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blackbird-brewster · 1 year ago

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Meta: Jemily Queerbaiting

With the huge influx of posts saying 'Jemily is gonna be canon', I really appreciated seeing this post because OP was completely correct. I didn't want to write an entire dissertation as a reply, so I'm making my own post with my personal opinion on this. (All sources are noted in footnotes)

Before I began this rant, for anyone who thinks this is anti-Jemily. It is not. I have shipped Jemily for 18 friggin years and that's never going to change. This post is specifically my thoughts about queer baiting.

First off, I need to note that the showrunners (and the cast members who use social media) KNOW what a huge queer following this show has and that's why we got pansexual Tara Lewis in S16 [1]. Which, in itself, was SOOOOOOO important!!! Our first canonically queer main in SIXTEEN seasons was a middle-aged Black woman!!! That's phenomenal. (The fact it was horrible rep, because they instantly ruined her relationships once her queerness served it's plot point is a whole other post entirely)

In my opinion, the 'big Jemily moment' Paget posted about on Twitter [2] (and AJ hinted at during a recent IG live) is simply queerbaiting to get people to watch S17. I know a lot of you are newer to the fandom and I love your enthusiasm, I really do, ship and let ship, but listen, let's be real, Jemily is not going to be made canon. The showrunners aren't going to suddenly say (after 17 seasons) 'Surprise, Jemily is endgame'. This show has never cared about queer rep and now that CBS/Paramount have already ticked their queer rep box with Tara, they won't be in any rush to add any other characters to it.

Please buckle in, I've got a lot of thoughts on this matter --

What is Queerbaiting?

If you aren't aware of what queerbaiting is, here's a good definition:

Historically, queerbaiting has carried two meanings: the first is an act of aggressive heterosexuality to shut down queer subtext on screen while still teasing and catering to the queer audience in advertising, public relations, and fan engagement strategies; the second is an existing homoerotic tension between two characters played up on screen while met with derision by the professionals behind the scenes. [3]

The Medium article quoted here is from 2017, a time when parasocial relationships were really starting to take over social media. In 2024, actors are now only a mention or tag away online, they have direct conversations with fans, and this process has allowed for an even deeper form of queerbaiting.

Oftentimes online, actors are asked directly about certain ships and while some ignore these questions (usually to avoid breaking their contracts or other repercussions), others (looking at you, Paget) choose to instead tease fans about queer ships. She's done this for years upon years and if I've learned anything in the past twenty-years of existing in fandom spaces it's this -- don't hold your breath. In it's original meaning, for something to be deemed as queerbaiting there had to be malicious, or at least, purposeful intent to string queer fans along by teasing them with suggestive content about the ship in question, while knowing this ship will never come to fruition in canon.

The thing to remember is, Paget and AJ aren't the only ones who know about Jemily shippers -- the network and showrunners are well aware of this ship too. When networks/showrunners figure out they have a strong sapphic fanbase, they love to use that to their advantage to get more viewers and higher ratings. Queerbaiting is a goldmine to keep fans watching long running shows, look at Rizzoli and Isles, Supergirl, and OUAT for examples of this.

Jemily and Queerbaiting:

Ever since Emily joined the BAU in S2 (2006), there have always been fans who ship JJ/Emily (shoutout to the old LJ forums!). Way before celebs were just a tweet away from fans, back when all our fics began with disclaimers so we wouldn't get sued by networks, we went to great lengths to keep our fanworks far removed from actors/showrunners attention.

As far as Jemily goes, this reply from Paget in a 2009 interview with TVGuide.com [4] (which has now been deleted from their site unfortunately, but there are quotes on Tumblr still [4.a]) confirmed some fans' worst fear -- the actors had found our fanworks online.

TVGuide.com: Of course, a band of fans want her to hook up with Hotch.

Brewster: I know! I didn't realize that fans make these videos on YouTube? A.J. Cook sent me a hilarious one that made it look like Prentiss and J.J. were having a secret lesbian affair. You know, when Hotch was blown up in the SUV, we shot this scene where he's in the hospital and I'm standing next to him, looking at his bleeding ear. Our director came in and said, "Paget, you're looking at Hotch like you're in love with him. It looks really weird." So now, every day, Thomas [Gibson] and I flutter our eyelids at each other.

This was the first time I recall anyone acknowledging Jemily shippers publicly and at the time (Jan 2009), the show was still in Season Four (just before CBS fired both AJ and Paget [5]). Paget genuinely said it's 'hilarious' that fans shipped JJ/Emily. Even now, I'll see people say 'We know Paget and AJ have seen Jemily fanvids, so they obviously ship it too' -- but those same people rarely acknowledge the full context of the original answer. Paget not only thought JJ/Emily were 'hilarious', but then she doubled down and turned her reply back to how she and Thomas liked to play up the chemistry between Emily/Hotch.

While no one can say for sure which video it was that AJ sent Paget, just knowing they were watching JJ/Emily fanvids sent a bit of a shockwave through the femslash side of the fandom. To some it felt like an invasion of privacy, fanworks are by fans for fans -- knowing the cast were poking around in fandom spaces added an extra layer of worry around what we fans were posting online. Fifteen years ago, it used to be quite taboo for actors to outwardly discuss shipping or other fanon for whatever show they were in, and we fans were usually comfortably removed from the actors altogether.

Of course, now it's the norm for fans and actors/showrunners to co-exist online and interact with one another. This connection has opened new ways for shows to queerbait their fans. Pretty much every show has some form of social media account now and there is no doubt that the people running those accounts keep up with the most popular ships and hashtags. Not to mention that actors are constantly barraged with questions about whether they ship their character with x,y,z, or whether they think a ship should be made canon, etc. These interactions only serve to benefit the shows themselves, because whether the conversation is for or against a certain ship, it's all just free publicity (Why do you think CM now has a TikTok account?)

Every time AJ or Paget say anything about Jemily, the queer side of the fandom loses their minds. But this has been going on for YEARS now and every single time, it turns out to be nothing but social media hype and queerbaiting. Remember this AJ post? [6] Or what about the notorious reply by Paget to a fan, where she talks about how she and AJ held hands under the table 'for the shippers' [7] I've seen this cycle over and over again, so perhaps I am cynical, but I'm not getting my hopes up that Jemily will ever seriously be canon.

It's widely known now, after both Kirsten [8] and Paget [9] have talked about it, that there was an early idea where Prentiss was supposed to be queer, but that was ultimately scraped before it ever made it on screen. For context, please remember, this show has been airing for nearly twenty years. It began in 2005, during the highly conservative Bush administration. Queer people didn't have rights in the US, we couldn't get married, we were rarely protected under discrimination laws, and we could even be fired for simply being queer (in some states). Diverse queer representation on screen was extremely limited to things like 'The L Word' and 'Queer as Folk' (both aired on Showtime, so they were behind a paywall. And as far as tLw goes, that show was extremely male-gaze focused and is horrible in nearly all regards if you try to rewatch it now). As far as prime time shows went, queer rep was even more rare. Which is why Emily wasn't queer from the get-go.

Yes, things have changed since 2006 in terms of queer rep on TV. We have a myriad of queer identities represented in TV and film nowadays, which is why I think it's so easy for newer fans to say 'lf she was supposed to be gay anyway, they should just make Emily queer in canon!' I know this is what fuels most fans' demands for Emily being confirmed queer, and I get it, I DO. I would be all for it! However, I do not, in one hundred years, actually believe that is going to happen after they already canonically queer confirmed Tara in S16. The fact we even got ONE queer character is ground-breaking for this show.

It's also worth noting, that in the time between Paget's departure in 2012 and her return in 2016, she became very active on Twitter. This was when more and more fans began asking her about Jemily and after Kirsten's AfterEllen interview, fans also pushed for Paget to address the possibility of Emily being gay. 'Pushed' is actually an understatement for some of the outright harassment she would receive. (AJ received some of this harassment too, but less so because she doesn't use social media ass often) Back then, neither of them replied to these things directly. Yet, no matter what either woman posted, the replies were full of Jemily stans begging for her acknowledgement. (Did you know 'stan' is literally a term coined for stalker fans?) I remember one time AJ's friend was missing and she posted info on her IG about it, you know what the replies were? People asking her about Jemily. It was genuinely sickening.

Within this context, it was no surprise to fans when Emily came back in S12 , she and JJ's friendship was seemingly erased. The two women were rarely on screen together in the late seasons, plus the writers saw fit to even give Emily not only one (Mark in London, but two, on-screen boyfriends for the first time in the entire series. I personally do not think these changes to Emily's character were coincidence, I saw the hellscape of what people would say to AJ and Paget online and I fully believe that upon Paget's return to the show, the showrunners purposely tried to distance JJ and Emily to dissuade the more abusive side of the fanbase.

Can I prove that, no. But it is the only reason I can think of as to why Emily S12+ seemingly didn't care about JJ anymore, despite their deep and meaningful friendship. I mean, they both CROSSED THE WORLD to go rescue each other in prior canon -- but when Emily comes back, they acted like they barely knew each other. This was even more prevalent in S16, when JJ's main storylines all revolved around Will, and Emily barely looked at JJ in the entirety of ten episodes. (Remember how Prentiss didn't even hug JJ after bomb, but she did go hug Luke?)

So, do Paget and AJ earnestly ship Jemily, or are they continuing the long tradition of queerbaiting us? Who fucking knows, not me. But based on the history of this fandom, I think I can make a safe bet. (Interestingly, if you search all of Paget's twitter for the word 'Jemily' [10] she only has 3 direct tweets mentioning the ship. I don't think it's a coincidence that two are within the past few months since they started filming S17 (the other one was a RT of Kirsten (who tagged something Jemily)

This is all to say --

Just because Paget and AJ have publicly talked about Jemily,, this doesn't mean it's ever going to happen on screen. And you know what, THAT'S OKAY!! There has been this constant outcry (after Tara became queer confirmed) of 'Do Emily next' or 'Why wasn't it Emily with a girlfriend!?' and 'Jemily needs to be canon in S17!' -- as if people believe their ships aren't worth anything unless they are canon.

That couldn't be further from the truth! Fandom is built on headcanons and fan interpretations and rare pairs and all types of shippers. Your ship does NOT need to be canon for you to enjoy it. I will ship Jemily forever, no matter what. I don't think there will be some magical queer plot in S17, at best, we might actually get to see Emily/JJ on screen together again and after the train wreck that was S16 -- I'll take whatever I can get.

