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Absolutely losing my mind over how unimportant Derek is in season 4. Like don’t get me wrong, I love Derek, but I do not give even a single shit about his power loss plotline in the face of bet-to-kill-off-every-single-main-character plotline.
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We've had hot, tempting CEvans monsters from you, but how about some Pedro characters monsters/ghotic creatures? 😎
Eva, fellow sister of the night, you know just what buttons to push to get me hot and bothered! And this may have been a typo but I’m thinking of them as Ghotic creatures now, because they are me-centric, mwuahaha! 
Also this got soooo long cuz I was super bored at work today. 
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Dieter Bravo - 100% a were-creature, probably a bear rather than a wolf. His penchant for nubbly teddy bear coats and his generally wild appearance? Also he'd be into ambling into strangers' yards and using their hot tubs and eating any food they've left out as human, let alone as a bear. And soooo into hibernation. Lol. But also fiercely protective of those close to him. And super snuggly. A domesticated were-bear.
Option b: mothman. He’s a chaotic cryptid in his heart. 
More babes under the cut
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Javi Gutierrez - all the pictures of Pedro at the SAG awards, babe is glowing and looks amazing in white?! I told @ozarkthedog and @holacia3 he looked like an angel. And I’m stealing what @holacia3 came up with, so full credit to her: a guardian angel Javi G who falls for his charge, the reader, and then finally does something about it after she has yet another disaster date. Like City of Angels but a happy rom com vibe. (This is Ghotic rather than Gothic, heh.)
Alternately, his association with sun and sea in the setting of the film makes me think he’d be a sweet, sunny mermaid. 
Or a unicorn, he is a sunbeam and sweetness personified, a true innocent (Even though he’s technically head of a drug cartel, whoops. He’s only the figurehead and he hates that bit, so the point still stands!)
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-Javier Peña – Javi is cunning and clever, and would slide into life as a vampire quite easily. Stalking and outsmarting his prey like he did with cartel members? Check. Seducing women? Check, only this time it’s to get his rocks off AND have a nice little feed. I think he could slip into life as a creature of the night very easily, and be charming and smart enough to survive and move around before anyone notices he hasn’t aged since 1991. 
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-Joel Miller - Green man / Horned Man / Cernunnos horned god – aka Fertility god. Listen. I know so much TLOU is not in nature, but slots into ‘nature turning on man.’  But that flannel makes me think nature and the woods, and he looks so good in green. Joel and Ellie have to venture out into the wild for a lot of their journey. And he’s a father, but often seens as the wildest, most fierce version of protector, especially after Ellie. (Oooh maybe he should be a berserker after “what tOooWn?!” and that hospital scene…..) 
Also I want him to have a breeding kink and ravish me in the woods on a stone slab in some ancient fertility ritual, OK? 
Also nominating him for an Orpheus AU, because he would go to hell and back for those he loves and he would always turn around like the tragic figure that he is. 
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-Din Djarin – soooo I’ve never watched The Mandalorian. Please, don’t eject me from the fandom. 😅 Not knowing the character apart from the most surface things, I’m going to say he’s the Phantom of the Opera. Now picture Mando in flowing white shirt and cape, holding Grogu and riding around the Paris Opera on sandbags he cuts to get up into eaves. Also he sings. You’re welcome. 
That guy (Maxwell?) from Blood Sucking Fiends – haven’t seen and this dude is already a vampire, so he’s gonna stay that. 
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Marcus Pike – The sweetest bean, again I only know fanon and gifs. Perhaps he’s love-sick? To twist it, he’s going to be an incubus. A love bomber type in this modern dating era. He's got the ring picked out before your first date and he's gonna drain you. That sweet puppy dog mug  belies his depraved requirement for feeding. (Probably OOC but I’ve never seen more than 1 minute of his screen time.)
-Marcus Moreno – nothing comes to mind, he’s such a sweet doofy dad. He’s not monstrous, just a superhero DILF I’d bang even though he’s a massive nerd (thus the basis of his appeal).
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-Ezra – Prospect – a trickster spider, like Anasi? Weaver of webs, teller of tales, and very captivating to poor innocent flies who he wants caught in his web. 
-Maxwell Lord – I only vaguely remember this film, apart from thinking that Max was rather a disaster and a saddie of a villain. He’s cursed with a Midas Touch. I can’t think of how to make that sexy, but I’m leaning into the 1980s “greed is good” vibe I half-remember from WW84. Oooh or he’s Alicanto, which according to Wikipedia is a metallic-feathered bird from Chilean mythology who eats gold. 
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Pero Tovar – A soldier already, so he’s a berserker. But I’m going to make him a werewolf berseker. (Shhh, I know the berserkers are typically bears, but hush.) You keep catching sight of a very large, sleek-looking silvery-furred wolf at the edge of your village around the time a soldier-for-hire turns up. And funnily enough, the wolf has a scar over his left eye, just like this handsome taciturn and deadly drifter. (Again, I’ve never seen this film, so just guess from vibes and fic.)
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-Dave York – this exercise is simply outing how few of Pedro’s works I’ve actually seen. From gifs and the fanon, he’s a family man who is a hit man who was also wronged? I’m going with a hitchhiking ghost who the (unwise) reader picks up when he has car trouble. They go back to hers for a drink and a bang. He shows her the time of her life, makes her moan like she’s haunted, and he evaporates into mist when dawn breaks, because he’s cursed to wander a stretch of road, but is always yearning for stability and family life. (Is this anything lol?)
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-Frankie Morales – Frankie’s getting the Doctor Jekyll / Mr Hyde treatment. I know he’s a softie and sensitive bean, but also, he is in the military and kills people. In fact, he declares in the film “I’m going to start killing people” as the mission goes south. The compartmentalization that must be required to murder people for the state, or due to what is, ultimately, your own (and your compatriots’) greed? Fuck man, you would split into two.
Unlike the CE babes, I found no crystal clear gothic characters or monster connections for these babes, even though most of them have a darkness to them. I still found a lot of rubbish to say though, eh?
Thanks, Eva, and anyone else who made it to the end of this nonsense! That was fun for me.
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vickyvicarious · 6 months
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"if the specimen I enjoyed of their hospitality be of the average kind, their lives must be pretty comfortable." good for the Bilders!
the polite, casually musing, "did I tell you to go to hell?" is so funny
Bilder hating Dracula on sight <3
ahhh it's good to hear Dracula's voice again. I mean I hate him, but, you know.
"I have made pets of several." Dracula making his little jokes again...
"he said, with a suspicious sort of modesty" hahaha, the delivery of this line was so funny
the Bilders laughing and literally going like "hohohohooo" is so funny. they're just 'gotcha!!!!!!' it's great
they are so playful. good for them
I love the long talk about how this wolf isn't clever or dangerous or anything... ending with "well, and I guess he could eat a baby" haha
Correspondent not liking that door being opened
it IS a shame that people are allowed to top their walls with broken bottles, I agree. I love how soft his voice gets on "come along, Berserker."
"the only exclusive information" hahaha yes, kudos to you, Correspondent
I like the doorbell noise quite a lot.
And the saw noise!
I never noticed them going round to the back of the house, but um. Probably a good choice before breaking in!
Ooh, the way Jack's voice falters on "but there was no sound... that we could hear"
I LOVE the music as they open the door and see Mrs. Westenra and Lucy
my immediate reaction was DO NOT BRING BRANDY
I do love that Jack tested it to make sure it wasn't poisoned though
"there was a gentleman who had come with a message from Mr. Holmwood." HERE HE ISSSS
god, that van Helsing doesn't have any hope for Lucy to survive this anymore. his only goal is to save her from vampirism
THE TWANG COMING IN WITH QUINCEY AHAHA
also the way Jack says "Quincey Morris" he is in love
oh god Art's voiiiiice
"Her struggle back into life was something frightful to see and hear." oh god
I love Jack's uncertainty upon reading Lucy's memorandum. The vulnerability in his voice as he asks van Helsing what it means, and if Lucy is mad.
Quincey's voice is so soft and sweet when he asks to have a talk with Jack.
Man, Jack really is running around all over the place isn't he.
"I don't want to shove myself in anywhere where I've no right to be;" this is why Quincey has been gone from the book for so long.
the music while Quincey describes the vampire bat
love the "royal lot of [manhood]" line, but also the whole bit before it, with Jack being so soft and full of sympathy for Quincey, more so than himself
"What took it out?" Quincey asking the real questions
Lucy's sobbing aches to listen to
"Some may not think it so sad for us," oof, she sounds kinda bitter. perhaps insinuations have already been made? not necessarily that they killed him but that this is mighty lucky for them isn't it/that they deliberately got close to him when he was dying in order to inherit
"my belief in him helps him to have a belief in himself." YES. YES.
Mina reaching out to Lucy for comfort and support... unaware that Lucy too is plunged into a nightmare
oh she sounds so agonized when she says the letter was unopened. oh ouch.
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do you know any anime that is as well-written as revolutionary girl utena or princess tutu? They’re both so good and so well-written that everything seems to pale in comparison and I was wondering if you knew any other anime that were similar in terms of being well-written. It’s ok if there aren’t as many similar themes
love your and vinelle’s works by the way!! Especially loving seventh seal, how I learned to stop worrying and love the bacchanals, and for the love of Alice. I feel like for the love of Alice is going to escalate quickly lol with edward being as edward as he is
Thanks for the praise! Look, @therealvinelle, praise.
Well, my friend, you've come to the right place. Caveat that the shows I'll list vary wildly in genre and expected audience. All are extremely well written but ah... some have more violence than others.
But if you could handle the rape, incest, assault, and so much more of Utena I think you can handle it.
Though I will note, a good number of these are bleak/have rape, violence, etc.
For the uninitiated, shojou are shows traditionally aimed at female audiences and shonen are shows traditionally aimed at male audiences. They tend to have distinct styles.
If I list a year in parentheses, it's because there's more than one version and that's the version you should watch.
The Rose of Versailles: shojou historical drama, following a fictional female royal guard raised as a man to Marie Antoinette, follows Marie Antoinette's reign and the leading up to the revolution.
Berserk (1997): shonen tragedy, in a medieval quasi Europe, Guts joins a band of mercenaries.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1981): space opera, a war between two equally powered states has been raging for 150 years. Now, with the rising of two prominent generals, the balance is starting to shift. About politics, the futility of war, and pacifism.
The Glass Mask (1984): shojou drama, a thirteen-year-old girl runs away from home to pursue acting, showing great talent, but at great risk to her own physical and mental wellbeing as she obsessively pursues her career.
Shiki: horror/thriller, a mysterious family moves into a rural village in Japan and the townspeople begin dying of a mysterious illness.
Cardcaptor Sakura (1998): mahou shojou (magical girl), ten-year-old Sakura happens upon mysterious items called the Clow Cards and must find a way to recapture them all and harness their powers.
Land of the Lustrous: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, in the distant future, humanity has morphed into something else, and a jewel person named Phosphyllite makes a journey of personal discovery.
The Slayers (1995): adventure/action/comedy, Lina Inverse is a powerful mage with an eye out for gold, due to a fight she was never supposed to win, she finds herself pursued by gods and demons with the fate of the world at stake.
Kino's Journey (2003): absurdism, Kino visits a series of surreal towns for only three nights each.
Casshern Sins: sci-fi/post-apoctolyptic, after the end of the world, robots are all that remain and are slowly falling apart. An android named Casshern is said to be the cause.
Mononoke: thriller/character study, the mysterious medicine seller in the Edo era of Japan seeks out Mononoke in order to destroy them. To do so, he must learn both their form and their truth.
