#make disaster twins canon you cowards!
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List of ROTTMNT headcanons/rando ideas I will maybe draw!
Disaster Twins edition!
Okay, so I personally think they could be actual twins and canon could explain it as a mutation effect do it you cowards-
Donnie and Leo share a brain cell, Donnie just hoards it 99% of the time. But that 1% of the time Leo has it is beautiful (chaotic).
They absolutely could finish each other’s sentences, and sometime do without realizing it.
As tots they could practically read each others mind, and while they can’t as much anymore if one is asking for something but can’t remember what it’s called the other will know what the other needs.
If they tried hard enough. They could use twin telepathy. They stopped doing it after Leo used it to rickroll Donnie for three hours straight.
If they were to switch weapons they would be able to use the others weapon easily, its a twin thing.
They always dress identically without trying too. Sometimes they shrug it off and go with it. Other times they’re like “well one of us has to change.”
Leo is the only person that has the honor, nay the privilege, to touch Donnie’s softshell without having to ask. He also has the privilege to rest on it during turtle piles.
They can sing any Brittney spears song from memory flawlessly.
Leo most definitely came across a softshell turtle cooking video, watched it in absolute horror, and proceeded to latch onto Donnie for the rest of the week. (Totally not something I did-)
As the taller twin Leo has claimed the older twin role. In reality they hatched at the exact same time.
Donnie only denies being Leo’s twin as a front, people can’t know he has… feelings (dramatic gasp). Leo knows this and likes the “arguments” over whether their twins or not just so he can saw random not facts to make Donnie mad.
In the apocalyptic future of the ROTTMNT movie, Leo felt when Donnie died. It was like a part of him was suddenly missing. He was likely in battle when it happened, and that feeling made him collapse and break down in the middle of the fight. Needless to say he was not surprised when April gave him the news, just saying “I already knew… its a twin thing. Was a twin thing…”
Alternatively, when Leo sacrificed himself and was trapped in the prison dimension Donnie felt a similar feeling. While it wasn’t as bad as it would’ve been had Leo died, it still left Donnie feeling hollow inside.
And since I can’t end this on angst-
As Turtle Tots, Leo found out about conjoined twins and wanted in. It took a bit of convincing, but after claiming it would be a fun experiment, talked Donnie into make a machine to fuse them together. They were conjoined at the hip for a month because someone (*cough* Mikey *cough*) ‘accidentally’ used the machine as a chew toy. Donnie still has that machine, for research. Obviously.
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While I love the Disaster Twins, I am also a big fan of the PB&J Duo (or Smarts N Crafts as some would call it). I also believe in the head/fan canon that between the time that season 2 ended and the movie took place, Mikey and Donnie leaned on each other as Leo fought with them and Raph, making things become tense in the new lair? What would happen if DOTH! Leo went into the canonverse around the time of the ROTTMNT movie? Would he be mad upon finding out how canon Leo acted/hurt his twin?
The more I think about it, the more I think making Leo the leader was a terrible move on Splinter's part, both as a sensei and as a father. Like yes, he needed to shape up and start taking things more seriously to take advantage of his talents-but that wasn't the way to do it. It's shown that Leo will rise to the occasion and take over if he feels like he needs to, and Raph was willing to listen to him and defer to his tactics. Thrusting Leo into that role with the assumption he'll learn on the job, that just endangered the whole team.
And it completely ruined the brothers' relationships with each other. Raph pulled away from everyone, terrified that Leo's lack of discipline would get one of his brothers killed and focusing on trying to get Leo to shape up and take his role seriously-and he couldn't, you can't force someone to change like that, Leo had to decide to clean up his act himself. Leo just started acting like a little shit in the hopes his dad would go back on his decision and formally reinstall Raph as leader. They were both at each other's throats, and neither would feel like they could be open and honest with their other brothers about how they were feeling, because they were supposed to be Better than that.
And I know I can't put that all on the characters themselves, it's totally the fault of Nick being absolutely fucking cowards and saying Leo had to end up as leader because Leo Is The Leader and we can't walk away from tradition, (also haven't forgiven them for saying Cass couldn't be Casey Jones, like, BRO) while at the same time cutting the show in half and giving the crew like five minutes to throw together a finale. But still. Yeah, Donnie and Mikey likely would have gotten closer as their brothers pushed themselves farther apart, both from each other and their other brothers. Especially with April (and potentially Cass, she's the same age) off at college and a lot busier than usual.
I mean, doth Leo would absolutely agree with canon Leo's decision to lock himself in the Prison Dimension. No price too high to keep his family safe, after all. I don't think he'd really be that different from canon Leo's feelings? Like, canon Leo does obviously feel guilty about what he's doing, and later on he realizes how stupid he's been. Doth Leo would still feel terrified at the thought of being the leader, being responsible for the lives of people he loves. At least at this point in doth.
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an invitation to paradise✧･ ｡ﾟ
❥ summary : “Aw, don’t be like that! You’re already here, and we both know this isn’t only a friendly visit... Give me what I want, Vergil.” Dante looms closer, and Vergil coaxes him forward without having to speak. His guard is down, and he’s not resisting the idea— he knows more than anyone that if Vergil didn’t want to do something, he flat out wouldn’t do it. No if’s, and’s, or but’s.
Of course, even when Vergil submits, he’s still in charge. “If you want it, then you’ll have to work for it. Undress me.”
3.1k words
during DMC3 timeline; before canon events
Pussy power!Vergil / Dante
includes bloody foreplay, pretentiousness, scissoring, and a smidge of angst
»» ──────ஓ๑♥๑ஓ ────── ««
Dante kicks open the bathroom door, a resounding flush closed off as he slams the door back. He runs a hand through his hair and sighs when the phone rings.
He can’t catch a break, can he? Despite his unnamed business just now having the lights on, his phone has been blowing up with customers needing help with dirty jobs. Not that he hates it, not when it means a bucket load of cash is waiting on him, but he wants a few days to himself to iron out the path his life is taking.
His life took a turn for the worst barely a year ago, and he’s trying his hardest to stitch together the remaining threads of his ego and reputation. He spent months dealing with the aftermath of that bloody disaster, then right after had to come to terms with his brother being alive. He thinks he should be happy, but their small reunion didn’t go as planned. Now, he may be up against his own brother after having lost his semblance of a family. All the while, he keeps that smile plastered on his face and a skip in his step, hiding the trail of crumbled shards of his sanity that follow him everywhere.
Ah well, what can be done?
