#I also met a dog named eggs

[bittersweetstargazer]

it was storming today . . .

[castawavy]

November Save MEGA summary (part 6)

before / next

we're almost at the end now and im sad but also happy that I left off on a good note and not when I was exchausted playing with a legacy

so to start, june and steve are still happy wed

elijah also aged up and it was his birthday and I have NO photos which im really mad about but here he is after I gave him a makeover

adelaide also kissed landon (GASP) but steve saw him leaving their house and decided to give her to talk:tm: 💀 which she wasnt happy about

despite the cringe from her father, she went on a date with landon anyways, and they are kind of a thing, but also kind of not a thing

elijah also set everything on fire trying to cook eggs because hes trying to get as much protein in (but he cant cook)

so now hes only allowed to cook whilst being supervised by june 🤦‍♂️

adelaide made friends with a girl name bridget, who is lily & victor feng's daughter, and she was so pretty but annoyingly adelaide wasnt even remotely interested

some father & son bonding time which doesnt really progress the plot but is cute anyways so here it is

and adelaide got a job at the country club, she's basically a server at the pool bar, but in winter she works catering inside

she also met her coworkers and they taught her how to sucessfully slack off during work hours

and she freaked out tyler cuz shes #quirky

that weekend she also went to a house party and snogged landon HJGSHJSGJHDFVJHD but also caught up with the bheeda sisters

steve and june also proved they were middle aged by starting a new hobby together (power walking) AND THEYRE SOOO CUTE 🥺💖

then they took erica out for lunch and the local seafood place that im really mad I lost because it was my best renovation of club calico YET

and then BIG HUGE NEWS, but the family got a dog named Moose

then I place a church in myt save because I had a bad feeling something ominous would happen to erica soon...

and I WAS RIGHT

so um, yeah, until next time I guess (bows) 😆

before / next

[ophelieverse]

⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰Dragonhearts.

Aemond Targaryen x fem!reader.

Your and Aemond kids are just like him,they absolutely love their dragons.

This is my first fic,so be kind to me.Also english is not my first language,so i’m sorry if there is any errors.

•••••••

It was a quiet sunny day in King’s Landing,the long summer was at it end but the golden rays of the sun still shined through the clouds above the city.

Y/n was sitting on a blanket on the green grass of one of the hills out of the Red Keep,besides her was her sister in law Helaena and Queen Alicent,all three of them enjoying the warm sun and the beautiful weather away from any political issues just for one day.

«He looks so much like Aemond did at his age.»the Queen voice was sweet and tender,her brown eyes sparkling while she looked at one of her grandchildren playing in the green field with his cousin.

Aedion was Y/n and Aemond second child and just like his grandmother said,he was the perfect copy of his father.From his pale blonde hair,his lavander curious eyes and his way to prove himself in everything he did,he reassemble Y/n dear husband in everything.

Y/n smiled,looking softly at her son who was just eight years old«He also acts like Aemond.That creature is the only thing he talks about.»the young princess said,pointing with her free hand towards where the children where playing.

Aedion and Jaehaerys,Aegon and Helaena first son,we’re holding a little wooden stick and using it as a fake sword,similar to the ones they used during their training with Ser Criston in the yard.Besides them two dragons,no bigger than a horse,were watching them like guard dogs in case something happened.

Y/n had met Aemond when she was just a young Lady and she immediately fell for the charming prince.It was no secret that her husband was very enthusiastic whenever the topic of their conversation shifted to dragons,she remember during their courting time that she had listened to him talking for hours about the little adventures that he lived with Vhagar.She also remembered the first time he introduced them to each other,his old favorite girl to his new favorite girl like he once said,and the first time he took her on a fly with him.The way she held him close,the wind between her hair and the euphoric feeling that washed over her.

That day Y/n nderstood why her husband was so passionate about dragons and it was clear that the trait passed down to their children.

«Oh no»Helaena said with a little smile«my brother was so much worse.He was just like little Visenya.»said the princess now turning her head to look at her son and nephew.

Y/n smiled sadly,a hand caressing her growing belly where her fourth child was and thinking about her daughter.Visenya,only five years old,the girl Aemond prayed so much for and that he named after Vhagar first rider was dragonless.

Unfortunately,at her birth there was no left dragon eggs at Dragonpit.Both Rhaenyra and Helaena promised the young princess that if one of her dragons laid eggs again one would have been for her.It’s been four years and her little crying face made both Y/n and Aemond’s hearth clench.

Alicent gave Y/n a firm squeeze on the shoulder and a reassuring smile«I know how powerless you must feel,but it’s not your fault.»she told her,with the loving voice that only a mother could have.

«I know»Y/n nodded«Aemond feels terrible every time that he have to console her.I just wish i could do something,anything to help her.»seeing her daughter that way always made her asking herself if this was the same way her husband felt when he was a kid.

«Visenya will a dragon one day»Alicent told her and it sounded more like an affirmation,like something she knew would been destined to happen«Just like Aemond did.»

«But then she’ll have nine fingers.»Helaena murmured quietly under her breath.

The girl besides her did register her words,because she was too focused on hearing what was coming from her son mouth.

Aedion and Jaehaerys where playing in front of them,pretending to be soldiers on a battlefield,laughing and attacking each other when Jaehaerys accidentally hit Aedion across his face.

«Children,careful!»Alicent called them out.

Y/n was getting up with Helaena help,holding her stomach and making her way towards her son to see if he was hurt or injured.When Aedion took his hand off his face,a blank stare was all he gave to his cousin before commanding his dragon who seemed hurt just like the young prince was.

«Hyperion»Aedion called his dragon close to him,the creature walked slowly besides him waiting«Drac-»

«Aedion!»Y/n shouted immediately before he could finished.

Helaena ran towards her son that,crying,throwed himself into his mother safe embrace.Alicent stood beside them,soothing her oldest grandson with sweet phrases,while Y/n walked fast to her own son.

«What where you thinking?»she asked her son,her heart pumping furiously in her chest fearing what could have happened if she didn’t stopped him in time.

Aedion had a little red sign on his face,right below his left eye where Jaehaerys hit him with his fake sword«I was taking revenge on my enemy.»he stated,trying to escape his mother accusing gaze.

«Thats not your enemy!Thats your cousin,we are a family and we don’t hurt each other like this!»Y/n was trying to not yell at her son to not scare him even more,but she was absolutely mortified about what happened and furious.

Aedion lower lip trembled just like Aemond did when he was about to cry«But he-»

His mother didn’t let him finish«I’m sure that Jaehaerys didn’t wanted to hurt you on purpose.But what you were about to do to him would have hurt him permanently.»she explained to him.

Aedion looked over at his dragon«Father says that i have to use my dragon because i have one.»

Y/n sighed,he was just like Aemond«Dragons are not objects,but since you and your father think this way you will be the one telling him why i forbid you to go at Dragonpit for the next two weeks.»she warned him with stern voice,she knew that she couldn’t keep her son away from that place for long but he had to lear his lesson and so will have his father.

The young prince cried in his mother arms,sobbing his eyes out while she caressed his hair«I’m sorry»he whispered.

Y/n shook her head,looking at Helaena and Alicent with the same tired smile that the two women gave her«You should apologize to your cousin,and then your aunt and grandmother.»she told him freeing him from her loving embrace and guiding him towards them.

«You did the right thing.»Alicent told her with a gentle smile,while Aedion continued to cry in her hug.

It was late evening when Aemond returned from his morning fly with his oldest son,Rhaegal,the young boy was now thirteen and his dragon was big enough to let him ride him.Aemond was more excited that his own son to teach him how to fly for the first time.

He didn’t have his father for that,actually he didn’t had anyone,all that he learned about a dragon he did on his very own and he didn’t want any of his children to have the same.

Y/n was sitting in their shared chambers a hand on her belly,stroking it with love,while she was sitting on a duvet waiting for her husband and son to come home.

«Mother!»the joyful sound of Rhaegal voice echoed through the walls.

The woman smiled,her oldest son white hair were a mess all over his head,his purple eyes were sparkling and his pale skin was sweaty.

Carefully Y/n stood up«Welcome back,sweetheart.How did your fly went?»she asked kissing him on the forehead.

«It was amazing!Darksmoke is even faster than Vhagar.»he stated proudly,his smile brighter that the sun.

Aemond came him a second later,his eyes immediately falling on his wife pregnant belly,before putting his hands on his son shoulders«What i told you was that “Darksmoke might become faster than Vhagar once she will not be able to fly anymore.”»he said playfully with a teasing smile on his beautiful face.

Rhaegal laughed a little«We went to Dragon Stone and there i beat father at a race.I even made Darksmoke turn upside down!»the young boy reminded Aemond of himself the first time he had Vhagar.

All his excitement to finally being able to fly with his siblings,all the little things he discovered with the time passing by,the feeling of being bonded some one other than himself.Some one he shared a mind and a piece of himself.

Y/n watched the two of them bicker with each other for a little,Aemond could sense the discomfort coming from his wife while she pretended to smile and being happy for the oldest son.

«Your mother and your little sister need to rest,»Aemond said his son«Go and take a bath,you smell like dragon.»he watched his son nodding his head,giving his mother a quick kiss and then leaving closing the door behind him.

«I promise that we were careful.»Aemond came closer to her,taking Y/n in a loving hug and pressing his cold lips to hers for a tender kiss.

Y/n smiled a little«I don’t know if i should believe that.»she teased her husband a little«But its not him that i’m worried for.»she added with a worrying voice.

Aemond brows furrowed in confusion,a slight spark of panic lighted in him,his hands immediately going to his wife belly«Did the Maester told you something about her?»he asked her.

«You still think it’s a girl?»Y/n asked her husband covering his hands with hers.

Aemond smiled«Helaena said it’s was another girl.»he told her sweetly.

Y/n heart seemed to be exploding in her chest,she knew about Helaena foresight and whenever she was expecting her sister in law was right about the gender every time.

«Another girl»Y/n breathed out,her eyes were glassy at the news and all those emotions started to overwhelmed her.

She was happy to have another baby girl after two sons and Visenya,but right now she had to discuss other important matters with her husband.

«Well,i thought you would’ve been more happy to hear it.»Aemond said going to take a cup and filling it with wine.

