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chuckwon · 2 years
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The Chuck Won analysis: a visual representation.
HERE’S THE THESIS:
The ending feels tragic because it IS. The villain wins in the story. And the writers wrote it as purposeful commentary on a situation of real-world censorship that couldn’t allow the ending the characters deserved.
Don’t take my word for it; the show told us everything we need to know.
This piece explores why this matters, in story and out of it.
You do not need ANY prior knowledge of “Chuck won” as an angle of analysis–or prior familiarity with Supernatural meta–to read this. My goal was to make understanding the totality of this concept as accessible as possible.
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1dliveshere · 4 years
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The Last Summer Ch.6
Before the sun was even up Kayla decided it would be a great idea to make muffins for everyone. The smell of blueberry muffins awoke Niall and Alyssa.
“Are those Kayla’s famous blueberry muffins I smell?!” Niall and Alyssa yelled in unison.
“Of course they are” Kayla laughed, “I’ve been making them ever since we became friends 7 years ago.”
As everyone began to make their way into the living area Kayla happened to look outside, “Y’all we should go watch the sunrise from the top of the RV while eating breakfast!”
“Kayla you sound like a seven year old that just got told they were going to a candy store”
“Louis, says the person that acts like said 7 year old”
After everyone got their breakfast they headed out of the RV.
“I just have one question how the heck do we get up to the top of the RV??”
All the boys looked at each other and knew exactly what to do. Each one wakes up to their girlfriend and picked them up and attempted lifting them up.
After struggling for 2 minutes and making all sorts of grunting sounds the boys finally gave up.
“You know what us girls got you. Time to put our cheer into practice ladies.”
“Letssss goooooo” Alyssa yelled across the parking lot.
All at once the girls ran over to where Zayn was standing and got into their forms and lifted Zayn all the way to the roof of the RV.
“What the fre-woah it looks so cool from up here.”
After quickly boosting all the boys up to the roof they all helped one another up there too until it got down to Kayla and Alyssa.
“Well crap how the heck are we going to get up there?” Alyssa looked at Kayla.
“I got you boo. It’s time to bust out the two people pyramid.” Kayla smirked
A bunch of high pitched ooooooos left the girls mouths while the guys looked at one another with confused expressions.
Kayla quickly got on her hands and knees while alyssa climbed on top of her back. Slowly Kayla started rising while Alyssa transitioned her feet to Kayla’s shoulders and then head. Kayla slowly starts to stand up while screaming.
“This seems like a really bad idea.” Liam states.
“No Sh-dip Sherlock”
After screaming for literally 30 seconds Kayla got Alyssa on top of the RV. Alyssa then proceeds to lay on her stomach while the other girls lower her down the side of the vehicle. Kayla grabs Alyssa’s hand and uses it as a climbing rope while walked up the side of the RV.
“FREAKING YOU DID NOT JUST PUT YOUR FREAKING DIRTY DIRTBAG SHOES ON THE SIDE OFMY FREAKING SPARKLING RV”
“Take a chill pill. At least we are all up here and have everything we need.”
“Uhh I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but....... I forgot the milk”
“Louis you had ONE freaking job” Kayla pointed at Louis.
“Wait I got you” Louis approaches the windshield and slides down it onto the ground. Leaving a streaky butt mark all the way.
Harry makes a shocked face and is frozen like that until Louis appears with the milk.
“Great now we have to go to the car wash” Harry grunts.
After sitting and watching the sunset everyone slides down like Louis did to go get ready.
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“I don’t know what to wear” Alyssa flopped on the bed in the master bedroom.
“We just washed all of our clothes, how could you not know what to wear?” Kayla looked at Alyssa through the mirror as she finished her makeup.
“It’s not that I don’t have anything to wear. It’s just I don’t know what to wear. What are you going to wear?”
“My light washed ripped jeans, with this button up shirt, and my white converse.”
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“You’re going to look hot boo”
“Thanks girl” Kayla smiled and laughed “I’ll help you pick something out”
Kayla chucked Alyssa’s suitcase onto the bed and started digging through it.
“How about this?” Kayla help up a pair of green pants, a graphic tee, and white shoes?”
