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#aden stuff to remember
holographic-mars · 23 days
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Hey!! I just fell down a TMNT rabbit hole that led to mentions of your “President Dad” AU, but I couldn’t find it anywhere to read. Do you still have it posted anywhere?
HOLY CRAP TMNT MENTION /POS
Okay I’m so sorry to break your heart but unfortunately President Dad AU never really took off besides a couple of art pieces here and there. I did write like one or two little one-shots of scenes I was planning along with a vague outline of a fic, but never posted them bc I never really saw President dad getting anywhere (which is very unfortunate bc I really loved president dad au, I’ve never made an au before so I was very proud of that one) also because I really really lack creativity to make anything out of it.
A wonderfully creative and talented person @violetvulpini made a LOT of art for my AU if they still have it up. They inspired me a lot, we did a lot of brainstorming and back-and-forth to come up with ideas, so a lot of my stuff was built off of our discussions as well as others in the server. In fact, they made a president dad au compliant fic on AO3 that I highly highly recommend you read (read the whole series actually just read all their stuff)! It was always more their AU then mine and its nice knowing that Aden was able to turn my half-baked ideas into something more. (it’s been a while, I’ve lost contact with a lot of friends from the tmnt fandom. It makes me a little sad and I feel guilty reaching out after so long, I think the fear of being forgotten makes me scared to say anything so I’ll be okay with where I am as long as they remember me for who I was ykno? Anyways, rambling)
Crap so! Anyways! Please check out Aden’s works and I could sift through what I have, along with old brainstorming ideas, and maybe post them if you and others are interested :))!! I had no idea my AU was still,, I guess, thought about? I feel so melancholy for the tmnt fandom it was such a good home to me and I was not good during my time in it and I wish one day I can get back into the fandom and reunite with the people I care about.
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crownconstellation · 2 years
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hi so going through rune factory 5 has made me think a lot about things past games had that are probably never going to be seen again which is sad bc there were a lot of fun features that got scrapped throughout the series so here is a lengthy list of things that only ever showed up in 1 to a few rf games that i miss and i think people would be interested in knowing about:
unique proposal items & quests (1 & 2). added a little personal touch to pursuing each character even if some of the items could be tricky to obtain, like the lover snapper for Mei requiring multiplayer trading. it was still cute though :( stuff like figuring out Felicity’s mystery illness in 1 as her proposal quest, or getting Rosalind a flower bouquet inspired by her favourite story in 2 by seeking her brother’s assistance to use as her proposal item...
unique friendship methods (1 thru frontier). while the gift-giving system was still in effect, there were some characters who would gain friendship in other ways (whether these were just bonuses or did more for you than gift-giving depended on the character). like Bianca in 1 & frontier who was so rich that gifts did Nothing for her, and you just had to talk to her daily. or Alicia in 2 who was more interested in you using her fortune-telling service than getting gifts from you. Rosetta gained bonus LP if you were there when she picked up shipments at 5PM in Frontier, Selphy & Tori gained LP from reading books, etc. etc.
constellations (frontier). this system was sooo cute basically if you talked to Cinnamon after befriending people to a certain extent she’d tell you about constellations you could view; seeing them unlocked a little event w the bachelorette they were related to (ex. a treasure hunt for Bianca’s) & some ingame lore on the constellation from Cinnamon. it would also unlock a book in....
the library (1 & frontier). i could be remembering wrong but i think 2’s was solely for learning spells so i’m not counting it. anyways the libraries were FUN.... frontier’s had more to it but it was a cute concept in 1 too, they had books that covered topics like tutorials to legends to the individual constellations you could get as you unlocked them (frontier)...... it was a really cute feature and good for stuffing in extra tidbits, lore, and small details
jumping & double jumping (oceans). my god i miss jumping. it wasn’t ever necessary and often caused more problems than anything bc of getting Aden stuck but it’s fun. and that’s what matters.
haggling (oceans). there wasn’t a shipping box in that game because you were on an island without easy produce transport so instead you had to sell your wares to shops and actually haggle for better prices. sometimes it would work. sometimes they wouldn’t budge. sometimes they would get pissed off at you and lower their buying price. it was fun :-)
rival marriages (2). we are never seeing this Ever again in either rf Or story of seasons because farming sim fans don’t know how to deal with other people potentially being into their love interest but i hate being the only person who ever gets married in these games and it would be nice if they brought it back because it makes it feel a little less like everything revolves just around the player. also it came with the funniest feature of all time in rf2 which was stealing somebody’s bride at the altar. i want that back so bad. they are never going to top that.
multiplayer (3). they probably removed this because it was incredibly easy to take advantage of and completely destroyed any difficulty you might face in the main story but in 3 there was a bonus dungeon known as the sharance maze which had solo & multiplayer options. in the multiplayer version (which you could still play by yourself lol) time didn’t pass and you suffered 0 repercussions for fainting. very exploitable in a good way. also you could play as just about any character in the cast and they all had their strengths and weaknesses -- Sofia gained HP instead of losing it from failed dishes, Sakuya had increased chances of finding treasure chests, Daria had like 2x speed, Marian had increased HP drain (+ boosted HP gain from green veggies and immediate KO from tomatoes), Pia had her mermaid form accessible, etc. etc.
the electric guitar (oceans). “the fucking what now” you may ask. well you see oceans had some VERY fun joke weapons including an electric guitar axe that actually played guitar riffs when you swung it, an entire flag as a longsword, & a pair of firecrackers as dual blades. they were great and i think rf5 should’ve brought them back
house expansion creative freedom (frontier). i think pictures can do better than an explanation so here’s the gallery link for frontier upgrades, you could pick different designs for your kitchen / forge / apothecary
the boat (frontier). in frontier there was a large lake with little islands scattered about it and you could take a gondola and paddle yourself out to the islands. there was also a festival based in it called the boat race in summer!
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magicalyaku · 1 year
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Turns out working 11-12 hours a day for two weeks straight effectively wiped all witty thoughts from my head (if I ever had some), but I’ll do my best to remember my November books. /3
15 Tage sind für immer (Here the whole time) (Vitor Martins): This one was unexpectedly nice. It basically made me smile nonstop throughout which was a good thing as I was reading it mostly at my artist alley table at Comic Con Stuttgart and you like to buy stuff from smiling people, right? 8D Felipe's mom is kinda the best. Also the German translation by Svantje Volkens was really good to read. Darius the Great is not okay (Adib Khorram): As the eternal advocate for friendship stories this one took me by surprise! I'm so not used to getting actual ones whithout romance. xD It was appreciated though. I also finally got the pop culture references! Usually I never notice or understand them because I never read or watch what's popular right now but just like Darius I grew up on Star Trek (especially The Next Generation). That was so nice~ But! I'm not sure if I would have enjoyed all the references that much if I didn't know the series. Because they were everywhere. Like take them out and there would be no book left. It was nice to learn about Iran and read about family and connections and stuff. There was also a lot of tea. I like tea. Darius the Great deserves better (Adib Khorram): I don't remember this very well. I didn't like it as much as its prequel but I'm pretty sure that was because of the suffering. Darius is having a hard time thoughout the book and that gave me a hard time, too. Not frustrating though at least. It handled that pretty well. More like a good message you have to work for? Bone Weaver (Aden Polydoros): This should be a fantasy book right up my alley. I realised, however, I'm so much more critical of female protagonists. "8D Toma did well though. Most of the time. I wish she wouldn't have fallen for Vanya (my heroines do not need any love stories thank you) but I have to give her credit for not falling for the first male person she meets (Mikhail), only for the second! And in all honesty, even though I might whine that it would have been better with Vanya x Mikhail, it would not. Because Mikhail lost Alexei (with or at least for whom he had a thing) within the first five pages of the book and having him move on within in three days ... errr The No. Well. I did enjoy the setting, the lore. And gawd I wasn't aware how much I love nicknames? Not "babe" or "sweetheart" etc but real names. Russian names provide so well in that department. Vanya was like "Hey, I'm Ivan but everyone calls me Vanya!" And everyone does! And then, 5 seconds later Mikhail goes "Ivan!" and I'm squealing because you know that at some point in the near future he will reluctantly come to like Vanya and will switch to the nickname as well and it will glorius. orz Anyway. I enjoyed the book but two things: The suffering. The physical pain. I read Mr. Polydoros' other books as well (The City Beautiful and the Assasin Fall duo) and in both the protagonists spend a lot of time in pain. Bone Weaver is no exception. It may not be "a long time" in here, but these guys are pretty broken up it's not funny. Second thing: I wish it would have been third-person instead of Toma's perspective only. I would have loved to learn more about Mikhail. What was his relationship with Koschei before? Will he be okay even when his people find out he has no more magic? The conversations, the bonding between him and Vanya. Gimme more! D: All for the Game series (Nora Sakavic): And finally this. This. I had a lot of words once but I'm reigning myself in. It was good. It was a lot of fun. I read The Foxhole Court back in September and then The Raven King in November and after I finished TRK, I went back to reread TFC ... I didn't want it to be over so soon. /D (And also my memory is shit and I read TFC while at airports, on planes and with my friends chatting next to me, so ... my excuses) I'm glad I read it only now instead of last year when I saw it the first time. (I'm a much more tolerant reader now.) But then, everything I like about the books are things I like in general: good characters, dialogues, self-references that make you leaf back or make you go "aaah" while rereading, and rewards after a long struggle. Gawd. For a hot second while reading TRK I got afraid that everything tumblr fandom teased me with might just be fan stuff instead of canon and I already felt the betrayal. 