#wow hey look i made a post with no XY
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ML: Isolation Chapter 39: Reaching Out
Tuesday evening, and Juleka walks into the interior of the Liberty. Her brother Luka is in the living room, strumming away at his guitar. He looked up to see her. “Oh. Hey Juleka.”
“Hey,” Juleka replied. Luka kept playing random assortments of notes in a melancholy fashion. “Ahem.”
Luka stopped. “What?”
“You know what.”
Luka sighed. “Do you really think he’d help with something like this?”
“Who knows,” Juleka answered. “But you did promise. I ask Rose out, and you post your concern on Noir Notes.”
Luka sighed. “Fine.” He got out his phone. He typed away. “Happy?”
Juleka checked to see if it was up. Once she confirmed it, she said “Very.”
Luka sighed. “It’s not like it’ll go anywhere.”
Later that evening, Adrien was practicing his piano when a message from Alya in the group chat threw him off. He stopped abruptly to read it.
Alya: Sorry! But Noir Notes is going off the wall with a buckwild request.
Adrien: It’s alright.
Markov: What kind of request?
Alya: Someone anonymously posted that Mr. XY stole their music!
Marinette: WHAT?!
Alya: Yeah. People are arguing about whether or not it’s true.
Markov: Is there anything this person wants Cat Noir to do?
Alya: I’m not sure.
Alya: They just left the message and haven’t logged in since.
Marinette: Maybe they think it’s a lost cause?
Chloe: Maybe. I mean, it’s only a rumor, right?
Adrien: Well…no.
Chloe: WHAT?!
Chloe: Adrien, you KNOW I love Mr. XY! Why didn’t you say anything?
Adrien: Well, I wasn’t entirely sure how genuine that was.
Adrien: I mean, until recently, you also said you were in love with me.
Chloe: THAT’S different!
Adrien: Plus, I mean, his dad/producer is friends with your dad. I felt a little out of my element on that one.
Chole: UGH!
Kagami: So, how do you know he’s actually doing this?
Adrien: Well, a little while ago, my father’s company was negotiating with the record company about using some of Mr. XY’s music. However, our research team did a little investigating, and, well, they found considerable evidence of music theft.
Kagami: Geez!
Alya: Why didn’t you do anything?
Adrien: Well, we confronted them about it.
Adrien: However, they threatened to sue us for libel.
Adrien: The evidence we had was not entirely substnatial, and Mr. XY had a sudden spike in popularity. If we did take it to court, we’d damage our brand, and with a tenuous chance of winning. In the end, we just decided to cut off ties with them, and inform others under the table.
Alya: I see.
Alya: Well, I get why you couldn’t, a part of me feels like you should have.
Adrien: A part of me feels like we should have as well.
Markov: Well, what’s done is done.
Markov: It’s important to move forward.
Marinette: Grrr.
Marinette: You wanna know WHY Mr. XY had a “sudden” spike in popularity?
Adrien: You know?
Marinette: Yup.
Marinette: It’s Lila.
Adrien: Lila?!
Alya: Marinette, I’m on your side again, but that seems a little far-fetched.
Marinette: I know, but it’s the truth.
Kagami: What’s the story behind this?
Chloe: Yeah, I wanna know too.
Markov: Please elaborate.
Marinette: Remember when Lila first came to our school?
Marinette: She said she knew Jagged Stone, right?
Marinette: I thought “Cool. Something we have in common.”
Adrien: Wait, how do YOU know Jagged Stone?
Marinette: Oh, uh, well, on a field trip to Le Grande Paris, Chloe assigned me to be a go-for for the people staying in the hotel.
Marinette: It just so happened that Jagged came to stay, and he wanted me to get something.
Marinette: I couldn’t find anything, so I made what he asked for. He was so impressed, he kept hiring me to do some design work.
Adrien: Wow.
Marinette: Back to the story, I tried to talk to her about this, but she seemed very standoff-ish. Saying things like “You don’t KNOW Jagged Stone.”
Marinette: I got into contact with Jagged soon after, and he told me that he never even HEARD of Lila before.
Marinette: When I went to confront her about this, she must have figured it out or something, because she managed to tank Jagged’s reputation and elevate Mr. XY, who she actually does know. Or at least could pay off to some capacity.
Marinette: I was so lost for words, I didn’t know what to do.
Alya: Wait, THAT’S what happened?
Alya: How did I fall for that? I feel like such an idiot.
Marinette: I guess you just got caught up in the fervor of a new student who could do all sorts of things.
Alya: Maybe…
Markov: Well, in any case, is there something we can do?
Chloe: I feel like we should do something.
Chloe: I mean, after all, “Cat Noir” isn’t someone Mr. XY can sue very easily.
Adrien: True.
Marinette: I’ve definitely known the rumors for a bit. If Cat Noir can inflame those tensions, perhaps it’ll get some serious light.
Alya: The post on Noir Notes blew up already, so I have no doubt that’d be the case.
