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tonymacaroni5678 · 1 year

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Making a Monotype Spikemuth Cup Team Every day until S/V drop part 1: Ghost

Let me preface this by saying I am not good, nor do I claim to be. I want to improve my teambuilding and play prior to S/V dropping so that maybe someday I can be a true pokemon master. I've been working on some monotype teams for fun to use on the Spikemuth cup ladder on Showdown, and I thought it might be helpful for me to write out my process here so I can see where best to improve. The idea is to post the original team, and some thoughts about why I made it the way I did, post a few replays where things work out or don't, analyze the replays, then revisit the team and update it with the insight from the replays.

Obviously I had to do ghost today for spooky reasons. Just went with my gut on the six that I chose, I'll be honest, ghost type is not the best for this challenge. Dragapult is an excellent mon, and Shedinja is good for endgame plays. Choice Scarf Blacephalon and Chandelure is cheesy (maybe cheesier than shedinja), and unfortunately Blacephalon even with scarf still gets outsped by Eleki. Mimikyu is an excellent TR setter, and I thought Jellicent might be a good Incineroar counter and perform well in trick room. Honorable mentions would include Dusclops, Dusknoir (which never gets the respect it deserves), Alolan Marowak, Gengar, Spectrier, Sableye, and Drifblim. These mons will all be considered later in the post when I update the team after a few battles.

For the EV spreads, most are min/max, Mimikyu was shamelessly grabbed from Pikalytics Series 9 data, looks like it outspeeds a common G-Moltres set from that point in time, and is generally decent in bulk. Just at a glance, we may invest more or less in speed depending on how often TR gets set up. Like I said earlier, scarf Blacephalon even at max investment doesn't outspeed Regieleki which is unfortunate, but at 124 EV it hits 143 Speed, which scarf boosts to 214, outspeeding opposing max speed dragapult, and investing the rest in HP to increase bulk (maybe? guess we'll find out). Jellicent can live a grassy glide from grassy seed, adamant, 252+ Rillaboom. Hopefully this calc won't be used, the idea being to use Chandelure and Blacephalon to deal with Rillaboom prior to Jellicent entering the field. Chandelure outspeeds Tsareena with a positive nature, which might be relevant. At this point I was considering min speed Chandelure instead, which will "outspeed" Indeedee-F under trick room, so we'll see if that's something we want to go with later.

As far as strategy, my leads are usually pretty reactive, so a lot depends on what my opponent brings. I think my most obvious lead would be something like Dragapult/Blacephalon with Chandelure in the back if it looks like Mind Blown is going to pop off. Mimikyu/Chandelure bluffs double TR, and Shedinja in the back is often a good option if it looks like the opponent won't have an answer for it in the endgame.

Alrighty here goes game 1

Lead: Up against a pretty TR focused team with Indeedee-F, Hatterene, Stakataka, Torkoal, Rillaboom (so versatile honestly, functions great in and out of TR) and the wild card Landorus-I for outside of TR. So turn one I pulled it off lol, I didn't see any huge resists for Mind Blown besides Torkoal, and figured they wouldn't lead that. I thought ideally knock out either Hatterene or Stakataka and prevent TR from going up.

Turn 1: They lead Stakataka and Rillaboom, just asking for a Mind Blown. My lead is good. I think my Dragapult can survive Mind Blown, but I'm not exactly sure how much damage it will do. The juicy flash fire play is right there, and I'm too weak to resist it. Mind Blown OHKOs the Rillaboom (which didn't go for grassy glide), triggers flash fire, and does a tremendous amount of damage to stakataka, definitely 2HKO range. Staka is able to get the trick room off, and I don't know it yet but my fate has been sealed. Changes I would make: Just use dragon darts man, don't go for the switch, and guarantee the KO on Stakataka to prevent TR from getting up.

Turn 2: TR is up, Torkoal comes in. Blacephalon is choice-locked onto Mind Blown, probably won't survive to use it though. I switch in Jellicent in that spot to take whatever Torkoal is going for better. For chandelure, I click Shadow Ball onto Staka, trying to net a KO and covering a wide guard play from them. Staka goes for Gyro Ball, dealing a little less than half health to Chandelure, and Torkoal goes for Earth Power on Jellicent, rewarding my switch handily and dealing only 21% damage. Changes I would make: I still think Shadow Ball is a safer play than Heat Wave, though in retrospect, Heat Wave could have ended up winning me the game, getting some amount of damage on Torkoal and still netting the KO on Stakataka; the caveat here being that it doesn't miss lol. The switch was good, and although I'm on my back foot at this point, my opponent is not running away with this game.

Turn 3: Landorus has entered the chat. Under TR, it is basically guaranteed to go last unless my opponent has done some deranged EVs. I'm wondering if this Torkoal has solar beam; but that's a moot point since this Jellicent set doesn't have protect. Despite sun being up, Water Spout is likely my best play with Jellicent, and now I can safely click heat wave with my boosted up Chandelure, likely going before Landorus. Torkoal could click earth power into Chandelure at this point, my goal on this turn is to damage, hopefully KO this Landorus, then I can stall out the remaining 2 turns of trick room and deal with Torkoal. Torkoal ends up going for eruption, which I think is a misplay on my opponent's part, and this does little damage to Jellicent and none to Chandelure. Jellicent's water spout also does very little damage, thanks to the sun and the chip damage it has taken so far. Heat wave misses Landorus, which matters a great deal. It does 58% to Torkoal, which is more than I expected, and I was able to run the calc for if it had hit Landorus; guaranteed OHKO without investment 252 SpA Chandelure Heat Wave vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Landorus in Sun: 175-207 (106.7 - 126.2%) (Please note that this calc takes Flash Fire into account)After deftly avoiding my heat wave, the Landorus fires off an Earth Power into Chandelure, KOing it. Changes I would make: This situation begs a moveset change on the Jellicent I think to include Protect, which would have covered for solar beam from Torkoal, or to add a different water stab that could have either done more damage (Hydro Pump) or at least given my Chandelure a shot at surviving the turn (Muddy Water possibly reducing Lando's accuracy).

Turn 4: I'm salty, but I'm still up 3-2 and definitely have a shot here. I bring Dragapult in, hoping to get a Dragon Darts off, then protect next turn to stall out trick room. I'm thinking unless the opposing Landorus has Grass Knot, Jellicent's recover can outpace the damage done to it this turn. Torkoal's Heat Wave crits Jellicent for 32% damage, nice, but Lando's Earth Power OHKOs my Dragapult before it can move. Is that a guaranteed OHKO? 252 SpA Life Orb Sheer Force Landorus Earth Power vs. 4 HP / 0 SpD Dragapult: 152-179 (92.6 - 109.1%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO No it is not, but it would have happened more times than not; Life Orb recoil would have certainly led to a KO. Changes I would make: Maybe this is my delusion, but I think I made the right moves. Perhaps a protect here from Dragapult would have been better, but then I would have been in basically the same position with it next turn.

Turn 5: In comes Blacephalon, it's now 2-2. My Jellicent is close to full health and will be dealing close to maximum damage with Water Spout at this point, barring another Heat Wave crit, so I choose that, and my Blacephalon is scarfed, so I click Shadow Ball onto Landorus. Torkoal KOs Blacephalon with Earth Power before it can move. Water Spout does respectable damage on both mons, KOing the opposing Torkoal and hitting Lando for 37%. Earth Power does an alarming 61% to Jellicent, and Trick Room runs out. Changes I would make: Clicking Protect on Choice Scarf Blacephalon is VALID thank you, it would have bluffed a non-choice set (I never officially revealed to my opponent that it was faster than my Dragapult), and forced a choice of who to KO with Landorus the following turn. Ultimately, I'm pretty sure my goose was cooked before this turn, but that would have been a better play in my opinion.

Turn 6: Landorus KOs Jellicent with Earth Power.

Analysis after one battle: Okay, so turns 1 and 3 are where I identify some misplays, and the Jellicent and Blacephalon sets are a little sus. Running protect on a choice scarf mon? Bogus; however it might have actually helped me in the endgame if I had the guts to click it. I'm comfortable with the 4 I brought, I don't think I would change that.

I did say I would take a couple battles to change the sets/mons/spreads, so I'll go into battle #2 without any changes, aside from replacing Protect on Blacephalon with Trick.

Okay, battle number 2. Up against Eleki, Dragonite, Heatran, Rillaboom, Urshifu, and Cresselia. Looks like hyper offense with a Creasselia stuck on there to reverse trick room. I'm seeing an opportunity for a possible TR setup here, so I lead Mimikyu and Dragapult, with Jellicent and Shedinja in the back. It's my guess that the Urshifu is Rapid Strike, so I need to deal with Dragonite and Heatran before Shedinja can run wild. Mimikyu and Dragapult can handle Dragonite for sure, and Jellicent was brought for the Heatran, and that's basically exactly how the battle played out.

Turn 1: They lead Watershifu (as predicted) and Dragonite. I'm hoping Dragon Darts is smart enough to net the KO on Dragonite after popping Multiscale, and I click play rough on the opposing Urshifu. Urshifu moves first (definitely scarfed), and Dragapult handles Surging Strikes very well. To my surprise, Dragon Darts does a massive amount of damage on Dragonite, making me think that it must be Inner Focus for some reason. Dragonite uses Ice Punch on my Dragapult, netting the KO, and then Mimikyu cleans up the Urshifu with Play Rough. Changes I would make: Eh, none really, although protect on Dragapult looks pretty nice in retrospect. If this were a Bo3, I would definitely note the scarf Urshifu, and the apparent lack of Multiscale on Dragonite.

Turn 2: I'm thinking Heatran is going to come in, so I bring in my Jellicent. I am correct. Dual Wingbeat from Dragonite goes first, and after busting my disguise deals a fair amount of damage to my mimikyu. Heatran's Flash Cannon finishes it off. I think they were trying to prevent Trick Room, which is what I had clicked with Mimikyu, but it wasn't necessary for the win. Jellicent cleans up the little HP Dragonite has left and does 60% to Heatran, setting me up for a 2HKO. Changes I would make: Shadow sneak would have gotten me more damage output from Mimikyu if I thought it was going down this turn.

Turn 3: Shedinja comes in, a little early for comfort. It's down to 2-2. Predicting a grassy glide from Rillaboom into Jellicent, I use Ally Switch with Shedinja and Water Spout with Jellicent. I predict correctly. Heatran's Heat Wave connects with Shedinja and brings me down to sash. Water Spout KOs Heatran and does 18% to Rillaboom. Changes I would make: None, I played real good here.

Turn 4: Jellicent can go down, and Shedinja can take this as long as Rillaboom doesn't have Knock Off. I Water Spout for maximum damage and Poltergeist. As predicted, Grassy Glide hits and KOs Jellicent (the calc from the beginning makes this basically all but assured, it can live one but not with the chip damage it has gotten to this point). Poltergeist does 52%. Even with grassy terrain recovery, Next turn should net me the win. Changes I would make: The Jellicent moveset is again begging for a change, Protect would have been nice here, or some other damaging move maybe. This matchup is always going to be rough for Jellicent though, and the EV spread is as good as it can get.

Turn 5: Poltergeist misses and my opponent disconnects lol, they used High Horsepower, indicating to me that they didn't have Knock Off and basically guaranteeing that I would have eventually won.

