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"Alright, alright, let's jump!" You decide against using your sword against the horde of mobs. You're pinned at both sides, and while there's one person for each side, it's just not worth it. You brace as you hop off, hearing the hiss of a creeper about to blow behind you. There's the sound of the bridge breaking as it does. So much for that way, but you lost that the moment you jumped.

Bats flutter by you and you can hear a torrent of mobs hit the water after you. It takes you a moment to realize both of you are screaming. The cold water rushing around your form once you hit and you nearly inhale a bucket's worth out of shock. For a moment, you flail, before your consciousness kicks back in and you start to swim. It seems Petra didn't give you the benefit of the doubt as you notice her swim over.

"You know you're supposed to swim, not fight the water, right?" She comments with a glare as you sputter, snorting water out of your nose. "Come on, I know a way back." As you follow her lead to shore, you hack and sputter.

The way back isn't very long, persay, but it definitely felt longer with how cold you are. You're grateful you live in a forest biome, that would have been a death sentence in a snowy biome. You hear Petra fiddling with something before an inactive, soft block hits you in the shoulder.

"Wha--?" You pick it up, noticing how the block squishes strangely.

"It's a sponge, sucks up water, the works. Unless you have spare clothes or would rather head into Endercon sopping wet."

You press it to one shoulder and suddenly you're no longer damp. You're about to use it on Reuben when he shakes off all the water. "That's freaky." You say as you pass it back to her.

"It's pretty effective." She says, tossing it up and down. "Still not wet. Good. I'd hate to have to smelt it today."

"Because--?"

"Did you not pick up what I was putting down? You're coming with me." She presses you forward and you can see the threshold of town before you. Once you enter, she hushes down a little, a few people passing you two. It's hard to strain your ears to hear her with the music playing. "Just let me do the talking."

"Why do you want me to come along?" You whisper back.

"Wouldn't hurt to have backup, y'know." She slugs you gently. "Try to look intimidating, okay?"

"Like this?" You do your best impression of someone that'd make even Gabriel shudder.

"So, about that warrior's spirit..." Petra looks like she's regretting being in your presence. You deflate a little.

"Jesse!" Axel's voice drags you from your embarrassed show.

"And Petra...?" Olivia looks almost like Petra just hopped out of the shadows. Your eyes glance to the building behind her. Your build.

"Haha yep, We all know Petra and how super super close we are!" You say and Petra looks like she wishes that mob horde had killed her. "Ugh. Fine, she saved me while I was looking for Reuben." Reuben hops over your feet and runs a full circle around your friends' legs. Olivia scritches him behind the ear and he leans into her hand.

"You couldn't save the costume?" Axel sounds like his heart's been torn out. You awkwardly flick some hair back.

"Yeah, it was pretty... singed." It's a half lie. Not like you'd remember where it is now anyway.

"Sorry we didn't come with." Axel gestures a little awkwardly.

"Oh come on, I handled myself out there. Give me some credit." You smirk. Petra clears her throat. "What? You said I fought valiantly."

"There's a fine line between brave and suicidal. Just because you got lucky tiptoeing it..."

"Whatever." You fire back.

"I should have let the mobs eat you." Petra nearly tackles you to the ground and you laugh so hard it hurts.

"Oh, break it up you two! I wanna savor my first win!" Olivia pleads. You wiggle out of Petra's grasp and look up at your build. A few plucky cosplayers sit at one of the dragon's thin feet, discussing the origin and effort of their costumes. You can hear Olivia poke Axel and ask why he didn't end up joining in.

The fireworks seem to have finally run out and your build appears to be more akin to a hangout now. As you peer back at the cosplayers, you wonder why they seem they're missing someone. That's weird. The Order only has four members. Right?

"I still can't believe we won." You say.

"I really wish I could have gotten that part in the back to look better." Olivia admits. Maybe you shouldn't focus on that. You stand before it, peering up at the grand dragon. It seems Reuben still wishes he could be flairing his own set of wings at it.

You feel Petra tap you on the shoulder. "Can I steal you for a minute?"

"Oh, right." You stammer.