Kagami: But the question remains how?
Chloe: Well, he has an album coming out Friday.
Chloe: He’s going to one of the local stores to promote it.
Chloe: So if we stirred up some trouble there, it could work.
Adrien: The only problem is, Friday is also the Prince Ali visit.
Adrien: I need to be there to keep tabs on Lila.
Kagami: I can do it.
Adrien: Really?
Kagami: I’ve…done a few Noir Notes requests since the Louvre mission.
Kagami: I can handle this.
Markov: So, while I’m fetching the camera, Adrien will be at the event hosted by Prince Ali, and Kagami will disrupt the release of Mr. XY’s new album.
Adrien: Sounds like a plan to me.
Alya: I’ll work on getting you the information Kagami.
Chloe: No need. I…was planning on going, so I know where it is.
Alya: I see.
Adrien: Weren’t you also planning on coming to the Prince Ali event?
Chloe: Well, I was planning on going to the record store first, get the album, and then head to the Prince Ali event.
Kagami: You know, I could say you invited me, and that’ll be our cover story.
Kagami: I’m supposed to be at the Prince Ali thing too.
Markov: How serendipitous.
Chloe: Sounds like a plan then.
Adrien: Alright then.
Marinette: We’re getting the camera, and ruining Mr. XY on the same day? Can’t wait!
They stopped chatting and went back to what they were doing prior, before going to bed for the night.
The next day at school, Nino caught up with Adrien. “Yo! Did you see that wild post on Noir Notes?”
“Yeah,” Adrien answered. “Someone said that they got their music stolen from the by Mr. XY.”
“I KNOW!” Nino said. “I mean, I’ve heard the rumors, but this is something new.”
“Well, we’ll see what happens, I guess,” Adrien said.
“Yeah,” Nino said. “But it’s still crazy. We should talk about it more later. After school? At my work?”
“Unfortunately, I can’t,” Adrien said. “I’ve got fencing practice.
“Right,” Nino said.
“But maybe I can stop by the club when you’re done with work,” Adrien said. “I mean, I doubt you’re there all night.”
“NO!” Nino protested. “Er, I mean…”
Adrien grew more serious. “I’ve been wondering this for a while, but you seem fairly stressed out about people you know at the club you work at during business hours. Why is that?”
Nino puttered around for a minute before sighing. “Look, don’t say this to anyone, alright. But um, well, I don’t know how on th level it is.”
“So, why are you working there at all?”
“Because my mom needs some assistance, you know?” Nino said. “She makes a lot, don’t get me wrong, but for certain things, we need more. So I lighten the load for her, you know?”
“OK,” Adrien said.
“I thought everything was fine, but then…” Nino trailed off.
Adrien put his hand on his shoulder. “You can tell me.”
Nino smiled. He frowned again. “You know how you thought Alya and I were a couple?” Adrien nodded. “Well, the truth is, I actually do like her like that. But when I asked Lila about what to do, she told me…”
“I see…” Lila said in a flashback. “Are you sure about this?”
“Positive,” Nino said.
“Well… I don’t wish to be rude, but…” Lila went on.
“But what?” Nino asked.
“It’s just…you work at a club,” Lila said.
“Yeah?” Nino said, still puzzled.
“I’ve seen all sorts of shady things going on at clubs,” Lila said. “It can even get dangerous.”
“The club I work at isn’t like that!” Nino protested.
“Do you know for sure?” Lila said. Nino was stunned. “You could go home before it all begins. If you come back, who knows what you might find.” Nino was paralyzed with fear. “I know you’re brave enough to work there despite everything, and you’re doing it for your family, but do you want Alya to fall into the clutches of such danger?”
“Well…no,” Nino answered hesitantly.
Lila put her hand on his shoulder. “I know you two would make a good couple. I just want what’s best for Alya.”
“Yeah…” Nino said.
Back in the present, Adrien’s face was stunned. All he could muster without just exploding and giving the game away was “Huh.”
“So, that’s why,” Nino said. “I don’t want your reputation to be sullied too.”
“Yeah,” Adrien said, still restraining himself. He sighed. “Have you tried looking into it? To see if that kind of thing is real?”
“Are you KIDDING dude?” Nino said. “I’d get fired before I could even find a hint of information.”
“Right…” Adrien said.
Nino sighed. “I appreciate you looking out for me, but… it is what it is. Besides, once I’m in college, I will have more free reign, and my mom will have less bills to pay. So if nothing’s happened by then, I could ask Alya out then.”
“I see,” Adrien said. “Well, here’s hoping for the best.”
Nino smiled. “Right on! Later dude!” He rushed off to class.
Meanwhile, Adrien got out his phone. “IIIIII think I can do something about this. But I’ll need a little help first.” He dialed.
“Hello?” Nathalie said on the other end.
“Hey Nathalie,” Adrien said. “Listen, can you help me with something?”
