#is this a safe enough space to admit I still don’t know wtf that was supposed to be flying towards the moon on the EW title screen too…

[tavi-time]

Can I admit something….i still don’t understand how they got the Ragnarok out of labyrinthos…..

[natakari-tash]

More lies, more projecting..

Anons by their side, wow, doesn't sound familiar at all.

December 2019 has been a long time ago, I've been in the twitter GC when the "confrontation" happened. Been confused by the way it all exploded, I remember that clearly. This group chat has always been and meant to be a safe space, to vent, to discuss fandom things, talk about the show too. When misunderstandings happened they were either cleared up in chat or in messages or just given time to cool off. People clash sooner or later, you can't agree with everyone on everything, nothing wrong about that. No one is, will be nor was blamed for leaving the chat, even less for taking a break from the fandom. Also need to add that all fans are equal regardless the followers or whatever reason someone finds to assign as "qualifying" to be better than others. So, a group chat of fans that are friends, new people added here and there, new friendships made, fallouts happen here and there, friends talk again, life continues.

Except... This was never a problem to these two. Tink and Saz. They saw and seem to still see it the same way (if not worse) as back then. That Min is the problem. Guilty of always speaking condescendingly to other fans according to both, considering Tink an "idiot" which was pulled out of thin air (again, I happened to open the chat on those messages, closed it as I thought it has been cleared up to an extent).

How did Saz reply to my message where I reached out to her?  "I'm sorry you feel that way"

See? No remorse. Claimed she wasn't uncomfortable with the whole gc but uncomfortable and scared of Min. Sell that bs to someone else.

According to Saz, the whole chat was okay with Min's horrible behavior that no one dared to speak about nor put a stop to it which had to be changed. When no one bit her bait she was clearly free to claim we're all horrible people that gang up on others and attack them relentlessly whenever they think differently. She's still saying it. Wow, standing up to hurting people, to lies, to other obvious bs makes you an awful person. Guess I shouldn't report anyone who attacks shippers solely for the ship and not behavior.

How dare friends vent for the past pain some fans inflicted on them and keep it contained in *gasp* a group chat that isn't public and everyone is free to be themselves?! The woooorst.

Okay, back to those memories.. Soon enough Saz was yet again defending Tink, claiming Min didn't stop but supposedly made subposts or sth and even threatened and blackmailed her.

Uh, wtf?? Way to twist words, wow, taking everything someone posts as personal. So healthy...

I've left them alone, so did my friends from chat and outside it. It's always the two that mention us in some way, add a lie etc. They do it in cycles they keep accusing us of.

Turn off that projector already, you two, move on, stop being vengeful spirits, c'monnn.

I'm not sure what happened before and what after, me messaging Saz or her messaging people from the chat she supposedly considered friends like Tink supposedly did too, I am sure that Saz went around trying to pull people with her and stand up to the massive threat that she clearly still sees Min as. I never messaged Tink. None of the people that have been contacted from the chat that have known Min for longer than me and also irl, none have agreed with Saz. What's even worse, Saz fed all that to another friend that I didn't see as being played by her, used this friend at the confrontation. That it indeed took me long to see.

At a point the two admitted that why they joined the chat for over a year, planning to leave it soon, that they regretted thinking it was a good idea, then both acted like that didn't happen- never said that, that no one saw that. Suuuure.

Hey, people have memory not just eyes. Your bs is not any less bs, Tink, Saz. Think we'll just ignore what we know know and ignore your maskless faces? Nah. Nice try.

Filp and flop, bitter then not and not then bitter again, contradicting selves again and again, taking every swing our way as an opportunity to add to it...

Like I mentioned already, it's cyclic. Feeling attacked so they let it out, then silence from them about it, bam, silence, more lies, silence, more slander, silence, new name for the horrible gc, silence and without doubt there's been bad mouthing in the months I moved on and didn't even remotely think of either of them.

When I expressed doubt to Saz about her words she took it as intimidation tactics, that this is what she gets or daring to disagree with Min and trying to call out Min. Her words. That I'm blind if I can't see the problem with Min, also that I'm bullying her.

Hello? Irony anyone? Self-awareness?? No one's home. Naturally. She's the frigging blind one. When it's more than one person that tells you you're wrong maybe take a step back and consider seeing where you're wrong and work on it. Saz and Tink have been around Min for less than others within the chat if I'm correct. Hell, I didn't know Min for as long as Chriss, Shea, Dot, Hikari, Sam and many others, yet still enough to see how Min is. A person, that like everyone can mess up, fight, apologize,  stand up to inaccuracies, to bs and other things while doing their thing, living their life, having their views...

Saz and Shea talked, anyone that knows anything about Shea knows that she won't just nod to bs and . She knows how people can get, knows how to handle them, had a job like that. She can go from zero to murder cop if necessary. Being Min's partner she looked into the situation and guess what? The whole thing has been taken out of proportions, there was no condescending tone, and also no innocents she said. I'll never forget that. No innocents. No one was innocent. There have been mistakes made my Min, being condescending WASN'T one of them.  

Yes, I've accused Saz of being okay with Yeshim because Drula is all buddy with Yeshim who Saz was (is?) friendly with, true, had to see the reaction. Did I believe that? Nope. That reaction along with the previous messaging told me enough on its own. Wasn't seeing her as a friend when I first messaged her already yet still being open to hear her side but nothing more cause it was clear to me she won't change her mind any soon nor will apologize to everyone she hurt. Her reply showed me she didn't and doesn't care about anyone in the chat but her and Tink.

I'll say it no matter how many times it needs to be said. If one of my friends does sth wrong and I see it I'll most likely contact them, reach out to them, tell them they did sth wrong, do it within a chat as it happens if needed. 

My point? I don't manipulate the people I consider as friends.

And once again.. Not only I'd notice the superiority in tone if there was any, I'd frigging mention it and talk about it. Most likely in DMs.

It looked like a misunderstanding at first, handled poorly, it uncovered a whole mountain of yikes in the end, kept getting worse since then. I think Saz never truly saw anyone in chat as her friends, she wouldn't accuse us that fast and keeping it up so long if she did. Acting like we betrayed her not the other way around.

Now the cult thing, Polol Discord server, Min being the cult leader.. Saz is lying again. Tink too. Notice the pattern?

Min being guilty of sth. Them not able to see what's right infront of their noses. People supposedly fearing Min and afraid to disagree. Min being a mighty fearful cult leader for having certain knowledge & being specialized in their fields. Uh, not happening. Obsessed much?

Ask anyone in the server, I'm waiting.

Stop projecting your issues on people, Saz and Tink. Not anyone's fault around here you feel inferior, feel the need to save people from others, feeling threatened without being threatened, playing victim for who knows how long so far, assigning power and clout where it's not in play at all. Therapy is nothing shameful, moving on is necessary. Please.

[jrueships]

ok so about ur kawhi/pg fic..... spill 😳

WOW IF IT ISNT MY FIRST ANON ASK A N D IT'S ABOUT MY PLANNED PG/KAWHI FIC! WHAT A TOTAL SURPRISE! I AM IN SHOCK.

Jwbdisbdjd OKAY let me just start off with a quick INFO. It's gonna be long I lied. WARNING 18+ TOPICS DISCUSSED

OKAY so the fic is taking SUPER long to write because I am NOT a horny fic writer guy! I usually stick in the G fics! But porn with feelings has me by the THROAT bro it's the way some intimate words can only be spurned through intimate actions... the complex feelings and different opinions and UGHH kawhi is just a BIG words thru actions guy AND SO IS PAUL kinda!! BUT ANYWAYS... HERES THE SFW PLOT EXPLANATION SO FAR. B U T if you want just the NSFW deets... scroll down for the emojis!!! It's very long...

So it's post clippers playoff loss but like POSTPOST and basically Paul finds out Lou Will got traded and pat bev blames Paul being awful during the playoffs for it. The encounter happens while Lou, Pat Bev, Paul, and Mann were all gambling in Vegas. Theres a whole thing where Paul was trying to teach Mann how to gamble by just telling him "do what I do." AKA bet on me. After pat bev yells at Paul and Lou has to calm the situation over, Mann loses the game AKA he betted on Paul and lost.

The whole situation makes Paul feels guilty but he's still too stuck in his zero accountability to admit it. He goes home and just plays video games to take the stress off. He tries to make excuses that try to avoid blaming/acknowledging his performance, 'The kind of Basketball theyre playing isn't just a fun sport. It's a Business. It's not his fault business happened.' So he's just blocking everything out.

But then Kawhi walks in.

They don't say anything. Kawhi just sits on the couch with him while he games. Every now and then, he'd scoot a little closer. Until he's close enough where he sets his hand down in the space between them and waits. Paul finally speaks and it's basically just a bunch of excuses tumbling out until he runs out and ends up on the verge of admitting that He (paul) messed up (the whole time he's talking, as his frustrations rise into actual anger with himself, he's exerting more and more pressure on his gaming controller). When his anger reaches its peak and almost reveals itself, he stops himself by almost breaking his controller. And he starts shaking. So he takes Kawhi's hand.

And that let's Kawhi know it's okay to touch him now. And, gentle as a light breeze, he does. He asks if he can, and when paul nods, he does. It starts as a kiss that gets deeper until paul ends up laid against the couch with kawhi on top of him.

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

OKAY so. They both want this. But for different reasons and that's gonna clash.

PAUL wants to have sex so they can both let out their frustrations. He THINKS kawhi hates him and can't wait to trade him BECAUSE kawhi gambled on him and LOST so if he let's kawhi vent that anger of losing on him.. MAYBE.. maybe kawhi will stay next season and forgive him. He desperately thinks that MAYBE that's the only way kawhi CAN ever Possibly forgive him. Because Paul can't Say sorry, can't be emotionally vulnerable like that, so he'll just say it with his body and be PHYSICALLY vulnerable FOR kawhi as a twisted form of saying sorry. And a part of Paul WANTS kawhi to vent out all his anger on him during it too. A part of him, that won't ever admit it, internally believes he deserves some sort of punishment for his performance. And what better way than thru hatesex RIGHT??

But KAWHI wants to be gentle. He wants to be slow. He wants to be careful. He doesn't hate Paul because kawhi ALSO blames himself. But he's ALSO too scared to admit it. But he DOES feel bad as well. Paul took most of the backlash from the media. Kawhi Didn't. So kawhi wants to make Paul feel good. Let Paul know that kawhi is someone he can love and trust and that Kawhi is still Strong and dependable, despite his bad season. He wants Paul to say he loves him and that he feels supported and safe.

So there's a big clash between Paul wanting Kawhi to be quick and rough with the sex and Kawhi wanting Paul to slow down and not get hurt. Two stubborn prides trying to both give the other what they THINK they want.

After a kiss, Paul REALLY starts it off by trying to give kawhi a blow job, but A. Paul has never given blowjobs before and B. Kawhi is Big.

So he chokes and gags and still tries to force it down his throat because kawhi DESERVES it. It's the only thing Paul can do for kawhi at this point.

But, kawhi is concerned because OFC HE IS!!! DONT PUSH UR LIMITS WHEN HAVING SEX!!! And he pulls paul off. Paul panics Internally bcus he's like "man not only do I suck at basketball but I also suck at giving head wtf guess stripping is out of my future careers after the nba" and he really REALLY doesn't want to disappoint kawhi anymore than he already did. But paul doesn't SAY that. Doesn't COMMUNICATE that. It's a conflict that they can't solve because they don't know WHATS the problem.

So they cut off the blowjob really quick. Paul is laid out on the couch, on his front because it's the better position for first timers according to kawhis research, and waiting for kawhi to finger him. And kawhi DOES. For a LONG fucking time. It's a good time. Like the BEST. He's very sweet and sensual with it. Wants to make sure nothing hurts paul when he puts It in eventually.

But the whole time paul is kind of fighting that because he keeps thinking "how is kawhi finding any enjoyment in this at All. I mean *I* am but like.. kawhi is the one doing all the work and for what pleasure?? He just has his stupid fingers up my ass?? This is stupid and dumb and not how I thought it was gonna be for him and I don't DESERVE to be the one pleasured."

So he keeps trying to buck back, get his fingers in deeper. And Kawhi has to keep him still, once again making paul worry that he's a horrible partner who's not pleasuring kawhi at all.

Eventually the conflicting actions with unspoken words is too much and they halt the sex and paul cries because he thinks he's awful at it and it was so bad they had to stop because of him. And it's very sad and shit so they finally have a heart to heart where they actually TALK about their feelings. They both soothe each other's worries and exchange praises and EVENTUALLY they end up fucking (face to face, paul IS on his back). Paul cries because it's good and slow but this time he KNOWS it's okay to take it good and slow because kawhi gets pleasure in HIM getting pleasured and YEAH.... it's SOFT SWEET AND SLOW SEX!!!!!! I don't wanna say TOO much about the ending but YEAH man was I waiting to infodump about this shit THANK U anon who I totally did not set up into asking me this 😎👍

[if-found-return-to-gusu]

Happy Birthday to Me Pt. 12

(Fuck. Last one)

He asked me if I was staying the night.

Of COURSE I was staying the night. Where on Earth would I want to be if not here with him? 

I told him as much. I reminded him that I’d promised not to distance myself from him again and warned him that this meant I was going to be completely insufferable from now on to make up for the lost time. 

“You will completely forget the concept of personal space,'' I warned. 

He grinned at me again. With teeth showing and everything. I’m pretty sure I heard a chorus of angels. 

I felt his fingers trace my hairline and down the side of my face.

“Okay,” he said, completely unperturbed by my warning.

He IS trying to kill me before I hit 30!!!!!! I knew it!

And then! He just went in and kissed the tip of my nose! Like it wasn’t anything! And he just let me go and stepped back again!!

I whined that he can’t just kiss and run like that! And he just reminded me to go upstairs to wait while he locked up. 

I grumbled about handsome men playing games with my poor fragile heart before I went up, stomping on the stairs to let my indignity be known. I grabbed my photo album as I went. 

Once I let myself into the apartments I figured the first order of business was to check on the bunnies to see how they held up after all the commotion from downstairs. 

Most of them were fast asleep in a pile of fluff, but Suibian perked up the moment she heard my voice and hopped sleepily over to me! I started to fuss over her and pet her, telling her how good she was. She closed her eyes and leaned into my scritches. 

Ooooh it’s so wonderful to have an animal that actually likes me! And she’s so cute! I won the jackpot! If I can only have one animal actually like me I’m so glad it was her. 

I heard quiet footsteps and turned to find Lan Zhan coming up next to me to look at Suibian as well. 

“Look!’ I said, excited, “Suiian has my sleeping hours!”

Trust my little girl to wait up for me when all her siblings were snoozing. 

Lan Zhan asked if I wanted to bring her into the other room but I decided that, as tempting as it was, it was probably better for her to sleep with the rest of the rabbits. 

I told Lan Zhan that it was her bed time, and he replied by noting that it wasn’t quite my bed time yet. (True as it was barely creeping on Midnight by then and I’m usually up at least until like 1am or so. )

I countered that it was DEFINITELY past HIS bed time. It’s kinda incredible that Mr. “In Bed By 9” was able to stay standing so long. 

And since my heart clearly hadn’t had enough yet today, I decided to pull him in close to me by the waist, wanting to be as close to him as possible. He seemed to jump a bit, but didn’t try to pull away. 

“I’m not tired,” he said.

Liar. 

In order to hopefully hide the sound of my heart trying to pound its way out through my ribcage, I gasped dramatically, “Lan Zhan? Not tired yet???” I asked with just as much drama as the gasp. “I’m astonished!!!”

I considered after that though and laughed. Perhaps I was a bit sleep drunk myself actually. “Though I must say,” I admitted after my giggling subsided. “After tonight there isn’t much that should surprise me about you anymore.”

To prove my point I sang a couple bars from “My heart will go on” under my breath. I laughed as he hid his face in his hands. I pulled those hands away and started to drag him into the livingroom with me. 

I asked him what other things he was hiding from me as we went. I didn't really expect him to answer but before we made it to the couch, he pulled me back with the hand that was still holding his. I stumbled rather clumsily into his arms, but he caught me all the same only to push me away and twirl me before pulling me back towards him. 

‘I once took dancing lessons for a semester in college. I wanted to learn something different but it didn’t work out.” he said. “Turns out I’m more suited to waltzes than I am for swing.”

And just like that he started to guide me in a waltz. 

I will say right now I have no idea how to waltz and all those movies that say ‘you just need to find yourself a partner who knows what they’re doing’ are all lying. It’s all bullshit. 

Lan Zhan somehow managed to slip his feet under my feet (?????) and guided me through the steps though. Once my brain caught up with the rest of me I hurriedly got OFF his feet before I did some damage and instead tried to concentrate on following his lead. 

But then I just couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. I put my head on his shoulder, not able to resist being closer to him now that I knew I could. I slid my hand out of his and guided it to join its partner around my middle instead, wanting to be held, and we swayed together. 

How long did we dance like that? Swaying softly to the song that only we could hear?

I dared to ask him what other surprises he could possibly have in store after this bombshell, but he assured me that for now, at least, this was it. 

I pouted up at him in my best impression of A-Ling and asked him how it was fair to my poor battered heart if this is how he gives me new information about him? It was really gonna be a problem because I still want to know every detail of his life. I want to know absolutely every piece of him. 

