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scintillatingshortgirl19 · 3 years

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Loki Episode 3 Rewatch

First of all, the positive:

Still super happy about the Hayley Kiyoko song. Out of all the things I expected to be included in this series Lesbian Jesus was not one of them but I am not complaining

I thought the soundtrack in this one was great

Since this was my third watch I was going to skip the non-Loki scene at the beginning but Hunter C-20 is just too pretty so alas, it could not be done

I would like to point out that Loki has touched/run his hands through his hair at least once in every episode. I approve, keep up the good work sweetie.

Although the episode automatically loses points for no crying

Teleportation yayyyyy

I love the sibling dynamic between the two of them

CANON QUEER LOKI

I now have a lot of feelings about the drunk scene thanks to this post.

I couldn’t tell if Sylvie could understand what Loki was singing? Does she know Asgardian? I can't tell from her face if she understands the words or not. She seems a little weirded out by him singing to her (understandable) and just kind of raises her eyebrows at him, but I can’t tell if this is a “what the fuck are you singing to me?” or simply a “why the fuck are you singing to me?” face (it could be both).

Loved Loki's concern for the TVA people being variants

Speaking of which, I'm very glad to see them beginning to frame the TVA as bad and calling them fascists

Once again, really, really appreciate them letting Loki verbally show concern for the people who are going to die

Nothing to see here just my boy casually stopping a giant falling building in midair

Speaking of magic, I really hope Loki gets to learn how to enchant people at some point in the series.

Overall I thought that last scene was pretty great. Excellent music, visually amazing, Loki getting to use magic and fight people (and looking lovely while doing it), just an all around good scene.

Once again I say - that was one hell of a cliffhanger

Ok, now the negative:

It was kind of weird that Loki just let Sylvie touch him at the beginning? Even if he didn't feel threatened by her, I don't think he'd just...let someone put their hands on his neck?

Imo, the scene where Loki gets them on the train by impersonating a guard is a characterization mess. I can see Loki in it but only if I squint real, real hard and it might just be a trick of the light.

I'm aware that I'm taking this one too personally and it was likely just a matter of the writers not thinking things through, but the scene where Loki missed with the dagger genuinely felt like a slap in the face. Especially with the way it was set up, with him taking aim and it seeming like it was going to be a cool moment. It felt like "oh, you thought Loki was finally going to get a badass moment? Lol think again!" I feel like we keep getting little glimpses of badass Loki and then they're ripped away from us? Anyway nothing in previous canon has indicated that Loki would ever miss a throw like that so I'm just going to chalk that up to a weird moment and continue headcanoning Loki as someone who has impeccable weapon aim even when impaired, fuck you very much

This was a confusing episode to process for me because despite the fact that Loki used more magic in this episode than all the films combined, he simultaneously felt very underpowered to me overall. It's like if he uses magic he suddenly loses dagger skill and intellect (and apparently according to the films, if he uses his mind and his knives he doesn't get to use magic). Can Loki be allowed to use magic and be smart and be good at throwing daggers all at the same time please??

I honestly really like Sylvie but it felt to me like they were using her as a foil to make Loki look inferior/incompetent and uhhhh I'm not a fan

@delyth88 as well as some others said something about Sylvie feeling more like our Loki than Loki does and unfortunately I think I agree. The way she speaks as well as her actual dialogue literally sound more Loki-like.

This is pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things (and I debated even mentioning it), but I don't understand why he keeps putting his hands on his hips. I thought it looked weird in the first episode when he does it right before being arrested, and I think it looks weird now. He's never done that in the films but he’s doing it all the time in the series? I don't have any real reason to back up why I don't like it, so no shade at all to anyone who does - imo it just doesn't fit and feels like a mannerism that belongs to another character.

I think some of my negative feels about this one come from a disappointment factor. I was, however cautiously, expecting the ooc stuff to be lessened a lot in this episode - but there were some pretty rough ooc moments in this one for me. Because of how the last one ended, I thought there would be a tonal shift in episode 3. And I now feel like that shift is going to happen in the next episode, and I hate to get my hopes up again because I kind of got burned doing that with this last one. But, ugh, it really does seem like it could happen and it would actually make more sense with episode 4 being the start of the second half of the series...so idk??

#loki spoilers #loki series negativity #loki tv series #lamentis

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x-exo · 3 years

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*slides into your asks with a rose in my mouth* why hello, tis me!

Apologies for the long wait but your favorite long asks anon is here and OOF so much has happened. Let us break it down one by one lol

Monsta x our beans, welp we can officially say we are army wives for them because shownu is now at the military and just welp this feels weird lol. I lowkey forgot he was meant to enlist so when the news came out I went through so many emotions. Its why the latest comeback feels a bit bittersweet to me. It is their BEST for sure and for this year, I agree so to not see him perform right before he left is a bit sad. I don't blame him of course (if anyone does i am fish slapping you) but just a shame. I'm happy we do get content with him still? Seems pre-planned so that is nice!

Onto legends exo, fantastic comeback. I cannot stop listening to the album, its just bops full of bops to me. They broke so many records and I'm over here sipping my tea because fudge yes. It isn't a full member comeback, 2 of the members featured in the comeback are off playing call of duty and they still did THAT. While having lay properly in the comeback!? (Or at least some form, better than tempo era!) Kyungsoo my beloved, the man that can swoon you off your feet, his proper solo album. Omg I am just in love? The album feels like a Playlist that you hear while taking a walk or on a raodtrip? I love it, I just love everything about this with how much thought was given. It makes me feel warm and I'm so proud of him (I think he even got a first win) but sadly xiumin got the it shall not be named virus D: I feel so bad and I can only hope he gets better! It makes me worried because I keep seeing more and more idols getting sick and I can't help but wonder why don't the kpop entertainment just put a pause with stuff? Of course that is VERY unrealistic, I am aware that is naive for me to think but its just so idk how to word it properly (my English brain is not working I am sorry) I cannot help the feeling of while I get people are being safe and yes we need to still live like normal beings, is it worth risking idols health just for some entertainment? Idk how to explain my thoughts properly but maybe I hope I made sense!!

Onto svt! That is perfectly fine to not vibe with a comeback! I will admit, I didn't fully vibe with this comeback and it shocked me because every comeback was a hit to me. Even fear, left and right or homerun where I know many fans were split on, I liked but RTL was a grower. For me, listening to it without watching the mv, helped it alot and it is a song I like. Is it their best? No I don't think so but it is alright to say "hey I didn't bop to this, not my cup of tea" (imo I blame the mv? The mv REALLY didn't do the song justice at all, I am sorry if I sound like a fake fan but this mv Just is bad in all aspects. Sure we have some pretty shots but like it just doesn't fit at all?) So if anything listening to the song or wishing the live performances does it better. Seeing the choreography amps the song up more, cannot go wrong with their dancing. As for the rest of the songs, I admit game boy is my top favorite? Idk if it is because I am a gaming nerd and found all the production of the song so creative but yeah. We can wait for the next comeback! Svt always have something up their sleeves, plus we do have their music projects to look forward too (I wonder when we will get one? Seeing as RTL promotions stopped) some positive news with the boys is they resigned like a year before their contract ends and I'm a bit emotional :') I'm excited to see the boys future projects. We did have caratland recently! Did you watch it if I may ask? We did get in the soop confirmation so I'm excited to watch that, the boys deserve that nice break (even if it was filmed for a show fjsbsns)

Ok I think that is it for kpop updates? XD I do hope life has been treating you kindly! Life has been a bit all over the place sadly so I hope it wasn't like that for you as well! Until next time my bean!

hii!!!! omg sorry for the late reply i've been pretty busy these days 🙈

indeed so much has happened! and much more since you sent this ask omg!!

our shownu is at war *looks into the distance* *wipes away tear* *sighs* by now I got used to enlistment news (see what happens when you stan 2nd and 3rd gen groups) but STILL [[IT HURT]] when they uploaded the monchannel videos of his goodbye day like ????? what kind of twisted mind diuhdfuihdifuhs but the boys were all so cute and soft but they seemed so sad they didn't want to let go of their super leader :(( I hope he's learning lots and making new friends (and also we've got our international super spy yoo kihyun giving us small updates on him every now and then so everything's fine!). Yeah I totally get you it felt empty without him this comeback and at first it didn't really clicked with me but when the enlistment news came out i understood he had to take care of his health and thoroughly check on his eye sight in order to be 100% ready for the military so it made sense he had to be absent :( everything was so close (the comeback and enlistment) that I'm sure there was no other way for doing it I'm pretty sure he couldn't maybe postpone the enlistment day any further

onto exo! my ksoo my soft boi my romantic boi 🥺 his album is so him SO HIM i can't explain it bur it's just HIM you know it's the type of album you'd play on loop on a summer afternoon when you've taken your papers and paints outside in the garden to paint a bit with the warm soft breeze moving the trees lightly 🤧 and he signs in English and SPANISH (he did it for me) my multilingual king he's a native. Also I've been watching Honeymoon Tavern with Jongin these days and OMG i could d word for him really (if you haven's watched it go do it when you have time) he's SO SOFT and SO CUTE and he works as a waiter and a wedding planner and helps with the room preparations and is also a tour guide and he's just so cute so happy al the time the way he interacts with everyone is so 🥺🤧😭 onto more serious stuff now: yeah i was so worried about minseok catching covid omg but i'm glad he went through it with our any major complication and the rest of the boys are safe too! I guess the industry doesn't stop bc that would mean a huge loss of thousands and thousands of dollars/won/etc so as long as the gov doesn't prohibit going out or gathering like at the beginning of the pandemic, they'll keep on going with the idols' schedules otherwise the industry would just shut down having no way of earning money to sustain all the companies and idols.

as for seventeen! yeah i like the songs too! the mv sure ruined rtl and listening to it without watching it has really helped it grow on me more but still it feels kind of meh to me idk i really like anyone i think it's my favourite from the album. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A COMEBACK IN OCTOBER!!!! yayyyyy i can't wait they seem to be preparing very diligently (i hope they release a sexy bop) it's a shame junhao aren't gonna be present for this comeback but i'm soooooo happy they have the opportunity to visit their families again omg they have spent 2 whole years without seeing them in the flesh they must be so happy to get back to them again!!! it's so funny seeing them be bored at the quarantine hotel and doing lives every day duhdfiudhfiuh i hope it passes quickly and they can see their loved ones finally! and I did watch Caratland!! omg the unit switch song was the best thing ever hhu doing lilili yabbay and not being able to stop laughing idfuhdifuhs perf team doing chocolate and owning it????? hello??? performance team more like main vocal team wow! and the vocal team being a complete mess during check in lmaooo i loved it! In The Soop has finally started!!! I love these kind of "normal life" concepts I love seeing the boys being themselves cooking and relaxing I've watched the first and second eps as of today and also few clips from the third and omg mingyu and jeonghan drowning in the pond dfuhidfhidfs lmao they're so dumb i love them 🤣 i'm glad they could go away for a few days and spend time together away from their hectic schedules!

I hope you're well now and if not hang in there it'll all pass soon enough! 🥰💕 bye bye!!

p.s.: I got your request for the svt this or that gifset and i promise i’ll do it one day i just don’t feel like giffing these days dhbduusi i’m out of energy

#ask #my super nice lovely anon

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recurring-polynya · 4 years

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I hoped you would reblog that! :3 A fic after Aizen arc, where Ichigo DOES NOT lose his powers, and seireitei is in full party mode. Someone asks where Rukia is. Renji's like "she went to get snacks". and Orihime, tipsy as hell, just blurts out "Of course you know where she is! You're so cute together!!" and everyone is either like "yeah true" or "WAIT SINCE WHEN?". aka the dorks get peer pressured into realizing they should date already By Everyone. Feat. Women's Society paparazzi.

Hey, so you know how always spend a ton of time on my really long fics and don’t post them until I’m all the way done so that I can make everything internally consistent, etc, etc? What would it look like, as your therapist would say, if I just wrote some nonsense and posted it? And if I feel like writing more chapters later, maybe I will? To post something with a 1/? Also, what if was Canon, Never Heard of Her? and also full of things that do absolutely do not belong in Soul Society (like potato salad?) What would that look like?

Anyway, here you go @unohanadaydreams. I’m sorry it took me so long to do this and also I also messed up your prompt a bunch (I figure that everyone knows how bad Renji has it for Rukia and wouldn’t rag him about it, so I switched ‘em), but I think I captured the spirit of it, along with the spirit of that filler episode where everyone makes movies.

Enough! Enough intro! Here it is!

Heroes of the Hueco Mundo Invasion – In Love!!

“HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO, SQUAD 10!” Inoue Orihime yodeled, flinging herself into the courtyard, where a barbeque of epic proportions was gearing up.

“Orihime!” Matsumoto screamed.

“YO!” Kurosaki Ichigo announced, stumbling in behind her, arms raised victoriously. “What has two thumbs and just saved Soul Society?”

“This guy!” Orihime squealed, trying to point her thumbs at Ichigo as he also tried to point his thumbs at himself.

Ichigo squinted at the hands waving around his general vicinity. “How many thumbs do I have? Hey, hey, Ishida?! Did I grow any extra arms while I was fighting Aizen?”

Sado Yasutora suddenly plunged through the gate behind them panting and out of breath.

“Are you two drunk?” Captain Hitsugaya demanded.

“My new best friend Captain Doctor Unohana Retsu gave me the good stuff, because I am the Hero of Three Worlds, possibly Four,” Ichigo explained.

“Painkillers,” Chad gasped. “He’s on a very high dose of painkillers. It’s…okay… I'm… keeping an eye on him. He’s still really fast, though.”

“What about Orihime?” Rukia demanded, from where she was trying to sculpt a bowl of potato salad into a diorama of herself defeating Rudabone. Or possibly Chappy. “She wasn’t even hurt.”

“She was very nervous about Kurosaki,” Uryuu explained, sauntering up next to Chad. “So Lieutenant Kotetsu gave her some of Captain Unohana’s home-brewed ginger beer, which was… allegedly non-alcoholic?”

“I feel so powerful right now!” Orihime chimed in. “Like my body is filled with thousands of dubstepping bees!”

“I literally cannot feel any part of my body, right now,” Ichigo chipped in, “but at least I didn’t lose my Soul Reaper powers while performing the Final Getsuga, like some sort of contrived plot hook.”

“Why is it called the Final Getsuga, then?” Orihime asked.

“Beats me!” Ichigo hooted.

“It’s because Europe had just released ‘The Final Countdown’ when I invented it, and that song slaps!” Isshin shouted from somewhere near the kegs.

“DAD!” Ichigo shouted. “Dad, I have something to tell you! Also, Rukia, you are like my other dad, if I had two dads!”

“I am not,” Rukia protested.

“Maybe Byakuya is like my other dad, then, which would make you my sister.”

“I am definitely not,” Byakuya protested. (Did you, gentle reader, think that Byakuya would not attend one of Squad 10’s infamous keggers on the occasion of Aizen’s defeat? You were incorrect. Byakuya is a great fan of Matsumoto’s guac.)

“Listen, Dads,” Ichigo insisted. “I defeated Aizen and I think that definitely means I should get to borrow the car on Saturday, but also, Orihime proposed to me and I said yes , we are now engaged to go to the movies the next weekend that we are back home. Which is why I need the car, you see.”

Orihime dabbed.

“My precious son, I am so proud of you!” Isshin announced, throwing his arms wide. “But you can take the bus to the movies like a normal teenager.”

“Way to go, Orihime!” Rukia congratulated, abandoning her potato salad to perform an elaborate handshake/high-five routine with Orihime.

“This is so exciiiiitiiiiiing!” Matsumoto wailed.

Ise Nanao sidled up to Kusajishi Yachiru. “Madam President,” the Vice-President of the Shinigami Women’s Association intoned gravely. “Are you thinking what I am thinking?”

Hisagi Shuuhei sidled up to the other side of Kusajishi Yachiru. “Are you thinking about a special Seireitei Bulletin feature, presented in cooperation with the Shinigami Women’s Association–”

“–'Heroes of the Hueco Mundo Invasion – In Love!!’” Nanao and Hisagi chorused in unison.

Yachiru blinked. To be honest, she had mostly been thinking about the red bean dumplings she knew Captain Hitsugaya had hidden somewhere earlier, and had not been paying much attention to any of the goings-on up until this point. This may seem to stretch belief, but you have to understand, gentle reader, that this amount of shouting represented a pretty typical day at Squad 11.

Yachiru bounded up to the former ryouka. “Hey, Pencil!” she demanded. “Are you and Muscles dating?”

“Chad!” Ichigo yelped, grabbing at his own hair. “You sneaky person!”

“Uryuu!” Orihime gawped, clapping her hands over her cheeks. “You sly dog!”

“No,” Uryuu corrected stiffly.

“You are mistaken,” Chad added.

“He’s way out of my league,” they said at the same time.

There was a long silence.

Uryuu looked up at Chad out of the corner of his eye.

Chad looked down at Uryuu out of the corner of his eye.

