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Forever and Always AU:)

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Paige Alexander - Hughes

Born:Paige Theodora Alexander

Birthday: November 8th 2001 in Chicago Illinois USA

Age currently: 22 years old

Personality: kind, caring, gentle, intelligent, very shy. She could never hurt anyone’s feelings and if she felt like she hurt someone or didn’t make the right choice she would regret it for days after.

Family: Parents- James Alexander a big time sports agent and also part time hockey coach as he has career for 12 years with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Her mother Lily Alexander is a history professor and at the time of Paige’s birth she’s teaching at Northwestern.

Paige has a 2 year older brother Brandon Alexander who becomes a professional hockey player when he was drafted to the Boston Bruins in the 2017 draft. Brandon played at Boston college for two years before making his debut. Paige also has a sister Eleanor Alexander she is 3 years younger and the baby of the family, Paige and her have a very close relationship.

The Alexander family moves to the tbe beachside town of Capeside Massachusetts when she was 5 years old, as her father got a coaching job with the local high school team

On her first day of kindergarten she’s new to Capeside and has a hard time making friends as she’s very shy but also very pretty and that day she meets a very lively and energetic boy named Jack. At the time she didn’t know she met her best friend and her future husband.

She loves the ocean and could spend everyday at Capeside Beach her favorite place in the world.

She’s a bookworm and a hopeless romantic, she loves Jane Austen novels but her favorite book of all times is Gone With the Wind:)

She’s increíble with photography and loves taking ocean shots or ones of her dog Lizzy Taylor

Lizzy Taylor is Paige’s golden retriever she gets when she’s seventeen (eventually Jack’s too) Lizzy is named after Elizabeth Taylor as Paige is obsessed with old Hollywood glamor and she’s sucker for the old movies.

Paige is a lover of animals- one day Paige found a baby bird with a wounded wing outside her window in New York she enlists Jack to help her save the bird and Jack laughs at her, but agrees as he can’t say no to his beautiful caring wife and they nurse the baby bird to health with a makeshift nest till it’s ready to be set free.

In high school Paige could be teased as she was very shy and very smart always with her head in a book.

Paige becomes friends with a special needs boy Ethan in high school as people were so cruel to him but Paige has a heart of gold. This really fuels her desire to start a career in special education as she’s very patient and gentle.

She gets accepted to Columbia University her senior year of high school and is so excited to move to New York and pursue her education in education lol. The only thing she doesn’t want is to be a away from jack the love of her life

Paige gets lucky as Jack gets drafted 1st overall to the New Jersey Devils and she’s so excited. Jack and her buy a cute townhouse in the west village that absolutely perfect and even has a park across the street for Lizzy. They buy the home with his first NHL paycheck that’s close enough for her to go to school and the rink for him.

Paige and her friends from Columbia every month although she’s married to Jack have a girls night out or day out. Her favorite activities include exploring the bookstores around NYC, going to bakery’s as she’s a sweet tooth and a sucker for a good cupcake, or antique shopping as she’s obsessed with decorating Jack and hers place.

She’s loves flowers and she has a theme for her home every 2 weeks of a certain color or type.

She’s secretly a sucker for reality tv, she loves the real housewives or the bachelor and Jack makes fun of her but he secretly loves watching and having commentary.

Paige loves Taylor Swift and she’s currently a folklore girl but when she married Jack she was a total lover girl and their first dance with to Lover. She currently prays now that with living in the same area as Taylor she will eventually run into her idol.

Paige just recently graduated from Columbia in May and she’s at her first year at her job working at a elementary school in the city with very young special needs kids.

Jack Hughes

Born: Jack Rowden Hughes

Birthday: May 14th 2001 in Capeside Massachusetts

Age currently: 22 years old

Personality: caring, funny, outgoing, cocky, and deploy in love with Paige, Paige would also say adorable

Family: Jim Hughes and Ellen Hughes- both played hockey in college, Ellen is credited for his talented skating skills and speed.

Jack has an older brother Quinn Hughes who currently plays for the Vancouver Canucks, and a younger brother Luke Hughes who plays with him on the New Jersey Devils.

Jack has lived in Capeside his entire life and like his brothers he has been playing hockey since he could walk and he played for the town of Capeside’s hockey team from the age of 4 till 18.

In high school Jack was the captain of the Capeside Cavaliers and he was incredibly talented, scouts would come from all NHL franchises to watch the local kid blow past everyone on the ice.

Paige’s father James Alexander was his coach in high school so Jack was terrified of him as James was very protective of Paige making sure he wasn’t going to hurt her or make her give up her educational dreams. James was also protective of Jack’s career and didn’t want Paige to become a distraction which she never did.

A scout from Sweden approached Jack when he was fourteen offering him a spot on a international team as he was so talented but he declined as he wanted to stay in Capeside with his friends and family and most importantly Paige .

Jack suffers from really bad anxiety and panic attacks and Paige is still the only one that can cure them when she’s home with him and it happens she just holds him and strokes him hair telling him she loves him so much and he doesn’t have be perfect on the ice for her. When he’s away from Paige and his panic attacks happen he FaceTimes her and she tells him to breathe with her and some nights when he’s on roadies they fall asleep on the phone together as sometimes they both need it.

Jack’s really talented at drawing and in high school was always taking art classes and he didn’t want any of his hockey friends to know as he thinks he’ll be laughed at. Paige always tells him he’s amazing and shouldn’t hide it.

Jack always draws cute things for Paige in anniversary cards or birthday cards and Paige finds it so sweet.

Jacks best friend other then Paige is Trevor Zegras his childhood friend who’s a lovable goofball and was the best man at Jack and Paige’s wedding.

Jack is drafted number 1 in the 2019 NHL draft to the Devils and he struggles deeply in his rookie year and though Paige and him are strong and continue to be strong after, his rookie year is their first year of marriage and Paige’s first year at Columbia so a lot is happening but they are both there for each other forever and always.

Luke comes to live with Paige and Jack his first season with the devils and drives Jack nuts as he’s dirty and still a teen and they bicker a ton, and Paige has to become the middle ground. Luke would always whine that Paige didn’t play fair as Jack always gets his way as he is her husband.

Other Characters highly mentioned in the AU

- Trevor Zegras (Jack’s Best Friend)

- Luke and Quinn Hughes(Jacks brothers)

- Nico Hishier (Devils Captain/Jacks teammate)

- Eleanor Alexander(Paige’s Sister)

- Rachel Allen and Megan Landon (Paige’s best friends from Columbia)

-Lizzy Hughes( Paige and Jacks golden retriever)

- Lila Grace Hughes (Paige and Jacks daughter born May 17th 2024)

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sgkophie · 2 years

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Man's World - Chapter 6 - A Losing Deck of Cards, Please

Pairing: Female!Leclerc reader x Carlos Sainz Jr, Reader x Carlos Sainz

Warnings: slow burn, eventual Smut, enemies to lovers

Rating: Mature

Word Count: ~4k

AN: Ok - this chapter felt a bit more "filler" but it gives us a little more insight into the characters and their interactions did make me laugh. Some classic Peaches-Carlos moments. Plus I threw in some Carlos POV since so many of you have been requesting it! let me know what you think!

Just felt better to start Chapter 7 with Peaches' dinner with the boys vs. ending chapter 6 with it :) Bear with me folks - chapter 7 and 8 have some fun stuff I promise... oh and definitely some Smut coming up! It's about time... am I right?

Almost done writing Chapter 7 - should be out Thursday or Friday at the latest.

Check out the full intro synopsis here!

Bugatti Factory – Georgia POV

After Miami Lily and I were requested back to the factory so we could hop into the Sim. The team had further upgrades on the cars which they wanted to bring to Barcelona. I was excited, the Miami upgrades were incredible and I had no doubt the Barcelona upgrades would help us increase our race pace. But the best part? After a few days in the factory I had a solid 5 days at home in Monaco, just me, Charles and Lily – who had decided to visit before our trip to Barcelona.

No Carlos, no demands, and most importantly – no journalists.

At my last day at the factory I was called in for a ‘social media meeting.’ While Lizzie made it sound like we were be having a general meeting about both Lily and I’s engagements over the next week, based on the guest list, I knew what we would be actually discussing – I was going to get the low down on the Barcelona “fake dating” plan.

When I walked into the brightly lit Bugatti board room, the first thing I saw was a huge projector reflecting a photo of me and Carlos at the Miami grand prix. It was a picture of us in the cool down room – Carlos was shirtless, and I apparently had the biggest smirk on my face that I had personally ever witnessed.

Good fucking grief, I thought to myself. Please tell me this is photoshopped.

Before I could respond, I heard a burst of laughter behind me. Lily and Chris, my athletic trainer, had just walked into the conference room and saw the photo on the screen – a photo of me staring at a shirtless Carlos with a small, sultry smirk on my face.

I was mortified.

“Please take a seat and we’ll get started,” Lizzie said, motioning for me to take a seat. As much as I wanted to take a seat, all I could do was stand and stare at the photo; my face no doubt showing a look of absolute shock. I felt frozen.

“She would, but she can’t stop staring at Carlos with those puppy dog eyes,” Chris said, chuckling at me as I turned to him. I immediate flicked him off and stuck my tongue out. Was it childish? Sure – but I had just been caught staring at Carlos like a teenage girl who had just been asked to the dance by the quarterback… so, I was feeling childish.

I sat in the closest seat next to me, still staring at the photo on the screen. It soon switched to an Instagram post, which featured said shirtless Carlos photo.

Oh good, now I knew everyone was talking about the look. Lucky me.

Lizzie chuckled a bit. “Right, well, needless to say, things are going great in that department. We’ve been monitoring social media and the fans are loving the two of you. Speculation is high. After the race, #Garlos was trending on twitter.” She clapped her hands, clearly incredibly proud of herself. “The helping you out of the car- absolutely priceless. Defending you to the journalist? The cherry on top. Couldn't have asked for a better media interaction."

I scoffed at that. There I was dying of 105 degree heat, but all the social media team could think of was the gold mine that was discovered. Sure, he defended me, something that had taken me by surprise, but I had also stood up for myself. Not that anyone mentioned that in any of those post race debrief articles.

“So since the fans have bought into this so nicely, and since this upcoming race is Carlos’s home race, Coco and I have decided to move up the timeline a tad.”

With that statement, I lifted my eye brows. “How much is a tad?” I asked dryly.

“Next week you and Carlos should be more public in the paddock…” She drifted off, clearly a little worried about what she as going to say next. I motioned for her to continue, unconsciously sitting on the edge of my seat.

“We’re going to have you hold hands throughout the paddock, attend a couple events together,” she said very quickly, probably hoping I wouldn’t hear it all. I pictured her at the paddock directing me around, saying “well I told you back at the office”, in hopes that she could insinuate that I wasn’t listening during the social media meeting.

It didn’t work. I was on high alert.

I sighed, because I knew it was only a matter of time before we were going to have to escalate the relationship. In fan’s minds, a couple that had been dating for about a month held hands.

I nodded. “Fine, I guess that makes sense.” I could see Lizzie’s face lighten up; clearly she was expecting me to fight this, but the relief that washed over her face gave me a little bit of happiness. At least I can make her happy today, I thought to myself. She clapped her hands and headed over to give me a big hug.

“Excellent! Here’s the rest of your itinerary. Oh and just one more thing – we booked two rooms next to each other. It’s his home race and fans will expect you guys to be all lovely dovey – didn’t make sense to have you in separate hotels.”

“Separate rooms, right?” I said strongly – staring directly into Lizzie’s eyes. Like hell was I going to share a room with Carlos Sainz. Didn’t matter if he was the most handsome driver on the grid… or if he smelled the best… or if he had been acutely aware enough to pull me out of the race car before I passed out from heat exhaustion…

My thoughts were cut off by Lizzie who shrilled, “Of course! I know how much your sleep is important to you before a race… which is the story you and Carlos will say if anyone questions why you have separate rooms, got it?”

