#they are so inseparable and i fucking love them truly one of the top ships of all-time for me.... i cherish them lots!
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happy valentine’s day! 💛💙
#persona 3#ryomina#ryoji mochizuki#minato arisato#makoto yuki#lizzy does art#GUYS... THE RYOMINA TAG IS IN SHAMBLES.... WHY IS THERE SO MUCH B0T SP4M IN THERE IM GOING TO CRY#we need a ryomina renaissance...... shoutout to these guys for inventing love + romance + soulmates + etc etc#ok but seriously though i love seeing peoples ryojis and minatos :) i love knowing that there are other people who are touched by them!!#if ryoji is smiling then im smiling. ryoji's happiness is important. but also ryoji would literally not exist without minato SOOOO#they are so inseparable and i fucking love them truly one of the top ships of all-time for me.... i cherish them lots!#also i love drawing chibis :) trying to focus on bite-sized sillies that make me happie... full comps aren't it for me atm
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favorite sapphic ships (can be from any media), go‼️‼️
Happy to do my part during Lesbian Visibility Week 🫡 (No order except for the last one being my fave)
1. Clarke/Lexa (The 100) - Unfortunately a victim of bury yours gays but first time for me seeing a Sapphic ship and I was like "girls....kissing girls?! Interesting this means nothing to me." (<- liar)
2. Emma/Regina (Once Upon a Time) - Same as before, just one of the earliest f/f ships for me
3. Korra/Asami (TLOK) - Didn't get why this was canon when I first watched it (I had yet to have some Realizations lmao), rewatched it at some point and was like Oh. oooohhhhh
4. Nobara/Maki (JJK) - Nobara is the lesbian of all time omg....the way she talks about Maki and appreciates her SO much. Maki so clearly appreciating her company and her support (but also maybe doesn't even know how much Nobara is so Ready to Fight anyone). They keep getting put on dates in official art....I know what they are....
5. Nami/Vivi (One Piece) - It has been...twenty one years (of irl time) since these two were separated...when they're reunited (which seems like it could hopefully be soon) it's gonna be the biggest Yuri event in the world (to me). LOVE them so much the way they looked out for each other throughout everything and Vivi recognizing Nami's strengths and Nami even though she's scared of fighting getting hurt because she loves Vivi SO much. Girls of all time.
6. Ymir/Historia (AOT) - I've had my issues with AOT so I don't end up talking about it a lot, but this is hands down the best ship. Historia was my fave character and they were IT to each other and the final letter Ymir sends to her is top five most devastating moments in the whole series. Love some tragic lesbians.
7. Hinako/Asashi (Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon) - Read a lot of published yuri at one point and this one was a standout. Hinako struggles with comphet, anxiety, trying to meet people's expectations of her, and is also good ace rep! The two of them start out as friends and Hinako coming to accept herself is sooo good, probably some of the best canon rep I've read (need an anime for this asap)
8. Rhaenicent (HOTD) - After Game of Thrones bombed so spectacularly at the end I thought I would not like HOTD, but they brought me back on board with the toxic lesbians. Literally inseparable from each other at the start and the one person that they trust, and it just devolves as EVERYONE around them fucks them over in a way where they end up blaming the other and are bitter and hostile about it, but even still after everything you can tell there's some love that never went away truly? Insane.
9. Pharah/Mercy (Overwatch) - ...Exposing myself as an overwatch fan....But these two have some of the gayest voicelines in the entire game (Pharah is my main so I would know lmao. I'm also automatically gay for any Mercy that pocket heals/buffs me ajssllflglh). Fly through the skies together and protect each other...HEAVY flirting while they're at it...Mercy is like the one person to know about Pharah's mommy issues....Yeah I like them lmao.
10. Utena/Anthy (Revolutionary Girl Utena) - Woooaaahhhh who saw this one coming as my fave sapphic ship....everyone? Ok. Anyways ship of all time to me. It's healthy. It's toxic. It's doomed. It's saved. It's canon. I can't even really put into words in one short paragraph why they work so well, but them and their relationship are the heart of RGU. When they get to the point where Utena realizes that what Anthy doesn't need is a prince to save her, rather that Anthy needs her own agency, and Anthy is FINALLY able to leave her abusive situation through that agency, and be able to find and love Utena with full trust. The queer and feminist themes of RGU really just make it unlike any other ship that I've seen.
#Me at the beginning: “I'll keep this on the shorter side 😃”#and the entries just kept getting longer lmao sorry about that#asks#ty for the ask i love lesbians <3
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Why don't we make it official?
please minors don't interact
Since you've been in the Stray Kids group, you've always been especially attracted to one member, Hyunjin.
Many people shipped you and him because you two were inseparable and did many live together very often, even if you always denied it, you really loved Hyunjin and had feelings for him now evident to hyunjin.
One day you were live with Hyunjin, while you were reading the comments you read one about a stay you didn't know what to say about.
"do you like Hyunjin?” stay asks, you look at Hyunjin and then look towards the camera.
"no,I like him as a friend."you say and Hyunjin chuckles placing his hand on your leg and squeeze it.
"I'm sorry but I have to disconnect the live feed..see you next time stay, love you all!"he says and turns off the live feed, you didn't expect Hyunjin to turn off the live feed so suddenly.. after all you were having fun but after that comment everything changed,you look at him, make eye contact for a couple of minutes, and his gaze goes to your lips and then to your eyes and he smirks.
"Why don't we make it official? we both know we are attracted to each other." he says Stroking your leg, you look down at his hand and then look back up at him.
"I don't think this is right, hyunjin" you say
"I truly like you,but..will we be able to hide it from others?" you ask him and he nods,he leans closer and places his lips on yours, his tongue began to explore your mouth, he put his hand on the back of your head and continued kissing you,he he makes you lie down on the sofa and he starts climbing on you and putting himself on top of you..his lips went from yours to your neck, his hands were busy taking off your shorts..damn, the day wasn't supposed to go like this but you definitely didn't regret it.
"oh babygirl,I see you like it,huh?"he says and I start taking off your panties and his fingers started making circular motions on your clit.
at his touch you let out a moan, and broke the kiss by arching your back, biting your lower lip..he started going down with his mouth starting to finger fuck you and with his tongue he started making circular movements on your clit.
"hy-hy-..hyunjin..I'm gonna.."
you tried to speak but couldn't, you put your hands in his hair.
"do it,don't hold back..just do it..cum on my finger, baby." he says not taking his head away from your pussy, every time he spoke everything vibrated in you. The sensation of his tongue and fingers sent shivers down your spine until you cum on his fingers..he looks up at you and smirks.
"good girl." he says and he grins.
he removed his fingers from between your walls and put them in your mouth.
"taste yourself." he says,you lick his finger.
"mhm.."you say and close your eyes "you make me feel sooo good hyunjin.."
you say and he nods smiling.
"of course baby..anything for you."
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👀👀👀👀 fluff prompts you say?? Maybe, hmmm... soulmates AU? Jaskier has a romantic soulmate and a platonic soulmate, and he introduces them? Geraskilion? Or any soulmate AU, I am WEAK.
Also have I mentioned that you're brilliant and wonderful and amazing lately? Because you are 💕💕💕💕💕
Short and sweet I said... then you hit me with geraskilion and I had feelings 😂
Ship: Jask/Geralt/Dandelion
CW: brief mention of sex, alcohol
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Soulmarks.
Everyone had one. Jaskier had two. He had a blazing red sword spanning from his right shoulder across his pectoral, and a delicate feathered quill in buttercup yellow on the inside of his wrist. Each mark bonded him with someone in a unique way. The red inked into his skin signified a romantic bond, and the yellow, a platonic one.
Not everyone was guaranteed to meet their soulmate(s). Jaskier was one of the lucky ones. He’d met both of them very early on in life. He’d been barely eighteen when he stumbled into his classroom at Oxenfurt university, flopping onto the bench, almost ten minutes late and horrendously out of breath. He’d spent the next two minutes digging through his satchel looking for a pen, when a long feathered quill had waved in front of his face, pink and sparkly and garish, but that hadn’t been what grabbed his attention. No, Jaskier had been more concerned by the yellow quill tattoo on their wrist.
A tattoo that matched his perfectly.
Jaskier had naturally promptly fallen out of his chair in an effort to pull back his sleeve to reveal his own yellow quill.
Dandelion’s laughter had gone straight to his heart, and Jaskier had been completely taken by his best friend ever since. The two Julian’s of Oxenfurt, completely inseparable, both in name and nature. No one who met them could believe that their soulbond was only platonic but it truly was. Dandelion also had two tattoos, but Jaskier had only seen one, all he knew was that they were both yellow, and his soulmate really didn’t care for nor want romance.
That was fine by Jaskier.
He’d known his romantic love was out there, waiting for him to find them.
Meeting Geralt was a lot less dramatic. Dandelion had been out drinking with some old school friends, so Jaskier had wandered to the other side of town to give his soulmate some space. The old bar had attracted him like a moth to a flame. It looked like something out of an old western film and Jaskier was weak for anything with a theatrical flair. He’d shuffled into the bar and plopped down onto the stool next to an unfairly attractive man who’d been nursing his whiskey, and ordered a Sex on the Beach.
Geralt hadn’t stopped staring at him, which wasn’t entirely unusual, Jaskier was an attractive man but this had been different. The sheer intensity of Geralt’s gaze had burned into his skin… his shoulder to be precise. Jaskier had been wearing a transparent black mesh shirt with cornflowers decorating the fabric, but his red sword tattoo had clearly been visible.
The rest of the night had been a blur but had ended with rather spectacular sex at Geralt’s place, revealing a second yellow tattoo just above Geralt’s hip, a marigold; a platonic soulmate that Geralt hadn’t met yet.
Five years later, that yellow marigold still went unclaimed, and Jaskier was still dancing between Geralt and Dandelion. It wasn’t as if he was intentionally keeping them apart, he was just worried they wouldn’t like each other. They were opposites in every way. Geralt was practical, rough around the edges, and a little too guarded in his emotions, whereas Dandelion was a flamboyant mess, a lover of finer things and eloquent to a fault.
It would break Jaskier’s heart if the two pieces of his soul didn’t get along.
So he artfully managed to keep them at a distance.
Until now.
Jaskier had finally decided it was time to move in with Geralt, after years bunking with Dandelion, Valdo, Essi and Pris, and Dandelion was helping him move. Although ‘helping’ was probably a strong word. Dandelion’s help was closer to just keeping Jaskier company, and really it was just making Jaskier sad about leaving him behind. He’d never wanted to be that person, the one that left his friends behind, but he missed Geralt more and more each day.
It just wasn’t fair.
“Jaskier?” Geralt’s voice called out from the open door; an hour early. “Are you ready to go, love?”
“Oh, ho, ho!” Dandelion giggled from Jaskier’s shitty single bed that he was leaving behind. “The famous Geralt Rivia! Fucking finally, I was starting to think you were making him up, darling.”
“Lion, no,” Jaskier groaned as his friend bounced up and skipped from the room. “This- this is a terrible idea!”
“Dandelion, I presume?” he heard Geralt ask, and Jaskier skidded into the room too late. “It’s good to finally meet you.”
This- this was not as terrible as he’d expected. The soft smiles the two shared was so much better than Jaskier’s wildest dreams. He let out a sigh of relief and everyone got back to work, until Geralt stretched up to pick up Jaskier’s stuffed lion from the top of his bookcase, which definitely didn’t still spend every night in Jaskier’s bed… of course not.
Dandelion shrieked and there was a twang of ukulele strings, as the instrument fell to the floor.
“Julian Alfred Pankratz!” Dandelion spat out vehemently, “You didn’t tell me your soulmate was my soulmate!”
Everyone froze.
Geralt glanced down at his now exposed yellow marigold tattoo, and then his eyes snapped up to meet Dandelion’s fierce gaze. Dandelion’s skirt was pulled down to reveal a very familiar marigold tattoo just above his hip.
“Bollocks,” Jaskier groaned, as the room burst into an array of laughter.
He’d really fucked up this time.
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Vice Versa
Rating: Mature
Relationship: Alien X Female!Human
Warning: Dirty talk, strong language, Alien/human relationship, Body swapping, Extreme fluff
Word Count:4846
An Alien and his girlfriend screw around with some mysterious tech on an abandoned ship and end up switching bodies.
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"What a shit hole," I kick a wet napkin away. I tighten my hold on my toolbox as I step over the pile of damp trash.
"Probably why its abandoned, maids stopped showing up," Sander laughs to himself. I glance over my shoulder at his calm demeanor. His bottom set of hands are in the pockets of his jumper, the others are crossed over his chest. He looks around at the dark ship, stretching his neck as he looks behind him. His muscle tee is loose over his shoulders, tucked into the tied-up mechanic's jumper. Something falls from the ceiling, dusting his head with debris. He raises one hand and swipes it off his crew cut.
"well at least it looks better than my first apartment," I look around, "perhaps this place has actual running water too."
"You humans and your subpar living spaces," he shakes his head.
We walk through the hallway, searching each room we pass for any residents. The place seems truly abandoned. Trash and debris litter the walkway. No tracks or signs of the previous life is available. No one has been here for a while, which is fine by us. We are just here to see if we can’t kick start the engine. Then guide it to the U.S. Marsh to be dismantled for parts.
Working on a scavenger ship isn't a good life but it’s simple. Especially when you are a valuable asset, get better meals then. I've been working for a little over two years, having been mentored by Sander a few weeks after showing up. We both hit it off and one thing led to another. Now he is my partner in more ways than one. After a year we became inseparable, taking work together. Everyone on board knows by now that if they want something done right, it was sander and me to call.
As I’m distracted looking at the holo-map I jump when I feel something run up my leg. I jump and take a quick step back. Sander begins to laugh, watching me as I investigate my leg. I look up and see his tail flicking lazily around where I stood.
"Fucking asshole," I sneer. He laughs a little louder at my dismay.
"What," he shrugs, "You know I have no say in what that thing does."
I look down at his tail again, "Thing is just as perverted as you are."
He simply shrugs again, "at least the thing has its priorities in check, always finds its way to you."
I fight back the smile creeping on my face, "Flattery will get you nowhere." Sander walks over to me, grabbing at my arm. I playfully jerk away from him, making him fight for it. He gets a firm hold on my forearm and pulls me close to his chest. His bottom pair of arms grab onto my waist. His top plays with my hand, the other petting my hair back.
"Are you sure about that," he grins. I roll my eyes and he pecks me on the nose, "So damn cute."
I can’t stop the smile this time. I push him away and bring up the map again, "Alright, we need to get to the elevator and the engine is on the bottom floor."
"Lead the way mistress," he flourishes his hand. Sliding his bottom pair back into his pockets.
