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twstarchives · 4 years

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Leona Kingscholar・Voice Lines

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School Uniform - R

Unlock Card “Why should it bother anyone how I look? Let me do what I want.”

Groovy “Hmph. Is my school uniform really that unusual?”

Home Setting “What’s up?”

Home Transitions “Ugh, I’m tired. Everyone telling me to get to class is so annoying.”

“Ruggie was lookin’ for me? It’s probably nothing important. Leave me alone.”

“If you’re bored you should just sleep all day. Think about how much time you could waste.”

Home Transition (Login Greeting) “Why’re you staring at me? What, you wanted to see me? Heh, you’re so direct.”

Home Taps “A necktie? You seriously think I’d wear something that fancy?”

“I’m starvin’... Oi, go get me something to eat. Don’t worry, I’ll share if there’s any left over.”

“I don’t like restricting clothes. Who cares if I look a little sloppy?”

“Your life is something that’s almost entirely decided for you the moment you’re born. You’re not gonna get far with dedication alone.”

“Stop poking at me; it’s pissin’ me off. If you need something then use your words.”

PE Uniform - R

Unlock Card “I don’t like getting hot and sweaty, but I hate losing even more.”

Groovy “Well, my magift skills will get rusty if I don’t take it seriously every now and then.”

Home Setting “Like hell am I putting any effort into this class.”

Home Transitions “Other dorms challenge me all the time in magift. Obviously I have very good sportsmanship.”

“It’s so hot... I’m feeling like a cold bath. I wanna head back to Savanaclaw.”

“I like competitions. If you ever want to challenge me, I’ll take you on any day.”

Home Transition (Login Greeting) “Strength training... hm. I don’t think it’d make a difference to me if I trained like that or not.”

Home Taps “Brute strength is way better than pretty-looking magic. But obviously the most important thing is using your head.”

“Ah, whatever should I do? I just hate doing things so feral like using fangs and claws to take someone down, but...”

“Jack? His stubborn side is irritating, but with a build like that he’d make a great magift player.”

“I enjoy the ‘using your wit to take down your opponent’ aspect of magift. I don’t really like the physical part of it.”

“My hair tie’s coming loose? Then fix it for me.”

Lab Coat - SR

Unlock Card “It’s boring having to do things you already know how to do. Classes are so tedious.”

Groovy “C’mon, stop followin’ me around like a little kitten. I hate being around kids.”

Home Setting “Let’s make it quick.”

Home Transitions “The Botanical Garden has the perfect temperature; it puts me straight to sleep. Don’t you feel that too?”

“You can tell what’s in something if you smell it, right? ...Ah? Must be inconvenient not having a strong sense of smell.”

“I’ve been looking for a good place to take a nap. Let me use the Ramshackle Dorm.”

Home Transition (Login Greeting) “Why are you looking at me like that? Even I sometimes participate in class. Just depends on how I’m feeling.”

Home Setting (Groovy) “...Achoo! Oi, you left some kinda weird pollen in the Botanical Garden. Go get rid of it outside.”

Home Taps “Ruggie washes my lab coat for me too. What’s wrong with that? It’s convenient.”

“I hate the smell of chemicals; they give me a headache. Makes me wish I had the same nonexistent sense of smell all of you have.”

“You want me to help you with your work? Ha, you must really be stuck if you’re coming to me of all people for help.”

“There are a lot of plants back in my hometown you’d never see at this school. Actually, it’s just full of nature over there.”

“Knock it off. You’re going to get it if you keep playing with my tail like that.”

Home Tap (Groovy) “You reek of strong chemicals... Go take a bath or something and wash off that odor.”

Ceremony Robes - SR

Unlock Card “A ceremony? I hate formal things.”

Groovy *yawns* “...Oi, let’s go nap somewhere.”

Home Setting “My plans after this? Like I know.”

Home Transitions “You wanna know if I’m skipping today...? ...I’d be doing that if I could. Ruggie was warning me not to.”

“Let’s go and get this over with already. Ceremonies are just child’s play anyway.”

“Having to listen to all the teachers’ long speeches now... Hah. Just thinking about it makes me depressed.”

Home Transition (Login Greeting) “Trein’ll blow up at me if I don’t have my hood on during the ceremony. ...Hah, it’s so annoying.”

Home Transition (Groovy) “Heh~ Even you can pull off these ceremony robes. Heheh... Don’t get mad, I’m just messing with you.”

Home Taps “No one’s gonna notice if one or two people are missing from the ceremony. Let’s dip.”

“Crowley always talks for so damn long. Doesn’t he know how to make things brief?”

“Savanaclaw will stay in line even if I’m not there. That’s what it means to be trained.”

“My ears are so pushed down... Why are the school’s ceremony robes made like this?”

“Yeah, yeah, we gotta go. You don’t need to pull me; I already know.”

Home Tap (Groovy) “You’re always so serious about things. Don’t you ever get tired? ...Ha, yeah, that was a stupid question.”

Dorm Uniform - SSR

Unlock Card “Calling out to me like this—you don’t seem to know fear.”

“I usually don’t let my prey slip by me... but I’m in a good mood right now. I’ll make an exception and won’t eat you.”

Groovy “I’ll show you what ‘leader of the pride’ really means.”

Home Setting “Savanaclaw students need to hide their vulnerable sides.”

Home Transitions “The Ramshackle Dorm is really nice. There’s no life or anything there so it’s the perfect place to sleep.”

“The ways of my dorm are simple. It’s a survival of the fittest. You better be careful if you don’t wanna get eaten.”

“If you need something then go talk to Ruggie. He’ll tell me if he thinks it’s important.”

Home Transition (Login Greeting) “Are you curious about Savanaclaw? Alright, I’ll tell you about the dorm life here.”

Home Transition (Groovy) “For an herbivore, you’re really lax about getting near me. Aren’t you scared? ...Heh, you’ve got guts.”

Home Taps “It’s annoying how the feathers on my staff are swaying all the time... but they’re supposed to pay homage to the bird that served the King of Beasts, so I’d get yelled at if I took them off.”

“Where I live, scars are seen as a sign of bravery. They say the King of Beasts had a big scar going through his left eye too.”

“A vice dorm leader? In the past I let some people try their hand at it, but everyone who challenged me lost and gave up. So we don’t have one for now.”

“‘Why did I become the dorm leader?’ Isn’t that obvious? It’s ‘cause I’m the most superior.”

“Oi, stop clinging to me. I hate the warmth. And you’re not a kid anymore.”

Home Tap (Groovy) “I don’t have time for you right now. The afternoon hours are the perfect time for me to sleep.”

Duo Magic Leona: “Oi Vil, after me!” Vil: “Don’t order me around, Leona.”

Tutorial “Oi, let’s go. Come with me.”

Lv Up “Getting some support feels nice.”

“This isn’t bad, but I’m still not full.”

“No amount of power in the world is going to get in my way.”

Max Lv Up “Haha, it feels like the whole world has become mine. Keep devoting yourself to me and I’ll let you have a reward.”

Episode Lv Up “I told myself I wasn’t going to hang around herbivores, but I’ve been getting interested in you. I’ll keep on looking after you as long as you’re not causing trouble.”

Magic Lv Up “Wanting to stay with me while I’m practicing my magic is so typical of you. Most people would just curl up their tails and whine about it.”

Limit Break “Obviously I can do it if I try. ...I just don’t wanna do it.”

Groovy “You wanna see me actually being serious? ...Haha. It’s 100 years too early to show that to an herbivore.”

Lesson Select “Hey, sit in front of me. If I’m in the back I can sleep in peace.”

“This isn’t really something to think so hard about. I’m getting tired of waiting.”

“Everyone’s sittin’ side-by-side working together? I’m good, thanks.”

Lesson Start “Ah~ Boring.”

Lesson End “...That class was so boring; it was all stuff I already knew.”

Battle Start “I know how to fight with more than just power and fangs.”

Battle Win “Didn’t you know I was going to win?”

Other

Profile Quote “Life’s not fair, is it? Don’t you agree?” ¹

January 2020 Trailer “Before joining this academy, don’t you think you should work on that little roar of yours?” ²

Countdown Poster “If you want to see the light of another day, then curl up your tail and do as you’re told.” ³

Login Bonus “You’re here again? It’s a waste doing this everyday. But I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you that someday your efforts pay off.”

Player Birthday Wish “You don’t have to look at me with those pleading eyes. Of course I know it’s your birthday. Forgive me for not leaping for joy.”

Magic History

Good ★

“The king, huh...?”

“The weather’s nice.”

“I made eye contact with the cat.”

“Wish I skipped.”

“Struggling with an incompetent king...”

“Zzz...”

“I’m tired...”

“He was a passive king.”

“Finish this already.”

Great ★★

“Doesn’t everybody know this?”

“I don’t need the textbook.”

“What are you surprised about?”

Perfect ★★★

“It’s feral instinct.”

“Move on already.”

“Obviously.”

Special Lesson Perfect ★★★

“Why’s Crowley here?”

“Making a country thrive...”

“It doesn’t matter who’s here.”

Flying

Good ★

“I’ve been tired since this morning...”

“That all you got?”

“What a pain...”

“Easy win.”

“Coach Vargas is so annoying.”

“I’m starvin’...”

“I don’t wanna move around when I just ate.”

“Have Jack teach you.”

“I caught a bird.”

Great ★★

“I’ll just do it.”

“Too easy.”

“Watch.”

Perfect ★★★

“I could do this in my sleep.”

“Aah? I was asleep.”

“This is easier than walking.”

Special Lesson Perfect ★★★

“Does he really have free time right now?”

“Look ahead and fly.”

“How long do you want me flying for?”

Alchemy

Good ★

“Just do it however.”

“Gold... Not bad.”

“I'm not in the mood for this.”

“Seems like something Ruggie would like.”

“Crewel...”

“The smell of chemicals hurts my nose.”

“It’ll work if you just mix it.”

“I’m getting hungry.”

“I didn’t know that.”

“Let’s take a break.”

“Pay attention.”

“I wanna sleep in the afternoons...”

“Ah, the pot scorched.”

“Finished.”

“Is this enough already?”

Great ★★

“You didn’t even know this?”

“Don’t make light of me.”

“I’m tired of this.”

“Feels like my nose is acting up.”

“I did this last year.”

Perfect ★★★

“I’m bored.”

“I want an actual challenge.”

“I can do this without even thinking about it.”

“Do that later.”

“Need some help?”

Special Lesson Perfect ★★★

“Teach, explain this.”

“I don’t even have time to sleep.”

“Oi, smoke! By your hands!”

“Crowley’s real pushy.”

“I just have to do this, right?”

References from The Lion King:

Life’s not fair, is it?

You might want to work on that little roar of yours

You shall never see the light of another day

#leona kingscholar #voice lines

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amillionmillionvoices · 3 years

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Time Heist and Love Actually! Please? Just the titles of these have me going feral at the possibilities.

Time Heist is an AU of the s8 episode, where instead of another of the Teller’s species, they find River in the vault. I wrote the entire first chapter, but I haven’t been able to figure out what to do with it next - why she was there, what happens after, etc. But here’s a snippet:

The door releases finally, and it’s dark, so dark, and he remembers screams cut off by sheer force of will and nights with her hair drenched in sweat and her body trembling and his fingers against her spine, his voice in her ear, Gallifreyan love songs in his weak, scratchy voice the only benediction. He hears her gasp, hears chains rattle - anger spikes up his spine to the back of his head and his hands clench - Come on, come on - and then it’s open, just enough for him to slip inside.

River.

Her name doesn’t quite make it into the air, caught in his throat, his hands shaking. Her hair is matted and her face swiped with dirt, arms trapped inside the same orange jumpsuit, ankles chained to the floor - there’s a collar around her neck that attaches to the wall and a bruise on her temple still caked with blood and his eyes are burning, blurring so badly he can barely see.

“River.”

His fingertips to her cheek make her flinch back into the darkness.

“Don’t touch me,” she snaps, her voice scratched and brutal and oh, so beautiful, the anger and fight still in her.

“Well, that’s nowhere near the perfect sentence,” he murmurs, keeping his hands by his sides until she blinks against the light, tilts her head up to see him. She winces against the bright and he wonders how long, how many hours, days, anything beyond that unimaginable.

“Doc—Doctor?”

“Need a taxi, dear?”

She makes a sound he’s never heard before, broken and guttural and relieved and wounded and he scrambles for his screwdriver, unlocking her ankles and the metal around her throat, peeling her out of the suit with hands that shake, until her arms are free and the suit is pooled around her waist.

“How—?” she tries, but he hushes her, takes her hands, horrified when she gasps, pained - when his hands come away with flakes of blood. Lines around her wrists and neck, and more he’s sure, and all he sees for a moment is white. White light. White nothingness. A white rage he hasn’t felt in so long, since the last time, since he pulled her from the lake. Since he watched her burn.

“Can you walk?”

She nods, but she’s unsteady, fingers digging into his shoulder as he loops an arm around her waist and helps her from the shadows.

“You can keep your eyes closed,” he murmurs, too low for anyone to hear. “I’ve got you.”

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and then for Love Actually, I honestly just REALLY wanted a River/12 version of that scene with Laura Linney and Alan Rickman, so here it is so far:

“How long have you worked here?” she asks, a rather non-sequitur, considering she was just talking about the weather.

“Ballpark or exactly?”

“Exactly.”

John barely thinks about it. “Seven years, five months, ten days, and…” he glances at his watch. “Three hours and twelve minutes.”

Kate nods, and he expects the usual lecture. Expects her to insist he get his “act together” - he’s heard it often enough. That he can’t give lectures about poetry in an astrophysics class, that taking the students on a field trip to Stonehenge doesn’t have anything to do with cosmic inflation.

He knows Kate doesn’t really care. It’s why he likes her so much. She talks the talk of being a typical, uncompromising department head, but she cares more about students and research than she does about politics and money, and when he tells her he needs something she genuinely listens.

He was friends with her father, and feels a bit paternal towards her, though he hates calling it that, so he’s thoroughly side-swiped when she takes another sip of coffee and says plainly,

“And how long have you been in love with River Song, our approachable yet enigmatic Head of Archaeology?”

John blanches. He can feel his eyebrows skyrocket into his hairline and he nearly drops his mug. Kate sips her coffee and stares at him like she hasn’t completely upset the incredibly well-cultivated wall around his emotions in one question, and John does his best not to choke on air.

He’d thought he’d been subtle.

Though they’re in different departments, he’s been — some would call it friends, others enemies, others merely “complicated” — with River since he started, a semester after she did almost eight years ago. They often take lunches together, often drop in on one another’s lectures to stand in the back and heckle. Sometimes she drives him so completely insane with her archeology rubbish and her refusal to concede any point and her ridiculous hair and flirtatious laugh that he can’t think straight; in the beginning, she’d driven him crazy, and he’d insisted he wanted nothing to do with her. Now, everything she says and everything she does just makes him want to kiss her senseless.

But how the hell Kate Stewart knows that, of all people, he has no idea.

[ ask me about a wip!]

#river song #drfic #fic #wip meme #asks #replies #thanks hon!!#i hope you enjoy these random snippets on two very opposite ends of the angst spectrum lol #xhellnhighheelsx

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fluffyferalkacchan · 3 years

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Kacchan & Deku: Win to Save and Save to Win - A circular path of parallels (part 1)

Okay so it had probably already been talked to death by now, but i'd like to write a detailed list of how Midoriya and Bakugou's respective paths are and had always been paralleled since the beginning. And it's not just with the whole "save to win and win to save" thing, which is the most obvious textual part of it, but there are a lot of more subtle hints along the way too. I mean in nearly every single arcs, for each of Midoriya development, Bakugou had one too (albeit in a completely opposite direction).

This post is also partly in response to some anime-only fans who complained about Bakugou's development in the Joint Training Arc coming from the left field... Which actually isn't? Like Kirishima said it had never been as obvious before but there were definite hints about it and I'll try to show them as thoroughly as possible in this post.

Warning ! This post will be quite long and will contain Manga Spoilers up to chapter 317 in part 3!

¤ From the Pre-UA era To Deku vs Kacchan: their starting lines

(more under the cut)

When I said that the parallel started early, I really meant early. In fact, it started as early as the very first panel they were in.

I think it is very telling that the first time we saw them, Midoriya is trying to defend another kid, while Bakugou is seen using his quirk (and actually introducing the reader/viewer to the whole concept of quirk in the first place). It tells us right here, right then on the very first second, that Midoriya Izuku is physically weak but a savior at heart and Bakugou Katsuki has a strong quirk but is a bully asserting his dominance.

This of course led to diametrical beliefs on what a hero is and should be and we've got those two very iconic moments to illustrate:

And of course it reflected into their behaviors, even as kids.

What I find really interesting in the way those flashbacks were presented is that Midoriya's saving moment was told through Bakugou's POV, while Bakugou's winning side was seen through Midoriya's eyes.

Those moments were deemed important because they deeply impacted the witnessing party and not actually the "wining/saving" one.

(I think someone commented once that while the river scene was highly pivotal for Bakugou, Midoriya probably doesn't even remember it. And likewise Bakugou probably doesn't remember fighting and winning against some random older kids, but Midoriya definitively does. And I totally agree!)

At those moment both Bakugou and Midoriya saw in the other something that they were clearly lacking and their reactions to this realization were wildly different as well.