Steins;Gate: thriller/sci-fi, a group of social rejects build a time machine in their apartment, this triggers a series of catestrophic futures that must be undone.
Wolf's Rain: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, in a dying world a group of wolves race to find the gates to paradise
Gunslinger Girl (2003): thriller/crime, an organization in Italy treats dying young girls with no connections to become cyborg soldiers. The show looks at the impacts of this on the girls and their handlers.
Now and Then, Here and There: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, a boy named Shu finds himself transported to a futuristic world in which a madman reigns as king. There, he finds his pacifism tested as well as his faith in humanity.
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor: sci-fi/comedy, in the future Captain Justy Ueki Tylor finds himself captain of a broken down ship, it's unclear whether he's a genius, an idiot savant, or simply the world's luckiest madman.
Chaika the Coffin Princess: fantasy, in a fantasy world where a great war has just ended, two former mercenaries find themselves employed by the late emperor's daughter, who is seeking to find the pieces of her father's body in order to give him a burial.
Psycho-Pass: thriller/sci-fi, this is minority report but an anime. A young woman joins an organization in which criminals are sent to hunt down criminals, as it is a world in which crime is automatically detected before it can occur.
Fate/Zero: fantasy/action/tragedy, in the city of Fuyuki a great battle royale happens where mages summon figures of legend and history to battle on their behalf for the ultimate prize of the holy grail.
From the New World: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, in the distant future psychic abilities developed. A group of children grow up in a rigidly controlled society and slowly learn the truth behind the world they live in.
Spice and Wolf: fantasy, a traveling merchant in quasi medieval Europe meets a pagan god looking to travel North given the spread of Christianity.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: mahou shojou satire, a satire of classical magical girl shows, follows a young girl Madoka who has the chance to become a magical girl in return for a miraculous wish.
Black Lagoon: crime, a young Japanese businessman finds himself kidnapped by pirates, his life turned upside down, and becomes a pirate himself.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, a young boy named Shinji is summoned by his father, head of a government organization, to fight apocalyptic monsters.
Fractale: sci-fi/post-apocalyptic, in a future where all humans interface with technology, a young boy meets a runaway priestess and the strange hologram traveling with her.
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (either version): the versions have differences but both are good, follows a quasi-Persian story about a prince who finds himself in a power struggle.
Magic Knight: Rayearth: mahou shojou (magical girl), a group of three girls find themselves transported to a magical girl where they must save the Pillar. However, not all is as it seems.
Samurai 7: sci-fi/historical, The Seven Samurai retold in a futuristic setting. The priestess of a village sets out in order to hire samurai to protect her village from bandits.
Goblin Slayer: fantasy, a priestess joins an adventure guild but finds her expectations and sense of safety dashed on her first misson: what was supposed to be a simple task of slaying goblins. She ends up joining forces with a man known only as the Goblin Slayer.
Megalobox (season 1): sci-fi/sports, a young man living in the poor part of the city enters into a boxing tournament in which he is almost certainly guaranteed to lose. There is a second season, and while it had good parts, I consider it much weaker than the first.
Vinland Saga: historical/action, it's the 11th century and Denmark is at war with England, a young man from Iceland finds himself in a Danish mercenary group all so that he might kill the man who killed his father. (I have admittedly not seen season 2 yet, so I can't speak to that.)
Captain Harlock (1978): sci-fi/adventure, the pacing's very different from modern animes but is a great anime about love, sacrifice, the brutality of war, the degradation of society, and more. Captain Harlock, a dissident and outlaw turned pirate, finds himself the only one standing in the way of an alien invasion.
Akagi: tension, a young man starts in on gambling through mahjong and slowly seeks higher and higher stakes
Kaiji: tension, a young man sinks down into the pit known as gambling and begins bartering his life away for higher and higher stakes just for that one chance to claw his way out of poverty
Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues: Focuses on the character Tonegawa and Ootsuki from Kaiji, but it's worth watching Akagi first as well. Deals with the hilarious ridiculousness of being a mobster who must please a psychopath
Lupin the Third: Part 1 (1971): A very 1960's feeling spy/action show revolving around the exploits of a phantom thief and his colleagues and enemies. Great art, music, characters and interactions, and the episodes are all extremely engaging.
Lupin the Third: Part 2 (1975): A great follow-up to Lupin the Third: Part 1 on an international scene.
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ladyclwriter · 2 years
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The Witcher Imagine
Illicit affairs
Geralt Of Rivia x gn! reader
Summary: Yennefer broke the witcher's heart again, and of course he would come at you to pick the pieces up. But you were tiredly, sadly in love. It's time to face the truth.
Bad words, sex mentioning, gaslighting, white wolf toxic behavior, emotional discussions, spicy angst.
A drug that only worked the first few hundred times
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Breathtaken. Pieces of wood and clothes on the floor, bed creaking to each little movement. Wet from head to toe, sweat soaking the messy, almost tore, linen. Your hair sticking to your head, body unable to move for minutes, legs shaking, back aching, lips scratching, throat hurting. Chest moving up and down as you tried in vain to catch your breath.
Sometimes, your mind was completely numb, body still on the clouds after a very deserved orgasm. And there was the nights where you could barely feel anything. Yeah, it was pleasurable. But five, ten minutes later, all left was sweat, misery and regret.
This is one of the nights where you lay in the middle. Body on the clouds, mind on the ground. You had two orgasms, Geralt had three after long hours of tiring wild sex. And right after he finished, he turned his back to you. You still remembered the times when only staring at the big muscle wall by your side was a blessing. How you traced each line with one of your fingers, filled with passion and lust. Each detail marked in your mind; his body was a map that you could read with your eyes closed. And after minutes only appreciating him, you would hug him by the back. Two warm bodies and one cold heart.
But it was when, two weeks and a half ago?
Two weeks and a half. You didn't touched him like a forsaken god to worship for. You didn't whispered I love you countless times, sometimes for no specific reason. You didn't cared when he got up in the morning to go whenever he had to go. You didn't asked how his day, week was. Didn't washed the monster's blood out of his silver hair, didn't cooked or even looked at him at all.
Two weeks and a half. Only fucking, leaving, coming back, fucking, leaving. He didn't care.
Some nights he only came to sleep. Some nights, to some casual sex. Some, rough and wild like the berserker he could be. And there was the nights like this one.
Golden eyes sparkling with tears. You stood holding the door, staring at him. The man who exales confidence and power, looking like the very portrait of misery. Not with black blood on his face, no. He was perfectly clean. Hair half loosen half up, all pale strings aligned where they should be. His outfit quite sharp, some leather with silk or whatever that shiny cloth was. You raised an eyebrow, holding back the question. You didn't knew if you actually wanted to know.
“Night.” he grunted, avoiding your eyes. You didn't answered because you didn't had to. At least he was still giving "good night"s, after so much time doing the very same thing.
You already knew how it worked. He knocks at the door (sometimes he doesn't), you open, he says a polite greeting, then he kiss you. What happened next was, of course, always the very same thing. Only with different timing, style, and taste.
Tonight his first kiss was bittersweet. One of his hands on your waist, the other one behind your neck, fingers entering your hair. He pulled you against him, mouth feasting hungrily with yours, biting your under lip without caring about blood. He didn't cared when you didn't moved any muscle, only letting him do whatever he desired to. Of course his animalistic groans still drives you crazy. Of course his strong grip — the strongest you ever felt — makes you forget about your pride. Of course you didn't cared when he threw you on the bed, his body upon yours like the starry sky blanketing the world as the moon rise up. Of course his touches made you shiver, ache, scream in pleasure. And he knew it.
But even with him inside you, even as he whispered dirty nonsenses in your ear, as you scratched his back — desperately marking him like your own —, you had tears in your eyes. Not for pleasure or pain. But for sadness. And now, you couldn't even cry. You kept staring at the ceiling, licking your bruised lips, uniting the courage you needed to speak.
“Geralt-” a squeak. Not even you heard your trembling voice. Clearing your throat, you tried again. “Geralt”.
He didn't moved.
“Geralt, I know you are awake. We need to talk” you did your best to sound confident, authoritarian. It took six breaths for him to click his tongue, making clear that he would angrily listen. “I'm tired of this.”
“Sleep, then”.
Anger snapped in your veins. You felt it, blood burning inside you, making your heart speed up, but you held it down.
“Take it serious.” he was pretty sure your voice tone was lower than the usual. “I had enough of this. You better choose if you want to have a life with me, or not.”
There wasn't anything else to say as he kept laid there, you staring at his back looking for any reaction, any sight of emotion. And after a while, he did reacted. He sat, legs spread in front of him, blankets perfectly falling where it should. Geralt only stared at the nothing, mouth open to say something. “I know you for years”.
“I don't care” you answered instantly. “Make a choice, Geralt.”
“Don't say my name like I'm guilty of something. And no, I'm not making a choice. There is nothing to be chosen”.
“Excuse me?!” you almost screamed, face expressing your offense. And damn, how a single sentence could hurt.
“I mean there is nothing between us. And I have nothing else too. You know that.” his voice lowered, becoming a grave murmur.
“That's the issue. I no longer want to be your escape. Your little toy, pet, to play whenever you need to” furrowing brows, you put one hand on your forehead. “Damn, Geralt. You know about my feelings!”
“Should it make any difference? I remember you saying it wasn't a big deal”-
“It fucking is! Shit.” you got up, hand still on the forehead, some pain growing there. Breathing as calmly as you could, you started walking slowly around the room. “It's been months of this, I'm fucking tired! Now you better choose, or just leave.”
“This what? What is this?” he looked at you, one brow up. “We were friends when you travelled with me. Then you settled down at this damn village, doing nothing but cooking and farming. Did you really like all of this?”
“We had this conversation before, and my life style is not an excuse for you to treat me like if I wasn't a rational being!” no hesitation, you stared at him, voice growing louder and pointing one finger of your calloused hands.
“But it is a reason for us to not be more than just friends. Or... Whatever the fuck we are now” he got up too, but reaching out for his clothes. You trembled inside, fearing that would be the last time you'll see him.
“Don't fucking blame me, Geralt.” you growled lowly. “We both know why we never even became real friends. We know why you always shut me out.”
He did knew it. He stood there, holding his pants up on his hip, looking at you. “No, I don't know.”
“Yes you do.” insisted, not one slight sign of positive emotions in your face.
Because yes, he does. He knows the reason to every inner struggle he has. The only one who can actually shake his heart, mind and soul. The purple eyes that haunted his dreams, perched through every single cell on his being. But none of you could say her name, even if only staring at each other you knew who you were thinking about.
You turned your back, inhaling heavily, trying your best to not be sad, but angry. It took a long while to this subject to come up, Geralt admitted to himself. Still, you two kept in silence. You had so much to say — but at the same time, you knew it would be useless. He knew he would choose Yennefer everytime; you accepted that shit as a fact a long time ago. Then, what was to be talked about? What was to be said, if your fate was already determined ever since the start?
“When I opened the door. When you took off your clothes. When you were inside me, and when you turned your back. All the time her smell was impregnated on you.” you kept talking at a low tone, rage suppressed as you tried your best to be mature. “Lilac”.
“And gooseberry”.
A stab in your heart. Yeah, you didn't had doubts; now you exactly couldn't. If your world was made of glass, it cracked in that moment. And if you were; you would be shattering. But no. You were flesh, blood and bones. So, proudly, you turned at the white haired man one more time.
“I no longer will accept you in my house. This was your last night in my bed. In my life” no hesitation. Not even trembling, voice completely still. “I demand respect, and we both know you no longer see me as a human being. I'm nothing more than a toy”.