I guide us both to the elevator at the end of the hall. Making our way to the bottom floor. As the doors open, we are both hit by a rancid smell.
"God, that’s like a punch in the nose ain't it," Sander winces.
"yea, smells like damn spoiled eggs," I grimace. We both reluctantly walk out of the lift. Looking around at the complete disarray of the room. The walls are rusted, and the metal sheets are prying away. The floor is covered in an oily sheen and more garbage. Carcasses of rodents litter the corners.
"Put on your mask, I think there is a gas leak," Sander warns. I reach into my tool kit and find the small gas mask. I take it out and strap it to my face. I look over and give him a thumbs up. He copies the gesture. He doesn’t adorn a mask, having a better capacity at rejecting toxins in the air. One of the many reasons he is normally chosen for tasks like this.
We make it to the end of the hall, the door opening at our nearness. Inside the next room is what we came for. The large hydrogen-powered engine. This was an out of date ship it seems. Everyone is all about nuclear or solar-powered ships, not needing great power if you never intend to land on a planet. Just using it for long travel and orbiting.
Looking the engine over it seems a bit off. There are lines of green all around it, giving it a stereotypical alien vibe. Having some bits and pieces beaten out of the sides, leaving chunks missing. Looks like someone attacked this engine.
"Someone shut it off," Sander says from behind the machine. I follow around and see the large switch turned down.
"explains why it took the jaws of life to rip the door open," my voice coming out in echo around the mask. Getting into this disastrous beast was strangely difficult. Like someone made sure the doors were welded shut. Sander shrugs and goes to flip the switch. When it clicked there is a soft whirling then nothing.
"Can never be that easy," He sighs. He switches it off again and looks around the engine. Pulling out a flashlight to look inside the bits that are removed. I walk over to a table aside from the wall, setting down my case. I lean against the wall letting him figure out what's wrong.
Stopping at the front he squints his eyes to get a better look. I can’t help but admire the focus. Sander is amazing at his job, having done it since he was a kid. He loves doing this, this kind of stuff just makes sense to him.
"Seems to be missing a very large part right here," he mumbles to himself. I walk over and look with him. He steps aside, keeping the light still. Looking into the compartment I see what he is talking about. A bunch of wires connected to a splice lay haphazardly at the bottom of the empty space. Looks like someone yanked something out of here, ripping the cords from the connector.
"Well that’s a problem," I sigh. I lean back and look up at Sander, "What now?"
He looks around the room," Maybe it’s in here? Doubt it, but its worth a shot." I nod as we both part to investigate the room.
The tables around are littered with garbage and torn apart machines. Boxes are filled underneath the stands. We search through each one, picking any machine we find. After some time I find a large cube. In the back there are some wire protruding, seeming unnaturally welding to it.
"Hey, I found something," I shout. Turning the machine over I hear sander's footsteps. He crouches down next to me, watching as I fiddle with the wires. Feeling a soft buzz in my hand.
"Looks right," he mumbles," hand it over."
I turn and pass him the machine. As his fingers touch there is a loud pop then a pulse going up my arm then blinding my eyes. I drop the machine and lose my footing, falling against the hard floor. I faintly hear the box drop along with Sander. My eyes can’t focus, blurring and swarming with black dots. The last thing I see is sander passed out on the floor.
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With a jolt, I snap my eyes open. I sit upright, wincing when I see the light ahead. My torso is heavy, and my feet feel sensitive. I raise my hand to my head, jumping when I see two hands raised. I stare down shocked at the dark green skin and clawed hand.
"Wha-," I start. I grip my fist, watching as both hands do so. I try to raise one but they both follow. There is something familiar about this arm like I’ve seen it a hundred times. I look down at my chest, noticing immediately my lacking parts. I’m covered by a black muscle tee. My lower half covered by a blanket. I throw the sheet back and look down at the all too familiar jumper tied around my waist.
"No," I whisper. I jump out of bed, catching vertigo as I stand. My top feeling heavy and a large weight down my spine. I turn around and catch sight of a very familiar tail. "No," I say louder. I spin in a circle, following the- my - tail. "No," I shout.
Across the room, I hear a groan, looking up I see someone lying in bed. Feeling the familiarity but not placing it I walk over. I stumble a bit, not use to having such long legs. I catch myself with my two left hands at the end of the bed. I look down at the human. She has an all too familiar look, something I know I’ve seen a thousand times. Seeing that face every day in the mirror.
I’m looking at myself in bed.
"No," I shout, stumbling away from the bed.
"God, I’m trying to fucking sleep. Shut up," I- they - say from the bed. It’s very strange to hear my own voice, it's higher than I realized.
"Jesus, do I sound like that," I wince. My voice sounding extremely deep. I cough and grip my throat, "God, I sound weird."
My body sits up from the bed in a jolt. They look at me immediately, giving a once over. Their eyes widen, pointing at me before covering their mouth.
"Wha- wait, Fuck," she says. She looks down at her hands, flipping them over multiple times. She rubs her eyes then repeats. She jerks her hands to her side, feeling along her ribs. "Where are my arms," she whimpers. I watch in shock as this person controls my body.
She jerks her head to me, "Who are you?"
"Uh, you," I wince. They look down at their body.
"Who am I," she asks. Turning towards the side table she grabs the metal bowl. Checking her reflection, turning the item this way and that. "no," they whisper. Dropping the bowl she turns to me, "Baby girl?"
"Sander," I ask back.
"No fucking way," she-he- shouts. Sander- I- jump out of bed, falling immediately onto the floor. I see his hand-my hand- slap onto the bed. Pulling himself up he glares at me. "Where did we meet?"
I stare confused, "What?"
He stands up, staring at me cryptically, "How do I know that you are who you suggest, where did we meet?"
"Uh, I worked beside Larkin in Storages. You caught me fixing the lift and offered to mentor me," I rush out.
He squints at me, "Anyone could know that, where did we first have sex?"
"That’s appropriate," I drop my hands to my hip. I wince when I see the multiple arms. It’s easy to forget.
"Answer me, where did we first make love," he snaps.
"You considered our first time as making love," I blush. He slaps his hand onto the bed.
"Answer the damn question," he shouts. It’s very strange to hear my voice yell at me.
"Was my room because yours was a shoebox compared to mine, on the living room couch" I answer. His posture relaxes and he stares concernedly at me.
"Doll, what happened," he sounds so small. Which I guess for the time he is small. My voice not helping at all, making my heart break a little.
"I have no idea; I woke up and now I have two sets of arms. Then a fucking tail," I manage to lift my tail. I stare down confused as I shift it either way. Flexing it and twirling it. "You fucking liar, you have full control of your tail," I snap at him.
"Yep, it really is you," he smiles. I have a cute smile, I notice. He walks around the bed, stumbling as he goes. He stops in front of me, giving me a once over. "Damn, you make me look good," he chuckles.
"I don’t think right now is a good time for jokes," I scold. I try to lift my hand but still manage to lift both at the same time. "Also how the fuck do you control these damn things," I wave my arms around. I lift both sides and try to drop just the bottom set. I strain with the effort and manage to drop them to my sides.
"Takes practice, Doll," he plays around with his new hands, "Also your voice is very strange to hear coming out of my mouth. Well, I guess your mouth."
"Yea, your voice vibrates through my chest," I rub a hand down my torso.
As we investigate our new bodies someone walks in. we both turn and see a nurse.
"Oh you both seem to be up and at em," the woman smiles. She is a Krattin, or Kraxin. I'm not familiar with the name but she just reminds me of my Aunt's cat, Phillip.
"Do you know what happened," Sander tries to walk around me. He stumbles still, scolding himself. "How the hell is it so hard to walk with your legs," he barks over his shoulder. The nurse stares at him confused.
"Are you having weakness in your legs miss," the nurse asks.
Sander sneers at her, "Do not call my miss. She is miss, I'm Sander." he points back at me then to himself. The nurse is more confused.
"No, that’s Sander," she points to me.
"No, I’m Sander. That’s my Girlfriend," He clarifies. I can’t help but chuckle at the situation. Sander glares which makes me laugh more. Glared at by my own face isn't that intimidating
The nurse steps closer to Sander," Perhaps you hit your head a bit too hard, lay down and ill check you out."
As the nurse reaches over, sander bats her hand away, "Babe, your help would be divine right now."
"Yea alright," I laugh, "miss, there seems to have been a mishap because I’m not who I’m supposed to be." the nurse looks up at me with her head tilted.
"What do you mean," she asks.
"Well, I’m in the wrong body for starters. I generally don’t have four arms or a pointless tail," I gesture to my tail.
"It’s not pointless, I’m hella top-heavy. It balances me out," sander scolds.
"I’ve seen plenty of men with huge torsos that don’t require a tail," I snap back.
He folds his arms," I have four arms, that’s pretty top-heavy. Your human men hardly count at such with their pathetic muscles."
"Pathetic? How would you know, you have a swimmer's body," I gesture to myself.
"Don’t give me that bullshit, you know you love my slender physique," he tries to purr. It just comes out awkward.
"It’s too weird to be hit on by yourself," I shake my head.
He looks down at his body," Yea, it weird to talk to myself as well."
The nurse stands by watching the exchange with pure confusion," OK, now I’m lost."
We both turn to her, "Right, I’m sorry. I hope that explains it. We seemed to have body swapped."
"Ugh, don’t say it like that. This isn’t that stupid movie you made me watch," Sander winces.
"Which movie? There is a bunch like that," I turn to him.
"The uh," he flips his hand about, "the two women. Switches with the mom."
"Freaky Friday?"
"Yes, that one. Fucking stupid," he goes back to crossing his arms. We turn back to the nurse who looks on the verge of calling security.
"Well, I'm going to check your vitals. Perhaps order for a scan of your brains," she says slowly.
"We aren’t crazy," Sander snaps.
"I never said you are, just sometimes in a tragic situation like near-death that people can make up things," she tries to explain.
"Do you think we are making this up," I ask.
"No, I think you honestly believe that you have swapped but most likely just mimicking their actions and believe such thing as mental swap actually happened,” she makes an excuse. It would be a solid excuse if I wasn’t the one dealing with it. I know I’m not who I should be. The ground is way too far away from my head. I have way too many arms, and I have a prehensile tail.
"Here, how bout we answer some question that only we would know," Sander suggests. He was always the one to try to quickly face a problem. "call Peter and Macy. They know more about us than anyone," he waves his hand.
With that suggested the nurse leaves the room. We both assume to collect our friends, but more likely to talk with someone about the situation. We converse amongst ourselves, admiring our new bodies while we wait.
Around an hour later the room is filled with people. Peter and Macy stand in front of us. A few nurses are poking and prodding our heads as a small group of people are surrounding us. It seems word got out fast about our predicament and a few brave souls have shown up for the freak show.
"Alright, sander," Peter starts," Last Christmas I got super hammered. What was the favor I asked you the next day?"
Sander bats the hands of the nurse away, "Easy, you asked that I don’t tell Katy about that Huxst you were hitting on." a few people around the room chuckle. A Huxst is a species of Lethargic creatures. They are very intelligent but very slow, keeping weight like no one's business.
"I should have picked a less embarrassing question," peter winces, "But she could have guessed that"
"Then why pick that question, rule was that you pick one only I would know. That only Sander would know," He corrects himself.
"Fine, give me a second," Peter thinks," ok, last week you asked me to pick up something for your girl. You wanted it to be a surprise, so I know she has no idea about it." I look over at sander, curiosity peaked.
Sander glanced up at me blushing," Different question."
"No, answer that one," Peter scolds. Sander looks up at me then back at the floor.
"Fine," He hisses, "it’s a signed copy of her favorite vinyl. It was in mint condition so I know she could use it whenever she wanted. The sleeve was worn but you could clearly see the signature from everyone in the band." I’m a bit floored by his revelation. It’s a very considerate gift. I have an old beat-up record player I got from my dad when he passed. It has fond memories every time I play one of his records. I know exactly what band he is talking about. It was a very old rock band. The fact that he didn’t just find one but one that was signed it beyond me.
"Really," I ask. I set my hand on his arm. Feeling strange touching my own skin with his.
He looks up at me," yea, it was meant for your birthday next month." I smile down at him, pressing my hand to my heart.
"I'd kiss you but I rather not kiss myself," I laugh. I get a chuckle out of him as well.
"I guess that answers it," Peter claps his hands, "They switched bodies." a few people around the room grumble as some exchange funds. I guess in that short time there were already bets.
Macy steps forward with her arms out," Wait. We have to make sure they are switched with each other. He could be anyone" She gestures to me.
"Well then Macy, ask me a question that only id know," I fold my top set of arms over my chest. Copying Sander's signature pose by putting my lower arms in my pockets.
Macy gives me a once over as she thinks, "When you first met Sander's do you remember what you told me?"
"That he is an ass," I chuckle. Sander flicks me in the arm.
"No, well yes but not what I meant," She smiles, "We sat in your room after y'alls first time. You were all gushy and giddy, hugging the pillow he slept on." I remember that day clearly. It was the afternoon after we first had sex. He stayed the night but left the next morning to work. I met up with Macy, needing to talk to her. I couldn’t stop smiling as I gave her the details of our date. I looked at her said -
"I think he is the one."
There were a few awes from the crowd, but I was too embarrassed to look up. I hid my face in my hand, not wanting anyone to see the blush on my cheeks. I felt a hand on mine, pushing it aside. I look upon my own face, filled with admiration.
"You really knew by then," He whispers. Keeping his voice down so no one can hear our private moment.
"Of course, you were wonderful," I can’t help but smile. He smiles back, bumping his head into mine.
"God you are such a softie," He has a wide smile, "I think I have to kiss you"
I lean back," No, I’m not going to kiss myself."
He grabs my face," Too bad, that was too adorable. I have to kiss you, its law." I fight against his hands, finding it easier now that I’m the stronger one. "Nope, don’t fight it," He laughs. I give in, letting him peck me on the lips. I drop my head to his shoulder.
"Fuck, I wish these people weren't here," I grumble. I feel Sander turn his head and regards the group.
"Proof enough," He asks the crowd," Now someone fix this, please. I’d like to kiss my girlfriend with my own mouth."
Everyone left the room besides the nurses who are still trying to poke and prod. We gave up trying to fight them a while ago. As we sat in relative silence we jump when the door opens. A few people roll in some machines on a dolly cart. One of the machines caught our eye immediately.
"that one," Sander shouts. He jumps out of bed, getting used to his new legs, and stops in front of the box. "this little fucker," He growls.
I hope out of bed and stop behind him. He leans down to pick it up but thinks better of it.
"Do we know what this is," He asks the workers in the room. I look around to see they are his workers. The mechanics that do more of the tinkering and fixing of the place.