Each bit of his soul he’s given to me is a shining nugget. More precious than gold or diamonds. Something to be cherished. Just like him. 

“How can my heart take it?” I asked.

To which that son of a gun replied

“Your heart will go on.”

Oh youuuuuuuuuuuuu.

I couldn’t stop laughing after that. Especially once he joined in. If any of the bunnies were still awake they surely thought those humans in the other room were bonkers. 

We calmed down eventually, still swaying the whole time. Just staying together in each other’s arms in the dark livingroom. 

Eventually I had to admit defeat. This day, as wonderful as it was, had been very emotionally exhausting for me. I told Lan Zhan I was tired and ready for bed and he responded by swaying me in the direction of the hallway. Which of course set me off again. 

We swayed and spun all the way to the bedroom door where we, tragically, finally had to let go of each other so that he could get me something to sleep in. 

I took the clothes, but hesitated. It was after midnight. Surely my allowed greedy period was over right? But still. I had to ask one last thing. 

“Is it.. .okay if I sleep in your room with you tonight?” I asked, staring quite determinedly at the floor. 

Lan Zhan answered almost immediately, saying that yes. Yes he would like that very much. 

That got me to look up so I could grin at him. In the dark I hope he couldn’t see that I was about ready to start crying again. 

There’s nothing wrong with crying, really, but fuck I was tired of it at that point. 

Without any further ado, I scurried off into the guest room to change into the over-large pajamas as quickly as I could. Before I headed back to his room, though, I decided I was ready to take another look at that photo album. And maybe I didn’t need to be alone to do it after all. 

I held it close to my heart, trying to drink in all the love that had gone in to making it for me, and scurried back to where Lan Zhan was waiting for me, already in bed. 

I scooted closer to him and asked if it was okay if we went through the album together again. He kissed my forehead (where I probably should have washed of Shijie’s mark but I was entirely unwilling to do so. RIP Lan Zhan’s pillow. I didn’t think of that haha. )

“Anything you want,” he said. It sounded like a promise. A pledge. Almost like he was swearing an oath.

Really it was just my sleepy mind making things overly dramatic again. 

We went through them together, Lan Zhan letting me pick the pace. We talked about some of the pictures and he didn’t judge me when I cried a little again after all. 

When we got to the picture of him alone at his guqin, though, I paused. 

He’d done so much for me. I’d never be able to pay back this kindness. Not even if I managed to somehow gain immortality. Not even if I was able to try until the end of time. 

“Thank you for tonight,” I said, cringing at how inadequate that was. It didn’t even begin to cover it. 

He told me that there was no need for thanks. That he wanted to give me this. 

I didn’t know what else to do in response to that. I just leaned into him to nuzzle his neck. Told him he was the best. 

A true statement, but again, completely inadequate. 

He, in essence, replied with a “No U.’

And then. 

Hold on. I want to remember this as accurately as possible.

“I feel very happy when I’m with you. You make me laugh. You encourage me to discover new things. You show me how much bigger my world can be. And you make me feel safe through it all.”

Pretty sure my heart full stopped. 

When it lunged back into motion again it was all I could do to squeak out his name and hide my face in his chest (ad;jkfadjf;aldk;adjskf;adlsf;kjfalksdf; you could park a car on that thing fuck). 

I reminded him again to WARN me first! Jeebuz Crisps!!! And he said he’d try.

Jerk. 

We stayed like that for a while in a silence so comfortable I’m pretty sure I just fell asleep. I think I remember feeling Lan Zhan maneuvering us under the covers to sleep properly but that could just be my mind filling in the blanks because that’s how I woke up. 

I don’t remember much of what I dreamed, but I know each and every one of them had family. And In each and every dream, Lan Zhan was at my side. 

THEN I FUCKING WOKE UP TO THAT ASS HOLE HAVING A FEVER SO HOT IT BOILED ME OUT FROM UNDER THE FUCKING COVERS

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE LAN ZHAN STEALING MY COLD AND DOUBLING THE DOSE???????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

So it was my turn to play nursemaid to him except the main difference being that HE WAS ACTUALLY SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF WERE YOU HIDING BEING ILL THE ENTIRE NIGHT????????? GDI

I stayed with him as much as I could until he got better, though I had to help do my shift (AND HIS) at the cafe. 

In the end I”m the one that ended up cleaning up the last of the party.

Guess that’s fair. 

Once he started feeling better I surprised him with the chunk of cake I’d hidden. 

He looked at me with eyes that shined like A-Yuan’s when Shijie gave him his kiss. 

Apparently this asshat had only managed to get ONE BITE of cake the entire night! The one I fed him!

WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME? I HAD CAKE THIS WHOLE TIME AND YOU ONLY GOT A BITE??????????????????????

WHY DIDN’T YOU EAT IT WHEN I WAS ON STAGE SINGING AND YOU JUST STOOD THERE HOLDING IT LIKE A DERP???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

Ah well. In the end he got to have his cake and eat it too. Haa. 

[portals-to-a-new-world]

Come Hell or High Water Chapter 6: One More Goodbye

Who?: Leonard McCoy x Reader

What?: Our last day in Georgia for now. Leonard is emotional, Jim is a child, and Eleanora is a mom to everyone.

Word Count: 3.9k

Warnings: Hurt/Comfort, Mild Smut (I know it’s about time)

A/N: Okay first and foremost. Blame @bakerstreethound​ for the smut. That being said, if it weren’t for her this whole series would have died a long time ago, so I have to remind everyone how freaking amazing she is. I love her. Anywhoo for those who missed it, I just posted an update as to why I haven’t posted anything in ages, so go check it out if you’re wondering wtf’s wrong with me lol.

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Packing up the next day proved to be as emotional as one would expect. Leonard and Joanna spent nearly every moment together, stubbornly pretending to be okay for the other’s sake. Both also came to you at different points with tears in their eyes, admitting how not okay they really were. You had expected it from Leonard, but you could hardly believe it when Joanna asked you to help her with something in her room, only to quietly break down the moment the door closed. You rushed forward to wrap her in a hug. 

“Hey, hey, easy now.” You said, stroking her hair, giving her time to gather before she stepped back, still sniffling.

“I know, I know, you guys will still call all the time, and everything will be just like normal-” She crossed her arms across her chest as she spoke. 

“Jo, there’s nothing wrong with missing your dad when he’s not here.” You said, offering an empathetic smile. “I know I still miss my family when I’m out in space. But you can always call him whenever you need him, even if it’s just to talk.” She was silent for a moment as she thought. 

“Do you still call your dad a lot?” She asked, and you hesitated before responding. 

“My dad and I have a complicated relationship. But I do talk to my grandfather nearly every day. My family likes to tease me about being a ‘papaw’s girl,’ but I firmly believe that a father-daughter bond, or in my case grandfather and granddaughter, is one of the most precious and beautiful things in the whole universe.” You once again wrapped her in a hug, hiding the way your eyes had begun to water. “Cherish yours.” She took a shaky breath before pulling out of your embrace. 

“Thank you, (Y/n).” She said, and you smiled warmly. 

“Anytime, peach.” You replied, and she grinned at your nickname for her. A knock at the door and the sound of a gruff voice had you both scrambling to hide the evidence of the tears shed. 

“Shug, is everything okay?” Ever the quick thinker, Joanna had an excuse ready to go before you could even open your mouth. 

“Yeah, Dad, I was just trying to show (Y/n) the braid you taught me,” She said, turning to give you a look which you acknowledged with a nod before she walked over and opened the door. You struggled to keep a straight face and hide the surprise at the fact Leonard knew how to braid hair and how Joanna had seemingly prepared an excuse. “I’m glad you’re here actually, you’re a lot better at it than me, and I could use your help.” Leonard didn’t hesitate before nodding, a smile gracing his handsome features. “Awesome!” Joanna said, matching her father’s grin. “Let’s go down to the sitting room, the light’s better.” She said as she walked past him, and you followed behind him. 

“Lord knows an old man needs-” You started, but Leonard spun and cut you off. 

“If you’re about to make a joke about my age-” To both his and your surprise, Joanna was the one to speak up and cut him off. 

“Is it a joke if it’s true?” You nearly bent double laughing at the betrayed and offended expression on his face as he turned to look at his daughter, who burst out laughing and offered an apologetic smile. Leonard scoffed and pointed at her accusingly. “Oh, I see how it is.” He feigned indignation as he strode towards the stairs. Jo, still laughing, cried out “Noooo” as he walked by and latched her arms around him in a hug. Leonard tried to keep up the act, but his smile betrayed him as he spoke. “No, no, I see whose side you’re on. Should’ve known y’all were gonna gang up on me.” You rolled your eyes in amusement and walked over to pat him on the shoulder.

“Aww, poor McCoy, the women are so cruel to you.” You said. He scrunched his face in mocking as he waved you off. 

“I don’t think you’re old, Bones.” Jim’s voice drifted up the stairs. Leonard shuffled to the edge as best he could with Joanna still wrapped around him. 

“Somehow that doesn’t make me feel any better.” He said with a scowl. You leaned over the railing to see Jim grinning as he shrugged.

“Probably because you know me too well,” Len just rolled his eyes in response. You chuckled, and Jim turned his attention to you. “Lieutenant Commander (Y/n), you are hereby ordered to report to the kitchen for cobbler duty.” Both Leonard and Jo perked up at the mention of their favorite dessert. “Munchkin, it’s your job to keep Gramps out of the kitchen, we’d like for there to actually be some left for the rest of us.” He said, sending a wink in her direction. Much to your surprise, Len didn’t comment on the jab; in fact, the words that left his lips were so far from anything you expected it took a beat for you to process them.

“Actually, I was going to ask little Miss here if she’d be interested in going down to the lake with me real quick,” Joanna looked up at him in confusion.

“Can I ask why?” She asked as she let go of him.

“Well, I’d been thinkin about the other day, and since you’re starting high school, I figured it’s high time we came up with a new tradition. Just the two of us.” He said, and though he was smiling, you could tell he was nervous. He needn’t have worried though, as Joanna immediately lit up and was nodding in excitement.

“That’d be awesome!” She said, and she once again wrapped her arms around him in a hug. He released a breath as he returned the embrace. You smiled and shot him a thumbs up once they broke apart.

“Go grab your shoes and some water from the kitchen, since I’m not allowed in there.” Leonard stood aside as he spoke, allowing her to step past him. She quickly darted down the stairs and towards the kitchen.

“Well done, McCoy,” You said, stepping forward to wrap your arms around his neck. He turned the faintest shade of red as his hands naturally fell to your waist. “Be safe, okay? I don’t want to have to come pull you out of a hole again.” He scoffed and pulled you flush against him.

“As I recall, it was after that particular madness that you told me you loved me for the first time. So,” Leonard tilted his head and smirked before continuing. “Well worth it, in my book.” You rolled your eyes and leaned up to kiss him softly.

“You don’t have to be missing for two days in the forest to hear me say that,” He raised an eyebrow to prompt you to continue. Giving a dramatic sigh, you moved to cup his face in your hands. “I love you, Leonard McCoy.” You said, with as much conviction as you had the first time you’d said that to him. His gorgeous hazel eyes were locked on to yours as he leaned in. You fought to suppress a grin as you dropped your hands from his cheeks, giving your partner in crime space to move in.

“I love you, too, Bones.” Jim said, causing your lover to yell as he planted a sloppy wet kiss on Leonard’s cheek. Leonard’s hand flew behind him in reflex, smacking Jim right in his chest as he tried to dodge away. He gave a howl and stumbled backward. Leonard spun in shock and darted towards Jim.

“Damn it, man!” Len shouted as he placed a gentle hand on Jim’s back. Jim, who was bent over wheezing, attempted to wave him off.

“No, I deserved that,” He spoke between a gasp and a laugh. “Just give me a minute,” Jim’s face contorted as the pain no doubt throbbed through his chest. “Hell of a swing,” Footsteps downstairs had you again leaning over the railing, and this time it was Eleanora’s face looking back up at you. 

“What the devil’s goin on up here?” She said, climbing the stairs quickly. You blushed slightly at her tone, reminding you all too much of your grandmother.

“Sorry, ma’am. Little bit of a prank gone wrong.” You said as she reached the top. Jim tried to stand up straight but only managed enough to look at Mrs. McCoy.

“My fault, El.” He groaned. She shook her head and pointed a stern finger at him.

“James Tiberius, you’re almost more trouble than you’re worth,” She said. Jim offered a mix between a grimace and a smile.

“I know.” He said. Instantly her face softened, and she turned her attention to the man now heading towards her.

“Leonard, get the-“She started, but Len was already nodding as he spoke.

“The aloe, I know.” He headed down the stairs to retrieve the soothing ointment, and El turned her gaze back to Jim.

“You sure you’re alright, son?” She spoke gentler now, but her voice still held the same stern exasperation you often heard from Leonard. Jim gave her a weak thumbs-up, though his usual charming smile was replaced with a wince.

“Yeah, just really stings. Nothing a nap, some aloe, and a hypo won’t fix.” He said. You turned and followed Leonard downstairs, a laugh escaping you as you found him scowling outside the kitchen door. He turned and rolled his eyes at you right before Joanna emerged with two bottles of water and the aloe.

“I’ll meet you outside.” He said as she handed the aloe over. She sent you a huge grin as she skipped past you and out the front door. You started to lean up for a kiss as Leonard approached, but he just shook his head. “Oh no, troublemaker.” You pouted, but he just chuckled darkly and grabbed your hip to pull you against him. “You’re lucky we’re here and not at home.” He whispered into your ear. You suppressed a shiver at the feeling of his breath against the sensitive skin. He released you and walked away, smirking before you could reply, and you let out a frustrated huff. Damn. The sound of footsteps on the stairs signaled El was heading down, and you took a moment to shake your head and clear your thoughts. You smiled as she approached and followed behind her into the kitchen. Donna looked up from the stacks of recipe cards laid out on the table as you walked in. 

“Trouble?” She asked with a small smile. You tilted your head in confirmation as you responded.

“With those two? It’s always something.” 

“I don’t know that you have much room to talk.” She laughed and gestured to her cheek. You reached up to feel the stitches and gave a nervous laugh. 

“Heh, okay yeah, we’re all three getting into trouble constantly,” You said, pulling up a stool and smiling softly. “But we’ve got each other’s backs. Len patches Jim and I up, mind you he’s gonna fuss the whole time, and we keep him safe when he’s playing doctor on a remote planet to some less than friendly locals or whatever the case may be. None of us would be here without the others.” Donna shared a look with her mother as you finished, far too quick to decipher its meaning before the older woman grabbed a basket full of peaches and set them on the table. 

“Mama I think we may have lost the recipe-” Donna began, but Eleanora just held up her finger and sent you a wink. 

“Do you think I’d leave my award-winning recipe just laying around where anyone can find it?” She said, chuckling and reaching into the pocket of her apron. “(Y/n) why don’t you get started on peeling and slicing these here,” She patted the basket of peaches. “The peeler’s in that drawer there behind you, so’s the knives.” Once you helped clear the stacks of cards off the table, you washed your hands and grabbed a peach. Unable to resist the urge, you lifted it close to your face and inhaled it’s sweet scent deeply.

“Mmm. Are these local?” You asked, sparking conversation about how you get fresh fruit while lightyears away in space. One conversation led to the next, and before you knew it, two hours had flown by. You had come to learn that Eleanora was an absolute powerhouse in the kitchen, although you could have figured that from the astounding food you’d had over the last week. Her peach cobbler really had won awards all over the county, and the recipe for it had been handed down from mother to daughter for generations. On the other hand, Donna didn’t quite have her mother’s finesse when it came to baking.

“Listen, I can cook just as well as anyone, but when it comes to baking?” She laughed, shaking her head. “I don’t know why, but something always goes wrong.” Eleanora started to reply, but the sound of the front door opening signaled Len and Jo’s return. El shook her head and looked at the clock on the wall.

“Leave it to my son to come back right as the food’s coming out of the oven.” You giggled as she spoke and moved to pull the mouth-watering dessert from the oven. The man himself walked through the door only a moment later, with Joanna trailing behind him chanting ‘Food! Food! Food!’.

“My god that smells amazing,” Leonard said with a massive grin on his face. He walked to El and waited for her to set the cobbler down. “As always, of course.” He said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder and placing a kiss on her temple. She smiled knowingly and patted him on the cheek before nodding over her shoulder.

“Go on, you can wait till dinner like the rest of us.” Len scowled but quickly wiped the look from his face when his mother glared back. He cleared his throat and moved to open one of the cabinets.

“I’ll go ‘head and set the table.” He grumbled. His attention jumped to you as you giggled again, offering an apologetic smile, which he ignored. “Don’t suppose you’d like to help, would you?” You hopped off of the stool and walked over to pat his shoulder. 

“Absolutely.” 

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It took a little while after you’d finished setting the table before everyone was seated together eating once again. Leonard and Jim were arguing about the plan to drive in the old truck, with Leonard insisting that Jim was too old and too sunburned to ride in the bed for nearly 5 hours. Of course, Jim was adamant that he could do it, and it took the arrival of the cobbler for them to finally stop bickering. One bite, and you instantly understood why. It was all you could do not to moan aloud as the warmth and flavor blessed your tastebuds, and for a moment, you could have sworn you entered a different plane. The sound of a throat clearing made you realize you’d closed your eyes, and your cheeks flushed red as you opened them to see Eleanora standing beside your chair. Confusion passed over your face as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a handwritten index card.

