#he's so prince coded wtf

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mr. big (social media au) - cs55

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Summary: The one where there he was, wearing armani on a sunday, your boyfriend, Carlos.

Pairing: carlos sainz x romance writer!reader (model used: random people i found on pinterest)

Warnings: none other than some cursing? carlos being an old money dream as always

Request: "For a smau, would love to see romance writer!reader with Carlos (he is just Disney prince vibes) where fans aren’t quite sure how they got together but the influence him on her work is greatly appreciated" by my lovely @percervall

Author note: OKAY JUST REALISED I AM A CARRIE AND BIG APOLOGIST, WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT (i might be freaking out about them, but i will always be a charlotte girl)!!! (might honestly turn it into a series because who doesn't love a satc x old money crossover???)

Please also note that all of my works are protected under copyright, and not available for reposting on other platforms.

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yourusername: busy, busy, busy bee.

user: thank you mother for feeding us with another hot billionaire novel

yourusername: you are more than welcome

user: how is she not only one of the best romance authors, but also a fashion icon??

user: can't wait to read what carlos inspired this time!!

carlossainz55: you are not wearing you glasses again, cariño

yourusername: why don't you come put them on yourself??

user: oh, they are so cute it's sickening

user: GIVE US THE MANUSCRIPT AND END OUR SUFFERING

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user: how did they get together again??

user: i think he ran into her at one of her book signings in madrid?

user: i thought it was when she went to the paddock for some good old r&d?

user: i heard somewhere that a friend set them up

yourusername posted a new story!

carlossainz55 posted a story!

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yourusername: life lately & "between love and loathing" out june 23rd.

user: we love the romantic getaway, and a new book!!

user: we're being fed in more ways than one, and i am not complaining at all!!

user: oh shit, we're about to read the best romance novel of all time

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carlossainz55: i'm so proud of you, you have no idea

yourusername: way to make me cry

yourusername: i love you though

carlossainz55: te quiero más

user: I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE THE OLD MONEY COUPLE WE NEEDED ALL ALONG AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY STARTED DATING

user: it will remain forever a mystery

user: but at least we have content to keep us going through these hard times

carlossainz55

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carlossainz55: one of us made the pancakes, and one of us stood there looking pretty.

yourusername: hey, it was your turn to make breakfast

carlossainz55: and i loved every second of it

yourusername: even doing the dishes?

carlossainz55: especially doing the dishes

user: this is by far the most romance book thing this man has done

user: i still don't understand how they started dating, but good for them i guess

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landonorris: hey, i didn't get any pancakes, did you? @charles_leclerc

charles_leclerc: didn't even know we were having pancakes, where are our pancakes @carlossainz55

landonorris: and cooking in a towel?? how is that sanitary??

charles_leclerc: he's breaking at least a dozen health codes

carlossainz55: i hate you both

yourusername: you are all a pr nightmare

scuderiaferrari: i agree

user: damn he got lucky

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yourusername: and there he was, wearing armani on a sunday, carlos sainz.

user: SHUT UP!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

user: what kind of an iconic cunt slay is this

user: and just like that... they became the coolest couple on the internet

user: NEW NOVEL IDEA, SEX AND THE CITY RETELL WITH CARLOS

user: girl wtf

yourusername: no let her cook

yourusername: you might be onto something here

user: don't know if i want to be her or be carlos

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user: everybody say thank you mom for blessing us

carlossainz55: amor

yourusername: amor x2

user: oh she's working overtime god bless you

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IWTV Musings - Unreliable Narrators: Louis

I am SO sick of people in this effing fandom calling Louis an unreliable narrator as a thinly veiled code for him being a LIAR™. Everyone lies, to themselves & to others. Unless you're a literal sociopath, no one wants to be the villain; blamed for things effing up; or take responsibility for eff ups. But there's a patented difference b/t someone OCCASIONALLY LYING, and a HABITUAL LIAR™ whose modus operandi is to willfully deceive, manipulate, gaslight, trick or con(trol). Louis is many things (good & bad); and no, he can't be relied on to tell the story straight, for many reasons (that are & aren't his fault). But the one huge factor differentiating his 1973 interview (a la the book) & his 2022 interview in Dubai is Louis' SINCERITY.

2022 Dubai =/= 1973 SanFran: Odyssey of Recollection / Memory is a Monster

The whole premise of AMC!IWTV is that there are things Louis CANNOT REMEMBER about his past, no matter how hard he TRIES to remember. Back in S1 Jacob Anderson was fighting for his life not to spoil anything about S2, cuz by then he already knew that yes, Louis IS the problem with this whole recounting, cuz HIS MEMORY is the problem. How TF can you sit here tryna tell your life story when you don't even remember wtf happened!? ("You don't need a memoir, Louis. You need a hundred sessions of EMDR!") You're unreliable AF!

JA said "Louis REALLY BELIEVES that a lot of this is the TRUTH." But that deep down he KNOWS something ain't right.

Rolin Jones specifically wanted the 1x7 image Louis presented of him & "the love of my life" Armand to look like the scene from The Graduate. There's ZERO CHEMISTRY with Loumand in this shot, cuz it's not REAL. It's FORCED, a PERFORMANCE, just like JA said Lou is always been forced to do: perform; presenting the cookie-cutter image of a man who's supposedly got all his crap together, when BTS he's a freaking wreck who doesn't even KNOW or love himself ("Who are you, Louis? If there was no me? If there was no him? Who would you be? What do you want? How're you gon' get there?").

And Loumand doubles-down on that fake AF performance in 2x2, cheesing & hamming it up as if they're the perfect Stepford Family. And Daniel calls that ish out immediately; "keep selling it;" cuz he's "built this way," to dismantle BS, and Louis KNOWS this, and WANTS it to happen. The person constantly tryna STOP them is ARMAND, (Daniel effing pounced in 2x5 to sort everything out while Armand was AWAY. Daniel realized what/who the REAL PROBLEM was!).

Lou called Daniel for a reason, to help him UNPACK the jumbled mess ("he's good at his job"), cuz Lou KNOWS something's wrong with the way he's telling the story. Lou KNOWS he's unreliable, that there's a very real problem with him, and that he needs HELP. Louis is not a LIAR™, he has AMNESIA. That does NOT make him the villain or the bad guy, or the one to point malicious ableist AF fingers at as a gotcha! every time it's repeatedly said that YES, Lou's NOT the most reliable source of information; cackling like hyenas when Dan asked if Lou's schizophrenic and totally missing how that's the crux of the matter: Louis is mentally unwell, and CANNOT process his traumas all by himself; for reasons that both ARE and also are NOT his fault.

And what's more is that Lou HATES himself--his Confession Booth monologue lays out everything he hates about himself and will continue to hate himself for, even for the things that legit aren't even his fault (Louis: "I failed my brother!" Father Matthias: "NO, son!"). Lou's suicidal & all-too-willing to accept & internalize the NEGATIVE things people who HATE him say ("maybe I am arrogant!"), or what people actively plotting AGAINST him say ("You should go with Lestat's version, for the book, I think. I'm sorry!").

Self-loathing is at the very core of The Vampire Chronicles, and precisely what Prince Lestat finally teaches the vampires to get rid of at the end if the book series: the self-destructive self-sabotaging tendencies rooted in self-loathing that led vampires like Nicki & Louis (AND Lestat) to kill themselves, rather than to seek help or help themselves get better & love & accept themselves. Accepting that they're vampires doesn't mean they have to act like soulless monsters--they DO have a soul/conscience & CAN/SHOULD take responsibility for their actions, esp. their effs up, to become BETTER.

Louis is the antihero of IWTV, but DANIEL is the actual hero. Louis couldn't save himself from any of the situations he was in; he needed HELP (Claudia in S1, Armand & Lestat in 2x7, Daniel in 2x8). Without Daniel getting Sam's script, Lou would've just accepted how "that's the end of it. There's nothing else;" assuming he finally had all the answers & everything was sorted out, when CHIIIIILE~! ��Lou was still in the Sunken Place!

After Armand's seismic lies were exposed, Louis finally started "learning to live honestly" without the toxic sludge of literal mind control keeping him back anymore; and esp. without Armand's narrative spoonfed to him that Lestat hated him & wanted him dead.

1973 SanFran: lies on top of lies

The 1973 interview was a whole steaming crappy heap of lies Louis told Daniel but most importantly HIMSELF. Cuz the SEISMIC LIE Armand told him about "Banishment" had a ripple-effect, dominoe implications. If Armand saved Lou and NOT Lestat, that means Les must've really hated Lou and was fine with him being executed at the Trial. So Lou spiraled, thinking Les didn't love him (anymore?), and that Lou himself was an idiot for falling for what must've obvs been lies Les fed him the entire time about their oh-so-sacred "cord you cannot see, loving you with ALL of myself," if he could let that disgusting lynching happen and NOT save his "Companion Heart."