I nodded – it seemed easy enough.

The rest of the meeting concluded with Lizzie going through a few more Instagram posts that people had taken of us. One was from the Ferrari social media team who had done a cute post on my visit to the Ferrari garage for the orchestrated ‘accidental’ tour Carlos had given me. To be fair to them, it did look cute – Carlos looked like a kid in a candy store, showing me all of the coolest new items that had just arrived.

I enquired to see if any sponsors had seen the posts and if there were any changes to the deals. Lizzie denied it, which made sense. We were going to have to put in a lot more effort if we were going to turn this image around.

Carlos POV – Ferrari Factory

Miami was a great race. I had managed to get onto the podium, and I was starting to feel real confidence in the car. The sooner I got my driving life together and my personal life more private, I was going to be rid of Little Ms. Sassy Leclerc. Although after my help with getting her out of the car, the media and fans had gone wild. I was being hailed Georgia’s Hero – which felt ridiculous, all I did was help a driver out of her car. I was a decent human being, and I didn’t appreciate everyone making hoopla about me doing the basics – did no one expect me to help her?

The moment she had pulled up I knew something was wrong. Georgia had a signature jump out of the car she did when she made the podium of a race. It was, to be fair, pretty cute and when she didn’t jump out this time, I knew something was wrong. I figured she’d be pissed that she lost to her brother – but no way would she neglect to get out of the car to celebrate with Charles.

When I pulled her out of the car, the look of panic on her face was real. I felt like, for the first time, I had seen a glimpse of the real Georgia; she wasn’t the usual composed self. She seemed human, and it was a breath of fresh air for me. I had this weird feeling in my stomach when she looked straight into my eyes – something I was going to definitely ignore.

On the last day of the visit to the factory, Charles and I had been summoned to a communications meeting – which I knew instantly was going to be about Georgia. As I walked into the room, Bella, my communications manager patted me on the back. “Good stuff, Carlos – pulling Georgia out of the car like that, absolute gold. And then defending her at the press conference? Just great,” she said to me.

I brushed her off. “I’m not going to leave any driver in the car. What her team did to her was stupid and dangerous – plus that journalist was an asshole, I’ve been wanting to put him in his place for a while,” was all I could mutter back as a reply.

“Well, regardless, the audience seem to be loving this relationship. Charles, that little live story you did at the bar was gold. Speculation is running high that Charles has set you two up, which is going to lead us into a perfect weekend where we can make the relationship public at your home race this weekend,” Coco chimed in.

Of course they were going to take advantage of my home race. Here when I finally had a chance to win my home race, my communications team were more worried about how Georgia and I were going to interact. The team explained the plan for us to walk through the paddock, hand in hand. There would be the usual garage visit, probably a track walk, etc. etc. etc…

“And who knows, maybe if you get on the podium, she’ll give you a little congratulations kiss,” Coco said with a chuckle. At that comment Charles cleared his throat, clearly unamused by my cousins’ antics.

“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves,” Charles said dryly.

“Don’t worry mate, no one wants to kiss your sister less than I do,” I said to him, giving him a big pat on the shoulder. I thought he might have taken the joke – but instead he turned to me and looked offended. He didn’t want me to kiss his sister… but he clearly wanted me to want to kiss his sister. Noted.

“You’ll have rooms next to each other this race, so we can easily get footage of you two coming and going from the paddock. We’ll rotate this race – Georgia will drive some and you’ll drive some.”

Clearly my horrified face said it all – because before I could say anything Coco butted in.

“Carlos, you have to share. You being the only one driving makes it look like a one-sided relationship and the fans are going to start commenting that you don’t let her drive anywhere. We’re getting ahead of that.”

I knew he was right, but still, getting in a Bugatti felt like an offense to all human nature.

“Fine – as long as I don’t have to share a room with her, I’ll do it.”

Charles eyes widened, as if he had just thought of the possibility that one day they would probably shove me and his beloved sister into the same room. I chuckled at that. Oh Charles, Ferrari’s little naïve golden boy.

Barcelona – Wednesday – Georgia’s POV

We arrived in Barcelona fairly early and our shuttle from the private plane took us straight to the hotel we were staying at. The hotel was a lovely old building in the center of the historic downtown. As I opened the door to my room, I saw what was probably the largest, most lovely suite I had ever laid my eyes on. Within the room were two bedrooms and a huge living room.

Nice, I thought to myself.

I texted Charles that I had arrived and asked if he wanted to meet up for dinner tonight. Fortunately I had been spared dinner with Carlos this evening since he had some big dinners with potential sponsors and Spanish VIPs. Apparently no one thought we were that ready to be put together at a sponsorship dinner. Fine by me.

Georgia: Dinner tonight?

Twin Bro: Yea, I’ll text Pierre and Danny.

Georgia: Sounds good.

I unpacked my clothing for the race weekend. Again Bugatti had set us up with some pretty fun items for the week – some sun dresses, blue jeans that matched the car, and various tops for the weekend. Several designers had reached out to the team and asked if they could design better polos than the classic men’s one the rest of the paddock wore, to which Isabelle said, “of course.”

If I was going to walk around the paddock holding hands with the devil – at least I was going to do it in style.

I decided to take a shower before I got dressed for the day. We had an afternoon meeting with some VIPs at the hospitality lounge, and going drenched in sweat and smelling like airplane just didn’t seem appropriate if I was trying to convince my VIPs to become sponsors. As I was finishing up my shower I all of a sudden heard a noise coming from the main room. Panic began to fill me. Had someone broken in? A crazy fan? There were some crazy fans in F1 – and not everyone was thrilled that the sport was ‘letting women in’.

Must be Lizzie here to fill me in on some extras for the weekend, I thought to myself. Still, usually she knocks first, I grumbled to myself.

But as I walked out of the shower, wrapped in only towel, ready to chastise Lizzie for not knocking before she came into my room – I saw something much worse – Carlos Sainz. His eyes were slowly raking over me and he smirked. “Well hello to you too. I guess after Miami, its only fair I also see your shirtless, although you definitely need to buy me dinner first,” he said with a wink.

“What the fuck are you doing here?!” I screamed, running back into the bathroom. I poked my head out of the door and looked at him, still demanding answer.

“Well according to the front desk, this is my room. So, I think the question is why are you here, showering in my shower?”

“This is my room you idiot.”

“Well, looks like we’re sharing a room then – cause clearly my key works,” he griped back, motioning towards the door with his key – like a buffoon.

“Absolutely not. No way. Not happening. Now turn around so I can run back to my room. And don’t get comfortable, I am sure Lizzie will get this sorted.”

He chuckled, but turned around. The moment he did I dashed to my room, cell phone in hand. I frantically dialed Lizzie’s number, as if she was a radio host and I was a hopeful fan that was going to be caller #9.

“Lizzie, thank god you picked up, there’s been a mistake. Carlos is in my room, claiming we’re sharing a room! I thought you said these rooms were next to each other.”

“Wha-what do you mean he’s in your room?” She seemed as equally confused as I was. “Let me call and get this sorted out.”

I hung up and threw my Bugatti team clothes on. On the other side of the wall I could hear Carlos’ muffled voice – clearly speaking to Coco on his end. After I got dressed I walked out of my room and heard the tail end of their conversation.

“… this is not acceptable, you need to fix this,” I heard Carlos hiss. “It’s bad enough that I have to spend my down time in the paddock with her, I need my space in my hotel room!”

Carlos turned to see me and gave me a weak smile. “Good to see you found some clothes.”

Before I could retort back to him, Lizzie was calling me. “Please tell me you have some good news,” I split out, staring directly at Carlos.

“Unfortunately Georgia, when the Ferrari coordinator called to get the rooms next to each other – the hotel heard two rooms side by side, they booked you a suite with two… and with the grand prix this weekend, the hotel is completely booked.” She trailed off at the end, but the truth was I had stopped listening after unfortunately.

Carlos could tell from my face that the news was bad news, because as I turned to him, he slammed his bag on the sofa and sat down with what only could be described as the world’s largest sigh. Before I could say anything, he was opening his suitcase and unpacking his toiletries.

I was seething. I had one request, and it was broken. Carlos looked at his phone, and his face said it all – he had been told the same thing from Coco.

“Just stay out of my way,” I bit out, rushing back into my room and slamming the door. As soon as I was ready to go I rushed out of the room, not giving Carlos another thought.

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The rest of the afternoon went well. The VIP experience was lovely and Isabelle said we made some good progress with a couple potential sponsors – Luis Vuitton being one of them. The sponsors had asked me various questions about the car, but one sponsor in particular had asked me about Carlos – well congratulated me more like. I did my best not to roll my eyes and pretend barf as Lily stood behind the sponsor, staring at me while giggling like a small child. She was getting way too much enjoyment out of this I determined.

I made sure to complain to Isabelle, Susie and Lizzie about my unfortunate luck with the hotel, but Isabelle made it clear I would not be switched to a different hotel than the rest of the team. ‘At least this means you and Carlos will be on time to the paddock’, she said with what I thought was too much of an attitude considering I was the one who had to endure Carlos Sainz in MY hotel room.

After the strategy meeting I returned back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. Truth be told, I was incredibly excited to have dinner with Charles, Pierre and Danny. It had been so long since the four of us had hung out – and I had a lot to fill them in on. Plus, I had sent Lando a box of Krispy Kreme donuts, which I had conveniently loaded full of vegetables and Greek yoghurt inside, so I was eager to hear about his utter disappointment when opening the box. Lando had gotten a sponsorship from them because of his absolute love of donuts. When we were kids, he’d easily knock back half a dozen in a sitting… and then go back for more.

When I arrived at the front door of my – our – hotel room, I took a big breath. You can do this Georgia, you can survive this weekend, I said to myself. I walked into the living room of our suite and heard the shower running. Perfect, I can make a quick getaway, I thought to myself. I immediately ran to the safety of my suite room and quickly changed into a lovely purple dress. Matched with my light tan heels and my cartier bracelet, I, for the first time in a while, felt relaxed and beautiful. I was going to have dinner with my brother and best friends – for once, all felt right in the world.

Before I could truly reminisce in my moment of relaxation and clarity, I walked out of my room and was, once again, hit with the reality of my situation – a shirtless reality of my situation. There, standing in front of me, was none other than Carlos Sainz, fresh out of the shower, steam still pouring out of the bathroom. His towel was wrapped around his waist, hung real low around his hips – it looked as though it could fall to the floor any moment.

God I wish it would, I immediately thought before I could stop myself. I pushed that thought way down into the pit of my stomach. What is wrong with your Georgia? This is Carlos Sainz – the playboy both your teams have saddled you with because he can’t keep it in his pants.

Unfortunately for me, before I could finish the internal conversation with myself, Carlos had turned to face me. I had been caught staring… again.

“Enjoying the view?” he asked with a wink, staring directly at me.

I immediately snapped out of my internal conversation and turned away, giving him my shoulder and huffing. “Any chance you can put some clothes on? This is a shared area, in case you forgot,” I responded snarkily.

“And deny you the opportunity to get a second peak of your favorite Chili? What kind of man do you think I am?” He teased.

I grimaced. So he had seen that Instagram post that caught me staring at him shirtless in Miami. Great. I mean it was all over the internet, so it was incredibly hopeful of me to think that he hadn’t seen it.

“A man that has probably never been told to put his shirt back on by a woman, but there’s a first time for everything, Carlos, so put it on,” I hissed back.

He chuckled. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see his form in the mirror in front of me – he was directly behind me and starting to inch closer. He kept moving towards me and before I could react, I felt his breath on my neck which caused a slight chill to go up my spine.

“If you play your cards right, mi amor, you might be able to see more of me,” he softly whispered into my ear. It was as if my body had forgotten who he was, because I could feel my body start to warm up. Having him this close to me like this, it felt like my nerves were all set on fire. I tried to respond to him, come up with something witty, but at that moment, all I could think about was how close his lips were to my neck – how good his breath felt on my neck.