Dante plops into the creaky, antique chair and reaches for the rotary on his desk. “Sorry, not—”
A raspy breath interrupts him. He leans into the phone as if that will make the voice any louder. “Uh, hello?”
The other line abruptly hangs up.
Dante shakes his head and tosses the phone back on the receiver. “Great. Not even open for business yet and I’m already getting prank calls too.”
A thump in front of him has him on full alert, and he freezes upon seeing his identical twin, Vergil, standing before him. Dante doesn’t move, only stares at the frown he’s so familiar with. Where the hell did he come from? He didn’t hear the front doors opening, and not a single window was broken! God, he really can’t catch a break, can he?
Quickly, he plasters that cocky smile on and lounges into his chair. “Well, well, look at this. I think my new place is haunted because I’m seeing a ghost.”
Dante chuckles, picking up a slice of pizza. It’s lukewarm now, but food is food. “You might as well be. I saw you a year ago, for what, two minutes? And you dipped out like the coward you are.”
Vergil raises an eyebrow, a hint of a smirk tugging at his lips. He ignores Dante and looks toward the pool table and the other decorations adorning the office. “I had plans to enact, brother. Still do.”
Dante half-heartedly listens while he munches on pizza.
His twin prods the wooden table, absently messing with the shiny, black 8 ball. “It’s the reason why I’m here, in fact. I’m extending an invitation to you.” He drops the ball, the harsh sound reverberating through the office.
“An invitation for me? How sweet,” Dante scoffs. “No thanks, though.”
Vergil sharply turns toward him, and within moments, the slice of pizza held in Dante’s hand is chopped in two, cheese dripping onto Dante’s pants and a rogue pepperoni slapping his desk.
“Oh, you have better things to do?” Vergil sheathes the Yamato with an audible click, “Gorging yourself on cheap food and living in squalor is quite a way to live— hm, I must be mistaken to invite you.”
Dante stands up, brushing off the bits of food clinging to him. He doesn’t miss Vergil’s wandering glance across his bare chest, the gaze lingering on his amulet around his neck.
“Fine, I’ll bite. Invitation to what?” Dante splays his arms, “I doubt someone like you is throwing a party worth visiting.”
“So mean, little brother. I believe you’ll find this party worth a visit. It’ll have everything you would want..”
Vergil’s words drift off, and they face each other in a locked standstill. Dante cautiously inches toward him, but covers his unease with a dramatic pondering of the invitation, scratching his chin and even averting his eyes from his potential target.
“Hmm. Frankly, a party with just us is all that I want.”
Vergil narrows his eyes.
“I’ve been meaning to kick your ass and make you submit for quite some time.”
Vergil snorts, actually laughing at Dante’s audacity. “Did all that grease rot your brain, Dante? What a joke.”
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I just thought about this
Do you think the Clan cats might ever have some form of PTSD from eather witnessing another cats death in any form like in battle or another disaster or even killing another cat themselves
I really do want to expand on this
okay matthew from the end of this post here it turns out i have a lot of thoughts and talked for like, almost 2k words about this. sorry. there's a tldr at the end.
hmmmmm
my official answer is, "sure, anything is possible, especially if you want to explore that."
my more rambly answer is...kind of.
we're just going to jump straight in with serious cat talk here, but cats? those mofos are killing machines. they are highly efficient hunters. kind of like people and creating things.
on the other hand, cats are also huge cowards who don't like to fight. hence cat and mouse: the cat doesn't want to go in for the kill unless they're sure they can execute it.
i like to think of them as a very krav maga idea: "we don't fight unless we absolutely have to, but once we go in, we go all in."
so...on one hand, "do cats experience ptsd from killing each other?" feels kind of like asking, "do humans experience ptsd from making things?", and yet, that's clearly extremely reductive.
it's also worth talking about what ptsd is. it's easy to think of ptsd as equivalent to trauma, but it's not.
trauma is, well, traumatic events, ptsd is one possible response. most people who experience trauma do not develop ptsd.
(there's also c-ptsd, but i'm getting to that.)
ptsd is, basically, an overactive adrenaline response, basically. it can look similar to depression and anxiety, but it's not the same. things like flashbacks and triggers are not exclusive to ptsd, or even any specific mental illness. it's normal to experience ptsd-like symptoms after a traumatic event. that's a traumatic response.
ptsd is, instead, the unhealthy extension of that, in time, and possibly severity.
before i go any farther, i just want to say, this is not to say you need to have ptsd to have trauma, that you can't have ptsd/trauma if XYZ, etc., so please, give me the benefit of the doubt here. it's always tricky to word these things in a way that is both clear about what i mean and not harming people.
mental illness is always a tricky subject. trying to fit a sum of many symptoms into boxes will never work, but i am going to lean on it as a tool to categorize and discuss experiences in a general sense.
i also want to mention c-ptsd, or "complex post-traumatic stress disorder." this is a debated diagnosis, in that where it fits into mental illness boxes is argued and it's yet to be included in the dsm, but for now, it's sufficient to think of it as ptsd's fraternal twin.
c-ptsd develops when trauma is prolonged, and there's little/no chance of escape. think kidnappings and child abuse.
it shares a lot of symptoms with ptsd, but it has its own unique cluster of symptoms, especially surrounding relationship issues.
right. we can rule that off for things cats typically experience from battle. but i still want to talk about it.
but ptsd is in reference to human reactions to trauma, which is fine! all warrior cats are at least a little anthropomorphised, or it wouldn't be fun to read about.
okay, before i lose the thread, circling back to my point, the conditions for ptsd are a prolonged response to a traumatic event. i, personally, don't think that your everyday warrior is going to experience this. some amount of battle is normal for cats, yeah?
but i do think ptsd/ptsd-like conditions are quite possible. i'm going to move into a discussion of various characters, now, and i'll put that under a read more.
okay, let's examine a few different cats, starting with mudfur.
why mudfur? because he chooses to be a medicine cat specifically because the battles of being a warrior are too much for him. does this mean he's experiencing ptsd? no, i don't think so. we never see any indication of him having flashbacks or hypervigilance. mind, i have
okay sorry you uh
i took a break to read mothwing's secret
see i've been putting it off bc i knew it was going to make me feel things and lord it did
phew
well i was going to talk about mothwing but first, back to mudfur
i can now confirm that we don't see any evidence of ptsd in him. trauma, maybe, but not ptsd.
which...checks.
next cat, ivypool.
but my ivypool, not canon ivypool, because i gave ivypool ptsd.
if you haven't read it, hedera helix is my canon compliant ivypool series, and you can get the Deets there, but i think "fair is the night" is the piece to focus on here. specifically,
The dark is the same, and the heat, and the way she slinks through the shadows, trying not to take notice. The way every pawstep is echoingly loud, and how she can't catch her breath or find her thoughts over the noise. All that's missing is.