Ichigo was making tiny, excited claps.

Orihime was bouncing.

“Doooooo iiiiiiiiittttttt,” Captain Kyouraku said out of the side of his mouth, pretending like nobody could tell it was him. Everybody could tell it was him.

Rukia straightened up to her full height. “Do it, you dorkuses. The Women’s Association will pay for it. If these two dummies can get their act together, you haven’t got any excuse.” She glanced over at Ichigo and Orihime, who were gazing longingly at one another, and promptly did a horrified double take.

“Errr…” Uryuu waffled.

“I understand if you’re uncomfortable participating in a Soul Society-related activity,” Chad offered an easy way out.

Uryuu opened his mouth, looked at Chad, and closed it again slowly. “I’ll take their money and waste it frivolously. That is within my moral code.”

“YAYYYYY!” Orihime squealed. “Triple date! Can I be an honorary member of the Shinigami Women’s Association?”

“What do you mean, 'triple date’?” Rukia tried to interrupt.

“Yes,” Nanao proclaimed. “But it will be three separate dates, covered as a three-part series.”

“In the World of the Living,” Shuuhei broke in. “The readers are crazy-go-nuts for the World of the Living.”

“Who is the third couple?” Rukia pressed.

“Genius,” Nanao threw a finger gun at Shuuhei. “Matsumoto, you’ll do host segments? Pre- and post-date interviews and such?”

“Give me a clothing budget and you’ve got a deal” Matsumoto agreed.

“WHO! IS! THE! THIRD! COUPLE?!” Rukia demanded.

“You and Renji, obviously,” Orihime replied. “You two are sooooo cute together! I bet your readers would love that, wouldn’t they, Lieutenant Hisagi? If Rukia and Renji went on a date in the World of the Living? Rukia’s like a princess or something here, right?”

“They will go apeshit , Hisagi replied breathlessly. "You have to understand that Abarai is actual very well-known among the Bulletin readership for his incredibly popular column, 'Let’s Do Shikai!!’ This is essentially the Soul Society equivalent of David Beckham marrying Posh Spice.”

“I…. don’t know who that is,” Rukia stammered.

“How do you know who those people are?” Uryuu asked, perplexed.

“I read Living World newspapers,” Hisagi excused with a shrug.

“Rukia, do you have something to tell me?” Byakuya frowned.

“No!” Rukia yelped. “I’m not dating Renji! I have no interest in going on a date with Renji, even though he consistently moves Heaven and Earth for me and we have really similar taste in craft beers and he’s objectively, like, smoking hot. I refuse to go on a date with Renji. Don’t ask me any more questions.”

“Where is Renji, anyway?” Ichigo frowned. “I don’t hear him shouting, so he must not be here.”

“He went to go pick up a bunch of snacks for Matsumoto because he’s a sucker and I’m sure he stopped off to trade out his sunglasses for polarized ones because he says they’re better for late afternoon glare,” Rukia excused very quickly.

“Rukia,” Ichigo noted, suddenly sounding a lot more sober. “Listen to yourself.”

“Soooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuuute!” Orihime repeated, exaggerating her lip movements.

“She’s not wrong,” Uryuu pointed out.

Chad did Big Shrug Arms and nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the man in question strode into the courtyard, carrying several grocery bags and wearing a pair of polarized sunnies. “Hey, party people!” Renji greeted cheerfully, somehow managing to hold four overstuffed grocery bags in one arm while he fished something out of one of them. “Why’s everyone so quiet?”

“Hey, Abarai, will you do me a big favor?” Hisagi asked innocently.

“Yeah, sure,” Renji agreed. He found whatever he was looking for. “Oi, Ruki-Ruki,” he called, tossing a small paper packet to Rukia. “They had those melon-flavored gummy salamanders you like when you get hammered.”

Rukia caught them easily, her cheeks flaming red.

“'Ruki-Ruki’?” Ichigo mouthed to her, making the most judgemental face he could manage under the influence of Unohana’s Special Sauce.

“So, what’s can I do you for, Shuuhei?” Renji asked, trying to find an empty spot to deposit his bags.

Shuuhei told him.

“Oh,” said Renji. He looked over at Rukia, who managed an awkward, sheepish half-smile as she clutched her candies. “Well, shit.”

#renruki #asks #fanfic prompts #i am between medications right now and my brain has the zoomies #should i post this on ao3? i dunno #i am sure i will regret this later #i love you unohanadaydreams u r the best #my writing

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syncogon · 3 years

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sad only 480p version this time, and delayed. oh well, temptation too strong, and clips on the weibo looked promising, so let’s go

mjy sighhh i guess he’s just dumb not malicious but man

“the truth isn’t important” glasses shing. oh wow that hair swish tho that was like unnecessarily well animated hahaha

iiiii just want jhx to tell off yy!! i think that’d be great, what a faceslap! also wtf is this thing? iron supplements?? a spray? icy-hot? 铁打损伤喷雾?? god i spent like five minutes trying to mouse-trace those characters and i still don’t know if this is supposed to be significant or if it’s just significant that jhx caught yy doing shady shit

anyway given music / context it seems jhx is annoyed at what yy is doing? so yay friggin finally. “our classes aren’t at nanhua” nice

“xu-da” vs “xu-ge” hmm. anyway jhx don’t fall for the lies. jhx is like sx, annoying and chuuni but probably isn’t as obnoxiously awful as he first appears... probably.... maybe.

goddd sucks that the full version of this op is kinda weird, because i LOVE this op so much like holy crap. jiyi bei yingfu huanxing....

man now im like stressed about the yf at the airport scene. trailer showed an airport. what’s gonna happennn

this exchange about dd feels so weird like it sounds like ctg is trying to explain they’re not in any pre-relationship or smth but maggie is like “i don’t mind” in a way that makes it sound like she wouldn’t mind if they’re together? what??? but whatever

ok i really enjoy this cr/yf dynamic. like i feel like it’s a bit ooc and yf as portrayed here is maybe too far on the acquiescence but also it’s really funny and sparks joy for me so i’ll buy it. i’m happy to see like established relationship stuff i think bc i generally don’t in the stuff i watch. speaking of which i’m super glad that they didn’t make the awful dumb move of trying to insert like Another wack love triangle drama dynamic thing in this like the fans want yecong and tianmai!!

wowwww it’s so nice how supportive cr is being tho like i love to see it!

handholding!! soft!! nice inversion of the earlier part where cr is bandaging his fingers. but like -

WHY DOES SHE HAVE MARKS/CALLUSES ON HER THUMB AND NOT HER PINKY??? like ok i have not played ukelele but i sure have my own share of stringed instrument finger calluses and you don’t?? press on the string with your thumb???

still, they’re trying, it’s a cute detail, i appreciate it. i liked that one wwgk review i watched yesterday that pointed out s1 was like a coming of age story disguised as a music story, whereas s2 is like a real music story....

wait this is incredibly cute wtf. oh my god.

YF SIGHED/FACEPALMED AT THAT? COME ON!! WTF THAT’S SO RUDE? THAT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE PRETTY GOOD?? AND SHE DID THIS JUST FOR YOU? like maybe not performance ready but bro she’s learned for two days!! also holy shit the strumming animation is really good for smth like this im impressed! that reminds me of the like actually legit violin animation they showed in the trailer yo im so ready

like i totally understand the frustration (damn, maggie’s face... 3 free performances? really?) but also i feel SO BAD FOR CR HERE this is so awkward oh my godddd at least ctg like tries to apologize to her (and cr’s reaction to this whole thing is also v solid, good for her) but still like damn

aww ahh man im glad maggie still like! supports encourages cr here! that’s also char dev being able to like get past her own complicated emotions at least for this sort of gesture

awwww i also like seeing maggie’s coping, the happiness philosophy i always thought that was super interesting. she’s a great char! and i think running is good

animators animate a girl running normally challenge

oh nice you have to walk a bit after sprinting, good

the train track scenes are so pretty wahhh

does... does the track just end there? what

the ~significance~ of maggie now sharing this piece of her that used to be a yf thing, with ctg

also excellent bgm - oh omg it’s og soul link remix!!!

“i don’t want you to go”

MY GOD HE’S FINALLY MAKING A REAL MOVE. and one based in real friendship. GOD FUCKING FINALLY CTG AAAAAA she’s cryyying man this exchange is also pretty cute ngl

i can’t believe they figured this out a full 4 episodes before the finale

this is so pretty here wahhhhhh i wanna ss the whole thing in 1080p

awhhhhhh

they never released pink twilight shanghai!! i want this ver!!!

aww yayyy open still cheering her on - YF BE NICE TO YOUR GF COME ON

haha this is like reverse of cr tutoring him - WAIT YEAH YF YOU WERE A SHITTY ASS STUDENT COMPARED TO HER BE EXTRA NICE

also remixed dream i dig it! sounds like new lyrics?

julliard hahahaha

dong dong goddess

HAHAHA did dd just steal ctg’s fries

ctg: expressing some deep thoughts

me: just watching dd

“forever confident, forever happy”

wait sooooooo are they a thing now or what did that count as a confession

“and qing’er is finally here” WHAT’S THE TEAAAAA WE STILL DON’T REALLY KNOW

“im a guitarist this is fine” YOU GO DD I LOVE YOU

BEACH EPISODE BEACH EPISODE BEACH EPISODE

omg oyzq. you’d think they were trying to extort a confession from him. what the hell is this instrument he said what is a xiao 箫. A WOODEN FLUTE? YOOO THAT’S COOL my god PLEASE let us get some kickass trad/modern fusion music im so ready

“i trust ouyang” ahhh double char surnames are cool

HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK

“because i’m about to have surgery on my knee” REALLY? REALLY? IS THIS REALLY HOW YOU’RE GOING TO JUSTIFY ALL THIS? FOLKS I AM LOSING MY SHIT I HAVEN’T LAUGHED OUT LOUD LIKE THIS IN SO LONG

ok this is interesting tho he’s not a dick for the hell of it it’s out of desperation or smth. but like half a year, oh no, what a horror. (i’m fresh out of hb feels ok you shaddap // tho i can also imagine the knife, like in lotus bloom, where they didn’t think szp’s injury was permanent). tho i do also like the “then we’ll be seniors we won’t have time to perform” but also that’s just a reminder that all of these ppl are like frigging 16 year olds and i still cannot take this seriously

i like “i didn’t expect, that i couldn’t give you the confidence to win”. god im so glad this confrontation is happening. man this feels like a wrap up already are they really spending all 3 last episodes on the competition? what’s the story gonna be?

feel like he’d be less ugly with hairstyle that looked more consistently like this. anyway sucks that both of them are so ugly otherwise there’s some nice sun/moon (+stars?) imagery you can get going here

GROUP CHAT GROUP CHAT GROUP CHAT

pretty! i wanna save this hq

it’s this bgm!!! godd i just want this track so bad

an empty beach?? in china near shanghai???

anyway ahhh it’s the iconic beach shot! i like how the promo ver cuts out dd lmfao

wow nine episodes in and cookie finally gets a character moment??? cookieeeeeeee i missed you

ok i can’t ship them he calls her shifu but also THIS IS SUCH A CUTE FRIENDSHIP calling every day 10 minutes?? wow!! i love dongdong and i love cookie. also this hits different in covid times “no one says that we can’t be friends because of distance”

oh i guess they are pushing this as a ship. meh.

wahhhhh. need this hq then i have more propic material.

HE HAS COVID

ah lang is VIBING oh to be the ah lang of my own life. parasurfing. walking into poles.

wow this is so modern! the red bag thing! wow i do love this show flexing the modern-ness

this is the mercedes benz arena im SURE of it ahhhh holy crap this crowd. oh to be in a crowd without mask

IT’S THIS DUDE AGAIN like the trailer spoiled this but if i found out this right here right now i would’ve lost my shit my god hahhaah

im like torn about how i feel about cr’s dress like idk if it fits her well even if it’s pretty

oh im scared i hope this doesn’t become embarrassing

OMG THEY INCLUDED PENCIL SKETCH OF THAT S1 SCENE. HAHAHA. char growth yayyyyy

ok anyway im happy!! spent like an hour watching this or something lmao but good times!! much better than last ep HAHA yayyy im so glad we’re finally at the comp and lots of these little things have been tied up now im ready for new song drops!!!

#music up #mine #synco talks

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iwannawritepls · 4 years

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Writing Update 04?

So much is happening. Like gosh.

Welcome back to me not using paragraphs correctly!!

So! We have 17ish chapters now which is like woah.

It took me much much too long to write but now we’re on 50k!!! we got there folks and I can confidently say that I will most likely have 20 chapters with around 54-55k words as I predicted. Is it weird that um feeling super melancholy about that??

But on the positive side there will be another book after this because uhhh there’s too much to wrap up in just one.

I wrote and deleted chapter 14 over and over again but now I have something I'm proud of at lastttttt! I realised after talking about it to some friends that

1) I skipped something huge by accident

2) In the first few versions of chapter 14 there was no climax to what was happening

3) I was adding things but at that point I should’ve started to answer them

So we fixed it up and now she’s pretty damn cool. The second half of the chapter still needs a little bit of editing until I can become happy with it but oh well.

I also edited chapter 15 so they’re ready for the most part but the last 2 need basically a rewrite for them because they’re soooo bad. I shouldn’t measure by words but generally for a fist version of a chapter I write anywhere between 800 and 1000 words and then I manage, through editing, to make it become somewhere between 1500 and 4500 which is a big leeway but it really just depends on what’s happening.

There’s something huge that happens in chapter 17 but I only wrote 459 words for it because it was 2 in the morning and I wanted to get it done before I tried to sleep. Inevitably it was quite bad. Chapter 16 is the same but thankfully that’s 914 words so there’s something more to work with. Yayyyyy.

Needless to say, I will not be including excerpts from them in this.

So chapter titles?

Chapter 13 - Metamorphosis of a Blizzard

Chapter 14 - Curtain Call (subject to change)

Chapter 15 - Kingfisher Flurry

Chapter 16 – Catgut Bindings

Chapter 17 – AHHHHHHHHH (this is 100% changing I just needed to put something and I was freaking out)

Oh, oh and! I have a proper actual name for the book! Sisyphus Lies on Unmade Beds. How suitably edgy.

There are so many references to Greek mythology that the title fits and it can link to all of them in some way, so I thought why not. There’s #symbolism to it all. And who isn’t a fan of accidental symbolism you find halfway through your book.

What happens??

Chapter thirteen is a long-waited apology from Bas to the one person who deserves it most. We find out about someone vaguely important for the next book as well as a character that maybe might have his own little book of his own.

Chapter fourteen includes our boy Sebastian coming along and helping by not helping at all!! Yay…but really what else is new, his motives don’t align with the boy’s and so we shouldn’t expect him to be helpful in any way.

Chapter fifteen is a dangerous thing…out dude the devil makes an appearance. For those who’ve listened to the magnus archives or watched Everyman Hybrid I tried to emulate Michael/Habit in it but it hasn’t really worked out yet. I'm getting there but I'm not at terrifying levels of suave. When writing characters that are so powerful they could murder you with a single flick o’ the wrist you are treading a careful line between edginess and not threatening at all.

chapter sixteen is the fallout. If we follow the lovely 3 act structure we are at the darkest moment in chapter sixteen and chapter seventeen continues with that mood but follows through with the whole ‘hope’ thing. jk there’s no hope just crisis.

I find that I managed to actually keep to the 3-act structure naturally?? I'm a discovery writer so it’s a little more difficult for me to not meander off into the sunset/make everything happen much too fast. But I think pacing was okay in this as long as I keep track of the seasons – which I hope I did.

We have a few memes from dearest friends – kinda old but have them

And now,,,the excerpts!!

Everything felt like cotton was stuffed inside, swelling, and soaking through with excess fluid. Fluid that was still building in his lungs, he felt them pressing against his ribs and rubbing together eating away more at his already damaged body. Gorging on him, dissolving him, water couldn’t ever be full only overflow and so it would continue to erode his body to fit the ever-greater capacity he needed to hold.

He's not dying! I mean he is but not yet!! I feel so bad that Albert has spent more of this book sick than anything, but I feel like I'm constantly mentioning him and I don’t want people to get annoyed by him? idk I feel like someone would find him annoying and that he did nothing but whine – probably a carryover from the original book where he could’ve been beaten up by his own shadow. He can and does stand up for himself in this more than in the original but

They began to mend themselves in a way that neither Narcissus nor Prometheus could have foreseen. So maybe they weren’t quite butterflies or moths. Maybe instead they were snakes, the devil’s advocates turned serpentine after rebelling against God. But that meant that at least they could change again, shed their skin, and start afresh after mountains of pain and healing from accidental words fallen from temporarily false tongues.

Let’s play how many references to classic literature can you fit into one paragraph at least 4. One of which is Paradise lost. Because Greek mythology just wasn’t enough.

The old man shivered and croaked out a few more words so quiet that the wind ate them. The woman just stared at him with wide eyes before fleeing back to the cold.

