#Vanessa: romane you should make some friends. Romane: i have friends. i have two friends.
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Thinking about a Parallels AU where the main four + Camille are all different ages at the start of the show, and all the dynamics are different because of it.
The only main characters who have met at the start are Sam and Victor, and Sam and Bilal.
Sam is fifteen years old, so he's the closest to his canon age.
Victor is nine years old, so he's the youngest by a lot in this.
Bilal is thirty years old, and he's working with his mom on the tests. He also tutors Sam in math on the weekends.
Romane is nineteen years old, and hasn't met any of the other main characters.
Camille is nine years old, and she and Victor go to the same school.
Episode one starts when Sam is supposed to go to tutoring, but ends up needing to bring Victor with him, because their parents weren't able to pick him up from some activity or other.
I haven't figured out how they get to the woods from there; for the sake of convenience, let's say that cat Romane and Camille feed shows up injured, and they end up following the cat to try and help it? Work in progress.
Anyways, once they're close to the bunker, they run into Romane. Assuming we're going with the cat plot device, because I can't think of anything else right now, Romane was also trying to find the cat. The cat is gone now, though, and they're all about to turn back.
Then Victor notices the bunker (the key is in the door, idk), and wants to go inside. Sam and Bilal don't think it's a good idea, but Romane also wants to go inside for some reason, and the four end up going to check it out.
The test goes off, of course, and the timelines split.
Timeline 1 - Romane and Victor are left in the bunker.
Victor definitely blames himself for the disappearances, since he was the one to suggest going in the bunker in the first place. Romane also definitely blames herself for the disappearances, since Victor is nine years old, and she should have known it was a bad idea, but she didn't, and now this kid's brother is probably dead because of that.
Romane ends up talking to Victor afterwards, and realizes that he goes to school with Camille. The conversation turns to that, and Victor mentions that he's not doing great in some subject or other; a subject Romane happens to be good at. Feeling like it's the absolute least she could do for him, she offers to help him with homework after school.
Since Victor is literally an elementary school child, his parents are not sending him to boarding school. They do become increasingly distant and harsh, and Victor becomes increasingly convinced that they don't care about him.
Victor ends up spending a lot of time at Romane and Camille's house. At first, it's just because Romane's helping him with homework. Then it sinks in that no one else understands what happened in the bunker, and that fact starts playing into their dynamic. Then he starts to become friends with Camille. By the time four years have gone by, Victor and Camille are close friends, and Romane sees Victor as another sibling. (She hasn't moved out yet because a. She's attending university nearby. and b. She doesn't trust Herve and wants to keep an eye on her family.)
Then Vanessa Chassangre dies, and Romane is faced with the possibility of losing her sister. She's trying to figure out if she has any chance at getting custody, when Victor shows up to ask if she wants to go back to the bunker. Neither of them have figured out the correlation with the test in this AU, but they still go, out of sentimentality and curiosity and several other complicated emotions.
Test happens again; Victor and Romane time travel.
Timeline 2 - Romane and Bilal are left in the bunker.
Bilal connects the dots between the tests and the disappearances pretty quickly. He tells his mom. Then he tells Romane.
Bilal decides to try and find a way to save Sam and Victor. This time, it's less out of personal grief and more out of a sense of responsibility for what happened and guilt.
Romane graduates high school feeling completely lost. She doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, and she can't shake the guilt over what happened.
Haven't planned it out too well, but Bilal and Romane stay in contact. I'm not sure how it's going to work, but he's able to get her accepted for an internship at some point, and she ends up working with Bilal and Sofia.
The three of them continue to work at the time travel. Along the way, Romane becomes close with both Sofia and Bilal, viewing them as family.
Vanessa dies; Herve tries to take Camille. This time, it doesn't work. Romane has a support net, a steady income, and a future in the physics field. Romane gets custody of her sister.
They figure out the time travel. Bilal decides to go back.
Timeline 3 - Sam is left in the bunker; Bilal travels back to this one; Victor and Romane travel back to this one.
Since Bilal was already an adult before the time travel, Sam still recognizes him. He's clearly aged several years, though, which everyone is very confused about. Bilal has his canonical memory loss.
Idk what happens for the first day, but then Romane and Victor show up to the timeline at the same time they do in canon.
I haven't thought about how the plot changes from there, but the timeline where Victor kills Sam and then disappears after time traveling again doesn't happen. The official explanation is that they're able to stop it from happening the first time; the actual explanation is that I can't keep track of that many timelines in an already complicated AU.
Notes on the AU:
Camille ends up being there for the finale's events, both because she's a little older in the AU and because she's friends with Victor in the AU, so she insists on coming with the main characters.
Victor's emotional conflict ends up being roughly the same, because on the one hand, he's had more of a support net for those four years, but on the other, he's younger with more intense emotions, so it all kind of evens out.
For obvious reasons, none of the canon romantic relationships exist, with the exception of Sofia and Lieutenant Retz.
Obviously lots of things are different with this one, but I can't really think of a lot right now because I'm tired, so I might add to this later.
#parallels#disney parallels#paralleles#disney paralleles#probably won't do anything with this AU. but i'm gonna name it the Age Shuffle AU just in case i do.#also romane mostly just hangs out with camille and victor in her timeline.#she doesn't really have any other friends because a. it kind of adds to the dynamics and b. i thought it'd be kind of funny#Vanessa: romane you should make some friends. Romane: i have friends. i have two friends.#Vanessa: are you talking about your nine year old sister and her nine year old friend. Romane: yes.#also once everyone reunites victor is obviously so glad to see sam again but he also links his parents treatment of him back to sam.#so he's kind of resentful and stuff still. but he's also younger now. idk my point is that romane and sam's dynamic is basically:#Sam: why did you steal my brother. why does he like you better than me now. Romane: you were dead. free sibling.#Sam: I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.#like. from his perspective she's some random stranger who was in the woods the day before yesterday.#he probably thought for at least a few minutes that she kidnapped victor at first because she's the only one there he's never met.#and from her perspective he's the kid who's been basically haunting the narrative for four years. idk it's interesting.#i am so sleepy. this whole concept might be nonsense idk. i'll decide in the morning.#anyways. fun little AU idea. any thoughts?
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(Le block dragonwitch) ey Roman can you tell us a little about the Wándërland the travelling troupe thing? How much fun was it?
(Roman grins and laughs,)
Roman: Oh, so much! I’ve spent so much time with them, and they’re lovely people-- they’re like my second family!
Roman: Somiza and EV are the troupe leaders, and the loveliest pair of lesbian aerialists in the kingdom~! Haha! --EV is a mysterious one, and I’m never quite sure what she thinks of me??? But Somiza is darling, the closest thing I have to a sister! I watched her grow up and everything! --They have an adorable adopted baby girl named Peia, I think she’s around five now? She’s very shy, but she likes my stories!
Roman: And there’s Tamaris, he's one of their wizards. Me and him get into plenty of trouble~! --And of course, Pryce would join us, when he was still part of the troupe! Hahaha~! Oh, I almost feel bad for the others, having to deal with us~! Vanessa is another wizard, and she specializes in fire magic, like me!! --She used to be pretty crazy when she was younger, but on more recent visits, I've found she's...much more subdued now. But, she'll still goof around with me when she's in a good mood~! --I suppose I should expect that change in all of them, with time. I know I'm immortal, but it's always going to be a little sour to watch kids grow up on you...
Roman: Speaking of little ones! There's a little boy named Cyrus, and he's so sweet -- He's one of the kids I talked about, who would propose to the handsome prince after a show? Except... frequently, and he was around six? Haha... Now that he's older, he just sees me as a role model, which I am both flattered and relieved by~ I adore him too! Just not.... like that
Roman: Milo and Elias are an adorable couple -- the cook and stableman, respectively. Milo's one of the more serious of them, so I often found myself in his company when I needed a little grounding. He's a gentle giant, though, don't let him scare you~! And Elias has him wrapped around his handsome finger~ Honestly, he's one of the prettiest looking men I've ever met! --And very fun to hang out with, of course~ But seriously.
Roman: Moira is a scholar with a temper -- not unlike Logan, haha~! ...But, Moira could seriously kick my ass. She wouldn’t, though~ She’s very sweet, most of the time! She and Vanessa are an item, if I remember correctly. And there’s Lea! She’s a fire-dancer, and she's like just like herding around a little sibling~! She's always teasing me, but it's all in good fun -- and she never fails to remind me about her opinion on Knights, but I don't take her seriously~ Her twin sister Myra is a much gentler soul. She's very quiet around me, but she's a hopeless romantic, just like I am~ I get started with my stories of knights and princes, and she always lights right up! I'm glad, it's good to see her smile so much.
Roman: Lorilla is an animal tamer -- her bear Caramel is absolutely harmless, though~ -- and she functions as one of the guards of the group. She's kind to me, though I can tell she finds my general persona exhausting. But! I can surely win her over with a few well-placed doe-eyes~! --Raena is the same way; tarot reader, group mom friend, generally kind, but refuses to encourage my grandeur.
Roman: Then there's Dario! Another very handsome dude; if he was gay, he probably would have broken my heart by now~! But, we are very good friends! And he is an excellent fighter! --He didn't believe my "Holy Warrior" act for a second, since he....actually knows how to use a sword. And he's never going to let me live that stunt down... And, there’s our friend Theta! He does a sword routine with Dario, and they’re spectacular~! --Theta is more concerned for my well-being than generally fond of me, though. He’s only thirty, but I’m pretty sure he sees me as a child... Pft! He’s just no fun~!
Roman: And then, of course, there's the tiefling siblings! Missy likes to make fun of me, and Jester is an absolute menace! --He’s Vanessa’s student, I think, but even she can’t get him to stop targeting me... The two of them generally avoid me, really, unless Jester playing a prank on me. I swear, every time I've seen that boy's face, the next second I have something awful in my hair! --Yuuto is another of the younger group, and he doesn't like me much either, for some crazy reason! I think the three of them are working together to be the bane of my free time, sometimes... But despite that, I love them all~
Roman: I've spent a human lifetime with that troupe, and I'd do anything for them. I've many times considered joining them for good, but I'm always drawn back to my temple one way or another... --And of course, now, I have Patton and Logan to stay for! And Virgil too, if he decides to stay with us~!
Roman: Ah, I hope we run into them! I can't wait to see them all again~!
#amberpeltsstuff#please tell me if i need to tag anything else!#lets roll#these are all friend's ocs for those curious!#and those friends also happen to be the discord mods ooo#they wont be MAJOR characters but they might become recurring npcs#how fucking cool is that#wanderland
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Arguments (Jason Whittaker x OC)
Vanessa finds out about Erika Clark's incident in the Room of Consequence, which rubs her the wrong way. AKA neither Jason & Vanessa are entirely right nor entirely wrong and have conflict like any normal adult has.
The radio blared a chipper little pop tune as Vanessa cleaned the glasses to be used for the next patron. She noticed one of her mother's students, Ericka Clark, sitting at the counter looking very forlorn.
"Hn? What's wrong?"
"Oh nothing," said Erika. "It's just that I'm missing out on my favorite show, well used to be favorite."
"And what show would that be?"
"Medical Center of Love, Mr. Whittaker told me it was trashy and that I shouldn't watch it."
"Did he now?" Who did that man think he was? Telling someone what they should and shouldn't watch! The audacity!
"He even took me to the ROC to show me how awful it truly is!" She began recounting her trip, how the characters came to life. How it started off as a total dream before the cheating and lying warped it into a nightmare. Vanessa listened intently getting more and more disturbed. She had to talk to Jason about this.
"I see," she said as Erika finished with her sorry. She get problematic media, heck she wrote problematic stuff. But for Jason to react by using the ROC just to teach a lesson rubbed her the wrong way.
"I have a question for you, have you stolen anything?
"No."
"Have you broke promises to a friend or flirt with every boy you see?"
"No."
"Well then if you're not practicing that stuff then I say it's okay!"
Erika perked up. "Walt really?"
"Hey as long as you know it's fiction," said Vanessa. "Just be a bit mindful."
"And how do I do that?" Erika hoped this wouldn't lead to another trip to the Room of Consequence. Vanessa grinned. "Just go with your gut."
Erika looked at her stomach. "Go with my gut?"
The next day Jason was managing the dining hall when he overheard Erika talking to one of her school friends. He heard her mention the soap opera and decided to cut in.
"Not to be rude but I thought you said you weren't going to watch that anymore," he wondered.
"Well I'm not watching it now," said Erika. "Miss Marbles told me as long as I was mindful of it being fake it was okay. I know I don't steal or lie or cheat on my friends so I guess I'm in the clear!"
Jason gaped. How dare she try to intervened in his educational moment?! When he found her he was going to have words with her! He remained silent sparing Erika a warning glance or two like a scolding father....
Or Jack Allen....oh no he was getting OLD!
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That evening, Vanessa was at the empty manor cleaning up one of the open rooms when a still-upset Jason found her.
"YOU!" He called out.
Vanessa stopped sweeping and cringed. Crap! Somehow he heard about her little convo with Erika. A small rational side of her mocked her - you deserved it - but this time she was going to stand her ground.
"She's back watching that garbage because of you!"
The novelist shrugged. "It's just a show. I'm confident she knows the difference between what's real and what's fake."
"Yeah but for how long?" Jason asked cross. "You know that stuff is bad so why encourage it?"
"Let me get this straight: a trashy soap opera is bad but yet you can bring video games that defeats the purpose of this place?" She had nothing against video games but she knew Whit never allowed modern technology to be used in the main room. Even the Imagination Station was kept locked up for safety reasons keeping her father Regis away from it.
"Christian video games," he emphasized. "There's a difference. I'm keeping up with the theming at least!"
The novelist sighed in defeat and lowered her head. "I guess women can't do anything after all, everything we do is poison to a man." She smirked as she heard Jason sputter.
"What! That's not even the point nor was it the intention!"
"Well what was your intention?"
"I was trying to teach Erika that shouldn't life imitate art." It was true! Sure it may be harmless at first glance but, he had seen a lot of friendships and relationships shattered because one or both parties thought it was cool to mess with each other's feelings. It was better to nip it in the bud before it escalated.
"Look all that does is show kids that stuff is okay to do in real life when it's not," he countered.
"And how many times a kid thought they nearly died because of the realistic scenarios in the Room of Consequence?" Vanessa pointed out.
"There's more chances being shot by a jilted lover than becoming a lion's meal! I just don't want Erika to get hurt!" Why wasn't she getting it? That soap only glamorizes that awful behavior. He did not want to see Erika get hurt or hurt herself by thinking that stuff would be okay in real life.
"Should I point out the time I got chased by Roman soldiers? That's way more traumatizing than anything a cheesy soap opera may show!"
"Vanessa it's a holograph, Holographs do not and will not harm anyone in real. Life!" He finally lost it. "Gosh you are so thick!"
Now Vanessa was about to lose her temper. "Oh I'm thick? At least I can call myself a good role model by not lecturing kids on what to watch."
"I don't know what kind of role model are you, but when I was growing up we had good clean wholesome fun"
"And when I was growing up we didn't control fun!"
Oh ho - she thought he was controlling huh? That sounded like a challenge and like any Whittaker, he LOVED a good challenge! "Ok sweetheart since you wanna be like that how about a bet? Who can be the best role model at Whit's End?"
"Challenge accepted," Vanessa said coolly. "Better get the tissues ready for when you lose."
"It's on!"
"Fine."
"Fine!"
And with childish pouts the two employees stormed off in opposite directions, both determined to prove the other that they were the best voice of reason for the kids.
Finally some good frickin conflict! 😁😁😁 The road to love never was smooth; that couldn't be more true for Jason & Vanessa! Now neither of them are particularly wrong or right. At the same time it just shows how passionate they can be when it comes to the wellbeing of others even if they end up being immature about it. Besides I want their eventual courtship arc to feel a lot more earned so of course there's going to be obstacles for them to overcome! All in all both need to learn to be more considerate of the other's position, and to let people think for themselves (the lack of such is why I find the Nu!Odyssey to be trash). I tried to make the dialogue not come off as meanspirited or lame.
