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adversityfought-a · 2 years
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Last thing before I actually write serious replies! I’m finally getting used to drawing Chris and I’m so happy! Just gotta doodl the older Chris’ and I’ll have a good timeline of what mine looks like through the games!
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For now have post S.T.A.R.S.  and  RE5 era Chris’ DJSKSKSKSO
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boilingrain · 11 months
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Rain Draws Ashfur Several Times
So Ashfur won that poll I made about which Warrior Cats villain I should draw, so instead of doing the normal thing and drawing him once, I decided to rotate him in my mind for a bit and then draw him multiple times
I am completely normal about this greasy, melodramatic loser
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I tried to stick to canon (or at least, the depiction of Ashfur in his sprite on the wiki), but this looks wrong to me
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So then I drew my own personal design for him! His stripes n stuff aren't meant to be that dark, I messed up while coloring him but I didn't want to redraw him. The only problem was the stripes, so I didn't feel like it was bad enough to justify completely redrawing him
While usually it's something I save for cats with the -heart suffix, I gave him a heart shaped marking on his chest. It was whole when he was a kit, but as he got older the heart "broke"
Realistic? No. A fun design choice? Yes
Also while I'm not very good at drawing spotted tabbies (or tabbies in general tbh), that's what I draw Ashfur (+ Ferncloud and Brindleface) as
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Then I drew him in the style that I draw Starclan cats in! I've been meaning to talk about how my Starclan/Dark Forest designs work, but the more important details for Starclan cats are that they're lighter in color than their living appearance, any markings are sharper or star shaped if applicable, whatever killed them sparkles and that the longer they're dead, they start looking less like cats
That last one is a bit hard to explain in words, but for example Firestar would start looking like he's actually made of fire, Longtail's tail would get even longer or Hollyleaf would start growing actual holly leaves out of her body
Body horror, but not as disturbing to look at or as painful to the cat as it is for the Dark Forest residents.
While Ashfur's death technically didn't have anything to do with fire, I think he'd always be surrounded by smoke as a reminder of what he tried to do (I was mainly thinking of Holly, Jay & Lion when I put that in, but it could also be easily connected to Ashfur's part in Firestar losing a life to the fox trap)
I imagine the smoke would be there as a reminder to him that just because he was let into Starclan doesn't mean that he's completely off the hook or that Starclan didn't see the shit he tried to pull. I also think that he wouldn't really get to deliver prophecies or anything particularly important.
I have to imagine that he was trying really hard to not lose it when Hollyleaf was allowed into Starclan (considering the Starclan trial stuff, Ashfur was probably at Hollyleaf's trial, because we all know she definitely had one)
Also I made a little doodle of a wet Ashfur. My Ashfur isn't very big or muscular, he's actually short and scrawny. He just looks a bit bigger than he actually is because he's really fluffy
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Dark Forest Ashfur (as he should've been in canon)
I'm not sure why the picture quality on this one is shittier than the others
I'll talk more about how I draw Dark Forest cats at a later time, but some of the more important stuff is written down here already.
All Dark Forest cats have red outlines, though. No exceptions.
If I remember correctly, it's mentioned that there's no prey in the Dark Forest/Place of No Stars, so my Dark Forest cats are all real skinny. The longer they've been there, the more starved they look.
Unlike how Starclan cats will have their appearances change based on their names, Dark Forest cats will have their appearances changed based on their deaths (or the circumstances around it) and their crimes. Much like Starclan cats, your appearance changes more the longer you've been dead.
Cats like Ashfur or even Hawkfrost will have begun to change, but it isn't as bad for them yet as it is for cats like Mapleshade or Thistleclaw.
(Since I'm probably not going to draw Thistleclaw any time soon, I'll just tell you that one of the things done to him as a result of being in the DF is that despite being still mentally the same age as he was at his death, his appearance is that of an apprentice, and probably on the younger side at that. His treatment of Tigerpaw, Spottedpaw and Tiny, as well as being why Bluefur had to get rid of her kits, leading to the death of Mosskit, means that I get to hit him with the baby stick. Have fun being intimidating and using your power against people now, idiot)
Additionally, whatever killed a Dark Forest cat is still there. Yes, this means Tigerstar 1 is solidly Not Having a Good Time(tm)
Ashfur is burning from the inside out, both because of Firestar + the Fire Scene, but also because he fueled himself with his hatred of Squirrelflight after she ended their brief relationship. He let that anger and hatred fuel him, and now he will become the fuel for a fire. Naturally, this means he's now very hot to the touch and he radiates a ton of heat.
Dark Forest Ashfur gets an extra eye stripe that he doesn't have in his living design and also longer eyelashes because I wanted to try and make him look more like he has mascara running down his face... it made sense to me when I drew it.
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And here's something a lot dumber
I wanted to draw a quick & silly bad doodle, so here's Ashfur as that one Elmo meme but I was too lazy to look at the actual meme for reference
(This is what color his stripes n stuff are supposed to be btw. Dark gray, I just accidentally made them black before. The only one of these designs that's supposed to have black stripes is the Dark Forest design, and that's just because the DF cats are darker in color than their living designs)
I was going to add more art to this post but then my brain decided we were done drawing for now despite how I had more ideas, so this is all you're getting, I guess.
Admittedly, this was really fun to do and I might do something like this with the polls again at some point. I'm actually really proud of this art, too :)
Sorry that I'm really bad at drawing spotted tabbies, I wear I'm trying to figure out how to draw them better
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thefangirltreehouse · 3 years
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mixed thoughts on suicide squad upon second viewing
bad
gunn still can’t write women.
again, gunn still neglects to give any agency to anyone who isn’t billed
and yet again, we’re still misunderstanding harley. honestly, at this point the only people i trust to write harley are animated series team & dini (maybe sean murphy)
fucked up amanda waller, despite davis’ stellar performance, do you seriously believe waller would let her staff away with that shit?! and the way her body just lied there was just distasteful
bop’s prison fight sequence was good, the re-do whilst good, felt disingenuous 
you killed rick flag and polka dot but let peacemaker live?!
you let elba keep his accent but not capaldi?! am sorry but “yankee-fucking-doodle-dandies” would sound much better in a scottish accent. (to be fair, he did slip quite a bit and i think that was one of the lines)
edgy for the sake of being edgy (which isn’t a surprise, you aren’t going to convince me gunn is a good person, and no, i don’t think he’s changed because he didn’t face any consequences, disney dropped him, so dc hired him.)
paring harley up again with another coercive abuser but because he’s hot its totally fine? gunn thinks that’s okay? fucking really?! sounding a little incel-ish if ya ask me.
i think we all know the only reason weasel survived was because he was played by sean gunn 
ye killed boomer?! fuckin’ why?! he was one of the few redeeming things about the original.
good
soundtrack was amazing standouts for me are “rain” (which weirdly wasn’t played during the best shot in the film, that heavily featured rain) and the track with nanaue in the aquarium is so soft and dreamy.
flag wasn’t boring and by the end of the film, i honestly really liked him plus he’s got one of the most powerful lines in the film.
cena can act, and act well? too well
davis, elba and melchior had amazing performances
sebastian is too fucking pure, as is king shark and his moustache disguise.
third act was incredible
it’s an incredibly well made, and intense film, again, see third act.
r2 and bloodsport’s friendship is precious as is harley and flag’s
just polka-dot, everything was great about him.
gen
gunn didn’t even try to hide that the fact the opening scene with robert and and his daughter was supposed to be for deadshot.
why do i feel like roy or jay would be good in these films, especially now with flag gone, not that it would make any sense i just like the idea of roy specifically being on the squad since dc doesn’t know what to do with him.
i’m surprised there was no mention of boomer after his death, or even lawton, katana or croc hell, there was no mention of bats and putting supes in the icu is a pretty big deal to be simply considered a passing comment
why is nobody talking about calendar man?!
can ivy hurry the fuck up and come collect her wife from these abusive male characters and awful directors.
why did harley feel like a side character?
“IT’S YOUR MUM!“ 
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enhyupn · 3 years
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⧉ enhypen as your classmate that has a crush on you! ᝢ ∷
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pairings: ot7 enhypen members x gn!reader
warnings: swearing, mentions of violence in jay’s one
genre: pure fluff + high school!au
a/n this also. Was in my drafts 💭 i was contemplating if i should post this or not but here i am 😫 i Post too much sorry everyone iJust have no life outside of school 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️
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⌗ heeseung
heeseung is definitely the type of person that tries to talk to the person he sits beside all the time
he nudges you all the time and whispers your name whenever he wants your attention
and the fact he had a huge crush on you also added to it
enhypen always have to listen to him since he never ever stops talking about you. like ever.
“oh my god you will never know what y/n told me when i—” and suddenly he’s cut off by the rest of them yelling “we know!”
you never snap at him because you kinda... enjoy the attention
maybe thats how you knew you kinda liked him too, since you could never let sunoo get away with this if he ever called for your name in class
your relationship only stopped there for a while, since the two of you lowkey scared of each other
“no i feel like y/n’s gonna snap at you one day, like completely just punch you in the face” jay once told him and ever since, he’s never looked at you the same
you think heeseung’s just intimidating, the amount of times you’ve jumped in your seat whenever he’s called your name is numerous
although, one day you fell asleep in class due to the fact you left your english essay last minute the night before
heeseung, noticing you drooling on the table, wrote down the notes for you
he handed them to you after class and you were so touched that you couldn’t stop telling sunoo about it
“his hand writing’s so neat and—” “i get it, you can shut up now!”
you even told heeseung his hand writing was the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen for a week straight
he was happy of course, but honestly unsure how he was supposed to reply to the compliment
he figured out by himself that all he needed to do was ask you if you wanted him to write your name
“heeseung, i mean it! i can’t get over how you write ‘the’, it’s just so— so neat!” “oh really? let me write your name out”
being the smooth guy that he was, wrote down his number instead of your name
and you being the oblivious person you were, ended up being utterly confused
“heeseung i think—” “I WROTE MY NUMBER ON PURPOSE”
you never really got over the shock, nonetheless still took his number and texted him that night
you ended that night by kicking your feet in the air with your face feeling like it was on fire
oh, you also ended up planning a date with heeseung on saturday, not a big deal
it was actually the biggest deal ever
the rest of the head canons are under the cut!
⌗ jay
jay was 100% the type to tease someone when he had a crush to get their attention
he wanted all your attention and the way he got that was through telling you your portrait of a dog looked stupid
well yeah, it did but he didn’t need to point it out
everyone in your art class knew jay had a raging crush on you
he just didn’t know how to express it
his friend jake told him the way into your heart was talking about a mutual interest
jake was, sort of, right about his advice. well, until you and jay started bickering about a character you loved but he oh so hated
“mabel in gravity falls was annoying and weird” “jay if you say that one more time i will shove this paint brush down your throat”
jake, who was trying to play cupid, could not understand why he was so bad at this
i mean jay had no problem getting girls to like him but you? did you genuinely hate jay or something?
“no jake i don’t hate jay” well that answered his question
“he’s just weird” “weird? i’m weird?” “yeah do i need to repeat it again? park jay is weird” you two were a match made in heaven
jay didn’t know when but he had a revelation, maybe this wasn’t the approach he should take to get your attention
after that, he started to be extremely nice to you
it definitely scared you
“d-did i do anything?” “what no? i’m just saying your painting looks beautiful y/n” “oh no something’s definitely going to happen”
he was finally tired of trying so hard while ending up with nothing achieved
jake, being the one out of the two who had the most realistic ideas, decided to give him one more tip
“do you think it’ll work?” “it’s fool proof”
the tip was simply him asking you out to the movies, something that was a little too forward for jay
“no i don’t think it’ll work jake” “jay i swear to god you are going to end up single For the Rest of your Life”
it took... many attempts... and many insults towards you for him to even get the first line out
“Y/NPLEASEGOTOTHEMOVIESWITHME” “the movies? sure” “wait, really? i meant it in a romantic way by the way” “oh? sure i’m free on friday”
turns out you were into him too i mean it was kinda obvious from the way you dealt with those insults
even when you started dating after that date, the insults never stopped
it just now targeted jake, who really is just asking for it at this point from the amount of times he’s asked for credit for ‘getting both of you together’
he was never getting that credit
⌗ jake
jake would leave secret love letters in your locker every time he walked past it
i mean the action wasn’t as secret as he thought it was due to the fact you knew he was the one leaving those letters
for god’s sake the boy was literally in almost all your classes, you were walking the same way as him when he slipped those letters in???
you still were very grateful for them
without them, i think you would of not coped with school
they were all incredibly detailed and even had little doodles drawn around them
you once had remembered he mentioned that he wrote these in the morning before school started during first period
he also told you he was really really shy you found it incredibly cute
the only way he could speak to you without melting was through these letters
somehow you decided that the best thing to do was put replies in his lockers too
his first reaction was complete embarrassment, the fact you knew who he was had his face heating up like nothing else
but he soon realised you didn’t think it was weird or creepy, you actually looked forward to his letters every school day
he mustered up so much courage after that to talk to you in person, to personally thank you
“THANK YOU Y/N!” “NO IT’S FINE JAKE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BOW”
he sheepishly rubs the back of his neck before pulling something out from his back pocket
the final letter in his series of love letters showing up in his hands
“open it” his shy smile making your brain Melt in endearment
the letter contained the usual, the hello y/n! and the usual chatter about his day
what you didn’t expect was the fact he had asked you out at the bottom of the letter
“y/n i’ve liked you for a while now, will you go out with me?” you read out loud before realising what you had just read. “OH MY GOD YOU ASKED ME OUT?”
you pull him into a tight hug, something that jake heated up at
“is this a yes?” “are you seriously asking that right now? of course we are”
you two became the most sickly sweet couple ever
plus the fact you still placed letters in each other’s lockers made enhypen gag (in an affectionate way)
they were just jealous nobody was putting letters in their lockers
⌗ sunghoon
sunghoon always seemed to be there whenever you needed help
especially since you two helped out at the library together every wednesday
he looked forward to it every week, you could tell from the fact ever tuesday he’d remind his friends that the next day he was seeing you again
“tomorrow’s wednesday you know what that means” “yes sunghoon we know, you’re seeing y/n tomorrow”
whenever he’s finished his work (which he does at an incredibly fast pace) he always seems to end up trailing you
constantly asking if you need help, desperate to do something
you find it endearing, always ending up chuckling at his whiney words
“y/n! do you need any help i’m finished” “not at the moment but if you wanna chat i can!”
out of all the enhypen members i feel like sunghoon would have the softest feelings for his crush
like even outside of your assigned library work, he’d constantly check up on you during lunch
“here y/n! it’s a packet of those gummies you like” “how sweet that you remembered! thanks for them”
you, even with sunghoon’s constant affection, couldn’t realise he had a crush on you
you thought that he was like that with everyone, you didn’t think that you were particularly special to get any type of unique treatment from park sunghoon
it wasn’t until your classmate asked you if you and sunghoon were dating
“hey are you and sunghoon dating?” “ummmm no why” “oh my friend wanted to know, they like him that’s why”
that didn’t sit well with you.
you thought long and hard about it but there was literally no reason for you to be bothered about it
i mean? you didn’t like him like that right
wrong
you decided to ask his dearest friend heeseung for help
“heeseung what do i do why do i feel like this” “i don’t know ask sunghoon” “...you aren’t helping”
heeseung being the big blabber mouth he is, told sunghoon all of this
“y/n won’t shut up about you” “really? you’re telling me the truth right? please don’t lie to me”
from many many uplifting comments from his friends, sunghoon was able to talk to you without mentioning the library
“so... what did you do in art class today?” “oh? i don’t do art” i mean at least he tried
after a few attempts he finally hit the nail on the head, securing his place as one of your friend... not the position he was aiming for but at least it was something
that’s when he prepared himself for the final boss (that’s what heeseung called the plan)
interrupting the conversation you both had on what disney show was the best, he popped the big question
“no but mulan was pretty good too also do you wanna go on a date with me” “oh sure! that was really random though”
i mean his timing was incredibly terrible but you were over the moon
even with the calm messages the both of you had sent, the two of you were screaming at your screen, unable to contain any composure
i mean it’s sunghoon... even if he handed you a piece of trash to as his way of asking you out you’d still say yes
⌗ sunoo
no but sunoo definitely asks your friend what your favourite song is and puts it on his story so you can slide up and be like “omg!! i love this song”
OH he also texts you randomly at 11:11 and 22:22 so you think it’s a sign
he so so so desperately wants your attention all the time
he goes up to you at lunch even when you’re with all your friends and makes conversation with you making you forget all about your friends
he sits in front of you in maths! so he knows how bad you are at the subject, he can hear your muttering about how you got a question wrong every morning but don’t Worry! he finds it adorable for some reason
at first he started to pretend he wouldn’t understand a question so he could find a way to talk to you
“hey y/n! what’s six times five again” “are you serious?”
he’s actually kinda good at maths so you’re always confused on how he doesn’t understand basic multiplication but can get 90% on the algebra test
he loves, and i mean loves, talking to you during class
even if the teacher scolds him he doesn’t care, it’s simply the highlight of his day
he gets so pouty and jealous when you excuse him in the middle of a conversation to talk to someone else
he gets jealous especially whenever you talk to his friends instead of him
“hey ni-ki! what did you get for number five?” “oh i got—” “I GOT TWELVE FOR THAT ONE Y/N!”
you kinda adore it not gonna lie
at one point your teacher got incredibly fed up with you two talking class
so! sunoo resorted to passing notes to you
‘y/n did you hear? oh my god, jihan from the maths class beside us told me that yeojin from the year above us got suspended because she started fighting the teacher over her phone. can you believe that? i mean i would of done the same thing’
it was quite clear sunoo talked a lot even through notes too
i mean as if you didn’t reply with the same energy
‘I HEARD THAT TOO!! gowon from her class told me, plus! intak said he saw the whole thing too... omg honestly i think yeojin’s so cool for doing that. maybe i should fight our maths teacher if they try and yell at us for talking again?’
