#ftwd rewatch thoughts

[korkiekenobiconfirmed]

idk if it's just the fact that daniel sharman could have sexual tension with a brick wall or what, but the sheer number of scenes where troy's looking at nick like he's two seconds away from risking it all...

[butmakeitgayblog]

Hey! I’m on my like 5th rewatch of The 100 and I’ve only just now seen this review on IMDb. I’ve been following your blog for a while now and keeping up with ADC. I was wondering if you know anything about this? I tried looking it up but nothing popped up. Granted I didn’t search too hard lol. But I just thought these claims were so wild. Did they mix her up with another actor? I’m just so ??????

Lol no

Not even once 😂

I do remember after the accusations from Bob's ex came out you had a few accounts accusing E&B of diva behavior - including one in which it said that Bob got physical with a crew member and that was why he was ultimately written off - but emotions were high at the time so no one ever really knes if that was fact or just bs smearing. But Alycia? Nope, not once.

No tbh this whole thing reads very oddly to me because all I've ever heard is that she's quite pleasent to work with actually. First of all, Alycia didn't "start in Vancouver and switch to LA". She was LA based since she moved to the US. So idek what this person is trying for there, but it doesn't even make sense. Second, if this person has such a wealth of insider knowledge, then they'd know this wasn't her first project in North America. Two seconds of research would show that (they said they "found out" it was her first acting job, so according to their own words they looked into it??? And still got it wrong???) She'd done a several things before the1oo, including tv work in Australia, a whole ass studio produced movie, and an indie movie over here.

Third? I mean if you follow her, you see she is often in pics with crew members and even follows a few on IG, as well as fellow cast members talking pretty regularly about how sweet she is and about times when they hang out outside of filming. Also iirc when she was directing her her episode of FTWD didn't she even get a... was it shaved iced, or like a coconut water thing? Some kind of frozen treat stand thing, for the entire cast and crew.

That doesn't exactly sound like a tendency toward tyrant, diva behavior.

But truthfully, the thing that jumps out at me the most tho is the Zionist comment. This comment was supposedly left back in 2021, right? Except... Zionist was not a widely known or used term at that time. For clarity, I'm not saying Zionism or the term Zionist didn't exist in 2021, I'm saying it wasn't a term the general public at large really knew or used often, nor was it something that ever readily came up in any sort of criticisms of actors, much less IMDB reviews 🤨.

So like... how and why would that have even come up at that time of leaving this review? In 2021?

Unless, of course, this person went back and edited an old review they'd left. Now that would make a lot more sense. Almost as if maybe possibly perhaps, they became angry with her for something else, and came back and changed their review to a scathing bomb. It's just a theory, I have no way of knowing if that's true or not, but it makes a bit more sense considering I've never heard such a thing about her - not on the 1oo nor any other projects.

[findroleplay]

— 🕸️ 20 year old looking for anyone around that age+ for some fandom roleplays! a bit about me: i've been i've been roleplaying for over five years now. i write with "for talking" and 'for thinking/thoughts'. i LOVE details, as long as it makes sense ofc, but i love lit to advance-lit rp partners! i am looking to double up for these fandoms so please let's keep it fair for both sides! i don't mind focusing on one side for a bit for whatever reason, but i BEG that we keep it fair so we can both have fun! i'm also someone that loves talking ooc, sending tiktoks, discussing the story, headcanons, and so on, and i would much prefer someone that loves to do the same. now that that's set, let's move on! for each of these fandoms i would absolutely love if both sides took place around the same time bc i love giving our ocs opportunity to interact and that's just easiest for me (unless we do two different fandoms for each side which is perfectly fine with me as well). i don't mind what sort of dynamics/plots we do. dead dove darker ideas or lighter ones. angst. drama. just about anything is perfect for me! 🍪 moving on to the fun side of this request, the fandoms and canon characters i am currently looking for! that being said i can play just about anyone for your side as well, just let me know who you would like. Criminal Minds 🕸️ currently on season 6 (derek morgan, aaron hotchner) COD:MW 🕸️ (john price, alejandro vargas) Marvel 🕸️ (logan howlett, miguel o'hara, miles morales) TWD / FTWD 🕸️ keep in mind i only just started season four of ftwd but twd i've watched it all (daryl dixon, abraham ford, rick grimes, ezekiel sutton, negan smith, qaletaqa walker) Fruits Basket 🕸️ currently rewatching (hatori sohma, shigure sohma, kazuma sohma) One Piece 🕸️ so here you gotta be really patient with me because i just started the anime and i'm in the Alabasta saga and just got to Little Garden (roronoa zoro, sanji, shanks) i will do my best to in contact with each like! please only like this if you are interested in roleplaying any of these fandoms, don't leave me hanging as i don't want to be wasting anyone else's nor my own time. have a good day/evening to everyone!

