dark and distant becoming the sappyest fuck ever behind closed doors #so obviously he wouldn't like the silent treatment #and bulky would not do any better since he is defo touch starved #and insecure so not getting his daily dose of affection would suck for him #basically they're both just super affectionate and absolutely love the attention they get from each other

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Characterisation through quotes

Taking the open tag from @illarian-rambling to do this.

Rules: write a quote for your character following your prompt

My prompt: Write a quote about your character/s favourite place.

I'm gonna do characters from all three my activr WIP's.

Children of the Stars

Adrian: Wow, what's my favourite place... let's see if I still remember this... Fifty-three Armfeldt Lane, floor five-oh-eight, Hab tower six, Callisto. It used to be a NASECA colonial armory some six hundred years ago. To us? Well, to clan Castellan it was simply Hémar, 'home'. Not a day passes that I don't wish I was back there, even if it would mean more gunfire and bloodshed daily than I've seen in the past six years.

Lyanni: This house, of course. Look, I don't fit in with the nobility, there isn't a Jezdeir left for me to return to, and regardless, I'm safer and happier here than I've been at any time during the last year and a half. Adrian can be a bit of an ass from time to time, but I'd rather argue with him out of boredom and spite than have my rights taken away because some gods-forsaken priest took offence to... my breathing, I guess, I don't know. And besides, the little shit is kinda endearing in his own thorny way.

Wilhelm: My favourite place? I... I confess that I do not know. My whole life has been spent either in places I hated or places I never want to go back to. Now that I'm free? Free to explore and live and do whatever else it is free people do with their lives, I'll let you know when I find it.

The Tempest Prince

Jason: The Archives. The Ordo Magos used to warn archivists and researchers to pack camping gear and rations whenever they went in there. My binge reading and exploration of that place is the sole reason that the Magi have set up lodgings and psychonet spell circles at regular intervals in that place. I don't know whether that's impressive or a sign that I need an intervention.

Alex: You're asking the walker of worlds what his favourite place is? You know, I've seen realities so bizarrely beautiful that they defy human language. Have you ever seen the Roses bloom under the skies of Neureich? Or the endless expanse of old mother night from the orbit of New Iernia? To you, this is all gibberish, but to me they are memories, and to pick a favourite would be a defilement thereof.

Helga: The lowveld in Southern Africa. I once went there on a trip with those two idiots and their mother. Beautiful place, so much more alive and vibrant than Allyria, yet quiet enough to get one's head on straight. To this day, I'll catch a lantern over that-a-way whenever I need to calm down or think. Just watchimg that sunrise is almost meditative.

Echoes of Shadows

Johan: The Zelver Frontier in Zuurveldt. Contrary to what people think, it's not all salt pans out west, in fact it can be downright mesmerizing when those dry hills bloom in early spring. When I still lived on the farm, we used to always take the day the flowers bloomed off. Ha! I guess once a country boy, always a country boy, hey?

Anastasia: When is not wartorn hellscape, Ulyenski forests hold certain... calming appeal to me.

Maire: Th'market square in Rodrickstown. As much as A' 'ate Angeheim an' 'ated livin' in th'Kingdom, Ye've got tae admit tha' our people know how tae do street markets right.

Hans: when I first moved to Neureich, the first thing they warned us about was that a field of Roses is a sign to stay away from an area. I thought nothing of it until I survived my first hellstorm and had watched those things in the storm tear apart my posse only for a field of Roses to spring up in the wake of that hell. Turns out Roses are a sign that an area is susceptible to hellstorms. There's something morbidly poetic and beautiful about such horrible violence being the catalyst for such beauty.

Sasha: Honestly? My old bunk back in Rostov. Never thought I'd say that but I honestly miss not having to sleep on a grimy couch in some foreign port city.

Tagging whomever wants it. Your prompt is: Write a quote about your characters best memory

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an-angel-so-called-satan · 2 years

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LMAO it's so funny when people who haven't even read the novel talk shit about it. Yes I'm talking about VADTD/DITOEFTV.

It doesn't surprise me that the person in question of the dilemma is the same one who deleted a post where he/she/they accused the author of the novel of being pro-slave a long time ago.

