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survey--s · 5 months
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1 - When you wake up, do you get up straight away or do you lie around in bed for a while?  I remember making this survey years ago, lol. Anyway, it depends. I set my alarm for when I need to be up but if I wake up before then I'll lay around and doze or read my phone. At weekends I often get up, feed the animals, make a coffee and go back to bed for an hour.
2 - Who was the last person you video-called with? Have you done this more often since COVID hit?  My mum, and yes, most definitely.
3 - How many times a week do you go out for food or drink?  Less than once a week as eating out is just so expensive and is often really disappointing imo. We tend to go maybe every 6-8 weeks but we do get takeaway more often.
4 - Do you prefer getting takeaway or actually sitting in a restaurant and eating your meal there?  I prefer going out for lunch or breakfast and then getting a takeaway for an evening meal.
5 - Where’s your favourite place to get takeaway coffee (or whatever your drink of choice is)?  If I had one nearby then I'd go to Starbucks but the nearest is like, a half hour drive and I'm not that desperate. I tend to go to the local coffee/ice-cream place near the beach.
6 - Do you tend to keep your phone on silent, vibrate or loud?  Silent at night or at home, loud at work.
7 - If you have pets, when was the last time one of them annoyed you? What happened?  Archie when he came home from his walk and straight to the litter trays - yes, he is gross and yes, they'd been emptied, he was just being an opportunist lol.
8 - When was the last time you went into a bookshop?  Uh, about August I think? We don't have one anywhere near us.
9 - What was the last thing you ordered off Amazon?  Cat food and dog treats.
10 - When was the last time you took a dog out for a walk? Is this your own dog or did you borrow someone else’s?  Friday and they were someone else's dogs. Oakley and Ollie are my last walk of the week and they're so great to take out. Super obedient, excellent recall and very friendly.
11 - What jewellery do you have on at the moment?  My piercings and my wedding and engagement rings.
12 - Do you have any products in your hair right now? What are they?  No.
13 - Have you ever used a VPN to access foreign content online?  Yeah, mostly just to watch US TV shows for free.
14 - Who was the last artist you listened to? Is this someone you’re a fan of? Bishop Gunn and yeah, they're okay.
15 - What was the last thing you had to drink?  Tea, which is really unusual for me.
16 - When was the last time you cooked something for the first time? Did it work out the way it was supposed to?  I honestly have no idea. I never really cook anything.
17 - Black cats are considered to be bad luck - is this a superstition that you’ve ever believed in?  Nope. Two of our cats are black cats.
18 - Would you ever eat blue cheese or do you find the idea of eating mould to be pretty repulsive?  I love blue cheese. We have loads in the fridge right now, lol.
19 - Do you visit the dentist every six months like you should? I go once a year as it's covered for free under my dental plan.
20 - How old were you when you first used the internet? Was it dial-up or did you have access to proper broadband?  I think I was about ten or so. Broadband didn't exist in homes back then so it was dial-up or nothing.
21 - Are you old enough to remember using floppy discs? Yeah, I had loads of games that ran off floppy discs lol.
22 - When was the last time you purchased an actual DVD or CD?  I bought some DVD's a few months ago but I haven't bought a CD for years - probably over a decade tbh.
23 - Do you shave? Which body parts and how often?  Yeah, legs, pits and bits, and everyday.
24 - What’s your favourite season, and what are some of your favourite things about that season?  Autumn - the colours, the weather, the atmosphere.
25 - When was the last time you burned yourself?  Yesterday, I think?
26 - Have you ever been the victim of a theft or robbery? What was stolen? Did the police ever catch the person who did it? Yeah, I was pick-pocketed in France (luckily they didn't take much and I never reported it). My parents have had their car/house broken in to a couple of times - my rollerblades were stolen once. The second time they stole my mum's handbag and the car off the drive.
27 - What was the last TV show you discovered that you really liked? What was it that got you to watch it in the first place? I haven't started a new TV show in months. I did like Young Sheldon for a bit but I got bored after the first few seasons.
28 - Have you seen any of the live-action Disney remakes? Which one is your favourite? What about your least favourite?  Yeah, all of them. I like Mulan and Alice in Wonderland and I LOVED the first Maleficent. Hated The Lion King and Aladdin. Little Mermaid and Jungle Book were good too. Lady and the Tramp was meh, so was Cruella.
29 - Do you have any exciting plans for tomorrow? If not, how are you planning to spend your day?  Just work. I'll be up at half seven to feed the animals, then it's breakfast and get myself ready. I leave at half eight - then it's off to my final visit with Charley (cat) before I walk Sparky. Then it's two group walks before I pick Archie up and take him out with Ollie for the last walk of the day. Then back home, feed the animals again, shower and chill.
30 - Would you ever keep a working dog as a pet? Do you think it’s fair to keep dogs like huskies in flats when it’s so different to their natural environments? I have a beagle in a small house - I don't think your home environment really matters as long as you have the time and energy to give them the exercise and enrichment they need.
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thesaltyace · 3 years
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I have discovered over the past few weeks that I am much more likely to drink tea if I cold brew it.
I used to prefer it hot-brewed and I wanted it so hot it hurt my throat. Idk what's changed but I found myself wanting tea but then not really enjoying it. I'd leave it half finished more often than not, which made me sad for wasting it.
But I discovered that cold-brew london fog latte recipe and now I am brewing ALL of my tea like that.
It takes a little more forethought, which is usually a problem for me with ADHD, but I have found that if I'm craving tea I can just go ahead and set up the jar to start brewing when I think about it. And either I have tea later that day or the next day and that's just fine. It doesn't need to be instant.
And it's a MUCH more enjoyable experience. I'm using less sweetener because there's barely any bitterness to balance (and that's good because now I don't need to remake my simple syrup as often). And I started mixing types of tea on some brews - Darjeeling with Peppermint is my current favorite, and allows me to use the peppermint tea from a tea sampler that I would never in a million years drink by itself.
It's also a very lazy way to have tea which is awesome. I can walk away from it and not have to worry about oversteeping it. If I forget to drink it it still tastes fine when I rediscover it later at room temp because it started off cold (room temp tea that started off hot is nasty). I can start a jar before bed and when I wake up I have tea ready to enjoy.
Idk, it just makes me happy to have tea that I'm actually drinking now and I think I might cold brew my tea forever now
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Tem + all 50 this or that q's if you feel up to it 💕💕
• Hot or cold shower?
Hot shower! Usually super hot. Honestly I'd prefer baths though - Tem
• Summer or winter?
Summer, can't be barefoot in the winter 'less you live someplace warm year round. - Tem
• Typically boyish style or typically girlish style?
Um- I guess typically girlish? I don't know. I wear a lot of skirts? - Tem
• Night owl or Early bird?
Night owl, I'm not good at early mornings since i have trouble sleeping. - Tem
• Full breakfast or ‘grab a bite and run’?
... i forget about breakfast as a concept. - Tem
• Easily panicked or always chill?
Uhhhhh usually chill! But I'm a lil anxious about things - Tem
• Coffee or Tea?
Both! - Tem
• Dogs or Cats?
Cats! But i also like snakes and frogs - Tem
• Writing or reading?
READING, god i love reading -Tem
• Movies or TV shows?
Mmmm depends on the mood - Tem
• Outside or inside?
Outside~ - Tem
• Overprepared or underprepared?
Overprepared i think - Tem
• Sunny weather or rainy weather?
Both!! - Tem
• Being surrounded by people or being alone?
Being alone, or have a select few around - Tem
• 12-hour clock or 24-hour clock?
12-hour clock! I can't understand a 24-hour clock. - Tem
• Instagram or Snapchat?
Snapchat! - Tem
• Study over a period of time or last-minute cram?
Ummmmmmmmmmm probably study over a long period of time. Although I'm not a fan of academics. - Tem
• Text or call?
Both? I only like calling people i know, or when people i care about call me. Otherwise no phone calls. - Tem
• Driving license or not?
Not! - Tem
• Cake or biscuit?
Cake i suppose, preferably vanilla or red velvet - Tem
• Water or juice?
I drink more water than juice, but i drink juice when I'm sad. - Tem
• Says it how it is or keeps their mouth shut?
Say how it is, I'm not likely to sugar coat things. - Tem
• Always runs out of charge or always keeps a charger on them?
Keeps a charger on me! Gotta be prepared because Esme is never prepared. - Tem
• Read the whole book in one sitting or take a year to finish it?
Whole book in one sitting~ Many books in one sitting. - Tem
• Climb the stairs or take the lift?
Uhhhhhhhhhh no real preference. - Tem
• Apple or Samsung?
Samsung - Tem
• Write on paper or type it out?
Type it out! But I'll write letters by hand. - Tem
• Does the assignment as soon as it’s set or does it in the lesson it’s supposed to be handed in?
I'm really in between to be honest.  - Tem
• Love at first sight or get to know them?
Get to know them! But probably crush at first sight. - Tem
• Use a hairdryer or let it air dry?
Air dry! - Tem
• Converse or Vans?
Vans, if i have to wear shoes. - Tem
• Order the same meal or something new every time?
Something different usually, but always a safe food that I'm comfortable with, unless i get recommendations from friends. - Tem
• Listens to the album as the tracklisting or shuffles it?
I hate shuffle, i just kinda pick and choose tbh. - Tem
• Hits on strangers or cries because they’ll never meet again?
Neither??? - Tem
• Believes in fate or takes it into their own hands?
I believe in fate, or I'd like to at least - Tem
• Believes that ‘Sex should be in a bed’ or that ‘Quickies are cool too’?
Um.. I'm not.. I'm not comfortable with these kind of questions. - Tem
• Ace at tidying or has a literal dumpsite in their house/room?
I'm moderately messy! My room is generally tidy, but my tarot cards and stuff are kinda all over the place. - Tem
• Marmite or Peanut butter?
Neither, but if i have to choose, Peanut Butter. - Tem
• Rap or rock?
Rock! But I'm more of an indie music person - Tem
• PJ’s or naked? ;)
.... - Tem
• Puts others first or ‘every man for himself’?
Put others first usually. - Tem
• Bus or Train?
Train - Tem
• Pen or Pencil?
I like pencils! They can erase. - Tem
• Candles or Febreeze?
Candles my beloved - Tem
• Notes or flashcards?
Notes! I make lots of them! - Tem
• Chocolate or candy?
Uhhh depends on the mood i guess? - Tem
• Phone camera or digital cameras?
Film cameras.. Digital if i have to, but i love developing film. - Tem
• Card or Cash payment?
Card. - Tem
• Smiles in every photo or ignores the camera?
Uhhhhhhh, i guess both. - Tem
• Likely to read this whole post or skip past?
Likely to read the whole post. - Tem
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Weird Questions that say a lot
1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans? Teacups!
2. chocolate bars or lollipops? Lollipops
3. bubblegum or cotton candy? Cotton candy
4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? We call elementary school primary school. It depended which teachers you asked, my favourites always said I was “conscientious, kind, and a pleasure to have in class”.
5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups? Glass cups or bottles.
6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear? I have like 4 looks, pastel, boho, and goth/witchy/grunge, also vintage-inspired which wasn’t mentioned but I love it.
7. earbuds or headphones? Depends on the shape, I love my Razr headset because it doesn’t squash my ears, and I like galaxy bud shaped earbuds, the ones with the little rubber doo-dads that fit actually in your ear. Apple or a lot of older flat earbuds cause me a lot of pain.
8. movies or tv shows? TV shows. Movies are getting longer and longer and my focus is getting shorter and shorter
9. favorite smell in the summer? Rainy days!
10. game you were best at in p.e.? The game of queue-ducking (where you go to the back of the queue to avoid your turn), or dance, or the less strength intensive parts of gymnastics. Or crying, always been great at that xD
11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? Muesli, or nothing.
12. name of your favorite playlist? I prefer to listen to full albums rather than playlists, but I have a few favourites on Spotify. Born to Run 150BPM, Infinite Indie Folk, Irish Folk: Jigs and Reels, All Out 80s/90s/00s. I also love scene/pop-punk playlists.
13. lanyard or key ring? Key Ring
14. favorite non-chocolate candy? Message Hearts (or anything with that texture), the red pack of starbursts (the UK version is vegan). Does Turkish Delight count because if so then that is my fave. I also like gummies if they’re vegan.
15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? To Kill a Mockingbird (high school), or The Bloody Chamber (uni), or Hamlet (uni)
16. most comfortable position to sit in? One foot under me, the other foot out to the other side, but both in the same position (if the surface is flat), or knees up.
17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? I own a lot of shoes so there isn’t really a single pair I wear the most. Recently my Air Force 1s, I’m trying to wear them in because the previous owner didn’t so the cause blisters.
18. ideal weather? Cold, overcast, rainy, still. Or without the rain. or snow (as long as I’m not going in the car and I can go crunch my shoes in it xD
19. sleeping position? Either side, but my body is kinda rotated towards the bed so it’s like half way between on my stomach and on my side. 
20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? Notebooks
21. obsession from childhood? Animals, dinosaurs, goddesses, magic, crystals, neopets, sims. I still love all of these things, I am a rotating door of obsessions, usually a bunch of the same obsessions on repeat.
22. role model? I don’t have one particular role model, I do have tons of people that I love and respect.
23. strange habits? I have so many strange habits that I have become one myself. Nothing actually stands out though because 99% of it is because of my brain.
24. favorite crystal? rose quartz or moonstone.