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[topazy]

so i started rewatching fear the walking dead today and so far im only on the second episode but i like it, it’s def slow and you can tell it was made a long time ago, but i think its good idk that might just be me, i like the lesly gore reference about the neighbors birthday party, sorry if its a spoilers to anyone who hasn’t watched it, i like seeing the beginning of it all, and knowing that like at this time rick (even tho he isn’t in this show) is in the hospital when this is all happening so like we know kind of what everyone’s going through and their thoughts instead of just jumping right into it. its also crazy to think that at this time daryl is on a hunting trip with his dad and a few of his dad’s friends (i can’t help but mention him 🤭) , i also like the fact that we’re seeing it happening from the other side of the country which i just think is cool, and also knowing that this is happening when deanna was trying to get home but she for redirected to alexandria, sorry if this is too long i get excited to talking about anything twd related and i find it cool that they’re in the same universe i hope you’re having a good day 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Never apologise!!!! This is always a space to talk about the walking dead universe 💕

Oh my god, I completely missed the reference when I first watched it🫨 I do like the FTWD but I definitely think it’s a slower than TWD

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I found it harder/longer to start caring about the characters I’m FTWD than TWD- like straight away I was so invested in Rick finding his family, and even the characters I found annoying like Andrea I was like “get back to the prison!” But with the FTWD it took me a while to actually warm up and care if they lived or not

How did you find it?

Hope your having a good day/night

[mrcrawly]

my opinion on walking dead spinoff shows

i have watched the main TWD spinoffs (except FTWD) and these are my opinions. they are quite strong

The Ones Who Live: never thought id say this but kind of the strongest out of all of them. it may be that i had lower expectations for it because the only reason i watched it was because i wanted to know what happened with Michonne (Rick seriously pisses me off in some inexplicable way im sorry Andrew Lincoln ily). i watched it with my whole family and sometimes i was doing homework so i lwk kinda half watched it...... but it was honestly pretty good and im glad it was a one-and-done storyline rather than trying to drag it out for money. the end scene was good and im hoping the main cast comes together again!

Daryl Dixon: was it bad? no! it had a pretty decent explanation as to how he ended up in France, there was some pretty awesome development in terms of Daryl's character, i liked Laurent, and the French culture bits were all good. but was it especially good? no. i think they wanted to show us how the rest of the world is getting on and that life isn't totally peaceful just because our main cast got a happy ending. i also just really love the trope of "angry sad guy gets stuck looking after some supposedly special and abused/mistreated child and actually ends up really caring for them like a father." that scene of him getting angry at Laurent for cutting the boat loose just to totally backtrack and comfort him when Laurent admitted he was scared to be alone kinda got me ngl, and i think pairing Daryl with a kid he obviously sees himself in is cute. but i think i just legitimately cannot take the concept of "Georgia redneck in Paris" entirely seriously. all the parts of someone speaking French to him and him having to look at Isabelle and be like "what's he sayin" kinda made me laugh. also im PISSED they killed Isabelle it felt majorly fucking unnecessary. fun watch though! Carol and Daryl lwk make me wanna pull my hair out though bc they seriously can't let themselves be happy but nevertheless it was good.

Dead City: i know the second season is coming out soon (and this is another one i may have missed little pieces of because of the manner i watched it) but i didn't enjoy it. like just flat out it really didn't interest me that much. do i think it's bad? no! ill probably go back to rewatch it and make sure i actually understand what it was getting at but having seen it it just really did not scratch that itch. also i get that Maggie should never forgive Negan and im not saying that whatsoever, i understand and i like their dynamic, but if they could seriously stop fucking fighting for five seconds everyone would be significantly happier. Negan was hot in this show though so it gets a couple extra points. also seeing Hershel all grown up made me emotional (but why the shit are you talking to your mama like that damn!!!)

haven't seen Fear the Walking Dead yet but ill get around to it! i loved the original walking dead series (my first tattoo is going to be the tree in the field and "my mercy prevails over my wrath") but im really feeling like they're gonna beat a dead horse for profit and that makes me really sad.