«I’am,but right now we have to talk about your son.»she stated firmly.

Aemond looked over her,confusion on his face«What happened?»

Y/n took a deep breath,she already knew what this was going to«He won’t go to Dragonpit for the next two weeks and he won’t see his dragon for that time.»she explained slowly.

Aemond froze,his hand resting the cup on the table,looking at his wife«What did you said?»he asked hoping he heard wrong.

But his wife stood firm before him«You heard him.No dragon for Aedion.»

«Not if i have a say on the matter.»Aemond said«He needs to stay with his dragon if he want to have a bond with him!»his voice was now raising.

«I think he bonded with that thing enough!A little time apart won’t hurt them!»now it was her time to raise her voice at her husband.

«You say that because you don’t-»

«Don’t what Aemond?Because I don’t have a dragon?Your son shouldn’t have one at his age,he’s eight!He doesn’t know what his doing!»her face was red,her breath short and being six months pregnant didn’t helped her at all in this moment.

Aemond walked to her again«All his cousins have dragons,in this family we put dragons eggs in the cribs once the babe is born and you know it.Aedion know what he’s doing and you won’t take away his birth right.»this topic always had a solid grip on her husband and Y/n could seen it in his eye,in the way the pure fire burned through it.

Y/n rolled her eyes«Your son almost killed his cousin this morning.I’m surprised that Aegon is not here to beat your ass for it!»she informed him.

In a second Aemond seemed to calm down,his shoulder relaxed and he started to breath through his nose again«What?Hows Jaehaerys?»he asked sitting down on the duvet.

Y/n took place next to him,holding his hands in hers«It was a mistake,i know he did not said in on purpose.»she started with soft voice.

«Y/n»Aemond urged her«What did he said?»

The woman breather in and out«They were playing when Jaehaerys accidentally hit him and Aedion…»

«Did the dragon followed his order?»Aemond voice was unsure,laced with concern and fear of what would have happened to his nephew.

His wife shook her head,that made him release the breath he was holding and closing his eye«Luckily i stepped in before he could finished his sentence.But still-»

Aemond nodded«But still he did the wrong thing.I can’t even imagine what would be doing now if you weren’t there.I will talk to him tonight,after i apologize to my sister and brother.»he said,pressing his forehead to hers.

«You don’t have to worry now,my love.We are fine and Aedion already feels horrible after what happened.»Y/n stated caressing her husband cheek before kissing it.

Aemond smiled,a genuine a loving smile that he reserved only for the woman that he loved with all his heart and that gave him the most precious things in this world,not dragons but his children.

«I know»he told her kissing her nose lovingly«thank you for being here,no matter what.»

[holly-fixation]

Imagine CC Sephiroth finding a CCTV footage of something related to his early developement where in the background he can see a woman (Jenova, from his photo) and can faintly hear her screaming at Hojo "let me hold him" and "you can't take my son away from me"

Snooping around the data room was bound to cut through the web of Hojo's lies and half truths eventually, which is exactly why he kept going back. Occasionally, he found old tapes and took them to his apartment for further inspection, hiding each one under his long uniform coat and returning them before anyone noticed.

At first he doesn't believe what he's seeing.

It was his recovery from his first mako procedure, long before he could speak or crawl or remember. He was in a pod not much larger than he was, an egg of glass protecting him and regulating the oxygen levels as necessary.

The baby in the incubator shivered, scratching at the wires in its skin in an attempt to break free. Each wire was anchored with metal shackles, presumably one of the only things it couldn't break, probably also reused from the many dogs Hojo bred for the President's son. The first five minutes only showed his cold and discomfort as he struggled to heal.

But he recognized the woman in the observation glass. He heard her muffled cries and chose to ignore them until her face entered the frame. A face he held close to his chest for as long as he could.

It was her. It was Jenova, her brown hair in the exact same ponytail as her photo. Her pleas no longer drowned in his ears.

"Let me hold him!"

Then Hojo entered the screen as well, though his face was cut off Sephiroth knew every mannerism of that wicked man like the back of his hand. Every step, every gesture, every shift of dark glasses.

"Just once! Please!"

His heart ached. He felt his hand move to his chest, to where her photo used to remain.

"Absolutely not. Your presence at this stage will damage him beyond repair. I will not allow you to ruin this with your meddling."

"Hojo, please!"

He did not budge. "I allowed you this far. You may look at him through that window before security escorts you out."

"You can't take my son away from me!"

"This is my laboratory, and I will do as I please. You have seven seconds."

She surrendered, placing her hands against the glass, turning away from the scientist with tears down her cheeks. "Sephiroth!"

His breath hitched. His name. Her voice. Her undeniable care.

"Sephiroth, my son, know your mother loves you! I love you so much and I would break you free if I was strong enough! I love you, my son! I would do anything to be by your side!"

The helmeted officers came and pulled her arms back.

"Sephiroth! SEPHIROTH!"

A door opened and closed, and the recording continued as if nothing happened.

Sephiroth ejected the tape before taking his weapon and rushing to the labs, the evidence again hidden under his coat until he met his target.

The scientist's side glance infuriated his already burning nerves. He said nothing as he pushed the scientist away from the desk and inserted the tape into an old player connected to a CRT screen. He skipped ahead and paused the video when Jenova came into full view against the window.

Hojo groaned in annoyance, literally rolling his eyes. "Why are you showing me this, boy? I was there, you know."

"You said she died in childbirth."

"I said she died after you were born."

"You ripped me away."

"And I made you better for it. Do you have any idea how pathetic you'd become under a mentally unstable mess like her?"

"Don't you dare speak of my mother that way!"

"I knew her well. I will speak of her as I please."

"...where is she?"

"Pardon?"

"Where. Is she?"

"I just said she's dead."

"And why would I believe you?"

"You're wasting my time."

"Why would I believe you?"

The room turned cold. "Because I am the only source you have, and you know it."

That deep reality tainted the entirety of the interrogation, and Sephiroth was forced to leave with the exact same knowledge he walked in with. He couldn't stop hearing her voice. He couldn't stop the looping plea in his mind.

Know your mother loves you!

Sephiroth!

Sephiroth.

[keyaho]

p. Christmas 2023

summary: Nashae is known to the world as Yahya, the sweet voice that has dominated the music industry for almost twenty years. The Queen of R&B wanted nothing more in life than to settle down, especially after seeing her friends getting married, but it's never happened. After a Christmas home with friends, she's introduced to a romance that brings out a side of her she never knew was there.

a/n: wwe is a more serious sport. think of wwe as a brand like the nfl or nba but it has more freedom like boxing/mma. it's not as scripted as we know it to be.

note: reposted from kingmichaelapratt

→p.I ←

Nashea “Coco” Hapeta, known publicly as Yahya -was the top R&B singer with a career spanning almost two decades of music, film, and modeling. At thirty-two, she was the standard, the GOAT, the Queen of R&B. However, tonight she was just Coco. Relaxing with her best friend’s Trinity Fatu for a pajama themed party, she relished in the loving atmosphere and joy that being around a large family brought. In the kitchen, she sat at the island with a glass of white wine and a plate of food in front of her. If there was one thing she was going to do, it was eat. 

“My husband’s family is late, but they are like five minutes away.” Trinity laughed. “I swear that’s why I told him the wrong time last time, but I was trying to be right this year.” 

Fork full of greens, Coco savored the taste of the pork it was cooked in as she took the bite. Hand hovering by her mouth, she shook her head. “I was just being greedy, you did not have to let me fix a plate.” 

“Girl, they are always late. The only reason they were on time for the wedding was because it was right at the hotel and they knew they wouldn’t get in if they weren’t.” 

In matching gingerbread pajamas, Trinity looked at her younger sister, Imani, and rolled her eyes. She was also holding a plate and chewing on a deviled egg. Having met Trinity in college, Coco and her hit off. Two years later their friend group expanded to include Trinity’s younger sister. Somehow, Bianca Crawford and Mercedes Varnado from WWE had also melted into their friend group and the unit have been close for about six years now. 

The large Christmas tree was decorated to the nines in different sized gold and red bulbs in the living room. A few ribbons were wrapped around the tree and at the top was a large bow instead of a star. It was lit up with warm brown lights. Beneath it, and color coded, were multiple boxes of wrapped gifts for their secret Santa exchange. Two weeks ago, one of the aunts passed everyone their name for the exchange. Coco had been absent, but wanted to participate and ended up pulling Joe’s name. She had only seen him once at a family event, but they had never been introduced to each other. Her gifts to him were wrapped in shimmering gold paper with thick black ribbon bows. It was hard, but she thinks she got him gifts he’d like and could use. 

Sipping her wine, she could see the front door opening out the corner of her eyes. Children, two dogs, five boisterous voices and some feminine laughter all filled the kitchen in seconds and before she could get up from the stool to hug him, the single twin Jey yanked her into a hug. 

“What’s up sis!” He said, his arms tight around her shoulders as her arms went around his middle. 

“Hey, Jey, god, loosen up I can’t breathe,’ she giggled. 

They managed to have on the same pajamas, the basic red flannel with thick black satin ribbon at the waist. He was in a black tank top while she had on a cropped black sweater. Her hair was piled on top of her head in a messy bun that was falling to pieces after his hug. Jimmy greeted her with a side hug and went to his wife before planting a kiss on her lips. Coco loved how much they were in love. 

“What the hell were y’all doing to be,’ Bianca looked down at her watch, “thirty minutes late?”

Her husband, Montez, strolled up to her in their matching green silk pajamas ready to explain their absence. 

“We stopped for drinks,’ a heavy and deep voice replied. 

Coming up behind her, bottles of alcohol were placed on the island where she was eating by large hands with manicured fingers. He smelled like cognac, deep and rich. Sliding back into her seat, she picked up her fork, watching him push the bottles towards the center of the island so they didn’t fall. A moment later, his head turned to her, dark eyes giving her the once over before recognition set in. She turned her head and he quickly got the hint, but were her cheeks red? Joe hid his smirk. 

“Please don’t ever leave me with those three.” Sarona, known by most as Tamina, stepped into the kitchen with gift bags in her hand. 

Her brown eyes landed on Coco and a smile broke out on her face.

“I know that isn’t little Nae Nae,’ she pushed Jey out the way and wrapped her arms around the smaller woman. “I haven’t seen you in years, girl what the fuck!” 