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“How the heck do you do that? I’ve been staring at that same suitcase for twenty minutes and found nothing.”
“I’m just that talented.”
After quickly applying some light makeup and fixing their hair, the girls were ready.
“Finally. We can go.” Louis breathed out.
“Oh shut of Louis, you are usually the last one done so this is a first.”
After the short drive to the Sunflower Field everyone hopped off the bus. Surprisingly it wasn’t super busy. They appeared to be the only people there besides the woman that owned it.
“Hello! I need 10 tickets please.” Harry flashed his signature smile at the lady.
“That will be $30”
After exchanging the money for the tickets the group was off to the beginning of the maze.
“Okay according to this sign the maze is 2 miles long. So luckily it won’t be too difficult.”
“Speak for yourself” Kayla laughed. “Liam you are in tip top shape so even if it was 12 miles you would still say that.”
“Guys I just had a great idea!”
“What is it Maya?”
“What if all the couples have a competition? We all time ourselves to see who makes it out on the other side first.”
“That’s a great idea! Let’s do it!” Gigi whips out her phone.
After everyone was paired with their boyfriend/girlfriend they all started their phone timers and took off running in different directions. Everyone was yelling so loudly to each other that you could hear their voices coming from inside the maze.
“Liam we need to turn this way!”
“Maya are you sure??”
“Harry run!!!!”
“Watch out for that bee Louis!!”
“Ahhhhh”
“I’m so freaking confused Alyssa”
“Me too Niall!”
“We just went in a giant circle!”
Everyone beside Louis and Eleanor had made it out on the other side.
“What is taking them so long?” questioned Zayn.
While everyone was discussing where they had gone their conversation was interrupted by a screaming Louis.
“Guys!!!!!! Run!!!!!”
Without even questioning what was happening the whole group took sprinting as fast as possible to the RV. Once inside Harry slammed the door shut.
Once everyone caught their breath they all turned to Louis.
“What was that all about?!”
“Louis here thought it be a good idea to knock a beehive down.”
“Eleanor I didn’t do it on purpose.”
“How’d you manage to do that?” Liam asked through laughter.
“I couldn’t stop running and I ran into a tree and knocked it down.” Louis sheepishly responsed. “Whoopsie”
“Oh my gosh Louis” Gigi cackled.
“Can we just forget that happened? Wasn’t my brightest moment.”
“Sure thing Lou” Kayla smiled.
“Well that was fun! I’m starving though so can we get food?”
“You’re wish is my command Niall. Kayla, I’m sick of driving, will you drive for a little bit?”
“Yeah that’s fine babe.”
Once everyone was seated and ready to hit the road again, Kayla headed to the local Walmart to stock up on food.
The sun was just setting as they approached Walmart. Luckily it appeared Walmart was not busy at all.
“Okay, Kayla and Harry, you are in charge of healthy food; Alyssa and Niall, you are in charge of junk food; and the rest of us will get drinks and any other stuff we need.” Liam spoke quite proud of himself that he had everything organized.
Everyone that was listen went running in all different directions to get to the aisle they needed.
Kayla and Harry bought fruit,veggies, and some other healthy snacks.
Alyssa and Niall bought chips, chocolate, and ice cream; quite the combination.
Everyone else bought pop, water, milk, and random snackage because they knew the other two couples wouldn’t buy enough to live on.
Everyone met back at the cash register to pay for it. Harry insisted on paying for everything.
“Harry you are not going to spend $100 on food for us.”
“Liam shut up. I can do what I want.” Harry smirked as he quickly gave the card to the cashier.
All the boys refused to let the girls carry anything so they all had bags piled on both of their arms as they ran across the parking lot. Once inside everyone out the groceries away and made supper.
“What’s on the menu tonight M’lady?” Zayn tipped an imaginary hat towards Gigi.
“Well I’m making baking chicken with honey mustard dressing and then we are having side salads.”
“I’m happy we brought you. Without you we would eat pizza every night” Niall laughed, “not that I’d complain or anything.”
During dinner everyone was spread all over the RV. Kayla and Alyssa were in the front; Zayn, Gigi, and Niall were on one couch; Harry, Louis, and Eleanor were on the other couch; and Liam and Maya were at the table.
