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mytragedyperson · 8 months
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So I was watching one of thise lucaya compilations
And I never realised that in girl meets sneak attack, the way he looks at Maya. Like it's quite a soft look. And Mayas not even looking at him so didn't realise it. I did not expect to be back on my Lucaya bullshit in 2023, but sometimes you remember the cruel way girl meets world fucked up her character, and honestly Riley and lucas characters as well. No one came out of this storyline looking good, except maybe Smackle and Zay who, from my knowledge, seems content to stay out of it and let them figure it out for themselves. And then i remember lucaya and what we could have had and then I just get sad.
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cloudofbutterflies92 · 6 months
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Call of Duty OC:Eden“Spectra”Park
PERSONAL INFO
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Name: Eden Johanna Park Mason
Alias: Spectra [She has several aliases however, as MI6 agent she must maintain anonymity about her true identity]
Rank: Agent
Age: 28(in 2022)
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Native Language: English
OtherLanguague(s): Italian, Russian, Ukrainian(A little bit), German, Spanish, Arab, French, Japanese
Date of birth: November 17 1994
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Eye color: Olive green
Hair color: Raven black [But in the past she has had different hair colors such as blond, green, red, and blue. And she has also had them shaved]
Height: 5’3’’/1.60 cm
Body type: Lean
Bloody type: 0 negative
Faceclaim: Margaret Qualley
Relationship/Family
Grandmother: Helen Park
Mother: Anna Park
Father: Andrew Mason(deceased)
Love interest: Simon ”Ghost” Riley
Best friends: Chloe Valentine, John “Soap” Mactavish; Kyle “Gaz” Garrick
Friends: John Price; Alyssa Price (@alypink ,wife of John), Kate Laswell, Alejandro Vargas, Rodolfo Parra, Reggie [Another OC, inspired by Wrench from Watch Dogs] Valerie "Gorgon" Watson (@onehornedbeast OC) Maya “Pip” van Rijn(@justasmolbard OC)
Other: Alex Keller, Farah Karim, Yuri Volkov
Pet:Mr Orange, a orange cat that her and Simon adopted
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Affiliations
Task Force 141
Captain John Price
Lieutenant Simon ”Ghost” Riley
Sergeant John ”Soap” Mactavish
Sergeant Kyle ”Gaz” Garrick
Lieutenant Maya “Pip” van Rijn(@justasmolbard OC)
Mexican Special Forces
Colonel Alejandro Vargas
Sergeant Major Rodolfo Parra
Special Officer Alyssa Martinez Price(@alypink )
SASR(Australian Special Air Service Regiment)
Valerie "Gorgon" Watson(@onehornedbeast)
MI6
Helen Park
Agent Reggie
Anna Park
CIA
Station Chief Kate Laswell
Operation Alex Keller
ULF
Commander Farah Ahmed Karim
Personality and Traits
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Introvert: She is not very disposed to the social life, preferring a good glass of wine in front of the fireplace in her home rather than the hectic life as a social butterfly, however doing her job as a secret agent she is very good at being able to hide her character, becoming the most social person in this world and using her manipulative techniques to get to the goal.
International Relations ability: Having a degree in international relations Eden was always sent by MI6 to a variety of places around the world to negotiate, interrogate, and even kill enemies who threatened the British government despite being very young, thanks in part to the help of her grandmother Helen, who instructed her on how to become the perfect agent.
Sarcasm: If there is one thing Eden specializes in it is finding sarcasm in situations even where it is the last thing a person might think of (ask Ghost during their mission in Russia just to give an example)
Camouflage: Being a spy Eden is capable depending on the situation that requires her to perfectly disguise herself in the role during the mission.
Profession and Skills
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Profession Background and Main Skill: Bachelor's degree in international relations, with a master's degree in languages
Current Profession: Secret agent specializing in international negotiation for SIS, currently stationed in England. Other affiliations include the British government/MI6/CIA/Task Force 141
Weapon Preferences: B&T VP9, Assault Rifle, M4, Soul Harvester, Fiber Wire
Combat style:Krav Maga, Bujutsu, Judo, CQC(Close Quartet Combat)
Personal Preferences
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Clothing Style: Dark Academia; Grunge, Femme Fatale
Favorite book: The Hellbound Heart-Clive Barker
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite drink: Argiano Brunello di Montalcino red wine, strawberry margarita, Pepsi, Monster
Favorite food: ramen, pizza, lasagna, carbonara
Favorite song: Cherry Waves - Deftones
FUN FACTS
•She studied in Italy under the false name of Selene Mastroianni until she finished high school linguistics (in Italy it ends around age 18) because her grandmother Helen being a 'secret agent' wanted her to study away from England.
•When she was sixteen she decided to shave her head to zero because she thought it was cool and played in a punk band.
•Her first tattoo, a small flower on her groin, was done when she was 17 illegally by a tattoo artist friend of hers.
•Eden has a scar on her belly, at the level of her uterus caused during a mission in South America
•Eden listens to various genres of music but the ones she likes best are grunge, punk, black metal, shoegaze and gothic.
Every weekend when there is visitation day at the nursing home for the elderly where Grandma Helen lives Eden happened to find Simon there playing chess with her grandmother and drinking some excellent black tea.
Eden tends to burn easily in the sun; in fact, one of the things she does in her routine is to put on sunscreen, even in the winter because her skin is so delicate that it quickly turns red.
Other habits Eden has are to bite her lips often, walk back and forth in tense situations, and carry a stress ball to avoid going into outburst.
Background Story/Biography
Eden was born in Birmingham in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Soon after her birth her father Andrew and mother Anna moved to Bexley to be closer to Eden's grandmother, the legendary Helen Park. There Eden spends the early part of her childhood, although her mother began to bear a grudge against her and treat her badly.
Since she was little, Eden has always wanted to discover the world, also thanks to the passionate stories of her father Andrew, a well-known English poet and professor. However, one evening, while they were all in bed apart from her grandmother Helen, on a business trip a fire broke out in their residence due to her mother, who had now fallen into the abyss of alcohol after being fired from MI6 which cost the life of her father. From that moment on, Eden's resentment towards her mother grew even more and without a chance for forgiveness, their destructive relationship led Eden's grandmother to ask for custody of her granddaughter.