“Talofa Sarona,’ Coco replied sheepishly. 

To be one of the biggest stars in the music industry, Coco was honestly very shy. How she managed to have loud ass friends was a mystery. 

“Don’t give me native tongue! I missed you so much!” 

She was hugged again and twenty minutes later they were all vibing to music and party games. It felt good being home with people she loved and as she looked around at everyone having a good time she didn’t want it to end. She pulled out her camera and started taking photos for her scrapbook. Each holiday of the year had its own photos and videos saved on her laptop. Turning the camera towards herself she took a few selfies on her own before Jey slid over making silly faces. He was really like a big brother to her and one of the guys that always called or checked in with her, even when she couldn’t answer. Everyone followed and soon they were trying to set up all their phones to catch the group picture. 

“Yo, Joe your camera is the best, just take it on yours and send it to everybody.” Montez suggested. 

Joe had been sitting on the couch watching everyone, but more specifically, he’d been a little star struck. The Yahya, Coco, was sitting across from him and his palms were sweaty. He had her poster on his dorm wall for fucks sake. He’d been around many celebrities and never felt so stuck. So exposed. 

Fuck, he felt like a kid with a damn crush. 

“We have the same phone,’ he replied puzzled. 

“I want to post some of these photos,’ Coco said, saving Joe from having to risk his phone getting broken. “I brought my tripod and Nikon.” 

Situated for the group photo, Coco was flanked in the middle by Trinity and Bianca with Jimmy and Montez on the ends. Mercedes and Sarona were sitting on the back of the couch with Joe standing between them. Once it was taken they kicked the guys out of the shot so they could take more. 

She posted a few, including the group photo. Her personal life was so well guarded, that she made sure her location wasn’t on so they couldn’t track Trinity’s house. This was a yearly party, so her fans were well aware of her friend group, but there were always the crazies that took their devotion too far. 

→p.II ←

Between the alcohol flowing in all of them a game of drunk twister ended up being played outside in the barely lit backyard. Coco was currently in a backbend after Saronas spin had her contorting her body so she wouldn’t lose. Trinity was in a split, Bianca was stretched across the red and yellow circles, Mercedes was almost standing on Jey’s head by the blues, and it was Joe’s turn. So far he had it easy as the only one still standing. 

“You good like that Co?” Trinity laughed before ticking her exposed side. 

The singer almost buckled and her giggles were muffled from the fabric of her top falling in her face. Her lacy halter bra covered her but the cool air licked at her skin causing chill bumps. She was definitely ready for the spiced hot chocolate and movie. 

“As long as Joe’s left foot doesn't land on red," she finally replied. 

The only red space visible was under her head and the last thing she wanted was to land on a foot. She couldn’t see his face because his back was to her, but his smell was suffocating and being outside didn’t help. She could only smell him. Even from upside down. She’s been around a lot of men in the industry, but he smelled divine. It was just a Samoan man thing: to smell so fucking good. She could hear him thump the arrow this spin. His leg moved, putting his right foot on blue. Since Sarona was watching and recording, she spun for Coco. 

“Left leg green!” 

She knew it was to the right of her, but there was no way she was going to make it. Bending her knees for a second she flung her legs upwards into a handstand but between the tight space and liquor she immediately lost her balance and clenched her eyes shut for impact. 

“Good catch, Co, girl you know you're out,’ Sarona laughed. 

Opening her eyes and realized Joe had caught her. One of her legs was on his shoulder while the other hung, dangling from the ground. She weighed very little and he flipped her upright and helped her step around the contorted players. His hands lingered on her lower back as he guided her without losing his footing on the mat. 

“Uh, thank you,’ Coco said. 

Joe winked. 

On the inside the wrestler was screaming. He had her. In his arms. She might have been upside down but how many people could say they held her. He watched her out the corner of his eye take a seat next to Sarona. For the first time he noticed how much smaller she was compared to everyone else. She barely came to his chest when they were standing around. And he had to look down at her when they did exchange words. He admired her. He was admiring her. The way the moonlight shone down on her dark brown skin, the softness of her brown eyes, her plush lips, the damn slope of her nose, fuck. She was beautiful when done up in videos and shows, but seeing her bare face and relaxed gave her another level of beauty he couldn’t put into words. 

“Dude,’ Jimmy punched Joe in the arm, “can you make it any more obvious?” 

He was off to the side watching the game unfold when he noticed Joe was distracted. He followed his older cousin's gaze to where Coco was showing Sarona something on her phone. 

“I don’t know what you're talking about.” 

“I remember the posters, you singing Upgrade You during your workout, you're a whole fan.” 

“Shut up,’ Joe hissed. “You make me sound weird.” 

Shaking his head, Jimmy sighed. “You have been eying her since you came in. I saw how you looked at her while she was eating.” 

“I didn’t know who she was at first.” 

“Well, it looked like you wanted to eat her.”

“J-”

“Like take a bite of the ass type eating.” 

“Aye, I get it.” 

“Bruh!” Montez yelled, ‘can we get back to the damn game?” 

Trinity ended up winning and they all cleaned up and went inside to eat again and set up for the gift exchange.

While everyone got cleaned up Coco was standing in the kitchen getting the hot chocolate and bourbon ready. Taking a shot, she grimaced as the vodka warmed her belly. 

“That’s some pretty strong stuff.” 

Coco looked up as Joe walked into the kitchen. His hands were in the pocket of his pants. Like her he was barefoot. 

“I think it all burns the same,’ she laughed. “I’m not a big drinker, but it’s the holidays.” 

He could agree with her on that. Being a wrestler meant taking exceptional care of his body and alcohol, with exceptions, was something he avoided. Most of the food they were having tonight he avoided, but like Coco he could sneak a few cheat meals during the holidays. 

“I’m already dreading the gym trips,’ Joe laughed. 

“You don’t look like you need it much,’ she replied. “I mean not that you don’t look good or anything. I watch you…I mean, them, the show.” She rambled. “I watch the shows.” Coco sighed. 

“You do?” He said, hoping he sounded light hearted. 

“I try to catch some of the shows when I have time. I’ve pretty much seen all of the pay perviews recently.” 

Joe leaned against the island next to her, his shoulder against hers, well, nearly. 

“You’ve watched mine,’ he asked boldly. 

“You’re hard to miss.” 

They stood in silence for a while, Coco watching the milk and Joe watching her. 

→p.III←

Presents were divided up and one by one they all opened them up. Coco’s Secret Santa turned out to be Joe and she was surprised at his gifts. Her favorite was probably the cashmere zip hoodie, she had been trying to get her hands on one of these for months and they were sold out. She was never one to use her celebrity status for a get ahead, so she had been watching the site for weeks. 

“Okay so this is my new favorite hoodie, how did you even get one of these?” 

She slipped her arms into the soft material and glanced over at him. 

“I knew someone. I know they are pretty popular.” 

Conveniently the price tag had been ripped off, but she knew what they cost. 

“I’ve been watching the site for weeks.” 

She opened the rest of her gifts; a simple tennis bracelet, an LV clutch-in another color she didn’t have but wanted-, Dior shades, and pair of Louboutins. They were a custom brown shade with her name -CoCo- in elegant script on the right one. 

“Yeah, Joe getting my name next year.” Bianca reached for the shoes as the room laughed. 

She was in no spot to talk, Coco had gushed over the custom fur she had been given. Everyone in the just knew each other, so it was odd for Joe to have no idea who she was but somehow figured out what she’d like. 

“Obviously he knows who had his name and its funny as hell they got each other.” Mercedes cackled. 

Coco watched as he opened the shoe box. Jey helped her with his shoe size and she had a pair of custom leather boots from an atelier. She bit down on her bottom lip and hoped he liked them. They were brown with black laces and detailing on the sole. They were a simple shoe, but heavy from the leather. 

“I know they are kind of simple,’ she rambled. 

“No, no, no,’ he smiled. “I like them. A lot.” 

The rest of his gifts were a gold chain, custom Nike tech suits in black and one that matches his in ring persona of the Tribal Chief. It had a Samoan art style and was a show piece more than something for casual wear. Though he could if wanted. There was also a Cartier watch. His last gift was probably her favorite to pick out. Jey had told her he was into vinyls so she scoured some old record stores and found a few classics like Prince and Michael Jackson. 

“I pulled the Marvin Gaye one from my collection.” 

When all the paper and gifts were put up, they all piled on the couches to watch This Christmas. After today they’d all go back to their busy schedules, sneaking in calls when they had the time. 

It was back to being Yahya, the superstar.

[notyourmajesty]

Henry's Dog David, and How RWRB (the Book and the Movie) Explore the Meaning of His Name.

(GIF by @andysapril)

CW: Mentions of deaths, murder attempts, mostly from Bible verses.

An Easter Egg from the book that the film managed to incorporate in an entirely different context.

Henry naming his dog David is one of the things Alex comments on both in the film and the book. He finds the name particularly odd for a pet, and when Henry tells him later that the inspiration was David Bowie, Alex remarks that he could have just used the surname instead.

This is basically just me overthinking the way the book and the film added "David and Jonathan" to two totally different scenes haha.

David Bowie

There has been a lot of debate over Bowie's sexuality since the 70s, and possibly conflicting statements from Bowie himself over the decades, but he did leave quite an impact on queer people in his time (ref: this article). Henry both in the book and in the film has often turned to literature and art for inspiration, and solace, when it came to exploring his own identity as a gay man. All kinds of historical queer identities - both debated and confirmed - show up in the tapestry of people and ideas that have influenced Henry's own thoughts and ideas (Alex's too). So it definitely makes sense that he would name his beloved pet dog after one of those inspirations.

(notably, during Henry's dramatic entrance when Alex comes down to the UK for damage control, the song playing is Bowie's "Up the Hill Backwards". You also see him choose a Queen song for karaoke, which makes me want to really headcanon him as a 70s prog rock fan 😄)

David and Jonathan

In the book, Alex goes over the details of Henry's fact sheet with Nora and his sister June. When he mentions the name of Henry's dog, he claims his dislike for the name is because it sounds more like a "tax attorney" than a beloved pet (Ch 2).