Louis SINCERELY WANTS to remember & give the more "nuanced portrait" about his life. But if the person at the center if his life is Lestat, and Lestat screwed him over, what does that mean about Louis' whole life? He picked the wrong person--he chose Lestat over Paul, over Claudia, over himself, and THIS is how Lestat treats him? No, Les must've manipulated TF outta him, he's the devil, Claudia was right that Les is the "Father of Lies!" What "love?! I bled him like a pig and waited for the death rattle!"

BUT!

Lestat was MORE than Louis' Maker. They really were companions. Their hearts beat in sync the way Lestat & Claudia's obvs NEVER did. Something MORE than the Vampire Bond tied them together. It WAS real. Right? Lestat did love him, right? So wtf? The math ain't mathin. ARMAND is the love of my life.

Right?....

That's not a LIAR. That's what a real library of CONFUSION looks like.

[queeriouslyollie]

ACTUAL BRAINWORMS AHEAD ABOUT TROY

i like actually have SO many thoughts about troy yall dont understand. i have so much to say that i dont remember ANY OF IT TO PUT HERE.

its also been to the point that like. its all i think about. its so bad rn too bc i ran outta both my antidepressants and adhd meds (fuck pharmacies theyre all a pain in the ass omg) and so my brain is this mushy slurry of just. troy troy troy wonderlust runt troy troy blink troy. i literally could not focus at work today i had to write in my journal so that i didn't implode.

anyways after this point there are spoilers so dont read on. i woulda tagged it but this post is gonna be so rambly and full of my brainworms that i dont know if i wanna tag this at all lmao. so anyways yeah brainrot brainworms warning if you read ahead,

so yeah i have some like ideas on what troys whole deal is (besides being our [recovering :3] asshole nepo baby).

like first of all, 100% trans coded (like all of charlies characters, like wtf how is this cis guy better at being trans than i am??). please let it be canon i am begging

second, im torn between the theories of him being a little clockwork guy or being a hybrid (like runt and blink n the reclaim guys). its hard to tell what's cannon and what is troy mode comedy shit, but it seems like we may not have ever canonically? gotten a description/confirmation of what is actually under troys suit, and obviously not what may be under his skin. if he is a hybrid that could have some really fucked up connotations asw

third, whats his deal with his family? it's basically been confirmed that his mom's dead (or otherwise just OUT of the picture). his dad is around, for a bit i was SO convinced his dad was gonna be the inventor. either way, whats the deal between them? just nepo neglect? or something worse? i have a feeling either way i WILL be ugly crying. again. to jrwi. about a charlie character. and also siblings?? he said he had a brother. but then when the yort appeared he said he always wanted a brother? so maybe bad relationship there too?

also??? like his character growth?? the amount he has started to be able to convey his respect and care for the team. i love the little part about runt having an actual feeling of looking up to him when they sled down the mountain. they are so sibling coded. troy and blink's little arc was so good too (also like. malewife troy. all im saying about that). and his whole thing in ep 22, the way he was able to twist the perceptions people have of him, and even the fucked up shit he has done, to manipulate (gaslight gatekeep girlboss) his way through that situation. and the team letting him take the reigns!!!!! anyways this makes me wanna compile a list of my fave quotes/interactions/moments/etc from the campaign. i just might.

i genuinely dont know why im SO attached to this goddamn character. theoretically? i should hate him. he is like, literally antithetical to everything i am and stand for. literally a foil to who i am as a person. but like???? idk. as ive said before he's the first character ive ever understood and felt the "i can fix them" thing about lmao. and he has shown character growth,

and to me he seems. misguided? maybe even hurt? by those around him. it seems like those who should have nurtured him failed him. and like. i really empathize that. i kinda feel that a little too much (but from a different lens bc i am the furthest thing from a nepo baby lmfao). and not to psychoanalyze him (more), it seems to me that maybe deep down he thinks very lowly of himself. bro is literally prince charming but was surprised when aeon called him pretty boy?? like i mean obv, he's not the brightest guy around, but i also think he should give himself more credit where its due, and he might not appreciate his achievements enough and seems to beat himself down when he doesnt reach his own standards. he also seems very touch starved (or just. any [authentic] slightly positive interaction starved in general)

or maybe im just projecting too hard onto him oops lmao. thats the vibe i get tho

if you read all this i think youre probably just as ill as i am about this guy and like. respect. or maybe youre just bored or thought there would be something smart in here, in which case i deeply apologize for my word vomit

anyways i think im gonna go rewatch wonderlust from the start for like the fifth time. or riptide for the like 12th (god give us our funy lil pirates back!!!) because. i lobv them

[jinwoosbabyboo]

I want to ask why you chose Aaron Warner, Christian Harper, and Rhys Larsen as a good comparison to Sylus? I want an essay!! I LOVE Aaron Warner but honestly haven't yet read the twisted series. Also, I don't mind spoilers so... excited to see what you come up with!

You want an essay??? Please 🙄 ….. No problem lets get it 😘

bear with me I read the twisted series over a year ago

‼️SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS‼️

Aaron Warner [Shatter Me Series ~ Tahereh Mafi] - This 5'9" golden haired military assassin with a heart of STONE. Yea you thought I was gonna say heart of gold huh? Nah this boy was trained to be a killer from birth. However when it comes to Juliette/Ella she is quite literally the only thing he cares about and is also the only girl he's ever loved.

He will quite literally sacrifice the world if it means she will be okay. His memory was erased multiple times, but he fell in love with her every. single. time. If it's for Juliette/Ella he's a goner because she is his only weakness in the world. He wants to love her and be loved by her and only her unconditionally.

“The reason why he had to keep wiping their memories was because it didn’t matter how many times he reset the story or remade the introductions— Aaron always fell in love with her. Every time.”

Christian Harper [Twisted Lies ~ Ana Huang] - Now this man stalked his girl for I think 5 years before making himself known. He's a billionaire who runs a security/tech company and he can hack into anything. He's a modern day genius obsessed with this girl Stella. They finally met in person when she moved into one of his apartment buildings with her friend Jules. He really slipped into her life though when Jules moved out and she couldn't afford the rent. He made a deal with her by letting her stay for a lower price and these were high end apartments (At least like 80% off the listing price). He also happened to live just one floor above her. The deal was she would take care of his plants in exchange for the low cost. He claims he isn't a jealous man yet he's jealous of every person she smiles at, every laugh that he didn't cause, etc he's completely and utterly obsessed with her from page one.

He will do literally anything for her including pretending the be her man for her social media platforms oh yea she's an influencer/model. Stella also likes being tied up and Christian happily obliged to tying her up ON A YACHT and was a real pussy pleaser. He supported her in her fashion designer endeavor and married her ass and IMMEDIATELY put a baby in her.

Oh one more thing Stella got kidnapped while her and Christian were fighting (this man was SICK) he sent a Code Black Out to all his agents in the area to find her and code black out if for extreme emergencies. Let’s just say her kidnapper is having a nice nap. A permanent nap. (Reminds you of a certain someone who turned MCs kidnapper into fucking black and red mist huh?)

Rhys Larsen [Twisted Games ~ Ana Huang] - Forget Prince Charming give me Mr. Scarred Knight Rhys Larsen 😮‍💨. He's ex-military and works as a bodyguard now (He works for none other than Christian Harper & they're in a sense friends) This man and his girl Princess Bridget who is a literal Princess. He was her bodyguard and she was forced to step up and become Queen because her brother married a commoner so he couldn't become king and Eldorra (their country) needed a ruler.

She basically starts acting up and Rhys is like girl wtf is going on?! She ends up wanting to do everything on her bucket list before becoming Queen so Rhys takes her to Costa Rica to do it. They fall for each other but it's a forbidden love so they can't really be together because she's royalty and he's a commoner. He fell in love despite him telling her he doesn't get involved with his clients. Him and Bridget were blackmailed by someone close to her which caused him to be terminated as her bodyguard. This man never drank in his life, but the minute he had to let Bridget go he drank himself stupid.

He was down bad for her (and so was she). They went through hell trying to get a centuries old law overturned so he could marry her. He didn't care about the fame or the royal title he just wanted to be with her. This man broke every single one of his rules that he'd set for himself for her. He never really opened up about his scars to anyone, but her (and I think Christian).

He's rough around the edges and can be a dom daddy made her stir down to her heels and said "Crawl to me" (SCREAMING WHINING AND RUNNING AROUND THE ROOM) He's also VERY possessive I quote...

"From this point on you're mine. No other man touches you. If they do I know seventy-nine ways to kill a man and I can make seventy of the look like and accident. Understand?"

