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Team Fortress 2 Kinktober Time Two: Electric Boogaloo
Day 7: Mechanical Intervention (Overstimulation)
🔞MINORS DNI🔞
Pairings: Engineer x Fem!Reader
Summary: Engie keeps going to bed late in the night and decided to make sure you don’t feel neglected.
Tags: Overstimulation, inappropriate use of the Gunslinger, vibrators
Word Count: 2.7k
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The oversized shirt you wore to bed was far more important to you than most would think. Having once belonged to Dell, you had ‘borrowed’ it from his half of the dresser one night when you happened to forget to do your laundry. Now it was an item of comfort for you. It made you feel like he was here with you, even though the two of you had been apart for so long.
You rolled your eyes, realizing for a moment how melodramatic you were being. It wasn’t like Engie had gone off to war. In fact, he was literally under the same roof as you, just a few rooms away in his workshop. However he had been holed up in there for so many nights now, working tirelessly on his sentries and dispensers, writing calculation after calculation, all of which you had no hope of understanding. To put it frankly, you missed him.
With a sigh, you opened the door of your shared room, glancing down the hall towards the workshop. You could see the light shining from under the crack in the door, indicating that he was still hard at work. You began to walk towards that light, unsure of what your goal was exactly. It wasn’t likely, but maybe you could convince him to turn in early for once. At the very least, it would be nice to pay him a visit.
You opened the door to the workshop slowly, finding Engie sitting in a chair, hunched over some blueprints with a half disassembled sentry at his side. It was a position you had found him in many times before. It was a wonder how his back wasn’t in constant pain. You walked up behind him, not realizing how quiet you had been until you wrapped your arms around Engie’s shoulders, only for him to jump before realizing that it was just you.
“Good lord, darlin,’ don’t sneak up on me like that!” he said, holding a hand to his chest. Engie was always weary about being approached from behind, especially with how often he was the victim of spies on the battlefield. That fact had apparently slipped your mind.
“Sorry,” you sighed, nestling your face against his shoulder. “I didn't mean to startle you.”
“What’s wrong?” Engie asked, noticing the twinge of sadness in your voice. “Aren’t you usually in bed by now?”
You held onto him tighter, biting your lip. Eventually, you decided not to hesitate and simply come out with it. “Come back to bed.” You could tell by the sigh you got in response that you weren’t going to get the answer you were hoping for.
“I’m sorry darlin.’ You know I have to get my work done first.”
You walked around to face Engie, giving the best damn puppy dog eyes you could muster. You weren’t too proud to beg. “Please, Dell?”
His eyes lit up at the use of his real name, softening as he reached out and pulled you close. “Oh honey, I’ve been neglecting you, haven’t I?” he asked. You nodded, letting yourself be pulled into Engie’s lap. “You sweet thing.”
He leaned in to kiss you. You eagerly reciprocated, desperate for the sensation of his lips against yours. It was more than the two of you had shared in at least a week, and you were practically starved for it. You tugged incessantly at his shirt, a silent plea for more. When you parted for breath you pressed your face into his shoulder again, muffling a needy whine.
“Now, I might not be able to come back to bed just yet, but I know the perfect way to make it up to you,” Engie said, pulling at the waistband of your pajama bottoms. You quickly stood and removed them yourself, leaving you in nothing but your underwear and a loose fitting shirt. Before you could take off anything else you were pulled back into Engie’s lap. “You look cute like that, you know?” he said. “In nothing but my shirt and your panties, just lovely.”
You blushed, but gave him a confused look. “Well, the shirt can stay, but doesn’t the underwear kinda have to come off eventually?”
“Not necessarily,” Engie said with a hint of mischievousness in his voice. His gloved hand ran up your thigh, and you let out a soft sigh. His other hand rested on the small of your back, keeping you steady and secure on his lap. Your body was already beginning to heat up as he reached your hip, caressing you gently and making you whimper. Usually such a small gesture wouldn’t get a reaction out of you, but it had been so long.
It felt like an eternity before he finally moved to run his fingers over your clothed slit. “Oh fuck,” you murmured as the fabric slowly began to dampen. You leaned your head on Engie’s shoulder, eyes rolling.
“That’s it, just relax and enjoy yourself,” Engie whispered into your ear, placing soft kisses on your jawline and trailing down to your neck. You moaned softly, unable to resist the urge to roll your hips as his fingers found your clit. How were you already so close? You must have been really pent up. “Are you close already, sweetheart?” Engie asked, seeing how you were squirming in his lap.
“I think so,” you stammered, gripping Engie’s shirt as you tried to hold back. “Fuck, it just feels so good.”
“You poor, sweet thing,” he crooned. “Laying all by your lonesome for so long. I’ll bet you haven’t even touched yourself in the past week.”
He wasn’t wrong. Most of the time you just went to sleep, hoping you would get some attention the next day. It wasn’t that you didn’t have the desire or the means to get yourself off, you just wanted to let your need build. You knew that the more it built the more rewarding it would be when Engie finally made time for you, and in a way, you were now getting exactly what you had been craving.
“How about you just go on and come for me?” he said, smirking as he circled your clit with his fingers. “I know you want to, and I wanna see it. I don’t want you to hold back.”
The idea that Engie was eager to see you come coupled with the pressure of his fingers was enough to push you over the edge. You called out his name in broken syllables, gripping onto him tightly as you rode out your orgasm.
“Ah ah, keep those pretty eyes open,” he said. You hadn't even realized you had been squeezing your eyes shut until he pointed it out. “I want you to look at me, honey.” You groaned, opening your eyes with some struggle. The look of admiration on Engie’s face immediately made the effort worth it.
You were breathless, panting as he held you in his arms. Your face was flushed down to your neck and the fabric of your underwear was slick with your release. You looked like a proper wreck, yet you couldn’t be happier, especially since Engie hadn’t stopped showering you with kisses since you came down from your high.
“So pretty,” he sighed. “I want to see more. You can come again for me, right sweetheart?”
Oh, you liked the sound of that. You gave him a nod and a breathless, “I think so.” You lifted your head from his shoulder, pressing your lips to his in a surprisingly chaste kiss. “Just be gentle. I’m still sensitive.”
“Of course. Here, let’s get these out of the way.” He pulled your underwear down your legs, letting them drop to the floor. You spread your legs wider, watching as Engie removed his glove, revealing his prosthetic hand.
The Gunslinger had always fascinated you. In fact your inquiries about that marvel of craftsmanship was what had initially drawn you and Engie together. The metal glinted in the yellow glow of the workshop’s lights, highlighting every miniscule detail.
When those mechanical fingers ran over your thigh, you were pleasantly surprised to find that they weren’t cold at all. You had no idea how, but despite being made of metal, the Gunslinger always seemed to match an average human’s body temperature. Sometimes it could even be a bit warmer, which was quite comforting if you wanted some extra heat on an especially cold night. You whimpered as his fingers dipped between your thighs, slowly pressing into you.
Engie watched your face, checking for any sign that you were uncomfortable, that it was too much. When he saw none he continued, sliding his fingers into you to the last knuckle. That earned some louder sounds from you, especially when he began thrusting his digits in and out. You were lucky that no one but Engie came to this part of the base during this time of night. Anyone who overheard you would have immediately known exactly what was going on within the workshop.
“I love those noises of yours. I wonder how loud you can get?” he mused, watching your expression melt into one of ecstasy. Then those fingers curled inside you, striking that sensitive bundle of nerves that was guaranteed to have you moaning. And you most certainly did moan, bucking against his fingers with a harsh cry. However your sounds only reached their peak when Engie paired the curling of his fingers with the stroking of his thumb over your clit.
Your thighs shook as you came again, arching back as your fingers dug into Engie’s leg. You would have fallen to the floor if it wasn’t for his free arm being wrapped firmly around you, keeping you seated safely on his lap. “God damn, that was intense,” Engie chuckled. “I must be doing a good job!”