Him.
Maybe Ivypool does still dream.
She hisses, her belt bristling, tail lashing, and raises her paw, claws extended.
what's going on here is that she mistakes tigerheart for hawkfrost.
yes, she has ptsd.
she also has c-ptsd in my writing, but i don't want to talk about this at the moment, because ivypool is complex, and i don't feel like bringing dovewing into this. but no, this is her having ptsd from her (dark forest) mentor trying to kill her. a cat she, at least on some level, trusted turning on her and attempting to kill her.
so for ivypool, it's the unexpected that traumatizes her.
which i think makes sense: cats don't generally expect to be attacked by those they trust. which leads me into...
character three: bluestar.
now, bluestar is complex because of the dementia, but i think it's pretty easy to say: tigerclaw (a cat she trusts) betrays her, she gets hypervigilant and stops trusting people.
i'm deliberately going short on this because i'm at almost a thousand words and uh,, i just want to talk about mothwing.
mothwing. my baby. my beloved. my beautiful.
fuuuuck okay so i should not have read mothwing's secret because this is going to turn into me writing mostly about that, but i actually knew 90% of what was contained in it through moonkitti videos + doing research for various mothwing related projects.
i think the only thing i learned was the moonkitti scene about bees is actually completely canonical, as written, and that it was possible for me to love mothwing more than i already do.
usually, i'd want to also talk about willowshine, but i'm going to keep my focus on mothwing. willow my love is going to come up, but i'm keeping my focus tight.
mothwing! onto my purpose: mothwing and c-ptsd and religious trauma.
she will get her own essay i have a document titled "mothwing and religious trauma" but with trope-bingo i've been writing the essays less, so bear with me.
anyway. i'm not waffling, i'm just trying to set up a good starting point so i don't ramble past the purpose. and i think...the scene with mudfur and mothwing near the end is what i'm honing in on. (spoilers, duh, but also, you don't need to have read it.)
so mudfur comes to mothwing after the battle, and she turns him away. he doesn't understand, but i do.
religion has been used against mothwing her entire life. her clan used it (inadvertently) to keep her from her purpose, hawkfrost used it to maintain his control over her, and mistystar used it to again keep her from her purpose and passion. (and yes, i have strong feelings about what this does to willowshine, but i'm trying to stay on-topic.)
and then, the first tangible proof she has of starclan is the dark forest. and her brother. attacking the nursery. and her.
and then mudfur has the audacity to say, "yeah sorry we don't know anything! but like why are you still rejecting us?"
(makes me want to rewrite the ending of "if you love me any, let me know it now" actually, i'm angry. not going to, but i want to.)
adfskjl mothwing is my new purpose for existing. i may actually consider changing my blog title from "in this house we lovewing dovewing" to something mothwing themed. i love her. expect a mothwing focus sometime soon-ish.
right, so, i don't think mothwing's perspective needs to be explained here. but...she is very self-aware of her position. she struggles with it. she doesn't want to talk to willowshine about her beliefs — she's grateful when willowpaw just accepts it and doesn't discuss it with her.
mothwing as a character has always been appealing to me. but. again, trying to keep focused, her brother is manipulative and cruel.
(i'm not saying abusive because i don't know if he really is. i'd want to do a proper analysis for that, not just ramble in a blank document for a while. he's toxic, but i try to reserve abusive for abusive characters. i think he is, but i don't know how i would defend that, ergo, i'm avoiding it for now.)
just. her whole life.
she spends a long time trusting others, looking to starclan for answer and salvation, and it keeps letting her down, and others keep using it against her, like a weapon. there's a lot to mothwing, but i'm really trying to stay on topic.
before i get to my closing arguments, some honorable mentions for characters i didn't talk about, but could have:
squirrelflight
feathertail, stormfur, and mistyfoot
dovewing
briarlight. okay she's such a good honorable mention i just have to explore this for a second, but the scene in bramblestar's storm where she's afraid of falling trees is good. i don't know, she seems fairly functional, but she's definitely not "over it."
anyone captured by twolegs.
tawnypelt
bramblestar. before you gasp, he too trained in the dark forest and was manipulated by hawkfrost and tigerstar.
probably a lot more.
so anyway, if you hung around for nearly 2k words to listen to me talk about cat trauma, here's my closing statement:
i think ptsd in clan cats is definitely going to be a thing, but i think, more often than not, it's not going to come from the battle. we looked at several examples where the incident happened during a battle, but i think it's the betrayal that's more shocking than the actual fighting.
i didn't address ptsd from cats killing each other, other than mudfur, and that's...frankly that's because i don't know. it is very hard for me to sympathize with those characters long enough to think critically about it.
like, i can write villain pov, but i don't think i can actually say, "what if XYZ feels bad for killing someone?" even if i was going to write about like, firestar killing scourge, i don't think i could.
not in this context, anyway.
similarly, i think a lot of what we'll see is trauma. cats are already extremely vigilant, and while it's possible to get hypervigilant cats, i'm not sure how often it's going to come out. cats are good at hiding physical pain, ipso facto, i imagine they're good at hiding emotional pain.
which isn't to say that they...you know what? you know what? if you want to come argue with me about human ptsd, you can do that on my main. but i'm talking about cats, and i say that they probably don't experience ptsd because they probably shove away a lot of the external symptoms, and that's mostly how we identify ptsd. this is not an end-all be-all, nor does it apply to people, but i don't know how to begin couching this, and i'm tired.
alright, well...
tl/dr: yes, trauma and maybe ptsd occur in clan cats, but i think it's more likely to be from betrayal than fighting.
dkjl this was a lot if u have follow up qs or just wanna discuss this my ask box is open! <3
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Thank you @mika--82 for the question! I’m sorry it took so long but since I really enjoyed plotting out my Cangse Sanren lives au, and I think a lot about the women in The Untamed who didn't get to see their children grow up, strap in for round two of TB Revives the Mothers of the Untamed. This week's episode: Save Mama Lan by killing Lan Qiren \^.^/
(Many thanks to @drwcn for letting me borrow her hc names for Mama Lan (Qui Baiti) and Papa Lan (Lan Cenrong). You can read more about them on her blog here and here.)