I hope after reading all that you can see the similarities that I see. He's not dark romance he's just romance sunshine x grumpy basically.

I say all that to say this....

Sylus is morally gray like these characters above and he has a soft spot for MC (& the twins) he'll do anything for her and protect her at all costs. He's been through hell and may be a high functioning sociopath due to that trauma, but he still has a heart and is selective with who he's vulnerable with. He's not out here murdering people because they looked at MC. He knows his girl fine as hell, but he gets to touch while they hopelessly gaze.

[shinycozytwistedglam]

Onyx Storm RECAP ch 15-ch18

And now, for an interlude that can only be called "romantic" by Fourth Wing standards.

WTF is happening in ch15-ch16?

Violet goes to her new favorite class, Signet Sparring, with Professor Shadow Daddy. Xaden's done some interesting warding on the outdoor fighting pit they're using, keeping the space warm and probably containing the magic.

First Wing thinks Xaden isn't up to the task of teaching since he just graduated, so we get to watch Xaden put some rando in his place while Violet thinks about how sexy he his.

Xaden is terrifying like always but Violet tells her friends she's "never scared of him" which feels like foreshadowing! Violet also tells everyone he's not her boyfriend (because Codex) and Xaden agrees (because he's More Than Her Boyfriend). This book is full of hints & foreshadowing about marriage.

Xaden tells the cadets he's trying to give them "his edge" so they can defeat venin.

When Violet steps up Xaden fills the mat with shadows. They spar, flirt, and make out a little bit as he teaches her how to distinguish "his shadows" from existing shadows that he's extending, so that she can find him in the dark...and kill him.

Weekend trip to Chantarra for the Scooby Gang. The riders are drinking in the pub while the fliers go to temple. Everyone is still talking about how scary Xaden is and Violet insists he'd never hurt her. (I'm anxious!)

There's a big lore dump here about gods & temples.

Dain pulls Violet aside to talk about stealing her dad's hidden journals out of the personal quarters where Colonel General Aetos is now living. Violet can't go along for the heist so she has to trust that Dain won't sell her out to his dad.

WTF is happening in ch17?

The opening quote for ch17 is from the recovered correspondence of Asher Sorrengail to Violet Sorrengail. Papa S has a name now!

It's formation time and the death roll is still a thing.

Sloane pulls Violet aside and gives her a bag of library books, which also includes the journal Dain stole for her. (Dain gave it to Jesenia to avoid suspicion and we love to see our boy learning to break the rules.) Sloane is still having feelings about her role in Lillith's death, and Violet tries to reassure her. Violet talks about how Grady wants to take Quest Squad north but Violet's intuition says south.

Violet pulls out the journal and discovers it's passcode locked and set to self-destruct if she enters the wrong code. (WTF is this Inspector Gadget???) The clue to the code is First love is irreplaceable.

The Scooby Gang strategizes about the passcode and the hints about Violet & Halden are hard to miss.

It's Signet Sparring time and Xaden brought Garrick with him to give the cadets better odds on the mat. As Xaden gets class started Violet is aggressively flirting down the mental bond. Also a bit of Garrick-Imogen flirting thankyouverymuch give the people what they want.

Iron Squad decides to take on Garrick as a team instead of 1 on 1, which is going fine until Garrick deflects some ice that flies too close to Violet, and Xaden goes into Protective Venin Mode. Violet delivers a kill shot to a dagger (not Garrick) and Iron Squad reigns supreme.

Slow clap from the top of the arena and OH SHIT it's Prince Halden making a fucking entrance with his eyes on Violet.

Violet & Halden chit-chat (wow he sucks) while everyone else watches sparring and Xaden watches Halden. Halden is talking about Quest Squad & their upcoming mission to retrieve a macguffin. He's trying to flirt with Violet but the moment he reaches up to touch her hair he gets blasted into a wall by shadows LOL.

Hello Jealous!Xaden! We missed you baby.

WTF is the Amelian Citrine? It's a gemstone necklace – an artifact from one of the first griffin fliers. It enhances their lesser magic abilities. It's old & rare and therefore valuable, and Tecarus has given Violet permission to give it to the King of Deverelli in exchange for a meeting.

What is Deverelli? It's the closest Isle kingdom to the Continent.

WTF is the Emerald Sea? It's in the north but it doesn't matter. They're not going there.

Who are the gods and why do I care? Go brush up on the Empyrean Wiki.

Violet really has a thing for guys in power, huh? I dunno, man. I think there just weren't that many guys willing to sleep with General Lillith Sorrengail's daughter. Halden was convenient and is clearly a pussy-hound.

WTF is happening in ch18?

Professor Shadow Daddy pulls his cock out in front of Halden. Okay maybe not literally but he is extremely territorial about Violet and while it's kind of hot, it's also toxic in a way that tastes like venin.

Violet does her Smarter Than Everyone thing and figures out the passcode to her dad's journal is Aimsir, the name of her mom's dragon. (Dragon bond love is an important theme in this book.)

Violet opens the journal which her dad describes as "my careful study of the second Krovlan uprising." (Yawn) Dad clearly had a multi-step plan to all this that involved Dain learning Krovlish, and he says that Violet needs to go to Deverelli and meet a merchant there. (Oh great, another macguffin chase.)

Xaden shows up and needs to know if Violet loved Halden. There's a lot of talk about feelings and a lot of emotional vulnerability from Xaden which warms my heart but also feels like 180° from Iron Flame. Thank you for not fighting I guess?

Overall summary of Chapters 1 - 18, Onyx Storm

The riders who left for Aretia have been re-integrated with Navarre, but there's still tension and a definite flavor of Tyrrish independence in everything Xaden, Violet, and Brennen are doing. No trials or consequences for abandoning Navarre.

Violet did a bunch of maneuvering, including that stunt with the wardstone, in order to ensure an alliance between Navarre & Poromiel. She's trying to protect Poromish people, but politically this is a good move for Tyrrendor, since the Tyrs are already closely allied with Poromiel. Getting all 3 factions sort of on the same team is a huge win, and Violet made it happen.

In the course of these chapters Xaden has gone from disgraced rebel lieutenant to Duke of Tyrrendor slash Basgiath professor. And yet, he's mainly focused on doing whatever Violet wants him to do and preparing Violet to kill his future venin self (sob).

Xaden and Violet are saying I love you as many times as possible. It feels like Xaden got diagnosed with terminal cancer and all the old fights don't matter and I love it but it also tears me up inside.

The squad is...okay. Sloane is being cagey after the death of Lillith. Sawyer is working through the grief of his disability. Ridoc is providing outstanding humor but also paying closer attention to everything than we realize. Cat is being less obnoxious than usual & she & Violet seems to have settled into an equilibrium. Dain seems...likeable? Character growth!

The focus of the book is about to shift into Journey Mode as Quest Squad goes after the first macguffin the Amelian Citrine. Violet has her eyes on the southern Isles and clues from her father to follow. She wants to find Andarna's kind and also find answers for how to cure Xaden.

Big reveals: Halden is Violet's ex-boyfriend, Xaden's venin emotions are super territorial for Violet

Keep your eye on: Gods/Goddess lore, signet lore, animint, marriage themes, dragon bond love

[rhiannons-bird]

okay so I‘M FINALLY READING SWORD CATCHER AND I HAVE THOUGHTS

I‘m only about halfway through but I need to rant

- it‘s incredible how well cassie manages to lend a unique voice to each of her characters every single time. she just doesn’t miss does she?

- lin caster is the awesomest girl. i just love her because she reminds me of other cc girls in the way that she is kind of a very typical heroine on the surface but you can actually feel her emotions and she’s very believable & flawed & human and you just can’t help rooting for her + i love her friendship with mariam

- everyone is bisexual & it’s completely normalised i love it here

- lin & conor??? apparently they are the flagship which I know because I took a peek at the tag after they had two scenes together because the ENERGY OMG

- ahh yes, conor 😌 another pretty man with issues who’s in a lot of trouble and likes to cover it up with sarcasm, pompous behaviour, fancy clothes & vanity- you just can’t help but love it

- but also he‘s the biggest prick and i want him to have some sense beat into him by everyone around him

- like he qualifies for a huge growth arc but it could also go downhill and turn into sth ugly

- anyone had a weird sense of déjà vu about him and lin after that one little excerpt about adessa and suleman? like, she’s an ashkar with probably immense magical potential let’s be real i see where this is going and he‘s a prince (future king) with marivent blood 🤔🤔🤔

- conor‘s frat boy posse make my blood boil- especially with the way they talked about antonetta in that one scene 🤢🤮

- falconet is the nicest one by far but he‘s sus as hell i know he’s up to sth 🤨 but i rly wanna like him 😭

- the ragpicker king is just a cool dude who dresses emo and has people murdered on the regular i guess i love him. he’s hot. - kaz energy but also very different at the same time. can‘t wait to see more of him. and there’s def more to him.

