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aliypop · 21 days

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The Girl of My Best Friend: Chapter 2

Word Count: 2,287

Writers Note: This idea came to me from a video and a song

Warning: None

Pairing: POC OC x Elvis

Plot: July 1956 Biloxi Mississippi Elvis and June invite Cecelia and Red West to a nice summer vacation. Still, things go left when Cecelia can't sleep and Elvis can't stop thinking of Cecelia.

Chapter: 1 Chapter: 2

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July 1956 Biloxi, Mississippi

"HOW DARE YOU!" Cecelia Rolled her eyes. Cecelia would never, she thought about it, but she adored Red. Red rolled his eyes at her reaction. He knew the truth, and Red wanted her to say it.

"Okay, so tell me, are you two sleeping together? Or not ?"He asked again as she sighed, "Red, no..." She sighed, looking at him,

"You're lying..." Red said, narrowing his eyes,

"Red, I've only slept with you this vacation!" She sighed, "Look, you're not fooling me, Cece," Red groaned, "You and Elvis are doing something..." He glared at her as she grabbed a towel, "Like what..." She glanced at him as he laughed, "I see how he looks at you. And how tonight suddenly you're cold and shivering, and he's got his arms around you. So tell me the truth." Red looked at him, "Are you sleeping with him?"

"I'm not sleeping with him!" She growled,

"Alright, I believe you..." He smiled,

"Whatever, I'm going to take a shower..." She mumbled. Walking out, she bumped into Elvis, who was wrapped in a towel, fresh shower water on his skin, "Sorry..." She looked up at him as he laughed, "Naw, I was in the way," He smiled as he winked at her. Cecelia's eyes trailed down his body as he blushed. He watched her bite her lip slowly, but she didn't notice. Elvis's eyes wander down her bathing suit-damped body as she closed the door, "Good night, Mr. Presley..."

"G-Good night, Ms. Valmos," He smiled,

"There you are!" June saw him as he kissed her, "Hey sweetheart!" He smiled as he chuckled,

"Coming to bed?"

"Of course..."

The next morning, Elvis and Red were out, shooting a rifle as Cecelia and June watched, the two chattering about their nights. Elvis's arm was stretched, pointing to the rifle, and looking down the site, he was concentrating hard. Shooting the bullseye that Red was holding, he could see that both girls were impressed, fixing his hair. He smirked, "See, I told you I know how to handle guns." He said as he handed the rifle to Red, "You looked so good, baby." June smiled as Cecelia looked at Red,

"Can I try..." Cecelia asked,

"Sure," Red smiled. He handed the rifle to her, "But be safe, okay, keep it pointed down,"

"I'm not sure..."

"I mean, what if you get hurt?" Elvis said. He was worried something would happen, "Then show me how to use it. If you're so worried..." She rolled her eyes. Cecelia knew her way around a gun. But she supposed she'd let Elvis take it away.

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Elvis, show her!" June smirked. Cecelia blushed as she felt him close behind her. He took notice that she was blushing a bit, but he was getting the same feelings that she was. "Okay, so hand here and..." She felt his hand on her hip, his other on the rifle. His breath was on her neck, and she was losing concentration. She wanted to press further against him, but she knew not to.

"I'm ready to shoot,"

"Okay..." He said, watching her aim as she was ready to fire her weapon. He then picked up the Target as he signaled for her to shoot. Cecelia shot in the middle of the target, and June and Red were impressed.

"That was amazing!" Elvis smiled as she felt him pick her up and twirl her around, "I'm so proud of you!"

"It's not my first time with a gun!" She laughed,

"Oh really?" He chuckled, still holding her as Red cleared his throat,

"Yes..."

Red scoffed as Elvis looked over at him, "Yes Red..." Elvis knew that his good friend had a feeling something was going on, "Cece, can we talk..." Elvis couldn't help it, he wanted Cecelia in his arms, even if it meant making his best friend mad. June noticed, but she also knew they were friends and that he loved her entirely.

"Red what's gotten into you!" Cecelia sighed,

"Nothing," He said, but his tone made it clear, that his suspicions were true,

"Why are you being so hostile!"

"I'm not being hostile..." He crossed his arms over his chest,

"Is this about me laughing at Elvis's joke during breakfast..."

"No, it's not just that..." He sighed,

"Then what is it..." She whispered, "Are you not having a good time baby?" She touched his cheek as he sighed, "Don't worry about it..." He began walking away, Cecelia was perched by a tree alone as Elvis walked towards her. June had gone to run a few errands for dinner with her mother, "I feel stupid..." Cecelia teared up. Taking her face, he wiped her tears away,

"Why would you say that..."

"Am I neglecting Red..."

"A little,"

"I need to make it up to him..." She ran off toward Red. Red had been sitting down as she walked in, "You... me right now..." She said as he gulped, "Cece..." He pulled her close as he kissed down her neck. Her eyes fluttered, and her voice was breathy as she bit her lip,

"Mhmm~"

"You like that, Cece..."

"Oh, Elvis, yes~" She moaned as she could only think to herself, Oh shit, "I-I mean Red." She tried to clear it up. But the way she let out his name had Red feeling extra insecure, and it only confirmed his worries about her thinking about Elvis. Though he tried to continue kissing her, the thoughts still crept into his head, but he wanted to believe he was enough for her. And that she wasn't picturing Elvis when they were in their most intimate throws. "What's wrong?" She asked, looking up at him. Her round eyes were innocent and sweet.

"Nothing Cece."

"Red..."

"Look, I just can't help but worry that you're thinking of Elvis instead of me..."