they were one of the many things sunoo loves you for <3
one day ni-ki, being the number one shipper of you two, decides to play Cupid on the two of you
he drew out a note that looked too similarly to a middle school confession text and placed it on sunoo’s desk
“do you like me y/n... tick one. yes. no.” “do you like it?” “what the fuck is this”
i mean sunoo Took it anyways, he knew you’d find it funny too
as usual, you prepared yourself for a long class of sliding notes to each other
you looked forward to it, you found it as a source of entertainment and you liked talking to sunoo anyways
“pssst, y/n!” “thanks— wait did you give me the right one?”
after many whisper shouts and glares from your teacher, he finally convinced you that they were the real deal
obviously. You chose yes
that’s how you landed a date with sunoo to a picnic at han river
sunoo and you were. Kinda.... thankful for ni-ki
you two just never wanted to admit his stupid cupid-ry worked
⌗ jungwon
definitely the type to ask you “what homework did we get?” so he can start a conversation with you
replies to your private story with like “omg that’s so funny” or like “PLSSSSS me too”
you do exactly the same with his ps honestly
he always talks to you before class and you have heated discussions about the homework the night before
YOU ALWAYS ALWAYS end up sitting beside him in every class you have together
like it’s not even on purpose anymore (it’s actually fate)
always lends you pens and pencils when you forget them
he also never Asks for them back so you Have like a stash of them at home beside your bed because you always forget to give them back to him
you and jungwon are the kids in pe class that walk around the track gossiping
“jake told me that half of the soccer team aren’t getting along these days because they all like the same person” “no way really? what about their team work, isn’t there some sort of huge match next week?”
the gossip only stays between you two but only ever during pe
you two talk about more, interesting things outside of pe
since you two are in basically every class together, you walk with him everywhere
once when you were about to trip over, jungwon caught you and when you realised you were in his arms, you just blankly stared at him for a good five seconds
once you got off of him your face started to heat up so fast jungwon’s too
every time you have homework due and you didn’t do it he lends you his word
“y/n take this! it’s the french homework from last class” “thanks so much jungwon!”
the real story starts with when you and him were practicing speaking french in the library
you, being terrible at french, needed some sort of help with this
jungwon decided that, even though he completely sucks at french, he should tutor you!
and there you were, ten reasons why i hate you style, in the library struggling on how to pronounce beaucoup
“bow-cewp” “good job y/n!” “jungwon i know for a fact that you don’t know if i’m saying this right”
you stuck up with it because, well because he’s jungwon
“je t'aime you”
i mean you were Terrible. at french but even the stupidest person in the world could figure that out
“i like you too jungwon, now help me with question six” “YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THAT?” “i had a paris phase when i was younger of course i did”
turns out the Parisian style bakery across the street is the perfect date on an afternoon after school
what was even more perfect was that you got 85% on your test with the help of your boyfriend
⌗ ni-ki
he was your partner in cookery class, the both of you had no cooking skills in your bones but you still made it work
you were in the class since your family constantly nagged at you for being terrible in the kitchen
while ni-ki enrolled because he needed the something to show his friends after school
ni-ki thinks he fell for you at first sight
you were baking cookies as your first task and you basically saved him by reminding him to put on oven gloves before getting the cookies out
“that’s the bare minimum” jay tells him. “i don’t care... you wouldn’t know what love feels like”
he looks forward to cooking class because if you every week
he even has it scheduled on his calendar
honestly it’s kind of a miracle the food you two make is some sort of eatable
he always asks you for help even if it’s the simplest thing ever
“y/n? which one is a cup?” “the one that literally says one cup?”
you don’t care though since you think it’s cute
you always end up doing most of the cooking and chopping whil ni-ki just washes the dishes and watches the pot boil which eagerly waits for the food to finish
you’ve met all of enhypen before since ni-ki likes them to gather around your creations and take pictures of them together
when enhypen first collected him from cookery class, they asked him which one of your classmates were you
he literally shyly pointed at you as he hid his face with his hair
“them” “huh? ni-ki who are you pointing at” “them, beside the fridge”
your final exam was to decorate and bake a cake
it’s safe to say from the many burnt cakes you and ni-ki have done, you two were in trouble
you both wanted that passing grade so you practiced almost everyday after classes the week before
he was in charge of the icing, apparently according to him it was his specialty
“look y/n!” “how cute! a little unreadable but very cute”
finally. the Day of the exam came
you both had to prepare and bake the cake together under two hours
you were lucky that you both weighed the ingredients before you arrived
it was definitely. The most stressful two hours you two had ever felt
it also didn’t help that ni-ki shooed you away when he was icing the cake
by the end of it, your face was Dusted with flour while ni-ki’s apron had butter and frosting stains all over it
you were instructed by ni-ki and even your teacher, to stand where the fridge was, out of your sight to see what he was doing to the cake
you were hazily scrolling through your phone when jungwon snapped you back into reality
turns out jungwon was outside the room the whole exam because ni-ki told him he needed support and having him there comforted him
almost instantly after your jungwon interaction, ni-ki called you from your table, excitedly waving his arms in the air
“y/n! y/n! i’m finished!” “perfect! let me—”
your eyes widened realising his cake didn’t say anything like ‘happy birthday’ like you two had planned
instead the icing spelt out a prettily written out ‘y/n, will you go on a date with me?’
your eyes seemed to water at the gesture, unsure why you got so emotional at icing
“n-ni-ki... that’s so c-cute” “why are you crying? oh my god you hate me don’t you?”
it took you ten minutes to stop sobbing (happy tears) and you gladly accepted his proposal
so now you got a Good grade and an amazing boyfriend that can... sort of! Cook
while eating the cake you were reminded with something, remembering some words from earlier
wait did mr lee know about this?
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bloom-bloom-pow · 3 years
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enhypen as college students
heeseung: that cute, mysterious boy who sits in the front
so wbk he would be an english major if he wasn’t in enha
like imagine him reading in the library with glasses 😳
his dainty hands lightly flipping through an old book😩😩
gOD him wearing a beret and a light blue striped button down
am i getting carried away? yes😟
anyways he’s never late to classes and offers you pens when you forget yours
nobody knows much about him besides that he’s so mysterious
jay: the one who dresses up for every. single. class.
bro there was this one dude who wore nice clothes to every 7am class😭
and i was here wearing sweatpants and a hoodie like ??? anyways
one day he’s running late and so he wears a beanie and a hoodie
everyone freaks out like bro ?? is there a test ??😠
he still wears collared shirts in his dorm like ..okay
pretty hot tho ngl everyone’s like wow do i want to date or be him ??🤔🤔
jake: the one who makes people laugh on the daily
whenever he gets a question right he’ll smile and go “YEAHH LETS GOOO” 🤪
really funny tbh and makes lil comic strips and shows them to you
likes seeing other people smile so he’ll say some real dumb stuff
he writes in yellow highlighter just to get on someone’s nerves😐
everyone wants him in his group bc he’ll do work AND be funny
please he would be such a heartthrob get me a jake pls 😤
sunghoon: the one who always seems to have iced coffee
like no matter what he has a nice bag and an iced coffee
i bet he drinks like dark coffee JUST to look cool😭
he’s secretly like someone get me some cream and sugar before i die
anyways he has his own clique so he doesn’t talk too much to anyone oops
you only heard him talk once and that’s when his coffee machine broke😮
one time someone gave him the wrong order and he was feeling 😒 all day
sunoo: that snarky commenter in the back of the class
whenever the prof says smth,, weird he would look at you with those eyes👀😏
he’s been asked to sit away from you because of the chaos he brings
borderline mean comments and he makes everyone hold in their laugh
“cool story bro…” or “wait what did you say? i filtered you out omg..”🙄
god and his perfect lil smile would be like HELLO U CANT HURT ME😁
everyone thinks he’s cool when he stands up to professors
jungwon: the one with pretty highlighters like bro what ⁉️⁉️
he looks cool with his black backpack until you see stationery and pens
he’s first embarrassed when you bring it up but changes once you gush over it
writes in calligraphy all the time on the margins of his notes wow 😫😫
everybody thinks he’s so talented and so he writes their names too
pretty soon his notebook is covered in streaks of orange and blue and green 🥺
doesn’t let anybody touch his expensive pens or else he’ll give a mean look 😕
ni-ki: the one who gets sidetracked in class.. a lil too often
he would doodle ugly babies and ugly flowers in the back of his notebook 😔😔
pretends to be listening but daydreams a little too quickly
a LOT of “wait i didn’t get the last sentence” and “what are we doing?”😢😩
tries really hard sometimes but then gets tired of trying yeah same dw
he looks like a deer in headlights when giving presentations
he'll jus stand there like "hi.. here's my... presentation thingy" 😳
one time he got called on and he ran out of class because he was like no❤️
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Connections 2
Chapter 2
this is based on @thepeacetea daminette soulmate au
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One year has passed and Marinette couldn’t be happier with her dad and Penny. She has been on tour with her dad and has thus been home schooled for a year. Then final performance is in Gotham city and she is going to the Wayne Gala with her dad. After only a year she has gained and adopted the name Marinette Stone, and you would not believe how much the media fell in love with her.
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 Jagged’s tour was going to end in Gotham and Tim couldn’t be happier. He practically begged Bruce to send him and Invite to the Gala in an attempt to meet the Rockstar. Bruce eventually gave in and invited the Rockstar and Tim was ecstatic.
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 To say he was surprised was an understatement, Jagged couldn’t believe that he was being invited to the Wayne Gala. His answer was immediate, he accepted the offer, not because of the Wayne name but because of what the Gala was for. Every Gala was for a charity and Jagged couldn’t bring himself to refuse.
“What’s this dad?” Mari asked him as he set the invite down.
“It’s an invite to a big fancy party”
“Are we going?”
“It’s a Rock’ in cause so ya”
“oh!” Marinette shot up and ran from the room only to comeback with a book. She stood next to him as she flipped though her drawings before finding the one, she liked. “do you like it dad”
It was a simple black tux with dark purple accents but what shot it over was that there were music notes everywhere they were meant to catch the light and reflect at angles. The suit was perfect and they both knew it.
“that’s amazing little rocker! Any ideas for Penny?” she only responded with a smirk and flipped a page. The dress she showed him was stunning, it was a mermaid dress that was a deep dark purple an had an open back. Over the whole dress was a lace that incorporated music notes that draped from her shoulders to the ground perfectly over the dress. “I think she’ll like it Mari, but what about you?” now her smirk grew wider.
“it’s a surprise”
“well it will be beautiful” with that Mari ran up to her room and you could hear her working and patterning until it would be perfect.
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 Ever since moving in with her uncle he really did become her dad. He supported her in her fashion dreams and has even worn some of her pieces on stage. She didn’t want anyone to know it was her so papa only said they were from a little online shop, but that he couldn’t give out the name yet.
Mari couldn’t believe her luck she was originally going to give them the outfits for their birthdays, but this was better. She had been trying to keep them secret, but this was perfectly timed.
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 The day of the Gala arrived and the three of then went out to the limo. Marinette couldn’t believe that she finished all three outfits, but she was more than pleased with the results. She was dressed in a purple to pink dress with musical notes and a black velvet sash tied in a bow. Her hair was in a simple chunky braid that was pinned into a loose bun. Dad couldn’t stop smiling and Penny was gushing how cute she was and how well the three looked.
When they arrived at the Gala, they walked the red carpet and Marinette stayed close to her dad. She smiled and waved for the pictures while dad dropped hints that the three were dressed by his mysterious designer.
Mari could tell instantly she was the youngest as soon as they stepped into the ballroom, so she hid behind her dad but still made polite conversation with those who spoke with her.
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 Tim was bouncing on his feet trying to catch a glimpse of the Rockstar.
“Tim” Bruce cut into his searching.
“Yes?” Tim immediately stopped his searching and looked at his father.
“Sigh. Come on let’s look” Tim was on his heals. They walked around the room until they saw the Rocker. But they were having trouble the rocker was with a woman and child and almost every woman there seemed to be fawning over the child and Rocker.
That was when Tim noticed the child, she was calm and courteous but when her eyes saw him, she excused herself and ran towards him. She had to be about six from her height, but her motions were fluid and not without purpose.
“Hi there” the child extended her hand “I’m Marinette, nice to meet you”
Tim went through the motions and shook her hand, “Hi I’m Tim” he gave her a polite smile and then looked back at Jagged. That was when he heard her laugh and he looked at the child and frowned. “What’s so funny?”
“You” she stated it and continued to giggle, that only deepened his frown. She then Turned around and called “Papa, I think someone wants to meet you” she still was giggling.
“Little Star! I told you not to leave my side” The rocker said with a chuckle and a glint in his eye. “Looks like Mari’s taken a liking to you, nice to meet you I’m Jagged Stone” he held out his hand and in that moment Tim .exe stopped working. And almost as suddenly shook his idol’s hand.
“OMGItsapleasuretomeetyou”
“Tim” Bruce called “breathe” Tim shook his head took a breath and seemed to regain some composure while Bruce only seemed to laugh.
“Hello Mr. Stone, my name is Tim” the little girl seemed to have stopped giggling, but she was looking between Tim and Bruce and then something seemed to click, and she was giggling again.
“What’s so funny star?” the girl took a deep breath.
She turned to Bruce and extended a hand “Hello Mr. Wayne” and the look on Bruce’s face was priceless. This little girl seemed to not only recognize Bruce without him ever introducing himself, but even the Rocker was shocked.
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 Bruce didn’t understand what was going on and that was surprising. A six-year-old was able to identify him and what he knows of Jagged she would never have visited Gotham before. But he was never going to be prepared by what happens next.
This giggling girl suddenly stopped and went quiet. She looked behind him for only a moment before her attention was back on him. Her blue eyes lost in thought, when almost a suddenly they snapped to attention. She grabbed his hand and pulled him to the side as a man dressed as a server was holding a knife. This little girl just pulled him away from an attacker without a giveaway.
She turned around as the attacker spun around and charged. She didn’t move, hell she didn’t flinch as he ran towards her with a knife. She was small and she used her size to her advantage but that didn’t stop the punch that she hit the attacker with on his leg. Almost instantly the man went down, and this little girl just took him down. Bruce didn’t know how this child was able to hit the spleen 11 pressure point, but she did.
“Are you okay?” a soft voice rang in his ears and saw the sweet little girl again.
“Yes, I am…” Bruce was confused to say the least, and his confusion only grew when he heard laughter.
“Little Star that was dangerous” Jagged Stone scolded, and he laughed. The girl looked sheepish and just like a child should.
“How?” was the only thing that registered in his mind.
“Dunno she’s always been a little badass.” The Rockstar laughed.
This child is something else.
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 The five of them stayed together the rest of the night and by the end Little Marinette was practically adopted by the Wayne family as a niece to Bruce. As she referred to him as Uncle Bruce and called Tim Tim-Tam.
The Stones were invited the next day for lunch at the manor where Marinette met Dick and Jason. Jason who when told couldn’t believe it until he saw the video and hasn’t stopped laughing except to call her his sister and give her the nickname Pixie Pop to which she responded to call him Jay-Jay. Dick practically fell in love with his new sister and she fell in love with him calling him Blue Bird.
Marinette loved Gotham because of her new brother’s and she practically begged to stay longer. It was Alfred who spoke up asking about her education. Dad saying, she was doing classes online. And Bruce asking if they would like she can attend Gotham Academy and stay with them in the manor while Jagged was on tour. Marinette couldn’t be happier, all that was left was a concert in Paris then school would start.
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A quick doodle of young Marinette. I think that after the gala the people of Gotham call her Gotham’s Pixie
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🍄🌸🌼💫 for all 4 of the main characters from your new story!
Hi Mari! Thank you for the ask! 🥰
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🍄 What are your OCs favourite snacks? Their favourite comfort food which always cheers them up when they’re down? Favourite meal to make? Do they enjoy baking and cooking and are they any good in the kitchen?
I already answered this one for one of the 4, so let's do the other 3!
Bradley: Pretzels. It's gross. This kid can eat SO many of them in one sitting. Comfort food, easily mac and cheese- Kraft brand, specifically. Likes to try and cook, but usually makes more of a mess than anything. Zach: Pizza. Easy. Comfort food is pizza. It's all pizza. Not a cook, easier to bring in. Louisa: Fresh Basil + tomato + mozzarella balls with a balsamic glaze drizzle, keep it fresh and classy. Comfort food is hands down, chunky monkey ice cream (and yes, I am going for a cliché). Likes to bake. Macarons are her favorite to make.
🌸 What are some of their favourite things and why? List as many as you can think of!
I'm going to do 3 for each, no context 😌
Claire: old books, blue jays, coffee ice cream Bradley: records, science fiction comic books, vintage postcards Zach: converse, zippo lighter, portable radio Louisa: everything in her closet, the beach, popcorn
🌼 Who are this characters friends and found family? How did they meet, how long have they been friends for, could they ever be something more than just friends? What do they look for in a friend or a romantic partner?
Soooo spoiler: This story is based on a group of friends, and the dynamic between the friends... so this is an excellent question. Zach and Louisa are totes already an item. Claire and Bradley? Eeeeh, they both, have some things to figure out about themselves and it's a mess. I think that's the easiest way to answer this one, for now. The relationships are like, the big thing.
💫What is your favourite fact about this character and why?
Claire: She has a set of pipes. Wouldn't know it, but singing is something she loves to do. She's just.. shy about it. Bradley: He can draw, like REALLY well. Zach likes to doodle and stuff, and thinks he's good, so Brad doesn't brag but he totally should. In another life, he could have been an artist. Zach: Random, but when he was young he fell and scrapped his knee and got some gravel in there and it's still. there. It's always his weird fact. Louisa: More so about this characters development, but like.. when I made a decision on where to take this character, everything fell into place and clicked in a lot of ways. I really want to like her, and I mostly do like her younger self. It's the older self that I really can't stand.
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TGF Thoughts: 5x03-- And the court had a clerk...
Hello again! It’s nice to have this show back. This episode was a bit less of a standout than the previous two, but I’m still happy with the overall direction for this season. More under the cut (or here, because tumblr sucks). 
When Robert King tweeted the episode title, I asked him if all the titles this season were adding up to one long sentence/story, hoping he’d confirm it and give a little more information. He did! He said it’s “in the Farmer in the Dell mode” and while I think I get what he’s saying, I’m very curious to see how it plays out. Haven’t been able to track down 5x04′s title yet, but the promo is out. (As of this morning! It’s interesting they’re not putting them after the episode this year; I kind of like it.) 
