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💞 Through Thin Walls 💞
🏘 A Tarlos Neighbor AU 🏘
Ship: Tarlos | Fandom: 911 Lone Star
Author: noxsoulmate | Podfic by: Juulna | Artist: kinkajou
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Chapters: 2/2 | Complete Word Count: 18197 | Rating: Explicit | Warnings/Tags: alternate universe - neighbors, first meetings, 5+1 things, podfic, podfic & podficced works, podfic length: 2-2.5 hours, dorks in love, two person love triangle, falling in love, getting to know each other, getting together, idiots in love, love at first sight, kinda, cliche firefighter rescue, fluff, fluff and smut
Podfic created by the amazing @juuls
Art made by the wonderful @a-kinkajou
Created for the @pod-together event
Based on a prompt by the lovely @actuallysara
Summary:
“Hey, so please don’t freak out–”
In the next moment, Carlos could hear a thud, followed by a curse, and he was pretty sure the guy had just hit his head somehow. Carlos winced in sympathy.
“Sorry! Sorry, it’s just your neighbor here.”
“Dude,” came the reply, the voice sounding rough, probably from all the crying. “Way to give a person a heart attack. Also, creepy much?”
“My apologies. The walls here are basically paper with some paint slapped on. So uhm… noises are somewhat muffled but… not really, I guess.”
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3 times Carlos only heard his neighbor’s voice, 2 times TK lusted over a certain officer, +1 time it all melted together.
OR: A Tarlos Neighbor AU
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I cannot thank my team enough 🥰 @juuls, @a-kinkajou, this was such a wonderful experience!! thank you so much for putting up with me, tolerating my rambles and my writer's block, agreeing to switch fics when I panicked, and always cheering me on - and of course for the AMAZING podfic and art respectively that you two created for this fic. I truly hope this will only be the first of many projects we will work on together 😘
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When the first sniffles came through the wall, Carlos was startled, turning in his bed where he was cocooned in his blankets, book in hand, and in the process of winding down. It was his first night home after a week straight of night shifts and it was his goal to quickly get back into a normal sleep rhythm, even though he wasn’t remotely tired.
The sniffling sound that very clearly came from the room adjacent to his didn’t help in that endeavor, setting all his senses on high alert right away.
As far as he knew, the apartment next to his had been empty for the last few months. Someone must’ve moved in during the week – which was entirely possible, seeing how Carlos hardly had any free minutes between his shifts, helping on the ranch for two days, and covering some extra shifts so Mitchell could visit her sick mom.
What little time he’d spent in his apartment, Carlos had been asleep. So yes, a new neighbor moving in without him noticing was actually quite possible.
That didn’t explain the sniffles though which by now had turned into sobs that hardly sounded muffled. And why would they? His neighbor probably didn’t realize just how thin these walls were. Carlos certainly hadn’t suspected it when he first moved in – but quickly found out the hard way. His neighbor until a few months ago certainly had a thing for loud women…
Contemplating what to do, Carlos tried to focus back on his book. It wasn’t his business why his new neighbor was sobbing so loudly. Or bawling his eyes out by the sound of it. Damn…
Putting the book back down, Carlos closed his eyes for a moment. Two parts of himself were at war right now. The polite side, reminding him that it was not his place, that it would probably be embarrassing for the man to find out that Carlos could hear him; that it wasn’t nice to snoop in other people’s privacy. And then there was his protector side, wanting to make sure the man was okay. It didn’t sound like he was in direct danger or crying because he had hurt himself. But the tears still sounded so full of pain.
In the end, it was his compassionate side that won out, and putting the book aside he turned further in bed and moved closer to the wall. Clearing his throat, he spoke just above his normal volume.
“Hey, so please don’t freak out–”
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The Last Hours would have been much more fun if the James/Matthew/Cordelia “love triange” was replaced with the Shawn/Cory/Topanga dynamic from boy meets world:
James: Look at you two! My favorite person in the world! And my wife!
Cordelia: My whole life…
Cordelia: What do you mean you’re mad at James? You love him more than I do!
Alastair: *side eye*
Cordelia: It’s true but I’m ok with it.
*at their wedding*
Matthew: Do you really like her?
James: Yeah, I do.
Matthew: Are you sure?
Cordelia: Matthew? I really think I’ve been very tolerant here.
Matthew: *crying* We have to say goodbye for an hour!
Cordelia: Guys, it’s only a couple of weeks.
James: *crying* No, no, no. Math, I was doing it quick because I thought you wanted to do it quick!
Cordelia: I want a divorce.
Cordelia: You never carry my books.
James: *looks at Matthew* Well, look at him!
Matthew: You’re my friend Daisy. You’re one of the two best people I know.
Cordelia: Who’s first?
Matthew: He is. But, you and I are the best two things in his life.
Cordelia: Who’s first?
Matthew: You are.
And the main drama between them could’ve been about who should be the most important person in james’ life, his wife, or his parabatai. Or maybe they wouldn't have any drama at all and instead cc could focus on the many side characters she created and then sidelined.
#the last hours#tlh#cassandra clare#shadowhunters#the shadowhunter chronicles#tsc#james herondale#cordelia carstairs#matthew fairchild#chain of thorns#chain of gold#chain of iron#herondaisy#heronchild#jordelia#boy meets world
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Not sure who here is still having 1899 thoughts but I have a theory I'm chewing over
That triangle symbol that's everywhere... Dark taught us that Bo and Jantje like a good symbol with structural significance to the show. So I've been wondering what the triange could indicate, and here's my current proposal
(Spoilers for the series below!)
Three keys
You know how in Stranger Things s3 (stay with me) when Joyce and Hopper try and shut down the gate and they need to both turn keys in order to do so, because the system is designed so one person alone can't switch it off? What if the simulation is like that? Maura's key opened one section, but like a puzzle box it's only opened up a new puzzle to open?
I'm playing with the idea that there are two more keys the characters need to find and use to actually break free of the simulation. I just love the idea that to spite Henry's jibe that they keep failing because their emotions get in the way, that actually escape can only be possible with the characters working together.
#1899 netflix#1899#maura franklin#daniel solace#eyk larsen#henry singleton#ciaran singleton#ángel 1899#ramiro 1899#krester 1899#tove 1899#clémence 1899#lucien 1899#jérôme 1899#ling yi 1899#olek 1899#virginia wilson#i'm yet to do a rewatch so this might prove ridiculous when i do but#i am percolating
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does anyone else have an obsession tvtropes.com and spends hours clicking around? i had nothing better to do so i gathered a few tropes that either go well with byler (and the love triangle) narrative, are similar to what they have going on in the show or would make sense for their storyline in the future :)<3
Just Friends
The force with which the two deny any feelings is always inversely proportional to the truth. Just Friends is in essence, a relationship, a potential relationship or teased relationship between people who are simply Just Friends, in a normal, and regular manner. When a character uses the line "We're Just Friends" but no one seems to believe them, this is likely to be the trope involved.
Will They or Won't They? (they even have a murray quote about j/opper in there!)
Two characters, often combative but with obvious Unresolved Sexual Tension, resist going into a full blown relationship for a rather long time. Usually the two characters will be presented so that "they will" is the conclusion to root for; only rarely is the question of whether the writers think they should in any real doubt.
They Do
Will They or Won't They? They will, and They Do.
The conclusion of a Romance Arc with a Happy Ending. The point where we are finally done with breakups, misunderstandings, and second thoughts. If the story is done with them, they live Happily Ever After. If it isn't, when the rest of it happens to them, they'll have each other. Give them enough time, and they'll likely be Happily Married by then.