And hey -- if I am completely wrong, if Erica Messer pulls a Korrasami out of her hat, I will be ecstatic. I will be happy to be proved wrong, but at the same time, I'm not going to lose sleep over it and I'm DEFINITELY not going to go hound the actors about it on social media.

Sources:

[1] 2022 Digital Spy article about the importance of Tara's coming out

[2] 04/18/24 Paget Tweet

[3] 2017 Queerbaiting article from medium.com

[4] 2009 Broken TVGuide link

[4.a] Tumblr quote from the above TVGuide Interview

[5] 2010 Kirsten interview screenrant.com

[6] 2019 AJ Instagram Post

[7] 2020 Paget video on Twitter (via @karasluthqr)

[8] 2015 Kirsten interview AfterEllen.com

[9] 2016 Paget Interview CriminalMindsFans.com

[10] @PagetPaget search 'Jemily'

#criminal minds #emily prentiss #jennifer jareau #paget brewster #aj cook #cm commentary #queerbaiting #cm meta #criminal minds evolution #cm evolution #my writing #long post

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nightfurynova1217 · 10 months ago

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Crazy revelation I just had about Soichiro's death. This occurred to me while writing a Beyond Birthday fic, and specifically having to keep in mind that death does not surprise him. Sure, he doesn't know how it'll happen, but he always knows when.

It's glossed over if not outright cut from the anime, but it's addressed in a blink-and-ya-miss-it way in the manga, that Soichiro was planning to commit suicide after the raid to Mello's base (for those who were unaware of that fact, it's because he believes his involvement in the case is putting his family in danger, as evidenced by Sayu being kidnapped). The reason he doesn't is obviously because he dies before then, because he cut his time in half after making the eye deal with Ryuk, and instead dies via gunshot wounds and the explosion. Soichiro's life was not taken by a death note, his lifespan was not completely cut short "before his time". My point is, his timer ran out.

MISA. HAS. THE. EYES.

Whether or not she would have figured out the exact formula for how long each tick is, or if she would have calculated the exact date and time, she would have at least seen that Soichiro didn't have much time left compared to everyone else. And she ABSOLUTELY would have told Light. A shinigami would never tell a human how much time they have left, or their loved ones, but there's no rule saying a human with the eyes can't. Even if she never calculates the exact time, she'd notice how much it's ticking down per day and could gauge about how much longer he'd have left. If you think she wouldn't, I'd like to point out that this is her future father-in-law. She would have made the effort. Even if for no other reason than to tell her long-term lover and boyfriend (whom she has lived with for nearly five years now, is her literal partner-in-crime, mastermind behind the schemes, and friggin Lord Kira himself), that his father is going to die in roughly X amount of time. Misa lost both her parents. She knows that pain. She would absolutely want to spare Light from it. She can't save him from it completely, she can't prevent Soichiro's death, but she can brace him for it.

All that now to say, it makes me wonder. Did Light know he was more-or-less sending his father to his death on that mission to raid Mello's base and get the death note back? What we see in both the anime and manga, it seems to suggest that he didn't know and it took him completely by surprise. But logically... he would have at least had an idea that it would be soon.

Now with that lens, while in the hospital and his dad is literally dying, it makes his internal dialogue about "how would a normal person react to this" make a lot more sense than that he has to pretend to care that his dad is dying. It's much less a matter of, "Light is a psychopath and doesn't care about anything other than his goals". It's now more like "he knew his dad's death was coming and has already come to terms with it". That's why it's not fazing him. I will concede that he didn't know that this would be how, or again, he knew it'd be soon but not today, so there's that aspect to consider (I bring that up to say that I like to think Light didn't put on a performance when he started crying, I wanna believe that was legit and he was grieving). But I'm totally open for friendly, civil discussion here.

I rewatched and reread the scene in question and, from a meta standpoint, I'm sure that Ohba just forgot and didn't consider that Misa would know he'd die. But from a character standpoint, I think it shifts the perspective on the scene and adds some interesting nuance.

Thoughts?

#death note #death note analysis #my post #Nova talks #Soichiro Yagami #Light Yagami #Misa Amane

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beardedmrbean · 2 years ago

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Ravioli/raviolo anon here. It occurred to me that I never followed up on my story of how I escaped my roommate's various attempts on my life and I managed to dodge them all like some drunken Mr. Bean. (Is that what I said? I hardly remember, lol. For the record, I don't really drink so much anymore. After I walked home from a birthday celebration a few years back (it wasn't a rager or anything, the bar was just across the road and my birthday is in February so we didn't want to go far) and coldcocked my dome running at top speed into a fence (I was trying to make it into the exit gate before it closed, didn't realize there was a post that came out horizontally across because I don't see very well on account of the fact that I wear colored lenses), I cracked my skull and you can still see where I hit the fence (on my head, I mean, it was a wrought iron fence so I assume I didn't damage it but I never checked), so that's when I realized it was time to slow down).

So it WAS a true story, (I don't really watch television or read much though so if it does resemble a piece of media, I wouldn't know it, lol). Anyway, since I tend to ramble, I will make an effort to keep this in the realm of "less than a novel" but I can't exactly make any promises. I don't know how to add a "read more" or anything fancy like that so in the interest of shortening it I won't be offended if you screenshot only the important parts or even just don't answer it, lol.

There's a little bit of backstory about how I ended up living with the roommate and why he wanted to kill me, long story short he was in the hole about $1600 with me because he bought a motorcycle from me but was "still making payments" on it. He suggested I come room with him in this cheap apartment while we both drove for UPS for peak season. He got fired day two on the job, and so after that he planned to rob me as soon as I finished the season. (In addition to never paying for the bike). I'm a simple guy, though, so I really only had my truck (worthless) and a mattress, and I was just working for the love of the sport so I sent all my checks to my mother and had her send me back a hundred a week. So he can't rob me, so he decides at this point he's mad enough to kill me, and thinks himself pretty clever and that he can do it without getting caught.

About a week into this nonsense, he tells me he's got a job interview in NYC or something, he's gonna be gone tonight, whatever. I'm like, fine, no big deal, hope you get the job, buddy, I'm pretty terrible at this whole UPS thing so I'll be back at midnight or something when I'm done my route. I get home, and I'm about to go to bed, and that's when I decided at about 1AM I sincerely want a grilled cheese sandwich. So I got up, drove across town, and went over to a buddy's house for grilled cheese at 1AM. Come to find out we had a gas leak all night and my roommate is just VERY SHOCKED that we BOTH happened to be out, what are the odds. I'm all "hey, man, God is good, I'll drink to that, get me another beer".

Not long after that, I finish my route at who friggin' knows how late, I'm the last guy in the lot, even the security guards have gone home, and my truck (which cannot be locked, I don't have a key for the door so I leave it unlocked) is, what the heck, locked. I have no way of calling my roommate (same reason why I drove across town to find my buddy instead of just calling and asking: I didn't have a phone at the time), and it's looking like I might just freeze to death out here because it's -3F and it's after midnight in New England, so there's nobody out and about. Well, nobody, except this old Russian guy who sees me standing next to my truck, asks if I need help, and when I tell him I'm locked out, he tells me he's been in prison a few times for carjacking and will get me into my truck in no time. Which he does. So I bring him home with me and we have a beer (he had a few more than me, I had to work in the morning. You know how it is.) (And for the record I have never driven under the influence. I didn't go to college, my CDL is all I have. I don't dick around with that.)

So at this point, my roommate is pretty pissed. I'm either too hammered or too tired to notice. UPS is really kicking my ass. It's finally Christmas time, time to celebrate the end of peak season with a trip to the bar, oorah. He gives me a bottle of Poland Springs and says to drink the whole thing, it's water and we're gonna be drinking hard tonight, gotta hydrate or die-drate, bitch. I knock it back and wouldn't you know it, that son of a bitch didn't give me water, this is straight Everclear. I get to the bar and I'm already sick, I go straight to the toilet and barf all over the place. Somewhere along the line I went up to the bar and started dozing off, at which point they kicked me out, so roommate says "don't worry, I'm gonna take him home". Not sure what the plan from there was, tbqh. I DO know that I realized about halfway out of the city that we weren't headed back to our apartment, and that we were headed towards either Connecticut or NYC, and I told him I wanted to go back home because I did NOT want to go to NYC because if we were going to NYC, that meant we were probably going to watch Eric Andre with his boring cousin in Queens and I was really not in the mood. I'm pretty sure he planned on dumping me somewhere on the highway where I'd freeze to death, and I was slipping back and forth out of consciousness, but I was SO consumed by how badly I did NOT want to go to Queens and watch Eric Andre, I called the cops and told them I was being kidnapped to watch Eric Andre. They were more concerned about the kidnapping part for some reason, (criminal restraint, I think is actually what they called it), caught up to roommate and I halfway out of Clifton Park (we'd apparently been doing 110MPH on the freeway and he was swerving all over the place) and he got arrested.

The next morning the cops told me I should press charges, but that meant staying in the state (because I'd have to be there when it went to trial) and I had other plans. So, I let karma do its work on the roommate (no idea where he is now or what's become of him, but I do know he lost his license and later blew every cent he had on some raffle scam for a Toyota out in California), packed up my stuff, and moseyed on.

I'm marathoning The Twilight Zone with a friend online today (watching the same eps on the same service) this was wilder than any episode I've seen ever.

#anonymous #unhinged story time #this is incredible #waiting for more story to come #if there is any

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smolwritingchick · 1 year ago

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Smol Oneshot: First Fight

Author's Note: Well since I'm on my computer, I'll share this old thing I wrote years ago from my documents. I am still trying to figure out what I want Jennie (OC) and Jungkook's first fight as a couple to be. But it will happen in 2017. I do plan to put this in my story. I may add on and modify it as well. Let this hold you! :)

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The members selected to go bowling and Jungkook decided to join. But while there, he was scowling the whole time and watched the game instead of joining like he would normally do. Adjusting the black cap on his head, he angrily glanced at Namjoon and Angelina, who were acting all mushy together.

The Golden Maknae rolled his eyes. This was a bad idea. Why did he come here? This would only make him madder since he didn’t have his girl with him. It irked him to see happy couples around. He glanced at the empty seat next to him. That seat was supposed to be for Jennie. But a few days ago, they had their first fight as a couple.