#adventures in odyssey#aio#canon x oc#jason whittaker#oc: vanessa marbles#oc x canon#romantic f/o#otp: hidden cafe
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The Big Day Part 2
Pairing: Joe Anaoi X Reader (Roman Reigns X Reader)
Warnings: None. Nice and fluffy for you.
Now that the ceremony, the eating and the show was over, we all sat around 2 bonfires, Joe sitting on a log, and me seated in between his feet on the sand.
What surprised me the most was that barely anyone left. Where I was from, everyone came to a family reunion at the beginning, and after the food was served, older members and those with young kids trickled out, but that obviously not the case at a Samoan Independence Day celebration. Babies slept in the arms of parents and family members, older members were seated in comfortable chairs, some with thick blankets over them to keep them warm, and everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) helped keep the young and the old happy and comfortable. This was the Fa’a I’d read about. The Samoan way of revering your elders and working as a family instead of individuals. Truly it was beautiful.
Dwayne had procured a guitar, and sat strumming the instrument, occasionally adding some lyrics, a little Elvis here, a little Moana there. “Ok. Ok. Who is ready to name that tune?” I was a bit confused, but everyone else knew what was going on. I watched and learned. Dwayne would play a few notes, and the first person who could guess the song, had to sing a bit of it; no matter how bad of a singer they were. Obviously, the more tone-deaf singers were cut off early, and a new song started.
I knew the next song by the 4th note but didn’t answer. I waited for someone to start singing. This was an easy one. I waited as Dwayne vamped the 8 notes that should have been easy to recognize. “Awe, C’mon guys. This one’s a classic.” He played the 8 notes again.
I leaned over to Vanessa and Joe and whispered, “Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.”
I must not have been quiet enough, because the next thing I heard was Dwayne say, “Y/N has it.” He vamped the 8 notes again, looking at me expectantly. “You have to sing it now. It’s tradition!”
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes and sigh out loud. I looked at Joe in a panic. He leaned in close to me. “Baby, it doesn’t matter what anyone said in your past. We are your new family, and we will love and support you even if you can’t sing.” His words were sweet but ignoring that voice in my head that told me I am never enough was impossible.
Seeing that I was anxious, Dwayne said, “I’ll sing it with you.”
They didn’t understand. They didn’t know. It wasn’t that I couldn’t sing. It’s that my singing had been tainted when I was younger. It was never good enough. I was never good enough, and so, I’d locked that part of me up tight and didn’t want to revisit it, but I didn’t have a choice now.
I tried to keep my voice low so Dwayne’s would cover it. “They say there was a secret cord.” Yeah, Dwayne was covering up my voice. “That David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don’t,” Dwayne stopped singing, so I did too.
Dwayne looked from Joe to me. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t know.” Joe said.
I looked at Joe who looked awestruck. “Joe, don’t…”
“Now you HAVE to sing it. It’s family tradition.” Dwayne prodded, vamping the introduction again. Now the people around us joined in, trying to encourage me to sing.
I looked at Joe. He wrapped his arms around me until his mouth was next to my ear. “Baby,” His voice was low and sexy, and I got wet just hearing it. “What I just heard was beautiful. It doesn’t matter what happened in your past. We are your family now, and we want to hear you sing. I promise nothing bad will happen. It’s time to replace those old memories with new, happy ones.” I turned to look at him, and I saw complete love. I eyed the others around the fire, and I saw complete acceptance, but still…..
I nodded at Dwayne; a bit surer of myself now. He started the song over, ready to sing along if necessary, but I sang on my own. “I heard there was a secret cord.”
Dwayne smiled big and encouraged me, “Louder. You sound great.”
“That David played, and it pleased the Lord.” I sang it a little bit louder.
Joe whispered in my ear again, “Please baby, Keep going. I want to hear.”
Louder, “But you don’t really care for music, do you?”
“Belt it out Y/N,” Dwayne urged.
My voice quivered as I started the next line, but honestly, I hadn’t sung in so long, and it felt so right to just lose myself in the song, so I looked up at Joe and continued. “It goes like this, the fourth the fifth. The minor fall and the major lift.”
“Let go baby. Let go for me.” Joe whispered to me, and I did.
“The baffled king composing Hallelujah.”
Dwayne stopped suddenly, looking at me. “I’ll make a deal with you.” I was intrigued. “If you really sing the song, like put all of your power behind it, I’ll buy you and Joe an hour-long massage tomorrow.” That was tempting.
“Two!” I challenged.
Dwayne laughed, “Two massages?”
“No. Two hours.” Everyone laughed now.
“It’s a deal kid, but you have to really belt it out. Pretend you’re giving a concert in front of your most adoring fans. Got it?” He challenged me this time.
I just smiled, knowing I was about to blow him away. “Deal.” I said as I rose from the ground to get more lung capacity. I sat next to Joe.
Dwayne began to play the intro, and I let go. I sang like I would only sing for myself alone in the shower.
“I heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord, but you don’t really care for music, do ya?” Joe ran his hand over my back, smiling at me, and I could feel his pride. “It goes like this, the fourth the fifth. The minor fall and the major lift.” I really put emphasis on the last line, “The baffled King composes Halleluiah.”
Trinity yelled out, “Wooo! Get it Y/N.” Her rowdy cheer spurred me on. I looked to see both Fatu families smiling at me. There was complete acceptance and awe in the eyes of everyone around the fire, and as I started the second verse, people wandered over from the second fire, wanting to hear me sing.
“Your faith was strong, but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.” The next line should be stronger, but I normally tried to hide my voice. Feeling encouraged, I did it the way it should be sung. “She tied you to her kitchen chair.” Trinity wooted again. “She broke your throne and she cut your hair.”The song built.
Jimmy yelled, “Get it sister Uce!
“And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.”
I expected Dwayne to stop now, but he nodded at me as he played on. “Let’s hear it. Slay this verse!” I sang the chorus, lost in the music. Lost in the vibrations in my chest and my abs. “Halleluuuuuuuuujah.”
Joe beamed with pride at the crowd around us, which was growing considerably with each note. I noticed Jimmy had his phone out. I wasn’t sure if he was filming or if he was face timing our friends again, but I knew I was making Joe proud, so I ignored it.
“Well, maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya. And it's not a cry that you hear at night. It's not somebody who's seen the light.” This was the big moment. I tried desperately to ignore everyone around me but Joe and I belted it out, strong and beautiful. “It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.” The crowd around the fire erupted in cheers and applause.
I stopped, figuring that was enough, but Dwayne keep playing, prompting me to sing more. “Go on baby,” Joe whispered in my ear.
“Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah” I brought the song to a close.
I thought the cheers before were loud. When the song ended, everyone went wild with cheers, applause….. it was insane, and as pride washed over me, I began to feel guilty for enjoying the attention. “That was amazing!” Dwayne said as Joe pulled me closer into his side and kissed my temple.
“That’s my girl.” He said half to me and half to the crowd. He leaned close to my ear now. “Baby, that was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.” I looked to find him smiling at me, soft and gentle and full of pride.
“Do another one!” Trinity yelled, and the crowd started chanting “Another one. Another one.”
Dwayne laughed and looked at me. “What do you say?”
“Let someone else play,” I tried to generously cede everyone’s attention.
Someone yelled “Noooo!” loudly.
Dwayne laughed. “I think we found our winner. Game is over.” He gestured toward the crowd. “Your audience wants another one.” He poised his hands over the guitar.
My mind frantically scanned my memory to pick another song. It would have to be well known so Dwayne would know it. “Ummmm…. Somewhere Over The Rainbow?” I asked, and he answered by starting the song.
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Winx Club Season 8/12
In which Valtor finally gets his villain on! (eventually)
12 Surprise Party on Earth
We open with some more nice wide shots of Valtor’s asteroid. Our villain is in a thoughtful mood, which I’d screencap for you if my program did caps. He also seems to be wearing purple eyeshadow, which continues to prove my point that eye makeup = evil in the Winx ‘verse.
He’s watching a big all-round hologram of space, and suddenly a comet streaks across the view. Valtor is delight! This is “the wishing star. It hasn’t been seen in the magic universe for almost a thousand years! I must have it! It’s the only way to make my ultimate wish come true!”
Sounds interesting!
But here comes Obscurum to interrupt Valtor’s rant. “Ahem. Sorry to interrupt such a glorious dream, your Foolishness, but you do know your dark powers will prevent you from getting anywhere near the wishing star.”
Valtor already knows, but he says he can power up be getting himself some Cosmix! And he does a really lecherous grin and we cut to…
Orion’s ship! Orion does the most adorable, “What did you bring me from Syderia?” and is delight when Bloom presents him with the crystal of “condensed star energy.”
Twinkle suggests using it for a paperweight or bookends but Orion says he can make a prototype mini star core. If it works he can make new cores for all the stars Valtor destroyed.
Bloom’s phone buzzes. Shy is suggesting a romantic dinner. The Winx are immediately all opver the romance, except for Tecna, who is...having that geekfest with Orion that I wanted her to have a few episodes ago! They’re talking about how to boost the power of the new star cores.
Stella: “Who needs romance when there’s some new hypertechnothingamajig about to be built?” ^^
Bloom says Tecna and Orion are right, the mission needs to come first. “I’m just sorry Sky and I have so little time to see each other.” Bloom sounds quite chipper, but her face is sad. I think the actress didn’t do the emotion right for that line.
Flora suggests the Winx can handle things so Bloom can see Sky, but Bloom has to go to Earth for her mom’s birthday. So she has to turn Sky down.
Tec and Orion are still talking star cores. Adorable.
So the rest of the Winx will continue to do outer space stuff while Bloom heads to earth.
Cut to Gardenia! Mike is waiting on the beach, holding a cute picture of young Bloom. She turns up, and they hug. They’re going to throw a surprise party for Vanessa. Mike says it should be easy since Bloom can just snap her fingers and do it with magic, which brings up a whole bunch of thoughts about what it would really be like if some people could use magic like that. Well maybe magic is like money, one-percenters can snap their fingers and make stuff happen too.
But Bloom wants to set up the party without using any magic!
Mike is going to take Vanessa out to lunch so she doesn’t suspect. He asks Bloom if she’s sure she doesn’t need help.
“Dad I’m a fairy, I bring light back to drained stars. I think I can handle a party.”
Cue predictable comedic failure montage! Bloom attempts to set up a beach party without magic and stuff goes wrong.
On his Asteroid Valtor is talking to himself again. he’s looking at a projection of the universe that’s going from blue to purple which I think means the spread of drained stars. He’s gotten a lot, apparently.
“I’ve drained the light of one star after another to increase my powers, but the Winx always manage to save the day! No more! they’ll never stand in my way again, once the Cosmix power is mine...” Counting your chickens before they hatch, huh Valtor? He rants a bit more. His plan is to get at Bloom through her family.
Obscurum turns up in a hologram; he’s on Lumenia. His favorite spot. He rambles a bit about becoming king.
Valtor dumps Obscurum through a portal into a river.
Beach! Vanessa arrives for her surprise party! With a bunch of people we’ve never seen before. Bloom did get it set up without magic.
Sweet moments with Bloom and her family. Bloom’s given her mom a photo album with pictures of her childhood. They talk about Bloom’s adventures in space, but she says her home will always be with them. She also says that all the places she goes are places I trouble, and she looks quite pensive, and Mike reminds her that here in Gardenia she’s safe.
No mention of Bloom’s other family—which is fine, I love her earth family, but it does make me wonder if the Season 8 Timeslide has erased Bloom’s Domino family from the timeline. That would be a pretty big change.
As they go to cut the cake, Valtor decides it’s time to blow the earth’s candle out! He opens a portal near the sun… but not the mass of incandescent gas that we know it as, this sun is a honeycomb ball of glowing yellow stone. Staryums pour into the caves.
But the sun’s lumens are badass! They’re Roman lumens with lil helmets and armored skirts and some of them are carrying blowguns they’re prepared to defend their light!
So the staryums get together and turn into starchomps.
Roman lumen attack! Darts away! I think they’re shooting starlight from their blowguns.
The starchomps get together and grow into an even bigger stompy monster! It scares the lumens away and starts punching the sun’s star core!
The rest of the Winx meanwhile are on Lumenia. Tecna shows off the prototype star core to Queen Dorana. Dorana worries, quite reasonably, that once the stars are repowered the staryums will just come back and drain them again. She wishes her brother Argen were here; “he’d certainly know how to stop them for good.” flora reassures the queen that her brother will come home soon. And until then, the Winx will fight them1
Twinkle reminds everyone that we don’t want to hurt the staryums. Then she flies and hugs Queen Dorana’s foot, which is very cute but Dorana looks kinda uncomfortable. She reminds the girkls that she turned Lumilla back to herself by hugging them. So more hugs should turn the rest of the staryums back!
Dorana is skeptical.
Musa and Aisha do not like the idea of hugging staryums! Anyway, there aren’t enough of us to hug them all!
Flora says that hugging is the only way. ‘Only when they feel loved and accepted will they turn back into lumens.
Well I guess it’s a version of the Kiss of True Love, the Hug of True Acceptance? I once read a book where they were trying to disenchant some people and there was a line about “it has to be true love, not brotherly love” which made me wonder if there are other spells that would only be lifted by Brotherly Love.
Anyway, Queen Dorana feels unwell suddenly and sinks to the ground. Something bad is happening! Twinkle’s projector-thingy shows the sun is under attack! Everyone’s worried! They leap into action!
Party is party. Then it goes dark! The sun is flickering!
Valtor summons dark giants from under the sea! I presume he left them there earlier. They’re the same color as staryums but not furry, they’re more towards “made of living shadow” type of look, with a eye-ish circle on the head, lines of mystic runes, and Valtor’s mark. Very cool. Two of them come tromping towards the beach. People panic and run.
Bloom: Oh, well, now I’ve got two problems to solve. Save the sun and save Gardenia from those whatever-they-are!” She sounds wonderfully exasperated.
Mike says there’s only one Bloom, but she says she’s never alone. And calls Sky. This isn’t the date they wanted, but giants are attacking.
Sky: “Let me guess, Valtor?”
The Specialists will fight the giants while Bloom hugs her folks and heads for the sun. Sky did want to go with Bloom, but she basically ordered him to do giant duty. I wonder if this will come up in their inevitable couple-drama. Bloom flew off in Cosmix, but it doesn’t show her transforming in front of her parents.
Inside the sun the rest of the Winx face off the punchy monster that Aisha calls a megachomp when Bloom arrives. Megachomp punches things, then it noms the core in one bite. Heh. He just swallowed it.
Flora: “Maybe if we hug him he’ll turn into… well, a lot of lumens.”
Stella: “Sure Flora. You go first.”
They decide on some magic zapping instead.
Then there’s Valtor! In the flesh! The first time he’s left his lair all season! He’s floating just outside the cave. Stella even comments on this, saying he’s never crawled out from under his rock before.
Valtor: “Are you kidding, Stella? This is a special occasion! The sun’s gone dark, the earth is about to be destroyed, and Bloom will be forced to make the hardest decision of her life.’
Valtor summons a portal and blasts Bloom through it. Then he ducks back through his own portal, escaping.
In magic-space, or outer space, our hero and villain face off.
Bloom: “We beat you before, Valtor! And for sure we’ll do it again!”
Valtor: “I only lost because I let you do my bidding. But you won’t get away with it so easily this time.”
...what? No really, what did that sentence even say? ‘Let you do my bidding’..? What?
Bloom summons magic. Valtor summons an image of cars on the highway and people flee from Gardenia, while the giants tromp towards shore. On the beach Vanessa refuses to leave until she knows Bloom is safe. Well that’s dumb.
Bloom: “They’d better not be in any danger!”
Valtor: ‘Oh, sorry, it’s too late. They already are.”
Who WROTE these lines? -_-
Dark giant summons flying staryum-monkeys that attack the people on the beach!
Bloom is ready to fight, but Valtor is the only one who can stop the ‘stargoyles’ and the dark giants. So Bloom can’t take him out or the monsters would be freed from his control and run amok, he’s saying. Bloom says the specialists are on the way, but Valtor points out that his monsters are already THERE, innocent people are about to be toast, right now.
