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rae-writes · 5 months

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OnlyFantoms???

om brothers x reader

wc : 2.k

warnings : nsfw, gn!reader with skirt wearing (mammon, satan), panties/lingere wearing (satan, asmo), online sharing

synopsis : let's see what the latest trending porn videos are

a/n : for some reason, tumblr desktop is making the symbols bold and way bigger than they're supposed to be, so if you're on desktop just ignore how that looks :/

being asked about it in a livestream

Your legs are spread open for the camera, hooked over your boyfriend’s with no chance of closing them, while his hand is shoved down the front of your bottoms. The other roams your body— sliding up your shirt and wrapping around your throat. Your arms are clearly straining themselves as they hold your body up, all so you could rock your hips against Lucifer’s fingers; though the view is covered by your clothes, the slick sounds are all too clear, giving away how aroused you really were. When your arms finally give out and you fall back against his chest, there’s a shift in the air that you can practically feel as his bicep flexes under the fabric of his shirt, free arm yanking you up higher on his lap so he can finger you harder. Over the sound of your moans and cries for him to ‘please let me cum, been s’good for you, please please please’, you can hear Lucifer’s signature low chuckle and the faint sound of his shaky breathing before he’s giving you permission, outright laughing when you squeal and jerk in his grasp. His hand slips from your bottoms, and though his face isn’t in frame, it’s clear he’s licking your cum off his fingers right before the video cuts off.

Good grades get rewarded | 0:45 seconds | 108.k views | 100.k likes | 97.k comments

Lucifer?!

Hand cam hand cam hand cam

Dude, isn’t Mc a straight A student? THIS IS WHAT THEY GET FOR EVERY A??

I’d good grades too if I had the morning star behind me like this

^I’d get good grades if I could have Mc in my lap like this tf

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Panting and moaning fill the dim atmosphere, mixing in with the faint sound of slapping skin as large hands push and pull at your hips. The camera is positioned only to catch your lower bodies, but through the dark you can still catch the bobbing of Mammon’s adams apple and the curve of your mouth as you place kisses along his jaw. His grip on your hips makes your skirt ride up higher and higher, showing more and more slivers of skin until your entire ass is on display. There’s a shine- the mix of your cum and his- everytime he pulls you up, only to disappear with a filthy ‘shlick’ as he yanks you back down onto his cock. There’s a natural haze to the lens and the windows are entirely fogged up— sweat is beading and rolling down his exposed chest, showing you’ve been at this much longer before the recording ever started. By now, the second born has started emitting whiny growls as he switches to grinding you and the audio picks up a nearly inaudible choked out version of your name before his arms are circling around you and he’s lifting you up slightly with his last thrust. It’s quiet as you pet his hair while he’s busy massaging your waist- and then you're reaching over to grab the camera with a giggle, angling it to see the mess you’ve both made over your clothes. There’s a hushed ‘Lucifer’s gonna kill us-!’ before the screen goes black.

Greed is the name of the game | 2:45 minutes | 95.k views | 91.k likes | 86.k comments

A Y O???

PLS mammon sounded so hot

I don’t know who I’m jealous of or who I’d rather be rn

I wanna be the car

Come get y’all’s dinner, we’re eating good toDAY

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The pretty lighting of the fish tank washes over you, highlighting the red scratch lines trailing down Levi’s abdomen to where you’re placing kisses along his hips and pelvis. The sounds are a bit exaggerated- both to make the demon squirm in embarrassment- and because you’ve got the hood of his jacket thrown up to cover your face. Levi’s got his arms pressed close to his chest, hands gripping the controller so hard the plastic creaks every so often; you can hear the shooting from his game and the frantic mashing of buttons. When you finally take his cock in your mouth, seen by your head bobbing at a fast pace, a loud moan rips from his throat and his hips begin thrusting against your ministrations. The room is filled with whines and whimpers, begs to ‘please go faster’, and your amused laughing. There’s a distinct pop when you pull off his cock and replace your mouth with your hand, all so you could lean up and slam your lips against his. Levi throws the controller to the side, hands scrambling to grab the back of your head and the wrist of the hand that’s jerking him off. He’s practically brainless now as he cries and begs for you to make him cum, switching between that and making those lewd, slick, noises whenever your tongue plays with his. When you command him to cum, he shrieks at the intensity, pulling you closer and closer until you're on top of him and his cum is streaking your clothes. There’s a meek ‘I’m sorry’ and the sound of your giggling before your hands go to the waistband of your pants and the video cuts off.

Motivation for true gamers | 1:30 minutes | 87.k views | 85.k likes | 74.k comments

Making these sounds my alarm as we speak

WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN

Suddenly I’ve become a master gamer

Never picked up a controller in my life but I’m otw to buy one rn

Reverse the roles please I beg!!

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There’s a fairly large spellbook in your hands as you sit on your boyfriend’s lap at one of the library tables; he has his head buried in the crook of your neck, fingers digging at your hips as he subtly rocks you back and forth over his cock. The side profile shows only your skirt bunched up to your upper thighs and lace green panties tugged down to your knees— everything is completely covered, even when Satan gets bold and begins bouncing you up and down. No sounds are made except for a faint creaking of the chair and the spellbook thudding against the table when your back arches. All movements halt when someone’s shadow passes by, but as soon as they’re gone, your arms reach back to wrap around Satan’s neck, fingers burying in his blonde locks and tugging desperately. You can’t help the way you begin fucking Satan without his guidance or the way short whimpers begin falling from your lips. He lets out a low hiss, wrapping a hand around your mouth harshly to keep things quiet, all while he pushes you forward to bend over the table as he stands. He pounds at you roughly, using the fabric of your skirt to keep your skin from slapping together. The frantic pace doesn’t stop until he’s got you shaking from your orgasm and he’s following along with a muffled growl. Only then does he let go of your mouth and kiss at where his fingers dug in a little too roughly, massaging over your hips as he whispers about a ‘another study session well done’ before the video cuts.

Shh— quiet in the library | 5:00 minutes | 91.k views | 87.k likes | 82.k comments

regretting never getting into reading after this

what days do you two go to the library, asking for a friend

my face was pressed up against the screen the entire video

can I be the bookmark

putting in my librarian application asap

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It was a sight that would be found in the best of porn magazines: your body on display with a pretty- expensive- champagne lingerie set that matched the fifth born’s hair color to a tee, while Asmo himself was completely bare, smiling face all dolled up and in frame. What made it even more delicious was his manicured fingers wrapped around his own cock, sliding along the slick area as he gave breathy moans and laughs, all while resting his head on your thigh to watch you pleasure yourself as well. Each bite and lick he delivered to your skin was slow and drawn out, matching the pace each of you were going— but one sharp tug to Azzy’s locks made his back arch with a sharp cry, eyes flashing pink. It’s a blur as he yanks you on top of him, lace-covered ass now on full display for the camera as it bounces along with his movements. The noises are so beautifully vile as you both grind against one another, moans reflecting back that get louder and louder the harder he pulls you down. A few whiny ‘I’m gonna cum!’ exclamations escape him before he forces his cock in you at the last second and practically screams with how intense it made everything feel. There’s thirty seconds of sweet talk and giggling before he’s lifting you up bridal style and you both wag your fingers at the camera before the video ends.

Dress up, dress down | 8:15 minutes | 123.k views | 117.k likes | 103.k comments

I can die happy now

FOR FREE?!?!

I can’t decide who sounds better or looks better

^the answer is both

thank you for the fIVE COURSE FUCKING M E A L

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The sound of running water does nothing to hide the sharp sounds of slapping skin or the rumbly growls Beel is letting out. His wings are sparkling under the shower spray, fluttering rapidly as he fucks into you; his muscles flex with each movement, practically showing off to the camera since he has his backside facing it. Your legs, lifted up to his shoulders with your knees to your ears, and your hands gripping tightly at his horns are the only part of you that can be seen. Your voice echoes, though, loud and whiny moans that hitch each time he delivers a harsher thrust. You can see his hands wandering, unable to pick a place to grip or knead underneath his fingertips, just like his head keeps tilting or ducking down to scatter kisses and bites and hickeys over your skin. When his pace finally falters, it’s due to his stuttering hips and an unrestrained moan tears from his throat, followed by ‘c-cumming! G’na cum inside, fuck, fuck—!’ You can see his knees buckle a bit and your hands white-knuckling his horns. He gives a few frantic thrusts before he crushes your body against him and stills, letting the water cascade down your bodies with content sighs. The sound of a door opening echoes, followed by laughter from multiple people, before you’re whispering ‘now how are you gonna sneak me out?’ and the video cuts black.