"He doesn't take himself into account, you know. Something doesn't feel right. It makes me wanna keep him at arm's length. Back then, I ignored my own weakness, so I ended up bullying him" - Bakugou Katsuki

"You who had so many things I didn't have... To me, you were an amazing person much closer than All Might! That's why I keep chasing after you!!" - Midoriya Izuku

Midoriya saw this amazing kid kicking ass with his strong quirks and his first reaction was admiration and wanting to get as close as possible to this person, because he was all too aware of his own weakness and shortcoming.

Bakugou saw this selfless kid trying to help him and displaying qualities that he didn't have and his first reaction was to lash out and push that kid as far away as possible because he didn't want to recognize his own weaknesses and shortcomings.

Which, you know, probably describes their entire childhood dynamics haha...

... and then the sludge villain happened.

And it brought with it the iconic "My legs moved on their own" and "Your eyes were begging for help" moments which we all know about of course, but this scene also had another more immediate parallel that I'd like to talk about.

Bakugou tried to fight the sludge villain on his own but ultimately failed to win.

Midoriya tried to rescue Bakugou on his own from the sludge villain but ultimately failed to save him.

The sludge villain was a reality check for both of them, in a "Nope kiddos, you might aspire to be heroes, but you still have a very long way to go. Here let's insert an All Might to show you just how far away your goal is," kind of way?

Anyway fast-forward 10 months of intense training to prepare for the UA entrance exam.... and really do I even have to mention this?

I mean the only way it could have been even more textually obvious is if Midoriya had been ranked sixth instead of seventh so that his name would be right next to Bakugou's... like there's even this panel explicitly pointing everything out.

So yeah... nothing to add there, *shrugs*

After that came the Quirk Assessment Test:

I'm going to come back to this later on in a more detailed way, but regarding their personal development; Midoriya's development is external while Bakugou's is internal. And I don't quite consider the quirk assessment test as "progress" for any of them yet because both of them sort of completely miss the point.

Aizawa told Midoriya "How can you save anyone if you can't move after one hit?" which had the underlying message of "It's not okay to hurt yourself"... But Midoriya totally went like, "Okay then I'll just hurt myself in a way in which I can still move afterward!" So yeah he is just sidestepping the problem here, but well there probably wasn't anything else he could do here.

As for Bakugou, he had always feel threatened by Midoriya's presence, but not in a fighting skills context. They are not really competing on the same field and it had never occurred to Bakugou that Midoriya could really beat him in a one-to-one fight.

As hilarious as the thought of Bakugou truly believing that somehow Deku had managed to take head on building-high robots quirkless is, I think what really happened is... Bakugou saw his own 0 rescue points and thought "Oh... so that's how Deku got in. Damn nerd probably went and save shitty extras left and right!". Which is a more realistic feat to manage quirkless. Anyway my point is, Bakugou realizing Midoriya isn't quirkless should have been a "Shit! He's leveling the field and standing on my playground now!" moment...

But no, what overpowered him here is the thought that the whole time Midoriya had been hiding his quirk from him and went like "What? Am I not good enough for you to use your quirk on me?! STOP LOOKING DOWN ON ME!!! EXPLAIN YOURSELF RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, SHITTY DEKU!!"

So yeah... kind of missing the point too.

Which is why the quirk assessment test wasn't really their starting point but more like them trying to look for it but missing it?

Speaking of starting lines... Let's move on to the Deku vs. Kacchan first round.

B"From watching the match, it appears Bakugou acted n to surpass Bakugou, All Might pointed that those were the first passionate emotions Midoriya had shown other than "I want to be a hero!". This was the very first moment where Midoriya's desire to win was stronger than his desire to save.

As for Bakugou, this was the moment where he truly he realized that Deku is a threat and not just through his natural heroic/saving disposition like before but on the battlefield which used to be 100% Bakugou's area of expertise. And if even with his non-existent control of quirk Deku had managed to win to such extent, what would happen when Deku managed to truly master his own quirk? Total defeat?! Bakugou is self-aware enough to realize that while his own fighting skills and quirk mastery could still progress, they were already near the top with a not wide enough margin for improvement.

This was the moment where Bakugou realized where he truly stood compared to everyone else around him and that if he wanted to reach the very top again, then only relying on his fighting skills and his quirk control would never be enough. This is what prompted out his feelings of "I have to change or I'll be left in the dust".

And since Deku went and encroached on Bakugou's playground and beat him in the process, there's no way in hell Mr Complete and Irrefutable Win over there wouldn't aim to do exactly the same at some point.

Anyway the two gifs above showed us their motivation to reach their respective Win/Save side of the spectrum, but they both have big issues they need to work on in order to do so.

"From watching the match, it appears Bakugou-san acted on his own because of an obviously personal grudge. As as All Might-sensei said previously, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors.

In the same way, taking into consideration the damage he received, Midoriya-san's plan was also rash." - Yaoyorozu Momo

Yaoyorozu's analysis was super spot on and hit straight where their weaknesses lie: Bakugou needs to stop acting on his own and learn to cooperate with/trust his teammates and Midoriya needs to stop hurting himself/self-sacrifice and learn to properly control his quirk.

Both of them also have these super heavy shackles that keep pulling them down and impeding their progress at every turn:

Bakugou's complex feelings and emotionally explosive baggage towards Midoriya that makes him go feral and irrational at the drop of a hat and clearly prevents him from properly considering Midoriya as the rival that would keep pulling him up

Midoriya's total and utter idolization of All Might that gives him a tendency to imitate his idol and clearly prevents him from properly realizing and unlocking the potential of his own quirk

And at that point, they clearly don't realize how cumbersome those shackles could be if left unaddressed too long.

Anyway... this episode/chapter was called "Bakugou Katsuki: Starting line", but I think it can be considered both their starting lines, because this is when they were made aware of what they are lacking and showed their resolve to change.

Midoriya's progress and development is intrinsically linked to his quirk mastery and fighting style, which are inherently physical skills (which is where Bakugou's excels in). It stands to reason then that his progress would therefore be very flashy, hard to miss, and highly praised due to the external aspect of his development.

On the other hand Bakugou's progress and development hinges on him properly getting in touch with his emotions and connecting to other people in healthy way, which are inherently inner-strength qualities (which Midoriya has no shortage of) . It stands to reason then that his progress would therefore be very subtle, mostly unnoticed, and hardly taken into account due to the internal aspect of his development. (Like it'd probably only takes him having a full meltdown or throwing himself in front of someone else for other people to notice how far he had gone!)

#bakudeku #bnha #bnha manga spoilers #kacchan & deku #meta #bakugou katsuki #midoriya izuku #win to save save to win #all the parallels #bnha re watch

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louisapennyfeather2021 · 4 years

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Newsies/Teen Wolf AU

Title: Unleashed

Summary: Mike and Ike take things too far. Jack decides he's had enough of it.

A/N: Hello! This is a scene from Season 3a, episode 4 of the MTV show Teen Wolf. If you haven't seen it, basically the twins try to get one of the werewolves to kill someone and the main protagonist decides to put an end to it.

Warnings: Violence (not horrible), claustrophobia, panic, near death experience, mentions of PTSD.

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"The two of you will wash all the boards in this hall. Reshelving the library. Restocking the janitor's closet." Katherine glances to the girl sitting in front of her and instantly tenses. Out of all people she could get detention with, it had to be her. The girl who tried to kill Katherine and her friends not once, not twice, but multiple times.

"Mr. Harris-" Katherine pauses when the arrogant excuse of a chemistry teacher turns his stoney glare on her. "Um, does it have to be with her?"

"Now that I know you prefer not to, yes. You have to be with her." Mr. Harris hands Katherine the keys to the janitor's closet before turning, not notices to obviously expression of anger and annoyance on Sarah's face. Katherine isn't much better, although she hesitantly follows Sarah to the janitor's closet down the hall from Mr. Harris' classroom. Katherine grabs the cart full of different sanitary items to restock and begrudgingly follows the hunter. She waits in boredom once they reach the closet, waiting for Sarah to unlock the door. As soon as it's open, Katherine tenses and her breath catches in her throat.

It's small. Too small. The only way too escape is through the singular door which has no window. What if they get locked in? What if no one comes looking for then after they've been missing? What if-

"Are you okay?" Sarah's slightly bored tone brings Katherine out of her minor panic. Her face heats up because she knows that Sarah knows. Sarah knows about what Katherine's father did. She knows about the freezer. She knows everything.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm just not a big fan of, um, small spaces." Katherine hesitantly follows Sarah into the closet, pulling the small cart in behind her. She leaves the cart halfway in the doorway to act as a doorstop in case the door shuts. Sarah starts stacking wrapped rolls of toilet paper while Katherine restocks the box of mop heads.

"Can I ask you something?" Sarah suddenly asks, not facing Katherine.

"Do you have to?" Katherine huffs, generally hoping to avoid any unnecessary exchanges. She can act civil around Sarah, that doesn't mean she'd ever go out of her way to give the annoying hunter even a smile.

"I guess not. i'm gonna ask anyway. Did you tell anyone that I was at school the other night?" Sarah's voice wavers just a little bit.

Ah yes, the night Sarah went against everything her and Davey agreed on to help save Smalls and Sniper from slaughtering the entire town. Katherine had been chasing the two rapid werewolves into the high school when a flash of bright light went off and both wolves retreated into the school. She had looked up to see none other than Sarah Jacobs standing on the roof of a bus, bow and arrow in hand.

Katherine knows her and Davey decided to stay out of the supernatural. Davey broke that pact when Jack managed to convince him to help track Sniper and Smalls, although it took a lot of convincing. Sarah seemed to have broken the pact long before that, seeing as she was the reason Sniper and Smalls had escaped in the first place.

"Was I supposed to?" Katherine lets out a deep breath, already tried of the conversation. She has enough to deal with already, with the twins still being around and Spot having found his little sister who he thought was dead. It's all a mess.

"It would make me really happy if you didn't." Sarah seems to relax just a bit, enough for Katherine to notice. She scowls at the back of the hunter and continues slowly stacking mop heads.

"Yeah, well, you being happy really isn't a big priority of mine, since you stabbed me, what, 20 times with knives." Katherine can sometimes still feel the blades. It was the night they found Hotshot and Snyder. Spot had made it clear that Hotshot couldn't leave alive, but Sarah and Jack were dedicated to keeping him alive. Personally, Katherine could care less. Hotshot was a dick, but she only gave up when she was repeatedly stabbed with multiple knives.

"Actually, they were Chinese Ring Daggers, but-" Sarah turns and immediately cuts herself off when she sees the way Katherine's eyebrows pinch together. "Oh, um, sorry."

"Was that an apology?" Katherine can't lie and say she isn't shocked, she's never not butted heads with Sarah on literally everything. An apology from Sarah to Katherine, especially since Katherine is friends with Spot and Spot did kill Sarah's older brother, is definitely not expected.

"Would you accept an apology?" Sarah asks and Katherine can see she actually means it.

"Um-" Katherine goes to answer, but she's cut off when something crashes into her and throws her against one of the shelves in the small room. She quickly stands up, ignoring the slight pain in her back, to see the supply cart now tipped in the room and the door slammed shut. Her eyes widen and she unintentionally starts breathing harder as she kicks the cart aside and pushes on the door.

"No, no, no, no." She mutters as she jiggles the hand countless times and pushes against the door. The handle turns, but the door doesn't budge. Even with the strength being a werewolf gives her, she can't move it the slightest.

"Maybe it's locked from the outside." Sarah offers, hoping to calm down an obviously panicked Katherine. It's not hard to tell that Katherine is panicking because of all those years living with her father and everything he did to her.

"No, there's something against it." Katherine starts frantically hitting door and pushing against it, effectively startling Sarah. She tenses when she hears an almost inaudible growl and she instinctively searches the room for anything to defend herself with.

"Okay, okay, okay. Okay, uh, all right. Just relax." Sarah starts to slowly panic, knowing she's in a locked room with a ticking time bomb.

"No." Katherine doesn't even leave room for argument as she starts knocking harder on the door, maybe in hopes of getting someone's attention. Sarah tries to get her to relax, to take a deep breath and realize she isn't with her father and that someone will eventually find them.

"Katherine!" Sarah finally yells loud enough to get through to the girl.

At least, that's what she thinks.

She's about to relax when she hears a louder growl. She watches in curious horror as Katherine turns around, her eyes glowing yellow and the tips of razor sharp fangs hiding behind her parted lips.

"Katherine, don't-" She hardly gets the words out before she's roughly pinned against one of the shelves, claws digging into the skin of her arms. Katherine growls low, her eyes feral. Sarah only stares wide eyed for a second before she starts screaming. She knows if she's stuck in here with Katherine, she'll die.

"Katherine, come on! Katherine!" Sarah manages to fight off Katherine long enough for the door to suddenly burst open and Katherine to disappear.

"Katherine!" Sarah jumps as Jack yells, although it's more of a growl. Sarah can see Katherine on the floor, her shoulders and chest heaving, although her fangs and claws have retracted. Her eyes eventually stop glowing yellow and turn back to their natural shade of brown. Her eyebrows quickly pinch together and confusion is evident on her face.

"Hey, Sarah." She flinches as Jack steps closer to her and she notices how tightly she's holding one of her wrists.

"I'm fine, really." Although she's scared out of her mind and she's never gotten along with Katherine, she knows it's not Katherine's fault. Something happened and Sarah knows better than anyone what PTSD can do to a person. She can also tell by the pure fear, shock, and confusion on Katherine's face.

"I'm- I'm sorry, I didn't- I didn't mean to do that." Katherine stumbles over her words as she rushes them out, her body subconsciously curling into itself. "I'm sorry."

"I know. Jack, it's not her fault." Sarah can see the skepticism on Jack's face. She knows Jack is still hesitant to trust Katherine.

"I know. I guess the twins want to get you more than angry. They want to get someone hurt." Jack sighs, shaking his head. He knows that if Katherine or any of the others lash out, it'll cause chaos that will only give the Alphas more of a reason to convince Spot to join them.

"So are we going to do something?" Katherine sits up straighter, although she doesn't look anyone in the eye and she keeps her knees close to her chest.

"Yeah. I'm gonna get them angry. Really, angry." Jack narrows his eyes and that's all it takes for the three to start planning.

***

"You know that there's a temple in Calcutta where they used to sacrifice a child every day? That's every day a dead baby, Albert, every day! Hey, you want to know what today is? It's dead baby day. Oh, no, wait, that's every day, because every day is dead baby day, yay!" Race throws his arms dramatically, only cringing slightly as some lower classmen pass them with odd facial expressions.

"Why are you telling me this?" Albert sighs, continuing his trek towards the other side of the school.

Race huffs dramatically, already knowing the attempt is futile. Ever since the deer, then Albert's dog, then the birds, he's found the pattern. Everything weird is happening in threes. So far, there's been three animal panics and three virgins killed. The only problem is, now he thinks whoever's causing this is going after protectors or something, he still hasn't found out that pattern.

"Because Jack's dealing with the Alpha Twins, someone has to deal with this!" Race raises his eyebrows, although they pull together when he sees the slight confusion on Albert's face. Albert drops walking, a far off look on his face. "You don't know about the twins?"

"Alphas?" Albert narrows his eyes in thought. It makes sense, even if he didn't know about it. Of course he'd never admit that, Race would find it too satisfying. Plus, nothing is ever normal in this town.

"Mike and Ike." Race confirms, waiting to see why Albert stopped walking. He wonders if maybe Albert doesn't know, but then he remembers Albert is a literal genius.

"Oh, yeah. Yeah, I knew." Albert starts walking again, not waiting as Race runs after him and falls into step with him.

"Okay, okay, good. So look, here's what I'm thinking. I'm thinking that the murders maybe come in threes. Ancient people love things in threes, right? So maybe first it's three virgins, and then, I don't know, maybe it's three people who own little dogs." Race nearly falls on his face as Albert comes to a sudden stop.

"I own a little dog." Albert glares at Race, although he can't deny the slight fear he now has. He notices the slightly guilty, slightly suggestive look on Race's face that goes along with a sigh and Albert scoffs before storming towards the other side of campus with Race in tow. "I'm not getting rid of my dog."

"Would you just think about getting rid of your little dog?!"

***

It's last period when everything falls into place. Albert and Race are in their respective classes as the warning bells rings. Mike and Ike sit in their class, both bored out of their minds since their plan to make Katherine snap failed.

But a plan has been set in motion.

"How long is this going to take?" Katherine huffs, her arms crossed as she stands next to a shiny, new motorcycle. Not even seconds later, the bike roars to life and Sarah stands up with a pair of tweezers in hand. Katherine offers her and impressed look before throwing her leg over the bike and positioning herself comfortably on it. She jumps only a bit when Sarah's suddenly right next to her, gesturing to the handle bars.

"Okay, pull back with your left hand. Kick down to put in gear. Front brake. Throttle. Back brake for stopping." Sarah turns her head and both girls are suddenly very aware of how close they are. Despite the earlier problem and past problems, Katherine knows Sarah saw her in a vulnerable state earlier. The fact that Sarah recognized this and didn't blame Katherine created a whole new level of trust. And maybe sparked something new. Sarah suddenly backs away, far enough so she won't risk getting hurt by the bike. "Try not to crash."