“Don’t tease me,” you gasped, still trying to catch your breath as your orgasm subsided.
“I would never, darlin.’ But I can’t deny that you're boosting my ego a bit, and I appreciate that.” He waited for you to come down fully, your breathing evening out and your trembling beginning to subside before he continued. “Now, there was one more thing I wanted to show you, if you’re up for it. You see that button at the base of the Gunslinger?” You nodded, following his gaze and immediately spotting the red button where metal met flesh. You were pretty sure it had always been there. It never even occurred to you to ask what its purpose was. “How about you go ahead and press it,” he suggested.
That was all the temptation you needed. Nervously, you reached out and pressed the button, only to let out a startled gasp when the metal appendage started vibrating. “Holy shit,” was all you managed to say in response, making Engie laugh.
“Yeah, that was about the reaction I expected,” he said. “I’ve been working on this in my free time. It was originally gonna be a Valentine's Day gift, but I just couldn’t wait to show it off.”
You were both impressed and baffled. “Are you telling me this is what you’ve been doing in this workshop these past several nights?”
“Not entirely,” Engie said. “Like I said, it was just a pet project.”
You sighed, knowing that you were still recovering from your second orgasm. A third would be a difficult feat, but you couldn’t deny your own curiosity. Where else would you find a man who would literally program his own hand for your pleasure? Plus, you liked the idea of a challenge. “Well, how about we take this little innovation for a test drive?” you asked, giving Engie a seductive look.
He mirrored your expression. “I was hoping you would say that, sweetheart.”
Engie took everything much slower this time, only circling around your clit. Any direct stimulation would surely overwhelm you, and he didn’t want that, at least not yet. Still, you immediately started trembling, not at all prepared for the intensity of the vibrations. That’s not to say it didn’t feel quite nice though. You bit your lip, stifling any moans that tried to escape.
“Don’t start holding back on me now, honey,” Engie said the moment he noticed you were trying to keep quiet. “I wanna hear all those pretty sounds you make.” He began kissing your neck, rubbing firmer circles until your muffled whimpers turned into full on moans once again.
His fingers slipped into you, offering a whole new range of intensity as they curled and thrust against your most sensitive spots. You rocked shamelessly against his palm, forcing his fingers deeper. It was exhausting yet so immensely pleasurable. You bucked and he worked his fingers, both of you ever so gradually working towards a third orgasm.
When you finally did come it happened rather suddenly, starting as a small building of pleasure that quickly escalated until your thighs were quivering and your back was arching. The sound you made when you climaxed was more akin to a sob than a moan.
“Good girl. There’s even more where that came from,” Engie said, not even pulling his fingers out. The implication was clear.
“Dell, I don’t know if I can,” you whimpered.
“Just one more time for me, darlin’,” Engie said between soft kisses to your forehead and cheeks. “I know you can do it.” His words and his touch were paradoxically comforting and overwhelming. Still, you were effectively tempted to try, signaling your willingness with a shaky nod. Even so, you couldn’t stifle your rather harsh reaction to the feeling of the vibrations becoming stronger.
“Dell! Oh fuck!” Your body sizzled, every sensation feeling like electricity on your skin. If your mind had been clearer you would have been astounded at the effort it must have taken to add not only a vibration function to the Gunslinger, but also multiple settings for said vibrations. However your mind was anything but clear. Engie may have been speaking to you, perhaps crooning words of praise, talking about how much he enjoyed your sensitive body, or how helplessly adorable you looked when you squirmed in his lap. Whatever it was, it all faded into the background as your other senses began to take over.
Tears pricked at the corners of your eyes as the pleasure became overwhelming, almost unbearable. It was a constant barrage of touches, moans, and trembling bodies. There was barely any buildup to the fourth and final orgasm, only an unwavering sensation and a sudden, shaking, screaming climax that seemed to hit you out of nowhere, leaving your body as an over sensitive wreck, squirming and reaching for anything to ground yourself.
That thing you were reaching for ended up being Engie himself. You clutched onto him for dear life even long after the aftershocks had faded, still shaking, face red and hot from a few tears that managed to escape. “I’ve got you, darlin,’” Engie whispered, keeping you steady even as your body trembled beneath his touch. The last thing he wanted was you falling off his lap. “You’re safe. I’ve got you.”
Slowly, your body stopped shivering and your death grip on Engie’s shoulders finally loosened, leaving you to go limp in his arms. Your tears dried and your heart rate dropped, the rush of adrenaline fading until all you were left with was blissful relaxation.
“I’m guessing that you’re more than satisfied now, aren’t you, sweetheart?” Engie asked, allowing himself a smug look once he was sure you had recovered enough. “Did I manage to make up for all the nights that I missed?”
You let out a weak laugh. “God, you definitely did. I just hope you don't expect me to go back to bed. There’s no way I’m going to be able to walk back to our room after that.”
Engie chuckled, and you couldn’t help but laugh along with him. “Of course not, honey. Just relax here.” His hand rubbed up and down your back, a soothing and welcome sensation to your still quite sensitive body. “Just close your eyes. If you fall asleep, I’ll carry you back to bed, alright?”
“And you’ll stay, right?” you asked, looking up at him hopefully. He gave you a soft smile, brushing your hair out of your face and pressing a gentle kiss to your forehead.
“Of course darlin.’ I’ll stay.”
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the hard part of being a hero
Rating: G
Characters: Sun Wukong, Mei
Warnings: just... all the usual shit for Wukong- intense self loathing, canon typical violence
Description: He is so, so proud of her.
And he is so, so angry about it.
Also on AO3!
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He wasn't sure if the others had figured it out yet and, personally, Sun Wukong would love to keep this particular detail locked up in his chest for the rest of time.
So it was a great relief to him when nobody brought it up, not even MK, who was the one most likely to figure it out given the massive clue staring him in the face. Not that Wukong blamed him- there was a lot going on, and it made sense that some details would be missed.
MK was also really nosy, so the fact that he didn't mention it was a pretty big sign that he'd missed it entirely.
It was a relief. A relief that they would never know.
He didn't know why it struck him as such a relief, given that it didn't change much from their perspective- he still did the things he did.
He still smashed Nezha into the earth.
He still attacked MK, missing him only due to Macaque's intervention.
He still punched Red Son in the stomach, a blow that would have killed the boy had he not been a demon.
He still threw MK over the side of the mountain, failing to protect him despite coming so close.
He still went after Mei. Still aided in her capture.
He still beat Macaque to nearly within an inch of his life as his sworn enemy stepped up to do what he could not, and protect the boy so dear to his heart.
They probably assumed he was in some sort of sleeping state during this. Maybe sleepwalking. Dreamlike impressions of what was going on, if anything.
That Wukong was fully conscious and aware made no difference from their end. He didn't miss how Red Son flinched when he got a bit too close at the noodle shop, and it didn't escape his notice that at times even MK startled when he appeared too suddenly. He featured in their nightmares, he was sure, and he would hate himself to the end of the universe for it.
If anything, knowing the truth of the situation would just make them feel sadness and empathy where they didn't deserve to have to expend it. Their energy was better spent on themselves and each other. The battle was won, but the battle scars remained, and they deserved the chance to breathe and heal as the world cautiously cleaned up and settled back down into normalcy.
He tried to match that normalcy. Wukong watched them and tried to find his place in their family- no longer was he a total outsider. Those days were gone, The Journey 2 (Electric Boogaloo, as the kids would say) ensuring that. Having spent months in close quarters with them, Sun Wukong had been entangled in their lives in a way that couldn't be undone, for better or worse.
Some days, he'd definitely say it was worse. He didn't really belong in this family, but it was way too awkward for him to just dip out of their lives like he'd never been there after almost getting them all killed multiple times.
Well.
Among other things.
There were fates worse than just death, a thing Wukong knew from experience after experience after grueling, agonizing experience.
Sometimes they were the size of a mountain, and just as instantaneous in how they changed your life forever.