(Warning for an unsuccessful suicide attempt)
QBT has been isolated in the Jingshi for a decade. She only sees her sons once a month, she isn’t allowed her sword, and her spiritual power is kept sealed
But LWJ inherited his stubbornness from his mum and she's determined to escape, one way or another
LQR is walking by the Jingshi when he feels a massive surge of energy and breaks his first ever Discipline (no running in Cloud Recesses)
He wrenches the Jingshi door open and sees an array that wouldn't look out of place two decades in the future in an alternate universe in a dingy shed behind Mo Manor
LQR breaks his second Discipline in as many minutes (do not make excessive noise) when he screams for his brother before he grabs QBT and drags her out of the array
LQR didn't have time to think, let alone study what the effects of that might be, all he knew was that it was killing her, and that her death would kill the brother he loves more than anything else
The backlash strikes him and he keels over
QBT gathers him up, sobbing and asking why he did it, she wanted to die, why did you do it Lan-er-gongzi? what were you thinking? Your brother loves you
LQR meets his brother’s eyes as he appears over her shoulder, the terrified disciples flanking him a white blur
He smiles and says I know
Curtains on LQR
(alternatively, we can just kill JGS again because ngl that was real satisfying the first time around)
Now the Elders are in a pickle because this may have been an accident but QBT has now been responsible for the deaths of an Elder and Second Young Master Lan
It's decided that the only option is exile
QBT is forbidden from setting foot in Cloud Recesses and the territories of Gusu Lan for ten year and forbidden from speaking to any Lan disciple during that time
She bows, accepts back the plain sword she had yielded when she came through the gates to be married, and is gone before the dawn. LCR watches her leave and then goes to wake their sons
Now, QBT was a wandering cultivator long before she was Lan-furen and actually really enjoys returning to life on the road
I wandered once! I can do it again!
Five years later she meets XXC battling a ferocious demon snake and together they defeat it
QBT definitely doesn’t feel her heart beat a little faster at the youthful face, white robes, and elegant jade-and-silver sword
She answers XXC's graceful bow with one of her own and the two spend a week clearing out the fierce nests of demons on the mountain
The next time their wandering brings them together she is introduced to my good friend Song Lan and hides her smile in her sleeve
Meanwhile in Cloud Recesses without LQR to pick up the slack LCR is forced to step out of seclusion and actually run his sect and parent his children
He does a very good job
QBT has to fight back proud tears every time she hears Twin Jades of Lan spoken of with awe
Ten years to the day of her exile QBT is grinning as she climbs the long flights of stairs towards the gates of Cloud Recesses
Part of that might be the entertaining company she walks with
A young man clutching two bottles of Emperor's Smile and talking so fast she’s only half listening while she tries to figure out if he’s actually taken a breath since introducing himself
Talking at breakneck speed of the young master who had been so strict with him at the gates, aiya Auntie! He was so cold! you should have seen his stony face
QBT only grins harder as WWX climbs the wall, is challenged, and blades flash over tiles (it might bring back fond memories of her own youth)
She slips over the wall while they are distracted and once WWX is silenced she reaches out her hand
You handle your sword beautifully, may I?
LWJ can't even say why - it's too dark to see her face and the voice is roughened after 10 years on the road - but he hands Bichen over without a second thought
She sighs as she runs a finger over the blade and the steel glows, lighting up her face (solely because I think glowy Bichen is very sexy and we should have had more of it in the drama honestly)
Bichen suits you better than it ever suited me, ZhanZhan
LWJ is emoting all over the place (so embarrassing)
(luckily his back is to WWX because if baby disaster bi WWX saw that smile he would've died on the spot)
WWX of course is still a troublemaking rule breaker and LWJ is still charged with overseeing his punishment
QBT and LXC are united in their LWJ should make friends agenda and LXC inherited his sense of humour and delight for teasing LWJ from QBT
Between the two of them LWJ soon has more friends than he knows what to do with
QBT and LXC co-captain the good ship Wangxian
Of course plot stuff still happens including accidental-marriage-before-a-Quest-Ghost
XXC and SL meet them in Yueyang and when LWJ introduces himself they're thrilled because hey we know your mum! she’s real cool!
They don't trust the clans and they might've heard of NMJ but they know Qui-jiejie and they trust her and so they decide XY will go to Cloud Recesses for judgement
N-wow the twin jades are really deserving of their reputations-HS insists on a Qinghe representative going too
oh me? no no Wei-xiong this has been quite enough adventure for me. Meng Yao you'll go won't you? Dage trusts you and Lan-gongzi admired your *delicate cough* capability *innocent smile*
my.blush.com/embarrassed/yearning agrees
QBT is delighted to see XXC and SL again and happily introduces them to her elder son
SL and LXC almost immediately get into a heated debate over ahistorical fantasy chinese philosophy and/or politics and are instantly bonded
QBT may or may not have instigated said debate with a well-timed quote from a well-known (re: divisive) text
Basically QBT shares my get LXC more friends agenda
SL is, again, the first person (apart from LXC and his parents) to laugh at LWJ's jokes
WWX still refuses to believe this actually happened (the joke and SL laughing) (XXC swears it’s true)
XY is locked in the back hills and eventually a) dies trying to use his hidden piece of the yin iron to break the seals OR b) is rehabilitated by the power of bunnies and become an outer disciple (reader's choice!)
XXC and SL accompany WWX and JC part of the way to Lotus Pier
Cloud Recesses is attacked, QBT and LCR send LXC and MY away with the sacred texts, MY promising he knows somewhere safe to hide
LWJ refuses to leave his parents. The losses are not as bad as in canon, the Wen are beaten back, but LCR and LWJ are both injured
No Good Very Bad Summer Camp with World's Worst Head Counselor WC
No Good Very Bad Turtle Cave of Love
WWX wakes post-rescue with LWJ still there
(Because his parents are holding Cloud Recesses and he knows LXC is safe so he doesn't need to rush off)
JZX, JC, LWJ, and WWX spend a day planning before they split up
(this is hilarious and JC says "fuck" not less than 219 times)
(WWX only almost punches JZX and it only happens twice honestly people should be grateful! he was so restrained!!)
They all return home, LWJ promising to bring reinforcements from Cloud Recesses to Lotus Pier (because it's the most obvious next target. no other reason. just. strategically it makes sense)
WQ sends WN to Lotus Pier to warn WWX when WZL's forces are on their way
When the Wen attack, they're met with a prepared force of 1) YZY and the Jiang Disciples 2) QBT, LWJ, and a contingent of Lan Disciples AND 3) JC and WWX and a gaggle of archers (seriously why tf show the Jiang being so good and then only give us two archery fight scene moments and it’s heart breaking sixth young master jiang dying and some rando ouyang disciple shooting WWX?)