When she turned 14, her grandmother Helen had her enrolled in a well-known linguistic high school in Rome, where she met her best friend Chloe Valentine. Those years were full of rebellion for her but also of so much freedom that then made her mature as a person.
At 18 she returned to England where, with great commitment, she managed to obtain a bachelor degree in international relations resulting in a master's degree in languages at the University of Oxford at the age of 26 and at the same time began training in MI6, despite her grandmother being against it.
In a short time, Eden managed to make a name for herself within the famous English spy agency, being nicknamed Spectra because she left no trace of herself in her missions.
One day, in January 2019 her grandmother Helen ordered her to investigate a group of Russian ultranationalists with the collaboration of Kate Laswell, Station Chief of the CIA and Herschel Shepherd, general of the US Navy. After that mission, Helen would retire, after many years of work within MI6.
With the orders received Eden reached Russia, where she managed to intercept through some informants that there is a known chemical gas compound that could be launched in Urzikistan. The mission was also in collaboration with the SAS, which had sent its best man: Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley. The information should have been extorted from a well-known former Specnaz who ran a club in the city of St. Petersburg. The two together managed to infiltrate the club, posing as a couple there to have fun and capture the target after a very violent scuffle with his henchmen , after hours and hours Eden and Ghost managed to get information about the cargo. With the available information Eden is reached by Alex Keller, who manages to intercept the compound but he is attacked by a group of unknown enemies.She will come to discover that the cargo had been transported to a different area and that Kulikov had been used as a red herring to allow the enemy to hide the material and take time.
Between Modern Warfare I and Modern Warfare II
Eden was sent to Verbansk in late March 2019 to investigate a threat from a Russian ultra-nationalist group whose leader was Vladimir Makarov together with Ghost. The two, recovering information, managed to intercept a coded message in which they spoke of a terrorist attack within the next few days.
Modern Warfare II
The relationship between Eden and Ghost during this period is full of ups and downs, especially when Eden learns that Ghost has been sent by Sheperd and Laswell on a mission to Al Mazrah working with the Shadow Company. Eden does not trust Commander Graves and warns Ghost of the danger of the mission, but her grandmother persuades her by saying that they have a common goal: to stop Hassan Zyani, heir to General Ghorbrani who may pose a threat to the entire world.
I'm not very good at creating bios but I hope it was done well😭, it took me a whole day to make it and I hope you like it
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starlightsweetheart · 11 months
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Some friendship... (also I'm fucking up past and present tenses, but idgaf)
You know I just realized how absolutely humongous a crock of shit the whole Maya turning into Riley because she's getting better grades thing is, and that Riley only was accusing her of that because of Lucas. I mean, I knew it was bullshit before, but I never really though of how gigantic a 💩 it was until today.
Girl Meets Father is the fourth episode of season one. In that episode, Cory gives Maya an F on her test. Maya gets upset that she failed the test.
Maya tells Riley that "sometimes, I'm not so proud of who I am".
Maya tells Riley and Cory that she "tried to write like I was smart", Riley responds that Maya is smart.
Cory corrects Maya on one answer of the test saying "it's a tiny difference but an important one. Because if you know it, Maya, you don't fail". Maya then replies "I want to not fail".
Riley was encouraging Maya, while Cory was quizzing her on the subject of the test.
Maya says to Cory: "I just don't wanna fail, Mr. Matthews.
We go from that (Riley encouraging Maya to grow and better herself) to season three, Girl Meets Triangle, where Riley accuses Maya that the person that Maya has grown into is not who she really is.
Riley tell the art teacher that "Maya's a rebel". That Maya dances on teachers' desks, is the queen of detention and the president of Mayaville.
Riley is saying that Maya needs to be fixed because "she's been getting good grades, she's behaving all over the place".
Maya tells Riley, "I'm me! I've always been me, I'm always gonna be me! Nothings going to change that!", Riley retorts with"you haven't stood on a teachers desk or been in detention for a long time. You sold your house in Mayaville and you moved to Rileytown."
No matter what Maya says, Riley keeps insisting that Maya turned into her, blah blah blah.
Riley goes on about how Maya's style has changed towards Riley's style.
So, in the beginning of the series Riley was encouraging Maya to grow and do better. Maya even told Riley that she's not proud of who she is. Maya does mature and grow...
THEN Riley finds out that Maya likes the same guy as her. That can't happen, she can't have Lucas choosing Maya; so she accuses Maya of becoming her and wants Maya to become that failure that Maya thought she was in the beginning of the series (plus telling Maya that while Riley will have one husband, Maya will go through 5 husbands and that Lucas won't be one of them). Riley accuses Maya pulling the fire alarm, of stealing from the cafe (for me, that kind of accusation is something that a friendship can never bounce back from) and she basically forces Maya to revert back to the person she wasn't proud of being, to believe that she doesn't deserve good things or good guys... all because they like the same guy.
Thus, by the end of the series; Riley destroyed all of Maya's growth and forced Maya's regression and Riley became a hypocrite.
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fandomcrazy6226 · 8 months
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*cracks knuckles*
Alright, I may get shot down completely for this but I think most of the Girl Meets World fans COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTAND the love triangle.
Now I know that sounds like an exaggeration but trust me with all the posts I've seen about it, it very much is not.
All of the people saying lucaya should've been endgame are 100% missing how the love triangle happened and even the end results, which were that Maya and Lucas didn't even like each other in that way.
The entire triangle stems from Maya's identity crisis where she loses herself and becomes more like Riley, and when she becomes like Riley she starts to experience Riley's feelings for Lucas to make sure he's good for her. And because she's becoming like Riley and also Riley saying her and Lucas are "siblings" (they are not), Lucas starts liking Maya as well.
The whole resolution to the triangle is Maya refinding herself and realizing that she never liked Lucas romantically, and Lucas realizing that he likes Riley, always has and always will, and he only liked Maya because she was Riley at the time.
And at the end of the day it doesn't even matter, because the real point was to show that no matter what they go through, Riley and Maya are still best friends and will always be best friends and will always be there for each other.