Love Epiphany
When a character realizes they are in love with another character. This is not when the character confesses this love to that other character or anyone else, but when the character realizes it themselves. Often this can be when a character had feelings already and realized this has blossomed into love, or when a character has been in denial about these feelings until this moment.
Love Revelation Epiphany (will's paiting revelation, anyone?)
Two characters have had some sort of Ship Tease, but there's no sign of it progressing to a Relationship Upgrade. Likely, one character will have feelings for the other but are resigned to All Love Is Unrequited — until the other character somehow hears (from another person directly or indirectly or from a Love Confession) they have feelings for them. They're shocked. All of a sudden, they begin to look at the other character differently, resulting in them beginning to have feelings, too! We all want to be loved after all, and someone loving you is a very attractive trait.
Mutually Unequal Relation aka: Mutually Unequal Relationship (mlvn)
Two (or more) characters have entirely different ideas on how they are perceived by each other. Can lead to Cringe Comedy when the truth gets out or could alternatively be Played for Drama.
Moment Killer (aka jonathan)
It's really going to happen this time. They are about to share their feelings with each other after years of keeping them hidden. They come closer together and look into each other's eyes; there has never been a moment so perfect. The stars are aligned, the moon is full and one of them says, "I've never had the courage to tell you this before..." Then her brother walks into the room, asking if she wants pepperoni or ham on her pizza. Or his/her best friend walks through the door, wanting to talk to them, which sometimes may be an emergency. Or the house phone rings or one of their cellphones rings, ruining the moment. "Ugh!" is their reply, echoed by all of the fans. Whatever was there has been shot down dead. They lost the spirit of the moment and it will likely be a long time before they can get it back. After witnessing their frustrated anger, the brother then asks, "Is this a bad time?"
Hopeless Suitor
This is Triang Relations #4: a character who has a crush on someone who's already engaged in (at least potential) Shipping with someone else.
Childhood Friend Romance aka: Victorious Childhood Friend
Childhood Friend Romance is a part of romantic plots, when characters develop romantic feelings for someone who they spent their childhood years with.
Often the pair will see each other as Just Friends (and may even deny accusations that they might have a different type of relationship); then, when puberty hits or when they meet again after being apart for some time, they will realize that the other is all grown up.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
A bittersweet trope where Alice loves Bob but realizes that a relationship between them cannot happen, so she decides to put Bob's happiness above her own. Accordingly, she abandons her claim to Bob and encourages him to move on and live his own life, even if that means watching (or even supporting) a relationship between Bob and someone else.
Act of True Love
The Act of True Love proves beyond doubt that you are ready to put your loved one's interests before your own, that you are truly loyal and devoted to them. Usually this involves a sacrifice on your part, at the very least a considerable effort and/or a great risk. The action must be motivated, not by morals or principle or expectation of future reward, but by sheer personal affection. When your beloved is in dire need of your help, or in great danger, and you do something, at great expense to yourself, for the sake of their safety, their welfare, or their happiness, thus proving beyond any doubt that you put their interest ahead of yours.
Love Makes You Crazy
Being in love can cause a person to behave strangely and irrationally, a tendency which is often exaggerated in television and film. Usually played for laughs in Sitcoms and anime, it can be used as a motivation for villainous (or at least uncharacteristic) behavior in more serious stories. However, it can also result in behaviors that are presented as being noble, though unusual.
Went Crazy When They Left
This is when a character leaves/abandons someone that they were close to, maybe out of an obligation, personal reasons, or not by their own choice.note Maybe a character is a Living Emotional Crutch or a Morality Chain to them. Maybe they have implied romantic feelings for them. Maybe they were a pair of True Companions, or family. In some cases, the person left behind may not even have realized their feelings until the other left.
Belated Love Epiphany
You never know what you've got until it's gone. There are some people that we hate, feel indifferent to, or just don't feel like being around. But we're stuck with them, so we muddle through and put up with them because there's nothing we can do about it. Then, that person is suddenly out of our lives. Great, right? Wrong. For some reason, you take their absence a lot harder than you expected to. It's not until they're gone that you start to like them. Maybe you've become so used to their little quirks you can't imagine your life without them. Or maybe you realize that they're the best thing to ever happen to you. Whatever the case, you realize too late that you actually love them.
I Will Find You
A quite common variant of The Quest, this plot has two people who have become separated by fate or circumstance, and thus cannot be together. One or both will try to search for the other, promising that they will never stop until they have reunited with their loved one.
Unreliable Narrator
In most narratives, there's an element of trust that the person telling you the story is telling the truth, at least as far as they know it. This trope occurs when that convention is discarded. The narrator's facts contradict each other. If you ask them to go back a bit and retell it, the events come out a little differently. It can be like dealing with a used-car salesman — there's a real story in there somewhere, but you're left to piece it together through all the lies, half-truths, and mistruths.
Color Motif
For many years, artists and interior designers have understood that certain colors can provoke specific emotional and sometimes physiological reactions. Within a certain culture, you can be fairly certain that most of the audience will react predictably to certain colors. A motif is a recurring element within a work, so a color motif is obviously a recurring color within the work. The color may be associated with a character, place, feeling, timeframe, or even the work overall.
One True Love
The most indomitable of romantic ideals is the idea of one utter perfect specimen who is your ultimate match. Perhaps they will have everything in common with you and share your dreams. Perhaps they will be your Foil because True Love is Exceptional. A third possibility is Mindlink Mates leading the two of them to understand each other better than anyone else. [...] The main difference between a standard Official Couple and a One True Love is in how each partner views the other. While an Official Couple simply needs to be a canon pairing between two characters, a One True Love also requires a canon couple to view each other as their be-all, end-all soulmate with no romantic interest in anyone else once the pair gets together.
Electric Love
This trope appears in romantic works, and is featured prominently in Young Adult Literature fiction novels. The touch of a love interest will either literally or metaphorically feel like a shock of electricity.
Gray Rain of Depression
A type of Empathic Environment, commonly used to indicate that a character is depressed, disappointed, or just plain sad. The rain is often called on to exaggerate their mood depending on how sad they are, or if their character is always like that, then this means that they're expressing true sadness for the first time.
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HELLO ROSA
my dearest twst moot /p, i just wanted to ask if you could recommend any good sfw leona fics,, (or like, vil/azul/sebek is great too) a girl's STARVING here pls /hj
— ravy
HI RAVY MY BELOVEDDD <33 this took a little while to answer how are u doing?? GODDD
sebek —ㅤthe stories told, the charms you holdㅤㅤㅤcapture my heart, my voice into art both by @zgvlt !!
OK OK I LOVE NATHYA'S FICS ESPECIALLY THAT ONE VIL & ROOK ONE 😭 she's an underrated writer I swear to god.. like her fics are so long and the quality of said fics don't get justice from the notes it gets 😠 there's also tons of other fics in her masterlist so plz check them out <3
leona, azul, & sebek —ㅤlove trianges, ㅤand there's even a part two by @kaiijo
ok ok! so like I saw her the love triangle a few months ago or so and im in love oh my god.. my brain was like on the verge of shaking because of how much fluster its thinking of as I visualize them personally fighting over me 😦😦 anyhow she also has some works that are beautifully written so if you liked the ones i reccomended I suggest going for more
leona — ㅤin which leona has to babysit cheka, which (y/n) gladly does for him instead; but now he's jealous since cheka gets all her attention by @wolken-himmel
I've been binge reading all her works ever since I found her blog, even reread some I enjoyed a lot & I actually recognized her from quotev omg I love her stories 😭💓 ANYWAYS! there's a ton of works on her masterlist. of which there's also a lot on the characters you mentioned but if you're feeling like receiving some fluff from another all you have to do is visit her blog :) screamed when they followed me
sadly the author deactivated their blog but i still have it reblogged! so here. where leona is that type of boyfriend..