"No, but it does emit a strong power. Rodney assumes it’s a battery of some kind," one of them that I recognize as Krait says.
"A battery," Sander rolls his eyes, "The thing is some magic body swapper device and you assume it’s a fucking battery."
"Chill out, they know as much as we do," I rest my hand on his shoulder.
"Excuse me for being a bit tense," He scolds over his shoulder," Fuck, I can’t even scold you properly. When did I get so damn tall!"
"Sucks being short doesn’t it," I laugh.
He sneers up at me," We better figure out how to switch back soon because I will have you on your back in seconds."
"promises, promises," I shake my head.
"Damn straight it’s a promise," he snorts. He looks down at the box, using his covered foot to nudge it a bit.
"How did you two switch to begin with," Krait asks.
"Well I found the thing and handed it to him," I point to Sander," and then there was a flash and we woke up here."
"You feel the weird buzzing up your arm and to your head first," Sander looks up at me.
"Yea, it was like being shocked," I rub my arm.
"Then let’s do that again," Krait suggests, "She picks up the box and hand it so Sander."
"I guess it’s worth a shot," Sander shrugs, "Can’t imagine we can get more fucked up."
"Hey, watch yourself. That my body you are 'fucked up' in," I nudge him.
He pets his hands down his chest, groping himself as he does so." and what a lovely body it is too." I kick him in the back of the knee, making him buckle. "Fucking ow," he winces. He rubs his knee as he eyes the box. He glances up at me next, "Ladies first?"
"According to the genitals in the room, I'm afraid to say that it’s you who is the lady," I smirk.
"On your back, screaming my name. that will happen even if we aren't switched back," He glares at me.
"Then let’s hope we can switch back because If we don’t I will be the one topping you," I laugh. He continues glaring but with a bit of mirth.
"Guys, please touch the creepy alien box before I vomit," Krait cringes. We both smile at each other at Krait's expense.
Sander reaches out first and grabs the box. Without my command, my tail wraps around his ankle. He looks down and grins.
"Told you I don’t have control over it," he glances back up. I shake my head as I tighten the tail's grip. Sander lifts the box from the dolly and turns to face me. "If you are in any pain, I want you to say so, I know how stubborn you are," he demands.
"I promise, it’s going to be ok," I console. I timidly reach out my top arms. Hovering my hands over the box, feeling the electric pulsing already. With a quick breath, I slap my hands to it.
Just like before I feel the current run up my arms and into my head. This time I feel like my skull is going to burst. I feel the heat behind my eyes and all I see is white. Then in a second, my legs buckle, and I fall to the floor. My head bouncing as it cracks against the tiles.
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I wake up with déjà vu. I'm sprawled over a hospital bed but this time I’m not wrapped in a blanket. I squint at the ceiling lights, making a note to tell the nurse to dim them for anyone who has been knocked out. I rub my eyes, feeling the softness of my own skin. I run my fingers through my long hair, brushing it away from my face.
"You are damn slow to the catch," I hear a deep voice beside me. I look over and see Sander sitting up in bed, watching me with a smile. I squint at him confused before it clicks. I jolt up in bed, "there she is. Hi, doll."
"It worked," I twist off the bed. He does the same, planting his- HIS- feet on the floor.
"Yes it did, lovely to see you again," he laughs as he walks over to me. I grab his bottom arms and pull him close. He kneels and wraps both sets around me. "God it feels so good to touch you with my own hands," He rubs his face on my head. I can’t stop the choked laugh that escapes me. It really worked, it fucking worked.
I lean back and grab his face. Pulling him down and taking his lips to mine. He gives no fight, tilting my head with his hand. His other hands petting me, memorizing everything. Perhaps having a new admiration for touching with his own skin when he lost it before. I reach up and grab his hair. Tugging on the short strands the way I know he likes. He groans into my mouth, grounding his hips into the bed.
"I’ll take it that it worked," I hear a voice call. We part and I turn to see Peter and Macy.
"Yea," I answer softly. Sander brushes his nose around my ear, still groping and petting me.
"I guess we should leave you two alone," Macy says. She grabs peter and drags him out of the room.
I turn back to Sander, resting my forehead on his.
"Hi," I smile.
"Hi," he answers back.
"What should we do now?"
"Fulfill a promise," he lifts me from the bed. His lower arms hold my thighs around his waist while his top ones hold my hips. He walks me towards the door, opening it to a nurse.
"Where are you two going," the nurse asks as she steps aside. we walk past her.
Halfway down the hallway, Sander yells out, "I'm going to make love to my girlfriend."
I laugh while peppering his face with kisses.
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Refrenced the only two body swap movies i know. Vice versa and Freaky Friday. This was meant to have more to it but it was already getting long so it's cut short. still reads well in my opinion.
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Red Strings Cannot Be Broken
@yatoriweek2020 Soulmates prompt. Gomen, gomen, it’s totally rushed and I since I suck at action scenes, fair warning it’s minimized as much as possible lol and I can’t help but think angst when I write this ship ;-; Aged up, Hiyori is 19. Total idk canon divergence.
Just as Yato, Bishamon and their Shinki’s reach the scene, Father cackles and drives a katana through Hiyori’s corporeal body. “You’re all such gullible idiots! She was always your weakness son. Three years we’ve done this dance and I was always one step ahead.”
The young woman stumbles backwards and collapses, holding onto her stomach. A reddish stain forming, seeping through the fabric and growing in diameter every second that passes by.
“So now what are ya gonna do?” the grinning sorcerer questions. “For betraying me, I will take away everything you love!”
“You sonofabitch!” The stray god screams and makes a move to rush forward.
“There’s no hope for her, see.” The man points the sword back at the dying girl with a menacing smiles. “Poor girl, if only she hadn’t met you.”
“Yato,” Bishamon yells as she takes off towards Father. “You get to Hiyori!”
A battle ensues between the goddess of war and the sorcerer as Yato rushes to the young girls side. He picks her up, cradling her body in tears. “Hiyori, don’t die on me, please!” But it really was too late, for her breathing had ceased and he could find no pulse. “Fuck!!!”
“Yato what are we gonna do?!” Yukine shakes him. “W-We can’t let her just die!” The poor boy was still in agony over his time of betraying the stray god and now the guilt of losing Hiyori was slowly taking hold. Nora stays quiet, hugging to the boy to keep him from doing anything rash.
“There’s only one thing I can think of…” the man mumbles. As the fight around them escalates, the pair watch a puffkine appear above the body.
Reading off his master, Yukine’s eyes widen. “I-Is that a good idea?!”
“I don’t know.” Her soul didn’t appear as an ayakashi, so that was a promising sign. Yato places her body back on the ground and stands before the floating spirit. There was no way to know for sure what would happen and no time to think it through. Performing his spell, he turns her into a regalia, but instead of giving her his family name of ne, keeps the human name Hiyori and makes her vessel name Majoki.
They watch as the woman they knew as Hiyori manifests, standing before them. “W-Where am I?” She questions the trio. “Who are you?”
Yato grabs hold of her by the arms to keep her from turning around and seeing her body too soon. He smiles. “I know this must be confusing right now, but I just want to tell you before it’s too late…” he leans his forehead against hers and closes his eyes. “I love you Hiyori. Soon I pray, it’ll all make sense again, but just remember I love you.” He whispers something the others two couldn’t hear, then pulls away and kisses her hand before releasing them.
He then turns to his Shinki. “Nora, make her see,” is all he quietly says, indicating to the girl to break the seal of the Gods greatest secret.
“But Yato, that might destroy her.”
“I pray it won’t. Please keep her safe for me Nora.” He places a final kiss on Hiyori’s confused cheek. “Come Sekki, we must finish Father right here and now before he does any more damage.”
Yukine transforms into a sword and the pair rush off to assist Bishamon. The boy asks Yato what he’d told Hiyori before they’d left and the God simply answered with, ‘remember me.’ But there was no time to question further. They needed to focus for Father was as skilled as any of them and a powerful sorcerer that could conjure and control ayakashi to attack them. This would be a fight to the death, either theirs or his.
Nora pulls Hiyori away behind some trees, and away from the current fighting. She hesitates for a moment unsure of exactly how to accomplish her task. As Chiki, she could wield the liberation spell that broke the secret, but without it, she would have to trigger it. The strange part was, normally telling a Shinki their true name would do just that, but Yato had given the woman back her real name and it didn’t do anything. Hiyori just appeared to have no memories of her past life.
“Do you have any idea who I am?” Nora questions, but receives a ‘no’. “How about Yato, the one who just spoke to you?” Again, the woman pauses, then shakes her head slowly no. “Yukine? The boy?” Nothing.
“That man… that man said he loves me. He sounds sincere, but I don’t remember anything. Were we in a relationship?”
“Sort of. You’ve been together for I think 3 years now. Inseparable, and you loved him too.”
“I did?”
Nora nods her head. “You… you died trying to save him.”
Hiyori’s eyes widen at those words. She was dead?! “I’m dead?!” Her hands fly up to her head, palms flattened against the sides as a suddenly whirling sound rustles in her brain. The noise grew, a myriad of voices, images hurtling through her mind so quickly, she couldn’t process what was happening to her. “No, no, no!”
The young girl grabs hold of the woman’s arms to keep her steady as she starts to shake uncontrollably. “Your name really is Hiyori. Hiyori Iki. You saved the god Yato once from getting hit by a bus and it turned you into a hanyou. After that you two became inseparable. You were with him when you found Yukine.”
“I don’t understand any of this!” Tears pour down the woman’s face. She was utterly confused at what this girl was telling her and yet somehow knew it was all true. How did she know it was true?!
It was a good sign to Nora that Hiyori wasn’t transforming into an ayakashi yet, but as the woman’s mind fought to unlock the secrets of her life, the pain appeared to be excruciating and the risks of being consumed were great. When she herself had learned the truth about her life, for some strange reason it never affected her and that was why she could wield liberation. Yukine too surprisingly had come through the process without completely breaking down.
“Over time, you and Yato grew closer and closer, and you helped him a lot. I believe it’s because of you that he’s completely changed for the better. You and Yukine are his family. Father, the guy they’re fighting now, he’s trying to destroy it all and he killed you because he knew your death could kill Yato too. But the only way to bring you back in a way, was to turn you into a regalia. That gives a lost spirit purpose again.”
Hiyori wanted to scream and run away. This was madness. A god, spirits, bringing back people from the dead?!! She could hear the battle raging just out of her sightline. And this girl. “Who are you then?”
“I’m Nora, one of Yato’s regalia like you. He calls me his little sister. We used to work for Father in the old days but we’ve both been betrayed by him. Yato realized it sooner than I did, but that man was only using us to wage his war with the Gods of Heaven.”
Great now Gods of Heaven as in plural. Hiyori’s head was spinning, and she felt like throwing up. “I love you Hiyori. Soon I pray, it’ll all make sense again.” Is what the man had said and even though her brain was not comprehending everything going on, her heart was telling her to remember it all... To remember... Hiyori gasps, “Remember me…”
A sharp pain shoots through her head, so she cradles it in her hands from the sudden spike. ‘Remember me…’ Hiyori cries out once and her vision goes black.
Hiyori Iki, 19 years old. Born to Sayuri and Takamasa Iki, brother of Masaomi, and born on June 28th. Everything about her life flashes as images in her minds eye. How she’d met Yato at the age of 16 through a near-death experience. Becoming a hanyou, The Far Side, the Gods, everything was rushing back in the blink of an eye.
As quickly as it began, it ended, and a final memory paused like on a movie screen. It was an image of Kofuku holding up the matching making tablets… ‘I— remember…’ Her feelings for Yato had started long before the god of poverty had interceded, but perhaps, that goddesses intervention truly sealed their bond eternally in a red string of fate? ‘That’s right…’ she’s starting to put the connections together. Learning who she really was should have driven her insane. It hurt, but…
Hiyori’s eyes open and finds herself lying on the ground with Nora kneeling beside her.
“Oh, thank the Kami’s you’re back,” the girl breathed out a sigh of relief. “I didn’t know what was going on, you just suddenly collapsed again.”
“Thank you, Nora,” she sits ups slowly. “I-I remember who am.”
A strange, invigorating energy was thrumming inside of Hiyori and she wondered if this is what the weapon aspect of a Shinki felt like. But Yukine had never mentioned feeling an odd sensation, and even weirder, she didn’t sense a regular weapon in her soul. The name Yato had given her was not of a normal tool but matched her abilities even while she was still alive.
She turns to Nora, “I need to help Yato. We need to help Yato.”
“There’s nothing we can do unless he calls for us,” the young girl replies. “And he probably wouldn’t want you anywhere near the fighting.”
Hiyori lifts up her hands and focuses on them, reaching deep within her very essence and feeling the energy burning inside of her. Nora watches in fascination and downright amazed surprise when they begin to glow. She’d become the perfect weapon to defeat a sorcerer.
“I don’t care what Yato thinks,” the woman steels her resolve. “He needs my help.”
With Nora following close behind, Hiyori rushes over to where the Gods were fighting. They see others had joined in the battle. Kofuku & Daikoku. Tenjin, Ebisu, and several others that Father had not yet brought to their knees. Amaterasu and Heaven’s army had already suffered devastating losses prior to this event, and this fight with his son, was Father’s last obstacle. The two girls stand at the top of a hill surveying the battle, and when Yato senses them he turns to look.
That lapse in focus also catches Father’s attention. He breaks away from one attack and rushes towards Yato.
“Call my name now!!” Hiyori screams to the stray God.
He hadn’t planned on letting Hiyori anywhere near this fight, but overwhelming energy flooding off his Shinki was something he’d never heard of or felt in his life. Without another second of hesitation, he screams, “Majoki!!”
The flash of light from the vessels transformation was not only blinding but sent out a wave of energy that sent Father flying backwards from the shockwave. Even the other Gods stopped what they were doing in confusion. No new weapon manifested in Yato’s hand, only a red tasseled cord wrapped loosely around his neck.
Whatever miko abilities Hiyori had in life were now amplified ten-fold as a Shinki. Her connection to Yato and their love for one another transcended death because of their tied fate and as his regalia turned her into his strongest weapon against this kind of foe. How do you fight a sorcerer? With sorcery.
“Whoa what the hell powers does she have now?!” Yato hears Yukine asking him in his mind. “Even I can feel her!”
“Y-Yeah, even I’m surprised,” the God answers back. It all felt a little strange because it was so different than any other Shinki he’s ever had. Hiyori’s powers didn’t flow from a tool… Yato became the tool.
“Bind his powers Yato. He is nothing without his magic.”
“But how?! That’s a Shinki’s ability not a Gods.”