This is the ending of a while thing from a book that Al’s reading. I kinda wished this book existed its got some of my favourite techniques in it and some of my favourite lines but this one was the only one I could just take without a pause for drama between Alberts reading.

Enoch wanted to skip the walk the moment he realised there wouldn’t be any talking, every single one of his steps was too slow, every single breath was too loud. Even as he tried to listen to the conversations of those they walked past, it was too distant and blurred for him to listen to in any kind of concordant manner.

My boy hates the quiet and I feel that

The very first promises of autumn began to chew on the leaves, She took each one into her embrace and changed the deep greens that summer left in His wake and transformed them into a cacophony of yellows, reds and oranges. She plucked the ripened ones from their cradles and pulled their colour from their grasp placing it on Her tongue and dropping the carcases into winters waiting hands.

This is kinda purple and I had just read Der Sandmann so I was super into the vibe of it. I referenced it more originally before editing it so now all we have is a very slight call back if you know the story that you can vaugly make if you try.

Nature was so simple and yet beautiful, complicatedly captivating.

William is yearning

“Enoch.” Basil called out

“it wasn’t me!” he replied holding his hands up “I came out here to get him a new hat, it was Valentine that dragged him in.” he held up a lily pad with a grin.

“where is Valentine?”

“probably wrestling the heron.” He replied wading towards the shoreline.

Just some fun from them because you all need to see that they can be friends I swear.

A man was stood in the middle of the flurry, he stepped through them as if they were nothing but a reflection on the glassy water.

And that’s all for chapter fifteen I think unless there’s something at the end because I know people who read this irl and they haven’t gotten any of this yet. So I don’t want to ruin things but I also want to give you all things so it’s a struggle.

because you cannot help the diseases in your mind

this is something I wish I heard more often so here. You’re super awesome and the dude who said this is big brain mode.

But yeah that’s all. I probably won’t update again until I'm done and even then it’ll be one I’ve sent the last chapters to my friends so that they can read it and I can talk about the plot for real because I’ve been vague for spoiler reasons outside Tumblr.

I love these guys so much, but I'm excited to begin something newer y’know? I want to stay in this world, but I want to follow different characters before I go back to these guys because they are dysfunctional as all hell.

Anyway, I’ll talk more about that later. Until next time!!

Hope you have a nice dayyy!!!

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oneirataxxiaa · 4 years

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Demon Claws and Crossbow Bolts -- [chapter two]

chapter two, yayyyyy. people seemed curious about Riley, so feel free to send in an ask to ask her any questions!! This will now be the average length of chapters.

also a quick message to Dolly , I named Crossbow, Mia, after the canon daughter of Oliver and Felicity. Sorry if this isn’t alright, but I needed a name for her haha.

warnings : swearing , violence , injuries , dark topics

rating : 16+

It was raining outside when she woke up, strange considering last she remembered, it was a clear night with no clouds. Riley pushed herself up from laying down, finding fabric underneath her and above her. The bed was not well made, but the sheets and blankets were clean. Pulling the blanket down, she could see bandages - slightly tinged red with soaked blood - wrapped around her torso, it wasn’t tight, but it restricted her movement a little. Turning on her side to sit on the edge of the bed, Riley surveyed the room. It looked like a typical bedroom, various collectables on the shelves, through the half open wardrobe door she could see clothes hanging up with shoes on the floor. A few posters were tacked to the walls, some bands, movie posters, some she recognised, some she didn’t

The bed had black sheets and a grey quilt, the pillow behind her head was a dull red in colour that she supposed matched the colour scheme the room was going for. There was one window, just across from her, above the dresser. The blinds were drawn shut, but she could hear the battering of a storm beyond the glass. Riley raised a hand to her head, running a hand through her mess of hair, then down the side of her face, feeling plasters along her cheek and jaw. Her eye was slightly swollen, though it had some sort of cream on it, and her bottom lip was still split in the middle. When her hand dropped down to her lap again, she noticed she was in different clothing. She wore a red sleeveless shirt of a sweater type material and black sweatpants that were a little too large for her. Neither of these things, she owned. Something she did own however, was the vest resting on the bedside table. It took her a good minute or two to shift the vest onto her body, wincing ever now and again

“Where are we?” She asked aloud, quietly as not to alert anyone in the building. Riley attempted to get to her feet, wincing because of both her healing injuries and the cold floor below her bare feet. It was that strange faux wood lino that you usually find in a living room. Not very good at retaining heat. Her legs hurt like hell, but had a strange numbness to them, making walking an uncomfortable experience.

“Not sure , don’t remember” Fenris replied, he sounded alert, keeping an eye out, yet behind his words was a sluggish tone that indicated that he was still extremely tired. Riley walked to the door, about to open it carefully, only to hear faint voices on the other side.

“I just checked her bandages, you’ll probably need to change them soon if she keeps bleeding”. The voice was female, young, younger then her, but not a kid. She sounded sure of herself, not faltering on her words. ”you’ll be alright to keep an eye on her after I leave?” The question was posed towards someone else in the room. Riley moved slowly, opening the door and walking through. Down the hall was were the voices were coming from, perhaps in a living room of sorts. Riley listened to the conversation as she walked towards the sounds.

“I’ll be fine” was the curt male reply. “She’s still asleep isn’t she? Won’t be any trouble then”. Footsteps moved away from Riley, a door opening. The woman peeked around the corner, seeing two figures in the room. A shorter female at the door, about to leave, and a taller male inside the apartment. It was clear it was an apartment now, considering what she could see outside the room. The girl had brown hair, down to her shoulders in a side ponytail of shorts, sharp features accompanied by hazel eyes. She was far too young to have such a serious look in her eyes.

“Dad said that if you need anything-”

“I don’t need his help Cross, i can handle this myself, i’m not a kid” The male crossed his arms, seeming to act defensive, though his voice didn’t change.

“I know, I get it, that’s what I told him, but you know what he’s like, he’s just being-”

“Oliver?”

“Yeah”. The girl stood there, not talking for a second. When she looked up again, she looked over the males shoulder, catching Riley in her gaze. Riley quickly moved back, leaning against the wall.

“Oh, you’re awake, that’s good” The female walked towards her, looking around the corner. “I have to leave now ‘cause i’m meeting up with some friends of mine, but Roy’s here if you need anything, i’m Mia Queen”

She held out a hand to shake, only for Riley to look at it with a blank expression, slowly raising an eyebrow. “This is the part where you tell me your name, and shake my hand” Mia added helpfully, holding her hand out a little further.

“Where am I?” Riley asked. Stepping around Mia and looking around the apartment, it was a bit of a mess, some discarded dishes on the sink. The carpet was rolled up on one side and the couch had a miss-match of pillows on it that made it look like someone had tried to decorate but didn’t really want to. It seemed like something she would see in her old neighbourhood. Someone who wasn’t rich, but wasn’t overly poor. A low middle class.

“You dropped through the Zeta tube in one of our safe-houses two nights ago, dead to the world and beaten to a pulp” The male talked, walking a little closer to the two girls.

He was tall, taller then Riley by a good few inches with a dark red-brown shock of hair. His eyes were light, a blue or pale green perhaps, the woman couldn't tell. What caught her eye - and she wondered how she hadn't noticed it right away - was the sleek deep grey metallic arm attached at the elbow to his left arm. It looked deadly, and the lights glowed a faint red. Who were these guys? “Who’d you piss off to get beat up that bad anyway?” Riley shook her head.

“Some Central City villain brat” she hissed, sitting down on on the couch, moving a few of the pillows to make room. Her legs had begun to ache after standing for even that short period of time. “He’s got these terminator knock offs after me” Mia looked at her with a strange expression before hiking her bag further up her shoulder and walking towards the door. She paused by the entrance, glancing at her watch quickly.

“Alright, well you have fun with that problem - don’t kill each other, i’ll drop by later to check in!” The girl closed the door behind herself with a click, leaving the two alone. It was silent for a little while.

“say something , they mean no harm” Fenris muttered in the back of her head, trying to get her to speak. Riley rolled her eyes at the beasts attempts.

“Wheres my bag?” She dismissed the demon, looking back towards the hallway she came out of. The boy, she assumed he was Roy as Mia had pointed out, replied.

“In Jason's room- that’s the room you were in” Riley nodded and pushed herself to her feet, pausing as she got a headrush from getting up do fast, then walking back down the hallway. She reached the room again, and now that she was paying attention too it, written on a whiteboard on the door was ‘Jason’ in messy and broken handwriting. Around the name were a few little doodles of a red helmet and a batman symbol. Dismissing it, Riley pushed the door in and turned to close it, only for the handle to catch on her torso, hitting the wound under her bandages.

Pain shot through her stomach when he cried out, clutching it tightly and stumbling back against the side of the bed. Heavy footsteps darted down the hallway and someone stopped in the doorway.

“What’d you do?” He sounded annoyed, leaning one arm against the door, looking down at her.

“I hit the fucking doorknob” Riley growled, steadying her hand on the bed to pull herself to her feet. Her movements were shaky and she found herself unable to muster her usual strength.

“Be careful” Roy said, taking a step back and eyeing her getting up.

“No shit Sherlock” Riley bit back, glaring at him, Roy just rolled his eyes, ignoring the glare, and turned back down the hallway to the living room to go back to whatever he was doing before Riley woke up.

Two hours of sitting alone in that room gave her two things. One, was a serious hate for the ticking clock mounted on the wall above the bed. The other, was a growing sense of dread. She had been here two days, according to Roy anyways, and she didn't want to trust him - no matter what Fenris insisted - the Inventors little machines would certainly have reached here by now, right? This thought crossed her mind while looking at the darkness beyond the closed curtains. Night had fallen, and it had to be about eight o’clock when a knock at the door sounded.

“What” Riley said, sitting up on the bed, a book that she’d taken down from the shelf in her lap. The door didn’t open, but a voice called from the other side.

“Do you want food? I’m going to order something” Riley thought for a moment, she was starving. The cramping feeling in her stomach from lack of food was returning - they must have found a way to feed her while she was unconscious - and Fenris was growing restless.

“Yeah, sure” her reply was a little reluctant, and footsteps faded down the hallway again. Turning back to her book, she decided to continue to read for a little, at least until she had finished another few chapters. It was about half an hour before she became bored with that task.

Riley pushed herself off the bed, placing the book carefully back on the shelf and looking around the room again.She’d already noted the posters, a few of the bands were her taste, but some she didn’t know at all. The dresser had some photos on it in frames. Walking forwards, she brushed her fingers over the top of the photos. One was of two boys, perhaps around 12 or 13. One was taller, raven black hair with bright blue eyes, grinning with his arm around the other boy. The other was a little shorter, with blue eyes and redish-brown hair. Both of the boys were grinning widely at the camera. The next photo was of the same two boys about the same age, but this time they had two others in the frame. An older boy, maybe 17 or 18? and a girl who looked about 10. The boy with the auburn hair was carrying the girl on his back, her leaning her arms on his head with a grin. The older boy with dark hair and blue eyes was ruffling the hair of his younger look-alike.

The last photo was a more recent one. The black haired boy she still didn’t recognise, but the other was clearly Roy. They were sitting on a rooftop somewhere, and it was a selfie taken by the black haired boy. There were people in the background. Riley recognised the suits of Nightwing and Artemis.

“We need to leave”

“Can’t . Injured to bad” Fenris replied, making Riley cringe. Like she didn’t know that? “sleep, need it to heal” he continued to talk, making a headache begin to throb in the back of her head. “trying to help , they can help” the sincerity in Fenris’ voice was alien and strange, but it comforted her a little that he cared so.

Another knock sounded at the door.

“Foods here”

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flying-elliska · 4 years

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I finally finished Call Down the Hawk ! Here’s my first reaction (very spoilery!!!!)

- On the whole I loved it. Loved most of the new characters, the themes, the more grown up vibe and the expanding worldbuilding. Is very clearly a set up, opening novel so a bit frustrating in the pacing but nothing major, just a lot more questions than answers. I just felt like it was still the start of the novel, rising tension and then boom ! the end. Had the same feeling with the Raven Boys tbh. But mostly I didn’t want it to end so soon.

- this book is so sad ? but sad in a nuanced, gotta cope with it, adult sort of way. Like TRC was about a cool adventure quest, of course there were threats but it was full of magic and friendship and the thrill of becoming yourself and wanting *something more.*This is about stopping the end of the world and people having no good options and I can’t think of one main character in this book that isn’t like...subtly devastating. But it’s sad in a way that centers the agency of the protagonists and how much they care and how hard they’re trying, so it doesn’t feel fatalistic or gloomy. It’s just *arrrrrgh my heart*. They’re all trying so hard to cope but if they don’t find a better way to cope with their problems soon it’s going to kill them. Lol the young adult mood nowadays or what.

- Ronan broke my heart, really. I loved that on one hand there are clear signs that he’s grown so much - he is able to show tenderness, to be open about his sexuality, he’s taken control of his dreaming to a point where he’s capable to help Hennessy - but at the same time he’s clearly depressed and he doesn’t know his place in the world and feels like everyone is moving on without him. Because the implications of his powers make it impossible for him to live a ‘normal’ life. Surviving your teenage years and self-acceptance is only the beginning ; then you have to deal with a world that isn’t made for you. He needs to find his people. This is just so, so relatable for a neuroatypical twenty-something...feels like a punch in the face. I am sooooo happy he found Hennessy and I can’t wait to see where their relationship goes. Worried about Bryde and how easily he could manipulate Ronan, though. Also, I am interested in the new sun symbolism attached to him - the kid permanently dressed in black with his ‘night horrors’ previously - now he’s making little lights/little suns everywhere in the guise of fireflies or floating flowers or little lights ; he has sundogs and a sun blade. Obviously there could be a link to the fire that is slated to destroy the world (and Kavinsky’s fire dragon !!!!) but it can also very much go in the direction of ‘stepping into the light’ and full life giving potential and sun-drenched tomatoes and happiness. MAN his arc in this trilogy is going to rock so hard i just cannot wait.

- I just love Hennessy and her girls so, so much. The idea of living with clones of yourself is so fascinating to me...the fact that Hennessy struggles with the similarities with her mother, the artist who killed herself, and how caring for the girls seems to be a substitute for caring for herself, which she can’t manage. That scene in the bathroom...heartbreaking. Like can you imagine not being able to sleep for longer than 20 min ? That’s torture. Nod her relationship with Jordan, so complex. This idea of ‘my parallel universe self can live a better life than me if I keep all the self-hate’ ; of dreaming a better version of yourself. They care for each other so much but there is so much resentment being trapped in that state of being too. I wonder why Hennessy dreamed copies instead of something else : out of a need to be less alone with her plight ? To find others like her ? Or is it a darker ‘take her not me’ way to hide ? The fact that she gets a moon sword in the end (the moon being a reflection of the sun duh) makes this symbolism all the more present. Maybe she had this struggle of feeling like a copy of her mother, beautiful and wild and doomed and codependent on the man she loved. I can’t wait to see where this goes. I was just heartbroken that most of the girls had to die. Plus some bi rep yayyyyy (and more characters that are not white dudes ftw). It’s interesting that the Lace picked her specifically to torment ; I can’t help but feel it’s tied to that unsteady sense of self. Anyway, I really hope Hennessy gets to a place of love and self knowledge and self care and being surrounded by people who love her. I feel like her POV really underlines how tiring it can be to doubt yourself so constantly.

- Declan Lynch ! Wow, I just love love love a POV switch that shows unsuspected depths about a previously disliked character. His arc is really *eldest sibling plight* taken to the extreme. Being boring for survival because you can’t afford to be a problem. Yup, extremely relatable too. It’s very refreshing because a lot of the MC of TRC have this ‘edgy cool we don’t like rules vibes’ which can come over as very immature (i meah duh they’re teens) and Declan had to grow up too fast and his sticking to the rules and trying to impose structure on Ronan’s life and completely draining his own life of any sense of joy or individuality, feels half like a survival technique half trauma response stemming from the terror of being given responsibilities at way too young an age and coping with the chaotic environment he grew up in and the constant threat of discovery. It’s like, textbook ‘child parentalization’ and it really sucks and Niall Lynch is an incredible asshole. And Ronan is pretty much stuck in father worship mode and turning all his anger towards Declan. The growth there...is going to be super therapeutic. And I love his thing with Jordan. Survival makes it impossible for them to be their true selves but they find something true together ? Aww. I can’t wait for them to be together at the Barns, which is really Romance Central in this universe. (I foresee angst too but ehhhh). And more art flirting and museum dates.