- also no, andreyen, i don‘t understand either what people mean about ji-an having an off putting manner i‘m pretty convinced she‘s never done anything wrong in her entire life 💗except for the murder what murder

- kel can only be described as a calmly unhinged cinnamon roll. he reminds me a little of james (especially with his „mask“) but if you orphaned him & janked up the loyalty & sluttiness by a hundred

- like fr he is so confused just running around threatening and/or kissing people wtf 😭✋🏼 he just has chemistry with everyone he interacts with lol

- kel & conor remind me of matthew & james but if there was a big power imbalance and a everything is a little more fucked up 🙃

- generally the way power & power dynamics are portrayed and handled is very interesting i like it

- antonetta has my entire heart ❤️

- I need more of her but as an individual not just through kel‘s pov, so far i’m not very big on whatever is being hinted at with her and kel

- I adore merren just like everyone else, he‘s kind of giving a weird mix of christopher/matthew/wylan and I‘m here for it. plus: autism coded character yeass

- also nice to see some jewish rep. (i did not know cassie was jewish before lol) the ashkar are really interesting (& as far as their treatment by the rest of the world goes at times infuriating😤) to read about and add a lot of depth to the world building.

- i love how we see the complexities of their culture portrayed through lin who on the one hand is deeply ingrained in it and holds/has received a lot of love & care for/from her own people while also having been wronged & ostracised by them and how both can be true simultaneously

- as someone who‘s very familiar with multiple romance languages the languages in this book are incredibly entertaining to me

- SO MANY SECRETS & political intrigue hehehe rubbing my little hands together can’t wait for all this to escalate (because it most certainly will) 😈

bottom line

I’m really glad i finally started reading this.

it took me a while to get into it & I’m still holding out on a final judgement since it seems very slow but i’m a patient reader and i appreciate a good setup.

also I want a creepy black crocodile pool in my house now.

[galaxyspark-6e16]

spoilers for the dragon prince book 6

yes yesim late life got in the way but basicly this is the season of tears, jumscares, dread and more tears..

let me explain:

e1

oh pretty sk- wait whos cryi- ohh were getting his backstory aren't we..

man i can actually feel his grief over the screen

wtf do you mean for an instant?

omg viren is dead already

IS TERRY GOING TO BE THE ONE TO FIND HIS CORPSE!! NO HES BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH ALREADY

WAIT WHAT

aww i love their relationship terry and viren the come so far

ohhhhhhhh yeah i kind though there 

rip sir sparklepuff

honestly viren if you had your redemption arc earlier you couldve avoided this outcome but also it not entirely on you since sacrifice in your family is kinda tradition at tis point

prop for viren for taking responsibility but this is just going to damage his relationship with claudia whos going to see her efforts were for nothing

god that claudia cry.. her VA is nailing it

pff oh opeli so much to catch up on

ohh yeah callum def susceptible to aaravos call

o right zubeia was infected..damn i kinda forgot about her please let her be okay

nooo callum nnooooooo

oh that was a jumpscare

haha rayla

he took our blankie man hahaha

and soren too the comedy of this show

damn baker didnt know you were that innovative

ohh claudia jumpscare

for a minute i she was gonna do something to terry bt her leaving nim first is surprising, but unexpected. everyone has left her entire life so her leaving first as a way to protect herself is just soo heartbreaking AAAGGHHGGRR

terry convince her please shes not alone.. he truly loves her even at her darkest

e2

ohhhhhh are we gonna get a civil war?

oh claudia is now his pawn now

oohhh corvus is back yyeahhhhh

and the dynamic duo is formed

man thing are that dire in lux aurea

oh its not your fault you did your best to be fair and just is not your fault there were traitors among you

corvus on making sure soren doesn’t poisen himself 

and it seem he used to soren shenanigans at this point

aw ezra comforting zym as they say goodnight

best duo EVER

ohhh janai of course amaya has faith in you don’t ever doubt that

the parallels of janai and karem speech and cause between truust and devotion just sooo 

oh thank god zubeia is ok bt won’t be at full capacity anytime soon

awwww its confirmed ezren and zym brothers coded yeah

awww wedding time

e3

it doesn't aspire me all those flashback of callum slowly using dark maic as aaravoos is lurking man i really fishy

aww terry waiting for claudia 

really smooth callum

whoa never seen terry this focus on magic

GASP claudia!!!

o misteri sip

aww look how terry is gently taking care of her the details..he truly loves her

tHE HAIRCUT!!!! 

callum know well hos to rizz up 

!!!! lore?!

me too stella and sneezle me too

damn little matchmaker

AAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

GASP so thats what he was doing making her a prosthetic leg ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and the way she started to walk towards him am i really for the antagonists, yes i am

mom and dad are fighting

and that promise is back..

viren§?! oh you werent kidding oh you going to face a lot of judgement

e4

its gleaming time!

ohhhh claudia the darkness is showing

oh boy here comes sol regem

wait what?? 

are celestial elves startouch or sky cause its starting to confuse me

wai is that viren staff?!

i really thought sol regem wised p in the years but is still led by his anger and misdjugement

cool a prophecy

oh soren you in for a surprise 

e5

oh soren going through the emotional toll

honestly not sure about this prophecy

oh soren, he finally got the recognition and approval of his father buut all the abuse and gashlight made him wary of him and can’t believe a good thinng viren says about him

so much lore!!! 

they can finally see

wait wdym darkness noooo

damn viren youre relly milking this whole remorse thing

e6

aguh i knew it i hoped i was wrong of course aaravos manipulated to take the fake pearl

whhats with the black and white shift?

ohhhh we re getting the origins of viren and how he started this path

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so kosmo saw the future and saw the possibility of telling the actual truth thats really clever writing

aww viren and harrow were really good friends (and unknowingly setting him down the path of darkness 

no callum you need to believe in yourself to find your truth- WHOA HEY YOURE FALLING

even if she understood why yo did wat yo did it was still orrendce what you did to get her tears now wonder she left even if you regret it back then and now it still not an excuse

gasp theres a star for you AWWW ITS RAYLA

SHES YOUR ONE TRUTH Ah

i think he did the right thing by not telling the truth to soren because as kosmo said are you helping or just shifting the blame and burden

 YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY EVEN THE PETS ARE CHERING

and at least it ends on a happy note

e7

red wedding wh is it called th- ooohh nnooo

aww rayllum

ohh no not the sunnfire elves conflicts

ah anya back

clouds?? feels like an omen..

aawww gren he was there since the beginning of course hes gonna get emotional 

aww ezren i know you want to help but karim isnt going to listen be careful

pff not now gren 

am i cryingover the vows? yes aghgghrhhu

yeah YEAH THEYRE MARRIED AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE RED WEDDING NOOOOOOOO

Wait what happened

wait is his plan was to take vengeance on the humans? or aaravos is controling him??

e8

the title man…

oh hes really wants revenge

soren NO

wow soren really has grown up he really is the crownsguard

gasp he going to save his father

ahhhhh better yet using dark magic to save them bt i dont think viren will do it soren

NOOOOOOOOOO SOREN NOOOOO

OH VIREN 

one thing for certain, he truly loved his family…and his last word…

oh of corse aaravos was beid all of this

ohhhh what truth

seriously what happened back then

and now claudia 

and now she s vulnerable

ohh lujanne we missed you

oh noo the ca ol save two

e9

is the title reference to the first line in the premiere?

 hahe terry face soo done with aaravos bullshit

wait wat- bAWWWWW WAIT LIKE THE STAR? theyyyre connected

never thought i a see soft dad aaravos

o raylla

waiit so leola was the catalyst to the madness that followed??

that kinda explains why he hates sol, because he snitched

is rayla parents about to cross over??

how could they doo that, she just a child scared and wants her father to protect her

so thats why he cried in the beginning

sp she became a star- ahh no which is far worse

and bro took cry me a river to whole other level which is testament that he couldnt go on without her..man

come on runnan come back

gaps shes your daughter awwww

yeah go back to the living

terry has a point, as much as aaravos is doing it for love for leola, hes doing it in revenge to those who wrong him and honestly he not wrong but how do you deal with grief and unjust retribution czasted upon you, who teared his world appart, sorta like viren for what he did to save soren

wow im seeing parallels two spells to bring back the dead one for for love and one for misguided justice

“love is the star of life” wow 

ohh terry

oh nno here comes news of the fall

we re getting a magical girl resurrection wait he’s a giant?!

nooooooooooooo and it ends here whhyyyyy

and all of this started with the death of a child..