"Red... No, I, not at all..." She cradled his face as her bra strap was hanging over her shoulder. Red wanted to believe her, but she was making it so hard, not to mention how close he had pressed against her earlier. As he continued, he was hoping the little voice in his head would fall to silence until she said,

"Don't stop Elvis... I mean Red. I-I need to go..."

Red couldn't help but feel hurt and insecure. She was sitting here longing for his best friend! He wasn't surprised that she was running out. She was probably going to get her fix with Elvis.

"Sure, I'll be here when you get back..." Red turned from her,

"Red..." She ran to his side, "I love I swear it..." she kissed him tenderly.

"I love you too, go get what you need..."

Cecelia took the keys to her rental car and drove til she was plum out of gas. Looking at where she was, she was in Tupelo, Cecelia sat in the car as she cried and screamed and lay awake wondering who she truly loved, in her mind, she always thought she'd end up with Elvis, but then she met Red and they had hit off, but now her feelings weren't so strong for Red, though were they ever from the start?

June had heard when Cecelia had taken off, she then saw Elvis walk in from his late walk, something he did to try to get himself somewhat tired, "I think your friend left... is she okay?" She asked as Elvis looked up like a deer in headlights. Something wasn't right, usually, she'd tell him about these things, and the fact she didn't made him feel hurt about the whole thing. "Did she say anything?" Elvis asked as June shrugged, "I heard her screamin a bit and then she said something about clearin' her head." June sighed looking at him, "If you need to find her. I understand." June took his hands and kissed them, "She's your friend and you love her dearly, like a sister." He did love her, but not like that.

"Yeah, you're right," He peppered kisses over her face as he grabbed his keys,

"I'm gonna go look for her."

"Be safe baby." She kissed his cheek When Elvis left, his mind began to race. He had thought about what he would say to her and how he would try to make her understand that what she did was horrifying. As he turned on the radio he heard wind that a pink Ford landed in Tupelo and that was how he knew that Cecelia was there. As Elvis drove into town, a sense of dread started to creep into his mind. The fact that Cecelia drove four hours and landed in his hometown wasn't ironic it was on purpose. Though Tupelo was an unfamiliar place for one to come to clear their head, then he realized that she was here hoping he'd find her. When Cecelia saw his pink Cadillac she turned her back away from him,

"Elvis... I don't need you to save me...I-I'm fine!" Hiding her tears from him. He recognized her voice, and the fact that she was trying to hide from him broke him. When he got out of the car and walked behind her, he gently put his hand on her shoulder, "Sweetheart... Tell me what's wrong." He leaned closer toward her hoping she'd open up,

"Don't call me sweetheart..."

Elvis was hit hard by her response, the way she said it was like she didn't want him near her. He'd called her sweetheart in the past, but he knew something was off, and something serious between them was off,

"Okay... Fine I won't call you that," He sighed, "But can you tell me what's wrong?"

" I MOANED OUT YOUR NAME INSTEAD OF RED'S AND HE HATES ME!" Cecelia teared up again as Elvis sighed, he was shocked that she did that, but it made him wonder if they were friends or did she have feelings for him,

"So Red's upset 'cause you said my name?"

"Yes..."

"And now you're torn between him and me?" He asked,

"I needed to clear my head okay..." Elvis laughed knowing she was avoiding the question, "Yeah, I know, but you drove to Tupelo, and you called out my name so..."

"I know... I know..." She hugged him, soaking his shirt with her tears. He held her close to his body wondering if he should hold her close and kiss her forehead, to tell her that he loved her and everything would be alright, but then there was Red, he'd be devastated, but he had to know if she felt the same.

"Look, I know we're four hours away from Biloxi... I'm conflicted and confused, and I-I know we're best friends, and you love June, you should she's a great girl, I love Red, and I feel like I'm lying when I say it..." She sighed. At first, Elvis felt some relief as she was talking to him and hoping she was going to say she was choosing Him over Red, but then she continued and he felt his heart sink as he heard her say that she was conflicted, "And you what..."

"Nothing Elvis..." She tried to walk away,

"No Cece, there's something you're not telling me..." He pulled her close to him, their mere breath colliding together.

"LIKE WHAT... When you kiss June or hold her I wish it were me! Or when I try makin' love to Red I wish it were you." She laughed, "ELVIS YOU! YOU'RE A DISEASE YOU- YOU FLOOD MY SENSES... And you drive me crazy... like no one else can do..." She grabbed his face as he pulled her tighter. He didn't know how to respond, but he knew he was overjoyed,

"So do you feel that way about me?"

"Elvis Aaron Presley..."

"Yeah..."

"You drive me up a wall..."

"And you drive me through the roof..." He smiled, Pulling her closer as he smiled, "Do you want me..." He asked as she was playing with his cowlick, "Every day..." She giggled,

"So let's stop denying, and stop pretending we don't have a thing for each other..."

"What about June and Red..." Cecelia sighed. Elvis had to admit he had to think about that one, "Well... We can figure that out tomorrow but in the meantime, tonight is about us." He kissed her hand,

"Wanna show me around your hometown... In your snazzy little Cadillac..." She asked, Cecelia had been to Tupelo as a friend, but never had she visited as a lover.

"Sure, and maybe there's a special tour." He smirked as she laughed, ran to the car he got in, and opened her door, Cecelia had then snuggled up to him in his car, the radio playing soft and sweet melodies as she looked up at him, his hand was on her thigh as she smiled softly at him,

"That's the library right... I know you loved that place."

"Yeah, I used to go and read as many books as I wanted," He laughed, "It was like my haven, that and church." He chuckled as Cecelia smiled, "Amen to that," She grinned as he kept driving around, he had pointed about and showed her a few more places as she listened to him, "That movie theatre... I must've gotten kicked out a million times as a kid..."

