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rubenesque-as-fuck · 1 year
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Kinda tempted to invite someone from Bumble to a kink club play party tomorrow night, but that also seems like a bad choice for a first date if I'm not *just* trying to fuck 😂
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booksash · 6 months
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ACTFL QUOTES!MINOR SPOILERS!
I asked some of my Goodreads friends,who read ACTFL,to share some quotes from the book.One quote is a little bit spoilery,but i will put it at the end of the post,if you do not want to read it.Here are the quotes:
"You are not in danger.I'm here because a friend of ours needs help- your help.He's about to make a horrible decision and you need to change his mind before it's too late to save him."
"-I would have thought you like bad ideas.
-Only when they're mine."
"But soon there was more light than dark.A world of bright as if the sky and the ground has switched places and now Earth was covered in shimmering stars."
"It's my fault.It's too late now."
”But just because he was all she had didn't mean that she needed to give him all the power. "
”Evangeline spun to the side and slapped him hard across the face. The sound of her hand hitting his cheek echoed through the inn, loud, cracking, and satistying."
“"Please, Little Fox, remember."
"Her hope might have been powerful, but it wasn't magic. It wasn't enough.“
"I just forgot to breathe."
"We can go wherever you want, little fox."
" "I know I seem naive," Evangeline pressed on. "I know my faith in love might appear foolish. I also know it might not be enough. But I'm not doing this because I believe I'll win. I'm actually a little afraid I'm going to lose. I no longer think love is a guarantee of victory or of happily ever after. But I think it's a reason to fight for those things." "
"It was only a flash—but her cheeks felt flushed.Apollo smiled, clearly thinking he was the reason."
MINOR SPOILERS!
"She was safe in her bed. She'd be even safer when he left her. But he was too selfish to leave just yet."
"She was better off not knowing him. But he was enough of a bastard to hate that she’d forgotten."
"He wanted her to look at him, just once, and know him the way she had before."
"I lied," he said. "I do wish that we could have had a different ending."
"And she wanted nothing more than for him to stay."
"He'd said he wished their story could have had a different ending, as if they'd already reached the final page.But Evangeline wanted more pages"
"Bastard. Murderer. Monster.I hate you, Evangeline wanted to say."
SPOILERS!
"She was choosing Jacks.She was choosing wrong."
"But maybe the reason for the warning about falling in love with Fates wasn't because loving a Fate could never work, but because it was so much harder. Nearly impossible."
Yes ,i am a monster.I enjoy hurting people.I like blood.I like pain.I am a monster,but wether you remember it or not,i'm your monster."
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lmskitty · 2 months
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Teacher AU!!
Nobara Kugisaki: operation prove the Sensei's are dating!!!!!! (Part two)
The next day Nobara comes in guns blazing.
Her first idea is simple, see what Gojo has him listed as on his phone.
"Is that really a thing? Wow you know so much Kugisaki!!" Yuji says amazed. Nobara sighs. These boys are useless.
"Of course it's a thing! See" she showed him her contacts, every single one had an emoji beside it.
"It's common practice to have emojis or cute nicknames for your partner or at least friends! If they are dating I bet Gojo would have him in his phone as something cute."
Yuji nodded sagely. He smiled at the emoji's she had put beside his (🤩) and Fushiguro. ( 😐 ) They even looked like them.
"Why does the smiley face have hearts for eyes beside Maki Sempais?"
Nobara took her phone back.
Getting to Gojo's phone was easy. Yuji asked him what his favourite digimon series was and Nobara grabbed it off the desk. She'd remembered his code because it was the pin to his debit card. This was further information that deeply concerned Fushiguro but he tried not to think to much on it.
"Aha!!" She said scrolling through the lists and then frowning.
"Bangs." Fushiguro read.
"Bangs?!?!? What does that even mean?!?! There's no emojis or even a picture!!! All the names are just descriptive sentences. This one just says bread?!?"
"That's Nanami. He likes bread" Gojo said looming over her shoulder. Nobara shrieked nearly dropping the phone. He grabbed it smiling.
"Why do you have my phone Nobara?" He asked pocketing it swiftly.
"We..wanted to get Geto Sensei's number to ask him what he'd like as a present!" Yuji stumbled. Nobara and Megumi stared at her but then Nobara snapped her fingers.
"Because we missed his birthday! You two are super close, do you know what he likes Gojo Sensei?"
Gojo hummed rubbing his chin.
"See he's tricky, he doesn't have the delicate palate I have"
The trio frowned at that. They'd watched him devour a crepe covered in chocolate syrup that morning and deemed it a nutritional breakfast because it had a strawberry on it.
"He's also got a particular style of clothing so he's hard to shop for there. Ah! Books are always a safe bet. Find a weird book on curses or local history. No guarantee he hasn't read it already though!" He waved his hand.
"Was he always the quiet reading type?" Nobara needled further and Gojo smiled.
"Yes and no, he was always booksmart but he also got in trouble just as badly as I did. It's hilarious he's such a stickler for the rules now when he'd burst out a curse on school grounds even if I slightly annoyed him."
"So the school was overrun with curses then" Megumi said. Gojo ruffled his hair to his annoyance.
"Ah the folly of youth!" He sighed wistfully. "That's very sweet of you to get him a gift. I note I didn't receive a gift from you on my birthday"
"what are you talking about. We definitely got you a gift you just ate the Kikufuku like immediately."
Gojo laughed. "I was hoping you'd believe me and I'd get another gift ah well"
"Why do you even need a gift, you have enough money to buy the whole shop?" Megumi asked.
"Presents taste sweeter" he stated. His phone beeped and he smiled typing a message back quickly. "Speak of the devil! Don't worry your secrets safe with me! Duty calls!" He said and wandered off down the hallway.
Nobara sighed. "Even his ringtone was a standard one. Are you sure they're dating?"
Megumi nodded.
"Did you see them kissing or something?" Yuji said. Megumi went pink.
"Gojo would be a big kisser. He's constantly leaning on everyone I bet he'd be a really clingy boyfriend" Nobara said grimacing.
"No. Just it's the way they are with each other! It's not how friends are...it's deeper than that." He ran a hand through his hair deeply uncomfortable with the way Yuji was eyeing him.
"They always eat at restaurants together"
"So do you and Itadori."
"They're always in each others spaces"
Nobara waved a hand at Yuji leaving against the wall beside Megumi. Megumi took a step to the side.
"They're constantly messaging each other."
Nobara rolled her eyes. "At this rate I have more proof that you two are an item then them and that's an even more ridiculous idea."
"I don't think it's ridiculous! Anyone would be lucky to date Fushiguro!" Yuji exclaimed.
Nobara nodded. "Yeah if they like the silent brooding type but the idea of him dating you is the weird part. You never shut up!" She laughed elbowing him in the ribs as they walked down the hall.
"Well then I'll be a good boyfriend for him then like yin and Yang, I'll do all the talking!" Yuji smiled.
"You can call the waiter over when he's too shy to say his orders wrong!" Nobara and Yuji nodded in decision. Megumi was still pink in the face and apparently had no choice in the matter as he listened to the conversation in front of him, hands in his pockets.
"Anyway! Stage two!" Nobara said pushing the doors to the field outside open roughly.
"Let's observe them together and check out their ~body language~ while Geto Sensei trains the second years!" She waggled her eyebrows for extra effect and Yuji laughed and did it back to her.
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livwritesstuff · 5 months
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More steddie dads content I really want some Eddie centered like teaching the girls guitar or dnd especially since Robbie is like him I think that they’d bind over a shared interest and he’d teach her stuff from when he was younger!
lol yeah the last few have def been more steve-centric (and also kind of a bummer) so let's switch up the vibe a bit
So, yes, Robbie is Eddie's daughter through and through.
She's stubborn and brazen and loud in her opinions and beliefs. She can be a little flippant about other peoples' feelings when she's not careful, and sometimes struggles to acknowledge the validity in other experiences outside of her own - in other words, she's Eddie to a T. She's even got the same big curly hair (though it's way more well-maintained than Eddie's had been thanks to Steve).
As for hobbies, Robbie is the only one out of Eddie and Steve's three daughters to really take an interest in music.
Eddie is thrilled about this, especially in the early days when Robbie is seven or eight and dying to try out any instrument they put in front of her. She has a natural proclivity for nearly all of them, which is fucking wild to Eddie, but the violin is the one she takes a particular shining towards.
Eddie can't say he'd ever had a resounding interest in classical music, but he wants to support Robbie so he dives into it right along with her.
That shit...
is metal as hell.
Seriously rad.
Eddie anxiously waits for her to be old enough to try out his old electric guitar. He waits until she's fifteen years old - the same age he'd been when he'd gotten his first electric - and then he digs it out of storage and bestows it upon her like the exquisite treasure it truly is.
In true teenager fashion, Robbie is...unimpressed.
She humors him for a bit, and to her credit, she does seem at least a bit intrigued by the almost forty-year-old guitar, but when Eddie offers to show her how to play, she only shrugs.
"I don't want to mess with my technique," she tells him, as if she's not shattering his heart into a bazillion tiny pieces.
"What does that even mean?"
"I dunno," she shrugs again.
Later, once the guitar has been safely put away, Eddie recounts the exchange to Steve.
"I just don't get it," he laments, "She'd be so good at it! I don't get why she won't just give it one chance."
"She's you, my love," Steve tells him, "Are you forgetting all the years you spent rejecting everything outside of what you deemed acceptable. You grew out of it. She will too."
So Eddie resigns himself to waiting it out. Robbie ends up deciding she wants make a career out of playing the violin, and she goes to New York to get her bachelors in music.
Just as Steve had predicted, once she hits college and grows up a little bit, she starts seeing the value in the world outside of the small corner of it she occupies. She comes home from her first semester regaling them with all the things she'd learned, and she catches Eddie by surprise when she asks him to bring out his old electric guitar.
Eddie and Robbie jam in the basement for like five hours before Steve insists they go the fuck to bed, and that "Hazel has school in the morning, in case you lunatics forgot."
(As for dnd, looking at it from the perspective of teenage girls, Steve and Eddie's kids absolutely do not want to think about their dad DM-ing. Eddie can't even breathe the wrong way without his daughters calling him out for being cringe or whatever, never mind executing a whole campaign. They'd die of embarrassment - guaranteed.
Robbie does get super into MTG in college, which Eddie absolutely takes as a personal F-You from his daughter. He gets his revenge by refusing her offers to teach him to play, even though it honestly sounds like a fuckin' blast, but that's a hill he's willing to die on)
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flanaganfilm · 11 months
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Hi Mike!
I am loving the LONG posts you’ve been making about your career and films. I wonder if there is any such one for ‘Ouija: Origin of Evil’?
‘Doctor Sleep’ was the first film of yours I had seen where I went “What else has this guy made?” And I was so surprised to learn Ouija was yours as well, it took me back to that college date! When I bought it on blu-ray and showed it to my friend, she saw Alice and Doris and went “It’s Shirley!”
Id love to know what your thoughts and feelings are on the film, 7 years later. Cheers!
Sure thing! This will be a fun one... I had such a great time making that movie.