[silviakundera]

a very official and unserious ranking of chinese mini-dramas I've watched. Mini-drama = 5-15 min episodes. Color coded "sets" that had same actor or writer.

1. Night of Love with You (2022) - the unbeatable. the ULTIMATE. villain 4 villain romance with a protagonist who knows she is in a manga series... but something has gone wrong, because how did she and the heroic female lead get switched this time?!

2. Provoke (2023) - Republican era noir revenge saga. Unresolved sexual tension. Glamour. Great lighting. Hot people in period costume giving VIBES. She married her mortal enemy as a concubine and keeps a murderboard. I'm in love w her.

3. The Deliberations of Love (2023) - Married consort of a prince dies with him due to the struggle for the throne. Then she wakes up in the past, only for this ambitious idiot to get them killed again! Receiving yet another chance after 2 awful deaths, she's determined to choose life over love and not marry into the royal family again. But it's not quite so simple... especially when the prince starts to feel echoes of their past life together. The romantic chemistry is what sells this lil tropey drama. She keeps subconsciously drifting back into acting like his familiar spouse and then he starts vibing too.

4. A Familiar Stranger (2022) - Like with Provoke, I think everyone's seen this one? Conniving prime ministers daughter face-switches an innocent girl who is searching for her sister and pining away for this hot general who saved her once. Wow what luck, the horrible marriage the prime minister's daughter wanted to escape is with her dream man. This all sounds very wtf but this director x screenwriter combo creates these moody pieces that have a certain dream logic.

5. Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shong (2022) - The emperor's sister is tyrannical and keeps a stable of hot men. Political intrigue ensues. ngl this one is real choppy but is ranked high due to my bias for achingly hot leading ladies who step on a breathless delicate ML. 🔥 She makes me SWEAT.

6. The Killer is Also Romantic (2022) - Mr and Mrs Smith in costume drama imperial era china. It should be higher, but for an English speaker it's dragged down the list by terrible subs.

7. My Decoy Bride (2023) - Hidden identities, assassin marries her target in imperial era china. Same male actor as Deliberations of Love who builds good energy with his costars. But less budget, worse subs, choppy editing. Still fun. Probably ranked way too high but idc I was entertained.

8. Dong Lan Xue (2023) - 3 min episodes of broken Murder Couple ❤. The slighted 7th prince and his ex-prostitute maid who are out for blood & revenge. (It's that badass lady & her delicate suitor again. Love this webisode pair. love herrrrrrrrr)

9. Miss Mystery (2023) - Republican era revenge drama in a similar vein as Provoke but lacking it's elite lighting, sets, & cinematography. To her it's Fake Marriage but he agrees because he liiiiikes her. The couple has chemistry, gives good power-couple, and the FL is out for bloody revenge. It's a fun ride. But the writing isn't as strong as Provoke and the uneven acting of the supporting cast drags it down the list.

10. What's Wrong with My Princess (2023) - The standard reborn revenge tale played straight. Female general helped a prince fight for the throne, then he & her sister have her murdered when vulnerable and pregnant. Gasp! She wakes up years earlier on her wedding day to this other prince she'd married once, only to kill for her evil lover boy. Now she plots the downfall of lover boy & her sis, joining hands with the husband she betrayed the 1st time around. It's... exactly what it sounds like lol. Nothing stands out and the script is a string of tropes. But it delivers exactly what it promises.

11. Everlasting Bride (2023) - Republican era revenge with added spy games. Like Miss Mystery & Provoke, strong character intros & first meeting. They're mysterious and well-dressed and dangerous to know. More polished than Miss Mystery. The leads here are more filtered and more conventionally attractive. But I have to admit that there's a charm about how rough around the edges Miss Mystery is. And I like the lead actress in Miss Mystery a lot more. The first 3rd is pretty fire, then it lost steam for me.

12. Forever Love (2023) - It's that smoldering guy from Maid's Revenge (absent from this list because due to crap ending). Absolutely extra in every way, a tropey hormonal mess, to the point one can argue it circles back around to be ART. Female protagonists for 1-10 are all great & fun. Alas I can't say the same for #12. 💀

Haven't Finished:

Butterfly Lover (2023) - I have a serious hate for open-endings and I heard this has one, so I paused on it. It's from that amazing director&screenwriter combo, though (Provoke, Familiar Stranger, Killer is also Romantic...). So I know it's worth watching.

Romantic aka Love Strikes Back (2023) - I started this but stalled out. idk it wasn't compulsively watchable for me. Other people loved it.

[andreadesantis3806]

Answers of questions to This post. for @patrocles. Also reblogged it in the post before.

Favorite Great House - House Targaryen

A minor (or extinct) house you need more lore on- House Celtigar

Favorite sigil/house words- ''Winter is coming''-House Stark

Favorite Valyrian sword- Dark Sister

A dead female character you need to save- Helaena Targaryen/Lyanna Stark

Which book or character did you not like at first but eventually grew on you?- Jaime Lannister

Which Free City are you retiring to?- Lorath

Build your own Kingsguard with any characters alive or dead- Lord Commander : Brienne Tarth, Others : Jaime Lannister, Erryk Cargyll, Steffon Darklyn

Build your small council with any characters dead or alive- Cregan Stark/Rhaenys Targaryen(Hand), Corlys Velaryon (Master of Ships), Mysaria (Mistress of Whispers), Tyland Lannister (Master of Coin), Tyrion Lannister(Master of Law), Gerardys (Grand Maestar), Jorah Mormont (Master of war)

A quote so good it makes you crazy- ''They should know whom to blame when the sky falls down upon them''-Daenerys Targaryen

Favorite bastard- Nettles

Who are you traveling the ravaged Riverlands with?- Aemond Targaryen (let the mf see wtf he did)

A death that still hurts to think about- Laena Velaryon

Who are you bringing back from the dead with the power of R’hllor?- Lucerys Velaryon

Favorite parent- Rhaenyra Targaryen

Favorite sibling dynamic- Jaime and Tyrion

Favorite theme- The Prince That was Promised/House Velaryon theme

A mystery you need solved NOW- Tf did Podrick do to those women.

A theory you’ve adopted as canon- Lucerys is alive somewhere, has amnesia and is a fisherman.

A theory you pray never comes true- Alicent being the one to poison Aegon II

A moment that made you cry- Rhaenyra finding Luke's remains

A character so queer-coded you’d argue it to GRRM’s face- Mysaria

Two characters you need to interact- Aegon and Rhaenyra/ Arya and Daenerys

A ship that gives you the absolute ick- Alicent and Cole

A crackship?- Otto/Daemon (PFFT-)

Favorite “problematic” ship- Daemon/Rhaenyra

Favorite canon ship- Jace/Baela

If you write fic, is there a ship or au you would like to write for, but haven’t yet?- Aegon/Jace with a fix-it au

If you read fic, what’s a trope or interpretation of your fave that you absolutely can’t stand? Which AU/trope will you read every time?- My fav Lucemond; but i cannot stand making them unnecessarily violent, I mean yea, violence is a major part of them, but i like seeing them heal, slowly, steadily. I also do not like the ones which have Luke being WAYY younger than Aemond than he should be (Canonically, there is a 4 yr gap, and in show canon its a 2 yr-WHICH ARE FINE) Like there are these stuff which have Luke being a 14 yr old attracted to a near 30 Aemond. I want to have the og show or book age gaps remain in their current stages or in their 20s. I also do not really like (but smtms read anyway if it has that good vibe) when Luke is shown to be weak and measlier than Aemond, smtms way too girly. Like bruh, the boy took the others godamn EYE, and HE WAS RAISED BY DAEMON FOR THE BETTER HALF OF HIS LIFE like- asasdfevasd. I prefer them to be matching each others fire and constantly towering their badassery over each other. THAT is a pure enemies to lovers trope. For the sec part, i really love Lucemond modern AUs where targs are this musical fam with hit stars and attributions and controversies.

A POV character you wish wasn’t- Jon Snow

Who would you elevate to a POV character?- Having them see the destruction they had enabled and slowly spiraling.

A fancast you absolutely can’t stand- All fancasts seem to be better than the actual ones they make official (not all cases)

A fancast that just IS a character- dunno T_T

What’s something people get wrong about your favorite character?- Dont have a specific fav character T_T

A character you just don’t get the hype of- JON sNOw *sigh*

What’s something you wish GRRM handled better? (a character/theme/world building etc)- Nothing, he handles them well, its not his fault the shows butchered them.

An event/era in TWOIAF that you would love to see a film/tv adaptation of- Aegon's Conquest/The part of HOTD when it will show in s3 (i hope they show atl-)The Hour of the Wolf when Cregan takes the big boy handles

Is there a house would you fit in with based off your own looks? A house you would fit in with based off your personality/ideals/vibes etc?- House Stark (I have dark hair and eyes and pale complexion and an irredeemable love for winter.