“I would never disrespect you”.
“You did it all this time!”
Your face twisted, biting your lip to control your emotions. No fucking way you were going to cry. Not when he was there, standing plainly, shirtless, understanding your feelings but, at some sort of way, rejecting them. “Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me! Coming in, feasting my food and my body. Leaving and showing up whenever it pleases you. Showing up after that woman...”
You interrupted yourself as his eyes lit up when you would mention anything about her. He saw fire in your eyes too; that made him avoid them and look for his shirt somewhere. “Laying with me while thinking about her. All of that shit is surely disrespect. And I had enough”.
He didn't looked at you as he dressed himself, only boots remaining. Then, straight postured, he approached you. Somehow avoiding your eyes, he kept a soft tone. “I never, never had the intention to disrespect or dishonour you. And you shall– you must see that I never saw you as a toy”.
“What am I to you, then?” now your voice trembled. You didn't lowered your head, didn't avoid his golden orbes, determined to end all your worries and doubts. “This is the first time we share a conversation in a long time. This is the first time you look at me in a month! How could one with genuine feelings for another treat them this way?”
Geralt didn't knew how to answer. He realized his bad behavior a long time ago, but as time passed, he never found the strength to put up a smile and say "oh, how was your day? Good to know. Do you want to go to the fair tomorrow with me?". As time flies, the more he feels a little of himself dying; of you too. Whichever was the fond and joy you shared in your travels was gone. And as much as he craved to change things, as much as his soul screamed to wake up one morning and make you happy, he simply couldn't.
“I don't have it on me, darling.” for fuck's sake, you twitched as he called you like this — it has been, what, four months? “Don't you think I don't care about you. Don't you dare to think I only used you all this time”.
But you couldn't think anything else about this year. Months and months, each of them getting morbid and grey, until the very today. Until it became, well, this. You felt like your house became colder and darker the more he visited you; you couldn't stand be there for a whole day when he wasn't there. Infact, he never brought any light with him. Only more darkness.
“I deserve more, Geralt. If I am not eligible for you to have a life with, then you shall leave” you kept your determination, not moving one inch back or forth. “There is some really good men at this damn village. Men that wouldn't care about farming and cooking. Men that would give me good morning kisses, hug me when I'm sad and make me feel like I truly exist on their world”.
He knew it. Ever since the start; the very first days of you together, he knew. He knew he didn't deserved you, and you deserved better than him. Still, lonely and arrogant, he kept you to him. He held you and didn't let you free yourself to find true happiness. Now, he couldn't do it anymore.
“Your heart will never be mine. But I can have your soul, just like you have my whole being” raised one hand, placing at his chest, almost begging for him to look at you. “If you choose me, I'll gladly help you to get rid of your suffer. We shall work our way through all of this mist and darkness”.
Years with that little hope twinkling inside you. It was on his hands to turn them into your lighthouse, or extinguish it like a mere candle. “If you don't... Then I'll need time to get rid of you. Time to wash you from my body. Time to forget and move on, so I will be able to accept you in my house as a very old friend.”
And goddamn it, you felt like after this conversation you wouldn't be able to keep living under that roof. For sure you were moving somewhere else. There was no way you would stare at those walls, the bed, the table, without remembering him all the time.
He took your hand from his chest and raised it to his face, now, finally, eyes locked into a silent, emotional conversation. If Yennefer violet eyes haunted him, his golden ones would phantom you. Not only in your dreams. At the fair, the travels — if you tried to visit any other kingdom you would for sure see those eyes in the shadows. You would still look around constantly, tracking any motherfucker that would stare at the Witcher with prejudice. It would take a lot of time for you to get rid of that ghost. That big, handsome ghost.
“Can you give me some time?” you blinked. “It's... A lot to think about. I need time. Please”.
What is there to be thought? You wanted to angrily ask. A hurricane, a storm that destroyed him for years, and a shelter under the rain who always got his back. What is fucking there to be considered??
You only breathed deeply, closing your eyes to recompose yourself. Getting two steps away from him, you held your own hands in front of your body, behaving and controlling. “Alright. Four days”.
It would be enough. In four days you could look up for a new house, meet new people and sell some things on the fair. Yeah, four days. “Thank you”.
Damn, he said thank you. Then, silently consenting, both of you walked towards the door. His boots were there, so you just watched him wear them. He kept avoiding your eyes, posture completely tense. And then he got up, opened the door, took one foot out, only to turn around to you, holding the knob with one hand. “I'm sorry. Truly”.
“I am too”, you almost whispered. Staring at each other, there wasn't any stomach butterflies anymore. It was autumn, but the wind from the outside felt like winter with his snowy hair.
Things were truly cold between you; even if one hour ago, you were sweating and groaning. In fact, there wasn't any fire in that bed anymore. There wasn't any fire between you two. Geralt looked at you with misery, recognizing all of this. Recognizing that he has to choose between an inflaming passion, and true, breezy love.
He kept there, holding the door and looking at you. The sun didn't rose, not one torch on the pavement were lit anymore. Not even cats dared to disturb the scary peace of the night. Anyways, Geralt was a creature of night and winter — while you were day and spring. He didn't knew, he felt you were the only thing he needed to discover a new world. To open his eyes and soul to the beauty of life; to live, truly. Not live by a constant worry about someone that uses and throws you away, someone with confused feelings and a chaotic life, someone that was pure chaos.
In that moment, he realized. He realized he became as much as chaos as Yennefer was. He realized he darkened your life as much as the sorcerer did to his. He also realized that one single decision would change it all.
He didn't knew, he felt. He felt that you would make his life better. And that was a chance of a lifetime.
In the end, none of you felt. You knew he would choose chaos. It required too much courage, strength, motivation and, well, love, to move on from a whole poisoned life to golden hay fields of healing. And no, no way you were going to be his stepwheel.
“Forgot anything?” you asked, raising eyebrows with your arms crossed. He murmurs a hmm, looking outside, only to look back at you. For a little time, he looked like a little lost wolf.
“Fuck” you didn't understood shit. Anyways, all of sudden, he kissed you. One hand cupping your face, the other holding one of yours, interlocking fingers after tightly gripping your waist.
Your feelings got mixed and confused, your lips answering his in a natural, mechanical movement. He sighed between the kiss, sadness and lust and anger all coming together. The way he held your hand was almost painfully, your other hand hanging lifeless at the side of your body. You couldn't move more than your lips and tongue, shamelessly invading his mouth. When you parted, he didn't got away. The hand on your face fell down to your back, pressing you against him.
“I love you” he said lowly, foreheads touching as he knew you wouldn't believe him. “I hope you'll forgive me someday. For giving you misery and deprive you of happiness”.
You exhaled, closing your eyes with the cold breeze. Dew hung in the air, the moon covered by clouds who were a sign of colder days. Days his surprisingly warm body wouldn't be by your side. “You know damn well, Geralt. For you I would ruin myself a million little times”.
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I would certainly ruin myself for him 😁🙏
Alright, please tell me your thoughts. I quite feel like this got a little vague, empty. But I wanted so bad to write angst with him 😩 I really hope you enjoyed it, please tell me your thoughts.
See ya 🧡
Tagging: @sunndust
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stranger-rants · 1 year
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Half inspired by my AC Valhalla playthrough / Half inspired by @robthegoodfellow 's Svensk Billy headcanon!
Viking Billy / Anglo Saxon Steve AU
Billy sails to England with his clan to join a nordic settlement. Seeking to strengthen an alliance with an Anglo Saxon thegn, the jarl of his clan asks Billy to train the thegn's son Steven for battle so that he will be strong enough to take over when he dies.
It's a tough job considering young Steven has lived a relatively privileged life, but he shows promise. He is eager to learn and good with an axe. Billy is wild and fearless when it comes to battle. A perfect choice to whip any whelp into shape and the jarl's favorite.
Their first day together, Billy easily tosses him into the mud and tells Steven they wont stop until he can knock Billy down. Steven's not used to getting dirty, and he hates it. He lunges at Billy, but Billy dodges each time.
When Steve is full of anger, frustration, and bloodlust, he's finally able to trip Billy. Steve falls on top of him and they stare at each other. Their mouths are open and panting. Then Billy grins at him. Pushes him off.
They bathe under a waterfall together. It's freezing cold, so they warm up by a fire soon after. Naked, save for some furs. They talk endlessly. Sleep under the stars. Steve becomes infatuated with Billy. His beautiful blond locks and masculine form.
After weeks of training, Steve kisses Billy under a tree. Billy has been with men and women before. He leans into it. Cups Steve's face. Deepens the kiss. It sends Steve into a panic. He's never felt this way before about a man, but he can't stop himself.
They spend many nights together. Exploring each other in many ways. Steve counts and traces Billy's scars. They cover Billy's chest and abdomen. He asks about the battles Billy won to acquire them. Billy says he survived a wolf attack as a child.
Steve's father is pleased with Billy's work. He says his son is like a new person. Soon they will head into battle to defend their lands from a rival thegn. Steve is expected to fight. Billy has never feared his lovers running into battle before... until now.
Steve holds his own, but takes an arrow to the shoulder. Billy goes berserk, lopping off heads and limbs as soon as he sees Steve fall from his horse. They win. Billy carries Steve off the battlefield. Watches day and night over him as he heals.
Billy tells him tales about his gods. About how courageous warriors will be welcomed into Valhalla when they die. That's why he doesn't fear death. He never has, but no one quite prepared him for this. No one has been this important to him...
Steve recovers - his scars a badge of honor. They fall deeper in love. They ride out on their horses to the tree where they first kissed. Billy knows one day Steve will take over for his father, perhaps marry a nice woman who will give him sons.
Imagine Billy's surprise when Steve practically proposes to him. When spring comes, the tree is in bloom. They join hands under the tree and they're tied in a symbolic handfasting ceremony. Steve never takes a wife, but raises many orphans.
Steve and Billy live and breathe side by side until they die from old age.
💜
I don't know. That's all I got.