So, instead, before I embarrassed myself any further, I turned around and headed straight to the door. Before I could stop myself I turned and around and yelled back into the room, “Well consider my cards a losing deck because what I really want is to see less of you – so if you could turn that into making yourself disappear – I’d be delighted!” And with that, I slammed the door and headed to the elevator.

Not my finest comeback – but it would have to do in a pinch… a real pinch.

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hamable · 6 months

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Psychonauts 2 post-game mentor/mentee list I promised a while ago:

So I was gonna make a connection between the psychic 7 and the 7 interns, but it wasn’t a clean parallel and it excluded Lilly, so instead I’m reshaping it to Who I’d pair up as mentors/mentees post-game:

Interns (8 (no! 9 actually, I’m adding Fraizie.)

Lizzy, Sam, Morris, Norma, Gisu, Adam, Lilly, Raz, Frazie

Potential Mentors:

Ford, Lucy, Truman, Hollis, Milla, Sasha, Helmut, Bob, Compton, Cassie, Otto, Oleander.

Helmet & Augustus: (HA SIKE, ITS 10 INTERNS) I wasn’t gonna include Augustus, but then I imagined him interacting with Helmut and they gave immediate best friend vibes. They would get along swimmingly. They both have this love of performance and similar temperaments and I really think it’d be like throwing two theater kids together. They’d be inseparable. They’d have so many ideas for psychic flourishes and music performances and asdhdkfj imagine it with me.

Lucy & Raz: Lucy wouldn’t take an actual intern on, but I think she and Raz (and the rest of the Aquatos) would spend their time post game healing together. In that context, it’s an obvious pairing. Let them rediscover their familial connection to psychics together, let them literally test the waters they’ve been wary of their whole lives together.

Milla & Frazie: a perfect match to me, personally. Frazie still has reservations about herself and psychics as a whole. Who else to guide her through it than someone as warm, uplifting, encouraging, and fun as Milla? Added bonus is her specialization in levitation, and I feel like the circus born Aquatos would pick up and excel in that right away.

Bob and Lily: another obvious pairing, similar situation to Raz and Lucy. They haven’t spent time together yet, and I think it would mean so much to Bob to see his little firecracker of a niece so excited about plants and their psychic properties. And look at all the cool stuff he’s got: exploding plant bulbs, psychically linked vine system? Lily would absolutely lose her mind.

Otto & gisu: I love engineer Gisu, and while we don’t get a whole lot of in game time with either of them, I headcanon these two to be similar in temperament, especially with tinkering and experimenting. Perfect pairing, no notes.

Oleander & Sam: Extremely Funny. Will not separate these two even though Ik her grandfather is literally Right Over There.

Cassie & Morris: discovering even more ways to reach out into the world, psychically or otherwise. Also, Morris would be so pumped to have a doodle archetype Co-DJ.

Truman & Norma: she seems like she admires strong leadership and would wanna learn from the Head himself.

Sasha & Lizzie: chill vibes, and I think Sasha would like the challenge of helping develop a power set that isn’t as similar to his own.

Hollis & Adam: similar to Norma, I think he’d want to develop as a leader and learn what it takes to run something like the Psychonauts. I think she’d challenge him and help him grow into a really powerful psychic.

Ford: listen. LISTEN. There are split views on this man. I’m gonna tentatively say that maybe we don’t put this guy in charge of a child for a little bit...

Compton: I feel bad I couldn’t find an intern for him but maybe Queepie would like to talk to animals.

Alternates:

Truman & Adam: Adam was my other candidate to shadow the Grand Head. He’s got the feel of a future leader and would probably really enjoy learning from him.

Lucy & adam: now, I don’t think Lucy is in a place to be teaching or mentoring anyone immediately post game, and further down the line when she’s more recovered and like her old self, Raz would be an obvious choice to pair with her. But for some reason I really wanna see Adam and Lucy interact. Adam SCREAMS sweet, smart young man that old ladies just eat up. She’d tell him stories and teaches him tricks and I think hed have the right balance of humility and gumption, and patience. I think she’d find his yo-yo delightful.

Milla & gisu: like morris, gisu is skilled in levitation and definitely has an eye for fun that would work well with Milla’s whole vibe.

Compton & Sam: another family pair, but I want them to work together on cooking. I feel bad not pairing Compton with someone in my initial list bc his whole thing was about growing more confidence in himself and I think it’d suit him well to have an intern look up to him.

Otto & Lizzy: she’d be so into all his weird gadgets and they’d be squirreled away in their little lab working on unethical horrors beyond our comprehension and also a top secret soft serve ice cream machine for the intern dorms.

Bob & Sam: Bob has his exploding plant pods and sentient/psychically linked vine system and probably loads of other stuff that Sam would find fascinating. And that’s just what we saw while he was hiding away, imagine what he can do now that he’s happier and healthier. Actually, maybe it’s be dangerous putting these two together. Crazy powerful plant guy and tyrannical animal whisperer could be too powerful a duo…

Milla & Morris: I liked this initial pairing and wouldn’t be mad to see it continue!

Helmut & Raz: I love their dynamic and honestly I just need Helmut post game, freshly refunneled into his recovered body, hunting down Raz to give him the biggest, most monstrous bear hug anyone’s ever witnessed. This kid fully rehabilitated him for a near brain dead state. He save his life. He’s Raz’s number 1 fan and will be for the rest of his life.

#psychonauts 2 #psychonauts #psychonauts interns #psychic 7 #psychic seven #this is way longer than I meant it to be #I’d love to hear other peoples pitches

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erigold13261 · 4 months

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That among us ask got me thinking of who is a theatre kid

Yes: B2J, DDMC, Rin, Haym, Neon J, Eve, Miles, Gwen, Hobie, Peni, Ham, Noir, Peter B, Satoru, Suguru, Yu

No: Eloni, Zimelu, Purl, DJ Sub, Sayu crew, Yinu, her mom, Tatiana, Miguel, Shoko

???: Kento

I actually think Zimelu is someone who LOVES musicals and watches them with Eve and Purl (Purl is more there because they have nothing better to do and like the songs). Don't know if that counts as a theatre kid trope or not though.

I can see Catherine being a theatre kid when she was younger, but is not longer one, grown out of it.

Kento is probably in a similar area as Purl, where he likes musicals and theatre stuff, but wouldn't participate himself (unless it was to help Yu in participating).

Elivy is also a theatre kid, Martha was one too (or fell in love with theatre kid Neon at least lol). I can see Bunny, Cyril, and Rei as theatre kids as well.

Also, theatre kid Peni and non theatre kid Yinu is so funny to me lol. I don't think Margo would be a theatre kid either.

Raz is absolutely a theatre kid. I don't think Lili would be. Out of the interns I can see Morris, Gisu, and Lizzie as theatre kids while Sam, Norma, and Adam aren't. But honestly Adam could also be a theatre kid as well.

Honestly I think all the main protagonists of Hi Fi Rush are theatre kids except for Korsica. Event he villains are probably some type of threatre kids except for Roguefort.

#nsrtalk #spidertalk #pntalk #jjktalk #hifitalk #eritalks #eriverse #noart #asks

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lunar-insanity · 2 years

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Whispering Water!PN InternSwap AU

Figured I should have a place to write down some ideas and come up with a name for my version of the InternSwap AU, so I can differentiate it from @feel-mobile’s version (which, btw, very nice one, go read it, am curious to see how it turns out)

So Hai! Welcome to what I’m gonna call Whispering Water, my version of a Psychonauts Intern Swap AU! I’d been mulling it over for a few days now and here’s what I got so far, starting with Swaps

Interns to Founders

Lucrecia => Raz Ford => Lili * Otto => Gisu * Helmut => Lizzie ** Bob => Norma ** Cassie => Adam Compton => Sam

Agents

Loboto => Sasha Morris => Milla *** Oleander stays? ****

Okay so let’s start with those asterisks

* Ford and Lili switch places, but with Ford as an Intern back at the Motherlobe, and Lili officially taking Ford’s place in the timeline. Ford isn’t at Whispering Rock though.

Otto is though. In canon, it’s through Otto that Lucy and Ford meet, so Otto is at Whispering Rock (for some reason i’ll think of later) and meets Lucy. He’s still an intern, interning under Gisu, so he might be there on a ‘mission’ for her to check on stuff there.

** These two are a bit tricky for me, specifically who will ‘die’ in the Deluge. My first idea is that Norma is the one who falls beneath the ice and it’s Lizzie feels responsible for her ‘death’, but I also had the idea that Lizzie is the one who falls.

So say she was using her super charged ice to freeze Razigula’s water, but it’s not instantaneous? It’s fast but not that fast, however it doesn’t stop when started, and thus Razigula has time to let loose a few more water blasts, one of which could’ve been targeted at Norma. So Lizzie tries to run in and save her sister, and gets blasted beneath the water just as it all freezes over.

Norma would feel like crap. She’s a Pyrokinetic, fire melts Ice, she should be able to dig her sister out of the ice, but can’t. Might be even worse if it was HER idea to super charge Lizzie’s cryokinesis (since a few of her ideas have already backfired on her in canon)

*** Morris is the one I have a hard time placing. I do want him to stay with the original group so my thought is he is one of the few remaining active members of the original Psychic 6, but likes to stick around Whispering Rock. He mentors Milla, she could even be one of the ‘campers’ around the place, helping out.

**** I have no idea what to do with Morry xD Part of me just wants to leave him where he is. Part of me wants to swap him with Sheegor? But I also have the scene in my head where Loboto gets the identity of the mole out of mad doctor Sasha and goes looking for Oleander. Please imagine this awkward dentist blushing under Morry’s praise at him getting the info out.

Aaand that’s it for now? A few other ideas is that the interns this time don’t do hazing, cause Helmut would never let them do it, but Ford absolutely falls over himself with an accidental teleportation and something happens that causes Lucy to need a bit of a costume change.

Otto is absolutely the one to introduce Lucy to Ford and the rest.

I’ll probably work out how the rest of the events unfold. I do better writing ABOUT the things than writing the things ^^;

Enjoy ;P

#psychonauts #psychonauts2 #internswap #imma leave it tagged like that for now #whispering water au

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vatrocvet · 2 years

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do you think norma hates/would try to hide her lazy eye/tooth gap?

Sorry for the late response, I spent half my day thinking about this ask, but I think I've figured it out. Also, this is going to be extremely long winded because I will take any excuse to talk about her.

Despite this reference, she avoids smiling with her teeth. Her glasses were picked out oversized to hide and distract from her broken nose and her lazy eye. She even has this learnt tendency to pick a standing position which makes the way her lazy eye looks less prominent. A perfectionist in her own right, truly.

(this is the part where i go off on a somewhat canon related tangent. not too relevant to the ask itself but i felt i had to.)

Norma in her essence strikes me as someone who puts on an elaborate performance to hide the fact she's rather insecure. She comes of as this mean, prideful person with a condescending presence of a typical giggly mean girl, making sure you know she thinks she's above you, and don't you dare try to usurp her position in the eyes of the authority figures. This role she's playing represents a from of control she likes to cling to, and she's been keeping it up for so long it melted into her face. People who are the most curel are usually the most unhappy with themselves.

She seems stable, she seems rather mean for seemingly no reason. Inside she yearns for the glory, the recognition, the attention of her superiors, so she goes on a senseless, demeaning feat to bring Raz down because she's probably baffled by him and envious of him just walking in with all these acclamations and attention from high ranking agents. How does she get this attention back? She has to do something just as important. Like singlehandedly rooting out the mole and helping the entire organisation! This is very much worth it and since she's so intelligent and her judgement is oh so spotless, she couldn't possibly be wrong. She's so sure she's right, she thinks nothing off-script could possibly happen. I went as far as to analyze her face in the background of some scenes. Specifically when the adults find Raz and Lili after they exited "Truman's" mind. When Sasha is disappointed in Raz, she has this triumphal expression of absolute joy. Everything is clicking! Everything is going according to plan! And then it doesn't. And then instead ot having a hand in rooting out the mole, she had a hand in bringing back Maligula. According to Morris, she came to him UPSET about some TERRIBLE MISTAKE she had made, asking for reinforcement. I curse the day this wasn't a scene because it could've given her some 100% canon dimension, her own little villain breakdown. She clearly has developed leadership and manipulation skills, but her actual social intelligence is quite poor. Bullying a ten year old? Seriously?