But they could also come piecemeal over time. Little decision by little decision, until some part of you was worn away forever and you didn't notice until you were tracing the pieces you were made of, wondering when they fragmented.
He was a king. He was a hero. Sometimes those decisions were made for you, and sometimes you were demanded to make them.
He'd never wished that on anyone, least of all these two.
But he should have known, shouldn't he have? The fate of the boy was tied to the fate of the girl. If he was going to be a hero, if that fate was unavoidable, she'd naturally step up to have his back.
Wukong knew how that was- his heart still ached with having half of it torn out, a missing piece that would never heal. Once upon a time, a fairytale ago, he'd known what that was like, and he should have seen it coming here, too.
Especially when he learned about the dragonblade. That she even had a weapon easily accessible. Where she got the training to learn to wield it, he had no idea, but she had the blade and she gained the skill and so when MK went into battle, there she was at his back to protect it, and he hers.
So the slow destruction of one child doubled into two. While he was training MK, he was eagerly telling her everything and she was training too, and when his greatest nightmare pulled herself from her crypt, the sky and sea ran to meet the threat just as the sun and the moon once would have.
And of course in the end it would be a situation she orchestrated that would teach Mei one of the very things Wukong had so wanted to shield them from, and of course it would be The Lady Bone Demon holding him hostage that would play a part in revealing that twisted truth.
At night, laying on his couch, he could still hear her voice in her head. Calm. Resolute. Determined.
"Wukong knew the risks. It's what he would do if he had to. That's the hard part of being a hero!"
And... she was right. In her position... that's what he would do. Her decision to sacrifice him- it was the right one. His life was not worth the lives of billions. If The Lady Bone Demon's ice magic hadn't protected him from suffering even more damage than he did, if her flame had been a little stronger, more focused than the flame produced by someone who had only just been cursed with such magic-
The Samadhi Fire would have finished what it nearly did five hundred years ago, and accomplished what the entirety of the celestial realm could not.
In the confines of his mind, keeping up appearances meant nothing. The Lady Bone Demon already had her claws in every part of him, and she knew he was grieving, so he just cried. He cried and screamed and railed against the chains binding him, and when it hit him that this monster intended to force a child to either surrender or kill him, someone she was mad at but probably didn't want to murder, the realization could have stopped his heart.
To hear that strength from Mei, to hear her answer... it sent such pride welling in his chest. There weren't words to describe that pride or how deep it went. She was so clever, and so good, and...
And so unfairly treated by the universe, or fate, or whatever the hell Lady Bone Demon wanted to call it.
It made him want to scream. It drove him to smash boulders late at night until his knuckles bled, desperate for an outlet for the rage that would flare and then refuse to die.
She didn't deserve that. Mei didn't deserve that- to have to choose between the fate of the world and the death of someone she knew by her own hands. But The Lady Bone Demon demanded she choose, and she chose right, but she still had to choose.
It's so unfair, it's so unfair, it's so UNFAIR.
And there was nobody left with a physical body to answer for that crime. The Lady Bone Demon was gone so why didn't he feel better?
Because justice can't undo pain. It can only prevent more.
He knew that. He'd lived long enough to know that. But it still hurt and he hated it. Wasn't knowing the source of stuff supposed to help make it stop?
She was gone. She was gone, but she did her damage- so much damage, so much incomprehensible suffering that he saw and didn't see, and one of them was making a girl choose between survival and taking a life, and all he could do about it now was keep an eye on her and MK and cry into his pillow at night and smash boulders until his fingers bled, and hope he did a better job of protecting them next time.
Because there would be a next time.
And right now, in the cricket-song of the night, that edged out the rest of his buzzing, frantic thoughts, taking the top spot for the most haunting thing to stalk his dreams when he eventually fell into a fitful sleep.
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Two possible ideas on how the vials fits- (1) macaque keeps the vials at home because he's not an animal unlike wukong, he keeps his trophies hidden away as long as he thinks they're trophies he doesn't have to think of the real reason he has them. Wukong finds them when he sneaks into macaques house looking for the eye (2)theyre discovered when MK is doing his eye intervention, mostly because I like "... We really don't have time to unpack all that" part 2 Electric Boogaloo
macaque having vials of wukong's blood in the first place is insanity. i wrote that post with the full intention of intimate suggestive toxic codependent freak behavior, i'm tryna reason with macaque like sticking a faucet tap in wukong and siphoning out his blood jesus christ like he's a MAPLE TREE what an ridiculous IMAGE that makes like where did he even find the time or get the moment to... freak behavior.
that being said. both options are good. 1) for the reason of wukong finding it himself and the process he goes through because of that—personal violation, disgust, is this what macaque feels about his eye, why is that kind of sexy, i remember many bites from the past, wait i thought that might've been a kink, it wasn't? how did he store and preserve this???
2) because MK wouldn't know wtf is in those vials he'd probably think macaque is into like... alchemy. 'macaque is a daoist??? what the HALE??? macaque what are this? oh just vials of wukong's blood?
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wait WHAT? when did you GET THESE? what do you MEAN YOU'VE HAD THEM? BEFORE HE HAD YOUR EYE? i thought i was dealing with one freak but i'm actually dealing with TWO
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The Beating of Will Shaxberg
The Beating of Will Shaxberg
by DianOfTheCity_County
Hob Gadling is insane: the saga continues part two electric boogaloo.
Hob and Crowley are drinking buddies (insert we cry together about our unrequired *requiered* love lifes) they both hate Shakespeare who has the entire intellectual attention of their beloveds. Wouldn't it be great to punch the bastard? Wait! Destiny is a cunning bitch. ENTER SHAKESPEARE.
Words: 1697, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens), William Shakespeare
Relationships: Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling, Crowley (Good Omens) & Hob Gadling, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Crack, Humor, Attempt at Humor, Ups I did it again, Hob slut shaming William Shakespeare, I know that is rich, Bisexual vs bisexual violence, Crowley is the demon on your shoulder if you want to punch Oscar Wilde or William Shakespeare, Jealous Hob, Jealous Crowley (Good Omens), divine intervention to save William Shakespeare, Alcohol, Tavern Brawl, inappropriate use of the lost works of William Shakespeare, I’m going to win the hearts of the Marlowe fans being a Shakespearean fan, Stratfordians interact, no beta we die like hob doesn’t
From https://ift.tt/3cz2hZ8
https://archiveofourown.org/works/45118822
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Submasterpost: Twilight characters A-C
Last updated: 24th of December
Afton:
He’s just that guy, you know
How did people even figure out he had a gift?
Alice:
Why Did Bella Escape Alice and Jasper in Twilight?
Alice Follows Her Visions, or: Edward and I Agree On Something?!
Why does Alice latch on to Bella when Rosalie is right there?
Would she still join the Cullens if it was just Carlisle and Edward?
Who would Alice be with her memories, or without her gift?
A wicked villain holds Jasper and Edward at nuclear missile-point. Who does Alice save?
Does Alice have regrets?
Alice doesn’t have a gift, and @madam-melon-meow wants to run an experience: sample one, sample two.
Aro:
Tucker and Dale and Aro vs. Evil, part 1
The Impossibility of Saying Anything for Sure About Aro as a Historical Person, or: What’s a Gay Guy Like You Doing in a Marriage to a Woman?
Aro, Sanity, and What Happens When I Write Meta at Four AM
The Time Aro Ran an Intervention on Carlisle
A Meta That’ll Give You the Mental Image of Aro As a Nutcracker, and Marcus Holding Him Up to a Lucky Secretary and Snapping His Jaw Up and Down. Bam, She’s a Vampire
Will Aro Create Hybrids? (cont.)
Is he a glove person?
Is there a danger-o-meter which Aro monitors that, if you exceed it, he kills you?
How would Aro react to Carlisle becoming a bloodthirsty sex demon?
What would he make of Bella, if he could see her thoughts?
Aro: piner or getter?
What kind of accent does he have?