25. first song you remember hearing? Maybe Dancing Queen by ABBA, definitely the first I remember dancing to, but my dad loves music so I grew up with a constant stream of it.
26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? Suffer xD when I’m able to do so comfortably I’d love to go out looking for pretty stones, and nice sticks with my fiance, also would like to go on picnics with him, or a friend if I had one.
27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? Baking, drawing, crafts, standing in the rain. Everything.
28. five songs to describe you? 6/10 - Dodie Robert Frost - Mal Blum Caught in the Middle - Paramore Side Effects - Jade Bird Snitches Get Stitches - Onsind  Bonus track: The Seed - Aurora I wish I still had the playlist I made of songs I relate to, several of these were on it though.
29. best way to bond with you? Oversharing, or telling me about things you’re into.
30. places that you find sacred? Nature. My favourite spots are little creeks/rivers in wooded areas, but just like, all of it is special and should be treated as such. Also bedrooms.
31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? I think maybe I’m not gutsy or whatever enough, but also unpredictable. I wear whatever I like, and I’m just as likely to cry in all of them as I am to accidentally get in a fight.
32. top favorite vines? I feel so basic because I never really did the vine thing.  There was one that nearly killed me because I literally started to choke that was in some kind of office and the bit like can you run this past me again, and they just fucking legged it past them holding a folder up, Saw it once, never saw it again. Road work ahead. Why you can’t lift a house (might be a tok?) Brass dad and oven kid Look at this graaaaph Never learned how to read I can’t sit I have hemorrhoids The one with the people in blankets bobbing the nana nanana song Fr esh avo ca do Look at all these chickens
33. most used phrase in your phone? I love you - if I had to guess
34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? right now, nothing. I often get the old Super Liquor jingle lodged in there though.
35. average time you fall asleep? 6am?
36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? Charlie the unicorn or that one Noodles video by Cyanide and Happiness. Are those even memes?
37. suitcase or duffel bag? Depends. I mostly use a bag though since I never go anywhere for long.
38. lemonade or tea? Tea? Usually if you ask for lemonade here you get Sprite which is not lemonade.
39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? I had a vegan lemon meringue pie once, so good. Cake is easier to make though, and I can eat more in one sitting without getting sick xD
40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? Um, the principal in my last year of school got caught for being a peeping tom a few years after I left.
41. last person you texted? My Fiance.
42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? Jacket pockets
43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? Depends on the rest of the outfit and the weather. I wear Jean jackets most though.
44. favorite scent for soap? I love lavender, or vanilla/candy/fruity/baked goods type scents. I still have a bottle of Sugar Fairy spray from lush from a year ago and I love the smell of that.
45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? Fantasy I think.
46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? Nekkid?
47. favorite type of cheese? As a kid it was feta. Now I only eat vegan cheese. I was never a huge cheese fan tbh.
48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Rotten xD um probably a cranberry or something because I’m small, and I’m not a fan of cranberry.
49. what saying or quote do you live by? An it harm none do what you will. Or treat others as you wish to be treated.
50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? Probably one of the vines I listed above, either “run it past” or “can’t lift a house” because both of those resulted in crying and choking.
51. current stresses? My cat has been throwing up and having diarrhoea the past week or so, she’s been to the vet, it got better for a bit, but tonight suddenly got worse. Living with my parents who I have a very toxic relationship with. Living in a single very overfilled room. Trying to not spend money so that I can save up to move next year. Nightmares about my trauma. Either the house is haunted or there’s a build up of negative energy (probably that).
52. favorite font? I always liked the look of all of the script style fonts (freestyle, french, lucida, lucida calligraphy, Edwardian, Palace) but they’re not accessible so for anything people will actually see (which is literally nothing) I always go with arial.
53. what is the current state of your hands? Slight rash on one finger because I’m sensitive to what is in a lot of hand washing products apparently (never an issue until the pandemic), one broken finger nail that is a bit shorter than the rest. Not painted nails because energy. I always wear my engagement ring, usually I wear several other rings but with how my skin is being I thought I’d better not for a while.
54. what did you learn from your first job? Bakeries are hell, my circadian rhythm will not adjust to anything besides its natural state for longer than a couple of days at a time no matter how long or hard I try. I can absolutely fall asleep standing up.
55. favorite fairy tale? Ugly Duckling
56. favorite tradition? I don’t have anyway... Yet? Hopefully when I move this can become a thing.
57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? I’m interpretting overcome loosely here, meaning “I have not died from this” - Suicide of my first love - Bullying - 3 different jobs that all nearly killed me
58. four talents you’re proud of having? Literally can’t think of one. I’m not talented. I’m passable at a couple of things, but I worked for those things and I’m still not good enough for anyone to confuse me for being talented xD Those things I care about that I’ve worked on a lot are singing, art, languages, crafts? I still struggled to come up with 4. My bad.
59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? Aw jeez xD
60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? Magical Girl! This is an easy one, give me the powers and the clothes yessss.
61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? Literally sitting here drawing a blank, so instead of favourite here is the first one that came into my head “eyes are the genitals of the head” (may have that wrong, I’m watching the Office for the first time rn)
62. seven characters you relate to? Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Amelie from Amelie Matilda from Matilda Quasimodo from the Hunchback of Notredame (also my favourite plush as a kid) Iris - The Holiday Jess - New Girl Amelia Shepherd - Grey’s Anatomy Struggled with this because suddenly I drew a blank and also couldn’t remember who my Fiance was talking about every time he’s watched a character and said “that’s you” repeatedly.
63. five songs that would play in your club? Starlight - Superman Lovers Pump It - Black Eyed Peas I Bet that You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys All the Things She Said - tATu Doctor Jones - Aqua Bonus: Push Up - Freestylers These are ones  I have memories of dancing to when I was younger so that’s how I picked, but I’d absolutely be a themed night club with different music on different nights.
64. favorite website from your childhood? Neopets, which I still play daily. The first I played was MaMaMedia, then Bubblegum Club.
65. any permanent scars? That’s a SORE subject heh get it heh
66. favorite flower(s)? Lavender, rose, peony
67. good luck charms? I usually carry gemstones if I’m needing to be particularly lucky, or sigils.
68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? I hate anything spicy. I had rootbeer candy that tasted like literal dirt. I can’t eat banana stuff without gagging and getting a headache. I hate anything that is artificial blackberry or blackcurrant, tastes like shitty cough syrup.
69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? Sea Monkeys breathe through their feet, but I remember where I learned that.
70. left or right handed? right
71. least favorite pattern? depends entirely on the colours, I like patterns. but certain stripes do make my eyes feel funny.
72. worst subject? If PE counts, then that. If not, math.
73. favorite weird flavor combo? I love pineapple on pizza but that’s not weird. Iused to eat cheese and jam sandwiches as a kid though.
74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? I operate on how long it has lasted instead of how bad it is, essentially I get so desperate so I’ll try it even though it probably won’t help. I have the resistance of a rhino to most meds.
75. when did you lose your first tooth? No idea, like 4 I think? I did keep them in a weird little box for no reason though because they never got taken away from under my pillow.
76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? I’m a fan of a good mash if it has lots of flavour (like gravy). Otherwise, crisps or fries.
77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? I grew a radish once! Something cat safe though these days, also maybe something heavy, and hard to knock over?
78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? Grocery Store sushi, if it’s just veg.
79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? My only ID is my passport, and it is BAD.
80. earth tones or jewel tones? Both.
81. fireflies or lightning bugs? Fireflies (ten million of them to be precise)
82. pc or console? Grew up with PC. Now play my switch mostly.
83. writing or drawing? Both. Wrote more as a kid, draw more now.
84. podcasts or talk radio? Podcasts.
84. barbie or polly pocket? Both. But I prefered pollies as a kid
85. fairy tales or mythology? mythology
86. cookies or cupcakes? cupcakes
87. your greatest fear? Based on my nightmares, stairs.
88. your greatest wish? To live in a comfy house, in the country, with my Fiance, I have travelled the world, we have pets, I can function, we are free.
89. who would you put before everyone else? My Fiance and out animals.
90. luckiest mistake? Can’t think of any, most of my mistakes have been more like bad choices, also never turned out well for me.
91. boxes or bags? Depends what it’s for?
92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? lamps, or fairy lights. Unless I’m particularly anxious, then overheads.
93. nicknames? None.
94. favorite season? Winter
95. favorite app on your phone? LINE, it has my fiance, and animated stickers.
96. desktop background? Little Twin Stars
97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? My own.
I never get asks and needed to distract myself so I’m going to just answer these anyway, like a survey or something. Original post by tr33-g1rl 
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robotslenderman · 4 years
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FINALLY. SOME FUCKING VALIDATION.
TL;DR -- There’s definitely Something on my ECG, even when my symptoms are relatively mild. Tomorrow I’m getting set up with a holter monitor for 24H and I’ll likely be seeing a cardiac specialist at some point.
Long version under the cut.
Doc called for our appointment. When she heard my symptoms she was like “OMG WHY DIDN’T YOU COME IN EARLIER”
“because the plague”
“oh right”
Anyway we had a talk, and she basically told me if I get another turn like I did this morning I need to go to the hospital. She then said that if I get palpitations again I should go in on the spot to get an ECG, but when I mentioned I was still dizzy she said to come up anyway because it was worth a try, but to have someone drive me.
I called Mum. Mum had known I might need an ECG, and had said so herself. She went out anyway. She was Not Amused when I phoned her and said “hey the doc said you should drive me up now because she doesn’t want me driving.”
“What, later this afternoon?”
“No, now.” 
I could hear her rolling her eyes over the phone but they turned around and came back. I dunno if she started to get worried or anything because she was telling me each time they passed a landmark, which she usually never does unless she and Dad are coming back from a long trip.
She did end up asking me if I wanted her to come in, and I said yes because if it turns out something IS up she might bloody listen to the doc, if not to me.
They got home, we got our masks (most Aussies not wearing masks except at medical appointments but I won’t go into that right now), went in. Whisked me off to get the ECG while Mum waited in the waiting room. Huge dizzy spell when I lay down. Got the electrodes on me, chilled out for a while, specialist printed out first results. Mentioned to specialist at the beginning that I mostly get issues when changing positions, so she had me stand up and lie back down for the second test. I did not get any heart palpitations until the second test when I felt something after lying back down, but it was very mild compared to what I’m used to when the palpitations start up. I’ve had the palpitations exclusively for months, but this is the first time I’ve had other symptoms (that I’m currently aware of, altho I’m getting suspicious about something else that this may coincide with, more on that later).
Test finished after about ten minutes, went to the waiting room for another fifteen or so. Never seen it so quiet at that time of day, ‘least until the school kids went in and ofc nobody else was wearing masks.
Doc summoned us, so in we went.
GLORIOUS. FUCKING. VINDICATION.
Mum: I mean, it’s probably just stress -- 
Doc, looking over the ECG and making marks with a pen: Oh, this is definitely not stress.
Then came the questions. Am I drinking water? Yes. Am I drinking tea or coffee? No. Smoking? No. Chocolate? Every now and then. Drinking? A couple drinks for a few nights but then I’ll go weeks without. Blood pressure? We measured it, slightly low but normal.
Doc said, “... let me ask one of my colleagues for his input.”
(I mentioned earlier that I was suspicious of something else -- for the last year or so, when I drink, I feel really crook. Used to be I’d get buzzed and cheerful but in the last 12 months I just tend to feel sick. (Do I drink anyway? Yup.) I also get hungover much more easily. TBH it did feel like a dramatic change, it wasn’t a gradual thing, but I thought maybe it’s because I’m getting closer to 30 and sooner or later my body’s reaction to alcohol’s going to get less tolerant. Thought it was weird that my 60YO parents can drink more than me each night and they’re totally fine, but I didn’t think anything of it. Now I’m wondering if maybe I was aggravating something that wasn’t obvious at the time...)
But yeah, there is “something” there. What palpitations I did feel were pretty mild, when I get them at night I feel like my heart’s really being squeezed, so tbh I’m amazed. Like, how many times have I gone to the doc for my chronic illness, nothing showed on the test, but there I am getting an ECG and having relatively mild symptoms and not only does it fucking show up on the test, but enough for the doc to be like “yeah this isn’t stress”???? FUCK YEAH VALIDATION
Doc wrote me a referral to Douglass Hanly Moir, and tomorrow morning first thing I’m getting fitted for a holter monitor for 24hrs. It’s a bunch of electrodes stuck to my chest and something else that attaches to the waist with a button, and every time I feel symptoms I press the button. The button can also detect “how and where” I press it. Once that’s done I’ll likely be arranging to see a specialist.
If I don’t get any symptoms in the 24hrs with it on, I’m to call the doc and we’ll talk about other options.
Mum is slightly convinced there’s something there, but she’s still quite convinced it’s stress. Doesn’t seem to matter how many times I tell her exactly how my body reacts to stress, this isn’t it, but I know she’s taking it more seriously now because she’s mother henning now and she wasn’t earlier. That is a relief.
Doc told her if I get palpitations and dizziness at the same time she needs to take me to the ER.
The dizziness was mostly gone by the time we left the doc. I don’t feel short of breath but every now and then I just take a big gulp of air -- I’m not sure if it’s the air I need, or if I’m “stretching” my chest, but I’ve been doing it all day. Less now, but still there. And I’ve been foggy all day, even now.