Jungkook was frustrated. This was his first serious relationship and he didn’t know how to handle the situation. Some things were said, and things got heated during their argument. But despite all of that, he still loved her dearly and lowkey wished that she would apologize first so they could move on. Jennie probably felt the same way, hoping he would apologize since they both were as stubborn as ever. Jennie had a mouth when she got upset. She remained firm and voiced her opinion until she said what she had to say in their argument. She wasn’t one to back down so easily. She tried her best not to lash out and had trouble keeping her mouth shut but he kept pushing her buttons. And she kept pushing his.

Were relationships always this hard?

You feel like everything is perfect but after one fight, you feel like your world is crashing down and things may come to an end.

Do all couples deal with fights like this?

How do couples overcome issues like this?

Were they freaking out over nothing and things will be back the way they were soon?

Sure, they bicker from time to time and have disagreements but it was never this bad. The day after their fight, the members noticed the tension, right away. The 95 Liners freaked out, worried to death when they didn’t see JenKook together. It startled everyone to see that they hadn’t said a word to one another. Their managers and Bang PD were even concerned.

JenKook began to ignore each other, keeping their distance. But over time, the members would regard the couple stealing glances at one another, unmistakably indicating that they missed each other. All Jungkook wanted to do was hold and kiss her but he assumed that she was still mad at him.

Having enough, Jungkook snapped at Angelina and Namjoon after seeing them kiss. “Can you two stop kissing in front of me like that!? I didn’t come here for a friggin’ show!”

His sudden shout prompted the members to stare at him, startled. The Golden Maknae immediately got scolded by a few of his hyungs for how he was acting.

“Unnecessary! Apologize, right now! That was so rude of you," Jin said with a disappointed look.

Angelina frowned, understanding what he had said in Korean. It was clear that Jungkook was hurting. She knew he didn’t mean it. He just wanted Jennie, and she was damn sure that Jennie was hurting as well and wanted him, too.

She thought about their conversation earlier today.

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“Are you seriously not going to bowl with us? So, what are you gonna do? Stay in the hotel all day? Girl, if you don’t join us.” Angelina exclaimed, crossing her arms in front of Jennie who was seated on her bed.

“I just don’t want to go. I don’t feel like bowling, okay?” she responded.

“Is this because of your boyfriend?”

From the look on Jen’s face, she was right.

Jennie didn’t want to upset Jungkook even more, so she decided to give him space until they cooled down. Seeing him so upset during that fight broke her heart and Jungkook felt the same, seeing her so upset with him.

Jen admitted that she was scared. This was their first big fight and she was wondering how they would recover from this. She did not want to give up on him and she refused to allow her relationship with him to end over a fight.

As time went on, all she wanted to do was hug and show him how much he meant to her but she still stayed away, assuming that he didn’t want to speak with her anytime soon.

“I seriously think that you two need to be locked in a bedroom, together. Nothing like love and physical affection after you two finally decide to talk it out~.” Angelina teased, hoping to get some type of reaction out of her but it didn’t work. “Okay, but seriously. You two should really talk it out.”

Angelina also reminded Jennie that she felt the same. She felt frustrated and furious with Namjoon but Jen had helped her when they had their first fight.

“I was this close to breaking up with Namjoon. But who talked some sense into me and gave me advice? You. You gave me a long ass pep talk and you told me that communication is key. Remember? This time, follow your own advice. Communicate with your man. Things will be OK.”

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Jungkook stood up and grumbled. “I’m leaving...”

Watching him storm off, Namjoon sighed and rubbed his temples while Hobi said, “I did not think it was this bad.”

“All right, we are fixing this ASAP! Jimin and I did not spend months trying to get Jennie and Jungkook together only for it to end over a bad fight. We gotta do something!” Taehyung suggested.

“Yeah! My heart is aching over this! This is not supposed to happen!” Jimin whined.

And they did as the members forced JenKook to go out to dinner with them the next evening. No matter what excuse they made, everyone made sure to drag them to dinner. It was so weird to not have JenKook drive everyone crazy with their goofy antics and not seeing them so close. Things needed to go back to normal.

Being sly at dinner, Taehyung and Jimin, made the couple sit across from each other at the table. Everyone watched their every move, noticing the accidental touches when they were getting food. Throughout the night, the Golden Couple would unintentionally brush their feet and legs against one another. The endless staring and averting of their eyes also amused the members.

“I saw that.” Jimin sipped his drink.

“I did too,” Hobi murmured.

“Mm-Hm,” Taehyung added.

After dinner, the members went roller skating to pass the time. Jen was glad that she went because it was hilarious to see everyone falling on their asses and bumping into people. It had been a while since she went roller skating, and as she skated around, she ended up losing her balance and prepared for the worst.

Abruptly, her Golden Boyfriend came to her rescue, catching her just in time. It was like he had been watching her, making sure she was safe ever since she put her skates on. Feeling his warm hands on her skin, gave her that strong urge to hug him as he helped her balance and stand on her feet.

His eyes showed concern and tenderness as he murmured, “You all right?”

After she told him she was fine, he went on to skate ahead and she realized how much she missed him. She finally decided that she was going to pull him aside and ask to talk about their fight in private after they were done skating. No more being stubborn about this.

Minutes later, it was Jungkook that had fallen on the floor thanks to Hobi accidentally bumping into him. Seeing a pair of skates by his legs, Jungkook looked up to see Jennie extending her hand. It seemed like she was trying not to laugh at how “gracefully” he fell. That smile she was fighting warmed his heart as he took her hand.

After helping him up, she said, “Be careful,” before skating away.

Once she was done skating, Jen exchanged her skates for her shoes, thinking of how she should approach Jungkook. She then noticed that he was exchanging his skates as well when she turned in his direction.

“Babe, can we please talk?”

“Honey, can we please talk?”

They both said simultaneously. Hearing them use one of their names for each other made their hearts flutter. It was moments like that where they could never remain mad at each other.

“I guess we were both thinking the same thing.” he smiled softly, rubbing the back of his neck.

“I wanted to speak with you privately about our fight. We should sit down and talk about it.”

“Yeah. Let’s walk back to the hotel to talk. Get away from the public.” he gently grabbed her hand, walking her outside.

What they both wanted to do was sit down, talk about the argument, resolve it, and move on so they could be happy again. It seemed like they were about to move in the right direction to make up.

“Hey, look! They’re leaving together!” Taehyung happily announced.

Jimin, getting so excited while skating and watching them leave, smacked himself against the wall and fell. Loud laughter was heard from the members as they teased him. After pulling themselves together, they sat down, discussing JenKook.

“Finally talking like adults. About time.” Angelina sighed out of relief.

“Should we head back, too? Should we really leave them alone like that? Don’t you think we should make sure they’re fine?” Jin suggested.

“No way!” Taehyung exclaimed. “We’re staying here!”

“Nah, leave them alone,” Yoongi responded.

“They’re fine and besides those kids need some serious alone time,” Namjoon added. “Let them get it all out of their systems and talk it out.”

The 95 Liners glanced at each other with knowing looks and giggled to themselves.

“Yeah, let them talk it out.” Taehyung went on, nudging Jimin.

“Yeah, talk,” Jimin responded sarcastically with an amused look.

#smol oneshot #smol drabble #jungkook fluff #smol ideas #smolwritingchick #the bangtan gal #jungkook x black oc

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eisforeidolon · 1 year ago

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Question: Is there anything that was written into SPN that you guys were like, absolutely no friggin' way, we're not filming it, it's not happening? Or that you were dreadfully uncomfortable and told them that and you had to do it anyway?

Rich: I didn't do a lot of episodes, this question's for you.

Jensen: I'll give you two, two thin- the answer is no. There was never anything that would - I mean, we were on network television, there's not a whole lot that you can do, because of standards and practices. So we were never asked to do something that I think was outside of a comfort zone. Which is why when Eric got his hands on me outside of that comfort zone? He took full advantage of it. But on Supernatural it was more like things - you know, when a director would come in and say - into the galley, the kitchen, of the Men of Letters - and be like, it's just so drab in here, I think maybe we should add some flowers, let's put some vases and some flowers. And then didn't check with anyone -

Rich: It was not me! Just real quickly [Jensen whispers something behind his hand] Oh really?

Jensen: And took some urns and was like, let's just dump that out and let's put some flowers in there and then - And meanwhile, the crew's like [backs away slowly]. And then I walk on set and I'm like, [points] what's goin' on there? What're we doin'? And they're all, we're just adding a little color to the palette. And I'm like, No. Well, we're gonna start out on the flowers, on the carnations and we're gonna come up and find you walking in. And I was like, I'll be right back. And I walked off set and I quickly called Jerry Wanek, our production designer, and I was like, [pretends to hold phone to his ear] Hey Jerry. Yeah. He's got flowers on the island in the Men of Letters. [muffled gruff voice] What?!? [imitates gruff ranting sans words from other end of phone]. That's what I thought. See you in a second. [pretends to hang up] Jerry came flying down to set, literally. Just like, no no, this has been established, these guys, have you watched - do you know what show you're on?

Rich: Yeah, that'd be the question, right?

Jensen: So it was more like things like that. It was more preserving I think what we have built and less about an uncomfortability. It was like, no, that's not what we do here. And that's fine. Like some people came in and they had their own ideas and we just shut them down.

#jibcon 2024 #closing panel

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mikibwrites · 2 years ago

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Seven-Sentence-Inspiration-WIP-something Day!

Hi all! Thank you for everyone who tagged me on Sunday and today: @taralaurel @bonheur-cafe @carlos-in-glasses @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @lemonlyman-dotcom @alrightbuckaroo @chaotictarlos @sanjuwrites I decided to shove it all in one post lol. Here is a much-longer-than-seven-sentences bit of my @tarlosweeklyprompts Back to School prompt fill! For this fic, since we already have so many fics of Tarlos attending UT (which makes sense!) I decided to send them to my own alma mater instead :)

He can open a damned door and face what’s on the other side.

He doesn’t get the chance to, however, because as soon as his nerve is bucked up, the door swings open to reveal an absolutely devastating scene: TK, rumpled and sleepy, dressed in only a pair of gray sweatpants and carrying his shower caddy. His hair is adorably mussed and his eyes are tired but bright.