Aro and social media
Can he get it?
Anon wants my headcanon on how Aro was turned
Bella:
Bella is doomed
In Defense of Bella’s “I Was Born to Be a Vampire”
Bella Is Depressed, part 1
Bella Is Depressed, part 2
Why Does Bella Fall for Edward, AKA, Bella Is Depressed, part 3
Bella Is Depressed, part 4
Bella vs. Alec: Bella wins
Bella and Human Blood and Extended Edition: Bella Is Depressed, part 5
Vampire Bella Wouldn’t Have Fallen for Human Edward
Bella Is Depressed, Part 6: Too Low Self-Esteem to Hate the Cullens for New Moon
Why Bella’s Odds of Survival Are Slim
Did Preparation Help Bella’s Self Control?
What If Edward Was Human?
Bella isn’t scared of vampires: is it a Swan thing?
Thoughts on why Bella thinks so well of vampires
Concerning Vanessa Wolfe and the whole J Jenks scheme in Breaking Dawn + Would Demetri’s death have changed anything?
Would Bella be able to easily create a vampire?
Bella’s thoughts on Jane and Alec
Would being changed under different circumstances make Bella less happy about being a vampire? + Would being turned in different circumstances make Bella less happy about being a vampire? Part 2, electric boogaloo
Is Bella a horndog?
Bella and her (in)ability to relate to others
Assuming Renesmée has a gift that influences people, would Bella still want to keep her if she didn’t have that gift?
Would a Bella raised by a better mother survive Edward?
Can Bella recover her sanity after Breaking Dawn?
Is she a danger magnet?
Would she have fallen for just any vampire who happened to be taking Biology with her?
On Bella not becoming traumatized by Victoria’s death
What might her life had been if she never encountered Edward?
Will she ever get bored?
What will she major in in college post-canon?
How selfish is Bella?
Why Bella appears very different from Edward’s perspective
Billy:
Thoughts on Billy
Bree:
Would she have followed the diet if she became a Cullen?
Caius:
Thoughts on Caius
Why Caius Hates Carlisle and the Cullens So Much
More thoughts on Caius
On Caius mistaking shapeshifters for werewolves, or: I too am an idiot
Carlisle:
Carlisle Wouldn’t Want to Be Human
The Cullens don’t value human life, or: Carlisle, honey, I’m so sorry
When You Can’t Take Out the Trash: Why Carlisle Let The Romanians Hang Around, and Why He Was Gathering an Army in the First Place
Bree Tanner and Carlisle’s POV of Eclipse
How Would Carlisle Cope With Losing Edward?
Carlisle and theology
Carlisle and fatherhood
Carlisle wouldn’t turn Jasper or Alice (save for Alice under specific, James-shaped circumstances)
What would it take for Carlisle to accidentally kill a human?
What would it take for Carlisle to intentionally kill a human?
Would Carlisle take a life if it was euthanasia?
What if Carlisle got there in time to intercept Royce before Rosalie died, would he kill Royce & friends then?
Carlisle and the advances of medical science
Could Carlisle live with non-vegetarian vampires?
Which is Carlisle’s favorite child?
Why didn’t Carlisle come up with venom syringes sooner?
Does Carlisle have a British accent?
Would Carlisle return to speak with his father after turning, and if so, how would that have worked out for him? (Not well.)
Carlisle probably tried to eat a lot of things, not just animal blood, after his deer herd massacre
Carlisle, charity, and the US healthcare system
Does Carlisle have regrets?
Would he die for a human?
Why, if he was suicidal, did he not get the Volturi to kill him? (He wasn’t suicidal.)
What type of doctor is he?
Why didn’t he call Aro in New Moon?
Who are feasible romantic partners for him?
Do I think he has fucked any of his friends?
Would Carlisle condemn Aro for killing Didyme if he found out?
Caucus:
His life is miserable
What does Caucus contribute?
Charles Evans:
What if he became a vampire?
Charlie:
Why He’s Not Becoming a Vampire
Why Aro’s Not Turning Charlie or Renée Into Vampires
What does Charlie know by the end of Breaking Dawn, and what becomes of him?
More on what Charlie knows, and the implications this has
Chelsea:
Does she have a problem with no one (presumably) liking Afton?
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Ezekiel Only Being Unaffected By Certain Kinds of Magic
Let’s just start with me saying this isn’t exactly a new theory. It’s the demigod thing, and it’s a fairly popular one. If you haven’t heard of this headcannon, I put as much as I can find here. If you have, I found a bunch of new stuff that I haven’t seen anyone else mention, so reading this isn’t a complete waste of your time, I hope.
I tried to keep this from becoming wordy, but it got really long anyway, because there was a lot to talk about here.
Ezekiel being unaffected by magic is sort of an ongoing thing in the show. He is influenced by it much of the time, such as by Santa’s Hat, Pan’s Flute, Prospero’s spell, lycanthropy, etc. When it comes to the stuff he was seemingly completely immune to, there is one link that connects them all.
Apple of Discord: Everybody knows this one. The Apple is a Greek artifact, meant to turn you into the worst version of yourself, and Ezekiel was only one completely unaffected. It’s blamed on “he’s already the worst version of himself” or whatever.
Zeus Lightning Bolt: the episode where Ezekiel ends up decked out in Greek armor, and is sent to pick up Zeus’ Lightning Bolt, which was freaking out and zapping everywhere. He picks it up just fine, and he’s then able to hand it off to Flynn. It may have been purely because of the Greek armor he was wearing, but Flynn did not seem so sure about that working.
Cindy’s Love Potion: Ezekiel is able to be near the potion without becoming obsessed with Cindy. At first, it’s blamed on him being obsessed with himself, then later Jacob tells Ezekiel that he was already in love with Cindy. It was an obsession, not a love, potion you literally spent the episode proving that blah blah, he didn’t even recognize her at first blah blah, anyway, I have a better reason.
There are two Greek mentions in this episode. First, the potion project itself is called Project Aphrodite, a Greek goddess. Second, the sunflowers; when asked, Jenkins mentions how sunflowers are a Greek symbol of unrequited love. In addition, “love” potions may have originated in Greece, or at the very least, were common enough to have multiple sites claim that, lol. At the end of the season, where each librarian uses their gifts to turn Apep mortal, this greek potion is what Ezekiel ends up using.
See a pattern here? Everything that he was completely unaffected by was Greek in some way. So, he has an immunity to these kinds of artifacts, but why? I vote demigod.
Anyway, moving on.
Here’s some magic he could have been immune to, or could not have been. Its pretty debatable.
Fortuna: Technically a Roman Goddess, but the show does acknowledge how similar they are to Greek Gods. He may have been affected by the spell, but broke out of it pretty quick. Some think he may not been affected at all; slot machines aren’t exactly fair, especially in a casino that exists to cheat completely. As for Ezekiel getting so upset over losing, what he says, “Not the guy that loses, I’m the guy that wins” sounds very similar to what he was saying in Point of Salvation, but that’s a whole nother topic.
Alternately, he was affected and this point shouldn’t be here. I don’t know, I’m not the writers.
Libris Fabula: He was a little bit affected, just far less than the others, as he acted pretty much the same. He did get a barely noticeable clothing change, became luckier than normal, and was just able to cast a spell for some reason? Speaking out that spell, it froze the guy, and a certain Greek God does have the ability to put people to sleep. Not really the same thing, but worth thinking about. Maybe. More on that later.
Most people think he was immune, but he could have just been similar enough to the character he was portraying that he didn’t need to change a whole lot.
These ones are barely worth mentioning, because have other reasonable (though I guess your definition of reasonable may be different from mine) explanations, but you could see them as magic immunity as well:
Silver Screen: Ezekiel gets into character the least, while Cassandra and Jacob are out singing and calling people by their character names. Maybe less affected, maybe just a spoilsport. Probably the last one.
Point of Salvation: Was the only one able to remember previous loops. Since they were in a video game, it’s explained that since he was the first through the door, he became the player while everyone else became NPCs. I mean, sure.