In the film, it's his SS detail Amy who quizzes him. She responds to his quip about Henry's choice of name for a pet by telling him what she's named her own dog. It's a tiny, fun detail with no lasting importance in the film, but I feel it does work within the larger framework of how the film incorporates queer readings and figures too.

I see this as a reference to a popular reading of the Hebrew/Biblical story of David and Jonathan from the 2 books of Samuel. David was a shepherd anointed by the prophet Samuel (through orders from God), to succeed King Saul, and Jonathan was Saul's son who was extremely devoted to David and even saved him from his father's wrath. They were known to have made a covenant to each other soon after they met, and the first Book of Samuel gives us a picture of an immensely close bond between the two:

After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt. (1 Samuel 18, 1-4)

Interpretations of their relationship have ranged from close friendship to a romantic relationship, and there have been many, many queer readings on this pair.

In Casey McQuiston's RWRB too, Alex references both a saying from the Book of Proverbs (24:13), and the story of David and Jonathan in the same paragraph. This is in Ch 10, when Henry takes Alex to the V&A museum. This particular sequence is in the inner chamber of the museum, shortly after the couple dance to Elton John's "Your Song".

He compares himself and Henry to "a lost David and Jonathan", and it's pretty obvious why when you think of their devotion, and the tragic end of the relationship of the latter. Like Jonathan, Henry is a prince utterly devoted to one man, and sure that his family too will be against their bond. Like David, Alex is an outsider who the royal family may view as a threat to their stability, and therefore must be kept away. David's love for Jonathan is immense: he makes the covenant with Saul's son soon after they meet, and when he mourns Jonathan's death, he says "Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." (2 Samuel 1:26).

This amazing post from @elipheleh explores this metaphor more in detail (as well as St. Chiara, and a quote from Oscar Wilde, who is referenced both in the book and the film as a writer Henry is fond of). It also speaks about the verse from the Book of Proverbs that Alex remembers, partly in Spanish, partly in English - Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. (Proverbs 24:13-14)

(Jonathan in 1 Samuel also has his own reference to honey - there is a story that chronicles a tense moment between Jonathan and his father, King Saul, due to Jonathan eating wild honey on a day when the troops were bound by an oath to fast (he had not heard the oath himself). He almost faces death by Saul's hand for breaking the oath the latter had made, but is saved by the other people in the troops. (1 Samuel 14: 24-46). I've seen different ways of this passage being interpreted - as either Jonathan being judged for disobeying an oath even though he was not around when it was announced, or Saul being viewed as foolish for making such an oath in the first place. The main point is, Saul is ready to kill his son for breaching a certain protocol, and it is the people who save Jonathan.

Similarly IMO, Henry is prepared to live his whole life in the closet viewing his sexuality as something that would bring shame to his family, but eventually recognizes that he has support. Both within his family (in the form of his mother Catherine and his sister Bea), and in the public eye)

At this point in their lives, Alex and Henry see very little hope that things will get better soon enough for them to unite. It is more than likely that - in their minds - this one romantic visit will be their last for a long, long time. Of course David and Jonathan - who parted ways in the hope of being reunited after the battle with Jonathan's father, and whose friendship/love met a tragic end - would be considered a fitting parallel for the situation Alex and Henry find themselves in.

The book has the space and scope to explore many, many images and symbols that could fit Alex and Henry. Whether it's in the letters they send each other, the references Alex learns more about as he figures out his sexuality. The book can - at the V&A museum - describe the statues the two men linger at in loving detail, making us more aware how poignant their temporary separation will be and how bittersweet this last dance is.

The movie's focus is different - the V&A scene is a (presumably) final, deeply intimate moment that lets Alex see for real the weight of his role in Henry's environment, and how little he expects to see his dreams come true. It also lets Henry see how determined Alex is to make his every dream a reality.

Most moments of highlighting queer literature or history are pocketed away in smaller sequences in the film, as small references and Easter eggs (eg. the books they recommend each other), as the film focuses more on the relationship and it's effects both on the men and the world around them. The V&A is more a visual backdrop for that bittersweet last moment where the two can find equal ground and truly understand each other. I think mentioning the names of the statues would take away from that.

The movie didn't need to include David and Jonathan. Why is why I'm truly, truly grateful that they still did. Even as a tiny, cute Easter egg that is supposed to be banter about weirdly specific pet-naming protocol 💖

[lizaluvsthis]

WHAT IS PAL AU- HOW MANY AUS DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY

PAL AU is a drafted universe that Ive created, I have never yet to complete the whole summary or the descriptions/infos about the stories since I'm on art doins.

PAL is a short name for the title of "Pour and Lit"

As expected there will be angst, fluff, romance, slowburn, betrayal, drama, wholesomeness, actually- lets also count fruitiness here :)

I only have three and four's design with this art I made

Basically it's a plot how Three works on with bad guys and deals with alot of stuff. Especially stealing (his role as a secret criminal highlights this)

He is a main character (tritagonist) and known as the famous Criminal around the whole state (with a mask on his face) (DO NOT. MAKE THIS A DREAM MEME DEAR GOD...)

Age: 28

He has a son named Elliot. (He'd been called with nicknames such as "egg" "chump" "eggy boi" "buddegg" "dora-pup") since three plays also the role being a good father to his son. Elliot is adopted.

(Its eggdog but in human- I get that it would be weird for you guys but I think I'm still on track matching his personality trait to the EGGDOG here.)

Elliot is about 9-10 years old in this universe, he's a soft and loving for animals and loves to hold guns. (Toy guns, SMG3 keeps him out of reach for the guns he used since he's not that prepared yet and plus he's too young)

He's pretty much interested with video games, daily activities such as playing outside, watching people use guns, wanting to be like his dad (three), dogs.

For SMG4 he plays the role as an Undercover Cop

He is a main character on a secondary pov who runs as a Protagonist

Age: 29

SMG4 is a nice and kind person once you get to know him, he does the opposite when he covers his identity as a cop. Optimism shows to his side whenever its playing a role as a civillain/single dad. Quite foolish for three from never buying the act.

Because he knows... that SMG4 is a cop behind that disguise he's giving out. SMG4 is tasked to work on daily night shifts around the place. While the place, also is where SMG3 lives is an apartment he could only afford. With SMG4 not knowing that three is actually the criminal they've been looking for.

He also plays of the role as a father to his adopted son named Bennet (who is also Beeg SMG4 who also matches with the personality of temper) he was an orphan when SMG4 met him during an investigation from the orphanage, seeing Bennet's hobbies of how SMG4 used to do back when he was the same age as Ben's made him want to give bennet a future-

Bennet is around 11-12 years old

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If you're wondering where the other side characters like Mario or Meggy or OTHERS- they'll show up sooner...

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By the way- AUs :))

Theres

"Indigo Secret" AU

Brewing Romance AU

Pour and Lit AU

The Frog Prince AU

Gone AU

Blind!SMG4 BR AU

Ehhh seems about right :))

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YA CANT BLAME ME- I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS ON MY HEAD AND I'M BURSTING IT ALL OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER TO PUT THE WORK N ART-

[qjaidenhere]

BEGGING to hear about ur familoier au plssss

Okok so!! This is a Jaiden and Bobby centric au with some Roier (I mostly came up with this au because I was sad about Jaiden and Bobby and wanted them to be happy) it’s very slice of life fluffy modern au- just them being happy together :]] just know this is extremely self indulgent because I want them to be happy and if feels ooc or something no it doesn’t :]

much more under cut

Bobby often goes to the park with his family!! He likes to brings his fake sword and swing it at anything and everything he sees. he also likes to pick the many flowers around the park to make flower crowns!! It’s rare for a friend (or parent) of Bobby’s to not have at least one of his flower crowns (and his parents often have at least one flower of his on them all the time)

Bobby also loves to paint with his family!! He will draw on canvas, walls, his own skin, whatever, so he often has doodles up and down his arms. The family will often put aside time in the day for them to paint together (at Bobby’s request) and it’s often his highlight of the day :D he likes to copy Jaiden’s arm tattoos with his drawings on his arms (though he won’t admit it to her) and he often draws his family or his friends!!

Bobby also has two dogs- a big brown newfoundland named Oso and his husky named Tripita (he’s also named the two raccoons outside and sometimes tries to take them inside but they always escape)

Jaiden is a freelance artist who works on commission who is roommates with Roier. She is learning Spanish for both Roier and Bobby (who is bilingual) and they both encourage and help her while she’s learning! She went to law school for a bit when she was younger- but ended up dropping out.

all the eggs go to the same school and are all in the same class (for the older eggs) and the younger eggs (when they come into the story) often hang out with them at lunch and such :D Roier also babysits Tilin on the weekends so they and Bobby are pretty good friends (though they sometimes joke at being rivals) and Dapper sometimes comes over for sleepovers!

All the eggs are kind of close which means that their parents also all know each other because of their kids- it’s how some of them get to know each other at first but a fair few knew each other beforehand!

Misc thingys:

-the city is name quesadilla city

-jaiden once spent a day going from store to store to find the specific brand of french fries that she and Bobby likes lmao

-Jaiden often shows Bobby the basics of her job/s because of his interest in art

-Bobby is in awe of Juannaflippa because of her nerf gun

-all of the eggs are around 8-10 in this au I think but I’m still figuring out ages

-the au is called a garden of missed promises

-jaiden dyes her hair and convinces Roier to get a streak (she wanted him to get blue but they settled on red) and Bobby begged enough that they got him a blue underside of his hair

-they love to go biking together around the city

-the federation is kinda just the government for now,, they’re not nearly as bad as the canon federation and mostly are just in the background

-when they save up enough money they sometimes go out to a cottage on the countryside and hang around there

-Bobby and Tilin originally met when they had a fight at school that turned into their Roier and Q fighting over who has the best kid (they mostly made up though)

also it’s a sort of fantasy modern au only in that they are still hybrids instead of all being human- Jaiden is a parrot hybrid, Roier is a spider hybrid, Bobby is a dragon hybrid, pretty standard (not all the eggs are dragon hybrids though)

it’s VERY early qsmp based if you couldn’t tell already though I do want to add some of the other language creators (especially cellbit for spiderbit) but I’m still working on figuring out how they would work in this au! also Pepito and Empanada are going to be confusing to fit into this au- I don’t want to not include them but idk,, if y’all have any ideas they would be greatly appreciated

also people who expressed interest: (sorry for tag! I won’t do it again I just wanted to show y’all in all the same place)

@13minmailman

@kaihuntrr

@sleepdeprivedbooklover

@fruitlessjam48

@v01dw4tch3r

[fixfoxnox]

Ghost's Dead Fiance

Description: There were two things that Soap knew: He was in love with Ghost and Ghost was still in love with his dead fiance, Roach.

