#I knew I was on the verge of an episode and decided that I would be fine

[kermit-love]

Me, lying to people again because I’m yet again convinced that there’s actual fire/burns in my veins

[genocidehim]

Can you make a part 2 for nacho falling in love with Lalo’s wife!!!

PS: I loved the first one 💙💙

TROPHY WIFE

part. 1 here

notes: Keep in mind that this part is directly related to bcs and the episode of Something Unforgivable, the facts will try to be as canon as possible, but I will change a lot of things. words: 2143

"Hay un portón en la parte de atrás del lugar de Salamanca. A las tres de la mañana esta noche quítale el candado. Ábrelo, lárgate de ahí"

Nacho spent the whole day pondering the instructions given in that unknown call. He knew they were direct orders from Fring, and he sensed that he would do something when Lalo was more vulnerable, and his house was the perfect place. Nacho seemed to agree with that plan and even looked forward to the night, but there was a major inconvenience: You were in the house along with a bunch of other innocent people.

No matter what Nacho said or asked, he knew he wouldn't have a chance to get you out of that situation because, unfortunately, you were also a Salamanca and a potential victim of Fring's plans.

Even though you and Nacho had only had some silly flirting and slightly heated words, neither of you believed the other was interested, so there was only a sort of odd friendship between you. But you had already wormed your way into Nacho's heart, and he was enchanted by you.

He was restless throughout the day as he thought and thought about that situation. He couldn't find a fair solution that would only involve Lalo's death and not yours. He trembled with fear at the mere thought of you getting hurt because of Fring's plans, and the fear of you dying was much stronger than Nacho's desire to see Lalo dead.

Nacho needed to find a quick solution, and as the sky grew darker, he felt panic and dread flood his body.

"What ghost did you see? You're all shaky." you said as you approached Nacho and gave him a big smile.

Nacho had been lost in his own world since morning and hadn't noticed that you had just returned from the horse stable. You were slightly sweaty from taking care of the horses all morning.

"I think I'm just a little hot. It's quite sunny today" Nacho managed to look good, but he had that worried face as always.

"In Albuquerque it's not sunny or what? Man... you're a softie, you need to get some good sun in Mexico".

Nacho felt his heart beat faster as he saw how your relationship had become so strong and trusting. He adored how you treated him so naturally and enjoyed your sincere words. He couldn't imagine not hearing from you again; he didn't want to.

"I'll have time to get used to it."

Before you could respond with a tease, Lalo's voice in the distance caught both of your attention. "¡Ignacio, ven y ayúdame a reparar una cosa por acá!"

"I'm sorry, Lalo needs me..."

"It's okay, go," you smiled in response, but before he left, you took his arm and held him back for a second. "Lalo will have dinner at the house tonight... You should come down and eat with us. I'd like to have you at dinner."

The way you looked at him made Nacho's heart melt, and guilt struck harder in his chest.

"I will. Save a seat for me next to you."

Nacho bid you goodbye for the moment and went to help Lalo with cleaning the engine of his Montecarlo while trying to keep his mind clear and come up with an effective solution for what would happen that night.

It was already quite late, almost two-thirty in the morning, when Nacho remained awake and on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He was desperate and paced back and forth in the kitchen, debating whether he should continue with the plan or sabotage everything. But it was impossible for him to think clearly when he knew that if he didn't act quickly, he would die that night too.

Nacho decided to stick to the plan and open the gate of the house. He managed to cut a tin can and took small pieces to pick the lock. After checking the time on the kitchen clock, Nacho headed to the backyard, and before he could react, he found himself face to face with Lalo in front of the bonfire, drinking a beer. Ignacio sweated and hid the pieces of tin in his pockets when he saw Lalo invite him to sit beside him.

"Take a seat."

Nacho sat on the wooden chair next to the bonfire, feeling his heart pound forcefully in his chest. Lalo grabbed a beer and offered it to him, looking somewhat calmer than usual.

"Are you still hungry?" Lalo spoke with a playful tone in his voice.

"No, it was a good dinner" Ignacio replied as he took a sip of the beer and tried to loosen the knot in his throat.

Lalo laughed in response and kept watching Nacho with some joy in his eyes. He was really starting to like him.

"She really knows how to keep a man at the table, huh?" Lalo mentioned you, and something inside Nacho made him feel awful knowing that you were asleep upstairs. "I never understood why she enjoys having dinner together so much, but if it makes her happy, well…"

Nacho couldn't understand how Lalo was incapable of understanding you. Was his ego so big that it prevented him from seeing beyond his own desires? It was obvious that you enjoyed having dinner with everyone for the feeling of being in someone's company.

"She must be a family-oriented woman…"

"She was like that when I first met her, but I think she no longer sees her family... They hate her for marrying a narco. Ugh, son puras pendejadas de la plebe" Lalo revealed as he scratched his mustache with his finger, apparently feeling confident enough to talk to Nacho about you.

Lalo wasn't even aware that you had no contact with your family because of him, and he had no interest in acknowledging that simple fact. He probably imagined that you were fine with the whole situation.

"She's somewhat lonely" Lalo continued. "I'm not complaining. She's quite intelligent and a good wife. I couldn't ask for a better woman than her, but she's somewhat... complicated, you know?"

Nacho tried to hide his expression of disgust and shook his head.

"You know, she demands a lot of attention... Sometimes she seems like a child" Lalo shrugged and took a sip of his beer. "She should have friends and go out or something, but she's at home all day waiting for me to return."

"I imagine it must be difficult for her to have friends while being your wife... right?"

Lalo observed Nacho for a moment and paused to silently contemplate what he had said.

"It could be... Maybe she's just as distrustful as I am and finds it hard to trust other people" Lalo smiled as he reached the conclusion that you were as reserved as he was. It only made him feel more secure to have you by his side. "But it seems like she really likes you."

Those words made Nacho's skin crawl. Was Lalo aware of the strange friendship you two had?

"I'm glad she gets along with you. Maybe someday you can introduce her to those pretty girlfriends you have, and she can make some real friends."

Lalo laughed at his own comment, and Nacho tried to play along while realizing that Lalo didn't suspect or feel threatened by his presence with you. Lalo's ego was probably so big that he couldn't feel jealous of Nacho. Or perhaps he trusted you too much and your loyalty to him.

Suddenly, Lalo fell silent and sat up straight in his chair, appearing attentive and alert. Nacho swallowed hard and quickly glanced at his phone to check the time: 3:37. He had missed the deadline to open the gate.

"Did you hear that noise?"

Nacho remained silent and looked towards the gate he was supposed to open thirty minutes ago. Lalo noticed that Nacho also sensed something was wrong and decided to focus all his attention on that spot.

Nacho felt out of himself. He had lost the opportunity to escape; he should have left before Lalo had kept him entertained. But he couldn't blame him. When the memory of the dinner with you invaded his mind, he became lost and forgot about everything else.

"Someone is stepping on the leaves outside…" Nacho whispered, pretending surprise.

"Chingad-… Go call Miguel and tell him to get the boys ready."

Nacho nodded and stood up from the chair. But before he could take another step, Lalo mentioned you, "Go to her and make sure nothing happens to her. Grab the revolver on the nightstand next to my bed and protect her."

The orders were clear, and Nacho felt a great relief knowing that he could ensure nothing happened to you. He quickly ran towards the house and informed Lalo's guards to be on alert for his instructions. Nacho began to climb the stairs of the house towards the master bedroom…

Ignacio hesitated, his hand on the doorknob, unsure if he should enter or not. He didn't know how you would react to being approached by him in the middle of the night. But when gunshots started ringing outside the house, he hurriedly pushed the door open and closed it behind him. He went straight to the nightstand next to your bed and searched for Lalo's revolver.

"Ignacio…?" Your sleepy voice snapped him out of his trance and made him look directly at you.

Nacho almost let out a sigh as he saw you in soft, almost transparent pajamas. Although he wished he could admire you in detail, he quickly reloaded the revolver.

"You have to stand up…. They are attacking the hacienda".

Your look of terror became more pronounced as you heard the sound of bullets and the noise of the garden's metal gates opening.

"Where's Eduardo?!"

"He's downstairs. He asked me to keep you here..." Nacho approached the bed and helped you get up. "I need you to stay behind me at all times... Is there a bathroom here?"

You nodded, trembling, and pointed shakily to the bathroom next to the bed.

"Good. Listen... Go into the bathroom and stay there while I guard the entrance, alright?"

"W-What?! I don't want to be alone, please... Come with me."

Fear flooded your body with each noise from outside. The sound of gunfire and Lalo's men shouting made your body tremble with fear. Nacho noticed this and felt his heart constrict. It was the first time he had seen you in such a vulnerable state, and a sense of protectiveness grew within him.

"Alright... Let's go to the bathroom, but listen to me: if they manage to enter, I will have to go out, but you have to hide. I will try to buy you some time to escape and find a hiding place."

"But Ignaci-"

"Only if they manage to enter... Come, follow me."

Nacho offered you his hand, and you held it tightly as he guided you to the bathroom in the room. Once inside, he locked the door and stood in the middle of the room, still holding your hand tightly. With each sound of gunfire, the tension between both of you grew, and terror filled the dark bathroom. You couldn't see much, and the only sense of security you had was the warmth provided by his strong hand.

"Nacho…" your whispering voice called to him, and he turned to see your frightened face in the darkness, trying to make out your features.

"Stay calm… Nothing is going to happen to you. I won't let anything happen to you."

"And Lalo?"

"Lalo will be fine… You are the priority now."

Those words struck deep within you. The way Nacho was trying to make you feel safe and prioritizing your well-being, it all made you feel… important.

You were his priority. He was looking out for your safety and making sure you felt good by his side. The sensation of his hand holding you tightly, how his entire demeanor was focused on keeping you protected… And even though the situation was terrifying, you felt an incredible sense of happiness.

As the sound of bullets intensified, you moved closer to Nacho and wrapped your arms around his torso, seeking some security in his touch. Nacho felt his heart skip a beat as you got so close, but he remained steadfast for you. He enveloped you with one arm while holding the revolver with his other hand.

When the noise and gunpowder ceased, a sense of calm seemed to settle over the hacienda, and all you could hear was the sound of your heart pounding in your chest.

Both of you heard a knock on the bathroom door, and Lalo's voice seeped through. Ignacio quickly opened the door, revealing a tired Lalo with dirt on his clothes, completely sweaty.

Nacho let go of you, and he watched as you ran towards your husband, embracing him tightly while Lalo reciprocated and reassured you.

He felt empty, but he couldn't say anything about it.

[rafaelaxsm]

my take on this scene of the lake:

Wille is clearly crying because of this eyes and the tear on his face. and if you pay attention, simon is on the verge of crying and he his expression is very obvious of pain. In the gif, you can see that his chin is trembling indicating that he is just about to cry.

Simon looks sad, but Wille doesn’t, despite cleary crying. It seems like Wille was already waiting for whatever lead them to be there crying together. like he knew what was coming. for me, it could be a breakup scene, but a scene where they together decided that that was the best decision to make for the both of them. I see this scene as the“you’ll go and i’ll stay and we’ll be okay” of normal people — where the couple still & always will love each other but it just isn’t the right time.

On another note, I feel like this would be the end of episode 5 and then, in episode 6, Wille will realize that abdication is the best way to go and it’s not just a solution for Simon and Wille but it is also a solution for Wille himself, to be free and finally be who he is.

[xerith-42]

What are your thoughts on Vylad and Hyria’s dynamic?

I think Vylad and Hyria deserve an entire episode that's about them sitting around Hyria's cottage drinking tea. I always imagined Hyria found Vylad when he ran away from O'Khasis after becoming a Shadow Knight. He stumbled into the cursed forest, and though Hyria could tell he had a foul, evil magic in his body, she also saw the tearful face of a young boy taken too early. She sees an innocence that's on the verge of total corruption about to be eaten away at by dark magic.

She sees Araphel. She sees Irene. She sees a poor young boy too scared to admit the truth to himself. She sees her friend Zianna's son who just died crying on the forest floor after he nearly collapsed with exhaustion.

She's reminded of the daughter who just left her out of anger. She sees a second chance.

I think it took both of them a lot of growing pains and adjustment time. Vylad was likely hostile to anyone but Zianna acting as his mother figure, and Hyria was hostile to the idea of actually learning to care for this kid beyond helping him not accidentally kill himself. I think there were a lot of days where they barely said a word to each other, or got in arguments bad enough that Vylad slammed the door, climbed out of the window, and ran off to get lost in the woods knowing that Hyria would drag him back.

But over time they learned to care for one another. They bonded over a shared love and adoration of Zianna. Vylad asked Hyria about herbal blends for healing and maybe helping with Shadow Knight symptoms. Hyria helped Vylad learn other languages from her old ass books because he had a genuine interest. Maybe she taught them the wyvern language.