A filthy cleaning | 6:26 minutes | 89.k views | 78.k likes | 72.k comments

Can we talk about his sheer strength?? The muscles?? The effortless pace??

THAT ASS THO

ain’t never seen a more lucky human

Is that…the Fangol’s locker room showers-

I— please??

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For a moment, there’s only giggling and the rustling of blankets to be heard as you crawl onto Belphie’s lap— whose face is completely hidden by the plush pillows surrounding him. There’s a faint huff from the demon as you begin grinding on his lap, which quickly devolves into groans the harder you press against his bulge. It’s not long before he’s full on moaning, though not yet awake, and you’re lifting yourself up to take his cock out. His oversized shirt you’re wearing hides you well- only showing enough skin to tell you weren’t wearing underwear- and shields the way you fist his cock before lining it at your entrance. Belphie stirs then, voice coming out hoarse as he calls your name groggily. You drop down, not bothering to go slow, and the seventh born lets out a high pitched whine, hips raising in surprise before he’s flush against the bed again, letting you fuck him till your hearts content. You do exactly that, with your hands pressed to his chest for support, and his own clawing desperately at your thighs. His voice remains in a higher pitch, moaning and whining and whimpering, getting louder and louder until you let out a sharp demand for him to cum, and then he’s cumming with a broken gasp— all Belphie can do is give choked cries when you keep rocking your hips and the video ends after hearing your ‘nu-uh, baby, not done yet. Still want more.’

Wake up call | 7:30 minutes | 84.k views | 80.k likes | 75.k comments

holy fuck I wanna be belphie so bad

why don’t I get woken up this way wtf

This! Is! How! You! Do! It! People!

Can— can we just. Talk about that WHINE THOUGH?!

The grip on their thighs and hoarse moans are sending me

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sea-salted-wolverine · 3 months

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In honor of the moose/Iditarod rule 34 chaos post reaching 1000 notes and then Dallas Seavy winning the Iditarod here are all the unhinged stories and things I know about that race

They changed the rules and schedules so you can't do this anymore, but there was a subset of mushers who would race the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod back to back. That's a 1000-mile race followed by another 1000-mile race through some of the harshest terrain on earth in late winter. And the Yukon quest doesn't even finish where the Iditarod starts. To do this required putting dogs in a plane OR having another team of dogs waiting in anchorage and someone to deal with both teams of dogs.

The first woman to win the Iditarod was Libby Riddles in 1985.

Only to have her finish promptly blown out of the water by Susan Butcher who won the race in 86', 87', 88', and 90' while setting speed records the whole way.

Susan did race in 85' but she ran into a moose early and it killed two of her dogs and hurt the rest so she scratched. Dallas got lucky this year.

She was also the first person to mush a dog team up to the summit of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. This is not what dog teams are intended to do, I don't know why she even wanted to, other than to prove it was possible. I don't think anyone has since.

The race now requires GPS trackers on all the racers and you would not believe the bitchfit everyone threw over those. Mushers can either hop between checkpoints or camp on the trail and it may surprise you to learn that these are the kind of people who have secret camp spots in the woods that they don't want anyone to know about. So now, everyone has acquiesced to the tracker requirement but you must have an account on the race website if you want to see them.

The race has 2 paths that alternate even and odd years with different checkpoints but every year includes a section of race that crosses the sea ice, approximately 50 miles from Shaktoolik to Koyuk. so forget landmarks. point the sled north and hope you're going the right way.

the race is in honor of the 1925 Serum Run and the diphtheria outbreak, but the trail itself is the old freight route which is almost twice the length. also, it's a freight route for hauling freight which means the the racers are going at more or less lightspeed as compared to the intended use.

the most effective way to avoid frostbite on your face is a fur hood and duct tape on your cheeks and nose. Cold-related injuries are rare but far from unheard of. The average number of toes and fingertips among mushers is lower than that of the general population.

The finish line is a massive burled arch in the middle of main street in Nome. There is not a lot going on in Nome at any given time and this time of year is the exception. Every racer who finishes the race gets the same reception, which is everyone in town crowding into the finish chute to cheer them on and the city fire siren going off. The last racer in gets the Red Lantern Award which means that they finished dead last but didn't scratch.

the 2020 race had started and was fully underway when the pandemic lockdowns came into place. as far as social distancing goes, you really can't do much better than being isolated 100 miles into the middle of frozen nowhere but the checkpoints are itty bitty villages with no medical infrastructure and the finish was reportedly terrifying because instead of a crowd to cheer at the burled arch, it was just the siren going off in a ghost town.

there is no way I can tell this story that doesn't sound like I'm making it up as I go. The sign says no sniveling and they fucking mean it.

no really, click that link. here's the YouTube vid (non-graphic, after-the-fact interviews)

#from the far north #wolverine warbles #iditarod #dog mushing #alaska

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bluejay-the-geek · 2 months

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DC characters/moments as Tortured Poets Department songs/lyrics bc i have a light concussion and am very bored (in the album's chronological order)

(disclaimer before someone is triggered- some of the lyrics are taken out of context or interpreted differently than what they actually mean. this is just for fun don't come for me. also this gets pretty angsty towards the end so proceed with caution)

"I was supposed to be sent away, But they forgot to come and get me"- tim drake very obviously bc neglecting parents/boarding school

"I love you, it's ruining my life"- early harleen quinzel about joker

"My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"- the whole song is just harley quinn idc (pre-harlivy of course)

"Now I'm down bad, cryin' at the gym"- nightwing def cried at the gym at some point

"I stopped tryna make him laugh, stopped tryna drill the safe"- dick grayson about bruce after moving out of wayne manor

"You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues? I died on the altar waitin' for the proof, You sacrificed us to the gods of your bluest days"- remember the whole selena leaving bruce at the alter thing? yeah

"I'd rather burn my whole life down, Than listen to one more second of all this bitchin' and moanin', I'll tell you something 'bout my good name, It's mine alone to disgrace"- I'm just getting red hood vibes from this no specific reason

"Now, pretty baby, I'm runnin' back home to you, Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to"- almost every gotham rouge to batman right after escaping arkham/prison. especially joker, catwoman and riddler lol

"At the park where we used to sit on children's swings, Wearing imaginary rings"- this one specific panel of tim and steph

"And this city reeks of driving myself crazy"- everyone who's ever been to gotham

"All my girls got their lace and their crimes, And your cheating husband disappeared, well, No one asks any questions here"- it's giving gotham city sirens

"Am I allowed to cry?"- maybe it's just me but i thought about clark kent discovering he had different biological parents and grieving about them even though the parents that actually raised him are alive and well

"So I leap from the gallows and I levitate down your street, Crash the party like a record scratch as I scream, "Who's afraid of little old me?", You should be" red hood's debut

"The scandal was contained, The bullet had just grazed, At all costs, keep your good name, You don't get to tell me you feel bad"- jason todd about the whole making batman choose between him and joker at the end of under the red hood

"You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"- this is 100% Bane bc he was born and grew up in prison for a crime he didn't even do!! also cassandra cain and damian wayne

(^this is actually the lyric that inspired this entire post lol)

"You caged me and then you called me crazy, I am what I am 'cause you trained me, So who's afraid of me? Who's afraid of little old me?"- kind of a stretch but remember that time they put jason in arkham?