Analysis after two battles: I trusted Dragapult more this time to be a damage dealer, and I feel that it paid off. Shedinja shenanigans won the day, feels like in a Bo3 my opponent would work harder to preserve Dragonite or Heatran or both for the endgame, I doubt this strategy would win me a game 2.

Battle 3

Okay, this one's on me for bringing Shedinja to a sand matchup lol. Up against Tyranitar, clearly Sand Rush Dracovish, Kartana, Incineroar, Tapu Lele, and Urshifu. I didn't even get to see which Urshifu it was, although I would guess that it's Dark type.

Turn 1: I lead Mimikyu and Dragapult, trying to get off a Trick Room, with Shedinja (bad choice) and Jellicent in the back. They lead Kartana and Tyranitar, setting up sand and making me immediately regret bringing Shedinja. I'm thinking "I can totally get Trick Room up here" Dragon Darts deals a pitiful amount of damage to both opposing mons, Kartana breaks disguise with Smart Strike, and then Tyranitar hits Rock Slide.... and gets the flinch on Mimikyu. Changes I would make: I think the optimal play is probably to use Will-o-Wisp with Dragapult on the opposing Tyranitar, thinking ahead to bringing in Jellicent under Trick Room. Obviously, if I could get the TR off, the rest of the game goes differently, but Shedinja remains dead weight and I don't think Jellicent can carry this against Kartana.

Turn 2: Yeah it's downhill from here. I use Shadow Sneak to try to get off a little damage with Mimikyu before it gets KOed. I use Will-o-Wisp with Dragapult on Kartana, wishing I had both of these mons burned before I'm forced to bring in Jellicent. Smart Strike KOs Mimikyu and Crunch from Tyranitar KOs Dragapult. Changes I would make: Honestly this turn was pretty optimal from my end, all things considered. Changes I wish I could make? Bring a different team lol.

Turn 3: Shedinja has to come out now, and Kartana has Aerial Ace, so it's triple dead. Crunch does a huge amount of damage to Jellicent, crippling my Water Spout. I'm almost able to KO Kartana with Poltergeist, and Water Spout is able to finish it off but only hits Tyranitar for 14%. This is screaming AV to me, which in a Bo3 would be valuable information. Changes I would make: This once again begs a change in the Jellicent moveset. Something like Hydro Pump or Muddy Water would be great here, not reliant on HP and me getting TR up. Otherwise, I think the plays were correct.

Turn 4: Out comes Dracovish, and KOs my Jellicent with Crunch.

Analysis after 3 battles: This one was lost at team preview, I think. Like I said earlier, it plays out better for me if I end up getting the Trick Room off, but Jellicent cannot carry this team. I ended up bringing Jellicent to all three battles, which I did not expect but seemed okay at the time. Mimikyu never got to Trick Room. Chandelure performed super well in the battle it got brought to, so that was exciting. I think updating the Jellicent set to have another water STAB and giving it protect will improve the team greatly. I didn't find any reason to use Breaking Swipe on Dragapult, although in that last game it may have helped more than trying to Will-o-Wisp twice, so I switched that for Phantom Force. I don't see any reason to change the Mimikyu set or spread, I'm curious if I did ever get TR off if I would be able to use Swords Dance or not. Blacephalon and Chandelure only came to one battle and did what they needed to, so I wouldn't change those either, although if I were going to change moves the last one on both of them are just improved coverage options that especially on Blacephalon might be superfluous. Here's the updated team paste

I'll probably try it out on the ladder a few more times today, if you try it or if you have suggestions, let me know! In any case, thanks for reading my ramblings, this is really about me making myself a better player but who knows it might help someone else too

#pokemon vgc #competitive pokemon #spikemuth cup #long reads

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violet-t-9 · 3 years

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Check in on my (not very realistic) wish list for episode 139

1. Nobody dies in the potential battle against Lucien/the Somnovem? I will be fine with temporary unconciousness but please nobody actually dies? Will they even fight? What was going on with the cliffhanger? I have so many questions!

Hey nobody died! Nobody even went unconscious. Can't believe we have a part 2 to this epic boss fight. This showdown is awesome! At least we know what will happen next episode.

2. The group uses their new eye powers for something (group telepathy will be hilarious, especially accidental) or just in general goof off with their new eyes.

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now

3. Beau or Caleb discover more new eye functions that we have not seen before (antimagic cone anyone? Does the eye location have any meaning? Lucien’s was also on the chest right?)

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now. If the locations mean anything, so far it's not revealed.

4. We get to see more of the party members’ new powers/abilities since they levelled up and got a long rest! Let’s gooo.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH thanks Cad. It's a new power we haven't seen before! Caleb knows gravity fissure now, apparently! Fjord and Veth also considered using new abilities before the break. Jester used contagion on Lucien! It was a nice try.

5. They get some sort of contact with/update from the material plane (i.e. their family, Yussa, or anybody else I guess just not Trent please), it’s been a while I wonder what’s going on over there. Has Jester’s parent trap succeeded fully yet? Has the assembly been investigated yet? Has Yussa figured out what the Nein did with his emergency exit gift? How are Yeza and Luc doing in the crime bar? Is the Dynasty looking into Essek? So many possibilities.

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now

6. The M9 succeed in stopping the city from going to the material plane and find a way to potentially destroy it by the end of the episode.

It appears that them plane shifting the crest away actually does ensure that the city cannot return to the material plane, that's great news! Also, I assume destroying Lucien would be a good first step to destroying the city.

7. Beau and Yasha continue to fight like the power couple they are and to indulge in PDA in the flesh horror city (because why not). Bonus: we find out Yasha’s plans for Beau’s red cape/the cape is used by Beau in the episode.

The discussion between Beau, Yasha and Veth LMAO. Oh NO Yasha is fighting Beau again - that natural 1 though! The miss! Another natural 1! The power of love!!!! Yasha also used the battle cry to protect Beau!

8. Fjord and Jester continue to be domestic and supportive of each other in these trying times because they are great. Bonus: more Sprinkle/Artagan mentions or interactions.

Jester and Fjord starting strong with the dirty/natural 20's! Also "I'd rather you wear it" "Fjord, it's so expensive!" They are so cute. Ayy Sprinkle/Artagan both got fed the Heroes' Feast! The excitement over the ring finally working lol. "Imma cast it at 4th level" lol Jester really tried her best to remove his slow and it worked!

9. Obligatory wish for Essek’s fancy dunamancy or magical items (Bonus: STILL hoping to see more high-damage AOE offensive spells that Essek has never cast because of the party placement, dark star anybody?).

The trapped haste spell MmmMm. GRAVITY FISSURE YAY hot spell flavour is hot. THANK YOU for that dispel magic on Yasha Essek you are the best. Nice magic missile but he is out in the open oh nO he is charmed oh no is he going to dark star the party?? Wheww thank you Caleb for the dispel, at fifth level too! He was so going to dark star Lucien if Cad was not pulled.

10. Obligatory wish for Caleb’s polymorph spell on himself or a party member. Actually, let’s expand to any party member’s polymorph! Give me those sweet polymorph interactions.

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now

11. The party tries to reach Lucien by mentioning Molly and Lucien actually having a physical reaction to their words.

Wow that was a physical reaction alright, definitely to Jester and Caleb's mention of Molly's name. Jester's song also had an effect. Everybody is trying yay! Well, it was worth a try. BEAU'S bonus action Gustuv talk made him lose a legendary action WOW. Fjord's, Caleb's attempt also succeeded. In round 2, Beau removed 1 legendary action, followed by Jester

12. Obligatory wish for Essek’s room in the tower (it will stay until it happens).

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now

13. Obligatory wish for Cad being a MVP in and out of combat because he always is.

CAD what a good pep talk I love you. Path to the grave and also the reaction war caster blight, very nice.

14. I NEED MORE RP PLEASE like last week’s high intensity combat was fun but I miss one-on-one conversations give them to me thank you. Longer conversations are even better.

NVM we are doing the boss fight right now, however there was a lot of Molly RP involved.

15. Everybody being super freaked out/creeped out by the terrible flesh city thanks to Matt’s wonderfully detailed and awesome descriptions.

The damaged state of the city, how it leans towards Lucien's cocoon thing and Lucien's transformation... OH NO the stalks not the tentacle stalks.

16. At least one of the party members get mind-influenced/charmed by some effect during the combat (well at least Caleb’s got mind blank and Veth got intellect fortress, but I would be surprised if there was no mind shenanigans).

Well, I knew it would happen. Gaudius, the eye of longing/love that did not affect Beau DID charm Yasha with a failed wis save and Yasha attacked Beau, again. However thanks to Essek it didn't last long!

17. Somebody check in a bit on Essek’s mental state because he is clearly not entirely desensitized as seen from last episode. At least he got a full rest so physically he is fine (just squishy, like wizards are).

Hey Essek got to open up a little bit before their final fight, so that was great.

18. Caleb uses more fire or his customized spells or just any cool spells in general I guess because what’s sexier than wizards NOTHING I’m still hyped from last week.

Gravity fissure already?? Sweet max damage, despite the save! Caleb you can literally just copy any spell you see cast can't you, high int wizard I love you. Also the use of that potion and the scroll were pretty smart too.

19. We learn more about Lucien’s motives and what he is actually trying to do, or more about the Somnovem’s different? motives because I was very confused last episode. Lucien wants to “parent” the Somnovem by bombing them with 10 intuit charges, like okay are you sure you are not trying to kill them? Then again, if that doesn’t severely damage the Somnovem I don’t know what will.

Well we now know that Lucien has all the Somnovem power inside himself now and is still very much wanting to bring back the city - at least he can't right now because of the threshold crest they got rid of last session. This clarifies a lot. I guess the "parenting" was to weaken the Somnovem for him to absorb them all into himself?

20. Obligatory wish for everyone to remain relatively happy and alive by the end of the episode except Lucien, and the episode ends on a terrifying cliffhanger as always.

I mean, should have known that Lucien cannot be killed in 1 session. Otherwise though, what an episode! What a session! Absolutely amazing.

Bonus:

ESSEK IS MAKING A JOKE LMAO I can't with this man, he is also giving everybody spells/gifts, cute - I guess wizards all have the save love language.

CALEB IS ABOVE 100 HP thank you Jester for that 17 roll from Heroes' Feast! I knew you'd do it. The feast was so crucial in their combat too, what a queen. Caleb always be covering his friends in his anti-aberration cone, and burning Lucien's legendary reactions. Great moves.

Veth are you... horny for Lucien??? LMAO

OH NO Gaudius on Essek this is the alternative Essek bossfight timeline OH NO but at the same time YES the angst- oh nvm Caleb thanks lol.

Extra - combat notes for my record:

Saves minus # eyes

Elatis - Excitement, pulling the target 120 ft towards Lucien + eye.

Ira - Rage, fireball effect AOE damage.

Fastidan - Disgust (wilting dull green) necrotic damage

Luctus - Grief (Dex save), slow spell effect.

Timorei - fear effect, but negated by Heroes' feast immunity.

Culpasi - guilt (Con save) disadvantage on saving throws +...

Miramus - (wis save)

Vigilan - the eye that moves/emanates the anti-magic cone

Gaudius - (wis save) charm effect

WHAT A FIGHT! I can't wait for part 2 and hopefully that's Lucien's final form. I did not think that the Molly influence will have such a profound effect, but I sure am glad it did! Everyone was so amazing in this combat, I love it all.