Things get a little hairy but between YZY and QBT they defeat WZL and the rest of the Wen quickly surrender
JFM and JYL arrive just as the battle is ending, escorted by Madam Jin, JZX, LQY, and all the Jin Disciples who were at Cloud Recesses
(WWX: MianMian you came you must have been so worried about me! LQY, ignoring him: Lan-er-gongzi are you okay? WWX: ah Lan Zhan you MianMian really likes you! that’s lucky! LWJ, screaming internally: mn)
(JGS was furious when JZX announced he was joining the campaign but what could he possibly say in front of his battle ready wife without looking like the utter coward of a wet biscuit he is)
Once again WWX is left with a screaming sword, too much curiosity, and too much time on his hands (due to his adopted family being not-dead)
But worse he has now also access to a woman who created an array powerful enough to kill even with her spiritual power sealed
Poor WRH doesn't stand a chance, even without MY spying for the Sunshot Campaign
After the battle QBT&LCR and YZY&JFM shut JGS's bullshit power grab down real quick and JGS sulks like the baby he is (probably in a brothel) while Madam Jin and JZX take over Lanling Jin
JZX hears about MY and the way he helped LXC and NMJ sends a letter of support and JZX is already quite jealous of all these sibling bonds and welcomes Ziyao with open arms
(All of which goes slightly to waste when JZY marries out to the Lan clan slightly less than a year later but hey, at least it's a good alliance.)
WQ takes over the Wen Clan but tears down Nightless City and relocates the capital to Dafan
(WQ: have you been to Nightless City? It’s built on an active volcano. Do you know how bad sulfur ash is for open wounds? Do you know what medical herbs grow in lava slurry? None is the answer. My family are all fucking morons)
(WQ: Not you a-Ning you’re a delight and we’re thrilled you’re here)
Rumour has it a certain immortal was so impressed with the stories of the medical techniques of Dafan Wen that she paid WQ a visit
(Disciples are so reckless after all! One never knows when one might need to be capable of transplanting vital organs!)
Each year WWX and LWJ spend 3 months at Gusu, 3 months at Lotus Pier, and 6 months wandering with XXC and SL
They get "fake married" no less than four times in three years (for the investigation xiongzhang! absolutely no other reason shishu! no other reason at all!) before LXC, MY, XXC, and SL get fed up and barricade them in their room until they talk to each other dammit
(LXC is very grateful MY has gotten so handy with the silencing talismans because the 'conversation' gets uncomfortably loud real quick)
Side note to say Clarity works very well to avert a qi deviation when it's not being actively corrupted, thanks very much, and NMJ lives many, many, many years which would be entirely happy if only NHS would pick up his saber once in a while
He would tell NHS this if he could ever find him
Happy ending!³
#³unless you are a hardcore lqr fan#in which case i invite you to ignore the first few paragraphs#assume that qbt got banished for unrelated reasons#and hc that jgs died instead#also i nearly included a few paragraphs#where qbt finds and buries cssr & wcz#and an alt paragraph where she saves them both#but cut them because it was getting too long#AND i was super tempted by an lxc-dies-to-save-nmj which i've 75% plotted#which I have affectionately titled 'lan whumpji'#but then i decided it was nicer to save another mother#because they really get shafted in canon#theuntamednarrative#mika--82#madam lan#lan qiren#wangxian#xiyao#tw suicide attempt
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wendy’s great big pirates of the caribbean fic rec list
Hello, friends! I’ve been meaning to make a Pirates fic rec list for years and the day has finally come. This list is obviously in no way exhaustive and is very much indicative of my personal biases (*cough* lots of Norrington *cough*), but I can heartily recommend every fic that made this list and I hope you all enjoy it. Making this was a labor of love and I would be thrilled to hear your thoughts on any you choose to read (though you should leave a kind comment for the author first)!
Other notes: I collected the bulk of these years ago, so there are a lot on FFnet and I have tried my best to screen them for various content warnings. I believe only two fics on this list are explicit and are marked as such. There is precious little slash on this list since that’s just not what I tended to read at the height of my Pirates phase; my apologies.
Under a cut to spare your dashes from this monster of a post.
“Mutiny on the Dauntless” by Marnie - Governor Swann and Lieutenant Norrington narrowly skirt disaster at the hands of a ruthless captain and dangerous crew on the crossing from England. [19k words. No ships. Warnings: seasickness, battle violence, minor character death, semi-graphic naval discipline.]
THE HONORAT COLLECTION in (hopefully) chronological order. This author is my uncontested favorite Pirates of the Caribbean fic writer and I’m forever grateful to them. Here’s to you, @honorat!
“Here’s Luck To You” - A collection of drabbles about Jack and Bootstrap Bill’s friendship, written in late 2005. [6k. Mind any posted warnings.]
“Homecoming” - Author’s summary: The young Captain Norrington has a rare moment alone with his beloved ship. [1k. No ships but the sailing kind. No warnings.]
“Daring Rescue, Daring Escape” - A narration of Elizabeth's rescue following her tumble off the battlement and of Jack's attempted escape afterward. [7k. Can be read as Sparrabeth. No warnings.]
“Worthy of His Steel” - Picks up where DR,DE left off, then flashes back to Will’s apprenticeship with Mr. Brown. [44k. Light Willabeth. Mind any warnings: I remember minor character death, alcoholism, and general angst.]
“A Bargain At Any Price” - Elizabeth reflects on James’ interrupted marriage proposal. [968 words. Unrequited Norribeth. No warnings.]
“Marooned” - A movie novelization of the time Jack and Elizabeth spent on Rumrunner’s Isle. (If you haven’t seen the deleted scenes from CotBP, they’re now required viewing: Part 1, Part 2.) [28k. Can be read as Sparrabeth. Warnings: alcohol; discussion of past injuries including burns, a brand, and a gunshot; discussion of death, murder, and suicide (latter related only to marooning and not seriously entertained or acted upon); mind any others.]
“Aboard the Dauntless” - Takes place directly after Marooned. More movie/deleted scene novelization. [20k. Can be read as Sparrabeth and/or (unrequited) Norribeth. Mind any warnings.]
“No Mercy” - Set aboard the Dauntless just after the battle at Isla de Muerta. Have you ever been unreasonably hecked up by the sailor who rang the bell when he spotted zombie pirates? I have because I’m Like That but now you can be too! [1k. No ships. Warnings: blood, minor character death, funeral, survivor’s guilt, mention of execution by hanging.]