Also speaking of Zianna, I think she visited Hyria still. I think Hyria told Vylad whenever Zianna was approaching the cottage and covered for their escape. I think Vylad finally opened up to Hyria about how badly the calling has been effecting him after Zianna visited the first time and he ran away. Hyria then did everything she could to help him control it, himself, and restrain them if necessary. Vylad told her to keep them in the forest until he could control the calling, and she did just that.

It was only once Vylad had matured, come into his own as a proper adult and learned to control and cope with this new form he had that Hyria let him go. She never said it directly to him, but one day when Vylad was practicing archery and thievery in the forest, he stumbled out near Nahakra Village. They were allowed to do whatever they wanted, go where they wanted, and when Vylad decided to return to the cottage that had become his home, Hyria let him in.

And whatever prompted her to think it was needed, when Hyria decided the world needed Irene, she knew there was one person she trusted to dictate who needed her the most. She's never called Vylad her son, and he's never called her mom outside of a single slip of the tongue, but they don't need to. That's how she views him, forever and always.

[inari-zaheer]

lmao what if Sevika snapped at her lover, but her lover just gives her one of the "who you think you talking to?" look. The type of look to make one clean their room immediately-

Thank you for the request!

Death Glare

Pairing:Sevika x Reader

Tw:None

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Sevika was used to no one giving her shit about nothing

And people knowing how she was never tried to get on her nerves when she was mad at anything

That was until you entered in her life, a new addition to Silco's team that she quickly got attracted to

She never got mad at you, quite the opposite actually, she always said that somehow you always managed to calm her down and make her feel relaxed

That was until one day that everything has gone bad for her

To start off she got to wake up really early to inspect a shimmer trade, then everything went to shit when Jinx had one episode and almost exploded the ship, then when she went to have a drink to try and relax Dustin bumped into her making her spill all the liquind in her mechanic arm making it malfunction

After that she just decided to go home and be alone in peace, but her plan went down the drain as soon as she opened the door and you were waiting for her

"Ya know, you should really warn me when you gonna vanish in the morning and just give a sign of life this late at night"

It took everything in her to not snap at you on that exact second, but she brushed it of and went past you to go take a shower

"Hello!!? Sevika I’m talking to you!"

She was starting to get angrier at every thing you said

"Oh so now I’m getting the silent treatment for worring abo-"

"WHY DON’T YOU JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE"

But after she snapped at you for the first time since you started dating a wave of regreat came over her as soon as she locked her eyes with yours

She never felt afraid in her life, not even when the factory explosion happened, but oh honey the look you were giving her right now

Even if she knew your strength compared to hers she could not help but think you were at the verge of destroying her like and enraged animal

"Listen honey I’m sorry-" "Go take a shower" She never heard you speak in a tone so cold and harsh like this

"But I-" "I don’t wanna hear it, go now and in the meantime ill think if you even deserve to sleep on the couch today"

As you desapeared into the kitchen she let out a breath she didn’t even knew she was holding

Well, now she would need to find a way to compensate to you

And while she contiued with her route to the bathroom you just went to the kitchen to silently laugh at her, you were still mad but come on, making Sevika afraid just by looking at her? You were totally using it against her later

[lokislittlemidgardian]

heyyyy!!!! pleaseee could u write more cg!robin and cg!nancy with their little!reader??? maybe like it’s reader’s bedtime but she doesn’t want to go to bed so she begs to stay up, and robin and nancy both agree cuz they know she’ll fall asleep in between them anyway!! and ofc she does so they carry her to bed and tuck her in, all whilst she’s sound asleep <33

No?

Content - age regression, mommy!nancy, mommy!robin, television, soft toys, dummy use, cuddles, sleeping, don't like don't read.

Summary - you hate having to go to bed before your caregiver so one night they let you stay up with them.

Authors note - I might come back later and edit this a bit because I was on the verge of slipping and I might have gotten some things wrong. I loved this request, hope you enjoy <3

You loved sleeping.

But you hated going to sleep.

It just felt tedious laying there waiting for something to happen and not being able to turn your brain off.

You were currently laying on the floor listening to the television program that your caregivers watched of a night time. You enjoyed the show because the woman on it had a very nice smile and the man had silly hair. But the only thing you dreaded about it was by the time it finished it alerted nancy and robin that it was your bedtime.

When it ended you would wait for a few seconds holding your breath hoping that they wouldn't realise the time and let the next show play.

But they always did.

Nancy was always very meticulous with your night time routine whereas robin was more relaxed about it.

It really wasn't fair you couldn't stay up longer but you respected your mommy's choices you knew they only did it for your own good because you didn't like being tired and grumpy.

Hearing the tinny sounding outro you realised that the show had ended, all that was left to do was hold onto your toy rabbit and wait.

Hearing a put on yawn from robin you knew they wouldn't have forgotten they never did. "Mmm I'm so sleepy" exclaimed nancy repeating the same action "what about you baby? Are you sleepy" she asked leaning forward to hold your hand.

"No" you said rolling over to face the with your pink rabbit in your arms "no?" They questioned you giving each other curious but knowing looks "no, wanna stay up with you" you whined with a small pout on your lips.

The 3 of you remained silent for a few moments nancy giving robin a look as if to say "don't you dare, we have a schedule"

She completely ignored it.

"Well I suppose you can stay up for a little bit longer sweetheart, what do you think Nance?" She said cheekily eyeing nancy, robin loved winding her girlfriend up. " I don't know honey we don't want to mess up your sleep schedule do we?" She said gently stroking your hair "please!" You exclaimed giving her puppy dog eyes.

Here's the thing about nancy, she was powerless against puppy dog eyes.

"Oh alright baby" she chuckled leaning down to pick you up. Seating you between her and robin with your head against the back of the sofa robin placed a kiss on your temple and you heard the opening music for the next program begin.

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Halfway through the episode robin looked down to check on you and saw that you were fighting to stay awake. Smiling out of the side of her mouth she looked back at the television noticing how you were now clinging to her left arm.

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As the music began to fade from the television both nancy and robin looked down to see your sleeping form holding to robins arm and gently sucking on the ear of your soft rabbit.

Sharing a smile the two of them decided to put you to bed.

Nancy turned off the telly and got up from the sofa while robin gently removed her arm as to not disturb your slumber.

Reaching down nancy picked you up and cradled you her chest signalling to robin to work infront of her. Walking towards the your bedroom robin opened the door and made her way to your bed pulling back the sheets and pulling out one of you dummy's in your bedside table.

Nancy gently set you down on the mattress pulling the sheet and duvet over the top of you while robin slowly placed the dummy in your mouth.

Before the two of them left the room they each placed gentle kisses to each side of you temple before making sure you had everything you needed.

Making their way towards the door nancy opened it and the two of them looked back at you your face highlighted by the soft yellow lamp beside you your dummy lightly bobbing in your mouth and they smiled warmly.

"We'll see you in the morning little one."

"We love you little princess."

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[gojou-violin]

the romantic type

| header by: @mangaterial (dm me if you'd like me to remove it!)

| pairing: chobei aza x fem!body!reader

| warnings: 18+ MDNI. ig out of character chobei? meh? pregnancy. mentions of kidnapping, breaking and entering, executions, stealing, other criminal behavior. brief mentions/descriptions of unprotected sex.

| wc: 1.1k

| taglist: @aylitgirl , @justanotherpasserby , @lyteatus , @bakugosgorl , @diorsbrando , @saintbvnnii , @pinkhorangnabi , @lex-dear

| a/n: i was only on chapter 48 of the manga at the time of writing this, so i'm only using the context i had from chapter/episode 1 to chapter 48. i might write a follow-up to this if something happens throughout or at the end of the manga.

Chobei was never really the romantic type, at least not back when you met him. Thrown into the dirt more times than he could count, Chobei had been alone with his brother through the worst conditions the world had to offer, ever since they were kids and their parents died, leaving them with nothing except Chobei's drive to protect his brother and make something out of himself. When you first met, Chobei was the type of guy that ran around putting his dick in anything that moved. He thrived off of the power he got from commanding his men and from putting women under him. You'd heard the stories about what he liked-- How he could be so scary and ruthless that women stumbled out of his shitty little shack, stumbling, crying, bruised up and bleeding. Part of you couldn't believe those rumors. The Chobei you knew was kind... Well, he wasn't the best kind of guy around, you knew that, but he was nice to you, and he always took time out of his day to come see you at the market-- and while he stole from all the other stalls, he would always grab produce from you and pay for it. Always. You never caught him pocketing something or distracting you so that he could throw apples to his brother to run away with. No, Chobei was kind, and it seemed like he respected you. Maybe that was why you ignored the horror stories and decided to go home with him one night. How could a man who treated you so well be such a monster? Surely they were lying.

The first night you two spent together, Chobei was as kind as he'd always been at the market. He teased you and took pleasure in making you scream his name, but he never once laid a hand on you in any way that you didn't want. The way he hid his face in the crook of your neck as he thrust inside of you at a wild pace, murmuring your name a thousand times like it was a prayer, that felt like the exact moment you fell in love with him. You tried to deny it. You had to remind yourself that, despite how he was with you, Chobei was still a criminal with only his and his brother's interest in mind. So you tried to avoid him. You'd hide when you'd see him at the market, you'd never linger in the streets out of fear that one of his men would grab you, and you never talked to anyone about what you and Chobei did. Not only were you concerned about the criminal himself, but if people found out what you had done, you'd be shunned from society. You'd have been worse off than he ever was.

But Chobei had his ways. He had his men find out where you lived, and one night, when he was sure you were home, he crawled through a window to confront you about why you'd been avoiding him since the two of you slept together; and when you admitted to him that you were scared of him and how he could hurt you, you saw the face of a scarred criminal be replaced by a concerned boy who didn't know how to reply. Such a confident and terrifying man he'd always been, yet there he stood in front of you, speechless and seemingly on the verge of tears. All he could do was grab you. He pulled you close and kissed you. He told you that he was the one who was scared because he thought he had hurt you, and he was unsure of what to do with himself because he thought he'd lost you forever...

Chobei wasn't the romantic type. He never was... But then he met you. Behind closed doors in the home the two of you shared for years, he was the kindest man there ever was. He cherished you, the love you had for each other, and the family you were creating together. The day he found out you were pregnant was the best day of his life, according to him. He even started crying. Chobei, of all people, was crying! You couldn't believe the sight, yet you were so incredibly relieved.

But like the idiot he was, Chobei let his confidence get the best of him; and one day, as you were at the very same market you used to work at, buying produce from the same stalls that your husband used to rob, Toma found you and took you home. He had to sit you down as he told you the truth. Some of the men had been out for the past couple of weeks, that was never news to you, but Chobei, for some idiot reason, decided to go with him, and being the asshole he was, he just had to go and get himself arrested. You were livid with him. You thought about how he'd likely spend the next few years in prison, missing so much time with you and your firstborn. He was so stupid! Fuck!

"He'll be executed in a month," Toma admitted quietly.

Your heart dropped in your chest. At first, you thought you heard him wrong, maybe Chobei was only going to be imprisoned for a month, which meant that he'd be back just in time for the delivery, so everything was going to be alright! But, no. When you didn't reply, Toma asked if you were alright or if he should go get the doctor Chobei had so kindly "hired" for you. (He and some of his men found a doctor to take care of you and help you give birth, and they kidnapped him, of course).

Toma promised that he would get his brother back safe and sound, if not for himself, then for you and your child.

That was one month and three days ago. Chobei's execution was supposed to be three days ago, but you never heard anything about it-- Not even your men had an explanation because they went to witness the execution and see where Toma was, too, yet no such execution took place, and your husband and his brother were no where to be found.

You began to wonder if he was dead. Surely he was. If he wasn't dead, why hadn't he come back to you? Part of you second-guessed your husband, figuring that maybe he really was the type to use a prison break as an excuse to run away from the burden of having a family; yet the rational part of you was so sure that Toma would have dragged Chobei home to at least tell you the brutal truth first of, "I don't love you. I never have. I don't want a baby, especially not with you. So I'm leaving. Forever. Goodbye." No one came home, though. No one gave you answers or excuses. All you could do was wait for a month and three days as you watched out your window, wondering if he'd come home on time to meet your baby.

[shortpplfedup]

Chapter 7: My Heart Represents the Moon

Wrecked. This show has absolutely fucking wrecked me. Like...ITSAY/IPYTM-level wrecked. I'm never going to recover. Jam comes to town, and Ms. Hong departs in the absolute saddest episode of the entire series, yet you're still left with a sense of hope amidst the wreckage.

Khaotung motherfucking Thanawat y'all. Gaipa gives us the full range of human emotion this week, from joking with Leng about how he feels sad for Jim losing out on him, to having a full on breakdown as he sings 'The Moon Represents My Heart' at Ms. Hong's cremation. I absolutely knew how talented Khaotung is, but honestly he blew me away this episode. You could feel the layers of sadness as Ms. Hong's sudden death piles up on top of Jim's rejection. The moment Gaipa comes out of the hospital room to tell Jim, Leng and Li Ming that Ms. Hong is gone...I don't think I've ever seen a more accurate depiction of that kind of moment in all of cinema. The way he can't even comprehend it, then can't say it, then it tumbles out and he just crumples...honestly every time I was on the verge of being okay Gaipa would break down again and I would be in shambles. I don't go in much for hyperbole so when I tell you that this is an award-winning performance, know how sincerely I mean that.

