#•∞ † Klara † Who is in control † ∞•

[daisyachain]

When I first saw someone suggest Henry/Musa I said ‘huh’ and now Musa is my pick for If I Had To Add Another Romance Route

[spikingtheodds-if]

Time seemed to slow down as your muscles coiled, every fiber of your being honed in on that one moment. As the ball reached its apex, you launched yourself into the air, a burst of controlled power. Your arm swung back, and with a thunderous crack, your hand connected with the ball. You could almost hear the collective intake of breath from the crowd. The ball rocketed downward, a streak of white lightning aimed unerringly for the opposing court. The ball hit the floor with a triumphant thud, a resounding echo of victory. In that fleeting instant, you felt invincible. And you were.

Is there a better match than you and volleyball?

You, arguably the most promising spiker of your generation, led your highschool team to victory by winning against your ex-bestfriend slash rival, Nikita.

You couldn't believe you won a volleyball scholarship for the university of your dreams; and maybe you were right not to. An anonymous source convinced the university that you partook in doping and steroid use, which led them to drop you.

With no options left due to the allegations, you decided to accept a scholarship to a minor university with an unknown and lacking volleyball club, the Boarwood Titans. What's worse is that you are now forced to become a battery with your childhood rival, Nikita being the setter and you the spiker.

Can you work together with your rival to lead your team to the victor? Or will hate prevail? And will you find out who really spread the rumors against you?

A fully customisable main character, including gender, pronouns, personality, looks, jersey number, playing style, and many more!

Choices that impact the story throughout, including your team's ranking and dynamic, your reputation as a spiker, your grades, your fame, and more.

Choose between 7 romance options - figure out the love/hate relationship with your rival, fall in love with your childhood best -friend, fall back in love with your ex, the coach's child, a dedicated supporter, a mysterious med student, and the team's ex-spiker whose place you took.

Solve a mystery: who is the anonymous source hellbent on ruining your dreams?

Content suitable for 18+ readers, such as sexual themes, substance (steroids, drugs and alcohol) use, explicit language and themes, and violence.

Nikita Raymond [RO, F/M/NB]: Once your training buddy and now your rival, you wonder if the infamous "Tiger" is the one behind the allegations.There is no place for love between you two. They hate you as much as you hate them; but you'll have to to put that aside if you want to win. Can you?

Klaus/Klara Padel [RO, F/M/NB]: A stern and strict figure in your team, they're especially wary of you ever since you took their spot as a spiker. They've since made it their personal goal to make your stay at the university a living hell. They want to get their spot back, and they've got the motivation. Part of them hopes you'll be able to impress them and show them you deserve their spot, but until then, you'll have to suffer.

Jeremiah/Jerilynn Blake [RO, FtM/MtF]: The team's sweetheart, they're loved by everybody, and for a good reason. Always sporting a smile on their face and snacks in their hand, they quickly become one of your closest friends at Boarwood University.

Bree [RO, F/M/NB]: Your best-friend and setter in your previous team. They quit volleyball but still enrolled at Boarwood to be with you. A constant in your life since you were little, you'll find that Nikita's presence will create tension between you two. What's really going on between them?

Andrea Michelle [RO, F/M/NB]: Despite being the Boarwood Titans' most dedicated supporter, their stoic and hot-and-cold behaviour confuses you. They take an interest in you, only to ignore you for days. What's really up with this mysterious med student?

Angelina/Angelo Shasco [RO, F/M/NB]: Your charming ex. Things get messy when you find out your least favourite ex is at Boarwood, and they seem dedicated to not making you forget the past you had, and not in a positive way. Oh boy, spotting them at one of your games might cause either the win of the century or your life's biggest blunder.

Meet a wide cast of characters, including your classmates, teammates, opponents, and more!

-monaco & clessidra <3

[yakumtsaki]

Dear readers, we've been through so much together and you know at this point it takes a lot for me to describe a situation as 'out of control'.. yet here we are. So Kea moves in and the following happens in the span of like 2 hours:

Barth beats up Felina.

Kea beats up Spice.

Barth beats up Cyan.

Felina beats up Barth. Like seriously, ENOUGH. I've decided that next generation when we're at the third cousin tier relation I'm just gonna let whoever wants to date a cousin do it because holy hell, breaking them up has been a disaster. Everyone is near aspiration failure, everyone has shit grades, we're BROKE, and to top it all off..

-HELLO AGAIN

Why. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING WE DON'T OWE ANY BILLS LIKE THIS IS LITERAL THEFT. I also love how everyone is already so miserable so the repoman just comes and takes all the fun objects we can't afford to replace, FML

Barth's aspiration meter is absolutely pathetic as a result of everyone viciously assaulting him and desperate times call for desperate measures..

-Well well.. If it isn't Glitched Butler #9.. How's it hanging? ;)

-Same as always, I'm here to not cook and to open the doors we no longer have thanks to Baby.

-You know what, I'm too depressed to seduce you so will you just sleep with me?

-As you well know my butler programming prohibits me from doing anything helpful!

FFS. It's ok Barth, I will fulfill your throw a party want, I don't see how anything could go wrong with the situation in this house being what it is!