[rocasterum]

Fear The Walking Dead

29092024 it's been nearly 10 years since the release, i followed closely the franchise from the parent season to the other spinoffs but for some reason i've been itching to rewatch FTWD more recently, and today i started with season 1, sorta debating on if i'll continue with S2 or just jump to S3. i have had a lot of criticism for it before but i am fond of the nostalgia and feelings i used to get tuning in every monday at 4am my timezone to watch the latest episode. i wont deny i was disappointed in S3 ending as well as the remaining seasons, but i pulled through up to S5 then dropped it. this rewatch fest i might be inclined to give the rest of the seasons a chance or just relive the memories i had with S1 up to S4. As i am writing this am not even halfway through the first episode and i already see the potential it had, the actors expressions and line deliveries, it turly was a good first episode. i will update at a later date about my 10 years later review of FTWD season 1 and see if my thoughts changed from when i was a teen or not.

[all-that-is-gold-is-now-gone]

FTWD Thoughts {𝒟𝓌𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 & 𝒮𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓇𝓎}

Okay so I recently finished rewatching FTWD and I wanna talk about this scene, cause honestly I love it so much lol, and I think it characterizes the two of them so well!

First off, starting with the fact that Dwight is the one with the kid while Sherry is the threatening one, I love it so much lol. Cause people always assume Dwight is the one to not be messed with, while Sherry stays back. But NO ya'll could not be more wrong

Sherry is the one to get shit done and I love it, she is locked and loaded to deal with everyone's shit like a queen

Like look at them, Dwight ya know trying to reason by talking and all that, annoyed like cool that's not a wrong way to go about it. But Sherry is just ready to put an end to this shit. She's cool and she's done, ready to handle whatever

[addictedvivi]

If I've learned anything from the new-ish rules of aviation in Brazil for carry-on luggage, it's that I can practically fit everything I need in a 10 Kg (20 lb) backpack. I'm more prepared for a zombie apocalypse now than I've ever been 😆

[simplisticfandoms]

Well guys, I’m finally re-watching/finishing season four of FTWD simply for Alycia, Coleman and Lennie (plus Austin joining next season). I’m trying to keep an open mind now that I can binge it all. As much as I’m pissed about how the show turned out, I adore these actors so much and they deserve me giving it my best shot not being bitter.

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Piggybacking off of your recent ask about Dr Edwards, the Grady storyline, and France. Do you think the Grady storyline originally meant to be much bigger? I skipped most of 5A because I was sad about Beth dying, and went on to 5B. I’m on 5x07 right now (delaying the inevitable), and in the beginning Rick is talking about how there are few enough guards for them to get in with the upper hand and kill them. So how much was the Grady memorial operation honestly, unless it got into touch with CRM or one of the bigger “government type” things that popped up in the latter seasons further post-apocalypse?

5x06 honestly felt so weird. I really enjoyed the episode, We haven’t really seen where Daryl and Carol were the entire season, but you could feel how heavy Daryl and Carol’s dialogue was. It also felt like it wasn’t actually saying what it wanted to. I’m kinda guessing a lot of that was to give a shock value when they shot Beth, but it also was just confusing. I was sad you didn’t have a 5x06 meta. If you could add that to you rewatch list, that would be awesome to hear the TD perspective. Especially with how it plays into Daryl’s evolution up to that point:)

I'll do my best to do a rewatch. My work life is super crazy right now, but we do still have (unfortunately) a lot of time before new TWD material airs.

But I DO have some 5x06 metas. They're just very old. I'd love to rewatch S5 after all this time and see what new things I can pick up.

Check out some 5x06 Metas here: https://twdmusicboxmystery.tumblr.com/post/165658806179/td-theories-by-season-s5-5x06-consumed

But to answer your question, I don't think Grady was ever a huge operation by itself. But I DO think they were entangled with the CRM. When Dawn talked about someone out there who was coming to rescue them, and Beth just thought she was delusional, I think Dawn was talking about the CRM. She'd been in contact with them and knew they took people in.

(I talk about this in detail here, when FTWD, ep 5x05 revealed a lot of this to us: https://twdmusicboxmystery.tumblr.com/post/185978887294/ftwd-5x05-analysis)

But we've also seen that they won't just take anyone and everyone in. Dawn was probably trying to convince them to come get all the Grady people, but she hadn't managed it, yet. Maybe they even promised her they would come rescue everyone, but they just hadn't yet and she didn't know when.

