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YOU KNOW WHAT?!? i miss dr. sharon!!! she would have gotten everyone’s shit together and told roy to stop suppressing his urges to fuck jamie tartt & misdirecting it as anger towards him and just act on it lol.
sometimes interpreting media through a shipping lens enhances it, on occasion even beyond the author’s original intent, but sometimes, you do have to accept that your ship was not in the heads of anyone making the source material and trying to force it to fit into evidence of your ship will severely hinder your ability to discuss the actual text.
The crabitat paludarium is pretty much finished! I still need to order more plants, all I had on hand was some lemon button fern and random moss. I'm going to order some more plants soon, aquatic and terrestrial, including a lady of the night orchid (brassavola nodosa) that I plan on mounting to the cork bark in the background. Should be so beautiful when it blooms 🥰
Also I did not buy enough distilled water so the water level is much lower than it should be! Going to pick up more in the next day or two.
I'm pretty happy with the set up, except the colour of the sand is bugging me a bit. Bf says I'm being nitpicky and it looks fine, but idk.. I'm not 100% happy with the sand colour in contrast to the gravel and everything else. Kinda wish I went for a golden colour sand... I might end up replacing it.
nothing more morally reprehensible than a cleric (checks notes) using the key features of their class…? surely that can’t be where we are regarding analysis of character actions in cr at this point.
I like to think some of the scav kits that fish cares for have started to refer to him as metal dad when speaking to other scavs, which could be a funny revelation when he starts to pick up on scavenger language.
Also imagine a scav from a different tribe tries to eat one of fishes neurons and gets curb stomped by a bunch of the now adult scavs yelling "no eat metal dad!"
awgh gmsklmkdmklb the second he figures out the noise/motion meaning parental figure he's gon go into such "What." mode... unresponsive for an hour as he tries to figure out why's he a dad suddenly now (← emotionally idiotic man, bless his rarefaction cells)
oh but i LOVE the idea of them protecting him like that!!! Hell yes, he takes care of them n dang it they will repay the favor n that's That. they find a neuron outside of the can (stolen by some creature n then abandoned) and carefully gently collect it and bring it back home,,,
the way mag runs Rosas could be considered "irregular" to other kingdoms simply because he does not have any sort of council or advisors, anyone who really... assists in his decision-making; in his mind, his "advisor" is Amaya, and he doesn't feel that he needs anyone else (flawed logic there on its own uvu/ shocking)
i mean, fine. at least the one person he will listen to is in a position to keep him under some sort of control and we all know mags will heed amaya's advice like an excited puppy with his tail wagging buuuut yeah in all their years, the royal couple literally just manage it all on their own (and by "royal couple" i mainly mean amaya since she's truly Too Powerful and deserves more credit than she gets while her husband is playing around with magic)
the castle of course has servants, as we see. mag has guards (mainly for show bc as if this guy can't defend himself), but that's about it. all of the decisions on how to organize the way rosas is run, how to handle laws, etc. etc. – all the king and queen 😎 power couple rise up
I keep playing around with this post-game idea for Mercy where she stays in the Commonwealth, rather than wandering off like she normally does after a few months, & having her set up some sort of clinic for specialized services. She'd obviously offer standard medical care(albeit more ghoul-centric than other Commonwealth medical providers), medical supplies, chems, and she'd get into medical implants and probably some induced mutations as well.
I also think it'd be fun to let her play around with syringers at some point, and letting her make new experimental darts and maybe even offering those for sale when she decides they're consistent enough. She'd drag Reed, and potentially a few others, into doing field trials for those since her vision and long distance aim aren't the greatest.