Kurt’s job is up in the air given the new administration. I think this scene exists mostly just to remind us where Kurt works and the stakes.
What month is this supposed to be in? The transition seems recent but no one is wearing masks.  
Kurt spots a poster asking for help ID’ing people at the Capitol on January 6th. He thinks he recognizes someone...
And now we’re in case of the week land. This case is about a small business owner whose business went under after someone created fake news articles accusing him of pedophilia.  
I think the whole point of this (kind of long) scene is to show that this case is a pretty small deal. Low stakes, inexperienced opposing lawyer. (Not even sure why Liz would be arguing this in court, but whatever.)
Tbh I thought this was going to wind up in 9 ¾ court.
Now that we have junior level characters, we get scenes showing that there are, in fact, people at RBL who are mid-level. Liz asks an associate to work on something, he asks another associate to work on it, she delegates to other associates, and they delegate to Marissa and Carmen. This work seems terrible.  
It’s so funny to me how this is probably more realistic than most of the lawyering on the show and yet it only shows up selectively. We only see the hierarchy here to make it clear that Marissa and Carmen are at the bottom.  
David Lee interrupts and asks for Carmen. He’s very rude to her. Interestingly, she’s hesitant to leave her grunt work and follow David, even though she must know he outranks the associate who gave her the grunt work.
“Why am I supposed to know you?” David asks her as they walk through the halls. “I don’t know if you are,” Carmen responds. “Why does Benjamin Dafoe know you?” he asks. She doesn’t know who he is.  
“Who are you?” Dafoe asks when Carmen enters. She states her name, again. “Why are you important?” he asks. “I don’t think that I am,” Carmen responds.  
Then Dafoe says his top client, and it’s a name that the characters all know. I’m glad this scene is free of any “he’s the white OJ” expository lines (that’s from Sweeney’s introduction) -- it’s clear from the reactions and the discussion of police and rape that the top client is a bad guy, probably a rapist. The rapist wants Carmen to represent him.
Putting 2 and 2 together, Carmen asks if the rapist knows Rivi. He’s not, but he’s at the same prison. As soon as Carmen says she’s representing Rivi, David Lee switches gears, understanding the situation and trying to sign the new business. He’s so shameless!  
Marissa sorts ALL the papers. There are a LOT of papers. I’m swamped. Look at all this paper.
She catches the associate who assigned her the task leaving for the night just as she finishes up, and cheerfully notes she’s finished the task. Then the associate mentions this was only half of the bills. Marissa does not like that. Since her goal in wanting to be a lawyer is mostly just to give her something exciting to do and earn respect... this hierarchy thing is not going so well.
Marissa decides that after her rough day, she’s going to stop by Wackner’s court. He’s in the middle of a case about Emily in Paris fanfiction and he’s very happy to see Marissa.  
Wackner’s night court has a program—it notes the sponsor is Copy Co-op (I thought it was Copy Coop?) and the paper products were also provided by them. And “there will be regular intermissions at the discretion of Judge Wackner.” It’s very theatrical.  
Wackner takes a recess and calls Marissa to his “chambers.” He asks for her thoughts on the case. “All they want is attention and to feel like they’ve won,” Marissa notes. Wackner’s on the same wave length and compares it to the Scarecrow’s diploma at the end of The Wizard of Oz. So, he makes copyright certificates and some minor modifications to each of the fanfic books. They say “I respect you and I love you” and that’s that.
Wackner catches Marissa before she leaves and asks her to be his law clerk—part time or full time, 10% of all the legal filings and unlimited use of copy machines. She is hesitant because she “doesn’t even know what this is.”
Wackner says his court is “the future.” Marissa turns him down; notes she wants to pass the bar. “You know why all these people are here? ‘Cause the courts and the lawyers and the appeals have made justice... unattainable. Out of reach. To anyone who doesn’t have a shitload of money to wait it out. That’s why Exxon beats out Mr. Nobody. Read Kafka’s Before the Law.”  
I just read it, and you should too! It literally is a page, but tl;dr, there’s a man who wants to get to the law and instead he spends his whole life trying to win over the first of many gatekeepers on the path to the law. He never gets through the gate.  
“Justice is only just if it’s available to everyone,” Wackner says. Marissa thinks about that.
As I said last week, it’s smart that Wackner makes so much sense. Hearing him say all this, knowing that it’s true... it makes it very easy to get on board with the thought experiment. Of course there would be huge repercussions to this kind of system, but it makes so much sense it’s compelling TV!
Kurt’s showering when Diane gets home, which gives her time to stumble across the WANTED poster and notice that Kurt has drawn facial hair onto one of the pictures. “Who is this?” she asks him. “No one,” he says. “Well, you drew in a beard and a moustache on him,” Diane notes. Kurt says he was doodling, but Diane calls him out as he is the “exact opposite of a doodler.” Kurt says he thought it was someone he knew, but he’s not sure. Diane pushes him to tell the feds. Kurt reiterates he’s not sure, but it’s someone he went shooting with. “Oh my God, then it’s him,” Diane jumps to (not incorrect) conclusions. Kurt says he didn’t talk that way; he’s a veteran. “Kurt! That’s the profile!” Diane argues. Kurt isn’t convinced and he doesn’t want to be responsible for naming names. He notes he’ll be threatened with indictment for not naming names and then only lawyers will end up benefitting. Diane is not convinced.
I think this is an interesting conflict for Kurt and Diane. I understand why Kurt is hesitant to speak out before he’s sure. And I understand and agree with Diane that it’s important to identify the attackers and prevent anything like that from happening again.
I don’t mean to blame Kurt, exactly, but I feel like all of what happens next could’ve played out differently if Kurt had been just a little clearer with Diane about why he was hesitant to ID the man. Like, the threat of indictment for not naming names sounds like some typical anti-government rambling. Saying you specifically are afraid that this will turn back on you and you need to weigh your options and come up with a plan first would put Diane in a very different mode, in which they’d work together to craft the best strategy. Because this man would’ve been ID’d by someone, sooner or later, and Kurt would’ve needed to be prepared.  
Diane stares at the wanted poster at work and asks Jay to find his identity. He’s on the FBI TEN MOST WANTED? Ten!? Ok!  
Diane shares the extra information she has—the gun range and that he’s a veteran—and Jay gets to work.  
Turns out there’s no money in the case that Liz, a name partner, is working on and Marissa just spent all those hours sorting bills for. I could’ve told you there was no money in that case lol.  
Jay IDs the guy very fast. He’s faster than the feds because they didn’t know where he shot. The range had his license on file, and Jay got ahold of it.
“Well, we don’t pay you enough,” Diane says. “Oh, I know that,” Jay laughs.  
Diane says she’s going to think about calling the feds—it's definitely the same guy.
Marissa notes someone high profile (David Cord, who I presume is a thinly veiled stand-in for David Koch given the name, his role in the plot, and the fact that he is “David Cord of the Cord Brothers”) in the lobby giving a fake name and goes to tell Liz.  
David Cord is performing magic tricks for the receptionists (they don’t recognize him) when Liz and Marissa show up. “I knew your father. I hated your father,” Cord says. “Yes, well, he hated you too,” Liz says. He says he gave a fake name to see what the reception would be like since he’s kinda infamous.  
Liz introduces Marissa as one of the law clinic lawyers. Marissa knows what to say in this situation. Specifically, she knows that it is the exact right moment to name drop her father.  
“Democrats as far as the eye can see,” Cord notes. At that, Liz asks Marissa to get Julius involved.
More good expository work! (No, editor feature of Word, I do NOT want that to say “Better expository work,” that would change my meaning, go away and please stop grading my recap??? I don’t know how I brought this up but it’s telling me my score is 72%, so a C, and it’s driving me crazy. Oh, now I’m a 71%. It had me at like, 50%, because I had written “Wackner” and “Wackner” is not a word. No shit.)  
Anyway, back to the exposition. I like that we don’t get a line like, “Liz! David Cord, the Republican super donor, is here!” We just get to see Liz’s reaction, Cord’s hate of Liz’s father, and the line about democrats. Then it becomes clearer who Cord is.
Just noticed Liz is wearing an Apple Watch.
Liz stands for her meeting with Cord, likely to maintain power. Cord says January 6th changed everything to him and now he’s all about unity and loving America.  
Cord has something to say about Liz’s case, the one that’s not making any money, and he seems to know quite a lot about it. That spooks Liz.  
Then Cord offers her $12 million to continue the case for another six months (all of these months, seemingly, will play out in the couple of days the rest of this episode takes, but, whatever). He just wants them to go after the social media company that distributed the fake news... and Section 230.
Don’t know what that is? Now you do, because there is a Good Fight short! These work so much better when they’re actually needed (explaining concepts, etc.) than when they’re trying to force one into every episode (remember that Downton Abbey one? What... was that?)  
I was talking to @mimeparadox about this short and he pointed out that this short has a VERY clear POV on an issue that actually doesn’t seem to be all that straightforward. If you’re like me and only had a vague sense of what Section 230 was prior to this episode, this short is telling you what to think of it—it isn’t just explaining what it is.
I do tend to agree with the show’s POV on most things, but this is an issue I’d like to read more on. I love how Section 230 was something I hadn’t really read up on prior to this episode and now that it’s been on TGF I realize it’s something that actually, yes, I would’ve been interested in knowing about earlier. Is this because things that are on TGF are interesting to me because they’re on TGF or is it because TGF generally only discusses things that would be interesting to me? Probs a little bit of both.  
Diane asks Jay how to make an anonymous phone call and he hands her a burner phone. She calls the FBI with the rioter’s name. She doesn’t leave her name and then she dumps the phone.  
Credits! Did you catch there’s a Jordan Boatman in the credits? She plays one of the associates who passes down the grunt work to Marissa, and she’s Michael Boatman’s daughter in real life! She’s also been in one other episode, in season 3.  
I never get tired of these credits!  
The RL partners (and some associates who are on the case? I think these are the same ones who delegated the work to Marissa?) debate whether or not they should take Cord’s money. Madeline notes that he’s funded a lot of Republican campaigns; Julius notes that both Republicans and Democrats agree that Section 230 is flawed and this is an opportunity for unity.
Diane notes that the right doesn’t want to stop conspiracy theories from spreading, so is this really that bipartisan? “It would help if the boomers would stop falling for those conspiracy theories and sharing it with their friends,” an associate (I believe this is Michael Boatman’s daughter again) notes. That quiets the room and the partners all glare at her. Yeah, that was a kind of stupid thing to say. First of all, it’s just not appropriate to say to the partners, and it’s also, like, missing the point? If it’s easy for conspiracy theories to spread among boomers, maybe just expecting each member of that generation to suddenly have a millennial’s understanding of the internet is the wrong strategy? Maybe there’s some structural issue here? That maybe, just maybe, this case is actually about?  
The associate also points out that the internet is currently a place where people can speak out about sexual harassment-- “they repeal section 230, and there would be no #MeToo.”
One of the partners says he doesn’t believe that—if they regulate section 230, then newspapers can actually be competitive and there’s still free speech online.  
“We’re not going back to reading newspapers, grandpa,” some associate says. What the actual fuck, dude? Who talks like that to their boss?! It’s so condescending. He’s also wrong! “Newspapers” are not just physical things... reporting by major publications still matters and will continue to matter. Like, is he suggesting that in the future all news will just be random people tweeting things they think are true with no fact checking or curation? Sure, journalism is struggling right now—but I don’t think that’s because there’s a lack of desire for well-reported news.  
I am glad the partners call him out on saying “grandpa” and honestly I’m shocked he isn’t asked to leave the discussion after that rude remark. Unless this young looking dude is a partner too? But I don’t think he is.  
Julius notes that if they’re going to pursue this case, they need money like Cord’s. At that, Liz starts to leave the meeting. “We haven’t decided if we’re taking this Cord money yet,” Madeline protests. “Of course we are,” Liz says and leaves.  
Now that’s more like it! I’m not sure if this is necessarily the best way to handle this, but she’s a) correct, they were always going to take the money because it is $12 million and an issue of interest and b) using her authority. Should Liz be making decisions totally on her own? Maybe not. Does Liz making this decision and then leaving (with everyone accepting that she’s correct) cut through a lot of bullshit and establish Liz as the one in charge? Yup.
Diane says, “Ooh-kay” with a little bit of an eyeroll after Liz exits, but she’s still laying low. I think in a different season Diane might’ve tried to push back.  
Is it me or does Baranski get a lot of material this episode we haven’t seen before? Lots of really good reaction shots/tones in this episode I don’t really think we’ve seen from Diane before. I’m impressed there’s still new stuff after 12 years.
At some point maybe I will actually write the essay I’ve been wanting to write for ages about how TGF is still so relevant despite being in a universe that should be showing its age by now. I wish I could find the first time that I called TGW a period piece set in the present day (I know it would’ve been during season five) because I think that’s the key to TGW/TGF’s enduring success. The shows always feel timely because they try to capture the present moment (which is, of course, always changing) and don’t get stuck in any one moment in time. Further, the fact that the writers are always so tuned in to events and skilled at quickly reacting to what happens in the world makes them VERY good in a pinch, which is (I think) why they’re able to make the most of unexpected situations (Josh leaving TGW, the pandemic).  
Liz and Julius bring a suit against ChumHum to attack 230. Judge Friend is initially skeptical of their argument that 230 is unconstitutional; then she’s intrigued. I am too. This argument about the press is a very interesting one. I obviously have a lot of reading to do on 230, but my take after this episode is pretty much that social media platforms have to be held responsible in some way, but I don’t think it’s feasible or desirable for them to be responsible for every single one of billions of posts. I think there has to be some way to regulate social media giants that would allow everyday people to share things and speak out but would prevent the curated (even by an algorithm) spread of fake news and make social media giants accountable when there are very public bad actors using their platforms. What that regulation would be I have no idea. I just refuse to believe that our options are to give the social media sites full immunity or to regulate the internet so strongly that no one is able to speak freely because all the platforms are worried about lawsuits.  
Over at the VA, people are being fired. When Kurt gets into his office, Madeline Starkey (wait, are there two characters named Madeline in this episode?) is waiting for him. She’s still very quirky and scary.  
Starkey says the guy that Diane reported is now saying Kurt trained him on using assault rifles and buying ammunition in bulk. Kurt notes these were topics covered in a group setting, which Starkey knew—and what she’s really after is the names of the others in the group. (She may already know them, since she knows there were five of them.)
Kurt refuses to name names and just stares at her.  
Case stuff happens! (I liked the last two episodes a lot but it’s much faster for me to just write, “case stuff happens” for some of the scenes.)
Hey, surprise Aaron Tveit! (Not really a surprise; he is in the credits. But still yay!)  
I don’t really know why Liz and Julius are talking about newspapers specifically and not all types of fact-based journalism/press? I feel like their argument is most convincing when it’s about actual newspapers (especially local ones) but still would apply to cable news...
Marissa’s still hard at work sorting papers when the associate comes back in and informs her she can stop; they’ve changed strategies and everything she’s done is now irrelevant. She also says “I forgot to tell you” at the start of that thought, meaning that she neglected to tell Marissa this important information earlier and wasted her time. Marissa is not pleased and so she goes to Wackner’s court, where Wackner now has a deli ticket machine and is wearing super-sized novelty sunglasses. Why not!
He sees Marissa and calls a five-minute recess. In “chambers,” Marissa tells him she’d like to work for him part-time but keep her RL job.  
Wackner needs her help processing more copyright certificates. He’s priced them competitively at $20 and found that a lot of writers want these certificates, even though they have no legal value. (Neither do actual copyrights, Wackner notes. And he notes that if anyone plagiarizes, they can sue in HIS court.)  
“Marissa, I’m building something here. I want you to join me. I want your advice on cases. I want to bounce legal theories off you,” he says. “What are your legal theories?” she asks. “I don’t know. That’s why I need to bounce them,” he says.  
Marissa gives him from noon to 2 and 5-7, which seems awfully ambitious for someone working at a law firm!
“That’s how revolutions are made. Back rooms of copy shops,” he says, accepting her offer.  
Kurt is sulking in the dark when Diane arrives home. He lets her know about Starkey’s visit and she immediately goes into lawyer mode. Notably, this scene does not spend much time on how Starkey found out the rioter’s name. Curious if they’re saving that for later or if Diane and Kurt both know what Diane must have done or if Kurt think’s it’s a coincidence.  
Kurt SET UP A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL for one of the veterans in his shooting group, and that tour was ON JANUARY 6TH! I really do wish he’d told Diane that upfront.  
Maybe the long pause where Kurt refuses to tell Diane which congressperson arranged the tour even after she promises she won’t say is him letting on that he knows that Diane ID’d the guy? Or maybe it’s just Kurt.  
I do not like the dead birds in Starkey’s office, mostly because I do not like thinking about dead birds.
Starkey compares Diane and Kurt to the Conways.  
And now more case stuff happens.  
Julius gets to question a witness for the first time in two years! He’s a little shaky at first but then he does a fantastic job! Yay Julius!
When Diane arrives at the office, reception is filled with around a hundred teddy bears. “What?” she asks. “Build-a-Bears. They were sent to Marissa,” the receptionist explains. “Okay... why?” Diane asks the logical next question. The receptionist does not know.  
“This one’s a Marissa bear,” she says, showing Diane a bear wearing boots and a wig. It does not look much like Marissa and it says “Hug me.”
Diane looks confused and furious at the same time. Her look here is, like, a milder version of the death stare she gives Alicia in Outside the Bubble when she learns about Alicia and Cary’s plan to leave.  
“Why don’t we, meaning you, take all these stuffed animals and put them in the conference room,” Diane instructs the receptionist. She is NOT! HAPPY! The receptionist seemed to be having fun with the bears, but clearly the right answer was to have done something with them and... not to have put them over every surface in reception. Eeek.  
Carmen’s new client, the rapist, arrives at the firm before anyone can hide the bears. “This may not be the firm for you,” his advisor/lawyer (I’m not totally sure what this dude’s job is) warns.  