8D Then I remembered I already read the blurb for The King's Men and it was all there. Phew! Not that I read the books for the romance only. But it was so mind-boggling to know where Neil and Andrew end up when in the beginning they can't spend like two peaceful seconds with each other. So the journey was incredibly intruiging and fun. Haah. (Bonus fun: There were AFTG cosplayers at Comic Con. I only saw a flash of orange in front of my table and was like “Huh, it’s just Haikyuu” but I still took another look and there it was “Palmetto State University”! Of course I embarrassed myself in guessing the characters wrong, but it was still nice. 8D) To ease my AFTG hangover I went back to rewatching anime. I found the perfect little sibling: bad parents, abuse, anger issues, (kinda) gay, more queer kids, estranged childhood friends, boys obsessed with stupid sports, protagonist with an attitude problem and a bad mouth. I present: Stars Align! (Yes, that stupid series which ended on the worst cliffhanger and never got its second part!!! D:<) Speaking of anime, now that the worst of the christmas crunch is over and I'm having time again to actually enjoy stuff I should get back to finishing Yuri on Ice ... and ... Chainsaw Man. xD
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mosswithliveoak · 2 years
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got tagged in a book meme by my cool boyfriend @elaphaiaa and then spent like an hour pondering some very simple questions, as i am wont to do
Last book I…
Bought: a few weeks ago i went to bluestockings to charge my phone and ended up leaving with slug by megan milks and the poetics of cruising by jack parlett, both of which i’m super excited about in very different ways!
Borrowed: i’ve had izzy’s copy of the hadestown book for at least two months now and i AM going to read it, i just need to remember that it’s not a novel and can be read in pieces!!!
Was gifted: i can’t actually remember, people seem to have largely given up on buying me books which is SO fair since i don’t actually read ever
Gave/ lent to someone: i gave ash a bunch of books last month before he took a trip, i know margaret and the mystery of the missing body by megan milks was in there and i think also the city beautiful by aden polydoros and a third book i’m forgetting, maybe a natural history of transition by callum angus? loved all three of them but i’m especially obsessed with margaret
Started: margery kempe by robert glück; i’ve been meaning to read it for years and finally got it from the library last week! really liking it so far!
Finished: future feeling by joss lake; not my favorite but I enjoyed it!!!
Gave five stars: margaret and the mystery of the missing body by megan milks, but i’ve mentioned that so many times already that I’m going to cheat and say dead collections by isaac fellman, which broke my months-long reading slump and is just so fucking good and fun, PLEASE read it!!!!!
Gave two stars: this is a tough one bc usually if i don’t like a book i just drop it and forget it ever existed, but earlier this year i finished the audiobook of a marvelous light by freya marske just bc i could listen to it while knitting and be able to claim to have read at least one book in the month of march. perhaps an #unpopular opinion but while i really wanted to like it i mostly thought it was silly and not very good, and there’s no way i would have made it more than maybe a third of the way in if i had been reading it with my eyes instead of listening.
Didn’t finish: i’m really picky and don’t read nearly as much as i’d like to so i actually almost always finish whatever i start reading, but let’s see. i’ve spent like two months in the middle of the faggots and the their friends between revolutions by larry mitchell but i AM really enjoying it, it’s just hard to keep track of bc there isn’t really a plot. i’ve also been picking at the audiobook of the golden thread by kassia st clair, which i just double checked and saw had been returned to the library so i guess i really won’t finish it after all! it’s like a fine book but i just didn’t feel like i was learning as much new stuff as i would expect to from a book that promises to teach me about how fabric changed history, and a lot of negative goodreads reviews mention inaccuracies? oh also i’m like a third of the way into peaces by helen oyeyemi, who i love (and who i think is possibly trying to make amends in this book for the insane transphobia of boy snow bird lmao) but i’m finding it a little cutesy and probably won’t finish. oh ALSO i’ve been meandering through life of david hockney by catherine cusset bc i grabbed an arc like three years ago and it’s the perfect size to stick in my jacket pocket to read on the subway, but now jacket weather is over and i’m not that invested in the book so i probably won’t actually finish it. but who knows!
i feel like most of the people i would tag in this have already done it/been tagged, but in case i’m wrong i will tag @marnz and @spurlunk and @augustales and anyone else who feels moved to do so!!!
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author0405 · 2 months
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Chapter three - What's happening?
The next day things were getting a bit better than with how it was a week ago with the beast trying to go each and every house in the neighborhood.
Which scared a lot of people who wanted to go outside with their families to some trip or other things that they wanted to go do outside.
Which the problem still stands that they can't do that anymore not like how they used to do all that fun stuff before the beast came to interfere.
Welll he didn't really come to interfere he was just looking for someone that he felt connected to and that he really cared about.
But it doesn't mean that every person has to give up on what their doing in their daily lives now but it also doesn't mean they can't stop!
Though things were a bit out of hand at the moment and can't be revealed either or things will get out of control.
But things were getting out of control especially when it comes to living creatures coming to live none were expecting this.
They really weren't when her friend Alisa went to Angela to ask her about these crazy things happening in their town called SnowFrost.
Things got a bit tight when the town's people had noticed about things changing in their town things became quite odd.
They saw how one family the Waterson were waiting for things to pass by for them to leave town and move somewhere else.
Every person man woman girl boy and guy all told the family to stay or the beast will come eat them alive and not care if they were to leave town.
Which was the case so they stayed in town for until things would pass by and for Angela Weather to solve things with her best friend Alisa.
They wanted to help out but one mother told the police about this and wanted to arrest the girls when the officer recognized both girls as the girlfriends of his sons James and Kian.
He decided not to arrest these girls and told them to figure things out before they get worse and before families will leave town.
Mr. Johnson wants the girls Alisa James and Angela Weather to figure things out about this so called "beast" and those different creatures.
About four days later things were a bit too tight when Mr. Johnson came to the Weather family manor to ask for Angela.
"Yes? What seems to be the trouble?"
"sigh Angela, things are getting worse than it was from before we're sending search teams in to find the little girl of the Brown family."
"Amy?"
"Yes, little five year old Amy has gone missing in the forest and we think that something took her from her bedroom when she went for her nap."
"Hmm, have you talked to her parents? Maybe they might know what happened."
"They tried talking to them, but things didn't go as planned."
"Try talking to her sister, she'll know what happened I'm friends with her Annie."
When Angela gave the officer some answers about what she'll try getting from Annie Brown he nodded in agreement as he thanked you and left.
"Hah! This is ridiculous like what the hell!?"
You heard your younger sister Blair said as she was busy on her phone scrolling on her Instagram account.
"What is it Blair? Is it something on your Insta you saw?"
You asked your sister who nodded very eagar going to show you on her phone about some post.
"Is that Amber? Wow, she did change a lot through the years."
"Mmn, yeah she did. But she broke up with her boyfriend for some reason."
"Is that so? How come... that's not something that I was expecting of Amber."
You told your sister who laughed a bit which you glared at her before showing her a post of her crush aka her childhood friend Aden Anderson.
"Is that Aden? He's gotten even more pretty."
You saw how in love your sister Blair is she's only a fifteen year old highschool student very much in love with Aden Anderson.
But you remembered one time that Aden had friendzoned your sister Blair which she came home crying in your arms.
You understood how that felt before you and Kian started dating though it took him quite a while to know the hints you were sending to him.