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)- again the whole song is harley about joker

"Your arson's match, your somber eyes, And I'll still see it until I die, You're the loss of my life"- bruce about jason. out of all the robins that died, jason's death hit him the hardest. even now when bruce sees red hood, he still sees that happy little kid that he lost

"I can read your mind, "She's having the time of her life", There in her glittering prime, The lights refract sequin stars off her silhouette every night, I can show you lies"- bc we all know Nightwing is always dying on the inside, and it was very true in the discowing era bc it was right after he left the manor

"'Cause I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit"- jason pre-bruce

"I'm so obsessed with him, but he avoids me like the plague"- ok so we got joker about batman, cupid about green arrow, hush about bruce wayne... and a bunch of others but it's too many to write lol

"And you deserve prison, but you won't get time"- fucking tarantula that bitch

"The smallest man who ever lived"- the atom! not any of the messages in the song tho ofc he's just very small

"What if I told you I'm back? The hospital was a drag, Worst sleep that I ever had, I circled you on a map ,I haven't come around in so long, But I'm coming back so strong"- joker to batman after escaping arkham again

"I haven't come around in so long, But I'm making a comeback to where I belong"- jason coming back to protect crime alley after being away from gotham for years after his resurrection

"Even if it's handcuffed, I'm leavin' here with you"- batman and catwoman<3

I Hate It Here- imagine the whole song as homeless jason todd taking shelter in the library💔

"I built a legacy that you can't undo, But when I count the scars, there's a moment of truth, That there wouldn't be this if there hadn't been you"- bruce built a legacy as batman, and created a huge family he loves, and it hurts to think about but he wouldn't have any of it if joe chill hadn't murdered his parents

"Please, I've been on my knees, Change the prophecy, Don't want money, Just someone who wants my company"- kid bruce grew up all alone in a huge mansion, but he'd give all his billions away in a heartbeat if he could change his parent's fate

"So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she feared the worst"- ok so you might think i chose cassandra cain for this only bc of the name, BUT- cass notices things others don't (like cassandra the prophet...), bc of her skills and abilities she is feared the most (Ik the song said "she feared" not "she is feared" but idc lol). like if someone knew so much about you just by looking you'd think she's some kind of a witch too

Peter- picture this: jason had a childhood friend back at crime alley. he left to live in wayne manor and become robin, and said goodbye to his old friend, promising they'd reunite again in the future. 3 years pass and his friend reads an article about jason's death. now listen to the song and try not to cry (if someone writes that fic send me the link IMMEDIATELY this has been haunting me) here's the link to the song with lyrics bc ik you're too lazy to look it up. also jason's middle name is peter:)

"Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless, Excellent fun 'til you get to know her"- brucie wayne vs batman

"Started with a kiss, "Oh, we must stop meeting like this" But it always ends up with a town car speeding, Out the drive one evening"- catwoman and batman of course<3 the town car is the batmobile speeding out the batcave to catch catwoman (to arrest her or make out with her? probs both)

Robin- ofc we have to go robins for robin! imo that's bruce to dick and jason's robins, and dick to damian when he was his robin. dick and jason- despite the hard times they went through that led to them becoming robins, they were still mostly happy curious kids that run around covered in mud while bruce tried (unsuccessfully) to maintain the innocence they had left. as for damian- it's more of a stretch than the other 2 bc he had no childlike innocence before robin, but dick tried his hardest to extract the child that was hidden inside the ruthless assassin the league created, finally allowing him to experience normal kid things. idk

"He said, "I'm not a donor but, I'd give you my heart if you needed it", She rolled her eyes and said, "You're a professional""-to me this is clark kent completely in love and lois with her sass

"And at last, She knew what the agony had been for"- almost every hero. they suffer, they sacrifice, they fight, and sometimes they want to give up- but at the end of the day, they save lives, so it's all worth it

and that's it folks! feel free to add more/share your insights!!

sorry for any spelling/grammer mistakes, English isn't my first language plus like the title said i had a minor head injury a few days ago and I'm tired soI'm not proofreading this bc I'm going to sleep rn goodnight to all✌️

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thequiver · 1 year

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Who is...Oliver Queen | Green Arrow? - A Reading Guide

Oliver Queen is a hero from DC comics that was first introduced in 1941. Ollie is a character based firmly in the folk hero genre with an unmistakable heavy-handed influence from the Robin Hood mythos. Ollie is best known for being canonically a socialist, befriending assassins and "villains", and for having his most common enemy be the police. He is the father of Roy Harper (Speedy, Arsenal, Red Arrow), Connor Hawke (Green Arrow), Mia Dearden (Speedy), Tim North, and Robert Queen II. He's the older brother of Emiko Queen (Red Arrow). And the long-time partner of Dinah Lance (Black Canary) and Hal Jordan (Green Lantern). Ollie is often at odds with other heroes, which makes his epitaph the most fitting way to sum up his character in that he always makes the right enemies.

A reading list with totally legal links is under the cut!

As always

Origins: these comics deal specifically with Ollie's experience on the island

Green Arrow: Year One Green Arrow: The Wonder Year Green Arrow: Stranded (non-canon but still an AMAZING look at the island)

Select Golden and Silver Age Stories: it is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED to read these before reading GL/GA and particularly Snowbirds Don't Fly to get full context of the Pre-Snowbirds GA/Speedy dynamic.

More Fun Comics #78, 81-82, 89, 91-92 World’s Finest Comics #7, 57, 70 Adventure Comics #121, 133, 137, 151, 155, 164, 166, 179, 184, 189, 196 Adventure Comics #233 World’s Finest Comics #88 Adventure Comics #246, 256, 260-263 Teen Titans Vol 1 #4, 11, 19-43

Green Lantern/Green Arrow: possibly the most famous stories involving Ollie, GL/GA is a quintessential must-read for the emerald archer! As stated above, PLEASE read the Golden and Silver Age issues before reading GL (1960) #85-86.

Green Lantern (1960) #76-87, 89 The Flash (1959) #217-219 Green Lantern (1960) #90-100, 102-124

Green Arrow Titles: See parenthetical notes for specific commentary on the various series

Green Arrow (1983) Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters (this is a direct lead in to Green Arrow 1988) Green Arrow (1988) (while Chuck Dixon's run has been included for completion's sake please note that he has gone on the record saying that the hates Oliver Queen and his writing reflects this) Green Arrow (2001) (this series seriously drops in quality FAST once Judd Winick takes over and his characterization isn't even consistent with what comes before him in the 2001 series let alone in past series, Winick's GA also features significant anti-black racism) Green Arrow/Black Canary (please keep in mind that Judd Winick's characterization is still SHIT but this has been included for completion's sake) Green Arrow: Brightest Day Green Arrow (2011) #17-34

Other Titles and Storylines:

Identity Crisis Final Crisis Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular

I am not including much of N52 because it is bad. And I am not including Rebirth because it should not be included in reading lists that are meant to teach you about the character, it exists to make you question if Ben Percy has read Green Arrow comics after YOU have read the comics he supposedly drew inspiration from.

#oliver queen #ollie queen #green arrow #comics #comic books #reading guides #reading lists #the art from green arrow 1988 issue 26 my beloved #I will be making a completely separate reading list in the future to highlight everything we know about Ollie's childhood

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quotidian-oblivion · 9 months

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Fic Stats Game

Got tagged by @uncertainwallflower for this game and THANKS SO MUCH!!

Rules: Give us links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most bookmarks, fourth most comments, fifth most words, and fic with the least amount of words.

Most hits

My School’s Local Mafia Boss

I think the title really explains it all? But anyway:

Jason knew that attending a rich ass school was going to be the toughest and most mind-grating thing ever. His beliefs were confirmed when he got cornered by bullies on his first day. The only thing he was surprised about was that it took them so long to find the school's new street rat. Just as he's about to be punched, a fucking 10 year old (he's actually 12) steps in and... starts threatening the bullies? And they actually listen?? What the fuck???

And that isn't the only surprise that's waiting for him.

Yep, knew it would be this one. I'm so proud of it

Second most kudos

Sometimes You Have To Find Your Own Genes

Timothy Jackson Drake just wants peace. So far, it’s going well with his time as Robin and hanging out with Batman and Nightwing while the occasional messy, violent visits from his parents. But when a certain someone comes back from the dead and reveals the secret he was honing and hiding for most of his life... well, it basically all goes to shit.

The multichap fics have the most stats cuz... they're multichaps. They appear in the filters more often

Third most bookmarks

Phone Alarms

"Just imagine Jason recording Batman angrily yelling "Nightwing!" then setting it as the sound of Dick's phone alarm so in the next morning when it goes off he flips the fuck out"

Saw the prompt on Pinterest. Wrote this in one setting.

I'm actually really proud of this one, might reread it

Fourth most comments

Can You Deduce Where I Am Now?

As soon as he woke up after coming back from Titans Tower, the second Dick and Bruce stepped into the room, Tim had eagerly told them that Jason was alive and that he was Red Hood! They didn’t believe him, blaming it on lack of sleep and the haze being shot brought, but Tim was sure he saw Jason. Older, bigger, with a white streak in his fringe, but still Jason.

Tim goes out to find Jason to bring his big brother back home. Jason... Jason has other matters to ponder on before deciding to come back.

I love this fic!! I went through like three or four different plots before writing it right before posting it (i write everything before posting). And then Cyg came in and beta-ed it so that was fun!

Fifth most words

Let Them Be Siblings

After the Waynes burst through his door and whisk him away from his parents and their harsh belting, their plane blows up, leaving Tim an orphan. Living in the manor is getting a little suffocating because no one seems to understand that he still loves his parents. They expect him to just “get over” his grief and—

Tim can’t stay anymore. So he runs away. And meets two very interesting people.

