#this is how i got characters like big sad. consequence. and violet

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Here's a tip if you want character ideas: If you have a copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch (doesn't matter where you get it), open it up and set up a fight with random fighters. You're not fighting. CPUs only.

Make characters out of those random fighters. Start a fighting tournament with them. Create lore, create a backstory, create drama, make designs of them based on which fighter they are, have fun!

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Top 5 Aasim Moments

Is anyone surprised that when CJ asked if people wanted to collaborate on a Top 5 post about a character that I’d choose my favourite pyro?

This was quite fun to talk about and I know everyone else who collaborated on this idea shared the sentiment. If you wanna check out some other lists:

@stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale talks about Louis @kaylee-wolf talks about James @taurusicorn2400 talks about Violet @akemi-rose578​ talks about Ruby

Though in all seriousness, Aasim is probably one of my favourite characters from the whole series, and I feel like even as a side-character he has some very good moments that reflect well on who he is as a person. And while most of what we see are only small details, I like what those little details could mean if they were expanded upon.

So yeah, here are my personal Top 5 Aasim Moments from the Final Season.

5. “Aasim was the third.”

“Aasim said you knew how to survive. He could just tell that the school would be safer with you there. I voted for you because I liked you, but his reason, it was better.” 

This is one of those things that I think sums up a lot about what kind of person Aasim is. He is thinking about the big picture and the long term consequences from a logical standpoint rather than a purely emotional one. Violet and Tenn have more emotional reasons for wanting Clementine and AJ to stay – and that is all fine and dandy, but I personally like the distinction that Tenn makes which implies that Aasim is trying to consider the future of everyone at the school. 

It doesn’t matter if you’ve been really nice to him or horrible, he sees Clementine and AJ as people they need to keep around if there’s some guy in the woods who has already taken some of the kids from the school before. It is simply a smarter move to keep the people who know how to survive close by when there may be an impending danger creeping around.

And I think it’s also really telling that he’s only known Clementine and AJ for a few days at the time of the vote, and he’s already gotten a read on their skills. It seems a little counter-intuitive given his sometimes awkward social abilities, but he’s clearly observant and using those observations to inform his decision making.

Plus on a personal level, I like that this shows Aasim as like a middle ground between Violet and Louis. Violet seems to vote in terms of Marlon deserving punishment, and therefore AJ did nothing wrong and shouldn’t receive any repercussions for his actions - whereas Louis just lost his friend and knows that AJ is a threat, and he’s voting from an emotional standpoint where he’s hurt and isn’t focusing on the future because of it.

I find both those mentalities realistic and in-character, but too extreme - Aasim is upset by the death of his friends, he acknowledges that Marlon had made some bad decisions, but he still votes for the pair to stay. He feels like the only character who is listening to the explanations and processing things clearly. 

Overall, I really like the way that Tenn tells us about this moment – I just wish that maybe this revelation came earlier in the plot so that we could potentially bring up the discussion with Aasim and thank him, or hear more of his thoughts overall.

4. Going hunting for rabbits

The only pure, one-on-one interaction you can have with Aasim. And I just wish there were more moments like this.

I like that Aasim will ask Clementine if she’s a good shot – and he will take her word for it and let her help without any undercurrent of doubt. And if you do well, he’s quick to say that it’s thanks to you that they’ll end up with more rabbits than expected today. 

It’s just nice, ya know? It’s an acknowledgement that we are making an effort and it is appreciated. 

And it once again gives you more insight into his priorities – he cares about the group and is hoping that Clem shares his mentality of prioritising the group’s wellbeing and survival first. That she is ok with putting the work in to make sure that they not only get through today, but tomorrow and the next.

Perhaps this is all down to personal preference – but in this series I really really like meeting characters with that mentality. There are too many groups that we meet who don’t have long-term plans, or their plan is essentially to make it up as they go along, take what they need and screw the consequences.

Forward thinking is a really good quality to have in the environment they’re all stuck in, and this scene cements that. I just wish there were more scenes where I could reciprocate having this mentality and potentially find a way to corroborate ideas on where the school is heading.

3. Standing up for Clementine and AJ during the Marlon drama

This is technically spread out between two parts – how Aasim deals with the twin revelation, and also how he deals with the aftermath of AJ shooting Marlon.

It is a very tense situation, emotions are running high, everyone has just learned some unhappy secrets, they are trying to process that Brody has just died, and a gun is being passed around like a hot potato and pointed everywhere. A lot of the kids are confused and unsure if what they’re hearing is truth or lie. 

And naturally, since Marlon doesn’t want the truth to come out like that, he isn’t trying to clear things up. If he doesn’t let Clem explain either and simply paints her as the threat and the liar then it is easier for him to gloss over the details. And in reality, no one wants to believe someone they trusted would hide something so heavy from them – and some people would rather continue to trust them because that feels better. That makes us feel like we haven’t been betrayed.

But Aasim doesn’t do that. He wants to hear the story, and he makes sure he shuts Marlon down in his attempts to stop Clementine from explaining herself. Keep in mind, this is also at a time when Marlon has the gun, and is threatening to shoot Clem if she doesn’t shut up. To speak up at all in this moment is dangerous, especially when you are siding against the person with the gun.

I know that the main point of this scene is to appeal to either Louis or Violet – but we shouldn’t forget that we didn’t need to appeal to Aasim for him to stand up for you in his own way. He does that for himself because it’s the right thing to do – you let people explain themselves when something happens. He might not get in the middle of the fight like Louis or Violet, but I still appreciate that he picks up that something is wrong and gives Clem the opportunity to speak up.

Yet of course, we know what happens at the end of that episode regardless of how we play this final scene. 

Marlon gets shot. AJ doesn’t understand why everyone is angry. Violet pulls her cleaver out and tells Clem and AJ to go inside, while pretty much everyone else is stuck somewhere between wanting to punch someone and bursting into tears.

While everyone is stuck in this limbo of anger and sadness, Clem leads AJ back towards the dorms. And Mitch isn’t pleased in the slightest and pulls his little knife on the duo. And this is the second time in this whole drama that Aasim steps in to deescalate. 

If you choose the silent option [...] or let the timer run out on this choice, Aasim will tell Mitch off, telling him to stop and that what he is doing isn’t helping.

It’s a little thing, but if people have seen me comment on argumentative scenes in these game, I don’t like when characters don’t know how to deescalate. So having a character blatantly point out how fighting fire with fire sometimes just causes a bigger fire and burns everyone – yeah, I appreciate that. Any character who deescalates is a good thing in this series.

2. Watching out for his friends on the boat

Imagine being on that boat, being scared and hearing your friends in clear distress, when suddenly someone appears to break you out – and instead of simply saying “great, get me the hell outta here”, Aasim and Omar wait for Clem to attend to Louis/Violet first.

They know that the highest priority at that moment isn’t them, it’s their friend who has received more direct attention from Lilly.

But then of course things get worse and Clem gets caught too. And Regardless of who is captured, the first thing Clementine hears when trying to find an escape is Aasim asking her if she’s alright. Thanks for checking in, Aasim, that’s a good friend move there.

And that’s his whole thing with the boat – he is watching out for everyone else there. He watches out for Clem who just got there, and in the escape from the boat he is either being the shoulder for Omar to lean on, or he beelines over to Louis to support him after his ordeals from being captured.

He just... aaah, he’s being a good friend and trying to help. It isn’t self-preservation that drives his actions, it’s the preservation of the group as a whole. After everything that happened on that boat, I don’t think we could blame the characters if they wanted to hightail it out of there without thinking. Aasim doesn’t forget about his friends in spite of how scared he tells us he is. How can I see this and not think he’s just an incredible friend to have in the apocalypse?

1. Protecting Willy from the raiders

This is another point with two parts.

The first part is obvious – Mitch has just been stabbed in the throat, and Willy is prepared to run out there into the thick of things. It is only Aasim being quick to grab a hold of him that stops the boy from meeting a similar fate.

And it’s awful to think about – Mitch was a friend to both of them, they’re both probably shocked, hurting, and they don’t have the time to do anything about it. They can’t save him, it’s too late, and they can’t mourn him or do anything. Somehow, Aasim can at least keep his head clear enough to stop Willy from getting himself hurt too. And I can’t help but feel how bad that must hurt emotionally too, to be forced to hold everything back because you have to prioritise everything else over your friend who is dying.

Yet they don’t break. They keep moving. It takes a lot of inner strength to not crumble, and these two manage.

But then there is the second part to this point – and hear me out, we’re entering speculation territory.

The raid continues, and the kids carry on with their plan and fall-back to the admin building. They set off their traps, end up stuck up stairs, and Abel decides to throw a molotov towards them. In the next moment Clem and AJ go into the headmaster’s office, and Aasim and Willy turn and move somewhere down the hallway.

We don’t see either of them again until Clem is outside and given the choice to save Louis or Violet. And when we do see them, it’s seeing Aasim unconscious in the back of the cart, and then Willy suddenly appears behind Clem as he exits the admin building.