"Wow, subtle." Olivia comments as Reuben jumps at her heels. It seems he'll be heading off with them. Probably for the best.

"Ah... Well! Nothing to see here." You back away and you can feel Petra die inside again.

"...As a punch to the face." Olivia scrunches up her face. "Axel and I were gonna head into Endercon anyway. See you in there?"

"Dibs on the free cake by the map booth!"

"That stuff tastes terrible, Axel!"

"Really? I like how they make it."

"They bake it... It takes forever and it doesn't even---" You can't make out the last of Olivia's words as they head off. Damn. You kind of wanted to hear the cake gossip.

"Focus, Jesse. We're supposed to meet in there." Petra points to an alley that's barely bright enough to ward off mobs.

"In the dark alley?"

"You think a trade like this will happen in the light?" Petra scoffs before heading into the alley. You follow her, head on a swivel. This doesn't seem right. She looks around, utterly bewildered. "He said this alley. This time... That's weird."

Eyes peering around, you spy a chest. You step to it and Petra grabs you on the arm. "What? I'm just trying to get a look at it."

"That's stealing."

"I wasn't gonna open it!" You bark back. "I was gonna say that he's probably meeting us here." Petra releases your arm and looks at the chest. She tilts her head.

"Why would he do that?"

"Either a test of good will or he's an idiot." You respond. "Do you really want to give a guy who'd dump diamonds into a chest a Wither skull?"

"Ahem." A voice rouses you from your monologue and you nearly hop onto Petra's shoulders. She presses you back and her face drops into a grimace.

"Ivor. Hey." She steps forward. You eye up the stranger. His eyes carry something heavy, almost like he's calculating every move. His eyes pass from Petra to you.

"You said this was between us. Not some scared little fresh spawn you snatched out of the woods." He turns his head up and you feel offense twist inside you. Is he really doing the whole 'not even worth my sight' gesture on you? You meet his gaze. He tries to turn to Petra. You keep staring at him.

"He's here to make sure you keep your end of the bargain. Isn't that right, Jesse?" She pats you on the shoulder and you harden your gaze.

"Keep your eyes off, I'm not armed." Ivor retorts, gaze falling onto you. There you go.

"What do you need the skull for, Ivor?" You keep your eyes locked on him.

"Can't a man have a hobby?" He steps to you, raising his head above you. You flick your gaze off him for a moment. "I collect things. That's all." He looks back to Petra. "You have the skull, correct?"

She pulls it out and hands it to him. He examines it as if it'll grow legs and jump out of his hands.

"I already know you saw the chest." He looks over the skull, gaze locked onto you for a moment before peering back to the skull in his hands. "Go on now, you've earned it." You're about to look back at him before Petra pulls you back to the chest.

Well, he's been willing to be vulnerable, a chest out here and all. You let Petra open it. It's her spoils, after all. You peer down into the chest and nearly jolt back.

"Lapis? Lapis? Are you trying to---!" She turns and he's gone. It's like he was never there at all. You charge out of the alley and realize with horror that he's gotten the jump on you. You hear Petra hiss in some air through her teeth. "Oh he's deadder than the damn skeleton I plucked that skull from."

You try and figure out what the hell to do next. What could he want with a Wither skull? Come on, dammit, think for a moment!

"Wait..." You gasp and nearly stumble back. "Nobody collects Wither skulls."

"What?" Petra looks at you like you've uttered something ludicrous. She looks like she's about to shake a thought back into your head.

"It's suicidal. Any self respecting trophy collector is told to stay away from them! You... Anyone could break in with enough soul sand to make a Wither!" You look to Petra. "You should know this, you got the Star!"

"That was a trade with---oh dammit!" She curses and nearly slams a fist into the nearby wall. "Of course a sleazeball willing to summon a Wither would do that."

"We're going to stop him." You retort.

"And how are you planning on doing that, genius?"

Combing Endercon for him might be ridiculous... But someone might have seen him. He might have gone somewhere you can't quite fathom. Who knows if he's really going to stick around for Endercon? But with Gabriel here... Withers are often used for sabotage. That's why they require a ton of permission to even get clearance to start making one.