“For Remembrance” - Elizabeth visits Jack in prison the day before his pending execution. [2k. Can be read as Sparrabeth. Warnings: brief mention of unsanitary prison conditions; death tokens; discussion of death, murder, and execution by hanging.]
“Balance of Justice” - The same night, Norrington struggles with the idea of Jack’s pending execution. [990 words. No ships. Warnings: mentioned minor character death, survivor’s guilt, discussion of execution by hanging.]
“Crossing the Bar” - My all-time favorite PotC fanfic. After the events of CotBP, Norrington thinks he has Jack cornered, but the pirate has other ideas. A story of truly literary proportions ensues. [156k. Canon divergent: written pre-DMC. Light Jack/Anamaria. Warnings: battle injuries, period-accurate first aid, minor character death. Other warnings posted in fic.]
“Just Between Us Dying Gods” - Jack’s POV, takes place on the island of the Pelegostos just prior to Will's arrival. [1k. No ships. Warnings: cannibalism, canon-typical ethnocentrism.]
“Bits of Shine” - A collection of drabbles (in the classic 100-word sense) spanning Pirates 1-3. [14k. Assorted canon ships. Mind any posted warnings.]
“Christmas Reunion” - Author’s description: A Christmas reunion of several beloved characters set post-AWE. Jack's POV. Entirely fluffy. [2k. Willabeth. No warnings.]
SCRUFFINGTON ANGST - Me, aged 15: but sir that’s my emotional support Good-ish Man Brought Low By Hubris (who am I kidding, that hasn’t changed a bit). As you would expect, general warnings for this section might include minor character death, survivor’s guilt, self-hatred, alcohol abuse, unsanitary conditions, etc. If you love Tortuga-related angst, this section is for you! If you don’t go for whump and other unpleasant things, scroll on.
“Seven Deadly Sins: James Norrington” by Edoraslass - Classic drabble format, exactly what it says on the bottle. Follows James’ DMC arc beginning in Tortuga. [711 words. No ships. See tags on AO3.]
“Three Days” by geekmama - Several scene narrations following James from the pig sty to Isla Cruces. Smelly bastard man. [1k. Several unrequited ships. Warnings: unsanitary, alcohol abuse.]
“Interregnum: Icarus” by ConcertiGrossi - Follows James all the way from the hurricane to Tortuga, with an epilogue just after delivering the Heart to Beckett. I dislike headcanons about Norrington ever employing sex workers - it seems very out-of-character to me - but other than that I stand by this fic. Angst alert. [16k. Canon-divergent only if you read Sins of the Father. Referenced unrequited Norribeth. Warnings: near-drowning, vomit, mass minor character death, implied (but ultimately untrue) medium character death, funerals, survivor’s guilt, self-hatred, unsanitary, coughing, nightmares, pregnancy mention, parental death, under-eating, alcohol abuse, referenced suicide, suicidal ideation.]
“Birthday Wishes” by YouCantGetThereFromHere - A one-shot AU in which James has a twin brother and they celebrate their thirtieth birthdays, one in England, the other in Tortuga. [4k. Referenced OCxOC ship in the first half. Warnings: alcohol abuse, self-hatred.]
“Eye of the Storm” by Edoraslass - Tortuga barmaid Kate is intrigued by the island’s newest barfly and strikes up a sort of friendship with Norrington until he moves on. [4k. No ships. See tags on AO3.]
“Oil and Wine” by Argyle - Norrington’s descent during his time on Tortuga. Everything comes with a price and a familiar face dogs his steps. [500 words. Norribeth. See tags on AO3.]
“Absence and Memory” by Meddow - Post-CotBP, Elizabeth reflects on her relationship with Norrington over the years. [3.7k. Norribeth. No warnings.]
“Penance More Will Do” by Meddow - Set directly after the hurricane. While a wounded James is adrift at sea, he is visited by Hector Barbossa, who gives him a choice on behalf of Calypso. [5.7k. No ships. Warnings: blood, vomit.]
“A Song for the Wretched and the Wrecked” by jadeddiva - Post-CotBP AU in which Will runs off to sea and Elizabeth consents to marry James after all. They have a lot of growing to do, but it ends well. [6.5k. Norribeth. No warnings.]
“Jack Sparrow’s Black Pearl” by Zath_Chauvert - A filk song in which Elizabeth and Will discuss Jack to the tune of “Tango: Maureen”. [468 words. Willabeth, J/W/E if you’re not a coward. No warnings.]
“Of How a Lieutenant died at Sea” by YouCantGetThereFromHere - Foregoing the ending he's given in OST, Lt. Theodore Groves instead dies in the wreckage of the Endeavour in AWE and briefly greets Will in the afterlife. [703 words. No ships. Warnings: implied major character death.]
THE ERINYA COLLECTION (I forgot that I saved a ton from this author as well! Not arranged in any particular order.)
“Curiosity” - Elizabeth reflects on her growing feelings for Jack during DMC. [828 words. Sparrabeth. Warnings: alcohol.]
“Sacrifice” - More Sparrabeth UST, Elizabeth’s POV. [527 words. Sparrabeth. No warnings.]
“One Shot” - A collection of PotC drabbles, all written pre-AWE. [6k. Various pairings. Warnings posted in fic.]
“The Game” - Jack and Tia Dalma play cards. [600 words. Can be read as Jack/Tia Dalma. No warnings.]
“Frayed” - Will and Elizabeth, post-DMC, semi-compliant with AWE, but angstier. I’m afraid this one isn’t very kind to Will but it sets up this author’s character dynamics/reasons for Sparrabeth. [1k. Willabeth, implied Sparrabeth. Warnings: very poor communication.]
“Something Rich and Strange” - A Will/Tia Dalma one-shot, of all things. A touch of destiny, indeed. Written pre-AWE based on fan speculation. [2k. Canon-divergent. Will/Tia Dalma, background Sparrabeth. PG-13.]
“Ocean Heart” - Post-AWE, Elizabeth is visited by Calypso on that lonely beach. [1k. Implied Willabeth. No warnings.]
“The Pirate’s Progress” - Post-DMC, Jack takes a jaunt through the afterlife, featuring all sorts of fun mythology/folklore. [10k. I’m gonna be real with y’all, I don’t remember if there’s anything shippy or triggery but I don’t think so? Implied major character death I guess but he got better]
“Worlds Enough, And Time” - Futuristic AU in which Jack and Elizabeth both partook of the Fountain of Youth. Our beloved pirates...IN SPAAAAACE. Angst with a happier ending. [3k. Sparrabeth, implied Willabeth. Canon-divergent in multiple ways. Warnings: alcohol, discussions of death, suicidal ideation, referenced minor character death.]