Back in the spring of 2015, we were shooting Hush. Blumhouse was coproducing the movie with Intrepid Pictures. This was my second outing with Blumhouse after they came aboard Oculus at tiff in 2013, and they'd even hired me do a little uncredited consulting on another movie they'd made - a teen horror flick called Ouija. The first Ouija movie was... well... not great, but it made a lot of money. And I mean a LOT of money. A sequel was inevitable.
Jason Blum started calling me about the project while we were working on Hush. Initially I passed on it, I wasn't interested - I wasn't sure how to make a movie about a Ouija board interesting, and I didn't see myself as a sequel filmmaker. It just wasn't a movie for me.
If you know Jason at all, you know he is one of the most persistent and persuasive people in the business.
He wouldn't take "no" for an answer, and the phone kept ringing. The bar was low, he argued. The first movie performed very well, and because the franchise was just hung on a board game, there was kind of a blank canvas. "What movie do you want to make, buddy? Because I promise you'll wait your whole career for someone to make you this kind of offer again. You are a fool if you don't say yes."
He finally made me an offer that I couldn't refuse: I could approach the film from any viable creative direction I wanted, just as long as it connected somehow to the first movie and involved a Ouija board, and if I did that (and brought in the scares the kids wanted), I'd have a guaranteed worldwide theatrical release through Universal Pictures.
It's hard to understate how appealing that prospect was at the time. Oculus had been released theatrically but only performed moderately well. Before I Wake had been caught up in Relativity's bankruptcy, so the promised theatrical release never occurred (at this time, the movie was tied up in bankruptcy court without any release on the horizon), and Hush had been scooped up by Netflix, which meant it would never see the inside of a movie theater.
This offered me substantial creative freedom and a guaranteed wide theatrical release with the full weight of Universal Pictures behind it... I finally agreed.
How could I not?
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The first film was a contemporary elimination horror film about a group of teenagers who awaken a scary little girl ghost with a stitched-up mouth. She kills them one by one. I wasn't really drawn to that, and I pitched Jason instead on a prequel that focused on a single mother in the late 1960s. To my astonishment, he agreed.
They had their conditions - it had to be PG-13, it had to directly connect to the first film, and I had to deliver the movie on their budget. And I had my conditions - I wanted my crew (including my producer Trevor Macy and my DP Michael Fimognari), I wanted my period setting, and I wanted the movie to look like it was made in the late sixties, down to the zooms, the film grain, and all the other aesthetic bells and whistles. This wouldn't look like a contemporary movie.
Again, to my astonishment, they agreed.
They had one more stipulation, this one from Universal Pictures - no one could smoke cigarettes. And not just that, there couldn't be evidence of smoking in the movie; not even ash trays.
"But this takes place in the sixties," I argued. The NO that came in was emphatic and resounding. There was to be no evidence of cigarettes in our 1960's, and this was non-negotiable. This was a priority for Universal Pictures, and they were far more interested in eliminating cigarettes from the eyes of their young viewers than they were interested in historical accuracy.
Frankly, they were right.
We all agreed on the terms, and to my own admitted surprise, I went off to write and direct Ouija 2.
There was an immediate skepticism in the press when the project was announced, and a fair amount of mocking online. I was determined to ignore it. I really thought this could be fun. I felt like I had been given a gift; I had a huge canvas and precious few rules, and a guaranteed theatrical audience.
I wasn't just going to make Ouija 2; I was going to make Ouija 2 as well as it could possibly be made.
Sitting to write the script was a unique process. The only thing I knew for certain was the very, very end. Our connection to the first movie was that we were telling the origin story of Doris Zander, the ghost from the first film.
She came with some backstory that we were married to: the first movie told us her mother Alice was a professional medium. When Doris had been possessed after using an Ouija board, her mother had sewn her mouth shut and killed her. And we knew her older sister, Lina, had spent the rest of her life in a mental institution (where she grew up to be Lin Shaye), and was absolutely not to be trusted.
So no matter what I did, we had to land there. Everything else was fair game.
I was very interested in the idea of a family who worked as mediums, but most interested in them if they were not authentic psychics. I'd researched a lot about fake mediumship, and the tricks that were used in those performative seances to separate willing marks from their money. What if that was the family's business? What if her mother was something of a con artist, and her kids were part of the act? And what if they ran afoul of a real haunting?
And further, what if it wasn't that they were con artists - what if they were good people, behind it all? What if they had experienced loss themselves, and had rationalized their behavior by saying they were offering people comfort? This was interesting to me. It was cool, it was fun, and I hadn't seen that movie before.
The story was a lot of fun to write. I really enjoyed the characters, I really enjoyed the world, and I kept thinking about the kinds of movies that I loved growing up. Yeah, this was a movie for a younger audience, but maybe they'd sit in that theater and have an experience that would stay with them, the way the movies of my youth had stayed with me.
I thought about those movies: Poltergeist, The Omen, The Changeling, Watcher in the Woods... and I thought about the theatrical experience of them. Their music (I particularly honed in on Jerry Goldsmith's score from Poltergeist), their aesthetics, even the little markers in the upper corner that signal the reel changes - "cigarette burns", as they're called in the business.
All of those things were ornaments of my earliest theatrical experiences, and I wanted to recreate that for the young viewers who might seek out Ouija 2.
One thing that set Ouija 2 apart right away was that we were going to shoot in Los Angeles. I'd lived in LA since 2003, but I had never actually filmed a movie here (and haven't ever again, sadly). This was a really exciting factor - I could spend the day in prep at Blumhouse, and then go home and sleep in my bed.
This was also great for my home life. Kate and I were engaged by then, and Blum was very happy with Hush, so she ended up playing a small role at the top of the movie. Having just spent the Spring living in a hotel in Fairhope Alabama and only working nights, it felt very novel that I'd get up in the morning and go to the office, and be home for dinner. We absolutely loved it.
Casting was also fun. Terry Taylor at Blumhouse did the casting, and for the first time in a long time I could be in the room when actors came in to audition. This was all in-person, because we were in LA. For Before I Wake, we'd had to run the whole thing through the lens of foreign sales value and over choppy, pixelated FaceTime meetings that did not give us much understanding of who we were casting. Compared to that, this process was a real delight.
For Lina, I really wanted to bring back Annalise Basso, the young actress from Oculus. She'd done a terrific job on that movie, and this was a great chance to work together again.
Henry Thomas signed on as Father Tom, and we hit it off immediately. I had been a fan of his since... well, forever I suppose, but I was really excited that he'd be in our movie.
The big revelation, though, was Lulu Wilson. We auditioned a lot of girls for Doris, and we used a particularly upsetting monologue as the audition piece - a 60 second speech about what happens when someone is strangled to death. Lulu's audition knocked me over, and we cast her immediately.
(Fun note: in the film itself, Lulu performs the monologue almost exactly as she did in her audition. And she did it so well, we never cut away. Don't know many 10 year-olds who can hold an entire monologue like that... in fact, I know a lot of 40 year-olds who can't. Lulu Wilson kicks ass.)
Production began in September 2015.
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From the jump, this movie was FUN to make.
We were using an antique zoom lens package to achieve the look, and after spending much of prep obsessively watching The Changeling and The Exorcist for inspiration, we were really excited to do something fun. Every day was like a trip to an amusement park.
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Michael Fimognari and I enjoy one of the vintage cars
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One set, it was a family reunion. I had a lot of my crew from Oculus, Before I Wake and Hush, and a few familiar faces in the cast as well. It even reunited me with Dougie Jones, who had worked for one day in my debut feature Absentia, and agreed to let us bury him in gross demon makeup.
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I really can't overstate how fun this was. The movie had more genre set pieces than most of my other work combined, which meant every day we were dealign with ghosts, ghouls, and some wild stunt work. Annalise and Lulu were just delightful, and spent their days pulling escalating pranks on the crew. I would find myself tagged with dozens of C47's (clothespins) whenever Basso was on set, and Lulu was doing all of her own stunts and making us laugh like hyenas.
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I was also really enjoying Henry. Toward the end of the shoot, I told him I wanted to put him in everything I did. He laughed and said "whatever, sure man, sign me up." He's been in everything I've made since.
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We didn't have a lot of money, but had a lot more money than I'd ever had before, and because Universal was committed to a theatrical release, they wanted the movie to work. I felt supported at every turn. Trevor handled the production the way we'd always done, and this was now our fourth collaboration - I knew I had a producer for life.
Blum was also a delightful collaborator, popping up frequently to check in but always just to see if there was something we needed. I felt an enormous amount of trust from Blumhouse, Hasbro, Platinum Dunes and Universal. That's a lot of cooks for one kitchen, and believe when I tell you it can easily go south... but it didn't. In this case, it just clicked.
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We got to do a lot of fun things that had nothing to do with horror, too. There's a lovely little scene in the movie where Lina has her first kiss. We modeled the entire shot sequence after the best kiss in the history of movies: Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly's smooch in Rear Window.
We were even able to perfectly mimic a slower frame rate just as their lips meet, exactly as Hitchcock had done in that movie. If you look in the background, the Rear Window poster is hanging on her wall. We were always careful to cite our sources (and there were a lot of them).
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My favorite scene of the whole movie was a dinner date between Elizabeth Reaser and Henry that we filmed at the Cicada Club in downtown LA. This was a restaurant that I loved, as once a month it transformed into a full-blown time machine, putting a brass band on the stage and functioning like a 20's-era speakeasy.
The scene where Alice and Father Tom spend an evening out together was among my favorites in the script. It was two adults who were clearly attracted to each other, and who acknowledge it, but recognize the reality of their situation. As we were filming, I remarked to Fimognari that - for a movie about a haunted Ouija board - we were really getting away with murder. This was lovely, sweet, subtle character development, and no one was stopping me. After what we'd gone through on Before I Wake, I had to pinch myself.
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My favorite scene of the film
It was set in a restaurant in the late 1960s - almost everyone in that room would realistically be smoking. Universal had been clear that there was to be absolutely no suggestion that cigarettes even existed in this world. But for the restaurant, I had to haze up the air. It was the only time I was questioned creatively, as there was immediate pushback.
"It's a restaurant," I said. "What if there's a fire in the kitchen, an entree got burned and that's why it's smokey?"
No one bought that for even a second. But they let me go ahead anyway. Man, I love that scene. And later, when it was all said and done, Jason Blum shocked me by telling me it was his favorite as well.
We wrapped the movie just before Halloween, and off we went into post. The holidays came and went, and Kate and I got married in February 2016. There was gentle pressure in the cutting room to make the film as tight as possible, and keep things short, but as with everything else, the pressure was decidedly gentle.
The movie's test screenings were very positive. People were very engaged by the story of the family, and the only issue people took seemed to be with the ending. It was a real downer to get so attached to everyone, only to have to kill Doris so brutally. The ending was, to put it mildly, very depressing - Father Tom was dead, Alice was dead, Doris was dead (and her mouth stitched up to stop the demonic voices), and Lina was condemned to the asylum. It was exactly what was required of us, and what was dictated by the first movie. But it hurt people's feelings.
My original ending had Lina in the asylum, crafting a handmade Ouija board out of her own blood, and trying to contact her dead sister. She tries and tries, but there is no answer. It is just silence. And we leave her saying "are you there? Are you there?" over and over again, as tears fall down her face. Doris wouldn't answer - in fact, Doris wouldn't answer for decades, when the first movie finally caught up to us. It was a haunting and sad ending, and I kind of loved it.