PLS COME BACK 💔💔💔 I CANT REMEMBER IF IVE READ THEIR WORKS UET 😭😭
vil —ㅤthe fairest has everyone's eyes but one by ㅤㅤㅤand a part two @arent-i-the-fairest
I literally screamed when they followed me pt. 2 ong jabsjabaksjd i was so excited to have them as mutuals!! <33 actually I noticed them after reading the work where reader chooses between the seven dorms and I loved the chaos HAHAHAHA
vil, leona & azul — ㅤbreaking up with them
screamed when they followed me pt.3 WHY DO I HAVE SUCH COOL MUTUALS 😭😭 I need just a single shroud of their talents omfgg... n e ways if we have fluff we also must have angst, either way you should really check out mal's smau works!! I LOVE THEM AKSJKAJA
—ㅤu know what I'll just put her entire masterlist @trappolaces
ok but we actually turned into mutuals after I got an ask from her 😃 but I just HAD TO PUT THE WHOLE MASTERLIST BECAUSE I COULDNT CHOOSE WHICH ONE TO PICK 😭😭😭 kimiko is pookie so read her works now 🙁👹
ok but this lowkey turned into author reccs BUT I MEAN THERES SEBEK, VIL, LEONA AND AZUL RECCS RIGHT 😭😭 come back for more because I'm lazy
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Can we call “love trianges” right angles? In all honesty it’s not a triangle because two people are in love with the same person, but they’re not all in love with each other so it’s like an angle right angle!!  also, I think it’s just really funny if we call it a right angle because it’s a stupid name.
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ash's january 2024 reading round up
find all the books and fics i read this month under the cut with a link to the synopsis and my reviews/ratings attached :)
this is just for fun! i'm not a professional, i just like to read <3
book list!
1. Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey (18+!)
• review: i am a massive, massive, massive tessa bailey fan so it's no surprise that this was my favorite from this month and my first book of 2024! i received this christmas-themed rom-com as a holiday gift and i absolutely loved every second of it. the plot centers around the main couple, beat and melody (i know, right?!), who are the children of two bitter ex-bandmates, attempting to reunite their mothers' band on a live, 24 hour reality tv show! definitely one of the most unique concepts for a contemporary romance book i've read in quite some time! i loved following beat and melody's dual perspectives on both their past and their present as well as unraveling how difficult their family relationships were despite their fortuitous upbringings. the position of being the child of a famous individual can be quite isolating and even though beat didn't mind the spotlight and melody hated it, they're still some of the only people in the world who understood the other's struggles. the 24-hour live stream format was also very interesting to read from their perspectives - they were so funny both on and off camera! their mothers, trina and octavia were such dynamic characters as well; learning about their bitter rivalry through the perspectives of their children was so neat! between the two main characters, melody was my favorite. she was such a well rounded and dynamic character! my favorite chapters were all from her perspective. i could have gone without beat's weird overprotectiveness of her though - personal preference. i'm not too fond of characters like that and sometimes he took his protectiveness way too far for my liking! highly recommend for fans of campy rom-coms and those looking for a fresh take on the genre :)
• rating: 4/5 epic guitar solos !
2. My Life With the Walter Boys by Ali Novak
• review: very conflicted feelings on this one. if i hadn't watched the netflix adaptation first, i think i would have liked the book more... idk. like other published wattpad novels before it, the main character jackie is displaced from her perfect new york city girl life after a tragic accident leaves her an orphan, so what must she do? move to rural colorado to live with her mother's best friend and her 12 children. of which 11 are boys. oh no! there were parts of the book that i really enjoyed, like getting to see jackie bond with her new housemates and get used to the small town lifestyle and making new friends around her high school. the show cut out a good majority of her friends but i really liked them in the book! however, aside from jackie and her love triange between walter boys alex and cole, all the other characters were super underdeveloped and two dimensional, which made me yearn for some of the original plotlines developed for the show. i feel like making the main conflict center around a family of 14 and not really developing 12 of them is just a waste of time. and also, i didn't really vibe with jackie or alex in this version of the story. i'm still a proud member of team cole in the book and the tv show. i also wasn't fond of the ending personally... tldr, if you're interested in the plot synopsis i have linked, just skip the book and watch the show. which feels backward to say, but trust me ok!
• rating: 2/5 characters i liked in the book but got cut out of the show :)
3. The Deal by Elle Kennedy (18+!)
• review: ah. yes. like in all things. men like hockey. women love music. haha. my favorite thing about this book was the concept - i'm a real sucker for these contemporary hockey romance novels set in fake college towns with fake hockey teams and a book for each player and their love life... generally, i very much appreciate what elle kennedy was going for with this one. that being said. the male main character, garrett, was just an ass for more than half of the entire novel and the female main character, hannah, just let him walk over her for a good part of the beginning. usually i like fmc's in books like these, but she was just a bit boring to me... yikes. i did really enjoy how gattett and hannah's stories intertwined throughout the book, and even though garret was a persistent dick he sure loves hannah. i can respect that. in addition to the main two, i though their respective friend groups were interesting as well! the jocks and the theater kids coming together to unionize is always funny to me :) hannah and garrett's two worlds blending together into one was nice. i'm planning to pick up the sequel to see how that progresses as the shift moves to other players on the hockey team! if it's got a hockey player in it, good chance i'm gonna read it.
• potential trigger warnings if interested in reading: mentions of a past sexual assault on the female main character; mentions of past physical abuse on the male main character; mentions of current physical abuse on a side character
• rating: 3/5 times i had to google a hockey term while reading !
4. Wildfire by Hannah Grace (18+!)
• review: if you run in booktok spaces, you may have heard of Hannah grace's other novel, icebreaker. in my humblest opinion, this book deserved the hype icebreaker got! main characters russ and aurora were sooo dynamic and i absolutely loved their second chance romance while they were both camp counselors at a fancy summer camp! both of them having their own separate storylines that ended up converging was so well written and the two of them supporting each other unconditionally was so refreshing. the atmosphere of the camp and surrounding town were so adorable - i wish i could go there! plus all the sneaking around they had to do because of the camp counselor's no-fraternizing rule... mm. russ was so freaking sweet too - not enough sweet, kind, shy gues in these types of books. i also enjoyed aurora's confident, outgoing personality! the side characters were adorable as well and the cameos from characters in icebreaker had me screaming! ugh i love them and this book so freaking much!! highly highly recommend for fans of second chance romance or good books in general :)
• potential trigger warnings if interested in reading: gambling addiction struggles in a parent; parental neglect and verbal abuse on the male/female main character
• rating: 4/5 marshmallows to make the perfect cup of cocoa
fic list!