So, this is why we think Beth's story is very tied up with the CRM as well. If she ended up back at Gray after Coda, then she almost definitely ended up with the CRM eventually. And now, in the spinoff, Daryl is finally going to lock horns with the CRM in a big way. Or so we understand.

So yeah. Hope that helps. I've linked some relevant metas above. Thanks Nonny! Xoxo! 💌❣️

[noemitenshi]

Troy and the horde

Fair warning, this is gonna be a long and rambly post, but beginning with the first time I watched ftwd s3 to now (approximately 100 k rewatches later) the reasoning behind Troy assembling the horde is still so intriguing to (and hard to grasp for) me. So here are my thoughts on that.

Ok so in the beginning, the very first time, I saw it I couldn’t AT ALL grasp why he would do it. It was driving me insane, for weeks, because yes, Troy is impulsive and violent - but the ONE thing we know about him, that is said AND shown (yes behind that phrase another rant is hiding) to us is, that the ranch is everything to him. So, why would he try and burn that land like that, then?

And ok, let’s say, he’s doing it because if he can’t have it, then no one can - why warn Nick and Jake?

Actually if he can just sneak back onto the ranch - why not do that and plan something with the militia, something to take his enemies out, maybe in their sleep? I’m just saying, there were alternative choices there, choices that had a much higher probability of getting him back his land (because Troy may be a lot of things but he isn’t stupid, in fact he is rather clever) - if this is indeed what he wanted.

But he didn’t. No, he gave Nick an ominous warning, told him to also tell Jake (interesting but not a focus here how his attention shifted away from Madison, completely) and went away again (to lead the horde).

So his actions just felt a bit off to me. Enough so that I couldn’t let it go (and obviously still can’t - otherwise I wouldn’t be making this post).

So I think his actions are driven by several reasons, most rooted in his childhood/upbringing and more complex than “If I can’t have it, no one can” (though I’m sure he had that thought too). So in the following i’ll give you an unordered list of these.

Troy is low-key suicidal (and again I could probably do a whole seperate post on this). So throughout the show Troy does his best to push people far past what they are comfortable with, baiting them into doing something, possibily killing him? I mean, he is FAR TOO comfortable with having a gun pointed at him or being pushed up against a wall.

And the way he is talking to Jake when Nick and him finally find Troy and see what he has done is just screaming to me “STOP ME!”

(Just look at him smiling... not at all concerned with a gun being pointed at him)

So he kinda, maybe (definitely) wants to die but because he “doesn’t surrender” (he told Madison as much) he can’t just go do that. No, someone else has to do the actual killing for him. Seems like he chose Jake in that particular instance.

Troy loves the ranch (but he really hates it, too). Alright, as established in the show (and pointed out above) Troy loves that place. He says everything he does is in service of this place. And when Madison asks him if he was lonely he says “No, I had this place.” And we see him taking care of it, too - and not only with violence, e.g. when he’s reparing the fence. So the ranch was everything he had as a kid and he got to know it (and the surrounding lands) VERY WELL when he was taken out of school (”I’m somewhat of a nature boy”).

But the ranch was also the place of his abuse. So as much as he loved it, I’m sure in his darkest hours, when he was at his saddest, at his lonliest (both his parents in a drunken rage and Jake was silently standing by (hoping not to be seen) and all he’d done was ask a question because he truly didn’t understand) he wanted nothing more than to BURN IT ALL DOWN. So yes, his relationship with that place (imho) is a lot more complex than it seems. And some parts of him hate that place bc they hate and rage against what has been done to him. But he can’t take his revenge on the ones responsible (possibly he doesn’t even want to because he yearns for their acceptance, their love). But he CAN take it out on the witness of his abuse, that place.

Troy’s revenge on Madison. So this point is similar to the one above, in that a part of him that was hurt is lashing out. It seems to me like the fact that NICK shot Jeremiah instead of Madison felt like a kind of betrayal to Troy. He tells her “And you let your SON shoot him?” like he can’t believe this, like this is a betrayal. A betrayal because it turns out Madison is not the person Troy thought she was. Consider also what he says after: “I thought you were cold-blooded” & “There’s still sentiment left”.