The instance of her realizing she fucked up big time with the whole Maligula incident and the bottled emotions cut voice line tells me we aren't seeing the full picture, which makes sense because we're looking at everything from Raz's perspective.

(messy tangent over. let's say i'm back to the ask)

Now, in the realm of my messy headcanons and theorizing, she's just a fumbling bunch of awful learnt behaviors. Once something works, the brain takes it and runs with it.

She is practically unrecognizable. But due to a total angstfest of reasons, she has developed a permanent lazy eye (her vision is straight up awful. she strained her eyes so greatly she occasionally has to squint even with her thick glasses. without them she can't see a finger in front of her face. her eyes are super sensitive and her poor vision is one of the many reasons she's quite prone to headaches.). i don't know if i portray it clearly enough, but you might have noticed her nose is broken. This is tied to her lazy eye. Her tooth gap is genetic (Lizzie has one too!), and despite wearing braces for it when she was little, they didn't dissappear (mostly because she was basically bullied out of wearing them. they gave her a speech impediment and she would refuse to wear them so they didn't improve anything). Her skin is also genetically prone to acne, but she had a hand in making it all the more sensitive and damaged.

She's got these... Let's call them nervous habits. Picking at her lips till they're wounded, chewing on her nails and fingers, tugging at her hair and itching and opening her acne when under duress.

She was never called pretty. Nobody ever called her beautiful. Quite the opposite, the cruel kids around her knowing nothing about her expect that she was a psychic freak, insulted her physical appearance as kids usually do. She defaulted to thinking people find her ugly. When she stopped taking care of herself and deteriorated greatly, she didn't feel the impact of it. When her damaged left eye stopped working, she wasn't bothered. When her skin was full of scars from being picked over and over again, she thought it was normal. She was always "ugly". Their laughter and cruel comments were the norm, so there mustn't be a problem. Her posture was awful, she was in constant pain, but she didn't care. So what if her body deteriorated? So what if she shed a fistful of hair every day? It was all worth it for the numbers, the results, the grades, the acclaim. Her only form of self worth lied in these "achievements". Even if there was someone to tell her she wasn't ok, it's not like she would've listened. It didn't matter.

But the many competitions and performances she participated in required her to be presentable.

This realization was a heavy hit. She went from barley taking care of herself to suddenly becoming very proactive in that department. She wasn't only chasing numbers anymore. She also had to present herself in front of others. People are shallow. They might knock her efforts down because she wasn't attractive. What she stopped caring about suddenly became important, and it only worsened when she got older.

I feel where she is at currently is the healthiest environment she has ever been in for her. Where people like her are accepted. A place where she can finally feel like she maybe even fits. Where she is safe from the judgment of her family and peers.

But her performance never ends. And now she has people who don't ignore her existence or loathe her by default. Now it matters more than ever.

#norma natividad #i really released a flood of thought unto this poor ask. ignore it if it's too much. the first paragraph is probably a good enough answer.#diarrhea of the word processor #god knows how compressible all this is.#oh well. here goes nothing.

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lily-orchard-gossip-blog · 2 years

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so i read a little of pokemadhouse out of curiosity - just backreading specific arcs as linked on the blog - and can i just say i think it is absolutely deranged to use a fucking comic about pokemon to slander one's ex? like there is an entire fake journal entry written by the gardevoir about how lizzy ruined lily's mental health and also her life and how the gardevoir (the fictional character lily is writing) can't believe she's so awful....i was agape while i was reading that. how can one person write all that and think they're in the right. it's a farce

That's how I felt reading it.

It was so uncomfortable and manipulative. Like, I get the desire to write out a breakup story, but concidering Lily is still expressing those same sentiments years later, I can't help but feel like this is just her trying to reinforce her narrative in the fictional one.

If Lily had since moved on from this behavior, I would be able to just chalk it up as her being upset and heartbroken over the loss of her relationship, but because she hasn't changed, I can only feel disturbed at just how obsessed she was with smearing her ex like that.

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freddieslater · 2 years

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Hi! May I ask for 1, 5 and 19? thanks!

You absolutely may!

1: What was the first fandom and/or pairing that you wrote fic for?

It was without a doubt Harry Potter, and it was a Remus x OC fic. I wrote many like that, usually switching it up with the pairings, mostly with Sirius, but there was one with James after I decided I did not feel bad about splitting up him and Lily. Almost 100% positive that the OC's name was Lola Justice. Many of my HP OC's were called Lola. I do not have any proof of this fic or any of the OC ones I wrote because I was a silly little child who got embarassed about writing such silly things and deleted every single one of them. Hate myself for it now, unfortunately, because I would love to read them, but alas, they are gone from the world forever.

5: What is the perfect environment for you to write in?

I honestly don't know if there is one? I mean, I could certainly write a lot better when I had my own room and could sit peacefully, undisturbed in the corner of my bed, tv playing away quietly. Sometimes listening to music helps, sometimes it doesn't.

19: Who is the easiest/hardest character for you to write about? Why?

This is an interesting question, actually, I haven't thought about this before. I think it may depend on the fandom? So, let's give a longer answer than necessary, as I so often do!

The Vampire Diaries:

Easiest - I'd say Caroline. It's about finding the right balance between who she used to be and who she became, and I love finding that balance so much that it just kinda happens on its own?

Hardest - Wouldn't it be absolutely hilarious if I said Damon or Enzo, especially considering they are who I've written the most for within this fandom? Nah, it's neither of them, it's actually Matt, but I honestly think that's just because I haven't written enough for him to have his voice down yet.

Legacies:

Easiest - I'd say Lizzie. I can hear her in my head while writing her scenes, I feel I can predict her responses and reactions to things and so it makes writing her feel very smooth.

Hardest - Penelope, because I just don't feel I connected enough with her while she was in the show, so I may need to rewatch season 1 to fix that.

Harry Potter (Marauders):

I think both of my answers for this are the same - Remus is both the easiest and hardest character for me to write for this fandom, because sometimes I'll feel like I know exactly what he'd do or say, and other times I just cannot figure out how he'd react to something. The way I write the Marauders tends to change as I develop more headcanons and opinions for them, so really they're all a bit of a struggle. Especially Peter.

Teen Wolf:

Easiest - Something about Scott just comes so naturally to me, maybe because I love him, maybe because I've watched the show so many times, or just because I've written for him so many times already.

Hardest - Maybe Derek? I think I struggle a bit with him but I'm honestly not too sure. It's usually the characters I don't write for too often that I struggle with when they do pop up. Although, saying that, I have also had many issues while writing Stiles.

Thank you for sending these in!! Send me some behind-the-fics questions!

#rhyslahey #ask away earthlings!#behind the fics game

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fromtheashesofvalyria · 4 years

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They were both too young to know how to love.

Of course leave it to Harry Potter to be what drags me back into writing fan fiction. Apologies to people who follow me already since this is pretty different from posts I’ve done in the past, so feel free to ignore.

I just wanted to try and get some thoughts out about a fanfiction I’m currently writing, specifically the relationship between Harry and Daphne. Or the lack of one right now anyway. ;)

The basic background is that this is a soulmate AU with soulmate marks and empathy/semi-telepathy (I’m not sure what to call it honestly). The three main ships are Dramione, Ransy, and Pottgrass, and it’s a slowburn enemies to lovers starting from Goblet of Fire on. Emphasis on slowburn and enemies considering two of the involved are Draco and Pansy.

Before I started writing again, the only ones of those three I shippped/read fanfiction of were Draco/Hermione and Pansy/Ron. I originally picked Daphne because I’d read fics that had her as a character and liked her in them; after that I read two fanfics that made me really ship them, because the amount of ships I have due to fanart/fanfic is huge. (Previously I was, and actually still am, a Nottgrass shipper because I am a multi-shipper a lot of the time.)

I’m going to put the rest of my rambling under the cut.

So there are a couple different things going on here. The most superficial was that, when I had started writing, I’d been re-watching the Lizzie Bennet Diaries so I was a bit influenced by Pride and Prejudice when writing Daphne at first. Specifically the inspiration was Matthew Macfaden’s Darcy from the 2005 movie and Daniel Vincent Gordh’s William Darcy from LBD. (And as an aside Astoria was slightly based on Georgianna from the 2005 movie and Gigi Darcy from LBD.)

The inspiration became less strong the more I wrote, but her being standoffish/cold/rude to non-Slytherins (except Astoria) and the scene where Daphne tries to make a deal with Harry was inspired by Darcy's first, horrible proposal to Elizabeth. But that’s the shallower reason, let’s get into the meat of it, which is background vs appearance.

Harry Potter was orphaned at the age of one years old, was raised in an abusive family who didn’t even give him a room for ten years, had no friends until he got to Hogwarts, and was lied to by the Dursleys’ about what his parents were actually like. There were no pictures of his parents, he wasn’t told they were a witch and wizard, and he didn’t even know they were murdered. When he is told about his parents, he is given the romanticized view of James and Lily and their relationship. He thinks they were the perfect picture of soulmates, as he hasn’t been told that James was once a jerk that Lily really disliked. His first real experience of familial love was with the Weasleys and thinks of them as the best family in the world. Daphne knows nothing of this aside from the fact that he was raised by muggles; I don’t think she thought much about Harry at all outside of times parts of his adventures were found out by the school. Like the flying car incident. As she said in the fanfic, Harry just sort of existed to Daphne.

Harry is only fourteen years old at the start of the fic, and has only had a crush on Cho at this point, but he does know that he wants to have the real love and respect his parents had. He wants to have a family of his own that would actually be loving. He doesn’t want his potential future children to grow up without love. And, most importantly, he doesn’t think Daphne is capable of that.

What Harry knows about Daphne’s background is that she’s part of an old, wealthy pureblood family a la the Malfoys or the Parkinsons. (He wouldn’t know the term Sacred Twenty-Eight.) That’s pretty much it and would be about the amount of knowledge all the students from the other houses would know (except for Astoria, the Ravenclaw little sister, who is just as uncomfortable as Daphne when asked to talk about their parents). Harry is also generally dismissive of Slytherin house as a whole thanks to Draco and his gang; he thought they looked like a “pale and unpleasant lot'' at the Welcome Feast in first year.

Here’s how Daphne comes across to the kids outside of Slytherin: standoffish; doesn’t seem to talk much outside of class participation, and is often sarcastic when she does; doesn’t seem to have friends outside of Slytherin and the only non-Slytherin she is consistently genuinely affection towards is her little sister, and not everyone sees that; while not a member of Pansy’s gang is still known to be a good friend of Pansy’s, and is also close to Blaise who is seen as equally snobby.

(Speaking of Blaise, Daphne still wants to know why she’s the only one to get an insulting nickname like Ice Queen when Blaise and Theo are often just as anti-social towards the other houses as she is. In Theo’s case, more so. XD)

Of course, it’s easy to sympathize with Daphne when you know what her background is really like. Her parents, despite being soulmates, have an absolutely toxic relationship that their daughters had to witness: “Daphne Greengrass hadn’t been a fan of the soulmate concept for years now. She could even pinpoint the exact moment her disillusionment started: the night before her sixth birthday when her father finally told her mother that, soulmates or not, he had never loved her and had only married her out of both obligation to the bond and to the alliance with her family. This had then turned into a screaming match in her father��s study accompanied by the sound of glass being thrown at a wall.” This is just one incident.