"Whys that..."

"Crossin the segregation line..."

"Seems you're still crossin' 'em." She winked as he ruffled up her hair playfully, "Yeah, I guess so, music breaks so many barriers and..." He smiled, "It speaks when words can't." He said as She nodded,

"Such a poet..."

"Thanks, honey, say can I show a place that's real dear to me..."

"Of course..."

"Promise not to judge it?"

"I promise."

Chapter 3?

#oc #fanfiction #new stuff #new #elvis presley #romance #elvis fanfiction #elvis x oc #1950s elvis #cecelia valmos #elvis x poc oc #could be a series don't know yet #red west #Spotify

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starryalpacasstuff · 4 months

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Last Twilight Episode 12;

Like most people, I did not like the ending of Last Twilight. It took me a while to gather my thoughts and find time to write on the episode, but in the meantime, I've been reading what others have had to say about the show, and I have a few thoughts.

As @waitmyturtles talked about here, discussing whether or not Day should have gotten his vision back presents an ethical dilemma. I've seen a few posts of people who dislike the fandom's outrage against Day getting his vision back, talking about how his getting his vision back does not undo all that he learned and did while he was disabled. Setting aside the fact that Day did not grow through the series, (which @chalkrevelations wrote about here) a big problem for me is feeling like the narrative did a complete 180 post-episode 10. A massive portion of the show was spent with Day learning to accept his blindness and learning to work with it, and although we knew that the surgery was on the table from episode one, it ended up feeling like it came out of nowhere in the final episode. One of the main reasons for this, I think, is because the show barely brought up the surgery in the first 3/4ths of the show (I can think of like 2 instances where it was mentioned) and then it's dropped onto us by Mhon and Night crashing Day and Mhok's date, after which everything became about the surgery. Up till the third quarter of the show, I had enjoyed that the story had such a tight storyline, with such clear intentions. But then the show veered into a very different direction post episode 10, which made the show feel completely different to what it was.

As @waitmyturtles says in her post, it could have been so much better if Day was able to actively choose the surgery, and that we, as an audience, got to see him actually consider the various paths that lay before him. For the surgery to have made sense, narratively speaking, the story would have to be slightly different. You don't just spend 10 episodes of a show working towards a theme and then end the show with the exact opposite of the theme. The final two episodes felt like they were of a completely different show (now, doesn't that sound familiar).

While we're talking about feeling betrayed by the narrative, I want to talk about Mee, and Last Twilight the book. They managed to fuck up Mee's story, and I am aghast. The significance of Mee's story, especially the ending, was completely thrown out by the episode, in particular the montage, which had me fuming. What happened to Day understanding what the author meant to convey by Mee's ending while Mhok didn't, because he felt a sense of kinship with the author's daughter, who Mee was based upon? Mee's story had reliably predicted Day's almost to the end, so what happened? They tried to subvert the ending of the novel, with Day 'reflecting' on Mee's story in the background of the montage. But all that it did was completely go against everything that the show and the novel had stood for.

Life amidst that dilemma caused me to forget what it was like to live a normal life, or how happy I could be.

Sincerely, what the fuck? A huge part of Last Twilight was Day finding, creating a new normal with Mhok. Day learning that his blindness didn't make him abnormal. But this completely erases that. It's saying that living as a blind person, Day wasn't living a normal life, nor was he truly happy.

When Mhok finished reading the story to Day, Day understood. He understood why the author chose to end the story that way, because he understood that being blind for the rest of his life wasn't a curse. He understood Mee, understood her joy, understood that she hadn't disappeared, understood that the ending of the book wasn't tragic.

What Day says here, is that he was heartbroken about Mee's fate because he related to her and felt like they shared the same fate, but he realizes that his story doesn't need to be the same as Mee's.

Isn't Day feeling pity for Mee here? Isn't he doing exactly what he broke up with Mhok for, viewing Mee as some tragic figure, when 6 years ago he had understood that Mee was not someone he needed to feel sorry for? I've posted about how important it was that Mee's story's ending was written with Mee rejoicing, rather than being written as a tragedy. It was so important that Day understood the author's intentions, rather than viewing it as a tragic story. So then, what changed? I don't know, this may be a bit of a stretch, but these lines just seem so wrong, and hypocritical coming from Day.

The intended purpose of this message seems to have been hope for a new, better life. But, if Day's blindness was the worst chapter of his life, what was the point of him learning to accept his blindness, to live with it, and what was the point of showing it to us?

Before the final episode aired, I had said that I hoped that we'd get a nod to Mee's story in the end, to add onto the impact and relevance of Mee's story in Day's. What we got instead, was a preachy reflection that went against everything that the first 10 episodes of the show had stood for, accompanied by a useless montage that completely upended the significance of the stories of both the show and the novel.

In the few minutes this montage lasted, it managed to successfully tear down everything that the first 10 episodes had shown us, everything that Mee's story had told us. Borrowing this one from @lurkingshan's tags in this post, how can a creator misunderstand their own narrative so badly?

I hesitate to use the term ableist to describe the last episode. But what I'm getting from this montage is that Day believes that he was neither normal nor happy while he was blind, and believes that it was the worst chapter of his life. Mee's story, one that is based on a little girl who was going blind, is shown as tragic, in contrast to Day's 'happy and normal' life. And that message seems pretty ableist to me. Which also makes me wonder, how much did Day really 'learn' from his time as a blind person? Because from what I'm getting from this montage, it wasn't a whole lot.