He thought childhood friends kissed each other until a week passed and he talked it with his younger sister which she told him "she likes you".
But besides that you could see how in love your sister is with Aden which is the cutest thing to see.
That was when you placed a smirk on your lips asking this question which startled your sister and she blushed from her cheeks and her ears a bright red blush.
"When are you going to confess Blair?"
"W-wha! What do you mean? I-I'm not planning to! He..."
That made you feel a bit guilty to see how she got upset at the sudden thing of "confess" being named from you.
"Blair? Are you scared to do it? To confess to him. I mean that's how it felt when Kian did to me after a week."
"Hah! Yeah, that's true. But... I think he has a girlfriend."
That stopped all thoughts going through in your mind when Blair said those few words which you saw how upset she was.
"He has a girlfriend? Who is his girlfriend?"
"Emilie..."
Oh, you thought they went through their breakup when you went onto her account and showed Blair the post she posted yesterday afternoon.
"Wait... they broke up?"
Blair questioned asking you if it's actually beyond the truth of them broken up and not a couple anymore.
"Yeah, she texted me and cried a lot on our call we had yesterday. But she unfollowed all his accounts of his social medias she told me that she could tell you were hopelessly looking at him when he argued with her."
Your older sister said which Blair blushed at that and wanted to smack you with a pillow but decided against it.
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i talked to my therapist today and broke down when she asked me about richard since he took care of me during surgery and after. i told her my feelings came back and it hurts to know we can't be together and it made me hopeful that maybe we can try again but then after a few days he went back to the person he usually is that rather play a game with his cousin than watch a travelers guide to love on netflix with me and Aden. And how he got argumentative and lost patience for me when i would snap at him when i wish he would just roll with my punches and let it go because he loved me, but he doesn't. therapist told me that it sounds like i desire having somene i told her i have always been a long term relationship type of person and i wuld still like to find my person. she told me i should seriously think about what i really want so when i go to look i will know what i want. she said it can be fwb if iwant some more years with my son or meet someone for long term, whatever my heart desires but i think she doesnt want to see me sad over richard anymore, and i agree. still not sure if i want or ready for a relationship right away or if i even have time but the thought of meeting more people is nice. then later in the day im reading about a woman trying to cope with being cheated on and the experiences other women posted really got me emotional because i felt all of that that they went through and i started crying. then i showed it to richard and told him he doesnt deserve me. then he didn't text me until he got off of work. i was still feeling emotional at midnight so i msged him and asked how was his nap, then i started pouringmy heart out to him and told him i want to meet someone else. i cried so hard, i was not angry, i just wanted him to know how i feel. i told him i love him and i wish we were still getting married. i miss us . like alot . i remember when he was here i loved looking at his perfect body even thoug he has gained weight it did not bother me because he will always be attractive to me, i love his long salt and pepper hair, i never thought i would find grey hair attractive but it looks so damn good on him i remember when i saw it in person for the first time and i couldnt stop staring and i remember thinking it's actually very hot, like he's a greying man in his 30s but he rocked it so well and it would make me weak when i saw it everytime after that, down or in a ponytail i loved it all, brushing it was so romantic. his beautiful green eyes that i could look at forever. hes not even the hottest guy ive been with, he might not even be in the top 5 but certain features of his are just so magical and straight up sexy. i was estatic when i thought of us gettng married. but anyway, i told him i cant get over him cheating on me and how i will never be the same, also that i didnt want to live my life being sad over him. he probbly did me a favor though bc i can't do all his rapture talk, his hate for things that did not affect him and his crazy ass animated over talkative personality and of course his cheating ways and sexism and how he is just clueless about women bc he never took the time to learn us. he is a whole ass cringefest and the most toxic thing is how he isn't even aware of it. when men think that being like that is just "a part of their personality" and changing it would be "chnging them" and how they act dramatic like it would be stealing their identity. eye roll. that's just their pathetic excuse to never do better. this started out sad and nis now feeling like it ended in realizzation but maybe that's bc I already cried all i could tonight and the emotional stuff has left and I'm only feeling logic now or something. idk
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eatpaperandcry · 3 years
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I have an important party soon, and I know the people there are going to be so beautiful and perfect and thin, so
New rules for the month
× Dieting [s t a r v i n g] for real
× Only healthy foods if possible
× No more biting my nails, they must be long and pretty
× Exercise daily even if just a little bit, if possible exercise in the morning
× Actually get a good night of sleep
× Sleep early, wake up early, exercise, and then I can do my chores
× Fruits and vegetables > anything else. Snack on fruits and vegetables only (popcorn and dehydrated veggies are allowed if they fit the limit), and have a side of vegetables with most meals. Eat the veggies first.
× Whenever my bf wants to order food, always order the lowest cal option
× Intermittent fasting daily, try changing the time you start and finish the fast so the body does not get used to it
Let's hope it goes well
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coeurdastronaute · 3 years
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HSAU: College Part 1
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Previously on HSAU
Morning started the same, every day, rain or shine. Four thirty in the morning, the alarm beeped in the small attic room, and under one section of angled roof, where a pile of blankets slumbered, an arm would appear and slap around until the offending noise stopped. It was precise and methodical and never changed, six days a week.
Lexa ran her hands over her face after pushing off the blankets, but stayed in bed just a few seconds longer, orienting herself. Though it was still summer, the sky hadn’t brightened just yet, and the night was disinterested in ending anytime soon. When she swung her legs over the edge of the bed, she stretched and cracked her joints and yawned before grabbing an old shirt to throw over her sports bra and slipping on a pair of shorts. The fan in her window hummed along while the crickets outside groaned in the heat. Outside, the neighborhood she grew up in was quiet and still. A dog barked and calmed itself. No cars moved at all. Every picket fence and yard with signs and flags slumbered before dawn came, and Lexa was the first among the living. July was awake before the dawn as well. It shook off the night from its coat and stretched forward and backward before loping into the streets, covering every surface with a few inches of thick heat. Without the sun, the heat rose up straight from the ground itself, radiating out into the world. Lexa paused halfway through her run and tied her shoe as the light changed for no cars at all. As she stood she dried her forehead on her shoulder and started off again. Her run got insanely longer with the new summer route that took her out towards her uncle’s garage. For no reason at all. “Where’s Bear?” “I let him sleep in,” Lexa smiled before distracting herself with wiping the sweat from her face with her old shirt. “I ran here though, so that’s impressive.” “Yeah, I mean... no Bear though,” Clarke shrugged and hustled about the café, preparing for the opening. It took just a second, but somewhere between flipping the sign on the door and moving to make the second round of coffee, Lexa grabbed her girlfriend’s arm and tugged her back, kissing her like she had been waiting to do since she started her run. “Your mom still at that conference?” “Until Thursday.” “Want me to help you pack?” “Why don’t you let me actually pack and then come over to watch a movie or something,” Clarke chuckled and pushed at her girlfriend’s chest. “I am a great helper.” “No you’re not,” she smiled and ran her hand up Lexa’s neck, pushing her body closer as she found herself stuck between the counter and her quarterback. “I could barely walk after the last time you came over to help.” The words made her shiver, but Lexa grinned as she swallowed and ran her hands over Clarke’s hips. “But you were way more relaxed.” “I can’t wait until practice starts again. You need to work off all that energy somewhere else.” “How about another training session tonight?” The puppy dog eyes were in full effect, distracting her from everything else. The jingling of the bell at the door made them pull apart. Lexa smiled politely, clearing her throat as her girlfriend adjusted her apron. Just a few more days, and they would be gone, away from the safety of their little town. The entire summer had been spent avoiding thinking about it too much, had been spent disappearing to float down the river, to watch movies much too late in Lexa’s room until her mother would come home late from work and politely remind them of the hour, to drop Aden off at his science camp and disappear together to the mountains and spend the day hiking, which inevitably ended with lounging in the shade atop the hill. Lexa took her seat, at her table, and waited until Clarke finished with the first few customers of the morning. Miraculously, without even having to order, a water appeared, with a big bowl of oatmeal and fruit. Just like nearly a year ago, the quarterback sat there and studied plays as the morning rush came and went. Most of her time was spent watching the girl with blonde hair and cheeks that had that damn smile. For the life of her, Lexa couldn’t figure out how she was going to find the motivation to run when she moved to New Haven. XXXXXXXXX
The evening was growing long in the tooth, but neither party could be bothered to let it end without a fight. And even though a mother made her presence known from time to time, it didn’t deter the two sweethearts in the attic hideaway. Nothing really could, with the late-July heat settling on the roof, angry and annoyed. 