#cr spoilers #the mighty nein #critical role #critical role spoilers #c2e139 #cr liveblog

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quincywillows · 3 years

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i know this is kind of a general question but how do you and the ambition crew go about writing episode listings descriptions, i’m having trouble coming up with long enough yet semi vague and intriguing episode descriptions for my spec season

hi pal! this is an interesting question, and i hope i’m the person equipped to answer it since i’m the one who predominantly crafts our promo materials. i can’t guarantee easy solutions -- no part of writing is inherently Easy as i’m sure you know -- but i can least provide some general thoughts i use in the process and hopefully that’ll help!

so obviously the first step is to know your story. one of the things i’m most impatient about during our story breaking process is getting the story structured enough to start brainstorming these things lol, but you want to make sure you feel confident about the important plots of each episode so that you can accurately reflect that in the synopses. that’s partially why we haven’t released the descriptions for 3B yet. we’re still refining the story in that half of the season and so we figured we’d keep the focus on the first half and come back to the rest when it was more solidified and the intrigue of the first half had receded.

then, once you’ve got your episode titles all figured out (and picking titles is a whole other process), you’re at the point where you are now where you’re figuring out how to phrase the description. a few things go through my mind during this process.

one, you want to keep things succinct. the episode description isn’t the place for wordiness or nuance. save all that rich storytelling for the actual episode! as someone who hates being brief believe me i hate this part, but it requires cutting out a LOT of the elements of the upcoming episode and just honing in on a couple of key features or storylines. as you’ll notice with the aaa synopses, they RARELY encompass all of the storylines going on in an episode, in fact sometimes they don’t allude at all to major plot lines. but that’s okay! the description is about the basics: who, what, when, where, why -- just not with all those elements at the same time to maintain that mystery and intrigue.

which brings us to the second point, intrigue. you want to decide on information that’s interesting or evokes a response of some kind from the reader (worry, excitement, tension, etc). and a big piece of this i think can be in withholding information. for example, if a description says “and one student says goodbye to aaa forever,” that’s a great intrigue factor bc it sets off a dozen responses in a reader’s head at once. like WHO is leaving aaa? and WHY? and then they start going through everything they already know about the show thus far and try to deduce who it most likely is, probably with multiple possibilities. you gave SOME important intel to get them intrigued / worried -- the WHAT (leaving aaa), the WHEN (that episode, presumably), and the WHERE (aaa) -- but leaving out those other elements above is what really gets them hooked on that tidbit.

following that thought, i think what it comes down to is you want your descriptions to elicit theorizing from your readers. like ideally, they should be able to read your episode descriptions and get just enough information to start spouting ideas about what’s to come, but not enough that you reveal all your cards or state the entire episode for them. you know what i mean?

then the third thing to think about, along the same thread, is which stories you want to highlight. in general, i think of synopses as having 3 points. there’s generally an overarching explanation of what the episode will be about (i.e., the main plot or focus of the ensemble). then, you follow up with one or two characters and their specific plot line, typically ones that have a decent amount of importance that episode or best relate to the theme. then, finally, you land with a finally whammy statement that holds a lot of worry or excitement in it, but in general i make this one the most vague.

lets look at a couple of ambition descriptions and deconstruct them as an example of how this works in action! i’ll do one from S2 and then one from 3A. it goes without saying, but below the cut involves SPOILERS for ambition season 2 and season 3 thus far.

[ 2.12 ] “Final Run” // CURTAIN CALL – The complications surrounding Lucas’s presence at Adams reach a climactic pitch. Jack makes one last desperate maneuver. Riley and Isadora orchestrate an opposition, but true help comes from an unlikely ally. Someone says goodbye to AAA.

so we’ve got point 1, the ensemble / general plot: lucas’s enrollment is reaching its climax. we know who -- lucas; what -- the bradford case; when -- now; where -- aaa. but we don’t know how it’s going to resolve, which is the intrigue for point 1. but it mainly serves to establish the plot or theme the episode will be revolving around.

point 2, select characters: we know jack plays a major role in this episode because of him fighting for lucas, but we don’t know What that desperate maneuver will be (threatening to resign if they kick out lucas as his last-ditch statement). riley and isadora are planning something major (the student protest), but the biggest impression comes from someone unexpected -- we don’t yet know the WHO in that situation (farkle).

point 3, the whammy: someone says goodbye. this immediately elicits worry from the audience, and a scramble to fill in the missing information. mainly, WHO? one might assume lucas, since the plot revolves around him... but the best synopses are misdirects that make things seem obvious when in fact they aren’t. and there’s some hints here, considering who ISN’T mentioned in point 2 -- as we know, charlie is the one who says goodbye, and he was specifically not mentioned earlier in the description. you kinda see how those small choices make big impressions? and have little twists of their own? that’s what you’re going for at the end of the day!

let’s try another one from 3A.

[ 3.05 ] “Battleground State” // THE VOTES ARE IN – The A class fights to advance in the senior showdown semi-finals. Charlie bonds with his classmates as Haverford proves they’re fierce competition. Adams elects their next student body president, and someone gets a serious wake-up call.

point 1: we’re focusing on the senior showdown semi-finals. we know much will hinge on that throughout the episode. this can also be said of the later mention of the election, which is partially why i chose this example. it doesn’t have to be a strict and straightforward structure like you can throw other elements in different sentences, i’m just giving you a bare bones idea to follow as you’re getting the hang of it!

point 2: charlie gets the character focus, since he’s so removed from the others. this is a trend actually through the 3A synopses -- charlie tends to get slightly more mention by name than the others, but it’s because he’s carrying a whole story world by himself at this time and thus doesn’t fit the “ensemble” point as easily anymore.

point 3: someone gets a serious wake-up call. this is that whammy beat, as we don’t know basically anything. wake-up call could mean ANYTHING, but the word choice signals to us that it won’t be good (wake-up calls rarely all, as they mean that how things are now aren’t working). but we don’t know the WHO (zay), the WHAT (his injury), the WHEN, WHERE, or WHY. it’s vague and threatening, and tacked right on the end to give one last rush of adrenaline for the episode as a whole.

so yeah, that’s the gist to help you get started. i think the other main thing i would impart is the wisdom that like at the end of the day... it doesn’t really matter. it doesn’t need to be perfect. just have fun with it! and if you can include some wordplay (using “creme de la creme” for charlie’s phrase in the episode where he’s struggling with french; isadora getting a “rich” surprise in the episode where she got her inheritance), that’s also a fun plus. best of luck!!!

#writing tips #writing #maggie.txt #writing gabs #Anonymous #ask and you shall receive

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I know you are like super busy and all that, but I've been curious about this for a while now and throuple Thursday seemed the best time to ask. You always said you don't write smut yet you have smut in the TEAs now, so I wondered if you had three things that changed your mind. Thank you and good luck in the voting round.

First off, let me say how so very sorry I am to be getting to this question on a Saturday. I have not been the best of much of anything in the past few weeks. Hopefully combining it with Social Saturday doesn't bother you.

There are more than three things that sent my writing in this direction, but I will try and narrow it down. I do want to start off by admitting my lies. Lol. I have always written smut, just not as fanfiction and not publicly. I am still not comfortable with the fanfiction I put out there and it probably shows between the one I wrote anonymously (One Word, Many Meanings) and all the rest. While I don't know anyone in the Once cast, I do know people in other shows and I still can't put up that divide between person and character when it comes to intimate scenes. I feel like I am forcing my friends into situations when I write them and writing smut adds the feeling of creepy to that as well. It feels rapish and voyeuristic at the same time. That feeling carries over to other fandoms, including Once. Some people may be able to totally visualize their friends and acquaintances having sex without a problem. I am not one of those.

So, to answer your question...

The first major step was my wife constantly nagging me to write things for her. I don't mean that in a bad way. She doesn't have the same hang ups as I do and she is one of my betas, so when I would skirt around the smut she would remind me I am totally capable of it and that Rumbelle didn't involve people I knew beyond a few encounters, so I should be okay with it. It would be a good way to step into the water, as it were. She won out in the end, though I think she can tell I'm not giving it a full effort still.

So then I did a smut for the showdown this year because I assumed it would totally throw people. I knew if I wrote what I would typically avoid there would be no trace of the Rumbelle version of Peacehopeandrats to be seen. And of course my wife was right. When I wrote as my true self and not as someone who was trying to fit in to a mold while also cringing at what I was doing... well, that turned out to be something that got positive feedback. I originally wasn't going to post it to my AO3, but yet again my wife convinced me sharing it with others was only fair, especially since I had a second chapter in mind when I waited to move on. I still point out to her that if it was really what people wanted, it would have moved on, but she reminds me right back that even I voted against myself. So there's that.

Anyway, for her sake I am trying to desensitize myself and for 2021 am making an effort to actually write it purposefully. No skirting around it, no taming my usual style because of the people involved. There will be some Monthly Rumbellings that will contain smut and I will seriously push myself to hit the standard that I keep for myself and not squick out over the pairing I am actually writing. It means I usually remove the characters from my mind when I am writing it. Read into that what you want or ask again so I can give warning of sharing personal details. I'm not someone who minds sharing at all. I'll talk about anything. Smut is not the part of my new series that I am most looking forward to, of course, but it is part of my new resolve to push myself. Doesn't mean I like it, though. It is also an experiment. If it isn't as well received, I'll quit and save people the suffering. (This includes my struggle to write it.) If my wife were writing this she would tell you that hits don't mean much to me and I judge popularity by kudos and comments alone, so if you are writing this ask because you enjoy it, let me know in that way. I will try not to back out before my trial period for 2021 is over, but it is an uphill battle.

Hopefully that answers things a little bit for you. Again, I am sorry to have taken so long. Please send asks again. I am happy to have them. I'll do my best to be more on time next go round.

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Sorry, because of tumblr's text limit I couldn't be as clear as I would have liked. I didn't mean "Sam's a bad dude" in your fic- I didn't generally mind him there. I meant that Brittana as a couple tend to be more private in their affairs than the average. Britt treats Tina often harshly and unfairly after s4, and while not explicit, the only thing Tina ever did "wrong" wrt Britt was call San about bram. Also, while unintentional he kind of pressed a lot of San's insecurities about herself

Cont: Um, so in the hopes of hopefully clearing anything up; I think Sam had nothing but the best of intentions, I also think San is a sensitive soul who carries people's opinions on her shoulders in ways she shouldn't, that the concerns Sam had probably wouldn't just evaporate (yet?), and that Britt is protective of Santana and their relationship and can have a grudge holding flaw. She can also forgive, but Santana actually seems to forgive much more easily when wronged (a counter flaw of hers). One last thing (stupid text limit); thank you for being so kind and welcoming and putting your work into the world, especially right now. I don't want you to feel obliged or pressured to address this in fic, especially if you feel it resolved. I thought some explanation of why I thought it felt (but not necessarily is) unresolved might help to see my perspective as a reader, but I certainly wouldn't want to speak for anyone else. Sorry for the multiple asks :/

Hey again! Don’t be sorry, I really love these kind of discussions bc seeing how readers interpret my work is super cool to me. I have the entire story in my head so making sure I get down all the necessary details so readers can follow along too can be challenging sometimes. It’s convos like these that let me know whether or not I’m telling the whole story and not accidentally leaving the reader out, so thank you! I’m going to answer the rest under the cut in case of spoilers.