#not talking about anything about mhok or mhon yet #because i don't know if i have the capacity to just yet #they fucked it up with the speech on mee's story #i didn't fully process this part when i was watching the episode #but when i went to rewatch this part when writing this #i was raging mad #how could they fuck this up so bad?#the montage alone made it about 7x worse #last twilight #last twilight the series #last twilight meta #last twilight mee

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whenfatecollides · 1 year

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Xena Warrior Princess 3x07 The Debt (2)

You mean that I should serve someone who hates me. More than that, you need to serve someone you hate. I'd rather die. You've been a dead woman for a long time now Xena, I'm offering you the chance to live.

#xena warrior princess #xwpedit #xenaedit #wlwedit #wlwsource #tvedit #dailyflicks #xena*#gif*#I am 100% on the xena/gabrielle train bc duh but man I LOVE xena's relationship with lao ma and I wish we'd seen more of it in the series...#lao ma being xena's first turning point and helping her gain her consciousness back etc is so important to me...#lao ma is described as both soft and hard and that's exactly what xena needed and yeah she loved her and admired her so much to the point #that she felt indebted to her #xena in the debt ep series is lit like that meme that's like #If Lao Ma has a million fans then I am one of them. If Lao Ma has ten fans then I am one of them. If Lao Ma has only one fan then that is me #If Lao Ma has no fans then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Lao Ma then I am against the world.#anyway I just love it - I just love the idea that dark xena came around to the point of wanting to serve this woman simply because she #believed in her and in how much of a good influence she could be 'I have been blessed or cursed to see into the souls of others. You don't k #know it yet Xena but you're a remarkable woman capable of greatness'#LIKE....... idk it just makes me insane the unconditional support the unconditional love.... anyways

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 3 months

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oh so when basen rikuson and lahan don't understand something right away that's because they aren't jinshi or gaoshun but when that annoying girl en'en doesn't she's smart she just needs a little push ?????

#i don't even like lahan and don't know much of rikuson yet but justice for basen #also i really don't understand why is maomao holding these two in such high regards #pretty sure maomao could go every other sentence without mentioning how smart yao or en'en are #and not to mention that en'en is downright creepy with that hasma stuff #so many absolutely cool women in the series and these two are the ones we get stuck with #i love seeing maomao interact with her father and finally there's so much of them together but those bitches always come and ruin it 🙄#wish yao had died in the last book :/#yeah i'm very salty and i will continue to bitch if those two don't get tf outta my sight #kusuriya no hitorigoto #the apothecary diaries #light novel #knh text

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kitpine · 4 months

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So do you wanna kissy kiss Ramona Flowers orrrrrrrrr

I-

I don't have to answer that! You literally cannot make me.

#(ooc: this one has Been Made! fun to have something on standby I could use lol)#(ooc: I did consider trying to do a drawn response here but I still don't know what I'm making Ramona for sure yet)#pine.txt #asks #anon #rp #kim pine #sp comic #spvtwtg #spto #spvtw #au #fox girl #kimona #ship stuff #(ooc: if it wasnt obvious the answer is yes btw. this au she also still likes Scott also- even if she hates it.)#(ooc: straight up seriously debating just answering this like Sckimona was canon to this blog. struggle Real. 😔)#(ooc: since I haven't definitively set her at the series end though... not canon... potentially for now.... we will see.)#(ooc: ahh if anyone wants to like. rp other hybrids in this au btw i think I'm fine w that! just Discuss w me first. we can collab on stuff #kitpine

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brittlebutch · 3 months

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Desperately trying to make sense of Alex's motivations in Season Two and you know, I do eventually have to wonder if maybe Alex wasn't actually lying in the majority of those tapes.

Like, we tend to assume that Alex's motivations have been a consistent throughline since the college years, but do we actually know that that's the case? Do we know for sure that Alex was acting in deliberate, calculated ways in 2006; or could it be that he's telling the Truth on those olds tapes when he says he's blacking out and can't remember what's happening to anyone? After all, if we're assuming that Season 2 Alex's motivations are the exact same as his motives in Season 3, then it doesn't make any sense at all that he spend months working with Jay to try to find Amy; Season 3 Alex would have attempted to kill Jay like, on sight just to get things over with as quickly as possible and contain the spread of contamination as best as he could.

But, maybe, if Alex really had been separated from Amy after the events of the 04-04-10 tape, and if he really doesn't know where she is, then maybe that could make things start to make more sense. Maybe he really had been watching Jay's channel, and seeing Jay start going through the same things he went through in college without things devolving into violence and disappearances, and wondered if things maybe could play out differently this time. Maybe he really did send that tape to Jay to ask him for help, maybe he really was just trying to find Amy.

But then, instead of actually being helpful, Jay makes it extremely clear that he's a lot more interested in stalking Alex than he is in finding Amy. Alex asked for help, and instead there's a bunch of masked dudes on Jay's heels that keep attacking him, Jay is breaking into his house, stealing his things, leading the Operator right to him all over again, keeps trying to get other people (namely: Jessica -- if Alex is being honest when he says that his call reassuring her that Amy had been found was an effort to make Sure she stayed away from everything that was happening) involved; and instead of anything getting better, instead of anyone finding Amy, things are just getting worse all over again.