Also I feel like I should mention how Josh fits into this because that is also a thing that people get wrong. Josh isn't the bad guy in this situation, and Maya isn't wrong to like him. Three years isn't a very big age gap, especially when Maya is much more mature than her age would typically be. And Josh isn't a groomer for saying he'll wait, either. I know some people have big issues with that, but to me it's a really sweet and smart way to go about things and not any kind of evil or irredeemable action.
(For the record, I'm not anti- any of the ships here. I'm not anti-lucaya, anti-joshaya, anti-rucas, or even anti-riarkle. I don't care what you ship, I just want people to understand this story and why things ended up how they did in regards to these ships and characters)
(Also for the record, I am open to this starting a respectful discussion in reblogs/comments, but please keep it respectful and don’t turn this into any kind of flame war)
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descendantesarchive · 7 months
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name    ⎯⎯    riley hope matthews
meaning    ⎯⎯    courageous  (riley);  faith  (hope);  gift of god  (matthews)
aka    ⎯⎯    riles  (maya and lucas);  darling, honey, pumpkin, sunshine, sweetie  (maya)
one photo of your muse you like    ⎯⎯
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three headcanons    ⎯⎯
her middle name is hope - and from time to time, she resents that fact because she feels her middle name is something her family and her friends take too literally. for as long as she's known them, she's been their hope, their beacon of positivity and light, and while it has its upsides, it has its downsides too. her family and her friends are so afraid of riley becoming 'tainted' that they coddle her, they hide things from her, and they simultaneously mock the fact that she's so optimistic and etc. and refuse to let her grow and change alongside the rest of them.
she had very little confidence in herself before 'the triangle' and after, her confidence levels are... nonexistent. prior to 'the triangle', she already wanted to be maya because maya was cool, maya was fun, everyone preferred maya and when lucas who liked her first started liking maya too... it shattered a piece of her and that piece is still shattered today. to make matters worse, over the course of the show, her own parents started to favor maya more. even if most times it was a joke, it still hurt her deeply.
in the same vein as the above headcanon, when someone shows interest in her, she has a difficult time believing that interest will last and in relationships, she needs constant reassurance.
three things your muse likes doing in their free time    ⎯⎯
drawing, painting, etc. even though she's terrible at it in her own and everyone else's opinion.  observing.  often, and especially if she's on her own,  she sits in / near a window or somewhere public and just...  observes the world and the people in it.  watch and re-watch red planet diaries.  (which based off the title i'm assuming is supposed to be similar to the vampire diaries.)
a phobia your muse has    ⎯⎯
being forgotten. being replaced. losing someone that she cares for and loves. her friend circle falling apart and growing distant with each other.
one thing your muse regrets    ⎯⎯
it isn't a regret per se but. unbeknownst to everyone because it isn't something riley will willingly talk about, when she thinks back to 'the triangle', riley looks at that time of her life and the entire situation with indignation and she looks at maya with a little bit of resentment only because of the lasting effects its had on her and her confidence levels.
people your character likes / loves    ⎯⎯
lucas friar  (@amesstms)
jj maybank  (@favcritecriime)
auggie matthews  (@gcldenmemories)
sonny munroe  (@snnydcys)
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tagged by... @gcldenmemories hehe. tagging... if you haven't done this yet, do it now.
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silver-inked · 2 years
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What is a ship you hate that most people like?
Josh and Maya from girl meets world. And now, yes I am a lucaya shipper, but this is totally separate to that.
I don’t think Josh and Maya had good chemistry, it always felt forced and the whole “for the long run” thing never sat right to me because Maya is a character with trust issues and at that point in her development the last thing she needed as a freshmen in high-school, was a promise from a guy entering college. Maya deserves better than that, because she would have waited (or at least for a while) and she deserves to find good relationships out of that.
I personally hate that arch in GMW, I think the whole “Maya has become Riley” is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. (Excuse my language but it’s true).
I love GMW and have rewatched it more than I’d like to admit, and that arch was a mistake because of how it handled the love triangle but most importantly how it treated Maya’s character.
Maya from the very beginning is a very confident person when it comes to her friends and who she portrays herself to be because she uses it to hide her insecurities. She learns to open up, to trust herself and to trust others throughout the show. Riley is her rock just like she is Riley’s rock. And yea, Maya starts to use different clothing and stops going off the railings after a good while, but isn’t that the point of her development? Maya uses clothing that literally everyone in her class uses, everyone in her age group, it’s also not extremely weird of her to use it. And yea Maya calms down, and yes starts to ignore her feelings and suppress them, which is bad, but the way the show handled it was horrible.
Yea, the arch with Maya having to think back on who she was to connect to who she is and wants to be is a good arch in concept. I would have loved to see it done better. The mural scene is iconic and fits perfectly with her development. The potencial of this love triangle / identity arch is so big, and it was waisted.
But comparing both girls by braking them into stereotypes only pushed back Maya’s development. Because up until now Maya has been learning to open up (about everything but her crush), but then she is not only being told her feelings aren’t valid, but also that she’s become her best friend and that’s infuriating to me. Because that cuts the growth in her figuring herself out, it creates a wall between both girls and also makes Maya question herself more than she needs to. Because a lot of what she was doing wasn’t odd, maybe a bit out of character and that should (and was addressed), which I think is important, but the method was so bad.
There is room for Maya development in the area they were aiming but telling Maya her feelings are just a replica of Riley’s is so messed up.
I am not convinced she was more into Josh than Lucas. Joshaya never seemed like an endgame it always seemed like a childhood crush, and the fact that they treated it like an endgame made me so sad because Maya deserves better than that.
Maya doesn’t need to end up with Lucas, I’d be fine with that, as long as Joshaya wasn’t end game.
Because Joshaya being end game means that Maya will have to “wait for him” which is messed up in itself. But also she would never address her feelings (or previous feelings if your not a lucaya shipper) for Lucas and instead deny them for the sake of all her friends. It’s a big miscommunication issue bound to explode later in life and it would be angry and destructive by then:
Because Riley should not have said Maya was Riley. Even if it’s true that Maya wanted what Riley had, it’s so out of character for Maya to become her, and in my opinion she didn’t, instead Maya lost her own motives and goals because she was trying to make Riley happy. Maya hid her feelings for years, and then when they came to light she did everything to try to minimize them, and by the point she was accused for being Riley, the lines were to blurred and messed up for both Riley and Maya. Maya always does everything to make Riley happy, and this was just a sad example of that.