-Hey there! Join our party! Sleep with me! I COMMAND YOU

Barth please get it together.

-I CAN'T FUNCTION ROMANTICALLY BECAUSE I'M SO SAD BUT I REFUSE TO THROW ANY WANTS THAT DON'T INVOLVE ME SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE

OK DO YOU MAYBE SEE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT APPROACH

-NO

-Ugh, Spice is so hot when he's crying after I beat him up.

Ok Kea, I'm only gonna ask this once: are you fucking kidding me????

-What? It's only natural to be attracted to your girlfriend's ex who is her cousin and your enemy.

I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see this shit and move on.

So I have invited several of Barth's existing and potential lovers to this party and my goal is to figure out who, if anyone, I'm gonna marry him to. Now please enjoy this sequence of events:

a) Barth is flirting with my current top spouse pick, Stella Terrano, and it's going great!

b) Barth leaves Stella Terrano to go sleep with GODDAMN GUNNAR. Since I can't seem to shake this fucker off, the only option remaining is to give him a ridiculous fake accent to make him bearable.

-Oi luvs you, Barth!

-Why are you talking like a servant from Downton Abbey? Also who the hell caught me cheating now?

Who knows or cares? Let's continue:

c) Barth goes downstairs to beat up Cyan.

d) Klara aka my former top spouse pick attempts to leap into Barth's arms and HE LETS HER DROP

-Äääääh mein arsch!

-Sorry Klara but I refuse to get caught cheating by Gunnar..

-..unless it's with Stella Terrano!

LOL OMG, I really thought I'd have to marry him to fucking Gunnar due to THIS SHIT:

But God's mercy finally shines upon me!!!

Oh man I'm so upset by this >:)

-Ha culd youse do 'is, ya broke ma 'eart!!!

-What?

-Oh my, turtles are considered the sexiest animal in my planet👽

Stella ffs. Oh well, so sad, goodbye Gunnar, I was really hoping to add your freakish lack of chin into our gene pool but looks like I won't have the chance huhu!

e) Barth flirts with Stella again and is caught cheating AGAIN..

f) ..by Sarah Love who I keep forgetting exists but man that's a HARDCORE slap, she legit got her fingers in his eyeball(s)

-SORRY WHATSYOURNAME BUT I THINK BLINDING ME IS A BIT OF AN OVERREACTION

Yay! See Barth, our amazing party did the trick and now everything is gonna be ok!

-IM BLIND IM BLINDDDD I CAN'T SEE

Excuse me?! You know what Barth I'm done helping you, nothing is ever good enough for you!

[ladyaislinn-purewhite]

QU: One of the most powerful moments of the season, for me, was when Hannibal subtly teared up while discussing Abigail Hobbs’s death, and Will Graham’s supposed guilt, to his psychiatrist, played by Gillian Anderson.

MM: If you ask me, Hannibal is a master of empathy. He definitely misses Abigail. Whether or not he killed her doesn’t matter. He can put himself in that situation and tear up because it’s a sad story. She’s not here. So it’s genuine feelings. But he’s definitely in charge of them. It’s not overwhelming him. He’s deciding that those feelings are coming, as opposed to Will Graham, who would not be able to control it. It’s very interesting, and I think Hannibal’s very honest with what he’s doing. But obviously, there’s something wrong, because…he killed her [laughs].

A lot of people have pointed out that there are some gay undertones to the chemistry between Hannibal and Will. What do you think about that?

Oh, I definitely recognize it. But I’m not sure that Hannibal has any sexuality, and I’m pretty sure that Will Graham is straight as a nail. For Hannibal, there’s a lot of romance in life. He can fall in love with a piece of music and he can also fall in love with [Caroline Dhavernas’s character] Alana Bloom. That is, until he’s creating all these beautiful little roses out of tomatoes, and she, the dinner guest, just puts evil carrots on top of it. She’s this close to getting eaten at that point. [Smiles] But, it’s like, he could have a romance with a lot of things, and one of them could be Will. But I’m not sure it would be a physical romance so much as a mental one. And he could have it with [Laurence Fishburne’s character] Jack Crawford. But he definitely, definitely loves Will Graham. As pure as love can get.

In the beginning of The Hunt, Klara asks Lucas what his favorite food is, and since we’re right on the heels of the first season of Hannibal, which is, ironically, very much a foodie show, I’m going to ask you the same question.

Well, my favorite food would be anything Thai. I’m definitely connected to Asian cuisine. So anything Thai, anything spicy—a spicy soup, or a crispy pork. Simple Thai food is definitely my favorite food.

slantmagazine 2013

[honeyroastedpeanus]

no because maybe mr capaldi was right. maybe there isnt something inside of us that an advanced enough robot like klara can't become, but that wasn't the point of klara's supposed mission. her mission wasn't to become just any person, her mission was to become josie. And klara decided after everything she couldn't because even if she continued josie, part of what made her josie was the love other people gave her. and no imitation can copy that. its not in their control. everyone in the book is so worried about what makes humans different and special and irreplaceable that they didnt see klara become HER OWN person. they saw klara as special, more observant, more intelligent than the rest. but not as a person with whims and hopes and dreams of her own. they didn't see her as someone who existed outside of their use for her. and thats why she got sent to the yard, why they all do.