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hinako-supremacy · 1 month
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please tell us killer cupids lore PLLEEEAASSEEEEEEE
i usually just reveal and come up with little tidbits of lore in random kilelr cupif posts (sometimes having different versions and universes) but i will try to write down the most consistent. i may be forgetting some things though hehe
(btw the lore isnt really static, it can be kind of all over the place and inconsistent. and for the little tidbits just go through his tag)
here we go v
one fateful day somewhere in pennsylvania, madsion valentino was born into a very large family of criminals(secret style) and general weirdos, so yeah from the start he was gonna turn out weird. he spent his days reading fairy tales, folk tales and horror stories, and oh how he loved to dissect roadkill! he loved all things scary and all things lovey
in his younger years, he would be bullied a lot, by teachers and students alike, but also he'd beat the shit out of his bullies in blind rage (berserker style) and there would be one million horrors and living nightmare redacted trauma, and he would keep mostly to himself and read (haha, kind of like scarecrow). hed like animals better than people, seeing himself more as an animal, kind of like
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a very creature guy
further on he would actually grow more interested in people then become fascinated by humans and love to study them!!! anatomy and anthropology and psychology, wonderful!!! dissect things always <33 study peoples reactions to things and their behaviors and the way they think (and hed get a little silly with it, a little terrorizing with it) hed also love history!! and research history of gotham. interest!!!! hed be in awe of the history of gotham and the architecture and all that
so. when he went to college to become a doctor, hed go to gotham university, since its like. right over there. and gotham!! interest!!!! (hes like with gotham the way i am with boston (GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD 💪💪💪)) so then he becomes a physician at arkham asylum cause hes like "ohoho i'll meet all SORTS of interesting people there." and thats where he meets jeremiah, and let me tell you, the second he meets this man its love at first sight. he wants to know all about him, become his bestie, put him under a microscope and all that. and jeremiah is so nice to him... madison finds him so kind... so.. interesting!!! and hes so cute when hes stressed!! want to give him a big smooch!!! and bite him and be with him forverv all time!! and keep him in his basement i mean what
madison always tries to find out everything he possibly can about jeremiah and get close to him. though he finds that jeremiah doesnt like to be asked about himself... but the scarecrow, one of the inmates hes very much grown to like, admires even, and become a bit of friends hehe, he used to be with jeremaih!! find out some things from him 🔍🔍🔍 and madison has definitely heard stories and done research about arkham itself and the family. each day his obsession grows more and more <3 start following him around and stealing from him
and with scarecrow, the two find they have so much in common, similar interests and things, two peas in a pod!! he finds he feels so comfortable around him.. so free... wiow! he can say batshit crazy things to this guy! he can BE batshit crazy with this guy!!!
some point, madison sees some rando that reminds him of jeremaih, he thinks "hey. what if i brutally murdered that guy. what if i cannibalized that guy while pretending he was jeremiab." (i got this idea from the first episodes of hannibal, yes. the whole "i killed them so i wouldnt kill you" thang) and so he does, and as he rips the heart out he has an idea "what if i mail this heart to jeremiah, how would he react? would he be horrified? i hope so." so he put it in one of those heart shaped boxes for chocolates and thehhrehes his valentine <3
also, how he became a werewolf: same reason gregor samsa became a bug, god said "why so creatureous?" and turned him into wolf becasue
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Anubis TV Tropes
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Warning, spoilers for those who have not read the Cuphead fanfiction, Heart, Soul & Mind. Read spoilers about this character at your own risk. Please enjoy. Profile picture is done by @akluthor1998.
A sinister and shadowy anthropomorphic jackal, who is one of the main antagonists of Heart, Soul & Mind. His backstory is still a mystery but he is said to be the Devil’s top bounty hunter, a dimensional traveller and a Shadowbender.
Abhorrent Admirer: He is this to Natty.
Animalistic Abomination:
And Now, You Must Marry Me: Much like the Devil towards Katie and King Dice with Lexie, Anubis is bent on making Natty his bride.
Ax-Crazy:
Baddie Flattery: No matter what the insults the girls, mainly Natty, throws at him, Anubis will brush them off and take them as a compliment.
Because I’m Good At It:
Berserk Button: Being purely a jackal, he hates being called either a wolf or a hyena. He’s also most easily ticked off you were to call him a coyote or even a dingo.
Big Bad Wolf: Okay, a jackal actually, but he’s still a bad guy with a terrifyingly wolfish Slasher Smile and he’s out to get the heroes.
Black Cloak: Since he doesn’t get introduced until Chapter 18, he is shown in a hooded cloak and is known as just “the figure” during Natty’s capture on Isle 2.
Bounty Hunter: The Devil’s top one at that. Straight up.
Bullying a Dragon:
Casanova Wannabe:
Casting a Shadow: As a Shadowbender, he can control and manipulate shadows, transform into a shadowy monstrosity and teleport via his own shadow.
Co-Dragons: Dice might be the Devil’s right hand man, Anubis is still the Devil’s most active and dangerous Bounty Hunter.
Dark is Evil: He’s a Shadowbender with a dark sense of humour and just as dark personality, he’s purely villainous. Not to mention he’s an anthropomorphic jackal with dark fur black as his heart.
Determinator: As a Bounty Hunter, once he is given a job to hunt you down, nothing can stop him. No matter what the obstacle or how far ahead you think you are, Anubis always gets his man. And it’s obvious that nothing will stop him from making Natty his wife either.
Dimensional Traveler:
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Anubis mentioned about his mother had wanted to name him after the Egyptian God of Death and he honoured her wish by accepting it.
Expy:
It’s agreed between the authoresses that he’d be this to The Wolf/El Lobo/Death from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.
He is also intended to be one to Dennis the mercenary hired by Plankton from SpongeBob Squarepants: The Movie.
Fingerless Gloves:
Gratuitous Spanish: Is he ever! Hardcore Boast:
Hardcore Long Coat: He wears a long sleeveless trench coat and is a dangerous Bounty Hunter.
Heck is That Noise: He alerts the heroes of his presence by whistling an eerie tune in his full debut in Chapter 18: Shadows Bending and Dragons Ascending.
The Heck With This! I’m Outta Here!:
I Have You Now, My Pretty: Much like the Devil and King Dice with Katie and Lexie, Anubis, likes having Natty right he wants her and is determined to keep her all to himself.
I Love You Because I Can’t Control You: Anubis is most alluded to Natty not just because of her beauty but also by her feistiness and witty comebacks.
Irony: He is a jackal who speaks in Spanish yet his name is Egyptian. Although there’s a reason why as he stated his mother wanted to name him after the Egyptian God of Death.
Karmic Butt-Monkey: Nowhere near the extent of King Dice but Anubis still suffers this treatment whenever his attempts to capture the Dreamstones and the Cup Brothers and making Natty his bride are thwarted. And you can be sure the Dreamstones are bound to deliver some painful servings of karma on him in two seconds flat.
Laser-Guided Karma:
Named After Someone Famous: He stated that his mother had actually liked the name “Anubis” and wanted to name her son after the Egyptian God of Death.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
Oh, Crud!: His reaction when Katie first transforms into her dragon from to save Natty from his clutches and right before she beats the stuffing out of him.
Psycho For Hire:
Psychopathic Smirk: Basically his default expression before he breaks out into a terrifying Slasher Smile when things get serious.
The Rival:
To Katie.
Would sometimes alternate to Lexie.
He’s also this to Andy fighting for Natty’s affections.
Savage Wolf: A jackal rather than a wolf but still just as savage.
Sinister Scythe: His primary weapon.
Skunk Stripe: He has a red streak in his fur.
Slasher Smile: Anubis is specially fond of giving one of these out whenever he can. Mostly when he’s lusting for Natty or when he corners his prey.
Sleeves Are For Wimps: His trench coat is sleeveless to make room for pieces of armour to cover most of his arms and shoulders.
Smug Snake: A trait he shares with the Devil and Dice. He is a shady character and a dangerous Bounty Hunter (and proud of it!), who is just as arrogant, smug and overly confident that no alive had ever eluded him… until he met the Dreamstones and the Cup Brothers that is.
Stalker With a Crush: Much like the Devil with Katie and King Dice towards Lexie, Anubis has a Villainous Crush on Natty and will often hound and try to kidnap her.
Tempting Fate:
Those Two Bad Guys: Sometimes hangs out with Dice whenever they scheme to sabotage Lexie and Natty’s double date with Liam and Andrew and steal them away in Season 2.
Too Dumb to Live: Oh yeah, good idea, Anubis. Keep on trying to kidnap and marry Natty while taunting her friends and keep pushing Katie’s Berserk Button until she goes through a case of Big Sister Instincts and beats the mess out of you.
Undying Loyalty: Whether it’s the one from the game or the cartoon, the Devil’s the Devil and Anubis is fiercely loyal to him.
Villainous Crush: On Natty:
Vitriolic Best Buds: A bit of a stretch of them being best friends but Anubis and King Dice do often tolerate one another and are more than happy to team up in an attempt to capture and marry Lexie and Natty. Although they’re still not above bickering and insulting one another every now and then.
Would Hit a Girl: Anubis has zero qualms on picking fights with three young women. And he would go after any prey, whether they’d be a man or a woman.
Would Hurt a Child: If him kidnapping and holding Cuphead hostage in his introduction in Chapter 18: Shadows Bending and Dragons Ascending is of any indication.
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After the last heart-wrenching entry, we read the fucking newspaper. Glorious. Including a transcribing of a weird accent. Just what I needed. A wolf escaped from the zoo. Thrilling. Why do we care? And why are there so many words saying nothing of importance? I like the way that zoo dude is talking to the governor though, and that he's deliberately trying to piss off Count Dracula just because he doesn't like his attitude. Relatable. Not so relatable is the sexism - "you can't trust wolves no more nor women"? Low blow. Well, the Norwegian wolf named Berserker didn't enjoy being visited by Dracula and made a run for it. Or he was recruited for the Count's nightly Lucy-sipping shenanigans, as background singer. Gotta love Dracula just taking a stroll through the zoo and being like, "oh yeah, I keep the likes of this one as pets". And the things we learn about wolves these days! "In real life a wolf is only a low creature, not half so clever or bold as a good dog; and not half a quarter so much fight in 'im" - Victorian wisdom, man. Anyway, the wolf is coming back and is all peaceful and chill. That was kind of pointless; we know Dracula is around to stir up shit and that he likes having wolves around him.
On a more relevant note, a clueless but worried Jack is making his way to visit Lucy, but the door is not answered. While he's starting up a panic, van Helsing arrives and is all "did you not get my telegram?" - bro, you live in times where you gotta plan for a bit of technological delay! Or get a phone! Our adventurous pair breaks in through the kitchen window, then find the laudanum-drugged maids. Ace Abe decides they can just let them lie around for a bit longer... I can't with him today. Then it's up to Lucy's room, finding Mrs. Westenra dead and Lucy almost dead and with bite punctures at her throat; time to rub some brandy over her. Only after Jack has checked it for laudanum tho - because the first thing you do when you suspect something could be roofied is to take a sip. *facepalm* Jack... He also has to wake up the maids to get Lucy warm; God protect this man from making a fire and getting some blankets by himself. Or be kind to a bunch of women who had a traumatic night. I can't with him either. He even goes to emotional blackmail, telling them if they don't go to work, they'll sacrifice Lucy. Sure. Then I assume the same logic applies to neither Jack nor van Helsing showing up for the night watch. All their fault!
They warm Lucy up with a bath, Jack ignores a message from Arthur, people all around are having a crisis. Ace Abe implies that he would let Lucy die peacefully now if it weren't for the risk of her coming back as a vampire; that is what makes him still fight for her life. He won't ask one of the maids for a blood donation for whatever reason, but luckily, Quincey Morris is there! Hey, this guy still exists. He brings Arthur's telegram - Arthur is anxious, but won't leave his father's side because his father is still not done dying. Quincey is taken up to donate ASAP, after van Helsing holds his hand for a moment because he can't resist young strong men. Lucy gets a tad better from the procedure (still a universal receiver and kicking), but not enough to wake up or give much hope. Ace Abe finds Lucy's farewell note, prompting Jack to ask if Lucy has gone crazy? And his foremost worry is a certificate of death for Mrs. Westenra?? WTF? These guys are so out of it. Also, the sheer poly energy of van Helsing noting that all three of Lucy's suitors love her - and that he himself loves Jack all the more for it. Neat. Quincey wires Arthur about Mrs. Westenra's death and to give him false hope about Lucy.
While van Helsing checks Lucy's mouth for growing teeth, Jack and Quincey have a chat. Quincey asks in his weird Stoker wording what is even up with Lucy and all the blood donating. He already knows that Arthur was part of that, too - because when he saw him a little while ago, Arthur "looked queer". Alright. We're back to this. However, Quincey is also the first to talk of vampires around here, if in relation to bats and a blood-drained horse he had to put down. "His very heart was bleeding, and it took all the manhood of him", Jack assures us. Jack, focus; this isn't about Quincey's manhood. Eventually, he admits that he just doesn't know what Lucy is all about, what van Helsing is all about. Lucy wakes up somewhat in the afternoon, finding her farewell letter on her breast because van Helsing, the dirty old man, has stuffed it back under her nightgown. That's the decent thing to do, or something. Lucy realizes all that has happened, and just. Cries. And what else would there be to do? As she falls asleep again, she rips up her farewell letter. Weird thing to do for someone utterly exhausted who's falling asleep, but not so weird for a vampire who's waiting for his new bride who'll definitely not be as dead as one should wish.