Plus, and most importantly I hate so so so much that Lucas had no say in who he liked. Both girls sacrificed their feelings for each other. Then Riley decided Maya’s feelings were a confusion and then Maya decided to back off and “wait for the long run” and Lucas never got a say in the very end.
So I hate Joshaya because it does Maya so dirty and that final arch had so much potencial but instead in my opinion it was an emotional disaster.
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27emailsicantsend · 2 years
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Ahh the Gina 1.0 is starting to sound like Maya become Riley I sort of hate it lol I think there's nothing wrong with Gina being ambitious. I hope if she goes there Ricky is the one to don't mind about it and give us some beautiful line a la Riarkle 'You always been Riley that's your permanent record' something 'Gina 1.0 2.0 3.0 you always been Gina for me, the Gina I'm in love with' go Ricky give us everything and Tim too
Yes, I think the 1.0 is intentionally supposed to be like that maya being Riley thing. Gmw didn’t get a fourth season to explore this (😠) but that was EXACTLY what was supposed to happen. We were supposed to see that Maya was reflecting the best parts of Riley. Not that she WAS Riley, but that maya’s growth came from Riley and vice-Versa. That she was still maya, but a better version because of the people she was around. This is what we see with gina when she is talking about balance. She had 1.0 and 2.0, so now she is finding her middle ground. She knows she’s her best with some ambition and some leniency. What we see here is gina feels like she falls so far to either side that she is either “too much” or “not enough”. She’s probably felt this constant need to change and be different than who she is. This is where ricky helping her see that the way she is, the “constant” of just being gina, is good enough. It would be really sweet to have ricky say something about “it doesn’t matter what version you’ve been, every version of you is enough, because you’re gina. You’re just right.”
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Thanks for the tag @vaguely-functional-directions !
✨10 fandoms, 10 characters, 10 tags✨
1. Isadora Quagmire (asoue)
My funky little sapphic poet! While not much of a personality in canon sadly, the fandom has built her as a sassy, clever and just wonderful girl and I just love her. I also love her name. Literally Isadora is the name that's on top for me to name my future daughter.
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2. Brittany S. Pierce (Glee)
Brittany gets me. I get Brittany. Listen... when I was in middle school, I was in a... not very nice class. People basically did not let me be myself, because every time I was myself I was "weird", "annoying", etc. So, as a way to provoke them, I acted even more weird and annoying than I actually was and as a defense mechanism I tried to confuse them - cause if I confused them, they would leave me alone and I would "win" the argument.
I really see that with Brittany. But in her case, it has gone so far that she actually believes it herself, and it makes her not succeed in school because she has believed she's dumb (when she's actually super smart). When people call Brittany annoying and strange, I just feel like they don't understand her like I do.
Love ya, Britt-Britt <3
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3. Francesca Caviglia (Violetta)
Where do I begin? Francesca has been my very favorite from the beginning. Not only is she super talented, I also always loved how much she cares about her friends. She's also... me. Like not only with things she says but also how she acts. Just see how she acts when her friend sings? Her facial expressions? Her little hand movements? Random noises? ME.
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I have SO many Fran pictures but why not take my profile pic, *puts hair behind ear in bisexual*
4. Jessi Glaser (Big Mouth)
I talk about Big Mouth once a year, and that's when a new season drops. People have been critical of this show, calling it gross and inappropriate... but you know that, it's super funny and it came out right when I needed it. So shut up.
Jessi is... honestly my favorite out of the kids. She always has something to fight or struggle with, and that's when you get so happy for her when she pushes through it, and becomes stronger. She also has the best hormone monstress.
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5. Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)
At first, I didn't think much of her, but after watching season 3 she instantly became my fave. And in season 4?? AUGH!!! <333
Max is honestly. Iconic. I love her so mcfucking much I can't even express it. I cried in the last ep of s4 when I, for a moment, actually thought she was lost. She made s4, and she made s3. She's a queen, she's a girlboss, she's a precious angel and a badass. She's everything.
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6. Yamila "Yam" Sanchez (Soy Luna)
When first watching the show, I totally expected Ámbar to be my favorite (and I LOVE Ámbar and writing and obsessing over her) but NO ONE TOLD ME about Yam. NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AMAZING GIRL?!??!
Literally she... she acts like I would in so many situations. She's so chaotic, but at the same time so talented and an amazing friend. While she's the ultimate chaos girl, she's also really down to earth. When she isn't a tornado goofball, she's the one to talk some sense into her friends.
Also 70% of her tag is just my own posts and I lowkey look forward to the day someone goes through her tag (which barely happens cause no one looks through Jim or Yam's tags) and just likes them all
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Also I had very little pictures of Yam alone (a lot of them are with Jim), so I picked this one simply because it brings no context at all and also it's chaotic. Why is she crawling? I dunno
7. Riley Mattews (GMW)
SUNSHINE BABY GIRL. I love her and Maya equally, but I picked her simply because people have an easier time hating on her for just existing. I don't like that. Stop that. I also relate to her a lot (we've established at this point that I personally relate to the "weird girls").
With that said, without Maya she's not herself. She needs Maya. They're soulmates, they complete each other. I am also happy they were "endgame" and definitely dated without realizing <3 I mean, in one of the last episodes Riley LITERALLY GOES "Maya, what if we don't care about our boyfriends as much as we care about each other?"
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8. Ashlyn Caswell (HSMTMTS)
ASHLYN IS MY CANON JEWISH BISEXUAL AND I LOVE HER SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has been my favorite since the beginning. A smiling little goofball that deserves the world. She has so much love to give, she cares so much about everyone she knows. Also, I really felt she wasn't straight from the beginning. Shipped her with Nini in s1 due to their piano duet and shipped her with Gina in s2. Her journey in s3?? OH MY GOSH sadaffg
I CAN PERSONALLY RELATE TO BEING HUGGED BY A GIRL AT CAMP AND HAVING AN "OH" MOMENT. LITERALLY THAT HAPPENED TO ME. NOT JOKING.
