#replies: danielle and cordelia

[secrettyrant]

closed starter, the dog danielle and cordelia @hxckedvxid

When Danielle’s feet finally hit Clearwater ground, and she’s no longer balancing a wig the size of a moon on her head, there are still a few errands to run. Dropping by Real Beauty Salon isn’t exactly necessary, but after spending the morning pretending to be April Harris at the bank, she needs to feel a little human again. Just a trim, a blowout, some layers to make herself look a little less like she’s just walked out of prison...which, technically, she has.

Then, it’s off to see her people. Reggie ‘Two-Toes’ Vasquez. He really does have two toes. She's seen! and Big Kim in the alley behind a pawn shop, both of them already half in a fight over whether cryptocurrency is actually the future or if it’s just “Bitcoin Beanie Babies.” Danielle doesn’t give a shit either way. She’s just here to get herself a decent computer rig. Not for anything other than, you know, scams. And Runescape, obviously.

So now she’s pushing a rickety ass shopping cart full of totally legitimate computer parts, already feeling sweat prickling at her forehead as she struggles against the slight incline of the street. Huffing, wiping her face with the back of her hand, she shields her eyes from the glare of the sun. And then she sees a streak of blonde hair, the way it catches the light just right, familiar in a way that tugs something tight in her chest. Danielle stops dead, palms braced on the cart, and grins.

“Cordie! Jesus Christ, sweetheart, look at you.” She’s already moving, abandoning the cart for a second, one arm reaching out to pat her daughter on the shoulder, warm, firm, like a good solid there you are. “I’d hug ya, but-” she nods back to the cart, expression flat. “Fucking look at this thing. I’m sweating my tits off. No one wanna hug these sweaty pits and tits right now.”

She doesn’t give Cordelia a second to react before barreling right ahead. “Did Felix tell ya I was back?” she checks her watch, lets out a sharp whistle. “Damn. Six hours now. Time flies, huh?” she waves her hand at the cart like it’s a foregone conclusion. “C’mon, help me with this. I got some calls to make. Stop it at the dog. Gotta surprise for ya.”

[kitsunexgari]

Chapter One Summary: Cordelia Banks came to Hollywood chasing stardom, but instead, she’s living in her car and wrangling horses for a living. Her big break? Training the impossibly famous Hwang In-ho for his next blockbuster—except he’s never even touched a saddle. With only a week to turn a clueless celebrity into a convincing rider, Cordelia’s future hangs by a thread in the scorching desert ghost town where they’re filming. One wrong move, and she’s done—for good. But as the stakes rise and In-ho’s charm sneaks past her defenses, will this be her ticket to the spotlight or a crash course in heartbreak? Tags: Awkward flirting, power dynamics, slow burn flirty romance stuff, sexual tension Notes: I do like plot and I also like smut so if you're only looking for smut sorry that's not going to be this story. It's going to be a good mix of both. So sue me. I'm a slut for character development.

“He’s never ridden a horse before, and you want me to train him? Me?” She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. It wasn’t that she didn’t have the skills to teach someone how to ride a horse but this was her first job on the set of a movie and it was going to be her last if anything happened to this guy. 

“You were the one who assured me when you applied for this position that you knew what you were doing.” Daniel replied flippantly, “If you can’t do what you’re told-” 

“I can it’s just-” 

“What?” 

“Sorry, sir, I…nothing. I’ll do it, no problem.” She nodded. Though she had come out to Hollywood to find a way into acting herself, that wasn’t going to pay the bills immediately. As it stood, she was living out of her car. Not that anyone who hired her knew that part. She had been lucky that she was able to hide it as well as she had. Even if she’d had some money when she’d arrived in California she had burned through that quickly between trying to find an ordinary day job she was actually qualified to do as well as attending auditions. She’d run herself ragged and on the last week before eviction she had landed a job on location filming for a movie. It had been a long shot but she’d apparently had the qualifications they were looking for. Now she was in the middle of the desert somewhere to film something with the incredibly famous Hwang In-ho. This could be make or break for her on so many levels. 

“Good. He’ll be arriving tomorrow morning.” 

“You realize that only gives me a week before-” 

“You said you could do this, Cordelia.” 

“I can. I…I’ll figure it out.” 

“You better hope so because if you don’t, you won’t be working on any production ever again. I’ll make sure of it. Understand?” 

“Yes, sir.” She nodded again and offered the best smile that she could muster in the moment. Hopefully, this guy had some sort of natural talent with riding because if he didn’t and she was wrong then her next move was going to be driving her car right off of a cliff. 

Since they were on location to film and that location was a certified ghost town which was at least a half hour away from anything resembling civilization, she had been lucky enough to get her own trailer. Though she wasn’t the only person on the crew that was working with the horses, she was the head trainer and as such, she had her own trailer. Nothing nearly as nice as the ones that the celebrities were going to be staying in but it was quite the upgrade from the car where she had been living. It was tiny, just enough room for a kitchenette, bed, and small bathroom with a toilet and shower. The only saving grace in all of this was that she was short and could comfortably fit in her accommodations. 

Even though she’d attempted to get a decent amount of sleep the night before, her nerves had her tossing and turning, so by the time her alarm went off at 5:30am the next morning, she was not only a nervous wreck but dead tired. Still, she crawled out of bed and took a quick shower before making herself a cup of coffee. As she waited for it to brew she fixed up her long hair to put it into a french braid so it would fit comfortably under the helmet she was wearing with the rest of her riding gear. She had all the traditional riding attire for English riding, and she’d been lucky that this wasn’t a western movie despite the filming location. She could do both, but English riding was where her expertise lay. At least that would mean she’d have more confidence going into this situation, and she was trusting it would be enough for her to do the job that was being asked of her. 

Once her boots were on she got up to grab her coffee which was in a travel cup so she could easily take it to set with her. She added a bit of cream and some sugar before screwing on the cap. As she picked up her helmet there was a banging on her door and some set hand yelling at her that she better get her ass to the stables. She rolled her eyes and stepped outside to look around. The sun had just barely risen over the mountains in the distance and she felt like she still needed twelve more hours of sleep. She shivered in the cold of the morning, knowing that it was going to get much hotter rather quickly so she wasn’t too worried about what she was wearing as she headed towards the stables. 

When she got there she saw the horses were being attended to by some of the other crew and she checked the list to know which horse had been assigned to her and In-ho for the morning. She sipped her coffee slowly, seeing that they had given him one of the easier horses to learn on, though she also knew what horse he was supposed to be riding for the movie. A very stubborn Arabian named Valerian. Luckily, that day, she was going to be on a Thoroughbred named Roman. His horse was of the same breed named Seraphina. She was a bit older and more relaxed than Roman, and had far more of a gentle disposition compared to Valerian. Just as she was wondering if she really could do this, she saw two men enter the stables. The only one of whom she recognized was In-ho. She couldn’t say she was a fan of him, since she hadn’t seen any of his movies, but he was a big enough name that she would have had to have been living under a rock not to recognize him either. 

“Hey are you Cordelia Banks?” The second kind of nervous looking guy with In-ho approached quickly to ask her. 

“Yes, that’s me.” She confirmed. The guy looked back at In-ho and then motioned to her. “Hi, nice to meet you.” She held her hand out towards him and he took it, giving it a firm shake. 

“Nice to meet you as well, Ms. Banks.” 

“Cordelia is fine.” She laughed, it was kind of odd to be referred to properly by someone like him, she didn’t feel like she deserved it. “So Mister-” 

“In-ho is fine.” 

“Right, okay, In-ho, uh today you’ll be riding Seraphina.” She took another sip of her coffee and motioned for him to follow her. He was dressed appropriately for the most part. Not as fancy as she was but jeans and a button down shirt with boots and a leather jacket would work just fine. She had no idea what he was going to look like for the actual movie, as it was, he was hard to look at without staring. She hadn’t expected him to be as attractive as his pictures. A lot of times in photographs like that, they’d been touched up or there was makeup, usually both. He looked like he’d just stepped out of a magazine. Every bit of him was perfect, especially his hair. She felt like an entire dumpster fire compared to that. “This is her, she’s very nice. They said you didn’t have much riding experience.” 

“You don’t have to be nice, I don’t have any riding experience but you seem more than capable.” He smiled. She felt her face heat up as she started to blush and then glanced away from him for a moment to take another sip of her coffee, hoping that it might calm her down a bit. 

“Yes, well it is my job.” She replied after a moment, “How about you go out to the riding arena through there and I’ll bring her out for you?” 

“Sounds good.” He nodded and headed in the direction that she had motioned towards. It was only a short way out to the ring from there, no possible way to get lost. She took a few more sips of her coffee then checked that Seraphina was tacked up properly. After that she did a quick check on Roman before grabbing both of them to lead them outside, praying to God that all of this went smoothly and he didn’t immediately fall off and break his neck. 

“You know how to mount a horse right? Not that hard. I’ll show you, you’re a lot taller than me so it’ll be easier for you.” She laughed and easily got on her horse to show him how to do it. He watched her then attempted the same thing. It took a few tries but he was able to do it. 

“Not too bad. I hope.” He smiled. 

“Not at all.” She smiled back at him then hopped off of her horse to come over and adjust his stirrups a bit. “There that’s comfortable right?” 

“I think, it’s a bit awkward but you’re the expert.” 

She walked around in front of the horse to make sure they were even and everything was right. It was going to take some getting used to if he had never ridden before, especially in an English saddle but everything was looking good so far. She got back on her horse and then gave him a gentle kick because she knew Seraphina would follow her into the ring. 

“You’ll get used to it, I think filming whatever this is will have you doing it a lot. Plus the whole week beforehand.” She turned to look back at him. “We’re just going to do a few laps around the ring here in a walk then once you have a feel for that we can try a trot.” 

“Okay, sounds good, it’s not hard right? Or fast?” 

“Trot? It’s a bit faster but you can handle it. You have really good balance and posture. I can see that much. Nothing to worry about.” She assured him and kept going. After three circles around the ring she gave Roman another kick and he started to trot, which prompted Seraphina to do the same thing. 

“Hey wait…” he yelled out. 

“Shit I didn’t mean…fuck sorry…” 

He had been doing well enough she’d forgotten about the part where Seraphina was going to follow whatever pace Roman was doing. She turned to look back at him, he wasn’t doing too horribly bad but he clearly didn’t have any idea that he needed to be posting which was what she was doing. Still, she was able to watch him watch her and he started to pick up on what she was doing without her having to say it. 

“No, keep going, I think I got this.” 

“You’re a natural.” She called as she watched him. Normally with training she wouldn’t have been on a horse at all but she needed to do this faster than normal and the best way to do that was to lead by example. She was lucky that he was in good shape, and she had been told he was athletic so that was definitely going to help him learn all of this. “How much of this stuff are you supposed to learn?” 

“Well, I want to do everything they’ll allow me to do without legally using a stunt double.” He called. She nodded, she had no idea what that line was for him or the production so she was going to have to find out. Walking and trotting was easy enough so she was sure that would be included. Possibly something up to a canter. She kind of doubted they would have him on a galloping horse but she didn’t know. Maybe he had more stunt training than she anticipated. 

“You’ve got it though. Great job. We’ll make a few more rounds then slow it down a bit.” 

“Sounds good.” 

They circled the ring about four more times and she was able to watch him. At some point she would be dismounting and helping him a bit more with his form but she was very happy that he wasn’t totally incompetent, which would have made the process so much more frustrating. The nerves that she had previously felt were starting to melt away. Maybe this really was something that she could do, and in the time she had promised to do it. 

She worked with him for quite a few hours, sometimes on her horse and sometimes off. There was a lot of posture correction and showing him how to look and be more natural. Like he had ridden horses his entire life. They only did walking and trotting until there was a lunch break called. At that point they both dismounted and she took the horses over to the trough to get some water. 

“You’re not coming?” He asked stepping up behind her. 

“Huh? Me?” 

“Yeah, you have to be hungry.” 

“I mean I am but you don’t really want me there.” 

“Why not?” 

“I don’t know I’m kind of boring.” 

“Boring is the last word I’d use to describe you.” He chuckled. She started to blush again, she could feel it, but luckily the heat from the sun above them would probably hide that nicely and she’d just look like she was flushed. 

“If you insist then I guess it’s fine, but you get a longer lunch break than I do.” She followed him out of there, being sure to close the gate to the arena behind them as she did. They started to head down to the craft service area together which was quite a walk from where the stables were. 

“How did you get into this?” 

“Horses?” 

“Yeah, did you grow up on a farm?” 

“Something like that.” She nodded, it was a complicated and personal story she wasn’t sure she wanted to get into and if she did then he probably didn’t want or need to hear it. “I’ve loved them since I was little and I guess I was lucky enough to have access to riding lessons.” 

“Sounds nice.” 

“Yeah, the being around horses part, not the rest of it.” 