Bloom: Then I’ll fight them myself! I’m not scared of your dark magic!”
Valtor laughs. “Ah but if you save your parents, who’s going to save your friends?”
And we see the Winx having no luck against the megachomp, which looks a lot bigger than in the last scene.
Valtor: ‘And you know, without the sun your parents won’t survive anyway. They trust you. Will you betray them?”
Yes! THIS is an appropriately evil Valtor, at last! Once his lines started making sense.
Bloom looks back and forth between the two images, unable to decide.
Valtor presents his third option: give him the Cosmix power.
Bloom: “Never! You’d become even stronger!”
Valtor: “Right. But it’s still the best choice.” he promises to let everybody live if he gets the power.
Bloom wavers.
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It’s Complicated (Part 5)
A/N: This has been sitting in my drafts for a week so here ya go.
Trevante Rhodes x Reader
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9
Waking up frustrated and angry you go to the gym. After about two hours at the gym you get ready to walk out with you hear your name. Not recognizing the voice you stop in your tracks and look around. Still not noticing anyone familiar you continue to walk when suddenly you feel and hand on your shoulder. You turn around and see Roman smiling.
“Hey Y/N how are you?” Roman asks.
“I’m good, you?”
“I can’t complain.” He shrugs.
“What about your baby is he?” You question.
“He’s amazing.”
You stood staring at Roman and noticed how gorgeous he actually was.
“It was nice seeing you again.” He says interrupting your thoughts.
“You too.” You tell him as you start to walk away.
When you get to the door you’re stopped again by Roman.
“I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to dinner or something?” He asks.
“I don’t know. I mean last time we were supposed to go to dinner you kinda stood me up.” You joked.
“I know and I’m still pissed at myself for that. You don’t have to if you don’t want to I just thought I’d give it another shot.”
“Yeah sure I’m down.”
“Cool so I’ll call you later and let you know the details. Same number right?”
“Yup!”
You say bye once again and walk out of the gym. One your way to your car you start to wonder if you’d just made a mistake since you and Trevante broke up less than twenty four hours ago. You convince yourself that maybe it was a sign that maybe Roman would be the best thing to keep your mind off of Trevante.
2 1/2 Years Later
You were sleeping peacefully when you hear someone. Opening your eyes you see Roman holding your daughter Kayla as he walks to your side of the bed.
“Say Happy Birthday mommy!” Roman says.
“Thank you!”
Sitting up you kiss Roman as he hands Kayla to you. You played with Kayla and responded to birthday texts before getting up to get ready for work. You walk into the kitchen and see Roman making breakfast. You sit down and as he sits a plate in front of you. He sits next to you with Kayla in his lap. Once you were done you kiss Roman and Kayla and take off for work.
As the elevator doors open the first person you see is Maya. She hugs you and wishes you a happy birthday before you and her go to your office. Before you could get into your office you see Jeremiah who informs you that Ava wants to see you in her office. You walk into Ava’s office and see her sitting at her desk.
“Good morning Y/N!” She says looking away from her computer to greet you.
“Morning!”
You sit in front of her waiting for her as she finishes what you assumed was an email before she acknowledges you again. Ever since the whole thming with Trevante you felt weird about being around Ava especially when the two of you were alone. It’s been almost three years since the last time you spoke to or saw Trevante you still could stand him. Even though being with Roman made it somewhat bearable, you did everything thing in your power to keep your distance from him including not attending him and Ava’s wedding.
Ava finished briefing you in a few things she needed for an upcoming project and you got up to leave. Before you leave Ava stops you, she reaches under her desk and walks towards you with a Chanel box.
“Happy Birthday!” She says handing you the box.
“Thanks Ava! And thank you for this.” You say holding your gift up as you go.
When you finally got to your office you open Ava’s gift and see that it’s a beautiful Chanel bag. You admire it until you get an email notification and realize that you have hundreds of messages to get through before the day is done.
Later you return home to find Roman asleep on the couch holding Kayla in his arms. You go to your room to change when Roman appears still holding Kayla.
“Get dressed we’re going out tonight.” Roman tells you.
“But who’s-”
“Don’t worry my sister is gonna watch Kayla just be ready in 2 hours.”
Dressed and ready to go you walk out to see Roman’s sister Vanessa sitting on the floor playing with Kayla.
“Hey Nessa, thanks for watching Kayla.” You say putting on your coat.
“Don’t worry about it! Happy birthday Y/N have fun tonight!”
You kiss Kayla before leave and get into Romans car. He opens the door for you and gets in before starting the car. After about 10 minutes of driving you start to get curious about where you were going.
“Roman where are we going?” You turn to look at him.
“To dinner.”
“I know that smart ass but where.” You laugh.
“Just relax we’re almost there.”
Soon you pull up in front of the restaurant and go inside. You and Roman talk as you walk in and you’re suddenly interrupted.
“SURPRISE!”
You look and noticed a sea of familiar faces smiling and taking videos and pictures. Still in shock you kiss Roman before you walk away to say hi to everyone. You see Maya and run to hug her when you see your dad, your brother and Ty standing behind her you let her go to hug them. A few minutes passed and you finally got a chance to relax and enjoy your party.
After dancing for what felt like hours you see Roman sitting at a table and you head towards him. You sit next to him and he asks if you were hungry, you nod your head and he leaves to get you something to eat. He comes back with a plate of food and you talk a few bits when your favorite song comes on and you pull him to the dance floor. When the song was over you go back to sit at the table you notice Ava walking in and when you lock eyes with her you wave and she waves back. She comes to your table and you stand up to hug her Roman gets up to do the same.
“Thank you for coming Ava.” Roman says before leaving you two alone.
“Thanks for inviting usually no one invites me anywhere unless it’s business related.” Ava laughs.
“Ava I just want to thank you again for the Chanel bag it’s gorgeous.” You tell her.
“That was all Trevante. I’m horrible at giving gifts so I had some help from him. He should be on his way in if he’s not in here already.”
As soon as she spoke Trevante walks in and looks around before he looks your way and starts coming towards you and Ava. He stands next to Ava as she puts her arm around him.
“Babe you were right Y/N loved the purse.” Ava tells him.
“I told you she would love it! When have I ever been wrong.” He smiles at you.
Not wanting it to get awkward you thank them again. Ava then leaves to go to the bathroom leaving you and Trevante standing across from each other. This was the first time in years you and Trevante were in the same room and you didn’t know what to say or do. To keep things from getting uncomfortable you were gonna go find Roman but Trevante started to speak.
“So how have you been?” He questioned.
“Good.”
“Ava tells me you’re engaged and you have a baby now.”
“Yeah.”
“Y/N I know you don’t wanna talk to be but I just want us to be cool. You’ve moved on which it great and I’m married now I just want us to be able to be in the same room and not have so much tension between us. What do you say?”
“You’re right. I’ve moved on I’m trying to be a better person, hopefully you are too. I shouldn’t hold this this grudge against you all I care about is if Ava is happy. Even though I didn’t really like her when I first started working for her she’s become a really good friend.”
“Truce?”
Trevante holds his hand out and you shake his hand. Ava reappears and you take her with you to go dance. After a few songs Ty pulls you to the side and by the look on her face you knew she was mad.
“Please tell me Roman didn’t invite him.”
“Roman didn’t invite him he invited Ava and their married so he was bound to show up. Besides we’re cool now so it’s whatever.”
“I guess! I still don’t like his ass.”
You laugh and back to dance, later on everyone sung happy birthday and you gave a speech thanking everyone for coming. It was now 2 am and you and Roman were just getting back home. Vanessa and Kayla were sleeping so you let them sleep and you and Roman went upstairs.
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Who: Patton and Roman.
Part: Twenty One.
General Notes: When Patton woke up this morning, he was a regular guy. Now he’s come to find out that he was kidnapped as a baby and he’s actually a Prince, who’s set up in an arranged marriage with another Prince named Roman. How will Patton react to so much changing in his life all at once? Especially when neither of the young princes want to marry someone they’ve just met?
Warnings: None just lots of cute.
ROMAN
Carrie nods. "Yes, it really was." she says with a smile. She was glad that her brother in law had found someone like Remus. Remus nods, smiling at her and Vincent. "Yeah, it was really nice meeting all of you too!" he says, before letting out a small laugh at what Vivi said. "I'll keep that in mind." he says with smile, before taking the bag from Virgil, lifting it with a little bit of difficulty because that really was a lot of food- "Ready to go, Virgil?" he asks his boyfriend.
PATTON
Virgil was surprised when Remus took the bag from him, though he supposed he shouldn't have been. Once everyone had said their goodbyes, he nodded at his boyfriend's question. "Yeah." he said before looking back at his parents, giving them one more wave before leading the way out the door. Once they'd arrived back at the house, he made his way into the kitchen, starting to put away the huge amount of food his mom had sent them back with, doing his best to be quiet so he didn't wake up any sleeping friends that were near by. He couldn't wait until they were back in his room with the door shut so he could really talk to Remus and have a moment alone with him... but he knew he had to put all this away first, and he probably should stop off in the bathroom and wash his face to get all that make up off too. He was just so happy Remus had enjoyed himself and gotten along with his family. He knew he would, but actually seeing it happen was even better than he'd expected.
ROMAN
Rems walks back with Virgil, sticking close to him so that he could lean on his if his ankle hurt him. He waves at everyone again, before following Virgil to his home. Remus helps Virgil as he puts all of the food away, and yeah- he definitely wants to bring it up right now, but he thinks that he'll just wait a minute longer- he doesn't want to freak Virgil out, plus all their friends were asleep just the next room over.
PATTON
Once the food was put away, Virgil headed into the bathroom, washing his face and getting all the make up off before heading back to his room. He shut the door behind them before biting his lip in an attempt to control the giant smile that wanted to cross his face. He probably should've grabbed pajamas to change into, some for Remus as well, but he couldn't really wait any longer, he was too happy about how tonight had gone. "So... you had fun?" he asked, reaching for Remus hands and squeezing them a bit, knowing the answer already but he was just so happy that tonight had gone as well as it had and that Remus had finally met his family.
ROMAN
Remus goes into Virgil's room with him, smiling at him when he takes his hands again, gently squeezing them. He presses a kiss to the top of his head, nodding. "Yeah- of course I did! I loved your family- they're all so sweet." he says with a smile. He was so glad that he had gotten to meet Virgil family- they were amazing.
PATTON
Virgil smiled more, trying not to come off as giddy as he actually felt on the inside but he was just so happy. There had been some bumps, sure, but it really could not have been a better night and God, he just wanted to grab Remus and tell him how much he loved him and how he was just falling more and more in love with him with every passing second but he was fighting every single urge to do that because he still wanted to plan something sweet and romantic for Remus because no one deserved that more than Remus did. His face a bit pink, he leaned in and gave Remus a quick kiss before looking around. "I should... get pajamas." he said, it was hard to focus, but he honestly couldn't remember a time where he was this happy, and it was incredibly
ROMAN
Remus nods, smiling at Virgil softly. He can't help but smile wider at Virgil at the little kiss. "Yeah, pajamas sound good." he says with a smile. He'd wait until they were in bed- and then he'd talk to Virgil, ask him about it. But he'd bring it up slowly. "Nessa showed me some of your poems... you're an amazing writer Vee- there's nothing to be embarrassed about there, I don't know why you were so worried." he tells him.
PATTON
Virgil grabbed a pair of pajamas, handing them to Remus before grabbing a pair for himself. He was about to change into them when he heard what Remus said next, his entire face going a ghost level white in the blink of an eye as he dropped the pajamas he was holding, his elbow accidentally hitting the glass from this morning's breakfast and... yep, that shattered on the floor. He didn't even seem to notice, he was too busy completely freaking out mentally. "What... she... you... what?" he stuttered out, trying to act as casual as possible but his eyes were wide and internally he was screaming. Oh God. Remus had read his writing. There were poems that explicitly said he loved him in those journals... Remus had used the word 'some', maybe he hadn't read that far and Virgil only needed to be panicking about the cringiness of the early dumb 14 year old poems? But what if Remus read more than that? What if Remus read the poems about love and he was about to break up with him because he thought it was completely weird and embarrassing that Virgil had been in love with him since he was 15?
What if he thought he was like a crazy stalker or something? Sure, he'd admitted to having a crush on Remus for years but he really went in depth about those feelings in those poems because he assumed nobody was ever going to read them but him! Why did he write them down, that was so stupid! Ugh, he was going to murder Vanessa. Why would she go on and on about how happy she was that he was with Remus if she was going to make Remus so uncomfortable that he'd want to break up with Virgil for being obsessive and weird?! Maybe he was over reacting... Remus was complimenting his writing, and telling him there was no reason to be embarrassed or worried... so maybe Remus hadn't gotten that far in the notebooks and he was in the clear...
Or maybe Remus was just going to let him down easy and was easing into the break up because he definitely had read that far, thought it was weird, but knew that Virgil had anxiety and he was such a nice guy he was going to let him down easy. Ugh, he couldn't take not knowing how much Remus read!! Virgil did not do well with partial information... he was left to make up the rest in his head and his anxiety always made it so much worse. How could he have been so stupid to think that tonight went well? Of course something had to go wrong, something always went wrong with him, he just didn't think it was going to be Remus being totally creeped out by him level wrong.
ROMAN
Remus looks over at Virgil, and he sees how pale he gets and then he hears the shattering of the glass- fuck, Remus didn't mean to scare Virgil or make him anxious! "Virge- sweetheart, take a deep breath okay?" he says, moving to gently take his hands, trying to calm him. Damnit- of course Remus fucked it up, he definitely did something wrong. Was bringing it up right now bad, wrong? Shit- Virgil probably thought that Remus hated it or something. "Come on, move away from the broken glass, okay? We don't want you to step on it and then the glass gets stuck in your foot and the skin grows around it and it's stuck inside and- sorry, yeah, away from the glass, Vee." he says, gently trying to move him away from the glass, moving him so that the two of them were sitting on the bed.
PATTON
Virgil was pretty sure he was holding his breath. He couldn't even fully register what Remus was saying, and he still was totally oblivious to the fact that he'd broken the glass, but Remus wanted him to move, so okay, he could move. But he was trying really hard to contain his panic and look okay on he outside because he knew that Remus was just going to focus on that instead of wherever it was he was going with telling him about reading the poems and even though he knew his heart was going to actually physically shatter if Remus broke up with him, if it was an unpreventable thing that was going to happen, he'd rather Remus just do it already and have it be quick like a bandaid because this whole process of not knowing what Remus was going to say next was absolute torture. Sitting on the bed, he chewed his lip nervously, somehow wanting to freeze time so whatever Remus was going to say next never got said and speed time so that it was over and done with already all at the same time.
ROMAN
Remus gently holds his hands, looking at Virgil. He looks at his nervous face, wishing that he could do something to alleviate his fears. He runs his thumbs over Virgil's knuckles, looking over at his boyfriend. He takes a breath, eventually asking the question that was on his mind. "You love me?" he asks him, wanting to confirm it before he went around saying that he loved him too and then shit, the second that that left his mouth he was immediately worried that no, what if Virgil didn't love him and shit, how did Virgil take being this anxious about everything?
PATTON
Virgil felt like he was going to throw up. Or faint. He was going to throw up, then faint... and somewhere in there was definitely going to go murder Vanessa. Remus had read that far in the journals, and Virgil was going to die. "I...I..." he stuttered out, not sure what to do or say. There was no way out. He'd doomed his whole relationship way before it had ever even become a relationship. He'd totally freaked Remus out and he was scaring him off by loving him too soon. He couldn't exactly deny it. He did love Remus. It was right there on the pages of those notebooks. But this wasn't how Remus was suppose to find out, it was suppose to make Remus feel happy and loved, not like he had a creepy stalker who wrote love poems about him when they didn't even know each other that well. Remus was going to break up with him anyway so he figured at this point he really didn't have anything to lose... might as well just let his anxiety take over and his panicked thoughts do the talking, thats what they wanted to do anyway and maybe it would calm his brain to get it out?