The worst part? They brighten even further when he sees Carlos standing on the threshold. All of a sudden, he becomes so animated that Carlos would have thought this was 8pm and not 8am.

“Carlos! Hey! I didn’t hear you come in last night, did you pull an all-nighter? You know it was a Friday, right? You don’t have anything due today. Did you lose track of time again, like that one time during midterms where you thought it was Wednesday but it was actually Friday because you’d gone so long on only caffeine and snickers that you forgot to charge your phone? I keep telling you you’re gonna run yourself ragged, man! You gotta have some fun once in a while. Are you studying today? Oh shit, you have that chem test on Tuesday. Are you going to the Library? Cuz I gotta stop by the SUB to pick up a book so, like, I could walk with you if you want?”

Carlos can physically see him clamp his jaw shut, and it looks like it takes effort. TK is chatty on a good day, but Carlos has never seen him filibuster for that long on inane chatter on only one breath. Carlos could swear TK is blushing, but it must be a trick of the light.

It takes him a moment to find his voice. “Uh, yeah. Yeah, I’m studying today, just came to get my chem book. And yeah, I was, uh, I was in the library all night.” He adds a shrug that he hopes doesn’t look forced or calculated, and tries to smile. He’s not sure how it turns out.

TK, for his part, almost visibly relaxes. Huh.

As usual I"m super friggin late, so I'm definitely not sure who's done this yet, but I'll tag those who I would have tagged anyway (including the peeps up top!): @lightningboltreader @welcometololaland @liminalmemories21 @lutavero @wandering-night19

#wip wednesday #but also #inspiration saturday #and #seven sentence sunday #tarlos #911 lone star #my fics

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question-why-not · 2 years ago

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Ok, so i happened to watch Panda's tiktoks on how to possibly canonize the Jason Todd vote, and it gave me an idea for what a really good live action Under The Red Hood movie could potentially look like? Like, my idea of what could potentially make for a GREAT big screen adaptation.

Small minor point first, i don't personally agree with Panda's interpretation that the vote would give Jason another thing to be livid at specifically in the "why are these people involved in the death of a child still walking?!" way, because i like it when Jason, for all his ruthless brutality, doesn't go after just anyone, not even after really shitty people. Rather, he only goes after the worst of the worst, people who cannot be stopped any other way in the DC setting, and\or those who have done something so heinous, that their victims will never feel safe so long as they still walk the earth. On the other hand, i do think it would make a great reason for Batman going brutal & reckless on all of Gotham in general, rather than only going after Joker, AND i think that while it wouldn't lead to Jason wanting everyone who voted "yes" to die or anything, it COULD be a great way to further justify Jason's disillusionment with Batman's methods and his broken faith in humanity in general.

Now that that's said, here's my idea:

It should be a long movie, in my opinion, Interstellar-long or longer, i believe, in order to really do the story justice. The UTRH storyline shouldn't just be brought up from nowhere, the viewers need to become INVESTED in Jason & in the fundamental conflict of UTRH first.

How does one do that? Have the first part of the movie be about Robin Jason Todd, and use that part of the movie to get people invested. Get the viewers absolutely IN LOVE with Jason, make it so that the viewers end up crying at his death, even if they knew it was coming. Get the viewers flat-out emotionally adopting this wonderful, golden-hearted child, who has experienced so much hardship in his short life, and came out the other end wanting nothing more than to help people. One potential way to help do that, which also helps get the viewers invested in the main conflict of UTRH, as well as add another layer of tragedy to it all? Have Batman friggin' lose it on a criminal, someone who's done something heinous, something we all UNDERSTAND Batman losing his cool at... And have Jason be the one to save that criminal's life from his wrath. And don't stop there! Have Jason become a major part of that criminal's rehabilitation after that, have Jason himself be the one to prove to Batman that anyone can be saved, have Jason SUCCEED at rehabilitating this heinous person into someone genuinely good, someone who regrets their past actions and does significant good in the world to atone for it.

Then? Potentially Garzonas. Definitely Joker. Warehouse. Vote. Do the vote exactly as Panda described in his tiktoks. Use that moment to absolutely break the audience alongside Jason. Have both Jason and the audience start out hopeful, then desperate, and finally, disillusioned and broken. Take this wonderful, hopeful child, take the hope and sheer faith this child has instilled in the audience, and break them. The warehouse goes up in flames.

Then, and only then... Under The Red Hood. i have some ideas there too on what to include or not, and this whole movie idea would only work with terrific writing and acting, to get the audience truly invested and immersed even though they know what's coming.

But yeah, that's the core of my idea on what a truly amazing big screen UTRH adaptation could potentially look like. Thoughts?

#jason todd #red hood #under the red hood #utrh #batman #bruce wayne

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multifandomweirdo3 · 7 months ago

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Wings - Castiel | Wendigo

Chapter 2

Word Count: 4230

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"You okay?" Dean asks after Sam startles awake. Winnie sets her book down and turns her attention to him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He replies.

"No, you're not. Another nightmare?" She asks. Sam clears his throat and doesn't respond. She scoffs and rolls her eyes, returning her attention to her book.

"Want to drive for a while?" Dean asks.

"In your whole life, you never once asked me that." He tells him.

"Just thought you might want to. Never mind." He replies.

"Look, man, you're worried about me. Both of you. I get it, and thank you, but I'm perfectly okay." Sam says. Dean and Winnie both hum, not believing him at all. "All right. Where are we?"

"We are just outside of Grand Junction." He tells him.

"You know what? Maybe we shouldn't have left Stanford so soon." He replies.

"Sam, we dug around there for a week. We came up with nothing. If you want to find the thing that killed Jessica-" Dean says.

"Got to find Dad first." He interrupts.

"Dad disappearing, and this thing showing up again after twenty years? It's no coincidence. Dad will have answers. He'll know what to do." He tells his siblings.

"It's weird, man. These coordinates he left us, this Black Water Ridge..." Sam says, looking at the map.

"What about it?" He asks.

"There's nothing there. It's just woods." He answers. "Why is he sending us to the middle of nowhere?"

"Dad works in mysterious ways." Winnie says.

****

"So, Black Water Ridge is pretty remote. It's cut off by these canyons here-rough terrain, dense forest, abandoned silver and gold mines all over the place..." Sam says, inspecting the map.

"Dude, check out the size of this friggin' bear." Dean replies, making Winnie chuckle.

"And a dozen or more grizzlies in the area. It's no nature hike, that's for sure." He continues, joining them in front of the picture.

"You three aren't planning to go out near Black Water Ridge, by any chance?" The ranger asks.

"Oh, no, sir. We're environmental-study majors from U.C. Boulder-just working on a paper." Sam replies.

"Recycle, man." Dean adds. Winnie elbows him, silently telling him to shut up.

"Bull. You're friends with that Hailey girl, right?" He says.

"Yes. Yes we are, Ranger...Wilkinson." He lies.

"Well, I will tell you exactly what I told her. Her brother filled out a backcountry permit saying he wouldn't be back from Black Water until the 24th. So it's not exactly a missions persons now, is it? Tell that girl to quit worrying. I'm sure her brother's just fine." He tells them.

"We will." Winnie says, turning to leave.

"Well, that Hailey girl's quite a pistol, huh?" Dean calls. She groans quietly, knowing he's either going to piss off the ranger, or manage to get more information.

"That's putting it mildly." Ranger Wilkinson replies.

"Actually, you know what would help is if I could show her a copy of that backcountry permit. You know, so she could see her brother's return date." He says.

"What, are you cruising for a hookup or something?" Sam asks as they leave the building.

"What do you mean?" He asks. Winnie groans, knowing an argument is unavoidable.

"The coordinates point to Black Water Ridge. So what are we waiting for? Let's just go find Dad. I mean, why even talk to this girl?" He scoffs.

"I don't know, maybe we should know what we're walking into before we actually walk into it." He replies.

"What?" He asks as Dean and Winnie stare at him.

"Since when are you all 'shoot first, ask questions later' anyway?" Dean asks.

"Since now." He answers, getting in the car.

"Sometimes I forget Sam was a theater kid, but then he acts like a drama queen and it all comes back." Winnie says. Dean laughs as they get in the car and Sam turns to glare at his twin. She sticks her tongue out at him and he scoffs, crossing his arms over his chest. "See? What did I say."

"You're always right, Winnie." He tells her.

"Of course I am." She scoffs, flicking the back of his head.

****

"You must be Hailey Collins. I'm Dean, this is Sam and Winnie. We're rangers with the park service." Dean says after she opens the door. "Ranger Wilkinson sent us over. We wanted to ask you some questions about your brother Tommy."

"Let me see some I.D." She tells them. Dean shows her his fake and she inspects it for a moment. "Come on in." She says, opening the screen door.

"Thanks." He replies.

"That yours?" She asks, spotting the Impala parked on the street.

"Yeah." He answers proudly. Winnie rolls her eyes, knowing he loves that car more than almost everything.

"Nice car." She tells him, leading the way inside.

"Oh my, God." Dean mouths to his siblings before following. Winnie pretends to gag, making Sam chuckle.

"So, if Tommy's not due back for a while, how do you know something's wrong?" Sam asks.

"He checks in every day by cell. He e-mails photos, stupid little videos." Hailey explains as she sets the table. "But we haven't heard anything in over three days now."

"Is it possible he just can't get reception?" Winnie asks.

"He's got a satellite phone, too." She replies.

"Could it be he's just having fun and forgot to check in?" Dean asks.

"He wouldn't do that." Ben, Hailey's other brother, says.

"Our parents are gone. It's just my two brothers and me. We all keep pretty close tabs on each other." Hailey explains.

"Can I see the pictures he sent you?" Sam asks. They crowd around the computer and she pulls them up.

"That's Tommy." She tells them. She clicks onto a video and presses play.

"Hey Hailey. Day six. We're still out near Black Water Ridge. We're fine, keeping safe, so don't worry, okay? Talk to you tomorrow." Tommy says.

"Well, we'll find your brother. We're heading out to Black Water Ridge first thing." Dean assures her.

"Then maybe I'll see you there." She replies. The siblings glance at each other before turning their attention to Hailey. "Look, I can't sit around here anymore, so I hired a guide. I'm heading out in the morning and I'm gonna find Tommy myself."