Goddamned (51100 words) by skyline
• fandom: big time rush (tv)
• pairings: kendall knight/james diamond, brief kendall knight/jett stetson, carlos garcia/logan mitchell
• i can't sing this fic's praises enough, one of the best i've read in a quite some time. a pjo/btr crossover is just what i needed in my life and i enjoyed every moment, every word, every twist and turn... so so so obsessed! the world building was so incredible and after i finished it i couldn't think about anything else for hours. i can't recommend this one enough :)) we all know i love a long fic and this one was just perfect
#once again: just for fun! not here to start anything - i'm just sharing my opinions#not giving the fic a star rating bc if someone did that to mine i'd throw up but it was very very good just trust me!#wreck the halls#tessa bailey#my life with the walter boys#ali novak#the deal#elle kennedy#wildfire#hannah grace#ash talks books
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steve, joyce, + dustin for the stranger things ask game!
LEXXXXXXXXXX!!!!! hi ily <3333
Steve 👑: If someone were to associate you with one item, what would it be? crushed ice? watered down, formerly iced, coffee? emotional support burts bees chapstick? (ohmyGOD these are such lame answers i’m sorrrrryyyy)
Joyce ☎️: Do you have any special rituals or routines you stick to? Hmmmmmm, lets see. I am sure I do????? BUT MY MIND IS DRAWING A BLANK... hold on *thinks about this for a stupid amount of time* ok so the only thing coming to mind is I go to sleep with the tv on when I go to bed to trick myself into thinking I am not alone and lonely af
Dustin 🧢: If you were a piece of media, what iconic trope(s) would you be? WAIT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION?! ok ok ok ummmm friends to lovers, two person love triange, aaaand idiots in love
📼Stranger Things Inbox Game 📼
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I want Dramione babies !!!
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Here you go.
*****
Formal Sitting Room
by Pacific Rimbaud
Rated M
1300 words, complete short fic
Tags: Dad!Draco, Mum!Hermione, A Baby, Sofa Sitting, Stupidly in Love
“You’ll note that I’ve brought you here to the sitting room, and that’s because we have several important things to discuss without the usual distractions.”
Draco adjusted his posture on the sofa.
The long term goal, he had decided, was to look engaged—attentive, he thought—but at the same time relaxed and approachable. One might have a conversation sitting like this, rather than issue commands, a distinction which he had come to value greatly.
His interlocutor leaned forward from the hips, as though he meant to leave.
“Make no attempt to escape. You’ll recall that I’ve set up wards of all kinds throughout the room. You may test them as much as you like, but you’ll get no further than the threshold if you try to run off.”
Draco adjusted his reading glasses, gathering his thoughts.
He paused.
“Are you looking at these?” He removed his glasses and held them up, where they caught the lamp light. “These are mine. They’re not under any circumstances to be removed from my person. They’re quite fragile.” He tucked the arms back over his ears, and began his speech.
“I know that while your goals and mine may not always align, I recognize that your … ” Draco squinted, recalling the appropriate language “ … feelings are valid. It’s perfectly alright to cry, especially in situations like the one we had in the kitchen just now. For my part, I” —he felt his face contort under the effort, which his conversation partner seemed to find amusing enough to smile about— “was wrong in eating the entire banana. I ought to have asked if you wanted any.”
That part over, Draco moved on.
A sandwich, he’d been told.
Positive feedback to start, then constructive criticism, followed by further positive feedback.
“I’ve noticed that you’ve been working hard on your articulation and vocabulary recently, and I admire your tenacity and perseverance. Your choice to monologue at three o’clock in the morning was disruptive to other members of the household. Your tone and projection are impressive.”
His companion settled back against the cushion behind him and yawned.
Draco moved on. His posture had stiffened, and he took a moment to allow his muscles to relax.
“You’ll recall our earlier discussions about personal hygiene. I understand that progress in that area is dependent on multiple factors outside of your control, and that you’re doing your best under the circumstances.” He drew in a deep breath. “Know that I love you very much, and always will, no matter what you’ve done.”
He swallowed. The words felt less like foreign objects in his mouth every time he said them, which was the purpose of this exercise.
“I’m very proud of you, son.”
“What are you two up to in here?” Hermione’s voice was laced with fatigue.
She entered the room with her arms wrapped around her waist and her eyes still blinking, fogged with sleep, and slid sideways into Draco’s lap. “Hello.”
“Good afternoon. I take it you fell asleep with your book. How was the nap?” He ran the heel of his hand firmly up her spine, then down again.
“Gorgeous. Thank you so much.”
“Of course.”
She considered Draco’s associate at the other end of the sofa. “I’m trying very hard right now to not be terrified of him falling off the edge.”
Draco scoffed. “I’ve put a sticking charm on his bum, he’s not going anywhere.” He tilted his chin at the baby. “Your mother thinks I’d let you toss yourself off the sofa, Fornax.”
“Stop calling him Fornax, he’s going to think it’s actually his name.” Hermione yawned. “He looks ready for his sleep. What did you two get up to?”
Draco wrapped his arm around Hermione’s waist, and without dislodging her from his lap, leaned forward and grasped the baby around the back with a grip steady and confident from constant repetition.
“What did we do, Dennis?”
“Your name is not Dennis, you poor mouse.” Hermione drew the baby into her arms, where it flattened its cheek against her chest and breathed a world-weary sigh. Hermione sniffed its head. “He smells of fruit.”
“We had peaches, and some avocado, and he said no to the banana, but then changed his mind once I’d eaten the whole thing and got angry with me, because he’s your son.”
“And yours.”
“That’s probably fair. Then we did some scooting, and bashing one’s own father about the head and face with a wooden mallet. After that, we rocked for a bit, and read Red Dragon, Yellow Dragon, Blue Dragon half a dozen times, and then we ate its pages for a while.”
“Did it taste nice?”
“It always does.”
“Mmm.” Hermione ran her palm over the baby’s white-blond curls, then kissed the crown of its head. “And then you came into the formal sitting room to practice—what, entertaining etiquette?”
“Something like that.” Draco stroked a hand through Hermione’s hair, and then began the meticulous and satisfying work of untangling his fingers from it.
“Are you ready for your second sleep, my love?” she whispered into the baby’s scalp.
“He’s had his milk and a fresh nappy just now. I’ll go lie him down.” Draco wrapped his hands around the baby’s ribs, and shifted him onto his own chest. “How far did you get in your book before you fell asleep?”
“Two pages.”
“Maybe now that you’ve napped, you’ll make some headway.”
Draco laid a hand on Hermione’s hip and pushed at her lightly to shift her off his lap.
“Or … “ she whispered.
He stopped.
His eyes rolled back in his head.
“I’ll never stop loving what this does to you.” She dropped her temple to his shoulder, still circling her thumb in a ghostly touch over the exquisitely sensitive skin of his earlobe.
Draco pulled her hand away with a soft grip on her wrist, and looked at her sidelong.
“You could read your book, or? Go on.”
“Or … ”
As she grasped his right hand and pulled it toward her, he held the baby more firmly with his left.
She guided his hand under the bottom hem of her jumper, then higher, until he took over and made the revolutionary discovery that she wasn’t wearing anything at all underneath.
“Or,” she said, “we could do something about the way you look in your reading glasses.”
He clutched at her, one all-encompassing press of his palm and fingers around the perfect curve of her breast, then drew back, dragging his fingertips along her skin, and then—”
She gasped with the pinch.
Draco nodded. “That’s settled, then. I’m going to keep these reading glasses on, no matter what they might be doing to my eyes, go and put Griffin in his cot—”
“Griffin was a serious suggestion, which you were incredibly rude about.” Hermione’s voice had taken on a frayed, breathless quality. “It’s horrible of you to bring it up.” She arched her chest against his hand. “If we’d gone with your system he could have been Bootes. Reticulum. Triang—oh, gods, that feels good.”