Meanwhile, Jack is all but running across campus to get to his last period class. He can't help the slight grin when he sees and open desk next to the twins and he squeezes the strap of his now heavy backpack anxiously. He makes sure to sit down loudly, enough to catch the twins' attention through the chatter of the classroom. He drops his bag and immediately notices how the twins both turn at the sound of metal hitting against metal in the bag.

As class starts and Ms. Blake, the English teacher, starts talking, Jack calmly opens his bag and pulls out a large rod.

"Looks kind of important." He can tell by the wide eyes of Mike and Ike that both recognize the motorcycle part. Dismantling one motorcycle wasn't too hard and it won't be hard to put back together, but the look of pure anger and confusion on Mike and Ike's faces is worth it. With a smirk, he pulls out a gear and spins it on his finger. "I have no clue what this does."

Both twins turn to each other before the sound of a motorcycle revving meets their ears, only loud enough for their enhanced hearing to catch. Jack carefully packs the gears back in the bag and zips it, waiting for the unavoidable break.

"Wait, Mike, don't!" Ike hisses as Mike bolts from his desk, the motorcycle engine getting closer. Mike runs down the hallway towards the sound to see none other than Katherine slowing the bike as she reaches Mike, eyes narrowed and a small smirk on her face.

"Get off my bike!" Mike yells as he grabs the handle bars, his shoulders heaving and anger behind his voice.

"No problem." Katherine revs the engine one more time before getting off and hurrying towards an open stairwell. It's at that moment that Mike must notice what just happened, especially as multiple classroom doors open and the hallways slowly fill.

"You have got to be kidding me." Mike's head snaps up to see an angry and shocked Ms. Blake, followed by his entire English class. He grips the handles of the bike tighter, knowing there's no way out of this without him getting in trouble for what happened with Katherine and Sarah earlier. "You realize this is going to result in a suspension."

Mike notices movement out of the corner of his eye and he looks over to see a smug Katherine standings next to Sarah and Jack, all three trying to hide smirks as they discreetly high five each other.

Although they successful angered at least one twin, probably both actually, they don't anticipate the retaliation that will soon follow.

***

A/N: I hoped you like it! This is one of my favorite scenes from Season 3a of Teen Wolf and although it doesn't make sense, I can drop a season synopsis to help it make some sense. If you really want to understand, all the seasons of Teen Wolf are on Amazon Prime, u seriously recommend watching them. It's kind of cringy, but only because of 2010/2011 CGI.

I'll probably try to write more of these to go more in depth with characters, some will be sad and others funny or both, but I promise I will try to make some more fics like this.

Feel free to send me an ask or episode recommendation that you'd like to see! I'd love to write different scenes from different seasons for you guys, just let me know what you want to see and I can work on it!!!!

#newsies memes #newsies imagines #newsies broadway #newsies imagine #newsies #newsies au #teen wolf au

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nochiquinn · 4 years

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campaign 2 episode 94: emotional whiplash

[insulin fund]

does it count as an accent nail if it's the only one polished

marisha's eye makeup, tal's hair, liam in the comfy sweater.....I'm bi

"get smaller dice bags to put in your dice bag"

isharnai: I too have been bamboozled and misled

"did you give up something?" "a spell slot"

"this is a show about a weasel"

"I gave her my last cupcake" not actually a lie

"I'll do a lot for a blueberry cupcake"

can y'all interrogate her in the hut or SOMETHING please I have anxiety

"is it a ghost" travis: [nopes out of existence]

matt: I will use this map if it kills all of you

I've started doing little simple d&d sessions for Kiddo (arrakocra barbarian) and my hand-drawn maps are enough for her but I just stare longingly at matt's

shadow caleb!!

liam: it doesn't...hit...?? I don't understand

liam please be careful saying "nega-caleb" with an accent

this just makes me want a l4d crossover

left 4 dead one-shot when

(have they played it on game ranch, I want brian jumping on cars like SOME PEOPLE I KNOW)

I heard "flashing damage" and had a sudden vision of fjord in a trenchcoat

that's fucking metal

Foreheaded by the Monkey Wang is the name of my neo-punk ska group

marisha

"this is the signal!"

yessss like cad's scene in the intro, this is all I wanted out of this combat

oh good matt sat down

just give jester ptsd it's fine

how do I kill 40-50 feral bog zombies in 3-5 minutes

"mr. stone" matt be nice

roll for relatability

okayokayokayokayokay

fjord cast the scry sense thing

taliesin

"die, probably"

"don't worry about me" too late

hug beau

throwing a rock in far cry

fjord mvp

"you have to stay in here and listen to us, the alternative is zombies"

travis practiced this speech all week

dad friend DAD FRIEND

beau is Correct

ashlEY

"absence isn't the opposite of love" lays in floor

I just love nott so much. Just. everything about her.

parent feels! confused adult feels! midlife crisis feels!

yoga class in a zombie swamp

"everyone lay on your back" how

jesterrrr

hot take: caleb's soft spot for jester is at least halfway just liam's inability

not to make heart eyes at laura "harp music" bailey

is this monster breakfast club bc I want it

"do you think they made it?" "no"

"are you excited about the boat bc it'll stall for three weeks" "I don't know"

at least he's honest

"we WANTED to care"

be nice to caduceus, he knows where you sleep

caleb spends two hours getting bullied

"we care about many homes"

whole discord: "I love her" me: "they're getting fucking robbed"

"I'm a stranger and a goblin"

rage washing

vendetta

"how much time do you want to spend on this" "all of it"

cad: I ain't telling you SHIT

aggressively likeable

"I don't have one" "that's weird"

you backflip over that question beau

travis: please remove us from this scene immediately

parasol essek art in 5...4...

Parasol Essek is one of his unlockable alternate skins

you unlock it by taking 999 points of sun damage without dying

aaand we're walking

🎵on the trail we blaze 🎵

when did vinnie jones get here

vjored

oh god he got eaten by an octorok

jester

"with WHAT" "with ME"

“the hag and the maiden” that’s really cool

monkey frumpkin is just abu

jester no

“do you trust me?” NO

IS IT

IT IS

IT HE

did JESTER make him a god??

jester is suzumiya haruhi I CALLED IT

MATTHOLOMEW

“GO BACK TO YOUR HOME DAVID BOWIE”

“if I ever met a god and they said that I would be like ‘now I believe you’.”

jester helps him figure out wtf, he makes her a god in return

I love everything about this

#critical role #spoilers #reaction post #liveblog #crititag

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bonni · 5 years

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concept for a 3h golden ending:

unlocks after completing all 4 other routes

instead of choosing a house you alternate teaching with Manuela & Hanneman and can take multiple classes with you on missions

the mock battle house you lead can be manually or randomly selected & it doesn't effect the story (or maybe they just replace the mock battles with something else, but I understand their appeal in terms of foreshadowing)

Jeralt's support is available and if you reach rank A before Kronya's reveal you can save his life and recruit him

at the path split chapter, Claude and Dimitri are required units. Dimitri unmasks Edelgard and goes feral just like in the Blue Lions path, but Byleth and Claude work together to incapacitate him so that he doesn’t kill Edelgard.

BONUS TIDBIT FOR THE ULTIMATE DRAMA FACTOR: CLAUDE IS THE ONE WHO SHOOTS DIMITRI IN THE EYE WHILE TRYING TO STOP HIM FROM KILLING EDELGARD.

Edelgard asks you to come with her, you turn your sword on Rhea, and everyone you've recruited aside from Dimitri, Dedue, and Rhea loyalists escape with you and Edelgard.

after the timeskip, Byleth wakes up in alliance territory and reaches out to Claude. the Golden Deer students and faculty members are with Claude, the Black Eagles are with Edelgard, and the Blue Lions have each returned to their respective territories. Dimitri has not been “executed,” but he has gone missing after a string of mental breakdowns. Claude asks you to act as an ambassador between the Empire and the Alliance. you decide to use the abandoned Garreg Mach as your base of operations, hoping that Edelgard will remember her promise to meet you there on the day of the millennium festival. when you get there though, you find a number of imperial soldiers dead and dismembered, and guess who the fuck is waiting for you.

Dimitri tries to kill you, of course, but you disarm him. you try to convince him to hear your side of the story (possibly with deceptively useless text options that don’t actually change anything regardless of your choices, lol) but he’s too unstable to trust you and he runs away.

on the day of the millennium festival, all three classes return to Garreg Mach. chaos ensues until Byleth shows up and explains the situation, and out of faith in their beloved professor everyone agrees to stand down.

I’m bad at political writing but Edel and Claude come to SOME kind of agreement in which they will leave each other alone while Edelgard takes on Rhea and Claude takes on those who slither in the dark (in line with their respective paths) and Byleth will assist both of them. Edelgard can’t go on Claude’s quests and vice-versa, but all the other students are fair game.

Claude’s battles will basically just be taking out those who slither in the dark one at a time on their way to defeat Nemesis, pretty similar to the original Golden Deer battles. Edelgard’s will involve going up against Catherine, Gilbert, Flayn, and Seteth, and after you defeat each of them you are given the option to spare and recruit them!!

Edelgard’s penultimate battle is against Dimitri and Dedue. You can talk to Dedue instead of fighting him and reveal to him the truth of the Tragedy of Duscur. After “defeating” Dimitri we get a cutscene of Edelgard and Dimitri fighting, Edelgard continuously talks to Dimitri during the fight and tries to convince him that she wasn’t responsible for the Tragedy, but he won’t listen. Edelgard disarms Dimitri and points her axe towards him; she notices that underneath his cape he’s carrying the dagger that he once gave her. Byleth will dramatically break through the fog, Edelgard will lock eyes with Byleth, then look back down to Dimitri, and throw aside her weapon.

Edelgard tells Dimitri that she can’t kill him, because he’s her family. in that moment, Dimitri realizes that Edelgard was telling the truth when she said she had no involvement in the Tragedy. he asks her who was responsible, and she reveals that it was her uncle... and Patricia. the realization that he was wrong about everything triggers another psychotic episode for Dimitri, but before he can go over the edge Edelgard drops to the ground and hugs him, and the two of them cry together.

after this battle, Dimitri joins Claude for his penultimate battle against Thales. Dimitri lands the killing blow to avenge his parents, the people of Duscur, and Edelgard.

there are two “final battles,” one against Rhea and one against Nemesis, and all three house leaders fight in both of them. once Rhea is killed, Byleth’s hair returns to normal and their heart starts beating just like in the Black Eagles route. if you reached A support with Rhea, you’re given the option to spare her instead, in which case she’ll be banished from Fodlan and Byleth’s hair will not change back. the Nemesis battle basically stays the same.

Edelgard successfully unifies Fodlan, but asks Byleth, Claude, and Dimitri to rule alongside her. instead of an S-support endcard you get an endcard of all three of them hugging Byleth and smiling.

hire me nintendo

#chatter #this got so long oh my god i've been sitting her for a full hour just typing. what is wrong with me #three houses spoilers

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twdmusicboxmystery · 5 years

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9x09: Analysis

Okay, let's talk about this episode.

***As always, spoilers abound for episode 9x09. Don’t read until you’ve watched. You’ve been warned!***

The beginning was definitely freaky. As I suspected, from watching the trailer, are heroes got out of the graveyard fairly quickly, but watching the whisperer unlock the gate was super spooky.

Negan’s story:

Negan’s story was by far the most important where TD is concerned. Really fascinating symbolism. Let’s dive right in.

We see him eating a tomato. That's important because tomatoes were an important part of Carl’s story line and specifically Carl’s vision for the future. I think showing Negan eat the tomato shows that this is the beginning of him moving toward the Negan we saw in Carl's vision. In other words, a good Negan who will cooperate with TF.

He goes into Judith’s room. I noticed a little purple fan. I won’t say much about this now but I will tell you that @frangipanilove is working on a purple theory that I will share when she gets done.

Negan also takes a compass. The compass is super-important guys. As we’ve noted already, Henry is wearing a compass rose on his T-shirt and the compass is linked to the North Star because both of them help you find your way. Remember that, in Alone, which was a huge Beth episode, Maggie had a broken compass. So, we can definitely link the compass to Beth.

When he offers to give it back to Judith, she says, "Keep it. It will help you find your way." Not only is that very symbolic, but I think it hearkens back to when Carl pointed at the North Star and when Judith was a baby in S6 and said it would help you find your way home.

Well, putting Beth aside, I think that this does very much have a lot to do with Negan and him finding his way back to goodness and redemption, and TF. But we also can't ignore the parallels to Beth and the ways in which we can connect this to her arc. So overall, and still feeling like she may come through meetings arc because of all the symbols around him that have to do with her.

Judith, of course, catches Negan before he goes over the wall but ends up letting him go. One thing that really caught my attention was that Negan said he had if he stayed in Alexandria all he has is, "four walls and a bedpan." That's super important because it's a form of the title of 5x03, which was Four Walls and a Roof.

We’re not sure exactly what this means or how to tie it to Beth, but we have a few ideas. This form for four walls and a roof was a significant episode for a few reasons. There's a lot of bloodshed going on in that episode, it was in 5a, which was the major part of Beth’s arc, and the red machete was involved.

In terms of what the line actually meant in the episode, Father Gabriel said, "this is God's house." Maggie answered, "No, it's just four walls and a roof." I’ve always taken that to mean, by extension, that this is not God's house. It's simply a place where they kill to survive. And if Beth is the Christ figure, that means they’re symbolically saying that Beth is not there. Which in the plot, she wasn't. She was never at Father Gabriel's church. During that time, she was at Grady.

Another important thing, as @wdway reminded me, in 9x05, which was Rick's hallucination and final episode, in the part where he hallucinated talking to Shane in the squad car, Shane referenced this episode too. He said Rick needed to be strong again like he was in the church with that red machete. At the time, we honed in on the red machete reference. But he was obviously referencing what happened in Four Walls and a Roof. So, this is twice now this season that they’ve referenced that episode. It must be important. Maybe it’s a red machete thing. Maybe something else. But we’ll keep an eye on it.

Later, he kills her walker while sitting in the bed of a truck and eating. When he sits down, some walkers wake up in the back of the truck. One of them was burnt and was very ashy. Naturally, I want to connect that to, "we ain’t ashes,” as well as other burnt walkers around Beth (Still and Always Accountable). While he's fighting with the walker, the walker pulls itself loose and loses its legs.

So we have an example of the lost shoe/foot theme. Italso reminds me a whole lot of 4x01 in the Big Spot where Bob looked at the lower legs of a walker. So more callbacks to 4a. Then, Negan dropped his bag of food, fighting the walker and I noticed that she was an apple lying on the ground.

Let's just remember that especially an apple rolling on the ground is indicative of the Snow White/apple theory.

We saw the lost shoe/foot theme in Inmates with Beth, not too long before she went missing. We also saw it with Rick in 7x12, not long before he went missing and was presumed dead.

So seeing it here either means that Negan is going to go missing and be presumed dead, or else that Beth is close. (And I’m really not feeling like Negan is going to go missing.)

So let’s discuss what they’re doing with Negan here. There were a lot of signs in the background that suggest becoming the man you’re meant to be. So again, we’re seeing him move toward a different kind of Negan than we saw in the past.

Most of us in my group also noticed that when he was puking, he was in the clearing Abe and Glenn died in. Nicotero confirmed that on TTD, saying that, because he was kneeling where his victims knelt, that’s giving him a new, humble perspective, which may play into his change of heart.

Then something interesting happens. We start to see a TON of Beth symbolism around him.

So then he goes into a store to look for new shirt. This part was huge, guys. I literally had to pause live TV because I couldn't write fast enough to write all the symbolism down.

First, he tries to turn a flashlight, but it doesn't work. In other words, the batteries are dead. So we have the Battery Theory. He finds a crank flashlight and manages to crank that to create some light. On the floor is a green can of food which I'm pretty sure is okra. Remember, okra figured heavily in Alone. We saw on the table at Beth and Daryl’s candlelight dinner. We also see the flashlight flare I've noted before.

So that's still in play and we definitely saw that with Beth. I think that's important because, along with the bats, it’s another way to connect Beth to Negan.

Then he sees the corpse of a guy who obviously shot himself in the head. Guys, look at this comparison. This guy looks exactly like the guy Daryl saw him 5x10 with the dead deer.

You can't tell me that's a coincidence. There are callbacks to the themes, Beth episodes, including Alone, things that link Negan and Beth, and then finally a callback to 5x10. You know, where the music box woke up?

I’m also thinking the mannequins around the corpse are important. There’s one female mannequin, which could represent the mannequins and “Rich Bitch” corpse we saw in the golf club, or could just represent Beth herself, simply because it’s a female, not a male. The other two mannequins there are both little kid mannequins (Child/Baby symbolism around Beth.)

Then @thegloriouscollectorlady said something brilliant. She said, “this is Negan’s Still.” She’s SO right. Think about it. He’s wandering on the outside like Beth and Daryl were in Still. He ruined his shirt and walked into a dark place and finds a new shirt. There’s the flashlight flare, which happened in the golf club as well. There was okra. And dogs.

Dogs! Like Sirius/dogstar symbolism. There's three of them and they are wild and chase him. Not only is this a Siris reference, but it's a call back to Them and the feral dogs that team family saw there. In this case, Negan hides from them.

So the clothing store represented the golf club. The lighting was the same, racks of merchandise and clothing, even mannequins.

So, even as I thought all of this, I could just visualize the Asks in my inbox and the concerns people would have. “Couldn’t all the Beth symbolism around Negan simply suggest that he has a similar arc? That he’s trying to figure out who he is, become the strong person he’s meant to be, and possibly disappear like her?”