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bibatbrat · 2 years
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Vox Machina Episode 18
Imagine having depression it couldn’t be me ANYWAYS
Sam’s war on LA traffic continues
Travis is always so fucking excited to pull out the Bag of Holding and just start listing off the most random shit that they have rolling around in there lmao
Percy: i’m gonna try and make a frag grenade ☺️
Scanlan, horrified: what?! Can you do that???
Percy: you don’t know me ☺️☺️☺️
I love Mary so much that this is her first time playing DnD and instead of doing some safe shit she was like “i’m gonna make the baddest bitch possible, instantly cementing vex’s hatred of me”
Percy checking to see if he can tell if she’s noble oh my god
Trinket and Grog play-wrestling on the floor in the guildhall over the papaya 🥺
Percy is such a rich bitch jfc
Trinket smacking the contract to sign it 🥺
Them trying to rush Dagan to tell them about the dragon and him being like “goddammit i’m an npc with one story and you will all sit here and listen to me tell it”
Uncle Randy’s shopkeeper helper guy is very cute lmaoo
Grog saying that he’s going out to cut a small tree and Scanlan being all ??? and Grog saying that they only need a little wood for the fire, they don’t have to kill a grandpa tree… I care one feral berserker man very much
Vex and Zahra bonding over daddy issues 💜
Grog thoughtfully also gathering wood to eat 😂
Grog getting a high enough perception to notice the wolf things around camp and then going to check it out by himself like a clown… king shit
OH NO THE ORCS KNOW FLANKING RULES
“🎶 no IIIIIIII don’t wanna get hurt by you🎶” *scanlan is immediately flattened like a pancake*
Matt: up at top of the initiative, Percy you’re up!
Percy: *screams*
God Percy shooting the ogrim’s foot out from under it, shooting it while it’s down, and then pausing, considering, action surging, and blowing its head off is such a good action scene
Percy needs his fucking sleep goddamn
The orc going for Lyra and Vex being like “that’s our leader 😦” is so fucking funny
Trinket saw them attack Percy and he’s fucking PISSED
I think Trinket deserved a HDYWTDT there but I’m proud of baby for his first kill regardless 💜
Scanlan Dominating one of the orcs and telling it to protect Grog and then Percy and Lyra taking it out in two turns flat 😂 poor guy
Grog trying to interrogate the last orc like… good job buddy but what information do you think they have..?
Vex is a hashtag girlboss
Lyra failing the religion check and just getting “it’s spooky and you don’t like it 😕”
They were so caught up in the euphoria of hiding from big dragon that they forgot about the possibility of big giant 😔
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there is a hole where his heart use to be and eddie is not okay. he last about a week before he runs. he’s angry / he’s sad. he picks a fight with sabrina, begs her, why won’t you bring him back to me! i love him! i need him! eddie bargains, of course he does, eddie thinks he would do anything to bring back the man he loves. but he isn’t god, and eddie is powerless. he cries, curled up in bed with a leather jacket that eddie knows will eventually loose it’s scent and he knows. he has to leave. he meets steve outside, keys in his hand, back slung over his shoulder. red eyes meet red eyed and he tips his chin towards the lotus. eddie doesnt speak for the entire four day drive.
kerr is still alive to feel it all. he can feel his fangs being ripped out from gum. he can feel his eyes being torn from his skull. he can feel the knife craving out pieces of tattooed flesh , his trolls cross on his hip first. he can feel as a palm presses against his forehead , tilts back exposing throat. he can feel the need to scream & cry but can't. eddie's name is the last thing he whispers before his throat is slit. he can somehow still feel himself being strung up to find , mark it as the day the berserker lost. he can hear elio's screams , begging for help. he can hear magnolia scream CUT HIM DOWN! he can hear each person begging for him to wake up , but he can't his heart has stopped. he can feel the pounding against his chest , the ears , the tearing at what's left of fabric. he can feel the sheet being rest across his face & it's magnolia's final sobs of they can't see him like this , it's the last thing he hears.
what feels like only a few hours to him , has been longer. he has sat in that desolate iceland of his own self torment & suffering. shivering , trembling for the first time. his own special hell. watching his inner wolf shackled to the earth while each time it pulls at chains he remembers each & every single kill he's made. he's ready to take knee , to give in. to leave it all until the hair on his nape stands up. until he can hear the roaring thunder of three worst gods , worse than he. right when he is about to run , it's eddie's singing that makes him look upward.
it's been a year , & he takes his first breath as a god.
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punishedsurge · 7 months
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SBFC 004: It Can't Have All Been For Nothing [9/3/13]
Woolie: How does one shit their pants in fury?
They introduce themselves:
Woolie: I’m Woolie.
Liam: I’m Liam.
Pat: I am Pat.
Matt: I’m Pat. No, wait— no—
They talk about their names, Pat doesn’t like Patrick because it makes him feel like a little boy, Matt like Matthew because it makes him feel like a man. Woolie mentions family calls him something different.
Pat: Oh, shitface?
Matt: Disappointment?
Liam: Accident?
Matt: You guys have the most fanfiction together.
Pat: You’d think you would have each other’s backs.
Woolie: Says the OTP.
[Neither of these pairing are canon anymore.]
Their weeks:
Matt and Pat have started playing Killler is Dead, they are liking it but are bummed that it’s falling victim to a new trend in gaming. Matt says that weird Japanese games are falling out of favor and replaced with ‘AMC/HBO’ show games that are more focused on eliciting emotions from players that talk about it to their friends and gamer peers. They quickly talk about Bayonetta 2, Woolie finds it painful to think of an empty gaming booth for the title, Matt and Pat explain that it wasn’t empty, just that the vibe wasn’t there anymore. They also rip on Ryse, saying no one was in line for it. Matt went to the movies with his lady and played Dark Escape 4D by Namco, also to see You’re Next, which he says os pretty good.
[This emotionally charged story games haven’t gone away but their popularity peaked at this point, people still enjoy them but they’re relegated to certain types of games, mostly games aping Last of Us, 3rd person action but with the addition of an open world.]
Pat played Saints Row 4, he loves how different it is from it’s former contemporaries like GTA, and better than it’s newer ones like Crackdown and Prototype. He hasn’t gotten far in it because he was running around and collecting the clusters needed to upgrade.
The group talks about its quality as a title, stating it’s incredible that a dlc idea came together to be a full game, saying the extra time to flesh it out really helped. Seeing the game as a definitive title for the superhero genre, they wonder where the IP will go. Matt mentions how Volition will be doing something completely different for their next game, they think that’ll be for the best. Woolie loves the idea of going all the way back to Saints Row 1 with a small scope, Matt adds to the idea that the Saints are fighting over a small amount of money. Pat says that’s Payback starring Mel Gibson.
Matt: Volition should have made the Deadpool game, that works have nailed it.
Liam: Volition is super underrated.
Pat: Well their rating goes down because they’ve made some shit before.
[The aforementioned ‘new game’ must have been Agents of Mayhem, a spinoff of Saints Row that was a critical failure. The Saints Row reboot was sort of close to what they thought it should do, but the writing absolutely did the game a disservice. I never played it. Hilariously, Volition shut down almost exactly 10 years after the publishing date of this episode.]
Liam has played SMT 4 and Telltale’s TWD on the Vita. He describes how it feels the first episode is worsened by having to be a tutorial, Pat reiterates this point. Woolie is hyped for the Wolf Among Us after liking TWD. Liam also watched an anime called ‘Sunday Without God’, Woolie says the title sounds like a Ryan Gosling movie. He describes it as a serious drama that is kneecapped by having a moé art style. Because of the religious themes of the show, they bring up Evangelion and ‘adding it to the pile’, which Liam says to throw it off the pile. Pat and Liam say they don’t like the ‘third movie’, Matt says Berserk has a good trilogy of movies.
[Everyone loved the Wolf Among Us from what I recall, I never played it. Good to know the Ryan Gosling meme was alive and well at this point even when questionable dead bird app pages weren’t spamming mp4s of it. The reputation of the newer Evangelion movies hasn’t seemed to improve amongst the original fans, I think Pat liked the very last one? Idk. Those Golden Age movies are the only good Berserk animation media, that Black swordsman show sure was something.]
Woolie played Jojo All Star Battle. He says it’s sloooooow, Pat speculates its so you can see all the iconic poses. Woolie says it’s not a a great fighting game, like the devs said, it’s a Jojo game. Pat and Woolie compare the game to Evil Zone, where the game gets worse the more you know about fighting games. All star Battle is great fan service, but a bad fighting game, is all they really say. Woolie played it with a group but after a while everyone got up and played the Capcom Jojo fighter.
[Pat and Woolie got flamed by the game’s fans for their video because they made statements that were completely untrue, I’m sure they’ll mention that in next week’s episode.]
News:
Rustlemania has ended, they all reminisce about pro wrestling and their favorite wrestlers and moments.
Woolie’s faves are Kane and Rey Mysterio.
Liam’s faves are Kane Rey Mysterio, and also John Cena.
Pat’s fave is Mick Foley.
Matt’s fave is Shawn Michaels and Undertaker.
John Cena: Hey kids, get 8 hours of drugs, drink your teeth, don’t do sleep.
Keiji Inafune appears on Kickstarter with a video for a new game, Mighty Number 9. They are all affected by the emotional tone of the video and really want this spiritual successor to Megaman.
[Might No. 9 turned out to suck and didn't honor stretch goals, namely the 3DS port. I’m just going to copy and paste this note for every episode they talk about it.]
Platinum Games’s Hideki Kamiya says he is not interested in being bought by Nintendo, but he doesn’t mind making exclusive games for Nintendo.
Matt: I think they’d work with anyone, as long as the lights stay on. “Satan? Sure!”
They joke this could save the Wii U, Liam mentions the rumor of a Platinum game exclusive to Xbox. They wonder if Bayo 1 will be ported to Wii U, Matt jests that Sega will port it and it’ll *totally* be a good port. Apparently Wonderful 101’s original art style was “Viewtiful Joe but darker,” according to Liam. Platinum evidently has plans for the 3DS, stating they want to make a Bayonetta game starring Jeanne and an Okami game for the handheld.
[The Platinum and Nintendo partnership has endured for a while now, Platinum has yet to be bought by anyone. As ‘working for Satan’ goes, they did make several licensed games that Activison published, Legend of Korra, Transformers, and TMNT. I only played Transformers Devastation, Soundwave’s theme kicks ass. Scalebound was canceled by Xbox after repeated delays and development difficulties, everyone blames Xbox unanimously but Platinum clearly has issues making games outside of the character-action genre; remember Babylon’s Fall? All 3 Bayo games are on Switch, I think Bayo 1 made it to the WiiU with new costumes. They have yet to make those spinoff games.]
2DS announced, Pat didn’t want to talk about it on the podcast. They don’t like the design of the product, but understand the market it’s for [Babies]. Liam wants it to come out in Japan so he can import it to play Japanese guys on it rather than buying another 3DS.