Jam's unannounced arrival stirs all kinds of pots over at Jim's house, as Jim finally decides to discuss the New Year's kiss he witnessed with Li Ming at the worst possible time and in the worst possible way, not knowing Jam was there and could hear them. Jim's struggle to accept Li Ming's sexuality is threaded throughout the episode. Jim and Li Ming (of course) fight about it. Then Jim tries to discuss it with Jam calmly but of course that's a fraught conversation because Jam's comments about his own sexuality live rent-free in Jim's head, along with the ghost of Beam's betrayal. Jim eventually seeks Wen's advice, which is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig step forward for him, and of course Wen gently chides him, telling him literally all the things he already knows intellectually but doesn't feel emotionally: that Li Ming being gay isn't a bad thing, that Li Ming isn't gay because of Jim's influence, and that yes, the world might be harder on him because he's gay, but that doesn't mean he can't have a good life. Eventually, Jim and Li Ming settle into a new normal where Jim can tease Li Ming about 'trying' Heart and liking him, and Li Ming can tease Jim back about minding his own business.

The other pot Jam stirs is Li Ming's very presence at Jim's house, as she wants to take him back north with her. Whether Li Ming came to live with Jim before Beam died or after I'm not sure (he may have been with his grandparents before coming to Jim, he mentioned living apart from his mother for '5 or 6 years' and Beam only died 4 years ago), but he's been with Jim for years at this point. Jim has essentially been the one raising him. But Jam's stable now, she's about to get married, to a man with some means, and she wants to try to be a mother again and provide for her son. Jim, surprisingly, tries asking Li Ming what he wants rather than telling him what it's going to be, and the ensuing conversation is a new direction for them, a first stab at a new kind of communication. And we discover that as much as he and Jim fight and argue, Li Ming is clear about who he considers as his parent. As he tells Jim, he's not sure how he feels about his mother, but he knows he loves his uncle.

Jim continues his softening and opening up to Wen, essentially admitting to him that he wants him around, but he's still not quite sure of what that means for them in the future. That sniff kiss Jim gives Wen, aside from somehow being the hottest sniff kiss I've ever seen, is a promise of a kind; it says 'give me time, but yes'.

Side Dishes

I know that Alan/Gaipa scene will make a lot of folks happy.

Alan releasing Wen from the responsibility of taking care of him was hard to watch. He's so sad, and seeing Wen immediately meet Jim as he drives away makes him even sadder. Awww, you'll be ok Alan!

Ms. Hong seems to have left Gaipa a very rich man. I think I have some idea of what he's going to do with that.

Heart's parents finally starting to learn sign...they're trying to make amends and reconnect with their son, and Heart seems to be really happy about that.

Li Ming not making the slightest move to help his mom with her bag at any point was a clear indication of his feelings.

Li Ming not understanding how his mom could have loved his dad and also love her new husband, because she loves them differently is so perfectly, preciously young of him.

So Beam's parents stole everything Jim had except the damn car after Beam's death, and they could do that because Jim had no legal protections as Beam's partner, and Beam put nothing in place for him. He LITERALLY had to start from scratch when Beam died. I think we've finally found some villains in this piece. Also Thai BL continues its marriage equality push.

Jim is FINALLY gonna close that damn diner and I'm happy and sad at the same time. Him deciding not to buy the place and also cancelling the lease is him finally taking a step forward into his life after Beam.

Finale tomorrow! What the hell am I gonna do when this show is over?

[asgardwinter]

The Divorce (3)

summary | Vecna’s curse was a hell of a problem, and the worst part was: you had no idea about its cause, you just knew it was killing people in your world. How can you keep your kids safe when you have no true idea about what is happening? You weren’t so sure neither you or Steve would be capable of it this time.

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pairing | Steve Harrington x fem!Reader

warnings | angsty, making out in a car, mentions of panic attacks, reader is on the verge of a panic attack, nightmares, mentions of torture (yk the russian base and all), the idiots are realizing it!, SEASON 4 SPOILERS (episode 3) — let me know if i forgot something please!

word count | 4,1k

author’s note | here we go! idk how i feel about this chapter, but in the next one shit is going down :) leave a comment if you like — it helps to keep up the motivation! i know ‘time after time’ is already used in the series but i love the song and i needed to use it

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Vecna’s Curse was what Dustin named it.

You could barely sleep that night after finding Eddie and learning that the chance of an Upside Down related event was even bigger than before. What type of monster would this Vecna be? As big as the mindflayer? Would it come to your dimension or act at a distance?

There were too many questions and, only to add to them, the fear of not being lucky enough this time crept under you.

You had to take care of the kids, had to keep them safe while letting them help because, being completely honest, they did a great part of the job. But every time these things would attack again you caught yourself thinking about the day you wouldn't be fast enough to swing a bat, or witty enough to find a metal pipe and hit something in the head just in time.

You weren’t that much older than them, anyways.

So when Steve got to your house to pick you up and see Eddie you had the most tired face in you and probably some indications that you cried — but just a little. Now you were head first into this edition of the Upside Down drama and you needed to keep your head in the game with no panic attack or other distractions.

“Good morning.” You said, clearing your throat so your voice would sound less nervous.

“Hey there.” Steve said, giving you a small smile. “Everything’s fine?”

When you only nodded he picked it as his cue to keep quiet and not ask anything about it. It was going to be a quiet ride to pick up Robin, so he decided to turn on the radio. The first chords of Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper and you turned your head to Steve raising an eyebrow.

…

It was the beginning of 1985 and you were in Steve’s car listening to some music.

For the first time in forever Steve’s parents were in Hawkins and at his house, making it not the first choice of a place for hanging out with your boyfriend whatever you and Steve were.

The car wasn’t one of the warmest places to stay in the winter but at least you were alone and didn't have to worry about any interruptions. You were listening to some music and talking, nothing much. After the events that first brought you to talk you and Steve had been doing that a lot.

Fears, traumas, the things you both went through and couldn’t tell a single soul in Hawkins were out in the open when it was the two of you.

That was, until he went and kissed you, interrupting some ramble about waiting for a demogorgon to appear out of nowhere.

You both didn’t waste any time and you sat on his lap kissing him harder, his hands roaming through your body were everything you needed for some time, everything you wanted. Talking so freely with him made you catch some feelings for sure plus the whole kissing too much wasn’t helping them to disappear like you wanted.

His hands trailed up to your cheeks, breaking the kiss and looking deep into your eyes. The smile he gave you awakened a dozen butterflies inside you.

“I’m happy you beated that demogorgon with a pipe.” He said sweetly, making you laugh.

“I shouldn’t even be at Jonathan’s house.” You said, taking a bit of hari from his eyes. “But I’m happy I saved your ass back there.”

“Because you wouldn’t be kissing me right now, right?” He joked.

Your hand traveled to his lips and you traced the pretty shape of them. “That and because I really like you, Steve.”

That caught him off guard but only made him smile wider and pull you in a deep kiss, one that sort of told you the very same thing you did to him.

He liked you very much.

The lyrics were lost in the car as you peeled his shirt off, but the moment you felt so happy with the possibility of it all being reciprocated you memorized the very same lines that echoed in your ears.

If you're lost you can look and you will find me

Time after time

If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting

Time after time

…

Steve only smiled timidly and continued driving.

The silent ride turned into a very talkative one as Robin and Dustin joined the car ride. News about what the Hawkins PD thought about Chrissy’s murder and how Eddie Munson seemed to be the prime suspect.

When you got to the boat house to give Eddie some food, sharing the news with him wasn’t even near a good part.

“We tapped into the Hawkins PD dispatch with our Cerebro and they’re definitely looking for you. Also they’re pretty convinced you killed Chrissy.” Dustin told him after he asked for them to say the bad news first.

“Like, 100% kind of convinced.” Max added, making Eddie’s expression fall even more.

“And the good news?” He said after a moment of silence.

“Your name hasn’t gone public yet.” Robin took a step forward. “But if we found out about you, it’s a matter of time before others do too. And once it gets out, everyone and they’re shallow-minded mother is going to be gunning for you.”

“Hunt the freak, right?” Eddie said, eyes lost far away to hold back the urge to go insane. You placed your hand on his arm, trying to give some comfort to your neighbor but it made no difference.

“So, before that happens we need to find Vecna, kill him and prove your innocence.” Dustin presented his plan.

“That’s all, Dustin? That 's all?” Eddie hissed, the plan didn’t sound even near promising.

“Yeah, no, that’s pretty much it.” Dustin said.

“Listen, Eddie.” Robin calledhis attention. “I know everything Dustin’s saying sounds totally delusional, but we’ve actually been through this kind of thing before.” She stopped just a second before adding. “I mean, they have a… a few times and… and I have once. MIne was more human-flesh-based, theirs was more smoke related, but bottom line is, collectively, I really feel like we got this.”

“Yes, we usually rely on this girl who has superpowers. But, uh, those went bye-bye, so…”

“So we’re technically in more of the…” Robin tried to follow on.

“Kinda…”

“Brainstorming phase.” Max completed it.

“Yeah, there’s nothing to worry about.” You tried to help them, but that affirmation was way too forced and made Eddie’s eyes go a little bit wider.

Police sirens cut the brainstorming phase of the plan and everyone started to grow in panic. Robin and Steve covered Eddie in the boat with the tarp and you ran first to spy in the window, trying to not show your whole face in the glass — an effort that proved useless since Dustin ran after you and got in front of the whole window to look at it.

“Fucking hell, I have a terrible feeling about this.” You whispered as you saw an ambulance followed by the police cars. "Let 's go.” You suggested, already running to the door so you could get in Steve’s car.

You sort of notice what you were doing only during your fourth step, acting as if nothing had changed. A cold ran though your spine but you continued to walk without looking behind you, without looking at him.

The group stood there stunned for a second, you were way more silent this time and it was comprehensible after “the divorce”. That was the first glimpse into what the hell things were back then, it felt like one glimpse of a good thing in the middle of the chaos that was only starting to unravel.

Dustin was the first to run after you, was it curiosity or that feeling of comfort in seeing you looking back at Steve and waiting for him to go even with the spark of insecurity behind your eyes.

Steve woken from the small transe he was in, taking in your cautions demeanor that stood several feet away from him and the similarity. For the first time since you met again, Steve gave you a half smile before walking fast to the car.

You still had an ambulance to follow.

…

It was no surprise to find Nancy at the crime scene, what shocked you was the reason for that to happen. Instead of going after information she was searching for her friend — or coworker — when she figured out he was dead.

After being questioned by the police she walked towards the group, already knowing that something was off if they were all together and very near a crime scene. Then phase two began, all the theories and explanations started being shared and got into an open discussion.

Things that had been understood in silence were finally spoken out loud and suddenly everything was real.

Way too real in your opinion.

“All that we know is that this is something different. Something new.” Max said, when most things were out.

“It doesn’t make sense.” Nancy complained.

“It’s only a theory.” Dustin justified himself.

“No, Fred and Chrissy don’t make sense.” Nancy continued. “I mean, why them?”

“Maybe it was just the wrong place? They were both at the game.” Dustin suggested.

“And near the trailer park.” Max completed.

“We’re at the trailer park.” Steve said in an uneasy voice. “Uh, should we maybe not be here?”

“I don’t think this is something to do with the trailer park.”

“No.” Nancy disagreed. “There is something about this place. Fred started acting weird the second we got here.”

“Acting weird as in…?” Robin trailed off, waiting for a better explanation.

“Scared, on edge, upset.”

“Max said Chrissy was upset too.” Dustin linked the information.

“Yeah, but not here.” She corrected him. “She was crying in the bathroom at school.”

“Serial killers stalk their prey before strike, right? So, maybe Fred and Chrissy saw this Vecman…” Robin 

“Vecna.” Dustin corrected.

“I don’t know about you guys, but if I saw some freaky wizard monster, I would mention it to someone.” Steve said.

“Maybe they did.” It was Max's turn again. “I saw Chrissy leaving Ms. Kelley’s office. If you saw a monster, you… you wouldn’t go to the police. They’d never believe you. But you might go to your…”

“Your shrink.” Robin concluded.

She hadn't even said the last letter and everyone was already getting up and walking to the car again, Nancy weirdly going in a different direction.

“Whoa, whoa. Nance. Nance!” Steve shouted for her and everyone stopped on their tracks. “Nance, where are you going?” he walked to her.

“Oh, there’s just something I wanna check up on first.” She said, still walking to the car.

“Something you wanna share with the group?” Dustin said.