Well, let me first say that I wasn’t worried about that one way or the other. While I get the worry in that, it also doesn’t explain the million other symbols around Beth that suggest her return. It doesn’t explain the dialogue, the blue herons, the Christian/resurrection symbolism, the 8:00 clocks, etc.

But the interesting symbolism around Negan didn’t stop there. We noted a bunch more things that were callbacks to Beth and Daryl and S4, but after a while, we realized they weren’t Negan/Beth parallels. They were Negan/Daryl parallels. So Negan goes to the Sanctuary and says, “Home sweet home,” which Daryl also said at the moonshine shack in Still.

Then Negan breaks through a wall of the Sanctuary and finds a motorcycle (obvious Daryl symbolism) and cans of dog food.

So callback to 7x03, The Cell, and also the handcuffs and dog food Daryl found in S8.

And of course later on Negan was riding a motorcycle, just like Daryl, and when Judith shot at him and he wiped out on the bike, he did it exactly like we always see Daryl wreck when he does.

So basically, Negan was symbolically rehashing BOTH Beth and Daryl’s arcs from S4 to S8. So at that point, I don’t think it can simply be a matter of him following a similar path. Something else is going on here.

At the Sanctuary, Negan tries to force the Sanctuary to feel like home. He even puts together a makeshift living room, but he’s obviously not feeling it. He finds a walker he knew before named Big Richie. At first, he doesn’t kill him. Then he looks at Judith’s compass and does.

I think maybe he didn’t kill him because he promised Judith he wouldn’t.

Reminds me of Daryl almost covering Lenny with the white tarp because of what Beth taught him, but then not doing it; just another parallel to S4 and Daryl symbolism where he’s learning from what the female sheriff taught him. In fact, you could argue this is a lot like S4 that way too. Negan and Judith were separated just like Beth and Daryl. Granted, in Negan’s case, the separation was his choice. Daryl realized the Claimers were bad people and he didn’t want to stay with them, just as Negan realized he didn’t want to stay in the Sanctuary anymore. Then Negan and Judith--the female sheriff--are reunited. So this could be another way to point to Beth and Daryl reuniting. Will she shoot at Daryl and knock him off his bike? Probably not. But it’s interesting. ;D.

Meanwhile, Negan realized the Sanctuary would never be home again, so he kills Ritchie and returns to Alexandria. Judith is his home now.

But again, we saw this with Beth and Daryl in S4. They tried to make an emotional home with each other, but more tangibly, they tried to make the funeral home a permanent home. Daryl wanted to stay there and make it work. But in the end, they couldn’t, and after they left, they (or Daryl at least) reunited with TF. Just like Negan in this episode.

So it’s hard to know where this is going for sure, but I feel certain it has something to do with Beth and Daryl.

@wdway also noticed diamond patterns on clothing and in background. Remember Beth is the queen of diamonds and we saw several instances of diamonds around her in S4.

In terms of me REALLY wanting to read into things as foreshadows?

1) In TTD, they said something interesting. They did a segment on the dogs they used that chased Negan around. In describing the scene, they said that, unbeknownst to Negan, these dogs had been secretly tracking him. It’s pretty impossible to understand that from what they showed us in the episode, which means they wanted us to know about it. So if dogs = Beth because of Sirius symbolism, I feel like at some point, Beth will be tracking Negan or pose a threat to him. Which kinda throws the dogs in 5x10 into a new light, doesn’t it?

2) They also explained that the reason Negan threw up is because of drinking the water. It was bad water and made him sick. Um… Beth = water. So I want to say that it shows Beth is going to end up being a major threat to Negan. Both of these symbols suggest that. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

One other thing? There were a LOT of 10s mentioned in this episode. That points at S10 for something. Maybe it’s Beth. Maybe it’s something in Negan’s arc. But Lydia mentions 10s too, which might be a Whisperer thing. So don’t know what it means, but thought I’d mention it.

I’d also like to point out that at the end of 9x08, we saw Negan walk into the Sanctuary and whistle. There was a time jump forward to show something that was really a hint of things to come. Then, this episode they went back and showed Negan leaving his cell, leaving Alexandria, and other things that happened on his way to the Sanctuary. So just another example of how they can skip over things and jump forward, but they always go back and show us what we missed. They have to do that with Beth eventually. (And with whatever gave Michonne and Daryl their X scars.)

Daryl and Michonne:

I really loved this interaction between Daryl and Michonne. I thought it was really sweet.

It was obvious that Daryl didn't really trust Magna and her people until Michonne assured him that she would vouch for them. Then he was cool. She said burying Jesus would mean a lot to his loved ones. Daryl then says, "I'm sorry, couldn't do that for you." Michonne: "I’m sorry I couldn't do it for both of us. Thank you, for looking for him.” Obviously, they’re talking about never finding Rick’s body. And there’s an emphasis on how important burial and closure are. Not only did Beth not get a funeral, but remember she emphasized to Daryl at the funeral home how important burials are. How important they were to her personally.

But then Michonne says something downright tantalizing. She says, “And for after." This is really interesting because Michonne is thanking Daryl for something that happened “after” Rick’s presumed death. Remember that right after the bridge exploded and Daryl started off to look for him, they did the time jump. We don't know what came “after.” So, what she's thanking him for must have something to do with whatever happened during the time jump and gave them their scars.

On TTD, Norman talked about this, and it kinda freaked me out. He says that Daryl and Michonne shared an experience that no one in the group except them knows about. And that it’s a very, very DARK secret. Wow. That’s super-ominous. I have NO idea what that means, and it’s a little frightening.

But more than that, it doesn’t explain some of the mysteries we saw in 9a. It doesn’t explain why the Hilltoppers were terrified of riders showing up and booked it inside the walls. It doesn’t explain why Maggie, Tara, Diane, and the rest are so pissed off at Michonne, and why she seems totally understanding about the fact that they are.

So I don’t know if that’s all part of the same thing or not. Maybe something happened with Michonne and, specifically because the Hilltoppers don’t know what happened to her and Daryl, they don’t understand her actions, and that’s why they’re mad. OR, maybe we’re talking about multiple events we know nothing about. I don’t know, but this is a serious interesting twist of events.

But I loved Daryl and Michonne’s little bonding moment on the road. I thought it was sweet. Kinda melted my heart.

I’m also excited because I think the After theme has everything to do with Carl/Beth entanglement and leading to Beth’s return. And this means whatever caused those scars is also in the mix somewhere.

Daryl and Henry:

Henry still has a compass rose on his shirt and is in the jail cell when Daryl returns.

After that, we had such a supremely sublime Beth moment. After letting Henry out for a short time, but saying he needs to do his time and stay in the prison cell another night, Henry asks if alcohol always makes you feel this bad. Daryl looks at him in a considering way and answers simply, "No." Guys, he HAS to be thinking of Beth when he says that. Remember, they made a point of saying that she was a happy drunk, she held her liquor well, and she actually liked the feeling. So, alcohol didn’t make her feel bad like it did Henry. That's one major difference between the two of them. My heart just absolutely melted when he said that because I knew he had to be thinking of Beth.

They also discussed figuring out who you are. Henry says he's just he feels bad about what happened (getting drunk) but is just trying to figure out who he is not new in this new place (Hilltop). That's actually a whole lot like Beth too. They never said it quite that heavy-handedly with Beth, Beth and Daryl on the road together were very much was very much them trying to figure out who they were in the work of the tragedy of the prison family and who they were together and in this new setting. So Daryl understands where Henry is coming from.

Lydia:

When they captured Lydia, I was struck by the image of her blond wig/scalp being left behind, along with her knife. The camera focused on that a minute and it just screamed Beth. Beth’s blond hair and Beth’s knife.

Lydia talks about how the walkers protected them (because they wear walker faces, they can walk around with the walker herds and be protected) and so they protect the walkers, too. So the Whisperers believe their relationship with the walkers is symbiotic. That’s actually a whole lot like the what the wolves believed.

Lydia also says, “we were always going to kill you. That's just what you do know. Kill people.” That tells us a lot about the Whisperers’ mentality. They believe killing people to survive is the obvious thing to do. Not what our heroes and TF believe. She also says that her mother is "A good person” and “just one woman out there alone." That combination has to make Daryl think of Beth, who spoke to him about good people and was also on her own at Grady. And, you know, there’s the blond angle.

Daryl is being verbally abusive to Lydia, Henry tells Daryl to stop. Much like many others such as Beth, Henry is acting as Daryl's moral compass, trying to tell him what the right thing to do. When Beth was Daryl's moral compass, he listened to her. He's really not listening to Henry at all.

He was smart because he did sort of a good cop/bad cop routine. He yelled at Lydia to intimidate her, probably knowing that Henry wouldn't like it, and that then maybe Lydia would bond with Henry and trust him. So when they started talking, he sat outside the window listening and heard everything. Daryl is not so dumb. ;D

Daryl walking in and telling Henry (Beth proxy) about Jesus’s death felt a lot like him telling Beth about Zack’s death in 4x01.

Luke and Alden:

Luke volunteers to go out with Alden to look for Michonne and Daryl’s group. Luke made the joke that he was "two hand Luke,” as well as saying, “Do you need a hand? I have two of them." I feel like it’s a foreshadow of someone (maybe Luke) losing a hand.

Before they leave, Enid tells Alden to, "be safe out there." Definitely a foreboding foreshadowing. Because by the end, there captured by Alpha.

Luke and Alden talked a lot about music with an especial emphasis on singing. Beth anyone?

I couldn't help but notice that Alden has machete with a handle wrapped in white tape. I don’t think it's the red machete, but having the handle wrapped in exactly the same way the red machete’s was wrapped in mini series strikes me as important.

We also found out that Rosita is pregnant with Siddique’s baby. Euguen found out when finally professed his love to Rosita. Poor guy. But he also made an hour glass reference. Not only is that a time reference, but remember that in 5b, Carl played with an hour glass. I believe it’s yet another way to show the arc has turned over and Beth, who wasn’t in the show from 5b on, will reappear in this current arc.

Enid watching for Alden to come back reminded me of Maggie looking for Glenn to come back in 6a. Which I THINK shows that Alden will live. In that case, it was Glenn’s death fake out and he did make it back to her alive. Of course he died eventually, so I could be wrong about that. On the flip side, Alden s also the song bird right now. He’s the only one on the show that sings. So maybe that will lead to his death? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

I won’t go into this too much, but we saw the Us vs. Them theme, and also a lot of bikes. There were bikes in the background several times, the bike Negan found and rode, which admittedly might have ONLY been a Daryl reference. But every time I see bikes, especially with an emphasis on the tires, I think of a prominent one we saw in 6x02 when the wolves attacked. That might make sense since we know the Whisperers are about to arrive. Maybe it’s a symbol that a bad group is about to show up at the gates. But a lot of us also suspect ties between the Whisperers and the Wolves, and a lot of the symbolism we saw in this episode kinda backs that idea up. Just saying.

Okay, that’s all I have for today. I really loved this episode, though. SO much symbolism that makes me very excited for what’s to come.

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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Masked Pt. VII

Here we go! I was super inspired and the next part should be up super soon too! Please keep in mind that, I am currently in therapy and a large part of what I’m writing is my experience mixed with my imagination and creative liberties.

Gods, I hope you like it! Tag List still open!! Warnings: Cussing (I think that’s it?) and an asston of dialogue, and only bucky here. любимая- beloved. pt. i/ pt.ii / pt. iii/ pt. iv/ pt. v/ pt. vi

Bucky took off his sunglasses, closing his eyes and leaning back on the bench enjoying the soft breeze in his hair, turning his face towards the warm sunlight, letting out a small chuckle as the small woman sitting next to him continued animatedly telling her story.

It had been several months since he started therapy and he was slowly starting to feel better. Wounds that hadn’t healed properly finally started to, while others that he hadn’t realized even existed had finally been exposed. It hadn’t been easy. There were nights he woke up screaming sweat and tears running down him, and others he hadn’t slept at all, wandering the city for days, sun up to sun down. Looking back at it though, he could see the progress and he felt a small thrum of pride go through him. A sharp elbow to his ribs had him opening his eyes, “Are you even listening to me, Barnes? Here I am pouring my heart, bearing my soul to you and you’re blowing me off.” He left out a scoff and looked over at the small woman who had her arms crossed over her chest, “So dramatic. How could I possibly ignore you with a voice like yours?” “You absolute prick! I’ll have you know that my voice sounds like chocolate covered velvet! I mean… I sound like melting honey! You fucking know what? I sound like a choir of fuckin’ angels! Goddamn Angels, Barnes!”

Bucky couldn’t help but let out a loud laugh that quickly turned into a full-bodied guffaw. Amidst laughs, he let out, “Come the fuck on Rina. You and I both know that you don’t sound like that. Oh God, that’s the funniest shit I’ve heard today.” His laughter started to die out and he focused his gaze on Sabrina, whose voluminous curls fluttered in the breeze. She was glaring at him, but a small twinkle in her eye undermined it.

“You done?”, she asked dryly.

Bucky let out a grin and nodded before standing up, grabbing the basket at their feet and extending his hand out to her, the cool vibranium glinting in the light. She took it smiling, fixed her white sundress and handed him her colorful sweater before tucking her arm under his and gently gripping his upper arm. They walked lazily around the park, leaning into each other as she energetically continued her story. They were distracted and aimlessly enjoying their afternoon when Bucky tensed. His eyes had focused on a woman dressed in a black cocktail dress who was hurrying towards them. She was looking at the cement and had her arms wrapped around herself. Bucky’s eyes widened, and he blanched.

Was that…

Was that who he thought it was?

“Y/N.” He breathed out. No. It couldn’t be.

You were out of the country and staying there. That’s what Tony had told Natalia when he had gotten back after being away for two months. You had gotten closer, and Bucky felt his stomach flip in horror when he realized how sickly you looked. Your hair, once shiny was dull and lifeless, your skin was pale and the bags under your eyes looked like purple bruises. “What’s wrong James? I thought today was a good day?”, Sabrina’s voice broke his trance. He looked down quickly at her. She was facing him, a look of concern on her face as she gently reached up to grab his chin to try to force him to focus on her, thinking he was having an episode. He moved his chin out of Rina’s hand looking back up to see that you had stopped walking and were standing a few feet away from him.

“Barnes? What is it? Talk to me. Do I have to call Tasha? Or Steve?”,Sabrina’s voice had gotten a little higher pitched with worry as Bucky remained unresponsive. Bucky could feel the waves of waves of worry coming off of Sabrina, but he couldn’t answer. He just stared at you like he was seeing the sun for the first time. His love for you, along with his guilt and his pain, knocked the breath out of his chest. It had been almost a year since you had disappeared that chilly night. Almost a year since he had seen you. Almost a year since he had held you, kissed you. And now after all that time, you were right in front of him. He swayed forward, ready to go to you. To explain what happened, why he had done what he did to you. To beg for forgiveness and plead for you to be in his life again. He almost took a step towards you but the look on your face stopped him. There was a burning cold rage in the planes of your face, and a deep haunting ocean of pain in your eyes. It was the most emotion he had ever seen from you, and it was aimed at him. Bucky could feel Sabrina tapping on his chest, still unaware of you and what was going on, and he saw your eyes go to her and let out the most imperceptible of flinches; if he hadn’t been looking he would’ve missed it. He glanced towards her and realized what you were probably thinking.

Sabrina was turned toward him, one of her arms around his waist, and the other on his chest. His bare vibranium arm had wrapped around her shoulders, subconsciously curling her towards him while the other held the picnic basket and her sweater. How close they were standing. How intimate they looked. He breathed sharply and let go of Sabrina, dropping the basket and the sweater, moving instantaneously away from her. He raised a hand almost pleadingly like he was trying to reach out to you but flinched and dropped it when he saw your eyes narrow and fists clench. You were close enough that he could see the tears well up in the corner of your eyes and the way that you seemed to exude rage and pain, while simultaneously fade even more in front of his eyes. He wanted to explain but the words failed him, he couldn’t get them out. He was frozen just watching you as the past year without you hit him again. By the time he realized it, you were already walking towards him with your chin held high and steps smooth and evenly paced, your wedges quietly clicking on the pavement.

You walked closer, and his breath hitched. He reached out, grabbing your forearm gently, “Stop. Please. Let me explain. It’s not what you think.” And suddenly he found himself on the hard ground, Sabrina yelping in surprise in the background, and you straddled over him, legs pinning his arms, a feral snarl on your face and a forearm pressed to his throat. You leaned in very close to his face, noses almost touching and pushed harder on his throat, hissing out,“Don’t you ever fucking touch me. Ever” Bucky could’ve pushed you off, even at your strongest you were weaker than him the Soviets serum always giving him an edge, but instead, he laid there and looked into your eyes. They were a swirling turmoil of emotions but they were still the most beautiful things he had ever seen.