It's not until after the incident at the tunnel that things seem to start rapidly devolving. Rather than a calculated attempt to finally follow through with his need to curb the spread of contamination, this is very clearly an outburst of rage and terror. Alex's "I told you not to follow me" line in conjunction with Jay speculating that Alex didn't know who that guy was, to me, pretty firmly seems to speak to Alex having mistaken that stranger for Jay. From his point of view, Alex knows that Jay and totheark know where he live, have broken in before, he suspects that Jay stole a key to make it easier to get into his house, and he's been followed on the daily for months -- Alex is sitting at the tunnel because he doesn't know where else he can go without being constantly surveilled, hunted, and assaulted. And instead of getting a moment by himself to breathe, Jay followed him out there all over again (it feels like Alex looks directly at the camera in Jay's footage of him from this day; he knew for a fact that Jay was there), and then to make matters worse now 'Jay' won't even keep his distance anymore.

So Alex lashes out. And it's not until afterwards that he looks down and finally recognizes that this wasn't Jay -- it was someone completely innocent. Things have finally reached the low point he was at in college all over again; maybe even worse this time. If Alex doesn't remember attacking anyone in college, but he was at least partially conscious of it this time, then things have reached an entirely new rock bottom, they've reached an absolute point of no return.

He has no idea what happened to Amy, and he's spent months trying to find her with no hint of where she could be; he doesn't know where Jay actually is or what additional trouble he could be causing at this point; he does know that now innocent people are getting caught in the crossfire (in regards to the stranger in the tunnel, and also Jessica now that Jay has her phone number, and the untold number of people Jay got involved when he started posting videos to the Marble Hornets channel); things are spiraling out of control and there's no one left to ask for help. The situation isn't getting better, it's getting worse; things aren't getting easier to handle, they're just getting more out of hand; the negative impact is spreading and who knows how much further it can still go?

So, Alex decides to go scorched earth. He disfigures the body with the rock either to hide evidence or to make sure the guy would actually stay dead and not just get back up to start his own cycle of contamination in a few years. He tries to give Jay one last chance to back off, and Jay instead admits he's been talking to Jessica, acts obstinate and lies about not having Alex's spare key, and then breaks into Alex's house a second time (minimum). If Alex doesn't stop him now, who will? Alex met with Jay planning to kill the others, and then himself, so he could put a stop to this once and for all and keep things from getting any worse than they already were.

Maybe it makes a lot more sense if, rather than being a strangely incomprehensible detour on what should have been a straight path, the events of Season Two were the breaking point that put Alex on that path to begin with.

#N posts stuff #idk!!! I've been thinking a lot lately about the tendency to take Characters at Face Value; when they tell us things we tend to #automatically believe them despite what evidence we might have to the contrary. & like when it comes to deciphering what #went down during the college film project it's mostly totheark that posits that Alex was Definitely Lying and Definitely Acting on Purpose #(even Jay is largely ambivalent - wondering which way it leans and basically saying it could go either way)#but. do we KNOW that they know that? Do we Know that they're Right when they claim that? Or are they just Assuming based off #of their own rage and animosity towards Alex due to what happened? Do we Know for Sure that Alex Was Lying in s1?#i don't know if we do!! And so without Knowing that for sure; how can we speak to Alex's motivations in season one OR season two?#now TO BE CLEAR: I am not saying this in an attempt to claim that Alex is somehow completely innocent of all guilt and that like.#Jay is the 'Real Antagonist' of the series - not at all my intention. this is just More of my usual 'look. Everyone in this series is #all kinds of Morally Grey; no recurring character in this series is free of guilt they ALL have unique fatal flaws & trends towards #antagonism that makes things worse and dooms them all' shtick - a la 'everyone Thinks they're doing the Right Thing but No One Is'#BUT i Am wondering if this Does help to like. clear up some of the ambiguity/uncertainty of Season Two - and even Season One - and #lets the series as a whole read a little bit clearer? idk i know that Jay does Claim to think that Alex was bullshitting him #the whole time & was Actually planning on tying up loose ends the whole time but AGAIN it doesn't make Sense he'd wait so long #idk - Am i making sense? does any of this track? i'm trying to figure it out; i am open to comments on the subject to help #i haven't rewatched season 3 yet today and so maybe there's stuff in there that contradicts this whole theory lmao but i'm taking a break #and just posting this anyway; we'll see what happens lol #marble hornets #mh lb

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hussyknee · 8 months

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Everyone stop what you're doing and go read KJ Charles. She is a master class in queer historical fiction and writing diversity authentically.

#kj charles #society of gentlemen #julius norreys is a goddamn delight #he could be the protagonist of an entire series #lord gabriel ashleigh you sweet good-hearted dumb golden retriever of a man i would die for you #i haven't read 'a gentleman's position' yet and maybe it'll change my mind #but for now I want to shove my foot up richard vane's ass and punt him into the sun #tiresome hypocrite #sorry alexis hall you've been entirely eclipsed #well no. alexis hall does romance as well as kj charles does regency politics #hall is great as long as he doesn't try to do historical fiction #a lady for a duke was so painful #kj charles did better regency trans rep with a side character than hall did with a protagonist #REAL QUEER LIT IS RADICAL LEFTIST AND POLITICAL #alexis usually keeps the politics on an interpersonal level at least #and knows to discards them entirely when he's writing escapism so that you DON'T end up with a casey mcquiston white liberal mess #but kj charles is the first time ive encountered political regency romance which makes so much sense because #inclusion and representation is inherently political #anyway im gonna reread this just to revisit some golden lines #''they weren’t going to succeed because there was maybe five of them could catch clap in a brothel without instructions.'' 😂😂😂#knee of huss #queer fiction #historical fiction #regency romance #lgbtqia

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r0semultiverse · 8 months

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WAIT- is this one of the alternate timelines created from the space-time sword ("Shintō Amenogozen")!? 👀