When they got to where the food was being served, most of the crew was buzzing around there getting stuff from the various buffet tables. It wasn’t the best food since that week was only supposed to be the crew. That was what she’d been told before the last minute change of adding In-ho to the roster so he could take riding lessons. She still had to do independent work with a lot of the horses to make sure they would be in good shape for some of the things that they needed to do for filming. She wasn’t surprised to see that Mexican food was what was on the menu. Not that she could complain, it was free and she loved it. Besides, in that area of the country it was very authentic. She helped herself to a burrito and a can of coke. He grabbed the same things but she wasn’t sure if it was because he wanted them or he was just in a hurry to eat like she was. The burrito was huge, she probably wasn’t even going to finish it with how hungry she was but he was a different story. She took a seat at one of the tables under a crew tent and removed her helmet and gloves. 

“No one felt the need to give me a helmet?” He chuckled as he sat down across from her. 

“To be honest I didn’t think you were going to be doing anything dangerous enough to need one and you probably won’t be wearing one to film either. How many movies do you see with bad ass sexy dudes on horses with helmets?” 

“So you think I’m a bad ass sexy dude?” 

She almost choked on her food when he repeated that. It wasn’t that she didn’t think that, but she certainly wasn’t thinking about what she was saying when it came out of her mouth. She looked at him kind of sheepishly then swallowed what was in her mouth. How the hell was she supposed to get around that comment? 

“What I meant was-” 

“You’re not too bad yourself, you know. Don’t worry, I’m not offended and you can relax. I promise, I’m just as normal of a guy as any other you’ve met.” 

“I hope you’re not, most of the guys I’ve known have been jerks.” 

“I’m sorry to hear that, but, I promise you that experience is about to change.” She smiled at him, hoping that was the truth. She wished he wasn’t so good looking and she wasn’t delusional enough to think that maybe he wasn’t just saying she wasn’t that bad to be nice. He hadn’t called her beautiful or anything so it probably was the truth. 

“I thought you did mostly Korean stuff these days, I mean I know you did American films too just the last I heard-” 

“I thought it was time for a change and I really liked the premise of this movie.” 

“What’s it about anyway? Can you tell me?” 

“Do you know The Most Dangerous Game?” 

“Like the short story?” 

“Yes.” 

“Yeah, I had to read it for school at some point.” 

“It’s kind of an adaptation of that. More modern though. Horror or thriller type thing. Maybe a bit of both.” 

“Oh, that sounds cool. I like movies like that. Where do horses come into it? The hunting part?” 

“Yes.” He nodded, “Which is why we are in the middle of nowhere right now.” 

“I know this is just one of the locations, but I only go where the horses go so I won’t be with you everywhere.” She shrugged and finished her food before taking a few gulps of her soda and setting the can down on the table. “I’m guessing you’re the hunter then?” 

“That I am.” He nodded, “My character owns a shady underground casino, mafia type guy, and when people can’t pay off their debts they are offered this challenge to be hunted. If they can make it 48 hours without being caught, their debt is wiped clean. If not, they die.” 

“Huh, I could get into that. Sounds fun. Do you like playing the bad guy?” 

“Sometimes.” He shrugged, “It depends on the script but I did like this one. The writer is a very interesting woman.” 

“Mmm I’ll have to take your word for it I haven’t met her.” 

“You might. She apparently has a good amount of creative control over this project. Though the good news about her is she very obviously knows what she wants so at least it won’t be confusing.” 

“That’s good to know. It’s better to have clear directions, especially when working with animals.” She took a few more gulps of her coke then stood up. “I should get back up to the stables I have things to do. Come join me when you’re ready. Okay?” 

“I’ll be there sooner than you think.” 

“Cool.” She smirked then picked up her gloves and helmet and headed back up to the stables. So far everything was going perfectly fine. If the rest of the week continued this way, In-ho would be an expert in no time, or more accurately, he’d definitely be able to act like he was one. 

[freezerbnuuy]

Act 1:8- Fatherhood (Page 2)

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Gideon

"Of course Cordelia loves me!"

"Does she, though? Or is she spending the night with four or five pirates behind your back? You know it, we all know it..."

"No! I refuse to believe it! My darling Cordelia would never do such a thing! What could pirates give her that I can't?"

"I think you've answered your own question."

There's nothing like watching a noble seethe. Nothing at all. 

"If you think you're such a big man, then you don't need my help and I don't need the rest of your money. Take up your sword, grow a pair of balls, and get out there and do the damn job yourself."

When I get home to my kids, they're both excited as usual. Before they can even ask me if I've killed any witches today…

"Daniel, Josiah, I won't be killing any witches anymore."

They both look so dejected. It hurts to do this and upset them, but in the long run, this will be better for my kids.

"But why? You said witches were dangerous."

"Well...Look, I haven't been a good father to you. I'm always out doing harm to other people and I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want either of you to grow up like me."

"But Father!" he replies. "We want to learn how to use a sword too, and we don't want witches to hurt anyone! Just like you!"

"My son, I've done more hurt to people than any witch likely ever has. I have horrible dreams about the women I killed, and also...dreams about your mother being ashamed of me. Some of them probably had children too, as young as you, maybe younger. You don't remember Ruth, but she was a lovely woman. She wouldn't have liked what I do, so I'm going to stop doing it. Okay?"

Both the boys sigh. "But what about the mon-"

"Don't worry about the money, Josiah. I will find another job- I promise. For now, we will be okay. But from now on, I won't be going out and killing witches anymore- and that's final."

Daniel and Josiah sit on the sofa, kicking their feet. They'll be a little lost without my stories to tell them. Maybe I can make some stories up about something else for them.

"Father...What if- do you think witches could have good spells too? If they have spells that hurt people, they could have good spells too! Maybe they can cure sickness, or make puppies out of thin air!" 

At that moment, Brádach visits. I send the kids to their room. 

[obigem]

Back at camp, the Campfire Dance was fully underway. Brant was on top of everything with the music, pizza, punch, and even Libbie and Daniel were getting into the spirit. But try as she might, Cordelia just couldn't.

It was still bothering her how much Zella hated her for something she didn't even say or do. And because of that, it didn't even matter that one of her favorite songs was playing, she couldn't have fun dancing to it.

It was settled, she'd have to do something about this.

Cordie saw Zella dancing across the dance floor and decided to approach her.

"Hey, Zella." She said with an awkward smile.

"Hey." Zella said with a curt reply. Not encouraging.

"Listen," Cordie started again, "I want to tell you something. Is that OK?"

Zella nodded.

"So, I know you hate me because you think I was pretending to be you friend, but none of that's true. Jordie made all that up cause she thought I was replacing her with you, and even tho she was my BFF, I wasn't, but that doesn't mean I didn't like you. I really do."

"I may not be as into bugs and frogs and stuff as you are, but that doesn't mean I don't like you. I liked doing that stuff with you because you seemed to like it so much it made it fun even if it wasn't stuff I'd ordinarily do on my own. I think it's cool how into them you are."

"Well, anyway, I just wanted to say that I think you're really fun and cool, and because all that stuff Jordie said, we're not friends anymore. The things she did hurt my feelings, but it would hurt my feelings worse if we weren't friends anymore because of it."

"So, would you be my friend again? Please?" Cordelia looked on at Zella hopefully.

"Cordelia, of course I'll be your friend again." She smiled.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Yay! I was so worried we'd never be friends again."

"Well, we almost weren't, but then Jordie talked to me."

"Jordie?"

"Yeah. She found me an hour before the dance and told me everything. She said she made the whole thing up and was sorry. She told me you had nothing to do with it, she was just jealous. Then she offered to do my hair to make up for it. My hair's never been so puffy!"

"I can't believe Jordie really did all that." Especially after she had told her there was nothing she could do to make them friends again.

"To be honest, what she did and said was really mean, but I could tell she was really sorry. You're an important friend to her Cordelia."

"I can kind of understand her. I know what it feels like to feel like I lost you as a friend and for her it was probably ten times worse since you're BFFs. I guess what I'm saying is, I think you guys should make up. You were right. She's not so bad, just tough sometimes."

[raleigh-ocean]

[the original archives]

American Horror Story

Dara Ann Lynch

Dara is a medium, expert in both tarot and reading hands, that isn't really a fan of her 'powers' or at least she isn't fond of them at all. Her personality is the thing most of the people are curious of, because she is really secretive and gives that sultry vibe thanks to her low voice; but in reality she is a really down on Earth person, calm, patient and positive half of the time, with some antics that got their way into her after being with Billie Dean Howard for almost such a long time. 

Since her mid-20′s, her clothes and her habits always made her seem older than she was, but all of that is just a combination of Billie's lifestyle rubbing off on her. She also seem to held a secret, but this isn't something anyone can notice.

Dara an Billie met through mutual friends at a cocktail party and ever since they found each other comfortable and overall loved in the presence of each other. They have never addressed their relationship, however, not even when Dara moved from her tiny studio to Billie's apartment after four years into their 'affair'.

Billie tries to put her on her show, but Dara often refuse since she doesn't really like any kind of fame. However, she appeared there a couple of times as an assessor of some sort. She also is specialized in the 'white spirits light'.

During Murder House’s events, Dara accompanied Bilie most of the time, being her like an ‘item’. She is interested in the house, but it scares her to no end and she doesn’t want Billie to go there alone. Nora and her met while Billie was busy helping Violet and Costance, talking to her here and there about what’s going on in the house but also bonding over their experiences.

At some point she takes in her cousin Dahlia, hearing from her about the Roanoke house and trying to talk her out of the idea of going back there. 

From this on wards, Dara and Billie started to see Audrey as their new lover thanks to Billie, also helping her get through the rough patch that was Roanoke’s trauma and becoming quite close. Once Billie and Dara eloped, Audrey remained as a close friend and eventually, she would meet Danielle, one of Dara and Dahlia’s cousins, and started to think she deserved to love again.

Age: 25 (before Murder House, 2010), 30 (Hotel, 2015), 35 (post Cult/Roanoke, 2020)

Birthday: May 22nd

Description: 5'9, with heavy brown eyes and dark brown hair, wavy and styled short (under her chin). She has several moles all over her body but have a couple of beauty marks in her face: a little mole in her lower left eyelid and in the right side of her nose. She also has a double scar that go up her chin to almost the left corner of her lips in two lines, Dara got it when she was a teenager. Her complexion is a bit strong, broad shoulders and strong thighs, and natural tanned skin.

Relationships: Billie Dean Howard (wife), Nora Montgomery (Billie and Dara's lover, close friend), Constance Langdon (acquaintance), Violet and Vivien Harmon (friends), Dahlia Deen (cousin), Shelby Miller (sister-in-law), Danielle and Danna Bishop (cousins), Damien Bishop (niece), Audrey Tindall (Billie and Dara’s ex lover, close friend),  Ally Mayfair-Richards (sister-in-law), Oz Mayfair-Richards (nephew-in-law).

Powers: Mediumship: Sixth Sense, Clairsentience, Divination, White Spirit Light, Empathy (ability of swifting the mood in a room with her own feelings, unknown by herself).

Karina Sväre

Adopted and raised by a Swiss couple, Karina grew up being the eldest sister of four. Since young age she is strongly opinionated and very vocal about social injustices, which gets her in trouble more often than not. During her childhood the only one that seemed to not be backed out by her personality is the youngest McKee, Mary Eunice, and both become best friends.

After Mary Eunice decided to devote herself to God, Karina got terribly mad at her because in her words ‘she couldn’t let some fucking posh hicks ruin her life’ and she was sure her aunt brainwashed her. 

She took that chance to put not only distance between them because she was disappointed with her but also because she was in love with Mary Eunice and didn’t want to hurt her. They kept in touch while Karina was in college trying to become an athlete and afterwards, but when Mary Eunice stopped from replying to her letters it worried her that something could have happened to her.

Karina went back to their hometown just to learn that her friend was in Briarcliff and she set her mind in ‘rescuing’ her from there. It took her a couple weeks to go ‘undercover’ as a new novice, but she never felt more relieved than when she saw Mary Eunice fine. Karina really tried to talk her out of there, telling her that she could help her to escape and that she could live with her if Mary was afraid of going back to her family.

However it only lasted a few days until The Devil took over Mary Eunice’s body and everything went downhill. Karina learned about Kit and Lana and, as much as she wanted to take her friend with her too, she set herself the goal of helping them out as much as possible. As time pass and she sees how much Mary Eunice has changed, Karina start to lose the will that first drove her there, being her sudden death the last straw. Mother Claudia caught her trying to leave and also knew that she wasn’t really a nun, so when she helped Lana flee from Briarcliff the mother superior put Karina as Lana’s guardian so she could get out of there safely. 

Time eventually healed Karina, but she still blamed herself for not being able to help Mary Eunice. She found in Lana a good friend, setting aside her athlete dream to help her with her journalism career. It put her in contact with the second-wave feminism and Karina redirected all her pent up feelings into it, standing up for it and also dedicating her life to it. She never married, but she usually engaged here and there with women (even with Lana, both turning to each other for over the years but always remaining as good friends) and devoted her life to help young girls in need.

Eventually she moved to Michigan’s suburbs, wanting to rest and finally mourn for Mary Eunice’s loss. She became the Mayfair-Richards family’s neighbour at some point and took a like for Ally quickly, being both their emergency nanny for Oz and a friend. During the events of Cult she tried to help Ally with her phobias and talking her through it, being the one to be Ally’s confident during her hospital stay. Karina spent the end of Cult at Lana’s, only coming back to Michigan when Ally called her to ask if she wanted to be her counselor in her political campaign.