Anyway, we’ll see what happens over the next few days. Hopefully due to COVID I won’t have to wait too long to see a specialist, and hopefully my exams won’t get fucked with.
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bubblegumstardust · 4 years
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i havent bombarded you with questions in a long ass time so here i am (feel free to skip some if its too much): 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 (i know you probably won’t even have to google), 16, 17, 18, 24, 27, 29, 33, 36, 41, 47, 51, 58, 59, 61, 66, 71, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 90, 95 and finally 100🥰🥰
Dear God Chelle 😂😂💕💕
So sorry this is so long but I can't do read more on mobile
1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?
I try to have more cereal generally but I just chuck milk in randomly and if it ends up being more then it ends up being more 🤷‍♀️
3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?
I generally just use an actual bookmark, but some things I've used in a pinch are: receipts, a pen, sunglasses, some mail, another book, debit card, a hairband, my purse
4: how do you take your coffee/tea?
I don't drink coffee and I just have a teaspoon or 2 of sugar in my tea
7: do you name your plants?
Yep, I have 2 in my room called Ellie and Nyah. I even named their pots because they're cute and shaped like a sheep and a hippo! The pots are called Pippa and Mimi and they're girlfriends
8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?
Generally writing I guess. I do a lot of painting/drawing too but that's less feeling expression and more just fun.
9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?
Yep, and I'm probably very annoying to share space with because I do it a lot
10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?
On my side and I have to switch like every 10 minutes when I'm trying to sleep or I get uncomfortable
11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?
Literally cannot think off the top of my head. @wonderfilledness, remind me please. Also Chelle tell me any of ours I might have forgotten.
12: what’s your favorite planet?
In our solar system, Pluto because fuck science, it's a planet! Other than that there's a planet I can't remember the name of that, because of rotation speeds, always has the same side facing the sun so like most of the planet is uninhabitable except a thin strip on either side between the two
13: what’s something that made you smile today?
The pup. Also I was helping my mum make masks and I completely fucked up and it was really funny
14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?
Ngl it would be a mess. Also probably covered in books and art stuff and it'd probably be light and airy with lots of plants and cute pastel colours
15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!
Oh where to begin! Okay so for one NASA had to design a special pen for use in space because due to the lack of gravity, normal pens don't work. Any liquid in space will form itself into a sphere due to surface tension. Sunsets on Mars are blue. There's a planet where it's constantly raining glass sideways because wind speeds are so high. There's a (I think) dwarf planet in our solar system that they nicknamed The Goblin. Planet 9 is something we can observe exists but no one can find it and it might not be a planet at all. It could be a black hole or something. The moon is slowly drifting away. I'm gonna stop here but I could go on for ages.
16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?
Fucken love a good spaghetti bolognese
17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?
Kinda want it pastel pink or purple again but also really wanna dye it like a deep turquoise colour
18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.
Excuse me how dare you assume I've done anything dumb! Tbh I definitely have but again my memory is really bad for stuff like this so I'm gonna turn to @wonderfilledness and @mooncloudsea for this again
24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?
Tbh, you Chelle. Also I'd definitely trust Alice with them but it's somehow easier to tell you because admiting stuff face to face is horrible and I can only talk to you online really
27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?
I don't like gum
29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?
Everything all you guys do is cute 😘💕
33: what’s your fave pastry?
C r o i s s a n t s
36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?
Hmmm. I don't know what my mood is right now so like idk?
41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?
I mean I'm pretty sure the last book I actually read was Aurora Burning so I gotta say that
47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?
Well there's plenty of foods I don't like but I'm not sure I'd ban any of them because there's always people who do like them.
51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?
Okay it makes no sense but I always think of Alice when I here B0$$ by Fifth Harmony because it's one of the songs we always end up screaming along to in the car
58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?
I feel like Alice is a vodka aunt and maybe I'm the wine mum?
59: what’s your favorite myth?
Idk actually. I quite like the echo myth though
61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?
Honestly I have no idea 😂
66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?
Small little delicate one with lots of small cute flowers like daisies and other pink white and purple ones. Also it would be full of forget me nots because they're my favourite flowers.
71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?
Peppermint all the way
74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.
They have short brown hair and give some of the best hugs. They're a couple inches taller than me and will not let me forget it. They also steal all my old clothes and would probably steal my dog if given the chance. They need to learn to fucken drive already and it's been too long since I last saw them
75: tell us about your pets!
He babey. He also a little shit but I adore him
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76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?
So many things. Probably most importantly, applying for uni
79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?
Lol no one likes me enough to do something cute for me
80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?
Light purple. I chose it when we first moved here but painted it even lighter a couple years in
90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.
I'm generally not the biggest fan of cities but I actually really loved living in Nottingham. It was super developed and you had like everything you could need and want there but also really kept its historic feel and it never felt so overcrowded like places like London do and idk, it was just a really nice place to live
95: what are your plans for this weekend?
I don't really have any in particular. Probably do some more art and writing and stuff but idk really
100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?
I usually pick future no question but like I'm a little concerned as to what such a near future will actually look like. Maybe the past so I can redo some stuff and make a few better life decisions and get help for my mental health sooner and also maybe find a way to do something to prevent some of the awful things happening right now
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mel x oscar
who reaches out to new neighbors — Mel definitely suggests it because she thinks it’s the nice thing to do, but she doesn’t really want to. Oscar comes along cause he’s gotta keep up appearances
who remembers to buy healthy food — both of them. but Oscar’s probably more on top of it because Mel wants to ignore her intense diet and workout regimen, and he’s not tryna hear her bitch about her sisters bitching at her.
who remembers to buy junk food — Mel because everyday is cheat day
who fixes the oven when it breaks — Mel gets someone to fix it before Oscar even notices because he’s always doing so much and she doesn’t want to burden him with silly stuff
who waters the plants/feeds their pet(s) — can’t see them having a pet, solely because Mel won’t let Teri get one because they’re too busy, and Oscar is just as, if not more so, busy as Mel. so it’s not fair to the pet. but if they had a pet or plants, probably Mel. Oscar would too but Mel is way more on top of it
who wakes up earlier — they both work stupidly weird hours tbh. but probably Mel because Teri and Clio schedule rehearsals at the crack of dawn.
who makes the bed — it’s probably not usually made even tho Mel wants to point out Oscar left last so he should do it
who makes the coffee — Mel tries not to drink coffee, so she’d make tea and leave it in a thermos for whenever Oscar wakes up because she wants him to be relaxed.
who burns breakfast — can’t see either of them unless they’re distracted
how do they let each other know they’re leaving the house — probably super casual about it and just say they’re heading out, Mel has gotten in the habit of at least texting him where she’s going if anything. Oscar is as upfront as he can be about his plans.
how do they greet each other when one of them gets home — Oscar probably scares the shit out of her sometimes cause she’s always listening to music so she doesn’t hear him come in and he’s just in the doorway or right behind her. she hates it but he thinks it’s funny. Mel always calls for him when she comes home so he can just tell her where he is so she doesn’t have to look.
who brings home little gifts like flowers/chocolates more often — not so much flowers but mel brings Oscar sweets all the time both at home and when he’s at work.
who picks the movie for movie night — technically Oscar. Mel always has three movies picked out and he’s expected to pick which one he’d hate less
their favorite kind of movie to watch — she makes him watch every musical, every ridiculous drama she can think of, and she’s very sorry
who first suggests a pillow fort — they grown
who builds the pillow fort — they still grown
who tries to distract the other during the movie — oscar probably wants her to stop singing along to every song in moulin rouge and she doesn’t really fight him on it
who falls asleep first — depends on work but i wanna say mel
who is big spoon/little spoon — mel’s little spoon because she likes being held and Oscar made her feel safe. she a clown tho
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coquelicoq · 4 years
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27 and 14
i have already answered 27. what a popular question!! maybe everyone should come tell me what section they go to first in a bookstore since i have such a boring answer. reverse ask meme: i reblog a list of questions, everybody floods my inbox with their own answers!
14. Favorite mug you own 
my favorite mug is a VERY dorky mug that says “OFFICIAL SOUVENIR COFFEE CUP FROM SOUTH DAKOTA” with a fake little “The Mt. Rushmore State” seal and that’s literally it, that’s the whole deal. it’s chipped but whatever, half of my dishes are chipped at this point, it still holds liquid and that’s the important thing. the story behind this mug is that i’ve never been to south dakota even though i really want to see the badlands, so several years ago my ex (who at the time was just my friend) was driving cross-country and asked if he could get me anything. i requested something from the state that eludes me and this is what he came up with. i thought it was hilarious. probably my favorite thing he ever got me tbh.
the only other mug i have that’s not super generic has the periodic table on it, but it’s a few years old so i’m pretty sure we’ve discovered some new elements that aren’t included. and it’s too big - if i make tea, the last of the tea gets cold before i can drink it. i realize as i’m saying this that i could just put less water in the mug, but i refuse on principle. things should be full. that’s just rude to the mug, to half-ass using it like that. go big or go home, you know? you’ve got to commit.
come ask me something. or tell me your own answer! what could go wrong??
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Gonna take a page out of the other anon's book and ask you to do all the harry potter questions...
so this took forever, but i’ve finally finished them all (and of course pasting them fucked up the formatting fml) Amortentia: Talk about 3 things you love. 
- I love languages, I love being able to see into someone’s soul by talking the language of their heart. I love the different sides of my identity that emerge with different languages, how you can only see fragments of my whole soul without comprehension of each language that forms a part of my heart.
- I love the LGBT community, love feeling free and whole and myself. I love seeing people realise who they are and seeing unabashed, queer love in the face of a world that does not want us. I love seeing that we are stronger together and that no one can take our identities away, no matter how much they try. I love seeing boys fall in love with boys and girls fall for girls for the first time. 
- I love the pure, unadulterated joy of learning, of education and finding out something new. The feeling of discovery and the sensation of having accomplished something when you understand a new concept is incomparable.
Ageing Potion: imagine yourself 50-60 years from now. how would you like a typical day to go? where do you see yourself? 
In fifty years, my body would be my own, covered in marks from misadventure and splashes of colourful memories. At 61, my kids would be grown up and moved out, my house would be filled with a different kind of sound, with puppies and bunnies and any other pets that fit. I hope I’d have a man to share this life with, we spend our weekends baking and devising obstacle courses for the pets to fall over, getting calls from our kids on how to be an adult (as if we’ve figured that out, even at our age). My sisters still haven’t let go of the habit of calling me a kid, and I try to see them when I can. The seasons change, the leaves fall, and I spend them all, content.
Alihotsy Draught: name and write about a few topics you’re really passionate about. 
Oh god we already did things I love though
Lets go specific instead and say fictional characters/ships
Drarry - The lion and the snake clash together, fire and ice raging a passionate war against each other, until they manage to blend their voices into one harmony. 
Wolfstar - the dog and the wolf, the moon and the star. Something poetic about their love. Sure, they’ve pushed against it, shouted angry words and slammed doors, but through it all, they gravitate back to each other. 
Ballum - by all accounts they shouldn’t work. A criminal and an aspiring cop, they’re a recipe for disaster, doomed to fail. But no-one, not even them, thought that they would become their own priority, above parental expectations, above the world they grew up in. they hold on tight, breathe each other in, relish in their found family. 
Antidote to Veritaserum: what is the biggest/most memorable lie you’ve told? 
I genuinely can’t think of one at all?? Oh lol not a lie but lie by omission i guess?? The fact that my gran still thinks i’m cishet lolll
Babbling Beverage: what kind of person are you when you’re drunk/hyped up on caffeine? 
I’m so fucking affectionate and talkative, i wanna cuddle everyone and I will absolutely tell you my opinions on/feelings about people. I’m a drunk disaster, but a fun drunk disaster. I also find a lot of things funny when drunk, and buy lots of presents for people.
Barufflo’s Brain Elixir: if you could master one skill instantly, what would it be? 
Right now the goddamn Russian language so my degree would be easier lol. I’d love to be able to whistle actually, or draw. 
Bloodroot Potion: describe a time you felt heartbroken. 
Well we’re gonna stick with creative writing so: I had a dream about us, both in matching suits. We were dancing at sunset, holding each other close as the songs played on. I woke up happy and content, and then I remembered that you weren’t mine anymore. You’re dancing with someone else while I sit, sobbing in my bed, longing for what should have been our future. I went through my room, finding every little thing that belonged to you, and put them to one side, in case you ever wanted them back. Holding on to the hope of one last conversation I guess. I miss you, and I hate you. And I love you. It hurts so much, like my heart stayed with you and I won’t last long without it.
Bruise removal paste: after you were heartbroken, what healed you?
The first time, it was love from family and friends and eventually falling in love again. And time. Now, i don’t know what’s gonna finish healing me, but love from other people and the promise that I’m worth more has done a lot to get me there.
Burn healing paste: are you cautious or are you impulsive? 
Both I think? I think I could do with being a lil more spontaneous though.
Calming Draught: what do you do on a rainy day?
I like to sit with a cup of tea or coffee, legs under a blanket, watching TV or writing or reading.
Caxambu: Style
I don’t think I have a recognisable style that can be described as anything other than gay. 
Borborygmus Potion: what’s your favorite food?
Right now I could really go for roast dinner tbh.  Confusing Concoction: What do you struggle most with? 
Prioritising myself and believing in my own worth. Cough Potion: What do you do to get better when you’re sick? 
I sleep a lot, and I like to eat chicken soup and have lots of warm drinks. Cure for Boils: Write about three pet peeves. 