Madeline notices the rapist and glares at the receptionist. “I know. I’m putting them in the conference room,” the receptionist says, thinking Madeline is upset about the bears. She is not upset about the bears.
Diane finds Marissa, who’s working with Carmen again. She asks Carmen to give them a moment.
“Why are there hundreds of teddy bears in our reception?” Diane asks. Marissa is confused. Diane shows her the Marissa bear. Marissa looks horrified and amused. “That doesn’t even look like me,” Marissa notes, completely missing how pissed off Diane is. I don’t think we have seen Diane be this direct/no-nonsense in ages.  
“That would seem to be beside the point. What is going on, Marissa?” Diane demands. Marissa suspects this is based on some advice she offered to a client who was buying a Build-a-Bear franchise and thinks this is a thank you gift. “What client? You’re not a lawyer! Why do you have clients?” Diane says exasperatedly.  
Marissa gives her a look, and Diane immediately understands that she’s been back to Wackner’s court. “Oh my God, this is about that Copy Coop court?”
“Marissa, no. By participating in that simulacrum of a courtroom, you exposed this firm to malpractice, sanctions, and God knows what,” Diane says. If that were really true, she wouldn’t have sat there and argued. I mean, I don’t know the legality of this all, but I feel like it’s a bigger optics issue than legal issue if Diane and other lawyers are willing to even consider participating?  
“If you wish to continue your employment at this firm, you will never do anything like that again. Do you understand?” Diane says. She will not hear any arguments.  
I love that Marissa is the thing that keeps Wackner coming back. It’s a good plot for her, but structurally, it also allows the show to keep Wackner around without many contrivances. Wackner sees that Marissa would understand what he’s up to, she sees that he shares some of her frustrations with the law, and they both want to work together again. It’s not like suddenly everyone’s talking about Wackner’s court and all the cases somehow end up there or anything.
The receptionist, who is having a truly terrible day, comes into announce that Kurt and Starkey have arrived. “Don’t put them in the conference room!” Diane commands, knowing that the teddy bears will be there. It’s too late, though, because the receptionist (who previously seemed to be fine at her job if bad at recognizing public figures and understanding that partners might not find teddy bears amusing) has already put them in the conference room. I feel bad for her, and don’t think the other things were her fault, but I feel like she could’ve seen this one coming...  
I find the teddy bears HILARIOUS, mostly because the reactions to them are so funny. It’s kind of the same gag as the balloons for Lucca in season two, but I don’t really care, because I’m getting to see Diane Lockhart treat hundreds of Build-a-Bears like they are a real work problem.
Starkey jokes about the bears; Kurt is silent.  
The rioter from the poster is now accusing Kurt of coming up with the STRATEGY for January 6th, which Kurt and Diane both dismiss as bullshit.  
I could do without Starkey’s musical cues.
I can’t tell if Kurt is in trouble here or if she’s just pressing him to name names. Why wouldn’t she just have rioter guy name names if he’s so eager to blame Kurt? I guess maybe if the others were actually there, he might be less likely to name the names of his actual co-conspirators? Or, Starkey might already know the names (surely the shooting range has logs) and be using this to raise the stakes.  
No one (except maybe the partner named Daniel) is happy about the rapist in reception. “Since when are we representing people like Wolfe-Coleman?” Julius asks. Didn’t these people help both Sweeney (though I think Sweeney was in some weird police brutality case and they didn’t actually want to represent him) and Bishop? And Rivi? But they draw the line here? Sure.  
Ah, there we go, an expository line-- “he’s the next Jeffrey Epstein”. Almost made it the whole episode without one of these. I’ll forgive it since it’s so late in the episode lol.  
“Did you approve this, Liz?!” Madeline demands. Liz did not. Daniel wonders if that means Diane approved it. Liz doesn’t think so and calls Diane (who happens to be walking past) in.  
“I know, the teddy bears. I’m working on it,” Diane says when she opens the door. I think the teddy bears are a bigger issue to Diane than to anyone else.  
Diane didn’t approve representing Mr. Rapey either. She’s uncomfortable that a meeting was happening without her; Madeline notes that she is standing there specifically because they wanted to involve her.  
David Lee pops up out of nowhere with the answer: one of the new associates (not Marissa, “the real one”) pulled in Mr. Rapey. Are there only two associates now even though orientation was for a big group?  
Firth is gone, btw. David Lee is the new Mr. Firth. I have no idea why David would want to be STR Laurie’s guy for managing RL but... sure, whatever? David Lee is an effective antagonist, especially in small doses, and this allows the writers to keep him around and continue the STR Laurie plot without a key guest star. If STR Laurie is still a thing, and it seems like it is going to be a thing for a while, then having David Lee take on this role makes sense for plot. Otherwise they’re going to have to shoehorn him in to every plot somehow. At least now he has a reason to be around.  
Liz and Diane take a walk to chat. Diane is worried about having David as their boss. Liz says she has a worse worry—David Lee knew exactly when to come downstairs with information, suggesting he know what they were talking about. “Would he do something like that?” Liz asks when Diane wonders if there’s a bug. “Oh, yeah,” Diane replies. Hah, yeah. He absolutely would.  
They decide to have Jay search for bugs and Liz is frustrated with how much time they have to spend on things other than lawyering. Yup.
“What is going on with all the teddy bears in the conference room?” Liz asks as they head back to the office. “It’s a long story,” Diane sighs. I also love that the teddy bears link the various pieces of the episode together—it feels like all of these threads are happening simultaneously because of that constant.  
I don’t get RL’s approach to clients. Bishop and Rivi are ok, Wolfe-Colman is not (except that actually he is fine). Cord is okay too. Do they draw the line anywhere? I know Liz was right when she said that OF COURSE they were taking the money, but is there really nothing that differentiates that situation from this one? I feel like there should be.
Marissa goes back to see Wackner. Since someone refuses to say “I respect and I love you,” Wackner reverses his ruling. This is part of the “Bad Loser Law of last Wednesday,” so the rules of Wackner’s court are clearly a work in progress.
Marissa explains she can’t be the law clerk because of Diane. She tries to connect him with a real lawyer, still not understanding exactly what Wackner’s after. “You know just enough not to crush what I’m doing here,” Wackner explains. “A real lawyer will look for reasons why not. I need someone to look for reasons why.”  
Case stuff happens. I cannot read Cord’s handwriting. Liz and Julius lose the case because Judge Friend says what’s happening isn’t fair, but it is constitutional. (So here we have, at least in the show’s POV, a good and attentive judge who can’t make decisions that make sense because she’s bound by a document written before anyone had ever dreamed of the internet.)  
Cord is waiting for Liz in her office. He’s prepared to bankroll an appeal. Did they blow thorough that $12 million already? Impressive; it’s been like a day.  
Cord says they are definitely the firm he wants. Interesting.
Now Liz wants a meeting with Carmen, so it’s Marissa who leaves the room. This scene seems like it was meant to be a different day?  
Liz wants to talk about Mr. Rapey. Carmen is, yet again, chill about the case. “Carmen, is there anyone that you would not represent?” Liz asks. Funny, Liz, I could ask you the same. Being hesitant about it is not changing the fact that you’re representing bad people. Carmen’s just cutting the bullshit.  
“I don’t understand. Is there someone you don’t want me to represent?” I love how Carmen’s incredibly polite responses always seem very pointed. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Carmen’s reply, and yet it puts Liz in a place where she can’t dance around what she’s trying to say.  
“I’m just trying to get a sense of who you are,” Liz explains.  
Then Liz decides she’s going to help on the Craig Wolfe-Colman (Mr. Rapey) case, and they will keep talking about her career path. Liz, this does not seem like the right solution! You're worried about your associate representing bad people so you’re like, I know, what if I ALSO represented bad people? If your goal is to convince Carmen not to take clients like this, you’re kinda shooting yourself in the foot!  
“Are you worried about me?” Carmen says, again turning things on Liz. “I don’t know what I am about you,” Liz replies. Me either. Well, I know I'm intrigued, but beyond that, no clue!
All the bears have ended up in Diane’s office, where Wackner is waiting. He jokes about how his court is always seen as informal, yet this real fancy law office is covered in Build-a-Bears. Then he says he wants to hire RL—he's willing to pay. He wants consultation from Marissa (“consultation on legal issues”) and he’s prepared to spend a lot. And, if there’s one thing we know, it’s that they’re always going to take the money. So, they do.
I love that Wackner’s goal is to “perfect my little clubhouse of the law.” It’s a fun plot, and it also allows for the rules in his court to change (I’m sure we’re going to be treated to/subjected to a lot of whimsical gags around changing and ridiculous rules). It's also a good way to work through the thought experiment over the course of the season. It’s not like Wackner already has a system set up and it’s perfect—I'm sure we’re going to see his system run into issues and explore that more, too.  
Wackner monologues a bit here about why he’s running fake court, and he lets us know he’s going to monologue. Basically he thinks people no longer want to help people and are only motivated by their own self interest. He notes that no one talks about the Peace Corps anymore and asks the last time Diane heard anyone say those words. I’m sure I’ve heard a reference more recently but my mind went RIGHT to season one Cary Agos saying “Peace Corps. Belize,” as some kind of smarmy pickup line. This is likely not where my mind was supposed to go.
Wackner wants “A new Peace Corps. For America.” Diane’s sympathetic to that and agrees to take him on as a client.  
Wackner asks if he can take a bear. Diane instructs him to take two.  
Aaaand Wackner and Cord end up on the elevator together. Wackner hands Cord a bear, the elevator doors close, and the episode ends. Since last episode ended with Marissa and Carmen in the elevator together, I’m hoping this will be how every episode this season ends. I think using the Kings’ favorite liminal space to transition between episodes is kind of fun, and it fits with the ellipses at the end of every episode title.  
Speaking of... did you see today’s elevator-themed episode of Evil? It was written by the Kings. Those two have been obsessed with elevators for at least a decade.  
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fencesandfrogs · 3 years
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some thoughts on dovewing and hollyleaf
so i was like 1k words into my au for dovewing where she’s cloudtail and brightheart’s daughter and it was really good and then i lost it because tumblr doesn’t understand the concept of “are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?” and i can’t tell you how sad that makes me but i’m not going to despair, because i think the world needs this.
[1.5k words. 5 minute read. wall of text.]
right. so. basically. dovewing is going to be born to cloudtail and brightheart. i have Thoguhts on what other things could be changed in po3 but this isn’t about that.
also ivykit is red now sorry i don’t make the rules. (brightheart OR dovewing are now tortie to compensate for the change in genetics, not that warriors cars about that, but i do. cloudtail inherits brown from his mother and ??? from his father because i haven’t traced all of their litters, but i don’t see why dovekit couldn’t be grey.)
so cinderheart gets dovepaw because dovepaw is anxiety child. lionblaze gets ivypaw because that’s going to be a drama engine when he’s obsessed with her sister(’s mentor, but ivypaw doesn’t know that, also later it is dovepaw bc propehcy)
cloudtail and brightheart and cinderheart work out some Sensory Blocking skills. beavers happens. dovepaw, who spent most of her time as dovekit hiding in big fluffy father’s fur because Sensory, takes one look at big and fluffy and kind tigerheart and says: yes, he is safe. i will be his friend.
(i’m a fan of tigerheart and dovewing don’t @ me, they are the cutest, and after everything bramble and squirrel put me through, i deserve some pure kind love.)
anyway lionblaze figures out dove is 3rd cat, jayfeather is like “oh sick my sister’s back” dovepaw is anxiety child, everything is fine.
nothing happens in omen of the stars i stg
tigerheart and dovepaw continue to meet up. ivypaw goes from “sister worshipped i am unloved” to “sister fragile. must protect. (also i am unloved)” bc skirmish on border patrol and dovepaw just...can’t.
everyone is kind of wondering if dovepaw should maybe be med cat? i mean she has a good ear for prey, but she can’t really catch it, and, like, she’s weird.
she’ll mention snippets of information she shouldn’t know. she knows what you were coming to talk to her about before you get there. she’s never surprised, by, like, anything far away, but she barely notices if you sneak up on her.
something is not right about her.
but dove doesn’t really want that (reminder: tigerheart and her are still flirting-friends. he’s aware that she’s got some kind of, well, problem seems cruel, but what else should he call it?, and wants to help her, but has no idea what to do), and so cinderheart is like “well. we can do this. we can.”
idk filler stuff. ivypaw finds out about dovepaw and tigerheart. like, she knew something was up, but she gets explicit confirmation. ivy gets very protective of dovepaw, dovepaw is like ‘ur not my mentor’ ivypaw sees tigerheart in the dark forest, and she goes all
bluefur being like “snowfur ur bf has rabies” in bluestar’s prophecy
and it goes about as well now as it did then (altho tbf dovepaw is more close to being in the right than snowfur was.)
ivypaw and dovepaw now aren’t speaking. cinderheart is trying to get some space from lionblaze because dovepaw is anxiety child, training with ivypaw isn’t helping, and lionblaze needs to focus on ivy dammit.
anyway yeah in this ivypaw, after dovepaw’s initial success hunting, quickly surpasses her sister, and continues training in the dark forest because must protecc also need affection
(ivypaw is very pro dovepaw be a medicine cat. the fact that it keeps her away from tigerheart is a major bonus.)
cinderheart doesn’t know what to do. finally someone is like “hey what if we go to the tribe.” because the tribe deserves to fix clan problems for once.
the tribe is like “yeah the world sure is a big place with a lot to look at. that’s why only half of us look.” (i know that’s not exactly how cave guard’s work but close enough.)
cinderheart is like “hm. what if, dovepaw, just a thought, what if you just, you know, avoid battles? i know it’s part of clan life but judging by the two souls crammed into my body, i’d say there’s been very few major conflicts over this and, reasonably, you should be able to avoid being chosen for battle control.”
dovepaw says, “but cinderheart, i’m a main character! unless i’m being punished or taught a lesson about duty, i’ll be automatically registered for every battle patrol until i die!”
cindheart says, “you’re right, i’m so sorry. hey ivypaw, [whoops yeah ivy and lion are here too sorry i forgot to mention that] what if you two learn to work as a team.”
dovepaw says, “i don’t want to work with her.”
ivypaw says, “that’s a great idea.”
because dovepaw talks very quietly (she forgets not everyone can hear as well as her), ivypaw wins.
they work out their issues, return to the clans after quite some time.
(this also gives dovepaw a good memory for a long time in the future when shadowkit is born. i don’t actually know when that happens because i just finished tigerheart’s shadow and it’s not there, but i’ll find it eventually)
anyway dovepaw and ivypaw haven’t settled their differences, but they have a peace treaty. no one is sure how to integrate the team style in most effectively, but with her senses dampened from the tribe, dovepaw gets a bit better at hunting.
she’s also now 200% anxiety, meaning she’s basically vibrating all the time, but at least she’s learning. and she’s got the technical skills, too, she just couldn’t focus on applying them.
so dovepaw gets to really earn her success.
alright they become warriors, the battle is approaching.
this is like at least 3 books worth of content when you consider that jayfeather and hollyleaf are alive and hollyleaf is kind of, either dead or alive, tunnels or not, on top of shit in this universe. she knows shit gon go down. she’s going to be ready.
anyway right so dovewing and ivypool. that’s pretty much it except dovewing is more useful during the final battle. i’m not sure how i just know she is.
alright now i’m very tired and wanted to be done half an hour ago but here’s most of an au for you.
i came back like ten minutes later to add: the later three books would focus more on ivypool, hollyleaf, and jayfeather. dovewing is off in the background flirting with tigerheart. she and lionblaze have like one and a half brain cells between them. ivy holly and jay are the brains of the operation, and everyone knows it.
so they’re making plans and preparing and dealing with trust issues and lionblaze is like “what if? cinderheart. who is the best cat. what if she and i. had children. would they be. the best cat. squared?”
and dovewing, thinking of tigerheart, is like “no you idiot bestness is additive. that’s why my kits with tigerheart would be at least two times better than any other kits.”
*to be clear, kits are here the figurative marker of a relationship since warrior cats don’t have marriage. dovewing is basically like the fifteen year old doodling her name with tigerheart. she’s not serious about having children with him (yet), but it makes a tangible concept to picture their relationship in.
and meanwhile ivy is like “so if xyz is a taitor, that means i have to win over birchfall to make sure our numbers are evenly matched,”
(dovewing. i lovewing the dovewing, but she’s, well, not that smart.)
so yeah i think book protags would go:
dovepaw (i’d like to save her for later but unfortunately i think we need her deep characterization to provide context for her and tigerheart and sensory overload), ivypaw secondary
lionblaze, hollyleaf secondary (this is kind of a filler book while hollyleaf is set up as not a permanent resident of background character hell so lionblaze is just interpersonal drama moving the plot forward and filling in propechy info)
cinderheart, lionblaze secondary (i want them to be sorted faster, and dovewing’s second book needs to be later for tigerheart drama)
hollyleaf, jayfeather secondary (transitional book in focus, sharp narration turn because i have this working as 2 3 book arcs with a weaker overall arc, and since this is about dovewing i focused mostly on the first)
jayfeather, cinderheart secondary (dove+ivy need to close the arc together, also, cinderheart is like a central character to everyone else here, so she can sustain a whole lot of b plots)
ivypool, dovewing secondary (sisters, also, in this ivypool is far more important in the battle tha dovewing is. i mean sure dovewing is doing something, but the whole success of the battle hinges on ivypool, and everyone knows it.)
*in case I post more about it this au is tagged cloudtail's daughter. I already found calico dovewing that's gorgeous.
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mrsdobrik · 4 years
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Heey, love your writing! Sorry if its too specific, but can I request something where the reader is an engineer (or something along those lines) and david is fascinated by your job and what you do that he keeps bragging about it to his friends and on the podcast like "my girlfriend's a smart cookie" idk i feel like he would be so prouuud
I’m terribly sorry to any engineers or future engineers out there who might read this highly inaccurate piece of fiction. I am a woman of letters not numbers thus engineering to me is a rather abstract concept. Any how, I shall try so I hope you enjoy! 
Y/n’s nose had for about a week been burried in a stack of papers and photocopies, a pencil was perpetually held in her hair so she could now and again take it out to scribble on whatever she was reading. This type of behavior took over her life from time to time and it always meant the same thing, the answer was close. 