- I also love how dream beings are getting more autonomy in this book. I think Declan distancing himself from Jordan in the end is this old complex about being non-magical and therefore inferior, but also because he doesn’t consider dreams to be real people capable of consent or interiority. I found the idea of Aurora Lynch always extraordinarily fucked up and in this book we learn it’s even worse - that she was basically a copy of Declan’s real mom ? Imagine growing up with that...no wonder he hates Niall. Though the idea of Mor O Corra doing the same thing is really intriguing, makes you wonder what the fuck happened there (was it a mutual decision ? was it a revenge thing ? Man their whole family is just so messed up lmao. But I just love the idea of Boudicca and the magical lady mob though.) And Matthew learning he is a dream and starting to deviating from his ‘happy but kind of dumb’ behavior in the previous books. He’s always been this previsible creature but now he isn’t and I feel like a big difference between him and Jordan was this knowledge. She has this knowledge of what she is and she immediately has more sense of self and agency and I feel that that’s a key theme of the book - knowledge, self knowledge. It’s basically what the ‘Call Down the Hawk’ title links to - Bryde talking about the man who turned into a falcon and then a hawk and learning so much about the world ; calling down the hawk would mean the man coming down and sharing this knowledge ; for Ronan it’s as well meeting and helping Hennessy ; so it’s about knowing your own nature through meeting people who are like you, as well. I love !!!!!

- Adam ! Not enough Adam in this book. I spent the book missing him, but that makes sense, because that’s the mindset Ronan is in. He represents what Ronan can’t have, and the Longing tm just permeates the whole book. Everytime he appears he’s just the epitome of cool, whether as dark academia vibes Harvard Student with his queer clique the Crying Club or Hot Motorcycle Boyfriend. He knows exactly what Ronan needs - understands his distrust when Ronan wonders if this is the Real Adam, tells him ‘go slow’ instead of just don’t, wants to take a look at Bryde to check the dude out, drives eight fucking hours on a motorcycle he can’t even drive properly to spend three hours with Ronan...he’s just like a dreamboat in this one lmao and after all the shit he went through in TRC...Therapeutic. But he is also increasingly distant and it’s so painful in a delicious way - the longing between characters who are already together but who are being kept apart by life is one of my fave angst tropes ever. Ronan wants to grow old with him and has romantic horny farmer dreams about him and the whole ‘tamquam alter idem’ thing...Boi i die that shit is just so...Romance tm. And I love how true to them it is, they’re achingly tender and yet there is still that strong chaotic shithead vibe between the two of them. Honestly the fight with the murder crabs was fucked up but made me laugh so much too. But then Ronan not being able to stay ? HEARTBREAKING. Ronan having Adam under ‘MANAGEMENT’ in his phone...really fucking funny but also feels like Ronan puts a sense of stability and direction in Adam and now that Adam is so distant...he feels extra vulnerable so he compensates with jokes. Ouch. Anyway I really want more about Adam and the Crying Club. Adam’s mix of cold, calculating pragmatism and compassion and understanding ? I love him so much, damn. I hope he’s a POV character in next book. I can see Ronan disappearing with Bryde and Adam looking for him, tbh. He’s too important to Ronan to stay on the periphery forever I hope.

- the Carmen Farooq-Lane chapters were my least favorite, especially when she’s with Parsifal - it felt kind of repetitive. I feel like Maggie’s villain chapters are often sort of a weak point - the bad guys tend to be either ‘Vague Ominous Cosmic Horror Entity that wants to Destroy Everything’ (also often a terrifying reflection of mental health issues/existential terror) or ‘Evil Prep’ lmao, and I had the same feeling w the Whelk or Greenmantle chapters in TRC. That said, I feel like Farooq-Lane has potential. Her persistent self delusion about how she’s the good guy is fascinating. Her ‘evil sibling, obvious trauma hidden by politeness and cleanliness, probably is going to have a redemption arc’ thing feels very Gray Man. Her punching Ramsay moment was very ‘hell yeah’ and tbh I already ship her with Liliana - who feels a bit underdrawn at the moment too, but interesting potential. The Moderators, still, feel a bit too ‘generic lawful evil agency’ yet, but the concept is interesting. I really really love Bryde as an idea though. His speeches to Ronan are fascinating ; from one aspect they really illustrate a fascinating concept of the Earth coming back to real magic but from another, he sounds like a cult leader. Selling this idea to vulnerable people that their difference makes them special - and well Ronan and Hennessy definitely are, but does that make them better than other people ? Seen as how Ronan reacts to Declan, it feels like he would be vulnerable to that idea. Hennessy not so much ; I can see her accept Bryde’s help out of pure necessity maybe, but not be swayed by his lies. I really feel like they’re going to need each other.

- So much cool worldbuilding...The Fairy Market concept is amazing (but also scary as shit right...like they’re selling people ? Probably dreams but that is still fucked up as hell ? Then again we’ve seen dreams die in pretty casual circumstances so the question is very much ‘so...what is personhood here?’). The idea of Visionaries is absolutely horrifying. Some people saying Adam could become one ? My god I’m not sure if I could stand those levels of angst. His ‘seeing the future of the world instead of people’ thing though...feels very compatible. Or at least like Adam could contrebalance the Visionaries’s visions somehow at the very least. Anyway, this is going to hurt. But it’s cool to have more answers ; the ending of TRC left a lot unexplained in my mind about the Lynch fam or why all those people wanted the Greywaren so bad etc. So this is very satisfying.

- So Miss Maggie really went wanting to be normal at the expense of your true self is no way to live and also if you don’t create what you need to, you're going to die ? haha thanks for the callout i feel attacked. But honestly her saying that this was about the necessity and price of creation man I am soooo interested in where this is going to go next. All in all a stellar book, 10/10 would read again to overanalyze (yeah more than this even), most frustrating thing is waiting for the next one

#call down the hawk #cdth #cdth spoilers #maggie stiefvater #pynch

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nutslovesdolts · 5 years

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A (kinda dark but not really) WhiteRose thing... yeah

(Saying this now, s m u t kinda... no? Implied? Not really dark? Mabye, eeh I'm bad at this just enjoy)

*takes place at the Xio-Long household, Yang and Tai are out for that particular week leaving Ruby and Weiss, but Weiss is having a hard time coping with all shes seen*

*Ruby had gone out to collect some more wood figuring shed let Weiss sleep, but Weiss was very much not asleep*

Weiss: *she'd really always been alone, this was nothing new, but now she had friends... close friends... people she would and almost did die for... so why did she feel so alone...*

*Ruby had left almost 2 hours ago, she heard her leave and shut the door... Weiss hadn't moved since last night, she couldn't... she was frozen, shaking, conscious but unable to move. her eyes were wide and she was staring intently on the place where the wall met the floor, she was gripping the edge of the bes on either side of her so tightly that it had ripped under the strain... If felt like the weight of the world was crushing down on her, like she was being devoured by the scilence...*

.........

Ruby: *she had just come in from her last trip out for firewood, a long task but a necessary one to be sure. She was so excited to get to hang out with Weiss, even if she was uptight she had gotten so much more open and friendly around everyone, Weiss was Ruby's inspiration at times, no matter what she kept pughing forward.

But the house was silent... Ruby slowly crept upstairs to see Weiss' door still closed, by this time is was well past morning and nearing Noon and Weiss never slept much past 9:00 before...

Ruby pressed her ear to the door and could hear small sounds from inside, but... not normal sounds, Weiss was crying... and shaking...*

Ruby: Weiss...? Are you ok? *she said softly through the door*

*there was silence from the other side*

I'm gonna come in ok? *still no response*

*she tryed the handle but it was locked... Ruby panicked a bit*

Weiss... please open the door... are you ok?

*still no response*

Sorry dad, but this is important *Ruby mumbled as she backed up. With a solid KICK the door flew open revealing a still unmoveing Weiss on thr bed

.......

Weiss: *of course she knew Ruby was there, but she couldn't answer, she couldn't move... she wanted to tell her to go and leave her be... what would she think if she saw her like this...*

.........

Ruby: *seeing Weiss in this state Ruby's heart sank... it was exactly like her father looked after mom died...*

Weiss? *she said as she carefully walked over and sat on the bed next to her*

It's ok...

*Ruby placed her hand on Weiss's slowly causing it to stop shaking*

*Weiss started to slowly move her eyes to her hand no covered by Rubys*

*When Weiss looked up, not fully out of it by any meens but enough to move her head at least, she saw tears streaming down Ruby's face*

*Ruby threw both arms around her and pulled them both down on the bed, wrapping herselfa around the freezing girl, pulling the covers over them*

Ruby: I'm not leaving Weiss, please let me stay...

*although she got no responce Weiss seemed to stop shivering a bit and settled down into Ruby's arms before after almost half an hour she fell asleep...*

...........

*a few hours later*

Weiss: *She woke up still wrapped in Ruby's arms, she was so warm and still... she rolled over so she was faceing the still awake Ruby*

Weiss: R...Ruby...? Y...you're still here... I thought

*she was stopped by Ruby pulling her into a roght hug before pressing her forehead into Weiss's*

Ruby: I'm here Weiss... I'll always be here... just, don't leave me... please...

Weiss: *put her arms around Ruby as well*

Weiss: I'm not going any wh-- *she was stopped by Ruby moving in and planting a quick if not inexperienced kiss on Weiss's lips, her eyes went wide*

Ruby: *pulling back blushing* I'M SORRY I JUST... I... m sorry...

Weiss: Ruby...

Ruby: *sheepishly looking back up into Weiss's eyes*

Weiss: you dolt... *smiles* you beautiful beautiful dolt... THIS is how you kiss

*she pulled the flustered girl into a deep long passionate kiss that lasted for around 30 seconds before they both gasped for air*

Ruby: *out of breath* that.... was... ...

*she smiled and hugged Weiss tightly, kicking her legs back and forth under the sheets*

Weiss: *smiling at the cute girls display* Ruby?...

Ruby: ... yeah Weiss...?

Weiss: t...thank you *she said before bursting into tears and gripping Ruby tightly*

Ruby: *hugging back* Weiss... I'll always be here... you... you have nothing to worry about... the past is behind us, you never have to be alone again... I'll be here, Yang will be here, heck even Zwei will be here for you... as long as you want us... or... as long as you want me...

Weiss: *she had stopped crying half way through Ruby's speech, she really did love this girl, they had been through and lost so much... but she had to know 2 things*

Weiss: Ruby...? How did you know what was happening... how... why did you know what happened to me?

Ruby: my dad... he acted like that alot after my mom was killed... Yang kinda acted like my mom after that, but I would always try to cheer him up or make sure he knew we were there... just like you

Weiss: and... the kiss...?

Ruby: *blushing* well... I sorta... like you... like...more then the others, NO i meen not more then them but in s different way I...

Weiss: *looking deep into Ruby's eyes*

Ruby: I... love you Weiss... and I never want to leave your side... but not just as partners, but as partners ya know...?

Weiss: you are SO bad at this... but I do too... I love you Ruby Rose

Ruby: *now a darker red then her cape* soooo what now?

Weiss: *pausing to think* hmm... I've never actually gotten this far with someone before... I have no clue...

Ruby: lets just live, day by day, we can do stuff and have fun and be together through it all... ok?

Weiss: that sounds great Ruby...

Ruby: *trys to get up but is stopped by a smirking Weiss* uuhhh Weiss...?

Weiss: you know, there is some stuff I've always wanted to... try... but never had anyone to do it with... *seductively* but now that you're here, with me, in bed...

Ruby: *squeeks* oh boy

.............

4 hours later

Weiss: *completely drained, panting, sweaty and out of breath* Ru..by... I can't... ah... you...

Ruby: *naked and intensely full of energy* but Weisssss, you still need to be on top...

Weiss: ne..xt time... I'll do that... ugh... first...

...........

*after 2 weeks of discovery and intensity*

Tai: WE'RE HOME GANG

Yang: AND WE BROUGHT COOKIES!!!

Zwei: BARK BARK

Ruby: *Zipping downstairs wearing Weiss's pajamas* YAYYYYY

Weiss: *walking funny and red faced* heyyyyyy guys haha....

Yang: *immediately knowing what had been going on* dad...

Tai: *oblivious* hmm?

Yang: we're leaving, *grabbing his shirt and dragging him back*

Tai: what why?

Yang: You're visiting Qrow and Winter for the week and I'm going to the Belladonna's, MOVE OVER MONKEY BOY, THIS IS HAPPENING

Tai: but... Qrow and Winter always bang when I'm there... wait, oh wait... Yang *catching on* Yang... ok, Bye Ruby, bye Weiss...

Yang: HAVE FUN SNOW BUNNY! OH AND IF YOU HURT HER I'LL END YOU, BYE

Weiss: *red faced and in utter disbelieve...* oh no... I'm not gonna survive another week *gripping the staircase*

Ruby: ... ok then... well, WEISS WE HAVE ANOTHER WEEK TO OURSELVES, LETS GO BACK UP *she yelled running up the stairs and grabbing Weiss on the way*

Weiss: ... f#÷k yeah hehe

............

Yeah again I just sorta kept writing so I have no clue if it's good, so yeah... enjoy? Or this is the end so hope you enjoyed? Regardless have a gread day/night depending on where and when you are!

#rwby #whiterose #Weiss #Weiss schnee #qrowin #tai xiao long #yang #yang xiao long #bumbleby #sorta?#ruby rose #rwby ruby #i can't really wright #so yeah #have fun?

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tumblunni · 6 years

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Oh fuck i cant stand this

Ive already almost used up my damn mobile data again and i only bought it yesterday. Fuck i want to go home. You guys are like the only comfort i have here and i dunno what im gonna do when i cant message you again

Fuckin hell stupid shit day! I was supposed to go to a therapy class thing today but the stupid bus went past where my abusive father lives and i had a MASSIVE FREAKOUT and had to go home and then ofcourse to go home you have to go back on the stupid same bus!! I fuckib failed and wasted the doctor's time and he had to grab me to stop me from running off the bus crying and back to fuckin hell dad's house because im shit and i deserve everything he ever did to me

AND THEN fuckin same doctor continues the relentless constant tide of everyone misgendering me and making crass transphobic jokes

"You see you've gotta understand the other opinion" he says, as if trans people werent fuckin raised SURROUNDED by cis people's predjudiced opinion of us and taught it was fact. As if it didnt take me SO MUCH WORK to even become confident enough to stand up for myself! I've gotta see the 'other opinion' that "yknow well families and children use public bathrooms and theyre scared trans people will molest their children so its understandable they want to kick you out or even act violent to you". Yknow the OTHER OPINION that MY OPINION DOESNT MATTER and also MY ENTIRE EXISTANCE IS A CRIME but i'm the one being predjudiced for not accepting that OPINION, right?! Im here trying to tell him that no that isnt rational because there have been LITERALLY NO RECORDED CASES of trans people molesting children in public bathrooms, or even "evil men faking being trans" to do the same thing. There's been more cases of actual cis men breaking into women's bathrooms to drag women out for merely LOOKING trans. More cis women have been harassed because of anti trans laws than they ever did before! But hey "respect that other opinion", right? And also "at least its not as bad as russia" and "but gay pride is everywhere now, that one footballer had rainbow shoelaces." Hey wow i never noticed that not only was homophobia totally over but also transphobia was remotely related to that! Wow! I seriously had to bring out the fuckin 1600s historical investigation on pre-british olde englishe that showed the existance of a gender neutral pronoun before the word "he" ever existed, and the existance of transgender pride and pronoun discussions in the 1800s before the word transgender was even popularized. I cant believe i fuckin had to do a 'show your sources that queer people existed before the internet' IN REAL LIFE. WITH A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. I can point at the damn NHS website but nooooo!

Oh and yknow what got me the most? YKNOW WHAT GOT ME THE MOST?? "We have sick people here, you cant expect them to remember stuff like that. Dont ruin their recovery by bringing up stuff like that." Like..fuckin..IM A FUCKIN PATIENT TOO. I wasnt even asking the other patients to stop hurting me i was asking you the staff to maybe consider it! And seriously you want me to be so super ultra perpetually prepared and perpetually rational and able to keep my existance secret and out of every conversation yet theyre too ill to learn about lgbt people existing? Just a sentence would be too painful? And me living every day being misgendered doesnt impact my ability to recover at all, eh? Fuckin shitting fuck hell.

And i hate it i HATE IT because he's being nice so i'll be the bad guy if i complain. Likehe fuckin..doesnt even know he's being rude and doesnt want to consider the idea. He says 'i dont like your tone' if i suggest the concept and FUCK in that moment i was so fuckin scared he was gonna hit me like my dad did. Or at tge very least kick me out of the hospital if i dont cooperate with him. He just fuckin..thinks he's perfectly unbiased and accepts everyone and "oh but i like to make fun of everyone equally". And i even fuckin raised the subject that people who say that often only make fun of minorities and never themselves, the majority, or major power structures. And he's just like 'yeah yeh i hate people like that'. Whoosh. Rigjt over the head. God i wasnt even TRYING to be passive aggressive i was trying tk outright tell him why what he said was upsetting me but NOPE. Trying to explain how its just so hard and tiring to have to verrrrrry patientlyyyyy explain yourself to EVERYONE EVERY DAY CONSTANTLY while they sling loads of rude words at you and it should be just allowed because they 'dont know better'. Like you ask me to educate you but at the same time im rude if i actually tell you?? And god i also tried to explain how the fuckin bathroom violence thing isnt an example of 'educating another opinion' AGAIN by saying like... If someone just asked me to explain being transgender i would. If someone just said they were uncomfortable i would leave. That's 'another opinion'. Reacting with slurs and violence to a trans person existing and not doing anything to you is not 'another opinion' and its not someone who 'just didnt know'. He was seriously trying to argue that it WASNT BIGOTED it was just someone rationally being afraid for their children because of a danger that doesnt exist, and rationally reacting with extreme violence rather than doing anything else. Rationally. RATIONALLY. oh just MISTAKENLY committing a hate crime! Cos they just didnt know trans people exist! Not cos they hate us! Oh no! Yeah sure we totally have a fucking DUTY to educate these POOR UNKNOWING PEOPLE while theyre attacking us, and its our damn fault if we didnt...