I’ve had a couple other messages about addressing Sam again, but I believed those messages wanted some type of showdown between the two and I didn’t think that was necessary. Sam’s not trying to ‘win’ Brittany back or anything, he just wants Santana to be careful bc Brittany has gone through a bit of a rough patch on her own which Santana wasn’t really aware of at the time. I think some were caught up in the Bram of it all and didn’t see it as a friend looking out for their friend. However, you’re coming at this in a different way and I totally respect that! Like I said, I love a good discussion so I can understand where a reader comes from. Ultimately I write for myself, but I like knowing if readers are into it too.

So for what you’re addressing, you’ve hit the nail on the head with Santana and Brittany’s flaws. I’ve always seen Santana as lowkey sensitive and I think that she becomes a lot more open with it as she gets older. With everything that Sam said at the bonfire, he wasn’t necessarily wrong and Santana knows that but - like you said - Santana and Brittany’s relationship is usually dealt with in private. To have someone outside of just them have something to say is going to rub the wrong way (i.e. Tina and Sam) but I think they’re a lot more mature than other couples, especially now, so they’re not going to drag other people in if there’s an issue. They’ll just deal with it themselves; because of that I probably won’t address Sam’s concerns further. He said what he said (albeit, hitting several soft spots for Santana) but he knows his place too and won’t interfere any further.

As for Britt, she’s definitely protective when it comes to Santana. She’s seen how Santana struggled through high school with accepting herself and I think Britt just wanted her to ‘live her best life’ even if they weren’t together. They were clearly in different places in life and I think Brittany started to understand that more after they broke up. Before they were girlfriends, they were best friends and I think Britt just wanted what was best for them at the time.

I hope this addresses everything you’ve asked! I’m trying to type this while my wife watches a mafia documentary and it’s VERY distracting lol. Thanks again for such awesome insight!

#Two Ghosts #Anonymous

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overthinkingkdrama · 4 years

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Please tell us more about your theories about My Country, I'd love to read more of your thoughts on it

Fool! You’ve just activated my trap card!

Lol, thank you so for asking. I was really hoping somebody would. Every molecule in my body is telling me to dissolve into full blown hysterical ranting, but I’ll try to keep this concise.

So my main theory/prediction/possibly wishful thinking is this: The whole cold open scene where Seon Ho and Hwi fight to death that we’re meant to believe all this these machinations are leading up to is a work. It’s a set up. It’s not real.

This is largely based on a couple different little details from the opening scene itself and the events of episode 9, which have convinced me that there is simply no way that Seon Ho, after everything that has happened and especially in light of Yeon’s death, would possibly swallow his need for retribution and revenge and continue to work on his father’s side in hopes of eventually gaining enough power to kill the old man himself. I just can’t accept that that’s what’s happening.

I think the whole set up of the drama is for us to watch, wondering how these two people end up on opposite sides and try to kill each other when they so clearly loved each other and loved Yeon, and both want Nam Jeon dead. How did that happen? How is that the conclusion they both came to? But in actuality, what we think we’re seeing in that first scene isn’t what we’re seeing.

There’s a few things we can glean from the first scene:

First, we know that Seon Ho has certainly not gotten over Yeon’s death and it is still a primary motivator for him, because he still carries her ribbon and from his oblique reference to the sins he has to pay for. Cold blooded killers who don’t care about anything but their own ambition do not talk like this.

Also, and I don’t have a really good justification for this other than a gut feeling, but the dialogue in this scene feels really artificial and on the nose. Like Hwi marching into the building and declaring that he’s there to kill Nam Jeon and then himself...

It just doesn’t seem like something he would need to declare to Seon Ho. I mean, this is somewhere around 10 years after the events of episode 9. Hwi’s stated goal has been to kill Nam Jeon for how long now? And the best plan born general and tactician Bang Won and his most trusted and cunning lieutenant could come up with after all this time was to burst into Nam Jeon’s house with a bunch of soldiers?

This is the fight they could not win without Hwi?

Why? Why is Hwi so crucial for this? Because he’s just that badass? I don’t buy that. Bang Won has plenty of skilled soldiers and what he likes about Hwi isn’t just his martial ability, it’s his fearless attitude and the way his mind works.

No, it feels like this whole showdown was orchestrated for someone else’s benefit other than the two people talking. Who the show is being put on for and to what end, I’m not really sure. Possibly Nam Jeon? Obviously we’re going to need more context for me to put all of this together, but I feel like once we have the context this whole confrontation will be cast in a totally different light.

To me the above scene feels a lot like this one:

A set of lines that were scripted ahead of time for someone else’s benefit. A show of being on opposite sides, when in fact the two are working together behind the scenes.

To me it would see like Seon Ho and Hwi should have identical goals at this point: avenge Yeon, kill Nam Jeon, and gain enough power to accomplish those two things. Seon Ho has no particular reason to be loyal to the king at this point, and he doesn’t seem to have any special affection for the crown prince. Joining hands with Bang Won would seem to be the most logical course of action. I mean, Bang Won doesn’t have any reason to like or trust Seon Ho at this point but Hwi is someone who has his ear and his trust, and having someone on the inside of the crown prince’s faction, with crucial information and nothing but ill will toward Nam Jeon, could only be beneficial for whatever Bang Won is planning. Seon Ho seems like an ideal double agent.

And this is the other thing, purely from a narrative standpoint, how would this be a satisfying climax? After all the bullshit--Nam Jeon’s cruelty, Yeon’s death, both of them thinking they’ve lost each other over and over again, 10 years of seething and grieving--the two friends never reconcile and fight their common enemy together? They end up forming up on opposite sides of a coup that they both have known for a decade was inevitable and then what? Die on each other’s swords for no reason? Or one of them does and the other one regrets it for the rest of their lives? It just doesn’t make any sense.

In episode 9 something finally snapped for Seon Ho. He’s not the person he was at the beginning of the drama anymore. Thinking he’d lost Hwi did that to him. Losing Yeon did that to him. If he ends up fighting Hwi in the end just so he can kill his father himself once he’s strong enough, nothing has changed at all. Without talking to Hwi about it even once? If that’s what happens then Bang Won’s appraisal of him in episode 10 will turn out to have been a lie, because nothing has really changed at all.

As with the build up to Hwi becoming one of Bang Won’s people through his gambit with the weapon storage, or the one leading up to Hwi shooting Bang Won in the chest with his red arrows, I get the sense they’ve skipped over quite a bit of important information during which our boys were making decisions and coming up with plans. I think (I pray) we’re going to get a wealth of flashbacks in the upcoming episodes that are going to fill in some of the gaps for these two characters in the past 6 years, and cast the information we were given in episode 10 in a new light. We still haven’t gotten this scene of Seon Ho by Hwi’s sick bed:

Seon Ho and Hwi need to have had a conversation. I want to believe...I have to believe that the two of them are now in cahoots to bring Nam Jeon down. And I’m going to keep on hoping and thinking that until I get some more solid information in one direction or the other. What would really be satisfying would be if after years of being kicked around and abused by Nam Jeon our two boys, bound by shared history and shared tragedy, decided to fight together against their common enemy, and avenge Yeon’s death using one of the convoluted, high risk plans they’re both so fond of.

Hopefully that was as entertaining to read as it was to write. (That was definitely closer to ranting than it was to being concise, lol.) Have a nice night!

Jona

#my country #my country: the new age #answered #woo do hwan #yang se jong #jang hyuk #spoilers

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thehoneyedhufflepuff · 4 years

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10 and 12 🖤

Thanks for the ask, friend 💜

10. When you write fics, how much of canon are you willing to ignore/skip over?

I was about to say that I can’t ignore canon (barring AUs; if I write in-universe it’s typically post-canon) but then I remembered the awful debacle with the suits in A Pair of Splendid Morons LMAO.

For those of y’all who weren’t here at the time, or who haven’t read the fic: I have Simon & Baz go on a nice dinner date, & Baz brings the green & grey suits for them to wear. I thought this would be very romantic considering they wore them at Christmas (& that’s what they were wearing when Simon asked if he could be Baz’s terrible boyfriend). I was trying to use the suits as some sort of symbol for firsts & new beginnings, etc. etc. I realized later on a reread that THEY ARE WEARING THE DAMN SUITS DURING THE SHOWDOWN WITH THE HUMDRUM & THE MAGE. My God, I was mortified. Like, sure, “Let’s go out for this lovely dinner date & hopefully bone down later. Please wear the suit you wore when you lost your magic & killed your dad.”

I had a similar issue with In My Blood—I could swear we never knew where the Grimms moved to after the magic drained from Hampshire, so I did some research & moved them up to Yorkshire….

...only to find—while fact-checking something else—that Baz clearly says his family is living in Oxfordshire.

In Merry Gentlemen, on a lesser note, Agatha gives Simon the photo of Lucy & the Mage. (I forgot Mitali was in the photo.)

The list goes on lmao.

I am a perfectionist by nature, & low-key hate that I made these mistakes, but what’re you gonna do? I was a lot less familiar with the material when I wrote these fics, & I am a lot more scrupulous with fact-checking these days. (Or so I like to think.)

Also I’m just going to be writing a bookshop AU for the rest of my life, so maybe this doesn’t even matter anymore lol

TL;DR: I’m not willing to skip over canon information but I accidentally have multiple times because I’m a goob

12. What is your ideal writing area?

I answered this one previously, but the short answer is that I don’t know & I wish I did & I’m sort of just A Mess.

Side note, I’ve historically gotten a lot of decent writing done at the office. IDK why; maybe because it feels like a place I should be working & therefore I’m in a different mindset than I am at home? Would love to see how writing improves post-apocalypse. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#asks #writing schtuff #writing probz #a pair of splendid morons #aposm #merry gentlemen #in my blood #oopsies #the great suit debacle of 2019 #ie that time i was a fool with good intentions

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kaiowut99 · 4 years

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“Victim Sanctuary - Be the Star Engulfing Destruction! Stardust Dragon” | “Duel of the Dragons (Part 2)”

Everybody listen! Got this one all nice and redone! In case this is the first you’re hearing about my mini-project here, let’s get you up to speed:

So, the official Spanish YGO channel on YouTube flubbed a few uploads of the 5D’s dub such that they ended up uploading a few episodes of the English dub instead of the Latin American dub (21-29)–but with none of 4Kids’s background music! Which meant that I could swoop in and re-insert the original Japanese soundtrack (which I did by matching each track to how it was looped in the episode), but I wanted to do more by also tweaking the dub itself so that not only was it matching the original footage, but the dialogue was more in line with the original dialogue timing-wise (since I couldn’t salvage much of what they changed). Hence, the “dubbed uncut” gimmick here.

Check out the masterpost of episodes I’ve done here!

Check out this episode’s WIP videos! REDO WIP #1 OLD WIP #1 REDO WIP #2 OLD WIP #2 REDO WIP #3

Check out Version 1 of this episode for comparison’s sake!

Really enjoying how this one came out, even though the script wasn’t as accurate as last episode--requiring me to do what I did with 22 and make use of subs where 4Kids deviated far from the Japanese script that I couldn’t restore the original context--this will only be for this hardsub, as I’ll be offering softsubs on NAC alongside it. Full breakdown below the cut, as it got kinda long, lol.