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9. Beverly Marsh (IT)
Beverly... gosh, she's special to me. Not only was she the most interesting character to follow in the 2017 movie, she was also the most interesting character to follow in the book. When I read the book, I overanalysed everything Beverly-related. Like, to the point where I could recite what the friends she had outside of the losers club were named (I don't remember anymore except for Kay McCall but that was when Bev was an adult, there were so many random characters in that book that were just mentioned as "oh, this was their friend when they were 7 also they borrowed them this book")
Protect Beverly at all costs.
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10. Casey Gardner (Atypical)
Wow me?? Ok, no, I don't like running tracks like she does (I have asthma so running is the worst for me) but like... her energy? I feel like the way she talks and gestures... me!!
I don't know what else to say hahaha but I love her
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Alrighty! So, I now need to tag people too. No pressure on doing this, though! Tagging:
@ven10 @broke-on-books @countessofravenclaw @moonlark-sparkles @sapphic-squid @funkyliloboist and honestly anyone else who wants to! <3
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bringmemyrocks · 1 month
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'I was staring at my father in the mirror one day when it occurred to me he didn’t look like his reflection. I said, Do you think that is your face? He looked at me like I was setting up a joke. I wasn’t. With the mirror reversing his image, it was clear that his eyes weren’t in the right place. It looked like someone was trying to re-create him, but they couldn’t line up his lips right, and everything got thrown off a hair. That’s not your face. It was the first time it occurred to me that we will never really see our own faces. We can see a mirror, and it’s doing its best—but that is not your face, just an image of it, reversed and distorted. I remember thinking how much more handsome my father was in real life. I wanted to tell him but couldn’t find the words. So I just grabbed him and stared. We need other people to see our own faces—to bear witness to their beauty and truth. God has made it so that I can never truly know myself apart from another person. I cannot trust myself to describe the curve of my nose because I’ve never seen it. I want someone to bear witness to my face, that we could behold the image of God in one another and believe it on one another’s behalf. Audre Lorde said, “Without community there is no liberation.” There is no promised land without a multitude. You think you can get there alone, and maybe by some rare chance you do. But what will become of the promise when it is collapsed by loneliness? Who is going to drink all that milk and honey with you?'
-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: from her chapter titled "Belonging"
This book of highly accessible, personal, narrative theology has been a tremendous source of strength for me this year. I highly recommend everyone read it, even those who aren't Christian or religious at all. It's incredibly personal so that differences in religion matter less and less while human and divine connections matter more.
From her website: "Cole Arthur Riley is, more than most things, a writer. Born and for the most part raised in Pittsburgh, Cole studied writing at the University of Pittsburgh, but traces her love of words back to her father, who would bribe her and her siblings to write poems and stories to get out of chores, or for cold hard cash; and her gramma who was part writer, part sage.
Cole is also the creator of Black Liturgies, a space that integrates spiritual practice with Black emotion, Black literature, and the Black body; and a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation where she serves as Curator.
Some thinkers who have formed her include, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, James Baldwin, Thomas Merton, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Julian of Norwich."
Her books are on Amazon, most used book websites (Abebooks, Thriftbooks, etc.) and are on Libby as ebooks and audiobooks for Americans with library cards.
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mytragedyperson · 1 month
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Just saw someone say that Lucaya don't end up together because their relationship isn't PG and honestly, I wouldn't be surprised. If these two were together, it would be spicier than Disney channel with its one kiss rule could allow. If it was on anywhere else they probably would have been given a real chance to explore their relationship without bringing in the Riley thing. They may not have been endgame but they at least would've explored that without the stupid Maya becoming Riley storyline that I hate more than anything
Also, I like how Maya just very clearly isn't as into Josh after the love triangle. Like, she still kinda likes him (or wants to at least), but she's not as intense about this as before. This could be her growing up but I choose to believe it's because she doesn't actually like him so isn't bothered if they end up together. Also I still find Riley's sudden support for Joshaya weird. Like, before the love triangle, she very clearly wanted Maya to get over her crush on Josh and just didn't want it to happen. But now, because it means Maya's over Lucas, she's all for it. That's another reason I think Maya did this, she's not truly over Lucas, she's doing what she always does, putting Riley before herself. But Josh is a safe way to stop people worrying or making sure she's okay with this. It's not a right now today commitment, it's a maybe someday.
I'm not tagging joshaya because I don't want ship wars and i prefer Lucaya. Also, this isn't hate towards Riley really. I don't actually have a problem with Riley for the most part, I just think she was gven some bad scripts and storylines that kinda contradicted and didn't make a whole lot of sense. She wants Maya to be happy and have hope and fight for the things she likes, to have the family and happiness she deserves, but when she does, it's suddenly a bad thing because "she's becoming Riley".
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💋 to Lucas from Jere
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It felt like every day in Cousins was some sort of holiday. Everyone was always having some sort of get-together and Lucas was more than happy to come. He didn't want to stay at home and think about the friends that he'd had to leave back in New York. He'd thought that for SURE that would be his family's last home, but he was wrong once more. Getting to know the people around Cousins was nice, they were definitely DIFFERENT from Riley, Farkle and Maya though. These kids seemed much more worldly, but then again he wasn't fifteen anymore. He was seventeen and these people were his age and older. Jeremiah was the nicest out of all of them, always welcoming to Lucas and he didn't know why, but maybe it was his southern charm that the other took a liking to? Sitting out by the pool, he was clad with his security blanket, AKA his cowboy hat. He'd kind of become overwhelmed with the amount of things going on in the house, so he'd come outside to catch some fresh air. At least there was some out here, unlike his last home. He sat on the edge of a chair, hands clasped in front of him as he glanced out over across the pool and scanned the horizon. Turning his head back when he heard someone approaching, he smiled up at Jeremiah and greeted him with a, "howdy". His eyes followed the other as he took a seat right next to him and Lucas smiled. "Jeremiah, you comin' out here to check up on me?" He questioned, turning to face the other fully. "Why're you lookin' at me like that?" Did he have something on his face? Then his hat was being pushed back and Jeremiah was leaning in to kiss him and Lucas was sucking in a breath because he was surprised and slightly confused. He didn't pull back and let his eyes fall shut while his hat fell right from his head. Once Jere broke the kiss and pulled away, Lucas opened his eyes and stared at him. "Well, boy howdy - - - what was THAT for?"