Your Drunk History topic (a character/theory/event/etc)- Burning of Summerhall

Be honest, are you still waiting for TWOW?-- *SOBS*

[daisyjonesgf]

Honeybee writing 'Good Luck, Babe!' about Daisy...

And then performing it when she's an opener for the band...

So there's that line from the song: "With her arms out like an angel through the car sunroof"

and it just invokes that imagery of performers wearing those flow-y dresses with the sleeves and they're perfectly backlit by a stagelight

See here:

(Upon looking at images of dresses and outfits like that, I'm figuring that one would solve abt half of my problems) (also, that Daisy picture is exactly what made my brain make that connection that her and Honeybee are "GLB" coded)

So, I've only read the book so far (hurray!!! It made me cry!!! But now the personas and lore makes more sense to me), but the stint of time that Daisy was married to that one "prince" guy is definitely the bridge:

"When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night/With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife/And when you think about me, all of those years ago/You're standing face to face with *I told you so*"

I feel like the song would come about when Honeybee is getting a bit miffed with the back and forth between her and Daisy and their usual "where is this relationship going?" conversation... ESPECIALLY IF IT’S AFTER SHE IMPULSIVELY MARRIED THAT GUY!!!

~~~

On the other hand, if Honeybee isn't feeling scathing and slightly wronged, I think she would've written "ivy" about Daisy(as im writing this, thinking about the line "i once was poison ivy, but now i'm your daisy" from Don’t Blame Me... hmm)

I, personally, have always seen "ivy" in a sapphic lense. I dunno why. It just... maybe it's because it was included in the show about Emily Dickinson! I don’t know!

And maybe it's more in line with Honeybee writing from the perspective of Daisy. Or, fuck, we can even flip it and say this is something Daisy wrote for Honeybee during a moment of sobriety or just realizing how much she genuinely does love her.

"I wish to know/The fatal flaw that makes you long to be/Magnificently cursed/He's in the room/Your opal eyes are all I wish to see/He wants what's only yours"

And

"How's one to know?/I'd live and die for moments that we stole/On begged and borrowed time/So tell me to run/Or dare to sit and watch what we'll become/And drink my husband's wine"

I dunno... I just can't wait to flesh out Honeybee a bit more

honeybee actually wrote so many chappel roan songs guys, she's just that girl I fear 😭

you literally brought the receipts and I love that, like yes, that's exactly what she would be referencing on top of all the times I think daisy would do that exact same thing when driving in the car

I do think though that honeybee would start gaining popularity as a pop singer before djats was on the scene, during the period billy was in rehab, and so the band would hate her based off of pop music but I think daisy appreciates all kinds of music and before they even met would have her songs stuck in her head

the book is literally my favorite book, I love it sm, welcome to the club ✨️ but yeah before daisy dissappears for her impromptu trip her and honeybee are fighting about how daisy could have her and chooses to put up with the billy bs instead, and daisy and honeybee are just a situationship and it's infuriating, but then daisy comes back with a husband after not long at all and honeybee is seething bc wtf

and anytime it plays on the radio when her husband is around daisy is changing that station so fast and just saying she doesn't get along with that singer

I like daisy writing ivy when she misses honeybee bc even if they see each other they're not on speaking terms after she gets married bc honeybee is obviously so pressed at the time, a song she would write and ppl would think it's ab billy but it's ab honeybee and karen KNOWS she can just tell

but the girlies do meet up at some point and agree to just be "friends" except that's def not what happens I fear 🤭

[live-from-flaturn]

I humbly request The Great Halloween Tranq Dart Incident with the prettiest of pleases.

For those of you wondering "wtf does this mean?" please check out This KimChay Prompt Fill for context!

tw: tranquilizer dart/symptoms of sedative

wordcount: 1k

Title: "Where is the Batman?"

“Who the hell are you supposed to be?” Kim asks, gesturing at his eldest brother’s three bodyguards. Pol, Arm, and Pete are wearing color-coded outfits complete with short capes and matching witches hats. 

Pol does a little spin to show off his spring-green suit and the vines wrapped around the base of his hat. “I’m Fauna!”

“I’m Flora,” Pete waves. His burnt orange ensemble is an exact copy of Pol’s except for his hat, which is covered in pink and orange flowers. 

Arm does some of the least enthusiastic jazz-hands Chay has ever seen, his blue cape fluttering slightly as a result. “And I’m Merryweather.”

“AND I’M PRINCE PHILIP!” Tankhun announces, strutting down the hallway in a pair of enormously puffy sleeves and tailored slacks. “They’re the three good fairies.”

Pol elbows Pete. “There’s a joke in there somewhere.”

“Hey!”

“Well it’s true,” Arm adds. 

Tankhun shushes them and turns to Kim and Chay. “You two look amazing, by the way!”

“Thanks,” Chay grins. Kim is ninety-nine-percent sure his boyfriend is blushing furiously under his cowl. It’s Porchay, for fuck’s sake. “Kim helped me with the makeup.”

“I like your mask,” Pete says. “You’re supposed to be Anne Hathaway’s version of Catwoman, right?”

Kim nods his assent. “It’s custom.”

“And he helped pick out this awesome Batman outfit!” Chay pipes, holding out the edges of his cape like the original comic logo. Kim stifles an indulgent smile – these costumes had technically been his suggestion, after all. He hadn’t wanted to state out loud that he’d been paying close attention to Chay’s new advantage in height, but that didn’t stop it from being true. “Isn’t the cape sweet?!”

“Super sweet,” Pol agreed. “Now, shall we head for the ballroom?”

—

Chay leans into his boyfriend’s side and whispers, “I’ve never been to a fancy Halloween party like this before. Will it be scary?”

“No,” Kim shakes his head. “Kinn planned it ‘to be fun’, so you don’t have to worry about business people showing up. It’ll be mostly off-duty bodyguards, staff, friends, and family.”

“Awesome.” Chay is hugely relieved. He follows Prince Tankhun and the three good fairies into the ballroom. Kinn and Porsche approach them. 

Chay barely holds back a snort of amusement. “Hia! What are you wearing?!”

“I could ask you the same thing,” Porsche huffs. He tries to cross his arms over his chest, but the gesture is interrupted by his fancy bra (made from two artfully bedazzled shells). 

“I’m Batman, and Kim is Catwoman. Isn’t he cute?”

“Meh, he’s alright.” Tankhun floats past the conversation only long enough to add. “He’s got a flat butt.”

“Phi!” Kim hisses, not unlike a cat.

“Sorry not sorry!”

Kinn chuckles and rolls his eyes at Chay, “Brothers, am I right?”

“Totally right, P’Kinn.” Kim and Porsche watch in horror as their boyfriends fist-bump. “So, what’s the pl–”

Chay’s question is cut off by a quiet scuffle near the door. Kinn excuses them both and scoops Porsche into his arms, hurrying to investigate. Kim and Chay stay put, chatting and joking. Everything is normal until Kim jolts forward and slaps a hand over his left ass cheek. 

“What the fuck?” Kim lifts his hand to show Chay a small green tube. “Babe, I am so sorry for whatever happens next.”

“P’Kim?!” 

“It’s a tranq dart, and my immunity for this isssss,” Kim trails off with a giggle. His eyes glaze over and he slumps more of his weight onto Chay. “Sssssss. That’s a fun sound.”

“Shit!” Kinn jogs over. “Did it hit him?”

“What do you think?” Chay deadpans as Kim continues hissing quietly through his teeth. 

“Okay. Right. Let’s get him upstairs.”

“Good idea.”

—

It takes Chay, Kinn, and two of the three good fairies to yank Kim free of his heinously tight pleather outfit. “Next year we’re going to do something less complicated.”

“Do you expect Khun Kim to get tranqued at a Halloween party every year?” Pol jokes. 

“Hey!” Kim complains. His eyes roll around the room, searching for one particular face. “Where is the Batman?”

“Hey babe,” Chay steps forward. He’s already swapped into pajamas and wiped (most) of the dark makeup from around his eyes. “I’m here.”