“Janus and the Prodigal” - A conversation between Jack and Teague, a few years post-AWE. [1k. Can be read as Sparrabeth. No warnings.]
“At Peace” by Rising Waters - Author’s summary: Elizabeth has been faithful for the allotted ten years, so Will is free of the Dutchman—but he is still plagued by thoughts of a man whose death he feels responsible for: James Norrington. [1k. Willabeth, unrequited Norribeth. Warnings: referenced character death.]
“Second Chances” by geekmama - AU in which James was only wounded by Bootstrap, not killed, and Will drops him off at Shipwreck Cove to be with Jack and Elizabeth for the next ten years. Fluff all around. [1k. Willabeth, can be read as Sparrington if you’re not a coward. No warnings.]
“For Honour A Heart’s Demise” by Meddow - Another AU in which James is only wounded aboard the Flying Dutchman, only this time he gets to partake in the rest of AWE and becomes captain of the Dutchman instead of Will. A goddess is defied and everything makes sense. [10k. Willabeth, unrequited Norribeth. Warnings: brief suicidal ideation, survivor’s guilt, grievous bodily harm, major character death (but he gets better).]
“Between Wind and Water” by rexluscus - Author’s description: “England and Spain are at war, and Norrington needs a quick solution to the Jack Sparrow problem. Meanwhile, Jack discovers that the Caribbean he once knew is gone. The deal they make could solve both their troubles, or it might be the worst mistake of their lives. This story is AU after the first film (sequels never happened). It's an experiment in dropping POTC characters into an actual historical event: the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741.” [90.3k. Sparrington. See tags on AO3.]
“betwixt the devil and the deep sea” by notbecauseofvictories - A character study of Jack Sparrow in an AU with angels and demons. [2k. No ships. See tags on AO3.]
“coda” by notbecauseofvictories - Elizabeth during her time as the Pirate King. [1k. Willabeth, Sparrabeth. See tags on AO3.]
FICS I HAVE NOT YET FINISHED but would nevertheless like to recommend:
The “Rash Actions” series by @blanketed-in-stars - I’ve been meaning to finish this for 7000 years but I thoroughly enjoyed the early chapters! Nicole is a wonderful writer and is doing the Lord’s work in writing quality Turrington content. [147k. James/Will. See tags on AO3.]
“In Service to the King” by sleepylotus/@apirateslifeforme123 - An AU in which Elizabeth finds James in Tortuga after she becomes the Pirate King. I loved the first few chapters! [31.7k. Norribeth, Sparrabeth. Explicit. WIP. See tags on AO3.]
OTHER LINKS SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE
Curse of the Black Pearl early screenplay (first draft)
Dead Man’s Chest screenplay (final production draft)
At World’s End early screenplay (leaked draft)
Deleted scenes: (CotBP above in Marooned) DMC, AWE
#pirates of the caribbean#potc#fanfiction#fic#fic recs#willabeth#sparrabeth#norribeth#jack/anamaria#sparrington#turrington#tortuga#holy god this is long#i hope this posts#masterpost#long post
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If rcg decide to make macdennis canon, how do you think they would do it? Like what do you think is the most likely way for them to go about it? (I'm just wondering if other ppl think they're gonna try acclimatize the dude bros or what) Also, how does that realistic version compare to the personal version that you have, i.e. what would make most sense to you/the way that you would most like to see it happen? Love your blog btw!
Okay so after work yesterday I spent 5 hours talking about my friend’s ocs and then watching The O.C. so I obvi did not get to this yesterday like I said I would, but I did think about it and that counts for something. So now i’m typing and this started getting long so will put it under a cut. Thank you for loving my blog.
Anyway. Canon macdennis. I think it’ll happen. I don’t know if the dudebros can be acclimated any more. I mean they still write “scripts” (read: fanfiction) where Mac is still fucking women. So. The dudebros will never be there, although there are plenty out there who were Very Into how hot Mac was this season. (I was on reddit while the season was airing don’t @ me)
I think it would be stupid for them to have a loving and tender moment between them as their, like, thing. I need Dennis to acknowledge he’s into dudes first, though, otherwise it’s weird. Like we See Things, but he’s specifically called himself straight so “all of a sudden” wanting to make out with Mac would be out there. They need to acclimate me and I guess I don’t want Dennis’s coming out to be directly tied to Mac or for anyone to pretend he’s straight with an exception.
Although I am into the idea of there just being a normal thing happening and Dennis is like “Well as a romantic couple, Mac and I are obviously best suited for this thing” and just like.... move past it. Nothing much changes except for the potential for more dumbassery. As much as the ending of himym hurt, I did like when Barney and Robin were dating and were like “Oh we never fight because whenever we start to fight we just have sex instead” and I think that’s peak macdennis behavior.
I think it would be funny if Mac rejected Dennis like “oh I only love you like a friend ^-^ but thank you, your opinion as a man means a lot to me.” I did write a fic where Mac DENNIS systems Dennis, bc we all know Dennis is easily manipulated and Mac is like “oh that’s just how you get someone to fall in love with you don’t worry I wasn’t going to do the separate part” and it was dumbass rights. (and like i guess if you haven’t read that fic sorry for spoiling the ending, but it’s whatever)
Ideally, I would like Glenn back in the writer’s room because Dennis is a much better character when he’s actively part of the process. He would give a much better voice to bi dennis than like... rob or charlie. or god forbid megan. (and yeah i think bi dennis might be more likely, or maybe i’m more hopeful bc we just don’t get a lot of bi rep in media and i just want it and i don’t think Dee’s a lesbian and I don’t think they’ll make her one although wouldn’t it be neat if Dennis and Dee were just twin disaster bisexuals? revolutionary.)
I think an offhand comment might be the most likely, like how nb charlie came about. (though i don’t think they actually realized what they were doing there haha) And i’d be fine with that. it could be funny and I think it would open up a lot of hijinks to ensue
But I also think they’re cowards and might just continue queerbaiting so there’s that. Like “here’s your little scraps of representation, don’t worry I have two gay moms and a gay brother so I know everything about the gay community”
So yeah that’s my take on that thank you for coming to my ted talk
#i got hashtag controversial at the end#but I'm not here to argue#that's just my personal take on it#this was such a fun ask to answer#something that really made me think abt things#Anonymous
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We Who See Thestrals
A Harry Potter post-canon fic
Luna Lovegood x George Weasley
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4: The Dangers of Friendship
1406 words (10k total)
"Sweet Luna," Ginny said, when they had retreated to the darkest, corner-est booth in the pub. "What has George done to you?"