He couldn’t lose you again. He couldn’t let you walk away. He knew he hurt you, deeply. Long before he had cheated on you, he had hurt you. Therapy had helped him see that. And now all he wanted was to have you back. To show you, and talk to you, and fix what he had ruined. “Please. Please. Let me explain, let’s talk. Please,” he begged softly,“Y/N, please. I’m so sorry. From the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry for the pain that I caused. Please. Please, darling, let me explain. Please.” You were as still as a statue. As soon as he had opened his mouth, you froze. The emotion swirling behind your eyes had stilled and Bucky couldn’t tell what was going through your head. He gently moved his arm from under your shins and reached up to cup your cheek. As soon as he touched your skin, just as soft as he remembered, your eyes closed a tear slipping out. He moved his thumb to wipe your tear away and his heart thundered as you leaned your head into the contact. “Y/N”, he murmured as he stroked your cheek, reveling in your presence, “I’ve missed you, любимая. I’ve missed you so much. I’m so sorry. Mariah was nothing. She meant nothing.” He regretted it as soon as the words were out of his mouth. Your eyes had snapped open and briefly, he saw the ocean of pain in them again. You shoved his hand away, and stood while snarling out, “I told you to not fucking touch me.”

You glanced over at Sabrina, a glimmer of something flashing over your face, too quickly for him to identify it before you looked down. You seemed to wrestle with yourself before you bit out, “Be careful with that one,” and walked away. Bucky leaped to his feet, ready to go after you but a small hand wrapped around his wrist stopped him. He turned ready to argue with Sabrina if he needed to. He had to get to you before you vanished from his life again, but one look at Sabrina’s face stopped him.

She was crying softly. Her arms were wrapped around herself, as though she was cold despite standing in the warm sun. Her brown eyes glistened as she watched you walk away, hunched over yourself as though trying to make yourself smaller. “Let her go Barnes”, Sabrina said quietly, “Let her go.”

Sabrina and Bucky had walked back somberly back to their building. Bucky had tried to start a conversation with her several times but Sabrina had just shaken her head and kept walking forward in silence. They stood side by side in the elevator and Bucky felt like the silence was strangling him.

They got out and as they walked down the hallway, he could feel his anxiety rising. He knew he had fucked up. He knew that. He just couldn’t figure out what he had done wrong.

Sabrina unlocked the door, and kicked off her shoes, and stumbled into the bedroom. Bucky just waited by the door, fidgeting, waiting for her to come back out. He was running through every second of what had happened in the park with you. Why had you fled? Why had you reacted the way you did? He didn’t understand. Sabrina walked out, wearing her hair up, some errant chocolate curls popping out, an oversized sweater of his and some sweats, glaring briefly at him before heading to the kitchen.

“Sit down Barnes. And relax,” she called out as she pulled out mugs, honey, and milk, before putting the kettle on the stove to boil some water for tea. Bucky hesitatingly hung his jacket on the hook by the door and leaned down to untie his Converse, before he made his way into the living room. He perched himself on the corner loveseat, angling himself towards the door, reverting back to his hyper-aware Winter Soldier training. He felt when Sabrina walked in, pausing in the entryway, sighing tiredly when she saw him staring at his sock-clad feet. He wanted to tell her what was wrong but the words were stuck in his throat. He didn’t know how to say what he felt. He tensed as she made her over to him, but relaxed as she started humming. She was making sure that he knew she was there and that she wasn’t there to hurt him. It was signal they made up when he started withdrawing into himself.

She stood in front of him and nudged his foot softly with hers extending a cup of chai tea out for him to take. He wanted to grab it and hold the cup close letting its warmth soothe him. He felt so cold and so tense and so muzzled. He could feel her concern grow and she asked concernedly, “Bucky? Honey?” She moved over the papers and pens on the table placing the cups on the tea table in front of him and sat on the edge next to them, reaching out and placing her soft warm hands his cold forearms. He willed himself to speak, to answer her, to tell anything but he just fucking couldn’t. “Come back to me. Don’t go down the rabbit hole. Come back to me,” she coaxed softly as she gently rubbed circles on his skin. She started to hum a song again, trying to help him ground himself and little by little he could feel himself thawing. He could feel the tension and anxiety in him ebbing away. “Bucky?”, she asked again, head tilted trying to catch his gaze. He looked up, almost shyly before letting out the smallest smile. She grinned back at him, her eyes kind and she leaned forward and hugged him tightly before leaning back and punching him lightly in the shoulder. “I thought I was going to lose you there again. You need to stop freaking me out.” “I’m sorry Rina. I was trying to figure out what I was feeling like you’ve taught me to do but I couldn’t get figure it out. I ended up too far in my own head. I’m sorry.” “Oh hush.” She handed him his mug of tea and sat down beside him, throwing her legs in his lap. “I know what happened and I know what you feeling,” she said a tad smug, taking a sip from her mug, “But now you have to figure it out. And that means we’re going to have a session.” Bucky threw his head back and stared at the ceiling, let out a small whine. “Don’t give me that shit Barnes. You and I both know that you need a session. So cooperate because-“ “ ‘Because Sabrina knows best.’ I know your stupid saying. Just because you’re right doesn’t mean I have to like it, Rina.”, Bucky huffed. “Tough tits, man.” She shrugged before sitting up and crossing her legs, reaching over and grabbing a pad of paper and a pen, “Tell me Bucky. What’s being going on since the last session we had?” Bucky rolled his eyes at the petite brunette sitting next to him, but he turned so he was facing her and breathed deeply. Sabrina was right, he needed to talk out what had happened. “Well since the last session, everything has been more or less normal. I’ve had a couple of nightmares but the techniques you gave me helped with them more often than not. I’ve been sleeping and eating more and I’ve been trying to socialize more, to get more comfortable in this century like you wanted me to, but sometimes I forget. Really the most significant thing that’s happened, and the sole reason that we’re having this session is that today I saw Y/N.” Rina nodded, looking interested and making a small note on the pad in her lap. “How did that go?” Bucky sat pensively, mulling it over. It was hard getting in touch with his feelings after decades of being a machine. He must’ve taken too long in answering because Sabrina asked, “How about you tell me how your day was going before you saw Y/N? Was it a good day? Was it bad?” “It was a good day. I was taking in every second I could, trying to present and truly enjoy what was going on. I woke up, not feeling tired but truly rested. I had a good breakfast and I texted Steve some funny memes I found, listened to some records and had a small dance party in my bathroom as I got dressed. I went to the park to meet you for a delicious picnic. It was a great day. I didn’t feel hunted, or stifled. I was genuinely free. But then I saw Y/N,” Bucky fidgeted with his thumbs, not wanting to answer the question he knew was coming. “You can’t avoid the question. How did seeing her make you feel?” Rina pressed. “Fear. I think? I felt shock, definitely. But I think I also felt fear? I don’t know why though. I haven’t seen her in almost a year and then she was standing in front of me looking like hell, with a look on her face I’d never seen. She was standing in front of me, and I was scared.” Bucky’s leg started bouncing, trying to alleviate some nerves. “Right there in front of me was the woman I had been with for years but she was a complete stranger. I couldn’t recognize her. And I caused that. I created that stranger in front of me and I was afraid. And then I felt anger. I was so angry. I love that woman. Even after all this time, even after everything I did. I love her. I would move mountains, bring down the moon. I would do anything for her and I ruined it. I ruined it and I hurt her. I felt so guilty too.” “What else?”, Rina asked as she watched him, her pen moving across the pad. “I also felt… like I was being chased? I don’t know if that’s the right word. I didn’t want to let her out of my sight. I couldn’t lose her again. I had to explain why I did what I did. Why I cheated. Why I was so detached from her. I wanted to grab her and tell her so she could understand why. I felt this sense of urgency. Desperation maybe? Like if I told her what I felt everything would be ok again. But I said too much? Or maybe I didn’t say the right thing? Or not enough? Because she got angry and she left. She just walked away from me again.” “And watching her walk away from you again, how did that make you feel?”, Sabrina had stopped writing, look at him intensely. Bucky looked down at this jeans. His finger started pulling at the small tear in his knee. “I felt like she was abandoning me. If she had just listened to me, maybe she would’ve stayed. Maybe she would be sitting here next to me.” “Is that it?”, she asked, trailing off as though she expected him to speak again. He nodded, a little confused because she had never talked to him in that tone during a session. “Ok Buck, this session is clearly a little more informal. Nevertheless, I’m going to give you my official therapist advice and then I’m going to say something as someone who cares for you. Ok? Good.”

She tossed the pad and pen onto the table and tugged on a stray brown curl that had escaped her bun. Bucky was intrigued, he had never seen her so unsure of how to proceed. “You are a person who carries significant trauma on his person. You’ve endured psychological, emotional, physical trauma. I saw it the second you walked into my office. You've got a ways to go but you’ve made tremendous progress. Really, I couldn’t be more proud of you. I think that what you’re feeling is valid. I understand it because I understand you. But really, we need to break this idea that you’re going to be abandoned.”

Sabrina drank a little tea, letting Bucky process what she said, and telling her when he was ready. “The thing is Buck? You aren’t going to be. You’re surrounded by people who love you, who worry about you and want you to be the best version of yourself, for you to be happy. To find joy. And you can have it but you won’t let yourself. I don’t know why. I can speculate but I genuinely have no idea why you don’t. You push people away, and you do that because it’s easier to do that than to deal with the root problem. So long as you don’t identify it and deal with it, you will continue sabotaging yourself. With Y/N, with Steve, with Tasha, everyone. Think about what I’m telling you. Write it out and try to figure it out. We’ll have a more formal session next time and go through your thoughts then. Ok? Alright then.”

Buck nodded, processing what Rina had said. He was so caught up thinking and staring down, that he missed her grabbing a pillow and swinging it until it hit him right in the face. “What the fuck? That hurt! What’s wrong with you?”, Bucky growled. “You deserved it! I told you I was going to talk to you after our session. Ugh! What’s wrong with me?! What is wrong with you! I could strangle you, I swear to God Barnes!”, Sabrina started swinging the pillow again but it got snatched right out of her hands. “Stop hitting me! Use your words! What the fuck is going on?!” Bucky asked voice laced with incredulity. Sabrina hopped up, standing and glaring at him. “You absolute moron! Y/N was standing right in front of you. She was right there and you botch it! How could you botch it?! I’ve heard you talk about this girl non-stop since you came to my office. She’s standing right there and you’re standing there with me, and you push your apologies on a broken woman, and you just fucking botch it!” She turned away from him and started pacing, and he watched her get good and worked up. “You know she probably thought we were a couple? Like we had just gone on a date? I’m wearing a pretty dress, you’re carrying my sweater, we’re holding each other. She got the wrong impression and you didn’t fix it! Like an idiot! You literally just pushed me away! She probably thought you had moved on and had just been caught all over again with another woman! Gods Barnes! How difficult would it have been to say ‘Hi, Y/N, I know you’ve probably already jumped to conclusions and rightfully so but seriously this is just my lesbian best friend and sometimes therapist! No romantic-ness happening here! Not now and not ever!’ WHY!” She turned and stood in front him and narrowed her eyes, “How could you not correct her? A blind man from a mile away could see that you two dumb-asses still love each other. Don't think I didn’t catch that Russian slip-up. And then she tried to leave and you stop her! You touch her! You know touch is hard for her and you invaded her space without any permission from her! You know first hand how that feels! Honestly Bucky! Honestly!” Bucky could see Sabrina’s face flushing in anger and he braced himself for the rest of her rant. “And then you apologize! That woman was traumatized before you came into the picture, even more so after. And then in a span of a couple of minutes, you hurt her and you invade her space and you push your apology on her! What if she wasn’t ready? Or she didn’t want to hear it? Did you think about what your apology would to her? No! No, you didn’t! You just said it and it’s so fucking selfish of you! I understand why I mean I am your therapist for gods’ sake but I don’t fucking get it! You know damn well, that if someone treated you how you just treated Y/N, you would’ve exploded in anger. So how dare you? how could you? ” Bucky flinched. He hadn’t thought of any of that. He felt bad and wanted to run away but he knew that he had to hear it. His feelings were valid, and so were his reactions but he had to be shown perspective, and that’s all Rina was doing. “James Buchanan Barnes, I love you. And I know you’ve been damaged. I know that. But that doesn’t give you a blank slate to treat Y/N badly. You were so selfish to her. And as both your therapist and your friend, I am telling you, you have to fix what you did wrong. Not just for your benefit but for hers also.” Tags: @photography-to-all @susmita121 @the-alpha-queen @awinterloveuniverse @im-a-motherfuckin-mermaid @risinghero @caaaaaaarrrrrlll @glittercoveredsouls @buckybabybaby @justreadingfics @flowerchildqueenlovely @westfields-maple @ly--canthrope @hollycornish @learisa @unevenpages @yo-yo-bro-bro @ufffg @geeksareunique @westfields-maple @chrys-1029 @38leticia @sickervismagnaxi @coal000 @violentlybarnes @fay-fighter @wanderlustqueen1998 @bbadbitchh @goldenstateof @lilmissperfectlyimperfect @marvelssecretmistress @lovemesomepietro @mia-at-work @diinofayce @alitav99 @violence-and-velvet @itsagentromanoff

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thewildmother · 6 years

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previously on wrath of the lich king

(session #whoknows i just started this thing so i could come back to refresh my memory before sessions ((p.s. this is a homebrew dnd campaign set in azeroth so things might be weird, don’t @ me)))

with Leva’lyn, the eladrin necromancy wizard; Lucius Hellscar, the human oath paladin; Raksha, the tiefling trickster cleric; & Ulryn, the night elf old one warlock (controlled by me for the last two sessions due to scheduling problems)

TL:DR; the party heads to Stormglen to help defend it from the hordes of undead (they’re partly responsible for) and werewolves attacking it, Lucius unlocks the admin permissions on his Hellscar Tome, Leva’lyn discovers her ability to raise undead is useless in the area, and the party is successful in their attempt to Hallow the entirety of the village.

The party decides to make use of their wizard’s ability to cast the Sending spell and contact an old acquaintance, Two-Shot Turner, a man they’d previously met in Stormglen defending the village from the undead with a company of Hellscars under his command

Hellscars = a faction of people who pledged themselves to the name so that they could fight the undead together, have been for a long time. They’ve been in Stormglen for almost the entirety of its time suffering under these attacks. Most of these Hellscars are paladins, though there are a mix of other classes and things within. Hellscar Tome = a tome that empowers a paladin’s auras, and [after being unlocked] to a member of The New Dawn can detail another Hellscar’s name, parents’ and siblings’ names and life status.

Some number of sessions previous to this; Leva’lyn and Ulryn were conscripted into the Hellscars after learning that doing so would empower Lucius’s abilities. The 3 of them (along with others whose names could not be accessed at the time) were under the special title of The New Dawn, a group of people supposed to create the first Council after defeating the undead scourge who would replace the monarchy.

Oh and when Leva’lyn signed this Tome to join the Hellscars, for a few moments the entire room faded to darkness and stars glittered around them before returning to normal, nbd. After this joining it was revealed that while Leva’lyn could not, Lucius could read Lev’s page within the Hellscar Tome and he learned what she was and who her true parents were -- when he tries to share this information with her, he instead chokes up fire and is silently chided by a burning figure within his mind.

Through her Sending spell, Leva’lyn learns that since the last time the party was in the village, the undead hordes were able to advance on the village because of *** and they are holed up with the remaining survivors inside the village’s tavern/inn.

*** = The party originally were sent to Stormglen by Sylvanas Windrunner, to fulfill a deal between them that she would provide forces to their army against the Lich King if they traveled to the village and rescued one of her val’kyr that had been taken because she held a certain curse within her that could be used. The party finds this val’kyr being drained of blood that is being used to fuel hallow’d runes that ward off the undead -- the party comes to the decision to take the val’kyr, flee the mad scientist trope of a man who’s been using their blood and send a warning to the other’s in the village of what’s to come. (80% sure this warning was lost in the middle of a shopping episode and class swap by Leva’lyn.) That mad scientist informed Two-Shot what happened, etc etc.

After making a to-do list of plans and setting a deadline of when they’d have to leave to meet with Malfurion Stormrage, the party makes their way to Stormglen. At the gates they dispatch a small amount of undead and are greeted by fellow Hellscars who inform them that Two-Shot is on patrol and they don’t know how to reach him. The party heads to the tavern and Leva’lyn makes use of Sending to inform the man that they have arrived and are waiting for him within the tavern.

Two-Shot shows up minutes later and aims his shotgun directly into Lucius’ face and asks for a reason he shouldn’t pull the trigger for what they did. Raksha leaves the tavern to aid the local blacksmith in repairing Hellscar weapons with her Mending, too new to the party to track their following conversations. [After a show of too much posturing and dramatics for Leva’lyn’s taste-] The man finally relents and speaks to them about the state of things, over the next few minutes they establish a plan to clear their path through to the middle of the village to establish a better foothold within.

During this conversation, Leva’lyn puzzles together that Two-Shot’s mood is more than just having to deal with extra work -- she recalls his daughter had been affected by the same curse of the val’kyr, and states aloud her conclusion that the man’s daughter, Elizabeth, was now the one being used to fuel the hallow’d runes at each barricade in the village. Two-Shot does not deny this and grudges on.

Before the party and Two-Shot part ways for the time being, the man is given time with the Hellscar Tome because Lucius believes he can unlock any withheld access to it. Two-Shot is overheard by Lev cursing and arguing with the sentient imp within the book, and he emerges minutes later with clear signs of crying-- but the book unlocked.

Lucius and Leva’lyn emerge from the tavern to find Raksha well into the groove of helping the blacksmith repair things for the Hellscars, as well as providing them much needed water. Lucius sits nearby while Leva’lyn enters a nearby tower [newly attached to the tavern] and climbs its steps until she reaches the floor where Elizabeth is being kept, allowed a glimpse behind the glamour placed on her to see that she is nearly skeletal in complexion and “not doing well”.