The conversation was filled with fun things they had done throughout the day and things they wanted to do during this trip. Liam was currently discussing how he had never been to Chicago in his entire life.
“Liam that’s literally so random. I’ve been to Chicago at least 10 times.”
“Well that’s easy for you Harold. Your sister goes to college there.”
“I didn’t realize Gemma was going to Chicago University.” Gigi half yelled, “we should go visit her.”
“Oh my gosh Harry we should!! Cmon I’ll even drive.”
“I don’t know guys. She might not want to see us all.” Harry rubbed the back of his neck.
“Oh come on. It’s Gemma! She loves us!” Alyssa smiled.
“Ok ok. Fine. We can go for a couple days. That way I can see her and Liam can see Chicago.”
The whole bus erupted in cheers.
“Plus I’ve heard Chicago clubs really know how to party.” Louis wiggles his eyebrows.
“Umm Lou, in case you forgot, we aren’t old enough.”
“Don’t worry Eleanor. I got that covered.”
Everyone looked at one another, eyes filled with excitement and confusion at what Louis had just said.
All of the girls pitched in to clean up the kitchen. While Kayla headed towards the interstate that would take them straight into Chicago.
Niall called all the boys to follow him into the back bedroom because he has news. The girls were extremely confused why they all ditched them.
Once all the boys were in the room, Niall shut the door and turned to look at them. “I’ve made a life changing decision. I’m going to ask Alyssa to marry me.”
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just-general-stuff · 5 years
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Snow, Fun, and A Lullaby
So this is more of the adventures of Porter!Cliff and his small family. This is just tooth-rotting fluff and I’ve had this idea since I watched that video in which someone built a ski resort inside Death Stranding. I’m dead serious. Somebody actually built a ski resort inside the game. 
Here’s the link to said video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnJMElfDItc&t=1s
Hope you’ll enjoy it!
Peering down over the side of the snowy mountain from the top of the peak he was, Cliff sighed feeling his muscles ache from the climb up to deliver the packages one of his contractors wanted. Looking over his shoulder, he watches his sons run around in the snow, tossing snowballs at each other, and laughing without a care in the world. Sometimes, he wished that he could still have the youthful energy they had but aging over the years hadn't been so kind on his body. 
At least he could still move and for a man his age, he was still agile enough. All that training in the army helped him in traversing the rough terrain of this country to deliver packages as a porter and gave him a slight advantage. Still, he was a human being not like those superheroes he remembered reading from graphic novels that he used to own. 
It was a long walk up the mountain, having taken them about an hour and half to reach the summit and no doubt if they were to go down, it would take about the same time. Looking over at the empty floating carrier that he had brought with him, it then that he got an idea.
With a big grin, Cliff calls the boys over then. The boys quickly joined by their father's side, wondering what their father had in mind now.
“What is it, Dad?” Sam asks.
“Yeah, what is going on?” Higgs asked then.
“I got an idea. What do you boys think of sliding down this mountain on the floating carrier instead of walking back down to the bottom?”
This got the boys very excited. “Yes! Yes please Dad!”
“Let’s goooooo Pops!”
“Alright alright! Just let me get onto the carrier first.”
Once Cliff stepped onto the carrier and made sure the cable connecting him to the carrier was secure, he beckons the boys to join him. Cliff then lets Sam and Higgs clamber up on him and wrapped their arms around his neck and their legs around his waist. Cliff then secures them by wrapping his arms around them and holding them tight against his sides, making sure they were secure and not bound to fall off during their journey down.
“Ready?” Cliff asks. 
“Yes!” Both boys exclaimed.
“Here goes!” Cliff shouts, giving a kicking start and lets gravity push the carrier down the side of the mountain.
The cold winds whizzed past them as they slid down the snowy mountain, their laughs full of happiness echoing throughout the mountains. For a moment, they were able to retreat to a world where there were no BT’s threatening to hunt them down or any packages needing to be delivered. A reprieve from the harsh world itself as they let loose their stresses and exhaustion.
Even Lou was laughing inside the pod enjoying the ride as much as her family.