“What’s this?” You asked politely, reaching up to grab the card. As you read, your eyes went wide, and you started to protest. “El, I couldn’t possibly-”

“Yes, you can.” Her voice was stern, but her eyes held a warmth, not unlike that of the dessert itself. “I insist.” You were dumbfounded as you carefully set the card on the table. Your eyes found Leonard, who was frozen mid-bite, staring at you in stunned awe. 

“I don’t even know what to say, ma’am. I’m honored.” You finally stammered out. Eleanora’s smile matched the warmth in her eyes as she patted you on the shoulder before returning to her seat. 

“Close your mouth, son. You’re drooling on my tablecloth.” She said as she sat down. You looked back over to Leonard and giggled softly as he swallowed and wiped his chin.

“Sorry, Momma.” He said, still staring at the card. All was silent for a few moments until Joanna finally spoke up and broke the tension.

“Daddy?” She asked, and Leonard instantly turned all his attention to her.

“Yeah, Shug?” He replied. She hesitated for a moment, causing one of his eyebrows to rise slowly in concern. 

“I was wondering if you could drop me off at school tomorrow. I meant to ask earlier, but I forgot.” She looked at him with pleading eyes as she finished. Leonard chuckled before answering.

“Well, of course. You didn’t think I’d miss out on embarrassing you on your first day, did you?” Everyone but the man himself rolled their eyes. “Is it alright if (Y/n) and Jim join us? That way, we could head straight out from there.” He asked, and Joanna nodded quickly. 

“I was hoping they’d come too.” She said brightly. Len smiled and tilted his head in affirmation.

“Then it’s settled.” Everyone resumed eating, and before you knew it, you found yourself once again in bed with Leonard’s arms holding you against him. You were squirming as he pressed kisses into your neck, trying to ignore the large hint to his intentions pressing against your backside.

“Leonard.” You whispered in warning. He ignored you, his hand sliding beneath your waistband. “L-Leo-” Your voice came out as more of a choked gasp as his fingers slipped inside you for a moment before moving to stroke your clit. 

“Do you know how much I love you?” He spoke lowly, nipping at the skin on your neck. You fought to control yourself as a moan threatened to escape.

“I think I have a pr-pretty good idea,” You bit your lip and whimpered as he slid one long finger deep inside you, before quickly adding a second. You surrendered into him as he curled them in the perfect ‘come hither’ motion. Your hand flew up to cover your mouth as a loud gasp escaped you.  

“How about I show you how much anyway, just to be sure?” You couldn’t reply as he began a relentless assault, all of your focus needed to remain silent. CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP A whimper once again escaped as Leonard quickly withdrew his fingers, using his other hand to grab his PADD. “Who the hell is sending me a message this late?” He grumbled, and you looked over his shoulder in curiosity.

             Pls don’t. -J

You blushed crimson as you realized what he meant, and gave Leonard a smack with the pillow. 

“SEE!” You whisper shouted. “Be glad it was Jim and not your mothe- mmph!” Leonard silenced you with a demanding kiss that left you breathless. 

“Just gonna have to be quieter, Sugar.” He moved to pin you beneath him as he whispered into your ear. “Think you can do that for me?” He pulled back to look at you, eyes searching for any sign you really wanted him to stop. You huffed and reach up to pull him into a kiss.

“Damn you.” As his hand slid back down your body, you willed the bed to remain silent, hoping that Jim wouldn’t be too harsh in the morning.

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As it turned out, you were all too busy trying to sort out the luggage situation to worry about what might have been heard the night before. Jim had most of it in the truck bed with him, but there were only so many bags he could keep watch on, so three ended up in the cabin with Leonard, Joanna, and you. Your goodbyes ended up rushed as the time came closer for Jo to be at school, and when you got on the road, you had barely 45 mins to get her there on time. The whole drive there, Leonard had a death grip on the wheel, and the tension in the truck only skyrocketed as you pulled up to the school. One of the many downsides of such a small town was that everyone knew everyone else’s business. One look at the group of parents standing nearby, and you instantly knew what they were saying. Deciding to avoid any more attention than you’d already drawn, you quickly helped Jo climb out of the truck. You’d started to hop back in when you heard Joanna say your name. Before you could finish turning back, she’d wrapped around you in a hug. You couldn’t keep the smile off your face as you returned the hug.

“Thanks for letting me stick around, Peach.” You said as you broke apart. She laughed and reached up to swipe at her eyes.

“Thanks for being here, (y/n)” You nodded and glanced over her shoulder at Leonard, who was doing his best to keep it together.

“Anytime,” Jim hopped out of the truck bed as you spoke, and threw his arms out dramatically. Jo giggled and threw her arms around him, too, allowing you to subtly grab Leonard’s attention. Even from a few feet away, he looked shaky. You smiled softly at him and gestured slightly. “Breathe.” You mouthed, and he nodded, taking a deep breath. 

“JO-JO!!” You looked around in confusion as a voice yelled across the front lawn. Joanna broke out in a smile and spun in excitement, and you spotted the owner of the voice right as she started to wave. “C’MON, IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR THE BELL,” The kid, presumably Jo’s friend, called out. Joanna looked at her watch, and her face fell. She turned to Leonard, her mouth open to speak, but he just waved her on.

“It’s alright, Shug. I’ll be back in a couple weeks when we leave. Don’t be late.” He said, and she frowned apologetically before turning to head towards the building. She made it two steps before Leonard spoke again. “Jo!” She stopped on the spot and turned back. Your heart broke as Len swallowed hard before calling out. “I love you.” His voice broke, and Joanna was running back in an instant, slamming into him in a hug. 

“A bushel and a peck,” You heard her say softly, and Leonard held her tighter before they spoke together. 

“And a hug around the neck” 

“Go on,” Leonard said, finally breaking the embrace. “Your grandmother’ll kill me if I make you late on your first day.” Joanna nodded and took off sprinting. Len said nothing as he made his way back into the truck.

“Take your time, Bones. We’ve got all day.” Jim said gently. Leonard waved him off and slid into the driver seat.

“I’m good. Let’s get going.” He mumbled. You looked at Jim and gave him a nod.

“I’ve got him, don’t worry.” You whispered, and Jim hesitated for a moment before sighing and climbing back into the truck bed. Leonard cranked the engine as you hopped inside, offering a small smile when you slid over to take his hand and press a kiss to his palm. “You did great, Leo.” He leaned over and place a kiss on your temple before grabbing ahold the gear shift. Nothing else was said as he shifted into gear and pulled out onto the road. You knew he needed time, and he knew you’d be there when he was ready. He just hoped you both were ready for what lay ahead.

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[agent-barnes40]

Watching The Empire Strikes back

The old sounding theme

Didn’t Mark Hamill get into an accident before filming this one?

What is up with the Dalek looking probes?

Mark Hamill looks so young.

He sounds so young.

Bruh, Luke wtf?

Y’all I fucking see it! I paused it at 4:27 and for a moment thought that Han was being played by Adam Driver. I definitely see the resemblance now.

Rip Chewie’s original actor

Wheretf is Leia?

There she is.

SPACE MOM LOOKS SO YOUNG

Rip Carrie Fisher while we’re here

Damn, Carrie talks so quietly during this scene.

Damn, Leia’s sass is amazing.

Leia hiding her feelings. Are we positive that Leia wouldn’t be an awesome Gen-Z?

Everyone walking in-between Leia and Han as they fight, iconic!

The angry “YOU COULD USE A GOOD KISS!” Sounds so much like Ben/Kylo. It’s nuts.

Above scene is at 6:27.

3P0! R2!

“OH SWITCH OFF!”

Han looks feral, that’s all I’m saying.

Han’s concern for Luke and Leia warms my heart.

“Between ourselves, I think Master Luke is in conciderable danger.”

“That’s right. My friends right out in it.”

Han, admit it, you’re attached to Luke.

“Then I’ll see you in hell.”

Damn Han.

Ya’ll I forgot that most of the “cgi” was stop motion in these first three.

The old force theme.

Rancor? Thingy is cool.

R2 willing to freeze for his Skywalker master makes me want to cry.

R2 DONT SOUND SAD!

Are we close to shoving Luke into a tauntaun yet?

The rebellion people being concerned for Leia’s worry over Luke and Han while C3P0 just walks up.

Leia closing the doors to the base and Chewie looks so sad.

I’m legit about to cry. They mimicked Chewies cry from this to put into TROS when they tell Poe, Finn and Chewie that Leia’s dead.

Shelby is joining me in my watch of Star Wars.

We’re shoving Luke into a tauntaun now!

Obi-Wan absolutely dissing Qui-Gon.

Glad to know the Tauntaun died of the cold,

Han wielding the lightsaber!

They’re so happy to have found Luke and Han

The bacta tank

Luke is like, WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ABOUT TO GET EATEN!?

The iconic Laserbrain scene.

Chewie laughing and Han looks so betrayed.

NERF HERDER!

Have I mentioned I love Leia?

The sad look on Han’s face when Leia calls him scruffy.

Luke’s like PLEASE DONT GET ME IN THIS!

I forgot Luke and Leia kiss!

3P0 casually mentioning that it isn’t a rebellion signal

Oop, here comes Anakin “So, do you like my plan?” Vader Skywalker.

The Falcon absolutely wreaking Han.

Han and Luke silently communicating.

Vader’s egg.

Vader casually killing someone while talking.

Have I mentioned I love Leia?

The stop motion is amazing.

THE AT-AT!

3P0 casually reminding R2 to be safe.

Luke trying to save his friend

Han running back for Leia.

Han catching 3P0.

Anthony Daniel’s autotune.

The very old sounding theme.

Luke gets his dumbass traits from Anakin.

Carries scream.

Where in the hell is the scene where 3P0 rips the warning on a door?

R2 being worried about Luke.

“Take Evasive action!” Almost dies.

The scene where Han is on the pole and his ass is on display, thank god Harrison Ford got paid for that.

Leia trying to fly falcon shows that she’s a Skywalker and has that natural ability to fly.

Had to switch over to my computer.

“Never tell me the odds!”

Oof, Dagobah.

Here comes the green dwarf who drinks coke every day.

Luke’s X-wing.

R2 falling into the water

R2 scream

Yoda should show up soon.

Vader’s egg.

Anakin’s crusty head.

Han catching Leia

Leia getting pissed

Han flirting

Here comes Yoda, the coke drinker.

Yoda’s so damn high. I’m meaning weed type of high

R2 getting beat by Yoda.

You know for a fact Yoda was beating R2 because he remembers Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker’s way too damn modified Astromech.

How the fuck is Frank Oz still alive?

3P0 wants his husband.

Oop, here comes the kiss scene with Han and Leia.

Han calling Leia by her first name for the first time.

“Scoundrel?”

“I happen to like nice men.”

Finally!

Fucking 3P0!

Han looks so vulnerable.

Oop Palpatine.

Vader’s egg.

Ian McDiarmid has been playing Palpatine since 1980.

Anakin learning that Luke Skywalker is his son and having to pick between killing him and wanting to finish raising Luke. It’s quite sad actually.

R2 getting drenched scares me.

Luke hiding his distaste for Yoda’s food.

Yoda and Obi-Wan talking.

I’m gonna be honest, I hate Yoda. He’s an old man who is doesn’t want change until literally episode 8. He may have taught Luke something but Luke had to learn the way of the force by himself.

Also, Yoda scares me.

Have I mentioned that I love Leia?

“I have a bad feeling about this.”

C3P0 yelling at the Mynock.

Leia faceplanting into the Falcon.

“I am not a committee!”

I don’t like the Luke/Yoda training scene.

The only thing that I believe that Yoda taught look was to absolutely fear his connection with the force.

The whole under the tree Luke/Vader “fight” was to allude to “hey, Vader is this Anakin guy we keep talking about.”

Is that Boba I see?

The light speed fail x2.

“Shut up!”

I don’t like this Luke/Yoda training scene either.

“No! Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.”

Unpopular opinion: Palpatine should’ve killed Yoda.

The soft flute force theme.

Bruh, I forgot Han landed the Falcon on Vader’s ship.

Leia turning 3P0 off.

“He’s a card player, gambler, scoundrel. You’d like him.

“Thanks.”

You can see Anthony Daniels or his stand in breathing in the 3P0 outfit.

Boba following them.

Again, I hate each and every single Yoda/Luke training scene.

“Han. Leia!”

Yoda constantly belittling Luke’s compassion for his friends that he sees as his family. This is why I don’t like Yoda.

The landing on cloud city.

I forgot how much Cloud city looks like Corucant.

Lando Calrissian

Han pointing to himself, *me?*

Lando Calrissian.

“What have you done to my ship?”

“Your ship? Hey, remember, you lost her to me fair and square.”

They are literal children and I love it.

Lando immediately flirting.

Also, what the fuck was George Lucas thinking on letting 5ft something men get chest to chest with Carrie and try to intimidate her with their height whilst trying to flirt with her?

Wtf was he thinking! Carrie Fisher is 4ft something and I feel bad for her.

“She’s the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.”

Chewie going to look for C3P0.

The soft force theme.

The force theme turning to the imperial march.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, you let 12-year old Ahsoka Tano on a battlefield with Anakin fucking Skywalker, the man who stared General Grevious in the face and basically told him to fuck off, and you’re not letting Anakin’s literal son go save his sister and future brother in law! So shut the fuck up dead guy and let Luke save his friends.

Yoda can go die for all I care. I forgot how much of an asshole he is.

God, I fucking hate Yoda.

Leia’s Bespin outfit.

Leia worried over 3P0 is the sweetest thing. This shows just how great of a mom she’ll be.

“I don’t trust Lando.”

Have I said that I appreciate how pretty Harrison Ford is?

Yo! Mandalorian!

Also, chewie finding C3P0!

Leia covering her body when she realizes Lando is watching her is something I thought I’d never relate to but whelp, here we are.

Lando Calrissian is very creepy actually in how he treats Leia every chance he can get.

Han’s ready to punch him.

“Would you join me for a refreshment?”

“No!” I never realized how protective Chewie is of Leia until this scene. Chewbacca immediately is ready to rip Lando apart.

“Having a problem with your droid?”

Han immediately realizes how vulnerable Leia can get when C3P0 is involved and when people she’s intimidated by. Han drew away Lando’s attention on 3P0 to him.

Han drank his appreciating women juice.

Is Boba wearing a death watch thingy on his shoulder?

Leia looks so damn scared.

Han grabbing Leia’s hand tighter to protect her.

Chewie trying to work on C3P0.

The imperial march.

Han’s super pale. “I feel terrible.”

Leia’s vulnerable and even though Han’s hurting he jumps in to protect her and how angry Leia gets, that’s when everyone knows that Leia’s feeling and anger is her protection emotion.

Honestly, I’m ready to skip the rest of Lando’s scenes.

Carbonite.

Okay so when Vader tells the Troopers to put Han into the carbon freezer, Chewbacca attacks, if you notice, Vader just lets him. It’s not because, “hey let’s not anger the Wookiee more.” It’s because according to a scene in The Clone Wars animated TV show, Chewbacca saved Anakin’s padawan, Ahsoka. I like to think Vader was finally paying his debt to the Shriwook for saving Ahsoka.

Han calming down Chewie by telling him to look after Leia.

Han and Leia’s second kiss

“I love you.”

“I know.”

Leia looks so damn sad and scared.

Chewie literally pulling Leia into his body to try and lessen the pain she was in.

The fact that Luke doesn’t realize that it’s Han.

Luke slowly realizing that he didn’t see Han with Leia and Chewie.

The only lightsaber fight between Luke and a Vader that I remember.

I’m not gonna comment on Chewie chocking Lando.

That force jump.

The biggest plot twist in cinematic history, according to the Internet, is about to happen.

R2 getting electrocuted

R2 going to fix his husband.

Oop, Luke’s hands about to get cut off.

Mark Hamill’s scream.

“Luke, there is no escape. Don’t make me destroy you. Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.”

“I’ll never join you!”

“If you only knew the power of the dark side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.”

“He told me enough. He told me you killed him.”

“No. I am your father.”

“No, no, that’s not true. That’s impossible!”

“Search your feelings. You know it to be true.”

The iconic “Noooo.”

“Luke. You can destroy the emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. Come with me. It is the only way.”

Skywalker men are such idiots and always are so dramatic.

The poor film editor, having to make it look like Luke is falling and is just playing with the footage they got of Mark Hamill writhing around.

And here we see just how powerful Leia and Luke are.

“Leia. Hear me. Leia”

“Luke.”

Luke’s just swinging his legs.

Light speed fail x3

“Luke.”

“Father.”

“Come with me.”

“Ben. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Luke, it’s your destiny.”

Mark Hamill is such a talented actor

Welp, Anakin’s gonna kill everyone.

“May the Force be with you.”

Luke’s fake hand.

The chills I get during the ending music.

And that was The Empire Strikes Back. All in all a good classic.

[mysteriousxmidnight]

Ooh, do you think we could have some more Kleinphy headcannons for the OTP thing?