People NOT WEARING HEADPHONES Hypocrisy Not respecting personal space Death potion: If you were told you were going to die in 24 hours, what would you do? 
Depends if I knew the cause of death/if i was infectious or not. If I wasn’t infectious I’d visit as many friends and family as possible, and probably get drunk. Deflating draught: Would you call yourself arrogant/modest? 
I like to think I’m modest but then again I don’t think that’s a super modest thought. Developing Solution: What’s the best photo you’ve taken? Which one’s your favorite? 
I took a nice one of my uni room, and some good ones at pride. Dogbreath Potion: What superpower would you have and why? 
Shapeshifting because my god would that make being trans more bearable. Doxycide: are you more clean or messy? 
Messy, but I do like to clean sometimes. Dr. Ubbly’s Oblivious Unction: are you critical of yourself? if you are, how do you want to work on it? 
Yes I am, and I try to work on it by talking to myself as I would to a friend or my puppy. Draught of Living Death: How would you like your funeral to go?
I’d like it to be a reflection of me, but equally I’d want it to be good for the people I’m leaving behind - I’d like Bye Bye Darling to be one of the songs though. Draught of Peace: What relaxes you? 
Watching familiar TV, listening to dodie, Maisie Peters, Orla Gartland, the puppy sleeping on me, hugs from friends. Drink of Despair: What’s your biggest regret? 
Not breaking up with my exes sooner, it would’ve been so much less painful and better all round. Drowsiness Draught: What’s your bedtime routine? 
So after my sister and dad go to bed, I stay down with the pup, take her out to the loo, and then sit on the sofa with her sleeping for a bit. Then I put her to bed and tidy a bit, I go up to my room and get into pjs, brush my teeth and wash my face, I put on my dim fairy lights and put on a chill playlist, then sleep.  Elixir of life: Would you rather live five ok/mediocre years or one incredible year? 
I think it kinda depends, like it its five mediocre years where each day is mediocre, then definitely one incredible year. Elixir to Induce Euphoria: What makes you feel alive? 
Dancing, love, running with the pup. Essence of Dittany: what’s the worst scar you currently have?
I scar quite easily, but they also fade quite well - at the moment I have one on my elbow from catching it on chicken wire. Exploding Potion: Do you like fireworks?
Yeah! They’re super pretty - I prefer the ones without a bang though. Fatiguing Infusion: Describe a recent/memorable dream.  
I had a dream about being physically back at uni, it wasn’t super eventful but it was really calming and nostalgic. Felix Felicis: Do you believe in luck?
I guess?? Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent: How do you keep bad thoughts away? 
Antidepressants lol. No but if I’m anxious I’ll write out everything I’m stressed about to get it out of my head. If I’m depressed I try to distract myself. Forgetfulness Potion: What is your favorite memory?
Maybe my first time getting drunk, it was the cast afterparty for my favourite show and it was so fun being able to chill with all my friends and being treated like an adult. (Plus it was fucking hilarious watching everyone come to the set strike the next day where most people were hungover as all hell)
My first gay night out was also pretty memorable, if only for the amount I drank lol. Fungiface Potion: What’s the greatest prank you’ve pulled? 
Legitimately don’t know if I ever have pulled one? At school we once turned our whole classroom backwards, and at uni my friends and I spent about two years putting any spam mail we got into our friends pigeonhole after he proudly told us how empty he always kept it. That was fun. Gregory’s Unctuous Unction: Describe your best friend(s).
Okay we’re gonna go for 3 people (all of whom have featured in poems of mine) - I started off writing about 5 and then got bored (and also vaguely embarrassed about calling people best friends) so we’re going down to three I’m also gonna make it vague ish So the first is a friend I’ve known for ten years and we’ve been equal parts immature and grown up throughout those ten years - last time I saw her we went to a inflatable park and then to spoons. She’s funny and sweet and chaotic and a lot shorter than I think (she used to be a head taller than me but hasn’t grown since we met, so even though we’re the same height neither of us quite believes it). She’s talented and reliable and So very committed to being a good friend (she drove to pick my ex and I up from a festival so she could meet him and took a 3-4 hour train to come celebrate my 21st). The second is possibly the first friend I made at uni because we bonded over being terrified of going to Russia and now we communicate almost solely through animal crossing. I love her, she’s hilarious, about as much of a mess as I am and an incredibly sweet person. She’s the first person I text in a crisis because she knows the exact right balance of taking the piss and actually helping and is always available to talk in foreign when I need to forget about the people I’m with or avoid an ex lol. The third is one of my favourite people at uni, he’s super supportive and understanding but also the best fucking person for a night out or a laugh. I used to think he was intimidating but honestly he’s just so sweet and has always made me feel welcome in my new year groups and always makes sure I have someone to pre with. Hair-Raising Potion: What scares you?
Fucking clowns man. Also not living life to the fullest, I’m really trying to put myself first nowadays and make sure I’m not staying in bad situations out of anxiety. It’s definitely helped me feel better about myself and have more energy to think about other people as well. Hate potion: If you had to name your worst trait, what would it be? 
Either stubbornness or being too self-sacrificing. It’s not a good combo tbh. Herbicide Potion: do you have a green thumb? 
I have owned (1) plant and I think I killed it so no. I am absolutely terrified every time my dad asks me to water the garden because I feel like I can only over or under water. Hiccoughing Solution: what’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you? 
Funny situations involving me tend to end in injury, maybe when I fell over the tennis net that didn’t even come up to my knees and got stuck in it?  Or when I fell over skiing and couldn’t get up because I’d done a roly poly which ended up with my skis trapped under my back.  Invigoration Draught: how do you wake up in the mornings? 
Lately my sister brings the puppy up to wake me up which is nice. Invisibility Potion: What would you do if you were invisible for a day? 
Ooh that’s a good question, I think I’d probably take a bunch of photos of me holding stuff and probably scare the shit out of my family. Jawbind Potion: Are you talkative? What do you like to talk about? 
Yes, very. I like talking about anything and everything, I love finding stuff out about people, which is part of the reason I do so many of these things. Laugh-Inducing Potion: Tell a funny story.
I am not a very funny person. I don’t have many funny stories!! When I was younger and my mum would get milkshakes and stuff, we were only allowed a glass each (I have 3 siblings) so that we each got the same amount and my sister was being sneaky, tried to drink from the carton to cheat the rule, ended up drinking mouldy milk. Karma. Mandrake Restorative Draught: How long can you stand still? 
Probably quite a while, I’ve never thought about it to be honest. Manegro Potion: How do you like to cut your hair? I cut mine myself, I usually leave the top a few inches long, and the back and sides are usually tapered from a 3 to a 1. Mopsus Potion: What do you want to be doing 5 years from now? 
Hopefully be working in translation or LGBT activism, living with a flatmate or partner. I’d like to have had top surgery and be acting or stage managing again and playing tennis and maybe football again. Muffling Draught: Favorite genre of music? 
Idk, indie pop maybe? Or alternative? Oculus Potion: would you rather see the distant past or the distant future?
Distant future. Pepperup Potion: what makes you feel alive?
Sport, playing with the puppy, talking to friends. Polyjuice Potion: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would remove my chest lol.  Quodpot Solution: What’s your opinion on sports (are you a fan of any specific teams/sport)?
Tennis is my favourite sport, I also like football, judo, rounders, swimming, sailing and skiing. Rat Tonic: Do you have any pets? 
Yes! I have a tiny bunny called Teddy, two chickens called Miss Sussex and Babs and a boxer puppy called Pickle. Shrinking Solution: How tall are you? Do you like your height (why/why not)?  
I honestly don’t know, I think I’m 5’ 3” ish?? After 5’ I just kinda stopped paying attention. I’d like to be taller because it would help me pass better, but I also kind of like my limbs the way they are?? Like additional muscle from T is already making tennis weird to adjust to so I don’t wanna make that worse tbh. Skele-Gro: What helps you feel better? 
Hugs, alcohol, chocolate, familiar TV, reading my favourite books. Sleakeazy’s Hair Potion: Describe yourself in 6 words or less.
Queer, loud, chatty, empathetic, caring, stubborn. Veritaserum: What is one truth you’ve wanted to get off your chest? 
I wish I had broken up with my exes sooner/not got together with the last one at all. We weren’t a good fit and I like to think we’d still be friends otherwise. Volubilis Potion: Can you/do you like to sing? 
I love to sing, I’m decent but struggling to adjust to my voice drop tbh. Wide eye Potion: What time do you usually go to bed? 
12/1am, depends on when I take the dog out. Wolfsbane: What’s the biggest change you’ve experienced in the past year? Going on testosterone!
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nathanprscott · 4 years
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@villainii tagged me to answer these questions, which is great cause I can't sleep anyway @_@
1. Do you make your bed? Yes, but not after waking up. I make it when I come home and sit down to play games; which I do in, you guessed it, my bed.
2. What’s your favorite number? I don't have one tbh.
3. What’s your job? I assist in a day care for children between 6-10 years old.
4. If you could, would you go back to school? I could and probably should, but I really don't want to..
5. Can you parallel park? No, I don't drive at all.
6. A job you had which would surprise people? Before I worked with children, I thought I couldn't stand kids but I was proven wrong. My first "job" was an unpaid year in a day care for children with mental/learning disabilities. It was mostly a surprise to myself and it all happened more or less accidentally through my mum's old contacts.
7. Do you think aliens are real? Green bald naked people? Nah. Life on other planets? Absolutely. A threat to us? No.
8. Can you drive a manual car? No, but I can see myself struggling with remembering what's what.
9. What’s your guilty pleasure?  Lazytown. Grotesque and morbid art.
10. Tattoos? I have Joffrey Baratheon tattooed on my left arm. I have plans to get Tommen as well as a Nathan Prescott one but I can't get myself to call in for a session.
11. Favorite color? Blood red
12. Things people do that drive you crazy? "Ah"s when people drink. Sucking in air when the food is too hot. Looking me in the eyes while talking without ever looking away. I could make this list as long as those never-ending colour of the sky scroll posts.
13. Any Phobias? I have generalised anxiety disorder, so yes but also no. I wouldn't call it phobias but I guess they can be. Idk. Idk.  
14. Favorite childhood sport? Badminton but I also danced for 10 years.
15. Do you talk to yourself? Yes
16. What movie do you adore? I can't really think of one. I rarely watch movies that really get to me, most of what I watch is for giggles and eye zooms with @streichermarius
17. Do you like doing puzzles? Like jigsaw puzzles? Yeah sure. I guess video games are one big puzzle made of puzzles made of puzzles made of puz-
18. Favorite kind of music? My most listened-to genre is indie/alternative rock but I also enjoy country, swing, jazz, classic rock, atmospheric dark or viking-inspired music, broadway.. there's so much!
19. Tea or coffee? Coffee all the way.
20. The first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up? Teacher, like my mum.
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blizzardinferno · 4 years
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Tag game!
Tagged by: @outlier-roddy
Name: Kegan
Nickname: also Kegan I guess? Or Kegs
Zodiac: Aries, which is SCARILY accurate
Height: not very big. 5'2" I think? I'm baby
Nationality: Canadian, ey
Languages: only english. French classes sucked. Wanna learn Japanese though!
Favourite flower: I like flowers based on their meanings, so anything that means happiness and love because that shit makes me feel good
Favourite scent: the only consistent smell I can think of is chlorine. Like when you walk into a pool
Favourite fictional character: MY FUCKING LAD SOUNDWAVE. I don't think I've EVER been so passionate about another character before? There's just something about this big robo dad that makes me happy
Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: hot chocolate is the only one I can actually drink tbh. Coffee tastes yucky and I hate the smell of tea
Dogs or cats: I love dogs, but CATS ALL THE WAY
Number of blankets: uuuuuh two I believe?
Dream trip: going to Japan! And my less ambitious one, going to a tf convention
Blog established: late in 2019! Either in october or early November
Random fact: I have a large fondness for things that would be considered "baby-ish" such as storybooks and items aimed at toddlers. They make me feel happy!
Gender: a fuckin trans dude who is proud to be trans and a dude
Current time: 10:18 am. I should be working on schoolwork rn
Favourite musical artists: honestly the only one I can think of right now is Hollywood Undead because their music makes me jam
Song stuck in my head: well now that I fuckin mentioned hollywood undead I have "city" playing on loop in my brain
Last movie I saw: Dark of the Moon. There were too many humans and unneeded hetero bullshit for it to be fun. Oh and Ironhide died which made me sad. And so did Soundwave. And Shockwave. And Starscream's death made me depressed.