…

How?

Aasim and Willy were together when we last saw them, and yet somehow Aasim got caught and Willy stayed in the admin building somewhere?

It doesn’t make sense to me. Aasim had been shown as the one who would be less likely to get caught out of the pair. And surely if they managed to get Aasim they should have been able to more easily get Willy too, right? So why didn’t they?

The most logical answer I can come up is that Aasim got caught while attempting to keep Willy hidden from the other raiders. Whether he was playing distraction and got caught in that task, or if he simply didn’t have time to hide/run after Willy got somewhere safe, in either case I feel like that’s a huge risk to take to save someone else. 

But he does that, and I think it’s an incredibly selfless move to make. And I really do believe he will do that - I believe he cares enough to go the extra mile to keep his friends safe.

And I want the details. I love everything that is implied in these moments, but I want those details solidified.

That is the thing about me adoring Aasim as a character - there’s less concrete information to latch onto, but what is there is good. 

Are there any other things I missed that you guys love? Let me know - always happy to talk about the pyro.

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I JUST FOUND OUT BEE AND PUPPYCAT HAD A SECOND SEASON! GUESS WHAT I JUST FINISHED WATCHING!

Oh my fucking god holy shit, my guys! This show. This fucking show. Where do I even start! First off

SPOILERS!!!!!!

YOU DO NOT WANT TO WALK INTO THIS SEASON, THIS SHOW, WITH SPOILERS! DO NOT FUCKING LOOK, THIS IS 1000% SPOILER TERRITORY!!!

So I will be taking the extra step of taking my laptop out, and continuing this on there(and after I wake up because it's 4am and I regret absolutely NONE of this whatsoever because, guys, I love this show with everything I have left to my being, I swear, I will die for a third season)

Warning: This is a long one.

OKOKOKOK! I know I know! It’s been uh...A Month since I first posted this! BUT I am Here Now and Ready!!! I am less than 10 seconds into the first episode of season 2 and I am already So Ready to relive this!!(Dream SMP has Nothing on this show, God I Love This Show Far Too Much!!!!!!)

...First ten minutes...I have So Much I want to say...Just-just a lot of love...

okokokokokokokokokok!!!!!! I think I know how I’m going to do this now! One bullet for each episode! Let’s see if I stick with it.

Gentle Touch

In the first episode we already get a big game changer for Bee and her development. Bee becoming more responsible as a favor for Deckard. He asks her to take care of his family while he’s at cooking school and we already see her doing this. Going out to the ocean with Weasley, going out of her comfort zone for people she’s practically family to, which is why we got the beginning flashback, once again going out of her comfort zone to stop Puppycat from punching kittens, And Finally, coming out from her nap cupboard to face Howl and help pay for bills by eating ugly food.

Little Fingers

Ooh, this one has foreshadowing dream sequence. I would say more about it if it had more significance, but it’s really just what happens to Bee in the last ep. This episode brings more of Bee being responsible, trying to take her phone away from Puppycat so he stops making bad purchases. This episode made me realize what Puppycat’s role is this season, the child. Or something among those lines. He’s the same as he was last season, but it seems/is a bit more exaggerated because Bee isn’t doing the same things anymore. She’s started to care about consequences. And speaking about consequences, Toast announces she’s pregnant while confirming that she’s been staying...in Cass’s room(?)...weird, but ok, and by Tim pointing and Merlin’s reaction, it’s Merlin’s...but also everyone else seemed like they thought they were the culprit and I don’t want to think about the implications of that....MOVING ON-OH WAIT, And Cardamon’s mom is spouting magic tears that messes with the plants, so there’s that.

Snow and Violets

I’m going to be honest, I’m not 100% sure what to put here and I’m loosing steam. (I’ve been awake since 3 am...) But I think I can put something. The situation with Mr. Cup is the definition of being haunted by your past. The guilt and regret of cheating in the past has made him lose his motivation to give it his all in racing because, what’s the point? Motivation and not caring was his norm, so he just stuck with it. Until Bee, and now he can be a rainbow and sleep with less guilt and regret on his conscience. The thing with the island rapidly changing could be one of three things. Something to do with the ship that  Is the island, a metaphor for change, or something really cool the creators just wanted.

Day off Work

Not Too much to note for this ep overall. Puppycat totally did do the ‘wrecking the house in search for the owner’ thing dogs do. Finally, a dog trait! Every time I see Cardamon now I just get sad cause he’s 7, and should Not be doing landlord stuff. Bee showing worry about how Cardamon’s mom is still asleep and being worried about Cardamon himself, I’m just glad someone’s noticing. I keep forgetting that some people haven’t watched the pilot so they don’t know about Puppycat being a Space Outlaw, so when he found all his stuff under the apartment I was less surprised and more excited. The two last things I want to say is I think it’s interesting/cool/intriguing how the Wizard family just takes every weird thing either in stride, unquestioningly, or ignorance. Just trying to pretend it didn’t happen so they don’t have to deal with it(other than Crispin, but he’s coming up). And the last thing I just want to bring to light is CARDAMON BEING SO CUTE IN THE LAST SCENE! JUST BEING A CHILD! AND LAUGHING WITH HIS DOG! ON A FUNNY CHAIR! I LOVE HIM YOUR HONOR AND I WILL PROTECT THAT SMILE WITH MY WHOLE BEING!!!

My Favorite

Note, Pretty Patrick is also The Mayor. Alright. It’s definitely been a few months and you can see the relationship between Howl and Bee has gotten better, not that it was too bad to begin with, just a bit less peeved on Howl’s end. The theme of Bee being responsible is brought into play again with the train station scene. Telling Puppycat to not hit and the way Puppycat was acting around Patrick. All little kid stuff. Which also kind of clashes with what I thought was Puppycat being older than Bee by a lot, I’m honestly slowly getting more and more confused exactly how I should perceive Puppycat. THE FIRST REAL LOOK AT THE HAND GUYS! I’m still not sure what their deals are, but they have a corpse on their hands and that is already the biggest red flag. I have a guess as to what/who they are in relation to Puppycat and, by acquaintance, Bee, but I could be wrong, but I also can’t think of any other people they may be. I’ll bring it back up either the next time we see them or at the end.

Did You Remember

Grampa Puppycat cares about his granddaughter a whole lot. Don’t @ me, their dynamic is more confusing than a moving maze...Now this episode, ooh boy, it feels like a lot, but in a minimal way? First off, Cardamon finally breaks down about the stress of being a 7 year old landlord and Bee takes care of him for the day. Big Sis Bee For The Win! DON’T @ ME I MAKE UP MY OWN FAMILY DYNAMICS!!! Kind of continuing from the first sentence, Puppycat and Bee love each other(I Stand By Platonically For Them) so much already, for them it’s been a little over a year considering Puppycat fell into Bee’s life before her last birthday and now they’re celebrating another one. And I must admit, I can not for the life of me figure out wtf the deal is with the tears. They have little shapes of recent events in them and they make plants weird/straight up just make life! Like, What Even Is That?! Also, Cardamon finally gets a good sleep.

Bird Friend

Ok, so we got more ship pieces, a most likely reason as to why Puppycat was Like That in the last few episodes of season 1 and has been goopy every now and again in this season. Apparently eating things he shouldn’t eat make him Extremely off model and goopy. More hands! But not the rest of them this time around. I wonder if Sticky’s hunt for all the birds has any significance other than showing us another piece. Puppycat breaking down and spilling a few secrets after stress eating off the floor and Bee immediately saying no to someone else telling her what’s wrong with Puppycat and letting him come to her first instead of forcing him is always such a good lesson to have. Also, Cass is into weirdly shaped shiny things.

Two Clown Noses

Ah, it’s this one. The one that Really throws a wrench into the Bee/Deckard ship. THEY’RE BOTH SO CUTE! I CAN’T CHOOSE!!! This entire episode is just Crispin and Bee hanging out with the added angst of the beginning ‘story’. This world is full of such amazingly crazy characters and Crispin’s backstory is one of those crazier ones. Bee and him Lived Together and Know Each Other, he knows she’s a robot! My only question is, what happened that they broke up? WAIT- DID THEY EVEN BREAK UP?! It would be weird if they weren’t because they were living together and then they decide to live separate again would make no sense. I think I just jumped to the weirdest conclusion...Anyway! How would Puppycat get sick? I feel like that was just another thing they added to create different dynamics. The beginning birthday thing and the conclusion felt so real even though the cause was something so out there that I feel like only animated shows like this could pass, but also I feel like someone out there has done something similar, so what do I know. Yeah, not much else about this episode, it was mostly just Bee/Crispin stuff and character stuff. Gosh they’re so cute...but so is Bee/Deckard. Being a multishipper is hard...