Age: 25 (Asylum, 1964), 73 (Asylum, 2012), 77/78/79 (Cult, 2016/17/18)

Birthday: April 4th

Description: 5′7, black long hair when she was young, short when she is old; and green-hazel eyes. Freckled, a little mole under her eyebrow, where she has a scar from her teens when she punched a guy for catcalling Mary Eunice. People used to pick at her for having a more boy-ish complexion and she had some troubles with coming to terms with her body, but as she grew older she started to appreciate herself more. She was going to be an athlete, so even when that goal changed she still trained and was in a very good shape for almost all her life. Karina always had this half-annoyed expression, frown and all.

Relationships: Mary Eunice McKee (former love interest, best friend), Lana Winters (friend, casual lover), Ally Mayfair-Richards (friend, counselor in Ally’s political campaign); Gabrielle Summers (grand-niece).

Raleigh Ocean

Raleigh is a witch the same age as Cordelia, knowing each other since they were 12 or so. She has been missing since 1998, only appearing again in 2013. Coming from a long line of witches with the Future Sight, Raleigh seemed the first one to skip such power but Fiona put a hex on her, triggering that magic, to use her powers for her own benefit. As magic is something that doesn’t like to be contained, the power overgrowth with such strenght that put Raleigh into a trance and made her body flee away without her mind being conscious of it.

After nine years in trance, Raleigh woke up in 2007 to find herself at a sanitorium in Vancouver. After a few weeks awake, her power took over again and repeated the process from the first time after six years just for her body to find its way back to the Academy. During that time, Raleigh saw what was coming and when Queenie and Cordelia woke her up, she begged her best friend to put an end to it. Cordelia, as the years passed by, improved a concoction that would put at ease her friend for short periods of time, nothing ever-lasting; and Raleigh took advantage of that concoction to research for a definitive way to stop it. 

During her new stay at the Academy she forged a strong bond with Zoe, which she took under her wing and became her favourite; and she found herself involved with Misty in only a sexual way that ended turning up in romantic feelings, but they never got to address it due to Misty’s death at the Seven Wonders. Cordelia and Raleigh’s relationship kept growing over their past feelings, still loving the other to pieces but having the situation with Hank and Raleigh’s disappareance as something they couldn’t move past on.

Before the trance, Raleigh was quiet young woman with dark humor, methodic, intuitive (thanks to the dormant Future Sight) and an admirable hunger for knowledge. Cordelia’s happier demeanor rub off and she started to be more open and less anxious when she was around. However, after being on and off of the trance for fifteen years, it’s hard to say that there’s something left from that persona. She became more quiet, shameless thanks to being in pain and being tired; and also sadder and kind of selfish. As much as her body grew, her mind grew up slower, sometimes showing a demeanor of a younger person than she physically is (she may look like 33 but she behave as someone in their early 20′s). Thanks to Zoe, Cordelia and Misty she started to crack that toxic shell, only to be completely broken when she got stuck in the Hotel Cortez with Saly.

Thanks to Fiona’s blood and magic heavily involved in the hex, Raleigh couldn’t kill her herself out of fear that everything could backfire; when Cordelia became the Supreme, she broke unknowingly the hex and gave Raleigh her cue to leave in order to find a way to heal and also a way to help the Coven in what was coming for them. 

She went to the Hotel Cortez to use all the power within its walls to trigger and speed up her Future Sight (now more bearable, only taking her away for days), Sally nursing her and both developing a strong bond with each other. It also helped her to find the right spells and potions to lock the Future Sight. During that time, Raleigh started to grow more powers thanks to being free of Fiona’s hex, which made her powers stop blooming so the Future Sight could burst more powerful at the expense of everything else, making not only her Future Sight but her Elektrokinesis and Power Supression too; but both her new founded telekinesis and Destiny’s Touch are much weaker. 

Raleigh was the one finding Mallory, full knowing she would be crucial for both the Coven and herself, and sent her to the Academy with a hidden memory spell which only could be broken after using Tempus Infinitum. In that hidden ‘memory’, Raleigh explained Mallory what she had to do in order to help her lock her power and apologizing for putting her through all that.

From 2015 to past the Apocalypse, Raleigh spent it all buried in the backyard of Misty’s shack, trapped inside her Future Sight as to not lose her knowledge and see if she could be strong enough to heal herself; but she also saw everything display and suffered from it. She set concealment charms around the patch so none could find her. When Mallory used Tempus Infinitum, it was clear that she needed her to heal, and Raleigh spent three years hidden in Misty’s shack (again) until she herself woke up when both Mallory and her magic locked the Future Sight. That day also marked the day for Madison to come back from Hell.

After that, Raleigh still is a quiet woman but her tiredness and anxiety skyrocketed, making her behave always like she is walking in thin ice. She got more confident than she already was, except when it came to Cordelia and Misty. She knew that she couldn’t have them back, as much as her love for them has reached its peak, so she prefered to have them as friends than not having them at all. It took her by surprise knowing that both still wanted her in their lives as more than ‘friends’ and Raleigh found herself trying to be the best for their sake. It becomes a hard task, but she promised herself that they were the only thing worth to not give up for.

Cordelia put the younglings at the Academy under Raleigh’s care as their History teacher, which helped her greatly to heal and come to terms with what she wanted now that she wasn’t going to leave. Raleigh also becomes a ‘teacher’ for the eldest members of the Coven (Misty, Zoe, Queenie, Mallory, Madison) under Cordelia’s supervision to help them develop their powers since Raleigh’s vast knowledge of magic comes in handy for it.

Cordelia also sends Raleigh to meet with possible witches outside of Louisiana, those which are more in trouble, to use her powers to help them get to the Academy. In one of these trips is when Raleigh meets Wilhemina, which with she has a relationship for almost a whole year before things got serious and the option was obvious: Wilhemina or Cordelia and Misty. With Wilhemina, Raleigh learnt that she deserved not only to be loved, but also respected and after all this time she decided for herself what was best. It all ended with Raleigh and Wilhemina leaving the main house, moving out to the second house the Coven bought to host more students, along with Queenie and Madison.

Raleigh also took a more ‘maternal’ feelings for Mallory, seeing her as the child she could have had with Cordelia and helping her to carry with the burden of the Apocalypse’s memories. Soon she realized that Mallory wasn’t their love child, but Misty and Cordelia’s; only to later see that Zoe, the only one that was there through thick and thin, was the real love child.

When she discovered that she had a half-brother, it made her rethink a lot of things, but in the end she only wanted to spend all the time they had left on that Earth with him, the only bit of family she had left and could fill for her years of void. 

Age: 18 (Academy Days, 1998), 33 (Coven, 2013), 35 (Hotel, 2015), 38 (post-Apocalypse, 2018)

Birthday: May 1st

Description: 5′11, dark auburn hair, shoulder length until 2018, then mid-back length; and brown-hazel eyes. Raleigh has a scar that goes from the left side of her forehead to the right corner of her lips, she also have a couple beauty marks in her right cheek along some other moles in her neck and chest area. When she arrived again to the Academy she was underweight for her height but it isn’t till 2018 that she has a stable weight. She has strong hands and usually a pensive expression, as if she isn’t really there thanks to her power. 

Relationships: Cordelia Goode (ex-lover, best friend), Misty Day (ex-lover, friend), Fiona Goode (frenemy, aunt), Zoe Benson (protégée, favourite student), Madison Montgomery (protégée, friend), Mallory Prince (protégée), Sally McKenna (best friend, lover in 2015), Wilhemina Venable (best friend, girlfriend since 2018, wife since 2032); Eric Ocean-Venable (son); Kaya (neé Ramírez) and Eric Ocean (parents); Rowan Ramírez (half-brother); Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt (friend, sister-in-law); Abigaíl Prince (aunt).

Powers: Elektrokinesis, Power Suppression, Telekinesis (unlocked in 2015), Destiny’s Touch (able to see and manipulate social links, unlocked in 2015), spellcraft (high ranked), Future Sight (triggered by Fiona Goode in 1997; locked in 2018 by Mallory and herself). 

Cold-hearted Severa (neé Selene Regnault)

Severa is part of Fräulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities, considered as part of the ‘staff’ most of the time but performing here and there thanks to her capuchin monkey, Mr. Mumbles, which knows how to juggle and mostly behave like a human being.

Knowing Elsa from a young age, Severa respect her the most even when she disapprove most of the time her bad behaviours. The older woman took her with her to the States with her, becoming one of her first ‘freaks’. Severa got caught in crossfire, not only mutilating and scarring her for life but also agravating her PTSD to the point of not remembering much before Massimo Dolcefino found her and made her his apprentice. 

Once in the States with Elsa, she learnt english to communicate if necessary but as time passed by she took a like to being in silence, so many think she is mute. Elsa took advantage of this and found her the monkey, becoming like that a mor active part of the show. Mr. Mumbles helped her get better with her PTSD somehow and most of the time she is in charge of the animals at the Freak Show, finding their presence more comfortable than people.

Jimmy and her developed somekind of sibling bond and he respect her highly, always trying to step up for her when in need. Evie and her started to be friend after having an act together, so it isn’t weird to find them together spending time over a cup of tea or a whiskey.

It isn’t till the Tattler twins arrived that Severa didn’t show more emotions, that behaviour earning Severa her nickname. She really is stunned by them and push herself out of her insecure shell to win them. However the twins doesn’t show much interest in her aside of becoming friend and Severa ressigned herself to that, becoming a fierce protector when it came to them.

She isn’t afraid to confront Dandy and over the events of Freak Show, she keeps proving to the twins that she is going to be by their side no matter what. That demeanor makes Bette fall for her eventually, but not Dot. When the show is sold to Chester, Severa refused to act and considered flying away; but she stayed when Dandy takes over in order to have an eye on him in case something happen.

After discovering Mr. Mumbles’ body along Eve’s, she ran to the twin’s tent to check on them. She gets to fight Dandy a bit before being shot too in front of them.

Age: 38/39 (Freak Show, 1952/53)

Birthday: April 1st

Description: 6′4, auburn hair with patches of white hair, waist length; and black eyes (only one). Severa has a scar that covers the right side of her face and goes all over her right shoulder; she doesn’t have any beauty mark now (she had one under her right eyelid) but she has vitiligo. She is tall and slim and her right arm is also missing. All her wounds/scars are from WW II, she was a collateral victim from crossfire. 

Relationships: Amazon Eve (best friend), Mr. Mumbles (best friend), Elsa Mars (saviour), Jimmy Darling (non-blood little brother), Bette Tattler (unrequited love at first, returned feelings at some point), Dot Tattler (unrequited love, friend). 

Adriana Girardi 

Adriana was afflicted by mistake at a party, condemning her to that life. At first she had a really hard time coming into terms with her immortality, but after a few years she decided to migrate from Italy to the States, wanting to start a new life away.

Cunning in all its meanings, Adriana used it to survive and then, through a fianceé she procured herself arrived to the Hotel Cortez. She met James and Elizabeth there, becoming friends pretty quickly with them. Discovering that Elizabeth was also an afflicted like her, Adriana found that maybe she could have a future.

Keeping in touch, even after James’ death, she learned how to find something to live for. Eventually she found someone and she moved in with her, considering in afflicting her too but the woman fell sick and died not long after. It took a toll on her, throwing her into a depressive episode and back at the Hotel Cortez till she got better.

Adriana spent the last decades of the century amassing money, focusing in finding someone that could make her feel whole again, but each year that it passed put her closer to giving up. 

She eventually did, coming back to Elizabeth one last time during the events of Hotel. The woman wanted to put an end to her life, but stayed around as support for her only friend and making some acquaintances with the guests. Meeting Alex Lowe after Elizabeth afflicted her, Adriana start to think of giving another chance to life since the woman looked almost exactly like her past lover and maybe, only maybe, she could get the life she dreamed of.

However it didn’t work at the end and Adriana ended up as the main investor of the Hotel to her dismay, trying to contain the ghosts from time to time, playing cards with James and sometimes getting some drinks with Sally. She also made friends with Queenie, at least in the erased timeline.

Liz will say that she is still around for a certain blonde that appear every Devil’s Night.

Age: 27 (afflicted, 1917), 125 (Hotel, 2015)

Birthday: March 31st

Description: 5′8, long brown hair, styled with californian wicks; and deep amber eyes. Adriana’s beauty mark is placed near the corner of her mouth and another one in her chin. She has a scar that cross her lips obliquely from right to left. Her natural tanned skin faded as the years passed and settled as an olive skin, showing the lack of sunlight. She always has a quick smile quirking her lips but her eyes show how empty she is, lacking any kind of emotion.

Relationships: The Countess (old friend), James March (friend), Sally McKenna (acquaintance), Alex Lowe (unrequited love), Liz Taylor (acquaintance), Queenie (acquaintance).

Dahlia Deen

An intern at ‘My Roanoke Nightmare’ production, Dahlia handled props and ran errands most of the time. She was just trying to pay her bills someway, not finding a job in her career path: biology. Dahlia is a happy-go-lucky woman most of the time, always finding a way to make the people around her smile just with the silliest thing and having an overall positive attitude.

While being there she started to listen voices and seeing ghosts again, her mental health getting worse but also her powers. Dahlia comes from a family known by having mediums but she didn’t want to be like them, like her cousin Dara. She just wants to live a normal life.