“You shall wield us,” she responds in his mind with no hesitation. “All you need to do is strike Father once and I will send the power through Sekki. Once he’s wounded my magic will seep through to affect the spell. Then you all attack for he will be a mere human.”
“We can do this Yato,” Yukine responds as well. “As a team.”
“No,” the God breathes out with a smirk, “as a family. Hiki!!!” He pulls his third vessel into the fray.
“Yato what are you thinking, three of us will sap a lot of your energy,” Nora scolds the God.
“Well then we better make this quick!”
“Guys!” He screams at the other Gods. “Let’s back him into a corner fast! I got a plan!”
After being thrown back, Father scrambled to his feet ready to take on the next challenger. With Yato’s call of collaboration, God after God along with their Shinki’s levy a multitude of attacks at the sorcerer forcing him into a defensive. There’s just too many things coming at him to counter. He tries to call ayakashi’s to his aid, but they are either killed off quickly or Hiyori and Nora combine their energies to control the spirits.
Finally, the constant barrage is taking a huge toll on the sorcerer and everyone can sense it. The male is using a significant amount of energy to fight back, and it’s rapidly depleting. A solid blow from Bishamon sends him hurtling into the trunk of a tree. He hits his back hard against it and falls straight down. Then, before he can get to his feet, Yato sweeps in with two solid strikes by Chiki and Sekki, cutting a deep gash over the sorcerers torso.
Father screams in searing pain as he feels the burn of Hiyori’s magic soak into his flesh. “No! No! No! this cannot be!!” It travels outward from the wound until it encompasses his entire body, binding his magic, and sapping any ability beyond a physical confrontation. He sinks to the ground, clutching to his chest and abdomen, in agony. “That bitch!”
“Oi,” Yato narrows his eyes and puts the blade of Sekki to the man’s throat, “don’t call her a bitch just because she out classed you.” It was starting to dawn on the stray God that his meeting Hiyori truly had a purpose.
The man grits his teeth as adrenaline from pain and anger fires through his nerves. “Fuck you!!”
“Tch. You thought you knew me, us so well that you thought you could manipulate things. But you never did old man. Your hate ends now.”
At that moment, the war goddess grabs the fallen sorcerer by the fabric of his yukata and yanks him to his feet. “Heaven has rendered their full judgement upon you. Amaterasu will make your death a painful one I’m sure.” With the help of some of Heaven’s soldiers, the mortally wounded sorcerer is flown away to receive his divine punishment.
Yato releases his Shinki’s and collapses from exhaustion. Thank the Kami’s it was over because he wasn’t sure how much longer he would have lasted. There would be a lot of explaining to do but it could wait. First things first.
“Yukine, Nora, could you two wait for me at Kofuku’s?” the stray god requests of his regalia. “I need to talk to Hiyori.”
“Don’t do anything else crazy!” Yukine shakes his finger, scolding the man.
“Come on,” Nora pushes at her friend. “I doubt she’d let him.”
Once the pair is leaving, he turns back to the woman sitting patiently beside him. “Hiyori…” he felt guilty that he wasn’t able to save her life, and now wasn’t sure what to say. “I’m sorry I failed you.”
“I don’t blame you,” she takes his hand. “It was my fault for getting in the way.”
“But Father was right, if only you’d never met me… o-or if I’d cut your ties sooner, you’d still be alive.”
“Yato, listen to me.” She cups his cheeks in her hands and holds his gaze. “Do not blame yourself for any of this. I made my choices and you honored my wish. Am I sad that my family won’t be able to see me anymore, of course? They’ll be heart broken, but we both know this was the only way to make my final wish come true because no matter what,” her voice softens into a smile, “I love you too.”
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SPOILERS digest #4
:) You know the drill folks... behind the cut be spoilers. (Oh and in my liked posts as well. Idk why you would be looking at them, but just in case!)
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the anon who wrote in multiple messages with actual spoilers is right, that’s pretty much everything that happens concerning bucky. the last scene is peggy and steve dancing in 1940, and while i love hayley and chris it was so awkward, i got staron vibes, just felt out of place. but yeah cap really got a shitty arc and i my stucky feelings aside i don’t think he would leave behind bucky, sam, everyone who counted on him as cap while they reeled with the loss of nat and tony. very ooc. RS- agreed. Even minus Bucky, leaving his team behind seems very ooc to me as well.
Sam and Bucky had very minimal but sweet interactions which is a nice setup for the sambucky show, imo. During Tony’s funeral all the characters are gathered around a lake and Sam comforts Bucky kinda patting/rubbing his back (which idk why but it was cute), and when old Cap appears Bucky and Sam start to approach then Bucky stops and tells Sam to ‘go ahead’ when old Cap hands Sam the shield he looks back at Bucky who nods his approval before he takes it. Thought those were nice moments. RS- good! I’m very looking forward to their show.
Just saw endgame. Went to read your spoiler digest. I don't agree, my feeling was that Steve felt reunited with Buck, he got him back at the WS movie, and then again when he returned from dust. Bucky was in his life and he knew that that wouldn't change once he got back from the stones. So Steve decided to take his time with Peggy. He got the best of both worlds, and by the way he and buck said goodbye I with that they both agreed that it was the best thing to do. RS- I’m glad that you’re satisfied with the ending! :)
I just got back from Endgame, people are overreacting, some have not even seen and are repeating what others are saying. Hulk says in the movie that by traveling to the past our present becomes our past. When Steve decided to stick with peggy, the his present became his past. Ancient One will tell the Hulk that by removing the stones, this opens up alternative realities. So Steve went to another reality, he did not erase Peggy's husband and children. Part 1 Even if he had defeated Hydra on his return, this would not stop Bucky from teh present suffering from torture, this is explained when the Nebula kills the Nebula of the past. The current Nebula remains alive. Steve is not selfish, he also did not abandon Bucky. Bucky lets him go and be happy. Watch the movie for yourself, there are great moments, the movie is good. Part 2
The Hydra cap scene is because he needs to pick up the tesseract that is with Rumlow, so he tells that bald guy that he needs the bag. they would start a fight in the elevator, to stop it from happening, he says hail hydra. It is played with humor and he needed to get the tesseract that Tony had lost.
The Russo brothers are getting undeserved praise for having an openly gay minor character in Endgame, when they could have easily shown that representation with one of the actual superheroes. Valkyrie is canonically bi, imagine how amazing that would be for so many fans who do identify as lgbtq. And on top of that they baited and then denied fans who do ship stucky the opportunity to interpret Steve’s ending how they want. I’m so disappointed.
Really bummed out Bucky doesn’t end up with the shield. They hinted at the shield being pass down to Bucky throughout the films. Does he stay as the Winter Soldier? What is this whole White Wolf thing? Does Seb still have that 9 picture deal? I dunno. Just think Bucky deserves more. RS- yeah :/
Ok so screw the comics. They made it out to be steve grew old made a life and is married to Peggie due to the ring on his finger. And Wtf Bucky nod and was ok with Steve handing Falcon /Sam the shield 🛡. This is insane. I now truly believe the rumors that Chris Evans actually block Seb from getting the Shied. The Russo are great however they have completely fucked it up when it comes to the ark of Capt America and passing of the shield 🛡 so disappointed. Great movie but no!!! Just wrong. RS- there’s no way Chris would do that or has the power to do that. Don’t start believing conspiracy theories hun.
Best friends since childhood, Bucky Barnes and Steven Rogers were inseparable on both schoolyard and battlefield... the Entire Captain America revolved around the friendship of these two and how steve fought to get him back etc for the end Steve to leave bucky behind and cap America become selfish over Peggie who he barley knew and had a crush on and. Create a life with her to grow old. It makes no sense. Not to mention to hand over the shield to falcon and have Bucky nod in approval. Wtf!
Please, can you post (with spoiler alert read more cut), how many screentime has Seb? And what do you think about his performace, arc, etc. Thanks! RS- I haven’t seen the movie.
Do you think that anything changed that Bucky/Seb didn't take up the shield and Sam/Anthony did? I always thought it was going to go to Bucky, and I am happy that Sam has it - he deserves it and I'm so happy for Anthony Mackie, too - but it still surprised me. I'll be glad to see Seb being able to do much more various work now. I wonder if he's sad though. It always seemed like he wanted the shield and my <3 is sad for Seb that he didn't get it. RS- there was always the chance it would go to Falcon because it happens in some of the comics. I don’t mind as long as Seb gets a good meaty character arc with Bucky. ... but with what happened to Cap... I don’t trust Marvel with that anymore.
Fans are really not happy about Endgame. RS- lol. Short and to the point.
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yeethaw and welcome to ‘sierra drops a muse because she’s bored’ i’m your host sierra. and i’m here to introduce you to my smol kid Carrington, who might i add broke my streak of space names but whatever. also i’m 110% sure this bio is going to be a) long and b) something v different from what i usually do
╰☆╮ HALEY LU RICHARDSON ─ CARRINGTON ‘CARRIE’ ALDERIDGE-SANGSTER identifies as CIS-FEMALE and uses SHE/HER pronouns. they’re a SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACTRESS, and they’re only TWENTY ! they’re said to be WARM-HEARTED, but also DOGMATIC. i guess that’s why they’re known as THE FERVOUR in the tabloids. ( florence welch / lauren jauregui )
the baby doll + the contingent — aka her early years [ infant to 12. musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ]
carrington amelia elizabeth alderidge-sangster was subject to the same cruelty as her half-sister anastasia, getting the longest fucking name possible. although she doesn’t go by carrington, both her friends and family call her ‘carrie’
she was born june 30th making her a cancer: ‘ the crab. cancerians are seen as sensitive and emotional, and in fact they are. they’re the cry babies of the zodiac, though they’re a lot tougher than people give them credit for. they’re maternal and caring and empathetic as all heck, with a tendency towards traditional values- deep down, they want the white picket fence. along with virgo and libra, they’re one of the most romantic of the signs.’ but this information won’t be relevant until later
was v spoiled as child, and got basically anything she wanted? caused her to be a bit of a brat as a kid and she constantly needed validation from others. she had the picture perfect childhood if we’re being completely honest
always wanted attention, always needed to make sure that she knew other people were aware that she needed their attention
then she was shipped off to le rosey to follow in her sister anastasia’s footsteps and boy oh boy thing changed for her
the sovereign + the opulent — aka her teenage years [ 13 to 18. musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ]
remember how i said that carrington was very needy and constantly wanted validation? yeah just about the moment she stepped foot on the lush green grass of le rosey she changed
was immediately the girl who was colgate smiles and perfect posture on school brochures, brandishing a tennis racket beneath a blurb about the institute’s proficiency in churning out well-rounded pupils, but underneath? she was the devil’s reincarnate of blair waldorf.
although her sister was two years ahead of her but left a reputation behind with her, and so in turn carrington was immediately popular, and she used it to her advantage
mixing in her family’s pre-established wealth ( which she flaunted at literally every opportunity she got ) with new-found popularity carrington ruled the school brandishing a fashionably velvet fist
she was bitchy to everyone, she disregarded other people’s feelings was callous and abrasive, and didn’t care what anyone had to say about her ( because she’d end up ruining their reputation and smiling in their face afterwards )
although her family wanted her to be like anastasia playing tennis and being the model student ( which she was for her first year ) she ended up finding her passion for music, quickly joining and leading le rosey’s school choir
carrington was smarter than anyone ( including herself ) gave her credit for, she aced all of her classes, and was on the road to becoming le rosey’s next valedictorian
then, she met him. the supposed ‘love of her life’. the one who was so close to making her soften and lose track of her studies, and just run away with him. until, she found someone ‘better’ stabbing him in the back, and promptly sashaying away from the damage
though leaving him was perhaps the biggest mistake she ever made, the ‘better’ thing she found turned out to be much worse. she was abused emotionally and physically, and they had sex whenever he felt like it.
suddenly she was with child, and in a panic she called stas, who took her to get an abortion without her family knowing, to this day stas is the only person knows about her daughter that never came to be, supposed to be named cornelia anastasia daphne alderidge-sangster
finally senior year approached and not wanting to break her facade carrington continued on her studies, and when she graduated she was given the honor of valedictorian ( along with winning prom queen at both her junior and senior prom )
the fervour + the fallen angel — aka the current years [ 19 to present. musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ]
carrington had plenty of offers to go to college, but the one she settled on was the juilliard school in manhattan, new york she earned her aa in both acting and vocal arts, and also has full intentions of returning to juilliard in the spring to achieve her ba in those same two things
of course carrington’s talents didn’t go unnoticed, she was quickly offered a netflix show which is currently recording it’s first season, being one of the top rated netflix comedies/dramas ( think ‘one day at a time’ and ‘brooklyn nine-nine’ )
she’s very different from when she was a teenager, after her mother fell ill, and her step-father passed away she’s become very sensitive to the feelings of others, and her own feelings, she’s very maternal and will try to protect everyone, no matter how atrocious of a job she does
she’s very much a hopeless romantic, she’s read each and every single one of stas’s books at least five times, and she wants a love so deep she won’t have enough words in the english language to describe it
falls in love with just about anyone, no matter how bad they are for her, you could do something as nice as hold the door open for her, and immediately she’s falling head over heels for you, thinking about you, and planning your wedding together
wanted connections: ( there’s a lot skskksks )
familial —
half sibling - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] anastasia daphne margeurite sangster. when they grew up carrington was a bit of a brat, and they didn’t get along to well, but after spending so many years together they’ve not only become sisters, but also best friends.
romantic —
high school sweethearts - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] the boyfriend that she met and dumped at le rosey, she was in love with him, truly she was, and maybe a huge part of her always will be but she like to think that ship has long since sailed.
long distance relationship - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] an online relationship; something that actually lasted for a good while? he would’ve still been at le rosey so they’ve never met in person but something soft where they called and skyped all the time but over time things fizzled out because she got so busy with his school and work.
secret relationship - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] although carrington still isn’t out as bisexual, this was always the case, at one point she had to hide the relationship between her and the girl she loved, which is perhaps why it ended, but despite it all carrington will always love her to some degree.
toxic relationship - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington probably got cheated on by this person, and dumped multiple times, but there was something about them that just made her keep coming back for more, and she did every single time. until one day, she just didn’t. Or maybe they didn’t come back, or maybe she moved on, either way they haven’t spoken since.
pr relationship - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington is essentially america’s sweetheart, i mean imagine an heiress, turned singer-songwriter, and now a house favorite sitcom star, where’s the blemish in her status? that’s exactly what happened when their agents set these two up, i mean after all, how hard can faking a relationship be?
skinny love - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington has an extremely bad habit of falling in love with people, the only twist is this time this person fell back, except carrington is much too afraid to admit to herself that they’ve moved their relationship past being ‘just friends’ and so she doesn’t.