I'm including a few screenshots here since I've been exploring potential locations where she could set up shop like this, and of course she's going to have all kinds of herbs and whatnot growing in the surrounding area/greenhouse/etc so she has a reliable source of supplies. These are from the Coastal Cottage build where I made this sick ass fungi cave under the house
after i did my dissertation and realised how much women's kindness is taken advantage of + often just without individual men even intending to exploit them but because We Live In A Society if you give something away as a woman chances are the person who takes it will be a man, i started feeling like i needed to reduce my desire to help people and keep things for myself otherwise im contributing to that. but more recently i realised this is also exactly what the patriarchy wants from us because women are so helpless if we dont have each other. and on a broader level i dont want to participate in a society where we have to choose between a binary of either paranoid hoarding or being stolen from! so now i decided to go back to my roots which is i would do absolutely anything for a woman. every time im helpful to a man i will help a woman 10x more. problem solved<33
So you choose not to step through the door, after all why mess with nonsense when you're already in nonsense? You check the items in your pockets, your phone you shut off to conserve power, the dog tag, key and top clink together but offer no help, and when you fiddle with the walkie-talkie you manage to get it to turn on, excitedly you call out to the void but only static responds, which is disappointing but predictable, so you put the items away and hunker down for the night, looking at the sky you can see that the stars seem strange, though you're no expert, and the moon seems to have a second smaller moon near it which looks pretty cool but is a stark reminder of how not on your own world your predicament has landed you.
In the morning you begin looking through the nearby bushes and plant life taking note of anything strange, you notice the berries you had been picking before you stepped through the door are also growing around here, they look and taste the same, and some other plants seem pretty similar to the forest from before as well, although the further away from the door you go the more unfamiliar plants you come across (of course that may just be your lack of familiarity with plants) and the few animals you have noticed are bizarre in a way that you can't explain, like the people from town, they seem almost perfectly familiar, just a little off and the noises they make have you thinking they wouldn't be able to communicate with their counterparts either, brushing aside another branch you come across a strange funnel made of metal which you pocket and what looks to be a regular whistle, you wipe it down and blow but hear nothing aside from the air going through, you consider it is either broken or maybe a dog whistle, as you go to put it away you hear something big running in your direction, before you can decide how to react a large creature storms out of the bushes and stops in the clearing before you, it's huge as a horse with paws and sharp teeth it licks as it looks around and spots you, it shakes its head again reminding you of a horse, then steps closer before turning and staring expectantly, you get the feeling it's waiting on you, impatiently, and you realize it seems to expect you to get on its back. Do you get on?
Hi 💌 I love the idea that mb H would take her home to meet his mum and sister at some point and she’d be really nervous and shy and a little skittish because that’s just her personality and maybe even hiding behind him a little but he forces her to step out and take some of the attention. And I just know Anne and Gemma would adore her, especially for their Harry. And they would see how taken he is with her. And she’d look like an English cottage dream wife and not even know it, because again, that’s just who she is. (And vice versa, he would be a bloody dreamboat to her, however contrary to her, he knows he has an allure and he likes to play with her and push her buttons because of it). I also love the idea of mb H taking her out with a group of his friends (ooh! or having a large dinner party with his friends over at his house? Very DWD in my head. I like that a lot. Niall would be there of course - oh how my Narry heart flutters), and her getting a chance to see how loved and charismatic he is, and her feeling special that he chose her and that he’s showing affection to her in front of everyone.
Random squirrely thought: Does she end up bringing life to his home? Decorating it? Making it dreamier, infusing their personalities?
Also daily babbles on things I love in MB: I love the playfulness of him putting her shoes out of reach. I love that cheekiness. I love the really soft sugar daddy vibes it’s giving without being obnoxious, like him buying a dress for her and laying it out and dressing her like she’s a doll. Taking care of her. Giving her the best of the best. Or that he picks her up from under her armpits like a child. I love the very subtle examination kink when he asks to inspect her tongue, or the other time when he asks “should we check?” To see if she’s made a mess in his boxers, and she squeals trying to get away. Too cute. I love that she has moments of not understanding the play, like when she gets so sad thinking she’s actually disappointed him, and he quickly reassures her and brings her right back into the moment. That’s too real. There are so many parts like that, that just pull on my heartstrings at the realness of her vulnerability and insecurities and desire to please.