“I don’t think I’ve seen your room this clean ever before,” Clarke observed as she hunkered down on the bed while Lexa finished packing and straightening up. “It wasn’t ever dirty, it just feels… I don’t know. Less lived in.” 
“I wasn’t going to leave a mess for my mom.” 
“I know. I just don’t like any of it.” 
“You’ll be doing the same thing in like six weeks.” 
“Oh no. I’m definitely leaving a mess for my mom.” 
Lexa chuckled and zipped up another duffle bag before tossing it on the pile. She gave her room a finally glance and felt a twinge of sadness in the base of her heart, a tiny little tug on her body that felt like she was already gone. She fell into her bed beside her girlfriend and smiled when a hand pushed hair away from her face. 
“You’re going to go across the country tomorrow,” Clarke whispered. “And I will miss you. But you are going to do something spectacular.” 
The quarterback slid her hand around Clarke’s hip, her thumb touching the warm skin there. She liked the feeling of her, and she wanted to remember it. 
“I’ll miss you badly.” 
“Obviously. I’m incredibly missable.” 
Lexa smiled as Clarke held it there and kissed her eagerly, without holding anything back, to try to say what she couldn’t. Hands gripped on her hips and she pushed forward toward Lexa. Hands moved to her neck and she dug her hands into her girlfriend’s hair. 
“I’ll come see you when you move in,” Lexa promised. “Just a three hour train ride and I can be there.” 
“And you’ll work very hard earning that starting spot this summer. No distractions. And if you get a chance,” Clarke grinned and slide her hand up her girlfriend’s stomach. “To get in shape.” 
“You oogling me is really good motivation.” 
“I don’t oogle,” Clarke shook her head as lips moved to her neck. She felt Lexa settle atop her and closed her eyes, pulling her closer, always closer. “I appreciate.” 
“You’ll have a good summer, right? Not miss me too much.” 
“I’ll miss you plenty, but I’ll try.” 
“Will you, um,” Lexa pulled away slightly, her lips a little puffier, her eyes a little more dilated, her hands touching skin and aching for more. “Would you do me a favor?” 
“Your mom is still making dinner. We have like an hour before dinner. I plan on doing a few favors for you.” 
“No, no, not that,” she shook her head. “Well. Kind of that. But I just… I want you to have a good time this summer, and not think about me. But while you’re doing that, could you watch out for Aden? He gets… he gets quiet sometimes. And my mom. She works too hard. I don’t want to leave them.” 
Her eyes were a little glassy with the confession and Clarke pressed her hand to her chest and nodded with a smile before kissing her softly. 
“I’ll keep an eye on them.” 
“You have no idea how good that is to hear.” 
“I can imagine.”
“Any favors I can do for you?” Lexa ventured with a smile. 
“One or two.” 
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It wasn’t easy for the first week, but Clarke kept telling herself that if she could make it one week, then she could do it, without a doubt. As hard as it was, she clawed her way through the first seven days without Lexa almost intact and only cried a handful to a dozen times. 
They survived with FaceTime and texts and calls. She got to see a lot of Lexa’s new world with tons of pictures and a lot of eager explanations, and Clarke made sure to keep plans with friends, electing to fake it and hopefully find some moments of happiness. And she did, swimming with friends, parties by the river, working at the café. It was all doable when she didn’t take any time to think about it. 
And every night when she talked with her girlfriend on the phone, Clarke had something to tell her that she did that day to keep herself busy. And she got to hear about how crazy training was, and how awesome the team was, and how exciting being on her own seemed to be. Clarke could handle listening to Lexa talk for hours. 
But there was something she needed to do, and she waited until the first milestone of a week to muster up the courage to do it. 
“Clarke, honey, it is so good to see you,” Gabby opened the door and smiled, wiping her hands in the towel on her shoulder before hugging the girl at her door tightly. 
“It’s good to see you, too,” Clarke sighed, melting into the motherly embrace. 
“I hope you’re hungry. I made chicken.” 
“Is it cooked?” 
“Ha ha. Very funny,” she rolled her eyes, grinning as she ushered her guest inside. 
The house smelled warm and delicious, and somehow felt a little different without Lexa’s bag of gear by the door and her cleats clogging up the entryway. The noises were still the same, some music playing over the small radio on the kitchen counter and Aden’s music thumping overhead, but there wasn’t a happy girl about to lope down the steps at the sound of the door and kiss the guest, and everyone knew it. 
“How have you been? How’s summer so far?” Gabby asked as Clarke followed toward the kitchen. 
“Not too bad. Normal stuff. Working and preparing to leave.” 
“Ah, to be young and with the summer ahead,” she wistfully sighed before taking the chicken out of the oven. 
Her phone rang, and Clarke saw the familiar pep in her step to answer it after she looked at the clock, familiar with the schedule Lexa liked to keep. 
“Hey, kid. How are you?” she smiled at her phone as her daughter’s face popped on the screen. “Your timing is great. Look who just showed up for dinner.” 
Clarke waved at her girlfriend from the counter earning a huge smile. 
“Make sure the chicken is cooked,” Lexa offered.  
“Way ahead of you.” 
“How was practice today? You still sore in the shoulder?” 
“It was great. I got some time in on the first line and had a really good film session. I just got back from dinner with a bunch of the guys. It was Shawn’s birthday, so we went to get a bite at this awesome Chinese place I can’t wait to show you both.”
“And you’re back in the dorm by nine?” 
“A couple of the other guys went to grab drinks, but I’ve honestly never been more tired in my entire life, and we have a five call time tomorrow for conditioning.” 
“Okay, honey, well thanks for calling me. You should sleep.” 
“I will. Clarke, wake me up later so you can tell me all about dinner and your day?” 
“We’ll see,” she shrugged and smiled. 
“I’ll be half asleep but I’m extra cute when I’m half-asleep.” 
“It’s true,” Gabby nodded. “She’s impossible to tolerate when she’s awake.” 
“Very funny,” Lexa rolled her eyes. “I love you guys. Have a good dinner. I’m sorry I missed it.” 
“Get some sleep,” they both ordered. 
It was a good dinner. Clarke enjoyed her time with Lexa’s family as she always did, and she felt a little better that Lexa gave her something to do. Maybe it was a win-win all along, that Lexa got to make sure her family was watched, and Clarke would have something to do. She wasn’t sure she could give Lexa all the credit for the plan, just that she was glad it worked out that way. 
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It had been a long two months. Clarke felt every second of it, she thought, despite how busy she was preparing to move across the country. There was still work, and there was still time with friends, still the summer shenanigans she’d come to love, still time with everyone else who was going their own ways as well. 
It took forever and it went on in a blink. But by the time she got off the plane and picked up her luggage, she realized she didn’t particularly miss home at all. As she stood on the curb and waited for an Uber, she wasn’t as daunted by the idea of change as she had expected, but rather eager to embrace it all. 
“Excuse me, ma’am, you’re going to have to move along--”
Dumbfounded, Clarke stared at her girlfriend, who seemed to have somehow gotten taller and prettier in their time apart, standing next to an old truck. Clad in a backward blue ball cap and a torn up workout shirt that looked as if it was still dirty from a morning practice. 
“What are you--?” Clarke began to ask before smiling too much and launching herself into her quarterback’s arms. 
It felt good, to feel Lexa’s arms around her waist, to smell the sun on her neck, to fit so snuggly there. Clarke squeezed with all of her might, kissing what she could smooshed there, with Lexa’s arms returning it, a laugh in her throat strangled from escaping. 
Somehow Clarke realized her legs wrapped around Lexa and she was essentially a koala, latched there. She didn’t care. She kissed her girlfriend, ignoring the honks of the cars and the swirling police that wanted to usher everyone along. She somehow became the person who missed another persons lips. It was infuriating. 
“How did you know?” 
“My mom told me about your flight,” Lexa shrugged. “I borrowed a truck from one of the guys on the line. They think you’re hot.” 
“Well, that’s… sweet, I guess.” 
“I couldn’t wait to see you. Even if it’s just for a little bit.”
“You’re getting soft on me, Woods.” 
“Yeah,” she grinned, squeezing again. “I don’t care. I knew no one would be here to take you to school.” 
“I was just going to uber or taxi.” 