unrequited crush - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] like i stated previously carrington has a really bad tendency to fall in love with those who don’t want her back, and this time is obviously no different, she’s probably never told them about her crush, and has absolutely zero intention to do so, but we all new york has a funny way of making people confess.
fwb - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington is far from being known for her sexual prowess, but she is known for getting her heart broken, and that’s exactly what happens every time these two hook up. carrington tries convincing herself that it’s normal, and most of the time she’s successful, but every now and then she can’t help but wonder if they should stick to being just friends, after all she gets attached far too easily.
platonic —
squad - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] oh gosh these four have been inseparable from the moment they met, sure they fight but in the end, no matter what, they promised each other that they would stay friends until the very end.
best friend - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] after being the devil’s reincarnate throughout high school, carrington kinda pushed away the idea a best friend, she simply shrugged off the thought of finding someone who could understand herm and then suddenly she found them, her best friend, she loves them to bits and pieces, and somehow they just feel like an extension of her, nowadays carrington could never imagine going about life without them.
roommate - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington has a fairly big penthouse, alright more than fairly big, and to keep herself from getting lonely she got a roommate, and about a billion animals for, although their house looks like a zoo, carrington actually loves her roommate? they’ve seen her at her highest and lowest points, and have decided to live with her dumbass through it all, they don’t even have a problem with the millions of animals living with them, honestly where would she be without them?
good influence - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington is known for her impulsive decisions and irreversible actions, but with this person by her side the world seems like it’s at carrington’s fingertips. she’d probably rank them very high on the list of the best things that have ever happened to her, right next to anastasia and hot cheetohs.
bad influence - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington has never been one for parties, maybe it’s the fact that she’s not old enough to drink, or that she’s a hermit half the time, but she’d much rather hang out by herself taking pictures of her pets, and going on her own little adventures around new york. but with them, her adventures seem to be hard to remember, and parties seem so much more fun.
unlikely friends - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] carrington is probably the exact opposite of this person, personality wise, fashion wise, but yet despite the odds these two are still friends, and she actually enjoys it? sometimes she wishes she was outspoken and brash as they are, that she could learn to distance herself so easily, but they constantly prove themselves to be one of the closest friends she has.
frenemies - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] one minute they’re insulting each other, the next they’re getting mani-pedis and getting brunch together. no one can quite tell if they love or hate each other most the times, not even them.
enemies - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] it’s just every little thing this person does just irritates carrington, for one reason or another, and at this point she’s given up trying to be cordial, or even pretending to be.
ex-best friend - [ musings: 01. 02. 03. 04. ] maybe they were best friends back in their le rosey days or maybe they met and immediately clicked but somehow in some way it just stopped. and carrington hates knowing that people don’t like her, plus they were really close and carrington really thought maybe she could glue their friendship back together, or that somehow if she held on tight enough then her best friend would stop slipping from her fingers, but it turns out the tighter you grip something, the easier you lose it, she definitely still misses them, and still probably accidentally texts them from time to time.
#intro#death tw#pregnancy tw#abortion tw#abuse tw#let me know if i missed anythine! because i promise i don't remember writing this#sksksks hennyways like this for plots!
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Welcome (again) to A Cup-pella, Kai! We’re excited to have you and Lara James in the game! Please go through the checklist to make sure you’re ready to go and send in your account within the next 24 hours.
OOC INFO
Name + pronouns: Kai + she/her
Age: 25
Timezone: EST
Ships: LJ + an NSA-less world
Anti-Ships: LJ + unhappiness
IC INFO
Full Name: Lara “LJ” Rae James
Face Claim: Hayley Kiyoko
Age/Birthday: January 28 / 25
Occupation: Member of Geek Squad at Best Buy + Full time student at NYU
Personality: adaptable, charismatic, impulsive, extroverted, creative, clumsy
Hometown: New York City, New York
Bio: To say that Lara James’ childhood was a mess and a half would be speaking politely. From the moment that Lara was born, her parents struggled. Her mother was a waitress for a small diner located in the heart of Manhattan and her father was a handyman for an apartment building that liked to pay him under the table. While it was nice to not have to deal with the taxes taking money from his paychecks, it meant that sometimes, the main provider of the house was not bringing home enough money for the family to live comfortably. There were many times throughout Lara’s childhood that she remembered the lights flickering before going out for days on end. This was something that typically brought on hours of screaming and bickering between her parents about all issues surrounding money and the unhappiness that it brought to them. While Calvin and Melissa James always strived to bring the best for their daughter, sometimes their money situation could not even provide a well balanced dinner for their daughter for weeks on end. It was something that Lara always thought to be normal and casual amongst the children of her neighborhood, but after being labeled a few horrific names from her classmates, she knew that wasn’t the case.
As she grew, things never really got better. Her father kept losing job after job, stress taking over his life, and turning him into a man that was filled with anger instead of the happy, bubbly man that she always loved and adored. Her mother had lingering eyes for every male that came into the diner, always wondering what life would be like if she wasn’t strapped down by the suffocating lack of funds in her family. In fact, when Lara was just seven years old, her mother’s lingering eye is what took her away from her family. One night, Lara heard shuffling outside of her bedroom door and before she was able to investigate what was going on, her mother was gone. She had packed her few belongings and left Lara and her father to their own devices. Later on, Lara would find out that she had met a wealthy man who was capable of giving her more monetary happiness than her own flesh and blood ever could. It was something that made Lara see that the world was not always as kind and forgiving as she thought it was.
It took her mother’s departure from their lives for things to turn around for Calvin and Lara, however. Once there was no other means of money and income coming into the apartment, Calvin started working harder to get jobs that were well paying and reliable for work. He started looking in construction, quickly becoming employed with a company that actually made him fill out a W-2 and do things by the book. The money started coming in more readily, and Lara was seeing things that she never had before: birthday presents, dinner on the table every single night, random gifts of appreciation from her father, etc. While they didn’t have much, there wasn’t a single day in which the lights went out in their home.
It wasn’t until her fourteenth birthday that Lara received a gift from her father that opened a door in her life that she had never been prepared for: a personal laptop. There was not a lot of extra money lying around, but the hefty priced gift was something that was met with a beaming Lara and a very smitten Calvin that he had done so well by her. For that next coming years, Lara spent her life on her laptop. She researched everything she could find, downloaded all the free video games that she could come across, and taught herself everything the Internet could teach her about coding (which was a lot). Her research and fooling around online quickly came to a staggering halt the moment she turned sixteen whenever she thrusted herself into a job. While she was just working at Best Buy as a cashier, it was something that helped her father out in little ways whenever it came to bills and purchasing groceries. He was constantly protesting her from working as much as she did, but Lara liked that she was finally pulling her own around the house.
Once Lara graduated from high school (fourth in a class of a few hundred), she focused on working and nothing more. She had always dreamed of attending college, but dreams did not pay the bills at home and Lara was terrified of racking up a bill with student loan programs. She was happy though. She climbed the ranks at her local Best Buy and soon enough, she was partaking in the program of Geek Squad. She got to spend time doing what she loved most, handling technology, and was getting paid in the meantime. It only took a couple of years and soon enough, Lara had padded her savings account enough to fly from her nest of a home. It was something that Calvin struggled with, but she was only living a subway trip away from his clutches.
Living on her own was something that Lara quickly found to be a lot more complicated than she had thought. She wanted to be the independent individual she always knew she was, but rent was hard to make every single month. Because of such a thing, Lara was quick to look for roommates. After a few duds came into her life, she came across Evie Miller. She was everything that Lara found annoying in a person, but for the sole purpose of wanting entertainment around her apartment, she decided to sign the lease with allowing her to move in. While it may have taken a couple of months, Lara and Evie soon became inseparable. Not to mention, Evie was the person who inspired and encouraged Lara to start following her dreams and enroll in college. Lara isn’t shy to tell anyone that her roommate is the reason behind her college success, but she keeps it under wraps that while she is attending school for a Computer Science degree, she’s also enrolled in a full time honor’s program.
Pets: N/A
Relationships:
Evie Miller: At first meeting, Evie was the opposite of the kind of person that LJ wanted to associate herself with. She was the happy-go-lucky type that was constantly barging into her room with her wide smile and multitude of stories, which always made Lara question her decisions about agreeing to be her roommate. However, as time has passed, Lara has considered Evie to be one of her closest friends in life. She’s the epitome of a ‘ride or die’ for Lara.
Matt Solis: For a person that runs the other way from love and actively states that it does not exist, she fell rather hard for Matt. They got along from the very beginning of meeting, and from the moment they kissed, Lara knew that she was screwed. She was wrapped around Matt’s pinky finger up until the moment that things weren’t what fairytales were made of. Somedays, Lara blames herself for being too flaky whenever things got closer and closer to true love. Other days, she blames Matt. While she isn’t entirely sure why she blames her, it’s sometimes easier doing such.
ACup baristas: Since Lara was heavily involved with one of the baristas, Lara spent a lot of time at the establishment. She even made sure to keep her menu hacking skills to a minimum whenever it came to being part of the customer sea.
EXTRA INFO
MON$TA LJ / @laranotcroft/description: sometimes i legitimately believe i might be the love child of a trash can and steve buscemi
Five latest tweets:
@laranotcroft: my top 5 best life moments is still when Smash Mouth RT’d me thats when i truly became an all star
@laranotcroft: anyone gotta dollar ??? my bank account would be at $69 then and lemme tell you that would be delish
@laranotcroft: ariana grande releasing new music every 6 months is why i’m gay as fuck
@laranotcroft: im only a heaux whenever melted cheese is in the pic <3
@laranotcroft: FUCK U @NSA FIRST YOU LET ME INTO CANADA AND THEN YOU LET ME RUN AMUCK IN SINGAPORE ???? IDIOTS shoutout to cousin jay tho ur new wife is hot and its a hella good thing i’m back in america bitch <3
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First 100+//follow forever
Took me 2yrs+ to get my first solid 100 followers. Kinda sad, really. But whatever, I'm more about finding the few I connect with and just keeping y'all close❤️ Also, if you arent on this doesn't mean I don't loves ya. I know I have more rp partners than I have posted here. I know I have a few of you on Facebook and other social media 💕 you're all great, it's probably just because we hardly rp anymore. But I cherish the the threads we had and the friendships we have created 😊 @nxmeinvxin; oooooohhhh boy. What to say- whaaatttt tooo ssaaayyy lol. Seriously though, you're probably one of the first people I ever interacted with. Although that was a bit of a battle to do considering you seemed very uninterested in me for so fucking long haha… but one day we finally clicked. I think it started when we first shipped Lincoln and Lou together; and now have been inseparable ever since. You truly mean a lot to me. @decoratedxemergencies; I remember seeing your threads with fadingofmemories popping up on my dash right left and centre all day every day, and I was like… I need some Ryan in my lyfe. Then I hoped into your inbox and threw Maddox at you, but I don't think it got far before I ran off on one of my many hiatus’ lol. But we eventually started up again, mixing codi and Ryan together which I must say is probably my top ship for codi. I love them together and I love you man <3 our characters meshed well and so did we. Love the friendship we have created. @misadventures-mistakes; gurrrllllllll. I just simply love you and our threads. There hasn't been all that many yet between our characters, because you met me later on in my rp journey. Which kinda sucks because I am almost always away on hiatus making it hard to get around to rping, but in the few that we have I am happy to say they fit so well together. I never thought I could rp Lincoln with anyone else and actually create a meaningful relationship, that was until I met Syn: their friendship gives me life lol. There is so much love there and I can't wait to experience more and see where they go together. Ilu @fadingofmemories; Lucy and Maddox are my fucken liiiifeeee. I feel they are such a perfect fit in every sense. I'm so beyond happy I got the honours of interacting with your characters. I remember how damn intimidated I was to rp with you, and then I had to read through your 1000’s of muse pages to try and pick one. It was almost stressful lol! Jk, it was always fun… especially now that I feel so comfortable with you as a friend and a rp partner. ilu @floralxfallal; YOU WERE MY FIRST, SENPAI. Lol. I'll take it down a notch. But fooo real, you were the first person who I connected with really quickly and held the longest thread with. I loved that thread so much. I'd wake up and hop right onto Tumblr hoping you would of replied, and would wait on the edge of my seat for your next one. We hardly talk to one another these days but you hold a special place in my heart lol
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Can you tell us more about Rutherford/Lee-Squared?
lee and rutherford are my go-to ship along with chengsquared and my koh ships … truly! i luv them! the thing is, litchfield are a pretty tight-knit group, peppered with a two or a three here or there that get more looks and raised eyebrows than others, (the chengs are an example– they’re pretty notoriously close, the cricket team reserve places for henry to sit and holler at chengtwo at training and meets, henry champions, jokingly or not, chengtwo’s unofficial fanclub) but none of them are really inseparable, you know? the vancouverites are self-aware and ambitious enough to acknowledge that everything is temporary. as a whole, they are a finely-oiled machine. as a rule, they don’t play favourites.
except, lee and rutherford … do. they’re a little odd as a couple– really, the general consensus amongst the aglionby girls, particularly the more slanderous of the first-years, is that any other pair would make much more sense. rutherford and chengtwo have always been close, leesquared and sicksteve’s banter frequently edges on flirting, leesquared’s casual, constant, closeness to ryang and koh has always bit of a piss take amongst the wider aglionby population, etc, etc! that’s probably the reason they’re dating, though– their dynamic is so domestic and unremarkable and … un-scandalisable that they can settle quite comfortably into each other’s lives without, say, carruthers asking lee what sicksteve’s been up to all-too-knowingly, or the swim team hounding rutherford on his thoughts on chengtwo’s latest infatuation.
they’re, like, the indisputable parent couple see– no one really knows when they started dating, least of all themselves. leesquared’s a touchy-feely sort of guy and rutherford’s never minded it, and two weeks into the second semester of their first year koh starts addressing them as a twosome when assigning weekly duties. they never really had a honeymoon phase. neither of them can ever recall obsessing over the other, or meeting eyes for the first time, or their first conversation. they’ve always just …. sort of been? leesquared’s always been able to find a home in rutherford’s arms when he gets home late from lacrosse; in turn, rutherford’s memorised the feel of the curve of lee’s waist against his palm when they spoon to muffled reruns of rutherford’s favourite episodes of the x-files. they move around each other’s orbits like clockwork, their relationship only apparent in the ease and lack of thought with which lee leans his head against rutherford’s shoulder as they queue up at the dining hall, or rutherford’s ability to rattle off lee’s preferred toppings to whatever poor soul manning the booth at nino’s, who’ll have to divide one pizza into seven flavours, and make it dairy-free on top of that.
see, litchfield house is really constantly in flux due to ryang’s rages and henry’s secrets and chengtwo’s … entire existence, but there are some constants within the mess of it all, and one of them is that come evening, or afternoon, or really any other time when they’re all present and friendly with each other, leesquared and rutherford will always have returned to each other. (another is that sicksteve will be complaining about the stock of ice cream– henry likes pumpkin cheesecake, sicksteve likes phish food. ryang only likes the really absolutely fucking ridiculous flavours, like urban bourbon and confetti cake, jesus. leesquared is the friend who keeps a lock on his ice cream. koh is a vegan and hates them all.)
they’ve always just been sort of married, you dig? the chengs are the couple who everyone knows are going to get married, and they do, just with the addition of blue and gansey. leesquared and rutherford? they are married. they move in, just like that. they’re so good at arguing with each other, they can time how long it’ll take for them to make up again.
but, y’know, there’s never been any doubt that they do care for each other, and they are in love. there’s another constant, i guess.