“Does it? I’m glad to hear it.” He removed his hand from her jumper, and slid it down along the warm skin of her belly. “I’m going to go and put our very beautiful son, with his very beautiful, very Muggle name, in his cot—”
“Are you?” Hermione’s eyes expressed something quite apart from sleepiness.
“And then I’m going to come back here—”
He slid his hand beneath the waistband of the cotton pajama bottoms she lounged about the house in, and which inexplicably turned him on, but stopped a wicked inch above where she might have liked his journey to end.
“And then what?” she asked.
He thrilled at her obvious impatience, advertised in the pitch of her voice, the color blooming over her cheeks, and the tension of her efforts to not roll her hips up into his hand.
The baby made his customary sigh at the advent of sleep.
Draco cupped the baby’s head in his palm, holding him tight to his shoulder, and leaned in close to Hermione’s ear.
“And then, I’m going to teach you some entertaining etiquette.”
#Draco Malfoy#Hermione Granger#dramione#dhr#dhr fanfiction#you asked i answered#with a fic#why not#I never write children#they're a challenge#what's this kid's name#I have no idea
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hey idk if you’re still doing it but I’d love to see fantasy high + 001 for that one fandom asks list? Just found ur blog from your bad kids phone edits and I’m 🤧🥰
thank you for asking me the very thing i wanted to be asked when i reblogged that fasklfdsklj
001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:
Favorite character: this is a cop out but between the six kids i literally can’t decide. i think abt it daily and i cannot choose one to love more than any of the others they’re all my fucking kids dude. for a while it was gorgug tho
Least Favorite character: fucking skrank literally the 7 maidens will tease gorgug and shit but two of them are in this love triange w skrank and they just let that shit fly? unrealistic
5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): fabriz, figayda, gorgug/zelda, kristen/trackers, and then i’ve been seeing all this sam/penelope stuff and im 100% for it i love tragic lovers
Character I find most attractive: this is an out there answer but i just think lydia barkrock is a milf
Character I would marry: garthy o’brien bc i can only be so BI
Character I would be best friends with: adaine probably we’re very similar in our ways of thinking
a random thought: i thought of this while answering least fave char but ostentatia wallace and danielle barkstock should be gfs. oh wait shit another totally unrelated thought that plagues my mind daily: how the fuck do sklonda and gorthalax do it
An unpopular opinion: idk if this is an unpopular opinion or not bc i wasn’t around when it was airing but sometimes i get uncomfortable w the emphasis on sex in kristen and tracker’s relationship like obviously they do stuff but also they’re 15/16 that’s THEIR business
My Canon OTP: figayda when they got together i was mirroring lou and ally jumping around screaming
My Non-canon OTP: spare fabriz rights?
Most Badass Character: kristen applebees punched god in the face
Most Epic Villain: holy shit everything w the nightmare king and kalina and the forest was amazing literally like the best and most epic worldbuilding in my entire life i swear
Pairing I am not a fan of: fabian x aelwyn the vibes are rancid
Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): i don’t think fabian was screwed up i really love his arc in s2 BUT i feel like how they ended it with him hooking up with aelwyn was very dissatisfying and felt like a step backwards? maybe i’m just wearing my shipper goggles but i didn’t think it was a good move for him or her for that matter esp when she acknowledged it being toxic. they both deserve better than a messy fling that they know isn’t going to be healthy for them and obviously makes adaine uncomfortable. also what 18 year old girl has ever wanted to sleep with their younger sister’s friend.
Favourite Friendship: RIZ AND GORGUG!!! when they’re together they’re literally just chaotic dumbasses
Character I most identify with: i was gonna say adaine but thinking about it probably riz actually. i’m a very logic-driven person and i often feel like an outsider looking in even within my own friend groups so yeah
Character I wish I could be: fig for sure. she’s a rockstar. she has an awesome gf. she has confidence. wow.
send me a fandom/ship/character
#imma be real i saw you followed me and i screamed bc i recognized you as jj's mutual and ik i've read some of your outstanding av fics#long post#ask game#answered#grasslandgirl
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Liveblogging last episode of vld season 6
So the fight continues and Lotor has learned how to teleport with portals and they end up having to go into the quintessance rift
Lotor’s flowing hair is so pretty when he takes off his helmet, too bad his face is not so much at the moment with the whole kind of deranged expressions he is having.
*Palpatine voice* “UNLIMITED POWAHHH!!!”
Being stuck in a corrupting rift isn’t a good fate, but I wouldn’t be surprised when if Lotor makes it out alive but a bit...changed
That or his mother ends up bailing him out again
So of the couple things I did get spoiled (the other was shiro possession thing but i knew that was going to happen) on was that they would lose the castle (tag spoilers people) though I didn’t know HOW.
Feel sorry for Coran, given this was his grandfathers legacy :(
Pidge kept some of the fluffball creatures with her! Awww.
Lance bring Kaltenecker, an important part of the team though apparently annoying to get into the lion. Must have made it crowded, though some of them have multiple people in their lions anyways
Allura transfers Shiro’s consciousness from the Black Lion into the cloned body/Kuron which also.....turns his hair white. So THAT is the hair change that the was hinted at. Poor Shiro is so young to already have a full head of white hair at his age :P
Though this does bring up questions. So was OG Shiro’s body disenergrated? Kuron was/is like his own sort of person he just wasn’t a mindless drone given we saw plenty of time when he wasn’t being mind-fucked at the moment so like, is his consciousness still there? Did they combine? Is OG Shiro going to get Kuron’s memories? Is there two consciousness now?
I had kind of been hoping for twinganes (as the fandom nickname for it) with BOTH original and clone Shiro. Awwww :(
Yeah Shiro, you deserve the rest. And it looks like they are headed to Earth! Well that will be interesting to see.
So like what going to happen to the splintered galra empire now? Will Sendak change his group to a less awful name? Will Haggar finnally take center stage as a villian instead of the (wo)man behind that man like I have been wishing for her to do for ages? For that matter I want to know more of what happend in Oriande
So alot of shit happened in this season and I am still processing how I feel about it.
I had been more on the “post Season 3 Shiro is not a clone” side of things (a belief held by like 4 other people) and was not expecting Lotor to head that far into villiany as he did (I wasn’t like ‘Lotor did nothing wrong’ side of things but I thought he was better than he turned out being)
So yeah, didn’t go how I had been more expecting.
Was pretty meh about the Lotura and Allurance triange in this season as I don’t care for either ship and especially not love triangles, but it thankfully didn’t focus too too much/make a huge huge drama about it that it could have so at least that is that.
Liked Haggar and Lotor’s talk though I wish it could have gone on longer. Want more on Haggar’s motives. Want more Haggar/Honerva in general
Hope we see more of the rest of the coilition/BOM/Matt Holt/Shay and her people et all next season. I assume Matt would probably want to visit earth and see his parents again too?
Visuals were really pretty this season. Also I love the space wolf so much, want to see all the voltron squad petting/cuddling/playing with him. Also what is the wolf’s name?
#Now i can finnally stop blacklisting 17 variations of 'voltron' vld spoilers' etc#most of my dash ended up being censored due to that#and my dash kept on reccing me untagged spoilerly voltron posts#voltron#vld spoilers#voltron spoilers#voltron season 6#vld#voltron season 6 spoilers#vld season 6 spoilers
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He was 19 in twenty-19. His favorite crystal is Crystal Methyd, and our first binding words together were: Nothing Fucking Matters!