I'm an anime-only bsd enjoyer & ever since that damn sword popped up after Atsushi & Akutagawa killed him on the boat but he was able to erase/undo(?) that timeline, I've been thinking that technically means there's multiple timelines. This would be the one where Fukuchi won that conflict we just saw or something else entirely is going on given the way he's dressed (if that even is him)! 👀👀👀

#plz no spoilers I want to watch it without knowing whats going on yet; I think it absolutely has to do with multiple timelines though since #Fukuchi got absolutely folded from our POV. Also his legs in the future looked robotic??? maybe just lighting & art style; but something #isnt quite right about that guy; he's also FLYING??? like HUH??? what is going on??? absolutely wild... looks like an angel too 👀#I just hope this hiatus won't be multiple years long & force me to rewatch the whole series all over again just to understand whats going o #mind you; I don't exactly have a twitter to keep watch on series & anime announcements & things so I guess just tag me when we get a season #announcement and release date I guess?? just let me know. Adhd & series going on hiatus is not a good combo LOL #genuinely had to rewatch for this season because I only found out that it was going on through someone I follow reblogging a gifset & not #even tagging it. LOL like I could have just not known or gone the whole season without knowing since it's a more niche anime #okay I think I've rambled enough in the tags to get this post to show up in the search engine PLZ NO SPOILING the series for me btw #I will block liberally 👀#mine #op #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd spoilers #bsd anime #bungou stray dogs anime #bungo stray dogs spoilers #live blogging

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atomicengineerdetective · 2 years

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THEY ARE BACK!! OMG THEY ARE BACK! SHUT UP I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS!!! I Wanna Cry. DREW! and Harley! And look Kelly and Morrison are there too awww

I know they are just Cameos Btw BUT STILL

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aliypop · 22 days

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The Girl of My Best Friend

Word Count: 2,793

Writers Note: This idea came to me from a video and a song

Warning: None

Pairing: POC OC x Elvis

Plot: July 1956 Biloxi Mississippi Elvis and June invite Cecelia and Red West to a nice summer vacation. Still, things go left when Cecelia can't sleep and Elvis can't stop thinking of Cecelia.

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July 1956 Biloxi, Mississippi

"Cece, we're not listenin to me on the radio!" Elvis groaned. "Okay, then we'll listen to..." She flipped the station as Elvis heard her singing Why Do Fools Fall in Love, "Elvis Aaron Presley, you change that darned thing now!" She said with gritted teeth. Red was in the back sleep as the two kept fighting over the radio,

"Pat Boone?"

"Elvis, I'd shoot myself in the head before I listen to Boone..." The two laughed as they finally settled on "Ready, Teddy?"

"Now we're talkin'," Elvis smirked as he kept his eyes on the road. Cecelia had been looking out the window as she smiled, taking a whiff of the Mississippi air. It had been a while since she had a vacation, and with her rising fame along with Elvis, it was hard, but with some convincing, her mother agreed. Driving through Tupelo, Cecelia pointed out the different Landmarks she remembered Elvis ranting about, "That's the hardware store, right?" She asked as Elvis nodded,

"Mhmm and my mama used to work right over there..." He smiled,

"And... That's the library." She grinned,

"And over there is the Jr. High," He winked, "Hey, I bet you're the same size too from Jr. High," Elvis said as Cecelia rolled her eyes,

"I will push you out of this car..." She mumbled,

"What was that?"

"It seems we're not too far..." Biloxi was only four hours away, and as Cecelia chatted up a storm, she could slowly feel her social engine revving out, yawning as she began to nod off in mid-conversation, "And then... the pineapple said to the p-p-pickle..."

"Cece, are you okay?"

"Mhmm, as I was saying, the cat then..." He heard her snore as her lids closed. Elvis found her cute when she got all sleepy like that, but they were friends and nothing more, and he was dating June, a girl he loved dearly, or so he thought.

When they got to Biloxi, June met Elvis at his car. Excited to see him, she kissed him as he kissed her back, "Good, you made it safely." She giggled as Elvis smiled, "Told you I would," He chuckled as Red woke up and helped with the bags, "Red." She hugged him as Cecelia woke up, "El~" Elvis turned to face her as June gasped,

"Is that..."

"Cecelia Valmos," She got out of the car, "I don't usually look this confused. I uhm woke up, which someone was supposed to tell me we made it..." Elvis blushed,

"I didn't wanna wake you..." He mumbled,

"I know," She smiled as she looked at June. She was beautiful and radiant, everything a man could want in a woman, but a pit in her stomach made her melancholic and want someone she loved so dearly. But she couldn't have.

"Would you two like to join us for dinner?" June asked,

"We'd love to." Red smiled as Cecelia sighed,

"I'm sure Cil wants to rest a little," Elvis smiled, trying to help as she nodded. Red glanced at Elvis as Cecelia took a deep breath,

"We'll get changed and meet you for dinner."

"RED WHAT WAS THAT!" Cecelia sighed as Red looked at her, "Being nice, honey," He smiled, taking her hand. Red was a nice guy, but he wasn't Elvis. "Of course..." She smiled, "That's why you're so sweet." Cecelia kissed his cheek,

"Cecelia seems nice," June smiled as Elvis tidied up for dinner, "She is, she's. Uh, my best friend." He blushed as he thought about the tour he did with her. To say that Elvis liked Cecelia was an understatement. He was in love with her, but she was Red's girl, and friends don't steal each other's girl, at least he told himself.

"You two met at the Hayride, right?"

"Right," Elvis smiled, "She was the most electrifying person I'd ever seen, and her guitar playin'," He swooned, "She's amazing," He laughed it off as June was getting a little suspicious,

"I see... Well, you look amazing tonight." She smiled, walking downstairs to the dining room.