"I'm so sorry... I just... I really liked you, I mean, I still really like you, but I mean, back then when I wrote the poems... I mean, I just sort of... I liked you so much and then I realized I was falling in love with you but I couldn't tell you because you didn't really even notice me back then and I just wanted to get it out and I figured I could write about it because I didn't think anybody was ever going to read those poems, let alone you, and I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to make things weird, or make you think I was this crazy creepy stalker person who wrote cringey love poems about you without you knowing about it and that's why I haven't told you I love you yet because I wanted it to be this whole big romantic thing because you do so much for me and I'm totally failing as a boyfriend and not doing enough for you and I thought that was the perfect way to do something for you and plan a whole... thing... and I was gonna make it sweet and happy and now you probably think I'm just this absolute weirdo and you probably don't even want to be with me anymore because of how creepy this all is but I really didn't mean to freak you out or scare you off or... I don't know..."
He could barely catch his breath and he was talking a mile a minute, one hand on his chest and the other in his hair, but now that he'd actually let his anxiety out he couldn't seem to shut himself up, plus he could tell he was tearing up at the mere mention of Remus breaking up with him and he knew deep down he just needed to STOP TALKING but it was like he'd opened up a flood gate and he had no idea how to shut it down now that he'd gotten himself going. "I'm probably making it worse, I'm just making it so much worse, aren't I? I'm so sorry... I'm really sorry... this is not how I wanted you to find out that I love you... me loving you was not suppose to come off weird and make you wanna leave." Okay, he was still going... maybe if he never shut up and never let Remus get a word in he wouldn't be able to break up with him. "I shouldn't have written those poems, I'm so sorry, I didn't realize how totally creepy it was when I was writing them, I just love you so much that I..." Wow, still going... he definitely wasn't going to stop until Remus did something to actively shut him up.
ROMAN
Remus just kind of sits there while Virgil talks and he's a little bit stunned into silence because telling Virgil that he loved him too would ideally not involve Virgil having a panic attack- Remus reaches forwards, quickly but gently pulling Virgil's hand out of his hair so that he wouldn't hurt himself. "Virgil... I don't wanna leave." he tells him. "You're not scaring me, I don't think it's creepy, and the poems aren't stalker-ish, they're sweet. Hell, even if it was creepy, I'd probably still think it was sweet." he tells him. "You are absolutely not failing as a boyfriend-" Remus tells him firmly "- and when I read it, Virgil, I'd never been fucking happier. You know why? Because I love you too." he tells him, moving his other hand to gently up his cheek, tilting Virgil's chin up gently so the other had to look at him. "I- noticed you like a few months ago and I thought that you were hot at first and then I realized that you were actually really sweet and Roman was telling me nice things about you and then I actually like met you met you and shit, Vee- I fell for you really hard." he rambled out.
PATTON
Feeling Remus pull his hand out of his hair, Virgil started to brace himself for the worst. This was it, Remus was going to cut him off and break up with him and leave him sitting here alone and feeling like a complete idiot. He found himself blinking in surprise, however when Remus... quite literally said the opposite, the action causing the tears that had built up during all his rambling to actually run down his face, not that he even seemed to notice as he just sort of sat there, wide eyed as he thought about what Remus was saying. Remus didn't want to leave... he had to keep repeating it in his head to make sure he'd really heard it right. He hadn't totally freaked him out and scared him off. He was about to argue when Remus stated firmly that he wasn't failing as a boyfriend, point out all the ways he was, but before he could, Remus was speaking again... and Virgil was positive he would've fallen over at what he heard next if he were standing up, the words would've physically knocked him down. Remus loved him too. Sure, he'd been planning on telling Remus how he felt, but he supposed he hadn't really prepared for how it was gonna feel if Remus actually said it back.
Virgil had no idea that Remus felt that way yet... honestly, he'd been fully prepared even if this whole thing had gone according to plan for Remus to not feel ready to say it back yet... he'd just assumed that when they'd played truth or dare with the others and it came out that Virgil liked Remus, that Remus just sort of figured he sorta liked him too so why not, he hadn't actually realized that Remus had noticed him, or thought he was hot, or sweet, or that he'd found himself falling for Virgil... all the repetitive anxious thoughts that had taken over his brain were replaced by it just repeating that Remus loved him over and over and over again and now his brain was glitching out for a whole different reason. He thought he was happy before... "You love me?" he repeated softly in disbelief after a moment, his face going red and his heart absolutely pounded because oh my God, Remus loved him. "Really? Me?" He could feel a smile forming on his face, biting down on his lip as he tried to keep from screaming because Remus freaking loved him. Unable to contain his excitement the more it built up inside of him just thinking about that, he found himself, quite literally, tackling Remus so hard that he knocked him over, it was fine... they were on a soft bed, they'd live, grabbing his face and kissing him because he loved him, holy crap. "Sorry... I just... I love you too... I didn't get to say that normally yet, not that this is really normal... but... I do..." he said quickly before kissing him again.
ROMAN
Remus nods quickly when Virgil asks if he loved him. "Yes, Virgil. I do." he tells him, smiling at him softly. "Yes- of course you, there's like- no one else here." he laughs softly, a soft noise of surprise escaping him when Virgil pushed him over and kissed him. He happily reciprocated the kiss, his arms coming up to wrap around Virgil's shoulders. When Virgil pulls away for a moment to say what he did, if Remus thought that it was amazing to read Virgil saying he loved him- he could probably die a happy man right now after hearing Virgil say it out loud. He kisses him back and God, Remus is just so overwhelmingly happy right now.
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Virgil's whole face was the brightest shade of red it had probably ever been in his entire life. He couldn't even describe what he was feeling right now, just overwhelming amounts of love, both love for Remus and the love that Remus had for him all filling him up all at once and there was nothing he wanted to do more than just kiss this man and repeatedly tell him and show him how much he loved him over and over and over again until the end of time. Maybe that was over dramatic or the most cheesy thing anyone had ever felt in the history of the world, but damn it, Virgil had been dreaming of hearing Remus say that since he was 15 and now it was actually happening and he wasn't sure it would ever actually happen and now that it was, he'd be damned if he wasn't going to enjoy it. He leaned into the kiss more, deepening it as his hands moved up from Remus' face into his hair, completely overwhelmed by how happy he was right now.
ROMAN
Sure, Remus hadn't like or loved Virgil as long as the other had him, but... he adored having heard Virgil say that he loved him, and he would 100% be cool with sitting here with Virgil forever and letting him kiss him and hold him and tell him he loved him. Remus leaned into the kiss when Virgil deepened it, letting him lead the kiss and practically melting against Virgil's lips.
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Virgil continued for quite a while before he pulled away from Remus' lips to move his attention to Remus' jawline, down to his neck, trying to remind himself not to leave any marks but it was really hard not to get carried away with everything he was feeling right now. When he reached the collar of Remus' shirt, he blinked a moment, right, last time he'd done this Remus hadn't been wearing one so that hadn't been in the way, but seeing the fabric was enough to snap him out of his thoughts long enough to look back up at his boyfriend's face. "Sorry... I got-- did you want to stop?" he asked a bit breathlessly. He wanted to keep going, but he obviously would stop if Remus didn't want to or wasn't in the mood for it right now.
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Remus whines quietly when Virgil pulls away from his lips, but he quiets when Virgil starts kissing down his jaw and neck, biting his lip to keep a pleased sound from escaping him. He looks up at Virgil when he pulls away, shaking his head quickly. "No- this is okay- more than okay-! Just- if we do keep going, we have to stay quiet." he tells him.
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Virgil nodded a bit at Remus' response. Right, they weren't home alone this time, people sleeping in the next room. "Yeah, okay." he said softly, hoping he'd actually be able to keep quiet, might be difficult depending upon what exactly they ended up doing but he'd do his best. He took a moment to undo some of the buttons on Remus' shirt so that he had access to more of his bare skin, wanting to kiss and leave marks lower where Remus would actually have the option of covering it up later if he wanted to.
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Remus nods, and he moves to unbutton his shirt more, helping Virgil move it so that his boyfriend could leave all the marks that he wanted. Remus didn't really have a sense of shame, and wouldn't have cared if Virgil left marks that would be visible, but Virgil probably wouldn't enjoy Remus parading around with hickeys left there. He bites his bottom lip to stop any sound from escaping him as Virgil continues.
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Virgil was grateful for the fact that Remus helped him move the shirt out of the way, honestly he would've been happy to have it off entirely but at least he had more of Remus available to him now than he'd had a moment ago. He moved around a bit, leaving marks here and there, but he seemed to hyper focus his attention on Remus' collarbone in particular, a few new hickeys appearing near where he'd placed them the last time before starting to move a bit lower, and lower, and lower, until he'd left a trail of kisses all the way down to Remus' stomach, looking at Remus' belt a moment as he wondered how his boyfriend would feel about more clothes coming off.
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Remus noticed that Virgil seemed to be mostly focusing on his collarbone, and he moves his hand to gently touch the marks, a soft, barely hearable sound escaping him as Virgil trailed lower with his kisses. He sees Virgil eyeing his belt, and he moves to sit up. "If I'm getting naked then you gotta get naked too- it's the rules." he tells Virgil jokingly- but he did seriously want to see Virgil's gorgeous body again.
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Virgil glanced up at what Remus said, holding back a laugh. "Well, normally I kinda like breaking the rules, but I guess I can make an exception." he joked back as he pulled away from Remus a moment and pulled his shirt off, throwing it... wherever, who cares, he certainly didn't, before moving his attention to his own belt, taking it off and looking back up at his boyfriend a moment as he pulled it off. He wasn't really sure what Remus had in mind right now, but he was honestly up for whatever Remus wanted to do, however Remus wanted to do it, because there was nothing Virgil wanted to do more right now than please his boyfriend.
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Remus take off his own shirt, pulling it off and just shoving it to the side somewhere, before his belt comes of, being tossed to the floor. "What do you want to do, Vee?" he asks Virgil, moving so that he was sitting closer to him. Remus was having the same thought process as Virgil- he didn't know how much Virgil was up for for tonight, or how quiet his boyfriend could be.
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Virgil felt his face go unexpectedly red at the question. Okay, so maybe Virgil had a few ideas of what he wanted to do, but somehow despite the fact that it's not like this was the first time they'd done anything like this before, he found himself getting a bit shy at the thought of actually answering the question, somehow saying it was different than just... doing it, as weird as it probably was. He figured it was fine though, honestly, Virgil was pretty much up for anything if it meant being closer to Remus. "I'm up for whatever you wanna do." he said as he threw his belt to the side and started to work on the zipper of his pants.
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Remus nods a bit, starting to work his own pants off, thinking. He wasn't really embarrassed like Virgil about talking about these sorts of things. "Well- I mean I want you to fuck me senseless, but that sorta depends on how quiet we can be. But I'd be happy with anything, Vee." he tells him.
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Virgil wished he could be more like Remus in that regard, he didn't want to feel awkward talking about this, especially with Remus who he definitely shouldn't feel shy talking to about this sort of thing, he supposed it was just something he was going to have to work on. Later. "I can do that." he said with a bit of a smirk as he pulled his pants off, trying to be extra careful around his ankle especially since he'd been standing on it all night, throwing his pants over by where his shirt had ended up as oppose to the opposite direction where he'd more carefully placed his hoodie. If he were being totally honest he wasn't entirely confident in his ability to keep quiet but, he'd do his best.
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Remus tosses his pants to the floor, and he grins a bit when Virgil said that he'd do that. He kisses him quickly- but then he remembers- "Virge- how's your ankle doing?" he asks, not wanting Virgil to hurt himself or push himself to do anything that would end up hurting him.
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Virgil was about to remove his underwear when he felt Remus kiss him again, stopping to let his attention move there until Remus pulled away, and he blinked a moment at the question. "It's fine, I think." he said with a shrug before leaning in to kiss Remus again. It was a little sore, but nothing he couldn't handle, and if he was wrong, he figured they could certainly figure out a different position or something so that he was off it entirely.
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Remus nods when Virgil says that he's fine, happily melting into the kiss. If it was hurting Virgil later or during though, Remus would figure out a way so that Virgil would be okay and that he wouldn't have to use it.
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Virgil leaned into the kiss a bit more, moving on top of Remus as he deepened it. He let his hands wander down Remus' bare skin, moving down his chest and his stomach slowly, partly teasing him, partly just enjoying taking his time because he really loved moments like this where he could just let his hands wander around without clothes getting in his way, stopping when he felt the band of Remus' underwear.
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Remus wrapped his arms around Virgil as his boyfriend moved on top of him. He shivers happily at Virgil's fingers trailing over his bare skin. He moves, one of his hands leaving Virgil's shoulders to help him pull his underwear down.
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Once he'd managed to remove Remus' underwear with a bit of help from his boyfriend, he tossed them in the same direction as the rest of Remus' clothes before pulling away from the kiss a moment. Okay, so they'd talked about it and to quote Remus he wanted him to 'fuck him senseless', which definitely could still happen, but Virgil's mind was sort of wandering to the last time they'd done this and while there was a part of Virgil that was a bit nervous to even suggest this since he'd never done it before and he could very well end up being totally awful at it... he couldn't help but think about how amazing it'd felt when Remus had sucked his dick and with how badly he wanted to please Remus right now, his mind just sort of automatically went to the idea of giving him a blow job. Wait, how long had he been distracted by that thought? Snap out of it, really not the time to zone out.
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Remus didn't care what Virgil did to him or wanted from him, he'd adore anything, because it would have been with Virgil- but then he sees the look on Virgil's face, and it looked like he was thinking about something. "Whatcha thinkin about stormcloud?" he asks Virgil, panting a little bit, a little breathless from their kisses.
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Virgil blinked when the sound of Remus' voice really snapped him out of his thoughts, his face a bit red from the combination of getting caught in a thought and the fact that Remus calling him that just did things to him and usually resulted in his face being at least a little red, trying to catch his breath. "Uh, you." was all he could manage to get out in response to the question, which, basically was true, though not exactly fully detailed of an answer. Yeah, definitely wasn't as good at just saying whatever and being blunt like his boyfriend was... he'd have to make a mental note to work on that.
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Remus can't help a small laugh when Virgil blushed and said that he was thinking about him, because dear God, his boyfriend was adorable. He leans to quickly press a kiss to the tip of Virgil's nose. "Anything specific?" he questions lightly.
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Virgil couldn't help the small smile that crossed his face when he felt Remus kiss his nose, before biting his lip thoughtfully at Remus' next question. "Yeah..." he replied, dragging the word out a bit longer than necessary. He knew he was gonna have to say it, he shouldn't even have a problem saying it. Look at how things went the first time... Remus just said 'I wanna suck your dick, is that okay?' and then he did... if Virgil had no problem doing it why did he get so shy at the thought of just saying it? Stupid anxiety. Letting out a small breath as his face got a bit more red he buried his face in his boyfriend's shoulder, mumbling a more detailed response so that the words vibrated against Remus' bare skin, which... okay, he said it, but with how muffled the words were there probably was a slim to none chance that Remus actually understood any of it. Well, at least he'd said it? Sort of.
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Remus looks at Virgil curiously, really wondering what was on his mind. When Virgil leaned down to bury his face in his shoulder, Remus reaches up to wrap his arms around Virgil. When he thinks he hears Virgil talking, he turns, and yeah, he hadn't heard it. "VeeVee? Can you be a little louder please? I can't hear you, sweetheart." he tells him.
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Virgil relaxed a bit when he felt Remus' arms around him, noticing that it was even more calming than usual, maybe it had something to do with the skin to skin contact. He let out a small whine when Remus asked him to repeat himself. Ugh, couldn't Remus just gain magical powers to read his mind? Actually scratch that, with how bad his anxiety got sometimes he wouldn't want Remus in there, he'd probably be terrified, he took that back. "Or... we can just go back to your whole 'fuck senseless' idea... I liked that idea, in fact you could just be the 'idea guy' in the relationship, that totally works for me. Yeah. Good talk." he said quickly before leaning down to kiss Remus again in hopes of just continuing on like they were and not acknowledging how awkward he'd just gotten. He could turn this back around and make like that awkward moment never even happened.