But test audiences are a fickle thing, and so we came back to tweak the ending, as the studio wanted one last scare to send us out on - not an unreasonable position, though it was a cliched one. We shot the film's current ending, with Doris' ghost on the ceiling of the asylum. It's as rote and impersonal a horror movie ending as I can imagine, but... well, it was Ouija 2, for crying out loud.
The movie we'd made up until that point had no business being as much fun as it was.
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I remember the phone call I got from Blum after the movie was done. Universal had decided that they wouldn't call the movie Ouija 2 after all, they were worried about the number 2 making it feel less interesting.
Instead, they'd taken a big swing: the movie would be called Ouija: Origin of Evil.
I laughed out loud. I thought he was kidding. When it became obvious that he wasn't, I filed a protest. "It's not very good," I said. "It's cheesy. And not to put too fine a point on it, but the movie depicts neither the origin of the Ouija board, or of - um - Evil."
"Buddy, the title tested well. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Trust us, if the studio says it's Origin of Evil, it's Origin of Evil."
With a big theatrical release comes a lot of pomp and circumstance. There was a huge premiere for Ouija: Origin of Evil that October, and whatever nerves I had about the critical reception to the movie proved to be short-lived. People really enjoyed it. The overwhelming sentiment was that a sequel to a movie like Ouija frankly had no business being this interesting.
For all the pomp and circumstance, I missed it all. I didn't get to go to a premiere or walk the red carpet, as I was already in Alabama shooting Gerald's Game. On opening weekend, I took the cast and crew to a local theater in Daphne Alabama to see Ouija: Origin of Evil on the big screen.
The projection in this little backwoods theater was NOT good. The lamp was too dim (a common cost-saving strategy in some theater chains), and it was out of focus. I ran up to complain to the manager.
"The movie's soft focus on purpose," he said. "That's what the filmmakers wanted."
"No, it really isn't," I said.
The movie ultimately was not the runaway hit that the first Ouija was. Not even close, in fact.
To everyone's surprise, the teenagers just... didn't really show up. The first movie had grossed 103 MILLION dollars worldwide, but our little prequel only managed to do about 80. It was considered a modest success, not a hit by any means, but no failure. In the end, Universal decided maybe there wasn't a franchise to be had here after all.
So in the end, I had single-handedly revitalized and destroyed the Ouija franchise.
But man, believe when I tell you I've got no regrets whatsoever. I had the time of my life making that movie. Sure, some people groan about the ending, but that was kind of our only job - those were the cards we knew we had to turn over. Did you see everything that led up to that, though??? Did you see what we got away with?!
Since this movie, I've worked with a lot of people again. True to my word, I've put Henry Thomas in every single thing I've made since. Elizabeth Reaser came back to play Shirley in The Haunting of Hill House, and little Lulu Wilson - who was so wonderful as Reaser's daughter Doris - played the younger version of Shirley on that show. Lulu is also in The Fall of the House of Usher (and if you look closely, her original Ouija board and planchette are in frame with her.)
Kate sported a fun blonde hairdo for her small role in Ouija: Origin of Evil, and it was a really fun stepping stone between Hush and Hill House for her as an actor. There's a fun deleted scene where she goes home and murders her father, played by the great Sam Anderson. I really dug that scene, and I wish it was in there. You can see it on the blu-ray and DVD though, because even in a world where Netflix is trying to erase such things, Universal Pictures actually takes care of their movies with proper physical media releases.
I haven't yet found the next project to do with my friends at Blumhouse, but it's not for lack of trying, and my dance card has been booked solid since we wrapped this movie. It was an important step for my career, and their support was amazing. I know that we'll work together again, as soon as the timing is right.
Also, get this...
Ouija: Origin of Evil is my most successful movie.
Ever. Of all of them.
It did 82 million worldwide. That's better than Doctor Sleep, which did 72 million. It's better than Oculus, which did 44 million. The rest were all dumped to Netflix.
So yeah, Ouija: Origin of Evil is my most successful movie. Ain't that a trip?
We weren't trying to change the world, or reinvent the genre. I was making the second entry in a PG-13 franchise about an evil board game, and dammit if I didn't get to do everything I set out to do. There's an exuberance to the camera movement, the staging, the set design, and the lighting. There's an unbridled joy in this movie, and I smile whenever I think about it.
Up until this point in my career, every movie I had was hard-fought. Oculus was a trial by fire whose distribution deal was detonated days before it premiered. Before I Wake was a brutal experience both creatively and logistically. Hush was a labor of love and determination against all odds. But this one... man, this one reminded me why I wanted to make movies in the first place.
Because it can be really, really fucking fun.
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jedi-enthusiast · 10 months
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Can you please elaborate on the 4-hour conversation about Palpatine screwing himself over bc I would genuinely LOVE to hear it
OH HELL YEAH, I'D LOVE TO!!! and tagging @shootingstarpilot because they also wanted to hear me shit on Palpatine.
I'm gonna do my best to summarize our discussion, but it's probably gonna be long as hell, and for everyone reading please keep this in mind:
My friend and I were obviously not discussing the ethics of Palpatine's way of ruling or our own suggestions--this was just us talking about how he was stupid and could've probably ruled longer if he did the following things.
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Number One - The Death Star Was a Stupid Idea
Ok, we both agreed that the Death Star was the fucking stupidest thing ever because it 1. was a huge expense that could've gone to other things that would've worked better and 2. odds are, it would've just led to an uprising in Imperial ranks and wouldn't have worked as the "intimidation tactic" he thought it would.
We're just gonna be focusing on 2 since 1 is discussed in the other parts.
Basically the gist was that obviously Imperials come from the same planets as everyone else, right? They're recruited, not created (something we'll come back to later).
That means that if the Emperor and high ranking Imperial Officers just destroyed planets willy-nilly every time a rebel from that planet didn't listen (like Leia and Alderaan) or had a rebel presence, then they'd be 1. destroying other Imperials' home planets as well 2. destroying those same Imperials' friends and families and 3. destroying the Imperial forces on said planets, which wouldn't send a good message to the Imperials working for them.
That obviously wouldn't go over well with Imperials whose planets were destroyed or probably any other Imperial, because Palpatine would be sending the message that "it happened to this officer, why wouldn't it happen to you?" which would then probably lead to a lot of Imperials defecting to the Rebellion, spying for the Rebellion, or just plain quitting.
And you can't really threaten planetary destruction if they quit because 1. again, there are other Imperials from that planet and 2. that's literally already a possibility, even if they work for the Empire. And if they don't destroy planets willy-nilly because of a rebel or rebel presence, then the Death Star isn't even a very convincing intimidation tactic and ultimately useless.
So either way it's just a very stupid, expensive show pony.
Number Two - They Should've Stuck With the Clones
Choosing to recruit random people from across the galaxy instead of just sticking with the Kaminoans and the clones was just fucking stupid.
Firstly, the clones could be controlled by the chips in their heads. Yes, newer material is showing them start to question the Empire as their chips degrade, but that's because Palpatine's plan was specifically to use them to kill the Jedi and then toss them away--not because he planned on using them as soldiers in the long term.
If that was his plan, I guarantee you that the Kaminoans could have found ways to make the chips permanent or, at the very least, last a lot longer--and, honestly, they probably could've made the effects a lot stronger to the point where it suppressed all personality traits. They also could've made ways to stop the faster aging process after a certain point so that the clones could stay "viable" longer. They just didn't because that wasn't really the plan, it wasn't meant to be a permanent thing.
Second, the Kaminoans were obviously willing to stay loyal to the Empire as long as they kept buying clones--and for an Empire that's constantly fighting and conquering and expanding, I'd say they'd never really have a reason to stop buying clones. Plus, with how much Palpatine shelled out for 2 Death Stars, which were ultimately useless, he obviously has the money to keep buying clones--and obviously the clones aren't being paid. So the fact that he wouldn't be paying the millions of Imperials that work for the Empire would probably pay for the clones themselves.
So Kamino would always be loyal, since it's obvious they don't really give a shit about the moral quandary of things from what we're shown, only really their personal connections/gains. The few surviving Kaminoans only became willing to turn on the Empire (and, even still, it takes a lot to convince them) after Kamino was destroyed.
Third, let's just be honest here, the clones are a whole hell of a lot more skilled and efficient than stormtroopers. Stormtroopers literally miss most of the shots they take, meanwhile clones are shown to be very skilled and capable and also shown to overcome the odds a lot of times and succeed where they should've failed. Yes, sometimes that's because of the Jedi, but a lot of times they're able to just do it themselves (like Rishi and Umbara, for example).
I can't remember the last time I've seen the Stormtroopers actually be successful in a show or movie, unless there was a Darksider helping them or some really high ranking Imperial with them (like Moff Gideon).
So basically, Palpatine threw away a force of skilled, capable soldiers that he could've made be unquestionably loyal to him--a force of soldiers that honestly would've been far more intimidating than the Death Star--in order to recruit a bunch of untrained soldiers that would have to be trained later and could turn on him at any point.
Again, stupid.
Number Three - The Shitty Training and Supplies
I'll admit, my friend was the one who outlined this part for me because he knows a lot more about weapon types and such than I do--but basically his ramble boiled down to this:
Palpatine basically gave Imperials shittier armor, weapons, and ships than the Republic did because he was cheap and that's probably why everything didn't work very well and/or was easily destroyed. I can try to elaborate on this in another post, but he honestly was the brains behind this part of the discussion.
We also talked about how, since Imperials were recruits and their training was done later in life (even if that "later in life" was just like 15), their training was probably a lot more rushed than the training the clones went through, and it probably didn't stick as well. Plus, just because of the nature of recruitment, their standards probably had to be lowered some in order to fill their ranks and also because you can't really threaten them with the same shit the Kaminoans did with the clones.
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So, in conclusion, Palpatine made stupid ass decisions.
In other news, water is wet.