But then, Cliff noticed that a snowstorm brewing in the distance and was quickly coming towards them. Not wanting for them to get caught in the middle of a snowstorm, Cliff used the Odradek to scan the terrain for any shelter. That’s when he saw there was a cave just to the right of them. Steering the carrier to the right, he heads for the cave and manages to reach it in time just as the snowstorm came rolling over.
The man blew out a huge sigh of relief then. “That was too close.” Cliff said.
“But it was fun though!” Higgs beams happily.
“Could we do it again after the snowstorm is over?” Sam asks.
Cliff laughed boisterously and nods. “Of course. For now, we’ll have to stay here in this cave and wait for the storm to blow over.” Letting the boys hop off of him, Cliff then drops his bag to the ground, taking out a large, thick blanket that he had packed for the climb. He was glad that he had trusted his instincts to take it just in case. Taking the blanket and with the boys following closely behind him, Cliff then takes a seat against the wall of the cave unfolding the blanket then. 
Sam and Higgs then came over and sat right in front of the older man before Cliff then draped the blanket over all of them.
“You boys warm yet?” Sam and Higgs nodded and leaned back, resting their heads and backs against their father's side, avoiding the pod as they didn’t want to crush poor Lou, and watching the snow falling heavily outside their temporary shelter. 
It was quite difficult for the boys and Lou to be able to fall asleep due to the howling winds so Cliff decided to do the one trick that could get the kids to sleep.
He started to sing the lullaby he would sing to Sam back then even before he was born, the same lullaby that helped calm Higgs down from a nightmare after Cliff had adopted him, and the same lullaby that soothed Louise when she was getting too stressed. 
“See the sunset.
The day is ending.
Let that yawn out.
There’s no pretending.
I will hold you.
And protect you…”
Cliff continued to sing the lullaby watching the kids as they were slowly lulled to sleep.
Lou yawned, content and warm under the safety of the blanket and she slowly fell asleep to Cliff’s steady heartbeat and soft singing. The boys too slowly fell asleep, the adrenaline leaving their systems and their exhaustion from their earlier climb returning making them drowsy. Add in the lullaby and they were slowly lulled to sleep.  
Cliff kept watch on his children sleeping away and only then did he stop singing. With a fatherly smile on his face, he presses soft kisses on the top of his sons's heads and strokes the pod in which Lou was housed in gently, before then pulling the blanket tightly around them, his arms wrapping around the boys’ shoulders and embracing them protectively against his sides as he kept watch of the storm waiting for it to finally blow over.
For a moment he was at complete peace, the mission that he had been sent out in the first place temporarily forgotten. 
For now, all that mattered was his family right here and now. 
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revoleotion · 2 years
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3, 4, 5 lemon boy lets goooooo
i haven't opened up that document in ages so this will be fun? maybe?? let's goooo
3: What’s your favorite line of narration?
[Yukio] swipes his metrocard through the scanner and glances down on it for a few seconds before catching up with his friend and his brother. 
(Which is the last line of the fic. I was so proud to finally finish this project, so even if there are some more epic lines, I choose this one as my favorite!)
4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?
“I,” [Yukio] repeats, “don’t want him to see me like that. I prefer being the person he thinks I am.”
(And then Rin rightfully calls him edgy for that, effectively calling us both out.)
5: What part was hardest to write?
[gestures vaguely] everything at some point? When I first started writing, it felt like I had it all figured out but the longer it went on, the more frustrated I got. I considered abandoning the work at least two times, especially when I found out that I made a small mistake in one of the earlier chapters (I managed to more or less fix it but it's the reason I don't revisit this fic a lot)!
I struggled a lot with the ending too because I was not sure how graphic I wanted the finale to be, out of fear of triggering myself and anyone else. I solved it by doing a time-skip, but this was more me giving up than me making a clever decision. (One can argue that it is realistic for Yukio not to remember a traumatic moment like this, and that it's helpful to focus on healing instead of your lowest point but... no. I just didn't know how to write that moment.)
But! In the end, I made it, and that's all that counts. It's not my first multi-chapter project i finished but it definitely showed me again that it is possible.
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