Last thing I googled: I don't even remember. Probably something about transformers
Other blogs: hoooo I have an addiction. My main one, one for warrior cats, another for warrior cats designs, one for moomins, one for sonic the Hedgehog, another for ninjago, one for miraculous ladybug, one for my transformers designs (need to update it haha), one for cookie run, and another for fnaf. I'm probably forgetting a few but I'm too lazy to check
Lucky number: I have no idea what mine is? Is there a way you can find that out or something? Until then I'll just say 69 because I'm immature
Currently wearing: plain black pants (I always wear these. Nothing else) and a my hero academia t-shirt
Dream job: concept artist or animator! Still need to practice for that though. If I don't end up doing that, I'd love to write
Favourite foods: steak. Always steak
Instruments: I can't read music notes at all. Used to practice with the trumpet because middle schools require you to learn an instrument FOR SOME REASON- oh and I did the drums for a bit. They're fun and thumpy and you don't need to read music to make it sound good if you follow the rhythm
Favourite song: I never stop finding new songs. Whatever slaps at the moment I guess? Currently it's Doom Days by Bastille
Guess I should probably tag somebody myself haha? Uuuuuuuuh @primewars I guess you can do this if you want? You're the only person that came to my mind
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julianxhwang · 5 years
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Julian Hwang // Intro
Hello ! My name is Backy (she/her) ヾ(^∇^)❀ I'm 25 years old and I live in Canada!  ❀ Feel free to like this post or drop me a message on discord if you're interested in plotting. I'd love to get to know you and your muses! (。’▽’。)♡ ❀ 
Without further ado, here's Julian Hwang (fc: Bang Chan (2010) // Im Siwan (2020)), my overworked friendly bean ❀
✮ Spotify playlist:  Julian Hwang ✮ Pinterest: C: Julian 
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( Bang Chan & Im Siwan ) bopping along to I’m Yours by Jason Mraz is Julian Hwang, the twenty-one year old cismale thrown back to their business days with some of his memories. voted most likely to live in a library, Julian was known for being studious & self-destructive, go figures you’d always find them taking 15 minute power naps on top of a book, but grew up to be hard-working & fanatical . 
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♦ The Basics ♦ 
↣ Name: Julian Hwang ↣ Nickname: J, Kangaroo ↣ Age: Twenty-One // Thirty-One ↣ D.O.B.: October 3rd, 1988 ↣ Education: Third Year @ RVU (Business Management)  ↣ Sexuality: Pansexual 
↣ Occupation(s): Tutor, waiter, odd-jobs ↣ Languages: English & Korean ↣ Drinking, smoking, & drugs: Yes (socially), no, & yes (study drugs)
↣ Quirks: Drinks coffee with way too much sugar, randomly obsessed with knitted things, bites nails when stressed, left-handed, & has a horrible sense of direction ↣ Likes: Coffee, tea, spicy food, mangos, swimming, the stars, the colour orange, the ocean, & cooking ↣ Dislikes: Being late, bitter food, tequila, violence, horror movies, cold weather, flying, & cleaning
♦ background (then & now) ♦ 
↣ Hometown: Adelaide, Australia ↣ Nationality: Australian ↣ Ethnicity: Korean ↣ Parents: Namsung (Nora) & Chongyol (Jamie) Hwang // Step Dad: Flynn Caldwell 
O1 x. Then - Originally from Australia, Julian moved to the states on a sports scholarship for swimming while taking his degree in business at SVU. His parents were less than thrilled to send him away but after a lot of reassurance that he was going to eat three meals a day & get plenty of sleep, the deal was sealed. Of course, Julian doesn’t do either of those things but what his parents didn’t know won’t kill them. Sleeping doesn’t earn scholarships, after all.  O3 x. Then - However, sometime after being admitted to SVU, his parents got a divorce and Julian’s mom moved to the states to be closer to him. She had nothing left for her in Australia and considered it a fresh start. His dad stayed behind to run the family business, a small traditional Korean restaurant. Julian’s still close to both of his parents but considerably more so his mother. He couldn’t exactly afford to jet off to visit his dad every other weekend and even on a scholarship, Julian was working multiple jobs to pay his bills so as not to burnden his mother. 
O2 x. Now - Julian graduated SVU, one of the top of the class, and moved into a job as a financial advisor for small and large hospitals alike. He frequently travels but still comes back home on occassion to visit his family. It’s been 10 years and Julian’s mom, Nora Hwang, is remarried to Flynn Caldwell. He’s also gained a step brother in the process, Austin Caldwell, who just so happens to have attended the same university as him.   O4 x. Now - Julian can’t say that he necessarily dislikes the Caldwell’s but there’s some resentment there. Him and Austin led two very different lives growing up and couldn’t be more dissimilar. It wasn’t so much that Julian was never allowed to be a teenager, it was just never an option that crossed his mind considering their financial burdens. Of course, now with a financially stable husband, Julian feels as though his mom doesn’t rely on him as much anymore. It should be a relief, honestly, but what about all of his hard work? All those years he gave up? The many, many jobs he’d worked to make sure she’d never pay a dime for his education? It all seems so pointless now but what else can he do but keep working? 
♦ personality ♦ 
↣ Good Traits: Hard-working, companionly, kind, & patient ↣ Neutral Traits: Quiet, frugal, paternal, responsible, & a perfectionist ↣ Bad Traits: Self-destructive, fanatical, uptight, & a pushover 
O1 x. Self-Destructive - Has a bad habit of sacrificing himself for everything & anything else. Sleeping, eating, & socializing are no match for studying, clubs, & work. If he’s stressed, he’ll work himself into a tizzy about it until the job is done or he’s burnt out. Rarely fails at completing tasks, but has been known to spell his own demise by getting stress-sick or otherwise working himself up too much. Sometimes (read: all the time) he’s convinced he’s going to fail, drop out, & become homeless. Has a hard time looking at the silver lining when it comes to his own life, even if he is generally uplifting of others. These days he’s chilled out considerably since university but still tends to forget to take care of himself. 
O2 x. Fanatical - Becomes obsessed with tasks, no matter the subject. Kind of a perfectionist & will work himself until he can’t anymore. Sometimes scares people with just how much he cares about things. Tends to go over & beyond what is expected or even wanted sometimes. It has landed him a couple of nice promotions up into the present day though. The only thing that’s changed since his university days is that he almost needs something to obsess over or he’ll remember how pointless it all really is. 
O3 x. Hard-Working & Studious - Can be depended on to put in the proper effort & do it right. Rarely spends time not doing something productive and frequently multitasks. It’s not that he’s particularly giften in the brain department, he’s about average really, but the constant studying earned himself A’s throughout school and now a pretty swaggin job. Definitely not a quitter and pretty stubborn about finishing things and doing it right. 
O4 x. Companionly - A good and trusting friend through and through. That mom friend at the party making sure you stay hydrated. Enjoys spending time with others no matter the occasion, wether that be his sports friends or study buddies. Loves his friends a little too much & tends to be really touchy. Expect many hugs & cuddles. Would do anything for his friends, sometimes a little too much, even if they don’t ask for it. Easy to get along with if you can handle his eccentricities. These days, Julian is still the same old friendly guy but with a more professional vibe. 
♦ (wanted) connections ♦ 
Past (2010) O1 x. Drugdealer - Julian is usually pretty responsible but his need to work as much as possible has led him down a dangerous path, study drugs. Looking for someone who can deal him the good stuff to get him through on minimal sleep. Might involve a bit of debt.  O2 x. Bad Influence - Julian is pretty goody two shoes but I’d love to have someone pull him out to parties (get him out of the library) - make him live a little and not totally regret working through his best years.  O3 x. Mom? - Julian is pretty well known for being that mom friend, so if you need some good influencing, you’ve come to the right place! Just looking for some people he can take care of and be overbearing on.   O4 x. College Sweetheart - Someone he’ll lay down the books for unconditionally, really. He may be a workaholic but he’s also a romantic at heart. Open to any gender.  O5 x. Platonic Cuddles - Julian is just really touchy in general so someone he can just cuddle with without it being weird would be chill. Need some of that wholesome stuff in my life.  O6 x. Good Influence - Julian is usually the good influence but I was thinking someone who brings him food, reminds him to eat, reminds him to sleep, and all that good self care shit he probably needs help with.  Present (2020)  O1 x. Significant Other - Someone he comes home to at the end of the day. Can be married, but maybe not. Take care of my dumbass. Open to any gender. Maybe they dated in uni, doesn’t really matter. Not really set on any details here so let’s talk about it!  O2 x. Uni Friends - People he still hangs out with. Julian mostly stuck around the LA area so anyone else around hit a brother up ✌️  O3 x. Unresolved Tension - Idk maybe someone he had a crush on or vice versa? Make it awkward and weird because I love that. Bring up old memories and feelings.  O4 x. Why weren’t we friends before? - Someone he wasn’t friends with in uni, but somehow met after the fact or maybe they were enemies. Someone he butted heads with but now they’re basically best friends?? 
These are really just some thoughts I had & I might add more later but I’m open to anything and everything so let’s talk about it!! Ofc I’m still looking for more generic plots like friends, hookups, enemies, etc, etc. The possibilities are endless! 
And that’s the end! If you read it all you’re the coolest but it’s also okay if you didn’t because that was a whole lot of bullshit tbh. 
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Hey! What are your misc opinions? I’m asking you to share them!
if you get interrupted more than 3 times trying to say something, the interaction loses all sense of social niceties and whatever happens next is between you, god, and the person/group interrupting you. it is within your legal right to go apeshit at that point
we need to bring back the cloak and billowy shirts and peasant skirts. and the half vest. and ridiculous belts. and other things. i want to look like tulio from road to el dorito at all times and it’s my right to do that 
fall is a good season and we need more uplifting music about the fall bc all the songs for it are generally fairly depressing and that isn’t cool 
tarot cards should be more mainstream and they should have more lighthearted/goofier art. also they’re also very silly as a concept. like. yeah the cards can say some generalized stuff you can probably apply to the situation at hand but. if you had done one more shuffle? totally different outcome. that’s what life is like except life doesn’t have cryptic omens to say what it’s like for you. 
business majors are unethical not in the way they exploit workers or inevitably become corporate cogwheels (bc honestly that’s just. part of being a business major) but rather these HOOLIGANS, these FOOLS, these CRETINS think it’s SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE to play LOUD ASS EXPLICIT music ON THEIR PHONE SPEAKERS in PUBLIC while they’re WEARING WIRELESS HEADPHONES and i think that should be a crime in itself. like. dude. class starts in 5 minutes. calm the fuck down
sometimes the best thing to say is silence. but, if people talk over you and force you to be silent, crush them. steal their vocal chords. 
people will pack bond with anything, even if you dont think they will. just routinely show up somewhere and suddenly you have friends. it’s wild. 
support your local library or die by my sword
gender itself is pretty cool actually but what isn’t cool is how pushy and weird people are about it. i dont know what you want from me, gender police, i just work here. i’m not afraid of you
a lot of people are wrong about m*tal gear s*lid. like in general. i will not elaborate on that point i just want them to know. 
all condiments are gross except for butter, marinara sauce, soya sauce, and raspberry jam
people who make coffee addiction their primary personality trait are boring. we’re all working through crippling caffeine addictions, margaret, what you need is help 
*sdf movies stopped being funny after the release of 5. they didn’t age well after that. which is sad bc they were an integral part of the internet experience 
people who are too into astrology are kinda weird. valid, bc they aren’t harming anyone and it is pretty cool tbh, but weird. theyre like. weird horse girls but if instead of horses it was psychoanalyzing people based off of arbitrary stuff. 
we should respect birds more
bees are cute. i dont like honey or anything i just really like bees and we should thank them for their service 
people should scream less. it’s okay to not scream. quiet voices are where it’s at. and so is taking turns at speaking. that’s cool. 
all cars are ugly to look at. roads are garbage. i understand why they’re that way but the fact we keep making new breeds of car and roads aren’t cool to look at and they’re super destructive is sad. 
more music should utilize the banjo 
my taste buds are shot and my sensory input in general is so whack. but like. fries from five guys aren’t actually that good. like. i dont like them any more than i like other fast food fries. what makes them special/tastier is the experience of going to the five guys, not the food there. it tastes like any other food you can get. in fact, all food tastes the same. all pizza is the same pizza. all hamburgers are the same hamburger. there is only one flavour per item and my tongue does not detect quality, only that it is Food 
all pictures and sounds have textures. i will not elaborate but Toto’s Africa specifically feels like smooth wood and every version of Dearly Beloved i’ve heard feels like getting splashed by a puddle, just slightly below the knee. my blog background has the texture of smooth stone. like the kind of rock that’s been sitting at the bottom of a river for awhile. i will not elaborate further on how sounds and pictures have textures, they just do and it’s integral to the enjoyment of the picture/sound. 
we should, as humans, spend more time in the woods 
the worst sound in the universe is silverware scraping against a plate/bowl/whatever
online college classes are bullshit, do not trust them
chopped is only fun to watch if you’re with a friend and yell at the tv together. it’s also fun if you take a drink of water/tea/whatever every time someone burns meat, forgets to add salt, or puts something weird into a blender. 
dnd’s monster manual is actually just a boyfriend catalogue, but watch out
i have more but this is what my goblin brain came up with on short notice. thank you for your time
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1. Who makes the first move and how?
Pascal foresaw that Rhys was going to admit he felt something for him and legit waited for Rhys to wake up to tell him he had a crush on him too. Rhys woke up to Pascal spewing smoke out of his nose, he was so thrilled.
2. Who is the most insecure and what makes them feel better?
Rhys, mostly because Pascal is the guy who gets up early because he foresaw an old man falling over and wanted to rush over to help early. I imagine Rhys gets those "he's too good for me" vibes but Pascal always and immediately tells Rhys how lovely he is and how he's the only one to ever really understand Pascal. He's the only one Pascal feels comfortable with showing his bad side too.
4. Who can’t keep their hands to themselves?
Rhys. I really love the idea that it gets to a point that he stands expectantly behind Pascal and Scal boy just sighs and lifts his shirt because he KNOWS that Rhys is five seconds away from shoving his hands somewhere worse. It's a full time job, trying to please a brat.