Sometimes she helped at the filming location with the actors, but other times she helped at the interview setting, where she met Shelby and became friends with her. Dahlia was always compliant with anything they asked her to do. Audrey and her became friends after the actress helped her through a panic attack, triggered by one of the ghosts there. Dahlia thinks that both Audrey and Shelby could be friends if both weren’t that self-centered, but she is happy that she can have them as her friends.

That was until Shelby played the affair card with Dominic and then she played it with Dahlia, however it seemed that being with her was more than a simple affair. Thanks to that they start this on and off relationship for a little while till she hear Shelby speaking with Sidney about the reboot. Both have a heated discussion in which the blonde woman tell her the truth: that she wanted to get back with Matt.

The only one Dahlia could turn to was Audrey. They got drunk and slept together out of spite, Audrey being in a really low point of her confidence just gave in. Both promissed not to tell anybody and keep their friendship, stronger than ever; even Dahlia attended Audrey and Rory’s wedding, dancing with the bride and all.

When both Shelby and Audrey decided to do ‘Return to Roanoke: Three Days in Hell’, turning a blind eye to Dahlia’s warnings of not going back because she knew something was off with the place; Dahlia called her cousin Dara and stayed with her for the week of preparation.

But when she received a message from a panicked Shelby, she set off as fast as she could to get there and pick her up. Dahlia do arrive on time and Audrey survived, only a gun shot in her arm from Lee. Shelby managed to make it alive too, but she lost a lot of blood and is really weakened. 

They three try to keep going, but obviously Shelby and Dahlia have a lot to talk too before being able to be in a healthy relationship. Eventually, they engaged a few years later and started to live together, moving to a better future for both now walking hand in hand.

Age: 28 (Roanoke, 2015), 29 (Roanoke, 2016), 33 (post Cult/Roanoke, 2020)

Birthday: May 5th

Description: 5′10, dark brown hair and brown eyes. Dahlia is of strong built thanks to her rutine. She needs glasses to see. She has a scar in the middle of her nose and another one in her jaw, both from an incident she had as a kid. She has a beauty mark under her lower lip and another one in the right side of her nose. Her dimples are her signature mark.

Relationships: Shelby Miller (fianceé), Audrey Tindall (best friend, sister-in-law), Dara Ann Lynch (cousin), Danna and Danielle Bishop (cousins), Damien Bishop (niece), Billie Dean Howard (sister-in-law), Ally Mayfair-Richards (sister-in-law), Oz Mayfair-Richards (nephew-in-law).

Powers: Mediumship of some short: Sixth Sense, Clairsentience (both suppressed by antidepressants) 

Gabrielle Summers

Coming from a big family, Gabrielle always felt like the outcast of it. 

Moving from that, dropping out of college made everything worse at home with her father: a heavily old-fashioned man that’s been controlling her life in ever possible aspect. Not only her suffer of this, but also her mother till the point in which she just flee letting the divorce papers over the kitchen table.

After this, everything got worse and worse and Gabrielle took all what she had and ran away from Phoenix to the only place she knew she would be completely safe: her great-aunt’s house in Michigan.

She always heard and knew stories about her, how she devoted to help the youth and how much of an outcast she was too; that’s why she dug up in her grandpa’s dresser to find whatever address he had of her before buying a plane ticket.

Gabrielle showed up in summer of 2016 at Karina’s doorstep. Karina knew every one of her brothers and sisters’ offsprings, so it took her by surprise to find the young woman in Michigan. Upon hearing about what Gabrielle left behind and why she was there, Karina took her in without much question. After that they both tried to sort some stuff out to help Gabrielle to start a new life there, Karina feeling like she was having another chance to help her family.

Soon the girl started to show her true colours, showing Karina that they both were pretty much alike but Gabrielle is much softer and gentle than her when she was young. Gabrielle also took interest in Karina’s life, more than before if possible, wanting to get closer to her in someway. Before the events of Cult, pretty much a few days after she arrived to Karina’s house, she met Winter Anderson at the hair salon and some kind of friendship started after having a one night stand.

Gabrielle met the Mayfair-Richards family when Karina babysat Oz, not liking them very much aside of their son, which she helped babysitting. However she starts thinking something is going on between Winter and Ivy after she found them in front of Winter’s house talking.

During the events of Cult, Winter and Gabrielle start to get closer more and more, making the former start to ‘protect’ her from the cult but as stubborn as Gabrielle is soon she picks up in her antics and tries to help her get out of there. At some point Gabrielle fight Ivy, not only because of Winter but also defending Ally (even when the woman is not her most liked person). 

Karina encourage Gabrielle to resume college and help her with it if she decide to do so, since she’s been reading a lot of books and decided she wanted to be a journalist/writer. When Karina offered Gabrielle to spend some time at Lana’s house with her in the end of Cult events, she decided to stay for Winter (her now girlfriend) and get her out of there together finally. 

The day Kai allegedly killed Winter, Gabrielle witnessed it since she went to the Andersons’ house in order to get her and flee. However, she finds that Winter is still breathing and beg to be the one carrying her out of the basement as a last favor. As the rest aren’t paying attention to her, Gabrielle takes advantage of that to escape with Winter and hide in Karina’s house.

Gabrielle and Winter move with Karina and Lana for sometime after that, helping Winter to recover from everything. At the time Ally calls Karina to help her with the campaign, both decide to went back to college and live together not going back to Michigan. They watched Ally’s speech together and when Kai died, both felt as if a huge weight was lifted from their chests.

Her story is somewhat similar to Karina’s but she did manage to save the person she loved in the end.

Age: 22/23/24 (Cult, 2016/2017/2018)

Birthday: May 28th

Description: 5′9, black hair (mid-back length before moving out of Phoenix, really short once in Michigan) and hazel eyes. Slim for her height, but she start to get stronger thanks to Karina’s excercise routine. She is always seen as someone slummy but with a soft smile on her lips, instead of a scowl. Her face features are a bit similar to Karina’s, luckily since they aren’t remotedly ‘blood’ related, but she only have a few of beauty marks instead of being freckled: one near her left eye corner, other under her brow and another in her jaw. Gabrielle has a a scar that mark her across her right eye since she was a child, her cello bow broke and hit her in the face, luckily not taking her eye and leaving only a scar.

Relationships: Karina Sväre (great-aunt), Lana Winters (acquaintance), Winter Anderson (fling to friend to girlfriend), Ivy Mayfair-Richards (dislike), Ally Mayfair-Richards (frenemy).

Rowan Ramírez

Rowan’s story is a bit detached from everyone else, to begin with. After Raleigh disappearance, Kaya tried to rebuild her life on her own and that eventually led to meet a man two years later, who seemed to love her. When she told him she was expecting a child, the man went away over night, leaving her alone.

Kaya found shelter in Abigaíl’s house, an old friend of her family, and there she’d spend the rest of her days. Once Rowan was born, Kaya’s Future’s Sight started to drift more and more, worsening her state as the years went by but the only constant that she didn’t seem to forget was the love for her children. As result of that, Rowan grew up knowing of his long-lost sister and at the same time made him grow up a bit faster than a kid should. But it didn’t make the happiness that he carried inside him go away, it only make it grow more and more, becoming Kaya’s only will to live in the end.

Around 2010, Kaya got completely lost in her power and passed away in her sleep due to a heart attack, leaving Rowan in Abigaíl’s care. Through his childhood, Rowan grew up with Mallory (Abigaíl’s grand-daughter) and the two consider each other cousins and best friends. 

Eventually Behold Chablis was called by Abigaíl herself, since he started to show up his magic abilities in a wider spectrum, and found himself at Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men, living among the warlocks as one more. In the beginning Rowan had a hard time adjusting, not having many friends around, but he made room for himself just by demonstrating his abilities. Behold, along John, kept an eye on him in case he developed a late stage of the Future’s Sight as his mother and sister, but both started to not worry when after a few years didn’t seem he was going to get it, trying to help him in improving the skills he already had.

When Michael Langdon arrived at Hawthorne, Rowan saw him as rival, without caring about whatever the rest could say about him. Even more when Michael, using his Clairvoyance powers, started to try and make him take his side by just trying to scare him with every single doubt he had in his mind. But as her mother, and sister, Rowan had a too strong sense of freedom and his own persona to actually fall for that. So the only thing he decided was to surpass him.

This would lead to try to stop Michael when the Hawthorne’s massacre happened. Michael considered in forgive his rival, let him live by his side to watch everything burn to ashes, but Rowan didn’t want to live nor be the companion of Satan’s son. Michael killed him with his own hands instead of his powers, giving him that last respect in his end.

After Mallory restored everything with Tempus Infinitum, Rowan kept honing his skills as warlock and Behold took him under his wing to make him a teacher at Hawthorne eventually. It wasn’t till 2022, when the Council payed the warlocks a visit, that he finally met Raleigh. He, that heard of his probably dead big sister for all his life, froze in the spot and Behold was the only one to act upon clearing his suspicions about the witch. He called Rowan to his office to talk with him about what he wanted to do and the, now, young man just burst into tears after twelve years of not shedding one, telling him that he really wanted to eventually search for her, having it promised over his mother’s grave, and just pull the pieces of what’s left of his family together.

As the years passed by, Rowan and Raleigh grew close to each other, which lead him to spend some months here and there learning from his own sister and he eventually developed a huge crush over Coco, that fortunately ended up in them starting a relationship.   

Age: 13 (Coven, 2013); 22 (post-Apocalypse, 2022)

Birthday: May 12th

Description:  5′10, dark auburn hair, mid-back length; and green-hazel eyes. Rowan shares the same tanned skin as his sister, Raleigh, but the only difference is that the only scar he has is in his left brow from where he hit himself with a stone window border when he was a kid. He’s a tall man, but his frame is narrower than his sister, making him thinner just by constitution. Rowan always carry a happy demeanor, soft smile always tugging at his lips. He also have freckles here and there, making up for all the moles Raleigh has but they have the same one up in their cheek.

Relationships: Kaya Ramírez (mother); unknown father; Raleigh Ocean (half-sister); Wilhemina Venable (sister-in-law); Eric Ocean-Venable (nephew); Coco St. Pierre Vandelbit (friend, girlfriend since 2027); Mallory Prince (cousin, best friend); Behold Chablis (teacher, guardian, colleague since 2022); John Henry Moore (teacher, colleague since 2022); Abigaíl Prince (guardian, aunt); Michael Langdon (rival).

Powers: Hydrokinesis, Atmokinesis, Telekinesis, Deflection (can deflect others powers, but not making them disappear), spellcraft (high ranked). 

Danna and Danielle Bishop

The story of these two is long in their own parted ways.

Born in a large loving family of ‘mediums’ as the oldest of the new generation, the twins grew up as pillars for their cousins, especially Dara and Dahlia, which respect them as much as they were their older sisters. 

Danna was always the happy-go-lucky one, mischievous, hot-headed at times and having a plan for everything except what she was going to do in the future. More like the party girl, the outgoing twin that was always ready for everything and nothing.

Danielle, in exchange, was the more down on Earth of both, her life goals clear and probably the overachiever of both twins. She was going to be a lawyer, she was class president, the whole nine of the studious one plus being the more maternal one of both.

Despite their differences, they were always side by side, even when they did argue (and still do) a lot. None loved Danielle as much as Danna does, and the feeling flows the other way too. But before they started college, they had a big argument and it made them split to follow what their hearts wanted.

For Danna, life took a chaotic spin that she took gladly and followed the path that revelead itself before her. She skipped college altogether but manage to get in a chef’s school somehow later than intended. She wasn’t the best at studying but her passion for food and enjoying herself made up for it, taking her to decide she was going to enjoy her life as much as she wanted. While she was at it, at some point, Danna met Audrey and had a brief relationship while the latter was trying to do castings and get big in the States. They met at New Years Eve of the first year of Audrey in the States, and they parted when the summer hit and Danna decided to start travel to keep honning her skills and because better offers were made to her. She kept travelling, living, enjoying herself until she fell ill and had to go under heart surgery, which brought the twins together again and promise each other they won’t ever part. Danielle and Danna kept in touch, she even visited her sister in Canada for some time, until Danna’s life took her to Michigan and met Ally there. Eventually, Danna and Ally became friends and one thing led to another and maybe the Senator taught the crazy twin that maybe it wasn’t a bad idea to finally settle.

For Danielle, every spin was carefully calculated and her attitude took her wherever she wanted. Fresh out from lawyer school, she landed a job in Canada and moved there to start a her new life. It was pretty normal though, she eventually got married to this other lawyer, their life going smoothly and soon finding herself about to have a baby that, after too many troubles, was born healthy. After that things started to went downhill for Danielle, which for her started with Danna’s heart problems not long after Damien was born and then went on and on for years until she divorced her husband. When that happened, Danielle took the best decision for her daughter and her, which was moving back to the States to be close to their family and start a new life. For her was easy to slip into ‘work mode’, which was the easiest way for her to not think about how she maybe wasted some of her younger years being too worried but she had the will to keep going on in the for Damien. So with all this turmoil, she packed up their stuff and flew home for Christmas with a broken heart and soon to be an annoyed teenage daughter.