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damagcdsouls · 2 years
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honestly s3 of girl meets world felt like a huge example of character regression for pretty much all the characters, especially riley. and i love gmw so much, it really is one of my biggest comfort shows, but there’s a part of me that is grateful nowadays it ended when it did because it really felt like it was already starting to downhill in s3 and lose a lot of it’s spark and that the writers weren’t even trying anymore. i think s2 was probably the best of the series and honestly i take most characterization for my gmw characters from s2, just obviously a bit more matured/developed as i tend to write their main canon being in hs. but like - developed in a good way/actually moving forward and not just feeling like - we’re going backwards with character development ...
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iridescentis · 3 years
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REASONS WHY MAYA HART WAS A LESBIAN AND RILAYA SHOULD'VE BEEN ENDGAME
It is currently 1am and I have Rilaya brain rot and so even though the Girl Meets World fandom is hanging on by a thread and I haven’t posted in a year here we go. 
Both the Josh and Lucas 'crushes' are the most typical sign of comphet; Josh is too old for Maya and Lucas was pre-established as having a thing with Riley, meaning both unattainable.
Following on from this, Maya goes through an entire arc trying to determine how she likes Lucas and is incredibly stiff when trying to make it work. Also her 'crush' on Josh is unusually enthusiastic and she only decides she likes him when she figures out she doesn't like Lucas LITERALLY FORCING HERSELF TO LIKE ONE OF THE TWO BECAUSE SHE THINKS SHE HAS TO.
The ski lodge episode was poorly written - the whole 'she wanted to protect Riley so she felt what she felt' made no sense whatsoever, and completely erased her own character growth. The only reason the writers implemented that episode was to get both a resolution to the triangle and a throwback to Boy Meets World done in the same episode. The fact that Riley stayed up talking with Lauren's son and it resulted in nothing showed that it was just for reference purposes.
Josh completely took advantage of Maya and willingly admitted to LIKING A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD FRESHMAN GIRL AS AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD MAN IN COLLEGE.
Throughout the entire triangle plotline, Maya was confused. She never even SAID she had definite feelings for Lucas, Riley assumed she did and it went from there. It was the most clear sign that she was doing what she thought she was meant to - Riley was going out and liking boys like everyone else and Maya only ever 'liked' boys she couldn't have. 
"I don't know what I like anymore" The usage of 'what' and not 'if I like him'; she was definitely questioning her sexuality here why else would she be that vague. (+Riley saying "Woah" thought I'd point that out)
Maya 100% has feelings for Riley. It's not even a question. 
Unrelated but Maya and Riley are much more like Jack and Eric than Cory and Shawn, especially Riley - she is not as much of Cory and Topanga as the show forces, she is pure Eric Matthews. 
Upon seeing Riley get a crush on the new guy, Maya IMMEDIATELY resorted to making fun of him and being abundantly clear that she doesn't think of him as a threat ("[be scared] of ranger rick? sure honey you be as scared as you want") 
THE CAMPFIRE SCENE
"I just want it to stop it's bad enough I've been keeping this from her all this time"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME
That sentence is the most Denial™ line I have ever heard since "he's just my roommate"
We were robbed of a Rilaya country dancing scene
THE WAY THEY HOLD EACH OTHERS FACES
Riley is consistently uncomfortable around Lucas: It may have just been Disney's censored writing style but the fact that the two dated twice, and yet their 'romantic' advances were the most awkward things to watch. The lip peck on the train was the closest they got to being comfortable around each other, all the other hand holding and stuff was stiff and forced. Kind of a stretch because that's up to the actors, director and Disney but still, the relationship was unbelievably forced.
HOW I WOULD'VE WRITTEN A RILAYA PLOTLINE (this is in the case that GMW got more seasons)
A social studies teacher introduced, teaching a lesson on LGBTQ+ identities; this would lead to Maya doing her own research and becoming comfortable in her identity. (done in a way that avoids stereotypical coming out plotlines written by cishet people)
The whole group but more specifically Rilaya should've heard the story of Eric, Jack and Rachel. (In this plotline Jeric becomes canon and gets married because its my ideal and I make the decisions)
Maya has a long pining arc because she deserves real character development that didn't resolve itself in the span of 10 episodes.
Its already way to established that Riley works slowly and very much isn't the weekly relationships type but Maya should be. Especially during her pining arc because that is a perfect level of angst and portrays unhealthy coping mechanisms perfectly. 
RILEY TAKES A LONG TIME TO REALISE SHE LIKES GIRLS. Riley very clearly grew up privileged and blissfully ignorant, so its not going to be an immediate thing. Maya's understanding should be more fast paced than Riley's to maintain their contrast because its such an integral part of their relationship.
They get together during college. Their dorm/apartment has a bay window. They kiss in it. No important reason. It would just be very cute. 
Eric is the first person to realise there's something going on between Rilaya. I need more idiot genius in my life. 
THE FRIENDSHIP RINGS BECOME PROMISE RINGS. Not engagement rings because that's a stretch but a cute awkward scene where they have to figure out what to do with the rings now that they're dating would be perfect.
And that is all. Thank you. 
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👉🏼👈🏼 reasons behind Maya's song choices👉🏼👈🏼
Ahh! There are a lot of songs so I'll narrow the most important ones (also songs got added as we progressed in the story!)