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You know how some people refer to Cannabis as "Devil's Lettuce"? Well this is a little drabble I wrote because of that. I hope you enjoy! ‹𝟹
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Imagine if the Devildom had something that was called "Devil's Lettuce". The demons would eat it or maybe they'd even smoke it, if they did it'd be like the Devildom's version of a cigarette. If humans eat or smoke it, it would give them an effect similar to Cannabis. The demons aren't affected by it like humans so they may not even realize at first, Mc may just accidently end up tripping one day. For the demons its like nicotine or even caffeine but for Mc its like pure TCH. Even if Mc has smoked Cannabis before, they are guaranteed to trip due to the Devildom's Devil Lettuce. The brothers may worry over how strong its effect is on humans, so Mc may only wind up eating/smoking it once, the brothers may not allow it after the first time. Imagine how confused and panicked the brothers were the first time Mc had it. When Mc started feeling the effects of it, depending on what brother is with Mc they may have a full blown panic attack. Humans react to Cannabis in all types of ways, i imagine the Devil's Lettuce in the Devildom is very similar in that aspect. Mc may have the best trip of their life or it could be the most terrifying thing they ever experience, they could fall asleep soon after having it or they could be energetic and choatic. Devildom's Devil Lettuce has a longer lasting effect than Human world's Cannabis does, so Mc could be experience the effects for a couple of hours, to a couple of days, even as long as a week. For demons it does not last as long, so if Mc is somehow allowed to use it and winds up smoking/eating it with a brother, the brother will most likely be ready to have more before Mc will be. The brothers to use it most would likely be Lucifer, Mammon, Satan, and Belphie occasionally. Lucifer is a stressed man, he takes care of his brothers and Mc, so like Demonus he would use it as a stress relief. I see Lucifer being more likely to smoke it, he'd be like those old guys are with cigars how they say the experience of smoking it makes it more realxing or whatever, Luci isn't opposed to eating it but his perfered way is smoking it. Mammon is the Avatar of Greed, he naturally gets addicted to things quickly, after using Devil's Lettuce once he quickly was using it all the time. Mammon doesn't care if he smokes it or eats it, just as long as he gets to feel the effects. Mammon isn't as desprate for Devil's Lettuce as he is for Grimm, but it is an issue, the brothers and Mc may one day have to do an intervention. Satan uses it to calm his wrath down, it doesn't make all Satan's wrath go away obvi but it helps him keep it in control. Satan perfers to eat Devil's lettuce, he doesn't like the way it taste when he smokes it, and the smoke leaves a lingering smell that annoys him. Satan is usually smoking Devil's lettuce despite his preference, smoking it helps it take a faster effect, eating it takes just a little to long when he needs to calm down right then and there. (Like human world ediables eating Devil's Lettuce takes some time to come into effect, unlike human world ediables, Devil's lettuce doesn't take as long to go into effect. I headcanon eating Devil's Lettuce would take like 15-30 minutes for the effects to take place, smoking it is almost like an instant effect or it takes effect soon after smoking it.) Belphie doesn't use Devil's Lettuce often, however, if Belphie can't seem to fall asleep at all, he'll use it to calm his body down. Belphie being the Avatar of Sloth means this doesn't happen often, but on the rare occasion he'll be found smoking it, yes he could eat it, but he'll get to sleep faster if he smokes it so he takes the short cut. All of the brother's have definitely had Devil's Lettuce, some enjoy and use it more than others. I feel like due to its effect only being like nicotine for Demons, some Devildom food may even have Devil's Lettuce in it. Its probably sold all around and used as much as Demonus, its a common party starter, once everyone has had some Devil's Lettuce and has calmed down and de-stressed a little, then the Demonus can be popped out.
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Thats all for now babes! Hope you enjoyed!! ♡ This is not proofread. Feel free to comment or reblog any thoughts or any add ons you have! Not the content I promised but content nonetheless, so I hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for more I have all kinds of stuff coming! Stay Safe! & Stay Groovy Scooby!
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So there's a lot happening in this ask.
Do I think Palpatine could FEASIBLY be killed by something like choking on a grape or falling down the stairs? I mean, yes, sort-of. Like Palpatine IS still human, generally, and so if he's taken completely by surprise and doesn't have a way to keep himself from snapping his neck or whatever, he'd die. If we discount the Sequel Trilogy as canon, then Palpatine dies by getting tossed down a reactor shaft or whatever, so, clearly, he CAN die.
Star Wars has a tendency to run on rule of cool quite often, so Maul survives getting chopped in half because fans thought he was cool and Lucas then thought it would be cool to explore him again, rather than because it made any logical sense to bring him back. Palpatine survives getting thrown down the reactor shaft because he's the best villain this franchise has ever had and Rian Johnson ruined the two best options for villains in TLJ (Snoke by being unnecessarily killed off and Kylo by being made sympathetic to fans), so JJ Abrams was stuck coming up with something else in TROS. Shit happens in Star Wars sometimes and it doesn't really make SENSE, so it can be hard to try to puzzle out how the worldbuilding actually works in a situation like this one.
Maul keeps himself alive by spite and spite alone according to TCW. He's so full of anger and hate that somehow, despite being chopped in half and apparently magically transported to an entirely different planet somehow, he manages to stay alive long enough to attach his top half to a robot spider bottom. So, sure, if Maul can do that, then Palpatine should be capable of keeping himself alive by pure spite, too. You can try to argue that because he's killed in the way the prophecy says he would that maybe it should be more binding than Maul's, I guess, but THEORETICALLY, as per the worldbuilding rules that kept Maul alive, there's absolutely nothing keeping Palpatine dead, either.
I am also of the personal opinion that the prophecy means that IF the Chosen One tries to destroy the Sith out of selflessness and compassion, they are guaranteed to succeed (aka, if Anakin tries to kill Palpatine because this is what Sith apprentices do to their masters, the prophecy no longer applies and so he isn't guaranteed a victory). But this doesn't mean that this is the ONLY way to defeat the Sith. It's not like Palpatine could ONLY have been killed if Anakin personally kills him, it's just going to be a heck of a lot easier for Anakin than it would've been for anybody else. But Anakin defies his own destiny for over TWO DECADES and I think he could've defied it for the rest of his damn life if he'd chosen to. Which opens the door for the opposite to also end up being true: Palpatine can be killed by something that ISN'T the Chosen One fulfilling the prophecy. Maybe it takes a LOT of Jedi coming together to take him out, maybe it takes regular civilians helping the Jedi, maybe he CAN just randomly choke on a grape by pure luck. It's incredibly UNLIKELY to happen and even more unlikely to succeed, but not IMPOSSIBLE.
Moving on to the Separatist question about the contradiction between TCW claiming there are good people in the Separatist movement despite the horrible things their army is doing and the fact that without Palpatine and Dooku running things, they seem like they'd probably just fall apart immediately. I think the Separatists work the same way most of the antagonists do in Star Wars, especially in the prequel era: a parallel for Anakin. The Separatists seem to have good intentions for their actions, but are being manipulated by the Sith into (possibly unintentionally) backing some really heinous atrocities and a belief in their own superiority so strong that they'll never believe it's even happened, no matter how often it's explicitly laid out for them. The Separatist politicians (so NOT the people running the actual army like Nute Gunray or Wat Tambor or anyone else from the Corporate Alliance) are EXACTLY like Anakin, and they fall prey to their own arrogance the same way he does. So sure, there were "heroes" among them and people with good intentions, but Dooku was a good Jedi once, too. It doesn't mean that his choices NOW are actually motivated by those good intentions, though. The same is generally true of the Separatists. They had good intentions, but their ignorance becomes an intentional choice rather than something forced upon them and that ultimately makes them complicit in the crimes their army is committing.
I will say I don't think the Separatist politicians are explored well enough to really get that message across and so it just ends up feeling kind-of weird and contradictory sometimes, but that's my take on what the intended message of the Separatists is.
The same is generally true for Dooku. The thing with all of these characters is, they're ALL parallels for Anakin, which means that they have to also have one of the things most essential to his character: "There's still good in him." Regardless of how I feel about how his "redemption" was handled in ROTJ, the fact that Anakin has goodness left in him to act upon is VITAL to his character. So any character who is intended to be a parallel to his narrative ALSO has to have this characteristic. Dooku can still make better choices, he COULD feasibly turn things around and be a better person again. The Separatists CAN choose to be less ignorant and more open to listening to what people like Padme and Bail and the Jedi are actually saying rather than desperately trying to live in a perfect little fantasy world that appeals to them.
So even though they all SEEM irredeemable, they all SEEM rotten right through to the core, they're not. That's the major message of Star Wars, that choice MATTERS and you ALWAYS have a choice. Even if you've been making the wrong ones for decades, even if there's just a smidge of goodness left, it'll ALWAYS be there to act upon. Just like the capacity for darkness is always there to be tempted by, the capacity for compassion is ALSO always there to come back to.
Which brings us to the concept of, "What if the Jedi found out about the Tusken massacre sometime before ROTS and Order 66?"
The Jedi generally seem to believe in rehabilitation and forgiveness as much as possible, but they also believe in placing the needs of the greater good over the needs of one person, and in this situation, I'm assuming the Jedi are likely still dealing with the war happening which limits a lot of their options, especially if Palpatine is ALSO still in power. So they have to figure out how to help Anakin with the feelings that led him to commit the massacre in the first place while keeping him from being able to do it AGAIN. I generally imagine that this would mean removing him from positions of authority, which would include both being a General in the GAR and being a master to Ahsoka. I think he'd probably be asked to agree to being grounded at the Temple until such time as a Jedi mind healer deemed him capable of going back out in the field. I also think that, before he was allowed back into the field for any kind of Jedi work, he'd be asked to make some kind of amends for what he'd done, whatever that ended up meaning. It's not about punishing Anakin so much as it is about damage control.
The problem is that Palpatine is unlikely to allow Anakin to just be removed from the GAR and that Anakin is unlikely to take ANY of this well. Unlike most fics that deal with this scenario, I think he'd generally be willing to take the Council's condemnation of his actions relatively well. He admits to knowing it's not the way a Jedi should act in AOTC, so he'd be expecting the Council to tell him he was wrong to kill them all and I think he'd be able to put on a good show of contrition and remorse (regardless of whether it was that genuine or not; his remorse over having not acted like a Jedi would be real, but there'd be no real remorse for the deaths of the Tuskens and I don't know how well the Council would be able to distinguish between the two through psychic powers alone). But it's asking him to accept the demotion and the loss of Ahsoka that I think he'd lash out at. He'd accept the slap on the wrist, but the actual consequences would seem unfair and THAT'S when he'd start to defend himself and throw a tantrum about it (For an example of this in canon, look at how he acts during the scene where he's put on the Council in ROTS and how he stays pretty polite right up until he's told he isn't going to be made a Master and THAT'S what riles him up).
Anakin doesn't like making choices and I think the Council would likely let him know that this kind of infraction is one where, if he DOESN'T want to accept the consequences for what he's done and do the work it takes to re-earn their trust, they'd have to consider expelling him from the Order. So now he's faced with the choice of remaining a Jedi but diminished and humiliated (from his perspective), or not being a Jedi at all but leaving more on his terms. And I think that THIS is where he'd likely try to go to Palpatine to get him to pull strings in his favor and, given that the war is still happening, Palpatine might be able to accomplish this and force the Council's hand so that they CAN'T enforce these consequences no matter what. It's POSSIBLE Palpatine might try to convince Anakin to just leave so that he can then take Anakin even more under his wing, but I feel like Anakin wouldn't see that as helping very much, while Palpatine forcing the Jedi to let Anakin stay without consequences puts Anakin COMPLETELY in Palpatine's debt.
All of which would REALLY burn out a lot of the Jedi's faith in Anakin and start to turn even those closest to him against him, like Obi-Wan and Ahsoka. And the more they turn on him, the angrier Anakin gets, the darker and more violent he probably gets, and the more the Jedi lose faith in him. It's an ugly downward spiral for everybody that might lead the Jedi to ultimately feel like they have to try something beyond offering rehabilitation to Anakin. The reasoning would not be unlike what they utilize to step in with Palpatine where they realize that by NOT stepping beyond their boundaries, they're allowing the problem to persist which makes them complicit in the consequences. But now they have to remove both Anakin AND Palpatine from power without either of them finding out and while continuing to fight a war that's killing them off and spreading them thin. How this would turn out is anyone's guess, but I do think that eventually the Jedi could and would get to a place where they'd recognize that forgiveness only works if the person is willing to do something to EARN that forgiveness and sometimes the better thing to do is simply remove the person causing problems from the game entirely in order to protect everyone else. At this point, even though they firmly believe everyone still has the capacity to be good, it stops being a priority to ensure Anakin still has the opportunity to act on it when doing so puts others in danger.