I'm just going to say that I find it very hypocritical to attack Callisto for being a colonizer when Eckles also belongs to a family of colonizers (and even he himself could become what he hated). I wasn't going to talk about this because I don't really hate any character in the novel (well, maybe laila and the game system lol), but I am going to criticize:

Eckles is A NOBLE, an illegitimate prince of his country, but NEVER RECEIVED DISCRIMINATION FOR IT!

His family loved him to the point of hiding him from the family registry so he wouldn't be executed!

Eckles throughout the novel has a problem with feeling inferior (and with good reason because he is a slave).

BUT DON'T FORGET THAT THE COUNTRY WHERE HE LIVED WAS ARID AND ITS PEOPLE LIVED IN POVERTY, WHILE THE RICH HAD THE BEST. And among the rich was ECKLES!

If you didn't notice the clear signs of pride that a nobleman carries for the sake of being one in Eckles, and not simply the humiliation of being a slave, THEN YOU DIDN'T READ THE NOVEL CORRECTLY.

I don't think I even need to give examples of the horrible treatment his people received from him in the novel, because 'they were practically cannon fodder.

If Delman hadn't been destroyed, Eckles would be exactly the type of noble that that some in the fandom most HATE, or have those who read the novel already forgotten that in the SIDE STORIES Eckles has a personality quite similar to Callisto at the beginning of the novel : proud, egotistical, sarcastic and a bit of a bastard?

They hate Callisto for being "that kind of person" but they love someone who has that personality but hidden in a darker way. LMAO

WHAT'S MOST FUNNY: If the character they hate does something wrong it's entirely it's fault, if the character they love does it, it's the author's fault!

ECKLES IS A WOLF IN THE CLOTHING OF A LAMB, but people forget when they see an "innocent face". Also something what I hate most is when his fans treat him like a terribly naive idiot… Eckles is intelligent and manipulative enough to be able to get away with it, but he doesn't succeed as he has the temperament of a teenager but mainly HIS ARROGANCE AND PRIDE OF NOBLE IS HIS ROPE ON THE NECK!

A long time ago I made a post explaining the dynamics of Eckles in the novel, but I missed some things to add (like the previously I said).

OH AND DON'T FORGET THAT THE MIRROR OF TRUTH (THE ONE IN CHARGE OF BRAINWASHING PEOPLE) WAS BROKEN BY PENELOPE LONG BEFORE LAILA COULD MANIPULATE THE PROTAGONISTS. AND THAT THE MIRROR OF TRUTH ITSELF DOESN'T REALLY MANIPULATE PEOPLE, IT ONLY MAKES THEIR HIDDEN WISHES/FEARS COME OUT WITHOUT MODERATION.

But whatever, the Korean fandom recognizes that Eckles is crazy and accepted him as is, they don't try to make him up or imagine something that will never be him and that doesn't even suits him.

I am glad that the authors of the work have a strong character, because that will be needed when more crazy people come to try to attack the work for things that only happened in their heads!

So I say goodbye, not without first leaving this beautiful, terribly direct hint to those people who criticize without having read the content beforehand :D

#death is the only ending for a villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #manhwa #death is the only ending for the villain #books #villains are destined to die #penelope eckhart #callisto regulus #otome isekai #rofan #webnovel #eckles #isekai

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koisurubeam · 2 months

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my mom wants me to watch xena w her so bad but i keep putting it off because shes a die hard xena x gabrielle and i just KNOW because im a fucking idiot id be like hehehe callisto or someone else and not gaf about the entirety of the rest of the show or any of the fandom

#p #i cant help it i have brainworms #i hate main characters i need the ugly controversial ones with bpd and i need to chew them up in my mouth

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Pairing: Min Yoongi x Reader Theme: Hogwarts AU Genre: Fluff, Angst, Smut

Summary:

During Harry’s time in Hogwarts, and after, there were many tales that nobody talked about in the magic world. Stories that were soon forgotten, or ignored due to the battles involving the magic trio and he who must not be named.

But there is one that was worth remembering, an unconventional story of a boy and a girl that had nothing in common, but fought until the very last minute together.

Chapter 3: Fresh Air

1 drop. 2 drops. 3 drops. Stir.

Swish. Flick. Up. Down.

Ganymede. Callisto. Europa.

It all became repetitive. Like a mantra. Other words to fill your mind, ease the pain and forget about that day. It shouldn’t bother you, you know it shouldn’t but it did any way. With Cho back everything was supposed to be easier, but it only got worse for some odd reason. She became more silent, and only smiling when she had to (either you or someone else would try to make a joke to help with the tension around the room). Nothing made sense, it’s like the Christmas break brought more trouble than it should have.