He had thought he found a teacher in Madison, someone to finally tell him how to STOP FEELING all the time (bc he does feel - he is overflowing with feelings and has no idea where to put it all - that’s where his impulsive and violent behavior comes from and also it’s why he was a “difficult child” as his father said to Madison). And then (on top of losing his father - which may fell both like a blessing and a curse) it turns out that she has been faking it all along too, that she can’t help him either. So I think some part of him wants to take his revenge by destroying what she made (the peace). And since he’s Troy he does it in the most destructive (and dramatic) way possible.

In conclusion: Troy needed a hug (badly) and I’m very sad for him.

[whereismymindnow]

Shark (Troy Otto x OC)

I’ve really enjoyed rewatching FTWD lately, particularly S3 since Troy was such an interesting character that had so many complicated layers and I thought his relationship with Nick could have been explored so much more.

Anyway, this may not go anywhere, but here’s a one-shot or chapter one of a short fic for anyone that may be interested. I've not posted any fanfiction on Tumblr before so I'm fully prepared for it to flop haha! I do post on AO3 under the name Mikki19. :)

Song inspiration for the story: Plastic Heart by Ciscandra Nostalghia

This fic (if I expand on it on here) will have many dark elements due to Troy's mindset. Consider that your warning.

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This wasn’t how it was meant to happen.

All of this trouble over some half-rotten fucking apples.

She’d been minding her own business, her hunger leading her to not take full account of her surroundings as she came across the nearly dead fruit tree. Flies buzzed around the apples that had dropped to the floor long ago, but she noticed 3 overly ripened orbs clinging for life on one of the higher branches. Given how she’d been unable to forage much lately, she was willing to try and take whatever bits of the apples were left.

Her nearly empty bag dropped to the ground as she carefully put one foot in a groove of the tree and hoisted herself up. Her vision was blurry and her head ached, but getting the browning fruits above remained her goal. With shaky limbs she scaled the tree until she could stretch up and touch the apples with her fingertips. She let out a groan of pain as she gave one last stretch and grabbed the branch that held her prize; a small shake had the little round globes dropping to the ground with a squelch making her grimace. Beggars can’t be choosers, she reminded herself.

She hadn’t been expecting to hear the rumble of an engine or the large soldiers that slowly sauntered out of the truck. She’d frozen like a cat being caught climbing something they shouldn’t have as one stepped forward. His brown curls and bright eyes gave the impression of innocence, but the shadow of calculation overcoming his face made her realise how fucked she was.

Harper unsteadily slid down the tree and noticed how her bag – that had very little inside it apart from an empty bottle, a Swiss Army knife, a torn and distressed picture of her brother, and the collar of her dog that had defended her until the end – was closer to the man than to her. With a sharklike smile he picked up the bag and threw it behind him for one of his friends to rifle through and cocked his head to the side in wonder as to what her next move would be.

She heard him laugh as she dived behind the tree and ran as fast as she could to the building nearby. A loud scream left her as a corpse immediately launched itself at her as she burst through the door; its teeth were so close to her that she could feel a few strands of hair be ripped from her scalp as it snapped its jaws. She kept an arm pushing across its chest as she frantically ripped her pocketknife from her boot, flipped it open and sent the blade through the walker’s skull. The body dropped to the filthy floor, sending a cloud of grey dust into the air that made her choke. Harper turned her head and saw the soldier slowly making his way to the building she’d just entered.

So, here she was. Trapped like a mouse as the cat prowled around looking for its next meal. She slowed her breathing as much as she could and huddled under the abandoned desk; her hand held a strong grip on the knife but she could already feel her body shaking in exhaustion. She hadn’t eaten properly or slept more than a few hours for days since her camp got overrun by a hoard of the dead. She wasn’t ready for a fight. She knew that this was only going to go one way judging by the firepower that these men had and how clean and well-fed they looked. With any luck she could lose or injure the guy in the building and run out through a back exit.

“You know, I don’t want to hurt you. People always look at me like a monster, but I’m not. If you come out, there doesn’t have to be a struggle.” Harper could hear him in the corridor outside of the abandoned office she’d dived into. The way he sounded so chilled, almost bored or uninterested, made her want to deliver a swift kick to his smug face.