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Random discussion I wanted to do cuz it's a shower thought about TR. It started as Bonten Mikey but it also fitted other characters and it turned into an essay >>'
Also incoming editing to these yandere discussions cuz I finally have a layout XD
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Like your yandere asking you if you love them and you answering yes because Stockholm Syndrome, scared you'll get hurt more or punished and all that bullshit. Then that asshole hits you with the "Then how about we die together? Kill ourselves at the same time while holding eachother?" Cuz they're too tired to live but you huff and say no.
Before they can throw another temper tantrum/punish you you're gonna respond with "The afterlife isn't known at all, whether our souls might find each other there isn't guaranteed either, or if we'll be reincarnated at the same time. So I want to keep living with you for as long as I can and make even more memories. Maybe they'll help me find you again in our next life." And smile.
They turn so red from blushing and probably start crying cuz they think you love them so much, promising they'll make sure you two keep living together for a very long time while cuddling closely to you and clinging for dear life. Apologizing profusely about how they even brought it up and it was so insensitive to ask you to die with them when you wanted to live for such a lovely reason.
Meanwhile you're probably tied to the bed comforting them, with some will to live and escape left in you and you're not gonna let this lover's suicide trope ruin it.
Mikey for sure, that bitch just added 20 more years to his life because of this 💀 especially Bonten Mikey, like you saw light flash in his dead eyes for a minute when you were talking before he broke down crying. Kanto Mikey would break down too, a lot more queitly while clinging to you but he's sobbing and choking out apologies. I'm not even gonna bringing up Toman Mikey/Manila Mikey, cuz we know they'd start crying immediately and probably kneel for forgiveness cuz they wanted to end everything just because they were done with life when they should be greatful for even being able to breath the same air as you since you love them back.
Sanzu too, man just can't believe you actually wanna continue being with him after everything he's done. In Bonten it probably happens after Mikey fell from the roof with Takemichi and now he feels he can't protect you either but how dare you give him another reason to live? Meanwhile with Kanto and Toman Sanzu they fall in love all over again. Tbh they all probably gave you a mocking grin and said "So you finally learned." But bitch even the blind can see how he's shaking and crying without even realizing it. If you say "I love you" after that expect him to break down.
Kazutora, best way to manipulate this yandere hoe is like that, I feel like he turned so red and suddenly drank 247 energy drinks because he can't calm down or even go to sleep when remembering your words. Like do you actually mean that? Really? You love him that much? Is he even deserving of it? He was just about to let both of you rest but now his obsession got worse. Most definitely apologized for one or two hours and kept saying he loved you and would make sure you two lived as much as possible.
Izana, he might end up saying some "So you think I won't find you after we die? I'll drag you to hell with me if I have to!" But it's with a trembling voice and he's still tearing up cuz his abandonment issues are getting lowkey fixed. You wanna stay with him even after he's punished you so harshly? Of course you do, how could he doubt that you would want to die when you could live with him instead? Izana genuinely apologized for even bringing this up -ONE apology though- and he ended up giving you more privileges to breath after, probably began acting softer too.
Senju would have to be at a really low point in her life to ask that of you but you just made her do a 180 because this just confirmed you love her too right? Then as long as you want to live like that she will too! It's easy to escape her but if Senju managed to lock you down and you end up saying that to her??? Please get ready to be somewhat free again because she trusts that you love her and won't escape.
We also have Shinichiro, Chifuyu, Hakkai, Souya, Takemichi and Hinata who would fall for your words but they'd never try to do a double suicide cuz they don't want you to die or get hurt, especially not by them.
Naoto, Kakucho, Inui, Koko, Rindou, Emma, Yuzuha and Shion -Shion is kind of easily manipulated shush- would also never ask you of such a thing because they don't want to die when they have you in their life but there's a 1000% chance they fall for your words and become softer.
Meanwhile people like Draken, Ran, Mitsuya, Taiju, Baji, Muto, Nahoya, Mochi, Benkei and Kisaki are mostly moved by your words, like get that doki doki feeling but it probably was a test and you passed it with flying colors. They also don't trust you that well so nothing much changed other than they don't feel as suffocation as before.
With Hanma, Bonten Koko, Bonten Ran, Wakasa, Takeomi, South and Bad Toman Kisaki it definitely was a test and they don't believe you but are glad to know their punishments are working and you behave so well now/got Stockholm Syndrome.
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Mera~
I hope you are well today!
Do you happen to have some spare change? And when I say change I mean headcannons? My simple simp mind is wondering how some of the Yan boys would treat a chubby darling?
Sorry if you've done this, I'm still digging through your blog.
-Rolly Polly
OOOO yes yes!!! I absolutely have plenty of spare change!!! Forgive me for not writing all characters, but I had the most thoughts for the ones listed below!!! :D
I must mention my beloved tako first. He adores every inch of you, even your chub! Especially your chub!!!!!! He refuses to hear any negative talk regarding your body; he absolutely loves it. In Azul's eyes, every part of you is all he could ever ask for! He's obsessed with you, so naturally he'd be obsessed with your body as well. He's always hyping you up in private, lavishing you with so much genuine praise and adoration. Though he has a tendency to be deceptive with others, he will never lie when it comes to his love for you. So when he says you're perfect, he sincerely means it. (Also, he is a big lover of thick thighs. <3)
The tweels also lavish you in so much praise and love (so much it's actually very overwhelming at times). Your body is such a pleasant contrast to theirs, where they're all rough edges and bones and lanky limbs you're so soft and curvy and absolutely wonderful! Floyd loves hugging you because you're so fun to squeeze; he could stay attached to you forever; it's so comfortable to just cuddle against you. <3 often you'll find yourself sandwiched between both of them hehe. Eel sandwich... orz I think they'd like to be crushed between your thighs, but Jade likes it the most! I also think he would want you to wear lots of lingerie. Of course he won't force you if it makes you uncomfortable (he politely insists), but if you're locked in the twins' room and they're your only source of communication both he and Floyd are going to pull all the stops when it comes to convincing you. Jade likes how you fit into lacy frills and so does Floyd; you're just so adorable. They love you, love you, love you!!!! If you're self-conscious or can't see yourself in a positive light, they'll fuck you in front of a mirror every single night to prove to you that they only see their beautiful darling.
Vil is also similar. I think mirror sex is a guarantee with him because it baffles him if you can't see your beauty (naturally he has to show you, and what better way than to sit in front of the mirror and have you pinned on his cock while he presses kisses into every inch of your skin, whispering the sweetest praises). Vil always speaks the truth when it comes to beauty, so you know he will never, ever lie to you. He knows for a fact that you are beautiful and perfect in every way. And he gives such good advice when it comes to fashion! If you want to try a new style, he's the first one to help you pick statement pieces and pair various accessories for an outfit that accentuates all of the features he loves so very much.
AND ROOK!!!! OOOOHHH MR. ROOK HUNT!!! He puts Azul to shame. If you think Azul is the best hype man, you're so wrong. Rook is so infatuated with you. Like Vil, he's also so shocked if you can't see just how perfect your body is. He loves to hug you from behind, to feel all of your plush curves beneath your clothes, to bestow the softest, sweetest touches to you, as well as giving you lots and lots of compliments. Rook also never lies when it comes to beauty, and he thinks all bodies are beautiful. Naturally, your body is also beautiful. Omg he's just so in love with you... T_T <3 he may be holding you captive in one of the many villas his family owns, but ooohhh does he adore you to the moon and back. He waxes so much poetry about you. He's also another one who helps improve your relationship with your body if you're self-conscious (and also another lover of mirror sex hehe)!!! He's just so loving and sweet and supportive and 100% obsessed. After all, you are the most beautiful in his world.
OMG AND TREY!!!!!! AAAAAAA OTL he loves you so much. He thinks you're so precious aaaaa omg!!!!! >0< he's always so sweet and supportive. Also another one who will help you overcome your self-consciousness. I think Trey likes to fuck you in missionary so he gets a view of your pretty body (and also so you're unable to hide yourself if you're nervous or self-conscious during intimacy). Aaaa he's just so genuine. How can you not love him when he's a big sweetheart who also knows how to bake delicious sweets (all in your favorite flavors)? Sure, he may be unhealthily obsessed with you. But details, details!!!!
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cirilla-fiona-riannon · 8 months
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Francis Drake Main Story
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The woman behind the door was just an ordinary woman.
(Heh? She's got nice eyes.)
Drake: "I'm Francis. Francis Drake."
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Drake: "I just stumbled into this place out of nowhere and have no idea what's going on, so there's no need to be scared, little fawn."
The woman who introduced herself as Mitsuki was trembling like a cornered animal in my arms.
Nevertheless, her gaze as she looked up with determination wasn't all that bad.
Drake: "Haha! Being caught and surrounded like this reminds me of when I was ambushed at sea."
I laughed at my miserable situation as they tied me up with a rope.
When I was still a low-ranking officer on a pirate ship, I was tied up and almost thrown overboard after an altercation with an enemy ship.
Compared to that, being allowed to sit in a quality chair like this was far better treatment.
Drake: "Mademoiselle, sorry for pointing a knife at you earlier. I was on guard, so it just happened. Are you okay?"
Mitsuki: "Y-Yes, I'm fine."
The woman who had been trembling in my arms earlier blinked in surprise as I talked to her casually.
But...
Drake: "I promise not to harm you guys."
(There's no way they'd trust me even if I said that.)
Unlike the woman, there was a tense atmosphere among the men surrounding me.
(The ropes are tied tightly. They also took my knife, so untying them would be impossible.)
(Before that, if I make any suspicious moves, they might attack me first.)
A man with dark hair and a man with an eye patch on either side of me stood guard, as if they were watching over a prisoner.
Aside from the sword at their waist, their demeanor suggests they were used to fighting.
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(In fact, that Napoleon guy is quite skilled.)
I glanced around at everyone present and noticed that there weren't many others used to fighting. However, the ones with golden and amber eyes caught my attention.
(Those two shouldn't be underestimated.)
My intuition told me so.
Napoleon: "Now that we've all calmed down, let me ask again."
Napoleon: "Who are you?"
Drake: "Okay. I guess I should start by introducing myself."
Drake: "I'm Francis Drake. Well, you could say I'm just a simple sailor."
Sebastian: "Francis Drake!?"
The man standing at the edge of the room, who looked like a servant, raised his voice.
Sebastian: "That famous Captain Drake!?"
Drake: "I don't know which 'that' you're referring to, but the 'Captain' part is correct."
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Mitsuki: "Is this guy also a historical figure?"
Sebastian: "Yes. He's an English pirate who rose to the rank of navy admiral."
I was surprised that he knew so much, as he politely told me about my title and achievements.
Vincent: "So, he also crossed over time?"
Theo: "Just because he calls himself Francis Drake doesn't mean he's the real deal."
The man with the same piercing as the man with fluffy blond hair replied with expected skepticism.
Drake: "I can't argue with that."
As I pondered what to do next一
Mitsuki: "I think he's telling the truth."
Mitsuki: "He doesn't seem like he's lying, and it's also strange for someone to pretend to be a historical figure."