5. Who says ‘I love you’ first?
I would say Pascal, but if I'm honest,,,I really love the idea of him trying to pull back and letting Rhys come to it on his own. I love the idea of Pascal being extra affectionate that day and then Rhys can know himself that by the end of this day, his affections will be welcomed entirely.
7. What do they get up to on a night out?
Pascal will normally take Rhys to an event that's happening, a festival in the park or to a bar where they drink more than each other and make out behind the bar and more. Rhys has gotten a favourite thing where they go to a cafe or sweet shop and Pascal isn't allowed to tell Rhys which sweets he will hate or love. It's a very tasty russian roulette.
10. What two songs, two books and two luxury items do they take to a desert island?
If I remember, Rhys's favourite book is treasure island? I can't remember his favourite song but I'm fairly certain it has something to do with punk or Blue. Rhys would absolutely take a desert.
Pascal would take any song of Sam Smith's, wouldn't take a book really because he never learnt braille but if audio books count then 13 minutes is what he will choose. Probably just tries to get Rhys's favourites since Pascal wants him to enjoy stuff more.
11. What do they hide from one another?
Rhys would hide issues that might be bothering him or depressive days since my heart screams at this boy not wanting to make Pascal feel like he has to do more for him. After all, he has a boyfriend who can see and manipulate the future, best to not bring up the fact that Rhys might not feel like he's good enough for a literal sunshine man.
Pascal hides certain visions and overall his past and why he does good things. If he sees bad things coming then he does everything posisble to keep Rhys safe and happy and to make himself suffer. He knows Rhys's backstory and loves him but isn't willing to open up and dry heave to Rhys about the pain of losing his sister and killing his mother for it. Overall it's a big "he shouldn't know about my suffering" ideal with them.
12. What first changes when it starts getting serious?
Rhys starts getting less freaked out by Pascal's visions and Pascal starts feeling less of a need to predict everything and act upon it. I like thinking of it as a reverse act where Rhys gets happy to rely on the visions and Pascal feels more at ease for Rhys to direct fate and leave options out to the wind.
13. When do they realise they should get together?
Its probably a few months after living together. I love the idea about it being a soft moment where Rhys is laughing and putting Zuko into his raincoat while Korra sits and waits for her turn and Pascal just....smiles and asks Rhys if they want to go out with Zuko on a date.
14. When one has a cold, what does the other do?
Pascal keeps different types of blankets around for Rhys and goes out to get him some warm teas' as well as any soups and noodles. Litreally googles how to take care of people and he does one of his big fancy predictions to effectively turn the fates and try to make Rhys better. Worries a lot and lays with Rhys, stroking his hair to get him to fall asleep.
Pascal doesn't get colds but rather fevers. I feel like Rhys would worry SO much the first time since Pascal heats up real badly. He just helps Pascal change his bandages as well as helping him take an ice bath to break the fever and after that he chugs half a bottle of medication before passing out in Rhys's arms. Gets delirious and disorientated the whole time.
15. When they watch a film what do they choose and why? Who gets the final vote?
They tend to choose fantasy films that are either lighthearted like the never ending story or darker ones like The Ritual. Rhys gets to choose them since films are useless for Pascal.
18. When they fight, how do they make up?
Rhys immediately apologises and Pascal often has already gotten over their fight if it's due to end that day so he takes Rhys to dinner as an apology.
19. Where do they go on their first date?
They go to an urban farm! Pascal knows how much Rhys likes the animals so it's a fun day of petting animals and sitting and laughing when sheep run over to the bags of feed. Also Rhys is Pascal's little sheep UwU.
20. Where do they go on holiday?
Pascal wants to go to Ireland and have Rhys be his guide and the dream of being surrounded by Irish speakers but if Rhys isn't comfortable for that then perhaps Japan! Plenty of cute animal themed cafes and plenty of places to buy cute outfits for each other.
22. Where does their first kiss happen?
It happens on the sofa, the tv is playing low and Rhys is giggling at the feeling of Korra's fur under his feet before Rhys tips his chin up and presses their lips tougher....then tossing his head away and coughing out smoke.
24. Where do they first have sex?
I would say that it starts out in the kitchen but then Pascal wants to make it a little more sweeter and moves it to the bedroom. Also he wants to laze about after sex and he can't do that on the kitchen floor as well.
25. Why do they fight?
Pascal often worries about the choices Rhys makes and his more...argumentative attitude and Rhys gets angry at how Pascal acts with his future vision and how far he places Rhys out of harm, like he's delicate.
27. Why do their friends get annoyed with them?
Pascal's friends get annoyed by how mushy they are together and tbh there's probably a friend or two who disprove of Pascal picking up a homeless guy and dating him.
29. Why do they fall a little bit more in love?
Pascal adores just how messy Rhys is. He's so open about his feelings when he's comfortable and flirty and sweet. He's beautiful and makes Pascal feel safe and unafraid of a cold future.
Rhys would love the safety and sheer friendliness Pascal tosses over to him. There's no need to worry about bad thing happening when Pascal is there to make sure all good things happen to Rhys.
Overall? These boys just melt for the soft moments of drinking coffee and talking about the plans of the day, soft looks and affectionate touches as Pascal helps pull Rhys's hair back and Rhys adjusts Pascal's bandages.
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14x08 watching notes
This episode is the Worst I had to lie to my mum when I came downstairs trembling and tear-stained to get a cup of tea to recover, and play it all off as cold symptoms, and now I feel complicit in some sort of deceit with the episode and like Meredith broke the fourth wall through sheer pain.
Good morning, I slept in until seven after they started digging up the road outside at 9pm at night, so I still kinda have a lingering headache from that, but I'm pretty sure Meredith is about to make good on the Dean n Jack murder pact or something else of that level of awfulness so... *deep breath*
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YAY it is Lily!! I mean it was pretty obvious from the costuming because wow she's a distinct person but idk maybe some people thought it was her mom?
Anyway getting a recap just of how terribly Jack is doing and then also a reminder of Lily Sunder is just.. Good recap. *kisses fingers*
(*curls up in agony*)
In all the drama I never noticed Rowena being among those who yelled "Jack!" when he went down and to be honest she knew him five minutes and I'm crediting all that panic in her voice to his absolutely ridiculous powers of being the most adoptable creature in the cosmos. You take one look at him and you want to make sure his shoelaces are tied properly and he has a glass of milk.
Anyway he totally caught Rowena off her guard and made her express an Emotion(TM) that was not spite and a good chunk of that is new and improved Rowena of the last year or so, but also just... She bonded HARD :P
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Ironically I left the spoon in my coffee in my haste to get up here and start watching so now I will drink it like that and possibly exit the episode also wearing an eye patch
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I watched a second and tucked the largest, most comforting stuffed toy this family owns under my arm. Yes, not my personal stash of friends, the family heirloom squishy guy who has been with us through all the worst stuff D:
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The framing is Sam sitting at Jack's bedside, Dad no.1 as season 13 firmly established for us, and the dad with the closest traditional relationship of father/son to Jack. Then Cas hovers nearby, struggling to be as close but still Dad no.2 with the ongoing and uncomplicated connection to Jack in the sense that both just sort of accept they're now father and son without any debate or internal wrangling, and that's always been Jack's in with the family and the way he inadvertently got Cas to vouch for him from beyond the grave when he said Castiel was his father and Sam immediately just flipped to Team Jack, not, of course, that he'd not been giving him a huge chance and trying to reach out to him already, but that was his "oh shit this is now my son because Cas is dead" moment.
Finally, Dean fills the foreground, face in shadow, the conflicted Dad no.3 who can't even face his dying son, taking it personally because this is literally the fourth smol child he's taken under his wing who he then lost, from Sam, Ben, Emma, a truly tragic collection of lost children. He resisted adopting Jack because he couldn't be a parent again, not after what Sam put him through as a parent, and yet Jack, the most adoptable boy in the cosmos, eventually wormed his way under Dean's skin too, and by the end of season 13 Dean was acting fatherly towards him and by this season Dean's been opening up the doors and letting Jack be his son. And. Whoops. As SOON as you took him on a hunt for one on one father son bonding time, look what happened.
And so Dean will lurk in the foreground, not looking at Jack, peering moodily into some dark empty box that metaphorically is his soul or his remaining ability to cope with losing children or some such nonsense. The pandora's box of parenthood. He's full on dark romantic hero brooding.
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OH  NO  IT IS A RECORD PLAYER NOT A BOX
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I need our family to retroactively adopt a larger, squishier friend to hug in this trying time
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Having archived every single one of my watching notes ever between last episode and this episode, I'm more than usually pained by Dean's "not meant to be crap" line because he's been resisting it the entire frikkin time, when Sam kept, even long long long before they knew their real destinies, musing if HIS own personal angst was meant to be and Dean was like don't give me that destiny crap. I swear there's lines about this back in season 2 or 3 when Sam is musing on his powers and the grim lot fate had dealt them. This is a callback line to Dean dealing with his own sense of unravelling control and pure panic about what was happening to Sam, back when that was a thing in the very early seasons and he was having to face the kid he raised from a baby amongst all that tragedy now recklessly declaring all sorts of horrific things about not being able to resist his destiny. Oh, also, in season 2, while under a murder pact from John about killing him if he couldn't save him.
Honestly, it's barely a relationship worth mentioning if you don't have a murder pact going with Dean. Ben is literally the only one of all 4 children AND CLAIRE who hasn't had one with Dean.
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If this episode involves Dean bringing any of his records in to play for Jack I'm gonna go out in my pyjamas and take a long walk to the sea and then keep walking once I reach it
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Dean you did not walk nearly far enough for Jack to not hear you thump the wall outside his room
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PS: totally figured the promo scene was an early emotional beat between Dean and Cas which utterly delights me because the earlier that came in the episode the better as it meant less and less chance it was about anything other than Dean and Cas having an intense relationship over this whole thing.
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Jack is the absolute worst about dying. He's this saintly angelic little boy from like, no later than 1900s literature, who exists only to bravely suffer and love with his whole heart. He's snatched out of an era when kids needed morality tales about how to die politely of consumption with the least amount of fuss for their parents and 300 siblings.
How dare you fucking die selflessly. Humanity is at its Bithc This Isn't Fair stage. Throw a fit. Go walk into the sea out of protest.
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Okay you're in Kansas I understand how that is an unrelastic option and I grew up spoiled by the immediate location of the sea should I ever need to walk into it.
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This show has never made me cry before the title card before.
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This is the Pippin and Gandalf scene from Return of the King with the whole Into the West thing that they wrote for a sick fan who died before the movie came out and literally Annie Lennox sings what would be Jack's THEME for this scene.
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Sam is horrified that Jack didn't even live long enough for a LotR marathon to explain the reference that's making him bawl.
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I LOVE that this scene with Dean n Cas is just about Dean being a wuss about watching his son die because that's so much worse than Jack having asked for a mercy kill or anything. And this all before the title card. Cas tearing Dean a new one about going in and watching your son die smiling beautifully like a little cherub who can't wait to find out what happens next.
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Jack's gonna be dead before the title card, isn't he?
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Oof.
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Hey, Dean, one more reason to hate yourself :) :) :)
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Also robbed Cas of watching him go.
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But I think tbh they could have done this if Dean wasn't being a coward about watching Jack die that they would leave Sam to sit at this side in the last moment.
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Ugh, my eyes are leaking too much to type. What the hell is all this wet stuff coming out of them.
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I've never seen a TFW shot where Sam was the shortest but he is slumped over like someone cut all his strings.
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"Your brother's in pain" AND WE'RE NOT? YOU'RE NOT? CAS ISN'T?
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Dean stopping Cas going after Sam with just a catch of his shoulder... Ugh. The two of them are still connected through all this in a way where Cas and Dean are connected whether Dean's in the most obvious pain or Sam is.
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Cas, pls be selfish and in the most obvious pain at some point this episode.
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Oh please don't make me watch Dean telling his mom that Jack died
please
I beg you
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They put a photo of Kelly next to Jack's bed D: Or has he always had that?
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That's not even the photo that Cas had pinned to his board in 12x10 and yes I went and checked, I'm leaking tears too much to watch because Cas is standing over him and this is going to be the worst while Dean's answerphone message lays over the top.
I'm so not here to watch TFW mourn their son.
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They had him for like a WEEK this SUCKS.
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ALso I said "please don't make me watch" so they cut away to Cas mourning silently while Dean talks to Mary's answerphone because Meredith is an evil fairy who whimsically takes your wishes and twists them into even worse options.
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*takes my glasses off and throws them aside angrily when Sam emerges carrying a duffel over his shoulder and wearing the fucking orange jacket he first met Jack in*
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God, I don't even wear them for focus, just lack of headaches. Why was I bothering.
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7x10 and this episode are probably going to be unholy companions in this show's canon
"She's come down with acute Tear Duct Blockage. The only option is head amputation or we make her cry, NOW" "Don't worry, I have just the thing."
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Dean this answerphone message huuuurts
Also explains the Buckleming issue of not calling Mary, to just say, yeah, it escalated, rapidly.
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Your brother is storming off and Cas is broken.
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If I have to see Cas see a set of PB&J crusts and a glass of milk identical to what Dean saw in 9x10 I'm - well, I'm still here instead of walking off into the sea so my threats are starting to look a bit performative. BUT I'M THINKING IT.
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Cas watches Sam go, while Dean is being dwarfed by the bunker and obfuscated by its maze of corridors.