“Is it Cat Noir related?” Nathalie asked.
“Yeah,” Adrien admitted.
“Very well,” Nathalie said. “I hope it’s nothing dangerous.”
“Well, that’s where you come in,” Adrien said. He explained what was going on to Nathalie.
Nathalie listened intently. “I see.”
“I don’t think his club is anything dangerous, but I just want to be sure,” Adrien said.
“Well, someone grew some discipline recently,” Nathalie joked. Adrien chuckled. “As it just so happens, we are looking into some music-related things, so this should work out for us.”
“Thanks,” Adrien said.
“Thank you for calling me,” Nathalie said. They both smiled and hung up. Adrien took a breath. Something big was on the horizon, and he knew it.
#miraculous ladybug#miraculous ladybug fanfic#juleka#Luka#adrien#alya#Marinette#markov#kagami#Chloé#nino#nathalie#lila#no kwami#NICE GABRIEL
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Pitch Woo
1. old-fashioned To court or seek the affection of someone through romantic gestures or overtures.
Jasonette July prompt 4: game on
Enemies to lovers if you squint
This was supposed to be a throw away prompt that I put no effort into but somehow I ended up putting a lot of energy into it. Please love it
Legal age drinking and questionable song choice
Jasonette July
My masterlist
"Okay and thank you for coming to our Karaoke face off. I'm DJ Carapace and I'll be running the show tonight."
He paused while the crowd cheered.
"For those who haven't been here before, long time patron Marinette has recently been butting heads with Jason who recently returned after a long absence."
Boos came from one section. He didn't recognize them as associated with either of the performers.
"None of that now. Here tonight we love all of our friends the same. The competition tonight is all about the performance. Also giving a performance is Dick back behind the bar. Show him some love and show him the money. Or your money maker. Shake your ass for him. He doesn't discriminate; he loves all asses."
Cheers went up as Dick did a few bottle tossing tricks before Carapace could continue on to explain the rules of the competition. Jason and Marinette start off with a duet chosen by Carapace. He mentioned that they would be singing multiple songs, some that they prepared for and others that would be a surprise before that started. At the end of the singing the voting would be opened up for everyone to choose the winner.
"Starting off with a little magic both singers will show us a Whole New World," Carapace said as he started the music.
"Are you ready for this, Princess? You aren't allowed to magically fall in love with me."
"That should be easy enough. I control all the magic here."
"Do you trust me?"
"Not at all, Street Rat." Marinette said into the mic before he started singing.
She would never admit to anyone how much she loved his voice. It was rich and smooth and he seemed to feel the music as he sang. She put everything she had into her part. This was one of the first songs she learned to sing in English so it was very nostalgic. They both had the same idea when the joined section came up. They turned to face each other and kept eye contact through the last note.
"Well they may be competing but they sound great together too. Next up Marinette chose the song Perfect."
It felt good to start off with a song she knew. Most of them tonight would be a surprise so it was good to start where she was confident. This song worked particularly well because it started soft and then got bolder as it went on. The words were very helpful too. Jason must feel the same way about singing his choice of It's My Life because he was nailing it. The crowd was cheering and Carapace played a Jagged song to give them a break and encourage people to get drinks.
"Alright, bringing us right back into the show Jason and Marinette are going to wow us with the song Senorita."
Both of them were sent shots and drinks during the break. Mostly Marinette wanted water but as the crowd ramped up she and Jason took a shot together for luck. Then Marinette saw the list of songs they were doing and drained her drink quickly. She needed the courage if they were going to put on a show. Putting on the best show is how she would get votes.
Jason didn't feel like he could keep up with her. Her song choices were stellar. He had always loved her range. He had wandered away to take a couple shots to loosen him up. Still when they met back at the stage they took one together before they looked at their set list. He felt a bit better watching her drain her drink after she saw the set list. Maybe it wouldn't be as easy for her as he thought. He allowed the energy of the crowd to flow into him. He could do this. As he watched her start the song, he suddenly remembered how he had actually been interested in Marinette when they first met, but she had gotten very frustrated over something to do with the song choice or order. He couldn’t remember now. It was the first in a long list of times they had butted heads here.
He moved to the beat of the song and started singing. He kept his voice low and sultry and his attention focused on his partner for the evening. He wasn’t sure exactly when it happened but the room and the crowd disappeared. It was just him and her looking at each other and singing. She shimmied around to the song and he reached out for her hand, spinning her until she was against him. He leaned over her shoulder and sang the ooh- la-la-la into her mic. He could feel her tense and suck in a breath before she sang her next section. He swayed her back and for and then spun her around. She did her oohs and then he dipped her down and then back up at the last notes of the song.
She was happy that it was his turn next, singing Fields of Gold. She had to catch her breath. She needed to convince herself that it was from the singing and dancing and not from being so close to him. She sipped on her drink and sat on the provided stool as he moved between singing for the audience and serenading her. As the song was at the final repeating line he pulled her back up and sang directly to her. He bent low and kissed her hand as he passed her the mic.