This story, at least in my mind, has allusions to Little Freak. How she’s almost completely unaware of the affect she has on him. His absolute infatuation with her. Not sure if you planned it that way, and I hope it’s not offensive to say. If that’s not how you meant it then I totally understand!!!
I’m so, so excited. Thank you for writing and being kind and responding to me. All the love.
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heyyy 💌 !!! :D
i can so see that happening in an extra !!!!! he'd be so proud to like show her off n stuff :((( like a week of their life in which they go out a lot and see people (which is overwhelming af for y/n but harry would make it all so much easier). like meeting harry's family, having a dinner with friends, going to a work party, all that stuff. and he would promise rewards like saying they could have takeaway for dinner or that he'll do whatever she wants to her (which usually results in her saying 'whatever you want, sir' unless she asks for him to eat her out because i think she has an affinity for his mouth). i will definitely write an extra for this bestie !
(and your random squirrely thought is very much correct !! she 100% leaves bits of herself scattered around his home, completely unintentionally, but harry notices and he loves it. his house was very much just a box before but she makes it a home :( <3)
ahhh you're so kind 🥹 i'm very much writing my dream man in MB so it makes me very happy that you love him too !!! (examination kink, in very subtle cases like you said, tied in with the humiliation and degradation is so yummy :O). moments of y/n not understanding the play was so important to me too, because she's so in her head it just made sense that she'd panic about it a bit. i rarely read things in which y/n takes things very literally, and that's me to a T so i felt i had to represent that a little. just so worried about causing a problem all the time. it's exhausting !!! lol
and little freak is my favourite song, it means so much to me. that's so lovely of you to make that connection. i personally didn't write MB with the song in mind but i encourage you to interpret my writing however you like! english literature was always my strongest subject so i loooove analysing fiction. it's so fun :D and it's true that y/n definitely doesn't understand the levels in which harry is enamoured by her. i feel she's still too insecure about herself to really process it but she will !! harry will make sure of it eventually.
love talking to you so much, lovely. thank you for taking the time to send this in <3333
Ghost au 👀👀👀, I mainly just want to yell about Shannon and Ava’s potential relationship dynamics
Let's set the scene:
Shannon has just died. The Halo was removed from her body less than 30 seconds ago. The mercenaries attack and the medic takes the Halo down to the morgue and hides it in Ava. Ava gets resurrected, but the girls regroup faster than they did in the show, and find her before she escapes. They uhhhhhhhhhhhh kill her. Or at least, Lilith kills her and takes the Halo back.
The Halo is stressed, okay? Probably never in history have two of its Bearers been killed in such rapid succession. So if it gets a little upset, a little fucky perhaps, who could blame it? Thus, through some truly biblical Fuckening, Shannon and Ava wake up next to each other on neighboring autopsy tables. Sitting above their own dead bodies.
They're both confused. Shannon is upset. Ava is just processing the fact that she can move again. Neither are in the right headspace for calm conversation or critical thinking. Shannon wants to find the other girls. Ava wants to get as far away from them as possible (since they just killed her. She’s 2 for 2 on being murdered by nuns.). She also wants to enjoy her new ghost status and use it to finally experience the world (I'm imagining ghosts in this setting can feel and interact with the world to some degree).
They resolve to go their separate ways but oops, not so fast! Due to Ghost Fuckery, they are unable to stand more than like 15 feet apart at any given time, so if they head in opposite directions, no one's going anywhere. This leads to arguing. Shannon tries very hard to explain how dire her situation is, but she's talking to a scared, defiant teenager who her sisters just killed. Ava kinda shouts that at her during the heat of it, shocking Shannon and bringing the fight to a stalemate.
They try to give each other some space, as much as 15 feet will allow them, and eventually start talking a bit more normally, with Shannon apologizing to Ava and trying to be more tactful in explaining her position. Ava is still skeptical, but she concedes that staying in the morgue is counterproductive to her goal of seeing the world.
So eventually she agrees to go with Shannon, and they set out for Cat's Cradle. Let the ghost buddy cop hijinks ensue!