“I’m going to be the person who takes you where you need to go, even if you don’t ask or expect it, and not in as creepy a way as that sounds--”
She was silenced with another kiss as Clarke struggled to hide her smile. 
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unicron-risen · 6 years
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The BEST Day to Play Assassin’s Creed Games
So, according to Incubator (English teacher by professional, Historian by hobby), it was on October 13, 1307 (a Friday) that the Knights Templar were arrested and executed.
And when the main villains in a franchise are the Knights Templar, it makes playing the games on the anniversary darkly funny. Ironic? Either way! Thought I’d share that little fact.
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having no context on my current ocs would make everything funny , confusing, or both
anyways heres a few but not explained well
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Klayden: came from a dream, only thing of it I remember was a castle and ice cream. i made him into a oc keeping the prince part. prince is what he is as he is royal, he has a different name but I just call him prince.
Robert Wilson: aden's uncle. the fucker that made everyones life fucked! had a demon help him. the demon made him go insane over time while not doing it to anyone else. he lives longer due to the demon, everyone else would die at 830 or 815. aden's dad hates him and wants nothing to do with him. he may be seen in backgrounds getting killed or hurt, or almost dying.
Jack: his stuff is more serious so bare with Me. werewolves are hated in the past and currently in this universe. beast furs are the furry versons and other animals have this along with normal animals existing. Jack was kidnapped and torture for years that he broke. if hes told to kill someone, hurt them , kidnap, torture them, steal from somewhere, or break into something he well.
Axis: celebrity popular musician in the Counting Decades story and was Jack's best friend when they were younger. jack went missing at 20 and he isn't sure what happened to him, due to the hate going around he assumed someone killed him or something else bad happened, he doesn't think he'll see him again. Also like real celebrities you have the cancellation for stupid reasons, old things that aren't done anyone, and stuff people make up just cause they don't like him.
the red forest monsters are something to fuck and he isn't sure why everyone keeps saying he does. A lot of them would kill him so he isn't sure why anyone made that shit up About him. People do the same with the were people and beast furs (the fury version of the other. still humanoids just more fur). they make that up as well and it isn't true either.
Henry: Henry is someone that makes plushies of people they like and would hide it from the person. He saw Aden after seeing him beat the shit out of someone at a store once and followed him everywhere after. They spoke to him after going to a place he went often, after a few interactions Aden just doesn't like him. If Henry is useful he'd get them to do something for him like fine stuff he needs.
Henry hopes he'll like him at some point to.
Aden: Started murder after 34 for years but stopped due to people trying to figure out who. Started again in 2000s then stopped at 2010 and waited till 2019 and up to started again. its a plan to make people stay off his trail better and it works cause the people that catch them are great at it.
Aden himself is cold and snaps at anyone if they say anything disagreeing with him, insulting something he has, or talking over him. When in the basement he will be non stop talking about the journal (if they aren't in the basement or die after he lies About it to them and calls it something else and won't show them whats in it.)
He gets himself into fights often, works with this science group of people that experiment on humans , were people, beast furs, and other creatures. they like experiments on flutterbeast the most, especially if they scream.
As for flutterbeast you have Pink who mostly was as a base for them and is here for twilight.
Rex the one that'll yonk your fucking legs if he is ever shorter then you. this bitch will choose to be Slenderman's height or taller when he can.
Brown has a human he brings with them. they keep any hunan they have as a plush even when their species Hollidays are over so others find it weird.
tiny is the one that can't change form yet to others of other species if she chooses to look older. she can only be younger or her age in that species. so she uses it to look cute then kill.
green (name changing later) is a teen. he doesn't leave the red forest much but would help tiny when he can. he's allergic to the earths air more then others, he has the others help him find a for to make it not effect him as much.
flutterbeast are my original species I made for this universe and their shapeshifting monsters that live in the red forest. the red forest is just a portal that was never closed that blocks off the other half of a forest on earth, its also a black wall if you came were to be on the other side if you never went into it.
the red forest is in the middle part if hell, its were monsters and other creatures are. flutterbeast have the more animal versions that can't talk and the intelligent ones that do that are very manipulative to humans and other creatures.
thats a lot for them but yeah
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Regardless of whether you choose to play as Aden or Sonja after the point in Rune Factory Oceans where you choose, you should end up in a poly marriage. I’m thinking about it and the only way I’ll be truly happy with their dynamics is if Aden and Sonja BOTH marry the candidate you choose. I JUST LOVE ADEN AND SONJA BOTH SO MUCH, why can’t they both marry my favourites marriage candidates...?
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Bonus Episode #4 - Irene's Inauguration TRANSCRIPT
[You can listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts, or go to our “Listen” page if you’re on desktop.]
AUTOMATED VOICE
Please state your message.
[INTRO MUSIC PLAYS FOR SOME TIME BEFORE FADING OUT.]
[PHONE BEEP.]
[INT. THE BREAK ROOM, MIDDAY, AROUND LUNCH.]
[IRENE IS SITTING DOWN AT THE TABLE, WHILE ADEN IS LEANING OVER HER SHOULDER. THERE ARE VARIOUS OFFICE AMBIANCE NOISES HEARD IN THE BACKGROUND.]
IRENE
I don’t think I need your help setting it up, you know. I’m pretty sure I can figure out how to use an app.
ADEN
Sorry, sorry, I’m just—excited, you know? It feels like you’re about to take a big step, and I get to be the one to watch it happen.
IRENE
[SHE SCOFFS.] As if this is a major life milestone.
ADEN
Hey, I think it is! In a way. You know? It’s not common for someone your age to not be active on social media—
IRENE
Hey.
ADEN
Not that that’s a bad thing! You’re like, joining the masses though. It’s like an inauguration.
IRENE
Yeah, sure. Whatever.
ADEN
And, I’d also like to witness the outcome of my months of pestering you.
IRENE
Hey! I kept saying I was going to—
ADEN
So have you come up with a username yet?
IRENE
Um, not really? I’m guessing just irenegray is taken.
ADEN
Mmmm, probably. If it helps at all, I added a word to my username that I thought sounded nice. Kind of like, something cool and aesthetic, you know?
IRENE
See, that’s part of the problem. You actively have an aesthetic you’re trying to maintain. I’m just kind of, you know. [SHE VAGUELY MOTIONS.]
ADEN
Hey, I think that’s great that you're authentically yourself and you don’t adhere to any restrictive subcultures.
IRENE
If you wanna call it that… honestly though I just hadn’t thought about it. I mean, you know I’m mostly doing this for you, right?
ADEN
Yeah, yeah, whatever. Just pick a word you like and pair it with your name to see if it sounds nice! Maybe, like, an adjective?
IRENE
Hm. [SHE THINKS FOR A MOMENT, THEN] I kind of like the idea of it being something forest-themed.
ADEN
That would be cute! What if you did, like, the name of a tree? [BEAT] Ooh! You could do something like cedarirene, as in red cedars, you like those, right?
IRENE
[THINKING] I kind of like that, they’re pretty… [beat]
ADEN
[HE LAUGHS AT HIS OWN JOKE] Or you could do, like, irenefir, as in Douglas-fir? Those are pretty common in this part of the states.
IRENE
[SHE CHUCKLES, THEN, HUMS IN THOUGHT.] Yeah, I’m not sure I’m going for the Christmas tree route today.
ADEN
Hey, if you end up deciding you don’t like it, you can always change it later.
IRENE
That’s a good point. [BEAT] But I think cedarirene is good.
ADEN
I like it, too.
[A PAUSE AS SHE TYPES.]
ADEN
Then just add your email and password—don’t worry, I’ll look away for this part… [KEEPS TRAILING ON AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT WHILE IRENE TYPES] Even though I’m fairly certain it’s the same login info you use for everything… which you should really work on by the way, you know that really isn’t the most secure—
[MORE PHONE TYPING.]
IRENE
Got it.
ADEN
Then you’re done!
[A BEAT.]
IRENE
What do I do now?
ADEN
Now, you get to customize your profile. You know, add your name, your bio, a profile picture—oh, actually hold on, give me your phone real quick.
IRENE
Why?
ADEN
I want you to follow me! Here, just let me search for my username.
IRENE
[SHE CHUCKLES.] Sure. Go wild.
[ADEN IS HEARD TYPING IN THE BACKGROUND.]
ADEN
…and done. Oh, actually, while I’m here, I should have you follow Carol and Julia. [HE STARTS TYPING THEIR USERNAMES IN.]
IRENE
[IN SHOCK] Carol has Instagram?