Warnings: Misunderstandings (very angsty trust me guys), sadness everywhere, Roach is definitely dead guys, sorry he's just gone :(

Note: Roach fans I am begging you not to block me and to actually read this I stg I am one of you believe that I am not leading you astray with this

Soap had worked with Simon "Ghost" Riley for a little over two years now. Two years of getting to know the man and all of his little intricacies. Two years of falling in love.

He'd believed the other man was a hard-ass when they first met, always so focused and serious, even on their down time. Then he'd learned. He'd started to see the truth and draw more and more of Ghost personality out into the light. The man was tough, but he also had an affinity for silly little jokes Soap would have heard from his dad when he was younger.

Ghost was serious, but he was also self-confident and playful. He would be more than willing to drop a smug comment about how good he was or make some dry comment after Shepherd had spoken, usually a comment that would get Soap in trouble because he'd be laughing too hard.

Soap liked to think that over the two years of working with Ghost, he'd gotten to really know the man. He'd learned the big things, like Ghost's humor and how his voice sounded when he was upset by something, it would always break somewhere toward the end of his sentence. He'd learned the little things too, like how Ghost liked his coffee and the fact that he would only eat eggs if they were scrambled.

He hadn't realized until he'd been alone in the streets of Las Almas, sure he was going to die by himself, with no one there. He hadn't realized until then that he loved Ghost. He'd tried the man over the radio at first, calling for him several times. No answer came through and a thick pooling of dread formed in his throat. He'd collapsed to the ground soon after, his heart heavy and his mind telling him to just give up.

Then he'd heard it, Ghost's voice on the line, calling for him with concern. His heart had given a large burst of affection, warmth filling him despite the cold and wet atmosphere around him. Ghost was alive, he was alive and he was waiting for Soap. He was giving Soap comfort in the form of his stupid little jokes and quips. Soap realized when he was in the cafe just how much he seemed to react to the other man. He realized with startling clarity that somewhere along the line of annoying the shit out of the man and befriending him, he'd managed to fall for him.

That realization should have been lovely for him. It should have made him feel warm all over when he came to that conclusion. He was in love with Ghost, and he'd always been taught that love was a good thing. But he knew Ghost. He'd learned practically everything about the man. Which meant he also knew that Ghost was still stuck, was still in love with someone else. Someone long dead.

Soap had first learned about Roach in the locker room after a mission. They'd been cleaning up and Ghost had stripped his shirt off, leaving nothing but his identification disk on. Soap had noticed then the shiny pair of dog tags that sat next to Ghost's disk.

He hadn't said anything about them at the time. It wasn't until a few weeks later when he saw them again that he asked. He could see them much closer this time, they'd fallen out of Ghost's shirt when he'd leaned across him to grab something. Soap had caught the glinting of the silver and the flash of a name.

"Who's Roach?"

He saw Ghost tense. He'd watched the other man quickly tuck the tags back under his shirt and he'd been surprised when his LT had replied with a rather harsh, "Mind your own, MacTavish." He knew immediately that whoever Roach was, he was a sore subject for Ghost.

He'd done some quick research on the tags then. With identification disks, they stayed with the soldier no matter what, but as he learned quickly, that wasn't the same with dog tags. He'd felt horror creep up his throat as he read on. If a soldier died, one of his tags stayed with him and the other went with his loved ones. Ghost only had one tag with him. Whoever Gary "Roach" Sanderson was, he was dead and he was clearly very important to Ghost.

He hadn't asked about Roach since then, but he'd picked up enough. As Ghost grew more comfortable with him, the man would occasionally mention Roach, usually with one of his hands gripping that dog tag and a bittersweet look on his face. Soap had seen people grieve before. He knew the process. He knew that Ghost was still grieving.

That became especially clear to him when he learned exactly who Roach had been to his LT.

They were sitting together at a bar, sipping whiskey with Price and Gaz, chatting idly. Soap had mentioned something about home, about the nature in Scotland. Ghost had given a low chuckle at his animated descriptions before commenting, "My fiance, Roach, wanted to visit Scotland at one point. Never quite got around to it."

Soap had seen the way that Ghost gripped his drink tighter and brought it up to his mouth, taking a quick swig of it. Likely to wash down the wave of emotions that had been drawn from him. Soap felt terrible for the man, his heart aching for the loss he felt. But he also recognized fully that Ghost was still in love with Roach.

He'd seen the way Ghost's eyes had lit up, he'd heard the softness in his voice, he'd seen the tell tale signs that the man was giving a soft sort of smile under his mask. He knew. He'd seen it. He knew that Ghost was still in love with his dead fiance. The man had clearly never let himself fully grieve, and the fact that he would occasionally speak about Roach as though he were still alive only told Soap that for certain. The fact that he'd accidentally called Soap the other man's name on several occasions, with an immediate apology afterward, also made it clear that the man was still grieving.

So, he was in love with Ghost but Ghost was still in love with a dead man. He couldn't offer much in the way of helping Ghost to grieve, but he could do what he could to protect him. If that meant fighting off people who tried to get to his LT by pretending to be a dead man, than Soap would do it.

"Hey, Soap!" Soap stopped from where he'd been walking to meet with Price to discuss his and Ghost's next mission. He recognized the man who called out to him, he worked in the visitors center. That was why it surprised Soap so much when the other man asked, "Have you seen Ghost?"

Soap wrinkled his brows, "I think LT is in his office." The man had given him a nod and moved to go past him, Soap stopped him with a hand around his arm, "Why do you ask?"

The other man shrugged him off, "He has a visitor, guy said he was Ghost's fiance."

Soap felt himself freeze as he watched the other man walk away from him, headed toward Ghost's office. Something was clearly wrong. Ghost's fiance, Roach, he was dead. That meant that whoever was outside claiming to be him, was someone who was actually here to get to Ghost somehow. Potentially there to hurt him. Soap wasn't going to let them get the chance.

With that thought in mind, he turned quickly marching his way toward the visitors center with anger burning in his chest. How dare someone try to use Ghost's grief to get to him? How dare someone pretend to be a dead man, a dead man who deserved to rest.

He spotted the man as soon as he walked into the visitors center, he knew it had to be him because he was the only other person in the room. He was a shorter man with messy hair and soft brown eyes and if Soap wasn't so pissed that this man was impersonating his friend and crushes dead partner, he would have noted how good looking the man was.

As it stood, he marched toward the man, calling, "Hey, you Ghost's fiance?"

The other man turned to him, startled. Soap watched as his eyebrows furrowed together, confusion and a bit of trepidation on his face. Soap expected that, after all, he hadn't sounded too nice when he asked. "Um, yes?" The other man shifted on his feet, "Sorry, who are you?"

"I'm Soap," he went to continue, only for the other man to light up a bit, a small smile on his face as he stepped forward and cut in.

"Oh! Hi, it's so nice to finally meet you! Ghost has told me about you," He gave the man a soft smile and Soap found his fists clenching at his sides as the man added, "I'm Roach!"

Soap glared at him, "I don't know what game you're playing at," the surprise on the other man's face returned, "But you aren't Roach."

The man shook his head slowly, his mouth falling open slightly as he responded, "I'm sorry? I am Roach, I'm Ghost's fiance. He has told you about me, right?"

"Roach is dead," Soap bit out, "So I don't know what you're trying to do, but you should stop. I'm not letting anyone fuck with Ghost like this, it's just cruel."

The other man stared at him blankly, his eyes wide and his mouth dropped open a bit. He seemed genuinely shocked by Soap's words, as though he hadn't known that Roach was dead. Soap felt a little smug at catching the other man out. "Simon," the man stuttered after a moment, "Did he tell you I was dead?"

Soap felt anger burn through him again, was this guy really going to keep trying it? "Listen," Soap started with annoyance tinting his words, "You need to-"

"Roach?" Soap froze, as Ghost's confused voice rang out around the room. He turned just a bit, just enough that he could see Ghost's furrowed brows as he stared at the two men in front of him. "Soap? What are you doing here?"

The man behind him pushed forward, his face fixed into something rough as he asked, "Simon, did you tell your team that I was dead?!"

Ghost seemed taken aback by the question, his eyes widening as he shook his head, "No? Of course not, why would I do that?"

Soap turned to the man next to him wildly then, "Wait you're actually Roach? You were telling the truth?"

The man, Roach apparently, nodded to him rapidly, "Of course I was telling the truth! Why did you think I was dead?"

"You thought Roach was dead?" Both of the men's attention turned fully to Soap and he found himself flushing red, cool embarrassment running through his system.

He stuttered for a moment, trying to explain himself, "Ghost only wears one of your dog tags and that usually means the person is dead, I looked it up! And," he wheeled around to point at Ghost, "You kept talking about him like he was dead! All of the 'Roach wanted to go to Scotland, never got around to it' type of stuff didn't help me!"

"Roach did want to go to Scotland," Ghost stressed, stepping closer to him, "He just hasn't mentioned it in a while which is why I said 'wanted,' not because he was dead!"

"I still want to go to Scotland!"

Soap turned to Roach with wide eyes. He'd potentially just made the worst first impression that he ever could with someone. "I am so sorry! I really thought you were dead!"

A moment passed where Roach just stared at him before, to his surprise, the man gave a small laugh. He covered his mouth with his hand to try and hide it, but Soap could still see the mirth in his eyes and he flushed red again. "It's okay," he gave another laugh, "I'm actually kind pleased to know that you were ready to punch someone out for impersonating dead me." He gave another laugh, the sound of it flowing through Soap and warming him considerably.

Ghost made his way over to the two fully, rolling his eyes as he did, "Next time you think someone is impersonating one of my dead loved ones, MacTavish, just let me handle it." Soap watched him wrap an arm around Roach, tugging him closer. He watched the man tug his mask up and lean down to connect his lips to Roach's, a small smile on his face as he did. Soap watched them, his chest panging oddly at the sight.