Least words

Regarding The Workings Of A Zoo

Damian collecting a series of increasingly non-domesticated animals and naming them after his siblings.

A drabble for 105 subscribers on ao3 and 100 followers on Tumblr!

This is 886 words i cant write small stuff, i keep blabbering

No pressure at all tags: @sardonic-sprite @tristicorde @wakkoroni @foursixtwonineoh-pieces-of-lego

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lacrimosathedark · 2 years

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I have made quite clear how much I adore Jason Peter Todd, despite how frequently he is written terribly. RHATO is Not Good, but pre-Flashpoint was...chaotic for his characterization to say the least.

HOWEVER!

I wish to give my fellow Jaybird lovers some stable ground if they’re looking for decent and consistent Red Hood characterization post-resurrection.

[Fuck you Battle For the Cowl that was a shitshow]

Most people cite the Under the Hood storyline as the best work about Jason. That story was written by Judd Winick. So, here’s a list of stories involving The Boy written by Judd Winick, with short summaries so you know what you’re getting into! And some images because I can’t not.

Batman Vol 1 629: This is not actually Jason, but a Scarecrow hallucination Bruce has, but it still characterizes both Bruce and Tim’s thoughts about Jason and his potential return. It takes place pretty smack-dab between Hush and Under the Hood.

I appreciate the Hush outfit with the white streak. Excellent.

(also Tim looks like a baby and I just want to give him hugs)

Batman Vol 1 635-641 aka Under the Hood Vol 1 Batman Vol 1 645-650 and Annual 25 aka Under the Hood Vol 2 No description necessary; if you know Jason, you know how this goes.

Green Arrow Vol 3 69-72: Red Hood comes to Star City and decides to have a talk with current Speedy, Green Arrow’s sidekick, Mia Dearden.

Contains this gem:

I love him so much he’s such a dramatic bitch.

He changed the scoreboards what the fuck--

And this oof

Outsiders Vol 3 44-46 and Annual 1: Jason provides the Outsiders, specifically Dick and Roy, with intel exonerating Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce from murder he thought he committed. Jason’s not the center of this story, but I like it a lot.

For my fellow Harper family lovers, 45 has a lot of cute Roy and Lian too, including this part that rips my heart out.

Lian is my angel and I would die for her.

For my fellow Gays, these also have the start of the relationship between Anissa Pierce and Grace Choi

also includes this dumbfuckery:

He’s a dork and I love him.

Batman and Robin (2009) Vol 1 23-25: Red Hood reluctantly teams up with Dickie-Batman and Brat Wonder Robin to save his kidnapped former sidekick, Scarlet.

Please excuse some of the art bullshit; yes, it has ginger Jason, and yes the covers use the dumb pill helmet design. But for the record, he doesn’t actually wear the pill helmet thank fuck, and the hair thing was more for continuity. They were established during Grant Morrison’s run as writer because they don’t do their goddamn homework enough to know ginger Jay is not canon Post-Crisis! Or that even then he chose to dye his hair black! (Yes I’m bitter that’s how they fucked over Talia too UGH)

At least his costume is fixed; it combines the dumb supervillain-y costume with his old biker-y look, and tbh I think it’s really cool. Aside from the bright red guns that look like toys.

Not that that lasts because this is one of if not the last appearance of Jay before the reboot! Thanks, Barry.

[small edit cuz I just can’t with this man]

He’s also a little shit throughout the whole thing. It is his mission to annoy Dick and Damian and it’s great.

BOI--

[end small edit!]

He also gets stripped for...reasons. If you’re interested. I wasn’t, but I know some of yall are nasties (/affectionate) so here’s that.

Red Hood: The Lost Days: Goes more into detail about Jason’s experience between his death and his big return to Gotham. So! Much! Trauma!

Also where this image comes from:

He really said that. So uh...yeah.

He has always been a snarky dorky bastard and I love him very much.

[EDIT ADDITION Thank you @someoneimsure]

Robin 80th Anniversary 100 Page Super Spectacular: Jason’s story is called “More Time”, which is a story with Robin Jason and Red Hood Jason have a parallel story giving Bruce a gift on his birthday. Specifically, fixing his father’s old watch.

I love him. LOOK AT THIS BABY

(He’s talking about the watch but that literally could be said about Jason and ow my fucking HEART--)

Look at this. God I just...sometimes Jason just fills my heart with love and it’s too much. He’s a good boy!

Unfortunately, he and Steph share the space of only having one story which is bullshit. Timmy and Dami both get two, which is totally fair. But Dickie gets four. Rude. Sharing is caring, Dickiebird.

[END EDIT Thank you :33]

FOR NOTE

Things with Jason NOT written by Judd Winick Pre-Flashpoint that are major (but personally I think kinda suck) are Battle for the Cowl, Countdown, and his weird murdery Nightwing phase.

Jason Todd, everybody.

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BY MIKAEL WOOD

Taylor Swift’s pin-sharp new album, “Midnights,” closes with a song in which the pop superstar patiently explains to someone — perhaps many millions of someones — that their intimate relationship wasn’t a product of kismet but of design.

“I laid the groundwork,” she sings over a blippy electronic groove, her voice edging slightly ahead of the beat, “and then just like clockwork the dominoes cascaded in a line.” The tune is called “Mastermind,” which is what Swift calls herself in the chorus, neatly rhyming the word with “now you’re mine.” And plenty of its characteristic detail can make you think she’s describing a romance. But “Mastermind” is also about Swift’s one-of-a-kind career — about the deliberation and the ingenuity of the moves that took the 32-year-old from being a teenage country phenom to being one of the two or three biggest acts in all of music.

“No one wanted to play with me as a little kid,” she sings near the end of “Mastermind,” which might be the saddest and funniest line on an LP teeming with both kinds, “so I’ve been scheming like a criminal ever since to make them love me and make it seem effortless.” (Take a second to savor the intricate rhythm of those words before you’ve even heard them set to music.)

Pondering the delights and the anxieties of her own celebrity has been a hallmark of Swift’s work for years — or at least it was until 2020, when she set aside much of the autobiographical life-of-a-pop-star stuff for the ostensibly fictional character-driven narratives of her twin pandemic albums, “Folklore” and “Evermore.” Full of songs about small-town grifters and awkward high-school kids and unhappily married people — even a murderer — those projects also radically recast her sound, veering away from the synthed-up productions that sent her up the Hot 100 toward a rootsy, mostly acoustic vibe she formulated with Aaron Dessner of the indie-rock band the National.

Swift suggested that the isolation of the pandemic had set her imagination free; certainly, the music’s smaller scale reflected the demands of remote collaboration. Yet “Midnights,” her 10th studio full-length, returns to an earlier Swift mode in both sonic and lyrical terms: This 13-track set, which she produced with her longtime creative partner Jack Antonoff, feels like it picks up right where 2014’s “1989” and 2017’s “Reputation” left off, with slick, beat-heavy arrangements that seem dimly aware of hip-hop’s existence and with lyrics peppered with juicy allusions to Swift’s various high-profile feuds and love affairs. (“Lover,” from 2019, plays even more now than it did then like a transitional effort between phases of Swift’s career.)

It’s easy in a sense to understand why she took this approach, given that she spent 2021 rerecording her albums “Fearless” and “Red” as part of a plan to create new versions of the LPs she lost partial control of when her old record label changed hands. As meticulous a diarist as pop has ever known, Swift has clearly been thinking — thinking more than usual — about her journey and about her younger selves; “Nothing New,” one of many freshly recorded outtakes she included on “Red (Taylor’s Version),” captures a woman in her 30s confronting her 20-something suspicions about how her chosen industry would treat her as she aged out of ingénue-hood.

“Midnights” opens with the steamy, R&B-adjacent “Lavender Haze,” in which Swift laments the scrutiny she’s under as a famous person dating another famous person (in her case, the English actor Joe Alwyn); the song — co-written by and featuring background vocals from the actress Zoë Kravitz — seeks a safe space removed from a realm where her loose talk threatens to “go viral,” as she puts it. In “Anti-Hero,” over Antonoff’s buzzing synths and booming ’80s-rock drums, she weighs the public’s harshest opinions of her, copping to a “covert narcissism” and admitting that sometimes she feels like “a monster on the hill … slowly lurching toward your favorite city.”