Marinette started singing the song Only Exception and as she did she circled him before guiding him to the stool. His performance was stellar so she needed to start strong and continue through the whole song. As he had she made sure to sing to the audience and not just him. She wandered down from the stage and near the tables to get the most visibility during the instrumental interlude. She sang the part that picked up right to the crowd before turning to him and walking back to him with determination at the ending lines. At the final line she got very close to him to sing directly at him that she was “on her way to believing”
Next they were singing Landslide as a duet. Marinette loved this one. But it was slightly bitter for her. The first time she met Jason she had put the song in but the old DJ XY said he would save it for her for later in the evening. Jason had arrived after that and when her song came up it was him singing it instead of her. He had done really well but the DJ didn’t like to do repeats so she didn’t get her chance to sing. It hadn’t helped that he had come up and used a terrible line on her and laughed at her reaction.
Jason loved this song. He knew she did it really well too. He had heard her sing it once before. It worked great as a duet for them. They were both able to showcase the best of themselves. Carapace was right, they did sound good together. They took turns with the parts and joined in together at the chorus. They addressed the crowd for the beginning of it but part way through she walked slowly up to him as she was singing. He put his mic to the side and met her in the middle. Something about sharing the mic made it feel more intimate. They were no longer looking out. They were looking right at each other. Her eyes closed during one part and he didn’t seem to be able to stop himself from reaching up and touching her face. She looked up at him as they sang the last line together, drawing it out.
Carapace gave them another break and played a couple other songs before he would call them back up. Alya was ready with a couple waters and people were basically lined up to buy them drinks and shots. Alya told her she was recording the whole thing and would be posting it after, linking back to both of them so they would probably get a lot more traffic on their pages soon. The break went quickly but Marinette was ready to be done with it. The songs were a little more upbeat so it would feel like it was going faster even though it was more songs. She laughed when she saw the first song. She knew Alya picked that one because she had told her how much she liked it but was always too nervous to sing it.
Marinette took another shot while bantering with Jason to get the crowd invested again at the end of the break. She didn’t hold back. She stalked towards Jason channelling all her sexy energy as she started singing Do Not Disturb. She didn’t turn back to the crowd at all. She moved with the song and sang with everything she had and based on the look on his face, he was eating it up. She dared approach him and slid her hand up his chest before seizing his shirt and pulling him to his feet. He moved right along with her. That is what made him a great opponent. He didn’t want to trip her up and win by default. He wanted her at her best and she felt the same. An even playing field so they could get a good gauge of a winner.
Jason could feel her almost groan when she heard the opening of Give Me Everything start. He had played along with her song and she went all out. Now it was his turn. He was pretty tame. Just serenading her and moving to the beat. He could tell she was expecting more though, she moved easily with him when they got to the line “grab somebody sexy tell them hey”. She was ready for it and matched him move for move. He liked it better this way. They may be competing but he was having a blast. He had the sudden thought when he sang the last line "we might not get tomorrow". He put the microphone under her chin and used it to tilt her face up to his. She stared right up at him perfectly. The natural move would be to lean down and kiss her but he didn't think it would be right complete the move.
"Okay guys get ready to vote after this last number here. Their grand finale and then we can go back to your regularly scheduled karaoke until we announce a winner."
Marinette and Jason both took drinks and readied themselves to sing. Jason started out the song Shallow. He didn't bother with the audience. The song was designed as a romantic duet and he loved watching her eyes widen slightly as she looked up at him. He dropped his hand when he finished but during her verse she moved up to him and places her hands on his chest. At the end of that verse she patted his chest before turning to the crowd for the bridge. They came back together to sing the chorus. Without thinking, they moved closer at the end. They were right next to each other and sharing a mic again. He pulled her close to his as the song ended and the crowd cheered. He turned off the mic before asking his next question.
"Are we gonna make the ending a show stopper?"
"I'm already doing that. Try to keep up."
She smirked at him. He spun her around and dipped her low. His face was right in front of hers as he whispered. She could feel his breath by her chin.
"The audience would love a finale. If you think you can handle it."
"I can handle anything you can. Game on." She said.
He was pulling her back to her feet out of the dip. Their eyes never strayed from each other's. As her feet touched the floor, she grasped his collar. He met her halfway pulling her against him. Their lips met as the crowd cheered again. It was meant to be a momentary thing. For the audience. They had both done it for show. But the surge they felt as they kissed was not just because of the crowd. They pulled back but felt the loss even as they stood in each other's arms under the shining lights.
DJ Carapace was announcing how to complete the voting but Marinette couldn't hear anything over the heartbeat thumping in her ears. Maybe Jason felt the same because he guided her back behind the makeshift curtain of the stage. He planted his back against the wall and pulled her flush against him. She didn't expect to crash against him so suddenly but she used the momentum to pull herself to him and resume kissing.