She’d always been a fighter. When the kid in 9th grade pushed her to the floor and laughed, she’d got up just as quick and head-butted him without a thought. When Sophia had looked at her brown curls with a sneer, she’d quickly pulled on the blonde locks until the girl begged for mercy. Of course, her spitfire nature came with consequences. She’d found that out pretty quick when her father started to use a firmer, more brutal hand in order to get her to comply, and her mother had pulled her out of school and begun to slip light sedatives in her food. They were afraid of her, she knew that. They were afraid she’d inherited that rage that had sent her grandmother into a mental hospital at the age of 39 until she died in a medication induced coma at 46. It wasn’t until her brother died when she was 18 that things began to change. Her fire had been reduced to nothing and she walked around the house like one of the dead even before they’d started to rise. Malachi had been her rock. He’d been the only one to believe in her and used that anger that burned within her belly to train her how to wrestle. She soon grew hungry for the sport and had aspired to join the independent wrestling scene as soon as she could break away from her parents. Malachi’s death had changed all of that though. The once bright-eyed girl had been reduced to a withered husk. The fire within had been extinguished and the thought of fighting made her feel nauseous. Her parents had been quite relieved; they’d have rather have her broken than be the monster they were sure she’d have turned into. From then on she’d been a shadow of her former self; she spent most of her days sleeping or pretending to listen to her mother prattle on about one thing or another whilst her father went to work.

She could feel that familiar ache in her chest. She wanted to get up and fight, but her legs felt like jelly and her head was about ready to explode. So, she waited. Her eyes clenched shut as the door to the office slowly closed. She heard the thud of a gun being put on the table near the door and the heavy footsteps of army boots make their way across the room.

“I know you’re under there.” A squeak left her mouth as two large hands slammed down on top of the desk. “Won’t you come out? You don’t even know what I have to offer to you. Those apples you were so desperately reaching for? I can give you a whole basket full… if you just come out.” He made it sound so goddamn easy and simple. “I said: come out!” The sudden anger in his voice made her gulp and slowly stand. Her green eyes met his; despite the anger that had been in his voice, his face was blank as he drank the sight of her in.

Her cropped top was torn and covered in blood, her shorts were dirty and her boots were worn. She was clinging to life by a thread and they both knew it. Her 5’7” stature was dwarfed by his large 6’1” body. He could tell she had been quite fit and muscular before all of this, but poor nutrition had left her looking withered and underdeveloped. He could easily see her ribs and hipbones from where she stood. She was completely filthy and he noted bruises and scratches on her legs from where she had been running wild for who knows how long. It was her eyes that got him the most; he’d seen those eyes before, he saw that same determination and anger every time he looked at his own reflection. She didn’t want to give up, but she was so tired. Her body wobbled in place and she sucked her chapped bottom lip between her teeth in an attempt to keep the sob that was building at bay.

“Come here.” When she made no effort to move Troy quickly reached forwards, grabbed her by the neck and lifted her over the desk so that she was in front of him. He laughed as his free hand quickly caught her wrist as she sluggishly tried to get him with her knife. “Drop it.” Troy murmured softly.

“No.” Her voice cracked from lack of use. “No.” A heavy sigh left his mouth before he tightened his grip until he could feel her ligaments and bones creak under his grasp. “Agh!” Her other hand came to claw at his fingers desperately as she felt like her wrist would break.

“Drop. It.” He hissed with no intention of loosening his hold until she complied like a good girl. The knife fell with a clatter as she swallowed down her pride and submitted. Immediately his once vicelike grip turned into a soft hold and he allowed his thumb to carefully rub the already bruising skin. “Do you see what you made me do?” He spoke like he was talking to a child. “I’m not a bad person. You just need to listen to me.” Troy watched as her face crumpled and she stared at her feet. He was so used to looking at people like an experiment that he was shocked to find his mind wasn’t trying to work out how long it would take this weakened girl to turn. He looked at her in wonder instead. He could tell that she was broken inside. It was easy to see as the swell of defiance was in her gaze but it was overpowered by the lost look. She needed someone to lead her. She needed direction… purpose… He’d give it to her. He could see her at the ranch with him. She’d be in the living area waiting for him to return from a hunt with a smile on her face and no shoes on her feet. She wouldn’t need shoes; shoes were only necessary for people going outside. He was all she would need. She would be his.

Harper carefully looked up at the soldier and blinked as she saw the concentration in them. “Who are you?”

“My name is Troy. Yours?”

“H-Harper.”

“Where are you from?”

“England… originally. We moved to the States after my brother died… too many memories at home.”