Daphne was so used to her parents arguing (and to be really clear, I’m not talking about normal arguments couples have; I’m talking about full-blown trying to verbally/emotionally hurt the other as possible or just arguing to try and win against the other person) that she was already making it her job to comfort Astoria, who “was still a baby, and upset by it”. Daphne has grown up with a very dim view of romance and romantic love.

Now, Daphne does know that people can be genuinely in love. For all their many, many faults, Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy are devoted to each other. Pansy’s parents aren’t on the same level, but are loving/affectionate enough with each other. However, she doesn’t think love and happiness are guaranteed so it’s better to have something more solid like respect or trust. However, that is hard to get across to Harry because she’s grown up to think being emotional is bad/a weakness and it’s hard for her to open up to people she doesn’t know well. (Pansy was her first friend at five years old and is still her best friend up until this point; it’s also the reason her other friends are the Slytherins she’s known for years at this point. People she’s used to.)

She could have approached Harry differently, flirted, or suggested dating, or tried to be romantic but she would have thought of that as dishonest/manipulative. Because Daphne knows love isn’t guaranteed for soulmates. Because Daphne knows she’s not the most likeable person. Because Daphne isn’t sure she could love Harry and doesn’t want to lie about it. Yes, Slytherins are all about cunning and clever ways to get what they want, but this is one of the areas Daphne would not even consider something like that. For all her issues, Daphne does have some standards.

Self-control and (just control in general) is something Daphne clings to because her parents were often unpredictable and she had to create a sense of being in control of her life. Her father is not a warm or empathetic person and he looks down on people being too emotional. (Yes, this is supposed to be hypocritical considering he’d get into screaming matches with his wife.) He would be out of the house a lot for both work and to get away from his wife. Her mother was emotionally and mentally in a bad place for a long time and withdrew from her children a bit. She improved by the time Daphne was at school, but her favorite is clearly Astoria for reasons that will be expanded on later. Daphne tells herself she gets it because Astoria is her favorite family member too. (Also I just want to make this clear, Daphne and Astoria are close siblings who genuinely love and care about each other. Daphne is also Astoria’s favorite family member. Their relationship, as I like to see/write it could be another post though so moving on.)

This need for self-control also was because of the stutter she had growing up. She was already self-conscious about it and she was very aware that her parents (her father in particular) saw it as a problem, which stressed her out more and made her stutter worse. The more emotional she’d get, the more likely she’d stutter. Whereas the more comfortable she was, the less often it happened. Pansy already mentioned in one of her POV’s that she barely heard Daphne stutter around her after a while; not a huge spoiler or surprise, but it was the same with Astoria. One of Daphne’s pre-Hogwarts tutors was essentially a wizard speech therapist, so she had it under control by first year but it was still recent enough at the time that she was pretty afraid of slipping up at school. Also consider the fact that some students (not just Slytherins either, but from all houses) made fun of Quirrell's stutter, and he was a teacher. (Yes he was evil, and only pretending to have one, but they didn’t know that then.) How much worse would the teasing be for a first year student? So as her father told her, sometimes it’s better not to talk at all.

Harry doesn’t know any of this.

Before things really started in the fanfic, Harry’s one interaction with Daphne that really stood out to him was that time she was sarcastic to him in first year after his first Quidditch game: “You know my family made the snitches used at Hogwarts. Please try not to choke on another of them next time.” When fourth year started, she ignored him completely in the Great Hall, and didn’t help her friend in a way he didn’t recognize/understand.

The next day, Daphne sends him a note ordering him to meet her during lunch, after not acknowledging him in public. (As Harry says, she didn’t even write please. It also didn’t ask him for a date and time to talk, just told him to meet her in a specific location.) When he asked if she was proposing to date him, she “made a truly exasperated sounding noise” which definitely hurt his pride a little. She also tried to approach a relationship (not necessarily even a romantic relationship, just in general) with him, someone she has barely spoken to, like a business deal, which he thinks is a cold way to look at it and he loses his temper. However, it should be noted that she asked him why when he rejected her out of hand and well, don’t ask a question you wouldn’t want an answer to.

Later on he sees her picking on a second year for seemingly no reason. In reality, this is a girl who did something to her sister and Daphne doesn’t let things like that slide when it comes to people she cares about.

Now afterwards things get murkier because Daphne is wanting to freeze him out/ignore him, but he is the one to poke at her. The soulmate bond is like an outside force that pushes down on two people to try and force them together, which can be downright unbearable if you really don’t like the other person. Harry finds the pressure it puts on them very hard and is stunned when she acts like she’s not affected at all. (He’d feel better if he knew she was feeling it just as much as him. Sort of like how Hermione and Ron both take comfort in the fact that Draco and Pansy are having as bad a time with the bond as they are.) He’s already under stress from the situation with his scar hurting and Sirius leaving his hideout to come back to England because of it, now add on to that the stress of an outside magical force trying to bond him to a girl he doesn't like and who doesn’t like him. No, he’s not handling it in a great way, but he’s young.

And Daphne could always try and talk to him about things good (sending him a song through the bond to help him sleep when worry for Sirius was keeping him up) and bad (the incident with the second year), but she doesn’t try. Partly it’s out of pride, but largely it’s because she’s developed unhealthy coping skills that she doesn’t realize are unhealthy.

#self indulgent #fanfiction #pottgrass #dramione #ransy #lions among the snakes #i think getting my thoughts down like this helped my muse #might ramble about my fanfiction again sometime #can you tell I’m an over thinker

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chlobenet · 4 years

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VIOLENT DELIGHTS ASK DROP 💀🖤

i’ve had quite a few gennie/violent delights asks piling up in my ask box for a while now so figured now was as good a time as any for another ask drop. under the cut! ♡

gennie absolutely loves to sew, she does it with her mother because elsie is a seamstress so she basically taught gennie everything she knows. gen loves to watch as her mother turns a seemingly ordinary piece of fabric into a beautiful dress. she also loves to sing, although she hasn’t done it as much since archie died as he always used to play the piano to accompany her, so it makes her miss him.

first of all thank you! and secondly honestly...I think most peoples reaction is “it’s about bloody time” in fact I think that will either be a line of dialogue for either polly or arthur (I’ve not decided which, probably polly as arthur is lowkey oblivious to everything going on around him). honestly though, the shelby’s and their extended family are all thrilled when they realise what’s happening, they know that gennie is good for thomas, she grounds him, she makes him a better man and it’s obvious they love one another and make each other very happy. everything is super supportive (lizzie may or may not be salty but it is what it is)

I’m not really sure I had inspo for her, I love peaky blinders so had wanted to make a character for a while and had a general idea of what I wanted the character to be like. Then I was doing an ask game where people were sending me fcs and I would make up an oc on the spot and someone sent in lily james and the rest is history!

gosh, gennie isn’t the sort of person who would actively make someone uncomfortable or be rude in any way, she was brought up to be more gracious than that so normally, if it is just a case that she doesn’t like someone it’s most likely that no one besides gennie and tommy (or john when he was alive) would have any idea because they’re the only people who really know what goes on in her head. however, if it comes down to someone being disrespectful to her family, or the people that she loves then grace and decorum go out the window and gennie has the ability to be quite scathing. I think the fact that she is usually so kind and sweet makes all the difference because when she says something harsh you know it’s come from the heart and she truly means it, people are usually taken aback by it. lookin @ u michael gray.

when they have their own children (I think a boy named after archie and a girl, possibly called eva) they let them decorate the christmas tree together along with the help of their older brother charlie. then when the children have gone to bed gennie carefully rearranges the decorations they’ve put on the tree and makes sure it looks even and tommy sips a whiskey and watches his wife work tirelessly. together they say a quiet prayer for grace and thank the lord that they still have one another. I think their holiday traditions would be very much family based, so just having both of their families as close to them as possible.

oh gosh, all the time! tommy thinks that little gennie lock from down the lane is far too good for him and that she should leave him, be with a better man who can be all that she needs him to be. but even though he thinks she should go, he’s desperately scared that she will because he doesn’t know what he would do without her in his life - don’t worry though, gen will never leave or give up on him.

early on in violent delights, no he doesn’t. he has never really paid her much notice, she’s simply archie lock’s cousin and john’s sweetheart. he thinks of her as just another girl, although he does know that john cares deeply for her and so by default she is under his protection as well. as the fic goes on they become closer, eventually getting to the point where they know one another so well that they know what the other is thinking without the need to ask, they do become very close.

oh my goodness, I might actually write this scene as a violent delights one shot because I think it would be so sweet. I think originally polly would be the first to know what is happening even before gennie because gennie doesn’t dare to hope until she knows for certain. but once polly has confirmed it gennie would want to tell tommy instantly. I imagine it would be late at night and she would walk into his office, closing the door quietly behind her. he’ll look up and instantly know that something has changed, he can see it on her face that she has something to say so he will wait, silently, for her to say it. when she does he is so thrilled, he’ll pick her up and spin her around.

oh absolutely. in my version of violent delights john doesn’t want to marry lizzie stark he wants to, and always has wanted to, marry gennie lock. they are sweethearts, they are in love and they both know that one day gennie will bear the shelby name and be his wife. I think the first time he tells her it would be in a typically john fashion, probably with a curse word thrown in to keep it authentic. gennie doesn’t care though, she kisses him despite his foul language. she’s never felt love before quite like john shelby.

honestly? curly. whenever gennie is sad, he can tell. he may be a simple man but he is incredibly intuitive and he loves gennie, she is kind to him and always has been. some people treat him as though he is stupid, but not gennie. curly never fails to make gennie smile.

#i'll do some more another day!#violent delights #gennie lock #peaky blinders #peaky blinders oc #thomas shelby #john shelby #tommy shelby #tommy shelby x oc #john shelby x oc #tommy shelby imagine #john shelby imagine #peakyblinders

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august challenge task #3 – questionnaire

the basics

What is your celebrity’s full name? Lili Pauline Reinhart

Do they have any nicknames? Go by any other names? Lils

What is their birthday? September 13, 1996

Where were they born? Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,Ohio, USA

Where were they raised? Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA and later North Carolina.

Where in Bayview do they live? She has a home in the Bayside Retreats.

How long have they lived in town? She arrived to Bayview on May 2, 2017.

physical appearance

What is your celebrity’s general build? Lili is straight, angular and thin. She does have some curves but she isn’t by any stretch of the imagination overweight. She is 5’6”.

What is their natural hair color? She is naturally a dark blonde.

If their hair color has changed, what is it now? She has had to lighten her hair for roles, especially Riverdale and so she’s kept it a lighter blonde. When she isn’t filming, she lets it get closer to her natural, darker shade of blonde though.

What is your celebrity’s eye color? She has bluish-green eyes.

Do they wear glasses or contacts? Neither.

What is your celebrity’s best asset? She has nice, expressive eyes.

What is something they’re insecure about? This could be a novel but she has cystic acne that when she gets stressed becomes horrible and she hates for people to see it. She also is insecure when she is out in public and people see her natural curves because any fluctuation in weight always sparks pregnancy rumors when it was just a large taco meal.

Do they have any piercings? Ears.

How about tattoos? She has upwards of five tattoos.

Any prominent scars with good stories behind them? Not really.

Does your celebrity regularly wear make-up? Lili has to be careful about the makeup she wears because of her skin. She is very fortunate to have good skin when she isn’t dealing with a flare up. She does tend to always have on some form of foundation and eye makeup when she’s out and about but sometimes she doesn’t really put on much.

What’s their skincare routine like? She washes her face every morning and every night. She uses a lot of products meant to help keep her cystic acne in check. She also enjoys a good facial every now and then.

How does your celebrity dress on the average, every day? Lili enjoys short shorts and a tank but she will also occasionally throw on a sun dress.