They could find out who won later.
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#jasonette july 2021#maribat#jasonette july#jasonette#enemies to lovers#rivals to lovers#boldlyanxious
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Thank you for the tag @chatnoirinette. I love this idea and I loved seeing how amazing you’ve become as an artist and writer in the past year. (go check out her stuff its amazing)
Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 8 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work!
1. A Trail of Rose Petals
This was one of my earlier fics of 2020 and was my first time participating in a themed ship week. I remember enjoying writing this one because I had to come up with the little poems Chat made and look up all the flower meanings in order to make it all work together. All in all a fun fic.
2. Midnight Date
I remember loving this one because it was one of the first fics I wrote based on some of the instagram posts (pre screenshots). Looking through it gives me cringes because it was definitely pre me learning about the google doc shortcut for AO3. But hey just goes to show ya i’ve grown
3. See You Again
Okay this was my first time writing a Kagami centric fic and I actually liked how it turned out. It was a lot of fun and probably just one of my most favorite fics overall from 2020.
4. Roommates
This is on here because somehow it did the best of most of my one shots (at least I think it did). I’m not really sure what made this so different from all my others, but I definitely enjoyed how I could mess around with crack in this fic and just have Adrien and Marinette be such loveable idiots.
5. I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
wow I had a lot of fics that were just song titles huh. This was probably my favorite fic of 2020 because of luxy. I had so much fun writing it and being super silly with XY. I really said I can be as cracky as I want so let’s go ham. It’s also the first multichapter that I finished in a long time so I am super proud of that too.
6. Melody? Too Cliche!
This was a commission but I’m so glad I got to do it because I love the idea of the characters having kids and XY and Luka adopting a child just makes me so emo I couldn’t help but letting em have a lil girl. plus @bugaboo-n-bananoir‘s headcannons helped a lot with just thinking about: THEM.
7. 3 Superheroes and an XY
All I remember from this fic was that it was a commission and that @chatnoirinette and @landturtlealyce among others “convinced” me to write in Luka and XY kissing in a bathroom. In all honesty, I just love writing luxy because those idiots get to be idiots all day long.
8. I Want to Say I’m in Love
This is on here because it was a fun collab with @lesslinette and I love her so freaking much! This collab was so much fun and I enjoyed it so much and I believe it is my longest one shot yet, so very proud of how this turned out.
Tagging: everyone who made something in 2020 because hey you did something and that is amazing! Be proud! Be happy! You did it!
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The Untamed/MDZS grad school reincarnation AU (hereafter abbreviated gsau) master post
@thefearofcod
wwx doesn’t come back, lwj dies of old age alone, THEY GET REINCARNATED AND MEET IN GRAD SCHOOL GETTING HISTORY DEGREES
Wei Ying is a massively studying Hanguang-Jun, who lived about a thousand years ago
And Lan Zhan is out here ending every paper with “And furthermore I believe Yiling Laozu was not a war criminal.”
Lwj is reading something about the Yiling Patriarch aloud and Wei Ying is like “Nah, he wouldn’t sound like that, you gotta ham it up, like this--”
Wwx: reads something Hanguang-Jun wrote
WWX: Wow that’s so romantic….. I want that
LWJ: (taking notes) mhmm
There are entire books of music Hanguang-Jun wrote for Yiling Laozu after the latter’s death. WWX knows them all. He hums them when he’s thinking.
LWJ: I wrote my thesis on Yiling Laozu
WWX, vibrating: i wanna talk to you about that an extremely normal amount
Zewu-Jun ended up writing an extensive treatise on the ethics of cultivation, at some point LWJ and WWX do a joint project on it.
WWX watches crappy period pieces, gets winedrunk, cries whenever Hanguang-Jun is onscreen
Everyone: We think cultivation is a metaphor maybe
WWX, on his fifth cup of coffee in the student lounge: WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT
Yanli and Xichen are friends. They have tea and bitch about their idiots.
WWX gets LWJ drunk. LWJ goes off on this rant about how Yiling Laozu did no war crimes. WWX listens intently. Then he interrupts. “Wait-- There’s a gap in your argument. Have you not read the document which records the aftermath of the Sunshot Campaign?”
LWJ is like “Whaaaaat?”
WWX: “Yeah, the Twin Jades and Yiling Patriarch were about the only people not committing war crimes.”
LWJ: “Marry me.”
LWJ: “No, better, WRITE A PAPER WITH ME.”
WWX: “Hey Lan Zhan, what if Yiling Laozu just got everyone high on, like, all of the drugs?”
LWJ: “...I’m divorcing you.”
WWX: “Noooo we’re not even married yet!”
Starbucks:
LWJ: none, makes his own coffee, has a portable espresso maker.