"I think I know how you feel." He tells her.

"Hey, you mind forwarding these to me?" Sam asks.

"Sure." She answers.

****

"So, Black Water Ridge doesn't get a lot of traffic-local campers mostly-but still, this past April, two hikers went missing out there. They were never found." Sam says.

"Any before that?" Dean asks.

"Yeah. In 1982, eight different people all vanished in the same year. Authorities said it was a grizzly attack. And again in 1959, and again, before that, in 1936. Every 23 years, just like clockwork." He answers.

"I missed having my own personal computer." Winnie teases. "It's nice not having to do all the research myself anymore." Sam shakes his head, fighting to hide a smile.

"Hey!" Dean scoffs, glaring at her.

"Hey. Watch this. Here's the clincher." Sam says, getting their attention before they can start arguing. "I downloaded that guy Tommy's video to the laptop. Check this out." He clicks through the video frame by frame.

"Do it again." He tells him.

"That's three frames. It's a fraction of a second. Whatever that thing is, it can move." He explains. Dean smacks his arm.

"I told you something weird was going on." He says. Winnie rolls her eyes.

"Yeah. I got one more thing." Sam continues, shutting the laptop. "In '59, one camper survived the supposed grizzly attack, just a kid-barely crawled out of the woods alive."

"Is there a name?" Dean asks, looking over the article.

****

"Look, ranger, I don't know why you're asking me about this. It's public record. I was a kid. My parents got mauled by a-" Mr. Shaw says.

"Grizzly?" Sam interrupts. "That's what attacked them?" He nods.

"The other people that went missing that year-those bear attacks, too?" Dean asks. "What about all the people that went missing this year? Same thing?"

"I know it must be difficult to talk about, but if we knew what we were dealing with, we might be able to stop it." Winnie tells him.

"I seriously doubt that." Mr. Shaw replies. "Anyways, I don't see what difference it would make. You wouldn't believe me. Nobody ever did." He continues, taking a seat.

"Mr. Shaw...What did you see?" Sam asks, moving to sit in front of him. He sighs and watches them for a while before answering.

"Nothing. It moved too fast to see. It hid too well. I heard it, though. A roar...like no man or animal I ever heard." He tells them.

"It came at night?" He asks. Mr. Shaw nods. "Got inside your tent?"

"It got inside our cabin." He corrects. "I was sleeping in front of the fireplace when it came in. It didn't smash a window or break the door-it unlocked it. Do you know of a bear that could do something like that? I didn't even wake up until I heard my parents screaming."

"It killed them?" He asks.

"Dragged them off into the night. Why it left me alive-I've been asking myself that ever since." Mr. Shaw says. "It did leave me this, though." He adds, exposing his shoulder to show them his scars. "There's something evil in those woods. It was some sort of a demon."

"Spirits and demons don't have to unlock doors if they want inside. They just go through the walls." Dean says as they leave Mr. Shaw's place.

"So it's probably something else-something corporeal." Sam replies.

"'Corporeal'? Excuse me, professor." He scoffs.

"It means-" Winnie starts to say, knowing he knows.

"I know what it means!" He snaps, glaring at her as she laughs.

"So, what do you guys think?" Sam asks.

"The claws, the speed that it moves-it could be a skinwalker, maybe a black dog. Whatever we're talking about, we're talking about a creature, and it's corporeal, which means we can kill it." He says.

****

"We cannot let that Hailey girl go out there." Sam says as they pack a bag.

"Oh, yeah? What are we gonna tell her-she can't go into the woods because of a big, scary monster?" Dean scoffs.

"Yeah." He replies.

"Sam, her brother's missing. If Dean or I were missing would you just sit on your ass and wait for the dumbasses in charge to do something about it? I didn't think so." Winnie says.

"We go with her, we protect her, and we keep our eyes peeled for our fuzzy predator friend." Dean agrees, grabbing the bag.

"So finding Dad's not enough? Now we got to babysit, too?" Sam tells him, slamming the trunk. Winnie scoffs as she and Dean stare at him. "What?"

"Nothing." He tells him, throwing the bag at his chest.

"You're an asshole." Winnie signs, joining Dean in the car.

****

"You guys got room for three more?" Dean asks as they get out of the Impala.

"Wait, you want to come with us?" Hailey asks.

"Who are these guys?" Roy, the guide she hired, asks.

"Apparently, this is all the park service could muster up for the search and rescue." She replies.

"You're rangers?" He asks.

"That's right." Dean answers.

"And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?" Hailey questions.

"Well, sweetheart, I don't do shorts." He tells her, walking past.

"Oh, you think this is funny? It's dangerous backcountry out there. Her brother might be hurt." Roy says.

"He's a stubborn idiot, but he'll get the job done. We're here to help get your brother back." Winnie assures them.

"I am not stubborn." Dean signs, offended. She laughs, patting his shoulder as she walks past him.

****

"Roy, you said you did a little hunting." Dean says as they walk through the forest.

"Yeah, more than a little." He replies.

"What kind of furry critters do you hunt?" He asks.

"Mostly buck. Sometimes bear." He answers.

"I'm sure he thinks he's so tough hunting bear." Winnie signs, making Dean chuckle.

"Tell me, Bambi or Yogi ever hunt you back?" He taunts, taking the lead. Roy pulls him back by his jacket and Winnie shifts her hand towards the silver knife on her belt. "Whatcha doing, Roy?"

He reaches down and picks up a stick. He stabs it towards the ground, revealing a bear trap right where Dean had been about to step. Winnie relaxes, letting go of the handle of her knife.

"You should watch where you're stepping...ranger." Roy tells him, taking the lead again.

"It's a bear trap." Dean chuckles.

"How embarrassing." Winnie signs, shaking her head.

"Shut up." He replies. Winnie chuckles, speeding up to walk ahead of him.

"You didn't pack any provisions. You guys are carrying a duffle bag. You're not rangers, so who the hell are you?" Hailey asks, grabbing his arm to stop him.

"You okay?" Winnie signs. He nods so she, Ben, and Sam continue on.

"Can you listen to music?" Ben asks, pulling out one of his earbuds and eyeing Winnie's cochlear implant.

"A lot of people don't think so, but yeah. I've got special headphones that help me hear the music better." She tells him.

"Cool." He says, putting his earbud back in. She chuckles, amused at his curiosity.

"This is it-Black Water Ridge." Roy says after they've been walking for a while.

"What coordinates are we at?" Sam asks.

"35 and minus 111." He replies.

"Why the hell did Dad want us here?" Winnie scoffs, looking around.

"You hear that?" Dean asks.

"Yeah. Not even crickets." Sam replies.

"Oh, right. I forget that's weird to most people." She says.

"I'm gonna go take a look around." Roy announces.

"You shouldn't go off by yourself." Sam tells him.

"That's sweet." He chuckles. "Don't worry about me." He walks past them and Winnie sighs.

"All right, everybody stays together. Let's go." Dean says.

****

"Hailey! Over here!" Roy calls. They rush towards his voice, finding a destroyed and bloody campsite.

"Oh my God." Hailey says.

"Looks like a grizzly." He announces as they move closer for a better look.

"Tommy?" She calls, taking off her pack. She calls his name as she walks towards the edge of the camp and Sam quickly shushes her. "Why?"

"Something might still be out there." He tells her.

"Sam. Winnie." Dean calls. "The bodies were dragged from the campsite. But here, the tracks just vanish. It's weird." He tells them when they reach him. "I tell you what. It's no skinwalker or black dog." He leads the way back to the campsite and they find Hailey holding Tommy's phone and crying. "Hey, he could still be alive."

"Help!" A man screams nearby. "Please! Somebody help me!" Roy leads the way towards the voice, Dean close behind. The others follow.

"It seemed like it was coming from around here, didn't it?" Hailey asks.

"Everybody back to camp." Sam orders. He leads the way and Winnie groans when they reach it.

"Our packs!" Hailey exclaims.

"So much for my GPS and my satellite phone." Roy complains.

"What the hell's going on?" She asks.

"It's smart. It wants to cut us off so we can't call for help." Sam answers.

"You mean someone-some nut job out there just stole all our gear." Roy corrects.

"I need to speak with you both...in private." He tells his siblings, leading them away from the others. "Okay, let me see Dad's journal." Dean hands it over and he flips through the pages until he finds the one he wants. "All right. Check that out."

"No." Winnie groans, leaning against a nearby tree.

"Come on. Wendigos are in the Minnesota woods or northern Michigan. I've never even heard of one this far west." Dean says.

"Think about it, Dean-the claws, the way it can mimic a human voice." He replies.

"Great. Well, then this is useless." He complains, shaking his gun. Sam closes the journal and shoves it into Dean's chest as he walks past. He stops and turns around.

"We got to get these people to safety." He says.

"Now he cares about them?" Winnie scoffs.

"All right, listen up. It's time to go." Sam announces as they return to the campsite. "Things have gotten more complicated."

"What?" Hailey asks.

"Kid, don't worry. Whatever's out there, I think I can handle it." Roy says, making Winnie laugh. He glares at her and she ignores him.

"It's not me I'm worried about. If you shoot this thing, you're just gonna make it mad. We have to leave now." He replies.

"One, you're talking nonsense, two, you're in no position to give anybody orders." He snaps.

"Relax." Dean tells him.

"We never should have let you come out in the first place, all right." Sam says. "I'm trying to protect you."

"You protect me?" He scoffs. "I was hunting these woods when your mommy was still kissing you good night." Winnie glares at him and Dean grabs her arm as she tries walking past him. He shakes his head and she rolls her eyes but stays where she is.

"Yeah? It's a damn-near-perfect hunter. It's smarter than you. And it's gonna hunt you down and eat you alive unless we get your stupid sorry ass out of here." He tells him. Roy laughs.

"You know you're crazy, right?" He asks.

"Yeah? You ever hunt a w-" He starts to say.

"Chill out!" Dean orders, pushing him away from Roy.

"Too far. They don't need to know about monsters if we can avoid it." Winnie signs.

"Stop it. Everybody just stop." Hailey says, stepping between the siblings and Roy. "Look, Tommy might still be alive. And I'm not leaving here without him."

"It's getting late. This thing is a good hunter in the day, but an unbelievable hunter at night. We'll never beat it-not in the dark." Dean explains. "We need to settle in and protect ourselves."