It was, however, the first time it happened since she had moved in with her boyfriend. And, of course, this change in behavior picked his interest. 
“What are you doing?” He asked, taking a peak over her shoulder. 
“I’m... trying to create a voice box” She replied, her eyes still fixated on the paper. 
“How?” He looked at her with curiosity in his eyes. 
“Well, that’s the problem, that and the fact that to be able to learn to talk you have to be quite young, like a child, and that if it were to be implanted into a child it would have to adapt to the child’s growth.” She smiled at him. 
“And are you close to finding out how?” David kept asking. He grabbed one of the papers of the top and looked though all the scribbles and doodles.
“I hope so, god knows I need to stop drinking coffee and get a proper night of sleep.” She chuckled. 
“How are you so smart?” 
Y/n laughed. “I went  to college and read a bunch of books, they are like food for your brain.” 
“Yeah, but a lot of people go to college and not everyone is out there helping kids become Iron Man” He beamed at her, his expression filled with pride. 
“Let me get this straight, I went through six years of college so you can describe my job as a biomedical engineer as helping kids become Iron Man. Weirdly enough I’m fine with that” She chuckled. 
“So...” David started, he had that look on his face like a kid on Christmas morning, but one who got a flamethrower from Santa and is about to burn the house down. 
“No, David. I can’t make you an Iron Man suit” She rolled her eyes at him. 
“Not even...” 
“Nope, not even the glasses.” She completed his thought and pecked his lips before getting back to work. 
...
“So... yesterday I found out what my girlfriend actually does for a living... so, I thought she just kind of did something math related. Turns out, she fucking turns people into cyborgs.” David spoke into the mic. 
“Guys, just a quick disclaimer, Y/n is an engineer in the medical field, she does not turn people into cyborgs, despite how much David would like that.” Jason laughed at his statement. 
“Yes he does bro! I swear! I asked her yesterday what she was doing and guess what? She was designing a fucking voice box. She said she couldn’t turn me into Iron Man, I already asked, but I think she might be able to and she just doesn’t want to tell me.” David frowned at the last part. 
“How is it that you of all people ended up with her? I mean it’s insane, she is out there inventing things that will literally save people’s lives and you are here... recording this podcast”
“Oh, trust me, I’ve been asking that to myself all day. She is insanely smart. And you know what, she is also funny and a nice person. Like, how does that happen? I feel like it should be illegal. Like when god was making her he was like, okay so she is going to be outstandingly beautiful and have a great sense of humor and she is going to be a nice person but she is going to be a dumb dumb, you know kind of like how he made me, but then he picked the wrong fucking bottle and made her smart too!” 
“She is going to love this.” Jason laughed. 
“I’m serious Jay. Like isn’t it crazy? I know I might be partial because I’m fucking so in love with her, but truly from an outside perspective, isn’t she like insanely amazing?”
“Well, maybe she made herself Iron Man. Like, have you seen that movie about the wives that turn into perfect cyborgs?... The stepford wives. Maybe she turned herself into a cyborg and made herself perfect.” 
 “Well but shouldn’t there be like a scar or something? Cause trust me I’ve seen every inch and there are no signs of her having possibly turned into a cyborg. Also wouldn’t she like, be stopped at TSA? We’ve travelled together before and she always walked through the metal detector just fine.” David debunked his own theory. 
“Maybe you should ask her to replace your brain for one that actually works” Jason laughed. 
“Maybe you should ask her to replace your body for one that actually works, you fat fuck!” David teased back. 
“Oh fuck you!” 
“You should not be insulting me right now, my cyborg girlfriend might have laser eyesight and use it to destroy you.” 
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rheisa-midnightfury · 4 years
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Where the beans at?
@vlanderzine had a great idea of “What if they had to hide the coffee from Kai.” And I felt called out to write it. So... here goes nothing.
Drip. Drip. Black drops dripped slowly into a dark concentration of liquid into a transparent jar. Maroon eyes starred at the beverage across the glass. Arms on the table, Kai rested his head on them, looking at the coffee with dreamy eyes. Almost the same look he gives to his own reflection. The kitchen was empty, the master of fire tried to be here before the others get out of the bed. Quietly stomping his feet impatiently he leaned closer to the coffee jar.
”Why does this take so long?” He looked behind himself, making sure he didn’t wake up any of the ninjas. ”Come on you!” As the words left his mouth, the coffee had been ready to drink. ”YES! Finally!” Yelled in joy, but he realized in time that he shouldn’t have. Reaching for a red mug on the shelf, he looked around once again, quicker this time and grabbed the jar. One drop of coffee almost hit the bottom of the mug, when a raspy clearing of throats sounded from behind.
”Kaiii! You know what caffeine does to you.” The water ninja stepped next to her brother and took the mug from his hands. ”Do you wanna drive us crazy?”
”C’mon sis! Like when did I ever drive you guys crazy?” and he gripped back his mug from Nya’s hold.
” Er... Every time you drink coffee? Don’t you remember what happened last time?”
”Bah! Why do you have to bring it up?! I said a MILLION times I’m sorry.” Replied with a high pitched voice.
”We still have some bruises left from when you were so eager to hug all of us and burned our arms since you had no control of your power.”
”Gee! I was just extremely happy for you guys letting me drink coffee. Is that a bad thing?”
”Being happy is not, hurting us is!”
”Come on! One sip won’t hurt anyone.” Taking the red mug away, he aimed for the whole coffee jar to drink from.
”No! More! Coffee! For you, Kai!” And just in time, Nya took the coffee jar from Kai, spilling some on the floor. ”Wanna have coffee? Drink decaf ones.”
”You can’t be serious.” Eyes widened, jaw dropped in disbelief. ”I won’t drink decaff. It’s like, eating veggies for the tase and not for the vitamins.”
” What!? Some vegetables are actually tast… Argh! No Kai. It’s for the best.” 
Embracing his lose, Kai collapsed into one of the chairs around the dinner table, resting his jaw in his fist, like a child. In the meantime, Nya placed the jar on the counter alongside with free mugs. Green, black and gray. Milk was poured into all of the mugs, such as coffee.
Slowly, the rest of the team had also made their way into the kitchen. Some were in pajama and some in… sort of pajama. Kai wore tight underwear with socks and tank tops on. Nya had shorts with a spaghetti strap shirt. The green ninja had gray gym shorts on and a tight white t-shirt. Jay had long black pajama pants on, blue tank top and fluffy slippers. Black, tight tank top was on Cole with matching long workout pants. Zane went with the classic pajama, with some snowflakes patterns on it.
Loud yawning and whispers of ’Good mornings!’ filled the room. Lloyd sat next to Kai, already drinking his own coffee and sprinkling some cinnamon on top. He was too tired this morning to get anything else for breakfast. He’ll have something to eat if there will be any leftover toast or eggs. Jay almost dropped his cinnamon bun from his plate as he slowly walked to the table and took a seat, in front of Lloyd. Gently stroking his boyfriend’s back, Nya also took place in the dinner table with a ham sandwich and his cappuccino. For Lloyd’s luck, Zane prepared some toast for everyone. Cole stayed beside him, looking for some milk for his cereal. As the last slice of bread had popped up from the toaster and a mountain of whipped cream was placed on Cole’s mug of coffee, both the earth and ice ninja had joined the rest of the team. Kai and Lloyd reached for the toasts, as soon as the plate’s bottom hit the table. Everyone was quiet. Only silent chewing filled the otherwise silent kitchen. Cranching on his cereal, Cole looked at his mug and opened his mouth to speak, breaking the almost comforting silence.
”Man, I can’t believe we ran out of chocolate sprinkles.” 
Tired eyes faced the earth ninja, as Lloyd tossed the cinnamon shaker to him. ”Here, use this.”
”Thanks, man!” Relaxed smile sat on Cole’s face as he sprinkled the spice into his drink. But not everyone was this relaxed and calmed. 
”What a disaster you can’t place sprinkles on your coffee. Well, guess what! I can’t even have a SIP of coffee.” Fists slammed on the table, chair pushed backward with a loud squeak as Kai jumped up from his seat.
”Whoa! Easy there!” Confidant pair of eyes faced Kai’s angerful ones. ”No need for this just because caffeine has a bad effect on you.” 
”Yeah. Look! I’m not drinking coffee either. Am I angry about it? No.” Spoke Jay with mouth covered with cinnamon and frosting. 
”You don’t even like it.” Kai found his usual annoyed tone switching from the previous furious one. He calmed down. At least he tried. He had to. He didn’t want to start his morning with a fight, especially not with Cole who always had extreme strength no matter the time of the day. 
”Just enjoy your breakfast. After all, we’re just talking about a drink.” The rested and calm voice eased the fire ninja. Grabbing his friend by his arm, Lloyd smiled at Kai and pushed his mug away. ”If it makes you happy, I won’t finish mine.”
A sour smile sat on the red ninja’s face, he sat back to his chair and remained silent for the rest of the time. He crossed his arms and waited for everyone to finish their food and leave. 
Last bites were taken, dishes had been cleaned and one by one, everyone left the kitchen. Everyone, but Kai and the mug that Lloyd had put aside was still on the table. Kai swallowed, as he already felt the taste of coffee in his mouth. He reached for the mug and…
”No, Kai!” Nya stepped back to the scene just in time. ”I won’t argue about it. You can’t have any and that’s IT!” 
And the coffee was poured into the sink. Grumpy huff left Kai as he leaned back on his chair and watched his sister leaving the room once again. As Nya left, the fire ninja jumped up from his chair and rushed to the jar, only to find it empty. He searched through the whole kitchen, but he couldn’t find the beans, nor the instant powder. However, there was only one cabinet he hasn’t checked. He wide opened the wings, and there it was. A whole bag of unopened powder of coffee. He grabbed it and rushed back to the coffee machine. He almost opened the bag, when his eyes caught on the wrapping of the powder. ’Decaff’.
”Argh! COME! ON!” He didn’t even fancy putting the bag back to its place. Instead, he just left it on the counter and returned to his own room to finally get dressed.  Thought his usual morning routine will drag his attention from the fact that Nya had hidden the beans somewhere. He laid down in his bed, to his back, looking at the ceiling, juggling with a small ball of fire. Thinking. Taking a big breath, the fireball vanished in his palm, got up from the bed and walked to the mirror. Starring at his own reflection he squinted and leaned forward.
“I’m sure she hid them somewhere.” He shrugged and grabbed a bottle of hair gel, from a drawer next to him. Making his hair as spikey as possible, he winked at himself with a satisfied smirk. But the smirk slowly faded and his features became more annoyed-looking. “But where can those coffee beans be?!”
The door opened, Kai stuck his head out to get a better look at the hallway. Cole’s room was just on the other side of the hall. The usual loud music, which was coming from the black ninja’s room had suddenly muted, which only meant one thing. He switched to headphones. Kai knew the only reason Cole would place headphones on. It’s a sing he either started working out or doodling. Perfect. The fire ninja sneaked out from his room and carefully opened Cole’s door. Just as Kai expected. The black ninja had started lifting weights. No way he’s gonna turn around. At least, that’s what Kai hoped. He now entered the room and started searching. Nya knows how much he hates dueling with Cole, so she expects Kai not to enter the earth ninja’s room. But the coffee was at stake. His coffee, which he deserved.
The room looked surprisingly neat. His bed was nicely embedded, all the CDs were in a nice order next to his stereo. There wasn’t much stuff there, and everything had its own place.
Tossing away piles of sketchbooks, cd covers, and deodorants he gave up. It must be somewhere else. Kai tried to place back everything to its place, or at least he tried. Thinking he made a good job cleaning and removing his traces, he left. Carefully closed the door and leaned back to the wall. The next place to check was Lloyd’s room, but the green ninja hardly ever leaves his place and he’s always on a high alert, hears every little sound. No way he can go searching in his room. Sighing he slow-walked to the one door next to his own. Worried smile rested on his face, as he placed his ear on the door, listening if the lightning ninja was in his room. Jay hardly ever stayed in, as a social junkie he was. He usually hangs out at Cole’s place and annoyed the earth ninja with his endless talking. Luckily Cole got used to his friend’s behavior and learned how to lock out his dinginess. If not there, he would also lay on the couth outside, playing video games and waiting for someone to approach and have a conversation with. 
The room seemed empty. Door opened, Kai entered. It was empty indeed, but the sight wasn’t pleasant for the fire ninja. Laundry clothes were all over the floor, bags of chips and cans of drinks were at the table. Stacks of old games and broken controllers at one corner, rusty and oily spare parts in the other. 
“Yikes! Looks like someone needs a big clean-up.” Grabbing a half-eaten pizza slice he gave a pitty full smirk and throw the food under the bed. “How could my sister fall for you? HOW CAN WE BE RELATED?” Between several of annoyed groans, huffs, and grunts he dug up the whole place wich looked in better condition now, than when Kai entered. 
“This is hopeless. If the beans were here, there would be no way to find them in such a huge mess.” Slammed closed the door and buried his head to his own palms. Two more rooms left to check: Nya’s and Zane’s. With all the cameras and security systems placed at the nindroid’s place, there was no way on Earth he’ll attempt to enter. Even if he’s able to play out the system, all the hidden cameras would record his every move. ‘Why does Zane need such a defense in his room. Huh, that dude always has been weird.’
No other choice left, he needed to look at Nya’s room now. Same thing he did to Jay’s place. First, observe if his sister was inside, or not. Nothing, but silence. There is always a chance she’s not staying in her room, with Nya it’s always a mystery. Slowly, carefully, the door opened and the eyes of the fire ninja caught on one thing right away. Blushing in embarrassment, he half-closed the door, so he could hear everything clearly, but not see.
“KAI! DON’T YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOCK?!” Burst out his sister in such a high pitched voice, that Kai had never heard.
“Yeah, dude! Not cool!” Yelled Jay too, who was holding Nya at his arms with several of smooch marks on his face. 
“I… er…” Kai froze in a second. He wanted to slap Jay in the face so badly, he still couldn’t get used to him making out with his sister. All sorts of emotions sat on his face just in a minute to finally decide to leave. Leave before Nya asks him what he wanted and finds out he’s seeking the coffee beans. He took one step back only to find himself bumping into a muscly chest.
“Do you mind giving us some privacy?” 
Kai turned around, finding Cole standing behind him. He still had some pearls of sweat on his forehead and biceps from working out. “What were you doing in my room, pretty-hair?” Holding a small mirror in his arms for proof. It must have had fallen out from Kai’s pocket while he was staying at the earth ninja’s room. Nervous laughs left the fire ninja as he carefully reached for the small mirror, already making up a dumb excuse.
“D-don’t you remember? You b-borrowed it, to fix your eyebrows.” Smiled sassily.
“Since when would I ask for your tiny mirror when I have a big one in my room. And when did I ever wanted to pull my eyebrows?”
“Maybe you should try it, a small makeover would make those bushes look better.” 
A growl left Cole, making Kai back of a little. Searching for a small gap between the black ninja and the doorway he almost escaped to his room when Zane stopped him. He was holding a tablet right into Kai’s face.
“Was there a reason why you lurked around my door? You know you have the permission to enter any time for help.” 
 Even more nervous laughs, another dumb excuse. 
“I just… dropped my… hairt…tie?” He swallowed. “I had to pick it up.” It’s now or never, leave them to think and return to his own room. That was the plan. He almost got away, when Jay jumped up from the bed and hurried to the ice ninja to take a better look at the footage. 
“Ey! You weren’t just lurking in the hallway. You entered my room!” Yelled in his usual whiny voice.
“Hey! Guys! Let’s just all calm down… and b-be reasonable.” He gently took of Cole’s grip from his shoulder, but the earth ninja quickly grabbed him again, not letting him escape. For his own defense, he put on the typical of a charming smile, but it did not work… as usual. 
“Kai! What is the meaning of this?” Nya walked next to her brother, releasing him from Cole’s strong hold. “You broke into Cole’s room, but you also did to Jay’s. I repeat, to Jay’s.”
Looking around the whole group, Kai had no other choice, but to admit his loss. He took a big breath, looked everyone in the eye and shrugged.
“I just really wanted to find the coffee beans you hid from me…” 
Nya shook her head in disbelief. “Hide the beans? No. Kai…” She smiled at her brother, trying to make him feel better. “We just ran out of coffee beans. I was about to get some this afternoon. No one is hiding anything from you.” 
“Really?” Kai looked rather surprised and relieved at the same time. “Sorry for messing with you guys.”
“Yeah, you’d better.” Added Cole. “Now I have to reorganize the CDs to be in genre order.” And without further ado, he returned to his room, beckoning for Zane to do the same.
“Maybe I overreacted a little…” Kai rubbed his neck before turning around, leaving the couple alone. Jay raised his eyebrows on the fire ninja and then turned his head towards to Nya.
“Did we really ran out of coffee beans?” 
The water ninja didn’t reply, not immediately. She first closed the room's door and started giggling, taking a bag of coffee beans out from her purse. 
“No, we didn’t”
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A Golden Afternoon (ADNO Pt 3)
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(Sorry if this looks like I BSed my way through this part. Hectic stuff is goin on with school and church, plus I finished this past midnight soooo)
Tagging all you lads and ladies: @fiveminuterice-doodles @whumping-every-day @whump-txt @deluxewhump @iaminamoodymoodtoday @imagination1reality0 @whump-my-dude @faewhump @castielamigos-whump-side-blog @pepperonyscience @michelleswhumpyreblogs @yafuckingtwat @ashlight-ink
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Days went by of endless bliss for Jay, he was fed wonderful meals twice a day, he was given privacy when asked, and he was told which rooms he was and wasn't allowed in, even to clean. But that was ok, pet's weren't supposed to wonder about things they shouldn't worry about. Jay would clean for a few hours before getting to rest in his cage. He sometimes got to have little treats from Master, telling him what a good job he's doing. But the best part was getting to play with Master. Sometimes he got to play "Five little monkeys" on Master's bed, and other times he got to play "London bridge" on Master's lap. Those were his favorites. Master was so amazing and he loved him so much.