"Right," he muttered out lowly, "Sorry."

"Hey," Roach pulled away from Ghost suddenly, beaming at Soap with a bright grin, "I'm taking Ghost out for lunch later, why don't you come with us? Could get to know the not dead version of me."

Soap felt warm at the offer, something in him pulling pleasantly at the idea of spending some time with not only Ghost, but Roach as well. "I wouldn't want to intrude," he spoke carefully.

Roach was quick to wave him off, "You wouldn't be intruding, silly. I invited you! Come with us?"

Soap stared at him for a moment, mapping out the lines of his face and just how attractive Ghost's fiance (not dead) really was. Finally he gave a nod, feeling hot all over as he responded, "Okay, yeah. Sure."

Roach gave him another one of those beaming grins and he could have sworn he felt his heart stutter over in his chest. "Excellent! Meet us by the parking lot in an hour, yeah?"

Soap gave a simple nod to the two men before watching them retreat further into the base, Ghost's arm still wrapped around Roach as they walked. Soap could see Roach talking animatedly to Ghost from where he stood.

Soap realized that the two things that had been almost fact to him for the past several months needed to be revised. He was in love with Ghost and Ghost was still in love with his dead fiance, Roach. Those weren't true anymore.

Soap knew better now. He knew the truth. Soap knew three things: he was in love with Ghost, Ghost's fiance was alive and unbelievably attractive, and he was absolutely whipped for two men who were dating one another. He thought he might add a fourth thing to that list as well: he was absolutely fucked.

NEVER EVER DOUBT ME AGAIN I WOULD NEVER WRITE DEAD ROACH ARE YOU GUYS CRAZY???????

FUCK THE ROACH IS GHOST'S DEAD FIANCE TROPE, ITS BEEN DONE, ITS DEAD, I'M KILLING IT GET THAT SHIT OUT OF HERE

RAHHHH SOAP/GHOST/ROACH FOREVER RAHHHH HIMBO SOAP RIGHTS RAHHHHH

[redgoldsparks]

August Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe

I post my reviews throughout the month on Storygraph and Goodreads, and do roundups here and on patreon. Reviews below the cut.

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb read by Paul Boehmer 

This was my third re-read of this book, and when looking back over my book list I realized that my first read was 20 years ago!! I believe I picked it up in a used bookstore based solely on the cover art, which is a bit funny in retrospect when looking at it, because it is very beautiful but not very accurate to the character descriptions in the book. Regardless, I'm glad it caught my eye because this remains one of my favorite fantasy novels of all time. It's a coming of age story interwoven with court intrigue, magic, politics, and a deep compassion for common folk, the kind of people who fish, farm, care for horses and dogs, who cook and clean around the edges of the lives of royals and nobles. This story follows Fitz, a bastard son of the royal family, from age 6 to about 14, as he learns and grows into what he might eventually become: a catalyst of immense change. The writing in this series is so good, so grounded in real lived details, neither fast nor slow paced but unrolling at a natural speed that draws the reader along and into this rich and complicated world.

Grace Needs Space by Benjamin A Wilgus and Rii Abrego

Grace lives on a space station with one of her moms, while the other is gone for long stretches of time working on a cargo ship. Grace longs to travel, to visit planets, to see trees and lakes. Finally she gets the chance to go with her space fairing mom on a trip to the inhabited moon Titan, but her mom barely has time for her, constantly delaying her requests for games, attention, or adventure. So Grace sets out on her own for the day on Titan with a group of kids she met the day before. This gentle family drama is resolved when engineering mom swoops in to remind Grace and cargo ship mom that working together and being honest is the best way to move forward. I loved the artwork; all of the characters had a cuddly quality and the space ship and station interiors were simple but very effect, especially with the lovely colors.

Witching Hour by Beth Fuller 

A short, beautifully drawn comic about a teen's journey into fairyland and what can be found there.

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 

The first book in this series was devastating, with enough content warnings and upsetting aspects that I was genuinely unsure if I'd go back for more. But my book club decided to continue with the series, so here we are. This installment is challenging in a different way. Originally, this book was just the first part of a 360,000 word manuscript that had to get chopped into two volumes. It suffers from middle-book problems; no distinct beginning and no conclusive ending. The majority of the story is a long drawn out chase scene, which is a story structure that works for some but not so well for me. I remain deeply impressed by the breadth of Seth Dickinson's world building. I enjoyed the new POV characters, especially the nonbinary Tau-Indi, who lives in a society that recognizes a third gender. Dickinson can craft a devastating turn of phrase, designed with precision to emotionally injure the reader. But overall I struggled with the pacing of this book, and the constant violence and confusion.

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose 

A wonderful new alternate-history series with dragons! Anequs lives with her family on the island of Masquapaug; her people have lived through the colonization and invasion of settlers from a white, Norse culture who now have cities, trains, universities, and industry on the mainland of the north-eastern part of America, though countries have different names in this story. Also, every region has its own dragons, though Anequs' people haven't seen one of their native dragons in 200 years, since the Great Dying. When Anequs finds a dragon's egg she initially plans to raise it at home, with all of the songs, dances, and stories of her community. But the Anglish have laws about dragons and one of them is that all future dragoneers must train at an academy; if they don't learn to control their dragon's breath, which can break things down to their elemental parts, the dragon will be killed. This is a very smart and thoughtful alternate history. I loved the indigenous lens, and the fact that Anequs sees through the bullshit rules of her school and doesn't let her self worth be judged by an outside culture. If I have one complain it's that the book had too many made up words; I'm fine with the fact nearly every place had two or three different names, but I didn't need made up names for the periodic table of elements. But I'm still very interested in reading the sequel and to see where this story goes!

Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun by Kaz Rowe

Claude Cahun lived at the crossroads of masculine and feminine, of artist and activist, of blessed and cursed by the circumstances and time period they were born into. Rowe weaves together historical photos, direct quotes, and lyrical imagery to tell the tale of this brave queer icon to great effect. It's short but very informative, and really filled out my understanding of someone I previously only knew from a few fandom photos that circulate on tumblr. I had the opportunity to blurb this book; look forward to it's release in September 2023!

The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu 

A beautifully drawn soft romance set in a utopian Mars colony, a community full of parks, public transit, and cute helpful robots. Clem booked a one way ticket from Earth to work under her intellectual idol, Dr Lin, who works on AI. Clem is initially wowed by her scientist boss, and intregued by her humanoid AI assistant, Kye. But soon the cracks begin to show in Clem's new life- PTSD from an abusive person in her past has followed Clem to Mars; Dr Lin has an ugly temper and doesn't treat Kye as a being with thoughts and feelings; and Kye himself starts to glitch. The color palette of soft reds and blues and the CLAMP manga aesthetic charmed me, as did the hopeful vision of biological and synthetic beings living in harmony.

The Last Session Vol 1: Roll for Initiative by Jasmine Walls, Dozerdraws, and Micah Myers 

When a group of five teens met in their high school's GSA and formed an impromptu D&D group, none of them suspected the game would last for more than four years! Now in college, balancing jobs, internships, partners, and moves, they have gathered again to play the very end of their oldest campaign. With a hitch: the DM wants to add a new person to the party. The art in this volume is excellent, strong character designs, clean page layouts, and beautiful coloring all support a story of friendship and fantasy.

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb read by Paul Boehmer 

This is my second or third read of this book, but my first since high school. It's not as well paced as book one- sections in the middle definitely drag, and a few of the dynamics of central relationships feel repetitive especially after the wonderful unfolding of the first book. It also only covers about two years of FitzChivalry's life, as opposed to the eight years in book one. But it's still exciting, and the last third has more twists and turns that many books fit into their entire narrative. I'm so invested in this world and these characters, and immediately started book three because I want to know what happens!

[necros-writing-stuff]

It's been a really long time since I've been here, life has just been too busy and tiring. I haven't even been able to draw I'm so sorry. Can I ask for two?

PC with a flu or high fever with Eden and Trauma induced Eden insisting on going out to work or sell products to earn money to pay Bailey given that they're already permitted by Eden to go back to town every now and then and that Eden didn't directly buy PC from Bailey. Take your time imma just be here sick in bed.

Hey! So sorry this took so long! I hope you're doing much better now. And don't worry about not having done art! We all work at our own paces, don't push yourself to create when you don't have the will to.

I think I've already covered PC with a sickness, and how Eden is a stern but attentive caretaker. We can see this when there's pass out events at the cabin. They bring you in, put you to bed. After the pred/prey scene they even get you water. So Eden would likely work as normal, but come in to check on you every so often. Get you a drink or a snack. If you're well enough, you can do small indoor chores. If not, sleep as much as is needed.

As for traumatised Eden at the market? Mmmm that good. That's a yummy one. Note: when I say that it's often about horrible things, isn't it? Double note: Lynx would be Axe body spray to the 'Muricans.

Oh - warning for mentions of past non-con btw.

There's too much noise. It burrows into his brain, denying any attempts to drown out the calls of purveyors of goods around him. Calling out their produce, prices, how long they'd be there.

There's a baby crying. Wailing as it's father talks on the phone and half-asses shushing it by waving a toy in its face while he isn't even looking at the babe.

There's so many smells he swears they're causing him a headache. Food. Sweat. Some abhorrent chemical smell as a group of teenage boys pass. He remembers Lynx. Remembers the locker rooms at school.

There's eyes everywhere. Blue, green, brown. He thought he saw red at one point. No- no he definitely did. There's a group of goths wandering around. Probably one of them with contact lenses. Eden could swear he feels at least one pair of eyes on him each and every second.

Scant few customers come to his stall. Its mostly older patrons: elderly craftspeople who still practise their trades as the youth buy from companies; aspiring chefs excited to grill up some real game; this one old man who always shows up for the dried back-strap. Eden doesn't remember his name, but the man swears by the stuff. Says Eden comes with the best stock and those other hunters bring bare scraps. Not a surprise, he's seen the incompetence of others who come through the forest.

He swears he can hear laughter amongst the throngs of people. Swears that it must be directed at him. His ugly face. His huge body. His clothing, old and patched. But he has to stay. Has to do it for you. To keep you safe and out of Bailey's money machine.