And just fucking FUCK i hate how someone can say all that stuff and still be "nice" and still not hate me personally? Like its so messed up?? He's not anti trans or anything he just has so much more damn sympathy for cis people than trans people, and puts all the onus on us to somehow prevent our own murders. And he thinks that "i dont have a problem with trans people" means doing LITERALLY NOTHING to change your behaviour to make trans people feel accepted. They should just magically know that your jokes are jokes when theyre surrounded by so many people saying it honestly, in CONSTANT FEAR OF THAT EXACT THING LEADING TO VIOLENCE. And like in order to be "a guy who has no problem with trans people" he has to do nothing, while in order for me to be not bigoted against HIM it means i have to never get offended by his jokes and also never talk about myself and also constantly educate him about things because he doesnt want to learn, even though he works in a hospital thats supposed to have an anti discrimination policy. Like fuckin just NOT HURTING LGBT PEOPLE doesnt make you discrimination free, shit like telling me to misgender myself because my pronouns would confuse the other patients is kinda fuckin fucked up. Also "that's a question for later" is all i CONSTANTLY get when it comes to talking about legal name changes or therapy or even just talking to an lgbt support group. I have to wait until i stop being depressed because oh no im talking about too many mental illnesses at once. Its been seven years and i havent fuckin stopped being depressed, bitch! Ever consider a fuckin symptom of gender dysphoria is a big ol fat depression!!! And just gahhhhh he was so fuckin baffled and angry that i would dare to get emotional about the subject?? Like he just saw DEBATING WHETHER TRANS PEOPLE ARE REAL and WHETHER PEOPLE WHO MURDER THEM FOR USING THE BATHROOM ARE JUSTIFIED as a perfectly normal casual discussion that a Non Transphobic Man could have with his transgender friend. Why oh why would i cry about this casual hypothetical discussion? Hey its not like it fuckin affects me directly! "Well its never happened to you right?" A Ha Ha Ha Ha. Also fuckin "so which bathroom do you use?" and "well you're not really transgender if youre not getting the surgery-oh wait you do want the surgery? How does that work then?" I swear i could just see the gears turning in his head and he was about to say "do you want both down there". Gahhhhhh *cringes myself into a tiny tumbleweed and blows away*

Also the entire time he kept calling being trans a sexuality and also asexuality. "No youre not trans youre asexual right?" Yeah sure ive just been saying im trans and saying im not a girl and wearing a chest binder and talking this entire conversation about my experiences as a trans person in public bathrooms just to pull an elaborate prank on you. And like i know what he meant is that he thought the word for nonbinary was asexual (has asexuality REALLY made so little progress towards getting into the sex ed curriculum in the entire 25 years of my life?) But like seriously he was like "youre not really trans if youre nonbinary". And then fuck dude i dont wanna explain how surgery works to you!! And especially not also my entirely unrelated sexuality that has entirely different equally upsetting predjudices!

Ans gahhhh fuck i just got no sympathy for crying and he acted as if it was just some wildly unexpected occurance he never could have predicted. And i hate it cos he's nice to me whenever the subject is about anything else. I cant get any symoathey from ANYONE because he's A NICE GUY and why dont i just understaaaaaand other opinionnnnnns

I wanted to fuckin quit this whole thing on the spot and go home. Only reason i cant is because my support worker is off work until thursday auauauaughhh

Fuck at least one positive i guess is that ive made progress in the social anxiety or at least gotten better at giving the impression im making progress. Cos i want to LEAVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. And also fuck all my other worries seem less suicide-inducing when im actually getting the closest ive ever been to killing myself on a daily basis because of a stupid other thing that i never could have predicted. Go here for one form of self hate, come home with another! Yayyyyy

And fuck i havent even made a single bit of progress on drawing or writing anything and i cant practise making ganes cos my laptop cant run rpgmaker and i havent even started reading my giant pile of books cos they fuckin LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW EVERY SINGLE HOUR TO MAKE SURE YOU AINT KILLED YOURSELF. i have no fuckin pribacy and its making me wanna kill myself even more!! I just live constantly on edge looking at the fuckin door window and i cant even do anything to distract myself because im too scared of them looking at me!! Or barging in at no notice to tell me i have to do some big stressful thing RIGHT NOW because i dont even get advance notice of anything aaaa! And fuck i dont have anywhere to go to even calm down from a panic attack cos i have no privacy so at least im getting over being scared of going outside cos outside is the only place i can go to cry. Fuckin strangers in the crowd at least wont cause shit if they see me.

Fuck i want to go home. Fuck i wish i had enough money to keep buying mobile internet. Its like fuckin 750mb a day to run tumblr but its all ive got to talk to any person who doesnt hate me or patronize me or think im faking a bunch of shit or whatever the fuck. And im not even any fun to be around when im like this so im probably just ruining your day too. And im probably gonna vanish again soon and then just go back to crying alone and getting worse and probably never being able to leave

I knew it was gonna be stressdul but i didnt predict any of this.. I just wanna fuckin die. I wanted to jump out the car and go to my old dad's house and have him pull open the door and slap me around a bit. Like call me a fucking dyke, call me a sick retard, be honest about your feelings! I'd fuckin take being abused over this "oh youre the bad one for being mad because i had goooood intentions" reverse psychology bigotry from hell. Either these people are evil geniuses or theyre even more stupid like me. Fuckin shit dad please manifest in my room and slap me, killing me instantly. I feel like being scared of you would at least be a faster emotion than this nebulous sensation of confusing unease and dysphoria 24/7 for 6 fuckin months. One week done, haha! Hahahabahahahahahahahahahahahahshahahahahahshshshahshahahahhahahaaaa

#suicide mention #im sorry #all their no privacy shit doesnt even work cos i was just left alone all night when i wanted to kill myself #and took then three days to notice the wound on my arm #didnt cut my veins or anything dangerous i just couldnt stop scratching #at my skin for an hour and now there's a bit of a mess there #but its scabbed over so its fine #i drew all over the other arm to keep from hurting myself again #i thought i was okay after that nice experience at the build a bear workshop but im even #worse today cos now i k ow the staff are just fuckin fine with transphobia and im gonna just have to #shut my mouth i guess #fuck just look forward to the art classes whenever i finally get to do them #but i was looking forward to the class today and then i couldnt do it cos i got all scared of dad #fuckkkkkkk

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lonelyghosts-stuff · 3 years

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Avengers Infinity War-First Time Watching Reaction Play-by-Play (Pt. 1)

I’m about to cry... Loki... please no...

Thanks you wrinkly purple nut sack

“We have a hulk.” I’m gonna cry

“I assure you brother, the sun will shine on us again.” AGHHHHH

How on earth is Thanos able to beat up the hulk with only one infinity stone but when he has all of them, the hulk is able to put up a fight?

Oh bye hulk.

Neat trick Heimdall. How come you couldn’t do that with Thor and Loki?

HEIMDALL NO!!!!

No ones had the ability to wield two infinity stones at once? Lmao. Well, in the first avengers, Loki had the scepter AND the tesseract soooo

And the TVA laughs at you Thanos.

HE CALLED HIMSELF ODINSON AGHHHHH

I’m crying

Loki is dead now

Fortunately the existence of the show is helping to alleviate the pain, but we will never see THIS Loki again...

Thor has lost everything. I feel so bad for him. He’s lost his mom, his dad, his friends, his home and people, and his brother.

Good thing Heimdall knew to send Hulk directly into the sanctum. Poor Bruce.

Thanos, I will take great pleasure in your suffering in death. Know this. There is no quadrant in space that you can flee to where you can avoid my wrath. “You think you know pain?” I’ll make you beg “for something as sweet as pain.”

Is Tony like, able to predict the future or something? Morgan Stark?

No more surprises ever Stark? About that...

Science bros hug

Ben and Jerry’s product placement. Nice

Course Vision made himself go offline. Smoochie time with Wanda.

Would shoving the time stone down a garbage disposal even do anything lol? Like, I feel like it would destroy the whole building lol.

Call your boy Steve, Tony!

Suck up your pride.

Poor Bruce. Always getting filled in on all the details last minute.

Bruce has it probably one of the worst. Dudes getting chucked around the universe into places he has no ideas what’s going on in.

Flip phone time

CALL HIM

Oh no

Rumbling?

Ah cripes

Quick make a call on the run

Multitasking is a lifesaver Tony

Poor New York. Why would anyone want to live there in this universe?

Earth’s closed

Go away

Spider man, spider man,

Ned is my favorite avenger.

How did no one see Peter lmao

STAN LEE

EXCELSIOR

SPIDER MAN IS GOING TO SPACE

lmao Tony ain’t gonna be happy

Work it Stephen. Do your interpretive dance moves.

EARTH IS CLOSED

GO AWAY

HEY—my life isn’t that meaningless...

Savage, ratchet

He exhausts us too

Banner having performance issues.

Hulk is on hiatus apparently

Dude you’re embarrassing me in front of the wizards.

heck yea, CGI time

Ebony Maw got no chill.

Hey maybe don’t turn your back on the enemy

Stephen, you almost crushed Bruce under a taxi.

Eh I’ve fought this guy in Marvel Champions... he’s not that tough

Hey Peter

Bye Peter

Tony, master of summaries.

Hulk is in his feels.

It’s a simple spell but quite unbreakable

Meme time

Cmon Stephen you’re supposed to be powerful

Sleepy strange

Capey to the rescue!

I love how Peter doesn’t even question the existence of wizards.

CAPEY NO—

SAVE HIM CAPEY

BEAM ME UP SCOTTY SPIDEY

Wong really just sent that beast to attack poor Inuits huh?

Wong is invited to the wedding

“I can breathe.” *exposes face to space*

Okay that was pretty sick. I don’t particularly like the iron suit as it feels kinda lame since I loved that Peter made his own, but it works here.

Poor pepper

You just had to leave the phone tony

At least Bruce somehow found it

Hell yea it’s my favorite space group, the Guardians of the galaxy. Featuring dance daddy, sleeping invisible man, dance mom, sleepy rabbit, and angst plant.

Now I’m hungry for cheddar

Poor Gamora lmao

Oh and I can’t forget mantis

Mantis you got a killer mean face

Angsty teen plant

Huh they learned Grootish

Uh oh

Gamora knows something up

Oh hi thor

He is not a dude. This is a man.

Poor Peter quill lmao

Heyyyyy Chris Pratt worked out hard to get into shape for this role lmao

Poor Thor...

He literally lost EVERYTHING

Peter is jellyyyy

Drax has a man crush

ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Thanos isn’t that smart. Just like, double the resources.

Oh thank you thor for being sympathetic

Peter, stop it. It’s not a competition of who has the worst life.

Gosh I love Chris Pratt so friggin much. He’s a national treasure lmaoo. I love him so much.

Peter grow up

Both of you

Children

Oh there’s an actual place called Knowhere

Oh yea Tivan the collector. Didn’t he die?

Half of the Asgardians? I didn’t see them

Kevin bacon is an avenger

Oh Gamora... how did she know where the soul stone is?

Nidavellir? Axe time

Lmao I love the rabbit

HAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS

Thor and rocket rabbit are my favorite duo now

I love rocket so much lmao

I like this thor much better than the one we saw in Ragnarök. (Again, I love that movie as just a movie, but not as a Thor movie)

Good bye morons

Oh hey Paul Bettany

SO CUTE

Love you guys

Wanda vision

Don’t get too attached tho

“I just feel you” oh no... I know where that line comes back around

Promises to go back? To who? For what?

Robot lover

Robosexuality (futurama anyone)

I SHIP IT SO MUCH

Poor Vision lol

Convenient TV News exposition is convenient

Go with him wanda

You just messed up

Poor vision

WRECK EM WANDA

SHOW THEM THE POWER

No more phasing? Oh no.

Cmon Wanda MESS EM UP

No more phasing? Vision should be friends with ghost

It sure is lucky that no one seems to be out and about in Scotland huh?

IMAGINE if Wanda had the powers she had at the end of wandavision right here. Thanos and everyone else would be no match

BOSS GIRL MOMENT

OH HELL YA

THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE AN ENTRANCE CAPTAIN AMERICA ROGERS!!!

AND THE FUTURE CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM TOO!

AND BLACK WIDOW

You aliens are no match

I wanna kill them

Cowards

Gosh Nat is such a badass

Wow Steve looks great with a beard

Digging the suit too, more subtle

Poor Gamora oh my gosh

I wonder why Thanos chose to keep Gamora? She didn’t really display a fighting spirit here

I’m confused. Gamora was described as the last of her kind but the flashback showed only half of them being killed which is more accurate to what Thanos wanted?

Cmon quill, take things seriously...

Oh dear

Quill, be serious...

PETER BE SERIOUS

Swear it

KISS KISS KISS YEA

Dangit drax

Lmao poor drax

I got a bad feeling about Knowhere

I thought Tivan died? Like in the explosion of the power stone?

Drax don’t

Drax be patient

DRAX NOT YET

Drax you couldn’t even take on Ronan... don’t do it ya lovable dummy

Gosh poor Drax

Poor Peter quill

Nice hits Gamora!!!

Just kill him

If someone shot him in the head right here it’d all be over

Oh my gosh I feel so bad for Gamora

Phenomenal acting from Zoe Saldana

He’s not dead... sooooo what’s his play?

Illusion

Copy cat for Loki

Oh my

Oh so he planned this

OP bastard

Already has the reality stone

Soooo Tivan is dead then?

Oh my that’s horrifying

Grimace lmao

Peter

Cmon

Peter

The emotion

Chills

I hate you Thanos

I really do

OH MY GOSH THEY SAID I LOVE YOU

Thanos you BASTARD

Copying Loki’s move set

Poor quill

This is the last time they see each other huh?

Wait wait wait wait wait, I remember that another Gamora from another timeline comes in and helps. How come she isn’t arrested by the TVA? She’s a variant just like Loki???

You tell em Rhodes

They have nothing to be forgiven

Hell yea baddie Steve

Oh do they think Tony is dead?

Love you Rhodes

Get Steve looks great

BANNER AND NAT

Awkward tensionnnnn

Quick kiss before it’s too late

Lmao poor Sam and his crush on Nat

Lmao Ant-Man and Spider-Man

How long is vision unable to phase?

Poor Wanda... if only they could get it out in Wakanda (I hate how much I know about this without watching).

Isn’t white vision with this visions memories now? Like, can him and Wanda get back together?

WAKANDA

Rest In Peace KING T’CHALLA, Chadwick Boseman! Wakanda forever!

White wolf baby. Lesssgettttittttt

BUCKY BABY LOOKING LIKE JESUS

Poor baby, one fight to another. His only calm in wakanda...

Precarious needle positioning is precarious

Ouch

CMON TONY SAVE HIM

Oh peter

Lmao

Oop

Fault?

Love peter. Perfect awkward teen

“You can’t be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man if there’s no neighborhood.” That worked out perfectly.

Omg peter you’re making even me feel old asking about the “old” movie Aliens.

CAPEY TO THE RESCUE AGAIN

Soooo is ebony maw dead now? He didn’t last long

Cmon you cocky cuckoos

“I’m peter by the way.” “Doctor strange.” “Oh we’re using our made up names... um-I’m spider man then.” Gosh I love peter so much lmao

Yayyyyy PTSD we love that. Poor Tony. He needs therapy. They all do, really.

Man I know how this ends...

Harsh strange... harsh. You’ll learn that the universe also depends on these guys.

Peter is an avenger. Lmao he’s so perfect at being awkward.

Oh no. Poor Gamora. Quick, kill him with the soup.

Thanos, just DOUBLE THE RESOURCES. For cripes sake man. You don’t gotta be a genocidal maniac.

Gamora is only in here 20s? Or I guess maybe 30s now.

Thanos, you don’t understand. Wanna know why you can still see people in poverty happy? Because they see the hope. They value family. You could have given them resources. Not killed them.

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survivorreelsmagicwithin · 4 years

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Episode 7- “#MarshmallowMoves”-Landen

I can't tell if I'm in trouble or not. They voted out Nick, which is something I really really didn't want to happen. Kevin is acting strangely towards me. The only person I feel like who is being genuine with me right now is Dan. I'm not sure if I should keep pretending that everything is fine, but I'm pretending that the last vote didn't bother me.