“I don’t wanna waste your time. It’s a real shot in the dark.” She tried to get everyone off her.

“Yeah, okay. Are you out of your mind? Flying solo with this Vecna creep on the loose?” Steve complained. “No, it’s too dangerous. You need… You need someone to…”

He stuttered with the look she gave him and you were almost laughing, that’s until you spotted keys being thrown your way and you caught them by a miracle.

“I’ll stick with Nace, right? Take the car, check out the shrink.”

You looked at Robin, baffled and a bit hurt, but she only rolled her eyes and whatever Steve was doing. “I’m going with him so he doesn’t do anything stupider than this.”

“Take care, you three.” Was all you could shout before just turning around taking back the mission from where you stopped.

And that’s how you were stuck in the car with Dustin and Max and driving Steve’s car without Steve there. The other three had gone into Nancy’s car towards whatever clue Nancy was following and left you with the kids.

To be fair, being with the kids was easy, you were used to it for the past years. Saving Dustin and Erica from evil Russians, protecting Max, Lucas and also Dustin against “demodogs”, that was something you knew you were good at because the kids being alive meant something.

But you felt ashamed for being hurt by Steve running away from your side at the first opportunity. You shouldn’t be feeling like that and you knew, the break up was already about eight months into the past and you should be over it.

There was no being over Steve Harrington, it seemed.

“Here?” You asked Max when you parked the car in front of a house you never saw before.

She nodded to you. “I’m going in, wish me luck.”

With Dustin with you in the front seat you were afraid about where the conversation might go, so you just kept quiet, resting your head against the steering wheel.

“She’s in.” Dustin informed you and you nodded your head, almost hitting your nose at the steering wheel because you didn’t want to lift it up — this Upside Down business was getting more tiresome every year. 

The silence was perfect for you, but apparently not to Dustin since he felt the urge to interrogate you. “So, we're gonna talk about… it?”

“What?” You turned to look at him, seeing his pretty serious face and you had no idea about what he wanted to say.

“About the hurt face you made?” He said but you were still confused. “When Steve tossed you the car keys and went to uncover the mysteries of this town with Nancy Wheeler?”

“You’re seeing things, Dustin.”

“No, there were a lot of witnesses. I’m pretty sure Robin saw it too.” He kept going. “So that leaves us with only one conclusion: you still love Steve.”

“You’re insane, kid.”

“And I’m still more aware of this than you.”

“Shut up!” You were starting to feel bothered by it.

“You know I’m right.”

“It’s not like Steve and I broke up because we didn’t love each other.” You whispered.

“What was that?” His ears picked up your little comment that added new information to the thing he never understood.

You see, Dustin Henderson might have made a huge drama off your break up with Steve but he had no idea about what truly happened the week before you moved out of Hawkins. He also had no idea about the nightmares and how what happened at the Russian Base hit Steve harder than any of you would’ve thought.

“I’m sorry, Dusty.” You said, this time you looked out of the window for a distraction. “I’m sorry but this doesn’t have to do with you. You don’t need to worry about me and Steve, we about what we were. There’s no going back for us and… and even though I do though there might be a chance it was crushed today, all right? So let’s just not talk about this again? Could you please do this for me?”

Dustin kept quiet for a second, a very long second considering it was him — damn, you loved the kid but sometimes he just tested your patience way too much. “You know, Steve’s still in love with you, right?”

You were leaning on the steering wheel again and all you could do was laugh a bit at the situation.

“As I said, the problem isn’t love.” And it was so true. The problem might actually be… Hawkins, you weren’t a hundred percent sure. How can things grow when there’s always a monster waiting  to get us after some months? “But you know, I wouldn’t be so sure about his feelings. I think Nancy is the one for him.” And how could you blame him?

“He just wants to protect a friend. A very stubborn friend.” You looked at him, holding back laughter. “I know you’re stubborn too, but you’re the most responsible babysitter when it comes to you both.”

You laughed a bit, trying to lighten up the mood. “Whatever, I…” You stopped talking when you saw Max running in the direction of the car, so you started the engine. “Here she comes.”

She opened and closed the door as fast as she could.

“What’d she say?” Dustin asked.

“Nothing, just drive.” She answered shortly.

“Nothing?” You turned to look at her, confused by the lack of information.

“Y/n, drive!”

“All right, let’s go.” You speed up to leave the house behind. “Where to?”

“To the school, we need to check the records there.” Max said.

“Well I never thought I’d be sneaking into Hawkins High after I graduated.” You whispered.

Dustin. Dustin, it’s Lucas. Do you copy? Dustin.

Well, it seemed Lucas Sinclair got into the picture.

…

Entering the school wasn’t too complicated, but being inside when it was all dark and no one was inside too was quite intimidating. Well, the school like that was intimidating but the reason why you were there might’ve had a huge say in that.

You and Dusting followed Max to Ms. Kelley’s room when his walkie came back to life again, but this time it was Robin talking.

Dustin, do you copy?

“Yeah, I copy.” He answered quickly without stopping the run inside the school.

So, Nancy's a genius. Vecna's first victims date back all the way to 1959. Her shot in the dark was a bull's-eye.

“Okay, that's totally bonkers, but I can't really talk right now.” He said and you pulled him to your side to make a turn in another corridor.

What are you doing?

“We’re breaking and entering into school to retrieve confidential and extremely personal files.” Dustin summarized it pretty well.

Can you repeat that?

You grabbed the walkie from his hand to answer. “Just get your asses over here as fast as you can and we'll explain everything.”

What’s going on?

This time it was Steve’s voice.

“A lot, just come here.” You said again. “Bye.”

Giving Dustin the walkie back you entered inside the room right after Max and ran for the archives that you hoped held some of the answers you were all looking for.

“It's like a mini-Watergate or something.” Dustin said. “Hawkinsgate.”

You ignored looking at the files that Max was going through. 

“Oh, no.” You whispered.

“You found it?” Dustin walked closer to see it.

“Yeah, and not just Chrissy's file. Fred was seeing Ms. Kelley too.” Max explained it, walking to the table and opening the file to read.

You and Dustin got behind her and pointed the flashlights, going through the symptoms of whatever happened to Fred and Chrissy.

“Can I see Fred’s file?” She asked and you caught it for her.

The information was quite similar: nosebleeds, nightmares, PTSD, headaches… All of those were repeated on both files. “That’s not looking good. Max, can you pass me that other page?” You asked but she didn’t respond. “Max?”

She was freezed, you couldn’t call her and couldn't reach for her. You and Dustin started shaking her desperately and she was still in the same position and looking at the same place.

In some sort of… trance.

You were desperate, shaking and shouting, trying to do anything besides swelling into the panic that was already reaching for you. Some time while you and Dustin were trying to wake her up you felt an arm in your shoulder, only seconds before Max blinked back to reality.

“Hey, hey! You’re here, you’re here.” You said more like trying to ground yourself than her, but you squeezed her hands anyway. She was there.

The hand that was still on your shoulder was gone, but soon you felt arms surround you and bring you up to your feet, this time you were squeezed against someone’s chest and you were glad for it. The smell was too easy to recognize, Steve kept you there until your breath was normal again and it wasn’t long until you were back too.

Looking around you were glad everyone was worried about Max, too worried to notice your little slip of control. That was the last thing anyone needed in this situation.

“Thank you.” You whispered, back still pressed against him for comfort, your hands were free by your sides but you leaned your head back on his shoulder.

Just a quiet sign to show him it was okay.

…

After Starcout and everything it brought to Hawkins it wasn’t so hard to have trouble sleeping. Being held captive in a Russian Base also wasn’t in your top 3 best experiences in life.

When you jumped awake on that warm summer night you weren’t even surprised anymore, getting up to get a glass of water in the middle of the night had become a routine for you. At least you were happy the screaming had stopped, so Steve wasn’t awoken by your night terrors — even if he was sometimes by his own demons.

The water filling the glass up had a calming effect and, as you drank it, you felt more at ease but it wasn’t enough to bring back your sleep.

That’s when you felt strong arms surround you and you stilled in fear for a second, just before melting in Steve’s embrace. He wasn’t one to talk in the middle of the night, like if his voice was used it’d ruin his sleep — and you could understand why he’d value any night when the thoughts gave a break. But the good part was that Steve Harrington didn’t need to say a word to comfort you, the feeling of his heartbeat against your back and the way his hands ran up and down your arms took the fear away.

You leaned your head on his shoulder, letting out a loud and deep breath. 

Following the previous night's schedule, Steve knew you were feeling better so he guided you back to his room in small lazy steps. All until you were tucked under the sheets with him and were almost drifting off again, even if you swore you wouldn’t close your eyes ever again.

He has that effect.

…

“It was here.”

Great, you had zoned out again. Steve wasn’t hugging you anymore but his hand held yours tightly, he was probably the one who guided you out of Ms. Kelley’s room.

“Right here.” Max pointed at the empty wall.

“A grandfather clock?” Nancy asked.

“It was so real. And then, when I got closer, suddenly I just… I woke up.”

“It was like she was in a trance or something. Exactly what Eddie said happened to Chrissy.” Dustin explained, every word only left the atmosphere worse.

“That's not even the bad part.” Max turned to everyone and guided the group back to the room. “Fred and Chrissy, they both came to Miss Kelley for help. They both were having headaches. Bad headaches that wouldn't go away. And then… then the nightmares. They'd wake up in a cold sweat. Then they started seeing things. Bad things. From their pasts. These visions, they just… they kept on getting worse and worse, until eventually…” She stopped to take another deep breath. “Everything ended.”

“Vecna's curse.” Robin said.

“Chrissy's headache started a week ago. Fred's, six days ago. I've been having them for five days.” Max confessed it. “All I know is that, for Fred and Chrissy, they both died less than 24 hours after their first vision. And I just saw that goddamn clock, so…”, she breathed shakily, “…looks like I'm gonna die tomorrow.”

You shook your head, wanting to say something until the terrible moment was interrupted by a noise in the corridors outside of the room. Without even thinking, you squeezed Steve’s hand, looking back at him with wide eyes. He squeezed it back, in that reassuring way he’d always do for you, just before letting it go.

“Stay here.” He said to everyone, grabbing a lamp close to the door and then walking out of the room.

You looked at the table and caught a scissors you found, following him out not only seconds before. The kids, Nancy and Robin also followed, everyone with that fear mixed with curiosity to see what the hell was waiting outside. A loud noise of a door being open and then echoes of steps came from the corridor that crossed the one you were into and everyone was prepared for an attack.

“It's me!” A voice you knew shouted.

“Lucas?” You exclaimed.

“It's me.” He said one more time just to be sure.

“Jesus, what's wrong with you, Sinclair?” Steve shouted. “I could've taken you out with this lamp!”

“Sorry, guys. Sorry.” He said breathing too heavily. “I was… I was biking for eight miles. Give me a second. Shit.” Lucas took some more breaths before following. “We've got a code red.”

And anyone would think things couldn’t get worse, but you had Jason Carver to thank for that one.

[grigori77]

Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 86

Matt: "Don't ask." Yes, probably best ...

Maps! Yay! I love maps! Oh! Czepeku! I love these guys! Nice! And now the costumes make sense. Matt: "What's happening?" Yeah ... we're with you. And now he won't say their name ... Marisha: "Say it, bitch!" LOL

A Luxon D20 with a LIQUID CORE?!!! OH MY GODS ... so cool ... O.O

Liam O'Brien delivered a truly BIZARRE Jester impression there ... cue OG turn from Laura to show us how it's really done ..

Oh yeah! Fearne's in another dimension ... so where is she?

Perception check? Nat20! Nice ... oh yes, US the portal still there? It is ... oh thank fuck ... in she goes ... and she's BACK!!!

Yeah, actually sleep sounds good. They really need it. Goodbye mist form, but still ... like they really are on the verge of exhaustion ...

BTW I am going quietly nuts over Marisha's look tonight ... it's genuinely adorable ... :3

Through the mouth? Is that an EXCUSE, Fearne? Are you being sneaky flirty?

Yes! Anchor a line with the rod. Good idea. It WOULD probably pay to check this out. Be a good retreat point if needed ...

Oh yeah, good point. Would that transfer thing be a potential beacon for Otohan?

So Imogen gets an extra Sorcery point? That is pretty cool ...

Ah yes, Chetney's tools. Affixing a piton for thd rope. Meanwhile Fearne takes the tethered Immovable Rod ... while still a leaf sheep sea slug? Not gonna work ... no, Orym takes it while she guides him through ...

Wow ... Liam STILL doesn't know zll his stats that well ... XD Messy ...

They're trying SO HARD to make Matt accidentally describe this as passing through a weird magic butthole ... XD

Travis: "Chetney's leaving to pursue his fortunes elsewhere."

Aha ... so they ARE on Exandria? Interesting ... but WHERE?

Turning into clouds while still in the water would probably be a bad idea ...

Discussing Fearne and Werewolf Chetney's "sexy time" ... yeah ...