Then one day, it happened. A dish slipped out of his fingers when washing it and it shattered on the kitchen tile into a million pieces. Master was there, to see the awful thing he did, and his eyes turned angry. 
"What." The tall man got up and practically sulked over to the boy. "Do you think you're doing?" His voice was calm, dangerously calm as he towered over the shaking boy. 
"I-I-I'm s-so s-sorry Sir… p-please. I-I'll clean it up fo-or you. P-please…" Jay was shivering like a leaf under his owner's ice cold gaze, he'd never done this before, and he was terrified of what might happen. 
"Kennel. Now." The ebony haired man said coldly. "I will deal with you once I get this mess cleaned up." 
The boy nodded and darted upstairs as fast as he could, partly to obey his master, partly to distance himself from his wrath. He made his way into the small metal cage and hid himself under the lavender scented blankets. He screwed up now, and he was going to pay for it soon. He was bad, very very bad.
Footsteps ascended up the oak stairs, it was master's footsteps, coming up to enact his wrath upon him. He heard the bedroom door open from under the covers... and the footsteps stopped, right in front of the kennel. The small boy trembled violently, so hard he nearly wet himself. 
"Jay, come on out. Now please." His Master's voice was firm, but not angry, like a parent displeased with their child. "We need to discuss your punishment." 
What could Jay do? Keep hiding? No, he would just be yanked out and be in even more trouble. He crawled out like a beaten mutt, sitting at his owners feet with defeat in his eyes. He was bad, and now he had to be punished.
"Theres my boy. Now, I want you to go grab the paddle. Do you remember where it was?" 
He did know, hanging up on the wall of the office, all with the danger of a loaded gun. He sped off to get it once he gave a shaky nod to his owner. The paddle was made of wood, but it had been painted black like the void, 6 drilled holes made it easier to swing, and more painful to take. He looked up at it for a moment before grabbing it from the hook. 
"Theres a good boy. See? You're learning already." Sir gently set the paddle down on the bed before setting Jay down on his lap. "Now, do you know what you did wrong?" 
The light haired boy trembled slighty, wrapped up in his owner's strong arms. "I-I broke your glassware Sir.. I-I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean t-o-o. I-it just… slipped out." 
"Shhh, none of that. I know it was an accident. But accidents need to be corrected, don't they?" 
"Y-yes S-Sir…." 
"Good. Now I'm thinking 25, sound fair? Alot less than before huh?"
"Y-yes Sir." 
"Alright, over my lap. I'll be quick." Jay watched as Master picked the paddle up, and he lowered himself down and over on his stomach. 
"Count for me."
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25 to the bum and a crying little boxboy later, Master finally put the paddle down, sitting him up and holding him tight. 
"You did so so well sweetie, I'm all done."
Little birdy could only bury his face in his Master's chest, what else could he do?
"A-am I still i-in trouble?" Jay said between sobs. He was less in pain and more upset with himself than anything. He disappointed the one person who gave him so much love and kindness. 
"Oh little one, that was your punishment. No more of that." The man rubbed his soft hands in circles down his back, slowing his breathing. "Would you like to have some down time now? Maybe some cartoons or a bedtime snack?"
Jay smiled a bit, his master was trying so hard to calm him down, even though he was bad, he didn't deserve the kindness. "Y-yes Sir. Cartoons please?" 
"Alright, you can watch em in your kennel ok? I'll bring you some dinner and pain cream." Sir set him down and got up, allowing Jay to scamper back into his little home.
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Sir put on a movie called "Alice in Wonderland", apparently about a girl who falls into a hole and finds a whole new crazy world. Jay was snuggled safely under his blankets and pillows, the fairy lights dimmed just a bit for him to see the movie well. They were at the part where Alice is walking through a big garden, with tons of flowers that sang. 
"You can learn alot of things from the flowers. For especially in the month of June." The flowers sang. Jay liked the way they sang so well, it reminded him of the music they played back in the training facility. "Theres a wealth of happiness and romance. All in a Golden Afternoon." 
Jay was happy and content, laying snugly in his bedding and a belly full of cinnamon oatmeal. He was happy with Master in his little Golden Afternoon.
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meet me in the middle || logince
chapter 2 — leave the window open for me
summary: the twins try to set up patton & virgil by hosting a sleepover. remus makes questionable life decisions. 
pairings: high key moxiety, dukeceit (if you squint) 
tw: mentions of hospitals & injuries
word count: 2987
[logan is not in this chapter but he is mentioned like once]
taglist: @dragonwithproblems​ @b0mblebee​
ao3 || 1 
At the back of the shop, there’s a tiny storage room filled with boxes and a wall of post-it notes. It’s a cramped space, but the twins figured out a way to make it bearable. There’s a bookshelf, some fake plants, a few pictures, and of course, the whiteboard. The whiteboard was previously used for reminders, but bit by bit, they started filling it up with random doodles. 
They constantly tried to one-up each other with every new addition to the whiteboard. Who could draw the most accurate anatomy? Who was better at dynamic poses? There was always an unspoken competition between the two siblings. It was practically in their nature to be competitive. 
So far, Remus was winning but only because Roman’s usually the one at the counter while Remus took care of packages and inventory. Or at least that’s what Roman liked to tell himself. 
Working at his dad’s flower shop wasn’t too bad, in fact, Roman loved working there. During his first few months at the shop, he was obsessed with flower meanings. And making bouquets. What he didn’t expect though, was cleaning. He had somehow forgotten that he was working with plants, and working with plants got messy. Petals and leaves kept falling off, dirt got all over the floor, and children loved messing with everything they could touch. 
It’s been a busy day. Roman sat behind the counter, thinking that he’ll finally be able to relax after he finished trimming flowers and sweeping the floor. He was thankful that he only worked on Saturdays, otherwise, he’d have to stress about strangers’ wedding preparations as well. 
Speaking of weddings, he had to attend one in about 3 weeks. They weren’t in charge of the flowers so he didn’t have to stress about that, but he strongly disliked a certain cousin of his. He was not looking forward to it. He’s probably ranted about how much he hated this particular cousin to all his internet friends. 
“Boys, you two go on ahead, I’ll close up the shop!” their dad yelled from the storage room. The twins shared a look.
“Race ya!” Remus said as he dashed out of the shop. Roman quickly ran out after him, chasing him down the street. 
It was part of their post-work ritual. The racing, that is. After work, they would run to Espresso Feelings and whoever arrived last was paying. Sometimes Patton would be there and they’d talk about the latest gossip they’ve heard at school. 
The sky was getting dark and droplets of rain began to fall. It was only a matter of seconds before it would start pouring. Neither of the two brought an umbrella, but the coffee shop wasn’t too far away. A group of kids passed by, running and giggling with their arms stretched to the side, enjoying the breeze that came with the drizzle. They reminded Roman of him and his brother when they were much younger. They still do that sort of shit as teenagers.
Remus was winning, but only because Roman was waiting for the rain to lash down. Or at least that was his excuse for not running faster. It was getting chilly though, which only gave him more reason to buy coffee at this hour. 
“You’re paying, slowpoke!” Remus said as he dramatically opened the door to the shop. He immediately went to the counter to order their usual. 
Roman sat down at their usual spot, the table near the corkboard. He spotted Patton speaking to some guy in a purple hoodie on the other side of the shop. The guy looked familiar, so Roman assumed he had seen him around at school before. He called out Patton’s name and waved, and he waved back as well.  The guy left with a brown paper bag in hand and Patton walked over to the twins’ table. The rain was already pouring, so it was a good thing that the guy had an umbrella with him. 
“Ro, you’ll never guess what just happened!” Patton said with a huge grin on his face. He was practically bouncing with excitement.
“You won the lottery?” Roman asked, eyes wide, with the same level of excitement Patton had.
“No, even better! I got Virgil’s number!” Patton squealed with delight as he sat down next to Roman, flaunting Virgil’s contact on his phone.
“Oh, great,” Roman said with fake enthusiasm. Who the fuck?
Remus sat down opposite to Roman and placed a tray down on their table. “I didn’t know Emo was your type.”
 “Wait, are we talking about the guy with the purple hoodie?” Roman asked as he pointed to the front door. 
“Yeah, him!” Patton said, stealing a forkful of Roman’s chocolate cake. “I assumed you would know him since, you know, he’s Logan’s best friend? And you hate-read his social m-”
“I do not!” Roman interjected, taking his fork back from Patton in a playful manner. 
“You do,” Remus said in a sing-songy voice. “Sometimes he barges into my room in the middle of the night just to tell me what atrocity Logan posted on Instagram.”
“It was one time!” Roman finally admitted. “Why are we talking about me, we’re supposed to be talking about Patton’s love life!”
“Oh, right! I do have to get back to work though, but I could come over later and we could talk about boys?” Patton suggested. They often had sleepovers especially during finals week, but as much as they’d try to focus on studying, they always ended up goofing off and doing typical sleepover activities. 
“Fuck yes, sleepover middle-school-style!” Remus said, high-fiving Patton.
Patton patted the top of their heads before returning to the counter. Since Roman had already finished his chocolate cake, he stole a piece of Remus’s blueberry muffin. It quickly escalated into a competition between the two of them to see who could finish their coffee first. That was the fun part of having siblings. Everything was a competition. 
Roman slammed down his cup, grinning from ear to ear. He basked in his moment of victory as Remus scowled. By that time, the rain had already stopped, which meant that it was probably time for them to go home. The twins waved goodbye to the baristas before walking out the door and heading home. The pavement was wet, and knowing Remus, he was going to run, slip, and end up with an injury. Roman kept a close eye on his brother just in case. Remus had already been in and out of the hospital 4 times in the past two months and frankly, Roman was getting tired of his constant injuries and poor decisions.
Their house wasn’t too far away, so they walked home most of the time. They learned not to trust Remus with a car after the whole driving-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road incident. No one liked to talk about it. Well, except for Remus, who mentioned it several times to everyone he had ever sat next to in class. 
Once they arrived in front of their house, Roman got momentarily distracted by the sound of soft meows. An adorable little kitten was playing in their garden, and as much as Roman wanted to pick it up, he was highly allergic. 
“Ree, look! It’s a-” Roman paused and looked around, noticing that his brother was no longer beside him. “Oh no.”
He frantically ran to the backyard and spotted Remus already on a tree branch, attempting to get to his room from the tree. He saw his brother and waved at him. 
“Ro, could you open the window from my room?” He yelled, gesturing to the closed window. He momentarily lost his balance, but caught the tree branch above him before he could plummet down to the ground. 
“Absolutely not, you incorrigible buffoon!” Roman yelled back. He sighed, tugging at his hair. On one hand, it would be funny. On the other, they would get in trouble and that won’t be funny at all. 
“Aren’t you even the slightest bit curious? I know you are!” 
So maybe he was a little bit curious. But that didn’t mean it was safe to do. Then again, he wasn’t the most reasonable person either. As long as Remus knows what he’s doing, he should be fine, right? Then again, Remus never knew what he was doing and he turned out okay. 
“Okay, I’m convinced,” Roman said after much thought. Remus cheered and did a victory dance, careful enough to not fall off of the tree. 
Roman ran inside the house, greeting his parents a quick “hello” as he passed by the kitchen. He dashed straight to Remus’s room, opened the window, then gestured for him to get in.
“Wait, get this on video,” Remus said as he tossed his phone through the window. Thankfully, Roman had good reflexes and caught it, otherwise, it might have shattered.
Roman gave him the signal. Remus pounced off of the tree and caught the windowsill. Using his upper body strength, he pushed himself upwards and rolled right into his room. 
“Holy shit,” Remus panted, clearly out of breath. “Give me my phone, I wanna see!”
“I am never letting you do that again,” Roman said as Remus replayed the video.
“Oh you will. I can tell.” Remus said, forwarding the video to multiple group chats. Several people were typing. He watched in amusement as people freaked out over his little stunt. The twins could tell that it would be the talk of the school on Monday. Not that they didn’t like the attention, in fact, they loved receiving attention.
After the excitement and adrenaline died down, Roman lied down on the bed, listening to Remus rant about his plans for the upcoming auditions for the Battle of the Bands. They held the auditions as early as 3 months before the event, which would give enough time for the contestants to practice. 
“So far, there’s me on the bass, Virge on the drums, and you as lead vocalist. You think Jay would wanna be lead guitar?” Remus said as he tuned his electric bass. 
“I don’t know, ask him.” Roman replied. “Hold on a sec, Virgil? As in Patton’s crush?”
“Of fucking course, how many damn Virgils are there at school?” Remus rolled his eyes, chucking a pencil at his brother. 
Roman sat up. He had a brilliant idea. “So, Patton’s coming over. Why don’t you invite Virgil and we do a little bit of matchmaking?”
Remus’s eyes widened. “Fuck, shit, you’re a motherfucking genius!” He scrambled to get his phone and sent a quick text to Virgil. It only took Remus mentioning that Patton would be there for Virgil to agree. Patton usually arrived around 10-ish, so Remus told him to come around 9. It would give them enough time to pull some strings.
Roman returned his attention to his phone, which apparently had dozens of notifications from Twitter. As always, he checked his dms first before the mentions. He was sure that several people had already posted Remus’s stunt and tagged both him and his brother. 
Vi, his internet friend, was at the very top of his dms. It could only mean one thing. Or two things, rather. Boy problems or life problems. Or both at the same time. Ironically, they started out as enemies on the internet. A misunderstanding, of sorts. 
personification of anxiety
@vergeofdeath
vi: yo princey
vi: fuck
vi: i’m spending the night with my crush
vi: holy shit
vi: i just gave him my number like a few hours ago??
princey: 👀
princey: don’t be too loud
vi: BITCH
vi: NOT LIKE THAT
vi: we’re staying over at my friend’s house
princey: that’s funny ‘cause my bro & i are hosting a mini sleepover too
princey: he invited over a friend bc our other friend has a crush on him
vi: dude 
vi: coincidence???
vi: i’ve never spoken to my friend’s bro before but he’s gonna be there ofc
vi: he’s like enemies with my best bud
princey: omg that’s so weird
princey: my twin’s bff is my enemy
princey: but like,, you know that,, i tell you that all the time
vi: woah hold on u have a twin??? u never mentioned a twin??? 
vi: i just assumed ur bro was near ur age??
vi: bitch my friend has a twin
vi: the fucking coincidences,, they’re everywhere
princey: don’t tell me ur a drummer too jhksdgfks
vi: BITCH
vi: I AM A DRUMMER
princey: holy fucking shit
vi: holy fucking shit indeed
“Boys, dinner!” Their mom called out from the kitchen. The twins immediately dashed out of the door, pushing each other as they tried to get to the dining table first. 
Since it was a Saturday, they were having seafood. Dinners were always eventful. Roman and Remus told their parents about the sleepover and Remus jumping off of the tree, which should’ve gotten them in trouble but their mom found it hilarious and let it slide. Their dad talked about his clients that were planning on a halloween-themed wedding, and their mom talked about the new tv show she was in. 
Overall, dinner went well. It was Remus’s turn to wash the dishes, so Roman returned to his room. His room was bigger so they would be using that one for the sleepover. He noticed that his nail polish was starting to chip off, so he brought out his pouch of nail polish from under the bed. There was a lot of clutter there, things such as old textbooks from freshman year, Remus’s broken drumsticks, some guitar picks, and expired makeup. He should get around to cleaning that, though he’s been meaning to do that for months now. 
By the time Remus finished washing dishes, there were several post-it notes stuck to the wall with various reminders such as to clean the space under the bed, buy new shoes, upgrade to a loft bed, buy oil paints, and water the plants. Roman already started on the pillow fort, so Remus lounged on the bed and looked up what good horror movies are on Netflix. 
Another reason why they often used Roman’s room for sleepovers was that he had a tv. It was originally supposed to be in Remus’s room, but he had a habit of breaking everything he could touch. It was a wonder they could trust him with dishes. On the other hand, Remus’s room was good for band practices or jamming out in general. He had instruments all over the place and they had it soundproofed so that the neighbors would stop complaining about the loud drumming at 2 a.m. 
Once Virgil arrived, their plan was set into motion. 
“So, I know we don’t talk at all, but just pretend that we’ve been good friends for a long time. I have a plan.” Roman said as he led the way to his room.
Virgil looked at him skeptically. “You know, Logan’s told me a lot about you.”
“All good things, I hope?” Roman asked. 
“Quite the opposite actually,” Virgil smirked. He notices a few posters put up of Fall Out Boy and Waterparks. “But since you do have a good taste in music, so I’ll let it slide.”
During the short period of time that he left his brother alone in his room, Remus managed to trash his vanity. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. 
Roman took this opportunity to strike a conversation. “Ree mentioned you play drums?” 
“Yeah, we’re planning on auditioning for the Battle of the Bands.” Virgil said, sending a quick message to one of his internet friends. “Has he asked you to join our band yet?”
Roman’s phone buzzed.
“Well, yeah. He sort of asked? I agreed, of course. Then he was like, ‘Oh good, I was going to poison you if you didn’t’. I’m used to it by now.”
Virgil chuckled. “He tried to poison me once ‘cause I stomped on his foot with my combat boots.”
“That was you? Oh my god, I owe you for that one!” Roman said, laughing at the memory of his brother crying in the school clinic. Turns out, they got along quite well. 
Their conversation was cut short when they heard knocks at the door. It was Patton and he arrived way earlier than expected. Remus pushed Virgil towards the door and mouthed “open it”. The twins high-fived each other and hid inside the pillow fort.  
“Hey Pat-”
As soon as Virgil opened the door, Patton’s face turned pink. He took a deep breath, puffed his cheeks, and closed the door. Virgil was too confused to move and the twins were slightly worried. 
Patton reopened the door and held out a container of cookies. “Hi Virge! I uh, didn’t expect to see you here… haha… what a coincidence?” He said awkwardly. 
Virgil took the cookies, but Remus bolted out of the fort and took it from Virgil’s hands. 
“You fucking gremlin!” Roman yelled, chasing Remus out of the room, who had started devouring cookies. Remus laughed maniacally, shoving past Virgil and Patton in order to get away from his brother. 
“Are they always like this?” Virgil asked, pointing at the twins who were now wrestling in the hallway. 
Patton hummed. “Yeah, most of the time.” 