He complains about how his hair is growing too slow, everyday. “I can’t wait til my hair grows!” He exclaims whether it’s night or day, rain or shine, you will absolutely hear him say. I personally liked the cholo cut-so sexy! “The cholo jumped out!” And this girl said “and it scared me!” That pesky little tissue flap that he constantly burns, located on his palm, but continuously move traverse even more so that the medication can never seem to reverse. It has been frozen, and burnt, and picked on and bleached, and churned by his finger nails... baby put your hand down and stop messing with that tumor! I have never met anyone who has outmatched my dark humor. Take a break from peeling of those dead skins. Caress me around my thighs, my legs, not near my asshole though, I don’t want your bacteria to lay eggs-
In the morning, two is what you prefer. You like them in pairs-perverted as this sounds but it is true-
It is true that the things you want the most are the ones you’ll have the hardest time getting- or non at all. God forbid I wanted hair and facial hair- god did not grant me either one, almost non at all. I envy his hair growths that he likes to compare to middle easterners. It makes me smile all the time, because the bridge of his nose, says “you’re a beaner-ers!”
He’s clogged my sink multiple times, because of his constant shaving. I don’t mind it though... it’s pretty annoying, but it’s a task worth having. I usually clean it by myself when he’s not around. I don’t know, just little remnants of him made me feel like he’s around, his energy lingers upside down and everywhere, even though I’m cleaning up his mess, I can’t help but smile, I can’t help but stare-
Stare at him when he’s asleep. Brushing his curly locks, tuck them behind his ears. Whispering I love you’s when I thought he’s already R-E-M’n, but when he responds “I love you, too baby” I just be D-A-M’n inside, thinking to myself, how lucky did I get?
Lucky that even after all my fuck-ups, screw-ups, mistakes, the universe still bestowed a gift upon me. A gift that was most likely not well deserved. Was it dropped off at the wrong doorstep? I ask myself. I ponder, and wonder, and gander back at him as he does the bare minimum at his job. “You’re just flipping papers, babe.” I whisper to myself. I chuckle a little and let out a yell: do you want breakfast? I asked. He lets out a grin, a half-smile, obviously responding: yes! He has a certain tone when he’s saying “thank you” when I hand him his food. God, a nervous wreck I am whenever I cook for him. I’m no alumni from Le Cordon Bleu, but I can cook a mean... a mean... I don’t know. I can’t cook for shit, but for him I try to make do.
Half-naked in an all ivory dining set. Countless memories in that empty corner, but unforgettable nonetheless. He likes to circle names that he found interesting in his pile of SNHD papers. Hey, did you know names are just the sounds people associate to you? We both are suckers for names. We have enough collected for generations even long after the history that became.
Oh, there’s this one spot located in the middle of nowhere. Red Rock Canyons: Oasis of Stars, home of lone wolves and cayotes, hidden in the far southwest. Famous for being the road on the way to Pahrump where brothels thrive, old men jive, STD hives. I tried to go to this spot one day to remi-nice, but I could not find it at all! One more turn and I might end up in Bermuda Triang-All. He must really be the compass to this place, I stopped on the side street, I said ooh bitch, that was a struggle! This one morning, I’ll fail to ever erase from my memories. It was so, so perfect that I forgot about my open wound pounding from my head. Need I say more or will I cut an old wound, call 911? Will they respond?
Water and Oil is what we’ve become. Despite the beautiful sceneries, steamy showers, and late night epiphanies, we have become repellent- our love language, no longer transparent. We do not seem to combine, scientifically, chemical bonds to be exact. Since when did oil become non-hydrophiliac? . What went wrong? Blood and flesh, sweat and tears, have all been involved. To this day, I demand: tell me where did I go wrong?
Two good people, two beautiful souls, two visions of art, but somehow it ended in turmoil? We tried to repair all the wear-and-tears, but we did not age like fine leather. Sweet and sour, hot and cold. We have not experienced such a fine and dandy weather from the month of January until the hot summer nights of May-weathers. We did not have an umbrella to shield us from the rainfalls. How the hell are we gonna weather the storm when winter befalls? Summer has always been our season. Hot, and steamy, “hey you sucked the puss out of my nipple piercing, but I was too horny to stop you” was his reason.
A very promising relationship that ended bitterly. God, you can’t even keep us in the same room let alone pass each other merrily. What have we become? Is this when we declare each other as our enemies? Is this when we burn our sweet, sweet memories? Is this how we treat each other even though we used to be each other’s ecstasies? This is not a vision I’ve foreseen. This is not the happy ending that we wanted like from those in the silver screens.
Tropicalia, somewhere in Los Ange-Leez, far from the ocean port-landia, located at the foot of the metropo-Leez. We shut the place down, in those fly outfits, the people, the photographers, the cameras. We too fire. We too cool, we brought the half white half black, The Grandfather-esque suit, pimped out boots, fur coats in a light shade of oat, pops of old school red, 10-10-10s!!! Fiya in the streets freaky in the sheets. Thrifted goods from head to toe. Just DSLs, no need to flaunt them YSLs and Logo-
Mania-c panics, insecure Ass fights, sleepless nights, Tel-Aviv dreams, Perfecta on the radio. Sade on the stereo. Stars Are Blind has become an anthem, but Nelly Furtado strengthens our tandem. My Cherie Amour, cara mia, Amor de mi vida- it’s Friday, babe! Can we just have one good día?
Giant Pikachu, that I won for you. Every person envied the dude, who’s carrying a giant, yellow plush! Envy him! It’s his birthday! His embarrassment is accompanied with a blush! I heard a kid saying “I choose you!” No kid, he is mine! Get your own baby, this one is divine- femi-NINE as you claim to be
This is reality and truth be told, we made fools of ourselves. What’s done is done, unbecoming, yes, but we did what we thought was right at the moment. I’m out of tears to shed, but boy if I must see you cry one more time, don’t do it, on my knees I beg. I hate when I see the tears start to glisten your eyes. I’ve killed myself a thousand times for making you cry. Don’t do it, but here are just simple words to live by: forgive me. Forget about me. Now baby, will you
Try?
Seven- thirteen- nineteen; another day anotha dolla for San Valentin. He wielded his bow and arrow, struck a 20-something and a late teen. Inside a fortune cookie, holds a question
“Do you wanna be my boo thang” I giggled and answered. Yes- I think we just became each other’s regular dicks and regular bang- his everyday play ting. I blinked once, turned to my side, and my phone suddenly rang- it’s reality calling! Should I ignore it and continue to hang? Little did I know, it’s the phone call we both need: parallel worlds, perpendicular visions, and 90° angles-When you flip the right triangle it looks like it’s bent down to it’s knees- the position where I found myself as I’m begging you please
Please stay with me,
Would you forgive me now, baby, please?
Please be my baby,
Stay for the night please?
Our continuous fights with no referees
Even after some make-up sex, it leaves no guarantees.
Too bad we didn’t even make it to a full trip around the sun. I’ve made a playlist to every single one-
Every single one of the months that you’ve left me longing for your kisses and your hugs and your I love yous that I misses, and your scent, and the views when I have you bent, and everything about you and everyday my sadness increases as I hear songs about you.
I decided that I’m ready to receive what I’ve been missing by getting it myself from other bitches. Their names are Molly, Mary Jane, and some white girl who embezzled half of my riches.
LSD dreams, psychedelic visions, heavily induced in nicotine.