Funny Lying

RIGHT! THEY’RE CALLED THE WARLOCKS! THAT’S THE TITLE I WAS FORGETTING! Tim knows everyone’s secrets, comes with the perk of having a lot of time and not talking much, you observe everyone else while they think you’re doing something else. I know from experience. Eavesdropping is a specialty of mine. SHIT THIS IS THE ONE WHERE CASS GETS THE MESSAGE DISSING HER FOR FALLING FOR TOAST FROM A COWORKER! I caught those vibes during the first season, but then the first half of this season came along and I was forced to drop those vibes in favor of cannon because TOAST WAS PREGOS WITH ONE OF CASS’S BROTHER’S KIDS! I’m good at catching gay vibes in fictional worlds, but I’m shit in the real world, just like everything else. And the thing is, we don’t get Any kind of explanation/closure for the entire rest of the season! We see Toast totally shocked reaction, probably moments before she was going to sneak attack Cass, but froze upon seeing that text. AND WE GET NOTHING ABOUT THAT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON! Anyway, that was only like 2 minutes into the ep, this is taking forever. We got more Bee being responsible for Cardamon and getting rid of the tears, but the biggest part of this episode is undoubtedly Puppycat’s scenes. We got him sinking to the bottom of the ocean and getting cradled by flowers created by the tears next to the ship. We find out he was bullied and ridiculed in school as a kid and his best friend(idk what else they would be counted as), Violet, convinced him to leave their planet after they accidently summon their ship, leaving Puppycat’s mother behind. seeing how he cried about leaving her she seems to have been a great caretaker and he loved her immensely. We get the scene of Bee’s dad as a baby/Very young child on a mission, giving a presentation, and finding the candy to be a source of energy by cracking it open. Making me think, ‘Is that Bee’s fuel source? If it is, how would not taking full doses for two years effect her?’ because in the first season she splits the candy in half to share with Puppycat and in this season she didn’t eat the candy at all. Makes me even more worried for the future knowing what state she’s in when this season ends. With the last flower fever dream/memory it seems that the princess that he fell in love with was the one to make the final move to turning him into a ‘monster.’ Don’t worry tho, Bee saved him from the bottom of the ocean 

Golden Eyes

(I’m getting more and more tired as this goes one. I started doing this at around 12 this morning and now it’s nearing 6 pm. I’m loosing it!) We got another birthday and it’s Howl’s this time, though it’s not really his episode. The fish are attracted to the wish crystals for some reason and one eats a bit of it to be ‘human’ for a day. I love how the fish hated being a human and Weasley didn’t even notice it was a date. I don’t know if it was or not, but ending on that was funny. We got the return of the major douche from the season 1 finally and a mention of Moully. 

Why Don’t You Help Me?

(I took a break between episodes, aka I went tf to sleep, because I was falling asleep at the table and not really processing everything enough for what I’m trying to do) Ok, so this is a day in the life of Cardamon episode with supposed parelles to the Warlocks. We start with the red one stuck and the others unwilling to help...and then they start drawing Puppycat’s face on the 5th one’s corpse and these guys just do not care that it’s a dead body that they supposedly killed themselves. In short, they have all my fear because they are uncaring about body counts. Cardamon still goes to school on top of being a self proclaimed landlord and gets made fun of for being responsible and tattling at every chance he gets. Something I just noticed too is, at first I just assumed he was finally getting tired after being an adult in a child’s body for who knows how long, but now I’m thinking if he’s supposed to be asleep with Violet, his mom, then the reason for him being so tired is being awake too long. It could most likely be both, too. Just like Cardamon, I have no idea what all the tears mean. In the most recent one was see Moully as the charm in the center. What’s the pattern with these? Again we see Bee being responsible and taking care of Cardamon, making sure he gets home safe, tucking him in, and pulling an all night favor so he can sleep and get to school in the morning. Speaking of that, I can’t say I like Cardamon’s teachers all that much. I could rant about them, but this is already long and they’re not worth it. My only real question is, why the hell are their clothes so ragged and dirty? Do they not know how to bathe? Just, WTF? (either that or they’re Really not trying to hide their *ahem* activities from the kids, which just makes me want to punch sense into them or something)

Now I’m Really Alone

MOULLY!!!! Sorry, I just love him a lot. From what I can put together, he’s some kind of gift giving being. Giving wishes, exchanging good deeds and quick favors for other good deeds and favors. Just being Really nice and wanting to help everyone he comes across. This episode makes me see so much in common between Bee and Moully. They both want to help even when they don’t know how. Making messes and finding ways clean up those messes out of guilt and the feeling of obligation. They both have lost things they need to pick up and the knowledge that they have all the time in the world because they’ve both been alive for so long. It keeps getting hinted, but now kind of confirmed, that the Wizard’s know Bee is Weird because they haven’t seen her age. Hell, seeing how she interacts with Cardamon she could have even baby sat them. So all the Wizard’s know she’s Weird and, supposedly, only Crispin knew she was a robot. That was until Deckard found out in the season 1 finally. Once again bringing up the point of people in the Wizard family finding something out and ignoring it and hiding it. In the season 1 finally, Tim asked Cass if Deckard wasn’t depressed anymore, practically saying that Deckard has some form of depression. Depression being a mental illness that runs in families, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that some other members of the family have similar problems. One of the things I remember depression doing is the person will see a problem and ignore it. Something that many people in this show do with the weirdness around them and the emotional states/situations of the other people in the show. This season is about finally seeing the thing you’ve been ignoring and doing something about it. And that’s what Bee’s been doing this season, taking charge and finally getting her junk out of the ocean and getting REALLY far out of her comfort zone. She HATES water and the ocean, but she’s diving in to take back what’s hers and cleaning up a mess. There’s A Lot to analyze with this episode, the similarities of Moully’s and Bee’s situations and personalities, Puppycat being the responsible one again for the long run of things, the tears and how the wish crystals work, and the state of multiple character’s minds. Ignorance is bliss until it isn’t.

I Won’t Leave You Alone

Ok, SO MANY NOTES! Which makes sense seeing how it’s the last episode. First off, THOSE WARLOCK BASTDARDS VIOLATED MOULLY AND IF THEY WERE REAL I WOULD THROTLE THEM TILL THEIR HEADS POPPED OFF!!! I am a very protective person when it comes to things I care about. And I’m going to say it here and now incase something comes up of it, Cooking Prince gives be Colorful Vibes, if you know what I mean. You don’t follow someone home and bother them when they don’t want to be bothered unless you’re Into into them. That’s all I’m saying and if nothing comes of it, I will drop it. I’m barely hanging onto it to begin with. So, last episode we watched one of three hands punching the other hands to let Moully go, and in this episode it’s confirmed that the day Moully was pulled through the void, the 5th warlock died. My theory with that is, the 5th one was against getting Puppycat in some way and retaliated by fighting them off of Moully and then the others retaliated by killing them in some way. And the tears in this episode didn’t give life to the corpse, but grew new life over top of it, the tears can’t bring the dead back. The ship gets put back together and we see Puppycat being pretty selfish again, bringing the ship online while Bee gets scooped trying to help Moully. He indirectly helped, but only after he got what he wanted. Cooking Prince, an outsider, brings up how everything going on on the island is Weird and Cass celebrates someone acknowledging it. Once again, bringing back the ‘ignorance is bliss until it’s not’ thing going on around here. Cardamon does more childish things this episode, making a wish and crying in his mother’s arms. He got to finally let go of his responsibilities and let it out until he passed out, and now he gets to sleep again. Moully and Bee are out of commission and the Wizard’s+Cooking Prince stay one the island/ship to be with Bee even though they are mostly confused about EVERYTHING going on rn. Bee has multiple Bees now while she’s out, and so, they go looking for Bee’s dad. I have a feeling he has at least some white hairs by now.

I remember watching this season for the first time. I remember I definitely cried at multiple points, but I can’t exactly remember what points now. I didn’t cry this time, I was too busy taking everything in and trying to put what little pieces I could find together. The first season was to get us used to this world and get comfortable for a chill ride, but then it smacks you in the face with something much bigger at the very end. This season was to make you pay more attention and to question your surroundings. It was also about the first steps to taking charge of your life. If Bee didn’t do all the responsible things she did this season, the warlocks would have probably gotten Puppycat while the island went to shambles. Actions have consequences and that’s what this was about. I believe next season is why ‘Lazy in Space’ was the title. The characters are going to be in space, looking for Bee’s dad, and will acknowledge all the weird things going on while developing, excuse the pun, in out of this world ways. 

I can’t wait for season 3.

[araminakilla]

Huey and D'jinn possible parallels

As we know, Huey is the center of this season and even if he wasn't present in all the episodes, the ones in which he appears are excelent and contribute for some character development. I bet we are going to see paralels between him and other characters. Dewey has Della, Jormungandr in the neutral side and Don Karnage in the villain side, Louie has Goldie and Gladstone. Huey has Fenton, maybe Gyro, Donald and definetly Fethry Duck, Boyd and Violet Sabrewing. But what if he had parallels with someone who isn't science-related? Someone who has more common grounds in terms of liking history other than Violet (who is now a recurring character)? I have a feeling that it's a side character who is going to return not that soon but in the last episodes.