Christmas Thief: Saint of Thieves only used his truth telly power on Ezekiel’s mother, not him. Ezekiel did not feel obligated to say anything. Could just be that the guy wasn’t talking to Ezekiel. Or, earlier in that episode Ezekiel tells his mother he doesn’t steal anymore (at least for anything other than the Library, I assume, cause he still kinda does) and therefor that made him immune to the spell, since it only works on thieves.
Image of an Image: Both Cassandra and Ezekiel got their pictures taken, and Cassandra was the only one affected by the transfer spell. However, Ezekiel wasn’t one of the “chosen ones” because he snuck in, and jumped in front of the camera while Eve (one of the “chosen ones”, who was later able to be affected) turned away. Either that, or he just didn’t have time to feel the effect, since his picture was taken after Cassandra’s, and Eve’s was placed in manually.
That’s all the possible instances of magic immunity I could think of.
Next, we have some other stuff that is relevant to this point, but wasn’t necessarily artifact/magic immunity.
Prophecy Cube: Created by the Oracle of Delphi, who is from Greek mythology. This isn’t about whether Ezekiel was affected by something, as he was still able to use the prophecy glass/get stuck in the cube. Rather, it’s about the Zeus Challenge in the cube. They probably would have died in there, but luckily, Ezekiel had just happened to steal, and keep on him, the exact thing they needed to get through– a bunch of golden coins, and a prophecy that ensures at least one coin can’t be destroyed. Luck? Prophecy? Divine Intervention? Plot convenience? Okay its probably the last one but STILL
Also, Ezekiel getting pissed at Zeus.
Zeus’s Bolt (again?): There is a promo image I think for season 4? that has each of the Librarians holding their tools. Jacob had his axe, Cassandra had a notebook, Flynn had Excalibur, all normal, except for Eve and Ezekiel. Eve had this big staff thing I didn’t recognize, and Ezekiel had Zeus’ Bolt for some reason?
Lightning, just, in general: If there is wild electricity in an episode, Ezekiel is probably around.
Examples:
City of Light: Gets shocked and knocked backwards into Jacob by a very electrified fence, gets up right afterwards and is fine.
Broken Staff: The Zeus Bolt thing, you get it.
Image of an Image: Ezekiel electrocutes Jacob. Jacob was not really fine. He lived, though.
Point of Salvation: Ezekiel electrocutes Jacob part 2 Electric Boogaloo, but this time on purpose. He was not fine. He died. But don’t worry, he lived.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Mentioned a little bit above, Ezekiel, Jacob, and a student get stuck in the Zeus Challenge, and Ezekiel uses some coins he just so happened to steal recently. Throwing them on tiles shows whether or not lightning will strike if it was stepped on. Seriously, why is it ALWAYS Jacob?
The Dark Secret: Ezekiel is the one sent to wrap a cord around a lightning rod constantly being struck by lighting. “Why am I bloody doing this”, he asks? I mean, Zeus probably isn’t going to kill his descendent(?), right?
Werewolves: Have you heard of the Lycaon of Arcadia? It’s a Greek myth. Basically, this dude named Lycaon wants to test how smart and all-knowing Zeus is. To do so, he kills his own son, cooks him, and serves him to Zeus to see if he notices, ya know, no biggie. Zeus was like “wtf man” and brings the son back to life, and turns Lycaon into, you guessed it, a wolf. So, Zeus creates a werewolf of sorts, maybe one of the firsts. In Fangs of Death, Ezekiel just so happens to be the one (main) character to be turned into werewolf. So, if he was a descendant of Zeus, imagine how big of a “fuck you” that was to the god. That all being said, Ezekiel was turned by an Egyptian god, so that might not have been intentional. Also, they may have just been avoiding turning Jacob, because there is already a werewolf named Jacob and they didn't want another Twilight reference in that episode.
Family/Name: Ezekiel is adopted, and his adoptive mother mentions how she took him in off the streets. Because of that, we don’t know who his birth parents are, and whether or not he, or anyone else, knows is unknown. Soooo, we can take some creative liberties as to who his parents might have been.
As for his name, it carries some religious connotations. It should be remembered though, the meanings I’m talking about here are Biblical, not Greek, so again, might mean nothing for this argument. “Ezekiel” is “God’s Strength” or “God will Strengthen”. Jones might also be something like “God is gracious” or “God has favored”, thought different sites say different things. However, I’m pretty sure the name Jones came from his adoptive mother, and apparently Jones is a common last name in Australia. His first name is more relevant, because all of his siblings have themed names; Mercy, Charity, and Honor. So, either his mom named him differently because she knew something we don’t, or he already had the name before she adopted him. Either way, this probably means absolutely nothing. But what are we here for? To analyze a dead show like an English teacher analyzes the color of curtains in an 100 year old text. If it wasn’t for all the other stuff, I probably wouldn’t think about this too much.
Okay. So Greek stuff, lightning, and Zeus himself come up a LOT when it comes to this guy. So is Ezekiel the son of Zeus? Possibly, but a more popular theory is that he’s Zeus’ grandson. Because Zeus’ son just so happens to be Hermes; god of things such as luck, travel, money, trade, and most importantly, thieves. Oh, and animal husbandry/shepherds and sleep, I don’t know how much those apply but I will try.
Time for some comparisons, honestly most of these don’t even need to be explained so I’ll keep it short-ish, cause this shit has gotten way too long already.
Luck: Ezekiel, especially in the first season, likes to rely on luck, and tends to be very lucky in general. Examples where this is mentioned include Fables of Doom and Apple of Discord. “Smarter to be lucky then lucky to be smart!”
Travel: We can assume that he ended up traveling in his previous job (that being heists all over the world) fairly often, even before the Library. Becoming a Librarian with a teleporting door increased that of course.
Money: Steals very high-value items to sell. Also apparently likes to take money from his coworker’s wallets. And probably everyone else’s.
Trade: The aforementioned high-value pieces he steals are traded/sold for money. In Christmas Thief, we find out he kept none of the money or items, giving it away to others who needed it. That kinda fits this category, I think.
Thieves: I really don’t need to explain this. Unless you haven’t seen the show.
Animal Husbandry/Shepherds?: Basically the care of animals. Um, well he doesn’t keep cows or anything, but he has a tendency to “adopt” magical creatures that need help. Stumpy, Nessie Jr., maybe Frankenstein’s Monster as well?
Sleep: I mentioned earlier how Ezekiel froze a guy (not really in an icy way, just couldn’t move) by hitting him with his coin. Hermes is able to send people to sleep with his Caduceus (the snake wand thing). Yeah, it’s not really the same thing, though you could consider being frozen a kind of sleep. He could have just been lucky enough to find a magical coin, and lucky enough to figure out how to use it at the exact right time without even knowing what it did. It’s a stretch either way, really, and was never explained in the episode at all. Yeah, I can't find anything else that fits.
Hermes is considered to be a thief and trickster, and a lot of the things he is god of are Ezekiel’s main occupations. With all those similarities to Hermes, frequent events related to lightning and Zeus related things, and immunity to Greek artifacts, we can conclude that he is perhaps the son of Hermes, taking after his father in abilities and getting visits from grandpa.
Alternatively, his somehow IS Hermes, but I doubt that. He’d probably be way more powerful. He was also able to see the future with Prophecy Glass, which Jenkins claims is impossible for immortals to do (although in that case he was talking about a Prophecy Cube, but close enough). It’s more likely that he is a demigod.
Okay, that is all I can think of that is relevant. I binged the series about two months ago, and have been thinking about this theory. I went ahead and re-watched the episodes that I mentioned in more detail, as well as parts of others that I remebered. The reason I bring this up is because I may have missed things. I did not rewatch a majority of the episodes, more that I looked at a list of episodes on wikipedia and tried to remember what happened in them, watching clips and episodes if I needed to.