1 hour and 33 minutes later

I hope the relationships I made before that disaster of a vote are real still. That's all I'm hoping.

Today's immunity challenge is a luck challenge. There is no way to be "good" at rock-paper-scissors unless you are playing real-time. For this reason I have chosen to use random.org for all of my guesses. I hope that luck is on my side with my matchup. Also, I went to Potions Class today and looked in some cauldrons. No potions left behind. Thinking I will try luck potion tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be lucky and get an idol. Probably not.

YAYYYYY! Another week with no tribal and I am very thankful because the one we had was wild and I don't have to deal with anything like that again for AWHILE! I should be staying up to search right now but I am about to head to bed and then make my search time earlier for tomorrow, woohoo! I feel like after tribal something like a merge might happen?? maybe? I feel like it should be about time!

so Hufflepuff won (YET AGAIN!) and I'm feeling pretty great about that! there's not much to discuss about the actual events on this tribe, it's pretty much same old same old positioning. like stale cardboard! however, we got an exciting little hint of something at the immunity challenge today. it seems like there's going to be something coming up after tribal tonight, and particularly, i would guess that it will be a merge. of course i could be wrong and we could be thrust into another swap (a horrible outcome, really) but i'm hoping it's a merge. i've had a lot of paranoia about what would happen during a merge ever since the messy Jess rocks vote, so i just am excited to get it over and done with!! that being said i'm also not just like, throwing myself to the wolves of fate or something. i've also been doing planning ahead and thinking about the merge. specifically, i'm trying to calculate where numbers might go. right now, we have a group that is configured like this: -5 hufflepuff -4 Ravenclaw -3 Gryffindor -1 Slytherin (i know, crazy... and it's my least favorite one. UGH!) obviously, this puts a liiiiittle eensie teensie tiny target on the hufflepuffs' back, now doesnt it? and that's not very cute for me, someone who is very much IN hufflepuff - has had no time to form the strong relationships that kevin has with the other side - has burned the 1 ravenclaw and probably 1 of the gryffindors here on this tribe - and hasn't done any looking for spells! no, no, thats not very bueno at all, i'd say. of course, everything could be shaken up if kevin is taken out, but i'm not expecting that. it'll probably be a jacob or autumn boot.. i'm praying for a jacob boot but who knows. honestly just taking out that wildcard, one who is very fitting to his house mascot as a snake, that's something that would be VERY appreciated. i know i can't trust him after our experience in 2020 and it's not just bc i hold a grudge it's because i know the type of player he is, and that's not a type of player i can work well with in this game. Anyway, this brings us into the question of what the hell i am going to do to survive at the merge, and honestly, i have no fuckin clue. the good news is i do not think juls would be on board with a plan to vote me out, or at least she would do her best to vouch for me. as soon as we merge my sights will be set on autumn, too. i need to secure her loyalty and form a strong friendship with her, she's always seemed like a cool person and i wanted to do it anyway, but knowing i need to have her and juls on my side, makes this bond even more crucial. The bad news is Owen on this tribe, is a VERY dangerous player, will come into the merge with an army of 3 strong fellow Ravenclaw, and, last but definitely not least concerning - he comes into the merge with a strong relationship with Ruthie. This is VERY bad for me, because I know that if Owen decides to get Ravenclaw to target Hufflepuff and for some reason the Gryffindors (or potentially Jacob, if Autumn gets targeted, or even worse, Jacob AND autumn if Kevin goes home), he won't be going for Ruthie. If he's not going for Ruthie, he's not going to go for Lily, not to mention I highly doubt the Gryffs will go for her anyway because she's so lovable. Having Lily as my closest ally is a risk/reward, because when I enter the final rounds like 8, 7, 6, etc, she will be a HUGE shield for me and someone that will take off a lot of the heat on my name. But i need to get there, and that means i can't get taken out for being an extra vote for her during the early stages of the merge, i have to find my own way to survive. There is always the possibility they would target Max, but I have to be VERY careful in just assuming this, because i also know Max is probably going to look like a tempting goat to most people. he's not very great socially (at least individually) and he's not very active with his mom kinda grounding him all the time, like he just looks like an OTT goof and he'll probably come across as easy to manipulate once his ally Landen gets blindsided! I'm very worried that'll be the perception. So i need to start taking action now to make sure this early merge doesn't go down a dark path i see as a possibility. Step 1. Owen and Ruthie, Today. This is CRUCIAL. I am going to talk to Owen about game today whether he likes it or not, I'm going to drag it out of him and i'm going to fight like hell to get him to trust me even a little bit. I know I can be a good social player and I KNOW i can talk convincing game, but I also know Owen is very good at social skills and reading me so it's going to be a bit of a cagey death match with this one. I need to make sure Owen feels good about me moving forward into the merge and that I can "repent for my Sins" so to speak after basically throwing him up for crucifixion during the Jess boot round. If I can get owen into the idea of possibly an alliance of me, him, and ruthie, then maaaaybe i could protect myself a bit from him. perhaps i could also very subtly hint that lily is the one that's been coming after him harder than i have, i have to be careful with that because if it gets back to her i'm fucked, so i'll keep an eye out on the conversation and see how the tide's going and if it's worth hinting at. i also need to discuss with Ruthie and figure out what her other pregame relationships are, and see where we can get ins. I know being honest and open game talk with Ruthie earlier is what got her trusting me a bit more, so I want to just expand on some of the personal stuff I've been building on with her in the past couple days and just really start hitting the game talk home. Step 2. Max and Chips. If i can drive this wedge further, it would be faaanfuckintastic. I need to re-iterate to people that I DONT got Max's back. If people start pushing the narrative of me and max as a thing, or me as a hufflepuff strong person just because of the jess round, i'm screwed. so i'm going to have to be very careful to Make sure everyone knows exactly how willing I was to cut Max. When i get to the merge, the FIRST thing i'm going to do is literally have like, an hours long call with Kevin. I want to establish to him that i'm his extra number, his goat, his whatever he needs. I want to tell him how i was ready to sacrifice Max, i want him to give me ALL the details. Of course if Kevin goes home before the merge this is going to be a million times more difficult and so that brings me to Chips, my key plan today besides working on Owen is going to be to work on Chips. I don't want to give Chips too many promises I don't plan to keep because I don't see myself working with him super long-term, but I do want to Get a better read on him. Right now Chips is just an enigma to me and I need to get into his head, maybe at least get him to open up a *little* bit more, bc our game relationship right now is just a mess, he's so hard to talk to about these strategic things at times, even before the jess boot but especially after. as far as the other people go, the ones i didn't mention - owen's ravenclaw buddies, joanna, jules, and dan - who's to say they're even really tight with owen! I'll be curious to meet them, specifically Jules is someone that strikes me as someone I'd get along with. I also see a lot of potential for me to get along with Dan but we'll have to see on that one. I'm going to try to work on my relationships with Ravenclaw once I hit the merge too, but I'm gonna be careful because if I come on too strong, they'll consider me even more of a threat and that'll give them more of a reason to target me instead of Lily or Max. i know i'm in a precarious position and that's not even to mention spells, but I'm really trying to think over every angle here, and i think with some luck on my side and hopefully, some Kevin on my side, i can utilize kevin, lily, juls, and max as tight shields for my game, and continue working my way through the middle to make it alllll the way to the end. #MarshmallowMoves. i know this was an ESSAY so thanks for sticking it through. i really hope i don't write all this for nothing, because i'm starting to get excited that the big leagues are almost here, it's finally time for me to stop winning immunity every single round and actually experience the game, and i would hate for it to get cut short so soon. Game on wizards, cus this honey badger DONT care! >:D *flashes my claws but not in a furry way* haha thanks. bye ^_^ <3

So..... once again, I lost a BEST FRIend to ROCKS! I swear I’ve got some kind of curse. Every time people have gone to rocks for me in games, it’s always my closest ally that leaves. And this time is no different :( I’m so sad Jess is gone, but I know she’s rooting for me, and that’s what will get me through this. I know I should’ve known better than to leak everything Ruthie said but I really trusted that juls chips and jess would act in their best interest. Apparently it was Landen who told Ruthie..... so I dont know. Maybe I accidentally told Landen the things Ruthie told me!? Or maybe someone else threw me under the bus. Either way, all bets are off now. I want to get to a merge with dan Jules and Joanna and paint a huge ass target on these hufflepuff nerds. I’m boutta hex the shit out of those four til they’re all out of this game. I WILL! Get my revenge for jess. But to do that it’s basically about winning challenges to merge which thankfully we have done. People tried hard on the music video thankfully and then we got lucky with attack defend balance. All I can hope is we MERGE NEXT!!! There’s a bounty on my head and if we don’t merge soon I’m heading to Azkaban :(

I’m soOoOoOoOoOoOo paranoid! I feel like it would be such a good move to get me out this round because I’ve been so loose with my powers. I feel like all it will take is for Jules to want jacob here more than me, tell everyone about my powers, and then have everyone vote for me!!!! Do I just waste powers tonight to make sure that doesn’t happen? Maybe.

I think jacobs going home :c which is so sad but he’s not really trying, it’s really quiet tho so anything could happen, joanna might still be upset I lied last round and flip things on me who knows !!

Maybe Jacob is actually going home this time? Idk, last time they said Jacob and Nick went home so who knows what these people are telling me.

The good news I pulled off the Nicholas vote. The bad news is we're back at tribal but are we even surprised lmao https://media.giphy.com/media/l4pTsh45Dg7jnDM6Q/giphy.gif the tea is I'm mad but I'm not pissed because I only want people who are down for the cause. It's gonna be all hands on deck once we hit merge and I don't have time for any disloyal non-Hufflepuff people. So Gryffindor constantly losing really means Owen, Chips, and Juls will actually live to see merge, all three of whom I know will join the coalition. Nicholas and Jacob on the other hand would probably link up with Hufflepuff and that's what I don't need. So if we merge tonight, it's a 7-5 breakdown with Hufflepuff being outnumbered. Mind you that depends on everyone in that 7 cooperating with each other but let's be optimistic and assume that everyone recognizes ALL of Hufflepuff is still in the game. And if you ain't Hufflepuff, you can and will get snuffed so don't fall for the hype at merge and any member of Gryffinclaw who does is dead to me. Ok now Imma need y'all to go ahead and merge us thanks

IT BETTER BE MERGE!!!! IT BETTER BE MERGE~!!!!!!

I can't remember if I wrote one of these or not this round so here is another... Things are quiet on the Hufflepuff tribe and I'm nervous about the swap that i think is about to happen!! It has been kind of quiet today. I've talked to Owen a lot and Landen, Lily and Juls a little today. Being safe is nice but it will be fun to start competing for things individually. If we do merge I am excited to maybe work with Dan. I want to be on his good side, lol, but he is a good player and I feel like if he doesn't go home tonight he and Owen will single handedly win every individual immunity.

We won the random.org immunity! I think we will likely merge now that numbers are low enough. You can not find an idol by brewing luck potion. You suck at brewing potions. Duh!

Y’all I’m fucking screaming!!!! I found a third power lmao. I’m gooped! I found the riddikulus charm or something and I had to play a fake advantage at a tribal in order to power it up and I used Raffy’s rat ass to make it happen! I’m not sure what my power is rn but I’ll add it to my vote steal and my idol 😌

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wellhellsbelles · 6 years

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There Goes Our Love Again

ooooohhhh!!! second chapter yayyyyy!!!! ((also i’m done with exams so i can start keeping up with this more so that’s pretty cool))

as per usual, here’s the ao3 link. thanks and enjoy!!

ii. A Combination Of Love And Aggression

“Dude, for the last time. Hand me the damn screwdriver,” Farkle grunted, trying desperately to keep the DIY bookshelf he bought from IKEA together.

“No, no, I swear it on my life. Yeah, he really just—”

“ISAIAH BABINEAUX, GET OFF YOUR PHONE AND HAND ME THE DAMN SCREWDRIVER ALREADY!!!” Farkle screeched across the loft, causing Zay to drop the phone.

“Jesus Christ, alright, Farkle,” Zay mumbled, picking his phone back up off the ground, apologizing to the person on the other line before disconnecting. He shoved the phone back into his pocket, retrieving the screwdriver from the table and thrusting it into Farkle’s hand.

“Thank you,” Farkle breathed, tightening the screw he had put in, wiping the sweat off his forehead after. “Who were you talking to, anyway?”

“Isadora. I was shit-talking Lucas now that he’s gone. I love the dude, but man did he make living with him extra difficult. You’re not gonna do that to me, are you? I don’t think I could handle a Lucas 2.0 in the loft,” Zay said. Farkle chuckled.

“I’m flattered that I’d even be considered for the position, but no. You’re just getting plain old Farkle Minkus, unfortunately,” Farkle told him, inserting another screw into place.

“Sounds like I’m getting a good deal then,” Zay smiled, returning back to the kitchen where he was before. “You want some toast? I’m making some toast,” he offered. Farkle shook his head.

“No thanks. Make ‘grocery shopping’ next on my to-do list. How could you and Lucas ever live like this, off of toast and cereal?” Zay shrugged, popping a couple pieces of bread into the toaster, turning the dial and pushing down the button to start it.

“We were bachelors in New York for the longest time, man. Also, I worked for the local coffee shop and Lucas was just a counselor for the Y, so we didn’t have much money.”

“You did get this bomb-ass loft, though. Kudos to that,” Farkle noted.

“Thank you! Lucas almost made us go for the cheaper option, but after seeing that they had to deal with bedbugs, I said “No way, José!” Man thinks he can just live that kind of lifestyle, but not me. I got a reputation to uphold.”

“And ladies to please?” Farkle offered, sighing in frustration when the second screw slipped out of his hand. Zay nodded.

“Exactly.” Farkle tossed the screwdriver to the side after, giving up on the stupid Swedish or whatever the heck kind of bookshelf it was, leaving it for another day. As soon as he got up, his phone buzzed, and he reached into his back pocket to retrieve it.

Riley: You wanna grab some lunch? Maya’s out sampling cake with Lucas and I want to catch up with you 😊

Farkle: Sounds good to me! You’ll save me from eating toast with Zay.

Riley: He eats just toast?

Farkle: Trust me, I’m visiting the nearest grocery store after we’re done. I’m not going to eat another bowl of cereal for weeks or get Chinese food for the longest time.

Riley: Oh, you poor thing. Portafino’s?

Farkle: For the love of god, yes! Real food!!

Riley: 😉

Riley: Meet you in twenty!

Farkle couldn’t have been glader to have the saving grace that was Riley Matthews in his life, that was for sure.

“Whatcha smilin’ at over there, Minkus? You got a hot date or somethin’?” Zay mumbled through a mouthful of toast.

“Sort of. I’m meeting up with Riley to get some lunch and catch up.”

“Ooooh, so you do have a hot date! I didn’t know you and Matthews still had the hots for each other!” Farkle shot Zay a look of disdain, stuffing his phone back into his pocket.

“We don’t. And hey, what do you mean ‘still’? We never had the hots for each other!” Farkle huffed. Zay noogied his head, dodging Farkle’s punch after.

“Alright, I get it. But denial isn’t just a river in Egypt, you follow? Go have fun with Riley, though. And tell her I said hi!”

Farkle could already tell that living with Zay was going to be some kind of something. At least he had that to look forward to.

Despite bickering with Zay for about ten more minutes after setting up the not-a-date with Riley, Farkle arrived ten minutes before her at Portafino’s. He took the opportunity to order himself a glass of merlot, sipping at it while picking at his navy-blue cardigan in anticipation of Riley’s arrival.

He was nervous. Part of it was because of what Zay said, but Farkle didn’t let that get to him. It was just Riley after all, one of his best friends, and he’d been dying to catch up with her for forever. Hopefully he’d get to do that with the rest of the group, too, but as one on one’s instead of the group chat he had experienced a week ago.

A blur of a black and yellow sunflower dress and lavender perfume flashed by him all of a sudden, the scent so achingly familiar that his heart leapt at the memory. Riley sat down in front of Farkle, her face flushed, her mind clearly abuzz.

“OmigoshI’msosorryFarkle,” her words mushed together in her panic. Farkle only grinned, just glad to be out with his friend again.

“Riley, it’s fine. I can count on you.” Riley grinned back at him, grabbing the menu in front of her off the table, her eyes scanning it frantically. “Hey, I’ll pay by the way,” he added. Her gaze met his once again, her brow furrowed.

“Oh come on. Just because you’ve got a fancy-schmancy job now Farkle doesn’t mean you get to flaunt it in front of me,” she teased. Farkle shrugged.

“I mean, that’s fine if you don’t want whatever you want off the menu . . .” he trailed, Riley taking the bait just as quickly as she used to when they were in high school.

“I’LL TAKE YOUR OFFER,” she interjected, her brown eyes shimmering at the prospect of getting her pick of the menu without limitations. Farkle chuckled to himself.

Old habits die hard, that’s for sure.

