Ben lay on the cot of the prison cell, staring at the ceiling. He could easily break out of the cell. It wouldn’t take long to bend and break the bars. He could find his father and acquire his boon.
But Jed.
Jed wouldn’t trust him again. He didn’t trust him right now.
Ben closed his eyes.
“Why,” said a familiar voice. Ben opened his eyes. Jed was standing on the other side of the cell. His arms crossed. His face was a mix of anger and hurt.
Ben got up. “Why what?”
Jed uncrossed his arms and placed his left hand on the bar. “Why didn’t you come and tell us?”
“I was trying to break my curse and to that, I had to free my father. You would have stopped me.”
“You’re damn right,” he seethed. “I would have stopped you to keep us and you from getting hurt. You know what your father is like. Why would you risk it?”
“I would have been fine. The boon is that of divine oath. No god can break their promise.”
Jed didn’t answer. Ben stepped forward closer to the bars. To Jed.
“I was trying to gain control over an inevitable situation. Your friend, the headmaster’s daughter, helped kidnap me with that woman,” he spat.
Jed’s lips parted.
“She threatened to kill everyone here including you. They both wanted to raise my family for their own purposes. I was doing the same.”
A silence hung over the room.
“You could have come to me.” His lip quivered. ”You could have trusted me.”
“I do trust you.” He placed his hand near Jed’s. “I love you.”
Jed looked at their close proximity of their hands Ben’s fingers reached out and caressed his skin. He looked back at Ben. His blue eyes pleaded for forgiveness and understanding.
He shook his head and backed from the bars, yanking his hand away.
“If you loved me, you wouldn’t have hurt my friends.”
“Jed, please,” Ben pleaded, his voice breaking from emotion. “I know I screwed up but I can make it right. I love you. I would do anything to protect you. I’ll prove it to you.”
Jed could feel the tears rising. He blinked them away and left the room.
“I’ll prove it to you,” Ben yelled. His words echoed for a few seconds. He hoped Jed was still around to hear. His own eyes were swelling. He lost all he loved and felt pain worse than all mortals through the millennia. But this hurt more. His heart ached and he gripped the iron bars for support. He closed his eyes, trying to quell his own tears but they escaped. Streaming down his cheeks. Falling and hitting the floor like rain from the sky.
“I’ll prove it to you,” he whispered. “If it’s the last thing I do.”
I was finally able to bring myself to finish Legacies, and I have a few thoughts:
I'm super glad that Ben and Jed ended up together.
There wasn't nearly enough Caroline.
I'm sad Mithan never became canon.
I will forever headcanon that Landon and Hope eventually end up in Peace together.
Despite the fact that I feel the show had a lot more story to tell, and Ken was an underwhelming and rather boring final villain, they did a good job at cobbling together a decent series finale, and it made me cry, which is what I hoped for.
Still, I'm sad to see Legacies go. It was a fun and interesting combination of Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and had a lot of queer characters and POC in it. It also acknowledged the toxicity of the way consent was violated over and over in TVD and TO, and rejected the normalization of violence towards humans. The characters all actively tried to be good people, even if they didn't always succeed. I liked every single character in that show, and rooted for all of them to be happy. The best part was that I absolutely adored the main character and her OTL. Imo it was the best of the three shows in TVD verse.
Paranormal Romance
Date Published: January 20, 2023
UTOPIA (3-Book boxset)
When pack politics collide with destined mates, Alpha Levi and his men must
make some hard choices…
The Alpha’s Demiwolf (Utopia 1)
Kya: I’m a demiwolf — half wolf, half human, and both species
despise my weird mix of genes. Despite the fact I strip for a living,
I’ve hung on to my virginity for twenty-two…
Paranormal Romance
Date Published: January 20, 2023
UTOPIA (3-Book boxset)
When pack politics collide with destined mates, Alpha Levi and his men must
make some hard choices…
The Alpha’s Demiwolf (Utopia 1)
Kya: I’m a demiwolf — half wolf, half human, and both species
despise my weird mix of genes. Despite the fact I strip for a living,
I’ve hung on to my virginity for twenty-two years.…
About JedBen (that's what the most popular ship name appears to be over here) or BenJed (as it appears to be more popularly called on Twitter) I've seen exactly one post where it was called demiwolf (honestly I'd love it if that caught on) but when I added them to my list of ships I just called it Jetheus, basically smushing the names Jed and Prometheus together.
Demiwolf is cute!! Jetheus is also really smart, I’m into that! Honestly, I won’t mind whatever catches on! I’ll probably continue tagging my jed x ben stuff with firewolf just for the fun of it, but there are a lot of good options circulating!
After the war, demiwolf Bill Weasley, struggling to come to terms with the loss of his beloved wife, gets an unexpected visitor at his doorstep during the full moon who had no choice but to turn to him as her only ally.
Rated: M; Chapters: 15; Words: 24031
Warning: Suicidal Allusions
Bakugo Katsuki es el demilobo más buscado por los cazadores de criaturas mágicas. No ha tenido paz desde aquel horrible día donde lo perdió todo. Encima debe lidiar con un Demonio y un vampiro que viven para darle más problemas de los que desearía.
Los cazadores una amenaza creciente, y solo queda algo que hacer.
Y así, el viaje empieza.
Words: 3369, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Español
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
I knew I'd enjoy the scene in which Jed confesses his feelings for Ben, but I had no idea just how meaningful and beautiful it would be.
I'll admit that I didn't expect that Jed would kill his father instead of his crush/friend, but I'm really glad they went in that direction. It's far less cliché. I'm also appreciative of the fact that they showed us where Jed's bullying behavior came from. But, most of all, I love that Jed was given such a realistic and gradual redemption storyline. And that his acknowledgment that he was a bully was tied in with his acknowledgment that he's attracted to men. That he was able to cast aside the shackles of his shitty father's influence, and embrace a side of himself that's beautiful.
Here's my favorite bits of the scene:
I adore the affection in Ben's eyes here as he's watching Jed grow emotionally.
And I appreciate so very, very much that Ben was aware of how hard it is to come to terms with not being straight
But Jed just falls right into him.
I loved it all and I'm so impressed with how this was handled. Well done, Legacies.
Hajime Hinata is a writer who makes a living off of his books (and the occasional article when things are tight), but it gets a little lonely sometimes. He’s been considering getting an animal companion, but what he ends up with is... Not what he expected.