The vicious and shimmering “Karma” seemingly takes aim at the powerful music executive Scooter Braun, who engineered the label purchase that spawned Swift’s rerecording enterprise: “Spiderboy, king of thieves / Weave your little webs of opacity,” she sings — heed the conspicuous “S” and “B” in “Spiderboy” — before describing what she views as her cosmic advantage with a series of vivid metaphors: “Karma is my boyfriend / Karma is a god / Karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend.” The breeze in her hair on the weekend! Good night, Spiderboy.

Swift’s storytelling impulse isn’t dead on “Midnights,” which she’s said grew out of her bent toward wee-hours contemplation. “Midnight Rain,” a slow and woozy number with pitch-shifted vocals, narrates a tale of a guy and a girl with differing life goals, neither of whom appear to be Swift or Alwyn; ditto “Maroon,” in which the guy and girl get drunk off her roommate’s “cheap-ass screw-top rosé.” Then there’s the pulpy, Billie Eilish-ish “Vigilante S—,” about a woman who helps a betrayed wife get revenge on her dirtbag husband.

Yet the songwriting and the vocal performances here are so strong — she’s playing with cadence and emphasizing the grain of her voice like never before — that eventually you stop caring what’s drawn directly from Swift’s real life and what’s not. It’s just a pleasure to get lost in tunes like “Labyrinth,” in which the singer explores her fear of falling in love again, and “Snow on the Beach,” a gorgeous duet with Lana Del Rey with some of the album’s most affecting imagery: “My smile is like I won a contest,” Swift sings in regards to a surprising new fling, and that’s all you need to conjure the precise picture in your head.

She paints another indelible picture in “Mastermind,” referring to herself as “the wind in our free-flowing sails” just after she offers a bit of context for why she’s been so thoroughgoing in her interactions with her boyfriend (or her audience). “All the wisest women had to do it this way ’cause we were born to be the pawn in every lover’s game,” she sings. Then she takes a breath and adds: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Only Swift could make a self-help slogan sound like a fairy tale.

#taylor swift #midnights #review

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Alright here's one: the Sinners wake up in a time capsule thing of Lobo Corp and have to survive a week. Who is where, what Abnos do they work with, and how much is Ayin and/or Dante panicking?

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO UNHINGED WINGS

okay so we do at least have SOME info from walpurgis about SOME of the sinners in lobcorp: we have faust in control and outis and don in training, so i'll assume for now those are full up on sinners and carry on with that; we also have ego gear they've got, so we can work out at least some of their preferred abnos....and then we get to Kitty Goes Unhinged About Lobcorp Sinner Headcanons Time >D In order!

Yi Sang: Oh he's in Records, I'm putting this bird in Records to give Hokma conniption fits due to the Ayin Resemblance and because I think he'd like it anyway; it's got a good vibe. EGO gear not sure specifically, but I think he'd be good to work with the birds including Firebird, and I think he'd like Knight of Despair and Scorched Girl. Maybe La Luna? Oooh also maybe Silent Orchestra and Butterflies-- DEFINITELY Butterflies, give him the Solemn Lament gear.

Faust: She's in Control, and we know she's worked with Forsaken Murderer from her gear and gift. I'll also posit she works with One Sin, because I feel like given her book of origin that works-- don't let her near Whitenight she Will attempt Deal. Other than that, I can actually see her working with Burrowing Heaven. Oh, and Teddy Bear because she has its aberration's EGO. Maybe Bloodbath because of its metaplot importance.

Don Quixote: We have her in Training, and she's worked with Meat Lantern, Fragment of the Universe, and Void Dream. Girl is weird and I love her. She'd be with the weird ones that affect SP, totally unphased by the weirdness or sanity loss. Let this girl hang with Rudolta or Shy Look and shit. Top Contender for working with Queen of Hatred, they'll get on unsettlingly well. (Honestly all the magical girls here.)

Ryoshu: Either Disciplinary or somewhere funnier like Safety. She 100% has the Crumbling Armor gear. She'd also definitely work with Cherry Blossoms and Clouded Monk. Also absolutely is the designated CENSORED worker because she is also totally fucking unphased by whatever the hell it looks like under the filters. Artsy, she likes it. Also letting her work with Spider Bud because she has that EGO.

Meursault: I'm giving him either Extraction or Information. I think he'd be good to work with Yesod, they'd get on, and he'd be completely unbothered by Binah. As for EGO...gonna go ahead and say Woodsman, actually. I think he'd be good with him and Scarecrow. Also Singing Machine and Helper. I think he'd like Helper. Oh oh, also Nothing There and Blue Star have some good vibes here, if not Woodsman's EGO than Blue Star's.

Hong Lu: Well, this boy goes in Welfare to vibe and chill with Chesed for sure. And his EGO is DEFINITELY Yang's. Give this boy his fish. Other than that, let him work Wellcheers for the lols, honestly. Alriune and Beauty and the Beast are also pretty good for him, I think! He could also work Cherry Blossom, too, I think. Maybe also Porccubus.

Heathcliff: Oh, he's in Disciplinary for sure. And he's absolutely sporting the Big Bad Wolf's EGO. Works with him, too. Maybe Mountain as well. He and Ish work together a lot because she's got Red Hood on her end so they have to kinda juggle that together. Can also see him working Woodsman, too.

Ishmael: Also in Disciplinary, or maybe Safety. Like I said, definitely Red Hood's EGO for her. She can work with Dreaming Current alongside Sinclair. She also I think would work well with King of Greed. And of course Fairy Festival lmao. Maybe Black Swan?

Rodion: Either Safety to party with Netzach or Command, because I think she'd like Tiphereth. She gets Red Shoes EGO for sure, honestly. I think she'd also work with Snow Queen, Snow White, Black Swan, maybe also Beauty and the Beast and Alriune. Maybe Porccubus? She'd also be a good fit for King of Greed I think.

Dante Goes Here. We aren't gonna put them in the facility they're drinking coffee and having panic attacks with Ayin if they aren't just straight up Ayin to begin with.

Sinclair: Command with the twins or Welfare, I think. Maybe Safety, he's a good boy. And obviously he gets the Little Prince EGO. He'd be good to work with any of the littles besides that, Laetitia, Scorched Girl, Child of the Galaxy, Dreaming Current, the more innocent types. Maybe also Helper. He'd like Ppodae I feel. Also possibly works La Luna and Old Lady. Oh also Parasite Tree I feel.

Outis: We have her as Training Captain, and she has Freischutz's EGO gear. I can also see her working Army in Pink, as well as a few of the Alephs bc she takes zero shit. Possibly DRV and 1.76 Mhz as well? She's another candidate for working La Luna and Old Lady. Probably gets the more difficult ones too, like Fetus and stuff. Maybe Melting Love if Rodion doesn't take that one.

Gregor: I need this man in Information with Yesod immediately right now thanks. Give him the Nest EGO or the Queen Bee EGO for the extra laughs. And he'd definitely work them, also Spider Bud, basically any of the insectoid ones. Also Freischutz, I think, and Army in Pink. Little Prince also maybe.

Ther's probably more than a couple I've missed, but that's off the top of my head and the Abno wiki page lol. I am so excited for all these IDs man. So excited.

#projmoonblogging #THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO OFF LMAO

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Daryl's Button and Beth's Knife

@galadrieljones

New little promo thing for DD. Thoughts?

@galadrieljones

@wdway

You know I totally want to read into this. First of all the foggy image I want to say could easily be anyone, but then the fog parts and we get a clearer look and know that it is Isabel. Maybe meaning a mysterious female figure is on the horizon.

Isabel is wearing a head covering, it could easily be mistaken for the hood of a cloak/poncho. Beth had a red cloak/poncho and her prison cell. The image that I'm really happy/excited about is that white button on Daryl's shirt. The shirt that has the highlighted button is reminiscent of the one that Daryl wear in Alone. There's no way of missing that button. And of course I'm relating that white button to Beth's heart necklace. Why would they want to emphasize a button?

@galadrieljones

I had the same exact thoughts. The fact that they shroud her in fog, and they do the same to Laurent, both times wearing hooded garments, reminded me of how they used to do similar stuff to Leah.

When I was wondering if Beth possibly could be Leah, a big part of that was because of how often they would shroud or obscure her face. When she takes off her mask and is wearing that fade scarf, and we see her for the first time with her blond ponytail, she looks so much like Beth my heart practically stopped.

Then, when Daryl is dragged off to Meridian, we see her face obscured through the burlap sack from his pov. We will later see her multiple times half-shrouded in darkness, and also from a distance so that all you can see is her small stature and her blond ponytail.