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*presses my hands over my eyeballs* STOP. STOP IT. GOD. You're not even sobbing or anything you're just lEAKING. This is so annoying! I'm gonna dehydrate and they'll find a shrivelled skellington here and I'll go with just a few quiet sniffs and a dumb smile on my face like fucking Jack did.
Now I'm just distraught about the first time ever in canon we see Cas drive, it's in his dumb blue car and Dean's broken and not up for driving even if Sam presumably hadn't stolen the car for his errand/driving until he finds the sea and walking off into it mission. All my myriad fantasies about Cas behind the wheel of the impala and Dean grinning at him like yeah that's my baby (which one is he talking about?), and nope we're getting Cas's little partymobile and Dean's mute expression of grief.
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NEVER MIND THEY SHOWED ME SAM CURLED UP ON THE GROUND USING THE IMPALA AS A BELOVED FAMILY HEIRLOOM TO HUG AND I SOBBED OUT LOUD FUCK  YOU MEREDITH FUCK YOU
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I need the tissues why were they not here in preparation for this episode
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I need to avoid my mum all day on the ground of spoilers because my face is a walking spoiler
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"TELL ME YOU DIDN'T  MAKE A DEAL" "wha- no, I'm trying to make a pyre"
Making a pyre doesn't usually involve curling up on the floor.
Cas is getting an accidental glimpse of 13x01's emotional landscape, not that anyone will tell him this was what it was like for Dean, that we now have Sam in the spot of. We're getting some mirror image missing moments, like we just saw Dean get the axe out but did see him begging God... in this one we see Sam go take it out on a tree.
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Incidentally I re-read all of Terrible Coffee AU two days ago for Reasons and the scene where Sam is whaling on a tree while screaming into the sky is pretty much this. Which is fucking hilarious that 2 years ago I decided Sam taking out his feelings on the local trees was a Thing when he was depressed.
(I wrote that scene the day Eileen was murdered on the show and honestly at the time he was mostly just angry on canon!Sam's behalf and I figured I'd come up with plot reasons later.)
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Oh, they weren't driving the party!mobile, they were driving something else. I'm not even gonna ask where they get these vehicles
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Yeah I'm harping on Dabb vs cars because Cas is talking about Jack's story ending like this and certainty of death for angels and this is just... the worst.
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the story line - Cas deciding how their stories go. Dean resisting the how it's supposed to be of Jack's death. TFW want to take the narrative into their own hands. We KNOW in this world deaths are stored in notebooks, potential ways to pass that you skate past until one claims you. They're free to write their own stories but the ending is always pre-written for them... It's just a matter of which one. But Cas especially... Jack was supposed to bring paradise, and maybe the emotional landscape between season 12 and 14 is a gulf of difference in their openness and bonds, largely facilitated by Jack's presence in the narrative and relentless open love for everyone who was nice to him and even those who weren't in Dean's case. He breezed through their lives, manic pixie dream girl'd them to emotional health, and mayfly'd out. But that's THEIR stories. That's not JACK's story. That's not the epic destiny something as cosmically powerful as him was due, and the potential he was shown to have... It abruptly gets into the territory of Dany having her whole Stallion That Mounts the World prophecy for the son she lost... I've not watched the TV show since it diverged so wildly I couldn't hack it any more, but the books with everyone wondering if, like, Jon Snow was this guy instead, etc, picking this that and the other guy... what if Dany's lost child WAS the only one it applied to and the prophecy just fizzled out? ASoIaF looms over Jack's narrative... He's literally been framed against an Iron Throne in the past, and his character arc for parts of season 13 was a sort of anti-Joffrey in many ways. And then in death, GRRM's unromantic look at fairytales and heroic narratives comes for him too, that maybe it doesn't always happen like the stories say...
... but of course, he also has LotR coding, and in THAT regard, Sam Gamgee has his good old speech about the heroes in the stories and how we relate to them and are inspired by them and become them. The stories that matter. And Jack's was supposed to be one of those. In a way, their lives have been so epic that Jack mostly having a personal impact rather than a cosmic one seems wrong to them. That he didn't become the great hero of his own story, but was a tragic hero who ran a dramatic but personal arc and burned out because his asshole father killed him and his asshole uncle presumably finished him off with an experiment in grace transfusion. At least if my dashboard is to be believed :P It's inconcievable to TFW, the "making it up as we go" people who tore up the script and threw away the pages, that they can't just make this happen or that Jack didn't serve some great purpose. Even men as weary of Destiny as they are, struggle. Just because that was their lives, so how could the son of all three of them not follow in all his fathers' footsteps?
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"Jack being taken before his time... Being taken before *me*" Cas shut the fuck up.
But that is the speech from Theoden, and once again Sam is Gandalf, which is fucking hilarious that Sam's been Gandalf TWICE this episode.
Ever it's grown on the tombs of my forebears...
you have four bears???
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God dammit that joke didn't stop me crying as they go knock their glasses together and hold Jack's lil 3 dads wake
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3 Dads Wake is a great name for a whiskey
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God, Cas is drinking.
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CAS.
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They need to give him like one bottle to every finger of whiskey they drink but dammit if they don't get Cas loaded.
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Letting them talk privately about how aweomse Jack was and not letting us hear it is a crime
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Listen you don't even know me if you didn't think as soon as the nougat appeared on screen I didn't hit pause and sob for a whole minute with my hands over my face
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Officially worse than bobby and the goddamn licorice conversation
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Cas laughing with caramel hanging out of his mouth is the worst thing the sho whas ever done and I'm suing for emotional damage
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Imagine being one of the bitter stans who hates one or more of TFW or Jack right now watching this scene. God, are you even human. They're eating Jack's secret nougat stash they all pretended they didn't know he had.
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I can't believe I'm now thinking that Lily showing up will probably be a lighthearted way to bring up the mood of the episode.
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Cas is offficially wobbly! We have Cas tipsyness!!
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Sam tapping out first. Oh no. Don't leave. Don't.
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Fuck you Sam Winchester how dare you canonically be the most lightweight of TFW consistently for the entire show and need to go crash off the side of your bed and sleep on the floor while Dean n Cas are still drinking together.
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Did Dean seriously outdrink Cas.
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Well that's... something.
I am gonna cling to that like a rock in the churning sea I have walked out into.
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Also I managed to calm myself down with walking around my room taking deep breaths so I could go downstairs pretending not to be a wreck, so I could get tea, and my mum made me finish the sudoku for her. I don't have the heart to show her this episode. She loves Jack more than anyone in this god damn fandom and maybe more than Cas does. Maybe I'll lie to her and say the show ended last episode and Jack was fine hahahahaaaa
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OH FUCK I hit play and there was a single line of dialogue for the whole wake. Dean drunkenly slurring to Cas, I think, you know we did everything we could, right?
I'm...
*walks further out into the ocean*
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"Here's to you Jack, wherever you are" I am not okay.
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Oh fork you Meredith we did not need to see the boy in Heaven eating burgers.
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Oh fork you Meredith we did not need to see the boy in Heaven eating burgers while on a case with all of his dads.
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OH SON OF A BENCH THIS IS THE DODGE CITY CASE AKA 13x06 MEREDITH YOU DINK.
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Oh dear, Heaven is broken. Who was the ashhole who was saying that Jack should die so that he can go to Heaven so he's well-placed to help deal with all this nonsense.
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LOL Jack would be the sort of person who goes to Heaven and doesn't need more than a second of prompting to be  like oh wait I am dead and in Heaven, and just, like... Go open the door. Just pop his head out like cooee I wanna hang with my dads anyone here to replace the bulb in the sun so I can carry on hanging out here for eternity?
Like, seriously, I'm dead, this is when I am supposed to catch a break.
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Let The Boy Say Fork.
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Listen, secondary to his power to be adopted by everyone on sight, Jack is uncanny also with just walking into trouble.
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And to try and be clam for a moment, this is Jack getting pulled back into the story, but not just by unfortunate happenstance, because he was the one with the sharpness, the cosmic awareness even on this level that Heaven just doesn't quiiiiite work for him in the way it's supposed to even if say it was at full power, that he is the one who voluntarily not just understands instantly that something is wrong, but then is fully snapped back to his old self, and chooses to open the door, and that is the moment of choosing to continue his story, at least for now.
It's like how the last time we saw Bobby chronologically was in Inside Man and Cas and Sam woke him from his repose and got the fighting spirit back into him enough to open his own door and rejoin the story for one last hurrah... And it was a choice there too, a moment of once more telling the natural order to screw itself, Bobby could step outside the proscribed ending of his narrative one last time.
Unless Jack finds him and is adopted on sight today.
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Sam looks way too healthy.
Invigorated by having a Plan
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Lils. Finally getting to see the Bunker filled with all her stolen research notes.
And no that wasn't canon before, but boy am I hoping she recognises her research amongst all the bunker's angel lore.
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Men stealing fuckin everything
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"We've never looked through Kevin's angel tablet translations"
HAVEN'T WE?
NO
WE HAVEN'T
THEY HAVE BEEN THERE
FIVE
FUCKING
YEARS
And every forking time something comes up where they might be useful I say, HEY WHAT ABOUT KEVIN'S ANGEL TABLET TRANSLATIONS?
and the show says
hey so we don't have the angel tablet but we do have the demon tablet
and I'm like I'm sure that won't have any dumb side effects that could be avoided by having the angel tablet translation just on hand in your archive
did Meredith hear me screeching
because I screeched very very loud after 13x14
13x13 sorry
that was Bucklemming handing her the wrong fucking tablet
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this is bitter vindication but feels even better than her and Bobo remembering the grace extracting needle in 12x19
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Glynn is a fucking gift.
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On the other hand this episode now is pulling on 9x06 and 12x10 at once and that makes me feel woozy
I can't deal with a Glockeybo combo
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Also waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Kevin's handwriting. I can't deal with that AND Bobby memories AND FUCKING NOUGAT DEATH
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Which I mean I do feel instantly better about once he opened the door and let himself back into the story and I stopped crying at once and cheered up and Lily is indeed providing much needed relief, wild as that all sounds.
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Lily trying to explain her soul magic to Sam and Dean, rubes who haven't done a single enochian calculation in their lives.
Wait, no, Sam has done one, in ... 12x19 ...
But yeah, a rube and a completely self-taught asshole who knows like one thing about it.
And she's like oh yeah just use his soul and they're like AAH WTF LILY and she's like er this is the most obvious thing in the world what is the problem here
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where are my cas reaction shots
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Jack wearing an eyepatch for the rest of the show would be adorable and hilarious
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"it won't cost much... he'll never miss it" trust me his soul is enormous and boated with sweet nougat love, he can spare it, guys.
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Dean being able to say "Jack's dead" one day later, when he couldn't say it about Cas practically until he was BACK
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Nice trade. TECHNICALLY nothing dodgy about it at all, at least in the sense that aside from resurrection consent issues from Jack, once he's back the choice is still on him to choose to grow old and die as Lily has done, or even to stop using the magic to sustain himself and die again immediately if he is squicked out by it... Or it all comes from trading on his OWN soul power.
Definitely better than demon deals or having any favours looming over them etc
And with Heaven in the state it's in, honestly sending Lily there might be easier than they think if NO ONE IS LEFT TO RUN IT.
Er, imminent ghostpocalypse issues aside.
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We're in ghostpocalypse territory as of a minute ago show time, btw.
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Cas has quietly observed all this chatter and we get back to him when he says, "Don't you think Jack should decide for himself" so honestly Cas is right there with me, and I always like when me and Cas are the ones agreeing on a thing in the episode.
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Obligatory reminder that Sam is more aware than most about soul stuff
*takes another piece of coal off the pile I was going to send Meredith for ruining christmas*
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HEY, ANUBIS.
Don't tell him about what they did to Osiris
Unless that would amuse him
Wait never mind Meredith is literally throwing in amusing snark about 7x04 which I think when Adam Glass disowned that episode (despite how I actually think it's really good and he was too hard on it) he never expected anyone would ever want to throw in amused references about it in canon ever again.
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"When God left - sorry, long story - " Lily is one of the few people who seems able to conceptually roll with the nonsense TFW deals in all day.
She should join the squad. Always room for a 100 year old badass with deep enochian lore knowledge.
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I'm sorry has Jack crashed Kelly's heaven or is this a rando little girl. I immediately thought she was Kelly in the long shot and they substituted a lil girl for POV when we got closer and actually had to go back and look again and she was the little girl all along.
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This also conceptually looks so much like Cas's eternal tuesday afternoon.. A rainy, flower-filled garden.
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Roosevelt looks SO much like the doggie in 11x20 aside from anything else
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IT IS KELLY
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This is horrifying since they never ever got to meet ever until now and I'm suing Meredith
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I mean I'm already suing her but I'm just adding this to the list of complaints. My laywers are working overtime on this episode.
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FORK!! THEY GOT HER BACK FROM LEGENDS OF TOMORROW FOR A DAY!!!!
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Can Kelly and Jack go on a rampage around Heaven to fix things?
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Her hair is suspiciously darker from the back which I think is her Legends look from the gifs I've seen
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Wait, Bobby had a forking dog called Rumsfeld, and Kelly has Roosevelt.
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"Hi mom you're dead"
".......................................................... NOooOoOooooOOoo No no no baby no"
Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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Dean resisting the spell and complainging "gotta happen, no other way" is making me feel like the Heaven Drama is going to smack them right before they can get it all done and give them a LOT MORE to worry about than Jack but also give them a roundabout way to see him again and also, of course, mean Lily might be useful for an entirely other purpose while she's here...