The twins fought over the cookies for a while until realization hit them. 
Roman paused. He whispered something to Remus, and he stopped as well. The two began cursing and muttering something about “the plan” whilst pointing in Virgil and Patton’s direction. 
Right, the plan.
“Music!” Remus shouted, dragging Virgil and Patton to his room.
“What he meant to say was that we should play something together,” Roman informed the two. They nodded awkwardly. 
“Is Janus coming too?” Patton asked.
Shit. Roman forgot to invite him. 
“Oh um, I don’t know? I’ll have to ask.” Roman said. 
He took out his phone and sent a text that read “COME OVER ASAP”. Janus replied immediately, saying to leave the window open and that he’ll get in the room in a Remus fashion.
Great, he was going to be the fifth wheel tonight. 
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lunanight2012 · 5 years
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A Tale as Old as Time? Pt 1
This is a story beween my oc Cindy Luna Charming, twin sister to Chad Charming Jr, and Harry Hook. I know its not that great but I hope you guys like the first part of this story!
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I took a deep breath, two days ago King Ben and Lady Mal took down the barrier forever. Now school is back in session and some of those vks were going to be going to Auradon Prep. 
"Including him." I muttered to myself, rushing back to my vanity, organizing what little stuff I had on it. 
Harry Hook. The one VK who, on the day the barrier came down, stole my heart. Yes, I know it sounds cheesy but he did.
"Lu, you coming?" Chad asked, peeking into my room.
"Yes, just grabbing my camera!" I exclaimed, grabbing my Polaroid camera.
Chad Charming Jr. Aka my twin brother. He got the looks, i got the brains. My name is Cindy Luna Charming, but I just go by Luna. 
"Why do you use that old thing?" Chad asked me, gesturing at my camera.
"It's so I can have physical pictures. Plus you know how much I love this camera. It may be outdated but I can get refills for the film online." I explained with a smile.
"Whatever, come on, Audrey is waiting for me!" Chad exclaimed, rushing ahead of me.
Today we welcome the new VKs to the school. Including one Harry Hook. Fixing my light blue skirt one last time I walked outside and towards where Jane and Carlos were. 
"Luna! Good timing! The Limousines are just pulling up!" Jane exclaimed. 
I uncovered the lens of my camera and took a picture of the Limousines pulling up, I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck standing up as the band, led by Doug, started playing.
The Limousines parked and Jay got out of the driver's seat and like a chauffeur, opened the back door.
Placing my first photo inside an album i quickly took another picture of Uma, daughter  of Ursula, getting out. Putting the photo away to develop later, I get ready to take another picture.
Next was Gil, oldest son of Gaston, strong but naive. Jay had mentioned he was going to skip a year of school and go adventuring with Gil. But I think he will do that after graduation next year.
Taking a picture of Gil and Jay chest bumping made me giggle. Putting the picture away I placed my camera to my face to take a picture of the next VK to step out.
Harry Hook. Taking the picture I froze, he seemed to be looking around for someone. I highly doubt it was me. He was probably looking at all the other girls. Pushing up my glasses I quickly placed the photo in my album.
More VKs piled out from the other 2 Limousines. Celia, Dizzy, Squirmy, and Squeaky, the VKs that were invited over before the barrier was taken down came out of the 2nd limo.
From the third limo, I didn't really recognize any of them.
"Who are they?" I asked Carlos, as I took pictures of each VK exiting. 
"That's Diego De Ville, my cousin, he's got a band pack on the isle but I'm sure him and Doug will get along great. And those two are the sons of My mother's henchmen, their names are Jace and Harry. And that last person is Yzla, daughter of Yzma." Carlos explained, waving at the four.
I nodded, I remembered hearing about them, well, their parents. King Ben and Lady Mal welcomed the new VKs to Auradon. I took the chance to take a few more photos, hiding my face every time I saw Harry looking around. Soon I was able to sneak away back to my room to develop the photos. What I didn't realize was that Harry was watching me.
Back in my room, I take a breath and walk over to my small couch and take all the photos out and start to shake them, letting them develop.
I pick back up the one of Him. My face heating up as I realize I caught him looking directly at me.
"No…. It's a coincidence. Nothing more." I explained to myself putting the photo in my photo album.
A strange tapping came from my door. I froze, that wasn't Chad's knocking, and it sure wasn't Jane. 
"Who is it?" I asked, a little nervous.
"Luna! It's Mal, can you come out for a moment?" Mal asked through the door.
I sighed with relief and walked over to the door, opening it up.
"Guys this is Luna Charming. Chad Charming's twin sister. She knows this school inside and out. She can show you to your dorms and you all know your classes! Uma, I shall see you later, the rest of you if you have any questions please ask me, Ben, Evie, Carlis, Jay, or even Luna." Mal explained.
Crud, I forgot I was in charge of showing them to their dorms. Rushing back into my room, stumbling over my bag I grab my clipboard that had all of their dorms on it.
"Luna right? I would have thought Cinderella would've named her daughter a C name." Gil questioned, earning an elbow to the side from Uma.
"Actually my first name is Cindy. Cindy Luna Charming. But everyone calls me Luna." I explained, looking at my clipboard. I could feel Harry Hook's eyes on me.
"This way!" I exclaimed, closing the door to my room. I led the group down the hall, stopping to show where Uma and Celia would be bunking, then letting Dizzy know she would be staying with Evie at her castle, ahem, starter castle. Then we got to the boy's area. Harry and Jace would be bunking together, Diego got a room with the twins, and Harry Hook and Gil were bunking together.
I bowed my head and scurred off before Harry could say anything. I was so embarrassed. I ran to my room and closed the door, plopping down on my bed as I pondered what momma would say. 
"You need to find yourself a good prince." I imitated my mom. 
Sighing I sat up and got ready for my first class, Flora and Fauna, also known as Plants and Animals.
"Maybe he won't be in this class." I muttered hopefully as I headed to class.
Arriving at the class, I was happy to see that Harry wasn't in my class. A sigh of relief escaped my lips as I took my usual seat. Pulling out my notebook and my book, getting ready for class to start.
"This seat taken?" An all too familiar voice asked, causing me to freeze up, I shook my head, keeping my eyes on my notebook.
He pulled out a chair and sat down, setting his hook down on the table next to me as he pulled out his stuff. I took a peek at him. he was wearing black eyeliner and a black pirate vest with buckles going down, and he looked like he has just came straight from the isle. I quickly look down before he could see me.
"Luna right?" He asked.
"Y-yea." I stuttered out.
"Well lass, I believe we met a couple days ago. At that party." Harry explained grabbing his hook.
I could feel goosebumps going down my arms.
I could feel his hook on my ponytail holder.
"I would love to see you with your hair down Luna." He stated.
Before I could respond Chad walked in and rushed over.
"That's my seat Hook." Chad glared at Harry.
"Oh but I am already seated Junior!" Harry taunted.
"Students! Quiet! Chad take a seat next to Doug." Mr Happy, the dwarf explained.
Chad glared at Hook before sitting across from me, next to Doug. Class began, learning about Hook's crocodile. Harry being a tiny bit of a teacher's pet, knowing all about it.
"If ye make tick-tock noises at the crocodiles they will follow you, making it easier to lead them away from a drownin fella." Harry exclaimed.
I took diligent notes, trying my best to not doodle on my notes. The bell rang.
"Alright class, next week we shall discuss the other sea creatures."
I packed up my stuff and rushed out of there, my face red and my heart racing. I got to my locker and switched out books to my Photography and you class.
"What was that about Lu." Chad asked, startling me.
"What do you mean Chad?" I ask, a bit confused.
"The VK! I know Ben and Mal say they can be reformed to be good but I don't trust him." Chad explained glaring down the hall, I turn to see Harry at his locker chatting with Gil and Uma.
"Give them a chance bro. They did help save everyone. And from what Carlos told me, they found you in a closet wanting your mommy. If it wasn't for Harry, Uma, and Gil I wouldn't be here! I'd be a statue still." I explained, poking his chest.
"Fine whatever, but if he hurts you he will not be in a good place." Chad tried to threaten. 
"Behave. I have to get to class. Bye Chad!" I exclaimed as I rushed to my Photography class.
Harry hovered behind Lonnie. "Is she taken?" He asked her, gesturing at me.
"Luna? No, I don't believe she's ever had a boyfriend." Lonnie explained before heading to fencing practice.
Harry smiled a toothy grin before following Uma and Gil to their goodness class.
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Lunch time finally came around which meant I could go to my room and go through all the photos I took that morning. Smiling at the one of Gil and Jay chest bumping.
"Two bros hanging out." I said to myself, giggling.
My mom used to tell me I got her skills and her laugh, but I never particularly liked my laugh. Too frilly.
I sighed as I added the photos to my scrapbook. Save for the Harry Hook one. I put that one under my pillow. After hiding that picture i went back to decorating my scrapbook. 
A knock on my door startled me but didn't pull me away from my task.
"Come in!" I called.
The door opened, and a male chuckle sounded.
"So this is what yer room looks like lassie, it's nice." Harry exclaimed.
I jumped a good foot off my chair, falling over. Harry rushed over and caught me in a tilted position.
"Ye okay lass?" Harry asked me, a bit of concern on his face.
All I could do was nod. He set me back on my feet. I straightened my skort and my top. 
"So you take pictures eh? But I don't see one of me?" Harry questioned.
I felt my face heat up. "T-the picture didn't come out right! S-sorry!" I stuttered out.
"Oh? What tis this?" Harry asked grabbing the photo of him, that I hadn't realized was peeking out from under my pillow, and held it up. 
My face must've been incredibly red from my embarrassment. I stuttered nonsense, trying to hide my crush on him.
Harry chuckled, setting the photo down on top of my pillow before walking back towards me. The look on his face was that of a predator, and it gave me goosebumps and a bit of adrenaline.
"So my little duckling why did you hide the photo you took of me?" Harry asked, a shit eating grin on his face.
This is where I surprised even myself.
I gave him a smirk. "Maybe I just didn't want anyone to see it." I commented, grabbing the tip of his hook.
Harry went wide eyed for a moment before chuckling.
"Well then. You intrigue me my little duckling." Harry explained as he took his leave.
The moment Harry was out of the room and my door closed, my legs finally gave out and I crumbled to the floor. A shit eating grin on my face.
"That felt amazing." I stated to myself. 
Being around Harry gave me adrenaline. A big smile stretched across my face. And I absolutely love the feeling.
I sat up straight when the bell rang. "Oh no! I'm late for class!!!" I exclaimed grabbing my bag, books, and notebooks and rushed out of my room.
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Fairies 101 was always an interesting class, Fairy Godmother was probably my favorite teacher. Granted I'm best friends with Fairy Godmother's daughter, Jane. Mal was in my class too. This week we were discussing the fairies in Neverland. But I couldn't focus on that. Looking down at my notebook I realized I had been sketching Harry's face.
My face became bright red as I quickly flipped to a new page. He was all I could think of. All I could be thankful for was that there were only two people that knew about my crush. Jane and Carlos. My two best friends. 
As soon as class was over I was rushing to my room, I was done with classes and I wanted to get a head start on my homework and hope a hook wielding pirate wouldn't run into me.
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hitchell-mope · 5 years
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(Second film. At cotillion. Part three. After Mal’s been pulled into the water by huma)
Ben: where is she I can’t see her?
Carlos: how long can she hold her breath
Jay: I. I don’t know
Ben: not long.
Evie: what?
Ben: our first date. She thought I drowned. Went in after me and
Jay: you saved her. I remember. Now we gotta save her again.
Ben: I know to oh boy
(Just then the water bubbles furiously and Uma rises from the surface the lower half of her body octopoid and at least the same height as Ursula was during her final battle, perched on her should is Harry. And bound in a tentacle, barely conscious is...)
Ben: MAL!
Doug: Uma stop this now! You’re acting crazy!
Uma (voice booming): oh no dear. Spiteful vindictive
Harry (having the absolute best time of his life): INCREDIBLY LARGE!
Huma: but never crazy!
Uma: now on to business
(She drops Mal into the ocean and begins trying to capsize the boat)
Elsa: time to put that rusty old wand of yours to work headmistress. Children! Jay Evie Jane Ben. With me
Jane: what’re we doing
Elsa: we’re going to stop this boat from becoming the second titanic. On three. 1...2...3!!!!
(They’re eyes all glow and the boat steadies)
Evie: how the
Elsa: the beauty of a crisis. Now Ben. I assume you’re about to do something heroic and foolhardy
Ben: probably
Elsa: try and make sure that nobody gets hurt.
Ben: of course. I might have a plan. Doug is Agrabahn silk shrinkable
Evie (sternly) and Doug: yes
Ben: ah. Ok then how about this
(A flick of his wrist and he’s back in his vk outfit with a few small differences)
Evie: what happened to the jacket
Doug (tired dad mode): and the undershirt
Ben: they’d weigh me down. Jay could you hold this please?
(He hands Jay the crown)
Jay: sure but oh jeez (Ben’s jogging to the railing) wait wait wait
Ben: yes yes yes?
Jay: first of all stop that. Second of all. Here (he summons Maleficent’s sceptre our of thin air and hands it to Ben). Take this. It should help her
Ben: thank you so much woah head rush. Ahem woozy. Hm. All better now
Jay: yeah that’s because it recognises your magic but not you
Ben: I love being a hybrid
Adam: a WHAT?!?!?!
(Ben uses telekinesis to shove his father out of the way into the corridor)
Ben: blow it out your ass dad. Wish us luck. Imma coming honey!
(He launches himself over the side and into the water. Just barely missing Uma’s tentacles)
Doug: his magic will protect him right
Jay: possibly. If not. Hope you like the throne
Carlos (hitting his arm): not funny.
Jay: sorry
Doug: genies can breathe underwater right?
Jay: yes
Doug: Ben has five minutes. Then you’re going in after them
Jay (phoney British accent): as you command. My liege
(Under the water Ben’s swimming to Mal who’s sinking fast. He keeps dodging Uma’s tentacles. Finally he reaches Mal and put her mothers sceptre within arms reach. The moment it touches her hand her eyes open)
(Back on the ship)
Elsa: can anyone see them and Dizzy please stop throwing canapés at Uma
Dizzy (conspicuously giving Merida the food): it was Merida (innocent giggle)
Elsa: remember that I have a younger sister.
Doug: Hook seems to be having some sort of religious experience up there
Evie: yeah. He sorta reminds of someone
Devie (looking at each other in recognition): Troy McClure
(The waters bubbling again)
Jay: come on guys. Come on. Don’t let her win. Not like this
(Ben and Mal come shooting out of water. Mal’s now a dragon. Ben’s perched on her back laughing and shrieking his head off)
Ben (at the top of his lungs): WAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!! MY GIRLFRIEND’S A DRAGON!!!!
Devie: donkey from shrek
(Mal climbs further up into the sky. Ben slips. And falls off her).
Harry: He not gonna make is he?
(Ben plummets through the clouds but pulls up out of it just barely skimming the water)
Harry (fed up): of course he did
(Ben shoots up into the sky. His clothes melt away. From blue and gold to green. He lands on the railing still sopping wet. Now clad in green skelton leaf)
Ben (at the top of his lungs): COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!!!! (He strikes a power pose, fists on hips and turns to the others on the boat) that was amazing!
Jay (laughing): wow. You look
Carlos: like Pan.
Evie: HAHA! Harry’s in the drink. Again. (She cackles)
(Harry’s fainted dead away off Uma’s shoulder and crashed into the waves below)
Evie: lets boil him
Jay and Doug: no
Evie, Carlos and Dizzy: aww man
Ben: alrighty then. Anyway.
(He flies up to the girls and puts himself between them)
Ben: This isn’t the way. Both of you know that letting whatever happened years ago influence your actions today won’t solve anything. The best thing to do is to keep moving forward and
Uma: back off flyboy
(She swats Ben away and he gets knocked into a pole)
Uma: c’mon Mal let’s finish this once and for all
(Cecealia vs dragon fight begins)
Evie: and that only took twenty minutes to happen
Carlos: yeah. I woulda thought it’d happen the moment ma turned up not dead
Devie, Jay and Dizzy: yeah
Lonnie: we have to help him
Evie: right. Jay get a ladder. I’ll climb up
Lonnie: no. Not Ben. He’s fine. Look
(Ben’s currently trying to help Mal. Setting up shield after shield against Uma’s tentacles)
Lonnie: I meant the other one
Evie: no.
Jane: we should at least try. It’s the right thing to do
Doug: usually is be inclined to agree but you’ve not seen him in action
Carlos: I say we let it drown
Devie: ditto.
Jay: we’ve gotta fish it-him-out.
Carlos: why?
Jay: because if we wanna get Uma on side then the mollusk has to live. No matter how much he deserves to be lost to the depth
Carlos: I hate it when you’re right
Gil (Boyce quivering): please. Please don’t let him die. Please?
(Carlos looks at Gil stony faced. And relents)
Carlos: have it on record that I WILL stab him at the first opportunity. No matter how much the human golden retriever begs
Jay: so you’re not against Evie and I fishing him out
Carlos: against as in anti harry? Yes. Against you doing what’s gotta be done. Reluctantly no
Jay: love ya C
Carlos (giggling): you are now officially out of the doghouse.
Jay: Melody could you?
Melody (now in a lovely ice blue crystalline dress courtesy of Elsa): yes?
Jay: wow nice threads. Anyway. I have it on good authority that you carry around a certain family heirloom?
Melody: Ja
Jay: don’t know what that means. I’m not danish.
Melody: yes I’ve got my grandfathers trident. So I can help you however you want
Adam: miss Boisen I absolutely forbid you help them
Melody: I do not take orders from you Adam. Never have. Never will. Because I am not part of your staff. I am a student teacher. I am my sisters assistant until such time she graduates. But I am not your employee. So yeah. I’m helping my students. Jay. What do you need
Jay (massive grin on his face): we’re going squid fishing
Melody: where do I aim?
(She juts our her hand and the trident spears)
(At the buffet table)
Vision!Harry: sup losers
V!Ben: oh fuck off you no handed blunder
V!Harry: two hands. Numbnuts
V!Ben: keep talking. See what happens. I would love to dismantle you like a Lego Death Star and immolate your bones with you skin still on them
V!Harry: and the bitch says Uma means nothing to her
V!Ben: no. It’s the island Mal doesn’t care about. If Uma meant nothing to Mal. I’d still be jay.