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Remus frowns softly, just slightly concerned about Virgil. He can see how awkward that Virgil is getting. He looks at Virgil, and when he kisses him again, he kissed back for a second before carefully pulling away. "Virge- if there's something that you want to do, we can. You never need to be embarrassed for saying that you want to do something." he tells him.
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Virgil wasn't really surprised when Remus pulled away. He figured he wasn't going to get away with that. "I'm just not good at... talking about it... it's just... easier when you suggest stuff because you're more comfortable with the whole, 'say what you're thinking out loud' thing than I am and since our minds are more or less in the same place most of the time anyway it just works, and when they're not you have really good ideas so... you know, still works." he said, still a bit red in the face. "But me saying... I uh, that just feels like... a lot of pressure? For some reason? That sounds stupid, hold on." he sighed. Try that again.
"I just... I'm still new to this, not that I need to point that out, you know that but like... I'm still at a place where I get a bit nervous when it's like... totally on me to... lead like I completely know what I'm doing? And talking about what I want to do feels like part of that and... like I definitely know I'm gonna get there but I'm not... there... now so... I'm not making any sense, maybe I should start over. Or just shut up... you can absolutely shut me up at any time. Please tell me to shut up." he said before burying his face back in Remus' shoulder. Well, he'd totally screwed this up. Maybe he could figure out a way to rewind time and just go back to when they were kissing and he wasn't making a fool of himself, that sounded good.
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Remus listened as Virgil spoke, and he nods. Yeah- he should have figured. "Shit- sorry, Virgil... it's okay, nothing to be embarrassed over. I get that I'm very.. unfiltered in the way that I talk about like... everything. I will absolutely not tell you to shut up, because me knowing that you were nervous just now is important, so that in the future I can keep you from feeling that way." he tells him, moving his hand to brush some hair away from Virgil's face. "It's okay if you're not comfortable saying things out loud, okay?" he tells him softly. "Now, it's up to you whether you want to try and say what you wanted, you want to continue what we were doing, or something else." he tells him.
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"No, no, no, it's not your fault, don't say sorry." he said quickly. Virgil knew being able to say what he wanted, or even just take the lead on this sort of thing in general was something he still had to work on, that wasn't something Remus needed to apologize for. He relaxed again when Remus' hand was in his hair, trying to think of the right thing to say next. On the one hand, he had to work on telling Remus what he wanted, but maybe now wasn't the time because he was gonna need more time to figure that out. Maybe even just him and Remus talking about this sort of thing when they weren't actually doing anything would help him get there? "Uh..." he hummed after a moment. "Just... continue what we were doing." he decided on finally.
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Remus nods a bit. He wasn't going to push Virgil if he didn't feel ready to talk or anything. "Of course we can." he tells him, before he leans up to kiss him again, pulling Virgil down closer to himself, so that Virgil could get out of his head more, and not worry as much. Remus didn't like it when Virgil worried, so he wanted to help him relax.
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Virgil smiled against his boyfriend's lips when he leaned up to kiss him, melting when he felt Remus pull him closer. Focusing on what Remus was doing and actively participating in that made it so much easier for him to get out of his head and just get back into what they were doing, and he was surprised to admit that he actually did feel a bit better despite the fact that the problem wasn't exactly resolved since he still wasn't good at verbalizing what was going in his head, but somehow just telling Remus about it helped the situation a lot more than he thought it would, maybe if he remembered that it'd be easier to just say whatever was on his mind in the future, since he did always seem to feel better once he voiced whatever he was feeling to Remus no matter what it was.
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Remus could tell Virgil was relaxing a bit- and for that he was really glad. He hated it when Virgil worried. He lightly trailed his fingers up and down the bare skin of his boyfriends back, still not breaking the kiss. He knew Virgil had a hard time with opening up and saying what he wanted and such, so Remus hoped that in the future he could help him through doing so. But that was a thought for later. Now, Remus would just focus on touching Virgil, and Virgil touching him.
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Virgil couldn't help but let out a small sound at the feeling of Remus' fingertips brushing up and down his back, luckily their kiss muffled most of the sound. One of Virgil's own hands found its way to Remus' bare hip, which reminded him of both his earlier thought and the request that Remus had made towards the start of all this. "Did you still want me to...?" his voice trailed off a bit as the words vibrated against Remus' lips since he hadn't fully pull away yet. He was more than happy to, but he'd understand if Remus didn't want to anymore, since there was probably a chance he'd killed the moment with how awkward he'd gotten a moment ago. Although, Remus didn't seem to mind it, so maybe not.
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When Virgil pulled away from their kiss to ask the question, Remus nods quickly. "Yeah of course I still want you in my ass!" he says against Virgil's lips, also reluctant to pull away from the kiss. He found it a bit funny that he had no trouble saying stuff like that, but Virgil grew flustered over it. "Do you want me to prep myself again? Or do you wanna help this time?" Remus asks Virgil.
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Virgil melted a bit at the feeling of Remus' words buzzing against his lips, but he pulled away just because he couldn't help but let out a small laugh at Remus' bluntness, smiling a bit. If that was his reaction when Remus just said whatever he was thinking, why couldn't he just say whatever he was thinking? Problem for later. At Remus' next question, he bit his lip in thought. "I can help this time." he said with a bit of a nod, a hint of shyness to his voice, but that was probably bound to happen any time Virgil tried something for the first time.
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Remus nods a bit when Virgil said that he would help, smiling at him and quickly leaning to press a quick kiss to his lips. He wiggles out from underneath him, quickly grabbing the bottle of lube, and then coming back over to Virgil, handing it to him. "Do you know what to do?" he asks him, moving back to where he originally had been.
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Virgil quickly kissed him back before he moved slightly so Remus could grab the lube, grabbing a condom for himself like he had last time. If he were being completely honest, he was surprised by how relieved he was at the question, because while he was pretty sure the answer was yes, there was nothing his anxiety loved more than to just pop up at a random moment and make him second guess himself and what he thought he knew. "Um... sort of." he decided on after a moment, not exactly happy with his answer, but his mind tended to do that to him, he was pretty use to it by now.
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Remus nods at Virgil's answer. "Okay- do you want me to explain it, or do you want to just go for it, and if you do something wrong I'll tell you?" Remus asks, wanting Virgil to be comfortable and not worry about everything. Remus was sure that Virgil would do great though.
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Virgil took a second to weigh his options before answering. "Probably better if you explain it." he decided. It was a bit embarrassing to think he needed an explanation, but he figured knowing him it was better to have it and find he didn't actually need it and be embarrassed that Remus thought he did than it would be to just go for it and have his anxiety convincing him that he was doing something wrong the entire time, something his anxious mind couldn't get away with if Remus was explaining it to him.
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Remus nods a bit. He was happy to explain for Virgil. "So like- basically you just wanna stretch the like muscles that are there or whatever. Because no prep it'd hurt a lot, and you might not even be able to fit in there. So you'll start out with one finger, and then you just like- move it in and out. And when that goes in and out really easy, you gotta add in another finger, and then you can scissor or twist them or whatever you want to do. Three fingers is usually fine- and I mean that pretty much it." Remus explains to him.
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Virgil nodded a bit at the explanation, it was more or less what he knew but it did feel better having Remus confirm it just so he was absolutely sure that he was doing the right thing. Sometimes his anxious mind just liked having things confirmed, it helped calm his thoughts. He was just so relieved that he had Remus because Remus would never make him feel awkward or stupid for asking or just needing a bit of reassurance. "Okay, yeah." he said when Remus was finished, taking the lube so he could pour some out onto his hand.
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Remus smiles at him a bit, nodding and kissing him quickly. "Okay. I love you." he tells him with a smile, because he can. He lays down again underneath of Virgil, looking up at him, and in his eyes is just... utter adoration because he just loves Virgil a lot.
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Virgil could feel the smile cover his face and his cheeks go a bit pink when Remus said he loved him, having to take a moment to compose himself because God, it felt like his heart did backflips and his mind would spin every time he heard Remus say that. "I love you too." he said back, feeling down right giddy at just the thought of what Remus had just said. Once he'd successfully calmed himself from the high he got from those three words he returned his attention to what he'd been doing before. "Okay." he mumbled, mostly just to give Remus a bit of a warning that he was about to slip one of his fingers in, just wanting to make sure he was ready for it, before slowly sliding one finger inside his boyfriend.
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Remus just smiles at Virgil upon seeing the effect that those words had upon him. He thinks that the flush on Virgil's face is adorable. Remus was ready for the finger when it came, and he let out a breath as it it slipped in, trying to keep quiet as it entered. Virgil's finger definitely felt better than his own, and there was only one currently.
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Once Virgil was sure that Remus was okay, he moved his finger in and out a bit, continuing for a while before he decided it was probably safe to try to add a second finger, if it was too much too fast, Remus would tell him and he could stop. He carefully slid in the second finger, deciding it would be better for right now to just continue with what he'd been doing and give Remus a moment to adjust to that.
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Remus was definitely okay with the two- and of course he'd tell Virgil if anything was too much. He spreads his legs a little wider, just enjoying the feeling of Virgil's fingers stretching him open. He saw how careful Virgil was with him, trying to make sure that Remus was doing alright, and he thought it was sweet that Virgil kept checking in to see if he was alright. "You can add in a third." he says to him after a bit, his voice a bit breathless.
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Virgil continued with what he was doing, occasionally scissoring until he heard what Remus said, giving a small nod. He noticed how breathless Remus sounded, and he couldn't help but feel slightly proud of himself because apparently he was doing something right, which was very good to know. He then slid in a third finger, his other hand resting on Remus' hip, his thumb brushing back and forth gently against his soft skin right over his hip bone subconsciously as the fingers on his other hand moved in and out, twisting them occasionally.
ROMAN
Remus thinks that Virgil should definitely give himself more credit. Virgil was doing amazing, and Remus found it a little difficult to believe that this was only Virgil's second time doing anything like this, because of how Virgil was making him feel. Remus started pushing his hips back a bit, but the hand on his hip kept him mostly in place. On a particular twist of Virgil's fingers, they brushed against his prostate, and Remus quickly had to bite his lip to muffle a moan.
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Virgil was glad to see Remus' reaction was positive, to say the very least, biting his lip when Remus pushed his hips back... God his boyfriend was hot, noticing him holding back a moan. Even muffled, he loved hearing the sounds Remus made. They were gonna have to do this again at a time where they didn't have to worry about being quiet so that he could hear them fully. Realizing he'd brushed against Remus' prostate, he twisted his fingers again, trying to replicate the movement he'd just done in hopes of bringing his boyfriend more pleasure.
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Remus thought that Virgil was going to be the one having a hard time keeping quiet, but Virgil's fingers were fucking magical- and Remus himself was having a bit of a time trying to silence himself. When Virgil moved his fingers purposefully, they hit his prostate again, and Remus clenched down hard around Virgil's fingers. He muffled another moan, before looking up at his boyfriend. "Virgilllll-!" he whines quietly, wanting his boyfriend inside of him, now.
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Virgil bit down on his lip to hold back the sound he wanted to make when he felt Remus clench down around his fingers because damn, he wanted to be inside Remus so badly but he didn't want to rush anything before Remus was ready. Though, apparently, Remus was mentally in the same place he was because when he heard Remus whine his name, he knew exactly what that meant and realized they were thinking the same thing. Once he realized they were on the same page, and got over how hot it was to hear Remus whine his name like that, he carefully slid his fingers out of his boyfriend, moving slightly to line up the head with Remus' entrance, squeezing Remus' hip a bit with the hand that was still resting there just as a quick warning before very carefully starting to slide into his boyfriend, going slow and trying to keep himself quiet at the feeling.
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When Virgil pulled his fingers out of Remus's hole, he whines softly at the loss, but quiets when he feels Virgil's hand on his hip, and he stays still as Virgil pushes into him, and fuck- keeping quiet was going to be so much more difficult than anticipated. He leans up to kiss Virgil to muffle any noise that the two of them might make, and also just because he wanted to kiss his boyfriend.
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Virgil let out his own muffled sound when he felt Remus' lips against his. God, his boyfriend felt amazing. Once he noticed that Remus seemed okay, more than okay, and not wanting to do what he did last time and freeze up at the start, he gave Remus another moment before starting to slowly move his hips, pushing into Remus a bit more, figuring he could always speed up but wanting to keep things slow at first just to really be sure that what he was doing felt good and didn't hurt or anything.
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Remus appreciated the moment, even though he didn't really need it. When Virgil bottomed out, he look a moment just to relish in he feeling of being full, and when Virgil starts moving, Remus is glad that Virgil's lips are on his because he wasn't going to be able to stop his sounds. After a minute, he starts pushing back to meet some of Virgil's thrusts.
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Virgil could've melted into a puddle right then and there. The combination of the feeling of Remus moaning against his lips, him pushing back, the feeling of being inside him, and knowing during all of it that Remus loved him was just like icing on the cake. Letting out some sounds of his own that came dangerously close to failing miserably at being quiet, he sped up a bit, still not entirely sure of how fast Remus wanted him to go but he figured it was safe to assume faster than the current pace he'd set.
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Remus reached one of his hands to wrap around Virgil, the other going to card through his boyfriends hair. He enjoyed the faster pace, but when he said that he wanted to be fucked senseless, that was pretty much exactly what he meant. As he kissed Virgil, he nipped at his boyfriend's bottom lip slightly.
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Virgil moaned a bit louder when he felt Remus' hand in his hair, his arm around him. But when Remus actually bit his lip instead of the other way around, Virgil found himself incredibly glad that he wasn't standing up because it made him feel weak in the knees and there was a moment he had to actually actively try to keep his balance because fuck it felt even more amazing than he'd realized all those times he'd done it to Remus, the sound that escaped him much too loud considering the fact that they were trying to be quiet as he found himself instinctively speeding up again.
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When Remus heard Virgil's sound, he kisses him firmly to try and muffle the noise that his boyfriend is making, because having one of their friends walk in on them would definitely kill the mood. He continues kissing Virgil, finding himself rocking himself back onto Virgil's cock to get him in deeper.
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Virgil leaned into the kiss a moment before pulling away slightly, letting out a shaky breath as he tried to keep himself quiet at the feeling of Remus rocking back onto his cock, moving him deeper right as he'd sped up again. He had Remus' original request buzzing in his head and he wanted to make good on his original response. He was still getting to know his boyfriend when it came to intimacy, he'd made a mental note of the things Remus seemed to like and fortunately for him he hadn't seemed to come across anything Remus didn't like just yet, but he wanted to make sure Remus was enjoying himself, not just enjoying himself but... that he was giving Remus everything he needed and then some. "What more can I do?" Virgil whispered in Remus' ear before lightly nibbling on his earlobe, honestly Remus could've asked him or told him to do anything right now and he'd do it.
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Remus held in sounds that he wanted to let out when Virgil sped up again, and he barely even could recognize Virgil's question because his boyfriend was biting his earlobe, and Remus let out a little involuntary shiver at that. Honestly he didn't know the answer to Virgil's question. His boyfriend already did so much for him- Remus wanted to make Virgil feel good- his boyfriend had already done a lot for him tonight. "You're already doing so much, Vee - is there- is there anything you want?" he asks, looking up at his boyfriend.
PATTON
Virgil could tell he was starting to get close to his edge, but there was no way he was going to allow himself to focus on that until he was positive that he was doing the same for Remus. Hearing Remus' response, he blinked before pulling away slightly from Remus' ear. It wasn't the response he was expecting, but it made him feel good just knowing Remus wanted to do the same for him. He had an answer to that question, quite a few different possible answers to that question, but he wasn't sure any of them would be smart to suggest when the goal was not to get too loud since their friends were sleeping in the next room, and Virgil was already struggling to keep quiet as is. "Um..." he hummed in response after a moment, his brain a bit fuzzy from how good Remus felt.
ROMAN
Remus was definitely on his way as well, he also just wanted to make sure that Virgil was enjoying this. When Virgil doesn't come up with an answer, Remus's brain kind of goes to why. "Next time we get them all out of the house- we can do whatever you want, stormcloud, okay?" he tells Virgil, his voice a bit breathless and strained, and he's definitely keeping that promise because he wants to make Virgil feel amazing just like Virgil is doing for him.