“How’d your brother die? Was he sick?” His head snapped to the side as her hand came up and connected with his cheek. Harper was breathless from the exertion but the carelessness in which he talked about her brother made her blood boil. Malachi was a subject not meant to be touched. “Hm… wrong move.” Troy’s grip tightened once again on her wrist as he spun her around, pushed her front onto the desk and pulled her limb until an aching pain grew in her shoulder from the angle. He used his own body to hover over her so that she couldn’t straighten up. “Apologise.” He wedged his legs between hers as she started to flail and kick out in order to avoid the low blow that she was aiming to deliver; his hips stayed firm against the back of her thighs despite the movements she was making. A deep groan left his mouth as her actions awakened the primal urge within him that told him to claim her. Harper suddenly stilled as she felt a heavy, hard length begin to grow against her ass. “Apologise.” He simply repeated, suddenly breathless as his body buzzed from the stimulation. He wasn’t used to this reaction. Sure, he could see pretty girls from those that would probably be a last pick, but he’d never felt this need to claim before. He’d had sex before, meaningless and ultimately disappointing sex with girls that had wanted to get closer to his perfect brother or had wanted a better standing within the ranch and chosen the somewhat vulnerable youngest Otto to try and make that happen, but this felt like more than just an urge to find his way into the warmth between her legs. This felt like something he needed; like the blood in his veins and the air that he breathed. She felt like a piece of the puzzle that would fit perfectly into place and make him feel that little bit more whole.

Harper could feel his hot breath shakily release against the back of her head and shuddered. “I- I am sorry.” She whispered gently in an attempt to appease the unpredictable man behind her. She felt him slowly release her wrist but he made no motion to move away from her. Her back tensed as his hands slowly went to her sides and gripped her hips. He stayed still for a moment, almost as though he was using his hold on her body to ground himself, before stepping back with a low chuckle.

“Good girl. You’re learning already.” Troy leant down and grabbed her knife, a knowing look in his eye as he pocketed it for himself before pulling something else out of his jacket. A thin strip of plastic was in his grasp. “Put your wrists out and together.” Harper exhaled as she looked at the cable tie. Exhaustion was defeating her and he’d taken what little energy she had left. Her body was propped up by the table behind her and she knew if she stepped away then her legs were likely to collapse.

“Where are you going to take me?” She asked softly understanding that she had no way out of this in her current state.

“Back to base. It’s safe there.” Troy stated proudly as though he was saving her and not taking her against her will. “Do you understand? I’m going to keep you safe. I’ll feed you and get you clean so I can see exactly what is under all of this filth.” Harper’s mouth watered at the thought of food and a shower. Her basic human needs screamed at her to obey as she shakily held out her hands to him. He carefully looped the plastic around her wrists and tightened it until she winced; only stopping when her eyes looked into his pleading for some form of mercy. “Are you thankful?” Harper gave a shaky nod under his intense stare that seemed to strip her naked and glare into her soul. “Use your words.”

Harper swallowed down her bile as he raised his brow expectantly. “Yes… thank you, Troy.” His grin was the last thing she saw before her body finally gave up and she dropped to the cold ground unconscious.

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You look for me Inside the dark I am the ocean You are the shark You hunt me like Your last goodbye Oh fallen angel Of the night

---Plastic Heart by Ciscandra Nostalghia---

[findroleplay]