OKAY! Sorry this took so long but I really wanted to put some thought into it. SO: 

1) Who rocks the Ferris Wheel seat and who flips out and begs them to stop? Jared’s scared of heights, but he’s never admitted that to anyone. So Connor jokingly rocks the seat and Jared FREAKS OUT HARDCORE, and Connor is like “omg, I’m so sorry,” and just pulls Jared into a hug for the rest of the ride

2) Who is always horny and will have sex at any time, at any place and at any time? For all his sex jokes, Jared’s actually really scared to be THAT vulnerable/naked/etc in front of someone. And Connor’s like, meh, we can do other things. He’s had flings and fooled around, but it’s whatever to him. So, I guess the answer is neither is really all that into it. They try it eventually and it’s fun once in awhile, but they prefer just cuddling and kissing and hanging out together.

3) Who is more into taking showers/baths together? Who tries to make it relaxing and who tries to make it sexy time? See above. I think eventually they’d get comfortable seeing each other naked, but they like their space and privacy, so they wouldn’t shower together.

4) Who likes to walk around the house naked and who tells the other to go put some clothes on? Neither

5) Who sleeps on the couch when they get into a fight? Neither. Because even when they fight, they still sleep better cuddled up together. Especially Connor. So they’ll fight and then Jared will be like “I’m still mad at you, you dummy, but come cuddle with me.” And Connor’s like “Shut up, I hate you right now, but ok.”

6) Who takes photos of the other while they sleep? Jared did it once as a joke but Connor got REALLY upset about it, so Jared never did it again.

7) Who said “I love you” first? and who ends their arguments in a fight with “Because I love you”? Jared, by accident, and he tries to cover it up by being like “I love youuuu..rrrrrr shirt, cool band, amirite?” and he nervous laughs. And Connor rolls his eyes and he’s like “You’re a dork, you have no idea who this band is, and I love you, too.” Neither is very good with expressing emotions and feelings like that, but they’re both so paranoid about screwing things up that they BOTH end the fight with “Because I love you” so the other knows they aren’t ACTUALLY mad, just kinda hurt 

8) Who likes to wear the others sweatshirts? Jared loves wearing Connor’s sweatshirt so much that he literally will just unzip it and yank it off him, and Connor’s like wtf are you doing? But he also thinks it’s adorable so he doesn’t even care, he just pretends to be annoyed by it.

9) Who wakes the other up in the middle of the night to tell them a cool dream they had? Who has the most nightmares, and who sings them back to sleep after? Jared wakes up from a cool dream and WANTS to tell Connor about it, but Connor is FINALLY asleep after waking up from ANOTHER nightmare, so he just snuggles closer and vows to remember the dream so he can tell Connor about it in the morning. And, without opening his eyes, Connor is like, “You wanna tell me about your dream, don’t you?” And Jared’s like “OMG YES CAN I?”

10) Who is more likely to cheat? Neither. I explained why in my Conguel OTP hc.

11) Who makes fun of the other for having a crush on them, and who has to remind them that they are in a relationship? I think Jared would both tease Connor about his crush AND also be the one reassuring Connor that they’re in a relationship and that’s not going to change

12) Who starts a food fight in the kitchen? Neither. Connor likes cooking too much to waste food and Jared likes eating too much to waste food. BUT when Connor bakes, he likes to swipe a finger in the batter and plop it on Jared’s nose so he can lick it off and Jared BLUSHES SO HARD but loves it

13) Who initiates duets? and who is the better singer? Neither can sing but they both love belting it out in the car and they don’t hold back because they feel safe with each other

14) Who starts the hand holding? Who grabs the others butt? Who slides their arm around their waist? Who likes to put their fingers in the belt loops? I guess I’m a sucker for Connor hating PDA but loving hand holding because he initiates the hand holding in every ship I’ve done this for, hahaha. Jared would totally pinch Connor’s butt. Also, Connor is ticklish so when Jared pinches his butt, it tickles and Connor lets out this little squeal/yip noise that Jared MELTS over. Connor wold definitely be the one to slide his hands around Jared’s waist AND pull him in by the belt loops.

15) Who likes writes the others name on their wrist? I guess I’m ALSO a sucker for Connor having pretty handwriting and writing Jared’s name over his wrist scars because I did that with my Conguel ships too. OH WELL I LOVE IT SO YES HE DOES THAT

16) Who is more seductive when they are drunk? and who is louder in bed? Jared is just a messy, goofy drunk and he TRIES to be seductive and Connor just laughs at him and it makes Jared pout and Connor is like “it’s okay baby, u still cute.” Neither is super loud in bed. Also again, it’s not something they do a lot, anyway.

17) Who is more protective? Connor will GROWL at people who he thinks are upsetting Jared. And Jared is like “He bites, too.”

18) Who talks to the other while they are sleeping? Neither. Jared refuses to do anything that would wake Connor if he’s FINALLY fallen asleep. Connor is the same but mostly because he has so much trouble opening up to people, and he’s worried Jared will wake up and hear him say something he didn’t actually want Jared to hear.

19) Who drives and who has the window seat? They take turns, but usually Jared because he’s terrified of Connor’s driving.

20) Who falls asleep in the others lap and who carries them to bed? Okay so I answered this already but I’m gonna copy that answer in here so all my answers are together. SO: More often than not, Connor falls asleep in Jared’s lap because insomnia is a bitch, but Jared doesn’t have the heart to wake him. And Connor wakes up hours later and is like ?? Why didn’t you wake me? And Jared just shrugs, so Connor gets up and scoops Jared into his arms and carries him up to bed, but Connor is still sleepy and groggy, so they kind of, like, tumble into bed and Connor lands on top of Jared and they laugh and kiss and snuggle before finally falling back to sleep.

21) Who cuts the others hair? Jared WANTS to cut Connor’s hair (not super short, just, like, clean it up). And Connor is like NO WAY YOU’RE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING SHARP NEAR MY HEAD.

22) Who is super bad at sexting? and who sends them encouraging messages throughout the day? They’re both AWFUL at sexting, omg. They try anyway but they SUCK AT IT SO BAD and they make fun of each other for it, too. They both also TRY to send encouraging messages but they’re SO bad at expressing feelings, etc, that it ends up sounding like cheesy platitudes and then they each try to outdo each other in the cheesiness department.

23) Who thinks they are not good enough for the others love? and who’s more afraid of loosing the other? Who thinks they keep messing up, only for the other to tell them they don’t need to worry? Oh, they’re both SO insecure, neither thinks they deserve the other. 

24) Who starts random slow dancing with the other in the kitchen? Who holds the other just above the ground and kisses them? Jared tries to get Connor to dance, but Connor’s like “omg stahhhppp.” And Connor lifts Jared for the kiss but Jared feels awkward and shifts in Connor’s arms and Connor loses his balance and they fall and Jared stares down at Connor and he’s like “heh.. hi...”

25) Who says shitty puns and sex jokes just to see the other giggle and blush? Jared, for sure. He likes making Connor roll his eyes and blush

26) Who kissed first? They tried to go in at the same time and knocked teeth and Jared’s glasses. So they laugh it off and try again, slower this time.

27) Who orders take out at two in a morning? and who wakes the other up at three in the morning to go downstairs with them to get a glass of water because it’s too dark? This also seems to be across the board for me and my ships, but definitely Connor cause insomnia, and Jared wakes up and joins him

28) Who writes poems/stories and love songs about the other? Do they sing the songs the write for them? Connor writes them but he refuses to show them to Jared because he thinks Jared will tease him, but Jared has seen them and loves them. He pretends he hasn’t though because he knows it will embarrass Connor. He just hopes Connor feels comfortable showing them to him one day (spoiler: he will).

29) Who does some crazy stunt to try and impress the other and who ends up driving them to the emergency room after it backfires? Jared totally would.

30) Who is embarrassed when they have to wear their glasses and who thinks they look super cute? Neither would be embarrassed. Jared already DOES wear them and has since he was a kid. And Connor only needs them to read but he doesn’t mind wearing them in front of Jared. Jared was teased a LOT for his glasses as a kid (the whole “four eyes” thing), and he’d never do that to Connor.

[aaronhart93]

christmas eve breakup || aaron & eden

Discord thread featuring: Aaron & @wtf-eden

When:  December 24, 2020 

Mentions: @masondawson @ronnieroy @alison-haynes

Description: Eden comes to Aaron after she breaks up with Mason 

Trigger Warnings: -

Eden.

Christmas was supposed to be a happy time, but instead Eden had just called it quits with her boyfriend. She wasn’t upset about doing it, she knew it had to happen, she was just upset about how it went down. It also meant she had nowhere to live. She was staying at Aaron’s, but that was supposed to be temporary and she didn’t have much money for a deposit on a place of her own. Either way, she needed a friend right now. Eden let herself into Aaron’s pent, making her way down the hall to his room. She knocked on the door, and when it opened, Eden hugged him tightly. He had no idea what was going on, but she needed her friend in that moment. “I’m sorry Mason is a fucking idiot.” She told him, referencing to the texts he had sent while she was on her way there.

Aaron.

hungover was a fucking understatement. He was out for his friend’s 29th birthday and Aaron was acting like he was still 20. Never again. He had just stopped throwing up for the afternoon when he heard Eden walk into the room. He sat up in bed when she entered. Thank god he had showered before she had gotten here because she wrapped herself in him for a hug, which of course, Aaron welcomed. He wrapped his arms warmly around her and squeezed her small frame tightly. “It’s fine. I’ll get over it. What’s wrong with you though?” He asked, craning his neck to look down at her.

Eden.

Eden felt safe and comforted in Aaron’s arms. He always could do that for her. She wasn’t sure what Aaron’s plans were for the evening, but she didn’t want to ruin them if he had something special planned. But, she also needed to talk to someone and he was the first on her list. She pulled back from the hug just slightly so she could look at her friend. “Well,” Eden rubbed the back of her neck lightly, “I just broke up with Mason.” The small brunette bit down on her lip nervously. She knew her friend wasn’t the biggest fan of him, but she was pregnant with Mason’s child and maybe she was doing this all wrong.

Aaron.

Holding Eden like this was so familiar. He still gave Eden all of his love on his hugs, even if the love was a little different now. He furrowed his brows and shifted a little bit in his seat, still holding onto Eden firmly. He was surprised, but he wasn’t sure why. He knew that Eden was unhappy in her relationship and was trying hard to make it work mostly because of the baby. “Oh. Shit.” He mumbled. He was unsure of what to say. He knew that Eden could do far better than Mason, but then again, he knew that Mason really loved her and that Aaron wasn’t going to like any of Eden’s partners. “I’m sorry.” He decided to go with because he knew she was hurting regardless.

Eden.

There was something special between Eden and Aaron, that would always be there even if they were just friends. Hugging him felt like coming home, it was something she would never understand. “I just...I can’t help but feel like a shitty person, I did it through text message.” She admitted. That wasn’t something Eden would usually do, but Mason had opened the door and Eden answered honestly. She shrugged, “I’m not upset that I did it. It needed to be done. I just... I’m worried, Aaron.” There was a lot to be worried about, where was she going to live? How was she going to raise a child? What was going to happen? There was a lot of moving parts and it wasn’t anything that would be fixed easily. “I’m going to have to drop out of school.” She said worriedly.

Aaron.

And this was exactly one of the reasons why Aaron didn’t want Eden moving in with Mason in the first place. Now what was she going to do? She was a single mom now. Aaron never really had an issue being a single dad. He had nannies, family members, and of course, Alison to support him. Eden would obviously have Mason, but their dynamic had changed so much. It was going to be hard for the both of them. “Don’t think about that right now Eden. You can stay here as long as you need. After the new year, we’ll find you a nice place in south Kingsboro. I’ll help you with the down payment, and you’ll be all set.” He didn’t believe everything he was saying. He knew it wasn’t that simple, especially knowing Eden couldn’t work as much now that she was in school. “No matter what. You’re not dropping out of school. You’re finishing this and having a perfect baby.” He encouraged her, hugging her tightly.

Eden.

Even if Eden hadn’t moved in with Mason, things would have gotten tough. Once Eden started school, she wouldn’t have made enough money to keep affording her rent. But she wouldn’t admit that to anyone. “It’s hard to not think about it.” Eden knew she should be more upset about the break up, but she had been unhappy for a while. She was too busy thinking about what was going to happen to her and the baby. “I can’t ask you to do that, Aaron. You’ve already helped me so much by letting me stay here....” the truth was, Eden was worried that she couldn’t afford the rent even if Aaron helped her with a deposit. It all sounded easy for Aaron, who had all the money in the world and could raise his child no problem. Things weren’t that simple for Eden. “How am I going to afford a child on part time hours?”

Aaron.

Aaron shook his head. “Eden, you know I will always be here to help you. There is never too big of an ask.” He reminded her. It was true. Aaron would probably fight to the death for Eden. She was so important to him, and there wasn’t much he wouldn’t do for her. Aaron knew that Eden was fucked. There was really no way she was going to be able to raise a kid, attend med school, and afford her rent all at once. He didn’t know what that felt like, but — fuck — he really felt for Eden right now. “Eden, it’s Christmas. You’re safe right now. You have me, Ronnie and Des. Ali too...and we’re not going to let anything happen to you.” He wanted to get her mind off of the fact that she had a lot to worry about. “I promise everything is going to be okay.” Aaron didn’t see this working out for her. She was going to have to give up something, unless she agreed to stay here for a while so that she didn’t have to worry about rent. “Maybe your school has student housing is something. I’m sure they might even have a daycare too.” He was trying to sound optimistic. “We will figure this out.”

Eden.

Eden knew that she had friends in Kingsboro who wouldn’t let her fail. They were the best friends she had ever had, and they wouldn’t  let her go through this alone.  But, that didn’t mean it felt right to take favors and help for a mess of her own making. “I know. But, that doesn’t making asking you any easier.” If the two were still dating, maybe asking him for crazy favors would be easier, but that wasn’t the case. Aaron was right, it was Christmas Eve and tomorrow was going to be a great Christmas. “I wish you were right. I wish things were going to be okay, but it’s not going to be easy , and I know that.” She sighed softly, “But I won’t ruin anyone’s holiday.” Eden promised. “You were right though. About Mason and I. I should have listened to you.” Eden sighed, pushing hair behind her ear. “We’ll figure it out.” She said with a nod, though she was unsure of how she was going to figure any of this out.

Aaron.

Aaron continued holding the woman in his arms. The last thing Aaron was Eden to feel was a sense of hopelessness. Things weren’t hopeless, even though they looked very very bleak. He didn’t want to tell her I told you so because he knew that would make her feel worse that she was already feeling. He hated that she had relied on Mason for a place to live. She was kinda of like...homeless now. “This doesn’t change the fact that Mason is still the father of your child. He’s not going to leave you and his kid homeless, you know? I know you don’t like when people do things for you, but now you have a whole human to worry about now. You will be fine. I promise.” She had a lot of options. Most of which involved her swallowing some of her pride though, he knew that she absolutely hated.

Eden.

Eden knew she had people around her that cared. None of them would let her or her unborn child be the homeless wreck she had a feeling her life was headed towards. It wasn’t the first time that she would have been in this situation though, but this time there was a child involved. “But you know what he would do? Invite me back to live with him, and honestly? I’d rather stab myself with a fork then do that right now.” Eden admitted. It sounded harsh, but she needed space from her ex boyfriend. There was a reason he was her ex boyfriend after all. “I really don’t know what I’m going to do.” She knew there were options, but she wasn’t sure what the best choice was going to be for her and her child.

Aaron.

Was laughing an appropriate thing to do in this situation? Probably not. Definitely not, but Aaron couldn’t help it. He choked out a short snort before clearing his throat. He pressed his lips together to keep himself from smiling too much, but a small smile still appeared on his lips. “Let’s not worry about that now. We’ll go to his apartment together. Me, you and Ronnie. And get the rest of your things after Christmas. Then we can think about it.” Yes, Aaron was stalling  so that he could think of other alternatives. Some type of housing assistance for single moms. Anything. If Eden would just swallow her pride and stay with him this would be easier. But he did admire how headstrong she was. It was one of the reasons he fell in love with her in the first place. “Should we make some hot chocolate?” He suggested, rubbing her shoulder slightly.

Eden.

Eden felt relieved at the thought of Ronnie and Aaron coming to Masons apartment with her to get the rest of her belongings. There was something intoxicating about Mason, and Eden knew she could easily be persuaded to change her mind though she knew she didn’t want too. Having her friends with her would make picking her things up that much easier. “I don’t have all that much left there. I brought most of my clothes here and when I moved in with Mason I sold most of the things from my apartment.” She admitted. Eden truly had no idea how she was going to start over in New York, and start over with enough money to support her and a child. But she didn’t have long to figure it out. “Hot chocolate would be wonderful.”

[strawberrijammm]

I realize I could have been more clear about what I did and didn't agree with in that callout I made so in an effort to be clear about how I feel, even though the people who know about this account literally dont care what I say, for my own mental wellbeing I would like to be concise and truthful.