#the raven cycle#the vancouver crowd#vancouver crowd#leesquared#logan rutherford#vancouver crew#dellete#filed#long post#anonymous
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Brandan’s Jury Answers
--- Bodhi ---
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8YJUPwO8l0U
Hey Bodhi! I’ll start with the attempted blindside thing at the Final 7. I will admit it wasn’t my plan. Both Andrei and Eva brought the idea up to me originally, and from what I heard about it Renee seemed on board as well. When I talked to both AJ and James about it later and what they felt on the matter, they seemed to be down with it as well. So I was under the impression that you were getting voted out that night. That obviously didn’t happen. I know it isn’t really much, but it’s the truth. I wish I could give this detailed explanation on why I decided to vote you and that I was gunning for you hard. But in all honesty I can’t. It was simply a matter of perception on my part. And my perception was that you were fucked. However at the time I was perfectly fine with taking you out, leading me to eventually take my chance and blindside you at the Final 5 when all the cards lined up. Actually, I tried blindsiding you at the Final 8, and AJ and Billy seemed completely on board with the idea as well as James, although that was ruined when you brought up Eva’s name. AJ and Billy quickly jumped on to your bandwagon, and it left my hands tied. So yeah.
I think the term “social game” applies differently to many people. Some can take it as the bonds you create throughout the game. Some take it as the way you conduct damage control. For me and my perspective, the social game I tried to strive for was my ability to keep my name off the ballot. I don’t see that as a mainly strategic play. I consider it under a social standpoint because you have to connect with people and prevent them from voting you, which is what I believe I did. Keeping your name off the ballot is social primarily because you have to make people not want to vote you out, which leads to connections made. Although I understand what you are saying about me spreading lies, and I want to clarify that to you. I think this term that I spread lies to tear people apart is a bit overplayed. Sure I might have lied, however most of time I was honest. I admit I lied about my true intentions to those who I would side against. However, that’s just a personal thing. I hate making people upset, that was always me, and I don’t like to ghost people as well, because that’s downright rude. So I was put into this limbo of giving false hope when there was none, because I don’t want to upset people. It may be a fatal flaw of mine, but it is an honest flaw, and one that I will own. So when I talk about social game in my eyes, I’ll just say it is my ability to keep my name off the ballot, and my ability to calm others in their paranoia on their way to Ponderosa. And I think I did that well for the most part. Wasn’t perfect, but I tried as best as I could.
1) Jay - I think you're the most deserving of the top spot. I believe the bonds you had with people were inseparable, and had you gone any farther in the game, you would have easily won. Unfortunately, idol bonanza got to you.
2) Billy - I think you truly are an amazing person, and you played a really good game. From your premerge tribal affairs to your tie vote, you always gave 110%, and I would have readily gave my vote to you if our placements were switched.
3) Bodhi - Overall, I believe you are a smart player. You were the one who orchestrated Austin’s vote in my mind, and you did keep ahold of the other votes right up until your vote out. I think you just became too visible, and that cost you in the end.
4) AJ - I think you played a really good game, and the fact that your name wasn’t mentioned as a target for so long is impressive. However, I feel like the people above you just did a lot more, it isn’t a mark against your game though.
5) Andrei - I think you are a very smart person, and you caught onto my game. I think you had what it took to be a winner, but it didn’t come to life. But hey, maybe next time XD.
6) Brandan - I’m placing myself at the middle of the pack here. I feel like I definitely made some moves in this game. However there were some mistakes that I made in this game, and some areas where I could have improved. I understand that I don’t completely grasp this game, and I think I’m still learning. But I worked my ass off to get myself in this spot.
7) Austin - I think he is truly a good player. However, there are some points where I feel like he can overplay his cards. I believe that had he kept his mouth shut for a couple of votes and stopped coming up with some plans, he would have lasted a lot longer. But he didn’t, and he paid for it.
8) Eva - I think no one here can say a bad thing about Eva, however she remained clueless as some points in this game. I feel like she picked the wrong loyalties at some points, and this resulted in her getting placed in the minority more than once.
9) James - I think his social game was subpar, and that although people might see a good game, he really didn’t care late premerge early merge. He barely talked to anyone this game, and I think it leaves a seriously wart on his resume.
10) Renee - I admit that you were honest, and you are one of the sweetest people alive. However I feel like strategically you were seriously lacking, but you lasted a lot longer than you should have.
11) Matt - Dude, you know I love you. But during this game you really weren’t the most forward player. I think a lot of people saw you as a goat to take to the end, which can be a fair assessment of your overall game.
12) Lil AJ - I just don’t know much about you too be honest, but other than trying multiple times to get me to flip my vote you really didn’t try hard enough to stay, plus doesn’t help when you already got voted out.
Oh and about the college thing! In my district, it is a common practice to apply for a couple of schools. Hell, some kids in my grade are applying to 20 colleges. My philosophy is: One safety school, one reach school, and a bunch of target schools. That way you can weigh your options when scholarships come in instead of being locked by an early decision acceptance letter. Even though I don’t intend to go to a college like Brown or Stony Brook, they serve as schools that I might get into in a dream or a school I definitely can get into. In all honesty I guess I don’t have a preferred college, I never really did. So it serves as a way to weigh my options rationally.
--- Austin ---
Hey Austin. Nice to have the warm welcome.
I’ll just get the throwing the others under the bus out of the way really quickly. James in my opinion had an easy ride throughout most of the game. Because of all the idols that he achieved in one round he could have theoretically just stopped playing altogether. Also from what I heard from people in the game, he wasn’t the most talkative person. Time and time again I’ve heard people complain about his silence, and the one word responses that could turn people off. I think I remember at the beginning of the merge he told me that if there was no reason for him to be on, he wouldn’t be on, this was even more evident after the Eva blindside, where he didn’t utter a single word to me until after Jordan’s boot, even though I tried to talk to him multiple times. Also some of those “big moves” that he claimed was his alone made was far from the case. I was the one who told AJ, Bodhi, and Billy about Andrei’s preplanned voted. Hell, the plan to vote Billy out was Andrei’s idea, not James’s. Before that time both Eva and Renee were down with the idea of voting Billy out, and James “convincing” the girls to vote Billy was already unnecessary. He could have told no one about his vote change and there STILL would have been a tie. Basically his biggest move was just him writing down another name, and no manipulation in between. He didn’t influence others, they were already leaning that direction. Also, his plan to give Tyler his idol actually solidified him in a minority position in the merge, as people were ready to split the vote between Tyler/James right until Tyler got medically evacuated from the game. So he talked to three people about strategy? Woopdedoo. He forgot about the others, and that can hurt him tremendously. Also he might say I was clueless at the Final 7 vote, he was clueless at the Final 9 when everyone plotted against him/Austin. So he shouldn’t leave me out to dry for my failure in that when his own horrific social game lead him to nearly get vote out not once, not twice, but three different times in this game. Also you know, he can have the common decency to spell my name right if he actually bothered to learn the correct spelling? Eva got it right, a lot of people got it right, it’s a little thing that he didn’t care about.
With Eva, I just always felt like her game was lacking. She never really made any waves in the game, and simply floated by. She barely had a strategic game, and only relied on the few bonds that she made in the game. The advantages she also obtained in the game hindered her performance altogether, as it not only resulted in her getting Cirie’d, but two of her allies getting voted out because of the other’s knowledge about her advantages in this game. Plus, during some votes she barely knew where the votes were going. She herself has admitted this multiple times in her opening statement. She only acted on her own a couple times in the game, and during those times she refused to get off of an obviously sinking ship. Give or take what you may think about her personally, her gameplay style was mostly that of a floater who became a hindrance to herself and her allies, and for me personally I just don’t think it's a winning game.
Now for your other question pertained towards me. This is not an apology for you. This is a way to explain myself. I want to talk about claims you brought up in your last statement. I’ll start with the bible stuff, which I understand is a hot topic among the jury. I know it might have seemed unnecessary and potentially a jerk move on my part to a lot of people. However, it all ties to a situation I have in my personal life. I don’t think I ever told anyone this, but I suffer from both asperger’s and anxiety disorder. I’m not the most popular kid in school, and I get anxious about almost anything under the sun. That breakdown I shared with you after the Jordan vote was one of those freakout moments. I try to keep all my emotions bottled up inside me, because I was constantly taught that exposing any of these negative emotions around others wasn’t good, and that normal boys don’t cry at all. I was always scared that anything I say would get leaked around. I hated it when people spread stuff around and misinterpreted it. I will admit this, swearing on the bible for me was actually a tying knot. I was raised in a roman catholic background. My mom is a catholic school principal, and she helped me overcome many of my disabilities regarding to asperger’s. So swearing on the bible is a very serious thing to me. If I swear on it, I mean it, and it let me know that whatever I said wouldn’t get leaked, as it did in other games I have played before. I didn’t actively seek out to swear on the bible to not vote someone out and then broke that promise. In my mind that is unforgivable. My bible swearing mostly pertained to the passing of information around, and I think it was a way that I was certain that any private or confidential info about the game would not get into the wrong hands. But if I swore on the Bible that I wasn’t writing someone’s name down, I kept that promise, If I swore that I wouldn’t tell anyone stuff, I kept that promise. I kept the promises I made on the Bible, and when I wasn’t going to keep it secret, I didn’t swear on it. So for me, when I swore on the Bible, it was my way of saying “Hey, I’m going to be truthful to you and this is the truth.”
Now for the breakup of your relationship with Bodhi. I admit I threw you under the bus to Bodhi in order to get him to try and flip in order to save Jordan, who was a close friend of mine. I neglected to tell you that because at the time, you were already mad at me. Had I brought that up you, I would have been alone in this game, and I didn’t want that. I don’t know what caused you to flip out against Bodhi. I think you thought that he was responsible for my blindside, but Bodhi told me that he had no idea. I just know that my vote off triggered something that initiated that argument between you two. I want to let you know it was never my intention to break you two apart as friends. I only mentioned that it was partly my fault due to my actions in trying to turn Bodhi against you. Never did I imagine it would cause that argument. I truly want you two to become friends again, however I don’t make it my mission to break friends apart. If you want to find a scapegoat for you snapping, you can point the finger at me, I’m perfectly fine with that. However, maybe you should give a hard look at yourself for starting said argument in the first place, when you could have handled that situation a hell of a lot more different.
For your vote out though, you were not my intended target at all. I tried to take out James that round, because I saw that people were turning against you two. I figured that if I removed one of the main sources bringing you down, then we could still move forward in the game together with a lesser target on your back. You can ask Billy, I told him that I wanted to take James out instead of you. However, after your vote out, Bodhi came up to me and talked about your vote out. I think what happened was that it was a last minute decision, and I was in no way a part of it. If I wanted you gone, I would have taken a direct hit instead of arguing for a swing vote, and you would have been out easily due to the animosity that came your way at the Final 9. People were bringing up claims that you two had idols, of course I obviously knew that was false from your words. So if I water you out, I would have just gotten everyone to vote you instead of initiating an unnecessary split vote that only initiated out of fear of idols. The reason I didn’t talk to you afterwards when you got voted out was because I was scared. I get yelled at a lot in my own personal life. After the way you talked to me after the Jordan vote, I was afraid you would do something like that again, even though I was not the one who got the votes onto you. You can blame Bodhi for that.
Lastly however. I want to bring up something. I don’t spread around “Chicken Shit.” The only reason that solidified Billy turning against you were your own actions in throwing Billy’s name out that vote. From what I heard both Renee and Billy compared notes. Sure I might have lied throughout the game. Most of the time that I talked to you I was honest. I told you about what I heard. I was honest about listening to your feelings. I don’t appreciate being called apathetic when I am not that in the slightest. This next part doesn’t go for just you, but for everybody. If I swore on anything in this game, I meant it. I didn’t intentionally lie about one another to tear people apart. Instead, I floated around the truth, what I heard people were thinking at the time, stuff like that. Those who I become really close to I worked hard to keep, and if I had to lie to them in order to keep them around one more day, that wasn’t out of the question for me. Ultimately, even though we had our patchy grounds in the game, that can be exemplified with Eva. Sometimes I lied to her in this game, but I had every intention in my heart to make sure the both of us were sitting here. Sometimes, I had to lie to her in order to place myself in a better position to not only listen to the other side, but to protect those I was close too. Sometimes, it didn’t work, but other times, it did. The reason why I’m sitting here now is because of my determination, and the fact that I worked my hardest to achieve my goals, which I don’t think can be said about both Eva and James at all. So Austin, I might have lied to you. I might have betrayed you indirectly. But if you think I’m going to get on my knees and weep and say that you should be here instead of me is entirely untrue. I worked my ass off to get to this point, and I did. You might be upset about that, but I don’t care. Especially since your probable vote James has some serious flaws in his game that can be seen as more of a black spot than my own. Maybe you should look past the deception, look past the agony and the heartbreak, and learn from the mistakes that you made. That way, you would not only become a better survivor player, but an overall better person in the end.
----Billy-----
Hi Billy!
You know, personally for me I think you were a very good player this season. I think all the shit that you had to put up with on Aceptacion and the premerge Regateo shows your will and determination. It gives you this underdog story that is very desirable in some people. Had you reached the end, you could have easily argue that you had to work harder than anyone here in order to make it to the end, and your claims would probably be valid to a lot of us. In the merge, I honestly doubt anyone could say a single bad thing about you. You had this under the radar strategy that shifted any potential target off of you. I firmly believe that had your strategy worked efficiently, you would have a really good shot at sitting in the end. The one flaw I can find in your game was your strategic gameplay. I feel like early in the merge, you were connected to people who were bigger threats than you. In my opinion, had you gone to the end with people like Connor or Bodhi, you would not be winning this game. They could have claimed that they were the ones formulating the plans that you were apart of and kept you alive, which can be a serious criticism of your game had you reached FTC with those 2. Not only that, but your association with these people hurt your game after they started to get booted one by one, pushing your own name higher and higher on the target list. However other than that, I think you played a seriously good social game, and definitely was a contender from the title. You make your grandpa proud, and I’m glad to call you my AP Gov buddy :)
---Lil AJ---
Hi Lil AJ!