They spend several minutes searching the menu for what they want, only making small side-talk until the waitress arrives, pad of paper in hand.

“Alright, what can I get the lovely couple?” she asked. Farkle almost spat out his wine, swallowing hard before correcting her.

“Oh, we’re not—”

“A couple,” Riley finished for him. “We’re just friends.”

“Of course,” the woman corrected herself. “What can I get for you two?”

“Eggplant parmesan,” Riley said. “Also, could I get a glass of your house white?” The waitress nodded her head.

“Can do. And for you?” she turned towards Farkle.

“I’ll take the carbonara, please.” They handed her back their menus, only resuming conversation after she had left.

“So how’s living with Zay? Are the two of you getting along okay?” Riley asked.

“Yeah, we’re getting along just fine. Well, my only criticism is that he’s on the phone with Isadora all day, but other than that, we’re good,” Farkle answered, taking a sip from his wine glass.

“You jealous?” Riley questioned, raising a brow. Farkle shook his head, amusement clear upon his face.

“That ship has long since sailed and you know it, Riley. Isadora and I are nothing more than friends. What about you? How do you feel about Lucas and Maya getting married?”

“Ha,” Riley barked, throwing her head back in laughter. “Touché, Minkus. That ship has long since sailed for me, too. Those two are made for each other.” The two of them paused for a moment when the waitress dropped by Riley’s glass of wine, Farkle’s demeanor turning serious after.

“So, you didn’t tell me about Bill,” Farkle pointed out. Riley sighed, slumping in her chair, her index finger tracing the rim of her wine glass.

“Yeah . . .”

“Riley.” He could tell this was hard for her. Farkle didn’t want to push her too hard, but he was her friend, he was there for her. He needed to know.

“It’s . . . okay, so Bill and I got into a fight about a month ago,” Riley exhaled before continuing. “But it all started just before our three-year anniversary hit. I mentioned that we should be doing something big, like moving in together or starting planning for getting married . . . something big like that, you know? Because it was three years, and that’s not too far off base for that, right?”

“Right,” Farkle agreed.

“Well, he agreed that I was right, but he said we should start off small. “Start off small, work up to the big stuff,” he said. And I believed him. He said I should move in the next month. He said he’d circle a date on the calendar and I’d move in on that day, but until then he would help bring my stuff over to his apartment a little at a time. And I agreed that that’d be a good plan. So not long after that, I bought some boxes and started packing.

“But then I tried to get Bill to help me bring some boxes over, and he’d make an excuse each time. “I have to work late tonight,” he’d say, or “Why don’t we just take it easy?” he’d say. He said that each and every time. And then the day came when he said he wanted me to move in, and he gave me some lame excuse as to why we just couldn’t. So then we got into the big fight and were arguing constantly, and then finally I asked if he really wanted me to move in and he gave in saying no, he didn’t want me to. And then I asked if he could see us getting married, and he said no to that, too. So we broke up,” Riley finished, taking a long drink of wine afterward. Farkle reached across the table and grabbed her hand, squeezing it gently.

“I’m sorry, Riles. I know you really liked him.” Riley shrugged.

“Yeah, well, I’ve liked a lot of things in the past that didn’t turn out well. You remember my cheerleading stint?” Farkle snorted.

“I do remember that. You weren’t that bad.” Riley rolled her eyes at that.

“Rose-colored glasses, Farkle. You only say that because I’m your friend and you have no earthly clue how sports work.” Farkle couldn’t argue with that.

“While that may be true, I still say you weren’t bad. And even if you were, you would’ve gotten better at it. I’ve seen what great things you accomplish with a healthy dose of determination.” Riley gave Farkle a slight smile, her cheeks dusting a light pink from his kind words.

“Thanks, Farkle. I really missed you, you know? Things up here haven’t been quite as Farkle-y without you,” she admitted.

“That is true. Well, I missed you, as well, Riley. And everybody else. California was fun, but definitely not for me. I can’t tell you how many sunburns I got while I was down there. Also, I actually had to wear shorts. Can you picture me wearing shorts?” Riley leaned her head into her hand, laughing.

“No, I can’t. New York is definitely a better fit for you, Farkley.” Farkle grinned, his heart happy to be around his best friend once again.

He really missed New York, what can he say?

#riarkle #riarkle fanfiction #gmw fanfiction #zayadora #bella writes

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neopuff · 7 years

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OK FIRST EP OF MYSTICONS HERE WE GO:

lil pixies, cool oh lmao i like the eyes in this art style these cgi cars feel like they were animated in 2005 oh...elephant nose boy AWWW this girl is so cute already this...creature. its cute and ugly at the same time wow i wish i could copy keys like that "sad face emoji" oh the key just disappears. one time use? this evil cat clown face is scary i already ship piper with the short haired one whose name i missed "later haters!" nice omg these girls are intense I LOVE PIPER this theme song is so funny i love it AWWW piper and blue girl are so cute we are the myyyyyysticooons aww candy daria? oh thats concerning OH bye piper oooooooooooohhhhhhh villain mysticawhonow? SKELETOR!!!!! buff skeletor wheres the lady skeleton necropa? ne-crapa? i wanna see this bitchs face oh just riding a gryphon GNWEUBGIWEPG;EW this boy AWWW his gryphon took a selfie with him i hate blonde girls design but i love her squeaky voice step-siblings yea just pink smoke everywhere GWNIOEUOGBWEPONGEW PIPER! she screams EEEEEE emerald? ooh i like these statue people "until a new generation of heroes is chosen" i wonder who that will be "and a date with a pixie. or is she a harpy? its hard to remember. shes cuuute though" arcana and emerald these names are so funny i love how 2 girls come from royalty???esque and 2 of them are poor at least thats what it seems like iiiiiii love this omg skeleton warriors thats a mood downer "bunch of ancient useless morons" gewionuobgweg OH CUTE is this the ship? i ship it already aaaaaaa arcana's mom is hot BUFF SKELETOR kill him, mom dragbain? moms voice acting is great NO!!! MOM!!!!! fnewiouobgiewngwe the skeletons just smacking the door dreadbane? im trying YAY its time for them to transform into their ugly outfits YAYYYYY but they have pants.....so how can i really complain magical girls with PANTS piper is so cute im gonna die fioewnubgwpeio;new "now i feel underdressed" i love him oh shit wow yall lost the disc immediately blue is having so much fun fewinoubgewi;goew "MY BAD" did she call herself a dwarf? is blondie a dwarf GNIOWEUBGWEO; THEYRE DEAD i love this show wtf GINOEWUGBWEI;ONGWE GIANT VULTURE, COME TO ME!!!!! LONG LIVE NECROPPAAAAAA sure, jan yea bitch ur the new mysticons wow GUYS PRIORITIES well ok they need their dog thing I HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN YOU YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS AND........ILL BE QUIET NOW choko? choco? whatevs i love piper shes so fucking cute are blue and green gonna have an awkward rivalry? feels like it nice protective bubble oh sad music awwwwww...........baby :( her mom is a statue now awww hot boy is back awwwwww WOW bitch just caught em anyone YAYYY GNIWOEUBGPWEO PIPER!!! a foz? i knew theyd give a fake gewioubgew fool i wanna see this angry bitch i love this boy hes SO cute IN-FINE-ITY! wow omg poor princess BUT STILL THIS WAS GREAT I CANT WAIT FOR MORE OF THIS SHOW!!!!!!

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Ep. 5 Transcript

Ep. 5 Alpine Escape - Chapter Five

Sophie: Previously on “Dungeons & Queers”...

[RECAP WITH MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND]

Sophie: The villagers had been rescued and had gone down that path; basically, there’s a local village that some of them have heard of called Northpass Haven… It’s famed as being attacked by orcs and stuff like that and surviving.

With little protective outerwear, these former prisoners move slowly and begin to falter in the face of the relentless mountains.

Mara: We are sending the stronger people ahead and we are staying back with the people who are not doing quite as well.

Sophie: As the alpine forests fade into lush woodlands, a heavily fortified town’s outer wall made of very solid, vertically stacked logs appears in the distance. As you approach, a huge Orog emerges from the forest and fells 4 of the villagers before you can get to them. It’s 3 orcs and an orog - Yeah, you actually, you see Kenwick go down as the Orog sinks its axe into his chest.

[END RECAP]

Announcer: This show is part of the trans podcaster visibility initiative.

[THEME MUSIC]

Sophie: Okay

Credence: Let’s fucking do this cuz Lazza’s not

Mara: Ellywick’s fucking pissed

Credence: Alright. Initiative time?

Sophie: Initiative time

[DICE ROLLS]

Mara: Euch. It’s a garb roll

Sophie: What’d you get?

Credence: I got 17. [PAUSE] Okay???

Sophie: Yeah. It’s just, I’ve got 7 people in initiative right now.

Credence: So it’s an orog and 3 other orcs? Or just 2?

Sophie: Yup. 3 orcs.

Credence: Okay

Mara: 4 Enemies total

Joe: Dang. how’d they catch up with us?

Sophie: They’re very good at what they do.

Mara: Says Sophie. Says the DM whose upset with them trivializing her fights.

Sophie: This is in the plan! I can show you. I can show you - look!

Mara: [DISBELIEVING] Uh-huh. Uh-huh. [LAUGHING] Okay.

Sophie: I actually - I eliminated one orc because basically I took two encounters and mashed them up.

Mara: It’s a mash-terpiece.

Sophie: It’s a mash-terpiece. Yes. Okay! So, first in the order is the orc whose mother named it Orc 3

[SNICKERING]

Joe: Auch. That motherly love.

Sophie: Yeah. [DICE ROLLS] Awwww it’s a critical miss against Lazza.

Mara: Yayyyy!!! Ayyyyyy!

Sophie: [EXASPERATED] Oh boy.

Credence: Lazza just laughs at him.

Sophie: Yeah. I think actually in game he’s so surprised to see it’s you, that he just misses.

Mara: Heh! ~WhooOOooooh~

Sophie: “Wait. What’re you doing here” Okay! Lazza. You’re up next.

Credence: Okay. Lazza is going to rage. She’s . . . she’s . . . yeah. She’s fucking pissed about this situation. So that means that “she has advantages on strength checks and strength saving throws, + 2 damage with melee attacks, resistance to bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing damage.”

Sophie: Okay

Credence: ‘And it lasts for one minute or end when knocked out or if she hasn’t dealt any damage or taken any damage in a turn. She enters that as a bonus action. “ She’s gonna have her shield out and she’s gonna do a one handed swing with her battle axe at the dumbass who just tried to attack her.

Sophie: Okay

Credence: Well, actually, how close are the others?

Sophie: Close enough that you could attack them

Credence: Nahhh, nah. She’s gonna get rid of him. She’s not gonna Reckless Attack this time. [DICE ROLLS] Alright, so we’ve got an 11 . . . + 6 . . ..

Sophie: Yup. That does it

Credence: Okay. So 17. So she does 1d8 + 6 cuz she’s in rage.

Sophie: Okay

Credence: [DICE ROLLS] So 4 + 6 is 10.

Sophie: Okay. The orc is badly bloodied, but still on its feet. Kind of about to give up the ghost.

Next in the order is Defiance.

Joe: Alright. So. Curious to know if I’d be able to cast Spare the Dying which is a cantrip on one of the people that got felled. I guess I’m not sure

Credence: I’m guessing that E would want you to do that to Kenway

Mara: Yeah. Buuut.

Sophie: Hmmmm. Can you read me how that works?

Joe: Sure! “You touch a living creature that has 0 hit points. The creature becomes stable. The spell has no effect on undead or constructs.”

Sophie:Okay. So that’s if they’re still alive and not already dead. Like dead. Like not dead, dying. Okay. Is there a particular person you wanna target with this or just whichever one is closest?

Joe: I wanna do a medicine check to see if I can’t discern if at least one of the four people or maybe all four, who knows are indeed just dying and not dead dead.

Sophie: I’d say that’s a perception check cuz medicine is like your ability to heal them. Or maybe and investigation?

Credence: I thought medicine was also for checking the state of somebody’s wounds.

Sophie: Yeah, but given that you’re trying to do multiples -

Joe: S’kind of accessing each quickly

Sophie: And you’re not really trying to learn anything about their wounds, you’re just trying to figure out if they’re dead or not

[DICE ROLLS]

Joe: You said perception? That’s just a 10.

Sophie: I’ll say one of the villagers is fading fast. Kenway and the other four are dead.

Joe: Kay. Alright. Then, I’ll touch that person that is fading, stabilize them, and can I also cast Bless?

Sophie: Is Spare the Dying a cantrip?

Joe: Yes.

Sophie: Okay, then you can do that.

Joe: Then I cast Bless on Ellywick annnnd on Lazza

Sophie: Can you cast it on multiple people?

Joe: “Up to three creatures of my choice”

Sophie: Okay

Joe: “Within range” I’m guessing they’re both within about 30 feet?

Sophie: Yeah and you can cast it on yourself too.

Joe: ‘Kay. I was just gonna ask. Then I’m gonna cast it on myself too then.

Sophie: Unless you wanna cast it on the orog . . .?

[SNICKERS]

Joe: Uhhhhh . . . Pass. So. “Whenever a Blessed creature makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the attack or saving throw”

Sophie: And that’s not like a one time use. You can just do that, no?

Joe: Yup

Credence: Okay. And how long does the spell last?

Joe: One minute.

Sophie: Ten rounds of combat. Okay! So you consider yourselves Blessed. Ellywick! You are up next.

Mara: Who put the axe through Kenway’s chest again?

Sophie: We will say the orog did.

Mara: Ellywick is gonna run up to the orog. Cuz I’m assuming that Defiance and Lazza are out of the way of this? At least not within a fifteen foot cube?

Sophie: Yes

Mara: Annnnd Ja boi the orog must make a constitution saving throw cuz Ellywick is going to cast Thunderwave.

Joe: [PAINED] Ooooh.

[DICE ROLL}

Sophie: Ooohhh. 18 plus-

Mara: Yeah that saves. Don’t even worry about it.

Sophie: 18 plus 4 is 22 [LAUGHING]

Mara: Can I use my point of inspiration?

Credence: [INTRIGUED] Ooooooh.

Sophie: Let’s ask Google? Can Inspiration give disadvantage?

Mara: Cuz they’re full of this unholy rage and . . . .I mean it doesn’t matter cuz they’ll still take damage.

Sophie: Yeah. I think I’m gonna allow it because in this stance, you’re not even allowed to make a roll. You in this case - If you were making a ranged attack, you would be able to use that, so it seems acceptable to me that you would be able to use that here.

Mara: Okay

Credence: Mmhmm

Sophie: I think that that’s fine. And if I’m wrong, don’t tweet at me. Consider it a house rule.

[DICE ROLLS] Oof-a-doof-a 4 +

Credence: 4?

Sophie: 4 + 4 is 8

Mara: Yeah. That doesn’t save. So . . . 2d8 fire damage - Er- Thunder damage is 7? Would I just add my spell attack bonus?

Sophie: Your spell modifier.

Mara: Oh! In which case is 12.

Sophie: Okay. 12 damage . . .

Joe: Niiiice

Mara: And push ten feet away

Sophie: We’ll say . . . I’ll give you given that it’s a 15 foot cube, I’ll give you one other orc was in there.

Mara: Okay!

Sophie: 12 damage you said? Pick Orc 1 or Orc 2?

Mara: [DEEP SIGH] Orc 1

Sophie: Okay then he’s killed. He has very low health to begin with. I knew that it would do - He had 12 health so it literally -

Joe: Oh wow! Sophie: I couldn’t make that choice.

Mara: Nice!

[SOMEONE BLOWS A RASPBERRY]

Joe: Murderation!

Sophie: It felt like cheating for me to make that choice having seen it.

Mara: How’s the orog looking?

Sophie: The orog’s fine . . .Pissed off, but fine.

Mara: Sonofa bitch.

Sophie: It’s got a nosebleed.

Credence: It’s the big guy, guys. This is final boss territory.

Sophie: Yup. This fight has a challenge rating well above two, I will tell you.

Credence: Alright.

Joe: [SARCASTICALLY] Yayyyyy

Sophie: So! Next in the order iiiiiis . . . Orc 1 who was just killed, so the orog! Actually. Who is going to run up to Ellywick. [DICE ROLLS] 12 + 6 is 18 vs. AC?

Mara: Yeah. That does it.

Sophie: One d12 plus 4 . . .

Mara: [PAINED] Ohhh God!

[DICE ROLLS]

Sophie: 12 + 4 is 16 damage! -

Mara: Ouch!

Sophie: -with his great axe.

Mara: Oof-a-doof-a. I am currently sitting at . . . 3 health points

Joe: Whhoooooo Boy

Mara: That hurts.

Sophie: You got his attention.

Mara: I guess so!

Credence: Oh boy.

Sophie: Next is Orc 2 who is gonna make an attack on Defiance [DICE ROLLS] What is that? I can’t see

Mara & Joe: 16

Sophie: 16 well that’s enough. It’s 16 plus something.