I'm talking about Faris D'jinn and in this (long) post I'm going to explain why.

First of all, their (brief) interactions. Huey was the first member of the Duck family to meet D'jinn and he was the one who asked if him and Amunet were ok in Moonvasion!

Now this may be very brief but I theorise Huey is going to have more conversations with Faris the next time he appears. They have many things in common after all.

What are those things you may ask? Apart of wearing red in their clothes.

Well, that is the second point. Both like order and things going their way because it makes them easy and in Huey's case, secure.

D'jinn had one thing in mind in all the Treasure of the Found Lamp! episode: To find the lamp of his ancestors in his birthday or devastating consequences would happen aka he's going to be sad. This could count as hyperfocusing on something, that would be the lamp and the story behind it.

He was so concentrated on that matter that he involved the duck family in a quest that some of them (Scrooge and Louie) didn't want to be part of, but felt they have no choice.

This reminds me of the episode where it was Scrooge's birthday and Huey wanted to prove that he could be a better party planner than Duckworth (the already deceased buttler) to the point of only for one second to transform into "the Duke", you know, that facet of Huey that cames to life when a great injustice was made like when Mark Beaks made Dewey the superior of Huey despite the fact that the Blue One didn't put as much effort as the Red One or when a boss character ruins his carefully cultivated farm plot in Legends of Legendquest and the older sibling went mad.

Well, D'jinn had moments that from his point of view count as injustices too. First the lamp was stolen centuries ago, then he finds where it is and goes to Scrooge to have it back, then the old duck tells him the lamp was misplaced. Since Faris had a schedule that he must complete before it's too late, he proposes to find the lamp in a rather...intense way that ends up scaring the ducks. Then he goes to Itaquack and spends maybe hours solving riddles and he knows they are stalling him and gets more impatient. THEN he discovers the lamp was stolen AGAIN under his nose by Ma Beagle and that he was SO close to obtain it right there. These last things of course couldn't happen as the quest was fake but Faris didn't know that.

While I don't think D'jinn has a whole "Duke" persona, he has little moments of intensity that instead of helping him only makes things worse.

It's because these moments of intensity and misunderstandings that the ducks had to make a false quest to obtain more time and stop D'jinn for...wanting to kill them.

No, seriously, the family thought they were death duck meat if they didn't find the lamp which again it's a big misunderstanding, as we found out Faris isn't the kind of guy who is violent just because and he wouldn't kill enemies.

Look, D'jinn is my favorite side character in all Ducktales and I even made a big analysis of why he is a great character a year ago. But... guy has poor communication skills. Let's admit it, many of you wouldn't stay in the same room as someone who not only is very (very) dramatic but also has weapons at their disposition.

Anyway going back to Huey...the Red Bean also has problems with communication. For example, as @pholux-twg pointed out, many things could have been resolved if only Huey had the time to explain his insecurities and point of view in The Trickening!, something he didn't do well in Scrooge's birthday.

And talking about that episode again, he was pushing his siblings to do the perfect birthday for Scrooge, something that Scrooge himself didn't want to. Huey had good intentions when trying to organize the party but his actions and considerations of other people's feelings were not productive, just like D'jinn had good intentions at getting the lamp back but the way he tried to obtain it just scared everybody.

Also to me it is very amusing that D'jinn is a warrior who trusts everybody so much (I mean, he didn't stop to consider if Ma Beagle was lying about the lamp, he believed her inmediatly) and falls for simple jokes as the "got your nose" joke. It is possible that he's not that naive but simply he doesn't really know when somebody is lying or not even if it's very obvious. Just like Huey is Mister "I'm not good at imagination stuff" D'jinn could be "I'm not good at detecting lies and metaphorical jokes"

Then we have the scroll that D'jinn owns and it has the story of his family, his quest for the perfect birthday gift and maybe more information, he writes on it what he has accomplished and that reminds me of the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook that Huey has for guidance. We don't know what could happen if Faris lost the scroll because it seems that he also uses it for guidance in his quests (or in the quest of his life)

Gif belong to @pholux-twg , @stevenfallsvs and @greatgamedota

Also I would like to point out that Huey had moments of stimming in Season 3 and I think D'jinn had moments of this in his debut episode...if spinning his sword many times counts as stimming, because maybe is a cool thing that he does when trying to impresionte those around him but maybe...just maybe he spins his sword when experiencing strong emotions like:

Anger

Determination

Hapiness

But wait you would say, that doesn't make sense as he has the same stoic face in the three gifs.

Yeah, but the thing is, and this is one of the theories that I have...he's masking.

During all the journey he's excited but mostly reserved and it's only when he understood that everyone thought there was a genie in the lamp and said object was now at his disposition that he broke his stoic and serious presence and began to show more than just one emotion.

But from a brief moment before the battle with the Beagle Boys we see the moment he discovers all his quest was a charade to stop him from getting angry, we get this:

He's confused, sad, hurt and angry again when facing the ducks. Then as he questions if everything was fake he seems sad again.

This is of course justified in that he's a tough warrior. Heavens forbid if he shows emotions that could be perceived as weak in front of his allies and enemies.

But we have to consider this: D'jinn lives for epic and little quests. It's his hobbie, his favorite activity, he sees life as a big quest and him as just another player and he takes that very seriously.

The thing is... the others don't. They only pay attention to him for fear of their lives. This is just a guy who you can't ignore. Like I said before Scrooge and Louie only want to escape the problem they got into and even Huey is amazed at how much dedication the warrior puts on the lamp and the quest.

Huey (to Louie): D'jinn monologued about this lamp and the Ifrit's Dawn for ten minutes without blinking!

Taking into account that, let's go back to Faris realizing the ducks lied to him. They used his favorite hobby and interest as a joke. Without saying it, the ducks practicaly said: "You know, we don't care about being part of your quest or your lamp or listening to your dramatic stories. We just don't want to get destroyed. We want you to leave us alone as soon as possible"

And all I have to say is...ouch. OUCH

I mean, of course that supposition is not true because Dewey enjoyed the adventure and Webby was living the dream! But D'jinn didn't know that.

I also have to wonder if him not getting into drama over the lie was because he was very focused in obtaining the lamp or maybe he's just used to it. And for "it" I mean having to deal with many lies made to get rid of him and his dramatic actitude, and that actitude is not wrong or bad but some persons just don't have time or patience for that and we don't know how many people encountered the warrior in the past.

We don't know if his family is as interested and passionate about their history as D'jinn, or if he still has a brother or more siblings but (theory) if he turns out to be the only member of his family to have that passion for history and adventures then he would have another thing in common with Huey. Both love their families deeply but they feel they don't understand them.

At least we have one thing clear for sure and it is that in his last birthday, D'jinn wasn't alone.

I hope he continues to make more friends or how he puts it "allies" and please let him interact with Huey! It's the Red One's season after all.

Also as a sidenote it is interesting that in the last picture Webby, Beakly and Huey (who are confirmed to have more presence and lore in this season) were in one group together. Foreshadowing?

[ambientstars]

Puppet

Whittaker!Master X f!reader X Doctor

Gif: unknown. (If you know, please tell me so I can credit)

Warnings: mentions of abuse, angst & death of a character

(I sincerely apologise for not being able to add the ‘read more’ break, I know it’s long. Also I didn’t specify which Doctor it was so you can make it who you want it to be.)

- - -

“How could you? I trusted you!” The Doctor yelled directly at you, his hands in fists, his face red like strawberries.

The Master had just told him that for the last year of travelling with him, you’d been betraying him behind his back, getting close to him so you could do the Master’s dirty work for her.

“Stop shouting, dear, you’ll give yourself a migraine.” She sniggered, striding over to you with purpose.

She dipped you down and kissed you so deeply, so intensely, everything else around you faded away into darkness and background noise. Your arms snaked around her neck in response, holding on tight. The moan that slipped from your throat was loud enough to ring in the Doctor’s ears, not that you were paying attention to him at all anymore.

The Master hummed her appreciation for the sound and smirked as she pulled you back upright, her eyes fixed on the Doctor. “Doesn’t she sound so sweet, Doctor? Doesn’t it break your little hearts to know you could never make her make a sound like that?”

The Doctor’s face fell from confusion and anger to hurt and… acceptance?

“I just…” his voice was weak, his fighting efforts withering away. “I don’t understand.”

The Master twisted a strand of your hair around her finger for a second, while she feigned sadness, her bottom lip poking out in a pout. “Poor you, Doctor. Finally, the man who knows everything there is to know about the universe and everything in it, speechless and confused.”

Your hand absentmindedly played the buttons on the Master’s waistcoat, still pressed to her side. You glanced over at the Doctor and almost pitied him, the pain of heartbreak clearly displayed on his face. After all you did spend the best part of a year with this man, albeit reporting his every move and thought back to the Master at the end of each day, and you weren’t completely heartless.

But from the first day you met the Master, she had made sure you understood rule one, never trust anyone. The Doctor would’ve done well to have learnt that too.