Before I start I translated the thing that you posted in the beginning on google docs. I think it starts off like a testing thing, but it almost seems like a hostage thing where your lying on the floor hoping you're the one that gains the freedom. I’ll comply with your request of a question XD.
Lil AJ: A positive I see about your game is your determination, even though you saw that you were going home, you never gave up until your torch was snuffed, I admire that about you. A negative I saw in your game was that while I was at the lagoon, you only talked to me twice. A quick cordial hi when I got into the lagoon, and then after the immunity challenge. Andrei talked to me, Eva talked to me, I think if you just more willing to reach out to others than you might of had a chance.
Jay: The positive about your game was your ability to connect with others. Coming into the merge you probably had a solid connection with almost anyone that you talked to, which put you in a prime position to win. I think the negative in your game was that your connections were pretty much to visible, and it allowed other people to see the bonds that you had in this game and take you out.
Matt: I think your biggest strength was your ability to fly under the radar, and for the most part no one in their right mind every imagined voting for you, which can be seen as a positive attribute in a game where anyone identified as a threat is taken out. However, many people saw you as a goat, and someone who is an easy beat in the end. People saw that you weren’t involved in a lot, and had you gotten yourself more involved you could have possibly become a contender.
Austin: A positive I personally see about your game is your wit. You were able to jump on your feet, and quickly maneuver targets. You were able to identify the threats to your game, and took them out systematically with the help of others. Your negative is that you aren’t the best social player in the world, and the way you handled some situations turned certain players against you. The way you handled and planned some of these vote outs unintentionally hastened your downfall at the final 9.
Billy: A definite positive I see about your game was your social standing. I don’t believe a single person here can say a bad thing about you, and that speaks testaments to your character and your perception that others have of you. I think a negative about your game was that you aligned yourself with people who were bigger threats, and your association with these people ultimately hurt your game in the long run.
Andrei: A positive in your game is your perception of others. I believe you were able to identify where the votes were headed and acted upon this perception. Hell, you caught onto my game at the Final 7, so that shows that strength. However, I feel a weakness of yours was simply that people were able to easily step over you, and used you to their own personal advantage, like during the Final 8.
Renee: A positive I see about your game is your optimism. You always took any challenge facing you with this ray of sunshine that was frankly amazing. You kept your cool in a lot of different scenarios, which a lot of people fail to do. However, a negative about your game was in a sense your laid back approach. You didn’t participate that much, which left people more willing to write your name down when the time came.
Bodhi: A positive I see about your game is your initiative, you were able to identify who you could align with, who your biggest threats were, and then acted upon that initiative in order to bring yourself father in the game. It is a very good trait that very few people can utilize successfully. However, a negative about your game
AJ: A definite positive was his ability to survive as long as he can. Even if his name was brought up, people early on were hesitant to vote him out, which serves a testament to his social status. I feel like a weakness was that when he kept taking out threat after threat, he forgot to keep his own threat status in check, resulting in his own demise in the final stages of the game.
---- Renee ----
Hi Renee!
I guess if I won the million dollars, I’d probably file it immediately to get the taxes out of the way because I don’t want to be like Richard Hatch and get sent to jail. I’d then probably spend some of the remaining money on covering tuition for college. I already have a small amount away for college, but it isn’t enough to pay for 4 years. If I just put a certain amount away for that, I don’t have to have my parents worry about financial stability for my little sister and brother when they eventually go into a higher education. I think I’d then take like a small amount of the remaining money and take my mom on a special vacation. She helped me through my life with dealing with asperger’s. To be honest, she deserves a nice getaway for all the torture that I may have put her through. Maybe like a weeklong vacation to Fiji or a cruise. I think I’ll put the rest of the money in a savings account and let it grow up so I can spend it over time. I know it might seem a bit selfish to do that, but by letting the money grow, it allows me to spend more on local businesses around my town. By doing this, it would allow me to help the community around me improve, which can hopefully lead to a better life for those younger than me.
For your song on the New Year's List, I would probably suggest Feeling Good by Nina Simone (although the Bublé cover is really good as well), it’s an older song, and isn’t one of those songs that you may associate for New Years. However, there is the soul and jazz combo to the song that is really catchy. The lyrics also represent the new year, specifically the “it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me” part. If you imply its meaning to the new year, it actually works really well. It can be argued that it is saying that the new year is a fresh start, and you should feel good about the start of a new year. So I would suggest that song. Also it helps that it’s my favorite all time song and I’m a sucker for jazzy soul so that’s something.
----Matt-----
Hey Matt!
I guess I’ll start at the beginning of the game, and I’ll go from there. Although I explained my game generally in the opening statement, I’ll go into a lot more detail here. Prepare for a long statement.
Going into my beginning tribe in Regateo, the only person who I knew on the tribe was Jordan, whom I knew before the game started. We quickly made an alliance together, and promised to keep each other safe. I also talked to Renee during this time, and I was planning on creating a three person alliance with Shea and Austin, pulling in Jordan as a fourth. I waited to create that alliance until after the slaughter, when I was certain that my tribe would remain safe. I then went on to create my alliance, and Monty became quickly ostracized due to other people wanting him gone as soon as possible. However, during the first immunity challenge, Shea quit due to a permanent ban on another survivor site. I talked to one of my friends, Ally, who explained the situation and his past background to me after he was removed from the game. Afterwards, Jordan and Austin debated on who would he brought back into the game from the eliminated Enfando. Dylan was unable to be picked due to some racist comments or some shit, and we all ruled out bringing back Jaiden and Matthias for being “Messy.” Jordan argued to bring Tyler back, while Austin argued for Cole, a fact that I originally got mixed up, thank you Austin for pointing that out. Although I argued for Eddie as a compromise, Tyler was eventually brought back into the game. I later learned that both Jordan and Austin knew the people they were campaigning for, so that was something. As we continued to win challenges, the tribe target shifted from Monty to Tyler due to his general inactiveness and his tendency to not talk. At all. Unfortunately as a tribe we were unable to actually act upon this, as we then went into a tribe swap.
Going into the tribal division, I initially tried to put as many Regateo tribe members on my tribe as possible. This partially succeeded, although I lost both Monty and Tyler, which was no harm no foul. Afterwards, I started to pick those whom I thought would help our tribe win immunity, and I tried to remain fair with tribe divisions at the time. This lead me to pick the tribe I did. An alliance was formed initially between Austin, Jay, Jordan and I. I honestly liked Jay when I met him, and I thought he would be a really good ally at the time. However Austin kept repeating to me that he couldn’t reach the end, which I agreed with personally. During this I connected with the people on our tribe excluding Steven, who was dreadfully inactive. When we originally lost the immunity challenge, it was a general consensus that Steven had to go. However Austin wanted to enact this crazy plan in order to take out James. Now keep in mind that this idea was not the smartest, as James was one of our strongest assets on the tribe. I felt as if that if he left, we would be in trouble. So I constantly had to convince Austin not to target James, and instead to take out Steven, knowing that we could easily throw a vote onto Jacob if anyone got paranoid. Eventually Austin caved and Steven got booted from the tribe. Had I agreed to Austin’s plan, James would have been blindsided that round, so James. Your welcome.
During the rest of my time on NuRegateo, I started to develop more of my social bonds with the others. I managed to get James to actually have a conversation with me, where we connected. I also became really close with Eva at the time, and eventually I created a Final 2 deal with her later on. I gained a relationship with Matt, and I even got to talk to Jacob. Although my primary intention at the time was to keep the Old Regateo together, these friendships and talks I had served to be very important later on in the game. During the time, Matt’s inactivity was a serious issue, although it was later revealed that he burnt his hand. People wanted him gone if we went to Tribal again, and everyone seemed fine with it. However, I kept saying that Jacob would be a preferred target, and after Matt’s recovery, I believe he was the next one to go. However, we got swapped again.
After the final tribe swap, I was put on a tribe with James, Matt, Eva, and Tyler. Tyler once again failed to talk me, and acted like he didn't give two god damns about the game. So after we lost our solitary immunity challenge, the general consensus was that he would be the one to go. However Tyler got his hands on a hidden immunity idol, and played it. I anticipated something like this, so I decided to play my idol just in case Tyler played one. I was smart in this as I was his target. The reason I knew that he voted against me was because of that draft that was constantly updated and posted in the main chat. I went to the round Eva got cirie’d, and my idol play was put under successful, so I knew that I was his target. Unfortunately, after Matt played his idol in reaction to both of our idol plays, Eva got cirie’d and sent to the lagoon. Although this scenario might have seemed bad for me, I strengthened my relationship with Matt, and I believe we became closer allies coming into the merge.
So the merge round was really interesting for me. I learned about the argument and feud that occurred between Jordan and Austin, with both of them saying almost the same exact thing to me. It was really weird to be honest. I tried figuring out ways in order to keep them both safe, in hopes that they could possibly come back together. At the time thought, I trusted Jordan’s word, because frankly I knew him for longer and he had been honest with me all game. I tried floating different options like Tyler, in hopes of keeping two of my allies alive. However the sudden med evac of Tyler and Jacob sunk those chances, and they went right back to targeting each other. I heard at the time of an alliance between Billy/Connor/Bodhi/Austin/James/Matt, and I knew their target was Jordan. I think where things really got complicated for me was when Jordan heard that he was a target, and decided to gun for Austin. This left me between two of my close allies. Although I knew Jordan was a sinking ship, I couldn’t vote him out. I just couldn’t. So I wrote down Austin’s name and tried to save Jordan. My efforts with Jay and Bodhi didn’t work however, and Jordan was sent out of the game.
Austin was pissed at me afterwards, and when he got on call, from like my personal standpoint, he was PISSED. Hearing him yell and what not brought back bad memories and drove my personal fears of being hated up, causing me to have a breakdown on call. After that call, where we both smoothed things out, I was determined to win immunity. Especially after a blowup I had with Connor after he tried to talk to me. I admit I am a bit at fault over this as I handled the situation wrong, but his tune turned me completely against him, and made me determined to send him out of the game. So a plan was formulated between Austin and I, where I would gun for immunity and he would gun for reward. Keep in mind his end of the deal left him in hell but I won immunity so :D. There was a brief moment where Austin suggested I would give up immunity, where in the back of my mind I was staunchly against it. So after I won immunity and Austin was sent to exile, I started to enact my own plan to get Connor sent home. I waited a bit to know who they were targeting (It was James). I then campaigned hard to turn the tables on Connor. I warned James about the votes against him, I tried to talk to Bodhi about turning on Connor, I campaigned hard to AJ, Renee, Jay, Matt. I worked my ass off to the point where Billy said that he expected Connor to go. Keep in mind everyone voted out James anyways but because of my warning, he played his idol, allowing me to get my wish and blindside Connor out of the game.
Now the next vote… yeah XD. Originally after Austin was immunity, Renee came up as a target, which I was not fine with, because I didn’t want Renee to go home. Now during his time in exile, Austin got his hands on one of Eva’s idols, and was planning on using it to blindside someone. The plan was that Renee would play that idol, She and I would vote out AJ, and Austin/James would vote out Bodhi, with Bodhi being Austin’s target. MY hope was that Bodhi would not be a stupid butt and play his own HII, sending AJ out of the game. However… Renee spilled the plan. And with James flipping, Renee having the HII via. Austin, and Austin having immunity, who do you think was the only target left? Bingo, it was me. Because of that, I got my butt swiftly sent to the lagoon.
During the time before I got sent to the lagoon, there were many rumors flying around that the trio of Andrei/Lil AJ/Eva were a tight trio, and they were going to vote together no matter what. However when I got into the lagoon, the situation turned out much better than I could imagine. Not only did I solidly reconnect with Eva, but I was able to connect with Andrei. We hit it off after talking a bit about Danganronpa, and suddenly the target for the lagoon shifted to Lil AJ. During the immunity challenge I tried to take a laid back approach, and it eventually won out, as I won the immunity necklace. During this time, both Bodhi and Austin got into a huge argument, although it was fun to watch, I felt a bit bad about it, especially after hearing from Austin how close those two were. But I had to focus on myself and my situation, not theirs. Eventually when Lil AJ came
up to me in hopes of a tie, I’d figure I’d be honest and tell him that he had no shot at getting me to not vote him. Looking back, it might be considered too blunt and it could have turned him off, but I’d figure that I just be straight up honest.
When I returned to the game, not only did I create an alliance with the lagoon returnees called Lagoon Dabloom, I also reconnected with my old allies, where everyone apologized for voting me out. I admit, it felt really weird to see that happen, but I thought it was cool and I was safe that round. Before the immunity challenge, a little scandal broke out between AJ and Andrei about some alliance rumors, I forget who exactly was in it. But it cause Andrei to become a target. When the Lagoon Dabloom alliance was talking about targets, I briefly threw out Matt’s name, not thinking it would stick. In mind mind, I thought no one was crazy enough to take out Matt. However, after the immunity challenge, the wheels started to spin and Matt became a true target. Although I eventually voted Andrei out that round, my initial idea spread like wildfire, leading to Matt’s vote out that round.
Now the Final 9 was a really weird round for me, because that’s the round that the game picked up. Everyone started telling rumors that Austin said that he/James had another pair of HII’s which in that time I knew was false due to Austin’s own words. Although I knew their target was Renee, I was seriously against that. I went to Austin with my concerns about his relationship with James, and how that worried me. He told me not to worry, but I still did. People started bringing up Austin’s name for elimination, but I said to vote James instead, since I wanted to keep Austin around at the time. I had no qualms with Austin. Then Billy came up to me raising concerns about Austin/James, and how he Austin told him that he threw out Billy’s name instead of Renee, the true target of Austin’s side. Billy speculated that Austin was just trying to put himself in the middle, and after a bit of pushing, we decided to vote out James, thinking we had the votes. However, things switched last second during tribal when I was not online. Bodhi started a movement to take out Austin, which I never knew about. Eventually they got enough votes to force a tie, and send Austin out the door.
So going into the Final 8 immunity I wanted to take out Bodhi, which was an obvious for James, he knew that. I already knew Andrei was voting Billy, but I was thinking about blindsiding Bodhi that night with help of Billy and AJ, which they both approved of. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the second Bodhi suggested Eva. AJ and Billy jumped right into that bandwagon, and with Eva/Renee/Andrei voting Billy, it left me forcing to pick between two friends of mine. I did eventually vote Eva, however James voted with the trio, and AJ flipped, sending Billy out the door.