[rednarokavatar]

Decided to make a Code Lyoko OC!! Here she is: Klara Pepr. Yes, I based her on Splatoon BC why not :3 She's shy, likes drawing, animating, photography and Military activities (Though she keeps that last one a secret)

(Appearence in seasons 1-3). Character BIO Below!

[ name ]: Klara Pepr [ age ]:  14 (season 1), 15 (Season 2-4) [ gender ]: Female [ date of birth ]:  May 28th [ ethnicity ]: Czech [ sexual orientation ]: Omniromantic Asexual [ romantic interest ]: William APPEARANCE [ height ]: 160cm [ weight ]: 50KG [ eye color ]: Dark Blue [ hair color ]: Black (natural), Silver (Dyed) [ skin tone ]: Pale white SCHOOL [ grade ]: 9th (season 1/2) 10th (season 3/4) [ dorm or day student ]: Dorm [ favorite class ]: Art and French [ least favorite class ]: Chemistry LYOKO [ how did they find out ]: Helped the warriors during a dire situation. [ has been to Lyoko ]: Yes [ avatar ]: Rabbit Paintballer [ theme color ]: Black/Neon pink [ Lyoko warrior or XANA slave ]: Lyoko Warrior [ weapon ]: Paintball gun [ ability or power ]:         ♢ Control ink in her tank        ♢ Bullet time        ♢ Bombs [ vehicle ]: Mini tank mech [ favorite sector ]: Forest [ least favorite sector ]: Desert [ favorite XANA monster ]: Manta [ least favorite XANA monster ]: Hornet RELATIONSHIPS [ aelita ]: Aelita is her Roommate. She's close with her. [ jeremy ]: Has great respect for Jeremy. [ yumi ]: Klara is Yumi's best friend. She constantly talks with her about her troubles, and love problems. Yumi is the only one who knows about her problems with her brothers [ ulrich ]: Klara admires Urlich's bravery and wants to be like him. [ odd ]: Odd and Klara are both "Partners in crime" since both of them have a pet in school that they keep a secret. [ william ]: Klara has a crush on William, and wants to tell him but cannot and she's scared he'll reject her. [ others ]: TEMPLATE BY: Japandaa on DeviantART.

[phoenixyfriend]

Ko-fi prompt from Klara:

can you please explain like I'm, not five, but, like, ten or twelve, if/why/why-not/how a Business that went from being owned by the founder/founder's heirs/a worker's collective, to being shareholder-owned, can go BACK to its original state?

That one is actually a pretty easy answer, it's just... not easy to implement.

Easier said than done and all that.

ONE: What does shareholder-owned mean?

The majority of the company is parsed out into shares, which are owned by people who do not work for the company. This is not the only way that a company can be owned by other people, but it's a common one. So what are shares?

Companies generally start out privately-owned. Whether this is by the found, by a wealthy investor, or by the bank, there is a specific person that you can point at and go "that person owns it." Sometimes, it's multiple people, split up in specific ways (e.g. started by a team of two that each owns 50% of the company by contract), but it's private.

At a certain point, the company may choose to go public. This means that they have assigned a value to the company, split that value up into a set of shares, and declared that those shares are worth a certain percentage of the company. If you own enough shares, you can direct the company's actions.

Let's say a company goes public with a net worth of $1million. They have split that $1mill into 100,000 shares worth $10 each (this one-share value is called the Initial Public Offering, or the IPO).

If a person buys 1,000 shares, they now "own" 1% of the company. With every share a person owns, they can vote once in shareholder elections for how and where the company goes. (This isn't getting into stuff like preferred stock, which is non-voting in exchange for things like higher dividends.)

If they buy 51,000 shares for a total of $510,000, they own 51% of the company, and now have what is called a controlling interest. This means that the person with those 51,000 shares can more or less unilaterally assign people to the board of directors, and so on.

At the initial public offering, a company will not necessarily put up all their stock for sale. When Apple first went public in 1980, they sold 8% of their stock, most of which went into paying off debs. The other 92% stayed with the then-current owners of the company. These days, most of Apple is owned by institutional investors, which means it's owned by other companies that invest on behalf of people.

So, a shareholder-owned company is owned by people who purchased part of the company, and the company used that money to fund its own growth, whether by paying off debts, buying a new factory, hiring more workers, and so on.

TWO: How do companies purchase back their own stock?

...with difficulty.

When a company has grown its wealth enough to purchase its own stock and start re-consolidating ownership, it's called a stock buyback. It happens with some regularity.

After a company has spent the money earned from the initial sales, that's it. They don't earn more money as shares go up in value, none of that actually goes to them, just to whoever is selling.

So there's this thing called 'dividends.' This is where a company pays out a portion of its profits to shareholders quarterly. Walmart currently pays its investors $0.57 per share, per quarter. For someone with 100,000 shares, that's $228,000/year.

(That's not actually that much for someone who owns over $15mill worth of stock, but it's something. It's not where the actual worth of the share is stored, but that's a whole other mess.)