“It’s Bruce Wuce!” Kim exclaims with a theatrical gasp. “I mean Bayne Wayne!”

“Bruce Wayne?” Chay offers. His boyfriend tries to snap his uncoordinated fingers, but mostly they slide uselessly against each other. 

“Yeah! That guy.”

“You can just call me Chay,��� he offers. Kim pouts adorably up at him and Chay waves the bodyguards out of the room. “Please ask someone to send up green tea and snacks, but otherwise I can handle this.”

“Are you sure, N’Chay?” “Oh yeah,” Chay laughs. “Do you know how many weird things I’ve heard Porsche say on morphine?”

“I want to hear about this,” Pol says. Arm agrees.

“Soon, but not right now.” Chay giggles. “Thanks again for helping me with P’Kim.”

“That’s literally our job.” “Well I appreciate how well you do that job. So there.”

“Ugh, how are you related to Porsche?!”

“Go,” Arm shoved Pol toward the door. “Leave the lovebirds alone.”

“I would be an owl,” Kim declares, startling Chay with his unexpected volume. Arm and Pol stifle laughter, hurriedly shutting the door behind them. 

“What would I be?” Chay asks, taking a seat on the edge of the mattress. Kim scoots awkwardly closer and squints in concentration. 

“Hmmm… A plover.”

“Why?”

“Small.” Kim cups his hands together to demonstrate and thoughtfully adds, “Fluffy. Good at surviving.”

Chay’s throat threatens to close up. Well, it does until Kim speaks again.

“Shoes are dumb and we shouldn’t have to wear them unless it’s for safety reasons.”

“Huh?”

“Slippers are okay, though.”

Chay bursts out laughing, and Kim joins him at a much higher pitch. 

Kim falls asleep after tea and a snack, and Chay sits next to him with a smile still pulling at his lips. “Weirdo. Cute, but a weirdo.”

[theodoraflowerday]

red white & royal blue (2023) live reaction

CHILDHOOD SWEETHEARTS?

PRINCE OF ENGLAND'S HEARTS

THE AMERICAN PRINCE HENRY KDLFJSKGJDK

immediately grabbing a glass of champagne lmao

WHEN THE REVOLUTION HAPPENS lmao Henry my LOVE

alex is literally the dumbest idiot in the planet lmfao

oh he's DRUNK drunk oh my fucking god

alexander

I KNEW HENRY WAS GOING TO CORRECT ALEX ON THE composer

IN YOUR CASE ITS RATHER INEVITABLE I'm losing my whole ass mind dksjfkdjf

THEYRE SO STUPIDKSKFJSLFJSLGJDLGKDLGKDLGKDLGIDLFK

NOKSLFJDLFJDLFJDLFK

oh that was SO FUCKIN GOODKFKDJFKDJFKDJF

MAYBE HE CAN HOST THE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER NEXT YEAR - oh I'd be DOWN

not sunshine of my heart

ALEX'S SELF DEFENSE PILLOW

AND I ONCE SAW MITCH MCCONNELL EATING A BANANA

WHAT IF I SET MYSELF ON FIRE SJFKDJFLDJGKDJG

no one in their right mind would give you a gun

AMY'S DOG IM DUIGNKFJGLFJGKFJG

oh my fucking god

they're so fucking FUNNY

our first clip now here we are

alex is such an asshole I'm dying

god that is a PERFECT casting

"white, blonde and british" is a god tier of a line idc

THE FREESTYLE RAPS

VICKY SKFJSLGJDLGJDLGKFLF

IT MEANS YOU GOT GOOD TASTE ALEX

did alex just look at henry's lips WHORE

such a vast mental and emotional space in your head

awwww ALEX BABY

OH HE'S POUTING

NOT A SRRAWBERRY ALEXANDER KDFKDKGJDLGK

THEN KILL ME AND I WON'T HAVE TO GO

LATER SHAAN

WORKING CLASS CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER

oh?

NOT THE STICKERJSKFJDLGKDLGKFLGI

BUT WE WERE EVER SO CSREFUL DEAR

KMSMDJSKFJDLFKD

THAT'S SO FUCKING GOOD

holy fucking SHIT

THAT IS SO GOOD

NOPE YOU ARE JUST AS GHASTLY AS I IMAGINED

NOPE I'M HANGING UP ON YOU

oh my fucking god that was SO GOOD

can you just YEAH just make yourself at home kid

THEY WOULDN'T IF THEY KNEW HIM! L8R

fuck me nora is so hot lmao

OH THEYRE HANGING OUT

YO QUISIERA ENAMORARME PERO NO PUEDO

I cannot BELIEVE THE CINEMATIC ASS SCENE WAS SET TO GET LOW

oh that was supposed to be nora wtf that's why it was so poignant

OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK

in terms of coping I'm not coping

i

FUCK YOU JEFFREY

A DRINKING GAME SJFKSKFKDFJOD

FIRST 50 ROWS OF A GAGA CONCERT GAY

THE HAIR GRAB? THSTS SO SKFLDKFLD

DO NOT INTERRUPT ME

fuck nora is the love of MY LIFE

ew fuck off

oh my GOD he needs to shut up

okay I'm gonna die

AMYJDLGJDKFJFKGJFLG

NOT THE DICK JOKESJSKFJSKFKF

AGAINST A WALL

WHAT THE FJCKXKLSJFLSKF

WHAT THE FUCK THEY'RE SO HOT

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I'M BISEXUAL

ARE THEY KNOWN FOR THEIR HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES

OH THEYRE SO SEXUWJAJGJDKG

AND SO AWKWARD ABOUT IT

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY POLO

they're so fucking HOT

god those eyelashes are fuckin exquisite

oh okay that was obscene

there's TWO things I've been dying to ask you

it's my life - doesn't mean you have to accept it lol

henry what the FUCK

ALEXANDER WHAT

HENRY?

IM DOWNDJFDLFJLD

DEAR

TUDTNME YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS

oh I can't breathe

oh okay I see it

oh shit okayb

oh that's so

HE DID NOT JUST SAY THAT WHILE BALLS DEEP INSIDE HENRY

my god

I'm having lots of feelings

alex my fucking god

also henry is so quick to just cut right down to the chase I can't

IM LEARNING

ellen I will kill you

GET HER ALEX

GET HER ASS ALEEEEEEEXXXXXXXX

THE EMAILS

DON'T THEY HAVE NAPKINS IN TEXAS

the cgi is so bad lajdkdjfkfjfkfjfkfkf

love the romcom vibes

BUENAS NOCHES CABRON

EVER BEEN ON GRINDR - ONCE UNSUCCESSFULLY

oh my god they're fucking precious as hell

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

FUXKFJDKFJDKGJ

INKNEWNITKDLGJDKGJDLGJG

HENRUML

HENRY MO

GOOD MORNING

OH AND I TOLD MY SISTER

TECHNICALLY IM THE SPARE

THAT NO WAS IMMEDIATE

HENRY'S FACE

ellen's face of realization sjfldjfldjflf

oh that's

OG MY GOD

OGKDLGK NOT TRUVADA

I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY GIVE YOU THE NUCLEAR CODES

OG THEYRE SO FUCKING CUTEN

HENRÑWAS READING OLS

NOOOODJFKDJGKFJGKGJGKGK

alexander what's with that face are you in love or what

oh oscar no

y'all ARE a stupid idea

SHOWER TIME

I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT

oh my god alex

ALEXANDER NO

oh my god

HENRY'S FACE

AND IT FEELS SO RIGHT

I'm gonna fucking kill myself

I'm gonna rip my tits off

beatrice love of my LIFE

HENRY'S FACE

oh he's going OFF

alex my love

oh I'm gonna kill myself

NORA YOU GIANT GENIUS

no

lmao I'm sobbing lmao

I'm genuinely sobbing

PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME

god I'm shaking I'm sobbing so hard

I had to pause bc i got a headache from sobbing

HE DOES HAVE ONE KEY

I'm going to cry more lol

I'm going to dehydrate

yeah I'm going to fucking dehydrate

THE CHAIN IM KILLING MYSELF

I LOVE YOU I'LL BE AS PATIENT AS YOU NEED

go win and election

yeah I'm dehydrating lmao

god what is this marley and me I can't stop crying

DAVID

NO?

ALREADY?

ALREADY?????

ALREADYDJDJSJFKDJFLD

IT'S BEEN LIKE A MINUTE I CSNTB

oh my god I'm killing that fucking piece of shit

oh my god his address

ALEX AKFLDKFKDKFLFKF

ZAHRA

LIKE A COW IN LABOR

TOUCH ME AND DIE

HEY BABY

I'LL BEEAK THE SOUND BARRIER FOR YOU

I'm going to fucking kill myself

fuck me henry is so beautiful and so brave

they're fucking gorgeous and so married and so amazing

SPEAKING OF BOYFRIENDS ON STRINGS

OG godb

please do fly to the Maldives

this was such a miscast bc i can never look at stephen fry and not be absolutely smitten

OH HE HATES PHILIP SO MUCH LMAO

oh fuck you stephen fry

OH MY GOD ALEX

HOMOSEXUAL

THSKFJSKFJDLFKD

HENRY BABY

OSCAR

oh my fucking god they're so married

oh I'm gonkacry

THEIRJNSDS

OGNKTLDLS NO THE BIKES

DARLING

DO YOU THINK ANYONE NO5ICEDJDLGJDLGJDLGKDI

oh my god

my god I'm in tears

fuck

fuck

[onetimetwotimesthreetimess]

celebrate getting out of tumblr jail by liveblogging hiadt chapter 2 like god intended

“Same here. I’m out too,” Alec chimed in, taking another bite of his apple.

“Not allowed.”

Alec raised his head to find Magnus at the door.

im not aware alec's state of existence is your property pre pre divorce magnus

“And what if you wake up to your wife already married to someone else because you were gone for too long?” Aline inquired.

the fact i have this exact cursed thought alec wake up to magnus marrying etta- *SLAM WALL*

“Actually, he doesn’t,” Magnus interrupted.

as alec lawyer you're violating labor law mr bane

“Big time. Like fucking the prince of — “ Before Izzy could finish the sentence, Alec put a hand on her mouth and pinched her hair, making her yelp in response.

alec just looking to get a bag named after him cut him some slack

“Pffft. I don’t get jealous,” Magnus rolled his eyes but his finger dug deep on Alec’s hips.