It was just first year, you were just 11 years old, and all this blood status and failed friendships just became too much for a girl.

You had to talk to Cho, you promised you would be civil about this situation so you will solve this right now. You walked around the castle to find her and talk about the Christmas break and the past weeks because what the hell was that? It was almost Valentine’s Day, a day you like to cherish your friends.

What changed? Were you a really bad friend or was this all just a misunderstanding? What if you were exaggerating and Cho was just having a bad time of her own? …oh no, then you ARE a terrible friend.

“Hey idiot!”. Oh no, you must be kidding me, you thought after hearing his voice. “Why are you walking around like a maniac? Do muggles walk like that too?”.

“I don’t have any time for your nonsense Min, so shut up”. You replied to Min Yoongi, who was sitting in a bench outside with other Slytherins, including Jin.

“Oi Min, let her be, you know muggle borns can be quite…clumsy, even about the easiest things”. Jin joined the teasing, great. Now you had to deal with more of them.

“Is there any time of the day that you don’t act like a wild nonsense pair of hyenas?”. You stopped and looked at them straight in the eyes, Min looking quite displeased. “Like I said, I don’t have time for your childish behavior and lame replies, have a great day”. You continued to walk away from them, you were still sensitive about that Christmas incident and will definitely avoid hearing more from those two.

It’s like they were the only ones with a voice though, maybe the rest of the Slytherins weren’t that bad…or they were just probably cowards. Something told you it was the latter.

After a long trip around the castle you couldn’t find her anywhere, you stopped by the lake to rest some time and found a nice spot in the trees, but seemed like someone else had the same thought as you. You had an internal battle, you were going to walk away but decide against it, you were really tired so you got closer to the tree that was just beside the lake.

“Heavens, you startled me”. The boy seemed like he was talking a long and peaceful nap.

“I’m really sorry, I saw you but I was tired and still wanted to come around here. I should leave and let you rest”.

He lazily smiled at you, seeming like still trying to wake up. “Oh don’t be, I should probably get back anyway, I think I overslept but hey…totally worth it. If you think about it I already warmed up the place for you”.

You both laughed while he stood up and extended his hand. “My name is Fred, by the way. Fred Weasley”.

“Nice meeting you Fred, I’m Y/N. Sorry again, it wasn’t my intention”.

“Yeah, I’m totally getting revenge one day”. You both laughed again at his attempt to sound dangerous, he seemed like a nice person. “Guess I will see you around Y/N. But hopefully not at my nap time, you’ll ruin my beauty sleep one of these days”.

“I’ll do my best to not disturb this incredible important time Fred”.

“You’re saying it’s important, hm? Do you think I really need that?”.

Of course you panicked, do you say ‘yes’ and sound rude? Or say ‘no’ trying to be nice with him but with the chance of embarrass yourself?

“I’m just messing with you Y/N”. Oh no, he noticed your little panick attack. “Of course I don’t need such thing”. Huh?

“Right…”. You couldn’t help but laugh again, someone finally talked to you and was being nice about it.

“I’ll let you do your thing I guess, it’s getting late so try no to spend the rest of the night here. See ya Y/N!”.

You had the place for yourself and use this time to cool off and think straight, nothing made sense, it was all random and unnecessary drama. At least you made a new friend…or rather met someone new, you couldn’t call him a friend…yet? You saw he was a Gryffindor because of his robes, but don’t remember seeing him in any class so he was probably in a different year.

You were about to fall asleep until it was your time to be startled by someone. “You’re definitely hard to find Y/N”. Cho said to you and giggled. “But it seems like we were both trying to find each other, Marietta told me she saw you asking for me”.

“Wait you were looking for me too? I can’t believe this”. You both laughed and she sat next to you, she seemed more relieved than the previous days.

“Can we talk? I feel like I owe you an apology”

“We can always talk Cho, and it’s not like you owe me an apology but I’d like to know what’s going on”.

She released a big sigh. “I was getting scared, you know? It’s kind of related to Namjoon, he’s kind of ignoring me too which I find totally heartbreaking. I was getting angry at him for doing that to you, I tried to push the topic any time I could but he wouldn’t give in. That’s probably the reason why he’s avoiding me, he told me he would let this all go in some time but I pushed anyway because I missed being us three. We’ve been friends since we were…5? Or at least since I can remember. I was angry, now I am honestly sad. I’ve been doing some thinking and didn’t realize I was pushing you away too. So yeah, I do owe you an apology Y/N”.