What about for more dress-up, formal days? When it’s time to dress up for something major, she will go all in. She wants to wear things that are fashion forward but also classic and beautiful.

the early years

What was your celebrity like as a child? Lili was the middle child but she did manage to get her parents interest. She was always doing dance classes and school theatre productions. By the age of ten, she was absolutely obsessed with entertaining people. She had a relentless passion for the arts.

How about the teen years? Lili’s passion for entertaining grew and she convinced her parents to help her pursue her passions. While a lot of her friends stuck to school, she spent a lot of time traveling into New York for auditions. She avoided a lot of the normal teenage drama by being so focused on her interest in acting.

What kind of life did your celebrity have growing up? Lili’s parents have always been supportive of anything that she (or her sisters) aspired to do. She saw their work ethic and how they were willing to take second and third jobs to help make ends meet if it meant that their kids could do something they wanted to do. She definitely realizes the sacrifices they made for her and she wants to pay that forward to them. She also hopes that when she becomes a parent one day, she can be half of how great they were. She has also learned that it is far more important to care for others than herself.

What were your celebrity’s goals as a younger person? She wanted to be on Broadway.

Is there a smell that reminds them of childhood? Her dad’s cooking. Anytime she is home and she smells her dad’s home cooking it takes her back.

How about a favorite movie, TV show or toy? She really loved Lizzie McGuire back in the day. She has a special place in her heart for Centerstage as well.

What advice would your celebrity give to their younger self? Follow your heart, it won’t lead you astray.

Did your celebrity play any sports growing up? She played basketball and soccer when she was younger.

the family tree

Who is in their immediate family? Lili has two parents and two sisters. She has a daughter Dylan with Bill Skarsgard.

What’s their extended family like? She has lots of Aunts and Uncles. She is especially close with her Aunt and her children. Most notably she is the God Mother to her cousin Adeline. She also considers Bill’s family, her family by proxy of Dylan.

What does family mean to your celebrity? Her parents taught her the meaning of real life and it is the thing she aspires to have. She would love nothing more than to have a successful marriage like them. Her parents would move Heaven and Earth for their children to succeed in life. They were always there for her and as an adult she always wants to be there for them. There is deep love in her family. It is also not always about blood connections. She considers Bill part of her family and always will. Some bonds can never be broken.

Are they close to their family in general? She literally talks to her parents every day. Her mother is one of her best friends and she goes to her for advice on so many things.

Who in their family are they closest to? She is probably closest to her mom. No one ranks above her daughter though.

Does your celebrity have any children? Yes, one daughter. Dylan was born in October 2019 and sheis the best thing to ever happen to her.

If they do not have children, do they want any someday? N/A

If they do have children, do they want more children? Lili would love to have more children. Dylan is the best thing that she ever did. She knows that she has more room in her heart for other children. It’s not something she is trying to rush into though. She isn’t having anymore children until she is in the security of a marriage.

love and friendships

Is your celebrity currently in a relationship? Yes. She has been dating Joe Keery for a number of months now and things are going pretty good.

What is the longest relationship your celebrity has ever been in? She didn’t really have a lot of relationships before coming to Bayview. She was with her first relationship in town for about a year. When it ended, she bonded with Bill and they were together for about a year and a half.

If it’s not their current relationship, why did it end? It’s still something that Lili is working on processing though she’ll never have a good answer for why. She is always going to have so much love for Bill. The transition from being two people who were wildly in love to two people balancing a life with a child was a lot. There was a lot of talk about the future and what that meant for them. If he had asked her to marry him, she probably would have said yes. She didn’t do good at verbalizing her fears and it felt more like a break than a break up to figure stuff out but without him there, she picked herself up and moved on.

What’s the shortest relationship your celebrity has ever been in? She dated a guy in high school for like six months.

If it’s not their current relationship, why did it end? It was just a high school relationship and it wasn’t going anywhere.

Is your celebrity into PDA, or more private? She definitely doesn’t have any issue with PDA. She isn’t the sort of person to do that in completely inappropriate situations though.

How do they display affection to others? She firmly believes that actions are a good way to affirm affection. She is a very physical sort of person so she does show it that way but sometimes she does little small things for them without them asking just to show that she cares. She also believes in little surprises when it’s appropriate without going too over the top.

What is your celebrity’s current sex life like? She’s in a relationship and they are sexually active. She’s always been really into sex so pretty much if she’s in the mood, she goes for it.

What sort of relationship does your celebrity look for? She has always been the sort of person who believes in deep connections. She likes to be intellectually stimulated. There also has to be a certain amount of physical chemistry too. She wants people that she can trust, who respect her life and the things in it. She could never be with someone who can’t embrace the fact she’s a mother and all the entails.

Do they feel happiest when they’re in a relationship, or single? Lili is a relationship sort of person. She thrives off connections more so than titles. As long as she isn’t lonely, she’s doing okay.

Does your celebrity have a best friend? She does! She has several best friends.

What does your celebrity look for in their friendships? She looks for people who make her smile, that share a lot of her common interests, that know how to enjoy life and that she can depend on to be a good crying shoulder when times get rough.

Are they the type of person to have a small group of friends, or large? She tends to have large groups of friends.

In friendships, is your celebrity more of the giver or taker? There is room for both. It depends on what is going on but she likes to give as much as she takes.

Has your celebrity ever had to end a friendship with someone? She’s never outright had a conversation with someone about a friendship ending but there have been situations where the dynamics have changed.

the things that they do

What does your celebrity do for a living? She is an actress, producer, writer and occasional singer.

If they could choose any other career, what would it be? She can’t imagine any other career but maybe she’d go full-blown singer.

When growing up, what did they want to do? She wanted to be a Broadway Star.

Do they enjoy their current job? She loves acting and cannot wait to have the space to continue to grow in her craft.

What about hobbies, what do they like to do? Lili enjoys crafting, cooking, spending time with her daughter, going on bike rides, picking wildflowers, hiking, camping and living life to its fullest!

As far as school goes, how far did they take their education? Lili completed high school.

If they had to go (back) to school, what would it be for? She’d probably do writing classes. One of her exes had a mom who taught poetry and she’d honestly have loved to have taken a bunch poetry and creative writing classes.

the fun stuff

Are there phrases or words your celebrity uses a lot? “Don’t do that” mostly in connection with Milo, Murphy or even her little crawler Dylan getting into something they shouldn’t.

Would you say they’re optimistic or pessimistic? Outwardly, she’d prefer to be an optimist but she’s definitely programmed to be more of a pessimist on the inside.

How about introverted or extroverted? She is extroverted.

Do they have any really bad habits? She will put empty food boxes back in the pantry and then get mad when she goes to get something and realizes that it is out and she didn’t notice it when she went to grocery shop.

What is something that always makes them laugh? Literally all her friends.

And something that always makes them cry? Late night doubts about whether she is doing anything right in her life.

How would your celebrity like to be seen by others? Lili would like to be seen as a talented performer, a fantastic mom and a good person.

And how do they feel others actually see them? Lili thinks most people just see her as the Riverdale girl.

What are some of their strongest (positive) traits? She is creative, empathetic and genuine.

What are some of their weakest (negative) traits? She is anxious, impatient and occasionally moody.

How do they react when someone pays them a compliment? She would thank them but deep down question if they really meant it.

But how do they react to criticism? It depends on what was said. If it was something she felt like she needed to stand up against, she would. More than not she’d take it with a grain of salt and try and improve upon herself if she could.

What is your celebrity’s biggest fear? She’s afraid of spiders. She also fears abandonment.

Are they more of an indoors or outdoors person? She loves the outdoors. She’s pretty content being one with nature.

What are some of their pet peeves? She doesn’t like when something is obvious and someone has to go and ask questions about it.

Are they the type of person to fight with violence or words? She is a word fighter though if you mess with her kid, she and Bill are going to bury you in Sweden.

What is your celebrity’s favorite day of the week? It used to be Sundays. Friday or Saturday work now. Pretty much any day where she isn’t stuck home alone.

Are they more of a book or movie type of person? She loves a good movie. Though she also likes poetry books.

Is your celebrity more of a hoarder or a minimalist? She’s watched enough hoarding shows to be terrified to never be that person but she definitely has her stuff.

How is your celebrity with technology? She is up to date on everything. She does plenty of instagram lives though it took her a minute to really work it out. She can manage her social media just fine.

#bviewtask

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itstbellisario · 5 years

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a year in review ; 2018.

look at where you are ; look at where you started.

001. What is your proudest accomplishment of this year?

Buying my own house and getting settled into it before the year ended.

002. What is the biggest life lesson you learned this year?

Everything happens for a reason.

003. What is one relationship (can be friendship) that has helped you survive this year?

I’m going to break the rule and choose three friendships.

@hqkeegan you know how I feel about you. Thank you for being such a safe place to land all of the time, but mostly towards the end of this year. You brought a smile back to my face and have made me happier than you could even know.

@ohlizzo at this point you’re basically family and I adore you. Thank you for always having my back and for being so protective of me. I love you with my whole heart.

@lucyshq my sweet Goose. I adore you and I am so thankful to you for taking me under your wing and letting me stay in your home. You’re little but you’re big.

004. Who or what do you need to let go of in order to make next year even better than this year?

I need to let go of my past relationship and make peace with it because I’ll be doomed in 2019 if I don’t.

005. What did you do this year that you’ve never done before?

I attended the royal wedding and it was incredible.

006. What are three resolutions or goals you want to make happen next year?

1. Spend more time with my family. 2. Keep writing and creating. 3. Put myself back out there and do more directing and acting.

007. Where did most of your money go this year?

My new house.

008. What song will always remind you of this year?

Thank U, Next by @ariagrans because it was such a bop and really resonated with me.

009. How will you be spending the last day of this year?

I’ll be spending the last day of this year with Keegan exploring New York City during the day and then enjoying the Masquerade party at night. I’m really looking forward to ending the year and beginning the new year with him.

010. Who is the best new person you’ve met this year?

The entire Riverdale cast honestly. I see so much of my PLL cast mates and I in them. Some of them are even younger than we were when we started PLL but I just adore them and their show that gives me such nostalgic feels sometimes. Keep being fabulous babes. You’re doing great things and you’re all cute as buttons.

@liliisms @hqcami @hqnessa @coleffs @kjapayo @hqmads & yes, even you @ulrichisms

001. What relationship (can be friendship) has been the most fun to write for your muse/s this year?

The relationship forming between Keegan and Troian has been so fun, but I’ve also been enjoying the friendship between Lizzie and Troian as well as Cami and Troian and Lili and Troian and just every character that I have some how made be Troian’s friend. FRIENDSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT GUYS.

The relationship between Brett and Haley is a fun one as well, but I’ve also been loving the friendship between Keegan and Haley because I love writing with Becca. Plus Haley’s friendship with Lili and Cole and Cami and Grant and Danielle have also been fun to explore. I LOVE FRIENDSHIP OKAY?

002. In what ways do you connect to your muse/s?

I feel like I connect most with Troian through her sense of humor and the way she cares for her friends and those around her. I also really connected with Spencer Hastings and always felt drawn to her so that too I guess.

I feel like I connect most with Haley’s bubbly and caring personality. I care so deeply for those in my life and I’m just as energetic and crazy as she is. She’s a bit more brave than me but I really feel that we connect well together.

003. What’s your favorite category to write for your muse/s? (angst, fluff, smut, etc.)

Angst/Fluff.

004. If you could give your muse/s one gift, what would you give them?

I would give Troian a hug and some mistletoe so she can finally plant one on Keegan (if I had posted this before Christmas it would have made more sense hehe).

I would give Haley more crocheting stuff and maybe a wedding date (hehe jk).

005. What was your favorite event/moment/memory in HollywoodlandHQ this year?

The Autumn Retreat was fun and I’ve also just enjoyed learning about new celebrities that I had either never heard about or knew nothing about before coming here.

006. What muse/s have you enjoyed most seeing on this dash this year?

Love me some Lizzie Olsen, Camila Mendes, Lili Reinhart, Keegan Allen, Grant Gustin, Melissa Benoist, Cole Sprouse, Lucy Hale and honestly just everyone. I’m obsessed with all of you. Please never leave.