“This good girl right here,” she looked you up and down, the corner of her lips tugging up into a small, proud smile. “Has been keeping you busy while I’ve been attending to some… things.”

You bit your lip in anticipation of the big reveal, ready and waiting for the Doctor’s reaction, your whole body practically buzzing with excitement. The Master noticed and shot you a look that said be patient and turned back to the man in front of you both.

“I’ve been visiting your little friends,” the Master circled the Doctor for intimidation purposes, the way her body moved and swayed as she slowly walked had you licking your lips. “Your… retired companions.”

The Doctor gave her a look of disgusted curiosity, his jaw clenched. “You better not have hurt them!”

But the Doctor knew better than that, of course she hurt them. Why else would she have visited them?

You could hardly contain the giggle that forced its way from your chest, the Master directing a sinister grin at you when she heard, understanding your joy.

“I’m sorry, Doctor, I can’t tell you that, otherwise I’d be lying.” She leant back on the console, looking at her perfectly manicured fingernails ever so casually.

“What did you do?” The Doctor spat, his face turning back red in frustration, sweat forming at his hairline.

“I started with that blonde woman you loved so much. Oh, what was her name again? Violet? Tulip?” She winked at you playfully and again you giggled, your hands unable to keep still. “Nevermind. Whatever her name was, she’s dead now.”

His face twisted into multiple forms at once, none of which you’d ever seen before. Anger, hatred, shock, you name it. “No. You couldn’t have. She’s in an alternate universe, with no way through.”

“You underestimate my abilities, Doctor. And for good measure, but mostly fun on my part, I left your little clone alive, crying pathetically.”

The Doctor gripped onto the console behind him for support, not trusting his own strength to stand anymore. He felt for the man that was basically his twin, knowing just how much he loved her and now having to live a long and miserable life without her.

“Then I went down the list of everyone you’ve ever brought aboard this ship, well the ones you’d allowed to live, and kill them all off. One by one.”

The Master came back to stand with you, her arm around your waist as you all but bounced in your spot.

“But why?”

“Because I felt like it.” The Master’s tone was very blasé, as if to say why else?, her shoulders shrugging carelessly.

“You can’t just… that’s not fair!”

As the Master spoke, she looked at you, her finger under your chin and her eyes admiring you. “What’s fairness got to do with anything? Come on, Doctor, you and I have never played fair, why start now?”

The way she looked at you sparked a fire in your core, goosebumps rising across your body. The Doctor spoke again, but his words were a mystery to you, your complete focus on the woman in front of you, now stroking your cheek with a single digit.

The Master also continued talking, her lips forming words like she had rehearsed them. Her face showed no sign of amusement now, but it was such a turn on when she was stern and serious, her brows creased and her eyes like daggers impaling your soul.

A sharp pain radiated across your cheek, your head suddenly thrown to the side.

“I asked you a question, darling,” the Master lowered the hand she had just slapped you with, her teeth gritted in irritation. “Now answer me!”

Your hand found its way to your throbbing cheek, the touch of your own skin against it stung like a thousand bee stings.

You hadn’t been paying attention, too caught up in your desire for the other woman, all senses switched off until you were abruptly brought back to reality. “I…”

The Master snared, stepping forward to put her face right in front of yours, eyes burning with something worse than anger. “Do I have to punish you?”

You remembered the last time she had punished you, trapping you in a tight, dark room and invading your head with visions of your worst nightmares, playing on a loop for days, weeks.

You remembered one particular day when she had been angered by something or someone so badly, she came to the room and released all that anger out on you through kicks and punches, beating you until you were bloodied and bruised, teetering on the edge of unconsciousness.

You weren’t sure how much time passed after that, but eventually she opened the door again and scooped you up into her arms, shushing you lovingly as you cried into her neck. She had bathed you, carefully cleaning the bumps and bruises scattered over your weak body and she sat behind on your bed as she brushed your hair until the brush ran through it like silk, telling stories of the adventures she’d had while you were locked away.

And although you forgave her in a heartbeat, just like always, from that day you decided to be on your very best behaviour for the Master, the punishment just not worth it. Until now.

“No, I just…”

“Leave her alone.” The Doctor piped up, looking at you with hurt in his eyes.

It confused you a little that the Doctor would stand up for you and have your back even after you betrayed him in the worst way possible, but you figured after spending so much time with him and bonding, on his part, over dangerous days out, it had to have something to do with it.

“Stay out of this!” The Master snapped back, her shoulders tense, her eyes never looking away from yours.

“She’s not your puppet, Master. This is between me and you, just leave her out of it.”

The Master’s face softened a little, her lips curving into a smirk. She round you to stand behind you, her chest against your back, her lips grazing the shell of your ear. “Oh, but she is.”

Her hand trailed up from your stomach to your throat where she lightly squeezed and tilted your head back to rest on her shoulder. You stood frozen, allowing her to control you in fear of the consequences.

Her eyes remained locked on the Doctor as she whispered in your ear, making sure he was still paying attention. “If you want to avoid punishment when we get home, you will do exactly as I tell you, do you understand?”

You nodded the best you could with your head back and whispered yes Master, your knees feeling like they might give out at any minute.

“Good girl. Now, go over there and hide this somewhere he won’t see it. I don’t care how you do it, just make it quick and don’t mess up.” She slipped a cold metal object into the back of the waistband on your jeans, the feeling of it forcing you to shiver against her.

She placed a simple encouraging kiss onto the side of your neck as she released her hold on you and pushed you forward toward the broken man still standing frozen in his spot.

“I have better things to be doing than standing around here at your pity party, Doctor. So I’m going to go, but you enjoy yourself, really.” The Master saluted the Doctor playfully and turned to walk away, shouting for you to hurry up behind her as she walked through the TARDIS doors.

“Doc I-“

“Please… please just don’t.” Finally he moved, turning away from you and shuffling over to the other side of the console, pressing buttons like he knew what he was doing. “Just go.”

“I’m sorry.”

Were you sorry? You didn’t know your own feelings anymore, every one of your thoughts and emotions dictated now.

The Doctor looked at you for a moment, his face practically showing all of the cogs turning in his restless mind. He looked tired, beaten down and ready to give up. It wasn’t a look you were used to seeing on this usually charismatic and charming man, his skin glowing with adrenaline, now dull and pale.

“I know.”

He walked off down a hallway of the TARDIS without another word, slipping out of sight almost instantly. You expected to feel guilt and regret right now, but you felt no different to how you had during the year you spent with the timelord, keeping him distracted.

You carefully and quietly slipped the metal object the Master had given you under a control panel of the console and followed in the Master’s footsteps, out the door without looking back.

“My sweet girl,” the Master praised as you came through the door to her TARDIS, her arms raised as if you’d been away for months and just returned home. “Excluding the minor hiccup that I will ignore for now, you did so well back there.”

Butterflies swarmed and fluttered in your stomach, a proud feeling washing over you. “Thank you.”

“Come, watch this.” She gestured you over to stand with her at the computer screen and you did so without hesitation. “Press this button right here.”

You pressed it and not even a second later, up on the screen, you saw the blue box explode into sharp pieces of wood and jagged metal, fire erupting into the air and causing the ground you were standing on to rumble like you’ve never experienced before. Aftershocks rippled through the atmosphere like radiation, your eyes never tearing away from the screen despite the TARDIS jerking around like no tomorrow.

The Master grabbed ahold of your face and forced you to look at her instead, a sickening smile playing on her lips. “Good girl.”

She kissed you hard, a kiss you did not reciprocate, and just as quickly released you to casually walk off somewhere to do God only knows what.

You allowed your eyes to once again watch the screen, now only seeing the carnage and aftermath of the Master’s doing, knowing the Doctor was in the wreckage somewhere, probably dead.

You didn’t move, couldn’t move, your mind blank and your body numb. You looked a few moments longer then switched off the screen and exited the room the same way the Master did, in search of her, hoping to find a new way to please your Master.

[migleefulmoments]

I..... can't believe Abby just posted 'meta' relating Lucy Goosey from ATOM to her evil version of Mia. Lucy is the kid version of Mother Goose, someone Chris has named MULTIPLE TIMES as his favorite character. This is a gold mine of tinhat tropes- contradicting themselves while showing they know nothing about the source material they are trying to analyze. It makes me feel bad for Chris, that his books are warped like that by people that pretend to be his fans.

I just sent Metaloma a DM about this very thing. Not only does she have no concept of the source material, but she also doesn’t get the pun that starts the entire piece “Lucy Goose pronounced “Goosey”’. Instead, she claims it reminds her of Darren pronouncing Mia’s last name “Which is not how it looks”.  Um, dunce head, EVERYONE who pronounces Mia’s last name correctly pronounces it “not how it looks”.  That is some low key racism there Abby since the names that are pronounced “not how they look” are names that come from other languages. The rest of the meta is as you said, a gold mine of cc tropes as well as Abby’s twisted school-girl fantasy of Mia’s personality and behavior- none of them real. 