WWX: white girl coffee milkshakes with a terrifying number of espresso shots
LXC: matcha lattes
JC: regular coffee, hates it
Jiang Yanli: chai lattes, she and Xichen bond over being the only fucking adults in the room
Meng Yao is the barista. He makes eyes at Xichen and always does his order first. Xichen is like “I can’t ask him out, he’s at work.” Everyone else is like “Please ask him out he is going to poison us if you don’t.”
Xiao Xingchen orders flat whites. Song Lan orders black coffee.
Xue Yang orders the most obnoxious thing possible. Xue Yang orders fucking unicorn frappicchinos. He doesn’t even like them. He takes two sips and bins it. Looks MY right in the eyes. It’s probably for the best, really, given MY has been lacing his drinks with laxatives ever since XY bumped into Xichen a few weeks ago.
To draw: LXC flustered, completely failing to give a coherent drink order, while MY just smiles at him. In the background, WWX slurps his pumpkin spice something loudly.
They all have their period-correct hair length because yes.
Neither god nor anime can stop me putting WWX in a French braid.
LXC wears blue suits, usually with the jacket unbuttoned. MY saw him wearing a set of baby blue warmups once and about died. LXC is a business major or something. But he’s up on his history because he’s a huge nerd and also apparently Wangji babbles at him sometimes. And he’s nice. So the history majors adopted him. Even though he wears suits.
WWX has six different slightly ratty black hoodies. No one can tell them apart. Well, LWJ can, but he claims not to be able to because it drives WWX mad.
LWJ wears white slacks, buttondown, and a white waistcoat embroidered with outlines of clouds in ice blue. And white Oxfords. Both of the Lan bros wear matching silver necklaces.
Yanli is made of cardigans in soothing pastels.
NHS is getting a mfa and crushing it. He’s WWX’s roommate. His brother is Xichen’s business classmate.
NHS, drunk on WWX’s floor: “Dude… dude I’m gonna. I’m gonna draw Lan Zhan as Hanguang-Jun.”
WWX: “I Will Pay You To Do This.”
NHS: “Holy shit I can get paid for this?”
Xichen, there as Designated Thinker: “Statistically unlikely, but I believe in you and encourage you to chase your best life.”
LWJ: *is drunk and passed out on WWX’s bed*
NHS draws the Squad as historical figures.
NHS: “Obviously Wei Ying gets to be Yiling Laozu.”
WWX: “Wait what why?”
NHS: “Because Lan Zhan is obsessed with you and with Yiling Laozu. Hey Lan Zhan, don’t you think Wei Ying would make a cute Yiling Laozu?”
LWJ: Silently flustered, consumed with lust.
Xichen: “You were complaining the other day that most depictions ignore the fact that Yiling Laozu was described as a remarkably handsome young man…”
LWJ: *glares silently* “Yes…”
LWJ carries around his guqin in its case like a band kid.
WWX can and will assemble working flutes from dining hall straws.
When NHS is doing portraits of the Squad as historical figures, he gets around to doing the Lan bros as the Twin Jades of Lan, because yes. And LWJ is like “The headbands were sacred, it doesn’t feel right to steal that.” He is Distressed about this. Xichen is like “What if instead of the cloud emblem, NHS put our necklaces on the headbands instead?” Something something what’s more sacred than the brother you love.
WWX, drunk during finals: “Lan Zhan what is Lan Suzhui was like. Hanguang-Jun and Yiling Laozu’a son?”
LWJ, outlining an argument: “yeah”
Sometimes they end up in the same seminar. They fight each other for fun in class so they can each get the best argument. Everyone is like “Wow Wei Ying and Lan Zhan hate each other.” NHS is like “What are you talking about, they’ve been dating since freshman year.” Their arguments sometimes carry over into the dining hall and Xichen, Yanli, and NHS sit there munching popcorn and keeping score.
The Lan bros have an apartment. It is The Most Refined. The first time WWX visits he immediately faceplants his dusty self into the middle of the floor. “Lan Zhaaaaaaaan research is hard.”
LWJ is very uncomfortable drinking around people he doesn’t trust completely. People pressure him to do shots at parties. WWX saunters in and appoints himself Lan Zhan’s designated drinker. He still somehow drinks everyone else under the table.
WWX: I’m drinking for two
LWJ: That’s not how that works at all, but okay
LWJ drags a very cuddly WWX back to his dorm. WWX is crying about Hanguang-Jun all the way.
WWX, absolutely destroyed: Lan Zhan, do you think Hanguang-Jun gave good hugs?
LWJ: not as good as mine *hug*
Lan Bros apartment is best place for naps. WWX abuses the heck out of his visiting privileges for this. He’s just always asleep on the floor. And not just ‘cause Lan Zhan wakes him up by petting his hair.
Xichen is like “Wei Ying there’s a very comfortable couch right there.”
WWX is like “Yeah but you can’t roll off the floor.”
They think he’s joking until NHS confirms that WWX rolls out of his bed in the middle of the night at least once a week.
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Castle Season 8
The final season, the final post. If you want to read through the whole thing, here you go.