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(Ooops? A backup support from an unexpected person.)
Drake: "Heh? You believe me, mademoiselle? That makes me happy."
Drake: "But is it okay to trust someone that easily?"
Mitsuki: "---?"
I casually said something to test her, partly because I wanted to be a little mean about her defenselessness and kindness.
(If she doesn't know how to doubt people, she probably has never been betrayed by anyone before.)
She probably lived a life free of conflict, intrigue, and deception.
Shakespeare: "I guarantee he is the real Sir Francis Drake."
Afterwards, the playwright Shakespeare served as a witness and finally confirmed my identity as Francis Drake.
Drake: "So, is this the lodging for Shakespeare's theater company or something? Are you all members of the troupe?"
Shakespeare: "No, Sir Drake, that is not the case."
Comte: "Will, let me take it from here."
The man with golden eyes approached me.
Comte: "Drake. This is neither a theater company nor England. Furthermore, to put it more clearly, we are in a different era."
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Comte: "This is France in the 19th century."
Drake: "Ha?"
I looked at him, speechless and wide-eyed at what he just told me.
After that, he asked me how I came here, and when I told them that I'd walked alone through the hallway full of antiques, Count Saint-Germain frowned even more, and the other men looked confused.
Mitsuki: "Could it be that Drake, like me, also ended up here from his original time?"
Leonardo: "That's a possibility, but rather than being like you, it might be more accurate to say he's like Napoleon."
Napoleon: "Huh?"
Comte: "I can feel both a human and a vampire presence from you, Drake."
Mitsuki: "Are you saying he's like Napoleon? A half-vampire!?"
(Half...)
My own existence seemed to be causing a lot of confusion after they mentioned the topic of half-vampires.
As thoughts and speculations started spiraling out of control, I raised my hand to put a stop to it and bring everyone's attention back to me.
Drake: "Hold on."
Drake: "I can accept that this is the 19th century, but all this talk about resurrections and vampires is getting crazy. Can you at least tell me more about what's happening?"
Napoleon: "I understand how you feel."
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Mitsuki: "Me too…"
The lady understood and felt the confusion I showed.
Mitsuki: "Comte, I think we need to explain the situation."
Mitsuki: "And since he doesn't have a place to go, why don't we let him stay at the mansion for a while?"
Drake: "........."
(It'd be inconvenient if I got thrown out like this. I need to play my cards right.)
(That young lady over there seems kind, huh?)
Although there were voices of caution coming from the men, they still undid the ropes and allowed me to stay in the mansion.
It was a fortunate turn of events.
Drake: "Anyway, sorry for the terrible first impression. I'll be in your care from now on, so let's all get along."
Mitsuki: "If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know."
Drake: "You..."
She wasn't scared anymore and was now genuinely smiling.
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Drake: "You're really kind."
(I hope that kindness doesn't lead to your downfall, little fawn.)
On a night when a full moon was floating in the sky, I became a member of the mansion where vampires and "one girl" lived一without me believing in their smiles and words.
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salsa-di-pomodoro · 1 year
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Emmet breaks spacetime to find his brother this, Emmet goes feral without his brother that (which you shouldn't take too far btw), where are the Ingo goes apeshit fics. Where are the fics where Ingo single handedly corrals the gods into getting him (and Akari, if she's tired of being in charge after having to save the world) home. This man is depressed one day about his memories and then his unovan religion socialization kicks in subconsciously and he goes 'no fuck this. I am going to get my memories back whether they comply or not' and that escalates into 'i am going home no matter what' and also 'i am going to be happy. I will make it so'. This man didn't get raised with the values of TRUTH and IDEALS for nothing. That shit sticks in your mind so much even if you don't personally think about it much. Have you seen how many times unovans mention truth or ideals in the games. They're important to them. And they're important to him.
I don't even mean that Ingo becomes a villain or anything. I just mean to say he sees a child befriending gods and goes 'hey what the fuck. If they can do that i can do something about my own situation as well for sure' and don't try to tell me the gods wouldn't listen to him. First off i believe Arceus and everyone else do love their creation, they just sometimes don't understand it. Second of all even if that wasn't true not all the gods agree with each other. If Arceus couldn't or didn't want to do anything he could just ask giratina. Or dialga and palkia. How would palkia help? They bring him to celebi. There's no way he wouldn't get celebis approval especially with palkias help.
What? The Pearl clan wouldn't let him go? Lmao what are you even talking about. Even if they didn't want him to leave the position of warden they value space very much. They'd want him to find his own before all else, and even if they didn't Irida would and her judgement is the most important one in the clan. I'm pretty sure she mentions wanting to travel, too, so she might join Ingo for a time as well.
Something is wrong in Unova upon his arrival? Impossible. Unova loves their Subway bosses and Emmet loves and trusts Ingo enough for that not to be a problem. Even if he didn't Chandelure would be proof enough of something off. i don't think she would just feel her trainer's soul disappear in a split second and not cause a commotion, she'd immediatly begin to freak out. Even without that you know what always fixes shit? Communication baby. This man will not let something go until they've properly discussed it. If the other's opinion is still the same after they've all explained themselves, then fine. But i guarantee you it won't be. If communication is difficult for some reason there is nothing that stops him from making it easier or doing it anyway. He can also go to a god again and have them help out of it's something he can't do anything about himself. Grudge? Gone. Death? Xerneas'd. Legal trouble? Over.
There is nothing that can't be fixed, especially in the pokemon world. It's going to be exausting, and probably very taxing on the mind, but it would be worth it so much. And there is no way Ingo and Emmet aren't both going to go to therapy anyway in the end.
Even if the gods couldn't fix it and send him home, they'd at least grant them both peace of mind. A letter, a picture, sent back or forward in time. With proof that it's real, obviously, and that yes it is god that brought this to you, so there's no misunderstandings. And don't tell me they can't do that, you've seen the arc phone. A space time distortion, conveniently timed on both sides, courtesy of dialga and palkia. They're going to get to be happy eventually, whether that means moving on or being reunited. Though there's like no way they don't get reunited lol
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This is a very long rant. There might be spelling, grammar errors, or random words there because of autocorrect, and I might miss them since I'm a bit blind and dyslexic.
The way the fandom instantly chalks up female character hate to misogyny is so damn ridiculous, and both shows people here don't know what that word means, and they also don't actually give a damn about the actual misogyny that women suffer if someone hating or slightly disliking a female character sets them off. The prime examples of characters that people get called misogynists for are Mapleshade, Squirrelflight, and, surprisingly, Frecklewish. I can guarantee you that nobody who hates or dislikes these characters is misogynist, and it's rare that you'll actually find a Warriors fan who is blatantly misogynist while understanding how and why they are. For one, not everyone here understands what things are and aren't misogynist, and to stick that label to them for zero reason is super shitty. There are many reasons why people hate the characters listed:
Mapleshade: Generally, she is just dumb as hell, cruelly used Birchface's name to cover up her lies,showed zero remorse when brought to trial, and stupidly crossed a flash-flooded river when there was a bridge (already somewhat flooded when she got there, if I remember). But if not, it was still heavily raining. Blame everyone else for the things she caused and did; she killed Spottedleaf (this is why some people hate her, yes, lol, and frecklewish, and attempted to on Reedshine). And for grooming kids, and for those who will argue that she isn't, you're instantly wrong, and simply reading the books while also looking at the definitions of that word will prove you're wrong. I am saying this as a victim of this topic. Crookedstar and Tigerstar are her victims. While Crookedkit was vulnerable and tossed aside, she took advantage of this and later went in to exploit him, emotionally abuse him, and cause psychological turmoil and distress. She later went on to do this to Tigerkit. Since birth, she has been inside his head, telling him what to do and raising him to be the cold killer he is. She even admits in his novella that she's walked with him since birth. While her grooming isn't sexual, it's still extremely gross. I can't speak for everyone who hates her, but this is the biggest reason I don't like her.
Frecklewish: Yes, while she was definitely grieving, and while Mapleshade was definitely a ass and in the wrong for her lies, Frecklewish is far from innocent. She never truly loved those kits and only saw them as extensions of her late brother once the truth was revealed that they weren't really related and instead were the kin of his killer. That's what caused her to turn on them so quickly; her "love" was purely conditional. She then went on to dehumanize and call literal babies slurs, tell them that they don't deserve to be warriors, and later call for their exile without a second thought. No matter how angry you are, don't do that to children. Mapleshade definitely deserved her wrath, but not those kids. And it just gets worse as she watches them drown. I don't care how much people try to argue about it; she did. Her story directly lines up with what Nettlepaw tells Mapleshade. What Mapleshade thinks isn't a misunderstanding; this isn't something she came up with herself because Nettlepaw literally told her this. However, everything else Mapleshade says and thinks is totally unreliable. Frecklewish also doesn't at all deny that she watched them die and instead says, "I thought they'd be saved.". Her seeing the Riverclan patrol isn't an excuse for why she couldn't have gotten more help. Those kits aren't even half the size of a medium-sized rock, so how could three RC cats find them in flooded waters? And before anyone says it, nobody is saying that she should've just jumped in; you're purposefully missing the point. It's a fact that she and Oakstar played a large role in why they met their fate the way they did.
Squirrelflight: I can't actually give a reason why people would hate her because I don't care enough about her and because I don't usually read the main books. However, it's usually for reasons that don't even relate to Bramblestar. People are often called misogynists for hating her without anyone bothering to know why. Also, no, hating her because you like Bramblestar doesn't make you a misogynist. Not how that works. Now maybe if you denied that he abused her, then yeah, that's misogyny, but if you're a normal Bramblestar fan, then no, you're not misogyny.
And to add on
Nightcloud is a big one I see people also get called misogynists for. It's important to remember that not a lot of people read books and heavily rely on maps or other people's opinions and interpretations to get information. Let's not forget that the maps that woobify Crowfeather and demonize her play a huge part in why Nightcloud is treated the way she is. So I think it's majorly unfair to just label a bunch of Nightcloud haters who probably don't know the actual story as being misogynistic. Realistically, Nightcloud is just a lady. She didn't do anything wrong other than being overly jealous. Also, no, she did not hit Crowfeather; she just pulled him away. (Stop labeling her as an abuser, goddamn.)
I'm anyway done, but I just wanted to say that I think it's incredibly stupid to see people throwing around this word. I just hope you know that if you're randomly calling people misogynists for no reason, then you're part of the problem, and you're just another toxic asshole. Please fix yourself or get out the fandom.
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stuckytoyoulikeglue · 8 months
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I've been wanting to get my thoughts on Steve's ending off my chest for literal years and I read something earlier that finally prompted me to write it all down.
This is entirely my own, personal, biassed opinion.
I do not want a fight. Or even a 'healthy debate', if I'm being honest.
If you don't agree, that's cool, just move along, nothing to see here.
Please don't be mean, I'm a delicate flower and I can't take it.
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So... Like most of the people I've come across in my preferred branch of the fandom, I didn't love Steve's ending.
Unlike a lot of people, I didn't actually have a problem with the end result, just the motivation behind it.
Chris was done, Steve needed to be written out, Tony founded the universe and deserved to be its ultimate saviour, so the best case scenario was to give Steve a happy ending. I'm glad he got a happy ending. I love him, I wanted him to be happy.