On the shore of this strange lake ... ah yeah, Nature Check! Smart ... pine-trees ... higher altitude ... this is VERY NEW to them ... interesting ... are they on Tal'dorei, perhaps? Near Vasselheim, maybe? THAT would be interesting ...

Mist once more ... heading UP!!! So what do we see?

T-shirt shenanigans ... oh Samuel, you are playing with fire ... XD

A village! Nice ... heading down again ...

Street level! Here we go ... well into the evening ... the place seems to be abandoned ... strange ...

Dusty empty general store ... looks like it's been empty for a while ...

FCG suggests they're in an alternate dimension ... unfortunately much what I was considering ... not that I LIKE this idea any ...

Overgrown gardens ... yeah, another suspicious sign ... some of the buildings are collapsed ...

Ria'doin village ... Lake Umamu ...

It's somewhere in Marquet? Issylra, maybe? Hmmmm ...

Ashton checks out the most expensive house ... which seems to have been ransacked ... but a long time ago ...

Imogen picks up shoreline pebbles snd loose bits of wood from the town.

Grim Psychometry! Here we go ... no joy ... hmmm ...

Chetney joins Ashton, starts checking the house for hidden rooms, etc. Small compartment under the bed, but already emptied ... yup ...

Laudna finds mention of people disappearing ... a whole slew of families leaving ... no, DISAPPEARING ... rumor, conjecture ... then nothing? Weird ...

It's all very X-Files, really ...

FCG casts Speak With Animals on a local bird ... oh, he really does HATE birds, clearly ... talk about trauma ... XD

Matt Mercer ... master of creepy looks ... LOL

FCG has to mark off a Stress Point ...

People walk into the lake? Oh boy ... yeah, this place is CURSED!!! I fucking knew it!

Chetney DEFINITELY wants to sleep here now, just to see what happens ... yeah ...

Aha! Yes, is Imogen picking anything up with her telepathic abilities right now? Nothing ... hmmm ...

Deciding to sleep in the expensive place. It's serviceable fir the night, at least. Setting in ...

Oh dear ... worst time for intrusive thoughts ... XD

Examining spoils ... a Ring of Life Awareness ... whoops ... well THAT'S not a good thing at all ... does thr Ring have tracking? Crap ...

His new feat? Oh yeah, his deal with Nana Morri ... of course ... Master Craftsman! Ooooooòoooooh ... O.O

First watch, Fearne and Chetney ...

Nothing happens ...

Second, Orym and Imogen ...

Orym is attempting to communicate with Caleb Widogast ... oh fuck me it WORKS!!!

CALEB!!! THE DIRT WIZARD LIVES!!! I mean obviously WE know this already, but still ...

Imogen casts Sending to Caleb ... and it WORKS ... then tries to Send to Keyleth ... fuck, it worked AGAIN!!! Sweet!

Catamaran Reach in Issylra! Yup! They were right!

Okay, so she's gonna try snd meet up with them? That's smart ...

Awwwwwwww ... such a sweet moment for these two ... :3 Orym DESERVES a break, so he needs this.

Holy fuck, it's Jester! Oh my gods!

Yeah, she is as adorable as ever ... I love how she can just keep it up now with Unlimited Sendings ... XD

Orym tries to get through to Dorian ... gods I want this to work SO BADLY ...

No response, but he's sure he heard something OUTSIDE?!!! He thinks it might be Dorian ... oh fuck! Creepy horror movie vibes! DO NOT GO, ORYM!!!

No, Orym is just GOING TO THE DOOR ...

Laudna sends Pate to look for him ... literally CHUCKS HIM out the window ... oof ...

Yes, this is a super creepy situation and NOBODY should go ANYWHERE ... and now Ashton can hear something ...

Oh right, of course, clearly there is something IN THE LAKE that's trying to draw people in ... they need to IGNORE THIS FREAKY FEELING!!!

Hunter's Bane? Oh, smart ...

Chetney and FCG are going to investigate ... for fuck's sake ... and now more of them are going ...

Yeah, this is all going south SO FAST ...

Imogen casts Detect Thoughts ... oh shit there IS something IN the fucking lake! Great ...

Liam: "We are in Derry, Maine." Of fucking COURSE they are ...

Imogen tries to Command them all to return to the house ... it works, but not on Ashton ... CRAP!!!

Laudna sends Pate after him ...

And now the other two are going in again! Shit! And NOW Matt decides to call a fucking break? SERIOUSLY?!!!

Welcome back to SHEER FUCKING PANIC!!!

Imogen tries to hold onto Orym ... strength check? Somehow he STARTS TO BEAT HER in that, so they're now BOTH going in! Aaaaaaaah!!!

Fearne tries to Scorching Ray all of them ... but they're ALREADY underwater! Crap!

Laudna sticks her head UNDER THE WATERro try snd see boats? Hmmmm ... amazingly, there are FOUR sunken boats here! Wow ...

She PULLS ONE UP out if the water ... oh fuck she's BROUGHT IT TO FUCKING LIFE!!! And it can talk and crawl around ... bloody hell ... as is THE ROPE ATTACHED TO IT!!! She sends both to collect the others ...

FCG's going down to try and help ...

Weird underwater growth? Oh for FUCK'S SAKE it's some kind of twisted monster! Lovely!

Damn, it's COLD down here! And it's starting to have an effect on EVERYBODY down here now ...

Oh shit it's fucking HYPOTHERMIA!!! They are in DEEP SHIT right now!

Bones. Lots of bones. Yup, this is definitely NOT GOOD.

Mind Sliver? GO IMOGEN!!! 16 points of Psychic damage to this ... THING ...

Fearne bamfs out Mister ... who DOES NOT HAVE WATER BREATHING right now! Crap!

All but Ashton manage to snap out of the trance ... lovely. They are back in control but VERY MUCH lost in darkness and icy cold right now ...

Form of Dread! Undead pirate style! Sweet! And they DIVE!!! It's all gone very POTC with the crew of the Flying Dutchman ...

Dimension Door! Nice one Mister! FCG is now free ...

Laudna (pirate voice): "Arrrr! All aboard the Queen De Rolo!"

Imogen stand again, more psychic damage!

Blood Maladict! Chetney does some damage too ... it does not have blood, but he does hurt it. Now he's swimming for his life ...

Orym makes pushing attacks and succeeds ... he's got some "breathing" room ... and he sees the bones ... tries to grab a skull, but it manages to grab him again in the process! Crap ...

FCG grabs the boat's bough ... grabs his coin snd tries to Turn Undead ... BOOM!!! Unfortunately the creature manages to resist ... but LAUDNA IS EFFECTED TOO!!! Shit ... Nat19! Oh thank fuck ... she resists because "she's a dope underwater captain." XD

The rope grabs Chetney and pulls him up. Laudna: "Give yerself to the Kraken!" LOL ... He unleashes Turmoil and Blasts the beastie ... POW!!!

Marisha: "This is THE BEST SPELL and I'm so glad I took it!"

Now she's trying to frighten the thing with her Form of Dread. Travis: "You CAN intimidate this kelp!" Whoa, a fucken NAT1!!! Jeeze ...

This has become SO VERY SURREAL ...

Somehow BOATY SAVES HER LIFE ...

Shocking Grasp! Go Imogen! 12? Balls ...

Fearne tries to swim in to rescue Ashton ... that's a SHITE roll ... yeah, he is just TOTALLY obscured still ...

Orym breaks free, and now he can BARELY make Ashton out ... wait, HOW THE FUCK did he just move like that? He slashes through snd now Ashton's free ... but he just starts trying to claw his way back in again? Fuck ... Orym tries and fails to break him out again ...

Chetney swipes with Turmoil again ...

Fearne tries to snap Ashton out of it ... NO JOY, and it's BECAUSE OF THE HERO'S FEAST?!!!

FCG tries to flip the coin underwater ... and loses it! It sinks ... but then ACTIVATES!!! BOOM!! Somehow that manages to break Ashton out of the trance! Yes! He books it!

Laudna breeches the boat back to the surface!

Big boom! Everybody run! But YES!!! That's a good point! They need to stay and warn about the thing down below ...

Crap ... the bost and rope are NO LONGER alive ... they swim back to the shore ...

Well, at least they're all out again ...

Balls ... they can't send any more messages ... Chetney carves a warning on the dock. A very obscure warning ... hmmm ... oh, leave the skull for people to talk to?

Orym (spooky voice): "Dead gnomes make no toys!"

They're all so tired ... wait, they're going BACK IN?!!! Hmmm ...

They set up signs matking where yo go, then go back in ... the creature is not there at this time, so they can safely go back through thd portal ... back jn the cave, then ...

Laudna sets up for a watch ...

Orym wonders why Dorian didn't answer the stone ... oh no, don't do that to yourself, wee man.

Wow ... Laudna is having a weirdly profound existential conversation with Pate ... hmmm ...

Oh for fuck's ... DO NOT talk to Delilah, Laudna!

Disturbingly, the ruthless evil bitch is actually giving her some pretty good advice ... oh boy, and here comes the seduction, right on time ... back off, Delilah ...

Laudna: "Are you Pate?" Oh boy ... thankfully no ... oh for fuck's ... now she's SEEING HER ...

Thank the gods ... FINALLY a long rest ... morning comes ...

Oh fuck, greasy takeout sounds SO GOOD right now ... damn you, Ashton ...

Going up sounds like the smart move ... yes, as Orym's saying, "stay curious."

Leaving an arrow to follow ...

A Ring of Protection? Nice. The Tiny Tank (aka Orym) takes it ...

Laudna puts the Harness on and drains the other ring ... whoa ... she gets a permanent 2 extra HP! Sweet ...

Time to climb ...

Group Athletics Check ... great ... 2 Nat20s? Automatic success ... phew ...

FCG tries to Scry on Ira ... the connection fails ... interesting ... communications are once again buggered ... even more interesting ... seems like the Latticework is blocking the signal between worlds ...

Bane-worm? Crap ...

The tunnel just ENDS? Balls ... it's just a hard compacted collapse, no way through.

Oh yeah, can Ashton do something about this? Oh wow, he's doing it ... Ashton activates his Shard and goes all Dragonball Z again ...

Sweet, our boy is now a burrowing GOD ... that's VERY COOL ... he just powers his way STRAIGHT UP ... and surfaces headfirst into a massive dust storm ... he goes back down ... SUPERHERO LANDING!!!

Chetney ATTACKS ASHTON by chucking his chisel at him ... and HITS!!! Oof ... he just POPS IT BACK OUT and stabs it VERY DEEP INDEED into the wall ... that is VERY COOL ...

So they're going up? Okay ... he carves another diagonal tunnel for them up to the surface.

Still a storm up here, but lighter now ...

Scry balk is dark ... phew ...

Imogen tries to reach out to scan the area, Ruidusborn style ... now they have a path, but may also have broadcast their location ...

So goals ... find the Friends of the Volition ...

The Scroll? Ah crap ... read it! Put the protective magic up ... now they're theoretically undetectable ...

Imogen leaves a triggered message that can only activate if an ally passes by ... a Mind Egg? Hmmm ...

So now they're walking through the chappy dust and wind ... charming ...

A vibration in the air? Oh hell what's THIS SHIT?

EVERYTHING'S lighting up? Oh fuck ... IT'S A FLARE!!! FUCK!!!

Imogen and Fearne and now just PULSING OUT ... weird shit ...

It passes and Fearne's still glowing but Imogen's gone ... crap, she's HOVERING IN THE AIR and just SUPERCHARGED ... she snaps out of it and drifts down ...

They BOTH now have 15 temporary Hit Points? Awesome ...

Ashton is just CRUISING THROUGH THE GROUND ahead of them. Like a land shark ... O.O

Eventually he pops up and changes back ... and now he is A WRECK ... great ... TWO WHOLE POINTS OF EXHAUSTION?!!! Holy shit ...

FCG casts a 4th Level Greater Restoration to bring him back up to health again ...

Fearne turns into a direwolf and scouts on ahead.

A carved valley? Hmmm ... oh, an actual CITY ... that's Kreviris, then ...

And that's it for the night ...

Phew ... at least it's s chilled out end for once ...

[chirpsythismorning]

This whole “OOPS we forgot Will’s birthday” fiasco has led casual fans to conveniently refusing to read the subtext for Byler.

Like they can just write off all of it because I guess nothing means anything anymore now that the Duffer’s have admitted to forgetting something so easy to remember.

But what if that was the intention? Like we know the Duffer’s have this tendency to make Byler scenes readable from many different lens’. We see this in the way, that when we have a solid argument supporting endgame Byler, anti’s manage to come up with a long list of other possibilities, and I think the Duffer’s intend it that way.

They want the doubt of the ‘will they won’t they’, to last for as long as they can.

But then this also got me thinking about how I was convinced that them forgetting Will’s birthday was a lie. And how them jumping in right away to come up with this big elaborate story about how they’re going to retcon it, could have been a way for them to steer fans away from easily figuring where the story is going in s5.