Joe: Yeah I was gonna say that definitely hits.

Sophie: 16 plus 5 is 21. For all of you that have a hard-on for stats.

[CHUCKLING]

Sophie: Okay. And it’s going to make 1d12 + 3 [DICE ROLLS]

Mara: Shit!

Sophie: Another 12! 12 + 3. 15 damage

Joe: Oof!

Mara: Huh! None of us are looking to hot. Well. Lazza’s fine.

Credence: I’ve got . . . I mean. We never rested, so I still only have 20 hit points?

Joe: Mmmmm?

Mara: Yeah, but compared to Joe’s 2 and my 3 . . .

Credence: Yeah, if we could do a mass heal, that would be raaaaaad.

Sophie: So next in the order is Orc 3! Top of the order. Who is going to make an attack on Lazza

Credence: Alright

[DICE ROLLS]

Sophie: 14 . . . + 5 . . . 19?

Credence: How the fuck does he have a +5!? That just barely hits.

Sophie: Okay. 1 d12 + 3. 6

Credence: Total of 6?

Sophie: Yeah. Total of 6 slashing damage, which you have resistance to.

Credence: So that means I get 3? Damage, right?

Sophie: Yup.

Credence: Cool! Is it my turn yet?

Sophie: It is your turn. The Orc 3 that just attacked you looks very, very bad off. Very easy to kill. Orc 2 is completely undamaged and looks very robust. And the orog is obviously still doing fine.

Credence: Okay. I’m gonna go ahead and do a Reckless Attack on . .. Orc 2.

Sophie: Okay

Credence: I’m still also Enraged.

Sophie: Yup

[DICE ROLLS]

Credence: AHahah! Second one was a crit!

So I’m doing 1d8 er- like. I’m doing one handed battle axe. I’ve still got my shield out. So that means I roll .. . 3? D8s?

Sophie: Yeah. 3. Cuz you’re a barbarian.

Credence: Yeah because I’ve got the plus one damage dice for on a crit cuz of Savage Attack. And then it’s already a crit. So 3d8 . . . plus 6.

Sophie: Yup

[DICE ROLLS]

Credence: We gotta 6 . . . got an 8! . . . and another 8! So that’s 22 plus . . . 6. So that’s gonna be 28.

Sophie: You take this thing’s head right off.

Joe: Nice

Credence: Excellent! I think When Lazza’s enraged, she’s just like . . .

Joe: UNSTOPPABLE

Credence: Well. I think she’s like laughing like she’s having a ton of fun, but she’s also like screaming in rage. Like it’s back and forth and she’s just . . . a little deranged? But y’know she’s focusing really nicely on what she’s doing, so there’s that.

Sophie: Okay! Next in the order is Defiance

Joe: Okay! So. What is left?

Sophie: Orc 3 is looks really bad off and the orog is looking fine.

Mara: Wait. I thought Lazza just killed Orc 3?

Credence: No. I went after Orc 2 which hadn’t been hit at all.

[CHORUS OF OH’S]

Sophie: Fuckin’ destroyed it in one hit. And that was the toughest of all the orcs. Just so you know.

Joe: Nice! Credence: Excellent. So the - honestly. [STAGE WHISPERED] I think you should heal.

Joe: Yup. So what I’m gonna do is I’m gonna . . . spend my last spell slot to cast Cure Wounds, but I’m also going to use the War Priest ability? I guess you’d call it? Just “Your god delivers bolts of inspiration to you while you are engaged in battle. When you use the attack action, you can make one attack as a bonus action.”

Sophie: But you’re not using the attack action

Joe: Aw fuck. You’re right. Hmmmm.

Sophie: So you gotta pick.

Joe: Shit. Well, I’ll have to use that next round I guess.

Sophie: You can cast a spell and a cantrip this round if there’s a cantrip you wanna cast.

Joe: Mmm. Yeah Maybe. Can I make one more perception check to see if among the people that got cut down, if I missed anybody?

Sophie: If you wanna re-roll your perception check, yeah.

Joe: ‘Kay. If maybe on a second look around [DICE ROLLS] [MUTTERING] That will beee . . . 17?

Sophie: Yeah. You saw everything that there was to see.

Joe: Aw fuck it. As a cantrip, I’ll do Thaumaturgy. I’ll make some of them tremors again. Maybe it’ll at least

Mara: Scurr it.

Joe: Yeah. Maybe it’ll give the orog or the other orc some sort of pause, like. [IN A SILLY VOICE] “Hmmm maybe there are others that we missed”

Sophie: Okay

Joe: You never know. Sophie:But you wanted to cast Cure Wounds?

Joe: But I cast Cure Wounds on myself.

Sophie: On yourself?

Credence: How - How’re you doing? Cuz Ellywick has 3 hit points.

Mara: They’re at 2.

Joe: I have 2 hit points.

Credence: Ooooh. Yeah go ahead and do that.

Mara: Yeah neither of us are well off right now. So.

Joe: Yeah. And if I’m not mistaken, doesn’t Ellywick have Cure Wounds as well?

Mara: I have Cure Wounds.

Sophie: Okay! Roll that dice.

Joe: [DEEP SIGH] Alright.

[SIMULTANEOUSLY]

Sophie: 1d8 plus your spell casting

Joe: [MUTTERED] 1d8 plus my spell casting

Joe: So. [LONG BREATH] [DICE ROLLS]. Aw. That’s disappointing. Just 6. So I’m up to 8.

Sophie: Okay.

Credence: It’s better than nothin’

Sophie: Next in the order is Ellywick.

Mara: Okay. Well. Ellywick is gonna cast Cure Wounds on themself. [DICE ROLLS] Euch! Uh! Christ! Okay. So I get 5 points back, so I am also now at 8 health points.

Joe: Heyyyyy!

Mara: And then as a free action, I’m gonna cast Vicious Mockery. One sec . . . Let me find an insult here.

Credence: Who’re you casting it on?

Mara: It would probably kill Orc . . . which number is it?

[CHORUS OF 3’s]

Mara: Orc 3

Joe: Yeah, whichever one’s left.

Sophie: They were brothers.

Joe: Whomp-whomp

Sophie: Orc 1, Orc 2, Orc 3

Credence: [SINGING] “Heyyyy, brother . . .”

Sophie: [FORCEFULLY] NO. DON’T.

Credence: Just fucking with ya

Sophie: It’s such a good song and it’s gonna make me cry. Especially with that Adventure Zone animation of it.

Credence: I know

Joe: Mmmmmm?

Mara: I think Ellywick is gonna turn to good ol’ Orc 3 and say

Ellywick: Hey! Fuck face! You’re the reason baby gnomes cry.

[DICE ROLLS TWICE]

Mara: For fuck’s sake. That’s a one.

Sophie: Okay. HE is damaged but not down.

Mara: Cuz I don’t add my spell attack bonus to that do I?

Sophie: Hold on. Let me look it up.

Mara: I wouldn’t think so . . . Yeah. I don’t think it does. - Oh! Also! Something I’ve been for- well I’ve just killed everything with it so far. It has disadvantage on its next attack.

Joe: Oh! Nice.

Credence: That’s good.

Joe: Yeah! That’s helpful. It’s the sort of thing that it would normally take pride in, but there’s some part of it that’s -

Sophie: Oh wait! Shouldn’t he have to take a Wisdom saving throw before he takes that damage.

Joe: Oh! Yeah.

Mara: Yeah!

[DICE ROLLS]

Sophie: 19

Joe: Shit!

Mara: Oh. He saves.

Sophie: Yeah

Mara: He’s proud then.

Sophie: He’s like

Orc 3: Yeah! I am! I am the reason baby gnomes cry

Joe: [AS ORC 3]: Glad you could recognize that.

Credence: [AS ORC 3]: I’ve worked really hard to build up this aesthetic.

[CROSSTALK AND CHUCKLING]

Sophie: Okay! What did you wanna-? Oh you cast Cure Wounds as your action.

Mara: Yyup

Sophie: Okay! Next up is the orog

Mara: [WHISPERED]: Fuck!

Sophie: Who is going to make another attack on Ellywick.

Mara: [WHISPERED]: Fuck!

Credence: [PAINED] Ohhh!

[DICE ROLLS]

Sophie: Hold on . . . . That was 13 vs. AC?

Mara: Urhg. Tie goes to the runner. FUCK!

Sophie: That is 1d12

Mara: [LAUGH/CRYING]

Sophie: 1d12 plus 4

[DICE ROLLS] 7 plus 4 11

Mara: Kay. I’m at 8-11. -3. So we’re gonna need to make some death saving throws

Sophie: Which is always exciting. Okay! Next in the order is Orc 3!

Joe: [SOFTLY] Yayyy!

Sophie: Who is going to make an attack on . . . I think he’s not the most strategic in the world, he’s just gonna keep making the attack on Lazza. [DICE ROLLS] Oof. Oof-a-doof-a! That is . .. 20 . . . something.

Credence: Yyyup.

Sophie: 20- something. 23.

Credence: Yyyyyuup. [DICE ROLLS] Was that a - it wasn’t a crit though, right?

Sophie: No. That is 13 slashing damage, which you are resistant to. So do we round up or down?

Mara: Up.

Sophie: Up. So 7 slashing damage.

Credence: Alright. I’m down to 10 hit points.

Joe: Shit.

Sophie: It’s gonna be very interesting if you all die here.

Mara: [SINGSONG] 13 more than I have~

Sophie: And that was the podcast!

Joe: Neat!

Credence: Is it my turn now?

Sophie: It is!

Credence: Does it count as an action to give someone a healing potion?

Sophie: Not to give one, but to use one.

Credence: Okay. So here’s the thing folks. I have a healing potion. But I feel like we’re better off trying to take these guys down. As quickly as possible.

Joe: Mmmmm

Mara: Yeah, I’d say that’s fair.

Credence: So like, I think I’m gonna attack to Orog this turn and then yeah .. . god dammit. Yeah. I think seeing Ellywick get taken down Lazza is going to do a Reckless Attack against the Orog and at this point she’s got her axe out. She’s put her shield away, she’s doin’ her axe two handed against this fucker.

Sophie: Okay.

[DICE ROLLS TWICE]

Credence: Oookay. So I’ve got . . . 25! Does that it?

Sophie: That hits

Credence: Alright, so I get 1d10 plus 6. That’s a 9! So 15 damage.

Sophie: Oof-a-doof-a

Joe: Nice!!!

Credence: Again, to the orog

Mara: Well and can you add Bless to attack rolls? Or is it only saving?

Credence: Oh! Can I add Bless to damage?

Sophie: Not to damage, but to attack rolls.

Mara: Aw okay.

Sophie: Yeah, which that already hit. Okay! He looks pretty bad off. The Orog does. Next in the order is Defiance.

Lazza: Take him down!

Joe: In that case . . .hmm. Curious about this. Since I’m technically gonna do an attack, can I do Spare the Dying on Ellywick and then the two attacks using that War Priest ability?

Sophie: Is that War Priest ability - does it say it’s a bonus action?

Joe: Yes

Sophie: Then, no. you can only have one bonus action.

Credence: I mean, I think Ellywick . . . You can cast Spare the Dying before Ellywick’s next death saving throw.

Sophie: IF! You’re up and alive.

Credence: Sorry, what?

Sophie: If Defiance is still up and alive.

Joe: Well then perhaps keeping more with the character, I’ll do Spare the Dying and then one attack.

Sophie: I mean, this is a pretty desperate situation, so I’m not gonna be like “That’s not a logical character choice”

Joe: No, I know. But . . .

Sophie: Cuz like, Ellywick hasn’t even made one death saving throw.

Credence: I think we should - I think you should try to do -

Joe: [RESIGNED]: I’ll do two attacks.

Sophie: Yeah. Cuz like. I’m the DM. Y’all can do whatever you want.

[DICE ROLLS]

Credence: Who are you attacking?

Joe: Can I split my attack between once with the orc and once with the oroc? Or do I have to attack the same thing twice.

Credence: I honestly - What kind of damage are you rolling? What does your warhammer do?

Sophie: Bludegeoning

Credence: Right. But like 1 d8

[CROSSTALK]

Joe: 1d8+3

Credence: Honestly, I think Lazza’s gonna shout

Lazza: TAKE OUT THE BIG GUY!

Credence: Cuz like, honestly. He still has his turn left and he does a lot of hits.

Joe: Yeah. That’s true.

Credence: 3 has already gone.

Sophie: I will say because you would have noticed by now, the orog is wearing plate armour which is very thick.

Joe: ‘Kay. And just so you know, I’m gonna do the extra Bless for both my attacks too.

[DICE ROLLS] So. Then . . .21 is the first attack. Second attack . . . 22.

Sophie: Those are both against the orog?

Joe: Yeah Sophie: Alright Yeah. Those are both gonna hit. Good job with that Bless spell.

Joe: Aw thanks. [DICE ROLLS] Auch. Bless.

[LAUGHTER]

Joe: Literally. Okay, So. First attack, 9 damage. Second attack is . . .11

Sophie: Okay!

Credence: TWENTY DAMAAAGE

Sophie: You just smash him in the chest twice and his platemail armour just collapses in and he goes down.

Mara: Whooo!

Joe: Auch! Thank god.

Mara: Alright time for me make a saving throw?

Sophie: Yup! Make a death saving throw, Ellywick.

Credence: Wait! So, the orog is dead?

Sophie: Yup! The orog is dead.

Lazza: YESS! GOOD JOB!

Sophie: Ellywick just rolled a critical 20 on a death saving throw so you are stable.

Mara: Oh! [CLAPS HANDS] That’s good!

Joe: Good!

Mara: I didn’t know that’s how that worked.

Joe: Yayyyyyy

Sophie: Yeah, It doesn’t work that way on a critical miss, but on a critical save, you are stable.

Mara: Bless!

Joe: Cool!

Sophie: Next is Orc 3 who is gonna run and make an attack on Defiance who just killed his boss.

[DICE ROLLS]

Joe: Alright

Sophie: What is that?

Joe: Yeah, that definitely hits.

Mara: 14

Joe: Yeah, I gotta 12.

Sophie: Okay. 1d12 + 3 [DICE ROLLS] [LAUGHS] That’s 4 damage.

Joe: Nice. Down to four.

Sophie: Kinda- Kinda clips ya

Joe: Argh.

Mara: ‘Sokay cuz clips pretty bad right now

Joe: Right. Auch. [SUCKS IN AIR]

Sophie: And actually, both of you that are still conscious go ahead and make a perception check.

Joe: Perception? Okay.

[DICE ROLLS]

Credence: I’m gonna add-

Joe: 13

Credence: I’m gonna add the Bless thing, cuz it’s on any check right?

Sophie: It’s not a saving throw or an attack, so no.

[DICE ROLLS]

Credence: Eh-heh. Lazza got a 6.

Sophie: Okay. I think Lazza doesn’t notice, but Defiance notices the gates of the town opening and people rushing out with like - armed people rushing out. So next in the order iiiis . .. . Lazza

Credence: Alright. Llazza’s fucking done with this shit. She’s going to Recklless Attack Orc number 3. Gonna add that d4 as well. Cuz we’re not - We’re not fucking around her. And she’s doing two handed battle axe. [DICE ROLLS] [MUTTERING] Okay . . . so there’s that one. I’m gonna roll both cuz I wanna see if I can crit [DICE ROLLS] Noooooo. Okay. First one was 19?

Sophie: Yup! That hits.

Credence: Alright, so we get 1d10 + 6 [DROPS DICE] Oops! Sloppy dice. Sloppy, sloppy dice. Alright she only hits for 8.

Sophie: Yup! That is more than enough. You kill this last orc as the village militia runs up to you.

Credence: Phbth. Oh boy

Lazza: I’m not one of them! I just - I just stopped ‘em!

Sophie: Okay. So. Yeah. You all are the remaining villager that you spared - and kind of all the bodies are brought in.

Joe: I thought there was like 2? And then one that I spared that got cut down.

Credence: No there was two - well two died earlier. And then we got four . .. .

Sophie: Oh yeah! There were four remaining villagers and they ran off and they were actually probably pounding on the doors and they’re what allerted the local militia that something was even up.

Joe: Okay! Gotcha, gotcha.

Credence: And then the four who went down, you stabilized one of them?

YEah

Joe: I’ll carry that one in.

Sophie: Death shrouds are put over the lost, and

Mara: Ellywick unconsciouses unconsciously

Credence: Lazza’s carrying . . .I think Lazza picked up Ellywick. I think Lazza picked up Ellywick and is kind of barking orders at the people making sure that they’re really carefluy with Kenway. And like, also kind of trying to make sure that they don’t do anything with Kenway until Ellywick is awake.

Mara: Awwwe

Sophie: Okay. Yeah.

Joe: Say some last rights for them.

Sophie: I think that’s the episode. The next one we will deal with the conclusion of this and some table talk

Mara: Cool!

Credence: Lookit! Lazza cares about Ellywick.

Mara: [LAUGHING] I know, I know.

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