For legal reasons, a company must act in the best interests of the shareholders. So if the shareholders believe that they will be best served by being paid out the profits as dividends, they will ask for those profits in dividends. If they decide they are best served by the purchase of a new factory, then that's what the money gets put towards. If they want to make the corporation bigger by buying a smaller company, then that's what they do.

Stock buybacks are done for a few reasons, like forcing the price per share to go up by creating scarcity (which is good for anyone looking to resell their stock at a profit), or making it so that dividends per share end up higher by lowering the number of shares to divide profits amongst.

Fun fact, one of the big things the covid-19 stimulus package had rules about was stock buybacks because large companies had previously used taxpayer money to bail out their own debts from the act of buybacks, and the government anticipated that stimulus money for covid-19 relief, meant to ensure employees stayed afloat, would be used on stock buybacks and shareholder dividends unless actively banned.

Did you know buybacks were illegal until the Reagan era?

THREE: So... where does that leave us?

Well... basically, the founder, heirs, or workers need to build up all the capital necessary to purchase at least 51% of the shares.

Which is a lot of money.

It can be done, but it's not easy to stuff that genie back in the bottle. A company that's already focused on ensuring dividends and capital gain are aimed at the shareholders is one that's not going to be paying their employees enough to build up those funds, you know?

It's not feasible unless the founder/heirs have stayed wealthy enough in their own right to buy it all back, or if the stock price plunges so low that the employees can purchase it all at rock bottom prices and then build it back from the ground up.

(Prompt me on ko-fi!)

[hanasnx]

indy we may be the same person because i did too lollll. i liked how he js announced and starlight really had no choice but to agree and the kiss???? omg i was creaming it was no joke 😭😭 and then the possessiveness and the threats of him killing ppl when she got too close to them like wow. he likes everything to be his so it makes sense for him to be overly jealous when you start getting too comfortable with a guy. definitely lazers his headhead off when he sees u chatting with him and doesn’t care if u get mad, cus you’re his at the end of the day - 🧃

the part where she had to kiss him 🥴 and threatening the one she truly loves so that she’d stay in line with his expectations 🥴🥴 my kind of shit.

his lack of parental figures makes him yearn and claw for that promised stability of a nuclear family. in a way, he saw madelyn stillwell in the role of his “mother.” someone who comforted him, someone he relinquished control to, someone who gave him pleasure, and someone to gain approval from. and the role of his “father” was filled by stan edgar. who he tried to rebel against and prove his worth to.

when he tried to operate said nuclear family himself, the role of the children was placed on the seven. and the role of mommy was forced onto maggie shaw (queen maeve)—even her indifference and distaste for homelander trying to push her into that role only fueled it. he expected the “mother” to try and reject her role, because in his eyes that’s what a mother does. she rejects her “responsibilities.” which is one of the reasons why he had such a tight hold on maeve. even going as far as to warn her he’d use her eggs—that’s how desperate he was to use her to fulfill his needs.

in the second season, he tried out filling the parental role himself a little more literally because the original holders were missing and he’d discovered his son. he wanted to play daddy, he wanted klara risinger (stormfront) to play mommy. when his expectations cracked, he burned down her trailer in retaliation even when she had no idea what he was trying to accomplish and what she had to do with it. klara did her best to fulfill his needs, but ultimately she succumbed to her own. leaving homelander feeling more or less abandoned. again.

so now he’s even more desperate to fill that hole, so he forces annie january (starlight) to do it. even though she’s kicking and screaming, homelander will not budge. he revels in the fact he has such a grip on her actions because it’s like getting revenge for all the disappointment leading up to this point. it fascinates me. he wants to fill the nuclear family roles so bad he blackmails starlight into it, he doesn’t even like starlight that much. but it’s an opportunity he can’t pass up

thanks for giving me an excuse to info dump about this, ive been sitting on these observations for months

[i-hate-snoopy]

My review on "Snoopy come home"

"Snoopy come home" is where snoopy TRULY shows his true colors. In the short film, Snoopy is nothing but an asshole to all the children in the neighborhood for no FUCKING reason, as-well to his former owner, Lila.

He literally leaves without saying goodbye to anyone, after receiving the letter from Lila. Then he turns around and acts like he fucking cares. If I was at Snoopy's going away party id be pleased as punch, it would be a fucking miracle for me. If only he actually cared about Lila and stayed then maybe I wouldn't hate him as much. I still hate him, of course, but what he did to Lila was so fucked up it just fed into my hatred.

NOT TO MENTION, HIS FUCKING STUPID ASS DECIDED TO SHAKE HER FUCKING HAND INSTEAD OF GIVING A PROPER GOODBYE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CRY LIKE A FUCKING BABY IN THE BEGINNING AND ACT LIKE YOU CARE ONLY TO TURN AROUND AND BE A TWO FACED BASTARD BEAGLE. IF I WAS LILA, I WOULD'VE CALLED ANIMAL CONTROL ON HIS ASS! and that bitchass bird too. He's guilty by association.

Charlie brown should've never welcomed him back. All the other kids were justified for hating him in the end. He literally just came back because he got all those fucking gifts, in conclusion, snoopy is a self centered, asshole, who should've been left in the woods. There is NO DOGS ALLOWED for a reason. He should've stayed with Klara FOREVER! HE DESERVED THAT, HE HAD IT COMING.