The show was cancelled, so we’ll probably never get a confirmation as to who Ezekiels’ birth parents were, and as such, you can’t prove me wrong! That being said, if I got any facts incorrect in this, please tell me so I can fix it. I’m not well versed on Greek Mythology, in fact I know basically nothing, and did the research as I went along. So again, there could be more. This is just what I found in like, less than a day of searching.
Join me next time on “How is Cassandra magical, where’d she get it from? Also, were we ever gonna meet her parents?” And “In the first episode of season 3, Jacob is just able to hit a heavy punching bag of its chain, across the room, at bullet speed, just because of a shift of his wrist, and later in that episode do the same thing to Apep, and it’s just…never addressed or spoken about again? Like wtf man?”
I'm probably not doing that
If you managed to get through all of this, thank you, and I hope this wasn’t too painful to read.
#the librarians#ezekiel jones#greek#hermes#zeus#this took so long#magic#magic immunity#theory#headcannon#demigod#curse of cindy#apple of discord#broken staff
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I guess this is becoming a trend... I’m popping in before the actual intro to clarify-- if the text is in italic, it is me (Sugar) talking and regular is Spice. Alright? Cool. And so--
So, one night I’m going through youtube and I come upon this one shitposty video about some random anime that I’ve never even heard of. After doing some research, I discover that it’s actually based on a dating sim that I’ve also never heard of. As a joke I was like “Hey Sugar wanna watch this as a joke, it might be funny” and so we did. And uhm. Well.
Today we’re gonna be reviewing Brothers Conflict, aka Sweet Home Alabama 2: Electric Anime Boogaloo aka the anime that ruined our lives. [Again, disclaimer: neither Sugar nor I condone incest and/or pedophilia, two themes which are uh, very rampant in this anime which is why I cannot recommend it in good faith. It’s not good, don’t get me wrong. I can’t really say that I liked it even if watching it and ragging on it was kind of enjoyable, and I did get attached to some of the characters because that’s the kind of idiot I am. Also, we’re not shirking our duties to write I swear please don’t kill me--] Anyway, an obligatory SPOILER WARNING though this probably isn’t going in the main tag bc I do not want the fans to publicly stone me. Why are we reviewing this? Bc we need to talk about it somewhere. Though I say review lightly bc this... is really more of a critique.
ALSO we only watched the anime, idk if things are different in the game. There is no full english translation for the games and most of the LP channels have been copyright striked, so please don’t come at us for not knowing anything. I also know that otome games and dating sims don’t tend to translate well to anime, and I will be addressing this later.
So, dear god, where do I begin.
Where do we begin indeed? How about the fact that her name is Ema and I had to google to remember the heroine’s name? Also, she is seventeen.
Our plot, or well... what you COULD call a plot, I guess, if you REALLY wanted to give this anime that much credit, focuses on the aforementioned seventeen year old Hinata Ema, who has an absent father who apparently FOUND THE TIME TO FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED BUT NEVER HAS A SECOND TO SPARE FOR HIS ONLY CHILD, RINTARO I SWEAR TO GOD I AM TAKING CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD. HAND HER OVER-- Anyway. He’s getting married to a woman who has 13 sons (jesus christ ma’am have you ever heard of a condom?) and he decides to move her in with them because... I guess he has less braincells than I have balls, which is to say, zero. Hi, I’m trans.
So, Ema moves in with them... along with her talking grey squirrel, Juli. Juli is... interesting and by interesting, I mean-- ABSOLUTELY PUZZLING. He, apparently, has seen the majority of Ema’s life from babyhood to teenagerhood and can talk but is only understood by Ema (who he calls Chii) and Louis, the eighth son in the Asahina family. It is never explained why, or how Chii came across him or how in an episode, a single episode, he becomes human because why the hell not, I guess??? (Also, he is pretty. YES. I said it. Fight me.) [Quick Spice intervention, this squirrel can talk to people, transform into a human, enter dreams, and live way longer than a squirrel should since the average lifespan of a squirrel is like 6 years in the wild. Juli is apparently a god as none of this is EVER explained.]
And when she meets the Asahina family, it’s pretty much immediately chaos because these heterosexual (I guess? They look like a bunch of twinks to me but there goes anime trying to convince me that straight people are real and not a lie made up by Trump) men have NEVER and I mean NEVER known a woman in their entire lives, since they seem to want to bang their stepsister immediately. And most of them are GROWN ASS ADULTS. Only three of them are actually minors (though Iori is 18 and only one year older so I guess??? It’s okay??? But still weird) and one of them is a 13 year old who looks and acts like he’s 8.
Oh, and did I mention that out of these boys, only the adult triplets and the abusive asshole 16 year old get any kind of characterization AND character development? I mean, Subaru gets an “arc” if you can call it that, but really, they don’t give him much... personality. You could replace him with a cardboard cutout and it’d be the same. I feel bad for him (but not really because dude you are 20 and she is your sister, what the fuck--)
But if there’s anything good about this anime, it is the characters themselves. Several of the boys have redeeming qualities and interesting personalities and quirks, as well as interesting relationships and dynamics with each other. Yes, some of them are lacking in the plotline department while others may have decent plotlines and lack personality, and then some of them are just given absolutely nothing (COUGH Masaomi COUGH Ukyo COUGHCOUGHCOUGH Iori, and by the way, what the fuck is that game plotline bc I read the wiki since I wanted to know more about him. We don’t have time to unpack the mento illness luv. But you’re telling me they had all this meat to work with and they threw it in the trash and gave him nothing? What the hell?) And if anything, I feel as if the characters themselves are crippled by the plotline. If given a different story, perhaps, they may have room to shine, because a lot of them are compelling if not lovable (though some may not be... lovable. COUGHFuuto, at least not for me.) If you want to see our review on the characters, we’ll put out another post.
Iori... Iori has a hell of a plot in the game, according to the Wiki but I can’t blame the writers for not exploring all of it because whoa. It is dark and not in a good way. But back to the subject at hand... I agree with Spice. I do/did like quite a lot of the characters... provided the entire romantic plot is taken away but we will go into more of why the plot is problematic below. All I can really add is: There is a baby in this dumpster and canon has been taken out back to be shot like a lame horse.
This brings me to a point in which I would like to pause the character discussion and bring up a glaring flaw with this anime in general (aside from the... plot. Look, I’m not a huge fan of weird stepsibling stuff but I think that if you want to do something like that, there are ways to do it and ways not to do it. This was the way not to do it, which I’m getting to). The biggest thing that made this anime so uncomfortable was the imbalance of power dynamics. Why is the protagonist 17 when most of the love interests are 18 and older, and I mean much, much older? And she’s not any 17 year old... she’s a lonely, neglected girl who is starved for the love of a family. This makes her easily manipulated by the brothers, who clearly desire her for less than wholesome reasons, and that makes it skeevy. I’m not sure why there’s such a fetishization of nonconsent in media, as if it’s fine for as many men to lust after female protagonists as the writer desires BUT the woman can’t want a single one of them in return. It’s creepy, and quite frankly, I am very much over it. I also get that the age thing is probably a product of the protagonist of a teenager oriented dating sim not translating well to an anime (because really, all otome game MCs are meant to be a neat little pair of shoes for the player to imagine themselves in), but why are we fetishizing a teenager being groomed by adults anyway? Especially adults who have this much power over her to begin with? The power dynamics bring this plot from “Oh, this might be kinda trashy but it could be entertaining” to “This is extremely creepy and rapey and kind of a dumpster fire.”
This is also true. If we were to take age into consideration, Fuuto, Yusuke, and Iori would be the three candidates left for Chii. This is taking out the youngest as well, who is... thirteen, I think? But anyway, (I know I am probably going to get some hate for this but go for it), I am into stories that explore the stepsibling thing and it can make a good narrative-- but before everyone gets uppity: There is a line between FICTION and REALITY and I do not condone real life incest but a story is a story and there are ways to frame it that make it clear that it is not a romantic thing, or acceptable. This anime does not do that in it’s dynamics because some of the brothers do start off in that very firm caregiving, family role and it is a sharp turn into romance that makes you go, “?” or in Fuuto case, a blending that does lean into fetishization.