But...
The exact same story arc, only without it being his choice, would still have given him the happy ending that Marvel presumably wanted for him. It would have given him the girl that got away, and the chance to finally live the life that he thought he'd lost, and all without betraying his character.
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I still think it was incredibly dumb not to leave him trapped in the past (and making the most of it) after returning the stones, rather than having him choose to walk away (from everything, but especially Bucky, no matter how you see their relationship), but one thing that I keep seeing posts about (some joking, but most not), that I do not get at all, is why so many people seem to think that everything else would have played out exactly the same, just with him as Peggy's hubby instead of the man she married in the MCU timeline (I'm not debating here whether that was Daniel or not).
Yes, Steve's character was damaged by his choice to walk away, but he's still Steve. He wouldn't have sat idly by and watched Hydra sink its claws into the SHIELD Peggy was building in front of him. He wouldn't have just left Bucky to stew in Siberia. We don't even know if he actually put down the shield for any real length of time.
After all, he didn't return to pass it on to Sam until he was an old man, and the shield he passed along was a different shield. Maybe it was a new one that was made for him after his old one was lost to the ice, maybe he had it made specially to give to Sam, who knows? But what we do know as a result, is that whatever happened in his new timeline, it was not the same as what happened in ours.
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Personally I choose to believe that Bucky lives next door, the Starks come round for tea most weeks, and everyone just dotes on ickle baby Tony, not least his dad. They're still in touch with the rest of the Howlies, though they don't get to see them as often as they'd like, and ideally Zola is rotting in a cell somewhere.
Admittedly, I'm not sure what I reckon happened to the original Steve from that timeline. Maybe he didn't survive the ice, maybe they defrosted him early and the two Steves started a rota for playing Cap so they both get a chance to actually have a life in between punching bad guys. Maybe he's living in sin with Bucky, pretending he's our Steve's identical twin brother if anyone ever sees them both at the same time. It doesn't really matter.
My point is that damn near anything could have happened in that new, mysterious universe, because the only certainty we have is that it was exactly like ours until Steve went 'back' to it, and it was definitely not the same as ours from that point on.
Butterfly effect and all, Steve's mere existence guarantees that it's different and, as I already mentioned, the shield that he gives Sam provides concrete proof of it.
Of course, I'm not saying things necessary played out any better. Maybe SHIELD didn't fall, but the governments of the world did. Maybe Steve saved Bucky only for him to be hit by a bus mere weeks after he brought him home to Brooklyn. But in no world did Steve sit there casually tossing a salad while fully aware that his brainwashed best friend was off to murder the president.
That is all (for now).
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PS. I love Peggy. I'm still miffed they cancelled Agent Carter. I don't think having her marry Steve in an alternate timeline takes anything away from who she was or what she built in ours. Her legacy is entirely intact in our world, and in another world she was doubtlessly equally kickass, she just got to have Steve too.
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Not Safe
Notices will be added as necessary.
Just a note, i don't speak English, and this was translated by a translator, so forgive any mistakes.
Word count: 1740
Synopsis: Desperately in need of a job, you take the first job that falls into your lap. Never mind rumors or silly contract clauses, you simply start you fist day at work in a place that could haunt you for the rest of your life.
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First Day.
Eleven o'clock at night, that's when you walked through the doors of the old establishment and out of the rain, you couldn't imagine working in a place like that, with that fame and that weird look, but here you were a mere human desperate for the money they could offer. 
You were in deep shit, college didn't guarantee you a job like many people said it would, you ended up an unemployed twenty-four year old with debts on your back, having to resort to working in a place with a dubious reputation. Well, what else could you do? That was your only way out, it was either that or beg on the streets, after all the city you lived in didn't offer a very wide network of jobs.
As soon as you entered, you smelled pizza and something else that you couldn't quite make out, something like cleaning products? Well, you couldn't really expect much more from a place like that. With the place empty, you walked a little further on, hoping to find another employee who you could ask for instructions. The person who hired you didn't explain much, just said that they would explain more about what you had to do when you arrived at the pizzeria.
Obviously the communication between employees and boss at this place wasn't good, just as the place wasn't responsible for any damage caused during the service, you hoped that at least the mechanics, who fix those animatronics on stage, would enjoy this clause in their contract. If someone had told you about it before, you would have thought it was absurd, but now, desperate not to live on the street or go hungry, you decided that maybe it wasn't so bad, just because you really needed it.
"The pizzeria has already closed..." A faint voice came from behind you, and with a jump you turned around, startled.
"Am I... supposed to be an employee?" It came out more as a question than a statement, the tired-looking man just took a deep breath without bothering to say anything else. He walked past you and towards the back.
"Excuse me? What am I supposed to do? They said they'd give me instructions." 
Turning his body towards you, the man looked you up and down and spoke. "I think you should worry about just cleaning the tables, maybe dusting. There's not much someone of your stature can do here." 
"I was hired for the night shift, it was said that I should stay here until seven in the morning."
Wide-eyed, the man looked terrified now. He walked towards you quickly, frightened you took a few steps back and looked at him.
"Until seven, you say? Do you know who hired you or what exactly you were hired for?" He grabbed your shoulders, a certain pressure applied there. You were startled, you obviously hadn't expected it, I mean, come on, on the very first day apparently your only work colleague seemed crazy, you couldn't say much, you'd probably find yourself in a similar situation if you didn't start earning money. But the thing was, why did he seem terrified of having anyone else working with him? "Did you even read the clauses?!"
"I spoke to a man, he only gave me his surname, I think it was Afton." Grabbing his wrist, you tried to get him to let go of your shoulders, which after hearing the surname were being squeezed by him. "And yes, I read the clauses." You expected him to let you go, but he seemed to process the information you had given him. "Can you let me go? You're hurting me." He seemed to snap out of his trance and let you go quickly. 
"You should leave, just clean something up and go home, don't come to work tomorrow. I'd recommend you try to resign. It's safer that way." Arching an eyebrow, you stared at him, not really understanding why he was trying to throw you out. Is it safer that way? What did he mean by that? Obviously the job wasn't easy, let alone safe, but you didn't think anything would really happen. What could happen in a pizzeria in the early hours of the morning? Who would try to rob a pizzeria like this in a small town? They probably didn't even keep the cash here, so it didn't even make sense. What other problems could a place like this bring in the early hours of the morning?
You heard the rumors about children who disappeared a few years ago, probably in your teens, you remember this strange story, but you didn't think it was really true, or that whatever happened had already been solved since hardly anyone was talking about it. Was it really that big a deal? It didn't really matter at the moment, the guy was trying to send you away, and wanted you to resign, you couldn't really leave, you needed the job. 
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to quit, I need this job and I'm not going to leave just because you want me to. So should I know anything now that I'm going to be working here?" You asked him with a small, forced smile. Quitting this job wasn't on your mind. 
The man closed his eyes tightly and took a deep breath, apparently he was irritated by your impudence, but guess what? You didn't mind his annoyance one bit.
"Just follow me." He finally spoke when he opened his eyes, not even looking at you. The man turned his back and walked away, you did as you were told and followed the man. 
"Shouldn't you show me around? If I'm going to work here I should know where the basic places are, shouldn't I?" You questioned the man as he entered a room.
"I'm sorry, miss, but we won't be doing any touring. I'll explain just one thing to you." He pulled you into the room and sat you down on a worn chair in the corner, standing right in front of you in a threatening way. Not so much, but he was convinced he looked scary. "At midnight, make sure you're inside this room, and don't leave. Understood? Or that clause in the contract will actually make sense." He turned his back to you without waiting for a reaction and pulled up another chair and sat down. He seemed focused on fixing something on an old computer that was on the table. "Interpret that however you like." 
You didn't really have a proper reaction, everything you could think of sarcastically to answer went away when you looked at the two doors of the place, red buttons were on the side of the doors, curiosity scratched your tongue, influencing you to ask more questions, as if what he had just said didn't matter at all.
You held back, and watched him walk away from the computer and look at the clock on the table, which you only just noticed. You were so preoccupied with the fact that when he came in here he wanted to throw you out, that you didn't think to ask him his name, well you didn't hold back, after all it looked like you'd be sitting here for a long time.
"So... What's your name?" The moment the question rolled off his tongue, he turned to you. 
"Mike. My name is Mike." He sighed before opening his mouth to speak again. He scratched the back of his head a little awkwardly. "Sorry, for earlier. Don't think I don't want you here, I mean, I don't want you here, but I have a good reason." You watched as he moved so that he was right in the center of the room and still had access to the computer. 
"What kind of reason would that be?" You asked bluntly. In fact, you could list several possible excuses that Mike would give you, something like, 'I didn't like you' or 'This is a difficult job for a woman, I think you should go home. Believe me, these are the excuses you've heard over the last few months when you've started a job.
The first time, your coworker literally spat in your face how stupid he thought you were, and that he wouldn't work with someone like you. The next day, your boss told you that customers had complained about the way you served them at the desk and sent you away without even paying you. You cursed him every time you remembered the scene.
The second time, your manly colleague told you that carrying orders in was too heavy a job for a woman and that you should be at home doing 'women's things', because you couldn't bear to work there. You told him to fuck off and your boss found out the following week, he probably had his ego kicked when you told him that muscles were no use if his dick was small, and he ran off to tell lies to his boss, who sent you away with a lame excuse.
At least she paid you well.
Just as Mike was about to start explaining himself, you heard thuds, it sounded like something heavy was being knocked to the floor. Mike looked terrified when he looked into your eyes, you noticed how he looked whiter and the way he turned to the cameras urgently, the noises didn't stop, you didn't move, trying to decipher where that noise was coming from, Mike however deciphered it first and immediately he got up from his chair and slammed his hand on the knob next to the door. A heavy metal door crashed to the floor, the noise echoed around the room, you jumped in your chair, and what startled you was not the loud sound of the door slamming, but the sound of metal being punched hard. 
"What the fuck?" you asked when Mike turned on the hallway light, Freddy, the main attraction of the pizzeria was staring at Mike through the glass, his eyes looked dead, and that scared you more than it should have. 
"That's what I'm talking about. Now get that flashlight and take care of the other door for me." Mike spat out orders in a rude manner. He looked tense, his head spinning without understanding what was going on, you did as you were told without question. Mike would have time to explain that later.
Right?
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A Divine Triad, Pt. 2
Welcome to Part 2 of "A Divine Triad." This chapter is pure smut so if you would like to skip it, you can read until the pink asterisk, and then you won't miss anything important to the story.
CW: MC is afab, she/her pronouns used, filthy smut, f! receiving penetrative and oral, profane language, daddy dom, sub+brat reader, graphic descriptions of sexual acts, graphic description of male and female genitalia, overstimulation, choking, creampie, use of words: daddy, slut, sinner, good girl
*=smut scene coming
Themes: Sex, smut, LuciferxMC
Characters: Lucifer, MC="You"
Minors and Ageless blogs DNI
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When you two were sure Asmo and Mammon were gone, you started giggling. You lightly smacked his chest.
"How dare you! That was embarrassing!" you said between giggles.
"I know and you were very cute," he replied, mischief dancing in his eyes. "But you seemed to have joined in on the joke too."
"I had to get them to leave somehow," you stated playfully.