Roadkill - Plot important song, established when she first showed up Russian Doll, FLAG, Please Put Me In A Medically-Induced Coma, Petrichor - Songs that describe her headspace, personal feelings, things she's done Smoke - Song to her persona that she maintained at parties, to who she kind of became after falling for someone Bad Friends, Hush - Songs for Riley 👀 So Mean - Kind of a cheeky thing for the players xcjkvklcx on how Maya became the way she is Nothing Can Kill Us - The Obligatory DJ x Maya yearning love song Kill V Maim - Maya does .. Bad Things 😳 Black Sheep - This song is for another character!! hahahaaa Siren, Heaven/Hell, @ My Worst - Songs that express her relative anxieties and desires about DJ Monster - Maya has goals, and she might do bad things, and she may also do good things, so this song is kind of about how she reflects on who she's become after all this time - not entirely regret but not ignorance either. In the end I think everyone will get a chance to judge Maya on her actions and we'll see how the consequences evolve from there 🤪 Hope that explains some of them hehe! "All the things she said" is the final song bc Maya has become sort of a tragic romantic in some ways and thats the OG lesbian song imo (plus it works plot-wise hjcgkvcx)
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fanficsbykay · 3 years
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Seven Days
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Summary: The Clique's Six annual reunion is coming up and so are a lot of secrets and changes. Can one week bring friends closer together, or further apart? Find out in Seven Days, based on the Mary J Blige song. Rucas Centric. Joshaya; Smarkle;
Word Count: 2,190 
Chapter 1:  A Friend of Mine
MONDAY
She tossed the thin dark purple cardigan on and listened to Maya rant about the inconvenience of their impromptu reunion. Riley giggled as Maya waved off a euphemism about Farkle and Isadora flying in late that evening. Riley grabbed her keys and shuffled Maya towards the front door. Maya groaned and leaned back into Riley’s arms purposely making it hard for the bubbly brunette to move her. 
“Maya,” Riley chastised and the blonde smirked. 
“Oh come on Riles, do we really need to go get party supplies? It's just us six!” Maya groaned. 
“Maya it's been a year since all six of us were together! Aren’t you excited to see our friends?” Riley pouted. 
“Yeah, I guess,” Maya said and rolled her eyes. 
Riley knew it was a front, and that Maya was just as excited as she was. Despite being close the clique six had spread out across the continent for college. Maya and Riley stayed true, and both got into NYU. While Riley went to Steinhardt for English Education, Maya found her calling at Tisch for Collaborative Art. Although in different programs, they became roommates in a cramped two-bedroom, a gift from their parents. Their friendship never wavered and if anything it got stronger over the last few years. As their junior year ended they wanted to celebrate with their best friends. In just mere months they would be college seniors, and then off to more school or careers. 
“Farkle got us a suite,” Riley teased and Maya grinned. 
“A suite? Okay, Minkus, guess that business degree is working after all,” Maya mused and stood up straight. 
As the girls found their place at NYU, Farkle and Isadora found their place at Stanford University. Although Princeton University was their goal, they both realized the move across the country would do them good. It was no surprise that both of them had done well successfully that they were graduating before their friends. Farkle in the fall will be attending Stanford Graduate School of Business and Isadora will start her Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Another reason for their motley crew of friends to come together. 
“It's more like a graduation gift from his parents,” Riley said and led Maya out of their apartment. 
“I can't believe those two geniuses are already going to their second degrees, I barely think I am going to make it out of my bachelor’s,” Maya groaned as Riley locked the door. 
The two linked their arms together and Riley giggled. 
“Maya you're doing great in school, As and Bs,” Riley exclaimed. 
“It's only because I am actually interested in school now, why couldn't we just jump to college?” Maya asked as they walked down the stairs. 
“That's not how life works,” Riley said as they left the apartment building. 
Loud city noises blare down the streets and the crowds shuffled through masses of New Yorkers. Both girls leaped into the mass and followed the flow down the street. 
“I hope Party City isn't crowded,” Maya said as Riley smiled brightly. 
A benefit of having an apartment in Union Square was that everything was close by to them. They could pop in, get some supplies and grab lunch all within walking distance. 
“I doubt it, no major holidays, just some graduations in a few weeks,” Riley said. 
“So … we talked about Smarkle, is there a particular someone you would like to talk about before we see them?” Maya teased. 
“Zay? I heard he might double major,” Riley shrugged. 
“What is he? Can he?” Maya asked as Riley nodded. 
“I mean he is a dance major, maybe he wants to do something in that field but more,” Riley said. 
“Sounds like a lot,” Maya mused. 
“I know but it's Zay, and Duke is letting him do it, why not take advantage?” Riley said 
Zay’s college choice was a surprise to all of them. They knew Zay was eclectic and loved to do different things, but they all assumed he would go back to Texas. He threw them for a loop when he decided to go to Duke University in North Carolina for Dance. They knew he liked ballet but didn't think he would take it on as a major. 
“Wait! You deflected! You know who I was talking about Riles. A certain cowboy down in Texas,” Maya teased. 
Lucas. 
Lucas’s choice was no surprise to Riley, she knew what he was interested in since they were in the seventh grade. So when he announced he was going to Texas A&M Riley was excited for him no matter what. They decided it was in their best interest to break up and stay as friends. Allowing one another to explore these new waters without being weighed down by a significant other. However, it didn't matter to Riley as she never found anyone to match Lucas on any level. Sure she went on dates and flirted around, but nothing was serious. No one was able to make her feel like he did. 
“Lucas?” Riley asked. 
“You said Huckleberry’s name, that's a big step for you,” Maya said with a grin. 
“I always say his name, it's you who insist on these nicknames, Maya we’re twenty-one now. Don't you think it would be a good time to drop the nicknames?” Riley asked. 
“What and miss out on annoying moral compass, do you know me Riles?” Maya fake gasped and Riley chuckled. 
“Yes I do, and to answer your question, there’s nothing to talk about, Lucas and I are friends, with the exception of Smarkle, we are all friends,” Riley said and directed Maya into Party City. 
“You two were always more than just friends,” Maya said as Riley dragged her towards balloons. 
“Why are we getting party supplies again?” Maya groaned. 
“Well while we are just becoming seniors, Farkle and Izzy are graduating. I thought it would be nice to have something like a little congratulations thing during our reunion,” Riley said as she perused gold and silver balloons. 
“Do we have to get gifts?” Maya asked. 
“I’m getting them cards, and I got them each something small, just a congrats thing. You don't have to, you know how I feel about gift-giving,” Riley said with a smile. 
“You love it you fruit loop, I guess I’ll look for something here,” Maya sighed and followed Riley down the aisles. 
As the girls scoured the store for supplies, they kept the conversation light about their friends. Catching one another up on information to prepare for the annual reunion. Maya laughed as she picked up small party favors and found two keychains for her friends. 
“Look one for each of them, the dollar sign for Farkle, and the brain for Izzy,” Maya said as she jingled them. 