-to start off, I was really paranoid about people trying to get me to be anyone besides myself, especially when it came to my family as many members in it are transphobic and i'm pretty sure if I lived with a specific family member of mine, that he would try to actively attempt to convert me away from being myself, given my experiences with him. also, my paranoia growing up developed into a weird fear of conspiracy theories (no, I wasnt a fucking right winger, i thought all the billionaires that were 'bad' and 'in a cult' were conservative christians) and i thought some weird cult was actively trying to get me to not be trans or something. so I projected that fear on to sam, which was unfair, but I did feel like he preferred when I would talk about smiley- maybe it's not malicious, I'm not sure, with what I have compiled in that callout theres not really enough evidence to come to the conclusion that hes just. transphobic and doesnt want people to be themselves, but I will say his apprehension to open his arms up to who I am now-- or at least I perceived he had apprehension about it, made me feel a certain way. either way, I should have verified with him before jumping to a conclusion. Not sure. Not talking to him to find out. So I think its safe to conclude that who knows wtf his intentions are, i guess if you're willing to find out then you should interact with him and come to your own conclusion. but considering my paranoia played a huge role in this, it might just be that hes not transphobic.

-the whole-- him being annoying and texting me and my ex all the time was real, and the whole... stalking peoples shit i know is real. i still don't understand how he didn't really take the hint... like why would you try to befriend someone who doesn't seem like they actively want to communicate with you? (also it was weird sam wanted to befriend me at all after we broke up IMO, I guess i felt uncomfortable with it. I've not always had that issue with past partners but idk. I guess i wanted space and privacy and it was hard to get that with him... don't date people online, i swear)

-him saying someone isn’t autistic is weird.

-him getting too comfy with peoples alters is weird, but also probably not intentional?? not sure, we’d hafta hear from him directly or get some sort of solid evidence he wants to manipulate peoples alters or whatever. I don’t feel like this callout provides that sort of evidence so it’s not a fair conclusion to make.

-the pedophilia portion-- I have to say, his behavior was a bit sus? I don't remember what the person I was talking to wanted me to reserve talking about that he did that put that groupchat off, I have a vague memory of what it could be-- either way it's not my call to make if he is or isnt 'pedophilic', it's everyone else involved's call to make. I do think what happened with us when we were younger was weird, but I have to be real that since we were both minors at the time it's hard to hold against either of us and I will admit that it was a huge stretch to conclude he had malicious intent.

It's clear to me that I made this under the assumption that all the behavior he exhibited previously (obsessively messaging me and my ex, being too close with me even after we broke up) was finally explained by what the anonymous person involved told me. I concluded that his obsessive behavior and such was explained by pedophilic tendencies, which could be explained by a lack of ability to effectively socialize with others. I felt like I was solving a puzzle that had my head scratching for a long time-- But my mindset at that time wasn't great, and I was very black and white in my thinking, I felt like-- if people didn't treat me in a way thats healthy/respectful/considerate/etc. that they were then automatically horrible, shit, toxic people who were probably pedophioles, transphobes, and fascists (strongly glaring in a specific direction at a specific someone I know) or something. and that way of thinking is just very peak tumblr 2016 for sure, and its also hugely toxic and unhelpful. I can recognize now that I took the original issue, abstractified and essentialized it until it was something i felt fit the black and white narrative I and everyone else on tumblr at the time seemed to hold.

and I want to say-- I actually dont remember if it was my idea to write the callout- but since I was the one who posted it and I have balls and I dont really give a fuck how many of the people involved feel about me so I really lose and gain nothing from pretending I wasn't involved in the creation of this, i'll take the responsibility for posting it. And I apologize for spreading misinfo where it is.

also this is very clearly drama between sam and this groupchat and it was stupid of me to insert myself and get involved at all, but I guess i felt like a detective trying to solve a case... but when you have that mindset, you often forget that theres people behind those involved and its not just a tale of trying to “catch the bad guy”

[fuckingfinwions]

Part 2 of my Feanorian OT8 bullet point fic

One day, a giant eagle lands on Fingolfin’s side of the lake.

Maedhros is rescued!

The message as to what is happening is delivered to his brothers several hours later. The messenger doesn’t linger, and doesn’t invite them.

The six brothers immediately start planning who should go.

They all want to. They want to be closer to whole than they’ve been in years, none of them really want to go and leave the others behind.

But they know that Fingolfin’s people will take their arrival, especially as a group, as a threat.

And there’s the matter of their forbidden relationship. Maedhros is vulnerable, it’s the worst possible time for accusations to spring up.

But they’re all so relieved, keeping their expressions of joy to carefully memorized rules (how long is too long for a hug between brothers? how close is too close? is laying your head on your brother’s chest to hear his heartbeat and reassure yourself he’s alive normal? Kisses on the lips are too intimate, forehead is safely familial, ears and hands are what?) will be painfully difficult.

In addition to  their own feelings, the Feanorians expect Maedhros to be touch-starved.  He will likely seek out their embrace, and they don’t want to reject him  after whatever he’s gone through just to please nosy onlookers.

Maglor says that two should go, one to comfort Maedhros and one to keep watch so they don’t get attacked by someone mad about the Ice. Or walked in on cuddling.

He reluctantly admits he shouldn’t go first, as the politics are unstable enough he needs to stay here and manage their people.

That leaves Celegorm, Curufin, Amrod, Amras, and Caranthir who could go.

Eventually they settle on Amrod and Amras. They’re twins, and no one will be surprised if they refuse to be parted. It's far less of an insult to Nolofinwe than an obvious guard.

Amrod and Amras all also the youngest, and people sometimes see them as overgrown children. They can get away with a lot more touch than the others.

So Amrod and Amras ride out that afternoon, aware but ignoring that Nolofinwe never actually invited them.

No one is heartless to turn away family who haven’t seen their brother in years at the gate. The twins are forced to surrender all their weapons, even their eating knives, but it’s worth it.

Fingon insists on accompanying them to see Maedhros.

Maedhros is unconscious. He is dressed in a tunic that’s both too baggy and too short in the sleeves. His arms are covered with bandages. There’s another across his forehead, and what they can see of his face is bruises ranging from dark red to ugly green.

And there’s the missing hand, which had not been mentioned in the letter. And which has a tourniquet around the arm, so it’s fresh.

Amras asks WTF. This leads to a whisper-shouted argument with Fingon. (No one wants to disturb Maedhros)

Amrod takes advantage of the distraction to approach Maedhros. He sits down on his brother’s left side and holds his remaining hand.

He can’t think of what else to do to reassure Maedhros that he’s not alone, they’re here. Well he could climb in bed and lie down next to him, but Fingon’s there and Maedhros is really obviously injured everywhere - where to painlessly touch isn’t clear.

Amrod starts humming a lullaby, the same one Nerdanel sang them all as children.

Eventually Fingon notices the sound and breaks off his argument with Amras.

“What are you doing to him? The healers already Sang all they dared, if we rush his healing we might still lose him!”

Amrod says “I’m not an idiot,” rolls his eyes, and keeps humming. He starts rubbing Maedhros’s hand in time with it.

Amras explains for him, “It’s not a song of power. It’s just a lullaby, so Maedhros knows he’s safe.”

“I’ve never heard it,” Fingon says suspiciously.

“I’m not surprised, but it’s common with the Aulendir.” Amras is selfishly pleased that there’s something that Maedhros’s best friend doesn’t know about him (besides the obvious).

Fingon glares at them for a while. Amrod is humming. Amras is standing next to him, joining in and occasionally brushing hair that is far too short out of Maedhros’s eyes.

Fingon says, “Are you two just going to sit there until he wakes up?”

“At least.”

“You didn’t care enough to go get him.”

“We cared for our other brothers just as much, and didn’t want them to grieve two of us and Father all at once.”

“The healers say it may be days, or even weeks, until he wakes.”

“Amrod and I can take it in shifts.”

“There’s no spare rooms in the camp, and no space for you to set up a tent.”

“We can sleep on the floor.”

“You’ll get in the healers’ way.”

“On the roof then, we built it sturdily enough.” Sturdy enough for stargazing turning to caressing and more, as it had on their trips across Aman. They hadn’t gotten the chance to use it for that, but they had hoped and planned, and it was shielded from view from the other buildings.

“People aren’t going to be happy about a kinslayer watching them from the rooftops.”

“Then I guess you shouldn’t go up there either. If people are scared of two unarmed elves, they’re cowards in truth.”

“You burned the ships!”

“I did. Amrod didn’t. Maedhros didn’t, and actually tried to argue Father our of it.”

Fingon stopped short at that. “Why would you say that?”

“Because it’s true.”

“You’re just trying to manipulate me so I’ll treat him better.”

“That seems pointless. You already gave him the largest bedroom in the place, with the best view.”

“The healers need access.”

Amrod spoke up. “We’re all on the same side here. We want Maedhros happy and Morgoth defeated.”

“I’m really not convinced you do, given you left him there that long.”

“And you cut of his hand,” Amras said

“He asked me to kill him, when I said I couldn’t free him. A hand seemed worth it.”

Amrod’s hand squeezes Maedhros’s too tightly. His other reaches for Amras, who holds on tight.

“Thank you or bringing him back to us.”

“I didn’t do it for you.”

“But you did it, even if only for yourself.”

“I did it for Maedhros. He is his own person, and doesn’t belong to those who left him to die.” Fingon had made the argument many times to Maedhros, that as much as he cared for his family he didn’t owe them his life. Maedhros always stopped short of explaining how he cared for his family, and why he was wiling to build his life around them as one does a spouse.

“If he wants to stay here, we won’t stop him. But we’ll wait until he’s healthy enough to decide.”

Fingon sighs. “Fine. You will obey the healers, and not harm anyone in this camp. I will see if I can find some spare blankets.”

“We won’t harm anyone who doesn’t try to attack us.”

“There will be a trial if so much as a sprained wrist comes of your stay here. You won’t be treated specially because you’re princes.”

“We never expected it.”

Fingon leaves.

Amrod and Amras stay where they are, and accept the slightly tron blankets he returns with.

That night, Amras carefully climbs into the bed. Amrod holds Maedhros up as he moved some of the mound of pillows keeping the injured brother upright aside and scooted into their place. They settle back down with only one pillow between Maedhros and Amras’s chest, his legs spread out to either side.

“I’ll take first watch,” Amrod said.

Amras sleeps. He’ll have sore muscles, but he’s happier than he's been in years.

Amrod wakes him at first light, and they carefully rearrange the pillows before the healers arrived. The twin lay on the roof for just long enough to dirty their own bedding, not wanting to leave Maedhros alone.

The healers send them both from the room as bandages are changed and wounds are drained. The healers do give a summary of what they did, when Amras and Amrod ask.

Maedhros will survive, and will wake if he feels either in urgent danger or finally safe enough.

Amrod seeps on the floor during the day, cuddling Maedhros’s hanging arm like a teddy bear.

It’s a series of catnaps, as Amras wakes him every time someone approaches the door.

They don’t leave Maedhros alone with any visitors while he’s unconscious.

[warwaged-archive]

What are Tyrande's thoughts/feelings regarding Maiev? How have they changed over the years?

When Tyrande was a novice priestess, Maiev was already part of the Sisterhood of Elune. I don’t think they had much contact back then, but from Tyrande’s part, she would respect Maiev as she would respect any of her sisters. Their relationship only begins to get complicated when Tyrande is appointed High Priestess in the War of the Ancients. She wasn’t a priestess for long before that, and Maiev seems to think she’s not ready to assume the position (and that other, more experienced priestesses such as herself should be regarded first). Maiev doesn’t seem very interested in rescuing her when the demons get Tyrande, but neither does Tyrande expect her fellow priestesses to do so — she’d rather they be safe and cautious with their forces than expend it on trying to get her back. Up until this point, any disliking would have been very one-sided on Maiev’s side. Tyrande doesn’t dislike her, neither does she like Maiev. To be honest, Tyrande doesn’t have much of an opinion on her at this point.

I think the first issue Tyrande would have had with her wouldn’t even have been voiced, but rather kept to herself. As much of the later tension between them, it would be caused by Illidan — because Maiev wants him dead, but even if he betrayed them he had been Tyrande’s friend her entire life and he was Malfurion’s brother. She knows Illidan has to be punished, she would just take issue with the cry for his death (but she wouldn’t say it, because she had yet to find balance between her position and her personal feelings, and because ultimately she thinks Malfurion deserves to make the choice). It was not a huge thing, though — it would only have made her less neutral towards Maiev and pushed her slightly towards disliking her.

Their first real issue, though, happens when Tyrande decides it is time to free Illidan. Maiev has guarded his prison for years, and her hatred towards him is very deep; the Wardens do not let him go at the priestess’ request, and that in turn does not stop Tyrande. She fights them and although it is never stated bluntly we can assume she even killed some of the Wardens (her people, guarding the one who betrayed them, and who were following Maiev’s leadership). Of course Maiev does not take kindly to that — but here, Tyrande’s feelings towards her turn antagonistic also, even if not as strongly as the other way around. If she doesn’t want to fight them, she’ll do whatever it takes to save their people, and she thinks Illidan is an important ally on that fight. (And I don’t subscribe to her not caring for him at all as canon makes it seem so there’s some tension in regards to that also, and to how Maiev kept Illidan imprisoned all this time… because if he had to be imprisoned, it didn’t have to be the way it was, and Tyrande wouldn’t really be in favor of how it was done. But well, this is only my take on it, anyway.)

Their animosity towards each other reaches its peak only after Illidan betrayed them again. He only had the chance because Tyrande freed him from prison, so of course Maiev resents her for it — but Tyrande herself regrets it, even if she will never ever admit it when confronted by Maiev. They hunt him together, because Tyrande thinks it is her duty since she caused this and because hunting Illidan is what Maiev does, but they cannot agree on anything or work together at all (btw wtf were you thinking when you left the two of them alone to work together, Malfurion? anyways). They’ll disagree with things just because the other suggested something. Maiev is antagonistic to her the entire time, and Tyrande is way too proud to deal with Maiev in any other way than answering her in kind. I think it is fair enough to say that they hate each other at this point. Tyrande isn’t exactly forgiving, and Maiev leaves her to die at a point and lies to others saying she’s already dead so… yeah. They despise each other.

When Malfurion and Tyrande let Illidan go, Maiev is enraged and leaves to chase him. Here, Tyrande’s feelings about her soften a little, because she thinks hatred is blinding her — she even makes the effort to try and talk to Maiev and tell her not to go after him, which is all but ignored. But if Maiev resents her even more by the end of everything, Tyrande doesn’t. She thinks Maiev is misguided, and that if she could let go of that resent she wouldn’t be like that. At the same time, Tyrande doesn’t really care enough to try and actively help Maiev so she just lets her go and moves on with her life. I think it’s kind of like going back to the start: she has a somewhat negative opinion of Maiev, but overall its mostly whatever. She takes issue with Maiev again when Maiev returns to kill the Highborne and tries to kill Malfurion. Then we leave neutral to go towards anger and disliking again. Her opinion of Maiev will remain negative for a while, then. It only begins to change around Legion.

In Legion, Maiev seems saner than during Wolfheart; but the two of them don’t really interact, as Tyrande is looking for her useless husband in Val’sharah and crying her true love Ysera’s death doing her own thing far away from Illidan while Maiev is more active on the events surrounding him. After Illidan goes to space to be Sargeras’ jailer, I think their relationship (when they meet) would be uneasy at best but not as antagonistic as it was when they hunted Illidan together. Maiev seems to still care for her people, and in a healthier way than during the events of Wolfheart. Tyrande would definitely keep an eye on her to make sure this wasn’t just pretend, but she’d give her a chance to be part of kaldorei society again.

The first time their relationship takes a turn for better is when the War of the Thorns happens, but specially after the burning of Teldrassil. It is the first time they see things eye to eye, because for once Tyrande not only understands but shares of Maiev’s desire of vengeance. If there isn’t friendship at first, they begin to build some respect towards one another; to the point that Tyrande eventually gives the command of the efforts on Darkshore to Maiev, something that wouldn’t happen without respect and some degree of trust. They have a common goal, like they once had in capturing Illidan, but this time they are also in accordance to the means they have to use to achieve their goal. Both of them are very strong willed and very stubborn, so they are bound to clash at times; but both of them care very much for their people and their survival, and they are at a point where they can be equally ruthless. From Tyrande’s part, she can respect Maiev and recognize her strengths, if she still doesn’t really like her. But their fighting together has potential to make them grow more friendly towards one another given time, I think. I know Tyrande at least would be willing to let go of their past hostilities. In fact, I believe she made a deliberate step towards it by giving command to Maiev; I just don’t know how much Maiev would be willing to reciprocate that.