[potionboy3]

character profile

► basics:

Full name: Alexej Emil Kavinsky (born Vogel)

Meaning of name: Alexej means “defending men”, “defender of men”, “defender of the people” or “protector of men”. Emil means "to strive", "excel", "rival", "eager"

Nickname: Lexi, Alex

Pronouns: He/him

Sexual Orientation: Gay

Nationality: German father, from mother's side Chzech and possibly Russian.

Birth date: December 16th, 1892

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius A December 16 Sagittarius is extraordinary. They have a disciplined nature and can live on little, as long as they can express their inner fire. Blessed with an artistic temperament, they understand that success equals creative accomplishment, not money. They have much wisdom.

Age: 22 when the war starts

► Physical appearance:

Faceclaim: Tom Schilling

Height: 168cm

Eye colour: Blue

Hair colour: Brown

► Personality:

Positive traits: hardworking, brave, thoughtful, determined, realistic, artistic

Negative traits: private, irritable, selfish, panicky, grumpy, indecisive, judgy, demanding

Personality type: ISFJ

Character’s greatest joy in life: getting to make his own decisions

Fears: his fathers opinions, the horrible things he has done in his past, losing loved ones.

Why?

Alexej has a difficult relationship with his father who does not approve his choices and sees him weak.

Alexej had to do a lot of bad things to survive while being part of AM and TOWER. His past haunts him.

Alexej lost his best friend and he doesn't want to lose anyone that important again.

Priorities: himself, his friends

Character’s soft spot: Fiete, Lunas, Kateryna & Klara, Sydney, Knusper, Ione

Is this soft spot obvious to others? It's not obvious at all and Sydney is the only one to see through him. (Well Knusper might.)

Greatest vulnerability or weakness: He thinks it's using his heart and not his head. But really his weakness is his own fear and anxiety. For the longest of time he did as he was told out of fear and later he still panics easily.

Biggest regret: Joining the anti-muggle group AM

Secrets of the character: He was in love with Fiete

Does anyone else know? Kateryna and Klara might guess it, as well as his father.

Drives and motivations: Future where he doesn't need to follow anyone's orders.

► Past

Hometown: Berlin, Germany

Type of childhood: Alexej's mother died when he was born. His father was strict and raised him to respect his values rather than finding his own ones. He had a mongrel dog before starting school, whom he loved very much. His father was wealthy so he got used to having luxurious things around him. From early on Alexej was raised to despise the muggle-community and he didn't see muggleborns as part of the Wizarding community. Religion: Not religious

Dream job: Artist ► Present Current location: Germany, then France during the war Currently living with: Lived in the base of the AM movement, later goes to France and joins the dark wizard alliance called TOWER and lives in their base.

Pets: He bonds with a wild wolf with a broken leg during the war. The wolf becomes his companion. He names him Knusper. *Author's note, thank you @cursed-herbalist for naming this little bastard!*

Occupation: Worked for German Ministry of Magic as an auror but was secretly part of the AM movement. During the start of the war Alexej was part of the German Army still working for the Ministry and AM. After leaving AM he joined TOWER and worked with them in hopes of helping Lunas Avery out of the movement's control. After leaving TOWER Alexej was hired by the British Ministry of Magic because of his knowledge and actions against TOWER. After the war he cut his connections to the Ministry and started a career as a freelance artist.

► Magical info

Blood Status: Pureblood

Education: Durmstrang

Wand: Holly wood with a dragon heartstring core, 10 ¾ and unbending flexibility

Holly is one of the rarer kinds of wand woods; traditionally considered protective, it works most happily for those who may need help overcoming a tendency to anger and impetuosity. At the same time, holly wands often choose owners who are engaged in some dangerous and often spiritual quest. Holly is one of those woods that varies most dramatically in performance depending on the wand core Patronus: Mongler dog

Just like a wizard doesn’t have to be a pure-blood to be great, a dog doesn’t have to a purebred to be your best friend. While a mongrel’s ancestry might be a mystery, they tend to be intelligent, energetic, and good-natured. Your mongrel dog Patronus will be loyal and friendly toward you but fierce against any Dementor that seeks to harm you. Their scrappy nature makes them a perfect partner in any situation. *Author's note, I find this patronus so ironic but fitting!* Patronus Memory: Spending time with his friends in Durmstrang and having fun. Boggart: Fiete dying but the person killing him is Alexej himself. Specialized/Favourite Spells: Alexej is talented in memory spells and quick to disarm his enemy. He is really bad with cleaning spells. Favourite subject in school: charms and divination

► Family Father: Anton Vogel Face claim: Oliver Masucci

Relationship with him: As a child Alexej wanted to please his father and followed his orders and wishes. During his Durmstrang years Anton didn't think his son was strong enough and wasn't pleased with the close friendship he had with Fiete. He started to see Alexej as a weak link which the teenager desperately wanted to prove wrong.