"I hope we're not late..." Cecelia said, walking in with her hair curled and light makeup on. Elvis was speechless, but he noticed how Red was looking at her, and all he could say was, "You look good, kid." Cecelia nodded as she looked at him, "You too," Red snaked his arms around her hips as she giggled, "Sweetheart!" Red kissed her cheek as Elvis fumed with envy, "Darlin?" June smiled as Elvis broke from his gaze on Cecelia, "Right, dinner..." He sighed, sitting down. The couples chatted away as they ate, Elvis stealing a glance at Cecelia, and she'd steal one back. Cecelia had been close friends with Elvis for a while now. And Cecelia had developed feelings for him. \. She never told him how she felt. However, when he looked closely at her. It was as if he had felt the same way for her as well,

"June, Red, I need some air, if you will..." Cecelia smiled, excusing herself,

"Of course, are you okay?" June asked,

"I'm fine, I just feel a little tired," She smiled, walking out as she went through a trail of woods to catch her breath, "I'll go check on her," Elvis said as June nodded. Elvis had found her in the woods, surrounded by summer fireflies, as she huffed. He didn't want to scare her. But he did want to check on her.

"El?"

Elvis smiled as he heard her call him El. He took her hands in his as he looked into her eyes, watching the twinkle in them. "El, What are you doing..." She asked, looking away from him. "I came to check on you..." He said, still holding her hand as he began to lean in, "Elvis, I'm fine, really..." She could feel herself leaning in.

"There you two are!" June said as Elvis broke away from Cecelia. Elvis had almost crossed a line with his best friend, but there was June to anchor him back,

"I was tellin' Cece how worried I was for her."

"Yeah, he's a great friend." She chuckled,

"I see... Well, I'm going to bed if you wanna join..." June winked at Elvis as Cecelia groaned. Elvis wanted to tell Cecelia how he was feeling. But he didn't want to upset June, not during their planned vacation,

"I'll uh join ya, honey," Elvis said,

"Don't let the song bugs bite." She joked as Elvis laughed. He always did enjoy her humor, "Night, Cece," He waved, watching her walk away feeling relieved and dissatisfied. When she walked back to her room, Red was sitting there waiting for her. He didn't want to sleep until he talked to her,

"So... What's going on between you and E?"

"Nothing Red... We're just friends is all..." she smiled rolling up her hair, "Nothing more, nothing less..." Cecelia sighed as she then put on her pajamas,

"So is Cecelia okay?" June asked as Elvis was tying up his pajama pants and getting ready for bed,

"Yeah she's okay, she gets anxious sometimes and..." He sighed, "Needs air, which is odd 'cause she's so good on stage, but she's got stress an' all that."

"I see," June got into bed as Elvis snuggled up, wishing it was Cecelia, though he was content with June, or was he,

"You sure you're okay, I mean you and Elvis have been actin' weird since the car ride..."

"Red..." She sighed,

"I wanted to make sure you're okay is all..." Cecelia kissed Red as she held onto him, "Baby... I'm yours, you know that." Cecelia smiled, knowing she was thinking about his friend and not him. Red kissed her back, letting himself get lost in her embrace. Even though Cecelia had told him she was his, he still felt that she was thinking of someone else. When he looked into her eyes, he had hoped he saw a sparkle and not the emptiness of an unfulfillable void,

"What now Red..."

"I guess, I'm overthinking, I mean you and E have been close and I can't help but wonder do you think about him like most girls do?" He asked waiting for her reaction, "THERE'S NOTHING..." She snapped, "Nothing at all... I love you and I love being with you."

June was asleep, but Elvis heard her, and his heart sank, Red wanted to believe her, but he had his doubts,

"I worry I'm not enough for you..."

"You are enough, you Red-haired minx you..." She laughed, crawling on top of him,

"I promised I'd put out when we got here, so..."

"We're gonna play some house..." Red smirked, kissing her neck as she began to whimper,

"Yeah, baby..." He kissed her neck again, "Right there~" She moaned,

"Elvis, yes~"

Red was unaware she moaned his name. He knew she was enjoying their time together. Kissing her neck again, he felt her body respond to his touch. He couldn't help but notice her heavy breathing as he kept going. Elvis may have been his best friend, but he knew Elvis couldn't please Cecelia the way he thought he could. As the morning came, Cecelia and Elvis set out to town for a small adventure,

"So you and Red got a little uh... handsy huh?" Elvis asked, there was a jealous tone in his voice, but Cecelia chose to ignore it, "If you call kissin' stewing the cabbage then I guess." She laughed a little, Elvis glanced at her relaxed form as the radio played, "Well, you know Red's a great guy," Red wasn't Elvis, but he was great,

"Yeah, Elvis, I know..."

"Elvis? Somethings wrong..."

"Not it's not..." Cecelia looked away from him,

"Yeah, it is. You only call me Elvis when I'm in deep shit. Or you're stressed, so Cece..." Cecelia couldn't look at him and tell him that she was in love and wanted so badly to kiss him,

"Nothing's wrong, I assure you." Elvis took his pointer finger and cradled it under her chin to make her look at him,

"Look me in the eyes and say that then,"

"I'm fine..." She winked. Elvis laughed, knowing she was lying, but for her sake, he'd "believe" it.

"Well, we were gonna go boat ridin' if you wanna come."

"You and June?"

"Yeah..."

"I don't know, I've got songs to write and-"

"Cecelia Shanel Valmos..." He crinkled up his nose as she looked at him,

"Yes..."