Enjoy, folks! With this out of the way, I think revising 25 and 26 will be much more of a cinch, as that was when I really hit my stride in terms of editing; adding back some Synchro chants might be all I need to do, but fingers crossed... Meanwhile, I'm slowly getting things ready to start work on finalizing my GX Season 2 subs, so stay tuned there!

Dialogue-wise, I added a gasp I got from some episode 7 audio I isolated vocals from for Yanagi at the beginning (couldn't find good ones for the rest), then recycled Akiza's "It's my turn--I draw" line from 22 to write out her "Well, Yusei?" line; I also mixed Duel Links with her Ivy Shackles activation, then stitched together a proper effect explanation (because nothing's "under the control of Rose Tentacles"), and ended her turn with a "It's your turn" I combined from two different lines in 22 and 23 to replace a trash talk line. Yusei gets an "It's my move!" recycle to trash "We'll see!", then used part of Yusei's Junk Synchron explanation from 27 to clarify things, and recycled his tuning in 27 over the Synchro Summon for Junk Warrior; when he uses Junk Barrage, I stitched an "I equip it to my Warrior!" to replace his "power boost" talk, and then I used some vocals from episode 87 to help the Junk Barrage explanation (hopefully the shift in acting isn't too jarring). For Akiza's next turn, I borrowed some audio of her from 61 to explain Copy Plant's and Dark Verdure's effects, then threw in her Black Rose chant from Duel Links, along with her "Black Rose Gale!!" while I added Yusei's Stardust chant in from DL too, then Akiza's backstory scene plays out similarly to Version 1 of this episode.

Yusei's "Go! Attack!" was from DL while "Cosmic Flare!!" was moved up from the episode, and then I also used some lines from other episodes and DL to correct Akiza's dumb "plant new face-downs" explanation for Magic Planter and "Dark Tuning" name for Wicked Rebirth; because I couldn't figure out the slight reverb effect used while Akiza speaks through her mask (rather than the muffle Aki has), the lines kinda stick out in that way, but I wanted to make things more cohesive. Yusei also gets his "Victim Sanctuary!!" from DL, and I recycled part of a Phoenixian Seed line to help the explanation; Akiza also gets her "Scatter Flame!!" and "Flame Petal!!" lines from DL for Amaryllis, helping me move her 800-damage explanation to where Yusei's reeling from the effect. Much of the episode here plays out like in V1, though I also made use of Akiza's "Black Rose Gale!!" and Yusei's "Victim Sanctuary!!" from DL; for the former, I moved her line about BRD's effect activating as she gets angry earlier and sped up a syllable or two to fit it before she swings around, while I just had "Victim Sanctuary!!" replace Yusei's line about sacrificing Stardust and switching to the JP audio after. I toned Yusei down a bit as he played Cosmic Flare by using a "I play my Trap" mix of lines from Duel Links, and like in V1 of this Dub-Uncut, I moved Akiza's "Thank you, Yusei" from the end of the dub episode to the closeup of her crying. From there, the episode ends much like V1.

Music-wise, nothing too different from V1, though I tweaked the version of "Showdown" used during Akiza's Black Rose-setup turn to be more accurate in pitch, and credit to yugidmx5 on YouTube for their newer version of Hopeless Battle which I used here (see REDO WIP #3), except for looping the beginning section near the end as it sounds similar (there was some residual noise there). But even with the changed dialogue, it still makes the scene flow really well.

I also added back some SFX that I didn't the first time around for a more complete sound.

#yugioh 5ds #yugioh 5d's #yugioh #ygo #ygo 5ds #5D's #5Ds dub uncuts #working with JACK again should be fun lol #my work

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malereader-inserts · 5 years

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Leave Me Be (But Don’t)

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries/ The Original Pairing: The Mikaelsons x Brother!Reader Summary: Affection is a key role to function as a human being, it appears that also helps with vampires and a witch Word Count: 2142 Request: “In case I forget my own request (lol), I would like to request a very VERY affectionate Mikaelson!reader (like hugs and kisses to everyone in the morning) wake up not feeling like everyday so the family has to cheer up him up (or they do the same thing like the reader lol, whatever suit you). “ A/n: It got out of hand because I was trying to decide which idea fit better, so here’s some backstory to the request.

What the Mikaelsons loved about you was that you were somewhat loved by everyone else.

What the Mikaelsons hated about you was that you were everything everyone loved.

You were the youngest of the siblings, the one that had no tendency to kill unless necessary, the one that was full of sunshine smiles and childlike wonders in your eyes. The brother who was trying to live life without enemies. The Mikaelson who, despite seeing so many tragedies, hold wonder in his mind and carries happiness.

Your siblings knew what you were capable of, you had the anger of your father and the cunning of your mother. Killings wasn’t your first rodeo and revenge were always sweeter with you. You were, after all, a Mikaelson.

You were mainly the reason why your siblings got over their petty fights, you were the voice of reason. You were always on the fence between Elijah’s and Klaus’ bitter spats, helping in both sides of the argument and always stepping back to let them sort it out. You never picked a fight, you never had the reason to fight.

When you were in Mystic Falls, it was clear that many of the beloved “Protect Elena” group loved you. How you were calmed and friendly, something they never expected from the dreaded Original family.

“How do you cope with your family?” Caroline asked, looking up from her notebook, to see you leaning back into the booth.

“It’s not hard,” You responded, your arms cross over your chest, “You remind them that they are loved.”

You and your siblings were deprived of love, sometimes your siblings forget who they are. It was an emotional day when you find out if your siblings ever switched their humanity off, you were always the one to bring them back. You were their anchor, so you prevent your siblings from going off the railing you do everything to give the love and affection they needed.

Most morning, depending what family member was around that time (since Klaus has the sport of daggering siblings) you would often greet them with your charming smile, a hug and sometimes a light kiss on the cheek.

When you notice Klaus painting his stress away, you would often put light music and make him a hot brew of tea, he is always surprised when you try to take care of him. You always respond with, “Well, you’re my brother.”

“Half-brother.”

“A brother, nevertheless.”

You would grin at him, the hybrid’s heart would swell three times bigger, as you pat him on his cheek cheekily before leaving him be. You often the one to calm Rebekah down, especially when she is having a meltdown. You would let her rant to you as you braid her hair.

“This is why you’re my favourite brother,” Rebekah would conclude, you never point out how she continuously finishes her rant with that statement.

“Oh?”

“You care too much.”

“You care too little.”

Rebekah would hug you afterwards, feeling so much better. She would hold you tight but you held on tighter. Kol was harder to be affectionate towards to, whilst Klaus had a soft spot for your actions, Kol never reacted in an emotional way. That was until he found his head on your lap as you were reading, you running your hands through his hair.

Kol would stare up at you, not a thought wasting how much he adored his little brother - unafraid to be you. You unphased with his staring as you started to read out loud your book, Kol finally felt at peace - that was enough for him.

Freya was easy to lose in her sense of bitterness against her mother, but you were always there to bring her back. To feel wanted and cared for, how you would throw your arm over her shoulder and pull her close. To playfully stick your tongue out and tease her in front of potential lovers.

Elijah was very big on your affectionate personality, how you would grasp his shoulder and squeeze it before leaving. How you would give him a high five, because it amuses you how out of character it is for your elder brother to do so - he still does it.

Sometimes they forget affection goes beyond physical contact, you would express your love verbally in discreet phrases. You would never miss the opportunity to tell them how proud you are to be their brother, or express how impressiveness in their intelligence or skill.

You would express your care when you do things when they never asked, not because you felt obliged to but because of you never in the troubles of drama, you had way more free time than you wanted.

They were so used to your affectionate personality, they almost forgot to do it back. You never the one to feel unloved, but sometimes it would be nice to hear words of love, to be the one to be hugged and tease. To feel like if you were to disappear you would be missed.

The family was slow to make repair of their mistake.

The morning was the norm, how you would happily greet everyone with a smile that could blind anyone. Giving them a good squeeze before allowing them to go do their business, it calmed them down before the drama ahead.

You didn’t expect to be dragged with your siblings to find the witch behind the misery of your family. A witch with a revenge plan.

“It’s always fun to keep the Mikaelsons on their toes,” She stood in front of you and your family with a menacing gleam.

You shove your hands in your bomber jacket, standing straight but with no intention to attack unless she starts.

“And it’s always fun to see what each of you fear.”

You knew right away that you were probably in your mind, yet everything was white. You stand around looking confused until you see the witch in front of you with a soft smile standing in front of you, with no intent to harm.

“I always liked you,” She started, “(Y/n) Mikaelson, the righteous brother, you have a lot of fear in you.”

“Thanks,”

“You’re afraid of your family hating you, why? Well, I can see that you know what you’re capable of. I can see how you’re scared of your own hands, the damage you could do and yet you’re scared that they’ll finally see how truly disgusting you could get.”

“There are no good vampires,”

“I can see in your mind that even if they blame you, hate you, throw you away you would do anything for them. I don’t understand, scared of being unloved?”

“Scared of losing family.”

“You care too much,” She noted.

“I care enough, that’s all they need.”

“And you?”

“What about me?”

“That’s exactly the question, what of you? Are you the brother that will always play the happy boy or will you just become like them?” You stare at her, blinking slowly, “You have a hurricane behind you, a storm at your tips and fire in your breath. Your heart is made out of lightning and your mind is a tsunami - you’re a walking disaster waiting to be felt. When will you tell them the massacre you did in 1927? Will you break it to them that you saw your father and you almost killed him? Or how innocent people lost their lives because of your thirst?”

“I tried,” You whispered, “I’m better than that.”

“The murders? The merciless killings? How you went off the radar, how can you have the look of a pleading child washed away?” She taunted, “Are you that scared you will lose your family despite them doing much worst?”

You stare at the ground before your eyes flicker up to her, “I’ve made mistakes.”

“Lives have been lost, how can they possibly love a monster?”

Gasping awake, you found yourself in bed. You seemed confused for a moment because you were sure you passed out in the courtyard of the Mikaelson Compound. Rolling out of bed, you noticed that your jacket was off you, leaving you with your shirt that was roughened in your sleep.

Staring at the mirror, you remember the encounter. You knew that you were worth something in the family, it’s just that you were upset. You tried blocking the worst out of your head yet it truly defines who you are.

Moving, more like stumbling, to the kitchen you see your family in deep conversation. As you enter the room, they expected your cheerful smile and a happy morning greeting. Their lips curved upwards at the sight of you, but when you blinked slowly and tiredly, your hair flying in every direction, they immediately noticed a problem.

“Morning sleepyhead,” Rebekah commented, hopefully getting small laughter from you.

“Hmh,” You responded, sitting on the seat and leaning your head on the table.

They frowned, it seemed like you weren’t yourself. Klaus instantly regretting in bring you along to their showdown. He and the rest of the family were okay, the witch never exploited their fears and-

“Oh,” Elijah realised, soon after the rest of the siblings did. Slowly making his way to you, he runs his hand through your hair, “What did that witch do to you, little lion?”

“It’s nothing,” You huffed, lifting your head up as you leaned your chin on your resting arm, “Nothing that should be worried over.”

“But, it’s you,” Klaus explains, not so softly as Elijah, “You’re our little one, and anything that bothers you affects us.”