Woolie introduces the observation of the lack of world-shaking announcements in gaming. Bayonetta 2 kind of did it, Pat puts the ‘blame’ on the media cycle of gaming conventions and the like. They recount the LoZ Twilight Princess reveal, Woolie still gets tingles [lmao Tingle] when he watches it. Matt recites a quote:
Matt: When I saw some people in the crowd were crying, I knew video games were lame.
Pat was bummed he and Matt missed the live reveal of Megaman in Smash Bros., they found out through Neogaf posts. Liam says MGS5’s reveal could have been a huge one if it weren’t for other factors. They briefly recount refreshing the Smash Bros website for the announcements.
Matt: Now that it’s Megaman, I can’t think of anything else.
Woolie: They said ‘Megaman is special case. Please don’t expect other characters like this.’
Pat: Because it’s too nuts, you can’t beat Megaman.
Liam and Woolie: Simon Belmont.
[Simon and Richter Belmont both made it into Smash. Plenty of wild announcements came from Smash as well; Banjo&Kazooie, Minecraft Steve, Cloud and Sephiroth, and most impressive of all: Sora.]
Liam brings up Pokemon Origins, they’re excited for the prospect of it following the slightly more edgy tone of the manga (Red killing Brock’s Onyx, etc.) and the journey of a more competent protagonist. The hype carries over to the Pokken fight game.
Fight Game Time:
Third Strike sprites have been unearthed. They describe the some of the moves the characters had.
Mike Z has showed off Big Band in Skullgirls.
Woolie: I can’t wait for Skullguy.
Pat: He can’t win the tournament in canon, that would be weird.
[Not as weird as Mike Z, Pat.]
Capcom uploaded I Am Street Fighter, a documentary, on YouTube. They discuss the influence and popularity amongst gamers, especially the people making fighting games.
Pat: I’d buy an ass beating for a Q mask.
They get to talking about the Director of Cyber Connect studio, they then begin giving their woes gme about the studio’s game. Their main gripe is that their games are middling/bad fighting games, which is why they feel sour at the state of Jojo All Star. Matt calls all their games similar and barely justify their continuous releases, Liam gives them some grace by saying their Naruto games are getting better.
[Cyber Connect’s games haven’t exactly improved from these 2013 days in terms of overall gameplay, but their animations are incredible. They should really make 3D anime, that would be cool.]
Rest of the News:
Woolie: Avi Arad—
Matt: Fuck that guy.
Avi Arad has confirmed that movies for Uncharted, Mass Effect, and Metal Gear Solid. “They are coming along,” is evidently the quote. Pat talks about the leaks for the Uncharted script. They think the premse being set around a treasure hunting family is dumb and should just rip off Indiana Jones more directly, like the games have. Pat then says he wants Nolan North to play Nathan Drake, they made the character look like the actor in the third game, he says.
Pat then recounts the path of the Resident Evil movies, how he hated the original and then was forced to see the movie seres become a blockbuster success; he will die if that happens to MGS.
Woolie wants J.J Abrams to do the Mass Effect movie, stating he’ll figure it out. Liam ant the movie to have 3 different endings and have them all play in separate theaters so people can argue about it, like the Clue movie.
[Only Uncharted has come out of these 3 titles, MGS is close to being real, Mass Effect seems entirely dead. Everyone is sick of J.J Abrams nowadays, poor guy is like DJ Khaled, Struggling from Success.]
Matt Watch:
He and Pat did a radio interview on a show called FunkySway (FunkySwae?) 1690.
[I cannot find this interview anywhere. It was a college campus radio show, so who knows where you can find it?]
Letter time, letter time:
"Hey guys, which video game base has gotten the harshest fucking in the past couple of year?"
Pat: Devil May Cry
Matt: Megaman
Liam: Megaman
Woolie: Megaman
Pat: Yakuza (in the west)
“Could you guys clarify how you feel about Mirror’s Edge 2?”
The concerns come for the on-and-off teases of the game as well as cancellations. There is also apprehension on the combat shown off in the trailers, there seems to be a lot more of an emphasis on it.
I’m cutting the recap off here, too much talking.
See you for the next week recap.
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"Darriwil... Rotting in a cell is no true justice. No, this is where it ends for you."
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The reason I like FGO Hyde so much is that he’s really only a threat to the weenie he shares a body with, since he’s mostly surrounded by legendary heroes, gods among men, and historical greats. Like, realistically he should probably be able to kick Marie Antoinette apart, but she can charm lock him before he even gets the chance to move. He can’t even hold crit stars.
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Pairing: Corpse Husband x Fem! Reader
Summary: Sean invites one of his good friends - Y/N - to play with him and the group. She has a lot of fun with them, but at the same time is too oblivious, too nice, and too pure to notice that one particular Among Us player has taken a liking to her the moment he heard her voice...
Notes: Hello everyone! This is the very first time I’m publishing something bigger in here, I’m honestly still figuring out how Tumblr works, even though I’ve had this account for quite some time now 😅. That being said, please don’t expect anything super impressive. I tried my best though just so you know. 🥺
A/N- It didn’t turn out as I expected, but I really hope at least some of you find it enjoyable :(
Y/C/N - your channel name
part 2
part 3 
part 4 
part 5 
PURE [1]
“Did you guys find anybody?” Felix asked, as the number of players still showed just 7 of them. They could just start now, but the game would be way more fun with a full lobby. 
“Yeah, Lily’s joining. I just texted her the code, so she should be here at any moment.” Sykkuno replied after receiving a text message from the said girl. “Oh, and Corpse also said he’d be joining soon.” 
“Great. Anyone else?”
 “I think Jack was also bringing someone, right?” Dave asked.
“Huh? Oh yeah, I have one coming, she’ll join us in a few” the asked man replied at the same moment Lily’s character appeared in the lobby. 
“Who you’re bringing Jack?” 
“Y/N” he said, causing Felix to gasp in shock and yell into his mic:
“How the fuck did you manage to convince her? I’ve been bugging her about this game for the past week and she always had some excuse!” 
“What can I say, my charm is irresistible” Jack replied nonchalantly, causing everyone in the lobby to laugh at his fake deep voice.
The number of participants changed to 9, as a little black astronaut with horns on his helmet appeared in the lobby. 
“Corpse, you’re here!” Rae’s character ran up to the man, circling him excitedly. 
“Hey man!”
“What’s up, Corpse?”
“Hello everyone” his deep voice sounded out “Sorry to keep you waiting.”
“All good man, we’re still waiting for one person.” Felix reassured him “Sean, why is she not here yet? Are you sure you’ve sent her the right code?”
“Of course I am!” he all but shouted at Felix “And about that, she just texted me to give her a few more minutes and that we should start without her.”
“We can just wait, right?” Lily offered, earning a few hums of approval from the others.
“I think it might take a little longer than a few minutes, she has some problems with her microphone.”
“Who are you guys talking about?” Corpse asked, completely unaware of who Jack was referring to.
“Wait, Jack, you mean Y/N from Y/C/N?” Sykkuno asked suddenly, only then realizing why this name sounded familiar
“Yeah, the one and only” Jack replied, a smile evident in his voice.
“Oh my god, I love her videos!” Rae exclaimed at that “She’s so funny and sweet!”
“Yeah! Her new video is so freaking cute, I wish she’d upload more often.” Poki agreed. 
“Right?” Jack said, clearly very proud of his friend. “But don’t let that sweet demeanor fool you guys cause she’s one of the best players I’ve encountered in this game.”
“That’s true, she’s a secret big brain genius” Toast confirmed, making Pewdiepie gasp once again. 
“wHAT??YOU TWO PLAYED WITH HER?!” Felix’s offended voice boomed through everyone’s headphones “HOW DARE YOU. HOW COULD YOU NOT INVITE ME?!” 
“That’s for not inviting me to your latest Cringe episode!” Jack was quick to respond, making others in the lobby laugh at their mini fight. 
“Oh, so that’s where I recognized her from!” Sykkuno nearly shouted when he finally put two and two together. “I can’t wait to meet her, she seems like a really nice person.”
“She is! When she got impostor for the first time she refused to kill me” Toast explained, earning himself a couple of Aww’s from his friends. “So we just ran around the emergency button until I called the meeting and voted her off.”
“Yeah, only to be her first victim in the next game.” Jack all but giggled, clearly very amused at the memory of Y/N going into a full berserk mode. No one except for him and Toast knew how good she really was at this game... 
“She’s basically the wolf in sheep’s skin” Felix concluded with a chuckle “Very soft wolf, however.”
“She’s like the complete opposite of Corpse, both in voice and personality” Jack suddenly said, making Felix laugh wholeheartedly at something only two of them understood at the moment. 
“I don’t know how should I take that” Corpse admitted with a chuckle. He remained silent for most of the conversation since he didn’t really know who the guys were talking about. But he would lie if he said he wasn’t intrigued by this girl at least in the slightest. Although he heard about her channel, he hasn’t seen any of her videos, so he didn’t really know what to expect. But hearing what gamers like Sean and Felix said about her, he knew he’s not gonna be disappointed once the girl joins them in the game. 
“Imagine Corpse and Y/N talking.” Felix said suddenly with a seemingly very amused voice.
“Imagine Corpse and Y/N both being Impostors” Toast said, which resulted in many of them shouting over each other at how crazy that would be. 
“Alright, now that you mention this I start fearing the moment two of them meet” Jack confessed with loud laughter following the sentence. Corpse chuckled deeply under his breath, at the same time glancing at the questions his audience was asking him in his stream. He could hardly read any, as there were quite a lot of people asking, so all he saw was just a bunch of comments moving at the speed of light in his chat. He wouldn't say it out loud, but he was slightly nervous, seeing the growing number of people watching his stream. It was still a rather new thing to him, and he feared he'd say something inappropriate, or just make a complete idiot out of himself. 
"At least no one can see me..." he mumbled under his breath after muting his microphone. 
"Oh! Y/N just texted me! She's joining the call right now!" 
"Fuck yeah!" Felix shouted excitedly "Just so you know Jack, I won't forget that you two played without me."
"Uh-oh. Is that a threat? Are you threatening me now?" 
"It's a warning" Felix replied, receiving a series of gasps from other players. "If I get impostor, you're the first one on my list."
"Okay, everyone heard that! You know who to vote off when I'm dead!" 
"It's so cool to play with someone new, I wonder if she's as good as you guys depict her" Sykkuno spoke up, but before anyone could answer his question, a new character popped up in the lobby.
*** 
"Hi everyone! I’m sorry I left you just like that, but this stream would be completely useless without me being able to answer your questions. Fortunately it wasn’t anything serious, I just had to readjust my mic and go through the settings to find what was wrong. Took some time, but here I am now!” Y/N chirped into her microphone, smiling apologetically at her webcam. At the moments like this, she really appreciated how supportive her audience was. No one was hating on her when she had to get off the stream for a couple of minutes, and everyone was just so understanding that it made her heart melt. Perhaps her audience wasn’t very big, but it felt almost like a second family to her. 
“Anyway, as you already know from my twitter, today I’ll be playing Among Us with my friends and their friends! I can’t wait if I’m being honest, last time I played this game was so much fun, and there was only a few of us.” she admitted with a genuine smile on her face. “Let’s just text Sean now so we can get into the lobby...”
Y/N: Ready to play with you guys ^^
Jackaboy: Great! You got that mic fixed already? 
Y/N: Yes, everything is fine. I’m sorry you had to wait so long.
Jackaboy: It’s all good kiddo, no worries. I’ll call you and send you the code in a sec. 