Because plenty of us have seen evidence that there is footage that wasn’t used for s4, that is likely going to be used for s5. With Noah at the Rink-O-Mania location with his outfit he wore all of Vol 1-2, or that shot of him in his room looking out the window, or the actor for Lonnie attending the s4 table reading, or Noah wearing a harness???

These are things that could very well involve this concept of Will or maybe even Mike and El, being forced to readdress that day, which was in fact Will’s birthday, through some sort of vision from Vecna.

I know no one believes it’s possible that everyone forgot Will’s birthday within the story, or like why wouldn’t Will himself come out and admit it to remind people instead of suffering in silence?. But if Vol. 2 taught us anything, it’s that Will is the most selfless son of a bitch on the planet, and he would no doubt refrain from telling anyone if they all forgot.

This leads me to believe s5 will explore this conflict in the first two episodes, which are supposed to be set directly after the events of Vol. 2.

They’ve set up this situation, where Will is feeling as low as he can possibly feel, to the point where them forgetting his birthday is nothing compared to everything else going on, but it definitely adds to the pain he’s feeling. And they’ve also set up for everyone, Mike specifically to slowly become aware of all of these things that they forgot or glossed over.

Like we’ve been discussing how it’s inevitable that Mike is going to find out about Will’s feelings, but what about that in combination with him finding out he forgot Will’s birthday?

There’s going to be so many things piling up as amo to not only make Will’s suffering so blatant and heartbreaking, but for Mike to realize and be on the verge of a mental breakdown…

This is going to wreck Mike. And I’m convinced that they probably did have the intention to put this stuff in s4, but either ran out of time, or decided last minute they wanted Byler to be more subtle before going all in, either from Netflix themselves advising them to save it so they don’t lose viewers, or because they themselves knew this was the best decision. (Remember when 4x09 was said to be 2 and a half hours, but got cut to like 2 hours and 19 minutes a week before it premiered…?)

Why else does the s5 plot give us like 2 episodes worth of the s4 conflict continuing, only to have a time jump early mid season?? Like it’s clear that Mike’s realization is going to happen during this time and they’re saving it for when the audience only has one more round of tuning in.

Also, what I’m sort of scared of is what causes the time jump around 5x03 in the first place.

I’ve seen so many theories that Will’s costume in s1 was similar to Marty Mcfly’s, and how this season we see a similar costume with the plaid and long sleeve under, but without the vest.

Along with Will’s FUNKO POP touching his watch, we were talking about how there was this possibility that he could somehow travel back in time back to that day he went missing or he might sacrifice himself and change the course of the future by changing the past somehow, maybe by never being found?

We know the day he went missing is the same day that the upside down is stuck in. So time is important and it also has to do with Will most likely.

I know time travel is something a lot of fans don’t want for valid reasons, but I can’t think of anything else that would cause such a random time jump after they just had us stick with the Vol. 2 plot line for two episodes?

Unless maybe Will’s powers are addressed (if he even has them) and he somehow sacrifices himself to the past aka the upside down to save everyone.

This could also cause some conflict and tension if Mike just discovers Will’s feelings and the audience becomes abundantly clear that Mike returns those feelings, only to separate them and force us to end up right where we started with S1.

Although I hate the concept of Mike and Will being separated all season, it doesn’t necessarily have to be all season even, but I think this approach would create an undeniable appeal for everyone watching.

Did you miss Mike Wheeler from s1?? Well he’s back and he’s more himself than ever trying to get his best friend and now LOVE back.

Personally I love angst as long as it leads to a happy ending, and with how a lot of the cast have been talking about the ending of ST being beautiful and wonderful for YEARS and with the Duffer’s just admitting recently that they already have the last 30 minutes of the series finale well planned out… makes me think that all this pain and uncertainty is going to be worth it..

[oh-three]

PJO S1E5:

Oh fuck, this is the Ares episode.

Ooooh, the old ladies and the threads of fate.

is poisoned and nearly falls to his death, shows up perfectly fine: "Hi! :)"

And of course they decide to walk along the side of the road, where the cops will recognize them immediately if they drive by. At least the grass is tall.

"We're like friends now." - Percy "I didn't think we could ever be friends" Jackson

Go away, Ares.

"That's my cousin???" Don't seem so surprised.

Lmao Ares would totally start fights online, that's so in-character of him.

Fucking Gabe.

No one: Ares: on the verge of happy tears about a war because he's the God of War

I like how Ares just has beef with Annabeth for being Athena's daughter.

Percy over here making movie dates already ❤ Oh, only if Grover were here right now.

I did not expect Grover being a fan of Ares.

Grover, now is not the time to make friends. You should not have said anything.

"We just...gotta go get it." Easier said than done.

Okay, one thing I didn't expect was "Baby, Don't Hurt Me" to start playing.

"She was trying to keep me away from you guys." 😭

Well, that was abrupt lmao.

Oh. Athena is Ares's sister. I didn't realize that. Or, I knew but forgot.

GROVER, WHY DID YOU PHRASE IT LIKE THAT.

SHE CALLED HIM SEAWEED BRAIN.

"When I was choosing my team, I told Chiron I needed someone who wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice me if the quest required it. He agreed. That was you." Nooo, but the way he whispered the last part 😭

The way they were trying not to be friends and now they're both crying because he's sacrificing himself for the quest. 😭

"I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm-" Stoppp 😭

Not fucking Hepa-how-the-fuck-do-you-spell-his-name heading back to the amusement park to keep Annabeth from undoing Percy's sacrifice.

"I won't be like all of you." Someone give Annabeth a fucking hug please.

Holy shit, she convinced him. I mean, obviously. I knew she'd have to because Percy doesn't die this early on, but yeah, he's a God, so.

Well, at least both of them two Gods are impressed.

Fuck, next episode is the Lotus episode.

I don't know what I was expecting Grover to say, but it was not "I think I know who stole the master bolt." I don't remember this part of the book- it's been like eight years after all- but yeah. Did he figure out it was Luke??

THEY'RE GONNA STEAL A CAB NEXT EPISODE?

[jemstone55]

Giorno Giovanna!fem!reader (request)

Part 1

👇🏻Read this before reading the story pls👇🏻

I got impatient watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (i watched about 4 episode then skipped to watch Giorno's episodes instead)

I had change some parts of Giorno's backstory,his mother was not the best and neglected him a lot,which is similar to the backstory i had written for the reader but the difference is that Y/n's mother is a slightly good person who cares for Pandora. It is needed for the storyline. I hope it is ok.

And also i had added some more stuff to the backstory.

Nota end☝🏻

I hope you like the story...

Y/n is on no one's side.

She has a strong dislike towards the humans and she hates the na'vis.

To her,humans are cruel and selfish as they only care about themselves and would murder anyone or anything in their way.

To her, na'vis are just the same as her kind except being more selfless for their people.

They killed the other kind for the same thing,they killed for their people.

Y/n has a bitter view of her kind with what she had gone through as a child.

She hated the RDA just as much as the na'vis does. But she also hates those aliens as much as her kind does.

The RDA had taken her in as an experiment of some sort a few years ago at age 9. She was an orphan on earth,she had gone through abuses by her stepfather once her mother had left after her birth to move to Pandora being one of the good scientists staying there. Her stepfather took his anger out onto the girl many times. Because of it,she began to learn how to read people's mood. She gets laughed at and bullied by the kids in her school for her mother's betrayal to the humans to help aliens. She had no one there for her,she felt like an outcast and felt so alone on earth.

Y/n felt bitter about her mother leaving her for some other species. She blames everything that was happening to her onto her mother, her mother's job and the aliens and everything related to those.

At age 7...

Her stepfather then finally left her,running off to somewhere,not giving a single care about the young girl. He locked the door of the house when he left. Leaving the young girl alone and trapped inside her house.

She went on days without food as she was too scared of the dark to move to find food in her dark empty home. She was on the verge of dieing of starvation when the door had finally opened and a bright light flashed before her.

The people who found her were two teenage boys who thought her house was an abandoned haunted house with how it looks like no one has lived in it for weeks.

They brought her back to their parents,who was shocked at the girl's state. They felt a need to help the poor girl and adopted her into their home.

The girl felt happy for once in her life,her new brothers were protective of her and play with her a lot. Her new parents were so nice to her and took care of her very well. It made the girl's view on the world changed slightly better. She learned that she could trust people.

But good things doesn't last long for the unfortunate girl.

After a year,she was age 8 at that time.

She came back from school one day and what she found in her home was shocking and terrified the poor girl.

The dead bodies of her family were inside with police surrounding the house. It turns out some thiefs broke into the house to steal their money and murdered them without mercy.

This led the girl thinking how cruel of the thiefs and how selfish for them to kill only for money.

Y/n felt her leg turned jelly as she couldn't stand up anymore and fell onto her knees at the scene letting out tears and sobs. Gaining the attention of the polices,the polices asked if the girl knew the family,they felt pity and sorrow for the girl as soon she opens up that that was her family.

But they only comfort her with words and decided to take her to the orphanage.

But before they could do that,an RDA employee asked to take in the girl.

The polices didn't do anything as they thought at least the girl got adopted instead of going to an orphanage.

That was a mistake.

The employee took the girl in only for the RDA to do experiments on the girl. They wanted to try something that can make humans breathe Pandora's air. The girl was then experimented for years and had gotten multiple scars but all her scars,new and old,are gone as some experiments effected her scars and appearance.

Her once black hair turned into golden blonde hair. Her once dull green eyes had became brighter.

The experiments actually made her gain an ability to create and manipulate life, which she most often use it to produce plants and small animals when she's bored or doing some tests.

After years of experiments, Y/n finally knows why she's the one being chosen to be tested on.

Her mother was the reason.

Her mother had betrayed the RDA for the na'vis and this was just like revenge. Her mother was the one who figured out how to make humans breathe Pandora's air. They took away her documents and decided to use her daughter to test it on. If her daughter dies the it's her fault as it's just revenge for her betrayal.

(Sorry if this doesn't make sense,my head is all jumble up inside)

Y/n became cold towards everyone in the RDA. She started to hate the na'vis as well. Why?

Because they're the reason her mother left her, they're the reason she's being held here in this lab, they're like the reason why she had lived such an unhappy life.

As years went by for the girl being trapped in the organisation headquarters.

She's now 17 and will be joining the recoms to check out the forest in Pandora as she's quite a powerful helper.

She was making some plants as she walks along side the recoms feeling bored.

This is actually the first time the recoms have meet the test subject of the RDA. Most of them feel a bit disturb at the fact that the girl was experimented on for years since she was a young child. But they were distracted by the sight of her using her abilities.

All of them are quite in awe of her ability being shown in front of/beside them.

Soon they arrive at the old battle place.

Y/n looks around as they inspects the old shack. After a few moments she felt some stares directing towards her. Her eyes move towards where she felt the stares and her eyes met yellow eyes and also smaller eyes from afar to her right which caught her off guard. But she composed herself and stare right back at the eyes,like a small competition has been made.

She then turn her head back towards the recoms when she heard a crushing sound,the sound being Quaritch crushing his human skull. Y/n felt weirded out by it but didn't say anything of it, instead she told the recoms about something looking at them from where the yellow eyes were at.

Lo'ak just wanted to explore the old shack with Spider and his sisters(well he didn't want Tuk to come but eh-)

Of course he was shock to see the recoms,it was unexpected but the most unexpected thing is the girl who makes plants out of nowhere as she walks.

But the next most unexpected thing he didn't expect is how the girl's eyes suddenly looked towards their hiding place staring right back into his eyes or maybe his and his sisters eyes but he feels like she's staring only into his eyes,it made him felt something he doesn't understand in his stomach.

Nervous? Maybe. Scared? Probably. Worried? That should be what he felt but it doesn't sound right... He'll figure it out later, he needs to quickly tell his father about the new avatars first.

Spider was a bit in awe of the girl,not only was she making plants out of nowhere but her beauty was also the most noticeable thing about her too. Her hair was so shiny under the sunlight and her eyes were so alluring when she stares into his own. Wait.... staring into his own?.... Oh sh*t- now he just realized about the fact they were found out-

He panicked but couldn't stop staring at her eyes,he doesn't understand why he just didn't really want to break the eye contact as well.

Kiri and Tuk couldn't really see much from behind her brother and friend. So she didn't really see the small human with the recoms.

When running away from the scene,they were immediately caught by the recoms and are now being held hostage.

As they were waiting for Jake and Neytiri to come, the kids finally got a good closer look at the human girl. Tuk doesn't know if she should be scare or not of the sky person. The human girl looked really pretty even though she's with the bad people. Kiri felt something about the girl's presence,she felt something similar to the girl yet not similar but she didn't think much of it since all she could think of is the situation she and her siblings and friend are in. Lo'ak was staring at the girl non-stop, taking in her beauty clearer. Y/n tries to avoid staring back at him as there are people around and she felt a bit nervous under his stare. Spider is also staring but more subtle about it,when the girl's eyes move towards his way,he tries to look somewhere else acting like he wasn't just staring at her like his blue friend.