“I understand how you’re feeling, it must be really sad since you’ve known him since forever and not understand at all. But something is telling me he will come around”.

She offered you a hug which you happily accepted.

She asked you about your Christmas break and the past weeks, you didn’t want to tell her at first but she was your friend and you needed to let it out.

“I can’t believe that boy. We never properly met before Hogwarts, at least didn’t cross words. He’s mean to everyone, it must be so sad to live like that if you think about it”.

“I believe so, but anyway…I’ll try to focus on something else, a dumb boy can’t get in my way”.

Cho laughed. “Well if you think about it, we’re kind of dumb too. We were both looking for each other the entire day because of something dumb”.

You giggled. “Yeah, for being in Ravenclaw I guess we weren’t so clever this time”.

The day ended with you laughing about the situation, sharing other details of the last few days. You even mentioned Fred, Cho didn’t know him either but was relieved to know he was nice to you.

You could use more afternoons like this, so Cho and you agreed on having picnics over the lake every other day and just forget about the rest of the school. You started the tradition the following weekend and Cho was filling you with the latest wizard gossip, somehow the Wizardry Budget was leaked and was in the headlines of the Daily Prophet, you still didn’t understand much of the ministry of magic, but Cho was patient enough to explain.

The year went on like this, you growing a stronger bond with Cho, and eventually running into Fred, whom you discovered later that he had a twin, George, and he was as funny as Fred. The twins were very disastrous and loved mischief, you never joined them on their tricks, but learned about a thing or two from them.

You also improved in your classes, you took Namjoon’s advice for Potions and it worked really well for you. You couldn’t help but think about him sometimes, it still made you and Cho sad. You didn’t see him as much for some reason, every time you saw him he was with Yoongi and Jin, he would tell them something and they would walk away from you.

Yoongi continued to bother you any time he could, but you noticed he only did it while he was alone or with the other Slytherin boys (you still didn’t know their names, it’s like they were only following him around like his bodyguards). You would ignore him most of the times but he could be mean if he wanted to. You realized it wasn’t really personal, he bothered any muggleborn or someone from ‘lower’ status. So sad, you would think, to keep growing up and not be able to appreciate the people around you, enjoy the company, and create real friendships.

The first year came to an end, it was by far the most eventful year you’ve had in your short life and you were sure the following years would be just as exciting. If you could learn all of this I’m your first year, you were curious of what you’d learn in the future, the places you’ll go and the people you’ll meet; hopefully more people like Cho, Fred and George.

‘’Promise me you’ll try to write every other day”. Cho said to you when you were about to part ways.

“Of course I’ll try Cho, I’m excited to tell my parents how it works, I’ll send you as much letters and postcards as I can”.

You said your goodbyes and left the station to meet your parents, you spent the entire summer sharing what you learned with them, and they were both so happy for you and excited to meet your new friends in the future. You didn’t tell them about Namjoon and the whole Slytherin group, you didn’t want to worry them too much. It was childish, you promised to yourself you would ignore their comments from now on.

The time of the year to go back to search for school supplies was coming, you were glad this was something you could share with your parents, to go around the stores and see all types of things the non wizards didn’t even think existed. Year two was approaching, and with this new lessons, new adventures, and hopefully new friends…

A/n: so this is it! The end of the first year is here! Sorry if it seems short or kind of uneventful lol. You may be wondering where is Harry and the rest of the main characters, or probably you already know why they’re not here yet. Let me know in the comments if you catch it.

Remember this is an additional story in the Harry Potter universe, I’m not intending to replace Harry or any other character. I’d like to keep the characters I grew up with and add more of my own with a side story I hope you enjoy.

Let me know what you think so far, I tried posting earlier but I’ve been drowning in work 😭

#min yoongi #yoongi #yoongi smut #yoongi x reader #yoongi angst #yoongi x you #yoongi x oc #yoongi x y/n #bts hogwarts au

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persnickett · 10 months

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A9. Who was your first ship? B4. Who is your current favourite author? What is their best story? B6. What is your favourite story trope? Why? B9. Who is your OTP? C6. Is there anything in canon that made you want to quit the show? What was it? Why did you hate it? [tmr] D10. What is one story idea you really want to read but no one has written yet?