Y/N: Perfect, thank you Sean :)
Jackaboy: Btw, everyone can’t wait to meet you ;-)Y/N stared at the screen for a moment, only now, seconds before joining the group, realizing how nervous she felt. From Sean’s tweets she saw earlier, she figured that the lobby was right now full of many famous streamers, those she wouldn’t even compare herself to. It’s not that she thought of herself very low, but... being among such youtube celebrities like them made her panic a little bit. She didn’t want to look like a complete fool amongst them. 
Playing or recording with Sean and Felix was something else because she knew those guys for years (and yet still sometimes found herself thinking how lucky she got to be able to call them her friends). She felt good in their company, not worrying about choosing the right words. But amongst the rest of the players, she knew only Toast and talked with Rae maybe once in her life... 
What if the rest won’t like her? 
Y/N cleared her throat, realizing that she was still staring at her phone like hypnotized and her audience was already asking her what’s going on. She quickly typed in the code Sean had texted her and readjusted her headphones, before joining the discord chat.
“THERE SHE IS” screamed Sean, making her grin from ear to ear, hearing how excited he was “Little wonderchild!”
“I think you meant little TRAITOR” Felix corrected him with a scoff. A silence settled in the lobby as everyone was waiting for Y/N to speak up.
“Um... hello everyone..” she said softly, almost inaudibly, a sudden wave of shyness taking over her. “I’m Y/N” 
“Oh, you were right about that Corpse thing!” replied another, also very soft and very sweet voice, and Y/N saw the image of someone named Lily pop up. “It’s like the exact opposite!” 
“See? Told ya. Everyone, meet Y/N/N, the little angel from Y/C/N.” 
“Hey Y/N!”
“Hi there!”
“Hey, what’s up?”
“H-Hi, so great to meet you, Y/N!” a very friendly sounding voice said, and a little lime astronaut with the name Sykkuno above it started running around her. “Can’t wait to play with you!”
“That’s so nice, thank you” she replied with a wide smile on her face, moving around his character as well. “I can’t wait to play with you too, actually with all you guys. It’s so great to be here with you.”
“Jack I swear she’s the cutest little thing I’ve ever heard. Where the hell did you find her?!” Poki all but yelled at the man, making Y/N giggle to herself and in-process loosen up a little bit. They all seemed like someone she’d happily be friends with. 
“Or rather, where do you get one?” someone else commented, making them all burst into laughter, Y/N included. 
“Guys, what did I say about that sweet demeanor...” Jack said after calming down from his fit “Don’t put your guard down just because she sounds like that!”
“Wait- what did you tell them about me?” Y/N asked confused, the tone of her voice making him laugh even more “Jack!”
“Don’t worry, only the good stuff” a very deep, low voice spoke up, leaving her taken aback for a moment. Her eyes widened slightly and she glanced at the name of that person, reading out CORPSE. Now that’s something she didn’t expect... 
“Corpse, mind your manners! You didn’t even introduce yourself!” 
“Oh, shit- yeah, sorry. Um, I’m Corpse, it’s very nice to meet you Y/N” he replied right after, making her lip corners curl up into a smile. 
“Nice to meet you too Corpse, you have a really pleasant voice.” she spoke sweetly, completely unaware of the chaos that was taking place in her stream chat. She didn’t even think of it the way her audience did, she just simply spoke up her mind, and being an incredibly nice person - turned it into a compliment.
“Oh- wow. I mean, thank you so much. I love your voice too, it’s really sweet” he replied, nervously chuckling at the end, before muting his mic. It was, however, enough for Felix and Sean to start teasing him, as the two immediately screamed:
“SIIIMP!!!”
“It’s the voice Felix, I told you he’d fall into her trap!” 
“Wait- he was just being nice, guys! Stop making fun of him” Y/N immediately defended the man, trying to speak up over the hysterical laughter of the other players. 
“Oh my god, but what if they both get impostors and they both pull the voice cards on us?!” Rae managed to yell through all the noise, making Y/N even more confused.
“Wait, what? What do you mean? I don’t understand.” 
“Don’t worry Y/N, that’s how I feel all the time around them.” Sykkuno seemed to be the only one who heard her question, as the rest continued their gabbing without giving her as much as a glance. 
“Alright, let’s start the game maybe. I might have a few old scores to settle” Toast cleared his throat theatrically, his astronaut coming face to face with Y/N’s. 
“Oh, you mean me? I thought I already apologized!” she replied frantically. “You gave me no choice Toast, I didn’t even want to kill you in the first place...”
“BUT YOU DID. IN THE VERY FIRST ROUND” 
“I’m sorry!” 
“Alright, enough! Toast, just don’t kill her right away, okay? Let her run around the map, fearing for her life for a moment.” Y/N gasped upon hearing Jack’s words, clearly sensing the smirk behind his voice. 
“Wha- Jack?! Since when are you against me?!” 
“Don’t worry Y/N, I won’t let them hurt you. You haven’t played with us yet, I’ll protect you.” 
“Oh, thank you so much Sykkuno! I’ll protect you too!” 
“Great. Another one simping...” was Felix’s last words, before the game began. 
Y/N sighed in relief upon seeing the word crewmate forming on her screen, but at the same time feared Toast’s inevitable revenge. She thought they'd already buried the hatchet, but it seemed that he was desperate to make her pay for the last time they played together. 
“Aw, Sykkuno was serious” she mumbled with a smile, when his lime astronaut started circling her white one, so she would follow him. “Okay, let’s do some tasks.”
They both made their way towards the medbay, Sykkuno patiently waiting nearby as she did the scan, then Y/N waiting for him to do the same. The moment his little character stepped towards her, a meeting was called by none other than Felix.
“What happened?” Rae asked.
“I called the meeting because I’m afraid of Jack” he responded, causing everyone to laugh. “Seriously though! Dude’s been following me around the whole time.”
“I was just making sure nobody kills you.”
“Yeah don’t go all Sykkuno on me!” Felix screamed, making the call erupt into even more laughter. 
“Alright, are we skipping?” 
“Yeah.”
“Guys, my life is in danger!” Felix wouldn’t give up. “Come on, show some support! Y/N? You played with him, you know his techniques!” 
“Sorry Felix” Y/N giggled, clicking the skip button. 
When the next round began, Sykkuno was quick to join Y/N on her way towards admin, where they both found Poki doing the upload. They did the card swipe and left her there, when the lights suddenly went off.
“Uh-oh. Let’s head the opposite direction, Sykkuno” the girl murmured, dancing around his character and heading towards Comms instead of going to Electrical. It was the easiest way to die, after all. 
Once they entered the room and waited for someone to fix the lights, Y/N could see another figure appear in the same location. She couldn’t recognize whose character it was, but upon seeing the horns on the helmet she smiled to herself.
“Hey there, Corpse” she said, walking up to the black astronaut, who was standing still in the same place as if he was just watching her and Sykkuno run around Comms instead of doing their tasks. 
They stood like that for a couple of seconds until Corpse turned around and ran away, and that’s when the first body was reported. 
“Oh no, Jack!” 
“Poor guy. He’s gonna haunt us now.”
“Where’s the body?” 
“Navigation” replied Rae, who was the one to find Sean’s green astronauts’ body “Didn’t see anyone around, but I’m pretty sure someone just vented right in front of my eyes...”
“Any suspicions?” Toast asked.
“Um, not really sure, it was the exact same moment the lights went off. I was doing tasks with Jack and then he just died. I only saw the vent close, nothing or no one else.”
“Okay, where are you guys right now?” 
“I’m in admin with Dave, we only passed Poki when we got there.” Lily’s voice sounded out, quickly being joined by Poki’s explanation.
“Yeah, I was finishing the upload when you guys came in, Y/N and Sykkuno saw it”
“Did you see her?” Toast asked, addressing his question towards the white and lime astronauts. 
“Yes, we were doing the card swipe before going to Comms. Corpse joined us for a moment and then left.”
“Yeah, I was on my way to fix the lights when I stumbled upon them in Comms, the body was reported the exact moment I left.”
“Can someone confirm this? I mean, did someone see you besides the two of them?” Toast continued his questioning. 
“I think I only saw Felix in Medbay.”
“Hmm, so no one really knows where you were this whole time. You could easily lure Jack into Navigation and kill him there. Is that what you did, Corpse?”
“Woah, that’s some serious accusation” Corpse replied in his usual, low and calm voice. “Where were you Toast? You seem the only one who still doesn’t have an alibi”
“Neither does Felix.” Y/N spoke innocently, and the mentioned man quickly started his explanation.
“Okay, I was with Jack at the beginning but he clearly can’t confirm this since someone snapped his fucking neck. We’ve split up in O2 after doing our tasks and then he must’ve gone with Rae. I just wandered around the map, escaping from the death.”
“Hmm, so not only were you one of the last people to see him alive, but you also admit to not doing your tasks” Y/N said, trying her best to keep her voice steady and stop herself from laughing. She was sure Sykkuno was doing the same thing, they both refused to do any tasks after the lights went off, after all.
“Yeah, but does that already makes me an Imposter? I’m just scared for my life, that’s all.”
“Y/N has some good logic, but I’m not really sure it’s Pewds. I mean, I saw him in Medbay and he really seemed to be just jogging around.” Corpse said, his voice almost immediately doing its magic, as people more or less willingly agreed to skip this round as well. 
“I think it’s Felix. I mean, I haven’t played with him yet, but I have this feeling that he’s just acting.” Y/N said to her chat after muting herself. She went towards Weapons to do another task, seeing Sykkuno’s little character follow her once again, but the doors were suddenly locked and his lime astronaut remained in Cafeteria. “Oh no, Sykkuno” she sighed with a pout on her face, deciding against waiting for him and risking getting her neck snapped. She finished her task in Weapons and moved towards another location, when suddenly Corpse appeared in front of her, coming right out of nowhere. 
“Oh- Corpse, you scared me to death” Y/N breathed a laugh, watching as his character stood still for a couple of seconds, before circling around her white astronaut. Y/N nodded her head with a smile, even though he couldn’t see her, and followed him in Shields, where they found Poki’s dead body. 
“The body is in Shields” Y/N replied right after reporting the body, only to gasp in shock when she realized more than one person was killed. Red crosses decorated not only Poki’s name but were also visible next to Dave and Lily. 
“What the hell?!” Felix all but yelled into his mic, obviously shocked just like everyone else who was still alive. 
“Now that’s... a lot of bodies” Sykkuno mumbled under his breath. 
“Alright, who’s in Shields? Y/N, you said you found the body there, which one?”
“Poki’s, Corpse was there with me” her reply was followed by his short and low hum. 
“Sykkuno, where are you? I didn’t see you anywhere since the last round.” Felix asked, clearly accusing the lime astronaut of being a murderer. 
“I was... doing the wires in electrical, Toast was there for a moment as well.”
“Yeah but I was only searching for the body, so I saw you maybe for a second” Toast replied, building even more suspicions around Sykkuno.
“But- guys, you know I wouldn’t kill two people in one round, let alone four of them.”
“No one says you did that, I only mentioned that you were nowhere to be seen. You could’ve been sabotaging the map for the other Impostor” Felix said nonchalantly.
“Guys, I-”
“It’s him! It must be him!” Rae shouted through her mic. 
“Sykkuno is 100% innocent, I can vouch for him” Y/N’s voice sounded out in everyone’s headphones “We were together since the start of the game and he didn’t kill me, even though he had quite a number of chances to do so.”
“Weren’t you with Corpse this time?” Felix asked suspiciously.
“I was! But at the beginning, I was with Sykkuno, until someone locked him in Cafeteria. That’s when we split up.”
“And you haven’t seen him ever since?”
“Well, no, but-”
“Then I can assure you it was only a matter of time before he’d stab you in the back” Toast concluded, making Sykkuno gasp in confusion.