Those months ago when the party had been in Stormglen before, Leva’lyn had spent time with Elizabeth and her guardian dragonborn Zereithia. It wasn’t long but she was treated kindly, Elizabeth was a strong-willed woman and Zereithia had then revealed to Leva’lyn her magic had been blocked by a divine power.

Feeling upset and like she owed both Elizabeth and the people of this village something, Leva’lyn returns to her party in a rush and proposes that they Hallow the village so it will be clear of undead (and the hallow’d runes will no longer be necessary). The party agrees.

Out of game -- our DM has just recently introduced to us the new addition of a Heroic Ability he wants to testrun for flavor and reward to a party’s creativity. The party only has access to 1 heroic action, and it will be recharged by future acts of the party working together creatively or... well, heroically? It’s a new thing, it’s all a testrun leave me be. But this Heroic Ability empowers the action being taken when invoked, IE: Turning an attack into an insta-crit to defeat a weakened enemy, expanding the duration of a Teleportation Circle, or the radius of a Fireball. It’s basically the Cinematic version of an action.

In this case the party all agrees to “Cinematic” Hallow the village, with the DM’s permission, so that it will cover the entirety of the village.

Before anything else, Lucius takes a few minutes to sit with his steed and look into the pages he’s unlocked within the Hellscar Tome. Leva’lyn crouches behind him while he does, noting all that they read.

They discover that The New Dawn consists of 8 people, including themselves, and they are all alive except for one -- Jack Turner, son of Two-Shot and brother to Elizabeth, who is a member as well. They figure this to be the reason Two-Shot was in tears before when he unlocked the Tome for Lucius.

Lucius learns that his true name is not Lucius, and attempts to puzzle out which name he is on this list to no avail.

Leva’lyn requests they view her page in hopes of getting to see who her birth father is; to Lucius the page reveals the information clearly like any other member of The New Dawn, Leva’lyn only sees darkened pages with glittering stars that enrages her.

Raksha joins the Hellscars after watching Lucius and Leva’lyn read, then uses it to learn the names of her parents before quickly slamming it shut and moving on.

The party sticks with their original plan of clearing a path to further their foothold in the village, but with the addition of stopping when they’ve reached the Stables in the middle of the village so that Raksha can perform her Hallow ritual from there and encompass the village. Lucius requests aid from the Hellscars to cleanse the village, and with a failed Persuasion roll they are given only 2 Hellscars to help them -- a previously discovered paladin who despises tieflings named Dave (not a great relationship with Raksha for obvs reasons), and another perfectly nice paladin named Duncan.

The Hallow ritual will take 12 hours to cast, and after some undead whack-a-mole the party sets up a defense around the Stables while Raksha starts her casting. The party fights numerous waves of zombies, feral werewolves and spectres before realizing they were coming up on their final one. The party sends Duncan to request more aid, knowing that with each wave comes increasingly powerful entities and they may need more bodies -- Duncan does not return to the party, and Leva’lyn uses Sending once more to get in contact with the Hellscar bard, Gerard, who gave them Dave and Duncan in the first place. She requests more men and Gerard responds by saying he will do what he can, but (the ritual seems to be working because) undead are advancing on the village from within the marketplace and the Hellscars are busy defending. Duncan does not return, and instead 2 new Hellscars arrive in time for the final wave.

It’s during these waves that the party discovers that on these lands, undead cannot be controlled and any feral creature cannot be dominated. This was learned the hard way by Leva’lyn casting a 4th-level Animate Dead, only to have her creations turn on her seconds after being raised.

The final wave consists of many ghosts and one Banshee, that manages to knock the party warlock unconscious. She is quickly healed by Lucius. Leva’lyn recognizes the Banshee as a noblewoman who she had previously met during the party’s first visit to Stormglen; Grenda Lithewood, the epitome of the stuck-up noble, who offered the party a reward if they brought ships for the nobles to escape on. (This deal was declined, having learned the nobles were bullying village folk out of their provisions and homes.)

The Banshee is defeated, and the Hallow ritual is successfully completed without any causalities. ...Well, at least near the Stables. The party decides on the following effects to affect the village: Courage, [Necrotic] Energy Protection, and Everlasting Rest. The party takes a quick group hug to celebrate, and then Raksha declares she needs to go find somewhere to pass out.

& that’s the end of a 3-session quest, with the party leveling up to 10! We hope Duncan found his donuts and didn’t get eaten by a zambo.

#d&d adventures #oc: leva'lyn #okAY SO #this was basically made for the reason that I was awake at 3am and that sometimes our sessions end up a month apart #so by the time we made it back to this city it'd been over a year since we'd even done anything in the place so i couldn't remember a lot #but if anyone reads it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ hope you enjoy it and i'm here to clarify any confusion because this campaign is all over the place #this was originally going to have reaction images and gifs but i got caught up just writing #because this is lovely compared to my crappy handwritten notes lmao #i swear i'm going to be looking to this post more than my notebook my god #my god this looks a mess on mobile but who cares

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remember-wim-faros · 7 years

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Episode 4 - Tricia Elwood

When a tree falls down in a forest and no one’s around to hear it..

It makes a sound!

Live from Rosemary Hills, more specifically live from the middle of Rosemary Hills golf course, I’m Deirdre Gardner and this is “It Makes a Sound”!

Welcome to our first on location show of the celebration of the music of Wim Faros. Here I am, standing outside the house of Tricia Elwood, a lifelong resident and one of Wim Faros’ earliest fans and benefactors. We are here to uncover more about the who, what, where, behind the concert that was recorded for posterity, lost and now found. Found after decades of neglect in an attic on the outskirts of the now nearly abandoned golf community. The concert contained within the cassette that we call “The Attic Tape”. Tricia Elwood has answers. For today’s show, I stand at a crossroads. Literally I’m in the middle of the road right now in a place that I haven’t been in quite a long time. It’s hallowed ground. I am looking at the home that Tricia Elwood grew up in, a sprawling estate on a lot that was once the choicest of locations, because it stands across from Rosemary Hills clubhouse. Listeners, in a conference recreation room on the second floor of that clubhouse, Tricia Elwood held her 8th grade graduation party in 1992. It was at that 8th grade graduation party where Wim Faros took the stage to give his first public concert. So let us turn to that clubhouse.

Ohh… oh no. Oh listeners, oh my gosh, I-I-I’m looking at the clubhouse and eh, it is certainly no-not as it was. Oh, I’m standing here perplexed! I have to tell you, more than two decades after them- the event that shook the music world… What I see is unsettling, it’s eerie. Listeners, we have to, we must go there, we must take a closer look. I’m, I’m walking up the hill. OK, I am walking towards the clubhouse. Ow, osh, ow. I’m OK, I think it was a golf ball, yes OK. Eww, that is that, ewww, oh. OK, we’re almost by the clubhouse. We are at the clubhouse for – afield investigation. That’s right, on today’s live on location episode of “It Makes a Sound”, we are doing a field investigation at the historical location most associated with the music of Wim Faros. And then we’ll go back down the hill, where we will meet Tricia Elwood, the key organizer of the concert. With Tricia, we will unlock more nuanced details of that special night. And ask her to help us to complete the lyrics from the songs heard on the Attic Tape. [panting] So obviously stay tuned.

[long beat, panting] OK, I have reached the roundabout in the driveway in front of the clubhouse. I will report to you what I’m seeing. The large fountain in the center is rusted and cracked. No water flows. There’s an abandoned peacock nest inside, yes. Ooh and something green, what is that? Oh it’s just crinkled cans of Mountain Dew. Wow. The mansion is so decrepit. My gosh, that happened quickly. It’s like nature’s revenge. Dandelions, crab grass and ivy have totally taken over. God those ornate front doors, wow. I used to help Mom Windex those doors, the glass was engraved in orchids. And now it’s just boarded up with planks. [sighs] The caddies used to stand right here to shake hands goodbye to the golfers, and then they transferred the wad of cash that remained in their hands into their pockets. I thought they were magicians.

I can’t believe all these windows are shattered! Well wait, no, no on the second floor there’s two or free that are just broken. It doesn’t look vandalized, just left behind. [sighs] Listeners, uh, uh for the record, uh in 1992 at the time of Wim Faros’ concert, the clubhouse events calendar was full. Traffic through this roundabout was probably at its peak. I think Tricia’s family must have pulled some strings to secure a party there. But now… I’m facing down the hill at these houses. These houses which in the 90’s were meant to be so grand and tony. The day of the party, they were glittering at dusk but now on this gray day, they just look bizarre and bloated and – bland. It’s nearly impossible to sell these now, the golf course shut down so many years ago. And the local government can’t get its act together enough to figure out what’s next for the land. So the handful of residents that remain here, they just can’t afford to sell. And for one reason or another, holding on for dear life to what they’ve got. Four houses on this block alone are foreclosed. The shells of the shopping malls that lured people off the highway in the 80’s and 90’s are, are waiting to be raised. The new school district closed years ago. Now any kid from Rosemary, I mean there’s never any kids in Rosemary Hills but any any of those kids are outsourced to school in another town. [deep sigh] Tricia must be living quite differently now.

If you build it, they will come, they had thought. Rosemary Hills in the 90’s was stirred by a gust of wind that promised to be a sea change, but ended up just blowing a few hats off of people’s heads and well, the people were like oops, there goes my hat. Oh well. So those who could just bought another hat.

Hundreds of millions invested towards what would become a great golf ghost town. I understand it, now that I have recently returned home from a far off place. Someone asks you: “Where’s Rosemary Hills?” And you can point to a map: There. But there is no there there. That’s the sad d-

[loud bird noises] Aagh! Aagh! Oh god, eww! Oh Jesus, these agh.. There’s also a feral peacock infestation, have I mentioned that specifically? Yeah, uh you guessed it, uh. Tracing back to the two peacocks that Park Song kept us trophy pets back decades ago. There are more peacocks than humans here now and they just saunter along like they own the place. The roads are all full of calcified peacock droppings. They sit on the roofs with their trains displayed like – oligarchs. They tend to gather around the clubhouse for some reason it seems, they’re always around here.. [bird noise] Woo, ah! Ugh! Those three just flew over to Tricia’s oak tree. Woah, eww.

What was I telling you? Um. Right OK look, Rosemary Hills OK, perhaps it was never a model of civilization. Perhaps it was never a Mecca of greatness, but there was a time, there was a moment that the town had soul and an undercurrent of verve. Because it counted among its 9,638 residents one young Wim Faros. And we’re talking about that time on “It Makes a Sound”. Rosemary Hills, that feeling that there was more, that sense that there – is – more – don’t you swallow that feeling down! Wim Faros was the light under a bushel, the flavor in the salt. That mysterious shadow you saw flickering before you in a cave. You’re not like a loaf of bread that’s been in the freezer forever and is defrosting into a soggy mess on the table. Strive to be more delicious!

I know that the music on the Attic Tape will help charge us with a much-needed dose of adrenaline and wonder. That’s why we’re here, on location, back to this historical crossroads. To remember the music and to find that electrified current once again!

Tricia Elwood: Oh hi there! Uh c-could I help you with something?

Deirdre: And here we go. This is my first encounter with Tricia since the summer after we graduated Rosemay Hills Junior High in 1992. Hi, Tricia! Remember me? It’s Deirdre Gardner! Hi!

Tricia: Oh – my god, Deirdre Gardner! Wow. [dog barking] Ralphie, stop it! No Ralphie, don’t do that, don’t eat the droppings, stop sit! Be quiet! [dog keeps barking] Sit Ralphie! Oh my god, how are you? I heard that you were back in town. You look great!

Deirdre: Thank you.

Tricia: You look so different! What are, what are you doing out there in the street, who are you shouting at? [dog keeps barking] Ralphie!

Deirdre: You look, you look nice too. No more bangs.

Tricia: Oh yeah.

Deirdre: [nervous laughter] Wow, Tricia Elwood.

Tricia: Yeah.

Deirdre: So, OK I’m working on a project, and guess what? You’re on my show!

Tricia: Me?

Deirdre: “It Make a Sound”!

Tricia: Oh, [nervous laughter] What?

Deirdre: Welcome and surprise! You are today’s special guest star on our first live on location episode.

Tricia: Oh my gosh, what?

Deirdre: And who’s this? Hi! You’re being recorded live on “It Makes a Sound”!

Tricia: Oh Cody, this is Deirdre Gardner, she was a friend of Mommy’s back when we were your age. [chuckles] I mean, oh this is my son Cody.

Deirdre: How old are you, Cody? What’s on that iPad, a video game?

Tricia: [whispers] Cody!

Deirdre: Well, here’s something more exciting than that. I’m here to interview your Mom about a very special artist who came from right here, in Rosemary Hills.

Tricia: Oh?

Deirdre: And I have a show. [thunder, rain noises]

Tricia: Oh, it’s really raining now so um, I dunno, why don’t you, well you could, you come on in [dog barking] Deirdre come in, oh dear Ralphie, stop it!

Deirdre: Oh, thank you. Oh I see, OK.

Tricia: Well could I uh, who who are you talking about? You’re, wait are you recording right now?

Deirdre: Yeah, mm hm.

Tricia: Oh and and and oh by the way, [chuckles] Cody’s ten. And oh and, I was so sorry to hear about your Mom!

Deirdre: Oh thanks.

Tricia: How is she doing?

Deirdre: Um, she you know… Well I have some help right now. I I got a h-home nurse for just a, I dunno know a few hours a week, so we’ll see how that goes but…

Tricia: Oh, that’s nice, yeah.

Deirdre: But let’s catch up on that another time. Today I’m here with a mission. [chuckles]

Tricia: Oh, OK.

Deirdre: And I’m gonna cut right to the chase for my show. OK?

Tricia: Uh huh.

Deirdre: The topic is genius. And it’s location. These are topics you’re very familiar with.

Tricia: Oh?

Deirdre: Do you like music, Cody?

[silence]

Tricia: Cody, don’t be rude! Deirdre asked you if you liked music. [whispering angrily] Cody!

[silence]

Tricia: No. [sighs]

Deirdre: That’s OK because you just haven’t heard the right kind yet. And Tricia, that’s why I’m here. I’m excited for you to talk to me and to Rosemary Hills and to Cody, about Wim Faros!

Tricia: Who’s that?

Deirdre: Tricia. Wim Faros! Who made his concert debut at your 8th grade graduation party!

Tricia: Oh?

Deirdre: In the, in the clubhouse party room! That incredible night!

Tricia: Oh my gosh! I have not thought about that guy for so long, I totally forgot about that but it’s… It’s so great that you remember my 8th grade graduation party, you have such a good memory! [chuckles] It’s funny. You know, that guy, he lived down the street at the end of the cul-de-sac on the other side of the fence, where you turn around by the gate, remember? He never talked to anyone, he was so weird but he was kinda like cute. Wasn’t he? Was he kinda cute?

Deirdre: He was beautiful. He was very beautiful. Though Tricia and I weren’t terribly close in junior high-

Tricia: Oh wait a minute, come on, we were in the Spanish club!

Deirdre: That’s right, we were in the Spanish club. Uh but-

Tricia: I was Patrizia. [laughs] What was your Spanish club name?

Deirdre: Though we weren’t very close, I’ve always admired her. And in retrospect, Tricia, I’m so impressed by your taste that you had such an elevated music aesthetic-

Tricia: Wait a minute, don’t you remember your Spanish club name?

Deirdre: Dolores, it was Dolores.

Tricia: Oh, Dolores! I remember! [laughs]

Deirdre: But for you, but for you at such a young age, here around the golf course, to see the potential for greatness existing within the – enigma of Wim Faros! We had that in common. I didn’t realize back then. So can you tell us more about what you saw, early on, in Wim that made you take such a chance on him at your party?

Tricia: Oh, uh… Wait, Wim Faros was his name? This is about Wim Faros?

Deirdre: Yes.

Tricia: I, well you know I barely… Let me think. My grandmother made me invite him. She felt bad for him, I remember now because I guess he was a loner or poor or something or maybe I think maybe, wait I think somebody might have died, I think somebody was dead or something so I had to invite him. Um wait, what else? Ooh – oh my God, Dances with Trolls. The Troll Grotto, I have not thought about that in so long, there used to be this little weeded-over box garden in the front of his house that was like filled with Troll dolls, in in in like a specific arrangement, like sometimes they would be in this winding conga line or something unusual, or or around Christmas they might be in like a nativity scene.

Deirdre: Uh huh?

Tricia: So weird. And sometimes you’d see this kid. He was just sitting there, really really really quiet next to he Grotto with his legs tucked under him like, well I mean like kind of like, communing with the Trolls. And he never really, you know, said anything when you drove by, well you never really drove by directly because the house was so far at the end of the cul-de-sac and no one ever really went down there, unless you had to turn around ‘cause you forgot something. But but you know, you could see him back there, sometimes for hours at a time he’d be sitting there like I dunno like, I guess like he was having Troll therapy. I mean when Dad used to come by, he called it Dances with Trolls. We all called it that. It started out when you were really little and it was like OK, you have a Troll garden, that’s cute or kind of like [laughing] I don’t know, so weird! But but but he’d still sit there, and when he got older then it was like… You know, really bizarre!