8x01 XY: “Oh my God, this is so beautiful.” Yeah and you’re touching it with your cake fingers. Rock paper scissors is Knife Gun Kevlar :D Jenny is pregnant again :) “Alexis, you can’t just... You solved four cases?! That’s more than I have.” “I know. Step your game up.” lol We meet Hayley Shipton :’) Beckett is hurt and missing again, ugh. And then she’s visiting Bracken in prison. Castle is abducted, too. Oh my God, the spiders in the box scared me big time. I can’t watch this. “Okay, I might puke” yeah same. It’s so gross, I’m so scared. Alexis storms in on Hayley’s interrogation, she’s clearly been crying. Aww bb:( As if the spiders weren’t bad enough, he’s putting a plastic bag full of spiders over his head. They find him and Alexis is so relieved, she was freaking out. “When you disappeared last year. I thought you were dead, for two months.” :( Vikram is mentioned. The shooting at the precinct is pretty emotional (I’m looking for a specific word but I can’t find it). Castle just grabs Alexis and hides behind a desk with her, shielding her, keeping her head down, protecting her. <3
8x02 XX: I like the idea of showing us an episode through two different perspectives. “You can call me Rita, Castle’s step-mother”. Now that’s new. So, Beckett got shot. How come her wound is long like from a knife instead of a bullet hole? LokSat is brought up. “Beckett is family” aww <3 Bracken is killed in prison. Something’s wrong with Beckett’s hair. Aw it’s the return of the Smorelet. And then it gets really sad and weird when Beckett tells Castle about having to leave, having to do that on her own, that he should trust her, blahblah.
8x03 PhDead: Hi Lucy! I’m confused about Beckett’s hair again. It looks wrong. But wasn’t it that she wore a wig during season 8 because she had cut her hair or something? But I remember thinking that I didn’t notice the wig, that her hair looked just fine, but now it doesn’t? omg that’s Bryce from 13 Reasons Why. And he’s flirting with Alexis aka Clara omg. “Castle, go home. You’re drunk.” Did I mention that I miss Gates? I miss her “Mister Castle!” expression, I miss her. I like the bubbles tradition :’)
8x04 What Lies Beneath: Aw man, not the pretty mosaic window. lol Ryan and Esposito making a cross in sync. “Former altar boys”. Castle hugging Esposito for no real reason - I’ll be disappointed if he didn’t plant some kind of bug or tracker on him. “Did you put that tracker on me when you gave me that awkward hug?” ah yes. That poor computer. What’s with the Vulcan Simmons case, I don’t understand.
8x05 The Nose: “You always smell so pretty. ... Captain.” I kinda hate that Ryan didn’t pass his Sergeant exam when he’s the one that needed it so badly with baby #2 on the way. The intro always kinda freaks me out cause it’s a lot louder than last season and it always comes so unexpected. “You shot me in the ass.” Assposito though. “Shoot me in the ass. Come on. Do it right now, shoot me in the ass.” I’m dying of second hand embarrassment. They are behaving awfully. They are acting like immature brats. It’s awful, I hate this.
8x06 Cool Boys: Um hey there Slaughter? “Wow, you grew up nice.” ewww Slaughter, stop looking at Alexis like that. Elvez and Lucky Charms though omfg. Castle and Slaughter ‘singing’ was so weird. Beckett was absent during the whole episode. Did I miss the explanation for that or...?
8x07 The Last Seduction: Ryan and Espo are seeing a therapist together. It’s hilarious but it’s ridiculous that the ass thing is still a thing. The.. notepad stopped the bullet that Ryan took to save Espo? Like, okay. Beckett brought dinner, I hope they actually ate that before making out. Like, I’m too ace for this shit.
8x08 Mr. & Mrs. Castle: Hayley and Alexis fist bumping is gold. Castle dancing though.
8x09 Tone Death: A murder at Martha’s work place, a colleague or the like. Honestly, I don’t understand the sudden change of Beckett letting Castle in now. Like, what changed? That singing performance really makes me miss Glee. Omfg the intro. Awww Hooked on a feeling. Sing off with Espo was great. It’s weird that Ryan and Esposito don’t figure out Castle and Beckett’s game though. Like, it’s so obvious at the end.
8x10 Witness for the Prosecution: Has it ever occured to them that maybe she didn’t kill Sadie after all?! Ugh Castle’s secret “I love you” nose scratch is so annoying. I’m clearly not in the mood for this episode. Castle is always promising people to name a character in his next book after them. Like, man I hope you’re including enough characters because you promised SO many people already. That poor girl. Her mother was killed by her own father, thus she lost both her parents.
8x11 Dead Red: The scene with Castle showing Martha and Alexis his baby shower gifts for Jenny and Ryan is great. I love how Alexis predicted everything he was gonna give them right ;) Castle’s stepmother is there again.