PATTON
Hearing Remus' response, he gave a small nod, trying not to melt at the nickname as his face got a bit more red. He wasn't exactly sure when they'd be able to get everyone out of the house again, hopefully soon so he could have more time like this with Remus but he'd sort of used up his only idea to get everyone out the first time they'd done this so he wasn't sure when it would happen. Knowing him, it might be the sort of thing they'd have to discuss before hand anyway so they didn't waste the entire time they had the house to themselves with Virgil getting all awkward and shy about voicing his thoughts like he had a while ago... but that was probably a good idea anyway. Just talking about the topic in little moments they had alone together would probably help Virgil get more comfortable voicing it, plus he'd get to listen to Remus and learn more about the things he liked and disliked, which he very much wanted to do. "Okay." he repeated softly before returning his attention to Remus, although instead of it falling on his earlobe again he found himself kissing Remus' neck.
ROMAN
Remus can't help a smile at Virgil's blush, but the smile got knocked off of his face on a particular thrust, replacing the grin with a fucked-out look. He bares his neck to Virgil so that his boyfriend can leave more kisses and bites and anything else he wanted, soft sounds of pleasure escaping him. "Fuck- Vee, faster, please?" he asks him, and he's starting to creep even closer to the edge, everything Virgil was doing making everything even more amazing.
PATTON
Virgil continued kissing and biting his boyfriend's neck until he heard the request, giving one small nod which caused his nose to brush against his boyfriend's skin, before moving faster, speeding up as he was asked to in hopes of bringing his boyfriend even more pleasure. His mouth moved down a bit to Remus' shoulder, where he definitely ended up leaving a new mark, wanting to both please Remus and keep his mouth occupied to keep himself more quiet.
ROMAN
Remus bit his lip to keep quiet, and when Virgil left another mark on his shoulder, he knew he was going to come soon. "Vee- close!" he tells him, clenching down around his boyfriend, moving his hands to run up and down Virgil's chest, gently tweaking his nipples when they brushed over them.
PATTON
"Me too." Virgil mumbled against his boyfriend's shoulder when Remus told him he was close, speeding up a smidge more. He buried his face in Remus' shoulder entirely when he felt Remus clench around him because he definitely needed to muffle the sound that came out of him at that. Feeling Remus hands running up and down his bare skin was enough to really get him going but when he felt Remus tweak his nipples he practically shivered before letting out another sound that he used Remus' shoulder to silence.
ROMAN
On one of Virgil's particularly hard thrusts, Remus found it difficult to hold back any longer, and he gasps quietly, moving a hand to cover his mouth quickly, and coming untouched onto his stomach, quietly moaning out Virgil's name. His hole spasmed around his boyfriend as he came, and damn if that wasn't one of the best orgasms of his life. Sure- nothing particularly crazy was happening, but Virgil was amazing... and he was Virgil.
PATTON
Virgil had to bury his face even deeper into his boyfriend's shoulder as he came, knowing if he didn't he would've been far too loud. Feeling his boyfriend spasm around him was just way too much for him to be silent during anyway. He inhaled a sharp breath as he tried to catch his breath, hoping that'd been as good for Remus as it had been for him, though he wouldn't be totally shocked if it hadn't been since he was still new at this. Still, he was feeling too euphoric to get too anxious about it at the moment.
ROMAN
Remus pants softly, coming down from his high. "You're amazing at that, Vee." he tells his boyfriend, and he reaches up with his arms, pulling Virgil down to kiss him softly. "I love you, Virgil." he says- because he adores seeing how happy Virgil gets when he says it- and because it's true, and because it feels right to say it now.
PATTON
Virgil felt his face go a bit red at the compliment, hoping he actually deserved it. Before he could respond, he felt Remus pull him down to kiss him, smiling against his boyfriend's lips before feeling the smile grow at what Remus said next. He didn't think he'd ever be able to hear that without absolutely melting. "Love you too." he hummed back softly, feeling giddy just from hearing it said by Remus before he carefully pulled out of his boyfriend and discarded of the condom, but before he could do anything else he found himself falling onto his boyfriend a bit clumsily as his ankle finally gave out, his chest landing on Remus'. "Sorry, ankle." he mumbled out breathlessly when he lost his balance, not really caring about it since it didn't hurt all that much and let's be real, he was still riding that high from the combination of what they'd just done and hearing Remus say he loved him again, nothing was going to mess with how good that felt, he just wanted to make sure he hadn't hurt Remus or knocked the wind out of him or something when he lost his balance.
ROMAN
Remus shoots Virgil a worried look when he falls, carefully wrapping his arms around him, smiling a bit when he said that he loved him too. "Is you ankle okay?" Remus asks him, reaching over to Virgil's side table to grab a tissue to clean himself off, discarding it into a nearby trash bin. He snuggles closer to Virgil, wrapping his arms around him and holding onto his boyfriend.
PATTON
Virgil nodded a bit at the question. "Yeah, it just gave out, it's okay, though." he said. He wasn't really surprised, he'd been on it far longer than he should've been so he was honestly surprised it didn't give out sooner. He probably wouldn't be able to walk without using the crutches again at all tomorrow, but considering everything that happened this evening that led to that outcome, he'd say it was totally worth it. He didn't mind how he'd ended up anyway now that he knew Remus was okay after he quite literally fell on him. Laying on top of Remus was his favorite, especially when Remus wrapped his arms around him like that. He nuzzled his face into his boyfriend's shoulder again, taking a moment to catch his breath. "I'm not good at being quiet." he mumbled after a moment.
ROMAN
Remus gently rubs Virgil's back as he lays on top of him, pressing gentle kisses to Virgil's face- his cheeks, his nose, his forehead, everywhere that he could reach. He giggles softly at what Virgil said. "That's okay Virge- next time you can be as loud as you want." he tells him.
PATTON
Virgil blushed, smiling a bit more as he felt Remus kiss all over his face. He loved when he did that. He relaxed into his boyfriend, just enjoying the feeling of Remus rubbing his back before tilting his head to look at Remus a bit better at his comment. "I'm assuming you have some sort of plan to get everyone out then, because I've got nothing." he replied, still a bit breathless. They'd probably be back at the castle before Virgil came up with another excuse to get everyone out for a few hours that wouldn't lead to them getting suspicious of why Remus and Virgil wanted them out.
ROMAN
Remus thinks for a second. "I dunno- as of now, there's no plan, but I can come up with something." he says, giving Virgil a soft smile, barely pausing kissing his face. His hands moves to absently trace patterns on Virgil's back, and the other goes to card through his boyfriends hair softly.
PATTON
The anxious part of Virgil hated to call attention to this, but he figured he had to bring it up. "I think if you were serious about the whole 'whatever you want' thing, we should probably have a conversation before we trick everyone out of the house, because based on my awkwardness from earlier, we wouldn't want you to go to all that trouble only for me to be too shy to tell you want I want to do the whole time." he said, closing his eyes from how relaxed Remus' actions were making him. "Or you could just decide what we do instead, cause that's always fun." he hummed after a moment.
ROMAN
Remus nods a bit. "Good idea, VeeVee." he tells him, continuing to gently pet his hair. "Do you wanna tell me now? Because I do wanna know the stuff that you're into, and what you like." he tells him gently. And if he knew now, that meant more time to think of the best way to make that happen for VIrgil.
PATTON
Virgil hummed lightly at the feeling of Remus' hand in his hair. Maybe talking about it would be easier right now because Remus had him feeling so relaxed? "I mean... you know when it comes to what we've actually done... but as for the rest of it, I'm just sort of going off of what I think I'd like since I guess I won't know if I actually like it until I try it." he said softly, feeling a bit of nervousness creep up inside him but he tried to ignore it. "I don't know... probably sounds stupid..." he muttered as he buried his face back into his boyfriend's shoulder. So close. "You go first." he mumbled against his boyfriend's skin. He wouldn't mind knowing a few more things that Remus liked, things they maybe hadn't tried yet, maybe it would make him less nervous to listen to Remus for a while.
ROMAN
Remus shakes his head a bit. "Of course it's not stupid Virgil. If there's ever anything that you want to try, we absolutely can, okay? It's not stupid at all, you're just still figuring out what you like." he says, finishing his sentence with a kiss to Virgil's forehead. "Me? Well I'm good with pretty much anything." he says with a little shrug, his hands gently petting through Virgil's hair. "But I really like both degradation and praise, I like being like- told to do things to make you feel good uh- I usually like some pain, I can take quite a bit, but it depends on the day, really. Like- my personality is really all over the place, and apparently that translates over to my sex life? Like some days I just like really sweet, soft sex, and other days I just need to be fucked until I can't walk."
PATTON
Virgil gave a bit of a tired nod at what Remus said, his words successful in helping him calm down a bit more. Virgil listened as talked about what he liked, he could do that, he'd just have to get good at figuring out what Remus was in the mood for and when since his likes varied so much, but until he got better at figuring that out, Remus could always just tell him. "Okay, until I get better at figuring it out, you can just let me know what you need when you need it, and if I'm not doing enough just tell me." he said softly before biting his lip, trying to work up the confidence to answer the question himself as he opened his eyes again. "I mean... I did tell you one thing I was thinking about, and that was really stupid." he said after a moment, trying to think of something else he could suggest that wasn't quite as embarrassing.
ROMAN
Remus nods at Virgil. "Of course. But I doubt you not doing enough will be a problem. You're always amazing." he tells him with a little smile. He looks at Virgil, shaking his head. "Stormcloud, I'm sure it's not stupid, alright? If you don't want to tell me, you don't need to, but I promise that I won't laugh or anything." he tells him softly.
PATTON
Virgil blushed a bit. Compliments and using that nickname against his anxious mind... nice combination. "I mean, like if someone else came to me and was like 'this is what I'm into' and literally listed off everything I'm thinking, I wouldn't think it was stupid, it just... becomes stupid when I say it? I don't know, my anxiety doesn't have to make sense, when have you ever known it to be logical? Literally never." he explained with a sigh. Just rip the bandaid off and say something. "I zoned out thinking about giving you a blowjob earlier." he said softly, that wasn't as bad as he thought, maybe keep going before he clammed up again. "I think about... what I said last time a lot, you know like... you..." he stuttered a bit before burying his face in Remus' shoulder again, mumbling out the rest against his skin. It was getting easier to talk about, especially if it was more focused on Remus than it was on things he wanted Remus to do to him but at least he'd gotten something out, right?
ROMAN
Remus listens to Virgil talk, nodding softly. "It's okay, I get it Vee." he says softly, continuing the trace patterns across Virgil's back, now gently rubbing the small of his back, kissing his cheek again. He smiles a bit at what Virgil says, looking at him fondly. "Okay- nothing embarrassing there." he says to him with a little smile. Remus thinks- but he can't remember what Virgil had told him. "Can you give me a reminder Virge? Sorry- I don't remember and I just wanna make it good for you next time." he tells him, feeling a bit bad that he had forgotten whatever it was.
PATTON
Virgil focused on how nice it felt to have Remus tracing patterns across his back, especially when he reached the small of his back, closing his eyes again. He couldn't help the small smile that crossed his face at Remus' comment. He buried his face a bit deeper in his boyfriend's shoulder when Remus asked if he could remind him, but he pulled his face back out and shook his head a bit at the apology, not wanting Remus to feel bad for not remembering. "It's fine, it was just a silly thing I blurted out during a moment of panic, not worth remembering." he said honestly. If anything it just sort of proved to Virgil's anxious mind that he tended to over think what people focused on and he shouldn't worry so much, which was a good thing. Still, Remus had asked him to repeat it. "I think my exact wording was... that... that um... I wanted to climb you like a tree and have you pin me against a wall but like..." nope, too much, face too red, retreat back to Remus' shoulder and hide there for the rest of his life. He buried his face back in his boyfriend's shoulder, zero plans of ever coming back out.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Below the cut, you’ll find a sample application for a non-skeleton.
★ ˙ * ✧ — OOC.
name/alias: leigh aka trash panda
age: 27
timezone: est
pronouns: she/her
★ ˙ * ✧ — THE BASICS.
constellation: ophiuchus
element: darkness
name: sage nanuet mannox
hometown: seattle, wa
faceclaim: vanessa lengies
gender & pronouns: female/genderless & she/her, but ze/zir in the astral plane
age: 156
★ ˙ * ✧ — AESTHETIC.
it says four but i did ten, bite me
the crunch of dead autumn leaves underneath your feet, the smell of the earth after a rainstorm, ash, all black everything, the repeated rhythm of your first hitting a punching bag, rage masked by calm waters, a cloud of smoke swirling in a circle, mythology, burning incense, horror movies.
★ ˙ * ✧ — BIOGRAPHY.
The first thing you need to know about Sage is that she’s not nice. She was decently nice before her magic started to manifest, but the dark energy surrounding her consumed her before she had much of a chance. Sage is half-Egyptian on her mother’s side, and Sage is an Ancient Egyptian polytheist. She has some respect for the Greco-Roman gods, but they don’t hold as much clout for her. When Sage was only seventeen years old, a baby by most witch standards, she was diagnosed with a rare magical disease in which her own body started to attack itself from the inside out. She was sent to a magic hospital where several very complicated spells were performed on her tiny, unconscious body. It was there that she was greeted with a vision of her grandmother, Nanuet, who informed her to be calm, that she’d survive this. When Sage awoke, the energy in the room had shifted from a terrified little girl to something far more sinister.
Sage’s element is obviously darkness, and her magic manifests itself as a rare form of necromancy. Sage can communicate with the dead quite easily, as well as banish and resurrect souls. She has a death sense, which means if she focuses enough, she can tell how someone has died. Sage can very easily travel to and from the astral plane, where she spends her time manipulating the dead. However, Sage’s magic comes at a high price. In order to keep herself alive, she has to absorb the soul energy and life-force energy from others. To say that Sage is a downer would be a very distinct understatement, but she is one ball of negative energy and bad juju. You’d call her brutally honest and nihilistic before you’d call her mean, while she certainly is the type to enjoy pushing your buttons, she won’t go out of her way to be overtly nasty to you. Sage is patient and knows how to play a long con. She’s frighteningly intelligent and doesn’t do anything without thinking through the ramifications, first. Sage is largely out of touch with her emotions and insists that she doesn’t get close to people, even though she has to in order to survive.
Before her magical inclination manifested, Sage took comfort in art and being in nature. She still does, even though her art is much darker than it used to be. When Sage was a child, her parents thought she’d be more of an earth element because of how much she liked painting and being around flowers. But, Sage’s soul and her survival came at a price, so now she technically works for the underworld (and honestly, she has no idea why Ophiuchus chose to sponsor her) but she relishes in the fact that she’ll one day destroy the rest of the zodiac, star by star. When she isn’t being harassed by spirits, you can find Sage going for nighttime and early morning hikes, being the resident killjoy, and using deadpan one-liners. Sage is still very active with her art and also enjoys yoga, boxing, and hiking.
As Ophiuchus, Sage uses her powers for evil rather than good. She’s always felt like an outcast for her entire life, and she doesn’t want to spend her entire existence feeling like she should cease to exist. Sage is desperately seeking clear boundaries and connections, even though she’d never admit it.
Her life force absorption powers make her somewhat charming and mysterious, in a devil may care sort of way. She eventually gives in to people, because she wants to steal their life force energy for her own. She’s a dementor.
Sage quite enjoys banishing and resurrecting spirits when she gets bored.
Spirit talk to Sage constantly, and there’s always a dull roar in her head. She’s prone to constant headaches which don’t help her irritability.
Sage would have been an earth witch if she had not been chosen by the darkness.
Sage thinks the stars should fuck off, tbh.
★ ˙ * ✧ — INCLINATIONS.
An outsider through and through, Ophiuchus has spent most of their life in shadow. Considering they are not a distinct or accepted member of the zodiac, their powers of soul manipulation have turned over to profoundly intense dark magic. An outcast by all natures, Ophiuchus is not so concerned with the academy so much as they’re concerned with making sure nobody knows to underestimate them.