Deirdre: O-oh. Well then, what was it that turned you on to his musical genius?

Tricia: Um.. well, he just brought a guitar to my party and started playing in the corner, but then he wouldn’t stop. Oh yeah [laughing] I remember uh, I remember I was like, you have some food or you wanna eat some cake or just like be normal? But he just kept playing and my parents and the other adults were like begging him to have a sandwich, but the band played on! You know, like in “The Titanic”, the band played on! And I mean kids, kids, kids are so weird! You know? Sometimes they’re weird! I mean you’re not like that, Cody.

Deirdre: But Tricia, no, it wasn’t like that! I mean we we all thought it was amazing, and special! Remember what happened with the bubbles?

Tricia: No.

Deirdre: The end of the first song! I, all of us kids were like, minds blown! We felt that connection. We swayed!

Tricia: Oh?

Deirdre: We swayed together!

Tricia: Really?

Deirdre: All of the grade school cliques just like – melted away in the moment!

Tricia: Oh?

Deirdre: You were so happy!

Tricia: I was?

Deirdre: And you blew a bubble that popped over Wim at the end of the song, like it was like a blessing, like a bubble blessing!

Tricia: Oh I I dunno gosh Deirdre, I gotta tell you, I don’t think we had bubbles. I mean I have a soap allergy.

Deirdre: No there was definitely bubbles.

Tricia: I mean, I remember Dances with Trolls being good, surprisingly, but it wasn’t like my style or anything [laughing] and then, he just played and played and played and it got so annoying and a bunch of us just went by the clubhouse pool and danced to Madonna and Spice Girls, oh that was so fun! [sighs] Kayleen Becker was there.

Deirdre: Listeners, as you know, going by the pool with Kayleen Becker on that June night in 1992 was like, like being in a fallout shelter when the Beatles came to America! Like facing away from the Taj Matal. Like sleeping through the birth of your child!

Tricia: Deirdre, what’s what is this show, are people listening to this like now?

Deirdre: [huffs] Tricia! It’s a show for people who want to believe that when a tree falls in a forest, it makes a sound. Because they gave a damn about the tree in the first place. They knew the extraordinary when they saw it.

Tricia: Hm.

Deirdre: It’s a show about – a big thing that went boom. The sound of Wim Faros. And the responsibility, the responsibility to remember it. We have a responsibility to remember the music and bring it into the present! In Rosemary Hills, here and now we need it, Tricia! That’s what it’s about, OK? Cody? Cody, don’t you wanna know more about this concert? Hey, Cody!

Cody: I know what you did to Tommy Niehart! He’s my friend. I know who you are.

Deirdre: Yeah well… Well I know who you are, kid, because I’m standing right in front of you, and your Mom introduced us and that’s how civilized people get to know each other, the old-fashioned away!

Tricia: OK, Deirdre..

Deirdre: And you should know who Wim Faros is! Everyone should! Remember Wim Faros! I have his music, Tricia. I recorded every song he played that night at your party, on my cassette recorder. You and Kayleen Becker may have missed it, but I didn’t! Not a single note! And here’s the tape.

Tricia: What’s that? Oh, that’s a cassette tape, it plays music!

Cody: It’s an instrument?

Tricia: No no no, it’s like iTunes kinda, but i-i- but if your phone only played about tennish songs or so.

Deirdre: It wasn’t a phone.

Cody: Any ten songs?

Tricia: Well no I mean just the same ten songs.

Deirdre: This one has nine songs.

Cody: Forever without changing?

Tricia: Yeah, mm hm.

Cody: Why?

Tricia: Well, you would have to erase the songs on the tape and then record something else over it.

Cody: How?

Tricia: Well, you need to take songs off the radio or other cassette tapes-

Deirdre: Or record them live.

Tricia: ..usually.

Cody: So how many of those do you need then?

Tricia: Uh well, I used to have hundreds. [chuckles]

Cody: What? Well, where do you keep them?

Tricia: Well you’d need like a tower, like a special, it was like a special bookshelf.

Cody: What? Just use YouTube.

Deirdre: Well, there was no YouTube. This was how we used to keep music.

Cody: That sucks, can I see?

Deirdre: Um, yes. Be careful.

Cody: [taps the tape] What do you press to play it?

Deirdre: [chuckles]

Tricia: Oh honey, [chuckles] it doesn’t play itself.

Deirdre: You need a cassette tape player.

Tricia: You need a little machine, yeah that’s what it’s called.

Deirdre: You need a cassette tape player.

Tricia: Yeah.

Cody: That sucks.

Tricia: Stop saying “sucks”.

Deirdre: Or a boombox, you know.

Cody: Boombox? [chuckles]What’s that?

Tricia: Well I mean it’s like, it was..

Deirdre: That’s the special machine.

Tricia: ..it was like boxy, and it could be really, it could be really big or it had handle or you could carry it around and play your music and, lots of buttons and usually two decks for the cassettes..

Deirdre: Sometimes three.

Tricia:.. and you pressed the eject button, the tape sometimes would fall out like a fan, and later they would make them so on top, you could also play CD’s…

Deirdre: Sure, CD’s.

Cody: What are C…

Deirdre: Well they’re less important.

Tricia: And and big usually circular steroes that the musical would actually boom through.

Deirdre: Yeah.

Cody: Did the stereos have nets and look like giant fly eyes?

Tricia: Yeah, yes I-I-I guess they did, the the the mesh was on top.

Cody: Oh yeah, I have one of those.

Tricia: No honey, we don’t have a boombox I, I threw my last one away, gosh like when you were like born I believe.

Cody: We have one in the basement, next to the tool box by the ladders and R2D2.

Tricia: Oh, that’s the (wetfag).

Deirdre: Ladies and gentleman, uh I I I’m Deirdre Gardner. This is our first live on location episode of “It Makes a Sound” in the home of Tricia Elwood. Her small son, Cody Elwood..

Cody: Hey!

Deirdre: ..has just claimed that they are..

Cody: I’m not small! I’m ten!

Deirdre: ..in possession of a vintage boombox cassette tape player!

Cody: And my name is not Cody Elwood, it’s hyphenated!

Deirdre: Do you understand what this means?

Cody: That’s not my name!

Deirdre: Cody?

Cody: I’m not small!

Deirdre: I’m sorry, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to say that, I just meant – can you go down into the basement and get that boombox for us? Please? Right now?

Cody: I’m tall for my age.

Tricia: Cody, be good and go down and get the boombox for Deirdre, OK?

Cody: [growls] I don’t have to, but I will.

Deirdre: Tricia. This [sighs], people of Rosemary Hills the, oh my god. I- Tricia I, it’s serendipity. Have we at last found the means to play the Attic Tape? Here, and we did we just need to return to the source? We’re here in the ancestral home of Tricia Elwood, the woman responsible even – inadvertently, for Wim Faros’ first public concert, given at her 8th grade graduation party. Tricia’s son Cody Elwood…

Tricia: OK OK Deirdre, his name is…

Deirdre: …may be about to deliver…

Tricia: …actually Elwood-Nowakowsky, just note that you..

Deirdre: ..up from us from the…

Tricia: Yeah.

Deirdre: Cody No- Elwood-Nowakowsky…

Tricia: Right.

Deirdre: Will deliver up to us, from their dusty basement…

Tricia: [scoffs]

Deirdre: Our analog Rosetta Stone, and we will finally be able to hear the music that has been up until this moment, entombed in this little plastic sarcophagus. I’m holding up the cassette tape, listen! [shakes the tape] Right now, all you’ve heard is the dinky rattle of the tape spools. But in moments, perhaps, finally, it will be revealing its secrets!

Tricia: Can I have my iPad back now? Oh my gosh…

Deirdre: He found it.

Tricia: ..my boombox, [laughing] I totally had no idea that we still had this, oh my god! I saved up so much money to buy this. I wetn with Kayleen Becker to Radio Shack…

Deirdre: Can we plug it in? plug it in.

Tricia: Cody…

Deirdre: Does it work?

Tricia: Honey, could you just plug it in for us?

Cody: [strains] It’s so heavy and dusty, eww! This is so old!

Tricia: Oh my god, just plug it in for Mom and her friend…

Deirdre: I’ll do it.

Tricia: OK, this was kinda like [chuckling] our iPad but, but way better in our opinion, right Deirdre?

Deirdre: Hey put it to me, where’s the outlet?

Cody: I can do it!

Tricia: I remember, I remember I bought a cassette tape that day too. “In Vogue”.

Deirdre: Cody, can you just plug it into the outlet please?

[electricity rattles]

Cody: [screams]

Tricia: Oh gosh baby, did you get shocked?

[staticcy radio plays]

Cody: I hate your stupid thing!

Tricia: Oh… Baby, let me see.

Radio: Be careful out there folks… [static]

Deirdre: It works!

Radio: What’s that? Oh. I’m just getting in that we have a tornado… [static]

[thunder rumbling]

“It Makes a Sound” is written by Jacquelyn Landgraf. Co-directed by Jacquelyn Landgraf and Anya Saffir. Sound design and mixed by me, Vincent Cacchione. Original music composed by Nate Weida. With Jacquelyn Landgraf as Deirdre Gardner. Today’s episode featured Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Tricia Elwood, and Melissa Mahoney as Cody. Oh, and that’s me playing the weather guy on Tricia’s boombox.

“It Makes a Sound” is a Night Vale Presents production. More information on this show and other Night Vale podcasts, go to nightvalepresents.com. You can follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and unpack your attic at itmakesasound.rocks. For instance, here’s a question for this week: what’s your best memory from 8th grade?

If you dig our show, don’t forget to rate and review “It Makes a Sound” on Apple podcasts.

Thanks for listening. Remember to tell kids to be careful around power outlets, and remember Wim Faros. .

#it makes a sound #night vale presents #remember wim faros #episode 4 #tricia elwood

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Sports Festival Arc

Okay so I’ve just decided to talk about each episode individually since so much happens in them and I have a lot of things to say that nobody cares about ANYWAY MOVING ON here you go!

Episode 14: That’s The Idea, Ochaco

•Can we talk about how Todoroki had the prettiest animation in the intro please???

•Aizawa shows up like I LIVED BITCH we love one grumpy crippled old man (reminds me of this English teacher I had who showed up to class after breaking 3 ribs and couldn’t laugh or move and was in visible pain while teaching, Professor Saunders if you ever see this please just take a day off my dude)

•Mido: “Mineta don’t you know how important the Sports Festival is?”

Mineta: “yes but I just don’t want to get MURDERED”

...you know what he has a point

•Jirou to Kami: “most people miss their chance and end up just staying sidekicks. You know what that’s probably what’ll happen to you. You’re kinda dumb” BRUH SHE DIDNT HAVE TO MURDER DENKI LIKE THAT

•Kirishima being so excited for the Sports Festival is so cute I’m gonna cry

•Ojirou and Hagakure are so fucking ADORABLE

•Uraraka getting all pumped up/ ragey and Mineta being ✖️Mineta✖️ and Tsuyu just straight up SMACKING HIM IMMEDIATELY I LOVE HER COLD BLOODED ASS

•“YOUNG MIDORIYA!!!...do you want to eat with me?” I LOVE DADMIGHT

•Todoroki eavesdropping on Uraraka and Iida talking about Mido/All Might: Secret Child Theories activated

Episode 15: Roaring Sports Festival

•SHINSOU SNARKY PURPLE BABY BOY

•TESTUTESTU!!! loving the other classes showing up like fuck y’all 1A bitchass nerds right now honestly

•Kiri stop thirsting for Bakugou when he’s being an ass we get it, you’re gay and love an angry Pomeranian also WHY ARE YOU JUST STRAIGHT UP JUMPING OFF A BUILDING BOI WHAT IS YOU DOIIINNNNGGGGG ROCKS CAN STILL B R E A K

•Todoroki you dramatic hoe I love you but just. Take a nap. “We’Re nOt hEre To MakE FriEnDs” bitch you soft, shut up

•I’m genuinely curious what exactly is Midnight’s quirk? She’s the “R rated Pro Hero” but like...what is it? Is she just Super Sexy? Is it the pheromone thing that makes people think she’s sexy/ feeling aroused? Like what is her power exactly?

•”I just wanna say...I’m gonna win” KACCHAN HONEY WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

•Todoroki freezing EVERYTHING and being unimpressed by the giant robots sweetie you’re so extra

•Birth of Icy Hot Bastard nickname

•Mineta got fuckin MURKED MAN lmao at least he tried

•Mama Midoriya is Best Mom she worries so much

Episode 16: In Their Own Quirky Ways

•KIRI BREAKING THROUGH THE FUCKING ROBOT SCREAMING IM ALIVE HOLY FUCK (Also Testu bursting through too. Intro to the Hard Boi Twins)

•Lets go Sero and Tokoyami!!

•All Might’s little YES watching Mido using the robot part as a launcher for the explosion warms my heart he’s so proud of his boy

•MIDO vs. TODO vs. BAKU YES BITCH ITS THE BOYS

•”THIS JUST IN ERASURE HEAD IS A TERRIBLE TEACHER” “wait wHAT” I love 2 chaotic teachers

•Shiggy you’re gross please invest in some cortisone skin cream it majorly helps my eczema it can help you too sweetie

•”the 1st place winner is worth...10 MILLION” Everybody around Mido: Activate Instant Kill

Midoriya my boy rUN

Episode 17: Strategy, Strategy, Strategy

•”Wait, remind me of your quirks again. And your names” Bakugou I’m gonna kick your entitled ass square up babe

•Kiri we get it you want Bakugou to top you. Also I love how Bakugou’s just like let’s fucKIN GOOO SHITTY HAIR

•Iida I love your dramatic over-energetic ass so much

•”TEAM UP WITH ME PERSON IN FIRST PLACE”

“YOURE SO CLOSE TO ME WHO ARE YOU???” Hatsume please. Take a dozen chill pills

•Ah. There he is. Monoma. Rat Boi 3000. Let’s go babey

•MY FAVORITE BIRD BOYS YAMI AND DARK SHADOW COMIN IN CLUTCH

•Ah. Cue the Daddy Drama

•This game is just Kill Midoriya, huh

•Monoma is a pro monologuer and honestly? I respect that. But then again it doesn’t take much to get Bakugou riled up

Episode 18: Cavalry Battle Finale

•Shouji is a SCARY BADASS and deserves more acknowledgement

•no matter your opinion on him, Monoma is an interesting character and has a REALLY COOL QUIRK

•Endeavor? Just. Shut up

•Bakugou- I am powered by rage and nothing else

•”Has anyone seen Deku?”

Todoroki: tragic backstory time

Episode 19: The Boy Born With Everything

•Yo FUCK Endeavor lives, man

•Mido ”so why did you bring me here”

Todo ”...soooo THIS IS THE STORY ALL ABOUT WHY I’m depressed/ also are you All Might’s secret love child or something?”

•Okay but All Might asking Endeavor on how to raise a powerful child I’m cackling. But the more Enji talks, the more All Might’s just like “what the fuck are you doing to your kid??”

•Todoroki’s whole monologue is literally just him over sharing and rambling about his trauma I love it

•Bakugou why you being such a creep boo

•”He’s like a comic book character” BITCH YOU ARE TOO YOU’RE ALL LITERALLY SUPERHERO TEENAGERS JFC

•Midoriya telling his friends/rivals “I’m gonna beat you” is basically just his equivalent of “I have a crush on you” change my mind

•Kaminari. I’m disappointed in you. I expected the uniforms from Mineta but come on dude

•Ojirou is so PURE long live Tail Boi he is also too under appreciated and he is just. So good

•KIRISHIMA CRYING OVER MANLY MEN I LOVE HIM

•Kendo is best girl Class 1B

•”Uraraka? Who the hells that?” Bakugou don’t be fuKING RUDE

•SHINSOUSHINSOUSHINSOUSHINSOUUUUU

•Midoriya what did Ojirou fucking TELL YOU

EPISODE 20: Victory or Defeat

•Dadzawa activated, time to adopt a Sleepy Boy into the Hero Course

•Complete BAMF Midoriya has been UNLOCKED PEOPLE

•Poor Shinsou when he goes “im used to people thinking I’m a bad guy” I just couldn’t NOT think of Billie Eilish IM SORRY now I have Bad Guy stuck in my head YOU DID SO GOOD BABY IM PROUD OF YOU

•”Spooky IM A GHOST???” God I love All Might

•”Stop rebelling Shouto”

“It’s NoT a PhaSe DaD”

•Todoroki did you have to go so HARD BRUH WHAT THE FUCK YOU DEPRESSED SHOW OFF

Episode 21: Battle On, Challengers!

•Lmao get wrecked Denki

•Mama Kendo to the rescue come get yo kids

•Everyone at Mido, Please. Shut the fuck up and stop being CREEPY

•Midnight. Please stop lusting over your students it’s gross

•Hatsume played Iida like a fiddle and I’m crying baby boy tried so hard

•WE RESPECT OUR ALIEN QUEEN MINA ASHIDO

•Poor Momo

•KIRI vs. TESTU I LOVE HARD BOI TWINS

•Bakubabe you’re so UGLY I can’t why is your face like that

Episode 22: Bakugou VS. Uraraka

•”Pink Cheeks” Bakugou just learn your classmates names it’s not that hard

•Ochaco is so fucking STRONG

•”like I always suspected. Bakugou’s a total sadist” sometimes Mineta is just. Accurate.