That way, the twins reunited finally together not only both of them, but also with Dara and Dahlia, which were there with their arms open for her to fall and cuddle.

However, that same Christmas, Danielle met Audrey at the big family gathering and maybe they found in each other what they were truly looking for.

Age: 40 (Cult, 2018), 42 (Roanoke/Cult/Murder House, 2020)

Birthday: May 20th

Description: 6′, black hair + white hairs, past shoulders length (both); and light brown eyes; Danna and Danielle are quite similar, making difficult to tell who is who from a bit afar, but up close the differences are visible: Danna is a bit plumper, Danielle a bit bonier; Danna has always a permanent happy demeanour, Danielle gets a more serious one; the way both have moles here and there, but Danna has a specific one near her eyelid while Danielle have it almost in the tip of her nose; Danna has more ‘happy’ lines in her face while Danielle have the ‘stress’ lines; being quite tall, Danna always fight that she’s the tallest because she walks a bit more care-free than Danielle, but there’s barely any difference; and, of course, they are tanned like Dahlia and Dara, and pretty much everyone in their family. They also have their share of scars, but the important ones are: Danna has a big ass scar in the middle of her chest from heart surgery, while Danielle has a vertical c-section scar. They both have some similar traits, like having a good heart and being quite the jokesters, but as I said before they grew to be the balance of ‘happy go-lucky gentle woman’ and ‘serious yet tender woman’.

Relationships: Dara Ann Lynch (cousin), Dahlia Deen (cousin), Shelby Miller (sister-in-law), Billie Dean Howard (sister-in-law), Ally Mayfair-Richards (Danna’s girlfriend), Audrey Tindall (Danielle’s girlfriend, Danna’s past lover), Damien Bishop (Danielle’s daughter, Danna’s favourite niece).

Powers: both have some sort of Mediumship, mostly the Sixth Sense, but they aren’t bothered by this because it never got serious to them as with Dara or Dahlia. They feel the ‘bad jujus’ as Danna say, and she’s the only one of the two that actually think the ‘Mediumship’ in their family is real. Danielle just doesn’t vibe with it but she respect it.

Marvel

Astrid Winters

Growing up in Skagway, Alaska, Astrid lived a pretty normal life with her parents, Sven and Dinah, and her older brother, Isaiah. Most part of her childhood was spent running around the decks with Isaiah, always at his tail as if he was a comet, and being loved by their parents. It wasn’t until she was eleven that her mutation flourished completely, using her telekinesis to save Isaiah from falling into the ice cold water of the port.

At first she was confused about it, but after her brother’s mutation was presented as well as a control of psionic energy, they drew attention from the ‘Jean Grey School for Gifted Youngsters’. Their parents weren’t mutants so the shock came in pretty hard, however they were supportive of their children nonetheless. Isaiah, as they grew to control their powers under the institution, started to resent having them at all since he was old enough at the time to remember how their mother left them in the care of the Winters, quickly discerning that that was the true motive behind both being abandoned like that. Astrid tried to persuade her brother that now they had somewhere to fit and belong, but Isaiah only went on with it even when he excelled with her powers while Astrid only had trouble with hers.

It wasn’t until Isaiah was sent to a mission with some others for some time that Astrid managed to get a grip of her mutation…but discovering, along the way, her telepathic powers which were much stronger than those she thought were her primes. Ororo took her under her wing right away, being reminded of Jean’s powers and the shadow of her best friend still hunting her to this day, and started to train her so she didn’t end up like Jean.

However, Isaiah never came back from the mission and sent Astrid into a spiral that made her unable to control her powers at all. In that haze, messing even more with her weakened psique, she decided to escape the school, wanting nothing else but runaway from what took away her brother. She managed to go back to Skagway, into her childhood home, and was taken in with all the bad news, memories and grief. All of that was enough to block her powers, creating some sort of bubble surrounding them and locking them away for the years to come, greatly helped with antidepressants and other pills that muted the buzzing feeling of her powers trying to come up. None came looking for her, as if she just vanished even from the view of Cerebro, and that helped to her hiding a great deal.

Six years later she would met Bobbi, who was in an undercover mission for S.H.I.E.L.D in Alaska, and during the months she was stuck in Skagway they developed feelings for each other being just them, without telling the other their real truth. It wasn’t until Bobbi got discovered while being with her that Astrid’s powers didn’t flourish again, destroying a great part of the decks in the process as a result of bottling up everything for so long. That not only put Astrid in the position of telling Bobbi the truth, having Bobbi to do the same as well, but also put her under the X-Men’s radar again. Two days later of the incident, Storm arrives to Skagway to try and coax Astrid to go back with her to the school, which only prompts Astrid to follow Bobbi to the States.

Storm takes that as leaving her alone, but keeping an eye on her from time to time without interfering in her life. Astrid managed to lie low after that in her own, working through the first steps in her and Bobbi’s relationship, but always tries to stay as far away of Bobbi’s line of work as possible. When Bobbi told Astrid how S.H.I.E.L.D had gathered the Avengers, and was starting to be more proactive on searching people with special abilities, it only sent her in panic taking in count her own abilities which only made Bobbi promise to her that she wasn’t going to let them get near her.  

For a few years everything manage to go well, calm even, until the chaos after S.H.I.E.L.D being compromised ensues and, in between all the files that are put up for the world to see, Astrid’s information ends up visible for Coulson’s team. That information was gathered by HYDRA along the years, because they were the ones behind Isaiah’s disappearance and it also uncovered what happened not only to him but also with their biological mother: Emma Frost. 

Astrid was unaware of this, still caught up in the bliss of living a normal life as much as she could, until she got a panicked call from Bobbi telling her what was truly going on and that there were both S.H.I.E.L.D and HYDRA agents going her way, which only made Astrid to use again her powers in order to protect herself from the latter but she decides to be caught by the her girlfriend’s ‘comrades’ is way better than fall into the hands of God knows who they are. 

During the war between S.H.I.E.L.D’s factions, Astrid is kept as a ‘prisoner’ once Robert Gonzales discover the length of Astrid’s abilities and put her under severe vigilance. Astrid is dragged to the Inhuman’s front, trying to help as she can and only making her starting to understand why Isaiah didn’t want to have anything to do with being a mutant and also being very upfront when it comes to the relations between mutants and inhumans. 

Astrid has a major breakdown that make her unstable and Storm have to take her back against her own will back to the school in order for her to retake control of her powers, which went under a secondary mutation due to the trauma upon Bobbi’s kidnapping. There, Isaiah is waiting for her along with Emma, bonding and learning from both her brother and their mother for a few weeks. However she leaves once again everything behind and decides to stay with the team to take care of Bobbi. 

During this time is when Astrid and Bobbi’s first clashes happen, taking in count they spent much more time together and it makes them open up but at the same time let go all of Astrid’s fears. The bottling up only strains their relationship, which makes Astrid to grow more and more tired and hurt - since much of the Inhuman conflict is still affecting her - until she decides that she can’t do this in her current state and tells Bobbi that they need a break. She decides to go back to the school and stays there, honing her powers and finishing her training in order to live the ‘normal’ life she always wanted, as much as it pained Isaiah, Emma and Ororo.

Jemma calls Astrid to tell her what happened with Bobbi and Hunter in Siberia, which leads to Astrid going to get them, making that the point in which both women decide to rebuild their relationship while Astrid finish her own training.

After Astrid finish it, she and Bobbi take their lives to Europe as a married couple, settling there comfortably with some visits from Hunter here and there. Eventually Emma and Isaiah disappear fully, which leaves Astrid broken and confused, but focusing in her life with Bobbi is what helps her get through everything. 

In those years her powers seem to increase little by little until one day Esme, Phoebe and Sophie show up in her door, claiming not only who they were but also what had happened to Emma and Isaiah: both died trying to take down the facility that created the triplets. With the news at hand, Bobbi doesn’t trust them but knowing Astrid’s mental estate isn’t the best allows the triplets to move in with them, mostly in order to restore Astrid’s health and faith in everything.

Being around the triplets only made Astrid’s powers to grow even more, the influence and constant crash of their powers being the principal cause. Little by little, the triplets and Bobbi got along and that was what helped her the most in her recovering. 

When the snap happened, however, it took Bobbi and the triplets away from Astrid, leaving her in the house in a near shocked estate. It wasn’t until Natasha called to Bobbi’s phone, trying to contact any possible agent out there that was still there, that Astrid wasn’t pulled out of that. She went to the compound because she had nowhere to go and stayed there with Natasha until, after a year or two, she became close to Carol through visits and all and decided that there was nothing in Earth for her anymore, following Carol to space.

She found solace there, managed to finally unleash her true potential after being found by Jean in her Phoenix form and eventually the call from the Avengers came. Carol and Astrid went back immediately to help them, arriving in time, and among the million voices in the battlefield Astrid heard Bobbi and the triplets’ thoughts and went directly to them. At first they didn’t recognize Astrid but when her voice boomed in their heads, it was obvious.

After the battle, Astrid and Bobbi decided that this time was truly their time to settle once and for all. Declining Storm’s invitation for Astrid to teach at the School, the triplets go in her place, letting the couple finally go to live their lives back where they started.

Age: 23 (2006, X-Men new timeline); 29 (2012, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S1); 31 (2014, Captain America: The Winter Soldier); 35-40 (2018-2023, Endgame)

Birthday: May 13th

Description:  5′10, dark brown hair, mid-back length in waves; and ochre eyes. For a great part of her twenties she has her hair dyed white, roots showing, and her skin is tanned and freckled, except for some parts in her body that have some sort of discoloration. She always has an eternal soft smirk in her lips and most of the time Astrid keeps a natural upright position, as if it was engraved in her brain somehow, in comparison with her ways of talking, walking and dressing which are more relaxed. She has a distinctive beauty mark in her lower left eyelid and another in her left cheek.

Relationships: Emma Frost (biological mother); Isaiah (Winters) Frost (biological older brother); Esme, Phoebe and Sophie Frost (younger half-sisters); unknown biological father; Dinah and Sven Winters (foster parents); Ororo Munroe (mentor); Bobbi Morse (girlfriend/wife); Alphonso Mackenzie (friendly); Lance Hunter (dislike-friendly); Natasha Romanoff (acquaintance); Jemma Simmons (dislike-acquaintance-friend); Carol Danvers (best friend); Coulson’s team (acquaintances).

Powers: Telepathy (featuring most of her mother’s related powers), Telekinesis and Psionic abilities.

[igoturbackkid]

Gods & Monsters Part 1 (Michael Langdon x reader)

Note: This is part 1 in a new series I’m starting. Feel free to let me know if you enjoy it. I’m not sure how long this will be, and I’m not sure if I’ll up date this coming week cause I’ll be slammed at work everyday for the holidays. This one’s gonna be a bit more of a slow burn than my other fics, so lemme know how you like it!

Warnings: fire?(briefly), season 8 spoilers

Miss Robichaux's Academy for exceptional young ladies was home to many young witches, many just finding out about their powers, and also veteran witches, most of whom were the teachers at the academy. You had been attending the school for several months now. When you saw Miss Cordelia on TV you heard her talk about women who had exceptional abilities. Some barely enough to even be noticeable, others accidentally causing chaos with their unknown magic. Her words struck a nerve. You always knew you were different, that you could do things that you couldn’t explain, but you never wanted to hurt anyone because of it.

The first inkling of your powers was a bit of a shock to you. You were in your room, dead asleep in the middle of the worst nightmare, when you heard screaming. You were startled awake and when you opened your eyes you realized your room was on fire. Your mother was at your door, screaming, when you decided to close your eyes, almost willing it away, hoping it was all a dream. When your eyes opened the fire was out but your mother was still there, promptly freaking the fuck out. Your mother kicked you out after that, not wanting something so evil in her Christian household. You managed to crash at a friend’s place for a while before you decided to fly to New Orleans. After you arrived at Robichaux’s, your teachers helped you to become stronger. You quickly adopted other abilities including Telekinesis, Clairvoyance, just to name a few. But what Cordelia was most intrigued about was your Pyrokinesis. Cordelia taught you how to keep it under control and how to harness enough power for it to be useful at just the right time. Cordelia helped you realize you weren’t a freak, or a demon, or even possessed, as your parents had thought.

Cordelia always said you were an exceptional young witch. Very bright, smart, and possibly even Supreme one day. You hated to think about it, to be honest. You hated the idea of Cordelia having to die for you to truly rise. You loved her like a mother and didn’t want to think about losing her. You were currently in your room, practicing some spells when there was a knock on your door.

“Come in!” you yelled. Zoe popped her head in, making eye contact with you.

“Hey, Cordelia wants everyone downstairs, she has an announcement to make.” she said.

“Announcement? What kind of announcement?” you asked as you rose from your bed and made your way to the door.

“I don’t know, she didn’t say anything to me other than it’s big and she wants to tell everyone at once.” Zoe shrugged.

“Weird.” you replied as you both made your way downstairs.

“Tell me about it.” Zoe said. When you both made it into the lounge room, you gathered with the rest of your coven, waiting for Cordelia to make her announcement. Once Cordelia took a head count, she started.