★ ˙ * ✧ — CONNECTIONS.
bad influence: This constellation has an inclination towards dark magic, but perhaps hasn’t tapped into that yet. Sage is trying to win them over (because her personality is so winning) and encourage them to tap into their own sense of darkness.
kindred spirit: Another constellation with an inclination for psychic magic or mediumship. They occasionally run into each other on the astral plane, and Sage doesn’t mind it. At least, she won’t tell this person that she enjoys it.
friend on the other side: This constellation accidentally died in combat or class or by a freak accident once and because they annoyed the living daylights out of her as a ghost, Sage brought them back. Now they’re pals, or something along those lines.
★ ˙ * ✧ — MISC.
playlist one: for some reason when i’m writing sage, i get major southern gothic vibes and i love listening to the civil wars, zz ward, delta rae, etc to nail her mindset
playlist two: but like, the horny with dark and religious undertones playlist is a gIFT when it comes to sage, lmao
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Slumber Party (Dean Ambrose/ OC)
Fandom: WWE
Rated: M for smut
Hadley and the guys plan a scary movie night, but Roman and Seth invite their girlfriends ruining friends ONLY night. That leaves Dean and Hadley to protect each other from the scary movies.
“Hey guys!” I smiled seeing Roman, Seth, and Dean outside my hotel room. All the guys were wearing pajamas or some kind of comfortable clothing. Seth wore a white v-neck with black sweats and a backwards snapback. Roman had on black basketball shorts and a loose black muscle tank top with his “I can I will” logo. Dean wore red and black flannel pajama pants, his black “DA” tank top, and a black backwards baseball cap. Roman smiled and held up a couple of scary movies. Seth held blankets and pillows. Dean stood with his arms full of candy, popcorn, and other snack. “Let’s get this party started!” I suddenly heard another female voice. Two girls pushed their way past the guys and into my room. “Sorry, Hadley. They wanted to come. We couldn’t say no,” Seth said. “It’s okay,” I said hiding my disappointment that it wouldn’t just be me and my boys. Whatever though. They had girlfriends which meant they had obligations to them. Seth and Roman walked in, and Dean mumbled, “They’re so whipped.” I nodded.
The two girls crashed on the couch talking nonstop while Roman began to mess with the movie. Seth decided to go and grab more pillows and blankets from the other room, while Dean and I worked on the popcorn and snacks. I stayed quiet because I wasn’t happy. I didn’t like that their girlfriends invited themselves. “You okay, Hadley?” Dean asked. I shrugged, “Just thought it be the four of us.” “Should be fine,” Dean said simply. “No, it won’t. The girls will cuddle up on them and act like they’re scared, and eventually they’ll start making out,” I explained. “You want to make out, so we won’t get left out?” Dean asked with a smirk. I looked at him crazy, “Okay, now I know you’re insane.” He just laughed and broke open a bag of M&M’s. We grabbed the two bowls of popcorn and went to the couch. Dean sat next to me on the couch while Roman and his girlfriend laid on the floor.
Seth and his girl sat in the large arm chair snuggled up under a blanket. Roman had his back against the couch with his girl laying in his lap. “What are we watching?” I asked chewing on some popcorn. “Silence of the Lambs,” Roman answered reaching for one of the bowls. I reached down and jerked a pillow out from behind Roman and smacked him in the head with it before putting it behind me. I’m going to be completely honest, I hate scary movies. I’ve never let the guys know that, but this will be a test for me. I’m the one that screams and jumps ten feet in the air after a jump scare. I pressed myself further in the couch to prepare myself for this stupid scary movie.
….
“Dear god I’m gonna vomit!” Dean complained as the credits rolled. The chocolate in my mouth didn’t taste so well, and my stomach churned, “I might throw up too.”
“You guys get scared over there?” Seth mocked making his girlfriend, Vanessa, laugh.
“No,” Dean shot back.
“It wasn’t scary. It was just creepy…and gross,” I answered.
“I liked it,” Roman’s girl, Cara, answered.
Roman smiled and leaned down and pecked her lips. I rolled my eyes and got up to get more to drink. “Pee break,” Dean clapped his hands together. I looked up from my drink to see Seth whispering something to Vanessa. She was turning red which mean he was saying something dirty. I threw a Snickers at him, and it smacked him against the face. “Stop it. There’s children present,” I said motioning to Dean who had just come out of the bathroom. Roman laughed. I gave Dean a smile as I went to sit down on the couch. “What’s next, big man?” Dean asked flopping down next to me. “The Conjuring,” Roman said putting the disk in. He leaned back, and Cara snuggled up next to him. I sighed preparing myself once again.
….
I had my knees pressed into my chest and my mouth against my knees to keep me from screaming. I glanced over at Dean who looked just as terrified as I felt. Suddenly there was a blood curdling scream, and I jumped into the air screaming. I grabbed onto the first thing that was near me and buried my face into it. I felt arms wrap around me and hold me tight while they shook with fear. Suddenly there was laughter. I popped my head up to see Seth laughing his ass off and jumping over the couch. Everybody was laughing. “You should have seen your faces!” Seth cried. Hold on, faces? I looked to see Dean with a bright red face from screaming. “Dean screamed like he was about to die!” Roman laughed. Seth kept laughing, wiping tears from his eyes. Dean and I had yet to release our death grips on each other. The guys looked like they were about to pee themselves because they were rolling around on the floor. “I’m gonna kill them,” I said plainly. “Go for it,” Dean encouraged releasing my waist.
I pounced on Seth while Dean started to wrestle with Roman. Vanessa and Cara jumped out of the way as we started to rough house. Roman stood up with Dean on his back. Dean was weighing down on Roman until he fell down on the couch. I had Seth in an arm bar, and he couldn’t stop laughing. “Tap out,” I hollered struggling to keep his arm in my grip. He flailed his arm more, and I added more pressure. “Alright! I tap out!” he laughed. I released his arm, and Dean did the same to Roman. We were all red in the face from wrestling and laughing so hard. “Hey, let me and Cara steal the couch. My back is still sore from that match Monday night,” Roman said swatting Dean’s chest. Dean dramatically slid down off the couch, laying on his back on the floor with his hat over his eyes. “Dork,” I scoffed. He laughed sitting up and fixing his hat. Cara jumped on the couch with Roman, and Seth curled up with Vanessa in the arm chair. “What’s next, Superman?” I asked. Dean looked through the collection of DVD cases and pulled one out. “The Conjuring 2?” he asked holding up the case. We all agreed, and Dean popped it in. I laid down on the pillows, and I suddenly felt an arm around me. Looking up I saw Dean meet my gaze. “I’ll protect you if you protect me,” he said in a low tone. I didn’t argue. I pulled a blanket over us and laid against his chest.
I’m gonna be honest and say that I really like Dean. I have for a while, but I never acted on it just because I didn’t want to ruin our friendship if he didn’t feel the same. The movie started and as it went on I snuggled closer and closer to Dean, and he snuggled closer and closer to me. We were maybe in the middle of the movie, and I had buried my face into his chest. I felt his hold on me tighten a bit. “Hadley,” he whispered. I peaked up, and I saw him shoot his eyes towards the couch. Looking to the couch I saw Roman and Cara passed out cold. We looked over at Seth and Vanessa, and they had passed out as well. “Should we wake them up?” I mumbled. “Nah. Let them sleep,” Dean whispered back. “They’ve probably been making out since the movie started,” I mumbled. “Probably,” he laughed quietly. I couldn’t help but be frustrated. Here I was snuggling with the guy I’ve liked since the day we became friends, and nothing has happened. Is he just being a gentleman, or am I just being a scaredy cat?
“Oh, fuck it,” I said. I saw Dean look at me strange before I grabbed his face and smashed his lips to mine. He sat rigid for a second before he started to kiss back. My heart fluttered when I felt him lean in more. He advanced on me and hovered over me. I ran my hands up his arms feeling his biceps bulge. Running my hands over his chest and stomach, I felt his muscles tense. I pulled at his shirt, so he’d be closer. He suddenly sat up on his knees and threw his shirt off. His face was stone cold serious, but his eyes held the playfulness of a child. His chest rose and fell, and I knew his heart had to be racing as much as mine was. My heart beat roared in my ears as I laid under his heated stare. Suddenly someone snored. We glanced up to see Roman move around to get comfortable on the couch. Dean smirked and leaned down to my ear, “Come here, baby.”
Chills ran across my skin as I wrapped my arms around his neck. He picked me up and made me wrap my legs around his waist. “My room or yours?” he asked starting to kiss my neck. “Let them sleep,” I said almost gasping when he found my sweet spot. He smirked against my neck. I slid down his body and grabbed his shirt from the floor. We quietly snuck out of my room and crept down the hall to his. Light from the hall flooded the dark room, and when it closed it left it almost pitch black. Dean pressed his body against my back, and his arms wrap around my waist. I felt his hot breath on my neck. “You sure you want this, baby?” he asked laying a kiss on my neck. He was giving me a chance to change my mind. I threw his shirt into the dark and turned around, resting my hands on his bare chest. “I’ve wanted this for a while. The question is, do you?” I challenged. He chuckled, “You don’t know how bad I’ve wanted this.” He suddenly picked me up wrapping my legs around his waist. I threw his hat off to reveal his slicked back hair. I ran my fingers through it and gripped the ends. He bit down onto my neck and instantly found the spot that made me moan. He was quick to move to the bedroom.
He nearly slammed the door with his foot. He set me down and grabbed the hem of my tank top. Slowly he pulled it off over my head and threw it to the side. Dean suddenly kneeled down and grasped the top of my shorts. Staring into my eyes, he pulled them down, and I stepped out of them. I was becoming antsy and started to grab my panties to take them off. He suddenly grabbed my wrists and stood up. “Slow down, baby. Let me do my job,” he whispered. Dean suddenly pushed me on the bed, and I leaned back on my elbows as I watched him drop his pants. Just the sight of him in his boxers made me wet. I licked my lips as my eyes roamed over him. He pounced on me and crashed his lips to mine. I felt him slowly grind his hips against me. I moaned arching my hips up meeting his strokes. I let one of my hands wonder over his chest, down his stomach, and into the waistband of his boxers. He suddenly grabbed my wrist and pinned my hand against the mattress. “Dirty girl,” he growled biting my neck. “Just wanna speed things along,” I whispered. He kissed down my neck to my chest. He gently kissed the inside of my breasts and down my stomach.
I felt his mouth hover over my soaked pussy, and I arched my hips towards his mouth. Dean held my hips down and chuckled. I watched as he took the waist band of my panties between his teeth and began to pull them down. I felt them pulled from my ankles and shivered with anticipation. Dean crawled up my body and suddenly pressed his tongue to the inside of my thigh. He licked higher and higher until he was so close to my wetness. “Please, Dean,” I begged. He chuckled and placed his mouth against me. I moaned and arched my back feeling him work his tongue. His tongue was slow and leisure, but I wanted more. I bucked my hips towards him, “Come on, Dean.” He chuckled which vibrated against me. He pulled his mouth away, “Call me daddy, baby.” Lord, he was wicked. I became wet at the thought. “Say it,” he ordered and I could feel his breath against me. “Please, daddy,” I begged. I saw the smirk spread across his lips, and he dove between my legs again. I moaned as his tongue worked mercilessly. I gasped, “Right there! Right there, daddy!” He growled which almost sent me over the edge.
I moaned more and more, and just as I was about to cum he pulled away. He licked his lips and stared at me hungrily. “You’re so wet, baby,” he almost laughed. “Stop teasing me,” I said frustrated. He hovered over me once more and stared into my eyes. Dean reached around my back and unclasped my bra. He threw it across the room, and his hand held my breast. “But it’s so much fun to tease you,” he almost whined as he rolled my nipple between his fingers. I bit my lip to keep from moaning. “I swear, Ambrose,” I groaned. He leaned down, and I felt him smirk as he kissed my neck. His hands suddenly left my body, and he stood up. I watched as he gave me a sly smirk and dropped his boxers. He held his hands up innocently, “Oops.” I rolled my eyes and slipped under the sheets as he handled protection. He slipped in under the sheets and grabbed me. Laying me on my back, he hovered over me. “You ready, baby?” he asked. I nodded feeling myself getting wet just from his stare. His body heat radiated off him, and his body got closer to mine. I felt him slowly pushing into me, “Say it.”
I gasped and grabbed onto his shoulders. He stopped moving when only the tip of him was in me. “Say you want me, baby,” he breathed. “I want you. I need you, daddy,” I moaned begging for him to just fuck me. A wicked smirk spread across his lips, and he pushed into me. “Fuck!” I moaned. After a few seconds, he slowly started to move. I wrapped my arms around his neck and closed my eyes focusing on the feel of his skin against mine. “Eyes on me,” he growled. Prying my eyes open I stared into his blue eyes. “Dear fuck!” he growled through gritted teeth. “Come on, daddy,” I begged. Dean found a burst of energy, and his strokes became more powerful. His mouth was against my ear, and I could hear his rapid breathing. Tension built up in my core with a climax. “Daddy,” I moaned. “Just a little longer, baby,” he groaned. I pulled his hair and held him close trying to hold on. I wrapped my legs around his waist and moaned. “Moan my name when you cum,” he breathed. His strokes got harder and more powerful. He suddenly hit the right spot, and I gasped, “Fuck! Right there, Daddy!” He growled like an animal and bit down onto my neck. I moaned feeling myself right on the edge.
“Cum for me, baby,” he whispered. On his command I climaxed. “DEAN!” I moaned. He fell over the edge with me and collapsed on top of me. The only sound in the room was our heavy breathing. Dean suddenly rolled over and laid beside me. “That….was….amazing!” I breathed. Glancing at Dean, I saw sweat glistening off his chest. “We should do that more often,” he breathed.
….
Seth and I had woken up in an empty hotel room. Dean and Hadley must have left to get breakfast. The girls had gone back to their room to sleep for a few more hours while we went back to Dean and I’s hotel room. Opening the door I saw something draped over the couch. Seth grabbed it and unfolded it. “It’s Dean’s. He must have crashed here,” Seth said throwing the shirt away. “I’ll go wake him up,” I said as Seth went to the fridge. I walked over to Dean’s room and banged on the door. There was no answer. Pressing my ear to the door I heard light snoring. I opened the door to his room, “OOOOOHHH MY GOD!” Dean and Hadley had been wrapped around each other and jumped awake scrambling to cover up. Seth came running into the doorway, “What?” Seth took in Hadley turning bright red with a sheet wrapped around her, and Dean covering up his morning wood with a pillow.
“HAHAHA! I FUCKING KNEW IT!” Seth shouted jumping out of the doorway, “I KNEW THEY’D HOOK UP!” Seth came running back to the door and threw Dean’s black shirt at Hadley, “Here!” We both couldn’t stop laughing. Dean scratched the back of his head and shook his fingers through his disheveled hair. “So, how was it?” I asked crossing my arms and leaning in the doorway. Hadley groaned and hid her face in Dean’s shirt before slouching forward to hide in the blankets. I looked at Dean who bit his bottom lip and gave me a look that said, ‘It was fucking GREAT!’ I raised my fist in the air and mouthed, ‘Nice.’ Suddenly Hadley mumbled, “Can you please leave so I can recover what’s left of my dignity?” All three of us laughed. I shoved Seth out the door. Before I closed the door, I raised my eyebrows at Dean. He smirked as I closed the door.
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Review: Henry V, commedia-style, finds the funny but loses the tragedy
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Review: Henry V, commedia-style, finds the funny but loses the tragedy
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It is worth noting that almost all the Shakespeare histories are tragedies, and almost all the kings whose stories he recounts are fools or knaves or both. The one exception (aside from the obsequious Henry VIII, of which he was a partial author) is Henry V, which is less a play than a celebration of English exceptionalism.
It is a war story, based on the astonishing English victory against the French and against tremendous odds, at Agincourt, and is full of Henry’s mythic history — how he ordered the execution of false friends for treason, but first querying them about whether he should show mercy to a drunk who had insulted him (they said no, karmically sealing their fate); how the French Dauphin insulted him by sending him a gift of tennis balls to mock his dissolute youth; his relentless early campaign against the French; how he forbad his troops from looting and pillaging the French territory they captured; how he approved the execution of his old running buddy Bardolf for disobeying that order; how he wandered among his troops, disguised as a commoner, in order to learn the true feelings of his army, and finally the magnificent Crispin’s Day speech, the triumph and his plainspoken proposal — the words of a soldier, and an honest man — to Katherine, daughter of the King of France, for a match which would unite the two nations.