[velvetgons]

seunghun as your boyfriend;

seunghun x reader

warnings; hm maybe some swearing but nothing else :) 

word count; 3.2k 

requested; yes :) the junkyu one is already done and is under my writing// tag! 

so what’s seunghun’s vibe i hear u ask? well it’s: ROMANCE

seunghun is the epitome of movie romance boy babey!!

you’d still meet him a very Normal and Generic setting, though

but it would still be super cute and the kind of experience where you think about it later that night and you gotta think ‘did that actually happen??’

i’m thinking a coffee shop because idk i got those chill vibes from seunghun

it’d be this really small niche coffee shop that plays the lo-fi hip-hop radio 24/7 and you only really go there because a. it’s small so there’s not a lot of people and b. the drinks are just so good?? you don’t know what they’re doing to make everything taste five star restaurant worthy but you don’t care!!

and one day you go there just to be chilled out and continue to work your way through the entire menu to test your theory that god himself is making these drinks

but when you’re just sitting and ~chilling~ you hear the door open

n you honestly don’t usually look up because it’ll just be another hipster teenager walking in, which is very valid and you’ve lowkey started to think that hipster fashion is maybe not so bad

(your friends disagree but i mean, who’s actually seeing hipster fashion up close and personal daily??)

but this time ur just like hm wonder who’s coming in today

and oh my god?? you feel like your brain has just short-circuited

there’s this cute ass boy with the softest looking hair wearing an oversized soft jumper walking into the shop with these pretty eyes that are glancing around to observe the space

and your interest is peaked, so you’re paying full attention to him now like godly drink? not important there is the most beautiful man over there and you are about ready to die with how shocked you are  

and then he just. gets his coffee and you think he’s gonna turn and leave so you’re :((

but as he about reached the door he turns his head a little and he sees you and he’s like :O

tbh he’d probably actually gasp like yeah that’s seunghun and he’s shocked!

and he wants to walk over to your table but he doesn’t know if you want company or if you want to be left alone

so he’s 365 so stressed and rushes out of the coffee shop because omg he can’t make someone ((and himself)) nervous that’s too much to do in one day

and so now you’re left wondering like?? was that a good shocked face and run away? because that’s definitely not usually a good sign

but you go back the next day as usual except this time you’re waiting for something ((spoiler: it’s seunghun. you went there to see the Cute Boy.))

and tbh you don’t think he’s gonna come back because i mean who gasps and runs out of a building for a good reason

but he does!! and he’s being ‘sly’ okay seunghun trying to check to see if you’re there that day and when he sees you sat there like yesterday he’s so excited

he’s been getting prepped all throughout yesterday and mostly through the night because he didn’t sleep properly

but now he’s ready to go ask if he can sit with you and make nice polite pleasant conversation

forgive him he’s only on phase one of his long-term plan to marry the cute person he saw at the coffee shop

so he gets his coffee and he walks over to you and says in the uwu small text “hello! does anybody sit here or is this seat free?”

and i mean first of all it’s completely unnecessary for him to sit with you like there’s so many free seats

but lowkey yeah you’ve been thinking about him too so you’d say yes

even if there is the slight worry that he might be a serial killer you decide to Take The Chance this one time

and omg as soon as you said yes seunghun could swear his heart did a keyboard smash and then stopped beating for a whole minute

but he takes his seat! and then completely freezes

he just doesn’t know what to say at first :(( he’s worried he’ll say something weird or not say enough to impress you so he just sits quietly and drinks his coffee

but then he sees that you’re wearing this cute lil necklace so he’s like “wowie!! that necklace is super cute :))”

and of course you’d say “omg!! thank you so much!!”

and like tbh. he gets so much confidence from them on. he just takes that one small comments and creates a whole conversation from

he asks where you got the necklace, if you shop there often, if you shop overall often, what other things you like to shop for, what other things you like in general

when it gets to a time that either one of you have to leave, seunghun genuinely wouldn’t want to, and if he had plans he’d check to see if he could cancel them without feeling guilty to spend time with you

but if you had to leave or if he couldn’t cancel his plans he’s gonna be a sad boy

you honestly just feel like you’ve been on a date tbh

so you’d honestly forget the inhibition and be like “aw :(( well it’s okay just give me your number so we can do this again!”

and you only realise when he does the same face he did yesterday that oh whoops maybe you didn’t fully realise that you were saying that

he just makes you feel really comfortable so you honestly forget about things that would’ve made you nervous with other people

but once he recovers from the shock he’d just be like “:] yeah okay that sounds fine with me”

and he just wants to talk to you 24/7!! but he refrains from texting you all the time because he doesn’t want you to end up finding him annoying :-)

tbh though he’d respond to your texts pretty quickly all the time either way? if he’d been talking to you all day, then his responses would take like ten seconds while he typed them out. but if you hadn’t been talking to him at all, his responses would probably still only take fifteen minutes max unless he was busy with something

on that note, he’d tell you whenever he was busy with things so you didn’t ever think he was purposefully ignoring you

and he’d take you out to different coffee shops in an attempt to prove or disprove your theory about the niche lil one you go to

and if you had hobbies like visiting museums or shopping? he’d totally come along with you!!

brings you along on little trips he takes too!! if he’s going to buy something from a store he doesn’t usually go to? guess who he’s inviting!!

tries to make you push him around in the cart to see how long you can go until a staff member tells him to get out (your current record is an hour and twenty-one minutes)

tbh everyone around you would probably think you were dating?? like your friends just assume you’ve told him that you like him already and now you’re just dating

and seunghun’s probably told his friends that he was In Love with you the day he met you, because he firmly believes in soulmates even if he friends don’t

after being close friends with you for like six months you’d probably think it was time to give him a big speech about how you like him as more than just a friend

so you sit him down and give him this whole lengthy rehearsed statement like “first of all, seunghun, i really don’t want to ruin this friendship…”

and by the time you’re done rambling about how much you think he’s amazing and perfect in every way he’s like

“well, i’m really touched, seriously, i’m tearing up a little…” and you’re like :(( he’s trying to let me down gently at least, but then he just goes, “but i thought we were already dating???”

and, first of all, you’re kinda just like ok damn that was seriously unnecessary then huh. but second of all, that’s definitely not bad news!!

so you kinda just laugh n say, “we never agreed that !”

and he’d say “well you know i kinda just assumed :( my bad”

and then you become the meme (you know the one where the guy’s like “that ain’t no problem, that ain’t no problem!” that one)

but anyway! now you have a big babey as your boyfriend so you struck out there

and like. nothing changes? you’d have thought that at least something would change but now he just gets to kiss you!! and that’s about it

seunghun is a hand holding enthusiast, first of all

he loves making you really do really obscure odd things with him that if anyone else asked you to do you’d be like ‘no wtf’

but with seunghun it’s like: go find the strangest most ugly painting in an art store and take a picture of you imitating them mood it portrays? sure that sounds fun! even more fun when you actually buy it!

or maybe he wants to make a scarecrow entirely out of pictures of himself? and you’re just like, “sure, yeah, that sounds like a fun activity”

idk if this is just an english thing or if it’s world-wide but you know like pub knowledge quizzes? he’d make you go to things like that on subjects neither of you have no idea about at all

but he’d also do really cute things with you or for you sometimes :(

like, he’ll buy cards with pretty art or cute cartoons on the front and write you lil short paragraphs about a different aspect of you that he loves

or he’ll get a collection of different flower bouquets and put them all together for you

and he’s not scared to admit it either!! if you bring it up in front of other people’s he doesn’t get embarrassed because that’s his mfing baby!!

gives you about a thousand kisses every day but his favourite kind of kiss is when you give him lil pecks or pepper his cheeks with kisses :)) they make him feel all warm n cuddly n safe

all of his kisses are very sweet and soft for the most part though

and tbh he doesn’t really kiss you for any other reason than a. he knows you like being kissed omg and b. it’s such a cute lil way of showing affection

he also adores having the classic late night conversations

okay but: seunghun loves going outside late at night, he doesn’t care really whether it’s cold or warm but summer nights after a long day are his favourites, and lying or sitting on a blanket with you and having you both go off on different tangents about a thousand different things you’ve been thinking of or that you have an opinion on

for example, his fixation with soulmates

you ask him one of the many times you’re sat outside looking at the stars with him why he’s so obsessed with the concept of soulmates

and he’d kinda just shrug at you and be like “i just really do think they’re real. i really, really believe in them. that’s about it.” and he’s got these big cute eyes that are reflecting the stars and you’re two seconds away from giving him a smooch

but he’s not done!! he’d go on to be like, “well i mean. i did think they were real, but now i know they’re real because i’ve met mine.”

you might cry a lil bit at that. that’s understandable.

but he’s smiling so softly and his eyes are so starry and pretty and he’s like “can i give you a kiss :-)”

and you’re just like :(( yeah, yes pls

you’d realise a while into your relationship that he’d gotten a necklace that matched the one he’d complimented when he first met you too

and when you’d ask him why he’d tell you it was because he wanted a reminder of you and meeting you with him always

if you came to watch him practice or expressed an overt interest in his debut or anything to do with his passion he’d be so happy!! he’d love to explain things to you, or show you new choreographies and songs he was working on

i feel like seunghun’s the type to wanna have lil conversations before bed

he already knows how your day’s been because if he hasn’t been keeping in regular contact with you throughout the day, he’s definitely asked you the second he sees you

he just wants to have another run-down over it so he can comment on stuff more in depth if he hadn’t had the chance before

tells you about his day and discusses how he’s felt about things so he can hear your opinion on them too

omg but you two would definitely spill tea together i mean, if there’s drama in your day? guess who’s getting a text w a tea emoji so he knows you have something to tell him about when you see him in person

and if he sees some stuff go down? he’d probably straight up call you in a bathroom to start telling you the story before he had to rush off to make sure he didn’t miss anything

you two just gossip. you both know everything about everyone. that one girl from your class who sits in the second row and always has to borrow a pencil from someone and you think it’s because she likes someone in the class? he knows about that. he has a theory on that.

we all also know seunghun’s kinda loud right?

because if he’s hyping you up, he’s Hyping You Up

you go out shopping with him and some friends? they’re like “wow that’s a cute shirt!!” but seunghun’s like “you are the most beautiful human being on this planet” (bass boosted)

has two different reactions when you compliment him:

either it’s “omg not here i’m gonna blush and that will so embarrassing for the both of us!!!”

or it’s “thank you for saying my shoes are nice i would die for you :-*”

either way, you’re just like :] of course any-time buddy

onto another topic, seunghun has a range of different pet-names for you

in private it’s like “my angel !! my baby !! my princess !! my lil love-bug cuddle-bug uwu machine wife !!”

but in public it’s like your full name. or maybe ‘babe’ if he’s feeling bold.

he just doesn’t want his friends to tease him because he Knows they would never let him live it down if they heard his nicknames for you

also seunghun seems like the type to leave you audio messages instead of just texting you? especially if he was gonna say something cute because now there can’t be any screenshots

(if u two have tea to spill and have to be apart, you best believe you’re sending each other audio of you laughing or commenting or at the very least giving a dramatic rendition of how arguments happened)

but his normal audio messages are usually just him telling you that he loves you a lot :) and he hopes you have a good day :) and reminders to eat and drink regularly :) and if you ever show this to anyone he’ll fight you >:)

just so you know, play-fighting doesn’t exist with seunghun because the concept is dumb to him

so either you’re wwe fighting or you’re not qualified to fight him

saying that, if you try and tickle him, it’s over. just don’t do it. he will not accept that sort of treachery in his home

funny how he says that and then would also spend a couple of hours cuddling you while you’re wrapped up in blanket so you can ‘feel like you would on a cloud’

the duality!

still makes you do dumb stuff after you start dating though that’s not going away

you wanna go for a walk as soon as the sun starts to rise so you can see the sky change colours and look really pretty? how can you say no to that offer!

he’d do that but then get genuinely concerned when you say you’re tired before at the very least after 5pm

he just doesn’t like the idea of you not being healthy and happy

on this topic, i really don’t think seunghun’s the type to argue? about anything?

he just. he just doesn’t get angry very often tbh. maybe he’d get annoyed with you occasionally but if he has an issue with something you’re doing he’ll just tell you bro he’s not pressed about it

and he really expects you to do the same if it’s something that you seriously don’t like because he won’t be offended by it

he’s a firm believe that you’re both best friends!! you can tell each other anything and nothing comes with negatives if it’s something you need to address with one another!!

like, getting jealous? yeah, he does!! but he’s rational and he knows he can trust you so what’s there to get seriously mad about

and if you get jealous? that’s fine, as long as you know too that he’s serious about how you two are supposed to be able to fully trust one another so you don’t need to be worried about anything

he doesn’t get snappy when he’s tired, he just wants to take a nap and maybe get a cuddle while he does :))) as long as you’re fine with that, he’s not bothered

he’d get quite upset if you snapped at him though, and he’d make sure to tell you whenever you calmed down from your mood that you can just tell him if you’re not in a good place or if you’re tired and he’ll give you your space

he always seems like a person who’s so quick to bounce back from things? and i think he’d like to be able to just rant at you sometimes about how he’s really feeling before he has to rationalise it just so he isn’t bottling anything up

gives you genuine heart eyes when you remind him that it’s okay for him to have normal human emotional reactions to things like everybody else does

tbh seunghun would give you heart eyes all the time :///

i feel like this one’s been shorter than others but i just. i just honestly think dating seunghun would be a really nice pleasant experience?

he’s just such a genuinely good person and has so much he wants to do with you

(he’d probably make a lil bucket list hhhhh)

would probably conclude that he’s definitely gonna marry you from the very moment he first started talking to you tbh

like he would constantly remind you, he firmly believes that you two are actual soulmates, so no problem is too big for the both of you to face in his eyes :((

[quicksilversquared]

Lost Heart Ch. 5

Gabriel Part 3

Magic can be a dangerous thing to play around with, particularly when that magic is tangled up in a curse. When Nathalie Sancoeur experiments with magic that she doesn’t fully understand, it sends her on a path to become Paris’ most dangerous supervillain and tips the balance between superheroes and supervillain.

But which way will the balance fall?

links in the reblog

(Tumblr give me my page breaks back already wtf)

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Having Nathalie supervising and directing his every action once Nooroo had recovered enough to transform again was not fun. She moved a series of monitors up to the lair, so that they could get as much information as possible while shut up in the space. A whiteboard had a series of potential powers, arranged in a flowchart for maximum speed. She stood behind him, giving him instructions to pass on to his akumas, and she gave a lot more direction than he did. His previously light direction turned heavy-handed, micromanaging akumas and using remote pain to keep them from wandering off to do their own thing.

Those were the good changes.

Not all of Nathalie's ideas were ones that Gabriel was comfortable with, because even if he wasn't the most cuddly person in the world at the best of times (and even he knew that that was a big understatement), he still had a semblance of a heart. He still had lines that he didn't want to cross, even if they perhaps didn't make sense to an outside perspective. He had managed to hold out, more or less, but with every no that he gave Nathalie, the colder she got.

And there was no real way to say no to her most recent idea, one that was a serious break from his normal operating pattern. One that would land them in some serious trouble if it went sideways.

Nathalie wanted him to attack Chloe Bourgeois in an attempt to steal the Bee Miraculous. She was the only superhero whose superhero identity was publically known, and thus far, they hadn't taken full advantage of that. It had been a way to target her for akumatization during both of their Scarlet Moth attempts, but nothing more than that.

Originally, he could justify not going after Chloe because there was no way that she was keeping her Miraculous between battles. But the last few times that Queen Bee had joined the fight, she had appeared fast, as though she kept her Miraculous on her now so she could help right away when she was called.

(It was, admittedly, a little strange that Queen Bee didn't show up at every attack if Nathalie was right and she did keep the Miraculous, but Ladybug was crafty. Once again, she was no doubt trying to mislead him.)

Hawkmoth had to admit that Nathalie's plan made sense, even if he was a bit uncomfortable with it. The plan would require him to venture out as Hawkmoth, after all, and that was dangerous enough. Mayura would be active and ready in case something went wrong, but Nathalie was confident that nothing would go wrong, not unless Gabriel seriously bungled the attack and Ladybug and Chat Noir showed up.

And if he seriously bungled the attack... well, everything could be lost.

That was how Hawkmoth found himself crouched on the Bourgeois brat's balcony one cloudy evening, having used the cover of another akuma attack to get from the mansion to the Grand Paris unnoticed. He shifted from foot to foot, watching as she waved off her butler after accepting a red folder from him. He nodded and left, and Chloe leafed through the folder as though checking to make sure that everything was there before tucking it into her backpack with a satisfied smile. Hawkmoth waited for a few minutes more- he didn't need Chloe's butler bursting back in at her first scream- before straightening up and striding straight up to the balcony door, yanking it open with a squeal and a clatter.

Ugh. Clearly the mayor needed to get some better-quality doors on his hotel. This was trash.

Chloe jumped in the air as she turned, phone in hand, and then she staggered backwards, her face draining of blood almost immediately. "Ha- Hawkmoth? Go away! Go away!"

The spike of fear was lovely. Never mind his other akuma, he should have brought a butterfly to corrupt her. But Hawkmoth didn't let that distract him. What-ifs never helped. "Chloe Bourgeois. Queen Bee. Give me your Miraculous."

"The- give you my-"

"The Miraculous," Hawkmoth pressed, his hand out as he took one large step closer. "We can do this the easy way, no need for any trouble needed. Or we could do this the hard way."

Chloe burst into tears. "I don't have it! I never get to keep it after a fight is over, and you know that! Leave me alone!"

Hawkmoth took a moment to assess her feelings. Chloe was scared, and that was the overwhelming mood. But she was angry, too, and there was no trace of deceit there.

Well. That made things harder. Apparently Nathalie's theory about Chloe keeping her Miraculous was incorrect.

"Where do you get it, then?" Hawkmoth demanded, determined to keep it from being a wasted trip. Maybe Chloe knew who the Guardian was. "Who gives your Miraculous to you?"

"Ladybug or Chat Noir, obviously." Chloe sniffed, trying her best to put on a brave face. It was pointless, of course, since he could feel her terror, but admirable all the same. "Duh."

"And where do they get it?"

Chloe's snort wasn't fake this time. "Why would they tell me that? That would be dumb."

Hawkmoth struggled for a second, trying to find a new line of questioning that wouldn't make him look like an incompetent idiot in front of a fourteen-year-old. "And you summon them how?"