ADEN
Uh, yeah.[beat] You seriously don’t understand just how behind you are, do you?
IRENE
[SHE GAPES IN FAUX-OFFENSE] You act like I’m withering away into a pile of dust just for not using social media.
ADEN
[GIGGLING] I’m kidding, Irene! I know lots of reasons why someone may want to go off the grid. I mean, social media can be kind of, er…
IRENE
A cruel and unjust place full of corporate marketing and unattainable standards?
ADEN
Yeah. Also, it can be kind of addicting for some people. So just, I mean I doubt you’ll have that problem since you don’t really seem to care, but just—be careful.
IRENE
Don’t worry, I doubt I’ll even use it that much.
ADEN
You better at least open the app every now and then. I want to send you stuff.
IRENE
[SHE LAUGHS.] I’ll keep notifications on for you, bud… If nothing else.
ADEN
Right, so, back to your profile. I’ll let you do whatever you want for this part. Oh, you should put your pronouns in your bio, though.
IRENE
Got it. [A PAUSE, THEN] Uh, what else should I put?
ADEN
Anything you want, really. Some people like to put their age, their job, sexuality, a fun fact about themselves.
IRENE
I mean, I don’t really want to share my entire personal life with the internet.
ADEN
Then don’t. Just put some totally random fun fact.
IRENE
Hm. Okay.
[A PAUSE AS IRENE TYPES.]
ADEN
Is that… did you actually drink three cups of coffee in less than one hour before?
IRENE
It was finals season.
ADEN
[CONCERNED] I can only drink one cup, and that still makes me shaky. Were you okay?
IRENE
Gonna be totally honest, I don’t remember a damn thing from those twenty-four hours.
[THERE’S A BRIEF PAUSE BEFORE THEY BOTH LAUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS.]
ADEN
[THROUGH FADING LAUGHTER] Okay, okay. Now you just need to set a profile pic.
IRENE
I mean, I don’t really take selfies ever.
ADEN
It doesn’t have to be a photo of your face. Do you have any pets?
IRENE
Not unless my dead betta fish from three years ago counts.
ADEN
Hm, okay. Some people just make it a color they like, or if you just have a nice photo in your camera roll you want to use, you could do that. Some people use characters they like, art pieces, pictures of buildings, yada, yada, yada. Just pick something.
IRENE
Where do you get all of your info about Instagram accounts, anyways?
ADEN
Oh, it was actually my minor in college. “Aesthetically Pleasing Profiles 101.”
[THEY BOTH LAUGH.]
ADEN
I’m joking, of course. It’s just…I don’t know, the internet was kind of a safe space for me for a while? When I first moved to Daughtler, I didn’t have many friends, and my constant state of anxiety was far from helpful. Online, I could be myself and find people with similar interests way easier than I could around town, without ever having to worry about my weird real-life mannerisms that might drive people away.
IRENE
[SINCERE] That makes a lot of sense. It’s good to have support like that. I, uh, probably could have used something like that in college, honestly. I just got kind of used to isolating myself after a while, I guess. [A BEAT.] Though, if it helps at all, I think you’re pretty cool offline, too.
ADEN
Thanks, Irene. [A BEAT.] So, about your profile pic.
IRENE
Do you think Carol would mind if I made it a picture of Mothman?
ADEN
I— [HE GIGGLES.] You know what? I think she’d think it’s cute. Do it.
[IRENE GIGGLES. SHE SETS THE PROFILE PIC.]
ADEN
Welcome to the digital world, Irene Gray.
IRENE
Please, I’m not a grandpa. I know how the internet works.
ADEN
I know, I know. I’m excited to see what you post, though.
IRENE
[THINKING] I honestly hadn’t given it much thought. I guess we’ll find out… if I remember to.
ADEN
Don’t think about it too hard, alright? Just be your authentic self.
IRENE
I’ll certainly try my best.
[PHONE BEEP.]
AUTOMATED VOICE
Today's quote is: "Love is a leash that goes both ways."
Becca De La Rosa in Mabel, Episode 36, 2019.
[OUTRO MUSIC AND CREDITS PLAY.]
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Dark Angel AU
Adaptation
Light Spinner woke up as the sun rose to light the kingdom. Her toes curled into her feet, stiff from cold. She ran a finger up the frigid bridge of her nose and shivered. A long, pale arm rested heavy across her belly. Her bare skin prickled when she slipped away from the blankets and pillows. Under a weak silencing charm, she dressed herself, grimacing as the fabric grazed the fresh marks across her body.
She stole a glance at the queen on her exit. Her majesty rolled over into a shallow pool of her own saliva. Light Spinner trapped the rage in her stomach and let it go with a gentle stream of air through her nose. The door closed behind her softly. The tiles in the hall froze the bottoms of her feet as she padded out past the guards. Her shoes had to be abandoned by the nightstand. They were too noisy for her stealth mission this morning. 
The guards nodded at her on her way. She nodded back, reeking of sex and sweat and shame and shadows. It was all for the game. Keep her majesty sated and content. Move one space at a time. Wait for the opportunity.
She locked her bedroom door and let her rumpled clothes fall to the floor. The hot water kept her teeth from chattering and cleared the frost bites. She cleaned herself and applied the healing salve to her entire body. Her tooth brush scraped away the after taste of extasy.
She opened the top of the toilet bowl and reached for a book wrapped in waxy leaves and sealed with twine. The thin garden rope slipped away and she gently removed the leaves. The book felt like sin in her hands, dry and restricted. Magic books were rare in the Brightmoon library. The queen horded them away in her chambers under a powerful lock spell. Light Spinner had found this one under one of the old chairs in the library, dusty and forgotten. She cracked it open to a marked section on perception spells. The scriptures and casting diagrams brought her comfort. They were like letters she had once written and forgotten about. Sometimes she whispered the incantations under her breath in the garden, too scared to ignite the magic that the words invited. Before she put the book back in the tank, she brought the open pages to her nose and inhaled deeply.
Nostalgia rushed through her brain, too quick to catch and identify. She inhaled again, wishing the air through her chest down to her toes.
She put the book back in the tank. At least now she had something in a realm of magic and titans and power.
After she dressed, she retreated barefoot to the garden. The sun warmed stones roughed her feet and the grass tickled her ankles. She smiled, finally, when she entered the greenhouse. 
After a few hours, a large cloud roved over the greenhouse. The plants started to shiver. A set of commanding footsteps made their way into the garden. Light Spinner stood at attention to the oncoming queen.
“Good morning, your majesty.” She bowed.
“You left me at dawn.” The Queen remarked.
“Ah my apologies. I wanted -”
“And you left these.” the abandoned shoes were summoned into Angella’s fingers.
“I didn’t want to wake you.”
“Evidently.”
Angella measured a stare at Light Spinner. The gardener gazed back, wondering if she should speak.
“Are you going to come take them or do I have to hold them forever?”
Light Spinner shook her head and forced several even steps towards her majesty.
“Closer, dear. The bites can’t be that bad.”
The gardener walked until she was in Angella’s personal space. She tried not to breathe too deeply. The Queen bent slightly to reach Light Spinner’s neck. Her breath tickled.
“You smell different.” the queen observed, pulling away, “Like lemon grass and honey.”
Light Spinner felt her heart quicken. Angella put a hand over her chest and smirked dangerously. Light Spinner knew better than to move away.
“I almost didn’t want to give you the shoes.” She whispered, “But we have guests in attendance this afternoon and I didn’t want to argue in front of them. It would bring shame upon your reputation. And I won’t have such a thing in my castle.”
“Of course, your majesty. I would hate to make our guests uncomfortable. May I please have my shoes?”
“Do you promise not to leave them behind again?”
“I... yes. I promise.”
“Good. Break that promise and next time you will swear on your own life.”
“I understand. Thank you for your discipline.” She could not look at her queen.
The queen smiled and trailed her hand up the gardener’s chest until it was tilting her head upwards.
“I appreciate your cooperation.” The queen whispered against bitten, chapped lips. She dropped the shoes as she strode out of the greenhouse. Only when she was fully gone did Light Spinner kneel for her shoes and put them on. She trembled as she cared for the rest of the plants.
“I’m sorry you all had to see that.” She whispered several times through the thickness in her throat. She washed her face with the garden hose and rinsed her mouth several times, pushing the water through the gaps in her teeth.
“I will learn the magic.” She said to a rose bush, “Even if she kills me for it. Will you hold me accountable? Will you help me master the art?”