“Wha- No, I would never do that! Y/N is our guest, I was just making sure she was okay!”
“Sykkuno, simping won’t save your life right now” 
“Wha- I- Guys!” he tried to stutter out some logical explanation “Y/N, don’t believe them!”
“I don’t, I know you’re innocent! C’mon guys, he wouldn’t do it!” 
“Yeah yeah, let’s kick him out. Corpse, who are you voting?” Toast asked, and Y/N could see the I voted sign next to his character. 
“I kinda feel like Felix tries to shift the blame onto Sykkuno. He didn’t even tell his location, and was already throwing accusations on someone else.” Corpse replied after a moment, making the smile widen on Y/N’s face. Someone was finally on her side! 
“That’s because he can’t even explain himself!” Felix exclaimed, voting as well. 
“Besides, I’m pretty sure if it wasn’t for whoever locked that door, Y/N would be dead as well!” 
“No, I told you I-!”
“Guys, we have ten seconds to vote. Rae?” 
“I think it’s him as well. He was acting suspiciously since we started this round. I vote Sykkuno”
“But..!” 
“No, Sykkuno...” Y/N whispered with a pout on her lips, when she saw the number of people who voted for her lime friend. 
Sykkuno was ejected. 
“Alright, I’m pretty sure it’s Felix. I saw Rae multiple times and she didn’t kill me, Toast also doesn’t act very Impostor like, but maybe that’s just one of his strategies... Corpse is with me again, I don’t think that’s him, I mean, he followed me around last round, but still didn’t do anything, and even vouched for me and Sykkuno when we were both clearly chilling in comms. It can’t be him... right?” 
 Dead body reported.
 “I just saw Corpse kill Toast, then vent!” Rae’s voice blared through Y/N’s headphones, as she looked in shock at the red cross next to Toast’s name. If not him, then..?
“What?” the accused man asked calmly “That’s a self-report, she’s trying to frame me. You guys can’t possibly believe her.”
“I believe her. I saw you enter the Electrical with Toast, then he’s suddenly dead” Felix said. 
“That’s because she vented in there and killed him.”
“No! I swear, Y/N/N you have to believe me!” she directed her words towards the girl who remained silent during their discussion, processing her accusations over and over in her head. “I was fixing the wires, Toast was doing another task, and then boom! I see Corpse snapping his neck!”
“How could you see that if the lights were off?” Y/N suddenly asked, making Rae cut her own sentence off “No one went to fix them, they were off the entire round.”
Silence. 
“It’s Rae, it must be her” Corpse couldn’t help but laugh wholeheartedly at how small was the mistake which completely blew Rae’s cover. “We’re voting Rae, right Y/N?”
“No! Guys, I mean, let me explain, I-!”
Rae was ejected. 
“Now that was something I didn’t expect. I would’ve never thought it was her, I even suspected that Sykkuno might really have been the other Impostor, but now... It’s just me, Corpse, and Felix. I’m clear, clearly, so it must be one of them. And since Corpse protected me for the past few rounds, there’s no other option than...”
Her eyes suddenly widened when the realization hit her, and she quickly turned around to speed towards the emergency button. Fortunately, no one was around to stop her from calling the meeting.
“Felix.” Y/N started, trying to contain her excitement and sound seriously “Where were you when Sean was killed?”
Neither Corpse of Felix said a word, as it was probably the last question they expected her to ask. Felix cleared his throat, however, and finally replied:
“Y/N, that was literally the beginning of a game. How am I supposed to remember what I did then?”
“Well” she said nonchalantly “I, for example, clearly remember the things you said even when we were in the lobby.”
“What are you implying?” 
“Wasn’t it you, who told everyone that Sean was your number one if you get Impostor?” she asked with a wicked smile on her face. Felix was dumbfounded, he obviously didn’t expect her to pull that card on him, hell, he didn’t even know how she knew about it since she wasn’t even in the call at the time. 
“FELIX” Corpse suddenly broke the silence, simultaneously breaking the said man from his train of thoughts. 
“Okay, first of all- YOU WEREN’T EVEN IN THE CALL WHEN I SAID THAT” he yelled through his mic, making both Y/N and Corpse laugh, as it only confirmed their suspicions. 
“See? You only proved my point.” 
“Oh, fuck’s sake- I was just joking okay?!” he tried to defend himself, but hearing how he couldn’t even contain his own laughter anymore, it was clear he already accepted the defeat. “It wasn’t serious, god damn it!” 
“You know what to do, Y/N” Corpse’s voice asked through her headphones, and surely, she knew exactly what to do.
“C’mon Y/N, that’s not fair! At least let me explain myself!” 
“Bye Felix” she said in an overly dramatic tone before Corpse voted as well. 
Soon enough, the sign VICTORY could be seen on her screen, which made her squeak and joy. This game was really fun, even though she was so scared of being killed first. 
“I knew it! I knew you would figure out it’s him! That son of a bitch who murdered me!” Jack basically yelled out, clearly very happy about the result. 
“Y/N, seriously now, how did you know I’ve said that?” Felix asked without even hiding his surprised tone.
“Let’s just say I might’ve stolen some of your viewers, Felix” she admitted, winking at her webcam, a new wave of comments landing on her chat. “Thanks guys!” 
“Okay, that is rude and not fair!” 
“It helped me win, so I’ve got nothing else to say” Y/N grinned from ear to ear, before muting herself for a moment to finally answer some of the questions from her chat, while the rest took a quick break to eat something or go to the bathroom.
She was halfway through telling the story of how she met Sean when she noticed she got a message from a private discord chat. 
CORPSE: That was really impressive :)
Y/N smiled to herself upon seeing his text and quickly typed out the answer. 
Y/N: Thanks!! I wouldn’t have done that without you though, you stood up for me and Sykkuno and all
Y/N: Also, thanks for protecting me from being murdered ^^
CORPSE: No problem, I knew you were innocent right away. 
CORPSE: Anyway, good game, Sean was right saying that you’re one of the best players
She couldn’t help the blush that arose on her cheeks, it was very sweet of him to say that, even though she didn’t actually do much except for exposing Felix. 
Y/N: I wasn’t an Impostor though, so you didn’t really see much :)
She watched the three dots beside his name, that signaled he was still texting. The chat was completely forgotten, but people seemed to quickly notice that small, shy smile on her lips, and the pink tint decoring her cheeks.
CORPSE: Okay, now I’m intrigued... 
Y/N: Maybe we’ll both be Impostors one day ^^
CORPSE: Can’t wait for that to happen.
Soon enough, they returned to the lobby to begin another game. Y/N glanced at her chat for a second, and the moment she returned her eyes to the game, her jaw basically dropped. 
IMPOSTOR was written in bold letters in the middle of the red screen, right above her name.
Corpse’s little character was standing beside her. 
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ACOK: Theon III (Chapter 37)
Theon wiped the spittle off his cheek with the back of his hand. "Robb will gut you, Greyjoy," Benfred Tallheart screamed. "He'll feed your turncloak's heart to his wolf, you piece of sheep dung."
Aeron Damphair's voice cut through the insults like a sword through cheese. "Now you must kill him."    
Why do we keep doing this?
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Uncle Aeron was relentless. "When he spits on you, he spits on all of us. He spits on the Drowned God. He must die."    
(...)
"No," Aeron Damphair declared. "He must be given to the god. The old way."
Other than Euron, if you asked me which Greyjoy is the biggest piece of shit, days later I still wouldn’t have an answer for you. How very House Targaryen of them.
Speaking of House Targaryen, you’ve got to love the complementary dynamic of burning people alive and drowning them. Where’s all the A Song of Water and Fire metas? I know destiny when I see it.
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What does it matter? Dead is dead.
Not in this story!
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"You will come as well. You command here. The offering should come from you." 
That was more than Theon could stomach. "You are the priest, Uncle, I leave the god to you. Do me the same kindness and leave the battles to me." He waved his hand, and Werlag and Stygg began to drag their captive off toward the shore. Aeron Damphair gave his nephew a reproachful look, then followed. Down to the pebbled beach they would go, to drown Benfred Tallhart in salt water. The old way.
If you can’t stomach drowning the man, then don’t authorize it.
Have you learned nothing? The man who passes the sentence should hold under water.
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Climbing a jumble of stone, Theon looked down on the dead men and dying horses. The horses had deserved better. 
(...)
The rest of his men were looting the corpses. Gevin Harlaw knelt on a dead man's chest, sawing off his finger to get at a ring. Paying the iron price. My lord father would approve.
If this is supposed to remind me of the Dothraki, it’s working.
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One of them was in a shoving match with a fat man named Todric, who was reeling among the slain with a horn of ale in one hand and an axe in the other, clad in a cloak of white foxfur only slightly stained by the blood of its previous owner. Drunk, Theon decided, watching him bellow. It was said that the ironmen of old had oft been blood-drunk in battle, so berserk that they felt no pain and feared no foe, but this was a common ale-drunk.
"Wex, my bow and quiver." The boy ran and fetched them. Theon bent the bow and slipped the string into its notches as Todric knocked down the Botley boy and flung ale into his eyes. Fishwhiskers leapt up cursing, but Theon was quicker. He drew on the hand that clutched the drinking horn, figuring to give them a shot to talk about, but Todric spoiled it by lurching to one side just as he loosed. The arrow took him through the belly.
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Even Robb . . . he ought to have won a smile the day he'd saved Bran from that wildling, but instead he'd gotten a scolding, as if he were some cook who'd burned the stew.
Theon accidentally shoots a man in the stomach when he’s aiming for his hand, then pages later conveniently forgets that just happened. Classic Theon.
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He kicked at Benfred's fallen banner, clutched in the dead hand of the squire who'd borne it. A rabbitskin had been tied below the flag. Why rabbitskins? he had meant to ask, but being spat on had made him forget his questions.
Callback!
Leobald Tallhart had his turn the following day. He spoke of weather portents and the slack wits of smallfolk, and told how his nephew itched for battle. "Benfred has raised his own company of lances. Boys, none older than nineteen years, but every one thinks he's another young wolf. When I told them they were only young rabbits, they laughed at me. Now they call themselves the Wild Hares and gallop about the country with rabbitskins tied to the ends of their lances, singing songs of chivalry." - Bran II, ACOK
I’m sure rabbits, rabbitskins, and floppy ears hold deeper meaning, but you won’t get those answers here.
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Theon thought of seeking out the bodies of the two men he'd slain himself to see if they had any jewelry worth the taking, but the notion left a bitter taste in his mouth. He could imagine what Eddard Stark would have said. Yet that thought made him angry too. Stark is dead and rotting, and naught to me, he reminded himself.
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He tossed his bow back to Wex and strode off, remembering how elated he'd felt after the Whispering Wood, and wondering why this did not taste as sweet.
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He did not like the taste of any of this, but what choice did he have?     
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"The day is won," Dagmer called down. "And yet you do not smile, boy. The living should smile, for the dead cannot." He smiled himself to show how it was done.
The Smiler is not smiling. Theon, what’s the matter? You seem conflicted.
What choice do you have? Um, let me think, you could leave and sail back to Robb?
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"Any force he summons will be larger than mine," Dagmer said, "and these old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair. You set us a battle we cannot hope to win, Theon. This Torrhen's Square will never fall."
Theon smiled. "It's not Torrhen's Square I mean to take."    
Never mind, that was brief. He’s smiling again. Back to shithead.
Final thoughts:
Is every Greyjoy shortsighted? It’s not only Theon, I want to sit down Balon and ask him what exactly the long-term goal is here.
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