“Well girls, as you know I have some news that might surprise some of you. Some of you won’t like it, most of you might love it. But as your Supreme, I need you all to promise me right now that you’ll all behave yourselves. Okay, girls?” she asked into the room. You all simultaneously replied, “Yes!”.

“Some of you might know about the Hawthorne School for Warlocks. Their Grand Chancellor, Ariel, and I have had some discussions and came to an agreement. In order to bring peace between the warlocks and our coven, we will be combining our academies. The boys will attend class here, and they will be staying here. I know what bringing you all together means, but like I said, you all must behave yourselves. No funny business. I mean it, ok?” everyone shook their heads yes. Some girls were already whispering, talking about how hot they hoped the guys were.

“They will arrive tomorrow morning, so I suggest you all get as much studying in as you can tonight. God knows you’ll all be distracted tomorrow.” she mostly whispered that last part to herself, but everyone could still hear. With that, everyone was dismissed and you made your way back to your room. You weren’t sure how you felt about this new adjustment. It’d be nice to have other people to talk to, but you knew it would just become high school all over again. You went to bed that night, feeling reluctant over the changes to come in the morning.

***

When you awoke it was still fairly early. You decided to get a head start on the day seeing as a big distraction was on it’s way to the school. You quickly showered, dressed, did your hair and makeup. You had about a half hour before your first lesson when you heard some commotion outside your door. When you peaked out, you saw all the girls making their way downstairs, all dressed up and makeup done to perfection. The warlocks must have just arrived you thought. You didn’t wanna go downstairs, you just wanted to study but Cordelia was probably downstairs, preparing to address the masses that now populated the academy. When you made it downstairs into the lounge, you noticed your coven all standing together on one side and the warlocks stood on the other. The girls were whispering and gossiping and the guys were checking out the girls. You stood in the corner, a few feet away from the group, not wanting to be associated with them in this particular moment.

You couldn’t help your eyes scanning across the other side of the room. There was quite a lot of them, almost as many as there were witches. Some of them were cute but not enough to distract you from becoming a powerful witch one day. You suddenly spotted one of the warlocks also standing somewhat in the corner, he didn’t seem necessarily shy. You could tell he was confident in the way he held himself. He was cute with his blonde, curly hair, and he had the prettiest blue eyes you’ve ever seen. He had a great jawline and cheek bones as well. He was also very tall, taller than most of the other boys. It was almost as if he could hear your thoughts when he suddenly met your gaze. You were immediately embarrassed, having been caught staring. You blushed deeply and averted your eyes to the ground.

That was the moment Cordelia and what you assumed to be their Grand Chancellor, Ariel, walked into the room.

“Thank you for all gathering so quickly.” Cordelia started, “Today marks a time of unity. It’s no longer us and them. We are one. One coven. Girls, all standard rules still apply. Nothing changes just because our coven has grown. And gentlemen, Ariel has already briefed you on all our rules here. I expect you to respect them, and respect me as you would your Grand Chancellor. Now if there aren’t any questions, I do believe it’s time for your first lesson. You are dismissed.”

You all dispersed as you each went to your respective first lesson. You made your way into the dining room and had a seat, waiting for Zoe to start her class. You were surprised when you saw the same blonde hair boy from earlier walk into the room. He took a seat at the table, directly across from you. You could notice him inspecting you but you kept your gaze on the table, afraid to meet his gaze. Once everyone was seated Zoe made everyone introduce themselves. When it was his turn, he stood and addressed the room.

“My name is Michael Langdon. And I look forward to meeting each and everyone of you.” he said. After he spoke, he took a seat again, and looked your way. When it was your turn, you stood as well and addressed the newcomers.

“I’m Y/n L/n.” was all you had to say before taking a seat. When you looked across from you, you could see Michael smirking at you. You really wanted to wipe that smug look from his face. Who did he think he was? After that, the lesson went on without a hitch. 

***

Later that day, you were enjoying lunch with Zoe, Mallory, and some of the other girls when one of them brought up the boys.

“So, girls, let’s gossip. Which one is the hottest?” she asked, you were unsure of her name, Coco maybe?

You all looked around, seeing who would answer first. Zoe averted her gaze since she had Kyle. Suddenly, Danielle, a newbie witch who always cracked you up and was becoming one of your closest friends spoke, “I don’t know about you guys, but that Michael Langdon can have me any hole, anytime, anywhere.” she confessed.

“Oh my god Dani, you’re so bad.” you laughed at her.

“I don’t care, he’s so hot.” she said, “What about you, Y/n? Do you think he’s hot? I caught him staring you down in class this morning.”

“What? No he wasn’t. You’re crazy. Anyway I guess he’s cute.” you shrugged.

You heard scoffs from several of the girls when Danielle spoke up again, “Just cute? Are you blind? He looks like a Greek God carved from marble!” she yelled at you.

“Jesus! Keep it down! What if he heard you?” you shushed her.

“Oh he won’t, I gotta go anyways, I gotta practice my Concilium. I’ll see if I can go practice on Michael.” Danielle winked at you as she walked away.

“Bet you any money she’s a hoe bag.” Coco smirked to Danielle’s retreating backside.

As she was walking out of the room, Dani held up her middle finger back at Coco on one hand, carrying her spell books in another.

“Alright, I think that’s enough excitement for one day.” Mallory quietly stood up, ready to leave.

“I’m with you on that one.” you told her.

You and Mallory made your way upstairs back to your rooms when you passed Michael. He was coming down the stairs, presumably going to the kitchen. As you passed each other, time seemed to slow down, almost stand still. You noticed every little detail about his undeniably beautiful face, hair, and eyes. As you finally passed him, you turned your head to look back at him, Michael doing the same. Through the eye contact you felt goosebumps appear on your skin, and shiver went down your spine. You finally faced forward and Mallory pulled you aside at the top of the landing.

“Y/n, I know we were all joking down there, but I get a bad vibe from Michael. Like really bad. He feels dark.” she said.

“Dark? Like what kind of darkness?” you asked her seriously. Mallory was an exceptionally gifted witch. If she said she felt something, you believed her.

“I can’t describe it exactly. I just know it’s not good. I know what the light feels like, I know from people like you, like Cordelia. I don’t get the same from him. I feel darkness and it scares me if I think about it for too long.” she explained.

“Alright...ok....should we tell Cordelia?” you asked.

“I don’t know. She wants to bring the peace between our people and I don’t wanna be the one that ruins it. It’s probably nothing, just forget about it. Let’s go.” she shook you off, leaving without you.

You continued to stand there, puzzled. What exactly did she mean and how would this effect your coven? If he was bad, if he was evil, what would that truly mean for all of you? You still couldn’t help the pull you felt to him. You got goosebumps thinking about him and you honestly agreed with Danielle on how attractive he was. But Mallory seemed so shaken that you were torn. Did you listen to the angel on your shoulder, or the devil?

[sphq]

&&. HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED!

BROOKE ADAMS

had a crush on Aaron

had a crush on Wyatt

told Audrey that Wyatt and Alison had sex

Got mad at Audrey for revealing to Wyatt that she had a crush on him

Got Tyler to break up Aaron and Melanie

AARON ANDERSON

Dated Melanie Ganner

Broke up with Melanie Ganner because of Tyler (and Brooke)

Got pissed off at Tyler for what he did (and blamed himself mostly)

Was angry when he found out that Brooke had something to do with it as well

Had lingering feelings for Melanie but respected her wishes to just remain friends with one another

Had a thing for Alexandria Daniels

CORDELIA BENJAMIN

Kissed Samantha Keeler and freaked the fuck out about

Had sex with Kailey Porter

Maybe had sex with Carson Benson (I was reading through their chats and she basically said she’d eat her out but then we stopped replying)

Had a fling with Simon Nova

Had sex with Tyler Smith once

I don’t think she really harbored a crush on him, it was just a one-time thing

But she does like his company and thy occasionally smoke together

Cordelia had a thing for Reid for like a minute (mainly she just wanted to fuck him)

ASHLEE BOURNE

Had a friends-with-benefits relationship with Tyler

Confessed to Tyler and was rejected

Did not like Emily and called her Little One

Took Nick under her wing

Became a member of the Evil Geniuses Club

Had a playful relationship with Carson?

ELIZA BURTON

Member of Ronan’s Knights

Had a crush on Blake

Was on Alexandria’s side

Did not care for Julia

Best friends with Eden

adopted by Simon and co

ANNA-ROSE COOKE

considers Blake her dad

considers Audrey her mom

considers April her sister

adopted Kirsten as her sister

was still doing bad things at night

became friends with Julia

REID COOPER

Found out about his dog tag

Found out that his mom was alive and being held hostage by someone in the Underworld

I’m going to say that Mara had special plans for them but they don’t know that part yet

Managed to get Chloe off of his back

Caught Julia so she “lied” to him

The two started spending time together leading Chloe to believe that they had something

NAOMI DALTON

Wanted to fuck things up

Almost broke Erica and Tyler up

Had sex with Jesse

Quite possibly had sex with Julia

ALEXANDRIA DANIELS

Member of Ronan’s Knights

Was using Aaron? 

Did not get along with Julia

Wanted to be in charge

Gets along with Eliza

Tolerates Eden

Exposed Julia

JACOB FLETCHER

In a band?

Currently dating Roseanna Stevenson

BRITTANY FULLER

Teased everyone

Had sex with Alison

Teased Audrey

Became friends with Blake

Might have possibly grown feelings for Rachel (don’t know if i’m sticking with this)

AUDREY GANNER

Broke up with Wyatt because he didn’t tell her that he slept with Alison

Confessed that she still had feelings for him

Hooked up with Blake

Hooked up with Brayden

Hooked up with Kailey

Adopted April

Adopted Anna-Rose

Adopted Kirsten

Had feelings for Kailey

I was thinking of having Wydrey dating again

MELANIE GANNER

Dated Aaron

Aaron broke her heart

Had feelings for Natalie

Forgave Aaron

Forgave Tyler

Shared a kiss with Tyler

PAIGE GARNIER

Tried to kill a teacher because a ghost told her to

Turns out it was Julia

Left

Came back

VALERIE HALE

Dating Samantha Keeler

VANESSA HENRIE

Was literally just going around trying to get people to hire to kick ass

Became friends with Chelsea and Kirsten

RACHEL JAMES

Had a huge crush on Blake

Found out that Lindsay had been dating him and did not tell her or Brittany

What would her reaction be? Angry? 

EMILY KEELER

Crush on Aaron

Crush on Tyler

Did not get along with Ashlee

SAMANTHA KEELER

Dating Valerie Hale

Head of the Evil Geniuses Club

Literal Instigator

BLAKE LAWSON

Found out what his dog tag meant

Doesn’t know if the whole situation is over

Hooked up with Audrey

Made out with Eliza

Had feelings 

Hooked up with Julia (gimme gimme)

Is it bad that I want him to hook up with Brittany but that would be so bad? 

SPENCER LAWSON

Found out what her dog tag meant

Found out the people who adopted her were Demons holding her for some reason

Left them and got her name legally changed

Thought Reid was cute

LINDSAY MCKENZIE

Dated Blake

Broke up with him over something stupid

Kept it a secret from her friends

Still had feelings for him

But got over them when she saw how he was with Eliza

NATASHA MOORE

Had a Friends-With-Benefits relationship with Blake

Had a thing for Robbie

Was the other woman in Jesse and Juliette’s relationship

Jesse liked her more

KIRSTEN MORGAN

Stopped taking her pills because of Kailey

Attacked a few people

EDEN NEWMAN

Member of Ronan’s Knight

Had a crush on Julia after kissing her at a party during a game

APRIL PICKETT

Love/Hate relationship with Simon

Dated Scott Mendler

Had feelings for Julia

I would like for these two to date

Considers Audrey her mom

Considers Wyatt her dad

KAILEY PORTER

Hooked up with Audrey

Hooked up with Cordelia

Hooked up with Blake...?

CHRISTOPHER REED

Got his soul taken

Got his soul back

Has a huge crush on Anya

WYATT REED

Asked for a break

Slept with Alison

Went back with Audrey

Didn’t know why she broke up with him

Still had feelings for her

Learned the truth

Tried to make it up to her

After hearing that Audrey slept with Brayden, he decided to sleep with Alexandria (I know he invited her to his room, don’t know if sex was involved) and ???

TYLER SMITH

Had a crush on Melanie

Broke up Aaron and Melanie

Had a “relationship” with Ashlee

Likes Emily

Hooked up with Cordelia

Keeps trying to give everyone weed brownies

ROSEANNA STEVENSON

Used to hook up with Aaron

Dating Jacob Fletcher

Love/Hate relationship with Alison

CHELSEA WARD

Julia’s protege

Became friends with Kirsten and Vanessa

BRAYDEN WESTERLY

Was turned by Allie? Or whoever else in that group

Had feelings for Audrey

Hooked up with Audrey

Had feelings for Melanie 

NATALIE WOOD

Had a thing with Melanie?

Had a thing with Jesse?

JULIA WOODS

Member of Ronan’s Knight

Got exposed

Fell for April 

Was the one who led Chris astray

Is a bad influence on Chelse (brings out more of her darker side)

[haru-sen]

Hi!! I hope you don't mind, but I really really want to pick your brain a little because I am absolutely IN LOVE with your writing style and they are #goals for me. In one of your replies, you mentioned that you got the "off camera" tip from reading Roger Zelazny and I was wondering if you meant like his books or like if he did an interview or something? Also, I was wondering if you have any stories/books you think of when you think of a great plot/great characterizations?