"How?" She asks.

****

"One more time. That's...?" Hailey asks.

"Anasazi symbols. It's for protection. The wendigo can't cross over them." Dean explains as he draws another on the ground. Roy laughs and Winnie rolls her eyes. "Nobody likes a skeptic, Roy." He leaves them and sits on the log next to Sam, across from Winnie. "You want to tell me what's going on in that freaky head of yours?"

"Dean-" He starts to say.

"Don't even try to lie, Sam. You're not fine." Winnie interrupts.

"You're like a powder keg, man. It's not like you. I'm supposed to be the belligerent one, remember?" Dean agrees.

"Dad's not here. I mean, that much we know for sure, right? He would have left us another message, a sign, right?" He says. Winnie wraps her jacket tighter around herself, having been worried but not wanting to put it into words.

"Yeah, you're probably right. To tell you the truth, I don't think Dad's ever been to Lost Creek." He replies.

"Then let's get these people back to town, and let's hit the road...go find Dad. I mean, why are we still even here?" He sighs, throwing the stick he'd been fidgeting with on the ground. Winnie scoffs and rolls her eyes.

"This is why...this book." He tells him, moving to sit across from him, next to Winnie. He elbows her, silently telling her that he's got this. "This is Dad's single most valuable possession. Everything he knows about every evil thing is in here. And he's passed it on to us. I think he wants us to pick up where he left off-you know, saving people, hunting things...the family business."

"That makes no sense." Sam says. "Why-why doesn't he just call us? Why doesn't he tell us what he wants, tell us where he is?"

"I don't know. But the way I see it, Dad's given us a job to do, and I intend to do it." He replies.

"Dean...No. I gotta find Dad. I gotta find Jessica's killer. It's the only thing I can think about." He tells him.

"Okay. All right. Sam, we'll find them. I promise." Dean says. "Listen to me. You've got to prepare yourself. I mean, this search could take a while. And all that anger, you can't keep it burning over the long haul, it's gonna kill you. You got to have patience, man."

"How do you do it?" He asks. "How does Dad do it?"

"Staying with family." Winnie snaps before storming off to sit with Hailey and Ben by the fire.

"You okay?" Hailey asks her.

"I will be." She replies. Hailey doesn't look convinced but nods.

"Help me! Please!" A man screams. They stand, keeping Ben and Hailey in the center as they look around the forest.

"It's trying to draw us out. Just stay cool. Stay put." Dean explains.

"Inside the magic circle?" Roy scoffs.

"Let's just let the wendigo eat him." Winnie signs, rolling her eyes.

"Okay, that's no grizzly." He says as the wendigo mimics the sound of the man screaming and being attacked.

"It's okay. We'll be all right. I promise." Hailey assures Ben. The growling gets closer and she screams, keeping her brother behind her.

"It's here." Dean tells them. The brush rustles and Roy shoots. He fires again and the creature yowls.

"I hit it!" He exclaims, chasing after it.

"Roy, no!" He shouts. "Don't move." He orders before chasing after him. Sam goes with him and Winnie stays to protect Hailey and Ben.

****

"Dean, I'm on my last set of batteries. If we don't get out of here soon, I won't be able to hear anything." Winnie warns. He sighs and nods.

"I don't...I mean, these types of things-they aren't supposed to be real." Hailey says as Dean and Winnie inspect the scratches left on the trees.

"I wish I could tell you different." He replies.

"How do we know it's not out there watching us?" She asks.

"We don't." Winnie says.

"But we're safe for now." He adds.

"How do you know about this stuff?" She asks.

"It kind of runs in the family." Dean tells her.

"Hey." Sam greets as he joins them. "So, we've got half a chance in the daylight. And I, for one...want to kill this evil son of a bitch."

"Well, hell, you know I'm in." He agrees.

"Me, too." Winnie adds.

"Wendigo is a Cree Native American word. It means, 'evil that devours'." Sam explains, showing them the page in John's journal.

"They're hundreds of years old. Each one was once a man, sometimes a Native American, or other times a frontiersman or a miner or hunter." Dean adds.

"How's a man turn into one of those things?" Hailey asks.

"Resorting to cannibalism to survive." Winnie sighs.

"Like the Donner party." Ben says.

"That's right." Sam agrees. "Cultures all over the world believe that eating human flesh gives a person certain abilities-speed, strength, immortality."

"If you eat enough of it, over years, you become this less-than-human thing. You're always hungry." Dean explains.

"So, if that's true, how can Tommy still be alive?" Hailey asks.

"You're not gonna like it." He tells her. Winnie rolls her eyes and smacks his arm.

"They hibernate for years, know how to last long winters without food. When it's awake, it keeps its victims alive, stores them to feed whenever it wants." She explains.

"If your brother's alive, it's keeping him somewhere dark, hidden, and safe. And we got to track it back there." Dean adds.

"And then how do we stop it?" Hailey asks.

"Well, guns are useless-so are knives. Basically...we gotta torch the sucker." He explains.

Sam leads the way through the forest, Dean behind him with his Molotov cocktail at the ready. Winnie brings up the rear behind Hailey and Ben.

"Dean. Winnie." Sam calls, looking at the scratches high up in the trees. "You know, I was thinking that those claw prints, so clear and distinct...they were almost too easy to follow." They hear growling nearby and back up near the trees, huddling close together. Hailey screams and dives out of the way just before Roy's body falls from the tree. Sam helps her up as Dean checks the body.

"His neck's broken." He tells them. "Run, run, run! Go, go, go, go, go!"

They take off and Ben trips. Sam goes back to help him as the others continue running. Hailey's scream is the last thing the two hear before finding the others missing.

****

Winnie wakes to Sam shaking her. She groans and opens her eyes, finding his mouth moving but unable to hear a word he says. He cuts her down and continues speaking as she rubs her raw wrists.

"I can't hear you." She says quietly, getting his attention.

"Are you hurt?" He asks, inspecting her for injuries. She shakes her head, feeling weak and a headache, but nothing serious. She spots Dean and the others and joins them. She grabs Sam's jacket, following him as they approach Tommy. Hailey feels for a pulse and he gasps awake, startling her. Sam quickly cuts him down.

Dean leads the way, Ben behind him. Hailey supports Tommy, and Winnie keeps a tight grip on Sam's jacket, staying close. Sam suddenly raises his flare gun and Winnie tightens her grip, knowing the wendigo must be here. Dean rushes away, luring the wendigo away so Sam can get the others out.

"Get them out of here." Sam tells her when they reach the exit. She nods, knowing she'd only slow him down.

"Come on." Winnie says, taking a step towards the exit. Hailey grabs her arm, miming shooting a gun. She nods, getting what she means and turns, keeping an eye out for Sam. He rushes down the tunnel towards them, the wendigo behind him. Sam leads the way, but they end up at a dead end. He shoves the others behind him and they watch as the wendigo approaches slowly.

Dean appears behind it, getting its attention. He fires, hitting the wendigo and killing it. Winnie sighs, relieved.

"Not bad, huh?" He says, making her laugh.

****

Winnie finally finds another set of batteries in time to hear the siren of the ambulance as it drives off.

"Man, I hate camping." Dean says.

"Me, too." Sam agrees.

"Me, three." She adds as she joins them.

"You know we're gonna find Dad, right?" Dean asks them.

"Yeah, I know. But in the meantime...I'm driving." He replies. Winnie gasps as Dean tosses him the keys.

"What the hell? You never let me drive!" Winnie exclaims, glaring at him.

"Come on, he needs this." He signs. She rolls her eyes.

"Fine." She agrees.

#castiel #fanfiction #castiel x oc #supernatural #spn #fanfic

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amynchan · 11 months ago

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I was talking about this with a coworker, but there's a REASON I hated English so much in earlier school. I could essay write; that's fine. What I couldn't get behind were universal themes that everyone but me seemed to understand.

What do you MEAN the rain was an easy symbol? What do you MEAN this was always going to end up in heartbreak? What do you MEAN that this character is meant to be The Most Relatable? What do you MEAN this is the most obvious and foregone conclusion?

Societal rules go over my head a lot of the time, and I didn't realize it was the 'tism for a long time. Sexually charged chemistry is something that I don't see without help, and I didn't know that I wasn't just a late bloomer. I could solve a math problem and run calculations, code, inputs, and outputs in my head when I was in high school and early college easy, but English? Friggin inaccessible.

I only hit my stride here when I realized that stories are honestly a testament to how stupid the human race is, has been, and will be. You'll find stories centuries old about how a bunch of nuns were so thirsty for a man they were acting Unwise. You'll find the archetypes of stories because people have been delighted by these sorts of things for centuries. And even if I don't GET it, I can preserve and add to it. More voices are speaking up. Different literature is emerging. POCs first, and maybe me later, but the collection is growing and changing. And maybe, just maybe, when I start teaching literature in addition to the mechanics of essay writing, I'll be able to really hammer the difference of "here's what everyone seems to expect out of this symbol" versus "you should intrinsically know what this symbol means by Looking Into Your Heart," which is stupid, a surefire way to make those excluded from the experience fail, and a shortcut that should have NEVER been normalized. I'll hope to save kids who were like me from feeling less like a person because of English bullshit.

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teamfreewill58 · 1 year ago

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I love this post because of all the points made here and just how complex Atem and Seto’s friendship is. But they ARE friends and it’s so incredibly frustrating to see Yugi’s friends not only dismiss Seto but also constantly use him. Any time Seto shows up Jonouchi and he go at it and often with a “ugh why are you here?” The majority of the travel the characters do in the show is provided or paid for by Kaiba with the exception of the final trip to Egypt. Seto had the Battle City Zeppelin prepared to have medical staff and equipment and while we can laugh and be like “for a card game?” But it ended up being vital. If not for this Bakura could have died from blood loss, and while the doctors weren’t able to help Jonouchi and Mai (since Shadow Games don’t function based on any science) if it had been a normal health issue they probably would have been. Seto is also responsible for saving Anzu from getting crushed by a friggin cargo container.

And I get it, Seto isn’t exactly a pleasant person. He’s egotistical, he does look down on people weaker than him etc etc but we also can’t forget the kind of life he’s had. The family that’s supposed to love and support you took all of his and Mokuba’s inheritance and then abandoned them at an orphanage. Gozoburo physically and mentally abused them and when Seto became successful who does he deal with mostly? Adults who suck up to him, try to use him or try to usurp him and he’s not dumb he can tell when people are just trying to kiss his ass.