The rose bush sent her warm feelings. None were emotions of compliance.
“I knew I should have asked the blue bells.”
“Yeah but the blue bells will say yes to anything.” A tiny voice spoke from behind her. The gardener startled away from her plant and wheeled around. A small child sat near a patch of daisies. She had strawberry blond hair, freckles and an adorable gap in her smile. She wore a traditional Plumerian green dress, woven from silk and chiffon. A lily blossom wove a crown into her hair.
“Good morning, your majesty. Enjoying the gardens?” She was not aware that Angella’s favoured guests would be royalty from Plumeria.
“Mhm. The plants say you’re the nicest person in the castle. Certainly nicer than that frozen witch, Queen Angella.”
“The queen can be a bit cold... but that’s not a reason to call her mean things.”
“I dunno, you just got done saying that she might kill you. And the merrigolds tell me that she’s real mean when you’re with her.”
“.... How old are you?”
“Probably like ten.”
“You mean you aren’t sure?”
“I’m giving a rough conversion from Plumeria’s unit of time.”
“Ah.”
“You have plant magic too, right? That’s why you talk to them?”
“I don’t have any magic - not since a tragic accident that left me badly injured.”
“Ok. And I’m not a Princess of Plumeria.” A large root emerged from the ground to carry her over to the gardener. She lay on her stomach across the barky surface. “But lets say that I am a Princess of Plumeria and that in this universe, you have magic.”
“... Ok. What then? What sorts of powers do I have?”
“You can make the plants bigger, make ‘em smaller. But its not a matter of forcing their size, its a matter of speeding up their biological stuff - make them absorb sunlight faster and convert it into adenda - aden - adenanine tri-phos-phate -”
“I think you mean Adenosine Triphosphate.”
“Yeah - this stupid science stuff is always dumb and complicated. But! It does come with cool powers. There are always positives to anything. After a while, you can just do it, without thinking of the complicated science speak.”
“That is very helpful, thank you.”
“I can send you some books! We can do botany together! Oh! I can teach you!”
Light Spinner smoothed the girl’s hair, “That sounds lovely. But you must remember that I don’t actually have magic and that you really are a Princess of Plumeria.”
She nearly argued with the gardener, when she realized the meaning hidden in her words.
“Oh, its a secret.” She whispered.
“Its a secret.”
“Cool. I’ve never had to keep a secret before! We never really keep secrets in Plumeria - my parents say it messes with the trust of the community or something. But don’t worry - I’ll keep it as safe as I can.”
“Thank you. Why don’t you go find your parents before they get worried?”
“Yeah, okay. Bye!” She skipped out of the greenhouse and the root replaced itself as she left. 
- this is unedited so rip if there are grammar. ill comeback to edit.
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skippyv20 · 3 years
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PART 3 PG and MM Anon💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
The commonwealth tour 🚢
Queen Elizabeth II’s reign commenced with her longest ever tour of Commonwealth nations.
Between November 1953 and May 1954, the Royal Family visited 13 countries in the West Indies, Australasia, Asia, and Africa, covering more than 40,000 miles by land, air and sea.
Commonwealth Tours: 1953-1954
On this tour the Queen visited…
Bermuda: 24-25 November
Jamaica: 25-27 November
Fiji: 17-19 December
Tonga: 19-20 December
New Zealand: 23 December-30 January
Australia: 3 February-1 April
Cocos Islands: 5 April
Ceylon: 10-21 April
Aden: 27 April
Uganda: 28-30 April
Malta: 3-7 May
Gibraltar: 10 May
On britishpathe.com there are endless videos one can watch of the various places they visited on this extensive tour.
They have been so many visits to so many parts of the Commonwealth. I remember the last time HMTQ and Prince Philip were in my area and they were opening a bridge and it was summertime and it was 35°C I think and it was probably 40-42C with the humidex.He was in his suit and tie and she was in her hat  and her gloves and her day dress with the coat over and they stood there for a good hour. Well they had to walk across the,  they drove across part of the bridge and then they got out and walked the rest of the way. But then they had to stand and listen to different politicians pontificate about this beautiful bridge. Then she had to say her little speech and like I could I just kept waiting for one of them to fade they neither of them or even sweating it and then she pulled a little drawstring and then the curtain opened so you can see the plaque of the bridge and name of the bridge or whatever I forget, the day it doesn’t matter what the name of the bridge was but  the whole thing it was like well over an hour and then they got walked back to the vehicle and got in and then they went and they drove to a park that was nearby and they are thank God they had seats for them under some shade but then they proceeded to have to listen to I don’t know how many musicians and performers in and they are they  and like I tell you I did not I am just I just couldn’t believe it I just could not believe it and everybody was sitting on picnic blankets and stuff and drinking cold water water and sweating and dressed in tank tops and shorts and sandals and like just sweating away and they are the two of them were looking just right as rain as if it was just a regular day it was just astounding to me absolutely astounding!
Kids I realize this is one big run-on sentence and I’m not doing any of the same paragraphs but I’m I’m not doing this for a book or for an editor I am doing this to do honour to her majesty so love me or leave me I’m doing my best here OK.
The Coronation 👑
During 1951, George VI’s health declined, and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., in October 1951, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on tour. In early 1952, Elizabeth and Philip set out for a tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya. On 6 February 1952, they had just returned to their Kenyan home, Sagana Lodge, after a night spent at Treetops Hotel, when word arrived of the death of the King and consequently Elizabeth’s immediate accession to the throne. Philip broke the news to the new queen. Martin Charteris asked her to choose a regnal name; she chose to remain Elizabeth, "of course”. She was proclaimed queen throughout her realms and the royal party hastily returned to the United Kingdom. She and the Duke of Edinburgh moved into Buckingham Palace.
With Elizabeth’s accession, it seemed probable the royal house would bear the Duke of Edinburgh’s name, in line with the custom of a wife taking her husband’s surname on marriage. The Duke’s uncle, Lord Mountbatten, advocated the name House of Mountbatten. Philip suggested House of Edinburgh, after his ducal title.The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and Elizabeth’s grandmother, Queen Mary, favoured the retention of the House of Windsor, and so on 9 April 1952 Elizabeth issued a declaration that Windsor would continue to be the name of the royal house. The Duke complained, “I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."In 1960, after the death of Queen Mary in 1953 and the resignation of Churchill in 1955, the surname Mountbatten-Windsorwas adopted for Philip and Elizabeth’s male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles.
Amid preparations for the coronation, Princess Margaret told her sister she wished to marry Peter Townsend, a divorcé‚ 16 years Margaret’s senior, with two sons from his previous marriage. The Queen asked them to wait for a year; in the words of Charteris, "the Queen was naturally sympathetic towards the Princess, but I think she thought—she hoped—given time, the affair would peter out."Senior politicians were against the match and the Church of England did not permit remarriage after divorce. If Margaret had contracted a civil marriage, she would have been expected to renounce her right of succession. Eventually, she decided to abandon her plans with Townsend.In 1960, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year. They divorced in 1978; she did not remarry.
Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the coronation on 2 June 1953 went ahead as planned, as Mary had asked before she died. The ceremony in Westminster Abbey, with the exception of the anointing and communion, was televised for the first time. Elizabeth’s coronation gown was embroidered on her instructions with the floral emblems of Commonwealth countries:English Tudor rose; Scots thistle; Welsh leek; Irish shamrock; Australian wattle; Canadian maple leaf; New Zealand silver fern; South African protea; lotus flowers for India and Ceylon; and Pakistan’s wheat, cotton, and jute.
The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey, London.She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was held more than one year later because of the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such festivals. It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony. During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, invested with robes and regalia, and crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Celebrations took place across the Commonwealth realms and a commemorative medal was issued. It was the first British coronation to be fully televised; television cameras had not been allowed inside the abbey during her father’s coronation in 1937. Elizabeth’s was the fourth and last British coronation of the 20th century. It was estimated to have cost £1.57 million (c. £43,427,400 in 2019).
The dalliances of Philip ……😳😤🤭🤫🤔🤭🤭🤭🤭
There is extensive information online about this and it’s very easy to find. I have thought long and hard about this I love Her Majesty, The Queen. The last thing I would ever want to do is cause her an ounce of pain. She has been through enough! Therefore MM Anon, respectfully, I am not going to share any information under this clue. I hope you can understand I have a moral code. That  moral code is calling me right now and I I just, I cannot, l will not do this clue.