I don’t mind at all.  But what works for me doesn’t work for everyone else.  So in the 1987 edition of Unicorn Variations, Zelazny has a short essay called “The Parts That Are Only Glimpsed: Three Reflexes.”  (The only reason I mention the year is because his short story collections have been released numerous times and there are different editions with completely different contents. Off the top of my head “The Last Defender of Camelot” is one of them.)  Basically he writes a story or composes one in his head, but then destroys it/never writes it, but it is a part of the character’s back story and he’ll reference it, because the things you don’t see can be more powerful than things you do see.  I read that as a teenager and it stuck with me.  I’m too…hoarder to destroy my writing, even the bad stuff, and sometimes I’ll write that story and it’ll be worth polishing into its own arc, and sometimes it’s like “well, that happened, but I’m not happy with how I wrote it/it’s not that compelling as a stand alone piece.”  

Also, I love Zelazny, but he wrote the same character over and over again.  :P

Plot is my weakest trait.  I’ve been working really hard to make sure the storyline carries itself and doesn’t collapse and that’s another discussion in and of itself.  I really enjoyed Daniel O’Malley’s The Rook and the sequel Stiletto for the sheer “How the hell did we get here? This is fun.”  The characterization are OK, no one’s amazingly deep, but it’s always interesting and that’s what carries the books.  Rhys Ford reads like a goddamn K-drama in the best way.  She mostly writes murder mystery/romances, but I love her urban fantasy (Dim Sum Asylum and Kai Gracen are my favs) and I will admit, I’m not a huge m/m genre fan. I like them, but I don’t go out of my way to seek them out. 

Dissecting spy thrillers, like John LeCarre or clever mysteries (most anything by Agatha Christie) is how I’ve started to get a handle on plot.  

Characterization is a bit different.  I think that is one my stronger points. I really enjoy Jonathan Howard’s Johannes Cabal series, though it’s the clever writing that really carries the series.  I like Ilona Andrews’ books, though her main characters are almost all the same archetype (I still really enjoy them).  Dia Reeves did some great YA characters - a mentally ill black Finnish American girl whose dead father keeps trying to get her to kill herself, has moved to a town of monsters, trying to win the love of her very damaged mother (Bleeding Violet) and the bloodthirsty daughter of a serial killer who is trying very hard not to grow up and is starting to resent her sister for wanting just the opposite(Slice of Cherry is set in the same town as Bleeding Violet.) If you’re looking at sci-fi, I really liked Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga and Penric tales.  The Vorkosigans might be a little dated, since she’s been writing for decades, but the Cordelia stories are some of the most satisfying.  

I’d give a shout out to style too.  Richard Kadrey’s first two Sandman Slim books are great.  He drags when it gets to metaphysics, but his violent thug character has a way with words.  I love Yoon Ha Lee’s voice, it’s very poetic.  

Kids books also have a lot of good characterization.  (I used to run the kids department at the bookstore, so I know way too much about children’s books.)  Counting by Sevens, Wonder, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon all demonstrate that you can write a G/PG rated story and still be hardhitting/real. 

I like writing prompts. And before I started IAL I spent like two months making myself do the ones in The 3AM Epiphany.  I’ve gone chronologically into the 40s and intend to continue.  Not every exercise in the book produces something I’ve liked or can use, however that isn’t always the point.  There was one that had to be told from first person, but only using first person pronouns twice.  I wrote a piece, I’ll never use that exact piece, but it made me think about how I write and I have a few projects going, so most of the time I kept using existing worlds as settings so it both let me expand my world building/plotting and try new writing techniques.  And I didn’t follow them religiously (some of them wanted nonfiction and I didn’t feel like it).  But writing one or two a day, sometimes doing multiple versions of the ones I liked was a fun way to build up the writing habit.  (Not everyone likes prompts, but they often work for me.)  

Hope this was kind of helpful?

[hondacivictrucknuts]

Evolution as God

Evolution is very difficult to understand. It took me years of study, under some great teachers, to get it to the extent that I do, and I tend to do well with abstract systems. Reading people like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Kim Sterelny, and Bret Weinstein on debates in biology, even evolutionary biologists themselves are liable to be tripped up when applying Darwinian principles to new problems.

God is easy to understand. Somebody told a story once of a little girl with atheist parents in a Scandinavian (i.e. nonreligious) country asking her father about where the world came from. He described the Big Bang to the best of his ability, to which she replied, “God must have been surprised!” I believe the speaker was the author of a book called Born Believers, and in his lecture he described a host of evidence to suggest that the idea of God is deeply intuitive, and related to an apparently innate perceptual heuristic that order is created by agents.

Cordelia Fine wrote a book called Testosterone Rex, which is ridiculous in many ways, starting from the author’s assertion on the first page that she’s not like other feminists:

... contrary to a prevailing view of the feminist as the kind of person who could think of no more inspiring and motivating a start to the workday than to unlock her office with a set of keys from which dangles a man-sized pair of testicles ...

She goes on to “debunk” various myths about testosterone and sex differences. She makes some fairly basic logical errors which are apparent to anyone who has studied a bit of math. When the book came out, it led to some heated debate on various blogs, culminating, as I recall, in a Fine defender responding to a critic with “Your math is fine. Your humanity is broken.” I remember this particular exchange generating a certain amount of disbelief among people, including myself, who thought the math actually mattered.

Fine’s book and its defenders make much more sense when we consider this as a theological debate, and Testosterone Rex as a rebuttal to a certain conception of evolution-cum-god. Fine is rebutting evologians who view the God they call evolution as having endowed men with superiority over women and the rights thereto attaining. The God she calls evolution has rather endowed men and women with equal value and similar rights and privileges. These are two legitimate conceptions of God, each with scriptural support in both the Old and New Testaments, and this has been an active debate amongst Christian and Jewish theologians. Fine and her critics are rehashing the same debate, so that the math doesn’t actually matter.

Evolution denial on the Left makes plenty of sense when we view it as “liberation evology.” I’m sure many people would agree that “Pop science should promote the needs of the oppressed in society.” There’s precedent in the debunking of scientific racism.

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, February 19

ANGEL: She smashed all the mirrors.

CORDY: Why?

ANGEL: Isn't it obvious?

WESLEY: Angel, I don't think anything is obvious.

ANGEL: The weight of her soul, she's feeling it.

WESLEY: We don't know that for certain.

ANGEL: It makes sense. She was a vampire, now she has a soul.

CORDY: That makes sense? So why don't you go around smashing mirrors?

ANGEL: Because I don't have to look at *myself* in them.

~~Darla~~

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Dream Daddy Good End Guide

Each dad has multiple ends and if you want to be able to get the happier of the endings (except for Joseph, I have NO idea if there’s an actually happy ending available for him) and get the extra picture at the end without playing the same date 5 times, read on!

CRAIG:

Option 1-

I got it

Don’t you dare

>>Such a gentleman<<

Option 2-

>>There won’t be<<

You’ve trained for this

Reception is the least of our worries

Option 3-

>>Look at Craig’s butt<<

Don’t look at Craig’s butt

Option 4-

You got it, chief!

>>Let’s put on a show<<

Who needs pants anyway

Option 5-

Squirt water at him

Hammerfist

>>Dunk him<<

(As far as I can tell the amount of times you jump off the waterfall makes no difference.)

Option 6-

You can do it!

Never knew a better Craig!

>>Go overboard with compliments<<

Option 7-

Hell yeah.

>>Hell yeah, bro.<<

MAT:

(The sandals don’t impact the date.)

Option 1-

>>I’LL DO IT<<

Mat, you should play!

(All of the “I’M DOING FINE” options have no impact.)

Option 2-

Frankie Two-Tone

Five Iron Freddy

>>Tomas Kalnoky<<

BRIAN:

(Winning the ski ball game is super easy, but even if you lose Amanda will still get the fish and the date will be on track.)

Option 1-

Be honest with Brian (this option will also work, but the second will give you the eggplants)

>>Be honest with yourself<<

Be an asshole 

ROBERT:

(The option for how to reply to his messages has no affect.)Option 1-

>>To you<<

To us

To...toast

Option 2-

He does

He looks handsome

>>He’d never convince the jury<<

Option 3-

>>80′s reference<<

90′s reference

00′s reference

Contemporary reference 

Option 4-

Riff something highbrow

>>Go with something I know<<

Rely on amazing improv comedy skills 

Option 5-

Bible salesman

>>Traveling grifter<<

Carnival barker

Option 6-

Selling bibles

>>Working a couple short cons<<

Running the dunk tank

Option 7-

Davis McSturgiss

David McSturgiss

>>Daniel McSturgiss<<

Option 8-

Leviticus 2:5

Revelations 1:3

>>Ecclesiastes 12:7<<

Austin 3:6

Option 9-

>>“Paranormal Excursions of the Supernatural: Ice Road Ghost Truckers”<<

“I Saw a Demon: the Shocking True Story of Seeing a Demon”

"The Bros Guide to the Hottest Ghosts”

Option 10-

Is that even a question?

>>You trying to poison me?<<

Nah, I’m good

Question 11-

>>Yes<<

No

Question 12-

Drop it 

>>Push it<<

Question 13-

Tell him what he wants to hear

>>Tell him what he needs to hear<<

Walk away

DAMIEN:

(I don’t know if the speed at which you find Duchess Cordelia matters, but go to the cul-de-sac, then the coffee spoon, then back to the cul-de-sac if you don’t feel like searching around.)

Option 1-

This’ll be easy

Gotta stay positive

>>Abandon all hope, ye who enter here<<

Option 2-

Hand her a dog treat

>>Give her the Banana Bread Kennedys<<  

Option 3- (Top and bottom have no affect, middle has a negative affect.)

>>Don’t tell your dad about this<<

We’re definitely not trespassing

>>What flavor pizza rolls are those?<<

Option 4-

Of course.

Does a bat have wings?

>>Thou art welcome.<<

HUGO:

Option 1-

What...did I just watch?

>>I don’t know what’s happening but this is amazing.<<

KILL HIM, JOHNNY

Option 2-

It’s just okay

It’s actually really cool

>>I’m glad I’m here with you<<

Option 3-

>>This is a sneaking mission<<

Create a Diversion

Just walk back to your seats

Option 4-

Hide behind merchandise rack

Duck under the snack counter

>>Quick, get inside my shirt<<

Option 5-

>>Give the crowd what they want<<

Protect Hugo’s identity

Ignore it

(The wrestling persona question has no affect.)

Option 6-

>>Go for it.<<

Tap out, you coward.

JOSEPH:

Option 1-

I didn’t bring any talcum powder

Luckily I brought my Neptuning fork

>>Can do!<<

Option 2-

YOU’RE ALL SPINELESS, INVERTEBRATES 

>>I HAD LOBSTER LAST WEEK AND I CAN’T WAIT TO EAT MORE OF YOU<<

MY LIFE GOAL IS TO PUNCH AS MANY FISH AS I CAN BEFORE I DIE

Option 3-

Wine.

WINE.

>>WINE!!<<

(The wine is in the cabinet, and then in the drawer. The glasses are in the lounge on the side table.)

Option 4-

Regular pour

>>POWER POUR<<

(I don’t believe any of the “whale of a time” options changes anything.)

This ending WILL get you the picture but it still isn’t a very happy ending! If anybody knows of how to get a better ending please let me know!

[raceandspeculation]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Earshot” Is One of The Best

Keisha Raymond

Dr. Smalls

English 3690

12 April 2017

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, celebrated its 20th anniversary on March 10, 2017. The show debuted in 1997 and last aired in 2003. 

Buffy was a female slayer, who fought vampires, demons, and other creatures and dealt with other issues like school, love, friendships, etc.

The show started Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers along with David Boreanaz (Angel), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), James Marsters (Spike), Anthony Head (Rupert Giles), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Seth Green (Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne), and Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase).

The show was special because, it had a strong-minded lead female character, the supporting cast was great and played important roles throughout the show. Also, there was a nice balance between humor and drama and a touch of fearless, because it dealt with real life issues, for example, episode 18 in season 3 called “Earshot”.

I believe that this episode is one of the best in the series, because of it discuss the trial and tribulation of high school     

“Earshot” first aired on Sept 21, 1999.  Jane Espenson wrote the episode with Regis Kemble as the director.

In the episode, Buffy becomes a mind- reader. One night, on patrol, she ends up fighting “two mouthless demons” (Wikipedia, Earshot, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), she killed one of the demons, but its blood pierces through her skin and she ends up with the demon’s telepathic power.  Buffy’s new power is a good and bad thing, it gives her an advantage in fighting the bad guys but causes a minor rift with her best friends, Willow and Xander. They both freaked out, when Buffy can hear their inner thoughts. For example, when the group (Buffy, Willow, Xander, Oz, Cordy, Giles and Wesley) meets up in the school library, to talked about her (Buffy) newfound power, things get a little uncomfortable,

“What am I going to do? I think about sex all the time. Sex. Help. Four times five is thirty. Five times six is thirty-two...Naked girls. Naked women. Naked Buffy. Oh, stop me” (buffyworld.com) said Xander, while thinking to himself in front of Buffy

“Xander, is that all you think about?” (buffyworld.com), Buffy said aloud.