007. What is your favorite thing your muse/s have done this year in the group? (can be in the real world or what you made up)

MY FAVORITE THING REAL LIFE TROIAN BELLISARIO DID WAS HAVE A FREAKING BABY AND BECOME A BADASS MOM.

MY FAVORITE THING REAL LIFE HALEY LU RICHARDSON DID WAS PROPOSE TO BRETT DIER AND STAR IN FIVE FEET APART.

008. What would you like to see in HollywoodlandHQ in 2019?

More events where you get randomly paired up with someone!

009. What is a plot you would love to do with your muse/s?

Mama!Troian. I need it, but not like tomorrow. Just like in the future.

Maybe something angsty with Haley and Brett or Mama!Haley honestly even though she’s super young lol.

010. Tag somebody in the RP and say something nice about them. It’s the season of giving.

@liliisms Becca, you are my RP soulmate and you are the absolute sweetest soul. You care so much for everyone around you and you take your time with each of your characters and write them in such beautiful ways. Thank you for being a wonderful friend and ship partner.

@brettdicr Rose, your love for Brett is inspiring and I am forever indebted to you for bringing Brett here. I can’t imagine playing Haley without Brett so I’m very thankful for you. Can’t wait to see what shenanigans our babies get up to in the new year. Love ya.

@hwlandhqgossip

#hwlandendofyear #( emily speaks. )

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kimmyiewrites · 6 years

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Until the Earth is Free ~ Chpt 4

Lizzie was told that she was to choose between Jacques or Raoul for her husband and Lizzie wanted neither of them, especially Raoul. She supposed she could possibly see herself with the Rousseau gentleman but she didn't want to marry because she had to. She wanted to marry because of love.

A week had passed since the ball and her two suitors would not leave her alone. She continuously used spending time with her friends as an excuse. There was one time Jacques got lucky. He spotted her in St. Michael's Square with les amis and knew that this was his moment to strike. Jacques bought a small bouquet of flowers and started to head towards where he had last seen her.

That was when he realized that he couldn't see her anymore. He turned this way and that trying to spot her but when that proved to be unsuccessful, he made his way towards the Elephant of Bastille. There he saw her crouched down speaking with an urchin boy. She looked concerned and he wondered why she would even care for someone below her, especially a child.

"Gavroche, what are you doing out here? Where's your sister?" Lizzie asked. She had seen the boy playing with the other children who called St. Michael their home while she was arguing with Marius about what their grandfather had sent them out to get. She ran after the boy, momentarily ending the argument about getting nicer dresses. She still wore simpler dresses and it infuriated Monsieur Pontmercy. Gavroche was one of the few reasons Lizzie continued to go to the Thenardier Inn. She enjoyed the company of the small boy and often gave him a franc or two from her earnings so he could properly eat.

Gavroche thought Lizzie more of an older sister than his own. He couldn't even comprehend how she and Eponine could be friends towards one another. What Gavroche didn't know was that Eponine made sure that her parents didn't completely con Lizzie out of what she was due. She wanted to make sure that her younger brother was taken care of and knew that Lizzie would be able to help after she witnessed an interaction between the two. Lizzie and Eponine planned how Lizzie was to make sure that Gavroche would take the money and be careful with it. Lizzie also looked out for Eponine, often times bringing older shawls and dresses for the other girl.

"She's probably with dear ol' dad conning people. They tossed me out, couldn't afford to take care of me no more. Only their precious baby girl. I'm fine, Lizzie, promise. They're my family now." He pointed towards the belly of the elephant statue where his friends had climbed up into it. "I hate that you had to leave but don't worry about me, mademoiselle, us little people are tough." He grinned.

Lizzie gave him a sad smile, she would always worry about him especially now that he was on the street. She reached into her small purse and pulled out a couple of francs. She tucked them into his jacket pocket. "Make sure you and your friends are fed. That should be enough to get a loaf of bread. Now, do you know where the apartments are near the park by the Seine that are about five blocks away? You can see Notre Dame from it and the university is about eight blocks north of it?"

Gavroche nodded.

"Good. If you ever need a place to stay dry or warm I want you to go there. My mother lives there on the second floor, the very first door once you come up the steps. Do you think you can remember all of that?" Lizzie asked, making herself a mental note to write her mother about the boy.

Once more Gavroche nodded. "Yes, Lizzie and thank you."

"You are most welcome." She then placed a kiss on his cheek causing him to beam up at her before running towards the statue that he called home.

Lizzie stood, smiling fondly after the boy and was just about to find her cousin when Jacques made his presence known. "I didn't realize I was going against a third party for your affections."

Lizzie spun around at his voice, startled. "Oh, monsieur, I hadn't realized you were there."

"I apologize, mademoiselle. I just couldn't help but to come over and at least say hello since your protectors are not right by your side as they usually are." He smirked as he held out the bouquet. "I saw these and knew they had to be yours. I also hoped that you would take a short walk with me since you seem to be alone."

Lizzie reluctantly took the flowers. They were beautiful and she knew he had been very lucky in the fact that he just so happened to have picked her favorite, lilies. "I really should be getting back to them you know."

He just waved off her comment. "It'll just be down to the Seine and back. They'll hardly notice your absence."

She knew there was no getting out of it so she sighed and agreed. He offered his arm and she looped her free hand through as he lead her down the path to the river. "So, who was that little boy you were talking to?"

"He was just someone I knew when I was living with my mother." Lizzie replied. There was no way that she was ever going to disclose that she used to sing in taverns to him, he would surely get the wrong idea and Lizzie was not about to be viewed as a whore.

"And are you secretly planning on becoming a nun?" He asked, with a slightly teasing tone but Lizzie knew whatever came out of his mouth next he was going to be absolutely serious and that scared her.

"No, why?" She reluctantly asked.

"Because only a nun would just give some urchin boy two francs."

Lizzie stopped right in her tracks. She stumbled only slightly because Jacques kept going a little bit before he realized that she had stopped. Lizzie pulled her arm away from his and looked at him with wide eyes. Her green eyes were sparkling like emeralds as she tried her best to think of something to say that wouldn't be thought of as too bold but she decided that she no longer cared about keeping up with pretenses. "You are an absolute disappointment Jacques Rousseau. I thought you would at least be understanding with a name like yours but you are a disgrace to the name Jean-Jacques Rousseau. We are not above the people who cannot afford to feed themselves. He is but a child trying to live the best life he can. What is two francs if it can feed a child or a group of five like those two francs I just gave will. Do not call on me anymore, Monsieur Rousseau and you can take your flowers back." She tossed the flowers at his chest and then spun on her heel, running back towards the square.

The first friendly face she saw was Grantaire and she ran right to him. He noticed her running and opened his arms up. She ran right into them, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her face into his chest. "I found you!" He exclaimed, causing her to giggle slightly.

"Were you looking for me?"

"I wouldn't have just said I found you if I wasn't. We all were. Where did you go off to? We saw that boy you went to go say hello to run with a loaf of bread but you were nowhere in sight. Marius nearly had a cow."

"I'm sorry. That Rousseau gentleman found me and wouldn't let me be." She spit his name.

This caused Grantaire to worry. He pulled back, keeping his hands on her arms as he looked her over. "Are you all right? Did he hurt you?"

Lizzie shook her head. "No, nothing like that 'taire. He's just like all the others living in all of their splendor that they can't see past their own nose! He told me that I was wrong in giving Gavroche money for bread. He said that I would only do that if I were a nun! He's a part of the problem, part of the reason why France is falling and no one seems to even notice to help her up!"

Grantaire chuckled. "You have been spending too much time with Enjolras. Now, let's get back to the others so that they can know you are safe as well."

Lizzie rolled her eyes. "But 'taire..."

He shook his head as he placed her hand on his arm, leading her to where their friends were at last. "We're trying to figure out a solution but let's focus on one problem at a time shall we? Like a more tangible one, like the one where you now have to, I assume, only deal with the inspector's son?"

She groaned and laid her head against his shoulder. "Don't remind me."

"I have some wine back at my apartment. It sounds like you could use some. We could just wave to them and keep on walking."

That caused her to giggle. "No, I better go with Marius and pick out at least one new dress before going back home. How about a rain check?"

"I will take you up on that." They smiled at each other and soon Lizzie was ambushed by Marius, as he pulled her away from Grantaire into a hug.

"I was so worried." Marius said, squeezing her just a little too tight.

"I'm all right Marius. Now let me go, please so I can actually breathe." Lizzie ground out.

Marius pulled back, looking apologetic. "I'm sorry. Are you all right? Where did you go?"

"She got caught up with that Rousseau gentleman." Grantaire answered.

Marius glared over Lizzie's shoulder to his friend. "Thank you, Lizzie." He teased before looking back to his cousin.

"I'm all right, Marius. Rousseau is just not the person I thought so I will not be choosing him as planned. He's just a part of the problem. He's right awful." Lizzie said.

"Sounds like someone else we know, doesn't she? I think you've been filling her head with too many outlandish thoughts, Enjolras." Grantaire teased.

Enjolras rolled his eyes. "Oh will you shut up, Grantaire. She's one of the few of you who haven't really questioned my idea."

Grantaire crossed his arms across his chest and rolled his eyes. "We should get going anyway if Lizzie wants to find a decent dress to please her grandfather's wishes."

Lizzie nodded. "He's right. You can come if you wish but if you have more interesting things to do for the rest of the day, I will see you all soon."

Grantaire gave a soft smile to which Lizzie returned. Something else was going on. Lizzie could feel it and she wasn't quite sure what it was. She would have to talk with Marius once they were alone. Grantaire had sounded nearly disappointed when she spoke as passionately about their patria as Enjolras. Had he been hoping she didn't agree with the blonde? Was he hoping that she agreed with him? This was too much. Too much boy drama for one day so she stuck the thought in the deepest part of her mind to save it for later when she and her cousin were alone. Marius would know, surely he must since he had known everyone longer than she had. Now to just find a dress that wasn't too bourgeois but still fit her grandfather's standards. Like Grantaire said, one problem at a time and right now her dress issue had the most precedence.

#kim writes things #until the earth is free #les mis #les miserables #les mis fic #enjolras x lizzie #here's the queue we started out as friends #4

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bornstag · 6 years

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was that JAMES POTTER? i heard the SEVENTH year GRYFFINDOR is siding with THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. not surprising, seeing as how they’re a PUREBLOOD. HE can be pretty ARROGANT and RECKLESS, but they’re also known to be BRIGHT and LOYAL. some people call them the CONNARD.

what’s up!! me again !! my name’s lizzie, i’m twenty and i’m a tired college student from sweden. i’m super excited to write with everyone here !! please hmu on discord or my IMs if u wanna plot with any of my trash children. ♥

BACKGROUND

James was born to Fleamont and Euphemia Potter, two wealthy pureblood wizards who had given up hope on ever conceiving a child. Thus, James grew up spoiled rotten, and was always considered a wonderful miracle by his parents. Boy could basically do no wrong.

Both of his parents are still alive ( they will pass away after he graduates from Hogwarts ).

Euphemia is a homemaker and children books author, while Fleamont is a potioneer.

His childhood was lovely, albeit somewhat lonely. He is an only child and did not have a lot of friends when he was little -- the Potters lived on the countryside, and there weren’t a lot of kids around.

Which makes James want a big family. He wants at least three children. Possibly more.

He’s from the coast of England, close to Norfolk.

He grew up playing Quidditch in the backyard ( first time flying was when he was three years old ), and getting up to other mischief around the house. His aging parents had a hard time keeping up with him and all his tricks and pranks.

His parents never saw his pranks as anything but sweet though, and are admittedly a little naive / blinded by love when it comes to James. For example, his father gave him the invisibility cloak as a gift for his thirteenth birthday, not knowing what trouble James would get into when using it.