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I'm in love with this idea, you and your boyfriend are really creative!!!

Here’s a teaser poster of a project I’ve been working on for quite awhile now!

Tainted Pasts

Just after Thanksgiving break of 1987. Seniors, Jesse Anderson, Olivia Collins, Axel Crawford, and Petra Miller all get back into the groove of their final year of high school. All of them have big dreams to chase and want to leave behind their socially suffocating small town of Beacon Peak, Oregon. The four friends were hoping to have an uneventful senior year, but unfortunately, fate had other plans.

Within a month, attacks and murders all across town start propping up. The killer, getting away Scott-free with almost zero evidence to link them to their brutal crimes. The victims seem random, ranging from high school students, to beloved town residents. The town government and local authorities are overwhelmed and receiving backlash with no one getting put behind bars.

Jesse and the gang decide to take it upon themselves to help with the investigations by simply just finding any clues in their local library archives, anything that could help them find any evidence or links to these murders that might have a deeper meaning to them. Along the way, the four friends recruit another senior named Lukas Woods. He’s an enemy of theirs but with what’s going on with the dire situation, the friends decide to put their rocky beginnings in the past and to help each other in the present to maybe find a way to help the authorities catch the murderer.

Unbeknownst to the five of them, they would get themselves tangled into the revenge plot of a crazed serial killer who has a tainted past with the town and the people who call it home. Not only will the five of them put themselves at risk and into life or death situations, but everyone else around them in their lives will be pulled into as well.

Lots of text below for context! 👇

This is my au Tainted Pasts! It’s a 1980s horror movie inspired au because I have a stupid crazy hyper fixation with the 80s! This au contains a lot and I have so much planned with it, in terms of art and the narrative itself. A lot of characters will be featured from MCSM with the main protagonists being of course ‘The New Order of the Stone.’ And the main villain will be none other than the White Pumpkin!!!

Romance will also heavily be involved with this fic, very specifically and mainly, Jesskas (Green Sus. Jesse X Lukas)

This fanfic wouldn’t be possible without my lovely boyfriend @legendoffreakshit. He’s the one that helped me come up with this wild au in the first place! We’ve been having a ton of fun figuring out the plot of this au, with connecting key major events, figuring out the murderer’s motives, and the roles of the MCSM characters in this universe.

There will also be very heavy topics such as: Violence, Guns, Drugs / Drug Mentions, Blood, Mild Gore, Assault, Alcohol, Period Typical Racism, Period Typical Homophobia, Strong Language, Death / Murder, and etc.

So if any of those warnings bother you, this probably isn’t the au for you because this fic will be HEAVY.

Lastly after what seems like rambling and information all over the place. I’d like to say that this is my first fanfic I’ve ever made. I’ve been doing a lot of research and learning off of friends works on how to write narratively. So, take my fic with a grain of salt with my amateur writing skills. Not to mention, my inconsistency when it comes to posting. There’s chances that chapters could take a long time getting posted. But, I hope that information doesn’t discourage you from checking out my fic! It would mean a lot for just anyone to check it out. It’s something that I’ve worked on for a long time and I’m very passionate about it and excited to share it to the MCSM community despite my severe anxiety.

With that being said, thank you if you’ve read all of this! And if you are looking forward to the fic, chapter one will be releasing very soon! So see ya then!

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This is to all the ronarry shippers out there, you know how when you like a ship so much, you start thinking "this song reminds me of them".

Well, there are two songs that come to mind about ronarry.(in my opinion) And they are "Fantastic" by King Princess from the Arcane S2 Soundtrack, and "Cloud 9" by Beach Bunny(you know, the one that goes "but when he loves me, I feel like I'm floating.")

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“Yeah, I think so. Being good is good. Despite the circumstances.”

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These are all absolutely fitting. Nice work.

They're just teenage dirtbags, baby. Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with them, ooh 🎶🎵🎶

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Once again:

Liking HP or reading HP fics DOESN'T make you transphobic.

SUPPORTING JKR does.

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They also should have went to The Yule Ball together, that's just facts.

Harry and Ron should’ve kissed after the second task btw

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Omid asks the real questions- Long Road Ahead.