All in all I think the plot maybe could have been okay? I’m not saying it isn’t problematic, because we all know it is, who are we kidding? But I don’t think it’s wrong per se to explore family dynamics with romance and to understand where the line should be drawn, and maybe exploring the definition of family itself. I have seen fanfictions with similar tropes ask those questions and explore the concept beautifully without romanticizing or fetishizing incest and unhealthy power dynamics. It could have been good, and I get that perhaps I’m barking up the wrong tree by expecting mature themes in an anime based on an otome game, but it also could have been a lot less... creepy (I have used that word so much that it looks wrong now) even if it wasn’t the greatest thing ever. But again, what was I expecting? I watched this whole thing as a joke and ended up attached to the characters like a fool... That tends to be a trend here, and this is why we are so salty all the time. So anyway, stay tuned for our review of the characters! We may not cover all of them since some of them don’t really get anything, but we’ll cover what we found interesting.
#spice talks#sugar speaks#anime and game reviews#sweet home alabama: the anime#not putting this in main tag
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so uh, what about those geopolitics?
I figure the next big American war will be in South America, either Venezuela or Bolivia. It will be disguised as “military intervention” to stop a radical left-wing government, but the real purpose will be to secure American hegemony in the region and privatize the oil reserves or lithium deposits respectively. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any nation on the planet; not Saudi Arabia, not Iraq, not the US or Russia or China, but Venezuela. I don’t think Biden will commit troops there, but I think he could try to strong arm the socialist governments with heavy sanctions and pave the way for a future Republican president to invade.
In Europe, I think Russia is going to try and weaken NATO so they can invade the Baltics and reconnect the Kaliningrad exclave with the rest of the country. If the US elects another “America First” isolationist, then we will almost certainly withdraw from NATO. The UK would follow our lead, probably framing it as Brexit 2: Electric Boogaloo. On top of this, Turkey is becoming friendlier with Russia, so there’s a chance THEY could leave NATO, especially once the US leaves because the US stores nuclear missiles in Turkey as part of the alliance. The US and Turkey have the two largest militaries in NATO, so their departure would cripple the alliance and pave the way for Russian influence over eastern Europe once again. Belarus may be annexed, eastern Ukraine may be invaded, the Baltics will be occupied, it’s all one big confusing interconnected web of possibilities
That doesn’t even mention what Russia would do in the Caucasus Mountains; the annexation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the occupation of Georgia, another Armenian genocide if Russia sided with Turkey and Azerbaijan, it’s a precarious situation.
North Korea will start testing missiles again, jump starting their nuclear program, playing brinkman with President Biden who won’t suck up to Kim like Trump did. It won’t lead to war or anything, it will just make the region more complicated, stressing our relationships with South Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan.
There will be no peace talks between Israel and Palestine unless the United States step in and finally recognizes the latter; we need to establish formal diplomatic relations with Palestine to deescalate the situation and stop the right-wing Israeli government from building new settlements outside their territory. Netanyahu will try to hold onto power, probably calling for new elections even though they just had like three in the last year and he’s supposed to step aside for the opposition leader to take over in about a year anyway; he’s going to try and remain the Prime Minister indefinitely, so Biden will have to play hardball o get him to cooperate.
America desperately needs immigration reform, which means accepting more asylum seekers; we need to build bridges, not walls, homes, not concentration camps! America is the land of opportunity; we need to live up to the image we project to the rest of the world, we need to step up and actually be the shining city on a hill we pretend we are. We need to codify human rights into our constitution, we need to enforce checks and balances on executive power and legislative obstruction. America needs to change, but I don’t know if it can be done quickly enough. Lives are on the line, this can’t wait a few decades, it needs to start NOW!
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, September 24
(Glory's apartment. The minions deposit Spike.)
GLORY: What the hell is that, and why is its hair that color?
~~Intervention~~
[Drabbles & Short Fiction]
Bloody vengeance of William the Bloody (Spike, Cecily Addams, the Whirlwind, M with many warnings) by Aragorn_II_Elessar
Five Proceedings of the We Hate Cordelia Club (Willow, Xander, Oz, Jesse, G) by Francis_Eugene
Damn the Tea (Giles/Jenny, not rated - worksafe) by unemployedlibrarian
Clueless (Angel/Reader, not rated - worksafe) by prose-for-hire
Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everywhere (Spike/Reader, not rated - worksafe) by prose-for-hire
"Bitch, I will eat you!" (Spike x Reader, not rated) by bonniebird
[Chaptered Fiction]
How I Survived My Summer Vacation (Volume Two), Chapter 10 (Faith/Buffy, Cordelia/Xander, Jenny/Giles, Willow, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm
shadow of the day, Chapter 14 (Faith/Buffy, Scoobies, not rated) by sevensevan
The Spider, The Slayer and The Key, Chapter 5 (crossover with MCU, Peter Parker/Dawn, Scoobies, T) by Aragorn_II_Elessar
More than a Crush, Chapter 28 (Spike/Buffy, E) by all_choseny (ivyscribbles)
Married At First Spuffy, Chapter 12 (Spike/Buffy, PG-13) by Lavender Bixby
More than a Crush, Chapter 28 (Spike/Buffy, NC-17) by all_choseny
Star Wars and Buffy are Non-Mixy, Chapter 204 (crossover with Star Wars, Andrew, Buffy/Obi Wan, FR15) by
Halloween Hopps 2 Electric Boogaloo, Chapter 5 (crossover with Zootopia, FR18) by Hanzo
[Images, Audio & Video]
Artwork: Dark Willow paper collage (worksafe) by addisin
Artwork: Kendra, Buffy, Faith (worksafe) by witchcracked
Artwork: a family can be a vampire slayer, her watcher, and the gay ghost that haunts him (Faith, Wesley, Ethan, worksafe) by punksouthie
Artwork: Giles with a flaming baseball bat (worksafe) by layersoftweed
Artwork: who doesn’t like old, bi, magic englishmen being sappy together? (Giles/Constantine) by layersoftweed
Artwork: Ripper (worksafe) by unemployedlibrarian
Vid: B A D B O N E S (Vampire Diaries crossover, Buffy/Damon Salvatore) by timerotted
Vid: One Step Closer (Connor) by TwinkieLove6
Vid: Rock Me like a River (Faith) by zoexify1
Vid: Good Girls Go Bad (Buffy x Faith and Eleven x Kali from Stranger Things) by Faith Victoria
Video: Ashe Corven (The Crow City of Angels) VS Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Coss4 Vaee8
Music: BtVS theme song cover by Kramagne
Music: BtVS and AtS theme mashup by Andrew Wu
Music: Pup songs Buffy S6 Standing tribute/loving parody and other OMWF song covers ft. dog videos by Barbara Baker
Tutorial: Buffy The Vampire Slayer | SFx Makeup Tutorial by Shadd Salminao
Video: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Quotes Quiz: 50 Questions & Answers by Greer Riddell
[Reviews & Recaps]
Apparent transphobic subtext in Buffy season 10, issue #7 by goingrampant
School Hard by JustDaggers
PODCAST: Lie to Me by Flunking the Written
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Talk || Season 2 by alley box.
Buffy's "The Initiative" and Angel's "Bachelor Party" by GrrArghCast
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i finally finished the ranking of it’s always sunny episodes thanks to the ranking thing on @autisticabed ‘s blog
1Hero or Hate Crime?
2Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs
3The Nightman Cometh
4Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games
5A Very Sunny Christmas
6Mac and Dennis Break Up
7The Gang Tends Bar
8Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens
9Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare
10Flowers for Charlie
11Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo
12The High School Reunion Part 2: The Gang's Revenge
13Reynolds vs. Reynolds: The Cereal Defense
14McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century
15The Gang Broke Dee
16The Gang Gets Analyzed
17The Gang Dines Out
18PTSDee
19Charlie Catches a Leprechaun
20The Gang Goes to Hell: Part One
21The Gang Goes to Hell: Part Two
22The Gang Misses the Boat
23Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult
24Charlie Work
25Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass
26The Gang Exploits a Miracle
27The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods
28The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award
29How Mac Got Fat
30The Gang Gets Quarantined
31Mac Day
32Mac and Charlie Write a Movie
33The Gang Saves the Day
34Charlie Rules the World
35The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre
36Charlie and Dee Find Love
37The Gang Reignites the Rivalry
38Mac and Charlie: White Trash
39The Gang Buys a Boat
40The World Series Defense
41Mac and Charlie Die (Part 2)
42Mac and Charlie Die (Part 1)
43Paddy's Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia
44Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy
45Dennis' Double Life
46Wolf Cola: A Public Relations Nightmare
47The Gang Hits the Slopes
48The Gang Squashes Their Beefs
49The Gang Goes to a Water Park
50Mac Kills His Dad
51The Gang Goes on Family Fight
52The Gang Gets Held Hostage
53The Gang Dances Their Asses Off
54Mac is a Serial Killer
55Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare
56The Gang Runs for Office
57The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis
58Mac and Dennis: Manhunters
59Gun Fever Too: Still Hot
60The D.E.N.N.I.S. System
61Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life
62Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender
63Charlie Got Molested
64The Waitress Is Getting Married
65Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack
66Who Pooped the Bed?
67America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest
68The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell
69The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6
70The Gang Beats Boggs
71The Gang Group Dates
72Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer
73The Gang Turns Black
74Dee Gives Birth
75The Gang Gets Whacked (Part 2)
75Mac's Banging the Waitress
77The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention
78The Gang Hits the Road
79Charlie's Mom Has Cancer
79Frank's Back in Business
81The Gang Recycles Their Trash
82The ANTI-Social Network
82The Gang Gets Trapped
84Thunder Gun Express
85The High School Reunion Part 1
86The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition
87Charlie Wants an Abortion
87The Great Recession
89Dennis Gets Divorced
90Who Got Dee Pregnant?
91Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats
92Dee Made a Smut Film
93Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down
94Mac's Big Break
95Charlie Has Cancer
96Being Frank
97Underage Drinking: A National Concern
98Charlie Gets Crippled
99The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis
100The Gang Wrestles for the Troops
101Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth
102The Gang Gets a New Member
103Hundred Dollar Baby
104The Gang Finds a Dead Guy
105Gun Fever
106Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad
107Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom
108The Gang Gives Back
109Psycho Pete Returns
109The Gang Spies Like U.S.
111The Gang Gets Whacked (Part 1)
112Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire
113The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty Magoo
114The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby
115Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead
116The Gang Sells Out
117The Gang Gets Invincible
117The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation
117Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person
120Frank's Pretty Woman
121The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore
122Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City
123Frank Retires
123Frank Falls Out the Window
125Pop-Pop: The Final Solution
126Frank Reynolds’ Little Beauties
127Sweet Dee Gets Audited
128Frank's Brother
128The Storm of the Century
130The Gang Goes Jihad
131The Gang Gets Racist
132A Cricket's Tale
133Mac Fights Gay Marriage
#it took forever but it was r fun to do#some of these surprised me and i know a couple i messed up on bc i forgot what episode it was#jake.txt
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angel worldbuilding pt. 2: maybe-unfinished electric boogaloo
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Heaven and its angels exist solely for the purpose of watching, recording, and safeguarding the occurrences of the universe. Of what occurs within the conceptual world of ‘existence’ in itself.
This is on the orders of the Highest, who laid the foundation for every single little thing in the universe - including the universe itself, including the concept of creation and existence, including the concept of a concept. The Highest, as such, is the creator of every single thing in existence, of ‘things’ itself, and continues to be regarded as so after disappearing beyond the meta-plane threshold of all things that the Highest had set themselves.
Before departing, the Highest created the angels with an order that cannot and should never be broken - to disturb the entirety of Creation in any manner. They should only watch over everything and keep track of the heavenly systems that are eternally processing and storing the universe’s data in the unfathomable construction named the Archives.
As such, to interfere or influence any part of Creation is the utmost crime and treason to the angels, and ought to not be tolerated.
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Nephilim are a conceptually paradoxical existence as beings beyond the Highest’s design.
These existences are born from a union between an angel and any creature of Creation. Any descendants of such beings, similarly, are Nephilim as well. By the nature and the implications of the circumstances here, the Nephilim are wholly despised by Heaven for being an unnatural, unintended occurrence that do not have the Highest’s love due to coming into formation without the Highest’s intention of design.
Without this love, the Highest’s approval to consider them as existences sharing the same categorical status as existences of Creation - the Nephilim are meant to have no future, no life, nor the right to the concept of existence as even a concept.
However, if it were so simple to erase the concept of Nephilim from the universe and from the Archives, they would simply not be in existence to write of.
The manner in which the Nephilim ought to be dealt with has created absurd ideological fractures among the once-uniformed Heaven. Due to the Nephilim’s existence through an angel, who are explicitly ordered to never venture into Creation, this utter blasphemy of a most sacred mandate is the basis towards the ideal of erasing them. However, the Nephilim still share a genetic heritage from Creation - and thus, by relation, can be considered a descendant of Creation. The same sacred mandate that ensures Heaven must only observe and protect Creation ensures that the Nephilim cannot be harmed, at least by Heaven’s hands.
Thus, there are two solutions present to this issue - to erase or to not.
Of the grand Council, consisting of the angels created directly by the Highest---for all other angels are of the Council’s creation, be it by the Highest’s direct request or because that is a specific function of the Council---these two solutions have been taken and applied as each member has decreed fit - rather than as one, though it seems to appear that they are acting in union.
Michael believes in the unintentional design of the Nephilim, but does not disregard the Nephilim’s relation to Creation - and as such, sees to the Nephilim’s end without heavenly intervention. This has resulted in their focus lying within Heaven itself, manipulating and restricting the concepts of its construction as required in order to limit, eliminate, prevent and restore the number of angels who may descend unto Creation. Michael’s path is that of one who truly follows the Highest’s orders.
Raphael is similar to Michael, in that they cannot disregard the unnatural form of the Nephilim - but has little, if any qualm for their relations to Creation. The utter blasphemy that is the Nephilim’s very existence is a pure justification for their erasure by any and every means, including interfering with Creation, in itself a blasphemous action but yet again considered justified. Of course, the entirety of Heaven does and would not agree with this line of thought, and thus Raphael conducts their own exterminations in small and quiet ways---much to their personal ire, as the need to remain undetected renders the practice inefficient against the multiplicative growth of the Nephilim. Raphael’s path is that of one who truly loves Creation, and simply wishes to ensure its purity and development as it ought to be foretold.
Gabriel is similar to Raphael in their love for Creation. As such, however, they cannot ever believe in the Nephilim’s erasure, as they can be considered natural occurrences of Creation - but even so, Gabriel is understanding of the Nephilim’s lack of design. Such conflicting viewpoints, to wholly acknowledge them, ensures that Gabriel has long spent time as a neutral individual of the debate, who has opted to simply not act upon the issue and focus on Heaven’s main purpose of watching and recording everything. One can believe that they are simply on the side of the Nephilim, for continuing to enable their existence, but the fact that one must believe or assume this indicates the difficulty of concluding the matter of the Nephilim. Gabriel’s path is one that acknowledges the deepest basics of the construction of everything, and walks merely towards that.
The entirety of Heaven cannot not acknowledge the lack of design to the Nephilim’s existence. As such, what makes their occurrence so troublesome is their existence within Creation - to ignore or to acknowledge this, that is one essence of issue here.
What ultimately occurs in the planes below, among Creation, shall faithfully be recorded by the Archives.
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