now its violation of private property mr bane gimme the money already

I don't know. You look like the sun,” Magnus breathed. “It’s quite possibly the hardest thing not to kiss you when you look like that.”

it called the alexander effect, immediately cure depression i would know I study psychology

The Lightwood-Herondale-Fairchild-Bane-Lewis-Penhallow-Blackthorn circles runs deep across the Edom Hospitals. Even the ones who aren’t blood related, are interlinked through other bonds.

that just the tsc effect

There were bouquets and bouquets of flowers around the room and he groaned dramatically, even though all he wanted to do was giggle and jump at the sight.

better be tulips, magnolia and blue peony among them (idk how the poeny is blue magnus is rich make it happen!)

Alec smirked at him. “I don’t think he’s anywhere nearby. He’s too busy flirting with his employees these days.”

“You should report him to HR.”

“I should.”

buy your poor staff some coffee or high quality bubble milk tea before you force them to witness this toomfoolery

“What?” Dr. Adrian scoffs, “Haven’t you heard? Eat the rich.”

middle school coded

What did Magnus see in him?

yk sometimes u the talent is just unfortunately attached to a dickisiness

i cant even swoon over bamf alec im in distress right now this so much angast wtf

He’d put the decision of his life in Alec’s hands.

something about knife something about scarred hands from holding a different type of knife something something about marriage is giving the other your last defense

we are not talking about the last scene with this speed u gonna make me unmad hiadt magnus and I already conduct a list of nickname and cleverly movie reference tailored to the situation for roasting him you cant do this to me

two chapters and you’re already unmad at HIADT Magnus??? i thought you were stronger than this Anh. I am disappointed ksjssksksksj but I get it—pre accident hiadt magnus is the biggest simp and it’s quite hard not to love him.

Edom staff gets paid to witness the tomfoolery and not for their service as doctors. It is what it is.

and apologies but they weren’t expensive flowers. It was asters, dahlias and lavender. Magnus Bane needs to step it up jajksskk.

Hiadt Magnus’s thoughts while in coma

[what-about-a-crowbar]

Also btw i've been watching The Librarians.

Watched the movies over the weekend. The third (Judas Chalice) is my favorite because vampires.

Just finished season 1 of The Librarians last night.

Some thoughts on the series below the cut!

The movies are. Bad. I liked them, mostly! But theyre bad. There are many things in the scripts of each movie that made me go "wtf" in various flavors of "thats a conspiracy theory" or "thats straight up bible blasphemy" or "those words do not make sense" or, my favorite "how is every woman down bad for Flynn after knowing him for, like, two days???????" (He's *equally* down bad for them, though, to be fair.)

The CGI and tropes used in the first two movies are atrocious. Everyone says stupid things. The third movie still has some weird shit going on but it hit it's stride and made it work.

The show adds to the chaos, but in a way that by episode 5, the hijinks and script had settled down into my brain that while i wasnt "suspending my disbelief", i was most DEFINITELY suspending my "cringe". Are there still silly things going on? You bet! This is a Rogers Devlin show!!! But has the world been solidified enough and familiarized enough that it rolls properly and barely registers as janky? Sure!

It's like if Leverage had magic. Which shouldnt really shock anyone because its a Rogers Devlin production, as i mentioned.

Christian Kane plays The Same Character He Always Does, but in a *slightly* different flavor. I really like how Jacob doesnt trust Cassie, but he's fine with working with her. He's still at ease. He's still confident. He just doesn't trust her. He's still there to help her. I really like this.

Cassandra's "I'm Doing Math" is a little silly. I really liked her episode with the house, where she saw the truth of the house and also got to have her emotional outburst of exhaustion of being underestimated and sheltered. Should she still be protected? Absolutely. She's the least physically capable in a fight, out of the crew. But that doesnt mean she should be benched. I love her love for the STEM fair. How she hates nicknames. I cant wait to watch her grow into the space she takes up. I loved seeing her as Prince Charming. The easy confidence!!!!!! The strength of mind and countenance!!! Shes so cool.

I got a few spoilers about Ezekiel but im gonna pretend i forgot abt them. I cant wait to see his walls break. He LOOOVVVESSS gloating and being cocky and alone. I loved seeing a 10-yrs-of-experience Librarian. He still is very much Ezekiel- he made being The Librarian profitable- but he hadnt given up, even when the whole planet seemed lost. He wasnt going to stop trying to help people. His moments as Jack and with Santa's talisman........... and every gentle moment of encouragement to Cassie !!!!!!!!!!! Im putting him in my pocket. Hes so amazing.

Eve :) Special girl. Oh my god. She's doing her damn best. And she's doing well!!!!! She's perfect as the Guardian. Nothing more to say.

Jenkins sexy. Sorry. Jenkins sexy. iMEAN HES. HES.UM. hes sexy. Ok!?!? Anyways. He originally struck me as "oh this is Icarus's dad. Dunno how he knows Dulaque. But he's Icarus's dad" and then hes :/ Galahad? And Dulaque is Lancelot? Its just... boring. I thought Dulaque would be Loki. Its very season one finale coded. Ok, Dulaque is all about Camelot. Because hes stuck there. But like. :/ Galahad? Ok. We'll see what s2 does with this.

Anywho. Such are some of my thoughts!

[dolldunka]

not MY lesBiAn, witch, QUEEN

i'm listening to empire of storms (TOG 5), and and -- *chin wrinkles holding in sobs* -- i don't know if i can finish the *voice squeaks* sEries...

Manon is literally my second favorite character (after Abraxos), and i feel like SJM does her SO dirty. i love her so much i almost feel like SJM didn't even make her, because up until this Dorian disaster she felt like a whole ass person to me. AS UNHINGED AS THAT SOUNDS.

i don't even like the way SJM describes the way she looks. i don't know if i missed her being pale earlier or something (i have ADHD) but i always pictured her with inhuman greyish tan skin and gold eyes and -- this is so fucking specific -- but in my head she had like that classic italian idina menzel sexy witch swag, so i was thinking of like the way they draw the characters in the finnish Harry Potter covers, but SPECIFICALLY this one drawing of Hermione,

even when i realized she had white hair, i still picture her w like darkish blonde hair and weird greyish skin, because as much as i love a white hair anime bitch i just think it does not fit her personality

👐AT👏 👐ALL👏

in my head she's this Nico Robin, intense looking mysterious type, and then i'm looking at fanart, of abraxos, and she's like princess fucking Amalthea from the last unicorn, like WTF. WHO IS THIS BITCH. THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE.

and before anyone starts, (me talking to the zero ppl) i don't give a fuck that she's half crochan. i just thought they were supposed to be pretty she doesn't have to be void of all pigment. she should literally look like a hot villainess she's half evil witch half prince charming idk witch prince or whatevr, i can't remember exactly what her dad is if we're being honest the witches r weird... (i'm not sure how is she half crochan if the witches r all female, maybe it's just the evil witches...)

i kind of took it for granted that she would be a lesbian, and then when Elide was paired w Lorcán i got worried. but i rly didn't hate Dorian before, and i was like O-K (kind of) w her not being a lesbian. i was like alright i could see soft boy bbi girl Dorian w her, sure.

BUT MY GOD. the dynamic is sooooooo gross. i kind of had him pegged for a Sanji / Tamaki (from OHSHC) type ladies man twink, but like that dialogue where she's like "i'm not a woman. i'm a witch." and he says "well all the parts work the same" -- projectile vomited all over the room --- sir please DIE. gtfo of my book. idk it's giving icky. it's giving sexual offender. her gender is witch, don't b like that dude...

HOWEVER, i prefer Manon w Sorrel over Elide, because i do rly like Elide n Lorcán. He's very Inuyasha coded...

ok that was a lot but IDK. i'm so upset