“Because you don’t deserve to be unhappy,” Kol piped up, he sends you thumbs up.

You looked down before sighing, “I’m good.”

“No, you’re not,” Freya concluded, wrapping her arms around your middle as she leans her head on your shoulder, chest to back, “Don’t believe what that witch did to you.”

“She’ll pay, I promise,” Klaus reassured.

You hummed, tilting your head at your sister that was practically lying on you. A moment passed as they figured you weren’t going to talk. Another moment passed as they understood.

They barely passed the morning, but without your morning affection of a bright smile, hugs and kisses, and harmless teased, they seem lost. Stripped of your loving touches, they realise that they had become so dependent on you that they forgot to show how much you meant to them.

Whilst they were able to put up a fight with the witch, you couldn’t because somewhere along the way, no matter you try to convince yourself, you lost your self-worth. Your mind was weak, easy to manipulate. And for once, they had a rational solution.

“Family day?” Freya suggested, it was soft and she could feel you loosen up.

“I’ll grab the movies,” Kol announced, “(Y/n) gets the first choice!”

“I’ll grab the pillows and blankets, I know you love your comfort,” Rebekah teased, ruffling your hair before following Kol out the room.

“Guess that makes me in charge of the snacks,” Klaus concluded, “What do you want? There’s nothing in the house.”

“Like always,” You joked, feeling brighten up as a small smile started to appear.

Klaus had a playful shine to his eyes, shaking his head before kissing your forehead and leaving the compound to retrieve the goodies. Freya latches herself off you, peppering you with kisses as she smushes your face between her hands.

“I’d like to think you were the cutest baby out of all us.”

“No doubt about that.” Elijah agreed, if you could, you would be blushing shades of red.

“I’ll help the others set up the other room,” Freya nodded, leaving the eldest and youngest brother alone in the kitchen.

You sighed, “Gonna give me a lecture?”

“No,” Elijah responded, pulling you into a hug, “Forgive us for not tending to your needs, you do so much for us that we forget to be thankful.”

“It’s okay, ‘lijah,” You hug him back, but this time he was holding you tight, “I know you don’t mean to.”

Elijah pulled back, wondering how he was fortunate to have a brother that was so loving, so caring and yet so understanding. A brother, a Mikaelson, that respected each other. You held no bad blood as he sees a familiar smile.

In your siblings' eyes, you never really grew up. You were still that little eight-year-old Viking, with a wooden sword. You were still that ten years old, tugging on your siblings when you got a nightmare. Yes, you may be older now, wise and no less than a fool - you will always be their baby brother.

“We’re proud of you, more than you realise.”

Yes, they recognise that to keep themselves happy was to make sure you were happy.

With that, it seems like the sun started to peak out the clouds.

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okmcintyre · 5 years

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a S6 Theory for @emmyisgrey’s ask!

Okay, so there were details revealed in "Script to Screen" for 6x04 (via @the100writers) that I think are good to know. The "neural lab" where Josephine wakes up is adjacent to the skeleton room where Clarke died (and maybe not so difficult for Bellamy and Murphy to find in 6x05?). We’re also given this unaired quote from Russell: "It took over 20 years, but Gabriel perfected the serum. The mind of the host is erased...". It strikes me that it was Gabriel who created the serum, and that he’s also the biggest threat to the Primes (as of S6).

Russell said the injection would erase Clarke's mind: but what if there's more to it than that? I wonder if they’ve ever tried to safely reverse the process? What if Clarke is locked away somewhere in the chip, fighting to get out (either on her own or with the eventual help of hackerRaven... or with the help of the person who made the serum)?

Regardless, we know from the trailer/press releases that we are due for some MW flashbacks, Jake Griffin content and a Clarke/Wanheda showdown... and none of those things really make sense if Clarke's consciousness hasn't survived in some way. For now it's going to be fun watching Josephine try to fill her shoes (and the other characters' reactions !! ).

And I think that will very much the the story of the next few episodes: tension building as Bellamy and the family investigate what happened to Delilah, Josephine trying to keep them from the truth. We'll see Octavia and Diyoza in their search to kill the old man (who is Gabriel? Right?) and through flashbacks hopefully get some history of the primes/mind-drives... maybe we even find out where Clarke's self ended up in all this?

And as that all comes to a point, I think two other big things are going to happen:

- There is another madness/fever of some kind coming. Because this would explain a lot of the trailer: the scenes of Madi chained up at the school again (without any Sanctum citizens in sight) protected by Miller and Gaia- then her confronting the Dark Commander... the weird fire scene with Murphy, Blodreina fighting Octavia, Wanheda fighting Clarke, Echo fighting someone (who looks an awful lot like herself as an azgeda spy) and then smashing their face in with a rock. To me, it all screams a "face your inner demons" eclipse.

- Octavia finds Gabriel and realises that they are on the wrong side. She and Diyoza are going to spend these next few episodes trying to find out all they can about him, searching with the very clear intention of murder. And eventually: Octavia will have a moment where she finds Gabriel and we are to believe that she'll kill him. But what if that time spent following COG changes her mind? Or what if, having wrestled with Blodrenia, she's not a killer anymore?

Knowing now that Gabriel is the person that made that serum, and how important it could be for Clarke's survival to get his help, I think this sets up the ultimate redemption arc for her. Letting him live would prove a huge shift for her character, and if that decision helps to save Clarke it could be a gamechanger in mending things with her brother.

- How accurate the rest of this theory is depends a lot on whether or not J!Clarke is still around lol. So I put it under a cut ;) -

Assuming all that plays out: our band of delinquents reunited again and save Clarke... I think the other shoe is going to drop. Enter the arc that'll cliffhanger us into Season 7.

What if the Primes take Madi, only to learn about the flame?

Simone mentioned their mortality in the last ep, if these mind-drives are primitive and hacked versions of the flame: maybe they are degrading and they need the more advanced tech? Or maybe the flame is key for how the Primes tie into Bill Cadogan/Second Dawn?

Her abduction explains Madi strapped to the chair. Then: Bellamy, Indra and Wonkru with rifles in hand. In a parallel to last season, Clarke will find her daughter in danger but this time she's not going to be alone. I think all those people Madi saved in 5x13 ("then we let them prove they deserve it") are going to band together to storm the castle and save their Commander... bringing me to one last breadcrumb:

At first I thought this was our mystery serum, but the hand looks female (more like Abby than Russell?) and I assumed the patient was Madi but looking closer now: the dark pants, the dark shirt, the wavy long hair... maybe it's Niylah?

What's the team's biggest obstacle getting to Madi in Sanctum? The dome

How do they get 400 soldiers past the dome? Abby makes them all night-bloods. Royal blood for all.

This would set up a whole new dynamic for Season 7. It would shake the foundation that society on Alpha has been built around for 200+ years (along with the foundation of grounder/commander culture, for that matter). A whole new kind of story again next year… and c’mon, the look on Russell's face, y'all.

I see them fighting their way in.

I see them getting to Madi.

And then I think right at the end of the very last episode: we're going to find out why they won't stop talking about the Dark Commander.

And then I think we're all going to lose our minds.

That’s my rant theory, for the what it’s worth department. I purposely didn’t want to go too much into Josephine’s arc, because that is a whole ‘nother conversation lol. I cannot stress enough how excited I am to see how epic that is all going to be!

#the 100 #the 100 spec #thanks for the ask!!#s6 spec #clarke griffin #octavia blake #madi griffin #the 100 spoilers #i need to know what happens!#what you do you guys think?#what's going to happen?

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cutegirlmayra · 5 years

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Hello. I don't have a fully fleshed out prompt idea, more like a concept to play around with. I've recently had a fascination with the concept of pirate AUs and have been trying to find Sonic ones. It makes no sense- since canon Sonic hates/is afraid of water/the ocean, but that's never stopped an AU before. Then again, no one said Sonic had to be the pirate. Maybe he's fighting pirates. Is there Sonamy involved? You decide. Go wild. Have fun. If you want to write about pirates, that is.

Dude, I want to do a pirate AU for Sonic so badly!!! This isPERFECT to pitch my fanfiction idea! :D thanks for the opportunity! Also, I graduated, lol. So I should be able to finish these up more now! :Db

PROMPTS ARE ON SHUTDOWN! Please don’t send me any at this time!

Prompt:

You’ll need this for the opening: (x) – Drunken Sailor

What will we do with a drunkensailor?What will we do with a drunken sailor?What will we do with a drunken sailor?Early in the mornin’!

As drums pound, symbolizing the brotherly band of hearts thatsoar these skies, the clouds disperse ahead as a magnificent ship burststhrough them like fluffy, floating waves.

Way hay and up she risesWay hay and up she risesWay hay and up she risesEarly in the mornin’!

The Ship gracefully, but with greatweight and impact, barges through the clouds as though roughing the seas. Ittears its way through and sails on with a green glow that blinds out the sunabove them.

Shave his belly with a rustyrazor (x3) Early in the mornin’!

On the boat, the Master Emeraldshines brilliantly hoisted down with ropes, tethered to the back of the boat…and below it, Captain Sonic stands with one hand resting on the steering wheel,tapping his finger and smirking at the happy tune his swashbuckling crew singas they go about their duties upon the mighty Babylon Jewel!

Making fun of the tune, Knucklesmimes taking a shaving knife and scraping it up and down his belly as he sings.The crew jumps at the chorus line and begin to rhythmically go about their daywith the song.

Way hay and up she rises (x3)

Early in the mornin’!

Tails, Sonic’s first mate, isteased as he’s thrown into the long boat over the side of the ship. The crewlaughs as they keep him there but he smiles and twirls his tails, blastinghimself forward and through them all to land safely back on the flying ship. Henods triumphantly as the men collapse behind him. The clouds rose up with hiswake, and the deck on that side was now covered in mist.

Sonic gave him a thumbs up and thendirected him to the wheel. Excitedly, Tails hurried to his side. Sonic ruffledhis hair affectionately and moved down towards the stairs.

Put him in a long boat ‘til he’ssober (x3) Early in the mornin’!

Way hay and up she rises (x3) Early in the mornin’!

Stick him in the scupper with ahosepipe on him (x3, this means to hose him down with sea water.) Early in the mornin’!

However, below the merry deck ofthe Babylon Jewel, lay the Red Rose Scarlets. These ladies were a fiercecompetitor of the seas, the true seas. Unlike the high-flying, MasterEmearld-powered ship that Sonic had obtained through an alliance with Knucklesafter the dastardly Eggman sunk the island by kidnapping it in the first place,the Red Rose wanted something other than the gift of flight…

They sailed below upon the seas,looking up in the clouds at the underbelly of the Babylon Jewel.

Captain Amy silently slid herhammer under her throat, giving the order as the girls wickedly smiled andpulled out the hooks… They aimed the long spears up towards the wooden hull andwaited for the next order.

Blaze and Wave manned the first twohooks, and Rouge gently, though awkwardly, bade Cream to go under deck.

This was going to be a sneakyoperation… they had to make sure it was flawless.

Way hay and up she rises (x3)

Early in the mornin’!

Sonic turned his head and stoppedadvancing to the deck when he heard the next line, confused as Tails justchuckled under his breath and shrugged to Sonic who looked at him perplexed. Hehadn’t heard this sea shanty before, having just recently taken up piracy whenthe opportunity to be above the water was available. He was a natural piratecaptain though, only stealing from the crooks and running from the law. It washis speciality~

Put him in the bed with thecaptain’s daughter (x3) Early in the mornin’!