I was reading about Ezmia earlier today as I wondered what fairytale the name originally came from. I couldn’t find anything but I did read a synopsis of Chris’s character. Five-year-old Ezmia was abandoned and alone in the forest after her entire village was slaughtered. The Fairy Godmother found her and raised her and “She became a fairy in the Land of Stories, a kind, honest, loving young woman who loved to help others”. The other fairies were jealous, evil magic dust was thrown and Ezmia’s became isolated and lonely.  You can read more (X). Abby must not remember that part of the story because Ezmia’s story is sad and deserves some empathy. Basically, her story is ccDarren’s story.  

I was also struck how the description of Ezmia’s adult personality is literally the exact description that Abby uses to describe Mia:

Appearance and Personality "Once upon a time, there was an enchantress," the Evil Queen began. "She was unlike all the fairies and witches that had ever lived before her; she lived without consequence and lived on desire and desire alone. She gave herself anything and everything she wanted, never caring how or who she hurt by doing so."[1]Standing in the doorway was a tall and beautiful woman. She had long magenta hair that floated and rippled above her like slow-moving flames. Her eyes were violet with long feathered eyelashes like moths' antennae. She wore a long purple gown with matching gloves and a high collar. A ghostly cape flowed around her and through the halls like a thick sheet of smoke

Abby’s post: 

Let’s Talk about the Book Again, Shall We? I was inspired by the excerpt of sequel!

This post is about the character, who I don’t think is M, though in later books, who know (she seems to perhaps have a turn in A T/ale of W/itchraft?), but I think she less desirable traits are absolutely modeled after M.  Some of my fav quotes under read more.  C I love you, I laughed at loud at some of these lines.

Lucy Goosey or as she pronounces it, “Goo-say” which we would know if we had any “class.”  Just reminds me so much of D pronouncing PBB’s last name which is not how it looks:)

C’s introduction of Lucy Goo-say:

“The girl wore a black bowler hat, an oversize black jumpsuit, big black boots, and a bottlecap necklace.  She carried a small suitcase made from a taxidermy porcupine, and a canteen made from a beaver skull was draped over her shoulder.

On describing her perception of her talents:

“We are not just a family, we’re the Goose Troupe! You can’t have a band without its star tambourine player.”

And:

“and exceptional talent… don’t forget exception talent.”

And

“And I have thousands of adoring fans.”

Our Lucy hates performing in the Southern Kingdom, due to the restrictions, described as follows, which are admittedly horrible but makes me think of things that would be of concern to our fake Mrs.:

“They’ve got all these rules about what artists are allowed to do.  We can’t sing profanity, we can’t play loudly, we can’d dance crudely, everyone has to be clothed- it takes all the fun out of it! I can’t even bang my tambourine on my hip without being fined!”

On describing Ms. Goo-say’s bedroom:

“As she stepped inside, Brystal had to remind herself she was stepping into a thirteen year old girl’s bedroom, because Lucy’s chamber looked like a tavern.” Huh, tavern, Swiller’s favorite type of place.

And my Favorite line perhaps in the entire book as it describes PBB, I mean L/ucy, so well and is a sign in her bedroom (this line wakes me want to kiss C it is so fabulous):

“PLAY HARD, WORK HARDLY.”

And upon meeting a troll, Lucy  describes herself as a “celebrity” and declares:

“I’m Lucy Goose, of the world renowned Goose Troupe. I’m sure you have been to one of my shows.  Me and my family have performed for trolls and goblins all over the In-Between.  We’re kind of a big deal around here.”

The Troll replies:

“oh yes, I remember you.  You’re the fat girl who hit the obnoxious box of chimes until I had a splitting headache.”

Remind anyone of a member of an internationally renowned touring band?

#chrisspeaksthroughatom  #atomspoilers

[rosesapriori]

plotting update

-sooo life’s gotta change for this babe obviously a little bit. i’m keeping that he was in this very fast, very falling hard “thing” and that the character just up and left the school for whatever reason. he’s gonna be a little sad for a minute, but your good ol’ jax will be back soon enough. so, what do we need for this bean?

0/2 || new love interests? definitely can be a sort of him falling hard, fast, and the feelings not being reciprocated or maybe they are? that’s up to you i guess. he’s just such a sweetheart that wants to be loved. or maybe they just have lots of sex. he likes that too -shrug emoji- 

0/1 || give me some ENEMIES. this boy is a friend to all, but there has to be someone on this earth that he can get shitty and scrappy with. i love that side of him but don’t get to explore it nearly enough. 

0/1 || this boy still doesn’t even know he has powers? how? give me a mentor or a really educated friend that can spot it or find out about it and help him begin to hone it. 

-so nothing huge was lost for sera, but i definitely need to fill some gaps in plotting.

0/1 || would love a best friend turned mortal enemy! we love a huge dramatic falling out after telling each other everything and becoming thick as thieves. details can be ironed out later of course.

0/1 || would really love for sera to get in over her head in a situation with a professor? like i know all of them sleep with students so who cares? but maybe it becomes a black-mail(y) sort of deal or she just catches feelings really hard and it’s a forbidden love type deal? i don’t even know. just ideas here folks. 

-lost a bit of some fun little stuff for andy and honestly she’s who i have the most muse for lately? maybe it’s just because i love her face. 

0/1 || i want more students that andy does NOT like. she can be very cold and she’s a tough professor despite her being kind of shit and pretty lazy. also just love that dynamic - very fun. would be even better if it were a boy, maybe some love / hate sexyness?

0/3 || i’ve realized that after getting hurt so badly by a fiance, andy would be a bit of a player to avoid catching feelings and getting hurt. gimme some men (and women!) she can sleep her feelings away with. would love for one of these sexcapades to become something more serious but not romantically? more like understands her and breaks down her walls a bit and it’s more of a soulmate in friend way? would also be amazing if the people she slept with had consequences (like getting in the middle of an existing ‘thing’ etc.) i expect that andy will have more enemies than friends in the long run here 

0/1 || i really want to replace the sexy, playful, friendship she had - someone who is equally badass and can fight - we love a good sexual tension with some play-fighting thrown in. 

-salem is probs my hardest guy to play. still figuring him out a bit? he didn’t lose much so that’s good, but he’s still lacking - help.

0/1 || would really love for him to mentor a student. maybe he pushes them a little too far? maybe it gets really intense and awful for a while? but ultimately he really finds his purpose and helps someone on a deep level

0/1 || would love for salem to lose his shit and hurt someone? could be bloodlust, could be something else, doesn’t have to be serious, but he’s been so good for so long that i think it would really fuck him up. 

0/1 || someone who knows about his past? could be used in a manipulative way (he hates the guy who he was and honestly would give a lot to change things) or to just gain power over him and break him down a bit. 

-obviously spencer lost a big part of the thing that brought him to elysium, so i’ve gotta rebuild a little bit here to make him worth keeping. because i really like him. i suppose i’m just playing it as his wife decided to move on and he had to just basically accept that really quickly. 

0/1 || spence is a SUPER romantic and connection-based guy. he functions better when he has a woman to woo and take care of and be sweet with. this doesn’t have to be an instantaneous thing (would def need to be a staff member tho) 

0/1 || give me some reason for him to go dad mode. if someone messes with beck or tries to hurt him, it’s gonna be a shit show. obviously nakita would need to be consulted if this goes anywhere, but just think it’d be fun to play with. 

0/3 || give me some clinical action! he’s really good at what he does and helping others allows him to focus not on himself. would love to have some really deep and intense meetings for him in that aspect

0/3 || my honey needs some friends. he is so kind and playful and easy-going, he needs to let loose a little. maybe one could be a bad influence? spence has had a drinking problem before and it could easily come back given the circumstances.. 

-violet! my sweetest most innocent bean. didn’t really have anything huge or plotted for her. she’s lacking a bit and i need to give her more attention.

0/1 || gimme someone who hates her innocence / naivety and just gives her a ton of shit. she’s used to being found sweet and charming and i’m not even sure how she’d handle someone not liking her. but it would be fun

0/2 || let’s try and corrupt this babe a bit! would love some bad influences for her where like she knows the stuff is wrong but is too afraid to speak up? could be a huge crossroads for her personality-wise and i’d like that to play out 

0/1 || definitely not the type to just open her legs, but would love for a sweet romantic love interest to develop with her and a guy, possibly resulting in the losing of the V card. would definitely be traumatic for her as the last person she loved she killed. so that will be an interested and drama-filled dynamic for this as well. 

-oh baby. i could look at this man all day. i just haven’t had a chance to do much with him yet. let’s do it

0/3 || students he hates and harasses / insults / harms? he’s just not a good dude and his temper can be easily fueled. i almost see him as like an alastor moody type? like when he turns malfoy into a ferret and then literally is like what? this is a problem? i thought it was a good idea. 