Anton wasn't a very strict or serious father but rather bantered with his son and complimented his success if he saw such. Alexej liked spending time with his father despite wanting to prove himself worthy and the two were close in his youth. After graduating, Alexej joined the AM movement that worked in Germany under Grindelwald's alliance. His father was secret supporter of the movement but being a politician he had to ensure that his name stayed out of it, so Alexej started using his mother's last name. After Alexej killed Anton's friend Adalmar Nachtnebel in 1916, he didn't contact his father until the end of the year. His father was pleased that Alexej had joined TOWER but later found out that he didn't actually value this alliance either. Anton was disappointed and Alexej didn't contact his father after the war. Later Anton became the German Minister for Magic but claimed that his son had died during the war.

► Love interests

Sydney Barlow @gaygryffindorgal Face claim: Rami Malek

Relationship with him: Alexej saves Sydney's life by shooting Nachtnebel instead of executing Sydney when he was told to. Alexej lets him go, leaving him with Nachtnebel's wand. The two meet again in a small town while Sydney is looking for his company and Alexej is on a run. The two spend time together and get to know each other a little but eventually Alexej leaves for his own adventures. They later meet again and Sydney gets his chance to save Alexej's life when Alexej gets shot. to be continued...

► Enemies

His father, Adalmar Nachtnebel, Ren Godfrey and the whole of TOWER, The whole of AM, Grindelwald's Allience, and some of the students of Durmstang. Adalmar Nachtnebel: Nachtnebel was a member of the AM and Alexej's father's good friend. Nachtnebel put a lot of pressure on Alexej and tried to shape him into a ruthless soldier. Alexej never liked him and after he was forced into crimes against the muggle community under Nachtnebel's command, he started to resent him. When Sydney Barlow escaped from the AM base after being taken there as a prisoner, Nachtnebel commanded Alexej to shoot him after the two found him from a near by forest. Alexej chose to shoot him instead.

Ren Godfrey: Alexej joined TOWER (Transnational Order of Wizards Exposure Rights) after leaving AM. Ren Godfrey was one of the founding members of the said group of dark wizards. Alexej claimed to be loyal to TOWER but he actually joined because of Lunas Avery. His real goal was to get Lunas out of the blackmailing situation he had going on with Ren. Eventually Ren finds out the truth about Alexejs true alliance but he has more anger towards Lunas than Alexej.

*Author's note, @cursed-herbalist, this beautiful smarty-pants also named both AM and TOWER when I've been struggling with both. so all the love and respect and my undying gratitude*

► Favourites

Colour: gray

Food: likes to test different type of cocktails

Literature: Reads a lot and in different languages. He likes historical fiction.

Most loved possession: his mothers old ring. ► Habits Spending habits: Alexej is used to luxury but later becomes more strict with money. Smokes: Yes a lot Drinks: That too Other drugs: Not regularly What does he do too much of? smoking, shaking Sydney's hand

What does he do too little of? relaxing

Extremely skilled at: art, making drinks, learning languages

Extremely unskilled at: talking about his feelings, hugs and public affection

►Traits

How he feels about himself: As a teenager he feels proud and above everyone else but it starts to change as he grows up. He's not much for self pity but he does get angry at himself.

How do other people perceive him: entitled and annoying, violent, problematic, or fascinating and talented

Style:

► Relationships with others

Does the character hide his true opinions and emotions from others? Alexej is hard to read and people often don't know if he's joking or not. His loyalties are often a mystery.

Person character most hates: Adalmar Nacthnebel

Best friend(s): Fiete Tegeler, Lunas Avery, Kateryna Von Engelhardt and Klara Belikova

Friends: Ione Avery, Ares Gaunt, Zedric Faust, Colm O'Shea, Linus Sullivan, Maritza Krum, Cayetana Narváez

Fiete Tegeler, Klara Belikova @gaygryffindorgal & Kateryna Von Engelhardt @cursebreakerfarrier:

During his studies in Durmstrang, Alexej was close friends with Klara, Kateryna and Fiete. Klara, Kateryna and Alexej all came from similar backgrounds and shared the same type of values. Fiete was different, being a half blood and coming from a less wealthy background. He didn't have strong opinions against muggleborns and he was much kinder than Alexej. Still he became his closest friend who he secretly developed feelings for. The three would often claim that Fiete was a pureblood to avoid controversy among other students. This bothered Fiete, but loving his friends he let them keep their perfect picture. The group would often pair up during balls and they spent holiday breaks together being practically inseparable.

During his seventh year Alexej managed to gain few enemies in school after sharing information he was not suppose to. This lead to the boys attacking him and Fiete while the girls watched trying to stop it from happening. The fight ended with Fiete's death. After his passing away it was hard for the group to spend time together as just a trio and it took a long time for them to get close again. Faceclaims: Max Schimmelpfennig, Alicia Agneson, Alina Kovalenko

*Authors note, thank you @gaygryffindorgal for choosing my fiete and loving him*

Lunas Avery @cursed-herbalist:

Alexej meets Lunas when he's posing undercover as an auror to snoop details of the ministry's agenda for the war. They became good friends and Lunas is a big reason why Alexej starts to question his beliefs. Eventually Lunas finds out his true intentions and Alexej has to flee and go back to his AM group. After Alexej leaves the allience he decides to find Lunas again and because of this he ends up joining TOWER. His true intentions are to help Lunas and possibly gain pardon by doing so.