“We’re awaiting your orders, Captain.”Blaze spoke silently, looking to Amy as she took a deep breath.

“You lied to me once, Sonic.” Shefolded her arms, speaking to herself as she looked up at the singing crew ofgreen-flying light.

“…But I will have my revenge.” Shereadied her hammer out in front of her, looking to her crew who were on edge,…not even blinking… ready.

Way hay and up she rises (x3) Early in the mornin’!

That’s what we do with a drunkensailor (x3)

Early in the mornin’!

Way hay and up she rises (x3) Early in the mornin’

Sonic moved back to the deck,unawares of what lurked below him, and patted Knuckles’s back and moved over toSilver, who was using his abilities to sweep the poop-deck and keep the shiptidy. It was his day to clean, anyway, but he didn’t mind.

They seemed to chat while Jet andStorm groaned and didn’t participate in the singing.

“How could you lose the BabylonJewel, boss? It’s been in our family for centuries!” Storm billowed, as Jet’sanger mark kept growing with intensity.

“Shut up! He cornered me! Fixed it!I couldn’t-! Grr… We’ll get it back! Even if it means mutiny!”

“S-shh… Boss… Not so loud.” Stormtried to causion.

Jet grew so enraged he threw themob down below him, crushing it with his continual foot stomps. “I’ll get thathedgehog for stealing my family’s heirloom! If it’s the last thing I-!”

Sonic turned around the twowhistled to the tune, acting like the perfect crew members, stellar in theirdutiful tasks.

He smiled with an eyebrow raised,knowing full well Jet and Storm were not of that description.

Way hay and up she rises

“Steady…” Amy instructed.Way hay and up she rises

Wave gripped her hand tighter tothe arrowed contraption, waiting…Way hay and up she rises

Rouge drew her duel-guns, eyeingthe top with anticipation as Cream peeked her head up from below deck.Early in the mornin'…

Amy smiled, “FIRE!”

The hooks scaled all the way upfrom sea to sky, piercing the hull of the flying ship as the whole floatingmass heaved and was pulled back by its strength.

Below, the Red Rose’s anchor wasdropped, two of them to be exact, as it reared up a moment at the strength ofthe Babylon Jewel.

“Steady!” Amy called, gripping therailing near her wheel and then looking to Shade who dived for the wheel andbegan using all her strength to wring it back and hopefully, turn the tide…

“What was that?!” Sonic cried out,feeling his feet slide out from under him before regaining his balance. Most ofthe crew had fallen down, but Knuckles had leaned against the captain’s door tohis quarters.

“Feels like-“

“We’ve been hit!” Tails interruptedKnuckles, peering over the steering wheel to look down at Sonic.

“MY SHIP!” Jet cried out, havingfallen on Storm and quickly jumped off of him to peer over the railing. “Oh,Chaos…” He gripped his head, “PIRATES!”

“Jet, we’re all pirates!” Silverlooked concerned about that statement, wondering about Jet’s IQ before Jetshook his head and turned to point back at what he was looking at. “No, youidiot! GIRL pirates!”

“The Rose?” Knuckles looked toSonic, figuring it was the only ‘girl’ pirates they had a history with.

“Shoot!” Sonic’s face strained to aunpleasant frown.

“Why is it she can always find us?”Shadow rose from below deck, throwing everyone their weapons as he addressedSonic. “They’re climbing up for a showdown.”

“Already? But it’s too-“

The entire crew shouted out, “Earlyin the mornin’!” and laughed, some even scaling down the side of the ship tothe ropes, sword in hand.

“Well, if it’s a fight they want,it’s a fight they’ll get!” Sonic caught his sword and swished it around,adjusting his captain’s hat and jumping to the rim of the ship, peering down.

The second Amy saw his smug face,her eyes fixated on it and she immediately cried out, “Attack!” Dropping herhammer and then raising it up.

The girls were already climbing upthe ropes, but seeing the boys falling down to meet them, they quickly gotready for a brawl.

Knuckles jumped the full distancedown to the Red Rose, his impact with his feet shook the entire boat and hadsplashes rise up from the corners of the ship.

“Rouge.” He greeted.

“Knuckle-head.” She replied with aflirtatious hint in her tone before firing at him.

He rolled to dodge the bullets andthen placed on his hard gloves with golden spikes. “Heh, been a while. How’sthe sailing?” He threw a punch towards her.

“Oh, you know.” She dodged byarching her back completely, leaving him blinking at how flexible and fast shewas. “Constant winds.” She winked, holding a gun below his neck as he slowlymoved back to let her extend her back properly up and straight again.

“Must be a view… always tracking MYMaster Emerald…” he flicked the first gun away and punched her rising hand withthe other.

“Offph!” she dropped the second gunbut brought the other back up, blasting off his gloves to reveal the normalwhite ones underneath and then kicking him to his back. “Now, how is that anyway to treat a lady?” she lowered her eyelids, seeing him defenseless. “TheSecond Mate is down, Captain.” She giggled, as Amy raced by her.

“Cuff him and don’t let him out ofyour sights!”

“More than happy to~” she gesturedwith her gun for him to turn around on his stomach. Begrudgingly, he saw howfar she had blasted his gloves off and complied.

“Normally… I’d just face youhand-to-hand…” he thought of ways of getting out of this, but figured theothers would get him a more… ‘humane’ way out.

She stomped a foot on his back andtook his hands, binding them behind him. “Hush up, now. You’re talking almostlike a gentlemen.” She teased.

Silver floated down and started touse his telekinesis to rip the hooks out of the hull, but before he couldfinish, a powerful blast of fire smeared across his side.

“Ah! Hey!” he turned to see Blazeupon the rope, defending her shoot. “Who… who are you?!”

“First Mate of the Red Rose!” Shejumped, using her fire to propel her and then pulled out her sword.

“Wah!” He quickly pulled out hisown sword and started to combat her. She jumped and balanced on the ropes. Herefforts of pushing him down to the deck of their ship succeeded though, he hadn’teven realized he was floating down till his foot reached the bottom.

“Huh?” he looked down but Blazepounced him, her sword to his neck…

“Pinned, Captain!”

“Bind him up!”

Amy was still knocking othercrewmates of Sonic’s away, trying to make it to him.

Sonic was doing fine against Waveand Shade, Shadow and Tails near him before Amy entered the scene.

“The Blue Boy’s mine!” she criedout, jumping to land a powerful hammer hit, but he looked up and jumped out ofthe way.

“Have it your way, Rose.” Sonic swishedhis sword around, leading her to the tip of her ship. “Couldn’t live withoutme, eh, Rosy?”

“Grrr… You said if I handed overthe Chaos Emerald, you’d marry me!” she charged after him as Shadow and Shadefenced it out and Tails fought against Wave.

Above, Jet and Storm watched thebattles below.

“Heheheh…” Jet snickered. “Whilethey’re distracted, let’s get my ship and skedaddle!” Jet was about to movetowards the wheel when he looked up and saw Cream and Cheese flying up to standon the steering wheel.

She looked to Jet and Storm andpointed to Cheese, “I was only told to secure the ship, but please play nicewith Cheese!”

Cheese puffed up his chest and tookout a huge canon, holding it on his shoulder like it was a light-weight.

“Chao, CHAO!” he blasted the canonlike a bazooka. Jet and Storm cried out before jumping off the now blasted sideof the ship they were at.

“AHHHH!!!!” they crashed ontoShadow and Tails.

“Hey-OFFPH!”

“Secured!” Shade and Wave tied thefour down.

“Well, well… Looks like I’ve finallycaught the wind, haven’t I? Captain Sonic…” Amy didn’t turn her gaze away fromhim, but hearing that his crew was captured sent a huge confidence boost to herheart.

Sonic looked around, growingnervous. “I’ll admit… you took us by surprise…”

“Oh? Is that all you can say toyour future wife?” She spun her hammer, placing it over her shoulder.“Surrender now, Sonic. And I may spare your crew an… unfortunate fate.” Shepointed to his ship.

He looked up at the Master Emerald…still shining in its place.

“…Grr…” He had a few ideas ofgetting out of this mess, but then-

“Whew. I’m glad I snatched thosetwo extra Emeralds from Eggman. Otherwise, I don’t think I would have been ableto find you as soon as I did.”

His ears twitched and his eyeswidened.

“Two… you say?” hesmirked.

He fell to his knees and let thefake tears fly, “Oh, Captain Amy! I’m no match for your beautiful piracy!”

“…H-…Huh?” Amy looked down,unsure of what to make out of this behavior.

He gripped her dress from below,making her blush as he seemed to beg for his life. “I should have kept my endof the deal! Now how will I ever win such a rose of the sea! I’m a fool! Takeme back, Amy! Take me ba-!”

She shoved her hammer into hisgapping, pathetic mouth. “A-Al-Alright! That’s enough! Take them below thebridge and string them up to the under-mass!”

“Aye, aye! Captain!”

Sonic’s crew was tied to a giantbeam that they supposed was what she meant by ‘under-mass’. The part of thewood that continued down below deck.

Tied in sections, Tails squirmed totry and break free before noticing Cream watching him intently.

He sweatdropped and pulled histails back under the ropes, hoping she wouldn’t say anything.

“Well, Captain. I’d say it’s abouttime to split the bounty.”

Some of the girls laughed, and Amyjust twirled the newly collected Choas Emeralds in her hands. “Well, theCaptain’s mine. And as we’ve always done, you can take your portions, ladies~”

After catching the tossed ChaosEmerald, she smirked at the remaining boys, Sonic was tied up separately fromthe beams, and lead away by Amy. “Have fun, but not too much fun, girls.”

“Hmm… So many to choose from.”Rouge teased Knuckles, moving her fingers over his muzzle, “But then again… Ido kinda like the silent types.” She peered over to Shadow who just lookedaway. “Blaze, why not take the white hedgehog? He’s been staring at you allday…”

Blaze blushed and looked to Silver,who quickly turned his gaze with an equally embarrassed blush.

“Don’t you even think about it!”Knuckles kicked back. “W-We’re not some meat patties for sale!”

The girls laughed.

Sonic quickly stopped Amy fromguiding him away, forcing a foot down. “Be warned, Amy… the same treatment yougive my crew… is the same that will be offered to you.”

She turned her head back, a bit spookedby the seriousness of his tone.

His crew heard that though, andraised their heads up,… they seemed to understand that he had a plan to turnthe tables on this predicament…

Sonic’s face was covered in thedark, but he turned to smile towards his crew. “…See ya soon.” He stated andcontinued to willingly follow Amy out.

The girls began to disperse, stilljoking about which ‘treasure’ to take before Wave walked by Jet and Storm.

Jet was grumbling about his fate,first losing his family’s ship and now this before Storm noticed a piece ofsymbolic jewelry off of Wave’s bandana, dangling with the sign of their peopleon it.

“Hey! You’re a-..! You’re a BabylonRogue!” Storm shouted out as Amy and the rest of the girls stopped while Waveflinched.