So is there any play less likely to benefit from commedia dell’arte treatment — the masks; the ridiculous costumes; the slapstick — than Henry V? This isn’t a trick question; the answer is no. I offer, with some regret, the rendition currently being offered by Washington’s premier commedia dell’arte troupe, the Faction of Fools, as evidence. The execution is there; the cast knows what it’s doing and mines the play for laughs; and the movement is lyrical and graceful. What’s missing is the Henry that Shakespeare wrote, and that England remembered.
Kiernan McGowan as Henry, Hannah D. Sweet as the ship’s prow, and ensemble members of Henry V from Faction of Fools (Photo: C. Stanley Photography)
Faction of Fools prides itself, justly, for its ability to draw the comedy from Shakespeare’s tragedies, and it promises with this production of Henry V to put “the inherent comedy of the text front and center.” The company does this; Shakespeare wrote a lot of tension-busting comedy into the play, mostly involving folks from the lower classes and Irish, Scottish and Welsh soldiers, and the Fools play those scenes big, loud and funny. They also take parts from the text which are not inherently funny and play them as though they are, drawing laughs from the audience. I am thinking about the discussion of Salic law at the play’s outset; a discussion that an English audience of Shakespeare’s time would have followed easily but which is obscure to us. (Salic law decreed that the throne could not pass through a woman; the French used the law to withhold the throne from the mother of Edward III, Henry’s great-grandfather. The argument at the beginning of the play was as to whether Salic law actually applied in France at the time. If not, Henry had a rightful claim to the French throne). Faction of Fools treats it as a ridiculous explosion of tendentious pedantry, but it’s what actually sets the play in motion, and makes Hal decide to move forward to war, against his own preferences.
The fact of the matter is that, notwithstanding its comic bits, Henry V is not a comedy, but an emotional retelling of real events (salted with some fiction) designed to make us share pride in our common heritage. Thus, for example, Kiernan McGowan acquits himself reasonably well as King Harry, but in portraying the Noblest Englishman of Them All he is at every moment handicapped by a mask which gives him a nose about seven inches long and which makes him look like a bird of prey regrettably compelled to speak in English.
(l-r) Jesse Terrill, Hannah D. Sweet, Julie Weir, Ben Lauer, and Casey Johnson-Pasqua Faction of Fools (Photo: C. Stanley Photography)
I understand the Fools’ desire to bring out the funny in the play. But not everything in the play is funny. When the three traitors (Hannah D. Sweet, Jesse Terrill and Casey Johnson-Pasqua) are brought before the King, we should feel sadness and terror. They were Harry’s friends, but they did a terrible thing, and we know their doom, even though they do not. Then the King draws things out by asking them whether he should pardon some harmless old drunk for some insult he said in a bar. We witness their heartless responses, and we shiver, knowing that they have condemned themselves. Then we watch as they read the “commissions” which Henry has given them — their death sentences. We see their faces crumple as their futures turn to ashes.
But here, they’re wearing masks, and making exaggerated gestures, and all the heart-pounding tension disappears in favor of comedy, and we end up laughing at a story about three men condemned to death.
McGowan delivers the famous Crispin’s Day speech well, dropping all comic pretenses to give us the monologue which I (and many of you) believe to be the greatest in all of Shakespeare. But, again, he’s wearing that damn mask.
Even the mission of bringing the comedy out in the text seems, though successful, a bit of coals to Newcastle, as Shakespeare has done a pretty good job of bringing the comedy out by himself. For example, the Welsh Captain Fluellen (Terrill), with his mispronunciations, his obsession with ancient Roman army practices, and his headlong defense of the leek, seems comic enough. Does he really need, in addition, a comic mask which gives him googly eyes?
Well, enough of that. Let’s talk about what makes this production a joy to the senses. The actors move on the tiny stage (the theater space is the back stage of Gallaudet University’s Ellstad Auditorium) with extraordinary grace, changing from one character to another with such seeming ease that it appears that they were always that character. What Director Paul Reisman has constructed could justly be called The Dance of Henry V. There are some very fine performances, most notably Ben Lauer in multiple roles. (Except for McGowan, everyone plays multiple roles). Julie Weir is an absolutely charming Katherine, the daughter of the French King who ultimately marries Henry, Her scene partner when she tries to learn English is Johnson-Pasqua, a Gallaudet alumnus who gives her the words using American Sign Language, making the scene a little livelier and less repetitious than it normally is.
To provide interpretation to the deaf and hard of hearing, Faction of Fools engages Dr. Lindsey D. Snyder, using a method called “semi-integrated interpreting.” This means she is on stage with the actors, and moving with them, while she signs the lines. (At other times, one of the actors will sign while another actor utters the lines). You might think that this would create blocking problems, but Reisman has solved them all, and Snyder’s expressive signing is an asset to the production, even for people with perfect hearing. Snyder signs with her whole face and body — not inconsistent with someone whose PhD dissertation was on the subject of the relationship between ASL interpretations of Shakespeare and rhetorical gesture.
Beneath many tragedies there is dark comedy, and Faction of Fools has explored that comedy in Shakespeare’s tragedies to surprisingly good effect. But there are some plays — including this one, which is less a play than a call to remember all that was deemed honorable in the English character — which are simply not suited for comic treatment. Despite the company’s obvious skills, Faction of Fools has come a cropper with this one.
Henry V by William Shakespeare, directed by Paul Reisman . Featuring Jesse Terrill, Hannah D. Sweet, Kiernan McGowan, Ben Lauer, Julie Weir, Casey Johnson-Pasqua, and Dr. Leslie D. Snyder (who was also the ASL consultant) as the interpreter . Costume design: Lynly A. Saunders . Lighting design: Chris Curtis . Props design: Vanessa Spring-Frank . Technical director: Jacob Fisher . Stage manager: Rachael Sheffer . Production manager: Samantha Owen . Commedia coach: Kathryn Zoerb . Rehearsal interpreters: Mary Beth Morgan, Dani Hunt, Mel Gardner, Sarah Batoon-Hughes, Tess Wenderski, Shannon Johnson . Produced by Faction of Fools Theatre Company . Reviewed by Tim Treanor.
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Stonehenge, Bath, and Contiki Family
The next morning I woke up more excited than I had been this entire trip. The night before was awful. I know this might sound trivial, but the people that I originally traveled with, were no better. I was packing up my things, getting ready for the next day, when I realized that I didn’t want to carry around a coffee mug I purchased with me for the rest of my month in Europe. I don’t ever buy myself souvenirs, but this mug from Hampton Court covered in gorgeous insects, was my only token I took from my time in London. I rushed to their room, and asked if they could take the mug home with them for me so I don’t break it. They refused, saying they didn’t have enough room in their luggage. I don’t think it was the fact that they wouldn’t take the mug for me that upset me the most, it was the build up of frustration I had with them the entire trip. They were so selfish this entire time, only doing things for themselves and worrying about shopping (which is why they ran out of room btw, too many new items and had to buy an entirely new suitcase). I was so beside myself that they couldn’t do this one thing for me, and I just ran back to my room and cried. I couldn’t hold it in anymore. They had completely ruined this first leg of the trip for me and I couldn’t understand how they could be so selfish. I remember Vanessa walked back into the room because she forgot her umbrella and it was so awkward, but she sat and listened and let me vent. She was so kind. I wish I would have added her on facebook so I could have kept in touch. Stupid LO.
The next morning came, and I was ready to move on from that part of the trip with them, but first, Bath! We arrived early in the morning, getting a nice little tour around the town, and we promptly arrived at the old Roman Baths. They were so lovely. I kept to myself, not really entertaining their conversations to me. I was over their attitudes. When you get to the baths, you start up top and make your way through this museum area, with lots of artifacts and information they have collected over the years, and make your way downstairs to the actual area where the people bathed. The water looked disgusting honestly, but it was just so ethereal. Something so other-worldy about being there, taking such a large step back in time in an instant. I loved it.
Soon after we went to Stonehenge. You thought Bath was taking a step back in time LO? Think again. These stones were MASSIVE. It’s funny how you see images of such an iconic structure your entire life, and when you finally get there, it’s just completely different. I was just silent the entire time. That is how I usually react. When I finally experience what I’ve dreamed of, just awe. I walked around the stones twice, taking in every inch and angle I could. I listened to the electronic tour guide and learned as much about the stones that I could (not that I remember any of it lol), and let the wind tangle my hair. We rode the little bus back to the main gates, got some food, and hopped back on the coach. It was my last ride with this lovely group of old geezers I came to know in a short few days. I was going to miss that funny Aussie guy and his dad, not that I can remember their names, I’m just writing this so I don’t ever forget about them. We finally arrived back in London. I couldn’t get off the coach fast enough. I said my quick goodbyes to Emma, Vanessa, and the other two travelers I came with. I grabbed my bag, hopped in a black cab, and headed off to my next destination: A. A had just arrived in London that day and was waiting for me at the hotel near our Contiki meet up and the Contiki Basement. This began the start of the trip that would change my life forever, in so many amazing ways. Yet, the best thing that came out of this entire trip, was my friendship with A. We weren’t really close at all before this. I knew him for years, worked for his dad and picked him and his sister up from school. We weren’t strangers at all either, and he was obviously comfortable enough with me, to agree to coming on this trip with me. It was different though,and it is SO different now. I can’t imagine my life without him. I don’t think he even realizes how much he means to me now, but after going through what we were about to go through together, experiencing those sights and moments together, there is no way he couldn’t. That isn’t what this is about though. I got off track. Back to my trip.
I rush to the hotel and A is waiting for me in the room. I plopped down on my bed, exhausted, and realized that the bed was shit. Serious downgrade from the Insight tour rooms, but it didn’t matter. I was so happy to be away from those two. A and I caught up, I asked how his flight and tube ride was, and we both decided to relax until it was time for us to check in to our trip. When that time came, we walked a few blocks down to the Contiki Basement and waited for our tour manager to arrive. A few minutes later, some of the people we had been talking to for months arrived. It was so nice to finally meet these people I’d grown to call my friends over Facebook from all over the world. Once the majority of us arrived, Jake, our tour manager from Australia introduced himself, as well as Rasto, our bus driver. We got these little stickers that we had to put on our shirts, and were told to go to the bar upstairs to mingle with other travelers and get to know one another. We headed to the pub, grabbed some beers, and got to know each other. A had his first legal beer, since he was 18. Grabbed some pub food, and had a great time. Soon after, we said goodnight to our new friends and headed back to our hotel. Once we got back though, A realized that he really hadn’t seen much of London. Out of a blast of adrenaline from excitement, we decided that we wanted to do a late night bus tour of London, looked online for one, and booked it. We only had a short amount of time to get there, so we grabbed our jackets and ran out the door. In the elevator, we bumped into two girls who also had those little contiki stickers on. We mentioned what we were doing and they asked if they could tag along, so why not?! We hopped on the tube, and off we went.
Man did I wish that I had brought a warmer jacket. A did too, he was freezing. We wanted to sit on top of the bus without the roof so we could get nicer pictures, and we did….for a little while. I took a picture of A up there, it’s still my favorite of him to this day. The lights were so gorgeous at night, and let me tell you LO, this one evening revived your love for London. That sour taste you had from those two before washed away with the laughter that rang out from that bus that night. Huddled in the warmth of the interior of the bus, you found the love you wanted for that city. The London night lights stole your heart.
Those two girls were not on our trip, so once the night was over, we said our final goodbye, and headed off to bed. We had to be up at the ass crack of dawn the next morning to check in our luggage for the coach, and then we were heading off to Amsterdam. This first day of my Contiki trip, little did I know, was the start of the best experience I would ever have.
I can’t wait to reflect on this amazing time some more. I should have done this a long time ago.
-traveLO-
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Thoughts On Parallels Now That I’ve Actually Finished Watching It:
The Parallel Kids share one braincell, and Bilal has it most of the time. I may go into detail on this point on a separate post.
Okay, but how fitting is it that Romane was the one who was finally able to get through to Victor? Those two have so much in common, and are shown to care about each other so much. It’s poetic cinema, I’m telling you. I’m on the verge of crying over their friendship. I may also go into detail on this point on a separate post.
I think we should get four more seasons, so that we get one for each of the four kids to work through their emotional issues, like how the first one focused a lot on Victor’s. And then the fifth one is just the kids hanging out because they deserve it.
I have so many AUs forming in my mind right now, but one of my favorite ideas is one where Romane was the one who goes off the rails with her powers instead of Victor. Again, might make another post detailing this AU.
As someone with ADHD who physically cannot stop myself from self-projecting onto characters that I like, I have decided that Victor and Sofia both have ADHD. You’re welcome.
Interesting detail. In the finale, when Sofia leaves the kids in the bunker for the last time, after hugging Bilal, her actual kid, the only other kid she interacts with is Victor, when she squeezes his hand. It’s probably not the case, but my found family obsessed self can only hope that those two get to bond if we get a season two.
Listen UP, ya’ll, I CAME here for my found family story, and I am LEAVING with my found family story, whether Disney LIKES it, or NOT!
Still not entirely sure how they reversed the aging process through the power of hugs, but I’m not complaining. That scene was great.
Upon rewatching a few episodes, I noticed that Victor doesn’t seem surprised when Romane gasps out that her mom is alive after they travel back in time. This means that he had to have known that she died in the other timeline. Which means that Romane likely called him while he was away at boarding school, and told him that her mom had died. That alone is an emotional scene to think about, but when you remember that, in the bunker, Victor asks Romane what had happened with Herve to make her want him out of her life, which suggests that Victor didn’t know all of the details surrounding Vanessa’s death. I might expand upon all of this if I ever finish the fanfiction I’m working on.
Alright, alright, I understand that we literally just had a “my time-based superpowers are going beserk and threatening to hurt people I care about” season. But...consider...doing it again. With Romane. Alright cool thanks bye.
You know what’s a good trope? Mind control. You know what Parallels should do a season about? Mind control. You know who’s a good candidate for said mind control? Samuel Deslandes. In all honesty, I’m not sure how good of an idea this is, because I don’t know how believable they could make the fake-science. But I feel like there could be some interesting potential if they went in that direction.
I think Camille deserves a season. She could have her own little friend group, and it could be a race against time type thing, where the main friend group is doing their thing, and her friend group is doing their thing, but neither group realizes that anything unusual is going on with the other one until the season finale.
Oh, I just had a thought. When Sam is telling Romane that he has a problem with not saying the things he wants to say until it’s too late, he’s obviously referring to not asking her out sooner. But, another layer to that might be that he regrets never defending Victor to his parents, and now that Victor’s a jaded seventeen year old who’s convinced that everyone hates him, he feels like it’s too late to do anything about it. That would make a lot of sense, as one instance of it - not asking Romane out - is an isolated incident, but two instances of it - not defending Victor and not asking Romane out - is leaning more towards a problem.
On that note, I have a lot of thoughts about Sam. When Victor approaches him in the jail, once he realizes who it is, he’s just...so trusting of Victor? Like, he believes him when he says the plan changed, and follows him to the cabin without much question. He genuinely really wants to see the best in Victor, even after everything that happened. Also, earlier in the episode, when Retz tells Sam that he’s going to wait in the jail, the way Sam protests that he wants to help look for Victor, it really shows how much he cares about him, in my opinion. Like, here he is, at least for a few seconds, going against an authority figure, when he’s shown to be a character who’s generally in favor of keeping the peace. Further expanding upon the “keeping the peace” thing, we really see that side of Sam when he’s in the cabin with Victor and their parents. There’s never any hostility in his voice, he’s clearly trying his hardest to de-escalate the situation. Regardless of my opinions on the Deslandes parents, Sam is clearly the one holding the family together.
Oh, also, I had to physically restrain myself from screaming when Romane froze time in the finale. Like, here she comes, that’s my girl, here comes Romane with her time-freezing superpowers! I swear, I would die for her.
Alright, infodump over. Have a nice day.
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