I thought, gee, if they wanted to go back and reshoot these shots with Emily Kinney to communicate Daryl’s psychosis, they 100% could, and it would have a massive effect. It’s around when I thought they might have changed Leah’s hair to run cover for Emily Kinney, should she be spotted filming. Everyone would just assume it’s Lynn Collins. I think something similar is going on here for sure.

@galadrieljones

Also I am also wondering why they are zooming in on Daryl’s clothes. I agree it does look a little like the light brown plaid he wears in Alone. That button we also noticed as looking like a necklace in the trailer. This is a little strange to me. I don’t really have a read on it yet.

@wdway

I definitely think that button being highlighted is for us TD'ers that are looking clues and hints. My mind went straight to the button on Beth's necklace.

@galadrieljones

Also I am also super excited. I keep thinking about it. Like it’s finally sinking in the finally we get a show that’s just totally about Daryl, and everything in it will pertain to DARYL. Not Rick, not Michonne. Just very excited.

@wdway

You expressed my feelings so well. It'll be Daryl's story and yes, there will be a bigger plot but it's going to lead to something... Laurent story will to a large degree will conclude by the end of s1, so what's the plot for s2, other than Carol and Daryl honeymooning I mean.

I think I read a while back that the actress that plays Isabella was seen on set maybe the first or second episode, but no mention after that. According to the carylers Carol will be seen in s1e6. We saw pictures of Norman and Melissa with Daryl holding a map. Why are they still in Paris? What is it that they're looking for now?

I also have taken note that in all the previews when they show all these beautiful landmarks and locations we still have not seen any hint of the Louvre Museum and we know we will see it this season. Many questions, many possibilities.

@galadrieljones

Oh, also for the record, omg I had not even thought of Beth’s necklace. How many times have I drawn Beth in Still/Alone, and yet I forgot about the little button! But it’s a really good theory, because why on earth are they showing us this button? It’s the one thing that stands out in the scene. The rest is all black. Just a black scarf, black jacket. These things are nondescript like blank canvases. I’m sorry I’m about to go on a minor rabbit hole right now. Please ignore me until you are free lol

Okay, so I went back to the trailer, to see the deal with the button in that one scene where he’s getting hauled off to jail or whatever, toward the end. But I just ended up rewatching the whole thing. Note that we don’t see it all the time. It is hidden at first. We only start to see it as the trailer wears on and his clothes become more disheveled. It seems to be attached to an undershirt, which only peaks out after he’s been roughed up. You can see it in the shot of him being hauled off, because he’s clearly been stripped of his jacket, bag, and weapons, which all cover him up and weigh him down.

This button thing made me think of a couple things. First, about trophies, emblems, talismans, whatever you want to call them. Daryl is a collector. Sort of like Beth, he uses his body to display important bits of inventory. Some of it seems for like, meta-analytical purposes. Like, it’s symbolic, for the audience. But it’s well-done, because it also seems to fit his character.

Not all characters are like this. It’s rare. Some characters will get one or two things, like Rick with the red machete, and many characters wear interesting necklaces. But for Daryl, it’s more than that. There are really conspicuous things, like the walker ears in Chupacabra. These are trophies, and they’re remarked upon in the dialogue of the show. But Glenn points out that it’s too conspicuous for Hershel, so Daryl stops with all that.

There’s other stuff that’s more subtle, though. The vest, with the angel wings, which change over time and fall apart, and are eventually repaired by Judith. The blue angel wing is particularly meaningful, and is like an emblem, of his family. The angel wings are a good example of a meta symbol. It means something to Daryl, but it also means something to us and in terms of his characterization in the story.

Daryl also carries Beth’s knife for a long time. He wears the red rag in his back pocket. He wears the bandana, too. He hangs the bandana in his back pocket. Daryl’s arrows also tell a story, by changing color. In his apartment, too, particularly in Diverged, we see that he has kept all sorts of things from his life, and that, though he is a simple man, he appreciates adornment.

Norman has reassured fans that Daryl still has Beth’s knife, too. It’s basically like he’s wearing around his whole life all at once, like a turtle carrying its home on its back.

It’s actually a really good, subtle mode of characterization for Daryl, who grew up very poor, with nothing. It makes sense he’d be a bit of a hoarder. Like a racoon, in a way. Collecting shiny things. But also, like I said, a turtle. He’s lost too much, and so he hangs on to whatever he has left, and he displays it in little ways.

This idea, of hanging onto little things has recently resurfaced with maggie in Dead City. Maggie’s inventory is very key in Dead City, in ways it hasn’t really been before. She’s got Glenn’s ring on her razor necklace. She’s got her little box of photographs and a sketch. The writers are reminding us about how we hang onto our past.

And with Maggie, she basically has weaponized every last inch of her inventory in a protective manner. She is also like a turtle, but her shell, we can think of as armor, not as much a home. She’s always protecting herself, to the detriment of her relationships and all those who love her.

Ginny also has her stuffed dinosaur. Negan is now covered in strange tattoos. The different ways that characters hang onto the people and lives they’ve lost is very interesting. It even calls back to Rick’s boots on the boat, the phone with the drawings of Judith and Michonne. It’s by discovering his old things that Michonne learns Rick might actually still be alive.

It’s also interesting because it’s so similar to Beth, who keeps repurposing her necklace throughout seasons 2-4. It breaks like multiple times and she keeps fixing it. And it also reminds me of her prison cell, which is adorned with a ton of stuff. She hoards, too, but for different reasons than Daryl.

Okay, now, Beth’s knife. I want to point out first that in the trailer, Daryl gives Laurent his knife, similar to how he gives Beth his knife in season 4. Only, with Beth, that moment is off-screen. So only those paying close attention will notice this. The knife he gives Laurent actually really looks distinctly like Carol’s, with the finger holes. But it’s not Carol’s knife. Carol’s knife is like a modern combat knife you’d see a soldier carrying. Daryl’s knife is much simpler and looks almost medieval.

At first, I was concerned because I did NOT want him to be carrying Carol’s knife lol. Of course, it’s not. I think they want us to think about this, too. The trading of knives comes back again and again.

Anyway, back to Beth’s knife, which we know that Daryl has, because Norman told us. How did Daryl get Beth’s knife? Well, Carol gave it to him. But how did Carol get Beth’s knife? That we don’t know. There is a bag of stuff that one of the cops is carrying when the trade goes down at Grady. I know it’s been speculated that maybe Beth’s stuff was in there.

I’m not sure it really matters right now. What matters is that Carol had the knife, which means they DID have Beth’s stuff, somehow, and Daryl loves stuff.

So I went back to Coda, as usual when things get weird. I specifically wanted to see whether Beth is wearing her necklace during the exchange. I couldn’t remember. She is NOT shown wearing the necklace, which means it is probably with the rest of her stuff, ie: the knife.

All of this is a preamble toward the thesis that this button could be Beth’s button, which Daryl repurposed and sewed to an undershirt, which he wears all the time. The button would be close to his heart. It would not be recognizable to anyone but him, and nobody would ask him about it, which is important, since he clearly doesn’t want to talk about it. I wonder if they will do many little things like this as the series goes on, to remind us of Beth?

I’m not quite done lol. One more branch to this rabbit hole. This made me think about Davon. Like Coda, Davon seems to be an important keystone episode that we’re coming back to again and again.

In DD, we know that Daryl will be naked in a bathtub, stripped of all his emblems and all his stuff. Instead, all he has are physical scars, which he can’t escape or shed no matter what he does. It seems like he is uncomfortable in the bathtub, considering what we’ve heard about him grabbing Isabelle’s hand sharply. I think it’s probably at least in part because he’s been stripped of his stuff.

The only other time we’ve seen Daryl with his shirt off, other than when he is quickly changing, is in the episode “Open Your Eyes,” when he literally just takes off his shirt and hangs out with Dog on the couch. It feels like a random scene to just show of Norman’s chest lol.

But I think it means that, with Dog, Daryl can just be who he is without worrying about who he was. He doesn’t have to explain. Dog is, ofc, a Sirius symbol and a symbol of Beth, calling back to Alone.

Anyway, in Davon, Davon is stripped of his boots when they have to take his leg. When he wakes up, he freaks out, because his boots are missing, and they hold all he has left of his loved ones, his emblems. In the episode Davon, Davon seems to fall for a French woman named Nora.

They go through a lot of little Bethyl motions, like with the strawberry and the piano. This woman also has a son, who has gone missing, and who Davon rescues. In the end, however, the woman cannot see past her own teachings at this commune. She forsakes Davon and believes the lies told about him. This causes Davon to have a major coming-home moment, realizing that whatever they had, it wasn’t real.