Neytiri was angry. Blood boiling at the sight of her children(not including Spider) being held hostage by the demon she hates the most.

But she was almost caught off guard as she caught sight of another demon. A small female demon standing at the side of the demon general.

She wonders why the smaller demon is with the other demons but she didn't think much of it as she wants to kill them all and rescue her kids (no Spider-)

As Neytiri starts shooting arrows and Jake beating up the recoms and the kids start escaping.

Y/n just stares at the scene with no emotion. She doesn't like the RDA so why should she help them. She then thinks this is the perfect time and opportunity to escape everything here.

But no,a big blue hand suddenly grabbed her wrist when she turned her back to run away.

And now she's in the enemies' home.

Just great.

She's been planning to escape for over 1 hour from the moment she was grabbed and pulled by the na'vi who had been staring at her the whole time,till now being tied up sitting in the back of the Sullys' tent with her head down as she's planning.

A bit of a rewind of how she got here..,

The Sullys were bewildered when they saw Lo'ak pulling the girl towards them by the wrist.

Jake and Neytiri were furious at this, especially Neytiri,they scolded Lo'ak for his action and were just going to leave the human there as they see the human was a defenceless little girl,but Lo'ak wouldn't let go of the human, Y/n didn't struggle much cause she was busy planning lots of ways to escape.

Then woodsprites started to appeared one by one landing on top of the girl. Y/n didn't understand what was going on when the Sullys eyes widen at her. Jake and Neytiri then agreed to bring the girl back with them.

Lo'ak was pretty ecstatic about it and hide it pretty badly. Y/n was shocked by the news and started to plan even more of her escape while sweating.

Kiri was a bit surprised at the news but also felt something similar to excitement? She did felt something about the girl like there's similarities yet no similarities. And she's excited to find out about it or find out more about the girl.

Neteyam was a bir weary at the decision but kept quiet about it as he did see the many woodsprites landing on the human. He should just go with what Eywa has plan for them.

Tuk is curious of the girl,so she'll be naturally excited to bring the girl back with them. Maybe she'll get to be friends with the pretty lady and get to play with her luxurious hair.

Now back to the present...,

Neytiri and Jake are now discussing what do to with human.

While the kids were throwing questions at Lo'ak about the human, more specifically why he took her along.

Lo'ak didn't know what to say as he himself didn't even know why he did it. But he just felt the need to take you,there was something telling him that you are not like the demons or the new avatars, and his feelings might also play a part in why he just grabbed your wrist without a second thought.

Neteyam was a bit frustrated at how his brother wasn't answering their questions and also what he had done.

'How could he just bring the enemy with them!? Yeah it's just a girl but she was apart of the enemy!'

He then begins to wonder why Eywa show signs to not harm or leave the girl. All these things happening and questions in his head are confusing him. But one things for sure is that he'll keep an eye on the girl and find clues of the reason for his brother's action.

No way he'll be like his brother.

Kiri is also frustrated at the lack of answers from Lo'ak. Her mind then begins to wonder towards the girl. She didn't know humans would have hair that shines so pretty and be that golden.

Y/n's appearance and aura attracted her attention.

'Very interesting...'

Tuk is just buzzing with excitement and impatience as she kept questioning Lo'ak about the human girl they had brought back. She really wants to see the pretty lady again!

Her hyper self annoyed Lo'ak a bit but he didn't pay much attention to her questions,too focus on the feeling he gets while thinking of the human girl.

Now with Y/n..,

Y/n was getting more and more nervous as time went by.

She is not happy about being here.

She didn't stop thinking of plans to escape this whole situation.

As she kept getting more and more into her planning,she didn't realise that the Sullys were looking at her. The kids had gone inside the tent a few minutes ago and talked with their parents about what they should do with the girl now but noticed how the girl is quiet...very quiet.

Y/n hasn't spoken a word the entire time,it made the Sullys having a thought that the girl is mute or just not real. As they noticed how quiet the girl is,they then looked at her form and just continues staring at her waiting for her to notice them or even acknowledge them or something like that.

Tuk finally had enough of waiting that she said out loud "Hi,pretty lady!" snapping the blonde girl out of her thoughts, catching her off guard. Y/n then finally looked up towards the family and took a while processing the younger na'vi's words before saying "thank you" softly with an awkward tone and expression. She slightly sweatdrop at the sudden compliment from the younger girl.

The other Sully members gawp at what the youngest family member had said. Lo'ak let out a small snicker at the awkwardness of the blonde girl. But he quickly quiet down as soon as everyone's eyes snapped towards him. He adverted his eyes down while coughing awkwardly. Everything was silence once again as every Sully turn to look at Y/n once again as the girl also look back at them again.

The tension became heavy as no one spoke a word.

During all these silence, the Sullys were look over the girl more attentively. Neytiri and Jake were wondering just how old is the girl as she looks quite close in age with their older children. Something stirs up within Jake as he then just sees the girl as her an actual girl,as in she's not a soldier or a recom or like those adults in the RDA. She looks defenceless as she's tied up and didn't throw a fit about her situation. She's just a little girl who seems to have something unique about her.

He begins to wonder how or why did a little girl came along with the recoms.

Questions about the girl's presence comes up more and more making him lost in his thoughts. He furrow his eyebrows without noticing.

Neytiri notices her mate's expression and wonders what is her mate thinking at the moment.

She looks from her mate to the sky demon in front of them and a thought came into her mind. She turn her head back towards her mate and could now understand what her mate is thinking. She doesn't know how to feel about the sky demon now that she understands her mate's thoughts. She could tell that her mate sees the girl as a child who has unknown reasons being with the enemy. She too finally see the girl as a defenceless girl when she thinks of her mate's thoughts. Conflicting feelings and thoughts were tangled up inside of Neytiri, not knowing whether the girl is innocent and what to think of the girl and what should they do with her. She ,like her mate, felt something unique about the girl. She unknowingly stopped feeling hatred towards the girl as much as the girl's kind.

Feeling someone's stare on him,Jake turns to see his mate's eyes staring at him. He then looks at the human girl again and let out a sigh as he turns to face Neytiri to say his plan on what to do with the girl.

But before he could let out a single word,Neytiri said the exact sentence he wanted to say.

"Let's keep her"

Not only was Jake's eyes widen, their kids and Y/n's eyes also widen at the three words that fell out of the older woman's mouth.

Y/n panics more on the inside, she does not want to be stuck with the na'vi family and especially with the man who has the RDA targeting him. If she gets involve with the man, it'll make escaping the organisation way more harder. But she'll figure something out, there's definitely a way to escape.

Started: 12/2/23

Finished: 10/3/23 (it was already done days/weeks ago, i wrote more but decided to cut it and put them for part 2 because i could not wait to post this and also have writer's block-)

Hope you like it :')

It's really old-

I wrote a lot of nonsense,i know

[asexual-spongebob]

The Waves That Lap The Shore - Chapter 18 - the disappearance

Okay so um. I have rsd myself and I was projecting so here’s this- Not to mention, i don’t see people talk abt it much in fanfics. For those who don’t know, Rejection sensitive dysphoria or other wise RSD is a problem that interferes with your ability to regulate your emotional responses to feelings of failure and rejection. While rejection is almost always unpleasant, people with RSD experience overwhelming levels of emotional pain. - cleveland clinic   I based this chapter in particular off my own RSD episodes I’ve had in the past. ALSO THANK YOU FOR 380 HITS <3 it means the world to me.

Chapter Text

This isn’t worth it.

You should just disappear. 

They don’t care.

All repeated in Kwazii’s head.

Fuck this shit. Kwazii thought angrily as a tear rolled down his cheek. Throwing his Nokia on the floor. Leaving his stuff behind.

Kwazii quietly when out the Octo-Hatch and to the open ocean. Disappearing without a trace. 

•••

Shellington and Peso sat in the kitchen, drinking hot cocoa while Peso endlessly rambled about Pokemon. “Don’t you think it’s a bit… quite?” Shellington remarked after eating some strawberries he cut up “yeah- now that you mention it is-“ Peso agreed “Yeah, like  wouldn’t Kwazii be running around and rambling about pirates and sea monsters right now?” Shellington pointed out.

The two decided to investigate.

They went into Kwazii’s bedroom, only to find his Octo-Watch and Nokia thrown on the floor. 

With a note.

Hey mateys. I’m gonna be gone for awhile. Don’t worry and don’t look for me.

~ Kwazii 

“Oh- JUMPIN’ FUCKIN’ JELLYFISH!” Shellington gasped “Kwazii’s gone?!” Peso couldn’t believe what he’d just read.

“Come on we gotta do something!” Shellington urged, dragging Peso to the lab. 

••• 

Paani was in the shower, she was dramatically singing Mr. Brightside.

“CUZ IM MR BRIGHTSIDE” Paani sang like he was on the verge of tears, once his shower was over he decided to call Kwazii.

They dialed Kwazii’s number. It went straight to voicemail. 

“Huh… that’s weird.. I’ll message them..” Paani decided 

Hey love, hru?

No response.

Paani waited for some hours. Still no response.

Paani decided to go the Octopod. Kwazii would be there, right? 

Paani grabbed their air tank and helmet, she also took her paddle board out to sea, knowing he could also surf if he needed to. He’d seen Dashi do it plenty of times, and he’d done before in the desert. He knew he could do this. 

Paani took their paddle board out to sea, until they reached the Octopod. She put on her helmet and air tank and took a dive. 

Paani entered the Octo-Hatch, “Paani?” Tweak said, slightly surprised. “Where are Peso and Shellington? I need to talk to them.” Paani huffed “up in the lab.” Tweak answered, Paani thanked her before going upstairs. 

“Where’s Kwazii?” Paani interrogated, bursting into the lab with a stern look on his face.

“We don’t know.. they disappeared.. all it left behind was note..” Shellington frowned, handing the note to Paani.

Paani’s expression went from stern to concerned. They started to jitter. They felt knots form in their stomach upon seeing that note. 

“I-“ was all she managed to say, before breaking down on the floor. 

Paani covered her face, sobbing into his jacket, Peso and Shellington hugged him.

Comfort him like how you would comfort Shellington.Peso told itself, stroking Paani’s back.

“It’s okay! We’ll find him!” Shellington assured.

“What’s going on in here?” Dashi asked as she entered the room, raising her eyebrow “Kwazii went missing…” Shellington frowned, turning to face them. “Oh shit-“ Dashi remarked “how did they go missing?” They asked “I think it was having an episode… based off this note it left behind..” Shellington sighed, handing the note to Dashi.

“I’ll tell Captain!” Peso said, running to the HQ, Dashi, Shellington and Paani followed. 

Professor Inkling and Captain Barnacles were chatting in the Launch Bay. 

“Captain! Captain!” Peso panted “Oh hi Peso!” Captain Barnacles then took an awkward pause, noticing the expressions on everyone’s faces.

“What happened?” He asked, breaking the awkward silence “Kwazii’s gone… all he left was this note..” Peso sighed “OH NO!” Captain Barnacles gasped, dropping his mug on the floor. hoping this was a nightmare he’d soon wake up from.

Professor Inkling almost fainted at those words. Kwazii went missing?

“Peso, you look for them at Mako Island, Paani, you go look on land, and Shellington, you look for him at the coral reef.” Captain Barnacles ordered “aye aye Captain!” Peso said, him, Paani and Shellington ran out of the HQ and down to the Launch Bay.

•••

Shellington swam out to the coral reef. 

“Kwazii!!!” Shellington called out, looking in each direction. There was no sign of the orange cat. “Kwazii???” Shellington repeated. No response. All the was heard was the sound of orca songs near by. 

Peso went to Mako. It might be at the moon pool Peso figured, he knew that’s where Kwazii went for comfort or if he was having a bad day. 

“Kwazii?” Peso echoed as it resurfaced from the Moon Pool. No sigh of Kwazii. 

“Kwazii!!!” Paani called out in a raspy  voice on the beach, their eyes still puffy from crying so much, Paani looked around some more. No sign of the orange, Cheeto colored cat.

••• 

Shellington and Peso resurfaced on the coast of Queensland, where Paani was. 

“Any sign of him?” Shellington said “no.. Paani frowned “we might have to look in more places… even outside Queensland..” Peso pointed out “Yeah- Mako sharks can go up to 46 miles per hour or 74.03 kilometers and Kwazii has a Mako shark tail-“ Shellington added.

“Okay  then… How about you and Peso stay here while me and Tweak will go to Sydney, and Captain Barnacles and Dashi will go look in New South Wales?” Paani suggested “yeah! I’ll send Dashi, Captain and Tweak directions!” Peso said, texting the group chat.

•••

Dashi and Captain Barnacles roamed New South Wales, asking anyone they came across if they’d seen Kwazii. 