"George hasn't done anything," said Luna, blankly.
"Ah. That's the trouble, then?"
"Don't be ridiculous. He's letting me work in his shop, and my schoolgirl crush will go away, I'm sure. When I get to know him a little better."
"Hmm," said Ginny.
She looked down at her arm, where Luna noticed a new tattoo, in the shape of a lightning bolt.
"Does your mother like your tattoos? Ron said he didn't have any because she'd kill him," Luna said with surprise.
"No, my mother does not like my tattoos," said Ginny. "But I'm not a coward, like Ronald, and she can take it up with me when she starts giving Bill or Charlie hell for theirs."
After a second, Ginny leaned over. "Luna, you can do or not do whatever you want. But I want to tell you one thing--proximity doesn't always show you a person is less worthy of your feelings. George...George closed off in a way, after losing Fred. So he might not be able to really show it even if he returns the interest. I can feel him out for you--" she saw Luna's face and quickly added, "or just tell you what I think. If you ask. I might tell you even without you asking, if I think it's important. Sorry."
"You are free to do what you want," said Luna, startling even herself with the severity of her voice. "But if you make George aware I took a job in his shop knowing full well I had a crush on him at Hogwarts, I will send your mother a Howler about you and Harry in the prefect bathroom."
"You don't know anything about that!" said Ginny indignantly.
"I know enough to tip her off."
"You know, Luna, I've never seen you play dirty before. I both admire that and am even more convinced here. But I better get on with my errands. Can I walk you back to the shop?"
"I do not trust you right now," said Luna, placidly.
Ginny grinned. "You were always way cannier than people gave you credit for. Send me some owls, even if they just bring shop anecdotes."
Luna returned to the shop only once she was sure her face had cooled off. She found Rhodie making notes from records, and George hovering over the Puffs.
"I'm very sorry for causing you trouble, and scaring the kids," Luna said, noticing that no one was in the shop at the moment.
George nodded, and said, "Well, I'll leave you and Rhodie to mind things."
"I have some ideas for new products, can we meet tomorrow to go over them?"
She only had the nerve to say it because he seemed to be hesitating. She also noted there was tension in his jaw, the hollows of his jaw even more pale than usual.
"I would be delighted," said George. "Come in tomorrow an hour early so we can get tea while Ron minds the shop."
Luna cleaned the Pygmy Puff case diligently until it was time to start closing up shop. Rhodie said, "We haven't been busy, I can get everything done."
Luna hadn't realized how tired she was until she accepted this offer without arguing.
She apparated home, and let her owl out with first thing. Then she put a kettle on, and rifled through her herb stocks, with Levity chuckling on her shoulder or swooping away out the window for a moment before returning because it wasn't quite dark enough for hunting yet. Then she stared at the mural she'd begun sketching on her cottage wall for a moment.
"George closed off, in a way," Ginny had said. The reason Luna had felt embarrassed about her reaction was mostly because she'd required George's help to return to reality. George, who wore his hair long enough to cover his shorn ear--who occasionally turned abruptly to see who was coming into the shop if he had been too absorbed in something. No doubt in her mind, he isolated himself in his laboratory partly because the coming-and-going of the shop drained him. George had been practically an adult, a real Order member, when she and her friends had been mostly playing heroes the last moment. He had lost the person he was closest to in the world, as well as having nearly lost many more family members over the course of the war. And there she was, practically untouched, and having a meltdown in his shop because of some green sparks.
Well, she was used to disasters-- they seemed attracted to her like pixies to a birthday cake. This one had just happened in a way that felt a little personal, that's all.
With a gentle whump, her father's owl landed on the back of her chair with a fat letter. Her father's retirement from the Quibbler years ago had set him off on a course of letter-writing and conspiracy mongering that even Luna found exasperating, so this was her signal to collect her favorite inks and a sheaf of the new spell-stable vegan papers Hermione had sent her to sample.
She began to turn all her scattered ideas into well-articulated ideas, elaborating and illuminating them into something more than sprouting starts cast across paper. She noted absently when Levity came back in from her first hunting round, as time to start wrapping up. When Levity came over and started grooming her hair, though, Luna finally looked at her clock and realized she'd worked until 2 am.
She reluctantly got up from her work, and extinguished the lights, getting ready for bed in the strong moonlight she'd known would be waiting for her.
"I don't just want to impress George," she told Levity. "I really do care about these ideas. I want to come up with good ideas, so that there's more fun and wonder out there, especially for little girls."
Levity hooted, then swooped back out the window.
Belatedly the next morning, Luna apparated into the attic space of the shop, only to realize she had forgotten her papers. She popped back, then in again, to find George leaning against his vanishing cabinet looking amused.
"I was up until 2 am working on this," she said, to explain.
"I also slept bloody awful," George said. "I should have just sent you an owl to say we'd meet later, like I wanted to. But I'm very glad to go get some coffee now. Have you been to the teashop Flourish and Blotts added to their back room?"
Luna had not. He showed her the way, being hailed from all directions as they went down the busy street, returning all with a smile or quip, even though in the daylight he looked wan and his eyes were clearly a little bloodshot.
The teashop was not exactly in Flourish & Blott's back room--it was more inserted onto the backroom. Luna wondered how they'd gotten permission to do such a powerful extension charm when they backed right into London, and whether they'd had to annex any real houses so the warping that occasionally revealed such extrusions into Muggle territory was hidden.
A cheerful young witch seated them, heckling George about not hiring her a year ago "and look at me now, raking in the sickles for my good service" and winked at him before vanishing upstairs to get their drinks.
"Everyone knows you," Luna observed.
George winced. "Yes. Mornings like this I think, what I wouldn't give for a really good invisibility cloak."
Luna considered him. He looked a bit hungover. But there was a sort of ruefulness to what he said that made her think it wasn't just about being accosted loudly. The twins had always been notorious, unmissable--she hadn't considered if that had been something they liked as a unit, not as individuals.
"Does it bother you? Having everyone know who you are, and a lot about you?"
"It's good for business," he grinned. Closed off, she thought. He just closed off. "Now, please tell me that intriguing pile of parchments is for me."
She recollected herself, and neatened the sheaf before placing it on the table for him.
"This looks very exciting," he said, and the grin wasn't that sealed-off expression anymore, but actual anticipation.
#We Who See Thestrals#Luna Lovegood x George Weasley#Luna Lovegood#George Weasley#Harry Potter#Ginny Weasley#fanfiction#Flourish & Blotts
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