"No work..." He pretended to scold her as she laughed, "Oh whatever, just come on so we can get the bait for you to go fishin'." She leaned against him as he opened her door for her,

"Thank you, El,"

"Anything for you Cece..." He took her hand and held it, the two walked around the tackle shop as she looked at the fishing gear, Cecelia had enjoyed fishing, however, it was removing the fish that creeped her out.

"Hey, Cece catch!" Opening her hands she felt something slimy and slithery in her palm as she dropped it and got grossed out,

"ELVIS!!!!"

"It's just a worm!" His infectious laughter filled up the shop,

"You know I don't like bugs!"

"You like fireflies..."

"They're pretty bugs..." She huffed,

"Mhmm..." Elvis smirked as he took her hand. Cecelia blushed at the touch as he threw another worm at her, "ELVIS STOP!!!!" She ran towards a tree outside the shop as he pinned her against it, his body pressed against hers as he had a twinkle in his eye,

"What, Cece?"

"We should go check on Red... and June," She smiled, trying to catch her breath, "Yeah, we better get back. Don't wanna leave 'em long." He smiled as he took her hand,

"And no more worms..." She mumbled, "Of course not..." He began to laugh, and as the two began to drive back, Red and June were suspicious when they had arrived back. Elvis, however, was acting as if he didn't pin you up against a tree, but Cecelia couldn't stop thinking about how close they were. Or his fragrance and how the sweat on his nose was dropping perfectly on his top lip.

"Red!" Cecelia blushed as he looked over,

"Did somethin' happen while you two were away?" Red asked,

"What, no! Elvis chased me with a worm, is all," She chuckled as he nodded, "Yeah, that sounds like E, but it's a worm. Why was he chasing you?"

"He thought it was funny," She shrugged, tying her shirt up, and rolling her jeans up.

"Doesn't explain why you're all red in the face, though," He smirked, "You were blushing when you walked up..."

"Red... It's hot and sunny, and I've got some Cherokee in me, so ..." She sighed, walking down towards the lake. "Yeah, the sun is hot today." He kept walking.

Elvis was sitting by the lake as June approached him. He had been thinking about earlier with Cecelia, but he soon stopped when he heard June ask, "Are you okay?" she sat next to him, his sailor hat on her head, "Yeah... I'm fine, just thinkin..." He responded, trying to play it cool.

"About?"

"Nothing... Just things I got to figure out..." He said, putting a worm on the pole, "Well, I see Cece and Red are heading down," She smiled, seeing them laughing and being playful, Elvis had begun to look away as he noticed her mid-drift showing from under her tied shirt, his mind was replaying how he had pinned her up against a tree, his heart racing as he heard, "You ready El!" She smirked as he grabbed his and June's pole to where they'd be fishing,

As they began to fish, Cecelia felt something tugging on her pole as she tried to reel it in. As Red tried to come to her recuse, in came Elvis "Got somethin' I see?" His hand reached for her waist as he helped her reel it in, she could smell the sweat and see the tan forming on his skin as she bit her lip,

"Thanks..."

"No problem, look at the size of that thing Red! June! Look at it!" He exclaimed the two came over to look as he stopped to glance at her mid-drift, "Mhmm... My eyes are up here..." She mumbled as he blushed,

"ELVIS!" June called for him to come over, Elvis grumbled a little as Cecelia laughed,

"Go talk to your girlfriend..." Cecelia smirked as she walked to Red, Red smiled back, he could tell something was going on from the way she looked at him, but then again it was hot and he was sweaty,

"Say we should swim, it'll cool us off."

"Right now?" Red asked, looking at June as she nodded, Cecelia smirked, "Good thing I have my bathing suit on under this!" She smiled as Red and Elvis smirked,

"Turn around..." She sighed, both she and June stripping out of their clothes, Cecelia was wearing a pink bikini June was wearing one with stripes,

"Elvis! " Cecelia laughed splashing him as June joined in, Red splashing them both back, "Take that boys against girls!" He smirked as they chuckled. When the sun began to set they got out of the lake as Red and June were walking back, Cecelia was shivering, "You poor thing, Elvis she cold. come with me to get towels," June said to Red. The moment the two had left, the moment they noticed they were alone,

"Thanks for making me take a vacation..." She walked further up.

"Of course..." Elvis smiled. He wanted to kiss her and pull her close to him, but he couldn't. He was with June, and he loved June.

"El..." She sneezed,

"You're gonna catch a cold like that," He pulled her in close for a hug, and Cecelia felt his body heat as she snuggled into it,

"You're so warm..."

"See, you two are warm..."

"RED!" Red rolled his eyes. It was obvious that something was going on, but he didn't know what. But today, they were touching and laughing and flirting. However, Red pushed it aside and came toward them.

"Well, goodnight El..." Cecelia smiled,

"Good night, Cece..."

"Red..." Cecelia said, cuddling up to him,

"What..."

"What's wrong..."

"Nothing..." He rolled his eyes at her,

"Red..."

"WHAT!"

"Nothing... Good night, I guess..."

"Wait..."

"What..." Cecelia sighed. She saw a glimpse of Elvis leaving to take a shower, "Is something going on between you and Elvis..." He asked, "The two of you are acting... Funny, and I'm noticing small things..."

"For heaven's sake, we're best friends, Red!"

"I know that. I'm not talking about being friends. I mean, are you two..."

"Are we what?"

"Have you two been... y'know..."

"Red, just say it..."

"Have you two been sleeping together..."

Should I Make Chapter 2?

#oc #fanfiction #new stuff #new #elvis presley #romance #elvis fanfiction #elvis x oc #1950s elvis #cecelia valmos #elvis x poc oc #could be a series don't know yet #red west #Spotify

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