I think that while Isabelle will not forsake Daryl, they are definitely trying to make the audience think that Daryl is going to have a love story with Isabelle. The bath, the soft, sweet conversations. She is gentle and delicate in ways that Leah was rough and harsh. We want these things for Daryl, so it would be easy to root for this, if you’re not shipping him with someone else.

This is, ofc, why the Carylers are super pissed lol. But in Davon, which is clearly some sort of blueprint for DD, with even the letter “D” being a parallel at work (Daryl/Davon), even if Davon is taken with the French woman for a while, she remains loyal to her “cult” in the end. Even after he saves her son, she won’t leave her family for him.

I don’t think that Daryl is going to have a romance with Isabelle, but we may think he’s going to for a time, even if only during the promo season. We might see Isabelle tain feelings for him, but ultimately, she won’t leave her convent, her sisters, or her Abbey.

That means that she is, ofc, not Daryl’s “happy ending.” I know we know this, but there’s nothing more fun that taking things apart and actually communicating what we know to be true with evidence from the show.

@wdway

I just wanted to send you the button shot from when the guys are carrying him away.

I obviously lightened it. What I also want to say is look at how his head is positioned this gives me major throwback feelings from episode Them of when it started to rain and he closes his eyes and tilts his head up to the sky.

The other thing I noticed when with the shot from Twitter is how the button is showing so prominently, he's also wearing a string tie around his neck which to me screams the black cord of Beth's necklace.

@galadrieljones

Love it. He’s definitely looking up to the light in this shot.

@wdway

Humm... I definitely see some similarities here. The top picture I'm sure you recognize from Alone. The third shot from DD spinoff trailer. The last is from Them.

30 Days Without An Accident.

The cloak/poncho in the background of Beth's prison cell.

I never thought how similar this would be until I saw these two shots.

Seriously, I mean Sirius(ly) am I delusional or what.

@galadrieljones

@wdway do you think it is HER button or that it’s just tptb asking us to look closely?

@wdway

I think it's a matter of symbolism that they want us to connect to Beth. I don't think it needs to be her actual button. I would love if he wore or had her actual heart necklace, but the button I think is a focus for people like us who will notice and geek out, but most of the audience will never even notice it. That's why I think it's just a little nod letting us know they want us to keep the faith.

@wdway

I just can't get over how her backpack straps are so reminiscent of Daryl's suspenders. And then they're both have on the neutral tannish shirt underneath. I've heard a rumor that there are people that have not watched Still and Alone a million times like we have and would never connected these things. That's hard for me to believe, haha.

@galadrieljones

Wait there are people who don’t watch Still and Alone like once a month…?

@twdmusicboxmystery:

*Gasp* No, I can't even imagine that. 😉

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #team delusional #team defiance #td theories #td theory #beth is almost here #bethyl

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zeb-z · 7 months

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Umm for the spotify wrapped thing, my lucky number 5?? For like a qsmp character ideally, if you want to ramble about an au u can >:3

send me a number 1-100 for a song and prompt!

Thank you for the ask! :3 I wanted to do something for Bad, because currently he is suffering the consequences of his actions now, but couldn’t quite write smth to fit the vibe of the song, yknow? So how about a bit of Quackity, and a mention of Tilin, in my Star Wars AU?

5 - Consequences - Lovejoy

Quackity’s pulse races in his ears as the cantina door slides open, revealing the Imperial officer he had bumped into an hour before.

He quickly looks back down to his drink, tugging his hood further in front of his face, and makes a point to study the way the condensation fogs up the crystalline glass. Maybe if he ignores him hard enough, through the pure please don’t-notice-me vibes he’s putting out, and the will of the goddamn force, he won’t see him. Like when you close your eyes during hide and seek, and no one else can see you, right?

A hand, calloused and heavy, falls on his shoulder. Shit.

“Come with me, son,” a voice says in his ear, that same thick drawl Quackity had pointedly ignored an hour earlier. “We don’t gotta make a scene.”

There’s a moment of silence, a single moment full of too many options and subsequent consequences, to possibly run through each choice in his head.

He doesn’t want to follow anymore than he had in the first place, when the officer had stopped him, read him out his full government name, and asked if they could chat a while. He doesn’t want to get taken like he knows others have been, behind the doors of that concrete ISB building, to never be seen again. He doesn’t want this Empire loving freak breathing heavy down his neck, holding him down with an oppressive hand.

Ah fuck it, he’s a dead man walking, anyway.

Quackity grabs the officers hand at the same time he stands up, elbowing back with his opposite arm right into the man’s nose. His vision starts to swim with the sudden motion, and he blinks furiously, but somehow still manages to slip out of the Imperial’s grip. He doesn’t stop moving - he can’t - stumbling from there straight to the door and out into the air of Coruscant.

Fuck, he’s not sober enough for this.

He picks a direction and runs, ignoring the shouts behind him. Neon lights blur, the noise of night life and smell of metal and booze only serving to make him nauseous. Adrenaline keeps him moving, past a startled patrol of troopers who barely miss grabbing him, into a maze of side roads and alleys, where he hopes to lose them.

He somehow manages to make it to the hovertrain station, jumping through the doors right as they start to slide closed. His shoulder collides against the opposite wall, hard, and he crumples to the ground.

He groans, hardly noticing the startled looks of the other passengers as he curls up and closes his eyes.

He knew he should have been more careful. Should have found someone better than him to cover his tracks when he had gone snooping. Should have kept a level head when he had found Tilin’s file in the ISB’s records, with a terrifying amount of information locked behind far more secure firewalls. Instead he had panicked, and gone out to drown his sorrows. Their blacked out photo swims behind his eyelids, red bow just peeking out above the box. Classified, classified, classified-

The hovertrain jolts to a stop, and Quackity’s stomach jumps into the back of his throat.

As soon as he felt less like throwing up all over the grimy floors of Coruscant public transportation, he’d figure it out.

#I feel like the vibe of ‘drunk chase from imperials’ fits the song a bit more than ‘bad’s memory slipping through his fingers’ yknow #a bit more energetic. more ‘oh I’m self aware that I’m fucked’#I’ll have to post more about quackity in the sw au now :3 sorry this is a but vague without the whole story but yknow. short drabble and al #that #qsmp au #z writes #asks #spotify wrapped asks

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mensahjacq · 7 months

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The Legend That Was Lost Too Soon

I honestly am not a huge fan of Tupac. I do acknowledge that he is a legend in rap and hip/hop history but his music has never been anything I’d personally listen to. He still should be given his credit as one of the most influential artists of all time. However, he starred in one of my favorite movies from the 90s, which is why I dedicated this blog post to him.

Overview

Tupac Amaru Shakur, often referred to by his stage names Makaveli and 2Pac is regarded by many as one of the greatest rappers of all time in terms of success and influence. Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians. Shakur's music has been recognized for tackling many of the modern socioeconomic challenges that inner cities face. Shakur was born in New York City to parents who were both political activists and Black Panther Party members.

Controversies

Tupac’s legacy was not all sunshine and rainbows. He was arrested and sent to jail multiple times, and actually faced prison time at one point.

He faced a trial in 1994 for alleged sexual assault of a fan. He and members of his entourage were charged with sexual abuse of a woman named Ayanna Jackson. Throughout the court procedures, the late rapper maintained that the encounter was consensual, and he even pled his case to the public by discussing it on The Arsenio Hall Show. He ended up being sentenced to 1.5 to 4.5 years. After serving eleven months of his sentence, he was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion "Suge" Knight.

An article by CBC, written by the CBC Radio, talks about how Tupac did not only release music with a societal conscious message. Shakur shifted away from positive and affirming political music and toward more profitable, but controversial, music when trends began to change.

Acting Career

Tupac was a master of many cards, as he didn’t stick to just making music. He also pursued an acting career. One of his most famous appearances was in the movie Juice in 1992. This is one of my favorite 90s movies of all time! Tupac played the role of Bishop in the film. The plot foes like Bishop gets a taste of power with the possession of a firearm, he turns into a merciless killing machine who his closest friends no longer recognize. It really is a hood classic and introduced me to how talented Tupac was.

Tupac also starred in the film Poetic Justice in 1993. He played the character Lucky and had an on-screen romantic partner. This role showed how versatile Tupac’s acting style was and how he could truly fit into any role presented to him.

Accomplishments

Before he unfortunately passed away, Tupac made a huge mark on society and had an ongoing list of successes and accomplishments.

Tupac sold over 75 million records worldwide. Rolling Stone magazine named him one of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."

