#Chapter 3 of 19

[obsessed-with-timeloops]

I think this fandom is too normal about Petronille. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S ONLY IN HER LATE TEENS/EARLY 20'S WHAT DO YOU MEAN?????

Like like!!!! We don't have a timeline on when Bonnie and Nille ran away from home, but it HAS to be when Bonnie was really young. Bonnie doesn't seem to remember their parents well at all, and the most we hear about them is that they were "mean". So like!!!! Depending on how old you see Bonnie (10-12ish) and how young you think the two ran away, that could range from 5 to 9 years give or take.

Thats!!!! A range!!! At the oldest Nille (say 24) she was 18 or 19 when the two ran away, which is an adult but still pretty young, but the youngest range????? Hello??? If Nille is 19 now, she could have been as young as 11 when she took Bonnie!!!! What!!!!

I don't think that's the case, but still??? If we take the average of those two, Nille would be 16!!! 16!!!!! And taking care of her sibling basically on her own!!! Nille is a kid who had to grow up too fast and take on the world to make sure Bonnie and her could survive!!! Nille's probably been fighting a good chunk of her life for their happiness and that doesn't even ACCOUNT for the abuse their parents messed her up with. And then after EVERYTHING basically sacrificed herself so Bonnie could have a chance to live from the King's Curse!!!!!

And after all that!!!! Suddenly, she's offered protection from 4 random adults who also adore her sibling and want to take care of the both of them??? What do you do with that??? Do you even BELIEVE that??? Can you even trust that someone else than you could be trusted with your baby sibling? That you can let someone else take that responsibility. The responsibility that you took on with your whole heart and soul to the point you made sure that even if you basically DIED for all that mattered, at least Bonnie would have a chance.

You've been asleep for months and woken up in a new reality where you're not your sibling's whole world anymore. They've changed. You weren't there for it. These people Iove Bonnie so much. But do they know them as much as you do??? They weren't there all this time!!! You should know your sibling better than anyone here!!!

And yet. Yet...

You don't know what to make of this. You're happy Bonnie's safe. You're terrified you don't recognize the new parts of them that have shown up without you being there.

Your sibling lives in a whole new world now. They love you. They would come back to it just being the two of you if you pushed it.

But if you do, you're not sure Bonnie would ever forgive you for it.

(Are you seeing my vision??? Do you understand why I'm not normal about Nille????)

[abybweisse]

Ch209 (p3), Offers and lies

The remaining circus members are just as clueless as he is -- actually more clueless -- so he sets off to find answers. Somehow, he figures out that Smile must be "Ciel Phantomhive", who sometimes works with Scotland Yard. I consider this an interesting hole in the story, and fans might be tempted to fill that in....

Anyway, it's too soon to think the rest of the first tier are dead, so he's holding out for getting to the bottom of this, finding them again, and finally being accepted as a true member of their family.

Snake doesn't want to believe they are kidnappers, but he knows they are up to no good. These conflicting thoughts and feelings are like snakes, as they "writhed and tangled" inside his mind.

Even after our earl tells him what the circus is secretly up to, Snake hopes to be reunited with the ones he was closest to. He wants them to atone for their mistakes but then live in peace and happiness.

He sees joining the Phantomhive household as his best bet for finding them, especially since our earl lies about their whereabouts/fates. They are dead, but our earl claims he's still searching for them.

Life with the Phantomhives definitely has its perks, in the meantime. Gaining a basic education, not being gawked at by spectators, great food, and so on.

Of course, there's the incident on the ship, with the rude ladies, but our earl and Sebastian both work to build up his self confidence and self esteem.

He enjoys being with the Phantomhive household, and he might see them becoming his family. Despite this, Snake still misses the circus troupe and longs to be with them again.

Thanks to Doll being reanimated as a Bizarre Doll, Snake's hopes have come true, just not as expected.

Last part coming up.

[everynart]

[jakeyt]

Did I just extend Covet's chapter count?.....

Maaaaybe...... 👀

[calliope-does-things]

Fanart for @/Im_Sorry_Buddy's For The Forgotten Ones (FTFO) on AO3.

The mask is heavily inspired by Ekko's mask from Arcane on Netflix.

[jtl-fics]

Hiii, I'd love to read a snippet of Pretty Boy 💜

WIP Wednesday 2/7/24 (CLOSED) | Pretty Boy

Then he watches as Neil points towards the back alley. The back alley where guys get and give hand jobs and blow jobs. He watches as Evan's face lights up and Roland's confusion.

Andrew is up on his feet before he is even thinking about it. Eyes so locked on Neil and Evan that he bumps in to half the club. He loses sight of them when the door closes and all Andrew can think is that somehow Evan must have been some Moriyama or Wesninski assassin.

It's about a million times more likely than Neil agreeing to get or give a blow job / hand job in a back alley to someone he just met who pisses him off.