Adderall brain, fried in alcohol and ampheta-main
I chased highs that began from
Seven-thirteen-nineteen
Little did I know there’s happiness beyond the drugs,
Beyond your love,
In this universe so infinite
Found within myself, I’ve had to ignite
Ignite the fire that sparked the journey
Journey of loving myself beyond, of what used to be a vision too murky
Murky skylines of my future, now I can see so clear, so white, so pearly.
Pearly whites from the crevices of my mouth started to resurface once again
Ready to explore undiscovered depths of my being once again
Rebuilding what was lost from my abrupt healing once again
Before you came, before you saw, before you conquered, shit, never again.
The deepest corners of my soul that are left unseen
Thanks to you for sharing with me, seven-thirteen-nineteen
And for forever redefining the meaning of color
Green.
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I should not have dropped eight thousand words of a new WIP.
I mean, it was the one unposted WIP fic I allowed myself to work on at all, and for a microfandom, so it’s not like I had no idea what I was doing. It’s just a lot on my mind and on my plate, and I’m just kind of meh about the parts of the chapter I rushed to finish. I felt myself struggling through parts of the Trish conversation, and I completely BS-ed a section - one that should have been longer - in a very poor attempt to preserve the original pacing and scene changes that I drafted two years ago. But after sitting on the thing for so long, I figured it was just better to go ahead just bc... I want this fic to exist.
It’s really weird for me, because it’s not even a fic that’s entirely mine - it was something brainstormed in response to someone’s yuletide prompt from 2015. I’m not sure I would have conceptualised the concept as I did without that prompt. I have some major reservations about the ship, for one, particularly the Gig/Levin side of the triang. Gig’s mass exploitation and the control he leveraged over Raksha in the backstory is kind of fucked up in a way I can’t really excuse as the backstory for a relationship, regardless of how terrible a person Raksha is. But even though I’m finding myself edging over to the abandoned fandom corner of Levin/Revya OTP, I kind of want Gig there for this anyhow. He’s great to write dialogue for, for one. He’s observant in ways the other two aren’t. And there’s something in his relationships with each of the others... The kind of codependence he has with Revya - they way they hide their identities behind one another, and draw together in solidarity so easily. And that Gig and Raksha, for all that ugly, ugly, history, were really the only two to make it out alive and together and in an understanding of what had happened - all those attempts to grab power and control - was all utterly futile. So even though I have issues with Gig being there, and I’m not entirely sure it’s something I would have happened upon myself, I kind of realised that there isn’t really a story without him. How would Revya and Levin even begin a conversation if it was just them? They get so easily tongue-tied. And it’s also just kind of hard for me to imagine Revya... not wanting Gig to be a part of this. ...And also bisexuality and polyamory and genderfuck are life, lol. Like, I’ll write and enjoy het ships, but this is really what I’m here for - let’s not lie to ourselves.
Other issues I have with it...
Chapter two will be better in this regard, but the first chapter relies too much on incidental meetings. I don’t think they’re impossible to believe, and I think on a meta level they can be justified considering the amount of narrative mileage that’s milked out of them - the first setting up the plot, and the second being the centerpiece of comedic schadenfreude. But I’d prefer to have a more substantial reason for characters running into one another on an in-universe level.
The mental health stuff is all over the place. It was another thing requested by the yuletide prompt. I got the idea for depressive, bipolar, and psychosis trifecta with Revya, Levin, and Gig respectively. But, while I’m kind of attached to bipolar Levin in particular, I realised I don’t really have the background or personal experience to write much more than depression with any certainty. It’s kind of integrated into the plot at this point, so there will definitely be moments of lapsed health, but I kind of feel it’s going to be both disappointingly vague and disappointingly left hanging.
The prompter also specified they didn’t care much for Tricia or Danette. And, yeah, I don’t /not/ get that. I’m not too fond of Danette myself. It’s just hard for me to make Revya not attached to her. The same way i won’t write Red not liking Pikachu. Or Yuugi not liking Atem. So that, but also it’s hard for me to leave this kind of fandom mindset where... I really /want/ to like female characters. Even when I don’t. Despite all the incredibly shoddy writing surrounding female characters, and despite the fact that I don’t think it’s really a fan’s responsibility to make allowances for that, I’m still kind of super... meh... about the way female characters get treated in fandom. I live irl around enough women that are 500x more critical of other ladies than any of the men in their lives. And it’s just... really hard for me to not read that kind of misogyny into fandom attitudes. Especially considering how viscous and charged and controlling I’ve seen fandom get about what female fans are allowed to do. So I kind of inevitably want to write stories where the female characters are given weight and importance in their relationships with each other, and the resultant product of this impulse combined with trying to follow the letter of the prompt was something very ??? where Tricia and Danette are kind of left out of the story while still being rather over-present in it. I kind of wonder at this point what niches they would have filled in the story if I hadn’t tried to limit them. But it kind of is what it is at this point, and I have trouble wanting to fix what isn’t broken, even if it could potentially be better maybe(?)
So, in spite of all my many reservations, I... care about this thing. The kind of grim comedy and exuberance to Soul Nomad struck a chord with the grim comedic fatality of my teenage self, and every once in a while I’m kind of overcome with how much I love the cow siblings. They are just a mess of abuse and biological weapons engineering and deception. I kind of realise dancing around the soul nomad tags... how much I disproportionately love Levin, lol. And how much I need content about him and Euphoria that goes into their identity struggles, and having been trafficked, and the kind of ugliness and control that sits between them. Content that largely doesn’t exist.
And I also like the kind of aftermath to what is a quest that gathered a number of different party members - all of different political allegiance - and set them to a common goal. The idea that they’re all still friends that enjoy each other on a personal level, but still all have their own agendas and priorities that clash, is one of those things that intrigues me. And that Revya and Gig and Levin can kind of move through that landscape (mostly) unaffiliated and detached from it. Outside observers.
Anyhow, these are all the things I’m kind of thinking about. and I just wanted to ramble for a bit.
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Celebrating the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity – 11 June 2017
The fundamental dogma, on which everything in Christianity is based, is that of the Blessed Trinity in whose name all Christians are baptised. The feast of the Blessed Trinity needs to be understood and celebrated as a prolongation of the mysteries of Christ and as the solemn expression of our faith in this triune life of the Divine Persons, to which we have been given access by Baptism and by the Redemption won for us by Christ. Only in heaven shall we properly understand what it means, in union with Christ, to share as sons in the very life of God.
The feast of the Blessed Trinity was introduced in the ninth century and was only inserted in the general calendar of the Church in the fourteenth century by Pope John XXII. But the cultus of the Trinity is, of course, to be found throughout the liturgy. Constantly the Church causes us to praise and adore the thrice-holy God who has so shown His mercy towards us and has given us to share in His life.
Trinity Sunday
The dogma of faith which forms the object of the feast is this: there is one God and in this one God there are three Divine Persons; the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God. Yet there are not three Gods, but one, eternal, incomprehensible God! The Father is not more God than the Son, neither is the Son more God than the Holy Spirit. The Father is the first Divine Person; the Son is the second Divine Person, begotten from the nature of the Father from eternity; the Holy Spirit is the third Divine Person, proceeding from the Father and the Son. No mortal can fully fathom this sublime truth. But I submit humbly and say: Lord, I believe, help my unbelief..
Why is this feast celebrated at this particular time? It may be interpreted as a finale to all the preceding feasts. All three Persons contributed to and shared in the work of redemption. The Father sent His Son to earth, for “God so loved the world as to give His only-begotten Son.” The Father called us to the faith. The Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, became man and died for us. He redeemed us and made us children of God. He ever remains the liturgist par excellence to whom we are united in all sacred functions. After Christ’s ascension the Holy Spirit, however, became our Teacher, our Leader, our Guide, our Consoller. On solemn occasions a thanksgiving Te Deum rises spontaneously from Christian hearts.