“Hey, do you think you’ve seen him? He went missing earlier today and we haven’t seen him since” Captain Barnacles explained to a pedestrian. 

“Nah sorry mate, haven’t seen him” she said “thank you anyway!” Captain Barnacles replied. 

“Hey have you seen him? He’s one of my coworkers and he disappeared easier without a trace.” Dashi explained “no sorry… haven’t seen him.” The sugar glider replied “oh.. thank you anyway.” Dashi replied back.

Dashi and Captain Barnacles walked around, asking people for many hours. Nobody had seen Kwazii.

•••

Paani was walking around on the shores of Sydney with Tweak. 

Paani noticed a beach cave on the shore, Paani heard an echoey, raspy, mewing sound. 

Could this be Kwazii? Paani wondered. 

Paani entered the cave and glanced around. There was a glimmer of hope.

“Who’s there?” Kwazii rasped, only to realize it was Paani.

“Paani?” Kwazii mewed, sounding unsure “yeah. It’s me.” Paani said, appearing from the shadows. 

“Why did you leave?” Paani asked softly, sitting beside Kwazii, placing a comforting hand on the cat’s shoulder. “I guess I just wanted to get away from it all… ye know..” Kwazii answered. 

Paani wanted say something, but he didn’t. They kept their mouth shut, she figured  that Kwazii had more to say. 

“Paan… can I let you in on a little secret…” Kwazii sighed “yeah sure” Paani replied,  “I have rsd…” Kwazii admitted “what’s rsd?” Paani asked “Rejection sensitive dysphoria..” Kwazii answered “I’ve had it for a long time… sense I was a wee little kitten.” Kwazii added.

“I was having an episode…” Kwazii acknowledged “I was gonna go to me grandad’s but I ended up swimming all the way out here…” Kwazii added “Im sorry for this mess… I wish I could go back in time and fix it..” Kwazii apologized, their ears flattened and tail lowered.

“Hey. All that matters is that you’re safe.” Paani stated “can we please go home now?” Kwazii begged “of course!” Paani said. 

Paani and Kwazii walked back to the Terra-Gup-2.

Tweak in the Terra-Gup-2. A stern expression appeared on her face as soon as Kwazii walked into the gup. 

“Why did you leave like that!?” Tweak questioned, clearly upset “Hey. Please Go easy on the guy. It was having an episode.” Paani lectured “no.. she has a right to be upset.” Kwazii began “I mean.. come on… I left a concerning note and made you guys look everywhere for me..” Kwazii finished “mhm.” Tweak hummed.

“I’m just glad you’re okay. I thought you were in danger.” Tweak sighed of relief “same here” Paani said as he held Kwazii tight. 

Tweak called the others from her Octo-Watch “hey y’all. We can go home now. Paani found Kwazii!” Tweak beamed. 

Kwazii and Paani took a nap as Tweak drove back to the Octopod. 

•••

The Terra-Gup-2 emerged from the water in the Launch Bay tank.

Kwazii saw a huge banner that said “welcome back Kwaz!”. 

Professor Inkling, Shellington, Dashi, Peso, Captain Barnacles and the Vegimals stood in the Launch Bay. 

“Kwazii!” Peso cheered “we were worried sick!”   Dashi added 

Tominnow started letting out angry vegimal noises. 

“Hey sweetie.. chill out.. we don’t know the full story.” Shellington pointed out softly, glancing over at his daughter. “I’m just glad you’re okay!” Captain Barnacles said, letting out a sigh of relief. “I’m sorry mateys.. I promise I’ll never do that again!” Kwazii promised “why did you leave though?” Dashi questioned, as politely as she could. “I was having an RSD episode..” Kwazii admitted, flattening his ears and looking away from Dashi. 

“Oh.. I’m sorry.” Dashi frowned, knowing what it was like to be in Kwazii’s position “don’t apologize matey. It ain’t your fault.” Kwazii made clear. 

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys… I would have but I was scared you’d see me different… if that makes sense..” Kwazii said, letting out a sigh “I thought you’d see me as weak.. and I didn’t want that..” Kwazii clarified.

“It’s okay Kwazii, we don’t see you any different just because of this.” Inkling assured, everyone else nodding in agreement.

“Anyway. Me and Paani  are going to go dance to Spice Girls upstairs.” Kwazii proclaimed, changing subject, they then went upstairs with Paani. 

Kwazii looked for one of their  Spice Girls cds, they chose Spiceworld. It skipped around through the tracks before finding the right one.

Do you still remember how we used to be?

Feeling together, believing whatever

My love has said to me

Both of us were dreamers

Started playing as they both danced and held hands.

[smartycvnt]

Take Care

Pairing: Sasha Banks x Charlotte Flair x Reader Warnings: smut, threesome (fff), top Charlotte, switch reader, bottom Sasha, strap-on, oral (f receiving)

"Faster," Sasha commanded as Charlotte thrust into you. The moans that were being muffled by Sasha cunt grew louder, and you could tell that Sasha was getting closer. You could only hope that once she had finished that she would tell Charlotte that it was okay to let you cum. You had gotten pretty close a few times, and each time, Sasha had stopped Charlotte before anything could really happen. You were getting frustrated, nearly the point of tears, but Sasha wouldn't let it go that far. She liked keeping you on the verge of tears, but hated it whenever you actually cried.

"I don't know how much more of this she can take," Charlotte said. Sasha glared at her, a challenge for Charlotte to defy her. In the bedroom, Sasha got what she wanted from both of you. She had claimed to be the boss early on, and neither of you ever really had a reason to take that away power away from her. Surprisingly enough, Sasha relented and moved her hand in between her legs to aid you in finishing her off. Once she had cum, Sasha moved off of your face and leaned down to kiss you. She licked the remnants of herself off of your lips before moving to Charlotte to kiss her as well.

"Do you want to cum Y/n?" Sasha asked you.

"Yes, please. Please, let me cum Sash," you begged. Sasha gave a quick nod towards Charlotte to let her know that it was time. Charlotte leaned over your body a little more, placing her hands on either side of your head. She thrust into you hard, but slowly pulled out before quickly going back in again. She knew how to get the reactions that she wanted from you. None of the moaning or clawing at her was performative, which was what Charlotte was gunning for. She knew the difference between you pretending that you just had to cum and when it was genuine.

"That's it, you've been taking me so well. You made Sasha cum, relax. Close your eyes, it's okay to let go," Charlotte said softly. She eased you through your orgasm, talking you down as Sasha pulled you away and into her arms. Charlotte was the only one who was up, so she went to draw a bath for the three of you. You could smell the candles burning from the bathroom and the bath bomb Charlotte had put into the water as Sasha guided you into the bathroom. Charlotte was already sitting in the water with her back to the wall and her legs open to create a space just for you.

"Go on." Sasha gently proded you forward. You took the spot against Charlotte's body, allowing yourself to relax as Sasha sat in front of you. She sat with her back to the faucet instead of against you. You could feel her watching you carefully as Charlotte cupped water and brought it up to wet your hair. She ran her fingers through your hair, humming softly to herself. Sasha kept her distance a little inside of the tub, but once the bath was done and the three of you were getting ready for bed, Sasha clung to you. Charlotte liked going off on her own during her routine, leaving you and Sasha to wait for her together at night. Usually, this meant the two of you cuddling during a movie or a random episode of a TV show neither of you were particularly invested in until you fell asleep, only to feel the bed dip with Charlotte's weight on the other side of you an hour or so later. Tonight, Charlotte decided to forgo the moments of solitude, and stayed off to the side until both you and Sasha sought her out to cuddle on the bed.

[honoka-marierose]

After a lengthy hiatus, Marvel Studios returns with the long-awaited sophomore season of Loki, which continues the epic story of the one and only Loki Laufeyson (Tom Hiddleston). Fresh off unraveling one of the universe’s greatest mysteries, the one-time villain turned all-time hero is now at the center of saving the timeline - and the greater multiverse - from an extinction-level threat unlike any he’s faced before.

**This review may contain minor spoilers from the first four episodes of Loki season two**

Season Two picks up immediately after the events of season one, with Loki having been bested by Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and now finding himself back at the TVA, albeit a very different TVA. This unfamiliar one features prominent monuments of He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) and a Mobius (Owen Wilson) that has no apparent memory of the God of Mischief or their friendship.

While we’ve all spent the last two years wondering what was going on in that final scene, we would’ve been much better served had we wondered a little more about when was this going on…

As the trailers have hinted toward, Loki has actually done the impossible and time slipped into the past, where he explores a considerably different TVA than the one he and his friends knew. What that means exactly is for fans to discover on their own in the coming weeks, but it certainly sets the stage for an exciting season that builds upon the show’s mythos and pushes it into an even higher tier of Marvel storytelling.

Last season, Loki and Sylvie found the man at the end of the yellow brick road, with the latter choosing to bring He Who Remains’ control over the sacred timeline to a definitive end, but now that he’s gone, what comes next for the two variants and everyone that lives within the MCU multiverse? Well, that’s a really good question and one that’ll be answered in due time, but first, a more immediate threat presents itself, with the timeline on the verge of collapsing, which would cause unspeakable death and destruction to an infinite amount of lives.

With these characters all now well-established in MCU lore, season two wastes no time getting Loki and Mobius back into the thick of the action. Instead of unraveling another mystery, new head writer Eric Martin is tasked with finding an answer for a near-unsolvable problem and does an exceptional job introducing challenging new scenarios for our heroes to traverse. While some may be hoping for a few deeper character moments akin to season one, there's a real sense of urgency in the first four episodes of season two that is honestly a welcome change of pace and really demonstrates how well these characters (and the actors behind the roles) mesh together. Loki has finally found his team and it's endearing to see how far he will go to save them, and vice versa.

To avoid spoilers, I won’t break down every episode here, but each installment feels stronger than the last, and arguably more standalone in nature than previous MCU seasons. Due to the nature of the threat, it’s a considerably more focused journey and a decidedly impressive improvement over its inaugural season. Episode four might actually be one of the finest hours of Marvel television ever produced. The twists and turns are jaw-dropping and set the stage for what should be an unbelievable conclusion this November.

Tom Hiddleston is unsurprisingly in top form as the fan-favorite God of Mischief and further cements himself as one of Marvel Studios’ most precious gems. Whoever decided to pair Hiddleston and the always excellent Owen Wilson for this show is a genius of the highest caliber. Loki and Mobius are so good together, the perfect buddy cop duo, who are impossible not to root for, and it's hard not to smile after every scene they share together. Sophia Di Martino is also, again, back to her scene-stealing ways and is a force to be reckoned with throughout the season as she explores a slightly different, more vulnerable Sylvie, although, don’t worry, she’s still just as angry as before. Wunmi Mosaku and Eugene Cordero get a lot more to do this time around and are both welcome sights throughout.

Jonathan Majors has a significant role to play and certainly grows on you with his unexpected portrayal Victor Timely, but it’s He Who Remains that could go down as his defining Marvel role. Majors is arguably at his best when he briefly steps into that role versus what we’ve seen from him thus far as Kang and his respective variants. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is stellar as she explores Ravonna's villainous side, while Tara Strong is a tour de force as Miss Minutes, finally getting to express her character's true nature and it’s so delightfully unhinged.

The biggest addition to the cast is Academy Award-winner Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros, a.k.a. OB, who is a true revelation and one of the most fun new Marvel characters in quite some time. Quan delivers an infectiously sincere performance that’s impossible not to enjoy and his scenes opposite Hiddleston and Wilson are among the season’s most memorable moments. He fits in seamlessly with the entire cast and makes the ensemble's chemistry even more electric.

Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead spearhead the directing team and push the visual envelope even further than before. The scripts are strong, and their direction helps elevate the material further with creative decisions that keep the show feeling fresh. The show is a little more action-heavy this season, both practical and magical, and they pull it all off with a solid balancing act. The visual effects are also quite strong, with many standout moments that just flat out look cool, namely the time slipping and anything revolving around the Time Loom.

If there are any minor nitpicks, the show does sacrifice some of the intimate character study nature of the first season, although much of that can be attributed to Loki having already grown from the man we were reintroduced to at the beginning of season one and the immediate nature of the threat, so there's little time for Lamentis-esque adventures.

Also, even though Loki arguably explains the MCU multiverse better than anything that's come before, save for maybe Spider-Man: No Way Home, everything we learn this season only answers some of our questions, while raising a number of new ones for the future. The MCU is in serious need of some clarification and it would certainly be nice to know whether or not what we're seeing in Loki will actually affect the future and/or inform upcoming titles like Deadpool 3, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and/or Avengers: Secret Wars.

All in all, Loki season two is a jaw-dropping magical experience that will leave you begging for more! It's a high stakes, high reward season, with twists and turns that'll keep you on the edge of your seat. The new season improves upon what was already one of Marvel's best shows ever, and further cements the legacy of Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief as one of the finest characters in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Don’t miss it!