Riley playfully rolled her eyes and smiled at her best friend. However, she knew the two would love Maya’s gift and treasure it because that is what friends do. 
“I have a special order to pick up,” Riley said as she walked towards the counter. 
“Special? Oh, Riles, what did you do?” Maya asked as Riley talked to the cashier. 
Riley emptied her basket of balloons, candy, and streamers. She smiled as the cashier revealed a bag with Stanford University decorations. 
“Of course,” Maya said. 
“It's going to be so much fun,” Riley said as the cashier rang up her things. 
“Fruit Loop, look I am going to the other cashier to pay for this, don't get any more supplies,” Maya chastised as she walked away. 
Riley playfully rolled her eyes once more and smiled as the Cashier scanned the items. Riley’s eyes caught a glimmer of gold and she saw a gaudy gold plastic necklace with a horseshoe. She bit her bottom lip in complementation and took the plunge. 
“Could I get that too?” Riley said as she pointed to the necklace. 
The cashier rang it up and gave her the total. Riley swiped her card with no hesitation and smiled as she was handed the bags. Maya had sauntered over with her small bag and raised her eyebrows. 
“Got everything?” Maya asked as Riley nodded. 
Riley sat at her desk as she edited her final paper for class. One click and she would officially be done with her junior year. However, she couldn't stop herself from continuously changing the ending. Something felt off, and she didn't know what it was. She glanced at the clock and saw it was well past 11:00 PM, and she was exhausted. She rubbed her eyes and stifled a yawn. 
Her phone vibrated and she glanced at it. It was a text but who it was, surprised her. She didn't know why he would text her so late but he had to have a reason. Sure they chatted outside the group chat but it was mundane, and not so late. 
Lucas: Hey you up?
Riley: Unfortunately, is everything ok?
Lucas: Yeah can I call?
Riley hesitated but ultimately confirmed that he could. Before she knew it, her phone was ringing in her hands. As she took a deep breath she picked up the call. 
“Hey,” She whispered.
“Hey,” Lucas responded. 
“Hey,” She repeated. 
“I thought we grew out of that,” He chuckled. 
“I thought so too,” Riley said as she leaned back in her seat. 
“Sorry to call so late it's almost midnight over there right?” He asked. 
“Yeah but it's fine I was up, I was working on my final paper,” Riley said as she scrolled through the document. 
“Riley Matthews hasn’t finished her homework, oh no the world is ending,” He joked. 
“Oh stop it, I have till tomorrow midnight to submit it but I wanted it done before … the reunion,” Riley said. 
“That's the Riley I know, am I interrupting? Do you want to finish it?” Lucas asked as he cleared his throat. 
Riley paused and leaned back in her chair. A part of her did want to finish the paper, but the other part of her wanted to know why he called, especially this late. 
“I think my brain is fried, I know something is wrong, I just can't put my finger on it, I can talk. What's up?” Riley said as she tried to make her voice sound light. 
“I kind of wanted to hear your voice,” Lucas said, his voice deepening. 
“My voice?” Riley questioned. 
“Yeah … I just needed to hear it. Talking to you has always been easy Riley, and I thought I would call one of my best friends,” Lucas said. 
Riley could tell something was wrong, but just like her paper, she couldn't put her finger on it. She twirled some hair around her finger and listened to him. 
“What did you want to talk about? Tomorrow?” Riley asked. 
“I’m excited to come home,” Lucas said and Riley could feel her heart race slightly. 
“Texas isn't home?” Riley asked. 
“No it isn't, not when everything I love is back in New York,” Lucas said 
“Like your friends,” Riley said. 
“Yeah but a particular one in mind. Plus I wouldn't feel so lost, and I think … I need to be found” Lucas said his voice lofty and Riley bit her lip. 
“Are you okay Lucas, you sound … off,” Riley asked as he chuckled. 
“You definitely know me the best, yeah I’m good, I had a drink and I think … it's getting to me. Don't mind me, I’m sorry for interrupting. Goodnight Riley,” Lucas said and hung up the call before Riley could say anything. 
Riley looked at the phone puzzled at what just happened. She thought about waking Maya but she decided against it. Instead, she crafted a long but well-intended text to the Texan. She needed him to know she wasn't judging him and that she was there for him. 
Riley: Hey, you sounded off. I know you said you drank but, it didn't seem like that was what was going on? You know you can talk to me always if you want to call back we can talk about what's bothering you. I hope you're okay Lucas, I’m always here for you. 
Riley sent the message and returned to her paper. She glanced at her phone every few seconds and waited to hear it vibrate back but it didn't. She sighed and started to type up her conclusion, so she could finally finish her paper. As she saved the document and uploaded it to her college portal, she checked her phone. Still nothing. As she submitted the paper, she got up from her seat and went to the bathroom to do her bedtime routine. 
Lucas crossed her mind with each task, and she wondered if tomorrow it would be easier to talk. She hoped all was alright, and she wished he would have told her what's wrong. As she finished her routine she bounded for her room. She flicked her light off and crawled into bed exhausted from the day. She grabbed her phone to plug it in to charge when she saw a new alert. She swiped through to see a response from Lucas.
Lucas: I love you. 
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sy5starplaty · 3 years
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Fire in the Water (Chapter 12)
12: Zay POV “Kissing the Canvas”
Or read from the beginning
Excerpt:
Keen on keeping his promise to be there for Maya when Josh wasn’t available, Zay formally asked her to be his date at the Winter Gala. He arranged an intricate proposal with paper snowflakes numbered with clues. Riley was in on the stunt, happy to lend a hand in making sure Maya found each clue in order. There were only three of them because even Zay knew Maya didn’t have the patience for much more. Zay’s sole intention with that proposal was to make Maya feel like she mattered. He couldn’t just ask her because she was his friend or because he liked sitting next to her. Besides, he’d noticed how quiet she’d become since the new year began. And while there were several things that were starting to concern him outside school and his friendships, Zay couldn’t ignore the girl who made him feel less like an outsider. He needed to return the favour.
Story Notes:
Focal ship: Lucas/Maya (slow burn ish)
Other ship dynamics: married Shawn/Katy, past Lucas/Riley, current Farkle/Isadora
Rating: Teen & Up (coarse language, sexual references)
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