[dungeonmeshititlepages]

[knbmangareread]

Hate it when it happens.

I approve of Fujimaki-sensei's hard work in letting us know how silly the Miracles are. He can't let the kids get too pretentious, he has to bring them back down to earth from time to time.

[spirit-of-anime]

19 Days ~

[plantboiart]

I want to write Kian getting absolutely pissed off I need it for my mental well being I need to write him screaming and blaming other people for everything they’ve done wrong I need to write them getting into an argument with Rand and blaming him for her death and then regretting it immediately afterwards I need to write him being absolutely fucking unhinged and then hating herself for it who needs therapy when you can just write your fave snapping

[anisaanisa]

Swimming in Spring ☆

[rapha-reads]

Hm. The Mandalorian deciding to introduce political narratives, in-depth universe building and complex side characters is not exactly what I was expecting, but I actually don't mind, I love a good Star Wars lore building.

Elia Kane is interesting. Can't exactly understand her objectives, but she's definitely playing a double game. And she was after Baby Yoda, so it's sure that she'll be important to the main plotline at some point. I love Omid Abtahi, but I had to remind myself every time the Doc spoke that he wajts to continue and use Kamino's research, and no, just, no. Though I did feel pity when she betrayed him.

[pigeon-wizard]

I'm never gonna forget that time Paranatural made the perfect visual representation of that one song 

[everynart]

[allmoshnobrain]

A not so small ramble about Heartbreaker because the story is near its end and I've started writing the epilogue, which will tie all loose ends (spoilers for part 32 ahead!)

The whole thing about Heartbreaker is that everyone makes a lot of mistakes mainly because they are all so young when everything happens, but that doesn't make them terrible people - they just didn't know any better.

Dave unconsciously tries to alienate Nore from her friends because she's the only one he has left and he loves her, even though she begs him not to make her choose. He's also so deeply insecure that he becomes jealous and immediately believes Pat when she says Nore is cheating on him with James because well why wouldn't she, when he feels so much like a burden to her?

James tries to earn Nore's affection at all costs because he's in love with her, but he never considers Dave's feelings, his former best friend, who he already had hurt by kicking him off the band and cutting ties. He knows Nore likes him too, he can feel it, but he can't bring himself to just talk to her directly about it all - instead he pressures her, he begs her, please, please leave him, please love me instead. But when she gets hurt and confused because she loves them both, he starts dating her friend in an attempt to get over her, but that only hurts Nore more.

Nore doesn't want to hurt anyone. She just wants to be happy, she just wants her friends - her chosen family - to get along because the happier she had ever been was when everyone was together still. So she avoids telling Dave about her blossoming feelings for James, because she knows it will upset him. She avoids telling Dave so many important things, she avoids rejecting James fully too because she knows it will hurt him and she loves them both, she doesn't wanna hurt him, she doesn't wanna lose him. Then it all blows up in her face because you can't keep avoiding these kind of things forever - they take root, and they grow, and they become bigger the more you ignore them.

I also think Pat fits in this, although she was really mean about it lol James was her dream rockstar boyfriend, and when she realized she wasn't the one he really liked, she felt threatened and tried to sabotage his friendship with Nore instead of confronting him about it or just walking away.

I think the whole point in this is that James, Nore and Dave all tried to do what was easier, instead of what was right. Because none of them were mature enough to make the hard choices. None of them were mature enough to realize they were hurting themselves and hurting the people around them until it was too late.

But I said there would be a happy ending, and there will be! The story will be "finished" in part 35, but that won't really be the end. The epilogue will be set 7 years later, in 1991 - and we will see then the outcome of all of their choices and love and heartbreak. Pinky promise <3

[abybweisse]

Ch201 (p3), Ginny's return

Staff carry out their constant duties while Finny and the top students sneak through the building and around outside. They lead him to the stable.

On perfect timing, the guy who drove Ginny away earlier comes back. Finny sees something that shocks him and gives him what I'd call a cold sweat.

Ginny could just be drugged, like the maids at Heathfield Manor, but either way her face is covered, and it seems here like the "fledging garment" is being used now as a shroud.

Of course, Finny has to start saying something and be hushed before they are discovered.

Before now, I had no idea what Theo meant by saying the "fledged" children hadn't fledged or truly left. But here is Ginny... or whatever is left of her.

Since Doll was last seen in the stable, too, I was first thinking that she goes there when she has an episode of needing a blood transfusion. Then perhaps there is somewhere in there where the children are used for the blood transfusions. That would suggest the children are alive and just drugged.

However, the other star lords wouldn't go there for transfusions, and apparently all the "fledged" children return to the orphanage like this, regardless of their class. So things aren't looking too good for poor Ginny. I really don't know if she's alive or dead. It's entirely possible the children are bled out elsewhere, and then their corpses are taken to some burial site under the stable.