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Lukas is the perfect boyfriend material. You have this blonde man with perfect hair (said by both Olivia and Jesse) that's loyal like a puppy dog and loves animals and nature. I mean he literally follows Jesse to hell and unlike Petra who starts screaming at Jesse because just like her Jesse can't find the way home in the portal world. He even tries to calm her down and defuse the situation, he makes sure Jesse won't leave Petra behind because he's mad. His character is also so sad though. I mean think about it, he gets ditched by his friends for a lifetime because he decided he doesn't want to be an asshole anymore and instead of getting a wakeup call Aiden tries to murder him?? If you pick to save Lukas when he is chipped he will ask you why you picked him as if he didn't expect you to save him. I have. Headcanon that Lukas was worried the order of the stone would ditch him too. I want to hug him to hell and back he was not done right

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I really love this, and I love how Ahsoka is wondering "Ok, i could have swore Luke was literally behind me, now where is he?"

Skybridger week day 2: No Order 66 AU! Featuring some irresponsible padawans who’ve lost track of time, and some bonus baby doodles.

Was initially going to try do a drawing of them as fully fledged knights too, but alas, never quite got that far.

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So, I feel the need to say this.

Everytime I reread "The Goblet of Fire", I always look at Ron and Harry whole deal in that book(the "break up", the "getting back together,", Ron is apparently the one Harry teasures most)

And I can't help but wonder why no one has made a "Characters read the Harry Potter books to the Great Hall" where people start looking at all of that and they all start wondering, "this is starting to sound less like friendship and something more personal". And it causes them to look back at every interaction before this to see what else they missed.

And I've seen Percy Jackson do this before with those "reading the books" series, and they usually tend to have Percy with someone other than Annabeth and add "sections" where it fits with the fic's universe.(like, the sections are underlined)

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I always like that when you have to choose who gets food, the first two pieces of food almost always go to Duck and Clementine(bonus points if Duck gets the jerky and Clem gets the apple). And then the last two pieces tend to go to whoever you want to make happy.

It really doesn't surprise me that Clementine and Duck are the top two choices of who gets food(and it gets to the point where I want to punch whoever is in the 5% of people who didnt.)

I'm replaying the HELL out of Starved for Help rn so I can make these upcoming chapters the best they can be (the first time 'round)

The neat part is clicking option combos I usually never hit on instinct. Like who tf feeds Larry?

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I started shipping Parksborn back when the 2017 Spiderman show was still making new episode. So I know how your feeling.

HARRY SAID THE THING

OMG FUCK

DISNEY BETTER NOT FUCKING DO US DIRTY THIS TIME. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO CUT ON THEIR BULLSHIT.

BIDERMAN MIGHT BE ACTUALLY CANON THIS TIME

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That is true, especially the shot of Zethrid being shot and falling. She was definitely supposed to go in the lava.

So, when I saw your post about it being obvious that the Season 8 we got was heavily edited and changed. It made me go on the Voltron TV Tropes page and search the "What Could Have Been" page, and I found this on there.

It is quoted like this:

"Ezor and Zethrid were supposed to both die: Ezor being killed in the explosion in Season 7 and Zethrid being killed trying to avenge her in Season 8. To avoid more Bury Your Gays controversy, the Season 8 episode in question was rewritten so that Zethrid was angry about Ezor leaving her rather than being killed, Keith then saves Zethrid and she is reunited and reconciled with Ezor. The fact that they do very little after this and that Ezor's voice actress wasn't even brought back (instead it was Allura's voice actress voicing her instead) is a dead giveaway that something got changed in production."

I just wanted to show this to you, I can't wait for any future posts on here.

Hi Hi!! Thank you for sending this through - this is actually going to be addressed in the meta too. I can confirm 100% that Ezor was never meant to come back. She died in Season 7. That's the whole motivation and driving force as to why the episode even occurs; Zethrid seeking revenge on Keith for the loss of their partner in crime.

Team Purple Lion also covered this in great detail too, but I'll definitely address it within this meta.

There was a consistent theme in the first half of Season 8:

"The paladins didn't always make the right decisions."