HOGWARTS YEARS

The hat barely had to touch James’ head to sort him into Gryffindor -- something he’s quite proud of.

Everything seemed to fall into place for James pretty fast at Hogwarts? He made friends, became popular around the school, got good grades... Though this didn’t stop him from constantly stirring up trouble, so while technically a good student... He has a reputation among the teachers.

During his second year, he made the Quidditch team, and now plays as chaser. The Gryffindor team is his pride and joy, and he knows that he’s good. Which makes him pretty much insufferable.

The Marauders are basically his brothers? He’d die for any of them, any day of the week. James is loyal to a fault and trusts his friends more than anything.

Fell hard for Lily Evans during the end of his fourth year at the school and has basically pined after her ever since.

He’s out there... always trying to impress her... making a damn fool out of himself....

Doesn’t take his responsibilities as head boy as seriously as Lily does, but doesn’t neglect them either. Usually.

His electives are as following: care of magical creatures, alchemy and muggle studies.

Probably joined the potions club because of Lily. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

He is in the dueling club and he’s really into it? He’s not hexing people for fun anymore, but in the club, he can still show off his skills which is a major mood for James.

Became an animagus (stag) during his fifth year and is currently unregistered.

Hangs out in the room of requirements a lot? Probably way too much.

AS A PERSON

James is kind of a jerk.... but he used to be more of a jerk. He was at his worst when he was between 13 and 15, but has since then mellowed out a bit. His massive ego has deflated as he has matured over the years sOooOOooo he’s less of an asshole.

His heart is made of gold though? He’s just a chaotic good... trying his best...

He’s a lot more sensitive now than when he was younger too so that helps.

He’s kinda known for always trying to play serious things off as a joke? James can never remain serious for long.

Can’t seem to stay out of trouble either but that’s a given since he’s 1. James 2. a marauder.

Hates the dark arts, and cannot stand pureblood elitists. Will fight them 10/10 any day.

Okay so James is a total attention hog and loves being the center of attention? He’s always showing off or playing some dumb trick to get people to laugh.

James takes a lot of dumb risks? All the fucking time? For fun.

He used to be a bully, but luckily outgrew that during his sixth year at the school. There are no more school yard hexes inflicted by one Mr Potter, so that’s nice.

STYLE ( FASHION / APPEARANCE )

James has hazel eyes that shift between dark and light brown depending on the light. He has tan skin, freckles and looks traditionally handsome. He wears a pair of black glasses ( that are square, rather than round ). His hair is as unruly as Harry’s, and sticks up in the back. James is in the habit of trying to make it look like he just jumped off his broom stick ( for # the aesthetic ), so he often drags his hand through it, messing it up further.

When it comes to muggle clothes, James’ fashion sense is sporadic to say the least, and he has absolutely no idea what he’s doing. He likes plaid shirts and shirts with questionable patterns, and has been told on more than one occasion that he dresses like a dad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Leo DiCaprio in Romeo and Juliet is a major inspiration for James’ style.

( VERY FEW & SHITTY ) CONNECTIONS

exes !!

001. someone he dated (seriously) during his fifth year, when he was trying to make lily jealous.

002. someone he actually ended up kinda developing feelings for during his fourth year but it fizzled out.

003. james was a bit of a player during his sixth year, so some brief “romances” ( one night stands probably ) would make sense for that period?

literally all the exes pls and thanks

slytherin pal !!

someone from slytherin that james really gets along with? an unlikely friendship, one might say,

quidditch rivals

someone from an opposing team that he can talk smack with basically

quidditch pals

listen, james loves professional quidditch and follows it closely sO someone ( a fellow nerd ) who will go with him to games and such would be Nice™?

team mates

any and all team mates would be lit? my boy eats, sleeps and breaths quidditch so he’d bug these people a lot basically

enemies

hello give me someone who absolutely hates his guts that he can bicker / fight with,

former friends

maybe someone he had a falling out with?

or maybe someone who’s a death eater now and they’re on opposing sides but they used to be really good friends?

#casusintro #this.... kinda went downhill bUT im excited still !!#come plot with my boy ♥

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gneisscastiel · 7 years

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Angel!Cas Endgame Discourse?

Hi as I’m sure some people realize yesterday there was some strange discourse going through the fandom. Everyone seemed to have very strong feelings about the topic of Castiel’s endgame. I am of the opinion that I would like to see Cas retain at least some of his angelic nature. This is of course just an opinion but it’s based on very personal experiences and that makes it a very strong opinion. Some of you may not know or realize but finding a post that supports this opinion is very hard to find in this fandom almost unheard of. This leaves people who share in this opinion to feel like we are a very small part of this fandom. So I was very excited when I happened across this post. I tagged a few people who I knew would be interested and I thought that would be the end. I was very surprised to find that the post gained lots of support. Very suddenly I became aware of a couple of things, one: that there were more people that may agree with me then I originally thought and two: some people who are of a different opinion were surprised to see this on their dash. This created weird feelings all around because both sides quickly discovered that not only do they have a very strong opinion, but also their opinion is based mostly on feelings and personal experiences. This makes any debate on this topic impossible. I was however asked my opinion by @antisocialarchives. The only problem is that it was asked in response to this ask by @elizabethrobertajones even though I wrote my response there last night I no longer feel that that is the best way to voice my opinion because it detract’s from Lizzy’s original and equally valid opinion. So I am posting it again but separately. I may write meta related to this in the future but I don’t want to start a debate (because there isn’t one) about this until after the next apocalypse. If you are interested I continue under the cut. warning’s for mention of: depression, self-harm, and suicide. I am tagging @helianthus21, @magnificent-winged-beast, @sirikenobi167 because they may be interested. I have deleted my post from last night so this is now the only copy.

I have watched supernatural technically since season 7 and I joined the fandom on tumblr during season 8. In all that time I have posted little to no original content on my blog until last month and I have to admit that part of that is because of the intimidation I feel trying to challenge the popular view of this very issue. Before season 9 my arguments against Cas being human would have been a lot different then they are now. I shared the opinion that a lot of people have that Cas would eventually become human but I would have preferred that he stay an angel simply because I thought that was more entertaining T.V. I was not happy with the season 8 finale and that is where this issue, which at one time was a fun and happy thing to debate (comparing Cas to Ariel for example), took a much darker turn for me.

I see the issue of Cas being an angel as a separate issue from Cas seeing himself as the Winchesters guardian and from his relationship with heaven. A lot of what was introduced with season nine has lead me to this compartmentalizing of these issues. One thing that was made clear was that even without his grace/powers/wings Cas was still fundamentally different from humans. He can still hear angel radio and he was able to steal another angel’s grace, something we know humans can’t do because that issue was addressed again with lily sunder. Lily Sunder was trying to do essentially what Cas did by stealing grace but her powers had to feed off her soul and had different side affects from what was happening to Cas. Another thing that was established was reapers as angels. This is very interesting because reapers don’t answer to heaven they answer to Death. So it brings in the idea of angels having roles out side of duty to heaven. That is very important to Castiel’s character because at this time I don’t see him ever returning to being under heaven’s command. It is very clear to me that while Cas doesn’t care about serving heaven anymore he does care about his fellow angels (even if they don’t care about him). I don’t see that changing because like them or not they are basically his biological family and I think it is unrealistic to believe one day he won’t care about them at all. That’s just not something I can see a character that cares so much doing. So while I don’t see Cas returning to heaven I do see him possibly helping them with things here and there kinda like what he did in season 12 and the reason why he is helping will probably be on a situational basis. Cas becoming a sort of agent of his own is where this has been pointing in my mind even before season 12.

As for seeing himself as the Winchester’s guardian. I think that has a lot to do with with his love for them because that was how angels were to love humanity. Even if he becomes human some of that protectiveness will remain. I don’t think becoming human can completely change that. What can change however is seeing helping the Winchesters as some sort of duty or as something he owes them. I think this has more to do with miscommunication between Cas and Dean, then Cas being an angel. Dean needs to realize how some of the things he says sounds to Cas. Also part of the duty Cas feels to the Winchesters is out of guilt. Once Cas is better able to mange his self-hate he won’t feel this obligation to them as much.

As for what Cas wants. This part always bothers me the most out of any other argument for human!Cas. Going all the way back to season 5. The first time I watched the episode 99 problems, I watched it 3 times in one day. That seems absolutely ridiculous, but I found the way that Cas demeans himself is so fascinating. Castiel’s hatred of himself starting in this episode through now, is always connected to him being an angel. In season 8 when he says he is afraid he might kill him self if he went back to heaven. It’s because of what he did in season 6/7 but also because he is comparing himself to what he thinks he should be as an angel. In the more recent seasons he keeps demeaning himself in this way saying things like not liking being an angel or that he isn’t a leader etc. Are all things that I can only see as statements and beliefs about him self that have been twisted by depression. If these cognitive dissonances are later proved to hold any truth, that is possibly the most toxic message a show could send from the story of a character that has struggled with depression. As the show has amplified Castiel’s depression my problems with Castiel becoming human have increased.

The argument usually goes that after Cas feels better and understands what he is doing then he can make the decision. I have a problem with the idea that there needs to be or will be a decision. Yes the show has set up these two seemingly opposing ideas very clearly. In my mind almost too clearly. For me it would be such a better story for a character with depression to fully join together their self image from the past and how they are now. This is very important because depression takes things from you. I believed until recently that I would never regain my abilities as an artist I thought depression had stolen that from me and I would never gain it back. Could I have been happy the rest of my life without drawing again? Yes, probably it was something I liked but it wasn’t that important. However when I discovered that I could draw again it gave me such a feeling of hope in my recovery. I need Cas to find again what he liked about being an angel and there were things that he liked i.e. his wings and healing people. I need him to gain back what he has lost but redefine it by what he has learned. I think this gives such a better message of hope and self-love that I know needs to be associated with depression. Depression is living in the past and worrying about the past. Although you cannot change the past you do have the learn to accept it. If Castiel continues not liking being an angel even after he feels better then that tells me that he has not learned to live with who he was and that he wants to distance himself from it.

I was talking to someone the other day and they said something very interesting to me. They said that they didn’t see Cas becoming human as losing anything. I don’t understand that reasoning at all so it makes it hard for me to counter it. If the writers wanted to show Cas becoming human as an improvement on or as equal to being an angel, they should not have made loss such a big part of Castiel losing his grace. Not only did Cas lose his wings and powers but allangels lost their wings. The only thing Cas lost from being human was eating supposedly. He still has his emotions and empathy that he gained even now that he is an angel again. We know that Cas has a another form then the one we see on screen. He brags about how big he is, he has pride is attached to it. We know he misses his wings and that when he had his wings he showed off their shadows several times. While I know he no longer thinks of Jimmy as just a vessel, there is something disturbing about him removing the parts of him that were just Castiel. People are free to change there bodies however they want but there is a reason that people are slightly unsettled when someone tries to completely alter their face to look like someone else through plastic surgery. There is something unique that gets lost. Cas is not an android. He is another supernatural species and changing that for Cas to find happiness alludes to disturbing things like an immigrant or a minority having to hide who they are in order to fit in. Right now more then ever we need the story of someone who is loved and accepted by people who are different from them. We don’t need another story where only one species is the “best.”

Because of Castiel’s depression arc and because of the sense of loss associated with Cas becoming human It’s very difficult for me to see it any other way then as a form of self-harm at best and suicide at worse. Cas hating himself as an angel is forever connected to his depression and it would be very hard for the writers to separate the two now to truly give Cas a “choice”. If the writer’s end goal was making Cas human this depression arc in my mind is the very worse way they could built us towards that. If Cas later chooses to be human those ideas still originated from cognitive dissonance. This is why I will never see Cas choosing to be human as a good ending for him because that would not be an ending of self-love and healthy mentality.

#spn meta #?#more like #spn opinions #castiel meta #castiel #rambles #depression #suicide #self-harm #The Discourse ™

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