One of his most well-known songs, "Changes," addresses issues affecting society. The song reuses phrases from "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto," which was recorded in 1992, and samples Bruce Hornsby and the Range's 1986 smash song "The Way It Is." Tupac had experienced growing up with concerns of poverty, classism, and racial segregation, all of which were addressed in the 1986 song. Tupac addressed racism, drugs, war, violence, and police brutality in his verses.

Rappers' attitudes about movies have altered since Tupac's breakthrough film, Juice. Bishop, a confused young guy who betrays his friends and grows into a ruthless murderer, was played by him. The film not only illustrates what it was like to live in Harlem in the 1990s, but it was also the first time a rapper gave a truly excellent dramatic performance.

Tragedy

He was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 7, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. The incident occurred while the vehicle in which he was driving was stopped at a red light. Four shots from a.40-caliber Glock were fired at Shakur. Six days later, he died as a result of his injuries.

Just recently, Duane "Keefe D" Davis was apprehended on September 29, 2023, a whole 27 years later, after having been charged by a grand jury for the first-degree murder of Tupac Shakur.

This made me happy because society went all these years without knowing who killed such a legend in the making, and now it seems justice has finally been served.

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#tupac shakur #juice movie #poetic justice #suge knight #keep ya head up #music blog #blog post #artist #rap #hip hop #90s rap

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dearchickadee · 10 months

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↳ LARKEN - Our Life: Now & Forever

y'know what fuck it self insert OC sheet 1/8,069,420

also note that only the demo is out so not only is everything subject to change all the time forever but ESPECIALLY steps 2, 3, and 4 are subject to change. and her appearance as i deem fit :3

UPDATED 9/12/23. gave her a whole new coat of paint :3c my dramatic bbg

* BIO * ༉‧₊˚✧

ꕥ GENERAL

Name: Larken Amber Vandervuurst

Nicknames: Ken, Lark (by Tamarack)

Pronouns: she/her

Age: 10 (Step 1) / 14 (Step 2) / 18 (Step 3) / 22 (Step 4)

Sexuality: bisexual

Location: Golden Grove, Oregon

Route: I'm using her for both routes + any potential DLC + a super secret extra QPR polycule forever route in my mind

ꕥ PERSONALITY

Birthday: July 31

Zodiac: Leo

Personality Placements: ENFP / 6w7 / Chaotic Neutral

Personality Description: Kind, outgoing, playful, affectionate, dramatic, opinionated, intelligent, insecure, perfectionist, cautious. A deeply anxious but deeply sincere girl who thrives on validation and being useful or entertaining to others. Remembers lots of little details and is meticulous in everything she does. Creative and idealistic, loves music, singing and reading. Adores animals, especially cats, hates bugs, and always is the first to offer help to others. Her outgoing nature conceals her deep-seated desire for approval and connection. Probably has undiagnosed anxiety. Always gives 100%, even at the risk of burnout.

Fun Facts: has a stutter. can touch her nose with her tongue.

ꕥ HOME LIFE

Family Dynamic: Ken gets along well with her mom, though there's always a sort of disconnect between them. By nature, Ken is obedient, friendly and responsible, so she never acted out or got into trouble. This means she never really got any firm instruction and was seen as more mature than she really was, which became the shoes she had to constantly fill. As she gets older, she realizes her confidence gets more and more hollow, and she isn't equipped to make the difficult decisions she's being confronted with. She is uncertain about her desires, her choices, and her self-assurance. Her pride keeps her from confiding in those closest to her, but eventually she talks it out with her mom, gets therapy, and gets back on track.

ꕥ DESIRES

Hobbies: theater, reading (books famous musicals were adapted from), watching movies (musicals/musical adaptations/disney-esque musicals especially), crocheting (badly)

Skills: singing, acting, playing guitar + piano + clarinet, really good at applying eyeliner, keeping secrets (in a friendship pact way, not a liar way)

Dreams/Aspirations: work at the local theater, be valedictorian, go to an ivy league school (yes some of these change and grow as she does), star as the lead in a record-breaking, award-winning Broadway musical

ꕥ PREFERENCES

Favorite Color: pomegranate, cherry, cranberry (aka deep reds and purples)

Favorite Food: cheddar popcorn

Favorite Drink: apple cider

Favorite Animal: cats (especially tuxedo and tortoiseshell cats)

Favorite Flower: roses (red, lavender and pink especially)

Favorite Class: band, choir, drama club

Favorite Music Genre: showtunes + Broadway hits, pop. Secretly likes rock and pop punk but gets embarrassed about it

Favorite Season: fall

Pet Peeves: chewing noises, super loud crowds

ꕥ APPEARANCE

Hair: dark burgundy-brown (a mix of dark brown and her mom's cranberry), wavy - step 1: blunt bangs, long and usually loose / step 2: up in a high ponytail or loose and messy bun, shoulder length / step 3: middle part, usually in a half-up situation, little longer than shoulder length / step 4: chin length, side bangs, dyed dark purple and dark blue

Eyes: brown, hooded, glasses from step 2 onward

Skin: pale and heavily freckled

Height: 5’8

Build: never truly loses her baby fat, a little curvy as she gets older

Style: typical pinterest girlie fall lewks #slay

Distinguishing Features: faint scar on nose + under eye from pet cat, scar on leg from family vacation

* TIMELINE * ༉‧₊˚✧

ꕥ STEP ONE

Ken is an excitable and friendly young girl who moved to Golden Grove just before her first day of 5th grade. She has a bit of a competitive streak and stubbornly wants to win anything that's made into a contest, but is good natured enough to accept defeat (eventually). Being new to the district, she feels a bit out of place in the already-established cliques. Even though school is easy for her and the other kids seem to like her, going makes her nervous for the first month-ish. She would love to have her own group of close friends and, as a result, might come off as clingy and over-eager or a try hard. She is the tiniest bit insecure about Qiu being popular, but eventually she talks it out with him and actually explains what she's feeling!! Surprisingly mature and eloquent for a 10 year old! And she asks if he likes her or if he ever regretted befriending her or thought she was weird. Ken is so dramatic on a regular basis that her sincerity just seems chill in comparison LOL

ꕥ STEP TWO

At 14, Ken is still confident in herself and her abilities. Qiu and Tamarack are deep in the throes of self-discovery, but Ken is a bit of a late bloomer in that regard. Partially, this is because she is still exceeding in academics and has found the opportunity to actually be in a play! Her music teachers (band and choir) love her and she is easily one of the best performers in the class/section. In the junior high drama productions, though, she's only gotten major supporting roles and never the lead. Her goal in high school is to get the lead in the spring musical as often as she can. Since 5th grade, she's made a fair portion of friends, mainly with the theater and band kids. She isn't as popular as Qiu was, but she's kind of close! Qiu and Tamarack are still her two best friends, however. Her dearest companions. She's heavily invested in their struggles and does her best to give them advice despite her limited practical experience.

ꕥ STEP THREE

Ken finally has her identity crisis. She's gotten to the point where decisions are her own and she has to make a choice. However, she realizes that she never took the time for introspection and to realize what she wanted. She starts to get in her own feels about it, getting a lot more distracted, a little irritable, and closed-off. However, she also feels left behind by her friends since they already moved past this in their formative years. This leads her to isolate herself a little bit, which then makes her upset when she thinks that she helped the others through their problems and they aren't helping her, and she kinda needs someone to tell her to snap out of it. She's a lot more insecure and nervous, but tries to keep it behind the act she has since perfected. Ken is feeling the brunt of her anxiety now, often spending time in the woods alone and disassociating while fending off an existential crisis. She's also starting to burn out at this point and has a lot less motivation. At school, she's still as popular as she was before (perhaps even more so once Qiu is feeling themself again), but she feels its much more hollow. Acts and masks and so forth.. However, her relationship with her mom is much better than before!!

ꕥ STEP FOUR

Ken goes to college for (undeclared), theater, polisci, history w theater electives, has a mental breakdown and then eventually drops out. Decides to go back though and has like a bunch of credits that end up with her double majoring in theater and something business related. Manages to sweet talk the little old director of the historic theater in town (director of the whole thing not director of a performance lol) to give her a flexible internship to boost her resume and ends up somewhat reinvigorating community youth theater in Golden Grove. Her end goal is to move to the city and work at the Art House there, perhaps as an assistant to the producer or something. Also gets to run a summer program in Golden Grove for adolescent community theater. Maybe volunteers at the Junior High to help with those productions too.

(subject to change once the actual game comes out lol)

* PHOTOS * ༉‧₊˚✧

ꕥ STEP 1