As pointed out in the above post Atem and Seto aren’t the best at communication, so speaking through their rivalry works best for them. Atem is the first person who doesn’t try to kiss up to Kaiba or pick a fight with him. He’s also the first person to set boundaries, if Kaiba -does- start going after the others too hard or says something that Atem disagrees with he calls Seto out on it but he doesn’t start throwing insults at him or trying to pick a fight.

We laugh about how Kaiba is always trying to duel Atem but for Seto that’s the only way he can even spend time with him and as pointed out in the above post it’s how he communicates best with Atem. So it totally makes sense that Seto constantly tries to duel him and never tires of it and why in Battle City he gets annoyed that Atem wants to save his other friends more than duel him. But the thing about even that is if his other friends hadn’t been in danger then Atem totally would have dueled Seto then. When Atem first fights against Slifer and falls to his knees thinking he can’t win Seto calls to him, “Get up, Yugi! If a God stands in your way, knock God down!” (Ep 167 1:52) Seto is the only one here besides Mokuba and he could have scoffed at Atem and walked off but he doesn’t he encourages him. He provides support just the same as all Yugi’s other friends have and do. And yeah he adds the little “only I can defeat Yugi” but that’s just how Seto justifies it to himself and Atem is aware of this.

And while I know this is different from the manga I feel like the scenes with Seto in the final episodes further confirms it.

When everyone returns from Millennium World Seto waits in the room after everyone else has left with Bakura while Atem gathers the Millennium items. He doesn’t say anything, he just stands there and waits and doesn’t go up until Atem gives him the signal that he’s ready to go.

On the ship when they’re traveling to the Tablet of the Afterlife Seto insists on dueling Atem, not because he wants to finally beat him but because he believes he’s the only one in the group who can. He gets upset with Yugi because he better than anyone (except Yugi but give him some slack he doesn’t know Yugi watches Atem duel) knows how good Atem is. So to have the kid who has had Atem fight his battles for him the whole series put his foot down and say he will beat Atem probably to Seto feels like Yugi is insulting Atem and what him being the Duel King means.

“If this is the final duel, I’ll get my revenge by preforming his last rites!” (Ep 220 13:30)

Seto can’t show emotional vulnerability so it has to be “for revenge” but wanting to perform your rival’s funeral rites is silly and we know it. But it’s not for revenge, it’s for Atem. It’s for the friend that Seto can’t bring himself to call a friend to his face. Seto is the only one who doesn’t say Atem should stay but he does his best to offer Atem complete support in this incredibly difficult time for him.

When Yugi insists and Seto offers his cards to Yugi to build a deck and he refuses this isn’t Seto trying to wiggle his way in and make his pride feel better. To me it’s a character trying to support his friend and show that support that he not only struggles to show but can’t because the other friends literally won’t let him when he does try. And I do get why Yugi had to make his own deck from his own cards, I do. But it says a lot that Seto wanted Yugi to use his cards to build the best possible deck to beat Atem.

And finally DSOD. Let’s just look at this picture of Seto after Yugi tells him Atem isn’t in the puzzle anymore.

The poor guy is devastated. This isn’t the face you make when someone tells you you can’t see your rival anymore this is the face you make when sometime tells you your friend died (and they in fact are not coming back.)

I mean just…look at him. He is so hurt. And he is so desperately hoping and wanting Atem to still be in there. He just wants to see his friend and he is hurting because he’s gone and he can’t see him. That’s also why I do love the ending of DSOD where Seto ends up there anyway because just seeing the way Atem smiles when he sees Seto is adorable.

Like Atem isn’t shocked or mad he is just happy to see his duel bestie, happy to see the friend he made completely on his own and that Seto was willing to go so far just to see him. This friendship does not get enough appreciation.

After writing a bit on this post and consulting @egyptiansapphiredragons, I feel confident enough to put some thoughts out there that really get me about the nature and development of Yami Yugi’s and Seto’s relationship - how so much goes entirely unsaid, and how much this defines their relationship.

So buckle up, because here are way too many words on card game fixated idiots struggling with basic social skills. Or as I will now rather overdramatically call it:

The Friendship That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Development-wise, Battle City and especially Battle Tower is when Yami Yugi and Seto start to tentatively explore the possibility of friendship - it’s what this tournament is all about in terms of their relationship to each other. Before that, the nature of their relationship seemed clear enough, at least to them. They were intrigued by each other’s passion and dueling skills basically since day one, and assumed their status as rivals seamlessly. There is no doubt in their minds that they occupy an important position for the respective other they both take very seriously, and that they have immense respect for each other as duelists. That much is evident to them, and they know and expect the other to understand what all of this entails. Even though especially Seto likes to state that they hold a unique importance to each other as rivals, they never had to clarify any of this - they communicated and established this through their duels.

But over time, Yami Yugi learned more about the meaning of friendship from Yugi, Jounouchi, Anzu & Co., and what it means to be a better person and improve with the help of friends. He also starts to think more about who he is and used to be, about his destiny and about his own wants and decisions with regards to that. (In many ways, in the story and on a meta level, this is when Yami Yugi develops more into his own distinct character.) And all this in turn causes his relationship to Seto become less well-defined.

When Seto and Yami Yugi work together to find Jounouchi in Battle City (of course only because Seto wants to duel Yami Yugi as fast as possible, as Seto never tires to point out), they discover that they make a great team not only because of their respective dueling skills, but because they click immensely well. It takes a lot of work and bickering, but Yami Yugi introduces Seto to the power of unity during their tag team duel, while Seto shows that he can in fact be a great, reliable dueling partner if he just gets over himself for two seconds - and thus a new question arises.

Are they really just rivals with no trace of friendship? At which point do you consider a rival a friend exactly? What are the criteria?

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#pharaoh atem #analysis #atem #ace #yami yugi #ygo #yugioh #atem yugi #besties #not a ship #Seto Kaiba #he just wanted to see the one friend he ever made #reblog with my thoughts attached

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nim-rambles · 2 years ago

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⚠️IGNORE ALL OF THIS SINCE IM WORKING ON A PROPER INTRODUCTION RN⚠️

No but srsly tf did I do to Mui’s chin💀💀 the shadings also terrible 😔

Hi! I’m Chip! I’m a Female!(IM BOT CHIP IM NIM PLS IM NIM NIM NIM NIM)

and I love interacting with others! Don’t be shy to dm me🤗 I’d never skip an opportunity to make new friends! I’m a loner irl🥲

My content will mostly be about the Tokito twins but I will happily do other characters too!

I will gladly do your requests and if you want something specific please add some context!

I am not entirely fixated on Demon Slayer! Please scroll down and read “Extra Note”

Time zone: PST

Do not use my shit without permission! Thx :)

(👆—It’s not like their going to cuz have u seen what u wrote💀💀)

~RULES~

-No Smut

-No Incest

-No Phedopilia

Can be platonic, just specify what kind of relationship it is :)

Anything that I did not mention in the rules will be accepted!

~IMPORTANT~

Please do add some context so I know where I’m starting off, it’s just like- I’m terrible at starting things off 😭!

It can also be any AU you’d like!

If AU is not mentioned, the AU will immediately be chosen by me, and please specify if you want it to be a Oneshot or Headcannons!

Edit: why do I have 👆 here 😃?? AU would be original if not specified 😋

I can’t guarantee my fanfics will be as good, since I’m new to writing. (Not new anymore but I’m still using this as an excuse 🗿✨)

I do hope my fanfics live up to your expectations <3 (YEAHHH!! Don’t be disappointed if it didn’t live up to your expectations because I friggin put my efforts and shit in there 😤❤️)

(How do u tell someone to not be disappointed it’s not like they can control their emotions like emotion benders or smth)

~Extra Note~

Note for Xreader

I just want to mention the fandoms I write for Xreader~

Fandoms~

-Demon Slayer Tokito Twins are my main focus, tho I don’t mind if you want to request a different [Character] X Reader.

-MHA only the Todoroki Family.

-Helluva Boss Helluva Boss is not an excuse for nsfw. There will be a few suggestive content in Helluva Boss. A LOT of vulgar language, not just swearing but I will censor the words with ‘*’

-Hazbin Hotel Season 1 yuppy

-Yandere Simulator apparently the fandom is still somehow alive so I shall write 😎.

-Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Reboot yuppyyyy

-Five Nights at Freddy’s Strictly Platonic. Do specify the relationship between the character and reader when requesting.

-Security Breach Strictly Platonic. Do specify the relationship between the character and reader when requesting.

-Ruin DLC Strictly Platonic. Do specify the relationship between the character and reader when requesting.

-Migi To Dali these twins istg, thought they were genius’s in the beginning but turns out there idiots and I respect that. 🗿☕️

-The Amazing Digital Circus We have all gone too far in simping to turn back now. 😔

-Murder Drones V stan here, if she doesn’t make a comeback I’m gonna cry for the rest of my life.

And that is all for now~ I will update “Extra Note” as I get introduced to others fandoms!

P.s I know Fnaf, Security Breach, and Ruin DLC are from the same fandom but I just thought I should make it separate.

~SERIES~

Forever Infinity Hashira/Alive Yuichiro AU [Currently in a Re-making.] <No xreader>

👆I lied it’s never coming out 😋👍

~MASTERLIST~

Demon Slayer [No XReader]

Demon Slayer

Todoroki Family

Helluva Boss

Hazbin Hotel

Yandere Simulator [Coming soon…]

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thejakeformerlyknownasprince · 3 years ago

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Hello, Dr. Bug. If you don't mind, may I ask what your rewriting process looks like when you write multiple drafts of a story? Just curious. Also, congratulations on finding the time to write six drafts of a fic!

In my experience, rewriting a fic is a two-step process:

Find a beta reader you trust.

Listen to them.

Trust can be achieved one of two ways. Either find a friend who is willing to swap labor with you, and read each others' stories, or find a stranger who's willing to construct a professional relationship with you before having a formal discussion about what you'd like done.

That trust is important, because it allows you to be vulnerable enough to give over something you love and poured years' worth of work into, knowing that it will be ripped to shreds by the time you get it back. That trust is important because it establishes unambiguously that this person will still respect you as a person (either out of love or out of professional courtesy) no matter how much they hate your story or you hate their edits. That trust is important too because it needs to be part of the conversation about the intent of the story.