He wished you were here. Wished you'd come bounding up to him with that smile of yours and drag him home. But you're also at work, coralling dogs at the pound for spare change to contribute to Eden's payments to Bailey. Apparently the mutts listen now that you smell like him. Funny thing, how he affects animals. Even dumbass chickens hate him. He'd considered getting some once, but they'd get so stressed around him they wouldn't be able to lay any eggs. Oh, and foxes could take them.

Best to stay there, in those inconsequential memories of the past. It's hard to when he sees a face that surges horrid memories to the front instead. The man looked to be about 70 by this point, wobbling around with a cane. He'd already been grey when they'd met.

"Got any boar meat, lad?" He wheezed, bug-like eyes pooring over the table. His voice was weaker than it had been. There's no flicker of recognition in the freaky eyes.

"A few cuts. Belly or back? I've got hooves, too." Eden's voice doesn't break. Doesn't show his rising panic.

A claw-like hand reaches out to where Eden directed his attention. A shiver goes down the hunter's spine. He remembers those hands. How clammy and cold they'd been. How... insistent and encompassing.

"Aye, this one's a good heavy steak. How much?"

Eden's eyes didn't leave the old man's face. "Freshest cut, got the beast last night. £5."

The old man licks his lips as he pries his wallet free, the appendage dried, cracked and pale. Just like the rest of him. He'd had a tan back then. A terrible, fake one. Fucker had been orange.

Teens ran past once more, barely missing the old man as they screamed. The crypt-bound bag of bones scoffed, disgust apparent. But his eyes linger too long on one of the older boys, with longer dark hair and a skinny frame, just about old enough to start drinking Eden thinks.

Attention soon returned to the hunter, the smile back. Oh look, he'd kept half of his teeth. Impressive for someone his age. They were rotted, though. More so than they had been when he'd visited the orphanage. Probably time for dentures. Eden could still remember the smell of his breath.

"£5, a good price for a good steak. My wife will fry this up well." He's laughing. Eden grants him a polite smile as he wraps up the meat and hands it over.

He tracks the old man as he leaves, watching as his thumb strokes over the paper bill in his hand. He doesn't take a deep breath until he knows he's gone. He can't take a deep breath until he knows, for sure, that he's gone.

£2.50 was what he'd payed for Eden back then.

[2a8n]

Shirogane's dream

I wanted to speculate a bit about Shirogane's dream shown to us in the Ice Scream Original (Round 2), since some of the moments shown will either be redone in the Ice Scream Remake or confirmed in it. And according to the old tradition, I write in advance: "Sorry for the quality", because some screenshots might not turn out in the best quality, but I tried to make them at least better than my previous such screenshots. Well, let's get started!

It all starts with showing the ceiling in one of the rooms of the Ice Cavern and our depressive wolf lying on the bench there. Personally, I would be very scared to be there simply because I would be constantly afraid of one of the icicles falling from the ceiling on me. At the same time, Shirogane can easily be in this pleace, and even more so lie and sleep on the bench there. The other one who was there was a bunny, and that's to arrange a GAME OVER player on the screen.

Next, we are shown the dream itself. It starts all this confusion Suno-san jumping into the middle of the white space like a bunny. At the same time, in Round 3 we will be shown that he can teleport, and also when showing his moving game sprite, we can see a movement that looks more like crawling, but not like a jump. I don't know if this snowman is really capable of moving in as many as 3 distinct ways, or if Suno-san's jumping in this dream is just Shiro's own fantasy.

Note that in Shirogane's dream, squid tentacles appear, a flower dancing at night in the Peraco house, bunnies, and Nekoyama. This tells us that Shiro saw/met all of these things/characters, which is confirmed by the following: 1) In the Remake, Shirogane lies on the snow and sees a Squid, whose tentacles stick out of the water surface; 2) A similar flower stands next to the television in Peraco's house, but it differs from the flower shown in the dream in the absence of a leaf and a thinner stem; 3) There is no need to talk much about bunnies - they can often be seen on Iceberg Isle (as well as Rock running from anger, probably…); 4) And finally, Nekoyama - our cameo from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. He can be found in Round 2 delivering cigarettes to Orca. As a result, it can be assumed that the rest of what is shown is also familiar to Shirogane. And this makes me wary:

if our wolf could see a simple fish in the same fishing buckets of Rock, then to consider the moon-fish or those white squids, he would have to dive straight into the water, most likely;

Tori-san can be either a simple easter egg (remember Tori-san's toy in Rocma's house), or a frozen Tori-san that Shirogane once saw;

has Shiro met the Mogekoels? I hope they didn't try to hit him with their arrows while doing so…

the head of a huge white "something" with an outstretched tongue raises many questions in me. Is there a possibility that this is the head of a huge turtle, on which a huge glacier has frozen and, thus, having formed Iceberg Isle, it swims in the northern latitudes, preventing the isle from melting and the inhabitants on its back from dying?

It doesn't surprise me that the phrase "Bad doggy" and Suno-san appear here. I'm more surprise why he uses the parachute of Mogekov Hashasky and… bees on a background.

If there are good Japanese translators with good eyesight, please translate the symbols on the background. I will be very grateful for this. ( v _ v )

Here you can see Peraco's name-calling towards Shiro. I don't know what else to add here.

What did I ever even do? It is this question that our wolf asks when once again the hot-tempered penguin, familiar to all of us, takes out his frustration or anger on him.

Fall - it is unclear only, emotional and/or physical.

Shirogane managed to be a wolf, and a dog, and a bunny, and even a caterpillar in his and others' fantasies. It remains only him managed to be happy in real and then his life was a success! =D

It is noteworthy that the snowman appears here only on the red background. Neither he nor Shiro can be seen on the black background. Because of this, I get the impression (or maybe it's an attempt to convey the impression of the wolf himself) that the talking pissed snow is stalking him and/or watching him quite often…

That's it for now. Yeah, there are some monologues to Shirogane that were later moved to Watch 1 of the Remake, but I want to give them time in a separate post. I will also pin here a video with this very dream from the official DSP channel and a walkthrough of one of the youtubers with this very fragment of the dream game (9:36 - 10:33) in case you yourself want to disassemble it. Until then, see you soon! ;)

[mynameiskanade]

kanade (s/i) enstars lore i copypasted off whatsapp (because im too lazy to write it again) + TW: SUICIDE, ABUSE, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, BULLYING <3 + ANTI SELFSHIPPERS DNI :33

childhood (known as the 'egg' part of kanade) ;; when kanade was a kid, they used to be extremely happy and cheerful. they get good grades a lot back in elementary school. but, they were never taught to be polite nor how to deal with their parents, so they just cry and cry to express emotions. when they were in elementary school, they were extremely extroverted and constantly talks to everyone, but they secretly (but they didnt know) felt extremely lonely. thats why they talk a lot to people. in fourth grade, kanade discovered the internet and found a bunch of friends online, they were extremely happy to greet them everyday. but secretly, the internet was the only coping mechanism thay could use to escape from reality. but because of this, they depend on the internet a lot and found out a lot about the nasty stuff. because they found out their parents were abusive through research, they started distancing away from their own family to focus online.

middle school (known as the 'larva/caterpillar' part of kanade) ;; kanades parents decide to move to japan from indonesia. after several months, their parents left to work in china. leaving kanade and their brother in one home. kanade attended a middle school in japan. but because they were affected by the online, they slowly became a seeker for attention to make up for the loneliness they felt. they tend to physically hurt themself often for someone to come help them, which they enjoyed feeling like someone cares about them. kanade met a girl in second year and they became best friends ever since. they often went to lunch together and talk to eachother and joke with eachother.

middle school incident, (known as the 'crysalis' part of kanade) ;; however, one day, the girl invited them to visit a train station. kanade was confused, but complied anyway. when kanade arrived, they saw the girl on the train tracks, trying to get hit. kanade cried and begged for the girl to stay, but it was too late. the girl had completely killed herself. kanade felt extremely guilty and blames how they couldnt properly strategize their own words to hit them. soon, rumors by kanades classmates spread around saying that 'kanade was the one who drove the girl to suicide'. it led the whole school to distance away from kanade and even have the guidance counselor believe it. everyone completely gossiped about kanade, and because of that, kanade never went back to middlr school until they graduated.

high school / current (known as the 'butterfly' part of kanade) the first reason why kanade became an idol is because they wanted attention and they knew that they'll be 'number one' in atleast one of the peoples hearts, but they started enjoying being one. kanade is a solo idol in a unit named 'morphosis', a unit within the rhythm link agency. kanade has grown into being socially distant, socially anxious, and lonely. they have never smiled ever since the middle school. though, they have shown to be extremely childish, energetic, and extremely emotional underneath that. they also have a hard time keeping thay distant exterior. the only reason why they kept that exterior is to not get attached again. but they felt extremely lonely as a negative side effect. they compose their own songs (which are centered around their emotions) and they have an obsession with seaweed flavored snacks. kanade has .. never shone as bright as they do currently. also kanade is an extreme fan of ra*bits and valkryie, often being jealous of them too. they have an omanjuu and plushies of valkryie and ra*bits in their room. they have a dog named 'momo' who they take care of lots. theyre also good with taking care of their cousins. theyre currently in the dorm with nazuna, leo, and natsume. but because kanade doesnt fit in very well, (natsuleonazus hair is warm colors (red orange yellow), while kanades hair is black.) they usually sleep in their home or the ritsu + mika dorm

[bluepoodle7]

#PlanetDob #PlanetDobPs1 #ENA #ENAJoelG #CrossoverArt #MyThoughts

I would love a crossover image of Dob from Planet Dob with ENA from Ena.

They both would seem to be good pals since both are pretty weird in a cool way.

Images and videos not mine but links are there.

Planet DOB Wiki | Fandom

ENA (Animated Series) | Heroes Wiki | Fandom

[PS1] Planet Dob - psychedelic adventure from Hudson - YouTube

ENA - Auction Day - YouTube

When I first saw Ena change faces and body she gave me Hexadecimal from Reboot vibes mixed with Zoogs.

I would love a crossover image of John Doe from the John Doe game with ENA from Ena but as a yousona traveling to the uncanny valley.

John Doe could just be Ena's partner character like Moony or just a random character she meets.

I can see Ena fall for Maison Talo's buyer house trick trap.