I mean of course I apologized to Eva afterwards, and we made up. However I feel like my biggest mistake that round was not talking to Andrei sufficiently, I think he saw me as sneaky, and tried to get me voted out. I was under the impression that round that everyone was voting for Bodhi, which seemed weird at first but I felt secure with everyone saying it. My ass did get saved that vote by AJ and Bodhi. However, I don’t think they noticed that by taking out Andrei, they put me in the prime position to later take out both of them.
So the vote at the Final 6 was between Renee and Bodhi. I would have felt happier had Bodhi went that round, but I took a step back, and realized that if I wanted to secure myself a place at the Final Tribal Council, Renee needed to go that round. So I voted her out, while keeping my place in the dead middle of the tribe. By voting Renee out that round, it secured my position in the Final Tribal Council, I didn’t have to rely on immunity after that point, I guess it just made me confident that I made the right move there.
After Eva won the immunity necklace afterwards, the vote shifted between AJ and Bodhi, putting me right in the middle as the swing vote. James lost immunity that vote, and I think no one tried to target him that round because well… I feel like there was this underlying feeling that James was an easy beat at the FTC. So I had to take another step back, and I based my vote on a simple question: Who do I think would try more at the final immunity challenge? This lead me to vote off Bodhi, simply because I felt that AJ would have been easier to beat. At that point, AJ and Bodhi were the next ones slated to go in my eyes, which is exactly what happened.
So yeah, that’s the explanation.
----AJ----
Hi AJ!
Well I think there are a few reasons why James could deserve to win. I think the most visible was that he technically survived more days in the main game than both Eva and I, so he had a longer experience. Also, I feel like especially in the later game, he was able to put himself in a position where no one wanted to vote him out, something that I was familiar with. Everyone wanted to take him to the end because they thought he could beat him, which could have been a part of his strategy in order to reach FTC. If that is true, than bravo to him. Also, the guy won the most immunity challenges throughout the season, which is an impressive feat. And his idols allowed him to survive certain vote offs and allowed him to try and find cracks in order to get into a better position. So yeah.
----Andrei----
Hey Andrei!
LIL AJ
Opinion of me: Neutral. Although I feel like we connected in the last hours of the game with puppy talk, he might still feel bitterness towards me since I crushed his chances of forcing a tie. So in all honesty I don’t know what he thinks.
Jury vote: I think it would Probably be Eva. You spent very little time with James and I burned you at your vote off so probably Eva
JAY
Opinion of me: Positive. I think Jay and I shared a good connection. I think we had a genuine bond in this game, even though we were both weary of each other game wise.
Jury vote: Due to the way his speech was written, I am pretty positive that I have Jay’s vote down
MATT
Opinion of me: Positive, our talks were fun, and we became really close after Eva’s vote off, we had a mutual trust going into the merge, and I think we both respected each other as people.
Jury vote: Probably between Me/Eva, I think it might be more for me but let’s see what happens.
AUSTIN
Opinion of me: Negative. Although we started off as good friends, his vote off left him bitter towards me, and his final tribal council speech was almost to the point of toxic, so yeah he’s not the happiest with me.
Jury vote: He’s voting James, I think it’s the easiest vote to pinpoint since he shares resentment towards Eva and I even though we didn't vote him out. Oh well.
BILLY
Opinion of me: Positive. We connected on early in the merge due to our grandparents, but I think we came together very well, and you are probably one of the coolest guys in this game
Jury vote: I think I have Billy’s vote. We were closer to each other than I believe he was to either James or Eva.
ANDREI
Opinion of me: Leaning positive, we did have a good connection with the Danganronpa link that we shared, although you did kind of turn on me so I don’t know if your opinion changes or not.
Jury vote: In all likelihood I believe you’re voting Eva, because you two were closer than you were to me or James. Plus I did kind of accidentally come off the wrong way at the Final 7 so that might be a factor. Although I would appreciate a vote, yours is probably going to Eva
RENEE
Opinion of me: Leaning Positive. You and I really connected throughout the game despite some shaky moments, for the most part we were honest with each other, and that I appreciated. However I’m not quite sure how you feel about me after you got voted out. I didn’t ghost you, but I might have come off the wrong way thinking back.
Jury vote: I think it’s between me or Eva, but you're probably voting Eva tonight because everyone says you two were besties XD.
BODHI
Opinion of me: Positive, although I did kind of try and target you from the Final 8 onwards, we still were seriously cordial with each other, and we had a lot of cool conversations on call and in general. I think I was closer to you, however I feel like there is a possibility that you might be bitter after I flipped on you. However, I’ll just say positive.
Jury vote: I hope me. Although I was the reason he got voted out at the final 5, we both enjoyed our talks together, and I feel like we had a good connection.
AJ
Opinion of me: Positive, when I originally found out that we knew each other before the game, our social bond grew, even if we had a shaky start we had plenty of good conversations and later became good allies later on in the game. Plus I learned a lot about him, and I believe he would do really well in Human Resources.
Jury vote: In all honestly I believe it is between myself and James, and it can be either 50/50 between us from the social connections that we both had with you.
Now for the ROP request, I want to mention my own mistake, which was with Cole, Austin said it in his jury speech, but I honestly didn’t remember who campaigned for who. I just know Tyler and Cole were the main two people argued for.
I want to mention a little something about James’s response to Connor. I remember early on in the merge where I got that solitary vote during James’s vote out. My assumption was that James was the person who voted me, based on the information I heard during that time. However, you can correct me if I’m wrong here, but I don’t believe Connor’s first conversation with James occurred that first tribal. Due to Connor’s supposed move to get some people’s target switched onto James during that vote off, my assumption was that Connor was trying to get James to play his idol and send me out of the game. Although James refused to name the person who told him my name, due to the circumstances around the time my best guess was that it was Connor. So yeah that's a probable bullshit.
Other than that, that’s pretty much it. I think all three of us were truthful in our responses in the ROP, but you asked me to find something, and I think it’s something to take into consideration.
Also in response to James’s statements about me in the ROP, I mentioned that Tyler didn't talk game based on what I heard from others, in which case he was socially isolated. And from my perception and my hearing the Austin vote happened last second, I had no idea about the split vote in the first place, and whenever Austin’s name came up to me I tried to strike it down from the table.
---Jay----
Thanks for the really nice words Jay. Forgive me, but I literally had to look up what savage meant in the urban dictionary.
I guess I never really realized that all the Bible stuff would have caused so much chaos in this game, and personally I just never really saw it as scummy until you all pointed it out. I never really thought about what it meant to myself until I sat down and thought about it. I don’t think I ever broke the promises I made, but I can obviously see why people are upset about it. I think in this game there is a fine line between wrong and just playing the game. I think people going “too far” is something that can be discussed over and over again. But I have seen a case where someone did what I did, except they took it further and directly broke one of their own promises to vote someone out as the swing vote when they said they didn’t. There was a lot of controversy surrounding that scenario, and I just thought it was morally wrong to do that. Keep in mind this happened premerge, but he still made it to the top 7 or 6.
From the original website that I came form, Tengaged, the community there is extremely toxic. You have people fat shaming, any type of negative stuff, and they still get allowed to play in these games. I remember a user called Charliebibi, who was racist, made fun of autism during tribal, but he was still allowed to play and became the third jury member, long after these arguments began. I think the line of “taking things too far” has been seriously blurred, because you have those who would go even farther than me and insult someone's character or break such a solemn vow when they have all the power. It’s a line that very few people can cross, and I personally believe I didn’t do that.
I was passionate about this game, I cared probably more than anyone. I talked to others, I listened to their stories, I was a part of a lot of stuff that happened, my spirit and my determination in this game was something that very few people could match. I want to win this game badly, and it’s something I really wanted to do for a long time. This game I tried to fix the mistakes that I made previously, and although I failed on a couple of aspects, I obviously did something right, because I was able to steamroll my way here while being connected to everyone and not getting caught like Jay did. I think that’s what separates me from the others, I tried my hardest in this game. Is it enough? I don’t know to be honest. However, I played a hell of a game.
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Welcome (again) to A Cup-pella, Kai! We’re excited to have you and Lara James in the game! Please go through the checklist to make sure you’re ready to go and send in your account within the next 24 hours.
OOC INFO
Name + pronouns: Kai + she/her
Age: 25
Timezone: EST
Ships: LJ + an NSA-less world
Anti-Ships: LJ + unhappiness
IC INFO
Full Name: Lara “LJ” Rae James
Face Claim: Hayley Kiyoko
Age/Birthday: January 28 / 25
Occupation: Member of Geek Squad at Best Buy + Full time student at NYU
Personality: adaptable, charismatic, impulsive, extroverted, creative, clumsy
Hometown: New York City, New York
Bio: To say that Lara James’ childhood was a mess and a half would be speaking politely. From the moment that Lara was born, her parents struggled. Her mother was a waitress for a small diner located in the heart of Manhattan and her father was a handyman for an apartment building that liked to pay him under the table. While it was nice to not have to deal with the taxes taking money from his paychecks, it meant that sometimes, the main provider of the house was not bringing home enough money for the family to live comfortably. There were many times throughout Lara’s childhood that she remembered the lights flickering before going out for days on end. This was something that typically brought on hours of screaming and bickering between her parents about all issues surrounding money and the unhappiness that it brought to them. While Calvin and Melissa James always strived to bring the best for their daughter, sometimes their money situation could not even provide a well balanced dinner for their daughter for weeks on end. It was something that Lara always thought to be normal and casual amongst the children of her neighborhood, but after being labeled a few horrific names from her classmates, she knew that wasn’t the case.
As she grew, things never really got better. Her father kept losing job after job, stress taking over his life, and turning him into a man that was filled with anger instead of the happy, bubbly man that she always loved and adored. Her mother had lingering eyes for every male that came into the diner, always wondering what life would be like if she wasn’t strapped down by the suffocating lack of funds in her family. In fact, when Lara was just seven years old, her mother’s lingering eye is what took her away from her family. One night, Lara heard shuffling outside of her bedroom door and before she was able to investigate what was going on, her mother was gone. She had packed her few belongings and left Lara and her father to their own devices. Later on, Lara would find out that she had met a wealthy man who was capable of giving her more monetary happiness than her own flesh and blood ever could. It was something that made Lara see that the world was not always as kind and forgiving as she thought it was.
It took her mother’s departure from their lives for things to turn around for Calvin and Lara, however. Once there was no other means of money and income coming into the apartment, Calvin started working harder to get jobs that were well paying and reliable for work. He started looking in construction, quickly becoming employed with a company that actually made him fill out a W-2 and do things by the book. The money started coming in more readily, and Lara was seeing things that she never had before: birthday presents, dinner on the table every single night, random gifts of appreciation from her father, etc. While they didn’t have much, there wasn’t a single day in which the lights went out in their home.
It wasn’t until her fourteenth birthday that Lara received a gift from her father that opened a door in her life that she had never been prepared for: a personal laptop. There was not a lot of extra money lying around, but the hefty priced gift was something that was met with a beaming Lara and a very smitten Calvin that he had done so well by her. For that next coming years, Lara spent her life on her laptop. She researched everything she could find, downloaded all the free video games that she could come across, and taught herself everything the Internet could teach her about coding (which was a lot). Her research and fooling around online quickly came to a staggering halt the moment she turned sixteen whenever she thrusted herself into a job. While she was just working at Best Buy as a cashier, it was something that helped her father out in little ways whenever it came to bills and purchasing groceries. He was constantly protesting her from working as much as she did, but Lara liked that she was finally pulling her own around the house.
Once Lara graduated from high school (fourth in a class of a few hundred), she focused on working and nothing more. She had always dreamed of attending college, but dreams did not pay the bills at home and Lara was terrified of racking up a bill with student loan programs. She was happy though. She climbed the ranks at her local Best Buy and soon enough, she was partaking in the program of Geek Squad. She got to spend time doing what she loved most, handling technology, and was getting paid in the meantime. It only took a couple of years and soon enough, Lara had padded her savings account enough to fly from her nest of a home. It was something that Calvin struggled with, but she was only living a subway trip away from his clutches.
Living on her own was something that Lara quickly found to be a lot more complicated than she had thought. She wanted to be the independent individual she always knew she was, but rent was hard to make every single month. Because of such a thing, Lara was quick to look for roommates. After a few duds came into her life, she came across Evie Miller. She was everything that Lara found annoying in a person, but for the sole purpose of wanting entertainment around her apartment, she decided to sign the lease with allowing her to move in. While it may have taken a couple of months, Lara and Evie soon became inseparable. Not to mention, Evie was the person who inspired and encouraged Lara to start following her dreams and enroll in college. Lara isn’t shy to tell anyone that her roommate is the reason behind her college success, but she keeps it under wraps that while she is attending school for a Computer Science degree, she’s also enrolled in a full time honor’s program.
Pets: N/A
Relationships:
Evie Miller: At first meeting, Evie was the opposite of the kind of person that LJ wanted to associate herself with. She was the happy-go-lucky type that was constantly barging into her room with her wide smile and multitude of stories, which always made Lara question her decisions about agreeing to be her roommate. However, as time has passed, Lara has considered Evie to be one of her closest friends in life. She’s the epitome of a ‘ride or die’ for Lara.
Matt Solis: For a person that runs the other way from love and actively states that it does not exist, she fell rather hard for Matt. They got along from the very beginning of meeting, and from the moment they kissed, Lara knew that she was screwed. She was wrapped around Matt’s pinky finger up until the moment that her heart was broken. Matt was returning to her ex-girlfriend and leaving Lara in the dust. While she puts on a brave face and acts like everything is okay, Matt is always going to be Lara’s one that got away.
ACup baristas: Since Lara was heavily involved with one of the baristas, Lara spent a lot of time at the establishment. She even made sure to keep her menu hacking skills to a minimum whenever it came to being part of the customer sea.
EXTRA INFO
MON$TA LJ / @laranotcroft/description: sometimes i legitimately believe i might be the love child of a trash can and steve buscemi
Five latest tweets:
@laranotcroft: my top 5 best life moments is still when Smash Mouth RT’d me thats when i truly became an all star
@laranotcroft: anyone gotta dollar ??? my bank account would be at $69 then and lemme tell you that would be delish
@laranotcroft: i like that one ariananana song that goes like GET IT GET IT GET IT HIT IT HIT IT HIT IT FLIP IT FLIP IT FLIP IT bc it really outlines my style of sex
@laranotcroft: im only a heaux whenever melted cheese is in the pic <3
@laranotcroft: I WAS ALLOWED INTO CANADA AHAHAHA FUCK YOU @NSA YOU DON’T HAVE SHIT ON ME HENNIES :)
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