An example: my beta Cates wrote "this phrase is too British" next to a line of dialogue from my most recent fic; I went "dang it!" and changed the line immediately. Because we know each other well, Cates knew that a) like a lot of kids who grew up on Narnia/Potter/Redwall/Chrestomanci, I often slip into Britishisms when writing fiction, b) I find misplaced Britishisms annoying, and c) I want to know. I was grateful for the correction.

A counter-example: a stranger wrote "this phrase is outdated" about a line of dialogue from a different fic; I rolled my eyes and blocked the person. Maybe the phrase is outdated, but it's one I use all the time, and it's one I'm comfortable keeping in my story. The difference between Cates's nitpick and that anon's is the difference between a stranger going "dude, your shirt and pants don't match" as the first thing they ever say to you, and your beloved roommate saying the same thing before you go out in the morning. Trust means that your roommate's being kind, and the stranger who uses the same words in the same order is being an asshole.

Listening is... so, so hard. Because it's a beloved work that you spent time crafting, and someone was mean to it. But. This is where any beta is always better than no beta, because the experience of reading a story is completely different from the experience of writing a story.

The reader usually only has as much information as the characters, and so the reader's expectations often align better with the characters' than the author's do. Classic example: Once upon a time, a camper stepped outside his tent to pee... when suddenly, a bright light came from the sky and dragged him away. He found himself in a metal room where two claw-winged alien beings approached, telling him that he had been chosen for a— At which point the reader is going "But did he ever get to pee?" and the writer is going "Who cares, the pee break was just an excuse to get him outside!" and the reader's going "ARE THERE BATHROOMS ON THIS FLYING SAUCER OR NOT? Bob the camper is dying over here!!!!" The reader's going to notice and care that Bob never got to pee, because they started this scene with the expectation that Bob had to pee. The writer, who only needed Bob to go outside long enough to get abducted, could reread their story 10,000 times and never even notice that detail because they're too busy tweaking the aliens. So the beta will add tremendous value, just by being a reader who didn't write this.

But we writers don't want to hear that we have to rework the dramatic scene where a sleepy camper suddenly finds himself swept into a vast adventure, just to add a friggin bathroom break. Ergo, it's important to read the feedback in small doses, and to pause in between reading it and responding to it. Take the feedback — that you can't leave Bob's poor kidneys this way — but consider several possible responses depending on what you want from the story. If you hate the idea of adding a pee break at all, consider having Bob instead go outside because he heard a strange noise. If you don't like the noise idea, consider having Bob successfully pee and then get abducted on his way back to the tent. If you don't want a porta-potty on your spaceship, maybe just mention that the whole time Bob is listening to the Call to Action he's also distracted by having to pee. The beta pointed out the flaw; you can decide how to fix it.

This is also where trust is all-important, because sometimes (but not most of the time) you're going to listen to a beta's feedback and go "nah, I'm not fixing that." On a different fic (set in 2000), Cates said "Fireball Cinnamon Whisky didn't come out until 2007" which is true. We talked about it. I pointed out that this is fan fiction, and low-stakes. Cates said that most of my readers probably weren't 21+ in 2007, so relatively few people will notice the anachronism. I mentioned that we both have fond (and regretful) (and fond) memories of Fireball being the go-to alcohol for dumb teenagers, because it's one of the few strong liquors that inexperienced drinkers can enjoy straight out of the bottle. So I kept the anachronism. If a total stranger had said unsolicited, "dude, Fireball didn't exist in 2000" then I would've yelled "aw, screw you!" at my computer screen and never even considered changing it. Rereading my own story, I never would've spotted the error. It took a conversation with someone I trusted to decide what to do.

So, you need a reader to tell you how to rewrite your story, and it doesn't have to be someone with expertise. Just trust. Hope this helps.

#writing #writing advice #fic #fan fiction #fandom #editing #beta reading #(almost) nothing to do with Animorphs

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waitimcomingtoo · 4 years ago

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Pairing: Peter Parker x Reader

Synopsis: Peter sees you in a dress for the first time

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“Hi, Petey.” You greeted your boyfriend as you walked into his room. You wrapped your arms around his shoulders as he sat at his desk and kissed his cheek.

“Hi.” Peter said before looking up. When he finally tore himself away from his notes, his jaw dropped at the sight of you in a dress.

“Woah.” He mumbled quietly.

“What?”

“You...you’re wearing a dress.” He said as a smile broke through on his lips.

You gulped and looked down at your dress, acting as if it hadn’t been on your mind since the moment you put it on. You never wore dresses, or really anything that showed off you body. There was a certain comfort you found in baggy clothes that left absolutely everything to the imagination. If no one could see, no one could judge, and that’s how you liked it.

“Oh, yeah.” You pretended to notice the dress for the first time. “I am.”

“I’ve never seen you in a dress before.” Peters smile grew. “Actually, I don’t think I’ve seen you in anything but black jeans or sweats.”

“Yeah, well.” You shrugged shyly. “It’s a little hot for those.”

“Yeah.” He nodded, but he was barely listening. “Have you always had that dress?”

“Yeah. I just never wear it.”

“Why not?” He asked as if it was crazy.

“I don’t know.” You chuckled at his behavior. “It’s a little revealing, don’t you think?”

“No.” He said immediately. “No, um, I think it’s perfect.”

“What?” You laughed in surprise. “You do?”

“How have I never seen this before?” Peter tugged on the bottom of the dress as he admired it. “How come you don’t wear this everyday?”

“Are you playing with me right now?” You asked skeptically.

“No.” Peter furrowed his eyebrows. “What do you mean?”

“I don’t look that good.”

“Baby, with all due respect, you have never been more wrong.” Peter insisted as he got out of his chair. “You literally look perfect.”

“What?” You laughed again. “No I don’t.”

“Yes you do. Like, holy shit.” Peter put his hand on his chest and blew out a breath. “I have to sit down.”

Peter collapsed on the bed and took a deep breath, never taking his eyes off you in your dress.

“You have to be messing with me right now.” You shook your head in disbelief.

“I’m not. I’m just speechless. Give me a minute.” He requested as he stood back up. He took his time looking you up and down, admiring every inch of you in the dress.

“You’re speechless over the dress?” You raised an eyebrow. “It’s not even that cute. And you can see my stretch marks.”

“I know.” He sighed dreamily. “Oh my God. I can’t breathe.”

“What? They’re so ugly.” You insecurely squeezed your thighs together to hide the marks.

“Ugly?” Peter asked. “They’re like perfect little brushstrokes on the worlds most beautiful canvas.”

“No they’re not.” You said quietly.

“Um, yes they are.” Peter scoffed. “Don’t you know texture is what adds to the price of a painting?”

“Don’t be a smart ass.” You told him. You were already insecure about the dress, and Peter joking about it was only making it worse for you.

“I’m not.” Peter said sincerely. “Baby, how do you not see what I see? You look like an angel.”

“No I don’t.” You disagreed. “I probably look so stupid in this.”

“You do look stupid.” He nodded. “Stupid hot.”

“Stop.” You couldn’t help but smile.

“Stupid sexy?” He asked. “Is that better?”

“No.” You answered as you fought a smile. You folded your arms over your chest to try to cover yourself up, feeling more vulnerable than usual in your lack of clothing.

“Don’t cover up, please.” Peter requested as he gently moved your arms away from yourself. “I want to see the full picture.”

“The full picture has marks and scars and bumps and whatever the hell else is wrong with my body.” You mumbled as you looked down at your body.

“Wrong? Are we looking at the same body?” Peter asked. “Because I see nothing but perfection.”

“My body is not perfect.” You told him in an unamused tone.

“Your honor, she’s lying.” Peter said as he looked around.

“I’m not.” You laughed and poked his chest. “You are. You’re acting like a have a nice body when we both know I don’t. I shouldn’t have worn the dress. I don’t have the right body for it.”

Peter stared at you for a moment, realizing your feelings went deeper than just the dress. He frowned a little as a sadness clouded his brown eyes.

“Come here.” He said suddenly as he brought you over to his mirror. He stood behind you and wrapped his arms around your waist, letting you rest your back on him.

“Would you look at someone else with this body and call them ugly?” He asked quietly as he stared at you in the mirror. You stared back at him as you slowly realized what he was doing.

“No.” You said finally. “I wouldn’t.”

“So why would you say those things about yourself?”

“I don’t know.” You said quietly.

“That’s okay.” Peter told you. “It’s a process, learning to love yourself. And the hardest step is always going to be step one.”

You tried to move away from the mirror, feeling insecure as you stared at your reflection, but Peter kept you in place.

“I love your body.” Peter stated. “I love it because it’s warm when you lay down beside me. And it wraps around me when I’m sad. I also love the way it looks in this dress.”

You stayed quiet as Peter listed a few more things he loved about your body. You stared at yourself as he described what he loved, trying your best to see what he saw.

“We are so lucky to have bodies, you know?” Peter said softly. “Our bodies hold us upright and keep us together. And our bodies allow us to hug people when we love them and jump when we’re happy and let feel warmth and pain and pleasure and all that good stuff. Don’t be mean to your body. It’s not mean to you.”

“This dress may have pulled a philosopher out of you.” You said as a smile broke through your lips.

“Maybe.” Peter chuckled before pressing a kiss to your cheek. “Be nicer to yourself, okay? For me?”

“I’ll try.” You told him, and you meant it.

“Thank you.” He smiled. “Now could you do me a favor and tell yourself that you’re beautiful?”

“I don’t wanna.” You whined and put your hands over his.

“Just once.” He promised. “I want to hear you say it. Even if you don’t mean it, just say it.”

You looked at him for a long time in the mirror before letting out a sigh. Finally, you looked at yourself and gave yourself a weak smile.

“I’m beautiful.”

“Wow. So conceited.” Peter clicked his tongue.

“Peter.” You whined again.

“I’m kidding.” He kissed your cheek again. “I agree. You are beautiful. Don’t forget that.”

You smiled at Peter in the mirror before craning your neck to look at him.

“I won’t.” You promised. “I just need a reminder sometimes.”

“That’s what I’m here for.” He told you. “Now, what other outfits have you been hiding from me?”

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