-💖 {currently having heart broken & repieced by the blood culmination}

Hellooooo and thank you for the ask <3 A9. Who was your first ship? Hmm. Had to go back all the way to live journal to check that one but I think it depends if it means romantic ship or not? My first fanfiction was supernatural fanfiction featuring the brothers but my first ship must have been Dom x Brian from the Fast and Furious series. I haven't had the heart to revisit it since we lost Paul (10 years this year!?!) and I think I'm most comfortable that way. Then I went through my (10 year) die hard phase then ended up here, not a lot of history to share, really! B4. Who is your current favourite author? What is their best story? Tolkien is my favourite author always and we all know his best story lol. I think this means on ao3 though so I'd say I tend to revere the things I can't do, so my favourite things are poetic descriptions and stunning world building. Which means I have to recommend my two darling loves Tattered_Dreams and singtome. I haven't read all their stories yet - all gifts to myself for when I finish tbc! - but I can tell you that Hard Rock/Callisto is singtome's opus (be ready for angst) and though it was never finished, the world building in Amalgamation by Tattered_Dreams once had me so enthralled I nearly broke my ankle on it (true story, I stood up after reading it, not realizing my leg had gone to sleep and rolled my ankle. I limped for a month and people made Newt 2.0 jokes, it as fab and absolutely 100% worth it).

B6. What is your favourite story trope? Why? Oh god. I'm... this very contrary person who tries to avoid tropes (not possible, everything that can happen is a trope) and write each story as 'it's own thing' so I have a hard time answering this. Idiots to lovers? Probably? I don't think it's quite miscommunication that I write (though I hear that irritates some people to the nth degree lol) but my characters are always a bit dense to signals, or reluctant to risk falling in love or believing their interest is actually interested. So slow-ish burn I guess, though I don't have many long fics besides the obvious exception. Characterization and inner thought narration style are my favourite things to prioritize in writing so I think it's all the over-analyzing that makes it fun and satisfying for me to write out. I also like bed sharing kljasfkas lol. (Edit: I just realized I answered this as a writer out of habit and this is a reading quiz. So I have maybe already answered my favourite things to read with poetic word choice and fantasy/sci-fi worldbuilding above but my favourite tropes to read probably are the same as the ones I like to write. Slow burn definitely, with a lot of characterization that feels well thought out and true to canon, and I also enjoy the compartmentalization in any type of courtesan/sex-worker fic, or any adjacent situation where the characters have an 'arrangement' . Anything where characters can be getting it on but thinking the other feels nothing for them and their feelings are unrequited heh - usually most simply because the act could be part of their job. It's probably because it just feeds a slow burn in a realistic feeling way for me. Characters' thought processes feeling Realistic is a big priority for me in a good, satisfying read. Marriage of Convenience is always one that usually works for me much better than Fake Dating for this reason, too. A green card or insurance fraud gives the whole act a Reason characters are working so hard at all the lies other than just. Fooling people lol.)

B9. Who is your OTP? Still Newtmas.✨ C6. Is there anything in canon that made you want to quit the show? What was it? Why did you hate it? [tmr] I saw the movies first and then read the books simply because I needed to write fanfic that would save Newt. It was actually a really funny experience because I had never seen something and felt the distinct NEED to create for it, or fix it, before (and I had sort of drifted from fanfic, only writing a short one a couple times a year, and I hadn't had a new obsession in years). All my other ships I had come to backward, ie. I felt a need to write, and found characters that would suit what I needed and then dug in. Newt's character and his tragedy really took hold of me. And I felt I needed to know the books in order to write acceptable fanfiction. I nearly didn't make it through them. Dashner himself has admitted to the gender issues that I felt were prevalent and toxic all throughout the books so that was pretty difficult for me, but the book I nearly didn't finish was tfc. The torture of a 4 year old child and the way it read like fanfic of his own work were not doing it for me lol. D10. What is one story idea you really want to read but no one has written yet? OOF lol I want to read all the stories and have so little time, so I don't feel equipped to answer this one at all. I hope everyone writes the ideas that come to them! Writing and reading are both such powerful experiences that everyone should have the pleasure of indulging in at least a little bit in their lifetime. <3

#ask game #reading

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