"With my Bee-light, but they only come when they want to come. Or else you would see me at every single fight that's not during the school day, duh." Chloe scowled at Hawkmoth. Then her eyes flicked to the side and she smirked, smugness suddenly taking over from the fear. "You can always ask them yourself, if you don't believe me."

Hawkmoth only had a second's warning to duck out of the way before a yo-yo sliced through the air where his head had been. Swearing, Hawkmoth fled, smashing his way through a window instead of trying to go out the balcony.

He wasn't going to fight, not now. He was going to be overwhelmed, and quickly.

Unsurprisingly, the superheroes followed him. Hawkmoth ran faster, wishing that he had a weapon that let him move faster. He was getting run down, and unless Mayura appeared, he was going to get caught.

The purple feather floating towards him was, for once, welcome. He accepted it and welcomed the giant purple moth that appeared above his head. It pushed the superheroes back, giving him an opening to escape down to the Seine, where it was easy enough to find a sewer opening and work his ways into the catacombs under the city and back home.

It wasn't pleasant, but at least he still had his Miraculous.

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 Nathalie wasn't willing to give up on her idea so easily. Clearly she didn't believe his assessment of Chloe's feelings.

Which was annoying.

"Send out another akuma, then stake her out," Nathalie directed. "The superheroes took you by surprise last time. Take them by surprise this time. And if they're dropping off a Miraculous, they're probably only doing it one at a time. Ambush, take the Bee, and take their Miraculous. Once the city is down to one experienced superhero, it'll be child's play to take them down."

Gabriel tried not to look too doubtful. After all, Ladybug had fought akumas by herself before, and, well…

Chat Noir might have the claws, but when push came to shove, Ladybug's fighting was terrifying. She could and would use anything to tangle up his akumas and defeat them. Where everyone else saw a desk chair or a garbage can, Ladybug saw a potential trap.

"Or we could kidnap her," Nathalie mused. "Demand a Miraculous to guarantee her safe return. Drop off a lock of her hair at City Hall every day that they wait. Our buffoon of a mayor would demand that they comply then."

Gabriel couldn't deny the shiver of terror that ran down his spine at the suggestion. Kidnapping? That was going too far. Way too far. Nathalie was right, it would probably be effective, but it was too much.

And it was dangerous. The mayor would put pressure on the superheroes to do something and fast, but he would also call on the entire police force to search for Chloe. And once she got returned, they would use anything and everything that she said to try to track him down.

Considering that Chloe was actually close to the family- well, really familiar with them, at least- it was too much of a risk to take.

Nathalie didn't look impressed when he brought all that up- well, everything except for his personal feelings about kidnapping, at least. "With great risk comes great reward."

"Or great failure," Gabriel reminded her. "I'd prefer to keep exploring our current improvements-" well, at least to a point- "and see where they lead."

Nathalie scowled. "Emilie is declining by the day. You need to act quickly, and this would be quick."

"Yes, but-"

"You hesitate, and you lose," Nathalie snapped, her voice dripping with ice. "I have weighed the risk, and it is in our favor to kidnap her. We have access to the catacombs. We can store her there, not even in the house."

"I would prefer to try staking out her balcony and trying to steal her Miraculous at the point of delivery," Hawkmoth said quickly. "If we could work in tandem, perhaps, and have one of the Peacock's creatures to distract the superhero while I overwhelm Chloe, that would work well. Then it would be two against one for me taking either Ladybug or Chat Noir's Miraculous, while the akuma keeps the other one distracted."

Nathalie's lips curved up in the first smile that he had seen on her in a while. Still, it made him uneasy. It wasn't a warm smile, not in the slightest. "That is the first decent suggestion that I've heard from you in a while. It will no doubt take some time, since Ladybug goes to the other temps first, but- hmm." She frowned in thought. "If you try to re-akumatize some of the akumas that Queen Bee was called out for before, or try to mimic some of the powers that made Ladybug and Chat Noir go for the Bee, then our chances of success are higher."

"I can do that."

Nathalie's nod was sharp. "See that you do. We don't need more of your ineptitude screwing up a perfectly good opportunity."

Gabriel winced at her razor-sharp tone. It held promises of punishment if he failed again. He suspected that the only reason that she hadn't already taken him out of the fight herself was that he had more seniority with his Miraculous and had figured out how to increase its power (and how to not be forced to detransform after five minutes) but hadn't told her yet. What little patience she had left was wearing thin, though, and it wasn't hard to imagine that she might snap if he made another mistake or kept turning down her ideas. The ideas that, well...

The worst part of all of this (well, besides having to navigate the minefield that Nathalie had become) was that-well, finding out that he wouldn't do anything for his wife. Some of the ideas that Nathalie was pushing were logical in that they would almost certainly produce positive results for him-

-but Gabriel just couldn't.

Never mind that all of this would get erased when he got his hands on the Miraculous and made his wish, he just couldn't. Maybe he could have when he was fresh off an experimental Peacock transformation- maybe he wouldn't have seen anything wrong then- but not now. Not when he still had most of his humanity intact.

"We'll start in two days, barring the appearance of any fantastic opportunities," Nathalie decided. "After yesterday's events, they'll likely be nervous about what else we have planned, if they're at all intelligent." She shot him a sharp look. "If they're more intelligent than you are, at least, and that's hardly a high bar to meet."

Gabriel did his best not to sigh. "That's a plan, then."

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 Despite their best efforts and the toughest akumas they could think of, Ladybug and Chat Noir had yet to tap Chloe again to join them. Carapace had come out once, and Rena Rouge twice, and the original duo had handled all of the other akumas by themselves.

They were getting better. They were getting better, and Hawkmoth's legs were starting to feel cramped from spending so much time crouching on the top of the Grand Paris, waiting for any sign that Ladybug and Chat Noir might be coming over.

Thankfully he could generally figure out when they weren't, and he could sneak back to the house before the battle ended. There were a few close calls- either guests noticing someone in the bushes or a civilian glancing upwards as though they had noticed him leaping from hotel to the mansion- but nothing ever came of it.

Unfortunately, Nathalie's patience with making no progress was wearing out only a week and a half in. She wanted Gabriel to try something else on top of the staking out the Grand Paris. Her first suggestion (if it could be called a suggestion and not a command) was that he make his akuma more dangerous, going back to her suggestion about catching civilians on the Eiffel Tower where they couldn't escape but this time not bothering with akumas that would simply freeze or trap them.

Gabriel frowned. "There could be deaths- scratch that, there will be deaths if we do that. They'll vanish, of course, with either the Cure or changing the timeline, but-"

"It doesn't matter then, does it?" Nathalie demanded, her expression turning dark. "I thought you said that you would do anything for Emilie. Once you succeed, it'll all be erased."

"It's something that's important for me. A few accidental temporary deaths is… fine. Deliberately causing them…." Gabriel struggled to find the words to express what he wanted to say. Nothing came. Sure, he had long since accepted that there would sometimes be a few accidental, temporary deaths from the fights when people got too close, but deliberately causing deaths? He couldn't do that, but he couldn't put the why fully into words. "It's different. It makes me feel like I'm actually a supervillain instead of someone trying to save my wife. It- it just crosses that line. It makes me an actual bad guy."

"As though all of Paris doesn't already consider you a bad guy."

"It makes a difference to me." Gabriel persisted, knowing that Nathalie wouldn't like that. Sure enough, there was a deep frown on her face.

"That's not logical."

Gabriel considered her for a moment before pulling out his best argument, one that had been floating in the back of his mind since Nathalie's descent into true heartlessness. "It's very likely that the more damage we do now- the more that has to be changed in the timeline- that the larger the cost of using the Ultimate Power will be."

Nathalie had no argument there. She turned away with a scoff, but Gabriel knew that she wasn't likely to just leave things be. No doubt she would brainstorm more plots and come back to him soon enough.

He wasn't wrong. The very next day, Nathalie had a new idea that he had to carry out, or else.

"Go out and fight," Hawkmoth repeated blankly, staring at the plant in front of his face but not really seeing it. "What do you mean…?"

"I mean quit hiding, get out there, and fight," Mayura snapped through his earpiece. "This is a hard akuma. It's taking enough of Ladybug and Chat Noir's attention that they can't get away, at least not at the moment. If you go, they'll be overwhelmed."

Hawkmoth's mind flashed back to Heroes Day, the first time he had gone out to do a bit of fighting on his own. He had nearly been defeated then…. but only after the three extra superheroes joined Ladybug and Chat Noir. Before that, he had nearly defeated them. And he would have, if not for his need to be smug first.

But then there was the second time when he had used Scarlet Moth. He hadn't even managed to land a hit on the superheroes- he hadn't even gotten close to them- before they took him out and Stormy Weather had had to rescue him. But that had only happened because he hadn't been aware that there was another Miraculous out and he hadn't been watching his back. He wouldn't make that mistake again.

...he still couldn't shake the feeling of terror that everything was about to end for him.

"Go," Mayura insisted, enough ice in her voice that there was no denying that it was not a request. It was an order. "Go, fight them, come back with the Miraculous. Now."

Hawkmoth went.

By the time he got to the akuma, Ladybug and Chat Noir had vanished and the akuma was going after his original target, terrorizing some rude customer. Hawkmoth resisted the urge to swear and turn tail.

They were going to get backup, he just knew it.

"What part of do not let the superheroes out of your sight did you not understand?" he snapped at the akuma. "You should have kept them occupied."

"I spotted this asshatand decided to take my revenge before Ladybug and Chat Noir could defeat me," the akuma shot back. "Who cares where they went? You promised that I could teach him for once and for all what happens when he's rude to customer service!"

Hawkmoth was strongly considering cracking this akuma over the head. It had been doing so well, better than most of his other recent akumas, and now?

Now he was in danger.

"Problem, Mayura," Hawkmoth said, turning away from the akuma as he pressed the talk button on his earpiece. "The akuma let Ladybug and Chat Noir out of his sight and now they're gone to get another person, maybe I should come back-"

"Don't even think about it. Hide, wait for them to return, and launch a surprise attack. Get the newbie on their own and take them out so that we can have access to more powers and they don't have as many people to assist them. Ladybug and Chat Noir never get out more than one of the extras at a time for a single akuma attack, after all."

….well, the one upside of Nathalie being cold, calculating, and heartless was that she didn't let panic cloud her head. That was a very good suggestion, and it would mean that once again, the fight would be on his terms, not the superheroes'. He could pick them off one by one, until he was left with three more Miraculous in his hand.

Then everything would go back to normal. The old normal, the normal from over a year ago, not the more recent normal.

It wasn't a long wait before Hawkmoth spotted movement over the rooftops again. He hunkered down, making sure that no one on the street could see him and tip off the superheroes- not that there was anyone out anyway. There hadn't been anywhere near as many people hanging around near akuma fights lately, which could be a blessing or a pain depending an akuma's powers.

There were only two of them. Hawkmoth frowned, puzzled- and then his jaw dropped.

Ladybug and Chat Noir looked different, like they had two different costumes combined. It only took Hawkmoth a second to realize what was going on.

They were both wearing two Miraculous.

Four Miraculous, four sets of powers. Hawkmoth couldn't recognize the other Miraculous at this distance, not that it really mattered that much. He hadn't been able to translate the grimoire, so while he knew that other Miraculous existed, he had no clue what their powers might be.

...well. he knew what he would be asking Nooroo tonight. Hawkmoth needed to know every detail of every Miraculous, and how being combined would affect them.

Ladybug charged into the fight first, and Hawkmoth nearly choked when he noticed the sword in her hand. She wielded it with confidence, knocking away the akuma's blows. Chat Noir hung back, plucking away at something round and green that he held in his hands.

The buzzing of his cane in his hand snapped Hawkmoth out of his shocked state. He looked down and winced almost immediately when he noticed Mayura's symbol on his communicator screen. Apparently she was getting impatient- and apparently he had accidentally been ignoring her attempts to get a hold of him via the earpiece.

"Are you moving into position now?"

"There's no newbie," Hawkmoth told her. "It's just the two of them, but they have extra powers on hand now."

"And the holdup is what, exactly? New powers don't matter if you catch them by surprise."

Hawkmoth's stomach dropped. He had hoped that Nathalie would see the sense in waiting, but clearly not. "If they've practiced…"

"They're not that smart."

….Hawkmoth frankly begged to differ, but he wasn't going to say that.

"Can I get a Peacock backup first?" Hawkmoth asked. "To improve the odds?"

"It will take too long to do that. Ladybug and Chat Noir will have defeated the akuma by then if you don't get in there and do something! I can send something, but you can't wait around for it."

Hawkmoth swallowed, straightening and pulling out his sword. "Of course. I'm going in now."

As he ran down the rooftop and jumped into the fray, immediately coming face-to-face with a fierce-looking Ladybug armed with a sword, only one thought could run through Hawkmoth's mind.

He really, really hoped that this wasn't going to become the new norm.

[class-wom]

Legion Chapter 24 “Morning After”-Thoughts – SPOILERS!!!

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Okay, as I mentioned in a previous tag from a previous reblog, where Shakespearean tragedy analogies/comparisons are concerned, this is looking less and less like Romeo and Juliet (doomed star-crossed lovers, but hey, at least their folks kissed and made up at their funerals, so to speak!) or Hamlet (huge “pile o’ bods,” including the struggling title character, but hey, at least he finally avenged Daddy’s death and left Horatio behind to tell the tale!) and more like MacBeth.  And frankly, that’s really hard for me to take, because I hate MacBeth!!!  (That being said, yeah, Lenny is now officially a classic Lady MacBeth figure.  Out damned spot indeed!)  And it seems rather ironic to me now that the body count we thought was “a thing” by the end of the Pilot -- dead Lenny, dead Clark -- really is a thing now.  (...or is it?!?  Duh-duh-DUHHHHHHHH!!!)

On the bright side (yes, I’m determined to find one -- LOL!), good and/or bad, there was a lot that happened in this ep that imo needed to happen if we’re going to reach a halfway-decent conclusion for better or worse.  And let’s not make the decision there just yet, though we’re kind of left in a position to anticipate the latter imo.

Clark’s fate? love him or hate him, yeah, he had to go imo, because to me he was a vengeful fly in the ointment who only back-burnered his David-grudge from Chapters 9 to 19 due to lack of sufficient evidence of David being a threat (a terribly useful tool in Farouk’s “bag o’ tricks;” please let us remember how casually Farouk literally flicked him off in the closing scenes of Chapter 18!), and consequently only succeeded in his relentless pursuit and obsession in making a bad situation ten times worse and more complicated in the long run.  I’ve mentioned before that Daniel’s lines in Chapter 20 made the consequences of Clark’s one-track mind perfectly clear, which brings me to Daniel’s fate:  Yeah, this is definitely one to file under “Okay, if you want me to badmouth David, I’ll go with this one; what he did to Daniel was (borrowing from Clueless) way harsh and completely unnecessary and cruel.”  Funny that it happened before he took down Clark, who again did have to be removed if any headway is to be made in any direction imo.  But maybe that’s part of the point being made here:  Okay, fine, go ahead and hate David for savagely taking down Daniel’s mental capacity as collateral damage, if you like.  But in the end, what put him in the line of fire in the first place?  His love for and loyalty to the obsessed (”focused”) Clark.  So could it be possible that, consciously or otherwise, Clark was so focused on taking down David by whatever means necessary that he was willing to put his partner at risk in the process? and doesn’t that make him as bad as David, allowing his obsessions to distract him from and ruin what he holds dear?  Not an excuse, mind, but just a thought.  It’s just that there are so many more of David at this point that it’s easier to spot in his case! LOL!

Which leads me to the next batch of things that happened that needed to imo:  The long-overdue Sydvid talk and Syd’s discovery of David’s alters.  Now regarding the former, this brings me to a tiresome sore point in light of the Chapter 23 gulag scene, namely the “one step forward/two steps back”-type of scenario where David has a much-needed confrontation that reveals his deep-seated pains and struggles beneath his dark persona, but GOTCHA! -- the whole thing turned out to be a trick, and David’s back to his guarded ruthless self as a result.  Still, hopelessly optimistic viewer that I am, I’d like to think some much-needed seeds were planted during the talk:  Even if Syd was deliberately attempting to lull David into letting his guard down (via SK’s Chapter 21 cringe-worthy promise to “teach you to lie so well that he’ll thank you as you stab him in the back”) by saying everything he wanted (and imo needed) to hear.  (Yeah, since David made a point of mentioning how he used to trust her, we’ll see how well he trusts her in future after that stunt!!! 🙄)  I’d like to think that, whatever state she may be in at this point (there’s the possibility that she may not take a literal physical form, but hey, after the whole Lenny S1-S2 Saga, who knows with this show?), she’ll know a lot better than to trust Farouk from now on.  (David was right about that when he said she shouldn’t have trusted him!!!)  I like the fact that she at least admitted that she had been jealous!!!  So at least she came out and stated the obvious; I was pleased about that!

And now that it’s happened, I can go ahead and say it:  Yes, the Sydvid Body Swap, Syd-trick or otherwise, needed to happen, because Syd needed to see what was/is driving David and making him behave the way he has been all this time.  I was shocked as to how quickly it transpired:  I wasn’t expecting it for a few more eps, tbh, and yeah, I was kind of hoping it would end a little more optimistically, with Syd and the Davids eventually talking things over, but depending on wherever Syd is mentally now (in David’s mind? somewhere in the stratosphere? I know that the next ep, which I may miss altogether but follow up on via summaries in the name of continuity, will follow her on the astral plane, so idk, maybe she’s just in a deep coma right now physically), maybe it could still happen with three eps to go? 