Lucifer sighed, "Unfortunately, yes." He proceeded to peak his head around yours and look down your body, then back to your face. "I'm not opposed to keeping you like this, though, or a round two," he said with a grin.
"Mm, I'm tempted, but I do believe someone really will kick down the door if we do, and then what?" you mused aloud.
"I suppose we could just keep going like the scene I witnessed in Asmo's bathroom," Lucifer replied in annoyance but also in amusement. You blushed at the thought of that. He noticed and inquired to it, "What? You don't want an audience?" he teased.
"Surely not when it's your brothers walking in on us!" you gasped. Lucifer chuckled.
"Maybe they'd learn their lesson," he replied.
"I think I would rather die," you retorted. Lucifer's face fell when you said that, no longer finding the humor in the present moment. You noticed this change and said, "I don't mean literally die. I'd die of embarrassment, metaphorically."
Lucifer's expression still didn't budge. Even after all this time, your death is something he wouldn't allow himself to think about, at least not in grave detail or for more than a moment, nor would he let others entertain it in his presence. Your life was sacred and a treasure to him, and the thought of it ending was too much for him. If he could guarantee your life to be everlasting, he would be far happier.
You remembered something. "Lucifer," you said, pulling him from his thoughts. He looked up at you once more.
"Yes, dove?"
"You said something earlier," you replied.
"And what was that?" Lucifer inquired.
"Well, I want to tell you something first," you said with a smile tugging at your lips. He waited patiently for you to say whatever was on your mind.
Leaning down and hovering your lips just over his, you whispered, "I love you too," and before he could say anything you captured his lips with yours. Too many thoughts were racing in his mind as your words echoed in his mind. He realized he had said that mid-coitus, but he did in fact mean it.
Once you pulled away, Lucifer pulled you back in for another kiss, putting his hands on the sides of your head. He released your lips and looked you over, "Really?" he whispered, still holding your head.
"Yes, really," you replied with a small smile. He suddenly used his strength to flip you over so that you were now on your back, and he held himself over you with his arms on either side of your head. You gasped and watched him with wide eyes.
*"You don't know how happy you've made me, MC," he said in a low voice. He touched his forehead down to yours. Your hands made their way to his waist, and you tugged. Lucifer laid himself flush on top of you so now you could have the turn with a demon for a weighted blanket. The two of you held each other for a little bit, until you noticed something hard poking you in the thigh.
"Lucifer," you whispered. He held himself up again and looked at you, another faint tinge of blush crossing your cheeks and your eyes glazed with lust. You spread your legs out and gently grabbed a hold of his now-throbbing cock, slowly stroking it. A hiss escaped his lips and his eyes trailed down to where your hand was working him.
He watched for a moment, licking his lips, and then grabbed your hand that was on his cock. He kissed your inner wrist while making eye contact and stretched your arm over your head. Leaning on that arm, he grabbed your other arm with his free hand and also brought it above your head. Without much assistance, he brought his hips down and slid right into your dripping entrance, all the way to the hilt.
"Ah, Luci," you called out to him in a breathy moan.
"You're going to be good for me, right dove?" he growled at you. You gasped.
"I'll be good," you whimpered. He then started rocking his hips, causing his dick to rub deep inside your core over and over in the same sweet spot, and it quickly became overstimulating for you. Your hips worked against you and rocked in sync with his, deepening his penetration and hitting even sweeter spots inside.
"Pl-please, Luci," you cried out. He smirked.
"You said you'd be good for me," he replied. "Is this too much?" he teased, burying himself with a harsh thrust causing you to sob.
"I-I can't-" you stammered. Giving in to you, he finally shifted back, now delivering full, deep strokes so he could feel every inch of your quivering pussy that made the most delicious wet sounds. The feelings of overstimulation were fading, now being replaced with ecstasy as you desperately clenched at his cock with each withdrawal. Slowing his thrusts, he was much more precise and methodical. He watched your expression as you savored how he filled you completely and took it away, but you loved every second of feeling his dick stroke your insides.
Very suddenly, he withdrew from you. You immediately popped your head up and glared at him. With a deep smirk, he lowered himself down to plant kisses down your chest, stomach, and backing all the way down to your dripping sex. While keeping eye contact with you, he lowered his mouth to your slick lips, giving a feather-light kiss that elicited a gasp from you. His hands pushed on your thighs to spread them for him, squeezing the innermost part of them. You blushed furiously as he continued to hold your gaze, sending his tongue to attack your clit. This caused you to jolt and squirm, but his hands, now placed on your hips, held you in place.
He hummed against your clit, the vibrations causing your breath to hitch while unbridled pleasure circulated in the depths of your core. One of his hands broke from its grip on your hip to slip two fingers into your entrance effortlessly.
"Ah! Ahh, wait-" you whimpered, unable to get a hold of yourself in the moment. You brought one of your hands to cover your mouth in embarrassment. Something in the way he looked up at you from in-between your thighs, knowing just how to drive your desire up the wall, it made you wild and flustered.
Just then, he started pumping his fingers with a slow pace that quickly escalated, making your whimpers turn into repeated sobs and pleas, for what you didn't know, because the corners of your mind were falling away into nothing but the thought of reaching for that orgasm nearing. Lucifer admired your writhing body, how there were plumes of red all over, the heat of your skin was searing into his wherever he touched you.
Your walls started to crash and tighten against his digits, and your face was contorted in pleasure, hips bucking into his ministrations. Lucifer knew you were close, and he drove you to it as his tongue dove to mercilessly swipe at your clit repeatedly. Just as you were on the precipice, he quickly removed his mouth and fingers from your core, and with what seemed like lightning speed to you he crawled back up your body to sink his cock into once more, to finish what he started.
His cock filled you back up and endlessly kissed your sweetest spots over and over. Your body was tensing up and you simply couldn't handle it anymore.
"Please, Luci-" you whined. "I need you closer," you said while reaching around his back to pull him to you. He complied and laid flush against you, his hands gripping the pillow behind your head. You brought your hands back to sink under his, so that you were holding hands with your fingers interlaced. Lucifer's lips found yours once more and went to war with your tongue in desperation. His hips were slamming into yours, going faster and faster, bullying his dick into your pussy.
Your scream never made it past his mouth as the shockwaves of pleasure hit you. One. Two. Three. They wouldn't stop. The pulsations were so intense your hips bucked upward into Lucifer's, much to his own surprise, and he pulled his lips away to press his mouth into your ear.
"Oh, fuck that feels good. Cum on my cock, darling. I want to hear you scream for me. Tell everyone who makes you feel so good," he whispered. His hot breath tickled your neck, his words driving you higher, further adding to the convulsions that racked through your whole body. Only his name escaped your lips in a drawn-out string of moans at a high volume, but to you it was a distant echo compared to the roaring in your ears.
Hearing this sent Lucifer over the edge as well, and he groaned his own strings of "Oh fuck" over and over as he continuously rammed his dick inside of you, coating your walls with his cum. But he wasn't done, not yet. Lucifer wanted you to be absolutely fucked out and past the point of no return. He kept ramming into your gushy pussy and pulled up to look at you in a state of pure bliss.
In your mind, you realized he wasn't stopping, and the orgasm wasn't faltering like it normally did. The waves of ecstasy refused to quit crashing into you as he pressed your spongey buttons with the head of his cock. When he did this, fucking you way past the point you could normally handle, that carnal piece of you crept out from the depths of your soul; that part that only he drew out.
Your eyes flew open in shock as you reached another height, only to see Lucifer fucking you in his demon form. He knew that when you reached this point, it brought out something in him too. It was that desire to consume you entirely, to have your body and soul only be his, combined with the desire to give you everything you want: it was his demonic nature.
He removed himself from you and flipped you over. You pushed your head into the pillow and chest to the mattress while holding your ass in the air, knees digging into the mattress.
"Good girl," he growled at you, knowing you knew exactly what to do. He grabbed your ass and squeezed it hard. He lined himself up to you and rutted his hips into your ass, causing you to moan into the pillow as he filled your cunt back up. The new sensations that came from this position made your core flutter against his cock, savoring how he precisely and perfectly fucked you.
"Mm, give me your arms," he demanded. You held them back and he bent them into a hold behind your back with one hand. He yanked on them, causing you bring your torso up so your back was flush with his chest. His other hand grasped your throat, squeezing the sides of your neck. Your moans were choked out by his grip, causing your pussy to become even wetter, all while he still relentlessly running his cock through you.
He chuckled into your ear and nibbled on it before saying, "I can't hear you. Let Daddy know how much you love this, my little dove." He relinquished the hold on your throat in favor of sending his hand down to massage one of your breasts, rolling your nipple in-between his fingers.
You moaned out, "I love this so much Daddy, please k-keep going."
"Mm, you do love my cock, don't you? Tell me you do," he grunted, tightening his grip on your arms. A half-smile crossed your lips knowing the Avatar of Pride wanted to hear you stroke his ego.
"I love your cock, it makes me feel so good, Daddy. Don't stop fucking me, I love it so much. You always know exactly what I like. I just want to be your little slut," you called out to him.
That wicked smile of yours grew deeper when you felt him tense up behind you upon hearing your delicious words. As much as he knew exactly what you liked, you paid attention to him as well. Both of you saying things that'd never cross your lips in any other setting, only with each other, simultaneously stroking both your egos.
He nearly went feral hearing you speak like that, just one more push and you would be demolished by this demon, and you knew it with the way his movements were becoming erratic and less precise. He snapped and said in a tense whisper, "Easy, dove. I'll break you if you keep talking like that."
You were close to another release, and you knew you were reaching your limits as your body was weakening with emotional and physical exhaustion. Lucifer felt you melting as well. Your moans turned to sobbing whines.
"Please Daddy! Make me your little slut and break me. I just want to cum on your cock, you're so good at fucking me. Please, please, please!" you cried out.
Lucifer groaned, released your arms, and pushed you forward back onto the mattress and laid on top of you as he fucked into you as hard as he could allow without hurting you too much. The pillow in your face muffled your screams of powerful orgasmic pleasure and absorbed your tears. He buried his face into the top of your shoulder and bit into your soft flesh, muffling his low cries of his own orgasm, with his hands digging into your waist. Together, you both found your release and writhed, bodies melding together in mutual euphoria.
There you both lay, a mess of sweat, heat, and ragged breaths. The sight of you two would've made for a beautiful painting: the two sinners laid out, the fallen angel and former pride of the heavens in his demon form, on top of a human, the object of all his desires and one he would willingly fulfill all of their whims, while they wandered into cosmic limbo post-orgasm.
*After a minute, Lucifer could still feel you trembling and what felt like sobbing beneath him. He withdrew and got to his knees, so he was no longer directly on top of you.
"Darling?" he called out to you. He grabbed your shoulder and gently pulled you to lay on your back. Tears streamed down your face, but you looked absolutely exhausted. He used a thumb to wipe away your tears. "Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" his voice was laced with deep concern.
You shook your head and gave a weak smile to try and let him know you were fine. "I'm fine, it was just a lot," you whispered.
"Can I do anything for you?" he asked while sweeping the hair off your face.
You smiled again, or tried to, and said, "Can we just cuddle for a while?" He nodded and laid to one side at an angle, and pulled you into his embrace, and he let his wings fall and relax on the two of you, acting as a shield from the rest of the world.
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