•Can we please talk about how Aizawa was just like “The FUCK are y’all talking about Bakugou is doing what he’s supposed to do in these games it doesn’t matter if his opponents a girl or not y’all are DUMB” like THANK YOU AIZAWA

•Mic has no chill I miss him real talk we don’t get enough Present Mic

•”You’re wrong Kacchan” YOU TELL HIM MIDO

•Bakubitch may be a little much sometimes and I get why a lot of people don’t like him but he does understand his classmates ARE also strong and powerful and you know he respects them in his own weird way even though he’ll never admit it

•KIRI WINS THE ARM WRESTLING MATCH THATS MY FAVORITE BOY

•We love supportive parents (Ochaco’s parents. Fuck Endeavor. Just leave these kids aloonnneeeee you asshat)

•MIDO vs. TODO LETS GO BOYYSSS

•”I’m not worried about a couple of kids” you’re clearly not worried about your crusty skin either Shiggy learn some priorities

Episode 23: Shoto Todoroki: Origin

•IT’S SHOUTO TIME YALL

•All that power in one little fucking finger what the FUCK Mido also PLEASE STOP BREAKING YOUR BONES “I’ve only got 6 more chances” well there go your fucking hands my dude

•Aaaaand there goes your arm

•”You haven’t been able to put a single scratch on me yet, Todoroki” you’re doing a pretty good job of that by yourself Midoriya

•Baby Shouto kills me every time IM GONNA FIGHT ENDEAVOR

•IT’S YOURS. YOUR QUIRK NOT HIS. ITS YOUR POWER T O D O R O K I

•SHOUTOOOOOO

•Shouji grabbing Mineta by the leg so that he doesn’t fly away oh my god

•Endeavor and All Might come get y’all kids

•Midoriya’s fuckin dead rest in fucking pieces you masochist

Episode 24: Fight On, Iida

•Okay but why is Endeavor such a fucking Brick House holy fuck absolute unit of pure shit

•”In his first match he looked so sad. I was trying to figure out why...” it’s because you have a crush Mido

•And the first of many scars appears

•Recovery Girl is right and she should say it

•All Might said Quirkless Rights send tweet

•AHH TENSEI NOOOOO

•Highkey completely forgot about Stain OH WAIT THAT MEANS THE INTERNSHIPS ARE NEXT I really forgot the whole timeline wow

•Explosion Boy vs. Shitty Hair I love competitive boyfriends but Jesus Bakugou

•Testu cheering for his new friend tho? That’s the content I love to see

•Legacy Children Battle (Iida vs. Todoroki)

•”I didn’t know he couldn’t kick like that” he is ALL LEGS that’s literally his quirk Denki what do you mean

•Anybody fighting Todoroki: time to drag a Sad Bitch

•TENSEEIIIIIIII

•Bruh why did Iida tense up like that was your phone up your ass dude???

•Yo Stain is ugly as fuck

Episode 25: Todoroki VS. Bakugou

•Lmao Midoriya literally triggered Todoroki into using his Left Side

•And Todoroki triggered Bakugou by asking about his past friendship with Midoriya these boys are a MESS

•oh look it’s a Fucking Fire Gremlin

•BOOM BOOM BITCH THOUGHT YOU’D SEEN THE LAST OF ME HALF AND HALF BASTARD

•oh my GOD Endeavor shut UUPPPP

•Everyone listening to Bakugou go off at Todoroki: ...please seek some therapy

•SUPPORTIVE BOYFRIEND MIDO TO THE RESCUE

•The first time I saw this I highkey thought Bakugou actually killed Todoroki.

•Bakugou going feral for winning I can’t he literally looks like a trapped wolf

•We respect Tokoyami in this house

•About Bakugou ”Look at that face” I’d really rather not

•I’m sorry but Mineta sitting on Shouji’s shoulders is actually adorable

•Iida running through the hospital to his brother: It’s Loss

•I love the Iida Brothers so. Fucking. MUCH

•Shouto I’m so proud of you sweetheart

•Honestly I need more family stuff they’re all so interesting in their own ways and it’s a nice reminder that yes these are just kids and they have lives outside of hero school

SO that wraps up the Sports Festival Arc! I’m going to do the second half of Season 2/ The Internship Arc/ Final Exams all in one post so get ready for another long one ✌🏽

#mha rewatch #part 3 #mha #my hero academia #bnha #boku no hero academia #sports festival arc #i love these kids so damn much #but ngl im PUMPED to see the summer training camp again #now for the rest of season 2 #literally no one is asking for these posts im just bored and home alone for a week so TIME FOR A REWATCH #ignore if you want #this is more for myself than anything else #also if anybody wants to talk about the show...im always open to friends #long post #if anyone knows how to make one of those ‘read more’ cut things id apprecoate it sonce these are crazy long #spoilers

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movietweets · 6 years

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Iron Man 2

Let's leap back on the horse and get stuck into our next #MCU film: Iron Man 2. Oh yes indeed, this is going to be a good one. I've got on a pair of comfortable shorts and brewed a pretty strong peppermint infusion. Firing on all cylinders, let's get it on! #Marvel #Ironman2

Hey yeah, I remember agreeing with this statement last time. You do have a laundry list of defects Tony...but why are we in Russia and who's this old geezer? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh, now that's definitely a baddy. You don't get a musical sting like that without good reason. Also, I know it's Russia but when your surroundings are that gloomy you've got to be a wrongen. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Uncle Russia is dead. This calls for a good few glugs of vodka and some feral screaming at the ceiling. #Russia #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I'm starting to get the impression that this guy has some sort of personal beef with T-dog... Either that or he’s his No.1 fan. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Looks like they'd actually have quite a lot in common though to be fair. Both pretty handy with tech. Both started out in the super business working from a primitive cave. They should get together for a coffee morning sometime! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

You can tell Tony isn't a baddy, he's making an entrance to some classic 80s rock like a mid 90s pro wrestler. Jumping out of a plane again... it seems to be a running theme in the series, heroes leaping from air transport. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Holy shit, did that just happen... what has his life become.

Why are there can-can girls dancing behind him? What is he? A rock star now? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Good to see wankatron getting some stage time too.

"Not now wankatron, just help me get undressed!"

Look at those flares... is he wearing a woman's trouser suit? I think I've seen @theresa_may wearing the same thing in the house of commons. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I'm not saying that my if my head got any bigger it would unbalance the earth's orbit around the sun... #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

City of the future? It looks a bit naff doesn't it. Like the B-roll they used to use in episodes of the Thunderbirds. Or like something a child might make the setting for a train set. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Ooop! I spy a plot device... Tony's weird blood toxicity meter. 19%. Noted. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Urrgh... glad I'm not Tony Stark. That POV made my head spin. Obviously throw in a few shots of the adoring women and children fawning over him. Wouldn't want us to forget why Big T's ego is the size of a hot air balloon. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Hmm... haven't we seen this dynamic somewhere before? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh snap!

He's being cheeky with the US government now? Haven't you seen #houseofcards T? @KevinSpacey will literally change the laws to fuck you. I'm pretty sure you don't get to just define what is and isn't a weapon to suit your own private interests. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

You think all this is impressing Pepper? Think again bro, she's been sick of your shit since week 1. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Woah! STOP, HAMMER TIME! Prodding him right in the daddy issues. He seems like too much of a diva not to end up being a baddy. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

So Tony's black friend in the military is @DonCheadle now? What happened to @terrencehoward? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Yeah, look at that upgrade! I wonder what his monthly bills are like for that handset? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

That is almost exactly what happened to Tony too but luckily he's from the planet Zoopidoop so it barely hurt. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

That is literally the most terrifying thing anyone has ever said in the history of the world. No way would the international community stand for this. Where is the #UnitedNations in all this? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Haven't I been saying from the start that he's a wanker? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh yeah! Power up THE LASER WHIPS! Take that you decadent western media! #formotherRussia #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Now there's multiple suits? Iron men? I know Big T has a vanity problem but does he really need a choice of colour schemes? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Is HAL 9000 saying he has IronMan sex tapes? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Ahahaha! Classic wankatron. Turn him into a wine rack indeed! What would you do without your beloved wankatron Tony? #bluffing #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

#bloodtoxicitylevel 24%! So that's roughly 5% daily at the moment... Maybe soon we'll find out what on earth that means and why we didn't hear anything about blood poisoning in the first film. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Urrhh...that's what happens when you get Pepper to fiddle with your weird homebrew future pacemaker instead of a trained medical professional. That looks like its gone septic. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Yep, you're just like Obama. Would have been a better joke in 2008 when that poster was still relevant but I guess the production studio didn't want to hedge their bets (or perhaps they were part of team Romney...shame.) #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Good for you Pep! Now you can get rid of the man-cave vibe that's been slowly seeping into the office over the last 6 months. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

How does a guy living an a concrete hovel in the middle of Russia get tickets to the Monaco Grand Prix? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh... who's this saucy new damsel? I mean, it's Scarlett Johansson obviously but what is she doing here? Don't tell me Pepper's got some competition? She's obviously a main character too because why else spend the money on an Oscar winner? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Kick his ass Rushman! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I bet she can fit her whole fist in there.

Well, say what you mean then because Lord knows Tony doesn't need setting up for any more 'zingers' in this film. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

HAhah! How much did you pay for that @elonmusk? I think this must have been the moment he decided he was going to try and become the real life Tony Stark. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh, look who it is! It's supermodel/journalist! Wow, she gets around doesn't she... certainly has a type. Pepper throwing more shade than the arctic gets in winter. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

#ToxicCheck we're at 53% people... you'd think once half of your blood was made of poison you'd stop being able to charge around like an egomaniac on cocaine firing off 'zingers' left, right and centre. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I don't know how it's possible but somehow Big T has managed to come off as more of an unbearable jerk than in the last one. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Disrupting the careers of hundreds of people my insisting he get behind the wheel of an F1 car. A highly tuned performance vehicle that takes years of dedicated practice to drive; endangering not only himself but every other person on the track. Sure Tone.. why not give it a bash

Not only that, he's actually competing? Imagine how pissed you'd be if you were the driver! Years of careful preparation and training. All the strict diets and driver specific exercises, you're ready to go. Do it for the team! Then in comes some drunk billionaire...#MCU #IronMan2

This really does take the biscuit. And I don't even watch F1!

You know what? I'm actually glad that Russian guy with the whips is here to wipe the smug little grin off his face. I'm rooting for Ivan! #goIvan #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

He does look like an S&M stripper though: harness, the whips... I wonder if he rehearsed that bit where his shirt burns away. #sohotrightnow #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Laser whips out, he's like the blue shell in Mario Cart - FUCK YOUR LEAD! It's pretty damn super-effective too. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Of course it's possible to just drive onto the track. This is Monaco, they don't have the money for proper security! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

So what... Stark was in second place? At the Monaco Grand Prix? Despite never having driven competitively before? Yeah...of course he was. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Cor blimey... Ivan got pretty lucky to avoid that crash didn't he. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

That was like something out of Pirates of the Caribbean! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Also, why aren't the snipers shooting him? This is Monaco... So many billionaires are there right now. So many armed security teams and not a single shot fired? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I'm sure his legs will be fine #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Glad that the Rolls didn't get dented either. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Man... there is just so much wrong with this film. Whole suit in that tiny case? What, is it made out of cardboard? Also why is Ivan just sitting there while he puts it on... use the LASER WHIPS son! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Ummm... maybe take a look around though Ivan. I think that hit he took to the head was a little hard. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Yep, just let him into the cell...oh, no Monsieur, you don't need any guards to accompany you. Just head on in, we've got CCTV. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Looks like Tony's private jet got a remodel. No surprises that Pepper ditched the onboard strip club now that she's in charge. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Quite the chef...

looks like Ivan is having the same. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Risky move to activate the bomb before you unlock the cell.. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

STOP HAMMERTIME! I bloody new he was a baddy. Only a baddy would fly ice-cream to Europe (home of fine dining) from America (capital of junk food). #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Don't you know about the bird? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Come on mate! Everybody knows that the bird is the word! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Has Don Cheadle ever seen a crossword puzzle before? Also I din't understand why Tony isn't working on a cure for whatever is going on here. We still haven't has an explanation as to why this never happened in the first film. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Yep, its easy to hack into a secure computer just using its own build in interface. Just spend 5 seconds mashing the keys and you're in. To be fair though Tony did this earlier too. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

89% How is he still walking around? And also, wouldn’t that text be backwards from his perspective? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Record scratching in 2010? Yeah that DJ is your bro... definitely doesn't hate you. And why are you wearing the suit? That's like somebody bringing a grenade to a house party. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

No wonder Pepper is throwing enough shade at you to make the amazon jungle whither and die right now #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Good thing James is here to put him in his place. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Gross :( #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

YEAH! Wooo! Lets get showered with fragments of high velocity glass! Isn't that kind of how Tony ended up in this mess in the first place? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Its a good thing that those suits are one size fits all, even though Tony said earlier that he designed them specially for him. I hope they have a fight now, this film has gone far too long without a good fight. Almost 10 minutes! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh goody! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Not the only fight going on...

Okay Rhodders, all very well beating up your sloppy pal on his birthday and stealing his electric armour but how are you going to get it off without wankatron to help you? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

You might have thought that causing a scene and smashing up the place at your own party might leave you a little embarrassed and humble. Oh what am I saying... this is T-Bird we're talking about his ego practically has its own satellites #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Now ordinarily i'd have this guy penned as a wrongen. He's got all the classic signs. Black leather jacket, Eye patch, facial scars. It's just that elevator music that gives him away as a goody. You can't fool me. I know the conventions! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

WHAT!? You mean to tell me that the sexy newcomer who speaks 5 different languages, is an expert in martial arts and always seems to be everywhere but not actually doing anything is s SPY?! It's a good thing she's a good spy or he'd be fucked. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Yep, this is a guy who lets things go. The guy who is here to kill someone because of a grudge that his father had against his father. Come on Hammertime... get the bird. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

You want cheese with that Nick? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Daddy issues surfacing...intensifying.

Yep, you can totally see where he gets it can't you. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Awhhh. How lovely. Pappa did care after all. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Pepper just got spicy! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Tony's top tips: If you're having trouble seeing something in the distance, why not curl up your hand and use that as a makeshift telescope? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Okay, so going along at 60mph poking out the top of a convertible didn't quite get all the dust off your model city? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Better give it a quick blow as well... Oh look a massive puff of dust. Just as well.

Why didn't dad just put that in his note books? Why go through this whole convoluted riddle nonsense? Especially as Tony wouldn't have even been motivated to look for it if he wasn't Ironman and needing a new chest battery and he became Ironman totally by chance when he was kidnapped. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

What's this doing here? Oh it's just a reference to another film we're working on but isn't released yet. It's to vindicate anyone who decided to re-watch this hopeless film. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Okay, power on...Calibrating.... bastardizing scientific jargon...

Hey presto! New pacemaker battery! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh no! he's only gone and upgraded the LASER WHIPS! Hammer's going to get whipped for taking his bird. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

He's giving it the Tony Soprano hand pretty hard right now. You're not a mobster Hammertime! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

I thought all the device in his chest did was keep she shrapnel away from his heart and power the suit...

Why is he getting a buzz right now? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

No RHODDERS! Fight it! I can't believe that they didn't see this coming though after Ivan hacked their systems in 5 seconds earlier. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Oh yeah, some kid in a mask is going to take on Mr.Scary Robo Drone...

Oh Tony, why did you do that? Now he thinks he's invincible he'll be smashed to pieces at the next zebra crossing. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Seriously dude? At a time like this?

Yep that's physics for you. Electricity will always jump up and zap you instead of going to ground. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

She had time to visit a hair salon on the way here? Changing clothes while your pervy driver sneaks glances, sure but flawless curls like that take at least 45 minutes. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

She left a guy hanging by the neck? Isn't that a bit hardcore for a goody? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

How did everyone suddenly get on conference call.. Isn't this the baddies computer? If the goodies had access all this time why didn't they shut him down remotely? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Awwh glad they're friends again! I was starting to miss the bromance. Now hurry up and kiss so we can get to the fighting! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Take him away boys, he's been an even less satisfying villain than I expected. Surely we're about to see Ivan make a comeback? #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Ok we get it, Hammertime sucks. Now lets get the final boss fight underway already. Far too much of my life has gone by already. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Bring on the LASER WHIPS! They actually look a bit more powerful now but for some reason, even though they could slice through a rolls royce like butter, they just bounce off ironman suits. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

WONDER TWINS EXPLODIFY! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Is pepper deaf? That beeping is pretty loud and almost universally understood as the countdown to an explosion. In fact, why did Ivan even make them have a sound...could have got them totally by surprise. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

FINALLY she quits. Totally justified. Nightmare job. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Awhh... I think the wrong couple kissed there to be honest. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Understatement of the film. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

Well I guess that's it, except we all know that there's going to be an after credit bit so lets just fastforward for 5 minutes and see what's up. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

They're digging a hole in new mexico? Is that a hammer? Not Fix-it Felix Jr. from Wreck it Ralph!? Oooo! Can't wait for that one! #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

THE END

Well, can't say I enjoyed that too much but stay tuned for more Marvel tweet-alongs as well as the full write up with screenshots and bonus content coming soon. Thanks to the remaining 25 who are still following, hang in there guys! I get it. #MCU #Marvel #tweetalong #IronMan2

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