“W-what?” Jet stopped hisdisgruntled muttering to look up and saw what Storm had noticed first. “Ahh!You’re right!” his eyes lit up with stars. “It’s your sworn duty to serve me!I’m Jet the Hawk! A direct descendant of the legendary clan leaders! I’m yourking!” he kicked and squirmed to make his point, but he kinda lookedpathetically throwing a tantrum on the ground.

Wave’s eyes looked conflicted, abead of sweat dripping down her brow…

“…Wave?” Amy stopped Sonic as Blazeand Rouge took both his arms as Amy moved over to her.

“If I recall… you swore yourallegiance to me… You know how I treat liars too.”

Sonic stared back at them…

Wave bundled her fists together,“You’re… You’re supposed to be..?” she spoke her thoughts out loud, “H-how didyou lose the ancestral ship!? You idiot!” she suddenly spoke very quickly, aswas a trademark of hers and scolded the two, before turning back to walk outthe door. “How could I ever serve an idiot who lost to a hedgehog!?”

“You-!” Jet held in a curse,“You’re serving a hedgehog right now!”

“Don’t worry, Rose. I wouldn’t daredesert the winning side.” She closed her eyes, regaining some composure afterthat outburst.

“…Very well, then. Take him to myquarters. Remain on guard. Blaze, you’re steering for the port town tonight.”

“Aye, aye, Amy.” Blaze nodded, butas the doors closed to Sonic’s crew, Sonic smirked back to Tails.

Once the doors closed, Tails poppedout his twin tails and got to work.

“These ropes are tied a lot betterthan I thought…” He began to get disheartened after so long of struggling andbeing unable to untie their bounds. “What are these girls using?”

“Sheer strength.” Shadow grumbledunder his breath. “To think, Sonic allowed himself to be captured…”

“It’s not like you were anybetter!” Jet cried out from the side, sitting down now that it seemed they weregoing to be here a while.

“What did you say?” Shadow grewmore annoyed by his arrogant talk, “You didn’t even join the battle!”

“We were… s-securing the ship!”

“You were going to steal it back,is what you were going to do.” Tails commented, still fiddling with the knots.

“If you had even TRIED to steal myMaster Emerald!” Knuckles shouted back before the doors slowly creaked openagain.

The men all hushed.

Silver nervously added, “What ifthey really meant what they said? And they were going to take each of us…”

“Shut up, that was just anintimidation play. You can’t seriously expect them to-“ Shadow began but thedoor slid more open with keys dangling.

Wave poked her head through thedoor, “I’ll take of the night shift, Cream. You just get some rest, alright?”

She closed the door and quicklyheaded over to Jet and Storm, touching her technological jewel to the rope andhaving it light up with cyber-fibers triggering the release of the mechanism.

Tails gasped, “It wasn’t rope atall! Where’d you get this technology!”

“No wonder…” Shadow muttered, “Theywere extra careful after all… Amy really does want her revenge.”

“You’re… You’re helping us?” Jettossed the rope off of him as Wave helped Storm up, who happily scooped her upin a bear-hug.

“Ugh! Easy, big guy… Pfft, don’tthink this means I take back what I said about you! You still lost the BabylonJewel! I’ll never forgive you for that astounding idiocy!” She let Storm hugher and then gently place her back down.

“We’re not leaving without thecrew.” Jet then stated, “One because they’ll tell Sonic and he’ll kick me offmy own ship!” Jet gulped as Wave face-palmed herself.

“You’re completely incompetent…aren’t you?”

“Is that anyway to speak to yourking!?”

“Ugh… keep your annoying voicedown! I have a duty to fulfill… I’ll join your crew if it means you PROMISEto get OUR ship back!” she waved a stern finger at him and then began to untiethe rest of the crew.

“Our? Who said anything about ourship!” Jet protested, but Storm quickly intervened.

“B-bu-but, boss! The Babylon Jewelbelongs to all Babylonians. Captained by their leaders descendants, it’sunstoppable in its revolutionary technology and-“

“Quit it, Storm. You freak me outwhen you start talking smart sense with all that slow speech of yours…” Jetsaid begrudgingly. He looked exhausted, “Let’s just get this escape plan overwith and get back to our ship!”

“Better do it fast,” Wave finishedhelping everyone out, it being the dead of night now, and looked to Tails, thefirst mate. “Amy has some plans for your… Captain.” She sweatdropped as thewhole crew flinched a moment with uncertainty.

Back at Amy’s cabin, Sonic restedon a barrel and kicked his feet up, yawning as it seems Amy hasn’t triedanything yet.

She was removing her hat at whatlooked to be a makeup mirror station and sighed. Was she nervous?

He opened one eye, staring back ather, “You know… I don’t think you’re as tough as all the rumors make you out tobe.”

She flinched, turning around to himand directing her hammer to the side of his face. “Y-You..! You don’t knowanything!” She was blushing, and he was rather calm.

“Hmm..? I know you’re a lot sweeterthan a crooked pirate. That’s for sure.” He lovingly hit the tip of her hammerwith his nose. This action made her reel her hammer back and away from him, herface still red with her lies.

“I-… You promised to marry me!”

“Is that why you’re taking us tothe nearest port town? A criminal wedding arrangement?” he smiled, raising aneyebrow up. “So dastardly. Truly you’re a rose with sanded thorns.” Hesnickered.

“Hmph! I don’t understand you,Sonic!” she turned around, pivoting and then twisting the tip of her shoe intothe wood floor below… looking like a lovesick girl.

“W… Why did you lie to me? I don’tthink you’re much from your rumors, either! A swashbuckling Robin Hood? Ha! Youonly steal from the Eggman Fleet, anyway! That’s hardly piracy if his only goalis to take over the world.” She stuck her nose up, thinking herself back on topwhen Sonic just spoke again.

“Then why do you want those ChaosEmeralds so badly?” he itched his nose nonchalantly with the tip of his pointy,red and white striped, buckled shoe.

“…Because…” she lightly skimmed herfingers over a drawer, and Sonic eyed that motion out of the corner of hiseyes.

“T-that doesn’t matter!” shepounded the table aggressively, turning around to him.

“Why did you deceive me? You couldhave just stolen the Chaos Emeralds without promising-!”

“Woah, woah, little rascal, I neversaid anything about a ‘promise’.” Sonic interrupted. “You heard only what youwanted to hear. And besides…”

He leaned his head towards her own,angry one. “To protect a girl’s innocent heart, you break it and hope she’swise enough afterwards to stay away.”

Amy eyes sparkled, seeing how closethey were to one another.

He smirked and tilted his head,“Guess I should have figured… a girl like you doesn’t quit so easily…”

There was a moment of silence… thenAmy began to lean into him and he broke his persona, growing nervous andleaning away from her with frightened eyes.

“Traitor!”, “Captain! We’ve beenbetrayed!”, “Stop them! They’re heading up the ropes!”

“What?” Amy turned around butSonic’s whole demeanor changed at hearing those cries from beyond the captain’scabin door.

He looped his feet around her bodyand threw her down.

“WAH!”

“Excuse me.”He rolled off of her and used his tied hands behind him to open the drawer.

“What are you doing?! Get backhere! Hey!” Amy tried to get up but he danced around her reaching hands fromthe ground.

“Sorry, Rose.” He winked, “Guessthe wedding date’s gonna have to be postponed!” he fiddled with the drawer tillit popped out of its socket, racing with it behind him and full of ChaosEmeralds to the door. “In here, mates!” he cried out.

Knuckles burst through the door,Sonic side-stepping and using his feet to block Amy from getting hit by any ofthe debris.

“Just in time.” Sonic winked andtossed Knuckles the drawer of Chaos Emeralds.

“Ah… These are…” Knuckles’s eyeswere blinded by his amazement at holding so many sparkling Chaos Emeralds inone box.

“Not all of them, buddy. But that’stwo more to the pile.” Sonic saw Wave beside Jet and Storm and looked confused.

She sighed, walking over and usingher bead to free him of his chords.

“Makes sense.” Sonic rubbed his nowfree wrists. “Not like girls can’t tie good knots, but these were somethingelse.” He smiled to her.

“…I…” Wave looked ashamed, butSonic just placed his hand on her shoulder.

“I know. Welcome to the FreeWinds.” He beamed.

Wave looked up and held back asmile, whacking his hand off of her. “I serve for the ship’s sake! If you’reher captain, then for now, anyway… you’re my captain too.”

Jet grabbed a sword out of Blaze’shands and with Storm grappling her from behind, held it to her throat. “Are wedone with negotiations, Sonic?” He refused to call him captain…

“Heh, new change in plans, boys!”Sonic was tossed his sword and jumped to the beam of the ship, cutting theropes to send him up to the crow’s nest. “The Red Rose has so graciouslyoffered up her wood to repair our own!”

The crew laughed.

“And as I said before, with thesame curtsey as they showed us, let us not shirk to do the same!”

“Aye!”

Espio and Vector, who had beenhiding with Charmy on the ship above, revealed themselves to have been an extrabackup in the case the crew didn’t make it back.

All together, they cornered thegirls and tied them up, once again, to the beams of their own ships.

Sonic got the crew all down belowdeck and tossed a knife inbetween the pillars where the girls were tied up.

“There. With all the rocking of theocean, one of you is bound to have that knife slide over to you. Now… what wasit you said last time, Amy?” he tapped his finger to his muzzle, then chuckledand winked to the boys. “Split the bounty, was it?”

Knuckles moved over to wave, “Gee,so many… but which to decide?” he skimmed his golden and spiked tip gloves overher muzzle before looking to Shade, “But I do like the silent types too.”

“Oh, go jump off the mast!” Rougecountered.

Tails chuckled, “Hey, Silver. Thecat’s been staring at you all day.”

Silver flinched, but continued tostare at Blaze as she closed her eyes, sweat from the awkward situationlingering on the side of her face. “This isn’t the end, Hedgehog… Our captainwill-!”

Amy burst into tears, “You can’tjust leave us here! Sonic! You wouldn’t be so cruel! Have mercy!”

The girls all lost hope then,sighing.

Cream looked to Tails, “What if theknife stabs us while we’re asleep, Mr. Fox?”

Tails whispered quietly to her,holding a hand up so the other girls didn’t hear him. “Don’t worry, we didn’ttie the ropes very tight. They’ll loosen way before the knife method works.”His little comfort brightened her once terrified face.

“Oh, thank you, Mr. Fox!”

He winked to her, not wanting herto worry too much.

“Alright, crew! Fall out!” Sonicbegan to walk away before remembering something. “Oh yeah…” he moved over toAmy.

She stopped crying to look up,hoping with all her heart that maybe… just maybe… he…

Sonic took out her captain’s hat,dusted it off, and placed it on her head, wiggling it into position to be nice,firm, and tight.

He also whispered to her, so no oneelse could hear, “There’s a reason I need those Chaos Emeralds. Eggman has tobe stopped.”

She blinked her eyes, not sure whathe meant by all that.

“He’s more dangerous than you or Icould possibly imagine. But if you ever want to team up, I wouldn’t mindanother few mates on the Babylon Jewel.” He smiled down to her sweetly, tappingthe hat’s tip in an affectionate farewell.

“Bye, girls! Happy trails on theseas! As for us, we prefer the skies!”

Once gone, Sonic was deeply sick.They fled away, leaving some of the Red Rose still intact so the girls couldreach that port town safely. But his legs weren’t used to the sea, and he wasmostly green in the face until the skies rocked him gently back into his old,confident, pirating ways!

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