Also, on a side note, I liked watching DS’s “Syd-as-David” drag RK’s weakly protesting “David-as-Syd” down the halls muttering, “It’s okay, David! I gotcha!”  Took me awhile to figure out wtf Syd was up to and what she was really trying to pull during the discussion, complete with her tipping her hand about Switch’s whereabouts; I concur with a tweet I read dismissing it as a stupid plan on the part of Syd, quite frankly, thereby minimizing sympathy somewhat imo for her current position.  But I still enjoyed watching that post-swap part for some reason; acting-wise, that had to be a challenge for both DS and RK, so props there!  (And okay, yeah, Syd using David’s powers to blast his knife-wielding followers?  On the one hand, I feel sorry for them, but on the other, I concede with reluctance that it was kind of cool, if for no other reason that I no longer have to listen to them call him “Daddy”!  ROTFL!  Not sure what annoys me more, their calling him “Daddy” or Farouk calling him “My son” or “My baby.”  Let’s put it at a photo finish, shall we?  LOL!)

Okay, on to the Lenny Shocker -- and to me, it was a shocker!  Yet there was a huge dropped ball in this scene that annoyed me:  As Lenny was calling David out on his narcissism, why the heck didn’t he point out that the only reason he was keeping her around and/or she had a body in the first place -- a body destroyed by Syd, accidentally or otherwise, using David’s body and powers, I might add!!! -- was because Farouk destroyed the only tangible family, adopted or otherwise, in order to grant her request for a physical body and freedom?  He would have certainly had grounds to do so, Heaven only knows!  Okay, fine -- not saying that Hawley & Co. had to call up Katie Asleton to get her to film new scenes; a few flashbacks and/or at least the name-drop of Amy would have been good enough for me.  But I’ll give NH credit:  There may have been a case in which he did write such a line in this scene for David, and heck, maybe it was even filmed, only to be cut at the request of the FX execs who argued that it would cause the ep to run too long to ironically run that Twizzlers ad during the commercial breaks.  (Anyone else catch that in the “Lenny Swan Song”-ep with regard to a sponsor choice? that couldn’t have been a coincidence! LOL!)  Perhaps the best part of the scene (at least imo), David shedding visible and genuine tears as Lenny slowly bleeds to death, was supposed to indicate this, that the closest thing he had nearby to remind him of a true family was slipping away from him.  Interesting ref during the Sydvid talk that he later describes this as “abandonment” and equates it with his parents.  I guess that’ll work for now, but I would have liked to at least hear the Amy-ref, since it’s safe to call that moment the turning point in S2, David’s realization of Lenny’s true identity.  JMO.

And while the World Wide Web is crying “There’s no doubt about it, David truly is a villain now!” can we just take a look at Farouk in this ep once and for all and say “Yeah, okay, whatever, but that doesn’t mean that Farouk is good by default!”?  (I know, I know -- two wrongs don’t make a right, as I keep saying, but again, Farouk’s old enough to have a better idea of what he’s doing, and apparently for all his coolness, even he in the end underestimates his competition!) Puppet master, master Chess player (oooh, a Xavier/Magneto ref! LOL!), etc., etc. -- we definitely see Farouk as nothing more than a master manipulator.  Yet he’s not completely successful in his control over D3, and since the D3/Summerland gang has changed so dramatically and frustratingly over the course of this show to the point where I’m not even sure I can root for the Loudermilks anymore (Kerry’s excitement about going to space was kind of fun, though!), I’m not sure whether to be pleased or disappointed in this turn of events and the inevitable parting of the ways.  (Or at least I would hope so; perhaps he’ll use Syd’s apparent condition to his advantage, idk.)  Frankly, I’m coming more and more to the conclusion that there is going to be no true winner at curtain’s end no matter how you slice it; at best, perhaps some parties will come away with a bittersweet sense of closure, and that’ll be about it.

Regarding Farouk’s underestimation of his control over the situation, I liked Switch’s suddenly popping up to help David, but if she’s incarcerated in a hibernation chamber, how the heck did she manage to snap out of it so quickly?  That had a rather deus ex machina-feel to it imo.  I may have missed something, idk; quite possible with this type of a show.  LOL!

And as often happens, I guess I had a little more to say the morning after than I thought I did! 😂

[mishydraws]

Why Keith’s Papa is Still Alive: A Conspiracy Theory (let me have this, ok)

Alright I am in full denial so buckle in for this wild ride. I’m not buying that Papa Kogane (we’ll call him Tex) is actually Dead‬

Here’s why: I don’t trust the Galaxy Garrison as far as I can throw them

‪We already know that the GG has a history of covering up any alien business (Kerberos mission? Pilot error? Everyone dead? Pfffft. We know Pidge broke in and found no evidence of a crash. They lied).‬

‪Then Shiro crash lands back on earth unexpectedly. Their missing legendary pilot has returned and the first thing they do is strap him to a table and sedate him for research and further experimentation on his mysterious alien prosthetic. Sketchy.‬

‪Anyways I think they probably know there’s Something out there as far as aliens go but they don’t want the general public to know about it judging from the Kerberos cover up.‬

‪Now what does this have to do with Tex? He housed an alien for at least a solid year or 2. Long enough for him and Krolia to mutually fall in love and for her to have his baby so they’ve got some time there.‬

Unrelated side note: Tex & Krolia are hot they can both step on me bye

‪Tex mentions the possibility of going to the Garrison when he and Krolia find the blue lion convinced and confident that they can help so he sounds familiar with them. Maybe he works there?‬

‪It’s p much confirmed that he’s a firefighter (he has a fireman’s jacket and axe) so maybe the GG have their own fire dept to cover their butts since they’re located in the middle of the desert.‬

But during Krolia’s time on earth, you’ve gotta admit it wasn’t exactly subtle. She crash lands in the middle of the night, there’s fire... she’s just lucky Tex got to her first. And what did they even do with the wreckage afterwards?‬

That’s some pretty big evidence to leave behind. But then when the next wave of Galra soldiers come snooping for the Blue Lion after Keith is born, again they blow up a bunch of Galra ships (one of which had already taken flight so it would’ve been pretty darn visible in the sky I’d think)‬

‪Now if we assume that Tex is very familiar with the Garrison and possibly works for them, he’s gotta live close enough to them for a regular commute to be feasible. Sure he has his hoverbike and no traffic but still. Who wants to build their house 100’s of miles away from work 1 way.‬

What I’m getting at is all of these very Not Subtle things happened right around his property and he’s probably not THAT far away from the Garrison to begin with.‬

‪Krolia returns to space not long after the last explosions so what if after that, the Garrison starts keeping an eye on Tex, their suspicions raised. They see him  raising a son. Not all that suspicious. I doubt him legit hooking up with an alien is the first thing that crosses their‬ minds (but to be fair they didn’t actually see Krolia so they have no idea what a milf she actually is but ANYWAYS......)‬

Fast forward maybe 8-10 years of them snooping around, testing samples, finding evidence, biding their time (again wtf happened to all the Galra ship remains) and finally the Garrison is convinced Tex knows‬ something and isn’t telling them and they can’t just have this guy running around with alien knowledge when we already know they go to great lengths to cover that ish up.‬

So they pull some shit and fake his death because they know that whatever is going on, he knows Too Much but they can’t ACTUALLY whack him cuz he does have knowledge that could be valuable to them. Might as well keep him under lock and key so at the very least they can contain it and make sure he doesn’t go leaking alien info to the public which, again, we know the GG does not want.‬

Now hear me out. What if they burned his house down (I’m convinced Keith’s shack is just the secondary building next to the original house with some additional renovations done to it at some point but the house is clearly gone in episode 1 so what happened to it huh 🔥🔥🔥‬

And the fire is the story that gets told to Keith who was probs at school or smth at the time

There’s a possibility they could’ve just said he died on the job but I do still wonder what happened to the house then..‬

But either way if we go with this then 8-10 year old Keith never actually saw a body. And the GG isn’t interested in Keith cuz he’s just a kid. If the kid knew something don’t you think he would’ve gone blabbing about it by now as kids do?‬

But if Tex was one of their own firemen maybe the Garrison offered to take care of the funeral arrangements for a proper burial (this would explain how a whole plot and headstone was paid for since obviously 8-10 year old Keith couldn’t do it.‬

‪And it’s doubtful any other family members were around for it cuz if there HAD been other family, Keith would’ve likely gone to live with them instead of at “the home” as he mentioned to pre-Kerb Shiro‬

We know in canon the paladins are all headed back to earth. What if they get there and somewhere along the way they discover Tex locked up in the GG basement or something. The GG is a big military-like base so I’m sure they have all kinds of places hidden away and off limits.‬

Places to hide things. 

LIKE KEITH’S DAD WHO HAS BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME RIGHT UNDER KEITH’S NOSE ALL BECAUSE KROLIA SET OFF A CHAIN OF EVENTS WITH HER ARRIVAL AND THEN LEFT TO HELP KEEP THEM SAFE BUT LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THE GG RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS WHAT HE’D REALLY NEED TO BE SAVED FROM ALL ALONG

And then y’know they rescue him Voltron saves the day yadda yadda yadda this family FINALLY gets the happily ever after they deserve reunited with the addition of a space wolf and also a Shiro the end‬

EDIT: Just adding onto this cuz I was thinking and just wanna clarify that although my natural bias for Keef’s dad obviously shows (A Good Man, he is) I don’t necessarily think the Garrison is inherently ~eViL~

I think they have their own agenda and priorities. They don’t want to cause a worldwide panic so of course they would cover up any hints of alien shenanigans. But in following that priority I could see them doing some questionable things in order to fulfill it. Y’know. All for peace and the greater good and all that 👽

[lovelylunarwriting]

Ravenclaw!Jungwoo x Hufflepuff!Reader

Sports aren’t really Jungwoo’s thing… but socializing?? Absolutely.

So when Taeyong is like “hey man let’s go cheer for Hufflepuff at their match this afternoon!”, Jungwoo is like “Big crowd?? Full of friends? Sign me the heck up”

But mostly he says yes because he’d never pass up an opportunity to flirt with Taeyong and get him as flustered as possible.

Taeyong lets him know that he'll meet him outside the Hufflepuff stands, and they split up to attend their respective classes for the day.

Aka Jungwoo goes to Transfiguration and spaces out/doodles on his notes the whole time.

His attention span is… questionable to say the least.

After Doyoung nudges him, letting him know the class is over, Jungwoo skips on over to the outside of the quidditch stadium to meet up with Taeyong and commence some heavy flirting.

Spotting the distinct yellow robes of a Hufflepuff standing where Taeyong mentioned this morning, Jungwoo struts over to who he thinks is Taeyong and envelops them in a backhug, leaning forward and smooching them on the cheek.

When “Taeyong” spins around, still in Jungwoo’s embrace, to face him, Jungwoo is able to see clearly that this is not Taeyong at all.

This is you. His crush.

By some accident or was it an accident?? we'll see... he's put the moves on you.

Now he's just staring, speechless, and you stare right on back, trying to recover from the shock of a lifetime.

And thinking “I don’t know what’s going on but w o w is he cute- should I feel giddy or violated right now??”

Someone needs to break the silence, and from his deer-in-headlights expression, it’s probably safe to say he won’t.

You: “Ummm, you’re Jungwoo, right? Taeyong’s friend?”

Jungwoo: “I- haH yeAH that’s me. Also *deep inhale* IAmSoSorryICan’tBelieveIDidThatPleaseForgive-”

You: “Really! It’s fine I guess because you’re adorable oh my gosh and it’s now obvious to me that you’re not some creep”

Jungwoo: “Again- really sorry about that”

You: “When Taeyong, Doyoung, and Sicheng told me you had something to tell me, I didn’t expect it to be… well that”

Jungwoo: “Wait, Taeyong and them told you that I had something to say to you?”

You: “Yeah and I kind of expected a confession, but I didn’t expect you to be that forward about it”

Jungwoo: “Expect?? Confession?? You know that I like you?”

You: “Whenever we’re in the same room, you stare at me. And Doyoung’s shown me some of your doodles and a lot of them are my name. You’re really good at writing bubble letters, by the way!”

Jungwoo: “...how long have you known?”, he asks timidly, as if him talking quietly enough could erase the whole situation all together.

You: “I only put the pieces together somewhat recently. All your friends asking me if I’m seeing anyone, if I like anyone, and what I think of you was kind of a big clue. It took me so long to realize you like me because… well I never thought that you would”

Jungwoo: “What? Why wouldn’t I like you, you’re amazing?”, he shouts with enough enthusiasm to make you blush.

You: “Because from what I’ve heard about you from your friends, you seem like such an outstanding person that if I’m being honest, I’m a little intimidated. Plus, I’d be lying if I said I haven’t been harboring feelings for you as well”, you admit.

Jungwoo: “Ahh! Really?!”, he asks, bouncing excitedly in place.

You: “Of course, the way your friends have hyped you up, how could I not?”

Jungwoo: “I’m so happy I may actually faint so you should hold my hand for support”, he says and you can’t tell if it’s just some cheesy line or the actual truth, because both situations seem entirely plausible.

You: “Okay, okay! Let’s head on into the stadium and watch the game”, you suggest and carefully place your hand in his.

All that’s running through Jungwoo’s head at this point is “isthisadateisthisadateisthis-”

He’s a speck of blue in this sea of yellow, so he makes sure to keep a tight grip on your hand so he doesn’t lose you as you lead him through the crowd.

Throughout the entire game, this precious bean cheers the whole time for both teams.

When you’re like “that wasn’t a point for Hufflepuff, Gryffindor just scored??”, he’s like “I know, Lucas shot that goal!! GO LUCAS~!!”

Neither of you out right say it but… it’s definitely a date. Half of the time you watch the game, the other half you’re yelling compliments and jokes over the crowd to each other.

After the game Jungwoo is like “That was a ton of fun.... would you maybe want to do something like that again?”

And of course you agree because he’s just such an enjoyable person to be around and he’s the most adorable boy in the world

But let’s reflect on how y’all got to this point because there 10/10 was some heavy meddling involved.

The big plot behind getting you two together was formulated by none other than the Slytherin dynamic duo that is Doyoung and Sicheng (ft. Taeyong, eventually)

These dudes were sick of seeing Jungwoo clearly lovestruck, but refusing to do anything about it.

When even Sicheng’s cuteness couldn’t persuade Jungwoo to make a move, the boys knew they’d have to take matters into their own hands.

First thing they did was recruit Taeyong because who would think that Momma Taeyong would be up to no good? Literally no one- he’s an angel and a blessing to us all.

Until corrupted by Doyoung and Sicheng, that is.

At first, after Doyoung proposed his masterplan, Taeyong was like “No way, seems sketch”

Sicheng happened to remember and remind Taeyong privately of a particular embarrassing incident he witnessed last year that if Taeyong were to not agree to help, he would be left with no choice but to inform blabbermouth and notorious gossip Yuta about.

Let’s just say from there on out, Taeyong was reluctantly on board.

Doyoung tried to get Sicheng to tell him how the hell he got Taeyong to agree so easily and Sicheng was just like “no way, gather your own blackmail”

But anyway, The Plan™

The meddling Slytherin duo filled in Taeyong of what The Plan™ actually entails and honestly he was just relieved that it wasn’t too crazy.

Their plan was to get Jungwoo and you to go on an accidental date by having you both meet in the same place and hoping for the best.

Taeyong was like “that’ll never work unless we give him some incentive to start talking” so that’s why the boys mentioned to you that Jungwoo had something to tell you.

They just wanted Jungwoo to confess,,, not throw himself at you thinking you were Taeyong.

From there, you know how it ends up- with you and a cutie cheering in the canary-colored crowd.

Dating Jungwoo is never dull because he always has something to say but you just,,, never really know what it’s gonna be. 

You: “Baby, can you pass me one?”, you ask pointing to the silverware, and he silently passes you... chopsticks?

It takes him a minute to notice the “wtf” look you’re giving him.

Jungwoo: “What?”

You: “I’m eating soup?? Why would I use chopsticks”

Jungwoo: “You said yesterday when you were talking to Taeyong about board games that you like a challenge, and eating soup with chopsticks seems challenging enough. So there you go- enjoy!”

And you can’t even be mad because even when he does or says weird things, it’s always with your happiness in mind.

Also- if you think Lucas is a greasy flirt, Jungwoo is worse.

JUST KIDDING, he’s not. 

There’s not a human being on this planet that’s a greasier flirt than Lucas.

Jungwoo does enjoy trying to rattle you, though, whether it be with praising your appearance in an embarrassingly direct way or saying cheesy lines out of the blue.

He’s also super big on being physically close to you, regardless of the circumstances.

Talking to Taeyong? Cool but he’s gonna backhug you while you chat away.

Reading a book? Also cool, but he’ll make it clear that “yeah that couch is comfy I guess but my lap is right h e r e”

He just wants to be near you because he adores you so much.

And the feeling is most definitely returned- you think he’s the sweetest most pure-hearted person you’ve ever met, and are super happy that he feels the same way.