Ione Avery @cursed-herbalist:

Ione and Alexej became friends when Ione was visiting Lunas in Berlin. They have similar struggles and get along well. They have a playful sibling like relationship. He wants to protect her.

Ares Gaunt @gaygryffindorgal:

Ares worked for TOWER at the same time Alexej was there. They had few missions together and Alexej admired Ares's way of handling the situation which was different from the other members of the group. Alexej wasn't aware that Ares was actually an auror working for the ministry.

Zedric Faust: Zedric and Alexej went to Durmstrang at the same time but they were not friends. Alexej thought that Zedric was annoying. Though he was polite to Zedric, he called him Kartoffel (potato) behind his back. After graduating Zedric and Alexej both joined AM and were often paired up together from Zedric's request. Usually Alexej did all the work while Zedric took the credit. After the war Alexej ended up defending Zedric and telling the truth about him not taking much part on the actual things that AM did and being more talk than action. While he never liked Zedric, he didn't feel that the man deserved the worst kind of sentence. The two found mutual respect for each other for surviving their youth and became actual friends.

Colm O'Shea @unfortunate-arrow Alexej got to know Colm through his friend Ione. The two were also in the same company. After the war Alexej stayed good friends with the couple. Alexej was a regular guest to their house.

Linus Sullivan @unfortunate-arrow Linus and Sydney were friends during the war and shared the same company that Alexej was in. He got to know Linus after getting closer with Sydney and the two stayed friends.

Maritza Krum Alexej and Maritza attended Durmstrang at the same time but were not friends. He met her again through his connections with the British Ministry while she was working for the French Ministry of Magic. Later he got to know her also as Linus's wife.

Cayetana Narváez @endlessly-cursed Cayetana and Alexej met because of her connection to Lunas and later became friendly. *more to be added*

Andrey Belikov @gaygryffindorgal Alexej and Andrey knew each other through Klara and once spent a night together though neither remembers that much of the occasion. The two stayed friends.

Anthony Vallen @kathrynalicemc

Andy was the scientist who was investigating the TOWER guns that Alexej,Lunas, Kit and Ares were sent to find during his time working for the British Ministry of Magic. He later also knew Andy through his relationship to Andrey Belikov.

Person character goes to for advice: Kateryna, Klara or Lunas Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Fiete during school, later he wants to help Lunas when he's being blackmailed by Ren Godfrey. He also wants to protect Ione after befriending her.

Person character feels shy or awkward around: People who flirt with him or who he finds extremely attractive. He's the type of person that when you're having a romantic moment, he will chicken out and insult you instead.

Person character openly admires: Lunas, Ares

[vexic929]

right back at you! Which of your heroes is most likely to become a villain? And which of your villains might be swayed towards the light?

heroes most likely to become villains:

L'Harann (she's already a bit morally grey), Alana (she's got something of a chip on her shoulder), 929 (she was rebuilt by a villainous organization so she could either be controlled by them or just turn to violence to get away from them), Lea (not a lot of things can sway her but protecting her family or friends is one of them), Berrie (will have a corruption arc), Barbara (see: Savitar), Harriett (maybe not fully villainous but definitely morally grey), Hartley (morally grey and also just a bitch who can and will hold a grudge), Cisca (also if protecting her family or friends), Kal (you get the right color Kryptonite and he could be the universe's greatest threat), Ricki (has beaten a man to death with her bare hands and also tortured people, she's not shy about committing morally questionable acts), Tiff (her male counterpart frequently ends up a villain in the future for some reason so I'd imagine she's about as lucky), Lara (also a bit morally grey already), Mendel (someone give this kid a break please lol)

villains most likely to be less villainous:

Megitsune, Yǔqí, Savitar (see: Barbara), Mallorie (it would take a lot of convincing tho), Jessie (is already an anti-hero), Klara (she's more mischief-oriented), Mihael (he is redeemable)

[theharrowing]

🗡️ Anon here with some Thoughts!

I think what fascinates me the most about this Yoongi character in Collateral is that we have definitely watched his control dwindle more and more over time in the main chapters, with how the Busan girls have been getting the upper hand more and causing some real problems, and also with his mental health. He keeps disappearing and becoming more quiet and distant.

So then to get a POV where he is having trouble with dissociation and thoughts about drugs (in almost a self-harm type of way) it really paints a much clearer picture of who this character is.

I am very concerned. It seems he is having some of the same issues as the mc, and I wonder if that is part of the reason her leaving (with the way that she did, with the note) is so painful?

In his POV and in Namjoon's POV, they both are like "we wanted a simpler life where we could be together" and I wonder if secretly their end goal is the same as the mcs?

Brilliant POV! Brilliant fic!! I don't know if I have been leaving comments about past chapters because this spring got very busy, but as always, I love your writing so much!! THANK YOU MOTHERRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on getting As! I hope you decide to write in your free time, but if not, I am looking forward to whatever you have to say!

(I saw somewhere that you were in your book reading era. Anything good lately?)

- 🗡️

DAGGER, MY LOVEEEE!!! 🗡️😍😍

i peeked at the tag, and it has been 4 months since we have gotten to chat. thank you so so so much for popping in and sharing your thoughts and saying hi!!!

books i have recently read/listened to and loved include:

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone - my only 5 star non-fiction read. i am OBSESSED.