V!Lonnie: ok I’m completely lost
V!Doug: we change when the closest person to our one changed. I used to be Evie. Tall ghostly pale and terrifying used to be Gil. And our “esteemed” leader. Used to be jay.
V!Carlos (smugly): I’ve always been like this
The other soul guides (sans Lonnie): yippee for you
(V!Carlos smiles indulgently)
(Back to the action at the railing)
Jay: so you’re sure you know how to do this without killing Uma?
Melody: oh my friend. With a fun and grin it works fine
Jay: what
Melody: yes. Yes I do know how to do this without hurting my second cousin
Jay: I’m sorry. Did you say second cousin?
Melody: yes. Ursula is my mother’s aunt. That makes Uma and my mother cousins. That makes her and I second cousins.
Jay: I am so sorry
Melody: why would you be sorry? So I’m related to a villain and her daughter. So is Ben. So are you and your little found family. Let’s help your friends.
(She throws the trident in Uma’s direction and it nicks the tentacle that was about to knock Ben out of the sky. Uma bellows in pain)
Uma: WHO DID THAT
Melody: hey! Hey you! Giant scary girl! Listen to. Ben. Or you know, me. Either one will do so
Jay (aside to her): not helping
Melody: yeah thought not
Jay: ok here’s what we’re going to do. Evie. Carlos. Fish the creature from the black lagoon out of the drink. I’m gonna help Ben.
(With that he flies up to where Ben is)
Jay: hey buddy. Need a little help?
Ben (still desperately dodging the tentacles): yes please
Jay: then grab a tentacle
Ben (scandalised): what?
Jay: you heard me. If we don’t do this then the student body will be a human interest story on the news tomorrow morning
Ben: ok
(They dive down and grab one of Uma’s tentacles. Below them in the water Harry’s screaming at them to let her go. Uma for her part does a good job of fighting them off. Mal just hovers there confused)
Jay: and lift
Ben: oh dear
(They fly upwards past Mal and drag Uma along for the ride. Harry grabs on to a tentacle and refuses to let go. But then he slips and lands painfully on the railing)
Carlos: finally. The Hook family line has ended
Harry: I HAVE TWO SISTERS
Carlos: who the fuck cares! Lonnie. Doug. Would you be dears and drags that on to the deck. I’ll get the carving knife
Doug: should we
Lonnie: quiet I don’t think we’re allowed to talk
(They deposit Harry in the deck and Carlos stands over him knife in hand)
Carlos: what do you want me to do Jay!
Jay: keep him there. And E! Keep those force fields up. Otherwise the first thirty rows WILL get wet
Evie: what are you gonna do?
Jay: this (to Ben) DROP HER
(The king and the genie let Uma fall into the water and the impart would’ve reflooded the deck if not for the shields. Unfortunately. This only serves to make Uma mad again. And she channels this anger by ensnaring Ben in her tentacles slowly choking the life out of the king. Jay’s had enough. His body assumes its golden lustre and he flies up into Uma’s face)
Jay: THAT. IS. ENOUGH. YOU KNOW THIS ISNT THE WAY. YOU KNOW THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO FURTHET ALIENATE YOU. IF YOU WANT WHAT WE HAVE YOU NEED TO STOP ACTING LIKE A PETULANT CHILD AND START PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE JUST YOU AND THAT THING THAT IS SPEWING TWICE SWALLOWED SEA WATER ON EVIES MANOLOS LEFT ON THE ISLAND TO ROT
(On the deck Evie jumps out of Harry’s range)
Jay: SO WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE. A TANTRUM OR ARE YOU GOING TO USE THE BRAINS I KNOW YOU HAVE
(Uma’s face silently crumples. She (surprisingly gently) puts Ben back on deck, soaked to the bone and retching slightly from the choking but none the worse for wear, plucks up Harry and swiftly disappears beneath the waves leaving Ben’s ring behind)
Jay: well. That was surprisingly easily handled
(He flies down to the deck and hands Ben back his crown. Mal flaps back down, purple and green smoke surrounds her and she’s back in human form, except her hair’s undone, her dress is purple green and black and she’s holding the sceptre in her right hand. She smiles weakly at the crowd. The promptly spins around and vomits over the side. Loudly. For two full minutes. Jay rushes over to her)
Jay: hey you. Now. I got you a cap of mouth wash. And a breath mint. There you go. Now. (Loud whisper) a dragon. A giant fire breathing scaly ass mother fu
Mal (taking his face in her hands gently to shit him up): I know. I know.
Jay: how?
Mal: that I don’t know
Jay: oooh the sceptre.
Mal: that’s probably
Jay: now. The king awaits. Shall we?
Mal: we shall
(They walk down the stairs to where the series is. She and Ben smile at each other. Then he scoops get up and plants one on her. Carlos, not one to be outdone, scurries over to Jay, dips him and plants a longer one in him. Which gathers an even bigger cheer from the crowd. Especially Gil who can be heard over the others)
Doug: it’s about damn time.
Mal: hey jay. Stop by my room later. We gotta talk
Jay: well let’s see have you talked with Doug yet?
Doug: no. No she has not
Jay: you first then me. Capiche?
Mal: capiche
(On the chaperones platform Fairy Godmother is tight lipped)
Elsa: they’re teenagers headmistress. They will kiss.
Fairy Godmother: oh it’s not that your majesty. I can smell something unpleasant
Elsa (sniffing): you know what. I can too
Merida: it’s rotten skeleton leaves. What our dear little boy king is wearing.
Elsa: Oh. Queen Mother. Your turn
Belle: Ben?
(Ben doesn’t answer, he’s still looking at Mal in reverence, until Mal clears her throat and cocks her head to Belle’s location)
Mal: it seems that your clothes are rotting away dear.
Ben: is everything
Mal: oh yeah. But your shoulders are exposed
Ben: right. Ummmm. Wait right here
(He teleports to his mothers side. When the smoke clears he’s back in his vk outfit. Still without the beanie jacket or undershirt)
Ben: better?
Mal: ooooh so much better
Belle: the tuxedo was so much more
Evie: don’t worry Belle. The silk used is shrinkable. So this is preferable.
Belle: ah. Ok. Now Ben. I and the others adults are going to the yachts bar. Lumiere is going to be here as damage control. But you are in charge. Understand?
(Ben nods emphatically. The four women turn to go but Mal catches up with them before they leave)
Mal: Fairy Godmother. Do you think I could get my spell book back from the museum? Tomorrow I mean. Only that the last few days did a number on me and made me realise I can’t not use what I have. It’s not healthy and it’s not right. Is any of this making any sense to you at all?
Fairy Godmother: of course dear. It’s your property after all. Just say the word and it’s yours
Mal: please?
Fairy Godmother: where would you like it to be?
Mal: Jay’s room. Bedside cabinet. With a protection spell on it so only Ben and I can use it. Because. I have helluva lot to teach him
Ben: I very much look forward to learning from you
Mal: and. I’m sure Ben would agree. Magic classes. For those that want them. I know I would. No. I know that I need to learn more control WOAH!
(Ben’s scooped her up in a bear hug)
Mal: I take it you like that idea
Doug: when you were >ahem< out for the count Ben decided that it was time that magic be fully reinstated
Mal: I LOVE THIS BOY
Belle: I can see that the kingdom will be in very safe hands with you two and you are on his back
(Mal’s clambered onto Ben’s back and she’s stroking his hair away from his face)
Elsa: Queen Mother. I believe this is our exit cue
Merida: aw but I wanna dance
Elsa: the bar has Guinness whiskey
Merida: PEACE FECKERS
(She runs off)
Belle: that was easily handled
(As they’re leaving)
Belle: Verna could you get me the family lawyer please
Verna: of course ma’am. Uhhhh. Heh heh. What for?
Belle: I need to see mr Hartcourt about divorcing Adam and adopting that young man
Elsa: Gil? You want to adopt Gil?
Belle: yes. Problem?
Elsa: none whatsoever. In fact I’ve got an idea I’d like to run through with Ben. When the cotillion is over tomorrow of course
Belle: I assure you your majesty you shall have the full unwavering support of my son and I
Elsa: god save the king and his mother then
Belle: indeed
(Back at the cotillion)
Carlos: alright. ALRIGHT! Everyone. The ones of the hour. My parents! King Ben. Lady Mal. Take it away old man
Ben (laughing): I’m only two years older than you C
Carlos (a “I’m cute so I can get away with it” look on his face): still older
Mal (chuckles as she tilts Ben’s crown): I think what Carlos is trying to is: let’s party
(She uses magic to levitate the electronic equipment above the deck and they all start dancing)
(This is when “it’s time” happens)
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Pairing : Jay × Reader
Genre: fluff
Warnings: None
Word Count : 2,165
Written by: https://suga-kookie-s.tumblr.com/
   It was a Monday, a boring, stupid Monday. You hated the day of the week and everything about them! You open your locker with a roll of your shoulders and a sigh. And a note slipped out. You smiled immediately, the lined paper was folded a few times and had been stuffed through the slats of the metal. Your smile widens as you crouch down and pick up the note.
   Every.
   Monday.
   You open the note and read over it with the smile still on your face:
_You better call life alert because I've fallen for you and I can't get up._
    You snorted, the notes were always filled with cheesy pickup lines- they never failed to brighten your Monday. And of course as always, no signature or way of knowing who was the sender of the little note. You stood up while stuffing the note in your always at hand notebook, it was filled with all the other notes from the previous Mondays. You sigh and smile a little as you slam your locker shut behind you. You glance over and meet eyes briefly with Jay. You snapped your attention away because, yes, even though you thought it was a little ridiculous for yourself to consider someone a "bad boy" what else was there to call him? You hadn't ever talked to him, he was someone everyone considered reckless, wild- a rantipole. The few friends you had here in the new school never wanted anything to do with him. One of the girls even warned you against him. She'd said: "stay away from him. He's bad news."
   When you asked her why she barely had an excuse. Your friends would shrug and say "he always gets into trouble."
   So you'd taken their advice, although you had somewhat of a fascination with him. You'd seen him get in only a few brawls since you'd been here. Whereas more often you had seen him create uprisings and arguments during class- taking a small disagreement and turning it into something bigger. It was almost like he playing a game. Seeing how many people he could get on his side before he showed how truly the subject even mattered to him.
    At one point you'd seen him laugh after getting the whole History class into an argument about one of the smallest of things and he'd said to them, "Well- don't _you_ feel like fools?" The whole classroom went from yelling to silence in seconds, "Getting into arguments about something so petty and because _I_ simply told you to- tsk tsk." He planted his hands on his hips with a grin, happy the attention was all on him, "You see... I don't even care about the subject, and today you learned that-"
    He was about to keep ranting before the teacher screamed at him to get down. And then of course... he was kicked back to detention. What he created was almost like... small rebellions. Never anything dangerous. The only time you personally had seen him get in fights is when someone tried to overstep their boundaries- when they tried to see _just_ how far they could push him. And that's when things got ugly...
   You glanced at him again to see him still staring as he slammed his locker shut. As he walked past you caught him smirking at your timidness, which in effect made you a little embarrassed. You waited until he passed before letting out a small sigh. 
   You gasp, when expectedly you were yanked forward and then slammed back into your locker causing you to cough. You looked up at a tall boy with wide eyes. You recognize him immediately too. _Mason_- one of the biggest bullies in this entire school. He picked on anyone and for no reason.
    Mason growled, "you need to learn to stay out of my way." He yanked the backpack off of your shoulder and tipped it upside down so that most of your books and pens fell out. Before he dropped the bag altogether.
   You gapped at the bag and scoffed, " _Excuse me_ ? I wasn't in _anyone's_ way- YOU need to back off." You rolled your eyes, your sass coming out as an automatic response.
   The boy laughed, "got a mouth on you, don't-" he was cut off when he was yanked away by the back of his shirt. You gasped and looked over at whoever had separated the two of you. And you are even more confused when you see Jay- the intimidating school ruffian.
    You stared at him as you saw him lean closer to Mason and growl, "You _stay away_ from her."
   Mason laughed, a sparkle in his eyes from the challenge that Jay presented, "or what?" Mason persists.
    Jay snickered a little, "Or you regret it. Just like anyone else who messes with me does." He smirked an expression that said, _duh you've seen the fights._ You'd seen those fights too. Anyone who got in a quarrel with Jay never came out on the good end of things.
    Mason yanked away from him, "whatever." He mumbled as he slammed into Jay's shoulder on the way of pushing past him.
   Jay only scoffed while grabbing Mason's arm with a death grip, "I heavily advise against doing that-" he said glancing at his own shoulder, "-again."
   Mason stared at him for a second, you think he was processing his next move. Did he want to get in a fight with Jay? He did he want to take his advice and leave it? But finally Mason pulled his arm away while slipping around Jay and leaving quickly. You looked around at the ring of people who had emerged to watch the fuss. Jay watched him leave with an amused look before crouching down and shoving your stuff carelessly back into the bag before standing back up.
   You stepped forward to him, "Hi-" you said awkwardly and he turned his attention to you with the same amused look, like he was surprised you could actually speak, and you continued, "Um... Thank you for-" you were cut off when he pushed the bag into your hands and walked away. You watched him, shocked, as he slipped around you light on his feet not bothering to say anything. The people moved out of his way instantly as he walked down the hall. You let out a soft puff of air and twisted your lips. Not knowing exactly how to feel about... _anything_ that just happened.
   You took in a breath and looked down at the sloppily put together bag in your arms. You didn't understand why Jay had helped you, and you looked at where he had left in the crowd with curiosity. You released a long breath before zipping your backpack up and slinging it back on your shoulder.
   You started towards your next class, knowing it would start any minute now. And by the time you left your locker all the people that had gathered to watch the commotion had disbanded and gone to class. You walked down the halls as the last bits of people scattered into their classrooms, and you did the same.
   Staring at your shoes you rushed in and sat down quickly, you began to unload the books for this class from your backpack and soon after your teacher began talking. You could hardly pay any attention to the speech your teacher was giving. Your mind was still more than curious about the boy who'd helped you, yet- you knew nothing about. You opened up your notebook and the little note from this morning slipped out and onto your desk. That caused a new thought to come into your head. Who was sending them?
   You opened the small thing and read over it again- causing you to smile.
   "Miss y/n?" You snapped your attention up to your teacher, "I would like your head _in_ this class, not in the clouds please."
   You smile, "Yes sir, I'm sorry!"
   He sighed exasperatingly and went back to whatever he was talking about. You still couldn't pay attention- you did try of course! ...for 30 seconds. Until your mind was somewhere else again.
   You glance to your left and freeze when you see Jay. Never before having realized he sits _right_ next to you in this class. And there you went- your mind looping back into confusion and curiosity with the boy sitting next to you.
   He glances at you quickly and you snap your attention away. You heard him sigh softly as he went back to whatever he was doodling on his page. He had written little things here and there, along with small doodles scattered about. You smiled a little at the doodles, you never would have guessed he'd be the doodling type. And you wondered what else about this boy you didn't know- what was he like under the intimidating stares, snarky remarks and rebellious acts?
    You tilt your head to the side when you see something more than familiar on his little page of doodles. It was the same cheesy little pick-up line that was written on the note in your hands. You gasp, not realizing it was out loud until Jay snapped his attention to you and your teacher stopped in his speech.
    " _Y/n_" your teacher's annoyed voice met your ears and you jumped a little.
    "Yes, sir." You said directing your attention back to the teacher.
    And he continued to give you a short lecture about paying attention and this was "your final warning". You agreed, but of course, once again you weren't listening. Which was funny because normally you paid good attention in class. But today your mind was spinning with questions, and you let it spin because, to be frank, you didn't feel like listening today. Especially now. Your mind spun in loops, excited about this new discovery.
    You watched the hands on the clock closely- willing time to go faster. And now of course of all times it felt as if it was moving in slow motion. But, as soon as you heard the bell ring you jumped and looked at Jay.
    He didn't look in your direction, he only began putting his books in his backpack. You pushed yourself out of your seat and placed the note from this morning on his desk in front of him, "You are the one putting these in my locker." You said matter-of-factly.
   He raised an eyebrow and looked at you, no emotion evident on his face before out of nowhere he laughed a little, "Okay- Detective. What if I am?"
   You knit your eyebrows, not expecting the response you got from him. You'd thought you would need to draw the confession from him and you hadn't expected you would get it so easily, "oh... Well- I don't..." You sigh and twist you lips squinting at him before you smiled a little, "Well then- I enjoy receiving your notes. They make me laugh."
    He smirks a little and leans back in his chair glancing around at the classmates slowly filing out of the room, "I know. I brighten up your Mondays, and in effect, you brighten up mine. Two birds. One stone." He directed his attention back to you as he stood up and your eyes followed him as he was still looking to you, he poked you in the cheek softly and said, "you have a cute smile."
   You were surprised at how warm your cheeks were now, and at the flutter you felt in your stomach, and you laughed awkwardly. Not sure what else to do. You hit a mental wall- unsure, again, of what was happening.
   "Now. Should we get something to eat? or-" he looks at you, the smirk widening as he raises an eyebrow, "do you not go out with, what your friends refer to as, _bad boys_?" He said, making little quotations with his fingers at the words "bad boy".
    You raised an eyebrow, a little confused at who you were seeing now. He was completely different then what you'd seen in the hallways, "So- to get this straight you are asking me out?" You said a little perplexed at the whole situation.
    His smirk widened and he nodded, "Yes I am."
    You laughed a little, "Well." You looked at him, your curiously about him growing and you laughed a little, "in that case then sure. Maybe we should go get some food."
    He smiled, the same mischievous sparkle in his eyes, "good." He placed the little note from this morning back into your hands gently along with another note as he slipped around you.
    You smile and open the second note, giving you a time and location that was labeled "FOOD" in all caps. You laughed a little while slinging your bag over your shoulder. You were finallygoing out with what everyone considered reckless, wild- a rantipole. You couldn't help the cheeky grin on your face at that thought. 
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