The feast of the Most Holy Trinity may well be regarded as the Church’s Te Deum of gratitude over all the blessings of the Christmas and Easter seasons; for this mystery is a synthesis of Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. This feast, which falls on the first Sunday after Pentecost, should make us mindful that actually every Sunday is devoted to the honour of the Most Holy Trinity, that every Sunday is sanctified and consecrated to the triune God. Sunday after Sunday we should recall in a spirit of gratitude the gifts which the Blessed Trinity is bestowing upon us. The Father created and predestined us; on the first day of the week He began the work of creation. The Son redeemed us; Sunday is the “Day of the Lord,” the day of His resurrection. The Holy Spirit sanctified us, made us His temple; on Sunday the Holy Spirit descended upon the infant Church. Sunday, therefore, is the day of the Most Holy Trinity.
Excerpted from The Church’s Year of Grace, Pius Parsch
Symbols of the Trinity: Equilateral Triange; Circle of Eternity; Three interwoven Circles; Triangle in Circle; Circle within Triangle; Interwoven Circle and Triangle; Two Triangles interwoven in shape of Star of David; Two Triangles in shape of Star of David interwoven with Circle; Trefoil; Trefoil and Triangle; Trefoil with points; Triquetra; Triquetra and circle; Shield of the Holy Trinity; Three Fishes linked together in shape of a triangle; Cross and Triangle overlapping; Fleur de Lys; St. Patrick’s Shamrock.
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Can I have my favorite Digidestined, Ken and Taichi, for the character ask meme?
Taichi:
Why I like them: Taichi’s been my favorite since I was a little kid! I’ve always admired his courage, for one, but also his ability to be vulnerable and not only own up to his mistakes but to learn from them. That takes a lot of bravery, in its own way. Also the fact that he is so goofy and fun and canonically so accepting of everyone. He’s also good at getting shit done when it comes down to it.
Why I don’t: at least in fanon the interpretation of Taichi as kind of a borderline fuckboy really gets on my nerves, ngl. In canon… hm. While I get that it’s a compartmentalization thing and that he usually stops this behavior when he’s called out on it, the fact that “consideration of his team’s emotional state” is basically the first thing to go out the window when he’s sufficiently stressed out would drive me nuts in an actual person.
Favorite episode (scene if movie): The 20-21 combo (the MetalGreymon episode and the one where he gets to go home for a few hours) goes kind of without saying, but I love the scene at the card gate in episode 28 where he’s officially nominated as group leader. He’s so struck by everyone’s faith in him, and his first act as leader is to transfer all that faith straight to Koushiro because he’s smart enough to know he’s the only one who can solve the puzzle. :’)
Favorite season/movie: ADV/Our War Game, though what we saw of him in 02 I largely liked and for the most part I like what Tri is doing with his character.
Favorite line: “HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A GREEN CARD!” - dub line that makes me lose it laughing every time and i don’t even know why, he’s just so offended i’m
Favorite outfit: his Adventure outfit tbh. When his outfit near the tail end of Kokuhaku looked a lot like it I may have shouted “THAT’S NOT FAIR” out loud.
OTP: It’s kind of a four-way tie between Taishiro-Taiora-Taito/Taiyama-Taiorato, but as of late I think it might actually be Taishiro.
BroTP: Taichi and Mimi! I imagine they’d get along a lot like siblings and tease each other relentlessly but they’ve also got enough in common that they’d have a lot of fun together.
Headcanon: Taichi has never truly recovered from the shame that was Sora’s eleventh birthday present and the hairclip incident and now EXCLUSIVELY gives her gag gifts so he has a defense to fall back on if she tries to yell at him for not giving her good presents. Sora returns fire, and it pretty quickly becomes tradition for the two of them to give each other the cheapest, shittiest gift they can find.
Unpopular opinion: This is maybe a bit odd, but the common response to the SkullGreymon episode of “Taichi brought SkullGreymon forth because of his arrogance!” really doesn’t click with me? I don’t think arrogance is the right word, exactly. I think it’s more of a case of him cracking under the pressure of being the only one with a Crest (aka the potentially only one at that point keeping Etemon from killing them all) and more desperation than actual arrogance. It’s actually really easy to put myself in his shoes there. I’d still be judging him for forgetting to consider the feelings of Agumon and his friends - a recurring trait of his when under stress - but I don’t think arrogance is one of Taichi’s flaws, or at very least not to the extent I’ve seen attributed to him. (I actually think @fizzingwizard did a solid meta about this a while ago but I can’t find it, alas.)
A wish: I really hope tri follows through on his character development and has him turn his doubts about how the Chosen handle real-world threats and all into meaningful action. Give me a Taichi that’s on the way to becoming the ambadassador we know he is in the future!
An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen: this is more of a Toei thing than a Taichi thing but pleeeease - and this is coming from someone who really does like Taichi/Sora - do not make Taichi like Sora in canon. No shitty love triangles for the sake of cheap drama here, thanks. It’s not fair to any of the three of them.
5 words to best describe them: charismatic, motivating, brave, accepting, dynamic
My nickname for them: sunshine boy
And Ken is under the readmore just so this doesn’t get excessively long, haha.
Why I like them: There’s a lot there to like! A lot of Ken’s arc is him owning up to the less pretty parts of who he is as a person - the Spore/Seed amplified them a lot when he was the Kaiser, but they did come from somewhere - which is an arc that speaks to a lot of people. He gets a good amount of nuance and is very aware, post-Kaiser, that his actions have consequences. He’s a sweet kid, but there’s a lot more going on with him than that.
Why I don’t: Not so much a complaint about him but I didn’t like how his character arc eclipsed a lot of the other 02 kids’ arcs.
Favorite episode (scene if movie): I thiiiink 02 episode 45, when he opens the Dark Gate. The whole part with him in the truck before is sort of included in this, but opening the Gate took a lot of guts, and seeing all the other kids fall in around him was really sweet.
Favorite season/movie: Revenge of Diaboromon/whatever it’s called in the japanese lmao i’m a dual sub/dub person
Favorite line: “You can’t take the ball from me like that.” - to Daisuke in the fourth movie. I’d argue that this is Ken when he’s most like himself, recovered enough to be teasing his friend and being a little manipulative but for a good cause.
Favorite outfit: his winter 02 outfit, solely because it’s not the grey one.
OTP: Daiken! Like… y’all. Y’all.
BroTP: Aside from Daiken again, Ken and Iori! I feel like they’d get along really well and philosophically have a lot in common if they really sat down and talked to each other.
Headcanon: I just dumped a bunch here a few days ago!
Unpopular opinion: I mean, I see him characterized as a lot more… I dunno, fragile and Dark Magical Girl-y in fanfic and so on than I think he is. I’m not really sure what the popular opinions for Ken are. :’D Also tbh I’m not as interested in the Kaiser part of him as I’d think other people are but again, not sure what most people’s stances are here.
A wish: for him to show up in tri already
An oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen: I’d rather him not do a Kaiser 2.0 thing in canon. I think someone could pull it off if they were very careful - the Kaiser persona was kind of a coping mechanism and all and I could see how that could come back - but I think he’s had enough of that and also would have learned from the last time.
5 words to best describe them: introspective, sensitive, clever, soft-spoken… ugh i need a fifth one. penitent???
My nickname for them: whispers kenneth
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