Her stoicism……… 🤔🙏🏻
Queen Elizabeth has been a steady, stoic leader for some 63 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history. There must have been vulnerabilities , a young bride, children, the loss of her beloved father, which all were warranted considering she ascended the throne at 25, as she was already navigating two new roles as wife and mother. And while, in this ominous stage of life, HMTQ struggled to strike a power balance with the far elder, far more experienced prime minister Winston Churchill, she similarly, according to the series, clashed with her husband. Philip quickly found himself forfeiting his naval career to support his wife—an uncomfortably advanced spousal dynamic, especially for a headstrong officer in the 1950s.
If having to walk several paces behind his bride was not emasculating enough, HMTQ also rejected his request to give their children his surname on advice from Churchill. “I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his children,” Philip said, according to a biography of Elizabeth by Sally Bedell Smith, I’m nothing but a bloody amoeba.”HMTQ did her best to give Philip responsibilities—making him the chairman of her coronation committee, for instance. But at every turn, Philip is regularly reminded of his unique limitations. However he was integral in absolutely insisting that the entire coronation be televised. At that time that was absolutely groundbreaking. We take it for granted now that royal weddings and events are televised but at that time nothing like that has ever happened before. And we have Prince Philip to thank for that because he fought for that literally. She also convinced governing bodies to let Philip learn to fly, but only after he agreed to take some risk-minimizing measures.
She has dealt with I believe 12 Prime Ministers, second world war, various terrorists issues, the Falkland Islands war, A man breaking into her bedroom at night, A man attempting to kidnap her daughter, family issues, the divorce of three of her children and the most difficult in terms of the public is when Diana was killed. They were up at Balmoral with the boys when this accident happened and they felt that was the best thing is to keep the boys away,  from far from the madding crowd so to speak, but the public drumbeat louder and louder and louder and Prime Minister at the time Tony Blair insisted that she makes some sort of statement or something because the people were very upset. Well now we know what ended up happening they came outside to see first of all their flowers at Balmoral and they went out to look at them with the boys. Then they came back to London and they all, her Majesty, Prince Philip and the boys went out to look at the flowers and in front of the palace Buckingham palace. Do you remember all the flowers in front of Kensington Palace?? It was unbelievable. And the ultimate stoicism is her when she nodded as Diana’s coffin rode by her, that was unprecedented for a reigning monarch bow their head to anybody. We’ve seen subsequently so many things. I think the last four years with Madam in the picture I know she talked about the annus horribilis with the divorce is years ago, but there’s nothing like what’s been happening like the attack on the monarchy in the last four years!  Keep calm and carry-on, she’s done that every single day! One would never know she was under any stress,  she always looks beautiful , she’s well put together! One never would know that she had a sleepless night.  I , just my whole life,she has been there , as a symbol, a profile in courage , strength , family , safety, country, duty, honour, valour, love, compassion, welcoming. I could go on and on and on she is she is someone to be admired above and beyond she is I believe should be the most admired woman on the planet.
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i feel like i've forgotten most of atiye s3 since it's been a day but i wanna write out all the issues i had with it that i can remember so
1. aden was....... interesting. i'm confused about her motivations. why would she reach out to atiye? why was she so vicious once she was returned - i initially thought it was because she knew the organization was using her and wanted her to get close to atiye for prophecy reasons, but... i don't know if she really cared all that much? but that's what would make the most sense since she DID reach out to atiye in the beginning of the season, so whyyyyy wouldn't she want to be reunited with her? ozan talked about her contacting atiye like it was a bad thing - like it was intentional on aden's part. was it really? was it unintentional? what are her fucking feelings!
2. more about aden. the finale scene was a mess. she needed more interaction with erhan to justify wanting to actually choose humanity due to his and atiye's speech AND address him as her father. he literally left for most of the time she had with the family so her main interactions with him were seeing him beat up ozan, her father figure, and i guess when he found her in the desert so... maybe that was enough.
3. aden seeing ozan dead and assuming it was atiye and erhan. like... honey i know you're 8 but... you're smarter than this... i rly loved ozan by the end so his death really should've been... different? it was nice to see his final words be about aden BUT i think it was dumb to have him let go? erhan literally just stood around after his death so it wasn't a time sensitive thing aj;lksdflakjf you had time to save him and atiye was on her way. u didn't have to die bby. maybe he was suicidal idk he was a trainwreck.
4. anyway what the fuck were the organization we were robbed without more elaboration on them
5. whY was egyptian mythology brought into all of this out of nowhere aj;lkksdkjfalsf what the fuck. it was so random and rly i don't get why it was a thing, it doesn't relate to atiye or even the mesopotamian stuff? it was so random! they couldve just made up some mythologies instead!
6. melek.... i want to lov eher. evil milf. how can i not. but she was so over the top...
7. what reality did we even end up in for season 3? it shouldve been discussed more. i'm guessing it's the one where serdar chose to save cansu but... it's such a weird mix of realities and it rly was like the writers just cherrypicked what they did and didn't want in this final reality for convenience. maybe melek being alive here has another impact idk.
8. okay like why didn't melek have a mark actually? there was this implication that because she wasn't BORN with one she was Bad and needed to learn to purify her soul or w/e for it to appear. maybe her mom was just lying about that to make her feel like there was hope but............. i dont vibe with the idea that she was inherently born bad or w/e? can't say i blame her for the massacre but al;ksdfkj melek.... at least she let umut live (even tho i dont think it was in character for her to tbh.........). i rly was expecting more regarding the massacre though, like it'd been done by the organization but ig it makes sense that it wasn't bc they probs would've kept the protectors alive, just imprisoned. i just wonder like,,,,,,,,, what made it so she and serdar both happened to get involved with the organization? it seems very coincidental, but maybe she'd been the initial contact, died, then serdar was contacted, etc.
9. i feel like there were a lot of thematic ideas presented but none really got tied together? there was a lot of Telling more so than... idk they did Show, but they didn't show well. maybe if i rewatched from the beginning i'd feel diff.
10. i said this with season 2 but atiye became so nonchalant about all the weird shit happening it made her unrelatable and ungrounded and season 3 just continued that trend. like, babe, please show some emotions instead of always trusting the universe. doubt it sometimes like a human would, even one of your experience.
11. i know aden probs doesn't speak because she didnt have normal socialization and/or it's to make her more Mystical but..... i wish we'd gotten something more with that.
12. the finale honestly felt so boring how did thye make meteors crashing all around the protags feel boring jakl;sdkjf. the speech about atiye and erhan completing each other was just... not enough to make aden choose to let humanity live. it should've been them speaking to her about how much they love her, everything they missed out on, how no matter what she's their daughter and it isn't too late.
13. i know ozan's death was the catalyst for aden but i wish he'd lived jakl;sdjkf. i love him. same with serdar... i just want Domesticated Villains!!! i want the weird coparenting situaiton between atiye erhan and ozan!!!!! i do know it was probs a way for ozan to escape imprisonment for killing serdar but jkl;sddfkj cmon atiye's cop dad can't we overlook that teensy detail?
14. what the fuck was the tech the organization used. those little black spheres. what the fuck.
15. s3 felt like they rly couldnt think of enough to keep things going so they just threw darts at random ideas and went with whatever got hit. i think there were a lot of flashbacks and montages that were supposed to make me feel things but didn't bc we'd already seen them and it was obvious they were just there for emotional effect and it felt cheap?
16. similarly it felt like they would use Mystical songs from the soundtracks even during super mundane shit to remind us the kind of show we're watching when no, this is boring, stop.
17. im not sure what the point of umut kissing erhan was? i'm glad they didnt have him cheat because it would've been a drag, but i also... feel like he should've almost? he felt rejected by his family and stuff i'm sure, so like... cmon dude. be a lil imperfect. a lil more imperfect actually jkldsfjksd. idk.
18. what would've even... happened if aden chose destruction? melek talked about no longer needing her body so would she be reborn into the new world? would she and the others ascend? what makes it so SHE is safe but the good of humanity isn't? the whole black spot on your heart concept? why do they even want this jkls;dfj the organization has so much power they dont NEED to reshape the world.
i'm blanking but there's gotta be more i'll add in later. i did like a lot. the show has given me lots of cool concepts and quotes and songs, and i do love a lot of the characters. i don't regret watching it. but i think i could've done a better job with season 3 jsl;kflsdkjf. s1 was so solid! it's such a shame it went so downhill :/ i wanted more from this show.
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