8x12 The Blame Game: I love how Castle just crashes Alexis and Martha’s coffee date and he’s all secrecy about something and says “I can’t tell you” and Alexis just goes “okay” and keeps the conversation with Martha going. Aaah Castle wakes up in that school classroom. Love that episode, the game was great. It’s just a bit weird how the killer almost kills himself and is only saved because Castle was smart enough to figure it out. Like, that was such a risky move? Oh look, there’s Nina Holiday from RandI. “I can’t leave you alone for five minutes.” “Does that mean no hug?” <3
8x13 And Justice For All: Hi Perlmutter. still don’t like your beard. He... has an identical twin brother called Edgar? And he wants to set him up with Beckett now that she’s “broken up” with Castle? lol I wanna see that. ... Your good brother Edgar, huh. Castle speaking French though. “And you [immigrants] are the ones that make this country great” I’m crying.
8x14 The G.D.S.: “You are a bad influence.” “Thank you.” Hayley and Alexis are so great together. OH MY GOD THAT’S THE GUY THAT’S HIM. The intro sound is different. DId Hayley just say “Oh God, have mercy”?!?!?!? “I adore your daughter”. “I am your father. And from the day you came into this world it's been my job to protect you.” <3 Castle knew about LokSat when he was missing, like during that time.
8x15 Fidelis Ad Mortem: “For Richard. Without your constant stumbles in life the advice in this book would not have been possible.” I love how he got excited for that tiny moment. I’m already not interested in the case, I don’t like the feel of the episode. I like the blonde recruit. Her look reminds me of Shay <3 “I need time to process this” ugh it feels like we’re running in circles. The episode doesn’t feel right. The atmosphere is not right. It doesn’t feel like a Castle episode.
8x16 Heartbreaker: Move, bitch,g et out of the way, get out of the way, bitch, move, bitch. Lucy cockblocking Caskett though. 15 minutes in, I don’t like the feeling of the episode. Oh Javi, that “Let me take a shower” stunt is so old, I can’t believe you fell for it. She’s..t he love of his life? Lucy is Linus now.
8x17 Death Wish: I love it when stuff like that happens :D like, the killer is about to cut off the victim’s head and then we switch to Castle slicing a melon :D There’s this mysterious woman that disappears all the time. Like, Castle turns away for a second and she’s gone. The genie thing is a bit silly, and not in a fun way. Awww Jenny is having their baby :’) The baby’s name is Nicholas Javier :’) Awww :’) It’s Javier after all, like he said way back when. The ‘complications’ really weren’t necessary though. Like, they didn’t even do anything with that. Just “there are some complications” and then twenty seconds later it’s all good again. Also, couldn’t they at least have one normal delivery?
8x18 Backstabber: Hayley, what the hell is going on. The tension between Alexis and Hayley is great. “or to your daughter” omg it always gets so intense when other people bring up Alexis. I loved the Alexis/Hayley scenes which is why I made a gifset about that way back when: http://tallskinnyvanillalatte.tumblr.com/post/143532179493/alexis-castle-and-hayley-shipton-in-8x18
8x19 Dead Again: It’s so weird when the dead guy (who had been poisoned with some deadly poison) is alive again. Then the guy dies again. Only to rise from the dead two minutes later. It’s so weird and not in a good way. Also, Castle is so annoying with him trying to test the guy for super powers. The guy is shot and dead. But wakes up again? It’s so weird and annoying.
8x20 Much Ado About Murder: I’m too tired to focus on this episode properly. Castle is abducted.. again. “He [Castle] must be suffering” and then we cut to Castle laughing his ass off. Awww hey Jenny. “Uncle Javi” I’M DYING. That scene was too adorable.
8x21 Hell to Pay: Second to last episode... The man with the axe, that could’ve been such an intense scene but nah. The title card is different again, for the last time? Nathan Filion looks thinner in this episode. Beckett scaring off Castle is too great though. Awww Alexis and Hayley are having a movie night with pizza and beer. lol Hayley wants to watch a horror movie at the place where they were surprised by the axe man (I keep typing ‘ace’ instead of ‘axe’ - and I just did it again).
8x22 Crossfire: He we go, series finale. “In case anything goes wrong...” “I will get Martha and Alexis here and I will protect them, you have my word.” <3 The moment when Castle gets into the cab and the song from at the beginning starts playing and you see the driver is the killer. The “truth time” scene that I also giffed is so intense and heart breaking. The way Castle wants to say ‘no’ but can’t and is crying... And how devastated he is. I really don’t like all the shooting in this episode. The way they took down LokSat was so weird. So you seriously mean to tell me that Lanie got a full five-seconds of screentime in the series finale. And then Castle and Beckett are both shot but it’s not even explained? We just jump ahead a few years and there they are with children? Like, how did they survive? God there’s so many plotholes in this.
Well, now I’m done. I miss what the show was in the early seasons. Like,t hat whole comedy, the domestic Castle aspect.
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