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Dean right now is rationalising this through the lens of that all their terrible deals have been terrible and that this is just one more step on the Winchester life and death merry-go-round, and of course that Jack is about to get the full family treatment he deserves. But that's the Winchester lens of looking at things that even when deaths are brutal and lives cut unfairly short, there's going to be a way to bring them back if they haven't finished their stories. John finished his, in 2x22 seeing Dean get the revenge he needed to be at peace, but everyone else...
Is it ethically right to put Jack on that merry-go-round when he smiled sweetly and died with as much enthusiasm as he gave pretty much everything in his life?
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The table lamps are out in the bunker D: them being dark is so ominous
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And Cas shows up like shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit something worse going on guys
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They're so casual about just summoning gods into their front room these days
Of course they're doing it in the spot in front of the door with the war room behind in one direction... The opposite end of the library to where they opened the rift.
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Sam picks his way through the wet paint but Dean stands right in the centre of this circle for SUMMONING THE GOD WHO DECIDES WHO LIVES AND DIES AND WHERE THEY GO to have this lil chat with Lil?
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And now Dean steps out of it and corners her with the obvious question - what's wrong with your magic and why are you risking going to Hell to stop using it entirely?
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I'm so sorry you have to look at more dead angels, Cas
I'm also so sorry they were killed by black slime because wow after season 7 that was a laugh and a half for you
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... Can you swear in the hallways of Heaven?
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DUMA LIVES
(probably "for now" though hopefully longer than that)
Ma'am are you aware you have a Nougat on the loose too
I'd love it if Cas is like hi what's happening also have you seen my son
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This actress needs to come back for a 3rd time to follow Dean around in a crisis moment.
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OH NO now Cas is coming to the heaven memory and seeing what Jack considered his best memory
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YEAH. I knew Naomi would show up, I just didn't know when :D
(She wasn't in the credits as far as I could tell but I already sort of knew they were leaving people off? Or maybe I was thinking lol I bet Amanda Tapping is in this episode and they won't tell us... On the other hand she mAY have been in the credits but I was WEEPING MY EYES OUT so didn't clock her despite my efforts to hold myself together and see who was coming up on screen)
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Naomi doesn't have the most dramatic entrance on the show but she sure is racking up points for good entrances one at a time each time she appears. She never just, like... toddles onto screen normally.
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"Perhaps the angel side of him knew he was in Heaven" honestly the most tragic thing I was trying not to think about is that he knew the entire time but he was willing to play along and enjoy hanging with his dads for eternity despite that.
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Oh man it's another dispute over who owns Jack. Is this kid never going to be allowed to just sit and eat burgers and nougat? (Hopefully not at the same time)
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Also based on last episode where it seemed like the Empty was awakening but had Lucifer's eyes and we were all NOOO fork that!! is there some more complicated forked up aspect to what's going on or is it just itself and awake and coming for Jack?
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I love how Naomi just casually knows how many people are in Heaven
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"What's one nephilim boy against all that?" "But he's MY nephilim boy!!"
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OH NO NAOMI
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NOT LIKE THIIIIIS
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We better get an answer on her state by the end of the episode because she's my fave villain bar Metatron on the entire show and devouring her in shadow is just... yikes.
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"give it a sec" *POOF* Anubis is prompt, okay.
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He probably honestly is somewhat slighted that they're 14 years into their career and he hasn't clapped eyes on them.
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"Yeah, we've died." "A LOT."
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I honestly, at this point, do not blame them for their lax attitude towards the permanence of death. They need a lot of counselling they're not getting and until they do they really are going to always be terrible at this.
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A brief moment where Anubis is like, am I going to get Flirty Banter with Dean Winchester?? and he looks at him and Dean's eyes are all dead and "my son is dead" and Anubis sighs like welp not today oh well better luck next time, if I survive this...
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Getting flirty banter with Dean is a sign of high honour and takes you to some very interesting places.
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Into Dean if you stick with it like Crowley did
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And Lily's been standing there this whole time like wow these boys suck up all the attention in the room and I kinda hate them
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Oh I LOVE this abacus. Is this some nerdy ass research that meredith did to know better than most what to expect here? Even I haven't heard this one, though I haven't really revisited Egypt lore after the expected Egyptology phase as a kid...
Anyway the half white half black beads are super interesting in a wider show symbolism way.
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Oh deeear, Lily.
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Of course that instantly makes you fascinated about what would happen if TFW stuck their hands over it.
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What a good line on the show's philosophy about making your own fate - it's not destiny or a choice from above or anything like that. Your individual actions get you sent to Heaven or Hell in the natural course of things and it's weighed in such a way all he can do is use his equipment to read which way you're going... Everything else is down to you. Free Will, write your own story.
Of course, if Lily did some huge sacrifice I bet she could change things.
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CAS LAUGHED
ugh this episode should be banned.
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If you hug Kelly I'm rioting.
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Everyone who ever hugs Cas slaps their hands firmly on Misha's broad shoulders like it's law and digs in and I don't know if it's because Cas has this wonderful presence about him that even when you're around Misha acting him in the moment you get swept up in it, or you just want to hug Misha like that, but Cas hugs look like the most amazing hugs in the universe and everyone just GOES for it.
Also I am typing this nonsense because I literally used up my box of tissues earlier and the next option is stealing a roll of toilet paper. So I will snark and try and ward off the sobbing.
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"I'm so sorry. I failed you." Kelly, who has spent about 5 minutes in Jack's presence and understands his nature even beyond her blind faith in him from before but now gets to see the evidence of it: "You didn't. You didn't."
Yes, please can more characters tell Cas that he did a good job even when things don't quite go to plan. Dean's drunken slurring about how they did the best they could, this...
Kelly tells Cas how wonderful Jack is like Cas doesn't know and Cas breaks up.
And you know what this looks like and I'm not going to survive typing this and can already feel my eyeballs filling up with water... 10x20 and Jimmy and Amelia talking about Claire at the end of the episode oh god I hate it take it away from me.
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Oh good Cas telling Jack we need you alive to fix Heaven but just in a passive way where you not being dead means the Empty backs the fuck off rather than you having to DO anything
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Ooops the Empty is here as Dumas. I suspect she's not surviving this episode but MAYBE Naomi survives.
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I am saying with full wishful thinking after seeing her completely consumed by black goo
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I do like the concept of "THERE ARE MAJOR STAKES TO RESURRECT THE BOY. BRING HIM BACK THIS INSTANT. LITERALLY SAVE THE UNIVERSE BY BRINGING THE NOUGAT SON BACK TO EARTH." because that makes it so much different from "hey bring me back and maybe accidentally unleash some terrible evil in the process but we'll deal with it later  because that's what we do"
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"HE'S OUR KID" Sam snaps
I hate it, thanks
For the love of god appeal to  her more as a fellow parent.
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Dean DIRECTLY EQUATES Jack and May
Hold me
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Equating no soul to not being human in front of Sam aka our no soul test case. Owie. Another reminder of just how hard Dean took it in season 6 until he got Sam back, all that skin crawling feeling of being around him...
You know what? Jack reminds me of the sort of example nice ensoulled Sam stuff we saw in 6x12 when Jared was allowed to play over the top sweet and uncomplicted for a few scenes, just to be a total contrast to how he'd been acting thus far in the season. Of course, we saw him for like 3 scenes of Dean smiling in pure relief when Sam did Nice Things before it all got complicated again, and Jack's been a long-time character :P But Sam does have a sweet street that when it emerges in the rare times it can be uncomplicated, is I think the closest equivalent to where Jack's innocent sweetness is drawn from. He's the son of Sam's puppy dog eyes specifically.
But yeah I think Lily just needs to have this resistance and anger about it all to make it so much more of a flip if she were to decide to do the spell, so that it counts as an even gooder good deed to MAYBE flip her chances. By giving her a good work to do.
And hey maybe if she meets Jack for a minute she'll love him and then be changed by the experience and go out and do more good things etc etc.
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DUMAS IS SO GOOD AT BEING CREEPY!!
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Misha hammed the FORK out of being the Empty and now she has to live up to it and she IS.
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CAS don't fight the Empty by trying to stab it, fight the Empty by humming this is the song that never ends.
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*makes a disgruntled sad noise about being forced to see Jack laid out on a table in his cute lil PJs with his cute lil socks*
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Wait, if Lily does this spell does this mean she's using up the last of her soul to do it and going to the Empty anyway?
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ANGRY LIONESS KELLY COMING TO YELL AT THE EMPTY AND GIVE IT A PIECE OF HER MIND
I've just paused after her yelling "STOP" but whatever happens next, she leaped in when Cas was getting kicked around and that's BAD ASS.
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Hitting Kelly is like... probably a rage button Jack didn't even know he had so I would like to see how that goes over, but we cut to them trying to resurrect him.
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I forking love how this is 2 seasons in a row where the message seems to be that you live to spite nihilism and the bitter end of death.
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D'aw even though Sam said they'd pray it was Dean who used prayer to reach out to Cas in Heaven to give him that heads up. Like, totally practical rather than the sort of prayer he's made before to Cas that was all emotional appeal, but, let's save our son, huh?
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CAS NO DON'T SAY THAT
The Empty might also really want to think about that because it knows you forking suck to keep around so trading yourself for Jack is like... really? do I really want that? :P
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"Not for years. EONS, MAYBE." Cas, bud. I love you. I want you to stay alive that long. Do you really forking think that with the life you lead you have eons left? I mean it's really heartening to hear you talk about yourself this way. But I have to ask.
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The Empty telling Cas that it'll come for him when he finally lets himself be happy is forking hilarious. Cas hasn't been happy once in his life and he doesn't plan to start now. Eons, maybe.
Just like that, he's unlocked eternal, grumpy life. Take notes, Lily.
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I mean on a practical level this is basically like, yeah, this is why Destiel isn't canon, because as soon as Cas allows himself to be happy, he's ALWAYS known he gets punished for it. In 4x20 he rebelled for Dean and was instantly dragged back by Naomi... This sense of another mission, never belonging, always being on the outside and not getting the emotional resolution he needs, and actively running from it at times or throwing himself in the way of danger to make Dean be happy without him... it's interesting honestly that the Empty is here as Duma and not Naomi as she's been the agent of hoiking him back from happiness enough times in canon... And that fear of losing everything as soon as you're happy? That's what first kept Dean from Jack and then as soon as he really truly fathered Jack, happened to him. Like, that's Team Free Will's entire life story, starting with Jess, to date, here with the Empty making this threat.
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Duma survived!!
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Cas... really could have just bought a few minutes to do the spell rather than given himself that burden >.>
But he's determined to make a more lasting sacrifice, one that ensures this won't happen again with Jack, that he can always die whenever he wants and go to Heaven and not be bothered here.
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Oops Jack's angry now. Now he's seen a dad sacrifice for him, he's suddenly got a case of the Winchester Angsts. Dean in season 2, for starters. Not a good place to be D: Dean in season 2 is proportionately his worst season.
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I'm not crying because I think I already died earlier in the episode, but that was... truly awful... to watch Cas tell Jack he's at peace with it and he loves him and everyone loves him and then Kelly butts in like I LOVE YOU TOO and mom him a bit with straightening his jacket and hugging him and... UGH.
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Lily has either the start of a heart attack or loses her soul entirely in the background and wanders into a corner to die? Er.
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OH HEY WE ALSO MANAGED TO GET THE WORST DEAN HUG SINCE 2x22 WHEN HE GRABS JACK. NEVER SEEN HIM HUG LIKE THAT BEFORE, DON'T WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN THANKS
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Nope, she just dieded.
Let's hope she went to heaven and we get a super corny young Lily surprise Alicia Witt return moment at the end since this episode is just throwing everything at it.
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It's Anubis' office!!!
Wow, that's a noisy annoying place to work
Still, I LOVE these visualisations of where the cosmic forces of the universe work
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I called it super corny but I'm DYING to see Lily's fate change.
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"Say hello to your daughter for me" DOn't make me cry about Lily please I beg you I am run dry
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OH THANK GOD NAOMI SURVIVED. Hooooooraaaaay!!!!!!! Oh this is a wonderful ending to a perfect episode to not have to deal with her having being consumed and left dead off-screen somewhere.
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LOL that slam as he realises what's up and even though she obviously can do what she wants, he's still protectively closing Kelly's door to put a barrier between her and Naomi.
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"I'm here to thank you"
Oldest trope in the book, but I love when they look over their shoulder to see if "you" is someone else, and Cas, unflappable Cas, in Naomi's presence, still checks the infinite empty corridor.
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*double checks*
"...... you're welcome?"
Wheee unlocked new plot for altrusim!
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Ahahaaaahaaaaaaaaa Jack wrapped in a fluffy grey robe. Listen. I am
not
okay.
Jack with his burger and Dean's dead guy robe, spitefully living...
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I bet Dean made the burger
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WHY did I type that when I knew how likely it was to make my eyes burn.
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I did not cry at the last scene of them all at the table so I am going to eat extra cookies at lunch as a reward.
And Jack and Cas sharing a little glance, knowing what Cas did. Father and Son's first dire family secret! :')
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And gently roll the camera away to credits to leave them to their happy little scene.
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Presumably with a slow fade so you can fumble for some more tissues.
Gyah.
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