I can also imagine his character intro being a black silhouette of his house body and his lurebody walking through the door to greet Ena and giving her the business card as a inventory item.

Images not mine but links are there.

Maison Talo's house is from the game Househunted that Mortisfox made.

Uncanny ENA AU

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I imagine this Ena writing with a penpal to a random person in the uncanny valley then finally decided to visit her penpal.

Ena asking everyone a question while holding the handwritten letter.

Having Realtors lying about the penpal being inside of their housebody.

Have Ena appear in her room writing to her pen pal which is a mystery to her wanting to met up.

Then the episode starts with Ena on a bullet train like bus that takes you to different worlds.

Kind of like the polar express with the bus driver's hand.

Ticket punch - Wikipedia

Then have Ena not having her ticket and freaking out then have the bus driver laugh and punching the ticket with it's ticket puncher hand.

Have ENA interact with the bus patrons to get their stories.

When ENA arrives in the Uncanny Valley I can see her looking around in awe.

While off screen see a male Zable realm jump hitting the top of the bus screaming as a easter egg.

Maybe have one scene where Zable interviews ENA wanting to know where he is and becomes a party member.

Then end up meeting a Realtor trying to lure both of them in but Zable says this fool smells moldy then the Realtor gets too offended by that comment.

Have the Realtor try to trick the both of them to get inside of the house to be eaten.

The Ena in this AU has a hourglass dog as a service animal.

I can see this dog protect her and help her out.

I can see this ENA with her service animal hourglass dog talking to everyone in the Uncanny Valley while avoiding being eaten by anyone with male Zable.

With ENA trying to figure out what her penpal's looks like from the sketch of themself which is a okay sketch of John Doe.

This ENA would think this Uncanny Valley place is weird but interesting in a abstract art kind of way.

I would name the male hourglass dog Nugget.

A song I liked.

Video not mine but link is there.

Radio - My House (youtube.com)

What the song reminds me of.

I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew (Lyrics) [HD] (youtube.com)

Scopophobia Studios - itch.io

The Art of ReBoot - Hexadecimal’s final model... - Everything's Gone 8-Bit! | 8 bit, Reboot, 80s cartoons (pinterest.com)

Zoog Disney | Disney Wiki | Fandom

ENA - Extinction Party (youtube.com)

John Doe (John Doe)/Gallery | Villains Wiki | Fandom

[thistlefur]

I love Shoshana! What's her story?

glad u asked..

she was originally from a small colony in the twolegplace out by leveeclan. their colony consisted just of their family, most of which being her older siblings + their mates/kits and one surprise kitten born after her. most of her siblings actually didnt survive past kithood, so there are large age gaps between the surviving siblings.

the colony was lead by her father, with her oldest brother as his right hand man. while it wasn't maliciously suppressive under them, they were insanely overprotective of the mollies in the colony due to the hereditary issues surrounding pregnancy and kitting. every tom the girls wanted to be with had to be vetted by the patriarchs and most of the time they were rejected until a suitable tom was found. this was not the case for the son's mates, something shoshana saw as unfair.

growing up she was the baby for most of her life and was often treated as such. it frustrated her because she wanted to be treated fairly like her brothers were and wasn't allowed to wander very far, much less on her own. she resorted to sneaking away often, and unfortunately got caught most times due to her clumsy nature at the time.

she met ermine and jackrabbit when they were all young adults (just shy of 13-15 moons old) when the boys came all the way from the valley to trade some resources with leveeclan (ermine had chicken eggs, wool, and chicken feathers from the farm, jackrabbit had herbs that leveeclan couldn't find much of where they lived)

she clicked with them instantly, getting along with fellow-extrovert jackrabbit like a house on fire while shy, awkward ermine was immediately enraptured by her pretty face and followed the two of them around like a dog. the toms would make routine visits, sometimes to get away from home and other times for trading business, and ermine especially would go out of his way to find shoshana.

they fell in love quick and she eventually introduced him to her family - they were not pleased since he lived so far away and smelled weird. shoshana wouldn't cave in, though, and soon eloped with her new lover to the farm. (also side note theyre polyam - ermine is currently partners with both shoshana and jackrabbit but the latter two are not romantically involved since jackrabbit is gay lol)

the pair struggled to have kits for a good few moons until they finally conceived. the pregnancy was rough on her and she got sick numerous times, but thankfully jackrabbit wasnt too far away and would sometimes stay a few days at a time.

while she made it through kitting, one of the kits was stillborn which devastated her greatly. still, she and ermine did their best to make sure the remaining 2 would survive. unfortunately, only sable made it past the winter.

as a result she became rather protective and fussy over her son, repeating the same thing her own parents did to her. though with ermine's more hands-off-but-watchful approach and the rest of the farm colony there to help raise him, she managed to reel herself in and stop before she ends up smothering him. she's still rather neurotic, though, and sometimes has moments where she fusses too much or gets in fights over curfew.

she and ermine tried to have kits again multiple times to no avail. all it did was make her depressed and she lost steam, giving up entirely. at some point after this she was TNR'd by the farmers on the property. it was certainly a shock to her at first but she resigned herself to it since she'd given up on having kits again anyway.

motherhood wouldn't end with sable, though, as she helped the other mollies of the farm colony raise their kittens. later, a young, expecting tom from hootclan named driftwood approached her and ermine and asked if they would raise his and stoathawk's kits after they were born. ermine was hesitant to the idea and pushed back, claiming it was stoathawk's responsibility to be a father and that hootclan could help care for them as well. shoshana's desperation to have kits of her own again made her accept the offer immediately but ermine and driftwood (and later stoathawk, as he is ermine's half brother) would go back and forth on it.

(aside: it wasn't about not wanting to raise someone else's kits but instead ermine's trauma of being abandoned by his bio father rearing its ugly head for the first time in a long time. he expected stoathawk, someone whose father had been present, to understand the consequences and make sure those kits were taken care of and being responsible. it blinded him for a while and he wasn't able to see that stoat and drift genuinely were not prepared to be parents. more on that later tho lol!!!)

ultimately ermine conceded and it was arranged that driftwood would stay at the barn once he got closer to delivery. shoshana was fretting and pacing as if she were the one pregnant and was there to help driftwood in those last few weeks.

when the immediate postpartum phase became life threatening for driftwood, shoshana thought quickly enough to bring the twolegs over to help him, even climbing into the truck with them on the way to the vet.

luckily driftwood would be saved, but shoshana was brought home to the farm while he stayed to recover. once home she immediately assumed position as a queen for the newborns junebug and beachbug. it took some outside help for her to produce milk again but they got it to work and she fed them with no problem. she and ermine raised those two as their own.

of course, she felt some jealousy and possessiveness when driftwood would come back and try to bond with them, but he would reassure her that he trusts her to raise them more than he does himself and appreciates her greatly for what shes done for him. shoshana likes driftwood a lot despite the bitter feelings that creep up every now and then.

currently the twins are in the apprentice-age-range but with every passing day she cant help but feel pride and love for all her kittens regardless of blood.

shoshana is a quick witted, independent molly with a lot of love to give, though sometimes it may come off as too much and smothering at times. she's always aspired to be a mother and caretaker and does her part to help other queens with their kits, having done so for her sisters' and brothers' kits while growing up. she, ermine, and jackrabbit are happy together and she's deeply proud of sable, beachbug, and junebug even if they are a bit rowdy and break the curfew rules more often than not - they remind her of herself when she was young and she has to tell herself to let them make their own choices. she's overall a very powerful and loyal ally to have.

[dragbunart]

I've wanted to give Fawn/Fiadh a pet since I turned her into Fae Demoness... Originally it was going to be a selkie, but that never felt right for her. Especially since the Selkie was always a seal that just acted like a dog (much like Vark from the insta stories when they were a thing). Then it was going to be a bee, but I couldn't decide on how many.

Eventually, I was looking at Frog stuff (for an axolotl character, long story) I noticed People paired frogs/Toads with mushrooms. I realized that a frog just matched with MOST of Fiadh's stuff.

So I kept doodling little mushroom frogs and ended up with this 'blep' design.

Her names Meadow, but Fiadh will often shorten it to 'Mead' or 'Meady' (originally I was gonna name her 'Whiskey')

Things I made up about the Toadstool Frog Below (and later more Fiadh and Meady stuff)

Toadstool Frogs are a Native to Hell. A fae demon found in bayous.

Their tadpoles, despite their bee-like appearance, are more similar to ant colonies in behavior, being like workers. The worker tadpoles live in the Mushroom looking part of the Queen Frog, which is simalar to fungal comb

The tadpoles 'tails' are much like stingers.

Like Bee the tadpoles pollinate the flora around them. While the Queen released spore-like eggs on things.

Queen frogs live in more honeycomb-like hives. If kept domestically these can be man-made.

They have a particular love for Poppy, Clover, and Pumpkin, though can survive just off sugar water.

Queen frogs CAN fly, but often don't, as most their needs are met by the workers.

They do make Honey, but if not properly processed, this can be poisonous.

Mushroom Frogs are pretty docile... The Tadpoles are not... But tend to only attack if touched or signaled by the queen to attack.

Also will eat bugs like a normal frog

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Meadow had been a gift to Fiadh from Bee. She had noticed Fiadh liked bees and frogs.

And Fiadh had been a bit depressed about her death.

Furfur and Bee figured Fiadh would take better care of herself if she had something to take care of.

Fiadh adores Meadow. And she takes the frog just about everywhere, even brings her Hive to the Hotel when she's assigned to be Charlie's Lady-in-Waiting.

Meadow is pretty content to just... Exist. She most often sits on the bar demanding Mead from Husk. Croaking and sending worker tadpoles to attack him if he doesn't respond.

Husk does not appreciate Meadow... He's basically set up an open terrarium with a water feeder for her filled with Mead so she'll fuck off.

Nifty likes her because she helps in the fight against bugs.

Before Alastor and Fiadh realize who the other is, Alastor likes her, because her presence fucks with people. After... He dislikes her because Fiadh has openly said she loved Meadow more than him (somewhat based on me telling my husband I love our dogs more than them... Though they still love the dogs so no harm done)

Charlie likes Meadow because Meadow is friendly towards people Fiadh's friendly toward.

Vaggie is indifferent Angel likes letting her play with Fat Nuggets.