0/2 || even though he’s trash he needs some friends. maybe people equally as bad as him or someone sweeter and nice that hits a spot for him and he’d protect them with his life? especially if they reminded him of his sister, it’d be over for him. he’d melt 

0/1 || this man has got one hell of a past. lots of blood on his hands. would love for that to come up someone. manipulation, confrontation, taking him on because they just don’t like him? i was cassius to get fiesty. like let’s see if i can get him thrown out of elysium before someone kills him? 

0/1 || would like to fill the hole of someone he dated and got really serious with in the past? someone he’d see again after coming to elysium. we can work out the deets. 

-i may have lied. he is probably my sweetest most innocent bean. i will protect him at all costs. again, not much going yet cause he basically just got here

0/2 || he needs some really good friends that appreciate his awkward nerdiness and really love and cherish him 

0/1 || let’s get him out of his shell a little! he needs a person who will push him to test his boundaries (in a good or bad way). this boy has never really drank, done drugs, experimented with anything. someone who knows their way around and would encourage him to explore the world

0/3 || good and or bad student relationships? someone he can nerd out with or someone the gives him a hard time? being a professor was like his entire life goal so i want to expand this part of him for sure

if you’re here, you made it. obviously i hope you didn’t read it all like a novel. i’m open to other ideas too of course if you have them! 

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

Finished ep4 again.

Random thoughts as the episode progressed:

AJ’s opening narration is wonderful. Seriously, his voice acting throughout this season has been top notch and it really shines here.

Lilly’s dead body fills me with more joy than it should and I’m growing more and more concerned about that...

AND there goes my hat! Oh well, the thing was probably cursed anyway

LOUIS MY BOY! ❤️❤️ Seriously, I’m always so happy to see him, though I’m still surprised to see him so early. I’m glad that they did it this way so that I didn’t have to worry about him through half of the episode.

Also that clouis hug is just ❤️❤️❤️❤️

And I still am baffled that they blinded Violet. Like, I know the hints were always there but I didn’t actually think they’d do it, y’know? And Louis seeing her and how his eyes get so wide as the realization hits him is terrific.  If there was one thing I could add to this season is more Louis and Violet brotp moments, like a hug or something. But having them hold hands as Louis guides her to safety is pretty great. ❤️

The raiders are dying oh no...

And Minerva’s super fucked. She’s bit and out of her goddamn mind.

❤️LOUIS KISSED HER FIRST❤️

Like, two inches in front of AJ but I’m sure he’s not grossed out or anything haha

Damn Minerva calm down sheesh

AJ calling Tenn a dummy 😂

Is it just me or is Tenn’s voice deeper? Like, he sounds different than he did last episode. 

I know walkers could break into this cave any second but I gotta get them collectibles

James and his eyebrows are still mad at me...

Bro why ya gotta try and kidnap my son? Didn’t you see what happened to the last people who tried to do that?? 

Seriously though, the whole argument with James is wild. 

“you had him empty an entire clip into that woman’s head!”

“nah just half a clip” 😂😂😂

James quit pacing like that! I can’t take you seriously with that hilarious snarl on your face!

James’ voice acting is really damn good, though. I mean, it’s Johnny Yong Bosch so I wouldn’t expect anything less but it really makes the entire scene having him and Melissa Hutchison together going back and forth like this. 

Also, Tenn throughout this whole thing has to be SUPER uncomfortable haha

“You can trust me to make the hard calls.”

*exaggerated, drawn-out whale noise of despair*

But AJ’s right... he’s certainly not going to enjoy his next kill jfc

Bye James... I love you, walker man...

❤️❤️❤️❤️LOUIS❤️❤️❤️❤️

“You’re not dead. That’s good.” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Why wasn’t there an option to smooch him here?? Like, we didn’t know if he got away completely safe? He didn’t know if we were alive or worse?? Like, if there was ever a time to get some smoochin’ in IT’S NOW! I don’t care if there are children present! You literally smooched two inches in front of AJ before! PUCKER UP!

Also, I can’t be the only one who got such a dreadful vibe during this scene and while they’re walking to the bridge? Like Louis is all “It’s over! Yay let’s build a house together!” and all I could keep thinking the first time I played was “I swear on Mitch’s Masterpiece if someone just shoots Louis dead while we’re having a moment I’m going to CROAK”

But then talking about building that purple, 914-floor mansion with a tree house is basically one big “I love you” in disguise I mean c’mon

Also, I don’t think I’ve mentioned this before but Louis’ theme is my favorite. Every time I hear it during a clouis moment I practically swoon.

 “Can I help?”

“Of course you can. You’re in charge of painting.”

*gross sobbing intensifies*

Goddamn it Minerva can you just... NOT.

Tenn’s dead and I hate everything.

In all seriousness, though, as furious as it makes to me to give Minerva what her crazy, delusional ass wanted, I still feel this is slightly better than letting Louis die. It’s hard to explain, but Tenn dying this way, making the same mistakes, just seems more tragically fitting? While I feel like Louis dying because of it... isn’t. Maybe it’s selfish of me, but I’m too attached to his character to let him go like that. If Tenn wants to run into the arms of his “sister” while she’s literally being DEVOURED by walkers then... fine.

There is no right answer to this.   

While I hate this consequence and that fact that either Tenn or Louis HAVE to die, I won’t deny that it’s impactful and emotional.

 Clementine’s bit and I hate everything. 

Cue flashbacks of me repeating: “YOU HAVE AN AXE! CUT IT OFF!”

Playing as AJ is one of the sickest things in this game and I absolutely love it. 

Y’all they were really trying to make us cry, huh...?

Oh no. Clementine’s dead. Oooooooh nooooooo...

Oh hai Eddie, funny running into you here- aaaaaand he’s dead. Well.

I’m not sobbing over little baby AJ I swear-

Goddamn fish I hate fishing

ROSIE IS BEST GOODEST GIRL IN THE WORLD

I crossed out Violet and Minerva’s initials because I don’t want Violet to see them and be reminded of what her girlfriend became- wait...

Tenn, even as a walker, still found his way back towards the school AND is still doing his hand thing. Goddamn.

AASIM AND RUBY HOLD HANDS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

RUSIM IS CANON❤️❤️❤️

"Take Us Back” is such a great song...

Oh hai Clementine

Goodbye foot.

“Eh, wasn’t my favorite foot anyway.” WHY WASN’T THAT A LINE??

I don’t see Mitch’s grave, therefore, he’s still alive and in hibernation

don’t fight me on this

Omar’s laugh tho ❤️

Ruby that burp was weak. You’re never going to impress Aasim like that LEMME SHOW YOU HOW IT’S DONE

Well, while I’m not thrilled that Violet forgave Clem so easily, I am glad that they’re friends again, y’know?

Louis, I love you and I will miss you and you’re my absolute favorite and I love you and-

Aasim chasing Willy around like an older brother teasing and playing with his little brother? That’s the good shit right there.

“Did I do a good job?”

*Clementine will remember that*

Jeez, here! Just take my heart, goodness sake!

Welp. 

I’m crying again. 

Lilly’s fucking dead.

And I left Louis feeling loved. 

All is good with the world. 

except there’s still walkers roaming around but still

I’d say this is my second favorite episode because I think I like ep3 just a teeny tiny bit more, but I will note that this one did make me cry just a little bit more than ep3. Ep3 had me tearing up at Lee’s scene, but ep4 is just a rollar coaster of chaos and angry tears and sad tears and happy tears...

 All in all, this season is my favorite out of all of them. Yes, even beating s1. It really makes me wish there were 5 episodes rather than 4, but for what it is, it’s special and I love it and I can’t wait to come back and play it again.❤️

[captnswilson]

Promise me

Written by: caitlinsfears

Prompt:  Nine years after Alec's death, Magnus, with the help of Tessa, moves back in time to see Alec one last time.

Characters: Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood, Tessa Gray

"You are exceptionally quiet, Magnus. Recently, it's been hard to recognize you."

Magnus snapped his fingers and a spark flashed between them. He often did it until he finally came to the conclusion that it was a nervous tic that would be hard to combat. He looked at the bustling New York City behind the window of a small cafe. Only after a long moment, he dared to reciprocate his friend's gaze.

"My light is burning out, Tessa." His voice was as silent and weak as a breath of air. "I'm getting weaker, not only in terms of my powers. I'm afraid that I have become unable to experience deeper feelings."

There was no one in this world who could understand him better than Tessa. She, like him, knew the pain of loss and how difficult the life of a warlock was when you had survived many years. In the end, the time reaches you, it takes your strength away. You aren't so strong anymore, nothing is able to make you feel anything. In the end, you only exist.

"It's about Alec Lightwood, isn't it?" Tessa looked at him sadly, holding a cup of hot chocolate.

At the sound of that name, Magnus closed his eyes. People didn't often mention Alec around him. They knew that Magnus had never really cope with the loss.

Suddenly, he thought about his sons. About Max and Raphael. They both had their families now, their own lovers, their own children. He loved them most in the world, but even his family wasn't able to fill the void in his heart. No one could make Magnus stop feeling lonely.

"I want to see him," Magnus asked, almost begged, watching Tessa's reaction. "One more time."