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro - i plan to read more of his books in the near future.

Annie Bot by Sierra Greer - i was on an AI kick for a bit. Annie and Klara could not be more different.

I'm Glad by Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (memoir) - i didn't watch iCarly so i didn't know much about Jennette as a person or an actor, but it was fascinating and sad to hear her story.

tbh there are a lot more. i have a storygraph where i have been keeping track of everything i have been reading/listening to, if you wanna check it out!

NOW ONTO THE COLLATERAL STUFF, AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love talking about this fic.

yes, we have definitely been watching some parallels happen between a lo of these characters, whether it is with the wants/needs of some and the actions of some. MC mirrors Yoongi in some ways, Namjoon in some ways, Jeongguk in some ways. there is a big driving force between Namjoon and Yoongi that more or less boils down to the two of them being together no matter what, and worrying after one another. (i suppose this can be a natural occurrence when people spend a lot of time together, but in the case of MC, she hasn't quite been around as much, so it is interesting to see the ways in which she mirrors the men.)

you are correct to be concerned (lmao) and i hope that some of your questions and worries are answered soooooonnnn!!!!!! (do you have thoughts on the ex??? hehehe.)

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SAYING HI, MY DARLING DAGGER!!! it is always a pleasure!!! 💜💜💜

[ds2mtoi]

『nanowind』 stardew valley.

can an archaeologist and farmer (who only knows how to fish) fall in love?

sunwoo "jett" han, finally trying to take control of her life again decides to become a farmer in a rural town called stardew valley. however, a problem arises... she doesn't know how to farm, at all.

klara "killjoy" böhringer, a renowned scientist now archaeologist who rebels against corrupt corporations. she works part time at the museum of stardew valley & collects dinosaur bones for research.

artist notes:

the valorant protocol still exists in this AU. jett never received an invitation from the valorant protocol, and killjoy had refused brimstone's offer to join the protocol, not wanting to have any connection with Kingdom anymore.

KILLJOY

killjoy is a lot more snarky and boastful about her capabilities. she likes to keep things clean and organised.

she is collecting and researching dinosaur remains to make them into robot (toys) as a way to take down the corrupt Joja Corporation.

jett has taken killjoy fishing before, but killjoy did not enjoy it nor understand why anyone would willingly do such a mundane task. (she needs subway surfers/minecraft parkour videos while fishing.)

considered the town's sweetheart & heart throb.

close friends with penny & sebastian. helps out at pierre & robin's sometimes.

she keeps her clipboard and notebook with her at all times.

JETT

she would rather fish than go farming. she sometimes forgets to water her own crops.

always brings home fish for dinner and for trophies to put on the walls.

jett vc: nothing's better than fishing except for my beautiful hardworking wife

often passes out late midnight due to losing track of time, and killjoy is the one bringing her back home safely. (this is the reason why they started getting close!)

close friends with shane & abigail. jett sometimes acts as evelyn's caretaker, partly because she misses her estranged family.

[sunskate]

Re: Ben Agosto, I remember him either tweeting or commenting at some point that he had actually done training to become *I think* a technical controller? caller? Sorry I really butchered that but my point is that he may want to pursue a career in that technical or judging side of things later on if he doesn’t end up coaching or commentating and it sure would be a bad way to start a job with an organization if you start writing that the judging was incorrect or corrupt.

oh for sure he’s still inside figure skating and treading lightly. he is currently a coach - he was at the boards in Lake Placid in August - iirc it was with Klara Kowar and Thomas Schwappach at their US qualifier competition. i think he coaches in Colorado. that’s interesting if he had started training for tech roles. i had enjoyed him tweeting events, but it’s not just for fun. it’s a way to boost his profile, earn a following and potentially get gigs. but his tweets for this event displayed that he’s not only not going to be real, he might sell the narrative- i.e. saying GF could have gotten one more level, how they weren’t perfect while saying only good things about FG while not willing to say he thought they were better

i just found it interesting that he was willing to express how he would have ranked other teams differently but wasn’t going to even touch the GF-FG situation except with cheeriness and explaining how Lilah’s turns are better than they were. and how GF had “tiny spots of less than perfect execution” - which, either you’re saying that Lilah and Lewis didn’t have imperfections, or you’re saying GF would have had to be perfect to win. which is holding them to a different standard

i appreciated the person who answered him saying it’s not supposed to be a “most improved” award

[dracomultiverse]

hc + control (Jacqueline)

hc + burden (Klara)

HC+ meme

hc + control (Jacqueline)

Jacqueline acknowledges that her life has a distinct lack of control. From her past in her own dead timeline to her new future. There is no real control outwardly.

Inwardly is an exception. Unlike what most would believe, Jacqueline actually has control over the demon who tried to possess her, they are the reason she has her fire powers after all. The question is...how long can she keep control of even that?

hc + burden

Klara tends to burden herself quite a bit. It's something she did in her old home as unhealthy as it is. She views what happened to Jacqueline as her own fault. She constantly tries to shoulder burdens for others.

It's really a coping mechanism to help her deflect her trauma. Though you'd never get her to admit to this.

[cleverhottubmiracle]

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