Xander quickly leaves the library due to embarrassment. Also, he doesn’t want Buffy to know, what else he thinks about.

Another example, is Buffy getting a glimpse of Willow’s insecurities.

“She knows so much. She knows what Oz is thinking. I never know that. Before long she'll know him better than I do..” (buffyworld.com), Willow thinks to herself

“Willow... don't think that”, Buffy reply.

Like Xander, Willow also leaves because of Buffy’s mind-reading ability.

 In my eyes, this sequence is a good example of the show sense of humor and the character’s vulnerability.

Things take a serious turn, when Buffy hear the thoughts of a student who is planning a mass school shooting but towards the end, we found that he (Jonathan) was planning to commit suicide.

There is a touching scene between Buffy and Jonathan (in the school’s bell tower), that sums up high school and is very relatable.

“I really do love what Buffy tells the guy up in the clock tower. She doesn’t disagree him or invalidate how awful he feels; she explains that everyone else is also caught up in a lot of the same sense of invalidation, loneliness, and fear. It’s not that everyone is the same as Jonathan. It’s that each of these people feels they are coping with something bigger and more terrible than everyone around them. And that sort of perspective is really rare to come to know!” (Mark Oshiro, Mark Watches ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: S03E18 – Earshot)

Side notes: 

Buffy’s telepathic power is gone before her confrontation with Jonathan (Giles and Wesley found a way to cured her, because having that ability, would have driven her crazy)

The dialogue below explains what Oshiro is talking about.

 BUFFY: “I don't think about you much at all. Most people here don't. Bugs you, doesn't it? You've got all this pain, all these feelings and nobody's paying attention.”

JONATHAN: “You think I just want attention?”

BUFFY: “No, I think you're in the bell tower with a high-powered rifle because you want to blend in. Believe it or not, Jonathan, I understand. About the pain.”

JONATHAN: “Oh, right. 'Cause the burden of being beautiful and athletic, that's a crippler.”

BUFFY: “I'm sorry, I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens very occasionally to suck beyond the telling of it. More than I can stand sometimes. And not just me. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're way too busy with their own. The beautiful ones, the popular ones, the guys that pick on you... everyone. If you could hear what they're feeling - the confusion, the loneliness... It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening.” (buffyworld.com)

The “episode's subject matter, in conjunction with the mass shooting at Columbine High School (which occurred a week before the intended airdate for this episode), led the WB to postpone this episode's broadcast.” (buffy.wikia.com) The school shooting took place on April 20, 1999.

“Due to the long delay, "Earshot" was aired in other countries before it was shown in the United States. Sarah Michelle Gellar lobbied hard for this episode (which she considers one of her favorite Buffy episodes) to be released on schedule. She thought it was great and would help those affected by the Columbine tragedy.” (buffy.wikia.com).

I am glad the episode was delayed and not cancel altogether because despite the real-life tragedy of the at Columbine High School shooting, “Earshot” was a very good and touch on some serious high school topics. It would have been a downer, if the network didn’t give fans/viewers a chance to watch it.

There are a few reasons, why an episode of a show is considered one of the best, it talks about a serious issue, it is well written, the acting is fantastic, it’s re-watchable, relatable, life lessons are discussed or learned, and, it can stand the test of time. Also, fans and critics both agree that it is a classic.

“Earshot”, has all of the above plus a sense of humor in certain scenes, which is why, it is one of the greatest in the series.

Word Count: 1042

Work Citation:

http://markwatches.net/reviews/2012/02/mark-watches-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-s03e18-earshot/

http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Earshot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earshot_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)

http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/scripts/052_scri.html

[igoturbackkid]

Gods & Monsters Part 3 (Michael Langdon x reader)

Warnings: smut (finally), fingering, male recieving (blowjob)

When you woke to the morning light you felt completely at ease. Your bed had never felt more comfortable and crying always knocked you out cold. Crying. That’s when you remembered all of the details of the previous night. Crying in Michael’s arms, setting the porch on fire, kissing him, and Michael staying the night. You could still feel him laying behind you on the bed, him your big spoon to your little spoon. You sighed in contentment as you put your hand over his on your stomach. You felt him shift behind you then felt him kiss the side of your neck.

“Good morning, beautiful.” he purred.

“Good morning to you too, Michael.” you replied. You turned around still entrapped in Michael’s embrace in order to look at him directly. When you finally came face to face with him you couldn’t help but to admire him. His curly blonde hair that you were a little jealous of, his bright, sparkling, blue eyes, and those perfect pouty lips you just wanted to kiss.

“Well now, it seems you have quite the crush on me, Y/n.” he said.

“Ok, you keep doing that. Can you read my mind or something? Cause if so I’d like to know so I can stop embarrassing myself in front of you.” you asked.

“I already told you I’m as powerful as your Supreme, why wouldn’t I be able to decipher your thoughts?” he confessed.

“Well you never told me you could creep on me like that! It’s not fair! I can’t tell what you’re thinking.” you pouted.

“Maybe that’s something we can work on together. I already saw how powerful you were yesterday, we just need to harness your energy in the right direction.” he explained.

“Why do you care if I’m powerful or not? You’re already the most powerful warlock there’s ever been, why do you care about me?” you asked already feeling incompetent when it came to magic compared to Michael.

“Because I already care so much about you. More so than I probably should. And because I’ve never had a proper family or any friends or even a girlfriend. To have an ally, to have someone who would love me, unconditionally, I’ve never had that. The closest thing I have to that is the woman who I see as my true mother. She helped me through the hardest part of my life. She was there when I had no one. Then I went to Hawthorne and, though I had support, I had no one. Some of my teachers were even against me. I felt alone but I had power so I didn’t care. Then Cordelia initiated the combining of our schools. And I saw you. I saw so much of myself in you. You don’t know where you belong, powerful but afraid to use it. We can help each other, Y/n.” he ended.

He gave you a lot to think about. And you would think about it. For most of the day you muddled over everything he talked about in his speech to you. Just like yesterday, he broke your heart talking about how lonely he was. You knew what it was like to be lonely, to be different, to be rejected. It wasn’t until you came here, to Robichaux’s, that you finally found a true home. But with Michael, you questioned if maybe your rightful place was with him, not at the academy. You also thought about how he talked about a woman he saw as his “true mother”. He could basically read your mind so he probably already knew about your tragic family but you wanted to know more about him. He was very open to you, emotionally, but you wanted to know about his past. How did he first discover his powers? How did his family take it? Did they also kick him out? You made it your mission to find out as much as you could after your last lesson of the day.

Your last class was dismissed and before you could manage to run off to find Michael, Danielle stopped you.

“Hey sis, we missed you last night. You stayed home right?” she asked.

“Yeah I did. I just chilled out, had a glass of wine. You know, nothing too interesting.” you shrugged.

“Funny, cause Michael didn’t show up either. He stayed home. Did you run into him when you were all alone last night?” she winked at you. You were always the worst at lying. You knew you couldn’t let on just how involved you were with him. Afraid of what some people might think if they knew you were seen with the first ever Alpha.

“I think I saw him going into the green house, I’m not sure. I didn’t talk to him last night.” you said trying to play it cool.

“Well that’s funny cause I heard someone say they thought they saw Michael coming out of your room this morning.” she snipped. 

“Yeah right, who told you that, Coco? Coco’s such an airhead I swear she just makes shit up cause she’s bored.” you tried to divert her attention, getting her to think about anything else.

“Oh my god she’s such an airhead. I can’t believe her fucking power is she can count calories! Like ok Jenny Craig, go back to Hollywood.” she cackled.

After successfully averting Danielle’s attention you quickly were able to get away, off to find Michael. He must of heard you looking for him because as soon as you turned the corner to his room, you slammed directly into him.

“Easy there, looking for someone?” he asked, already knowing the answer.

“Yeah, I’ve been looking all over for you, come with me, I wanna talk.” you pulled him with you towards your bedroom.

“Your bedroom, eh? You sure you just wanna talk? Cause I can think of a hundred other things we could be doing on your bed than just talking?” he whispered the last sentence into your ear before biting your earlobe from behind.

Damn Michael and his ability to turn your brain into mush within seconds. Now that you were distracted, you decided a little fun couldn’t hurt now, could it? Once inside, you threw Michael against your bedroom door, crashing your lips to his. You grabbed onto both sides of his face, bringing him as close to you as possible, as Michael grabbed your waist, hands sliding down to your ass. He managed to pull you up so he was holding you up when he flipped so that your back was now pressed up against the door. You ran your fingers through his hair, making him groan into the kiss, feeling Michael’s arousal through his pants.  His hardness only making you wetter and aching for him more. You wanted him like crazy. Michael then carried you over to the bed, laying you down as he laid down on top of you. Michael took one of his hands that was holding you down and slid it under your leggings and underwear.

When his hand made contact with your clit you were already squirming, ready for him to make you cum. He slowly rubbed you, building you up while he made out with you, his tongue meeting yours. You moaned into his mouth as he started rubbing faster. He moved his mouth to the side of your neck, kissing and sucking down to your collarbone then back up your ear, switching sides as he did. He finally brought his fingers down to your folds, feeling how wet your entrance was. He gathered some of the wetness on his fingers so he could finally be inside you without hurting you. He finally thrust two of his fingers inside you and you cried out. He started slowly using a “come hither” motion, slowly building up speed as he heard you crying out, “Michael.” and, “Faster.”. 

It didn’t take much longer before you felt yourself ready to explode. You bit your lip to keep from yelling too loudly as Michael fingered you through your orgasm. He was relentlessly hitting your g-spot every time, spurring on another orgasm almost immediately after your first one. After you finally came down, Michael pulled his hand out of you and pulled his hand up to his face, examining it. He pulled his hand into his mouth, licking it clean, and you almost came for a third time. He moaned, eyes closed, sucking his fingers clean. Once he’d finished, you grabbed his face, kissing him roughly, still turned on. You pushed Michael down onto the bed so he was laying flat when you straddled him. You started rubbing him through his pants as you made eye contact with him, him staring down at you. You slowly unzipped his black pants, pulling off his belt, and pulling them down mid-thigh. Once it was just his boxers, you started rubbing him through the thin fabric. He laid his head back, closing his eyes, reveling in the feeling. Once you were done teasing you brought his boxers down so you could see all of him. 

He looked good like this, you thought. Sex hair, little bit of sweat, clothes askew, looking at you like you were the only person in the world. You were high off the feeling of ecstasy as you pleasured Michael, rubbing his already rock hard length. When you finally leant down to put him in your mouth, Michael let out the most pornographic moan. You bobbed up and down, moaning with him still in your mouth, the vibrations adding to a more intense pleasure. Michael brought his hands to hold your head, holding your hair out of the way. As you bobbed your head up and down your hand was rubbing the remaining length that you couldn’t fit down your throat. You continued to tease and lick his length inside your mouth, unrelentingly, bringing him closer to the edge. You could tell he was close because he started to become even more restless before finally tensing up beneath you. 

You kept him inside your mouth as he came inside of it, you swallowing every last bit of his orgasm. When he had finished, you lifted your mouth off, wiping the sides of the mouth, catching any drool that might’ve spilled. Michael was still laying on the bed, completely blissed out when you crawled up next to him, laying on your stomach, head in your hands. 

“Was that what you had in mind?” you teased.

“We need to do that more often.” he breathed, still getting his heart rate back to normal. He sat up then, fixing his pants, getting his uniform back in order, you doing the same.

Hopefully now that Michael was all relaxed, you’d have a better chance of him telling you all about his past. After what just transpired, this was no longer just a crush, this was something bigger, a lot bigger.

@langdonzvoid

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We’ve all got some pretty busy lives, and we never expect you to know everything going on in the rp. So this is your weekly update! For the week of January 21 - January 28.

NEW CHARACTERS

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LOST

Mya Daniels

STARTERS THIS WEEK:

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Lyssa

Chiara

Felicity

Cordelia

Afrondita

Daizy

Corey

ON HIATUS

Isabella Hallow, Daizy Groleau - 1/30

Audrey Sheckard - 1/30

Camila Reyes, Sam Rogers, Susie Matherson - 1/30

Charlotte Starr, Harley Carmichael, Joey Daniels, Reyna Santos -1/30

Bambi Bianchi - 2/2

Cordelia Romanov, Delta Davenport - 2/7

Katerina Russo, Willow Turner, Zelda Amari - 2/8

Samson Bass - 2/10

WANTED

Eveleen McCarthy would like her Ex-girlfriend to join us! [INFO]

Billy Franklin would like her sister to join us! [INFO]

Nora Pond (Madelaine Petsch FC) would like her coworker/partner-in-crime to join us!

Billy Franklin (Melissa Benosit FC) would like her former childhood friend to join us!

Delta Davenport (Dominique Provost-Chalkley FC) would like her sister to join us!

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MEMES & TASKS

Task: Bold What Applies!

Meme: Kid Meme

EVENT INFO/ IMPORTANT

Birthday: Sam Rogers is now 28