Tessa's hair swirled on her shoulders as she shook her head and set down her cup.

"No, Magnus. You know it's too dangerous. If Clave finds out-"

"Do you miss them?" Magnus interrupted her. "Do you miss Will? Do you miss Jem?"

She was quiet for a moment, surprised and moved by his words. The pain glistened in her gray-blue eyes what made him regret his question.

He wanted to apologize to her, but Tessa silenced him with a raised hand. After a moment, she touched the whitish-green pendant that hung around her neck. A gift from Jem.

When two people are at one in their inmost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or bronze.

"Not a day goes by without me thinking of them. Although Will died long ago, the wound he left in my heart will never heal. Jem has gone relatively recently that it seems to me that I still feel the touch of his lips on mine. Answering your question, Magnus, yes, I miss them and I would give almost everything to see them again. But not at that cost, not by the spell you want me to do. Please, Magnus, you're asking for too much."

"Tessa." Magnus covered her hands with her, feeling that he was falling apart, that he was slowly losing his mind. "I just want to see him. I don't intend to change the future, I just want to feel something. I want to realize that I'm still alive. And only Alexander can bring me back to life, even if I can't do the same for him. Tessa, please, it's my only hope."

His voice broke and he hid his face in his hands. After a moment, he felt the warm touch of Tessa's hand on his shoulder. It was an agreement.

"Remember, Magnus, under no circumstances can you meet your old version. If you change the future, even to a small extent, the consequences will be tragic."

He rolled his eyes, setting himself in a circle surrounded by candles. Tessa had been repeating these words for hours. Magnus knew the risk and that he was putting Tessa in a state of being open to danger. Only a few wizards were able to move in time, which was widely banned by Clave under the death penalty. Of course, if somehow they would find out... what was unlikely.

Magnus couldn't cast the spell alone, not in the present state, but with Tessa's help, he was strong enough to return to any moment of his past. To see Alec.

"Have you ever done this before?" Tessa asked gently.

"No. Who would have thought that even after so many years of life, something can be done for the first time."

It seemed to him that Tessa wished him good luck when her words got snatched by the sudden wind. Tessa disappeared, or rather Magnus got pulled into the whirlpool. Finally, he landed on the floor of his apartment, but there was no trace of Tessa, and the surroundings looked different than he remembered.

After Alec's death, Magnus stopped playing in changing the decor of the apartment. His home didn't differ much from the homes of normal people with simple furniture and subdued color of the walls. Though, Magnus doubted that any mundane liked the glitter occasionally falling down from their chandelier.

The loft Magnus was looking at reflected his former happiness. Leather armchairs, violet curtains, Persian carpets, a velvety bedsheet.

Magnus held his breath as he saw Alec's shirt on the back of one of the chairs. First, he touched it hesitantly with his fingers, then he picked up the shirt and pressed it to his face. He felt Alec's scent. The scent of a warrior, but also a young boy. A sweet smell of innocence.

Then he heard the bathroom door open. Bane forgot how to breathe, to talk, to move, so he just watched Alec enter the room. He was so young. Magnus could almost hear the remnants of his broken heart fall on the floor when he saw the light of his life. Alec was wearing only boxers shorts, wiping his hair with a towel, so at first, he didn't realize that he wasn't alone in the room. Magnus' gaze slipped down Alec's naked torso, covered with water drops, and his eyes filled with tears.

Alec finally noticed him. His eyes twinkled for a moment, a corner of his mouth lifted.

"Magnus? I thought you would come back a little later. Something happened? Why are holding my-"

He shut up as Magnus closed his lips with a desperate kiss. Alec's shirt got lost somewhere on the floor when Magnus jumped to Alec, took his face in his hands and joined their lips in a mad, passionate kiss. Alec was surprised so it took him a moment to return the kiss, and when he finally did, Magnus could admit to himself that for the first time in years, he felt something.

Actually, he felt a lot. Even too much. Everything hurt, not just his broken heart. At the same time, he felt stronger than ever, as if Alec's presence created a flash of sparkle inside him that could keep him alive.

Alec interrupted the kiss, trying to say something, and Magnus clung to him, hugging him tightly, trying to keep that moment in his mind forever.

My sweet Alexander, he thought, please don't go.

"I've missed you so much," he whispered straight into his ear. He felt Alec trembling slightly, and he closed his eyes, inhaling his boyfriend's scent. He smelled of sandalwood. Magnus grinned a little, fighting back tears.

"I've missed you too, even though you've been only gone for two hours." Alec patted his back. "Are you sure you're okay?"

Two hours. Magnus kissed his neck, his chin, his cheek. Only then he got the courage to move away from Alec and look him in the eyes. They were blue, like the rough sea, like the color of Magnus' magic.

He couldn't stop himself from touching Alec, so he placed his hand on his cheek. He had such a gentle expression, such pretty lips, captivating eyes. He was as beautiful as the angel in the center of his glory.

Magnus couldn't force himself to breathe.

"I'm scared that I love you too much to live without you," he whispered, gazing into Alec's eyes. He saw sadness and surprise in them. He didn't want to frighten him, it could have a bad influence on time, but he wasn't able to pretend that everything was alright. "I just... I had a nightmare last night. In the age of 43, you got killed by a demon. When I reached you, first I saw Izzy's black hair scattering over your face as she bent over you. Her body was shaking. I tried to pull her away and then I saw your blue eyes. They were open, but your heart, Alexander, your heart-"

"Shh, Magnus," Alec said in a hushed voice, pulling him closer. He was obviously touched by Magnus' words. "It's okay. It was just a bad dream. I'm here and I'm not going anywhere."

Magnus pressed his face to Alec's shoulder. It was not a dream. He remembered the moment when he had realized that Alec's heart had stopped beating. That his own heart had begun a slow process of disintegration. For a long time, he had been hugging Isabelle as they'd been crying over the most important person in their lives. It'd been nine years ago, and Magnus still saw this scene under his eyelids everytime he closed his eyes. He still heard Isabelle's sobbing.

Alec carefully led him to the bed. They lay down, side by side, holding hands. Magnus hadn't been sharing a bed with anyone for so long. He rested his head on his other hand and stared at Alec, who lay down on his back and closed his eyes.

"One day I will be gone," Alec started gingerly, yet there was certainty in his voice, no fear of death. "I will die in a battle or when I'm so old, or maybe in another way. None of us can change that, Magnus. As I must die, you must survive." He turned his head to look at him, and Magnus felt a surge of big love for that brave man that his heart ached. "You lived before me and you will live after me. You will enjoy life and remember our short history with a smile on your face. You will think of me, of Alec Lightwood, not like of the person who broke your heart, but the person who made you happy at some point. You won't be sad because of me. Can you promise me that?"

I've already broken this promise, Magnus thought, but he nodded and squeezed his hand.

"Wise words from a wise man," he admitted. "Living without you will be the hardest thing I've ever done, but I promise."

Alec grinned, covering himself with a blanket and resting his head on Magnus' chest.

"Good. And I can promise you that when you wake up, I'll be here. Even if death breaks us apart, I will always be with you, Magnus. I love you."

Tears flowed down his cheeks as he dipped his fingers in Alec's hair and started to stroke it.

"I love you too, Alexander. I'll always love you."

Alec's calm breath told him that he fell asleep. Magnus kissed him on the top of his head, barely seeing anything through the tears, and then stood up and headed for the living room.

A moment later he saw his old version crossing the apartment. The old Magnus took off his jacket and massaging his aching neck, headed for the bedroom. He paused for a little at the door to look at Alec. His face brightened with a smile of happiness.

Later he slipped quietly into bed and kissed Alec in the same spot where Magnus kissed him.

"Magnus, you have to go. It's time."

He heard Tessa's soft, melodious voice from a distance. For the last time, he looked at the happy version of his former self and Alec in a quiet sleep, and then he let the darkness envelop him.

When he opened his eyes, Alec was gone. Tessa looked at him anxiously as if she didn't know what reaction she could expect.

"I wanted to feel something," he said with a frown, puffing his fingers. Blue light sparkled in the air. "I got what I wanted. I've never felt something like that, Tessa. All my long life I haven't felt so helpless. I promised him that I would enjoy life and not be sad. How the hell am I supposed to do that?"

And then all the sadness caught up with him, weighing him down. Bane fell to his knees and his body shook with despair. Tessa knelt beside him and wrapped her arms around him. This strong, wonderful woman who suffered no less than him, took on some of his pain. They were crying for Alec, Will, Jem and every other person who they had lost on their way. They cried for themselves because this pain was about to exist in them forever.

Two years later, while Magnus was passing Alicante on his way to the council meeting, the gun shop caught his attention. He stopped for a moment. Behind the window, there were impressive weapons, including daggers and swords. Magnus, however, looked only at the golden bow and a quiver containing 14 black arrows.

A smile appeared on his face and without hesitation he entered the store, thinking of Alec's words.

Even if death breaks us apart, I will always be with you.

He kept his promise.