— 🕊️ 20 year old looking for anyone around that age+ for some fandom roleplays! a bit about me: i've been i've been roleplaying for over five years now. i write with "for talking" and 'for thinking/thoughts'. i LOVE details, as long as it makes sense ofc, but i love lit to advance-lit rp partners! i am looking to double up for these fandoms so please let's keep it fair for both sides! i don't mind focusing on one side for a bit for whatever reason, but i BEG that we keep it fair so we can both have fun! i'm also someone that loves talking ooc, sending tiktoks, discussing the story, headcanons, and so on, and i would much prefer someone that loves to do the same. now that that's set, let's move on! for each of these fandoms i would absolutely love if both sides took place around the same time bc i love giving our ocs opportunity to interact and that's just easiest for me (unless we do two different fandoms for each side which is perfectly fine with me as well). i don't mind what sort of dynamics/plots we do. dead dove darker ideas or lighter ones. angst. drama. just about anything is perfect for me! nfsw content is also perfectly fine with me, i would love to add it as well but it cannot take over the whole plot either. moving on to the fun side of this request, the fandoms and canon characters i am currently looking for! that being said i can play just about anyone for your side as well, just let me know who you would like. Criminal Minds — currently on season 6 (derek morgan, aaron hotchner, emily prentiss) COD:MW — (john price, alejandro vargas) Marvel — (logan howlett, miguel o'hara, miles morales) TWD / FTWD — keep in mind i only just started ftwd so be patient with me! twd i've watched it all (daryl dixon, abraham ford, rick grimes, ezekiel sutton, qaletaqa walker) The Last Of Us — i've only watched the Max show and i'm currently on episode five i believe (joel miller) Fruits Basket — currently rewatching (hatori sohma, shigure sohma, kazuma sohma) One Piece — so here you gotta be really patient with me because i just started the anime and i'm in the Loguetown Arc (roronoa zoro, sanji, shanks) i will do my best to in contact with each like! please only like this if you are interested in roleplaying any of these fandoms, don't leave me hanging as i don't want to be wasting anyone else's nor my own time. have a good day/evening to everyone!

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[alienyolk]

rewatching ftwd s4 and i still can’t wrap my mind around how the producers in charge thought epic fantasy writers were the best choice to showrun a zombie horror??? the tone is so pretentious and different. i hate it. are we ever gonna address the hot air balloon?

[taiturner]

5, 26, 37 for gif questions 💛

What is your favorite movie/TV show to gif?

TUA inspires me the most, probably, because I'm most invested in so many of those characters and despite only being three seasons, there's just a lot of content there to work with.  I can go through those episodes a thousand times and still find something I haven't giffed yet or want to or some totally new take on a thought I had previously. 

I also really love to gif TWD: World Beyond, it's my all time favorite show, and the tags are soooo bare. Those gifs barely get any traction because most people don't care about the show but it's special to ME and I will gif it forever. There are just so many good moments, so many beautiful dynamics (especially in the realm of adoptive + found families), so many good lessons that encompass the show, and I just don't think I'll ever run out of ideas for it. It's also one of the rare shows that I love every single character in, so it's not like I have to avoid certain scenes/dynamics/etc. It's just my comfort show in every sense, so I love giffing it.

In general, I really like post-apocalyptic aesthetics + horror, and I tend to want to gif that kind of stuff more than anything. I watch a lot of lighter shows but I don't ever have the same inspo for that kind of thing.

How many unposted sets are in your drafts right now?

I currently have a few of my sets for TUA appreciation week done (Favorite superpower, 1/2 favorite quotes, & a free choice... I won't spoil any of those but I'm very content with those right now 😌), and I've got quite a few half finished sets that I'm either not ready to go back to or am not sure about going back to... a Viktor/Sissy set that the quote I was using for just doesn't work anymore but it's pretty so I am determined to find a way to make it work, a FTWD ship set that I kind of lost my direction on, a typography set for usergif's back to cool event, and a Klaus/Luther set that kind of evolved into 3 other different sets I've already posted so I'm not sure I'll go back to it. BUT - my queue usually has 10+ things in it and I change how many things post a day depending on how I feel. Right now, there are currently 11 random gifs there.

What sets if any do you have planned to make in the future?

The rest of my TUA appreciation week gifsets are my priority right now. I've got a few of them done, but I have plans for multiple each day so it's really just .... whether or not I have the time/inspiration for all of them.

 But I haven't been giffing for very long, so I recently did a rewatch of a few of my favorite shows and saved the clips of everything I want to gif, so I kind of have a never ending supply of things I want to get to. 

As for bigger projects, I'm working on a few "this character in every episode" sets for some of my favorite characters in TWD, a few dif TWD parallels I want to get to, and I've got a long list of quotes/lyrics/etc for my favorite characters that I eventually want to get to (that's why there's been so many random Luther quote sets these past few months... my list for him is so long with 3 years of things I've saved, I will never tire of giffing him).

[darling-stay-with-me]

A fun thing that I learnt today that ALL my ftwd rewatch ended up in the ‘ftwd’ search tag. 

I track that fear the walking dead tag/search so I wasn’t aware of this till now. I thought putting ‘rewatch’ in the tag meant it wouldn’t end up in there but Tumblrs tags/search thing is stupid. 

so huge apologies to those that had to deal with that for the last couple of weeks

hopefully, not all of you have blocked me lol

oops! Lesson learnt